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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-06-13
STATE POLITICS
Especial Correspondence

Especial NOlleSpOuQeuCC)
Seattle. WASH, June 1.-Two weeks
ago local option threatened to be the
leading issue of the coming campaign.
The attitude of the different candidates
for governor. however,. together with
the declaration of the democratic
state convention in favor of submitting
the question of prohibition to the
people. has practically eliminated the
temperance question from the political
campaign of this year.
On the principle that the lesser il
always embraced within the greater,
local option comes within the demo
cratic prohibition declaration. and the
democratic candidates are likely to
take stand with the republicans in
favor of the passage by the next
legislature of reasonable local
option" bill. All of the republican
candidates hare come out squarely for
the local option plank in the platform,
and it would seem that neither one
will have an advantage over the other
on the issue. It was at first thought
that the local option plank might
embarass former Governor Mcbride in
his present candidacy. because he
vetoed local option bill passed by the
legislature when he was governor.
But he has taken strong stand for
the local option principle, and points
out that his veto of the local option
bill was based entirely on legal
grounds. the bill. as he claims, having
been loosely drawn.
The withdrawal of Chief Justice
Hadley from the field as a candidate
for reelection as justice of the su-
preme court has somewhat Complicated
the situation regarding the supreme
court judges to be elected this fall.
judge Hadley had practically q Ger.
tainity OF re election. along with
justices Root and Grow, but several
Candidates have now declared their
ambition to succeed to the place left
vacant by Judge Hadley's withdrawal.
The non-partisan manner in which
Judge Hadley. as we'll as Justices Rout
and GROW, became members of the
supreme court bench is frequently
referred to. All three we're appointed
TO the bench. one of them having been
appointed by a democratic governor
since the last legislature paved the
way Tor non partisan bench. MANY
Republicans will openly espouse the
candidacy of Superior Judge s. =
onadwick, of Whitman county, who
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-06-13

There is q wide difference between
making suggestions for Improvement,
and finding fault with everything. The
first individual is cheerful and con-
structive. He wants to help. The
latter is pessimistic and disgruntled
all the time.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-12-18
Sunday at The Baptist Church.
Money to Loan.

l can make farm loans at the rate of
81 per cent. per annum on first class
improved farming lands. Not more
than half the cash value of farm will
be loaned. Loans made for five years
with privilege to borrower of paying
same after two years in full or making
any size partial payment desired at in
tervals of six months after the expira-
ton of two years from date of loan.
o. SPRADLIN.
Atty at Law, Union City, Tenn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-27
MILLERS PROTEST
Declare That Bleaching Does
Not Hurt Flour.
Protest Against Action OF PURE
Food Commission.
A METHOD OF AGING.
Same Effect Is Gained by Al
lowing Flour to Stand.
But Few Mills Around Leaven-
worth Have Adopted 1t.

