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Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-31
Signal Corps Asks for 100000

Brig. Gen. James Allen, chief signal
officer, with Major George o. Squier
and Lieut.. Lahm of the signal corps,
appeared before the subcommittee on
Notifications of the house committee
on military affairs recently and asked
for half million dollar appropriation
to continue the aeronautical work in
the army.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-31
Six CO. School Teachers from
Los Angeles County

Three from the city Of Los Angeles and three fror
the county at large outside the cty-sx in all from
Los Angeles county.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-31

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01
By James Montgomery Flase

Who shall l say sir? asked the gorgeous flunkv
waving our two friends toward green and gold re
Ception ROOM
Ask the dear people to come down and see a lady
and gentleman who are interested in the1n-that 5 a
good telloWl answered Pinch, forgetting his usual
modest manner In the garngly expensive surround
lnSS that met ms ObSerVant
When the servant had gone Mrs. Pinch said in an
almost sobbins falsetto, Do look James dear
These tapestries and marbles and-and that gold
grandfather clock Oh it's too bad that people can
come to such things in civilized country They
must be heartrendingly RICH I'm thankful we
are by the mercy of Providence position to sue
cor such as these And the good woman dropped
large tear on CRIMSON prayer rug.
Well these peoples lives not ALWAYS SO.
There were other and brighter DAYS have no doubt
believe our secretary mentioned that their wealth
was sudden blow, said Pinch patting one ear with
the corner of a gilt piano feelingv 'Sh
Here they GOMEZ,
portly man, his wife and two children came
toward them through the hall
Whom have we the pleasure" began the lady
IN the society manner.
Tut, tut, madam, forget all that sort of thing
kindly interpoSed Pinch, reasSuringv taking the
lady 5 hand IN both his own. We are friends who
have come to help YOU from all that
With easy benevolence he and his wife proceeded
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01
S l. u M MING ON FIFTH

Mn Your shawl close about Your neck Emmie;
Il its cold outside. Come along There's
q very urgent list tonight. Pinch
was the leading spirit of the First Aid to the Rich
Society, and he and his good wife were of
their charitable errands this winter evening.
They were Enthusiastically poor. one could see by
the dingness of the doorway they emerged from
the street down in the lowest part of the city.
They had no false sense of pride in their poverty.
They had accepted the fact with becoming modesty,
and on very occasions indeed did they fiaunt it
in the faces of those less Fortunate but made it
their lfeWork relieve all those it in their power
to help. their mission being seek out the worthy
do matter into what depth of elegance and
luxury their beneilcent Wanderings led them. No.
Strenuous Reader, Mr.. and Mrs. Pinch not
crooks or second story people please dsabuse Your
mind OF that conclusion at the start.
Without ever appealing to the protection of the
police, they had penetrated many of the distinctly
fashionable quarters of the town they were abso-
lutely fearless in their consciousness of we'll doing
Tonight, without compass chart. they were max
ing Their way up town through plutocrac rows to an
address on FlthaVe that the secretary of the society
had given Pinch. marked urgent"
As they climbed the broad steps of the mansion
Pinch touched his Wifes elbow and said Now nv
dear. know needn't caution YOU not to speak with
these people IN any way that would wound their
pride; for the extremely wealthy have a certain sort
of pride in their riches strange as it may seem even
as we more fortunate poor have in our poverty
There, the door is being opened
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01
Captain Hutchins' Experience

NEARLY every town, the world over, has its
- nambul1Stc tales. There is the tradition of
this story Is not well authenticated. Every village
seems to have its story. Such tales particularly
common among sailors, and one of them, told of an
old Greenwich Captain is worth repeating, though
1t might not bear scientific examination.
Captain Hutchins had been running fishing
boat out of the harbOr for years, and knew every
inch OF the course. He knew it we'll that nothing
under heaven would have tempted him To take his
boat out between Big and Little Captains Islands
especially at slack water. One night. though, he
came out of his little cottage by the shore rowed
out to his slOOp, made sail and worked down the har
Dor. There a stiff easter blowing that he had
to take reef His wife thought nothing of his going
for starts before daylight We're not unusual in the
family. She only noted that he went without his
usual cup of coffee.
The lightkeeper sail heading in toward the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01

