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The Washington times., 1906-02-04
BUILDING PERMITS
TOOK A BIG JUMP
January'S Record Exceeded
Last Years First Month.
SHOWS REAL PROSPERITY
p.-.. Z d Hi.
Report of Building Inspector Ashford
Aecords With Activity Along Other
Lines OF Improvement.


Tie report submitted yesterday by In
spector Of Buildings Snowden Ashford to
Commissioners BiddIe shows that during
the, month Of January of this year per-
mitso were issued by him TO the amount
of S72i,3S6 OF this total, SsI2, ,595 relates
10 buildings to be constructed and siil,-
7sl TO repairs.
Net Gain of saa7,ssI.
In January, 1895 the total value Of inn
rroverneHts for which permits We're is
sued amounted 10 $3.50 $50. thus showing
net gain in the same period this year
of scr. .S9l.
Mr.. Ashford's report < brief and does
not undertake an expiAGatior of the re-
narkablo growth Of bqsiuess Real es-
tate men and builders. however. unite in
the opinion that it Is but another evil
donce of the real and permanent pros
perity which is upon the Capital.
Figures in Detail.
The report of the building inspector
shows the number and character of
buildings for which permits we're issued
as follows:
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"a Trip to Rockaway.n

Another device will he known as a
"Trip 60 Rocaa way" In this a yacht.
having a capacity Of forty people and
noun ed upon a trolley truck, makes
a circuit of the park in such a manner
that the passengers are given exactly
the same sensation as that obtained by
sailing through rough surf in a small
boat.
There will be an old mill ana whiTl-
pool This device was invented some
years ago by Frederick lngersoll, and
is one of the most successful amuse-
ment schemes in the country It's front
is a reproduction of an old grist mill
with an overshot water wheel The
wheel creates a current in a canal,
which makes a circuit of 5000 feet,
more than mile. in covered buildings.
The interiors of these building are
equipped with scenes and electric cf-
fects Of rare beauty There Will be cir
Gle swings. the cars OF which are built
IA the shape OF air ships and which
whirI the passengers around the cir
Gle having a diameter of 1l0 feet, at
rate Of fifty miles an hour
There Will be coasters. theaters. mer-
ry-gO-TOunds illusion palaces, wrest-
ling paviIions. and. in fact. everything
that can be found in any amusement
park in the country.
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The plans which were prepared by
Architect Frank II. Jackson. contem-
plate an expenditure of about s. GD9
The structure viii he one story in
height and will be OF brick with stone
trimmings. Tie church is TO be heated
by steam.
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Total
Where Improvements Go.
RT-IIDTNGS.

The following summary shows the dis
tf-ibution Of improvements in the differ
eut sections of the District and their
value
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Eighty OF the buildings for which per-
mitS were issued are To be Of brick, and
thirty-siX of frame construction.
The Washington times., 1906-02-04
PLAN LUNA PARK
FOR WASHINGTO
FOrty-Acre Tract Selected
at Four Mile Run.
TO EXCEED C0NEY ISLAND
Promoters Propose to Spend sssO,oOO
Will BE Illuminated by $4,000
Electric Lights.
TO EXCEED CONEY ISLAND

