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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-12

Remember-7It Never
Comes But Once
And When 1t Comes 1t
Never Is Forgotten.
DON'T COMPOUND
these garments with
those at Clearance Sales,
Fire Sales, Bankrupt
Sales or any other sale
of shop-worn, damaged
or out of date goods.
Every garment that we
will offer in this sale
possesses that art and
snap that can only bel put
into garments by the
finest city tailors. Dur.
ing the dull season there
are no rush orders and
each workman tries to
out do himself in pro-
ducing the most faultless
model of the new styles.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-09-23

petition. 1t is to cover such Instances
that the commission will modify the
original order. But the main order
will stand with its IL IL per cent re-
duction. a reduction which Jesse Jones
Ct the railroad commission said today
means not less than $4,000 saving
to grain shippers on a crop of the size
of that grown this year.
Members of the commission under
stand positively the Northern Pacific
will not contest the order in the court
but will announce tariffs putting the
reduction into effect But until for
NAL notice to that effect has been re-
ceived by the commission the members
refuse to be quoted directly to that
effect
Complaint has been made to the
state railroad commission for an or
der to compel the Puget Sound Elec
tric company to provide station facil-
tiles at Algona and for better rates to
that point.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-09-23
TO MAKE SLIGHT CHANGES
CUT IN GRAIN RATES OR EIGHTH
ORDERED BY r. r. COMMITS
SION WILL BE MADE

OLYMPIA. Wash. Sept. 23.-(Spe-
ciaD: The Northern Pacific will ac-
cept the orders Of the state railroad
commission cutting grain rates one
eighth. according to general belief at
the offices of the commission; this be-
lief resulting today from the filing of
an Informal petition by that road that
the order be modified in general par
ticulars to avoid certain special tar
ifs
The original order was so general in
its scope that the railroad officials say
it would even force reduction in
grain rates between Tacoma and Sc
attic, where rates are now said to be
at minimum owing to the water COM
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BIG DAY AT FAIR
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hundred loyal American citizens gave
an overwhelming preponderance of
Americans among the inhabitants of
oregon and practically settled the lang
pending Oregon question. Whether the
death of DR.. Whitman four years af-
forwards was in consequence of the
leading part which he had played in
bringing that wagon train to wrest
Oregon from British hands, or whether
it was due to other and less significant
causes need not now be considered
Oregon was saved to the United States.
and in that period of suspense and dam
ger. when few men saw clearly. and
most men were concerned with their
own personal fortunes. Marcus Whit
man had prophets vision of north
western greatness and hero's daring
to 10 what he could do for its saving
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-09-23
TUNNEL OPENED

