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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-11-14
TO CREMATE RATS

Two 81 the large iron CRATES.
formerly IN the furnaces 0f the bat
tleahip Nebraska. have been So
cured By Or Cofer. government o1'
pert 10 charge Of the determination
OF rats. and are 20 be installed
back of the board ~ health head
quarters for use In cremating the
rodautH
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-11-14

: rar8ka. the new Japanese
msa 70 Seattle. arrived this ~.
laz rlfh his wife and children
4 y Kaza Maru % the Nippon
Yanm EkishA line. which landed at
d sssa, Northern docks Headed
y Caasul HirAmldsu a large dele.
mfs * his cnuntrymeh were on
az Is Erest the distinguished dip
anai uA1 = 10 take 40 his rest
ience here.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-11-14

Co. owning the Boston block. paid
$4,000 into the city treasury this
morning as judgment and interest
on suit for damages brought by
Mrs Christina A. Smith against the
city Tor a fall through a trap door
10 front OF the Boston block In
1906. The city paid the damages,
and then filed its claim against the
owners Of the building.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-11-14

PiTTsBuRG. Pa. Nov if-un.
der the influence Of some powerful
DRUG Mra w l. Reese. wife of a
wealthy boiler manufactures Of Al
touna, Pa was picked up by the
police this morning la company
with Al Sing Dean. a Chinese who
had been "a member Of her sunday
school class and who had Md
mapped her Mrs Reese and her
mother were az luncheon az their
homo yesterday when Dean called
Soon after hts arrival the telephone
rang and Mrs ReeBoa mother went
TO answer While she was away
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-11-14

and were present when the large
Tag was raised ou the staff.
Francis W Grant superintendent
of construction. conducted the flag
raising which was OF a most In
formal nature Postmaster Stewart
and other officials OF the postoffice
attended
The formal exercises over the
building viii not be held until IL
is completed. which will be some
months hence.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-11-14
LEAP FROM FLAMES.

CLEBURNE. Tex. Nov IA
Seventeen guests OF the Santa Re
hotel were injured before dayhreak
this morning when they were com
PEELED 10 leap from the second
story windows 90 save themselves
from tho rapidly spreading flames
which destroyed the hold.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-11-14
OaoPs OGAo

10y 0WNea Ff"N@sf
NORTH YAKIMA. Wash. Nov
i4-with tho words % her hus.
band. How are you feeling? Mrs
Catherine Mcintosh. rs years Of
age. dropped dead az the feet 81
her life partner. Not q word was
spoken ia answer 10 the question
and she expired AZ once.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-11-14
PROTEST AGAINST INSPECTION.

W J. Gramhs. representing the
Seattle Electric Co. and w. Y.
Hughes. Inspector for the local in-
surance union. appeared before the
fire and water committee OF the
city council last night 10 protest
against the proposed city inspection
OF wiring The committee again
took the matter under adyisement,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-11-14
"a 10y United Press)

MUTTON Nov 1.-THE
II. " ~ Mrs Annie Bradley for
murder Of formor Senator
". q Utah. was finally select.
IL sworn IN At 1880 O'Clock
IN ags ,sssoon. Opposition 10 cant.
~ g'e'saiaent directed against
slgas, g.aaa In the case proved "a
lnr 'sa ! block IN the wag of find.
Same !, .Nelith Juror. bat finally
uas ~. Z 0arber a grocery clcrf.
re ~. pea BY TIE prosecution
lefease \. vas then accepted by NJ
Jams. = follows and duly aworn
Wiill ss 7 I. Fsany publisher
Adam y E helsa bHckmaker
sAer - Smith, negro under
49, t6s y Nswmaa. grocer
'aaef "a celo. grocer
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-11-14
WILL NAME DELEGATES.

President McGraw. Of the Cham.
Der Of Commerce. will name dele
gates 10 the annual rivers and hsF.
boris convention. 90 be held in
Washington city early In December.
when he learns who can convenient
ly be In the capital then.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-11-14
Married MEN Are
BRADLEY JURORS
SUICIDES FOR LOVE.

