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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-09-11

A.. G.. A., Omaha, Neb.-We cannot
advise you on the subject of looming
West especially to a desert country,
where conditions are SO different from
those to which you are evidently accus-
toned. On IAN live in the larger
towns and mining camps about as com
fortably as in the East, but in the
smaller settlements he will have to
put up with many hardships. The eli
mate of Southern Nevada is agreeable,
and in fact, very healthful and benef-
cial to most people. 1t is high and
dry and the extremes of climate are
not as great as generally supposed. A
few days in summer around Goldfeld
are pretty hot in the sun but as the
air is light and the soil hard and dry
the radiation is fast and by the time
Inc sun goes down a breeze m nm
ana the nights, even in the hottest part
of the year, are cool and glorious. The
Is not i~nnervating here as it is in
the East, because of the dryness of the
AR. 70 this reason the cold Of winter
is not as penetrating as in the East
and the winters are very pleasant.
There is but little snow, and there is
perpetual sunshine. Many peo-
The Winslow mail., 1909-06-26
Agricultural Resources of Chile.

"Chile is Cne of the richest coun
tries in South America" remarked
II. A. Vin2ut, a min ng engineer who
has spent the last ten years in that
country. Not only is it rich in mines
but its agricultural resources are un,
limited. In the southern part of Chile
are immense stretches of cattle and
sheep lands and as good grazing
grounds as those of Texas. In the cen
raj part of Chile are hund1 eds of thou
sands of acres of fertile lands that will
grow almost every known crop. OF
course, Argentina is The premier
wheat producing country of South
America. but it cannot surpass Chile
in tie quality of grain grown.
There are fewer Americans in
Chile than in any other South Amer.
ican county | believe don't know
the reason for t is unless it is that
the Chilean peC"lc are not overfond
of Americans GH"1lans and English,
men seem to be in favor with the peo-
pie of Chile and the people of those
two countries are capturing a large
part of the trade
The Winslow mail., 1909-06-26
J HE WAS A-o c.! r.
1t of Aprii $50 II r,a.t De-.
Meant : zfa E ..
FIf.-t: l..,.

Charles Frol an, ii t.-2 nc. ms
com of the Lusitai,ie,. tod an Apr.
0ni story.
"A Fifth avenue millionaire he
AID, had d blt ter of humor.>s S bent
i.e butter was English He had
W;ri Il scvea years in duke !.o,.se
ac d. Therefore his word was ,aw
gl questions CT etiquette.
ITO obige his friends the million
aire would let t. EN- send their own
young buffers to his pa ace to serve a
day or two under the English veteran
The youngsters learned iCt iii this
way. The Englis'nan was made a
regu ar free schoO of But he didn t
mind.
1T harNened, one spring day, that
the miliiona'ra was giving a dinner to
7 German prince A friends butter.
as usua was helping tie veteral to
Get the tab and wines read and at
ne sa 4e time was taking a lesson in
Autiership
nee this here ans a prince,
Mr.. Potts is there anyt. ing spec al in
the way ve are to serve him?' the
pupil inqu red
The hUmcrous butler Potts. re.
memb ring that it chanced to be the
lst of 4 ri. said calmly:
There's only one specia 'ty, and
I'LL leave that to you, my boy When
his highness sits down you must take
lp his napkin. unfold it and knot it
'ound his nee influential fashion,
Hadn't you 4tter do it, Mr.
Potts?' said tie youth, timidly.
No, no; it amt my place, was
The reply
Potts forgot all about his joke in
the press of work that followed.
Therefore his surprise and horror al
most equa,ed his masters when, the
guests having seated themselves that
evening at the ma rnificent,y laid Ia.
b e. the young but er leaned over the
prince, took his napkin, shook it out
With a nervous fi0l rish and then knot.
ted it like a BIB about the dumb.
founded pCteltate's neck"
The Winslow mail., 1909-06-26
TIE - ~.

