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Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31

London, England, spends every year more
money on sport than for it's army and navy,
its religion it's schools or anything except
its drink An accepted authority on Eng
lish sporting matters has compiled statis-
tics showing that the forty odd million
people CT Great Britain spend $296,00O,OOO
for sport, besides having invested perma-
nelly $235, 10000 In property devoted eXcIu-
sively to the use OF sportsmen.
In no other nation in the whole world
is sport an essential factor in the life Of
the people. Americans stand patiently be-
fore bulletin boards waiting to hear the
score of a base ball game, but few Of
them after they become men, actually play
the game. In some parts of the union a
few men and women still ride to hounds,
but fox hunting In the United States
amounts TO SO little that the great ma
jority OF peaple know nothing whatever
about IT, Foot ball in it's American form,
is played only by school boys and college
athletes Racing is outlawed in nearly
every community, and 20 be associated
virh the turf is to forfeit social standing
in nearly all parts of America Americans
still delight to shoot and fish, but 80 per
cent Of them never have the opportunity
10 do either except in the most occasional
way.
in England, sport seems TO be, after food
and drink the chief END Of existence.
Fsvery body has Saturday half holiday and
everybody devotes it to sport. crowd
OF 10000 at \ professional foot ball game
is not unusual Americans highest foot ball
record attendance does not reach this
figure. An English boy is taught to play
cricket not by other boys. as the Ameri'
can urchin learns base ball, but by his
father who had been In turn, taught the
mysteries OF the game by his father. THIS
instruction is not undertaken lightly bu
Is as much a part OF the serious business
OF life as any other feature OF child train
ing Not to have been cricketer. or
game player OF some kind is not TO have
fulfilled the requirements of British edu
cation. Both Mr.. Asauith and Mr., Balfour
the leaders OF the two great political par
ties In Britain, fail TO appeal fully to tn
imaginations OF their followers becaus
neither OF them at college took any inter
est in sports Their biographers Away
apologize for this shortening,
when George V assembled the throne hi
neoplo remembered with gratiflction tina
as Prince OF Wales he had the reputation
az being a splendid shot. One OF the firs
things the new king did was TO announc
that he would continue the racing stable
established by his father. although 1t wa
generally known that George had lttl
vital interest in the turf, When the king
horse, or the prime minister's entry win
the Derby or some other great classic o
the English turf the yictory is an occa
sion for national rejoicing. 1t is impos
siblo to imagine u president of the Unite
states or even a prominent senator al
tending race meeting as the proprieto
Of a stable. Sometimes. even In England
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31
SILENT SPUR FOR MEMORY
Weapon of n Warrior Hanging on
the Wall Induces u "skeery
Fee1ln'."

THE old man hung 1t there, where you
see it," the woman said, and nobody has
ever touched 1t since he went away. Only
in the dark. lonesome nights 1t gives me
tho skeery feelin', for the cabin floor
creaks, and l hear tootsteps-I hear foot
steps, And then there's ID striiSin O. tents
and a rallyin O. men, and laughter and
song, and prayers, and sometimes tears
God help us-and over and above all the
clank, the clash OF swords that makes my
blood run cold! For that sword was in
the old mans hand-hed high and danger
ous-thrOugh many battles, and he used
to say that the rust on the blade was moth
ing but the blood OF men. The old man
never quite got over that! But he loved
the sword because IL went with him
through three wars, and just before he
went away he hung II there where you
see 1t now, and said: TIN speak of me
when l am gone Let it be-let 1t be- And
sure enough, it does speak Of him; for in
the still. dark nights you can hear it clink,
clink against the wall and the rust on the
/ blade shines red In the freight
II wish somebody'd take the ghostly old
sword and bury it out o. sight. for when
the wind sings loud o. nignIs and shakes
/ the shutters a. tanks on the wall and gives
body the ccld shivers; or on still. dark
nights, wien The owls cry for lonesome
ness. It seems too terrible, and It's then /
hear the footsteps and feel the hot breath
/ o. the battle I'm my face and see the eyes
Of dead heroes staring at the stars. l verify
beiive that the old man hunts where the
sword Is. and while / wish 1t away out of
sight forever, Il amt for me TO touch IT,
with the old mans last words ringing in my
ears. / tried TO shut out the sight Of IT,
with a flag hanging over it. but heard
its trembling motion beneath the flag
whose folds rustled so l had 10 take Il
down and put II away.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31
Silks

