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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-04-20
Little Kindnesses.

Little everyday acts of kindness-what a pow
er they are. The thoughtful, cheerful word at
homo, the encouraging word to a friend. the smile
for the poor and the reading matters sent them
all these seemingly little things make our lives
broader, sympathies deeper and our minds bet
Ter and sweetcr.
Then there is the visit to the sick the few flow
crs given them now and then. the letter OF congrat-
tan. thoughtful neart. \ helpful life Is happy,
useful life, while a selfish existence. even though it
be surrounded with Injuries. has nothing to beau
tify or elevate ii.
The reason why 50 few OF US do much good IS
because we do not understand our limitations.
which we can make broad only for the trying We
set too small a value on little things, not knowing
that they make up our lives and influence them for
better or worse.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-04-20
MAKE RELIEVE.

LET'S dream, like the child in its playing:
]er's change the things round by saying
They re things that wish them to be:
And u there Is sadness or sorrow.
Let's dream till we charm ii away:
Let's learn from The children and borrow
4 saying from Childhood-"Lef's play
Le5s play that the worlds full Of beauty:
Let's play there are roses in bloom;
LET'S play there is pleasure IN duty
And light where we thouaht there was gloom:
Lets play that this heart with its sorrow
Is hidden be joyous and glad:
Let's play that we'll find on tomorrow
The joys that we never have had.
Let's play We have done with repining:
Let's play that our longings are still.
Let's play that the sunlight is shining
To gid the green slope of the hill:
LET'S play there are birds blithly finging
Their songs Of delight to the air.
LET'S play that the worlds full of singing
Lefs play there Is love everywhere,
j W Foley.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-04-20
Toms Start in Business.

Tom was in despair. For two days he had been
trying 10 set himself up in business as q newsboy
and bootblack but the big boys cuffed him, and
The people wouldn'tp ay attention to his cries At
last the poor little felow-he was only eight years
old-crept sobbingy into the railway station Out
of sight Of his tormentors
The girl who worked at the station went to com
fort him What is the matter!" she asked.
Il can't sell paper" whimpered Tom, land l
can't get q shine"
We'll, maybe it's because you are hungry and
don't look good natured Come and get something
TO eat"
Tom was hungry-he had had no breakf asst
and the lunch from box which a traveller had left
did make him feel better natured. When he was
finished he ready to answer QueStions-his
father was dead: his mother was sick and poor: he
must earn his own and his mothers living.
But l can't earn nothing he said again. THE
boys chase me off. and the people won't buy"
"What do you say when you ask for shine Z"
Have shine" The voice was disagreeabe
whine.
But you must be cheerful and polite if you
want to succeed. You must say. Please sir, have
q shinel Only five centsr" The girls voice was
animated and her face beamed.
Little Tom caught the enthusiasm and smile
broke through the tears. They started out TO find
a customer. There's who needs shine"
the young woman said.
Tom ran with all his might. please, SIR have a
shine2" he shouted: "only five cents"
The looked into the boys eXpectant face,
and put out soiled boot. Tom fell to work. paus-
ing only to give the girl an occasional exultant
glance. When he had finished he showed her SIX
cents the man had paid him.
Did you offer the gentleman paper for the
extra cent I" she asked
This was new idea and the boy darted away
again. The man bought a paper, and gave Tom
another cent.
4 must go now and take the money to my
mother" he exclaimed.
The girl gave him the rest of the box of lunch.
and watched him trudee away in high spirits.
But there was storm brewing among the older
hovs. Business was none too brisk and the smaller
boy was likely to damage their trade. Tom would
fare worse than ever at their hands when he 7e-
turned flushed with has success. 80 the girl told
them Toms story And boys she finished. you
don't know how hungry he this morning And
he was irving when found him
Wei give him fair show. they promised
heartily.
And little Tom has gone bravelv on with his
o1-. business, and has never been molested since
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-04-20

