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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-24
BY HERBERT QUICK

No people were ever so depen-
dent on artificial roads as are We
Everything political and industrial
expresses itself today in terms o.
may be day laborer, farmer or
banker; but which you are makes
no difference. If our transportation
facilities were taken from us, your
bank would fail, your farm produce
would rot on your hands, or you
would lose your laborer's job, and
you would come to distress and
want.
For the New York farmer sells
his hay 800 miles away in the city
and buys his -four from Minneso
ia. The Montana stock man sells
his hides at Sioux City or Chicago
to be tanned in Michigan, made
into shoes in Massachusetts, and
resold to him through jobber in
st. Paul. Transportation is every.
thing to us.
Until we Americans tried it, no
great progressive industrial states
were ever built up far inland. Look
at the map of the world. Central
Asia has millions of square miles
of good land. The teeming mir
lions of land hungry Hindus and
Chinese are right at the Siberian
frontier. Why have they not set.
tied Central Asia? Why have on,
own far Northwest, the fertile
highlands of Central Africa and in.
terror South America, and even the
farther steppes OF Russia in Europe
remained so long unsettled or
backward? Simply and solely be.
cause of the long haul of goods
by land. The tides of neither the
sea of trade nor the sea of water
can flow to these remote regions,
and so this lan1 is blighted.
Russia, Canada and the United
States stand almost alone in the
world of building up midcontinent
regions by land-hauled commerce.
All industrial Europe opens its
front doors on the sea. as it did in
the days of Greece and Rome. The
Pacific and Indian ocean sea-
boards are all there is of industrial
Asia. Progressive Australia is
merely a hem around the island
where the tide GIBBS and flows. Ev-
erywhere and in all times the great
industrial cities have reached the
worlds commerce and by their
waterfronts-and still do.
Railway building started out to
revolutionize this, as many
thought. The railway was a great
new invention. 1t has taken so
years to show US just what rail.
ways can do and what is beyond
their power. The whole country
rested its hopes on the railway
California and the coast came into
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-24
WOMAN POLICEMAN
SENTENCED TO JAIL

Justice Stoc!ler yesterday sen.
fenced Mrs. Lanphere, who threat.
ened to shoot Der husband, Her.
man Lanphere, in a quarrel over
their children, to serve five days
in the county Jail She tried to ar.
rest him on an old warrant the po-
lice had failed 20 serve. The Ian
pheres lived together nine years
unmarried. More than a year ago
Mrs. Lanphere secured a divorce
and custody of the children. The
other day Lanphere came here
from Tacoma and had the children
taken in charge by the juvenile
court on the representation that
their mother was leading an i'm
proper life.
Lanphere is confined in the city
Jail on an old warrant charging
disorderly conduct which Mrs. Lam
phere swore out Is months ago.
The children will be placed by
the juvenile court department.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-24
WA TER TRANSPORTED TON
SALVATION OF MA TON

| the Union by rail- Iowa. Nebraska
the Dakotas, Montana-all these
great midland states trusted to the
railways to put them on an equal
| ity with the seaboard states of the
lakes and the Atlantic and gulf
We have built more and more rail.
roads until the world was astound-
ed at the spectacle. On the foun-
| dation of railway transportation
we built our most precious and
| splendid temple of national well
fare, fondly believing that it was
a solid rock and could never trem-
BILE or shake or dissolve away. No
experiment so new was ever trust.
ed so implicitly with such tran
scendent interests.
And then the crisis came. In
the prosperous years of 1904 to
1907 the foun lations began to
weaken and shake. We found that
this new invention, the railway,
perfected even as we have per-
fected it, could not carry the bur-
den of our production. The expert
ment of founding the commerce Of
great progressive farmland states
on land haulage alone began ia
fail. The amazing spectacle was
seen of the surrender of our great
railway men in despair, not from
too little business, but from too
much. The roads were crushed by
their own prosperity. Great rail
way men like Hill threw up the
sponge. One said We were trying
to force a threeinch stream of
business through a two-inch pipe
Of facilities. Another pointed to
the fact that tonnage grows six
times as fast as trackage and
equipment! Business was dazed
with the shock.
1t suddenly dawned on the world
that, after building railways as
fast as We could for 80 years, we
have only half enough of them. If
railways are to prevent the COM
mercial strangulation of two-thirds
this continent, we must, according
to the best railway experts them
selves, duplicate the railway mile
age in the next 10 years, at an ex-
pense of S5,500,O00, to enable them
to carry the present business only,
in good times. And in the 10 years
the tonnage will have doubled, and
we shall be as badly off as ever,
or worse.
The task is an impossible one.
No matter what We do with the
railways, the first thrill of good
times will crush them under ton
mage. Hard times this year
lightens the LOAD so they can car
ry it, and hard times alone can
keep it down.
Moving the heavy tonnage of
great communities by land is
shown to be impossible. Our great
experiment has failed. The rail-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-24
OREGON BOY
LEADS WORLD
EVERYTHING COMING AMERI-
CAS- WAY TODAY IN INTER.
NATIONAL OLYMPIC GAME
CONTESTS AT LONDON.

