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The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-31
M'KINLEY CLIMB
CAN BE MADE
s. p. BEECHER DECLARES HE
COULD SEE PASSABLE WAY
ALMOST TO SUMMIT AND SURE
RIGHT MAN COULD SUCCEED.

Peshastin, Wash, Dec. Sis. P.
Beecher. one of the party accompany
ing DIR. Frederick A. Cook on his
original Mckinley expedition, takes
issue with Delegate James Wicker
sham, of Alaska, and others who
have claimed that the summit of Mt.
Mckinley cannot be climbed. Beech
er is confident the uttermost pinnacle
can be reached by experienced noun
taineers. given that they know of the
routes discovered by members of
Cooks parties, that they start early
enough in the summer season, that
they are properly equipped and that
they are willing to suffer measure of
hariships.
up to the present time" Beecher
said, there has been made no real
effort to climb this mountain DR..
Cook and all others who have at
tempted the climb have exhausted
themselves in the hard trip to the
lower levels of the range, arriving
at the point where the real climb be-
gins in no condition to undertake it.
Value of Expeditions.
These expeditions, however, were
not altogether fruitless for they were
the means of discovering routes
through an unexplored territory that
will make it possible for expeditions
of the future to reach the base of
the mountain with comparatively lit
tie difficulty.
That mountain can be climbed I
am certain. On my trip with Dr.
Cook I reached a point little east
of south of the mountain, and from
an eminence in that position I was
able to map out a route nearly the
whole distance to the summit Dr.
Cook came back later in the season
and covered that route and a part
of it I could not see, and was only
IOltcu W TURN DdCh because OF Lnc
lateness of the season and on account
of his provisions being exhausted. I
am satisfied that had he started
earlier in the season he would have
reached the summit in that attempt.
Basis Of Cooks Claim
DIR. Cooks story of the alleged
climb, l believe, was based on his
conviction that the climb he had un-
dertaken was feasible. He had COW
cred enough of the journey to con-
vince himself such was the truth. and
had gained sufficient knowledge of
the route to make it easily possible
for him to write descriptions that
would be difficult to disprove should
they be questioned.
For the benefit of anyone who
may undertake the trip | would sug-
gest that they select the route fol-
lowed by Cook for I am certain it
affords a clear way of travel all the
way to the extreme summit"
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-31
YAKIMA vOTESWET:
I'll MAJORITY
SALOONS WIN IN SPECIAL ELEC.
ANTS - EVERY WARD FOR
RUM-2O45 VOTES CAST.

North Yakima, Dec 31.-Saloon
prohibition in North Yakima was
voted down today by a majority of
271. Every ward in the city went
wet" with majOrities ranging from
10 to 11S, the latter being the ma
jority in the Fifth ward. The total
vote was: For license. 1149; against
license, SIS. Out of registration
OF 1855 total of 2045 votes were
cast
The result was received without
demonstration except in saloons.
where jollificatiOn parties were held.
ThrOngs gathered in hotels and cigar
stands waiting the returns The ma
jority is considerably smaller than
counted on by many of the "wets, .
and bets were numerous on majori-
ties of 800 and up. Mayor Armbrus-
ter said tonight he would carry out
his promises to regulate the saloons
as far as possible.
Manager W. E. Zuppman of the
prohibition forces says his organiza-
ton will continue it's fight on the
saloons and that the issue will be
voted on again at the next regular
election
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-31
CObURN ACCEPTS
SECRETARYSH|P
WORD WAS RECEIVED BY VICE |
PRESIDENT DAI1LACH THAT HE |
WILL BE HERE ABOUT JANU.
AIRY 10,

Vice President Dallach of the We
natchee Commercial club received a
wire yesterday from George w. Co.
burn now at Hood River, Ore. stat
ing that he will be here about Janu-
ary 10 to enter upon his duties as
secretary of the Wenatchee CONNER
cial club to which he was recently
elected The board of directors feel
very much pleased with the decision
of Mr. Coburn to come here and take
hold of the work of the commercial
club. He is recognized as an able
man and it is thought that his work
in the commercial club will be fruit
full of much good.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-31
bAL[|NGER IS PRE-
PAIRING CHARGES
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
READY FOR BATTLE WITH
CHIEF OF FORES' \;Y BUREAU.

