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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-21

en- through the shale and solid
rock it was timbered. Over the
heavy timbers goes a high grade
concrete covering. This makes a
tunnel of solid concrete which is
intended to last through the ages,
for through it a body of water nine
feet high, with flow of 1900 Gu
bic feet per second, will rush.
When the water leaves the tunnel
at the Uncompahgre through IL
miles of canals.
The main body of water will
flow through one main tunnel. In
addition. the government has Sc
cured the rights to the supplement
tary canals in the valley, and
will build others. By this means
it expects to reclaim every foot
of agricultural land in the I'm
compahsre valley.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-21
Devise new Plan To
help GRAIN RAISERS
OF RAILWAY COM
MISSION DECIDE ON SCHEME
TO FIX AMOUNT OF SMUT
IN WHEAT.

The wheat purchaser will not
have things all his own way here
after, and be able to dock the
grain dealer for smut in wheat,
according to the decision of the
railway commission here yester-
day, a new plan will be worked
out whereby the amount of i'm
pure wheat in cargo will be de-
on the basis of percent
age by the state grain inspector,
a neutral party.
The details of the new plan are
being worked out today by COM
mittee consisting of State Grain
Inspector S. G. Armstrong. Deputy
Inspector S. s. King, Tacoma; w.
e. Hyde, chief deputy at Seattle;
Fl. e. McLane, Walla Walla, man.
ager of the Farmers Union; l..
McCrockey, Garfield, former pres
ident of the state grain commits
sion and A. w. Lee, state grain
inspector of Idafo.
The railway mission, which
has taken over lie work of the
state grain commission met here
yesterday with grain men to ad-
just grain and feed matters.
After deciding that a neutral
party should decide the contro-
versies between purchaser and
seller on wheat smut it appointed
the committee to arrange the de-
tails.
The percentage of other grasses
allowed in timothy and alfalfa was
increased from 5 to Is per cent.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-21

soon as he was getting $12 he
could no longer let his mothe.'
work. From that time on he
supported his mother and the
other children of the family.
Built Future BY Writing.
Like the Gentleman From In
diana" he built his future as he
sat in the little Office of the towns
paper, chronicilthg the cominss
and goings, the births and deaths
of his fellow men and women.
And he made the editorial column
of his paper real power in that
and adjoining counties. Also, like
The Gentleman From Indiana,
he became finished public speak
er and deep thinker on political
subjects.
Thus 1t came about that the
people turned to him as deserv-
ing political honors.
Thrice Governor.
In 1898 he was elected state
senator and again in 1900. In
1904 he was elected governor by
plurality of 5000, while Roose-
welt carried the state by 161, 900.
Two years later he was reelected
by $4,000. Again he was made
governor last year.
When he was talked of for the
presidency, the subject of his
making a speaking tour through
out the country to show himself
to the people was brought up.
His friends thought it would be an
excellent plan. But right away
the Johnson modesty stepped In,
and the plan was doomed before
it had been half outlined.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-21
GOOD SUPPLY OF
CRANbERRIES
ARRIVES

A large shipment of cranberries
has arrived from the east and all
the dealers are well supplied. They
are selling at IL lie quart and
are going rapidly.
The delayed shipment of valen-
cha oranges from California ar
rived yesterday and they are on
sale today. Peaches are expect
ed to be almost off the market
at the end of this week.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-21
ODD FELLOWS IN
BIC PARADE
TOMORROW

Tomorrow is Odd Fellows day
at the A.-Y.-P..
The various Tacoma lodges will
assemble early in the morning on
Pacific avenue headed by S. l..
Miller's band and will march to
the Flyer dock. where a special
steamer will be in waiting to con-
vey the delegates to Seattle. There
they will join in the big parade of
Odd Fellows from all over The
country. Tacoma will make a
strong bid for the prizes in the
great pageant.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-21
TRUST APPOINTED ny
MAYOR TO TAKE PLACE OF
BUSTED OFFICIAL.

