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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-03
BY e. S. WRIGHT.
Staff correspondent of this news
paper, now travelling in the
far east.

MANILA, Feb. 3.-Manila is q
vastly different city from what il
was even two years ago.
1t is today the cleanest, sweetest
smelling, most healthful city in the
orient, with death rate of only ten
in a thousand, less than the death
rate of the majority of American
cities. Lying far down in the
tropics as it does it is much
cleaner city than New Orleans and
much more sanitary and it reminds
one today more of New Orleans
than any city in the world.
Manila Americanized is today the
most promising of cities for the
young man of good habits bent on
lettering himself. 1t is good
place for the capitalist and the
merchant.
1t has a dividend paying tele-
phone company. Its street railways
which give fine service, paid IA
per cent on the common stock last
year.
Real estate anywhere in Manila
is a good buy today. It's value has
increased 400 per cent since the
American occupation.
Manila is spending millions on
sewers, improved water works and
notwithstanding meats about the
old walled city of Manila have all
been filed in by American energy.
Thousands of acres of swampy land
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-03
JAP ORANGE PTCKERS FORM
UNION AND DEMAND RAISE

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 3.-The
very latest phase of the yellow
peril is a union formed by Japa-
nese orange pickers. The union
has been quick to put in demand
for larger pay and shorter hours,
and ranchers are worried, for they
hate to give in to the demands, yet
IL they refuse the fruit may rot on
the trees.
A large number of Japanese are
employed in the fruitgrowing
country tributary to this city. Most
of them are pickers, while others
are connected with the irrigation
work. Until lately their services
could be secured at from IL to Is
cents per hour. Now that the
union has been formed they de-
mand 20 cents an. hour as the
minimum wage. TuI Their than this,
they want steady Job. They can
not be hired for the season, but
must be taken on for the year.
That, at 20 cents per hour, does
not look good to the ranchers, for
In the aggregate it means a loss
to them of many thousand dollars
annually.
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in extenuation of the hardships
and rigors of prison life.
THE Bible declares the trans
gressors way is hard" returned q.
Reed Brockway. at does not en-
join you and me to make that way
unbearable!"
And there you have the measure
of the man, the attitude towards
crime and criminals of him who
worked the greatest prison reform
of the century, and made the Ell
mira idea" famous the world over
Every body and man committed
to this reformatory must learn
trade, and hit must have employ
ment before he is turned back into
society free man
That is the states duty to its
citizens. The prisoner should have
had his chance outside in the
world of free men, but he didn't
and therefore the state must cor
rect that deficiency.
In the beginning at Elmira it was
found that all lawbreakers are
more or less defective" So the
men are divided up into classes.
The brilliant man, deficient in
self-control, is given exercises that
will bring out the quality he lacks.
The man who otfends through lack
of reasoning powers is put through
special course to develop logic.
Still another class are mentally
dumb These are given manual
training to awaken the mind.
Over against the trades schools
and technical training is splendid
school system, from kindergar-
ten to grammer grades.
The 81 trades taught at the FL
mira reformatory range from farm
ing and bricklaying to stenography,
bookbinding and frescoing. Balanc-
ing this academic and technical
training is the most rigorous sys-
tenn of physical culture to be found
outside of West Point
This t raining may seem too
harsh for the majority of law
breakers. but it accomplishes re-
suits. The average term at Elmira
is only one and a half years, and
70 per cent of all prisoners COM
mftted are turned out cured"
The pillars of the reformatory
work being done at Elmira are tht
indeterminate sentence and the pa
role law. No man may be sen
fenced for less than one year or
more than 20 years to the Elmira
reformatory. Between these two
periods the prisoner must work out
his own redemption aided by the
instructors provided for his assist
ance.
When he has learned the diff
cult lesson of self control and is
competent to take his place among
the worlds workers, the heavy
gates swing back and he goes out
free, whether it he in one year or
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This means to be cut off from the
active life of the institution, out
of drill and gym work. in a sep
arate wing where no sound pene-
trates. Here the culprit helps
with the institutional mending
under the eye of guard instructor,
and absolute silence is the rule.
AS no prisoner can get out ex-
cept he earns his freedom, there
are few men in the isolation ward.
Good behavior and perfect class
work spell freedom; there is no
other way.
Joseph F. Scott, the present SUI
perintendent of Elmira reforma-
tory, is big man, mentally, ply
sically and spiritually He is a firm
believer in the "Elmira idea" that
society has a right to restrain its
criminals for their own good, not
for their punishment.
He also believes there are con-
genital criminals. The reforma-
tory can do little for these, but for
the great bulk of criminals who by
neglect or improper treatment or
environment become such. the re-
formatory can do much.
THE best way to maintain dis
cipline in prison." he told me
when | commented On the perfect
order and cheerful obedience, sis
to take it for granted that disci-
pine will be maintained"
The "Elmira idea is new in
practice, although it has been ad-
vocated for years by few learned
men like Lombroso. The plan
might with great profit to the state
and to mankind in general be APP
piled to all prisons-workhouses,
district prisons, penitentiaries
Crime is a disease and requires
expert treatment. Why, then,
send the criminal to prison for one
or five years to spend his time
notches on stick against
the day of freedom which must
finally come. whether he is fit for
release or not?"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-03

