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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-12-18
A WOMAN AND A BABE.

beautiful story poi grumbIe pessmists
Omaha
society a siken petit
The Harry a millionaire.
poorly hopeless
face holding the babe his knees The little legs
entirely bare and blue from
Mrs opposite father
with his piful charge
glance offered
help
angel mercy sealsEin
her hands behind fall the siken
Rising holding strap stepped While
the gasped walked
to the child petcoat
I'm afraid baby scarcely
The fathers filed with his
BREATH God bless
And the
When the visited said:
hope it will be
little thing"
thing?
Yes, significant
The pity delcacy. n a moment
a
bit gradually
baby's
every may
winding stair And if find the the
i'll sacred will open.
Babyhelpless innocent, cold winding
woman's heart 1t straight the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-12-18
SPOKANE GR0WINGnnDFIDLY
BUILDING DEMANDS CONTINUE

wholesome and homelike than the
little, inconvenient suites of two or
three rooms in business blocks. Spo-
kane has no modern apartment
houses. and there is room and a de-
mand for a number of them.
1t is now stated that a modern
apartment house is to be erected at
the junction of Riverside ave. and
Sprague st. in the spring. This ex
ample might proftably be followed
by other capitalists, who would re-
alize a large percentage on the in
vcstment as well as aid in providing
homes for Spokane's rapidly increas-
ing population.
There are also large numbers Of
vacant lots In the city, many of which
might be made to yield a good reve-
nue. by the erection thereon of small
modern cottages The demand for
this class of houses was never so
great as at the present time, and
there is every prospect that the OPEN
ing of spring will bring a largely in
creased number Of homeseekers to
the city.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-12-18

ing the teeth The value of elk
teeth lies in the age of the animal
from which they are taken. A milk
white tooth indicates youth; these
teeth are sole and lacking in beau
ty. The older the animal the more
beautiful are his teeth. for they
become colored with delicate shades
of brown, as deOS n meers chaum
pipe when smoked by an expert at
COlOring. 1t is this cOlOring that
determines the value. 1t frequent
ly occurs that pair of well-colored
teeth are sold for as high as SIS,
while $40 and $50 are common
prices.
The new method Greats a color
which sannot be detected by even
the best of experts. 1t is done by
holding the tooth close to the light
ed end of a cigar. The smoker then
breathes gently through the cigar,
blowing the heat impregnated with
tobacco and nicotine, against the
tooth.
Hundreds Of teeth colored in this
manner are appearing on the mar
htI anu al Z oCi'I az HlSh pI lNto
when worth not to exceed 81 or So
per pair.
The sales of elk teeth to the jew
elers and emblem houses is grow
ing less, and this added to the re-
ports of the great slaughter of the
elk gives foundation for the state
ment that some one is attempting
to corner the elk tooth market.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-12-18

obliged TO reside in the upper stories
of business blocks on account of the
lack of better accommodations. The
hotels of the city are also inadequate
to meet the demands of the travelling
public, as nearly all are continually
crowded beyond their capacity.
Spokane is a rapidly growing city.
This can be seen in every department
Of trade, in inquiries for real estate
and in the large numbers of new
faces seen on the streets from day
to day. No one, perhaps, realizes
this more forcibly than the real cs-
tate dealer who has houses to rent
and the landlords who are reaping
a harvest from the high rents they
are able to demand.
Reports from the trades council
show that there are but few idle
workmen in the building trades Of
this city. yet there are enough work.
men to fully supply the demand.
In most large cities in the east
there are apartment houses which
accommodate many families comfort
ably and are much more convenient,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-12-18
RAILROADS.

