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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12
LAY DAMAGE TO NEW DAM.
Farmers Sue Citizens Of Lake Benton
for $3.50.

Ivanhoe, Mimi, Sept. 10. - Three
farmers who W land adjoining Lake
Benton, M. H. Bolta, Oliver Roscoe
and Neil Bressler, have brought suit
in the district court against several
prominent Lake Benton citizens for
damages said to have been caused by
the partial damming of the outlet of
Lake Benton in the effort to make 1t a
body of water.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-09-12

William Augustus Windsor, a real
admiral of the United States navy, re-
tired, died in New York.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-03-06
CITY TO RAISE
PAY 25CTS.
A DAY

Last night the council reported
out for passage an amendment to
the original Spokane Traction fran
chise allowing double tracks on
Third av. from Magnolia to Sher-
man SITS; fixing water rates so to
reduce the fiat rate on residences
from 81 to 80 cents month, and
permit automatic sprinkling, 6 a.
m. to s a. IN and 6 p. m. to 8 p. m.
The meter rate Is left as 1t now
stands at 10 cents per 1000 gal
Ions.
Other ordinances reported out
were those increasing pay of day
labor employed by the city from
$3.50 a day to $2.75 for eight
hours; requiring streetcar compan'
les to train men 10 days before al.
lowing them in charge of cars.
The latter ordinance was OPP
posed strongly by w. G. Estep, who
finally succeeded in getting an
amendment providing for an excep
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-03-06
MACHO CAUGHT
IN THE ACT

AS the result of alleged trickery
of NJ. Macho, the employment
agent, in deceaving the city comp
troller and thereby having renew
ed the Scandia-American license on
the representation that it was lost,
his license at PA Stevens st. may
be revoked by Mayor Daggett
Iacho had purchased Of the
Scandanavian-American Co. an eX-
ira license they had secured by
transfer and had no use for. It ex-
PRED Feb. "a. On the theory that
the council would refuse another H.
cense in this place, Macho, so Ii
sence Inspector Gwydir claims, APP
peared before Comptroller Farley
with a trumped up story about los
ing the Scandia-American license
and the expired permit renewed to
June, Yesterday the inspector
found the old license posted up il.
the Dempsey saloon agency, which
had renewed business. Inspector
Gwydir appropriated the license
and closed the place. The inspec-
tor will prepare charges against
Macho for submission to the mayor.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-03-06

ring with the company in the
courts. Anderson told how in 1904
his company had appeared before
the council and admitted that
Theis had them so thoroughly tied
up they could not realize money to
begin new work. They asked that
the Williams franchise be granted
The council inserted section "8h,'
which provided and allowed for
consolidation of the two compan-
les. 1t was further provided that
this franchise lapse after % years,
when the city might buy the plant
at market value. Two per cent of
the gross earnings are to be paiG
into the city treasury The fran
chise under which the old company
was operating makes consolidation
grounds for forfeiture of the old
franchise. Mr.. Pratt may ask that
it also be declared forfeited.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-03-06
Bits O. News
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

At the Masonic temple Friday
night card party will be given by
the Ladies of the Eastern Star.
The Ladies' Aid society of Corbin
Park Congregational church viii:
meet tomorrow afternoon with Mrs.
E. r. Fosdick, 432 Park place.
Falls City Hive No. 33, Ladies of
the Maccabees. will give a whist
party Friday afternoon at the large
Pacific hall. Refreshments will be
served.
A tea will be given at the home
of Mrs. w. E. Tanner, E1025
Bridgeport av., Thursday afternoon
by the Ladies' Aid society of the
Congregational church.
A card party will be given in the
lower Pacific hall Friday evening
by Primrose circle of the Women
of WoOdcraft. An invitation is ex-
tended to ali members and friends.
An excellent program has been
arranged for the musical and dra-
matte entertainment to be given by
Circle No. 4 of the Ladies' Aid So
ciety of the First Methodist church,
Friday evening for the benefit OF
the organ fund.
Nearly 1000 people were present
at the second annual rally and So
cial held last night in the base
ment of the new First Methodist
church. the interior of which is
fast nearing completion. Decora
tions for the occasion were of the
national colors. while a seven piece
orchestra furnished the music.
George w. Paine was yesterday
deposed from the Office of guardian
ad litem of three children of H. q
Fish by Judge Poindexter upon the
complaint of the father. The latter
was appointed. Paine was appoint
ed year ago in order that some
property might be disposed of, and
too long a time had been consumed
in selling this property.
Mr.. and Mrs. Manley Harshman
and their two sons, Of Kalispell
Mont, and well known in Spokane
were on the wrecked steamship Da
kota. The Harshmans recently Wis
tied with Mr.. and Mrs. LOVejOy In
Spokane and were on their way
to Japan, where Mr.. Harshman was
to take charge of -four establish
ment. They were rescued.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-03-06
STIMMElL IS
PRESIDENT

