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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-29
FARMERS PAY
THE POLL TAX

Poll tax collection is being car
ried on in Spokane county outside
of the city under the provisions OF
the enactment of 1905, and so far
as the prosecuting attorney is in
formed there has been no decision
of the supreme court declaring the
law of 1905 unconstitutional.
"The previous law was declared
UNCONSTITUTIONAL" said Mr.. Barn
hart this morning." and the law of
1905 was enacted to make the poll
tax law conform with a decision of
the supreme court in the case Of
Collector Ide of Port Townsend.
know of no case where this law has
been overturned by the supreme
court, though believe that there is
a King county test case now in the
hands of the supreme court, but
there has been no decision.
The new law places poll tax only
on persons outside of municipali-
ties. 1t has also been challenged
and the supreme court will be ask
ed for another opinion.
1t might be wise for such as de-
cline to pay in the light of exist
ing litigation to mark their pay
ment as under protest so that in
case the law is finally declared I'M
constitutional he may stand a show
to get his money back.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-29

any certification to the state author
tiles of the proceedings of that last
day by any officer required to do
the work by the law.
The newspapers and banks OF
Spokane are those of largest In
terest in the question.
1t is a we'll known fact that the
state legislature turns back the
clock at midnight of the last day OF
the expiring session, or covers the
clock or makes some other subctf'
fuge, until such time as the last
document, or bill or measure, has
been signed before adjournment is
taken. On this analogy the ques-
ton has been raised that the board
of equalization adjourned without
doing any signing or certifying.
County Auditor Zach Stewart
says that at least for the two past
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-29
they FINALLY
UNLOAD BRIDGE

Commissioner Omo's declaration
that unless the city council ordered
the Havermale street bridge un-
loaded off the Great Northern cars,
where for the past three weeks 1t
has lain at an expense to the city
of $40 day, he would take the re-
sponsibility upon his own shoulders
and unload it, last night forced the
councilmen to order the great steel
pieces taken from the cars and I'M
loaded on Washington street. The
city has paid over $500 for the
councils celebrating in the matter.
And still the council is in the dark
as to what it will do with the
bridge.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-29

The board of equalization has
gone out of existence and it has no
chairman or any other officer. Yet
the minutes of last Saturday, the
day when some big reductions were
made, have not been written. There
is no presiding officer existant to
sign them when they are written.
This is the situation with refer
ence to the closing work Of the
session of the equalizers. There is
nothing in the statute relating to
the powers Of the equalization
GARD itself. The chairman Of the
board of county commissioners can.
not be chairman of a board which
has gone out of existence, and the
chairman of the board of equaliza-
ton has not signed the minutes for
that last day of the life of the
board. Therefore there cannot be
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-29
(Scripps News Assc cia tion.N

NEW YORK, Aug. 29.-Another
special has been started by Farley
for San Francisco loaded with
street car strikebreakers. Three
Farley trains are now en- route try
Ing to make the trip in four days.
Another will leave tonight and an
other tomorrow. Farley's head
quarters resemble generals head
quarters in the field. Expeditions
are being equipped with ammuni'
ton and medical supplies. Seven
ty-five thousand rounds of ammuni-
ton have been ordered and 100
revolvers furnished. A New York
surgeon will accompany the expedi-
ton.
Many union men trying to pass
as strikebreakers were elected. AS
soon as he has $500 men en- route
Farley will take fast train him
self for San Francisco.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-29
THEY Want
DAMAGES

Arthur Hemenway, a carpenter
by profession. has brought action
against the Washington Water
Power company for $4,000. Hem
enway was riding on a North Mon.
roe car last March, when 1t came
into collision with a Maxwell ave-
nue. car. He was thrown against a
car seat, sustaining injuries which
are alleged to have disabled him
for life.
Olaf Relling, by guardian, has
ctmmenced action against the
Washington Mill company for $4,000
damages for the loss of a finger on
saw in the company's shops run.
ming without safeguards.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-29
PUBLIC SAFETY
NO MATTER

