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Williams news., 1906-05-05
SEEING THE YOSEMITE E. L. KoIb Compares It With the
 Grand Canyon

The NEWS this week received the following letter from E. L. Kolb, of the firm of Kolb Bros, photogra- phers. at the Grand Canyon, who is now enjoying vacation in Cali fornia:
 Yosemite Valley, Cal, April 26. Have almost forgotten my prom ise to write you a short letter. l arrived in the valley April 13, and though it is very small compared with the Grand Canyon, am just beginning to learn how large it is. From the floor of the valley to the top of the highest peaks corresponds with the Canyon to the plauteau from the rim. It differs, however, in being covered with trees of innu merable varieties, so thick you can hardly see through them except where they have been cut. The old timers say that nearly the whole valley was a meadow twenty years ago. At this time of the year there is water everywhere, and sometimes too much of it. The snow was melt ing rapidly and the falls were near ly full until Monday, when we had a snow storm. which caused most of the streams to diminish. There are eight large falls running most of the year, those in the Merced river running continually. In addition to these, in the spring, there are good sized streams running over the walls in several places and dropping half a mile.
 None of the trails are opened up yet to the top. In some places in the snow slides the snow is thirty feet deep. Where this occurs on the trail they tunnel through it. The snow is about six feet deep on top. It is quite solid and one can travel over it quite we'll except an occa- sional drop through it, when you go in up to the neck. had the honor, if such it can be called, in being the first of the season to reach Yosemite point. It was hard work and l managed to get carried into a deep pool in trying to cross the stream. It was a little cool at first, but I managed to get warmed up by climbing the hill on the oppo- site side when I got out. After get ting my view l found the bridge which I had missed on the way up and had no difficulty in getting back, which I did without much delay.
 The state of California has charge of the valley, but they have recent ly offered it to the government and expect them to take charge in a short time: There is guardian" :" so called, whose word is law. He has full control over everything and everybody in the place.
 Business was very brisk until the earthquake in San Francisco, since which time there has hardly been anybody here. The business men feel quite blue, as they think the whole season is spoiled. The earth quake was quite violent here, but no damage was done beyond roll ing a few rocks
 The valley is reached by staging 72 miles over a very crooked but good mountain road. They make the trip in a day and a half at pres ent, and later in the season the stage coach goes through in one day
 There is railroad being built at present from Merced that will come to the edge of the park about six teen miles distant. They expect to have this finished by next spring.
 l expect to be back in Arizona soon, as have had about enough of sight seeing for the present.
Williams news., 1906-05-05
Catholic Church

Beginning with this year services will be held in the Catholic church of Williams on the second and fourth Sundays of the month at 10 am. and 7:3O pm.
 CYP. VABRE, Pastor.
Williams news., 1906-05-05
Steam Baths

Have fitted my steam baths at pump house and am ready for busi- ness. Anyone wishing to use them see F. R. NELLIs.
Williams news., 1906-05-05
Pasture For Rent

One half mile from town; plenty of water and feed. See John Sel- mon, at Salzman's store.
Williams news., 1906-05-05
LIST OF ORDINANCES Of the Town of Williams Since
 Its Incorporation

