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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-03
CONTINUED
FARMERS ENDORSE
INVESTIGATION
FROM PAGE ONE.

get busy and assrt themselves.
eq.tN1a Co, pei ! dropped mfw
Martin said that the poor farm,
the commissioners office, the as
SCISSORS office and every other de-
partment Of the county should be
gone into, and that eff the prosecut-
ing attorney will not uncover these
things, let us ask the governor to
remove him and put a man in his
place who will. If the farmers were
fully aware Of the situation they
would know that an effort to cover
up this whole thing is on foot. We
do not care anything about Dono-
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DEATHS

Harvey Allen, the five months
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Allen
iof 1922 Nora avenue, died this
morning at the residence. The
body will be shipped to Colfax
Wash, tomorrow for burial.
James Smith, age At, died this
morning at the Scored Heart hos
pital. Funeral arrangements will
be made later
The body of J. H. Cook, who died
as the result of injuries received
In the S. P. & S. railway tunnel
near Greenwood cemetery, will be
shipped to Billings, Mont, tomor
row for burial. accompanied by
Mrs. J. II. Cook.
Mrs. Augusta Baxter, age SO
died this morning at the st. Luke's
hospital. She is survived by son
A. c. Baxter, residing at 01Os
Helena street. Funeral arrange
ments will be made later.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-03
BIG HENRY GEORGE
MEETING

An enthusiastic meeting in com.
memoration of the SEVENTEEN birth.
day of Henry George, the great
political economist and apostle OF
single tax, was held last night at
the Hall of the Doges.
Rev. w. ]. Hindley was the chief
speaker, and hailed Henry George
as the John the Baptist of better
political and economic conditions.
Rev. A. c. Grier acted as toast
master. Mr.. z. w. Commerford
talked on Equal Rights" C. B
Kegley was detained from the meet.
ing by illness and his address on
the Conservation of Natural Re-
sources" was given by DR.. Hindley.
William Blackman talked on free
trade, and A. M. Dewey gave series
of personal "reminiscences of Henry
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shut off the sickening odors.
A solution of sulphuric acid or
bichloride of lime will be used in
the work of cleaning the trunk
line tomorrow, together with the
free use of the flush basins. When
this is done it Is believed that the
situation will be thoroughly re-
lieved, though some trouble may
exist until the Stanton sewer is
removed from the street altogether.
Even after the Stanton Packing
Co. completes its own sewer from
its slaughter house to the river it
will be the duty of the health
board to see that no more of the
solid refuse from the slaughter
pen is turned into it to pollute the
river flowing past the city, or dan.
ger from an epidemic will be as
eminent as it is now with the Of
fensive sewer gases.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-03
BIG DAYS AT e
PUBLIC MARKET

Canteloupes, watermelons. good
eating and cooking apples and no
end of vegetables Of all sorts are on
sale at the public market, between
Washington and Stevens streets on
Second avenue today. A total Of
Al wagon loads Of stuff from Green
acres and Opportunity were hauled
in to the market this morning by
the truck and fruit farmers of that
district. Tomorrow Is to be a big
day at the market in the opinion of
Market Master Happe. at least Is
or 80 farmers with their produce
being expected there.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-03

pire Railways Co.'S bridge in order
to do shopping near the west bank
Of the river. For about a month,
since several accidents occurred on
the railroad bridge because of per.
sons trying to cross while cars
were passing, the Spokane Trac-
ton Co. has kept a Waterman sta
tined at either end of the structure
to keep pedestrians off.
This has cut off all means of
crossing the river except by way
of the log boom floating on the
waters surface or In the street
cars, as no provisions have been
made for travel of any kind over
the temporary work bridge from
which wOrkmen are constructing
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-03
WILL NOW CLEAN
POLLUTED DRAIN

