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Morris tribune., 1909-01-09
Great Earthquake Region.


Great Earthquake Region.
No native of Sicily or the Calabrian
mainland ever reaches mans estate in
ignorance of the earthquake. With
some form Of the dreaded upheaval he
must become familiar long before he
reaches the Scriptural age limit. These
manifestations vary in intensity from
tremors so slight as to be observed by
the most delicate instruments to VIC
lent destructive shocks. While the
more serious and death dealing blows
are felt at intervals so remote as to in
spire sense of security, the slighter
manifestations are so constant that it
requires years of habit to make them
other than premonitory signals of trou-
bic to follow. ..-
It matters not at all to the surviving
Calabrian peasant whose entire inter
est in the business of living has been
cut off suddenly by this abnormal
trick of nature which has swept his
every living link into oblivion. that
science is at hand with its theories of
the cause of his misfortunes. 1t Will
not revive his hopeless spirit to be told
that the blow which has felIed him is
but another evidence that the foot of
the Italian boot" is sinking into the
sea. 1t Is scientific fact that has
been going on for centuries. Like the
California earthquake of 1906, the re-
cent Italian disaster was due not to
volcanic disturbance, but to the sub
sidence of the earth's crust and it is
believed by experts that should this
settling continue 1t will be followed
by volcanic activity and that the gran
tie hills Of Scylla and the greater por-
ton of the mountainous region of the
mainland Will be submerged.
As for Messina, 1t has always been
city of tremendous disaster. Long be
fore the Apostle Paul preached his
novel evangeI in the crowded streets
Of Syracuse it had known affection OF
the deepest. In the fifth century be
fore Christ it was captured by the
Greeks and it's inhabitants were sub
jected to great indignities In 1876 B. c.
IL was destroyed by the all conquer1ng
Carthaginians and was rebuilt by Do
nysius, the tyrant Of Syracuse. In the
following century Hannibal and his
Cartha gfnian hosts again sacked the
town. After the fall of paganism 1t
Jared not a whit better. for it was
taken by the Saracens in 831 and prac-
ticaly destroyed. Two hundred years
later it was pillaged by the Normans,
In 1749 the plague carried off over
10000 victims, and forty three years
later an earthquake practically buried
the city and it's remaining inhabitants.
AS late as 1913 it was nearly wiped off
the map by commandment, but seems
to have been restored sufficiently TO
lose $1,000 inhabitants by cholera in
1854
All Sicily Devastated.
The seventeenth and eighteenth cen
turtles seem to have been the most pro-
life earthquake periods In modern
times. In September, 1893. all Sicily
Morris tribune., 1909-01-09

HARBOR OF MESSINA AND MAP SHOWING
REGION AFFECTED BY RECENT SEISMIC
DISTURBANCE.
reality it has proved itself to be the
most treacherous of earth's beauty
spots, as little to be trusted as are the
historic Scylla and Charybdis at the
entrance to the strait Of Messina. 1t
has always been an active center Of
seismic disturbance of almost every
variety Even before the recent horror
1t, might have claimed the record, for
the great Calabrian earthquake which
began in 1873 continued for four years.
The Daily Missoulian., 1909-06-13
JUNE is "B e. G" MONTH.

Tune is called the "B. & G" month at
Washington; translated, this means
the period when the newly wed spend
their honeymoon at the capital. There
never Was q season SO plentifully pro-
yided With mating birds of this
feather as the spring of 1909 which
seems to have reached the climax Of
marital activity. The fair brides in
some instances come with Merry
Widow hats, or with headgears that
suggest their mothers mixing bowls
and reversed waste baskets. An elderly
gentleman remarked to me that while
riding on the Washington street cars
he counted specimens of every hat
that had been Worn since Eve sought
shelter from the broilingt sun after her
departure from the shady garden"
down to the present time.--Joe Mitch
ell Chapple in the National Magazine
ff,r
The Daily Missoulian., 1909-06-13

