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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-02

months. The supervising Ell
gineers have prepared facts and
figures with which each will pre-
sent. the claims and the demands
of his particular field for consid-
GRAFTON.
The conference will assume, in
a measure, sort of contest be-
tween the supervising engineers
for increased appropriations from
the $7.000,000 which win be ap-
portioned.
The supervising engineers are:
e.. G. Hopson of the Pacific
division, embracing California
Oregon and Nevada; s. III. Swi-
CART, Washington division, con-
sisting of the state of Washing
ton; F. e. Weymouth, Idaho
division, consisting of the state
of Idaho; H. N. Savage, Northern
division, consisting of Montana
North Dakota and Northern
Wyoming; l.. C. Hill, Southern
division, consisting of Arizona
New Mexico, Texas, Utah and
Southern California, and !. w
Mcconnell, Central division, con.
sisting of Colorado and Nebraska
and a portion of Wyoming.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-02

are always affected by rabies. For
the same reason they hide in dark
corners and under the shed to es-
cape the glare of day.
Another dog day hoax is the
maidstone. That revered geolog-
ical specimen, generally owned by
the Indian doctor or the herb heal
err in the next county, once was
supposed to be a sure-thing cure
for hydrophobia. But the experts
tell us it does no more good than
u piece Of blotting paper.
Muzzles are still another hoax.
DR.. C. w. Fair. the noted Ameri-
can authority on diseases of anil
mails, says wire muzzles now in
use will not protect against a
mad dogs bite. A furious dog
can snap and bite through the
wire he declares. He recon-
mends tying up restless dogs.
Even now the Pasteur treat
ment, which is supposed to have
saved so many lives, is being at
tackled by Lataud, the great
French authority, and doctors in
this country. They say that
everybody who has been cured by
the Pasteur treatment would have
recovered anyway. So, they argue,
what's the use to take the cure?
Deaths in Chicago are more
frequent from hydrophobia than
in any other city of Europe or
America.
In Europe there is strict SUI
pervision over dogs. The dog
catchers over there are highly re-
spected individuals, and the chief
dog-catcher in European town
wears badge twice as big as the
chief of police.
He has a whole force of deputy
dog-catchers. A dog over there
must behave himself. or the next
morning his master will whistle
and then say: "Dog-gone."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-02

It's dog days!
And those two words stand for
one of the biggest hoaxes ever
sprung on the world.
Few persons who call this hot
weather dog days really know how
the term started. The old Greeks
whose pet Paris poodles weren't
as good-natured as ours, paid
more attention to stars than they
did to spaniels.
So they let astronomy go to the
dogs when they called the bright
est star in the sky the dog-star,
Its other name Is Sirius. The
Greeks preferred to call 1t the
|dog-star because the constellation
that Sirius belonged to looked to
them like one of Jupiter's pet
pennies running a Marathon all
over Mount Olympus after piece
of beef. Steak was high in those
days, too.
This bright bowwow star rises
with the sun over the horizon in
August, so we call this, time of
year dog days. Dog-star days
would be better.
Mad dogs cause more trouble in
hot weather than in winter, and
in some remarkable way people
got to believe that the dog-star
really made dogs go mad.
As soon as we tear the July leaf
off our calendars and August
stares at us, the face of a dog
rises up like mind-ghost. Then
we begin to watch every restless
dog that gets in our way, even If
he is only chasing the butchers
wagon with fond but vain hope.
All the dog wants is his dinner,
land yet we think he wants to bite
Isomebody.
Seriously, though, there are a
flew things the readers of the
Times ought to remember.
There's a difference in a mad dog
and mad dog scare, such as we
hear about so much.
Rabies, the disease that makes
dogs go mad, is the least under
stood of animal complaints. The
disease hydrophobia, which is hui
man rabies, suggests another
hoax. 1t comes from two Greek
words that mean afraid of
water" Mad dogs are supposed
to fear water, when in reality 1t
is the glitter of water that they
fear; 1t hurts their eyes, which
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-02
IS DROWNED IN
SIGHT OF
FIANCE

