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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-31
THAT CONSPIRACY"
AGAINST TAFT

Banger) that have cropped out in many widely separated
localities part of a deliberate determination to make
trouble which amounts practically to a conspiracy"
Clifford Pinchot says this for the American people:
'1here is doubt but few companies taking pos
session Of the great natural resources with view to
trolling the entire country. Unless this is checked the
future of this land is in doubt
There is doubt but Taft is right about conspiracy
that has cropped out in many widely separated local.
ties. 1t is not organized conspiracy, but conspiracy
OF patriotic public sentiment and it does 'troule'
for public thieves and their backing in and out of office
The patriots OF this nation do not propose to sit quiet while
being ruled by private interests and robbed by corpora
tons 1t is conspiracy against the greed that would put
manaces generations to come.
The limit to natural fuel is in sight. Fuel means power,
motion. To surrender motion to private control the
surrender of all freedom and life and the very nobes
people this country will conspire against president Bal
linger, congress anything else to defeat that
Let not Mr. Taft err did that foolish French king, in
mstaking a revolution for a conspiracy!
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-31
EDITOR WEEDS; FRIENDS
RIDE HIM ON BOVINE

ELGIN, Ore, Jan. Lee futile,
editor of the Elgin Recorder, and
Miss Lena Edmonds, a popular
young lady of this town, were mar
ried at La Grande this week by the
Methodist minister, Rev McLoyd.
On their return to Elgin, futile
tried to escape the crowd awaiting
them at the depot by jumping from
the coach while the train was some
distance from the depot and making
a run for his home. He was caught
and brought back to the depot,
where a cow, bedecked with bells,
awaited him. He was mounted on
bessie and paraded through the
streets of Elgin, followed b yhis
bride, in a sleigh. and the crowd.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-31
ABOUT PO|NDEXTER'S CANDIDACY

editorial from the Everett Trib-
une)
Hon. Miles Poindexter says he is
the only candidates for United
States senator who has an issue in
his candidacy. Meaning that he is
distinguished from the other candt
dates by having allied himself with
the insurgent movement in the
house and proposing to carry the
insurgent fight into the senate if he
shall be elected. The indications
are that this issue will appeal with
considerable force to the people of
the state. The average citizen
likes a fight-that is, he likes to
see somebody else get into a fight
and the insurgent war cry is one
that sounds good to the citizen who
thinks he is paying a heap more
for living than he would if the
trusts were busted and competition
again made free. And the citizen
notes with disgust the evidences
that are cropping out in the acts
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-31

newsboys to the adult jail for a
long term for shooting craps"
and similar offenses. His term ex-
pires in January.
President Taft has started to re-
taliate on the insurgents" He has
begun Systematically to deprive
men like LaFollette of patronage.
and to turn it over to politicians
who promise to be regular"
A short time ago Senator Aldrich
was OF the opinion that no postal
savings bank law should be permit
ted to pass the senate at this SEES
sion. Now, | am informed, he has
been persuaded that political ext
gency requires that congress make
q bluff at passing this law; and ac-
cordingly the plan is to let it go
through the senate. and then to
delay" it in the house.
The latest development in the
sugar trust case is the repayment
by the Arbuckles of $3,530.573.
What | want to know is whether
Senator Aldrich proposes to make
restitution of the money furnished
by the sugar trust to purchase
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-31
votes in Rhode Island. l pause for
a reply.

Secretary of War Dickinson finds
time to do little law work for
the Illinois Central railroad. WHY
should there be so much fuss be.
cause Secretary Ballinger puts in
MS spare moments serving the Gun.
nlnghams and other people having
claims to public property in
Alaska?
In addressing the deep water.
ways convention here, President
Taft took occasion to enumerate
the different parts of the country
having projects. When he spoke of
the nine foot channel in the Ohio
river, the delegates from the Ohio
valley cheered. The president then
INDUCED in the following bit of sar.
casm: Il recognize the gentlemen
who applaud that, as coming from
the Columbia river district, and IL
Illustrating that disinterested enthu-
siasm that is certain to carry all
the projects through
me opposition to the deep water
ways movement relies on their abil-
ity to divide and conquer" So
long as the movement is one of gen
eral policy, it is harmonious and
strong. So soon as attention is di.
rected to individual projects. the
operation of local iealousies NAV
De relied upon to divide and
weaken. In this is found the sig.
nificance of the presidents recent
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-31
Press Humor Most Anything Have Smile
cow WEARS SHOES
NOW, BUT NOT
CALFSKIN ONES
Ruth Is shod u Horse Fashion, Be-
cause She Draws Vehicles
and Roads Are Icy.

