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Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-08-05
RAISE CHILDREN OR Toll.
Economist Says That One Thing or
the Other Must BE Done by Wives.

Economist Says That One Thing or
the Other Must BE Done by Wives.
In the way of practical plans for the
amelioration Of conditions leading up
to unhappy matrimony, two interesting
suggestions have been Forthcoming in
recent weeks, says the New York Her.
aid. One of them happens to be only
new variation of the old proposition
Of taxing the unmarried, but the other,
by Prof. Patten Of the University Of
Pennsylvania. adopts an entirely dlt.
ferent attitude In advising that IN all
families where there are no children
the women should be bread earners
The two news items in the matter fol.
low:
That wives should be largely self.
supporting is the view taken by Dr..
Simon Nelson Patten of the chair Of
economics of the University of Penn.
sylvania. He came here last week to
tell the League for Political Education
Of his ideas and returned to Phlladel-
phia, where he Is at present the center
Of a storm Of criticism.
The doctor, whom l saw yesterday
still maintains that his wife should 90
out to do a days work, as her husband
does, so that by the joint income the
family revenues may be kept at hg-
ure large enough to insure good
home and the proper care and educa-
tlon of the children. He finds that wO-
men Of all ranks of life are entering
leisure class, to the diminution Of the
birth rate, the degeneration Of society
and the peril of the state.
1T all resolves to this" said be-
"that woman is ceasing to become
producer In an Industrial way. Her
work has been taken away from her
In other generations she worked. With
the introduction Of machinery and OF
the department stores much Of her yo-
cation has been taken from her. A
large part of the work which was
once hers Is now done outside OF the
house. Once she made clothes and
even wove the cloth from which she
fashioned garments. She went into the
garden and raised vegetables sne
MIXED the cows. There was a time
when the farmers sneered at the man
who MIXED. A woman always DID
that. have travelled extensively
through the farming districts OF the
West without ever having seen farm-
er's wife milk a COW.
Formerly the woman was the mans
Industrial partner. Her work now has
gone out of the home and nothing re-
mains for her but to leave the home Id
search Of it. There is no use for her
to'waste her time in trying to do thal
which Is now being better and more
cheaply done by other means.
1T is far better that she should toli
at some remunerative occupation anu
leave to other agencies the productlon
Of articles for household consumption.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-08-05
Heney off for Interior.

Seattle, July 31.-The steamer Ohio,
from Alaska today, brought news that
Francis ]. Heney, the San Francisco
prosecutor, who left Cordova on the
Ohio, went ashore at Jun .au and start
ed overland via Skagway for White
Horse, Yukon Territory, on the Yukon
river. General j. Franklin Bell, chief
of staff, U. S. A., also left the steamer
at Juneau and started on a short trip
to Interior Alaska. The steamer Cot
tage City, which arrived from Alaska
last night, brought $4,000 in gold
bullion.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-08-05
PEOPLE IN PANIC.
Repeated Shocks in Mexico Add to
Earthquake Damage.

Repeated Shocks in Mexico Add to
Earthquake Damage.
City of Mexico, Aug. with the
people absolutely frightened and trem-
bling in terror from their awful exper-
fence in Fridays earthquake shocks,
five distinct shocks were felt again
Saturday, and the damage Friday is
light compared with the damage Satur-
day.
All communication was cut off from
Chilpancingo, Acapulco and surround
ing towns by the quakes, after it was
restored following Fridays shocks, but
information of the serious nature of
the shocks came through before the
wires went down. In every instance
the frightened operators at the keys in
the stricken towns, talking to the
equally frightened operators in the
capital, declared "the town is com
pletely wrecked" or words to that
effect.
The operator at Chilpancingo, capital
of the state of Guerrero, reported that
the palace of Governor Damien Flores,
which had been partially wrecked, COM
pletely tumbled down, but that the
family had left its crumbling walls.
The shocks here were more severe
than the former ones were, and not an
American and but few foreigners re-
mained indoors. The parks and pIazas
are crowded to overfiowing and. many
people are in actual want of food.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-08-05
Area Over 1000 Miles Square is
Devastated by TremblOr.
TIDAL WAVE ADDS To HORROR
Hundreds of People Have Lost Their
Lives and Many Towns Are
Completely Destroyed.

Mexico City, Mexico, July 31.-Hun-
dreds of lives were lost, innumerable
persons were injured and great prop
erty loss resulted from earthquakes
which shook the entire Southern part
of Mexico, extending from Oaxaca on
the Southeast to Acapulco on the Pa
cific coast, which was partially devas-
tated at o'clock yesterday morning.
Eleven dead are reported in this city,
and so bodies have been recovered at
Chilpancingo.
Adding to the horror of the quake a
tidal wave swept the city of Acapulco,
carrying down the bamboo houses
which line the shore, with hundreds of
occupants, who were unable to escape.
Most of these, it is said, were women
and children.
Driven panic-stricken from their
homes by the quake, it was some time
before the inhabitants realized the
predicament of the families in the
poorer quarter. Fires which started
gained a good headway, and these
added to the death list.
The total number of dead in Acapulco
is not known, it being difficult to get
details from there tonight over Federal
wires.
About 100 miles inland from Aca-
pulco the towns of Taluca, Puebla,
Horles and Chilpancingo, the capital
of the state of Guerrero, also suffered.
A runner reached Chilpancingo with a
report that the town of Mazatlan, a
near seaport, which was only recently
swept by fire, was again devastated.
The people there had only commenced
to rebuild, and the damage, therefore,
was not as great as it otherwise would
have been.
Reports have also been received from
Reopan, Zapate, Providencia, Atoyac,
Ayutla and Chilpa, and it is said seve-
raj people were killed in each place,
while there was also a great loss of
property. Iguala, Teloloapan, Cocula,
Cutzamala, Amatepec, Saltepec and
other towns north of the Basas river
suffered. Some of these reports have
reached the city by native runners, or
have been received from the territories
by Federal wires.
The shock was felt as far as Oaxaca
on the Southeast, and great rumblings
are reported in the ground in many
places, while the quake threw many
bridges out of plumb on the Ouerna-
vacal railroad. Many of the towns
where damage is reported are practi-
cally isolated, having only runners as a
means of communication with the out
side world. Every effort is being
made to get details of casualties, but
it may be weeks until. official reports
are received by mail.
Acapulco is in the earthquake zone,
and many temblors have been expert
enced there, but the present one, which
was followed by tidal wave, is said
to be the most destructive in the his
tory of the seaport.
In the tidal wave several craft in the
harbor, it is said, were sunk, increasing
the loss of life.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-08-05
Vast Area Feels Earthouake.

Mexico City, July 91.-Central Mex
leo, from the Atlantic to the Pacific
and from Querato on the north to OAK
aca on the south, an area of more than
1000 square miles, was shaken yester-
day by series of the most severe
earthquake shocks felt in the region
for quarter of century. The lower
part of Acapulco, the whole of Chlpan
cingo and probably the other towns
were totally destroyed. Reports of the
loss of life are scattering, but it is GER
tain that hundreds must have perished
in the coast cities and in the interior
towns.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-08-05
INTERURBAN CARS MEET.
Collision Near Coeur d'Alene Results
in Death of l3.

in Death of l3.
Spokane, Wash, Aug. 2.-Thirteen
persons were killed and SO more or less
seriously injured in head.on trolley
car collision Saturday afternoon, at
Coldwell, on the Spokane and Coeur
d'Alene branch of the Spokane & Idaho
railway, 20 miles east OF Spokane.
Offiials of the line have not made a
statement as to responsibility for the
wreck. 1t is said the eastbound train
did not take sidetrack as it had been
ordered. 1t is ineomprehensible why
the motormen did not avoid the col
lision, as the accident occurred on a
straight track. The motorman of the
westbound train is among the dead.
Both trains were running at high
speed, especially the westbound train,
and were presumably beyond control.
The wrecked cars were ground to-
gether in one confused mass. The in
juries are of all kinds. Legs and arms
are broken and heads ard bodies are
crushed. Bruises and scratches from
splintered wood and broken glass are
numerous, and internal hurts, which it
is feared will swell the list of fatalities,
were Inflicted.
The first car of the train, the smok-
er, was so smashed that nothing but
the trucks remained. 1t was crowded
with men and scarcely one of them es-
capped alive and uninjured.
This is the first serious wreck in the
history of the road. The track was
cleared in about an hour and a half.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-08-05
Ripening Bananas.

1t is a familiar fact that bananas
are imported green, but 1t came as
new thing to a visitor to the banana
district In Colombia to find that oa'
nanas are not permitted to ripen Oh
the plant even down there. They als
cut and set to hang somewhere unln
they wither ripe, as the phrase is Ba'
nanas do not have to be yellow "
be ripe. That is only the color OF lne
skin when 1t has dried up. 10 ln'
person who is accustomed to ealins
bananas only when they are yellow y
seems odd to peel them when they a,0
green and find that they are periesH
ripe within and fit to eat.-New 1ofA
Sun.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-08-05
Ordered 10 lake Offensive.

Madrid, Aug. AT Melilla the
Moors are preparing for new attack
upon the Spaniards, but Genera Mari
ma has been instructed that as soon as
the big army is concentrated he should
assume the offensive, march out of
Melilla and strike a decisive blow.
Work of reinforcing Melilla is occupy
ing the War department. King Alton
so today visited Gafateofoto to inspect
artillery corps bound for the front.
The fund for the war victims is grow
ing. Queen Victoria today contributed
50, 600 and the Queen mother So, 200.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-08-05
Thousand Chinese Drowned.

Pekin, Aug. "A government dis
patch from the flooded district in Man
churia this morning says that not less
than 1000 lives have been lost in the
vicinity of Kirin. The flood is 20 feet
deep over large area and the proper
ty loss cannot be estimated. AS the
waters are still rising the extent of the
calamity cannot be reckoned for sever
al days. The Yalu bank, where large
sums of money were on deposit, is re-
ported to have been swept away.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-08-05
Millions for San Pedro.

Los Angeles, July 31.-Fortifica-
tions costing possibly Sc, 900, 900 will
be located around San Pedro harbor if
the government can secure the neces-
sary sites for satisfactory fort. This
was brought out today at meeting
between Brigadier General Arthur
Murray, chief of the Coast artillery,
and representatives of the harbor com
mission. The question of buying the
site was left with the local engineer
ing office.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-08-05
Adverse News Suppressed.

San Sebastian, Spain, Aug 2.-(By
way of the French frontier. NO news
is allowed to be published from BARGE
Iona, except that favorable to the gov
ernment. but reliable private reports
say that the revolutionists still hold a
large part of the city and that the ar
tillery has not succeeded in driving
them out
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-08-05
Cuban Cabinet Resigns.

Havana, July 31.-The cabinet cri-
sis, which for some time has been i'm
pending, reached climax today. when
all the ministers and the presidential
secretary resigned. The action of the
cabinet was taken after a conference
with the avowed purpose of expressing
loyalty to the president and relieving
him of the embarrassment of making
removals.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-08-05
CoarseIy Defined.

"What is the distinguishing quan'
Of the problem play?" -
1T makes you think. The nrs' na
keeps you wondering what the qu.,
tion is, and the second half keeps -.
guessing what's the answer "--"a
ingtoL Star. -s~-'
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-08-05
Unreasonable.

"My husband is so very unreasoh
able"
Most husbands are. What did yours
dor
HE fixed a fishhook in one Oh n.'
pockets because he pretended to sup
pose that l robbed him at night, az.
then he blamed me because he lors0'
1t was there Plain Deaie''
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-08-05

Tourist travel to the Yellowstone
park is so heavy that all hotels are
full and the Oregon Short Line has
stopped traffic to that place temporar-
lily.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-05-27
WAS She A WATERWITCH
OR A boston MERMAID?
Boston Miss Swims Hull Gut in IL
Minutes. Might Have Swum
the Hellspont.

Boston, Mass, May "a, Per
forming d feat which men only
have been able heretofore to ac-
complish, Aisle Akyroyd, fifteen
years old, swan across Hull Gut
in twelve minutes. Through the
narrows between Pemberton and
Paddocks Island opposing tides
cause treacherous currents, which
only expert swimmers can con
quer.
The East Boston girl, however,
has within the last few seasons
won many races against local
swimmers, and had long been am
bilious to attempt to pass through
the channel which gave such
swimmers as Peter McNally and
the late Captain Webb a hard bat
tie. The water was at 90 degrees
yesterday, and q bard wind was
blowing, but Miss Akyroyd was
undismayed. In a rowboat, John
Winston and Bray, an East Bos-
ton swimmer, piloted her across
the quarter mile Of eddies.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-05-27
A WOMAN DRAWN ON JURY.

