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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-06
5000
PAID FOR
ONLY $50
CASE OF ENGINEER MURRAY
AND LOAN MEN-WATCH
THE PRESS STORIES.
WATCH PRESS STORIES

q 5000 No. ASS .
= Spokane, Wash, -. 1870. .
. ............. after date, for .
. value received, | promise to =
. pay to the order of THE .
= CRESCENT LOAN COM .
= PANY, in said city, the sum .
= of Eighty 10-100 Dollars, in .
. United States gold coin; nego- q
. table and payable at the .
9 office of THE CRESCENT y
q LOAN COMPANY, in said .
. city, without defalcation or =
= discount; in six payments at .
. the rate of $13.35 per month, .
= beginning ....... 100. =, with q
= interest at the rate of six per .
. cent per annum from maturity .
. until paid. .
. If default be made in the .
q payment of any of the install .
= ments as above stipulated, .
= the entire amount of the note .
. then becomes due, and the .
= legal holder of this note may =
. proceed by law to collect the .
. same. and | further agree to .
= pay s.. attorney fees for .
. collection. q
q p. 0. .
. .
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-06
ORDER SUNDAY PRESS
AND The "COMIC" NOW

by The Spok Sun
day morning edition would be published beginning abcrt the
Of the received with enthusiasm
the It recognized that S okane too large
Sunday morning and this is what s called by
3 ian town, the combination Of
afternoon with Sunday morning edition bound
. most popular
= 1t would be wise TO order Sunday Press the
. number supplements first c
The comic,
include, above,
enjammer Kids, Buster
delightfully."- Order Daily
. Press now-all for 10
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-06

Though 1t is noted that this
promisory note is written for
5000, victim of the Crescent
Loan Co. of Spokane was compel
ed to sign 1t In favor of the shark
ish concern to secure loan of $50
on his salary. 1t is seen by the
careful wording of this paper that
the statements made by The Press
more than month ago concerning
this company are borne out NO
ONE CAN PROCURE A LOAN
FOR LESS THAN SIX MONTHS
THERE.
Should you secure a loan of $40
on your salary, you are compelled
to sign note for $32.10 and agree
to pay it in six payments at the
rate of $685. per payment. In addi-
ton to this usurious rate of inter-
est-which is more than 60 per
cent for six months-a six per cent
per annum rate is thrust upon the
victim after the maturity of the
note. The note is matured one
month after it has been given.
Following is neat little remind
err of Indebtedness sent each month
to debtors of this company. This
particular memorandum applies to
above note:
MEMORANDUM.
$13.35 Payment No. 455.
Spokane. Wash, ...... $780,.
Sept. %, 190.... after date there
will be due The Crescent Loan
Congratulated and 35-100 Dol
lars on the loan of ...............
for the SIN of s.. (this space is
found to have been left blank in
Continued on Pace TWO.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-06
HE CAN TRY 1T ALONE

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec GJosoph Wood hodca,rier fell
while working building Taylor and OVar
rel horse and uniniurcd.
kncwI wouldn't be hurt | began 10 fall"
Is busted his clothing. Il hurt in
failing EEL five stories and bruised my shoulder bit
"Ther&Ss a knowing how fall You
yourself ne and then 1t is
thing grabbing the air with and legs
you makes trouble
hauling the top of the building when
. he lost his balance fell
= y Se . Q > ~ , = . > o = . o
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-06

landlord has called, and l have had
no money.
Il have my wife and two little
children, but we do not have much
to eat. Five years ago. in shirt
waist factory, was getting from
$25 to $50 a week, and / married
and took my wife to a nice little
place In the Suburbs.
only a few girls worked in the
| factories then. There were 200 fac
tories, and they made most of the
shirtwaists worn in the United
| States.
But, pretty soon, girls began to
get jobs in the factories. They
didn't have anybody but themselves
to support, and they were willing
to work for small wages. So wages
began to go down. The girls who
worked in the factories were able
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-06
TOM LATELLI
GETS SENTENCE

Tom LatelIi, the last of the
so-caIled BLACK Hand" black
mailers, was sentenced to from
two TO five years in Walla
Wa,Ia by Judge Sullivan this
morning.
With Mike Junimentiz, SEN
fenced to from three to five
years, Latelii threatened to Kill
compatriot unless he "came
through" with $50.
Both men told story of
Black Hand society in Spokane
and declared that they were
prosecuted by members of the
italian Camorra.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-06
A Great Idea

= 5000 girl pupils of the Wash Z
= ington Irving high school is Z
. sued circulars calling upon all 4
. pupils to concentrate their =
= minds upon The members of =
= the board, mentally COM =
. handing them to build a new =
= school," The board of educa- =
= ton has definitely ordered =
. the immediate construction =
q of an eight-story high school .
. building. =
9 6 q Q . . . q . q . . q . q Z
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-06
DISCHARGED, HE
WHIPS EMPLOYER

