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The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1906-03-23
ORDERS FIRB ESCAPES
City Council Has New Ordinance
Under Consideration.
Law Makes it Compulsory to Prop
erIy Equip All Buildings of
Three or More Stories.

y ith the passage OF an ordinance in
tTOduced at the last meeting OF the city
council all buildings in COlfaX three or
more stories in height must be equipped
with fire escapes and other good means
OF escape such as may be approved by
the chief of the fire department. The
ordinance makes the equipment Of build
ings compulsory and provides q penalty
for failure to act.
The first section of the ordinance de-
clares that "eveTy hotel, lodging house,
boarding house, factory, mill, or other
building Of three or more stories in height
which ia used for manufacturing puT-
poses, or as a shop, office, tenement
house, lodging house, or other place for
the employment, accommodation or rec.
reatiOn Of persons and all theater build
ings hereafter erected in the city of ColfaX,
shall be provided with good and suitable
fire esca pes, with floor or window open
ings to same, on each story, before any
building shall be used or occupied; or
other good and easily accessible external
means OF escape, to be approved by the
chief of the fire department"
II ID provided that all fire escapes shall
be constructed Of iron, with a balcony
on each floor and if the first balcony is
more than II feet from the ground there
shall be a hinged extension ladder at
tached to reach within six feet OF the
sidewalk.
Every building having 80 or more
rooms above the first story shall have
an additional fire escape for each addi-
ti0nal 30 rooms or fraction OF not less
than 20 rooms.
1t is made the duty of the chief of the
fire department to report TO the city
council any building az to which the pro.
visions Of the ordinance has not now or
shall not at any time hereafter be OBJ
served. The chief is also required to as
certain that all fire escapes are kept in
repair and free from ObstructiOns.
A penalty Of not less than S. nor
more than $l0O fine is attached to the
ordinance.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1906-03-23
Notice of Sale of Real Estate

In the superior court Of the state Of Wash
ingtoD, in and for Whitman county.
In the matter of the estate of James NJ
johnson, deceased.
Notice il hereby gwen, that in pursu-
ance Of an order Of the superior court Of
the state of Washington, in and for Whit
man county, made aud entered on the oath
day of February, 10 6, in the matter of the
estate of James NJ. johnson, deceased, the
undersigned, the administrators of said estate,
will sell at public auction, to the highest
bidder for cash, free of incumbrance
said sale to be made subject to con-
firmation by said superior court, on Saturday,
the oath day OF March, 1906, at 2 o'clock
m. Of said day. at the south front door Of the
Whitman county court house, in said Whit
man county, state of Washington, all che
right, title, interest and estate Of said James
NJ. johnson at the time Of his death, and all
tile right, title and interest that said estate
has since acquired, by operation of law or
otherwise, other than or in addition to that Of
the said James NJ. johnson at the time of his
| death in and to the following described tract
of land, situated, lying and being in the
| county Of Whitman, state Of Washington, to-
! wit: The west half (W3) of section twenty.
| seven (27) township fifteen (l5) north, range
forty-two (42), E. n. M.
Terms and conditions of sale: Cash, Lawful
money Of the United States, ten per cent o.
purchase price payable to the administrator
at the time Of sale, balance payable upon con
| frmation of sale by said superior court.
Dated this 1st day Of March, 1906.
| O. Il. JOHNSON,
Administrative Of the estate of James NJ
johnson, deceased.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1906-03-23
JOINT WHEAT RATES.
Railroad Commission is Making Up
Formal Complaint.

A dispatch from Olympia says; Chair
man H A Falrchild and Commissioner
J. 5. McMilin of the railroad commits
sion are in Olympia today for the pnr-
pose of com dieting the formal complaint
il the matter Of the joint wheat rate
complaints.
Complaints have heretofore been filed
bv the millers of Seattle and Tacoma
anu +. j Hayfeld, wheat grower and
shipper OF Whitman county, asking that
the commission order a joint rate on
wheat between eastern Washington and
Puget sound. and a hearing has already
been set for ColiaX on June 8. 1t il the
desire Of the commission to serve the
complaints on the railroad companies
before the members OF the commission
leave for Washington city, where they
will attend the annual convention Of the
National Association OF Railway Com
missioners the first week in April.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1906-03-23
WOMEN TO COUNCIL
Joint Committee Requests So
Ions TO Help Beautify.
Want City Scayenger, Sanitary Gar
bsge Boxes and Wagons and
EuphoniOus Street Eitles.

