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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-07
FIRE At ORT|NG IS
SUbDUED AF TER
HARD FIGHT
TWO DRY KILNS CONTAIN
ING SHINGLES ARE DE-
ST. ROY ED - FL A NJ Il 8
CHECKED BY CITIZENS AFT
Err HEROIC WORK.

Fire that started in the dry
kiln of the Standard Manufacture
ing company at Orting yesterday
afternoon for time threatened
to wipe out the. western part of
the town, and Tacoma was appeal
ed to for aid. Chief McAlevy of
the fire department promptly
hurried two hose wagons and an
engine to the Northern Pacific
depot, and arrangements were
made to run special train to
Orting, when, at $40, word was
received that the fire was under
control. The kiln where the fire
started and one belonging to ]. A.
Mcintyre. each containing a guam
tity Of shingles, were destroyed.
Citizens of Orting to the num-
Der of 500 worked heroically to
check the flames. A bucket bri-
gade was formed and a large
quantity of salt was secured from
merchants and used in connection
with the water to smother the
fire. Dynamite was also used to
check the flames. No estimate
has been made of the loss.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-07
BULK Of FERRY
ESTATE LEFT
To MUSEUM

Colonel Clinton p. Ferry, who
died ait San Diego, CAL, recently,
out Of an estate valued at about
100000 left nearly half of it to
the Ferry Museum, which he
founded, in this city.
After making requests OF dia-
monds, rings and other personal
effects to various relatives and
conveying to the Ferry Museum
a fine collection of paintings and
art goods now in Switzerland,
Colonel Ferry ordered his estate
converted into cash and divided
into 100 shares. Of these the
Ferry Museum is to receive 40
shares, his son, Clinton Ferry, IA
shares. his adopted daughter,
May, shares. Mrs. Caroline P.
Ferry 10 shares and the rest to
various relatives and friends in
requests of from one to IA shares.
Frank B. Cole and Herbert s.
Griggs are made executors of the
will and are to administer the
estate according to the will with
out Intervention by the court ex.
cept to confirm the acts of the ex-
ecutors.
The will has been filed in pro-
bate court.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-07
MORE TROUBLE
With WATER
SYSTEM

The break in the water main
under Fifteenth street and anoth-
er in a fourteen-inch main on the
tideflats, which was repaired yes
terday, have focused the attention
of the city authorities on the fact
that the old water mains are get
ting weak. For the last three or
four years much trouble has oc-
Cured from bursting mains and
the old wooden pipes especially
have been going wrong regularly.
A lot of the old mains will have
to be replaced before long aud
water main districts will have to
be created in practically all the
older sections of the city before
many years.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-07
MANY APPL|CAN rs
|. FOR LANDS ARE
TURNED DOWN

SPOKANE, Aug. Total ap-
plications for Indian reservation
lands received at Judge James w,
Witten's office at Occur d'Alene
yesterday were reported as fol-
lows: Occur d'Alene today, L.
100, total for whole registration
period $3.50; Spokane today
2,707, total 99,52S; Missoula to-
day 1884. Kalispell today 1888,
total for Flathead lands 80,559.
Grand total thus far received for
all lands, 285,623.
Judge Witten's force has been
busy turning away scores of be-
lated applicants for Indian lands,
the midnight hour Thursday night
having closed with official regis
tration Applications are still in
the mails and will be received for
several days.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-07
MAY SEND one
CRUISER
HERE

WASHINGTON, d. c., Aug. Z.
The Washington delegation yes
terday called upon the secretary
of the navy to request that one or
more cruisers of the Pacific fleet
be ordered to Tacoma for Septem-
Der z, and 3, to be present DUR
ing the national convention of the
Spanish-American War Veterans,
which meets there on those dates.
The department said that as at
present arranged there would ; OF
be a cruiser on the Sound at that
time, but that 1t might be possible
to change the plans so that at
least one vessel might be sent to
Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-07
AN IDEA FROM A MULES FOOTPRINT
AND FORTUNE FROM THAT IDEA

LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. w. III.
Campbell of Lincoln, is the world
best known bonanza farmer. He
began farming 20 years ago with
no money and family. Now he
operates five big wheat farms in
all sections of the West, totaling
1920 acres, and is never satisfied
unless his yield of wheat approx
mates so bushels per acre.
The history of farming in the
great western country is in no less
respect a history of what Camp
bell has done to make farming a
science rather than gamble.
The greatest battle ever won
against adversely was waged by the
farmers of this big western coun-
try. Now that the 1909 bumper
crop is being harvested, public at
tention is being drawn to Camp
BELLS remarkable career.
If you draw ling from Duluth
to Dallas, passing through Minne-
apolis and Kansas City, you have
roughly the eastern boundary of
what once was thought the poorest
wheat country in the world. "The
plains" the early settlers called 1t.
and their views were echoed by the
old map makers who roughly des-
ignated this wheat country as "the
Great American Desert" Now 1t
is the greatest American cupboard.
Where once gaunt men drove
bony horses across arid fields, now
the fields are fat and the harvest
ing is on a big business plan.
Campbell the bonanza farmer.
invented the process formerly
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-07
$4,000 SHORT

In William M. Wilson's adver-
|tisement yesterday it read: "Ten
acres set to winter varieties of APP
pies will be worth $1,000 within
five years." when 1t should have
said that it would pc worth $780,
coo; as everybody knows good
I0-acre apple orchard. four years
old, is worth a fortune. Mr.. VIII
son, with an office in the Berlin
building, is advertising 200-acre
apple ranch to sell at 500 per
acre. $50
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-07
FLOATING BOTTLE
CARRIES THREAT
Of SUICIDE

SPOKANE, Aug. TT am
tired of life and will drown my
self in the river. I will jump
off the Great Northern trestie
near the Olive street bridge. Good
by, dear ones. Mae Henderson.
Such was the contents of note
found floating in the Spokane riv-
er in an empty whisky. flash by
Fireman G. j. Roemeke. of No. s
station.
1t was found that Mae Hender-
son was employed at the Wonder
department store last fall, but re-
signed In November. No one
knows where she went after leav-
ing.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-07
|53 JOIN COAST
| ARTILLERY

Fifty-three young men were
mustered into Capt. w. F. S.
Quick's company of coast artillery
at the armory last night by AS
sistant Adjt. Gen. Maurice Thomp-
son Of Seattle, and on Wednes-
day evening of each week the re-
cruits will meet at the armory for
drill. Uniforms for the men
and models of the armament used
in artillery service will be re-
ceived within few days.
In case of war, the men mus
tered in last night would be as
signed to Battery Powell at Fort
Worden, which consists of eight
12-inch mortars.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-07

With a wheat crop estimated at
anywhere from 37,00O,000 to 49,
100000 bushels nearly ready for
harvesting and a prospect of good
weather until the grain is all in
suck, Washington farmers are not
doing any worrying about the pro-
verbal wolf that hovers about
the doors of those who are not
overuburdened with the necessities
of life.
There will be wheat for export
this year, according to those who
are well informed on the grain
situation, and the exporters will
be ready to go into the field and
compete with the millers for a
share Of the crop. Therefore. 1t is
expected that. prices will not fall
off when wheat begins to come in
and the grain carrying fleet will
be given an opportunity to earn
something.
New Wheat Arrives.
Harvesting of winter wheat is
we'll under way in the Walla Waila
country and q considerable portion
of the grain IL in the warehouses.
Several cars of the crop for this
season have reached Tacoma, and
the grain grades high.
Agents for exporters and mill
ers who have been over the grain
fields of Eastern Washington say
that should the good weather
continue until the crop Is gathered
that It will be the best harvest
ed in the last few years.
MILLERS GET THE GRAIN
Last year the exporter got hold
of only a small portion of the
grain raised in this state. The
crop was light, and millers were
forced to get In the field early
and bid up to get supplies to keep
them geing. They reaped their
reward later, for when prices Of
wheat began to go up last spring
and fleur advanced in sympathy,
the millers with enough grain to
keep them going obtained big dfvi-
dends on their Investments.
Tacoma VIII Get Share.
The big Tacoma grain ware
houses had little to do last year,
but this year 1t Is expected that
they will be kept fairly busy after
the wheat shipping season opens,
Sept. l. It is expected that near
" B0,eoe, 900 bushels of the
grain grown In the state will be
exported this year. and Tacoma
will handle so per cent of that
quantity.
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called "dry farming" which made
1t possible for wheat to be grown
on dry soil. He became a success
full farmer though some of mis-
neighbors, laughing at him, stayed
poor. He turned editor to tell
them the secret of his fertile acres !;
then became manufacturer of the
harvesting appliances he invented
to deal with the peculiar problems
of the western wheat soil.
The story.of Campbell is a les
son to all farmers and to all men
who would demean the modern
American farm.
In the spring of 1883 Camubell,
formerly railroad machine shop
foreman in Vermont, brought his
family out west He settled on a
quarter section homestead in
Brown county, then Dakota terri
tory. now North county, South Da-
kota.a He plowed his virgin soil
with team composed of an OK
and a long-eared mule. But he
studied the soil, got 1t analysed,
and in spite of encouragement
around him found that the Dakota
soil had all the elements in it to
raise perfect wheat. The soil was
loose and the moisture from rains
escaped, making the country a
dry" country and keeping the
crops down.
His neighbors thought him
crazy. The 1894 season was a
drouth season. Campbelrs crops
failed, SO did his neighbors'. The
neighbors wrote east for money
and left. Campbell stuck.
He left his sod stable one day
10 take a look at what was left Of
his wheat. Most of his stubble was
sparse, but THE RUTS MADE BY
HIS CULTIvATOR AND THE
HOOP PRINTS OF THE OK AND
THE LONG-EARED MULE WE'RE
HEAVILY STUMBLED.
Campbell decided, rightly, that
the ground needed to be packed in
order to hold the moisture and
grow good wheat. The hoof prints
of the OK and the long-earned mule
blazed the way for what is now the
worlds greatest wheat country. 1t
was the first lesson in wheat rails
ing the farmer ever learned.
Campbell studied and found that
the soil must be packed AT THE
BOTTOM OF THE FURROW,
where the wheat starts to germi-
nate. That was lesson No. Q.
So next spring the first wheat
packer, harrow-like implement
was turned out at the little forge
of woodman & Foy, Hettinger
county, s. d. To the amazement
of other farmers Campbelrs yield
that year was phenomenal. There
had been little rain and the Da-
kota pioneers knew that It was the
machine, and not the climate. that
made Camubell fortunate. From
that time on he doomed his the
ories, built his implements and
those Of his neighbors, and kept
right on buying farm lands, where
the soil was pronounced worthless.
These tracts now are bonanza
farms.
Here are the farms Mr.. Camp
bell operates today: North Dakota,
1000 acres; Midland county, Tex,
$40 acres; Plainview, Tex. $40
acres; Holdredge, Neb., $40 acres !:
Medicine Hat, Alberta, $40 acres.
when those farmers back IN
the old days were praying for
rain" said Campbell. as he sat on
1.-THE porch OF his home here. Il told
them that the thing to do was to
put cisterp under their ground
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-07

