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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-15
City. 12-13-09

Editor Times,
Dear Sir: l wish to call your at
tention to the injustice practiced
by the employers in this city in
discriminating against men of
families and Americans, especial
ly in employing men.
Go where you will in this city,
and you will find a big majority
Iof men employed are men of no
families. This is a fact. I have
walked the streets day after day
and week after week hunting for
work, and there is not an indus
try in this city. with the exception
of the N. P. shops, that 1 haven't
applied for work. There are 10
heads of families that / know of
that don't have work more than
half time. That seems strange.
Nevertheless it's true. American
| families spend their earnings in
Tacoma. Foreigners, who are sim
gle, send their earnings across the
ocean. Now, which ones assist the
business interest of Tacoma? I
hear much comment on the subject
and this injustice will have it's re-
action in the spring when Tacoma
will witness the largest exodus of
families she has seen n years.
(mark the prediction). Eight of
us leave tomorrow night for Bel
| bingham, as We are promised work
there. We are compelled to leave
our families for a while, but we
hope we will at least have an OPP
lportunity to work for their main
tenance.
Now, Mr.. Editor, I do not desire
to be considered a pessimist, but
facts are facts, and this letter is
written with the hope that some
employer may see it in your pa
per and not ignore the men of
families, but give them work that
they may be the means of scat
tering a little sunshine among
their families. Resp. yours,
]. p. ROBERTS.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-15
READY To BUILD
NEW VANCOUVER
RAILWAY

VANCOUVER, B. c., Dec. 10.
THAT James J. Hill intends i'm
to prosecute the build
Ing of the ancouver- ictoria aud
Eastern railway, connecting Van
couver with Kootenay by a short
line, is shown by the calling fol
tenders today by the Great Nor
them for the construction OF two
sections of the line. These are
IS miles from Abbotsford, a point
on the Fraser river to which the
Great Northern now operates, TO
Hope, and from Princeton west
TO Tulameen.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-15
Fern HIM, WASH, Dec. 1O, 'Os

Fern Hill, Wash, Dec. 10, '09
To the Editor of Tacoma Times,
Dear Sir: Would it be out of
place to suggest that you open a
public subscription list on behalf
of Mrs. Halstead and her two chill
ldren who have just been deprived
of the breadwinner by the sad &C
lcident on Fern Hill bridge?
The sympathy of all Tacoma is
with this family. and many, feel
sure, would be glad to have some
practical way of showing it.
Yours very truly,
CHARLES w. ELSON,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-15
SEATTLE STREET
CAR HELD Up

SEATTLE, Dec. 15.-Wearing
slotted handkerchiefs as masks,
two highwaymen boarded a Laur-
lei Heights car at Thirty-second
avenue northwest and Eighty
fifth street west, shortly after 8
o'clock last night and while one
covered the crew and Otto j..
Hensey. employed by the Wilton
Hardware company, the only pas
senger, the other rifled their
pockets, securing s25 and a
watch.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-15
A. l.. J.

Dear Editor: I read both ar
ticles about the housewife and the
shop girl and l venture to say that
the shop girl has the hardest time
II she wants a husband who can
provide for her l am the man that
will gladly offer her an honest
name and a comfortable home.
Respectfully, F. F.,
Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-15

/ ern1S
Never yet have we permitted a
customer to leave our store for
the mere reason that the terms
were not sufficiently easy. We
will make terms to suit the pock-
etbook of any purchaser, no mat
ter how moderate his income.
Come in and talk it over; Sc, $40,
$15, $25 or more down. and So,
IS, Sc, So and $40 a month.
Suit yourself.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-15

One each of following and many
Large 9-inch Sunburst Bowl. =. 81
8-inch Bowl, cut whirl and star So
8-inch Bowl, late cut .......... So
8-inch Bowl, beautiful cut. -. So
Celery Tray, deep cut ......... 81.
Celery Tray, exclusive design -. so.
Spoon Trays, regular $500 kind. 81.
Bon-Bon Dishes, 83c to ........ 81.
Creamers and Sugars, Colonial pattel
brush cut, pair only. g
Dreamer and Sugar, dainty but de
cut ............. ............ 81.
Spoon Holder, Sunburst design. So.
Spoon Holder, Regal pattern. =. SO.
COMFORTS, high-footed French stem 3.
Rose Bowl. Sunburst design. :. SIS.
5-inch Handled Nappy Pineapple CT
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-15
CAR VICTIM
LAID AT REST

