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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02
A MAN REMADE By MECHANICS

o. o. r. Schwidetzsky, an importer
of parts" and then the only re-
greet is the size of the bill, which
compares with the charges for fix
ing up a wrecked automobile. The
cost of thorough and artistic re-
pairs on a badly broken person,
one who is Shakespeare's phrase
! is sans everything, is estimated at
$4,000. This would include the put
ting in of rivets and substitute
parts and such extras as pocket
, oil can to lubricate artificial joints.
A set of additional rubber muscles
might be thrown in.
1t might be thought that the me-
| chanical man would last. longer
than the common citizen. Meta
and wood duplicates are, indeed
! stronger than the natural parts
but they are not constantly re
newed like flesh and bone, and
must finally wear out. Even the
aluminium leg gives out in time
The annoyance and expense OF
periodic refitting must be bore by
those who canont call their bodies
their own.
Mn,4. fractured bones are to be
reinforced with wires holes are
drilled through them with a tool
] lilo q fnp'C hit Nd hA n.
of the wires are twisted together
with pincers. The flesh is re
placed over the wired bones and
the wound heals normally. There
are II sizes of platinum wire used
the largest being thicker than
piano wire and used to connect
! fractured hip bones. A crude
method of fastening broken bones
by driving nails through them with
a hammer has been lately supplant
ed by the steel screws invented by
DR.. Albin Lambotte, of Antwerp
The screws are of various sizes
and lengths. No one who wears
them can be accused of having q
loose screw, and the bones thus
mended will never break again il
the same place. Sometimes g
quick job, where strength is moi
essential, requires that bones
should be held together by a meta
triangle with three sharp points.
tap of the hammer drives the
points into the living bone. Their,
may be metal strap with com
. bination of sharp points ant
screws to reinforce a bone frac
tured lengthwise. A bone join
may be strapped on top and ;
screw put through sideways.
looks like a piece OF handy carpen
ter work when the surgeon hal
dropped his screwdriver, brace an,
! hammer. or course. theh patien
is unconscious while this tinkerinr
! Is going on
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02

There goes the most artificial
man in New York. remarked
sporty medico to his friend, as they
stood on a Rialto corner
Has a very insincere character,
eh?"
'Insincere! Why, there's hard
ly anything genuine about that fell
low except his torso. He has a
false leg and false arm and an
aluminium skull and a rubber nose.
One of his eyes is glass. Even his
voice fails to ring true, because
it comes through silver larynx.
If he ever gets hit by car there
would be enough wreckage of
metal, wood, rubber and glass to
start first class junk shop"
Where did they make HMM
a boiler shop?" asked the other,
sarcastically.
Not at all. Didn't you read in
the papers about that recent medi-
cal exhibition in London, where
they Nwed everything ! men
toned, and more, too? You laymen
are always skeptical While fol
lowing up the scientific expert
ments to create life you've over
looked the humber but more prac-
tical medical inventions to patch
up the human frame divine. Give
up So per cent of man and We'll
supply the missing parts. The
substitutes may not be just as
good as natures patient, but they
come near it. You noticed how
presentable that fellow was that
pointed out. He goes about his
business, walking with a trifline
limp, and few persons suspect how
much OF him is not himself"
The man of many parts. as de-
scribed In the foregoing by the
surgical expert, whose knowledge
would seem to come from practi
cal acquaintance with the subject
might otherwise be described as a
citizen OF many cities. The ma
jority of parts" for patching the
human machine are imported into
this country from Germany, al
though high grade of ears ant
noses are being manufactured II
Philadelphia, and New Yorl
house leads the world in the pro
duction of artificial limbs. Near
~ everything is made to order
while dealers carry few STANDARD
sizes In stock Ready made goods
sre likely 10 be cheap and unsatis
factory, A person who has lost /;
pafrician nose does not care t.
have II substituted by a bourgeoii
member. aud one that is so IL
hitting that u nay be blown off II
The street II navs to invest il
the most substantial repairs, says
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02
HORSE CARS TO SCRAP PILE

