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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-15
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
COLLEGE EXERCISES
THE FIRST GRADUATING CON-
MENCEMENT BEGINS SUNDAY,
MAY /.
The Program Which Continues
Through From Sunday to Friday,
Presents Features of Interest.

The News is in receipt of the fol
lowing elegantly engraved invitation:
The Faculty and Students
of
South Mississippi College
request the honor of your presence at
Commencement Exercises,
May sixteenth to twenty-first,
nineteen hundred and nine,
Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
The program as arranged shows
that the exercises begin tomorrow
Sunday morning, and will continue
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-15

The city thta has a go After IL
spirit always gets four times as much
as the town that waits for it to
come.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-15

We don't do cheap work,
but
We do good work CHEAP
Cook Plumbing Co, both phones AL
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-15
FREE LIFE INSURANCE.

The day you join the Werlein Piano
Club. you make a positive saving of
$10S-not an advertised saving, but Pm
actual saving of real money. You pay
1922 cash, or on terms of $40 and Sc
monthly-six per cent interest-in-
instead of $500, and besides, begin
ming May 1 Club Members receive our
very liberal Free Life Insurance" con-
tract, safeguard to keep the piano in
the home.
In other words we do not collect
balance due on piano from widows
and orphans" in case of death of parent
who becomes a club member, provided
contract has been in force for a pc
riod of not less than six months and
all payments during period of not less
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-15

Mrs w. C. Shumaker, Misses Eliza
beth Watkins and Allie Mcneil, three
popular teachers of the city schools,
with their grades are enjoying an
outing today at Rawls Springs.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-15

Mesdames T. Z. Longre, E. A. Kern
Afghan and e. McGregor returned last
night from Brookhaven where they
have been attending the Kings Daugh-
tiers convention.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-15

Mrs. Scholfield will address the
Philathea Glass of the Columbia Street
The daily Alaskan., 1909-01-15
PRECAUTIONS
 AGAINST FIRE

Mayor Shea wishes to urge upon all property owners the necessity of taking precautions to avoid fires dur ing the cold weather, oyerheated stoves are a frequent cause of fires and when the weather is severe stoves are apt to become oHer-heated A fire at this time Of the year with the cold weather and high wind raging might-be very disastrous.
 Chief of Police Dillon and Mayor Shea have patrolled skagway for the last two nights on the lookout for fires. They discovered and put out two burning chimneys Wednesday night that might have resulted in starting serious blaaes.
 Precautions have been taken to pre- vent the fire hose from becoming frozen, as it was last Friday night when Mir. o'Connelrs residence was burned The doors of the fire houses are kept closed and stoves or lanterns are constantly burning inside to keep the hose warm.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-01-15
NOTICE TO WATER CONSUMERS.

Water consumers are hereby noti- fled that on account of the water be- ing wasted by property holders, who are allowing their faucets to run night and day to prevent the pipes from freezing, that section 19 of the Ordinance No. lO9 will be strictly en- forced. p. w. Snyder stated today that if the waste continued the water inspector would investigate and shut off the water from all people who are found to be violating the ordi- nance. The ordinance reads as fol lows:
 Water must not be allowed to run to waste through any faucet or fixture, or kept running at any time longer than is necessary for its proper use. When such is found or persisted in the right is hereby reserved to shut off the water from the prem ises."
 The water should be turned off at the cocks controlling the mains en- tering the houses. The pipes can then be drained out and cannot freeze PHIL SNYDER,
 Chairman Water Works Committee.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-01-15
TODAY G0LDEST
 IF TWO YEARS

Old Dame Nature has been rather tractious of late. Not content with establishing a recOrd yesterday for the coldest day of the year she promptly went one. better today. To- day is the coldest recorded in sliag- way for the past two years.
 At o'clock this morning the tenn. Derature was 3 degrees below zero. At s o'clock this morning the obser- .ation taken on Moore's wharf show ed the thermometer to be degrees below. Reliable thermometers up town away from the salt water gave a temperature of degrees below,
 The coldest temperature yesterday was 4 degrees below and the warmest was at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon when the mercury was degree above the zero notch. The cold north wind and the damp atmosphere today and yesterday intensified the cold.
 In the interior the weather is very severe, being 66 degrees below at Selkirk and Yukon Crossing and G5 below at Dawson
The daily Alaskan., 1909-01-15
CITIZENS ARE
 WASTING WATER

