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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20

stefan, happened to be dining
ashore. Everyone stood up at Ia
BILE absolutely helpless and not
knowing what to do for minute.
The queen began to cry and one
of the equerries rushed on deck
to send ashore for a doctor.
Thumps King on the Back
Then 1t was the American duch-
ess rose quickly from the table
and thumped the king violently
three times on the back. The king
recovered himself quickly and
thanked the duchess,
while the queen overwhelmed her
with thanks for doing what GER
tainly no other woman in the
country would have dared to. The
story spread all over Cowes the
next day, and the American Ouch
ess was chaffed by her friends.
The kings physician is very
anxious that his patients allow
ance of cigars shall be reduced to
three day, but the king, although
usually most obedient to advice,
has resolutely declined to bind
himself to such small number,
and has finally compromised by
promising to smoke only six q day
His diet is, however, very restrict
ed. He eats little meat and only
drinks the slightest of hooks and
clarets, with a very occasional
glass of champagne at state ban
quets.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20
FORMER AMERICAN GIRL
& THUMBS KING ED. ON
HIS ROYAL BACK; SAVES
I. HIM FROM CHOKING

LONDON, Aug. 1s.-The name
or Consuelo, duchess of Manches-
ter, is on every ones lips in court
circles. She is the heroine of an
incident that occurred at Cowes,
and which throws an interesting
light on the true state of the
kings health.
The kings throat is worrying
not only himself, but his physi-
clans, considerably. Although
there is no malignant growth of
any kind, there is an obstruction
in the throat which brings about
serious choking fits. These fits
cause the king to look apoplectic
and render him helpless for sew
eral minutes. They come while
his majesty is eating, and conse-
quently, as one measure of proven
ton, all fish served at the royal
table is always boned.
During a dinner at which the
kings usual intimate friends and
suite were present on board the
royal yacht previous to the arrival
of the car, the king suddenly
choked and grew purple in the
face, while his eyes seemed to
start out of his head.
Sir William Reid, the royal ply
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20
7 RACT
HELD UP
COMMISSIONER WILL REFER
Pr GALLUP ygAFENUE Paw
ING TO COuNCIB BEFORE
AWARDING CONTRACT.

Commissioner McGregor is
holding up the contract for paw
ing Puyallup avenue and Bay,
street, in order to lay the cease
before the city council.
Joe Wells is the low bidder.
and is $4,000 under the next
man. e offered to do the work
for $129,S35 with brick, or $127,-
342 with granatoid paving.
d. A. Williams & Co. asked
$l43,270 and $141,810 respect
lively, and Wright & Sweeney ran
|up to $153,8S1 for brick. The
Blome company offered granatoid
paving at $14S,500.
because the8 COS. .NU IN IN
Commissioner McGregor hest
ltates to let the contract to Wells
because the commissioner says:
at would mean a fight all the
/ time to compel him to live up to
the specifications"
The granatoid pavement is pat
tented, and the Blome company
will have to be paid for the top
coating If this is put in. Brick
paving caunot go in this year, for
brick cannot be secured.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20
BANKS ESCAPE TAXES

placed upon their fixtures will
have to be cancelled.
That the large corporations that
lease the harbor area can also be
assessed upon the value Of. the
land is the decision Of the state
board. The land is owned by the
state and upon that ground the
different companies thought that
1t ought to be assessed according
to the value of the lease, II at all.
The county board will now be re-
CURED to determine the assess
ments to be placed against the
companies. The Northern Pacific
and Milwaukee Railway companies
are two Of the most important
in the controversy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20
LEGAL NOTICE
STREET ASSESSMENT NOTICE

