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Gilpin observer., 1909-11-18

giving dinners follow, but even among the
weiito.do colored people the chicken seems to
~. ne pieierred TO the turkey and not infrequent
iy the possum is preferred to both
thanksgiving time in Washington is still n
Deauti1ul season. The leaves on many of the
trees sui cling, and they retain their touch of
autumn color Roses are in bloom in many
sheitered places. and flowers of other kinds
are not lnfrequent in the "out-of- doors" In
1act' there Is only about one month Of the
washington year in which one cannot pick
some species OF flower in the open. In ordi-
nary seasons the last of the roses drop from
the stem about Christmas day.
On Connecticut avenue on Thanksgiving day
there is always parade" OF the notables of
the Official circles. Connecticut avenue is one
of the fashionable thoroughfares of the can
ital city. and on Sundays and holidays the side
walks are crowded with people, On Thanks.
giving day morning, II 1t is pleasant, one can
get fairly adequate knowledge of the winter
fashions from a stroll down the avenue. for
on that day the women of society nut on for
the first time their cold weather garb. The
Connecticut avenue parade" is a Washington
institution.
Just about week after THANKSGIVING con.
gress opens Most of the members stay at
home for the holiday, and thon comes the rush
to the capital The president halls Thanksgiy.
ing day as one OF rest frorn his message wri.
ting labor. A presidents message always ia
long and In some parts 1t is of necessity dull
Tor 1t must deal with things which confessed.
ly have no live interest excepting to the statis
tcian. President Taft is not as fond of writing
messages as was President Roosevelt, and II ia
entirely probable that there is real thanks.
giving In the present presidents heart over the
fact that on one day he has ample excuse to
drop his pen.
There are great many golf clubs in the
District OF Columbia. They play golf all win.
ter long In this latitude. and President Taft
never misses an opportunity to go out on the
links Thanksgiving afternoon every Washing.
tonian VINO can, and who knows how to play
the game. starts for the club house. The pres.
ident Is member of several golf clubs, but It
may be Of interest to the American people to
know that he seldom plays on the grounds Of
the club which is considered the most fashion.
able and exclusive In the country's capital.
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-18

man remembered it was Thanksg1v-
ing day, and the thought of all the
good things the folk at home were en-
joying increased the pangs OF hu.~
ger and thirst. In the forlorn hope
of finding water in some rocky crew
ice he started to explore the island,
and, much to his delight, found pool
of sweet, if tepid, water collected in
a hollow on the top of a rock which
he mounted in the hope of deserving
ship. Further on, hidden in the
coarse grass which the sea wind
combed over it, he stumbled on sea-
fowls nest full of eggs, and was also
birds with a well-aimed stone. Being
bit of dandy, he carried silver
match box, which had kept the
matches dry, so he was able to light
fire of dry grass and little sticks.
over which he cooked the seafowl. He
roasted the eggs in the hot embers,
and though of an oily flavor, they
were very palatable to hungry man.
Salt and pepper would have been a
great improvement to this Thanksgiv
ing dinner alone on rocky islet In
the lonely Indian ocean, but the sauce
of a healthy appetite made up fol
their absence. The next day, as the
shipwrecked sailor was finishing the
last of the roast eggs, a p. & o
steamer sighted his signal of distress
and sent boat to his rescue.
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-18

They grumble at board, they grumble in bee
From the soles of their feet to the crown c
their head.
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-18

him Men have been WORKING each Tor al, and
all for each When a botanist in Java made
putta nercha flow from a tree, and when Alex
ander Agassiz and the rest compelled the Lake
Superior mines to deliver their copper. some
hundreds of thousands of Gods children be-
tween them drew the copper into wire and
sheathed it with gutta percha and laid their
cable beneath the oceans. The children worked
with their FathSr, and the Father worked with
his children 1t is not one man who has done
this 1t is not a hundred men. 1t is the union
of the world 1t is this union of the children
with the Father, and the Father with the chill.
dren. The great victories have been the VIC
tories which you and have prayed for every
morning when we have wished that the Fa.
TIERS will may be done on earth just as 1t is
done in heaven. = .-
All for each, and each for all!-Edward Ev>
erett Hale. in Womans Home Companion.
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-18
Every
A Painless Death.

