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Mower County transcript., 1908-09-16
HOW TO BUD.

May Be Done Even by One Who Is In
experienced.
1t Is not yet too late to bud fruit
trees. Keep a sharp knife. Cut the
tw1g from the tree from which you
wish to bud Cut out vigorous bud,
with about half inch or more of bark
and wood below the bud and about an
Mower County transcript., 1908-09-16
RCD COMPLETE

{. 6UD ~ POSITION. HCD ooMPLET1
tree or branch to within a few inches
OF the bud. 50 that the sap will more
generally dow into 4. and as the shoot
ascends tie It to the remaining stock to
prevent the Winds wrenching and
breaking Il. Peach trees are budded,
and @ are most kinds of stone fruit.
For rent, 8 farm three miles east
otsA ustin, known g the ilder
farm ernns cash q op shares. In
qult0 o. Edison 81 2t
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
DID NOT
AbSC0NO

That Dudley F. Clarke, proprie-
tor of the Spokane Tea & Coffee
Co., has absconded, as intimated
in connection with his wife's d.
vorce complaint recently filed, is
Indignantly denied by Mr.. Clarke,
and the proof is furnished in the
fact that he is still doing business
at 923 Riverside. He is in posses
sion of the store and says he has
no idea of leaving it. The place is
open for business as usual. Mr..
Clarke has not yet told his side OF
the story in answer to the COM
plant.
He enters denial of all the
charges his wife makes, and says
she has been trying to make trou-
BILE and wreck the business for the
past year. He had made her a
proposition to buy or sell, he says,
but she wouldn't consider either.
Neither would she stay at home,
spending most of the time at Lew
istown, Mont.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
BUTTER HAS BECOME
HIGH PRICED LUXURY
Spokane Dealer Blames Portland Dealer and
Consumer Pays the Freight.

ket quotations in Portland and Sc
attic you will find that the whole
sale price of butter in Spokane is
no higher than in those cities,
which are surrounded by a much
better dairy country than Spokane.
There can be no combine to con-
troll prices here, as the importa-
ton of eastern butter is so great
as to control the market.
Most of the cream used in max
ing butter in Spokane comes from
the North Yakima and Sunnyside
dairy farms. These dairymen are
keen as to butter prices, and are
ready to sell to Seattle if Spokane
does not meet their terms. We fig
ure on a certain margin of profit
over the cost Of butter fat In our
price of butter to the retailers. The
dairymen know what this is, and
as soon as the price of butter goes
up cream makes corresponding
lhNl CooS
Another factor in the increased
cost of butter this fall is the short
age In the cream supply due to the
general drouth, which has prevail
ed both in the east and west. Yet
in face of this cream scarcity, the
cost of butter did not advance until
a month later than last year"
The explanation, however, does
not dispose of the fact that the
consumer pays the difference, and
the price is altogether too high.
The common explanation given
by the grocery man is that the
creamery trust did It,"
Pork gravy appears to be the
only recourse-but how about the
price Of pork?
Everything you have to have has
become q luxury in this age of the
big stick" Has your income been
increased any lately?
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
CONTRACTORS ACCUSE union
OF BREAKING CITY SCALE

1oney says, if the reports that
come from the men who work for
him are true, Lillienthal repeatedly
pays less than the scale.
Men have come to me and COM
planned because of being paid off
at only $3.50 a day." he says.
They had not demanded the rest
of the money and went back and
were paid it on demand.
Mitchell Bros. have been work
ing the same game for year.
They won't employ white man If
they can get out of it.
Regarding our work l will say
that we take it to give our men
more work and not to make profits
The contractors are interested
more in profits and resort to all
underhanded methods to make
them.
1--WE have no complaint against
Broad. We simply want an ordi.
nance which will open the con-
tractors books to investigation.
Our men get their full pay and
give receipt for 1t every Saturday
night and then contribute back rs
cents for a working fund"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
SPOKANE MAN
LUCKY BUYER