STREET ASSESSMENT NOTICE
To the owners of lots umbered
to 16, both inclusive, in Block q,
and lots numbered / to 16, both in
elusive, in Block 3, all in Howard
Heights, in the Town of Ruston,
Pierce County, Washington, and to
all persons Interested:
notified that the Improvement of
Ruston, from the north line of North
51st street to the south line of
North 52nd street, in Local I'M
provement District No. 8, under Or
dinance No. 25 of said Town, has
been completed and approved by
the Council of said Town, and that
the assessment roll therefor has
been approved and confirmed by
said Council, and IL now in my
hands for collection.
And you are further notified that
all sums charged upon said assess
ment roll against the lots above
named are now due and payable at
my office; that all such sums may
be paid without interest or addi-
tionai cost at any time within thirty
to-wit: within thirty days from the
20th day of August, A. ID. 1903; but
that all such sums remaining un-
paid at the expiration of said period,
to-wit: on September 10th, 1908.
shall thereupon become and be de-
linquent, and shall thereafter bear
interest at the rate of per cent.
per annum.
Dated August goth, 1909.
ALBERT F.. COOK.
Treasurer OF the Town of Ruston.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20

According to a decision Of the
state board Of tax commissioners,
the banks cannot be assessed sep
arately for their fixtures and upon
the stock. T. d. Rockwell and
T. A. Parish, of the state board,
met with the Pierce county board
of equalization today and this and
other important questions were
thoroughly gone over.
The banks will now escape with
assessment upon their capital
stock as 1t Is too late to assess
them according to the market
value of their stock, which, ac-
cording to Mr.. Rockwell, the
board could have done Ave days
ago. The assessment which was
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20
MORGAN TO BUY
CHICAGO RAILWAY

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Aug. 20
]. Pierpont Morgan today paid to
the secretary of state his personal
check for $96,047 for articles of
incorporation for the Chicago &
Great Northern railway, which he
will buy tomorrow at the recelv-
er's sale. The company will be
recognized with a capital stock OF
$96,00O,000. ,3ta
The incorporators and the board
of directors will be composed of
members of the Morgan law firm
in Chicago and dummies, the road
being entirely under the control
of the great financier. to3
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20

James Kirby is the name of the
man who was yesterday committed
to the asylum at Steflacoom. After
remaining silent for "a hours, he
came out of his stupor last night
and talked quite freely to Jafler
Turnbull. He gave his age as "a,
and his occupation as that of a COM
mon laborer. The man was arrest
ed at Falkland Wednesday night,
when he was seen by residents act
ing very strangely. While in the
county jail he had sudden fits of
violence. He was taken to the asy-
lurn lacf nj oh
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20
||lay Assess tie D. B.
Tunnel at 500, 900

It Is now up to the board OF
equalization to place a value upon
the Union Pacific Railway COM
pany's tunnel franchise. The
mate tax commission has held that
the franchise Is assessable and
now the question is what to assess
II at.
The board had notified the COM
pany that they had placed the as
easement at 100000 and Mr..
Welsh came to protest. He de-
clared that the franchise had not
cost the city anything and conse-
Quently was not worth anythin g
for assessing purposes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20
Power Sites
Withdrawn

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 90.
The interior department an
nounced today that at the direc-
ton of Secretary Ballinger, Act
ing Secretary Pierce has with
drawn temporarily power sites, In
GLIDING 1880 acres along the
White river in Utah. 1t will be
reported to congress that these
Withdrawals have been made in
order that proper legislation may
be enacted to preserve power sites
to the government and to prevent
monopolies, it was stated.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20

Assessor Railsback moved to TX
the assessment at 100000. but
there was no second. Then Glib
lett moved that 1t be fixed at $25..
600 with the same result. It
was then taken under advisement
by a motion of Mr.. RailsIback.
Probabilities are that 1t will he
placed at one or the other of these
figures. The members seem to
be just about evenly divided. RAN
kin was absent today, so that his
position is not known. The mat
ter will be decided tomorrow as
that is the last day OF the SEES
sion.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20
4th Floor Berlin Bldg.

