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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-12-07
Fuel Monopoly.

Never before have wood and coal at
ta!ued - high price, at this early
stage Of u siege OF inclement weather
which renders them n necessity for
comfort "a well as for cooking pur-
poses.
The scarcity OF coal exists far east.
ward as the Missouri river, and so ex-
tensive and general has become the
shortage that almost every industry is
Frustrated, business retarded, while
discomfort and suffering prevail. A
dispatch Of the lst from Utah declares
that no coal dealer in tina. city would
guarantee delivery Of a single ton OF
coal at the home Of any consumer
Should prolonged season OF unfavor-
able weather for transportation ensue,
the consequences will be come indeed
alarming, where menace to life in in
accessible districts, all over the middle
and far wess, already exists.
The coal shortage seems 10 be die
largely to the monopolistic policy of
both the transcontinental railroad sys-
tems, which have obtained control Of
mines and are holding the output at
rates which have decimated the supply
held by the wholesale dealers at widely
separate points Of supply, and now
that flood and storm have limited
transportation, the situation, through
unanticipated conditions, becomes ser.
ious and apprehensive of greater dis
aster. The report Of the Interstate
Commerce Commission develops the
fact that the railroad companies have
succeeded in appropriating much o.
the coal land and retarded develop.
ment OF it to establish base for .
corner at any time they choose to es.
tablish it. but it really seems they
"built wiser than they knew" to serve
the purposes of monopolistic greed, for
they have established conditions that
they cannot possibly control if they
would. Whether unable, as they
claim, to furnish cars for transporta-
ton of coal. or it is due to calloused
feeling regarding the suffering from
objects of monopoly, the result is the
same and only providental aid may
avert disaster.
The local conditions regarding the
supply of wood, the usual form of fuel
for domestic use, although the forest
growth seems near and available, is
by no means satisfactory. Bark, the
best fuel for heating purposes, cannot
be obtained at any price; fir-wood in
blocks, sells readily at S. for short
cord, and the principal operator who
introduced Japanese labor some time
ago to supply it, has boarded his store
for . better price than FIVE dollars;
WILDWOOD" the refuse of the factory
machines, has advanced but slightly
but delivery is slow and much of il
difficult to burn when you get it, the
lodgings" cut from slabs, requiring a
liberal supply of extra dry to produce
combustion. The order must be given
from several days to several weeks 10
advance of delivery and coal orders are
generally received subject to the con.
dition of supply on hand and previous
orders.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-12-07

NOT A PRoBA BILE REMNANT OF CAPT.
COoK.-A Honolulu dispatch OF the
oath ult., states that . skull, believed
to be that OF Capt. Cook, the discoverer
of Hawaii. who was slain by the in
habitants in February, 1779, has been
found. II was while undertaking to
recover boat stolen by the natives
that the tragic scene was enacted that
ended the life of the worlds greatest
discoverer. The natives being friendly,
Capt. Cook devised the plan for Selling
the person of the king and holding
him till the boat was returned. He
succeeded 40 far as bringing him close
to the sea, when the chieftain's suspi-
cions were aroused and he refused to
embark. His wives therefore set up q
lamentation, and q shot from one of
the boats fred TO keep canoe from
leaving the bay, killed chief, where
upon the barbarians rushed upon Capt.
Cook and his nine men. Four OF
them and Capt. Cook were killed.
His body with the others were cut up
and probably devoured, only their
bones being recovered seven days later
and buried in tho sea. This is the &C.
count given of the conclusion OF the
tragedy in "Appleton's Cyclopedia of
American Biography" which would
seem to preclude any idea that the
skull lately found in cave could have
been identified, with any degree OF GER
tainty, as q portion OF the anatomy OF
the renowned navigator.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-12-07

