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Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-10-10

dividunls, who still dare md can afford to live in what was originally New York City, win dwell in flats and tcne. mcn's. The pr~cut rate at which the apartment houses are building in the city would seem to justify this con. elus'"n. Since January l plans have been filed for the erection of abou, 1000 apartment and flat houses in Manhattan, at an estimated cost of close to $Go,o00,O0O. These structures range all the way from the five story Flat honse without an elevator, with suites of from two to four box like rooms, to the apartment palaces on Riverside drive, with private garage and yacht landing attached, where all the latest mechanical devices afe util. ized to reduce housekeeping cares to . minimum and insure the highest phy sical comfort. Some of these apart ments rent as high as si0,OO0 n year Housekeeping in n flat is n distinctive feature of New York life. It is m doubtedly cosy, hut the confirmed flat dweller loses the idea of "home. . This is because the flat dwcllcr Is nom adic. The family that has dwelt in th, same apartments for . decade woul, be hard to find. And there are hundrcdl of thousands of New Workers wh, change their "homes" every year.
 There are about 50O strong men h New York who are mighty hunters an' find their game in the heart of the city It Is small game, to be sure, but dnrinI the year the men bag their millions These Nimrods are professional extern inators, and bugs of all kinds, partic ularly the nimble legged cockroaeh, hn' the sly bed bug, hre the victims O their skill This fighting bugs by th wholesale is as strenuous as tiger hunt ing in an Indian jungle though it not nearly 90 exciting. The profe' aionai extcrminator must posses grea physical strength. n strong stcmacl lungs of iron, and steady nerve, C few weeks of battling with his littl squirt gun would make him cand'da' for n sanitarium. One of the bug me In this city has been in the bushes for thirty.seven years. He maintain that eockroaches live in little town
 just like human beings, and have regular community life. "To the' towns the hug man is worse than tl San Francisco earthquake" he d clarcs.
 LONGACRE,
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-10-10
HoxE SMITH AGAIN GOVERNOR

ATLANTA, Ga, Oct Returns from today's state election indicate n light vote pollcd throughout the state, the Democratic slate, headed by Hohe Smith for governor, being elected by the usual majority.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-10-10

Probably. the tiaap will come when the pAivats yAaaRaAs . issttt. ,ea Aap' Aattsn. Islasd ed sn th0ss hasdy 'n
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Mexican ground hi. teeth, making an It.

0fe3lcah Erounu HIs teetns uaKlnE au w
fort to rise.
"Cuidadai" warned Dick, his hand on his
pistol, and Ricardo stopped struggling, but
broke into torrent of English curses, quite
trightfui to hear. Dick grinned.
That's right, Bravo" said ne. genially.
There's nothing like English for cuss
words You can make love In Spanish. and
In Spanish you can break nine of the ten
commandments, but when Ii comes to pro-
family even the proudest hidalgo that ever
for satisfaction
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MODERN SHOE DRESSINGS.
Their Making a Different Proposition
From That of Old Time Backing.

