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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-01

Chas. Taberman, machinist at the
plant. has not been able to work for
tlis past few days on account OF
illness from LaGrippe.
A birthday dinner was given at
the home of Mr.. an Mrs. G. J. Kin
ney Sunday evening the occasion of
Mr.. Kinney's birthday. A number
of relatives and friends attended.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-01

Superintendent S. A. Oscar ex-
poets to attend the regular monthly
meeting of the Directors of the
Beaver Reserve Fund Fraternity at
Stouehton, next week.
Miss Matilda Dyrud who last year
taught in the High School in this
city, but who is now teaching at
Marshfeld, has been in the city this
week spending her spring vacation
visiting with friends.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-01

Senator LaFollette has reintro-
duced IN the Senate bill to provide
for the valuation of railroad proper.
ty as basis for fixing railroad rates
Just keep right after it. Of course
the new committee on Interstate
Commerce is not more favorable
than the old. 1t is plugged right
mp against it but the Wisconsin
Senator keeps pushing his measure
right up and sooner or later he will
get vote squarely on the merits Of
that measure as he will also upon
the bills which he has reintroduced
reserving from entry and sale all
coal, oil, gas asphalt underlying the
public lands and also the coal and
asphalt upon the lands of the Choc-
taw and chicasaw Indians in Okla
homa.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-01

Mrs, H. Fahrig and daughter are
visiting with relatives at Superior.
From Superior they will go to Sa-
ginaw, Mich. where they will visit
for a short time before returning
home.
FOR SALE:-Dry Hardwood.
Call on G.. A. Brurness. New Phone
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-01
Norwegian Lutheran Church

Services next Sunday at the
usual hours. The morning SER
mon will be in the Norwegian
language and the evening sermon
in English. Services at the
Long Lake School Sunday after
noon. On Thursday evening
there will be Communion SER
vices. All are invited.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-01

A large number of memb bers of the
K. P. order and their friends enjoyed
a social time at their Hall Tuesday
evening. A lunch was served dur
ing the evening.
The members of the Beaver Re
serve Fund Fraternity will give a
banquet and program on the evening
OF A pril 18th.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-01

Charles Geisert of Park Falls has
been in the city this week visiting
with relatives and friends.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-06-17

out detection would still be 10 100000 francs In
addition contributions would BE made by the faithful.
and that finally the road itself construction pro
gressed ought to bring In increasing by
and trusting faith sheep skins, the work
begun The portion of the road thus far completed
is from Damascus to Medan Sah. From CONSTANT
nopIe the lines construction directly south
Near Aleppo projected line will lead by
of Bagdad to the Persian gulf From Medain Salh the
road is under CONSTRUCTION Medina while have
been made from Media9 to Mecca. and the Red. sea-
The is pass east of Jerusalem and the Dead
the high lands Of Syria Moab and northern Ara
ba. The engineering difficulties serious. but by
nsurmountable are to be compared with
those of the Union Pacific. The Caifa line descends
from Deraa with mighty sweep to the sea, while
the chains of mountains in Moab must be eaversed by
the aid Of tunnels and bridges At Damascus the
level is 1000 feet above the varies from that to
5000 feet at the highest point south Great difficulties
that portion of the line from Constan
tinople Damascus for the giant from the eau
and Armenia extend through Asia Minor almost
to the Aegean and Mediterranean So IT Is believed that
at points this of the line the roadbed will
to height of 5000 to 1000 feet above the
Several hundreds of miles of this part actually
under construction. tunnels bored, viaducts and
bridges between important towns There
completed Lines from Constantinople to Angora,
from Smyrna far into the vayet of Konieh. and these
portions will feeders OF the main 1ine Work the
line greatly expedited by the abors of division Of
the Turkish army, It being difficult to secure labor in
the country be traversed. particularly in northern
Arabia. where the Bedouins few and unendurably
lazy The Turkish soldiers themselves not partieu
larly energetic. but strange say. this service is much
desired only from the fact that the sodierworkmen
actually paid. which most Of the Turkish is
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-06-17