Because he was discharged
by Fitz Morris, his employer,
Stanley Wood used his fist to
such good effect yesterday that
Morris is carrying black eye
today. Wood broke into the
justice court through his fistic
cleverness, a charge Of assault
ard battery being lodged
against him by Morris. The
case will be tried at I o'clock
tomorrow afternoon.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-06
TO REMOVE POLES.

y The unsightly electric light
. poles that mar the appear
= ance of the down town district
. VIII be removed by the Wash
= lngton Water Power Co. and
o the wires buried in their new
. underground conduits. This
. step neccssitatcd the erection
= of The iron guy poles for the
. trolley wire. The buryiag Of
. the wire compels the city to
. take some steps TO care for it's
= police and fire alarm wires in
= this district, which were here
= tosorc swung on top of the W.
. w p. poles.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-06

/ to buy pretty clothes and to dress
well.
when a factory man liked a girl
and wanted to call on her, she
didn't think he was good enough
for her. She looked pretty, and
wanted to marry a doctor, or law
yer, tusA professional man.
After q while the men began to
lose their jobs, and girls took their
places.
Men who had married factory
girls didn't make enough to sup.
port them both and the children
who came. Yet the factory girl
had aided in cutting the wages that
her husband got. -,----
II had $500 saved up, but pretty
soon I lost my place. l began to
look around for work and wherever
Continued on Page Two.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-06

TACOMA, Dec. 6.~-After eating
coCoanut pie left at tne govern
ment dock last night by an un-
known person, Matthew McCully. a
night Waterman, lies dangerously
i'll AT n local hospital
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-06
MORSE LOSES
HIS APPEAL

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-Charles
w. Morse lost his appeal today
The supreme court refused to re-
view his case.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-06

A WASHINGTON. Dec 6.--The SUI
ipremc court decided today to re-
lview the Gompers, Mitchell and
MORRISON case.
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REnDlNG. Cal, Dee. 6.-Twenty
four inches of snow fell in the sur
rounding country, in a storm last
ing ten hours.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-31
Then and Now.
Senator

Iowa City Republican,: Senator
Cummins told Des Moines Sunday
School that it is harder to be good
now than 1t was fifty years ago.
That may be true, as it all depends
upon what we mean by being good.
But those who can remember what
happened fifty years ago, recall that
watermelons were no more sacred
then than now, that at log rollings
and corn huskings, there was drink
ing and sometimes fighting, that camp
meetings were noted for their shout
ing and rowdyism, that a speculators
timber was not sacred against even
the church members; that affanities
were common, but were not known un.
der that name. We are inclined to
think that 1t is no harder to be de
Gently good now than at any time in
the past. Much depends upon the In
clination
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-31

seeding, harvesting ana
marketing. The farmers OF a county
could see, must see, as they passed is
borders, how their daily labors might;
bring increased and improved results.
The example could not fail to Impress
itself upon an industry becoming each
year more conscious Of its defects and
its needs. AS fast as 1t was followed,
it would improve farm conditions,
make this form of enterprise more
attractive to the young and the intel
ligent, and add enormously to the vol
ume of farm products which constr
tutes our enduring national wealth.
"The experiment would cost but q
fraction of the amount sometimes
given freely for more questionable
purposes. 1t would require small
amount of land, all told, to place a
model farm in every agricultural
county in the United States. There
should be trained man to each farm
of, say, eighty acres: and general
superintendent. thoroughly trained
agriculturist. to manage three or four
counties and visit the different farms.
All such farms in a state might be
put under the general supervision OF
the agricultural college in that state,
as a part of Its experimental work.
Results reached by this arrangement
would have the conclusiveness OF
demonstration in science. Every crop
that could be or ought to be raised
should be experimental with, not at
some distant spot seldom visited, but
right at home on the farm. ! would
bring the model farm into every agrl-
cultural county; and i any farmer
was in doubt, he could visit 1T, see
with his own eyes, and find out What
he ought to have done and what he
could do next time. It would do for
the farming population what the tech
nical school does for the intending
artisan, and the schools Of special
training for those who enter the pro-
fessions. Side by side, with the com
mon school it would --ork for intelll.
gence, for progress, for the welfare OIL
the country in a moral as well as
material aspect"
In addition to the measures thus out
lined Mr.. Hill would have us believe
that instruction in improved methods
should be carried to the farmer, just
as he is, upon his own farm. 1t
seems to him that the state might
profitably employ considerable num-
Der of men educated in practical agri-
culture, supply them with seed Sc
lected for quality. send them out to the
farms and have each farmer put in a
few acres under the direction OF Its
agents, sowing and tiiling thess &C
cording to their instructions. Mr.. Hill
is confident that the great increase II
both the quantity and the quality OF
the yield would be a convincing edu
cation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-31
CANAL. BUT NO SHIPS.

