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The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-23

Grant. This was in front OF the large
center windows on the east side Of
the room, which open out on the es-
planade.
Never was bride in more impos-
ing room than the great East Room,
the show place of the beautifully sim
pie White House. 1t is large and airy,
and not incumbered with heavy hang
ings. 1t is finished in delicate white
and gold, quite the appropriate setting
for beautiful wedding.
or course the White House conser-
vatories were drawn upon largely for
the flowers and plants. Orchids. white
roses, carnations and white hyacinths
were all used in profusion. with
masses of potted azaleas and banks
of palms and ferns. There was for
al bower over the prie-dieu, made of
bride roses and white ribbons and
twined with Southern smilax and lau-
rel.
At one end Of the room stands
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-23

Before perhaps the most conspicu-
ously august assembly that ever
gYaced the famous East Room in the
Executive Mansion, Mics Alice Roose-
welt. eldest daughter of the President.
was united in marriage to Nicholas
Longworth, Congressman from Ohio,
shortly after II o'clock Feb. II. 1t
was the first White House wedding in
nearly twenty years, and, according
to the usual reckoning. the twelfth in
number.
Since the day that Frances Folsom
became the bride of Grover Cleveland
at the White House many things have
happened. A new era has dawned
upon the country. Nations pay the
United States homage now; there
were but the formal amenities then.
And, moreover, that was the quietest
of weddings, where this one was all
that taste and display and unlimited
social power could make it.
And so, to say nothing of the great
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-23

House wedding the occasion OF having
eighteen bridesmaids. II Miss Alice
Roosevelt had hidden eighteen of her
girl friends to be maids she would
have been obliged to ask fifty il she
would not give offense. The result
was that 1t was decided not to have
any bridesmaids or even maid of hon
or. Her sole attendant was her little
half-sister, Miss Ethel Roosevelt, flow
er girl.
With Mr.. Longworth 1t was SIM
pier proposition. He had the conven-
tional wedding party of eight ushers
and best man. His best man was
his brother-in-law, the Viscount de
Chambrun, who married Miss Long
worth The Viscount is also one of
Miss Roosevelt's closest men friends
Thousands of other brides the land
over have given their hearts and their
hands to exactly the same words as
Miss Roosevelt gave hers Saturday.
The simple ceremony occupied barely
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interest that attached to the charm
ing personality of the Presidents
daughter. it was indeed truly impos-
ing function. Beside it the wedding
fof Nellie Grant to Algernon Sartoris
more than thirty years ago seems in
deed of little moment. The nation
was then just emerging from the
gloom of four years civil war. Times
were hard; foreign nations gave but
scant notice to a land that had just
barely preserved its unity and was
billions in deht.
But to-day all is changed. Another
Presidents daughter is married. Kings
and potentates, senates and ruling as
semblages of all lands FASTENED to do
the bride honor and thereby to honor
DER father and the great world power
over which he has been elected the
Chief Magistrate.
A most notable company was pres
ent. Every ruling sovereign was rep
resented in person. High officials
were there; gold lace tricked out
hundreds there. No American assem-
Dlage gathered together ever had the
sclat of this.
But for all that, there was the pure
ty romantic side. 1t Is love match
oure and simple. Young Mr.. Long
worth had to plead his sui. very dill
gently. There were plenty OF others
who might have aspired; many of
them far richer than this young Con-
gresham from Cincinnati But it was
not match for money. The Long
worths are well-to-do, but there are
thousands Of richer persons in the
land. The Roosevelts are comfort
ably fixed, but by no amount of fgur
ing could any of the Presidents fam
lily be made out as any way approach
f'lg fortune of million. Miss Alice
mas an income herself of $1,000 year
from her mothers estate.
Young MIR. I.ongworth first met Miss
Roosevelt when he came to Washing
ton to serve his first term as Con-
gressman, little over two years ago
They were thrown together almost
from the first, and though gossip men
toned a possible engagement months
ago, nothing was made public until
last December, when the President
made formal announcement of the be-
.rothal.
Miss Nellie Grant made her White
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-04-12
HOUSE UP.
The Proposition Will Come
Before the Voters Next
uesday.
Some Good Reasons Why the
Citizens Should Favor the
Enterprise.

