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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-06-11

There was probably never a time
in the history of the state when the
demand for laborers of all kinds
was so great. Especially is there a
scarcity Of farm labor. A few days
ago the st. Louis Republic estimated
that Texas was short 30o,0 farm
hands This shortage Is MATERIAL.
felt in Ellis county, and In some sec
! tions 1t is almost impossible to sc
cure sufficient help to cultivate tn
cotton crop. A large number 0
farmers were in the city this morn
| ing looking for hands. Some Sc
cured all the help needed while other
returned home empty handed. The
grain harvest has been generally re-
sumed in the county, and this is call
ing for additional help.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-06-11
The Revival.

The revival continues on College
street with splendid success. There
were six additions to the congrega-
ton yesterday This revival will
close by Wednesday night as Evan
gelist Dunn is due at Bridgeport the
last ol this week Tonight the
evangelist will speak of John the
Baptist" A cordial invitation is ex-
tended 10 all 49,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-06-11

\ few more homes are needed. II
will also be a help to the committee
If some who can not furnish a room
will furnish breakfasts at restaurants
Some are doing this Please phone
me If YOU can assist in either way.
and it will be appreciated. Old
phone 275.
CHALMERS MCPHERSON.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-06-11

The program for tonight Is as fol-
lows:
Music led by Waxahachie choir.
Devotional service.
Address of Welcome-Mrs. Yaney
d. kemble.
Response-Mrs Ida " Jarvis
Address-Miss Matte Pounds In
dianapolis, Ind.
Quartet-Mrs Crow, Miss Rogers,
Mr.. Gilmore and Mr.. Wear.
Address,. l.. Jewett, Austin.
Announcements
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-06-11

The Knights and Ladies' of Honor
viii meet In the F. L. A. hall to-
might az eight-fittcen O'Clock Mrs.
Marie J Cole. grand protector. will
he with MS. business OF much inn
portapce.
MARY ELIZABETH MOORE
Secretary
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-06-11

women and they have made great
success OF IL The reports which
viii be made Thursday will show a
great work done
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-06-11
TOmorrOw's Program.

Tomorrow morning at o'clock
the proceedings OF the Texas Mission
ary convention will begin at the
Chautauqua auditorium, where the
j remainder of the sessions will bs
held. The program will be as fol
lows:
500 a. m-Junior Workers Con
ference, conducted by Mrs. c. A
Chasteen and Miss Matte Pounds
assisted by Miss Elizabeth McFar
land.
! 9:45-Prayer and Bible Study
Mrs. F. D. Jewett, Austin.
0:00-The Kings Business
| Juniors work, Mrs. C. A. Chasteen
Presentation of Junior banner; Re
| port of district secretaries; Report
of treasurer, Mrs. s. P. Stair; Re-
port Of press superintendent, Mrs. c.
Walden; Report of corresponding
secretary, Miss Bertha c. Mason; !;
Duet, Misses Rogers and Mcpherson; /;
Report of convention committees;
Announcements.
l2: djournment.
Afternoon Session.
2:00-Auxiliary Workers Con-
ference, led by One Who Knows.
2:45-Prayer and bible study, F.
l.. Jewett: Our Student volunteers,
Miss Mercy Perkins: Address, Miss
Matte Pounds: Reading, Miss Edna
Nash Thompson.
3:40-Address. Lift Up Thine
Eyes Mrs Capitola 5. Law.
i:00-Closing prayer service.
Evening session.
soc p. m Worship.
N:l5- Welcome. VI. II Templeton.
$50 Response and president s
address. J. ". Holsapple
S:50- Song Mrs c. Nj Schoon-
cver
Ns5j Address. ! \. Lord
Announcements by com
mittees
t1A Adiornment
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-14

sons Office half dozen Tammany district lead
ers filec In TO see the new boss" as they called
the recently appointed Commissioner Among
them was Tom Foley, OF the ID District. who
said in a stage whisper he left the Commits
sioner's office:
"eh guess I'll get all that's coming to
me. all right. all right"
An incident Of the Park-ave. break serves to
show how the Cog ana Magog OF the Water
Department employees are Tammany Hall and
the district leader. When Mr.. Hadey. supertn-
tendent Of the Interborough. was telephoning
wildly to various Water Department Offices TO
get some one TO check the break he q, last
shop.
Hello" shouted Mr. Hadley
Hello was the reply
is that a repair station?"
Yes"
What repair district are you in?
i m In the seventeenth-Dan McNahou's dis
trlct, was the unwilling answer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-14
Trip rom the Atlantic to the Pacific and Back Aga in
To Open q New Route to Los Angeles

