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Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1906-06-14
HAS NO PARALLEL.
FRISCO DISASTER UNEOUAIrD
IN MODERN TIMES.
Greater in Extent and Fatalities Than
That Which Overwhelmed Chi
cago in 1871-Some Com
parsons.

San Francisco's disaster will prob
ably prove to be without modern par
allel in history. Heretofore the great
Chicago fire has been generally re-
garded in that light, but a comparison
OF the facts available so far enc to
show this recent catastrophe as the
o awful visitation of recent times.
says the Washington Star.
When Chicago was burned in 1870
it had a population of about 300, 900.
San Francisco at this time must have
100000 people in its gates, not count
ing the thousands affected in other
towns near by. In the Chicago fire
10000 people were made homeless. In
the California city, if the estimates
are reliable, the number will reach
900, 600.
In addition to this. the location and
environment of the two cities were
such that Chicago's problem of what
to do with her homeless was simple
in comparison with that facing the
far western city. Chicago was almost
surrounded by open country to which
the people turned for refuge. San
Francisco is practically surrounded
| by water-the ocean on one side and
the bay on two other sides. Rail
| roads for the most part send their
passengers into the city by ferries.
and many Of the docks were long ago
made helpless by earthquake and fire
So, for the most part, the thousands
of people without shelter had to stay
in the confines between sea and bay
and were confronted with awful pos
sibilities. The fire rushing along un-
checked was pursuing them relentless
ly. Fortunately, San Francisco is g
city of hills, and on top Of some Of
these many refugees found shelter
The beach, too, offered a spot of com
parative safety.
In area covered by the disaster ant
in probable loss Of life and propert.
the San Francisco catastrophe is great
er than that of Chicago. The loss o
the latter was about $3.50, 900, 900, AM
considering that in San Francisco
larger and more costly buildings wer
ruined, the probable loss will excee'
even that enormous figure. So ia
any estimate of the loss would b
mere guess work. A half dozen hotel
and buildings alone would make u
several millions, and the wide swee
of the fire makes it altogether prob
able hat all records for financial los
will be broken. The loss of life dull
ing the Chicago fire was 200. That
Sa Francisco is estimated at from 80
to 1000.
: Truly it is a disaster without pal
t aIlel in modern history.
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Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1906-06-14
-rcTMo LUNGS OF CATTLE
.-rnent Begins Investigation of
tuberculosis Among Dairy
Cows.

u.uoLa KAMA test of the health
III Kansas cattle is to be made by
w. government bureau of animal in
snctrv and the state live stock com
u,isaioner. The specific purpose is to
Daoortain whether or not tuberculosis
visits among the animals. The tests
oro TO be kept secret as much as posi-
~ because of the excitement which
40 discovery of the existence of tuber-
o,losis among dairy COWS would
cause in the community.
1ohn B. Baker, state live stock com
missioner, has received from the bu-
roau of animal industry his first sup
n1v of "~tuberculin,' a government prep
sration. which will be used in the tests.
The government has also furnished
hanks on which the results of the
tests can be recorded. The only pub
lie test of dairy animals will be of the
Emporia COWS. The county physicians
convention there recently discussed the
nrobability of tuberculosis existing
among the cattle of the county and
Mr. Baker is furnishing the tuberculin
with which to make the tests. He says
he sees no need of secrecy in this case,
as the physicians have advertised the
fact that there are symptoms of the
disease among the COWS from which
Emporia's milk supply comes. Enough
of the government preparation to test
100 COWS was sent to Emporia and DR.
Richards will make the test.
eve have already made n test,
said Mr.. Baker, "but we're keeping the
fact secret. If | should name the COM
munity in which a test has been made
or is to be made it would excite thu
people and cause a great deal o
trouble. The tests will be conductet
by the county health officers. | an
now working to get into commun1ca
ton with them. They will be full
nished free with all the tuberculin the,
need to make the tests and we will
know in a few months whether tn
dairy COWS of the state are disease
or healthy. l have received some con
plants to the effect that there ar
symptoms of tuberculosis among tn
dairy COWS throughout the state an
the danger is too great to allow sue
a condition to exist when it costs not
ing to learn the truth"
In a letter received by Mr.. Bake
from E. B. Jones, chief of the burea
of animal industry, the latter says thu
the Kansas commissioner will be fu
nished with all the tuberculin he ca
use.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1906-06-14
Around the Earth.

