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Arizona republican., 1906-10-23
A BALLOON RACE
 IN NEW ENGLAND
Two AirshiPs Make a Successful En- durance Trial Over Parts of Massa- chusetts and Vermont.

Pittsfeld, Mass. Oct. 22.-Two bal looms, Centaur and L'Orient, which remained here after the aeroautomobie race between balloons and automobiles for the Hawley cup. was declared off last Saturday participated in an en- durance contes, today which carried them many miles over northwestern Massachusetts and southwestern Yer mont. The balloon LOrient outsaiIed the Centaur by about three hours and thirty minutes finally landing in tEe little mountainous town of Jamaica. in Windham county Vermont, fifty seven miles from the start. The Cen taur came down in Bennington. Yer mont. thirty miles from this city.
 The balloons were in sight of each other for about three hours and after them sped three automobiles, which had been entered in the Hawley cup contest of Saturday. The Centaur was slightly behind the LOrient in cross
 ing the Vermont border and after get 'ting over Bennington. Pilot Walsh de- cided to land. The descent was sue cessfulIy accomplished on the slope of WOOdfOrd mountain.
 Occupants of the Cenaur said on
 landing that they considered their Ob- Ject accomplished and that their trip had been highly successful from a sci entific standpoint. The Centaur reached
 a height of 62OO feet. After seeing Centaur descend. Pilot Stevens of the |L'Orient decided to keep on. Twenty seven more miles of southern Vermont was traversed and at 4:3O L'Orient came down in Jamaica.
 MT. Stevens said after landing that the L'Orient went 500 feet into the air. Above the clouds the heat was so in tense that all outside clothing had to
 be discarded. At one time the ther- mOmeter registered 1O6 degrees.
Arizona republican., 1906-10-23
THE FEW SURVIVORS
 FROM A H0USEB0AT
Four Men PIucked From the Jaws Of Death Tell of the Destruction of Life They Witnessed.

Mobile. Ala. Oct. 22.-The Mallory line ship Colorado which aTTlved in port today had as passengers Jose Mel son. Charles olsen. Charles Anderson and Otto Brink who were picked up at Sea on Saturday morning, ninety miles off Key West. Nelson says he. saw seventy men drowned from a house boat which was wrecked off Long Key. Florida. in last weeks storm.
 The four men who were found by the Colorado's crew were standing on a raft made out of six logs and were in the water waist deep at the time. Nelson said he and the other men. were on a house boat at Long Key when the hurricane struck them and blew the boat to sea.
 It soon went to pieces and out of the 125 people on board seventy nine
Arizona republican., 1906-10-23

satisfaction in any particular. The intake dam is almost finished. The dam proper will be completed by No vember 1 and the odds and ends will all be attended to by the 10th.
 Contractor O'RouTke is proceeding nicely with construction work on the big dam and nothing embarrassing has yet occurred 10 delay matters. He says he never in all his experience handled better cement than is being furnished to him by the government mill. The mill by the way is again grinding away night and day. Messrs. Erkhart and Mercer. the two govern ment inspectors who are watching the progress of operations. also say the cement is first class and in speaking of the rock that is being laid they said
Arizona republican., 1906-10-23

it was as good as could be hoped for anywhere and much better than the rock it was necessary to use in most dams. Both men were employed in a similar capacity during the constrUc- ton of the big dam at Wachusetts, Mass. a structure which is the pride of the state, and they say that the rock at Roosevelt is of finer quality and in larger blocks than the rock used in the Massachusetts dam.
 one untoward incident occurred last week that caused a little expense and loss of time in the increasing of the size of the power plant. but thus far it has in no way delayed the progress of construction operations. There is now ample electric power for all purposes but it is all furnished by the single in- itial unit of the power plant. The ma chinery for the second unit is now on the ground or will be soon. and will be placed alongside the initial unit in the cave excavated in the rocky hillside below the dam site. While MT. Fowler and MT. O'Rourke were going up to Roosevelt last Tuesday they caught up with a fourteen mule team transport Ing the heaviest piece of machinery used in this second unit of the power plant. The wagon had given way un-
  send back to Mesa City for a heavier one When the machinery was loaded they were told that it only weighed seven or eight tons and learned when too late that il weighed eleven tons. This machinery was expected to arrive 1 in Roosevelt on Friday last but when Mir Fowler came down yesterday he | passed it gain at Tortilla Flat. It had ! been reloaded and was again just be- ginning to move. Everything is ready | for the placing of this second unit as soon as t arrives. The importance of ! it is to. have it ready in the event any 1 thing should happen to necessitate the ! closing down of the initial unit which ! has worked increasingly since it was l first stared. While there is nothing ! the matter with it so far as known ' there always is a possibility of some thing going wrong and if anything did | happen to cause a shutdown. practi- | cally everything at the dam would | come to a standstill. At this stage of ! construction power is required for l almost everything undertaken.
 l But there is no worry or fear. all has
 worked well SO far and undoubtedly ! will until the new unit is in commits ! sion when the other one can be given 1 a rest and an overhauling. Mir Dem i erick the superintendent in charge oi 1 the electric machinery, came down the road and supervised it's transfer to the new wagon.
Arizona republican., 1906-10-23
WRECKED ON A THISTLE.
An Accident on the Midland Valley in
 Oklahoma.