Special Correspondence to The Press
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 3.-H. M.
Schroeder, of this city, is the pos
SCISSOR of a ring that is a remark
able specimen of the goldsmith's
art. The ring contains the small
est book ever printed, the Rubai-
vat of Omar Khayyam.
When the top of the ring is in
place no one would suspect that it
contained a book of S4 pages. The
design is emhlematic of the text
within. On one side of the ring
is mass of fullblown roses, every
petal, leaf and thorn infinitely
worktd out. On the other side is a
grape vine, artistically arranged.
On the front are the signs of the
zodiac as they existed in the
eleventh century. The ring also
contains the inscription, Even this
shall pass away" and, in Persian
the name of the book. The rims
weighs Is pennyweights and the
book one-half pennyweight.
The books covers are five
sixteenths of an inch high,
quarter of an inch wide, and the
back a scant one eight of an inch
thick. The print is so fine that q
magnifying glass with a power Of
$50 diameters is needed to reat
the verses of the famous Persian
astronomer-poet.
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carry out their orders, will call ev.
cry pressman out in every Typothe-
tae shop in the country. In num-
Der of the cities of the country ev-
cry large office is member Of the
Typothetae. In several Of these
cities the unions have voted to
stand by the original agreement,
and say they will refuse to go on
strike. If they continue in this at
titude it is up to the international
officers to revoke their charters
This action was taken recently in
Toledo. 4,
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respecting expression and looked
frankly out on this inner world
that treats them as men.
The first grade prisoners are
marked with a Maltese cross on
the coat collar, denoting a perfect
record and entities the wearer to
admission to private dining room
where they may sit at little tables
and talk. The ordinary dining
room is equipped with the regula-
ton long tables and strict silence
Is enjoined.
To teach the value OF self sup
port the prisoner is credited with
a certain sum each day, represent
ing a daily wage. Against his &C.
count are charged food, clothing,
lodging, medical attendance and
all fints imposed for violation of
the rules or for failure to pass
class examinations.
The final punishment for those
who persistently break the rules
is reduction to the third grade.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-03
FRAUD
W0RK|NGMEN
SUFFER
EMPLOYMENT OFFICE JOBS
NOT AS REPRESENTED, AND
MEN ARE UNABLE TO EARN
MONEY THEY SPENT TO OBJ
TAIN THEM.