The funeral of Joseph Hoi-
stead, who was killed on the Fern
Hill trestle a week ago today by
an outbound Spanaway car, was
held at o'clock this afternoon
from the Buckley & King chapel
Rev. H. C. Leavenworth, of the
Fern Hill Methodist church, Of
dictated.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-15
STATE COLLEGE
TO TEACH BOXING
and WRESTLING

PULLMAN, Dec. 15.-Wash-
ington State College has decided
to take up boxing and wrestling
as a regular feature of the gym
nasium course next year. Instruc-
ton in these branches will be
given twice a week.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-15
stung for is Years

by Indigestion's pangs-trying
many doctors and $4,000 worth
of medicine in vain, B. f. Ayscue,
of Ingleside, N. O., at last used
DIR. Kings New Life Pills. and
writes they wholly cured him.
They cure Constipation, Bilious
ness, Sick Headache, Stomach,
Liver, Kidney and Bowel trou-
bles. use at all druggists.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-15
Very Important

We are willing to refund your
money and make you a present of
the piano If within six months
from date of purchase you find,
upon making Investigations, that
the same style and make of piano
can be bought anywhere in the
United States-East, West, North
or South--at regular retail for
within 500 of the price paid dur
ing this sale.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-15

Funeral services over the re-
mains of avid l.. Smith, the Nor
thern Pacific expressman who died
at one of the hospitals Sunday,
will be held Friday afternoon at
1880 o'clock from Hoska's chapel.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-21
RECORD PRICE FOR HOGS.
Oklahoma POrkers Bring Fancy Price
at ct. Worth Packing House.

A Fl Worth, Tex, dispatch says:
The high price record on hogs on the
local market was broken today for
the third time in less than a month,
when load from Oklahoma brought
$3.50 per hundred weight.
This price was paid for load of
seventy head of choice corn-fed hogs,
shipped by c. M Haxton from Cote
DO, Okla. The average weight was
223 pounds, which, at $3.50 per 100
pounds, brought little more than
$3.50 per hog, or $1,288.49 for the
load.
Prior to a month ago the record
price was $3.50, which was made in
1903. Less than month ago SITS
was reached, and last week one load
brought $3.50. Today's top breaks
the record by 10 cents, and the rec
ord of previous years by 80 cents per
100 pounds.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-21
WASHES IN WINE.
Rich Man Uses Champagne to Sham
poo His Hair.

ESIch Man Uses champagne TO Snam-
poo His Hair.
Supreme Court Justice Erlanger of
New York city has appointed DR..
Ephriam D. Klots, Sol K. Lichten-
stein and Sidney B. Bowman COM
missioners to inquire into the sanity
and the value of the property of
Louis Voelker, who has been in the
hardware business for % years, and
has accumulated property worth
100000. Voelker was committed to
the asylum ON June 18th last by Su-
preme Court Justice Guy,
The petitioners say that Voelker
has the delusion that he is being
poisoned, and compelled the mem
bers of his family to taste his food
before he would eat 1T.
''He squanders his money" reads
the petition, having spent $1,000 in
Atlantic City. From thrifty, econ
omical, intelligent business man he
has become a spendthrift and dissi-
pated. He has drunk as much as
six pints of champagne, a quart of
I,cognac and 10 milk punches in one
DAY. He washes his face and hair in
champagne and cognac, and puts
champagne in his soup and food"
The petitioners say Voelker mag
ines he is worth over 100000, and
owns a plantation ia Arkansas COW
eri1g 3S8,000 acres. He also thinks
he has been a judge. and tells of
the important decisions he has made.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-21
He Would Have Been q Great and
Good Man If
From the Shellman SUI

From the Shellman Sun.
1t is an old saying that "a wise
man may change his mind; a fool
never does And this is generally
an accepted theory, unless, of course,
the wrong COX is gored. Now, when
Guyt was picked up and sat down
in the chair of the state railroad COM
mission ON the assumption that he
was for whatever Hoke was for, and
later on when he had looked into
port rates" closer and changed his
mind on Hpke's pet scheme, he did
something very bad in changing his
mind, according to the Hoke-only
idea. One of our exchanges, one of
a comparatively and fortunately
small number in Georgia that re-
spends whenever the bell line is
pulled-B edited by preacher.
Now, if the deposed commissioner
had been at the outset opposed to
port rates. and later changed his
mind, why then the other OK would
have been 9gOred and he "A very wise
man.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-21
A Glance Through Our Exchanges.
Dawson's New Auto Ordinance.