Continued from Page Onc)
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It spent four wears in investigating
tctute it undertook the work of build
'ng the tdnncl which has taken up
asvtucg fcur years.
Tar tot&! @a.,t 81 the tunnel viii be
a. So co0,vCC. bat the peculiar fea-
tu.c is thft Un,'e Sam Only loans this
nose. q The t'rmcrs Who are to bene-
ft 81 receiving later. OF all tie mil
tans spent by the government in vari-
ons pubic improvements. is is prob
ably the first time in history that any
"t tie money has been paid back The
total cost ofbui!ding the tunnel is to
Ia divided among the farmers. accord
ing 20 the acreage they possess.
II was sid that 10000 families
could find homes and good incomes on
this land, and the statement was in no
wise exaggerated. Delta county in
which a greater part of the land is
located. is one of the greatest fruit
producing sections in the west and
the biggest in the state of Colorado.
lay fruit grower who makes less than
SiA0 an acre off his land thinks he
f~s had crop failure. and the profits
=, - run up as high as 81 300. With
"a average Of $2C0, o. even less. off a
iT-agrc tract. it viii be seen that ths
t'rmer will have a good income The
st.at fertility of the land was one of
the points which determined the gov
etoment to build the tunnel.
The people who have settled in Del
tn county also are peculiar for farm
Jag community. \ large percentage
20 them are former professional men
~e2ried OF broken down b ythe strain
ot tfe ia the city. These are the men
who become most successful. for they
7iavc trained inteliects and ale able to
set the best results from their farms
Gae can get some slight idea of the
size OF the tunnei from figures. 1t is
so miles long and a cross section is
l-N!: feet. Every inch of it is cement
lined. and it delivers 1900 cubic feet
% water every second As the water
Cows out into the bitches it win be
Used to develop electricity to furnish
i'ght and power for Delta county. And
at' built fer the interest oe s5OG0. 600
f'r ten years. which is the time given
TIE :rmers TO pay back their money
In the foVr years it took to blast
"ut t:e Gunnison tunne, many thrill
Ing experiences came to the men en-
gagged ii The work 1t was long and
tire'ess task. boring through the eter-
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hut this report has not been confirmed.
The property loss is far heavier than
was at first believed and will run into
the millions. Miles of territory have
been laid waste and crops have been
practically ruined.
Shipping of all kinds in the Bayou
inlets was destroyed. Store houses,
sugar mills and dwellings at Houma
and other villages were badly dam
aged
The damage at Grand Island and
Chanier Caminada was heavy, but no
lives were lost The crops on that
island were totally destroyed, as the
water swept across it two or three
feet deep. The orange groves We're
Whipped clean of fruit and foliage,
hundreds of trees being uprooted. The
first news from the islands was re-
ceived today when the mail steamer
Grand Island reached the city. 1t was
feared before the arrival of the boat
that hundreds had lost their lives. In
the tropical storm Of 1898 no less than
1900 persons were drowned on Chanier
Caminada. The railroad bridge at
Bay ST. Louis is completely wrecked.
When the storm struck this bridge,
George Doherty, Western Union
lineman, was attempting to repair the
wires.
II was thrown fiat on the bridge, and
only saved myself by locking my arms
around one of the ties" said Doherty
in describing his experiences There
were three negroes in my gang and
they finally reached me- BY that time
the waves were tearing up the bridge,
and we dashed a number of ties to-
gether with wire, launching just as
the section of the bridge on which we
were standing was swept away. The
waves We're running at least fifty feet
high. The bridge went down Sunday
and we were washed around in the
bay until Monday afternoon, when we
were picked up by fishing schooner"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-09-23
KEROSENE DID 1T.
Residence Is Burned to Ashes by Lamp
Overturned

ABERDEEN. Wash, Sept. 23.-In a
fire which reduced the residence of his
brother to heap of ashes, Anton Kop-
ezensli was rescued through veri-
table sea of flames at o'clock this
morning by a chance passerby who
discovered the blaze only after practi-
cally the entire home was afire
The owners of the home were at the
exposition and the brother, who had
been left in charge returned home
late and fell asleep with the lamp half
turned down near a curtain. To this
cause is attributed the conflagration.
which was not quelled until adjoining
houses on both sides had been serious
ly damaged
The fact that the entire neighbor-
hood was asleep gave the flames a
strong start and when Theodore Kin
dred was passing. practically every
room was ablaze. The occupant was
stupefied by smoke and flames. and
Kindred. rushing into the house, saved
him at the risk of his own life. actual
ly passing through fire to carry him
out. The house and contents are a to-
tai loss with but $500 insurance on
both
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ma fastneSS of that huge mountain.
canic in character of the Archaic peri
cd. tough and Obdurate. Yet there
were adventures along the route. \
few times there were lucky finds in
the way of nuggets of gold. Several
times they encountered streams of
cold water but more often streams Of
cod water. some of them Highly min
eral in character. Sometimes follow
ing the heavy blasts millions Of gal
Ions of water rushed in upon the
workmen. who had to battle for their
lives. Near the valley end of the tun-
ne! an old ocean bed was found. and
in the rock countless numbers Of sea
shells of different sizes Through this
required constant timbering In the
spring of 1905 the drills ran into an
underground stream which caused a
cavein. and for 48 hours a number Of
worilmen We're buried alive. \ shaft
was sunk from the outside ard the
men We're saved. The number Of men
that were caught in the caVe-in were
pinned down by rocks. but those who
were free to work had shoreled up
bikes to keep the water away from
their injured comrades. and thus say
ed their lives.
The human race has never vet ac-
complished such a marvel as this tun-
mel. 1t is the longest underground
waterway ever constructed. and it is
cause for congratu,atiOn that it has
been built without the loss OF human
lives
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PRAISES
POLICIES