Another proposition where the
interests n corporations are effect.
ed came up in the city council last
night and was sidetracked in the
committee Of the whole. 1t was
proposed to limit the speed of
trains passing through the city to
six miles an hour instead of II
miles, as the present ordinance re-
quires. People have been run over
by trains in the past and this fin
ally caused the council to consider
the proposition. The proposed or
dinance also advised the use of
gates on street crossings. In the
meantime, while the ordinance is
buried, the trains can go along run.
ming over people until the council.
men awake to their responsibility
in the matter.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-29

cringing mother did not at first
cause a breakdown. Sidney tried
to talk to her but he was to full.
A tear trickled down each check.
These he wiped away with the
sleeve Of his coat like a small boy
does-and he's little more than a
boy. After that he was himself
once more. That was the only sign
of humanity or sympathy for his
mother shown.
Followed by Sergeant McPhee he
was marched down to Jail once
more, having spent about 20 min.
utes in his mothers company. He
glanced neither to the right nor to
the left as he passed through the
line of policemen in the office. He
asked the sergeant for a handker.
chief before he was locked up.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-29
COUNCIL BEGINS
TO TAKE WATER

And now it's the city council
that doesn't know what it meant
when 1t passed the Pratt resolution
ordering the board of public works
to collect from the Washington
Water Power company all of the
cost of rebuilding the temporary
structure in place of the collapsed
middle span of the Howard street
bridges.
The board last night sent COM
munication to the city council ask
ing for light upon the subject, the
council having previous to the pass
age of the Pratt resolution, in COM
mittee of the whole, ordered the
board to collect half of the expense
of rebuilding. The board wanted to
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-29
DEmAN D LIFE
OF BANKER

crowd started the cry. xiii the
officers now and investigate later"
Detectives arrested the man and
kept close watch on the others.
1t was stated authoritatfvely that
at meeting late this afternoon in
the office of leading national
bank, arrangements were complet-
ed to secure sufficient funds to en-.
able the collapsed company to re.
sumo business within 48 hours.
The Ripple will, fled today
leaves personal property worth
100000 and upwards and 100000
realty
The Real Estate Trust company
was unmolested by state bank ex
aminers for about two years.
Directors says the Presbyterian
securities are intact except $4,000
carried as an active account.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-29
DAY OF DOOM
FOR RUSSIA

ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. %
Orloff, who "pacified" the Baltic
provinces, will be sent to Warsaw
to exterminate terrorists.
The situation all over Russia is
worse than at any time since Alex
ander II. Stolypin makes this
statement in secret to friends. A
dispatch says whole township in
the government of Tamboff was
burned by revolutionists.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-29
INJURIES MAY
PROVE FATAL

Edmund O'Day, an old soldier
with one arm, seemed to be In a
dying condition at Sacred Heart
hospital this afternoon as the re
suit of being struck on the Post
street bridge at 10 o'clock last
night by a Washington Water
Power street car. The man was
hurled 10 feet and had several
gashes cut in his head and his legs
bruised.
Motorman Swisegood says the
old man appeared dazed and step
ped In front of the car.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-29

WILL ORGANIZE

The building contractors are 60
ing to organize for the purpose OF
dealing with the structural trades,
is the statement of a we'll known
contractor. The scheme to bring
the building trades into line, it is
claimed, 10 to place any man who
is discharged for specified or spe-
cial cause on the black list of every
one of the local contractors. 1t is
expected that an example will be
afforded in this way which will
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-29

know which was which. The coun.
cilmen apparently didn't dare say,
but as in all such cases referred
the communication to the commit
tee of the whole, where it may re-
main until the public forces the
council to take action. The Wash
ington Water Power company
seems to be bringing pressure to
bear upon the councilmen. Not
that an additional expense of 5000
will be more than a drop in the
bucket, but because the company
does not want to be held up to the
public as being governed by the
legislative body Of the city. The
company is in the habit of getting
everything for nothing and hates to
break it, apparently.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-29
father CLAIMS
REVENGE

