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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-06-25
Winnager Bros.

Never, in the history of the
dramatic stage, has an organization
presenting popular priced amuse-
ment, become SO popular as has this
one under the able management OF
Messrs. Winninger Bros. This
popularity however is we'll merited
as there have been few organizations
travelling, that have contained so
many talented perfo' mers and given
such general satisfaction. From a
modest beginning few years ago
the Company has grown to larger
and more complete proportions, and
today includes among its members
some of the best artists in the pro-
fession. A. w. Ellis, Helen Castle,
Edwin Young, Stella WINNER, Lena
DeLaigle are some of the leading
members of the organization. At
the Opera House, July IL 81.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-06-25
Omaha Railroad Track Goe Nearly
Out Of Sight.
BIG SINK HOLE NEAR PRATT
Strange Thing Occurs ON tho Line of the
Omaha Railroad and the Trouble is
Causing no End of Worry and Labor
to Railroad Officials.

The Omaha road has encountered a
serious proposition on it's line near
Pratt. For about three miles the
road bed is built through a swamp
which has hitherto given little
trouble although the track has
several times subsidized a little. For
several days the work trains have
been unloading gravel there and the
track was believed to be in fair
condition. Last Saturday morning
however the morning passenger
narrowly escaped being wrecked by
the track settling nearly three feet
while the train passed over it. A
large crew was at once sent to the
place and gravel trains began dump
ing loads of material but the sink
hole has thus far proved to be
bottomless, Train service was in
interrupted and Monday and Tues
day all passengers were obliged to
walk around the obstruction and take
the scoot which went down to meet
them. 1t seems quite probable that
there is an underground lake or river
under the spot as fish have appeared
through the Dose and no trace Of the
old logs and timber placed there
when the road was built can be found.
The company has stopped operations
for the present and engineers have
been sent for to determine the nature
of the pit. 1t is certain that it will
be necessary to bridge several hum
dred feet of swamp and now the
question is whether pileing can reach
the bottom on which the foundation
of the bridge can be built.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-06-25
The Holm es Mine.

John liolcaes. president of the
Holmes mine of Melen, was in the
city Tuesday. He says the shaft is
down to the depth of one hundred
and eighty feet. An assay has been
made of the ore by three well known
chemists of ST. Paul, Duluth and
Chicago. The highest assay is ten
dollars and fifty five cents and the
lowest is six dollars and thirty five
cents. The statement is. made that
ore is free milling. A contract has
been let to the miners to sink down
twenty-five feet deeper.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-06-25
Circus Day.

Monday was Circus day in our
city and the big Luella-FoREPAUGH
Fish show drew a good crowd. The
aggregation was a large one and the
authorities took every precauUion to
prevent any crooked work such as
is apt to be carried on when such
show is in town, The crowd was
an orderly one however and caused
no trouble. Their show was partic-
ularly free from fakes and skin
games and gave general satisfaction
to those who attended. They arrived
Sunday on special train aud con-
sidering the fact that so much time
was spent in town and that Sunday
was pay day the management is
worthy of commendation for the be-
havior of its employees.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-06-25
Notice of Board of Review.
Town of Washburn. -(ss.)

Town of Washburn.- (ss.)
Public notice is hereby given that
she Board of Review for the said
town OF Washburn will meet at the
office of the undersigned, town clerk
thereof, on the Goth day of June.
1903, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon.
for the purpose of reviewing and ex-
aiming the assessment roll of real
and personal property in said town,
and all sworn statements and valua-
tions of real and personal property
therein, and of bank stock, and of
correcting all errors in said roll.
whether in description of property
Or otherwise. Dated this 10Th, day
OF June, 1903.
r. A. Herring,
Town Clerk,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-06-25

that IS impossible the library board
should Immediately take steps 10 act
independently. While the BeauSoliel
corner wouldbe the most beautiful site
if all the ground surrounding it as
originally contemplated by the library
board, still there is just as much that
can be said for two or three other sites.
The main thing is to do something
and to do it right away.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-06-25
Public Curiosity Will Be Gratified
In Few DAYS.
CONTRACTS FOR THE NEW PLANT
The Company Operating Below Th;s civ
VIII Take Public into Their Confidence
aud Will Let Contracts for Their
New Building in a Few DAYS
HE TINES can state from the most

The TIMES can state from the most
reliable authority that the company
operating below Washburn on the
new manufacturing plant are about
to let their contracts for buildings
and that in the course of week or
ten days that they will make public
their plans and everyone will know
what the "great mystery" is. Sur
veyors are still at work at the plant,
but as usual they are non-conversant.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-06-25

Pillsbury's Best Flour contain
ing a large percent age of gluten
I'd phosphate, it is best for grow
ing children as it nourishes both
body and brain. Always make
bread for school lunch with it.
MATTsoN & OLSON.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-06-25

All persons are forbidden to shoot
FIRE crackers or other explosives or
fire works on the main streets ex-
cept on the Fourth of July. Teams
are liable to be frightened and much
damage done O. WEsCoTT,
CLief of Police.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-06-25
Resurrection.

