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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-12-24

MIS-. SANIA CLAUS GAVE Ihh HhESEN1O.
a tree I've always attended, but l can't
possibly get there this year. I'll send
the presents as usual. but you go down
for me, won't you, and distribute them
for me? A great many ladies speak in
public these days, and you needn't be
afraid So, though I'm bashful, Pm
here, and please excuse any mistakes
/ may make. Santa sent his love and
best wishes, and I've brought you each
a polar SNOWFALL as a kind of curiosity.
l picked them up just before l started
out. They're in my bag here. This
and I carried it on our first journey.
OF course it's cid. but l think so much
Of it I'd never give it up. See the let
ters on it'll. S. c. They stand for
Hannah Santa Claus. Twas the first
monogram l ever had"
The old lady proudly exhibited her
old fashioned sole leather satchel and
from it's capacious depths distributed
the polar snowballs. These were form
ed of white cotton, and each when I'M
wrapped was found to contain a tiny
numbered star. The gifts upon the
tree had been previously numbered,
and the SNOWFALL indicated to each per-
son the gift to be received. Mrs. Santa
Claus herself gave the presents and
kept the company amused by her COM
ments upon the beauty and usefulness
of the various articles.
The evening was u of great pleas
ure and merriment. At its close Mrs.
Santa Claus was invited to come again
but. while she thanked the ladies for
their kind thoughts, she said, 'Tll have
to see what Mr.. Santa Claus says. for
/ always do exactly as he wishes"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-12-24
Christmas Eirecrackers.

In many parts of the south for years
after the civil war it was Christmas
instead of the Fourth of July that was
the eason for firecrackers. Every
Christmas the storekeepers laid in large
supplies of firecrackers. and the small
boy of that period felt sadly sighted
by Santa Claus unless he found at
least one of his stockings stuffed with
punches of the little red explosives. In
these districts such a thing as a fire
cracker on the Fourth of July was un-
known. OF late years, however, the
tirecracker has been restored to its
proper date In nearly every community.
and Christmas noise is confined chiefly
to the blowing of horns and the beat
Ing of toy drums.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-12-24
PLAYING THE STOCKS.
He Who Has knowledge and He Who
CANDLES on Gossip.

CANDLES on Gossip.
OF the many popular decisions touch
Ing Wall street and its people non is
more persistent or more dangerous to
the outsider than the belief that from
nothing great permanent fortunes have
been made by shrewd and lucky spec
ulation in prices. 1t isn't true. We
differentiate here between speculation
in prices only and the kind of legiti-
mate speculation which seeks to antici-
pate great economic changes. Legiti-
mate speculation has its translation
into prices. too, but it takes, first, origi-
nal capital in some reasonable proper
ton TO the profits expected and. sec
ondly. the treatment of exceptional
opportunity with correct Imagination.
Its risks at best are very large. Among
our Wall street acquaintance are sew
eral hard headed men who succeed in
making $4,000 a year by speculation.
Not one of them has a capital of less
than $25O.000. They make it earn
about 10 per cent.
Take Blank, one of the ablest specu-
idtOl0 Wt hiOWs 1T uuS DldNC nail q
million dollars during the past five
years. Very handsome return. you
say. Let us look at Blank. He was
the chief accountant of one of the big
railway systems when an uncle. dying.
left him $4,000. Mind you. he was an
expert railway statistician and an ex-
ceptionally able young man to boot.
TT .nr- H. 1.-- -AaI ILL - I@NI- aa
well as some other things hat only the
directors were aware of. The stock of
the system looked cheap to him. and
he used his $4,000 to margin 1000
shares. A bull market was beginning.
and within a month or two Blanks
capital had increased to 100000. He
was content with a ten point rise,
though the stock advanced ten points
more. That was the first of Blanks
deals. Twelve months later he won
again. He thought that the stock of
a certain western system was selling
below its value and set about an in
vestigation to find the facts. He hired
a first class engineer and a retired traf-
fic manager to travel from one end of
that railroad to the other. and he him.
self analysed the accounts. When an
the reports were in 1t seemed to him
that the system was earning enough
money to justify an increase of its
dividend, and he plunged once more.
He waited six months for his point
this time. and his investigation had
cost him $1,000. He made $4,000.
Good interest. you say, but think of
Blanks special equipment for the
game and the trouble he took to be
right. You. Mr.. Thinmarginist, after
reading the Wall street gossip in your
daily paper, adventure your thousand
or two thousand dollars and expect to
double your money. Mark the differ
| ence.-John Parr in Everybody's
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-12-24