Washington, D. c., Dec. 31.-Of-
ficials of the interior department un-
der the personal direction of Secre-
tary Ballinger today are preparing
the evidence the secretary will intro
duce at the coming congressional in
vestigatiOn Of the so-calle1 Balling-
ger-Pinchot controversy.
This evidence. it was stated. not
only will cover the official acts of
Secretary Ballinger and his subordi-
mates in their administration of the
public land laws, but will probe thor
oughly into the affairs of the forestry
service
One point of the attack upon Pin
chot that Ballinger will probably
make, will be charge against the
chief forester to the effect that he
went outside the limits of the law by
including within the national forest
ry reserve a tract of 117,00O acres
OF alleged grazing land which was
bounded on one side by a strip of
forest covering only two per cent of
its area.
1t will be alleged that this land
was not burned over or deforested,
and was not chiefly valuable as for
est land. according to the intent of
the law A joint resolution providing
for the congressional investigation
both houses of congress, probably
next Wednesday,
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-31
CRUM SUED EAST
ERIN RAILROAD
WENATCHEE NAN CAUSED MEN,
TAI ANGUISH BY FAILURE OF
C.. X. l. 4 =. X. X. TO MOVE
FATHERS DEAD BODY.

Waterloo. Iowa. Dec 30.-Because
of mental distress resulting from de-
lay in shipping the body of his dead
father, James Crum. from Wenatchee
to La Porte City, Iowa, +. W. Crum
has sued the Chicago. Rock Island &
Pacific railroad for $4,000 damages.
In his unusual complaint he alleges
that the railroad allowed his fathers
body to remain at the st. Paul depot
for four days, while he was hunting
for him.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-31
Double Show at the Gem Last Night.

Double Show at the Gem Last Night.
There were three of them giggling
in the third row back, and the two
who were sitting in the fifth row
back. with gentlemen escorts, got un-
easy. Both surreptitiously felt around
to see if the back hair was on
straight. One of the young ladies
concluded that hers wasn't. She
poked at it until it was way over
on one side, and the giggling got
worse. Then she forgot all about be-
ing in the theatre and took her hair
down and held the rat in her teeth
while she screwed the braids into a
sort of running bolin. BY this time
the giggling got so loud that every
body forgot the show. Then she
stopped over to pick up a hair-pin
from the floor, and the rat had dis
appeared. But the hair was all
right. The other one kept getting
more restless all the time. Mental
suggestion from the gigglers in the
rear kept her feeling of her hair all
the time. Twice she unconsciOusly
hauled out a hair-pin and then she
hurried from the theatre, taking the
rest of the party with her. After that
the gigglers in the third row back
watched the regular show.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-31
HORSE THIEF BUSY
LAST NIGHT
NJ. BAXTER LOST VALUABLE
HORSE LAST NIGHT FROM HIS
OF THE CITY.

Nj. Baxter had a valuable horse in
his barn last night. This morning
when he went out to attend to his
chores the horse was gone. Baxter
lives near the brick kiln, north of the
city. Mrs. Baxter heard the barn
door close about o'clock this morn
ing but did not think of anyone try
ing 20 steal the horse. The animal
was about years old, a chestnut sor-
rel, weight about 100 pounds,
chunky build. four white feet, heavy
name and tail with a dim brand on
the left shoulder
The theft was reported this morn
ing to Sheriff Ferguson and Chief
Inscho, and the officers have some
clues to work upon.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-31
OVERF0STERCREEK
RAPIDS
WORK ACCOMPLISHED WHICH
BOAT SERVICE FROM WENAT-
CHEZ NEXT YEAR.