From the New York Sun.
Time was" said manufacturer of shoe
dressings, when everybody wore black
shoes and the leather commonly worn was
calfskin In those days shoe backing was
tn most people Just shoe backing, a paste
backing put up in round fat tin box.
1--WE did import from France paste
backing that came in oblong square wood
en- boxes, and from England liquid polish
that came in wide-mouthed stone bottles;
but the great majority of people when they
wanted shoe backing just bought a box of
the backing of the size they wanted. and
that was all there was to 1t; though even
in those days there was an art in the man
ufacture ofsshoe backing, and some manu-
facturers turned out a product that came
to be well and widely known.
still shoe backing was then to most
people Just shoe backing; while today
there are plenty of people who never saw
one of those once universally familiar old
dine fat round tin boxes, and shoe dress
ings are now made in great variety and put
up in many forms. and the manufacture OF
shoe dressings has progressed from an art
to a science in which the chemist plays
his daily part
These great changes in the business
have been brought about mainly by the
modern Introduction into general use, for
shoes of many different kinds of leather,
%
shades of color, and by the widespread use
of canvas shoes. these including great num-
bers of white shoes, calling for white dress-
ings.
$50, while once the manufacturer of shoe
backing simply continued to make shoe
backing, with such improvements in its
composition as experience suggested, now
the manufacturer OF shoe dressings keeps
track of the leather markets of all the new
feathers and other materials put out for
use in shoes, and he must know to what
extent these are likely to prove popular
and be prepared with dressings suitable for
them when the shoes come on the market
THE chemist comes In here in the COM
pounding of a dressing that shall not only
be suitable but advantageously adapted to
the leather upon which it is to be used.
And so we now have dressings in the
form of powders and of cakes. and we have
cleaners and dyes, well many liquid
and paste dressings And while formerly
the sale of the blackings produced here
was practically confined to this country,
American shoe dressings now follow Amer
lean shoes all over the world"
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he had brought a kodak. Dick nodded and
touched his cape. Just at the foot OF the
hill, where the Devils Pass begins. he
threw back his cape and put his hand to
his belt. But his eye caught the larlat. and
on sudden whimsical impulse, he lifted
that instead of his revolver. He swung il
over his head, and-swish! Its coils went
circling through the air. The moose fell
swift and rue, binding Ricardo's arms to
his sides
The bandit swore savagely, struggling to
free himself.
He was on level ground and it took but
a jerk from the horseman to throw him
upon his back The other end of the lartat
was firmly round the horn OF the saddle.
and Brown Babe planted her feet ready
for any trick known to a fallen steer or
man. Leisurely Dick dismounted and
walked down to Bravo Ricardo, who was
vainly endeavoring to get his fingers on his
rifle. Dick took the gun away then toss
ing off his hat, displayed his weli-known
face to the outlaw.
You wished to interview the American
papers, amigo?" he said, in voice OF silk.
Did / bring with me a kodak? What
need? Isn't the face of Ricardo the Bravo
engraved on the heart of his namesake?
Perhaps the next time you will ask that the
newspaper man show his face instead of a
slip of paper. when you meet him with so
much romance on the mesa?' he tainted
He spoke in excellent Spanish, and the
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steads. The farmers do not settle upon tho
banks. for they are rough. The chief farms
are just back on the smooth. level plains.
The river is crossed by ferries al MANY
places. The ferries are worked by steel
cables, which we had to cut In order TO
go through
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"Back to the Farm. =
philndalnhiA Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Ledger
To those who have tried the harsh cXre-
rjences of the city, and in whose memories
there fingers, perhaps as faint ideahzed
,Icturas some vision of the old home in the
country. the cry OF Back to the farm.
represents a hope. The tendency TO rush
to the city excltes the amazement even OF
the one who at an earlier day had answered
the same call The city offers TO a certain
mentality a reward more glittering than mo
country holds, political and social power
of which the country has no knowledge
Nor does the country need to regret this.
II has its own rewards, and they are pct7
ter than gold Moreover, the personal fall
ure in the city is tragedy. Besg lry
haunts the crowded street. Vice bec6ons
into the shadows.
The city toiler. to rise above dead level
where his fellows abide has to be of ex-
traordlnary force of character; in app ca
ton. untirlng IN deals. perhaps unscrupu-
lous and he must be attended by the god
dess of good fortune The usual life Of he
city Iaborer or wage-csrner is the barest.
He cannot save money. There are rev III
nocent pleasures upon which he can eNpehd
the little he may have 10 spare above ne
price of rent and bread Even fresh air and
the clear light of the sun are luXuries de-
MED He may look upon splendors. but
have no part IN them; be aware of wealth,
with small chance of attaining II.
In the country there is no need to be rich
in order TO be independent There is no
limit to the sunlight and the pure air. There
is no danger Of starving. The smallest
farmer. IL he exercises thrift. may-live on
food that the poor man in the city would
dream about The funny men of the news
papers joke grimly concerning the long
hours the farmer must work, although they
themselves are drudges. II is only at Ger
tain seasons that he needs to work longer
than the crea ture of wages sweating I'm the
city, and he has the satisfaction of know
ing that he is working for himself. No
man, in city or country, lives by himself
alone. Each must maintain relations to-
ward the rest of the world. But there IS
no other man. rich or poor. who is nearly
his own master as the farmer.
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other mountain was rent by a longer can
yOn He pulled from his pocket a slip or
paper.
Il cawn't remember whether turn to the
right or the left" he confessed Il had
that instruction orally; but l was to meet
a man on the mesa and show him this
papah. AS well as l understand he was to
take me up 10 the pass where Ricardo 5 IN
hiding. I say. can you read?'
Smith nodded and took the paper. 1t
named the Devils pass the rendezvous,
and was signed Bravo Ricardo" Into the
boys eyes flashed q keenness oddly at
variance with his open mouth. his stopped
shoulders and the general air of idiocy that
hung over him. II know the Devils pass,
he said ITS three hours to the left
straight up that mountain and down again
And the storms coming fast"
The trees were now swinging in the gale;
a jagged line of red flashed flercely through
the clouds. and the thunder muttered long
and loudly.
I'm always afraid of the thunder" said
Smith. "and the last time a storm hit this
place it. yanked up trees by the roots and
burned down house, and-and soured all
the milk before twas I'm the pa!l,'
A clap of thunder interrupted this tale OF
calamities and Smith Rugged himself, APP
parently I'm a very ecstasy oe- fear. His
eyes seemed starting from his head; his
hanging jaw shook in a fright so repulsive
that the reporter shrank from him in open
disgust. But his manner had its effect.
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When the Gear Proposed.
From the Royal Magazine.

