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The Washington times., 1905-08-06
NoUtllead Washington

Mrs Browning. of 70S East Capitol
street. entertained St. Marks Chapter,
Daughters of the King, at her home
Thursday evening. among those present
we're Mrs Smyth, Mrs Barnes, Mrs.
Mattingiy. Mrs sewat, Miss Emma
BIondy. Miss Carrie jenkins. Miss Nc
Causland. Miss Margaret D. Miller. and
Miss Down
A permit has been granted TO George
c. Weinberg for repairing his bakery at
III Twelfth street southeast. The Wolff
Company has taken the contract, and
the cost of improvements will be about
$1,000
The property 81 No. 227 Second street
southeast has been transferred by L.
Pierce Boteler 10 the National Safe De-
posIt, Savings and Trust Company.
p J. Hagan, who has been visiting his
uncle. T. Monaghan. of Wallbrook, Bal
timore- Nd, has left with his friend,
w. f, Oates. for the Catskiu mountains,
where they will spend the rest OF the
summer.
A permit has been granted to James
Martin 10 build seven two-story brick
dwellings from 1883 to 1880 A street
southeast The architect viii be Harry
Blake and the cost will be about S210O0
The North Carolina Avenue Methodist
Protestant Church has been selected as
the Mace for the next meeting OF the
District Christian EndeavOr Union, to-
morrow afternoon. It has been several
months since the union has had meet
ing in East Washington, and large at
tendance is expected The location OF
the church is convenient TO the ear lines
of both SvSteH1S.
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Birthday Party.

Mr.. and Mrs. II. Wilson. of 102 Ken
lucky avenue, gave a delightful birth
day party at their home last Mon
day evening in honor OF the seventh
birthday or their daughter. Edna Emily.
Miss Bette Milstead rendered an excel
lent musical program during the even
ing and the large number of young
folks present participated I'm games.
Refreshments were served later In the
dining room. which was tastefuIIy deco
Gated for the occasion.
Miss Wilson received a number Of
beautiful presents. Among those pres
ent We're Misses Emily Bates. Edith
Green, Nellie Cook, Helen Smith. Kath-
crime Dunkle. Mildred Chamberlain.
TheiTna Stephen. Hazel Young, Rather
Inc Suits, Dorothy Lewis. Augusta
Diegleman. and Masters Freddie WaIen.
Russell Belts. G. Donald Pierce. Everett
Cole. Morton Nelly. Charles Cole, Miss
Jessie Cole, and Master Richard Hardee,
OF Florida.
Mrs. W. II. Hill has left EIlicott City.
Md, where she has been visiting. and
has gone to Point Pleasant n. ].
e. V, Luckett and family expect to
leave some time during the coming
week for Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. APnew and family.
have gone TO Colonial Beach, where
they Will stay until September.
Pupils of Eastern High School will
hardly recognize their alma mater in
September. when several improvements
begun on the building will have been
completed During the past week the
entire exterior os the building has been
reprinted red A new sanitary plumbing
system is being installed, and this will
probably be completed about Septem-
Der This new system, which. It Is said.
VIII be the finest ever installed in a
Washington high school. will replace an
old system which authorities on sani-
tary conditions long ago pronounced I'M
healthful.
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Fire Alarm Sounded.

Last Wednesday evening engine com
pany No. II was called out by an alarm
Of fire to the home of Mrs Fred A. EN-
cry. Mrs. Emery had been burning sui
phur for fumigating purposes in a third
story bedroom. and the blaze caught
onto the curtains and from there was
transmitted to the bedding. About SIS
damage was done.
While painting a house on Spring
street last week Albert Wheeler fell
from the ladder on which he was stand
ing and was painfully injured about the
head and shoulders.
Private NJ l. Poland. of the Tenth
precinct, IS on leave for the next six
days.
Private X. T Allen was on leave for
four days last week.
Private J. +. Wilson. who has been on
the sick list for nearly a month is re-
ported as improving.
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Trolley Ride.