ploy. No. 2-Fire limits, enclosing all that portion of the town between Taber avenue and Fourth street, and between Railroad and Grant avenues, being four blocks in length by two in width. No 3-Town officers, duties, and salaries. No. 4-Town ordinances, enacting. No. 5-Street taxes. No. 6-Misdemeanors-
 Ilnpersonating officer.
 Exposure of person.
 Cruelty to children.
 Disorderly conduct.
 Disorderly or noisy house.
 Exhibiting gun, etc.
 Discharging firearms.
 Using obscene language, etc. Disturbing place of business. Aiding escape.
 Riot, street fight, etc.
 Refusing to assist marshal.
 Ol lCtusC.
 Malicious injury to property. Obstructing street, alley or side
 walk.
 Establishing slaughter house. Nuisances.
 Excavations, placing Instructions
 without light.
 Construction of building--occu
 pancy of over half of street. Destroying public notices.
 Fast riding or driving.
 Street walker, etc., plying trade. Vagrants.
 Penalty for misdemeanor.
 Form of action.
 Costs, and application.
 Fines to be paid to town treasurer. Town attorney to receive $5 for
 prosecution. No. 7-Licenses. No. S-Dog tax. No. 9-Datum plane ting point from which all grades shall be established. No. 10-Grades, streets and side walks. No. 11-Bawdy houses. No. 12-Minors. No. 13-Sidewalks, width and ma terial. No. 14-Town engineer. No. 15-Health department. No. 16-Obstructing sidewalks, by posts, awnings, goods, etc. No. 17-Amending parts of No. ', licenses. No. 1S-Explosives, regulating the storage of. No. 19-Saloons, regulating loca. tion of. No. .20-Obstructing street crossings. No. 21-Amending No. 8, clerks salary. No. 22-Amending No. 8, marshal's salary. Hold no other office. No. 23-Estab blishing north Second street. No. 24-Amending No. 7. license photograph gallery. No. 25-Bawdy houses, houses of prostitution, etc., town limits. No. 26-Street tax, manner of en- forcement. Mo-. .27-Sidewalks, liens thereon. No. 28-Saloons, conduct of females in same. No 29-Prostitutes, compelling med ical examination. No. 30-Fires. requiring the use of screens on smokestacks, etc. No. 31-Amending No. 24. licens- ing photograph galleries No. 32-Runners for cars, etc.. pro- hibiting same. No. 33-Property tax, levying same, and defining duties of clerk. No. 34-Dog tax, reducing same. No. 35-Preventing live stock run ming at large. No. 36-Prohibiting live stock run ming at large and impounding. No. 37-Repealing Nos. 35 and 36. No. 3S-Amending No. 21, clerks salary.
The Washington times., 1906-03-11

against the time when their hegira
from his princely establishment
must be made. As u result OF this
forethought many Of the Divorces
are able to set up modest establish
ments of their own, where they live
in comfort if not in their pristine
luxury. Many of the women who
have not taken these precautionary
measures devote themselves tO the
rug making industry, while still 9TH
ers become women of the type of
the Greek hetairO, and are diStin-
guished from the more serious
minded female population Of Fez by
wearing a large tiara of rather
gaudy design. Many Of these di-
vorced women are declared by trav-
elers in Morocco TO be the most
beautiful types Of feminine lowell
ness they have ever seen.
The ease with when the Moorish
law enables the inhabitant of Fez
TO take unto himself wives and then
divorce them has not lessened in any
degree his love for a household and
for an establishment or his own.
In order to secure the necessary
funds TO maintain such homes he
braves not only the dangers OF the
deserts. the torrid heat OF the At
rican sun, the sand storms, and other
difficulties. bat he frequently engages
in the smuggling traffic, a business
fraught with grave dangers. and aI-
most certain death If caught.
The Washington times., 1906-03-11
Kaz-z.~~-~sz.. H1E1SE DNShLkETL1~-
yEEDY1M z2oN q.

while away pleasant hours only
few short months before?
Did not the law forbid the remar-
riage of these women who are di-
voreed by their husbands after they
have been members of his household
for only a short season, the hyphena-
tion of names by Moorish Beauties
would be even more perpleAing than
is the case il this country among
those who periodically visit Dakota,
Nebraska, and other Western States.
The women Of Fez are prohibited
from acquiring hyphenated names
under penalty Of serVitude and
degradation. The question naturally
arises as to what becomes Of these
Moroccan women who are almost in
variably divorced In the very prime
OF their wemanhood, and at a time
when their alluring beauty is at it's
height The majority of these de-
posed household queens have not
been blind to the inevitable fate that
awaits them, and they have had no
compunction in applying the Ameri-
can principles OF graft while they
were inmates OF their lords house
hold While he is in the hey-day OF
his prosperity they are quietly lay
ing up a store Of earthly goods
The Washington times., 1906-03-11

