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The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-09-23
FOR NATIONAL APPLE SHOW
Newport District Will Make An
Exhibit.
>,on-irrigaled Product Preferred

.Au fort " iii he made. ~ get Il credit
..u- -huWlng from this district for an
..jhir at the National Apple Show at
-t.Raur The possibilities If benefit
...n,d are great and should not bt over
...trd
TO this end a request i made that the
tuIt groW tr~ Of this section save SAM
,.r~ "l their best fruit for entry at the
National Show. While it is not possible
., get a large exhibit, yet it is possible
ro make entries for plate prizes. Enough
oi = showing can be made at this time
T., give people an inkling of what can be
Uont here in the line of fruit culture.
HE non-irrigated fruit districts are be-
.inning To att.act attention and if we
.Ir going to get our share of the benefit
81 must get into the game right "a the
oiher districts of the state are doing.
II the owners of orchards in this sec
non will cooperate with the Newport
Commercial Club in this matter show
ing can be made for the Newport dis
trict and the Pend Oreille Valley that
- i'll result in much good advertising and
IN encouragement to others to engage
IN the work. Some of the best fruit
men Of the state have visited this sec
ton and are unanimous in their verdict
that climate and soil conditions are ideal
ior a fine winter apple product The
pioneers in this line will reap the bene-
lit Of their labOrs while realization of
what is being done is just dawning on
others
Samples Of Wealthys from four year
oid tree in the orchard Of J W. Ash
Paugh, on the bench south of town and
grown without irrigation, taken To Sc
attlr Exposition last week, have at
tracted considerable attention from fruit
men attending the fair and brought
forth many inquiries regarding this sec
ton. There were no other apples Of
This variety on exhibit that in any way
surpassed those of Mr.. Ashpauyh ex-
cept IN the matter of coluring, and these
We're from irrigated districts which are
several weeks earlier than this section.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-09-23

Mr. Ashpaugh's orchard will be repre-
sented at the National Apple Show.
How fruit men regard the non-lrri-
gated product is shown by the following
which appeared i'll the Spokesman Re-
view last week:
Joseph II. Steinhardt, of the New
York firm OF Steinhardt & Kelly, charg-
ed by Portland newspaper with trying
to corner the apple market of the north
west, was in Spokane last week and
closed contract for the complete out
put OF first and second grade apples
from orchards in the Spokane valley.
In the two weeks that he has been in
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-09-23

During the last week an unusual
number of families have come into town
to live and the better class of residences
are again at premium. This arrival
OF new citizens has also brought num-
ber into the public schools and the
grades are we'll filed at present.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-09-23

DR.. .. c. Nelson spent Sunday at the
Desart home on Calispel lake and en-
joyed the duck hunting. While they
were going along the lake Jerry started
up coyote and inflicted wound in it's
leg with rifle. The doctor, not wanting
to be outdone, stripped Oft his coat and
gave chase. commanding the coyote to
halt The coyote. on seeing that there
was no hope for escape, came to halt
and the doctor. improving the oppor-
tunity OF the moment, proceeded to fill
him full Of lead.
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Wedding of Miss freeman

Thursday evening at 7 20 at the home
of the BRIDES parents occurred the we'd
ding of Thomas Jett, of Hillyard. and
Miss Gertrude Freeman. of Newport,
Rev. N. 5. Hawk. of the NJ. E. church,
performing the ceremony. Only rela-
tives were present. Supper was served
after the ceremony, after which the
bridal couple took the train for Seattle.
The happy couple will live at Hillyard.
Miss Freeman is one OF our popular
young ladies, and that their mar, led life
may be happy one ia the wish of their
friends.
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tiers carrying a bucket of whitewash and
ally or fgurativeIy wipe out all dement's
standing against members of the crew
for minor attractions of the rules. The
procession calls up for the naval officer
memories Of his own Christmas exploits
as the Naval Academy in years gone By,
and he Is more than ordinarily Gallons
to the spirit of the day If he can deny
the appeal for clemency.
