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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-07-02

In the excitement of the most
rlotouS war of words the speaker in
| possession of the gavel and backed
unquestionably by a loyal majority
committed the tactical blunder of
taking the oath of speakership anew
from Judge Rudkin. 1t followed that
| If he was the duly elected and sworn
speaker of the house for the eleventh
| Legislature the duplication of the oath
could in no wise affect the legality
of the proceedings; it was made to
weakness in his position. The storm
ragged the fiercer from that on, until
| by one of those master strokes of
tact, which are prompted by sound
common sense and kindly DISPOSE
| ton in the presence of defeat, the
| speaker turned the tables on his
enemies completely. In brief and
| touching speech, pleading for a har-
moniOus and businesslike session, he
! rendered to the house his resigna-
| ton, as the quickest and best solu-
ton of the difficulty. At this critical
moment, the floor of the house and
tn galleries were crowded denSely
Two-thirds of the gallery spaces were
occpied by women. The simplicity
of the speakers words, his youthful
modesty of attitude, and his cheerful
| sp' rit, as well as the well chosen
Woraa Of resignation, touched every
bcCy, even his adversaries, deeply.
| " len is resignation was rejected
! by a vote of As to AZ, a scene of glad
acclaim was enacted as is to be com
pared with no similar outburst of
feelings Of pleasure in the history of
legislation in this state"
Ole Hanson, the only man who vot-
ed against Meigs on the final vote
is che of the characters" of the
house He is an "insurgent" at all
times and has bitter hatred of Meigs,
who threatened on several occasions
to have him removed from the floor
of the house during the regular ses-
sion of tie legislature Hanson
talked every time there was an OPP
portun ty and many times when there
was 10 opportunity. Meigs was the
Ionly roan who could restrain him.
Whenever Meigs would leave the
chair Hanson would break out and
refuse 10 obey the rules or the COM
nands Of the speaker pro TEN, who
might rap with the gavel all he pleas
ed. but Hanson would keep on talk
ing. Whenever he got out Of order
end refused to obey the rules. W! en-
Meigs was in the chair, the speaker
would call up the sargent at arms 10
remove Hanson from the house and
the Swede would then subside. He
, became such a nuisance that he was
b publicly ridiculed by all the mem
' hers, one of whom, composed and re-
. cited the following lines about him
using the Swede dialect:
% "Ole Hanson her talk and her won
keep still,
Her talk and her talk on every bill
y Her talk about this and her talk
about that,
But most of the time, her talk
through her hat.
The sally brought forth rounds OF
applause and the NOISY Swede
often heard those words during the
remainder of the session. 1t was salo
about Hanson that HE talks wher
ne is net writing; writes when ne II
:, not talking. and does both when NJ
> is not thinking"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-07-02
Throat Cut With Razor

Mack Scott, the negro proprietor
of the Southern cafe, at Walla Walla
was severely cut in the throat Satur-
day with a razor in the hands of
William Brown, his chief cook. The
cutting was done during a fight in
which Scott was manipulating with a
cleayer. Brown is in Jail.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-07-02
Cattle Cross New Bridge

Two thousand head of cattle be-
longing to the Coffin Babcock com
pany arrived in Wenatchee Friday
from the Moses Lake country, and
were crossed on the new Columbia
river bridge from the Douglas
county side. They will be taken to
the company ranch on Colockum
creek for pasturage.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-07-02

The Kennewick city council Tues
day night considered an application
for a franchise from W. r. Anon, S.
G. Emmons, G.. +. Richardson and G..
A. Lundy. They ask for the right to
operate an electric railway on GER
bond of $4,000 as security against
damage to the city during the period
of construction.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-07-02
Died From Blood Poisoning

d. w. Carvey, a fruitgrower living
near Walla Walla, died Sunday as
the result of blood poisoning. The
poisoning was caused by pairing a
corn. His leg was amputated re-
Gently, but the poison continued to
spread.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-07-02
THE NORTHWEST

State Commissioner of Horticul.
mary arrangements for establishing
an office in Kenewick, according 70 a
provision of an act passed by the last
state legislature. 1t is proposed to
erect a building for the use of the
commissioner and his men.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-07-02