the stone logs OF this quarter of the forest there are
no branches adherlng to top or body. So much OF
the material of the forest retains its natural color
bark and shape and true is the Dileng that look
ING on them one would be inclined to believe that
some settler. who was clearing the land, had left
for dinner and might al any moment return and fire
the pile. Another very singular and as vet uneX-
planned phenomenon the rings or divisiOnary
markings encircling many of the logs from end to
end. These ring marks girde the trunks every eigh
teen inches and do not vary the eighth of an inch.
Either by the dislntigration of the mesa or by tor
rental floods the trees have been carried down from
higher levels and IN the moving suffered many frac
lures, some OF them being broken into fragments
Now all these logs, measuring from twenty to nine
ty feet. broke transversly and every time the break
was on the ring. How these rings were formed re-
mains TO this day unsolved problem. The ma
terial of these trees is hard that years ago
an abrasive company of Chicago made preparations
TO grind the logs into emery Their plant
brought from Chicago to Adamana. where it is now
falling to pieces from rust and neglect. In answer
TO my enquiry why 1t not set up. told that
a Canadian company, at about the same time began
al Montreal the manufacture of abrasive sand and
lowered the price of the material below the point
where it would pay to grind up the trees Out Of
this agatized wood have been manufactured most
beautiful table tops, mantelS clock pcdesals
and ornamental articles But the cost of saving,
chi5eng and polishing make the goods very expou-
sive. To give you example When Tifany's
Torkmen started to off section from one oil
these logs to form pedestal for the silver vase Of
the Bartholdi presentation, they began with six
inch saw Of Sheffield steel aided with diamond dust.
Saving eight hours day they were five days cut
ting through four-foot log which wore their six
inch saw to a ribbon one-half inch wide. Although
there are millions of tons of the petrified material
scattered around this region. the lust of gain and
accumulation which becomes passion with some
of u.s. would soon strip the forest the naked dcs
ert if congress had not interviewed to save it. For
forty years despoilers have been rifing the land,
and shipping the silicifed wood to the
east Much has been sold to museums and private
collectors but much more has been shipped to deal
crs and manufacturers. Visitors to the park may
carry away with them few specimens but no deal |
ing or traficking in the precious material is now
permitted.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-04-20
LETTERS AND ANSWERS.

Salt Lake City. April IL 1907
Dear Aunt Busy: ] have not written to you for
long time, but have been so busy going TO school
and helping with the work. | heard the millzman
rll my papa his cows were dry, and | asked him
what dry and papa said / should ask
Aunt Busy. Ny papa thinks You know everything
Please answer next week. dear Aunt Busy Love
rom papa, mamma and me, Your dear niece
SADIE CALMOPEN
Aunt Busy is pleased to hear from you again
dear Aunt Busy thinks that your milk man meant
that the COWS would not give any milk for while
when he said they were dry although Aunt Busy's
knowledge Of COWS is quite limited Write soon
again dear
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-04-20
WHY Is BABY hERE2

What is the Baby made for!' Dear,
Sometimes I think as a lesson solely
To US who are helpless as Baby here,
And worthless and poor, but God loves us wholly.
See we have naUght to commend
Save what his mercy doth lend Us;
Powerless, weak. and forsaken,
Until his love doth awaken.
Safely his arms do enfold Us.
Like unto babes he doth hold US.
Sheltered. beloved and protected
Pleasantly led and directed
To show that our feeble endeavor
Is helped by his goodness forever.
With tenderness deeper than ever we prayed for,
Perhaps this may be what the Baby is made for.
Selected.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-04-20
Into Oblivion.
BY ARTHUR H. CLOUGH.

By ARTHUR II. CLOUGH.
Thousands are round us. toilin2 a. we.
Living and loving whose lot IS to be
Passed and forgotten like waves on the sea.
Once in a lifetime is uttered word
That doth not vanish as soon as It's heard;
Once in an age is humanity stirred.
Once in century springs forth q deed
From the dark bonds of forgetfulness freed,
Destined to shine, and to help, and to lead.
Yet not cen thus escape We our lot:
The deed lasts in memory, the doer IS not;
The world liveth on but the voice is forgot
Who knows The forms of the mighty Of old!
Can bust or can portrait the spirit unfold.
Or the light of the eye by description be told!
Re we content then to pass into shade.
Visaqe and voice in oblivion laid
And live in the light that our actions have nj
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-04-20
His Narrow Escape.

When ] was once in danger from hon said
the old African explorer, Il tried sitting down and
staring at him. | had weapons
How did it work?" asked his companion.
Perfectly. The lion didn't even offer to touch
me-"
Strange. How do you account for it,
well. sometimes I've thought II was because |
sat down the branch Of very tall tree."-Ex-
change.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-04-20
...Oar Boys and Girls.
EDITED BY AUNT BUSY.