Complaints from working men
who are sent by Spokane employ
ment agents to jobs that are not
what they are represented to be
and where conditions prevail that
make it impossible for the men to
stay long enough to earn what they
have expended in reaching the
work continue to come in. The
following is submitted as a version
of such an instance that can be
verified absolutely:
Editor. Press-I would be much
obliged if you would kindly insert
the following for the information
of the general public and working
men, who are fleeced by the en-
ployment agents of Spokane.
| was shipped out by the Scan
dinavian employment agency to
Rockfort, Wash. to work on an ex-
ira gang. paid $3.50 to the agent
as office fee. The slip he gave me
called for $160 per day. When l
arrived at Rockfort | ascertained
that the wages were only $1.44 per
day and was ultimately paid off
at this last rate The number of
men shipped out to this job were
far in excess of the sleeping &C.
commodations provided, so that /,
with many others, was compelled
to sleep on the floor of a boxcar
during the recent spell of severe
weather.
Many were unable to stay with
the job on account of the hard
ships and were compelled to leave
without even recuperating the
money they had paid out to get
work. One man, personal friend
Of mine, was compelled to walk the
whole way back to Spokane, dis
lance of 100 miles, having no
money to pay his fare. Some left
on freight trains.
| was recounting my experience
to other working men at $40 Front
av., where there is an employment
agency, last Saturday night. EN-
ployment Agent Jones, who over
| heard my account, threatened
abusively to have me arrested if
| did not desist, at the same time
threatening others who were only
repeating an article on the same
| question from your paper.
| was recently talking to an en-
ployer of labor and he told that I'M
der existing circumstances a man
cannot obtain work except through
the medium of the employment
agencies.
With reference to recent ar
ticle in a Spokane paper, inserted
| by the Red Cross employment
agent, | wish to fatty contradict it.
! am acquainted with and live
| amongst the men whom he says
will not work. | know this to be
fake. But what they will not dc
is to pay him from So to S. office
| fee, also pay their railroad fare
out to some job where, when they
arrive they are allowed to work
| but a short time and then are OBJ
liged to make room for another
gang, the contractors being in
some scheme with the employment
| agents.
Trusting that you will grant me
the favor of inserting this for the
benefit of the working class, Yours
respectfully, Frank Schultz, 51(
Front av.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-03
KNOCKS UNION
CONTRACT OUT

A decision attacking the power
Of labor unions to make binding
wage and working contracts was
rendered at Cincinnati Saturday by
U. S. Judge Thompson. He held
that the agreement made by the
board of directors of the Interna-
tional Printing Pressmen and AS
tistants' union with the Typothetae
of America is not binding on the
members. If such agreement is
not binding on the members, the
logical conclusion is that it is not
binding on the other party to the
contract and therefore no contract
is consummated.
The decision clears the way for
the enforcement OF a general strike
order In every shop controlled by
the Typothetae in the United
States. At the Pittsburg conven-
ton of the pressmen the board of
directors were instructed to open
negotiations with the Typothetae
of America for the renewal of the
existing agreement with the addi-
ton of an eight hour day provided
for within a reasonable time. The
board signed up new agreement
which was identical with the old
agreement but carried with it an
eight hour day on Jan. l, 1909. The
convention held at Brighton Beach
last Jnue repudiated the agreement
and the Typothetae sued in the
United States courts to compel the
union to live up to its contract.
A number of Typothetae shops
have been struck pending the set
tlement of the suits.
The international officers, IL they
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have been filled in with clean sand
dredges from the harbor
Beautiful parks have been placed
about tht town where most needed.
The narrow streets, SO character
istic of most oriental cities, have
been widened, giving better cir
culation of air for the houses.
There is nothing in the climate
to alarm people who do not dissi-
pate and are reasonably careful
about the food they eat The same
food that satisfies the palate in
America can be mad here and eaten
with no i'll effect, though not so
much food is needed to keep the
human machinery up to normal
working capacity.
1t has been said that the banana,
the bamboo and the palm were the
deadliest of foes to civilization.
for these could be had for the TAX
ing and supplied food, shelter and
clothing without an equivalent in
labor. He who comes to this ba.
mana country expecting to find an
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idle people will be disappointed.
Given the chance the Filipino will
work and save.
The Manila Postoffice Savings
bank now has 1900 active and
growing Filipino accounts. Thou
sands work hard in the tobacco and
cigar factories.
The street cars and the tele.
phone companies are operated by
native Filipinos. The biggest cigar
factory in Manila is owned and
! managed by Filipinos.
The government printing office,
with it's IL linotypes it's job Office,
sterotyping room, photo engraving
plant and bindery, is all operated
by Filipinos. In five years Filipino
printers have mastered English and
can set from 35 to 40 thousand ems
| in seven hours.
Filipinos in Manila who used to
| live in palm and bamboo shacks
without windows, are now buying
or building substantial houses of
wood, rain and sun proof.
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LMPRLSON TO RESTRAIN
BUT NOT AS PUNISHMENT