Word comes from Bridgeport that
the steamer Yakima passed safely
over the head of Foster Creek rap
ids one day last week The Yaki-
ma has been working on several of
the large rocks in the rapids snice
the first of December, and a number
of them which composed the princi-
pal distractions in the lower portion
Of the rapids have been blown out.
Just before proceeding to the head
of the rapids one of the largest of
these distractions was blown up,
thereby opening the way for approach
to the head.
The large rock removed stood out
short distance from shore in twenty
feet of water and projected several
feet above the surface. it's bulk of
forty or fifty feet in width damming
the stream and causing violent
rapid through which it was impossi-
BILE for steamers to pass. To get on
the rock the Yakima crew strung
cables from the shore and used a
miners cage TO pass to and fro. A
score of deep holes were then drilled
ia the rock with steam drills, and
when all was in readiness these were
charged with dynamite and fired SIM
ultaneously, the sight being witnessed
by a large number of the settlers of
northern Douglas county living in the
vicinity, some of whom were obliged
to blanket the windows of their
homes and TO go out on the hills TO
safe distances The explosion caused
a tremendous upheaval in the river
ana tore the rock into bits which
were sent through the air for hun
dreds of feet. The jar of the explo-
sion was felt 25 miles away on the
Big Bend prairie
After the firing of this shot the
steamer proceeded to the head of the
rapids and was successful in getting
over, being the largest boat that has
ever negotiated the rapids, her sue
cess at this time being attributed to
the work done in cleaning out rocks
near to the shore before the passage
was attempted. After getting through
the rapids she moored by the side
of rocks which are in the way of en-
tering the rapids from above and be-
gan work with her drills. the report
being that these rocks will be dis
posed of shortly.
AS the opening of Foster creek rap
ids means an outlet and short haul
to them for their grain next year, the
farmers of northern Douglas county
are all naturally jubilant over the
progress of the work.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-31
Thrilling Films at Both Theatres.

Both theatres were running some
fine films last night The buffalo
race at the Wenatchee was a film
of unusual merit, and the Gem
showed a wheelbarrow race tnat was
in the same class. DOrondo still
plays to a crowded house at the We
natchee and a number of regular pa
irons who had seen the show earlier
in the week came in just before Do
rondo's act. Manager Ferguson
states that the chink act is one of
the cleverest that he has secured this
year, and that many of his patrons
have come every night this week to
take 1t in
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-31

New York. Dec. 31.-Spencer
Trask. one Of New York's best known
bankers. met death today in rear
end collision on the New York Cen
trail railroad at Croton. in which
three other passengers were killed
and injured. Details so far indi-
cate that Trask and the other vic
Tins were in the rear sleeper of the
second section of the Montreal Ex-
press. The express had come to
halt in response to a signal, accord
ing to information received by rail-
road officials, and was standing still
when freight train crashed into it.
telescoping the sleeper and inflicting
some damage on the next car ahead.
The smoking compartment of the
sleeper was at the rear of the car
and in it were gathered several of the
passengers, among them Trask and
others who were killed. None of the
passengers in the forward cars were
severely injured although everyone
on the train were badly shaken up.
Trask occupied compartment at
the extreme rear end of the train
and was dressing when the crash
came. When his torn body was re-
moved from the wreckage it was
found he had partially dressed him
self. The express had been stopped
by block signal and why the freight
train behind it had not stopped has
not been explained.
The freight struck with such force
that it demolished the rear end of
the sleeper ahead. Many of the oc-
cupants of the five sleepers had not
July dressed and they were thrown
half clad into the snow banks.
The weather was clear and the com
pany reports that block signals are
working perfectly.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-31

Trenton, Mo-, Dec. 31.-Five are
jured, some of them perhaps fatally
in the wreck of the Chicago and Rock
Island crack train, known as the
California special. at point three
miles east of here at $3.50 this morn
ing. The train left Chicago last night
and was running at a high speed
when from an unknown cause the
engine jumped the track and landed
fifty feet from the right of way All
the cars of the train were dragged
from the track and all but one were
overturned. Two Pullmans which
the train carried broke away and
caught fire. The train crew and
those of the passengers from the cars
ahead who had escaped injury went
to work with great energy to rescue
those imprisoned in the Pullmans
which by that time were burning fur
iCusly
The bodies of two dead women
were taken from the chair car. Most
of the injured also were in this car
All the passengers in the Pullmans
escaped aside from bruises and slight
cuts
The number of those who lost their
lives is in doubt. estimates running
as high as 30. None are known to
have escaped in the tourist car ani
it is believed all tourist passengers
were cremated.
After the crash occurred three
cars almost instantly burst into
mass of flames. Those in the chair
car were in many instances dragged
from the car while those in the
Pullman generally escaped unassist-
ed. The flames, however, burned
most fiercely in the tourist car. In
deed, the flames were so hot the res
cuers were forced back and they
were compelled to stand by in the
ice and snow powerless to render air.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-31
"A Social Affair.