An amusement park. TO be called
Washington Luna Park. containing
forty acres, ten of which VIII Zee covered
by buildings aud which win be illumi-
mated hS, more shan 50O00 electric
lights is In coursef of erection at Four
Mile Run. on the Washington. Alex
andria and Mt Vernon Failroad- From
the plans. the park viii actually exceed
in magnitude the famous Coney Tsuand
Luna Park and will about equal the
Luna parks in Pittsburs and cleveland,
which We're opened last year,
The park viii be built by the Inger-
soil COMPANY of Pittshug. for local
investors, at a cost of $g5000. The
great feature Of the resort win be an
open-air hippodrome. having a seating
capacity of S.00O. with a stage 60xlG0
feet-iarEe enough To accommodate
spectacular bsllets and a band-stand
in which VIII be heard from week 10
week the great musical organizations
of the country. including the bands OF
CreatOre. Duss. Innes. Weber. Scr
enteno and other famous leaders.
Or the stage Will be circus per
forn1ances. vaudeville and tire presen-
tation Of. sensational out-of-door acts
y hch VIII b. impaired 70 this country
from Europe by the IffsersOn Company.
which operates chain Of forty-thrce
parks throughout the United States
Site of the Park.
The site Of the park at F'our-MiIe
Run is on a high bluff. overlooking the
Potomac river for miles, as we'll as the
cities Of WashingtOr and Alexandria.
So high is the elevation of the ground
that from many places the base of the
Washington Monument can be seen.
The amusement park will be kept
separate from the picnic grounds and
each Of them viii be thoroughly up-to-
date In the park proper-that is, the
portion devoted To amusements-there
viii he besides the hippodrome. all Of
the devices that gn TO make mp mod
eTn summer amuSemeat resort, besides
the mauy attractions. C0nuolle Dy the
Ingersoll Company.
Among these will be the shoot-the-
Chutss This j. entirely unlike the de
vices having a similar name ana seen
in. many small parks. IT consists OF
primarily q chute, the tower OF which
IS 150 feet high
The "a SSeueers are loaded into boats
in a canal. which is part Of lagoon
at the bottom OF the chute and hauled
20 the top Of the tower on an endless
chain. Reaching the top. the boat Is
shot down into the lagoon. at a rate
of speed that nearly takes ones breath
SWAY
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Built in Moorish Style.

The buildings viii be rather of n
Moorish architecture, and the eleva-
tions We're planned by the architect for
display. The many tI~reted towers Of
King Arthur's legendary palace win, it
is claimed. he outdone
An electric lighting plant is being
installed, having 4 capacity sufficient
to furnish so, 600 sixteen candle power
incandesceut electric lights The detail
un all the buildings will be outlined in
these lighis. SO that al night the park
will present itself from any open space
in Washington, Alexandria. or any ele-
walton IN the surrounding country, as
8 Yeritable fairyland
No liquor will be sold on the grounds.
and the picnic portion of the park will
he closed at sundown and guarded
against intrusion.
Strict order viii be maintained at
all times.
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Work Under Way.

Work is already in progress on the
grading which will entail the moving
OF 10000 cubic yards of earth at an
estimated cost OF $4,000. The first
carload of lumber 10 be used on the
buildings arrived last night and fo.ce
OF local union mechanics will be put to
work at once under the foreman of the
Ingersoll Company.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-11

Military Analrs ana the senior Senator Ia
chairman OF the Committee on the Judi
ciary. And | submit, Mr. President, that
these Senators from the West who arc
rcstive because the larger and more i'm
portant committees OF this body are con-
trolcd by the East and New England
ought to appeal to their people to keep
them here, ns the people OF Wyoming
have kept their Senators, until through
length OF service they can acquire an In
nuenCe In this body that Will protect tho
Rocky mountain region without perpc-
tratlng such an Injustice against the
great Middle Wcs' as the admission OF
Arizona and New Mexico would be If nd
mltted as separate States"
VIII venture 10 say" remarked Sen
ator Carter, In slow and deliberate man
ner, that upon the matter of the advisa-
bility OF continuity OF service In this body
there will not be found dissenting opin
lon
This was 80 apt and true that the Sen
ate was convulsed with laughter.
The Same Old Subject.
John L. wilson has been both a Repre-
sentative and Senator from the Wash
inston State. He dropped into the Senate
chamber the other day on his return from
a years tour OF Europe and after greet
Ing Senators for n few minutes he began
listening to the debate, which was upon
the five civilized tribes bill
when came TO Congress fifteen
years ago. said Wilson. II was on tho
Indian committee. and they wcre talking
about the Choctnws and Chicknsaws; and
now they nre on the same subject l sup
pose 1t viii never end" he added. YEARLY.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-11

