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The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-11-08
AppandicitiS

Is due in large measure to abuse Of the
bowels, by employing drastic purgatives.
To avoid all danger, use only DR.. King g
New Life Pills, the safe, gentle cleansers
and invigor ators. Guaranteed for head
ache, biliousness, malaria and iaundice,
at Elk Drug Store. 25c.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-11-08
" IN THE TENTED CITY"
TekOa Is in the Throes of Great
Business Activity.
Population Has Doubled in Last Two
Years Several Railways Center
There--A City of Homes.

TekOa, our growing and enterprising
neighbOr 30 miles to the north, is located
in the extreme northeast corner Of Whit
man county, within four miles OF SpO-
kane county on the north and the state
line between Washington and Idaho
passing within IL miles on the east.
Like Rome it sits on it's seven hills in
queenly fashion, representing the homes
OF a progressive, cOntented and prosper
Ous citizenship. 1t is surrounded by one
OF the richest wheat and fruit growing
sections in Whitman county, and withal
is in such close touch with the range oil
mountains seen in Idaho as to call forth
beautiful az well as the grand in nature.
1t is an en- semble of valley, hill and
wooded mountains that charm and en-
chant the senses, one that is not often
met with even in this favored land.
Town Plated in 1888.
The town covers the original home
stead entries Of George I. and David A.
Huffman. AS early as March, 1884, ID.
W. Truax leased ground from the Huff
mans and put up small sawmill on
Hangman Creek, which passes through
the heart Of the town and empties int o
the Spokane River within the city limits
of Spokane. Subsequently, in August,
1888, he bought land of the Huffmans
and plated the present townsite, calling
it TekOa. TekOa is biblical name, al
though many labor under the belief that
it is an Indian name. 1t is found in the
first verse Of the first chapter Of Amos,
and the Bible dictionary refers to it as
q pitching of tents fastening down
a town of Judah, about II miles south
OF Jerusalem and visible from the city"
The first building was erected in October,
1888. Mr.. Truax has lived and pros
pered here, owning much property. He
is president of the Tekoa State Bank
No town in Whitman county is in a
more prosperous condition. Houses are
going up in every direction, the sound of
the hammer and saw being a familiar
one. Not vacant house can be found ;
in fact, many families are housed in
tents, some Of them appearing to be very
comfortable, all showing the stress for
house accommodation. A conservative
estimate places the population at 1000,
proving that the increase has been con-
siderable during the last two years.
Churches and Schools.
Seven church steeples, representing as
many different denominations, are seen
in each section of the town, capable of
seating large congregations.
Tekoa is putting up a nine-room high
school building on College Hill which will
cost $4,000 when completed. The
brick work is done and the carpenters
are pushing their share of the work along
as rapidly as possible. 1t is greatly
needed and will be filled with students as
soon as finished. The three other school
buildings are Overcrowded, showing that
the new structure was commenced none
too soon. The Sisters Academy, in the
north end of town, is an immense brick
structure that houses a large student
body, coming from every part Of the
state. 1t will thus be seen that the edu-
cational advantages at this point are
good.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-11-08

The Spirit Of American Government.
Smith.
Rules OF the House, Congressman.
The first series will be held Friday
evening, December 20.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-11-08

g An old Pennsylvania Dutch Dunkard
recommends Hickory Bark Cough Rem
edy." Guaranteed to cure your cough,
and guaranteed to be pure. Made from
the bark of the ehell bark or white hck-
ory tree. For sale by W.. Hamilton
and all dealers everywhere.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-11-08

J. R. Good & Co. have just received a
carload of Extra STAR A STAR shingles,
which are for sale at lowest prices.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-11-08
Large Grain Shipping Point.

