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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19
BY Robt. Tool, Clerk of Flora, Ind.

Many of Americas larger cities,
particularly that Gear Philadelphia,
could learn lessons of economy-if
they wanted to-som Flora, Ind,
q town of 400 people, who are sus-
pectei Of roaming the earth with
clover in their whiskerS and an
ear full OF oats.
Conducting the affairs of small
town in an economical manner
means radical deviation not only
from long establishe customs but
from certain state laws. Unfortun-
ately. some of our state laws - en-.
acted by popular instead of able
men-make graft easy. They pro-
vide for eXorbitant fees for all le-
gal printing; a ridiculous lot of red
tape in contract letting, and an end
less chain of fees for lawyers,
courts, engineers. inspectors, view.
ers. reviewers. etc, etc, making
the preliminaries of a public work
cost as much as the work itself. A
town will save hundreds OF dollars
annually by cutting out much of
this red tape. | will cite one in
stance of the application of this
"lawless" policy. Flora wished to
improve a half mile street. A con-
tractor told me he could afford to
do the excavating for 500. The
county surveyor would come over
and establish the grade for $500.
The legal advertising for bids. the
blue prints and other incidental
matters would cost at least $500.
Then came the work of graveling,
from which a contractor should
realize a profit of at least $500. 1t
looked like about a $500 job. The
process required much time also.
The town officers held a confer
ence and "d-n the state laws" to
h with the contractors" were
phrases that played an important
part The town marshal was in
structed to proceed with the i'm
proyement Of the street and the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19
TOWN ECONOMICS FROM
A GRAFTLESS TOWN"

built on large or small scale.
Saloons should be made to pay
the limit for licenses, which is $3.50
in incorporated towns of Indiana.
Hacks, peddlers, vendors shows,
and all other business which the
state gives the town power to tax,
should be made to pay as much for
their licenses as is consistent with
fairness and good Judgment.
In making the tax levy the
schools, and not the streets, should
be given paramount consideration.
On the tax list of every town will
be found the names of many young
men and old bachelors who have
been assessed for poll only, and
who have never paid cent of tax
in their lives. The town never
expects to get any tax from them.
No effort is made. However, the
marshal of Flora personally sees
each young man in the town just
before taxes are turned delinquent,
and he collects over so per cent OF
taxes ordinarily considered bad.
The young man doesn't neglect pay
ing tax because he wants to dodge
it, nor because he is dishonest, but
because he is unconcerned. No one
has ever bothere him about it.
A town of 1000 population has an
annual income of at least $4,000.
Give that income to a man with
average business ability and let him
pay the expenditures absolutely
necessary for economically admin
istering the affairs of a small town
and he will save money. A town
could easily law away $1,000 each
year and in less than half CEN
tuyr have a fund which, if invested
in government bonds, would create
a revenue sufficient to pay current
expenses and enable the town to
do away with a tax duplicate. A
town without taxes seems a dream,
but it is just as easy for town to
be on Easy street" as it is for an
individual who has not half the op-
| pOrtunities.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19
BREVDT|DlES

NUTRITO, the twentieth century
cereal coffee, served free at the
Emporium Dry Goods Co. today
and tomorrow. Everybody likes it.
Ladies play billiards and pool
every day and evening at PfsteE
billiard parlor.
Every man who works for liv-
ing ought to lay aside certain
part of his income as an emergency
fund and provision for the future.
A good way to do it is to have a
savings account.
The 2 per cent interest allowed
in our checking department will
amount to $4,000 by December l.
making a total of over $500 cred
tied the past year. Let us enroll
you for the ensuing year.
Open Saturday evenings from 6
to s o'clock. !.
Spokane G. Eastern Trust Co.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19

