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The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-06-17
RAIL SERVICE TO DALKENA
|. g. w. N. Tracks Arrived
There Monday.
Building Telegraph and Phone Lines

The Idaho & Washington Northern
steel gang laid the track into Dalkena
on Monday, beating by one day the pre-
diction that the road would be ready to
accept freight into Dalkena by June
18th. The Dalkena yards are now being
laid and station is being opened with
H. c. Wray, formerly agent at Rath-
drum, in charge.
The track between Newport and Dal-
kena is now being ballasted and track
laying from Dalkena north Will be re-
sumed about July 1st, after which it is
anticipated that the work will be con-
tinued to lone without further Interrupt
ton. The grade is about completed all
the way to Tiger. At Blueslide the
tunnel is being pushed rapidly and it is
expected that the upper workings on
the tunnel will be connected within ten
DAYS. In the north end of the tunnel
considerable difficulty with quicksand
and water is being encountered. The
tunnel is a fine piece of work heavily
timbered and will later be cemented.
Work on the big cuts north of town is
being hurried las the shoo-hy tracks are on
curves so sharp that the larger engines
and passenger coaches cannot be run
over the line until the cuts are COM
pleted and the tracks can be laid in
their permanent locations.
One more condemnation proceeding
near Tiger remains to be tried out in the
courts, proceedings having been filed
against B. Norman, for right-of-way
over his premises. 1t will be heard at
the present term of court at Colville.
Frank Wendt, superintendent of tele
graph and telephone lines for the road,
started work on Monday on the building
cf the wire lines He has crew Of
fifteen men and will continue the work
of building the lines as the road pro-
ceeds down the valley.
Floyd B. Daggett, of Spokane, who
has been filing number of water rights
on creeks and lakes in Southern Steyens
county, has decided the rights to the
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-06-17

Floyd B. Daggett, of. Spokane, who
has been filing number of water rights
on creeks and lakes in Southern Stevens
county, has decided the rights to the
Arcadia Orchard Co., Of Spokane.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-10-21
Meneii.k's Descent.

lie SOir of Brussels in Il recent issue
has an article in which the writer at
tcmpts to prove that Menelik of Abys-
sina is the N"s"crGant Of Europeans
Ills grandfather" says the author
was no less il parsonage than the
French author Lamurtinp. whose
daughter Julia inherited the poets
wanderust and spent many years in
the orient. where it was supposed she
had died. II is known that only the
father was present when the body Gu
was buried in France" The queer
biography maintains that the coffin
contained only stone and that Julia.
who had been stolen by Bedouins and
sold as q slave to King Solomon of
Abyssinia. was then alive; also that
the Abyssinan fell in love with the
white slave. made her his queen, and
her son is the present ruler of Abys-
sinia. whose death is reported when
ever there is scarcity of news from
that part of the world"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-10-21
IAF1'S JOURNEY 1 RECORD MAKER
win Cost Uncle Sam More
Than Any Cher ICGr ca
Account of the New Rail.
road Rate Law. :: ::

voo did the railroads settle the bills
for the Harrison ana Mckinley tours
to the coast.
If the roads were so generous to
Harrison, Mckinley and Hoosevclt
why not to Taft? Why should they
not swing him around the circle, too
for q handshake with the great Amcri
can voter and his wife?
No More Railroad Hcspit-i.y.
The answer is easy To find The for
mcr presidents Travelled west before
the railroad rate law went into eff
feet If Mr.. Taft were to accept free
transported ton across the boundaries
of any of the sovereign states of the
Union or of the territories he would
b" liable to fine and senten'" ~ the
pcnilentiary. So. too. would )lc lnen
who gave him the free ride across the
sacred border lines
1t should not be FORGOTTEN t',. when
Presidents Harrison. MrEiN.ey aud
Roosevelt rode ut the expense of the
railroad companies 1t WIS NOT u@ai'iSt
The law and that every line ~ han
died the presidents traiu> or l'tid FOR
provendor aboard their cars Z 1t tack
The money five for one. Cr. q. l> of
thousands upon thousands :,ur';rd TO
the towns where the preSiGrrtS wore
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-10-21