This department is conducted solely in the inter
esrs % girl and boy readers
Aant Busy is glad to hear .any time from the
reces ana nephews Who read this page, and give
taem all The advice and help in her power
Write one side OF the paper only.
DO rot have letters too long.
Original stories and verses viii be gladly received
and carefully edited
The manuscripts Of contributions not accepted will
be returned.
address az letters to Aunt Busy. Intcrrnountain
catholic. Salt Lake City.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-03-23
SPORTING SNAP SHOTS

Freddie Weeks has gone to Phil
adelphia and will try to get on in
some of the six round bouts.
The bankers will have their first
game of ball today at Natatorium
park Clerks from the Spokane &
Eastern and the Exchange National
banks have organized for all sum
mer games.
Max Anderson. the glassblower,
who was thrown Thursday night by
big Joe Adams, broke a bone in his
shoulder in the first minute of the
contest but did not realize il until
afterwards. when he sought ply
stefan.
At Milwaukee last night Jimmy
Burns defeated Charlie Neary on
points.
Louie Long has issued a chal.
lenge to fight the winner of the
Scaler-Harrison fight, which has
been set for March so at Sprague
Wash.
kid" Jeffries, the elephantine re.
tired heavy champion. has complet-
ed arrangements to go to Europe
in June.
Owney Patton, manager of the
Occur d'Alene alleys, who was play
ing professional baseball wheh
most of us were kids. has signed
to umpire the games this season
in the City league in place Of Ralph
Dodd.
Marvin Hart, the Louisville
slugger has joined the ranks of
those who are reJuvenated at Hot
Springs. He put Harry Rogers out
in the second of "A 90 round go
Reulbach's plea to the national
free to sign where he pleases has
been denied. He IS declared the
property of the Cubs for the next
two years.
Beals and Irving Wright, Ameri-
can tennis team, defeated at Nice
by Willin and Decueis
Frank Gotch shows he is still in
the wrestling game by defeating
John Rooney at Chicago. BY the
way. what has become of Beel?
Future of racing in Canada is
threatened by supreme court de-
cision, which will squelch open bet
ting at race tracks.
Jack O'Brien has taken part III
1874 boxing contests and earned
| $11S.000 in II years.
Johnny Ward. once famous as a
shortstop. Is running for justice of
the peace In Babylon, l.. I.
Seems an odd freak of fate that
the greatest fighter on earth can
not earn a living in the ring, JEFF
fries is simply So good there is no
one in his class.
Abe Attell and Benny Solomon,
have been matched to fight at Los
Angeles late in May.
Jack Palmer is In training at Los
Angeles for his so with Jack
Sullivan,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-03-23
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.

Notice is hereby given that, in
pursuance of resolution of the
board of trustees of the Green
acres Company, corporation or
ganiZed and existing under and by
virtue of the laws of the state Of
Washington, adopted at a special
meeting of said board, duly held on
the 18th day of February, A. D.,
1907, at the Office of said corpora
ton at the town of Greenacres,
Spokane county, Washington, a
meeting of the stockholders of said
corporation is hereby called for,
and will be held at the office of
Adams, Filler G. Co., Greenacres,
Spokane county, state of Washing
ton, ON Monday, the 22d day of
April, A. D., 1907, at p. m. on that
day for the purpose of considering
and acting upon the proposition of
increasing the capital stock of said
corporation from 10000 shares at
the par value of 25 cents per share,
to $4,000 shares at the par value Of
25 cents per share, so that the au-
thorized capital stock shall be
twenty thousand ($20,O00.0O) dol
lars; and for the purpose of trans
acting such other business as may
properly come before said meeting.
BY order of the board of trustees.
II. A. FILLER
(Signed) CHAS. TAYLOR
C. M. DAVIS
Trustees.
Date Of first publication this 23d
day of February, A. ID. 1907.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-03-23
THE AUDITORIUM.

The Shirley Co. will present "The
Lighthouse by the Sea" this week,
one of the strongest melodramas Of
fered for some time. The play has
plenty of action and good comedy.
The story centers around young
girl who has been raised by her
blind grandfather, the keeper Of the
lighthouse. Her mother died while
she was an infant and her father
was imprisoned for murder before
her birth. AT the opening of the
first act she had reached her ma
jority and is assisting to keep the
lighthouse with her grandfather
She is in love with young fisher
man. The girl is also loved by a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-03-23
THE COLUM BlA.