AS the result of having shaved a
corn too close, Daniel Carnway will
have his left leg amputated Friday at
Walla Walla. The toe was amputat-
ed a short while ago, but the poison
continued to spread and it is now
necessary to remove the leg.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-07-02

Victor c. Colby, a real estate man
of Seattle, aged so years, committed
sui cide Sunday in the lobby of the
Butler hotel at Seattle by shooting
himself in the head with a revolver.
He left a letter in his pocket to his
parents in which he stated that he
was a failure, owing to the fact that
they never sent him to school,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-07-02

The zeal shown by the sheriff's
olhce in enforcing the anti -cigaret
aw is commendable. Not only does
he county treasury need the money
hlch the officers succeed in mulct-
ing from their victims, but 1t is re-
lreshing to see sheriff getting bnsy
for once without being urged to do so
by prominent citizens or public meet
ings There are some people who OBJ
lect strenuousiy to the anti-eigaret
law That is something with which
the officers have nothing to do. If
the public doesn't want the law, the
best way to secure its repeal it to
enforce 1t Vigorously. The sheriff
lis merely doing his duty Yakima
Rep bic.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-07-02
Woman Was DesDOndenta

Mrs. Mary F. Weber of Tacoma
shot and killed herself Saturday in
her rooms after disposing of all her
effects. The cause of the suicide is
said to be melancholia and hysteria
She was respondent on account of
fancied poverty.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-07-02
Gang of Hold-ups

Believing that a gang of robbers
and holdups are organized and work
ing in the vicinity between Pasco and
the summit of the Cascades, the peo-
pie of that vicinity are uniting in a
campaign to eliminate their work. A
series of holdups and burglaries have
been perpetuated there recently.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-07-02

While running about at play with
a tack -.dmmer in it's mouth, the g.
vear-Old son of Robert Squibb of Col
fax fell Thursday and drove the han
die of, the hammer down its throat.
The palate was severely lacerated
and the tonsils were misplaced and it
is thought by the attending physician
that the spine was injured.
The attorney-general in opinions to
the state auditor holds that heirs
.of Indian war veterans should not
be paid under the appropriations
made by the last legislature for the
veterans, and holds that the new
Iaccountancy board has jurisdiction
lover all public offices, including those
in township organizations, but none
yer cities.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-07-02

The suggestion made at the late
meeting of the commercial club of
inns city to the effect that a bill would
oe introduced at the special session
oil the legislature to curtail the power
oil the county mmissioners in the
matter OF approrriating the peoples
money should be carried out. There
reason to believe that it would not
)e difficult matter to line up a ma
ority OF the legislature for such a
measure. In many states this power
# the commissioners is confined to
ia matter of $4,000, and when larg-
Ter appropriations are needed the
question is submitted 10 vote of the
)eople. There should be such a law
on the statute books of this state
ana the sooner the better. No three
men should have the right to reck-
essly s1rander the hard-earned
money of the taxpayers. -Houuiam
WashigtCnian
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-07-02
100 Acres

40 Acres bearing orchard; 10
acres 3-year-old trees; all selected
varieties. so acres oats. Will
pay twice the income received
from wheat land. Excellent
property to divide into small
tracts. If you want safe, prof.
table investment investigate.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-07-02

W. S. Johnson, of Modesto. Cal,
who was engaged in installing a tele-
phone switchboard here, yesterday
committed suicide by stabbins him
self in the heart Johnson's mind is
believed TO have been impaired.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-07-02

