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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-09
BETTER TIMES MAKE HARD
WORK FOR RECRUITING OFFICERS

Just because times seem to be
getting better. everywhere, because
there is plenty of work and good
wages being paid to the men who
work. Uncle Sam is having about
the hardest time of his life getting
men for his army. In these times
OF prosperity no Turing attractive
ness for the young American
youths seems to be hidden In a
uniform of blue and three years
OF drilling and strict discipline.
Eight or 10 months ago, when
the army was filled to quota in
all its departments, and when
Uncle Sam closed the doors of his
forts to all save former soldiers
who wanted to get into the serv-
Ice. recruiting officers the country
over anticipated general rush to
the army by young men of all
Americanized nationalities when
again a call was given for re-
cruits. 1t has been by no means
so. For more than two months
the familiar blue and white signs,
Men wanted for the United States
army" have been Tapping again,
but seemingly unnoticed. from the
windows OF recruiting stations
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-09

Ed Dufresnes and saloon men Of
lower Howard street declared to
have supported him In his fight to
compromise the state laws on aboI-
lshing saloon screens are whipped.
Dufresnes has removed practically
all sembIance Of a screen from his
place after a hard fight put up
against Chief Of Police Sullivan,
who has been enforcing the law on
saloons throughout the city.
Dufresne struck q snag in his
fight that seemed all but destined
to win In his favor at the last meet
ing of the city council, when his
application for q new saloon IL
cense, filed with the city clerk, was
not included in the bundle Of appli-
cations placed before the city coun-
ell. There was considerable specu-
lation as to what had become of 1t,
but the truth is 1t was in the office
of the chief of police, securely
locked in the desk, and the chief
had refused to 20. K" it till Du-
fresno complied with the law on
the screens.
Not long afterward Dufresne was
threatened with arrest for conduct
ing a saloon without a license, as
his old licence had expired. There
seemed to be no case for him in
court against the head of the police
department. and his only chance
was to obey the orders OF the chief
of police. laid down tn saloon KEEN
ers with the state law as its basis.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-09
DIR. COOKS OWN STORY OF 4ARDS4ZPS
AND PERlLS IN GRIM ARCTIC REGIONS

beheld the other world conditions,
and has felt the charm of the white
snowy silence of the frigid zones,
will ever long to return.
Let us follow briefly the life of a
sledge traveller. He starts out for
determined poleward dash, TAX
ing with him no money to buy ne
cessities and comforts en- route, no
trunk or little Injuries; nothing
besides his bed and his tent, with
fuel and provisions for three
months or more. All of this Is In
such shape that at any moment he
is prepared to carry his baggage on
his back for miles. There are no
halfway inns, no houses, no shell
ter and no bazars by the wayside.
II he has forgotten or lost anything
1t cannot be replaced. He is far
away from the familiar world, far
from the accustomed comforts of
life, and as completely isolated as
II he was on the surface Of the
moon. Day after day he plods along
over desolate fields of rough ice,
pushing and pulling sledges, urging
and whipping the wolf dogs. He is
always too tired to talk, frequently
too weary to eat. and often also too
uncomfortable to sleep. Still he
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-09
THE FIGHT FOR NO
SCREENS TOTAL
VICTORY

"Other saloons that do not COM
ply strictly with the state screen
law will be dealt with In this same
manner" declared Chief Of Police
Sullivan to The Pre- this morn
ing. There are no TOD paxs about
1.-THE law must be ohqgo4 - hong
as / am at the head or Vie police
department, and l shall refuse to
recommend the renewal of licenses
to saloons that fail to comply with
the law. They cannot procure .
new license without my q. X"
A number Of Howard street ~
loon keepers, bitterly opposed to
Chief Sullivan's measures In en-
forcing the screen law, are de-
clared to have been supporting Du-
fresno In his fight to maintain hin
screen that had been ordered re-
moved by the police. though II II
claimed state officials declared the
screen was not large enough to be
deemed a violation OF the state
law.
Jack Wilmot, with a saloon In
the Ziegler block, corner Howard
and Riverside, is practically the
only saloon man still holding out In
his fight against Chief Sullivan's
regulations on the screens. HIS
fight is carried on principally for
the purpose of allowing him to
keep his cigar store at the front OF
the salon open on Sunday. which
will not be permitted should . par.
tition between the two be removed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-09