George Trust. an architect, with
offices I'm the California building.
has been appointed by Mayor
Linck as building inspector. to
take the place of Thomas Heb
blethwaite, who was ousted fol-
lowing the discovery of a shortage
in his accounts.
Mr.. Trust assumed his new
duties this afternoon and is issu-
ing permits to all who apply.
He has been a resident of Ta-
coma eighteen years and had ex-
perience both as an architect and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-21
ARCHITECT IS MADE
BUILDING INSPECTOR

builder.
Mayor Linck declared this
morning that there was no poll
tics in the appointment of Trust
as building inspector. He took
the history of each man consider
ed for the place. and on this show
ing OF capabilities made the selec-
tion.
In fact, the mayor says he dis
covered this morning that Mr..
Trust is a democrat. IL anything.
in politics. "They tell me he is
not a politician at all, but A
student of political economy, and
in theory rather n socialist. gen.
orally voting democratic" said
the mayor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-21
TO OPEN WAR ON
PHONE COMPANIES
Tpsgday, Sept. p, 1909

get the suit started this week.
The only franchise either COM
pany claims to have is one grant,
ed to the Sunset company in 1884
for twenty-five years. The Sunset
company, however, is out of bust
ness in Tacoma. The Pacific
States company is now operating
on its franchise, but Judge Stiles
says 1t has absolutely no right TO
do business in this city.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-21

GRAND JUNCTION, Col, Sept.
| 21.-When President Taft, on his
western trip, presses the button
that looses the waters of the Gun
nison river, Sept. 81, it will mark
the consummation of one of the
greatest irrigation projects ever
undertaken.
1t Is more than four years now
since the reclamation service COM
menced this. the longest under
ground waterway in the world.
Its task was to reclaim the un-
watered lands of the Uncompahgre
valley, on the western slope of the
Rockies in Colorado.
This project just now complet-
ed is considered third among the
I27 projects started by the reclaim
Iation service in point of cost. The
estimated expense of completing
the tunnels and canals is between
100000 and 100000.
The opening of the Gunnison
tunnel will mean the opening of
great section of land aggregat-
ing about 10000 acres. And
though the cost Is tremendous to
the government, the cost to set
tiers in this new section will be
very small, for there will be
room for so many of them.
The government will deduct
the expense of the project from
the land reclaimed, but in very
small payments. In this way the
total payment of cost, amounting
to $35 an acre, will be collected
in 10 installments, increasing
from year to year, so that the
homeseeker may meet the pay.
ments out of the produce of his
farm. This same collection of So
per acre will bestow upon the
land holder permanent water
rights under the government
lcanals.
| Probably no irrigation project
ever started under such adverse
circumstances and with so little
help from nature herself as did
the Gunnison. The waters of the
river, in, almost every instance
have been flowing down narrow
valleys little fit for agriculture
or through deep, dark canyons
difficult of access and entirely
useless from the producing stand
point.
Just to the west of this i'll
favored Gunnison is the valley OF
the Uncompahgre, 20 miles wide
and 40 miles long, with an aver
age Elevation of $500 feet above
sea level. If the useless waters of
the Gunnison could be used in the
barren Uncompahgre. II was a
daring project. Yet, when the
reclamation act was passed this
project was the first to challenge
the ability of government engi-
Ineers.
To Supt. I. w. Mcconnell and
his engineering skill belongs much
of the credit of the successful
completion of this immense UNDER
taking. The first corps of his
assistants had to lower them
selves into the black canyon of
the Gunnison to make the first
lsurvey. Then active work was
commenced and small town of
workmen took up their abode on
the banks of the Gunnison.
Great difficulties were encoun-
tered in driving the tunnel. which
lis an arch 1oh feet wide by 12h
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-21
BOOM CUMM|MS
FOR PRESIDENT

DIES MONIES, Iowa. Sept. al
President Taft's tariff speech has
had the unexpected result of caus-
ing Senator Cummins' friends 20
groom him for the republican
presidential nomination in 1919.
The Iowa progressive republica rs
expect to make a bitter fight for
the senator and hope to carry the
entire middle west for him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-21

st. Peters cemetery Thursday
afternoon.
Started in Drug Store.
Governor John A. Johnson CT
Minnesota was born in st. Peter,
MIMI, July %, 1861. He was
the son Of G.. Johnson and Caro-
line Haden Johnson, who are both
natives of Sweden.
The governor was a great stu
dent and reader all his life. When
he was IL years old and got a
place in the drug store in the IT
tie towns of st. Peter he pored
over his books far into the night.
He kept up this habit ever since.
The result was, that, although he
never went to school after that
first employment, he possessed a
style In writing and his speech
was clear, forceful and eloquent.
He Learned Men.
or late years he often looked
back and recalled that he was
distinctly a product of the country
store and that he owed much of
his success, much of his knowl-
edge of human nature and all of
his democracy to the discussion
which went on, night after night.
when the men of the village were
grouped about the stove in the
little drug shop.
One of the things that twice
helped him, a democrat, to carry
a normally republican state over
whelmingly for the governorship,
was his early history. He started
to work at $40 a month, and, as
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-21
Rather Quick.