From the Royal Magazine.
At Walton-on-T Thames the ear had met
the lady whom he wished to make his wife,
ard he had obtained her fathers consent to
the match, but it still remained for him to
make bis proposal to the girl herself.
But the sacred words had to be uttered In
the old formula which Russian court et!-
quette prescribed for such occasions.
Seating himself beside the girl, he took
her hand in his.
THE emperor, my father" he said has
commanded me to make you the offer OF
my hand and heart
MY grandmother the queen, she repie
her eyes twinkiing with mischief has com
manded me to accept the offer of your
hand"
Then she broke into merry laugh
Your heart she added. Il take of my
own accord.
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people. 1t will probably be continued as the
capital of the new territory and II may
some day grow to a city of 500oo 1t is
dependent largely on its agricultural sur
roundings, and II will never have the pos
sibiities of places like Edmonton or Cal
gary which are destined TO be big cities.
AS IL is now the people have discounted
the future. Property IS everywhere high
ana the Surrounding country is raising big
crop of For Sale signs. The real estate
agent Is ubiquitous. l met one ! stepped
from the car and another accosted me on
the way to my hotel. He asked il | were
no: interested in real estate and straight
way offered me many choice lands. As he
did so, a Canadian friend who is travelling
with me said: My friend, you need not
try to sell land to us. We are in the same
business that you are. We are looking for
suckers ourselves.
Thereupon the agents face fell, and with
an angry glance out of the tail OF his eye
he strobe away.
New Towns of Central Saskatchewan.
Leaving Regina, let US take a flying leap
to some of the growing towns of central
Saskatchewan. First look al Prince Albert,
on the banks of the Saskatchewan river,
more than three hundred miles north of the
American boundary. That place was a
Hudson's bay post from which the fur
lands of the north were supplied, 1t was
great trading center and today something
like quarter of a million dollars worth of
furs are brought there every year. The
town is q lumber market. and It also is
surrounded by wheat fields. 1t has two
railroads and there are ships on the Sas-
katchewan which give it considerable river
trade. l am told coal has been found near
by. and the scientists say that the Coal Fall
rapids will give an enormous water power
which will lead to the establishment of
wood pulp and other industries. Prince AL
bert has already an electric light plant
which is owned and operated by the NUM-
cipality and it is now putting In sewers.
On the Saskatchewan River.
I talked with Capt. Hall of the Hudson
Bay Company about the navigability Of the
Saskatchewan. Said he:
The river Is almost as big as the Mlssis-
sippi and in some places as deep. With
Little money expended upon it It could be
made "A water highway, which would bring
the wheat down TO Lake Winnipeg. The
chief obstruction now Is in some rapids,
near the mouth of the river about three
miles from the lake. A canal or wing could
be built about these rapids, and by dredg-
ing a few spots along the river. twelve
hundred miles or more of navigation could
DE opened up. As il is now the Slskatche
wan will not carry boats which have more
than two or three feet of water. | sailed
up it for thousand miles last year on
boat one hundred feet long. which drew
twenty-siX inches. going from Edmonton to
Prince Albert. ] carrying goods for
the Hudson Bay Company, and made the
trip pay both ways
what is the character of the land along
the lfver?' l asked.
1T Is wild prairie now spotted vi h home
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at Battleford.

