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The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-19
VALUATION Of
CO. s1O,062,915
WORK OF EXTENDING THE COUN-
TY TAX ROLLS HAS BEEN
COMPLETED BY DEPUTY AS
Np
SCISSOR JACK DAVIS.

The work of extending the county
tax rolls was completed this morning
by Deputy Assessor Jack Davis and
the books are now in the hands of
Auditor Godfrey.
The rolls show a total valuation in
the county of $10,062,915. The to-
tai amount of taxes to be collected is
$291,96S6S This makes about an
average rate all over the county of
20 mills.
Of the above taxation the Great
Northern railway pays $79,925, and
is by far the largest taxpayer in the
county.
Mr.. Davis, who has been working
on the rolls for the past several
months, is undecided as yet what he
will do. He is a very competent
clerical man, and the books which he
has just finished are a model for neat
ness.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-19
CITY NEWS
Jack Quigg returned from Spokane

Jack Quigg returned from Spokane
last night.
H. w. Hawk of Malaga is bust
ness caller today.
Chris. Viebock of Waterville is a
shopper here today.
Mrs. j. F. Eagle of Chelan is
Wenatchee shopper today.
w. Deneen of Olena, Wash, is a
business caller here today.
Bessie Titchenal of Cashmere was
business caller here today.
Miss Carrie Barnes went to Seattle
today to spend the holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. c. Excl of Cash
mere we're shoppers here today.
Misses Ida and Bessie Shepard of
Brays are shopping here today.
R. Clark and family are down from
Badger Mountain today shopping.
Attorney C. Will Shaffer, of Olym-
pia, is in the city today on personal
business.
Mrs. A. Stevens of Spokane is a
business caller in Wenatchee. She
will remain for some time.
VIM. Jacobs and family arrived
from Odell, Nebraska, today to buy
some land and locate here.
Raymond Redhead is assisting the
Columbia River Lumber company
during the stock-taking period.
A. ]. Linville gave the Bible school
visitors over Observation-Disclosures
visitors a ride over the Wenatchee
Valley today in one of the transfer
buses.
Miss Maud Pruett of Lake Chelan
was in Wenatchee yesterday. She
was passing on her way from Seattle,
where she had been attending college.
She spent a few hours here with
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs P. Smith arrived
from Graham, Mo-, yesterday. They
are old friends of A. J. Linville and
family. Mr.. Smith and Mrs. Linville
were neighbors in Missouri. The
Smiths are planning to locate here.
The one best Xmas present for
somebody in your family is Victor
Talking Machine. You can hear this
instrument give full concert this
evening at the store of Sherman Clay
& Coz
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-19
BOUGHT VAL
HA[[A TRACT

w. H. Halling has returned from
Spokane, bringing with him his
wife and contract for the exclusive
representation in this section of the
Western Union Life Insurance Co.,
of Spokane. Mr.. Halling has In
vested in one of theValhalla tracts
and has declared his intention to re-
main in Wenatchee permanently. At
present he and his wife are stopping
at the Olympia Hotel. Mr.. Haling
is a Chicago man who came to Spok-
ane a year ago and has made a
splendid record as travelling repre-
sentative of the Western Union Life.
But he deems Wenatchee an excei-
lent field in which to devote his en-
tire time.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-19
THE CHURCHES
Methodist Church.

Sunday services at usual hours:
Preaching at 1 / a. m. and 1880 p. m.
The pastor will use for his subject
in the morning, THE Operation of
Law, Life and Liberty in the Chris
tian Religion Evening subject,
EMULATION of Heaven and Earth. !"
CA Christmas Serman.) Sunday
school at 10 a. M; Junior League at
3 D. M; Epworth League at $50 p.
M; class meeting at $50 p. m. All
are invited. H. L. Beightol, pastor.
F. D. Houser arrived from Finley,
Ohio, today to visit his sister, Mrs. c..
A. Battles, for an indefinite time. Mr..
Houser was at one time chief of po-
lice at Wellsville, Ohio.
First Baptist Church.
Bible school, 10 a. m; II a. M,
Christmas sermon for the children;
TOPIC. Lessons from the Manager for
the Little Folk Young Peoples
Meeting, $50 p. m; evening sermon,
1880 D. M, topic, THE Mark of the
Christ-child Upon the World" Mid
week prayer service. 1880 p. m. We'd
nesray. E. o. Jessup, pastor.
The Ladies' Aid of the Baptist
church will have a big sale at the
Wenatchee Furniture store Wednes-
day, December %, sale commencing
at 10 a. m. Bread. mince pies, cake,
and cookies on sale. ***
Christian Sscience Service.
Held Sunday, December 20, at IL
a. m. in Christian Science Reading
Doo,,c II, Columhia Valley Rank
building, subject: rs the Universe,
Including Man, Evolved by Atomic
Force"
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-19
parEs FOR HOLIDAYS.