In stirring article in one of the
leading magazines Bernard N. Baker
raises the question what use the Fan
anna canal will be ITO this country
without American ships. Mr.. Baker
shows that the United States Will be
the very country that Will have no
ships to send through the Panama ca
nal. He makes q strong plea for
merchant marine, which he would
build up In direct and effective way
by having congress amend the act OF
March 8, 1891, 80 that it will include
a larger amount per ton per mile, and
leave it discretionary with the post
master general and the President OF
the United States to make such con-
tracts as in their Judgment will best
accomplish the objects Of the act. He
would furthermore give the President
authority to appoint a commission OF
three men with power Of investiga-
ton, and in an advisory capacity only,
one naval officer, one man from the
east and one from the west coast,
thoroughly familiar with maritime
commercial needs. Mr.. Baker believes
that in the United States three exp
perienced and exceptional men can be
found with wide knowledge of COM
mercial and maritime conditions. Fur
thermore, congress could limit the
amount that the President and the
acknowledgement could use under
the act.
Today England is paying about $751;
100000 for mail contracts and encour-
agement to shipping. In contrast to
this the United States at present is
paying for its entire foreign mail SER
vice of every kind and description, in
GLIDING such things as the Panama
railroad, steamboat and railroad SER
vice. and transfer in New York, about
81, 100000.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-31
BeIated Thinking.

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Queer, isn't
it, that some people never think OF
mother, wife, sisters, children or
friends until the said some people
have been hailed into police court on
charge Of drunk and disorderly.
One Of that class of people came
into the Gazette office on a recent
morning. He had Just been let out OF
Jail; had just had session with the
police Judge, and as he said had been
1ectured until he had about all the
lecturing he could hold. He said he
had made fool of himself by getting
"gloriously drunk" that he aad been
in jail and in police court, and fined
and his sentence suspended during
good behavior Would the Gazette
be so kind as to keep his name out of
the paper-for the sake of his moth
er, wife, sister and children. He
didn't care anything about himself,
but he felt so sorry for mother, etc.
And he really meant it, too.
He didn't have much to say when
asked why he had not thought of his
dear mother, ETC.. before going on a
spree He could only repeat his con-
fession that he had made BANKED
fool of himself, buff he could have
his name suppressed he wouldn't do 1t
again.
He probably didn't realize that he
had disgraced his mother and other
relatives just as much by getting
drunk and then having his name sup
pressed, as he could possibly disgrace
them by having his name published.
+ But his request was needed His
name wasn't published, and he sait
A he wouldn't be fool again. sTha
was his first offense, in that respect
]. and he said it wouldn't be repeated.
The Gazette took him at his word
\ this paper knows that in scores of in
stances one arrest, for drunkenness!
u has been all that was needed t
straighten out man; the first offens'
has been the last; after that they
have refrained from disgracing thei
! relatives and themselves. These men
! some of them tempted more than an,
. one knows, deserve credit TO
Strengthening themselves out afte
! one lesson.
But they would deserve more credl
!. IF they thought OF mother and wifi
and sisters and children, before goin
on a spree-for then they wouldn
! court disgrace.
: It's queer more Of them do not d
+ their thinking at the right time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-31
Square Deal For Groom.

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Realizing
that the time-honored statement, in
wedding write-up, that the groom
wore the conventional black, is get
ing very badly frayed, the Traer
Star-Clipper gets off this: 1.-THE
groom wore pair Of pants, coat,
vest, collar, tie and various other
things" There's some news in that.
Such explicit statements are due the
grooms. too. This thing of going into
details concerning the brides attire
and making only a meaningless ref
erence to what the groom wears isn't
treating the groom fairly. Society edi.
tors will please take a few lessons in
reform.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-31
Farmers Making Money.

Nauyoo Rustler: 1t is recorded that
an Illinois cattle man took three car
loads OF fat steers to Chicago one day
recently and took home check for
nearly $1,000. An Iowa man marketed
six car loads of hogs and carried away
over $500. The above instances are
not out of the ordinary They are
happening every day in the greatest
live stock market in the world. Some
of the beneficaries of the strong live
stock markets are the farmers Of our
own yicini y. No wonder they can
buy autos, pianos, etc.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-31
THE MODEL WIFE.