From the Savannah News.
Is it possible that the city fathers
or Dawson, Ca, desire to discour-
age people from going to visit that
line little municipality unless they
travel 'foot-back" or in buggies?
they have passed an ordinance maxi
ing it unlawful for 'arry person to
run or operate an automobile in the
city of Dawson without first register
ing his or her name with the clerk
of the council and paying $3.50 per
annum registry fee" It is also pro-
v1ded that all machines shall be
numbered cOnsecutively at the ex-
pense Of the owners, the figures to
be not less than two and "a half inch
es in length. This new law, it
seems, will require any stranger ar
irving at Dawson in an automobile
to stop his machine at the city linn
its, walk to the clerks office, register,
pay his $2.59, secure his "consecu-
tive number two and one-half inches
in length, and then walk back to
where he left his machine before he
can ride in it through @the streets
Is it likely that a greatHmany tour
lists Will visit Dawson under these
conditions?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-21
Real pr0sFlSrity,

From the Dublin Coutier-Dispa.ch.
"A farmer near town invited US
this week to go and take a meal with
him, and he assured US a fine din
ner," says the Telfair Enterprise.
THE best parteof this Invitation, TOO,
was that he said everything he wCalld
offer us to eat was GROVE on his Own
place except the soda, saft and sugar.
That is living at home smre enough
We shall accept his invitation" NoW,
bats what we call prosperity
When a man lives at home and
boards at the same place he is IA
fine fix. No man who does that Gag
ever be poOr--.for hong, ANYHOW.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-21
VISITS NATURES PARADISE
THE WONDROUS RESULT OF BUT
FIVE YEARS OF BIRD
PROTECTION.

In an interesting article in Har- |
per's Magazine writer says:
On all the islands, as we made our
round, We found colonies of various
birds. But when, running free before
a strong easterly breeze, we reached
Battledore Island we witnessed the |
GROWING triumps of the reservations. |
The island seems to be composed |
mostly of broken oyster shells, and
is nearly half mile long, quite mar
row, and somewhat in the shape of a
horseshoe. From end to end Battle
dore was simply teeming with bird
life. So important is this colony that
a special warden had been stationed
there throughout the breeding sea-
son to watch it, living on small
schooner owened by the Audubon So
ciety, called the Laughing Gull. He
is a man about SO or "a years young,
and we found him that day some
what i'll, put attending to his bust
ness, for he went ashore after us as
SOOH DIS we 1anQ6Q.
Words are inadequate to describe
the sights of this remarkable island.
1t was simply full of birds. A nest
of some sort or other there was at
nearly every step. Squadrons of
skimmers had their handsome white
eggs, boldly blotched, all along the
beaches. Throughout the grass ev-
eryWhere were nests of the laughing
gulls with their dark notified eggs.
i The bushes were full of Louisiana
herons, and near one end of the is
land was the largest area of royal
and CaDot's terms on the whole reser-
walton. In all directions the air was
full of birds uttering perfect babel
of bewildering cries. here bird pro-
lection seemed to have reached its
climax, its limit. There was positive
ly no more room here, not another
bird house-lot was for sale.
During parts of two days spent
blissfully amid the wonders of this
crowded metropolis of the birds there
was occupation for every moment.
The birds, accustomed to the pres
ence of the warden, were SO tame
that l could study and photograph
them at will. Occasionally when
used the tent for some very intimate
work l could erect it in plain sight
of the birds, crawl in and in a mo-
ment all would be on their nests
again, even before l could make
ready my camera. / shall never for
lget my sensations when, having fin
ished the work to my satisfaction
and exposed my last plate, l took a
bath in the tepid water close at hand.
Floating on my back l watched the
lowering cloud of birds and listened
to the chorus of their voices. Some
what weary from my activities in the
hot sun a delicious languor began
to steal over me, and felt as though
were very near Paradise, the gates
ajar. Yes, l had indeed entered
into Natures Paradise! Here bird
protection had absolutely triumphed,
and on Battledore at least there was
nothing further to be done. 1t was
the achievement of the ideal, the VIC
tory of the right, the crowning sue
cess of the Cause, the wondrous re-
suit of but five years of bird prOtec.
ton.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-21
Wanting to increase Salaries.