Building Railroads of Sheepskins

By Capt. Ellis D. Morson

to Santa Fe NJ NJ and from constantinople is
approximately that from New York Prescott Ariz
The Turk therefore who has always been regarded
slow going must be conceded to have industry
than generally to his credit There is,
behind the religious motive political gained
The sultan is the nominal head of the Moslem world
But the holy places Mecca, Medina and several 9th
in land far distant from the of the
pires political influence, the ruling officials those
cities have, for hundreds of years. been quasindepend
have thrown off entirely the Turkish hond and
actually maintained their independence. Then again.
pilgrims from Syria who attempt to travel by the
routes through Arabia Petraea and along the Red
long subject to pllage by the wandering
tribes of Bedouins railroad through this country with
fortified stations short intervals bring
west Arabia under real rather than nominal Turkish
control and the sultan genuine authority
protectors of the holy places"
The Turkish government is always harassed by its
creditors. The moment plaster into the treas
all the creditors make grab for it, the question
of financing the enterprise became of prime import
for money road. In this dilemma the willy
Turk hit happy expedient. The sultan issued
trade commanding that every Moslem family which
sacrificed sheep at the feast OF Bairam should bring
in the skin to the Official and these
skins should be sold for the benefit of the every
Turk does the sheepkillng act at Baram 1t figured
that after the officials had stolen all they could with
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-06-17
HIT CEILING AND BE 4 DIVA,

Madame began; "The most tedious phase OF the
culture is learning to breathe shall
you now free of charge, and, IL do well, we
may be able to shorten that portions
Hope leaned into the Young Girls eyes.
Il took lessons in that out home she replied
But madame smiled
Lie down." The Young Girl startled; she even.
yentured hesitate. tsN
"Yes, yes On your back. 1t is my method and
ndorsed by the most eminent throat and lung
specialists. So. Relax your muscles Now" Madame
seized a white paper from the piano and tore
II strips, of which she handed to the Young
Girl Chew this" she said. until you have made it
into just such spbal used to make in school
Then fill your lungs to their greatest capacity form
your lips II to whistle and, with all your strength
blow colingward." =
visiby startled. but vsbly still more impresseds
the Young Girl did she hidden and blew the spit
ball about six feet into the air. ts<
Madame nodded approval Not at all bad" she CON
cedad Il think materially curtai this portion
of the course"
The Young Girl scrambling to her feet
'When--when will 1t be completed?" she asked.
Just as you hit the ceiling" said madame
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-06-17

not Of military service is reduced one
third to say nothing spiritual promised by
sultan. German and French engineers do the plan
ming workmen engaged for the bridges tun-
nels viaducts. while the soldiers employed for
labor. The management Is ostensbiy In
several boards composed of pashas, beys
and cabinet minister's who in Constantnople and
SO far as can be learned nothing but object to
report by the engineers and suggest tunnels when
line could well follow the caravan route. which
has been in for thousand years.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-06-17

you charge
A bursto of
laughter reduced his
At four O'Clock
Pretty little Macuto her head the lap of the
of of
she recovered the destruction
anxously il route.
YES
1
of forming
Oats" !.
am
clambering defined
This path taken by donkeys" explained Agapto
led band armored armed
a resting place."
foliage through which pushing revealed
of the
of
of
themselves staghten out and descend like falling
tha swift
from
o'clock climbing
ahead and saw her
to things route concerned
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-06-17

Soon no "e ~
rounded an enormous ' ~ ~
dazzed eyes
Justice that magnHncen ssn es " M
great cy
govefopped lay
sunlight; Tor oackso"no
drifting emerald
ncyng with reason nat rom
had caught their hst sight OF
which stood might well the one on
whi he trait hanged.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-06-17
SM1zy IN >yAcuyo