Special Correspondence of The
Press.
KANSAS CITY, Dec, 19.-"You
will kindly hand us your money"
II may be presumed that the two
highwaymen said some such words
to Jas. Carothers, who was alone
in his saloon.
Carothers faced one of the most
deadly weapons ever invented a
modern automatic revolver. May
be he did not know the terrible
nature of the thing. At any rate
he grasped his own revolver. AS
he did so the highwayman holding
the modern death dealer let loose
its mechanism.
One pull of the trigger-that was
aIl-and within a few seconds the
unfortunate saloonist lay stone
dead, penetrated by eight copper
lacketed bullets.
Every bullet save one went clean
through. That one entered below
the left ear, went down through
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19
&1fR ILLUSIONS OF CHILDHOOD
9 sIz 4zstE wa Ch.istmnS Sentiments
CH.lSSEw*a By cor~ Norris > sI8a

constituent to give a purer pleas
ure than any warrior king ever
derived from the acquisition of a
province.
II we were to analyze the joy
produced in the juvenile breast by
this craven image we should prob
ably find it to be a singular mix
ture of faith and incredulity.
If the boy in Hawthorne's charm
ing story had really believed his
cake to be camel, he would not
have made the faintest attempt to
eat it, at least without previous
culinary preparation. Yet when he
first received it over the counter he
experienced the pleasure of consid-
ering himself the proprietor of a
real camel; then came the second
stage of his rapture, when he pass
ed from the geological to the diet
etc period, and having Toasted his
eyes began to indulge his palate
This rounded his rapture and left
him nothing to wish for in this
world except, alas! another camel
But the boy who receives on
Christmas morning wooden Blu
cephalus is true to civilization and
has not the smallest notion of cen
surfing his gift. He stables the
steed Immediately in one corner of
the nursery and is as proud of it as
Gargantua was of his fair great
horse Of wood"
So, too, to the little girl, her doll
is delicious delusion. She sus-
poets that she is deceived; she is
half deceived and half not, and she
wholly believes and disbelieves in
the same moment.
At the present time, here in my
home, there is seated in an arm
chair, a venerable doll. She is a
hideous specimen of the beautiful
doll of the early SOS. She sits
with her soles well turned up, fac.
ing you, her arms hanging from her
shoulders in that idiotically help
less 1-give-it-up" fashion peculiar
to dolls. With bullying scarlet
cheeks, buttonhole mouth and fiat,
blue, saring eyes, she faces Time
and unwinkingly looks him down.
To anyone else she is stupidity
personified, but to me she speaks,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19
ANOTHER
RATE BILL
(Scripps News Associatiou.D

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 10
to have the approval of the admin
istration 1t provides for power for
the interstate commerce commits
sion to fix maximum rate in eff
feet 80 days after notice. The
roads are left free to fine redress
from the commissions order in eE-
listing courts. The commission is
increased to seven members, all of
whom are to receive $4,000 a year.
1t follows, but simplifies, the bill
proposed by the commission.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19
CORT TO BACK CALvf
in GRAND OPERA

From Cleveland, Ohio, comes the
story that John Cort of Seattle,
head of the Northwest theatrical
syndicate, will back Nine. Emma
Calve next season in grand opera at
moderate prices. Samuel Kronberg,
who is the general manager of this
seasons tour of the prima donna,
is authority for the story.
The connection of Mr.. Cort with
Calve sounds not unreas enable to
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19
The First Requisite of Beauty.

The first requisite of beauty is a
clear complexion. Orino Laxative
Fruit Syrup clears sallow blotch-
ed complexion as 1t stimulates the
liver and bowels, and the eyes be-
come bright and clear. You owe
it to your friends to take it If
your complexion Is bad. Orino Lax
alive Fruit Syrup does not nause-
ate or grippe and is very pleasant
to take. Refuse substitutes.
Chas. McNab, 400 Riverside.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19

II children were logical-which,
thank heaven, there MOTT is pos
sible they might deduce the idea
Of parental affection from a careful
survey about this time of the shop
windows, or from a study of middle
aged passengers going home upon
the trolleys carrying their mysteri-
Gus bundles.
Little eyes peep through the
frosty panes and have glimpses of
fairyland. There are the dolls,
clothed in royal magnificence; there
is whole Bodleian library of pic
ture books; there are bloodless
warriors in wood, and sugar shep-
herds tending sugar sheep in sugar
pastures.
Here is a little wooden animal
beautifully carved by foreign fin
gers and in some Swiss valley;
then sent down to a famous sea-
port; then packed with care and
transported by steam over the
broad Atlantic, that upon the morn
ing of the 25th of December it may
be extracted from the toe of small
stocking amid innocent eyes of as
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19

