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Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-07-19
HOTEL fire
DESTROYS LIFE

AhRkA, Gal, July .1s.-The depot
Ano depot hotel at Sisspn was, destroy
GU py fire early this morning by the
eApioslon Of a lamp. Miss Laura
faAey school teacher who had Just
As'i'eo from New York was busned
to death.
"A number Of Others we've injured in
e'uuins; Miss Lizzie walgamott,
waitress in the hotel; Mrs. J. L. Paint
vi weed: Cherries Gafkreath, the
southern Pacific agent; Mrs. Wright,
piOprleeress of the hotel. Miss Sake
friends. 80
"e hhancial loss is $4,000.
Molhce, brother of Jap uounce.
e." 1 uaushter, Miss Grace, are arrivals
- Cedar Rapids Iowa, and VITA visit
.n,. ,ne Lewiston country during the
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-24
Paid in Full.

Two young ladies, evidently stehos-
rophers. were having an animated as
cussion while on their way to WORK
the other morning in a Market stree.
car The discussion revolyed arouhu
tho ouestion as to the best method 10
imnress their respective employers as
to The value of their services.
"Do you know" said the smaller OF
the two, my former employer was
the worst old granny. He couid no,
smell the si1aplcst words correctly anu
no couldn't pronounce them. one uay
! thought [ would impress him win
thn value Of my services. lie gave
me a letter 70 typewrite, aud l Jus,
went along md copied it as he hatueo
# to me Then made second COPY
With oll the laiespelled words correct
cd With booming countenahce l h'''''-
ed him both copies"
"What die he do?' breathlesS'y Assn,
oil bcr fricn,t forcing the conductor 70
hold bjs car 20 that she might aIisn'
ot her corner and at the same 'Nne
hear the answer. phil.
"He fired me- was the iel"''
adelphia Record.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-24
His "Richt" Name.

From queer names and descriptions
of things there follow as a natural
sequence queer names and descriptions
of people Among number of racy
instances Is one quoted by Mr.. Fox
Davies, the well known authority on
nomenclature, from BlackwOod's Mag
azinn, of April, 1912. ''ln one of the
Buclan fishing villages stranger had
occa sion to call on fisherman Of the
name Of Alexander White. Meeting a
girl, he asked, Can We tell me far
Sanay Fite livesY 'Filk SAMMY Fite?'
quo'h she. 'Muckle SAMMY Fite? said
he. Fix muckle SAMMY Fite| 'Muckle
lang SAMMY Fite.' Fix muckle lang
SAMMY Fite? 'Muckle lang gleyed
Sanny Fite! shouted the eXasperated
man. oh, it's Goup-the-Lift ye're
seeking answered the girl, and fat
the dell for dinna We speer for the mon
by ais RIGHT name at ance|"
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-24
Try Something New.

Why not naturallze Il thousand poets
narcissus bulbs in some meadow,
woods, orchard, shrubbery or on the
bank Of a stream?
Have you ever tried giant snowdrops,
snowflakes or glory of the snow? Try
them on the north side of house
where there is not enough light for
ordinary flowers.
The Story of Word.
A comparison of old editions Of
SCOTS Monastery" with one Of Liter
date will reveal slight alteration in
chapter. For the word morse an
other is substituted. \ tale of comedy
attaches to the word which has gone.
Hardened wretch" says Father Eus-
tace "art thou but this instant deliv-
cred from DEATH and dost thou so soon
morse thoughts Of slaughterT The
origin of the word morse seems sore
" to have troubled the etymologists.
Two learned correspondents of Notes
and Queries, Mr.. Wheatley tells us,
accounted for the word. One explain
ed 1t as "to prime" as when one primes
a musket, from o. FIR "amorce,' pow
der for the touchhole (Cotgrave), and
the other by "to bite" Uat. "morderc');
hence "tO indulge in biting, singing
or gnawing thoughts Of slaughter On
the other side were those who said that
the word was q misprint for something
else. THAT the word as a nisprlnt
should have been printed and read by
millions for fifty years without being
CHALLENGED and altered exceeds the
bounds Of probability" exclaimed the
apologists for morse. But Wieh the
manuscript was examined there nurse
was the word, plainly written.-st'
James Gazette.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-24