$5,500-New S-r. residence, with
furnace, facing Lincoln park.
$2,250-House, r., bath, j St, close
to cable.
$2,600-Practically new 7-r. house.
bath, 1 " lots. east front,
Sheridan ave-, between 9Th
and 18th st.
$3,500-Good 6-r. house, bath, fine
lots. upper side / ST., near
cable.
$2,600-Brand new 7-r. house, bath.
lots, East l ST., blocks
from car.
$1,s0o-Cottage, s r., 2 lots. ST..
near Center st.
s1,000-Cottage, large rooms, X
ST, near Center st.
750-House, 4 r., lots, a corner,
l block from p st. car.
S00-At Bismarck, good AR. house
with 4 lots.
So, 200-At Bismarck, one big acre in
fruit and berries, with good
7-r. house.
ACREAGE-2h acres, all slashed
and burned. the best soil, at
Johnson's Crossing, on the
Puyallup car line; 5000.
Two blocks from Pacific ave. at the
city limits, 3 " acres rich,
black soil; all cleared; $500
per acre.
Ten acres good soil south of Bis
marck and east of Fern Hill.
at the very low price of $3.50
per acre.
40 ACRE FARMS on Glover Creek
near Spanaway and near De-
lano Beach, for $4,000.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20
INVESTIGATES DEATH

Coroner G.. D. Shaver was called
today to look into the death of A.
f. shannon, who died at the resi-
dence of his son-in law, e. A. Lo-
gan. at Ruston. No physician at
tended him in his last illness. 1t
was found that he died from natur-
al causes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20
paid ADVERTISEMENT

To the Public:
l am a candidate for representa-
tive in congress for the Second
District, State of Washington.
stand for the principles of the
Republican party.
believe in square deal for
everybody, and live within the law.
Yours respectfully,
L JAMES M. ASHTON.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20
REAL
ESTATE


nh4zxD ANS
4 " nice level lots and Groom
modern house. cement walks, on car
line, close in; lots worth $2,400
alone. Price s2,700. Terms. Rent
ing for SIS per month.
JOHN 8. STRICKLAND
sos California Bldg.
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1716 SO. l., 5-R., $1,375
PART CASH, BAL. 2 YEARS

Good 5-room cottage, with porce-
lain plumbing, newly papered, cleo
trio lights and chandeliers. Lots
here are 1870 feet deep; garden and
flowers; barn in rear. We can rent
this for SIS per month. Call at
once for terms. Best close-in buy
in town.
NJ. ii. KOEHLER & co.
4th Floor Berlin Bldg.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20

four-horse, two-mule power We
hicle. Built like the Deadwood
coast of historic memory, it runs
between LET fand Dickinson, N.
D., much like the old Deadwood
coach, did. Dickinson is a small
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20
so. SSTH 4 YAKIMA HOME
8 RMS, 2 LOTS, $3.50 CASH

Large plastered house, with lawn,
large fruit trees, cement walks,
barn, shed, chicken house, electric
lights. all improvements paid, half
block from car. A model piece of
property for $4,000.
M. H. KOEHLER & co.
4th Floor Berlin Bldg.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20

Str. Flyer will make special ex-
position trips DAILY. leaving Sc
attic $3.50 p. m, Tacoma 11:15.in
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20
OTTO B. ROEDER,
1907 Pacific Ave-, Room 500.
For SALE BY OWNER

Owner going away. will sell my
new 5-room bungalow, located
close to Sixth avenue ear line, on
terms like rent. Strictly modern,
full cement basement, good loca-
tion. Ans, give phone number in
care Box 81, Times.
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station on a railroad, but Left is
completely shut out from the
world except for the coach.
Two mules are the leaders and
the other four steeds are horses,
of course.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20
FURNISHED HONE

3 lots and Groom house on graded
street, near school and car; fine
fruit, both large and small; house
Furnished complete, and everything
goes at $3.50. Close in
JOHN 8. STRICKLAND
sos California Bldg.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20

one aHz : half lots and s-room
house, en- East elfh st. fine marine
View t1e9 cash, balance $40 q mo.
a. r. THOMPSON
3ff8 Commerua st.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20
Things Worth. Considering