VICTORIA, y. C., Nov lt.--Be.
cause pretty lG.yearold Belle
Luckey refused to marry him. nav.
I'D Burnett shot himself ia the head
aud died two hours later at the
Jubilee hospital Burnett shot him
self while visiting the girl. IN spite
Of her cntreatlea.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-11-14

OF exchange Ia lieu Of currency I'M
40 such time a. local banks see ne
10 resume payments again The
plan, which has been under con.
alteration FOR nearly ten days. will
become effective Friday. Tho new
checks will De Ia denominations OF
81. a.. g. aud $40.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-11-14
FIRE

10y United Press.)
SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. Nov.
f4.-Flre last might destroyed the
warehouse aud barn Of the Redman
Van and Storage company. The
loss Is estimated at $3.50 900 Hose
Captain Ayland and Fireman An
deraon were slightly Injured
Thirty nine horses and 10 grey
hounds that recently ran for the
Waterloo cup were burned 20 death.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-11-14

pALO ALTO, Cal, Nov ia
Frank Buckhout, we'll known Nv.
eryman was instantly killed. on
Alma st, near the depot late yoStor.
daS afternoon, lie attcmpting 20 stop
- r1naNsy toaiA
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-11-14
LOOK INTO WATER QUESTION

Superintendent Youngs. OF the
water department. Councilman
Schmitz. Of the Fourteenth ward,
and Arnold Zbinden. chairman Of
the fire and water committee. will
investigate the threatened cutting
of of the water supply OF 80 fam.
ilies In West Seattle.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-11-14
pEMoVE ST0NG'S NAME
:: FROM The BLACKLIST
POPE SCORES LIBERTY
OF YOUNG PEOPLE.
I'M unlted preaal

10Y .0NltCN Fffhhsl
= ROME, Nov, u The pope,
4 after investigating the olupe
4 ment Of Helen Malonoy. the
4 daughter OF Martin Maloncy
= the standard OH magnaic.
= With Samuel Clarkaon when
= she waa already married said
= today The excessive ilh.
= erty granted GO young people
4 IN America may lead TO In.
4 pleasant results
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-11-14

Chns T Barney. whose reaigna-
ton as president % tho Knickcr
booker precipitated the crash. gave
az a reason for his retirement then
lhat his private financial affairs
we're IN bad condition. Il was
tsid that he had borrowed no money
from the trust company. but that
HIS loans outside were more than
be could meet II sudden call
should be made lie was said 20
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-11-14

have been involved with Charles w.
Morse. the ice trust king. In real
estate speculation Morse was as
ISOLATED with Helnze In the copper
corner that failed disastrously.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-11-14
CHARLES 7. BARNEY
COMMITS SUICIDE
Former President of KnickerbOcker Trust Company
Shoots Himself al His Home in New YOrk---FiHan-
cal Troubles the Cause.
(By United Press.)

NEW YORK, Nov IA
Chas r Barney. former pres
ident Of the Knickerbocker
Trust company, committed sui
eide today at his home on East
Thirtieth 81. II is said that
the shooting occurred early
this morning. but was not
made public then, owing to
the probable influence it might
have ON the stock market
The shot was fired at 10 O'Clock
this morning and he died al 2 30
o'clock this afternoon. The police
say this was the third attempt he
has made at suicide since he was
forced from the presidency OF the
knickerbocker Trust company.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-11-14
MINISTERS PETITION MAYOR
TO CLOSE THEATERS
NONE REJOICING.
10y United prean.1

by United prean.l
NOME Alaska. fsoy IA
The miners have won their
fisht Tor recognition Of the
; uniou aud for better wages
; Tke mine owners have agreed {
a. practically an demands and
; GOO men sFo az wurk There
; y great Rejoicing hero and ga
; the creeks The outlook ia now
; mnd fnF most prosperous
; winieH
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-11-14
CITY is REPAID.