Today at $3.50 o'clock the E II.
Stanton Packing Co. will discon-
meet It's eight inch sewer from the
city's trunk line At the intersection
Of Napa tsreet and Riverside ave-
nue., and tomorrow morning the
work Of cleaning the polluted drain
from that point on down to the river
will be started by q force Of men
from the city's sewer department.
This was decided on last evening
after II had been shown that flush
basins on Stanton's line would not
remedy the conditions, and that
other schemes and theories ad-
vaWeed by the sewer and health
departments would be merely ex-
periments, with no sure relief for
the suffering hundreds Of residents
IN the infected district. No action
was taken to remedy matters until
the recent expose Of conditions by
The Press.
The health department has given
Stanton the right to use a cesspool
for his slaughter house refuse till
his own line can be extended to the
river direct and without coming in
contact with any of the city's lines.
It was not only in the Union Park
district from Napa and Riverside
TO Madelia and Main that the fright
ful conditions from sewer fumes
existed, but the country all the way
down John street and about Brad
ley and Erie streets was becoming
sickened.
Threats of violence to the city's
sewer were heard freely In all this
district because the stencil was
unbearable and the residents in
complaining to the health depart
ment could get no real satisfaction
In the matter A number of the
property owners in the district be-
tween Napa and Riverside and Ma
della and Main were discussing the
matter Of stopping the gratings
opening into the manholes with
cement or concrete in order to
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the new Olive avenue bridge. Few
Of the residents OF that district
feel able to pay car fare both ways
across the river in order to do their
shopping at the stores, matter
of two blocks away.
Mayor Pratt told The Press this
morning that he would take the
matter up with Commissioner
Tuerke to see II temporary foot
bridge could not be constructed on
the timbers of the work bridge. He
suggests that one could be built on
bracket supports bolted to the
piles driven into the riverbed to
support the work bridge structure.
Much complaint has been coming
In from the residents Of this dis
trict lust across the river.
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CONTINU ED
''NORTH POLARINC" TO
BE NEWEST FAD }
FROM PAGE ONE.

Mr.. Bradley now states that 4his
was not true and that DR.. Cooks
expedition was perhaps the most
carefully planned Of any previous
polar attempts. 4 y
Secret Kept
| Mr.. Bradley states that secrecy
was maintained as to the ultimate
object of the trip, because had DR..
Cook failed much unpleasant con
troversy could have been avoided,
Not even the captain of the
schooner-yacht which took the
party to the northwest coast of
Greenland knew that he had polar
expedition until orders were given
near Etah, Greenland, to put DE-.
Cook and the supplies ashore. :
That the journey to the pole was
well planned Is shown by the quan-
tity and nature of the supplies
which the schooner-yacht deposit
ed on Greenland for DR.. Cook.
These included 10000 cans of pro
| visions, many tons of dried meats,
1000 boxes of matches, 5000 gallons
of gasoline, 1000 gallons Of alcohol,
two barrels of gum drops. which
are currency with the Eskimoss in
stead of money; guns and knives,
fortrading; hickory lumber for
building sleds, and great quantities
of staple groceries.
In all, these were sufficient pro-
visions to last the party for three
years. An item which indicates the
care with which the expedition was
planned is that of reducing the
weight of stoves. Other polar ex-
petitions carried brass. or iron
stoves which weighed from IL to
Is pounds each. DR.. Cooks stoves
were made of aluminium and
weighed three pounds apiece, thus
each stove allowed Of the carrying
of about ~ pounds more of pro-
visions to each sled.
He Will Be Rich
Besides the fame that will en-
dure for centuries which comes to
Dr. Cook for his achievement. he
is also destined to reap a fortune.
His friends believe that wealth
awaits him through the writings
which he is most likely to publish,
and through lectures.
A we'll known vaudeville mana
ger in this city has already cabled
to Copenhagen offering DR.. Cook
$4,000 a week for 10 weeks to APP
pear in his various vaudeville
houses and lecture on his arctic
expedition. The European agents
of three other vaudeville managers
have been cabled instructions to
Copenhagen to meet DR.. Cook and
to offer him princely salaries for
his lecture services.
Another result of DR.. Cooks sue
cess may be that the land which
he reports having discovered will
be called Cooks land. An effort Is
now on foot among DR.. Cooks sup
porters to bring this about.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-03
WHERE ARE YOU, 4
ABRAHAM!

Abraham Berger, your mother Is
worrying about you and the police
are looking for you. q
Chief of Police Sullivan re-
ceived a letter today from Charles
v. Berger of Rochester, N. Y. ask
ing that the Spokane police take
up a search for his son, Abraham
Berger, who until a few months ago
lived at 109 and II Second avenue
South Seattle.
They have learned that Berger
left Seattle and came either to
Spokane or Walla Walla, but they
have never heard from him since
about a month before he left.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-03
VITAL RECORD
MARRIAGES.