LONG BEACH, Cal, Aug. %
Wallace B. Beldon, young must
clan, was shot and killed by w. T.
Wilson this morning. Wilson
charged Beldon with being unlaw-
fully intimate with his 16 year old
daughter and Beldon was on his
way to Justices office to a hear
ing of the charge when Wilson met
and shot him. Wilson was arrested.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-29
C0NGRESSMEN|N
LAND FRAUD DEAL

PORTLAND, Ore. Aug. 29,-In
the Mays land fraud trial today
II. B. Ormsby, formerly forest re-
serve superintendent, was recalled
and admitted owing his appoint
ment to Binger Hermann solely.
He sent all his letters marked
personal" He also admitted the
government agents threatened to
indict his son II he didn't tell what
he knew.
]. II. Dobbin testified as to Con
gresham Williamson's activity In
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-29
FAILURE TO SIGN MINUTES may
COMPL|CATE TAX EQUALIZATION

years Chairman Collin of the coun-
ty board, who has also been chair
man Of the equalizing board, has
signed up the papers after adjourn
ment of the equalizers. Does such
an act have the sanction of law, is
the question which may now be
raised.
81 do not care to discuss the ques-
ton at this time" said Prosecuting
Attorney Barnhart. 1.-The matter
may come before me officially"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-29
(scrYpps News Association,


PHILADELPHIA, Aug. ga
big crowd of depositors, including
many women, gathered this morn
ing In front Of the Real Estate
Trust company and blocked the
city's busiest corner at Broad and
Chestnut streets. The men threat.
ened the. officers amid women's
tears. A special detail of police
was sent for reinforcements.
Shortly before noon Warden Hip
Pile, son of the dead president OF
the defunct company, tried to leave
the building. The crowd rushed
toward him, shouting: There's
the son of the pious rogue who said
he wouldn't have faith In tobac
co user"
Nipple, badly frightened, was res
cued by police. A member of the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-29
POLICEMAN
SHOT DOWN

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 29.-The
ponce this morning arrested
Charles Green. suspected of shoot
Ing Policeman James Cook early
this morning. Cartridges of the
same caliber as those with which
Cook was shot were found in
Green's pocket. Cook is in a hos
pital In serious condition. He tried
to arrest four men for stealing and
the shooting followed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-29

make the members Of the building
trades be good.
There is another side to the prop
osition, so the union men say, and
that is they will never willingly
permit any of their members to be
unjustly singled out as an example
by the contractors, and in case any
conspiracy is entered into Of this
kind there is no doubt but that II
will be bitterly contested by the
unions.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-29
RAID OPIUM JOINT

Patrolman Shannon and Lister
this afternoon arrested A. Fl. Long
proprietor of an opium joint: Sing
smoker, and Sing Jim for inhal
ing the fumes.
The place Is located just around
the corner off Front avenue or
Wall street. It's poppy fumes wan
dered out on the street and through
the building above the basement.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-29
KICKS ON
THE COST

Addine Musson OF E1726 Twelfth
avenue In a communication to the
city council filed with Clerk Flem-
ming today says the board of pub
lie works Is trying to cheat her by
cnarging SAILS for 40 feet of water
service put In. 1t Is alleged that
this Is twice as much as the job Is
worth If done by private parties.
Blk men were employed where
there was only room for three.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-29
VEND0ME SOLD

The Vendome building, three
stories high, at 420 Sprague ave-
nue.. has been sold by Ernest Tull
to the Washington Safe Deposit &
Trust company for $4,000. The Of
ficials of the purchaser say it was
bought as an investment.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-29

BERLIN, Aug. 29.-Another up
rising in the Baltic provinces OF
Russia is predicted. German resi-
dents are fleeing, declaring the sit
uation much worse than last year.
The storm is likely to break any
day and that bloodshed will be
worse than any in the empire is
certain.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-29
REBELS GAIN
Roadway

HAVANA, Aug. 29-Marquetir
is reported to have entered ca
banas with large band Of insurg-
ents. The rebels removed the rails
from the Cuban Central railway.
Rurales have brought in II cap
tives. The entire government force
marched this afternoon to attack
Guerra.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-29
HE LOSES DIAMONDS.