The time required for a journey
round the earth by a man walking
day and night, without resting, would
be 428 days; an express train, Az
days; sound, at medium temperature.
32h hours; light. a little over one
tenth of a second, and electricity,
passing through a copper wire. q lit
tie under ons-tenth of q second
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1906-06-14
Marseilles Exposition.

A great colonial exposition Will be
onened in Marseilles this spring, and
continued throughout the summer.
r. will mark the first attempt to or
panize a comprehensive Manifestation
Of French colonial work is arous-
ing much interest.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1906-06-14
Reer Cures Cancer.
French

DR.. Doyen, the eminent rreno
scientist, in the course OF a paper rsed
before the medical congress at LisDoh;
announced the discovery of the fact ina
inoculation with the yeast Dacliius o.
Moor cures cases of cancer.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-06-22
Eih Cost Sixty Dollars.

Speaker Cannon is $50 richer by rea-
O of the forgetfulness of his son-in-
law, e. x. LIE Seuer, who, as the joke
is on him, has not the courage to ask
Uncle joe for a return of the money.
MI. LIE Seuer is a banker in Dan
vile, ILL.,, and makes his homo at the
Cannon residence. One day While the
speaker was away, either by accident
or design, he wore to his office a pair
Of "Uncle Joe's" trousers. That night
at his club a friend paid him $50, in
three $40 notes, which he carelessly
placed in one of the hip pockets of his
father-in-law's belongings and then
forgot all about h money.
Upon "Uncle Joe's" return, a few
days later, he donned the garment
which Mr.. LIE Seuer had been wearing,
and, reaching around into the pistol
pocket, discovered the three $40 notes,
He at once suspected what had hap
pened and at the breakfast table ac-
cused his son-in-law Of wearing his
rousers during his absence.
why. you're much mistaken, Mr..
Cannon" exclaimed Mr.. LIE Seuer. II
don't have to wear your clothes;
have several suits of my own"
"Oh, it's all right. Ernest" replied
the speaker. II simply found $50 in
the hip pocket of these trousers and
know 1 didn't put it there. But as you
say you haven't worn them, l suppose,
Of course, you didn't put it there, so
III just keep it,"
And he did.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-06-22
INTEREST TO WOMEN
BY JOHNSON.

T~hree-cornered shapes in bonnets for
elderly women. and small hats for girls,
are extremely popular this season.
Elaborate sunshades in Roman EN-.
broidery or pompadour silks are shown
in the shop windows.
The newest bracelet is a lattice work
Of narrow gold bars.
Tulle is probably more used for trim
ming hats Ibis season than n other
material.
Menu cards Of very fine china with
hand-painted decorations are m
thing entirely new.
The small white change purse IS an
appropriate gift for the girl graduate,
who always has occasion to need it with
her white suits.
In the graduation gowns the more
elaborate ones are Of null or chiffon,
while dotted swiss, organdie and Per.
sian lawn form the material for the
simpler ones.
In every conceivable shape and trimmeo
extensively with ribbons and flowers
They are not confined to the picture hat
as heretofore.
The custom of folding over one corne,
Of a calling card is unknown to mos,
people. 1t has two meanings, n heins
that the whole family is included II
the call, and the other that the caro-
was left by the lady herself and not b,
q servant.
A New York hairdresser has ad
vanced the theory that the arrange.
ment CT the hair should depend chiefly
upon the color. Black hair should b.
worn plain, she claims, while a blonde
head should have a fluffy careless APP
p%earance. Red hair never looks wei
when drawn back perfectly plain ant
smooth IF Ct,0t116 la -ayc1 nr ~.
loosely to give a softer efact to Til.
fn,a. 2
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-06-22