+ ALBANY, Ore, Dec. 2.-The city
of Albany has laid the only re-
naming horse car system of the
coast on the shelf. Work on the
electric line over the route cover
ed by the horses had reached the
stage where the old cars could no
longer reach the city from the de-
pot and they were thrown on the
scrap heap. The horse car line
formerly connected the Southern
Pacific depot with the city.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02
guards of the empire builders.

guards of the empire builders.
With the completion of the sys
TENS now under construction in
the north it is estimated that
Alaska's production. of minerals
alone will be quadrupled.
There are those who declare that
abe day is not far distant when
Rockefeller viii; be getting the
bulk of his oil supply from Alaska
The best quality of anthracite coal
will, it is contended, be brought
to our very doors in quantity and
at cost that will defy competition
from local and inferior Goals.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02
STEEL RAILS REACHING INTO THE
HEART OF ALASKA

| termined upon the conquest of our
most northely possessions:
An announcement has recently
come from an authoritative source
that the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST
Paul has bought up majority OF
the stock of the Alaska Central,
which has partially completed a
line from the southwestern coast
to the Yukon river, providing an
all-American route. The Milwaukee
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02

days when men plodded like
beasts of burden in their mad rush
to the tabled sands of gold-are
now echoing the startled screech
of the locomotive whistle.
The gold filled pots of the sys-
TENS barons are yielding up gen
erously to accelerate the already
remarkable speed with which the
once regarded snow bound wastes
are being opened to the call of
civilization.
Since the spring of 1900 1t has
been no secret that interests
closely identified with several
transcontinenta systems had de-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02

Square gardens which concluded
last night by taking "a points. The
New York A. c. was second with
Sc; Pastime A. c. %; Boston A.
G. IL; Harvard A. A.. 10; Prince
ton 9; Brooklyn Y. M. C. A. 8; un-
attached s; Mercury A. c. s; Mo-
hawk A. C. 4; Gordon House A. A.
2; Montreal A. A. 1.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02

will have its Pacific coast extern
sion completed to Seattle by April,
1909, and with steamship connec'
ton between this city and Alaska
can make an uninterrupted routing
covering the entire distance to the
Yukon.
1t is no sinecure, this building OF
an Alaska railroad. There are
often almost insurmountable diff
culties to overcome; engineering
feats that closer home would be
looked upon as distinctly daring
achievements. Winter, mantling
tie uatry with snow and ice,
adds to the trials OF these advance
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02
DORANDO TO MEET lNJUN

Dorando Pietri, the Italian run
ner, who defeated Johnny Hayes
in a renewal of the Marathon
race in New York recently, has
been matched to run against Tom
Longboat December Is over the
same course of 26 miles and 1856
yards.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02
SCALER OFFERED FIGHT

Kid Scaler has been offered a
guarantee of $3.50, win, lose or
draw, to fight Billy Lauder in Cal
gary, Alberta, Christmas. Scaler
will probably accept. Eddie Me-
rino and Lauder are matched for
today.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02
Special Correspondence to The Pre-,

Special Correspondence to The Press
SEATTLE, Dec 2.-The railroad
kings are gradually reaching into
the heart of Uncle Sans great
treasure land, Alaska.
Steadily the steel rails are pierre
ing the hills, spanning the rivers
and crawling up the valleys and
over the lowlands.
Districts considered inaccessible
in the halcyon days of the big rush
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02
WALkovERs DEFEAT DoDDS

The Walkovers, leaders of the
City bowling league, defeated the
Dodds, 27SO to 1865 in three games
last night. The Dodds are close
seconds in the league race. The
score of the winners last night was
within three pins of the alley rec
ord which they hold.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02

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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02
BRITT AND SUMMERS AGAIN

Jimmy Britt, who is across the
pond, has signed articles to fight
Johnny Summers, the crack Eng
fish lightweight, on February 22
before the London National Sport
ing club for $4,000 purse.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02
GET AFTER YOUR COLD
BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE

Don't wait until your cold set
ties before curing it. The simplest,
easiest way is to take a Turkish
bath and rub down. Beats all the
medicine in the city Turkish Bath
Parlors, First and Stevens, H.
Nichols, prop, Main 1241. ***
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02
GOOD INVESTMENTS

GOOD INVESTMENTS
Are better than money in the bank.
$2,750. with $3.50 cash, buys four
lots on Sixteenth avenue, near
Grand avenue; worth $4,000 today.
$2,750 with $1,000 cash buys Ave-
room modern house; full basement,
cement sidewalks, nice lawn, gar,
den. shade trees, good well, etc..
located on Twenty-third avenue.
FRANK A. CHASE & CO,
Phone Main 179. GOT Sprague Ave.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02
FOOTBALL GAME, FATAL

BOSTON, Mass, Dec. I'm.
juries received ON the football
field Thanksgiving day were the
cause of the death of Quarter
master Sergeant Byrd Dowdle of
Asheville, N. G.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02
BAT NELSON MAKING
DOCTOR OF HIS
BROTHER

Special Correspondence to The Press
BERKELEY, CAL, Dec. Zone
OF the ambitions, If not the great
est, of Battling Nelson, is to see
his brother, Charlie, as good a doc
tor as he himself is a fighter.
Didn't. kno wthe Battler had a
brother? Well, he has. His name
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02
Help Wanted-Male.

Wanted for Army-Able-D odi>d un.
married men between ages OF Is
and So; citizens of United States.
of good character and temperate
habits, who can speak. read and
write English. For information ap.
ply to Recruiting Offlcer. 126h
Howard street, Spokane. Wash.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02
Attorneys.

M. T. O'Connor. attorney and
counselor at law. Room 50S
Hyde block. Civil and criminal
practice. Satisfaction guaranteed
or no pay. Tel. 1880 or 7106.
David J. Ryan, attorney at law, sos
Hyde blk. Phone 1880.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02
.lRISH-AMERICAN BEST

The Irish-American A. c. of
New York won in the two day
championship meeting at Madison
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02
OLD TIMERS LOST

The All Stars defeated the Old
Timers on the s. A. A. G.. bowling
alleys last night.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02
ITS THE VALUES"

FOUR AND FIVE ROOM HOUSES
One 4-room modern house, Lid
gerwood. $500. New Broom mod
ern, in Lidgerwood. $3.50; $500
down. We have 20 four and Ave-
room modern houses from $1700 to
$500, on easy terms. See our list.
we will save you time and money.
Good farms all over the state.
WEBB REALTY CO.,
Z and Exchange Bank Building
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02

Truth Is stranger than fiction, 10
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UPSTAIRS
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02

PROF. ST. CHARLES. !
HE WILL TELL YOU YOUR
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A SECRET YOU SHOULD KNOW
THE POWER TO CONTROL
There is power latent within
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Prof. st. Charles can tell you
how to control and use that power
to gain success and happiness.
Symons block, corner Sprague
and Howard.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02
Loans and Collections.

Loans on furniture, piano, horses.
etc. A. A. Barnett. 624 Tho
Rookery.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02

Better to live alone than to live
with the devil.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02
Restaurants.

Queen Restaurant & Coffee House,
cheapest and best In city.
Grand opening every morning at
s o'clock; closing out sale every
night. Can accommodate 1000
more men. You know the place;
come you. !.
The Chicago Coffee & Short Order
House will open Sunday morn.
ing, Nov. 20, at 316 Main avenue.
Give us a trial.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02

Cooper & Co., collections. 40 Co.
lumbia building. Phone 1892.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02

Pine 81 rick. tamarack 1925 q
rick. Valley Wood Yard. Main
9025.
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Business Chances
CAPITAL FURNISHED

