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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-06-19

your western borders a savage and
lawless class of people. whom you call
Indians; is it always possible for your
own great government to protect peo-
pie from violence and lawlessness
among those Indians" | saw at once
that he had the better of the argu-
ment, and | began hedging for a
compromise. and finally persuaded
him to allow my American citizen to
go back to the village and have the
calmakam (mayor) make him a pub.
which was done. | then wrote my
American citizen that if he went back
to that place again and got into trou-
BILE, not to bother me with it; that l
would pay no attention to any further
complaints concerning i'll treatment
from that village.
These illustrations only serve to
establish the fact that the men at
the head of the Ottoman government
are wise men: broad-minded men; and
able diplomats. They never could have
retained their position among ma
tions without such leaders I regard
Abdul Hamid as a very able states
man; man of pure life and integrity
of character. His drawback has been
that he is under the influence of a re-
ligion which teaches him that 1t is
right to kill men who differ from him
in faith, and it is this that has made
him a monster of cruelty in the eyes
OF the civilized world. He is a pa
triot in national affairs and a fanatic
in religious affairs, and he is thor
oughly honest in both. I am glad that
he has been deposed, and trust that
his successor will be neither SO pa
triotic nor religious from the Ottoman
standpoint, because the more such
patriotism and religion he has, the
more despotic and cruel will be his
reign.
Travel in Turkey is attended with
many dangers and drawbacks. There
are no hotels, such as we have, In the
interior. The best that can be ex-
pected is khans, which would corre-
spond to an old-fashioned wagon-yard
in this country. l have often stopped
for the night in a strange town and
secured room in khan. 1 would
then make bargain with a woman to
bring me bed and pillows; another
to bake me chicken, and still an.
other to bring bread, butter and cof
fee, and before that dinner was con-
cluded would find myseslf dealing
with at least half dozen purveyors.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-06-19
Railroad Merger Denied.

st. Paul.-Louis w. Hill, president
O fthe Great Northern Railway Corr
pany, Thursday emphatically denied
the report from New York that J. j.
Hill, chairman Of the Great Northern
BOARD of directors. had found a way
to merge in a single corporation the
Great Northern, Northern Pacific. Bur.
lington and the Colorado G. Southern
railways under the charter of the lat
ter. "We don't intend to form such
a merger" said Mr.. HILL "eyen under
so broad . charter a. that OF the Cole
RADIO Z Southern
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-06-19
A Slight Misunderstandina.

An elderly lady who was suing a
railroad company for slight injuries
sustained in an accident went to her
lawyers ONCE one morning to learn
of the progress Of the case. The law
yer had notified the company Of the
action, and the latter agreed to COM
promise If the plaintiff would meet
them half way.
When the lady sent her name into
the lawyer the office boy returned with
the question:
"Mr Breef wants to know what
you'll take?"
That's very considerate of Mr..
Breef," replied the lady. and, II it's
all the same to him, I'll have a small
glass of sherry. y."-Llppincott's.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-06-19
Minnesota Aeroplane.

ineapolis.-Working in strictest Sc
crecy in windowless cement shop To-
Gated at lonely point in the woods,
eight miles northwest of Medicine
Lake, this county, ]. Stewart, a retired
railroad engineer, and 8. Brownell, a
farmer, have invented and successfully
tried an aeroplane which promises to
rival the invention that has made the
Wright brothers Of Dayton, Ohio, fam
Gus. The Stewart -Brownell invention
is called butterfly" aeroplane.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-06-19
Growing Japanese Trade.

Washington-The extent OF the COM
merce of Japan with the United States
is shown in statistics issued by the
bureaus OF statistics based on the Off
cial publication of Japan entitled "An-
nual Return of the Foreign Trade OF
the Empire of Japan, 1905" These
show that Japan imports from the
United States in 1908 amounted to $780,
900 900. The share which merchandise
from the United States formed of the
total imports Of the country In 1905
was 17.8 per cent. This total 10 shown
to be practically twice as great - .
decade ago
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-06-19
predisposition to Disease.