The original production of
Tolstoi's great novel "Resurrec-
ton" is one of the feature bills pre-
sented by Winninger Bros. Co. at
the Opera House July l, 2, 3, and
18th.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-06-25
Notice

The annual meeting of the Wash
burn Loan and Building Association
will be held at the Town Hall in the
Town of Washbrrn, Tuesday, June
Both, 1908, at 8 o'clock in the after
noon. L. N. CLAUsEN.
Secretary.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-06-25

The June sun shines on many
fair bride made doubly lovely by the
nse of Rocky Mountain Tea. The
brides best friend. So cents. Frost
& Spies.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-09

| 'Ner' there are other reasons WHY the
| ooileetof OF the district should be at
seattle. There are ii supports in the
| uIStrlct. The collector at present is
| almost inaccessible to these subports
ana Tor that reason close inspection
! necessary to an efficient service is
| hacking. In one of the most important
customs districts in the United States
! ana one where it is most difficult to
prevent smuggling and frauds against
the revenue. the collector should be at
the point affording the most advanta-
geous transportation.
While, therefore, it is necessary that
fofI townsend be maintained as a
| support for the clearance of vessels
ana the necessary inspection for ma
rlne and customs purposes. there is
not d single business argument to JUS
tify It's continuance as the port of en-
Try Tor so great "a customs district as
| that OF Puget Sound, and | heartily re-
commend that legislation be adopted
at this session of congress creating
Seattle the port of entry and authori-
zlng the removal of the records to that
city, leaving the necessary force at
Port Townsend to do the necessary
work OF q SUPPORT | regard this re-
commentator as only fair to the COM
mercial interests of the far northwest.
In this connection, l desire to recon-
mend to congress the extension of i'm
mediate transportation privileges to
Blaine, Nelson, and Sumas These
ports are on the border. and through
them pass international railroads. In
order to facilitate commerce, these
points should have the benefits of the
Immediate Transportation law. Spo-
kane, by reason of large importations,
should also be given all the privileges
of this law.
Smallpox, Plague, and Yellow Fever.
Reports show the continued preva-
lence of smallpox in a mild form in
nearly every state of the union. Dur
ing the fiscal year 1908. there were re-
ported in Al states 1880 cases, with
1912 deaths, a mortality of 3.S6 per
cent.
Cases Of plague have continued to
appear in the Chinese district of San
Francisco. Thirty eight cases were
reported during the fiscal year, The
aid afforded the municipal authorities
has been continued, and this joint
work has no doubt served to confine
the disease to its original limits.
No yellow fever was reported in
the United States during the fiscal
some Of the ports of Mexico and more
southern countries. Cuba has con-
tinued to be free from it.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-09
FOR MORE IRRIGATION
COMPANY ORGANIZED
WHICH WILL PUT WATER ON
SAND LANDS NEAR PAscO.
One Hundred Thousand Acres of Land
IN Franklin County to Be Irri.
gated by the Company.

II the plans of a new irrigation COM
pany which has been organized at
Spokane materialize, about 100000
acres of land in Franklin county win
be opened up for farming and fruit
raising. The Current Motor & Power
| company has just been organized In
Spokane with a large capital stock.
The incorporators of the company
are o. l.. Hanson. superintendent of
the Northern Pacific Irrigation COM
pany; A. f. Law. assistant general
superintendent of the Northern Pa
cific; A. Beamer, division superfnrend-
ent of the Northern Pacific; M.
Wright, he we'll known contractor of
Spokane; John Roeh. the patentee Of
the current motor, and c. G. Klofpen-
stein.
The company intends to pump the
rivers. and have a pump that has been
practically demonstrated. The long,
sweeping arm and detection blade Is
used and the company has put in q
motor at Chandler, on the Yakima
river. 1t works successfully, and it Is
stated 200 gallons of water are pumped
every minute, the one pump irrigating
so acres of land.
.. l.. Hanson, superintendent of the
Northern Pacific Irrigation company.
says the company has proved the USE
fulness of the pump on a large scale.
hut ha H.
irrigation schemes will be giants by
the side of the one used at Chandler
The irrigating of the Pasco country
is a gigantic proposition. There is no
way to furnish water for that tract
but by pumping it from the Columbia
river. The fall of the river is so grad
ual at that place that it would be
practically impossible to obtain the
water in any other way
When the project of rrigating that
immense tract viii be started depends
entirely upon the future of the new
motor company. If a factory can be
found to turn out the motors as ord
cred by the company Mr. Hanson ex-
poets to start work at Pasco next year.
If this can not be done the company
VIII have to build it's own plant, and
that will delay the irrigating bitches
from being started at least another
wear
The opening. of the Pasco district for
agriculture Will be one of the largest
irrigation CCnquests in the state Of
Wa Chi OFT will tglyp hicr
pumps to convey enough water from
the Columbia to make the sands of
Pasco productive. The company has
in it some of the best irrigation men
in the state. and should be able to do
much in that line.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-09

