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Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-08-21
TO RAISE
THE RATE
RAILWAYS WANT MORE
FOR FREIGHT HAUL.
PLAN TO BE PRESENTED TO IN.
TERsTATE COMMERCE COM.
MISSION.

The transcOntinental railroads, the
Northern Pacific, the Great Northern
and the Hartman system, covering
the Pacific northwest, with its con
nections, the Oregon Short Line and
the Oregon Railway & Navigation
company, are preparing, SO it is de-
clarad, to propose to the interstate
commerce commission a general in.
crease ranging from 2k to 20 cents
per hund,edweight in all freight tar.
IFS from Chicago to the Coast and
from Puget sound to San Francisco
This increase is to be effective Jan.
uary !, 1908, if approved by the com.
mission.
The recent trip of H. NJ. Adams, a
general agent of the Great Northern,
and r. B. Miller, general freight agent
of the o. r. & NJ, to Spokane, Taco.
ma and other common points on the
systems was made, 1t is declared, for
the purpose of checking present rates,
with view to proposing the advance.
One Of the most important confer
ences was that in the Offices of Gen
eral Freight Agent Henry Blakley of
the Northern Pacific,
At that meeting the question of the
increase was thoroughly discussed
and the general freight tariffs carried
in Mr.. Blakeleys Office carefully
checked. Officials of the Northern Pa.
cific do not care to discuss the report.
ed increase at this time. In some
quarters the report is questioned. The
general impression among railroad
men seems to be, however, that the ad.
vance is not improbable, and that, ii
proposed, it is justified by conditions
They add that publication is prema.
ture, as the plans are not fully worked
out.
This proposition will be submitted
to the interstate commerce commits
sion by the railroads, which will con-
tend that the increase is justifiable
by reason of the advanced price OF
coal, labor and material, lower pas
senger rates and the expense which
the roads are put to in defending
themselves from persecution.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-08-21

To trade man for a roll Of blan-
kets 10 u rather unusual proceeding,
and the trade In winch he figured as
the man is never to be forgotten
event In the life OF william Jar1nan,
who Is SO years old and once was king
Dodo" Of Puget Sounu Indians. That
was fifty years ago, and Blanket Bill"
as he Is called to this day, expects to
reach the century mark In years. says
the Brooklyn Citizen.
Blanket Bill" was man-o.wary-
man on board British frigate that
sailed into Puget Sound water a great
many years ago. With a party Of 9TH
er sailors he came ashore to trade with
the Indians The party became sep
arated and with yell the fire-eatfng
aborigInes set upon the main body Of
the British tars All reached the boat
but Jarman, who was captured and
taken to the Interior by the Indians.
He fully expected to be scalped while
the fagOts burned about him, but he
made friends with the chief and soon
found himself elevated to high posi-
ton among the tribes Before him ev-
cry one bowed.
After several years Hudson bay trad
ers heard that a white man was held In
captivity among the Indians, and, bar
tering with the red men. secured the
British sailor upon the payment Of @
roll q blankets.
But Jarman went back to live among
the Indians. He married a squaw, or
probably a good many more than one,
for he says he would take his spouse
back and trade her for another when
ever he got tired Of the same one.
Blanket Bill'' attributes his long Ire
to a plunge In the sea every morning
and the avoidance of spirits of ali
kinds. A pipe Is his only dissipation.
And he walks eleven miles into Bel
bingham, State of Washington, every
little while just for exercise.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-08-21
IDAHO NEWS.

A fire broke out Sunday morning
in the basement of the lodging house
belonging to John Elliot. The building
is a frame structure and the build
ings surrounding it are mostly frame.
A strong wind was blowing and If the
fire had got Roadway it is likely that
all of the business portion of the
town of Wardner would have been
cleaned out.
1t seems likely that the plan for the
city and county to Jointly build gov
eminent building Is we'll on the way
to successful elimination at Boise.
The $4,000 bond issue of indie
pendent school district No. l Occur
d'Alene) has been taken by the state
land board at par.
H. F. Mallon, who, while serving
at the Idaho penltentiary two years
sentence for larceny, escaped nearly
three weeks ago. getting out of sight
Of the guard while he was watching
the work of gang Of convicts in the
state stone quarry, is again behind
the bars at the penitentiary.
The big annual miners picnic at
Cameron's grove in Kellogg Saturday
was a great success. The miners in
the Bunker Hill and the Last Chance
were all given holiday and most Of
the stores in Wardner and Kellogg
were closed for the day. The parade,
headed by the Wardner band, about 10
o'clock marched to the grounds.
Recently w. H. Buffngington. Sec
ton foreman for that part of the Short
Line branch between Nampa and Meri-
dian, committed suicide by shooting
himself through the head. The deed
was committed in boxcar used by
Burlington and another section fore
man named Mike Rush as living
quarters.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-08-21
To Protect Forests.