]. A. Brady of 1918 Sprague ave
nue. reported to the police this
morning that sometime yesterday
afternoon he lost a diamond sun
burst brooch between his residence
and the postofiice.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-29
tScripps News Association

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-The
Panama canal commission today
calls bids for 40 more mogul loco
motives and 5000 tons of rails for
Panama.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-29

getting the wollgrowers' conven-
ton To indorse an addition to the
Blue Mountain reserve containing
land in which he was interested.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-10-11
CRAY. PLAEOS.

In the cities there exists reg
ular fad for anything with
gray plaid. You see the plaids
everywhere.
While the plain fabrics will be
much used with the regular win
ter season, it is a fact that for
fall wear the piaids are very
strong, and for good cause. The
grays show the dust but little,
and the plaids add to the grays
that touch of life that makes
them becoming to almost any
body.
We have provided the gray
plaids literally and call your at
tention to several numbers at
from 25c to 81 a yard.
~ CoorER's STORE.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-10-11
THE KING or AIR RIFLES!
GIVEN AWAY TO BOYS FREE
FOR GETTING CLUBS OF
SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR THE
WEEKLY JOURNAL.

Any boy who will secure 10 new
subscriptions for the Kansas City
Weekly Journal at IS cts. year
each, making total of So. so,
and will send the names together
with the money to The Kansas
City Journal will be given an air
rifle as a present. The name OF
this air rifle is the Kink, and it is
certainly the king of air rifles.
1t is made of polished steel
handsomely nickled. Genuine
black walnut stock, peep rear and
Rocky Mountain front sight.
Shoots BIB shot or darts accurate
ly with great force. Length 81
inches, weight ? pounds. All
parts interchangeable.
Now is the time for the boy to
earn a splendid air rifle. This
offer will hold good until Jan. l,
1907.
Send for samples for canvassing
Don't fail to write your name
and address plainly and give your
nearest express Office, as the air
rifle will have to be shipped by
expeess.
Send your remittance by post
Office money order or draft. and
address The Kansas City Journal,
Kansas City, Mo.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-10-11

that IL Mr.. Warner had not won
the case several lawyers whom
he owed would not have received
their money, and we have Won
dered a great deal about the
matter. However, we are for
McNeill, and this is not saying
anything against Mr.. Dunbar.
We merely think that McNeill
will make the best Judge.
1t becomes very apparent as
the days go by that Oh. Sparks
stands a mighty good show OF
being elected representative from
this district. Mr.. Sparks stands
for something. He is for resub-
mission of the prohibitory ques-
ton, and he does not hesitate to
say that if elected he will use his
utmost endeavors to have the
question resubmitted to the peo-
pie of Kansas. And certainly it
rs a very important question to
us people living along the border
of Missouri. Missouri is sapping
the state of Kansas of thousands
of dollars every day. Missouri
is building up school system at
the expense of the state of Kan
sas. Missouri is building miles
and miles of good roads at the
expense of the state of Kansas.
The money derived from the Ii
quor interests of the state of
Missouri goes toward the build
ing of good roads and the better
ment of the schools of that state.
A great portion of the money
derived from the liquor business
of the state of Missouri comes
from Kansas, where bigotry and
fanaticism has been allowed to
prevail long enough. Vote for
Oh. Sparks for representative and
give him a chance to make his
promise good. And if you know
Oh. Sparks, you know he will do
what he promises to do if he has
a chance.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-10-11

Class 80, LIST, End and 3rd prize
for best pumpkin pie.
Class 40, LIST, End and 3rd prize
for best peach pie.
Class II, LIST, End and 3rd prize
for best gooseberry pie.
1t is earnestly hoped that every
farmer and every farmers wife in
Cherokee county will be interest
ed in this meeting and will con-
tribute of their time and energy
to make it a success.
Frank Hoover, President,
S. w. Black, Secretary.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-10-11
PROGRAM.