to put the family at their ." You have been
recommended to our society, observed the Leading
Spirit as very worthy people and a sIance-rardon
me ii am seemingly brutal-at Your environs may
say would satisfy the most eXacting phianthropiSt
TO that. Might ask To what YOU attribute YOUR
er-unfOrtunate circumstances
1t was petroleum replied the Urgent Case SADLY
holding his wife'S jeweled hand in his
"Ah, YOU never can foresee such things" resumed
Pinch sympathetically, smoothing both the chill
dren S curlS at once.
YES, ours was happy life like yours. the Urgent
Case murrnured, with his head sunk his furrowed
walstcoat. Why, it's been getting worse and
worse. l can turn nowhere now without money
staring me in the face. spend and spend but still
1t comes pouring IN. II leads into such absurd
eNtravaganCeS.-l have at least nine platinum auto
mobiles, seven lockwood coaches and brakes a block
OF houses in Newport and my eldest son goes 10
Harvard Vale and Princeton alternately; charter
the entire Pomade line of steamers every summer for
myself and friends"
Good Heavens Emmie, was hardly prepared
for all this calculated the Mnistering Angel But
still do not despair it IS always darkest before din
ner-l mean dawn Dear. dear. to think that such
ableCt wealth"
Mrs. Pinch touched PinchS foot with her own
and whispered BE careful James; You're making
the children cry. Don't make it aRy harder for
them "
Yes, as ] was saving" Pinch went on with a
noble effort TO smile cheerily but with CHASTITY
Continued Page IS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01

they had retired, the father and mother were
vakened suddenly by footsteps. They seemed to
he in the front of their quarters, and We're not,
therefore, those of servant. SuppOSlng that bur
glars had entered his rooms the father rose, his
wife following him, protesting against the risk:
Together they went into the hallway and heard
distinctly the closing of a window They reached
the parlor just in time to head disappearing
over the balcony railing. This balcony was one OF
series projecting from all but the two lower floors,
and supported by wrought iron brackets that rested
on the lntelS of the lower windows.
They rushed into the bay window next to the
one that had been closed and the face of
their twelve year old boy. The father realized IN
stanty that he asleep. The mother cried out
to him; bat her husband stopped the cry, fear
ing that the boy would fall if awakened. In the
dim light they stood there he slipped down the
rail, twined his feet round the bracket beneath,
and with a quick movement got his hands on 1t.
Then he swung himself clear and dropped to the
balcony below. With the greatest ease and con-
tidence he would climb over the rail of one balcony
slip down the bracket and drop. And with every
appearance OF his face in the dim light they could see
that his eyes closed.
Suddenly it occurred TO the father that the bal
comics stopped the third floor and that the dis
tance TO the ground increased by deep cellar
way, us to light the basement. He rushed to the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01

