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The Delta independent., 1906-06-01
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"THE DEsPERADo MIppLE PACED AND THAr.v

close to the ranch. and we were spurred
on to another hunt.
It opened much like the last. Late in
the afternoon we sighted gray fellow
with tail up. not half a mile on. As We
came up with the Wolf and snapped at
his haunch. The Gray wolf turned round
TO nght. and we had hne view. The
Dogs came up by two and threes. barking
At him In a ring. till last. Snap. the
little white one rushed up. He wasted
the Wolfs throat and missed It, yet
ten big Dogs closed in. and in two minutes
the wolf was dead. Snap had lived m
TO- my promises for him.
Now 1t was my turn to crow, and did
not lose the chance. Snap had shown
them how. and at last the Mendoza
from the men.
There were two things to mar the
victory somewhat; nrst, 1t was a yoiirse
Wolf. mere Cub; second, Snap was
woundedEthe Wolf had given him a bad
L.. ! saw he limped little. Here.
not: "IIere, Hilton, lift him up to me-"
Thanks; IN let you handle your own
now that 1t was not safe to meddle with
hi: person. Here. Snap. take hold. I
ana nss s. aS.. afit lifted e him him to Z: Z:
front Of my saddle and so carried him
home. He had shown chose Cattie-msn
how to oil the weak place in their PACK;
the Foxhounds may be good and ~
Greyhounds swift and the Russians and
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New Clothes for Easter.

The flowers with which many church
es are ornamented on Easter Day are
most probably emblems of the Resur-
rection. There are people today who
think that unless something new is
worn on Easter Day no good fortune
will come to them during the year
The Dorsetshire poet, Barnes, gives us
this quaint little verse in regard to
this custom:
"Laste Easter I put on my blue frock
coat, the vust time. very new;
WI yaller buttons aal O. brass
That glittered in the zun like glass;
Bekaize 'twer Easter Zunday.
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mind thnt-presently; they would bark q
little more to get up enthusiasm.
And MS the ten big Dogs were lenping
round the silent Wolf Mt hay. there wns
a rustling ~ the sage at the far side Of
It seemed. came bounding, but grew In
to a little Buli-terrier, and Snap, slowest
Of the pack, and last, came painting hard.
80 hard. he seemed gasping Over the
level open he made. straight to the chang
ing ring around the Cnttle-kiler whom
none dared fnce. Did he hesitate? Not
for an instant; through the ring. Of the
Of the range. right for his thront. he
sprang; and the 0ray-wof struck with his
twenty scimitnrs. But the little one, n
foiled at all, sprnng again. and then what
came hardly knew. There was a whri-
ing mass Of Dogs. thought saw the
VOLTS nose. The. pack WINS all around; we
could not help them now. But they did
not need us; they had leader OF daunt-
less Inettle. and when In little while
the nnal scene wns done, there on the
ground lay the Grny-wolf. q giant Of his
Kind, and clInched on his nose wns the
We were standing around within fifteen
feet, ready to help, but had no chance
till we were not needed.
The Wolf was dead, and hnllooed to
Snap, but he did not move bent over
him. "Snnp-SDnp. It's all over; you've
killed him. But the Dog was very still.
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and ~ last let 60 Of the Wolf. Tho
rough cattie-men were kneeling around
l him now: old Penroof's voice was tre1n.
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The Orcson's Biz pcnnane.

When the Oregon left Hongkong rc-
Gently, after her long period OF service
on the Asiatic station. she was flying
homeward.bound pennant over 500 feet
In length. II was necessary to support
this long strea-@r by two small bal
looms tied to. the end TO keep Il out Of
the water. The pcnnant was made Of
silk thread and attracted much atten-
uon In the Asiatic port
In the old days II was the custom to
have foot OF pennant for every day OF
the cruise. That Of the Oregon In prob
ably one Of the longest displayed from
the mnst Of q homecoming ship, al
though II Is on record that the old
Brooklyn. on one occasion upon her ar-
rival In New York. displayed a pennant
700 feet long.
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Best Dressed Man in the World.