"The forestry department is spend
ing soOO.U00 this year for permanent
improvements in the forest reserves
of the west, and the larger part OF
these expenditures are being made on
reserves in Washington, Idaho and
Montana, because Of their magnitude"
says w. E. Herring of Washington, d..
c., constructing engineer of the forest
service of the United States depart
ment of agriculture.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-08-21
OUTLOOK
is FINE
SHAW SAYS TIMES WILL
CONTINUE GOOD.
GOOD TIMES ARE A SURETY
UNDER EXISTING cIRCUM-
STANCES.

Leslie M. Shaw, former secretary
of the treasury, has authorized the fol
lowing interview on the present f1nan-
cial and industrial conditions:
"Our farms produce more than
$500, 100000 per annum and the pros
peet is good for an average crop. Our
mines yield more than $4,000 900
and our forests more than $1,000, 000,-
900, and none of these sources of
wealth has been exhausted. The out
put Of our factories, in other than
food products, totals $12,000,000,0 900,
and no fires have been extinguished.
The railways earn more than $4,000
00U,000 and they are all in successful
operation. The payroll Of our factories
and railways aggregate approximately
$780, 100000 and the scales of wages
have not been reduced.
I'm other words, the real sources Of
the peoples wealth have not yet been
affected and the ability of Industrial
concerns to pay dividends is not
measured by the market price Of their
stock.
Logical reasons for serious condi-
lions are never wanting. If ]
Judge correctly the people will have
exactly what they expect. If those
who have money in the banks with
draw it and lock it up, If the banks
refuse to grant accommodations, and
if the consuming public decline to
place orders then we will very soon
witness the effects.
"Let those who think that times Of
disaster follow each other at regular
intervals bear in mind that this coun-
try never yet experienced period Of
depression that was not traceable to
financial or economic agitation or leg
islation and usually to both. In 1898
the redemption of greenbacks in sill
yer instead of gold was openly advo-
Gated by the party in power which
was under promise to remove the pro-
tective tariff from our industries and
the free coinage of silver at the ratio
of 16 to l was championed by promi-
nent members of both parties. The
country might have survived any one
of these sources of alarm but it could
not survive all three.
AT this time no one questions our
financial system. and the tariff will
not be touched for at least Is months.
Some check in the speed at which we
are going is most desirable, and the
checking process has probably begun.
1t will require fair measure Of conf
dence and courage to prevent undue
retardment in our industries. Capital
cannot be forced into activity but it
never seen the time when universal
sanity was more essential to our we'll
being"
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-08-21
METEOR AND SEA COLLIDE
oweiIers on Long Island See Strange
Siuht.

oweilers on Long Island See Strange
Sight.
New York.-All people out Of doors
at Amagansett, Long Island, were
startled the other evening when they
heard terrific roar and at the same
time saw a blazing mass shooting
through the heavens over the ocean,
apparently only little way out from
shore. The blazing object appeared
to many to be about 20 feet In diam
eter.
Those who witnessed the flight say
the meteor must have weighed several
tons. When it struck the ocean huge
breakers came tumbling shoreward
Several bathing pavilions were washed
away and fishermen's nets were bat
tered from their moorings, while con.
siderable damage was caused to prop
erty along the ocean front. Great num-
bers Of dead fish were swept in.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-08-21
SPOKANE ADJUSTMENTS,
At the Spokane.

The following are the bookings for
the month of September at the Spo-
kane theater:
September 1-2-"Uncle Josh Per
kins."
September 3-Musicale, Sherman.
Clay company
September 6-7-"Salomy Jane"
September S.9---"The Isle of Spice"
September 11-12-Ezra Kendall in
Swell Elegant Jones'"
September 13-14-'Little Johnny
Jones'"
September 15-"Thorns and Orange
Blossoms"
September 20-21--William Faver-
sham in ''The Squaw Man"
September 22-24-"The Time, The
Place and The Girl"
September 25-26-"The Mayor of To.
kio."
September 27.2S-The Darlington
Hawley company.
September 29-30-'The County
Chairman"
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-08-21
CHANGE BRAND OF TOBACCO:

