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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-01-13
FOLLY OF BAD ROADS,
Cost Farmers Yearly Over Fifty
two Million Dollars.
VALUE OF MODEL HIGHWAYS

More Than a Billion and a Half In
Road Built Near Greenville, Miss, at
Low Rate.
When the annual appropriation bill
of the department of agriculture was
under discussion last April Repre-
sentative Benjamin Humphreys Of
Greenville. Miss. made the epigram
matte statement that mo road can
cost the farmers as much as poor
one" That touched the very kernel
of road economics, for careful research
and exhaustive study have proved, says
the New York American, that the poor
roads of the nation place mud and
hill climbing tax OF not less than &
quarter Of billion dollars a year on
those who use them.
The representatives, sparkling little
sentence was in answer to a query by
Representative Sims as to the cost Of
building the unique burnt clay roads
of the south, system evolved by the
experts of the Office of public roads Of
the United States department of agri-
culture at al almost incalculable bene
fit to the cotton growers of the south.
Mr.. Humphreys had explained in in
tense the skillful methods adopted bJ
Engineer Spoon, who had been ordered
by Director Logan Waller Page of the
Office of pubic roads to go to the delta
district of Mississippi and make a
study of conditions. He laid logs
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-01-13
Sales SOOOO A Year.

A splendid business stand. store
house, stock of goods, good will, etc.
Annual sales $4,000 to $4,000 a year
Post office in connection which pays
about $120 per year. Three miles from
railroad station on the branch. Here
Is fine opportunity for man with
small capital to drop right into good
business. For further particulars write
JNO. d. BABBAGE,
Cloverport, Ky.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-01-13

"Nine bandits charged for the door,
ably they assisted him in their de-
struction. But with his faithful bowie
knife he never faltered until all was
quiet, calm and still, for he had struck
savage blows. following the devils up
one side of the room and down the
other and into corners, striking and
yelling until he felt sure that every
one was down.
Hickok was wounded by three bull
lets and eleven buckshot and cut in
thirteen places. 1t was six months be-
fore wild Bilr' fully recovered from
the results Of what was one Of the
most thrilling exploits in border story
--one that is not created by the ro-
mancer, but is well authenticated
that wild Bill'' In single handed con-
flict killed ten men, men of the most
desperate character
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-01-13

"Had dyspepsia or indigestion for
feers. No appetite, and what did eat
distressed me terribly. Burdock Blood
Bitters cured me. ~. H. Walker.
Ssnbury, Ohio.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-01-13

along stretches Of impossible thor
oughfares which had as a basis the
sticky "gumbo" clay Of the south.
burnt them to such purpose that the
clay was changed entirely In charac-
ter and then supervised the construc-
ton Of a road that for hanlina nnr-
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-01-13
The Cause of Many
Sudden Deaths

prevailing IN thi
IS because so decor
tive. Many suddci
deaths are caused BY
it, heart disease
pneumonia, hear
failure or apoplex,
are often the resul
Of kidney disease.
kidney trouble is al
lowed to advance tn,
kidney pois one
blood will attack tn,
vital organs or the
The daily Alaskan., 1909-03-22
His E.,e Not His Fortune.

In Che wIlGs af ru. Nurh island, among tuc members uE uua Arawa tribe. there lives a Maar. whose face iu bygonc days carried with ir condi- tions that the owner Is pleased were not fuIauod. Am artist looking for subjects" was struck with ran vNanT- tiouaI elaborate a,UunEme uu Dnn mans cheek. nose and rmreueaI The artist at once selected him as type uf thc ancient Maori hur tnn members of thc tribe. however, sHid tnaJ hn was a nobody" and did nU. deserve Uhc hou- or accorded Co him. They explained that he had been a slave and tHat bis face had been sp'eud.og uuoocd in order that his head could ho sold at a great price in Che days when traffic in dried heads was a lucrative calling for thc chiefs and noub.cs The man evidently clrcumvcnJeI thc commcr- claI instincts Of his master until thc grcwstmc trade was abolished, and after that. of course. his face was no longer a menace to his hcad-W Walra- rapa Times.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-03-22
serints and Manussripts.