$~1x = = ]S~S = OAs1N1sS~4 y
Industrial. manufacturing, nlinA
ing, oil, gas and railway stock and
bond issues sold direct to invest
ors: commission basis. Samuel
Graham & Co., Selling Brokers, a
Sacrament st.. Montreal, Canada
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02

Carpenter work done: prices res
sonable. Phone Maxwell AL.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02

A man can .nko caro- OF his
enemies. His friends sometimes
Give him more trouble.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02

Spokane Trunk Factory-Trunks,
travelling bags and leather goods.
Store 8 Stevens st. Phone 8240.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-03-19
FIRE DESTROYED HOME.
Mrs. Samuel Wolf, Widow of Soldier,
Lost Her All in Flames Tuesday.

Tuesday afternoon the little home of
Mrs. Samuel Wolf. widow of a deceas-
ed soldier of the Union army, located in
the East end Of town, was entirely con-
sumed by fire which originated in the
kitchen from an overheated stove.
While the members of the family were
in another portion of the house the en-
tire building, which was constructed of
lumber and lined with building paper,
seemingly burst into flames. the fire
making such rapid Roadway as to pre-
clude the possibility of saving anything
from the structure, even the pen sion
papers of Mrs. Wolf, besides her last
quarterly payment of pension money,
received day or two ago, in addition
to her clothing, that of her four
grandchildren, daughter and son-in-law
Rudolph Wilson, all being consumed.
Mrs Wolf owned the little home and
carried insurance on it amounting to
$500, which will not cover the loss but
will very materially aid her in erecting
a new building.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-03-19
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

Large numbers of wild geese have
been seen quite lately flying to their
northern home, which signifies that
| spring is near and we will all most cor
daily welcome it.
Messrs. George Z. Bishoff and son
have taken advantage of the sugar
making weather and have manufacture
ed quite a lot of maple syrup and sugar
that is hard to excel.
Misses Sudie and Sadie Friend return
ed to their home last Friday after
spending several pleasant weeks with
relatives at Keyser and Mt. Lake.
Messrs. Norris Welch and Burns
Lowdermilk, teachers of the Deer Park
and Loeb Lynn schools spent Saturday
and Sunday with their parents
Mr.. Seymore and family of Friends
vile, have moved to Hoyes and are now
occupying several rooms of the Chase
house.
Will Glotfelty of near Crellin. was a
guest of his uncle F. D. Dewitt, one
day last week.
S. T. Cunningham, travelling sales
man for Cumberland Dry Goods Co.,
was in Hoyes Monday night this week.
Miss Mamie Dewitt attended revival
services at Sang Run Sunday night.
Miss Bernadette Mattingly had Miss
Pearl Bishoff as her guest last Monday
evening.
MISS Ethel Dewitt left this place for
Landstreet, Pa, last week where she
will visit her sister Mrs Friend, for an
indefinite period.
Prof. Beahm and DR.. Boyer, of Acct
dent, were callers in Hoyes few hours
last Sunday.
Eddie Wilburn left this place last
week for Kalona, Iowa. where he will
visit his friends John and George Kitz-
miller.
Mr.. John Dewitt returned to his home
this week after spending a few days
with his daughter Mrs. Thayer, who
has been quite i'll.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-03-19
GORTNER.

The weather during the past week
has been excellent and many farmers
were busy with their plows.
Mr., and Mrs. Harley Wotring, of
Brookside, are visiting the latter's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Schlossna-
gle, this week
Chas. Wamsley contemplates having
a slate roof put on his house in the near
future.
Messrs. Royal and Corsa Spaid and
Lee Gortner left for Stanford, ILL.,,
Monday where they have secured en-
ployment for the spring and summer.
L. j. Swartzentruber was engaged in
moving a house for D. f. Orendarf last
week.
Carl Eckles, who was visiting his
grandparents Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Smouse,
returned to his home at Fairmont last
Saturday.
Miss Lizzie Lichty who has been
spending a few months at Grantsville,
this county, returned to her home
Thursday last.
Prof. viii Althers, of Salisbury, Pa,
is doing some painting for S. j. Slabach.
WILLIE.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-03-19
week or ten days ago.

