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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-06-12

The Commissioner of the General
Land Office has issued instructions
to the local land Office at Seattle,
Wash, for the sale of certain lands
in Us % and 23 NJ, R. 2 E., w. M,
known as the abandoned military
reservations Nos. 2 and %, Gig Har-
Dor, in accordance with the provisions
of the Act of Congress of June 8,
1906. The lands have been regular
ly surveyed and subdivided into ten
acre lots or less and appraised, and
copy of the official plat of survey,
together with the appraised list, is on
file in the local land Office at Seattle,
Wash. The lands as subdivided con-
tanned 1899 acres.
The lands not entered by settler,
as provided for in the act, will be
offered at public sale at the local
land Office at Seattle, Wash, COM
mencing at 10 o'clock A. M, on Aug
ust IS, 1908, the offering to continue
each day until all the lands have
been offered. The lands will be Of
fered by the smallest legal subdivi-
sion and will be sold to the highest
bidders for cash at not less than the
appraised price and not less than
$3.50 per acre.
Any settler who was in actual oc-
cupation of any portion of such lands
on June 8, 1906, and who settled
thereon in good faith for the purpose
of securing a home, and is by law
entitled to make a homestead entry,
shall be entitled to enter the land so
occupied, not exceeding 20 acres in
body, according to the official plat
of survey, and any settler claiming
such right of entry shall be entitled
to make entry of the lands claimed,
at any time between July IT, and
August IT, 1908, upon furnishing
his affidavit, corroborated by two
persons, satisfactorily establishing
his right and paying $3.50 per acre
for the land entered by him.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-06-12

Acting presumably upon the ad-
vice of Secretary Edward A. Moseley
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion has isued a rule to the effect
that none but union men shall re-
ceive appointments as inspectors un-
der the safety appliance act. This
action has aroused the greatest in
dignation among railway managers.
who insist that 1t is another attempt
on part of the commission to curry
favor with the labor organizations.
1t is understood that a majority of
commission was strongly opposed
to to making this official recognition
of railway labor organizations.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-06-12

The Northumberland today
awarded to the Willamette Iron &
Steel Works, of Portland, Or, the
contract for constructing two tugs
for the Artillery Corps, at a total
cost of $4,000. The firm was the
lowest bidder.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-03-13
THE NEW CHINATOWN.
Oriental Quarter Arises on the Old
Site in San Francisco.

San Francisco's new Chinatown.
which has arisen on the ruins of the
old is ready for occupancy and is rap
Idly filling up with merchants and
tradesmen who were scattered TO the
four winds by the terrible earthquake
and fire of year and half ago. All
movements looking toward the trans
fer of the Chinese to less desirable
part of the city failed utterly, and the
new Chinatown has risen on the site of
the old, under the shadow of Mob Hill
and touching shoulders with the finan-
cial district. In the first flush Of hope
after the catastrophe several plans
were evolved for moving Chinatown out
toward Telegraph Hill or to some suit
able part of the Mission district. The
site of old Chipatown was needed for
the expansion of the financial district.
One thing stood in the way of this part
of the "city beautiful" dream. Chi
nese firms and wealthy Mongolian indi-
viduals owned much of the property in
Chinatown. They were satisfied with
the site Of their quarter. 1t was near
the big hotels patronlzed by eastern
tourists, and 1t was not too far from
the water front whence their goods
came The Chinese refused to sell and
straightway set about rebuilding.
There Is reason why Chinatown
was rebuilt before the other parts of
the burned area, even before Market
street had been repaved. The Chinese
property owners had no trouble in get
ting ready cash. They did not try to
borrow from San Francisco banks or
even from New York money lenders
The first steamer to China carried long
letters describing the situation. In
closed were drafts on the treasurer of
the company which backed the San
Francisco firms. The return steamer
brought the gold that was needed and
the Chinese could tell their contractors
to go ahead.
The building department and the
health authorities insisted that the new
Chinatown be built according to law
and the new Chinatown has, of course
lost such picturesqueness as was found
in the dirt and the squalor and the
tumbledown effect of the old buildings
To Offset this, however, there will be q
heavy gain In healthfulness.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-03-13
PkTICS &ak
lS

