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The Meeker herald., 1909-01-16
vieId Of an Dragon Walnut Tree.

Yield Of an Oregon Walnut Tree.
A big walnut tree in the yard Of the
residence of l.. E. Blain in this city
shows the possibilities of walnut cul-
ture in this part Of the state. Though
1t stands on the poorest kind of land
for fruit growing and has never re-
ceived scientific culture the tree this
year produced 325 worth of nuts. This
shows the immense profit of an acre
of similar trees.
This tree Is IA years old and stands
30 feet high. 1t il q French walnut
of the Mayette variety. Mr.. Blain be-
iieves that had 1t been properly
trimmed when young and placed In
good soil, like that of the Santian bot.
toms In this country. 1t would have at
tanned its present growth and bear.
ing qualities In seven or eight years.
Albany Cor. Portland Oregonian.
The Meeker herald., 1909-01-16

shoulder to the lower edge of basque.
Straps of velvet, edged with silk,
form trimming over the shoulders.
the collar and turn-up cuffs being Of
the same. The fronts are fastened ON
the bust with a silk cord ornament.
Blue straw hat. trimmed with velvet
and silver buckle and feathers.
Materials required for the Jacket:
Two yards 4s inches wide. one-half
yard velvet, one-half yard silk on the
cross.
The Meeker herald., 1909-01-16
The Daby's Milk,

When travelling an excellent way to
carry the baby's milk il to place the
bottle in an ordinary hand bag alous
with an ice bag MED with Clipped
ice. The milk will then be kept sweet
until needed, when some means Of
warning 1t must be found. Pure W.
ter should be carried in the same
way.
The Meeker herald., 1909-01-16
GOOD IN SERGE OR CLOTH.
Neat Jacket suitable for Girl Of from
Twelve to Fourteen Years.

The little jacket we illustrate here
is made of the same material as the
skirt.
Our model IL in gray tweed but the
style Is equally suitable for serge or
cloth. The back is tight-fitting, tho
fronts open and loose. The seam at
side of front II continued over the
The Meeker herald., 1909-01-16

hoss when food
becomes lodged
between the teeth.
1t Is really better
than q wooden
toothpick. which
often breaks, leav.
in q piece OF
The Meeker herald., 1909-01-16
THE TOILET TABLE
MATTERS OF DETAIL IN PERSON
Al ApoRNMENT.
Naubbsr Band an Effsetivs Testh Clean
sr-esauty Of Hair Aided BY
Singing In Systematic
Manner.

An ordinary rubber band stretched
tight il q good substitute for dental
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-03-04
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

of that been made the
practical workings the days of the Fathers
the which President Roosevelt has been regarded
by the people and the influence he has welded Nothing
of trainers of the constitution than
that the chief executive should obtain his position by popular favor
expeent college party organization in
did not fOrsee.
socaton and the of ideas American politics In
will nsepaab linked with the great moral
of the twentieth which manifested
revolution real and
had by booded and dis
regarded by the historian of the future of
forcefu presidents resembling in An
drew Jackson but possessing the advantages of university training
culture the of which denied to odd Hck
ory."
hated by His mpusive nature and
attitude his scathng criticism and his
adapted keep the pathway smooth
legislative departments of the
But such qualities of character he possessed
say enable him grappe with the ntrenhed evils political
death of Mckinley and the accession Of
Roosevelt the presidency provdential if
history the results of divine ntepoion President Me-
Key admirable character but he did not the fearless
the bulldog determination which characterized Roo
would have been unable to free the nation from the
death grip of intrenched and corporate interests.
much higher plane than eight
wears ago policies initiated
the personality about which the moral and political awakening
has cenered.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-03-04
NO CHANGE IN POLITICAL POLICIES.

The presidents explicit penned by
who has convictions the result of deep and serious study and
who actuaed by of justice The spirit of frankn
which chaacerzes commendab No read his discussion
problem feeling possesses qualities
heart and mind which prominently fit him for the exalted position
which his countrymen have called him
There be backward step taken the policies
which the administration which has just closed ably and perssten
champoned Mr. Taft explicit this He Il should
be untrue to myself to promises and to the declarations OF the
party platform which elected to office did not make
the maintenance and enforcement of those reforms most important
feature of my administration
The specific policies for which the administration stands
The federal supervision of interstate railroads including the
Of stocks and bonds the restriction of combinations of capital for the
Of creating and arcay controlling prices tariff
revision liberal expenditures for the support
which the public wefare the of national
the of efficient
federal responsibility for enforcing treaty rights revising
ary and banking laws speedy completion of the Panama canal
the enforcement the constitutional provisions with the
effective liability and child labor laws and the preservation of
the right of the federal courts to nuncons in industrial dis
putes with proper safeguards.
In nsuar possessions the policy of the administration
will be directed liberal than that which
been pursued heretofore The of the president in admins
atve positions has famiard him with their special needs and his
recommendations will be made from observations and first
hand knowledge On this question well the others upon which
the touches the position of the incoming administration
emnently satisfactory.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-03-04
ODD FELLOWS
TO BANQUET

The Odd Fellows are to have a
grand reunion here Saturday eve
ming, March 6. Large delegations of
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs are ex-
pected from Cashmere and Leaven-
worth. All old members of Wenat-
chez lodge No. 157, and especially
the charter members, are expected to
be present, and all visiting members
in the neighborhood are cordially in
vited to attend After short ses-
sion of the lodge the doors will be
thrown open to the Rebekahs and
their friends and a good time is
promised everybody. A short pro-
gram will be rendered and ban
Quet served.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-03-04

How to Operate a Moving Picture Machine at Home.
How Buy a Moving Picture Machine
How Big Entertainments and Amusements.
How to Obtain Positions which pay S35 week.
How to Become Finished Operator.
give Instructions simple and interesting.
We method OF teaching by mail.
We send receipt of $780, complete instructions
We teach operators how to pass all examinations.
represent leading aim exchange.
Remittance to Independent theatrical Exchange.
400-401-403 Building Seattle, Wash.
o Operators
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-03-04

Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Hoffman came
back yesterday from Long Beach,
California, where they have been
spending the winter
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-03-04

If our laundryman missed you this
week on account of ney driver, call
up 1895. Wenatchee Steam Laun-
dry. 3-6
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-03-04

Ladies, have you tried denatured
alcohol for your chatting dishes. It
is cheap, safe and clean. Phone 573.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-12-18
Rutt and Clark Winners.

New York.-Walter Rutt of Germany
and "Jack' Clark of Australia won the
annual six-day bicycle race at Madison
Square garden from an exhausted and
hopeless field. Their distance of 2660.1
miles for 142 hours, which is rs miles
behind the record of 27371 miles, made
last year by Mcfarland and Moran,
gives no adequate idea of race which,
for broken records, broken presidents
and broken teams, has been the most
exciting ever seen at the gardens.
In the competitive mile exhibition
between the two winners that followed
the race proper Rutt defeated his part
ner, Clark, by six inches, although CLARK
is rated the speediest short-distance man
in the world, barring Frank Kramer,
the champion. The men divided first
money-$1, 6O0-between them
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-12-18
OREGON SOUIRs.

Baker county is worth $1O,OO3, 500, ac-
cording to the last assessment rolls,
and show increase in valuation over the
year past. r-.t...
Alleging that lands valued at $4,000
had been fraudulently acquired from
the government by Douglas Belts of
Pilot Rock, District Attorney John Nc
Court has instituted a civil suit in the
United States court for recovery of the
lands or their equivalent in cash.
A body found on Clatsop beach Sat
urday was one of the victims of the
wreck of the steamer Argo, which was
wrecked on Tillamook bar November 6.
An association of Vale men, known
as the Cottonwood West Creek Irri-
cation company, has been quietly get
ting an irrigation project under way, to
take in part of three townships and
cover IS, 773 acres.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-12-18
MONTANA NOTES.