NASHVILLE. Tenn. Sept. 23.-Secre-
tary Of War Dickinson praised the
policies of President Taft as uplifting
the south and declared Taft has re-
cOgnized the seriousness of the negro
question. In address here today Dick
ersOn said in part:
1T is fortunate that the leader of
the party in control is sympathetic
with Us and understands our ConVic-
lions and our reason for them. He
appreciates the extent of the irrita :,
ton coming from the appointment of
negroes in the south. He understands
that we have deep seated race ques
ton which can not be argued out of
existence.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-09-23
EIGHT DEAD BODIES FOUND.
Relief Train to Pass Mancnac Picks
Up Bodies of Drowned.

JACKSON. Miss. Sept 23.-Advices
reached the Illinois Central office today
that the relief train sent out on the
main line today had reached Pass Man
chac and that the bodies of eight per-
sons. including the station agent, his
wife and children. had been recovered
The other victims, according to the
report, were section hands who were
drowned in the tidal wave that swept
up Lake Manchac
The Illinois Central officials have not
succeeded in locating limited passen-
ger train No. 2, which left New Or
leans Monday night, and which was
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TO the United States. Leader. guide,
insDirer. he was the embodiment of
vigorous Americansul. And when, in
1913 the long line Of White-tonpcG Wa
CONS came winding down the slopes Of
the Blue Mountains to pause f0r day
at Waiiiatpu. Dr. Whitman's mission
station. the destiny of Oregon had been
fixed, and the treaty of 1876 with Great
Britain only RATED what had been al
ready determined. No man further
more, can deny that DR. Whitman him
self believed that he had gone East
with the very special purpose of bring
ing American settlers back to Oregon
for the flags sake and that his closest
associates testified that this was his
purpose. He himself wrote in April
1S47, 1T was to open a practical route,
a safe passage, and secure a favorable
report Of the journey from the emf
grants which. in connection with o-har
objects. caused me to leave my FAMILY
AMI brave the tolls and ,~ngers u the
journey Notwithstanding the unusual
severity of the winter and tie great
depth of snow" 1t is conceivable that
the historical critic may be right who
man attached so much Importance t.
his services to the emigration that he
evidently came to regard such services
as the purpose of his journey 10 the
East" but it seems to me immelsEr~
ably more candid and more in accord
ance with the canonS of a fair histCr~
zeal criticism TO believe that D." Whit
man knew his own mind and that the
testimony of his associates. the SIM
ple-hearted. truth loving Gushing Eeils
and Geiger and Apologize and the host
of other friends should be accepted. All
honor to the name Of Jason Lee, who
rst in 1884. came across the CONT
nent in the name of American Chris
llanltE. ana nau Il mighty influence in
awakening an interest O the par: o. the
East towards Oregon: all honor to the
men and women who played their noi,it
part in northwestern life: but of t;icm
all. no figure seems to be so noble 50
enduring. so influential. as the states
man-martyr. Whitman. l have no per-
sOnal stake in the sO-called Whitman
controversy. The fortunes of Whit
man college his Worthiest monument
are in no wise dependent upon the set
Element of these contending claims. But
when the verdict Of impartial history
is recorded. l believe that she will dip
her pen in sunlight and write in let
tiers above them all the name Of than
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-09-23
PEARY
HOME

PORTLAND, Me-, Sept 23.-Com-
mander Peary entered the United
States for the first time since he left
on his quest for the pole when. he en-
tered Maine at $50 a'ciock this morn
ing. He arrived at VanceborO at lis
this afternoon and was greeted en-
Enthusiastically. He was the guest at
luncheon given by the mayor and
prominent citizens. Later he was given
thousand
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RIFFIATS VICTCRS
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again.
MADRID, April 23-The govern
statement of the Spanish casualties in
the latest fight with the MoOrs. News
is dscredited here and the government
declares the Spanish victory is COM
trihesmen expected soon to ask for
peace. 1t is reported here that 400
were killed on each side.
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Explosion Kills Six Persons