Arthur Domica. Deer Park. Is
and Nellie Neal. Deer Park, 10. !
Rollin A. Marsh, Cusack, Wash.
"a, and Hattie M. White, Beaver
Dam, Mo-, rs.
J. D. Tyson, Spokane 81, and
Hazel Cooper, Spokane, 10.
Gust Peterson, Danvile. Wash.
Al, and Mrs. Belle Clarke, Danville
Wash, 80.
William N. Hohberger, Olympia
legal, and Othilde G. Paushert. Spo'
kane, legal.
Edward d. Baker, Spokane, %,
and Gertrude ". Collins, Spokane,
10.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-03
BOY BROWNS AT BAD POINT:
CITY TO ORDER FOOT BRIDGET

Partially rs the result Of the
drowning Of Henry Collins. a lit
de SON of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Collins OF E1s03 Mallon avenue.
last night while crossing the river
ut Olive avenue on log boom,
Mayor Pratt will take immediate
steps to bring about the construc.
tion Of temporary foot bridge at
this point.
Many persons living on the east
bank Of the river in Dennis & Brad
ley's addition must take their
chances in crossing the river on
the log boom, anchored beside the
new Olive avenue bridge, in course
OF construction. or pay car fare
across the Spokane & Inland EN-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-03
A. & X. Market
The Home
of Quality

Every family should know the
home of meat quality. The modern
equipment and the special atten-
ton paid to the selection and pre-
serving of meats at the A. & X.
Market are ample cause for you to
insist that your table meats come
from the A. & X. Is there anything
that demands more careful selec-
ton and caution in preparation
than the meats you eat? Think 1t
over.
Make sure you are getting the
best by calling Main 447. A. & X
Market, First and MOnro.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-03

van, who he Is, what he is, or what
he has done; Donovan uncovered
the Schively case and would have
uncovered the graft in the court
house had he not been taken off
the search. We must stand up and
fight the county ring or this inves-
tigation, like its predecessor, will
come to naught. The prosecuting
attorneys office shines when 1t
comes to going after few prison
ers in the county jail, but when 1t
comes to moving against George
Collins they seem to want to fight
shy Of the job"
A committee on resolutions was
appointed consisting Of Messrs. Yer
cler, Rubeck, Enbody, Linn and
Nipple. Adjournment for the noon
recess then followed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-03
Delightful St. Joe Trip.

This is the most charming season
of the year on the shadowy St Joe
river, when the placid waters re-
fleet the beauties Of nature and the
whole st. Joe valley seems like q
fairyland. Two big steamers, Idaho
and Cakes, furnish plenty Of room
and insure the comfort and safety
Of passengers. Special Sunday
rates, Main 1925. 49,"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-03

George. William Matthews gave a
talk on Single Tax" outlining the
method of taxation advocated by
the man whom the assemblage hon
ored.
On the motion Of Russell Collins
a toast was drunk to DR.. Cook, the
American who discovered the north
pole.
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BUILDING PERMITS. 4

3 . . . . . . . . . : . .
The following building permits
have been issued by the board of
public works:
Pouliot & Nelson, a new front in
their building on the southeast cor
ner Of Front avenue and Wall
street, $40.
r. A. Brunk, two story frame
residence, lot s, block 9, Mantle
park, $4,000.
Lakeside Lumber Co., one story
frame factory, lots 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and
10, block 1876, East Syndicate addi-
ton. $4,000.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-03
EXPLORER WILL
ARRIVE ON
SATURDAY
(By United Press.)

COPENHAGEN, Sept. Sit
Is announced that the steam
or bearing Cook here could not
arrive before midnight, even
though lit raveled at top
speed. A. q result Il has been
decided to travel ieisurely and
arrive Saturday morning. The
official reception will be at 10
O'Clock Saturday. Immediate
ly afterward Cook will meet
the kinQ.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-03

. Harold Huffman and How .
. ard Young, two adventurous .
. youths Of the respective ages .
. OF Is and IA years. who start .
. ed out from Butte. Mont, q .
= week ago to see the world on .
= 81. which they had between .
= them, are now in custody tof .
. the juvenile officers await .
. ing carfae from their parents .
. to take them back to their .
. accustomed haunts in the .
. mining town. According to =
. story told by one of the run .
. Always. they sent their clothes =
. to Seattle by young man .
= whom they both knew, and .
. were following as best they .
. could on freight trains. =
q . 80 49, 80
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-03
SAID HE WASN'T SPY.
(RX United Press.l