WINSTED, Conn, Dec. 30 Z
. Ruth is certainly the most dis .
q guished cow in Connecticut. .
= She can be driven to a car .
= riage, sleigh or wood sled, and .
. understands the meaning of .
= jerk on the reins and "giddap" .
. as well as any horse AS if this =
. were not enough, she now en- =
. joys the extra distinction of =
= being the only cow wearing .
. shoes in New England. q
y This honor was thrust upon =
= her yesterday, when her =
. owner, Rupert Stevens of =
= Hartland, drove her to town =
. and had Marshall Case, the viii =
= lage smith, do the work Case .
9 has been in business Is years, =
. but never shod COW before. .
= He was 10th to take the job, q
. but Stevens was SO insistent q
. that Case buckled Ruth into =
= an OK frame and put on four q
. shoes with calks. Rupert =
. wanted her roughshod so she .
. wouldn't slip on the icy roads. q
q Ruth, who is four years old, .
. behaved well and seemed 9
= pleased with her footgear Her .
. owner began breaking her =
. when she was calf. .
. q y = Q = = . . . = = = . 4 q
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-31

ootliIdStCl at vi lluHu, VIC.
is working under a club. The club
is the dement, system. He is hu-
man, and the fact does not increase
his ambition, or his interest in his
work, does not tend to give him ?
kindly feeling toward his employer
A merit system, | am convinced
would Immediately increase eff
cheney, and through this would eff
feet a great saving to the govern
ment.
Take a carrier, for example
When he is charged with 500 de-
merits, he is locked 500. Now il
that carrier could, by extra effort
wipe off some of those dement's
and thus save = at 800, the bene-
fit would be not to himself alone
but to the service generally.
So Postmaster Young has found
what he believes to be a remedy
He has worked out a system OF
credits to offset each item in the
system of dement's. He has laid
this, with the proposal that it be
adopted, before the Postmaster
General. Young doesn't say that
the system of dement's is bad. He
does say that the postal employe
should be given a chance. The
credit system is designed to give
him that chance.
At present the postal employees
in all departments are rated in two
| classes. those who have not served
three years and those who have
served three years or over. First
class employees receive $1,000, $110O
and $1,000 second class 5000, $500
and 5000, according to the years OF
service.
Young has proposed means OF
setting standards of efficiency for
each class in all departments. Then
taking each department separates
ly. he has specified for what dem
constructions of efficiency abovei the
standard, credits should be allowed.
For octa bIicbinp and ad iIct in @
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-31
: PENCIL POINTS

This day of
overhead, and shiny and slippery
And tomorrows the day all those
will half the night planning they
going
1t takes footprints
Perhaps used farther
fast.
Mere has passed successfully
neeke socks and handkerchefsand questionable"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-31

standards of efficiency Young rec
ommends periodical examinations
and contests, where a standard can
not be reached through experience
as to what is normal efficiency in
the various divisions.
p That is the way he hopes to give
the postal employees chance. He
is confident he will succeed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-31
MOST ANYTHING

He is French and she is Ital-
ian, but he hasn't learned to speak
Italian and she hasn't learned to
speak French"
That's queer! How do they
ever get along?"
"They both speak English. -
Somerville Journal.
Since the first flush of enthusi-
asm is over those Danes are show
ing q Missouri spirit in dealing with
Dr.. Cook.
Fancy chunks of ore to a total
value of a million dollars have been
stolen by miners in the Cobalt dis
trict, it's charged This might be
called selective mining.
To buy linotype machine
Costs many big round dollars,
And some ones busy now, | ween,
Just coming Mergenthalers!
Chicago Tribune.
Columbia university, New York
city college, will establish a school
of farming. Flutter of joy among
the gold brick men of Forty-second
street.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-31

| counsel to go after continuing APP
preparations for local projects. He
is, at heart, in sympathy with Can.
non. Sincerely, RATH.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-31