The Puget Sound improvement
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-11-14

THE wEArHER-occAsloH OVAL RAIN TO
NIGHT AND FRIDAY.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-02-01
4 MERICANS are apt to look upon

III IdTmluS Ou NY lIIlSdIlOu
IA as a new science. The contrary
is the case. The earliest agriculture
in the world, when man first cultivated
the soil, was by irrigation. Irrigated
farming was carried on for thousands
of years before it was discovered that
it was possible to raise crops depend
ent upon rainfall alone. The largest
city the world has ever seen, vast
urban community of ten million souls,
at least two and One-half times the
size of London, was built up and
thrived for hundreds of years upon the
results of the irrigation which sur
rounded it. This was the city of Cetis-
phon in Mesopotamia, the remains of
which persist until this day in the
shape of low mounds of half decOm-
posed bricks covering an area over
ten miles square.
The first settlement in the United
States was in the humid eastern part
of the continent, where irrigation was
unknown and not part of the farm
ing order of things. 1t is, therefore,
natural that the millions of farmers of
the middle west, now looking for new
er fields, should not have thorough
understanding of the great advantages
which irrigation gives to the farmer
Compared to the best results obtained
in farming under rainfall conditions,
those realized by irrigation are in
finitely greater and more certain. In
fact, with irrigation there is practical
ly no limit, within ordinary bounds,
to the financial results which can be
realized. If the farmers of the mid
die west actually knew from their
own knowledge of the vast profits pos
Sible, profits which can be realized
every year from irrigated farming,
there would be an incoming of farmers
from the middle west to the state Of
Washington in one month which would
swamp the carrying capacity of the
railroads. Irrigated farming avoids
the drawbacks of farming dependent
upon rainfall. Under rainfall as often
as not too much rain shortens or ruins
a crop, quite as often as it is injured
by drought; and under rainfall farm
ing frequently after a crop has been
planted, has grown and come to ma
turity, a rainy spell during harvest
either greatly Injuries it or ruins it
altogether. In fact, irrigated farming
is about the surest agriculture in the
that enormous crops are and can be
raised every year; crops even larger
than those raised in bumper" years
in the middle west, and that after
these crops are grown to maturity
they can be garnered in the very best
possible condition without the least
danger of injury from the weather
Then in an irrigated farming coun-
try there is little or no loss in time
from stress of weather. Often an east
ern farmer has to lay up week or
ten days, or even more, at heavy ex-
pense, to wait for wet spell to pass
by. Not so on an irrigated farm.
Farm work proceeds practically with
out interruption from the beginning
TO the end of the crop-growing season,
thus reducing expense and giving am
pie time to plant, SOW and reap, each
In Its proper season.
We all know that the sun is the
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-02-01
SOC per Year; Sc the Copy.
HARVESTING THE PRIEST RAPIDS OF THE COLUMBIA


the rate of two hundred dollars per
acre per year. The writer of this
article has in mind another man who
sold wheat farm for nine dollars and
half an acre and moved to an irri-
gated section and paid one hundred
and sixty dollars an acre. At the
time he supposed that this farmer had
made great mistake in giving up his
broad beautiful acres for the compar-
atively small acreage which he was
able to purchase at one hundred and
sixty dollars per acre. This gentleman
settled in 1902 upon his irrigated
lands. A few weeks ago he was Of
fered and made a sale of ten acres
of his land at one thousand dollars
per acre The writer of this is the man
who bought his wheat farm, and his
profits certainly have not risen to the
magnificent totals above mentioned.
To those who understand the prob
lem the conclusion is irresistible that
no method of farming that has ever
been adopted has compared with the
results attained by the irrigation
farmer. 1t may be said in general that
the rise in farm lands in the best ir-
rigated sections of the state of Wash
ington has been at the rate of one
hundred dollars per acre, while the
rise in the value of farm lands under
rainfall conditions in the best farming
sections of Iowa, Illinois or Ohio, since
first settled has not been at the rate
of over three dollars per acre per year.
In fact, two dollars per acre per year
would be nearer the mark. In other
words, irrigated land in the sections
possessing the proper climate and soil
in the state of Washington has risen
in value fifty times as fast as have the
best farm lands in the states men
toned above.
However, even irrigated land does
not rise in value at any such rate as
that mentioned above except where
the climate is favorable for growing
high priced crops like fancy apples,
peaches, pears and other fruits. The
rise in the valuation Of irrigated lands
in the Rocky mountain states like Mon
tana, Wyoming and Colorado has not
been at any such rate as in the state
of Washington, for the reason that
the climate there is colder, and there
fore the high priced crops cannot be
produced with the great success at
tanned in the warm, long summers of
the climate OF the state of Washington
along the Columbia river and some of
it's tributaries. In fact, the profits of
irrigation are in direct ratio with the
warmth of the climate. The warmer
the climate the greater the profits;
the cooler the climate the less the
profits. But irrigation even in the
Rocky mountain states builds up farm
land values far faster than in the
states to the eastward which depend
upon the natural rainfall for produc-
ing their crops.
The writer has referred to the re-
stricted area in the state of Washing
ton which will produce fruits of quail
ity and perfection which raises them
to a commercial value from two to
three times as great as those fruits
raised in colder and less favorable cli-
mates. For instance, the apple may
be raised over territory covering
almost the entire United States above
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-02-01