OF villalpando. Preston had
him hanged to a tree as a
warning to traitors. the bag
OF gold for which he had sold
his city being tied to his feet.
Certain of the people Of La
Guayra had warned Caracas
OF the landing of the English
men, and the entire fighting
force of the city. led by the
Alcaldes. Garcia Gonzalez and
Francisco Reballedo. marched
out to meet the foe. But It
was taken for granted the
buccaneers would cross by the
royal road" which was com
paratively easy. so the Span
lards stationed themselves on
that highway. laying several
cleverly placed ambushes-
Meanwhile Preston and his
men had quietly walked into
the city. without opposition
No, that isn't quite true, for
Don Alfonso Andres de Ledes-
ma had been left behind on
account OF his advanced age.
Desperate, but undismayed. the
gallant old cavalier donned
his armor, mounted his horse.
couched his lance and single
handed disputed the entrance
OF the English into the city.
Don't hurt him. cried Pres
ton. He's too brave to die
But Don Alfonso charged the
five hundred and fell mortally
wounded.
preston looted the city
thoroughly and the Spaniards
returned to find him safely
fortified In some Of their pub
lie. buildings. A week later
he marched out unmolested.
recrossed the mountains and
set sail with all the treasure
OF Caracas. The name of Don
Alfonso de Ledesma Is still
honored by the few remaining
ancient Spanish families in
Venezuela. but there is no
statue of him in Caracas"
Rested and refreshed. we re-
sumed the trail and now came
our great disappointment
Agapito's memory had played
him false, and the mountain
range that still rose hundreds
of feet in front Of us must be
crossed before the descent be-
gan. We walled bitterly. but
toiled ON through a dense jun
gle OF tall trees. thick shrub
berry and interlscing vines
Just as the sun reached tho
zenith we really came to the
top, some 5000 feet above tho
sea, and the downward slide
= -. ..
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-06-17

annual pilgrimage from an paris Vi me 'ianon
world is enormous proportions That from INDIA ana
the east is provided steamship lines but is now
proposed by Turkish government to oner special
Inducements to its people Asia Minor Syria Palestine
and even North Africa make the sacred pilgrmages
at their ease by providing railroad transportation from
Constantinope to Mecca
To comprehend the magnitude of the enterprise 1t is
necessary remember that old world alstances are no.
.wavs ,nderstood in the new world. The scale OF the
mans is usually much smaller, we sometimes get the
idea that States is the largest country on tne
earth because it looks largest on the map better
concepion of Turkish undertaking VIII be gained
by the knowledge that taking Constantinople as cen
ter Paris will be on the edge OF circle WIN a laalus mus
NJ ooo kilometers (abou $3.50 mles) while Mecca will
he 800 kos beyond the edge of that circle In other
words to make the matter palmer. the distance from
Canstantinope to Paris about that from New York
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-06-17

the city ootna
while in Caracas visiting cipriano Castro then
dent OF venezuela Mr. Pckards fortune
who familiar with
given permission make the
photographs
wlds These photographs
smuggers to-day hold forth
Ing the Venezuelan
Holland Venezuela, which
this of
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-06-17

ABROAD building is now the order of the
day in all countries, and though it seems
almost incredible, the Turk has caught the
railroad fever and is not only projecting,
but actually constructing, and has partly nm
ished, what will be one Of the longest and
most important railroad lines in the old
world. Its object is to connect the political
capital of Islam with the holy places which
every Moslem is expected to visit at least
once during his lifetime. AS the Moslems
number from IT'S 100000 to 20O,O0O,0O0. the
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-06-17
Nh. plckARp,s EXPERIENCE
ss0n THE Trail Of Bold
~ buccaneer.n published

SG0N The Trail Of q Bold
~ Buccaneer," published
herewith for the first time, Is .
bit Of Venezuelan history which
has never before ben told and
10 not to be found In any Of the
standard historical works on
Venezuela. IT Is repIete with
thrilling situations embodied in
the capture Of Caracas by Amo-
ry Preston's buccaneers. While
the bandits were stealing along
the secret mountain path to
Caracas, the sbIe-bodied inhabi-
tants Of the city took positions
Of defense along the main thor
oughfare to the capital Of vene-
zuela. The desperadoes were
discovered by an Infirm old man
who attempted to resist their
invasion with true patriotic in
stinct. II was easy to overpow-
err him. The Caracas traitor
who guided Preston over the Sc
} cret path was hanged before
the city was entered. Once in
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-06-17


1T 'The English were doing unpleasant
things to the Spanish
Preston
bold buccaneers Approaching
be considerable punder Caracas if get
Guaicamaento There
travelling
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-06-17

RAIL the mountains dusky
y clad women who energetcay doing the family
ing in the brawing stream above yes
by way of La Guayra There is longer path
here but have heard of the trail the
Direct to Caracas the the little
old keeper of the sea-baths who has buried
declares he is looking for the Certainly
such route but it isn't much you
lose your way"
why of course cried Don Antonio Cast
de Macuto. ut easily take gu
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-06-17