AS reported in The Gazette last week,
the joint committee OF the Athenaeum
and Civic Improvement clubs went be
I fore the city council last Monday night
| with list OF requests tending toward
the Improvement Of the appearance and
sanitary cOnditi rs Of the city. The
communication presented by the com
mittee follows:
To the Honorable Mayor and City Council
of the City Of Colfax. Washington:
We the undersigned, the duly appointed
committee Of the Athenaeum and Civic I'M
provement Clubs of the city IF Colfax. hav-
| ing been instructed by said club in their be-
| half, do mot respectfully and earnestly be-
tition and recommend as follows. to-wit:
That you cause to he placed at each resi-
denC8 and business house within the city IF
ColfaX, two ZinC lined and covered garbage
barrels one for swill and one for ashes and
other trash, said barrels to be uniform in
style, and to be furnished by the city at cost
That yOu appoint city scayenger, whose
duty it shall be To 70 about the business sec
tion of said CITY every morning or evening
and into the residence district thereof twice a
week and take away the contents Of said
garbage barrels To a place provided therefor
BY the city council Also that YOU compel
the persons who gather slop, swill and gar
bage to be taken in the country, to use zinc
llleu anu covered DoA IOr Gn6lr wagon instead
of open barrels.
That you pass an ordinance or resolution
declaring April 4th Of this year a general
clean up day." and that you furnish two teams
on said day to cart away trash from yards et-
That, if possible, you cause to be removed
TO less conspicuous place, the city rock
crusher, which stands On the hill back Of the
Main street school. as the same has already
frightened many teams and is therefore q
menace to hf' as well as being very unsightly
That you change the names Of the streets
"70wn as Brewery and tF0lg0tha, to some
iag more dignihed and pleasing to the ear;
80 IN that b half we respectfully suggest the
names Of Whitman or Ridgeway, street in lieu
Of Brewery street, and Cliff street in lieu Of
Golgotha.
That you strictly enforce the ordinance re-
lating to the obstruction Of sidewalks; and we
call particular attention to Carley's machine
shop and the Kuhn hardware stone, both of
which disregard this or finance Respectfully
submitted Mrs PAT CODD.
Mrs J. 4. Brown,
Mrs s. G. ARMSTRONG,
Committee Aforesaid.
No action was taken except On that
section relating to declaring April 4,
general cleanup aay and agreeing TO fur
niah two teams With wagons to cart
away the rubbish. The other requests
will be acted upon at the next meeting
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1906-03-23
ALL ABOARD FOR CLEANING Up DAY
Women of COlfaX Hold Successful Mass
Meeting in Which Hearty Support
is Pledged for April f.

Everybody get into the cleanup
wagon.
The wagon starts promptly at s
O'Clock on the morning Of April 4, and
the drivers are to be guided by the wO-
men of the Athenaeum and Civic I'm
prOvement clubs.
Such is the sense of the mass meeting
held last Monday night 10 the county
court TO m, where the joint committee
made report that the council had Joined
in the cleanup movement and had given
the committees in charge two teams
with which to haul away the rubbish
and trash. Every householder is ex-
pected to clean up his yard on the date
given and the teams will pass through
the city gathering up the trash.
The meeting Monday night was fairly
we'll attended. Mayor W. j. Davenport
presided
In calling the meeting to order the
mayor announced that the council had
given two teams for April f. He said
his views on the cleaning Of the city were
we'll known. He was pleased with the
interest manifested, which indicated that
all we're OF one mind. But it il also
necessary to decide what is the para
mount need. In his opinion this was the
extension OF the retaining wall along the
South PalOuse for two blocks. This he
considered the most essential thing No
matter how much else is needed, the ex-
tension should be of paramount import
ance az this time.
A musical selection by the Apollo club
was followed by the Apollo club was fol
lowed by r. L. McCrOskeY, who discussed
the question of beautiful surroundings
and referred to the difference iO merely
existing and living as we should live.
People go TO California, not 80 much for
the climate as TO enjoy the beautiful
things to be seen. They go to foreign
cities because OF the beautiful surround
iDgs. He favored cultivating esthetic
beauty and announced that if there is
anything to be done he desired to be
counted among the first to do. The
speaker gave instances Of the beautiful
surroundings at Kobe, Japan, Hong
Kong, China, and Of the immense sums
being expended in London and San
Francisco to beautify those great cities
One Of the happiest thoughts by Mr.
McCr0akeY was his criticism Of the nn-
slightly advertising sign and billbOaTds
throughout COlfax. IF we know our
selves We will assist these ladies to The
Last ditch and ourlast dollar" concluded
The speaker.
Rev. j. Fl BaintOn said man has bread
for the body, schools for the mind and
churches for the soul, but man does not
live hy bread alone. Man lives hy
beauty and we want beauty because man
cannot well live without it. We want to
plant more trees, drive out the ugly and
replace with lovely things. He wanted
to see city beautiful because tie wanted
to see moral city. All are affected by
their environments and it is easier to be
good among beautiful surroundings.
Charles Mackenzie said he had never
made q speech and might as we'll try to
sing. He was, naturally, interested in
the movement and believed all were inter
ested in the welfare of COfax, although
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1906-03-23