LONDON, July 24.-Tying the
Olympic record of IL rs seconds,
Forrest Smithson, Portland, won
the second hea. of the semi-final
tryout for the 10 meter hurdle
race today. The Oregon boy was
in perfect condition and is strong
ly backed for first place in the
final heat. A. R. Shaw, America,
won first heat in the same event
in Is 3-5 seconds, qualifying for
the finals.
Smithson entered the second
heat and without apparent effort
won. Expert trainers marveled at
his speed and declared that it he
attempted it he could have lowered
the record. He will not try to use
all his speed in the semi-final The
speed shown by the two Ameri-
cans put new life in other boys
from the United States.
Everything seemed to be COM
ing the way of American contest
ants today wher Rand carried off
the third heat of the 40 meter
hurdles, and Gilbert added another
victory to the u ). list by winning
combined sections two and three in
the pole vault by II feet, which is
six inches more than the record
made by Gounder, France, in the
Olympic games at Athens in 1906.
Garrels, America, captured the
fourth heat of the 10 meter hur-
dies in Is As seconds.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-24
TOMMY WAS TRAPPED

Probation Officer Lee yesterday
captured Tommy Cochran, a fugi-
tive from the reform school, on
Main av. The officer had Tommy's
description, which was principally
that he had treckles. When he
saw a much freckled youngster he
saluted him: Hello, Tommy
Cochran"
Tommy replied: Hello yerself,
an see how yuh like it.
He was the right Tommy, all
right, and was taken to the jul
venile detention rooms to await an
officer from the reform school.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-24
Cool, Shadowy St. Joe
River Trip on Sunday

Two hundred miles of breezes,
two hundred miles of rare scenery,
including the famous Forty Miles
of Shadows" and a fine chicken
dinner are included in the Sunday
outing to the snadowy st. Joe riv-
er. Take electric trains leaving
Spokane Terminal at 500 a. m.J
connecting with big, comfortable
steamer Idaho at Occur d'Alenel
Refreshments are served on board
and tables are furnished for pic
mic parties. Steamer stops at ST.
Maries, enabling passengers to
take dinner $50 cents) at the new
ST. Maries holel. Special round
! trip rate Sunday to ST. Joe, $3.50;
to st. Maries $500. s%* =
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-24
ONE Canal.

way is better than the ancient
caravan or Roman road, but 1t
alone will not do, The portentous
fact is, that more than two-thirds
of the continent, under our present
system of transportation, is con-
demned to such permanent meas.
ure of hard times as will reduce
it's tonnage to the railways capa-
city. This is the present crisis in
transportation.
We must find way out. There
is one. A 15-foot deep canal will
do the work of Is railways at the
cost of one, and good river will
carry hundreds of times the traf-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-24

fic of railway, at one-tenth the
cost and twice a. fast. Almost any
river can be made good by arti.
ficializing. The Mississippi valley
the mountain states, the Pacific
slope, the whole nation, must be
redeemed by the old Transports
ton system that made Greece
Rome, Holland, Venice and Eng.
land great. And it can be done for
less than Mr.. Hills $50,000,000 es-
innate of cost Necessary to bring
the railroads of the country up to
the requirements of present
traffic
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-24
VISITORS ENTERTAINED