One OF the coming cities upon the S1sSat-
chewan IS 10 be built at Batgleford, in the
western part of the territory not far from
the Alberta line. This town was reached
last year by the Canadian Northern rail-
road, and more than a thousand homestesSds
have been taken up IN the land surrounding
It. Battleford is right in the heart OF the
wheat belt, and II claims to have lands
tributary TO It. equal to the state OF New
York
The climate of Battleford is milder than
further east as It is tempered by the Chi
nook winds. The winter is shorter. The
thermometer seldom falls as far as 40
degrees below zero, and ii remains at thpt
point but few days at a time There ara
Two o.her roads now building toward Bat
tleford and II will soon be reached by tho
Canadian Pacific and the Grand Trunk
Pacific.
Other thriving towns Of Saskatchewan are
Rosthern which marketed millions of bush
els of wheat last year, Saskatoon, which
already claims TO be city. and whose peo-
Die think 1t should be the capital or tho
province; LIoydminster. on its eNtrems
western edge: Moose Jaw and Swift Cur
rent in the south. as well as Indian Head.
Weyburn Milestone and other places. In
decd the province is already peppered win
incipient settlements. many OF which are
aspiring TO cityhood. ..
FRANK G.. CARPENTER.
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TT of the city and the bare prairie be-

part of the city and the bare prairie be-
tween a town lots.
The chief business street runs parallel
with the railroad. 1t has only one side, the
stores facing the track. Above the depot
are numerous elevators, large wooden build
lngs which tower over the city visible for
miles. Regina calls itself a wheat city,
and these elevators are Its landmarks.
There are a dozen Of them in the town
proper, and. in the wheat district adjoining,
one hundred and seventy, having a COM
bined CAPACITY & GOO COZ
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From Ire Tat,ar.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-13
ROMANCE FOLLOWS
BAGGAGE MIx-UP.

Los ANGELES. Nov. 12.-Six weeks
ago Miss Marian Bronson and Martin
Blackburn of Seattle were greatly en-
barrassed by the mixup in a hotel
here of their suit cases, which were
alike and bore the same initials They
went over to Tia Juana, across the
border from Coronado. and were mar
ried by padre at the Catholic church
yesterday. The humorous blunder of a
bellboy brought them together for life.
Miss Bronson was chaperoned on
her trip from Seattle to this section by
Mrs Jane Simonson. and Blackburn
came on the same train They had NOT
met but romances of the suit cases
developed into mutual love at once,
and when the ladies went to Coronado
Blackburn suddenly had 70 20 there
also to look after certain mining prop
critics, and the wedding followed The
young people had little difficulty in
securing the blessing Of the chaperon,
but they say they fear the worst when
they arrive In Seattle and face the
parental wrath. They left tonight
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-13
TWO MEN FORC|BLY
DRUG WITNESS.
Samuel Johnson, Subpenaed
in Gurnee Case, Wanders
About ia DazeG Manner
TRIAL is POSTPONED

STEGE, Nov. 12.-The Gurnee divorce
case, set at Martinez for tomorrow, will
probably go for a few days be-
cause Samuel Johnson. gardener at the
East Shore Park, and regarded as an
important witness in the case, is suf-
fering too gre 1tly from the effects of
the alleged administering to him Of a
drug by two men who had overpowered
him. He was found wandering on the
railroad track in a dazed condition and,
after being revived, said that after the
men had overcome his resistance they
administered the drug and then left
him to himself.
Besides Johnson, score OF more of
hotel clerks, bell boys and walters will
be called upon by both sides to testify
regarding insults and indignities which
each party in the case alleges the other
offered in public places.
A further reason for postponing the
trial was given this morning by Asa V.
Mendenhan, attorney for Mrs. Gurnee,
who said that Gurnee, the plaintiff, had
secured c. W. Haight, New York law
yer, to take charge of his suit. and that
after Haights arrival here he would
need time to familiarize himself with
the case.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-13
Alameda
Contra Costa
ALAMEDA COUNTY's
VOTE CANVASSEO.
Supervisors Begin Official
Tabling Of Returns From
All Precincts in Section
FEW ERRORS FOUND

