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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-01-12

NAMES SHIP-BUILDINa WANING
The rapid decadence Of ship.building
10 Maine is 90 great as 10 be the sub
ject of extended comment. A Bangor
dispatch of the 30th ult. notes re.
markable dullness in that industry az
we'll as the annual decrease OF square.
rugged vessels, there being little de.
mand for that description of ocean
carriers which once controlled the
commerce of the world. The pas.
year shows less activity than any since
the civil war, when the demand was
nearly prostrated. Several OF Baths
finest ships have been lost this year,
and only sixteen vessels Of any con.
siderable size have been launched dur.
ing that time from Maine yards.
The shipbuilding is becoming more
and more confined to bsrges for car.
ryiDg, coal and steamers. Even the
lumber.trade hse been invaded by this
description of vessels. The total ton.
mage of vessels built in Maine last
year aggregates q little over $4,000
tons against nearly $4,000 during 1904.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-01-12

THE SILENT WITNEss.-The most ret.
icent witness yet encountered in the
long series of attempts that have been
made to probe tho secret acts Of domi-
inant corporations, is Henry H. Rogers,
OF the Standard Oil Co., who refused
this week, before New York court,
to answer any material questions re-
garding the secret methods OF the com.
pany, propounded by the Attorney
General OF Missouri. Other subordin-
ates. likewise, are in contempt of the
authority OF the State, and the matter
has been appealed to the Supreme
Court of New York, which tribunal
has authority to compel answers to
the interrogatories. The object is to
obtain evidence showing that three oil
companies are in combine to keep up
prices. and to enable the courts OF that
State to GUST them.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-01-12

Tacoma evidently envies Seattle
her reputation for the rascally doings
of her social undercrust and one day
last week, as the managers of q pool.
room connected with the Warwick
soloon were counting up their profits,
hobo walked up to the table seized q
handful of bills amounting to $50 and
walked away. The "bluff" won. The
"lawful" owners of the spoils were 30
astonished by the audacity OF the pro.
ceeding that they failed to pursue be.
fore the robber had made his escape.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-01-12

ELLENsBURG near a coal mine, as
we'll as North Yakima, have a coal
famine.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-01-12

Idaho takes the palm for the most
revolving spectacle of the new year.
In a saloon fight at Clarkia, Brad
Walsbaw, q logger, Bit an ear off of
his opponent "Lank" Frannigan, of
the same calling, declaring "I'll chew
you down to a dwarf" Frannigan
rallied, and after kicking Walshaw to
a finish, he sailed and peppered the
ear, and forced him to swallow it. The
lumbermen, numbering q dozen, ap.
peared to regard it as glorious, rather
than horrible.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-01-12

Thomas Pierce Nichols is digging
for II. 600 tons Of railroad iron which
is buried in the sand OF the old bed of
the Trinity River, near Liberty, Texas.
The iron rails were bought shortly
after the close OF the Civil war and
were to have been used in the con.
struction of the Trinity Valley &
Dallas Railroad. Tho rails were pur-
chased in England and were trans.
ported to Galveston by boat. There
they were placed on barges and started
up the Trinity River to the point
where the construction of the road
was to be commenced. At . point
near there the barges were sunk by an
overflow in the river and were buried
in sand. An effort was made to 70.
cover the rails but the river had 60
changed its course as to make il i'm
possible to do so. Several months ago
Mr.. Nichols began to make explora-
tions for the buried cargo. He finally
located the sunken barges and got out
a few of the rails. They were four.
teen feet under ground. Although
these rails have been buried for forty
years those taken out are covered with
only slight coat of rust. Mr.. Nichols
has placed machinery on the ground
and is preparing to recover all of the
lost cargo. He expects to clear a
large sum OF money in the venture.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-01-12

IT is reported that the Northern
Pacific Railway Co. has bought the
Astoria road from the Astoria and Co.
lumbia River Railroad Co., at cost of
100000.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-01-12