When a novelist delivers thc manu- script of a book Co his publisher his troubles are over. He cam go away and forget about It or sit down and write another book But when a dramatist turns over Che script of his play to the stage manager his troubles have just begun; also for that matter. his run, for putting on a play is probably the most trying and amusing experience of the whole writ Ing industry.
 In fiction the author designs and finishes the whole work. from conccp- ton to execution, like a painter of pictures. The manuscript of his story Is practically the finished product as it comes Co the consumer. except that it is typcwriting instead Of type. But the manuscript of a play is no more a play which people will pay money to see than an architects blueprint is a house for a family to live in.-Col- Hers Weekly.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-03-22
Broadening
 JethrO.
By CARL WILLIAMS.
Copyrighted. Ig0S. by Associated
 Literary Press.

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 The town could boast no Seeing Coucordla Car" but had one of the ubiquitous omnlbuscs carried visitors through thc pleasant shaded streets it Is certain that Jcthro Hawkins would have been pointed out as one of Che objects of local interest along with the bank. and pulp min and Che house where Washington had slept when passing through the town.
 In the absence of sightsccrs Flaw klus was an object of uufcigncd inter est to his fellow townspcoplc, more especially thc women, for confirmed bachelor is ever the exposure Of match makers
 Other cavaliers came and woocd and won rr were dismissed to woo again. but JoOhro's i.fauatioU for Andadra Wayland could nn counted upon as a topic of conversation year In and year out
 When Jcthro had been great gawEy nd of nineteen and Andadra a sentimental sup NI N.N'....N.E ''.' .''.' rcmmmity Inc had kissed her and had asked nor Co wait for him. Aftcrward he never could tell how hr had achicy- cd either rHo kiss or the question:
 Jn.nro was now thirty and Audodra twr.y.p.gh. and they were still wait- !ae. because Ja.wo was thrown into a panic gf tNn very sight nf a woman.
 AaGadra wns patient and said "No' to half score or su'.ors. but s,iIl -etnro did not speak. SO the whole sowu knowing ,hn s'wnl.nD, came Co take am interest in tho affair
 That ToJwo was iu love was above question. Love sho"n m his eager blue eyes. DosnaEriag uior-ion was be-
The daily Alaskan., 1909-03-22
FRYEBRuuN co.

There is mov. Cguyra iu this see tion of th. country chan all other alS cases put together, and until la' last few years was supposed CO h' 'A- curabla. For great many years doe tors pronounced it a local disease aha prescribed local remedies. and ay con stautg failing to cure with local treat maut. pronounced iC iuuu~ble. So.enr has proven cagarrh to be consuJu- tiouaI disease and therefore requires constitutional treatment Halls Ca tawh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney * Co.,. Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the mar kct. It is taken internally in doses from 70 drops to @ toaspooDluL IJ acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any ease l, fails Co cure. Send for circulars am. testimonials.
 Address: F. J. CHENEY & co, To ledO. Ohio.
 Sold by Druggists. 75c.
 Take Halls Family Pills for consu patton.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-03-22

CT THOUGHT YOU DIDN'T CARE FOE ME
 ANY ,IDEE. TErI.
 rayed in every l.ne of the dcicctcd figure.
 1T tongue could have spoken his love as clogucu,ly as his eyes Concord.as matclmakcrs would have ceased Co worry.
 Then suddenly JeDhro went away. Connected with his departure was no incident bat bis return was cvcntful
 TO be sure. hr planned to spend a week end with his grandmother but to Coucordfnus a journey of 200 miles was something more than an event. and practically the whole town saw Jcthro oG
 It gave him go rather good opinion of himself. and he bore himself with dig ultv on the journey. He assumed the airs of traveller of long experience, and when erc time came for his return Inc approached the railroad station with none u' the embarrassment he had felt when ho went to take the train at Co9.ordu
 He ,vuu r..anrmI on the platform until rr, n-t moment instead of climb ing aboard .no train the moment it pulled iu.r tno station. With a blasc air ro Iut uur ur two cars slip past him. ruG n. swung himself aboard by tn, rau.or ..a r.nr platform.
 Irc threw open tna door and passed throu.G thr corridor of the sleeper In the wash room haIf a dozen men were playing rwGs w'.h a suit case for table. Most of them were coat less, and their collars and ties had been removed iu thc heat of the game. Jcthro hurried on. lie did not want a seat in the sleeper; il cost more mon ey
 He knew that the day coaches were fustahoad and vaguely wondered why one sleeper should he in the rear when all the others were up front ahead of the ordinary coaches. When he issued from the corridor Inc stood rooted to the floor in amnzcmcnt.
 Instead of the decorous. well groom cd city travellers he had expected to find. some twenty GashiIy dressed wo- men were scattered through the car.
 As he appeared one tiny little wo- man with hair obviously blcachcd set uD a cry of Look who's here" and the other nineteen obeycd the com mand. Now. even a city man may well quail before twenty actresses. What chance had Jcthro against their rail- lery?
 He was good looking, with an ath- Ietlc figure. but his clothes and his manner bespoke the man of the small town. His confusion was immensely divertiug to the women members of tho burIesQue company, who were only too appreciatlve of a break in the mo- uotony of travel.
 In a moment they had focked about him and were plying him with ques- tons. Stammerlngly he explained that
The daily Alaskan., 1909-03-22
HIDDEN DANGERS.
Nature Gives Timely Warnings Ina. No Alaska Citizen Can Afford
 .n I----.