copyright, 1909, by American Press Asso-
ciation.I
~OR several years the %proverbial
81 Santa Claus with white beard
had visited our Christmas tree
to distribute the gifts and dis
pense his mirthful cheer. Last year
he could not come. and as the age is
one of womanly achievement he asked
permission to send his wife.
OF Mrs. Santa Claus we had all
heard, but none had seer her, and the
announcement of her coming provoked
great interest. Many were the queries
regarding her appearance, but none
could be answered. A knock at the
door announced her arrival, and in
came the kind old lady, covered with
COTTON snowfakes, rosy and animated
after her long journey, bus radiant
with loving good cheer and affection
for all. She wore a long cloak of
bright red homespun "a real antique,
borrowed for the occasion) and a won
derful poke bonnet, an ancient calash,
trimmed with cleaning holly and
adorned with flowing strings of red
and green ribbon. Upon her hands
were huge fur mittens, and beneath
her cloak, which she threw back from
her shoulders. we saw her spotless
crossed kerchief and a wonderful
lawn apron with green sprigged bor-
der. These she was pleased to exhibit
to the ladies, for she took a womanly
pride in her dress, although she con-
fessed that the styles did not change
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-12-24

very often at the north pole. and, any
way, she was too busy to think of
such things.
Afer a short rest, through which she
rather gasped her Christmas saluta-
lions, she stood to make a short speech
before beginning her gracious labor of
distributing the gifts from the laden
tree.
She said in part: ever since l mar
ried Mr.. Santa Claus. over $50 years
ago. I've tried to be a real helpmeet
10 him. But I've never gone around
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-12-24
A CHRISTMAS CONSERVE.
By L [ STEPHENS.

By ELLA STEPHENS.
copyright, 1909. by American Press Assoc
ciation.l
Take oranges and lemons, too;
Remove the juice and pulp
And add the rinds, grated most fine
Or by machine ground up.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-12-24
The Truly Reticent Woman.

Speak of a reticent woman and most
people picture to themselves a woman
who doesn't talk much. But the truly
reticent woman the woman who
makes reticence an arts not at all
silent. She talks with what is appar-
emily the greatest candor. so that peo-
pie go away from her saying what a
frank, genial woman she is. And nc
one ever suspects. unless he or she is
phenomenally clever, that the genial
conversationalist had all sorts of un.
spoken things in her mind. Exchange.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-12-24

With Christmas roast or toothsome
game
This conserve is delicious,
Or thinly spread on buttered bread
At tea time proves propitious.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-12-24

-&erViaAnH2 ZerZ Sl3
the pastor, at 1870. sSunday-School at
$50. Preaching by the pastor SOC
Prayer meeting every Wednesday
evening, at 800 o'clock.
Rev. S. A. Harker, A. M, Pastor.
ST. sIMEoN'S-BY-THE-SEA PROTESTANT
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Corner Pacific and Maple
Wildwood, N. J.
Service as follows Holy commun-
ion at 7.3O a. M. Morning service and
sermon at 1890. Evening service and
sermon at 7.30. Sunday school, 2.30.
Weekday service rs announced. Rev.
Samuel Ward, b. D., rector, residence,
121 Maple avenue.
LUTHERAN CHURCH OF THE holy
TRINITY
Holy Trinity Chapel, cor Atlantic
and Poplar venues
Morning. Service, 1915.
Vesper service 7.30 p. NJ.
Sunday-school 2.3O p. m.
Rev. L. g. Deily, pastor.
Visitors Welcome
" " "
NORTH WILDWOOD SERVICES
Held in Fire House, 18th and New
Jersey Avenues.
Sunday school at 2.30.
Christian Endeavor, Sunday evening
'7.30. All welcome.
y q b
AsBURY A.M.E. CHURCH (colored)
Holly Beach ave-, corner Young
Rev. +. e. Williams, pastor
Service on the Lords Day:
Preaching 1920 am. and 500 pm.
Children's Service, 2.30 pm.
Christian endeavoT, 7.30 p. NJ.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-12-24

