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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-24

One more link has been added
to the chain which has spelled the
reclamation of the inland empires
|of the West in the completion OF
the North Bank" railroad, tech
|nically known as the Spokane,
Portland & Seattle.
The line, extending from Spo-
kane in Eastern Washington to
Portland, Ore, at tidewater, is the
first Western railroad to follow a
natural water-level to the shores
of the Pacific. 1t is unique in many
ways, and in it's wake has come
the first wave of the settlement"
movement that promises to make
another oasis out Of land which
is now mostly desert.
Originally announced to cost
IS, 100000, the total outlay in
volved in the building of this new
commercial highway has exceeded
$45,000,00O. In the grading more
than 100000 cubic yards of
earth were removed and five miles
of tunnels, 10 in all, mark its
course to tidewater.
A steel bridge spanning the Co
lumbia river replaces the huge
ferryboat Tacoma, on which all
trains have been ferried across the
stream since the first days of
transportation in the Northwest.
All lines use this bridge now, I'M
der common user clause provid-
led by the government.
t., a.. l. - T.
feet in length. Shaw's island is
crossed by 26 span steel viaduct
and within a few miles in the Co
lumbia slough bridge, 1896 feet
long, and the Willamette river
bridge, 1852 feet in length, the
longest in the world. In bridges
alone there was used 5000, 1000
pounds of steel and iron.
The North Bank" is the prop
erty of the Hill lines, the Great
Northern, the Northern Pacific
and the Burlington, and is a feed
er for a total of $4,000 miles.
This new railroad taps a region
the developed area of which alone
in 1907 produced 100000 bush
els of wheat, 23,500,00 bushels
of oats and 12,363,00 bushels of
barley, valued at $66,412,000.
Along its lines of steel down
the Columbia river valley there
are almost inexhaustible sources
of timber, thousands of acres of
undeveloped fruit lands and the
diversified resources of land
only awaiting the touch of the set
tier.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-24
FAIL IN ATTEMPT
TO ROB CAR
BARNS
(By United Press Leased Wire. }

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SPOKANE, Feb. 24.-While
two receiving clerks at the car
barns of the Washington Power
company were counting receipts
of the day yesterday morning, a
masked and armed highwayman
attempted to hold up the occu-
pants of the office and make away
with the several thousand dollars
of silver that was in the office at
the time.
The thug slipped into the car
barn and overpowered the night
Waterman, who he compelled to
precede him to the office on the
second floor and ask the receivers
to open the door of their office.
H. ]. Hildebrant, one of the re-
ceivers, raised the blind of the
window to see who had made the
request, when a revolver was
thrust into his face and he was
ordered to throw up his hands.
Hildebrant dropped to the floor al
most at the same time the ruffian
fired, the bullet shattering the
window. Alarmed at the noise
the holdup fled. Only one man
was seen at the barn, but it has
been learned that another was
nearby in a wagon, with which the
money was to have been carted
away.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-24
MEETING OF LAWYERS OF
PIERCE COUNTY TO CON-
SLIDER CHOICE FOR
u. 8. JUDGE.

A meeting of lawyers of the
Pierce County Bar is called for
Friday, February 26, 1909, at 10
O'Clock a. M, in Department 2 Of
the Superior Court of Pierce
County, Washington, for the pur-
pose Of considering a choice for
the position Of U. 8. District
Judge, for the Western Division Of
Washington. about to be created
by congress.
All members of the Bar of
Pierce County are requested to be
present at said meeting.
J. A. SHACKLEFORD,
President of Pierce County Bar
Association.
J. +. O'BRIEN,
Temporary Secretary.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-24
PROPOSED STREET
IMPROVEMENTS
APPROVED

The Tacoma avenue bridge
question In the North End was
finally adjusted yesterday after
noon : the bridge is to be cut
on 80 street curved to the al
ley next to G street and the city
is to get nine acres in the gulch
for park.
The streets and alleys commit
tee for the fourth week put in
two hours discussing the matter,
but finally adopted the plan, add
ing some regrades on streets run
ming to Old Town and providing
for paving on streets to give a
through paved line to Old Town.
1t is expected the council will
approve the proposition tonight.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-24
STEAL ENGINE AND
CAUSE COLLISION

