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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-12-26
COOKING DONE By NATURE.
Fire May Be Lighted by Inserting
a. Stick in the Earth.


In the North Island of New Zeal
and native women do practically all
their cooking by unaided nature.
Here is a wonderland of l 900 square
miles so volcanic that fire may be
lighted by inserting a few sticks in
the earth, and wherever one makes
a hole he speedily has pool of boil
ing water, into which pudding may
be lowered incased in a cloth and
cooked expeditiously.
Frequently in perfectly cold
streams a boiling hot current may
be seen and felt running along the
edge of the river, and here the Maori
women do their own and the white
mans washing. Naturally the vol
canic region of New Zealand is a
dangerous country to wander in with
out a guide, and many tourists have
lost their lives as the result of such
carelessness.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-12-26
SAVE COUNTRY ENORMOUS SUM
Even if Cannot Save ROosevelt's En-
gineering Reputation.

In giving notice in the senate that
at an early date he would call up
his bill to control the direction and
management of the Panama railroad,
Senator Morgan of Alabama re-
marked that as he read the presi-
dents Panama message grave doubt
was expressed as to the proposed
location of the Gatun dam. The
president, he said, had made an ear
nest demand on congress at the last
session to secure the passage OF a
bill for a lock canal, and that bill
had passed.
1T is too late to save his reputa-
ton as an engineering officer, added
Mr.. Morgan, but it may not be too
late to save this government from
enormous loss.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-12-26
TURNED BACK into ITS BED
GOVERNMENT HAS JUST ACCOM-
PLISHED HERCULEAN TASK.
The Colorado River Is Forced Back
Into Its Banks After an EXpendi-
ture of a Million Dollars.

lure Oh Il MllIlOH lOIA0ISs
After the expenditure of over ST.
100000 and a year and a half of
work the Colorado river has been
! forced back into it's banks, and again
i flows into the Gulf of Lower Cali
tornia instead of into the Salton sea.
Had the river continued to fill up
The SaltOn sink the governments at
Tempt to reclaim the arid parts OF
the Colorado valley would have
tailed, the Imperial valley would
nave been entirely inundated, and l.
100000 acres of land would have
Deen lost so far as farming purposes
We're concerned. The break occurred
On the west bank of the big stream,
about fifteen miles below Yuma,
Arlz. Four attempts to drive the
river back into it's old channel
tailed. The last one, which succeed
"a, was commenced in April. At that
ame the break in the river bank was
0'O0O feet wide, through which the
entire waters of the Colorado were
moving. There was no rock founda-
C!on, and the problem before the en-
siheers was to build a rock-tilled dam
On an artificial foundation.
Inc foundation was made out OF
willow trees bound into mats ana
Ne TeId to the bottom with plllngg.
lnfee of these mats were laid, each
oellg 5000 feet long and 100 rect
VIDE. The material used to make
Llem included As miles of steel ca
We ZOO cords of willow trees, anu
~ miles of telephone wire. ROCK,
way and bags of sand were dumped
vi This foundation, and the dam was
,@ISed right in the face OF a sIreall
~ ~ water flowing at the rate OF ~
wv cubic feet per second. the rock
was brought from quarries located
~ great distance, some OF 1t pe
Ins hauled $50 miles. So important
vas the success of the work 10 Ine
So.uIhWest that rock trains had the
nisnl-ot-way over the California anu
Uoluen State limited. The principal
Sork was accomplished in the last
- Jays of the struggle. These were
- .le days that were to tell whether
~ Ine attempt would fail or succeeu:
IL thls period of the work car Oh
t e, was dumped into the dam every
I've minutes. The total amount Oh
l'.erlal placed in the dam amounted
~, 1900 tons of rock and 72o,0VU
soolc yards of earth, gravel and Gay
tt1L-ong the men at work on the en-
Is sI PRISE We're 800 Indians, represent
s the seven different tribes living
about Yuma.
NIL During the year and q half IN
1ulch the Colorado ran at large
though the Imperial valley it dld d
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-12-26
worm DOWN PROPOSITION TO INCREASE PAY
Of CONGRESS Baked Increasing Their Own Pay Though
Voted to i've 1t to others