The Ladies' Auxiliary of Columbia
Commandery. No ., X. T. gave troll
lev ride to Rockville Friday evening. 1t
was arranged by Z. c. Peach, chairman
of the auxiliary.
Miss Grace I. MaI1ard. of Capitol Hill.
is visiting her friend. Miss A. Elizabeth
Titus. of Leesburg, Va
The property at Fourteenth street
southeast, has been sold by r. Harrison
johnson to Mary A R. K. Rose, for
81 ESQ
Miss NJ 3. Rogerson has left the city
fer the lower Potomac. to be absent
from town about a month. On her re-
turn trip she viii be the guest at the
cottage of Miss Yoder at Colonial Beach.
A short meeting was held by the Ia
dies of Monarch Temple, No. ?, L. G.
E, Friday evening. At the close Of
the meeting, the large number present
participated in game of progressive
euchre Refreshments were srvd later.
The prize winners were as follows: First
prize, Mrs. L. Fitzgerald; second prize,
Mrs. e. Everett third prize, Miss E.
Kirk: consolation prize, Miss g. Dene-
kas; BOBBY prize. Miss L. Kirk.
Miss Carrie E. Rodrick, of Capitol
Hill is spending some time with friends
at Summit Grove. Pa.
James R. Ellison has transferred his
property on lot 20. square 1896 K street
southeast. between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth streets, to Sanford Edie.
Mrs. H D. Gordon and family has
gone to Herndon, Va, where they viii
spend a vacation of a month.
Mrs Warren II. Orcutt and her grand
son. Warren M York, are staying at
the Silverside, Atlantic City.
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Miss Geddes' Party.

Miss Mildred Geddes entertained few
friends Thursday evening, at the home
of her sister. Mrs. W w Smith.
Among those present were Misses Ros-
ale Carr. Maggie Welsh, Louise Turner.
Adelaide Quisenberry, Bessie Ray,
Marie Blundon. Emily Baker. and Bes-
sic Robinson; Frank and Dwight Gait.
Francis Quisenberry. Karl Seyboth,
Thomas Magruder. Harold Burnside,
and Mortimer Carr.
The Hyattsville postofflce was moved
Thursday from the Odd Fellows build
ing. east of the railroad. where it has
been for many years. despite the eff
forts Of many citizens to have 1t locat-
ed at some point more convenient to the
majority of its patrons.
1t is now in brick building owned bv
William P. Magruder. near Maryland
avenue.
The HyattSbille baseball team met an
iEglorious defeat on its own grounds Wed
nesday afternoon. at the hands Of the
Laurel boys, in the first game of the
new Suburban league
Darnan made a home run, and Dorr
pitched well, but the Laurels allowed
them only five runs. while they took
seventeen. The same day the RiverdaIes.
playing at home, defeated the Lanedons
by TO 4 good crowd witnessed each
game.
The street-lighting problem has been
for some time a troublesome one. and In
consequence the lighting committee of
the town council has been in consuIta-
ton during the past week with the Po-
tomac Electric Lighting and Power
Cornnauv
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flow of the older wells; that the sand
bed was similar, and the water. so far
as could be determined without chemical
analysis was also very similar, and
that the new stratum was covered by n
deep layer of tough clay. which made a
safe protection against contamination
by surface drainage. He also said that
the flow of this we'll would not be SEN
sibly affected by another well penetrat-
Ing its stratum $50 feet away A we'll
reaching the stratum of the Older wells
at the proposed distance would have an
Independent flow. and the new well
would double the existing supply. The
councl1 ordered the purchase of an adj
dit3haI Worthington pump, at a cost
of $51S The boring of the deep well
was begun yesterday.
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and three schoolmates. William Miller,
George Oyster, and Harmon Linthicun,
are waiting for him. The party will
then proceed on Il trip through Mexico.
Joseph d. Wright ras transferred
part of original lot T. square SIS, on
Seventh street. between D and T streets.
to Henry f. Trip.
Mrs. Charles Waldren of $50 A street,
has gone to Buffalo Lithia Springs, Va,
where she viii be for the remainder of
the summer.
Mrs H. c, Browning is staying at
Mill Point. w. Va.
Beginning August IT, a lawn party
Will be given for a week on the lawn
Of ST Peters Church A concert VIII
be given one night, The proceeds will
be used for church purposes.
Edwin L. McPhee and Emmett Reich
ert, of Second street, have left the city
for St Georges Island. Nd. where they
Will stay for two weeks.
Other East Washingtonlans who are
staying at st. Georges are H. c. Haz-
ard and son, Sam Hazard. OF B street.
They will stay at the Maryland resort
for two weeks.
Ed L. Birmingham. Of Capitol Hill,
sailed Tuesday from Baltimore for Sa-
vannah. Ga
Richard Rothwell has transferred lot
&C. square 1017. c street. between Thir-
tenth and Fourteenth streets. to Law
ton RothwelI.
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School Building.