Steaming up a logging engine
which stood on spur near the
Pacific Boiler works, East e and
|23d sts., yesterday, two men ran
1t up the Tacoma Eastern tracks
almost to Bismarck and abandon
ed it Just in sight of a sharp
curve. A short time later a log
|ging engine, pulling train of
logs, crashed into the deserted To-
connective. The only damage done
was to the unnamed locomotive,
which was knocked off the track.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-24
IMPROVEMENT CLUB
LAUNCHES MOVE FOR
THE COMMISSION PLAN

The Central Improvement
league, representing all the i'm
provement clubs in Tacoma, went
on record last night for the COM
mission plan of government, and
every club in the city will secure
petitioners for the election of the
15 men who will draft the new
charter necessary to establish the
change.
Councilman Hogberg was pres
emit and rather straddled the prop
osition. He wanted the clubs to
go slow about adopting the COM
mission plan and abolishing the
council, but said II the people
wanted it why 1t would be all
right with him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-24
WILL LAUNCH Mp,
IMPROVEMENTS
TONIGHT

Tonight the council will pass
the ordinance providing for the
Northern Pacific vacations, and it
will then be up to the Hill lines to
get busy on the new N. P. depot.
They have two years to complete
the task. Activity in the condem-
nation of land for the water line
indicates that this line is to be
built also and Counsel George
Reid of the N. P. says it is expect
ed that it will be completed as
soon as the depot or about that
time.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-24
Gold Found
In Old Well
Discovery Draws Large Crowd of
Curious People to Point Near
Oregon Town.
(By United Press Leased Wire.)

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
ELGIN, Ore, Feb. 24.-An old
well four miles from town is the
magnet that is today drawing
crowds of people from surround
ing villages, for the discovery has
been made that it contains gold of
fine quality.
While taking sand from the
well recently, w. w. Sion, the
owner, discovered what appeared
to be gold mixed in with the
grains. He took sample to
Baker City, Ore, where an assay
proved that the gold would run
about $45 to the ton. The news
of the discovery soon spread over
the surrounding country and Sion
sees visions of a great fortune.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-24
Ask George Lawler Col Fidel-

Ask George Lawler (1O1 Fidel-
ity Bldg, Tacoma) for copy of
his folder, how to make $4,000
out of 5000 in five years with
safety" Small amounts invested
in property sure to become bust
ness property increase enormously
in a few years, with the growth
of city. The clearness with
which this is shown amounts to a
to those who have not
given the subject considerable
study. This valuable information
is offered to you free for asking
for it. 1t is worth reading care
fully by any one owning real estate
or contemplating ownership, and
by those who would like
to make money out of the growth
of the city in which they live and
have but little money with which
to operate. $50
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-24
KLEIN WILL FACE
TRIAL COURT
MARCH 10

Josua Klein will face Judge
yesterday in the superior court
March 10 to be tried on the charge
of assault with intent to murder
Miss Dora Culbertson. The de-
cision was arrived at yesterday
afternoon In a conference between
Prosecutor j. l.. McMurray and
Klein's attorneys. Entirely new
evidence of a sensational nature
is promised by the attorneys en-
ployed in the prisoners defense.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-24
GIRL ADJUDCED
iNCoRRICIBLE

A 16-year-old school girl of Old
Town was adjudge incorrfgible by
Judge yesterday of the Juvenile
court this morning and put under
the care of Voluntary Probation
airy Officer Mrs. F. s. D. Hughes.
The child is not a bad. girl, it is
claimed, but has a mania for de-
string to stay away from home,
and her parents have been unable
to control her.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-24
IN O|NbEO
men ARE:
SAVED
After a Hours Work
Nine Men Trapped in
Seattle Sewer
Are Freed.

