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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-09-09
Peary Discredits Cook.

NEW, YORK, Sept. S.-The fol-
lowing dispatch was received here to-
day:
Indian Harbor, Labrador, by
wirelss, via Cape Ray, Sept. S.-To
Melville T.. Stone, Associated Press.
II have nailed the stars and stripes
to the North Pole. This is authOrita-
tive and correct.
Cooks story should not be taken
too seriously. The two Eskimos who
accompanied him say he went no dis
tance north and not out of sight of
land. Other members of the tribe
corroborate their story.
(Signed.)
COMMANDER ROBERT E. PEARY
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-09-09
SCHOLL CHILDREN'S TAX
WILL BE $40 PER HEAD

OLYMPIA, Sept. 7.-There are
256,307 children of school age, to
81, in Washington, according to the
July census as reported to State Su-
perintendent of Public Instruction
Dewey. OF these 129,7S5 are boys
and 126,522 are girls.
In 1905 the census showed 247,-
997 children of school age.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-09-09
M|LLMEN CINCHEDlEXpLORERS DIFFER
All Sorts of Reports Coming from
Explorers, and All Should Be Taxi
en- with Proper Allowance Made |
from JealOuSieS of Their Friends
and DaCkerS.

COPENHAGEN, Sept. 6.-Copen-
hagen was electrified tonight by the
report of Commander Peary's an
nouncement that he had reached the
North pole. DR.. Cook was immense
ly interested and said:
That is good news. | hope Peary
did get to the pole. His observations
and report on that region will con-
firm mine"
1t is doubtful if history furnishes
a more dramtic episode than the
breaking of the news to DR.. Cook
that Peary had realized the goal of
his life's ambition and repeated
struggles. DR.. Cook was seated at a
dinner, surrounded by explorers and
correspondents, in the gided ball
room of the Tivoli casino. Around
his neck was hung a garland of pink
roses, according to the Scandinavian
method of honoring heroes, which
the explorer wore blushingly and
with visible embarrassment.
Amid this scene a whisper went
laround that Peary had planted the
Stars and Stripes at the pole. Cook
was perfectly cool and unmoved. He
made a striking speech, in which he
paid high tribute to the work of
Sverdrup, who sat near, to whose
discoveries he largely attributed his
success; to John r. Bradley, who
had financied the expedition; to the
Intelligence, endurance and faithful
ness of the Eskimoes who had assist
ed him in the preparations, and to
those who had accompanied him. The
whole story of the expedition, he said,
has not come out, and will not come
out for some time; nor will it come
pleted.
DR.. Cook did not permit the whis-
pers of Peary's success to move him
in the least, but when he had finish
ed he was surrounded by correspond
ents, who looked for some sign of
emotion, but the explorer said: Il
am glad"
Asked if there was any probability
of Peary's having found the tube
continuing his records, Dr.. Cook re-
Piled:
81 hope so but that is doubtful
on account of the drift. Commander
Peary would have reached the pole
this year. Probably while l was in
the Artic region last year his route
was several hundred miles east of
mine. We are rivals, of course, but
the pole is good enough for two.
THAT two men got to the pole
along different paths should furnish
large additions to the scientific
knowledge. Probably other parties
will reach it in the next two years,
since every explorer is helped by the
experience of his predecessor, just as
Syerdrup's observations and reports
were of immeasureable help to me.
| can say nothing more, without
knowing further details, than that
I am glad of it,
While DR.. Cook was cOnversing
casually today with American friends
before the news had arrived, the pos
laughingly suggested. DR.. Cook
said:
"It is quite possible that Peary
will turn up now. He is about due
to get back if he carries out his
plans. We have always been friends
Of course, we are rivals in the at
tempt to find the pole, but we have
been friendly rivals
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-09-09

The Aerala .w::ss o week tell It all.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-09-09

