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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-04-10

The gig Thistle owned by the late IL,
Macfarlane, and coXswained by IL. h.
Macfarlane, won a cup on May q, 1853,
this being the first aquatic race ever
rowed in the islands for a cup accord
ing to w. II. McInerny.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-04-10

| learned many things and hope that
my knowledge will stand me in good
stead, as my competitors will have to
find out many OF these things for
themselves.
Il have no doubt whatever as to
the result of this race. | am satisfied
that l Will be the first to reach Paris
and l can promise you that sixty days
after | leave San Francisco l Will be
in Paris, and that's counting the voy-
age to Alaska and everything else"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-04-10

The new polo pony Shamrock, which
has lately become the property of e. H.
Lewis, promises to do some good work
this year on the track. A match be-
tween Shamrock and Defender is being
talked of in the near future.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-04-10

The entries for the 2Sth White Rock
Golf tournament closed at noon today,
The Moanalua course is in the best
possible condition, and large crowd OF
golfers are expected to be on hand.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-04-10

The annual tennis tournament for
the championship of the islands will
be held the first week of October,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-04-10

The first invitation tennis tourna-
ment of the Beretania Tennis Club will
be held some time next month.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-04-10

The first baseball game of the season
between two major league teams will be
played tomorrow afternoon at the
league grounds, commencing at three
O'Clock between the Diamond Heads
and the Saints
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-04-10

At the annual meeting of the Ha-
waian Tennis Association held We'd
nesday afternoon, G. G. Boclus was
elected president and Richard A. Cooke
secretary.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-04-10

THIS ILLUSTRATION WILL REA Err A GOOD
IDEA OF THE APPEARANCE OF THE NEW PAR
LOR ALARM CLOCK BUT FHE ACTUAL SIZE THE CLOCK
is MUCH LARGER IT STANDS ABOUT INCHES HIGH
MASSIVE IN APPEARANCE is MADE OF EBoNIzFD BAR
METAL, OF VERY ORNAMENTAL. DESIGN, AND
FITTED WITH AN EXTRA LOUD ENTIRELY HIDDEN
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-04-10

Fine Job Printing, Star Office.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-04-10

Guaranteed by Manufacturer
to be perfect timepiece. The
clock can be seen at THE
STAR office. It is an attractive
piece of furniture and when you
see it you will want one to re-
which is usually called an
place that cheap nickel affair
Alarm Clock. This clock is
made of Gun Metal and the
movement is guaranteed to keep
absolutely correct time.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-02-14
SERIOUS WRECK
OCCURSINOREGON

Portland, Ore. Feb. 12.-Three per.
sons were killed and % injured Tues
day night in q wreck OF the westbonnd
Southern Pacific passenger train known
as the Sheridan local, at a point one
mile west Of Forest Grove, Ore. The
cause of wreck il unknown, but it is
believed that it was due to broken
rail. Three of the five cars in the
train turned over onto their sides.
The dead: John Mcdonald, Mo-
Minnville, Ore. Mrs. J. E. Bates and
baby, Forest Grove, Oregon.
The dead were found ..in the first
coach, Immediately behind the smoker.
At the time of the accident the train
was travelling slowly. Miss Grace
Harding,a passenger in the rear coach,
was hurled through window. into the
water beneath the trestle, but escaped
uninjured. It has been learned that
the accident resulted from broken
rail. one 3O-foot section OF the wooden
bridge being splintered into four pieces
by the weight of the heavily laden
coaches. That score was not killed
outright and that any Of the occupants
Of the two overturned coaches were moi
seriously injured is considered miracu-
lous. The coaches were badly demol
ished, but the list Of fatalities is small
becasue of the slow speed of the train.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-02-14
SHOWS AT SPOKANE

Attra ctions for February, 1908, at
the Spokane theater are as follows:
Feb. 16-No Mother to Guide Her.
Feb 20-22-Frank Daniels.
Feb. 26-27-Dream City.
Feb. 28-Kerry Cow.
March Red Feather.
March 2-Red Feather.
March 3-4-45 Minutes From Broad
way.
March S-9-Parsifal.
Feb. 17-18-Chas. B. Hanford.
March 19-San Francisco Opera
company.
March 20-21-James ]. Corbett.
March 22-24-Virginian.
March 25-Steers & Conan.
March 27-2S-Paul Gilmore.
March 30-Local.
April 5-8-Comin' Thro' the Rye.
April 10-Mary Manning.
April 11-12-Black Crook.
April 17-18-Creston Clarke.
April 19-20-Burgomaster.
April 21-22-Mrs. Campbell.
April 27-29-Brewster's Millions.
Curtain for evening performances
$3.50, matinees $3.50. No one will bt
seated during an act.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-02-14