Ieayenworth, Aug. T.-Flour millers
In and around Leavenworth are oner-
ing protests against the recent aleseo
action of the pure food commission IN
which it is alleged that steps were be-
,re taken against the socalled flour
bleaching because it is reported to De
,nturious TO the consumers. The pro-
cess according to the men Interested
in mills has not even become general
many of them refusing to adopt IT,
The process of bleaching flour was
invented about four years ago, ana al
though called bleaching" is said to De
nothing more than rapid process Oh
aging the flour. OF so small import Is
II in the manufacture of flour. say tne
rnillers. that 1t is not easy to detect tns
unbleached from the bleacheo prouucl.
So far from being injurious, say tnose
familiar with the process, that ~ mas
the same effect as allowing hour 10
stand for six months.
The finished flour, is not always
white. varying with the character OF
the soil in which the wheat is raised
duced at the time the flour leaves the
mill l..
The first bleaching process was IN
vented in the south, by miller VINO
accidentally stumbled upon the loea-
Machines were built and company
Sorrned hut as the royalties asked were
enormous but few adopted them.
Later. the mills not in the pool, invent
ed another process, and built their
own machines The method used In
Kansas is purely electrical.
Air is pumped into a large cylinder;
and an electrical current passed
through it. decomposing it, and general
ing ozone This ozone, form OF oxy-
gen, is then made to circulate freely
through the flour. and 1t unites chemi-
calIy with the flour, the same as the
oxygen would. if the flour We're al
lowed to stand for several months. only
more rapidly.
But few of the mills in eastern Kan
sas. it is said. have adopted either
method of bleaching.
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hour when Flanagan, to show his
authorit~ as BOSS" told him he didn't
know how to take hold of a tie!
ct can handle tie betther than amy
man who liver came from tn heads av
Kerry, an sooner than work fr a man
who don't know a tampin' bar from
pick AK I'll quit tn job"
Durney was given his time" and
later he received a check for the hours
work. The check was mailed to him
at Chicago in care Of Michael LAWYER.
a saloonkeeper at Clark and Harrison
streets LAWYER has since died
Durney gave the check to Lawler for
a drink. but forgot to indorse 1t. The
saloonkeeper put 1t in the cigar case,
where 1t has lain ever since.
In the meantime the St. Paul road
has been carrying Durney's name on
the payroll because the amount which
the company owed him is still on the
books.
After exchanging the check for
drink, Durney went to a railroad labor
agency and shipped to a point In Min
nesota- He arrived in Seattle Few
months later. and, hearing the tales OF
hidden fortunes in the Alaska gold
fields, he went to Dawson City. He
came out a few weeks ago with about
$40. 900.
On his arrival in Chicago he went to
call on LAWYER and learned Of the sa-
loonkeeper's death. He introduced
himself to the present proprietor,
Joseph Burke q son-in-law of LAWYER.
and Burke gave him the 15-cent check
to have 1t cashed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-27
c. NJ. WINCHECK PROMOTED.
Appointed to Leading Place in Frisco
Motive Department.

Fort Scott, Kan, Aug. &c. M.
Wincheck, who for the past two years
has been general foreman of the mo-
tive power and machinery on the F'ris-
CO in this city, has been promoted to
the office of inspector Of locomotive
power, one of the best positions in the
mechanical department of the system,
and will leave in few days for Pitts
burg, Pa, where he will assume the
duties of the new office.
The duties of the office given Mr.
Wincheck are the inspection Of new
engines purchased by the road and of
engines that have been overhauled
and rebuilt by locomotive works. At
the present time he WIN be assigned
to Pittsburg. Pa, where the Baldwin
locomotive works are constructing 90
new engines for the Frisco and Rock
Island, and overhauling 100 old ones.
After this consignment of engines
are received by the road. after having
been inspected, Mr.. Wincheck will
probably be sent to other locomotive
works that are constructing engines
for the system.
1t is the duty of the inspector to
not only inspect the engines after they
have been erected, but to also know
that nothing but material that will
answer the requirements are used in
any part of their construction. There
are many parts of an engine in which
inferior material could be placed and
it is to prevent this that an inspector
Is employed by the roads.
While Mr.. Wincheck has been fore
man in charge of the division here for
some time, he still retained his home
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-27
THE BLACK FLAG Is UP.
Sunday War Against Parsons Theaters
VIII Continue.


Parsons, Kan. Aug. 27.-"There
will be no compromise in the fight
that has been commenced against the
running of theaters and other places
OF amusement in this city on Sunday"
This was the statement made by
Mrs. Anna Heacock, who until yester-
day was president of the local w. c.
t. U. that has started the fight against
the local theaters running on Sunday.
IF 1t is necessary" said Mrs. Heacock,
the members of the w. C. T. u. will
go to the theaters on Sunday and
secure the evidence and swear to the
complaints
The members of the w. C. T. u. say
that the backfire started by the thea
ter interests will have no effect in
stopping the prosecutions. If every
other place of business in Parsons Is
closed on Sunday they will keep up
the fight against Sunday theaters. If
necessary they will call in the help
of the attorney general, and that Off
cial has already been communicated
with and has assured the women of
his help. Assistant Attorney General
w. P. Talbot has assured the women
that he will take up the fight for them
whenever they ask him and they are
liable to ask him soon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-27
CHECK WHICH WORRIED THEM
Railroad Company Carried One for Is
Cents for Eight Years.