Oklahoma City, Okla, Oct. PA special to the Oklahoman from For aker. Oklahoma, says that an east bound passenger train on the Midland Valley railroad was wrecked on a trestle seven miles west of that place at 1 o'clock this afternoon and twenty people were injured. The rear coach jumped the track and turned com pletely over. Practically all of its Oc- cupants were hurt. The more seri- ously injured are. Mrs. F. D. Clary, ClaremOnt. I. T. internal injuries, seri- ous; c. W. Elliott. Arkansas City. Kan. leg badly cut; L. T. Henderson. Rock ford. H.. back and legs injured; C. M. Johnson, Arkansas City, Kan, cut on face, hands and arms.
Arizona republican., 1906-10-23
EVERY DAY COUNTS
 IN CONSTRUCTION
Intake Dam Nearly Finished-Cement Mill Ruunins-Seoond Unit of Power Plant Ready for installation.

B. A. Fowler. president of the Salt River Valley Water Users association, who went to Roosevelt early last week with Contractor O'Rourke returned home last night, after a very interest ing visit at the basin. He reports that everything Is progressing smoothly and there is no occasion for worry or dis
Arizona republican., 1906-10-23

were drowned. he says. right before his eyes The other forty-two have since been taken into Jacksonville Fla Tha men suffered terrible hardshfus- They say that the loss Of life was heavier off Long Key than at any other point The men were employed by the Florida East Coast Railway ou their extension work through the Florida sy-aur= from Miami to Key West.
Arizona republican., 1906-10-23
FINISHED BY FIREeUGs.
The Job of Wiping Out Bristow, Iowa,
 Made Cornnlete-

MarshalltOwn. Iowa. Oct. 22.-Prac- ticalIy all that was left of the business portion of Bristow. Butler county. was destroyed by fire today. This is the second disastrous fire within a week and is believed to have been incen- diary.
Arizona republican., 1906-10-23
A Home fer the Profession t5 b,
 Opened in CoIorado

A Home Tor t47e ProfessIon . 5e
 Opened in Colorado.
 Chicago. Oct PA home for actors and actresses who have been uuf1r- tunate enough to contract pulmonary trouble is to be founded and main tained in Colorado. The plan oriEl- mated with George AI- Conan. who am nOUnced tonight that he would sub scribe S50O0 in cash 10 start a fund and in addition 10 this he will give special matinee performances each week as lon- as he appears before the public The gross receipts will b= turned over to the funds.
Arizona republican., 1906-10-23

It takes a lot of common sense to get a man out Of the trouble a little nonsense got him into.-Chicago News
Arizona republican., 1906-10-23

She is a wise girl who knows enough not to pretend to know too much
Arizona republican., 1906-10-23
CONsUMPTIVE ACTORS.