duction of performance of unusual
merit Although Mr.. Wallace has al
ways refrained from featuring somo
purely for advertising purposes, his
patrons have always found many sur
prises in store, and now he has come
forward with the boss thriller cf them
all--the trained wild beasts. .-
The name Of the Carl HagenbeclS
Trained Animal shows has been for
years without a rival. The world has
never known but the one really and
exclusively animal show, and that was
beck. and it Is the only one that ever
made a world stour with its wonderful
animal actors. When the combination
Of the Great Wallace shows and the
Carl Hagenbeck Animal shows was
accomplished by Mr.. Wallace, the
amusement world was not surprised,
as the combination had been pre-
dieted. The deal Was fortunate one
for amusement patrons, inasmuch as
they are now able to see the two
shows for the prices formerly charged
for one To enable the performances
of the two exhibitions to be given
simultaneously and without cutting
out single act of either, has been a
herculean task. but it has been ac-
complished, and the result Will be
seen when the Hagehheel<- Wallace
combined shows appear in Missoula
on June 26.
The remarkable and complete coll
lection of trained wild animal actors,
The Daily Missoulian., 1909-06-13
GREATLY INCREASES
EFFICIENCY
MAKING OF BRIQUETTES OF LiG-
MITE COAL INCREASES HEAT
ING PROPERTY.

| san Antonio, Texas, June 12.-Ex-
periments are just being completed by
the United States government at
Pittsburg which have demonstrated
| that the making of briquettes from
| Ignite OF brown coal enormously in
creases the heating property of this
kind of fuel. This has given an i'm
! petus to the development of Ignite
mines in the San Antonio country.
This part OF Texas has one Of the
largest and finest deposits of Ignite
coal in the United States, although
North Dakota is a close second.
Beginning some 10 miles from the
city and extending probably SO or so
miles to the south, with width at
probably so miles, is a tract of coun-
the past year a group of st. Louis
capitalists have acquired large, hold
ings in this section. They say thaS
as soon as the new railroad project
ed south passes through their coal
| lands they will begin the development
OF their coal properties.
The drawback In handling Ignite
coal heretofore has been the difficulty
in transporting It, hs 1T Is brittle and
tends to go to trash. The briquet-
ting process overcOmes this and at
the same time increases by pressure
the heating properties of the product.
The development of this great coal
field WILL according to the govern
ment experts, solve the fuel problem
of Texas. The fact that this state is
at a distance from the titurninous
and anthracite coal fields has tended
in those sections where oil is not
found to tretard manufacturing devel-
opment.
The opening up of this great Ignite
field, together with the briquetting
method, promises a great manufac-
turing development for this section.
The government experts point, out
that In burning the Ignite coal a very
rich gas is produced which can be
readily utilized in gas combustion
engine which will furnish power for a
dynamo. This power can be readily
transmitted to the cities for use in
manufacturing, electric lights etc.
The United States steel plant at Gary,
Ind, has all of its 10000 horsepower
furnished by the potential energy of
escaping gases from blast furnaces
The experiments at Pittsburg have
been made with Texas Ignite and the
process hence applies to this section.
1t is a process which has been brought
to great perfection in Germany. The
results achieved are without question
the most important industrial discov-
cry of the year to Texas.
The Daily Missoulian., 1909-06-13

All the contracts necessary for the
innumerabla details on the exhibition
of large circus institution have been
made for the early appearance in this
city of the Carl Hagenbecl1 and Great
wallace shows. This il one of the
worlds largest amusement enter
prises. and because of its peculiar
combination it is probably the most
interesting.
1t is advertised by the management
that it is without a peer in point Of
performance, ana it would seem as T.
this boast Is justified in a combination
which includes two such shows. The
aWallace show has for years been con-
eceded a place in the front rank of cir
cuses, and in many points ii has beer
given first place. 1T could not be ex-
celled in its horses, the quality and
completeness of its equipment or the
attention given to the numerous de-
tails Which are essential for the pro-
The Daily Missoulian., 1909-06-13

TONED remarkable internixture or two
of them, each naturally the instructive
iinplacahlc foe of the Others and some
OF them hitherto considered by the
best masters OF zoology an wholly un-
tamable, performing together in a CO.
lossal steel girt arena which abso-
lutely insures the safety Of the public
their bearing toward their trainer and
one another being as amiable and con-
slaerate as characterizes the inter-
course of an assenblage of human be-
ings at q social function,
Impereeptibly directed by a single
trainer and of seemingly happy ac-
cord and eager unity these formerly
dreaded kings and queens of the
seething jungle the bowling wider
ness and the remote inaccessible froz-
Ell wilds of the Poles build their sky
scraping pyramids balance with "a
skill riValling that of the human aero
bat upon barrels. play rolliclSing
games of see saw; with courteous
consideration for the luxurious COM
fort of their master form soft living
couches of themselves and invite his
confidence by opening their terrible,
blooa-red mouths for the temporary
insertion of his trusting head.
The Daily Missoulian., 1909-06-13
JUNE BRINGS A CIRCUS