SEATTLE, Aug. lake
Washington is being dragged to-
day for the body of Ernest G..
Calvert of Bellingham, who was
drowned Saturday night before
the eyes of the girl who he was to
marry on the morrow.
Calvert, whose home is In
Bellingham, came to Seattle Sat
urday. Miss Agnes Pierce, his
affianced wife, preceded him
several days and was visiting Mr..
and Mrs. H. G. Piles, who live on
the east shores of the lake. They
were to return to Bellingham
that night.
Piles and Calvert went for a
swim at $3.50, the two women sit
ting on the bank watching them.
Piles was lying on the wharf in
the sun when he saw Calvert
double up from a cramp and sink.
He reached the drowning man too
late.
Earlier In the day Calvert had
been in the lake and saved an ex-
hausted swimmer from drowning.
Calvert was 81 years of age.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-02
Nd TRUTH
IN RUNOR

wind"
That Is what Henry Hewitt, jr.,
nays OF the rumor that the Union
Pacific has purchased the st.
Paul mill.
Mr.. Hewitt Is one OF the largest
stockholders In the property.
For several days rumors have
been floating around that the
Union Pacific had bought the mill
property, including 200 acres on
the waterfront. for $4,000 an
acre, or $4,000 600.
They have not bought It. "
says Mr.. Hewitt. There has
been no talk of 1t. They don't
want to spend that much money
for the property. o. some time
they may want It, but they have
not bought IL yet. nor made any
attempt to buy It,"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-02

(By United Press Leased Wire. J
PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. a.
The supervising engineers and Of
ficials of the United States recla.
nation service gathered here to-
day to meet Secretary of the In.
terror Ballinger. who has on his
hands the task of apportionine
the 100000 fund now avail.
able. between the nations "a IT.
rigation projects. The estimated
needs of the projects far exceed
the sum in hand and the question
of placing the money where 1t ii
most needed is problem of great
difficulty.
r. H. Newell. director A. p
Davis. chief engineer, and d. G
Henry, consulting engineer, me-
with the supervising engineer
and Joined in the conference
Secretary Ballinger and Mr.
Newall have both visited most O.
the projects during the last few
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-02
Star Ihedtel
Lots Sold

Through the Graham Invest
ment company the Star theater
lots, corner of Ninth and ID
streets, have been sold, 1t is stat
ed, and the final transfer will be
made in few days.
Dave Gross recently secured the
property from j. c. Donnelly after
the theater was destroyed by fire.
Who the purchaser is and what is
TO be done with the place none of
those interested will tell until the
deal is finally carried through.
1t is intimated, however, that
the property was not bought for
the purpose of erecting new
theater.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-02
IT'S DOC DAYS, BUT DOG
DAYS" Is BIGGEST HOAX YET
REMARKABLE FACTS
ABOUT MAD DOGS.

Europe averages only one
death a year from mad dogs.
In Chicago alone two
deaths have occurred In 1909
from mad dog bites.
Madstones will not cure
or help mad dogs bite.
Killing suspicious dog
that has bitten someone is
unwise; the dog should be
kept alive to watch for the
disease.
II you think your dog is
going mad, don't shoot 1t;
call in a competent veteri-
marian and have him look at
the dog.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-02
WHY AUGUST IS
DOG DAYS MONTH

Ancient Greeks called Sir
-ius, the brightest star, which
is above the horizon with the
sun in August, the dog
star"
Sirius is in the dog CON-
stellation," a group of stars
that the Greeks thought
looked like dog in the sky.
This star doesn't Influence
dogs to go mad; but the hot
weather in August does.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-02
WILLIE & HAUSER

Great Shoe Sale
Satisfied many
people thus far:
let them supply
your
Shoe Wants Now.
OK for d 8 and
shoes of all
styles for ladies,
men and chill
dren at unheard-
of
Low Prices
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-02
EXTRA SPECIAL

wordamou Story Clark just issued its
containing designs Below
disontin
anything this
Story
selling Pianos this factory
turning instruments
highest Endure" the adopted
this Piano, them after
years appropriate II would get
rtunitv
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-02

Emma l.. Cross, aged So, died
last night at the family residence,
612 South street. The funeral
will be held from the residence
tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-02

school time will soon be here. get
the shoes now.
Save Big Money
l1512 jefferson Ave-, just where
1.-THE South Tacoma-Point Defiance
cars turn onto Pacific Ave.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-02
TAKES UP
TASK OF SPENDING
100000

MEETS IN CONFERENCE WITH
ENGINEERS TO DECIDE
UPON APPORTIONMENT OF
FUNDS FOR RECLAMATION
PROJECTS.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-02

