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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-11-01

toward the musicians stand, where
there appeared to be q few unoccu.
, pied chairs.
The scene was one Of color and &C.
ton. He watched the speeding fig.
ures, striving to distinguish the par.
ticular one whose charms had lured
him thither. But among them all he
was unable to distinguish the wood.
nymph whose girlish frankness and
grace had left so deep an impression
on his memory. Yet surely she must
be present for, to his understanding,
this whole gay festival was In her
honor. Directly across the room he
caught sight of Rev. Mr.. Wynkoop
conversing with a lady Of somewhat
rounded charms, and picked his way
in their direction.
The missionary, who, IN truth, had
been hiding an agonized heart behind
a smiling face, was only too delighted
at any excuse which would enable him
to approach Miss Spencer. and press
aside those cavaliers who were mo-
nopolizing her attention. The handi'
cap of not being able to dance he felt
to be heavy, and he greeted the lieu
tenant with unusual heartiness Of
manner.
why, most assuredly, my dear sir,
most assuredly," he said. Mrs. Hern'
don, permit me to make you acQuaint'
ed with Lieut.. Brant Of the Seventh
cavalry"
'-aa TWO. mus introduced. bowed and
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-11-01

Albert Merten was ia from the
west Saturday on business.
Miss Josie Gabel Of Jetmore
visited with the Misses DALEY
Sunday.
". I. Cofer of Hoisington
was here Monday on his way to
Spearville.
Elton Giles is on the sick list,
threatened with an attack of
pneumonia.
I. P. Fair returned Saturday
from Lexington, No.. and other
points east.
j. F. Shenk was down from
Olmitz Monday trying to locate a
lost bird dog.
Miss Minnie Elliott has return
ed from a visit with friends at .
Watongs. Okla.
Miss Eva O'Neil has returned
to her home in Raymond after
several days visit with friends in
this locality.
r. L. Stanley and family left
on Monday for Hutchinson and
will make their home on a farm
recently bought by Mr.. Stanley 4
miles west of Hutchinson, former
ly owned by j. G. Lyle of Che
Kendall hotel. Mr.. Stanley
commonly called Bob is a hustler
and a first class farmer and we are
sorry to loose him. The Rustler
will follow hin, to bis new home.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-11-01

LOST-Spotted pointer dog,
female, weight about 80 pounds,
ten months old. A reward will
be paid for information leading to
her recovery. j. F. Shenk.
0lmitz.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-11-01

Rev. Bixler visited here Friday
evening and left for his home on
Saturday morning.
James Wheeler left for Excel
sior Springs Sunday evening for
the benefit of bis health.
Ed. Planning and Geo. Scheufer
left for Kansas City Sunday and
will be gone several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Sipes of
North Stafford visited Mr.. and
Mrs. A. NJ. Sipes Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. F. Graham
and Miss Eva Sutton returned to
Ellinwood Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Redlger
are home from an extended trip
upon the farm in Pawnee county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Volney ricketts,
and family left for Hutchinson
Sunday and will make that city
their home.
Interest in the coming revival
seems to be growing at the
Methodist church. Large con-
gregations we're present yesterday
both morning and evening. Two
persons united with the church on
probation and by letter. At the
evening service a musical program
was rendered prior to the sermon
by pastor. There were three
solos. a song by the male double
quartet. an anthem by the choir
and some stirring congregational
singing of old hymns.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-11-01

Miss Efie Cassler came in from
St. Joe Mo-. Saturday. for visit
with her sister, Mrs. Lee Bell, of
the south side.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-11-01
tely on top of the fat car.
PaWnee Rock School Notes.