A man named May, lately, in Lon.
don, England, in order to get money
from an accident insurance company
and to realize on several accident in.
surance coupons. which he had de.
tached from publications. made the
nerve.raking resolution to let q railway
train cut off both his feet. He bought
a ticket at Portb, but instead OF board
ing the train, walked ahead on the
track and laid down at q convenient
spot with his feet on the rail aud the
train cut them of. The insurance
companies showed the man had not
fallen off the train, as he asserted, but
that he had pre.arranged the "acci.
dent" The court gave judgment to
the insurance companies and charged
the costs to May.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-01-12

The demand for seedless persim-
mon has been passed up to Wizard
Burbank. 1t will have to be improved
materially in flavor if the object may
be made to justify the labor OF produc.
ing the long.pole fruit without a core.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-01-12

IT must have been an impressive
sight to have witnessed Senator Spoon.
or and LaFollette, persistent enemies,
walking arm.in-arm down the Senate
aisle, when the latter was sworn in as
Spooner's colleague. But then, Re.
publicans have, by long experience,
become adopts in by play to the gal.
leries.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-01-12

A NINE explosion, at Akita, Japan,
on the 4th, caused 10l deaths.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-01-12

Perfectly formed, equisitely colored
and standing out in bold relief from a
cloudy sky, wonderful cross was Oh.
served Wednesday evening At Atlantic,
N. j. Five minutes after the sun had
disappeared, its rays piercing a low
bank of clouds along the horizon, we're
thrown upon higher bank of dark
gray clouds in the form of . perfect
cross. blood.red in color. which was
visible ten minutes. Frightened ne
groes fell upon their knees in the
streets, believing the judgment at
hand. The cross disappeared as it
came.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-01-12

THEY had good sleighing 1t Daven.
port, this State. last Sunday,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-01-12

GovernOr-elect Pattison, of Ohio,
who was inaugurated Monday, WAS in
such poor health that he had to be
protected by glass cage, from incle-
ment weather. 1t was II by II feet in
size, on the reviewing stand, fronting
the State capital. Besides this pre-.
caution fOot-warmers were provided,
az much for protection as comfort, the
weather being raw and cold.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-01-12

THE machinery OF the jute mill At
Walla Walls is now run by electric
power instead OF steam.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-01-12

A Portland inventor claims to have
discovered perpetual motion and by a
means that was about the first effort
made to capture the will O. the wisp,
by the force of gravitation of water, or
in palmer words to contrive a pump
so that it would elevate sufficient wa.
ter to run itself. 1t is much of won.
der that anybody persists in such q
hopeless field OF endeavor than If the
discovery were really made. Still the
Oregonian allows q correspondent to
take up third OF a column of its val
liable space to exploit his claim that
he can erect a self-acting pump that
will operate the car lines, and supply
power for all the factories without any
cost for operation.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-01-12
Oddities ) 9uidditics
There are More Things in Heaven and Earth
HOratiO,
Than are Dreamt of in Your Philosophy"

London has cemetery for dogs,
which has been in existence for more
than twenty years and has several
hundred graves.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-01-12

oEEA.
Bears ii. HIhs Kind You Have Always Bougl
'', e &M2zzEx
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-01-12

DR.. David Rafferty,, of Portland, is
the only man on record who has got
ahead Of gas company, and it was
not his own doing, but simply . mat
ter of luck. His bills were so small
compared to the lights used, that the
company finally "investigated" the
meter and found that large spider
had obtained entrance by some means
and spun = web that retarded very
materially the delicate and intricate
machinery for recording tho passage
of the illuminating fluid. It is need.
less to say that the intruder was igno.
miniously expelled from his comfort.
able quarters.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-01-12

M. Camille Flammsrion, Q famous
author and astronomer. in an inter.
view in Paris paper, draws an ex.
tremely attractive picture of the life OF
Mars. After pointing out that no one
can predict what weather Paris will
have next week, while it is known
with the utmost certainty what kind
of weather any country in Mars will
have . fortnight in advance, M. Flam.
marion declares the hypothesis that
Mars is inhabited by an intellec-
tual race much superior to our own is
growing stronger every year in proper.
ton as astronomical observations be.
come more and more precise.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-01-12

