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The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-02
Notice to Creditors.

The undersigned Executor OF the last will
and testament of Susan A, Ross, deceased,
hereby gives notice and requires all persons
having claims against the deceased to present
them with the necessary vouchers within one
year after the date of this notice. towit Sep
TENDER 4th 1908. to the undersigned ut his re
sidence miles west Of Ellensburg. Washing
ton.
WILLIAM ROSS.
Executor OF the last will and testament o
Susan A. Ross.
First publication Sept. :, 1905; last Sept. 25.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-31
HEARD IN PASSING.

The incidents attending the fare well at Indianapolis. of John Mitchell from the Miners union. which he has served so faithfully for a decade. were very pathetic. Mitchell shed tears and so did the men whose in terests he has looked after 30 long Meriden Record.
 New style dog tags are 0ut-rery fetching too There are now just ss,035 working in Connecticut. A bite from a dog bsaring a new style tag is claimed tO be more satisfying than a dog hire under any other con- ditions- If this be rsas0n-maEs the mUst of it-New Haven Palladium.
 Tit is true that Congressman Lit- tlefeId resigned his position in con gress to accept a Ss0.900 legal posi- 5iUn with a western railrUad- he will not be aEa5 for making the move By the is wonderful what a lot of a8# men are grown in Maine and kaE few Of them get that A1sz Sentinel
 The snts rseonueu5atiun of an fation to rsfuburse those ~1C furnishsd ro1sy for fbeI razsC1- 5F sa v. Stone Is in line Eith t-a -EsaaTs dszl." but zs Rzeh
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-31
Measuring the Children.

They used to stand on the door
 stone gray.
 By the side door. worn and old. And We made a pencil mark for each, For the brown heads and the gold. Low indeed. was the earliest mark. For Bessie could scarcely stand: But we held her safe and marked
 her height
 With careful and loving hand For many a year the game went on. We made t a merry match. And the one should win who grew
 the most
 And who first should reach the
 latch.
 And Harry grew slow. and Nell grew
 fast.
 And Johnnie grew plump and
 round.
 And no one could tell which little
 head
 Would first at the latch be found. But Harry it was that won at last By the very smallest space; And Nellie. with all her shining
 gurls- Held only the second place: And Bessie the oldest little child. Was away beyOnd our sight Where We could not tell how fast
 she grew Nor measure again her height. And all the rest of the children now From the farmhouse all have
 gone. Far above the latch nov rise the
 heads Of Harry. Nellie and John. Happy and strong in the world they l
 work. For their childhood days are OCT: But when they come lack ther still i
 can see
 The markings beside the door.
 From April Farm Journal. ]
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-31

All the flags carried on the Pacific were manufactured in the Brooklyn yard.
 Although virtually every citizen in this country is familiar with the appearance of the national ensign, 1t is a pretty safe bet that not one out of a thousand could give offhand the correct dimensions of the flag. In fact. it is doubtful if one out of a hundred could tell without looking at an American flag whether its thir- teen stripes are divided seven red and six white. or seven white and six red
 According to federal regulations the national ensign is manufactured in these proportions:-The depth Of the flag Is always ten-nineteenths of the length, and the union" (the blue background for the starsD ir seven stripes deep and four-tenths of the length of the flag proper in length.
 Of the stripes there are seven red and six white. They are equal in width. In length. however, they vary. there being seven short stripes tthose which met the ''union"D ana six long ones.
 The biggest flag which is manu- faetured in any of the government flag making stations Is thirty-sir feet long and nineteen feet deep. This is also the biggest flag used aboard American bsttIeships.
 The smallest flag which is made in the government stations measured thirty by sixteen inches IL Is used both in the army and navy.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-31
TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1908.