comprising the most important speci-
mems of zoology, assembled in the
wild beasts performances which form
an imposing part OF the Hagenbeck-
Wallace shows has never been equaled
in the history of the world. No corr
ner Of the globe has been considered
too remote to make this collection the
most unique on earth.
Chief among these wonderful crea-
lures IL d hybrid lion-tger, a 1nagnif-
ieent animal of feline grace and ter
rible power, with all the peculiarities
OF both lion and tiger, but wearing
the tigers stripes upon the lions skin.
One OF the most important groups is
composed of two lions, three Bengal
tigers, two India leopards. two punlas,
two enormous Polar bears, four Great
Dane dogs and the singular hybrid
lion-tiger. Here, too, we are confront
ed with the incredible spectacle of six
different species and the afore-men-
The Daily Missoulian., 1909-06-13
ENORMOUS FIELD OF WORK.

Oyster Investigations to determine
the treatment they receive before en-
tering the market, the effect on flavor
and composition of washing, shipping
in direct contact with ice, etc; the
bleaching of flour by nitrogen perox-
ide; the examination OF distilled spir-
its for the establishment of standards;
the study of colors made from coal-tar
products and from vegetable sources,
that the two may be distinguished in
foods; the determination of small
quantities of Observation-Disclosures are
few of the studies made necessary
by the food law-Dr. Wiley, in Ma
tlonal Magazine for June.
The Daily Missoulian., 1909-06-13

The Hoo-Hoo house, built by the
Washington State Lumbermans asso-
citation, is one of the most popular
social editiees at the worlds fair in
Seattle. in spite of the fact that it's
door sare guarded by two large black
cats.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-08-04

has a vast amount of grain lying fat.
He estimates he has 5000 bushels of
wheat which will be almost a total
loss. Some of his neighbors think that
much of the grain can be saved, and
one man offered to cut and save it on
a guarantee. The loss depends largely
on the variety of grain and the soil
in which it grew. There is much COM
plant about the college hybrid wheat
falling down. Professor Severance
said:
Yes, much of the college hybrid
wheats have fallen, but this is due to
two reasons. First, these varieties
were among the heaviest and rankest
wheats grown, and only heavy wheat
with well-filled heads has fallen An
other reason is that much of the
hybrid wheats grown in this section
were of the variety l have never rec
commended, simply because it has a
weak straw. 1t is a cross of the turkey
red and club wheat, and the straw is
weak. We recommend Nos. 12S and
143, and l find from inquiry that lit
tie of these varieties has fallen"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-08-04
DELvE INTO
THAW'S LIFE
READ ASYLUM RECORD
DR.. Baker Says 1haw Acted In "A
Silly Manner"-TIial Assumes
Dark Aspect.
ASYLUM
RECORD

WHITE PLAINS, Aug. 2.-How
Harry Thaw conducted himself at
Matteawan asylum was a phase of his
life gone into day by DR.. Amos Baker,
first assistant physician of the asylum,
the only witness called by District
Attorney jerome today. Baker read
from the asylum record, which stated
that Thaw acted in "a silly manner
when he was brought to the asylum.
The record went on to say that he ad-
mitted that the evidence offered at his
trial showed him insane, but says the
district attorney was not in possession
of the facts of the case. He greets
one in silly and pompous manner"
Thaw told Baker that perverted
practices" We're no more evidence of
insanity than taking a cordial after
dinner. Baker presented 80 news
paper clippings found in Thaw's
pockets, nearly all of which, accord
ing to Jerome, related to sexual mat
tiers. At the conclusion of his direct
examination Baker declared Thaw
was irrational at the present time.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-08-04
DEFICIENCY BILL AIDS
YAKIMA LANDS
Congress Deficiency Appropriation
Bill Carries $4,000 for Classifica-
ton of Yakima Reservation.