fBy United Press Leased Wire)
SEATTLE, Feb. 24-After hav-
ing been imprisoned forty feet be-
meath the surface of the earth for
nearly "a hours, In imminent dan
ger Of being crushed to death by
the tons Of dirt and timbers that
hung menacingly above their
heads, the nine workmen who
were yesterday morning buried
by cavern of the North Trunk
sewer near the exposition grounds,
were liberated at 8 o'clock this
morning.
All day yesterday and through
otu the night rescue parties work
cd with all haste to reach the
entombed workmen and this
morning their efforts were re-
warded when the drift which they
had been running broke through
into the narrow chamber that held
their comrades prisoners.
When led from the tunnel this
morning, the rescued men showed
no Ill effects from their terrible
experience. Scores of relatives
and friends who had been watch
ing and waiting for word from be-
hind the mass of earth greeted
the liberated men joyfully, and
many Affecting scenes were en-
acted.
1t is now definitely known that
but two men, Duncan Robertson
and August Stebel, whose bodies
were recovered yesterday after
noon, lost their lives in the cave
in.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-24
WANTS 100000 FOR
DEATH Of huSBAM D
(By United Press Leased Wire

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SPOKANE, Feb. 24.-Suit to
recover 100000 damages from
the Northern Pacific railroad,
which she holds responsible for
the death of her husband, E. M.
3rannick, prominent Portland
business man, has just been filed
here by his widow, Bridget Bran
nick.
Brannick received injuries from
which he died while riding on q
caboose attached to freight trair
on the Northern Pacific on Febru
AIRY l of last year.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-24
STEAMSHIP rs
COMPANY
(By United Press Leased Wire.

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SEATTLE, Feb. 24.-On March
1, d. Mckenzie, general agent
for the Pacific Coast Steamship
company, will sever his connection
with that company, and e. G.
Ward of San Francisco, will sue
coed him.
Ward is well known in Portland
and San Francisco where he was
for several years engaged in the
railroad business. At one time
Ward was in the hotel business
at Los Angeles.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-24
OF COMMERCE.
TRUSTEES TO MEET

The trustees of the chamber of
commerce will meet tomorrow to
look over the plans for the chang
ing of the headquarters of the
chamber so as to provide an ex-
hibit room and an office befitting
the character of the institution.
About $4,000 will be put into
the improvements.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-24
TANKSLEY IS
ARRAlGNED

Information was read against
Arthur M. Tanksley, the young
man who stole a street car two
weeks ago, in the criminal depart
ment of the superior court this
afternoon. The arraignment by
Judge yesterday followed, and
Tanksley will plead early next
week. The charge is interfering
with rolling stock in such a way
as to endanger life.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-24
BILLINGS TO GET
NEXT MEETING
OF THE FARMERS

(By United Press Leased Wire)
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. "a
There was a larger attendance at
the dry farming congress today
than yesterday. Much interest Is
being taken in the discussions and
the congress is proving a great
success. 1t is probable that Bill
ings, Mont, will secure the next
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-24
BREAK RECORD IN
OFFICE Of
AUDITOR

More instruments were filed
with the recording department OF
the county auditors Office yester-
day than on any previous day for
three years. One hundred and
papers were recorded
between the hous of and 8,
keeping the large auditing force
on the jump every minute of the
day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-24
DELAY IN ESTABLISHING
NEW RURAL MAIL ROUTE

Owing to the lack Of funds in
the postal reserve, the rural mail
route which was to have been in
augurated south of Spanaway will
not be opened until after July /,
according to an announcement of
the postoffice department.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-24
THE TACOMA TINES
NATIVE SON OF WASHINGTON
ANNOUNCES DATE KEPT BY
GRIM REAPER.

KENT, Feb. "a. Richard
Staples, a young man, % years of
age, died at his home in Kent
Monday morning at o'clock. He
was suffering from consumption,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-24
BANK CLOSES.

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
TONOPAH, New, Feb. 24.-Al-
though solvent, the Tonopah
branch of the Nye and Ormsby
bank has closed its doors
and will receive no more deposits.
Depositors will be paid in full.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-24
Picks Oxf Day To
Die and SxxccOm1bs

and four days previous to his de-
mise announced to his friends that
he would die on Monday morning.
The end came as announced by
himself. Staples was a native Of
Washington. having been bora
near Kent, on the White river, %
years ago. His father is in Alas
ka.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-24
WHITE CLOVER CHAPTER
WILL MEET TOMORROW

The auxiliary of White Clover
chapter, o. e. g., will meet tomor-
row afternoon at 2 o'clock at the
home of Mrs. 8. T. Owens, on
South Fortieth street.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-24

NOTICE-Ruston voters may
now register at the store of
Hanks & Son. v. w. Hanks is
authorized to perform any duty
pertaining to registration.
Signed, v. D. GOSS.
Town Clerk.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-24
BILL FOR new JUDGE
PASSED BY THE SENATE
(Times Special Service.)
[ BY United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, Feb. "a. =
The Cushman bill for an addition
al federal judge in the Tacoma
district of Washington passed the
senate yesterday, but was amend
ed by Senator Fulton to also in
clude an additional Judge for Ore
gon. This means the bill will go
back to the house and there may
be a fight over it.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-24
DIVORCE GRANTED.