Seattle Times, the organ of the cor
Arupt element, which had made a bit
Nter fight against Meigs and in favor
aof ]. w. Slayden, the anti-administra-
tion candidate, pays Meies a fatter-
Ing compliment in describing how he
&wcn out in the fight for speaker
#The Times says:
NIeigs Makes Masterstroke
- 1t was at this juncture that Mcigs
4 made his masterstroke He declined
q to recognize anybody and made the
statement that the speakership of
q the special session had no charms for
tshim.
4 Il have had all the nonors | could
ask for in this house." he said. Il
/ have had also right along the honest
Topinion that nu rganization was
tanned by nineteen states. Kansas,
Illinois and Georgia, last year re-
tanning in special sessions the old
4 organization without a vote. | do
not feel, in the stress of this moment,
that | am violating any confidence
when l tell you that the attorney
general informed me today that re-
organization is not only unnecessary
but that such a procedure would be
without the warrant of law.
Il have no desire to cause iIl-fcel-
ing here or to intrude myself into an
unwelcome presence. l repeat |
have been honored enough, and in
the interest of harmony | now tender
NY resignation rs your speaker"
Palmer Immediately moved that
the resignation be accepted. He was
\seconded by Hanson. Jackson want
, I'D to know if the speakers resigna-
ton carried with it the implication
that he would not permit his name
to be placed in nomination when a
new speaker was voted on.
Il will state that l do not longer
care to act as speaker" said Meigs.
Jackson, then, addressing the
house, declared that it was the duty
\ of the members to refuse TO enter
lain the speakers resignation.
u While his talk was on Slaydcn'
9 friends were trying to get in shape
to elect either Burke or Stevens, OF
fSnohomi5n. Palmer entered plea
for new man whom nobody haC
y heretofore considered having Burke
Il in mind. The house by this tine
i realized that tie Meigs-Iay forces
were standing pat and that the only
way out OF the taLglc was vote
> Beach passed the word down the linz
to stop talking and roll call wa
permitted.
How Representatives Voted
Those voting for accepting Melgs
resignation were: Nels Anderson
W. T. Anderson, Beach, Bishop
Il Bradsbury, Bugge, Cameron, }. /
Campbell, Carlyon Clark Erickson
edge, Fisher, French, Client, OIL
Hanson, Hayward. Hewitt, Jalflie'
Aa!ser, Kenoyer, Lambert, Locke
McArthur, McInui5. Mcmillan, MOI
I'LL MS Palmer, Renick, Rogers, Sims
" Slayden, E. NJ stephens. Stuar
sweet, Taylor, Tenant Thayel, J
II a. thompson, Ward, Webster, Wen
n -43.
Against-John Anderson, Bel
oOhnger, Boone, Buchanan, Bycrl!
uhns' Christensen, Cline, Cog'
WI David. Denman, Eldridge. Far
ri ,aef' Farnsworth, Gordon. lIalfert'
q lSey, Hama, II. II. Hanson. Holm
'Deii' Huffman, F. G. jackson
Ouse' Leonard, Mcclure, Nj
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-07-02
Drowned in the Columbia

C. E. Jackson, young homestead
er of the Trunk Creek valley, was
drowned in the Columbia river a
short distance below Bridgeport
Saturday. His body has not been
found. His father lives at Holland,
Mich.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-07-02
;
FARM
BUYS
goo Acre Farm

22o acres in crop, balance sum-
mer fallow; one mile from ware
house; three miles from town;
S52. so an acre. Chico land and
nothing else in same locality; can
be had at less than ten dollars
better.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-07-02
NORTHWEST PRESS

one hundred and thirty-two wo-
men teachers in the Seattle schools
Tor the year Just closed have resign
ca TO marry, This is about one-sixth
Oh the total teaching force. And yet
Mrs o. p, II. Belmont. sunragette
declares That if most women over is
'oiu the truth they would say they
nate men, Tacoma Ledger.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-07-02
Good Small Farm

so Acres Fairsized house; small
orchard; spring water piped into
house; choice fruit; alfalfa and
general farming land; close to
good town and adjoins school
houee. This tract is left as re-
suit of the division of a larger
farm and for the man who wants
small farm home is the best buy
we have seen this year. 1t will
last quick; SIS per acre; half
cash; good terms on balance.
Will consider as part payment
good small residence property in
good town.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-07-02

ssocia
ID city
repaid
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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-07
MEXICAN FIELDS
ARE NOT A MENACE
Quality of Oil is Such That II Could
Not Compete With Product
in United States.