Niles. Iva Getsch. Lizzie. Watson Myrtle
Hlackler Tessic Niles, Dabby Morgan. Grocc
Pegan Olive Allen, AclIta Kemp Ethel
Blackler Anna Lanyon. Mary Pcgnn EIe
Johnson, Edith Lanyon. Frances Shields. LII
liam knealc. Isabel Buck. Norman Debblc,
Miriam Hubbard, Edgar Very. VIII Barret
Miss Daisy Roy and George l.. Gelger Of Salt
lake spent Sunday in Park Win relatives,
Mrs. F. a Bird and two children went to
she city Wednesday to remain for q week
more With Mrs. W. c. Wallace.
Mrs. w. ID. Sutton went 10 The metropolis
Thurs11y afternoon Tor weeks visit with
friends
Mr.. and Mrs, A. a. Pike arc entertaining
Miss Porter of Salt Lake.
Mrs. s, Fargo went to the city Thursday
Tor weeks stay with relatives
Mrs, Jessie Drake came out from tho city
Saturday morning.
Mrs. IsSac Sutton and little granddaughter
returned to their homo In Provo, after a
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-11
Strange Injuries by Rail.

IL Is wen known that the tendency for rails
TO creep on trcstlcs is frequently very strong.
4 section crow OF the Terminal railroad OF
81. Louis recently had unfortunate expc-
rlence I'm removing rail from one OF the elc-
waited tracks OF that company.
Tho rails had been creeping and were under
heavy stress, one OF them had bucked side
Wise. and the spikes wore Withdrawn II
suddenly flew out OF place. breaking the limbs
Of three OF the workmen, OF whom had
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-11
A New Green Carnation.

Society Is agreed that the doris: at Far
Eockaway who has Just brought forth n new
pIoSson lor the embellishments of tables and
an emerald carnatlon. The petals nro large
and nave Il pure white tip. which blends into
an emerald tint and again into a whito as IL
ncars tho center This blending makes II
much less crude in color than the green car
nations which have plrcady been produced
Wonen with likr for costumes In green
Viii hnd that the new flower viii add to their
other harmonies In no small degree EVERY
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-11

months visit with their many Park relatives
Mrs. a. II. Wccter left for American Fork
Tuesday afternoon To bo with her mother
who is quite III.
Mrs. r. D. Robbins who has been sight
seeing In California for the past four weeks
returned home Tuesday morning
The Junior class of the high school enter
tainod the seniors nt the home of Miss Lillian
Hedges Friduy evening.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-11

both legs broken just above the ankles still
s"o other members OF tho crew wcro Injured
no seriously that they had to be taken 10 n
hospital.
A similnr accident occurred OH the Union
racine some years ago, In that case the rail-
spfans out OF place. striking the foreman and
oreaklnS his legs-R0iway and Engineering
Review. '''N'
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-11

thing must match hereafter, ana
that doesn't Will not longer De enau.r ea,.,
married. a woman who was rhapsco.-t
this new variation OF rather Collie
plant. philadelphia Telegraph
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-11

at tho Allegheny mcuntaine," Another
bill proposes n statue at Manchester y
II. OF Mat-Gen. John Stark. Molly
Starks husband" a similar bill passed
the Senate M long ago the Ffty-tirst
Congress. No matter how merltorlous
may be these several measures, II VIII
bo seen that there is not very much en-
cOuragcment for their friends, for, while
they arc reported easily and often put
through the Senate, they do not get con-
slderation in tho House
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-24