New York, May "a Sum
moned to serve OH jury in the
Supreme Court, Miss Jean Web
stef, of No. 55 West Tenth street
appeared before Judge Dugro and
answered to the call Of Jean Web.
ster, author"
care you Jean Webster the
person who was served with this
jury notice." inquired Judge Du
gro.
81 am" answered the young
woman, land | am ready to serve
if necessary she added.
sYou are excused, Miss" sale
the Judge, as he wrote across tn,
notice -" Excused; not qualifie(
to serve"
The Commissioner of Jurors
who draws the panels from thu
city directory, was not aware tina
Jean Webster was a woman unit
he received notice to eliminate
"No. AZ" from the jury list.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-05-27
missouri STRAWBERRIES LATE

Joplin, Mo, May 24.-E Early
this week the strawberry season
will begin in Southwest Missouri,
and from 5000 to 5000 men,
women aud children will find en-
ployment in the berry fields. The
crop will not be a top-notcher, but
it will be far in excess of early eX-
pectations. Little damage has
been done from frost and an in
creased acreage will mean larger
shipments, although the produc-
ton per acre may not be so heavy
as in the past. The crop of South
west Missouri is estimated at so
per cent, while that of Arkansas
and Illinois may be no more than
go or 70 per cent Of the average.
The pickers will form little vii
lagos in the berry districts during
the season, which will last about
a month. About twenty cars a day
are shipped from this section, the
principal points being Fairview,
SarcoXie, Anderson and Neosho.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-05-27

Washington, May 24.-By the
end of May, this year, the new
commercial South will obliterate a
Washington landmark. Old St.
Matthews church, at the corner
of Fl and Fifteenth streets, North
west, will be torn down and on
its site erected a modern office
building, which, in addition to
offices, will contain club rooms,
Offices for a banking house, and in
general will be a vast monument
to the commercial progress of the
new South. This will be done by
the Southern Commercial Con
gress.
The Southern Commercial
Congress was born in a small
meeting of commercial secretaries
of chambers Of commerce and
boards Of trade in Chattanooga,
Tenn, last fall. 1t was given its
name later at d meeting Of a com
mittee on Arrangements, and
made its debut to the world at the
first session of the Congress held
at the New Willard hotel last De
cenher. The object of the organ
izatiop is to give authentic infor-
nation of the resources and con-
ditions in the South in order to
promote trade conditions and inn
migration. At the initial session
Of the Congress here last fall sixty
four commercial organizations
were represented and more than
fifteen bundled delegates attend
ed the six sessions, The most
prominent citizens of the South
spoke and promised their aid, f.
nancially and otherwise.
n, There were two other impor-
tant meetings last December
which aided the Southern Com
mercial Congress in its efforts.
These were the National Rivers
and Harhors Congress and the
Conservation Commission ap,
pointed by former President
Roosevelt. Delegates to the latter.
two meetings were also delegates
to the Southern Commercial Con-
ggess, ,.---rFs-Tg Y s'----
(, In order to make the Southern
Commercial Congress perma-
nent organization it was decided
to create an endowment fund Of
81, 100000, through the contri-
button of $1,000 each by one
thousand Southern business men.
Washin gton, as the national capt.
tai, and the only city where for
eign capital could be easily reach
ed and where the representatives
Of foreign governments could be
readily informed of the true con-
ditions in the South, thereby pro-
noting desirable immigration,
was selected as the permanent
headquarters.
AS the best means of investing
the fund of $1,000, 900 it was de-
cided to purchase tract of land
and erect the most magnificent Of
fee building in the city. The
property purchased was old st.
Matthew'S church, in which the
last mass was celebrated on New
Years day. When purchased fol
the erection of the church it cost
eighteen cents foot. The South.
ern Commercial Congress PAID
$23 a foot. The plot measures
$50 feet by las feet one inch, ag
gregating 2z,212 square feet, cost
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-05-27
SOUTHERN COMMERCIAL congress
Builds the Most Magnificent Office Building in Washington
and viii Boom the South

ing about $511,000. Of this
amount $4,000 was paid on Janu-
airy II, $4,000 on February 10,
$4,000 on February % and the
balance will be paid on November
| this year The promoters say
that the contributions are coming
in rapidly and that the project is.
assured Of success.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-05-27