G. II. Glenn, travelling freight and
passenger agent of the Colorado Mid
land, is in the city. y
r.. n. Kollock, district freight and
passenger agent of the Pennsylvania
lines, is in the city from Portland.
Heavy SHOWS in the Rockies caused
delay at Browning, Mont. of the
Great Northern Westbound his morn
ing.
1t is persistently rumored that
James j. Hill will retire from the
management of the Great Northern
to give his undivided attention to the
Northern Securities company.
The Great Northern brought in two
carloads of men from Grand Forks,
b. c., today. The men have been
employed on the two-mile extension
which is building to the CRANKY
smelter.
Tomorrow morning will occur the
funeral of Michael Lane, the aged
railroad man who was killed by a
switch engine while he was cleaning
witches at the Northern Pacific
yards last Tuesday.
The Northern Pacific is taking eX-
treme measures for the protection
of pcrishable freight in transit
across the Rocky mountains. The
cars are to be Heated and when not
in motion they must be housed.
The California Short Line Railroad
company has been incorporated with
capitalization of $3.50, 900. 1t is
proposed to build a line from Alamo
Gordo to Dcming 20 connect the Rock
Island with the Southern Pacific
A gigantic mud slide at Tonga, q
small station in the Cascades, delay
ed No. 4. the Great Northern east
bound. last night and it reached Spo'
kane II hours behind time this morn
/ ing. No damage was done to cars OF
passengers.
The peaceful denizcns Of the tow
of Columbus, Orce are puz2ling then
heads over the appearance of II sur
VeyOrs. 1t was neither denied Oh
affirmed that they are working fol
the Northern Pacific. The survey
seems to parallel the line of The
railroad that is being constructed t
/ Goldendale by Portland capitalists.
The Pacif( Coast Lumber Manu-
/ facturers' association and Washing
/ ton Red Cedar Single Manufactur
crs' association have instructed nj
/ mill men of the state to begin action
against the St. Paul-ChiCagO lines tt
lCOmDel the roads to refund the diff
ference between the rates charged
4 Washington lumbermen and eastern
! lumber and single manufacturers. Il
| is estimated that between 100000
and $4,000 is involved in the suits
! At conference of Hartman
| freight agents held in New York il
| develops that the Hartman people
have been stirring up rebellion
Iagainst the roads controlled by thu
| Northern Securities company. Ship
| eprs of the northwest are organizing
to protest against the increase il
! freight rates as planned by Hill. Hi:
rates of 40 cents per hundred Offered
to the government for army proven
der between Chicago ana Manila II
/ the attempt to take the business from
san Francisco proves that existing
! freight rates are too high.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-12-18

Since January /, 1902, the city COM
missioncrs have issued 1927 building
permits and the value of the build
ings erected reaches the sum of
$1,453, il3. The total number of per-
mits issued during 1901 was 1899 and
the value OF the buildings $1,517,0GG.
There are still IS days of this year
loft and it is probable that the total
value of buildings erected this year
viii reach that of n year ago, while
there is a large Increase shown in
the number Of permits issued. The
difference is accounted for by the fact
that an unusually large number of
costly structures We're erected last
year including the Spokane Club
building. the Great Northern depot,
while this year more attention has
been paid to residence building.
There is probably no one thing so
greatly needed in this city as a large
addition to it's number of dwellings,,
say real estate men. There is prac-
tically not q vacant residence in the
city and hundreds of families are
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-12-18

LONDON, Dec. 1S.-Though near
ly all the circumstances of the di-
vorce action of Sir Charles Hartopp,
baronet, against his wife, Lady Mil
,licent, for misconduct" with the
earl of Cowley, which was dismiss
ed by the jury yesterday, are suf-
fiCiently out OF the ordinary to
make it a remarkable one, the af-
fair is, perhaps, most interesting
on account of the connection of the
principals therein with the family
whose name is associated with one
of the greatest sensations that ever
leaked out in this country. 1t is
significant, too, by reason of the
light it throws on the dOings Of a
certain section OF English high So
ciety" of today.
Lady Hartopp, the young and
beautiful wife who, it is alleged,
was rather more than friendly with
Sir John Willoushby, and after
wards on still better terms with the
third earl OF Cowley. is the daugh-
ter Of Charles Wilson. member of
parliament and one OF the owners
Of the great Wilson line of steam
ers. 1t was at the house of Charles
brother, Arthur Wilson, that the
famous "bacCarat scandal" took
place Enid Wilson, the countess of
Chesterfield, is Lady Hartopp's
sister.
Sir Charles Uartopp tells a NOV
ing tale of his Young wife's behav-
ior, but the baronet himself is not
to be cOmmiserated as altogether a
paragon of virtune. The evidence
in his divorce case has brought out
the fact that, early in his married
life he was obliged to go to his
father-in-law. Charles II. Wilson
for $4,000, with which to satisfy
the demands of a former mistress
AS for the noble earl, who IS co
respondent in the Hartopp case, he
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-12-18
TEN MODERN HOUSES.