HIGH PRICE OF LoGs.-The highest
price paid for stumpage on standing
timber, is in the region tributary to the
lower Columbia river and is paid by
those " logging off" the lands of NJ. E.
Bradley, of Baker City. Mich, who has
contract assuring him of Sc per
thousand for stumpage, which rate has
hitherto been from 50 to $3.50 per
thousand, and that regarded as the
top.price demanded OF loggers at the
stump. This advance proves conclus.
lively that yellow fir and spruce. at
available points along the lower Co.
lumbia are at premium. Mr.. Bradley's
land is in Clatsop county. "Logs are
bringing $13 a Thousand at the mill
docks in Portland" we'll known tim
Der land operator said, land of this
sum the logger in this instance gets
81. Both logger and land owner are
making good profits of the business"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-12-07
Love a Delusion Says DR.. Richard

And now another Chicago doctor
has rushed forward with the assertion
that love is delusion; meaning, Of
course, that kind of affection exist
ing between man and woman and that
it is not a safe or wise dependence
for conjugal union. He maintains
that if our people would lessen and
not indeed increase numbers of com.
ing generation from inhabiting mad.
houses, they should abolish indiscrim.
mate marriages, forget that hallucina.
ton called love, and choose their life
partners just as successful cattlemen
choose and mate their stock. 1t is DR..
Julius Grinker, Professor of Nervous
and Mental diseases, at the Chicago
Post Graduate Medical School, who
voices this warning of the great dan.
gers which may confront paternity in
the near future. He was addressing
the Chicago Medical Society on Gamer.
lean Nervousness its Cause and Cure"
Nervous conditions are often the re-.
suit Of heredity. Like begets like, and
like is assimulated by prolonged asso.
citation; 80 to ensured favorable condi-
tions the parents should on entering
the holy state of mstrimony be in
good health and perfect physical con.
dition. They should possess equable
tempers and genial dispositions. to
mould both mind and body into those
favorable conditions that develop per.
feet life.
1t may be one thing, however, to
suggest and another to direct young
folks, who are afflicted with the Mas.
ter Passion, to its pure and platonic
form. That form of love that Prof.
Grinker seems to confound with ami.
NAL instinct should not be called love,
nor can we concede for a moment that
it is a controlling motive in marriage
at all times, or indeed in very large
proportion of those who assume the
martial relation. That platonic love
of high and pure order does exist, is
shown by the friendship described by
the story of David and Jonathan, or OF
Damon and Pythias-not altogether
creatures OF the imsgination-ors sister.
ly, or brotherly love, something more
than friendship, discriminating age
or sex, or the highest example OF
earthly affection. Of the mother for her
child, or the child for the mother, an
affection that lie founded on something
more spiritual than reason or sense.
1t would be we'll, and should be a
primary duty, to teach, from early in.
fancy, association with the good and
the pure. TO promote habits OF decency
and cleanliness in all forms, mental
and physical, and to inculcate the idea
that anybody who departs from high
standard of moral rectitude should be
debarred from association with tho
pure and the good.
The kind OF love that the learned
doctor calls hallucination is, it 10 safe
to say, very seldom the con trolling in.
centive of marriage. There 10 too
much at stake in the lives OF both
parties to not consider the adapta.
bility of disposition az we'll as the capa.
bility for rearing and maintaining fam.
lilies. The doctrine is like most other
expressions OF opinion emanating from
college professors OF the "Windy City,"
more intended to create notariety than
nndying fame. Chicago lives in the
present and seems oblivious of the
future.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-12-07
A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Another Instance Of the Danger Of Allowing
Children to Handle Fire Arms.