Smokers Sometimes Do Not Know
Why They Seek = Novelty.
I'm tobacco used for pipes it is quite
a usual thing for smokers to change
their brand every two years or so,"
said dealer In such things, though
on the other hand, there are some men
who never change. This changing IL
In many cases simply habit, but one
which has been acquired In q curious
way.
1.-THE men who make such changes
declare they have simply got tired OF
the old brand, whereas, as matter Of
fact. 1t Is often case where tho
brand has deteriorated In quality. 1t
used to be common thing for some
manufacturers to put out a new brand
Of smoking tobacco SO good that Il
could not be sold at profit ut the price
asked. This speedily doomed the
brand to phenomenal popularity and
then slowly. SO slowly that 1t would
not be noticed for long time. the
manufacturer would proceed to get his
money back by using inferior stock in
the brand Al
Fortunes were made In this way,
and many a man who finally gave up
his favOrite brand never knew any
thing except that he had grown tired
Of It. The same trick Is played now
adays. and probably always will be.
but 1t Is by no means SO frequent.
MANY man who ohopuod oftar So,. fhic
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-08-21
Minlnu Notes.

The Gray Copper Mines company,
limited, has been organized to develop
a group of claims located by Buell.
brothers of Osburn.
Reports from the Golden Chariot
mine. two miles east of Sumpter, Ore.
are that fine body of ore is being
drifted upon from the 200-foot level.
Two drifts are now established in this
property from which smelling ores are
being extracted.
Nelson, B. Can American com
pany has started gold dredging opera
tons on Popular creek, beginning at
a point between Poplar and Gerard.
A scow has been built for the purpose,
and the syndicate proposes operating
after the New Zealand plan.
A new compressor has Just been in
stalled on the property of the Moon
Creek Mining company which is stu
ated on Moon creek, about four miles
above Wardner.
1t is reported that fully 1000 miners,
many Of whom are existing in miser.
able quarters, are out of employment
at Nome, and the discouraged men
are returning to the states as FAST
as they can secure money to pay
their passage. Nome is taking care
of a number Of foreigners who are
in destitute circumstances. They are
living in temporary dugouts along the
beach and the city is providing them
with the necessities and food.
The coke famine at the Boundary
B. c., district smelters, which has been
more or less felt for the last few
weeks, has at last reached an acute
stage. and as a result the largest re
duction works in the Dominion Of
Canada, those Of the CRANKY Console
>dated at Grand Forks, are now tenn
porarily idle, almost the entire force
at the company's Phoenix mines
where about 500 men are regularly
femployed were laid of for a couple Of
days.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-08-21
Build Fast French Steamer.

NJ. Praviche, designer in chief OF
the French line of steamers, a recent
arrival in this country. has announced
the French line will soon build new
steamship to be second in size only to
the new Cunarder's Lusitania and Muir
itania. The steamer will be equipped
with the reciprocating form of engines.
The company intends to go In for speed
and the coming liner will be. 1t is
planned. the fastest craft using the old
style of engines afloat.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-08-21

Drive Posts Across Track for Being
Put OF Enuine.

An attempt VS. made recently to
wreck a passenger train on the ella
Valley railroad. Large posts were
driven upright across the track near
San Carlos on the Indian reservation.
The engineer did not see the posts
until it was too late to stop the train,
50 dashed at them full speed. striking
them with such velocity that they
were hurled out of the right of way
without >erailing the engine.
Railroad men believe the attempt to
wreck the train was a plot for re-
venge on the part Of Apaches who had
been ordered from the train by the
engineer while riding on the engine
tender, according to their custom with
trains crossing the reservation.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-08-21
COMING EVENTS.

Livingston, Mont, races, August rs.
28.
North Pacific Sangerfest, Spokane,
August 29-September 1.
Northwestern Washington Union
Veterans, Chewelah, September 81.
Columbia River Methodist Episco.
pal conference, Spokane, September
Al.
Free street carnival, Walla Wallas
Wash, September 1923.
Montana Pioneers, Billings, Sep.
tomber 26.2S
Washington Retail Grocers, Seattle,
September 1919.
Southern Idaho Baptist Young Peo-
pies union, Boise, September 1922.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-08-21
Fairs.