Washington, June president Taft
late Saturday submitted to the senate
the report Of DIR. c. w. Hayes. chief
geologist OF the United States geologi-
cal survey. on the relation OF the Mex
ican oil fields to the American oil mar
ket This report contends that the
Mexican oil fields do not constitute a
menace to the oil producing industry
OF the United States.
Independent oil producers and refin-
ers who are in Washington in an eff
fort to have congress take oil from
the free list. where It was placed by
the house bill. have contended that
the importation of Mexican oil threat
ened the industry in this country
The report of DIR. Hayes, which was
withheld until it was called for in
resolution presented by Senator Cum
minis Of Iowa and adopted by the sen
ate. briefly touches on the situation as
follows:
while these fields promise to yield
a large quantity of crude oil, its quail
ity is such that it can not compete un-
der present conditions in the United
States or Europe with the higher
grade petroleum of the Appalachian,
Illinois or mid-continent fields
Further the conditions are such
that the demand for fuel oil and re-
fined products in Mexico exceeds the
supply available at present, or in sight
in the near future. There is practi-
cally no coal in Mexico and the rail
roads now dependent chiefly on Texas,
Oklahoma and English coal would con.
sumo several times the present pro-
duction of oil if it We're generally .ad-
oted as fuel The increased produc-
tion OF the Mexican field will affect the
United States by reducing the demand
for high grade crude oil for refining
to supply the local market and to
extent by competing in the European
market with the american refined
product
Or. Hayes adds that the geological
formation in Mexico is such that the
hazards and uncertainties of produc
ton will be very great. Because OF
these conditions. he thinks. "the diff
Guilty Of securing a steady supply OF
oil and the average cost Of production
will be correspondingly increased.
The report is important because the
independent oil men have been basing
their request for duty on petroleum
and its products on the limitless possi
bilities Of the Mexican field, which
they have contended would be mon
opolized by the Standard and would
drive United States producers and re
fners out OF business by sharp com
petition.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-07
WILL ENTERTAIN
EDITORS ENROUTE
Spokane to Throw Gates open to
Editors And Give a Grand Ban
quet in Their Honor.

Spokane, Wash, June When the
officers and eastern and southern dele
gates of the National Editorial Assoc
iation of the United States arrive in
Spokane, June H. on the way to Seat
tie to attend the annual meeting, they
will forget for two days at least, there
are such things as blue pencils, scis-
sors, paste-pots and Office cats or
worries of the Constant Reader" type
and the chase for elusive news items
and sinew-supplying ads. Even poll
tics will be cut out.
The party, headed by Henry Bran
son Warner, president, and w. F. Par
rott. secretary, travelling on a special
train from Chicago, is scheduled to
reach Spokane at O'Clock in the after
noon, and for two days the visitors will
be guests of the Spokne chamber of
commerce, of which Frederick Z.
Goodall is president, and the Spokane
Press committee. headed by y. w. Dur
ham. editor-in-chief of the Spokesman
Review. r. F. Waggoner. chairman
of the entertainment committee, has
made arrangements for a series of so
cial functions. including a reception in
the Hall of Doges, sightseeing tours
and excursions into the grain, fruit,
lumber and mineral belts There will
also be a banquet, at which Mayor
Nelson S. Pratt will present the yisi-
tors with the golden keys and the
freedom of the city.
The officers of the association, most
of whom are expected to accompany
the delegates. are: President Henry
Branson Warner. Dispatch, Lexington.
y. c.; first vice president. win II.
Mayes. Bulletin, Brownwood. Texas :
second vice president, A. Nevin Pome-
roy. Repository. Chambersburg, Pa;
third vice president. r. E. Dowell, Ad-
vocate. Artesian. S. D.. corresponding
secretary. w. F. Parrott Reporter,
Waterloo, Iowa; recording secretary.
J. W Cockrum. Journal, Oakland City,
Ind: treasurer. William A. Steele,
Nome Daily News. Seattle: poet
laureate, w. f. Lehman, Herald,
Halletsville. Texas.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-07
LITTLE MONEY FOR INVENTORS.
British Admiralty Niggardly in Its Re.
wards to Clever Workmen.