The deficiency appropriation bill
passed by congress last Monday car
ries $4,000 to be used in the defray
ing of expenses in the classification OF
lands on the Yakima reservation. The
bill carries a total of $1,107,1S5, a
increase of $697,747. Other features
of the bill are explained as follows
The principal increases were re-
quired in order to carry out provisions
of the new tariff law. Other appro-
priations We're 100000 for necessary
expenses of foreign trade relations
which come within the jurisdiction OF
the state department.; $4,000 each Cor
horses and carriages or automobiles
for the vice president and speaker II
the house; $500 as extra compensa-
ton for officers composing the
Brownsville riot board.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-08-04
ASSESSORS REPORT
HOWS PROPERTY GAIN
Yakima COunty's Real and Personal
Wealth Runs Over
$26,OOO,OOO.

Real property in Yakima county is
valued at $2O,043,1S5 against 1909
200 in 1908, an increase in valuation
of $949,9S5. Personal property shows
a gain of $605,290 over last year.
These are the figures of the county as
SCISSORS office, which Assessor j. W.
Sindall and his deputy, B. F. McCurdy,
have just completed. All the real and
cluded except the personal property of
the railroad companies, which last
year amounted to s40O,45O. Exemp-
lions of personal property amount to
$1.467,635. Railroad and personal
county of s26,779,595.
The assessors report gives the val
uations of the different kinds of real
property for both years as follows;
Town lots, $3305,665 in 1903;
$3,246,92O in 1908; improvement on
town lots, 81 935,O75 in 1909; $2,5Ss,-
1925 in 1908; improved acreage,
sS,479,5O5 in 1909; $S.43S,57O in 1903;
unimproved acreage, $3,619,SS0 in
1909; $3,3S5,325 in 1908; improve
ments on acreage, $1,631 915 in 1903;
$1,3S1,405 in 1908.
The board of equalization will meet
Monday to hear objections to the re-
turns of the assessor. 1t is expected
that the property owners of Pomona
Heights will make unanimous objec-
tons to the valuations placed upon
their lands, which were assessed at a
time when it was reasonable to be-
lieve that they would get water for
their lands. Since that time. how
ever, the chances for water have been
largely dissipated. and they will ask
for material reduction in the valua-
ton on their lands.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-08-04

herds could Craze over the broad ex-
panse of territory in every direction
so long as they did not come into con-
hict with the brands of some other
ranchman. In those days land in this
part of Texas was worth but a few
cents per acre. The future possibili-
ties of the land were realized by Capt
King and he purchased enorm Gus
tracts during the time that it was sell
ling for mere song. His landed
possessions at the time of his death
were said to be something more than
100000 acres, all in one body.
Mrs. Kings familiarity with ranch
matters fitted her for continuing the
big business successfully has she
managed the affairs of the ranch that
the size of the property has in
creased more than 100000 acres
since it has passed into her active
law, looks after the details of the
property. He has given special atten-
ton to improving the breed of the
cattle and other live stock upon the
ranch. In the stables are horses of
fine pedigree, while all trace of the
original long horn breed of cattle has
been eliminated from the herds.
Mrs. C. Adair, widow who owns IA
ranch of upwards of 100000 acres
of land, situated in the panhandle of
Texas, is a good friend of Mrs. King,
although the two millionairesses are
exactly opposite in type and tempera-
ment. Mrs. Adair has beautiful
home in England, where she spends
a part of each year, mingling with
royalty and having a general good
time. During the periods that she
lives upon the ranch she usually has
as her guests a countess or two, and
perhaps one or more lords from Eng
land. Mrs. King, on the contrary,
does little travelling, for the simple
reason that she does not care to seek
pleasure in that way.
Hospitality is dispensed with a lib
eral hand at Mrs. Kings ranch home.
Before the building of the railroad it
was the stopping point for many over
land travellers who were on their way
to and from the lower Rio Grande
valley region and the interior points
to the north The big ranch house
contains many guest chambers and
most of them are usually occupied,
particularly during the winter season,
when hunting and other kinds Of
sports upon the ranch may be enjoy
ed to the fullest extent.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-08-04
PALOUSE LOSS OVERESTINIATED.
Large Part of Fallen Grain Will Be
Saved, Says Prof. Severance.