As has been noted earlier In the article.
some form of entertainment, preferably a
minstrel show. closes Christmas cel,-
bration aboard q warship, and all hands
are usually allowed to stay up until
later hour than usual in order to insure
the full enjoyment of the entertainment.
or course. the actors and musicians are
all selected from the body of the mid
shipmen. and with that liberaIity char
acIeristic of the bluejackets no time or
labor or expense is spared to invest the
production with the proper scenery ana
costumes. OF late years the popularity
of these amateur Christmas entertain
ments On our floating fortresses have
been threarened by the introduction Of
monographs and moving picture ma
chimes. To no class of Americans, unless
1T be the farmers, has the perfection of
the sound-producing instruments meant
more than to the boys aboard ship. and
combined with the best modern an
paratus for displaying animated pictures
they have at hand means Of diversion
rivaling anything available on shore.
Christmas music and Christmas pictures
ore provided for the Yuie-tide season. but
ever and anon Is there q plentiful in.
fusion Of the comic
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able center Of interest at the German
Embassy where the holiday decorations,
also include garlands of green's for the
huge oil paintings Of the Emperor and
Empress that hang in the main hall. The
present Ambassador and Countess Won
Bernstorff. whose names were not on the
diplomatic roster at Washington a year
ago, have a daughter who is at an age to
take a very active interest in Christmas.
but even their predecessors, Baron and
Baroness Sternbrrg, who had no children.
never failed to provide colossal tree
and weighted it down with presents for
the children of all their friends. Some
thing of the same idea was formerly car
ried out by bachelor envoy from Switz-
erland, but with the difference that the
Swiss minister Of days gone by did not
conflne his invitation list to the children
of oficialdom, but, on the other hand. did
restrict participation in the gift distribu-
ton to the children Of Swiss parents.
The Christmas celebration at the Brit
ish Embassy Is characterized some years
by such typically English touches as
bringing In the Yule log and the singing
of Christmas carols. but the main and tp-
evitable feature of the momentous 25th of
December is reserved for the evening,
when the Ambassador and his wife enter
tain at dinner at the embassy. It Is, ii
effect, a family affair, just as Is the din
ner on the Kings birthday-that is. tie
guests are limited to the secretaries and
attaches who make up the Official staff of
the embassy, together with the members
of their Immediate families The menu
is as English as English servants can
make 1t, and plum pudding and other
dishes esteemed In the tight little isle
have the places of honor. The Russians
In the official foreign colony are merely
lookers-on at the December festivities.
According to the Russian calendar. Christ
mas falls on January 8, and it is 50 OBJ
served by the Cars diplomats.
For all that the statesmen from North
ern Europe. Norway, Sweden and Den
mark must find the usual green Christ
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tously wave the Stars and Stripes at
every possible opportunity when abroad.
Then there is a third class who take
middle ground - combine some OF the
Christmas observances of the homeland
with adoptions from the standard Amert-
can program for the day.
The presence of children in a dipio-
matte household at Washington usually
goes far to influence the introduction of
American beliefs as to the proper OBJ
this the case if the young foreigners
attend American schools. This Is the
explanation of the adoption of the Ameri-
can Christmas at the Chinese Legation.
pioneer in this sort of missionary
work among the Chinese who rank as
Uncle Sans official guests is Mr. Yung
Kwai, his wife and children. Mr.. Kwai
has been for many years past almost
continuously on duty at the Chinese Le-
CATION as secretary; he has an American
wife and his children attend the public
schools and speak English and Chinese
with equal ease. Some years ago the
Kwais introduced the American Christ
mas tree at the Chinese Legation, and
the success of the innovation from the
standpoint of the Juveniles in the house
hold led to frequent repetitions.
At that other leading oriental branch
Office in Washington, the Japanese En-
bassy, there will, it is expected, be little
observance of Christmas this year, for
all that the Japanese are ordinarily will
ing enough to accept occidental ideas.