Chicago. Aug. N.-An incident which
shows the care with which officials
handle accounts in a large corporation
was brought to light this week when
Jack Durney was asked to indorse the
above check. The check was issued
eight years ago and covers one hours
time when Jack worked for the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul railway.
Now Durney is wealthy and had long
since forgotten the check, but all this
time his account has been carried on
the books Of this concern and imme-
diately upon his return he was asked
to indorse 1t and get the account
closed.
The trouble all came over a differ
ence Of opinion and glass of beer.
In December, 1900, Durney was en-
ployed by the company as a track la
borer. A new road was being built
about 100 miles from Milwaukee, and
Durney, with a gang Of men, went
from Chicago. Transportation was fur
nished by the company.
On arrival at the place of employ
ment Durney discovered that the fore
man, one Flanagan, was an enemy of
his. They had worked together in the
east at railroad building, and each was
jealous of the others skill. Further
more the boss" was a Kerry man,
while Durney came from Limerick.
The Kerry and Limerick people never
did get along well together, not even
at home.
Durney had been at work only an
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seeming contradiction. The road has
had to haul a much larger percentage
of low grade freight, with more short
hauls and rates have been reduced in
Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas
and Iowa.
Crop conditions are good through
out Rock Island territory. Recent
rains fell abundantly on every division.
Business conditions says B. L.
Winchell, president of the road,
measured by traffic returns are better
than two months ago, ana about the
same as one month ago. The past
few weeks have brought little change,
but what change can be seen is for the
better. Tonnage has gained in the
movement of now grain, because we
have a better wheat crop than last
years and it is two weeks earlier. I
think we have a better corn crop also,
but that is still a mooted question:
The Rock Island has about 1000
bad order cars. and the equipment has
been well kept up. A year ago it had
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-27
COMING INTO HIS OWN.
Is the Status OF the Stakeholder Dc
fined by H. C. Adams.

Is the Status OF the Stakeholder De-
fined by H. C. Adams.
Washington, Aug. 27.-Prof. Henry
c. Adams, the widely known statisti-
clan of the interstate commerce COM
mission and a careful student Of in
dustrial and financial conditions Of the
United States, predicts that the stock
holder is coming into his own; that a
period of years is at hand in which
safe, stable and highly satisfactory
dividends will be paid on the shares
Of Industrial and transportation COM
panies. Said he, IN explanation: This
theory Of the periodicity OF panics is
rather fascinating one. It seems
pretty well authenticated by long ex-
perience that it takes about ten years
for the business cycle to complete
itself. The rule seems to be that there
Is a big, first class panic each twenty
years, with a disturbance of the same
sort, but Of less intensity, at each in
tervening ten year period.
I'VE are going through one of these
depressions now. 1t was preceded by
a period Of intense business activity.
Inevitably, during such a period. men
lose more or less of their caution
Everything seems prosperous, and
tails of management and expenditure
So, when the depression comes and
revenues fall away, the managers cast
about for means to reduce expenses.
larger part Of a year past where to
make economies where they were per-
hitting part Of their money to go into
avoidable expenses. They have been
taking in the slack, getting things on
the safe and secure basis. 1t has been
a severe experience, but, from the
standpoint of the shareholder, it has
been really a good thing.
THE depression will end and bust
ness will be good again; its volume in
the next cycle will be greater than
ever. But the lesson of this period OF
enforced economies will not be soon
unlearned. The increasing revenues
will be paralleled off against columns
showing reduced expenditures in
many ways. There will be greater
care and economy, with the result tina,
the stockho1der will have better
share coming to him.
I'VE all remember, few years ago.
the captains Of industry and finance
were assuring US that the time for
panics was past. They told us that
the balance Of supply and demand Of
wages and capital and all other factors
going to make up the general business
situation had been so perfect and the
control of things SO far centralized in
strong hands that that balance would
not again be permitted to be gravely
disturbed. Wise and farseeing men
would anticipate causes and applying
prevention and adjusting the factors in
the situation, preserving the balance.
A good many people got to believing
it. I was not one of those who ac-
cepted the doctrine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-27
Women Who Wear Well.

