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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-01
CITY COUNCIL
Continued from first bage.)

legal session convened, that Whereas
the Shreveport Base Ball Association
has applied for and asked for the grant
of the right to use, occupy and obstruct
the alley north of Walnut street in
Parkview subdivision between Park
avenue and Sycamore street, in the city
of Shreveport, for the purpose of locat-
ing and laying out a base ball ground,
which shall include said alley, and erect
thereon necessary grand stands and
bleachers to be used by the said Base
Ball Association; therefore, in accord
ance with Act No. 70 of the Acts of the
Legislature of Louisiana of 1896, and
all other laws On the same subject mat
ter, an election is hereby ordered to be
held in the city of Shreveport on Tues
day, May IL, 1903, at which the said
proposed grant shall be submitted to
the property taxpayers of said city for
approval or rejection, agreeably to the
provisions of this ordinance
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, that
the mayor be and is hereby instructed to
give public notice, by proclamation of
this election, and cause same to be pub
lished for thirty (3o) clear days in the
OfnC1al journal OF this city.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, that
in event said alley shall be vacated by
said Shreveport Base Ball Association,
the said alley shall Immediately revert
to the city.
Adopted by following vote:
Ayes: Allen, Busbey, Conger, Currie,
Dickson, Foster, Jenkins, Lowenthal,
Ouigles, Rand, SNYDER. Thon1an. Tus-
ten, Wise
Nays: None.
By Mr.. Currie-
That ninety days additional time be
allowed railroads to comply with ordi-
nance providing for safety gates at GER
tain street crossings. Adopted.
BY Mr.. Thoman-
That deposition of garbage matter
and dumping of same be referred to
sanitary committee. Adopted.
The alleged obstruction of the river
front by Chatwin Brothers was referred
to the buildings and grounds committee.
Bv Mr.. Wise
That profile establishing grade in
Line avenue presented February 10,
1903, be adopted provided that prop
erty owners on either side of the said
avenue dedicate land for street from
Margaret place to Olive street.
Adopted.
By Mr.. Dickson
That this meeting adjourn to meet
Thursday, April 2, 1903, at pm, as a
continuation of the present session.
Adopted.
T. G. HAYES,
Auditor and Ex-Oficio Secretary.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-01

Rear Admiral Fran, Wildes, who
d1ed recently, used to be fond of telling
or a great start that a Boston clergy
man once gave his congregation.
i was born in Boston," Admiral
Wildes would say, land in my boyhood
attended church there. Well, at church
one Sunday morning there was, it
seems, couple to be married after the
service. The minister made the an
nouncement in this way:
The parties that are to be Joined in
matrimony will present themselves im-
mediately after the singing of Hymn
No. 245- Mistaken Souls That Dream
OF Heaven. 7
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-01
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Kentucky court of appeals holds
that Governor Beckham is eligible tc
again be candidate for governor.
At Jefferson, Tex, George Swope
probably fatally shot himself in the
stomach. He was married Saturday
The coat of G.. A. Algood, a farmer
near Paris, Tex, caught fire from a
burning brush heap and 1920 was con
sumed
The two daughters of John Osborne
smashed two saloons at Winfield
Kan. They were armed with pistols
and hatchets.
A resident of Waco was arrested at
Dallas, charged with making an as,
sault in the latter city upon Colonel
b. E. Moss of Cleburne.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-01
E1ort ana Its Eject,

1t pays to think. 1t is like putting
money out at interest. Dollars make
dollars, and thoughts make other
thoughts. We are so accustomed to
having this old world reward us for
things we do in dollars that we forget
there is such reward as brains-men-
tai growth. Happy the one who sees
all these things in their proper light
who recognizes in every failure a les
son learned, in every effort a reward
be it only a little speck of mental
energy.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-01
AIN INGENIOUS ROBBERY.
How 100000 Was Stolen From " =
Irish stagccOach.