The explanation is found in the fact that
the japanese Embassy Is changing ten
ants. The former ambassador has re-
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the tropics have been adorned for Christ
mas with palms and banana branches.
The prominence given to athletics In
the Navy on Christmas is to be attrib-
uted, In part to the studied encourage
ment given to sports by the naval aufnorl-
ties in recent years, combined with the
characteristic interest Of red-blooded
young Americans in games in general.
However, for the pranks and harmless
practical jokes with which the day
abounds there Is no explanation other
than the mischievous pronensities of care
free boys grown Tailor the average
bluejackets are exactly that. There is am
pie evidence. not only at Christmas but
Mt all seasons of the year, that your
keen-witted naval sailor dearly loved
joke. Tendencies In this direction may
be curbed most Of the time by iron dis
cipiine, but Jack contends-with cen
fury of unwritten law behind htm-that
at Christmas 1t is his fnaiienable right to
practice all manner of FRANKS. so long as
he does not injure his victims or actually
damage the ship. Indeed, the revei Is
not confined to the enlisted ranks for.
secure in the Immunity of time-honored
custom. the bluejackets play pranks of
one kind or another on the officers.
The romp starts before daylight on
Christmas morning. Some of the blue
jackets. are supposed quietly to tumble
out of their hammocks early to dress the
ships with Christmas greens. They
arise as per schedule, but to say that
they arise quietly is pure fiction. On the
contrary, they make SO much noise and
stumble about SO that there Is no such
thing as further sleep in that part OF
the ship. And woe betide the unfortu-
nate Jackie who fails to accept good
naturedly this rude awakening from ms
beauty sleep. From that time FORWARD
fun-making is a continuous performance
There. are some of the boys aboard ship
who prefer to observe the day quietly,
and you will find them in secluded hooks
on the decks reading. playing cards. or
writing home, but most of the tars seem
to prefer the more strenuous pursuits
Members of every warship community
who are at once the vehicles and in
nocent victims of no end of Christmas
pra nks are the mascots. Time was when
each naval crew was well content with
one mascot, but such is no longer the
case. The average battleship has from
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turned home to accept a high govern
mental position in Toxic, and the new
representative of the Mikado will not be
settled in his new environment in time
Tor much holiday merrymaking. Speak
Ing of this change In the congress of
nations on the Potomac, it may be added
that this year finds an unusual proper
ton of newcomers from all chimes who
are spending their first Christmas at
Miss Columbia's headquarters. There
are In our official foreign colony consid-
erably more than 200 persons, hailIng
from 80 different countries, and in the
neighborhood of one-third of these have
taken up their residence at the American
capital since last Christmas
For all that life in the diplomatic corrs
is continual succession of comings and
goings. as the statesmen are shifted from
one capital to another at their govern
ments behest. There are some proxies
of soyereigns who have been here so long
as to almost rank as old residents OF
Washington. This Is the case with Baron
Hengelmuller the Austro- Hungarian am
bassador. The Ambassador and Baroness
Hengelmuller have one daughter-a sunny
haired little lady with all the seriousness
and quaint dignity that comes to children
who have been much with grownups-
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home to formally unveil q miniature rep
resentation of the city of Bethlehem, just
as Yankee young people might t1iumi-
nate Christmas tree. Many OF these
models of old Bethlehem evidence the
most painstaking work In the prepare
ton. Invariably, however, the most con-
spicuous place IL given to q grotto In
which are tiny figures of the infant
Jesus, Mary and Joseph. together with
the three wise men.
The little citizens Of the lower part of the
Continent exchange presents as do their
American playmates and some very In
genious expedients are In vogue for &C.
compiishing the gift distribution. For in
stance, in the home of each Mexican dip
lomat where there are children resident
or visiting. it is the custom to place all
the gifts In huge earthenware jar. This
is suspended from the ceiling of the Iarg-
est room In the house and at appointed
hour Is attacked by all the young people.
each armed with a light cane. When, as
a result Of this onslaught from all sides.
this odd substitute for a grab bag is
finally broken the Christmas presents are
precipitated to the floor and a mad scram-
BILE ensues. There Is a general exchange
of calls by the Latin-American young peo-
pie on Christmas Day to inspect each
others gifts.