An offering of practically our entire
stock of silks at sale prices. great
opportunity is here presented to sup
ply your wants for the future.
soc Figured Foulards. ...... 500
800 Imported Foulards. -. 65C
$1.OO Cheney Bros. Shower Proof CSC
1925 Cheney Bros. Shower Proof soc
39c Colored Checks. ATE
$1.O0 Plaids .49G
20 and 26-in. Figures and Stripes 70G
S1.25 Figures and Stripes. CSC
$3.50 Figures and Stripes 81. 10
$500 Lining Satin. .79G
S5c Scarf Crepe .............4Tc
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31

comb. soap box, tooth brush, nail
brush-black leather, was $3.50
at 80. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. SOS
$3.50 Complete Leather case. So, 90
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31
ParaSOlS

Entire stock is AZ Parsols. Get in
early Monday ii you would buy.
20 that were up to $3.50, each. 81. 10
III that were up to 5000, each. 81 .9S
soc Fancy Pillow Tops. ...... l9G
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31

And as a rule, they are sportsmen in
politics.
ny FREDERIC J. AAsKIN.
Tomorrow-The British Crisis. xxvu
Political Campaigning.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31
Dangerous surgery,

IN tho abdominal region Is prevented by
the use Of DR.. Kings New Life Pills, the
painless purifiers. 25c. For sale by Beaton
Drug Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31
Embroidery

White and colored Edges, Insertion
and Flounces. sold up to S5c. 12C
Allover Embroidery, in Swiss and
Nainsook, sold up to $1.25. 400
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31
Notions

25c Braid Pins .............5G
soc Braid Pins ..............2 3C
Everything in finer quality, sold from
75c to $500 ........ Half Price
Shell and Amber Barrettes 80. .25c
$1.25 Fine Leather Bags. .79G
$3.50 Seal and Walrus Bags. 81 80
Seal, Sea Lion, Patent Leather and
Fancy Metal Bags, in unique shapes
and trimmings, sold up to 800
at -. observation-disclosures. 1888
soc Belt Pins. ............... 23G
soc Hat Pins. ...............2 3C
soc Brooches ...............2 3C
$1.0O Belt Pins. .49G
s1.OO Silver Frames .......... .40G
$500 Hat Pins, Belt Buckles and
Frames -. ...............9 Csc
Travelling Cases--containing brush,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31
Ribbons.

All silk fancies, Dresden stripes and
checks, instead of 25c. 15C
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31
Dress Goods

soc and Csc Voiles .........3 0G
$1.25 French Voiles-black, white and
colors 80. .........!.......70C
S125 Wool Taffeta. zee
$3.50 Imported Chevron. SOC
$1.75 and $500 Herringbone, Poplins,
Satin Prunella ............$1.19
$500 French Broadcloth. 81 go
65c Shepherd Checks. .:..... 30c
85c Shepherd Checks. ....... sec
$1,25 Shepherd Checks. ........ csc
$1.25 Mohair and Sicilians-the pop
ular summer material. 79G
We make Skirts from all of these
sale goods. Take your measure and
guarantee a fit for 1925, 1918 and
$3.50.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31
All White Silks

All plain Pongees, all Crepe de
Chine, all Japanese Silks, all plaid
Silks, all Moire Silks, all Wash Taft
feta, at substantial reductions.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31
DraperieS and Curtains

Seven styles of Bonnie Femme Curtains
heavy net, 45 TO so inches wide
sold up to $500. .9S
Portiere reductions covering our en-
tire stock-everything from Cotton
Repp to Satin Damask.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31
All Black Silks

Taffeta, Messalines, POplin, Gro'
Grain, Peau de Sole, Jap, India and
lombard
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31
WOmen's Knit Underwear

wv dhO W NSSNp' . - 49, sbOC
Boys soc Balbriggan and B. v. D.
Shirts and Drawers. 39G
Odd lots Girls Vests and Pants.
Misses Lisle Hosey soc ones. 15G
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31

., A few bargains in Porch Hammocks
and accessories.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-06-10

The Washington State Commission
on Forest Legislation met in Seattle
last week and organized preliminary to
the work OF considering and recon-
mending new laws governing the con-
troll of the forests of the state. Ten of
the twelve members of the commission
were present. The question of refor-
esting logged-off lands that are not es-
pecially suitable for agriculture was
taken up, under plan whereby the
state would buy up such lands at a
small price, say $40 per acre, and re-
plant them with trees. The next meet
ing will be July 10.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-06-10
Application No. 7244-7l44-7243