Only the old-time, high-grade makes of pianos
with which you are familiar are sold at Eilers.
Your neighbors have them; our state colleges,
our city schools including the High school;
fine hotels and fully two-thirds of the homes
that have pianos in Tacoma bought them at this
stire Our prices are just well known
pianos and therefore not subject to fluctu-
atnon to suit the occasion Your neighbor can
quote our prices just accurately we can.
Ask him what he paid for his piano; then come
to store and buy duplicate If you WISH at
the same price, turning in your balloon puzzle
prize check at its full face value part payment.
The more capital music house has the
cheaper it can sell pianos Buying as we do for
cash for forty large Pacific Coast stores taking
in some instances the entire output
of piano factory, shipping only
by the carload and with our system ,.
of Harvesting pianos in the car,
thereby reducing the freight to
practically half All these things
any many others mean that you get
here the greatest value for your
money.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1909-06-08
Nature Fake

The Sumner News takes the follow
ing article from the Pleasant Hill,
No., Times; "Walker Brannock, 60
ing through tho country saw . drove
of hogs, large but pretty lean, and no
ticed that they would all At once run
to another part of the field. stay there
few minutes, then hump them
selves to q different place. They
kept this up for some time. The
buyer called on the farmer, said he
had been looking at his hogs and they
were light In weight, and then he
mentioned their peculiar nervousness.
The farmer, in a whisper, explained
that he had always called the hogs to
feed them, but that he took cold and
lost his voice, and then he got in the
habit of pounding on che fence with
stick-and now since the weather
has been getting warm "the darned
woodpeckers are running those hogs
to DEATH"
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1909-06-08
Benefit of Newspapers

Hon. John II. Darrah, merchant
of Charlton, Ia, in an address deliv-
cred at Des Moines, lately, said: Ii !
was going to locate In a new town to-
day, one of the first things that
would attract my attention would be
the newspaper facilities of that town.
| consider advertising as necessary In
a retail business as clerks and that
the right kind of advertising will not
only make clerks necessity but II
will make more clerks necessary. !
have always thought that the news
paper was one Of the least appreciat-
ed of any of eur local enterprises; thai
more is demanded of them and that
the services which they render are
more grudgingly paid for than perhaps
any other institute ion In the commu-
nifty. They do more to advertise the
community and then contribute more
freely to public service than any
other enterprise we have. They are
entitled to the support Of the mer-
chant; they are entitled to his job
work from . standpoint of patroniz-
ing home industry and they are en-
titled to the advertising Of every mer.
chant in their town from the purely
selfish standpoint of the merchant
himself. The merchant today who
doesn't get results from his advertis-
ing is either to blame for not writing
attractive advertising and appealing
with low prices to the people whom
he desires to reach, or else he fails to
properly show his goods when they
are called for, or he doesn't deliver
what hs advertisss. ."-Watertown
Herald.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1909-06-08
Making and Breaking Party Pledges

How much does platform bind q
political party? Not In the least.
Repeatedly the Republican platform
has demanded that congressional rep
resentation in the South be cut down,
according to the constitution, IS .
penalty for negro acknowledgements
out a Republican congress has uni
formly ignored the Instructions. The
Democratic platform Of 1892 declared
\ protective tariff unconstitutional,
Ind the one Of last year made q
pledge in favor of putting lumber,
PAPER, and all trust-controlsd articles
IN the free list. Yet, what happens
in congress when Democrats come to
vote on tariff bill? Why, as rule
they stand out for protection on the
productions of their own section-and
favor free trade only for the other
fellow. Out of 81 Democratic men,
bsrs from six Southern states, 40 this
time voted against free lumber or
hides or both. Every time there has
been test vote the Democrats have
sided for protection on their local
products, and enough of them have
Joined with the high-tariff Republi-
cans In every case to stop any radical
lowering of duties.
After all, a political party has no
pOcifivo hold ON tie man, Iorc and
there is no way TO enforce the pro-
nouncsments of party platform.
Platforms are constructed by sstute
politicians, not with view to their
binding anyone, but to getting the
utmost possible number of votes
Any inducement or promise which
will make votes is considered proper
but no one feels any obligation to
carry out such representations, and
as matter Of fact congress never
does carry them out until the press
ure Of public opinion becomes irresist-
ible.
Hence Democrats will continue to
dsnoHnce the "robber tariff" In plat
forms and on the stump, and to vote
for 1t in congress. And the fun of 1t
is, no one will see any Inconsistency
in this. These Democrats must know
which side their political bread Is
buttered on, and when they so fierce
ly anathemize protection they must
mean it only in . Pickwickian sense.
They love to lick the hand that smitss
them. And, Of course, the Repsbli.
cans are just as needless of their cam.
paign pledges; they can adopt recip.
rocity, admit states, grant shipping
subsidies, lower tariff rates, ete, on
the stump-but when it comes to do.
ing it in congress, that's another
matter. This is politics; II IL were
not so, 1t would not be polit les.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1909-06-08