President Snyder of the Home Power company and Mayor Shea call. ed at The Alaskan today and stated that owing to the habit of many house holders of allowing their water faucets to run night and day during the cold weather to prevent the pipes fromsfreezing, the amount of water being used was about three times as great as the-normal consumption,
 The normal consumption of water in skagway is about lS5,OOO gallons daily. Mir. Snyder stated that at least 100000 gallons were now being used daily. The reservoir on the first bench has a capacity in summer of 3,OoO.OOO gallons. This is greatly de- creased now because of the amount of water frozen, If the cold weather should continue for another month a serious water shortage might result unless the present rate of consump- ton is curtailed,
 After a consultation with Mayor Shea it was decided to efnorce a sec ton of the city ordinance which pro hibits the unnecessary waste of water. Mayor Shea has empowered the water commissioner to look out for offenders and states the ordinance will be enforced.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-01-15
BILLY SUNDAYS UNDUE
 TRANSLATION IF BIBLE

dares the Israylilcs Jo fight him. Who's that bis sun making all the biz talk out there" asks Dave.
 Why, that's the head cheese, the big noise. says his brothers.
 Why don't some oue soak him one? asks Dave.
 ." We've ali got cold feet says the Israeiites.
 You fellows mak. me tired. says Dave. aud he piaes out to che brook gets four pebbles in his shepherds sack. slams one at Goliath and soaks him in the coco between Che lamps. Goliath goes to the mat takes the count. and Dave poEes him in the slats. chops off his block and che whole Phuisuue gang s,ddooed. "
The daily Alaskan., 1909-01-15

SHARON. Pa, Jan. 1t-"Billy" Sunday told yesterday the story of David and Goliath. according to his own ideas. and it made Ots hi~ Here it is in his own words:
 And so Dayid's pa comes up 10 him where he was working in the field and says Dave. better go up to the house. your mas anxious about the other boys fighting in the army. hasn't heard from them by phone or anything, and she'd like you should go look them up. So Dave hops on a trolley and hikes to the front and stays there with his broth CTS over night.
 In the morning old Goliath comes out in front of the Phtistines and
The daily Alaskan., 1909-01-15
Q Q Q

The frelghter Wellington is still un- loading coal at NIoor's whmf and will be here for some days longer. The unloading of the coal is progressing slowly as the pipe supplying water O the engine that operates the hoists has frozen several times.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-01-15
TOWN TALK

Mir. and Mrs. George Moot will leave for vancouTer on the Princess May tomorrow. Mir Noots health has been poor for some time and he is going to spend the remainder of the winter with his daughter,
The daily Alaskan., 1909-01-15
ADVERTISED LETTERS

Unclaimed letters remaining in the Skagway postoffice January 15, 19O9; H. II. Lewis, A. s. Moss, Edw A. Mir. Tom Smith.
 A. b. KINDELL, P. M.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-01-15

The Eagles will hold. their semi monthly dance tonight at their aerie. The Eagles hospitality is known to be warm and for that reason it was decided not to postpone the dance on account of the cold weather. The affair promises to be most successful in every way.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-01-15
BOTTLED AND DRAuoHT BEER
"~inier Beer is the peer of Ill brews. At the Mascot, phone e and have a case sent to your home.
DO YOU DAgCE ALL THE DANCES?

why not take few instructions and learn how lc dance lhe new dances, or the old ooes that you simply cannot master Prof Grie,blch's dancing academy, Eagles hall. Glasses Monday and Thursday evenings.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-01-15
Adjustable Proposal.

Were you seriously in earnest when you asked me to marry youF"
 q was if you will have ne; other wise I was only joking, and you will please so regard it"
The daily Alaskan., 1909-01-15

Mir. and Mrs. E. J. Shaw will leave for Seattle on the Princess May to- morrow night. After short visit there MT. Shaw will probably go to San Francisco and Mrs. Shaw intends to visit her old home in Alabama Mir. and Mrs. Shaw will probably be away for a month or six weeks.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-01-15
oN1Y oNE nRomo oulNINE,

That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUIN. .INE. To k for thf si nature of D. w. GROVE. Used the World over 10 Cure
 cold in One Day, 25c F
The daily Alaskan., 1909-01-15

