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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-14
ONE APPLE DUMPING DAY
Father Looked Severe and Now Somebody Right
Home from School.
(Fifth and Sixth Grade Prize.)

Home from School.
(Fifth and Sixth Grade Prize.)
w HEN six years old, the very first term went
W to school mama fell seriously III. One day was
very stormy and blizzardy and should have been
sent to school only that the folk wanted to keep tho
house quiet.
When came however, one of the girls who
stayed for dinner invited to stay lunch with her
could not refuse the invitation in her basket
she had very tempting apple dumpngs and lemon
heard some at the door, and looking up the
maid standing in the doorway She said that papa had
sent her after refused to 60 with her, saying Te
papa I'm all right" She went away and presently
heard the door open again. but instead of the maid whom
should see but papa. he commanded me to put my
wraps and go home with him. I frightened and
quickly obeyed him. We walked home in silence with the
wind blowing and flying. When reached home he
unless had permission to stay glad to escape
p"niaAnaAnt from but thought It punSdmsnt 70
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-14
THE WEEKS ROLL or HONOR
MINNEAPOLIS PRIZE wMNERa.

MINNEAPOLIS PRIZE WINNERS.
Kbourne Eighth Grade. School, 11oe Chess
nut Avenue.
Peter skurdalsvoh, B Sixth Grade. Monroe School, 40
Twenty Avenue s.
HONORABLE MENTION.
Adeline Eighth Garfield School. 1918 Chicago
Avenue. -- ---.
l. Eighth Grade, Madison School sos 4
Fifteenth Street.
George Farken, 4 Seventh Grade, Lake Harriet sehad.
1915 Vincent Avenue s.
Robertson. Sixth Grade, whittier School, $3.50
Esther Hansen. Grade. Motley School,
Boulevard.
NORTHWESTERN PRIZE WINNERS
Willie B. Neal Eighth Grade, Bismarck, n.
NJ Erickson, A Fifth Grade. Hanock. Min1
HONORABLE
Seventh Grade, Hawley, MINI.
Seventh Grade, atfe1d, MINI.
Ruth Anderson. Sixth Grade Dasse. Mimi
Fifth Adams School,
Stxrs4, 81 Paul .as
HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT.
Cana sheply Tenth Grada. South Side High School. 2em
z. Hatziapnez. Grade Rtvezdale School, Cakes
Axnes P.tersnn. Ninth Grade. Dassd, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-14
MUCH LIKE A COMET.
High School Credit.)

[H1gh School Cfedlt.)
The wind blew briskly from the north and swept down
Lake Minnetonka it does sometimes in
gale. The air filed with flying snow. About ten
o'clock the morning after Christmas young folk
decided to brave the elements and try skating place
swept bare by the wind After bundling up and trudg
ing thru the deep drifts, landing at the bottom Of the
high bank of whitenes at last reached the
place located from the window. The ice lay like great
o @ an
hard to keep So while the others gded swayed and
cut beautiful curves struggled about sometimes stun
bling and oftener falling.
The storm came on more fercely. Way out there in
the middle of the lake the whrlng whiteness all around
became appalling Brother who the Oldest, in
formed that in Minnesota BLIZZARD also
that must take off skates the too
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-14
TOPIc-'A SKATING STORY"

,ORIES Of skating disclosed the fact that
first experiences were very much the same,
whether the troubles were Juniors own or
whether they constituted very interesting
freside tales. One very rarely thought Of
what was coming in the joy Of first possess
ing bright new skates; but the ice and the
skates allied in speedily disillusioning pros
pective experts. The ice flew up Cor did itf)
and the skates possessed the very spirit OF
mischief, which of course accounts for the
way Juniors turned cartwheels, and somer-
saults in the air, and various other difficult
feats. One can almost imagine that the ice
that the treacherous crack which opened just
ners was nothing more or less than broad
>o,o :, q for cummar. inst mt the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-14

and when reached home the water had frozen and my
clothes stiff did not skate for several weeks
afterward Peter Skurdalsv6ld,
Sixth Grade 919 Twenty first Avenue s.
Monroe School.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-14

NSAA ~ HASSSo w cAAO oo"A
and tunnel into!-and blocked
traffic, and caused all manner Of
trouble for people who thought
they must have sleigh rides but
couldn't. Those were the times
when boys with bobs and skis
and a taste for war were in their
natural element. And once on a
snowy day Winter forgot his Dig
nifty and played a trick on the
Lady Summer, sending storm
in September before the leaves
had fallen OF the flowers slept;
pretty trick it was too, with
artistic and "contrasty'' eff.
fects in green and white, not to
mention vivid splashes of red
and purple on a white ground.
Snowy days have their draw
backs, perhaps, but at the Same
time they provide any amount of
fun.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-14
SUMMER SURPRISED
Buds and Berries Put to Bed
Long Before Bedtime.