rocks and saw how much ike EIutchins boat she
was especially in the rake of the tOpmast But the
verv similarity relieved him from worry. II Captain
Hutchins was in the boat. ne knew what he was
about The next time the lightkeeper looked the
boat was right between the islands IN the midst OF
dangerous rocks. He pressed his face hard against
the window expecting momentarily to see 1t shoot
upward on some treacherous crag. One thing was
sure it couldn't be Captain Ilutchlns. One other
thing equally certain, no boat could get through
there in safety, He held his breath waiting for the
inevitable But the boat drove through the short
angry chop through the seething waters OF the en-
trance and out into the sound without a scratch
It is said TO have been hour later. when on
South NOrwalk that Captain Hutchlns boat came
up suddenly into the wind and the boom went over
with bang Shortly it came back into the wind and
held there tossing the long roll. Perhaps II was
the angry crash of the SAIL perhaps the malnsheet
struck him sharply but IN any case Hutchlns woke
up He had no recollection of any part OF the sail
nor did he know for sometime where he was. but
day came soon and he managed to work back TO
Greenwich.
1t is possible to sail between the islands. Every
and again amateur yachtsnan gets through
Nobody who knew the harbOr would think OF u
but the story fails to INT the principles of sOmnan
buliSm. and would he better if Captain iutchlns
had followed the channel he always had before
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ewes We're invariably wide
open; but with the peculiar
CLASSY appearance that lndl-
Gated that he saw nothing.
These three, among the
comparatively rare instances
that have been thoroughly
studied and are we'll authen-
ticated, were remarkable
rather for mental than phys
zeal manifestations. In the
Investigations. which seem
to have required constant
watchers. every undue risk
or dangerous tendency was
checked. When awakened
the patients usually tainted,
especially if frightened, and
often went into COnVulSlOnS.
But the world is full of
accounts from trustworthy
sources of individual in
stances; less serious cases,
they might be called. There
are so many tales, from
creditable sources, of children
walking about, of startled
parents and hairbreadth eS-
capeS. that only one remark
able incident can be given.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR AUGUST l. l9os

elevator; but it had stopped
running. He tore down the
stairs. 1t was a sharp autumn
night, and the air was hlled
with frost. He reached the
bottom at last, tore out ON
to the sidewalk and looked
up. He had hoped 60 az
i've in time to call out to his
son before he swung OFT the
last balcony, in the hope of
waking him in a place of
safety. But already the boy
was over the rail. As before,
he slipped down with a con-
fidence that would have
been startling enough in a
trained circus performer. In
ones own child, it is inpOssi-
bic to describe the sensation.
FrantiCally the father
stretched out his arms to
catch the lad as he tel. But
the boy did not fall. Instead
he felt about the wall Cauti-
ouSly with his toes, until he
struck a niche in the stone,
then catching hold of a pro-
ieCting block above he be-
gan to climb slowly down the
side of the wall. Several
times when ne had let him
self down to his full length,
he was compelled to draw
himself up again for a new
try. When he was just above
his fathers reach. he half
turned; but. instead of top
ping over, as his father
feared, he leaped lightly to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01

the fence which his father Straining, and
from there to the ground. The father caught HIM
in the last leap, and the impact woke the boy.
Where l. dad?" he cried out and tainted
away. They took HIM up stairs and guarded him
carefully thereafter; but it took years of treatment
before he was allowed to sleep again unguarded.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01
Climbed Down the Side
of a House

A WELL known commits
"A sion merchant in New
York had moved his family
To town for the winter and
taken an apartment on the
seventh floor of a large up
town hotel. One night. after
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-09-09
ROBBED MAILS WHOLESALE.
Man and Woman Caught in Chicago
Head Big Gang.

Chicago, Sept. Tn the arrest of
Allen Posner, 26 years old, and a
young woman giving her name as Emil
ly Snyder, 20 years old, who are in Gus
tody at the Harrison street police sta
tion, Postoffice Inspector Stuart believ-
es he has part of gang of mail thieves
who have been operating in Chicago
and other cities. Two men are being
sought as accomplices of Posner and
the Synder girl in the theft of letters
and chashing of checks found in stolen
mail. Posner and man named Gray
and another man whose name is being
kept secret are said to be under indict-
ment in New York for a $1,000 theft
of jewelry. The Synder girl is said to
have come to Chicago with Posner four
months ago.
1t is charged that the Lair operated
by stealing letters from residence mail
boxes after delivery by letter carriers.
Posner is declared to have admitted
cashing number of stolen checks.
According to the postal authorities,
Posner and his associates stole $1,000
worth of jewelry and other valuables
which were brought to Chicago.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-09-09
WORRY HARTMAN LINES,
Santa Fe Will Put Fast Train on Run
to Coast.