The enrolment in the high
school. Including the s grade is
thirtyfour.
The shool board has supplied US
with..more desks. Thanks.
The board adopted a course of
study. (which plans two full years
L high sclcol.
, Classics are being used in the
high school and s. grade.
The 8, grade is reading, Rip
Van Winlke. The 1st year,
Wonder book and 2nd year
Macbeth. -. - -
/ Literary work will be required
and. the High School has divided
into two sections. one section
gives a program alternately every
1.-TWO weeks.
Miss Wycoff has three grades
in her work and it keeps her time
EMPLOYED to cover the work out
lined. Her work is progressing
nicely.
= The 6, and Z, grades all seem
to be Singers" from the rever-
berations that come forth.
-
The school has had several drills
in marching from the buildin.
The High School finishes its
frstssmonth Friday and then the
twO.months examination will be
held IN all the grades.
Base ball is the chief sport at
present and all can play the game
fromssprimary to High School, in
GLIDING the girls.
The school has a daily and cur
rents events are discussed.
Miss Fannie Fisher. one of the
candidates for the sisterhood at
the St. Mary's convent, died
Thursday after lengthy illness
of typhoid fever. The funeral
services were conducted Saturday
from the convent chapel. She
was about sixteen years old, and
had been at the convent about
year, coming over from Germany
at the time she entered the con-
vent.
/. Rev. Ramcey returned from
Hutchinson Saturday morning.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-11-01
Ito be Continued.)
William Osmond returned
Saturday evening from Ellsworth.

Postmaster Warren Vincent of
of Hoisington was over with the
crowd Saturday.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-11-01

F.. Rev. Ramcey returned from
Hutchinson Saturday morning.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-11-01

OIaSsICS are being used IN The
high school and 5. grade.
The 8, grade is reading, Rip
Van Winlke. The 1st year,
WondeE book and 2nd year
"Noobotn3 sssss--z-.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-11-01

The board adopted a course of
study, (which plans two full years
L high schcol.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-11-01

Literary work will be required
and.th High School has divided
into two sections, one section
gives a program alternately every
two weeks.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-24
WHEN AND HOW ETHEL BARRYMORE MADE HER
DEBUT AS ACTRESS NEARLY STAMPEDING TROUPE

soothing effect on us was about the
same as is experienced by some people
when a small boy scratches hard
pencil across a slate-it helped set
nerves ION edge l can tell you.
Must have been hard on Miss Bar
rymore." interrupted the listener
That's what we thought Not once
but a dozen times the question was
repeated. Wonder how she'll come
through ito And that isn't the funny
part of it"
How so?'
We'll. the time for her cue came.
and the new actress came out OF her
dressing room. laughing. Drew was
already on the scene. Arthur Bryon
was standing in the wings talking in
whispers to Lew Baker. They're both
| in the family. you know. so were
more than ordinarily upset over the
experiment Charles Frohman was
out in front. of course and nobody
knew lust how he felt about ii. except
! that it was a time to be fearful. But
with the rest of US on tenterhooks. this
girl. who had never faced an audience
before crossed to the entrance where
we We're all SdlHtlcu lui Ilcd "AeAA -
laugh to Byron. and then walked on
the scene with as much composure as
I if she We're about to recite her geo.
graphy lesson in the schOOlroom. Talk
about assurance, why. she went
through that play as though she had
been before the footlights all her life
/ and when she came off she was still
/ laughing"
! Excitement sometimes keeps people
up. l suppose the collapse came after
/ IF it did. I never saw it. We went
( on the road shortly afterward-and
Miss barrymore had succeeded Miss
i de Wolfe in the cast for good. There
was no more trouble with the butter
/ flies after that. for the gown was
either duplicated IN a smaller size or
! had been made over. Ethel put on no
airs She was genial. companionable
| AMI always hail fellow we'll met with
] he rest Of the company. That was like
Maurice Barrymore and George
! Drew's daughter-for two better fell
I lows never lived. I'm glad for the
girls sake. and-for theirs"
As the curtain rose on the first act
/ OF Captain links" the old stager took
ou- his handkerchief. and blew his nose
so loudly thai a man in front OF him
turned and stared. indignant at the in
! terru ptien
! Miss Barrymore will appear in Wal
| Ia Walla for the first time. Tuesday
evening. June 25.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-24
GET AFTER THE WEEDS.

