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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-06
HE DAMNS DAMNATION.

Mr.. Sunday: Your statements
regarding the unbelievers of the
bible, endowing them with all de-
grading vices, not only shows your
lack of knowledge, but also dis
courtesy to all principles of honor.
A just and honest verdict cannot
be rendered upon the statements
of what you or | believe. We must
know, you assert, that l am a fool
because | do not believe the bible.
How do you know? You will do me
and many others kindness by
producing the evidence. You de-
clare we unbelievers will all go to
hell. Which one of the three
sources of knowledge, observation,
experience and reason, do you use
as a foundation to rest your asser-
ton upon? Come, now, be honest;
no sidestepping goes.
Mr.. Sunday, in the minds of all
honest, kind and intelligent people
there is no one so unkind, ungen-
erous, so devoid of reason as the
man that slurs and abuses those
that do not conform to his own
ideas. Such person is neither
Christian nor infidel. Grand wom-
en- and noble men never use such
literature.
Mental slavery is slowly but
surely giving way to the more ele
waiting and refined condition of in
tellectual liberty. in spite of the
mighty forces brought against it
by the inventors and sustainers of
the doctrine of eternal damnation.
That doctrine is the most coward
ly, ungenerous. unkind unsympa-
thetic, unmerciful invention that
was ever formulated by the in
genuity of cruel, evil. designing
creatures called men. Its inventors
and sustainers did. and do, COM
nit the blacklist crime that was
ever perpetrated against humanity
on this beautiful planet called
earth.
cannot boast of being reform
ed booze killer" | was bred and
born to know It best to be free. To.
bacco l despise as much as any
lady does. have no use for
deceiver. Neither do I love legal
lied beggar. or the system of
usury; nor do l think that man
can earn $4,000 honestly in less
than 60 days. / think if you were
reformed right you might be a
fairly good fellow. Now. Billy.
have my motto. It is this: do all
the good | can, and as little harm
as possible" With the kindest of
feelings toward you as man. l
close this. only a small portion of
the ideas | would like to express.
William c. Drager.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-06
GOOD AND BAD IN ALL.

Editor The Press In criticizing
theiters and recreations in general.
w. Sunday evidently argues thus:
Theaters are nothing but leg
shows, therefore, theaters are al
together bad and should be de-
stroyed
The truth is. there are both
good and bad features in theaters.
as in everything else. Mr.. Sunday
makes the fatal mistake of looking
at the bad and closing his eyes to
the good. 1t Is just as great mis-
take for man to look at the good
and close his eyes to the bad. Both
methods result i'm fanaticism.
1t can not freely be said any
man is. or can hope to be. perfect,
Man, as such, is not adapted for
perfection. II he was. we could
not, for instance. expect his body
to decay and die, but it invariably
does.
Even religion itself is imperfect.
In any of the world religions
Buddhism, Christianity, Mohamme-
danlsm, etc.-persecution and In
tolerancehas. in varying degrees
always been a feature. At the
time of the Spanish lnQuisition the
Catholic church made the terrible
mistake of brutally torturing and
putting to death thousands of peo-
pie because they would not say
they believed in the Catholic doc
trine. And so, too, at tho present
day. though in less violent form,
the same spirit of intolerance can
be observed In Professionalism, the
numerous sects of which disagree
amongst themselves as to methods
doctrines and beliefs. each sect
practically asserting their own to
be the only one true exponent of
the Protestant faith.
The fact of the matter is that in
all things-theaters, dancing
cards. baseball. religion, science
art. philosophy, socialism, republi.
canism or any other 'ism"-there
are imperfections. They are a mix.
ture of good and bad. Any an.
archistic or revolutionary schemes
whether religious or political
which propose to redeem mankind
by basing themselves on the posi-,
bility Of man becoming perfect
creature. are delustions and doom
ed to failure. as all history and
present-day civilization prove. The
principle on which alone all true
religion is based Is this: That man
may become, lot perfect crea.
ture, but less imperfect. little bet.
ter at least than he is at the pres.
ent time. Thus hiw imperative Il
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-06
NORTH COASTl00KS LIKE
CANADIAN. PACIFIC