At New Orleans on the Both ult., at
session of the Geological section OF
the American scientists, Prof. A. l..
Warde, OF Nebraska, read a paper on
Worms in the Human Eye" which
attracted much attention. He said
that missionaries returning from Africa
actually have worms in their eyes,
some OF considerable length.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-23

three years; trading has been eXcep
tional, and those who had the good
judgment to buy have or will make
money.
Pensacola property will never be
worth less, but will keep growing in
value as the city increases in popula
tion Added to all this is Pensacola's
fortunate possession of a most magni
ficent harbor, in which she can easily
shelter the combined naval fleets o.
the world.
Upon the completion of the Panama
Canal Pensacola will become even /
more important national center.
1t is passing strange that all these
advantages have been overlooked OF
ignored in the very midst OF the won
derful progress that has been so uni
versally felt through the South.
Awake to the Times.
But Pensacola is awake to the time:
now, and with her progressive ant
public spirited people, she will become
the greatest city of the Gulf
Everybody Is happy in Pensacola
and everybody is making money. AMI
every Pensacolian Is proud OF Pensa
cola.
L believe in Pensacola business
houses, Pensacola factories, Pen
sacola banks, Pensacola enterprises
and Pensacola real estate
Comparisons of the volume of cur
rent business, with results at the cor
responding date in previous years arr
so uniformly favorable, the outlook
can only be regarded with confidence
Complaints of inadequate labor sup
ply are universal Building opera
lions are extensive, and would be muci
greater if the cost of labor and ma
terials had not caused the abandon
ment of many plans.
In conclusion, / want to mention
that the growth and prosperity of ev
cry city is largely due to its loca
daily papers. In The Pensacol;
Journal, this city has a friend indeed
The Journal is always ready to d.
anything for the upbuilding OF Pensa
cola and Hscambia county. The Jour
mails staff is composed Of able men an(
men whose interest is In the, welfare
OF the paper, and all are for greater
Pensacola.
Believe in Pensacola, talk Pensaco
la, live in Pensacola, and you will joiI
the ranks Of those who are helping t,
make Pensacola what she will be, one
of the largest and most important
cities on the Gulf Coast
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-23
FIRE AND POLICE
DEPARTMENTS
Of CITY

The Fire Department of the city OF
Pensacola is adequate in every way to
protect property in case OF confiagra-
ton, five fully equipped companies
having a total of 26 men and located
in different sections of the city, being
constantly on duty. Several years ago
a steam engine was purchased by the
city, but it has outlived its usefulness
and for some time past has been the
mark at which the 'oratOrical efforts
CT the city councilmen have been aim
ed. "A new and modern fire engine
will soon be purchased by the city and
when it is installed in service the de-
partment will be equal to that of any
city in the country of its size.
Fire Stations.
The principal headquarters OF the
fire department are on Garden street
near the business section of the city.
where companies No. / and. No. 2
are stationed. Company No. is sta
:ioned at the corner of Zarragossa and
Commandments streets, in easy reach
of the business district; No. 4, at the
corner of Gadsden and DeViEliers
streets, where it is available in case
! IL
Gated at the corner of Strong street
and Ninth avenue, on East Hill. All
Of the companies with the exception
of No. are equipped with hose wag
one, each carrying $50 feet of hose
and are drawn by a team OF heavy
horses. The East Hill and West Hill!
wagons are equipped with ladders OF
sufficient length to enable them to
reach the roof Of any of the buildings
IL. the district of which the station is
| the center.
Company No. / is a truck company
and the equipment is thoroughly up
to.date in every respect. A new truck
was purchased recently, which is MT
ted with the most approved fire fight
ing appliances and has already per-
formed good service.
On the whole the Fire Department,
of Pensacola ranks with the best and
the men, when called upon, perform
credit to the departments of much
larger cities.
Police Department.
The Police Department of Pensaco
la is composed of thirty-four men, In
GLIDING the city marshal, two captains
and two patrol wagon drivers. Tween
| ty-seven men are on the force regular
lily, four of whom are mounted and pa
troll the outlying sections of the city
The force Is divided into two watches
ten patrolmen and two mounted ON.
GERS doing duty during the night and
eight patrolmen and two mounted OF
flcers during the day. All of the OH
GERS are alive to their duty and as a
consequence there is but very little
tho$ unJato1fed
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N|T|ES
IN THE DEEP
WATER CITY
Continued from Page 25.)