From the Douglasville Argus.
1t appears that all the average
Georgia legislator believes in is in
crease in salaries and creating new
Offices
Already bills have been introduced
to increase the salaries of judges and
creating new Offices, and that, too,
in the face of a depleted treasury
and the tax rate up to its limit,
and an extra tax placed upon nearly
everything else.
Tax rates now have reached the
stage where 1T is almost impossible
for man to pay his taxes, and in
order to get them within his means
he resorts to dodging byTnCt return
ing his property at it's true valuation
What the legislature should do is
to devise ways and means to lOp of
some Of the useless offices created
for the benefit of a few politicians
and not the general public good.
The people are worked into hys
terra over some particular scheme
and it finally goes skipping through
the Legislature, and its author is ap
pointed head officer to devise farther
means of spending the peoples mon.
ey without getting results.
If the legislature should pass g
bill increasing salaries and creating
new offices Governor Brown Should
be equal to the occasion and use his
veto in a vigorous style.
The people have enough offices
and if those who are now filling then
are not satisfied with their salaries
let them resign.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-21
FARMERS TO PAY INCREASE.
Pope Brown Says Atlanta Rate De-
cision Will Not Help the Farmer.

cision Will Not Help the Farmer.
A Madison, Ca, dispatch says:
Hon. J. Pope Brown, state treasurer,
made an address to the Farmers I'm
ion of this county yesterday in which
he had something to say about the
grain decision of the interstate COM
merce commission. Mr.. Brown read
from an Atlanta paper which stated
that Atlanta would NOW be able to
lay down grain at Forsyth, Jones'
boro and other Georgia points as
cheap as Nashville, and that Atlanta
and other Georgia wholesale centers
could enter the territory formerly
monopolized by Nashville.
las the decision of the commission
did not decrease any rate, but in
creased the rate from Nashville so
as to equalize it with that of At
lanta," said Mr.. Brown, you may
be wondering what great good can
come to the people of Georgia gen.
orally from the Atlanta victory. 1t
is a well known principle that the
consumer pays the freight.
We'll, it is the man who plOws
the mule that eats the oornrwho will
pay for this increase in the rate on
grain. Your oats and corn will cost
you more in order that the Atlanta
wholesaler may have the privilege of
competing with Nashville grain
brokers'"
Mr.. Brown went further and de-
claTed that the farmers deserved lit
tie sympathy for allowing this state
of affairs to arise. The zeal cure
was for them to grow their IFgnc corn.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-21
More Hell Than Cotton.

From the Macon County Citizen.
Compulsory education, while we'll
CLOSED on the outer surface, should
be carefully examined ON the inside.
We all want the children educated.
To the woods with anybody who does
not, but what is going to happen
when all the negligent parents are
prosecuted and perhaps heavily pun
ished? VIII they get their deserts?
They will, but there will be more
hell raised than cotton in Georgia
for a while. The compulsory educa-
ton bill, before being enacted into
law, should be stripped of4everything
unreasonable, and be made so con-
sentative that it will be "cheerfully
obeyed and its purposes honored.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-21
eoTTON GRADING SCHOOL
-,,,v INSTITUTION OPENS AT
Union CITY WITH VERY
FINE PROSPECTS.

Union CITY, Ga.-The Union
oo++on Grading School of this city
Saanad it's second session last week
nth very encouraging enrolment.
c;nca that time several more have
rived. making the total enrolment
of fifty.
The school is under the auspices
- the Farmers Cooperative and Ed
noattonal Union of America. Mr.. c.
u Gulatt, the president and general
uoonager of the cotton grading
SCHOOL. is an experienced business
man, having been identified with the
cotton business for years. Prof. n
Macarthur, the chef instructor,
has spent most of his life so far in
The study of cotton, and lis the first
70 publish a treatise on cotton grad
ing. This treatise is used as a text
hook in studying the classification Of
The first session of the cotton
school was held in February. This
nroyed very Successful having gained
the endorsement of experts.
The management of the school
rses a system that makes the work of
classifying very simple, and Mr.. Nc
Arthur says he can teach a boy of
~ years to grade cotton in 80 days.
The work being done is calculated
TO revolutionize the system now en-
ployed in the selling and buying of
the feecy staple.
The Farmers Union, which is aid
ing in the construction of warehouses
over the entire south, called the
Amalgamated System of Cotton
Warehouses, promises the farmers
protection in their cotton interests
Hence, men must be trained to take
charge of these warehouses.
That is what the Union Cotton
Grading School is doing.
The school has had several promi-
nent visitors during the past week
The Hon. j. M. Campbell of the de-
partment of agriculture: at Washing
ton delivered an address to the stu.
dents last week. He, with other
speakers, gave his heartiest endorse.
ment of the movement.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-21
No Chip em His Shoulder.