(Prize.)
| N our state the snow usually
L comes in the latter part Of
the fall, but the year 1903 was an
exception. That year, on the
twelfth of September, We had a
heavy fall of snow while the trees
were yet in leaf and tho late
flowers were still in bloom. At
that time I was at our ranch in
the northern part Of the state.
The morning after the storm I
went with the men who were to
round up the cattle that had
drifted from the range.
Everything was Of = pure,
glistening white, except now and
then a clump Of plum OK cherry
trees looking intensely green
against the background Of snow.
We followed the cattle down into
the timber along tho Missouri
river. Here was a strange sight
indeed. The branches Of the
trees were loaded so heavily with
snow that they bent almost to
the ground, forming arches with
a beautiful mixture Of green and
white for a roof. The masses
red of the buffalo berries, with
of the purple asters rising above
e a scene almost impossible to de-
ossible to forget.
Willie B. Neal,
Bismarck, N. D.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-14
TIME THEY WERE GIVEN A SHOW.

cats and dogs and chickens in this town. had show
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-14

WISER and Puss-I tell you it's about time the cats
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-14
FOURTH OF A MILE PER HOUR
The Fate Of scornful People Who Skate Speed
<Fs8sWSH9 without Broom.

(Fifth and Sixth Grade Prize.)
st Ill help you until you learn how to skate said
i friend Of mine the day after Christmas tfI donf
need your help, retorted IT won't have 90 around
on broom for weeks before skate way you
did," Gan right, 60 ahead,' he said began to skate
at the terrific rate Of about fourth Of mile an
thought was going finely when suddenly, crashl had
fallen thru the icei The water about eight inches
deep below the ice and drenehed about sir tinea
did not take time to pull of my skates but tried to
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-14
THE TALKATIVE SHIRT
Its Grotesdue Lines Told of a
Ducking.
(Prize\
: Prize.

SCPEAKING of skating,'' be-
~ gan father when the talk
turned to the all-important topic,
"reminds me Of my first attempt.
My chum became the possessor of
a pair Of skates and offered to
loan me one Of them so we both
could learn. I gladly availed my
self Of this opportunity, and when
a pond near Wills home was COW
cred with thin coating of ice we
were glad to begin operations.
The sun had not yet begun his
work Of thawing and we pro-
crossed famously. I managed to
hop along with considerable vim
if not grace. In such pleasant
manner the morning flew on
wings, and as the sun rose higher
and higher in the heavens the
ice became more insecure.
"About noon we reluctantly
started homeward, but before
we reached the shore the ice gave
way without any warning,
plunging US neck deep into icy
water. I was too busy coughing
the water out Of my lungs to
make any sound, but my coura,
Justify for his mother. I tried to
10 soon as I was on top it inc
plunging me down again. Whe1
from the shore Will called to me
hole. With the courage born of
opposite bank in the same way.
about four feet wide and what Sc
I reached the other shore closely +
"HaH an hour later, attired
and carrying my own clothes und'
ing thru the fence surrounding 4
missing it, I left my shirt hangin,
to conceal my ducking, that sh
lines bore witness to my mishap
Eighth Grade, =
Jefferson School.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-14
OF WINTER SHOWS
Boreas Rides Forth on the Wings of the Storm to
the Great Delight or Chagrin of Northwestern
Juniors
TOPIC-"A SNOWY DAY."