II ,,.,s fI,ed with personalities and had a run
ming account of the aforesaid poker game, III
which several members Of the party we're SIAN
dered II limited at graft and there was, d
demand that the lid he put on ~ caiieh 'Ile
only passenger on the train who was riding on
q ticket for which he had paid good money the
mysterious stranger
The angry hest citizens Of the Los Angeles
Limited formed posse and captuten Ead Ia
Little He VAS taken 70 the observation car ana
had a formal trial. with Senator Reed Snloot.
who was returning 10 his home IN Sal' iaNe
for Christmas, as the trial Judge re ioulu ~
prisoner guilty and gave HIM an appropriate
The details Of this initial run across the con
tincnt have already been told in daily MS
ma tcbes i'm The Tribune but something must ne
said of the exhibition OF booming whlch tIle
W,nstarners showed At Salt Lake. for instance.
49,. .he new clark road begins there was a
delegation at the station wearing badges "hlch
read Everybody Boosts Salt Lake Inc
boosters pleaded with the railroad Vl,lei at
that the party have time 10 look over INC o.
fractions of the Mormon CITY
Then began the run over the new roau
through country of wonderful scenic neauly.
one had 70 be constantly reminded that IL was
rau road so smoothly did the limited ny
along So far as the roadbed was concerned. SO
slight the motion of the Iralh. one nusn u.
easily imagine ones self travelling over one Oh
the long established Eastern trunk nnes' unless
one looked out of the car WINDOW over t.ie
stretch of Death Valley This valley oy On, inc
way will be dead" only q short time now ~,
irrigation bitches following the raiiroao
and the desert will soon begin TO bloom
Los Angeles, Pasadena and tho surrounding
towns have long known the secret OF entertain
;rg but tbey outdid themselves for this delega-
ton There was a trip through this coHection
of paradises on private trolley car which maoe
seventy miles an hour between points or IN
terest There was automobile ride through
Pasadena and trip through Lucky BALDWIN
ranch on tally-hos
On the second day a special train provided oy
the Salt Lake Route took the party 20 hU 1.
Paacb which makes boosting science. For
two hours fast automobiles carried the party
through the city of cottages by the sea ana at
luncheon time the women OF the city spread a
fresh water banquet in the big casino at the
end of the long wharf which stretches into the
open Pacific.
At San Pedro there was a special boat, tne
Warrior of the Banning Company feet, 10 take
the marty TO Catalina Island. twenty miles out
20 sea Tie Pacific. usual, belied Its name.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-14
HELPLESS WITHOUT FoREMEN.

one Of the subway passengers was Frank NC
Clusky, foreman Of pipe repairs for the Deg
non-NcLean Construction Company. AS soon as
Re had climbed 20 the street he rushed To one
OF the Water Department men and shouted:
WHY do you stand here? Why don't you
turn the water Off"
we would II We could" was the pathetic
snswsr.
~ you could~ shouted McCiusky why.
don.e you know whero the gate tsp
The Water Department ennploye gave a shrug
OF the shoulders. ana. with an empty expression.
he said:
That's Just the pint, Cap. Wen be blasted
II can flnd the gate"
Doesn't the foreman OF your gang know
where the gates are?" asked McC1usky.
Yes he does. He's the only one OF the bunch
that does know" replied this intelligent public
servant but we can't find him"
We'll then, I'll show you where the gate is,
said the Degnon- Mclean man. TITS only two
blocks away az 3d-ave. and 42d-st." He then
eKplained that he had formerly been IN the en-
ploy Of John u. ana Thomas Crimmins when
these contractors had laid water mains I'm that
neighborhood. IN five minutes he had led the
Water Department men 10 the gate. and twenty
minutes later the food was checked.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-14
A COSTLY DINNER.
DR.. Darlington Gaze Up a Fortune
to Enioy Christmas.