Get your hand in the dough and ask your grocer for Perfect flour.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-22
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

A new range should be very grad
ually heated to prevent the possibility
of cracking.
Air the clothespress and drawers
regularly once month to make sure
there is no daInpness in them.
II kerosene is spilled on carpets.
books or manuscripts, try removing 1t
by sprinkling cornmeal thickly over the
article Immediately. Renew frequent
ly until the oil has been entirely alb
sorbed.
A Chinese proverb says. "The wind
between two walls is like dagger"
meaning never sit in a draft, for cold
is stab in the lungs. Moral.-If the
wind blows between your walls, fix
things and save the doctors bill.
An upholsterer's needle will prove
very useful to keep in the sewing table.
Chair buttons. lounge buttons, etc, can
then easily be replaced by the house
keeper When one lives in the coun-
try it is not always possible to send for
aid outside.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-22

ferred her goods in a dray whereas
the neighbors had said that it was a
spring wagon. He had thought the
house very scantily furnished for
$500, but she had told him she had
$4,000 to buy property and had more
good furniture, and this had allayed
his fears. He had seen small stove
some chairs in the house, and perhaps
sofa.
In speaking of buying house she
said she had wanted one near the the
! alter, so that her daughter would find
it convenient for rehearsals.
T. C. Rose, the secondhand dealer
| from whom Mrs. Evans had rented the
first house, was the next witness call
ed by the prosecution.
He described the furniture in the
house. which he estimated to be worth
about $4OO, but fastened to add thai
he was not talking as a secondhand
dealer. The remarks caused much
amusement. He was a most unwill
ing witness at first. claiming that he
could easily estimate the value of ev
erything outside of large box, but
later such an estimate was drawn
| from him by the most persistent ques
| tioning. He declared that the mar
had apparently not many more clothes
than he had on.
He also stated that the woman hat
| told him she had $4,000 to $1,000 tC
invest in property if she could find {
rooming house.
He said the house was only Is fee
away from houses on either side.
He admitted on cross-questionins
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-22
Taking Care of Clothes.

ANY woman with Il limited amount
on which to dress should learn the val
ue of looking after her clothes ana
putting them carefully away each tune
they are worn. In doing this she will
find her gowns will last twice as long
and look we'll to the end. Sew up
seam the minute it starts to rip. fas-
ten on a button or hook and eye II
they are loose, and don't use pins II
you wish to preserve your gown. For
the protection of light dresses hang
YOUR closet with unbleached muslin
sheeting. Have plenty OF hooks ana
skirt hangers and hang up every gown
as soon as you take it off after you
have brushed it, If it is dusty. When a
gown becomes soi.ed. send 1t to the
cleaner before it is too dirty to De
remedied. You Will be repaid Tor your
trouble and always have something
ready to wear.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-22

The best local advertisers say that
they get the best results when they
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-22
USING STARCH.
The Proper Degree Of Stiffness For
Different Materials.

The Proper Degree Of Stiffness For
Different Materials,
Starch Is used in laundry work for
sttening muslin, lace, linen and cot
ton materials. 1t improves the ap-
pearance OF clothes and also enables
them to resist the action of dust. and
they in consequence keep clean longer
than when they are quite limp. The
degree Of stiffness necessary enables
the laundress to decide as to which is
the better starch to use, hot or cold
water starch.
As rule. it Is better to use hot wa
ter starch for muslins, laces, prints,
table linen and cotton underwear 1t
not only makes the clothes less stiff
and more agreeable to wear or use. but
1t makes them look clearer than when
cold water starch is used. Except in
the case of muslins and print dresses
this starch Is seldom used in it's full
strength. but it is diluted to degree
varying according to the quality of
material to be starched and also to the
stiffness required. Usually a thin ma
terial requires thicker starch than
one of thicker make
The following may be considered
average proportions of hot water
starch to be used for different kinds of
material:
Muslins, print blouses and skirts,
white Or cOlored underskirts, babies
robes and Dutch bonnets are, as a
rule, stiffened in full strength starch.
1t is better to starch only the lower
two-thirds Of underskirts, leaving the
upper part soft to cling to the figure.
Babies dresses should always have
the bodices less stiff than the skirts.
For print pinafores, aprons, muslin
handkerchiefs and common laces equal
parts of starch and water give a very
good stiffness.
The starch for table linen and pillow
slips if diluted to one fourth of it's
strength gives the necessary degree Of
stiffness.
Frills of pillow slips are usually
starched in thicker starch. Underwear.
unless wished specially stiff. is done
in starch reduced to about one-fifth of
its strength.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-22

days with his parents, Professor and
Mrs. w. D. Lyman of Merriam street.
Miss Marjoria Lyman, Instructor in
piano at Pendleton academy, arrived
this afternoon from the Oregon city to
spend Christmas at home.
Miss Helen McDouall of the senior
class of Whitman college left yester-
day afternoon for Medical Lake to
spend the Christmas recess.
Mrs. ]. J. Henry, accompanied by
her son and daughter, Mr. and Mrs
W. H. Bowman, left Thursday fol-
Butte, Montana, where she will spend
the winter visiting with relatives.
Hans Harden, a fru: grower q
KahlOtus, is business visitor in the
city.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-22
Used AS A BED TABLE.