Another Instance OF the Danger OF Allowing
Children to Handle Fire Arms.
On last Saturday morning, Lee Ken
drick and Frank Lang. aged respect
lively II and Is years, covertly secured
couple of shotguns and went on .
hunting expedition, along the railroad
track, west of town. They had pro.
ceeded, i. appears about q mile, when
another of those horrible accidents
happened, which 80 often cause a
thrill of horror 10 pulsate throughout
the whole community. 1t seems that
the impression is only transitory,
however, for guns are at hand and
boys are allowed to use them, without
parental or other restraint from the
teachings Of observation or experience.
Just how the accident occurred will
probably never be known. Both boys
were too much overcome to give .
clear account. 1t il thought, how
ever, the discharge of the gun, in the
hands, Of Frank was some time after
the trigger had been pulled, the gun
hanging fire" as it is called, during
which time the position of the weapon
was changed, or it may have been
that Lee stepped before it. The charge
Of shot struck the victim in the groin,
making q rugged wound an inch or
more in diameter. The hip.bone was
struck and q little of the pelvic bono
shot of. Amputation was deemed
necessary by the physician called. DR..
Redpath, and the leg was severed at
the hip:joint. The condition of the
patient, 80 far, has been favorable for
recovery.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-12-07
Insolent Japan.

According to reliable statistics, Jap.
anese immigrants are Aocking into
California at the rate of one thousand
per month, which il causing consider.
able concern to her statesmen. Presi.
dent Roosevelt comes forward with his
"big stick" and says that the San
Francisco educational board must not
discriminate against the Jap pu pills in
the matter of their attendance in the
public schools OF that city. The local
authorities have shown no little re-.
sentiment against this action. They
protest against the nations Chief Eek.
ecutive interfering in the local affairs
OF one of the States of the Union,
which are of no Federal concern what.
ever. just because the rules and regu.
lations OF the school board require
that about one hundred Japs, mostly
grown individuals, shall not be al
lowed to attend the schools with
young white children, but must At
tend the schools separately provided
for them by the city authorities,
whereupon the Japs grow insolent
and make use of threatening language
against our government.
A numerous and influential body Of
the citizens OF California contend that
this school question concerning the
education of few Japs is only . pre-.
tense to pick q quarrel, that the Japs
have an eye on our Philippine pos.
sessions, realizing the great distance
between this country and those islands.
In case of complications it will tend to
place US at great disadvantage. Our
colonial policy may afford . menace to
our well.being sooner than we antici.
pated. At any rate, We might act
before it is too late in discoussgiug Q
large influx of Asiatics in our midst.
II capitalists. in their blindness, con.
tinue TO employ these little brown
men, to the exclusion of white labor.
ers, in order to make greater prof.
its and dividends, they may be.
come more than Offset by reason of
the troubles we are laying in store for
a national Judgment day.
This is a precedent. breaking age
old rules and proceedings are disre-
garded to give place to doubtful ex-
pedients; but let it be hoped the time
has not yet arrived, when the Fed.
eral regime may ruthlessly assail the
most cherished institutions of sover.
eign States; for that which affects the
individual units injuriously, affects at
the same time the stability of the
whole fabric Of government.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-12-07

THE man who invented the barbed
wire fence died in Illinois, the other
day. Probably no inventor ever dis.
covered q public utility that has re.
suited in more lacerated hides of dumb
animals or more torn clothes or
loss OF temper of rational beings,
than he who strung sharp points on
invisible netting to vex and annoy the
unwary. He has made q million out
of royalties, however, if that is any
compensation for what he has done in
this life.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-12-07

WHAT'S the matter of the State ad-
ministration anyway? Every week
something seems to turn up to indi-
cate graft or corruption. The later
developments in Insane Aslyums, the
Penitentiary and Oil Inspection, are
in line with many evidences OF NAL
feasance that have preceded them.
Gov. Mead has occasionally, however,
acted with q decision, after discovery,
that has shown he has been at times
unfortunate in selecting his subordi-
mates.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-12-07