70 ignore
 DANGER SIGNAL NO. 1 comes from the kidney secretious. They will warn you when the kidneys are sick We'll kidneys oECrotc a clear, ambo" fluid. Sick kidneys send out a thin pale and foamy, or a thick, red, ili- smelling urine, full of sediment and irregular of passage.
 DANGER SIGNAL NO 9 comes from the back Back pains. dull and heavy, or sharp and acute. tell you of sick kidneys and warn you of the ap. proach of dropsy. diabetes and BrighLs disease. Doau's Kidney Pills cure sick kidneys and cure them per manently.
 Theodore Josephson, 515 Seventh St, Astoria, Oregon, says: About five years ago I used Dogu's Kidney Pills and derived great benefit. At that time I was suffering from so- We're pains across my back and loius. at times so severe that ] was unable to stOOD or sJratghtnu. My kidneys also bothered me a great d.1l Che sa- CreuOus generally being too frequent in passage At last DoGu's Kidney Pills were brought t1 my attention and I procured a box. used them and as a result my health is now ey- collent. ] take a few doses ol Doau# Kidney Pills now and 'leu, wh.m feeling any sign of baalnoha and they never fail Go bgnisl the trouble"
 For sale by aIl dealers. Price In cents. Fostor.AIubwn Co.,. Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States.
 Remember the Doau's-and take no other
The daily Alaskan., 1909-03-22
FRESH GOODS.

The next Jefferson will bring us another fresh consignment of Fresh Premium Butter, Ranch Eggs, choice Poultry and Oysters. Our line Of fresh Salt Meats are the best to be had in any market.
 FRyEBRUUN co.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-03-22

Blue coral, which is the most pre- cious kind, is obtained in the bay of Benin.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-28
Steel TRUST
MAKES BIG
PROFIT

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK, April 28.-Dur-
ing the past three months, the net
of the United States steel
corporation we're 100000 in
excess of the earnings for the cor
responding period last year, &C
cording to the report which has
just been issued. The total figure,
$22,921,26S, was 100000 in
excess of expectations. This fact
is believed to prove that the
threats of wage cutting recently
made by the trusts managers,
were made for their moral effect
upon tariff tinkerers in congress.
The report filed indicates that
business has improved steadily
since January 1. The earnings
for February are in excess of those
for the first month of the year,
while those for March are cores
pondingly increased.
Exclusive of dividends, the sur
plus for the quarter ending March
81, 1909, was $3,026,687, as
against $7,S65,000 for the same
quarter of 1908. The rate of
per cent on the common and z
per cent on the preferred stock
was continued.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-28
MOULD keep SIGNS
LIGHTED UNTIL 1880

Evans & Dickson this week
have just placed complete range
with cooking outfit in the home
of Mrs. Savage, and with the dis
satisfaction there is with the quail
ity of gas furnished it is believed
lots of cooking could be introduce
ed by electricity IL there were
some one to go after the business
City Electrician LauZon has al
ready done something In this line,
but his time Is too limited to al
low much attention to the task of
looking for business.
The general impression in the
city hall is that the offer of the
Seattle-Tacoma Power company of
" cent current is largely bluff
to try to dissuade the city from
going ahead with its municipal
power plant, but the city officials
are manifesting a disposition to
call the bluff by boosting the load
factor and compelling the COM
pany to cut the rate as agreed
uDOQ
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-28
PIONEER MISSING:
HOUSE IS BURNED