Notice Is hereby given that on Saturday,
the I'd day of July, 1910, between the
hours of ten O'Clock in the forenoon and four
O'Clock in the afternoon, commencing at ten
O'Clock in the forenoon of said day, in 'front.'
of the main entrance door to the County
Court House in the city of Wenatchee,
county of Ohelan, State of Washington,
either by the County Auditor of said county
or by member OF the board OF State Lana
the following described state lands, together
with the improvements situated thereon,
will be sold at public auction TO the n1gnesC
bidder therefor, to-wtt:
Application No. 7244.
81 of NJ of section 10, township 81 north,
range y east w. NJ, containing 100 acres,
more or less, according to the government
survey thereof, appraised at Sl6OO.
Application No. 7lA
NEA of SE14 of section 36, township %
north, range u east w. NJ, containing 40
acres, more or less, according to the govern
ment survey thereof, appraised at SiOO.
Application No. 72i3
NJ of NJ of section 10, township q north,
range q east w. NJ, containing loO acres,
more or less, according to the government
survey thereof appraised at $l6OO.
said lands will be sold for not less thanthe
appraised value above stated, and upon the
terms and conditions following:
Terms and Conditions of Sale-Not less
than one-tenth of the purchase price must
be paid at the time of sale to the of1cer
making the sale. The purchaser If he be
not the owner OF Inb improvements iliuSt
forthwith pay to the officer making the sale
the full amount of the appraised value of
the improvements, as above stated. One
tenth of the purchase price must be paid
annually thereafter on the first day of March
of each year, with interest on all deferred
payments at the rate of six per centum per
annum, together with accrued interest on
any balance at the same rates Provided, that
any purchaser may make full mayment or
principal, interest and statutory fees at any
time and obtain deed or state patent. The
purchaser of land containing timber or
other valuable materials is prohibited by
law from cutting or removing any such
timber or materials without first obtaining
consent OF the Commissioner OF Public
Lands or the Board, until the full amount
of the purchase price has been paid and
deed issued.
All sales of State lands are made subject
to the reservations of oils, gases, coal, ores,
minerals and fossils of every name, kind
and description, and to the additional terms
and conditions prescribed in the Act of the
Legislature approved March 20, 1907, being
Sec of Chap. 256 of the Laws OF 1907.
The abovedescribed lands are offered for
sale in pursuance of an order of the Board OF
state Land Commissioners, and an order OF
sale duly issued and certified by the Com.
missioner of Public Lands OF the State OF
Washington now on file in the office of the
County Auditor of said county.
II. W. ROSS,
Commissioner of Public Lands.
May 27-July
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-06-10
An Oregon single mill in Tillamook
Some Sprays Kill Trees

With the declaration that sprays made
from the by-products ofwood distillation
are no good, and they damage trees,
A. L. Melander, state entomologist,
has stirred up a hornets nest in the
Walla Wala valley. His statement was
made following tests with one of these
kinds of sprays, and he found that the
trees had been more or less injured in
every case and that the pests had not
been hurt at all.
Following this published statement,
makers of these brands of sprays at once
got busy and have had newspapers
trying their cases and pronouncing them
not guilty.
There has been no authority of any
importance at all quoted as denying
the i'll effects, and one man at least ad-
mits his tree was killed by the spray.
1t looks as if there would be more than
mere war of words in the papers be-
fore the matter is finally settled.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-06-10
BLOCK SIGNALS AND SAFETY
Many Railroads Adopting Block System
and Putting in Phones

Under the direction of the Interstate
Commerce Commission the Block Sig
nal and Train Control Board has COM
piled and published report regarding
block signals in use on railroads of the
United States on January l, 1910.
The report includes table showing the
extent of the use Of telephones in the
transmission of train orders.
The total length of road in the
United States operated under the block
system on January /, 1910, was 65,
miles. OF this mileage 14,237.7 was
automatic and 51,520.3 was manual.
During the year 1909 there was an
increase of 2,047.1 miles in the length
of road covered by the automatic
block system, making a total increase
in the miles of road covered by the
block system of 6209.3 miles.
Ten roads which have not heretofore
reported the use Of block signals appear
in this report, and Do roads have made
notable changes in their block signal
installations.
During the last few years telephones
have been installed in place of telegraph
instruments on many roads for the trans
mission of train dispatchers' orders
which confer, restrict or change the road
rights of trains. In the first annual
report of the board the following para
graph appears:
Theoretically, telephones are as safe
and as convenient as the long-used
Morse telegraph, and the experience OF
many roads for the last year or two has
confirmed this theory. We touch up
on this subject in this place merely to
make reply to the query, voiced in
several places, whether the change in
apparatus and methods has involved any
lessening of safety. The only serious
question that has ever been raised con-
corning the safety Of telephones is in
regard to the liability of indistinct trans
mission of syllables and words. In the
Morse telegraph or any other system
this contingency must be provided for,
and with the telephone, as with the
telegraph, mistakes are guarded against
by good training and discipline, and by
repeating back all communications. "
The telephone is used to a greater
or less extent for transmission OF
train orders on about DTS railroads.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-06-10