nassed a resolution providing for sal
aries of $4,000 a year for the speak
er, vice-president and members of
the presidents cabinet. The salary
of these officials hitherto has been
$4,000. The debate attending the
discussion of the bill was animated
and amusing. The effervescent John
Wesley Gaines cracked and scintil-
lated with witty argument why more
money should find its way into his
Docket and the pockets of his fell
.iow-laborers. High-browed patriots
answered in ponderous style the
southerner's fire, and when the
votes we're counted it was found that
conservatism had won. However,
there is the senate to consider. A
similar measure is to be taken up
bv that sedate and august body.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-12-26
WORSE THAN BLACK PLAGUE
OVER 100000 FACE DEATH
FROM TUBERCULOSIS.
Yet American People Accept Results
With Indifference. Horrors of
the White Waste Visitation.

UI1e w niue w aSlC v lSlUdIlOIs
We look with horror on the black
plague of the middle ages. The
black waste was but a passing cloud
compared with the white waste visi-
tation. Of the people living today
over 100000 will die of tubercu-
losis, and the federal government
tdoes not raise a hand to help them.
This scathing arraignment is
penned by J. Pease Norton, Phi. D.,
assistant professor in political econ
omy at Yale University, who says
further:
The department of agriculture
spends 100000 on plant health
and animal health every year, but,
with the exception of the splendid
work done by Drs Wiley, Atwater
and Benedict congress does not di-
rectly appropriate one cent for pro-
noting the physical well-being of ba-
bies. Thousands have been expend-
ed in stamping out cholera among
swine. but not one dollar was ever
voted for eradicating pneumonia
among human beings. Hundreds of
thousands are consumed in saving
the lives of elm trees from the at
tacks of beetles; in warning farmers
against blights affecting potato
plants; in importing Sicilian bugs to
fertilize fig blossoms in California;
in ostracizing various species of
weeds from the ranks of the useful
plants, and in exterminating par
asitic growths that prey on fruit
trees. In fact, the department of
agriculture has expended during the
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-12-26

Congress has declined to put itself
IN the position of Little Jack Horner
of Mother Goose fame. Although
thew feel that increased salaries
sbould he theirs, the members voted
down the proposal to pay themselves
e. 600 a year in lieu of the $4,000
they now receive. A majority baked
at voting themselves more wages
Each member of this majority , nesl-
tated to lift the crust of the legis-
Put in his thumb
And pull out plum ~.
And say, what a good boy
am I.
Although they failed by vote OF OF
1S8 to 100 to help their own Nd. nae
oocketbooks, the represehtaIi' .
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-12-26
MUST SUE THE WORLD.
In This Way Owners Can Establish
Title of Property.

The supreme court of California
has decided that the McEnery act,
nassed at the last session of the leg
isIature of that state, is constitution
al. and that property owners can es-
tablish title to their lands, the rec
ords of which were DESTROYED by the
great fire, by suing the world at
large. If no claimant appears with
in a certain period title to the prop
ertv is re-established.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-12-26

tremendous amount of damage. The
water cut two channels through the
center of a rich farming district, one
about 5000 feet wide and 80 feet
deep, and another about half as wide.
Prior to the break the SaltOn sink
was dry, and was known as the salt
mining center of the southwest. To-
day there is a Salton sea "a miles
long, Is miles wide, and so feet
deep
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-25

governments coup etat has been sue
cessfu1. Appearances, however, are
deceptive. The indecision Of the pro-
leteriat organizations only proves that.
letariar organizations only proves that,
in spite Of their boasts that they were
taken off their guard Even the bold
est Of the members of parliament who
united in the appeal to the people not
to pay taxes or furnish recruits to the
army realize that unless 1t is support
ed by an upheaval from below the
government can snap its fingers for
the present at their proclama tions. The
leaders of the proletariat organizations
understood fully that the burden now
falls on them but they also appreciate
that a certain numbness has taken
possession of the people.
Though the popular passions have
not cooled the long nervous strain has
produced a sort of exhaustion which
makes it more diff1cult to induce them
to rush forward and EN- bark on the
privations and sacrifices involved in A
general strike. On the other hand
they recognize that if the psychologist
moment is lost with the machinery of
repression in full operation. it will be
well nigh impossible to organize an
compelled to wait for another spon-
taneous upheaval like that of last fall.
For these reasons the majority of the
proletariat leaders, backed by the group
OF toll and the majority u the COuSli-
tutional Democrats are insisting that
the die must be cast. The social
Democrats have already given their
vote In favor of calling a general strike
not later than Monday, but some Of
the workmen's unions. considering
how limited are their resources shrink
from facing the ordeal of starvation
and bayonets. Anticipating an imme-
date and extensive movement among
the peasants In the south they urge de-
Law until the tide of revolt sweeps
northward The political leaders are
feverishly meeting and conferring in
secret like consDirators.
Every club in st. Petersburg. ex-
cept the gambling institutions. is
closed.
Prince DoIgoroukoff' permanent
parliament committee held several ses-
sions today, but secrecy is observed to
prevent the government from getting
Information of the decisions.
In the meantime government notes,
inspired by Premier Stolpyin, are being
busilv issued assuring the people OF
the governments honorable intentions
to continue the liberal regime. But
the fair words fall on deaf ears. The
Reich SCOTS at the idea that an era of
liberal reforms can be inaugurated by
the wholesale suppression of papers,
the restoration of the censorship, per-
ouisitfons, arrests. the prohibiting Of
meetings etc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-25