Fear not the confusion outside
of thee, but that within thee !;
strive after unity, but seek it not
in uniformity strive after repose,
but through the equipoise, not
through the stagnation Of thine
activity Schiller.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-05-27

The letter killeth, but the spirit
giveth life. st. Paul.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-27
Her Answer.

An Atchison girl had proposal Of
marriage and asked week to think
It over. She went to all of her mar
ried sisters One, who used to be a
belle, had three children, did all her
own work and hadn't been to the
theater or out riding since she was
married. Another, whose husband was
a promising young man at the time
she was married, was supporting him.
A third didn't dare say her life was
her own when her husband was around,
and fourth was divorced. After Wis
iting them and hearing their woes the
heroine of this little tale went home,
got pen, ink and paper and wrote an
answer to the young man. You may
think it was refusing him, but it
wasn't. She said she could be ready
Il d ilonth.-Atchison Globe.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-27
a Financial Parable.

Just before the collection was taken
up one Sunday morning negro clergy
man announced that certain brother
had forgotten to lock the door Of his
chicken house the night before, and, as
q result, In the morning he found that
most of the fowls had disappeared. 81
doan' want to be pussonal, bredr'n,"
he added, "but l hab my s'picions as
to who stole dem chickens. I also hab
reason fo b'lievin' dat if am right in
dose spicions dat pusson won't put
any money in de plate which will now
be passed around"
The result was a fine collection. Not
single member of the congregation
feigned sleep. After it was counted
the old parson came forward.
Now, bredr'n," he said, 81 doan'
want your dinners to be spoilt by won
derin' where dat brudder lives who
doan' lock his chickens up at night
Dat brudder doan' exist, nah friends.
He was a parable gotten up TO- pur-
pose of finances"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-27
A Sian of Death.

There may have been many "signs"
of death-so some people believe-but
one described here is probably new to
many. Mr.. w. B. Cooper Of Chelten-
ham tells of his father being Ill, but
not confined to bed, and one sunny day
in June when he walked across the
garden another man, the facsimile Of
his father, met him and apparently
passed into him"
Shortly after my father came to me
and said, Did you see me go across
the gardenY l said, Yes Well he
said, Il shan't be here long. Our fam
lily see themselves before they die
Although l had seen this, said, Non
sense He shook his head and walked
away. Shortly after he took to his
bed and died July 8. Ny father during
the few days he was IN bed-we were
haymaking at the time-asked each
morning, Which field are you in nowT
When we came to a certain field called
Galley he said, with sigh of great
satisfaction. 'Ah. l shall die now
He died the same morning near mid
day.-T. P.'s London Weekly.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-27

prisoning team that was attached
thereto, and they had to extricate
the animals with axes. That's
enough" said the new Idahoan. ut
doesn't blow like that here; you
can count me out of Ohio from now
on. Out here, when we want rain,
we go up to the irrigation ditch and
start a sprinkle, shower or flood
and stop them just when we want
to. Idaho for mine hereafter"
Mr.. Eastman says that while there
has been a more backward spring
here this year than usual, it isn't
to what they have had in
some other places. He counts on his
so acre orchard being one of the
best paying enterprises anywhere,
though some Richfield property
woulr run it a close second.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-27
Old Time Salaries.

How often clerks and other employ
ees Of big firms are heard to complain
of the small salaries they received Yet
If they realized that Columbus drew a
salary of only just over f66 year
they would, perhaps, hesitate before
grumbling at their f100 or f150 per an
mum. Prominent clergymen have re-
ceived as much as and more than f1O-
600 year, and yet John Knox only
got 16s Sd. week, and that was As
I'd. more than Scottish judges of his
time 1t must be confessed, however,
that at this period Of small salaries
money went long way. For instance,
good Christmas dinner for family
Of six during the sixteenth century
could be provided FOR an outlay OF
about eightpence NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Standard