Some interesting masculine views
as to what constitutes an ideal help
mate were stated in a recent Sunday
evening sermon by Rev. DR.. Forrest
3. Dagger. pastor of st. Paul's Re.
formed Episcopal church in Phila-
delphia, who preached on "a Model
Wife. At his request various male
members of his congregation sent him
letters expressing their opinions on
this interesting subject, and these he
read, to the great wonder and edifica-
ton of the large number of women
present. Some of the views expressed
were as follows:
An ideal wife should not spend $25
a week on $50 salary.
One that does not spend three parts
of her time gadding with the neigh.
bors.
One that has the breakfast dishes
washed when her husband comes
home for supper.
One who keeps her home neat and
tidy.
| One who does not harrass the life
and soul out of man.
| One who enjoys his prosperity anf
is ready to sympathize with him il
adversely and helps to make tn,
j home happy.
4 One who thinks more of her chi
stdTen than of bull pup.
A woman with more gray matter il
j her upper story than red paint on he
! busy-body face.
A woman who dresses well is re
membered more for herself than TO
her clothes.
i A woman who cares more for he
home and children than for Afternoon
bridges and parties.
A woman who realizes the value
peroxide as a disinfectant, not
hair dye.
A woman who does not consider ne
home complete when 1t consists 6
herself. her husband and a dog.
woman who reads, understand
and obeys her bible.
Rev. DR.. Dagger in his sermon az
vocated combination of the idea
presented. Especially should won
an be neat and tidy, keep herse
nicely dressed, always have tn
meals ready when her husband a
) rives home, love her children an
! home, read her bible faithfully, an
go to church regularly.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-31
Liquor and the DRUG store.

The Medical Record: Apropos Of
the popular discussion on alcohol in
the newspapers and magazines and the
so-called wave of temperance re
form, it is interesting ~ note the
firm stand taken by Che American
pharmaceutical association and the
national association of retail druggists
against the sale of liquor over the
drug store counter. And this espec-
tally in view Of the fact that the drug
store as such is fast becoming an I'M
known quantity, inasmuch as very
few pharmacists can earn even fair,
not to say good, livelihood by restrict
ing themselves to the sale of drugs
pure and simple. The temptation to
dispense port, sherry and brandy
along with soap, perfumes and candw,
in order to make business pay, has
been too great, for a few pharmacists
at least, to Withstand; hence the reso-
lutions passed by the two national
| druggists societies. In the language
of the resolutions. it is admitted that
/ "a small minority Of druggists do a
general business In tie sale CT liquor,
4 while nondruggists are employing
registered men to- conduct saloons
under the protecting cloak of phar-
4 macy. Further, the feeling wac ex-
pressed that any pharmacist or
/ pseudopharmacist who would take adj
vantage Of temperance legislation for
personal profit was disgrace to his
profession and should be ostracized
by it and general demand was
made upon the city, county and state
pharmaceutical associations to assist
in CARVING out the laws pertaining
to sales of liquor. There may be some
doubt as to the exact Interpretation OF
the phrase Legitimate medicinal pur,
poses" since it is by 10 means rigid
enough to satisfy the exacting quail
fications of the law. 1t would seen
that there can be very little necessity
for dispensing liquors except upon &
prescription written by physician
In fact, 1t MAJ be !. matter of the
greatest Importance 10 physician
who is treating inebriety, for in
stance, that no medicine of any kim
: should contain alcohol: and quite
fobviously the drug store ought to afi
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-31
,LIII;xabeth,s Puzzle.


NY first names Lizabeth. Course
there's more,
But ats the name at goes buhfore
My yuther namebut cant see
How they knew 'zackly it was me,
An, what my; name was when ! come
From heaven where started from.
I was too little then to talk
wy, then couldn't even walk!
But they knew my first name just
right
An never guessed tn leastest mite,
They called me 'Lizabeth right away,
An so / 'cluded would stay.
An everybody else, they know
Just what my name is, an SO
1t puzzles me an awful lot
Buhcause, 8, course persons got
To have name ii hers Or sliss
Or else she don't know who she is!
An 'IJizabeth--'th's tn only name
For me. no yuther ones the same.
They might a made big mistake
Like lots o. people apt to make
An called me sumpin else, you see;
Then some one else would been me!
/ think your folks is awful smart
To know your name right at the start;
But when get bran new doll,
wy. don't know her name at all
Until I've thought Of what will fit,
An tried it on little bit.
So it seems wonderful to me
AS wonderful az 1t can be-
That papa, an my mamma, too,
Soon as come to them, they knew
Just what my name is, an they say:
Here's 'Lizabeth come to us today"
Chicago Post.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-31
The overworked Farmer.

The owner of the farm had been
enjoying himself at the county fair
while his hard working wife stayed
at home to see that the farm suffered
no loss in his absence, says the st.
Louis Republic.
well, Sarah,' said the owner upon
his return. "I'm about all tired out.
Is the COW in the barn?"
Eyes, long SINCE replied his wife
barely looking up from the task then
in hand
Is the hosses embarrassed and
fed?v
eyes"
Chickens locked up?"
eyes"
Wood chopped for mornin'?'
eyes"
Wagon wheel mended an ready to
start in the mornin'?''
yes
We'll, then" concluded the exalted
owner. with sigh of relief, lets
have my supper. I'm goin' to turn in
Farmin's beginning to tell on me-