The plans for 10 handsome dwell
ing houses have just been completed
by Messrs. Permain and Jones for
c. Sweidle of this city.
Five of the houses will be erected
upon property recently acquired by
Mr.. Sweidle at Corbin Park and the
other five are to be put up on Angus
tn st. The entire cost of these build
ings will be in the ncighborhood of
$4,000, one block of five to cost
$1,000 each, the other $1100 each, and
will be intended for rental.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-12-18

3
years ago.
The life led by Sir Charles Har-
topp and Lady Millicent before
clouds began to gather on their
horizon was not entirely dOmes-
I tic one. Both husband and wife
/ bet heavily on horse races, both in
England and France, and gambied
with cards. At party at Beauvais,
in France, Lady Hartopp won near
ly $4,000 at bacarrat. She lost
almost as much at other times,
however, and big bunch of checks
shown in court were described by
Sir Charles as those with which
their Joint losses at cards and race
tracks were paid.
/ The trouble between Lady Mill
cent and Tops" or Bundle" as
she alternately called the baronet,
began when her ladyship encouraS-
ed the attentions of Sir John Viii
/ loughby, barOnet, formerly major of
the Royal Horse guards. The Har-
tOpps and Sir John lived in the
same hotel and Lady Millicent was
most anxious to share their sitting
room with the baronet, but her hus-
band objected. He ordered her to
drop Sir John, and she refused. She
declined, also, to give back a mag
nificent pearl necklace which her
admirer had presented to her, and
this angered her husband still
more. There were stormy scenes
between them, in the course of
which Lady Hartopp says her hus-
band struck her. Sir Charles says
the most he ever did was to hold
her by the wrists when she was in
a passion. One night, however,
after they had quarreled with espe-
cial bitterness on the subject OF
Sir John, the baronet founced of
to dine alone at his club and did
not come back The divorce pro
ceedings failed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-12-18
CHANGES AMONG
FIFE FIGHTERS.

\ number Of changes have been
made in the fire department on ac-
count of the resignation of Captain
NJ Dolan of No. 8 station. Captain
j. f. Lindsey of No. station has
been made captain of No. 5, II, Kee-
nan, foreman of No. truck, has been
promoted to the position of captain
at No. station and ]. f. Grant has
been made foreman. of No. s truck.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-12-18
WILL BUILD.

A. J. Thompson has just purchased
through the Alonzo Murphey com
pany lots I and 2, block 4. in Hydes
addition, upon which he at first pur-
posed erecting a home for himself,
but later changed his plans and will
now begin the construction of three
modern dwelling houses for rental
purposes. The consideration for the
lots was $1O75.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-12-18

OMAHA, Dec. 12.-Retail and
5obbing jewelers. in this city assert
that some one is attempting to get
n corner on elk teeth. Wyoming
dispatches state that elk are being
mercilessly slaughtered for their
teeth. which have local value OF
from $40 to $40 according to the
age of the animal killed.
Retailers and jobbers tell OF one
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-12-18
ELKS BEING KILLED
FOR THEIR TEETH

man in Montana who has 10000 elk
teeth stored away, having been en-
gagged for years in gathering them.
His intention is to hold them for
a rise, which they say is sure TO
come as a result of the rapid eXter-
mination of the animals.
The Omaha merchants also de-
clare that a great fraud is being
perpetrated on the public by color
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-12-18

Boise, Idaho.-After being twice
sentenced to death. ''Diamondfield
Jack" Davis has been pardoncd. His
case has been dragging along for
seven years and was one of the most
noted in the northwest.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-12-18
CHICAGO TAILORING COMPANY,
Oscar Stewards, Prop.