HOLLYWOOD M. E. CHURCH
Corner Roberts and Pacific Avenues
Rev. r. S. Carlisle, Pastor.
Preaching by the pastor at 1890.
Sunday-school, 2.30.
Sunday evening service at 1870
o'clock, preceded by a song service.
Prayer Meeting Wed. Ev'g, 7.30.
Seats free. All are welcome.
ANGLESEA NJ. E. CHURCH
Rev. r. S. Carlisle, pastor
Preaching every Sunday afternoon
at three o'clock.
Sunday school at two O'Clock.
All are welcome.
WILDWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH
Corner Maple and Pacific avenues
Morning, 1890 a. M, Sunday school
$50 p. M, Song service, 7.15 p. m.
Evening, 7.30 p. M. Prayer meeting
Wednesday evening, 7.80. A Hearty
welcome extended to visitors. Sup
ported by voluntary contributions
MMW
ANGLESEA BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. Levanus Myers, Pastor.
Preaching every Sunday evening at
500
Sunday school af 9 20 n m.
Prayer meetings Wednesday even
ings at 7.30.
ST. AIMS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
ST. AIMS Roman Catholic Church
corner of Magnolia and Pacific aves.
Mass on Sundays at 8 and 10 a. M.
Sunday school 2 p. m. Evening SER
vice 7.30. Rev. Father Maroney Rector.
wMM
EUREKA BAPTIST MISSION (colored)
Spencer avenue, West of Railroad.
Services Sunday morning at 11.3O,
Sunday school $50, evening $50.
Rev. A. Gardner, Pastor.
ST. JAMES FIRST BAPTIST MISSION
Corner Lincoln and Arctic avenues
Holly Beach, N. j.
Rev. James H. Foreman, Pastor
Services every Sunday at 11.3O a. m
and eight p. M. Young peoples meet
ing one hour before Sunday evening
service. Sunday-school at 2.30. AL
welcome. Seats free.
" "
HOLLY BEACH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-12-24
Beat snlomon a Mile

She-That's Mr. Osborn V there.
He married q million. He-You don't
say. Well. that beats Solomon to a
frazzle.-Boston Transcript.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-12-24

overworked. Why. lust think OF all
those F ,lippine children added to the
American list not so long ago., not to
speak of the Alaskans and others.
Then there's that bothersome crowd
at Panama. So Santa said to me, real
coaxing: Hannah he said. this year
I'll have to ask you to help me out by
going once before the public. There's
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-12-24
AMONG THE CHURCHES

SUNDAYS SERVICES AT THE
CHURCHES, ALL OF WHICH
EXTEND A HEARTY WELL
COME TO VISITORS.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-12-24
MRS. SANTA CLAUS.
BY ELLA E.

copyright. 1908. by American Press Asso-
ciation.l
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-03-05
PETTY REVENGE
TAKEN ON HAY
SENATE COMMITTEE ON RULES
ORDERS HIS PRIVATE SECRE-
TARY TO REPORT FOR DUTY
IN THE SENATE.

Olympia, March 5.-Relations be-
tween Hay and a portion of the legis-
lators are somewhat strained since
the governor butted in on matters
which the offended legislators believe
should have been left wholly to the
legislature.
In the past few days several in
stances of this resentment have de-
veloped, all of them showing a spirit
of petty revenge. Today, for example,
the senate committee on rules, dom
mated by the saloon interests and
friends of Schively and Nichols, in
structed Chief Clerk Laube to notify
j. H. Ashlock, who has been acting
in the capacity of private secretary
to Governor Hay, to report to the
senate for duty.
This action was not taken because
there is any need for the services
of Ashlock in the senate but merely
to retal1ate upon Hay. In the discus
sion of this move in the committee
the members admitted this by their
manner, passing the resolution with
grin of satisfaction at what they
considered cute bit of retaliation.
Howard Cosgrove was chosen by
his father to be his private secretary,
but for obvious reasons Hay pre-
ferred to have some one else.
The action of the committee will
not bother Hay in the least, as he is
very methodical business man and
has his part of the legislative bust
ness so we'll in hand that he can get
along very we'll with any competent
stenographer And what is more. he
car afford to pay for the service out
of his own pocket.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-03-05
Buy IN MALAGA
TOWNSHIP
MORE LOTS SOLD YESTERDAY
PEOPLE THERE ANTICIPAT-
ING A GOOD SIZED TOWN In
THE NEAR FUTURE.