remains the connection that the
North Coast would give from SpO-
kane to the coast to complete the
route from the Great Lakes to the
Pacific.
The surveyed route of the North
Coast. which the graders have be-
gun work upon, goes through the
richest section of the Inland En-
pire southwest of Spokane. One
branch goes as far south as Walla
Walla and the other crosses the
Columbia above Kennewick, fol-
lows the river to North Yakima
and branches west from there,
crossing he Cascades by the
Cowlitz pass. From the pass
which is 1000 feet high, the sur
vey follows the Cowlitz river down
to the Columbia and thence
through Kalama and Vancouver to
Portland.
Whether this route is followed
in the construction or not it is
evident that with the Spokane In
ternational and the North Coast to
the Columbia river the Canadian
Pacific will have a water grade
nearly the. entire distance from the
Canadian wheat belt to the Pacific
coast, and that Portland is to be-
come the shipping point for a
much vaster wheat country than
has ever before even been figured
upon.
Although it was rumored that
the Milwaukee was behind the
North Coast the falsity of this
theory is shown by the fact that
from the Columbia river to the
western slope of the Cascades the
Milwaukee follows very nearly the
same route, and 1t is not reason
able to suppo les
able to suppose it would begin the
construction of another and COM
peting transmountain line.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-06

is that a man, when criticizing
other mems recreations, opinions
and imperfections should exercise
tolerance.
Mr.. Sunday, through making
truth adapt itself to his narrow
views of life, instead of constantly
readjusting his views to each new
perception of truth, fails in great
measure to exercise liberation and
thus weakens his own and other
peoples capacity to think for them
selves, which is deplorable. He
fails to see that in regard to the
theater and recreations in general,
the truemethod to adopt is not
to destroy them but to seek to lift
them on to a higher lever. F. s.
Wood.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-06
CO,
HARD Up?
WANTS TO KNOW IF IT CAN
BE MADE TO PUT IN NEEDED
PHONES WHEN IT HASN'T
THE MONEY.

Here is another complaint of the
Pacific States Telephone Co.'S in
ability or singular unwillingness to
install new phones. l. Jacobson,
who purveys fish to the public, or
has aspirations to that end at S412
Sherman street, has been trying
for three weeks to secure tele-
phonic communication with the
public in general. He needs it in
his business. Today his oft re-
peated plant was rewarded by in
formation from the telephone COM
pany that no construction work
would be done in MS envirOns for
two months or more. Jacobson,
being emphatically averse to de-
privation of orders for fish for that
length of time, speculated as to
whether there were not some
franchise provision compelling the
company as a public service cor
poration to furnish adequate serv-
ice. Without studying up on the
phone question he realized there
ought to be, although he would
have known there is not in Spo-
kane had he looked up the weird
fabrication that passes for phone
franchise in this city.
The telephone company an
swered his question by blandly in
quiring what he would do II the
company had no money with which
to make the desired extension? 1t
mentioned a panic of past history
etc. Jacobson will wait some time.
apparently, ere anyone breaks the
monontony by phone expressed de-
sire for fish.
The point of the matter is this:
A citizen is barred from engaging
in business in Spokane in way
that will make it profitable by the
failure of rich and powerful
telephone corporation to furnish
sufficient service. Probably the
volume of business contemplated
is not of vast magnitude, but the
principle is the same, and an ele-
ment of prospective discrimination
enters, as Jacobson would likely
be able to get the phone were he
bit more elevated in the bust
ness scale.
The telephone company is col
lecting more money in Spokane
than from any other city of any
where near it's population in the
country Yet its monopoly of the
field is not a sufficient inducement
to keeping up with the demand for
adequate service.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-06