From Tacoma to Seattle via
steamer Flyer. Five round trips
daily. Actual time each way one
hour and thirty minutes Leaves
Tacoma s:s5 a. m. 1915, ass,
1890 and IL p. m. s.s
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-21
CITY ATTORNEY READY TO
INSTITUTE ACTION TO GUST
THE SUNSET AND PACIFIC
STATES CONCERNS.

City Attorney Stiles, who ha-
been at work for some weeks pre-
pairing data for suit to GUST the
Pacific States and Sunset Tele-
phone companies from Tacoma,
has the papers nearly completed
and 1t is probable that he will
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-21

Don't forget the dance given by
the w. O. w. band at Campbells
hall. Mckinley Park addition, next
Saturday evening. Admission
25c. ss.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-21
JOHNSON'S DEATH ENDS
CAREER LIKE LINCOLN'S

Continued From Page One.)
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-10-14

Shorty when the che csaseu, una
he began to write NO. 8 as
follows:
New York gives Bryan 100000 plu-
rality; Indiana, 10000. Returns from
Wisconsin and Minnesota indicate
large Democratic gains"
The crowd heard only the first SEN
tence. Shouting. cheering, yelling.
screaming. it broke for the street.
"Hold on" called Shorty. Here's
another"
Bulletin No. g, Quay comedies Penn
sylvania to Bryan"
Another fragment broke from the
crowd and ran down the street shout
ing the news. The new operators pen
ell was travelling rapidly over the pa
per. while his friends and fellow citi-
zens crowded closely upon him and
read as he wrote bulletin No. I. MARK
Hanna has locked up Republican head
quarters and gone home"
The roar of the crowd was drowned
by the roar Of exploding giant powder.
Buildings shook. windows ratified. nc
c0mpanled Dy the CRASH oI Dfohen
xlass. The celebration was on, and
Shorty Mcintyre was alone.
The celebration lasted for two days.
The morning after election the regular
operator had recovered sufficiently to
transcribe messages announcing Nc.
|, kinley's victory. Those who were
sober enough to understand them
didn't believe them. After severn
warnings of what would happen tc
him ii he didn't quit trying to foo
people" the operator desisted and join
ed in the general jubilation. Not unit
the arrival of the Denver papers on the
second day did that camp awake too
realization of the outcome Of the cleo
ton. and then there was not suficien
energy left to vent even indignation
upon Shorty. much less to take re
venge. On the third day the voluntee
operator was more popular than ever
for all admitted be had given them tn
! time of their lives.-New York Post.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-10-14

The clock in Strassburg cathedral is
twelve or fifteen feet high and about
nine feet wide. Its front is adorned
with rather dim decorations and cut
up into various hooks, crannies, pigeon
holes and galleries for the different
automatons whose performances have
given the clock its worldwide fame.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-10-14
Japs Defeat American Team,

Toxic, SEPT. 23.-The University of
Wisconsin baseball team, which Is
making a tour of Japan, was defeated
in its first game by the Keio univer-
sity nine. The score vas 3 to 2, with
Wisconsin making seven hits and Keio
hitting safely only three times. Keio
made only two errors, while the in
vading nine had four errors on its
aide
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-10-14

"What's that piece of cord tied round
your finger fort"
"My wife put it there to remind me
to post a letter."
"And did you post the letter she
gave you?"
"No; she forgot to give it to ms."-
London Mail.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-10-14
Low License in Many Towns.

Milwaukee, Sept. 23.-Low license
won in a large majority of cases in
the elections in Wisconsin, the result
being a great surprise to the temper
ance people, who put up a spirited
fight. The vote seems to bear out the
statement of the liquor forces that the
reaction against the "dry" wave has
ret in.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-10-14

The wairus never slips upon the
glarest ice. for bis tu3ls steady him.
That is the chief use of his tusks.to
help him to climb up the sheer and
CLASSY sides Of foes. He uses his
head as a hammer-bang!-and, fixing
his tusks in, he draws up his soft
body-a strange sight to see.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-10-14
The Cleverest.