Yes, We have the proper sizes of calling cards in the crash finish bris- tol. The proper type. too. The Daily Alaskan Job Dept.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-01-15

# you want to buy anything adyer. tise for 1t in The Alaskan.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-01-15

His father left him money That filthy stuff accursed, But very little got 10 him;
 The lawyers saw ir first.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-01-15
FOR MEN

Our Hanan Shoes will sell for $5.5o pair during this sale. Regular price $7.oO.
 Our ss Shoes will be SAYS pair. Our $5 Shoes wilI be S4 per pair. Our $4.5o Shoes will be $3.5o pair Our $4 Shoes will be $3.25 pair. Our S3.5o Shoes will be $2.75 pair
The daily Alaskan., 1909-01-15

Our Hanan Shoes will sell for $5 pair Regular price $6 and $6.5o.
 Our regular s6 Shoes will be SAYS pr. Our S5 Shoes will be S4 pair. Our $4.5O Shoes will be $3.5o pair. Our $4 Shoes will be $3.25 pair. Our S3 Shoes will be $2.25 pair. Our $2.5O Shoes will be $t.75 pair.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-13
Old Wheel of Fortune.

In the village church of Comfort
near Pont-Croix, in western Brittany
is a very good specimen of the now
rare wheel of fortune" 1t is made of
wood, with a row of bells ON it's outer
rim and pivoted between a couple OF
rough beams, altogether very primitive
workmanship By means of cord at
tached to crank the wheels can be
made to revolve and set all the bells
a-jangling. l have often heard that
the peasants believe that it has mi
raculous power of healing when rung
over the head of a sufferer who has
placed a sou in the box to which the
rope is padlocked. l received remark
able confirmation of this belief, for
while making a photograph a well to
do sailors wife and her husband came
into the church and looked round. The
woman asked me if l thought there
could be any truth in this belief, as
her child was very backward in learn
ing to talk. Her nurse, who came from
those parts. had advised her to bring
the baby and ring the bells of Comfort
over his head, when he would be sure
to talk. AS she was passing she had
looked in to see If it was worth tryingl
London Chronicle.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-13

Club has established a rigid rule OF
never allowing ringers" or others to
break in and impose on the bounty OF
the railroad, and no association could
stand higher for the honorable me-
thods it has pursued in this respect.
The Oregon Short Line may be a mon
opoly-that is, there is only one of it,
as there is molly one paper in Richfield
but it is not necessarily doomed to
the torrid zone forevermore because
of that.
The Recorder wants to be able to
invite the Club here sometime-per-
haps in November, if the weather is
fine-and show them another of the
good new towns of Southern Idaho.
The Press Club boosters are mighty
good friends for a town to have.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-13
EAST IDAHO PRESS CLUB
Annual Meeting and Swell Fedd Held
at Cooling.

The Recorder editor attended the
annual meeting of the Eastern Idaho
Press Club, at Gooding, Sunday and
Monday; and he came near never get
ting back after the royal hospitality
and the enjoyable program of enter
tainment provided by the good peo-
pie of Gooding. The Boys" of the
press, with their wives, were the
guests of former Governor Frank r.
Gooding, who turned out his other
guests and gave the magnificent Lin
coin Inn for their very own. If any
one doubts whether that is a favor
worth while, he would need only to
see the beautiful, well-appointed
building, and see the tired, hungry,
sleepy outsiders who have to stand
around waiting for their chance to
partake of it's hospitality. (For Good
ing is on the boom, and meals and
even standing room under a roof are
at a great premium.)
Automobile rides-the town of
Gooding sports number OF first
class buzz-wagons, Governor Gooding
owning one of the finest, a Pierce
Great Arrow, in the state-and a Sc
lect lot of other entertainments, were
provided by the Commercial club and
the people of Gooding. The Com
mercial club provided the banquet
served at the Lincoln Inn, Sunday
night. When you find another COM
mercial club that will put up IS a
plate for 40 members, to entertain
bunch OF visitors, you will find some
live ones" as you do in Gooding.
They would have had a lot more to /
the spread, had there been room.
The Press Club itself was tre-
mendous success. A large lot of real
BUSINESS was transacted, for the bene
fit of the printing and publishing
trade. There wasn't a word of the
down-in-the-mouth coun-
try editor, begging from door to door
for a hand-out, but the seif-respect-
ing attitude of a lot of men who
xnow their worth in community,
Who feel they have something worth I
vhJJe to manufacture or sell, and
vbo 90 at their work as sanely as {
,ankers. or merchants, or manufac-
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-13