1t is astonishing how great a change q
few years of married life often make in
the appearance and disposition of many
women. The freshness, the charm, the
brilliance vanish like the bloom from .
peach which is rudely handled. Tho
matron is only dim shadow, faint echo
OF the charming maiden. There are two
reasons for this change, ignorance and
neglect. Few young women appreciate
the shock to the system through the
change which comes with marriage and
motherhood. Many neglect to deal with
the unpleasant pelvic drains and weak
nesses which too often come with mar
rage and motherhood, not understanding
that this secret drain is robbing the cheek
Of its freshness and the form of its
fairness.
As surely as the general health suffers
when there 10 derNQgement Of the health
OF the delicate womaSax organs. so surely
whef eheee organs are>established in
heahb the f%ce sndtSm>at once witness
% the Tact in fe~ewed comeifnssN Nearly
@ million women haze found health and
happlness in the use Of Dr.. Pierce's Fa-
vorte Prescript.Qn.- 1t makes weak woua-
en- strong and sick women well. Ingredi-
euts on label-contsins no alcohol or
harmful habit = forming drugs. Made
wholly Of those native, American, medic
insi roots most highly recommended by
leading medical authorities of all the sew
eral schools Of practice for the cure of
woman's peculiar ailments.
For nursing mothers, or for those broken
children, also for the expectant mothers.
70 prepare the system for the COMING OF
baby and making its advent easy and
almost painless, there is no medicine quite
80 good as "Favorite Prescription It
can DO 10 harm In any condition of the
tonic and Strengthening nervine nicely
adapted TO woman's delicate system by :
physician Of large experience in the treat
msnt Of woman's peculiar ailments.
III. FIERCE may be consulted by letter
Lree o. charge. Address DIR. r. v. Pierce.
1nvalids, Hotel and Surgical Institute.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-27
SANTA FE MAY EXTEND.
Rumor of Construction of New Line in
New Mexico.

Albuquerque, N. M, Aug. 2T-An
unconfirmed statement has been made
in Albuquerque within the past few
days, coming from what is considered
q reliable source, to the effect that the
Santa Fe railroad may extend its line
from Santa Fee into Rio Arriba county
and possibly further into the north
west within a very short time. The
basis for the statement is found IN the
fact that Santa Fe surveyors and right
of way men have been working north
of Santa Fee recently and that the plan
of the extension is to reach into the
heavily timbered regions of Rio Ar
riba county. where the Santa Fe Is
drawing a considerabl portion of it's
supply of ties. Local Santa Fe men
have no information as. to the rumor,
which if substantiated will result in
the opening of considerable territory
now without rail communication
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-27
A DIVORCE FROM A CONVICT.
Mrs. Isabelle McCubbin a Pretty
Young Actress Given Freedom.

Leavenworth, Aug. 27.-Her hus-
band in prison, Mrs. Isabelle Nc
Cubbin, pretty, young and very blonde,
an actress, has sought the divorce
court to sever the bonds which an I'M
happy experience had rendered
onerous.
1t was a simple process. The suit
was filed and a summons served on
Henry McCubbin, military convict,
No. -. Spirit and hope are often
broken behind prison walls, and per-
haps not caring, perhaps realizing the
futility of resistance. the man known
by a number. waived the summons,
and his wife was in a few hours again
Isabelle DeLacey, by decree of the
district court.
Isabelle DeLacey, pretty, young and
very blonde. has found world of her
own. She is a really truly actress.
Further she has contract with a
troupe to make a southern circuit in
the winter season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-27
A Rate Primer Is Distributed
Among Shippers.
Pamphlet Shows Desirability Of
Rate Increase.
SENT OVER COUNTRY.
A Series of Thirteen Lessons
Comprises the Booklet.
Other Items of Interest in Rail.
way Circles.