won back $30,OO0,oO0 of the pur-
chase price. Then he went after
Union Pacific, which had gone to
seed owing the government
$52,000,000. Hartman bought 1t
for $4,000, 900 and went about cur
ing It's ills like the marvellous rail-
road doctor that he was.
Next came the Oregon Railroad
& Navigation Co. and the Oregon
Short Line, which he took over,
giving him an outlet on the Pacific
coast.
Then he suggested to c. p. Hunt
ington that he would like to buy
the Central Pacific to get an outlet
from Ogden to San Francisco.
Huntington laughed. Hartman
organized &C Ompany to build a
parallel line. Huntington died be-
fore the fight was finished and the
Hartman bluff made good with the
Huntington estate. Then the wiz
ard took over the Western and
Southern Pacific companies, adding
$500 miles to his system.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-09
MAY ADJUST
THE FRANKLIN
SCHOOL DEAL
School Board to Hold Out
for Full Value.

There are indications today that
the controversy as to the value of
the Franklin school property,
which is sought by the Milwaukee
railroad, will be adjusted in a man.
ner that will result In the people
getting all that the property is
worth.
z. Stewart, county treasurer and
member of the school board,
says that no notice of the Mil
waukee's condemnation suit has
yet been filed on the board, and
that when notice is received the
school board will employ counsel
and contend that the full value of
the ground be paid.
r. ID. Sanders, the wholesale
grocer. who made the offer of
s150,000 for the site, after the
school board had tentatively
agreed to sell 1t to the Milwaukee
for 100000. said today:
II understand that the officials
of the Milwaukee have said that
they are willing to pay what the
property Is worth, which Is all that
/ am after. do not want the
ground. but rather than see the
property Of the people sacrificed.
| made the offer. l am glad to
know that the school board pro-
poses to contest the condemnation
case in court and strive to secure
the full value of the property.
That is all that any citizen can
ask"
It Is. understood that the school
board and the Milwaukee is trying
to get together on basis of $780,
900 for the ground and the value
of the building. which is said to
be worth $4,000 to $4,000 alone
for the salvage involved.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-09
HOBBS DOESN'T THINK
THIS IS NON-PART|SAN

ID. S. Hobbs was for four years
an inspector OF sidewalk construc-
tion in the city engineers office,
and was released two years ago
when Mayor Moore went into Of
flee. Thinking that with the
amount of public work ON hand
there might again be an opening
in the department, he made appli-
cation to City Engineer Ralston
for place. backed by a recon-
mendation signed by Fred Bald
win. Will Graves, j. M. Geraghty,
Frank p. Hogan. Councilman
Robert s. Dalke. DR.. Newman, E,
ID. Sanders. Councilman. John
Gray, John w. Graham, Hal ].
Cole, ex-Mayor Dr. Byrne and 9th,
err we'll known citizens OF mixed po-
litical following.
He says that he was referred by
Engineer Ralsfon to the mayor,
and by the mayor back to End
neer Ralston. from whom he went
again to the mayor, where the
final conference occurred I'm which
some pretty warm words were ex-
changed, according to Hobbs.
The reason that / applied for
the place" said Hobb stoday, was
because the other day l met a
beardless youth inspecting some
improvement on Bernard street,
Fear the south hill. l asked him
where he was from and he said
Massachusetts,, and that he had
been In Spokane about two
months. | thought II a stranger
could get on so easily home man
who has lived In Spokane IL years
might have some show, and there
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-09
PROSECUTION OF
MAL0NEY FALLS DOWN