Children are seldom born diseased.
They may be born with tendency to
disease, because one or both parents
are suffering from 1t. AS we know,
certain conditions favor the develop
ment Of certain diseases. Place a
child in conditions that have produced
disease in the parents and the tend
ency will be to produce the same dis
ease in the child. So we sometimes
find whole families die of consumption,
or diphtheria, or something else, not
because the disease was inherited or
Caught" but because the same cond1-
tions produce the same result In all
the cases.-Nautilus.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-06-19
Diverse Tactics,

Both boys had been rude to their
mother. She put them to bed earlier
than usual. and then complained to
their father about them. So he started
up the stairway, and they heard him
coming.
Here comes papa,' said Maurice;
"I'm going to make believe l am
asleep"
I'm not" said Harry. I'm going to
get up and put something on"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-06-19
The Best Subject.

The Best Subject.
THE late Marion Crawford said a
New York editor, was good If not
brilliant speaker He imputed his.
success tn a little Sorrento girl.
In Sorrento once he rose to ad-
dress a children's school.
Children he began. what shall
I talk about?'
And this little girl piped from
rear bench very wisely:
"'What do you know?'"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-06-19
Mississippi Race Friction.

Greenville, Miss.-Threatened with
lynching because be rebuked tele-
phone operator for not calling his
daughter Miss" Bishop E. w. Lamp
ton of the A. M. E. church, the most
prominent negro in Mississippi, has
fled his home here. A race riot is i'm.
minent.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-06-19
Needs No Windino.

81 understand you spent quiet
evening with your wife last night"
Moo, a man might spend a quiet
evening with a phonograph or a me.
chanical piano, but hardly with his
wife"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-06-19

Pat (referring to invalid wife)-
Shure. and she's awful bad. doctor;
behave she's got
Doctor Cnterrupting)-My dear
man, she's got suffusion of the claw
icle in the lachrymosial gland of the
glenoid fossa-
Pat-Begorrah! You took the very
words out of me mouth!
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-06-19
Very Much So.

1.-THE makers of the little Chinese
gods must lead a very paradoxical
life"
How do you mean?
"They must be busy In an idol way"
baltimore American.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-06-19
lmaoinatIon.

Don't you think that writer has
remarkable Imagination"
"He has" answered Miss Cayenne.
"if he imagines that many people are
eotng to read what he publishes"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-06-19
A Compromise.

How can we have any fireworks on
the Fourth of July when they are plan
Rng to make it quiet celebration" ?"
Couldn't we use noiseless powder
in them?"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-06-19
A Cruel lnsinuation.

1T is wonder girls generally go
to the grandstand at a baseball
game"
Why shouldn't they?"
Il should think they would find it
more natural 20 prefer bleachers"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-06-19

Mrs. Gruff-Waiter, that steak that
you gave Mrs. Gruff is not good and
you know It! Why did you serve it?
Waiter-Why, l thought that If the
lady was your wife she couldn't be
very particular.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-06-19
The Swjftast Kind.

The 8Wiftest Kind.
so jerks riches took to themselyes
wings?'
Yes; rather think they were thea
tor wings"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-06-19
Careless.

Her hair Is always so gracefully
careless in appearance; why don't
you wear your hair that way?"
1T takes three hours to give 1t that
careless look"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-06-19
Folly Of Pessimism.

He-I suppose If l kissed you, you
would never speak to me again.
She-Why do you always look on
the dark side of things?
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-01-27
NORTH COAST YARDS
Terminal Yards Will Extend for Over
Mile, South from Spruce
street.