Jackson Day at Chicago was a far
different affair from that of the New
York gathering. There the banquet Civ
en- by the Jefferson Club was the scene
of Bryan love feast, in which 600 Dem
ocrats cheered riotously the words of the
Nebraskan.
The Ohio Republican State Central
Committee at its recent meeting decided
to give the members of the party an op-
portunity to express by direct vote their
choice for presidential candidate on
March II, when delegates to the Repubi-
can State convention will be selected.
Senator Foraker has issued a statement
declaring that he will not abide by this
action of the committee.
The first open declaration of the con-
servative Democrats of the East who are
known to be unfriendly to the candidacy
of William j. Bryan took shape at the
Jackson Day dinner of the National
Democratic Club at New York. Ex-
President Cleveland sent letter of re-
gret, in which, after expressing his in
terest in the success of the party, he
said: "Our country needs conservatism,
recuperation from nervous prostraton, re-
instatement of constitutional observance,
buoyant but none the less safe and pru-
dent, Americanism; scrupulous care of
every person and every interest entitled
to care, and square deal' that means
exact and honest equality before the law
and under constitutional guarantee"
After his return home from Washing
ton Mayor Dahlman Of Omaha gave to the
press corrected statement of his much
discussed interview with President Roose-
welt. According to this the President
said "Tell the boys out West that this
financial panic is being placed on my
shoulders by reason of the position l
have taken. If this is true, it shows that
we are on q rotten foundation, and 1t only
came few months sooner than it would
have done otherwise, and it shows we
needed a houseceaning. You can tell
them also that l don't care what ex-judges
OF judges or ex-Governors or Governors
say about It," Mayor Dahlman says that
az this was spoken in the presence of
eight or ten other persons as a message
TO the West he felt free to give it out.
Secretary Taft, who will soon begin the
preparation of an extended report on his
observations in the Philippines, in n re-
cent interview expressed himself as highly
pleased with the progress already made
in the islands. Peace, he says, prevails
throughout the Philippines to greater
extent than ever before In their history,
and agriculture is proceeding without fear
from predatory bands. He finds the ma
tives receptive to education and to mod
ern western conceptions of religion and
politics, and says there is no difference
between the educated and the ignorant
Filipino that cannot be overcome by the
education of one generation. The Secre-
tary thinks the people should not be in
trusted with self-government until their
. primary and industrial education is COM
! plete, and this may require more than q
, generation owing to a lack Of funds for
educational purposes.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-03-13
Military Men Say Force Is Reduced
Beyond Point of Safety for
- the Nation.
NEED OF REFORM IN SERVICE.
Low Pay and Requirement Of Hard
Practice Marches Are Main
Points Of Attack.

The War and Navy Departments nre
trying to reach an agreement by which
the marines are to be withdrawn from
the lsthmus of Panama and two regi-
ments Of infantry are to be sent to take
their places as guards. 1t Is fully ex-
pected that before long two regiments
or foot will be on their way to the
canal zone. This divertlng Of army
regulars to new field will mean that
the forces In the United States are to
be depleted beyond that which officers
believe to be the danger point.
The infantry problem is one of the
most serious factors In the greater
problem Of the army's weakness. On
paper we are supposed to have 10000
imantrymen, but In truth we have noth-
Ing like that number. and unless the
Increase of pay bill pass Congress, 1t Is
perfectly evident that the ranks will
be thinned still further. An army Off
Ger who knows conditions tells a Wash
lngton correspondent that in a case Of
emergency there would be less than
1000 lnfantrymen who could be brought
with anything like dispatch to any
threatened point within the limits of
the United States proper.
There are two chief army measures
now before Congress, one dealing with
the matter of the increase of pay and
the other dealing with the matter of
the Increase Of the infantry A CORE
spondent says there is precious little
hope that both bills can pass. 1t prob
ably would be folly to pass the second
bill without passing the first, for 1t
would be useless to provide for an In
crease In the ranks If no inducements
were held out by which the increase
could be effected.
Objections to Army Life.
Interviews with enlisted men disclose
three chief objections to army life, and,
In order CT numerical precedent, they
rank like this:
Monthly practice marches.
Poor pay.
Non-miitary duty required of the en-
listed men.
Some Of the ranking officers Of the
army have lnveighed constantly against
what they call the folly of the frequent
practice marches. The men are kept in
fine physical condition and as hard as
walnuts through the daily drills, the
guard duty, the good food, and the reg
uar living generally. Yet they are
compelled at least once month to
hike out on the road under heavy bur-
dens and trying conditions for the pur-
pose of keeping in trim so that they
will be ready for the field In case Of
hostilities. The practice march, fairly
long continued and to come at long in
tervals, has its uses, and the men like
1t; but they don't like 1t coming as 1t
does every three or four weeks.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-03-13
Blank!