The building committee in charge of
the Hyattsville public school had q
meeting Thursday evening and, Contrac-
tor George N Walker being present.
made arrangements for a final settle
ment of the contract and formal r.
ception OF the building
A mass meeting of the citizens of Ber-
wyn was held Monday evening to con-
slider. amor other matters. the question
of town incorporation 1t developed that
the sentiment was two to one against
such proposition
Mrs. w. d Porter and family have
gone to Orange county. Va, for n
month. Mr.. Porter. who is with the
Weather Bureau. will take his vacation
later. when the quail shooting is at it's
best.
BY a clever piece of detective work,
aided by one or two fortunate circum-
stances. Constable Dial Shreve. of BIa-
densburg, recovered on Tuesday a lot
of jeweIry, including valuable diamond
ring belonging to Mrs Edward Shomo
1t was stolen about two months ago.
Miss Ruth Steinmeyer entertained Miss
Schwartz. of Washington at a water
melon feast Wednesday evening. Those
present were Mrs. Meyer and her daugh-
ter. Miss Pauline; Charles Branch. Rob-
ert Browning. and Samuel Finkelstein.
DR. and Mrs. R. A Bennett, of River
dale, gave a euchre Saturday evening
Miss Ruth Wright and Miss Ruth Stein
meyer tied for first ladies' prize Miss
Wright winning. Frank Mudd secured
the first gentlemen's prize, and Louis
Richardson, A. Z. Cox, and D. Vaughan
tied for second. Richardson winning.
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ALe1ATlOrTa

Miss Fannie Smith and Miss Anna
Kearney are visiting friends in Char
lottesville
Miss D. L. Lake and Miss Ella Les
Woolf are visiting friends in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Strauss. accom-
panied by their granddaughter, Misc
Hortense Leterman, are at Atlantic
City
Windsor W. Demaine. who has been
sick al his home in King street, is Inn
proving.
Henry f. Robertson spent last Sunday
at Colonial Beach
William E. FaIconer is with friends
| on Seminary Hill.
Capt. Henry Phillips and family are
| at Colonial Beach.
James F. Peyton spent several days AZ
Colonial Beach last week
Elmer Mcintosh was a visitor ~
Colonial Beach last week
Mrs. Henry r Robertson, who was
visiting in Wilmington and at WriKht's
Beach. y. e. has returned TO her hons
in this city
Mrs. Henry Glasgow and family ara
back from a visit to Colonial Beach.
ar. and Mrs. H. n. Brawner viii leavs
today for Colonial Beach.
John W Ma is attending the proh.-
hilton campmeeting IN Loudoun county,
Va
Miss Mary Beatrice GIL and Miss
Esther Woolls. Of Richmond. who have
been visiting friends IN this city, have
left for home
Miss Lockerman, OF Baltimore, is visit
ing Miss Edith stansbury. in this city.
George Ayers. OF this city, is spend
ing a Few weeks at Colonial Beach.
Thomas Howard, OF Manassas, was 8
visitor in Alexandria last week.
Miss Katie Brannon is spending ten
days at Colonial Beach.
Miss Rena Kaufman Is sotourning in
Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bayne are at Co
lonial Beach.
Miss Margaret Greene. of Alexandria.
has as her guest Miss Agnes Wright. OK
Shepherdstown, W Va
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On Annual Leave.