The Associated Press
says this for Taft:
1T is now known that
Mr.. Taft is inclined to be-
lieve that the criticisms (Of
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-31
APPEALS TO UNCLE SAM FOR
A SQUARE DEAL FOR MALLMEN

Portland Postmaster Starts Crusade
to Give Postal Employees Chance
to Save Themselves From Being
Docked Under Present Rigorous
Cemerit System.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-31

expires on the address label of each When that date
arrives subscription
taken from the list the address
label a receipt.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-31

Bernard Scharf of Brook
lyn, according to the news
dispatches, was a bad boy.
w. r. George, founder of
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-31

Anyway. the Brooklyn base ball
team can find some satisfaction In
the fact that Brooklynite wor
something.
Arizona republican., 1909-07-06

 GET NOTHING In Fourth of July Game With
 Ray
 TOOK II VERY GRACEFULLY Other Attractions at Kelvin in the Celebration of the Nations Birthday-Ev- erything Set Aside For the Natal Day Festivities.
TOOK II VERY GRACEFULLY

Kelvin, July 5.-(Special Correspond
 team whitewashed Florence to the tune
 of to 0 in the Fourth of July game
 at Ray. The game was-a faSst t'one from
 the start to finsh and was devoid of Wrangling. few errors being made on either side It was clearly seen by all that the Florence boys were outclassed ! by their opponents in the practice be- i fore the game was called, but it was ! thought by the wise ones that the bat tery of Williams and Morris, both of Mesa, would offset this -Rut battery cannot win a game alone; hits must
 be made, but they were not-ferthcom- ing. Putnam, pitcher forS Ray. proved
 invincible, not allowing a single hit
 and having Florence completely. at his
 mercy. Williams, for Mesa, pitched his
 usual masterful game. pulling himself | out of tight places by his head work
 In fact, both pitchers were In fine form
 and deserve special mention, though Williams was not given the support that was accorded Putnam The thun-
 dering of the Ray battery in the Flor FilNt 6eiiilt Nf1AtihdN Aleid' Aiit run LII ! of July explosions sound like under size firecrackers, before as large a | crowd as was ever seen in Ray. There
 were no vacant seats in the grand d- ! stand, and the gay and festive crowd | extended out on each side of the dia-
 mond, and all along the line enthusi- asm rose into a roar and reverberated
 when the Ray bombardment of the | Florence stronghold began. Putnam of
 Ray had been saving himself for this | game, so there was something doing 1 when he let himself out. Florence tore away at him for nine long innings, but there was nothing stirring. Florence's cheering section as dumb yesterday, | but the spontaneous enthusiasm sWelled into a din once or twice at some | fast plays made by their team.
 The game was a good, fast and clean
 one all the way through. and thorough
 ly enjoyed. especially by those from
 Ray and Kelvin Both Putnam and Williams pitched a splendid game, no
 hits being made off the former while
 Williams held the heavy hitting Ray team to five.
 The catching of Spaulding for Ray
 and Morris for Florence was of the Ma tional League order. Montjoy, for Ray,
 played his usual fast game at third;
 also helped to win the game by mak- | ing two timely hits.
 Dugherty played first for Florence.
 in good shape, taking in everything coming his way. The left fielder for
 Florence made a sensational catch of a | high fly, which came down in the crowd of by-standers, thus keepins | down the score.
 The Florence team is composed of a
 bunch of good fellows and took their defeat like men. They will cross bats
Arizona republican., 1909-07-06
BUCKEYE CELEBRATION
 OF FOURTH OF JULY
The Rain Handsomely Postponed Its
 Engagement in the Lower Valley.