A New Orleans woman, well-knowh
for her work for charity, recently ac-
cepted an invitation to speak at an
antituberculosls meeting. On the plat
form she found herself seated between
a bishop and rabbi, and the tone Of
the meeting seemed to be rendered ex-
tremely solemn by the combination.
In order to tighten the solemnity,
she said, turning to the rabbi, "Do you
know, feel as If I were leaf between
the Old and New Testaments."
The rabbi turned a sad-eyed gaze
upon her.
"Yes, madam" he said, "and, IL you
will recall, that page Is usually a blank
me-"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-03-13

mental farms have become the Mecca
of everyone who by any chance gets
within travelling distance of them.
Heretofore Mr.. Burbank has tried to
extend every hospitality and conven-
ience to his visitors, but they have
grown in numbers to such an extent,
5000 In one year, that he Is now COM
PEELED to protect himself and his work
from the invasion Of slghtseers. Re
Gently he got out circular announcing
that he has nothing for sale and must
deny visitors the courtesy formerly ex-
tended.
Because Of the army Of visitors all
the important experimental work was
delayed beyond recall grounds were
overrun by crowds from daylight till
10 o'clock at night; there was no rest
for him or his employees day or night
Rare plants died from lack Of atten-
tlon, letters were neglected and tele-
grams delayed. Meals were taken
standing, sleep was disturbed and
health was jeOpardlzed. The question
arose: "Should he continue his valua-
Bile work Of research undisturbed, or
should he submit to being murdered
piecemeal as a showmanT The an
swer Is found at every gate announcing
that positively no visitors will be al
lowed and that all trespassers will be
prosecuted.-Utica Globe.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-03-13
CALIFORNIA PLANT WIZARD.
AIan Whose Work Is OF Tremendous
Value to the People.

Value to the People.
Probably no other man in the world
approaches Luther Burbank of Cali
fornia as an expert in plant life. His
remarkable and wholesale experiments
have been going on for many years and
have resulted in benefit to humanity
which can be reckoned only In the
hundreds of millions of dollars. By
selection and crossing he has not only
vastly improved a large variety of
vegetables, grain, fruit, nuts and flow
ers, but he has actually succeeded in
producing new species of a value far
transcending that Of either of the par
ent originals. By changing the nature
Of the fruits themselves he has largely
extended the areas of their profitable
cultivation For example, oranges can
now be grown in territories where for
merly frosts made 1t impossible. He
has invented grains and grasses
which flourish in lands formerly con-
sidered worthless deserts. He has elm
mated seeds from certain fruits, there
by greatly increasing their value. He
has produced an edible thornless oac-
tus capable of supplying forage for
countless herds on the arid plains and
even available as food for man.
AS result Of his fame his expert
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-03-13
COAL MINE EXPLOSION.
New Theory Advanced as to the
Conditions Producing Them.


Experts who have made investiga-
tions Of the recent mine disasters, not
ably those Of Monongah and Jacobs
Creek, have come to the conclusion
that the explosions are caused by ell
matte conditions.
Supporting the position taken. 1t Is
a noticeable fact, they say, that the
recent catastrophes have occurred at
about the same hour In the day, In a
zone Of certain altitude, In about the
same longitude and in places where
climatic conditions are similar. The
majority of the mines operated to-
day are below the level OF the streams
In the same sections. and, owing to the
moisture, the outside air forced into
the mines by the fans has been laden
with carbon dloxide moisture and 9TH
er impurities.
1t is suggested that II the air forced
into the mines was gathered from a
higher stratum and was heated sufil-
clently and otherwise treated to re-
move the impurities the accidents
would be less numerous during the
change Of seasons. Proper ventlla-
tlon with this purified air, 1t ls be-
Ileved, will remove to a great extent
the coal dust and explosive gases
which are found to a certain extent
IN every mlne.~
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-03-13
How's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by HAIL.
Catarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o
We, the undersigned, have known F. ].
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable In all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
ton made by his firm
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo o
Halls Catarrah Cure is aken internally. act.
Ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur.
faces OF the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price rs cents per bottle Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for Constipation.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-03-13
The Trouble with Carr.

II rather like your FRIEND" Mrs
Page said, graciously, after Carr had
gone home. HE is good-loolzlng and
agreeable, but you can't call him a
brilliant conversatlonalist. The Law
ton girls talked all around him."
Unfortunately" replied Mr.. Page.
"Carr cannot talk on a subject unless
he knows something about It,"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-03-13
Reduction.

The old nag was jogging up the hin
with the elopers.
Yes" said the old nag, at is rather
tough pulling them up to the parson-
age, but it will be easier coming back"
How so?" queried the friendly
goose at the roadside.
why, can't you see that after leav.
Ing the parsonage two will be made
one?-Chicago News.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-03-13
SpTains.

Any sudden turn or twist which may
throw member out Of its norral po-
sition is likely to cause sprain, which
's really sudden and more or legs scr-
tous wrench or twist Of ligament or
of the muscles controlling the liga-
ments. Use hot water for bathing the
sprain; dry the surface and apply 81.
Jacobs Oil as for soreness and stiffness.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-03-13
Dlllousness, constipation retard pa
covery. Cure these with Ayers Pills.
It's Lasting Effect.