A teacher in the factory district of
a New Jersey town had been giving
the children earnest lectures upon the
poisonousness of dirt.
One morning a little girl raised her
hand excitedly and pointed to a boy
who seldom had clean hands.
Teacher" she said, look quick!
Jimmie's committin' suicide, He's
suckin' his thumb. Success Maga-
zine.
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-18
Thanksgiving of the World

Sixty years ago there was some
thing called world. in which some of
us were alive. 1t was a world of four
or five continents of jarring interests;
a world parted by three or four
oceans. If | wrote to my brother on
the other side of the world l might
expect an answer in six months. If in
the region where he lived the water
failed, or the winds did not blow, the
poor people there lay down and died
of famine The barns of Ohio might
be bursting. but the starving people
had to die.
But 60 years have changed all that.
All that has been changed because
cod has worked with his children,
and his children have worked with
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-18
Tasted Queer to Teddy.

Teddy, after having drink of plain
soda water, was asked how he liked
1t.
Not very WELL" he replied. 1T
tastes too much as though my foot
had gone asleep in my mouth. Sue
cess.
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-18
Another Discover,

"Hooray!" exclaimed the man who
had been hunting for it, II have dis
covered the pole"
Good" said the man who was with
him, now I'll get the bait and wen
go fishing"
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-18

Maybe Santa Claus will use an aero
plane this year.
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-18

there only as a child OF
adoption. When turkeys
were first introduced into
Europe it was called in
the language OF each
country the great bird"
The word great" had ref
erence only to the size Of
the species, but unques-
tionably another signifi-
canoe attached to 1t in
more modern times.
There are thousands
and thousands of govern
ment employees in Wash
ington who came to the
capital to work, from 9TH
er sections of the coun-
try. Every New England
employe who can, leaves
the city for the old home
a day or two before the
Thanksgiving holiday.
Th1 will tell you in Bos-
ton, that during the fall
holiday season, all roads
lead to that city, the great
distributing point for New
England. All the govern
ment employees are given
one month leave each
year. Many of them try to
so arrange things that the
Thanksgiving holiday will
be included in the vaca-
Ac1 season. Those of
them who cannot get
away, and who in early
life were taught to make
much of Thanksgiving. get
together in small com.
panies on the holiday to
dine. and they call the
dinners family affairs"
There are nearly 100000
colorcd people living in
Washington. With the
negro race Christmas Is
the great holiday of the
year. but Thanksgiving is
coming more and more to
be recognized by the race
members. Their churches
are open for service in the
morning. and the Thanks.
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-18

ROM Washington every
year goes forth a presi-
Dental proclamation call
ing on the people of the
United States to give
thanks on the last Thurs
day in November for the
blessings of prosperity
and progress, and if there
have been no prosperity
and progress, to give
thanks that things have
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-18

matters probably will be better in the
future.
While the capital is the headquar-
ters, so to speak. of these Thanksgiv-
ing proclamations, Thanksgiving day
itself is not one of the great holidays
of the year on the banks of the Po-
tomac, although it is recognized and
celebrated where recognition and cele-
bration are given it at all. in a man.
ner that does not hold in other sec.
tions of the country.
The foreigners connected with the
a rr,l
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LABOR NOTES.