Or. Thomas Darlington. Health Commissioners
OF this city. does not have the air OF man
given to excuses or extravagances. but he con-
Jesse. that about fifteen years ago he paid the
equivalent OF a large fortune because OF his de-
sire 70 enjoy good Christmas dinner.
In one way OF looking at II. a Christmas din
ner cost him about S55O.OOO. for that IS what
mine sold for that he had been working and that
he reltnouished for a paltry sum. all because he
had grown tired OF beans. Beans IS all he and
his partner had had for days and weeks. Even
the supply OF pork had given out. The mine
was a good enough mine as mines go in North
.rn Mexico, but he was not getting rich very
fast. and he sold out thereby missing a fortune
1T was mighty costly dinner for me-" said
Commissioner Darlington. and many times in
the last fifteen years have wished that I had
had the grit 10 stick 20 the miserable old hole
IN the ground the working OF which made life
more than miserable. did stick 10 II I'LL along
toward Christmas time. and then sold out for
81 800 lust about the value OF the plant that I
had put on the mine"
GO on and tell the whole story" said the
doctors friends. who were unaware that he had
been a miner.
Well" said the doctor, with far away look
IN his eyes. II hope you fellows won't think I'm
n GUTTER, because OF what did. for the dts
couragements were something abnormal went
10 Arizona about fifteen years ago 10 work for
the Phelps-Dodge copper interests at Bisbee.
had charge of the company's hospital. and
started the first graveyard IN BiSbee- I did not
start II as some OF the heroic figures of the
Southwest start theirs. that IS. with gun I
started II because the miners were in the habit
Of burying their friends in the back yards or
alongside the trails. just as IL happened This
custom was something OF a shock TO me- and one
If the first things 1 did was 70 start grave
ward 1t is a big now. as Bisbee has grown
70 be a good sized smelling town. That hasn't
much 10 do with my mining career. but I'm COM
Ing to that.
After remaining as health officer al Bisoee
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-14
MAYOR URGED REFORM.

An illustration of how Tar1nanv p-iI,zes s,er,,
opportunity TO use the Water Department To
OBTAIN jobs for the faithful" was furnished
py MT Oakley Immediately after the disas-
Hous Park-ave. break. At that time public IN
o'shacon was so great that the Mayor rushed
10 the rescue He wrote letter 10 the Water
commissioner requesting him to obtain the help
OF The Fire Department whenever main burst
i request that You Will confer with the Fire
commissioner he said, with & view TO the
establishment OF an understanding with your
department in order that the commander. Of fire.
companies may familarize themselves with the
pan OF me SUPPLY pipes OF the city. that In
case or emergency they may by promp. action
shut of the flow OF water IN the MAINS s,5 So.
prevent damage ~
AS these officers are availab BILE for such service
az an tiI4es ana can be readily communicated
with. think IL would be advantageous 10 hav.
vice" A' 'ue-' Set
Explicit as vas the MAYORS order VET NJ
oakley disoheyed IL Although such a reform
might check water breaks vet as Mr. Oakley
ioresaw. II would not furnish any more Jobs for
on the water gates there would be les. excuse
Tor the shut-of gangs. Accordingly Mr. Oak
quest while at the same time shelving IL and
opening the way for more jobs In replying 10
the Mayors letter he said:
have already ordered the preparation OF
complete set OF the plans OF distrt button
system. showing the location OF mains. gates
hydrants etc, which shall furnish 20 the Fire
Commissioner The break OF last Sunsay :. tbe
third large one we have experienced. and due 10
the work OF the subway. the two previous ones
having been at S6th-st. and 9lst-st., and th.rs
Is reason 10 fear that similar breaks may be ex-
perienced hereafter.
In view Of this danger. the imperative neces-
sity OF providing, without further delay the
emergency gangs, for which appropriations Were
asked by me In my communication 10 the Board
or Estimate OF January 10 and March 80 1905
IS apparent While II is true that the aid OF the
Fire Department may be OF value in certain
cases. ~ we have our own men on watch II Is
not likely that such aid will be needed and the
delay OF last Sunday IN getting men 20 shut Of
the gates would not again be experienced
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-14
TORRENT RACED FIVE HOURS.

Two months before this break the Water De-
Iartnent showed It's inoompetency stil more
oonvincingiy in failing TO check g break IN Park
ave- IN front Of the Grand Central Station. A
fourtoot main burst al 2:45 ?. n. flooding the
streets for blocks, pouring down into the sub
way and swarnping the trains, but not until the
torrent had been raging for five hours was IL
checked The break occurred on Sunday, June
IL ana II brought out the fact that there were
no department heads available On the first day
OF the week The Water Commissioner himself
was az Far Rocl1away, and his deputies had
sought rest" elsewhere. None OF the engineers
could be reached. Tho ''shut-off' gang that was
summoned by the subway people did not show
up for two hours. and then u could not find the
gate which would check the flood. Assistant
foremen. fo-emen. assistant superintendent. all
wandered about IN a dazed, demoralized sort
OF way bur no gate could they find Three
hours they spent in their futile hunt Mean
while The water in the subway had risen so high
that 4 had reached the third rail- and. short
circuting the current, had filed the tunnel with
binding flashes OF light In panic the passen-
gers Of the stalled trains had leaped out and
waded through the food 10 the 42d-st. station
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-14