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.-Cap-
tain Baggie, commanding the
Metna, declared he was not at
tempting to spy on the American
fleet. He said had the American
ships been more prompt in answer
ing his salute he would not have
been compelled to remain near the
fleet
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-03
WASHOUT DELAYS TRAVEL
by United Press.l

(By United PreSs.l
LA GRANDE, Ore, Sept. g.
Twelve hundred persons were held
here last night and this morning,
following a washout of the tracks
between Unity and Durkee on the
o. r. & N. Hotel and food accom-
modations are taxed. The trains
began moving at noon.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-03

It's DR.. Wiley who says the aver.
age icebox Is a charnel house,
it is full of dirt and germs,
Well, doctor, well do away with II
this winter, see II we don't.
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A building permit was issued to
A. o. Feehan this afternoon for the
erection of q two story frame dwell
ing. lot IL, blocw 81, Morgan's add
ton; $1,000.
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LABOR DAY DECLARED.
NV United Prea,

(By United Press.)
SALEM, Ore. Sept. 3.-The gov
ernOr's proclamation declaring
Monday, September 6, a legal holi
day, was issued today. i
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-03

G. w. Griffin, two one story
frame dwellings,. lots IL and IL,
block II, Moore's addition, $1,000
and $4,000.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-03
Black Hats
For Fall We ar

Black is always in style. You can wear
a black hat with any color dress, and for
strictly dress occasions black is certainly
more correct than any other color. We are
showing an elaborate assortment of the
new black hats. The window display will
give you some idea of the styles. The stock
inside presents an amending variety We
will be glad to have you call and inspect
the stock.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-03

Mr.. Bradley now states that this
was not true and that DR.. Cooks
expedition was perhaps the most
carefully planned of any previous
polar attempts. 4
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-12

travel. sans are danclag, some stag
ger ana faii oyeE With msudlin song
On theIr iips, Tranps aud bess4ta aas
hoodinms. sonio ere hneoilg foF mr.
WhiBEey ring. Others iii curssns ma
irenried II detea BLOW ne bnla and
bring them on! see that old man. dust
begrimed, hatlesB, mad vita liquor
yes crazed Tor now he s strtidng
down with his cane IFS daughter az
she attempts to take him home. aid
noise and tumult, they are all march
ing TO dr1nkard's graves. A hundred
thousand homes left behind with
shame and sorrow. Don't stop to pity
else YOU cannot see the procession.
blow the bugte for more recruits
Rl5ngl on the felons in chains, and
those from mad houses with bleeding
wrists; paupers and idiots, charges Up
on the State; bring them all on. all Of
them and hear their never ceasinc
tramp, tramp. tramp; doomed to death
are these with but bllghted reali.a
ton Of a miserable eternity. Blow the
bugle and bring them on.
JOSHUA sPRUcEBy
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-12
Farming by the Square Inch.

Farming by tne square Inch.
This is the story OF a remarkable
solution of the secret of success in
farming on a small scale, chiefly for
the benefit Of those who cannot af-
ford to buy large tracts of land and
would not be able to work them II
they could. So writes H. d. Jones
in the Technical World Magazine for
July. To plque the curiosity of the
reader, let it be first explained, in all
seriousness, that II a farm cultivat-
ed in this way is leased it should be
understood that when the tenant
moves he is at liberty to take the
soil with him.
The soil used in this method Of
farming must be OF unusual richness.
The story begins with the efforts of
two women to gain livelihood from
Mother Nature. They leased five
acres Of land in Berkshire, England.
Later they found that FIVE acres was
too much land. and that they could
find full work for themselves aud for
students who flocked to them 10
learn how it was done, with profit for
all. on piece of ground less than
half the size Of that first taken.
Tn teachers of the women were a
French gardener and his family, who,
with an acre of land in France. sold
$4,000 worth of produce in a year
The scene at the farm Is thus describ-
ed by one who visited il and made
the photographs that go with the ar
tlcle.
In a bare plowed field stands
Square paitsade of zinc plates en-
closing about three-quarters of an
acre. Behind 1t the French gardener
and the women who lease the land
have wrought what looks like a sheer
miracle to anyone unacquainted with
the system.
The ground is all covered with in.
verted bell glasses of the kind known
in Europe as clocheB. Under each
bell at the time this writer visited
the farm were FIVE lettuces. Lettuces
were growing around the bells and
other vegetables sown broadcast were
coming up everywhere. In each OF
number of frames four feet square
were thirty lettuces, mass Of car
rots and cauliRower.
The entire secret Of the growth OF
these products before the regular
season is in the cropping and the
soil. Every inch OF The soil bears at
least three crops a year, each of them
anticipating the season and therefore
producing fancy prices
This remarkable method of making
every inch of land count is described
in detail by the writer and the article
is illustrated with very interesting
photographs.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-12
Wealth in ounions.