There are some few bits Of foreign soil
in the District of Columbia where a WIS.,
itor on December Is would and little or
nothing to indicate any Christmas OBJ
seryance. Among these households that
are generally unsympathetic with Ameri-
can practices at this time are those of the
Turkish Ambassador and the Persian
Minister. The Siamese legation might be
in the same category were it not for the
fact that the active manager of that In
stitution is the secretary of legation.
MR. Edward Lotus. an Englishman who,
with his English wife, have endeayored 20
irnpart to their Siamese charges some
thing of the significance of the Anglo
American Christmas.
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links after they return to the vessel at
night. 1t is almost unheard Of procedure.
no vadays. for a warship to be cruising
in the open ocean on Christmas Day. but
1t is likely that even though such were
the case and there were a high sea run
ming the irrepressible jackies would hnd
some means to mark the occasion by
froIie.
Under the regulations the enlisted men
of the American Navy have every OPP
portunity and facility for celebrating
Christmas to their hearts content This
free rein for the holiday has been still
further loosened by. new order only
recently issued by the Secretary of the
Navy. To be sure, this new regula-
tion affects all the holidays on. the calen-
dar and all Sundays in the year, but its
influence will be especially welcome at
Christmas time. The new order Is to
the effect that on holidays and Sundays
all work and routine duty aboard ship
must be reduced to a minimum. Even
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mas" Of our Southern capital strangely
In conflict with their climatic ideals for
the day, they seldom fail to observe the
occasion flttingly. The Minister from
Sweden and Madame de Lagercrantz have
two young daughters Just entering So
ciety who are well qualified to infuse
any such occasion with the requisite en-
thusiasm. Next door to the legation Of
Sweden is that of Denmark. and here an
American woman, the Countess Moltke.
is mistress, SO that an American Christ
mas is foregone conclusion. Two daugh-
tiers of the Norwegian Minister and hts
beautiful young wife are enthusiastic dis
ciples of Scandinavian Christmas customs.
The adjunct of Yuletide music Is also
available at the Norwegian Legation, for
Madame GUIDE, wife of the minister, Is
most accomplished violinist, and the Min
lister himself. although he does not sing In
public, has one of the finest voices pos
sessed by a vocalist of Norwegian birth.
Large families are the rule among peo-
pie Of all classes in Central and South
America, and this characteristic Is mo-
ticeable in the Latin-American colony
at our capital. The presence Of numbers
of children, of course, makes for a lively
Christmas. Some of the Pan-American
representatives have been detailed at
Washington for long periods. For In
stance, Senior Calvo, the minister of Co.'S
ia Rica, has served his government here
continuously for 20 years and his numer-
ous children have grown up In the United
States, one son having attended the
United States Military Academy at West
Point. Yet for all that these young peo-
pie from the other Americas adopt many
of our Christmas conceits they cling with
a tenacity worthy of their race to some
of the distinctive features of yuletide OBJ
servance in their own lands
Particularly is this the case with refer
ence to those phases of the holiday pro-
gram which are fraught with. religious
significance. The Latin-American juven-
lies all attend mass at midnight on Christ
mas Eve and then each family returns
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who has spent almost every Christmas Of
her life in the United States. She has q
Christmas tree each year, the illumina-
ton of which has become something of
an annual social event in Washington.
Unlike most American children, little Miss
Hengelmuller does not have to wait until
Christmas morning for peep at her
presents. The tree Is unveiled and the
gifts distributed on Christmas Eve.
Most of the other European embassies
at the federal headquarters present pic
turesque interpretations of the holiday
spirit. Particularly is this the case at
the branch office of our sister Republic of
France, now housed in a handsome new
mansion. J. J. Jusserand, the French am
bassador, and his American wife have no
children of their own, but they manage
to share in the joys of the day by dis
tributing gifts to other peoples children.
and they do SO through the medium Of
three Christmas trees. Instead of single
gift tree with betinsled branches there
are a trio of evergreens set side by side
in the spacious drawing-room, and the
consequence is that there is ample support
for the most lavish array Of mementoes
Of the occasion.