J. Bergerson of Spokane is a
lucky man. Years ago he settled
on land in Deer valley, Stevens
county, which subsequently proved
to be railroad land Bergerson
stuck with, paid taxes and stood
off the Northern Pacific until they
finally sold him 4S0 acres for $3.50
per acre. The railroad has per-
sistently refused to open any of
its immense land holdings in east
ern Washington for settlement.
Bergerson's land is rich In tim
Der and good soil.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15

special 0orrsspondsnos 20 The Press
SEATTLE, Oct. 15.-"Navigation
of the air is the grandest thing
in the world. 1t is a hundred thou
sand times more exciting than div
ing from great heights. In COM
parison, most other sports are
tame and flat. One trip through
the air and you want to always
fly"
This Is the opinion of James c.
Mars, expert balloonist and avia.
tor, who has followed navigation of
the air since a mere child, for
many years as an aeronaut, and
who is now trying to devise sue
cessful heavier than air machine to
take him nearer the planet whose
name he bears.
my first aeroplane has failed In
several respects" said Mars, but
am going to build again, embody-
ing several new ideas, and am
positive that will finally sue
ceed."
Mars has had many miraculous
escapes, but he is an enthusiast,
and declares that he will soon be
the possessor OF an airship that
will fly indefinitely.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15

The statements of Thomas Ma
loney of the Federal union that he
is working up a new ordinance
providing the inspection of con-
tractors books on suspicion that
they are not paying $2.75 a day
for common laborers as required
by ordinance, has caused a lot of
i'll feeling against Maloney among
certain contractors. They claim
that he is stealing the thunder of
Contractor James Broad, who
started the investigation, leveling
1t directly against Maloney, who, it
is charged, pays the Federal union
men working on city contracts only
81 a day, they to share in the
profits and stand what loss &C
crues. Broad has engaged Attorney
Fred Dudley and has, eh says, Sc
cured affldavits from men Maloney
has employed to the effect that
they received only 81 day.
Contractor Henry Root this
morning stated that he would pay
any one 500 If they could show
that he does not pay more than
the city scale in most cases, and
never less. Contractor Henry
Lillienthal offers to bet $500 that
he pays more than the scale.
Mitchell Bros. claim they are pay
ing the full scale and over.
Regardig Maloney. Contractor
Root said in presence of A. p.
Mitchell of Mitchell Bros. and Con-
tractor Lillienthal:
"Maloney is using the Federal
union for his own interests. His
claims that he is working up the
new ordinance are all rot. 1t is
the Federal union itself and Ma.
loney that are to be investigated.
The contractors claim that their
books are open to anyone inter-
ested enough to investigate.
Asked If the contractors would
fight the ordinance, Contractor Lii
lienthal, speaking for himself, said
no, that his books were open to
inspection at any time, ordinance
or not.
Contractor James Broad declares
that the action of the Federal
union In taking contracts on tho
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15

archway A structure that will
rival the proposed Davenport struc-
ture for the corner of Sprague and
Lincoln is contemplated.
1t is said that the company was
considerably disconnected when it
was learned of the Davenport
plans, as it's plans had been under
way for long time and the pro-
tect was about financed.
The announcement of the oppo-
sition hotel threatened to knock
the other in the head at first. But
it is now claimed that the deal Is
to go through after all, as the town
by the time both the big hotels are
built will undoubtedly contain a
population large enough to support
two first class places.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15

basis OF It's plan gives every con-
tractor in the city a loop hole out
of paying the scale if he so pleases
by working the same plan.
"Maloney has done more to de-
feat the union wage scale by his
plan than anything else l can think
Of declares Broad.
Contractor Fife declares that Ma
loney is the only contractor in the
city who is not paying the scale
and offers to exhibit his books for
investigation at any time.
In reference to charges against
the Federal union, Thomas Ma
lone, said today that the unions
have a right to demand that the
CO itractors pay the scale, inferring
plainly that some OF them are hir-
ing men at less. Maloney said:
They underbid us. Let them
adopt the Federal union plan If
they wish. 1t will satisfy us. When
they come to us and say they will
pay the union scale, and will keep
our men continuously employed,
we will quit the contract business.
"On one job We paid a dividend
of 80 per cent. On one job an acct
dent cost us $40, while had it not
happened we would have been
away ahead. This accident was
caused by cave-in, and we kept
the man who was injured on the
pay roll and paid his doctor bill.
In another instance they changed
the profile and made us go 10
inches deeper and we lost a little
on that. All that was lost on the
first was about days work per
man. Our losses amount to $155
and our gains amount to $2S5. This
Is on $500 worth of work.
THE only unsatisfied man of all
those who have worked Is Julius
Hartman, who quit and kept tools
that were left with him for safe
keeping. We replevined these tools.
He claimed we owed him money
and tried to open up fight on the
ground that we did not pay him
the scale. He found out. however,
that he had been getting more than
the scale"
Regarding Lillienthars offer. Ma
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
MOTHER COMING
FOR HER DEAD