A semi-official announcement has
been made by Canadian Pacific Of
ficials that a 400 mile cutoff will
be built at once from Weyburn,
Athabasca, to Lethbridge, Alberta,
shortening the distance from Win
nipeg to Spokane more than 100
miles. The North Coast has what
is generally conceded to be the
best grade from Spokane to the
Columbia river and the inference
seems unmistakable that the new
line will make not only new Sec
tons Of the Inland Empire, but the
vast Alberta wheat country tribu-
tary to Portland and the Columbia
river
The letting of contract for a
$1,000,000 bridge across the Co
lumbia by the North Coast in the
past few weeks has awakened COM
peting railroad companies to the
ldCt IIidC llC lIuC 10 AOt q uuCi Z
paper" railroad. Reports which
have been received by the engi-
neering departments of railroads
with headquarters in Portland are
that the North Coast has begun
the work of grading the line from
Spokane to the Columbia river and
that several large crews of grad
ers with several hundred horses to
a camp have been started at work
on the right of way since the first
of January.
The completion of the Weyburn-
Lethbridge cutoff will give the Ca
madam Pacific and the 500 line one
of the most direct routes between
st. Paul and Spokane. The recent
acquisition of the Wisconsin Cen
trail by the Canadian Pacific gives
the British line entrance into Chi
cago from St. Paul. Spokane Is
reached by the short line of the
Spokane International. There but
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-06
PREACHER DIES SUDDENLY

EVERETT, Feb. 6.-Rev. j. r.
Smith, for three years pastor OF
the First Congregational church,
died suddenly of cardiac asthma.
He was stricken after leaving a
church business meeting and died
at a nearby house to which he was
taken.
Rev. Smith came here from
Minneapolis. where he was pastor
for 10 years of the Fifth Avenue
Congregational church.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-06
WHERE LINCOLN LIVED.

Tomorrow evening at the Univer-
salist church Rev. Grier will give
his illustrated lecture upon "A Pill
grimage to the Homes OF Lincoln.
Mr.. Grier has spent years in the
study Of the life of Lincoln and has
visited the spots that are con-
nected with his name, and his cam
era makes the scenes live again.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-06
Special Correspondence to The Press

Special Correspondence to The Press
NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-Realizing
the conditions under which many
women are compelled to labor in
the large cities, where sweatshop
evils easily creep in, Miss Anne
Morgan, daughter of the financier,
has volunteered her assistance in
an investigation of all the cigar
factories of the city. by the Ma
tional Civic federation.
Miss Morgan will especially look
into the conditions in factories
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-06
NAVAL CAPTAIN
PUNISHED

GIBRALTAR. Feb, 6.-Captain
Edward F. Qualtrough. commander
of the battleship Georgia, found
guilty of conduct unbecoming an
officer by the naval courtmartial,
whose verdict was announced to-
day, is suspended six months, with
a loss of 10 numbers in rank.
Sperry approved the findings.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-06
BUILDING NEW SAWMIll.

COLVILLE, Feb. 6.-Blair Bros
of this place are installing a saw.
mill at the old garrison site of Fort
Colville. three miles north of town.
and will have their machinery in
operation by March Is.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-06
WILL CLEAN OUT THE JAIL

COLVILLE. Feb 6.-Deputy
Prosecuting Attorney Samuel
Douglas will begin the prosecution
of all criminal cases next Monday
and continue until the Jail is
emptied of its present half dozen
inmates.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-06
SUNDAY SCHOOL OMITTED.