into the sanetum Of this bon vfvant.
She must be gnne in order that there
shall be more food and raiment left
for those who have continued to
please their lcfd. In short time
the exigehcies of the household de-
nland another divorce, and this time
1t happens that tbs dancing of SUCH
ahd-such dark-eyed beauty has
grown too methodieal. There is not
sufficient vivacity and reeklessness
In her rhythmic steps. She, too, must
GO.
Gradually one by one the harem
fades away. This one because she
did not apply the henna TO her nails
as regularly as one might wish.
Another did not darken her brows
with antimony sufficiently. Another
did not make her olive cheeks glow
with the rouge that is used in Fee
with such profusion. Still another
did not paint the white band around
her neck as carefully as her lord
thought desirable, By this gradual
wedding out process the establish
ment has been maintained for
much longer time than would have
been possible had the whole galaxy
of entieing women been kept as
wives. There has been a survival of
the fittest, the eye rather than the
heart of the Moor being the judge as
TO the fitness of the members of his
household. Now the last shekels
have been spent. The wife who re-
mains realizes that it is her time
The Washington times., 1906-03-11

home? Is he planting 70 build cozy
cottage among the palm trees and
lemon groves of the capital city, and
is he trying to establish large bal
ance IN the bank of the empire in
order that MS family may not feel
the pang Of hunger when he shall be
gathered TO his fathers In the king
dom of Allah? Not at all. This Moor
has 40 family, he has no wife, he has
no domestic ties OF any sort what
soever. No Moor has for any length
Of time II is the law and custom OF
the land. This shrcwd-eyed schemer,
this avarieious bsrteror with his
white mantle and vari-calored tur-
ban, is amassing 4 fortune so that he
may return to Fec, marry him some
dozen wives and then reposc in idle
ness until 4 depleted purse tells him
that he must again 90 forth and
pluck the shskels from travellers and
merchantmen who frequent his
country. This latter decision is not
reached hurriedly, nor have his re-
sources been impaired without his
knowledge Of the fact. when Sir
Moor returned to Fez and opened an
establishment amid picturesque sur
roundlngs he knew that the time
would come when he should be
again upon the trail between the
capital and the seashore. leading a
caravan and driving shrewd bar
gains with the men on the coast,
But this fact was neither dis
heartening nor unusual. when he
had amassed . sufficient sum To run
a household, for, say, q year, or even
six months. be set out for Fec.
There he took in marriage as many
Moorish beauties as MS amorous
nature desired and his purse per-
mitted. His domestic arrange
ments are most inviting. In the
heart Of New Fez he rents a beau
iiful garden Of about an acre in
area. This garden is walled in,
shutting out the gaze of the curious
Within there is a comfortable house
of two or three stories, having a
pRrapeted terrace, where his wives
will congregste every evening and
enjoy the last rays OF the setting
sun, while from the garden below
there will be waited the cool and
peTfuued bTeeZes from the palm and
date trees, the olives and the aloes.
At noon the members of his harem
will gather around a beautiful tiled
fountain situated in the midst Of
his garden, and here they will carry
On their girlIsh pTanks and will
TOmp and laugh just as young wo-
men in any other cline. All this
time Sir Moor will be reclining,
smoking a Turkish pipe, watching
the fawnlike grace with which his
loved ones race beneath the over
spreading bows, while one, more
laDguid than the rest, will lie at his
feet caroling some Moorish air redo
1cnt with memories OF the glorious
days of old Granada and the ancient
Alhambra. He realizes, as did the
The Washington times., 1906-03-11
Dfoorces Least Beautiful wife.

C'NOI OCo ACuoL DcuuLI(uf HUGr
There are numerous servants to
attend the wants OF the master aud
his lady loves. There are negro hand
maidens who have been purchased
in the open Slave market of the city.
where any number may he secured
at prices varying from $50 to $3.50.
Sometimes these maidservants are
treated with the greatest eonsidera-
tion, and on rare occasions are made
members of the household. Sir Moor
lives like lord while his money lasts.
He has all the delicae.es that the
capital can furnish. He serves Law
ish banquets at which the chipt
dishes are huge pyramids of chick
ems, ducks. roasted pigeons, ahg
other fowls. which he eats with his
fingers, disdaining the use of such
modern contrivances as forks and
knives. He also eats a quantity of
does he drink wine or water. In
fact, he is the most temperate of
high Hvers. being a Mohammedan
he is an eligible candidate for the
most exacting abstinence union. At
the end of his meal he deigns to
take a tiny cup of black Turkish
coffee.
But all these luxuries are expen-
aive, especially in Morocco. Gradual
ly his supply of shekels shows a de-
cided diminution, Not at all discon-
certed by this faej, Sir Moor merely
divorces the least beautiful member
of his harem.I Perhaps the supple
form of this Oriental beauty has
grown slightly fIail since her advent
The Washington times., 1906-03-11