Spokane theater folk, because the
travelling manager, Dan l.. Weaver
Of this city, is closely connected
with Mr.. Cort, and has undoubtedly
been instrumental in bringing Mr..
Court in touch with Calve. Already
bookings extending over 20 weeks
have been made, and as soon as the
present season ends, Krongberg
will go to Europe to secure other
members for the new company.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19
OPPOSED TO
THE FRANCHISE
ON FIT TIL AVE

Stringent opposition is being
shown by the people on the hill
who live near the corne. of Fifth
avenue and Adams street against
the building of the proposed car
line up Fifth to the corner Of
Adams. 'SNHH
A petition was filed with the city
clerk this morning which will be re-
ferred to the council 1t is signed
by number of the prominent citi
zens and and asks that the Wash.
ington Water Power company be
not granted the right to lay track
on Fifth avenue. This is the third
paper filed in this matter.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19
FOR SICK AND NERVOUS PEOPLE

We have a cure for nervous people,
pimply. pale or sallow people and
those who are troubled with loss of
ambition, failing memory, depression
of spirits, lack of confidence, nervous
headache and wakefulness. All these
symptoms are produced by weakened
nerves. Make rich, red blood an fur
nish food for the nerves by the use
of DIR. Gums Blood and Nerve Tonic.
A tablet to take at meal time. 75c
a box at druggists. People gain from
l to pounds of solid flesh per week
by the use of this medicine. That is
an indication 1t is doing good. Made
by DR., sosanko company, Philadel-
phia, Pa.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19
WAS HOBO BY
PROF SSION

George Andrews, a professional
hobo, was fined $50 and costs this
afternoon by Judge Hinkle on the
charge of vagrancy.
Andrews has been around the
city for the past six weeks beg
ging. He claims he is from Butte,
Mont, and, as usual, waiting for
money. He stated he did not re-
member OF ever begging from any
one.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19

the neck and Embedded itself in
the body. Carothers had no
chance to use his gun, as the first
ball from the automatic went
through his right hand, knocking
his revolver to the floor
After the murder the robbers
fed. The automatic revolver was
picked up near the railroad tracks
and scattered along the right of
way were some cartridges which
the robber had apparently discard
ed after losing the weapon, as ne
stumbld over q tie.
The police traced the revolver
from the factory in Connecticut
to a St. Louis wholesale house and
thence to a st. Louis pawnbroker
named Dunn. Dunn's clerk was
trying to sell man the revolver
one day when the latter loaded it,
held off the clerk and walked away
with it. The police believe they
will capture Carothers' murderer
through the clue furnished by the
weapon.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19

is a paying investment, whether
town would pay the bill. There
were to be no surveyors, contract
orS viewers. etc. The marshal and
his good eye were to be the whole
works He hired teams and men,
eXcavated the street, sold the dirt
to residents whose yards needed
filing, and in two weeks made his
report. The street was graded and
ready to gravel, and the marshal
had received in cash for the dit
just $50 more than the work had
cost.
That was business, and it had the
state law beat mile.
Contractors are a class to be
stunned as much as possible.
The construction company is an
other modern institution which all
towns should cheerfully pass up.
These companies put in water
works and electric light plants.
Sometimes they also interest pro
minent" citizens in canning factor
les and creameries. There are very
few small towns in Indiana which
have not mute, imperative monu-
ment to the construction company.
No town should invest in an cleo
trio light plant, but every town
should have good systems of water
works and sewerage. Water works
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19
tScripps News Association.)