There will be no Sunday school
at the Emmanuel Baptist church.
Masonic temple, tomorrow, on ac-
count of the tabernacle service be-
ginning at 10 instead of 1880 as
usual.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-06
PLANS CRUSADE I'D AID
OF WOMAN CIGARMAKERS

Miss Morgan has already re-
ceived Samuel Prince. an influen-
tial member of the International
Cigarmakers' union, and had long
conference with him at her home.
This talk over conditions caused
Miss Morgan and several of her
women friends to begin the cam
paign.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-06

putians, herself weighs but 81
pounds, and is only 46 inches In
height, at an age of rs.
The father. Lawrence p. Ram
sey, Is, of course, a Lilliputian,
too. They were married about a
year ago, and are known In vaude.
vile all over the United States as
the team of Weis and Ramsey.
The baby was brought into the
world at the Medico- Chirurgical
hospital by the Cesariah operation.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-06

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. A
daughter is born to the royal house
of the Lilliputians. She is so very
small that her weight is not given
out. Perhaps she cannot tip the
scales. She has been named Elfie
Martha Ramsey.
The mother. queen of the Lilli-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-06
CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST

Sunday services at IL q. m. and
Sp. m. Subject of lesson sermon.
Spirit" Mrs. Mabel c. Lucas.
first reader.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-06
THE LITTLEST MOTHER AND THE
FINEST BABY IN ALL THE WORLD

She is said to be the only midget
baby that ever survived that oper-
alton.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-06

Some men talk of their superior
ity every time they resist tempta-
ton.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-06
THE PUBLIC SQUARE

Dedicated to free everything personal
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75c Collar and Cuff Sets 49c

TN as pretty fleur de lis and
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$1.W Knickerbocke.s for &c
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This price is good from $50
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-05-14
Sunday Fire

Fire was discovered in the upper
story of the building occupied by
Johnson & Rain on the first floor
as a saloon and by roomers on the
upper floor, Sunday afternoon at
about $50. The department re-
sponded to the alarm in remarkable
quick time and in a few seconds
had six lines of hose laid and water
deluging the burning building
The fire originated in clothes
closet and had gained much head
way before being discovered.
The fire, but for the prompt ac-
ton of the department, might have
proven a very disastrous one as the
building was located in the closely
built block of two story wooden
structures and hard to get at.
Monday morning, another fire of
a similar character was discovered
In the bed clothing in one of the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-05-14

upper rooms in the J. Lampi build
ing on First Avenue. No alarm
was turned in. Just before the fire
was discovered small boy was
seen leaving the room and it is the
opinion of the authorities that he
was responsible for both of the
fires. The boy is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Jos. Muhvich and is with
out doubt an incorrigble. He is
rather a bright boy of about 9 years
but all his brightness runs to mis-
chief. Tuesday night he broke in
to a room at the Northern Hotel and
distracted watch and other Jew
elry.
Steps have been taken to have
the boy sent to the institution for
incorrigbles at Red Wing and the
matter is now up before the juvenile
court. His parents claim they can
do nothing with him and are will
ing to have the state take him in
charge.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-05-14
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
SCHOOL BOARD
DISTRICT NO. Il.
Ely, Mimi, May 8, 1909.

lay NNluu.y way u, 1IOIs
Regular meeting of school board
called to order by the Chairman,
members present being M. E. Glea-
son, 7. E. Miller, Chas. Trezona,
A. J. Thomas and Supt. Newberry.
Minutes of meetings of April 5
and 9, after some corrections made
were approved as read.
Communication from Supt. New
berry submitting list of supplies for
manual training department was
referred to committee on schools
for report.
Communication from Senior class
of High School for commencement
ball was referred to same commit
tee for action thereon.
A petition from patrons of White
Iron School relative to building
another room on school house and
for more teachers another year was
read and ordered filed.
A letter from G.. H. McComber
of Duluth, relative to work to be
done on High School grounds in
preparing same for setting out trees
was read and ordered filed.
A request from Supt. Newberry
for some supplies for use in com.
mencement, principally, was refer.
red to the clerk with instructions tc
order same.
A report from the Supervisor OF
Drawing with statement of Supt
Newberry which was read and or
dered filed.
Request of Junior class of High
School for use of Auditorium on
May 21st for party to Senior class,
was referred to committee on schools
with power to act.
The committee on schools made
report with reference to their action
in procuring speakers for the COM
mencement exercises and that they
had procured DR.. Clemens to speak
at the commencement to be held
June 10th and that Rev. Manly, OF
Ely, would give the Baccalaurste
Sermon on Sunday preceding COM
mencement day, and recommended
that board procure orchestra fo1
June 3 1909, for entertainment to
be given the High School Junior
the school.
The report was approved and the
matter left with the committee to
make further arrangements.
Action was taken on salary OF
Miss Galloway and it was voted
that she be given $500 per month
for the next school year, which
should include principalship Of The
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-05-14
DISAPPEARED
Superintendent of Section
30 Reported Lost