The annual session of the Montana
State Teachers association will be held
at Bozeman December %, 20 and 30,
and it is expected that there will be
a good attendance of teachers from all
over the state. At an evening session
Judge Hunt, of the United States cir
cult court, will address the association.
This session will conclude with a ban
quet at the Bozeman hotel The ladies
of the association will be received in
Elks' hall. 1t will be one of the most
profitable and enjoyable in the his
tory of the association. There will
probably be an attendance of about
500.
The officers of the association are
President, R. J. Condor, Helena; first
vice president, B. E. Toan, Choteau
second vice president, r. L. Foote, Dill
Ion; third vice president, May Trumper
Kalispell; secretary, Peter Marshall
Missoula; treasurer, Robert Clark, Dill
Ion. The executive committee is com.
posd of R. J. Condor, Helena; II. H
Swain, Dillon; r. G. Young, Butte, and
r. J. Cunningham, Bozeman. ifrce
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-12-18
Advance Rural Education.

The Importance of rural education in
our state can be realized when it is
remembered that "a per cent of our
population is rural. For some time past
President Black of the Lewiston Nor.
NAL of Idaho has recognized the fact
that it would be well if those who are
to teach in the rural schools received
special training for this important work.
In the past, in Idaho as everywhere,
the rural schools have been more or less
below the general misunderstanding
because of poor equipment, but more
often because of poorly trained teachers
who had no thorough understanding nor
sympathy with the condition about
them. fsr ..
Strange as it may seem there are but
two educational institutions in America
today that offer courses in rural science
with the distinct view of training teach.
ers for rural schools-Macdonal college
in Canada and Lewiston normal in our
own state. 1t is Idaho that is now
pointing the way in this important
phase of education. Bulletins are soon to
be. issued by the Lewiston normal on
various phases of rural school education
and may be obtained by addressing
President Black.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-12-18
IDAHO ITEMS

At recent meeting of the board OF
trustees of the Lewiston normal the
contract for the new domestic science
building was awarded, the building to
be finished about February 1, only one
wing to be built this year.
Most of the sawmills on the upper
Pend Oreille river have been compelled
to close on account of the cold weather
The Potlatch Lumber company has
given E. E. Boone the contract for
logging off one and a half sections OF
timber north of Potlatch. Mr.. Boone
has his camp near the lower Crane creek
schoolhouse. Forty men are working
The commercial club of Grangeville
has under advisement plans for a sum,
mer school at the Lewiston Normal
school at Grangeville.
The contest against the Kootenai
county local option election was fled
Saturday, ex-Mayor Hugh V. Scallon
being plaintiff and contestant.
The Idaho National Harvester COM
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-12-18

pany has moved into the new factory
buildings at Moscow, and this week
will begin constructing as many 1910
models as the plant will permit.
With a good demand and the supply
running short grain prices in Lewiston
have taken a jump. The greatest change
was that of oats, from $1.25 a hundred
to $1.35. oI salad 81 tssr
The next fight in behalf of local OPP
ton in Idaho will be fought in Shoshone
county. 4-"lt
After one of the most successful
meetings ever held by the organization
the sixth annual convention of the
Idaho Retail Hardware and Implement
association closed Saturday night at
Boise with a banquet at the Idaha
hotel feI- a.e
Judge Edgar C. Steele has handed
down a decision sustaining the Idaho
county local option election. This is
the second time Judge Steele upheld
the result.
Andrew johnson, Finlander, aged
30, employed at Steamboat landing, on
the north fork, attempted suicide by
shooting himself through the body with
.25-.35 rifle. The bullet passed
through the chest on the left side and
out the back, penetrating the lobe of
the lung. Johnson was taken to
Wallace.
Declared guilty of murder in the sec.
ond degree, John Lockhart, through his
attorney, at Wallace, has appealed. The
jury recommended clemency in passing
sentence. The penalty of murder in
the second degree in Idaho is from 1C
years to life.
The presence of crew of locating
engineers on Ford s creek, small trib-
utary of the Clearwater, which empties
into the main river four miles south of
Orofno, adds another interesting phase
to the already puzzling railroad situa-
ton in the Clearwater district. A line
will be located east and south over a
well settled farming district and
through virgin body of white pine
timber.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-12-18
LATE SPORTING NEWS.