Buckeye. Ariz., July 5.-(Special Cor respondence of The Republican)- Buckeye was visited by the rain gods Friday night and they opened the flood gates and turned on a shower of moisture to the extent of about one and one-tenth inches, making a total for the month so far of 123 inches. It is believed that the rain did very lit tie damage to crops. as it came too early in the season to catch much ripe alfalfa seed. It broke the canal near the Lin Burris ranch and washed quite a hole in one place. with minor breaks in the same neighborhOod, but they do not amount to much. It will only be few days until water is back in the canal, and the farmers can resume where they left off with their irriga- ting
 The Fourth of July celebration on Saturday was a grand success, all though it looked Friday night as if it was all off with it. It set in raining about 9 o'clock and continued on most of the night, sprinkling some as late as 9 o'clock Saturday morning. But Buckeye people are not the kind to get
Arizona republican., 1909-07-06

with Kelvin at Kelvin a week from Sunday
 The lineup of the teams is as fol- lows:
 Florence-Dugherty. first base: Bra dy, short stop; Morris. catcher; s. Sal agar. center field; Williams. pitcher; F. Salazar, third base; Blacido, right field; Delce, left field; Sorona, second base.
 For Ray-Spaulding, catcher; Put nam, pitcher; Montjoy, third base; Joyce. short stop; Robert, second base; Wheeler. right field; H. Lides, center field; R. Hickey, left field: Jones, first base
 The game was umpired by Hank O'Day.
 All the other attractions went off in good shape before the ball game. and were thoroughly enjoyed by all the big day fully coming up to expecta- tions in every way, and was declared a big success. The committee deserves a great deal of credit for their good work. Kelvin had the appearance of a deserted village, lending it's support to its sister camp, everyone going up that could possibly get away to join in the festivities. The Ray company very kindly put their gasoline car at the disposal of the ball players All of Jake Bates teams were put in com mission, hauling up the big. good na- tured crowds. Kelvin did not lack patriotism, as all the business houses were gayly decorated with the stars and stripes and bunting. A large United States flag was raised over the Staff house in honor of the day
 The opera house was thrown open to the roller skaters in the evening, and a good time enjoyed by a large crowd.
 The hall was very fittingly decor ated with flags and bunting.
 The day was one long to be remem- bered by everyone of Pinal county
Arizona republican., 1909-07-06

Wimsetts Tuesday evening, July 9th.
 LOST-COnsiderable temper and several hours sleep, due to firecrack- CTS and nerve-racking can explosives. Finder please return to anybody in Phoenix.
 ISSUED TRAVELLING CARDS-The Elks have issued travelling cards for the wives, mothers or sisters of the antlered. These cards are issued to give the mothers, sisters and wives of the Ellls special privileges, in more ways than one, while in Los Angeles. during the convention, and it is urged that every member of the organization procure such cards. so that bearers may have the special attentions that are due them during the convention.
 4 CLOTHES THlEF-Juan LusJ is on his way back to the pen from which he emerged so recently that he was still wearing his prison clothes when h" stole others with which to array hlms elf in order that he might enter SC c.ety again. The victim was Anto- mo Hernandez. Lugo had been taken tO the house of Hernandez by a friend 0f the latter, and having been made acquainted with the surroundings and the wealth of Hernandez's wardrobe. he vent back and cleaned it Out. LugD was arrested by the police, who found hi:n wearing all of the clothes.
 MISSlNG-Henry P. Walker was last heard from at Truxton, Arizona, March 19, 1905, in the employ of Ian try & Sharp, railway contractors Is believed to have died or lost his life in some way. His age when missing was 27 years; fair complexion, blue eyes. brown hair. feet 10 inches in height and weighed about 160 pounds; end of middle finger of left hand had been cut through the nail and bone with an aX when a boy, which left a scar; had a fair education and was of good habits; had fired a loco motive engine for the Santa Fe Rail road company during the winter of 1901-02 at Fort Madison, Iowa. His father, T. H. B. Walker of Dallas City, Illinois, would be pleased to get in communication with some one who was working with him when he last wrote his mother on March 19, 1905. from TruxtOn, Arizona.
Arizona republican., 1909-07-06
WEST WASHINGTON STREET