About week ago man from Pierre
stayed over night in Sioux City, and
visited the Peavey Grand opera house,
the best play house in Sioux City and
one of the best in Iowa. if not in the
west. A popular play was put on that
evening, which drew a crowded house
The Pierre man could only get seat
in the first balcony. After the perform
ance he fingered until the crowd had
cleared out, and counted the number OF
seats in this balcony, making note of
it. When he returned to Pierre re in
spected the plans of the magnificent
new opera house Chas. L. Hyde pro
poses to put ur, and found that Mr..
Hyde's opera house provides for five
more seats on the first balcony than the
Peavey Grand, at Sioux City, contains.
If the same ratio holds good which is
probable, Mr.. Hyde proposes to give
Pierre an opera house that will be sec
ond to none in the northwest, outside
of Chicago, St. Paul or Minneapolis.
A few days since the Free Press man
looked over the plans of the new Pierre
Grand Opera House. We believe that
if any citizen of Pierre would care to
take the trouble to call at Mr. Hyde's
office and inspect these plans he would
become a convert to the proposition OF
granting Mr.. Hyde the small concession
he asks, in the way Of an abatement OF
taxes and license for few years, in
view of his promise to erect this year
this magnificent new opera house, at
This own expense, and without any
further bonus.
Within the last week or two man
named l.. o. Gale, has made a PROPOSE
ton to the citizens of Mitchell to put
up grand opera house in that CITY, 1t
will be inferior to the opera house Mr.
Hyde proposes to provide This city with
IN many respects. He asks for a casl
bonus of $4,000, and the public-spiriteo
citizens OF Mitchell have gone to woi /
to raise the amount, and will do it
Mitchell will thus make a bid for thu
various conventions and public gather
ings in the state, in the years to come
with this opera house to accommodate
them.
Mr. Hyde asks us for no cash bonus
in his enterprise for Pierre. He simpl
asks that the taxes and license for
few years be rebated on the propert
he will build, which will fall on all tn
tax PAYERS in proportion to the take
they pay, and will not amount to 2
,cents each, per year for the next te
years. This plan may have Its objet
tions from legal stand point, but
is good, nevertheless, and inasmuch a
it is to be submitted to the voters unde
the referendum at the city election nea
Tuesday, it is a good proposition
vote for.
The building Of this immense blocl
at the intersection Of Pierre street an
Capital avenue, will add many hundred
of dollars to the assessed valuation {
Pierre. Only the opera house, itsel
without the balance of the big thrt
story block, will be exempt from tax
: tion for few years. 1t will provit
work for many laborers and artisan
=, and be the means Of leaving maj
thousands of dollars amongst Il
workman of Pierre, to lie spent al
put into circulation.
Vote for the opera house Tuesday.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-04-12
Low Rate. t" Lo. Angeles,

Via the North Western Line. An ex
cursion rate of one first class limited
fare for round trip, will be in effect
from all stations April rs to May 5, in
elusive, with favorable return limits, on
account of Imperial Council, Mobiles of
Mystic Shrine. Three fast trains
through to California daily. "The Los
Angeles Limited" electric lighted
throughout, via the new Salt Lake
Route, with drawing room and tourist
sleeping cars "The Overland Limit
ed,' electric lighted throughout, less
three days enroute, Another fast daily
train is "The China s. Japan Express"
with drawing room and tourist sleeping
cars. For itineraries and full informa-
ton apply agents Chicago & North
Western R'y.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-04-12

BOYS OR GIRLS or attractive young
ladies wanted-If you have only few
spare hours, you can employ them
profitably and earn pocket-money; ii
you wan to give your entire time to
the work you can earn nice living.
The best of this, you don't need any
money to start. A complete outfit free.
P. o. Drawer 999 Buffalo, N. Y.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-04-12

Wanted Bright, honest, young man
from Pierre to prepare for paying posi-
tion in Government Mail Service. Box
one. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. l:l8-St
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-04-12
Pacific Coast. ,Trip.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, March l6: The pas
senger Departmental the Chicago &
North w Western railway announces that
as a means of increasing the efficiency
of the "Seeing America First move
ment, round trip tickets will be sold all
over that line to all Pacific ocean
points, good on.their fast limit d trains,
at the rate ofis75.Oo from Chicago, dali
ly June LIST to Sept. 18th.
Every facility is being provided for
in the way of stopovers and other con-
veniences, and the tourist movement to
the Pacific coast, for the coming sea-
son promises to show All increase of
many thousand.people over that of any
season ever known.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-04-12