GUADELJARA. Mexico. Sept. %
John NJ. Grice. an American mining
and five Mexican miners
were instantly killed yesterday by an
explosion of dynamite in the Pet Grin
ma mine in the Guanajuato district
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NEW ORLEANS. La, Sept. 23.-At
least As lives were lost in the tropical
hurricane that swept this part of the
country Monday ana Monday night
1t is reported that forty others per-
isheI in Lower Terre Bonnie parish,
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DENVER. Coo Sept 23.-The
sepat Gunn;scn tunnel, the first pro-
jet undertaken by The United States
government reclamation service is com
a'oted today and President Taft opened
the satcs Of the tunnel. turning the
nrw OF the Gunnisoa river into the
network Of canals that Will irrigate
iE0.oo2 acres Of land. President Taft
ano his partN ieft GIand Juncti0n.
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Colo, at 11:25 a. H.. arriving at Mon
trOse at 2:15 p. IN. and remains there
bration is prepared there in his honor
and To marx the installation of the
tunnel The Gmnieon tunnel is in
MOntro+c county. in the UncOmpahgre
valley. Work has been in progress on
the project for four and a half years.
The tunnel is six miles long and will
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-09-23

have a capacity Of 1900 cubic feet of
The lands. to be irrigated are suitable
for fruit growing and nearly all kinds
Of crops, and the water from the Gun
nisCn river will turn vast desert into
Il garden spot. This snapshot. of
President Taft was taken on his pres
ent tour of the west
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running through the marshes during
the height of the storm. Much an.
prehenSion is felt
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brave. kindly soul, whose statue here
presented attempts to express the rug
Sed virtue of his character
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$4,000 FIRE IN SEATTLE.

SEATTLE. Wash. Sept "a I
Fire early this morning COM I
pletely destroyed the two I
story brick garage of W. H. I
HeinZerlinger on Broadway be- I
tween Union and Pike streets !
Twenty automobiles were burn I
ed. The fire was caused by !
careless mechanic dropping !
lighted match near "a leaking 7
gasoline tank. The loss was
$4,000. There was little insur- I
ance. !
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CORPSES IN ROWS
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IIOIlCINUeU ITOIll PdSt OHtJ
ing if worse fate has overtaken them.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-19
"Prue at School"

By Amy Brooks. Second volume Of the Price
Books" Published by Lothrop. Lee q shsp-
ard company. Boston Price 81
Cunning little Prue is a favorite at
school and we can not wonder that she
is. Hers is of the district schooI' va
riety. for Prue is little country girl,
but blessed with the kindest of parents
and very charming older sister fthe
heroine Of the popular Randy books)-
A part of this story is devoted TO HI
Babson. mischievous but manly little
former playmate of Prue-s. who. tired
of doing chores. had run away with q
circus How the misguided boy Jared is
a very interesting story in itself In
this book Prue's sister becomes the
bride Of the sweetheart OF her school
days and Prue Is the dearest little
flower girl imaginable The artistic ap-
peararce of the book adds 10 its attrac-
tiveness for children
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-19
'ProwIing About the Pacific

Written and published By David Perry.
David Perry has written and pub
Iished little pamphlet which he calls
Proving About the Pacific" He says
in a brief foreword: This little pam
phlet makes no pretense to being =
serious document; nor will IL Ill an
aching void in the descriptive literature
of the day 1t is merely souvenir OF
q pleasant eight months cruise"
This cruise was taken on board the
L. S. s. South Dakota and left here
August "a. 1905. and. after visiting
Honolulu, Pago Pago, Magdalena bay.
Amapala. Panama Talcshuano, Coquim-
DO. Callao. Galapagos islands and CO.
rinto. returned to Magdalena bay on the
18th Of March this year
1t was very interesting cruise and.
though nothing of an extraordinary
nature occurred. il was q novel expert
ence for landsman. The author makes
no literary pretensions. but tries TO be
funny a bit oftener than necessary.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-19
food Preservation