WEST WASHINGTON STREET BRATlON-That portion of the population of Phoenix which did not go to witness the fireworks at East lake Park assembled in the grounds surrounding the county court house and on West Washington street to lis ten to the concert by the Industrial Liberty band, which had been arranged by the various merchants of West Washington street. The concert con sisted of patriotic and popular airs suited in sentiment to the day. Red fire in profusion was burned and va rious kinds of fireworks were set off in front of the various places of busi- ness. Vocal music was furnished by the Mocking Bird Male Quartet.
 RUDoLPH'S SENTIMENTS-Ru- dolph, who works at baseball for play and plays with popcorn balls for work, says he likes to see people enjoy themselves on the Fourth of July, but he thinks the patriotic fer vor of one man took him little too far yesterday afternoon MT. Rudolph left his fine Hersey bicycle in front of the Long Hardware store on Cen ter street while he went to dinner. When he returned he found a com mon everyday Yale in it's place. He would like to celebrate the glorious sixth by trading back again with somebody What he wants is the Hersey. He don't care who comes after the Yale or whether anybody comes after it.
 The Printers Children.
 The case of the musical man who named his four daughters after the eight notes of the tonic sOl-fa scale is matched by that of the provincial printer who named his children from the type fonts he used-Ruby. Pearl, Diamond. The first two are no un- common names for girls. only Ruby happened to be a boy. He followed in his fathers footsteps and after ward became a printers manager in LondOn.-LondOn Chronicle.
Arizona republican., 1909-07-06

Anyone contemplating spending the summer at Flagstaff will find all the modern conveniences and good service at Commercial Hotel. We keep all the Arizona papers on file.-J. H. Dona- hue, Mgr. uN T
Arizona republican., 1909-07-06

There are many people wno suffer from Backache, Rheumatism, Lumbar 70 and similar ailments who are not aware these are symptoms of Kidney trouble Pineules for the Kidneys act as tonic and regulator to Kidneys and Bladder. They tone and invigor- ate the entire system, relieve the pain 80 days trial S1.00.
 PARSONS DRUG co.
Arizona republican., 1909-07-06

dancing class for the young chil- dren in the camp.
 The new pump was installed last Monday and is now in running order.
Arizona republican., 1909-07-06

Wanted-Boys 15 to Is years for machine work. Girls and women for ironers. Good wages. Arizona Laun- dry.
Arizona republican., 1909-07-06
SACRIFICED HIS RIGHT HAND.

Sacramento. Cal. July W. H Gardner, a real estate man. lost his right hand today by the explosion of a giant cracker.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-08-19
Here And There m
 The North

Free gold in volcanic glass, or obsidian, is freak in nature dis covered by Dr. DeSoto and A. Lascy on Auken island, near Una mak Pass. Both exhibited speci- mems of the ore in Seward. C. Lyts, prospector, who re- turned from the west in the steam CT Dora, found a : foot vein of semi mi-bituminous coal on tide-water He also discovered large deposits of pomice stone.
 Baron Guttman, the German millionaire who is enroute to Alaska on hunting trip, having charter ed a special steamer for the pur- pose, expects to spend sIoo, 900 on the tour.
 Roy F. Cox, a signal corps man stationed at Minto near Fairbanks, who saved a civilians life in a rag ing blizzard during the winter of 1908 has been awarded a medal for bravery.
 Last months sales of Alaska furs in Seattle was the largest on record. Good prices are obtained, on the whole. Martin appeared to be scarce and command a higher price than usual.
 B. Irwin and J P. Bower reach ed Seward from SuSitna last night. They report that there is no doubt but that Paul Lane and Si' Hayes lost there lives in the Susit- na river.
 The authorities at Nushagak will send out on the next trip of the Dora, About twelve persons, in- cludlng prisoners, witnesses and guards. There has been a shoot ing and stabbing affray at Nusha- guk, parpticipated in by Japanese employees of the canneries.
 The report reaches Seward that a yacht-rigged vessel, manned by Japanese, is doing a thriving trading business in the native vil- lages along the Bering sea coast of the Alaska peninsula. It is alleg- ed that whiskey is being bartered in exchange for sea-otter, seal skin, and other furs of commercial val ue.
 E. s. Busby, Canadian Inspec or of Customs has been local vis- tor this week.