kNOWY days beautiful and an unlimited
q / amount of fun Juniors think, especially if
l I 1lg' are not too blizzardy for comfort If
! ~ .-si is in no danger of being lost OF
fz sometimes the deep and drifted
1S0l@H and the wind high and sharp, and restless
aS@1S2E youngsters have to NOPE AROUND the house
E&1r9A. and wish they could at least 60 to school.
E9H&E But those rather stormy than
R%A$E snowy, tho the king and his
| an I sprites be holding regular festival out
I VDD b DOORS Snowy days those when the
$3.50 great beautiful fakes fall gently, and cling
to the trees, and pile up into immense drifts
all ready for snowballs and snowmen and toboggan
slides Those snowy days. too when billiards have
spent their strength and left drifts high the barn
dn1ip f,1 IN u1;d
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-16
(Scripps News Association.D

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16. -
Director of the Mint Geo d. Rob-
erts and Frank A. Leach, superin-
tendent of the San Francisco mint,
returned this morning from Seattle
where they investigated defalca-
lions of Geo. F. Adams, former
trusted employee. Roberts said:
Wings retirement was due to the
exposures in the Office of the mint
at Seattle. There Is not the slight
est suspicion entertained that Wing
had any knowledge of what is going
on. Immediately after My arrival
he called upon me and rendered his
resignn l,gn. He appreciated the
fact harcould not escape official re-
sponsibility for what had transpir-
ed. The matter of selecting his sue
cessor Is left entirely with the
president, who undoubtedly will
confer with the Washington delega-
ton in congress. m the meantime
l.. +. Kerfoot of the San Francisco
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-16

phone message Nethercu!.. sent to
Collin constituted a threat. He
spoke of the straightforwardness
of w. d. Knights testimony, said
that not scintilla of evidence had
been shown that Collin ever receiv-
ed cent from the bindery; that
Parker's testimony overheard in
Nethercutts office was unbeliev-
able.
Nethercutt began his summing
up with a reference to "one of the
most ridiculous lawsuits ever
brought" and to the numbers of
politicians and lawyers interested.
He impeached the statement of Col
lin to the effect that he had been
to the Hyde block office but three
times, while others swore to the
contrary. Why was Colin so anx-
ious to get Taylor out of the bind
cry, save only because of that ac-
cusing memorandum was of a date
when Taylor was in charge of the
business? Collin knew that the
slip OF paper meant something, said
Nethercutt. Something must have
been worrying Collin to a great ex-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-16

Said a parent on the school sec.
ton today:
1T is safe to say that the par
ents of $50 children in Brownies
addition or on Cannon Hill would
not put up with such a state of
affairs for minute ana their cries
for relief would be answered, too.
Are our children any less dear to
us than these other peoples are
to them? Doesn't the school board
think we are human out here?
Would any member of that school
board send his children back and
forth to school between the bump
ers OF railroad cars and amid pass
ing trains? We want relief out
here, and we intend to have it."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-16
Fl. WRIGHT PRIVATE
COMMITTED SUICIDE

satisfied, Beenken asked bin to Sc
cure his release from duty in the
bakery. 1t is reported that Colonel
Bolton heard of the mans COM
plant. After the inspector left for
another post Beenken thought his
work was increased. His comrades
say he was ordered to go to wood
pile and do a lot of work which
should have been done by drill men.
The order, it Is said, came from
Colonel Bolton.
Beenken then asked the colonel
to be relieved from the bake shop
and was told that If he did not stay
in the place he would be detailed.
Detailed means that he would have
to work without salary.
Shortly before Beenken took the
fatal dose of acid he wrote let
ter to Lieutenant Cron, who has
charge Of the bakery, asking to be
relieved from his duty as baker.
The letter, it is said, was not
shown to anyone and Cron refused
to let the contents be known.
Beenken was found by one Of the
privates in his room at the bake
shop. The acid bottle was found
on the table and from the looks Of
the room Beenken must have suf-
fered greatly before death came.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-16
TAKING CENSUS OF
SPOKANE

Postmaster Harrison is going
right ahead with his census of Spo-
kane. No names are being taken
down, the carriers simply finding
out how many people are living
within the city limits. If the result
of this preliminary census is favor
able, then one will be taken getting
all names.
The second censvs will be In line
with a letter recently sent by Post
master Harrison to Mayor Daggett
urging him to request the city coun-
Gil to authorize a census under the
statutes of the state covering the
matter.
Mr.. Harrison, indiscussing his
census, said:
The most detrimental thing to
this city is the last census taken
by the government, giving Spokane
population of 36,S00. We can
have a correct census of the city
taken II the mayor and secretary
of state will give their help. | can
assure the people that the mail car
rlers will do all they can for a new
census. They can not use any gov
eminent time, but will use their
own. The proposed census can be
taken under section 1876 1T Belling-
ers code. am sure the city has a
population of 10000 and possibly
more.
when the last ceinsos of the
city was taken by the government,
the enumerator's blanks were call
ed in before the census was com.
pleted. The government enumerat-
ors gave the city. at the time they
stopped work, $4,000 population.
Had it not been that the citizens
got little more time to work the
census themselves, Spokane would
] be rated at $4,000 at the present
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-16
attorney Fined 500 and
Costs for BLdcknzdil--ln7-
mediately Gives Notice
of Appeal.

Justice Stocker at noon today, af-
ter hearing summing up of evil
dence in the case of the state
against Nethercutt for blackmail of
County Commissioner Collin, deliv-
eled judgment tina. tue defendant
vas guilty. He fined the defendant
500 and costs, the figure of the
latter being considered to be very
high.
Nethercutt at once gave notice Of
appeal and bond was fixed at $500.
Yesterday afternoon and this
morning testimony was taken for
and against the character of the de-
PENDANT for truth and veracity.
There also figured in the case the
record of the supreme court in the
case of Nethercutt VS.. Hopkins, in
which that tribunal criticised in
drastic form the methods employed
by Nethercutt.
In summing up, Prosecuting At
tOrney Barnhart again referred to
this case. He made the points that
the testimony of Commissioner
Dean was undenied; that the tele-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-16
REVOLUTION IS BREWING
ON THE SCHOOL SECTION

A revolution is brewing out on
the school section, north of the
railroad tracks, unless the school
board can furnish the people of
that district some relief. There
are in this district some $50 school
children. With the exception of a
few transferred to other schools,
each and all have to cross the
Northern Pacific tracks, numbering
now nearly IL. In order to reach
their school building. The parents
have been up in arms for some
months over the danger to which
their children are thus subjected.
This indignation has now reached
the stage where it is going to take
practical form. The parents of
this portion of the city have been
quietly getting their heads together
and unless some plan Is devised
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-16
Will TRY m'CLELLAND

also under a cloud at the time, be-
cause of an inability to locate about
$500 of company funds which were
in his hands as trustee. The funds,
1t is claimed by his wife, were af-
terward found in his room where
they had been placed by the cap
tain for safe keeping.
Captain MCClelland came from
the Presidio at San Francisco with
his regiment. He has been exceed
ingly popular in social circles in
the city and much sympathy is ex-
pressed for him in his present pre-
dicament.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-16
NETHERCuTT IS GUILTY

tent when he should place 5000 In
the hands of another man. without
taking receipt or scrap of paper to
show for it, This was not the or.
binary way for a cautious business
man. He did not believe the pro-
secution in this case was ever in
good faith, but rather for the pur.
pose of a trial in another court and
an effort made over Nethercutt's
shoulders to protect Collin, whose
lawyers, NuZum and Barnes & Lat.
inner, had been controlling the con.
duct of this case. He said that the
first record of any implied threat
was to be found in the testimony
OF Dean and related to time after
the LIST of September, while the
crime charged is placed on or be-
fore Aug. 20. He held that attempt
to show misconduct had failed.
Referring to attacks on his repu.
tation, Nethercutt said that he had
passed his entire business life I'M
this city and had both friends and
enemies. He doubted tina. any ac-
tive business man existed in Spo-
kane who had not made enemies
who would be willing to swear to
his discredit. The record of the
supreme court was fact and could
not be helped by him, but 1t was
unjust, unsatisfactory as setting
forth all the facts and wrong. He
blamed himself for having had any.
thing to do with Collin cor the al
lurements of his business" and pro.
tested that the charge against him
had not been proved.
Mr.. Barnhart replied briefly, and
sentence was found and delivered
as above set forth.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-16

time. In the short time given the
people they ran the population up
$500. They then had to send the
papers in and the census never was
complete.
If the census Is taken and il Is
found that Spokane has a Dopula-
ton OF $4,000, it will increase the
pay OF some of the mail carriers.
There will be three kinds of car.
riers instead of two as at present.
The pay will be $500, $500 and
$1,000 per year as to 5000 and $500
now"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-16

before the end of the Christmas
holidays to give them a school to
the north of the N. P. tracks. the
great majority of these 4SO school
children will be taken out of
school.
The residents in this section of
the city claim a plot of ground was
set aside in their midst for a school
house, but the school authorities
have shown no disposition to erect
any kind of a structure upon it.
Since the problems of track eleya.
ton can not be settled between the
railroad and the city to allow of
safe crossings they now demand a
school house of their own and are
organizing to enforce their demand.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-16