Thomas & Rice are the oldest ex-
perienced nurserymen In the state OF
Iowa, having been engaged in that
industry for the past thirty-six years
They make . specially of setting out
commercial orchards, under the per-
sonal supervision of an experienced
man. They sell all kinds Of nursery
stock, forest trees, berry plants, etc.
II you are planning on setting out an
orchard or want some nursery stock,
write them, tell them your plans, and
they will be very glad to take the
matter up further with you.
This firm is pleased to call the at
tention of prospective patrons III
Stanley county to its work OF the
past year. A year ago we set out an
orchard of 320 trees, including fruit
bearing specimans OF various kinds
on the farm of Walter Stalley, east oi
Topbar; the orchard Is In splendid
condition, and is q living advertise
ment of our goods.
Thomas & Rice,
3-tf Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1909-06-08
Our Lot Not 80 Bad

Look up not down, Is . good way
to do as rule, but when 1t comes to
comparing our income, or position in
life, with that Of others, IL Is we'll TO
look down occasionally IS well as Up.
Our average American Is altogether
too apt to keep thinking about Mr..
Rockefeller, or Mr.. Carnegie, or some
other Of our few very wealthy men,
when his crops turn out poorly, or
his salary Is small, and forgetting
that there Is not one such, or any
where nearly so successful man in a
million, he manages to get good
deal of misery out of what he has no
call to worry over at oil. An 'under-
estimated" friend recently tried to
convince the writer that man who
did not command at least $1,000 year
salary In these times is q very poor
and much to b pitied sDecimaa Of
the human race. We found figures
to convince him that the average sal.
ary of oil the professors in our COL
leges and universities, including those
o: the presidents, IL slightly less than
$1,000 per annum. As the salaries Of
the presidents 90 into the thousands,
= great many professors must work
for considerably less than $1,000.
The physician who attended Lucky
Bald win" in his last illness was paid
$50, 600, and DR.. Shrady tells that the
Nawab Of Rampur, India, was com.
PEELED to pay IN English army sur
geon $3.50, 900 for three months treat
ment. Lest this start some Of our
envious friends TO studying medicine
at once, let US add that the average
annual income of all the physicians
In the United States 10 put at less
than $500.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1909-06-08
Advertised Letters

The following letters remain uncall-
cd for at the postoffice at Philip, 5.
D., for the week ending June 5,
1909:
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Gould
A. J. Bornau
Howard BrattOn
6Oren Johnson
Roscoe Koons
Mrs. Anderson
When calling for any Of the above
please say advertised
N. II. Wyckoff, postmaster.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1909-06-08
Could Not be Better

No one has ever made salve, oint-
ment, lotion or balm to compare with
Bucklen's Arnics Salvs. Its the one
perfect healer of Cuts, Corns, Burns,
Bruises, Sores, Scalds, Boils, Ulcers,
Eczema, Salt Rheum. For Sore Eyes,
Cold Sores, Chapped Hands it's su-
preme. Infallible for Piles. Only 25c
at All Druggists.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1909-06-08

While Auntie arranged the pantry
shelves, her little niece handled the
spice boxes and called eash spice by
name. Presently she said, "Auntie,
l can read"
"Can you, dear?" answered Auntie.
eyes, Auntie," came the reply,
"but l don't read like you do. read
by the SMELL"
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1909-06-08
Stomach Troubles

Many remarkable cures Of stomach
troubles have been effected by Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
One man who had spent over two
Thousand dollars for medicine and
treatment was cured by a few boxes
of these tablets. Price, Is cents.
Samples free at all druggists.