I'll
Wana Walla does not appear as YET
m have awakened to the necessity VI
starting a crusade against the weeds
which will soon be beyond conuol I'M
loss some action is taken. A unlleu
movement to eradicate the evil at once
is vitality necessary to the MAINTAIN
ing of fine lawns.
In every other city OF Waila "alid
importance as a garden and lawn city
crusades are on. The following from
the East Oregonian indicates what ne
enterprising people of Pendleton nave
done.
Tho weed crusade in Penileton. like
the cleaning up crusade last spring
has been the real thing. Every street
in the city shows the result OF me
work of private citizens and the
street commissioner Several acres OF
noxious weeds. if taken altogether
have been cut down and burned With
in the mast week. But here are many
We, to cut and burn. There are many
waste places all about which harboi
the weeds from year m ye3r unmo est
ed. These secret hiding places must
he hunted ont and DESTROYED. Th'
weeds cling. like leech TO flesh. anc
suck The substance from the soil. They
rr,in crops eat IN the soil forces IT
the land. befoul the grain and make
extra work on the farm and M mans
should be s0ared in Riding Cmatilla
county of them"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-24

that to be picturesque-he was really
Charles Frohman's office boy who
performed the duty at nlatinees. came
down the hall shouting Orchestra"
That at Least, set my fears at rest.
The performance had not been called
off. So I affected Indifference, and
merely asked who was to play Lady
Kate
Ethel Barrymore he answered.
I had heard of George Drew's
daughter, of course, and had counted
myself among the most ardent admir-
ers of the girls brilliant mother. But
this daughters stage appearance had
never even been limited at in my pres
ence There had been no notice of
it to the public. That my surprise
was generally shared was evident
when I got down to the stage. The
change in the cast. of course. had the
usual effect On us all. We had been
playing The Bauble Shop so long
that all traces of nervousness and un-
certainty had disappeared. But that af-
ternoon-it was pretty much in evil
dence again. We actors can be a
sympathetic lot. I assure you. despite
opinion to the contrary and l don't
believe there was a person in the
bunch who didn't feel a bit shaky
while hoping for the best. 1t even af-
fected the stage hands. and the prom
ertv man was hoarse with fright. In
he meantime I gathered from scraps
OF conversation dropped here and
here ;nat things had been pretty
warm for little while in the dressing
room OccuUied by the new aspirant.
Miss de Wolfe's stunning gowns were
70 be used by Ethel. One in particular
I renember-nost women who saw
he play will recall it also. 1t was an
affair in an excellent shade of blue.
with huge black butterflies scattered
all over il. The dressmaker had so
fitted it that the butterflies came in
exactly the righ- places when the
gown was originally designed. OF
course. Ethel. then immature. prac-
ticallv a school girl. did not quite fill
the dress. whatever estimate may
have been as to her ability to fill the
part. A. any rate. I heard afterwards
that the maid almost went into con-
vulsions in an attempt 10 induce a
refractory butterfly TO perch on the
shoulder when it persisted in alighting
half way down the back. And while
all this was going on in the dressing
rooms. the strains Of the overture
care drifting in through the curtains.
Talk about the soothing effect OF
sweet music,-well. that orchestra :
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-24
SCORES AND SCRAPS IN
LIVELY GAME IN DAYTON

Dayton wOoed and won victory in
its game with the Schwabacher team
yesterday with a margin Of two tallies.
the score stick showing TWO notcnes
for Schwabacher against five for Day
ton.
The game was UP to the standard
and was featured in the sixth inning
by squabble between Umpire Rob-
erts and Captain Wickersham, OF the
Schwa cheers. The whole affair re-
suited in a 10 minute hold in proceed
ings, ending only when the umpire
rendered his resignation, upon which
Wickersham magnanimOusly agreed 10
abide by Roberts decisions Later. in
a mad slide to second, Wickersham
colIided with Thompson's brogan, the
accident marring the formers feat
ures considerably.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-24
HARTMAN IS TALKING BACK
Declares Shippers Are 10 Blame
For Shortage