turers.
On Monday, the club went on a
special train over the Idaho Southern
railroad, down to Wendell and Je-
rome. Short stops were made at both
places, and the visitors duly marvell-
ed at the growth of so many excellent
new towns here where little more
than year before there were no in
habitants but coyotes, jack rabbits
and grasshoppers. Now there is a
real army of settlers, a forest of
houses, and an avalanche of business
at each of these new towns.
From Jerome, the party drove
across to Shoshone Falls, where many
of the visitors saw the scenic grand
eur of the falls for the first time. 1t
is marvel never to be forgotten
the drive out along the level plain,
then the coming of the mighty
chasm, almost half mile deep, a vast
gorge in between level banks, at
whose bottom flows the wonderful
Snake river. Wonderful alike in it's
scenic beauty and majesty, and in its
utilitarian possibilities; for the Snake
is to Idaho as Father Nile" is to
Egypt-bred and butter and cake and
all there is of life. There is moth
ing greater on the American CONT
nent, than this rushing, roaring river,
as it plunges, arrow-like, down the
precipice worn out by millions of
years of ceaseless turmoil. The Press
Club, accustomed to writing of the
great things of Idaho as if they were
children's playthings, stood bare-head
ed and silent in the presence of this
mighty cataract.
At Twin Falls, the Club was enter
tanned by Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur S.
Hill, of the Twin Falls Times. 1t
was not long stay, but it was phe-
successful one, from the
of enjoyability The party
then took the train for the homes. |
is the farthest west of all |
he towns in the Club territory, so the
arty went eastward.
There are five newspapers in Lin
coin county, established within the
asst six months, since the last club
meeting. Perhaps no other county in
he West can show so many; certain
y none other can show such good
warrant for them. All but one of
hese was represented at the Club
Meeting.
The next meeting will be at Rigby,
n Fremont county, near which thriv-
ng town is the Heise Hot Springs,
amous all through the West. The
leeting will be held in August
The Press Club acknowledges an
obligation to the Oregon
hort Line officials, for their most
ourteous and never-failing hospital !
y in the way of transportation The :
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-13
Both Tainted.

"You are in the employ of that mil
lionaire up on the hill, aren't youY
snapped the sharp faced woman who
ran the butter and egg shop.
eyes, ma'am," responded the man in
the white apron, land l want two
pounds of butter for my masters ia
BILE. He said he'd send to town after
1t, only the roads are so bad"
''Ie did, Ell? Well, we are not par
ticular about his trade Did you tell
him l said his money was tainted"
Indeed, | did,
"And what did he say?'
"Said so was your blamed old but
ter. Chicago News.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-13
THAT PRINTING OFFICE.
Contractors Losing no Time in Fin
ishing the Building.

James Patton and John Dodson are
making fine progress on the Recorder
building; so rapidly, indeed, that the
/ Recorder has a good chance 10 have
the building ready by the first or
second week in June.
The Recorder plant-a modern,
strictly first-class outfit, good enough
to do business in any city-has been
selected, and will be on the way in
time to move into the building at the
earliest possible moment. 1t VIII be
good plant, housed in one of the
best newspaper or business buildings
in the state. Richfield will have no
reason to feel other than fiattered at
the condition of the Recorder. It has
had so many compliments already,
that they would have turned its edi-
torial head if that were readily done.
The Recorder is going to so many
people outside of Richfield, that it
is doubtful if any new town in the
state is getting as much notoriety
through its own newspapers.
But it isn't bit too much. There
is no town with better prospects for
the future. There is no town with so
much raw, new land directly and nee
essarily tributary, which must make
it prosperous. Enough fine buildings
are being built here to substantiate
the claim for ''The best built town in
the state"
Richfield is all right.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-13
A Fixed Law.

"You are positive this happened on
Tuesday," demanded counsel.
II am" said the witness.
Sure 1t was Tuesday,"
eyes"
'Why not Thursday or Friday%
Because we had chicken that day.
Chicken day is Tuesday where 1
board. louisville Courier-Journal.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-13
The Lesser Evil.
Richfield is all right.