five, or 10, or 20. AS a help to the
released man and protection to
the state he is required to report
for six months or a gear.
All of the 1900 men, two thirds
of them from the slums and alleys
of Greater New York. were trim
and straight in their military uni
forms, bright eyed and manly
looking for the most part, and
even those who seemingly had
touched the depths, wore self
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-03
COULDN'T STAND RUN.

NEW YORK, Feb. 3.-The Home
bank of Brooklyn failed to open
this morning, run having been
in progress several days. The
state banking department has taken
charge of the institution. II organ
lied in 1850 and had capital OF
100000 and deposits estimated al
e389.00Q. ... -..
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one rat in seven minutes, and one
cat will catch seven and one
seventh rats in so minutes crate of
one rat for every seven minutes).
Then to catch 100 rats in so min
utes it will take as many cats as
seven and one-seventh are con-
tanned in 100. The result is IA.
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BY JESSIE N. partition

1t is an immense jump in Grimm
ology from the old scheme of a
''retributive" or lust punishment
that prevails in most prisons, TO
the scientific building of character,
the moral tonic of the "Elmira sys-
tenn"
"The way of the transgressor is
hard" quoted noted New England
prison warden some 80 years ago
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-03
YOUR BABY'S PHOTOGRAPH
FREE

Mothers, bring your babies to
the Caxton Studio, Corner Wall
and Sprague. next Monday, Feb.
3. and We will give you, absolutely
free, one cabinet size photo
graph of your child. Our regular
$500 per dozen style. Don't miss
this opportunity.
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-07-11
See that your fishing tackle is

See that your fishing tackle is
complete before YOU go fishing; we
sure have the tackle to make it
complete, If II isn't. We carry IN
stock the hest M,nnow Buckets,
Fish Baskets, Poles, Lines, Lead
ers, Smell Hooks, Sw,vels, S,nkers
Pole and Reel repairs and the
BEST FLIES in the world-the
kind that catches the trout.
Will scll by sack well kept eat
ing potatoes delivered in Monte
Vista. Write or see inc if vou
need my.
q. G. GRAYmLL.
Eyes Good. |: not consult
bnr9,n Il Baxter, specialists. Per.
ulanenily located.
Sloo, go
Eight per cent annual interest,
To loan on irrigated farms. In
quire of
SAMUEL 8. HEILMAN
Tslsphone your Drug Orders.
We viii deliver them.
Fuller Drug Co.
Phone Ments 63
For scient,6c eye work and
9lasses see Bprein & BAXTER,
spscsalistA Satsfact,on guaran-
teed.
Low Rstoo west aaA North west.
Beginning juno lat and until
September 10Th. the Colorado 4
Southern will cell tickets to Utah,
Washington, Arizons. Oregon and
California At extremely low rates
far round trip.
TIE Fisher,
General Passenger Agent, Denver
The standard bred lrOlting stal.
lion Lord L,ndley' will make the
season of 1908 at Monte Vista
CHAa HANSON.
Per Rest.
Three or fOOr roOnia nicely fur
niahetl ~ first floor
Mas. +. HooPR&
Oppoetualeloo % La01 0outh.
Ono fare plus 500 to certain
pants - Texas and New Mexico
anil retura for homeseckcrs, VIA
Colorado and Southern; lit,aral
limits aud st0l.0verA
F. +. FISHER,
General Passenger Agent.
Private money to loan %
raschcs.
-NoTARr PuBLIC-
Loans sad collsotioas attended 70 u
intsuseed 70 ~. Como and - me n
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-07-11
NATIONAL FORESTS