PORT ORCHARD, April 2S.-
Sheriff HI. F. Mckay of Kitsap
county, has been notified of the
mysterious disappearance of L..
Fare, q pioneer resident of Key
port, on Liberty bay. The man
his been missing since last Thurs
day and the fact that the home of
Fare was burned to the ground
on Friday evening adds to the
mystery which has caused the big
gest sensation in years in the town
Of Keyport. Sheriff Mckay made
= careful examination of the ashes
of the burned house and declared
he can find no evidence indicating
that the mans body was cremated.
Fare is about so years of age
and lived alone in a small house
on the beach in the vicinity of
Keyport. When last seen he was
at Port Orchard Thursday, last.
He came to the county seat to pay
his taxes on a 20-acre tract at
Keyport, on which his home was
located. The supposition is that he
returned to Seattle by boat in or
der to take boat from Seattle to
Liberty bay points. No one at
Keyport saw him return.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-28

The funeral of Mrs. Lillian May
Cole, who died yesterday at the
home of her brother. H. H. Staple,
|603S South Montgomery ST., will
be held tomorrow afternoon at
1880 O'Clock. from the residence.
The Ladies' of the Modern Mac
|cabees will have charge of ar
arrangements.
Mrs. Mary Harvey, mother OF
Walter Harvey. and widow of the
late M. M. Harvey, died yester-
day morning at the home of her
son, 407 North Yakima av. The
remains were taken to Hoska's
undertaking parlors.
The funeral Of Hans johnson,
who died Monday night at q city
hospital, will be held tomorrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock from Mel
fingers chapel.
The funeral OF Hans johnson,
who died Monday OF pneumonia,
will be held tomorrow at 2 O'Clock
from Mellinger's chapel.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-28

Councilman Giblett will offer a
resolution in the city council in
the near future to require all the
electric signs In the city to burn
until 1880 o'clock at night. These
signs are suffered to exist on the
street solely for the purpose of
lighting the street and for the sale
Of current by the city, and 1t is
thought by Giblett to be due the
city that they operate until at
least 1880 at night. II this is
enforced 1t will help to increase
the load factor of the lighting de-
partment.
Mr.. Giblett, as chairman of the
fire and water committee, Is also
considering the matter of having a
business agent for the light de-
partment to drum up trade and
get new business. 1t is believed IL
the city had a live agent he could
have most of the gas ranges in
the city discarded and new up-to-
date electric cooking ranges in
Produced.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-28
AT THE TACOMA.


Norman Hackett will be seen
at the Tacoma tonight in his lat
est success, Classmates" The
play centers about three people,
two men and woman. For IL
long months the two men fight a
desperate battle for the hand of
the girl. The battle swings south
and one scene is laid In the
jungles of South America, 81, 900
miles from nowhere"
The girl of the story is Sylvia
Randolph, acted by Doris Mitchell,
and Duncan Irving, the part play
ed by Hackett, is the "man" of
the story. After innumerable
trials, in which Irving barely
misses losing his life a number of
times, he returns to Sylvia-and
the story Is ended.
Mr.. Hackett and Miss Mitchell
have a strong cast about them,
and the play has Won favorable
criticism wherever it has appear
ed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-28
DAMAGING EVIDENCE
IN FORGERY CASE

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
CHICAGO, April 2S.-Van Wis
singer, who is serving sentence
for wholesale forgeries, continued
his testimony today before ref
cree In bankruptcy. He related
further incidents In connection
with the alleged knowledge of
Bernard Rosenberg and Maurice
Rosenfeld, financiers, that he was
carrying on his populations.
Van Vlissingen re-affirmed the
charges which he made yesterday
to the effect that these men knew
of his forgeries for four years be-
fore he was caught but that they
kept silent in the hope that they
could recover the money they had
lost to him. He said they held
100000 worth of his spurious
paper.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-28
LAMP USED BY
BURGLARS EXPLODES

NORTH YAKIMA, April 28.-
Sneak thieves Sunday night at
tempted to steal the funds that
have been collected at the Sco-
Vile revival meetings now being
held in the Christian church here.
These funds are kept at the home
of ]. Il. Fitch.
The thieves had started to ran
sack the house, wen an OIL lamp
they were using exploded. This
frightened them and they ran. Be-
fore going they threw the blazing
lamp into the back yard.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-28
SINCLAIR
RESIGNS

Percy L. Sinclair yesterday
afternoon rendered his resignation
as secretary of the chamber of
commerce, to take effect at once.
The resignation was accepted on
his request and he will retire i'm
mediately.
Mr.. Sinclair will engage in priv
ate business. He has some extern
sive deals in timber and coal lands
in view and will devote his atten-
ton to his private affairs.
His successor has not yet been
named, but Vice President Bowes
will look after the chamber of
commerce business until man is
secured.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-28
REAL ESTATE
94zNpAclFIc AVE.
RGY THOMPSON SEQ
Here Are Lots Be-
low Market Price.
Make Money
On Them
PARK