week or ten days ago.
Mr. Harry L. McComas and his
college chum, Mr.. Bennett, of North
Dakota, who came here from MERGERS
burg, Pa, last Wednesday to remain a
week with DR.. and Mrs. H. w. Nc
Comas, returned to school yesterday
morning.
Mr.. John Ault, who returned to his
home near Oakland week or two ago
owing . the illness of members of his
famils left on Sunday night for Pitts
burg, accompanied by his little daugh-
ter Norienne, who will visit relatives in
that city for q week or two.
To be sure the department stores tell
you that if their goods are not satisfac-
tory you can return them. Sure, But
you have to pay express or freight both
ways and you decide to keep them. If
your home merchants goods are not
satisfactory you take them back and it
costs you nothing.
Mr.. J. n. Robinson and family. until
a few days ago occupants of the Ander-
son property on Alder street. are now
residing in the Episcopal Rectorv. hay
ing moved into that property on Satur-
day last. Mrs. Anderson and family will
return to Oakland about April LIST and
occupy their residence here.
Grippe is sweeping the country. Stop
it with Preventics, before it gets deeply
seated. To check early colds with
these little Candy Cold Tablets is surely
sensible and safe. Preventics contain
no Quinine, no laxative, nothing harsh
or sickening. Pneumonia would never
appear if early colds were promptly
broken. Also good for feverish child
ren. Large box, 4S tablets. % cents.
Vest pocket boxes ) cents. Sold by all
dealers.
Mr.. Paul Mitchell, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John 7. Mitchell, of Oakland. was
taken suddenly i'll Monday night with
an attack Of the heart and he has since
been confined to his bed. The Young
man is great favorlte with many of
the people of Oakland and the news of
his illness will be learned with deep re-
greet.
Mr.. H. Byrne Hamill, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. s. Hamill, of Oakland, has. we
are glad to state, been appointed regi-
mental clerk by Secretary Taft, of the
War Department, with the pay and
rank of second lieutenant. Mr.. Hamill
enlisted in the army month or two ago
and was attached to the Fourth Regi-
ment Inf, stationed at Fort Thomas.
Kentucky. From that point the regi-
ment was transferred to San Francisco
from which port the command embark
ei for the Philippines and is now at
Honolulu, where ten days will be spent
before resuming the long journey to the
Far East. Mr. Hamill is followed in
his voyage by the good wishes of his
many friends left behind.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-03-19
BOARD OF TRADE MEETING.
Directors Chosen For First Year and
Officers Elected by Board.

MONDAY night according to the printed
notice appearing in the columns of THE
REPUBLICAN last Thursday, the meet
ing of the residents and business men
for the purpose of organizing a Board
Of Trade for Oakland, was held. being
attended by about forty of the leading
business and professional men of the
town, when the constitution as drafted
by the committee was submitted and
adopted unanimously.
The constitution of the Board provides
for the election of a board Of directors
consisting of ten members, which in
turn elects the president and vice presi-
dent Of the Board of Trade, its secre-
tary and treasurer.
At the meeting Monday the board Of
directors chosen is composed of Messrs.
d. E. Bolden, D. NJ. Mason, d. NJ.
Dixon, Joseph E. Harmed, G. Semmes
Hamill, Scott T. Jones. D. E. Offutt,
Jr., Truman West, and Drs. H. w. Nc
Comas and John E. Legge. The direc-
tors, under the constitution adopted,
met Tuesday evening when the follow
ing officers Of the Board of Trade We're
elected:
President, sc. Semmes Hamill; vice
president, D. N. Mason; secretary,
Samuel Lawton; treasurer, Joseph f.
Harmed.
The next meeting of the Board will
be held upon call of the president, at
which time the various committees pro-
vided for by the constitution will be
announced and the work of getting our
advantages before the public will be
gotten into some definite shape.