In the last line Of the invitation was the rea-
son for the invitation and the trip. The Salt
sne Route running from the Mormon capital
"a los Angeles. and having a terminal on the
chores Of the Pacific at San Pedro. had been
successfully built. in spite Of the greatest OF
natural barriers by the energy OF Senator Clark
of Montana Its worth and possibility demon
etrated. a controlling interest had been taken
over by the Hartman lines. which held the
connecting links TO the eastward. The Los An
eeIes Limited the palace train OF the new
ro,te TO the Land OF Sunshine, and the news
papers Of the country were TO try II out
ON the evening of December IL the holders
of the engraved transportation met AT the
wels-st. station in Chicago and were received
nv E. /. I.onax. of omaha. the general passeh-
ger agent of the Union Pacific, and by Ahreo
Darlow the advertising agent OF the company
AS fine a palace train as ever ran OUT OF Ter
,ninal bright from the gliding shops. sleafnihH
with electric lights, decorated with pohshed
brass. was IN Whiting and before the men from
newspapers IN York. Pittsburg. Cincinnati
chicago St Paul and other centres had time 10
get acquainted the limited was speeding against
time toward Omaha
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-14
SHOE AND LEATHER INDUSTRIES
Great Growth of Business in the Year JusA
Closed

A pair OF shoes for every four p.rso,. y, "a
United States is the record OF one cttv-Yvnr
Mass.-in 1905. with value OF S40c1NGo "rns
Boot and Shoe Recorder that the wear I,,se
closed will go record of exceptional pro =.
perity for the shoe and leather industries so far
the volume OF business is concerned A canvass
OF the leading shoe manufacturing centres proves
beyond a doubt that the demand Increases nauca
rapidly than the normal rate OF increase for,
the population. which Is proof that there has been =
marked Improvement in the general business ana
Industrial conditions. giving larger value of pro-
duction In all lines of industry. adding TO tho
general wealth. while the earnings OF the workers
in turn give a larger consuming power and a
larger demand for all products. ~Brockton follows
Lynn, with valuation of about SSsOo0ONo. although
Lynn. the difference being made up by the higher
valuation of the shoes. The average value of
BrOckton shoes has been steadily mounting up
ward for years and IS now at the high water mark.
showing that the demand for fine shoes is steadily
The idea Of reciprocity with Canada has been
earnestly advocated by shoe manufacturers OF New.
England, in the belief that il would mean larger
sales for their product in Canada. but the reports
OF the hearings before the Canadian Tariff COM
mission Quebec will damper on This
enthusiasm IL Is made clear az these haarirrs
that there Is a shOemaking industry in Canada
which Will not consent TO he pushed aside for the
benefit of the manufacturers this side of the
line. So from spirit of self-sacrifice Canadian
shoe manufacturers insist strongly on an increase
in the duty on imported shoes of from % TO SIS per
cent. The government and the people OF Canada
realize the value of manufacturing Industries and
willing 10 pay extra prices, IL necessary. To
maintain the Industries. While they NAV be will.
sions for products they have left no room,
for doubt their determination . maintain as.
high protective duties as may be necessary for the
further development of their manufacturing induss
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-14
Mayors Suggestion for Reform Ignored by Tammany
Leaders. Willing Sacrifice Interests for
Party Purposes.

missioner that when asked yesterday how 1t
had been complied with. he said:
The Fire Department got the maps mat 5
all II was never expected that the hreInen
should turn off the water. That would be out
side their province"
But OF what the maps II the hremen
cannot shut the water gates?" was asked.
The Tammany district leader shifted in his
chair and answered.:
Il don't know; bat I'm sure it was never in
tended that the firemen should touch the gates
Commissioner Ellison declined to give his opn-
ION on the feasibility of the Fire Department at
tending 10 breaks of water mains, evidently
thinking II was sore which the department
had inherited from Mr.. Oakley. and which he
thought might heal If let alone. The Mayor also
declined To discuss the subject further than TO
say that he still believed that the firenen could
smut the gates quicker than any other of the city
employees. and that his recommendation was
up 10 the commissioners of the Water and Fire
departments"
yet In spite Of dsobeyine the Mayor, Oakley
got the money. The Tammany leaders in the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-14