The prosecution Of Thomas Ma.
loney under the old wage scale or
dinance for alleged failure to pay
the city scale of $2,75 per day,
came to naught this morning be-
fore Judge Mann in the police
court.
Alfred Lee. who had been en-
ployed on one of Maloney's con-
tracts and received but 50 per day
in cash, was the complaining wit
ness. After Maloney introduced In
court the contract and other pa
pers signed by Lee before he be-
gan work, the court dismissed the
case on the ground that Lee had
nothing to stand on. The police
magistrate ruled that Lee was a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-09
STRIKE MAIN LEDGE
AT ZODIAC MINE

Three months of almost cease
less toll and use of new machin-
cry and other equipment. shipped
out Of Spokane early this spring,
has rewarded a little group of
hardened miners at the Zodiac
mine, owned by Spokane men, with
a strike of the main ledge. The
strike was made about a week
ago about midnight and news has
been brought here by a workman
from the mine.
A large amount of ore from the
ledge. running high In gold and
copper values, has already been
uncovered, and the work of ex-
plotting the strike is well under
way by an additional force of
workmen who\ are attempting to
learn all they can of the promis-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-09
BY DIR. FREDERICK A. COOK
Discoverer Of the North Pole.
Copyright by the Arctic Club of America.

Few Of us ever have a long run
over hill of happiness without
stumbling upon several ups and
downs Of misfortune, but we soon
forget this, and altogether life
seems easy enough to most of us
who live in temperate climes.
1t ia not the same, however, with
the men who seek the realms of
the great frozen lands in the arctic
and antarctic. They who aim to
reach the pole are kicked about by
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-09
:. D. SANDERS TO
REPRESENT LOCAL EAGLES

Il. ID. Sanders will leave In the
morning for Omaha, where he will
represent the Spokane aerie of
Eagles as delegates to the national
convention Of the order. Mr.. San
ders was elected state vice presi-
dent for Washington at Everett
last July. Del Cary Smith and N.
K. Nuzum left for Omaha last Sat
urday to be on hand at committee
meetings this week.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-09

ing strike before winter comes.
President and General Manager
Henry A. Spencer of the Zodiac
Mining Co., who has also come to
Spokane for the purpose Of send.
Ing back supplies and more ma
chinery to the men, will return
within a few days with Spokane
men financially interested In the
mine.
The work at the mine Is under
the supervision Of Frank Kilgore.
a we'll known Spokane mining me-
chanic, and since the installation
OF extensive machinery at the be-
ginning of this season small
force Of men has been kept busy,
part Of the time day and night, for
the last few weeks In rushing the
tunnel to the main ledge.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-09

is where found that / was mis-
taken.
Pratt finally took me to task
for working against him In the
city election, and told me to go and
see ]. T. ONO and have him give
me job. ! told him that be-
lieved he was running non
partisan city administration in
which politics cut no figure, to
which he replied that he was"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-09