upper parts Of the legs fit into these
sleeves. and the. height Of the table
is adjusted by means Of the thumb
screws. In this way the top of the
table can be lowered so that it rests
across the knees, in which position
it serves as a lap board. To adjust
the table for serving meals in bed
to an invalid one pair of legs are re-
moved and secured in reverse position.
One pair of legs thus rest on the floor
and one pair on the bed. The braces OF
the reversed pair of legs serve in this
instance as a rack for the support or
napkins or other linen. A drawer for
holding needles, thimbles. pins, ETC.,
is fitted in guides beneath the table top.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-22
PERSONAL MENTION

Joe Allen, Whitman, '07, left yester-
99v for Spokane to visit his parents.
Attorney w. r. King has returned
from a business trip to Ontario, Ore
l. r. Fitzhugh, of the McGrew gro
cerv company vas a business visitor
in Prescott Thursday.
". L. Hel'ingswcrth. of Ethiopia,
was a visitor at the local land office
yesterday.
DR.. A. E. Dryden has returned from
a business trip to Seattle and other
Sound points.
George Baker, the well known Day.
ton real estate man is a business
visitor in the city.
Mrs Viola Stubs, of Prescott is
in the city and will spend the holi-
days visiting with friends.
Haylett O'Neill, a Whitman college
student, will spend the Christmas holt
days with his parents in Spokane.
Miss Hester Soures, of the Green
Park school, leaves this evening for
Spokane where she will spend the
holidays.
Dallas CARED, who is attending the
". S. c. pharmacy school, returned
home last night to spend the Christ
mas holidays with his parents in this
city.
Hubert Lyman, private secretary to
Manager Brown of the Hardwood
company in Spokane, will arrive to-
morrow to spend the Christmas holi
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-22
MRS. EVANS
Continued from Page One.)

become quieter she told him that she
had lost the policy, but afterwards
found it and expressed great surprise
thereat She had told him her daugh-
ter had most of her clothing with her
She thought she would hold on to heI
policy until she could see her law
yer. She had made one remark that
surprised him. that she had trans
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-22
CONVERTIBLE TABLE.

Useful For Sewing or Writing or For
an Invalid's Bed.
A handy table invented by Cana
dian possesses capacities Of adjustment
and transformation which fit it for
use for purposes which ordinarily re-
quire several separate articles. This
table can be readily made into either a
work table, lap board, shirt fitting
appliance or an invalid or bed table.
The top Of the table is broad. with a
thin fat surface. adaptable as sew
ing table or writing desk. At the four
corners are openings. beneath which
are sleeves having thumbscrews. The
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-22
Kitchen Floors.

So many people find it hard to Keep
their kitchen floors in good condltion
that method RAY help them WASH
with soda and water After sprlnhilns
about heaping teaspoonful of soda on
any grease spots pour boiling water
over it, then take a mop and wipe up
the whole floor. This is far more salts
factory than scrubbing, for it will take
out grease spots without the use Oh
"elbox grease" This Will also Keep
the floor snowy white.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-22
FOR RENT.

Two good store or Office rooms on
Third street between Main and Alder
streets. Inquire at The Statesman Of
flee.
Amador ledger., 1906-08-24
Bees as EmbaImers.