Much interest is being taken in
the prospective growth of the town
of Malaga. This is especially true
in regard to the people who live in
that vicinity The Malaga people
contend that they have a greater
territory to draw from in the build
ing of a town than there is in the
Vale of Cashmere, which is now sup
porting a lusty and live berg.
The people of Malaga want a
blacksmith shop, drug store and
doctor, and a lumber and coal yard
A lumber yard is already being plan
ned and it is expected that one will
be located there within a short time
I. NJ. Derifield, owner of the town
site, is planning on the erection OF
a Touring mill in the not far distant
future. 1t is probable that another
year will see the erection of a church
and If the patrons of the district
can come to an agreement the school
building will be removed to town
In this way the school will be nearer
the center of the district and the
patrons will have an opportunity to
secure their mail daily.
Two more lots were sold yeSter-
day. Mrs. Barnes, of Wenatchee, be
ing the purchaser. The considera
ton was $50 each. The deal was
made by the Malaga Big Red Apple
Real Estate company.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-03-05
SUCCESSFUL RAIL-
ROAD BUILDER
DAVID MATHESON, OF TACOMA,
HAS NO HANDS NOR FEET, YET
is A WONDER AT RAILROAD
CONTRACT WORK.

Tacoma, March 5.-The loss of
both hands and feet, while a serious
handicap in the life race, does not
necessarily put a man out of the
running. This has been shown by
David Matheson, of Tacoma, who re-
Gently completed a grading contract
for the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST.
Paul railway company. The work
was done in the western foothills of
the Cascade mountains, where i'm
mense quantities of rock had to be
dislodged by powder blast, and then
carried away to fill in the ravines be-
tween the hills.
AS soon as the necessary papers
were signed the contractor went out
to the hills to oversee, the work of
cutting roads and establishing
camps. From the time the work
was started until it was formally ac-
cepted by the company, two and one
Hdll Cdi ieilCl, uOuS
under his personal supervision. II
was plain to all that the black gloved
hands worn by Mr.. Matheson were
artificial, but few who did not know
his misfortune could believe that he
was getting around over the rough
ground and through tangled timber
on feet that were made to order
Matheson is native of Canada
and comes of a railroad building ia
mily He came to the United States
a number of years ago, and took an
active part in railroad building west
of the Mississippi river. When the
rush for the Klondike started, he de-
cided to try his fortune in the
north. He got caught in storm
and when found his feet and hands
were so badly frozen that amputa-
ton was necessary. AS soon as he
was discharged from the hospital
he obtained place as foreman OF
construction on the Tacoma-Seattle
interurban line, holding that posi-
ton until he secured the big railroad
contract.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-03-05
SIGNED NAMES
MANY TIMES

The members of the city school
board are worn and weary this
morning. Last night was devoted to
the signing of 1850 school bonds.
Each director had to affix his name
to this issue of bonds, which, in the
aggregate, represents $4,000. Mr..
Dickson, who besides being director
is also school clerk and had to sign
each of these bonds twice, both as
director and also as clerk. 1t is said
that all of the signatures are very
legible and Mr. Gellatly feels very
proud inasmuch as he signed the en-
tire 1850 bonds in two hours and
eight minutes.
These bonds go to the state and it
is expected that the $4,000 cash
value of the bonds will be received
here very soon.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-03-05
School Election March s

The citizens are beginning to
awaken to the fact that there is a
school election tomorrow. The polls
will be open at / p. m. and will re-
main open until s in the evening.
The election will be held at the Sal
walton Army hall.
So far there are but two announced
candidates, A. Baptie and w. H.
Dickson. Women as well as men are
privileged to vote at the school cleo
ton. Inasmuch as the question of
allowing the women equal suffrage
with the men comes up for vote at
the coming general election, count is
going to be kept on the women to-
morrow and an effort made to see
how many really would care to vote.
The patrons generally should take
an interest in this election and vote
for either Mr.. Baptie or Mr.. Dickson.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-03-05
BEAUTY Of CALI
F0RN|A HOMES
o. b. FULLER BELIEVES THAT
ORCHARDISTS OF THIS VAL
LEY DO NOT PAY ENOUGH AT
TENTION TO BEAUTIFYING,