Colfax Souvenir Post Cards-Elk Drug
Store.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1906-03-23
Cured Consumption.

Mrs. B. W. Evans, clearwater. Kan,
writes, My husband lay sick for three
months. The doctors said he had quick
consumption. We procured bottle OF
Ballard's HOrehound Syurp, and il cured
him. That was six years ago and since
then we have always kept bottle in the
house. We cannot do without it. For
coughs and colds it has no equal. Zoe,
soc and 81 %. Sold BY Chas, I. Stuart,
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1906-03-23
Do Not Neglect A Bad Cold.

Never allow cold to take it's course.
Too often at this season Of the year its
course is towards pneumonia. Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy will promptly cure
your cold and cOuDteract any tendency
in this direction. There is nothing better
for acute throat and lung troubles. For
"a le hv Elk Drnp Store
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1906-03-23

Alberta Canada Lauds for sale on
long time and easy terms BY The Heaton
Land Co., 719 Riverside Ave-, Spokane,
Wash.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1906-03-23
seed Barley for Sale.

White barley and Beardless barley
81 O5 Der hundred while it lasts. Apply
to s. W. Hickman, Colfax. Phone
L'armars' 1919
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1906-03-23

The Chicago Millinery Store, which has
been newly papered and painted, will he
known hereafter as StevensOn's.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1906-03-23

Elk Squirrel Poison. A new thing.
guaranteed to kill squirrels. Six pounds
for 81, Elk Drug Store.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-25
Sound Sleep In Summer.

Whether you are packing your trunk
for two weeks or two months in the
country, remember that next to whole
some foot no one thing counts so
much toward the value of the sum-
mer's outing as good, sound sleep. In
these days Of nervous breakdowns, in
ability to sleep has wrecked many a
woman and eventually landed her in
an insane retreat. Tired nerves
clamor for rest, and the doctor, under
pressure, prescribes harmful narcotics
Friends advise one to eat, drink or
battle before retiring. which are of
little avail in the long run.
Now, there is remarkable remedy
which can be applied by all those who
own country homes, and by many 9TH
ers who are ingenious enough to get
around circumstances. This sovereign
remedy is sun aired bedding. Few
people who actually live in the corn
try have the faintest conception of
what really aired bedding means. This
article will not appeal to the proverb-
ial good housekeeper who makes the
beds an hour after rising, and. as If
to still! her conscience. has the maid
open them up an hour before retiring.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-25