reservation. translate the words of the
exhorter and claim he is really calling
on the worshipers to become better
men n women.
Thus the solemn ceremony proceeds,
drinking all the while. by he time the
first Brew of mescal tea is finished
many OF the old Indians who drink the
over on the ground. The herb btg1ns
to affect them and they pull Z blanket
over their heads and lie face downward
to dream, to see, perhaps. some face ot
q friend of the messiah of their nation.
Describe Their God.
The orgy lasts until nearly every In
dian is lying face downward on the
ground with a blanket pulled over the
head. Only now and then Is a buck
maddened by h drinking. There is
generally no rioting, no fighting. just
peace in the sleep of death.
These Indians have a conception OF
the face they expect to see after taking
the tea. Nearly every Indian has the
same description. and it has probably
been given them by q leader-or a
trader. The Jesus" they expect to see
is described as tall of stature with
white skin. long lark hair, carrying a
club in n hand and a shield in the
other. His head is surmounted by a
crest of red feathers with a wreath of
green plums. His belt is Of snake skins
and he wears a strip of black skin
about his shoulders, on which spanglea
glitter in the light of his radiance.
1t is such a superstition, about which
there is something both fascinating and
pathetic, that appeals to the CONNER
| cialism of the traders and they secure
the mescal buds for the Wi%nnebagoes,
which are eating the life blood from the
tribe and destroying the Indians who
own 100,0 00 acres of the finest n most
fertile lands on which the sun has ever
shone.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-06-22
VIVIAN CLAIRE HOWELL

How eckless of me. Imagine eat
hg fifteen cents worth when my entire
.apital is reduced to that identical and
arincely sum-"
This was the unspoken thought Of
Alice Worthington. as she surveyed dis
nally the remains-merely the dishes.
e the truth must be told-of her recent
y eaten meal. There were but a few
seople left in the little r~estaurant-it
vas not the busy hour-and the soiled
.ables and general disarray OF the
lingy restaurant looked less inviting
han usual.
Her thoughts ran over last year. her
arst in America-the misery and hope
Town on her hand made her look anx-
ously around to see IL anyone had
Noticed her weakness. She set her
.eeth and murmured. Come, come,
lone of that, at least, I have my pride
eft, though goodness knows how long
hat will last under the stress OF cir
MISUNDERSTANDING even hunger"
She walked up to the desk and slipped
ler fingers into the pocket of her little
acket only to discover with a thrill Of
lorror that the money la slipped
through an undiscovered hole and there
vas nothing left to pay for her break
asst.
The woman at the desk looked up Inn
patiently at the delay and seemed about
% max a sharp remark. but something
n the girls face must have deferred
Ter. and she watched the fruitless eff
.orts with a real hope that the girl
night nave put her money in another
rocket and forgotten it.
Some one else was watching, too. A
all, athletic fellow came forward from
quiet corner of the room and said:
May I be of any assistance? I am
lfraid you have lost your pocketbook."
Alice looked up at him with instant
mspicion-it was just the sort of thing
hat was bound to happen-and said
.oldly:
"Thank you, it is nothing of import
lnce," then as she bowed and moved
way without further remark. she look
I'd at him again. swallowed her pride
md said:
II am afraid 1 am very %ungrateful,
you are right. I have lost, not my
pocketbook, for I do no possess one.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-06-22

struggle. I've wanted those kisses too
long, not to take them, and plenty Of
them. now that l have o in my
arms"
Alice clenched her hand and struck
him 1iercely across the mouth. Damn
you you little viXen. What are you
that you hould be so particular. Good
win got you on the streets"--
She had broken from him and was
leaning white and trembling against
the wall. when the IGOR opened and
Goodwin strobe into the room with a
hearty:
Morning. Morton-why, what's the
matter-Alice-Miss Worthington-are
The girl few to him like a frightened
bird. He put his arm around her gently.
protecttngly.
There. there. little girl, it's all right.
My God, Morton. you shall answer to,
me for this
SITS the wind in hat quarter,-
sneered Morton. IT might have known
1t. That is why she was SO damned,
Not another word, you hound. : LIDO
love Miss Worthington. though I have
never before told her so, n we are
to be married If she will have 1t So"
Alice had her crimson ace on his
shoulder and he went on. A for you.
hear Of this. and you shall be kicked
out OF the club n branded all over
the town for the cad you are"
AS he and Alice went down the stairs
together. she looked up at him shyly
and said:
You seem to be always near mo
when I need you"
The light Of Il great love was in the
mans eyes as he answered:
If you love me darling, I will stand
between you and all heartache TIL
death parts u.s."
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-06-22
1903 az
W.R
GREAT bRI1AIA NGHys RescR0cN;