At Portland. Ore, yesterday the
North Pacific Fair association elect
ed H. C. Stimmell, of Spokane,
president. Spokane was given two
weeks of racing, beginning Sep
TENDER % and ending October 5.
The first week is to be devoted en-
tirely to running races and the sec
ond will be harness races and live
stock show. 1t was agreed that
only running races should be the
attraction the first week so the
change in date would not conflict
with the North Yakima week. Fol-
lowing are the racing dates:
Everett, Wash, September . to
Z; Centralia, Wash, September 8
to IA; Salem state fair, September
16 TO q; North Yakima, September
% to %; Spokane, two weeks, one
week harness and livestock show
and one week of running races. Sep
TENDER % to October 5; Lewiston
Idaho, October Z to 70; Walla
Walla, Wash, October IA to 49,;
Boise, Idaho, October q to IS.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-03-06
May ARREST R, R. men
F0RICNOR|NC ORDINANCE

to think that the mere erection OF
such gates. without their use,
brings them within keeping of the
law. The ordinance says gates
shall be of sufficient length and di-
mansions to extend completely and
wholly across each of said streets
so that when any engine, car or
train is passing or about to pass
any of said crossings it will be i'm
possible for any person or persons
or conveyances to gain access to
said tracks"
A penalty of fine of not less
than S25 nor more than 500 is at
tached for violations. The board
heretofore has made no efforts be-
yond requests to secure compll-
ance with the ordinance, which was
passed in the interest of public
safety.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-03-06
KITCHEN SCENT
CAUSED BIG
KICKS

Fumes from the kitchen of the
Club cafe are offensive TO the SEN
sitive nostrils of Office renters in
the Ziegler block. When warm
weather set in many of the office
people opened their back windows
to get the sunshine. They got the
sunshine all right, but it was bad
~ diluted with the smell of cook
ing fish and meat and things. Per
haps the smell made them hungry
and then. again, perhaps it
didn't, but that don't alter the fact
that a large sized kick has been
registered with the board of
health.
There never was a time when it
was charged that the smell of cook
ing edibles was unsanitary, but see
ing that the "kickers' are lawyers,
doctors and not candlestick makers,
Inspectors Adams and Reardan got
busy with the Club cafe proprie-
tors. The result is most satisfac-
tory to the Office men, for the Club
smell" hereafter will be emitted
from the top of huge boiler-iron
chimney that will extend above the
highest room in the block.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-03-06

rick tackle to conduct the funeral
rites of a Chicago woman.
She was Mrs William Mauer, "a
years old, who died of fatty degen-
Grafton of the heart, and weighed
500 pounds. 1t was necessary to
fasten the rope to the roof of the
house remove the body from the
secnd story window after the sash
frames had been taken out.
The body was taken to the I'M
dertaking rooms in huge movin
van, where a special casket 81
inches in width and weighing PAS
pounds. had been built for the body
Because of her inability to pass
through the doorway the dead WON.
an had been a prisoner in her own
home for seven years.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-03-06
GAS FRANCHISE
HAS TIED Up
THE CITY

The city council, in committee of
the whole, last night did not feel
able to handle Councilman N. S.
Pratt's proposition that the Roger
H. Williams gas franchise be for
feited because the streets and al
leys of the city were being used
for private purposes by the Will
liams concern, which is making
gas and selling it to the old Spo-
kane Gas Co. Customers are also
paying $175 for gas instead Of
$3.50, which was stipulated as the
maximum in the franchise.
The corporation counsel was ask
ed for a written opinion on whether
the company was carrying out the
terms of the franchise and what
the price of gas really is under the
penalty system whereby the COM
pany exacts 25 cents if payment is
not made by the month.
Assistant Corporation Counsel
terms of the franchise, after it is
unravelled, the Williams company
was authorized to consolidate with
the old company. Winston assert
ed that the old council, of which
Mr.. Pratt was member, was
done" by the gas people when
they got the franchise through.
Winston styled the franchise as
"one which he should certainly de-
sire were he in the gas business"
The franchise was drawn by At
torney Geraghty, now corporation
counsel
Isaac w. Anderson, vice presi-
dent of the old company, replied to
MIR. Pratt and in conclusion init
mated that Pratt's scheme was to
assist Charles Theis, minority
stakeholder who is at present war
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-03-06
MAY0RALTY LEMON IS
MAKING THE CIRCUIT