plau OF placing Dhle
limit upon the martial ties, but long
before any such idea s.as intro
duced to Europeans ana Americans
q custom had prevailed in Northern
Africa which, from the utilitarian
standpoint, put the most advanced
modern ideas in the shade.
To say that men and women
should be released from a marriage
compact after a certain length Of
time is a proposition which offers
wide range for discussion and heated
controversy. but the Moor of the
city of Fec has been forced to deal
with conditions which have resulted
in a dissolution Of the marriage VOWS
at even more frequent intervals than
the most advanced exponents OF
periodical divorces would sanction.
And vet there is much wisdom In
the policy adopted by the swarthy
inhabitant Of Morocco who annuls
the family ties when there is 40
longer any gold IN his purse where
with to maintain his establishment.
II must be admitted that 1t is more
or less of 2 hardship en- the head OF
the house TO live in a country IN
which custom prohibits his vile from
supporting him The darker skinned
cousin of the Moor who inhabits the
reeions OF Africa TO the south ct
Morocco and who has found his way
into this country sn the past 800
years. would look upon the introduc-
tion OF such a custom in America as
entirely too revolutionary and as an
effort to deprive him of his inalieh-
able right of being supported by his
dusky bette, half.
This is not the time or the place,
however, tC enter into a discussion
of the merits and demerits Of the
custom which obtains IN Fez with
regard 70 domestic relations. What
ever the cause OF the justification
may be, the TACT remains that 80 per
cent Of the women who inhabit this
capital OF Morocco are divorces. 4
recent census shows that of the 49,
900 women In Fec there ara only
4,S00 who are not divorced.
The Washington times., 1906-03-11
Can { Marra Safe Woman Tuioe,

He will not take the same dam
sells as his wives a second time; not
a single one of them. Sir Moor's
affections are so proverbiaIly tickle
that custom has at length decreed
that no divoreee shall ever again be-
come wife, either Of her former
husband or any other man Thus
our gay Lothario cannot be hamper
ed by any scruples of conscience or
feeling of gratitude toward the wo-
men who had made his life SO pleas
ant when ne was blessed with riches
on prior occasion. If this custom
did not obtain It might be embarras-
sing for some few Of the Moors who
by mere chance should happen to
be afflicted with a conscience, for
how could they refuse TO take into
their new establishment some OF
those charming creatures who had
been most successful IN helping to
The Washington times., 1906-03-11
Motrfmony Fieeting insti'ttut

M0LFImOhy FleetWV WSt!tHtfCH,
While all the world is on the qui
vive for the Developments of the
Algeciras conference which was
called some weeks ago, and while
England, Germany, and France are
pickering over the commercial aa-
Vantages which each has secured,
the Moor continues 10 reap a harvest
from the barter which he transacts
with these Jealous European pow
ers. What is 1t that sharpcns this
picturesque traders wits, and makes
him tradesman worthy Of tho cum
ming of Western merchantmen? Is he
Tapacious? Is he striving to win a
livelihood for q wife and babes at
The Washington times., 1906-03-11

to follow the course that has been
previously travelled by her associates
OF the harem. Sir Moor. toe, knows
that he must give up the pleasures
or domestic bliss. According to the
custom OF the land ne gives TO his
remaining wife all the furniture of
his establishment, and with a sigh
OF longing he leaves for the coast,
where he will reeoup his fortunes
and return IN a year or two to the
city of desires, and establish another
household.
The Washington times., 1906-03-11

GORGE MEREDITH and
o [ b c p unconventional
thinkers uf the civilized
world have fO5tered the
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-01-26