The movement for prohibition in the District of Columbia seems to have fallen into innocuous desuetude, Early in the session the brewers and liquor interests were greatly exer- cised over the possibility of the passage of a prohibitory law, but their fears have been allayed. It is safe to say that while a pro- hibitory law would undoubtedly pass congress were it once before that body, it does not now seem pos sible that a vote will be taken on 6 prohibitory law at this session.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-31

William J. Bryan is in Washington and he has made a great hit by at
 tending banquet given by the An cient Order of Hibernians at which
 he spoke ,boasting of the fact that his ancestors were Irish and giv- ing high praise to the Catholic church for it's beneficient work in this and other countries To the politicians the most interesting and walked to the Capitol. MT Bryan visit was his long conference with Bourke Cochran with whom he walked ot the capitol Mir Bryan would throw no light on his con- ference with the eloquent New Yorker who has just been read out of Tammany Hall. The peerless leader visited the house and his was the occasion of an en- thusiastic though informal reception in the room reserved for the recep- ton of members of the press, on the democratic side of the house.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-31

For time it looked as if it was any mans game in the republican party and certainly the anti-Roose- welt, anti-Taft faction did include some of the loudest shouters in the party. But as the days go by they demonstrate that their capacity ends with shouting and that they are not the men who control the party or who capture the delegates. Senator Foraker still talks of his showing and of the number of delegates he will have, but sensib.c men only listen and laugh.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-31
NEW STAR CHANGES.
Oklahoma's. the New One. Will Go
 Into the Fourth Row.

The new star added to the ma tional ensign as the result of tn, admittance into the Union of Okla homa as a state, changed the entir, make up of the starry portion of tho American flag.
 For the benefit of the patriotic citizens who have the new one be. fore them, and have forgotten how the old one looked. or who never noticed particularly how the stars were arranged. it may be mentioned that the state emblems were set in six rows, the top row containing eight stars, the second TOW seven. and so On-the eight star and seven star rows alternating.
 In the new flag which contains fOrty-six stars. the state emblems are arranged differently. There are six rows of them as in the old flag. and the first. second and third rows con tain the same number of stars. eight, seven and eight, respectively. In- stead of the fourth and sixth rows containing seven stars. however. the AaE As HcN NAtH tAEuA sAAFH edGus
 Thus the new makeup is entirely different Whereas in the old flag the star rows alternated with eight and seven stars. respectively. the new flag has it's stars arranged in this manner.
 Top r0w-eight stars.
 Second rOw-seveu-
 Third TUw-eighs-
 Fourth TOw-sigtt-
 Fifth TUw-seven-
 Sixth row-eighr
 Many may be interested to learn that one of the biggest Of these flag making stations Is located in the Brooklyn navy yard IL is presided over by Miss Mary Woods. Ehose ossefzI title is quarter woman" and employs thirtv-six makers More than a thousand flags a month are turned out of this station.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-31
A TELEPHONE TROUBLE CENTER
Coney Island Crowds in Summer
 Keep the Crowds Guessing.

"The biggest problem that the con.
 struction department of the tel
 ephone company has to deal with
 is to supply Coney Island with ade-
 quate service during the summer, '
 said one of the company's engineers
 The construction engineers in most
 cities can usually look ahead and
 map the equipment accordingly. With summer resort of the na- | ture of Coney Island, which really
 enjoys only about three months of
 heavy business, it is impossible to say even month ahead what the
 needs of the coming season are to be,
 The engineers can be certain that no matter whether the season is a rec ord breaker for crowds or very poCr one, on some days there will be between 100000 and 500,000 persons there, and crowds of that size will cause lot of telephoning. Natuc- ally there is trouble then:
 ''The conditions affecting telephone ways changing. The buildings be- ing of fiimsy construction, require constant repairs and alterations. For that reason the system of con- struction employed in permanent business district-that of running the wires through the walls and un- der the ground-is not to be thought of.
 For the last two years the phe- nominal growth was not anticipated and the telephone company's engin- eers naturally could not provide for it. The only way to handle theI business was to string more over head wires, as the company did not feel itself justified in spending each year more than would take care of present needs, because of the uncer- tainty of the future. Even the new central office. not yet completed, is not constructed to withstand more than five years expansion.
 "The result of the rapidly increas- ing overhead construction is that Coney Islands streets are decorated by more lines of wire than the streets of any other place in the country, not even excepting some of the larger cities. The underground layout em- ployed in the borough of Manhattan is out of the question.
 "The trouble that would be made in some places by trees is caused at Coney Island by slack sections of wire becoming loosened from the insulators, to which is added the danger from the heavy electric light currents. The telephone and electric light wires are not on the same poles, but they approach each other in | entering the buildings, and when the light wires became grounded a | noise is caused on the lines. The heavy electric | light feeders. necessary because of Coney Islands unusually brilliant lighting display, keep the telephone trouble hunters on the go all the time.
 ITO keep up with the changing means more than just add ng new wiring of changing the ocations of telephones. It requires many radical and expensive changes n the equipment"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-31