The passing of the lemon by the
Highlander democrats reached the
height of folly, say the machine
democrats, yesterday, when Coun-
Gilman N. S. Pratt and w. w. Toll
man agreed to hand it to Robert
Farley, present comptroller. Bob"
would make fine mayor without a
doubt, but then he has expressed
himself in emphatic language that
"he wadna ha' it" under any consid-
Grafton.
Originally, Mr.. Pratt, as the city
hall bunch frames it up, began to
engineer disgruntled democrats
with a view of opposing the renom-
nation of Mayor Daggett and get
ting the nomination himself. The
machines whole fight SO far has
been to head off Pratt. Finally Mr..
Pratt foresaw, or thought he fore
saw, where he couldn't make a
showing, so he passed the lemon on
to Tolman. But Tolman, although
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-03-06

The board of public works order
TO railroad companies that cross
ing gates must be maintained ac-
cording TO law have not been obey
ed The commissioners are con
sidering a move to arrest officials
of the railroads and have them ex-
plain the reason for this. Of all
the gates in the city, not a solitary
one is maintained. Instead. flag
men, and in most cases half deaf,
Anticipated old men who hold the
jobs as a pension from the COM
panies, are stationed at crossings.
Ordinance AGES, which passed
the city council Dec. q, 1892, and
remains unchanged, expressly pro-
vides for crossing gates on Ste
vens. Howard, Post, Monroe and
Division SITS, and that they be
maintained The companies seem
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-03-06

ton to the rule in. case of strikes,
when any competent" man might
be employed. Councilman w. T.
Horn was also busy with the pro-
riso question and said he used to
run a streetcar for the Washington
Water Power Co. himself and d
conductor needed no special train
ing. Despite the. protest the propo-
sition to report out carried as it
stood with the amendment.
There was no debate on the day
labor question after Councilman
Gray moved for an increase to $2.75
day instead of 50, as asked by
the federal unions.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-03-06
HEALTH CERTIFICATE TO GO
WITH MARRIAGE LICENSE.

DES MONIES, March "a GER
tificate of good health, to accom-
pany the marriage license, is what
Secretary Louis A. Thomas, of the
state board of health, advocates.
He says prohibitive laws, regulat-
ing marriage, are of no avail. No
couple should be allowed to marry
unless free from faint of disease.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-03-06

lice last night that two negroes en-.
tered his room in the New York
lodging house early in the evening
and robbed him OF $500. Soon af.
ter midnight Detective Weir and
Patrolman Downey arrested R.
Brown and G. Moore, who were
later identified by the Italian as the
robbers.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-03-06
TIMED BEEF POiSONS WHOLE
FAMILY.

CRESTON, Iowa, March 6.-R.
A. Burnett, wife and son Jesse,
were poisoned by eating canned
beef. Shortly after supper the
family was taken i'll. Physicians
were summoned and by administer
ing antidotes were able to save
the lives of Mr.. Burnett and wife
and child. The doctors diagnosed
the illness as ptomaine poisoning,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-03-06
FATHER WEBS SONS WIDOW.

WOOSTER, Iowa. March ct
has just been learned that Profes.
sor Lyman S. knight, president OF
the board of school examiners OF
Wayne county, was secretly mar
ried on Dec. Is to the widow of his
son. Professor Knight is 63. His
wife is 2S. Charles knight, the
son, was killed by a train in 1902,
and after that the widow kept
house for her father-in-law.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-03-06

A contract for the building of %
miles of the st. Paul road east from
the Columbia river has recently
been let, call for 500 men and 300
teams has been issued and build
ing operations will begin in II the
course of another two weeks. A
townsite is being laid out at ,this
point.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-03-06

a democrat of high standing and
opposed to the machine, decided he
would not offer himself as the lem
on, so after consultation with
Mr.. Pratt, it was passed on to Fair.
ley.
The forces of the city hall bunch
are beginning to work over the
registration books. Rustlers are
out, presumably under salary,
boosting voters of the various pre-
cincts to line up and register. The
movement commenced in earnest
yesterday when more than 200 reg
istered A. close tab is being kept
on fraudulent registrations and par
ticular attention has been called by
Clerk Flemming to that particular
portion of the registration law
which provides that voters must
have resided II months and 10 days
in the state, 20 days in the county
and 10 days in the precinct, in
order to qualify.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-03-06
SLEEP BLOWS
IN His FISTS