rane. Gowran and Burr will go to
Crookston tomorrow to spend the day
with Mrs. c. H. jerks.
Mrs. Mix and Mrs. Lovejoy enter
tanned Tuesday afternoon in honor of
Mrs. E. w. Merrill's sister. Mrs Samp-
son of Charlotte, n. c., and her mother.
Mrs. Merrill from Minneapolis.
Mrs. Fred Fulton of Chicago is the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Robert Car
rothers.
Instead of closing the cuff on one of
your summer gowns, let the two EN-
broidered edges come together on the
outer side of the arm and insert a
narrow lace ruffle between.
The work of embroidering white belt
and collar to match to wear with shirt
waist suits is employing the spare
moments of many young ladies who
are energetic in spite of the extreme
heat.
The fancy for bright plaid wash tie
and belt has not yet been very widely
adopted here. though it is pretty
idea for younger women especially,
the best effect being obtained when
the tie is worn over white stock
and the edges of both tie and belt
bound with white.
Dotted point d'esprit with simple
design in lace braid makes cool and
dainty collar. The braid should fol-
low the entire edge of the stock for
q finish.
The quill has found it's way to the
lingerie hat, and its pert style is
much more appropriate among the
bows than are more pretentious forms
of decoration.
Slip rolls of biscuit into paper bag
to heat, and if they are not quite fresh,
they will emerge in a much improved
condition.
A surprisingly looking and
energetic old lady of eighty years
was asked how it was she kept her
youth SO wonderfully, says Health,
and this was her reply: Il knew how
to forget disagreeable things. tried
to master the art of saying pleasant
things. l did not expect too much Of
my friends. kept my nerves we'll in
hand, and did not allow them to bore
people. tried to find any work that
came to hand congenial. retained
the illusions of my youth, and did not
believe every man liar and every
woman spiteful. l did my best to re-
lieve the misery l came in contact
with, and sympathized with the suffer-
ing. In fact tried to do to others as
l would be done by, and you see me,
in consequence, reaping the fruits of
happiness and peaceful old age"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-25
Of Interest to Women
belong to this class read no

II you belong to this class read no
farther.
When the sun is allowed to pene-
trate the wooden blankets, sheets, COM
fortables and pillows spread on the
piasxa roof or on the grass In the
sunny backyard, 1t will carry away all
the sleep destroying odors which ac-
cumulate each night, and the clothing
will absorb the sweet, fresh air and the
life giving properties of the sun.
Wooden blankets from their porous ma
ture are especially susceptible to bad
odors, and should be daily cleansed
by the sun, which renews the lifelike
elasticity Of the natural wool so sooth-
ing to tired limbs and worn nerves.
One who has never slept on mat
tress baked in the sun and turned like
a griddle cake on the veranda roof
has little idea of the luxury In store.
The mattress does not necessarily hold
the heat after its sun bath, but re-
tains for hours the sweet freshness of
the outdoor world. Refreshing slum-
Der as soon as the head touches the
pillow Is ample reward for a few
moments inconvenience, and If one
has the care of a semi-invalh the
time could not be better spent.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-25
TWO RECIPES.
New Pudding Recipe and Some Gull
mary Hints.
Nesselrole Pudding.

For this famous pudding, which is
in reality not pudding strictly speak
but an Ice cream, use one pint of
shelled almonds, ohe and one half
pints of pine apple, including Juice,
the yolks of ten eggs, half a pound of
fresh candied fruit, one tablespoonful
of vanilla extract, four of wine, one
pint of water and one of sugar.
Boil the chestnuts for half an hour
then take of their black skins and
pound them to paste in a mortar.
Blanch the almonds and pound them
also. Boil the sugar, water and the
juice Of the pine apple for twenty
minutes. Beat the yolks of the eggs
thoroughly and stir them into the syr-
up. Then set the saucepan that con-
tafns them into another of boiling
water and beat the mixture with the
egg beaten until it thickens. Then re-
move from the stove place It in q pan
OF cold water and beat again this time
for about ten minutes. Mix the al
monds and chestnuts with the cream
and rub through sieve. Add the
pineapple pulp and the candied fruit.
The pineapple should be cut into
small pieces. Then mix the whole
"ASA INC ou6oiS yOIh6 6uU juice. Stlr
IN the favoring and add pinch Of
salt. Freeze in the usual way-as ice
cream is frozen.
1t seems strange to think that some
ice is colder than other ice. The term
ice cold" always seems to signify
temperature. All water under similar
conditions freezes at certain definite
temperature. But when the thermom-
falls, below that it continues to affect
the ice. making it harder and colder.
The test has been made by placing a
piece OF Ice from the north and
piece of ice formed in this vicinity
near stove together. The former
took much longer to melt than the
latter.
It Is said that lettuce has a proper
ty 1t that 1t tends to, soothe the ali
menary canal and the entire nervous
system.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-25
A New Cure For Ivy Poison.