uriant, but so far as tried by me at
Orchard farm 1t makes satisfactory
growth and produces fruit regularly
which Is of exceptionally high quality.
The branches Of the trees are light and
willowy In character The leaves are
narrow and pointed and inclined to
roll slightly, but are, however, healthy
to the end Of the season. The fruit Is
medium in size, slightly russell, which
as It ripens turns to rich golden yell
low, and partially covered with a deep
red color. 1t is not as highly colored
az some red apples, and for this rea-
son its fine quality and great merit
would not be discovered by buyers In
general market, but when matured 1t
Is exceedingly high In flavor, slightly
acid Juicy, crisp, of fine texture and
aromatic to high degree.
Eight years ago l set my first gratis
Of this variety on a willow twig tree.
For three years the willow twig Stock
has been suffering from an attack OF
canker, which has nearly girdled the
tree, but it has borne regularly for
three years. Crafts are now growing
on Wagner and Alexander trees which
will come into bearing the coming sea-
son. The variety Is not one to be rec
commended for the general grower. 1t
is a high grade fruit that must seek
special market and will need to be
grown by the specialist who will give
1t the needed high culture, fertilizlng,
pruning and spraying that 1t will re-
quire.
The apple has one popularity differ
ent from all other varieties When IL
reaches its highest perfection, II
shrivels slightly. The English consum-
er does not consider 1t as at its best
until 1t reaches this condition. While
1t is then perfectly sound, it IS most
delicate In texture and very highly
aromatic. The apple is ready to pick
about the last OF September ana
Will keep In common storage until the
holidays, but in cold storage it may
be kept until February. 1t Is a poN
apple and adapted to that class or
trade. l shall double work 1t upon
different stocks with the view to
strengthening Its foliage. l believe IL
Will be possible to grow it in this coun-
Try OF equal II not superior quality 10
those grown in England
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-24
Hioh Game and Fools.

"Never eat game high said an anti
quarry. People will tell you that high
game Is tenderer. What rot! OF
coucse it Is tenderer, but would you
wait your steak or your chop spoiled
in order that 1t might be little softer
to the teeth? No, never! Highness in
game is an anachronism, relic Of the
past, relic of the days of stage
coas hes. In those days 1t was impos-
siblr to deliver game to the cities fresh
transit was too slow. All game was
high. and men ate 1t high because 9th
erwise they couldn't eat 1t at all;
hence to eat game high nowadays,
when there is no necessity for it, is to
he fool."-Cincinnat Enquirer.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-24

a great deal Of harm to German agrl-
culture-W estrninster Gazette.
Placing the Responsibility.

Fog six months or more the drug
gist's assistant had occupied his leisure
nom ents by writing verses for the vii
lage paper, In tho poets corner" OF
which publication they appeared anony'
mousiy every Thursday, says the
Youths Companion. On opening his
copy Of the Weekly Bugle one morning
and. turning first, as was his regular
habit, to that particular corner, he was
surprised and gratifled beyond meas
ure to see his name in full appended to
his latest poetical outbreak.
lie FASTENED to call at the Office OF
the Bngle.
"MI. Stlres," he said to the editor, II
want to thank you for signing my
name to my poem in this weeks paper.
1t encourages fellow when he gets
proper credit for his work"
"Oh, that's all right, Jobson," re-
sponGed the editor. I'VE thought II
was about time to place the RESPONSE
bility for that poetry where it be-
longed"
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-24

Cnncn Sophia of the Netherlands, the
FIRST wife of King William Ill. OF Hol-
land was too great friend OF EN-
noror Napoleon III, the Empress Eu-
comic and of France generally to take
,,indlv to Bismarck. Before the Dig
war Of 1870 and probably some time
,fter the Luxembourg squabble there
..;. nm international exhibition III Am
.ia,Iam. which the queen visited. ehe
,...s conducted over the whole place by
4ho committee. and as they came 10
..,-toin section one Of the members
aid Vow your majesty will see the
,rcatest enemy of Germany An
2lcmorckr she cried, with some giee'
.rhe members stood aghast and never ,
nonoote1 this rash exclamation. me
norcatest enemy" he had to EXHIBIT
ms not of course. Bismarck at AL
~ onlv a very much enlarged repro
I,,.tion Of either the phylloxera or the
dorado beetle. which at that time d'a
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-24
Setting Strawberry Plants.