Mrs. j. II, Fields, the mother of
Helen Woo, the Sacred Heart
nurse who drowned herself, was
not Informed of the finding of her
daughters body until late last
night owing to the fact that the
telegraph service was not work
ing yesterday ut Lyondale, Idaho,
her home.
Sheh and Mr. Fields are expect
ed to reach the city tonight, at
which time funeral arrangements
will be made. Mrs. Carolyn Eu-
banks, the dead girls sister. will
also reach town today.
No trace has been secured OF
]. l.. Wyllie, the man who bounded
the girl to death for a debt of $50.
He Is not now at Huntington, Ore.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
MOTHER $1,000 600 BUILDING PROJECT
An Eight Story Hotel to Be Built on the General
Merriam Property, Howard and First.

Another 100000 hotel is pro-
posed in this city. Plans for the
structure are now being drawn by
H. G. Ellis and Allison Saunders,
architects in the Empire State
building. The site selected, and a
deal for which has practically been
contaminated, is the corner of
Howard and First, across from the
Columbia building, owned by Gen
eral H. B. Merriam of Washington,
D. G. 1t is occupied by about
score Of cheap, one-story brick
buildings, in which are small bust
ness concerns.
The site is bounded by First
avenue, Howard and Wall streets
and the alley to the south, and
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15

portunities for investment. He paid
$482 in that year for the property
which he has just about disposed
Of to the hotel company for $780,
900.
The company which is to build
the hotel Is formed mostly of local
capitalists, one Of whom now ia in
the east negotiating the deal with
General Merriam and arranging
other financial matters. The plans
which the architects are working
on are for an eight story building
to contain 500 rooms. The building
material is to be reinforced con-
crete and terra Gotta. A large Office
rotunda fixed up deliberately will
open onto the corner through an
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
CELEBRATES HIS
SILVER JUBILEE

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. Is
Patrick William Riordan, arch
bishop Of San Francisco, today
celebrated his silver jubilee, the
twenty-fifth anniversary of his ele-
walton to episcopal dignity, in
religious festival at st. Mary's
cathedral. The event was one of
the most brilliant religious cere-
monies ever seen on the Pacific
coast. The ceremonies were pre-
ceded by the reading of a cable
message from the pope conveying
papal benediction and a letter from
the holy see to Riordan conveying
the pope's blessings and wishes
for long life.
Riordan personally celebrated
pontifical mass. which was pre-
coded by a procession of 800
clergy and laity.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15

presents the handsomest site for a
hotel in the city by reason of the
slight elevation of the surrounding
streets and the business locality.
The price which General Mer-
riam will receive when the deal is
closed is said to be $250,000, a fig
ure which hitherto has always
stumped those who have contem-
plated purchasing. For several
years past the general has held the
property at that figure. He was
offered from $4,000 to 100000
for 1t many times, but continued to
hold it at a high figure, even
through financial stringencies.
In 1882 when General Merriam
was seeing active. army service in
the west, he had exceptional op-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
MUST COVER
CITY MARKET

The need of shelter for the city
market was clearly demonstrated
again this morning when dozen
farmers and market patrons stood
In the rain until the days selling
closed.
This condition makes early ac-
ton for permanent market Inn
provement necessary and steps to-
ward this end will be urged at the
next meeting of the city council
by those who have been advocating
market for the northside.
1t is generally agreed that IL
something is not done soon the
farmers will cease to visit the
present market entirely.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
YOUNG DIAMOND
DICKS CAPTURED

Two runaway boys from Green
wood, b. c., William Oliver, 16,
and Harry Archibald, Is, were
caught as they came in on the
Spokane Falls C Northern train.
A gun about foot long was found
on the older boy. while the younger
carried a 20 calibre pistol and a
dark lantern. When Detective LIS
ter and Patrolman Shannon, who
captured them, asked what they
carried the artillery for. the small
er boy replied: Muffin" They
were taken TO the juvenile Jail to
await the coming Of their parents
for them.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
'Cs;MPA|CN CASH
GOES EAST
EVERYTHING THAT CAN BE
RAISED SENT AWAY, LEAV.
ING LOCAL CANDIDATES TO
GET ALONG ON HOT AIR.