The majc~'.y of men believe that
the best aid most fashionable in
mems clothes comes from London;
and that the best dressed man in the
world is the American turned out by
a London tailor.
An American who spends great
part of his time in London, ana Is
rather a stickler for the correct thing.
was recently hailed on Broadway by
a friend with the remark, so that's
what they're wearing in London, eh?'
The man addressed shook his head.
"Suit made in Washington, overcoat
in New York." he said. Thought
you were logged out from Bond
Street, sure" in disappointed tone.
Then the man who lives much in Lon
don made this radical announcement:
"They can't make sack suit in Eng
land. You ask a Bond Street tailor
for an American business suit with
an American fit, and he turns out a
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THE FIGHTING INSTINCT.
Story Of a Desperate Hand to Hand
Encounter Against Heavy Odds.

Now and then among the brutali-
ties and crimes that form the chief
subjects Of daily journalism In this
country, there comes an item that
not only appeals to our morbid nature
but gets in close to the primal love
OF fight which springs eternal in the
human animal. Most Of US have no
feeling except Of loathing In the case
Of the secret assassination OF six Ital-
ians In Minneapolis. because their
modes Of fight are Latin In a country
Of Anglo-Saxon prejudices. But Just
a week before, the press dispatches
from Bristol, Tennessee. told OF the
sudden demise Of seven Italians who
with others had conspired to murder
their section foreman. because he was
a "hard boss Doubtless he was!
Nevertheless, the old fighting blood
tingles at the bare account Of the bat
tie that the foreman. Haverly. whose
name suggests his nationality. waged
single-handed against the body OF la
borers that rushed" him. Had he
been armed with revolver. he would
have no sympathy. but he depended on
the first weapon at hand-a crowbar.
Backed against an embankment. he
withstood the combined attack Of the
entlre gang Oh ihDOreTS, al Dent ON MS
murder, and armed, against him. with
picks. axes. and spades. in addition
to their knives. Repugnant as the idea
Of killing may be. one can scarcely
help thrill at the thought OF the fore
man. Haverly. at bay like knight OF
former days, fighting for his life. and
SO sturdily and valiantly laying about
him. weapon for weapon. steel against
steel. until he stretched seven OF his
assailants dead before him and routed
the rest. Haverly may be brute and
a bully: he may have deserved what
the laborers. rising like desperate
slaves against a tyrant. had In store
for him. Yet. somehow. that Is hard to
believe because the innate love for
combat In our nature challenges nd.
miration for man who displays des-
perate courage and physical prowess.
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PER11s IN COLD STORAGE.
Frozen Bacteria Actlve-C Government
to Make Experiments.