Special rates of one-and-a-tnira
fares will be offered by the Great
Northern on the round trip during
the holiday season within radius Oh
goo miles. This includes Seattle anu
Spokane. Tickets will be on safe
December %, "a, AS, 81 and January
/ The return limit expires January =.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-19

Elegant line of toilet sets, shaw
ing outfits, glass TOBACCO Jars and
many other things suitable for Xmas
gifts at the Economy Drug store. 80
Mr.. J. A. Howson, the new phar-
macist at the Economy Drug store
is an expert Give him trial with
your prescriptions as
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-19

Earl Barnhill, B. E. Knowles and
BERT Lake returned home today to
spend the holidays. The three boys
are attending school at Pullman.
Harrison Amos and Claude Maiis
came up with them and went home 10
Cashmere.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-19

Tonight you can hear the worlds
greatest bands, Orchestras, artists,
orators and comedians at Sherman
Clay & Co.'S on the Victor Talking
Machine $50
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-19

Ha. ha, :ha! Ho, no, no! Listen to
Nat Willis tell his coon" story-on
the Victor Talking Machine this eve
ming at Sherman Clay & Co. $50
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-19

Rev. Mintzer of Spokane stepped
of No. l today and shook hands with
friends He is the presiding elder OF
the M. E. Church of this district, and
was on his way to Cashmere and
LeavenwOrth.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-19

Why not buy your Christmas candy
and nuts at the Reading Room?@''
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-19

Roy Page and Huey Hughes went
to Monitor today to visit friends.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-19
The Great Fortunes Of
Today

were laid by the forethought and de-
cisive action of the alert men of yester-
day. Some people then were like some
people today---always complaining that
'<the poor man has no chance any more"
But, to those who know, the opportunity
is greater today than ever before in the
worlds history. However, you must
discover that opportunity and then
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-25
TEN ARE KILLED
Traction Wreck Near PhiIa-
deIphia, Sunday Night
Was Fatal.
PLEASURE SEEKERS DEAD.

Philadelphia, Pa, May 25.-Awful
in its results was a wreck Of trolley
cars on the Chestnut Hill traction line.
about u miles outside the city, late
Sunday night. Ten people are dead
and nearly 100 injured.
The day was an ideal one and all
out going cars were crowded with
pleasure seekers.
At the place where the accident Oc-
CURED there \, steef grade. and one
car, from some unknown cause, left
the track at the bottom of this grade.
Right behind it We're Others.
The derailing of the one seems to
have knocked the nerve out of the
mOtOrmen of these others. Five mo-
tormen lost control of their cars. and
one by one, in quick succession. they
crashed into the first, their precious
human freight having no chance Of
escape.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-25
HURRY on; THE BOYS
ARE IN SWFMM|N 4"
Sheriff Meredith Gets Urgent
Sunday Call.

Hurry on and come down here
quick. The boys are in swimmin' and
sittin' on the bank. naked"
This was the message received by
Sheriff Meredith from a farmer resid-
ing in the vicinity of Larsh's milh site
yesterday afternoon. The sheriff did
not appreciate the two mile walk in
order to run the boys out of the water
only to have them return as soon .as
he was out of sight. He decided to
wait and let the newspapers issue his
annual proclamation against swim
ming in the streams near the road
side.
The sheriff stated Oliver Test who
resides south of the city. near what is
known as the step off,, a favorite
swimming hole along the Whitewater,
intends to prosecute persons caught
swimming there. Boys who swim
within the city limits will bear in mind
the police authorities say trunks must
be worn or arrests will follow.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-25
For RENT.

