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The San Francisco call., 1907-03-10
PRISON BOARD WORRIED
OVER BAG INDUSTRY
Struggling to Keep Sale OF
Product of Factory
Within Law

The state Board Of Prison Directors
held it's monthly meeting at e29 Van
Ness avenue yesterday afternoon in
stead of at san Quentin. The prin-
cipal action taken was the placing Of
the names Of two prisoners on the
parole calender While a number of
questions regarding the government
OF the prisons were discussed, no
definite action was taken upon any Of
them except the parole matter.
The board is deeply concerned in
the management OF the prison bag
factory. which is the sole Industrial
plant Of the institution. Some diff
Guilty has arisen in keeping the sale
OF bags within the law. which pro-
vides that they shall be sold to con-
sumers only and in lots not exceed
ing 5000. On several occasions store
keepers and bankers have applied to
the board for large quantities of bags
for customers who did not have the
ready money TO advance themselves.
The law requires that 10 per cent of
the purchase price be advanced. and
that the balance be paid on delivery.
Complaint has been made that while
these jobbers have filed the afhdavits
Of the consumers for whom they acted.
ia some instances the latter have
been unable to use all the bags they
contracted for and have allowed the
Intermediates 10 retain them. to be
sold at any price the dealers could
get for them.
The Attorney General probably will
be consulted in the matter.
The Belshaw bill recently passed
by the Senate appropriating $25o.0oo
for a third prison was discussed in
a casual manner. Nothing definite can
be done by the board until the bill
has been signed by the Governor.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-10
ENDS HIS LIFE
AFT ter HEAVY FORGER|Es
Death of Supposed Rich
Man Found to Have
Been Suicidal

NEW YORK, March 9.-rhat Leon
idas M. Preston. secretary and manager
of the Timken Roller Company. had
forged the name of E. r. Hewitt. one
of the members of that company, to
notes aggregating $4,000 to 100000.
was the substance of statement made
to the Coroner today by James Shea.
counsel for Mrs. Preston.
Preston died suddenly last Thursday
members of the company were waiting
to question him about the affairs of
the company.
1t was discovered today that Pres
ton had left a note. saying he had been
insane for some time.
The statement by Shea was made at
Coroner's inquest into the cause of
Preston's death. One of the alleged
forged notes was for $4,000 and was
due upon the day of his death An
other was for $4,000. due on April
l. In cardcase found in the de-
ceased mans clothing Shea found the
following message. written on a bust
ness card:
In case of death or serious accident to me.
notify my wife Mrs. J.. VI. Preston. care Hotel
Preston, Tyler. Texas; Mrs. ]. o. Matthews. st.
Louis: E. ". r. Timken ranton Ohio. Ny
wife's wishes to .e considered first In all things.
| realize that 1 and have been for some
time insane. have lost my mind, my power TO
grasp things my memory have lost everything
except my firm faith in God and his son. Jesus
Christ ! am in his hands and leave ii all to
him. He has been my refuge and strength and
will never forsake me. l.. NJ. PR
Preston also directed that in the
event of his death the full amount of
life insurance policy be paid to his
wife.
Mrs. Anna c. Preston. the widow, tes-
tined that Preston was betting upon
the horse races throughout his recent
visit to New Orleans. She had sup
posed him to be wealthy until two days
before his death, when he asked her to
lend him 5000. He declared that he
was destitute,
The Coroner said he was of the opin-
ion that the man had committed sui
eide and that there was no occasion to
continue the inquiry upon a theory
that murder had been committed.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-10
CAR SMASHES WAGON AND
MAN IS SERIOUSLY INJURED
Motorman Unable to Stop Trolley
Coach as the Brakes Were
Out of Order