Private G. w. Kramer will take his
annual leave this week.
Privates h. b. Kelly and i. j. Stu
art are now spending a ten days va
cation.
J. 8. Byram. OF the Tenth precinct,
was put On the invalid list at the sta
tion last week Byram will probably
report for duty the latter part of next
week.
Private w. Jones for the next fifteen
days Will take life easy. having gone
on vacation for that length OF time
E. T. Elliott will be of duty for a
few days.
Nellie Clark has transferred to AL
berta Davis lot 80, square IT.
Joshua L. Sprinkle has purchased
from Thomas H. Collins lot ~
square S.
Thomas f. FARRELL has sold a por-
ton Of lot 80, square 81, 70 Darby II
Coon.
The following deaths occurred al
F'reedman's Hospital last week:
Thelma Rivers. six months. and
Hattie Newman. aged nineteen years
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Water Found.

Contractor Shanahan struck on Tues
day. at the depth of 10 feet. strong
flow OF water which, under the pump.
furnishes $4,000 gallons in twenty-four
hours. He thereupon suggested to the
water committee of the town council
a modification OF his contract to allow
the sinking Of another we'll OF similar
depth at a distance of $50 feet. and Of
one $50 feet between these two, instead
OF sinking two wells go feet deep. as
called for by his contract To consider
this a special session OF the council
was held Thursday evening. with the
result that the modification was au-
thorized. Mr.. Shanahan stated before
the council that the stratum penetrated
by this well wat different from that
supplying the three wells now feeding
the reservoir, as evidenced by the con-
siderable difference in depth and the
fact that It's flow had no effect upon the
The Washington times., 1905-08-06
Firemen's Vacations.

William Virts, OF Truck Company a
returns to duty today from his annual
leave, and 4. S. Haight follows him
Mr. Haight will spend a part of the
twenty-day period al Atlantic City
The members OF Truck a company
have been playing a round OF hotly CON
tested games of pinocle. Jerry Sullivan
and Con Sullivan were declared the
champions Tor July.
The family OF Private A. Minnick are
about to leave the city for few weeks
visit with friends in Baltimore and the
Eastern Shore of Maryland,
Harmon Chapman celebrated the
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Visiting Deer Park.

The Rev. p, z, Phillips is spending
his vacation at Deer Park, Nd.
Miss Celeste AIilburn. who has been
Ill. is improving,
James Beach is i'll at his home in
South Fairfax street.
Charles Diedrich's family are spend
ing the summer at Orange, Va.
Capt, Herbert Bryant, who has been
spending some time at Atlantic City,
has returned 10 his home here.
p. ]. Dempsey. OF this city, had as his
guest last week his brother, Col. c. A
Dempsey. of Richmond
c. 7 Martin, of this city. is spending
a few weeks IN Faber, Nelson county.
Miss Matilda Edwards OF Warrenton,
and Lemuel Suddith, of Alexandria
We're married by the Rev. DR.. Fisher.
in this city last week.
Miss Josie Robinson, of this city. was
the guest of Mrs A. d. Payne, in War
rentQn last week.
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Bar Harbor Visitor.

Miss German, of Capitol Hill. who
has been spending the month of July
al Atlantic City, has left for Bar Har-
Dor, Me. where she Will remain during
the month of August with her niece,
Miss Margaret German
A large congregation enjoyed the ser
mon preached at St Marks Protestant
Church, corner Third and A streets
southeast, last Sunday morning by the
Rev. DR.. Charles H II Wright, lee
tufcr and examiner Of Semitic languages
at the University of Oxford, England.
who has been in this Country delivering
a course OF lecture at the summer
school at New Milford, Conn DR..
Wright Is an exceptionally good speak
er He is now visiting relatives in
Washington
The property at 124 Fourth street
southeast, has been sold by the Fiji
teenth Street Presbyterian Church to
James r. Wilder for 800
Mr.. and Mrs H N Roberts, of Capt.
tcl Hill, are now staying ar their cot
tage at Body Camp, Bedford county,
Va.
Mr.. and Mrs william B. Hester are
staying at Ocean CITY, Ma.
Policeman +. L. Fletcher, Of the
Fifth precinct is to be mounted upon a
wheel in the place of Policeman Hoag-
land, who has accepted a detail at the
Police Court. relieving George ". Nor
gan.
The Pennsylvania avenue property on
lot g. square 10I9, between Twelfth and
Thirteenth streets southeast, has been
transferred from Michael 3. Harlow TO
William H. Potter.
Edmund Brady has sold lot 81. square
T35, Second street southeast, between D
and + streets. 10 C. H. Francis Davis.
The price was S3.275.
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IIyafflyVI1le