Str. Flyer win make special ex-
position trips DAILY. leaving Sc
|aftle $50 p. M, leaving Tacoma
HEB p. m. -"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-02
Shop-Worn
Schumann
One Large Size Cab
met Grand
Mahogany Case
Bush & Gerts
One Massive Mahog-
any Case
Very Elaborate
Kimball
One Largest Size
Fancy Walnut Case
One Medium Size
Mahogany Case
One Parlor Size
Golden Oak Case
Schubert
One Fancy Oak Case
One Plain Mahogany
! Case
Whitney
One Large Size
Plain Mahogany Case
Lester
I One Largest Size
: Flemish Oak Case
] Smith & Barnes
One Very Fancy Ma
hogany Case
Smith & Barnes
One Very Fancy Ma
hogany Case

The above will give
some idea of the many
good instruments in
Guided in the list Of .
shopworn. Every one
is brand new, but
some of the cases
slightly show the eff
fects of being handled
in the store. The en-
tire lot will be sold at
about one-half the
regular prices.
Please RENE m b er
that every instrument
sold by us at this time
whether it be new or
second hand, is UNI
conditionally guaran-
teed to be exactly as
represented. We val
ue our customers
good will too highly
to jeopardize it by
any misleading state
ments or promises.
All Secondhand Pr
amos have been sent
through our repair
shops and thoroughly
overhauled. If any
part was found brolS-
en- or worn it has been
replaced so that these
instruments are now
in practically as good
condition unsteady as
the day they left the
factory. The cases,
too, have been pol
ished, and all indica-
lions that they are
secondhand have as
far as possible been
removed.
If you are not in
position to pay all
cash we will be glad
TO extend our liberal
easy payment plan.
AS little as $500 a
month viii buy some
of these Pianos. Come
In and talk 1t over
and we will arrange
terms to suit you.
go
Successors to
ID. n. Iohuafou III
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-02

Go-carts retired BY b. d. Peter
HsD- pa Isnanaa Ava -.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-02
SECOND HAND PIANO SALE
GOES MERELY ON
SUPERB OFFERINGS IN USED AND SHOP


Our first
he edand
low resat were
ehavedei edtocon in
stock b.
Groom for
prtane maket
e
You
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-02

The funeral of Arthur Hedges,
infant so nof Mr.. and Mrs. w. G.
Hefgs, who died at the residence
1916 South Fifty-second street
last Saturday, was held from the
residence this Afternoon at
O'Clock.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-02
Decker
Clarendon

Used One Year, Two Months
Traded in on an Electric
Piano
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-02
MORTALITY NOTES

Walter R. Rayner, son of Mr..
and Mrs. G. A. Rayner,. died at the
home of his parents. 1907 South
e street, yesterday Afternoon at the
age of 20. He is survived by
two brothers, L. G. and Earl Ray
ner, and four sisters, Mrs. Will
lam Sayer of Doten, Wash; Mrs.
Daniel Mullin. Mrs. L. Underwood
and Miss Hazel Rayner of Tacoma.
The funeral will be held tomorrow
Afternoon at 1 O'Clock from Eagles
hall, under the auspices of Taco
ma aeria No. 3, Fraternal Order OF
Eagles.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-02

The funeral of Nora O'Rourke
the 9-year-old daughter of Mr.. ant
Mrs. Lucas O'Rourke, GOT Eas
Thirtieth street, was held this af
ternoon at 2 o'clock. She diet
Saturday at one of the hospital,
of nephrytis.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-02
1'Let Reason Be
the Judge. .
Your Mind Must
Determine

what is best for the body. Some
times, when you have teeth that
are broken down and decayed,
your mind. prompted by the pain
they cause. tells you to have those
teeth extracted. Reason tells you
20 first find out what is best to
do.
We are specialists in crown and
bridge work, both gold and porcc-
1ain-the most perfect mediums
nsed today by the dental profess
sion for the restoration of perfect
mastieation.
IL costs you nothing to obtain
our opinion. and we will help You
determine what is best, by telling
you In plain English the plain
- -
truth about your dental needs and
how they can be taken care Of by
s.Austin Standard methods.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-02

Mrs. Kathryn e. Hanna, aged
|60, widow of G. B. Hanna, died
yesterday at one OF the hospitals.
She resided at 2910 South Seventh
street and is survived by one son,
10. B. Hanna, and three daughters,
Mrs. Loleta Mcdonald and Miss
Mary Hanna of Tacoma, and Mrs.
Kathryn Shaw. now living tn
| PennsyIvania. S24
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-02

Used Four Years, One Month
Traded in on a Pianola
Piano
Cost new $500
Sale price ...... 1923
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-06-30
The Steam Enains.