The late TT " T. Rull" said a
T. H. telThia rh~ei ian bad for a
CT con. unusual knowledge of drugs
His knowledge Of narcotic drug
felred on his eurgi al success To a
ent of DR. Bulls an operation was
almost pleasure.
He was once tal'-ing about the
painful drugs that suicides take when
there are so many deadly drugs of an
actually agreeable nature.
"He said one Of his patients years
aSo tried suicide unsucsessfully. n
II magistrates court DR.. Bull testi
fed in the mans behalf, and the mag
is trate said:
We'll, young man, since you seem
to have a good character I'll let you
off on condition that you promise not
to rereat this experiment.
I'm not likely to repeat it, sail
The reclair ed suicide earnestly. No
body who has tried Rough on Rats
ever tries it again. p"
The Winslow mail., 1909-06-26
The Language of Clothes.

pompous colored woman wheeled
into the cloak department of down
town store.
Can | direct YOU madam" inquired
one of the maragers
Yes sab. All wants. the gown de-
pahtment."
"Wha" kind of gowrs MADAME" fur.
ther inquired the Cfficial
why, women's gowns, of co'se. >
replied the customer, disgustedly
"Y'all think All wants a gown fo' a
man?"
But. madam" exclaimed the man.
ager, you see we have different kinds
of gowns There are tailor-made
gowns evening gowns and night
gowrs'
"No, sab. put in the woman,
promptly. "Ah don want no tailah-
mada gowrs. or nioht eowns. or earlv
in the evenin eowr : Wfat All want s
s Jos a plan Gown to do washin' in.
All wants a calico wranper. Tha+'s
what 'h wants. s.'-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Winslow mail., 1909-06-26
Notes From Woodruff
WILLIAM LEE IR

Mr.. Clifford Frost and Miss
Mary L. Gardner of Woodruff
were married June "a, at 4 p. m.
Miss Gardner is the oldest daugh-
ter of County Supervisor Q. r.
Gardner. The bride is we'll and
avorablv known here, is de-
voted church worker and has al
ways been a kind and dutiful
daughter. The couple have many
friends who wish them much sue
cess and happiness.
Willard Hatch, of Taylor,
brother of H. A Hatch of Wood
ruff was bitten by mad skunk.
H. A. Hatch accompanied his
brother to Chicago where he has
gone for treatment at the pasteur
institute.
Howard Shumway, Rode Will
lias and Erastus Frost passed
through Woodl uff Monday with
135 head of Long H yearling
heifers which they purchased
from Frank Wallace.
Mr.. John Hatch recently pur-
chased 400 head ofAngora goats
of Amos Rogers. the price being
81 per head.
The Fourth OF July is close at
hand and Woodruff has begun to
show her patriotic colors
Mrs. Frank Woolley has opened
up new store stocked with gen
eral merchandise.
The Winslow mail., 1909-06-26
Open Air Elementary School.

Tie Norwich Grgl education COM
nittee approved the holding of an
open air school at Belle Nue in the
Taton suburb of the city, from the
middle of May to the middle of Octo-
Der, for 100 children, to be drawn
from the elementary schools on ac-
count of soTe physical weakness.
This novel school will be open fro
nalf past eight in the morning till hal
past six or seven at night. The chill
dren will be conveyed to and from
the school on tramcars and will have
three meals a day there. The school
will be open for five days week for
20 weeks, and voluntary contributions
will be invited toward the cost of the
meals provided The object is to i'm
yroye the children physically and en-
able them the better to receive their
education.
The Winslow mail., 1909-06-26

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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-09
To REVIVE
STAMP TAX
New Bill Will Put Tariff
on kilograms Checks
and Inheritance.
INCLUDES MUCH OF
OLD WAR MEASURE
Taft Administration Faces
Hundred Million
Deficit.

WASHINGTON, March "a stamp
tax on kilograms, checks and other
similar articles, a four cents a pound
duty on coffee and possibly an inher-
itance tax are among the propositions
to be decided upon at the coming
special session of congress for the
consideration of the tariff to meet the
$100,000,000 deficit in the treasury,
which the Taft administration faces.
Daily conferences are being held be-
tween Taft, Secretary of the Treas
ury McVeigh. Speaker Cannon. Sena-
tor Aldrich and others. Taft realizes
that tariff revision must be accom-
plished soon to settle the disturbed
business conditions throughout the
country
Taft realizes that the ''insurgents"
in congress will fight for delay from
the opening to the closing of congress
and he is laying his lines accordingly.
A new tariff bill now in the hands of
the printer, includes a great part of
the stamp tax law in force during the
war with Spain. In addition to this,
the bill provides for a so per cent cut
on lumber, and hides are placed on
the free list.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-09
whitman
TO GROW
New Conservatory Will Be
Built at College
This Summer
MORE THAN HALF
MILLION RAISED
Dean Hendrick Makes Verv
Encouraging Address
To Students.

That the New Whitman is to take
definite form this summer in the
shape of new buildings is assured. In
a talk to the students of the college
this morning at chapel, Dean A w.
Hendrlck outlined partially the plans
for meeting the demand for room for
classes stating that the summer will
see the work of construction under
way. A new conservatory building
will be the first to be erected. It's
estimated cost will be $4,000, and it
pus now occupied by Prentiss hall the
girls dormitory, and the first build
ing ever erected on the Whitman cam
pus. The building will be a substan-
tial brick Of two stories and a base
ment. The old home of the conserva-
tory, which was formerly the main
building of the college. will be used
by Pearsons' academy as a recitation
hall. The academy will be separated
from the college in order to make
room for the rapidly growing classes,
and the laboratories which are now
restricted to small quarters.
In his talk this morning Dean Hen
drick stated that wherever he went
he found nothing but sympathy and
help for the New Whitman" move
ment. The business men of the
northwest see in it business enter
prise, and are willingly lending their
aid. Already more than half CT the
amount that the dean and President
PenrOse started out to get, has been
subscribed and the work is not half
done. More than 100000 has been
pledged. Dean Hendrick said:
I'VE have met with no argument
that we cannot overcome. The people
realize that there is a place for such
an institution as we propose to es-
tablish in the northwest and are will
ing to help. The New Whitman will
not belong to Walla Walla, it will
not belong to eastern Washington,
nor to the state of Washington. 1t
viii belong to TIE entire northwest,
and we do not propose to ally our
selves with any section"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-09
LIQUOR INTERESTS
ARE WINNING OUT

four inches in diameter and are made
Of solid steel
While the gyroscope revolved after
having been set in motion at an in
itial speed of 5000 revolutions per
minute DR.. Chessin placed the car on
copper cable stretched across the
room, and although the center OF
gravity was three incheas above the
point of contact. the car maintained
it's balance perfectly. 1t successfully
balanced more than 10 pounds and
did not tip until almost two thirds of
the entire cars weight was attached
to one side.
1t is DR.. Chessin's opinion that the
Brennan car has great commercial
possibilities, and he suggests that a
test be made on the New York sub
way.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-09
SCANDAL
IS RIPE
Senate Will Thresh Matter
In Open Session
Tomorrow.
SPECIFIC CHARGES
GIVEN IN DETAIL
Investigation Matter Can
Be No Longer Stayed
BY Schively.

OLYMPIA, March 9-(SpeciaD-A
scandal which will make the Root in
vestigation look like Sunday school
picnic, is about ripe in Washington
Tomorrow in the senate will be thresh-
ed out the resolution calling for an
investigation of the office of insur-
ance commissioner in particular and Of
all the state offices in general The
senate is worked up over the affair,
and bad blood is brewing between
several members who have lined up on
opposite sides of a burning question.
Rumors of shortages and over
charges are rife. 1t is rumored about
the capitol that the insurance COM
missioner had handled from $4,000 to
$3.50 900, which sums have not been ac-
counted for and in many cases there
is no may of checking the accounts
at all. The work has been going on
can tell anything of the facts which
only a full investigation can disclose.
Since the first day of the session j.
H. Schively, present insurance COM
missioner, until the first of this year,
deputy in charge of insurance under
S. H. Nichols, secretary of state, has
been diligent in season and out of sea-
son, urging members of the legislature
to oppose any kind of an investigation,
as a great injustice would be done him,
and as he had been set out in the
charges it would not be fair to inves-
tigate his office without including all
the other state offices. He has made
the best of the claim that he was only
deputy when the wrongful acts, if
any, were committed. But all the time
there has been feeling about the state
house that all was not right. and a
minority of the members of both houses
has been diligent in urging an inves-
tigation. Twice in the senate and once
in the house, has a resolution demand
ing an investigation been turned down,
the friends of the state officials being
able to control votes enough to pre-
vent the appointment of committee
In the first effort in the senate, the
resolution Of Senator Poison was ex-
plunged from the records by an over
Whelming vote. But even with that
the ghost would not down.
WaIIa WaIa Company Mentioned.
1t is charged openly that at least
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-09
Fear Many Are Burned.

LITTLE ROCK, March 9.-The
flames at Brinkley spread with such
rapidity that trainmen fear many
under the ruins are incinerated. Re-
lief was rushed from Memphis, Hell
ena, Jonesboro. and this city. The
storm had a general northeasterly di-
rection, sweeping the state east OF
this city, eliminating at Bauchun
and Brinkley in a tornado. Commun-
ication with the stricken territory is
difficult and reports are coming ir
slowly.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-09
|bR|NKLEY
WIPED OUT
Inhabitants Killed and
Wounded by Terrible
Tornado.
FORTY PEOPLE ARE
KILLED BY STORM
Wind and Fire Destroy
Arkansas Towns
Near Helena.

HELENA, Ark, March 9.-From 10
to 40 were killed, hundreds were in
jured, many of whom are dying. and
thousands of dollars worth of proper
ty damaged, as the result of tornado.
followed by fire, sweeping late yes
terday several towns in the vicinity
of Brinkley, near here, is shown by
the latest reports.
Brinkley, town of 5000 inhabit-
ants, was completely destroyed by
fire, which started during the gale,
and was famed by the high wind.
Telegraph and telephone system are
prostrated. Many are pinioned un-
der heavy beams and the fire is
sweeping toward them. There is long
and fearful delay in sending mes
| sages for help
The first news was received from
T. n. Kinnell, an operator of the Rock
Island road, who with Lineman
Richards, was in the depot when the
storm broke.F The station was blown
to pieces over their heads. .rAfter the
gale had passed the men scrambled
from their hiding place and walked
i to Wheatley, where they managed to
find a wire working There Kinnell
began sending messages appalling for
help.
A relief train hastily organized
carrying food, surgical and medical
supplies, doctors and nurses were sent
to Brinkley.
Great damage is reported in the vi
| cinity of Guerdan. and buildings were
unroofed at Fouche dam, where the
| storm crossed the Arkansas river and
turned into a tornado. The water of
the river was lifted in a waterspout
200 feet high. The storm swept to
| Kerr and through Bauchum, plowing
a path so feet wide, leveling buildings
and uprooting trees.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-09
THREE MILE" NAVAL
BILL FAILS OF PASS
AGE IN SENATE.
Have Won Every Contest in
Legislature Up to
This Time.

OLYMPIA, Wash, March 9.-The
liquor interests have won the second
fight in the legislature. Not only did
they succeed in securing the passage
of a spineless local option bill but yes
terday afternoon they secured another
victory in the defeat of the bill pro-
hibiting saloons within three miles of
naval station. The bill was intended
to drive from Bremerton the six sa-
looms which have caused so much
trouble. Several years ago the liquor
interests became so strong in Brem-
erton that the secretary of war sent
down the ultimatum that the navy
yard would be removed unless the city
control the saloons In a brief period
Bremerton was made a model town,
and until recently no serious trouble
was found.
Senator Bryan, who halls from Kit
sap county, introduced a bill prohib-
iting the presence of saloons within
three miles of any reservation used for
naval forces, apparently aiming at
Bremerton alone. Yesterday about 25
citizens of the navy yard town arrived
in Olympia. and lined up the COM
mittee in charge of the bill. 1t has been
placed at the foot of the calendar, with
nearly400 bills ahead of it, and ad-
journment only two days away.
An effort is now being made to kill
the bill allowing hotels to sell liquor
on Sunday. The bill passed the senate
and is before the house. Just what will
be done with it cannot be foretold. The
liquor interests have handled the cam
paign with much generalship, and it is
probable that the bill will pass In this
case every battle fought by King Al
cohol at this session of the legislature
will have been won.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-09
HAS MUCH FAITH
In MONORAIL CAR
Dir. Alexander Chessin, of Washing
ton University, Gives Demonstra-
ton of New Model.

NEW YORK, March 9.-Dr. AleXan-
der Chessin Of Washington Univer-
sity of st. Louis, gave demonstration
Of the principles Of the Brennan Mon
orail car in the physical laboratory
at Columbia university yesterday
The model car has all the essential
features of the large car to perfect
which the British government has ap-
propriated 100000 The two op-
posed gyroscopes, which gives the car
its remarkable powers of balance, are
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-09
COMMERCIAL CLUB WILL
HOLD REGULAR MEETING

The regular monthly business meet
ing of the Commercial club will be
held in the club rooms Thursday even
ing when a large volume of routine
questions will be considered. The
ladies of the city have been extend
ed an invitation to be present and
it is expected that a large number of
the fair ones will witness the methods
of the club in disposing of the vari-
Gus topics introduced. Publicity will
again be considered and the salec-
tiCns by the club quartet, which were
not given at the last meeting, because
Of the small attendance, are on the
program for Thursday evening.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-09
JAP SMUGGLERS
WORRY OFFICERS
INCREASING AMOUNT OF<JAP
ANESE SNEAK THIEVES IN
HAWAII.
Treasury Department Asked for Flee
Of Revenue Cutters TO Stop the
Practice

HONOLULU, March Am increas-
ing amount of smuggling of the Japa-
nese fishing fleet in and about Hawaiian
islands led today to the decision on
the part of the local custom office to
appeal to Washington for a rigid in
vestigation. The treasury department
will be asked to dispatch a fleet of
revenue cutters to the islands to be
stationed here until the smuggling
;, hrOIap
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-09
Governor Goes to Scene.

LITTLE ROCK, March 9-In re-
spOnse to a telegram from Mayor
Jackson of Brinnley, Governor Donag
hey left here today in a special train
for the scene of the disaster. Jack
son said not business house in
Brinkley is intact.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-09
LOCAL COUPLE TAKE
THE FATAL PLUNGE

License to wed was granted this
morning to Iver Christensen and Miss
Lucy Weaver both of this CITY, the
couple being united at a late hour this
afternoon by Judge Mckinney
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-09
Eighteen Were Killed.

ST. LOUIS, March 81. A Stoker
a resident of Brinkley, received a pri-
vate message today saying that IS
persons were killed in that town by
the tornado.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-09

Herr Bebel, the fiery leader of the
socialists in German Reichstag, is re-
ported to be in a dying condition.
Herr Rebel visited this country in
the late fall of 1907, when he came to
study the organization of American
labor unions, and to investigate the
workings of the trusts, particularly
their influence upon the conditions of
the working classes.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-09
On Bonnie Brae.

w. ]. Earnest, Of the D. V. Wood
company has purchased a fine corner
on Bonnie Brae avenue
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-09

Mrs. MacVeagh will stand next to
Knox at the White House. and is al
ready acquainted with the smart set al
Washington through her frequent Wis
its to her brother-in- Wayne Mac
Veagh. and his family, at their home in
Massachusetts, avenue. Before mar
rlage Mrs. MacVeagh was Miss Emily
Eames, OF New England, and Eames
MacVeagh, the son of the house, bears
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-09
Later Reports Show More.

HELENA. March 9.-The latest re-
ports show that IS whites and 20 ne
groes were killed and 40 seriously in
jured. Three thousand are homeless
in the wake of death and destruction
Six residences alone escaped destruc-
tion at Brinkley. The loss is conser-
(Cnnti,,,,od E,icrhtl
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-09

the family name Mr.. and Mrs. Mac
Veagh are familiar with the Washing
ton summer residents in New Eng
land, as they own a delightful home
Knollwood. at Dublin, n. H., where
many of them live. They have a large
fortune and are expected to entertain
lavishly. Mrs. Ballinger is well known
i'm the northwest having been prominent
in social affairs in Seattle for some
years.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-09

Continued on Page Eight
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16
URGE ADVANTAGE
OF CIVIC CENTER
James D. Phelan and Thomas
Magee Make Addresses at
Club Luncheon

The value of a civic center such as
proposed by the Burnham plan was the
theme taken up for discussion at the
luncheon of the Commonwealth club
yesterday. the speakers being James D.
Phelan and Thomas Magee, both of
whom were in favor of it
Willis Polk. who was TO have adj
dressed the club. was called out of town
yesterday morning and could not be
present Phelan in his speech pointed
out that every great city had a civic
center, and that the present location of
the city hall in San Francisco was not
suitable for the scheme He favored
selling it. estimating that it would
bring $4,000, GOO. and adopting the plan
made out by Burnham.
Magee. while complimenting the old
San Franciscans who were vigorous in
their protests against the city having
bonded debt said that the principle.
thought worthy. was not practical BILE
under present conditions. Like Phelan.
he was strongly in favor of a civic
center at Van Ness avenue and Market
street