or the Middle West delegation. many Of whom
had never seen wave before.
The last day i'm Los Angeles the newspaper
men We're the guests of the Chamber of COM
therce. an organization which stands for unity
OF the community. II a day of superla-
lVes-so much so that one almost IcnSed for a
positive. Yet, thinking il over the state
Inents which the members of the chamber made
on everything. from fruit growing 10 climate
were as positive as they were wonderful
special train carried the party 10 park of
hVe oaks many miles back in the foothills. The
day was perfect one. and overcoats were
nuisance AT the entrance to the park was an
Imitation snowbank of cotton II bore the le-
gent:
we want YOU 20 feel at home"
The Ptttsburg and Chicago visitors had 10 ask
what it was declaring that the only snow they
knew was black.
bulls head breakfast" a form of entertainments
peculiar to Los Angeles. Pedro Rivera. who for
forty of his fiffy-eisht years has been famous
chef had been at work since II O'Clock the night
before preparing the feast. A pit dug and
bricked In \ fire was started and allowed 10
burn until the bricks were red hot. Then the
!, bulls heads. carefully wrapped in cheesecloth
and canvas. were lowered into the pit and al
lowed to bake until breakfast time
The tables were spread i'm the omen grove
under canopy of Spanish and American flags
At one end of the table was platform. where a
couple of tiny Mexican dancers performed to the
music of native Californian orchestra
There was not man in the party who was
not sorry. when the time came for the special TO
head again toward the frozen East. Some of the
more considerable began at this time 10 be little
sorry for MeSsrs. LOmax and DarlOw who GER
tainly deserve medals as the champion railway
entertainers. but they seemed TO thrive on the
work and worry of keeping the bunch" going
AS the train was passing out of California on
Christmas Eve there was a call to gather for the
Christmas tree which had been set up IN one OF
the Pullmans 1t was loaded with presents from
tho officials of the Salt Lake Route Union
Pacific official acted Santa Claus and il was
no trouble at all TO forget that one was several
thousand miles from home on the night of home
nights
Christmas Day the telegraph lines were
thrown open 10 the party. and greetings were
licked TO sweethearts and wives. That night as
the train rushed East from Ogden banquet was
served In the dining which could hardly
have been surpassed in metropolitan hotel.
Every man in the party made speech. Will
j. Davis the veteran theatrical manager, told
how IL to travel across the continent when
the limited took seven days at least. and per-
haps ten. E. l.. Lomax explained how il was
that the motto of the Los Angeles Limited came
to be THE time is easy and promised greater
railroading featS for years to come. The ban
quet ended With bumper bottoms up" to the
Salt Lake Route and the wonderland 1t opens.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-14

Then Mr.. Ellison made the old complaint. SO
we'll known In the Oakley days. that after all. he
hadn't men enough. The repair districts were
too big now. he said. What was needed was an
increase in the number Of gangs. He made no
mention. however. OF the increase in Jobs for tha
faithful" which would result from such an en-
larsement OF his department
The total appropriation for the Water De-
partment for 1906 was 81 $40 93S ~.
Mr.. Ellison was asked what he thought Of the
suggestion of the City Club that the police
should have maps of the water gates and aid in
stopping break. In reply. he said he was not
yet prepared to discuss such a scheme
The losses from water breaks fall on the city,
and suits for damages for such are the easiest
20 win. The evidence is all against the city.
The bursting OF the 5th-ave. main will cost the
city, IL is estimated. about S15O.0OO.
Those best acquainted with Water Depart
ment methods therefore declare that the burst
much damage. and the gates will be closed with
just much sloth and delay until this duty
is shared by the Water Department with the
Fire Department. They say that the Mayor
should insist that the reform he urged upon ex-
Commissioner Oakley be carried out by Com
missioner Ellison. That his order has been
treated a joke Is well known to Mr.. Mcclellan.
and Water Department engineer said
Either the Mayor did not mean what he said
and just playing 70 the galleries. or he is
afraid 10 have this reform carried out because
OF the opposition OF the district leaders,"
Accordingly. the Mayors gentle statement that
he still believes that the Fire Department should
be empowered 10 act in cases of breaks IN water
mains. and that lit is up to the Commissioners
Of Water and Fire to carry out his will, is re-
garded in a jocuar way by the Murphy con-
tingent.
said, SIS more up to the Mayor than any one
else He requested reform. but has not the
sand to that It's carried out. Mark my
word sir. it's up TO the Mayor.