The New York city street car en-
ployees, who have been unorganized FOR
years, are now being organized by the
amalgamated associations of street
and electrical railway employees.
The biennial convention OF the Brick
layers and Masons' International I'M
ion will be held In Boston In January.
Building trades department of the
American Federation of Labor will
hold its second annual convention at
TAMPA, Fla, the week of Oct. II.
The Oklahoma state court OF appeals
has rendered an opinion declaring that
the eight hour law of that state Is con-
stitutional.
The expenditures Of the Information
al Typographical union during the iast
fiscal wear were S16l.544.45.
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life of the toiler than today. A GER
tain class of employers not content
with the force of their own organiza-
ton is invoking the aid of the courts,
and upon us devolves the duty Of
maintaining and preserving such rights
as we now possess.
To gain the attention of the public
and to secure and fasten public senti-
ment we must give proof of mental
and moral worth. In the individual we
have that mental and moral force, but
1t stands for nothing In the person. We
must concentrate that power, and in
centralizing it in and through organi-
cation we are enabled to SO direct it
as to bring substantial results.
In an Industrial strife 1t is no longer
question of endurance. Our oppo-
nents resort to measures less eXpen-
sive avd productive of results.
The recent decision In the Gompers-
Mitchell-Morrison case plainly indi-
Gates that our opponents are using
their intelligence and organization to q
purpose.
They have made study of organi-
cation, the power and effect of cohe-
siveness and resultant effect of intelll-
gent direction of that organization in
dustrially and politically
The duty Of the wage Garner is to
organize. but that is not all. He must
carefully study the aims and objects of
that organization and assist in its In
| telligent direction, whether such action
be upon the industrial or political field.
| From whatever point his interest is
attacked, there he must be found, using
wisdom and judgment to resist any en-
croachment upon his rights.
The laborer in his organization is
| fighting for the rights of man. and
since the dawn Of day it has been a
long and bitter struggle, requiring
courage, fortitude and sacrifices to
reach our present status. When en-
gagged in an industrial conflict the men
of labor willingly and cheerfully make
such sacrifices as they believe will
contribute in achieving the desired
end.
| w uell lue COuulCI Is tAltllucu " Tue
political field by the captains of indus
try 1t is plainly and clearly the duty Of
the hour for the men of labor to arm
themselves with the ballot and direct
1t in manner that will bring victory
to organized labor.
1t is the duty of the hour for men
of labor to organize and prepare to
meet opponents on the industrial field
and clothe themselves with the robes
of citizenship to do battle in the po-
litical arena.
We should know the power of CO.
hesiveness at all times, industrially
and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Jones in Amer
| lean Federationist.
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In his annual report James o'Con-
nell. president of the International AS
ISOLATION Of Machinists, had the follow
ing to say of industrial education:
industrial schools and kindred es-
adjustments making claims OF ability
TO instruct the rising generation In all
the details necessary to fully equip a
practical machinist so that he can hold
his own and command the average pay
of a journeyman in less time and with
less practice than 1t is done In the
machine shop are claiming more than
can be accomplished. In theory their
claims may work out most satisfac-
torily. but when 1t comes TO prae'
teal test they are OF no greater value
than any other dilettante's dream"
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TAFT PRAISES UNIONS.
Condemns Employers Who Refuse to
Deal With Organized Labor.


President Taft In his recent speech
1t Chicago paid organized labor the
highest compliment If he were a
workman he would deem 1t wise to
belong to the union Of his craft. he
declared He remarked that the coun'
try owed much to organized labor's
opposition to socialism In this country.
saying on that point, In part:
II need not point out the deplorable
results In this country II trades union
ism became a synonym for socialism.
Those who are now In active control,
the Federation of Labor and all the
great railroad organizations, have set
their faces like flint against the propa
gandism Of socialistic principles. They
are In favor Of the rights Of property
and Of our present institutions. modi-
fed by such remedial legislation as to
put workingmen on an equality with
their opponents In trade controver-
sizes and trade contracts and to stamp
out the monopoly and the corporate
abuses which are an outgrowth of our
present system unaccompanied by
proper limitation.
II think all Of us who are in favor
Of the maintenance Of our present in
situations should recognize this battle
which has been carried on by the con-
sentative and influential members Of
trades unionism and willingly give
credit to these men as the champions
of a cause which should command our
sympathy. respect and support"
Other important statements made by
President Taft were:
He proposes to recommend to con-
gress legislation looking to a proper
definition of the cases In which pre-
lminary injunctions might issue with
out notice and defining the proper pro
cedure in such matters.
He believes the employer who de-
clines to deal with organized labor and
to recognize 1t as proper element in
the settlement Of wage controversies
Is behind the times.
There is not the slightest doubt that
IL labor had remained unorganized
wages would be very much lower
He regards the organization of labor
as one of the strong factors contrib
uting to the high standard Of living
among American laborers.
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BERLIN'S LABOR BUREAU.
A Municipal Institution That Has
Proved a Help to Workers