Q Q Q 00 Q . . o . 90 Q 600 o . o o o
.
. Are to Folk In Washington?
. Is the attorney generals going
. graft" Investigations and pun shments?
Specifically, what appearance
. torney general in the Collin prosecution mean7
Every good citizen Of
It means to have live administration attorney
generals ofhcethat pworef
to show mailed hand within
Jurisdeton-that have In Washington Of
o
has been known for tlme that the
. erals staff has pleased
grand uries throughout carefully
serunzng different county government
matters and the lobbying corporations
. jects of inquiry
is to be hoped attorney
. erals office in the Collin Of
corruption Spokanes city hall
. but throughout
Mr. Macdonald has been known fearless and able
lawyer and the people at in the Collin
. their interests will cared
o o o o 9 . Q 90 o Q o Q Q Q Q . Q
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-16
0. r. ( n. TO HAVE
ALL RIVER ROUTE
(Scripps News Association.)


PORTLAND, Dec. ia force Of
$50 men, with scrapers, plows, ETC.,
is at work on the grade of the ex-
tension of the o. r. & N. line from
St. Johns on the Columbia and the
work of laying the rails Is to COM
mence soon. Property owners
whose houses are In the way of the
road are given few days in which
to move them. The line will con-
meet with the company's main line
at Troutdale, thus giving a river
bank road all the way from eastern
Oregon.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-16

be seen no more-that he was go
ing to kill himself that night. The
duty man thought Beenken was
Joking. Some time ago Beenken
asked one Of the privates to COM
NIT suicide with him. He pro-
posed getting one Of the guns from
the fort and go to the river and
shoot themselves.
The trouble with Colonel Bolton
was over the nature of Beenken's
work. Beenken had been working
as assistant to the chief baker and
asked to be relieved from the posi-
ton so he could go back to drill
work. When the inspector general,
who comes to the fort each year,
asked If any of the men were dis
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-16
ASSESSORS WILL
MEET IN OLYMPIA

The state convention of county
assessors will be held at Olympia
on Jan. 16, instead of at Walla
Walla, the place selected at the
last annual gathering. The reason
given for the change Is that it is
desirable at this juncture to meet
where the members of the state tax
commission can be in attendance.
This Is also a meeting where fire.
Quent conferences and consulta-
tons with the attorney general may
be desirable.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-16
Thought Colonel Bolton
Uds Mistredtin8 Him by
Uorking Him in Bakery
.==TOOk field.

Herman Benken, a private in
Company G, Fort Wright, was
found dead in his bunk at the fort
yesterday morning. He died from
the effects of dose of carbolic
acid which he had taken some time
during Thursday night. He was
buried at the soldiers field yester-
day afternoon.
The reason for the suicide, 1t is
said, was trouble which Benken
had with Colonel Bolton, command
er Of the fort.
For the past two months Benken
has been telling his friends that he
was going to kill himself, and on
Thursday night informed one of the
men who was on duty that he would
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-16
FORMER May OR
AN EMBEzzLER
(Scripps News Association.)

MANILA, Dec. 16.-D. B. Null
ford, former major of the 3S in
fantry, was today sentenced to six
years in the penitentiary on the
charge Of embezzling funds of the
American bank. He will appeal to
the supreme court.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-16
LAWSON
MAY GO
''BROkE''
tscrlpps News Association,

Sefpps NEWS ASsocfatfout
BOSTON, Dec. 16.--Lawson de-
MED that he is BROKE" but ad-
mits he has been going In that d.
rection rapidly for several months.
He admits mortgage of a quarter
OF million on his home, and says
he mortgaged other property for
$S50,000
He says the consequences he pre-
dicted are sure to come or he will
go broke" He denies his actions
are opposite to the published plan
and he says he will do substantially
as he has done and would not be
more specific as to his Intentions.