read this letter they touched that they nearly
wept.
ttThe people of Ncketown truly unseish, - they
said Just think Of the lot of rain that getting
Anybody else would expect to get extra pay for it.
But should not let them make the sacrifce,'
said the mayor Of Pennyville. The question arises,
should insist paying them money, whether
they want it or not9,, n - r
sWel'' said the schoomaster, 1--WE certainly cannot
take their rain without paying them for it. But the
other hand cannot all the rain getting
hardly what say and that very queer because
usually I know everything - +<.@> >-~.-s -
II know what we do said the beadle. " 1t will
solve the question and also surprise and please the good
people of Nickletown very much You all know the
great pond the big hill yonder, which belongs to US
WELL The rain has filed till it is ready to burst its
banks Now if to go there with spades and dig
away the bank the side toward Nicketown, all the
water would down the hill straight into their city.
Think how glad they will be! They will no doubt say
then that only the wisest people in the
world, but the most honest also!" :. /. = = :
Goodyl goody! goody'' cried all the people, and
they hurried up the hill with spades. -. I, :s:+.
Soon the water began to into all the streets OF
Nickletown, and then it began to fill the cellars and
mounted to the first Stories and the people all had to
climb up the roofs The mayor and the town clerk
hastily boat and rowed the flooded country
till they the people Of Pennyyille digging at the
bank !. " = S>1 +. l.. .---."
!" Hey!'' shouted they -'*What you doingf You
are drowning out! -, ~ y sG,:r
g Why, ,, said the mayor of Pennyvi1e, pausing and
wping the perspration from his brow, return
ing the water We really cannot let you lose
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-24
THE FEAST OF LANTERNS
Strange, Weird Festival That Turns Japan Into a
n-.- Twinlling Fairyland. ....

On Sept of each year there is celebrated in Japan
curious ceremony known the Feast of Lanterns -
which supposed to be formal reception given to all
the spirits Of the dead. -~~. - =.
Upon first day Of the feast, the ghosts OF the de-
parted are believed to leave the spirand order to
revisit their upon earth On this day. the head of
each family in his best apparel sits in the reception
room o his house, the entrances to which all thrown
open At frequent intervals he bows and
utters Of welcome order that the spirits as they
enter, may not feel themselves to be neglected.
This procedure is carried far into the night
cialy by conscientious Buddhsts have numerous
spirits to receive -,
On the second day. spirits supposed to have
which is to be found in the house Of every believer
in Buddha set apart the Of the dead-is gaily
decorated flowers and filed with choice stores of
fruit rice tea wine and other dehcacies
The family Of the house, sitting in the room to which
the spirit chamber is attached hold high festival eating
and drinking enjoying themselves after the Japanese
fashion. ."s.. e
This feasing of the living with the spirits of the
dead continues turnout the whole of the second day and
the greater part the third but the night Of the third
day IS the appointed when the ghosts must return to
their places IN the and the evening draws
on the people, young and DID, in vast numbers betake
themselves burial places and deck out the graves
With bright paper and many colored lanterns,
which are lighted the goes down and darkness
comes on. IA VI r.. - s.*a
This decoration Illumination is made as beauti
mi and brilliant possible that the last view of the
earth taken by the departing be pleasing and
happy.
nigh the male portions Of the people form themselves
sSr
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TIFF JOURNAL JUNIOR MINNEAPOLIS

into PROFESSIONS every individual of which bears aloft
lighted lantern, suspended to bamboo pole about ten
long, like torrents of fire pouring down
the hillside proceed to carry the the boats in which
the spirits to return to the land whence they
These boats made Of plated straw and are more
less elaborate models of the ordinary native craft
Each is decorated with flags and streamers and has
stock of provisions and money board-the money for
the ferrage of the Styx. 80 ; :. -;.*-4 p.
The size of these straw boats varies from two to ten
thirty feet in length and they all provided with
lanterns to enable the spirit to steer
their course. .-*-s 7- .',.e..
The procession having reached the shores of the bay,
and the lanterns board the straw boats having been
trimmed and lighted the fragile barks launched upon
the waters and sail away into the western carrying
the spirits to that far off land where the and stars
to rest and where situated that glorious Nrvana where
the spirits of all good Buddhsts the time in happy
oblivion. 80 ~-5~~- - :
The myriad lights of the boats scattered far and wide
dancing upon the slightly ruaed water, make scene
viewed from distance of almost fairy enchantment
The of the people, the chanting of the priests the
sound Of gongs the music Of many instruments the fig
of the people flying hther and thther in wild
element blended with the shadows of the night form
altogether picture impossible to describe and which
leaves upon the memory impression of some wild,
weird phantasmagoria- Golden Days. i 49, ~ -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-24
eoNUNDRUMs,