The onion farmer is a comparative
ly new arrival upon the scene of in
dustrial activities in Texas. He is
now one of the large contributors to
the wealth of the state. In little
more than eight years the value of
the annual production of onions in
Texas for the market has reached
approximately 100000. Which the
fact is considered that this enormous
wealth is derived from only about
$500 acres of land. some idea may be
had Of the abundance OF the yield and
the good prices that are obtained for
the product, says the Technical
World. Onion growing has done an
other thing to help Texas. 1t has
been the direct means OF adding more
than $2,508888 to the intrinsic value
of her lands. Inasmuch as the grow
ers put a good portion of their an
nual earnings from the industry into
property improvements in town and
country the increase of taxable
wealth from this source has also been
considerable. The wonders which
were wrought by the magic touch of
Aladdin's lamp were no greater than
the transformatin which onion
growing has brought to certain por-
lions of Texas during the last few
years. Land which, from the time of
the early visit OF the Spaniards to
the Rio Grande border section. was
thought to be almost worthless. and
at the very most only At for goat
grazing, is now bringing in an an
nual net return Of from $500 to $500
an acre from the onions which It
produces. Before the Inauguration of
onion growing any Of this land could
have been bought at prices ranging
from 81 to 50 an acre. It has now
no established value for the reason
that none Of its owners are willing to
sell. They will not tx value up-
on the land. Some OF them are free
to say that land which has such large
producing qualities ought to be worth
not less than $1,000 an acre. Some OF
the onion growers say they would not
be willing to accept less than $4,000
an acre for their lands. Even at that
price the annual net return will aver
age nearly 9s per cent on the invest
ment.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-12
Christ Church.

AT Christ Episcopal church lnlprco
siVe services we're held during the
day. Two communion services were
held in the morning the first one 1t
1880 o'clock, About fifty communicates
attended this service. The second ser.
vice was at $3.50 o'clock. Sunday
School at $3.50 o'clock was followed
by morning prayer and communion
services at 1O:45 o'clock. At morning
prayer the church and balcony Woo
crowded. Several persons stool dur
ing the service. Rev. A. H. Beayln
preached a splendid sermon on "WhAt
Easter Means to Me-"
In the afternoon confirmation Str,
vices were held at 300 O'Clock. This
was followed by Children's Gas:er ser.
vice at 400 O'Clock Huldah, thu little
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Tay,
Tor was baptized. Evening prayer was
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-12

omitted. Rev. Beayln conducted ser
vices at st. Andrews church at Man
nington last night The church was
adorned with ferns. lilies and ported
plants arrayed by the altar guild. At
the children's service each child was
given a potted plant. In the morning
twelve choir boys visited the homes
of aged and sick members Of the BAR.
ish and chanted Easter anthems as "a
the custom in England.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-12

After Mayor Neels's broad.side in
the Times on saturday It was be-
ileged that they would be glad to let
loose Of the lion's,tal Those Of the
whishey ring who had enough sensi-
bllity left appear to have taken that
FIew Their guns have all been 81
le1eedsand there Is left them no rally
Ing ground To those who love a
ilsht II was too soon over No sound
VAS heard Of retreating soldiery. all
we're left mottonless in their trenches;
bit long after the battle was over and
away down around the hill came the
sound II a lone bnshswhacker wv. H.
c Who had come up too late to get
fairly IN front Of the fire; and didn't
know what had happened to him.