THE NEXT GENERATION MAY LIVE
TO A METHUsELAHAN AGENTS. H.
Kuchcinski, doctor who has estab.
lished . sanitarium at Haywards, CAL,
or in the bills adjacent thereto
claims that she can prolong human
life thousand years. or indefinitely,
for that matter, by the influence OF
color vibrations. The doctor, or doc.
toress, is the wife OF . Polish count
Gin exile, of course). She holds ma.
terra medica diploma, but has aban-
doned the old school of practice for
something she thinks is much better.
She holds that color vibration is crea.
tive power in action, and for illustra.
ton, these cases are cited: Two per.
sons are in depressed state of mind !;
one from debauchery and the other
the loss of loved one. To restore the
mental equipoise from the sensual,
the former should be placed under
lemon-colored rays, and to clear and
restore the other, the red room should
be used. Along with her color treat.
ment, the doctor recommends q vege.
table diet and goats milk. This mode
of treatment is, however, handicapped
by the length OF time it will require
even in moderate way, to demon.
strate it's entire efficiency. Her theory
seems to imply that the theory Of
electricity being the primary element
OF life is true, and that there are Vi
bratory currents whose utility 10 this
line are just becoming developed under
her system Of discovery.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-12-07
An Apneal for Aid

The amicable controversy regarding
Seattle bonds is now in the Supreme
Court, awaiting determination 10y that
high tribunal. The case was sub.
mitted upon an agreed statement, in
the shape OF issues of law, made up for
the occasion, wherein Seattle proposes
to make big draft on the State COM
mon school fund. AS the STANDARD
has intimated before, there is no mar.
ket for such bonds outside OF the school
fund, under the control of the politi-
clans, who have axes to grind. Many
prominent parties have remarked that
such sacred hereitage ought to be
more safely guarded, that no disburse-
ment of such funds for bond purchases
might be had, without sanction from
the Governor and the Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court, for that the time
may como when il will be discovered
this State will have large issues Of I'M
collectable paper on its hands; the
children will be deprived of educational
opportunities; or else the State will be
required to make heavy tax levies to
to meet the depletion. can ounce of
prevention is worth pound of cure"
Moreover, the courts should exercise
caution and foresight about made to
order" controversies. Generally speak.
ing, both sides desire to subserve the
same purpose, which in the matter
under consideration is the handing
over of school moneys to Seattle for its
paper. In after yeara, this city may
find its bonds were unlawfully issued;
that the facts were not presented to
the court in the first submission
therefore the precedent is not binding
when the matter comes up again under
q different presentation; but it goes
without saying that in the meantime
the children's money has taken unto
itself wings never to return.
IL will be we'll for our Supreme
Court in its early history, to discourage
these friendly issues; thus avoid rep
remanding this method thereafter
when the harm shall have been done.
Why not use these available friends to
assist struggling school districts which
have been compelled to m e over.
drafts upon their legal levies to meet
obligations? Again, by few changes in
law, this idle money might be nsed to
reduce tho State school tax during
the next few years; thus bringing need
ed relief TO our taxpayers. II we take
care of the present, the future will pro.
vide for itself. 1t is not good states.
manship to speculate on this sacred
heritage, or leave this matter in the
hands of politicians to deal with as
may suit their selfish ends.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-12-07

THR late election illustrates q max.
i'm often quoted by Judge McFadden,
in pioneer days, that it seems some.
times as if lie we'll stuck to was good
as the truth in partisan matters.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-12-07
OASToE
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Attorney Vance, OF this city, has
been retained to assist the prosecution
OF Chester Thompson, at Seattle, who
is on trial for murder of Judge Emory
several months ago.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-12-07
It's a Winner.

A hundred in your hand is worth two
hundred in some one else's pocket. Put
your savings where you can always lay
YOUR hands on them when needed. In
the meantime it is bearing interest and
growing bigger year by year. We offer
good terms also TO inyestOrs-every pos:
sible inducement to cultivate habits of
thrift and provide for the future.
We should be pleased to receive your
deposits.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-12-07

The death of q member of DR..
Wiley's poison squad" while under
the boracic acid test at the Agricultural
Departmental Washington, last week,
should be regarded a. conclusive evi
dence that the substance should q,
least not be used as q food preserva.
tive or sdulterant.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-12-07

THOMAS J. Miller has been re-.
elected Mayor Of Tumwater, if it does
sound like comic opera" to Mrs.
Leafgreen.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-12-07

THERE is some prospect of the new
city administration encountering a
dilemma soon as inaugursted, if some
of the stories Of promises made are
true.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-12-07