Ing except v nal sac Instantly TOOK in
her LANDS. There were two objects
equally dear. the parrot and the old
family Bible, and she could take but
one. After Il moment OF hesitation she
seized the Bible and was fastening
away when the parrot cried cut in a
loud and solemn voice. Coed Lord
deliver u.s. No human being could
have been deaf to such an appeal The
precious Bible was sacrificed and the
bird saved. He was otherwise a clever
bird. In the house to which the parrot
was taken there was, among other
visitors. a gentleman rather noted for
volubility. When the parrot first heard
him it listened in silence for some
time; then, to the Amusement of all
present, it said very emphatically.
You talk too much
The gentleman. at first embarrassed.
presently resumed his interrupted dis
course Thereupon the parrot laid his
head upon one side. gave an indescrib.
ably cOnical and contemptuous HIM"
and added, There he goes sgainr
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-25
SERVICES IMPRESSIVE
Jacksonburg Honors Her Sold
Ter Dead in Appro-
pirate Manner.
LARGE CROWDS ATTEND.

Large crowds and appropriate exer-
cises marked the Memorial Dag exer-
cises at Jacksonburg yesterday. The
lodge of Odd Fellows turned out en-
mass to assist in the observance of the
day. The old soldiers gathered to do
reverence to the memory of their dead
brethren in the customary manner.
The services were held at the church
and burial ground.
The principal address was delivered
by H. E. Penny, county clerk. He
spoke Of the obligation that rests up
on the American public to revere the
memory of the veterans of the Civil
War. They were credited with being
the men who had saved the country
when its salvation was needed most.
The musical portion of the program
was rendered in an excellent manner.
The weather conditions were such as
to make the crowd one of the largest
that has attended the annual exercis-
es in recent years.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-25
He Held on to His Knife.

On the afternoon of June /. 1872.
an old painter named William McCul-
Tough while painting the bridge above
the falls between the first and second
Sister islands fell into the rapids. In
ntly he was swept furiously toward
the cataract. but whirled into lesser
waves. so that he struck against and
seized q rock not far above the brink
Hundreds quickly gathered on the
shore and watched, all eager to help
but ignorant what to do. Among them
was Thomas Conroy. who secured a
coil Of rope. fastened one end to
tree on shore and with the other end
in his hand waded out as far as he
could and occasionally swan. the wa
ter being from eighteen inches to six
feet deep. He aimed far up stream to
allow for the power Of the current and
at last with great difficulty reached the
unfortunate painter and bound him to
himself with the rope. They were
swept off their feet several times on
the way back to shore. but the rope
had been firmly fastened, and they
finally landed safely. When they
reached shore it was found that Nc
Cullough still clutched his putty knife
firmly in his hand. having held it dur
ing the three hours he had been on the
brink of the falls
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-25
LUTHERAN SCHOOL
FORCES TO FRONT
Sunday Schools in an Interest
ing Contest

A contest has been going on for
some time between the Sunday school
of the First NJ. E. church and that of
the First English Lutheran. During
the month of May the First NJ e
church has been in the lead having
an average of 81 more than the Luth-
eran school. Yesterday this record
was broken and the First English
Lutheran is now in the lead having
an attendance of 352 while that of the
Methodist was 304. Next Sunday the
banner will be awarded to the school
having the largest attendance for the
month of May.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-25
CITY STATISTICS.
Deaths and Funerals,

LARBES-JOsep h Larbes died this
morning early at his home. CAB South
+ street after a long illness at the
age of II years. He is survived by
his wife. one son. Rev Flavian Lar
bas, of Cincinnati and two brothers
of Norwood and Delphos, O. The de
ceased was member of St. Joseph
society of St. Andrews church. Flu
neral arrangements will be announc-
ed later
CHILCOAT-William Chilcoat died
Sunday afternoon at his home in New
Paris al the age Of 81 years. Besides
his wife Emily. he leaves one son,
Ralph to survive him. The funeral
will be Tuesday afternoon at 200
o'clock from the home in New Paris
The Rev. Mr.. Banner will conduct the
services Burial at Earlham cemetery
WRlGHT-Word has been received
here today announcing the death Of
Miss Fannie Wright, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Z. S. Wright, formerly of
this city but now of Riverside Cal
Death was due to typhoid ~er. Mr..
and Mrs, Wright resided on North
Seventeenth street for a number OF
years. They were members of the
Reid Memorial church.
Marriage Licenses.
Otto H. Nietze to Nina A. Rusche,
both of Richmond.
Peter Conditt. of Milton and Ola
Burney, Of Dublin.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-25
Dublin EootbIacks. 1880.