For Sale-Lot on Second street,
near Michigan avenue, 5Ox1SO feet.
Inquire at Herald office. If
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26

freckle, big and little. He not only has the
rare gift of seeing the humor In everything,
but he sees himself in a funny light. He
chuckles at his own LONELINESS and makes
every one laugh at him. His troubles and
difficulties he frankly drags out In the
iimetight, but not for the sake OF aym-
pRthy. rather for the pleasure OF showing
you how funny they are after all. He
doesn't merely laugh, however. He gets out
and hustles and makes his way In the
world by not wasting any energy moaning
over his misfortunes. He can ward off q
scoiding by q m~onkey-face grlmace, and he
can make you doubly anxious to do him
a favor because Of the. radiant grin you'll
get for thanks.
"Tve observed freckled faced kids closely
and never have l seen one who was not
CHEEKY, smart as a whip and humorous.
After a heavy rain l saw an immaeulatsly
dressed kid Of the freekled brand fall down
in a puddle OF muddy water. AS l helped
him np he chuckled up at me; Gee! won't
l get a licking for this. And then we both
laughed together. I've noticed The boys
playing ball In the vacant lots and the
freckle faces Away come away good
humorsdly after a defeat. while the other
boys are sullen or loudly declaring that
they lost the game by fraud.
Somehow the freokled ragamuffins al
ways seem to stand better with the oops
than other kids, and 1 think us because
the gruffest policeman cannot withstand
the freckled grin. I've seen good-Iooking
boys get pushed and showed by the guar
dams of the law, while the homeIy little
boys with freckles were allowed to slip
by. 1 know they're often impudent, but
they're not insolent and they're never sui
len. At any rate, when l have KID OF
my own I want 'em with freckles. Even
little girls are better for a smattering OF
the brown dots across thoir noses, and
there's never going to be any treckle-
banishing connections in my houss."-Nsw
York Press.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26

but more expensive than a simple newell.
belustrades admit OF a great variety OF
designs They are usually turned with a
square block top and base. The caps on
the balusters should step up with each
oa.uster in the same degree of rise as the
rail, but the base block and holdings at
the base should run horizontally on each
step, some part of each being on a line
with the step above.
Balusters are from seVen-eIEhths inch to
one inch and three-Quarters in diameter
for the usual stair, but sometimes larger
for elaborate work. The spacing IL on
tional, but in the best old colonial homes
there are three balusters to a tread Of ten
inches and four to a tread OF twelve inches.
The construction Of hand rails presents a
complex subject. A few suggestions Will
suffice here. The top Of the rail should
be smooth and rounding to allow the hand
to pass over it easily. 1t should also pro-
Ject some at the top TO enable one to grip
1t with the thumb and fingers. The hand
rail- should be from four to five inches
high in the section and three to four
inches broad. The distance from ton OF
rail down to top OF step should not be
less than twenty-eight inches nor more
than thirty-two inches, thirty inches is
best. Stair treads should be one and three
tighths inches thick, the riser seven
eighths inch thick. The usual width of
stair is three feet TO five feet from the
wall. Rear stairs can be two feet six
inches wide. All enclosed stairs having
walls on each side should have a hand rail
on one side tboth sides is better) supported
by iron brackets.
The most important point In planning a
stair Is the pitch or relation btp, cen the
riser and the treads, The pitch Of a stair
is often restricted TO as small a space AZ
possible to ave room, but under ordinary
conditions the requirements of Surround
Ing features of the plan should Yield SO
fur as possible to allow OF ample borl-
zontsl space for the stair in order to avoid
a steep ascent, To avoid this condition
there are several rules, the most common
being the American rule OF not less than
seventeen or more than eighteen inches,
as the sum Of riser and tread, thus q
riser Of seven inches would call for a
tread OF ten or eleven inches.
The German rule is to make their ouo-
tient between seventy and seventy-five
inches. 1t is safe to say, however. that
the riser should not be less than six and
one-half inches, nor more than seven and
one-half inches from tread 10 tread. and
that the tread should be from nine to
twelve inches for all house stairs OF i'm
portance. The rear and cellar stairs can
be eight-inch riser and elght-inch tread.
The tread referred to above are from face
TO face OF riser. Skies given are not meant
70 include the messing which projects an
inch or so over the riser.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26