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Simmons, Da-
kota and Montgomery av., enter
tanned last evening in honor of
Mrs. and Miss Fay Portudge, who
are visiting in Spokane this sum-
mer. Miss Portudge is a graduate
member of the Central Conserva-
tory of Music, Chicago, and favored
the guests with piano selections.
Mrs. Stevens sang. Refreshments
were served on the lawn to 25 in
Vited guests
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-24
THIS is WOMAN'S ERA;
MANS EPOCH IS PAST

the average brain of a male speci.
men of humanity weighs somewhat
heavier than that of the female
But as naturalists have recently
discovered that the brain of full,
grown orang-outang weighs heavier
than either, | do not think we can
admit that the popular legend is of
any practical value.
Masculine pre-eminence nova
days is chiefly based on the fact
that women cannot play football
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-24
BY THE BARONESS ORGY
Author of 1.-THE Scarlet PimperneP

BY THE BARONESS ORGY
Author of 1.-THE Scarlet PimperneP'
IF l were a mani" is surely a
very unnecessary cry these days.
The epoch of the man is past; the
twentieth century is the era of the
woman.
There is, with a few very slight
exceptions, nothing that a woman,
as a woman, cannot do, and do
every bit as well as if she were a
man. This is the age of brains
versus muscle, therefore muscle
which is mans most powerful as
SETS of little value nowadays.
l believe there is popular le-
gend with which the nurses of the
past centuries used to soothe the
fretful cries of male infants, that
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-24

THE BARONESS ORGY
am quite really to admit, in the
name of my sex, that in the mod
ern playing field, muscle being
more important than brains, man
still holds the leading position. At
the same time let me state at
once that if l were a man | would
not choose the career of a profess
sionable athlete
If were man I would wish to
be a woman. Mans superiority,
which he goes on claiming, gives
woman every pleasant privilege in
the battle Of life. Whilst he insists
on being the stronger" sex, he is
bound, unless he choose to appear
ridiculous, to give us all the cOur-
tesy weakness is supposed to de-
mand.
We readily concede his physical
strength for the sake of giving up
our position as strap-hangers and
taking his vacated seat. AS soon as
| his back is turned, we-fgurative-
ly speaking, of course-put our
tongues in our cheeks and fight an
even battle with him in the war Of
| brains.
What nave we to envy? One of
the most important scientific dis
coveries of modern times was
made by a woman. Why should
Madame Curie desire to be called
Monsieur? There is a lady oculist
in London whose practice equals
that of any man in the profession.
, Lady doctors can follow their vo-
cation for the healing art without
being compelled to don masculine
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-24
electrical WORKERS
SMOKE UP

will give a smoker tonight at the
labor hall, corner of Wall and
Main av., this evening. Mayor
Moore, State Senator Rosenhaupt,
John Roche, B. J. Onstine and 9TH
ers are on the speakers program.
The boys have wired the even for
all the current needed in the way
of entertainment.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-24

that isn't working he grabs it up
and beats it for the nearest grog
shop. He comes home soused.
How the animal contracted the
habit, DR.. H. Fl. Harz, 1922 N.
Clark, his master, does not know
He has been a slave to the "suds''
for the last two years. Punish
ment has no effect; at the first OPP
portunity he gets drunk again.
Harz believes the saloon habitues
in his neighbol hood taught the
dog the habit.
No saloonkeeper in the neighbor-
hood can resist the temptation OF
serving Buster when he brings in
the can and speaks" his wants.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-24

ellison last night effected the cap
ture of what he considers band
of bandits. Two of them are II
years old and the other II. They
are accused Of holding kid up
in an alley, taking 81 from him
and spending the booty for ice
cream.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-24
Besoffed Terrier
to Take Gold Cure

CHICAGO, July 24.-lt's the gold
cure for Buster, fox terrier, years
old. For Busters confirmed
soak"
Every time he can find a pail
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-24

POISONED =. T@So"pER.
MONROVIA, Cal, July "a
Headache powders advertised as
harmless killed Henry Canoll. The
powder Was found to contain
proportions Of acetanilid.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-24

BABES TURN BANDITS.
RITZVILLE, July 24.-Sheriff
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-24

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The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1908-04-24
COUNCIL MEETS.