factories, but none of them offers as
great inducements as Pensacola along
this line. The raw material can be
procured here as cheap as anywhere
else and, should a cotton mill be es-
tablished, much cheaper. The field is
large and the entire output could be
disposed Of to the best advantage.
Candy and Crackers.
For the investment of large capital
there is no opening in the South that
offers as great inducements as a candy
and cracker factory located in this
city. Everything in this line is ship
ped, sometimes from distant points
and the freight charges eat a large
hole into the profits. The field is
good here and the jobbers are of the
public spirited kind that believe in
patronizing home industries. Candy
and crackers could be supplied to ali
immense territory from this city and
the beauty of it is, there is no limit to
the amount of business that could be
done The country is growing SO
rapidly that a factory of this descrip-
ton would be taxed to its cacapity
as soon as its wares became known.
Preserved Fish.
One of the big industries of Pensa-
cola is the fish business and golden
opportunities are offered to capital.
lists in connection with this business
A plant for sailing, smoking and 9th
erwise preserving fish would prove 4
paying investment. The supply o.
fish of all kinds for such an industry
Is ample and Pensacola people, as
we'll as those in this vicinity, now
have the pleasure of catching and
shipping the fish and having them
shipped back preserved for the table
There Is some business done in this
line along the West Coast of Florida
but 1t amounts to little when the enor
nous consumption is considered.
Other Industries.
Industries of almost every descrip.
ton would do we'll in Pensacola and
among those that, in the estimation
of The Journal would do exceptional.
" well may be enumerated the follow
ing:
A glass factory. manufacturing all
kinds of glassware, bottles, ETC.; .
first-class mattress factory; novelt.,
! works, manufacturing baskets and
small wooden articles of every de.
scription; a broom factory; a plant
for the manufacture Of small engines
and gasoline motors-in fact almost
anything in the line of manufacture.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-23

more solid character. The "endow
ment policy" that pernicious fallacy
that had such hold on the American
people, is a thing of the past. The
deferred dividend" a continuance by
which the American people contrib
uted TO mold manacles for themselves
this is a thing OF the past. Policy
holders in twelve Southern States con
tribute $50o00,000 annually to North
ern and Eastern life insurance compa
MES, incidentally contributing to Re
publican campaign funds.
If this mighty drain upon our re
sources would be checked, what an era
of industry could be started in the
South. Southern life insurance com
panies should collect and disburse this
vast fund II Southern financiers are
not as shrewd and successful as some
others, certainly they would compare
favorably with some well known insur
ance artists In point of honesty. Il
is far call from the Insurance mat
tiers to Pensacola real estate, vol
say: but the connection is there. The
immense wealth producing power o.
this country demands investment fol
surplus capital
The point we wish to drive home t.
you is, that surplus capital should be
invested at home.
Property All Good.
Pensacola real estate is all good
some sections, of course, offer more
profit than others, but then, it take:
more to buy it; but for safe and sure
Investments, you can find nothing
better than placing your surplus CAPT
tai in Pensacola dirt.
AS an example of profit to one pur
chaser (who's name is withheld b.
IequesD four years ago he bought
block on East Gadsden street To-
$3.50; few weeks ago he sold it TO
SIS 900. In four years more this prop
Herty will be worth $4,000 or upward
IT is the same with almost ever.
piece of property. where in line of i'm
provement. 1t would be interesting Il
select some particular piece OF prop
erty and note its cost ten years ago
follow 1t each year to the presen
time; you will have evidence of III
gradual rise in value. The demand
for all classes OF property In Pensa
cola has been good during the pas
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-23
GREAT INCREASE
IN REALTY
VALUE
Ocontlnued from Page 25.)