Livingston, Mont. Aug $500.
Everett, Wash. Sept. 2-7.
Bozeman, Mont. September 81.
Riverside, Wash, September 1912
Centralia. Wash, September 9-14.
Roseburg. Ore, September, 1914.
Athena, Ore. September 1921.
Missoula, Mont, September. 1920.
Salem, Ore, September 1921.
Orofino. Idaho, September 1919.
Missoula, Mont. September 1920.
Redmond. Ore, September 1921.
Prosser, Wash, September 1921.
Great Falls. Mont, September 1927
North Yakima, Wash. Sept. 1928.
Colville, Wash. September 1921.
Anaconda, Mont. September 1928
McMinnville, Ore. September 1927
Pendleton. Ore, September 1928.
Victoria. b. c., September 24-2S.
Spokane, Wash, September 23-Oc
tober 5.
Helena, Mont. September 30-Octc
Der 5.
Puyallup. Wash, October Is.
La Grande, Ore, October 2-5.
New Westminster, B. c., Octobe:
is.
Caldwell. idaho. October Is.
Scio. Ore, October "a.
Davenport, Wash, October S-11.
Oregon City. Ore. October oil.
Colfax, Wash. October 7-12.
Lewiston, Idaho, October ZIP.
Baker City. Ore, October s-12.
Wilbur, Wash. October 1918.
Walla Walla, Wash, October 1919
Prineville, Ore, October 1913.
Boise. Idaho, October 21-25.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-08-21
SPOKANE.
Wholesale Meat Prices.

Beef-Steers, dressed, 6k07c Id;
COW beef, 5h @Gc Id; mutton. dressed
121hc lb; pork, 1Oc ID: hams. 15hc ID;
bacon, Ice lb; lard, 12kc lb; dry salt
extras, 81 cwt; dry salt backs. $12.5C
cwt; veal, 9@10c Id; smoked salmon
Sc ID.
Wholesale Feed Prices.
Bran, sic ton; bran and shorts, 81
ton; red shorts, $1S; white shorts, $22
ton: corn, whole, $1.40 cwt.; cracked
$3.50; alfalfa, SIC ton; rolled barley
1920 cwt; wheat, $3.50 cwt; timothy
hay, $1S ton; grain hay, $14 ton; oats,
$1.20 cwt.
Prices Paid to Producers.
Live stock-Steers, $4,000 cwt;
COW, $2.2563; sheep. $4@4.25 cwt;
hogs, $3.50 cwt; mutton. 12kc Id;
veal, 7hGSc lb; pork, skG9c Id.
Poultry and Eggs-Live hens, 13c
lb; live spring chickens. 15@16c; live
ROSTERS, 1Oc; dressed hens, 15c;
ducks, live, lac; dressed, Ice; turkeys
live, 1Sc; dressed, zoe; fresh ranch
eggs. $5@5.5O case.
Hides-Green, &c Id; sailed, 1c high
er; dry hides. 16017c; calfskins,
green. S@9c; cows. &c; kip. Sc Id;
sheepskins, 50c@$1.25.
Creamery produce, f., o. b. Spokane
First grade creamery butter fat
29kc.
Feed-Timothy hay, SIS ton; grain
hay, $40 ton; alfalfa. $40 ton; oats, 81
cwt; feed wheat, $1.30 cwt; whole
barley, Csc cwt.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-08-21
Bad Mixup In China.

Private dispatches from Pekin say
that inasmuch as the Dowager EN-
press is incapacitated by an incurable
disease and historical animosity
toward Manchus. the Mandarins are
increasing, and that the affairs of the
Pekin government constitute an in
creasing battling problem.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-08-21
Burton to Resiun,

Representative Burton of Cleveland.
Ohio. will resign his craftsmanship Of
the river and harbor committee In the
next congress and devote the greater
portion of his time to the work of the
inland waterways commission, Of which
he is a member.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-08-21
sPokANE's NEW COLLEGE.
Its Fall Term Starts September 20
1907