In the first quarter Of the past Co.
tury it became necessary tor the Ban.
Of Ireland, II Belfast, to send 4 lar@>
sum of money in notes to its branch vt
Armagh to meet a special requirement
there, the amount to be renitted being
almost 100000.
Only two courses were open to the
management to effect this, one being
to send a special messenger in post
chaise and the other to send the con
signment by the mailcOach. The latter
was the mode of transportation chosen.
The coach left Belfast on Monday.
Wednesday aud Friday at II O'Clock
noon returning from the archiepisro-
pal city each Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday.
On the previous afternoon Of the day
in question a stranger called at tie
coach office and booked fOuE inside
seats to Anna Oh, paying for them III
advance. Just prior to the starting Of
the coach two men only put in an APP
pearance, explaining that the other
two passengers would join them en-
route at place beyond Lisburn. The
muiIcoach was in charge of John BY
ers an old and trusted servant CT his
employer and the premier "whip' on
that coach line.
The leathern wallet containing the
notes was handed to him by an official
at the bank. who instructed him under
no circumstances to lose sight of it till
it reached its destination. lie duly
gave effect to his instructions, placing
the wallet in the front boot, as it was
called, underneath the driving seat
and where the coach "dined,' having
his dinner brought out and eating it
on the box.
When the coach arrived at the rem
devious beyond Lisburn, the two in
side passengers confrercs were not to
be seen. After waiting a few moments
both guard and driver said it was i'm
possible to wait longer, and the two
inside must either continue their JOUR
ney or remain behind. After some de-
muir they chose the latter alternative
and retraced their steps toward Lis
burn.
When the coach arrived at Armagh,
to the horror and CONSERVATION Of
those in charge it was discorned that
the wallet containing the consignment
was missing. The cloth in the inside
had been cut, the hair stuffing removed
and the dividing panel between it and
the boot had been sawed through and
the wallet distracted.
The whole robbery had been careful
" planned. After abstracting the wal
let the thieves replaced the panel and
stutfing and sewed up the cloth again,
so that should any one go inside en-
route no disturbance would be percep
tible. 1t was ascertained that the
thieves obtained a conveyance in Lis
burn, drove to Belfast, where they ne
gotiated the notes for draft on elias
gov, made their way to Donaghadee,
thence to Portpatrick and eventually
to Glasgow.
They were never captured, and to
the present day it has remained a pro-
found mystery how the information
was obtained that the remittance was
to be forwarded.-London Tit-Bits:
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-01

Austin, April 1.-The supreme
court decided that case of G. T.
Moore vs.. Charles Rogan, land COM
missioner, an application for manda-
mus, adversely to the relator, who
sought to have the commissioner re-
scind his action in canceling a pur-
chase made by relator of two Sec
tons of land.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-01
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

The regular annual meetino of the
Kansas City, Shreveport and Gulf Kali
way Company will be held at the gen
eral offices of the company, No. 517
Market street, in the city of Shreveport
State of Louisiana on Friday, April 3,
1909, at the hour of 10 o'clock am, for
the purpose of@electing Board Of Dl-
rectors and the transaction of such other
business as may properly come before
the meeting.
S. r. KNOTT, President.
d. WILKINSON, Secretary.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-01
STOCKHOLDERS MFFTING.

he regular annual meeting of the
Kansas City Shreveport and Gulf Ter
Illifal Company will be held at the gen
sral offices of the company, No. s17
Market street, in the city Of Shreveport,
state Ct Louisiana, on Friday, April 3,
1908, at the hour of II o'clock am, for
Inc purpose Of electing 4 Board of Di-
Teetors and the transaction of such other
nusffatss as nay properly come before
the meeting.
r. KNOTT, President,
p. WILKINSON, Secretary
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-01
DON'T LET YOUR HARNESS RUN
DOWN

But take them to Morton's, 2o3 Texas
street, and have them repaired or selec;
new set from his mammoth stock OF
saddles, harness, collars, brushes
combs, whips and harness sundries. His
line OF buggies and delivery wagons are
up-fo-date. Call and select one. He also
represents the Texas Moline Plow Com
pany Il will be 10 your interest to see
their line. Yours for business, R. P.
Morton.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-01
NEW FIRM.

The Bird sadd!ery Company, No 2o2
Texas street, handle the most complete
Inc Of Saddles, Harness, Buggies and
Wagons in the city. The celebrated Mil
burn Wagon, full line of all sizes al
ways on hand. Give them a call. Writ
ten guarantee for twelve months on
vehicles.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-01
T. u. IIlA Id,
Auditor and Ex-Oficio Secretary

The Cotton Belt Route will sell round
trip tickets to Los Angeles and San
francisco on May 3, IL, -, ID, IS. 10,
y and IS, at rate of $3.50 on account
Of General Assembly of PRESBYTERIAN
Church and National Association of
Master Plumbers of the United States.
All tickets limited to July IS returning.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-01
sWEDENBoRG,s WORKS.

Have YOU read any of Swedenborgs
works IF not, will you send me your
address enclosing a stamp or two and
viii mail you one of his books free.
State whether you want it in English or
in German. Adolph Roeder, 50 Cleve-
land street, Orange, N. ].
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-01

FL Paso, Tex, April 1.-The SUI
preme court of the United States has
sustained the decision of the lower
court awarding Alfonso Hueselman,
crippled bootblack, $4,000 for injuries
sustained On the Mexican Central rail.
way several years ago while in the
company's employ
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-01
:. NOTICE.