Let US look into some of the large
grain warehouses to be seen here. All
the companies and firms buying and
shipping the cereal grains are repre-
sented, in addition to several independ-
ent buyers. The warehouses are mostly
full and are sight TO behold. At one
place two large piles Of wheat are Gov
cred with boards, the warehouse being
unable to hold it,
The Pacific Coast Elevator Co. has re.
ceived at this writing 10000 bushels Of
wheat, with more in sight to come. OF
oats over 100000 pounds have been
received. At Tilma, on the reserve two
miles from TekOa, 10000 sacks, mostly
oats, have been received at their ware
house there. A shortage OF cars was
mentioned in this connection.
Campbell Sanford Henley Co. Of Port
land-Wheat, about 25,OOO bushels :;
oats, 10000 bushels. Have shipped
better than $4,000 Of both cereals, the
wheat going to Albina, Oregon, the oats
finding its way to the Occur d'Alenes.
Seattle Grain & Elevator CO-Oats,
IA, 900 sacks wheat, 1000 sacks. The
wheat goes TO Seattle while the oats is
sent to Wallace, Idaho. Here a short
age Of cars is noted.
Pacific Grain Co.-Received altogether
900 sacks Of grain. Fifteen cars Of
wheat have been shipped and two cars
OF oats. All would have been shipped if
cars had been available. At the ware
house at Lowell, seven miles from Tekoa
on the reserve. 1900 tons of oats have
been housed This product finds it's way
to Seattle.
TekOa Mill & Grain Co. own and Oper-
ate -four mill at this point having a
capacity OF 125 barrels a day. Their
brand is known as the Lily of the VAL
ley, is high grade and mostly used for
home consumption. The mill is busy
now on a job lot destined for the Orient
This mill has bought so far this sea-
son IA 900 bushels Of oats, about 90
900 bushels of wheat and 456, 900 pounds
Of barley. L. j. Lauritzen is manager.
The above does not represent all the
grain received at this point and shipped
out, there being other buyers that could
not be seen by the scribe, besides several
large wheat raisers in the vicinity of Te-
koa who handle and chip their own
grain, but enough is given to tell the
story that great quantities are raised in
the immediate vicinity and that this part
of Whitman county is surpassed by no
section of the Pacific slope in it's pro
ductive capacity.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-11-08

When you want good baking powder
ask your grocer for Cleveland's. Don't
allow him to give you any other brand.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-11-08

We have secured the agency of Orino
Laxative Fruit Syrup, the new laxative
that makes the liver lively, purifes the
breath, cures headache and regulates the
digestive organs. Cures chronic consti-
patton. Ask us about it. Elk Drug
Store.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-11-08
THE DEBATING LEAGUE
Principals Association Adopts
Plan for Ensuing Year.
Series Arranged by Executive Com
mittee- Question for Debate
Selected.

At meeting of the Principals AssO
citation held at Garfield, October ), the
following plan was unanimously adopted
for the County Debating League for the
ensuing school year.
One question shall be used throughout
the year.
The question used shall be chosen by
Professor Beach Of the State College.
The dates for debate shall be fixed by
the county superintendent, and all be
at the same time. Any school failing to
qualify at the time set for the debate
forfeits the same to the other school.
Schools shall decide between themselves
which shall be the visiting team, but if
they cannot mutually agree the affirm
ative shall be the entertaining team.
A motion was carried that q new
High schools to enter the league. Fol.
lowing is the series arranged by the ex-
ecutive committee
Affirmative NEW SERIES. Negative
cotton ................... Pullman
I4loerboH ...-.-.....-. It aFulnBLOn
Albion --..- ............... johnson
Thornton La Crosse
Affirmative OLD SERIES. Negative
ColfaX 1890. ........-.....-.... Gart1eld
IRl0use .Oakesdale
IekOa ....-...... Endlcott
st. John .................. y. Rosalia
The series will be rearranged after
each debate.
Conditions not mentioned herein are
to remain the same as found in the rules
adopted two years ago.
Question: Resolved, That the present
powers of the speaker in the house of
representatives should be restricted.
REFERENCE BOOKS.
American Commonwealth, Bryce.
Congressional Government. Wilson.
The Speaker of the House, FOlett.
The Committee System, McConachie.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-11-08
TyIer--knud son.

A. W. Tyler and Maud Knudson OF
Moscow we're married in the Christian
church OF Colfax, November 6, r. M
Finn officiating. Mr.. and Mrs. Tyler
left on the same day for Seattle. After
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-11-08
Great Quantities of Apples.

y
Regarding fruit, the orchards in and
surrounding Tekoa are loaded with all
kinds, apples, especially, receiving atten
tion at this time. There seems to be no
end to the supply. The Frank Simpson
Fruit Co. of Los Angeles has invaded this
territory and is boxing apples at two
places in TekOa. Besides they are box
ing and shipping from Pennington, and
are also buying all they can get at Sci
three carloads from Tekoa and have
four carloads at this writing ready to
ship as soon as cars can be obtained.
Apples are bought from the growers by
the 100 pounds, the ruling price being
one cent a pound, although more is
sometimes paid for fancy article. They
purchased the entire crop of the JamisOn
orchard of 60 acres near town and will
ship at least 10 carloads from this or
chard. All apples shipped by them go to
Los Angeles. Shipping fruit to Califor-
MIA is like shipping Goals to Newcastle,
but while California is a great fruit coun-
try, except in certain localities apples do
not attain the excellence they do here
1t is now fully demonstrated that Whit
man county is the home Of the apple
the king of all fruits-an industry only
in it's swaddling clothes.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-11-08

Place cards in many beautiful designs
at the Elk Drug Store.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-11-08
Snid err Shearer.