"Ripsling, did you ever convert sny-'
body to your way of thinking by your
street corner oratoryT
81 know of one. anyhow, and it made
a changed man Of him."
"What is he doing now?"
"He's in the insane asylum, Ruggles
in the insane asylum. A glimpse of the
truth Was too much FOR his modcrnized
intellect"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-03-13
Hi. Personal View Of II.

Admring onstituent-Senator you
have your own opinion of this currency
question, haven't you?
Senator Lotsmun-Yes, sir, and l sup
pose | have answered 1t hundreds Of
times It's nobody's business how a man
gets his currency.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-03-13
Probable Outcome.

Chronic Kicker-What do you suppose
would happen to your boasted feet IL II
should get into real battle?
Phlegmatic Citizen-O, suppose we'd
get licked-same as we've always been.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-03-13
Opinion of a oonnoi..eur.

"Mr. Spoonamore, don't you think a
kiss 295 seconds in duration is great
deal too long to be agreeable?"
"Well, that depends entirely ON the.
sr-desirability of the kissee."
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-03-13

Austrian mines are provided with res
cue chambers at convenient locations un-
aerground. They are equipped with food
ana conveniences for miners in case Of
accident. Va
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-03-13

The Burlington and Union Pacific will
take porters off chair cars and do away
with fiagmen on some Of their passenger
trains. according to dispatch from
Omaha. Retrenchment Is given as the
reason.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-03-13
PILES CURED IN 6 TO IA DAYS.

PAZO OINTMENT Is guaranteed to cure any
case OF Itching, Blind. bleeding or Protruding
Piles In to IA days or money refunded. Soc.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-03-13
In Reach of All

Though eatables of every kind
Must now be dearly bought,
The poorest man among us still
May have most food for thought
kansas City Times.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-03-13

Many a man knows from experience
that 1t is far easier to find wife than
1t is to lose her.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-03-13
Born that WAY.

Uncle Amos, how did your boss ac
quire his title Of colonelT
dat goes VIII de plantation, sab. All
his antcesters wuz cunnels befo' him,
suh."
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-03-13

According to Terence V. Powderly
formerly grand master of the Knights
Of Labor and now connected with the
government Bureau of immigration, ex-
.tensive railroad building in Italy, the
approach of the presidential election
and scare headlines in the newspapers,
aside from the financial furry, are the
causes for the present exodus of aliens
from the United States. mo alarm
need be felt because of the ebb in the
tide" he says, There Is more work
to do in this country than there ever
was before; there is necessity for
men and women to do 1t, and the first
months of the next year will see re-
turn Of aliens, vino will be able to lind
remunerative employment in this coun.
| try"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-01-20
For Party's Good
BRYAN WILLING TO QUIT RACE
If MUCH OPPOSITION
DEVELOPS.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 2O.-A letter
was received tonight from William
Jennings Bryan by personal friend
in Washington in which the Nebras-
kan declares in substance that oppo-
sition to his nomination for president
will not have to muster one-third of
the votes in the convention to keep
him out of the race; that II there
should develop any appreciabIe oppo-
sltion among real Democrats not
meaning those of the Belmont class, .
he would retire in favor of any good
man like Johnson, Hoke Smith or
Culbertson.
Bryan is to be here on the 25th,
when there will be gathering of the
Democratic leaders in congress at
which his latest declaration will be
discussed and out of which may come
important developments.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-01-20
celebrities in PLAY.

NEW YORK. Jan. 2O.-Mrs. George
lay Gould. Nine. Nordica and Kryle
sellew are among the celebrities who
will appear in the cast of one-act
llay to be presented at reception
1t the Hotel Plaza tomorrow night.
The affair was arranged by Frederick
Townsend Martin. Mrs. Gould and
Mr. BelIew are to play the leadin;,
woman's and the leading mans parts.
md the famous prima donna will es-
say the role of a maid This will be
he first appearance of Mrs. Gould on
the stage since her marriage.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-01-20
Ms. skumann.Aelnk, citizen.

NEW YORK. Jan. 2O.-Mme. schu-
mann-HeInk. the distinguished singer,
will be able to call herself citizen OF
the United States after tomorrow.
when she will appear before the coun.
ty court of Essex county. N. j.. to re.
ceiye her final naturalization papers.
The famous opera singer makes her
home at Singac. near Montclair, N.
!. She is the mother of eight chill
dren, all of whom are named after
American patriots.
THE United States is the greatest
of all nations, and 1t will be the
proudest day of my life when I can
call myself citizen" declared the
singer.