hat should be accepted only as a last re-
sort.
The principal feature embodied In a
stairway design should be characteristic
OF the established style Of the house, In
fact. a well designed stairway may be said
to be practically a harmonious compost
ton Of gothic, colonial or classic detail. as
the case may be. Take, for illustration. a
stair OF gothic design. The vertical or
pointed gothic being used prominently IN
the paheled wainscoting and balustrade.
the newell post also being distinctly of
gothic design. Each tread carries a mlnia-
ture gothic open window, the pointed
arches sustaining the railing with an
appearance of substantially and SUD-
port, This should also be true Of the vain
scoting under the stair. A beautiful stair
is to be seen in Carriers Grove, James
River, Va. This beautiful colonial home. a
landmark on the upward road of American
domestic architecture, was built In the
year Inc, A beautiful mansion then, Il Is
still a model of colonial detail. Consider
able attention has been paid to the ap-
proach OF the stairway, a point that is
well TO be considered. In this instance
Il takes the form OF a very pretty frame
that sets off admirably the graceful stair
beyond. A bit OF detail characteristic OF
colonial stairways is II US rated In the spiral
ending of the rail and balustrades, which
makes a very attractive feature. Ones
han can slide off and on this railing with
cas-, being unobstructed BY the usual newell.
Brackets under the stair treads are also
interesting r. beautiful bits OF colonial
eets Two different kinds Of balustrades
can be used alternately with pleasing ef-
feet.
The stair hall Is necessarily considered
With the stairway, a paneled wainscot.ns
being the principal feature Of decoration.
This wainscoting is usually from thirty
inches TO -four feet high, with the usual
Dashboard at the bottom and a neat car
OF mo.dtng At the top. There are many
nays Of treating the ends Of open stair
treads. The brackets were originally each
carved out Of wood by hand: a tedious and
expensive task. Today for a small sum
they can be obtained cast from the mold
In composition, q durable material thai
makes possible many beautiful things In
modest homes. Novels can be solid and
built up many sided, square or turned.
some are plain and rave had carved orna-
ments. The hand rail starting In a spiral
with 6alustrades following u very effective,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26
AUDITOR GAINS ONE POINT
Secures Acknowledgement from the
Comptroller Of His Offices
Income.

At the request Of Robert Smith, clerk OF
the district court, County Comptroller Solo
moi will add this note to his report to the
Board of County Commissioners on the
finances Of the clerks office.
1T must be borne in mind that the clerk
OF the district court has rendered service
TO the county which, in fees, would cost
SlS,4a. 80, for which the county will only
have TO pay 81, s26. % net, making a sayinE
over the old system prevailing prior to 1899
OF $40, 505.6Z
As has already developed In the discus
sion over the proper manner Of figuring
up the county's expenditures through Mr.,
Smiths office, the only point at issue is
just exactly against what office the ex-
penditure OF the SlS, 4S1 90 should be placed.
The money is paid out for the most part
for drawing up scavenger tax papers, for
the prosecution Of crlminaI cases and for
the expenses of appointing election Of
>ilcials' When the auditors returned their
report 20 Mr.. Solomon this amount was
credited TO the earning OF Mr.. Smiths Of
rice because IL Is his clerks who do the
work, but II was also charged up to his
expenditures, because It was spent through
his office. OF this amount $40, 5O6.6 81 is re-
turned to the county by Mr.. Smiths Of
flee.
Ihe clerk Insists therefore that no does
$500 worth OF work for the county and
returns $4,000 of what the county pays him
Tor II, For that reason, he declares, his
office is not running at a loss. but that the
szS0 y which 1t falls behind is only that
part OF the expenditure for scavenser suits
and criminal procedure which Il is unable
20 earn for the county. Mr.. Smith declares
that when his office earns $1,000 Of the
expenses Of the county which are not prop
erly expenses OF his office he should not be
charged with running at a loss.
So although the whole thing remains
where 1t was as far as the taxpayers are
concerned, since the money goes out some
where Mr. solomon has capituiatsd far
enough 10 append the note which gives Nj.
smith credit for the real gain which has
been made In county finances since the
clerks office began TO charge litigantS in
slVu suits cash prices.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26