A Municipal Institution That Has
Proved Help to Workers.
Germany, Of all countries seems to
have gone forward halfway 10 meet
the problem Of the unemployed" In
1907, through the Berlin Labor Tx.
change, l5S.O9S applicants for positions
at the exchange brought ll99lj en-
| ployers to that place seeking help aud
finding places for 9J.G1S Of these ap.
pllcants.
II the applicant for registration were
a member of a trades uni,n. no fee for
registration was exacted. his union
paying lump sum Of 5000 for its
membership. If he were not union
list, his fee was . cents for rrgistra-
ton.
The exchange occupies a huge four
story building in the eastern part of
the city, with current annual expenses
Of $4,000 Fifteen thousand dollars Of
this sum is contributed hy the city.
The remainder Is supplied through
trades unions contributions ANA by the
fees paid In by applicants
The chief feature of the exchange
building is the great assembly hail. ar
ranged with comfortable benches.
where unskilled men. waiting for the
call of employers may assemble in
comfort. Having his registration
ticket, the applicant may have free use
of the hall. and for the period of three
months its cheap canteen, its cheap
baths and cheap bootmaking and tailor
ing shops are available at nominal
prices.
Agencies for the skilled workmen are
conducted by their respective trades
unions. Workmen securing employ
ment have paid only the three months
initial fee Of ; cents. while the en-
ployer securing help pays nothing.
Altogether there are three general
divisions of the unemployed as con-
gregated I'm the exchange-the unskill-
ed men. the skilled workmen and the
women applicants. Positions are Of
fered the unemployed along the line of
strict precedence. Only those present
when the employer calls are consider
ed At the same time preference IS
given the married men over those that
are unmarried.
The German capital considers the
municipal venture success, as not
only Berlin employers, but employers
from the provinces, have been making
free use of the institution
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NO.
SUMMONS.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON, IN
AND FOR THE COUNTY

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON, IN
AND FOR THE COUNTY
OF SNOHOMISH.
+. E. Anderson, Plaintiff, VS.. Tom Han
sen and Jane Doe Hansen Whose true
Christian name is to plaintiff un-
known, his wife, Defendants
The State of Washington, to the said
Tom Hansen and Jane Doe Hansen
Whose true Christian name is to
plaintiff, unknown), his wife, the
above named defendants:
You ar hereby summoned to appear
within sixty 1907 days after the date
of the first publication of this sum
mons, towit: Within sixty 1907 days
after the 22nd day of October 1909, and
defend the above entitled action in the
above entitled court, and answer the
complaint of the plaintiff and serve u
copy of your answer upon the under
signed attorneys for plaintiff, at their
office below stated; and in case of your
failure so to do judgment will be rem
dered against you, according to the de-
mand of the complaint which has been
filed with the clerk of said court
The above entitled action has been
commenced to obtain a money Judgment
against said defendants and each of
them, and to enforce such judgment
against the following described real
estate, situated in the County of Sno-
homish State of Washington, to-wit:
The Northwest quarter N. w. ~ of
Section thirteen (l3), Township thirty
two 1927 north, of Range four a. east
of the Willamette Meridian, which said
real estate was attached by plaintiff
at the time of the commencement of
said ACTON
BELL, ANDERSON & NicLAREN,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Office and Postoffice Address, Everett,
Snohomish County, Washington.
Date of first publication October 22d,
1909 az
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WORLD LABOR CONGRESS.
international Meeting to Discuss In
dustrial Problems Proposed.


An industrial congress In which all
the nations of the earth interested In
labor will be invited 10 take part Is
one of the propositions that will be
laid before the National Civic fedora
ton at its annual meeting Nov. Is.
Ralph NJ. Easley, chairman of the ex-
ecutive council of the federation. who
has been abroad. says he questioned
many foreign government officials ana
labor leaders on the idea OF the con
gress and found a general sentiment
that great good would result from sue b
a gathering.
81 am confident" he added, that
every foreign nation will join heartily
in the idea and that 1t Is possible to
bring together the worlds most expert
labor and Industrial statisticians. !
shall report my findings to the Ma
tional Civic federation and urge the
federation to get behind the project
and arrange the congress"
One of the questions. 1t is thought,
that Justly could be brought before
such a congress would be the sugges-
ton of John Burns, the English labor
leader. that working hours should be
internationally adjusted. inasmuch as
the labor of every nation Is In compe-
tition with that Of every other nation.
From an educational viewpoint Easley
believes the idea would benefit Amer
ica. Among the topics that probably
would be considered he mentioned ad-
yanced methods Of Cancellation and ar
bitratlon. trade agreements. shorter
hours. employers liability. old age pen
sions. employment bureaus and prop
lens involving women aud children
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON IN
AND FOR THE COUNTY
OF SNOHOMISH