With the grip, colds, fevers. rheumatism,
neuralgia. Many might be well II they had
only taken Hoods Sarsaparilla, the great
blood purifier and health-regulating medi-
cine. It is a wonderful preventive as well
as cure. Keep 1t in your house and take it.
Never without Hood's-"I have taken
Hoods Sarsaparilla for indigestion, and
recommend it to others for that complaint. 1t
is an excellent medicine and / keep it Oh
hand" A. S. HEATH, Adams Centre. N. Y.
Kidney Trouble-.I had kidney trouble.
A friend Recommended Hoods Sarsaparilla.
], tried one bottle and found was better. took
three more and recovered" BENZ. LEVINE, 81
Village Street, Boston. Mass.
Jaundice ~ had severe case OF
jsundice and fell from 145 to 90 lbs. in weight
A friend advised taking Hoods Sarsaparilla
and when l had taken three bottles was w
and on my feet" JOSEPH LEWIS. 10 Alpine
Street, Boston, Mass.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is sold everywhere
In the usual liquid, or in tablet form called
Sarsatabs. 100 Doses One Dollar. Pre-
pared only by G. I. Hood Co.. Lowell. Mass
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-02-14
He May Be Sorry.

Storm Lake, Iowa.. Lloyd Will
son, barber, and Miss Gertrude Wad.
dell, heiress to 5000 acres of Cherokee
county lands, to say nothing Of a for.
tune made in the cattle business by
her father, o. D. Waddell, have
eloped. Wilson leaves wife and son
destitute and Mr.. Waddell has offered
a reward of $4,000 for his capture
They left Aurelia, driving to this city
where they left their team at livery
stable, and since then have not been
seen. Their whereabouts are I'm
known. Wilson has conducted bar
Der shop in Aurelia nine years.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-02-14
canada's Trade for u Months.

The trade Of Canada for the IL
months ended September 30, 1907, to.
tailed in imports $362,459,9O an in
crease of $66. 100,364 over the CORE
spending period ended September 80,
1906. The exports of Canadian pro-
duce for the period of 1907 aggregated
SPA ,180,922, decrease Of $615,459.
Exports to the United States for the
period of 1907 aggregated $50 ,440
an INCREASE Of $4,7S8,11O, and imports
from the United States $223,040,016
an increase of $3S,598,000.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-02-14

81 suppose" said the causal -ac-
uuaintance, the day after the wedding.
ut was hard to lose your daughter"
NO" replied the brides father, ut
did seem as II 1t was going to he hard
at one time. but she landed this fell
low lust as we were beginning to lose
pe."-Cathollc Standard and Times.
Gaddie-You don't seem to have
made very satisfactory impression
on Borem. Cleverley-I tried very
hard TO do So Gaddie-Well. he told
me you didn't impress him as man
he would care to associate with very
much. Cleverley-Fine. That's very
satisfactory. It's the very impression
I wanted to make.-Phiiadelphi Press.
Doctor" said the stranger, as no
entered the consultation room. 81 don't
know what the trouble is. but l can't
sleep at night" "Um-yes," rejoined
the NJ. D. what Is your occupation? p
Pm an Ice dealer" replied the other.
Pardon me-" replied the pill compiler.
but YOU should consult minister.
can't undertake to relieve your con-
science."-Chicago News.
"Boo-hoo!" sobbed the young wife,
"I-I lust know that you didn't think
of me once while you were on your
vacation" "Why. Julia, how can you
talk like that?" protested her husband
"Didn't l mail you a postal card with
scene Of every place l visited ?
Eyes, but, G-George, they were ali
postmarked Chicago and received ths
day after you left"-Chicago DAILY
NewA
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-02-14
HITCHCOCK AIDE OF VIM. TAFT
Resigns Office to Manage Presidential
Campaign.

Announcement is made Of the ap-
preaching retirement of Frank H.
Hitchcock, first assistant postmaster
general. Mr.. Hitchcock will assume
the management Of the active cam
paign of Secretary Taft for the repub-
lican nomination for president. The
exact date Of the retirement has not
been determined definitely, but it pos.
sibly will be about February Is. Mr.
Hitchcock will be succeeded as first
assistant postmaster general by Dr.
Charles P. Grandfeld, who for little
more than two years has been chief
of the bureau over which Mr.. Hitch
cock presided. DR.. Grandfield has
been actively identified with the pos
tai service for about 20 years.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-02-14
Pat Grove Is Sad.