and put a lid on It. The cistern
was the natural moisture, the lid
the pressed ground at the top.
Save the water you've got,' l told
them, and quit praying for rain.
had to fight the crop experts
down at Washington, too. Here
In Nebraska they had an expert
ment farm across from my Me-
braska farm.
Here's one of my secrets: l
SOW only about 20 pounds of wheat
to the acre. while the experts are
sowing a bushel and a half. When
my wheat came out it, was the
finest you ever saw-not ripple
on it. l guessed 1t would come
to about 60 bushels to the acre. 1t
threshed out 81. The experts
farm yielded about is. bushels to
the acre.
THAT brought up what we
farmers call the grain manifold
problem. l plant about a peck and
a quarter, and they plant BUSH
ell and a half. For every acre of
grain / sowed / got 4040 pounds
back, or a manifold of 202. The
other fellows planting 80 pounds
|got only a manifold of about IL.
Mine was nearly 20 times as
profitable as theirs, you see."
And he chuckled as he thought
of giving the laugh to Uncle Sam.
Then there's another thing you
don't consider. about the grain
manifold problem. I've got as
high as 200 heads of wheat from
one grain. Counting 40 grains to
the head, that gives a seeding
manifold of 5000, and you can bet
save that seed"
Campbell has a well-fitted Of
flee at 1417 o street here, and
transacts his huge farming bust
ness from 1t. He wants every
farmer to be as successful as he is
and declares the only way they can
become bonanza farmers is to
adopt his scientific farming meth
DDS.
He recently offered $4,000
prizes for the best grades of
wheat grown. Books he has writ
ten have been translated into all
languages, and Tschaikowsky, the
Russian political prisoner, wrote
into Russian Campbell's book on
soil value while he was a prisoner
in the fortress of Peter and Paul
at st. Petersburg.
Machines which he devised are
now made at Odessa, Arad, Hun
gary and Hyderabad, in the Indian
Punjab country.
E. H. Hartman, as he once was
inspecting the wheat country along
the Union Pacific railroad, grasped
Mr.. Campbell's hand and ex-
claimed: "If the Union Pacific had
given you a million dollars 1t
would not have paid you for what
you've done for the farming coun-
try and the road"
These are only sidelights on the
varied activities of a man who
never has called himself anything
but a farmer.
Over millions of acres bonanza
farmers like Campbell are har-
vesting their wheat crop. They
think in thousands where the mid
die westerner things in hundreds.
The single harvester and one day
of threshing are not for them.
Their work moves trains, fixes the
cost of living and brings millions
in gold from foreign countries to
western banks, never to return.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-07
MEXICAN GIRL IS
MURDERED BY
CHINAMAN