TOPEKA, Kan, Dec. 10. -
Wreckers this morning derailed the
Santa Fe train near Lang and
caused the death of Elmer Derrick,
express messenger, and injured
five 1t is the fifth time an attempt
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19

eve are a great people," remark
ed the physician. 1--WE lead in
everything that requires brilliancy,
but for good, patient5 steady dig
gers give me the Germans"
"All right, doc, take EN-" retort-
ed the sewer contractor. But
gimme the dagoes every time"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19
WRECKERS DERA|L
SANTAFE TRAIN

has been made to wreck this train.
Spikes, angle bars and bolts were
removed. The train plunged down
a 20 foot embankment and was
partly destroyed by fire, Derrick's
body being consumed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19
WILD RUh0R5 ABOUT
STILL TRUST

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Dec. LIT Is
reported the steel trust has bought
all the Great Northern iron ore
holdings involving millions. Louis
Hill denies it. 1t Is also rumored
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19
ROBBERS DOT
SIX HUNDRED
(Scripps News Association. }

(Scripps News AssoCiation.)
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 19.-Four rob-
bers this morning blew the safe in
the bank at Baldwin, Ill. They were
frightened away before they got
much booty. They were attacked
by citizens and shots were ex-
changed for half an hour. None
were hurt.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19

Kid Mccoy has challenged Jim
Corbett to fight, but Corbett says
he prefers to act. Possibly Mccoy
will challenge him to act.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19

and denied that Morgan has gained
control of the Union Pacific, Ten
nessee Coal and Iron, Republic Iron
and Steel, Great Northern, North
ern Pacific and the Union Pacific.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19
MUST CONVICT
THIN DISMISS
(Scripps News Associatton.)

(Scrfpps News Association.)
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 10
The attorney general today held
that midshipman accused of haz-
ing must te& found guilty by court
martial before he can be dismissed.
will act in accordance.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19

No. 3-Entered right shoulder.
Out under arm and into body.
No. 4-Entered right side. Out
back.
No. 5-Entered head below left
ear. Through into body
No. 6-Entered right side of the
head. Out left side.
No. Entered top of head. Out
through jaw.
No. S-Through right hand.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19
DTS Of NORTHWEST htw5

All Sou, the Chinese slave girl,
will be deported; she resides at
Seattle.
Reports come from Colfax that a
new town will be started by the
Spokane & Inland, Tennessee Flat,
about 10 miles from Colfax.
Percy Watwough-Evans was sent
to the penitentiary from Pendleton
for obtaining money under false
pretenses. He claims to be an Eng
lishman of good birth.
At an adjourned school meeting
held at Sumpter, Ore, yesterday a
Is mill tax was voted to run the
public school during the ensuing
term.
Morgan Morrison, one Of the best
known pioneers in the west, was
buried in Seattle last Sunday. Mr..
Morrison discovered the famous
Eureka mine in California, the first
quartz mine located in that state.
The North Coast railway has
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19

The North Coast railway has
filed new articles of incorporation
with the secretary of state. The
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19

new articles declare the purpose OF
the company to build from Seattle
to Walla Walla; the capital is in
creased from $40 100000 to $25, 00O.-
600.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19
The DEADLY GUN THAT SHOOTS
EIGHT TIMES IN A BREATH

AND THE EIGHT BULLETS
WENT INTO JAMES CAROTH-
ERS' BODY IN A FLASH -
TRACING THE DEATH-DEAL-
ING REVOLVER.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19

News comes from Walla Walls
that the new equipment for the pas
senger service on trains between
Spokane and Pendleton is now
about ready, and may be put on al
any time. 1t consists of hand
some drawing room and buffet COM
bination car, which will take thu
place of the Pullman now running
on these trains. Meals will be-
served in the buffet department, Z
convenience the travelling public
will appreciate.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19

Agents of the Chicago. Milwau-
kee & st. Paul are said tc be nego-
tiating for 400 acre tract of land
at Kent, Wash, the land to be
used as building site for car and
machine shops.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19

Ed Rosenberg, organizer of THO
Coast Fishermen's union, haI
brought charges against the large
packers and trap owners on tho
Sound for alleged violation of th<
SO hour closed season law. ThS
charges were made at an opeH
meeting of the Washington fish
commission.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-11-04
An Elk Sues For
Skin He Grated