WANTED-Cattle and Horses Well
improved S6-acre farm, southeast
South Dakota, will take all or part in
good horses and cattle. II. G. Smith
Elk Point, South Dakota.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-04-12

See that Automatic Carpet displayer
at the New Furniture Store. Any size
room shown carpeted from many
samples on hand. Carpets made to fit
room at small extra cost &c. Wild.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-04-12

For Sale 2vv yearlings and two
year old steers, 100 head Of heifers, 10
head of dry cows to be delivered
April st. F. Downs. Willmar, MINI
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-07-20
ACCIDENT TO CHILD HUNTER He TELLS ABOUT ALBERTA
Terrific Windstorms in Summer and
Below Zero In Winter.

In letter written by Clinton S.
Bennett from Ingleton, Alberta, and
published in the Walla Walla Bulle-
tin,he has the following to say re-
garding the English possession:
IN3LETON, Alberta, via. La
Combe: Farmers, you are handed
pamphlets by the Canadian immigra-
tion agents containing statements
written by Albertan farmers telling
in fowery language of the fertilities
of our soil, our mild climate, etc. Do
not believe all you hear, for when you
sell your homes and come to Alberta,
expecting to find Bonanza, you may
be sadly disappointed. The crops are
backw ard this spring. Grain in these
parts averages six inches in height.
Before the rains in May and June the
ground contained no moisture, and il
the June rains ever fail the crops will
be failure.
The winter frost was not entirely
out Of the ground until May. The
winters are very cold; 40 degrees be-
low zero is not unusual. Ice freezes
from 10 to ID inches thick OH water in
dug wells 20 to 80 feet deep.
We have terrific windstorms during
April, May and June. Small frame
buildings, unless anchored, may be
found on your neighbours field after
such a storm.
Canadian Pacific railway land sells
at from $40 to $12 an acre here in this
district. Important farms much
nearer market can be bought at from
SI5 to $50 an care. A greater part of
these lands are covered with willow
brush and poplar trees. The approx
innate cost of clearing will be $40 an
acre.
The pamphlets tell nothing about
the Alberta mosquito. | have seen a
thousand head of cattle huddled on
the smokey side Of smudge built to
drive away mosquitoes. 1t is impossi-
BILE to do any farm work on days
when the mosquitoes are so thick.
Come to Alberta before selling your
homes in Washington; come late in
the spring when you can see Alberta
as it really is. II you do not return
home better satisfied with Washington
than ever before you can be booked as
man who cannot be satisfied with
any country.
Alberta is good place for young
man to come who does not own land in
| Washington and wishes to get a home
stead, but those who own land bad
better keep it.
CLINTON s. BENNETT.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-07-20
Pistol Drops and Bullet Goes Through
Body OF Milt Laughlin.

Chas. Gay, who with johnny
Peebler, returned Wednesday night
from the child hunt at Woodward's
tollgate, gives the particulars of the
accidental shooting of Milt Laughlin,
who was a member of the posse in
search of the lost Britain child.
Laughlin, who is camp tender for
sheepmen ranging stock in the Blue
mountains, with two companions. de-
scended into a deep canyon during
the search Wednesday, and while
STOPPING over spring for drink, his
Colts revolver dropped from his belt
to the ground. The hammer struck a
rock, exploding the cartridge. The
bullet entered just below the heart,
passed through the lungs and out at
the back below the shoulder.
One of the men remained with the
wounded man, and the other went for
assistance. In short time number
of men, including physician were on
hand. Laughlin was found to be
badly wounded, and the problem of
moving him out of the canyon and up
the mountain to the tollgate house
was a difficult one to solve.
Without semblance of road or trail,
the party started with their burden in
a blanket. Relays of eight men took
turns in holding the blanket on which
the man lay, bis pain somewhat ale
Waited by administering cocaine,
hypodermicalIy. Holding the blanket
with one hand and with the other
grasping the hand OF the forward man,
so steep 10 places was the route that
rs men were in line pulling forward
the eight carrying the load.
For hours the party had barely
enough water to moisten the lips, this
being carried by man in half gal
lon glass jar. In many places pocket
knives were used to cut the trail
through underbrush.
Laughlin, whose home is in Wal
Iowa county, is in serious condition,
1but it said that there is fair chance
that he may recover.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-07-20
AT WALLA WALLA.
Scribes of Three Counties VIII Be
Royalty Received in August.