OAKLAND Nov. 1.-THE Board Of
Supervisors today commenced the ofh-
cial canvass Of the election returns Of
Alameda County. The work VIII take
several DAYS. The only notable error
discovered in the unofficial returns was
that crediting Secretary OF State Curry
with So votes in Precinct of Ward 1
IN Oakland. when only 80 votes should
have been credited 10 him. Small errors
were found in some Of the totals for
other candidates.
Assessor Dalton who was elected
after the bitterest fight of the campaign
BIZ a majority Of ISL according TO the
unofficial count. is being represented at
the Official canvass by James r. Sloane
Charles Thomas OF Berkeley, Dalton's
opponent, was not represented this
afternoon at the proceedings and it
was denied that he viii demand a re-
count OF the ballots, as was rumored-
The Board Of Supervisors viii not
reach the returns for the Second Super
visorial District until tomorrow after
noon and Attorney J. Z McElroy gave
notice that he would be on hand at
that time 70 represent Charles 'Heyer.
The latter had the Democratic, Union
Labor and Independence League nOmi-
nations and was beaten 81 votes by W.
p Bridge, the Republican nominee.
Whether Heyer will demand recount
depends upon the returns of the official
canvass.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-13
TRIAL OF GILLETTE
MURDER CASE.

HERKIMER, N Y, Now 12-Chester
Gillette, a young man of good family,
was placed on trial here for his
life today. He is charged with the
murder of his sweetheart, Grace
Brown. whose body was found in a
lake in the Adirondacks on July IL
last. The girl had gone to Big Moose,
near where her body was found. with
Gillette
After they had registered at a hotel
the couple went for a boat ride on the
lake, and that was the last time she
was seen alive. 1t was supposed at
first that both Gillette and the girl
had been drowned. as their boat was
found floating on the lake with the
girls coat In 1t. Miss Browns body
was. speedily found. but Gu1lette could
not be located Later some one re-
ported that he had seen Gillette hurry
ing through the woods. and a search
was made for Gillette on suspicion that
he had murdered the girl. He was ar
rested July IA at the Arrowhead Hotel
at Inlet. An extraordinary term of the
Supreme Court was convened by or
der of Governor Higgins so the case
might be given to a Grand Jury. The
Grand Jury indicted Gillette for mur-
der and his trial was set for today
The prosecution, 1t is expected, will
contend that Gillette killed Miss Brown
for the purpose of getting rid of her
that he might be free to devote his at
tention to another woman
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-13
DONATE UNITARIAN
SEMINARY SITE.

BERKELEY, Nov. 12-Announce-
ment was made today that the Pacific
Unitarian Theological Seminary has
received a gift of land worth $4,000
at Dana and Allston way, in the heart
of the town, to be used as site for
seminary buildings. The gift was
made by Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Cutting
Of Oakland, whose benefactions to the
church and seminary have been con-
siderable.
A year ago the Cuttings arranged
with the Unitarian church people for
the purchase of the igma Nu fra
ternity house on Bancroft way, adjoin-
ing the Unitarian church at Bancroft
way and Dana street. The new Uni
tartan theological seminary was to be
established there. This plan has been
changed to provide the seminary with
more elaborate and better arranged
quarters on the new site, block north
on Dana street
The land adjoins the university cam
pus and was selected last year as a
site for q large hotel The Cuttings
have secured a frontage of PA feet on
Dana street and 21S feet on Allston
way
The Rev. Earl NJ Wilbur is dean OF
the seminary which will be established
on the land. Special lecturers are to be
secured and the advantages of prox-
unity to the university are to be util-
lied in various ways
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-13
SAILOR BROWNS IN
CAPTURE Of PIC.

BERKELEY. Nov. IA sailors cap
ture of pig which he saw swimming
in the bay was responsible for the
mans death, according to the story
told at the Morgue today by Captain
~ Hansen of the schooner Miami, after
Hansen had identified the body found
in the bay at the foot of Charming
way last Saturday as that of A Ander-
son, one Of his sailors
Captain Hansen stated that the sailor
saw a runaway hog from the West
Berkeley stockyards afioat In the bay
a fortnight ago, and determined to
capture the beast. He went out in a
rowboat and was not see again. The
pofker was found in the boat that day,
near the shore The sailors decided
that their companion had captured the
animal and then had been forced over
board by the pig in struggle to re-
tain possession of the animal. The pig
was full of fight after the men found
it, and the aid of several men was re-
quired to drive it from the boat
An inquest on the body of Anderson
will be held Wednesday.