Spokane. Oct. l5.-George A. Love
Joy. the Elk who was skinned to fur
nish crafts for a fellow Elks wife sui,
'ering from severe burns, has brought
suit against Dr.. c. p. Thomas for s10..
900 as the value of $50 inches of skin
which he says the doctor peeled off his
legs while under chloroform.
l.ovejoy asserts that it was repre-
scnted to him that the surgeon would
only take from his thighs two or thrse
stripes, three or four inches long and
three-fourths of an inch wide. When
he got Off the table he found that the
front of his legs between knee and hiI
was stripped and It was ten days 10
fore he could get out Of the hospital.
Mrs. Fred b. Searles. the original
victim. was burned in an accident with
o lamp at Lewiston, Idaho. and was
brought here to st. Luke's Hospital
for treatment. A number OF Elk
volunteered to furnish particles Of skin,
but Lovejoy proved such a promising
subject that while under chloroform he
was peeled for all the CRAFTS necessary
except some supplied by Mrs. Searle's
husband and brother. The grating
operation was successful. but the won
an was so weakened from long III
ness that she died.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-11-04
II Social Side of Life ~


The bride, who is a beautiful girl OF
a dainty fair type, was charming in her
bridal robes and distinguished by a
eracefulness such as is rarely seen.
Her gown was of heavy white satin,
made with a long train and trimmed
with quantities Of exquisite rose point
lace. Her tulle veil was caught with
orange blossoms and her shower bou.
quet was of lilies Of the valley Her
sister, Miss Harriette de White Allen.
was very handsome in gown OF paiest
green chiffon embroidered In green and
the faintest pink, and worn over pale
green silk. Her large white hat was
trimmed with white plumes and roses.
Her bouquet was of Shasta daisies.
The bridesmaids, Miss Emma Grim.
wood, Miss Natalie Coffin, Miss Mat
tie Livermore and Miss Jessie Wright,
were gowned alike in white embroider-
ed chiffon, over white satin. Their
large hats we're Of white, with pink
under the brim and trimmed with pink
roses and pumes. Their bouquets were
showers of pale pink carnations. Frank
Findley was the best man, and Leon.
ord Chenery, Lucius Allen. Charles
Grimwood and Stopford Colby were the
ushers. The bride was given away by
her brother. Wyatt Allen, her father
not being well enough to be present.
After the ceremony, at which there
were several hundred guests, recep.
ton was given to a smaller number OF
friends at the Allen home on Pacific
avenue. The drawing.room where Mr..
and Mrs. Grimwood received the con.
gratulations Of their friends was most
attractiyely decorated in pink carna-
gilly flowers. Greens and madrona Der.
ries were USED effectively in the hall
and dining.room.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grimwood left on their
wedding journey Of several weeks, the
bride wearing a going.away gown Of
gray and hat to match. and on their
return they will live on Sacramento
street, where they have taken an apart.
ment. Among those present at the re-
ception were: Mrs. Wyatt, the brides
grandmother: Mr.. and Mrs. A. ID. Grim.
wood, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles p. Grim.
wood, Mr.. and Mrs. Laurance Irving
Scott, Mrs. Jonathan Kittle, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Coffin, Bishop and Mrs.
Nichols. CAPTAIN and Mrs. Rodgers,
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Dibblee. Benjamin
Dibblee, Mrs. Walter Hobart, Mr.. and
MIS-. Sneparu Eens. MI. anu m S,rS
ciarence Carr,can Miss Grace Raid.
! win 7 Iovd Baldwin Iientenant and
Mrs JoSn Eranklin nabcock Miss
Edi,b porrv Mice uo,en Cbesehrouyb
Miss Marie Christine de Guigne, Mrs.
Carter Pomeroy, Miss Christine Pome-
roy. Mr.. and Mrs Pelham Ames, Miss
Bessie Ames. Miss Coppee, DR.. and Mrs.
Harry Sherman. Mrs, Norman Mel ar.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-11-04
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
MUSIC.

Mr.. Jas. Sheridan, pianoforte tuner,
has moved to the piano warerooms
OF l.. e. Thayer & Co., 1853 Hotel st.,
opposite Young Hotel. All orders
for tuning promptly attended to.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-11-04

Piano taught In 6 months by expert.
enced teacher; SO month Is lessons) |;
special attention to adult beginners.
Address Music, this office. 3157-tf
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-11-04

Blank books of all sorts, ledgers.
etc. manufactured by the Bulletin Pub.
fishing Company.