No. 8I1o-In First Judicial District
Court Of Caddo Parish, La: w. K.
Henderson Lumber Company VS.. D.
d. Dodd Lumber Company.
TO WHOM IT MAY. CONCERN:
You are hereby notified to appear
within fifteen days from this notice and
file answer with the clerk of Caddo par
isl, Louisiana, if any you have, to the
petition filed in this suit.
S. J. WARD, Sheriff.
Caucasian, March ~, 1903.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-01

Bookkeeper Il would like a little
more salary, sir. You see. I'm married
now, sir
Employer-And need the increase for
your family?
Bookkeeper-No, sir; for myself. You
see, my wife knows just what I'm get
ting now!
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-01
HIDES. WOOL, BEESWAX
Fur season over; prices nominal.

Honduras is enjoying the sensation OF
two presidents. Poor people! Just Sup
pose we had two Rooseve1ts MEM
phis News.
We would be in shoel of fix, but
as an American citizen, we would
kick them clean out q sight. What
would the News man do !?
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-01

. e THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY.
At the coming Democratic primary I
will Be a candidate for parish assessor.
Il will be pleasure to see every voter
# possible to urge my claims. Respect
fully,
GEO. L. WOODWARD.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-01
Golden Weddings.

But, papa, things have changed
since you We're young"
Yes, they have. Folks used to wait
hfty years for golden wedding, and
now they demand it at the start"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-01
Then She Got Mad,

She fhaVing nothing else to say}-It's
Iunny how we ever came to think so
much of each other.
He Funny? It's positively ridicu-
lous!
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-01

WHEN YOU%WANT INSURANCE
When you want money, fire Insurance.
bonds, life insurance, real estate, acct
dent insurance or building and loan
stock, see w. c. Agurs, in the Cooper
building.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-01

On July + to 10 the Cotton Belt Route
! will sell round trip tickets to Pueblo,
Colorado Springs and Denver at rate of
S27I5, limited August 81.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-01

APPLICATION FOR PARDON.
I hereby give notice that l have ap-
piled for a pardon. 6. II. HENRY.
March ~. Ieo3.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-01
T. NJ. WILLIAMS, c. E.

Surveys in Caddo and Bossler par
ishes. Correct work guaranteed Office
with Parish Surveyor, court house,
Shreveport, La.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-01
CHICKENS AND EGGS

CH1CKENS-Per doz., hens $3.50
fryers $3ooa3:25; broilers $2.35a2.5o
TURKEYS-Per ID. 1oc.
GFESE-Per doz. $3.ooa4oo.
COCkS-Guineas and culls 81 500
Us.
DUCKS-Per doz. $2ooa3.oo.
EGGS-Per doz. 8aIIc.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-01

The noblest characters are those who
have steered the life saving vessel.
through storm tossed seas. a bed Of
down never nurtured great soldier
yet
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-01
FRUITS AND NUTS.

1\ol - AMI IN ~ ..
APPLES-Per Dbl S3.5oa4.5o
EVAPORATED APPLES-Per lb
I-2a7 I-2c.
NAVY BEANS-Per ID. SC.
IEMONS-Per box $3.ooa325.
ORANGES - Per box, California
navel SAYS.
RAISINS-London layers s1.S5aLo5
per box.
PECANS-Louisiana paper shell PEI,
ID. I5a2oc; Texas IoaI5c.
ALMONDS-Pe lb. 16c.
BRAZIL NUTS-Per ID. 12c.
COCOANUTS-Per 100 $3.25.
CURRANTS-Pcr ID. &C.
WALNUTS-Naples per ID. lac.
PEANUTS-Raw hand picked per
ID 5atc; &c higher on all grades roasted.
ClTRON-Per ID IL 1-2aI4c
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-01
DAIRY PRODUCTS.

BUTTER-Country, good to choice,
dairy lib bricks, 22a23c; creamery
25a2oc; fancy creamery 28a3oc; lib
Blocks soc.
CHEESE-1-lb. cuts 1870; Daisy
per ID. I5aI5I-2
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-01
AT WELLMAN'S.

= Wall paper and borders all the same
price. Best mixed paints at SIPS per
gallon, delivered.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-01
PRODUCTS.

t1OL PRODUC1S.
BACON-Clear rib sides NJ SIC; dry
salt 10 $40.
HAMS-Per h. 141-2c
PIGS FEET-I1alf Dbl. S.; quarter
bbl S225.
LARD-Tierce compound IS; pure
lard II lac.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-01
Saving Deposits.