| turned into what he thought was his
doorway on Fifty-ffth Place. He pro-
duced his key and thrust it into the
keyhole of fiat No. l. Inside the fiat
Mr.. and Mrs. Norton, who belong
there. were preparing for bed
Mrs. Norton heard the scraping OF
the key in the lock. Not long ago
burglars entered the house and Mr..
Norton frightened them away by
shooting through the door. Mrs. Nor
ton jumped to the conclusion that an
other attempt was being made to rob
the house and called her husband s
attention to the scraping sound
Mr.. Norton found his revolver and
went to the door. The board of trade
man inserted his own key in the lock
from the inside and quickly pulled the
door partly open. sticking his revolver
in the face of MF. Wolfstein.
Don't try to run or I'll shoot, -
commanded Mr.. Norton.
Mr.. WoIfstein's mind began work
actively and he concluded that he
himself was being held up by a burg
lar who was robbing his house. He
started to run. Mr.. Norton fired and
"a bullet entered Wolfstein's left side,
inf1icting a deep flesh wound. When
Mr.. Norton bent over the PROSTATE
figure of the ticket broker he became
apprised of his mistake. He was not
arrested.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-25
Sc who composed the opposing
GREAT GAINS SHOWN.
How the Building and Loan Associa-
tiOns Prosper.

Cincinnati July 25.@The fourteenth
annual meeting of the United States
League of Local Building and Loan
associations was called to order in the
convention hall of the Burnett house
in this city today. Delegates were
present from all parts of the country
After a welcome address by Presi-
detn Barnes of the Hamilton County
league, the reports of the president and
secretary were presented.
The report of Secretary Cellarius of
Cincinnati contained the following:
The local building and loan associa-
tionS have during the past year, in a
marked degree shared the general
prosperity of the country and they
have done the largest business in their
history. The assets of the associations
of the United States now amount to
1925, ,344,257 which is the largest sum
ever held by them and Is $29, 600, 600
more than the assets shown by the re-
port of last year. The total member
ship in the 5,264 associations for 1905
is 1642,127, an increase of a little over
1900 for the year. During the last
two years the associations have gained
nearly $5O,0OO,000 in assets. There
has been a continuous growth since
1901.
The largest gain in assets during
the last year was in Ohio, where the
increase was s7,162.519; Pennsylvania
$4.604.467 New Jersey $3,296. 361;
Massachusetts $3.111,034; Illinois ST.
s21,665; California s1.2S0,S2s; Indi-
ana $1.Os4.142 and Nebraska $1,051,-
947.
There were but three states which
showed less assets than the preceding
wear: Missouri. S2O1.41O; Tennessee.
s1s7,3O6, and Connecticut, S2.265, ,S4s.
There are 1851 associations in
Pennsylvania: GA in Ohio; sos in Hi
nois; 357 in Indiana; 382 in New Jer-
sey: 247 in New York; LAP in Cali
fornia; 130 in Massachusetts and 125
in Missouri.
The receipts in 1905 We're $428,621.-
s72 the excess being about $3s,000,000
over the previous year. The earnings
increased IS, ,294204, and the mortgage
loans were over $22,000,0oO in excess
Of 1901
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-25