TIL secrets of the new Dreadnought,
which Is to be laid down at Portsmouth
soon after the Neptune has been launched.
are being carefully guarded, but despite
the precautions taken II Is known that
there will be important departures In the
design OF the ship. For one thing Il 10 to
have 1S.5-inch guns as a main armament,
6-inch guns as a secondary battery, and
the torpedoes fired from its submerged
tubes will be twenty-five inches in dla-
meter and will possess an effective range
OF five miles. The ship will be somewhat
longer and much heavier than the st.
Vincent now being completed.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26
TIMELY REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
Agents Rent Autos to Take Clients TO
Suburban Lots.
EFFECT OF STRIKE ON SALES
TroubIe win Not Have Hurt Much
70 Soon Ended, say Dealers
Residence supply scant
al Present.

Like other Omaha business men. real
estate dealers have been letting 90 Of good
money TO the automobile renters the last
week. When II has been necessary TO take
q client to the outskirts OF the city where
suburban activity of course largely lies.
the agents have had to shell out to the
garages.
opinion varies as to the injury to real
estate business caused by the strike, but
that II has hindcred a little this as well
as other lines Of business no one will deny.
1t Is agreed also that owing to the general
healthy situation. ~ the strke ends soon.
no agent will have felt It much.
What Omaha really needs" said one
agent, rs more suburban street car lines,
but I guess the present Is no time TO agi-
tate for this. Imagine someone going 60
the company Just nov and asking for a
consideration OF extensions.
The city Is IN a remarkable state as
regards occupancy Of buildings, particularly
Of residences. Store buildings have been
kept filled all the time and no one has
dared venture an opposite statement. Put
not long ago some said that we had many
vacant residences and were building too
many new ones. Both statements were
Incorrect. There have not been over 40
u~ntenanted residences at any time and
these and what new ones are finished have
practically all been taken in the last few
weeks.
The demand right now is far ahead Of
the supply and will remain 80 for some
time TO come. The demand also for first
class close-in apartments greatly exceeds
Cthe number available.
! The number Of people who have come
! 10 the city to live in recent time has been
large and aside from ordinary causes the
announcements In the papers Of much new
building Of all kinds has proved a magnet
\in bringing people here to live.'
Most of the biggest enterprises in con-
temptation have been cleared up In recent
time. The New York Life deal SENS 10
have gone through; E. A. Cudahy ia soon
to start work on his new skyscraper and
the Woodmen viii end their long delIbsra-
lions In a few days.
II Is said that the long hoped for new
headquarters of the Union Pacific may
be started after the first Of the year.
Small sales fell off in quantity somewhat
during the week, but the daily record OF
transfers In the recorders office ought not
TO be held a clear index of the weeks ac-
tVity. Fully 80 per cent-some say consid-
erably more-of the deeds placed on record
any week are Of sales which were made
weeks and even months before. A large
percentage therefor Of the deeds Of record
this week are for deals all
but formRlly the week before the Eagles
were here, or even earlier.
The Real Estate exchange at its session
last week heard an able exposition OF the
plans for the campus OF the medical COL
legs OF the University OF Nebraska. The
exchange viii this week endorse the plan
for a combined state and county hospital,
or at least It is a 100 to l shot that 1t
will so act The special committee OF the
exchange appointed on the matter will re-
port at the Wednesday meeting.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26
AUTO INJURIES LILLE BOY
"~nine knocks Down south Omaha
|hiid' InfiietinE Serious
scalp Wound.