In the matter of the estate of Robert
Davis, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed, E. c. Baker, executor of the es-
tate of Robert Davis, deceased, to the
creditors and all persons having claims
against said deceased to exhibit them
with the necessary vouchers within one
year after the first publication of this
notice, to said executor at the office
of Noah Shakespeare, Rooms 10 and 20,
Diefenbacher Building, Everett, Wash
ington, the same being the place for the
transaction of the business of said es-
tate.
Dated this 18th day of November,
1909.
f. C. BAKER,
Executor.
NOAH SHAKESPEARE,
Attorney for Estate
Rooms 1920 Diefenbacher Bldg, Ever
EFT, Washington.
Date of first publication November
10, 1909
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TRIAL BY JURY.
Workers Demand Rights Accorded to
Lowest of Criminals.

Workers Demand Rights Accorded to
Lowest of Criminals.
In his Labor day manifesto John
Mitchell, second vice president of the
American Federation of Labor made a
telling point when he said:
While the abuse of the writ of in
junction did not originate within the
last decade, yet 1t is safe TO say that
the wrongful use Of what was primari-
ly Il beneficent and necessary legal
process has become acute within the
last ten years, and perhaps no action
has caused such universal protest as
the injunction issued by Justice Gould
and the decision rendered by Justice
Wright.
The question of whether or not the
defendants shall be required to serve
terms of Imprisonment sinks into tn-
significance when compared with the
principles of constitutional government
and human freedom which are involv-
ed And it is no reflection upon the
judiciary to say that workingmen will
not cease their agitation or abate their
demands until trial by jury for every
defense which involves imprisonment
shall have been established and recog-
nized as the only true principle of free
government and the real guarantee Of
the impartial administration of justice.
The reasons assigned by those who
oppose trial by jury in contempt cases
will fail to convince workingmen, who
are the greatest sufferers from impris-
onment in such cases, that trial by
jury is not essential to the proper ad-
ministration of justice when they OBJ
serve daily men guilty of the most afro
cious crimes known in criminal juris-
prudence enjoying the constitutional
guarantee OF trial by jury.
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No
SUMMONS.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON, IN
AND FOR THE COUNTY
OF SNOHONlISH.

j. S. Edmunds, Plaintiff, vs.. Laura NJ
Edmunds, Defendant.
The State of Washington, to the above
named defendant, Laura NJ. Edmunds:
You are hereby summoned to appear
within Sixty (60) days after the date
of the first publication of this Sum
mons, towit Within Sixty 1907 days
after the 10Th day of October, 1909, and
defend the above entitled action in the
above entitled court, and answer the
complaint of the plaintiff herein and
serve a copy of your answer upon the
undersigned attorneys for plaintiff, at
their office below stated, and in case of
your failure so to do judgment will be
rendered against you according to the
demand of the amended complaint,
which has been filed with the clerk of
the said court.
The object of this action is to obtain
an absolute divorce, on the grounds of
cruel and inhuman treatment, and
abandonment for more than one year
last past.
FAUSSETT & SMITH,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Office and P. o. Address No. 2O6-7
Stokes Bldg, Everett, Washington.
Date of first publication October 29,
1909. Ut
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Seaman Aid Lake Strikers

The members of the international
Seamen's union have voted an assess
ment which will aggregate $4,000 to
assist the sailors on the great lakes
who have been on strike against the
Vessel Owners association for several
months. The Vessel Owners associa-
ton controls about one-half the boats
ON the lakes and have endeavored to
establish a record book system among
.he men. The headquarters of the In
ternational SeameD's uT;S2 are In BcS
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