" Nh6AG
The Agricultural Department Is fol-
lowing up line Of scientific investiga-
ton of the effect upon perishable goods
in cold storage for an unlimited time.
and DR.. Wiley believes that he will de-
yelop the fact that legislation is needed
fixing the period for which such ar
ticles as meats and fnilks may be
stored.
In one of the Philadelphia cold
storage houses space has been set aside
for the ex. sriments and like arrange
ment has been made In Washington for
storing birds and milk.
The stored articles will be taken out
from time to time and examined to AZ
certain whether or not deterioration
has begun, and ut what period the
point has been reached when the ar
ticles can be no longer stored and re-
main good food.
II already has been demonstrated,
DR.. Wiley says, that the bacteria that
occasion decay remain in the meat
while frozen, and that they actually
carry on their work. although at .
greatly reduced rate.
In one of the cold storage plants In
Cleveland some meat was recently
found which had been mislaid and for
gotten for n period OF eleven years. 1t
was sent to the department and q por-
ton thawed out and examined.
Decay had gone on to such an extent
that the meat was entirely ur for
use. The greater portion OF It wnS
again placed In storage and the obser-
walton will be continued. The fact that
the meat. having been frozen for eleven
years. was In a condition of decay is
held to conclusively prove that the
bacteria can work In the meat while
frozen. The object Of the investigation
is to ascertain Mt what point the decay
has progressed to such an extent as TO
injure the food value OF the article
stored
There is at present no law prohibit
Ing the storage Of any article for any
length Of time. The only law upon tho
subject Is one that requires fowls to b
drawn before they are placed In stor
age.
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coat that gives you caved-in chest
when it's buttoned up and decidedly
open front when it's unbuttoned."
Yet some West End tailoring estab-
lishments in London depend for their
very existence on American trade. not
alone the trade of Americans travel
ing abroad, but mail order business
which entails making on measure
ments and forwarding by express,
likewise payment Of duty. So tmpor-
tant is this business that cable code
has been arranged. With this code,
a complete catalog and full directions
for self measurement, a man may
cable his order to London, and feel
reasonably certain that the clothes he
wants will leave England by the next
westward bound steamer.
One traveller from firm in London
making specially of cable orders re-
Gently visited New York and booked
orders to the amount of six thousand
pounds sterling. But this class Of
business is all in ''semi-ready"
clothing, system which has been
adopted from American tailors.
Yet the American "ready-made" has
been a subject of laughter on the
other side; and the New Yorkers
claim to be the, "best dressed man in
the world" has been received with
jeers. To the foreigner the idea Of a
man who has literally mo time" to
devote to matters sartorial being well
dressed is absurd-and the New
Yorker has no time. He can't wait
for clothes to be made by a custom"
tailor.
When he needs suit he dashes into
one of those immense haberdasheries
that dot both sides Of Broadway from
the Battery to the Bronx, where
thousands Of "ready for service" suits
and overcoats are piled on long tables
in stacks that rise above mans
head. Here are found prices and sizes
to fit every customer. Sack suits
from SO to $50 advertised for cut and
smartness. They are smart, too, are
better cut and sewn than the English
cheap suit, but the latter is made OF
better material. 1t is just this differ
ence that makes the American crowd
look smart and prosperous, while the
English crowd looks merely comfort
able,
The New Yorker must look prosper
GUS. 1t is part Of his stock in trade.
His clothes must not appear old any
more than his face. This demand for
possible for some firms to sell as high
as 1000 suits in day. Hats and
shoes get even more attention than
clothes. The ancient saw, When
broke buy new hat" is SO thorough
ly appreciated by the New Yorker
that he receives without even a grin
such advertisements as that which
puzzled Count Witte as he walked
down Broadway. Fall Lids for
Faded Faces" it read. FALL" NUT
tered the Russian diplomat with a
,ook Of weary amazement, fall, that
means to tumble down, does it not?"
Some one explained that "falp was
the American for the season which all
other nations know as autumn.
Last winter a leading London daily
gave column every morning to the
discussion of THE Fetish of the
Black Coat" Every clerk and sales.
man in London wears frock. OF
Prince Albert, during his work, and
like the English artisan, he wears the
costume OF his trade after hours. For
weeks members Of Parliament and
celebrities in many lines argued in
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hurt for twenty steers" l lifted him In
my arms, called to him and stroked his
head. He .nar!ed 9 little. a farewell as as
did 80, then never snarled again.
That was sad ride home for me. There
was the skin of monstrous Wolf. but
fearless one on q butte back Of the ranch
house. Peuroof. a. he stood by. was
heard to grumble; by lingo. that was
without grit"
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The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1906-08-11
THE CIY
CHURCHES
And their Pastors.

Evangelical Lutheran-15th, between
Washington and Jefferson Streets
Services: s p. M to p. m. every
Sunday; Sunday School, 3 p. m. to A
p. m. Instructions every Friday even
ing.
New Hope Baptist Church--Corner
Sth and Miller streets.-Preaching at
II q. m. and s p. M. Sunday School
at $50 n. m. B. Y. P. u, $50 p. m.
Mr.. c. Hatcher, Supt. Sunday School
J. II. Fulton, d. D., Pastor.
St Pauls A. M. E. Church-Sunday
services: Preaching at 10: As a. m. and
7:45 p m. Sunday School, 245 p. m.
Y. c. A, p. M. to which all young
men are invited. Y. p. S. C. E., 6:45
p. m. Rev. T. Price, Pastor
st. Johns A. M. E. Church-14th.
between Mason and Reynolds streets.
Preaching at II a. M; Sunday School
at 2:3O p. m; preaching at 8 p. M
Rev. j. Bundy. Pastor. Rev DR.. Cot
ton. P. r.. Springfield District, Illinois
Annual Conference
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1906-08-11