Scribes of Three Counties Will Be
Royalty Received in August
At a meeting of the Blue Mountain
Editorial Association which was held
in Dayton Saturday afternoon, it was
decided to hold the next session in
Walla Walla, Sunday, August 8, says
the Bulletin. From present indications
every man in Walla Walla, Columbia
and the northern part Of Umatilla
counties will be present Most of the
editors will arrive in the city Saturday
evening, August 4, and will remain
until the following Monday.
The association was first organized
in Prescott about month ago, when
temporary officers were elected. At
the meeting in Dayton Saturday the
officers who were temporarily elected
were made permanent
At the August meeting to be held
in this city the newspapermeu Of
WalIa Walla will properly entertain
visiting members.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-07-20
Youthful Burglars.

Four young boys Of Milton, their
ages ranging from 10 to 10 years,
were placed under $500 bonds to ap-
pear before the circuit court for hav-
ing broken into local grocery store
Sunday night. They gained entrance
to the store of S. +. Mcintyre & Go.
by crawling through the ,transoms
and they were helping themselves
when Mr.. Mcintyre, one of stbe pro-
prietors, entered the front door. He
found the burglars to be Elmer Berry,
Villas Baker, Earle Dickey and Elmer
Hull. and they are all OF highly re-
spected families.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-07-20
BOY WAS KIDNAPPED
That Is the Conclusion Officers
Have Arrived At.
HOUNDS WORK IND|FFERENTlY
Scent That Leads Them On Believed to
Emanate From Father and
Friend.

That the one hundred or more
searohers will never hear the four
shots in quick succession, the signal
agreed on when little Cecil Britain
is found at Woodward's tollgate, is
now the firm belief of all who have
hunted for the child.
Every indication now points to the
fact that the child is not IN the woods,
and officers who are conducting the
search, while they will not give out
information, are known to believe
that the little fellow was kidnapped
and taken from the camp on the night
of his disappearance.
This conclusion was arrived at after
Harry Drapers blood hounds had
thoroughly beaten out the country
where the child was supposed to be.
A we'll founded aud plausible theory
is advanced for the Indifferent man
ner in which the dogs follow the
trail. This is explained by those
familiar with trailing, in that the
apparant trail Of the lost child is
nothing more than the scent from the
clothing worn by the father and a
friend, who are assisting in the search
and who sleep in the family tent, thus
taking the same scent in measure
which was given the dogs on articles of
the child's clothing when they started
to find the trail The friend of the
Britain family who is assisting them
in the search, in one instance passed
one of the Athena posse, and soon
after the dogs came along on his trail,
and followed him directly to. the top Of
the hill, thus proving that the scent
of the child's clothing which the dogs
were charged with, and that of the
man, was identically the same.
| The officers held consultation last
night. and today the blood hounds are
to be worked in another locality.
Sheriff Taylor is on the ground and
unless further developments come to
light. will come down from the noun
tains some time tonight.
| Rumors are rife and there are plen-
! ty OF them. They deal with wild
men, hairy men, crazy men aud all
sorts of bogie men. The Athena party
returned yesterday and the members
were pretty we'll worn out. When the
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-07-20
Farmers Are Interested.