Patrick Grove, who kidnapped Eddie
Cudahy of Omaha, passed through
Denver recently for Chicago.
Broken in health and purse, he pre-
sented sad picture. He was recog-
nized and said: Let me alone. I have
had my fill and am trying to be on the
square. l was trying to earn a living
on the Coast and got word the other
day my little girl is dying in Chicago.
soaked my ring and borrowed
enough money to get back to see her
once more Can l ever get away from
my past bad manner"
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-02-14
Hear OIL Appeal on April 20.

Chicago.-The printed record Of the
governments case against the Stand
ard Oil company of Indiana has been
placed in the hands of Assistant Dis
trict Attorney J. H. Wilkerson by
the clerk Of the circuit court. The
court of appeals will convene April 20.
On that date the hearing of the appeal
from Judge Lands fine Of $29, 240, 900
will be set for argument.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-02-14
How's ThlST

We ofYer One Hundred DoQlars.R Reward for
any case OF Catarrh that cannot BE- cured By
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned. have known F. J..
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transao.
lions and An ancially able to carry out any OBJ
neations made by their firm.
WEST d TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
WALDING, KINNAN d MARVIN, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo, o.
Hail'o Catarrh Cure II taken internally, act.
ing directly upon tho M"rd and mucous sur
faces of the system. r~'ce 76c. per bottle
Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-02-14
Ohio Favors Taft.

Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 16.-Last
Tuesday the primaries at which dele.
gates to the republican state conven'
ton on March 8 were held through
out Ohio. An overwhelming majority
of those delegates are in favor of Will
liam H. Taft for president and the con
vention may be unanimously in his
favor.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-02-14
CASTORlA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
s s::s: I'll: ., &WAzzZx
BY Wireless, Cuba to California

Washington, Feb. IA remark
able instance of wireless telegraphic
communication has been verified at
the bureau of equipment in the navy
department. A wireless station at
Point Iona, near San Diego. picked
up the Connecticut, then talking off
the coast of Cuba, took down the mes
sage, and also picked up a message
being sent from the wireless station
at Pensacola, Fla. Experts are won
dering whether the message went
across the continent or in the other
direction around the world.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-02-14

GnHiauO, klueo dC Tue OaCu0 VI AA0eS
ings.
ls54-Cola di Rienzi, who thrice became
ruler of Rome, assassinated.
1s99-Order of the Bath instituted BY
Henry Nv.
1492-Columbus discovered America.
1514-Marriage of Louis XII. Of France
and Princess Mary Of England.
1531-Zwinglius slain at Capped.
1571-Dan Juan defeated the Turks a,
Lepanto.
1575-Guise defeated the Huguenots at
Dormans
1612-De Spissons. first viceroy Of New
France, appointed to Office.
1614-Charter granted the New Neither
lands Company.
1651-Brtish Parliament passed the first
navigation act.
Massachusetts, passed an act pro-
hibiting the immigration Of Quakers.
1e6s-Bishop Laval founded the semi
nary at Quebec.
16S2-La Barre appointed Governor OF
Canada.
16S9-Frontenac arrived at Quebec to
become for the second time governor
of Canada.
1691-King William granted a new char
ter to Massachusetts.
17O9-Mons taken by the ALLIES.
1735-John and Charles Wesley sailed
from England for America.
1738-New Hampshire's first newspaper
issued at Portsmouth.
1759-Eddystone lighthouse completed.
1765-Anti-Stamp act Congress met in
New York City.
1774-Virginians defeated the Shawnees
at battle OF Point Pleasant, on the
Ohio.
1775-British vessels fred on Bristol,
177e-Americans defeated by British in
battle on Lake Champlain.
17SO-Four thousand persisted in great
hurricane in the Barbados.
17S2-John Adams concluded treaty
with Holland.
| 1SO6-French defeated the Prussians at
battle of Jena.
1S12-Defeat of the American force at
Queenstown. Drury Lane theater
| In London rebuilt and opened.
1S17-John @. Calhoun of North Caro-
lima became Secretary of War.
1S26-First horse power railway in the
| United States completed at Quincy
| Mass.
1S3e-United States bank at Phiiadel.
| phia failed as result of cotton specu
| lation.
1S37-Steamer Home, New York fol-
Charleston, wrecked with loss Of 1Ot
lives.
1S4O-William I. of Holland abdicated
1841-John G. Spencer of New Yorl
became Secretary Of War. Alex
ander Macleod, implicated in thu
burning of the, Caroline in 1887, triet
for murder and arson at Utica, n. Y.
and acquitted.
1854-Abraham Lincoln challenged Ste
phen A. Douglas to debate.
1S58-First overland mail arrived in St
Louis from San Francisco.
1860-Chinese war brought to a clos
by the surrender of Pekin to Lor
Elgin. . Prince of Wales receive
in New York.
1S67-Russia transferred Alaska to tn
United States.
1S70-Rome Incorporated with Italy b
royal decree.
1S71-President Grant issued a procla
NATION against the Ku-Klux-Klan i
South Carolina.
1S77-First locomotive entered VIM
peg, Manitoba.
1SS3-Two-cent letter postage went int
effect in the United States. job
Laurence Smith, American scienti.
who taught the farmers Of Turhs
how to raise cotton, died at Loui
vile.
1SS4New Parliament buildings in Qu'
bee wrecked By dynamite.
18S5-Flood Rock, Hell Gate, New Yor
harbor. destroyed By dynamite.
1SS6-Many persons persisted In a ga
that swept Texas and the Southwee
1S98-Atlantic transport steamer Mob
gan wrecked with loss Of 1OS live
-. Naval board decided the bait
Of Santiago was fought on the plar
of Admiral Sampson.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-02-14