Pleasant Grove Baptist Church-1Sth
and Cass streets.-Preaching al l a m.
Sunday School, 2:30 p. M; preaching
at p. m.---Rev. William Bates, Pastor.
1718 Kansas street.
Union Baptist Church. 18th and Ma
son streets.-Preaching at IL a. M;
Sunday School, 2:30 p. M; preaching
at 1880 p. m.-Rev J. D. Underwood,
d. D., Pastor.
Grace NJ E. Church-Corner 14th
and Brown streets.-Preaching every
Sunday at II a. m. and 8 p. m. Sun
day School at 2:30 p. m.-Rev VIM.
E. Wilson, Pastor.
Zion Baptist Church-Corner 9Th and
Carpenter streets.-Preaching at II a.
m Sunday School at 80 p. m. B.
Y. P. T.. $50 p. m. Preaching at
p. m.-Rev. ]. B. Anderson, B. D..
Pastor
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1906-08-11

Smoke the 3-R union made
cigar, sc.
Carl Watkins Of Decatur. was
n the city this week attending
camp Lincoln exercises
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-23

stock OF conmissary supplies. The
wants OF her family provided for she
turned her attention to THE duty that
lay nearest at the ferry building.
where she was mafron, and playing the
good Samaritan TO weary toilers who
labored among the ashes and confusion
with small hope of next meal"
earned the thanks of all with whom she
came in contact. Many tired body
had new life installed into it by cup
of Mrs. Brennan's good, hot coffee. ac-
companied by a sandwich taken from
her little store. and many a worried
soul wondered why that coffee was bet
ter than any ever tasted before, failing
to realize that it was not alone the
coffee, but the unfagging zeal and
hearty good will of the giver which
helped to feed the exhausted frame.
Mrs. Brennan has always been popular
with the officials and employees of the
big ferry building. but during those
days her popularity rose to a phenona-
email height. and 1t continues today, al
though restaurants are plenty and food
for the hungry no longer lacking.
Then came the day that Mrs. Brennan
in her turn called for aid. The turkey
season was here-it was Thanksgiving
and she was far from forgotten by
all the grateful workers. So it was
that fine, big turkey, with all its
concomitants of vegetables. stuffing.
pudding and pies, was left at the door
Of the rooms in the ferry building
which constitute Mrs. Brennan's resi-
dence. with the best wishes and good
viii of the season." and for the space
of a beholding the Brennan family re-
joiced Then arose the problem How.
in the great, bare ferry building was
the royal bird to be cooked so as to
fulfill his appointed end and gladden.
the hearts of the Brennan family when
they were gathered about the festaI
board. There were steamheaters and
there was a small coaloil stove on
which Mrs. Brennan made coffee for
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some original soul conceived the idea
OF cooking that dinner on the rolling
wave the scheme was promptly and
unanimously cheered. the offer of the
ovens on the Oakland ferry steamer
Newark accepted and smiles reigned
even more broadly over the Brennan
household than of yore.
1t was queer procession that
boarded the Newark on that famous
turkey-cooking day. First came the
turkey, covered to protect it from the
ever hungry eyes of the gulls, and held
carefully in Mrs. Brennan's ample en-
brace; then a line of interested assist
ants, each one afterward a guest at the
dinner he had striven nobly to secure,
each carrying the particular vegetable
assigned to his care, then came the
great, spicy pudding concealed deity
from envious and pryinG eyes and
thanked by pies, the luscious and mellow
whiffs from which caused even the
bearers mouths to water in anticipa-
ton and .made the water front loafers
open their befogged eyes and sniff
again. Through the great, echoing
ferry building the procession wound
Its way across the pier, over the gang
plank. on the boat and down into the
galley, where, with loud signs of relief
and subjective anxiety their burdens
We're turned safely over to the white
capped cooks, while the contingent be-
took itself ashore to await the result.
Even as the starting whistle blew
the turkey had begun to warm up. BY
the time Goat Island was reached he
was simmering finely. and when the
Oakland pier was attained about halt
the passengers had decided to dine on
board, tempted by the savory doors that
We're rising from below. On the re-
turn trip, what with basting, turning,
and watching, the cook was kept busy.
The vegetables were swimming in sue
culent joy. Back and forth across the
bay went the turkey, and when he
returned from his last trip the pud-
ding and pies were quickly popped into
the big oven to be ready for their part
At last the dinner, steaming hot. was
carefully dished up and handed to the
waiting procession, which trooped
aboard when the Newark grated into
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the block bounded by what is now
Montgomery street on the west Sacra
mento street on the south and CLAW
street on the north. phe waters of the
bay tapped the eastern boundary line.
The house on the lot was the most pre-