Carthage, or "A city equally great
and beautiful, would have risen
from the ruins left by the Romans
il the whole of northern Africa
had not. been desolated by the de.
struction Of the timber. War may
desolate country, but it will lit
itself, Phoenixlike, from the ruins
unless the natural resources have
heen destroyed.
There could be no better proof
Of this than comparison Of Ger
many at the close Of the Thirty
Years War, with Germany today
And the great German National
Forest System stands ~ the great.
est monument to the wisdom Of
her statesmen who rebuilt the
nation.
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-07-11
TUESDAY HALF-HouDAY
We, the Unders;sned. hereby give notice
that We will close our respective
places Of business, from II o'clock
N. to o'clock p. NJ, on each Tues
day afternoon during the moaths Of
JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST.

We do this, believing that il il just
and equitable to,the Young men OF the
town. and to the clerks and labor6g men
and those engaged in their daily pursuits,
and will add to the moral and social
welfare Of this community.
We hope that the farmers and the
people who do their trading and bust
ness IN this town, will appreciate the
motive OF this action. and that they will
arrange to enjoy the Halt Holiday with
US as far as it ,s possible and convenient
to their own interests.
First National Bank, The Bank Of
Monte Vista, French & Kellar. l.. r.
Fassett Chas. Foster, W. R. Carter,
c. F. Grafton, w. o. Applegate. Correll
i Savage, Chas. Woning, Jas. s. Camp
bell, i. f. Bruce, Hardin Il Wheaton.
Chas. Trueblood, C. W. Russell, Deeds
Realty Co, Chas. NJ. Corlett, Weiss
Chapman Drug Co., ]. G. Bischotf. The
Fuller Drug Co, ". II. Poole, Journal
Office. Whittier Il Tohill, G. G. Kerr L.
Co. Jesse Stephenson, W. A. Bronaugh,
Monte Vista Furniture Co, McKuns 4
Wallace, s. j. Van Valin, f Il. Peirce,
H.J. Black. Hulda Davis, Mrs Julius
McClarren, John Hecker. Loser Bros,
+. g. Cameron, b. +. Stevens, Larick l.
Co., G. b. StutsMan, A. 8. Farrow, John
Fischbach, Trapp l. Poole, WIN. Knock.
Mrs. A. Heaton Bone Il Ward. A. r.
Hubbard, Crooks l. Christensen, L. G.
Wiley, F. L. Blowers. c. W. Burd, ]. L.
8. Brown, g. W. Gates, NJ L. Brady,
W. s. Woods, f. f. Goodding. W. F..
White, j. McClarren, Monte Vista Mill
ing Co., W. J. Clark, G. B. Martinez,
s. w. Mccoy, q. A. Cramer. Samuel H.
Moore, Chas Edmsn, The Slusher Wood.
ward. Investment Co., Betteridse 4 Eapp,
Hotel Grand. J. J. Spencer Il Co.
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Tslsphoae your Drug ORDER
We win deliver them.
Fuller Drug Co.
Phone Monte g
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-07-11
JULY IL, 1905
SUES FOR MILLIONS

Suits aggregating 100000,
the last of which for $3.50, 600 was
filed last week, have been insti-
tuted by the United States gov
ernment against the New Mexico
Lumber company charging fraud
and bribery in securing thousands
of acres of government land in
Colorado.
1t is claimed the company has
been taking land unlawfully for
the last twenty five years and en-
ployed both men and women to
enter upon the lands and in turn
give it to the company, in viola
ton of the homestead act. 1t is
further charged that millions of
the best pine timber in the West
was secured in this way.
The main offices of the New
Mexico Lumber company are at
Pagosa Springs Denver capital
is interested in the concern, which
is one of the largest of its kind in
the West. None of the officers
are directly mentioned in the bill
of complaint, which was filed by
Attorney Gen. Bonaparte through
District Attorney Ward.