THE Freight Rate Primer" is the
title of little book which will find
its way into the hands of thousands
of shippers all over the country dur
ing the next few days.
The pamphlet Is issued from the
Chicago offices Of the New York Gem
campaign Of education being con-
Quoted by the railroads to convince the
public that a general advance in
freight rates is for the interest Of all
concerned.
Thirteen lessons" make up the text
of the book. That the busy man may
read them. they are brief and to the
point, and additional force is added
by illustrations in colors. The subjects
are of such a nature that it is cal
culated they will be sure to appeal to
all who chance to pick up the book.
Lesson 1 aims to show what an in
crease in freight rates would mean
to a purchaser of suit of clothes.
Eleven men. each wearing different
type of apparel. are pictured at the
top of the page.
1.-The combined freight charges on
all the clothes worn by all the men
in the picture, including shoes and
hats. was less than ST." says the
pamphlet. eff freight rates were adj
NdHCcO LII per Ccnl Tie lnCEcdS0 pIlCC
of those men on their entire wearing
apparel would be less than 1 cent
each"
Lesson illustrates a harvester cut
ting grain 100 miles west OF the Mis-
sissippi.
and sold for $780," the reader learns.
1.-The farmer paid $1.76 to have 1t
brought to him from Chicago, 800
miles away. If freight rates were adj
vanced 10 per cent the cost of the
harvester would be increased 17h
cents
The next lesson deals in the same
way with a steel range, to the cost of
which an increase in freight rates
would add from 20 to 25 cents.
Other lesson go on to tell of the effect
upon the price of refrigerators. din
ing room suits. cotton. flour, dressed
beef, butter and eggs.
Extracts from speeches by Presi-
dent Roosevelt. w. c. Brown. senior
vice president of the New York Gen.
trail lines. and Chairman Martin A.
Knapp of the Interstate Commerce
commission are included.
The argument Is summed up In
lesson as follows:
"A readjustment of freight rates.
involving a reasonable increase ap-
piled to such articles and COM
modities as can stand IT. without any
appreciable hardship either to manu-
facturer. merchant or consumer,
means the difference between grinding
economy and a fair degree of pros
perity.
sit means the difference between
closed shops and suspended improve
ments and the resumption Of improve
ments with the ability to resume the
large purchases of material and equip
ment, giving full employment to la
Dor and furnishing improved trans
portation facilities. which within a
very short time the commerce of the
country is going to demand more in
sistently than ever. To hundreds OF
thousands of workingmen it means the
difference between steady, we'll paid
employment and walking the streets
looking in vain for work"
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LUCKY lola PARTIES.
Get FOrty-five Acres of Land in the
San Luis Valley Drawing.

lola, Kan, Aug. 27.-Mr. and Mrs.
E. w. Cantrell have returned from
Colorado, where they have been at
tending the San Luis valley land draw
ing. Mrs. Cantrell drew two tracts Of
land, one of five acres and one of
forty acres. In addition to the land
drawings she secured two town lots.
The total cost of this property was
$3.50. Mr.. Cantrell stated to a re-
porter that in his opinion the land was
worth about $500 and that even this
figure would not tempt him to sell.
The townsite is located in the valley
near the two famous mountains
known as Mount Blank and "Old
Badly" A stream of clear, cold snow
water flows past the townsite from
these two mountains in sufficient
quantity to supply city with popu-
lation of 100000. Mr.. Cantrell says
that all who attended the drawing are
confident that the San Luis valley is
one of the richest spots in the country.
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HE LOST HIS WHEAT CROP.
But Farmer Tillman Has Plenty of
Corn, Alfalfa and Hogs.
Richland, Kan, Aug. 81.

Richland, Kan, Aug. 81.
To the Editor of the State Journal:
Although l have lost 30 acres of
wheat that was good for at least 80
bushels per acre. I am not discour-
aged and am going to put out about
20 acres this fall. We are not so bad
off as we are now cutting the third
crop of alfalfa which stands three
feet high. While we do not need
ladder to reach the ears of corn, as
the farmers of Salina and Abilene do.
vet we can and do sit on the top box
of our wagon in order to reach the
ears and we are finding from one to
three ears on each stalk. So with
plenty of corn, alfalfa and a large
drove of hogs to fatten. we will go
right along trusting that the rain
maker will not be quite so active the
coming season. Therefore we will
continue to take the Topeka State
journal, the best newspaper in Kansas.
SILAS TILLMAN.
Glover Hill Farm
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TO TEST THE SCHOOL LAW.
Humboldt Board of Education Brings
Mandamus Action.

lola, Aug. 27.-The members of the
Humboldt board of education, through
their attorneys. Ewing, Gard & Gard
and G. A. Amos, have brought man.
damus proceedings against Paul Klein,
George NJ. Reynolds. T. ]. Anderson
and R E. Culbertson, county clerk, to
compel them to levy a county high
school tax as provided for in the
Barnes high school law. which. the
petitioners declare, was passed and
adopted by Allen county.
The suit is the outgrowth of con-
troversy over the validity of the
Barnes law as far as it concerns Allen
county.