Judge Chapman this morning
granted decress of divorce to
Charlotte Caldwell, separating her
from her missing husband, Henry
B. Caldwell. The couple was
in Boston, but soon after
the ceremony Caldwell left home
and has not been seen since.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-24
SHIP FLOATED.
(By United Press Leased w

10y Chitto IrcSs Leascu WHcD
NEW YORK, Feb. 24.--After
being grounded in Gedney channel
for several hours, the steamship
Kaiser Wilhelm II, was released
today unchanged. The boat ran
aground In the fog.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-24
TREASURY REPORT.

(By United Press Leased Wire)
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. "a.
treasury report today
show: Receipts, $2,0S7,023; dis
bursements, $1,S9O,000.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-24

"Homephonit"-on confidential
business deals. sss
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-02-06

Ordinance No. S3 assessing one hali the cost of the Mission Street exten- sion against ahutting property was read three times, passed and approved.
 The matter of covering valve holes in the pubic streets for protection against accident was referred to the committee on fire and water with in structions to ask the C. L. P. and w. Co. to take p.oper means to cover the same.
 Salaries Of city officers for January were allowed and ordered paid.
 Following b.lls were allowed and or dred paid:
 Jake Pankratz. $l.20: Joe Woods. 1.20 : John Howard, To; Peter Pankratz, 1 50: Ind. Drying Co. 43.00 J. w. Young and Co., 54.3l C. l. r. & w. Co.04. 50, Fremont King, 260. . 7O: Ketchikan Piinting. Co.,, 97. 70. No ir.her business coming heiore the council they adjourned untll the next regular meeting.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-02-06
Harry Thaw Again
 aFree American Citizen

On Jan. 25th chapter was closed in a case that has attracted more atten- tion than any case that came before the courts in many years past.
 Harry Thaw murdered Stanford White at root garden in New York about two years ago and since that time he and the members of his family have suffered greatly for,a crime com mited in an insane moment. The wife has dragged herself down through her testimony in order to incite for him sympathy, and has made her name by her confessions of the relations exist ing between herself and the man who met his death byword among men. rhaw was released from the Asylum at Mattewan and immediately went to his old home in Pittsburg where he will be called on to testify in cases coming up before the courts there in the near future,
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-02-06

the hole, as any air gap left between the dynamite and the sides of the hole diminishes the force of the explosion by acting as cushion and decreasing the speed of detonation of the whole charge. The primer is then carefully pushed into the hole, the fuse end be- ing last so that DO bend is made in the fuse.
 After the primer has been lightly rammed in place, the other half stick is placed on top and rammed lightly. Some fine clay tamping should then be lightly tamped on top of the dyna- mite so as to hold the fuse in the pow der. Only sufficient tamping to nll the hole distance of } or inches is necessary. The half stick of dynamite is not used as tamping but is kept in case the fuse is pulled out of the pri- mer while loading the hole. These suggestions, if carried out will prevent many of the accidents due to the care less handling of dynaimte. Ex.
 Vancouver, Feb. 4.-Colonel Wood- bury today issued orders for the court martial to be held at Fort Gibbon to fix the responsibility for the money shortage of the special disbursing agent of that post.
 Washington, Feb. 4.-Members of the senate on military affairs are as- sured of an app, opriation of $350, GOO for Alaska roads. The bill for some reason failed to accompany the army bill but will be restored and placed be- fore the senate in the next few days.
 Senator Piles has not yet completed his amendment to the Seattle Cham Der of Commerce bill but expects to have it ready by the end of the week, and if possible have it go in ahead of the bin for S35O, GOO which is in the hands of the committee on military affairs.
 Gibealter. Feb. 4.-In the trial of Captain Maualtrough which was held aboard the Louis, file. the accused captain denied intoxication claiming that at the time of the alleged offence he was sick, and that the only intoxi- cant he partook of at the time was a glass of sherry. The surgeon of the Georgia corroborates the statement of the captain as to his physical condi tion.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-02-06
SEVERAL NAMES GO TO SENATE
 FOR CONFIRMATION FOR CABINET
George Reynolds, of New York State, Will Likely
 be Secretary of Treasury