Edward Henry Hartman was
born February "a, 1S4S, at Hamp-
ton, l.. /. He was the second son
in a family Of six children. His
father was Rev. Orlando H. Harri-
man, an Episcopal minister.
The Harrimans were, poor as
church mice. The elder Hartman
changed parishes every year, but
not till Edward was nearly grown
did he get one where he could earn
a comfortable living. Always his
meager salary was in arrears, and
his pride prevented him from &C.
cepting help from his friends. The
Hartman children were pressed
even for food and clothing.
Young Harriman's education was
little and desultory.
While still in his teens, young
Hartman went into Wall street as
a brokers' clerk. He set in to learn
the Wall stree game. It was In the
early '70s. His teachers were Jay
Gould and Jim Fiske and Jay
Cooke.
So young Hartman was soon
trading on the floor-for his Gus
toners, for himself.
Within 10 or Is years he had
made good. He had made his mil
lion, had won the respect of w. X,
Vanderbilt and Stuyvesant Fish.
He had established his own broker
age and banking house-E. H. Har-
riman & Co.
Also he was studying railroads
studying them as no man had
ever done. Already he was look
ing westward, his eyes on the en-
trenched wealth as yet undevel-
oped.
He became friendly-but not a
friend-with Stuyvesant Fish. who
had admired his ability and had
made him a director of the Illinois
Central. then struggling road OF
1000 miles. Until 1887, when Fish
became president and Hartman
vice president, the broker was
completing his "educatino." Fish
was content to build up the Illinois
Central, but his vice president was
looking far beyond. He had his
eyes on the west first. His op-
portunity came In 1889 In the pur-
chase of the Chicago & Alton.
The Alton. though, in bad condi-
ton physically, was great money
maker. The next stage of his Ca
reer was marked by the attack on
the Northern Pacific In which he
opposed Hill and Morgan and car
ried on the struggle until q CON-
promise was reached which gave
him representation on the board OF
directors of the Burlington.
In 1906 Hartman gained control
of the Santa Fe and In the same
year got half interest In the San
Pedro line, built by Senator Clark
from Salt Lake City to Los An
geles. Even, Fish. Harriman's bene.
factor. was deposed by the wizard
when he stood In the way, and
Hartman put in his man Harahan
as president of the Illinois Central.
Harriman's health began to fail
In 1905. In the spring of 1909 he
went to the southwest on a health
trip, and, returning I'm no better
condition, soon left for Europe.
There he experienced little relief,
and returned to the United States
late In August.
Surprising the Goulds and Stan
dard Oil, Hartman met the sup
posedly impossible demands OF
President Blackstone by paying
$42,000,000 In cold cash for the Chi
cago & Alton and at the same time
won the title OF the great Dor
rover" Then he issued bonds and
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-09
COUNTY OFFICIAL
TAKES LIFE
(By United Press.)

PORT ANGELES, WASH, Sept.
9-W. Il. Burnside, deputy county
treasurer. suicided Tuesday night.
He shot himself through the head.
His body was found by business
associates. Prior to his death he
made deeds of his property to his
wife. No cause is assigned.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-09

giant seas, are pounded by heavy
storms, are brushed by freezing
drifts of snow, and yet they calmly
resign themselves to become tho
foot balls of hard fate because OF
a few pleasures. An effort only
partly crowned with success gives
such citation and JOY that all the
sufferings and discomforts are for.
gotten.
Herein lies the reason for the un.
faltering law that he who has once
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-09
OFFICIAL
REPORT
MADE
10y United Press.)
NEW YORK, Sept. o.
The United Press this after
noon announced the death of
e. H. Hartman at 3:55
o'clock. The report is au-
thoritative.
10y United Press.)

PORTLAND, Sept. "a New
York representative Of local COM
mission firm this afternoon wired:
"officiai announcement Of death
Of &, n. Hartman made here at
S;66 O'clock this afternoon" -
Discussing the report, the men,
Der Of the firm said In all probable
lty the bulletin had been given his
representative, to be withheld un-
I'll stock exchange closed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-09

from coast to coast. gl
Reports from each recruiting
station commander sent to their
higher officials mean the identi-
cal same thing: There is nothing
doing" 1t Is the infantry and the
coast artillery that needs men
worst now. though neither Of these
is by any means depleted yet.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-09
KILLED WIFE BECAUSE
SHE WANTED DIVORCE

who was a wealthy farmer, discov-
cred his wife was suing him. He
returned home and shot her in the
arm and abdomen and thought he
killed her. He then committed sui
eide.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-09

partner In the business ana there
fore should be satisfied With what
he received. The court Looked
upon Lee as subcontract0r, who
was taking his own risks IN enter.
ing upon the work.
After the hearing It deyelopef
that the prosecution Of Malo1os
had been backed by the opponint
federal union, No. 12,22a, which III
not connected with the oo.0neyJS
tive contracting, Maloney's mx)
are all affiliated with No. II. GA, s.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-09
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FATHER OF THiRTY-EIGHT
CHILDREN DIES IN AN
ALMSHOUSE.