The city councl met Monday night in
regular adjourned session. Mayor and
full board present. Annual appropriation
ordinance which the law requires the
retiring council to pass was read and
passed. The time having expired in
which J. f. Skyles agreed to build nec-
essary fire escapes for his opera hall, and
nothing having been done, it was ordered
that the hall be closed to the public until
such changes are made.
Tho question of the city accepting park
grounds offered by the Whitefish Town
site Co. and the Riverside Improvement
Co. jointly, or grounds offered by the
Whitefish Townsite Co. alone, was
brought up. The sentiment of the coun-
Gil being that as the acceptance of such .
gift carried with it certain responsible
ties, the matter should be looked into
carefully. On motion the question was
laid on the table.
w. T. Cole appeared before the coun-
Gil in regard to scavenger ordinance.
The question was referred to the ordin-
ance committee with instructions to re-
port proper ordinance at next meeting.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1908-04-24
LEVY-KANGLEY.

Thomas Levy and Mrs. Katie Kangley
were married at s O'Clock Tuesday morn
ing, Rev. Father McGlynn officiating.
Mr.. Levy is a native of Wisconsin,
where he followed the occupation Of sta
tionery engineer. He has been in the
train service during his residence in
Whitefish.
Mrs. Kangley is the widow of Fireman
Will Kangley, who was killed in the Col
umbia Falls wreck two years ago, and
has host of friends here who wish her
much happiness. The congratulations
and good wishes of all are extended to
the happy young couple who will make
their future home in Spokane.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1908-04-24
PASSENGES TRAIN GOES
INTO DITCH

Passenger train No. 2, west bound,
was wrecked last Monday at 2:3O a. m.
one-half mile east of Summit, the direct
cause being on account of washout of
track about 20 feet wide. Four of the
train crew received injuries, and some of
the passengers were considerably shaken
up. The train at once took fire, and
six cars were burned.
The following trainmen were injured,
Express Messenger Camille DesJardins,
knee sprained, side and hands bruised.
Engineer Bostrick, cut on head and
sprained wrist.
Fireman w. J. Wood, thumb and
wrist bruised and dislocated.
Mail Clerk L. P. Anderson, muscles of
back and sides bruised and sprained
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1908-04-24
MUCH ENJOYED SERVICES.

The Easter services held in the Metho-
dist church brought out large audiences
both morning and evening. In the
morning the Sunday school had charge
of the service and they deserve much
praise and credit for the successful pro-
gram rendered.
In the evening the band turned out
and played the music for the congrega-
tional singing, while Mr.. Kelley played
violin obligato to very pretty solo
sung by Miss Shoaf. The choir lung
two appropriate anthems which were
well rendered and much enjoyed by the
audience. Rev. w. B. Young's sermon
was certainly worthy of much praise and
all left the church feeling more than re-
paid for coming out to this service.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1908-04-24
SURPRISE PARTY.

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Kaiding were treat
ed to most delightful farewell surprise
at their home in Fcrnie last Saturday
evening. Dancing was INDUCED in dur
ing the evening after which most de-
licious lunch was served.
Mr.. kaiding was presented with an
alligator travelling bag and Mrs. kaiding
two beautiful steamer rugs to add to
their comforts on their journey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kaiding will leave in a
few days for six months visit to their
old home in Europe.
Those prcsentwe Misses2 I.ofstrom,
Larson, Jorgensen, Matson and Carlson.
Messrs Etter, Noble, Bergam, Neuman,
Johnson, Smith, McFadzen, Quinlan,
Mr.. and Mrs. Williams, Mr.. and Mrs.
Carlson, Mr.. and Mrs. McManus.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1908-04-24
W0MAN's CIVIC CLUB.