The old but popular play, EAST
Lynne" will be the bill at the Co.
lumbia for the week opening with
Sunday matinee. This play is
known the world over and appeals
to all classes of people. The cast
has been carefully selected for
their respective parts. A matinee
will be given Saturday afternoon.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-03-23
THE STEPPING STONES TO
KEY WEST.

almost all rail route to Havana.
The string of keys extending from
Miami $50 miles to Key West from
the southern extremity of Florida
are being Joined by iron and con
crete bridges over the passes which
separate them. The road IS to be
30 feet above sea level to avoid
high tides.
The work is about one-third COM
pleted. 1t is OF very substantial
character. Henry M. Flagler is
building it himself from his Stan.
dard Oil dividends.
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THE WASHINGTON.

The new vaudeville bill opening
Sunday is announced as up to the
usual standard of attractions afford
ed by the house with plenty of va
riety in the acts. Something en-
tirely new is promised in Barring
tons ventriloqust act. Sousa and
Sloan have a burlesque on magic
said to include some mystifying
feats. The Bennett sisters are Of
fered as the latest vaudeville hits
in singing and dancing Cushing
and Merrill have travesty act and
Belle Belmont appears I'm operatio
song. New moving pictures and IL
Illustrated song.
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real MOTHER WINS IN
BATTLE FOR HER CHILD

SAN FRANCISCO, March 23.-
One of the strangest possible legal
spectacles has just been concluded
in the superior court of this city.
Two women battled over the pos
session of a five year old baby girl,
both claiming to be the little ones
mother, and a third woman, under
the guise of an outcast from society
while not active in the fray, wrote
letter, claiming that neither of
the contestants but she herself is
the real mother of the child.
The baby girl was Edna Hall and
she has been awarded by Judge
Seawell to Mrs. William Hall.
A female doctor, Mrs. Carson, at
tended Clara Hall five years ago.
The latter, the wife of a waiter,
was very poor and when the child
was born she was prevailed upon to
leave her baby with Dr. Carson.
Just about the same time Mrs.
DR.. Carson gave birth to a baby
girl.
Mrs. Carson informed Mrs. Hall
that her baby had died, but Mrs.
Hall would not believe the story
claiming that Mrs. Carson had sub
stituted the Hall baby for hers
when the latter had died.
The poverty of the Halls per-
cluded them from seeking posses
sion of the child they believed as
their own, and Mrs. DR.. Carson for
some years raised the child as her
own. The Halls claim that all this
time they paid Mrs. Carson for the
keep of the child-$12 a month I'M
til the baby could eat solid food,
and SIS month since that time.
During all that time the Halls
never asked Mrs. DR.. Carson for
receipt, and they have nothing to
show chat they ever paid the fe-
male physician a cent.
Recently the Halls became better
fixed with this worlds goods and
fought to get possession of their
child.
At first the case came up before
Police Judge Cabaniss. The latter
could not untangle the knotted
skein, and in consequence sent the
case to the superior court, but in
the meantime gave the Halls pos
session of the baby.
1t was Judge Seawell who was
called upon to decide the issue.
is your name Edna Hall?" asked
the judge the first day in court of
the baby girl.
MY dollie's name is Edna Hall,
but | don't know whether mine is
or not" was the innocent reply.
Then came the letter written by
a woman signing herself Daisy"
Ii declared that the Hall baby
had died and that she and not Mrs.
DR.. Carson had substituted her
child for the Hall baby.
The woman signing herself
Daisy" couldn't be found
Tie trial was an extended one
but in the end the Halls won. Mrs,
Dr. Carson and her daughter were
charged with perjury by order of
the court The third woman in the
case is still missing.
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SUM MONS
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
the State of Washington, in and
for the County of Spokane.
Ethel Palmer. plaintiff, VS.. Wen
del Palmer, defendant.
The state of Washington, greet
ing, to the said Wendell Palmer, de-
PENDANT:
You are hereby summoned to ap-
pear within sixty days after the
date of the first publication of this
summons. to-wit, within sixty (60)
after the 10th day of March, 1907.
and defend the above entitled &C
ton in the above entitled court, and
answer the complaint of the plain
tiff and serve copy Of your answer
upon the undersigned attorney for
plaintiff, at his Office, address be-
low stated, and in case of your fail
'ure SO to do, judgment will be rem
,dered against you according to the
prayer and demand of the said COM
plant which has been filed with the
clerk of the court
The objects of this action is to
dissolve the bonds of matrimony
heretofore existing between the
plaintiff and the defendant; for di-
vorce upon the ground of abandon
ment and failure to support for
more than one year and to permit
plaintiff to resume her maiden
name, Ethel Buckminister.
WILLIAM F. LEWIS,
Attorney for plaintiff
Postoffice address: 104 Van Val
kenburg block, Spokane, Wash.
Date of first publication, March
16, 1907.
Date of last publication, April
6, 1907.
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SUM MONS
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
the State of Washington, for Spo-
kane County.
Charles J. Anderson, plaintiff, VS..
Lyman Curtis Bryan and Belle s.
Bryan, husband and wife, defen
dants.
The State of Washington to the
said Lyman Curtis Bryan and Belle
S. Bryan. his wife, Defendants:
You and each of you are hereby
summoned to appear within sixty
day after the date of the first pub
LEGATION of this summons, to-wit:
within sixty day after the 18th day
of March, 1907. and defend the
above entitled action in the above
entitled court, and answer the COM
plant of the PLAINTIFF and serve a
copy of your answer upon the I'M
dersigned attorney for plaintiff. at
his office below stated, and in case
of your failure so to do Judgment
will be rendered against you &C
cording to the demand or the COM
plant which has been filed with
the clerk of said court.
The object of this action is to
compel specific performance of a
contract for the sale of the follow
ing real estate situated in Spokane
county, state of Washington, to-
wit: Northwest one-quarter OF
southeast one-quarter of section
thirty-one CD, township twenty
six (26) N. range forty-three (43)
e. w M.
JOHN G. KLEBER,
Attorney for plaintiff
Office and postoffice address.
Hyde block, Spokane. Washington.
Date of first publication, March
18th, 1907.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-03-23
WANTS HENEY TO
CLEAN LOS ANGELES