explained things In a few tactful worda
but Morton was so delighted with "ths
very head that I've been looking for
that explanations mattered little.
Morning after morning Alice sat TO!
q couple Of hours in the studio and
gradually the rest Of h club began
to take an interest In 'Laurie's pro.
tege," as they called her, among them
selves. Goodwin had been right In call.
Ing them a awfully decent set" but
Morton had not been among them very
long. and consequently they had not
discovered a very decided streak OF
yellow in his composition. Poor Alice
was not long in finding 1t. At first
while the interest IN his picture was IL
Its pristine freshness, he treated heb
with a sort of Indifferent brusqueris
| which h found much more tolerabls
than the mood which followed. AS the
picture drew near completion, Morton
ceased to look upon Alice as merely .
desirable head and discovered that h
was a pretty and charming young
step was light with youth and health.
and whose ways were most attractive
He began a crusade of pretty speeches.
which the girl quietly but determinedly
ignored. Her Indifference angered him..
piqued his pride, and he piled her with
during her sittings. AS he supplied
her with more work than any other
member of the club she felt that she
must bear as much IS possible-she
knew what hunger meant.
One day as she was posing for Nor
ton a streak Of golden sunshine fell
aslant her red-brown hail and brought
out all the wonderful tints of her clear
childlike skin-made her a glorified
woman Morton looked at her a mo-
ment in silence-her beauty had ap-
pealed to him strongly of late. But to-
day there was a sort Of saintliness
about her, and to a certain class OF
men a suggestion of heaven-born pur-
ity in a woman wakes but one desire
a wish to stain her whiteness. He came
over to her chair on a p%retense of turn
ing her head slightly to better the pose,
but in a second a drawn her to her
feet and pressed two burning kisses
upon her lips.
She tried to free herself, begged hipo
to let her go, but he laughed:
why sweetness, why should YOU
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-06-22
Locating Men in snowsIidc.
From the Seattle Post-1nteligenccr.

From the Seattle Post-Intel,igenccr.
Eli Smith is credited with having
saved the lives of twenty-five men
at Sheep Camp in the spring Of
1898 at the time of the great snow
slide on the Dyea trail. 1t will
be recalled that sixty-three men
were killed by the slide. most of them
suffocating before rescuers could reach
them. Smith was on the trail several
miles below the slide. He came ur
three-quarters of an hour after the
tragedy and found the survivors fran
tically trying to dig the victims out.
"Give me that stick" said Smith to a
man who had a flat lathlike piece Of
wood in his hand.
The stick was turned over to Smith,
who Immediately Whitfield the end So
that he could insert it in his mouth and
grasp it firmly with his teeth. Then he
thrust the stick In the snow and held
the end in his mouth, apparently listen
ing. He repeated the operation at sew.
eral points in the slide. Finally he
shouted:
Come! Dig here, quick"
At a depth of nine feet the rescuer.
took out three men, unconscious, but
alive. Those three men recovered and
were all right by morning.
In the same name Smith pointed
out other places, which resulted in the
locating of many bodies and the un.
covering in all of twenty-five men
whose lives We're saved.
Where did you learn that tricky"
Smith was asked the other day.
~ learned that in Idaho, at Wood
River" said he. The Indians know
that trick. l guess . wire would be
better than a stick. but they don't keep
wire in stock out in the wilds, so In
dams always use a stick. You see if
a Teller is alive you can sort of hear
him breathe, or L guess it's more like
feeling him breathe. If he is kicking or
moving around o a hear him plain.
You just put the stick down into the
snow two or three feet and you can
hear a Teller breathing, even If he's
twenty feet further down."
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-06-22
Easily Fixed.