Much interest il being manifested
by the farmers of this locality in the
proposed new method OF marketing
wheat on the sales days set aside for
Athena by the Inland Wheat Growers
Association, which are the Thursdays
of each week from August 20 to Sep
ternber ~. These sales days the
raisers believe they will gain con-
siderable advantage by being in posi-
ton to pool their holdings. and thus
command a higher price for their
holdings than If each sold separately.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-07-20
HUNT is DISGRUNTLED.
Announced That Machine Shops May
Be Moved From Walla WaIla.

announced That Machine Shops May
Be Moved From Walla WaIla.
The Walla Walla Union says re
garding the threatened removal Of
the Gilbert Hunt foundry from the
City:
The Gilbert Hunt Company, the
largest manufacturing establishment
in Walla Walla, and the largest
manufacturers of threshing machines
in the northwest, are considering the
proposition of removing from Walla
Walla to some larger city in the
northwest where terminal freight
rates are more favorable.
Gilbert Hunt, president of the com
pany, yesterday in an interview, said
that the company had already receiv-
ed several fattefing offers from a
number of the larger cities.
Should the step be taken it will
mean removal from the city of one of
the largest payrolls, thing which
Walla Walla can i'll afford to lose at
any stage in her history, especially at
the present time.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-07-20
.AD|STR|CTL|BRAR|AN
New Law Provides For Books
and Literature.
SOME ARE NOT APPRECIAT|vE
Appropriation Is Ten Cents Per Pupil,
But at Present Time But Eight
Cents is Available.

The county school superintendent
reports that out of 1O5 school districts
in the county, only 33 have recon-
mended libraries and made request
for the library apportionmept as pro-
vaaed by the new school library law.
Under the law the county superin-
tendent appoints the librarians, and
in order to secure satisfactory per-
sous forithe positions, Superintendent
Wells asked that the various boards
make recommendation.
The East Oregonian says in some
instances the clerk wrote that the
books were not desired, and that the
directors had decided not to take ad-
vantage Of tho law. However, tho
lazy prescribes that each district shall
be given its share of books, and that
librarian be named. Consequently
the same will be done regardless of
the apathy Of the directors.
o. q. Cham berlain, clerk of the
Athena district, was interviewed by
the Press reporter yesterday, and from
him 1t is learned that application will
be made for the apportionment for the
district before August 1, the date of
expiration in which the request may
be made. The apportionment this
year amounts to 10 cents per pupil.
but there is available at this time s
cents per pupil. which gives to district
No. 80 $25. so for library purposes.
MI. Chamberlain will consult with
the board regarding the recommenda-
tion of librarian, the same will be
forwarded to the county school super
intendent when selection of the
books will be made.
The librarians are appointed to
have charge of thGbooks during the va
cations and while school is in session
they are under the care of the teach
ers, who are responsible for them.
Mr.. Chamberlain says the books
are furnished by library association
at greatly reduced prices, and any one
may order through the district clerk OF
the school board may order at any
time, receiving the advantage of the
reduction in price.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-07-20
UNION COUNTY PRICES.
Threshing Machine Men Combine and
Farmers May Buy Machines.

Farmers May buy MaChlnes.
The threshing machine men OF
Union county have held a meeting in
La Grande, at which it was agreed to
raise the price of threshing to 5 and 0
cents per bushel-5 cents for oats and
barley and for wheat. This is q
raise of / cent per bushel on each
variety of grain over former prices.
Coming on top of extraordinary
prices fol sacks this advance in the
price OF threshing has brought out a
strong protest from the farmers and
it is possible that many farmers will
organize and buy machines to avoid
the threshing trust.
Grain is ripening rapidly but 1t il
thought that machines could be So
cured by the farmers in time TO
thresh the crop without serious loss.
The hot weather has damaged crops
but slightly in Union county and
haying is now in progress in all parts
of the county.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-07-20
Waiting for Harvest.

There are quite number of men in
town who are apparently laborers,
who pay their way and apparently
do not belong to the hobo class, yet
farmers are having difficulty in secur-
ing men for the hay fields at So per
day. The men who are here are
waiting for harvest, SO they say.
Many have worked on the construction
of the Riparia Lewiston road, and
quit on account of the heat.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-07-20
Business Is Good.

Since assuming the management of
the Commercial Livery stable, pur-
chased from King Bros. Harry Nc
Bride finds business to be good. MIR.
Mcbride has added couple Of new
rubber tired vehicles aud several
head of good horses to the equipment.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-07-20

bucket brigade after the supply of
water in the mains gave out. The
fire was checked just before it reached
the blacksmith shop of Foss g. Mitch
ell, former Athena boys. John Foss,
chief of the Moro fire department was
Frustrated by the heat and the SER
vices of a physician were required.