of it was received from church and other collections, 1t would be difficult to round up the proposed beneficiar- ies,-Boston Transcript.
 The school authorities in Chicago have a way of getting back at pupils that play truant in way that ought to be effectual. The parents of the child-most always boy of course that plays truant, are fined five dollars. The vim with which a strap may be wielded with that five dollar incentive added to the offense of truancy, must make it tough indeed for the uant.-Bridgepor Standard.
 The celebrated Bimberg ''The But ton man" renowned prognosticator of politicalities, says Roosevelt will be nominated, and Bryan will not. The two gentlemen are therefore warned to act accordingly, says the Richmond Times-Dispatch of We'd nesday. A few hours after the pub lication of the squib, the "celebrat- ed" Bimberg was found dead. Was it fate or Bridgeport Telegram.
 The parcels post would, says the Winsted Business Mems association, injure all business in small cities Snd towns, and the business of small dealers in large cities" This is un- doubtedly true. It's tendency would be to centralize business in mammoth NeStp h 1t,l, and the competition, with all the ad- vantages in buying in favor of such establishments, would quickly drive all small concerns to the wall.- Bridgeport Farmer.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-31

Representative John Sharp Will
 Hams announces his purpose tn in-
 troduce a resolution of inquiry to in- vestigate the extent to which the
 president had hauled Representative Diekama of Michigan over the coals because of the character of the report
 which a subcommittee of which Mir Diekama is chairman had made in
 the case of Judge Wilfey of the
 United States court of Shanghai, says a Washington correspondent. It
 has been reported in a local paper
 that this report severely censured
 Judge Wilfley and later that the pres
 ident had severely scored the chair man of the subcommittee. Mir
 Diekama arose in the house. however, and declared that the president had
 not hauled him over the coals at all
 but had merely called his attention AV tAAN AAtA AAeA n JAuSC " lllt9 AElt scored it would so injure his prestige
 in China as practically to end his usefulness there. says our Washing ton correspondent. The fact is,
 every unpreiudiced observer believes that Judge WiIdey deserves the high
 est cOmmendatiOn. instead of ceusI1rp for his course in China. but Mir Williams took the ground that en- tirely apart from the merits of the case. the president should do nothing to coerce the members of a committee of congress. a poin. which cannot be rontroverted. NJ Diekama's ex- pianation that the newspaper story was false. however, cleared the situa- 1 ton.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-31

James Shackleford spell glass; asked teacher of one of her class. Cannot spell glass; Don't you know what you have in your window at home?" "Oh, yes. pops nld hat. Aunt Maria's corset, bag BROWNS CHARCOAL, and bag of OTTO COKE,' replied Jimmie. "You don't mean you have bag of charcoal or coke in your win dow" queried the teacher. Gee, no. Ma gets our breakfast quick with them. We use the bags for The windows" said James. After the teacher explained why Browns Charcoal and Otto Coke made a fire easily, she taught James how to spell glass.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-31
No Room. Prisoners Discharged.

Washington. March 31-Because of lack ef prison accommodations the navy department has been compelled to dischzrge all prisoners who have served at least one third Of theEr sen tences- This has had a lad s-4 upOn discipline but t is depuls., necessarT tO protect prfsoaprs from tie unssnitsry cynditioas incident so Overtrogding.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-01-30
THE FERTILIZER TAG.