The three last named men do moi appear in the official directory an6 will be new faces in the cabinet as well as other offices of the state depart ment.
 Preident-elect Taft announced be- fore leaving for the Panama Canal zone that no appointments would be made prior to his return from the tropics seems to have undergone a change if the announcement is au- thentic. The press will no doubt view at least q part of the names mentioned with suspicion until further proof 0! their nominations are made known.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-02-06

The rescue of the passengers and crew of the White Star liner Repub- lie in Nantucket Sound when the bie
 ur-masted liner of SIS tors. larg- est of the steamers in the Boston trade, was bound out Of New York for Genoa and Palermo with a large com pIement of passengervs, 22o in the sa- loon, illustrated in the most vivid way the great value of efficient wire less rel egarphic apparatus on board ocean I- ners and pointed again the necessity of the equipment of all steamers car rying passengers with wireless appar- tus. The Republic might have be- come another Nal copic her fate might have heen another Atlantic mystery like that of the lost Allen liner Huronian, the President, City oi Glasgow, Paci6c and other liners which were lost without any inlelli- gence ever being learned ot their fate if the collision with the ltaliar steamer Florida had os cd m the day before the .-e of Nltel Ss tele- graphic apparatus came into vogut. With this means of cummuuicatit available the captain oi the Repull'c could send broat cast the news of hi. distress, trai smltting to ail steamers " ,thin Il call fur aid les, the huudreds on hoard pelish. In njany wireless room, on many a steamer, acres, hun drets of miles of sea, as we'll as in the land stations, the cry Iur aid W s h, ard and passed on. The Clicia : al New York 1. armed ui the Il ca- mvnl uI their stricken liu,i, siu" ly sinking. and the Baltic was hu'rit,. out to the pcs ton given, no: to >,arrh citclng with great loss of time a> would have ',oen necessary in the rlt' days when after much ime Il alcamrl | mad co,ne in with Inc leln,t of her distress. assistance would be sert. Several hours later he l'aIlic also by wireless, reported that she had found the sinking Republic and the fflol ada, to which the passengers and crew had l,een transferred and vas standing bv the sinking vessel.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-02-06
Assay Office to be
 Feature at Fair

Special Correspondence A branch United States assay office with the full machinery in operation, taking the gold in it's natural state and convert. ing it into the purified metal, will be one of the interesting moving exhibits at the Alaska Y ukon-P Pacific Exposi- tion, which will be held here, opening July and closing October b, 1909,
 The assay office exhibit will be in- stalled in the Alaska building as it will graphically picture an important progress in the principal Alaskan ip- dustry. Seattle already has an assay office. where since it's establishment in 1893 mp to July 31, 1907. there has been received and paid for gold to the value of sl56, 20, l33. Every year mil lions of dollars worth Of gold is shipped to this office from the Northland. It is the intention to have the exposition office blanch oi the Seattle utfice. It will be equipped with d furnace and complete apparatus for handling the gold IS it is taken from the ground until all alloys and impurities are separated from it., and it's exact value determined.
 Some of the consignments which otherwise would be taken to the main Seattle office will he handled by the ex- position office and the progresses gone through with there. A showing of the amount of precious metals the Seattle office has handled since its inception will be made in graphic manner. The amounts will be figured out in cubic feet, and bars erected of the resulting dimeptions, one representing the gold being gifted yellow and the other showing the silver output being col ored accordingly.
The Ketchikan miner., 1909-02-06

The Republic is not only large, but also fast steamer, holding the record for the trip across the Atlantic from Boston to Liverpool. She has been used with the Cymric in the White Stars line out of Boston to Eu- rope. When she coled with the Flo- rada she was carrying passengers to the Mediterranean, and had large number of Italian and Sicilian steer- age on board, who had taken advan- tage of the especially low rate of $3O given to Naples. Genoa and Palermo to visit the district recently stricken by the earthquake to investigate the fate of relatives and friends. Daily ColOnistS.