The demands for money for the
national campaigns of both parties
is draining this county of all the
small change that can be scraped
up. Everything the party collec-
tors can get their hands on goes
east. Continual demands for
speeches and rallies for the out
lying towns are being made on the
county headquarters of the old
parties, but as these things cost
money and the cash is not in sight
the outside speeches and rallies
are few.
Republican County Chairman
Ham Is not discouraged over the
showing made by his finance com.
mittee of As, headed by Mayor
Moore, appointed about two weeks
ago to raise funds for the county
campaign. The cash turned In by
the committee thus far would not
pay the expenses Of campaign
for constable, but the chairman
thinks 1.-THE boys will get busy next
week and then everything will be
all right" In the meantime Mr..
Hams personal credit Is standing
behind the campaign expenses.
There is one noticeable feature
about Chairman Ham, he is always
filled with hope and the belief
that all things will right them
selves in the end. For this reason
as a chairman he is always In de-
nand.
The financial troubles OF the
teMnocratic chairman, r. A. Child,
are oven more discouraging than
those of Mr.. Ham. Mr.. Chlld's
committe had made All effort but
failed 10 raise the cash. as they
found that the live" contributors
had been drained tor funds for the
national campaign.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
WILL BUILD $l,5O0,000
WAREHOUSE IN SPOKANE
G. B. Dennis Interests Will Begin Work As
Soon AS Site Is Cleared.

A $1,500,000 warehouse, the
largest In the northwest, is to be
erected in Spokane within the next
six months. According to G. b.
Dennis, the Warehouse & Realty
Co., which was given the contract
to fill in the East Sprague avenue
trestle, will construct the huge
building.
Theh company's property COM
prises 144S feet front on Sprague
and extends back to the Northern
Pacific right of way. Mr.. Dennis
personally owns a 1000 feet more
front on Sprague avenue. The
rock for the Sprague fill is to be
taken from the company's prop
erty, which IS only haul of few
feet. When this rocky promontory
is torn away the erection of the
warehouse will be started.
The basement is to be built
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15

upon concrete piers. Spur tracks
from the Inland Empire system
and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St
Paul will be run into the base
ment on the low level which is
obtained. On the next level the
Northern Pacific and Spokane.
Portland & Seattle tracks will be
so connected as to furnish the best
warehouse facilities along the en-
tire line.
Not content with these adyanr
tages, the company intends to ask
the city council for a franchise for
a spur track along Erie street to
connect the warehouse with the
Great Northern, the o. r. & N. and
the Spokane international and Ca
madam Pacific. Thus every rail-
road line running into Spokane ex-
cept the North Coast will be .
feeder for the warehouse.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
TO ACT ON NAVY YARDS

WASHINGTON. II. c.. Oct. 10
The fate of the navy yards of the
Pacific coast Is in the hands Of n
special board of engineers which
is considering needs Of the coast,
An appeal was recently made Tor
more naval facilities by chambers
Of commerce. The board will OK
anime reports OF engineers appoint
ed to survey approaches to Mare
Island and San Francisco.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
WON'T BREAK
SHOE STRIKE

LYNN, Mass, Oct. 15.-By
breaking into a hall where the
shoe workers were voting on a
resolution to end the great shoe
strike here and destroying the bal
lot boxes and ballots, a minority
of the strikers today prevented for
NAL ratification of the resolution.
The manufacturers consented to
arbitrate differences with an under.
standing that the strikers return tn
work today. The majority Is
anxious to return. but the minority,
mostly foreigners, are not wiling.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15