MONTANA wool was quoted at 254
cents in Philadelphia, on the Oath u!t.
This is the record sale for the wool sea.
son in Montana.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-12-07

IT is said that land lately sold on
Wabash avenue, Chicago, for $4,000
per inch.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-12-07

A sEvEN.YEAR.OLD boy had an oper.
alton performed in Chicago, last week,
for removal OF . worm from his eye,
that was slowly eating its way through
the ball. His home was ON farm
near Niles, Mich. He had been in the
habit OF eating radishes and other veg.
etables just as they came from the
ground, and it is supposed that the
bacilli from some root found it's way
into his eye. The operation at the
City Holy Clinic Hospital is said to
have been the first OF the kind ever per.
formed in the United States.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-12-07
Renewal Of Brooklyn Bridge.

The traffic OF Brooklyn bridge, across
East River, New York, has increased
so rapidly that it is now pronounced
unsafe. for possibility Of collapse from
the immense weight that passes hourly
aver it, and investigation has shown
that it will have to be practically re-.
built. It is estimated that the an
cborage for the immense cables of
wire, 16 inches in diameter, are safe
for three times the load they carry, but
the cables themselves are strained to
their utmost tension at times by the
immense traffic. Each OF the four
main cables carries 1926 parallel (not
twisted) wires, closed, wrapped, for
protection from the weather, in . cyl.
inder Of canvas. Each anchor.plate
weighs % tons. The length of the
bridge with its approaches, which tow.
er far above the skyscrapers ON the
water front, is . little more than
mile. The cost of the bridge was $l5,.
500, 900, and it WAS formally opened TO
the public May Oath, 1883, with i'm
posing civic and military ceremonies.
It had been over thirteen years in
building. Plans for permanent relief
involve. as intimated. rebuilding of the
main structure, but the bridge may be
rendered serviceable for several years
by the contemplated double decking,
whereby with longer trains and regu.
lation OF the time.schedule, the strain
may be kept at . minimum. This
form Of relief is, however, only tenn.
porary. The traffic of the thorough.
fare, though relieved by High Bridge
and several ferry lines, lie 90 great as
70 lead to occasional, disgraceful
scenes ct the terminals, during rush"
hours. What this amounts to at
times was shown on the day OF open.
ing Of the bridge, several deaths having
occurred from . jam on the center
span during the formal ceremonies,
that were unknown 10 most of the
throng until they read the details Of
the big celebration in the newspapers.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-12-07
Roosevelt's San Juan Fame.

Those who have wept over having
their confidence in humanity shaken
by statements of the Washington
cherry.tree and the William Tell ap.
ple-ehooting incidents being doubted,
or the authenticities OF Robinson
Crusoe's wonderful island.life disput.
ed-and even characterized as myths
if they have tears to spare over the
downfall of cherished memories, should
prepare to shed them now.
Brigadier General G. H. Noble, com.
mander at Fort Seward, Alaska, is the
iconoclast, whose little hammer OF
Truth, brushes the frequently worn
tablet of honor, accorded to Theodore
Roosevelt. that proclaims him to be
the hero of San Juan Hill. having led
the charge which resulted in victory 10
the American arms in that decisive
battle. Gen. Noble lately said: "Pres.
ident Roosevelt was not present at the
charge upon San Juan hill, and took
no part in that engagement. The San
Juan battle was entirely fight for the
infantry, and the mounted men did
not take any part in it," Gen. Noble
was then with the Sixteenth Infantry
and was its senior officer. He says
that Mr.. Roosevelt was not there,
never made charge up San Juan bill,
has never claimed that be was there,
and indeed never saw San Juan hill,
until possibly after the battle was
fought.
The general impression of the PEG.
pie, that it was in that battle our re.
doubtable President achieved undying
fame, should rest upon Truth, at least,
for stable foundation, but now that
it is disputed from such high source,
history will doubtless be made to con.
form to the cold facts. though il may
cause somebody's castle to crumble
into dust.