vegetable kingdom. 1t is not only the
warmth of the sun, but it is the direct
or actinic rays which stimulate plant
growth most actively. The extraordi-
nary growth and perfection of vege-
tation in irrigated countries is not
only derived from the steady, reliable
supply of moisture, but is also due to
these direct rays of the sun which veg
citation uninterruptedly receives from
sunrise to sunset during the long hours
of spring, summer and autumn. One
Of the most potent advantages which
the farmer enjoys, who depends upon
irrigation, is that he has absolute con-
troll of the moisture placed upon his
growing crops. He can place water
upon them at such times and in such
quantities as they may need. AS he
controls the moisture supply the crops
can never be injured by too much
moisture, for he may cut the water off
at such times as they have received
sufficient moisture to stimulate them
to the greatest possible degree.
But there are other advantages of
irrigation. Irrigated communities are
practically villages. The loneliness
of country life is taken away. Through
out the eastern states, like Iowa, the
DakotaS, Minnesota and other states
of the middle west, one of the great
est causes of dissatisfaction on the
farm is the bleakneSs and loneliness
Of farming life. Land under rainfall
cannot be made to produce very many
dollars to the acre, even though a
good crop is certain every year. There
fore, farmers must live far apart, sep
arated by the broad acres which they
must diligently till to make liveli-
hood. The productiveness of land is
so great under irrigation that where
the climate and soil are both right a
five-acre piece of land will make even
larger profit than a good one hun
dred-and-sixty-acre farm in Illinois,
Missouri, Iowa or other states of the
Mississippi valley. Therefore an ir-
rigated region looks more like a con-
tinuous village or town than a farm
ing community. Neighbors are but
few steps from each other, houses
are close together, and the roads
which divide the farms are more like
streets than country highways. Then
irrigation stimulates the growth of
trees as well as crops. A tract of land
which today might be lone eXpanse,
covered with sage brush If irrigated
within three or four years would be-
come vast carpet of perennial green,
of tall trees and every other agricul-
tural beauty which it is possible for
land to have. This, of course, brings
with it school houses, churches, the
rural delivery and the electric rail-
way In the developed irrigation dis
tricts of the state Of Washington,
prosperity is self-evident. Dwellings
which compare favorably with those
of the large cities often adorn the
farm of a five-acre fruit grower. Ele-
CANT homes, brightly painted barns and
magnificent orchards make an irri-
gated country look more like a we'll
tended city park than farming re-
gion, such as we understand it in the
east where dependence is placed upon
rainfall.
One almost hesitates to give the act
ual facts about the results obtained
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-02-01