On Monday of this week notice
Of increase in the price of butter
was received by the retail grocers
and markets of the city, from the
large creameries and jobbers in
dairy products. In consequence Of
this advance the retailer has raised
the price of the best grade OF but
ter from 40 to As cents per pound,
and the second grade from 35 to
40 cents per pound.
The fact that the raise by the
creameries was simultaneous indi-
Gates that the creameries had COM
bined to boost prices. This is
denied by the butter makers, nat
urally.
But the public is paying an ex-
horbitant price for butter, just the
same.
The retail grocers say that the
prices now prevailing are the same
as charged last winter. Some Of
the grocers were Of the impression
that the advance came earlier this
fall than last, but the butter men
say this is not correct, that the
raise has come nearly a month
later instead.
The housewife knows it's here,
and in the usual case she has less
money to pay bills with than last
year. And there is no record of a
raise in wages of buttermakers or
increased bill of fare or more ex-
pensive care of cows. On the con-
trary, this is the time Of year when
feed should be cheapest.
THE raise in the price of butter
was caused by an advance in the
market at Portland, which Is the
prevailing guide in butter prices
for this region" said w. II. Hagen,
manager of the Hazelwood cream
cry. IF you will look at the mar
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
SHOT AND ROBBED.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 15.-Shot
through the breast and robbed of
hundreds OF dollars by three men
believed to be claim jumpers from
Rhyolite. New, Thomas Cunning.
ham, prospector, was found near
the Santa Fe tracks in the out
skirts Of this city. He was drink
iia with the trio last night.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
TAFT PRAISES TARIFF

HUNTINGTON. W. Va, Oct. 10.
TAFT addressed crowd OF 1000
this morning Ile declared the
protective tariff made Wc2t Vir
ginia safely republican like
Pennsylvania, &c renalo 80. Ta.;
win invade Kentucky tomorrow.
Saturday he vii, speak In yirgiais
and Tennessee.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
STEEL TRUST
EMPLOYEES To
MAKE APPEAL

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 15.-
A special committee representing
5000 unemployed formerly with
the Bethlehem steel works will
visit Roosevelt Monday and en-
deavor to convince the president
that the prosperity of thousands of
workers will be assured if govern
ment contracts are given private
firms instead to the federal navy
yard.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
Maloney Denies Charge and Repeats Charge
Previously Made in Behalf of Laborers.

The statements given below
laons of the city scale applying
their although of them
Thomas Maloney representing the federal
ganzaton is entirely with
ton.
But there other contractors and
not paying the scale and have nothing
these hire foreign labor the kind nesding interpreter
Now, these contractors either paying American
for foreign workmen to employing American workmen
when the later have families here
and all that they evadng the city openly
by form of rebate suberfuge with the
There much evidence this available
evidence in fact but 1t be the
alternative, for its loss OF work who must
have work There little else this
labor to turn to than street improvement employment
But there is why the the working
and the city authorities combine and
to this graft At definitely
who is paying the SCALE
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
SILVER CUP FOR
COLLEGE FOOTBALL

EUGENE, Ore, Oct. 15.-John
Barrett, director general Of the
Bureau of American Republics,
that he will offer an
elaborate silver cup to the foot
ball team winning the champion
ship between state universities of
Oregon, Washington and Idaho.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
JAPS AND CHINA
IN TROUBLE

SEOUL. Korea. Oct. 15.--Serious
complications affecting the peace
of China and Japan are threatened
as the result Of an engagement be-
tween Chinese and Japanese
troops in Kantao. northern Korea.
in which several were killed and
wounded.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
100000 COMING
FROM TACOMA

DAWSON, Oct. 1.-THE steamer
White Seal, from Fairbanks to
White Horse. passed here today
with 100000 in Tanana bullion
consigned to Seattle banks.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
ROSENHAUPT WILL
PRESIDE TONIGHT

Chairman d. 7. Ham. OF the re.
publican county committee, has
selected State Senator Harry
Hosenhnupt 10 preside over tho
reilly to be addressed by Congress
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
ON OLD STAMPING GROUND

WYMORE, Neb.. Oct. 15.-Bry-
an is today touring the district
where he made his political debut
Is years ago. He has many fol
lowers IN this part OF the state.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
BLAIR WITHOUT COACH

The Blair football team win be
without coach for the present
but will be assisted in practice by
Physical Director Kienholx OF the
high school. Stafford has been re-
leased.