i woke on the wedding day of the
incest girl in town and found on one
side of my face large and growing
patch Of blistery red. Poison ivy!
Fortunately, my home is under the
roof of a good physician; when APP
peared at breakfast, very patchy, and
supremely cross, the doctor said:
Well try the Mimi ray"
1t was violet ray of hope; for the
Mimi ray comes from an ordinary
incandescent light through a violet
globe and Is made to shine copiously
on the diseased part by means of u
reflector. The whole arrangement is
fastened to any electric fixture by a
long flexible wire and can be held at
any part Of the body.
knew that this light had done WON
ders for several totally different all
ments. l knew also, that one of its
latest feats had been to heal case
Of poison ivy in its last stages, but
was by no means sanguine about its
doing anything for ME. However,
went into the laboratory after break
fast and let the doctor show ME how
to hold the light near my face, but not
too near: and sat for fifteen minutes
on laboratory stool. not at all like
patience on monument, and scowling
at everything.
But when left my perch to look in
the mirror, did smile and that not
at grief, for l saw that the burning
patches which had nearly covered my
left cheek were now a dull red and
looked as If they had stopped spread
ing, while the patches under my chin,
which ! had forgotten to expose, were
more fiery than ever and ready to
spread all over my neck. You may be
sure that ran cheerfully back to my
monument. Later l went to the we'd
ding, where l had a very good time
and could not get any one to believe
had been poisoned.-Rachel Capen
Schauffler in Good Housekeeping.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-25
A CROP EXPERTS
FORECAST Of
THE YIELD
H. V. Jones Makes Estimate Of
Over 7oo,o oo, 900 Bushels
of Wheat.

H. V. Jones, the Minneapolis crop es-
timator who has been out in the fields
for many weeks, has returned to Min
neapolts. Fifteen years Of experience
has given Jones prestige and business
men generally follow his reports as
indicative of conditions to come Jones
says there is a bumper crop, and not
only that. but 1t Is SO far along. gen.
orally, that nothing but some calamity
unforeseen can put it down To the
Minneapolis Journal Mr.. Jones said:
The danger period for northwestern
wheat is closing up rapidly. Ten days
to two weeks without injury will give
to the country the largest wheat yield
the three northwestern states ever
raised. 1t Is not wheat alone that is
in high promise, but oats fax and bar
ley. with corn making excellent prog
ress. on the whole. Corn will be un-
even. however.
Two Factors to Fear.
The only two factors to fear are
black rust and blight While an oc-
casional showing of black rust is
found, the weather is not of the char
acter. in my Judgment, to warrant the
expectation that much damage will re-
suit this year from the rust. Every
day is closing up hundreds of wheat
fields beyond injury, and a week of
good weather will go far toward max
ing large part Of the territory safe.
There is a considerable area open
to injury by blight, should hot wind
result. North Dakota is comparatively
free from hot winds, and the crop in
South Dakota will in part be past dan
ger in week or ten days. The
prospective yield is SO large that mod
crate damage by either blight or rust
would still leave large crop.
The new crop year is opening
bright for business. If the crop ma
lures. the railroads will be unable to
move 1t with any promptness, and the
car shortage will be beyond their abil-
ity to control. The crop area is very
full. Wheat, oats and flax have in
creased in area materially, and barley
has decreased. Once the crop is sure,
business men may arrange at once1Or
ian enormous business. The demand
for money will be large until the farm
err can exchange his products for cur
rency, and once the exchange is made,
the banks will carry a large surplus
of cash.
Billion Bushel Mark.
The United States and Canada
give indication of crowding towards
the billion bushel mark for wheat pro-
duction this year, together with the
old stocks carried into this CROP 1t is
reasonably safe to count on 900 200, 900
bushels and upward. This is result
that has never been Appropriated in
the two countries. The United States
has never raised 70O.00O,OOO bushels.
The government credited the country
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-25
A Brave Woman.

A great crowd, excited equally by
surprise and admiration, surrounded a
young woman at Sixth avenue and
Twenty-third street yesterday after
noon. One heard such comments from
the shoppers as:
"She is heroine!"
How brave she isl"
"She dares to appear thus!"
There is no other woman like
hertz
Only one person. whose elbows were
as sharp as her chin, sounded a dis
cordant note. She cried acidulously:
Her arms are misshapen, perhaps"
Curious ones on the fringe of the
crowd, asked each other:
who is she? What has she done?
Why do they acclaim herr"
do you not see," exultantly shouted
a man who thrust himself out of the
crowd. "She is the only woman in
New York with nerve enough to wear
long sleeves" New York World.
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