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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-08-13
STRUCK LOO - IN 225 FEET

Well drillers working on the Bo-
yencamp ranch between Troy ond
KendTick, Idaho. encountered a log
at a depth of 225 feet, when the
neayy drill suuuenly dropped three
feet, probably it's diameter A half
dozen pieces brought to the surface
in buckets showed the wood was de-
cayed until it could be crumbed be-
tween the fingers. The men drille4
several feet deeper after striking
the log, where the foundation re-
sembled a creek bed. They brought
up round, water-washed stones the
size of the bowl of the pipe, appear
ing to have been at the bottom of a
stream for centuries. When they
struck the log the drillers found a
strong flow of water, which they
were not able to lower by use of the
steam pump. Experts declare the
presence of the log at the depth indi
Gated gives evidence of a change in
the formation of the earth's crust
probably during the glacial period
adding that it confirms the theory
that centuries before the Christian
era there was a terrific eruption
in the hills in this part of the coun-
try and that scores of streams were
obliterated and the entire topogra-
ply changed.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-08-13
STOCK, FISH AND CROP NEWS

Three miles of sockeye salmon en-
tered the straits of Victoria. B, c..
Monday morning and the traps were
loaded heavily.
Estimates of the pear crop in the
Yakima valley place 1t at about 100
cars for shipment. This will fully
equaI the yield of last year.
About 500 sheep were poisoned by
loco in the pasturage of the Helena
national forest southwest of Helena
recently and died The sheep be-
longed to a dentist of Helena.
Tomato growers along the Column
oia slough report a tomato blight
which is iniuring plants before blos-
soming. 1t resembles frost blight
and nothing has been found to pre-
vent its spread so far.
The sockeye run has started on
Puget Sound, and promises to be a
very large one, making UP for its
hardness. All the canneries on the
Sound and the Fraser river are oper-
ating or ready to do so.
The Yakima valley honey erop ia
reported as very short thus far this
season, presumably due to the short
peach blossom. There is still time to
make up the shortage, but the pros
poets are not particularly bright.
North Yakima reports a short out
put of vinegar this year, due to the
light Ben Davis apple crop. 1t has
been estimated that the output will
amount to less than 500 barrels,
which is about half the normal out
turn.
Crop news from Wallowa county,
Oregon, is excellent. and probably
the returns from the soil will break
previous records there. Hay will go
from four to five tons to the acre.
Sheep rule $4.00Q4.5o a head. Bar
ley wheat, oats, alfalfa and timothy
stand heavy in the fields
There was shipped from Puyallup
and Sumner last week the largest
of berries ever dis
patched from the Pacific Coast, en-
bracing five cars, or $500 crates,
destined for Minnesota, and inter
mediate points. The express charges
aggregated something like $500.
The Dales Business Mems Asso-
citation Will hold fair October to
9 inclusive
The city council of Vale, Ore, has
decided to expend about $1,000 on
improving the sidewalks and streets
of the city.
The Columbia Oil & Gas Company
has filed articles of incorporation at
Astoria. Capital stock is $4,000
The company is sinking wells on
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-08-13

deh death. Recently is was discov-
cred that the ring and watch had
been pawned in Spokane and from
this clew the officers worked until
Peter Miller and Roy Williams were
arrested and Miller positively identi-
ned as the man who pawned the
Jewelry. Williams has confessed to
a large number Of burglaries in Seat
tie and gave a complete list Of houses
he and Miller had robbed. Miller is
believed to be a desperate thug. Will
liams is a mere boy and for months
has been the abject slave of Miller.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-08-13
Six Horses Burned

Fire destroyed a large barn be-
longing TO Robert Richardson at HUI
sum Tuesday. Six head of horses
were burned to death and consider
able stable equipment was destroyed
the loss is $4,000, with no insurance.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-08-13
100 Acres

40 Acres bearing orchard; 10
acres 3 year-old trees; all selected
varieties. so acres oats. Will
pay twice the income received
from wheat land. Excellent
property to divide into small
tracts. If you want safe, prof.
table investment investigate.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-08-13

c. f. Wagner, of Satsop, Wash,
has patch of strawberries two acres
in size from which he sold this sea-
son 500 crates at an average price
of $500 per crate.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-08-13