$50 you believe in the duelT
81 do" answered the resident In a
somewhat impetuous community.
Don't you know that the duel is
relic of barbarism ?'
II don't care. It's heap safer than
being shot at from bohind tree box"
Washington Star
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-13
Not Aetna.

Actor-All the newspapers say my
impersonation of Caesar last night was
absolutely real. Rival-Perhaps that's
so. Everybody I've met says 1t GER
tainly wasn't acting.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-13

Preserve your just relations to other
men. Their misconduct does not affect
your duties.-Epictetus
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-13
The Cooks DecIension

Inc NOoK DcCicnSion.
The cook picked up an egg. She
looked at it doubtfully
TITS bad" she said.
She dropped it,
ITS worseg she hastily added.-Ex-
change.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-10
SHOT At WALRUs
FROM DECK Of THE
ICE-bARRED BOAT

Captain John Alwen of the charter
ed Matson steamer Hyades has been
with that vessel for the past four
years Before she was taken over bv
the Matson Navigation Company, the
Hyades was in the Alaska salmon
trade, and Captain Alwen has had
some exciting experiences with ice
bergs and ice foes. The Hyades was
frozen up in the ice the same time as
.he oil steamer ". S. Porter. which
was here a short time ago, and the
picture which is given on this page
shows her during the height of the
freeze-up. From the ice foes, sur
rounding the vessel, which are shown
in the photograph, the men of the
Hyades were accustomed to take pot
shots at the WARNS as they clambered
over the frozen chunks. Strange To
say, the men We're unable to get any
of the animals, for although a number
were wounded during the week that
the vessel was iee-loeked, all of them
managed to slip into the water under
the ice and disappear.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-10
CAPTAIN DOWDELL
GREAT DIPLOMAT
Told a Rubber Story Which
Had Desired Effect on
Society Ladies.

Captain Thomas Dowdell, master of
the liner Alameda, never fully earned
his reputation as diplomat until the
last voyage, says the Examiner of Jan
uary u. The first day out from San
Francisco, when the captain took his
seat at the head of the table. he was
confronted by two angry women, both
of great social prominence, and both
claiming the seat of honor at the cap
tain s right.
The doughty skipper. who had
weathered thousand gales, momentar-
lily quailed before the storm, but quick
y gathered himself together and begged
the belligerent beauties to he seated
temporarily on either side. You
know he remarked, this reminds me
of the time / was wrecked off the
mouth Of the Amazon river. Interest
was replacing the contending emotions,
and the two women, like the others at
the table, listened with marked in
terest.
the ship struck continued the cap
tain, "and started up the river in
search of some town We journeyed
through the jungle for ten days, eating
grass and fish and living on hardship.
The tenth day we ran into a lot of
those savage natives, who attacked Us
with spears and bows and arrows. We
managed to beat them off and took
refuge IN bend of the river. We knew
we couldn t last another day and real
| lied that our only hope lay in getting
across the stream But that seemed i'm
/ possible. as it was raging torrent and
swarmed with eroeodiles.
T'The only thing we had saved from
| the wreck was about 200 fathoms OF
manila rope Suddenly one of the sail
| ors, who was an ex-vaquero-that is, q
| cowboy, picked up this rop and, after
making a running bowline IN it, started
to swirl the loop around his head Their
/ caught the idea and realized that We
| were saved The rope settled over tai
| indiarubber tree on the opposite bank
| All hands laid hold. and with the aid
| of an improyised block we managed t.
| stretch that rubber tree clear across tbs
TlYeT. we made II fast 10 anOIatF fun
Der treet on our side of the bank, and
! as it was then dark and we were afraid
to risk our lives on the swaying bridge
until daylight, we turned in and go'
a good night sleep. We were NJ
bright and early. but there was no river
in sight! The rubber trees had con
traeted during the night and drawn the
banks Of the river togetheri'
| One Of the women, who had beer
! growing paler, suddenly excused herseh
i and hastily left the cabin. And,
+ continued the captain, ''we walke(
across on dry land, cut the lashings, ant
/ the banks Of the river few back int
/ place, leaving the savages on the oppo
site side Then we sat down TO good
hearty meal of rich. fat salt pork
and the captain turned an innocent gas
! on the vanishing form Of the second
| woman.
! - knew that if I could keep peace
for half an hour they'd both be too sick
/ to care where they sat- explained the
captain as he began slowing away the
I various courses.