Seats. were carried from the dancing
pavilion by boys and girls in their
teens to shady hooks darkened by the
natural foliage of the park and in most
instances they were occupied by a
single couple content with the com
pany Of each other and willing to be
away from the noisy crowd. Ham
rnocks We're numerous and were
swung between trees rather away from
the center of the excitement. their Oc-
cupants too. seeming to shun the din
of The day and content to be let alone.
If there was a drop of liquor on the
grounds the effect was not noticeable.
for there was no boisterous conduct,
nor a duarrelsome person about
Everybody was happy and il was a day
Of good fellowship and thoroughly in
keeping with the past events of q sim
Tar nature.
Perhaps not now. but some time in
tha future whoever is responsible for
the annual meeting of the grocers and
butchers. their families and their
sweeth carts should be fittingly reward
ed fer their efforts. The lives of those
connected with these two lines 50
necessary to every community are not
gardens of roses by any means, and to
make q sac cess of either line entails
endless Iabor commencing early in the
morning when the workers in other
lines are getting their beauty maps and
lasting until io1g after the Offices of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-25
THEY ARE LIBERAL.
Japanese are Asked to Send No More
Money to Frisco.

Washington. July 25.-Through the
state department the American Red
Cross has sent a dispatch to the Jap
anese government asking that no
further contributions be made by the
Japanese to the San Francisco relief
fund. This action was taken by the
Red Cross officials because they be-
lieve all the funds necessary for the
relief of California earthquake suf-
ferers can be raised in this country
among persons better able to give
than many of the japanese who con-
tributed to the San Francisco fund A
total of $146. 600 was received by the
American Red Cross from Japan for
the earthquake sufferers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-25
st. Louis Concerns Head Merger
Of IA Companies.
viii Increase Capital Stock to
$lO,OOO,OOO.
AND K.C. INIT
Will Control an Output Of Half
a Billion Yearly.
Deal viii Be Completed in so
or 30 Days.

st. Louis. July 25.-Announcement
was made today that according to plans
now being perfected brick plants in
F'indlay. O., Kansas City, Kan. Cha
mute. Kan, West Superior. wis. Zsnes-
vile. O.. and Rochester, N. z. Chicago.
Kansas City. Mo-. Philadelphia. Wash
ington, Toledo. Cleveland, Minneapolis
and Omaha viii be merged into the Hy-
draulic Pressed Brick company. Of st.
Louis. The merger includes Il COM
panies.
The capital stock Of the st Louis
company will be increased from g, ,5o0
600 to $10.000.000 and exchanged for the
stock of the companies.
The companies included manufacture
all grades OF brick from the finest dec
orative cornice work to street paving
and sewer lining material.
The entire organization win take the
name of the Hydraulic Pressed Brick
company of st. Louis. It win have an
output of half q billion bricks a year
basing the estimate on the present out
put
George F. Baker. secretary and treas
urer Of the parent company. says the
deal will be completed in so or 50 days
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-25


Since the occasion of the first gro
GERS and butchers picnic, which was
eight years ago, the time for the an
nual affair has been looked forward
to with more than ordinary interest,
not only by the children but by their
parents as well. and the event today
eclipsed anything of the kind ever
held before.
At noon it was estimated that there
were $500 people in the park, while
at the same time on the Fourth of
July there were less than half this
number. The concessions have had
the best day of their existence and
their receipts will be greater by half
than for any other one day since they
were opened.
The crowd. most of which consisted
of family groups. scattered about the
park as soon as they passed the gates
and prepared for a day of unalloyed
pleasure Blankets and table cloths
we're spreads about on the grass in
the deep shade of the big trees and
preparations commenced for the pic
mic dinner. which had in most in
stances been prepared and brought
along, in everything from paper sacks
to wash boilers. While the arrange
ments were being made for dinner the
men strolled about among the numer-
Gus pleasure devices with which the
park is sprinlxl and the youngsters
rouped on the grass, climbed the
trees. or played about the swings and
teeter boards.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-25