billed to appear, and the crowds had
to be hauled from their homes and
back again The extra business thus
handled by the road repaid them many
times over for the money they expend-
ed on the presidential travellers.
Taft's Travelling Fund.
President Taft has at his disposal
$4,000 for travelling expenses during
the present fiscal or governmental year,
which runs from July ] to July l.
President Roosevelt. who was the first
executive to be given a travel fund by
congress, had Il similar amount to
spend at his discretion, and when he
left Office on March turned over to
Mr. Taft about $1,000 Of the fund
untouched.
Up to the close of the year. on July
l. Mr.. Taft spent about $1,000 of this
amount and then turned back to the
treasury the remainder. something like
$4,000.
AS soon as the year for which the
appropriation was made had ended
with midnight of June 30 the fund
was no longer available. 1t was swal-
treasury and might be used by the Sec
rotary of the treasury for any purpose
for which cash was needed.
If the president. therefore. had $15,-
, 500 of his travel fund left on the
morning of June 80 he might. had he
been so disposed, have handed it al
over to some railroad or steamship
company for Joy rides" But on the
stroke of midnight the fund was
snatched from him. and on July 1 he
was absolutely broke so far as travel
money WAS concerned.
When the president made his trip
from the national capital to Beverly.
Norwich and Lake Champaign. begin
ming July 3 and ending July 0, he had
nothing left of the national travel fund
! to pay his expenses. 1t was Il case OF
travelling SOP his face" or putting his
hand into his own pocket. Congress
had not yet appropriated the $4,000
| for the present fiscal year
The railroads. however, We're not dis
posed to be too hard on him. They
knew they were not riSking a great
| deal in waiting fer the passage Of the
urgent deficiency bill and they came
TO the rescue and provided transporta-
ton for him. That the railroads con-
fidencc was not misplaced was soon
made evident by congress waking up
/ oN' T. site of - H'ild opposi. ion, max
! iuG he appropriation.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-10-21
Not Longer In Distance Gov.
cred. but Less Expensive
Than That of Any of His
immediate Predecessors. ::

NRESIDENT TAFT'S trip to the
~ west and south will break all
Il records Of executive travel
Few. however, who do not know
the presidents plans would be able to
guess how this projected tour will
make history for itself Three other
presidents of the United States have
journeyed to the far Pacific coast and
1t would seem. established few rec
ords of their own. Harrison. McKin-
ley and Roosevelt all went on hand
shaking and speechmaking jaun,s. and
If they left anything undone in either
line the newspapers of their day failed
to record the fact Every milestone
along the transcontincntal lines wa"
harangued. and every coyote and
prairie dog between the Mississippi
and the great divide got view of at
least one of the three perambuating
presidents.
In the matter of miles to be covered
Taft will not smash the Roosevelt, rec
ord OF 1903. for he expects - travel
only 4 little more than l2.0,O miles this
fall. When his predecessor went 70
the coast six years ago he rcecd off
l3.OCO miles before his return t. WASH
ington. 1t is In the line of economy
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-10-21
leave his predecessors

tn leave his predecessors
no re;!ird. In the tour he is
pla. dc will be accompanied all
the Wa '"' his old friend Democratic
Simplicit"
Those roistering fellows Vain Show
and Needless Expense. who were on
the Harrison. Mckinley and Roosevelt
trips to the coast. will be left behind.
No matter how strenuously they may
endeavor to climb aboard when the
president isn't looking. they will not
be permitted under any circumstances
to set foot on the executives car. his
Is official and also remarkable. for who
on earth ever heard of public official
travelling before at the public expense
without taking one or both Of these
old favorites along? Quite often, ii is
true Vain Show has been left ctr
tunkots planned and executed on the
quiet but never in history has Seed
less EXPENSE been given such cruel
blow by public servant.
The Presidents Economy.
One paragraph will convince the
most s!leptical of Mr.. Taft's intention
TO hold expenses down to bedrock
The trip he is planning VIII cost 'Ae
treasury no more than $1,000: the
Roosevelt coast trip burned zip 10000
of good money Taft will have only
one ard one-half cars At his diS1oSAl;
Roosevelt had train Of five. TAFT will
travel on regular trains; Roosevelt
iran special" from Washington to Hell-
inrham. from BellinGham to Les AnGN-
los and from Los Angeles back TO
Washington again. Taft will be ac-
compauied by only his secretary and
one or two White House attaches. be-
sides the members Of the cabinet who
are his guests. Roosevelt had ret
niue of twenty in his wake.
Still. frugally as Taft will proceed TO
the Golden Gate and back, his going
and coming will cost the United States
treasury more than the journey Of his
predecessor six years ago, This sounds
like ~ paradox, or as though the writer
of these lines were qualifying to take
n place in a sanitarium but neNerthe-
less. it is a sober, sane and plain mat
Ter of fact.
4 great railroad corporation paid the
bill for the entire journey made by
Roosevelt-for the Pullman cars. for
the porters. walters and train crews,
for the food eaten, the cigars smoked
and the cheering beverages consumed
durns all the sixty-siy G2r~ that the
presidential party was on wheels. So.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-10-21
The Halves.