The work of the yellow-fever instl-
tute mentioned in the last two annual
reports has been continued, ana nNe
/ bulletins, Nos. to 49, have been IS
sued. Bulletin No. IL is of special I'M
portance. and is a study of the etiolo-
gy of yellow fever, being the report OF
Il working party of medical officers
tationed at Vera Cruz, Mexico, from
May to October, 1902, and whose Ia
bors were continued in the Onlteo
States until March. 1903 At the pres
ent time second working party Is
continuing the investigation at vera
Cruz to verify the findings of the hrst
party, and to endeavor to demonstrate
the life cycle of the organism in the
blood and tissues of yelloW-feVer pa
TENTS.
immigration.
The annual report of the commits
sioner- general of immigration shows
that there arrived in this country du-
ring the fiscal year ended June 30,
1903, S57.O46 aliens, travelling in the
steerage, an excess over the CORE
spending figures for the preceding
year of POS, 3O3 or 80 per cent. OF
these, SO4,456 arrived at United States
continental ports, 1850 at insular
ports, either Hawaii, or Porto Rico,
and 35,920 at Canadian ports.
OF the total steerage immigration,
81 4 507 uara and % 966
Asiatics, while 1858 came from all
other sources.
In addition to the Steerage aliens,
there arrived 64,269 cabin passengers,
making an aggregate immigration of
921,315, or 105.O43 in excess of the
for any year.
The ratio of increase of aliens from
countries of northern and western Flu
rope, as compared with arrivals from
the same countries for the preceding
year, was about AZ per cent, while
from the countries of eastern and
southern Europe it was only about q
per cent. In spite of the more rapid
increase from northern and western
Europe the great bulk of European
aliens, numbering 572,726, came from
the three countries of Austria Hun
gary, Italy and Russia.
OF the steerage aliens, 613.146 We're
males and $4,000 females: 1O2.431 We're
less than IA years of age; 714,053, from
II to 45, While 40,562 were 45 years or
over: 6eS.02S were able to read and
write, 3341 could read but not write,
and the remainder 1S5,667 could
neither read nor write: 1902 had been
previously in the United States: 12S,-
511.302 had each less than $50. The
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-09
Trial of Famous Murder Case.

CONVICTION, Ind, Dec. 9.-The ia
nous murder case of Mrs. Elmra A
Drake. charged with poisoning her
husband. Robert j. Drake, at HarVeys
burg in this county, two years ago
was called for trial in the Fountain
Circuit court today. This is the sec
ond trial of the case. On the former
trial the Jury disagreed. The attor-
neys for the defense say that mucn
new expert testimony will be offered
and they appear confident of verdict
Of acquittal.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-09
SFC'Y SHAW'S REPORT
Continued from Page One.)

Par, Townsend, "a miles from the
nearest SUPPORT. He is required by law
al-o to keep his records at this point.
Inaccessible to the remainder of the
district in any way except by boat.
Mil communication with him from
Washington requires two days more
t.. if he We're stationed in Seattle.
Tar the fiscal year ended June 80. 1908.
the total receipts from all sources in
IL. PIgot Sound district We're $1127,-
714n4 Of this amount. Seattle col
leoted 551 per cent: Tacoma, 35.1 per
cents Port Townsend, "a per cent;
All other ports GA per cent. During
th0t time 6S.1 per cent of all importa-
tons was made at Seattle: POS per
cent ut Tacoma: per cent at Port
Townsend. and 1915 per cent at all
other ports Twelve in number). More
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-09

Mr.. Klumsay (WaltZing)-My, how
slippery this floor is. It's hard to keep.
on your feet. Miss Sharpe-Oh, you
are really trying to keep on my feet.
then are you? thought it was mere-
ly accidental.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-11-01
COOPERATION.