Spokane College will open its doors
for the first time on September 90.
The building, begun last fall, is now
nearly ready and will be dedicated on
October 7th, which will be observed
as Anniversary Day.
The faculty Is made up of young
men and women full of enthusiasm for
their work, still of sufficient expert
ence to be we'll equipped for lleir
tasks. The president, DR.. p. NJ Glasoe,
is a graduate of the University of
Minnesota, where be also took his
postgraduate degree.
The following are the teaching
staff: Thos. A. Bonser, biology and
geology; B. F. Westmore. English;
Rev. Chr. S. Thompson, Greek. Bible
study and Scandinavian languages;
Miss Olga Glasoe, preceptress and in
charge of the history instruction; F..
B. Counort, Romance Languages; M.
B. Watkins. formerly county superin-
tendent of schools for Spokane coun-
ty, normal branches and school law;
Magnus H. Wickman, manual train
ing; Arthur Frazer, piano and har-
mony; Carl Grissen, violin; Mrs Ethel
F. Bonser, art; II. E. Mielke, CONNER
cial subjects; Rev. P. H. Grosehupf,
German; Mrs. Harry X. Brown, pipe
organ, piano and counterpart; Mrs.
Pearl Hutton Shrader, voice culture;
Clifford Bonham, mandolin and guitar;
Mrs. G. P. Gillum, oratory and elocu-
ton.
Instruction will begin at once in all
the departments, with this difference
that only freshman class of the col
lege department will be started this
year. Besides college department
there will be a preparatory depart
ment, a school of commerce and a
night school.
One of the most important features
of the college will be the law school.
The faculty is composed Of the best
lawyers of the city of Spokane, and
this is a guarantee that it will CON-
pare favorably with other law schools
OF the west. The following are on the
faculty:
Hon. Edward Whitson, Hon. George
Turner, Hon. William Huneke, Hon.
NJ. ]. Gordon, B. H. Kizer, John E.
Blair, j. T. Burcham, Frank T. Post,
Hon. w. G. Graves, Myron A. Fol-
som and Friedrich w. Dewart.
Several of the members of the fac
ulty of the college are well and fav-
orably known to the school people of
the Inland Empire and this will insure
confidence in the institution at the
outset. The law school will be in SEES.
sion entirely in the evening in order
that business men who are too busy
in the day may get chance to avail
themselves of the opportunity to get
a legal education, without interfering
in any way with their business.
The college will stand as an expon-
ent of the Christian education, as the
only education which educates the
mind and heart at the same time. The
discipline of the school will be based
on Christian principles and encourage
ment will be given to all Christian
work among the students.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-08-21
Auto Collision With Train Fatal.

Great harrington, Mass. Aug. 10
Charles J. Root, an automobile manu-
facturer, and his mother and her
sister were killed Sunday when their
auto ran into a railroad train at a
crossing near here. Mr.. Roots daugh-
tire and his niece were seriously
injured.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-08-21
Wreck on Wabash,

Two rear coaches Of Wabash train
No. 9, from st. Louis, left the track
and overturned at Randolph, NO., Sat.
urday night. Nine persons were in
jured, none seriously. Among these
was Francis G. Lane of Los Angeles,
rib broken.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-08-21
Saw the Winner.

Kiel, Germny, Aug 19.-Many Ameri-
cans who are to be guests of German
yacht clubs this week Sunday saw the
emperor's cup won by the Wanssee
Yacht clubs yacht Wanssee. which de-
feated Prince Henry's yacht Tilly D.
by 20 seconds.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-08-21

"what books have helped you most ?"
asked the sincere mad serious young
woman.
II can't recall all Of EN-" answered
Mr.. Cumrox, but they were mostly
stories with love and fighting In them
You see. was in the book selling busi-
ness WIN I began to get prospsrouA"-
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-08-21
RAILROAD FROM CALIFORNIA.
Northwestern Pacific to Continue as
Far as Portland.

Orders have been issued to begin
construction work on the Northwest
ern Pacific, a joint Southern Pacific
and Atchison enterprise. which is to
give San Francisco new railroad con.
nection with Eureka. 1t will eventu-
ally be continued along the coast into
Oregon, to connect with the main
branch Of the Southern Pacific, max
ing an easy grade all the way to Port
land. Some OF the construction will be
very costly. The Homie stretch be-
tween Willitts and Shevley will cost
about $13,000,000, and there is one
stretch Of seven miles which it will
take 100000 to build.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-08-21
At the Columbia,

A stirring story of western life, real
istic without being overdrawn. is THE
Halfbreed," which is the Offering Of
the Curtiss Comedy company at the
Columbia theater for this week The
scenes Of the play are laid in Indian
Territory and the characters are of a
II e-tOnature type.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-08-21

Missionaries and college students
are very similar in one respect: Both
are regular in writing home that they
Feed money.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-08-21
Struck by Streetcar.

Minneapolis. Mimi, Aug. 19.-Ole
Nelson, paperhanger, was struck by
a s;rectcar and Killed.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-08-21

The man who is doing his whole
duty has very little time for grumbling.