Suits made to order. Lady tailor.
ing specially. Steam cleaning,
dyeing and repairing. VIII press
one suit week for $150 a month.
PIT Temple Court. Spokane, Wash.
Phone Front 968.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-12-18
PRETTY RUSSIAN GIRL
WILL BE A COUNTESS

NEW YORK, Dec. 1b-Society is
interested in the announcement of
the marriage, to take place in Janu-
airy, of Mile. Irene Desplauque, the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-12-18

Chas. Taylor, a New England har-
ness horseman, is the most remark
able man on the turf. He has been
driving trotters and PAGERS all his
life. and is now 90 years of age.
He still takes a seat in the srlky
whenever the opportunity offers.
Milton, Ore.--The good government
crusade here has extended to the
practical prohibition of dancing. A
license Of $25 for all public dances
has been provided
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-12-18

pretty guest of Countess Cassini at
the Russian legation, and Count
Alexander Poblow, Russian minister
to Korea The wedding will take
place in New York.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-12-18

Except Sunday.
Short line to California. San Fran
cisco Portland route. Steamers sail
from Ainsworth dock, Portland. at q
p m. every five days.
GEO. ]. MOHLER, Gen. Agt,
Telephone Main 1852.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-12-18
TABLE FOOT BALL IS
THE LATEST GAME.

more persons on an ordinary dining
room table. Goals made of little
nets ar clipped to the ends of the
table. Each player is provided with
a long, thin wire, at the end of
which is a wooden foot" and with
this they try to push the disk into
the goals. The ask is a difficult
one, as the wires are very flexible.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-21

some practical textbooks. and by the time
the work was 10 begin he had qualified
himself 10 do IL perfectly. He got through
all right until the very end. and then dis
covered that he did not know the customs
Of engineers and contractors as TO direc-
while there were many things which
would have shown an engineer that the boy
had no experience from the way he did the
technic OF handling his tools, the farmer
commissioners did not discover this. But
the contractors were wiser and would set
young Barr down once for tyro, n
less he were facle in their slang and knew
exactly how TO act. At least this is what
the boy engineer thought He wrote TO
George Pence, then city engineer OF Column
bus. Ind, whom he knew well. and asked
for full details with great explicitness; he
told Mr.. Pence that he was writing a story
involving an engineer and a contractor and
wanted to have 1t exactly right in all its
references 10 technic Engineer Pence
gave him the information in a letter Of
many sheets and asked for a copy of the
story when ii was published. The indirec-
ton of this scheme was almost worthy of
y. c. Shacklett, the lobbyist and politi-
clan.
DR. Barr married Miss Apologize. Of
Lawrence county. the only daughter of a
family also well known in Vincennes. She
is a grandniece of George Rogers Clark,
who captured Vincennes by wading through
the flood he found covering the Allison
prairie which Walter Barr went over with
transit and level
BY the way. the levels taken by the au-
thor or 'SnaCkletI disclosed a single slight
rise in the ground in the whole prairie.
This ridge invisible 10 the naked eye be-
gins where George Rogers Clark plunged
across the Embarras river and ends at a
higher field near this city. Since Clark and
his men found a ridge along which they
marched through the icy water and which
brought the water surface down from their
necks TO their waists. and since there is
only one ridge, and that narrow one in
the perfectly level prairie that survey made
by the author of 'Shackett" when a boy
fixes the exact route of Clark from the
Embarras river to Vincennes. DR.. Barr
told a friend here of this when here
! year ago and the friend reports that he
also said the facts had never been printed.
The reason for not publishing his dis
covery he said, was that he did not want
people TO dig up out OF the records of
| the drainage district the crude profles he
| filed with the commissioners many years
| ago He laughingly said that he would
| rather have an engineer run levels again
| over the ridge than to expose his specimens
| of Enthusiastically as he had no profile
| paper and had to make that to begin with
| Hon. j. w. Emison, of this city, was
| college friend of Walter Barr, one or two
| classes ahead of him in the college course.
| Hon. James s. Pritchett, a lawyer here,
| is one of his most intimate acquaintances
| But a personal list of people who can talk
| from knowledge of the author of Shack
| lett would be too long.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-21
sheep Breeding on a Big Scale.