The Marquis of Worcester while i'm prisoned in the Tower of London in 1856 invented and constructed \ per feet steam engine and had it publicly exhibited the same year at Vauxhall in successful. operation Thirty-four years later, in 1890, Dennis Papin add ed the piston to the marquis discovery. In 1898 Captain Savary devised aud built steam engine different in many details from those made by Worcester and Papin, and in 17O5 Newcomb, Cav ley and Savary constructed their cele brated atmospheric engine, which was complete in every detail. The above array of historical facts notwithstand- ing James Watt, who was not born until sixty years after these great men had given the steam engine to the world, enjoys the distinction of being the veritable inventor. originator and author of the most useful contrivance of the present day. Fulton, who lived and worked in the early part of the nineteenth century, is given the credit of being the man who demonstrated that steam could be applied to naviga- tion-this, too. in face of the we'll known historical fact that De Gary propelled vessel by steam In the har- bor of Barcelona in 1543.-St James GayeJtp
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-06-30
Arms and the Woman.

Did anybody ever see one armed woman" asked a gray headed man as he surveyed the afternoon parade q never did. Almost every day I meet one armed men, but have yet to en- counter woman with that pitifully empty sleeve. Are there no women who have suffered that mutilation If not. why not? And. if so. where are they?
 Yesterday I heard it argued that there was no cause for woman to lose an arm: that women do not go to the wars and are not engaged in occu- pations that are likely to carry away part of their body. But that req soning is not sound. Many women work4n mills and factories, and they are as liable to accidents in the streets and public conveyances as men. Ere quently they figure in these accidents but, although men in the same situa- tion would lose an arm. women never do.
 What Is the cause Of their immuni- ty?"-New York Globe
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-06-30
A Wealthy Soldier,a idea.

Australians still tell stories or the colonial volunteers. although the war Is a far memory. One, a member of
 the Stock Exchange. was left one wet
 and miserable night to guard wagon
 load of goods. He shivered in the un-
 sheltered place for some hours ponder. ing many things, and then a bright
 thought struck him just as the colonel
 came around on his tour of inspection Colonel he asked, 'how much Is :; this wagon worth?''
 Il don't know" was the answer. "Murh or little, We can't afford to
 lose it.
 "Weil. but. colonel" persisted the
 amateur soldier. "you might give ne
 rough idea of the value" "About f2OO." said the colonel testify. "Eery well,' was the answer; ''I will
 come down to the camp and give you q 1 check for the amount Then I'll turn tn. I wouldn't catch my death of cold for twice that much" What the colonel said is not record
 sd.- Melbourne Times
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-06-30
e Keeping rime In Holland,

Railroad time. as we generally un- derstand the phrase fin the United States. is a little ahead of the town time, but in The Hague, the quaint old capital of Holland. all private and un official clocks and watches are kept twenty minutes fast" said traveller. When it is noon in the railway sta. ton. postofflce and other government buildings of The Hague the timepieces In the shops and the watches of the sturdy burghers show 1920 p. m. Just what reason there is for this I don't know. although I asked enlightenment In many quarters. It seems q custom that has been handed down for gener- ations, and the Dutch are too consery- ative to change the ways of their pro senitors without some mighty induce n,ent. Baltimore American
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-06-30
Genius and Misfortune.

Homer was a beggar; Plautus turned mill; Terence was slave: Boetius died in Jail; Paul Borghese had four teen trades and yet starved with them all; Tasso was often in distress for 5 shillings; Bentivoglio was refused admission into hospital he himself had erected; Cervantes died of hunger, and Vagelas left his body to the physi- clans to pay his debts so far as the money would go; Sir Walter Raleigh died on the scaffold; Spenser. the charming. died in want: the death of Collins was through neglect. first caus- ing meutal Arrangement Milton sold his copy of Paradise Lost" for SD at three payments and finished his life ill obscurity; Dryden lived in poverty and distress; Otway died in the street: Steele lived life of perfect warfare with the bailiffs Goldsmith's "Vicar of Wakefield" was sold for trifle to save him from the grip of the law; Savage died in prison at Bristol, where he was confined for debt of $40: Butler lived life of penury and died poor; Chatterton. the child of genius and misfortune. destroyed himself
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-06-30
callDd the Deal OH.