The Woman's Civic club met at the
home of Mrs. E. K. Green Tuesday after
noon for short business session. The
dance which was to have been given by
the club, to raise funds for the purpose
of purchasing public ambulance, has
been postponed one week, which will be
May, 8, OH account of repairs that are
being made to Skyles' hall to comply
with an ordinance recently putin to effect.
All tickets sold will be good for that
date and the selling of tickets will be
pushed during the coming week. Every
body should be interested in this dance
as it is certainly for good cause.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1908-04-24
FISH COMMISSION WILL
BE in WHITEFISH

The state fish commission will arrive
IN Whitefsh the evening of April 26, to
inspect the several different sites offered
for state fish hatchery. While it is
not at all certain that the hatchery will
bc located here, one thing is certain,
that better and more suitable location
will be hard to find, than that offered on
the banks of our beautiful Whitefish
lake, where transportation facilities and
means of carrying on the propagation of
fish are unexcelled.
A. j. Walker, of Butte, will be here
and accompany the commission on its
tour of inspection, which fact speaks well
for our chances of getting the site.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1908-04-24
THE EDITOR TAKES A VACATION

f. A. southwick, the editor Of this
paper, is laying off this week and digging
up the ground in his yard while at the
same time he is studying the planet, COM
monty known as the moon, in the hopes
of asccrtaining the exact date and proper
position of the same, at which time to
put in his potato crop.
Yes, Southwick is resting and SO are
the rest of the office force. How nice it
seems to be able to fill the chair which
we have been made to feel we were not
capable of filling, and we are sure that
the public will more than be repaid by
the vacation he is taking. Have good
time f. A. and don't forget We all like
potatoes when you harvest your crop this
fall.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1908-04-24
NOTICE TO CITY
WATER USERS,

1t is reported that in number of
cases, parties having city water piped
upon their premises are SLOWING their
ncighbors or others to use from their
taps. Others are using water for pur-
poses for which they do not pay. Your
especial attention is called to section 20
of the water ordinances. You will OBJ
serve that heavy penalties are provided
for violations of the rules, and the council
is now taking steps to locate those in
fringing who will be subjected to full
penalties without excuse or exception.
WATER COMMITTEE.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1908-04-24
Railroad News

Morris Hurley left for the coast one
day last week.
Fireman Newell has a three months.
leave of absence.
Fireman J. Page has been given
regular passenger run.
Brakeman Frank Gillemer went out on
the work train last Tuesday.
Engineer ]. Goodell went to Kalispell
on Monday for days visit.
Passenger Conductor AL Matthews re-
turned to work last week after q short
vacation.
Ernest McFadden, fireman on the Fer
ME branch, is in the hospital suffering
with eczema.
Fireman J. f. Mas has been changed
from his regular passenger run to
freight run for 80 days, preparatory to
promotion.
Engineer J. L. Horsley, who has been
laying off on account of an injury to his
eye, went out with work train to New
port last week.
The bridge gang was sent over to help
put the track in shape, on the Montana
Central, caused by the recent break in
the Hauser Lake dam.
Express Messenger G. H. Ratchye is
faithfully using the plow, rake and hoe
this week and expects to raise the finest
garden in the town this summer,
Engineer R. A. Forcum is working on
Essex hill at the present writing, but we
are IN hopes it will not be long before
his smiling face will be seen again on the
banks of the Whitefsh.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1908-04-24
WHITEFISH SELECTED
FOR CONVENTION

The republican county central COM
mittee, at a recent meeting in Kalispell
called by Chairman John NJ. Parker. de-
cided that the county convention for the
selection of 26 delegates to the state
republican convention should be held in
Whitefish, on Monday, May IL, at
o'clock p. m.
The county convention will select 26
delegates to 90 to Butte ON May IA, where
the state convention will be held,
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1908-04-24
BASEBALL GAME ON FOR
SUNDAY

Eureka is sending baseball team to
cross bats with the home team Sunday
afternoon at 2:3O o'clock. Eureka claims
to have fast team this year, while the
home team is showing up well for this
early in the season. Everybody should
turn out and help ''root" our home team
to victory in the first game Of the season.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1908-04-24
ELECTRIC LIGHTS.

w. G. Sivyer and Eugene Enloe, of
Spokane, were in town last week looking
over the field with view to installing an
electric light plant in the city. After
looking over the situation, they decided
TO submit plans to the incoming council,
and take up the matter with them,