The oil collections in the state of
Washington for the month OF July
amounted to $2S22.17. This amount
is nearly three times the amount
collected in July, 1908.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-08-13
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GOOD FARM
BUYS
400 Acre Farm

22o acres in crop, balance sum
mer fallow; one mile from ware
house; three miles from town;
$50. so an acre. Chico land and
nothing else in same locality; can
be had at less than ten dollars
better.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-08-13
Good Small Farm

50 Acres Fairsized house; small
orchard; spring water piped into
house; choice fruit; alfalfa and
general farming land; close to
good town and adjoins school
houee. This tract is left as re-
suit of the division of a larger
farm and for the man who wants
a small farm home is the best buy
we have seen this year. It will
last quick; S75 per acre; half
cash; good terms on balance.
viii consider as part payment
good small residence property in
good town.
WRITE FOR OUR
DESCRIPTION
PRICE LIST
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-22
A Lesson IN Tolerance

We know gentlemen who for seven
~ years and more have partaken of
meat three times a day and of fried
potatoes, hot bread, strong coffee,
sausage. scrapple. hash, pate de foie
gras, tea, highballs, claret. cham
payne and all kinds of denominations
unto the dietetician without apparent
impairment of their health. One con-
spicuous sign of their sanity is their
noninsistence upon this diet as suited
to everybody, babies, for instance, and
convalescents. They watch upper
turbed neighbors who think a steak
and French fried" the acme of an
evening meal, or who devour poached
eggs at that sacred function; who cut
lettuce and put sugar on it; who take
cold meat and marmalade for break
fast: who love pie SO that they would
take it hypodermically if they could.
Unmoved they regard their bitter en-
emies, armed, some of them with
scales, attacking their Salisbury
steaks or their wheat hurled from a
torpedo tube. Why will not the shad-
ow of a shade feeders be equally
tolerant? This particular form of in
reference with personal liberty is
contagious and demands prompt
stamping out. At luncheon recently
an old friend attacked the writer vio-
lently for mingling a second cup of
coffee with cream, emphasizing
warmly the action of caffeine on the
heart: he paused only to gulp his
fourth liter of German beer.-New
ork Medical Journal.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-22
A Mystery to Won Moltke.

Two brothers were once at Count Won
Moltke's house at an evening party;
both were captains of the general staff.
The general came up to a group of gem
tlemen, one of whom was one of the
brothers. After joining in the conversa-
ton, he asked the latter Just tell me
who is that tall officer, near the fire
place on the other side - forget his
name"
That's my brother, your excellency,'
was the answer
\ smile stealing over the generals
face suggested the idea that he had not
obtained the information he wished.
Some time after the general went to an
other group of people, and there Joined
the officer whose name he had inquired.
Suddenly the others saw him turning
away, with the same smile on his face.
Afterward, when they inquired from
the young officer what the general had
asked him, he replied He asked me
who that officer was over there"
And what did you say?"
II said that he was my brother" The
general gave up inquiring the name of
the two brothers for that evening"
Cleveland Leader.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-22

The Chinese point of view is often
surprising to the Western mind, and
therefore interesting. For example,
they hold every scrap of writing to be
sacred, no matter what the characters
express--the merest commercial mes
sage or advertisement included, de-
clares writer in the San Francisco
Chronicle Since Confucius used those
characters to teach his wisdom, they
are holy
In the average Chinese community,
all letters and waste paper are laid
away in clean receptacle to await
the collector, who appears at regular
intervals to transfer the waste papers
to the sacred furnace. If the papers
are burned by the Chinese in their
own homes, the ashes of the sacred
writings would mingle with the ashes
of wood and other fuel and the ashes
of Chinese writings are as sacred az
the writing itself.
The ashes from the sacred furnace
are placed in sacks, the sacks are con
veyed by wagons to the sea, and there,
in boat, are carried out where the
tide runs swift and consigned to the
waves. The boat, known as a Mon
War boat, belongs to the Mon War
Sher, which is lodge with branches
everywhere, organized and maintain
ed for the purpose of paying reverence
to the spirit of Confucius
The furnace in the Chinatown which
nearly every large city in the United
States harbors is generally brick,
oven-like structure about five feethigh.
Opposite it on the wall there will Us
ually be an inscription of the charac-
ter of the following: THE spirits OF
our ancestors are pleased that we keep
sacred the writings of our country
The society of Mon War Sher-cluo
of the beautiful writings made up
in each case of the prominent denl-
zens of Chinatown, who support IL by
voluntary subscriptions, which pay The
salaries of the keeper and his assist
ant
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-22
SIZE OF HER SHOES.
The Dealers Use Cipher system ot
Numbers for Many Reasons