tentious structure of the embryonic
city, being large two-story building
and occupied as a dwelling by Leese
and his family. The price paid was
considered enormous for the tine, but
what would not any of us now give
for the same opportunity! Leese re-
ceived $4,000 for his property. half of
which was paid in goods from the
stores OF the Cowlitz. From San
Francisco Bay Mclaughlin sailed down
the coast on trip or inspection and
good Will before returning to the Co.
lumbia.
In September of 1S41 William G.
Rae, a on-in-law of the Governor, ar
rived and took possession of the new
station. The Cowlitz, with a large
stock of goods, which had been sent
from England to Astoria especially for
the California trade, went to Monterey
TO make entry at the custom house
there and then returned to discharge
her cargo. The dwelling house of
Leese was converted into a store, and
from 1t Rae radiated his influence for
the company. Sailing launches and
small schooners sailed the bay and the
tributary creeks in search of hides
and tallow, California's sole currency.
Rae covered his territory in person and
ingratiated himself with grave senior
and frivolous senorita, which last to his
ultimate undoing. Everybody was made
to know Rae. He played cards with
his American competitors. and they
proclaimed him boon companion He
banded compliments with the younger
Californians and met the old with pro-
found courtesy. Everybody swore by
Rae, and Rae was thereby doing his
masters work. His table was always
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plenteously supplied with the best fare
or the country, and his sideboard con-
tanned great variety of wines and
liquors, and at either or both all classes
and numbers were welcome. To those
who could not buy he gave presents,
and gifts were given on the slightest
excuse. He both won and bought per-
sonal popularity, which he sought to
transfer to his company.
RAGS never ending courtesies and
visits encompassed his ruin. At the
house of one of the native Californians
whose favor he was seeking to win he
met and became enamored of the seno-
ra of the household. She learned to
admire his big person, and clandes-
tine visit succeeded clandestine visit
until his infidelity became public. His
wife, as the daughter of the old high
lander Governor Mclaughlin. was not
one to suffer in silence at her humilia
ton. She berated her husband soundly
and often. The Spanish blood of the
Californians resented such an ofense,
and dark looks succeeded the pleasant
smiles that had been bestowed upon
Rae. The immense trade that had been
built up for the company fell away, and
Rae, overcome by modification and
disgrace, killed himself with his pistol.
At Rea's death the British vice-Con-
sui, James Alexander Forbes, took
charge Of the affairs Of the Hudson Bay
Company. The Mexican War and the
consequent occupation of California by
American forces put an end to any
plans the company may have had. They
had played and played in vain. The
business was closed out, and the land
and house were sold to Mellus & How
ard for $4,000. The Hudson Bay Con-
pany passed from San Francisco and
California, and in the gold rush of 40
their building became the United States
Hotel, which was destroyed in the con-
Migration of June IA, 1850.-Adolphus
E. Graufner.
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STA. with her prototype of the Hudson
Bay Company-the Russian-American
Fur Company-had in 1911 established
colony at Fort Ross and reaped rich
harvests of sea after and seal skins.
Russia had not, however, extended her
sphere OF influence and had obtained
no control or power beyond the lmme-
date confines of her post. Rumors of
English invasion or purchase had been
frequent and persistent, and the Hud-
son Bay Company believed that its OPP
portunity had come With purpose of
entering the wedge to sunder Califor-
MIA from the Mexican domain, the Hud-
son Bay Company determined immedi-
ately to establish post at Yerba
Buena. This establishment would
counterfeit Russian and American infiu-
ence. particularly that of the United
States, whose citizens and ships then
controlled the bulk of the California
trade
In 1871 canny Scotsman by the
name of Mclaughlin was the governor
or the company for the Oregon terri
tory. comprising all that district lying
west of the Rocky Mountains. The
headquarters of the district were at
Astoria, on the Columbia River. from
which post. in 1914. the company had
expelled the agents of John Jacob As
tor Mclaughlin, who is described as
pelng man OF large stature and enor-
nous strength, who could be brute
commander or suave and polished
leader, in accordance with the necessi-
ties of the hour, came from Astoria to
the then called puebla of Yerba Buena.
The Governor mace himself agree
able to every one he met and enter
tanned lavishly and frequently on board
the company's bark Cowiitz, which
had brought him to the port Before
leaving he purchased portion of a
block of land with a house from Jacob
Leese- The lot contained four fifty
Varas and made nearly two thirds of