Among the populaCe of Dublin in
1850 the shOcblacks were a numerous
and formidable body. The polish they
used was lampblack and eggs. for
which they purchased all that were rot
ten in the markets, Their implements
consisted of three legged stool. baS-
ket containing blunt knife called a
spud, a painters brush and an old
wig. \ gentleman usually went out in
the morning with dirty boots or shoes
sure to find a shoeblack sitting on his
stool at the corner of the street. The
gentleman put his foot in the lap of the
shoeblack without ceremony. and the
artist scraped it with his spud. wiped
1t with his wig and then laid on his
composition as thick as black paint
with his painters brush. The stuff
dried with a rich polish. requiring nc
friction and little inferior to the elab-
grated modern fluids, save only the in
tolerable odors eXhaled from eggs in a
high state of putridity, which filed
any house which was entered before
the composition was quite dry and
sometimes even tainted the air of fash
ionable drawing rooms. Polishing shoes
We should mention, was at this time a
refinement almost confined to cities,
people in the country using grease.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-25
He Didn't Like F;eJccs.

Judge Martin Grover OF Troy. n. Y,
was at one time approached by young
citizen who wished to be nominated to
the state assembly. The shrewd Old
Judge had certain doubts about him.
which he expressed somewhat freely.
and yet he was willing to afford him a
trial. He therefore addressed the as,
pirant in this way:
Young man, if you will give me
your word that you won't steal when
you get 10 Albany I'll see what kin be
done about seudin' you there"
Judge Grover" replied the young
man, drawing himself up with great
dignity, Il go to Albany unpledEed or /
don't so at all
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-25
4 TRYING LANGUAGE.
The Study of Japanese Is Surrounded
by Difficulties.

Japanese is not an easy language
even for the native born subject of the
.likado. but it is very difficult of ac
quirement by the westerner. Give Hol-
land in his book, old and New ia
pam" does not give foreigners any
encouragement that they will ever be
able really to learn the language 1t
takes a Japanese child seven years, it
is said, 10 learn the essential parts OF
the japanese alpha bet. To use Japa
nese dictionary. Mr.. Holland says, one
must be familiar with no fewer than
pa signs, which may be said to serve
the same purpose as initial letters in
American dictionaries. Then after one
has tracked down in one of these pa
signs some part of the character for
ploration he still has a veritable north
pole hunt ahead of him.
The pompous first personal pronoun
is avoided whenever it is possible in
speaking Japanese. If it must be used
it is introduced casually, but generally
the abstract noun "selfishnesS" serves
In its stead. For example, a Japanese
would not say Il don't drink wine,"
but Wine don't drink or, If this is
not clear enough, "Selfshness wine
don't drink" Reference to ones own
possessions must be depreciatory. Thus
if a man wishes to point out his own
residence he says, THAT misera bic
house." which, of course, could refer
to no other than his own. On the 9TH
err hand. THAT beautiful house" would
easily identify the house as belonging to
some one else.
Moreover, any one who wishes to
learn Japanese must be prepared to
learn two languages, the written and
the spoken. The one differs so ma
terially from the other that if a Japa-
nese is reading book or newspaper
and wishes to do so aloud it becomes
necessary for him to translate the
written words into the colloquial. TIC
be able to read any of the higher class
Japanese newspapers, Mr.. Holland
says, it is necessary to master at least
from $500 to 5000 ideographs.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-25
THE GOLF BALL.
How Gravity 10 Fooled In lts Flight
Through the Air.