What number does she wear? asks
the Kansas City Star 1t should ba
surprise to a few men, at least -
know that she no longer wears shoes
Of numbered sizes. The old / 2
way of numbering women's shoes has
seen its day. now sizes are no longer
designated by numbers, at least not in
the places where she buys shoes that
cost as IL they were made Of gold and
precious stone or two There ara
marks and numbers that tell the story
of length and breadth to the clerk
but they mean nothing to the ems.
toner Who would guess that K1736St.
means "a d? Only the shoe clerk
and he tells no one
Therein is the purpose OF the An
sence of numbers on Women's shoes
Il always wear 3 B." she would
say, and the clerk would see the mum.
Der Az ID foot resting in the little
fitting stand Without comment he
would bring shoes to fit snugly and
not with too great discomfort.
That's very pretty / think I'll
take those" and he would begin to
hope a sale had been made. Now. il
he could only get them into box with
out
I want to look at them again Just
a moment, please Why, you said these
were IS and they are 5s. Why. [
never in all my days wore anything
bigger than IS! No, indeed ] shant
be imposed upon, | assure you.
care to see no other shoes. | shall go
somewhere where l can be given prop
er treatment" And a sale lost be-
cause the clerk could not hide the true
facts about the proper size of shoes
for her to wear.
So few years ago the manufac-
turers and the merchants resorted to
cipher in designating shoes, and
| number" nowadays reads like a foot
ball signal. Some women have even
penetrated the cipher. and, consequent
ly, some shops request that nothing be
said about numbers-the salesman will
measure the foot and bring a shoe to
correspond That is he'll bring the
first too large, in order to let the fair
buyer have the satisfaction OF asking
for something smaller
Meanwhile the mems shoes still have
sizes marked in plain numbers and in
plain sight.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-22
Youthful Depravity.

At railway station the other day "a
gentleman from the country" yielded to
the pressing solicitation of Il persistent
newsboy and bought penny weekly pa
per.
But here was IA difficulty-a shilling. no
change and the engine of the train Civ
ing unmistakable evidence of a speedy
departure.
The bargain was about To he cancelled
when the boy volunteered to get the
shilling changed into pence.
But, said the gent, perhaps YOU will
not return with the eleven pence"
The boys face wore an injured look.
II You are afraid to trust me. sir.
said he, and there was the least trace Of
emotion IN his voice, you can have the
other eleven copies as security"
Something suspiciously like moisture
came into the old mans eyes as he
glanced into the bright, open counter
ance of the boy. and he felt heartily
ashamed of himself as he mechanically
held out his hand for the remaining
eleven copies.
lie watched the little fellow as he
trotted down the platform till he sailed
round corner and was lost to sight.
Fifteen seconds later the engine gave
final shrek, and the train slowly glid
ed out of the station.
The man glanced round at his fellow
passengers and handed a copy of the pa,
per to each one from his pile,
lie said nothing, but he seemed To he
thinking. London Tit-Bits.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-22
IT'S COMING.

It's comm long. good people and ifs
SOmethfn' sweet TO tell.
From watef-tank to Steeple bout fbe
melon in the well.
You know it's ripe and juicy, IN it's cool
as cool kin be-
And 5 5 just the finest eatin that was ever
made for me!
The melon-the melonl
Thar's nothin' that kin tell
One half the juicy sweetness
of the melon in the we'll.
You know when you have seen it-in the
cool fence-corner there,
While the sweet birds sang about it an
made music In the air
And the fied-hands left the corn-blades an
the daisies in the deli
To taste the drippin sweetness OF the
melon in the well!
The ripe old Georgy meloni
Thar's nothin' that kin tell
One half the juicy sweetness
OF the melon In the well
Jest thump Der with your fingers, when
she's got that tempting stripe.
An you almost hear her answer through
the Find. Il am ripeI
An your knife comes dripping from Its
heart so red an sweet,
Where the wild and waving grasses make
carpet at your feeti
o the red old Georgy melon.
Thar's nothfn' that kin tell
One half the juicy sweetness
OF the melon in the WELL
Atlanta Constitution.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-22
SEXTON, Verger, Sacristan.