With Characteristic fealty to Teuton
custom. Christmas tree is the fndispens-
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inspections of the ship and the crew
are to be dispensed with on such days
and practically every man aboard ship
is to have the day to. himself.
Christmas in the Navy. unlike the 22d
of February and the Fourth of July. Is
not observed ceremoniously- On the days
ast-mentioned saIutes are fred and
orders are issued to full dress ship-that
is. to fling to the breeze every available
flag and bit of bunting. On Christmas
the guns boom no saiutes. nor Is there
any official dressing of the ship. but the
bluejackets of their own accord dress
the ship. using instead of flags all
manner of green's. OF course evergreen.
holly and mi<tfetoe are preferred-the
aforementioned being suspended conspicu-
ously if feminine visitors are expected
aboari-but where these standard utfli-
ties for decoration cannot be obtained the
blueJackets exercise their ingenuity. to de-
wise substitutes There have even been
occasions when United States warships In
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two to half a dozen of these trained
pets. Cats. dogs. parrots, goats, mon
keys, sheep. pigs, ROSTERS, mice and
even bears and kangaroos are among the
mascot is the property Of some member
of the crew, who Is responsible for its
behavior. but in effect each mascot is
common property. Many of the mascots
are marvelously trained, as. for instance,
the goat of the battleship Vermont,
which smokes a pipe at the Christmas
feast. However, the different mascots
aboard a ship are usually insanely Jealous
OF one another and the blue1ackets must
exercise eternal vigilance to prevent dis
astrous encounters.
For the most part the wit which the
blueJackets direct against their officers
on Christmas is reserved for the minstrel
show that Is supposed to round out every
Yule-tide celebration aboard ship, but
there have been occasions when wearers
OF the gold braid have been made the
butts of very practical jokes A case in
point was that which occurred at Shang-
hal a few years ago when one of the
American warships put into Chinese port
from a cruise on the day before Christ
mas. Everybody aboard was keen in an
ticipation of a turkey dinner. but .obvi-
ousiy the viands must be obtained ashore,
for there was not so much as a single
turkey in the ships cold storage. With
more forethought than the officers, the
enlisted men sent delegation ashore
almost as soon as the ship dropped an
Choir, and In less than an hour these
boys had ..cornered'' the limited turkey
market in Shanghai Thus the seamen's
mess enjoyed the delicacy of the season,
while the ward-room had to put up with
q not altogether satisfactory substitute
The athletic contests that usually take
place aboard ship on Christmas AFTER
noon indicate your navy mans quest for
laugh producers There are boxing. wres-
Ting and Fencing contests that are in
deadly earnest, but there are also such
rnerrtment- makers as egg races. potato
races. three-legged races, sack races, etc,
and finally there are ludicrous pie-eating
contests and other stunts. naval Gus
ton. that mas been handed down from
the DAYS of the old wooden ships is that
wherein a PROCESSION OF Enthusiastically
CARRIED sailors visits the captains quar-
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quarters. Not that this means a cramped
parade ground though. for Bancroft Hall
is building nearly half as long again
as the United States Capitol at Wash
ington and its corridors afford a longer
continuous highway than the race track
at the average country fair ground.
The enlisted men of the Navy now
carry on their FRANKS both on ship and
on shore. If a warship spends the Christ
mas holidays in a prominent port-as. for
instance this years plan to have the
battlesnip feet spend Christmas week
in New York harbor-the naval tars
are apt to conduct most of the celebration
on shore. II. on the other hand, a naval
craft be anchored for the time being in
a minor port most of the men will likely
eject to commemorate the occasion
aboard ship. Even when ''shore leave"
for everybody that can be spared is the
order Of Christmas Day there are lively
goings-on before the bluejackets go over
the side In the morning and more high