First Day, October Is.
l0:O0-Dollars and Cents Value
of the Boys Corn Contest to boys
Prof. A. w. Mulliken.
81 10:O0-Dollar and Cents Value
of the Boys Corn Contest to the
farmers, A. d. Washburn.
10:20-Why do the Boys Leave
the Farm? Carl Dunbar.
10:30-How to Keep the Boys
on the Farm, James Armstrong.
10:40-Talk to Boys, Mr.. ]. H.
Miller, Manhatton, Kansas, Mr..
Arnold Martin, Dubois, Neb.
11O0-Corn Breeding, ]. H.
Miller, field secretary of Kansas
Dept. Agricultural College.
11:50-Business meeting.
12:OO-Dinner.
1:30-Story of a Twenty-acre
Farm, Mr.. Arnold Martin, Du-
Bots, Neb.
Methods of planting, and
Cultivating Corn, James Forbes,
Discussion, Capt. Hubbard and
Geo. Garfield.
3:00-Our Fruit and Garden
Interests, Frank Porter; Discus
sion, d. s. Stebbins and AL. Nice.
3:30-Intensive Farming, Mr..
Arnold Martin, Dubois, Neb.
Second Day, October 26.
10:00-Dairying for Profit, ].
C. Ebenstein. Discussion, Oscar
Rhoads and Earl Davis.
1920 Exhibition of milk sep.
arators by dealers.
1850 Feeds and Feeding,
Prof. Oscar Err of State Agri-
cultural College.
11:4O Improving the Grass
Crops DR.. w. Y. Larimer, Dis
cnesion, chas. Gray and DR.. F.
W. Peterson.
1900 Dinner.
40 Poultry on the Farm, o.
e. skinner; Discussion, Mrs. A..
D. Watts and Mrs. Frank Hoover.
General discussion.
80 Beautifying the House
ard Home. Mrs.. John Wiswell;|
"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-10-11
CORN CONTEST AND
FARMERS INSTITUTE.
Two Days Farmers Lnsfi-
fufs and Harvest Home.
October 2S-26.

Below we give the program for
the great farmers meeting and
harvest home to be held in con-
nection with the Boys Corn Con-
test, Thursday and Friday, Oct.
IS and 26.
Prof. J. H. Miller was formerly
president of Campbell unworthy
at Holton, Kansas, and is at
present field representative of the
State Agricultural College.
Prof. Oscar Err is professor OF
! Dairy Husbandry at the state
Agricultural College.
Mr.. Arnold Martin is a gradu-
ate of the Swiss Agricultural
College, and is widely known
throughout the United States as
a-practical exponent of intensive
farming. He has demonstrated
that it is possible to make a good
living and at the same time make
money on a 2O-acre farm. Mr..
Martin owns a 20-acre farm at
Dubois, Nebraska, upon which
he has made a comfortable living
for a number of years. and has
banked a thousand dollars per
year in addition.
It is expected that the display
of milk separators will be worth
coming miles to see. The best
makes of separators will be on
display.
] am sure that all will admit
the program is a good one
throughout, and will be worth
hearing.
Come both days and get all
the good out of the meeting pos
sible.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-10-11

The Lawrence Journal, a radi-
cal Republican newspaper, thus
describes the enthusiasm for Col.
Harris at the meeting at Siegel,
Douglas county: ''The demon
stration for Col. Harris at Siegel
yesterday was the most remarka-
bic thing of the kind that has
happened in politics in a genera
ton. The crowd was largely a
Republican crowd. 1t was COM
posed of the best men in this or
any other county. These men,
these farmers, men without ia
vors to ask or privileges to ex-
pect, simply arose in their might
and said that the Democratic
candidate for governor should
have fair play. They said fur
Their. They said that as for them
the time had passed when party
subserviency prevented them tes-
tifying to the good traits of a
man they had known for third
of a century. Colonel Harris
lived in Lawrence many years,
and the people simply would not
stand for any criticism of him.
Douglas is a Republican county,
but it is no longer so hide bound
that it yells for the yaller dog
brand"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-10-11
BEGGS' BLO0DPURIFIER
CURES catnrTh q tie atomsch.

wANTED-A girl for general
housework, or boy 20 do chores
ard help 10 the Kitchen. Cell At
.I,la once.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-10-11

/ want to sell three lots just south
of the planning mill. fyou are In
terested come in and see me. Chas.
l.. Smith.