An old Highland sergeant in one OF
the Scottish regiments was going his
rounds one night to see that all lights
were out in the barrack rooms. Com
ing to a room where he thought he
saw light shining he roared out: Pit
cot that light there" One Of the men
shouted back: It's the mune, ser
geant." Not hearing very well, the
sergeant cried in return: I dinna care
what it is. Pit it oot."
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-06-10

Society moves forward apace with
business and political development,
and Seattle had a sample Of this last
week when Harry Whitney Treat, a
leader of the local 400, inaugurated
ten days OF coaching parties, driving
his new coach from the Washington
Hotel to the Golf and Country Club
and return, charging So seat and
giving the proceeds to charity. Local
society folk turned out in force and
patronized the new attraction, and
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-06-10

The greatest gold strike since the
Klondike discoveries OF 1897 has been
made in the Iditarod region of Alaska,
and Seattle is undergoing a boom in
the Alaska trade that has not been
equalled since the boom days Of the
first rush of gold-seekers. Reports of
the new strike are very meager, but
have been sufficient to start fully 49,
900 people into the northland. Seattle
jobbers are being rushed to death fill
ing orders, and the result Of the ex-
element, if it proves to have solid
backing, will be a greatly increased
demand for the products of the north
west and a consequent prosperity for
the whole state. One miner in the
Iditarod region wrote to his wife that
seven miles of pay dirt have been
staked on five creeks, the pay streak
averaging 500 feet in width. Pans Of
SIS to $50 are not uncommon, and the
ground has shown great richness wher-
ever it has been crosscut. The output
OF the new camps will probably reach
$1,000,000 this year and will be much
larger another year when better trans
portation facilities are provided and
more claims opened up.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-06-10
coaching is now firmly established as a
form of social amusement in Seattle.


The Washington Equal Suffrage As
ISOLATION is more than pleased, accord
ing to its local officials, with the polit-
ical situation in King county. 1t is
really surprising the assurances of sup
port which the local officials have re-
ceived, and there is every reason at
this time for believing that King
county will do we'll for the suffragists
when it comes to voting in the fall.
The fight is less than six months off
and the association is buckling down to
business. The campaign is being con-
Quoted quietly but effectively and re-
ports which are coming in from all Sec
tons of the state are most assuring
from the standpoint Of the association.
An Oregon shingle mill in Tillamook
county worked 33 days on one NAM
moth cedar log, cutting from it 141,-
900 shingles. This is almost unbe-
lievable to people not familiar with the
Pacific Coast where big trees and vast
timber resources are accepted quite as
matter of course.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-06-10
Advertised Letters

In calling for same, please say ad-
vertised." ]. C. DAVIS. Postmaster.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-06-10

Seattle is to have the third highest
sky scraper in the world, if the city is
willing to meet the demands of L. c.
Smith, of Syracuse, N. Y, the million
aire typewriter manufacturer. Smith
owns the corner of Second avenue and
Yesler WAY, and wants to erect a 40
story building, if the city will promise
not to move the city hall and civic
center away from its present location
on Yesler Way. Inasmuch as the vo-
tiers recently passed big bond issue
to buy more land for new city hall
site, it is not likely that the civic cen
ter will be moved, and Mr.. Smith can
go ahead and fulfil his promise to erect
a building which will only be sur
passed by the Singer and Metropolitan
Life buildings of New York.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-06-10
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Furnished by Ohelan County Abstract Go.
For Week Ending June
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-06-10
NEWS OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Seattle to Have Third Highest Building in
the WorId-Another Big Rush
to the klOndike