nigh impossible when stated to the
eastern farmer. The statement that
a five-acre tract, when planted to GER
tain fruits and properly cultivated will
and does make a clear profit of from
two thousand to three thousand five
hundred dollars per year, will look like
a gross exaggeration to the eastern
farmer. Such is literally the case,
and, in fact, in exceptional cases even
far larger returns have been realized
While ten acres is amply sufficient to
support a family in comfort, even in
luxury and leave a very satisfactory
amount each year to fatten in the
savings bank, there is no reason why
any one desiring to cannot, Of course,
purchase all the irrigated lands he may
have the means or inclination to han
die. While the majority of irrigated
farms, especially in climates suited
to the higher types of fruit raising, are
five, ten fifteen, twenty and up to forty
acres, there are farms of much larger
size. Any person who has the means
and enterprise to purchase a one
Observation-Disclosures farm in the bet
ter fruit raising climates Of the state
of Washington, can become a very
wealthy man, indeed.
The writer has in mind certain
farmer, a German, who in an early
day acquired two hundred and forty
acres of desert, sage brush land in
what has now become an enormously
wealthy irrigated country in the state
of Washington, with land at top notch
prices, reaching even one and two
thousand dollars per acre and earning
interest on a valuation of five to ten
thousand dollars per acre. This man
from the proceeds of the fruit and al
falfa from one hundred acres of his
land constructs an apartment house
each year in the city of Seattle. He
is now a man of large means, and his
once dusty sage brush desert land now
an ocean of verdure, has been closed
out by him at profit of one thousand
dollars per acre. Great as are the
profits derived from fruit raising and
alfalfa and other high-priced farm
products under irrigation, one of the
largest sources of profit is derived
from the rapid advance in the price
of farms in an irrigated region In
the state of Washington there are sew
eral irrigated districts where the price
of land has risen at the rate of one
hundred dollars per acre per year for
the last five or six years.
In 1902 the writer of this article
was offered ten acres of land in one
district for one hundred and sixty dol
lars per acre, with water right includ-
ed in the price. Believing the cost
excessive he made purchase of wheat
lands in another part of the state. In
1906 these ten acres had risen to a
valuation of one thousand dollars per
acre. In 1902 he felt that one hundred
and sixty dollars an acre was good
deal Of money to pay for an acre OF
that land, but his opinion is different
now. While in the irrigated districts
of the state of Washington possessing
the best climates and the most favor
able soil, it may be said that the rise
in the value of irrigated lands for
some years past has been easily one
hundred dollars per acre per year, it
is fact that in several of the most
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-21
Biographies as Il Stimulus.

We cannot help living in some degree
the lives Of heroes who are constantly
In our minds. Our characters are con-
stantly being modified, shaped and
nodded by the suggestions which are
thus held. The most helpful life sto-
r1es for the average youth are not the
meteoric ones, the unaccountable ones.
the astonishing ones, like those of Ma
poleon, Oliver Cromwell and julius
Caesar. The great stars of the race
dazzle most boys. They admire, but
they do not feel that they can initiate
them. They like to read their lives,
but they do not get the helpfulness and
the encouragement from them that
they do from reading the lives of those
who have not startled the world Sc
much. 1t is the triumph of the Or
binary ability which is most helpful as
an inspiration and encouragement.
The life of Lincoln has been an in
finitely greater inspiration to the world
than the life Of Napoleon or that of
Julius Caesar.-O. S. Marden in Sue
cess Magazine
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-21
Men Are BiGGer Now.

Until the sixteenth century armor
developed in logical way, it's forms
were governed by the necessities Of
war, and changes in it were the re-
suit Of practical experience and actual
experiment on the battlefield. After
the sixteenth century it became fan
tastic and meaningless, gala costume
rather than a harness. The greatest
captains opposed it's use, but the no.
bles chung to it as mark Of distinc-
ton. After it was made bullet proof
it became so enormously heavy that at
the end of the sixteenth century it
was complained that gentlemen of thir-
ty were even at that age deformed by
the weight Of their armor. In spite of
the huge armors Of Henry VIII, Of
Anthony of Burgundy and of some 9TH
ers, the average size Of the modern
man is greater than that of the SOL
der of the middle ages and the re-
naissance, If we can judge from the
armor preserved in the museums of
England and the continent, which are,
with few exceptions, small and mar
row, especially the leg and thigh
pieces.-London Mail s@..