For the best results In large fields l
would set strong young plants in the
spring in rows four feet apart ana
tnree feet in the row in soil as thor
oughly fitted as for an onion bed. Set
me plants very firmly, but not too
ueep, and If the land IS smooth ana
Tree from stones or other coarse ma
terial cultivate with straight toothed
weeder until the runners begin to
form, going both ways. The weeders
WIN curved teeth are not as good for
'nls work as these with straight teeth,
~ tney press down upon the plants
ana often break off. the buds, Wife
Tue straight teeth work around the
Vaat This tool will keep down the
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-24
The Pleasure Garden.

Hardy ornamental grasses form q
novel decorative feature for entrance
ways that Is seldom seen, but one that
Is appreciated when It's possibilities are
understood.
Fuchsias at rest are to be started.
Slips may be taken and propagated
from the young strong growth. Old
plants should be cut back and grown in
push form. They should not be al
lowed to become pot bound.
Saliva splendens needs plenty of pot
room and Il cool temperature at this
season. Keep the plants in good
growth all the time.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-24
The "PuIr" and the Job.

Pnsincss men are constantly being
postercd by young men who seek posi-
ticns through letters of recommended
ton. often in the form of personal re-
quests from fellow business men. One
may well question whether these let
tors have any great ''pulling' power
after all. The Saturday Evening Post
tells of such an instance. After being
very politely dismissed by several
managers with the stereotyped express
sion that there was not a vacancy at
present. the young man tore up the let
ters and went back to the place last
visited.
"What can I do for you now| the
manager asked in an annoyed tone.
pardon me-" said the young man,
"but I've just torn up those letters.
Gould you give me a job on my own
hookT
The manager looked amused ana
said: I'VE need q young fellow to chip
castings in the machine shop at Sc a
week. If you like, you can have that
until something better turns up.
"Yes. Sir" replied the job hunter
"r'm ready now"
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-24
Buddha's Six Essentials.

Buddha who reformed the Hindoo
religion more than 500 years before
Christ, established for men six essen
tails of perfection - first, knowledge,
used to distinguish the true from the
false; second, energy, which IS used to
fight against the evils of the flesh Il;
third, purity; fourth, patience; fifth,
charity q. e., loving kindness); sixth,
almsgiving.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-24

weeds that come from seeds if run
frequently enough, but the perennial
weeds, like witch grass, sorrel, etc.
must be destroyed by frequent use Of
the hand hoes. T. NJ. In New Eng.
land Homestead.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-24
Knew What He Wanted.

Smart Boycott any soap that will
take off trademarks?
Grocer-Take Off trademarks?
Smart Boy-That's what said. Dads
shoemaker, and he wants to wash
bis hands. Seef-Chicago News.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-24
7NK2SsSS = Ssi;ssass&
|FRyjI.S!SE L9>XERS|
.@;Ss SS1fsgEsT-
cox ORANGE PIPPIN.
Il Has the Highest Value Of Any Va
riety Grown.

The we'll known horticultural expert,
George f. Powell, gives some interest
ing information regarding the Cox
Orange Pippin in American Agricultur
ist as follows: This apple is but little
known In our country, yet 1t has the
highest value Of any variety grown in
any part Of the world. 1t is Seeding
Of the Ribstone and originated in 1890
in Colubrook Lawn, near Slough, Bucks,
England. 1t has been disseminated to
some extent In England and IS accord
ed the place of highest excellence of
any apple grown there or Of any i'm
ported variety, commanding at all
times / shilling, or "a cents, apiece in
the retail market.
The tree in comparison with the
Baldwin or Greening is not so large,
and its foliage is not so strong or lux
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-24
A Hard Crack

"Well," said he, anxious to make up
their quarrel of yesterday, aren't you
curious to know what's in this parcel?'
"Not very" replied his wife indiffer-
emily.
"Well, it's something for the one
love best in the world"
"Ah, l suppose it's those new collars
you said you needed "-Tit-Bits.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-24
Iona Wait.

"Grandpa, how old are you?"
81 am eighty-seven years old, my
dear"
"Then you We're born eighty years
before | was What long time you
had alone waiting for me!'
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-24
Worse Still.