From the BaTpesvilIe Gazette.
We confidently expect to see Gov.
Brown give the state a splendid
administration. He will be the chief
executive of All the people ire
speetiye of factions, and win not
go around with a chip on his shoul-
der determined to have his own way
in everything regardless cGf the wish
es and advice of others. We need
just such an administration as he is
qualified for giving to the state.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-21
The Election of Judges.
From the Dublin Times.

L
The Cecilia Star goes, the bar
association president one better
and wants all the judges ap-
pointed by the .supreme1court of
Georgia. We have got the most
democratic method in the one
now prevailing. Let it stay as it
is. The judges elected by the
people do not suffer by cOmpar-
ison with these selected under
either of the old Methods
AmeTicus Eimes-Recorder
We have not heard OF any partic
ular complaint with the present
method of eelecting judges. Wher
they or other officials are appointed
it is rather hard to get rid OF then
when they become Objectionable
Let the people continue to make the
selection,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-21
FRIEND AND CONSTITUENT.
Congressman Griggs Has Neyer Turn-
ed His Back ON Either.

A friend is said to have asked
Judge Griggs last week why he ac'
companied Reconnaissance McLen,
don as his friend before the inVes'
tigating committee, and the reply
was characteristic of the man: Mr..
McLendon is my constituent and also
my friend. have never turned my
back on either when they were in
trouble" Judge Griggs' loyalty to
his constituents and his friends is
one of the reasons for his personal
popuIarity.- Gazette.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-21
A Georgia Matter as Viewed in
Alabama.

From the Montgomery Ads ertiser.
Georgia lis greatly disturbed oHez
the discovery that one of the most
active and loud mouthed saviors of
the people in the famous %Tefawm''
Legislature was feathering his nest
from the state treasury at the same
time he was defending the 'peepul'
from the outrageous eXtoTtiGns of
the railroads. A chosen personal
and political friend Of the govern
or, he was drawing his legislative
salary for making laws and AT the
same time another salary for defend
ing the laws he made in the court.
"Refawm'' has proved as profitable
to the lawyers as TO the politicians.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-21
CHILDREN WHO ARE SICKLY

Mothers who value their own comfort and the
welfare Of their children. should never be without
a box OF Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Chill.
dren, for use throughout the season. They break
up Colds. Cure Feverishness. Constipation, Teeth
ing Disorders. Headache and Stomach Troubles
THESE POWDERS NEVER FAIL. Sold by ali
Drug Stores, 25c. Don't accept any substitute
a trial package VIII be sent FREE to any mother
who will address Allen S. Olmsted, lie Boy, N. y
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-21
Value fa Long Service.

From the Birming Ledger.
Senator Daniel of Virginia, like
Senator Clay of Georgia, will go bach
20 the senate without opposition.
The south is finding the value of
long service in senators and con-
gRessmen. New England has won
her great influence in the govern
ment by keeping her men in service.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-21
CONDEMNS NEAR BEER.

Declaring that near beer joints
are a disgrace to a prohibition state, "
the Georgia Weekly Press Associa-
ton, which was in session in Douglas
last week, passed a resolution de-
manding that the legislature enact
a law that will obliterate these pest
holes of temptation" and pledging
their support towards Kidding the
state of these saloons,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-21
PETITION FOR SPEEDY TRIAL.
Slayer of McRee Having Confessed
There Should Be No Delay.

. tJHHIINHHVK NIN- 4N"y IEN7HaIys
Hundreds of citizens have readily
signed a petition addressed to Judge
Il. A. L9ttlejohn requesting the con-
vening Of Sumter superior court in
special session to try Henry Patter-
son, colored, who KILLED Capt. w. #.
McRee last week.
Unless a special session is con-
vened Patterson, who freely confess
es the homicide, cannot be tried be-
fore the regular December term.
All classes of citizens, including
several clergymen, signed the petit
ton for immediate trial.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-21

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