The lords of the British admiralty
Issued a circular TO the officials of the
various naval dockyards some time
ago in which a system of payment for
suggestions made by the workmen EN-
ployed in all departments was intro
duced This, it was hoped would en-
courage the men. but the scheme is
now practically defunct owing to the
extraordinary parsimony of the admir-
atty officials.
The workmen manifested keenness
in applying their minds to mechanical
appliances for saving labor and cost
but after waiting for months received
few paltry dollars as their rewards.
Some of the inventions are valuable
and will save the country large sums of
money. but in no case has any man
received more than s25 for his ingenu-
iity. The men complain that they have
spent their spare time in patient study
to receive in return grants which are
ridiculous.
As an instance of the admiralty's
niggardliness one man submitted an
invention which enables a diver in diff
fculties under water to attach another
air pipe and cut the pipe which is en-
tangled in wreckage. Until this in
genious device was submitted such a
thing was thought impossible. The ad
miralty officials adopted the idea and
awarded the clever inventor the sum
Of SIS.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-07
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.

Kansas City 6. Louisville >.
Toledo T. St Paul o.
indianapolis g.. Minneapolis 8.
Columbus q, Milwaukee &
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-07
VALUES RETURNED APPEAR
TO JUSTIFY THE RAISE

Guthrie, Okla, June 7.-When the
assessments of the public service cor
porations were announced last spring
the whole state was astonished at the
amount of property they held, and
that the board of assessors had had
the nerve to assess at its real value.
Records filed with State Auditor
Trapp prove that the board of asses
sors only did their duty and that the
public service corporations, as a rule,
not only made enough to pay their
taxes, but made good investments on
their stocks. This year the board of
assessors nave raised the valuations
above last year on basis of five per
cent on these same corporations. The
values as returned by the corporations
themselves appear to justify this
raise.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-07

BY Associated Press.
Washington, June Two hundred
and fifty-one pulp mills in the United
States used S,S46,1O6 cords of wood
and made 2,11S.947 tons of pulp last
year. Spruce has always been the
leading pulp wood. and it furnished
sixty-four per cent of the total quanti-
ty used. The rapid development of
the wood-pulp industry in the last ten
years has rendered the domestic sup
ply of spruce insufficient to meet the
demands upon it, and consequently
importations from Canada have been
heavy. In 1908 our pulp mills con-
sumed nearly one and one-half mil
lion cords of domestic spruce, and
over 100000 cords of imported spruce,
making the imports of spruce forty
five per cent of the domestic supply.
Next to spruce, the most important
pulp wood is hemlock; 569,173 cords
of il were converted into pulp last
year. All the hemlock used was of
domestic origin, and most of it was
produced in the lake states and Penn
sylvania Although now used in less
quantity than spruce and hemlock,
poplar has long been a standard pulp
wood. A small quantity of poplar is
imported, but by far the larger por-
ton of the more than 100000 cords
used last year was cut from domestic
timber. Spruce. hemlock, and poplar
made up ninety per cent of the total
quantity of pulp wood used. The re-
mainder was supplied by many spe-
cies, the most important of which
were pine, cottonwood. and balsam.
The wood used by the pulp mills
last year cost them little more than
$4,000, 900, or an average of $S.SS per
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-07

Just received. car Ozarka water
Garrison's. 47tf
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-07
YESTERDAYS BASEBALL SCORE
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
20 games scheduled.

NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Chicago I Philadelphia o.
New York 10. St. Louis I
Cincinnati "a. Brooklyn 3-3.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-07

The origin Of the loving cup IS TO
be found in Tartary on festive oe
ca ions. says Emerson. 1T is the prsc-
tice of the people TO gather at some
predetermined spot where koumiss, by
the hundreds OF skins. is brought and
placed in the open air The men and
women sit in a circle, and one OF
their number is selected as cup-bearer.
The Young women sing their national
hymns and songs: no one rises. and
the cup passes from hand 10 hand un-
IN all the beverage is consumed" Dis
titled koumiss is far stronger than
brandy
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-07
CHARTERS GRANTED BY
STATE DEPARTMENT

Guthrie. Okla. June THE follow
ing corporations filed application for
charters Saturday
Peoples State bank Of Nowata. oapi-
tai SS5000
Temple Electric Light company.
of Temple. capital $1,000.
The Goodwen Oil company of Mus
kogee. capital $4,000.
Wheatland Grain company of Tuttle
capital 100000
Monitor Cemetery association of
Nashville.
Dacoma Grain company capital
$4,000.
East Nowata Improvement company
of Nowata. capital $4,000