One of the most talked of women III
Germany ut the present time is the
Princess Won Rulow. the wife of the
recently resigned imperial chancellor.
Her interest in the arduous' work of
her famous husband is of the deepest
kind. and he often consulted her about
the various problems of state. Her
fondncss for the prince is indeed, pro
verbal. and certain court dignitary
once said to her. You divide all men
into two claSSes-namely. those who
are for Bernhard. your husband. and
those who are against him."
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-10-21
Deludec.

Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait does not
overcstimate the lords of creation. She
was speaking recently of another
prominent woman who is somewhat
lukewarm in the suffrage cause. 1.-THE
trouble with Mrs. Blank" said Mrs.
Gait. "is that she fairly worships her
husband. She thinks that he is abso-
lutely perfect. Why, the woman actu-
ally believes that the parrot taught
him to swear."-Argonaut.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-10-21
prevented many from being present on
this most "auspicious OCCASION


Strange Musical Instrument Found.
That the dreary period of waiting
was not without other bits of bright
ness was indicated by the finding of
an ocarina, a persisted musical instru-
ment once favorite with those whose
ear for music was stronger than their
desire for harmony On this instru-
ment was inscribed the latitude, 1921,
and the date. May 6, 1889.
Other evidences of the haste with
which the party had abandoned its
headquarters Wee articles Of wearing
apparel scattered about. bits of gold
braid, fur garments which had been
worn out, sewing outfits. buttons, etc
Professor Mcmillan also brought
back souvenirs from camps Of polar
expeditions led by Commander c. l.
Hall. L. S. n; Admiral Sir George
Mares. Sir John Lockwood and Road
Amundsen.
The newspaper., 1909-03-19

Miss ANNE MORGAN, daughter
of J. Piermont Morgan, assisted
by other society women will open
restaurant in the Brooklyn navy
yard about May l. to provide
better food at less cost to the
men working there, and thus keep
them away from the saloons
where they get their lunches At
present. 1t is hoped to demon
strate that this restaurant can be
self supporting and that then the
navy department will take it off
their hands. The object is a
worthy one but it is dollars to
doughnuts these society women
cannot economically manage their
own kitchens. much less restau-
rant.
The newspaper., 1909-03-19

On March 16. the best friend
dumb animals ever had, George
Thorndyke Angel. passed to his
reward. He was S6 years of age,
and his entire life had been spent
in furthering humane educational
movements. He was president of
several societies for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals and
during his life had caused to be
established over 10000 Bands of
Mercy. Peace to his ashes.
The newspaper., 1909-03-19

A RICH merchant of New York
City named II. H. Topakyan, has
presented the White house with a
rug, six and ne-half feet by four
and one-half feet, valued at
100000 and said to be the finest
in the world. 1t is of imperial
silk heavily jeweled with pearls.
turquoises, rubies, etc. A thing
of beauty undoubtedly but hardly
very serviceable as rug.
The newspaper., 1909-03-19

GOVERNOR MARSHALL, of In
jna is an advocate of the simple
and has vetoed the PROPOSE
i to erect at executive man
a at a cost of 100000. He
llares that house costing not
exceed $4,000 is good enough
him and will be more in keep
with his salary. Such in
hces are gratifying to the tax
fers and if Gov. Marshall ad-
es to such a policy the
2ple down there will call
blessed.-Delta Tribund.
The newspaper., 1909-03-19

a NEW disease has been dis
,ered in Africa, called the
eping sickness, which is caused
the bite of a fly that infests
tain localities. The victim
gers from one to twelve months
death is always eventually the
|ult. The symptoms are a low
er, headache, great lethargy
4 finally insensibility, ending
Heath. Several medical COM
&sions are investigating the
ease, but so far no specific has
in found.
The newspaper., 1909-03-19

WE notice that quite number
of newspapers in writing up the
inaugural use the headline New
Ruler Takes His Seat" Can't
help thinking this would have
been better. Uncle Sam Gets a
New Hired Man. the Biggest he
has ever had and Pays the Larg
est Wages in His History. =
Delta Democrat.
The newspaper., 1909-03-19