A lad attending school craved & W. tas holiday one morning when hs started out to wrestle once again with the trials incident to getting an edu- cation. As he entered the schoolroom he matched plot to get the coveted holiday. He went up to the teachers desk and told his story. "My mother wants to know if you won't excuse me for today?' he began. "Sbe wants me to do some work at home and thought if I'd study at home this even ing and make up what I'd missed mebby you'd let me off."
 Something about the lads manner kept the words from carrying convic- tfon. The teacher bluffed back IS fol lows: Tommy" said she. you won't need to go home at all. Since you started to school your mother called me on the phone to tell me that she had changed her mind and for you to stay here.''
 The lad looked at her, startled. "Aw, well," he said, "as long as both of ua are lyin' about 1t let's just call 1t quits. I'll stay here. ."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-06-30
lChIldron Cry FOR FlE1chER'S
 : A STO RIA
His knitt.. l Work.


 tnt Alvira I'iitr was what her Bhbors called regular driver" !" sessed of untiring energy and un- Ing strength herself. she made lit- Allowance for idIeness on the part my one. and she declared that she ld put up with a mean man easier with lazy one.''
 nnt Alvira's husband, Uncle Ethan,
 small, wizened, weak looking n, whom Aunt Alvira declared to mighty wiry, if he did look so ldlin'."
 me day a summer boarder who need to be staying at a farmhouse IT the Fifer homestead wandered Fl 10 the little brown farmhouse and down for chat with Aunt Alvira e visitor took note of the enormous Antlty of stove wood piled up in the cksyard and overfiowing from the eat woodshed. The whole yard was ewn with It. The caller estimated ~ there were not less than twenty fe cords.
 what all enorulsus quantity of EOOd you haver' he.said to Aunt Fifer. res there is considerable" she re- Fea' Il caflate on sellin' most O it the fall" F"Who cut it?'
 Oh, Ethan did 1t as sort Q knltttn' .ork. think it's a good thing for a 'an 10 nave some kind O knittin' 'otk 10 do when he's restin', and that 'oou plfe has been Ethan's knittin' Companion. X
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-06-30
A Sian of Death.

may have been many signs
 EB-so some people believe-bul gcribed here is probably new to
 Mir. ". E. Cooper of Chelten- Ills of his father being i'll, but hined to bed. and one sunny day when he walked across the
 another man. the facsimile of ther. met him and apparently
 into him."
 etly after my father came to me lid, Did you see me go across krdeny I said, Yes We'll he shan't be here long. Our fam . themselves before they die ueh had seen this, I said, Non
 He shook his head and walked
 Shortly after he took to his pd died July s. My father during kw days he was in bed-we were eking at the time-asked each |lng, Which field are you fin nowr h we came to a certain field callel (ey,' he said, with a sigh of great hction, 'Ah, I shall die now" tdied the same morning neae n1a- T. P.'s London Weekly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-06-30
A Disappointment,

"Yes." says the lady after an &C., quaintance of ten or fifteen years be. fore has hccn renewed. "I remember you perfectly"
 Indeed 2" murmuts the gratifieu man. "i am glad to know that.''
 "I"s: at one time I thought of mar ryin- you.'
 "Nh." he replies dejectedly. "I thought for the moment that there might have been something that made me differ,nt from all the other men you ever knew"-I.ife.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-06-30
Fourteenth Century Doctors.

Synges "Social Life ill England" quotes number of fourteenth century
 hints to success for physicians: Suppose you know nothing. say there
 m an obstruction of the liver. Perhaps
 the patient will say. May, master, it is my head or legs that trouble me" Repeat that it comes from the liver, and especially use the word "obstruc- tion." for patients do not understand it. which is important
 Never dine with patient who has
 not paid you. It will be cheaper to get your dinner at an inn. for such feasts are usually deducted from the surgeons fee.
 When you are treating wound or accident the friends of the patient should be excluded. for they may faint and cause a disturbance. but some
 times higher fee may be got from
 persons present fainting and breaking
 their heads against wood and the like
 than from the principal patient.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-06-30
Chicken Feed OYSTER SHELLS, GRIT, ETC.

BEEF SCRAP-1o-lb soc; 25-lb s1.oo;
 1OO-lb, $S.5O. OYSTER SHELLS-10-lb, 25c; 25-lb,
 soc; l00-lb, $1.50. GRIT-Large, for old fowls, 1o-lb 25c;
 25-lb. soc; 1o0-lb, s1.50. GRIT-Small, for little chix, 25lb soc;
 10-lb, 25c.
 ALFALFA. MEAL-10O-lb sacks, $2.00. PURINA SCRATCH FEED-For old
 stock, s2.25 per 100 lbs, Little
 chick feed, $2.5O per 100 lb. SINGLE sCOMB WHITE LEGHORN
 EGGS. $1.5O per setting: rest of
 season from all pens. ORDERS LEFT at Ryland Queens.
 ware Ce- will be DELIVERED a ANYWHERE in the city. s-2s-1mo A. P. Ryland