John Snider and Elizabeth Shearpr.
both Of La Crosse, were united in mar
riage Wednesday by Justice of the Peace
l. L, Doolittle. They left the same day
for their home at La Crosse.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-11-08

] r. Good 4 Go. sell glass.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-11-08

spending few weeks on the Sound they
will return to Moscow, where they will
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-11-08
Weeks.

Reuben Green of Riparia and Lille
Weeks OF Colfax were married at the
home of the bride in Colfax, November
4, +. M. Finn, pastor Of the Christian
church, officiating.
Sinclair Smiley.
Charles Sinclair and Mrs. Susan Smiley
of Tekoa were married in CoIfax, No
vember 6, f. NJ Finn, officiating.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-11-08

iazette Clubbing Rates save you money
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-11-08

GOFF, INSURANCE.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-11-28
FROM OVER OUR GREAT STATE.

Cheneyville has voted a tax for new
school building.
Lee Dakin killed himself in New Orleans
by swallowing carbolic acid.
William Weiss was killed Friday in a
bar room brawl in New Orleans.
Heavy rain storms in the Rice Belt last
week seriously delayed harvesting.
A conference Of Parish Superintendent
will be held at Baton Rouge Dec. IL.
City Councilman John G. Robin, of New
Orleans, died after an illness of one hour.
Mansfield went dry by vote of 1O6 to
II, and the entire Parish of De Soto is now
prohibition.
The influx of beggars and tramps is de-
clared to be greater this year than ever
before know in New Orleans.
Victor Jones, pharmacist of Baton
Rouge, died Saturday from an overdose of
morphine, accidently administered.
Postmaster Woodward, of New Orleans,
has called convention of Louisiana Post
Masters to meet in that city Dec. 8.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-11-28
THE STATE PRESS.

Alexandria Town Talk: 1t appears to
US that the members of the Legislature,
representative men from all the parishes Of
the State, elected by the people, are as
competent to select five men to act as a
commission to examine into the port
charges of New Orleans, as is one man,
even If that man is the Governor of Lou
isiana. We fail to see where there is any
political capital to be made in the matter
by any of the Gubernatorial candidates.
MerRouge Democrat: The long drawn
out campaign is doing harm to the Demo-
cratic party. Too many speeches have
been made, too many things that ought
never to have been said, have been said,
by both Sanders and Wilkerson and their
friends. When ]. C. Wickliffe denounced
Wilkerson, and when Gallery denounced
Sanders it was wrong and out of place.
They are are all Democrats, all men Of
ability and courage, and no man who really
knows the men, doubts this.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-11-28
Why Not Raise Chickens?
Monroe Star. |

The approach Of the second annual show
of the Monroe Poultry and Pet Stock AS
ISOLATION suggests to the mind the vast
possibilities in the poltry raising business
in our section. From the Ouachita to the
Rec. is country admirably suited for this
industry but it is very little utilized. In
fact, SO little that hotels, restaurants and
private consumers are forced to pay the
top price for eggs from Kansas, Missouri
and Arkansas, and in the matter of chick
ems, if it is the desire Of citizen of Mon
roe to partake of juicy fowl for dinner he
has a strenuous search before he can find
the right kind, and then feels like pauper
after paying for it. Of course at times
the situation is different, but this is only at
long intervals.
1t is a fact that hotels and restaurants of
this city are forced to place orders in Ar
kansas, Kansas and Missouri for their eggs
and chickens, not being able to secure a
sufficient supply nearer home. And not
only is this the case in Monroe, but also in
practically every city and town in the
State. It is no uncommon thing to see
carloads of chickens coming from the more
northern States to New Orleans and other
points in Louisiana. Why should such a
state of affairs exist when we have an ideal
country for poultry raising right here?
There can be no complaint that a market
is lacking, for it is here. And the people
and hotel and restaurant keepers are will
ling to pay to home producers the same
prices they pay to foreign raisers, for they
are guaranteed fresh eggs and chickens
because of the absence of any railway
haul.
We should follow the example of the
people in the vicinity of Crystal Springs,
Miss, where Investigation of crops and
poultry and stock raising flourish. And
what is the result? Land which sold a few
years ago for $40 ah acre, now commands
prices from $3.50 to 5000 an acre, accord
ing to its proximity to the towns. We
have the climate and the land why should
we not be able to do as we'll?
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-11-28
Work, the Panaces.
st. Louis Republic.