Puget Sound has just been discov-
ered-rediscovered as a great national
summer resort" declares a writer in
the June issue of Pacific Northwest,
the official publication of the Seattle
chamber Of commerce. And this state
ment is borne out by the numerous
articles and illustrations Of the maya
zine, which fires the opening gun of a
campaign to advertise the Puget Sound
country as resort for summer tourists
from all parts of the world. The sound
itself, the islands, the mountains, the
streams and the lakes OF the northwest
country are exploited in their beauty Of
scenery and climate, and the predic-
ton is made that there will be as many
visitors to the northwest this year as
there were during the period of the
A.-Y.-P. fair. The Seattle chamber is
not alone in its belief that the Pacific
northwest is the finest summer country
on the continent, and numerous Other
cities will carry along the campaign o.
advertising the summer attractions o.
the country. Her mountains rival the
Alps, her lakes cannot be surpassed il
the Canadian wilderness, the Thousand
Islands are no more beautiful than the
San Juan group, no better hunting Of
fishing can be found south of Alaska .
declares one writer, and so, with many
adjectives and much well-placed en-
thusiasm, the campaign to advertise
the Northwest as a summer resort is on
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-06-10

For Week Ending June
&c Peters to E A Webster, lots l
and Q, blk 1, Cascade Orchards; $500.
Or Dew Co OF Seattle to H c Peters,
lots l and Q, blk /, Cascade Or
chards; 81.
Clara A Joy to c L Joy, wAeA
nwA swA, 6-23-19; 81.
wv butcher to Ida M Garrett, nwA
neA swA, 27-22-21; $1,000.
Wen Dew Co to A H Roberts, lot
II, blk %, Col. Bridge ad Wen, $40.
Eva S Godfrey to R P Birmingham,
lot 7, blk a, Dills Orchard Tracts;
$500.
VII Green to Lake Chelan Land
Co, a acres in lot 8, 18-28-21; 81.
III Nelson to M A Tucker, eh
seq 18-27-18; 81.
First Nat Bank of Pullman to G H
Gray & Son, sec 15-25-20 except neA
neA; $500,
Robert Gaines to H R Albin, Do
acres in swA SEX, $3.50; $4,000.
w M Emerson to G D Brown, lot 8,
1862; $1,000.
C A Battles trustee School dist 40
to ] S Hotchkin, lot g, blk 81, Grand
view ad to Wenatchee, $1,000.
LII Miller to S c Gockley, 10 feet
of lot 80, Sunnyslope Farms, ST..
wv Culver to Lake Chelan Land
Co, 400 foot strip in swAn eA seA
nwA 20-28-22; 81.
sc Gockley to L L Miller, strip OF
lot 80, Sunnyslope Farms; 81.
PIP Holcomb to Clayton Barber, 10
acres in swA seA, 20-23-20; $4,000.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-06-10

Teacher: what is the meaning of
'elocution,' Harold2"
Pupil: IT'S the way people are put
to death in some states"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-06-10
Great Northern Time Table

Trains depart from Leavenworth:
Going East Going West
No. %, 1915 am. No. Is, Zoo am.
No. D, LIS am. No. 8, 3:45 am.
No. "A, Assam. No. 43, 4:05 pm.
No. 4, 3:2op.m. No. l, 1:35p.m.
No. %, S:O5 am. No. d, 11:40p.m.
Nos. 81 and % are fast mail trains.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-14
DENTISTS

Dr. Bachmann, 2O5-2Od Majestic Theater
Bldg, $40 5. Bdway. F56Slj Main Ss16.
z-1-tf
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-14
T. r. MAKES SERIES OF
SPEECHES ABOARD SHIP
Welcomes 1900 EmigrantS on
the Vessel to America

ON BOARD KAISER1N AUGUSTE
VICTORIA, June az (via wireless to
Crookhaven, ireland, June 1S).-Theo-
dore Roosevelt was the chief figure in
a noteworthy scene in the storage
this afternoon when he attended q
Catholic service held for 1900 emil
grants, Russian and Galician Poles
The emigrants surrounded an altar
draped with the American flag. chant
ed a litany and then Mr. Roosevelt
spoke briefly, the priest Interpreting.
Mr.. Roosevelt welcomed his hearers
to America and gave them advice on
the necessity of avoiding association
with strangers upon landing. He ex-
horted them to be mindful of the duties
of citizenship and to protect the rights
of women. At the end of his remarks
the emigrants crowded about him, try
ing to kiss his hands.
Later at a service in the second
cabin, at which a German priest Of
ficiated, Mr.. Roosevelt spoke in similar
vein to a gathering of Germans, who
cheered his remarks.
This morning MIR. Roosevelt attend
ed Protestant service In the saloon.
On Monday he will address the crew
and stokers, and on Tuesday with
French, German and Polish priests
and Protestant clergy, he will give a
reception to the first and second cabin
passengers.