NEW YORK June 24.-Figures
compiled al the request Of T. II. Har-
riman show the great extent 10 which
Pacific coast shippers are delaying the
unloading Of freight cars urgently
needed 70 move the record-breaking
freight traffic on the Southern Paci-
ic The records Of the principal CAL
fornia and Oregon shipping centers
show thai since April l. an average
Of 1852 cars Der day We're held over
time for unloading on the Hartman
lines in this territory.
From that date to May /. conditions
grew rapidly worse. but the June rec
ords show considerabl Improvement
owing TO the railroads insistence that
cars be released. Portland shippers
April l, We're holding ga cars. which
they had increased to S23 May /. and
reduced to PIC by June II. San Fran
cisco. which had 1860 cars tied up.
April l. was holding 1855. May /, and
1910, June II. Oakland's record was
494 for April l. 429 for May l. and 365
the middle of this month. Sacramento
and Los Angeles shippers are holding
$50 more cars now than May l.
The average number of cars SO
withheld from service aggregate over
20 per cent of The total new equipment
bought by the Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific for delivery up to
July l. This new equipment amounts
10 5000 cars for the latter system and
1000 for the Union Pacific lines. The
advantage shippers would derive from
this large addition TO the Hartman
lines equipment. involving an outlay
Of S31.000,000. is mater ally Offset by
shippers delays in unloading and re-
leasinf cars.
Owing TO the freight congestion four
months ago when the Southern Paci-
f1c was loading 40 cars day into San
Francisco in excess Of the number of
cars unloaGed. warning was given tina
embargoes or increased demurrag &c
charges would be necessary if cars
were not released more promptly
These warnings have been repeated
more lately in other quarters and the
utmost effort is beng made by the
company TO secure the cOO0eration OF
shippers in getting the freest use of its
cars and TO make shippers realize that
the use of freight cars as storage ware
houses is unfair both to the railroad
and to other shippers.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-24

Thursday night. Both the mother and
daughter We're thrown into The river.
but the mother succeeded in rescuing
herself. The body of the girl has not
yet been recovered.
judge Fremont Wood. at Boise ia
no. mas rendered a decision holding
he new Idaho Sunday rest law com
stitu-.onaI. He however expressed
some doubt as 20 the validity Of the
law and said he believed it the duty
OF rhe trial court TO leave the decision
TO the supreme court.
Boise is experiencing a pronounced
coal shortage. Not enough is being re
ceived for domestic purposes and many
are obliged TO use wood and gas. Sew
eral industries have been obliged 10
shut down for want OF fuel. among
them being the plants Of the Inter-
mountain Sand-Lime Brick company
and the Vitrifed Brick company. Not
in years has there been such a shor-
age at this time of the year. and no
relief seems TO be in sight.
Charles Sweeny is reported to have
sold $4,000 shares of the Sullivan Min
ing cOmpany's stock to Nose Open
heimer at 10 cents a share. He has
resigned the managership.
Adelaide Konkle. 20 years old. was
drowned at Little Rock Saturday fall
ing from a log on which she was fish
ing. She was domestic. Her
relatives are believed TO live at Seat
tie
Fire did damage estimated at s75.-
900 Saturday evening at the water
power mill owned by the Mccormick
Lumber company at Mccormick. a
sawmill town 26 miles west of Cheha-
lis, on the South Bend branch. Forty
thousand dollars worth of lumber was
destroyed with the sawmill. shingle
mill and cross-arms factory buildings.
The machinery from the latter plant
was saved. Insurance is said to be
light. The fires started from a spark
in the sawmill plant.
Samuel Handsaker and Harold
Pearce. two youths who held up and
robbed Urfah Carl at Natron. the
night of May IS and shot him in the
shoulder besides, and who had plead
ed guilty. Were sentenced by judge
Harris to six and five years, respec-
lively, in the penitentiary.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-24
CENTURY FOR lily.