Ell PAS0, Tex, Aug. THE
body OF young Mexican girl,
with finger marks upon her
throat and q heavy cloth wrapped
about her head, was found last
might near Guadalajara. Mexico.
All the evidence gathered points
Ito q Chinese 40 the murderer and
Ia camp IN the vicinity has been
surrounded by infuriated men
demanding vengeance. The body
has not been Identified.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-07

The decision of the mass meet
ing yesterday to select the Pierce
county congressional candidate by
primaries and the announcement
by Chairman Joe Mitchell that the
primaries will be called as soon as
possible has caused a commotion
among the politicians today.
Four avowed candidates are
out working for the nomination
Link Davis, B. w. Coiner, Frank
Latcham and Frank Baker. More
than half a dozen more are stand.
ing on the edge of the arena
watching for an opportune time to
leap in.
Baker a "Roosevelt Man."
Frank r. Baker will run as the
Roosevelt candidate. He is fol-
my policies" and is a fighter
from away back. Already he IL
making the dust fly.
Frank Latcham is from the
Young Mems Republican club
He claims he will get the labor
vote. He also is in touch with
the Mettler-Peterson faction il
the court house. Mettler is a rela
tive of Latcham, and Latcham was
manager of his campaign for cleo
ton. He claims he will get the
Mettler-Peterson crowd in 9
bunch.
Link Davis Just says nothing
and saws wood. But right today
Link has more votes than anyone
A prominent city official even an.
nounced today there were -four
preachers in town for him. If pc.
litical knowledge will win the
lZme Link is 1t.
B. w. Coiner has the Bolo
club back of him. Coiner will
also be stand-pat candidate and
regular" party man.
T. j. Very Modest?
Representative T. ]. Bell sale
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-07
Four Already Sprinting, Others
on the Starting Mark in the
Great Free : for : All Race

to-day he had not decided whether
to run or not. IF see anyone l
think will make better congress-
man than / would l will be for
him, but l don't know what l will
do yet" he said.
George Stone is Of the old
school of politicians who are al
ways sin the hands of their
friends" He may be expected to
be in the arena before the fight is
over.
r. w. Jameson Is today re-
ported to be riding on the wave
of boom with a platform de-
claring against booze and corrup-
ton in politics.
A lot of people still think ].
NJ. Ashton will be in the race, de-
spite his letter declining, unless
his candidacy is an actual neces-
sity."
w. H. Paulhamus has been con-
lsidering the matter for several
days, and II he sees a good chance
he may jump in the race. Colonel
Joab and John e. Gallagher are
both in a receptive mood.
Other candidates may be expect
ed to loom up with each day now.
1t is to be a fair fight, with the
second choice ruling in the pri-
mary election.
If the republican candidate is
not satisfactory the democrats
say they will skin him at the polls.
They are booming Tom Vance of
Olympia, o. G. Ellis and Maurice
Langhorne of Tacoma. Ellis is
looked upon as a strong candi-
date.
Baker Makes Offer.
Frank R. Baker today offered a
suggestion for a campaign that
would make spectacular and
very satisfactory canvass for the
people. He agreed to get togeth-
er with the rest of the candidates
and arrange a campaign through
the county with a series of meet
ings at which all candidates would
be present and divide the time
before the audience.
This would enable the people
to see and hear all the candidates
and would put them all on record
where they would have to say
what they stand for.
Baker says he is willing to an
swer any question and state his
position, and he declares the 9TH
er candidates ought to be COM
PEELED also to tell what sort Of a
platform they want to run on and
what they purpose to do IL elected.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-07

CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES,
sELF-CHOsEN, ARE LOOM
ING UP FOR PRIMARY
SOME WAITING TO BE
URGED.
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Washington Wheat
Growers Jubilant

CROP FOR YEAR is ESTI-
MATED AT FROM THIRTY
SEVEN TO FORTY MILLION
BUSHELS, AND HALF WILL
BE EXPORTED-TACOMA TO
HANDLE BIG PERCENTAGE
OF GRAIN. -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-07

Go to the navy yard Sunday on
the Multnomah: 10 war boats
there. Pass the wreck of the Yo-
semitic. Leave Flyer dock TO- a.
IN. Round trip 75c. "**
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-07