MERCHANTS & FARMERS BANK
AND TRUST CO., CORNER OF
SPRING AND TEXAS STRESS,
SHREVEPORT, LA.
The savings deposits of the bank is
ne Of its deservcdly popular features.
Interest at the Pate of three per cent
pee annum is allowed on all sums of
one dollar AMI upwards remaining on
months.
When madsD during the first three
days Of any month, interest is allowed
on these deposits as if deposited on the
first day of the month. Interest on all.
sums not withdrawn will be payable on
the first days Of February and August,
and interest not then withdrawn is
added 70 the principal thereby giving
he depositors compound interest.
Deposits may be made by marriei
women, men OF minors, i'll their own
names.
Facilities are given deoositors to
draw money.
Deposits made for longer period
than six months draw a higher rate
thar ordinary savings deposits.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-01
THE CAUCASIAN.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL I, 1908.
.
DENTISTRY.

= DR.. T.: M. Comegys, dentist, office
Cooper building.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-01
BREADSTUFFS,

FLOUR-Best patent S4.25: half pat
ents and straights $500; extra fancy
S375a4.oo.
CORNMEAL-In sacks $2.25
CRACKERS-A. B. c. &c; creams Sc
ner Lii
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-01
ROVISION MARKER.

The quotations. are. revised care1sfs,
| and are correct.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-01
COTTON MARKET.
Office of The Caucasian,
Shreveport, La, April I. 1903.
SHREVEPORT MARKET.

Ihe market closed quiet 1-I8 off.
Receipts $50 bales.
Low middiing 49,. -. 49,. -. SI1l6
Niddling -. 49,. -. -. ...- 9 $40
Good nliddling -. 49,. -. -. oI5-lt
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT.
Stock on hand Sept. l. 1855
Received thi, day $50 $50
Received previously ..I9S,227 loo,o56
Total receipts to date -. -. 2oo,Go9
Shipments to date -. -. .....1So,5l9
Net stock on hand -. -. -. 1880
Same date last year 49,. -. -. I0,52S
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-01
FEEDSTUFFS

CORN-Per bu. 58a6oc
OAIS-Per bu. 47a4Sc.
HAY-Per ton, Arkansas $3.50; Tex
as $780, alfalfa $500.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-01
COFFEE.
ESCULENTS.

CABBAGE-Per crate S1.p.
ONIONS-Per Blu. ooc.
POTATOES-Per bu. -5a95c.
KRAUI-Half Dbl. $3.50.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-01

SUGAR AND MOLASSES.
Standard granulated $500 !;
choice yellow clarified $3.50.
MOLASSES-Choice 25c; prime 2Sc !:
common ISc; pure sugar house 4oc
COFFEE.
COFFEE-Fair 7a7 1-2c: medium
grades SAG I2c; better grades oaIoc
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-01
SIG A A ND MOI SSE

RICE-New Louisiana 3 3-4a7c.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-09

The greatness of John Wesley appears il
this; among them all no man has risen
so great as he. If diversity, amount, and
efficiency OF work, strength and perman-
ence of moral influence. and the benefcent
impression of personality,-hving, dying,
and hlstorlcal,-be the standard Of judg-
ment, what name within the past two
hundred years,-of priest, parson, minister,
bishop, or philanthropist,-can rival his,
who. when despised and cast out because
OF zeal for truth and love for all men of
every race, exclaimed, The World is My
Parish'?"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-09

| have been for twenty years an ad-
mirer of Miss Murfree's novels. Several
OF them interested me not little, and
have held for ten years that she is the
best novelist the South has produced. l
have no reason to change that opinion.
She is superior to Kennedy. Joel Chandler
Harris, Dabney, who wrote Don Milf,
john Esten Cooke, Tom Page, MISS
Fisher (Christian Redo, Edwin Fuller
Harden and others, so far as 1 know. /
Murfree (''Charles Egbert Craddock'D has
have never had the curiosity to read a
page of Miss Mary Johnsons books. Miss
a novel recently issued by Houghton, Milf
film & Co., of Boston It's title is, "a
Spectre of Power" In sympathetic.
wel-written, brief review of it in the New
York Saturday Review, it is said:
Miss Murfree cannot write but with
earnest artistic purpose, or other than eX-
cellent English; and here there is her
usual vigor and directness, and those
traits by which her style is distinguished.
This story represents an amount of labor
disproportionate to the result. It's setting
seems TO weigh the writer's imagination,
and clip the wings of fancy. The narra-
tive is redundant, and at times Edrags
and is wearisome. 1t has no figures of
marked individuality. 1t has manyYinter-
esting episodes, carefully told. and pas
sages and chapters that rise above the
dead level of long story, and are well
worth reading for their own sake"
She has not the ear of the public now
as she once had. She retains her skill as
a writer of ability, if not rs a builder Of
finished enjoyable fresh stories. Some
of her best novels are the best l have
read from Southern pen. She is, /
think, of North Carolina descent. I be
lieve her parents or grand parents, 0r
both classes. were born in this State.
But in my preferences for her | am not
hedged in by State lines. If l were then
Miss Fisher would appeal to me, above
all others "for she is native here and
to the manner born" and has written
some enjoyable and attractive novels. /
recall that one of the most important OF
New England living critics wrote some
years ago that in his opinion Miss Muir,
frees ''In The Clouds" was one of the
best novels written in America within ten
years preceding.
THEODORE BRYANT KINGSBURY.
Wilmington n c., Aug. g. 1908.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-09