Here is food for the Farmers Union. There
is a bill now pending before the legislature
to increase the price of fertilizer tags from
ten cents to twenty-five. Last year accord
ing to report of the agricultural commission
err there was sold in Georgia over seventy-eight
thousand dollars worth Of tags at ten cents;
to increase the price to twenty-five cents will
increase the amount to about one hundred and
eighteen thousand dollars In other words,
it will be direct loss to the farmer of
that much, for the farmer will pay this in
crease in tags. What is claimed by the advo-
Gates of this billq That the farmers of Georgia
are now paying this extra fifteen cents per
ton as the price of tags in Carolina is twen-
ty-ive cents and in Alabama is 80 cents and
the guano people are charging the farmers of
Georgia the same price for guano as they do
the farmers of these other states thereby rohv
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-01-30
WE MUST STOP LAND-ROBBING AND
START LAND-BUILDING

The farmers of The Progressive Farmers
territory-North Carolina and the adjoining
states-spend $5O,OOO,O0O year for CONNER
cial fertilizers; an amount great enough for
kings ransom and twenty-five times the total
amount Of taxes collected by an average south
ern state. Our farmers might we'll spend $780,
100000 a year (and more) for commercial
fertilizers judiciously bought, but our present
widespread recklessness in purchasing and
handling them means loss of untold millions
every year. Yes, millions; not merely thou
sands or tens of thousands Or hundreds Of thou
sands of dollars, but the farmers in that part
of the South covered by The Progressive
Farmer alone are actually losing millions up
on millions every year by not giving more
earnest heed to this matter of judiciously US
ing fertilizers. The money lost here in the
course of single year would probably put a
new coat of paint on every farm house in the
Carolinas and Virginia.
Understand our point: The millions are
not lost by buying $5O,OOO0OO worth, but by
failure to apply to the right crops and the
right soils and in the right proportions,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-01-30
WHY DO BOYS LEAVE THE FARM?

The various cities and towns of the state
are crowded with young men who have left
their country homes to make their way in
life in the town. This is a sad drain upon the
country, which needs these ambitious young
men, with the strength, vitality and enthu-
siasm of youth, and the question is often
asked: Why is it that the boys leave the
farm?
The answer is not far to seek These young
men leave the farm because they believe that
the town offers them better opportunity for
making money 1t is this making money and
what it represents, which is almost always the
first consideration that leads men to change
their business or employment, and this is per-
fectly proper and right. Money represents
home comforts, the advantages which fam
lily may enjoy and what is necessary to make
& home happy. And because young men be-
lleve that the city offers them better oppor-
tunities for making money they come to the
city.
Looking at city work only from this stand
point they see the men who have been sue
cessful in the city. They do not see the much
larger number who have not been successful,
and who have exchanged the independence of
farm life for the grinding toll Of the city,
where they exc out a precarious existence.
There are men in the cities and towns, an
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-01-30
PAGE SIX.
FREE EDUCATION.

1t is strange that all farmers, gardeners,
stockmen, etc., do not avail themselves of the
bulletins published by the Agricultural De-
partment. Most Of them can be had for the
asking, and where charge is made, it is on
" nominal. Write your member Of Congress
and ask him to have you put the mail list
for publication sent out periodically month
" we beleve), containing by title list of
new bulletins republshed bulletins, includ-
ing list of other valuable bulletins, etc. When
you see a bulletin on subject where you
need education, just ask for it. That's all.
Any farmer can thus secure an unequaled Ii
brary for practically nothing. He can make
it very handsome library, too, by selecting
bulletins on given subjects-for instance,
1.-THE Tomato THE Cucumber" and other
plants; dairy subjects, swine, sheep, cattle,
horses, farm buildings, the garden-in fact,
everything upon which the farmer, his
boys and girls need education-and have
them bound in volumes of convenient size, in
uniform cover. This is from experience by
the writer, who has some hundreds of them.
And these statements apply also to bulletins
Of the various state experiment stations, by
applying to the proper authorities. The ma
tional government and all the state govern
ments are doing noble work in painstaking
endeavors to help the people from an educa-
ever that the farmers especially do not act
as if they have anything like due apprecia-
ton of these efforts-The Farmer.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-01-30