yesterday.
Immediately after the steel box and
the contents were lowered into the
grave electrical connections were
made and wires strung so that an inn
mediate alarm wifi be given if any at
tempt Is made to tamper with the re-
mains. The extraordinary efforts to
thwart attempts by grave robbers was
sanctioned by Mrs. Sage and by her
closest advisers.
The expenditure for this protection
and for the coffin and accessories will
be greater, SO far as known, than any
sum expended in the burial of any
other private citizen in the United
States and is in striking contrast with
the rigid economies practiced during
the long life time of Mr.. Sage.
The coffin alone. of solid mahogany.
with Its copper inside envelope, trim
mings and mahogany handles, cost ap-
proximately $1,000. The steel case and
its patent unpickable lock cost $22, 600.
It is called the burglar proof coffin and
it is asserted that even without the
ton or guards. it would be impossible
for the most expert grave robber to get
at the body.
The funeral services were held in the
First Presbyterian church at Far Rock
away yesterday afternoon. A number
of prominent persons were among those
who came to pay a last tribute to the
memory of the aged financier. The ser
vice was conducted by the Rev. Andrew
Hageman, D. d. assistant pastor of the
Collegiate Reformed church of New
York, assisted by Rev. Robert Leetch
pastor of the First Presbyterian church.
of Far Rockaway. and the Rev. Lyman
D. Calkins, former pastor of the
church.
Mrs. Sage attended this service. A
party of Mr.. Sages friends from this
city were at the funeral.
After the service in Far Rocka way
the body was placed in a special car
and brought to this city where it was
taken to the Sage home in Fifth ave
nue.. The casket was placed in the
front parlor and was so arranged that
friends OF the family who called might
have q last look at the face of the dead
fnancier. Mrs. Sage accompanied the
body to the city.
The scenes at the residence on Fifth
avenue today where lay the body of the
deceased fnancier. were in keeping with
the simple funeral services held q Far
Rockaway. few Intimate friends OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Sage heard the prayers
that were read by the Rev. Andrew
Hageman, D. D. assistant pastor Of the
Co1legiate Reformed church, a few min
utes before the body vas removed from
the house to be taken to Troy. n. Z.
for internaent. The entire first floor Of
the residence was filed with floral trib-
utes. At the head of the coffin stood
large wreath Of orchids and white
roses. a token from the clerks in Mr..
Sage's office. In thezcenter Of the casket
lay a wreath from Miss Helen Gould.
and at the foot was another from George
| Gould.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-25
IS The BEST EVER
Grocers' and Butchers Picnic a
Great Success.
The Attendance Is Larger Than
Ever Before.
THE PARK is FILLED.
Good Natured, Jolly Crowd Out
for Airing.
Games in Fall Blast This After
noon.

The largest. best natured and best
dressed crowd that has ever attended
any of the eight annual picnics given
by the grocers and butchers, enjoyed
itself at vinewood park today, and the
indications are that before the crows
starts for home tonight that it will
have been the record breaker as far
as VinewoOd park is concerned.
A few stragglers were at the trans
fer station to meet the first cars this
morning and by o'clock the big
double car trains of the street railway
were crowded to their capacity and
the traffic continued undiminished all
day and until late in the evening. In
most instances there was the father,
mother and the remainder of the fam
ily, consisting of from one to a half
dozen children, and it was the chit
dren who added much to the gayey
Of the day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-25
on the NIiniatnre Rallway.

The gentle breeze which blew all day
and kept the superheated atmosphere
in circulation also carried the odor OF
cooking '.weinies' and frying "ham-
bergers' about the park urging the
owners of appetites to satisfy them at
five cents per sandwich. An old lady
who was evidently experienced as to the
ped up to one of the stands and order
ed six sandwiches for herself and party
and laid down six silver dimes in pay
ment and started to leave. The waiter
of the stand called her back and pass
ed her three of the coins at the same
time explaining that the sandwiches
were but five cents apiece This was
almost beyond her understanding and
as she placed the coins IN her purse
she said: L don't see how on earth the
groeers and butchers are going to make
any money at that rate, and ] am afraid
that the poor boy made mistake
The morning was devoted to just hav-
ing a good time and nothing else, and
there was no programme Of any kind
attempted the only thing in the amuse-
ment line being a bail game between
the men representing the Jobbers and
those representing the retail interests.
The game was fast and furious from
the time that the first umpire who
brayed the aggregation called the game
until the umpire VINO succeeded him
sank exhausted al the end of the ninth
inning when the score stood nine to
three in favor of the jobbers who claim
that they outplayed, outbatted and out
classed their opponents at every point
the features of the game would entail
a task greater than anys one man could
beaE.
Those who composed the opposing