Failure OF the brakes on an east
bound Turk street car last night caused
q collision in which two men narrowly
escaped death. the agon on which they
were riding being totally demolished.
The men. J.P. Mellansen. SO2 Turk street
an6 Charles Kelly 226 Elm avenue.
were driving up TuTN street toward
Fillmore and met the car at the in
tersection OF Laguns street. They at
tempted 10 turn out of the tracks but
were unable to DO so in time, because.
as the motorman afterward stated, the
car could not be brought TO a stop on
account Of the brakes being out OF
order. Kelly escaped injury by jump
ing Mollensen was treated at the
Central Emergency Hospital for a bad
ily bruised head. His condition was
pronounced serious.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-10
TROUBLE AHEAD FOR
RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT
Peac+ift1;s1s Threaten to
Appeal to the Car for
Dissolution

ST. PETERSBURG. March s.-Par-
lament adjourned tonight at the con-
cIusion of the election OF ofhcers- It
accepted the suggestion of the presi-
dent to take recess for several days
Next week will enable the committees
on credentials appointed today to Tor
mulate their reports on the contest
ed seats. The number OF such seats -
three times as great as in the nrst
Douua The next session VIII oe heid
-, xredrAsdav or Thursday of next
uaal, The air tonight Is full of rumors
of dissolution, the Reactionists having
nasSad a resolution to make the pro-
posed disqualification of NJ. Kroushevan
and M. Purinskevich a cause for war.
to withdraw in a body IL either Deputy
Is unseated and to petition the En-
peror to dissolve Parliament
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-10
Pin1ples Off
In 5 Days
The New Calcium Sulphide Treatment
Does Wonders to Every Kind
of Skin Eruption
Trial Package sent Free to Prove IL

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The San Francisco call., 1907-03-10
to Sing With
La Boherne"
Opera Season Will
Open at Chutes
March 81

Puccinis La Boheme," with Alice
Nielsen and Signor Campanari In the
cast, will be one of the strongest at
fractions offered by the San Carlos
Opera Company at the Chutes Theater,
commencing March 21.
Miss Nielsen is especially esteemed
by San Francisco, because she began
ner stage career in a vaudeville house
here and by sheer force of talent and
energy rose to the rank Of prima donna
at the old Tivoli. She left here as a
principal of the then famous Bos-
tonians and returned at the head OF
her own comic opera company. But the
ambition of the young artist was not
satisfied, and within few years she
was singing in Naples with great sue
cess in grand opera. London followed
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-10
SUE GERMAN COMPANY

Two suits for insurance were filed
yesterday in the Superior Court against
the Rhine and Moselle Fire Insurance
Company of Germany. Maria J. Cobrian
began action to recover $1,000 on a
policy covering buildings at Mission
and Fremont streets destroyed in the
fire, and Petronila Belasco asked $1,000
for the destruction of furniture and
household goods in a dwelling at 1214A
Mason street
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-10
CHINEsE USED LOADED pICE

All Gun. Chinese merchant who
conducts a store and gambling den
combined at s04 Jackson street. was
arrested last night on complaint OF e.
II. Singstook. an electrician, and locked
up in the City Prison on a charge of
having obtained money by trick and
device. Five loaded dice were booked
as evidence against him. Singstook lost
$3.50 in dice game before he discov-
cred that he was being cheated.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-10
DrArH OF RAILROAD OFFICIAL

Los ANGELES. March S--Word was
received here this afternoon OF the
death today In Rhyolite Nevada OF
Henry T. Green. general rreisnt ana
passenger agent of the Las Vegas and
Tonopah Railway Company. the Nevada
branch of the Salt Lake line.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-10
CARMEN ORDERED TO STRIKE

LOUISVILLE, KY, March s.-Failing
wages. shorter hours and recognition
of the organization. the union employees
of the Louisville Street Railway were
this evening ordered to strike Sunday
morning
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-10
IMMIGRATION COMMISSIONERS

WASHINGTON, March 9.-President
Roosevelt has decided to appoint La
Dor Commissioner Charles p. Neill and
Professor jerks of Cornell University
TO be civilian members of the Immigra
ton Commission authorized by the last
Congress.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-10
RICH NINE SOLD

REDDING. March 9.--The famous
Washington mine in the French Gulch
district was sold today for over $50. 900
TO Farley & Mitchell The mine has
produced several fortunes.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-10
vIoLArEs LICENsE

VIOLATES LICENSE LAw-Oakland. Maren
a-Heary Hoist proprietor Of Hammam bath,
fined 800 In Department or me fOtlSe
Court this morning for selling liquor at the
baths without a license.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-10
rn Rrparr rnrRrr srRrrr

~ Works rsfed the Supervisors YESTERDAY for
authority to enter into contract for the repsv-
ing Of Fourth street from Howard 20 Freelon
which the iiff Lngineei estimates vl1 cost
Sf3.ooo q. s. Harney recently released
from nif confffrf tc 10 the work for $50 600
and the incrasfd cost Is due 10 the raise In
prices ~ materials end HaSez Of lsborers since
Ifhe April dlsaslcr.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-10

ADOPTS MoTHESLEss CHILD-oskland.
March GLADYS Brenner. eight months old.
whose mother. Mamie Brenner. died several
weeks ago from taking poison thinking II was
quinine, was today legally adopted by Mrs Mary
Ward. the child's aunt
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-10
MUSIC AT THE PARK

Following is the musical programme
for Golden Gate Park this afternoon:
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-07-05

walls and grassy lawns and shade trees
are greater magnet, to young as we'll
as old, that barren boards and dirtv
grounds. Mr.. Benbow's thoughts will
undoubtedly bear fruit.
Rev. George III. Newman Of Colfax fol-
lowed in an instructive address on union
or consolidated schools. This is a sub
Iect to which he has given much thought,
the points Of which he evidently made
clear to his audience.
Needed Changes in Our Schools. {"
"New Laws" and "School Finances. .
was discussed by Mr.. Dewey, which closed
the speeches for the session.
The directors put themselves on record
as favoring the erection of a modern,
upto-date school building on the
grounds OF the Alask "a Yukon-P Pacific
Exposition, a matter that is receiving
attention in educational circles and will
undoubtedly be carried out.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-07-05
PRICE FIVE CENTS.

leg badly broken just above the ankle.
the bones protruding through the flesh
fully two inches. The wound was
dressed, piece of bone Il inches long
and 4 inches wide being taken from ii.
and the patient conveyed to the hos
pital. Efforts are now being made to
save the foot, but it is feared amputa-
ton will be necessary.
Mr.. Scholz is a man Of family, and the
terrible accident which has overtakpn
him comes at a most importune time.
His hay is cut and stacked, and il was
the intention to commence Monday
morning to haul it in. Other crops will
come in their order, Mr.. Scholz expect
ing to do the greater share of the work
OF gathering them in himself, which Of
necessity, must fall to other hands to do.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-07-05
MEETING OF CITIZENS
To Discuss Granting of TeIe-
phone Franchise Rights.
Mayor and Council Desire to Have
Face to Face Talk With
the People.

The mayor and city council have
called meeting OF citizens to be held at
the court house next Tuesday evening,
at 8 O'Clock, to discuss the franchise
asked by the telephone company. The
proposition is for the company to pay
$3.50 annually for 5 years, and it is the
desire of the council to meet the citizens
and have face to face talk over the
matter. The present city government
was elected on a platform to submit all
questions like this, or any franchise or
privilege that will extend over a year,
to vote OF the people, but it is thought
in this instance that the expense of
special election, which would be at least
$50, can be saved by the citizens and
taxpayers meeting at the time and
place above noted and talking the matter
over. 1t is hoped that it will be a repre-
sentative meeting, one that will be
guide for the council in it's wisdom to
follow. This is an important matter
one that the law-abiding citizen has no
right TO slough off for his neighbor to
attend to. This means YOU.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-07-05

COlfax Is Supplied With the
Purest Spring Water.
Rates Have Been Advanced Along
Certain Lines, but Not for
Domestic Uses.

The reservoir ia full to the brim with
the purest water for city use, This is
for all purposes and in any quantity de-
sired. Probably no city in the north
west has greater blessing in this regard
than has Colfax. For a few days last
spring the reservoir was supplied in part
by the pumping station from the river,
owing to the fact that the wells at El-
berton had diminished in supply. The
river water is not fit for drinking pur-
poses, and the mayor and council at
once took steps to add to the number OF
wells from which the pure spring water
comes, with the result that the flow is
now abundant and we have the best GO
ing.
1t was found necessary, however, for
the city to raise the price Of water, as
well as to place certain restrictions in it's
use, as the city was furnishing it at q
rate far below the cost of production,
which rate, if not made good by water
users, had to come from some other
source. 1t was decided to furnish water
to those who have meters at the rate OF
80 cents for the first 5000 gallons, and
30 cents for all above that. This was
intended for those who use water for
manufacturing purposes, such as brew
g les, laundries, etc For lawns the rates
were doubled; that is, a person who was
paying 25 cents month for water to
use on his lawn was asked to pay 80 cents,
a sum so insignificant az certainly not
to be seriously felt. 1t should be stated
that this is a rate far below what it is in
Spokane or any other city in the Inland
Empire that we have knowledge Of. No
raise in the price of water was made for
domestic uses. The council proceeded
on the theory that for domestic purposes
water-pure water, the best that flows
is a necessity, as much 40 as pure air
and unadulterated food, and should be
given to the consumer at less than cost,
trusting by other means and other
sources to make up the deficiency. Hence
the rates we're doubled for lawn purposes,
which will help to supply deficiency
without causing hardship, or, in fact, be-
ing scarcely felt. Those using water in
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-07-05

large quantities, whether for manufactur
ing or other purposes, were asked to pay
more, although not in excess OF the cost
OF production. In several places where
water wheels are in use, electricity will be
installed instead, it being found that a
small saving can probably be made by
80 doing. Bramwell Bros, in their print
ing Office, may be classed in that num-
Der.
In making comparisons, whether for
domestic, manufacturing, lawn or street
sprinklng, it will be seen that Colfax
is not only abundantly supplied with the
best water that flows, but that the rates
are within reason and less than those
paid by neighboring cities and towns.
The fact is Colfax has been getting cheap
water so long that when raise in price
was first talked of protest went up,
people not stopping to count the cost of
it's production, nor to think that what
the city lost on water it had to make
good in some other way, which, in fact,
it did. 1t was case of borrowing from
Paul to pay Peter, and could not con-
tinue forever.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-07-05
THE DIRECTORS MEET
Assembled Last Friday in Court
House IFS Strong.
Several Instructive Addresses by
Educators of Note Preceded by
Unique Entertainment.

The first directors meeting of Whit
man county, held at the court house last
Friday, was largely attended and may
be said, to use a nautical expression, to
have been successfully launched. At
least 1T5 we're present, representing
every school district in the county. In
addition many educators of prominence,
some of note, attended, and several in
teresting addresses were delivered before
large audiences.
An entertainment was provided for
the visiting directors Thursday evening
OF last week, gotten up by the COlfax
Commercial Club, which was enjoyed by
one of the largest audiences that ever
filled the court house. Standing room
was at a premium. The Colfax Band
furnished an open air concert previous
to the meeting, while the Colfax High
School Orchestra gave several selections
Miss Kate Hogan gave one Of her inim-
liable pieces, Abrams Pet" which
whetted the appetite OF the audience to
such an extent that she responded to
five encores before they would let her off
Miss. Stella Perkins sang very sweetly
Adoration," by Maurice Telma, and
Will Smith gave selection on the violin
which was greatly appreciated. The
main feature Of the evening, however,
was the address of Professor H. Samp
son, of the Washington State College,
on "The Relation of the School Directors
to the Community" which contained
much food for thought.
Friday morning the directors assem-
bled in force. They represented business
interests, the farm, the home, with q
sprinkling of the professions. Quite a
number of lady delegates were here. 1t
was a representative gathering of citi-
zens, earnest people seeking the better
ment Of the public schools, the uplifting
and upbuilding of the youth of the land.
Employ of Teachers,' was a
practical subject discussed in practical
way by Deputy State Superintendent H.
B. Dewey, who came from Olympia to
attend these meetings.
" Architecture and RemOdeling School
Houses" by Professor l.. l.. Benbow,
president of Puget Sound University,
Tacoma, was another practical subject
handled in a practical manner.
Professor w. A. Nicholas of Colfax
closed the morning session by speaking
on Educational Tendencies"
In the afternoon Professor Benbow
took for his theme "Beautifying the
School Houses and Grounds" The
listening directors no doubt carried
away with them some ideas not hereto
fore entertained, or, if entertained, not
always acted upon in the case of max
ing school houses and grounds the most
attractive places in the city or district
in which they are located. Decorated
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-07-05
MYRTLE TIPTON FREE.
Girl Horse Thief Sentenced From
Whitman County.

Myrtle Upton, the girl horse thief who
was convicted at COlfax and sentenced to
two years in the penitentiary, was re-
leased from that institution Sunday
For long time previous to her arrest
and at the time she was taken into Gus
tody she was attired in mems clothing,
and worked out in the fields like man.
Myrtle grew up without schooling, and
was denied the care and advice so neces
sary to the well being of a young girl in
this age.
Tiring of her humdrum life OF drudg-
cry at home Myrtle finally decided upon
change and one fine morning she took
one Of her fathers horses from the field
near Tekoa and rode into the country.
where the following night she stole
span of horses and drove into an adion-
ing town, where she sold them and was
in the act Of purchasing clothes and fin
cry with the proceeds when she was ar
rested and put in jail at Colfax on the
charge Of horse stealing. Later she was
convicted OF the charge and sentenced as
above stated.
The W. c. T. U. of Walla Walla made
an effort to secure her release through
petitions to Governor Mead for par
don, but the girls defiant demeanor and
utter Indifference to the situation stood
in the way Of her release, even if it had
met with favorable consideration at the
hands of the chief executive
She left Walla Walla for Spokane the
same afternoon of her release, but what
she intends doing no one at this writing
knows. 1t is said her mother went to
Walla Walla and promised in case she
was given her liberty che would zee that
she had proper care and would be given
home with her. 1t is hoped she will
make good.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-07-05
Big Crops Near Diamond.

few days ago Charles N. Hinchliff
drove to the Kirkman home, better
known as the Torrance place, located
west of here near Diamond. This is one
of the most beautiful as well as one of
the richest sections of the Palouse, an
Acadia to travel through and constant
delight to the eye. Magnificent homes
dot the landscape for miles and miles,
and wheat fields and orchards fill every
valley and cover hilltop and mountain
side. Mr.. Hinchliff reports that grain
in that section looks fine, fall wheat par
ticularly giving promise of big yield.
That part Of the country will probably
lead in the yield Of grain this season.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-07-05
RUNAWAY ACCIDENT
a. A. SchoIz Will Probably Lose
His Left Foot.

A. A. Scholz, who has rented and lives
on the George Miller place, 2k miles west
of Colfax, near Painville, met with a
serious and painful accident that may
cost him a foot, or, at all events, will
lay him up for some time. Last Sunday
morning he was drying from his barn
yard out into the main road when the
team became unmanageable and ran off
an embankment about five feet high.
No one knows exactly what happened at
this time, as Mr.. SchoIz was alone and
was picked up in a semi-conscious con
dition soon after by George Miller, who
took him to his home. Drs. Skaife and
Post we're summoned, and found the left
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-07-05
THE SPOKANE g. INLAND.
Will Probably Be Running Cars In
to Colfax This Week.

Track-laying on the Spokane & In
land is walking right along The ties
and rails on fiat ears are pushed ahead
by locomotive as fast as two rails are
laid and spiked, which is done every few
minutes and with :he regularity Of clock
work, the force laying three-quarters Of
mile a day. Monday evening rails
were laid 500 yards this side of the tun-
mel, and If the force works on the Fourth.
and there is no mishap Of any kind, the
iron horse of the Spokane & Inland will
be in COlfax the last of this week. The
road, OF course, has yet to be ballasted,
but this will not interfere with general
traffic. The Spokane & Inland will
probably make good their promise to be
in operation by the middle of the month.