A tame rattlesnake belonging to an
Arizona farmer sleeps every night on
the front gate of its owners garden
coiling himself around the gate and
gatepost, so that lock and chain to
keep out intruders are not needed.
The right ear is generally larger than
the left.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-02-14
Is Mrs. Vanderbilt to Wed?

Berlin.-The Tageblatt publishes a
dispatch from its Budapest CORE.
spondent purporting to confirm the re-
ported engagement Of Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt to Count Alexander Hadik
The correspondent says that the count
has already notified his family that
the wedding will take place immedi
ately.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-02-14

Milton D. Purdy, assistant to the at
torney general, "chief trust buster"
and originator of the receivership in
novation in trust prosecution, will
shortly retire from the department of
justice. Purdy is said to be slated for
d Circuit judgeship in the eighth circuit.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-02-14

The memory of John Muir, Califor-
MAS writer and nature lover, will be
perpetuated in a forest reservation
near San Francisco, made up Of giant
redwoods and towering douglas frs,
thousands of years old. 1t has been
designated the Muir national forest.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-02-14

African negroes use tooth brushes;
they are fashioned out of the wood of
several kinds of trees. They are easy
to make and cost nothing, no bristles
being used.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-02-14

Holland butter is being imported
into Chile and sold at As cents United
States gold pound, while the Chilean
product is sold for 60 cents pound.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-02-14

Roumania is the most illiterate coun-
try in Europe. The last census shows
that in a population of about 100000,
nearly 100000 neither write nor read.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-02-14
Fleet Again Moves.

Punta Arenas, Feb. 9.-The Ameri-
can battleships, accompanied by the
torpedo boat flotilla, cleared from the
harbor' at 1 o'clock on their way
through the western half of the strait
to the Pacific coast of South America.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-02-14

HOWARD f. BURTON, Assayer and
Chemist, Leadville. Colo. Specimen prices:
Gold, silver lead, sI.oo; gold, silver, 7sc; gold,
soc; zinc or copper. s.. Cyanide tests; mail
plication Control and umpire work solicited.
References: Carbonate National Bank
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-02-14

rite ST. Vitus Dance and all Nervous Dis
Hin eases permanently cured by DR.. King,
800 Great Nerve Restorer. Send for FREt
s. trial bottle and treatise. DR.. r. II. Kline
Id, o8I Arch street, Phila., Pa.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-02-14

Mount Morgan, New South Wales. is
veritable mountain of gold. 1t has
produced 2,471,303 ounces Of gold
worth 500 an ounce.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-02-14
RfCht in Their Line,

II see that the dermatologists are
holding a convention In New York"
"Yes, and they are likely to put q
new face on several. matters now trou-
bling the ladies'"
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-02-14

rHas he any extravagant habftB3-
"Yes; he Is believer In the Roose-
velt theory against race suicide
Houston Post
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-02-14

PILES CURED IN TO II DAYS
PAZO OINTMENT Is guaranteed to cure any
case of Itching. Blind, Bleeding or 'Protrud
| Ing Piles In to IA days or money re
funded. SOC.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-02-14
Not Living, Merely BOARDING..