BY future generations Oct 80, 1905,
VIII be bracketed with June Is, 1915
and July 4, 1776, for it will be re-
garded as the date of the Russian
Magma Charta, the Russian Declara-
ton of Independence. Before that
day the general discomfort, fomented
by the Radicals and the Moderate Lib
erals, had manifested itself In many
minor outbreaks, and had finally cul-
minated In very widespread strike
Railroads were tied up, factories shut
down, the telegraph was silent and the
newspapers ceased to appear. Although
there was serious riOting at many
points the violence was less than
might have been expected. On the
whole the Russian people seem merely
to have sat down, folded their hands,
and waited until the substantial con-
cessions they asked for were granted.
What violence and intimidation had
rallied to accomplish, this passive re-
sistance succeeded in bringing about.
The Car, after long conference with
Count Witte, signed a rescript which
ends the rule Of autocracy and estab-
fishes In Russia a constitutional and
representative form of government.
The very word Gar has forever lost
its meaning. 1t is too early vet to
predict how the new form Of govern
ment will work itself OUT but 1t is
enough to know that the imperial re-
script grants the inviolability Of the
person, and freedom Of conscience. of
speech, of union and Of association
the things which all free people have
come to regard as the foundations of
liberty; and the coming Douma, or ma
tional assembly, from being merely an
advisory body, is made supreme. These
are great changes for Russia, in which
no nation will rejoice more heartily
or more sincerely than the people of
the United States. God speed and
God guard your will be the greeting
Of the world to this great nation thus
suddenly set free.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-01-26

Dig is a short and forceful word
that has been used with good effect in
the Panama debates, but that has led
of late to not little misplaced satire.
Sticklers for exact definitions who
have sneered at the canal project from
the first are intent now on holding
that the command to dig called for the
immediate employment of shovels in
the work of excavation. The simple
and obvious method was to line up the
shovels along the route and set them
going, after which we might take up
the inferior questions of means, sup
plies and preparations. The govern
ment, however, has begun with the
preparations, according to Secretary
Taft Pools are being drained, swamps
relieved Of water, and in every way the
stagnant water surfaces and the prop
agating ground for the deadly mos
quito are being reduced. This is an
absolutely necessary sanitary precau-
don. All but nine miles OF the Pan
anna railroad have been equipped with
heavy rails. This is an indispensable
preliminary to gigantic task of trans
portation. Employment has been CIV
en- to 1900 persons. This is at least
presumptive evidence that something
Is doing. Twenty-Five modern steam
shovels are now on the ground, and
sixty more have been ordered. Ap-
parently the shovels have not been for
gotten, even though they have not an
dcipated all the needs Of the work and
the workman. Possibly there may
have been mistakes that justify criti-
cism. 1t would certainly be very sur
prising If in an enterprise of such
magnitude there were no faults to cor
rect. But If We consider the subject
In the proper spirit it Is clear that all
the things that have been done are
just the response that should have
been expected to the command to dig
II that were obeyed in good faith.
what was wanted was action. and
prudent preparation is action of the
best kind.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-01-26

1t is worthy of note that all financial
institutions of any responsibility re-
gard good character as the best basis
for successful business operations. 1t
Is the fundamental basis of present
business methods and Of all CONNER.
cial intercourse. Integrity and conf.
dence are necessary to modern dealing
In fact, 1t is by integrity and conf
dence that the great volume of daily
transactions is carried on. Paper is
accepted whose value depends wholly
on the integrity Of It's maker. A sys
tenn of checks enables business mer
and banks to pay vast amount Of OBJ
legations every day with a correspond
ingly small use of actual money. AL
of these transactions are based on in
tegrity and confidence.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-01-26
The Operatic "Starv

1t Is the star system that kills Or
cripples the smaller undertakings that
might lead to the establishment of Der
manent operas in every part of the
country, the money that should be re-
served for these smaller underta kings
each year being eaten up by two or
three stars. Every one suffers. Nine
ty-nine impresarios in hundred 20
bankrupt; consequently they are grow.
ing more and more afraid of specu.
lating in stars, and it may be hoped
that some day the stars will no longer
be able to do their starring-at least
not at another mans risk-and even
the public that likes to hear stars will
have no opportunity.-Saturday Re-
view.