Gontlnued from Page 2o.)
.Ioalafux street is handsome and sub
stantjA Improvement.
Now that money is so cheap and
plentiful. the people are asking what
they had better do with it. let me
venture a few paragraphs Of very
practical observation on the subject.
The safest and best banks on this
continent today are those that are on
so soltd a foundation that II you could
possibly get at the bottom OF them
you would find yourself in China. !
don't care whether your bank is a
sand bank or a clay bank, or 4 gold
bank, keep on investing; it will pay
you.
Real Estate Investors.
The most cautious, and the most
conservative business men Of this city
are heavy real estate buyers; Pensa-
cola people have never invested much
in things they could not see. The bulk
of Pensacola's money Is invested right
here in business, banks, factories, and
In real estate. think this fact ex-
plains IN large degree the wonderful
growth of Pensacola. This growth is
apparent to any one who will take the
trouble to keep his eyes open while
riding on the cars, who investigates
the building records; the increase in
bank clearings or postal receipts, or
any of the usual barOmeters OF pros
perity. The growth that is so appar'
emit marks the beginning OF the build
ing of great city.
Upheavals in Wall street. disclos'
ures. of scandalous conduct In insur
ance matters, all these tend to. turn
the minds of people to investments OF
AZ
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-23
Hams.

When you are looking for
something real nice, some
thing that will be pleasing
to the taste and substantial,
let us send you some of John
Morrill, & Co.'S Ltd, "Iowa's
Pride" Sugar-Cured Meats.
There is nothing better in
the line of sugar-cured meats
than these. We also handle
the famous Smithfeld Vir-
ginia Hams; they are also
hard to beat.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-23
Chase & Sanborn's Coffee.

We don't want you to for
get that we are sole agents
for the celebrated Chase &
Sanborn's Coffee, the coffee
that pleads its own cause
more eloquently than mere
words.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-23
Fox River Butter.

We are exclusive agents
for the Fox River Co.'S
"Clover Hill Butter. Every
pound guaranteed. Every
one knows that this is the
standard butter and the
manufacturers are improv-
ing it all the time. If you
are not already a Glover
Hill" convert, you don't
know what you are missing.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-23
Nunnally's Candies.

Nunnally's Candies-The
Candies of merit and quality.
They are always fresh, be-
ing shipped from the factory
twice every week. Every
box is sold under our positive
guarantee.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-04-14
234 and236 West Main St.

Mr.Chas Gutekunst. Of st. Mar
tinville, was a pleasant caller on
Monday afternoon. He was on his
return trip to the lakes, where he
is surveying and locating route
for the Central Railroad, for its
crossing on its course eastward to
New Orleans. While engaged at
this work he had one Of his boats
swamped in Grand Lake during a
spell of rough weather last week.
The boat contained a quanty of pro
visions and tenting outfits. Most
Of the cargo was recovered from
the water, minimizing the effects
of the mishap.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-04-14
Don't Walk
ROah, y Ark.

Mr.. +. !. Carstens had ono cxhihi.
ton in his show window, corner of
Main and Julia streets, yesterday,
n lettuce measuring &c inches in
diameter and weighing 3YIbs. II is
q practical demonstration Of what
Iberia soil, coupled with intelligent
gardening will produce. It Mr..
Carstens had not on many occa
siOns before in succeeding past
years produced the "hncst' of ma
ny varieties of fruits and vcgeta-
bios, it might, with some show of
force, be cOntcnded that the speci
men now on exhibition was u freak
But Mr.. Carsten's successes are to
well known for any such view to
prevail. Not only does he produce
large specimens, but he does i; at
no sacrifice to quality. Ills success
SEES are the result of knowing how
and doing it.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-04-14

A question Of more than usual
political Importance il the filling
Of the vacancy in the Police Jury,
caused by the death of the late Ia
mented AIistlde Occur, Of the
Third Ward. Mr.. Lomzin Gonsou
lin, . son Of Mr.. Enzehc GonsOu.
In, Is by all odds the popular
choice, a life long democrat. u con
sentative and repr, sentative man.
certain political factors, outside of
biz ward have been s,rcnuouly CD
posing his recommendation to the
Governor for appointment, for the
apparent sole reason that be Is not
Az adhtreDt Of their faction. The
result will be Of ir,lercs, To the on
tire parish.