When foreign bodies are put into a
beehive the bees generally cover them
with propolis, or bee glue By way of
experiment a rag doll and a cloth rab-
bit were put into a hive by a writer
for st. Nicholas,
Imagine my SURPRISE" he says,
when ! opened the hive about three
weeks later to find that they had used
very little propolis ON either, but had
nibbled almost all the clothes from
the doll and had even attacked the
stockings. What they had failed to
take off and carry out hung in delicate
fibers and shreds, apparently ready to
be removed. Did they expect to dis
pose of the entire doll in that way?
1.-The rabbit was slightly soiled, but
not smeared or nibbled The bees had,
however, utilized it as a support for a
comb, which they had attached in the
most astonishing manner to one ear
and to the tip of one fore foot.
"The cloth of which the rabbit was
made was different from that of the
doll. Did the bees find ii. more diff
cult or impossible to nibble this? Did
they know that it was unnecessary to
seal it in, as would have been neces-
sary with small animal liable to de-
cay, and since they must endure the
intruder's presence did they determine
to make it useful as payment for the
valuable room that it occupied?"
Amador ledger., 1906-08-24
Dandies of Papua,

Even the natives of Papua have their
fine gentlemen, theif dandies. To rank
in this class the young man is COM
PEELED to lace his waist and to have
nose ornament of polished shell. But,
as an explorer says, very few young
blades can afford to possess one, and
accordingly it may be lent either for
consideration or as a very special ia
vor. The possessor of one of these or
naments could easily buy a wife for it,
and sometimes it is paid as tribal
tribute by one should he have to pay
blood money or be unable to give the
statutory pig as atonement for a MUIR
der" Papuan husbands, too, have
primitive way of dealing with their re-
calcitrant wives. A man named Gedon
had shrewish helpmate whom he at
tempted to tame according to this
method: HE would pick up billet of
wood when she was halfway through
tremendous scolding and give her a
terrific blow over the back. Thereupon
ensued pandemonium. The other men
and women would gather round, jab-
bering, but they would make no at
tempt to stop the beating once it had
begun"
Amador ledger., 1906-08-24
whers Christinnitx Hogan.

The hills of Bethlehem are full of
caves, natural and artificial, and
many of them have historic signifi-
canoe. There is the milk grotto, in
which Joseph and Mary are said to
have concealed themselves before their
fight into Egypt to escape the evil de-
signs of Herod. The snowy whiteness
of the soft chalk out of which it is
hewn is ascribed to the spilling of q
few drops of the Virgins milk when she
nursed the infant Jesus. Another grot-
to is pointed out as that in which st.
jerome for more than thirty years led
the life of a hermit when bitter fac
tional discussions had forced him to
leave Rome. On a western hill rock
strewn plateau, around which stately
terebinths stand guard, marks a place
where the ancient Hebrews brought
their sacrifices unto the Lord. 1t is a
solemn place, well fitted to excite de-
vout thoughts-a place where a man
might well keep communion with his
Maker. In its broader features Bethle-
hem is almost unchanged since the days
of David.-Four Track News.
Amador ledger., 1906-08-24

Those who would like to make cheese
on very small scale are often trou-
bled to get proper rennet to produce
coagulation of the milk. A scientist
says that if the leaves of the common
butterwort are placed in a strainer and
the milk fresh from the COW is poured
over it the milk will soon become thick
and has a most delicious flavor. The
yellow bedstraw also possesses the
properties of curdling milk, and the
natives of Cheshire prefer it as a rem
net to all other sorts. The leaves and
flowers are put in the strainer, and the
milk is slowly poured over them. The
flower heads of the garden artichoke
also possess the property of coagulat-
ing milk. In view of the carelessness
sometimes noted in people who prepare
rennet in the ordinary fashion this
vegetable rennet is worthy of atten-
ton. The leaves, properly cleaned and
prepared, would be very much Safer
and more hygienic than animal sub
stances which may go through chem
ical changes that unfit them for food
Amador ledger., 1906-08-24
The Fashionable Dinner.

Eight men exclusive of the butler are
required to serve q dinner of twenty
four covers, one being allowed for ev
cry three diners. Another is stationed
In the pantry to run in" the courses.
Absolute order and silence reign
among these men, who perfectly under
stand the buffers cabalistic signs.
Electric signals pass constantly be-
tween chef and butler. From the seat
ing of guests until the ladies leave not
more than eighty-five minutes should
elapse. for long dinners are considered
bad form. Upon these occasions
scarcely a member of the domestic
corps escapes some special duty. The
housemaids assist the pantry maid.
After each course twenty-four silver
plates and countless small silver must
be carefully cleansed, wiped very dry
and then polished with chamois before
being put away. Nearly 200 pieces Of
engraved crystal ware must be washed
and polished, and it is too costly and
brittle to be hastily handled.-Every-
body's Magazine.