The biggest noise in the puglistic
world is being made right now by
young Bill Papke, a 21-year-old
welterweight, of Spring Valley, H.,
the town which also produced John
Mitchell, president of the mine
workers union. He is matched to
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-03-06
CONVENTION CLOSES TODAY,

The Sunday school convention
now IN session at the First United
Presbyterian church, closes this
evening with a meeting of the
Bright Side league devoted to en-
tertaining and profitable expe-
riences in Sunday school work.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-03-06

"If John d. Rockefeller has only
$780, 900 900 he must have lost gsev-
eral hundred millions, but where
did he lose it?" asks a Boston
paper. Give it up-but he didn't
lose it around us, neighbor.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-03-06
NEEDED DRAY TO
BEAR CORPSE AWAY

CHICAGO, March cit re-
quired the combined efforts of 10
husky piano movers and their der
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-03-06

BILL" PAPKE, THE ILLINOIS
TORNADO, WHO is AFTER MEL
LODY'S TITLE.
fight Billy Rhodes at Peoria, March
6, and if he wins is looking for
ward to go with Champion
Honey" Melody.
Papke has only been fighting a
year, but has gained reputation
as a whirlwind mixer, after the Ter
ry McGovern style, and appears to
be impervious to punishment. He
has knocked out every man who has
faced him.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-03-06
EoBBED OF $500

j. Babisto Malrocala, quite evi.
IDENTIFY an Italian and more evident
ly very drunk, reported to the po-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-03-06
VERY Low PRICES
Thursday and Friday
1eannOt Bros
DEPARTMENT STORE,

0722 and o724 Monroe Street.
White House Maple Syrup, 1
gal ........... @I.Io
White House Maple Syrup, II
gal ........... ...'...... ooc
White House Maple Syrup, a
gal SOC
White House Maple Syrup, Az
gal ............. $4.oo
P. @. Drips, / gal pail. ....... SOC
p. @. Drips, h gallon pail. .... .25c
Our White House Maple is the fin
est goods in Spokane.
All 35c Preserves at. ..........2 5c
All Csc Jams at ..25c
All 35c Honey at ..............25 Csc
All in glass jars.
25c pkg. Tree Tea at. 15c
soc pkg. Tree Tea at ......... soc
Fancy Coffee at, lb.20c, Csc, zoe, Csc
Xtra good SOC Teas at, Id. 80. .29c
Xtra good Gee Teas at, lb. 80. .29c
10 ID. sack granulated Sugar. :. SOC
Fancy Tomatoes, can. 12c, 15c, zoe
Fancy Corn, at, can. .10c to zoe
Fancy can Fruit, can. zoe to Csc
Full Cream Cheese at, Id. see. zoe
Ranch Eggs at, dozen. ....... 30c
At 20 per cent off on any in stock
Thursday and Friday.
WALL PAPER WAY UNDER.
Coo Ingram, bolt .35c
40c and soc Paper, bolt. ...... .25c
Oak Moulding, at, foot. ....... &c
Fancy Moulding, at, foot. ...... Sc
A big line at less than cost.
Best 10c Toilet Paper, for. :. Csc
Best 15c Toilet Paper, for. +. . 35c
Best 7c Toilet Paper, s for. Csc
$500 Salad Bowls, hand painted ACC
$500 Chop Plates, hand painted 400
$500 Cake Plate, hand painted. ACC
Best $500 Bench Wringer. $3.50
Best $3.50 Bench Wringer. ;. $500
Good Wringers from. ....... 5000
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1907-05-11
New Mexico Meerschaum.