In his youth he had been a sailor; bu
finding that respectability did not pay, he
had become a sub-editor. OF course, he
had been tattooed in that far-ofr time, and
the superscr.ption: True till Death ts.
Amy" surmounted by a laurel wreath
glared in all the lovsliness Of red and blue
ink en- his big right arm. That was all
right until-well, until he wanted it al
tered.
"'Fratd there's nothing to be done" SAFE
the tattooer who had pcrpetrated the in.
scription- "Once you're tattooed you're
tattcoed. you know. 1t can't be altered.
'Can't-eh?" said the erstwhile tar
HIN, that awkward! Never mind; get
to work in another line. Make Ii read for
Amy read Gwendolinei'"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-06-22

few took it. but Others tried it. White
traders tried it. They said it was good.
They tried TO get in society, but the
Mescal society won't have white men.
They give lots of meseal to the ome
The women take much of it and give it
to children."
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-06-22
DoU little VIXEN! H APE YOU THA
YOU q BE SO PARTICULARan

but all the money I havc-with me, 1
mean-would you-could you'-
! Certainly. 1 am an awfully careless
beggar with my w things-always
.osing them; will you give me the check
please? Thanks" and he handed the
mount to the cashier, who had been
Watching the affair with amused eyes.
AS they walked into the street to-
gether the man said h~esitatingly: Can
| do anything further for you-perhaps
sou will allow me-your. car fare?"
Her lip trembled suspiciously a mo-
nent and then she said:
"Oh. it's no use trying to be proud
my longer. l don't know anything
about you. except that you have a
saod face and % have been kind to
ale. l don't need cal fare. for I have
nowhere to go. l must find work.
must. oh. l wonder If you know of
anything-anything l "a do, Of course.
That Is the worst of it-there are so
few things 1 can do"
He looked at the delicate. refined face
raised so a%nxiously to his, and said
quietly:
is 1T so a as that? Poor child!
Let me think. BY Jove! I do know Of
something-if you would care to try it.
I am an artist-oh, not of any impor-
lance, you knew, just the struggling
newspaper variety-but / am a member
VI IllC NldillollGh CIQD, anu llc lcllOWS
IAN awfully decent set, by the way,
have the worst kind of a time getting
the proper sort of heads to draw from.
You won't mind my saying h yours
Is simply ideal? JUS the type exactly
that Morton has been rushing about
like a roaring lion looking for. The pay
isn't much, you know; but Their it's
better than nothing, and it is pleasant
work. What do you say-shall we look
him up?"
A model-what would they say at
home? But then this was not home.
II cannot afford to be fastidious, and
1t like a veritable godsend to
me just now. There is just one thing
I'm going to ask of you it is that you
will not tell your friend how we met.
Merely say that you have found him
, the head he has been searching for
he might think it odd, you know-will
yoa?"
'Of course, anything you desire; but
! you forgot h a 1 Go tot know your
name."
Alice Worthington; and yours?"
Lawrence Goodwin. And now that
we have been properly introduced by
the persons who know most about us
-ourselves--we will hunt up Morton"
At the pretty studio where Arthur
Morton Irodcced what he disrespect-
fully deiisAat~G "lot-5c.iers." Goodwin
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-06-22
:Tect Of the Potion

linen the drug tillgles in every sep
aFate ntrve ike the l:nsst of wine. y
I~ai.5nts,s Sos ii, beginning ~ lie
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-12-05
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE TO CONGRESS-
Makes Many Important and Specific Recommendations
ASKS Fair Treatment for japanese.

Their Exclusion From San Francisco Shoots Severe
ly Condemned-Urgen Need for Currency Reform
-Favors Federal Control of Divorce Also Law
Modifying the Use Of Injunction in Labor Cases,
One Limiting Hours of Labor of Railroad Men, a
Graduated Income and Inheritance Tax and Ship
Subsidy Bill,