Jim Corbett is to help Jeffries reach
top condition for his fight with John
son.
Spokane IS athletes are far in the lead
for the first half of the season 8 inter
club boxing and wrestling smokers.
The run of IL at three-cushion bill
lizards made by George Chilson at Jack
Bowie g parlors in Portland the other
day has started a lot of reminiscing
among oldtime players here.
Investigation reveals that the pub
lished list of &c deaths purported to
have resulted from football during the
season of 1909 can not be accepted as
correct, that the list is fagrantly
swelled and padded solely for sensa-
tionalism and that deaths of football
players that have resulted from causes
foreign to football are unjustly charged
up against violence of the game under
the 1909 rules
Jack Beymer, the little Tacoma high
school quarterback, who was so criti-
cally i'll with blood poisoning and whose
life was despaired of few days ago,
is on fair road to recovery and out of
danger.
Johnny Hayes, Marathon hero at the
Olympic games, at London, was an easy
victor in Marathon race held Sunday
in San Francisco, defeating Jimmy Fitz-
gerald, the Canadian runner, by three
laps on the ocean shore track, and Con-
nelly of San Francisco by mile.
George Mullin, of the Detroit cham
pions, was the leading pitcher in the
American league last season.
AT a meeting of the delegates from
the northwestern colleges held in Port
land Saturday the Pacific northwest
baseball collegiate conference was or
gained and Emmett d. Angel of the
Oregon Agricultural college was chosen
president. Paul Savidge of the Uni
versity of Idaho is secretary and Victor
Zednick of the University of Wash
ington and John Jones of Washington
State college executive committeeman.
The Reach ball was adopted as the Off
cial ball.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-12-18
CALIFORNIA
EXCURSION
GIVEN BY COMMERCIAL CLUBS OF
WALLA WALLA AND
Ja~ ; SPOKANE. d, M
Special Train Starts From Spokane
January II at P. M. Over
o. r. & N,

Unusual interest in being taken at
Spokane and throughout the Inland EN-
pire in the third annual Los Angeles
excursion, which is to leave Spokane
January II at s p. III. via the 0. R. & N.
Previous year s trips proved this prob
ably the best arranged and most en-
joyable ever taken. The train will CON
sist of eight Pullmans, two diners, spe-
cial baggage car and club observation.
Cost of ticket 500, which includes berth.
all meals on diner and at hotels, all side
trips and entertainment and the return
ticket to Spokane. Stops will be made
at Portland, Grant s Pass, Medford,
Ashland, Shasta Springs, San Francisco,
Stanford university, San Jose, Del
Monte, Paso Robes, Santa Barbara and
the "inside track" trip from Los An
geles passing through the orange groves
of Riverside, Redlands, etc.
An itinerary of the trip with further
information will be mailed anyone on
request to L. G. Monroe, secretary
Chamber of Commerce, or A. C. Nun
son, o. R. & N. agent, at Spokane
Wash.
Residents of the Northwest are cor
daily invited to join this, the third
annual California md-winter excursion,
which is to be far more elaborate than
previous trips. Return limit is April IL.
1910; stopovers allowed returning. A
full section in sleeper is given with two
tickets, insuring ample room and guard
ing against cars being crowded. Mem
! bers of the party may have access to
their trunks if they so desire while on
the train, a special baggageman being in
charge Rates: From Spokane, 500;
Walla Walla, 1914. This includes every
thing on trip going down to Los An
geles and first class ticket returning,
good for stopovers on the way home,
Berth reservations can. be made at
any time through the following: H. C.
Munson, city ticket agen, o. r. & N,
Spokane, Wash; L. G. Monroe, seere-
tary Spokane chamber of commerce, or
R. Burns, district freight and passenger
agent, Walla Walla, Wash. A deposit
of $40 will be required on each ticket
at time reservation is requested.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-12-18
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Guilty as charge" was the verde
brought in by the jury selected to try
Ortis Hamilton, former adjutant gen.
eral of the state of Washington, on the
charge of larceny by embezzlement
The charge upon which Hamilton is
convicted is of securing $1,000 belong
ing to the state military fund by forg-
ing vouchers. There are other charges
pending against Hamilton, who is ac-
cused of embezzling $50, 900 belonging
to the state, which he is alleged to have
spent ON several women. His attorneys
have appealed the case. '~a
The Grand opera house building, in
Guiding the office and plant of the
Peoria journal and the Democrat, was
burned to the ground at Peori I'LL. Tues
day morning. The total loss is more
than 5000, 900, partly insured. 3l
Thefts of government bonds have
been discovered in st. Petersburg, Rus
STA, said to have been committed by
employees of the state bank, amounting
to over half million dollars or more.
Two women, two men and three
cnllcren lost tnelf lives, ana seven per
sons were seriously injured in a tene-
ment fire at Third and Sycamore
streets, in Cincinnati, Ohio, last Mon
day.
The Twentieth Century Limited. the
New York Cenral fast train en- route
from Chicago to New York, collided
with the rear end o. another passenger
train near Northeast, Pa. shortly after
midnight, Monday. The limited was
going SO miles an hour. Four persons
were killed and many injured.
Nine are probably fatally injured.
1t is thought the first passenger train
did not reach the siding far enough in
advance of the flyer in time to make
proper clearance
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-12-18
AT GRIDIRoN CLUB FEAST.
Polar Controversy Decided in Favor of
Neither by Press Organization.