Not drop of brandy left in the But can
serve you with fine Muscatel" 2'.-
SO Muscatel it perforce. surprisingly good
too full quart vanished and nearly
over housandfoot precpice the yard the
price was namedthree reals or 80 cents American
confirmed the suspicious that had been rising in
minds The place must be nest of smugglers. and it
LOOK on an added air of We must needs
graph all the Inhabitants from the
ancient muzzleloadng shotgun the naked babies and
the mournful donkey, shady SPOT
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-06-17

YES" said Agapito. en-
couragingly. that is the
end of the climbing An
other range of hills cuts
OF the view of Caracas
from there, but the way
is all down hill"
So we robbed a lonely
orange tree and scram-
bled on with renewed
vigor.
That white house. when
we did reach it, was a Joy.
Only a rambling conglom-
GRAFTON Of adobe rooms
and courts. swarming
with Indian men, women
and children. 1t was a ha-
ven of rest for our wear
led bodies.
we want some cool
drink quickly" said the
doctor.
Beer, brandy or wine"
asked the swarthy. hand
some young matron, who
seemed to be the head
of the establishment.
Beer"
I'm sorry. but we have
no beer to-day"
Then some brandy in
water"
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-19
PHONE 1851 WAGNER W.! ! y. WATER 4! Icon! COMPANY

Wenatchee Valley will probably send
an excursion Also
Supreme Chancellor HI. P. Browne
of Cleburne, Texas, will attend the
gathering Of Pythians in Seattle, and
has promised to make the Injepend-
ence Day address at the exposition
grounds. Mr.. Brown is an orator of
national reputation, and will deliver
his famous address entitled "The
American Flag" The supreme can
cellor and other high officials of the
order will be taken on several trips
around the Puget Sound country at
the close of the ceremonies here,
and the gathering, while largely dest-
ern, will take on a national impor-
lance. No special event during the
whole period of the A. Y. P. expo
sition will be more attractive than
the performances Of the lola team,
and the new armory, seating 5000
people, will properly accommodate the
attraction.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-19
Free Delivery

When half dozen more bottles are ordered at
a time delivery free of charge at your home.
Smaller quantities can be secured at the office.
Water will be supplied to factories, hotels, res
taurants stores ETC., in five gallon fitting carboys
when Is gals per week contracted for at
$3.50 per week
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-19
FLOUR MAY RISE To
$40 A BARREL
MILLER DECLARES THAT SPECU-
LATION IN WHEAT IS NOT
CAUSE FOR THE PRESENT
HIGH PRICES.

Chicago, April 19.-According to
the unreserved statements to the
managers of many of the largest -four
mills in the United States, including
the Washburn-C Crosby company and
the Northwestern Consolidated Mill
ing Company. there is no possible re-
lief for the present high price of
flour These mills are among the
largest producers in the country
and practically fix the price of -four
and other mill products.
That the price of flour is destined
to soar dring the coming months,
possibly to a figure of $40 per bar
rel, is the opinion of a majority of
the managers and owners. The man
ayers aver that there is no combina-
ton to fix prices and control the mill
ing business, and claim that the pres
ent conditions are the result of
wheat prospects throughout the
world. The local managers Of the
Washburn-Crosby company said to-
day:
at is not speculation in wheat that
is affecting the present price of flour.
The wheat price Is destined to be
stiff throughout the entire summer.
The United States has grown larg-
er crop than usual, but the worlds
supply is exceeding short. There is
wheat bread famine in Mexico,
while Argentine wheat is selling at
1925 and Canadian at $1.27. Liver
pool is very short"
Continuing he said:
"All of these conditions create an
unusual demand for American wheat
and will demand actual shipments.
The result is apparent. At present,
strange though it may sound, flour
at So per barrel is selling below cost.
1t takes five bushels of wheat to make
a barrel and at s1.29 a bushel, add
ing the cost of sacks, freight, storage,
delivery, with selling and carrying
accounts, the actual cost approx
mately is $3.50 a barrel. The rea-
son that we are selling at this figure
when the actual preparation Of the
flour for the market cost us more,
is that we were unprepared for such
rapid jumps in the market and were
unable to prepare our customers for
them
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-19
PYTH|AN WEEK IN
; SEATTLE
lola KNIGHT RANK OF DAYTON,
OHIO, SECURED BY PYTHIANS
FOR JULY 1873 AT SEATTLE.
EXCURSIONS PLANNED.