THE author of Ta-ra-ra-boom
De-a died Sunday at St. Luke's
hospital. He was a comedian of
considerable note, playing under
the name of Paul Stanley. but
whose real name was Paul Som
nenberg. His song is among the
best known in the English lam
guage.
The newspaper., 1909-03-19

gypsy SMITH who is holding
rival services in Denver. says
is going to "shake the city
m center to circumference.
he can shake Denver up till
! realizes that she is not the
ole state OF Colorado it will be
good thing for the state in
neral and the western slope in
-ticular.
The newspaper., 1909-03-19

COLORADO carried off the Wyo-
ming state cup for the best state
exhibit OF dry farming products.
also won prizes for several other
exhibits at the Transmissouri Dry
Farming congress held at Chey-
enne recently. 'Rah for Colorado.
The newspaper., 1909-03-19

T is said that congress will
Ike a radical increase in the
port duty on coffee, at the
ne time a move is on foot to
(. all the fine arts goods on the
e list. That is right, the labor
man can get along without
fee, but he just must have a
tue of Venus on his breakfast
lie to fortify him for his days
The newspaper., 1909-03-19

SOME of Uncle Joe's" numer-
Gus nephews in congress are be-
ginning to resent his iron rule,
and to think they are old enough
to vote as they please.
The newspaper., 1909-03-19

SATURDAY. March 13, occurred
the death of Gen. William Pal
mer. at his home. Glen Eyrie. at
Colorado Springs. Gen. Palmer
was the founder of Colorado
Springs and has always been
identified with the growth and ad-
vancement OF the state.
The newspaper., 1909-03-19

THE directors of the Business
Mems Association of Pueblo. are
taking steps to look after the
safety of the city during the floods
that are predicted for this spring
on account of the unusual amount
of snow in the mountains.
The newspaper., 1909-03-19

WE wonder what the space
-iters will do for a subject when
boswell actually gets into the
ngle. But perhaps they will
:ep posted by wireless.
The newspaper., 1909-03-19

PLANS are being formulated for
second National Peace con-
-ence to be held in Chicago
av 3 5. Sentiment for interna-
nal arbitration and universal
ace is the object.
The newspaper., 1909-03-19

JUDGE MCPHERSON has declared
. maximum freight rate and
. two cent passenger rate laws
Missouri unconstitutional.
exchange says: What's the
. in making laws anyway-bet-
make judges.
The newspaper., 1909-03-19

Ir is stated that Mexico will
clare off all duties on wheat by
Drill | as a bread famine is imml-
mt there. Thought Mexicans
ed on hot tamales and chill
The newspaper., 1909-03-19

Now that the Standard Oil
mpany has been relieved OF
wing that s29,0OO.000 fine. We
onder if there will be corre-
onding decrease in the price OF
The newspaper., 1909-03-19

OVER the governors veto. In
ana's legislature has passed a
v legalizing Sunday base ball.
olden Transcript.
The newspaper., 1909-03-19

IT is becoming SO common for
people to receive unexpected
fortunes from long forgotten rela-
tives who have conveniently died.
that we really begin to feel out
of style.
The newspaper., 1909-03-19

GRAND JuNcTIoN's two dailies
e principally engaged in CALI
q each other names and making
|ces.
The newspaper., 1909-03-19

Entered at the postoffice in Paonia Tor
Ansmission through the mails NJ second
lss matter.
The newspaper., 1909-03-19

Subscription Rates $500 Per Year.
The newspaper., 1909-03-19

PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-05-28
The German Of Il.

"The expression. According to
,Hoyle, which is so often used by peo-
pie to verify q statement, even II it
does not refer to cards, has com
panion among the people Of Germany, =
writes an American from Munich.
Here they say, Mach Adam REESE
(according to Adam Rise) when the
statement.is to be considered mathe-
,matically correct. The name is that
of great man at figures who laid
down study rules hundreds Of years
ago which are still followed. His four
hundredth birthday was unnoticed on
March 80 even ct Anneberg, where he
died n 1863. !" "a.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-05-28
Realistic.