How Gravity 10 Fooled In Its Flight
Through the Air.
Professor Petrie Guthrie TAFT had lit
tie skill at golf, but vast deal at SCI
ence. Among the many problems to
which he applied his genius were some
concerning that apparently simple
thing, the flight of golf ball. And
that though he worked over them for
years and called on other scient lists for
assistance, many mysteries still re-
manned. One question that he solved,
however, is of curious interest.
The force Of gravity is the one force
we know as most constant and inevita-
BILE. To defeat gravity is almost to
suspend one Of natures laws. In his
Investigations Professor TAFT suddenly
became aware that gravity was de-
feated by the golf ball. The fact ad-
mitted no doubt. On timing the fight
of the ball he discovered that 1t re-
manned in the air almost twice as long
as 1t should have under the influence Of
gravity. Thus. with gravity acting as
usual on other things. a drive OF 200
yards would be completed in three
and a half seconds. A thrown ball.
for example. describing the same ira
jectory. would remain in the air only
that length of time The golf ball in
passing over that 200 yards fioated Sc
renely through the air for six and a
half seconds.
1t was clear, then, that in some man
ner the gravity was thwarted. Pro-
fessor TAFT attacked the problem of
the means. and In the end he solved 1t.
After searching long he found the
tation given to the ball by the clubs
impact. The secret lay in the manner
OF the stroke from the tee.
The first principle of the explanation
is in the simple fact that an object
poised in the air has an equal atmos-
pheric pressure on it at all points. The
second principle is that when n sphere
rotates in a current Of air the side of
the sphere which is advancing to meet
the current is subjected to greater
pressure than is that side which is
moving in the direction of the current
To illustrate. when the golfer slices his
ball it is made to spin In such fashion
that its front side is constantly in
movement TO the right. Therefore the
pressure Of the air is greater on the
left side than on the right. and the ball
curves to the right. When the ball is
pulled. the operation is reversed. and
the fight bends away TO the left. So If
the ball is topped the spinning direc-
ton of the front is downward. Thus the
pull OF gravity is aided and the fight
is swiftly checked. But every properly
driven ball receives an undercut By
the underspin thus impaired the front
side of the ball is made to spin up
ward; the added pressure is from be-
low and is in consequence directly op-
posed to gravity. The result is a flight
sustained. but little less than twice as
long as 1t would be without this under
spin. Moreover. Professor TAFT demon
strated that without this undercut
only about half its usual distance.
The ordinary golfer is quite unawar
that be gives any underspin to his best
drives. but he does. Without the IN
dercut his driving would be continu-
Gus fafiure.-Chicago Record Herald.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-25
a Reason FOR Thanks.

The impecunious authors wife was
trying OF new dress and endeavoring
TO observe the hang of 1t by means Of
a round mirror on top OF a high chiffo-
nier. Every woman will appreciate
what that means.
"Oh. dear" she exclaimed as she
thought with some pathos. Il haven't
seen the bottom of my skirt since
was married"
Her husband looked up, brute that he
was. and remarked:
We'll. you can thank your lucky
stars for that"-New York Press.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-25
East Buffalo Livestock.

East Buffalo, May %
Cattle-Receipts, 200; s. down.
Neal-Receipts 20; $50 down.
Sheep and lambs-Receipts $500.
Sheep. $3.50 down.
Lambs. S625 down.
Hogs-Receipts. 100.
Mixed and workers., 500 down.
Pigs, 500.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-25
Small Tacks.

How is this for n stunt? The center
Of the tack industry used to be Broms-
grove, town in Worcestershire, Eng
land. where all work was done bv
hand. 1t was a common feat for ex-
Derts to forge 1000 to 1900 tacks SO
small as to fill the barrel Of an ordi-
nary goose quill. their weight being
only about twenty grains.-New York
Press
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-25
Had Left For Parts Unknown.

In murder trial in Texas some years
ago the counsel for the defense was
examining venireman regarding his
qualifications to serve The candidate
admitted that be had once been a
mem Der OF Jury which tried negro
for murder. IL is not permissible In
such cases to ask the result Of the trial,
so the counsel said:
Where is that negro nowr
Il don't know" was the reply. THE
sheriff hanged him at the appointed
time
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-25
A Glitterinn Bsroain.

Yes said the prospective investor
10 the Billville. rea! estate man. your
terms at 50 an acre are very reasena-
HE. Is there any gold in the lands"
The agent looked around as If 70 as
sure himself that no one was listening;
then he leaned over and whispered:
It's mostly id"-Atlanta Constftu-
tia0
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-25
tn Sunrise lfLiA-

Infants and children are constantly needing 6
sxstive. 1t is important to knov what to give
them. Their stomach and bowels are not strong
enough for salts. purg waters or caths-rtc
pills, powders or tablets. Give them rr.ld
pleasant. gentle. laxative tonic. like DR.. CsId-
wells Syrup Pepsin, which sells at tbs sc1aIl
sr'rn of 50 cents or 81 at drug stores. It 10 tfe
one great remedy for you TO have ia the house L
give children wh~r t~nT- r@eG Il