Willy-You see. it was this way.
They were all three 81 dead in love
with her and all so eligible that to set
tie the matter she agreed to marry the
one who should guess the nearest to
her age Arthur-And did she? Willy
Il don't know. | know that she mar
ried the one who guessed the lowest.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-10-14
LONDON APARTMENTS
Renting a Furnished Flat In the
English Metropolis.
THE TRICKS OF THE AGENT.
At First Everything 10 Pleasant, but
After the Place 10 Taken the Woes
Of the Tenant Begin With the Ad-
vent Of the Inventory Man.

10 the uninitiated American the rent
Of a furnished fiat In London seems q
very simple and remarkably inexpen-
sive matter. Every n Is extremely
polite, and your path is made easy.
But no sooner have you closed the
door of your new quarters than you
are beset by the bogy of extras"
While you are taking a contented
glance at the new domicile, congratu-
lating yourself on the bargain and
thinking how much more a similar
place would cost you In New York.
your musings are interrupted by the
arrival of the man with the inventory.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-10-14
One Wish unfulhn.d.

Wife You promised that II | would
marry you my every wish should be
gratifed. Husband-Well isn't it?
Wife-No; wish l hadn't married
you.-Illustrated Bits.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-10-14
Crushed.

"Really. Louise, this bill is out.
rageous. You must not try to dress
like the m%illfonaires' wives"
my dear Ned. control yourself. l
am only trying to appear as we'll dress.
ed as the shopgirls."
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-10-14

Great results usually arise frop
treat characterization.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-01-20
One Benefit of Tilins.

Tile aireates the soil through
which they pass which is about of as
much impor' ance to liberating the
plant food and making crops grow
as is the drainage of the surplus
water from the soil. A certain
amount of air must penetrate the
soil to make plant food available to
sprout seed and grow plants. Tiling
performs a double function by taking
the surplus water out Of the soil and
as the water recedes, the air drawn
in to fill its place which warns the
soil and makes plant food available
to grow seeds and plants. Tiles do
not run full of water only when the
pressure of water above is very great
and even then, some air is passing
down the tile with the water, and as
soon as the water pressure above
sthe tile is relieved to a certain ex-
tent, a stream of air is passing down
the tile all the time. This air pass
ing through the soil makes the seeds
and plants grow much faster than
when there lis no surplus water so
that tiles are helping grow your cropt
of corn, beets and grain even in a
droughty, dry time. Soil that is
drained of its surplus water quickly
will always stand drought much
better than soil that has simply sun
shine and wind to dry it out. as it
dries out merely the sunshine and
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-01-20
Good Company for 1909.

You are careful what choice of
friends the young people of your
household make. You do not open
wide the door to those whose speech
and behavior betray ill-breeding and
lax morals. Are you as careful to
shut it against books and periodicals
that present vulgar and demoraliz-
ing pictures of life and its purpose
Perhaps you are among those who
have found that The Youths Com
panion occupies the same place in
the family reading that the high
minded young man or woman holds
among your associates. The Com
panion is good without being ''goody-
goody" 1t is entertaining, 1t is in
forming. In its stories 1t depicts
Life truly, but it chooses those phas-
es of life in which duty, honor. 10y
atty are the guiding motives.
A full description of the current
volume will be sent with sample cop
les of the paper to any adress on re
quest. The new subscriber who at
once sends $1.75 for years sub
scription will receive free The Com
panion's new Calendar for 1909, In
Grandmother's Garden" Autographed
in thirteen colors.
THE YOUTHS COMPANION.
144 Berkeley St., Boston, Mass.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-01-20

mothers emphatically prefer The Re-
cord-Herald on account of its we'll
conducted feminine departments-its
daily recipes and menus. Its daily
fashion news and hints for home
dressmaking. Nine. Qui Wives pun
gent and sensible beauty talks. Mar
ion Harland's famous page and the
rest of the good things that make up
the handsome Woman's Section in
the Sunday paper. Children enjoy
the Little Memo and other Comic
Section pictures, with the bright
stories for boys agnd ris every Sun
day. And all the family together can
enjoy the interesting travels and
special articles of William f. Curtis.
Mr.. Kiser's humor and verse. the ser
ial stories and many similar featur-
es outside the news columns.
The Chicago Record-Herald has
every right to call itself the best all
around family newspaper in the
West
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-01-20
SIGNS OF INCREASING PROS
PERITY.