Twas IN the commercial room at a
hotel and, as usual. the gentlemen OF
the road were Boosting one against
the other Presently they got round
to the subject OF singing.
All. now: said one talking Of
singing, reminds me OF my early
triumphs on the concert stage. ] had
a voice then, and could always move
an audience. ] mind the! time when
sang Rocked in the Cradle OF the
Deep in so realistic a manner that
several Of my audience we're attacked
with mal-de-mer"
~ BAH" said Boaster No. 2, that's
nothing Why, once sang The Last
Post with such fervor that several Of
my absent-minded friends seated in
front started licking their programs.
and then rushed ont to catch it.
And then silence reigned. Chicago
American. s
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-05-28
DIFFERENCE IN THEIR VIEWS
Uncle 81 Eggmann Discourses on Rel
alive Sizes Of Farms East
and West.

Yes, sir, gentlemen; thar's ieetle
6erence between farmin' out west an
ck here in Old Yarmouth" said
3ncle 81 Eggmann to the cronies
FOUND the stove at the Crossroads
ore, en- his return from visit to
~ brother in Dakota. Now, out thar
Al the west they don't think they've
sally got a farm unless it totals about
Three or four thousand acres; an II
hey air raisin' stock they speak O.
&, 900 head as bein' a Ieetle bunch o.
fcattle. An takes 'em bout half a
kday to hoe one row o. corn, the rows
mir 50 long, an they harvest corn an
wheat enough on one farm to fill our
GtOwn hall Now, that's leetle diff
frent from what 1t is here in New
ENGLAND, where we call 20 acres o.
Egrounda fourth Of It graveyard
couple o dozen hens an q rooster. six
Tor eight keows, m ROBBERY patch,
~ farm! Yes, sir. gentlemen; that's
ID turrible diffrence between farmin'
east an farmin' west . most turrible
&1iR'rence! Puck.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-05-28
When We Honor the
Heroes OF Two Wars

of their sires. fell by Spanish shot and
shell that an oppressed people might
be free. When the chaplets are
twined and the garlands are woven for
those who have listened to the last
tattoo they will also be laid upon an
other generation of American soldiers.
AS the rites of the day are being
observed in city, town and hamlet, the
solemnity of the occasion will be
frightened by the knowledge that the
country Is thoroughly reunited. No
sectional feeling nor bitter memories
will now or.evermore arise to mar the
harmony OF the occasion. The enmity
that was felt by a great portion Of the
south against its conquerors has been
entirely dissipated. And yet 1t was
not the conquering guns of the north
ern hosts that swept away sectional
ism and removed the animosities en-
gendered by that fractricidal strife,
but rather the cannon that Numbered
from the fleets of Spain and the vol.
leys that ratified from Spanish Mau.
sers that welded together in one har.
monious nation the north and south.
When the call to arms resounded
through the land in 1898 the states
south Of the Potomac Wed with the
north and the west in responding to
the summons to maintain the honor of
the flag against a foreign foe, and the
first victim of that war was son OF
North Carolina. The south, with the
rest of the country can claim the vic.
tors laurel even while her tears be-
dew the cypress that marks her be-
reavement
Memorial day will never lose it's sig.
nificance and interest. The ranks of
the Grand Army are becoming de-
pleted with each succeeding year.
There will soon be but corporal's
guard of the members left, for they
are being mustered OUT at a rapid
rate through age. disability and death.
But the graves Of those who died
fighting for the flag will not be neg.
lected. Memorial day will continue
to be a day Of remembrance. The
Sons of Veterans will keep alive the
patriotic fame when their sires are
no longer able to march to the post
room and the cemetery. Then, too.
the Spanish war veterans will see to
it that the memories of their fallen
comrades are kept green.
g MI ~ II . . y /. .
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-05-28
Not = Petrified Leo.

In one Of the leading cities OF the
middle west q high church dignitary
q obsessed with the monomania that
Ebne Of his legs is gradually becoming
spetrified. To test its condition he
Punches it at frequent intervals. At
il dinner party Of men and women he
made the usual test after the soup and
became greatly excited to find that he
felt no sensation from most vigor-
GUS pinch. 1T has come, 1t has
comet" he cried in alarm; at last
my leg II completely petrified!" The
matron sitting next to him whispered
hoarsely: Excuse me; it is not pet
.rified and It is not yours!' New York
Press.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-05-28
THE HEIRS HAiR-MoviNo.

Mr.. White-1t's no use, my dear, ]
shall have to have my whiskers on;
baby is pulling 'em out by the roots.
Mrs. White-How unfeeling Of you.
Its the only thing that keeps baby
quiet. Now you threaten to take the
Edear's enjoyment away!