Definite plans of the North Coast
railroad as to passenger and freight
depots. roundhouse, shops. terminal
and local yards and warehouse sites
have been semi-officially announced,
plats and maps of the right-of-way
through North Yakima and vicinity
having been filed with County Engin-
ecr Mcintyre at the instruction of
President Strahorn and Chief En-
gineer Pitman.
That the North Coast intends to
make North Yakima one of its chief
centers and is arranging for elabor-
ate freight and passenger traffic ia
cilities is shown by these sketches,
which cover in detail every point re-
garding the plans.
Over Il miles of trackage will be
included in the switches and yards in
North Yakima, including both ter
minal and local yards. The termin-
ais are to extend from Spruce street
south 10 the Perry Yaeger place, a
distance of one and one-eighth miles.
and at the widest point will have
II tracks. The local yards extend
for 5000 feet. from Spruce to Cherry
street.
North Nakima's handsome passen-
ger station. to be the finest on the
line outside of Spokane and the sound
cities, will occupy a half block. eN-
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-01-27
CITY SURVEY BADLY NEEDED
City Engineer DOolittle Will Ask the
Councils Permission 10 DO I'M
pOrtant Work.

Having found that only one Cor
ner PIN for city and other survey
work has been placed in the business
district of North Yakima, City En-
gineer Doolittle said on Thursday af-
ternoen that he intends to ask the
city council for the right to make a
survey of the business district. and
perhaps other parts of the city, and
to place intersection pins at all street
corners.
In order TO get the proper location
of some lot lines. IL Is necessary at
the present time for the city engin-
eering force to walk number OF
blocks to find pins and to have as
surance that the lines are being run
right.
Almost every city of 900 inhab-
itants and over. and many OF smaller
size. have intersection pins at prac-
tically every corner, giving the exact
point of intersection of the center
lines OF two streets or avenues. These
are almost invaluable in determining
engineering data for locations.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-01-27
ELKS HOLD 4 JOLLY SESSION
Social Gathering Follows at Which
Wandering Elk Minstrels Fur
nish Program.

Fully 200 members of Yakima
lodge of B. P. O. E. and visiting
members of the order had a jolly
session on Thursday evening when
three candidates were initiated and
antlers properly fitted to them, a So
cial session following at which the
Wandering Elk Minstrels gave de-
lightful musical program. The gath
ering. the first social session under
the direction of Thomas Grady. who
is taking the place of l.. o. Meigs, ex-
allied ruler, was success in every
way.
The three new Elks are Henry w.
Hughes. Harry H. Andrews and Har-
ry Averill, and under the gentle
guidance of Dr. Edwards, Dan Reilly
and other Elks they were shown the
path that all good Elks are supposed
to travel.
Robert Killer, either player, and
Frank NJ. Vogt. who plays the harp
guitar. are the MINISTRIES who gave
the musical program and as a re-
suit of the gathering they have form
ed a large circle of admiring friends
among the men of North Yakima and
vicinity. Probably no Elk social ses-
sion ever held in the city has had so
attractive a feature.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-01-27
BIGGEST BOOSTER CAMPAIGN
IN HISTORY Of NORTH YAKIMA
IS LAUNCHED FOR COM|NGYEAR

tending from West Yakima avenue
to West A street and fronting on
North Second avenue and Yakima
avenue. The freight depot. which is
TO be of the same length and practi-
Yakima avenue, A street and North
First avenue.
According to the map filed. the
North Coast will enter North Yakima
on the west side of the Northern Pa
ciic tracks and practically parallel
with them. After passing through
the Perry Yaeger place. the road con-
tinues about half block west of the
Northern Pacific, barely missing the
Yakima Gas Co. plant and the Sim
clair ice houses. Through the sec
ton below West Yakima avenue. the
trackage practically occupies the en-
tire blocks between First avenue and
Second avenue.
North of the avenue. the tracks
are not so numerous, and much prop
The main tracks will be in the center
of the row of blocks.
The repair shops. roundhouse, and
most of the terminals. are TO be on
the Campbell tract. but the coal bunk
ers will be on the Goodwin tract, just
north of the Campbell place.
The stockyards for the company
are to be located on land that is now
held by the Northern Pacific railorad
company. and is located inside the
city. This property has been fire.
quently used for circus grounds.
An immense ice house, having a
capacity of 1000 tons. which will
have storage facilities for all rail-
road purposes, is to he built on half
of the block now occupied by the ST.
Paul & tacoma Lumber Co.. between
scales. with proper sidings for such
facilities, are to be between Chest
nut and Walnut streets.
For six blocks along First avenue.
, the company will have special
switch track to reach the warehouses
that are now served by the Northern
! Pacific railroad. This switch extends
north from Yakima avenue.
| TO make all of these connections.
it is announced that there will he a
total of over ID miles of trackage
and ~ switches. In size. the Yards
at North Yakima as originally install
ed will be larger than the Northern
, Pacific yards at Ellensburg. though
not as large as the big terminal
grounds of the Northern Pacific.
North Bank and other roads at Pasco.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-01-27
SHRUBS FOR SCMACH PARK
Superintendent Nussbaum. Who Has
Yakima Lands. VIII Help to
Seautify Spot.