The J~lv Century is Friction Nun
her. with fc-ion enough TO satisfy
The most omnivorouS: new charters
o. The two serials ar1 a number Of
short stories. chiefly by popular writ
/ erS
Mrs. Frances Hodeson Burnett's
| THE Shuttle" and Elizabeth Robins
l"Con7e and Find Ne" grow in strength
land in interest. Abby Mcguire Roach's
"N7nifest Destiny" a long short story
of a fascinating fellows multitude
nous love affairs. has six pictures in
tin by Underwood. Thomas Nelson
Page contributes a story Of life on the
! Naine coast. full of character. humor
| and pathos entitled "Leander's Light.
This he's an illus ration in full color
| nv Schoonover There is another of l..
Frank Tooker's rollicking kerrigan
stories. THE Freedom Of the City:
| and James Huneker has a strange
tale OF eastern magic. with a Partisan
| cafe setting "The Magic lantern.
Other contributors Of fiction are Flor
ence Moloso Riis. Elizabeth Moore
head. Mary Austin. Dorothea Deakin
! and Emma Client Curtis. OF these
three are debutantes. at least so far
| as The Century is concerned-Eliza-
| beth Moorehead with a penetrating
por-rayal Of two women and a uhvsi-
clan. The Standard of Reality" 2
very feminine story: Mrs. Curtis With
a romantic and altogether masculine
western story Of love and adventure.
IN the Darr- OF the Moon" with
-;ct,-re BY vve-h. and Miss Riis with
another western story. boldly handled.
called The Blood OF vikings" Mrs
AuS-fn's mining story. The HoOdOo Of
rha Nirnierra." also relates TO The
wee-. Charles RatteU Lo0mis has =
merry accom- ~ The Nevr Craze
when the afrship comes. with all its
dangers.
There is full measure Of more seri-
Gus articles: Lincoln in Everyday
! FIun7or." consisting OF anecdotal chan
tiers from David Homer Rates's Lin
/ coin in the Telegraph Office" lis
cuSsion of The American of the Flu
ture by Brander Matthews, and
recognition of Mr.. Hammerstein's
Service 10 Opera" by Richard Aldrich.
Prof Matthews takes an optimistic
| view of the present inupuring of i'm
migrants. and looks forward to intel
llectual and physical stimulation
through the Communicating of blood Mr..
! Aldrich tells what has been done by
the Manhattan Opera house. and its
| significance in our musical develop
| ment.
| The colored frontispiece Of the num-
Der is another of Mr.. SigismOnd de
Ivanowski's sympathetic portraits of
stage characters. this time Miss Mar
garet Anglin as Ruth Jordan" in Will
liam Vaughn Mooiy's play. The Great
Divide which thus further reinforces
the western element of the number.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-24
FOUNDERS EXTEND ORDER
Open Headquarters TO Handle Mould
ers From East

SEATTLE. June 2s.-The executive
committee Of he Washington District
United Metal Trades association Of the
Pacific coast, Saturday morning
opened uD hea IQuarters at 319 Po-
neer building for the purpose Of fur
Their strengthening the Orsaniza ion OF
employers of maChinists. mOll6rs ana
kindred tradesmen Of the entire Pa
cifc coast. A. D. Morris. Of the Pa
cific Iron and Steel Works. who is sec
rotary Of the executive committee. IS
in charge of the headquarters. Said
Morris today:
We are getting in molders every
day and are preparing to enlarge the
work of the foundries as rapidly as
possible. The establishment of head
quarters here is for the purpose of
bringing the employers of the state
into closer business relations and TO
facilitate the distribution of the new
men coming into the state to take the
positions vacated by our former en-
ployes.
Il have received advices from Day
ton. Ohio. saying that the molders
there have struck for a nine-hour day
and minimum of $500 a day. The
men here work only nine hours day
now and the scale goes to over 81
day. so you can see that the coast
niolders are much better off than is
the case in the east
Morris has received full statement
of the work of the Merchants and
Manufacturers association Of Los An
geles. from Fred L. Baker. president
of he Founders and Employers asso-
citation. The statement is made that
the employers Of Los Angeles have
pledged 2 fund of $4,000 70 deal with
strikes and similar labor disturbances.
and the organization is in perfect
working order at all times. Il IS
probable the organization formed here
bv the employers in the metal trades
will be widely extended in its opera
tons.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-24
THOUSANDS OF LOGGERS
TO LOSE THEIR JOBS

PORTLAND. June 24.-Three thous-
and loggers will be thrown out of
employment, a s250.000 monthly pay
roll will be stopped and 100000. 900
feet of timber along the Columbia river
will remain uncut this summer if the
logging interests vote to close down
at their meeting next Tuesday after
noon. Seventy-five per cent of the
holdings are known to be in favor
Of the shutdown, which is said to be
for the purpose Of using up the sur
plus logs and letting the market as
sumo a normal state. Prices Of lum-
Der and logs are said to have fallen
so low that several loggers will be
forced to the wall later in the year
unless the shutdown is made at the
present time