Seattl, April 19.-Plans have just
been made public by the Washington
Domain of the knights of Pythias
order at the ancient city OF SYRIA
cuse, special drills and musical fea-
lures, and secret work Of the order.
The team will give three perform
ances in the new armory here on July
and and one on July for Pythi-
ans only. Pythian week at the Alas
ka-Yukon-Pacific exposition is July
5-12, and the local reception commit
tee expects $4,000 members of the
lodge as visitors during that period.
The cost of bringing the lola
team, with it's carload of scenery and
electrical effects, to the coast will
be $4,000, which the Knights OF
Pythias will raise by the sale Of tick
cts to their own members through
out the west. Grand Chancellor o.
A. Case, of Washington, has already
received orders amounting to $4,000,
and states that there will be no
trouble in raising the entire sum.
There will also be $1,000 in cash
Aprizes for a competitive drill of uni
form rank companies from all parts
of the west, which will be held on
the exposition grounds.
Excursions by special trains will
run to Seattle from many parts of
the west during Pythian week at the
fair. One from Montana, another
from California and third from the
Yakima valley have already been ar
ranged. Others will come from Spo-
kane, Portland, Bellingham and 9TH
er large cities in the northwest. The
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-19

II. E. Carr, of Leavenworth, is in
the city on business.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-19
BIG LAND DEAL AT WATERyILLE
Local Ranehers Buy 1000 Acres at
$45 an Acre.

Waterville, April 19.-The larg-
est land deal in the Big Bend for
some time was consummated last
week, when nearly 1000 acres of
improved land belonging to Robert
Gray and others of Spokane were
sold to ]. C. Brennesholtz, William
Mckay, M. w. Jones and J. Brock
man. all ranchers here. They paid
$45 an acre for the land.
This sale is only an index of what
is taking place all over Douglas coun-
ty. The prices have risen 80 to 40
per cent since last fall.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-19
CLOUD ON TITLE Of
CAPITOL SITE
HEIRS HAVE TAKEN
THEIR CLAIM TO THE UNITED
STATES SUPREME COURT.-DE-
LAY MANY MONTHS FOR TRIAL

Seattle, April 19.-Following the
fight that has been made on the
sale OF the entire quota of state lands
that are to be sold to raise money
for the erection of a permanent capt.
|tol building at Olympia, it develops
that the title to the site for the build
Ing is clouded. A suit is now pend
ing in the supreme court of the
United States for the recovery of the
land in question, which the state con-
tends was decided to the state by
Edmund Sylvester and Clara E. Syl-
vester on January IS, 1855.
This suit has been before the
court for number of years and has
been decided in favor of the state in
both the superior and state supreme
courts, but now the plaintiffs, Mrs.
Clara E. Sylvester and May L. Syl-
veste-, have taken the case to the
|supreme tribunal of the country.
Writs of error were prepared COW
ering nearly the entire proceedings
of the lower courts, and, according
to attorneys in Seattle, the Sylves-
tiers have a chance of securing a re-
Iversal in the decision.
A telegram received from the
|clerk of the supreme court in Wash
ington, D. c., brings the information
that the case will not be reached until
October, or possibly later.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-19
State Takes Charge of Indian Or
chard,

Chelan, April 19.-P. S. Darling
ton, of Wenatchee, deputy state POM
ologist, is here this week looking
after infected Indian orchards, which
have long menaced the neighbOring
orchards of the whites. The Indians
will not properly care for their own
trees and there is no way of maxi
ing them do so as they are still
wards of the government. AS a re-
suit their orchards must be kept
clean at public expense.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-19
Trinidad Steamer Oyerhauled.

Trinidad, April 19.-The steamer
st. Paul has been undergoing re-
pairs here a month and is ready for
business. 1t is rumored that a rail-
road company has arranged to use
it for one trip down the river.
E. A. Brown has his gasoline
launch Katydid ready for service on
the Columbia south of here. He ex-
poets to take it down the river Sun
day. 1t is said to be leased to the
North Coast Railroad company.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-19
New Residents from Ohio.

Mr.. and Mrs. William Ross, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Depew. son and
daughter, and Mr.. and Mrs. George
Wonder, of Van Vert, Ohio, arrived
here Saturday. The two former
families brought their household
goods with them and will make this
their permanent home They were
former friends of the Wilson bro
theirs Of this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wonder, after spend
ing a day here, have gone on to
Portland, to visit friends there, but
they also expect to return and take
up their residence here.