Wnen everyone Is NyluS Will HIS uelSu-
bor not only individually but among
the nations of the earth, the principle
of cooperation is being more and more
recognized as the one essential to en-
able people to compete and hold their
own in the race for place, and among
nc class of people is it more urgently
needed than among the farmers, and
in no class are it's principles more dis
regarded. Now, what reason can be
assigned for this disregard, or apathy,
or whatever it may be called? Is it
because the farmer is lower in intel
lect? or that his calling is not as
honorable as others? or that he is so
we'll off that he is Independent of those
objects in life which affect the welfare
OF other people? My experience of
farmers generally, and especially those
OF British Columbia, is that to make
both ends meet they have to rise early
and take their rest late, and eat the
bread of carefulness; that, intellectu-
ally, they are equal, if not superior,
to many in other callings; that | have
been taught that a farmers calling is
the most honorable, as we'll as the
most ancient, OF all. Hence the dis
regard | allude to cannot be attribut-
able to these causes, and we must look
elsewhere for it; and here let me
tell you what l have discovered since
| have been in the position [ have
the honor of occupying, and that is,
for some reason or other, the farmer
mistrusts his neighbor. l do not mean
to say that this unfortunate trait is
confined to our farmers, for | believe
il is fact that the feeling is general,
in greater or less degree, in other
countries but it is the truth, dis
agreeable and deplorable as it is, that
farmers generally do not pull together
as we'll as members of other callings,
and it is our duty to look the thing
square in the face and endeavor, If
possible, to remedy this crying evil. 1t
is disgraceful / say, that he should be
at the mercy of the middleman, the
storekeeper, the railroads, the steam
boats, and what not 1t is disgraceful
because I believe the remedy OF all or
most of these evils lies in the hands
of the farmers themselves, and there
should be no hesitation in availing
themselves of the obvious means of
escaping from the thraldom under
which they now labor. AS I said be-
fore, this state of affairs is not peculiar
to British Columbia, but I believe l
am safe in saying that we are slower
in graphing with the evil than most
other countries. In our own country,
Ontario-essentially an agricultural
province, which in the past suffered
equally with us, owing to what | may
term the non-adhesiveness of it's farm
ers-soon recognized that, unless some
measures were adopted for concerted
action among it's farmers, it would
surely retrogarde, and she is now,
owing to cooperation, one of the most
thriving provinces, and in spite of the
low prices-prices which would appall
q British Columbia farmer-its farm
ers are prosperous and their products
are to be found in all parts of the en-
pire. By their industry, perseverance
and determination to help each other,
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-11-01

OlnSTS FeldIluS 10 agriculture, is SuS>
ceptible of improvement, and it is your
prerogative to criticise these acts
closely and the duty of the central in
stitute to recommend sucn changes
as may seem necessary Then there
are such questions as cooperative sell
ing and buying 1t stands to reason
that if by clubbing together you can
collect produce in sufficient quantities
to make it an object for carrying
company to make special terms for its
transportation to the market, you have
already attained something. You shall
have attained an object if you can get
some one man to attend to the selling
of your produce so as to save the time
of the others. Then, even without go
ing into the question of cooperative
stores generally, you can at least buy
farming implements and machinery,
fertilisers, seed, plants, trees, ETC., at
much better advantage with co-opera-
ton.
Now, Mr.. President and gentlemen,
| do not for one moment want you to
think that l am attempting to make
you believe that cooperation in the
matters of which | have spoken, alone,
is a panacea for all your troubles;
there is much more to be done; you
can never hope to compete with the
keen producers of the adjoining states
and of our own provinces unless you
can place as good products on the mar
OFT
lively packed, and, lastly, unless you
can sell as cheaply. l have frequently
heard it asserted that dealers will buy
foreign produce in preference to do
nestle. Let me tell you that dealer
is like any other man, he is doing bust
ness to make money for himself, and
he will buy those goods which afford
his customers most satisfaction and
himself the greatest profit. 1t is idle
tc suppose that dealer will be so
patriotic as to buy box of native
apples for rs cents when he can buy
superior imported article. for so
cents, or even at the same price. 1t
is not that our native productions are
not as good, but sui1cient care is not
exercised in selecting and packing
them. | am now speaking of things
whereof l have had some personal ex-
perience. Some years ago, l carried
on produce business, principally with
the Northwest territories. | tried to
buy the native fruit, but it came to me
SO badly packed, in all the odd-sized
packages imaginable, and ungraded,
that simply could do nothing with it.
| then tried the experiment of having
il packed myself; SO hired some men,
and when the fruit came in it was
graded, packed in regular-sized boxes
and neatly branded. What was the
consequence? The very fruit which
the growers could not sell l sold to
the wholesale dealers at profit, and
they in turn sold it to their customers.
This shows what little care in the di-
rection | have spoken of will do; and
| mean to say that what | did you
can do, provided you go the right way
to work You should cooperate to buy
good neat packages at the lowest pos
sible price; they should be OF uni
form shape and size, that is, apple