PRESCOTT PARK
Right across the road from
five new factories, and all
the improvements of the
Union Pacific out Center ST.,
we have 35 choice lots. 9th
err lots are held at $500 each
some as low as $3.50.
These 35 we can sell for
@176 each, or $3.50, IL sold
altogether. Easy terms.
Measure the distance to these
tots from 18th st. and Pacific
~. Then measure north, west
and south. See what prices
$500 to $4,000 lots this dis
lance out In other directions are
bringing. 1t is happening fast
out Center ct. THESE ARE
THE CHEAPEST LOTS NEAR
THE BUSINESS CENTER IN
TACOMA.
NORTH END SNAP
Have you been looking for a
good speculative buy out ON
tho Point Defiance car line?
Here II is--8 lots on 3srd
and Tyler for only e22B each,
half cash. Only one block
from car line; fine neighbor-
hood. Surrounding iots are
held 81 tsk0 up.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-28
WILL INVESTIGATE
EXECUTIONS

lBy United Press Leased Wire.)
DURANGO, Mex, April 2S.--
President Diaz today ordered the
arrest of Lieutenant Jesus Garcia
Gonzales. the officer who COM
manded the troops who executed
the rs rioters here and at Velar-
dena. following the outbreak over
religion at Velardena two weeks
ago.
The president has demanded a
thorough investigation of the
summary executions and the Of
nicer will be severely punished II
1t is found that the executions
were unwarranted.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-28
TWO MEET DEATH
On RAILROAD
TRACKS
QBy United Press Leased Wire.

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
EVERETT, April 2S.-John
Ryan, rancher living on the
Everett Snohomish Interurban
line, near Swans trail, was struck
by a-Northern Pacific freight train
Monday night on the line about
half way between Lowell and the
Bbey slough bridge and was killed
instantly.
The top of his head was entire
ly torn open and his legs and
upper limbs were crushed out OF
shape.
Another railway killing oc-
Cured last night at johnson s
spur near Hartford, when Joe
a logger, recently en-
ployed at Sullivan Bros. logging
camp, was struck by a logging
train. He was Intoxicated. An
derson was As years of age.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-28
ONE KILLED; IS
HURT in WRECK

PASCO, April 2S.-George Bean
of Portland was instantly killed
and fifteen of HIS companions,
workmen, were injured in a train
wreck which occurred thirty-two
miles northeast of this city, on
the low line of the s. P. G. 8. yes
etrday afternoon.
According to the story as told
by members of the crew aboard
.Ae work train, the men We're
Just starting to work, picking up
their tools along the track, when
the train, in backing up, struck
a huge bowlder. Bean, togeth-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-28
SWITCnMAM FALLS
FROM FREIGHT CAR

Frank Ellis, a switchman of the
Northern Pacific railway, fell from
the top of freight era, as the
train was crossing Commerce st.
at 18th, about $3.50 this morning
and suffered a broken ankle. He
was taken to the Northern Pacific
hospital.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-28
Asia's Sale of Ladies
Suits Ends Friday

The As per cent discount sale
put on at Asia's by the La Vogue
Suit House ends Friday night, and
those who have not taken advant-
age of this large discount are re-
quested to get around to the store
before Friday. The styles are ex-
elusive, the tailoring perfection,
and the fit absolutely guaranteed.
Every garment being closely in
spected before leaving the store.
That's why it's correct il Asia has
1t. You know the place, you know
the goods-it's up to you. **s
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-28
BURGLARS OVERLOOKED
81 800 IN STRONG BOX

SPOKANE, April 2s. - The
strong box in the Metz bank safe
at Tlberton, which was wrecked
Monday morning by cracksmen in
an attempt to loot the bank, was
opened and about $500 was
found undisturbed. The $500
burglar insurance carried on the
bank will repair damage. One
hundred dollars postal money was
secured.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-28

er with about twenty workmen,
occupied fiat car next to the ca
boose and the shock from the col
lision threw the men from their
seats.
Bean in some way was caught,
the rear trucks of the car cross
ing his body, killing him instant
ly. He was a member of the
crew that left Portland last night.
ne was just going to work when
the accident occurred. Other
members of the crew who were
injured are receiving medical
treatment here.