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE Cook
Peary controversy was settled Satur-
day night-in favor of neither.
After thorough investigation by a
committee of alleged distinguished sci
entists, the Gridiron club, Washington g
famous organization of newspaper cor
respondents, in the presence of the
president and vice president of the
United States, Speaker Cannon, several
members of the cabinet, and some 200
other notable guests, refused to give
either purported discoverer the credit
of reaching the goal of the ages, and
arrived at a somewhat unexpected con-
clusion as to the real discoverer.
The occasion was the annual fall
dinner of the club.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-12-18
New Billiard and Pool Hall.

Bob Browns new billiard parlors
were formally thrown open to the pub
lie Tuesday night at 4101a Riverside
avenue, Spokane. The Spokane baseball
manager has spent large sum INSTALL
ing eight tables and equipping a long
hall, 14o feet deep by 20 feet wide
right behind his cigar store in up to date
billiard and pool hall fashion.
The eight tables will be equally d.
vided, four pool, four billiards, all
4hx9 tables. Six card tables will also
be installed, four on the balcony. Dean
Frank Chapman, one of the oldest and
most popular billiard men in Spokane,
will be put in charge of the tables.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-12-18
Fortune for Big Fighters.

The winner of the Jeffries-J ohnson
fight will receive a larger income for
the three hours spent in the contest
assuming that the fight lasts AS rounds
of three minutes each, with a rest of
one minute between rounds-than that
of any man in the world for a similar
period. Calculations do not include the
rich profits that will accrue from the
moving picture concessions. The win
ner IS hourly profit will compare as fol-
lows with other hourly incomes:
Name. Income per hour.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-12-18
warns SUPERVISORS of the Census,

President Taft has served notice on
ambitious members of congress that the
newly organized machinery for the
taking of the coming census is not to
be utilized for political ends. He ad-
dressed IS supervisors Of the census at
tho executive Office and told them
plainly if they used their Offices, or if
they permitted the enumerators directly
under them to further political ends he
would remove them promptly.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-12-18
Dynamite st. Louis Editor.

st. Louis, Dec. 12.-The residence of
Harry B. Wandell, city editor of the
st. Louis Star, was dynamited Saturday
morning. The front door and windows
of the Wandell house were blown out.
A man was seen running away from
the house. No person was injured.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-12-18
BREAKS A COLD IN A DAY.
And Cures Any Cough That Is Durable
Noted Physicians Formula.

This prescription is one of the very
best known to science. The ingredients
can be go'ten from any good druggist,
or he will get them from his wholesale
house.
"Mix half pint of good whiskey with
two ounces of glycerine and add one
half ounce Concentrated pine compound.
The bottle is to be well shaken each
time and used in doses of teaspoonful
to a tablespoonful every four hours"
The Concentrated pine is a special
pine product and comes only in half
ounce bottles, each enclosed in an air
tight case, but be sure it is labeled
Concentrated.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-12-18
Oxford Beat Cambridge.

London.-Oxford had matters all her
own way in the annual inter-varsity
Rugby match at the Queen s club Sat
urday defeating Cambridge by four
goals and five tries to one try. Donald
Grant Herring of Bloomsbury, Pa, a
Rhodes scholar from Princeton uni
versity, was among the Oxford for
wards. His presence attracted atten-
ton as it was the first time that an
American had played in a varsity
match.