Miss Corinne Mcfarland has returned
rom visit TO rela tiyes at Springfield,
" Va
George P. Hickey is at home after
swo weeks at Virginia Beach.
c. A. NJ Wells with party of Wash
'ngton friends. is taking two weeks
sail on the Potomac and Chesapeake
bay.
Or. and Mrs. Charles A. Wells are ex-
plor;ng Yellowstone Park.
Miss E. McNicholI. niece of Mrs. Won
Steinmeyer. of Riverdale. with her
friends. Miss Belle Davis, took passage
last Saturday on the Cedric for Naples.
to be gone a month.
DR.. and Mrs Joseph r, Owens left yes
terday morning for a ten-days' visit to
their two SONS at Long Island. y. Y.
Mrs George S. Britt has been at Co
lumbia Hospital and. after an operation
by DR.. l.. S. Stone. is much improved.
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event of his promotion from Waterman
to the rank of private IN the Fire De
partment by treating his comrades at
No 10 engine company to an ice cream
feast at quarters on Monday night.
Mrs l. c. Greater. of Cincinnati, ar
rived IN the city Thursday. and will be
the guest of her sister, Mrs. G. W.
I5arsch, at 1918 Maryland avenue. during
the month of August.
Robert CIarkson, of sz9 Tenth street.
left the city yesterday for Niagara
Falls, where he VIII spend his two
weeks vaca ton
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At Colonial Beach.

w dILeT 6diAenBer spent FEW Gays
at Colonial Beach last week.
| Mrs. R. T. Grimes and Miss Mae
| Grimes are visitin~ in New York Bos-
ton. and Halifax. N s.
The Misses Jasper, Of North Royal
street. have as their guest Miss Efie
Davis, of Washington.
Miss Claudia C. Thomas and George
c. Wilkins were married at the par
sonage OF the Methodist Protestant
church by the Rev. J. II. S Ewell last
Tuesday.
Mrs. A. A. Warehouse Is Ill at the
home OF Mrs. Dabney Herndon. in this
city.
Miss Alma williams. of Keyser. W.
Va. is visiting the family of F. J. Poll
lard, IN this city.
J. Matthews. of this city. is visiting in
Loudoun county
Major George II. Hulvey. of Rocking
ham. was in Alexandria last week.
Patrick f. Downey is spending a few
weeks in Johnstown, Pa.
Bonnie Tucker, OF Richmond. spent
last week visiting friends in this city.
Miss Annie Kramer is spending a few
days at Colonial Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie A. Moore, who
were visiting in Atlantic City. have re-
turned
Miss Mary and Elizabeth Bergen ara
at Atlantic City.
Mrs. a. Katz. Of this city, had as her
guest last week Mrs. Sarah Bloch. OF
New York
Miss kroes Ficklin is visiting relatives
at Litwalton, Lancaster county, Viz
ginia.
William H. Henderson. of Washington.
and Mrs. Elonora Russell. of St Mary's
county, Maryland, were married by ths
Rev. H. ]. Cutler at the parsonage of
st. Mary's Church last Monday evening.
Mrs. J. J. Sullivan is spending a few
weeks visiting friends in Stanton.
The Roy. D. J. Coleman. Of Fredericks-
burg, was the guest OF the Rev. II. J.
Cutler last week.
r. NJ. Green and family are spending
a few weeks at Virginia Beach.
Judge Norton is spending a few weeks
at the Thousand Islands.
e. L. Danger1eId and family are sum-
mering at Magnolia, Mass.
Mrs. T. Wellington Rose was quite
sick at her home in North Fairfax
street last week.
Misses Cora and May Simpson are
spending a few weeks at Front Royal.
Mrs. W. b Dangerf1eld Is spending the
summer in Charles Town, W. Va
Miss R. B. Adams. who was visiting
friends IN Charlottesville. has returned
home.
Mr. and Mrs. william B. smoot are
spending some tine at Atlantic City.
The Rev. F. J. Brooke is spending
his vacation at RaWley Springs.
I. Eichberg and family. who havs
been spending some time st Bedford
Springs. Pa, have returned to their
home in this city.
Charles J. Brill, Of ConneIlsvilIe, Pa.
is visiting relatives in this city.
The Rev. W J. Morton is spending
his vacation in Spottsyivania county.
Mrs. w. Walter Davis is spending a
few weeks visiting in Catharpin. Prince
William county
Mrs. William Chandler, of this city,
is visiting friends in Richmond
Rudolph Norris is spending ten days
al Colonial Beach
Miss Myrtle Goods. who has been VS.
iting friends a. strasburg, has returned
to her home IN this city.
Miss May Starnen is visiting friends
In Richmond
Misses Myrtle and Lucy Graves, who
have been spending some time at At
lantic city, have returned TO their
home
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Gone to Wisconsin.

The Misses Ruth and Luella Field, OF
Eleventh street, left the city Wednes-
day for Wisconsin, where they will stay
until the reopening of school in Wash
ington. They were accompanied the
greater part Of the way by their father,
w. S. Field. who Will stay in Chicago,
H., few days before leaving for OloIa-
hcma City. where his son. John Field.
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excellent program was rendered. CON
sisting of vocal and Instrumental music
and recitaTions.
Mrs. J. H. Watson has returned from
months visit TO her sons in Philadel-
phia.
Private II. w Lusby. of No. s engine
house. left the city on his furlough of
twenty days last Sunday. He will spend
some time IN New York and Atlantic
City before returning home.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-10-17
COST OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
Sum Required Annually to Maintain It
and Other Fiuures.

The white house up to date has cost
about 100000, of which nearly one
third has been paid for furniture and
interior decoration. Originally the
state of Virginia gave $4,000 to build
it, Maryland adding $4,000. To main
tain the white house costs from $25 900
to $4,000 year, the appropriation for
this purpose varying considerably.
But every now and then there is some
thing extra to be paid for and congress
is called upon to give an extra $50 900
or $4,000. The biggest pull of this
kind ever made was for $55O,O0O.
which was spent a couple of years ago
in partial reconstruction of the in
terror and in the addition of wing
like terraces and an Office building.
Every now and then a new set of
china has to be provided and usually
that costs about $25 ,000-rather big
point of view Repairs run up to
large amount annually, white paint
being an important item
The president gets his pay every
month in the shape of check, or,
more accurately speaking. war
rant for $4,166.67, which is sent by
messenger to the white house. A
memorandum of the amount due is
made out by the auditor for the state
department and is sent to the war
rant division of the treasury, where it
&c oI
The secretary of the treasury signs
it, the comptroller certifies it as cor
rect and then Mr.. Roosevelt receives
his money. The smallest warrant
ever issued by the treasury depart
ment was in favor of a president of
the United States 1t was for one cent
and was forwarded from Washington
to Mr.. Cleveland at Gray Gables, the
sum being due to close the account of
salary for the fiscal Saturday
Evening Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-10-17
Senator Cranes Farmer at Fire.

Senator Crane tells this one: Farm
er Dockridge was hastily awakened in
the dead of night by ALT, the hired
man, who told him the barn was on
fire. Instructing ALI to blindfold the
horses and lead them out, he hurried
ly donned his trousers and rushed in
to the summer kitchen, grabbed a
screw-driver and ran out to the barn.
The roof was burning fercely, but
he dashed into the barn and began
with frantic haste to unscrew the
hinges of the door. ALT had succeed
ed in getting the horses out safely
but the farmer stuck to the job, and
finally emerged with the doors just as
the roof fell in
That's a good deal of risk to take
for a bit of firewood,' said neigh
Dor, who had come over to see what
he could do
''Firewood," said the farmer, point
ing to pencil marks on the door; see
them figgers? Well, them's my bust
ness accounts for six years and worth
more than the hull darn barn"