Mr.. and Mrs. o. B. Fuller returned
last night from California, where
they have spent the past several
months. Most of the time was spent
in and around Los Angeles. They
report very pleasant winter. Mr.
Fuller stated this morning that he
was very much impressed with the
universal desire of the people of Cali
fornia to beautify their homes. The
orange growers of California do not
make half as much per acre as do
the apple growers here, yet they
spend a great deal of money in i'm
provements. Besides planting their
orange trees they build cement walks,
oil the road and plant palm trees adj
jacent to their homes. For miles
outside of the corporate limits of
Los Angeles the roads are similar to
driving through the parks. The roads
are level and hard, cement sidewalks
are built along the property lines
and the roads are lined with beauti-
full palm and other shade trees.
Mr.. Fuller thinks that the grow
ers here are overlooking something
by not thinking little more of
identifying the highways. A slight
tax of say SO per year, and this
spent on the setting out and caring
for trees. the leveling and cleaning
of the roads, would, in a few years,
make a great change in the appear
ance of the valley.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-03-05
WENATCHEE WELL
KNOWN IN EAST
Nj. o. TIBBITS SAYS THAT OUT
SIDE OF SEATTLE AND SPO-
KANE WENATCHEE Is BEST
KNOWN IN EAST.

Mr.. and Mrs. M. o. Tibbits returned
yesterday from a two months trip to
the east, visiting many points on the
Atlantic coast, including Washington,
d. c., Philadelphia and also spending
some weeks in Ontario, at their old
home.
that business conditions in the east
are improving and there is every
prospects for good times for the COM
ing three or four years anyway.
There is a great deal of money in the
east seeking investment. Of course
there are some people who are hold
ing off their investments until after
the tariff laws have been remojeled
There seems to be a general opinion
that there will be some radical legis-
lation along that line this coming
session of congress. The west is
being investigated as a means of in
vestment, and while the Seattle fair
is going to be the direct means of
bringing thousands of people to Sc
attic this summer yet great portion
of these are coming to look the west
over generally.
Mr.. Tibbits stated that he was sur
prised at the number Of people who
seemed to be more or less familiar
with Wenatchee Outside of Seattle
and Spokane, Wenatchee seemed to
be the best advertised of any of the
localities of the west. This Mr.. Tib-
bits attributes not so much to the
boom literature that is sent out, but
to the apple displays that have been
made in the east and to the stories
of the fruit yields of Wenatchee Or
hcards that have been printed in the
local papers and reprinted in the
eastern papers This has given the
valley great publicity.
Mr. Tibbits is again at his desk in
the office of the Wenatchee Fruit
| Growers association and is looking
for a very prosperous season for the
association and the valley in general.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-03-05

~ HE school children of the
county are in the advertis-
ing business today Pursu-
ant to the request of the A.
Up. exposition management the
state organization of county school
superintendent voted to assist the
advertising of the big Seattle fair in
the east by urging the school chill
dren of each county to each write
a letter today to someone in the
east In the country districts it is
optional with the children as to
whom the letter should be written.
but the schools of the cities are TAX
ign a different method. Superinten-
dent Brown was sent the list Of II
cities in Iowa and Massachusetts to
which the letters should be sent
These are cities having a population
of from 10000 to 10000. The let
tiers are being written in the local
schools today by some $50 pupils,
from the third to the high school
grades. These letters will be sent
to corresponding grades in the
schools of the various 81 cities.
The student letters will be &C
companied by a letter to the super
intendents of the schools with re-
quest that they be distributed. With
each letter is a little booklet telling
of the Seattle fair and also contain
ing the late booklet issued by the
Commercial club of this city. So
while the Seattle fair is being adver-
tised Wenatchee will also come in
for some effective advertising. "A
letter is also sent by Superintendent
Brown to the newspapers of the var'-
Gus cities calling attention to the
fact that the letters have been sent
to the schools. This will probably
bring forth a little newspaper adver-
Using in each of the cities.
Each letter sent by the school
children calls for a reply, and it IS
likely that there will be many letters
received here during the coming few
months asking for further particu-
lars of this valley and the A.-Y.-P.
fair.
1t is understood that the schools
of the county are very generally fol-
lowing the suggestion of the county
superintendent and writing the let
tiers as requested.