Hello, links. l hear you are Twins
IN a boarding house."
you heard wrong. I'm boarding IN
a boarding house Her
aid
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-02-14

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's SOOihiss
Syrup the best remedy to use for their CHI
dren during teethinE period.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-02-14

Always shake In Aliens FUoNlase, a.
powder. It cures hot, sweating, aehing,
swollen feet Cures oorns, ingrowing
nails and bunions. At all druggists
and shoe stores, Zoe. Don't accept any
substitute. Sample mailed FREE. Ad-
dress Allen 8. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-02-14
VACANT GOVERNMENT LANDS.

BLUE PRINT MAPS OF STEVENS
county showing all vacant government land
$3.50. Township blue prints Of Stevens,
Ferry, Okanogan, Douglas and Chelan coun-
ties, 81 per township. Frank r. Corbaley,
So Washington street, Spokane, Wash.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-02-14

ONLY ONE "BROMo QUININE"
That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE.
Look for the signature Of Il. W. GROVE.
Used the world over to cure q cold In one
day, 25c
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-02-14

At a recent tobacco exhibition in
London some Havana cigars were
shown which were quoted at IS each.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-02-14

OF weak, sour stream, constantly deposit
Ing acrid and corrosive matter In the mus
Giles, nerves, Joints and bones, the body 10 fed
and nourished by nch, health-sustaining
blood which completely and permanently
cures Rheumatism. S. S. s. ID composed
Of both purifying and tonic properties
Just what Is needed In every case Of Rheu-
The Washington herald., 1908-07-16
MAY ORDER INSIDE DOORS
Corporation Counsel Confirms Power
of Commissioners Over Elevators.
investigation VIII BE Made Into
Measures Taken Ia Other cities
20 Guard Against Accidents.

That the Commissioners Of the District
have the power 20 require that all PAS
senger elevators IN the city be equipped
with inside doors is assured by Corpora
ton Counsel E H. Thomas. IN an opin-
ion delivered TO the Commissioners yester-
day.
Inquiry VIII now be made. under the d.
rection OF the Commissioners. into the
conditions and provisions along similar
lines IN other cities. in order that they
may act to the best end IN this city.
The cause Of the request for this opln-
Ion was the recommendation Of the cor
oner's jury IN the case Of Samuel T. Pen
nington, who was killed IN a passenger
elevator in the Munsey Building, June Is.
BY having him head crushed between the
hooT OF the elevator and one OF the floors
oi the building. Declaring that II the ele-
vator had been provided with an inside
door the accident could not have oc-
Cured. the jury recommended to the
Commissioners that q Law be framed
making It compulsory that every passen-
ger elevator be provided with an inside
door.
II the inside door Is shown by the ex-
perience Of other cities to be better than
any other method OF protection. the Com
Inissioners viii put such an order into ef-
feet
The Washington herald., 1908-07-16
WILL DECIDE STATUE SIZE.
Shepherd Memorial Officer. and
Commissioners to Confer.

Shepherd Memorial Officers and
COmmissioners to Confer.
IN view OF considerable discussion as 70
the best available location for the statue
OF Gov. Alexander r Shepherd. one Of
the two men who occupied the position Of
governor OF the District OF Columbia. a
conference viii be arranged between the
District Commissioners and the officers
OF the Shepherd Memorial Association. 10
decide the question.
The plan has been 70 place he statue
somewhere IN the envi-ons OF the new
District Building. Some have thought
that # should be IN the open plot inme-
diately in front OF the building. but It is
the idea Of Engineer Commissioner Nor
row that the best place IS in the small
detached triangle at the eastern end OF
the space in front OF the building. made
by the redivision OF the ground for the
Districts new home.
Commissioner Morrow gives as his rea-
son for this location the fact the statue
Is. IN his Judgment. too small 10 be placed
Immediately in front OF the District Build
ing, because by doing so the statue would
be dwaTfed by the building. and at the
same tine would interfere with the effect
Of the building
This statue OF Gov. Shepherd. which is
at present at the Corcoran Gallery Of Art.
Is a piece OF the masterful work Of the
local sculptor Z s J. Dunbar. The funds
for its production were raised by sub
scriptions TO the amount Of $1,000. in Or
der that the memory Of the man who did
so much for the city might be perpetu-
ated.