LOS ANGELES, March 23.-E.
J. lucky Baldwin offers to sub
scribe $4,000 toward a fund to
bring Heney and Burns tot Los An
geles Immediately after the end of
the graft cases in San Francisco
to expose local rottenness.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-03-23
HOTTEST MARCH DAY,

WASHINGTON, d. c., March %.
AT 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon
the thermometer registered a tenn
perature of 80 degrees This. &C
cording to the United States wealth
er bureau, was the hottest day that
has ever been known in this city.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-03-23
THE SPOKANE.

The coming week brings several
strong attractions. Primrose min
strels open a double engagement
Saturday evening, and this well
known organization is on the road
this season with a musical bill and
comedy bill said to be more than
usually entertaining. One of the
finest presentations on the program
is said to be "Twilight on the Old
Plantation" in two scenes.
Cohan's big New York success,
"Forty-five Minutes from Broad.
way" is billed for the Spokane
Monday and Tuesday. The company
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-03-23
fit the Theatres

man who covets the position Of
lighthouse tender, and the latter is
aided in his plans and plots by the
father. The Intervention of the
fisherman, however. finally thwarts
the schemes and all ends well. The
scenic effects will be more elabor-
ate than usual.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-03-23
CHENEY GIRLS CHAMPIONS

Cheney normal school girls won
the basketball game at the s. A. A.
G.. last night from the Spokane
high school girls by to 4, The
normal girls ran up a score of 5
to 0 in the first half. The victory
makes the Cheney maids champions
of the season.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-03-23

is headed by Corinne, the comic
opera star. The play had a sensa-
tional run in both New York and
Chicago. 1t is said to be dazzler
in spectacular effects and to contain
several songs that have become the
rage.
Creston Clark comes to the Spo-
kane next Friday in "A ragged Mes
senger," a play of the New York
slums. Clark plays the part of John
Morton, clergyman.
The month closes with "The Nir-
ginian," which will appear at the
Spokane for three nights beginning
Sunday. March 81. The play is a
dramatiZation of Wister's novel of
the same name. Dustin Farnum
plays the title role, with Frank
Campeau as Trampas.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-03-23
OCEAN RAILROAD

MIAMI, Fla, March 23.-Tre-
mendous work has been done this
winter on the new Flagler railroad
to Key West, which is to make an