Chicago, Sept. 4.-The management
of the Santa Fe railroad has about de-
cided to put into operation new fast
mail and express train to run between
Kansas City and Los Angeles, with a
view to capturing the bulk of the
Southern California mail.
This adds another speed war to that
recently declared by the Hill roads in
the mail. express and passenger traffic,
to the Pacific coast, affecting a differ
ent territory between the East and CAL
ifornia.
The entire Southern California mail
is involved in the move, and this is
said to bring about $3.50, 900 annual
revenue to the railroads. The Santa
Fe and Rock Island, in connection
with the Southern Pacific, now have,
this business about equally divided.
The bulk of this mail comes from
the ST. Louis gateway by the Missouri
Pacific. The reweighing period for all
the territory west of the Missouri river
and west of st. Paul begins next Feb
ruary and on this account every road
in that territory is urging the DISPOSE
tion of the mails for the yearly period
following the. 10 days weighing by the.
government. Formerly the Santa Fe
carried the bulk of the Southern Cali
fornia mail, but several years ago the
Missouri Pacific put on a fast train
which captured the mail out of st.
Louis and the Rock Island put on it's
Golden State Limited, which left Kan
sas City just after the arrival of the
Eastern mails. At that time the San
ia Fe was not in a position to change.
it's schedule to wait for the mails.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-09-09
WATER RIGHTS ACTED ON.
State Board Takes Up Work Assigned
by New State Law.

Salem-Applications for the determ-
ination of water rights on number of
Western and Southern Oregon streams
have been made to the state water
board, under the new water law passed
at the last session.
The Rogue river rights will be adju-
dicated, if an application filed recently
by A. B. Sayling and F. Y. Allen is
granted, which in all probability will
be done. This will be one of the |arg-
est projects of the kind in the state.
Petitions are also in for the determina-
tion of the rights on Applegate creek,
Little Butte creek, Althouse creek,
Quines creek and Williams creek.
All applications except those for the
Rogue river and Williams creek waters
have been favorably acted upon by the
board. The Little Butte probably will
be the first one taken up.
H. L. Holgate, superintendent of
district No. ! under the water law, has
resigned his position as cashier of
bank at Bonanza and will move to Kla-
math Falls, where he will devote all
his time to the business of the state.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-09-09
NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON
DITCH PLANS MADE.
Weston People Have Scheme to lrri-
gate $4,000 Acres.


gate 1900 Acres.
Weston-A project is under way for
the irrigation of $4,000 acres of pro-
ductive farm land tributary to Weston.
Leading Umatilla county capitalists
are interested in the enterprise, which
has been pronounced feasible in every
way by the examining engineers. Out
line maps are now being prepared by
j. M. Ashwcrth, local draughtsman.
1t is proposed to construct large
storage reservoir on Pine creek, three
miles above Weston, at point known
as Rocky ford, where the stream flows
over bedrock in narrow channel. The
dam will be 200 feet high, with core
of concrete and sloping walls of earth
and rock, approaching at the base a
thickness of about 1000 feet. This
will be sufficient to conserve enough
water in the flood season to irrigate
l8, 900 acres during the summer, or g.
900 acres more than the land to be cov-
cred by the canals.
A power station will be constructed
at the dam, it being the intention of
the promoters to utilize the imprisoned
water for power as we'll as irrigation.
The possibilities of summer resort at
the large mountain lax to be formed
above the dam are also discussed.
The main canal will extend north
ward along the east side of Pine creek
for distance of eight or nine miles.
A branch canal will be constructed on
the west side of the creek, extending
along the ridge between Weston and
Athena. Both towns will profit greatly
by the enterprise if brought to compile
tion. The estimated cost of the sys-
tenn is $250,000.
Much of the land under the proposed
canals is already valued at 500 an
acre. 1t raises 40 or 50 bushels of
wheat an acre every two years, but
lack of moisture at the proper time
prevents its utilization for diversified
farming. Values are expected to ad-
vance to $500 an acre or more when
irrigation is in general practice.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-09-09
MORE MEXICAN FLOODS
Cloudburst Floods Rivers and Over,
flows Fertile Valleys.