St Louis Republic.
Thomas A. Edison has performed many
splendid services for his country. More
than any other living American he has
contributed to the sum total of our practi-
cal, scientific knowledge. More than any
other man, he has labored to keep oiled the
wheels Of the cars Of progress. Now, in
the ripeness Of his wisdom, the indefatiga-
BILE worker and inventor gives us the fruit
of his labors, the philosophy born of a
long life of toll.
Work, says Mr.. Edison, is the panacea.
1t is the balm of Gilead, the ultimate sur
cease'of sorrow, the final solution of the
eternal problem of life. Sleep is habit,
worry is weakness, grief luxury, de-
spair moral crime. Work is the cure-all,
the specific, the panacea.
Working fifteen to eighteen hours out of
the twenty four, sleeping bare five hours
a day, performing year after year and day
by day prodigious feats of enterprise, Mr..
Ldison's words are deserving Of full con-
sideration. His is the. philosophy Of toll.
Dreaming no dreams, cherishing no poeti-
cal ideals to sustain the faultering soul,
permitting himself no time to bemoan the
Might Have Been or protest the Should
Not Be, this wonderful man of brains and
tireless energy has accomplished in his
three-score years what few other men have
accomplished since the deeds Of men began
to be recorded.
Summed up, Mr.. Edison's philosophy is
as simple as the multiplication table. Be
you weary, disappointed, grief-stricken,
discouraged, Disguised, broken or busted,
find relief and solace in work. Whatever
your trouble, work. It is not new phi
losophy, but it is more impressively stated
by Mr.. Edison than by any of those who
have expounded it before him. Work is
the secret Of life, the panacea for all its
ills, the basis of its philosophy, the an
swer to all its unsolvable questions.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-11-28

'Prison Life at Camp Chase" is the
title of very interesting little book by
W. II. Duff, of the Twenty fifth Lou
isiana Infantry. The book, which contains
many facts that should be perpetuated, is
endorsed by General Stephen D. Lee as
follows: 81 wish every Southern family
had the book, SO our children could see the
real true patriotism of the Confederate
soldier and what he bore, and was willing
to bear for the cause he knew to be right ;
and then also, to see with what fortitude
and long suffering he built up his losses
the accumulation of the many years pre-
ceding the great Civil Strife.'' Price 80
cents; 10 cents extra by mail. Address
w. H. Duff, 4O1 Pine Street, Monroe, La,
or Mrs. M. |. Murphy, 1906 Sprague Street,
Shreveport, La.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-11-28

The Banner regrets to learn Of the ply
steal affliction which has befallen General
Leon Jastremski. AS a leader of public
opinion General Jastremski has been care
full that his own opinion should be the re-
suit of matured deliberation and founded
upon the accepted principles of his party
or upon correct code of ethics. Person
ally he is genial and companionable gen
tleman, who numbers his friends by the
score. The entire press of the State are
paying high tributes to the worth of this
veteran journalist and rock ribbed Demo-
crat of the old school,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-11-28
VINDICTIVENESS,

The possession of the disposition to be
vindictive is wholly incompatible with
moral character. Forgive us our tres
passes as we forgive those who trespass
against US is one of the beautiful senti-
ments of the Lords Prayer. The moral
man is guided by that sentiment. He is
merciful because he prays for mercy; he is
lenient in his judgment: more DESTROYS to
reform than to punish; he forgets wrongs
rather than bears malice, and has not in
him the smallest element of vindictive
disposition. Where vindictiveness is shown
we may be sure that there is lack of
moral sense. tits somewhat curious to OBJ
serve also that the vindictive have seldom
any real wrong to revenge. They very
often imagine the injury they seek to re-
turn in kind or distort the circumstances
which gave rise to the injury, real or sup
posed. The most vindictive people are those
who have brought upon themselves the
injury of which they complain. Vindic-
tiveness, like all forms of revenge, is illogi-
cal as well as immoral. It's presence is a
sign of an exceedingly low type of morality.
The best among us, being afflicted with
mortal failings, may for a moment or two,
while in passion, be disposed to revenge
real or fancied wrongs, but no one with
proper feelings INDUCES such sentiments
or allows them to control his actions. The
gust of passion having naSSed yindictiye.
ness disappears with it in all natures ex-
cept those without moral sense. Where
malice persists we may safely assume that
there is criminal disposition. Vindictive-
ness has no relation whatever to the desire
to vindicate, in the common acceptation
of the two terms. To vindicate ones self
from false charge one does not assail
another. The vindictive disposition, on the
other hand, aims at revenge. It's purpose
is not vindication, but some form of ven
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-11-28

When the history of the panic comes to
be written, it may be necessary to remem-
Der what the Yorkville Is. CO. Enquirer
ance. This is candid, and we believe, a
correct opinion: "We have said it before,
and we have seen absolutely nothing to
change our opinion, that there is little else
behind the present currency stringency
than a determination on the part of the
financial kings to make the Southern
farmers take less for their cotton''