ClaFenee Christensen, S-year-old son n,
Andrew Christensen, s7 North seventeentn
street, South Omaha was knocked down
by an owned by Charles n
shoWalter' auto dealer In Omaha. ana
driven by Mat Brady, Saturday morning
al TWenty-fourth and I streets, south
omaha, sustaining scalp wounds, possibly
a fracture. which may prove dangerous
The little fellow was taken 70 81. Josenh,s
hospital.
The automobile. No. Oli. was going south
down a grade and, Il is reported. al A
rapid rate and proceeded after IL had Kot
its little victim. The child was picked IN
and attended by DIT, +. L Delaney ana
promptly removed TO the hospital.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26
SUNSHINE BEHIND FREcKLEs
Usually GOOd-NatuFed and ms smart
ms a whip, f. the FreckIe-
Faced Kid.

above all other agents for scattering the
blues and ~dlspelling the clouds give me the
freckle faced kid" said the man, as he
smilingly" purchased a paper OF a grlnnlng.
very much freekled. newsy. 'He has all The
societies for Don't Worry Cheer Up and
Keep on Smiling beaten by a mile. And
he does 1t TO permit his CHEEKY, humorous
personality to shine out through every
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26

only slightly in excess of the outlay in
the United States.
This year the seven great powers are
devoting ,e12O, 500, 1875 to naval ornaments.
The recent increase In expenditure has
been mainly in Germany and the United
States. In Great Britain the total ex-
penditure this year is less than 1t was In
1903 and 1904, as the following figures
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26
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Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26

This year the expenditure on new con
struction and armaments for the British
fleet is rather less than IN Germany, or
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26

Your complexion as vel az your temper
is rendered miserable by a disordered liver.
BY taking Chamberlain stomach and
Liver Tablets you can improve both. Sold
BY all druggists.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26

Another interesting contrast is afforded
by the relative expenditure on new con-
stTuction and armaments Of the several
nations ten years ago and now:
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26
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quickly remedied with DR.. Kings New Life
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Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26

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Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26
Practical Construction and Designing--The Stairway
~ FAE8"f&% @. Arthur O. uHHn ArM~A &IHaRE-~r

IE stairway. originally consid-
cred alone for Its utility and
placed in the form of a spiral
stair In some out-of-the-wa
corner, is now carefully de-
signed as an impor. ant fea urs
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-31
NERVY Thief
PLAYED A
TRICK
STOLE PIPE AND SOLD 1T TO THE
OWNER.
Hans Wagner Walked Into AlVord's
Back Yard, Helped Himself to
Galvanized Pipe.

Police grind yesterday was of brieG
duration but furnished a considerable
amount OF amusement to the spectat-
ors. The docket included two colored
men who We're given lloaters for vag-
rancy and Hans Virgins, who accom-
plished the nervy stunt of stealing a
mans property from his back yard and
taking Il around to the front door TO
sell II to him.
Hans Virgins was arraigned in po
lice court on the charge OF petit lar
oeDy. having stolen it was charged.
q quantity OF galvanized pipe from tho
rear of Alyord's secondhand store
on Grant avenue. and reselling 1t to
the accommodating proprietor at his
front door.
Hans hesitated to plead, but finally
made it guilty" adding that he did
not know that the pipe belonged to
Alyord Officer Chambers stated that
Hans had been released from serving
a sentence for petit larceny only tha
day before, and had apparently made
short cut TO the rear OF AlVord's store
where he recalled the location of
quantity of galvanized pipe.
Taking a number of lengths OF the
pipe around to the front OF the store.
Hans bargained with the wiley pro-
prletor and even negotiated the sale
OF an additional supply to be delivered
later
Believing that time and pipe were
money and that the balance OF the
pipe lay unprotected from other pos
eible discoverers, Hans fastened back
to the rear after the rest In the
meantime a clerk had suggested to
Aiyord that he was probably buying
his own pipe, The result of an in
yestigation was the calling of an off,
Ger who interrupted Hans at his la
bors and arrested him
The court was vislbly affected by
the narrative and, believing that
genius like Hans should be rewarded
in some small way, extended an In
vltation TO remain a guest Of Jailor
Anderson for the next fortnight.