INDIANA, Pa, Sept. o. I
Thirty-eight children mourn
the death of their father. John I
+. Miller. age rs. who died at ,
the county home. of which he
has been an inmate for sew I
eral years. He was married I
four times and his fourth wife ,
survives him.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-09

HANFoRD. Cal, Sept. 9.--Mrs.
James. l.. Srye Is probably fatally
wounded and her husband Is dead
as the result of the woman filing
q suit for divorce yesterday. Crye,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-09
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REMEMBER UNMARKED /
GRAVES.

= Relatives or friends who .
= know of dead soldiers whose =
= last resting places, are not .
. marked by tombstones are .
= asked 10 communicate with .
= Martin 0. Holston. 109 Mag y
= nolia street. who will see that y
= such graves are properly .
. marked. .
. . 80 <<<>>< . <<>>
NEWBURG. Or--Nathan White,
aged "a, of this place. has been
missing since August 2s. and his
son. w. K. White. has offered re-
ward OF 500 to anyone who finds
him.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-09
KNOW ALL MEN BY
l0m6llO0. THESE PRESENTS

WHEREAS, The people of Spokane are approaching
that of the year when wind whistles through the
brush and the furnace begs for food; and,
WHEREAS, Hay lids and straw roofs are beginning
to look like last years birdsnests not to say what is
technically known among good dressers being ION
the pazazz" and
WHEREAS, The city of Spokane is noted all through
Washington being the home of mems fine millinery,
her citizens the glass of fashion and the mold Of
form; now, therefore,
We, the Enakops do hereby announce and proclaim
that and after September Is. it shall be strictly
ross violation of fashions law for any in the city
of Spokane, county of Spokane, and state Of Washing
ton, to knowingly, willingly Intentionally wear dis
play exhibit, flaunt otherwise aid, abet
age the wearing, displaying exhibition Haunting of
the obsolete personal adornment to the head known
as the STRAW HAT; and it is further
PROCLAIMED That anyone who GETS UNDER
one of these hats will expose himself to the efforts of
his fellow citizens in GETTING OVER hats afOre-
said, by stepping, jumping or leaping on said
- hat; and it is urged upon all citi-
Zens, that in order to uphold the
good name of Spokane as q fash
ion center, each citizen be and is
hereby made committee Of one
MM/to enforce, in spirit and in word
the provisions of this pronounce
ment.
BA Given under the appended seal
M this month of September.
NM (Signed) KOP-SAN, VI
~ M of Ancient and Mystic Order Of
Enakops
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-09
Famous American Explorer Tells Story of the Life Of
Sledge Traveller on Dash Poleward-Always Hun
ger, Deathly Cold, WEAKNESS, Homesickness,
But There is Always Strange Fasci
nation in the Frozen North.

y special permission the
the following article was written Dr. Cook after his former
search Of the north The enabled
Dr. Cooks story of the ardps of dash the north
q
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-11

- Is preferable to have it IN the first
floor.
The kitchen is the most wonderful room
in the entire house, for II is the expert
mental laboratory for the women, ! would
have II namele IN white with five coats
of paint. White is no Harder to keep
clean than some other color and It shows
when It Is clean. l do not believe In hard
wood floors in the kitchen: at least. l
would nave an ingram linoleum on the
floor. A sanitary sink must not be over
looked.
-'waxed floors are the best for the rest
Of the house, for a vanished floor win
not wear and II is too hard to fix up when
it Is once worn down. l would not have
ingram carpets OF rugs in the house. Rag
CARPET rugs are the best for the bedrooms
ana the best homes are doing away with
ornamental rugs. When you can afford Il
buy oriental rugs, for that is like putting
money in the bank, as they never wear
out
Fireplaces should be for use rather than
for show and they should not be made
dust catchers nor should they be placed In
the corner OF the room between two doors
Il would not have a mirror around tbs
house, except in the bed rooms. They ara
not necessary ana are not especially beauti.
full. II IL pleasing to me 10 see the peopl.
doing away with the large figured wal
paper. for It Is hard 10 hang pictures C
match. 1t IL much more beautiful to haV,
plain walls with flat paint.
Choose we'll your pictures. II you oom,
home 81 night tired out from your day
labors DO you think il IL very rsstful I,
look at a strenuous battle scene. or d,