1t Is announced in London that John
Coemans Life of Charles Reade," the
eminent novelist, is to appear soon, II 1t
has not already appeared. 1t is said to
be of Importance because so much of it
will be autobiographical Anything from
Reade himself will be eagerly read. He
was one of the greatest novelists IN Great
Britain after the three or four greatest
Scott. Thackeray, Dickens, George Eliot
1t Is stated that the photographed por-
ton has been withheld from publication
for private reasons Reade has a fine
intellectual head and face as revealed
IN portrait. / read in 1887, with much
interest, duodecimo of some 450 pages,
entitled "Charle Reade, d. c. L., Drama
fist, Novelist, Journalist 1t is "a Me
moir Compiled Chiefly from his Literary
Reviews BY Charles L. Reade and Rev
Compton Reade 1t contains unpublished
manuscripts, numerous extracts from his
diaries, and parts of his correspondence.
The first bographer is literary executor
while the second is a nephew Of the au-
thor. It is an interesting work. and lovers
of Reade's many clever novels will relish
the reading of it. | cite some of his most
interesting and important productions I
begin with by far the greatest-The Clois-
| ter and the Hearth Peg Wellington,
Christie Johnston and other Stories; A
Terrible Temptation; White Lies; Griffith
Gaunt; Put Yourself in His Place; 1t is
Never Too Late to Mend: Foul Play and
Hard Cash There are others.
Professor Walter Skeat, the eminent
English etyrnologist is to superintend the
publication of the famous first folio of
Chaucer, date 1882. 1t will be reproduced
in fac simile with notes by the Professor.
This will interest some few Americans.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-09

"THE BLUES" are always located IN
the stomach. EUV1TA will Danish the
blues At all fountains.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1903-12-23
TRIBUTARY
TO LEWISTON
Assessor Says There Are 10000
Sheep in Willowa County
This Year

Especial Telegram to Evening Teller.)
ENTERPRISE, Ore. Dec. 23.-The
county assessor has just completed his
statement Of the number of sheep and
shows the number of sheep to be $780,
900. Thus Wallowa stands third on the
list among the counties of eastern Ore
gon. 1t is lead only by Morrow and
Umatilla. The sheep in each of those
counties numbered about $4,000. The
average price of sheep this fall is
placed at $3.50. This makes the value
of the sheep of Wallowa county $414,-
000 There is little increase this year
over the number raised in 1902.
The number of cattle is placed at
raised last year Wallowa county is
we'll down the list in the number of cat
tie, outclassing only Morrow county.
The average price of cattle this year is
placed by the buyers at s25 each. This
would make the total value of the cat
tie $423, 400.
The value of the cattle and sheep
combined would be $1037, 400. The
value of the sheep and cattle of Una
tilla, Baker Harvey, Grantfi Union and
Morrow amounts to $6,1S7,447 Thus
the value of the cattle and the sheep
of eastern Oregon is $7,224,S47.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1903-12-23
GIFTS To
employees
Crane Elevator Company Distri'
buteS a Christmas Gift of
$25O,OO0 to its Workers

Especial Telegram to Evening Teller.)
CHICAGO, Ill.,. Dec. 23.-The Crane
company, manufacturers of elevators,
today began the distribution of prob
ably the largest Christmas gift ever
made by an American concern to the
workers in it's employ. The aggregate
amounted to $250,O00 and was distrib-
uted among 5000 toilers. Included
among the recipients were about 500
men and women, not now in the employ
of the company. but who We're at the
beginning of the year and had been
laid off for one reason or another
The money was distributed on the
ratio of time sworked during the year
and averaged about 5 per cent of the
yearly wage. The amount distributed
this year was considerably in excess
of that of any previous year, partly
because the company has about 1000
more employees than it had year ago,
and partly because of the unusually
prosperous conditions that have pre-
vailed.