PULLMAN, Wash. July 3O.-Today
the sun is shining bright and warm
and it is believed the rain is over.
Farmers are taking a more cheerful
view of conditions. Many believe the
first estimates of the damage are too
large Professor George Severance,
head of the department of agriculture
at Washington state college, said:
Il am confident the estimate of 25
per cent loss is entirely too large. /
doubt if % per cent of the grain is
down, and l know all the grain down
is not lost. l believe fully 90 per cent
Of the grain down can be saved.
"One should remember that this
grain is all filled and that it will not
be injured as if it We're not matured.
Already some of the grain knocked
down is beginning to rise, and | see
the heads are turning up in some of
our fields and plats. a few days of
warm sunshine will raise much of this
grain.
There is no doubt there has been
loss, and few farmers have probably
lost heavily, but taking the country
over, | am certain that the estimates
are entirely too large. We have lot
of oats lying as fiat as a pancake and
l fear that these will not rise, because
they are so heavy and there is so
much foliage on the straw. This has
given us a splendid opportunity to
Judge of the relative standing quail
ties of different varieties of grain. We
have some plats that are lying fiat,
while on adjoining plats the grain
stands stiff and straight"
S. V. Meeks, living near Chambers
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-08-04
DRS. LYNCH & WEYER
Mullins BlOck-Phone 021

DIR. Lynch
Office hours 2 to S p. m. Residence
210 8. Naches. Phone S23.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-08-04
DIR. Never

DIR. Weyer
Office hours IL to IL a. m, to 3
and z to p. m. Residence 400
N. Fourth st. Phone 906.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-08-04

a cool place. 1t really means heated
milk. and is not necessarily clean
milk" good milk" or pure milk"
The idea is to destroy harmful bac-
terra. but il cannot atone for filth.
Lack of knowledge in Feeding.
owing to the long duration of period
of infancy in human beings as COM
pared with that of the lower animals
in general, it is obvious that the oppor-
tunity of environment to react upon
our development is enormously in
creased over that afforded in the case
of other beings. Unfortunately, even
at the present time infant mortality
and the degree to which such mortality
Is influenced by improper methods of
feeding is not a subject of general
knowledge.
True. it is known as a matter of
casual information that the rate of
mortality among the newborn in rela-
lively high, yet few have paid particu-
lar attention. Information as to the
infantile death rate is difficult to OBJ
tain, but the records show that the
District of Columbia, or Washington
city. is the highest, with the state Of
michigan lowest In other words
Washington compares similarity with
Russia, while Michigan with Scotland.
The directions looked upon with
most favor by scientific minds for arti-
fetal feeding of infants require the first
step to weigh the child. Allow "A daily
quantity of milk of one-seventh body
weight for infants up to three months
of age, one-eighth body weight from 3
to months, and after that one-ninth
to one-tenth.
If possible Certified milk" should
be fed. If this is not obtainable, clean
above all things have it clean-fresh
bottled from a high grade dairy, and
make sure that the fat content is not
over $50. If it is greater than this it
may be reduced by dipping the cream
from out of the top of the retainer and
then thoroughly mixing the remainder
by pouring into another vessel and
measure out the amount of the daily
age and weight
How to Properly SteriliZe.
Divide the quantity so obtained into
nursing bottles, each containing equal
parts according to the daily feeding
SterliZe by standing each bottle corked
with absorbent cotton, in boiling water
up to their necks and boil for period
of forty-five minutes. Cool and pre-
serve the bottles on ice Until required
Before feeding heat to blood tenn
perature by standing the bottle in hot
water. Sterilization of milk is advo-
Gated for all infants under three
months of age. After that time it may
be pasteurized milk until the eighth or
ninth month, when raw milk may be
used providing the weather be cool,
the milk reliable and the use of the
raw milk produces no digestive dis
turbances.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-08-04

For indigestion and all stomach
trouble take Foley's Orino Laxative,
as it stimulates the stomach and liver
and regulates the bowels and will
positively cure habitual constipation.
Foley's Orino Laxative cures sick
headache and billiousness and on ac-
count of its mild action and pleasant
taste is especially recommended for
women and children. North Yakima
Drug Store, A. d. Sloan, Prop.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-08-04

Capt. King died a good many years
ago. He did not live long enough to
see his vast acreage property double,
treble. and even quadruple in value in
the course of a few years. He locat-
ed his ranch here in the days when
the range was open and free. 1t was
not necessary for a cattleman to own
more than a few sections of land. His