1T is the same thing under different
names,' said DIR. Harvey w. Wiley, the
governments food expert, of some new
food preservatiyes.
THE same thing under different
names," DIR. Wiley repeated. 1T re-
minds me of the old caretaker of an
Episcopal church.
This caretaker, as he sat smoking his
pipe on tomb in the cemetery, dis,
missed as trivial certain changes in the
ritual
:" The good old creed keeps the same
for an said he. Look at me. | used to
be the janitor. The new parson called
me the sextant. DIR. Thirdly gave me the
name of virgin. And the young man
we've got now says I'm the saerilege.' 7"
Washington Post.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-22
Skunk Furs Popular.

In furS the favorite of the moment is
skunk The skin of the hitherto de-
spiSed little animal is really very soft.
long and beautiful, and now that the
prejudice that attaches to its name is
flown, so far as fashion is concerned,
its use will doubtless become almost
universal.
Even sealskin coats are trimmed with
skunk borders this season, and skunk Is
used with Persian lamb. Beautiful even
ing wraps of chiffon show border trim
mings of fur. skunk here again being
given preference over all other skins
These chiffon wraps are called the mar
abou style.-BoSton Journal
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-22
One Kind of Carefulness.

John ID. Rockefeller. Jr.. in one of the
last addresses that he made to his Sun
day school class before abandoning it,
said of carefulness in business:
"Too many business men are careful
on one side, their own side, only, Thus
a coal dealer whom | used to know
shouted one afternoon to an employe who
was driving out of the yard:
'''Hold on there, Jim! That coal can't
have been weighed 1t looks Il trifle large
for ton to me-
Jim shouted back:
This amt a ton, boss It's two tons
oh, all right, said the dealer, i'll II
Modified tone. Beg your pardon. Go
ahead. Washington Star.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-22

The language they are passing round
Like "stung" and "oh, you Rid"
Seems not to ring with sense profound
As oldtlme phrases did
me 'rah, rah" people seem to like
The racket which they raise,
But modern dictiOn does not strike
The pace of other days.
] wish that they might hear the way,
When some one stood aloof
And proud, some friend IN accents gay
Would cry Come of the roof"
And when some lad appeared with fuzz
Upon his lip we'd shout
With real wit, Say, sonny. does
Your mother know you're outT'
The cry Whoa, Emma!" is unheard
Likewise, Pull down your yest!
No weary soul by anguish stirred
EXclaims, Give us rest!'
IIese rapid times through which we whz
Compel us to agree
The art of conversations is
Not Ta2t u used to be-
Washington star.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-22
Last Execution in Ohio?

Rev. Frank Richards. chaplain of the
penitentiary at Columbus, o., says he
believes the last execution has taken
place in the penitentiary. He expresses
the opinion that the Legislature will
abolish capital punishment. He advo-
Gates life sentence for first degree muir
der. with provision that those convict
ed should not be eligible to pardon be
fore twenty-five years. Records of the
penitentiary show that the average
time served by all men received for life
is only Il tride over seven years.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-22
Swearing as a Remedy.

Science runs to simple remedies these
days. Since Metchnikoff discovered the
fountain of perpetual youth in a bottle
of uttermiiK all who win may be CEN
tenarians. To rid community of yell
low fever it is only necessary to kill
enough mosquitoes, and in nine cases out
of ten probably tuberculosis can be
cured by the cheap open-air treatment.
The discovery of a London doctor that
swearing is helpful to health is in line
with up-to-date medical Methods New
York World
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-22

NO, drawled the mayor OF a Nest-
ern town, the boys had some money
tied up in the bankrupt telephone coal
pany, and they just didn't like the way
the receiver was handling the o"-'-
ness"
Didn't. eh?" commented the tour37l-
Well, what did they do about II
"Oh, they just hung up the re.t''-
er.''-Tit.Bi
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-22
Seismograph in Missouri

The St Louis university has Just re-
eeived from Germany splendid
Weichert's seismograph. the most mod
ern and sensitive of instruments for the
study of earthquakes and seismographic
phenomena generally. Prof John Bern
ard Goesse. S. J., will have charge of
the instrument and is having it installed
at present in an underground vault
where the rumbling and jolting of vehi-
cles ON the streets will not affect its deli
cate mechanism.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-22
The Incorrigihle Kid.