Why is an egg overdone like an egg underdonee Be-
cause it is hardly done. s,%s =. .<..'
When do your teeth usurpz the function of your
tongueq When they chatter. g -.
Which is the greatest riddle in the worlds Life,
because we must all give it up .<-.>. r., -
Why is tramcar safe place in a Thunderstorm
What knitting is every boy able to do without knit
ting needess Knitting his brows.
Why is starving man like bakera Because he
needs (kneads) bread.
What country, when robbed of it's tail, names part
Of the faces (Chna) the chin. 49,
~ What is that which is always in dread but never in
fear9 The letter D.. - -
What is the difference between tube and foolish
Dutchmang One is a hollow cylinder and the other
silly Holander RI : II.
Why is the letter considered the most unfortunate
Of etersg It is out of debt and always in danger
Why duels generally very short affairsa It only
takes two seconds to arrange them. s. =
What will stone become when thrown into watera
It will become wet: ss.sEE%zE : :@sS@ - =
why is the letter G like frosty weather. It makes
! old people cold people.
why is an old coat ike an iron kettlei It repre-
] sents hardware $3.50 l. &. ..zs,L
IS SIS il II - asss sse;a .sss
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-24

it. You have done
enough for US al
ready"
'tKeep it! keep
ito shouted . the
mayor of MCKEE
town. "You are
more than well
come to it. -
HNo! no!'' an
swered the mayor
of P e n n y v i lie.
"You are too
good. And we
are as honest as
we are wise. We
simply cannot
keep anything for
which we have not
paid: Dig away,
people
The wise people
dug like mad and
the water poured
down the hill in, a
cascade. The may
or Of Nickletown
saw at: once that
there was nothing
to do except to
confess the truth,
so he said:
t'stop!. stopl I
came to tell you
that we have Civ
en- the rain clouds
back to the party
from whom we
bought them be-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-24
STORIES IN WAMPUM
Indian Money Was Also Woven Into Belts That Took the
- = Place of Books and Records -

@ In reading the early history of country Juniors
find much about wampum, the white, blue and black
Indian money The settlers at Plymouth learned its
and value from the Dutch at Manhattan and found it
profitable in trade with the eastern Indians
: The early settlers Of New England and New York
did not however fully understand what wampum really
meant to the Indians The Indians valued it, not because
it represented money but because it had varied
mercial significance = 49, 49,: r -.
Belts and strings were used for many purposes for
which civilized people use wrtngto make treaties to
declare to confirm peace and to convey information
Of various kinds when sent by messengers from tribe to
tribe Researches among the descendants of the Iro
oral tradition by the of writing and the Peru
VANS by their wampum just as the Aztecs did by their
quipus. ...%- :. = > 81 j
Each of the articles of which belt was composed
had special meaning and the entire belt could be
connectedy by the instructed savage
the printed page Of a book a newspaper. 49,
The qupus of the Peruvians punches of knotted
cord the knots of which had special meaning to those
who were charged with the preservation of traditions
The knots were, to speak, mnemonic devces-ads to
memory and to the handing down of traditions from
generation to the other. - p
So with the wampum BELTS or strings. The nature
and order of the events to be remembered and reced
were indicated by the of the various articles
the belts This belt made of Shells quills pieces
of bone and of carved wood stones etc. attached by
rawhde thongs to stout pieces of rawhde Each SHE'LL
stone or other article meant something and in every tribe
certain number of taught each year to inter
pref the Symbols
mattered not that generations passed away, that
the story which the wanpum told grew in length in
cdent. Every detail remembered, and translated
from the symbols with fidelity and accuracy.
The descendants of the Iroquois have number Of
curious wampums, which tell the story of early
among the tribes and with the whites OF course
events have been recorded by white settlers and there
fore these wampums have not much historical value.
But it is stated, in the expedition of Sullivan among
the Iroquois villages Of 1899, there wampum de-
stroyed which carried the history of the oquos confed
eracy back to forty before the discovery
lea.
The lost wampum imperfectly duplicated after
ward and fragments of it by great chief
Cornplanter. This secondary wampum has also disap
peared. If those reCoumbian records could be
cred and read they would have almost priceless
torical value.-Go1den Days s.: :