bing the farmers Of Georgia Of fifteen
cents per ton. Now if this is true (and |
believe it is, from the best information l can
get), shall we legalize a robbery, or does 1t
make it any less a robbery to legalize it It
the guano people are robbing the farmers of
Georgia of one hundred and eighteen thou
sand dollars year and have been for num-
Der Of years. should the farmers not make
some effort to relieve themselves Of this tax
instead of passing a bill to increase the tax
on fertilizers?
This bill has already passed the house and
is now pending in the senate. It is advocated
by the Governor Of the State, for what pur-
poseq To give this increase to the ag-
ricultural schools of the state. This
tax is drawn from every man in the
state running a farm, is it right to take
it from all the farmers and place it in agri-
cultural schools where only few boys in
Georgia will ever receive the benefit Of it,
and a few broken-down politicians to receive
a fat salary as managers and teaeherss
say not. Who is at the head of these schools7
A few broken-down politicians who have new
err made success of farming, and they are
the men to teach agriculture, men who are
pencil farmers, who can tell all about farm
ing, and do not know anything about practi-
cal farming, and yet the farmers of Georgia
are to be taxed fifteen cents per ton on guano
to make fat jobs for these people. [ for one
am opposed to the bill and will do all in my
power to defeat it. | hope the farmers of
Georgia will speak out and let us know their
feelings in the matter Will write again.
VIM. HALDEN.
Senator 18th District.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-01-30

army of them, who left the farm believing
that in the city they would prosper more, and
who from their experience have learned. that
all that glitters is not gold, and that the
application and effort required to win sue
cess in the city, if applied on the farm, would
be more certain Of bringing success.
1t is true that the average farmer is max
ing but scant subsistence from the farm.
But this is largely due to the crude and
unprogressive methods employed The farm
ers in most cases are content to follow the
old system, which was good enough when all
the conditions of business correspondent with
il. But business methods have entirely
changed. The merchant who would now at
tempt to do business after the fashion OF
fifty years ago would speedily go to the wall,
and the same applies to all other city bust
nesses. It applies also to the farm, and the
farmer who tries to farm as his father and
grandfather did is the farmer who finds farm
ing an Improbable business, while other farm
ers who employ more scientific and improved
methods are making money
That there is money in farming is abund-
antly proven by the many farmers who are
making money. IF one farmer can do this,
another can do the same There is money in
farming if it is properly done, and not only
that, there is greater assurance Of success
than in any other business and besides all
that there is in an independence in farm life
such as cannot be found in any other bust
ness
IF the farmers sons could only understand
this they would cease to look upon the city
with longing eyes, and instead apply them
selves with youthful enthusiasm to perfecting
themselves in farm knowledge. To young men
of this class an excellent opportunity is of
fered in the cotton school which will be OPP
Grated by the state college Of agriculture in
Athens for the ten days inclusive from JAN
uary to II, of which all who can should
avail Observation-Disclosures Herald.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-01
HEROISM Or FOREMAN
SAVES THREE LIVES

promise that such would be done
and practically Immediately.
y, ~ hard natter, Of course. 60
take such a radical step Al any time
and there may be a lot Of trouble
IN determining upon new loca-
lion, but none Of these reasons war.
rant the long continued delay and
apparent neglect OF the subject. lie
gave us 10 understand that he
would put the district some other
place, and NE looked to him to
keep bis word.
We must have better car ser.
vice. and the oniy wee we can get
II IL by having ths, ears operate
through some II ms streets ia the
present teuderioiu A. long a. the
district remains whore n ~ we
must set along xith the present "a.
adequate service There are thou.
sand other reasons Why the dis
trict should b. moved and none IA
10 why Il should be left whore u
The oBeacon Hili Improvement
club. representing the biSik OF The
property owners In the Beacon hill
district, made quite an issue Of the
removal Of the restricted district
during the last municipal campaign.
and rested assured IN the promise
OF the present mayor that he would
move II Immediately after he took
office. II ~ expected that there
viii be- a large attendance II the
meeting next Tuesday night. and
In view Of the report which Il Is
thought the committee will make.
II IL anticipated that the session
will develop some heated orafory