The recent report OF the Chief OF
the Bureau of Statistics in the de-
partment of Commerce and Labor
contains some excellent signs of
general improvement in conditions
of all kinds In the country, and one
of these Is that in which falling pric-
es for imports and rising prices for
exports are declared. The trade in
the fiscal year 1908 has shown much
lower prices for the raw material
imported, while the values on the
foodstuffs increased in price. Cof-
fee. tea and sugar. for instance, have
advanced slightly. But the amounts
has been largely overbalanced by the
increase on corn and wheat sent to
feed the people of Europe.
On the export side. corn shows
an average export price of 64.7 cents
per bushel, against SO cents in 1907;
wheat 99.3 cents per bushel. against
70 cents in 1907. The corn crop,
which is this year in the bountiful
class,will enrich the American farmer
by many thousands.
Business in general in cities and
towns throughout the country has
not improved as rapidly as some had
hoped but the slight reaction after
the first squirt has passed and sec
ond wave has started which should
constantly, but steadily increase.
There is every indication of a con-
tinuance of good prices for farm pro-
ducts and with average good crops
the years of 1909 annd 1910 promise
to be record breakers for the Ameri-
can farmer. And when he Is pros
porous every department of industry
in the state catches the fever-Ex.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-01-20
A Wonderful Shot.

They were telling how well they
could shoot and Tom Dawson recall
ed a duck hunt in which he had
brought down five birds with one
shot.
Talk about shootin.'' said Old
Man Tifford; 81 saw Jim Ferris do
a mighty neat piece Of work one day
last week. Hsi wife was putin out
the washin' and she was complainin
about the pesky sparrows maxim dirt
marks on the damp clothes with
their feet.
They're thick as bees round here
says he. There's seven of 'em sit
tin on the clothes line this blessed
minute
I'm fix 'em. says jim, takin
down his shotgun, which he allus
keeps loaded with fine bird shot. He
tiptoed to the door, took aim, and
. Killed evry one OF them spar
rows" broke IN Dawson.
You're wrong" corrected Tilford
calmly; ''he never teched EN-. but
when his wife took in the washin'
she found she had three pair of op-
enwork stockin's and a fine peek-a
boo shirtwaist. Success Magazine.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-01-20
THE CONTEST FINISHED.
Dismissed After a Complete Recount
Of the Vote on Sheriff.

Late Saturday night the canvass
election for sheriff was completed
and the result showed a majority OF
"a for John A. Simpson, the incum-
bent, with 16 votes in dispute. which
would probbaly If passed on by the
court have been equally divided. At
the close of the count the attorney
for the contestant announced that
they were satisfied that he election
had been fairly conducted, no evil
dence being shown of any fraud what
ever, and they would therefore dis
miss the contest. He complimented
the people of the county on the fair
ness shown and good nature prevail
ing in the face of a contest, and al
so on the substantial evidence of the
fairness If our elections.
The case has not been an expensiv
one and it is probably worth all it
cost as a proof to all candidates and
their friends that everyone had a
fair show and fair count. No one
who had any knowledge of this re-
count whatever can be convinced OF
herwise now.
The Register stated when the con
hest was first filed that it would be
welcomed by many for this reason
and a recount could do no one harm
as the man with the most votes was
entitled to the office. but we also
stated that the talk about throwing
out any precinct was childish, and
the attorney for the contestant am
ply sustained us on that point. as
he stated that while there were some
irregularities in making up the re-
turns by the Judges there was alb
solutely no evidence of any fraud
whatever in any of the precincts dis
puted In fact MIR. Simpsons home
precinct on the count gave him the
worst of 1t, for they were so anxious
to do the fair thing that they over
did it. His largest gain was made
in Holly where five votes which the
judges refused to count for him were
admitted to justly belong to him by
Attorney Lambright.
The county is to be congratulated
on this early and peaceful conclu-
sion of the contest.