Cloudburst Floods Rivers and Over
flows Fertile Valleys.
Mexico City, Sept. IA special dis
patch received here from Morella says
that floods yesterday ruined large
section of the Zamora district. A ter
rible cloudburst in the mountains caus-
ed rivers and streams to overflow and
miles of fertile valleys are under
water.
Further details have been received
here of the flood that swept the town
of Tula, in the state of Tamalpais, last
Saturday. A wave between As and so
feet high engulfed the lower half of
the town. Two hundred houses and the
San Juan bridge were carried away and
many lives were lost. The storm ragged
for three days.
Terrible as are the conditions at
Monterey, the correspondent declares
they are just as bad at Tula and vicin-
ity.
The entire northeastern section of
the state is said to have been laid
waste. Railroad and telegraphic COM
munication was destroyed and the pop
ulation of Tula, some 1000 persons,
was cut off from the rest of the nation
for four days. 1t will be six or eight
months before the highways can be re-
stored. Thirty bodies have been re-
covered and many bodies of shepherds
and mountaineers are being washed
down into the valley below.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-09-09
TUBERCULOSIS INCREASES,
Nathan Straus Says Plague is Gaining
Against Fight.

Budapest, Sept. Nathan Straus,
the New York philanthropist, who on
Tuesday appealed to the Intentional
Medical congress to stop the spreading
of disease that results from the use of
infected milk, today submitted detailed
figures to that body to prove that tu-
berculosis, instead of being conquered,
is on the increase.
He cited the official vital statistics
of New York city, which was credited
by DR.. Robert Koch with leading the
whole world in the fight against tuber-
culosis. He showed that the increas-
ing skill of the physicians in treating
tuberculosis had reduced the death
rate from this disease in proportion to
the population from 2. AZ per 1000 in
1902 to 2.39 per 1000 in 1907, and
2.29 in 1908, but he showed that the
number of deaths from tuberculosis in
to the total number of
deaths from all causes had increased
from 1904 per cent. in 1902 to 1890
in 1908.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-09-09
SUGGESTIONS FROM FARMERS.

Census Director Durand Invites Their
Practical Corporation.
Washington, Sept. 6.-The farmers
of the United States are naturally very
much interested in the census of agri-
culture and farms that will be taken
April 10, 1910, as one Of the subjects
to be covered by the thirteenth decen-
nial census. Many are showing their
interest by writing to the census bu-
reau for the purpose of making COM
ments upon census information regard
ing agriculture as presented in the
past. The director of the census well
comes all such suggestions and gives
them careful consideration, as he is
anxious to have the results of the COM
ing census correspond as nearly as may
be to the desires of the people most in
terested.
In addition to studying carefully
these suggestions, the director has on
his own initiative requested certain
professors of economics and agricul-
ture of the more important universi-
ties of the country, and other persons
who have specialized in agricultural
matters, to come to Washington for a
short time for the purpose of studying
carefully and criticising plans now un-
der way. Especially is it desired to
obtain their opinion relative to the
questions to be asked and their form,
as the results to be obtained will so
largely depend upon the character of
the schedule and the manner in which
the questions are propounded. These
suggestions, coming from outside ex-
perts, are proving to be of great value,
and it is believed that in consequence
of this preliminary study more valua-
BILE and accurate data will be obtained
than could otherwise be secured. At
ter these special students and experts
have made their preliminary studies,
formal conferences are held in the
Office, in which the whole matter of the
character Of the shedules and the best
methods of securing the information
are thoroughly gone over.
The department is also seeking to
secure the advice and cooperation, as
far as possible, of the officers and ex-
perts of the department of agriculture,
of the state agricultural colleges,
farmers societies and like organiza-
tions.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-09-09
Greek Princes Removed,

Athens, Sept. king George to-
day will sign decree placing Crown
Prince Constantine and Prince Mich
olas, at their own request, on the un-
attached list of the army and granting
the other princes in the army two or
three years leave of absence to study
abroad. Brigadier General Smolenski
will replace Crown Prince Constantine
as commander in chief and Colonel
Cortbas will be appointed command
er of the army corps at Athens.