Mrs. Frank Lemon entertained the
old high school quartet at her home
on South Mission last evening. Those
present were Willis Poe. Guy George.
Stephen Knowles and Miss Jones. a
teacher in the high school
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-31

James Crum died at Entiat early
last month and his body was taken
east by his son. F. w. Crum. of Oron-
do. The information contained in the
above dispatch is the first news that
his friends here had of his intentions
to sue the railroad company.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-31
Receives Appointment to Monroe.

On the recommendation of a num-
Der of citizens of this city S. K. Paul
has secured a position as attendant
at the Monroe reformatory. Super
intendent Cleon B. Roe has notified
Mr.. Paul to report for service at once.
Mr.. Paul has been a resident of this
valley for the past year, where he
purchased land, coming here from an
eastern state, where he has had ex-
perience in reformatory institutions
similar to the one at Monroe. He
will leave in a few days to assume
his new duties.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-31

Mr.. and Mrs. S. c. Armstrong and
little daughter, Mildred, OF Tacoma.
are spending the holidays with Mr..
and Mrs. o. E. Loving and family,
on Pennsylvania avenue. Mr.. Arm
strong is state grain inspector.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-31

Carl Barnhill entertained a few Of
his old high school classmates at his
home last evening A good time was
had by all present. Those partici-
pating in this affair were Mr.. and
Mrs. Claude Mills, of Cashmere, Mr..
Bernard Knowles, Miss Erma Misel
and Mr.. and Mrs. Barnhill.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-31

C. NJ. Deniston left last week for
Seattle. From there he will go down
into Oregon and California, and is not
expected home for two or three
months.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-31

Mrs. Alex Switzer and children, of
this city, left for Chelan this morn
ing, where they will visit relatives
and friends for New Years
Fred Culver, of Spokane, is here on
business
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-31
SERIOUS
RAILROAD
WRECKS
CHICAGO & ROCK ISLAND WENT
INTO DITCH AND MANY LIVES
LOST MONTREAL EXPRESS
HIT BY FAST FREIGHT.

Kansas City, Dec. 31.-A long dis
tance telephone message from Tren-
ton says the dead in the burned tour
ist car of the Rock Island is esti-
mated all the way from 20 to 80
persons. At 1:45 p. m. there is no
way to get the facts as almost every
vestige of the car is destroyed.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-31

Mr.. and Mrs. Ira D. Edwards en-
tertained at dinner Wednesday eve-
ming in honor of Mr. and Mrs Harry
Leighton.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-31

c. ]. Cooper went to Spokane yes
terday
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-31

Rev. Clulow arrived yesterday from
Tacoma.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-07
LAX LEAF DIET KILLING OFF
 CATTLE

The stoekmen grazing the.r cattle on the national forests in the south west. especially in Colorado and New Mexico. have suffered serious losses during the present summer through the cattle eating oak leaves.
 In that section of the country the season has been unusually dry and grass extremely carce. To eke out the scanty forage supply, the cattle have browsed on the scrub oak which covers large portions of the range. Ordinarily the stock does not browse much on the oak and the little they do get, taken with the other food, IS not injurious, but when, as in the present season, the oak browse fur nishes large proportion of the daily food of the cattle, the reuIts are SC rious.
 The oak leaves and sprouts contain large percentage of tannic acid. The action of the acid on the stom- ach is extremely injurious and the losses have been unusually severe. The symptoms of the disease are staring eyes, tever,sh and bIistered l.ps and nose, the animal ceases to graze or seek for food, standing in one place for hours at a time. The coat becomes rough and the hair is all turned the wrong way, as in cases of loco poisoning. The animal does not chew it's cud and in a compara- lively short time 1t becomes too weak to remain on it's feet and death rap idly follows.
 So far as is known the only avail able remedy for this trouble is lin seed o.l given as drench in amounts from one to two quarts. The oil ap- pears to overcome the injurious et- fleets of the tannic acid and if the disease is not advanced too far and the animal can be furnished suffici- ent food so it will not be forced to eat the oak, it will generally recover. The best method, course, in hand ling the trouble is, if possible, to get the cattle away from the range where the oak is found and furnish them with plenty of fresh green feed to build up aga.n
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-07
HIS VIEW THAT OF MANY MEN
Soy Surprised at idea of Mother Re ceiVing Wages-"she Don't
 Do No Work"