Shrubbery for Sumach park will
include some of the finest specimens
that nave been developed in Como
park. probably the most beautiful
spot in Minnesota and the pride of
St. Paul. F. Nussbaum. who, as su-
perintendent of the St. Paul park
system. designed and arranged this
park. is i'm North Yakima and on
Wednesday promised w. l.. Steinweg
that he would supply him with such
shrubs as could be spared. The re-
suit will be the development along
this line in the North Yakima park.
Supt Nussbaum and a friend have
made purchases of fruit land near
Wapato and the st. Paul man arrived
in the city IA couple of days ago to
make an inspection of the property
and to prepare for the spring work
on the land. He says that he consid-
ers that the Yakima valley is verita-
BILE paradise and that he has much
faith in its future. His friends in
the east share in his belief.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-01-27
PAVING CASE APPEALED
Owner of Washington Hotel and 9th
err Buildings VIII Test the
Assessment.

Pat Mullins, owner of the Wash
ington hotel building and other prop
critics in the paving assessment dis
trict, will test the assessment as
made by the council. having perfected
his appeal to the superior court on
Wednesday afternoon when he filed
bond with the superior court. The
appeal is to be handled by Attorneys
Lynch & Grady. who filed the papers.
The case is the outgrowth of hear
ings before the street and ditch COM
mittee of the council, which listened
to objections made by Mullins. Des-
pite these objections, the committee
reported in favor of approval of the
assessment as planned and the report
was accepted by the council.
The chief objection that will be
raised in the appeal is that the coun-
ell has not assessed the proper am
cunt against the Yakima Valley
Transportation Co. Questions as to
the method of equalizing benefits,
complicated system by which proper
ties on side streets were assessed for
the paving on the main thorough
fare, are also likely to Re raised.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-01-27

by Mrs. Edna Gertrude Madden, who
seeks separate maintenance. The
first act OF Madden and his attorneys
will be to take up the fight for d.
vorce, for which he has asked In a
cross complaint.
Since he secured his freedom, Mad
den has been engaged in securing
some additional evidence. which will
be used by his attorneys in the re-
quest for the absolute divorce from
his wife.
Madden says that he was unable
to secure funds with which to pay
the suit money ordered by the court,
and that he did not have any special
desire to be under the custody of the
sheriff, but that his lack of funds
prohibited him from paying. Friends
heard of his plight and decided to
pay the necessary money for his free
dom. A collection was taken and
the money deposited to Madden's
credit in the bank, and he was able
to give "a check for the necessary sum.
Madden's side of the case has been
previously handled by Attorney
/ thompson, but he has decided to
transfer his affairs to the hands Of
other attorneys.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-01-27
PAYS $4,000 FOR CORNER LOT
Frank Clerf Is Real Purchaser of
Taft-MOffitt PrOpcrty-Many
Big Deals Expected.

With rumors and reports of nego-
tiations for big transfers of business
section real estate, one more import
ant transfer has Just been closed by
Mrs. Julia Hess Miller purchasing
from Chris Christianson and wife the
two lots at North Front and East A
streets. the consideration being ST.
900. This is the highest price ever
paid for Front street property.
Mrs. Miller, who owned the West
Side hotel until it was condemned for
North Coast right of way, will start
the building of a hotel structure on
the corner, removing the present
frame structure. She has asked the
right to use the city halls north wall
for one side of this building, claim
ing that the wall is II inches over
her property line. This question is
being settled now by City Engineer
DoOlittle making survey to find out
the exact location of the city hall and
of the lot line.
An interesting announcement to
real estate circles was the statement
made by Frank Clerf, president of the
North Yakima Brewing & Mailing
Co., that he is the real purchaser of
the Taft Moffitt lots on West Yakima
and Second avenue north. Clerf says
that he will build a substantial hotel
on this property.
Another real estate deal that has
i''rt been closed is transfer by Err
rest Fear of two lots on Second ave-
nue. north, between A and streets,
! TO Bert Fletcher for $500. Fletcher
sold his property at Fourth avenue
and West Yakima avenue to Fear sew
eral days ago. Fear is anticipating
the sale. either personally or through
condemnation, of his property on
Second avenue north. between Yaki-
ma avenue and B street, to the North
Coast railroad.
A lot of big real estate deals are
under consideration. and most of the
largest are those involving west side
business property. This is the nat
ural result of the North Coast sweep
ing away a solid row OF blocks of
business locations and residences
through that district and the general
belief that the west side business will
grow after the Tieton irrigation ca
nal is finished.
Further development of East
Chestnut street is anticipated, A. E.
Larson having announced plans to
build a two-story brick building back
of the postoffice block. This will
make a solid front of business loca-
tions from Front street to Second
street. including the fine new Elliott
Bros. building. As the government
l. ~ no hC, ,,,t
and South Third streets, it is gener
ally expected that Chestnut street
will be built up to that Mint.
Further development on A street
is shown by the plan of Mrs. Julia
Hess Miller to build on the corner
of Front street and the statement
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-01-27
JUDGE GORDON UNDER ARREST
Connected With Root Case and Re-
signed Under Fire From Great
Northern,

SPOKANE, Jan. 21.-M. ]. Cor
don, former supreme judge of the
state of Washington and former
counsel for the Great Northern Rail-
way company, was arrested at Taco
ma today by Deputy Sheriff Clarence
Long, charged with embezzling
$4,000. The Great Northern railway
filed the Information in the superior
court of Spokane county and Judge
J. ID. Hinkle issued the warrant. Cor
don's bail was fixed at $4,000.
The specific charge upon which
Gordon was arrested was for embez-
cling 5000 in the case of Sparrow
against the Great Northern railway,
personal damage suit. Judgment
was given for the amount against the
Great Northern in favor of Sparrow
and draft was drawn on the Great
Northern by Gordon and Endorsed by
Nuzum & Nuzum, attorneys for Spar
row. and cashed by Gordon. At the
same time that Gordon cashed the
draft. Sparrow delivered to Gordon's
attorneys stipulation that the
$4,000 be paid before August 81,
1908. Before that date Gordon S
connection with the Great Northern
ceased. and when the stipulation was
filed In the federal court, l.. c. Gill
man, counsel for the Great Northern,
who succeeded Gordon, paid the
money.
TACOMA. Jan. 20.--Judge Gordon
was arrested here tonight on a war
rant from the Spokane county supe-
rior court. charged with embezzle-
ment. He furnished $40 900 bond
and was given his liberty. He will
leave tomorrow for Spokane to ar
range for his appearance in court.
81 do not care to say anything con-
corning this case" said Judge Gordon
tonight. "The case will be tried in
the courts. not in newspapers.
That Judge Gordon was expecting
arrest is evidenced from the fact that
his bond for release was already pre-
pared, and as soon as the warrant
was served upon him he produced his
bond. No intimation was given eth
er the local police department or the
Pierce county authorities of the i'm
pending arrest.