Some excitement was caused
Tuesday morning by the announce
ment from Section 80 that Andrew
Hotter, superintendent of the mine
had disappeared during the night
and could not be found. Geo. A.
St. Clair, who is working the mine,
at once took active steps to locate
the missing man and crews were
sent into the woods, all the old test
pits were examined and other mea-
sures taken.
1t seems that Hotter arose at
about 3 a. m. and dressed himself /.
Mr.. St. Clair, who was sleeping in
an adjoining room, called to him
and received the response that I
am going out" and thought no
more of it until morning when the
superintendent could not be located.
The search was continued all that
day and the next up to about noon
when word was received from Ho1-
ter at Tower saying he would be
back that evening. returned on
the evening train.
Hotter decided to visit friends in
Tower and failed to notify Mr.. St.
Clair or anyone connected with the
mine of his intention, He could
not be seen by a reporter since his
return and refuses to talk on the
subject to others. He left yester-
day for Virginia to attend a meet
ing of mining captains.
The occurance was strange one
but will no doubt be fully explained
by the gentleman in due time.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-05-14
HIGH SCHOOL

Mr.. Leavitt, of the Forest Re
serve, gave an interesting talk to
the pupils Monday morning in the
Auditorium. He gave a little OF
the history of northern Minnesota
and the object the nation has fo1
employing men for this work. His
jokes were we'll taken by all.
Monthly examinations were Civ,
en- for the last time last Friday
These were the last before the fin
ais A new rule was put into use
for the first time. After this month
ly tests will count ID of the month
ly report. Hitherto the tests have
counted only as a daily recitation.
Notice has been received from
the State University that all state
exams, which were to be given
Monday, May 31st, are to be taken
the Friday before owing to the fact
that May 31st is a legal holiday.
Miss Kellogg, former teacher OF
the eighth grade and now teaching
in Guthrie, Oklahoma, sent a box
of wild roses to her former pupils.
She also sent the names of her
pupils and asked that her former
pupils in Ely write to them.
The Botany class has finished
its text book. At present they are
classifying and pressing flowers.
Hours have been set for the use
of the reading tables now on the
second floor. Special permission
must be secured in order to obtain
this privilege at other than the
stated periods. The teacher in
charge will be at the service of
all students upon any topic. The
hours are from 1O:OO-11:3O a. m.
and 1:0O-2:45 p. m.
The Rixa Literary Society post
poned its regular meeting for an
other time. This was owing to
the fact that the auditorium is used
by those preparing for the public
program.
HELIA PALMGARD.
FLORENCE KURVINEN.
HARLEM Johnson.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-05-14
BASE BALL
Married Men and Single Men
to the Test

Providing the weather man has
no objections, Sunday afternoon
will witness one of the hardest
fought battles at the ball ground
ever pulled off on this diamond, the
bone of contention being the SUI
premacy of the married men over
the single men insofar as the Ma
tiona1 game is concerned.
The youngsters are quite chesty
and claim they will wallop deep
burrows into the grounds with their
married opponents and these on the
contrary assert that the single bunch
will be more of an invisible quantity
than at present, when the benedicts
get through with them. Consider
able money is being put up on the
result of the contest, one of the
single men whose name we will not
mention but whose initials are Ike
Cox, claims he will cover any
amount put up. Before venturing
your bank account, however, size
up the lineup of the two teams
which is as follows: