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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-05

In the February number Of The North
American Review, Max Eastman en-
deavors to show Why English does
not Simplify her Spelling" Against the
economies of time, Of paper, of ink, etc.
by which simplifed spelling is recon-
mended by its advocates, Mr.. Eastman
arrays certain other considerations per-
tanning to written English which Is his
judgement, are of no little Importance.
The dead uniformity for which the sim
plifiers plead would be a sorry substi-
tute for the beauty in variety which
many find in English as 1t il now spelled;
while the adoption of the recommends
alton Of the simplifers, as Mr. East.
man shows by certain instances, would
not remove the bugbear Of exceptions.
To many lovers Of literature, the appear
anee of the written or printed word Is
just as important as its sound, and Mr.
Eastman quotes Robert Louis Steven.
son and others in testimony to the val
ne they placed even upon silent and
apparently useless letteds, He says:
"A man OF letters, essaying to write
gruesome poetry, who should leave the
h out of ghost and aghastly and ghost
w. and the W out Of wrath and change
the re of spectre to an er would be q
fool. He would deservedly die Of star
walton. A ghost without an h Is little
better, for the purpose of poetry, than,
goat The not only is connected
by custom with the breathless and Wis
ionary moment, but for obvious rea-
sons it ought to be. The word ghost is
,,at ~ rrasant aaanciafad With .,net on1
most and roast and toast, and host
Of daylight experiences, and it ii es-
sential to the literary art that it should
not become So 1t is with one or two
Others, word by itself-a strange word,
essentially unpronounced, unmuseular-
lied, supernatural"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-05
Roosevelt In Pastry.

The woman who makes her own GIN
gereakes has at some time or other
taken pride In the clever shapes In
which she turned them out as men,
women, dolls and animals. 1t is most
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-05
SOUTH DAKOTA RATE HELD UP.
Two-cent Act Enioined by the Federal
Court.

Sioux Falls. s. d., Feb. 5.-Judge John
K. Garland, in the United Staets district
court, has granted restraining order
preventing the two-cent passenger rate
law, signed by the governor Wednesday,
from going into effect pending hearing
before him on March for a temporary
injunction. The order was granted at
the instance of the various railroads in
South Dakota. The bill, as finally passed
by the legislature on Tuesday. contained
an emergency clause, making it effective
Immediately.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-05

A professor of the University Of Der.
lin believes that the Alps have been
moved twenty miles south from their
original location and carved into then
present form by glacial action.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-05

The choicest. best favored and purest
tea grown in the world is used IN @Sa-
lada.v A teapot test will convince you.
Ask your grocer for Toe trial packet.
Gilpin observer., 1909-07-29

Marion laughed well. do you think
you can find the way down there for
u.s."
Il can find any way anywhere within
100 miles of here"
On the Goth o. June McCloud did
have something of an army of men in
the Crawling Stone valley. OF these,
$50 were in the vicinity of the bridge,
the abutments and piers of which
were being put in just below the Dun
ming ranch. Near at hand Bill Dan
cling. with a big gang. had been for
some time watching the ice and dyna-
hitting the jams. McCloud brought in
more men as the river continued to
rise. The danger line on the gauges
was at length submerged. and for
three days the mainline construction
camps had been robbed of men to
guard the soft grades above and be-
low the bridge. The new track up
and down the valley had become a
highway OF escape from the food. and
the track patrols were met at every
| curve by cattle, horses. deer, wolves
and coyotes fleeing from the waste
of waters.
Through the Dunning ranch the
Crawling Stone river makes far
bend across the valley to the north
and east. The extraordinary volume
of water now pouring through the Box
canyon exposed 10000 acres of the
ranch to the caprice of the river. and
If ut the point of its tremendous sweep
to the north It should cut back into its
old channel the change would wipe
the entire body Of ranch alfalfa lands
off the face Of the valley. With the
heat of the lengthening June days a
vast steam rose from the chill waters
OF the river. marking in ominous wind
ings the channel of the main stream
through a yellow sea which. ignoring
the usual landmarks OF trees and
dunes, fanked the current broadly on
either side. Late in the afternoon of
the day that Dicksie with Marion
sought McCloud, storm drifted down
the Topaz Topaz hills, and heavy
showers broke across the valley.
At nightfall the rain had passed and
the mist lifted from the river. Above
the bluffs rolling patches Of cloud OBJ.
Gilpin observer., 1909-07-29

sorry we have disturbed you." She
looked careworn and little forlorn,
yet but a little considering the strug-
gle she and Dicksie had made to reach
the camp.
Light blazed from the campfire,
where Dicksie stood talking with DAN
cling about horses.
They are in desperate straits up at
the ranch" Marion went on. when Nc
Cloud had assured her of her welcome.
Il don't see how they can save it. The
river is starting to flow into the old
channel and there's a big pond right
in the alfalfa fields"
1T will play the deuce with things
II 1t gets through there" mused Nc
Cloud. Il wonder how the river is I?
I've been asleep. o Bill!' he called
to Dancing. what water have you
! got?"
"Twenty-eight six just now, sir.
She's arising very slow. Mr.. McCloud."
so l am responsible for this in
vasion," continued Marion, calmly.
I've been up with Dicksie at the
ranch. she sent for me- Just think of
it-HO WOMAN Dut OIQ russ WITHIN ten
miles of the poor child And they
have been trying everywhere to get
bags. and you have all tic bags, and
the men have been buzzing around
over there for week like humble
bees and doing just about as much
good. She and l talked it all over this
afternoon. and | told her | was COM
ing over here to see you, and we
started out together-and merciful
goodness, such time as we have
had"
But you started out together;
where did you leave herr"
There she stands the other side Of
the fire. o Dicksie!"
Why did you not tell me she was
here!" exclaimed McCloud.
Dicksie came into the light as he
hastened over. II she was uncertain
In manner, he was not He met her.
laughing just enough to relieve the
tension OF which both for an instant
were conscious. She gave him her
hand when he put his out. though he
felt that 1t trembled little. Such a
ride as you have had! Why did you
Gilpin observer., 1909-07-29

scured the face of the moon, but the
distant thunder had ceased, and at
midnight the valley near the bridge
lay in stiffness broken only by the
hoarse calls of the patrols and far-off
megaphones. From the bridge camp,
which lay on high ground near the
grade, the distant lamps of the track
walkers could be seen moving dimly.
Before the campfire in front of Nc
Clouds tent a group of men, smoking
and talking, sat or lay sprawled on
tarpaulins, drying themselves after the
long day. Among them were the
weather-beaten remnants of the old
guard of the mountain workers, men
who had fought the Spider Water
with Glover. Bill Dancing, huge, lum-
bering, awkward as a bear and as
shifty, was talking, because with no
apparent effort he could talk all night,
and was a valuable man at keeping
the camp awake. Bill Dancing talked
and, after Sinclairs name had been
dropped from the roll, ate and drank
more than any two men on the di-
vision. A little apart, McCloud lay
on leather caboose cushion trying to
get nap.
The man sent to the bridge had
turned back, and behind his lantern
Dancing heard the tread of horses. He
stood at one side of the campfire
while the visitors rode up; they were
women. Dancing stood dumb as they
advanced into the freight. The one
ahead spoke: ''Mr. Dancing, don't
you know me?" AS she stopped her
horse the light of the fire struck her
face. why, Mis- Sinclair"
Yes, and Miss Dunning is with
me-" returned Marion. Bill staggered.
This is an awful place to get to; we
have been nearly drowned, and we
want to see Mr.. McCloud."
McCloud, reused by Marion's voice,
came forward. You were asleep"
said she as he greeted her. Il am so
Gilpin observer., 1909-07-29
CHAPTER XVIII.
At the Dixie.

At the Dike.
Marion caught her closely to her
heart. Il knew you would go If 1 got
you angry, dear. But you are so slow
to anger. Mr.. McCloud is just the
same way. Mr.. Smith says when he
does get angry he can do anything.
He is very like you in SO many ways"
Dicksie was wiping her eyes. "Is
he, Marion? Well, what shall 1 wear?"
Just your riding-clothes, dear, and
a smile. He won't know what you have
on. 1t is you he will want to see But
I've been thinking of something else.
What will your Cousin Lance say?
Suppose he should object?"
Object! 1 should like to see him
object after losing the fight himself"
Gilpin observer., 1909-07-29
CHAPTER XVII.
Tho Crawling Stone Rise.

So sudden was the onset OF the river
that the trained riders of the big
ranch we're taken completely aback.
and hundreds OF head of Dunning cat.
tie were swept away before they could
be removed to points OF safety. Fresh
alarms came with every hour Of the
day and night. and the telephones up
and down the valley rang necessarily
with appeals from neighbor to neigh.
Dor. Lance Dunning. calling out the
reserves of his vocabulary. swore ire.
mendously and directed the operations
against tho river. These seemed. In.
Gilpin observer., 1909-07-29

on rocked in patience; she was re.
solved to let Dicksie fight it out her.
self
When Dicksie came down, Marion
stood at the foot of the stairs. The
young mistress of Crawling Stone
ranch descended step by step very
slowly. Marion" she said. simply, Il
will go with you"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-02-24
NEW THEORY IN
BREEZE CASE
QUARREL over MONEY MATTERS
Complicated Mass of Evidence Fur
nishes No Clue-New Develop
mentS,

Later developments in the Breeze
murder mystery dispel the theory
prevailing at the time of the crime,
that the accountant was murdered
in fit of jealousy over the German
woman, his companion. but was
struck over the head during a quar-
rel over the money settlement of
bills contracted during tho two days
debauch which ended in the tragedy.
The time or the place, the weapon or
the murderer are matter of con-
lecture with the authorities. The
supposition is also advanced that
Breeze's death was accidental homi-
eide.
Despite the findings of the autopsy
and the coroner's inquest, there are
many people interested in the case
who still strongly adhere to the sui
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-02-24
DRY FARMING CONGRESS.
Delegates and Speakers From All
Over the World.

CHEYENNE, Feb. 23.-The third
Trans-Missouri Dry Farming congress
opened three day session here to-
day with more than 600 delegates
present and hundreds of others to
come yater. Welcome addresses were
made by Governor Brooks and Mayor
Cook, Samuel Lee, South Dakota. re-
spending in behalf of the delegates.
The afternoon session was taken up
by roll call of the states and num-
Der of short addresses. Tonight the
principal speaker was Senator ]. H.
McColl of Australia, who spoke on
dry farming in Australia. Other
speakers included Senior l.. b. Neves,
Brazil, Dr. w. H. Mcdonald, South
Africa, and w. H. Fairchild, Canada.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-02-24

arrangements for handling fruit of
the present season. He enclosed a
money order to cover the cost of a
box to be sent by express as sam
pie.
President w. n. Irish of the Hor-
ticultural union says that the foreign
market for Yakima fruit promises to
take much of the apple crop each
season. The Yakima Horticultural
union shipped II carloads to Liver
pool during the past year and in ad-
dition. nearly every commission deal
err and evry horticultural organiza-
ton of the valley made shipments of
from one to five cars. Richey & Gill
bert at Toppenish made some large
shipments to London.
Through the opening of the En-
glish markets to Washington fruit,
the fruit men anticipate that other
countries will demand the Yakima
apples. Some shipments have al
ready been made to Germany and to
France. The Belgium market is an
entirely new one.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-02-24
ASK SERVICE
FOR NEW CANAL
NIIITAS MEN WAN WAFER
Committee of Ellcnsburg Business.
Men Confer With Reclamation
Service.

\ committee of E1lensburg husi-
ness men and farmers, representing
the interests of the high line canal
project in Kittitas county, conferred
with Engineers Swigert and William
son of the reclamation service in this
city Tuesday afternoon. The purpose
of the conference was to enable the
Kittitas people to come in touch with
the reclamation service, and evertu-
ally to secure the release of waters
in the Cascades Off the fulfiTlment If
the high line canal--a long cherish
ed irrigation dream in Kittitas coun-
ty. Nothing definite was decided
upon as result of the meeting.
The committee was composed of
B. F. Reed, president of the High
Line Canal Co., a recently organized
stock company founded for the pur.
pose of building the high line canal,
P. B. Schnebley, c. S. Palmer, e. H.
Snowden and r. T. Jones, all prom
inent business men and property
holders of Ellensburg. Attorneys A.
l.. Slemmons and c. r. Hovey accom-
panied the party as legal advisors.
The reclamation service promised
the committee their support and CO.
Operation in the securing of the high
| line project The committee claim
to have financial backing for the
building of the ditch, the only stumb-
ling block being the water question.
The proposition is backed by the
farmers and business men of EIlens-
burg and Kittitas county. Other con-
ferences on the same matter will be
held shortly. The completion of the
high line ditch will mean the reclaim
| ing of thousands OF acres of arid
land in Kittitas county, lying be-
tween Ellensburg and the Columbia
river, and traversed by the Milwau-
kee and Puget Sound railroad. The
scheme has been before Kittitas coun-
! ty people for years but never received
substantial and harmonious back
ing until recently.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-02-24
TURTLE LOCKET
IS K|TT|TAS NUGGET
PURCHASED BY CHARLES S, FELL
Was Discovered i'm Placer Digging
and Nodded by New York jewelers.
Into Beautiful LOcket.

Charles S. Fell of the Gle Elum
Echo has purchased an interesting
gold locket in the shape of turtle,
which has been on display in the win
dow of D. N. Keene. This nugget
has a history that is of interest to
Yakima because it was dug up in a
placer claim in which local men are
interested, located in Kittitas county,
near Gle Elum.
1t was sent to Tiffany & Co. of
New York and fashioned into a lock-
ct of almost perfect natural diamond
back turtle symmetry.
That successful placer mining is
being prosecuted in the Swauk min
ing district, in Kittitas county, IA
miles north of Gle Elum, may be
news to number, yet such is the case
and for the past several years this
district has been steady and relia-
BILE producer of the precious metal.
At least four placer claims have been
worked every season while water was
available and all have added to the
world supply of gold at good profit
to the owners of the claims. One of
North Yakima's successful business
men could tell of "easy money" TAX
en- from this district were he so in
clined, but he has reasons for keep
ing his investment quiet; at least for
the present.
Several pounds of nuggets now in
a bank in Kittitas county, valued at
more than their weight in gold coin
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-02-24
MAYOR HAS
A BIG TASK
MUST sign MS full NAME
Regrets Filing Nomination Declare
ton With signature "fhiIlip
NJ. Armbruster."

Mayor Armbruster faces reSretfully
today big task of signing his name
9G7 times to that number of district
paving bonds. He is not Directing
to the signing of the bonds, but he
is facing the proposition of signing
his full name, "Phillip NJ. Armbrus-
ter" each time. In other words he
will be required to form 7,40G let
ters.
The chief reason for the mayors
regret is that he could have avoided
a whole lot OF the work by placing a
condensed signature on his nomina-
ton declaration filed with City Clerk
Brooker last fall. Had he made il
"P NJ. Armbruster, he would have
saved the formation of 6002 letters.
But the sample of work that is to
be done on the bonds is nothing in
comparison with the task of signing
hundreds of city warrants each month
and affixing his signature to dozens
of ordinances. Each signature must
conform to the original on file in the
nomination declaration.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-02-24
NEW CAPITOL BILL PASSED
Now Up To Scmtc-Ovcr u Hundred
Bills Introduced Today.

OLYMPIA, Feb. ga house bill
providing for the appointment of a
commission to sell the capitol land
grant to pay off the Indebtedness and
use the surplus to erect a million dol
lar capitol. passed the house this afr
ternoon. The senate killed the bill
prohibiting the feeding OF water fowl
on lands not open to the public. The
senate passed the house bill creating
a police pension relief fund.
A similar bill for the benefit of
firemen was passed by the senate to-
day but has not yet passed. the house.
A hundred and ten bills were intro
duced today They include meas
ure providing for prohibition; the re-
peal of the anti-cigarettc law; the
repeal of the Sunday closing law; the
pensioning of retired supreme JUS
tees.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-02-24
JACK BUf III,
BOER, |ElTR|OT
TO HAVE BECOMING BURIAL
\ Friend of Dom Paui Kruger Spent
All to Help CountIymen-NIany
Years a Yakiman.

In the death of Jack Busch, who
passed away at ST. Elizabeth's hos
pital Tuesday. Yakima has lost one
of its most interesting and pictur-
esque characters.
Jack was called the Boer" by
those who knew him best. a sobri-
quet arising from his being native
of South Africa and a member of that
we'll known and historic race which
was so CALAMITY led by Dom Paul
Kruger during the recent hostilities
with England.
Jack was a friend of Dom Paul's,
the two being brought up together
and when young men they belonged
to the same company and fought side
by side. Later Jack came to Ameri-
ca and was known up and down the
coast, a longshoreman by occupation
and good fellow to meet. During
his career in Portland and Astoria
he rescued a young man from
drowning. The boys father offered
to recompense him for his heroism,
kept in touch with him, and later
when an accident befell him. the
father came forward and paid his
hospital expenses, thereby clearing
up the debt of gratitude.
Several years ago Jack came to
Yakima and engaged in the sheep in
dustry and has worked for almost
every sheep man in the valley For
tune favored him to some extent after
he came to America and he managed
to save about $500, which amount
stood to his credit when the Boer
war broke out.
Loyal and faithful to the core, he
drew every cent out of the bank and
sent it to his struggling countrymen
in South Africa. This disposition of
his rainy day pittance left him a
pauper again and since that time he
was unable to. recoup his fortune.
During the winter he became i'll and
was sent to the hospital, where he
died yesterday.
His friends, remembering his 10y
atty to others, Immediately started
a purse and yesterday enough funds
were secured to pay for a proper fun
eral and a becoming burial. Thus,
strangely intermingled with loyalty
and tragedy, closes the life story OF
humble man and today from the
chapel of A. J. Shaw & Sons the re-
mains will be carried to their final
resting place.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-02-24
ASKS JONES' HELP.
Ahtanum Ranchcrs on Reservation
Land Need Water This Year.

Ahtanum valley ranchers who are
walton. under the canal started to re-
place the old ditch, have decided to
petition Congressman Jones for as
sistance in securing the immediate
completion of the canal. Money that
was to have been used in finishing
this canal, it is said. has been held
back and unless some rush orders
are issued there will be no water for
the new canal having destroyed the
old.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-02-24

HONOLULU, Feb. 23.-Uurging
Japanese plantation laborers to strike
for higher wages and, if necessary,
appeal to their government for war
ships to back up their demands, Shin
bun. Japanese newspaper publish
ed at Hilo, proposes as last resort
that Japanese leave Hawaii If their
demands are not complied with. Shin
bun is supported by Nippu, news
paper published here.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-02-24
PERJURY CASE BEGUN.
In Sensational Gould Divorce Pro-
cccdings.

NEW YORK, Feb. 90 Charged
with attempted subordination of per
jury in the Gould divorce ease Mrs.
Margaret Teal, wife of Ben Teal, the
atrical producer, was placed on trial
today. Mrs. Teal was indicted with
Mrs. Julia Fleming and Harry s.
Mousely, a private detective, on the
allegation that they attempted 20
bride Mabel McCauslan TO give per-
jured testimony against Frank J.
Gould.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-02-24
GAVE HER LOVE.
Hetty Green's Characteristic We'd
ding Gift to Daughter.

YOUNGSTOWN, n. J., Feb. 81
When asked if she had given her
daughter, Sylvia. who was married
today Matthew Astor Wilkes, a we'd
ding present. Mrs. Hetty Green would
not state definitely.
81 gave her my love" she said,
land when die she will have great
deal more from me-
Mrs. Green appeared in the best of
spirits at the ceremony. When ask
ed if she approved the marriage, she
said: 81 am happy because my
daughter is happy
Mr. and Mrs. Wilkes left on a bril-
dial tour, presumably to Gait, Ontario,
whence the first rumor of their en-
gagement came.