The little boys teacher told him he
must add without counting on his fingers
Then she gave him several mental sums
He solved them, but from the way he
kept looking down ut his hands she knew
he wasn't minding her, so she made him
put his hands behind his back, and then
she gave him another sum. He answered
il. too, correctly.
Good" she said; you didn't count on
your fingers that time, did your"
Nom; on my toes" said he.-Ex-
change.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-22
Short WEIGHT Under Ban

Every precaution will he taken by the
government to see that exact justice is
given to the public regarding the weight
or volume of foods or drugs purchased
This intention was clearly indicated by
DR. Harvey w. Wiley, chairman of the
board of food and drug inspection. in adj
manufacturers and iobbers of
food products who were given a hearing
at Washington on general charges of
short weight
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-22
An Albany Social Leader.

Mrs. j. V. L. Pruyn of Albany. widow
of former chancellor of the University
of New York, died suddenly at Malta
poiset, Mass. Mrs. Pruyn's home was
the center of Albany's social set. and
her fame as a hostess was known far
and wide. She was Anne Parker and
was born at Delhi. n. Y. She married
Mr.. Prupn in 1865. Two daughters.
Mrs. William G. Rice of Albany. and
Mrs. Charles S. Hamlin of Boston. sur
vive
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-22
Inappropriate.

The captain was explaini what
would he done in case of acc.,.t-lit.
And should the ship strike n rock"
he continued. wed burn red fire and
send mp rockets"
But wouldn't that be rather I'm.
usual time to celebrate. captain - asked
the tow-headed youth with the bulldog
pe.-Lippincott's
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-22
New Scarf.

The new chiffon scarfs are longer ana
narrower than those of last season. being
fully three yards long and only half a
yard wide
Among the most popular of Them are
the shade effects. the deepest tones AT the
end and shading gradually to n delicate
tint that is silvery at the center.
While some of these scarfs are Roman
or two toned in their coloring the ma
jority are of one shade iii many varia-
lions
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-22
Over the Telephone

DO you know who this ISL" incurred
the young lady who had rung nm fine
bookkeeper. Haven't you an idea?
Can't YOU guess p
Il guess it's some fool girl" answered
the senior partner
That ended it.--Pittsburg Post
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-22
truman After AIl.

We'll, / must leave you. I've got an
engagement with collection agent ~
fifteen minutes.
And you're fastening up to tue De
fee to meet him, you honest man.
NO, I'm fastening TO get hid .o'
he's due along here any minN,s
Kansas City Times
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-22
Learned It by Ear.

The dear little girl then arose. bowed
and recited it in this MANNER
Lettuce DENLY up \ Dewing.
Widow Hartford n. f. Fate:
still II. T. Wing still per Sue Wing.
Learn to label Aunty Waite.
Then. with the tumutuous applause of
the audience ringing in her ears she sat
down in happy confusion. Chicago Tri-
bune.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-22
OF Course Not.

An overdressed woman was talking to
an acquaintance.
Yes" she said. ''since John came into
his money we have nice country house,
horses, cows, pigs and hens"
THAT must be charming" remarked
the other; ''you can have all the fresh
eggs you want
"Oh. we'll" replied the first lady. "of
course the hens can lay if they like to.
hut in our position il isn't ut all neccs-
sary. democratic Telegram.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-22
They Were Shady

Bung- So you have succeeded in tra.-
ing back my ancestorss What is vour
feeI
Geneaiogist-I twenty euineas for keen
ing quiet about them -CaSSeN's Saturday
Journal
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-22
Matter of Business

Il saw that fellow over there the other
day in room fun of ladies', and he lust
pulled away without u word
Wasn't he rude:''
Can't say that: you see. he's hair.
dresser. baltimore American.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-22

II doesn't take long for a hia1',-
young widow TO convince a WOMB
er of the error OF his ways