Harking back to women ald their emPloyments. read somewhere lately q good story of Mrs. Runciman, wife of the president of the board of educa- ton, or, rather a good story told by her Mrs Runciman addressed the pu- pills of the high school al Bromley and said among other things that she ap- proved of marriage as profession for women because most people thought if women stayed at home to look after a house they did no work. To emphasize this she told a story. A growing boy had obtained a small job-his first and boasted how much work he did.
 T gets up at half-past five o'clock and has my breakfast" says he. Anyone else get up, too?" he was asked. Oh, yes-nother; she gets me breakfast, and then she gets dads at half-past six" And your dinner?" "Oh, moth CT gets that, too; and then she gets fathers" Has she the afternoon to herself?" "Oh, no; she cleans up, looks after the children. gets the tea for dad and me when we come home. We gets our smoke and then we gets to bed" And your mother? Well, she does a bit of sewing then, when all is cleared up after tea" What wages do you get?" the boy was asked. "Oh. I get ten bob, and dad gets 35." And your mother?" Mother She don't get no wages; she don't do no work .
 -Limavady, Ireland, letter to St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-07
STRICTLY UP-TO-DATE
 ARE EGG PRODUCERS

(From Douglas Daily International
 Once again Douglas people seem to be strictly up to date. This time it Is in the fresh. egg producing and guaranteed selling line. The story of guaranteed marked eggs from Lordsburg. California, published ip the Daily International Friday brings out the fact that the Lords burg man has no monopoly on that sort of thing. Douglas sas three men in that business, c. A. Pecking- paugh. c. E. Hemphill, and 0. J. Hurley, naming them in the order of their seniority in that line, so far as now known. All of whom not only produce fine eggs that are known by the buyers to be strictly fresh, but who guarantee their marketing by marking their eggs in the same way as the Lordsburg man. One of them even goes so far as to put the date on them, the others putting their name only. In addition to these there may be others, and another producer who is really the dean of the safe egg-producing colony oi Douglas is Geo. Solomon, who has 3 ranch about six miles north of the city, and is credited by dealers here with having furnished them eggs which could be safely relied on by the most careful housewife for the last six or. seven years. but he does not apply brand to them to guar antee them. His word goes alone The others follow the Lordsburg mans style. MT. Peckinpaugh is credited by the dealers with three years continuous service in this way Mir. Hemph.n has been in the busi ness since he sold his grocery to L. R. Smith, and Mir Hurley, who is the storekeeper at the c. & A. smel ter has been raising and marketing eggs in this way for some time on the side.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-07
Pull Together.

The Billings chamber of commerce, Billings, Mont, has filed two com pla'nts with the interstate commerce commission, the principles involved being ident cal with the complaints of the Maricopa County Commercial club. One against eastern lines prays for more reasonable rates from east. ern ponts to Billings and the other demands better distribution rates from Billings to Montana points.
 The present first class rate Chica. go to Billings is $2.5O and to Phoenix s3.79. If our merchants had the Billings rate they would be pleased although our Billings friends consider it too high. It can be said that the ! cost of building and operating rail roads to B llings is vastly more than to Phoenix.
 | With Montana, Washington, Ne vada. Utah, Colorado and Phoenix all contending before the Washington commission for better rates, some.
 hng is apt to drop.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-07
AROUND ARIZONA
Everybody Raised.

The board of supervisors has had an order entered declaring Yuma county a first class county. All the counties in the territory having an assessed valuation of three millions of dollars become, as matter of law, first class counties as soon as that fact $ definitely established by an equalization of the assessment roll for the year Yuma has passed that point by more than half million of dollars. Yuma becoming a first class county creates two new offices, coun- ty school superintendent and clerk of the board of supervisors. These two new officials will be elected by the board of supervisors and under the new order of things nearly all of the county officials will get raise in salary, beginning with the first day of September