The best excursion of the sea-
son - Sunday ON the Multnomah
to the navy yard at Bremerton.
See 10 war boats. the two dry
docks and the wreck OF the 70
semitic. Leave 10 .. m. SO
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-07

Go to the navy yard Sunday on
the Multnomahi 10 war boats
there. Pass the wreck of the Yo-
semitic. Leave Flyer dock 10. q.
m. Round trip f5c. 49,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-07

Take the best trip on the sound
Sunday on the most comfortable
boat. Go to Olympia at 9:45 a. m.
Or 4 D. m. Come right back or
have 6 hours there. Round trip
75c. -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-07

Str. Flyer will make special ex-
position trips DAILY. leaving Sc
attic $3.50 p. M, Tacoma 11:15. =
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-07

Avowcd Congressional Candidate
Link Davis.
Frank r. Baker.
Frank Latcham.
B, w. Coiner.
Looking for an Opening.
T. J. Bell.
J. M. Ashton.
Col. Joab.
r. w. Jameson.
w. H. Paulhamus.
George H. Stone.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-07

Sc. Jeans Orchestra for good
dance music. M. 1890, A43oo. -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-07

See the wreck OF the Yosemite
and the battleships at Bremerton
Sunday. Multnomah leaves Flyer
dock 10 .. m. Round trip 75c. $50
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-22

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Dot fhss folissE fsassd know 4
Ilett clsyelasa S. asasI aad have neter
been there since n tray led through
Michigan and Ind HAM, and worked ;as
| Ssalesman iii various lines IA 1900
| came to; Indianapo sis and SGT strand:
I'd; "a; here I've been ever since:
THE Saloon in Our Town" has
made Of me a physical moral, and 81
nanciai wreck. A broken right arm,
a sp,aIned left ankle. IA dIslocated left
wrist, 4 dIsfigured rig,r$ eye, and sew
eral minor cuts In various parts OF ny
anatomy are the results OF frequent
visits to "Tnc Saloon in Our Town"
Many night. In hot and cold ~ea,h-
CT. I've carried the banner" Many n
night I've slept on the grass. on
freight-house lodges, back Stops Of
achoolhouses. rrnpty house norches.
stair steps. on che grass in parks-in
fact. any old place that seemed safe
ret.ca, from the policeman or watch
man. And often-o.i how uiten!-
I've turned my fnce away Wien Id
read the signs: "Big Lunch for 10
cents" Say, Collier Company. fully
b We've that God inspired yol, 10 open
-free-the columns Of your progress
sive cosmopolitan weekly to worthy
WRITER'S. Ye have responded ndbly. |
first read the invitation few weeks
ago in the handsome public library Of
this city. It set me to thinking. !
came 10 the conclusion that II | rr!at-
ed my sad story in a plain and unrar-
nished manner SOME poor mortal
might be- saved from eternal hell. It
SC ems as though the majority OF the
people of this glorious land love mon.
ey better than momlity or religion. A
The Hon. Charles A.. Rookwalter
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-22
Run For The
Marathon
tBy S. ". Press Association.1

tBy S. ". Press Associanon.)
NEW. YORK, Ian. o2.-Tne next
few days may bring important de
vclopnents in The professional MIRA
thon runners championship. At CHI
cago tonight Albert Corey. o former
amateur, will engage in a speed and
endurance contest with Dorando, the
Italian runner who recently lost the
championship title to Tom Lonabaat
after wrestling i, from Johnny Hayes,
Next Tuesday night. the Indian c1am--
pion. l.ongboat. will test conclusions
with Alfred shrltbb. tie speedy Eng
lishman.
If Corey should vanQuish the ltal.
ian In to.n!ghts encounter at Chicago,
he will he IN line to meet the winner
OF next TUESDAYS race. Should he
fail. however. newt weeks event Is
likely 10 prove decisive, SO far as the
Marathon championship Is concerned.
S.rubb recently made an eXtraoFtli.
nary showing in q relay race In this
ely. ana there are many who express
doubts Of Iongboat's ability to defend
MS title against the Brltisher.
As the matter stands to-day. the
United States, Canada and Great
Britain apparently have change 10
secure or retain the Marathon hon.
ors. Italy Is out OF the game. rs
Dorando has been given two oppor.
tuni,iss, against Longboa;l and has
fnilcd to take tile measure Of the
tlcetiooted Indian.
Americas chances are centered In
Albert l., Corey. the Chicago runner
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-22

n Gold Medal Flour b the bed. fesSr.1ll;t
hg everything. ~ 'E4j Il ullRDss