Griggs-The idea of your letting
your wife 90 round saying she made a
man Of you! You don't hear my wife
saying that Briggs-No, but l heard
her telling my wife that she did her
hest.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-24
Hold Thsir Own.

recimeut Of regulars was hl''n!"s
q long dusty march across the roi'' .o
roirje land of Montana durins
cont summer. IL was hct' oii9'ol 49,
dov and the men, longing for Wn .',a
and rcst were impatient to reach lis. 'ne
novt town. 4 rancher rode pass @"|
f friend |: called out ore Of the e. % a@n
chow far is it 10 the next town. ~ y,
. mottcr Of two miles or So | rer> ''','. ,
col1ed back the rnncher. Ano''ir ,,. 'G''r
h hour dragged by, ana another sa,. 't to tSs
n no encountered. GLOW iar 10 ,, .n.
m m"5 towni" the men asked hiai eHse IL,
W. W. "Oh, ii good two miles a ,,1 Tt tna1
ho,f hour longer Of marching c'i ,..,. the
n'' third raucner. "Iiey, no" iaI > ' oD'
d o ~ tovnfo mot Ear was '''e 80,
n no cling answer-"only aoo"' , s|c
miles, miles,3 ~vell,' sighed in op ,,.n anv.
sergeant, we're holdiD' our own ""'
how"
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-24

The preparation Of canvas for paint
ers is q lucrative trade.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-24
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BRAMBLE FRUITS.
Much Arduous Work In Selection and
Cross Breeding.

Cross Breeding.
In considering the naturalization of
the rubus, or bramble, fruits, Rural
New Yorker states that the progress
of improvement in bramble fruits is
particularly slow and uncertain. There
has been much arduous work in sclec-
ton and cross breeding, and there Is
but little to show for it in CONNER
clal way. Acres Of seedlings have
been grown only to be discarded, and
huge stocks of especially promising
newcomers have been worked up only
to discover some oyerpowering defect.
Accidental Finds.
The good kinds that stay with us
have, with scarcely an exception. been
accidental finds. Many Intentionally
bred varieties have been introduced
but none appears to have made its
mark. Hybridizing work among the
rubus, or bramble, fruits has always
been extremely disappointing. If there
is we'll marked varletal or specific diff
ference between the parents, the prog
eny is quite likely to be unfruitful.
Sterility has proved the bane of the
grower Of crossbred raspberry or
blackberry seedlings.
imperfect Blooms.
1t Is almost an exception to raise one
with normal blooms and perfect ber-
ries. Even close bred or self pollenized
seedlings are likely TO have imperfect
blooms, and the chances of sterility
are enormously increased in the Off
spring of diverse parents. Thus all
our very numerous hybrids of the ia
pan wineberry Rubus phoenicolasius)
had crumbly berries when they fruit
ed at all, and all hybrids of the
strawberry raspberry" OR. rosaefoli-
us), with cultivated blackberries and
raspberries, were wholly destitute Of
floral organs. Bramble berries are
made up of many individual drupes or
fruits, each inclosing a seed, the result
of the action Of pollen grain or an
individual stigma and Ovule. If num-
Der of these essential organs are poorly
developed or lacking the berry will be
correspondingly imperfect. The COM
pound nature Of these berries, with
their great multiplication of organs,
explains to some extent the compare
tive rarity of really perfect flowers
among seeding plants.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-23

at his real self There is one big
distillery and two big rectifying
plants that turn out liquor in tremend-
Gus quantities. He says that the rail-
road and other works have put the
price Of lumber so high that the far
mers have quit their farms and gone
to cutting timber. The Southbound
railroad, he says, Is also something
wonderful. 1t runs amout two miles
south Of Marion being unable to get
into the town because Of the heavy
grade. It parallels the Three C's from
Marion down to Thermal City, dis
tance of about twelve miles, some
, times running within a few yards and
again being half mile or more away.
That is because the Three Cs winds
about so much, and the Southbound Is
straight. The doctor understands that
the Southbound Is costing something
like $4,000 a mile. At one place near
Marion, a tunnel makes loop under
mountain, and the road crosses it
self, this remarkable piece of engi-
neering being in order to preserve the
per cent grade.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-23
THE FRUIT SITUATION.

There is still difference of opinion
killed; but from such information as
has been obtainable there is no rea-
son to expect much along this line.
Mr.. C. c.. Hughes said yesterday that
he had examined numerous peaches
and apples, and while he had found
some that were still clinging to the
limbs, those that he cut open were
black inside, and he got no encour-
agement to believe that any would
survive.
There has been more or less specu-
lation as to the blackberry outlook,
some people asserting that the buds
have been killed; but Mr. Hughes is
quite sure that this is not the case.
He has examined quite a number Of
swelling buds and found them all alive
and apparently healthy.
AS a matter of fact, there seems to
be no record of a time when black
berries were killed by frost. The crop
has been cut very short at different
times within the past generation by
drought, and in 1881 it was a complete
failure on this account. So far as
frost is concerned there seems to be
no occasion for uneasiness.
Some observers report that they
have found both plums and peaches
that are sound, and they are hopeful
that there will also be a few apples.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-23
ANCIENT WEATHER RECORDS.

The Enquirer is in receipt of a let
ter from Mr.. J. R. Hudson, former
citizen Of York county; but now post
master at De Queen, Ark, and in this
letter Mr. Hudson gives some very in
teresting information as to weather
history in York county.
81 remember the April snow referred
to recently as If 1t were yesterday,
says Mr.. Hudson, 1T was April To-
1S49, which was Sunday. The snow
covered the ground to a depth Of five
inches and was followed by a heavy
freeze. Wheat was in bloom, corn was
knee high and cotton was a good
stand. Much Of the cotton had to be
replanted. Timber on Kings Noun
tain was killed to within twenty feet
of the tops of the trees. This spell
came at the time Of the spring sacra-
mental meeting at Bethel.
But" continued Mr.. Hudson, this
is not the most remarkable or unusual
weather dip that has been experienced
in your section. l remember hearing
my grandmother Hopkins tell of snow
on June IL, 1872"
In conclusion, Mr.. Hudson says that
while the prospects are so gloomy in
our section there is promise Of an
abundant fruit crop at De Queen. He
says there are 5000 acres in peaches
five miles south of town, and over
5000 acres in the county, and the pros
poets for an abundant yield are as
good as he has even known.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-23

trying to shoot up the republic. In
fact I was one Of a party of eight
which left Limon with. a yard engine
and an observation car In search of
him, after Gordon had shot down two
railway employees and telephoned his
dramatic challenge to Mr.. Mullens,
the general manager of the railway.
ION the same morning that our spe-
cial went up into his stamping ground
hand car came down from the hills
carrying three bodies, those of three
soldiers shot by Gordon. The hand
car had to be lifted off the rails to
let us pass. 1t was grewsome enough
sight and things began to look inter-
esting as we got farther up the coun-
try. Half an hour later, however we
were told that Gordon had been shot
from ambush by one of the Costa
Rican regulars. He was taken to LII
mon. wounded by a shot through the
lungs. He died on Easter Sunday Of
his wounds"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-23
To Ditch the Creeks,

With little or nothing done on the
road question, with education still lag
ging, and the people not yet settled
in their convictions as to the best way
Of disposing of the liquor problem,
there is very little encouragement to
take up the drainage question at this
time; but still it is hardly to be denied
that this is matter of very great i'm
portance.
In various parts of York coun-
ty there are many thousands Of
acres Of otherwise valuable lands that
are Of no practical use, solely for lack
of proper drainage. Most of the creeks
in this locality are still following the
channels they broke out for them
selves originally, and since the forests
have been cut away, those creeks have
been making additional encroach-
ments on the country through which
they pass.
The value of proper drainage by
means of bitches and otherwise is a
proposition that is very we'll under
stood by most land owners. There are
few farmers in all this section who
have not had the experience of very
materially improving conditions by
deepening and Strengthening out the
channels Of rills and brooks, and some
have made heavy but intelligent ex-
penditures on creek beds at very con-
siderable profit to themselves.
But most creek propositions present
problems that are beyond the reach
of private enterprise. In the majority
of such cases there are quite num-
Der Of different land owners at inter-
est, and even though the different
owners may be able, it sometimes hap
pens that some are not willing, and
the matter, then becomes fit subject
for some equitable statutory arrange
ment that will facilitate the work.
In some states there are laws which
provide that where a given number
of property holders along the course
of a creek that can be improved by ar
tificial means. petition for such i'm
provement, the county authorities
take hold of the matter issue bonds
in the required amount, have the work
done by contract, hold the bonds
against the lands improved as secur-
ity, assess each land owner in propor-
ton to the benefit received, and allow
a long period of years for the pay
ment of the amount in the shape of
taxes.
Where such statute has been tried
it has been found to work admirably,
and real estate values have been very
much enhanced by this means. The
application of such an arrangement in
York county. would be of immense
benefit, and we are quite sure that
there are not a few land owners who
would be glad to see the enactment
Of the statutory provisions necessary
to put it into effect.