The proper preservation OF food for
future consumption apparently appeals
SO strongly 20 the National Association
for the Promotion OF Public Health that
the organization has issued \ small
volume dealing exhaustivsly with the
various phases of the subject The
volume traces the history Of the stor-
ing Of foods from earliest times 70 the
present and presents a symposium Of
opinions from various authorities IN
which the present status OF the national
food law is upheld The work which
appears 10 have been carefully done.
is frankly In opposition 10 many popu-
lar beliefs upon its subject. and yet
because of that will doubtless serve
TO +hrow considerable light upon the
controversy that now exists with re-
gard TO certain preservatives. and
which all thinking individuals have
coma TO regard as a purely commercial
campaign carried on and kept alive BY
the advertisers However. the snail
book viii doubtless serve 10 clear up
some 5ofnts in connection with the
food Question. and il is well supplied
with listed bibli0graphy Of authori-
ties setting forth al the experimen1a-
ton with the preservative in question
II IL interesting also to note that va
rious authorities are quoted who have
been supposed to be unalrerably op-
posed to the present governmental In
dorserent Of. and attitude toward. food
preservatives. among them DR.. Harvey
w WHEY A resume OF the bib10graphy
would seem TO uphold the findings Of
those chemists who find no objection
TO the use OF q proper preservative-
The book IL issued BY The National
Association for the Promotion Of Public
Health New York. and contains
note saying This book is not intend
ed for public sale. but has been pre-
pared for distribution TO those who
may be interested in the subjects Of
which il treats
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-19
Stories for Boys and Girls
Dorothy Brown"

By Nina Rhoades. author ~ the Brick House.
stories Published hf Lcthrep. Lee 4 shep-
ard company, Boston Price k1-5o
This story. for somewhat older girls
than the Brick House books. by the
same author. is written with the same
charm. has more elaborate plot and
Is much longer than the presious books
II Introduces The heroine In New York
as q iitfle girl OF 8. bat soon passes
over six years and presents her at a
boarding school in Connecticut An I'm
pnrtant part of the story also centers
about the Profile house In the White
mountains.
The charm of schoolgirl Friendships
redundant with all the Kindness OF
heart. good sense and good taste char
acteristic OF Miss R-aoades' books, il
finely brought out
Other less admirable characters. OF
course. appear TO furnish the aIIuring
mystery which IL not all cleared up
until the last chapter. Brick House
book readers viii md their Interest
materially increased by the reappear-
ance of number OF faxori1e charac-
ters in other books. and the success OF
Dorothy Brown is assured from the
first
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-19
'sThe Uttermost Farthinq''
y Mitchell genperiey. New York.
BE Mrs Helloc Il

Bs Mrs Bellcc IoEvndes- Published by MItt
There will be many readers OF The
Uttermost Farthing who will think
Laurence vanderlyn was made 10 suffer
out of all proportion TO his fault. and
they will be met by the arguments of
the uncompromising that 1t is almost
as culpable to think an evil as to COM
nit one. and furthermore that when the
tragedy occurred he was on his way to
commit a sin But after all. suppose
these readers DO disagree. the story
itself is just as exciting. and we can
allow it's fine points to be argued out
by those who would split hairs
While Mrs Belloc Lowndes has only
a few novels to her credit they are
all of the sort 10 create discussion
Barbara Rebel" and The Pulse of
Life-e are the longest and the strong
est THE Uttermost Farthing," though
short. is extremely clever
Laurence vanderlyn has loved Mrs
Margaret Pargeter for years Because
he has never spoken he thinks he has
kept his secret. but Margaret knows.
because. early disillusioned in her mar
riage. she has watched Laurence, ard
she loves him.
One day in Paris she tells him that
she is willing to go away somewhere
with him for one happy week. and
Laurence is nearly speechiess with
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-19
Famous Men OF
Modern Times"

BIZ JOAN ". Hzaren and A B. Polznd Puo
nshed by the American book company New
York Price 50 cents
Haaren and Polands volume for sup
plementary reading gives in simple and
attractive form the lives Of % great
soldiers. sailors, statesmen. scientists
and rulers. from Columbus 10 Glad
stone Each brief biography forms
center about which the pupil can gather
the prominent events Of the country
and epoch There can be no quicker way
Of gaining the pupils attention and no
surer way OF holding il. for there can
be no better method Of acquainr1ng
young people with the great facts OF
history than that which gives them a
knowledge OF the men by whom history
has been made The Illustrations are
numerous and beautiful and add much
TO the attractiveness OF this helpful and
interesting book