Great Falls (Mont) Letter.
Northern Montana is to have a fancy
sheepbre edng farm which will equal If
not excel any similar farm in the United
States in the thoroughbred strain of sheep
which it is proposed to handle The location
of the farm will be within about a dozen
miles of Great Falls, and the greater por-
ton of the dealings of the new venture will
of necessity be done through this CITY, The
Joseph Escallier band of thoroughbred
Crench Merino sheep, which has been To-
Gated near Shelby Junction for the last
three years. and which are said TO be the
best bred lot in the Northwest, has been
purchased by the Sun River Stock Com
pany, which is the II. G. Power Company
of Sunnyside, and will form the first strain
with which the breeding farm will be
stocked.
Mr. Power bought a half interest in the
herd last fall and recently has completed
the purchase of the remainder Mr.. Es
CALLER concluding he would leave here for
his old home in sunny France there to
spend the rest of his days. The Escallier
herd is composed OF thoroughbred French
merinos and numbers $500 ewes and 500
rams. The eve clip sold on the Great rails
market for l5l2 cents a pound, and each
eve averaged a thirteen-pound fleece,
bringing $2-01 a head. As the ordinary eve
will shear less than seven pounds on an
average the showing made by the Escallier
band can be readily seen.
I'VE have three places in view for the
proposed thoroughbred breeding farm"
said c. Il. Power. neither one of them
more than a few miles from Great Falls
The farm will comprise about 1000 acres
with an outside range and there will be
upon IL sheds and all the necessary build
ings and protection for the successful car
rying of such proposition. We shall
have the best breeder in Oregon take
charge Of the herd and the entire manage
ment. The best blood in the United States
will be secured and with the start we have
we should have & strain OF stock which
will be as good. If not better. than any in
America.
I'VE shall keep the herd down to about
1900. cutting out everything but the tops
each season. and keeping always in view
the idea of getting the best. On the farm
there will be always about 5000 head. in
GLIDING the 2.2O0 head OF tops. and the place
will be a model, so far as we can make il
THE Escallier band was started from
500 head in California and brought to Ore
gon, and from there 10 Montana three
years ago, since when they have been in
the neighborhOod of Shelby Junction and
have been looked upon by breeders as one
OF the finest strain bands in the Northwest.
Much OF the future of the sheep indus
try in Montana depends upon the breeding.
and the sheep raisers are beginning TO
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-21
The Farm IcehOuse.

Country Gentleman.
\ 1t is difficult to keep ice economically
when packed in small quantities. | sug-
gest a structure u by IA or 10 feet. The
outside frame may be constructed of 2-by-6
scantling, about twelve feet long possibly
somewhat shorter Cut small girts in be-
tween the upright studding. Weather
board on the outside and batten as for
barn. Board horizontally on the inside
and fill the space in the wall with sawdust
Put it IN as dry as possible Set boards
one inch thick and twelve inches wide per-
pendicularly and nail the top ends to the
rafters One edge of the board will rest
against the inside boarding last spoken of.
Board horizontally on these studding of
boards which are one inch by twelve, and
thereby secure a second air chamber You
now have a wall nearly two feet thick
The inside of an icehouse, especially the
boards, rots quickly. By this construction
the boards can be mended from time TO
time, and the outer structure of the build
ing will remain intact. See that proper
precautions are taken to carry off all of
the water that results from the melting of
the ice. If the soil which the house is
built is porous. then throw down poles
or old rails on the bottom, then some saw
dust for foundation. If not, make the
floor descending and at the lowest point,
be made of vitrified sewer pipe. Provision
should be made outside of the wall for a
trap 10 keep the air from ascending the
pipe and entering the icehouse at the bot
TOM Pack the ice always on edge and
leave space of about four inches between
the ice and the inside boarding which
should be filled with sawdust. Watch care
fully and see that this sawdust is kept
we'll tamped as the ice melts and settles
that is, do not let any airholes get into
this inside sawdust filling. This may seem
TO be a good deal of trouble, but great
pains have TO be taken where but a small
body of ice is kept or just the time you
want ice, the last of August, there will
be none.
Cut off four feet, more or less at one
end of the icehouse and make the boarding
of matched planed lumber and this
for the cooling room. Provide double doors
for the cooling room and every precau-
ton to prevent the cold air at the bottom
of the room from escaping. The partition
which divides the cooling room from the
icehouse proper should extend to the roof
and precaution should be taken to have
this partition fairly tight. A small open
ing in the partition will serve to furnish
facilities for passing the ice into the cool
ing room, which room if ii is not cool
refrigerator into which chunks of ice from
the house may be placed from time to
time.
Put steep roof on the structure and ven
tilate the top of the icehOuse most thor
oughly. Shade the house if possible with
some trees. Put the storage room on the
north or east end, and it is probable that
you can carry the ice through the summer
without having very great loss.