Because of the discovery Of vast
deposits Of meerchaum in the
mountains of New Mexico, it is
likely that the monopoly Of that
mineral heretofore held by the
Turkish government will be broken
and pipes Of that material will be
lessened in cost. Until recently
all the meerchaum used in the COM
merce of the world was produced
from mines in the plains of Eskihi.
sher, Anatolia, Turkey in Asia.
In those mines are employed 1Io,-
900 men. The output of the mines
is owned by the Turkish govern
ment, and in it kept the price up.
1t is said that enough meerschaum
has been discovered in Grant coun-
ty to supply the worlds needs
Kansas City Star.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1907-05-11

Not being content with anything
short of the very best in the line
of banks, the stockholders of the
Nara Visa Trust & Savings Bank
have changed the institution into
a national bank. Nara Visa and
vicinity are being rapidly settled
by a highly intelligent and ener-
getic well-to-do class Of citizens.
They have been used to the best
of things in their eastern homes
and they expect them to a certain
degree out here. The appreciation
of this fact by the stock holders of
our bank was the means that
prompted them to nationalize.
There is a great deal of wealth in
the Nara Visa country, and there
is no better way in the world to
let people know it than through the
medium of big, we'll rounded bank
deposits. Do your banking with
the home bank. You will receive
courteous treatment and your
business careful attention Mara
Visa New Mexican.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1907-05-11
Grady Notes.
orrespondence }


Smith and Robinson have re-
turned home from Tucumcari,
where they had been on a business
trip.
Bowman and Wyatt have gone
to Texico on business.
G. w. McDial was at Grady
Thursday on business, and visited
J. M. Sconce and family whom he
knew in Mountain View, Okla
homa.
The young folks of Grady took
a pleasure trip to the cedar breaks
Sunday.
A Reader.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1907-05-11

eWade by experts in
a speciality factory, out
of best leather tanned.
Goodyear welt flexible
sole. Smooth inside as
a glove. Best sole
leather bottom. SeWed
with best silk thread.
Finished by artistic
hands. Is stylish and
handsome. eWade in
az different styles. All
the new toe shapes.
Gall the popular
feathers. The price,
$3.50 400 places
it in reach of all.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09
DeWberry'S Delight

is a medicine that should be in every
home at this season of the year, as 1t
is the best stomach and bowel medi-
cine on the market. 1t acts directly
upon the most essential organs, the
liver, bowels and kidneys, thereby re-
moving the cause at the beginning,
which is the proper time to aid nature.
If you will keep DeWberry's Delight
on hand and use it strictly according
to directions when you first suspect or
feel the need of medicine to remove
the waste matter from the system and
turn on the nerve force so the deter
mining powers can come to the sur
face it will insure you against 90 per
cent of all ills that are likely to at
tack the system. Sold by all drug
gists. Price SOC per bottle. If not
satisfied with results your druggist
will cheerfully refund your money.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09
THE OLD GREENBACKERs.
(The Investigator. Omaha.t)

\1u0 Investigator, Onahd.C)
The cash Of the United States gov
ernment on April was $252,635,50
$16O,779,632 Of that was in the ma
tional banks. That is to say, the
bankers had been given 160 million
dollars of the peoples money without
interest which they, the said bankers,
were loaning back to them at high
rates In all the history Of the world
was there ever before granted spe-
cial privilege of the value of that?
One would think that the bankers
would be satisfied at last, but they are
not. The great financial papers are
now saying that the government kept
back $91, 1,S55,S76 when it should have
not retained more than fifty million
as working balance.
The Investigator rises to remark
that all that has been printed about
Roosevelt calling Hartman liar and
Hartman returning the compliment,
all the talk about a five million fund
having been raised by Standard Oil to
defeat Roosevelt and his policies,
which has attracted the whole atten-
ton of the people, is a mere baga-
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09
MORNING SUNBEAMS.

Just fresh from the press. Our
Latest, Brightest and Best Song
Book No. l, 25 cents; No. 2, % cents;
Nos. 1 and 2 combined, ESQ songs,
35 cents. will mail one copy of either
No. 1 or No. 2, to any reader of this
paper who will send me the names
and addresses of or more leaders of
music for only Is cents, or one copy
Nos. 1 and combined for only 25
cents. Teachers of music, preachers
of the gospel and the people in gener-
al, all say that Morning Sunbeams is
the best all round all purpose book
anywhere. Address all orders to T. B.
MoSley, Boaz Ala
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

telle compared with the transactions
that have abolished the sub-treasury
system and placed this government
wholly in the power of the banks.
Toward the end now accomplished,
Wall street has worked increasingly
for forty years. Many fierce battles
have been fought, and now quietly,
and without causing any public COM
ment, the thing has been accom-
plished at last. The bank interest
will furnish the campaign funds for
the Republican party in the next cam