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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-11

After few moments hard thinking he
suddenly took down a huge scrap book
and rapidly turned its leaves. With a
muttered ~ thought sol'i Valentine
laid the likeness of Martin Benson
alongside 4 printed handful which had
been pasted In the volume before him
and which bore in its center a hastily
executed half-tone portrait, The pic
lures were Identical; the most casual
observer would have said that both
represented the same man. The hand
bill was an ordinary circular issued by
the chief Of police in Warimoo, MINI,
1t was headed in startling black let
tcrs. r-Wanted-Eive Hun
dred Dollars Reward" and after de
scribing the physical characteristics Of
certain fu~ltive. went on to state
pay the sum named for the arrest of
William. alias "Billy' Merwin. who
was "wanted" for the wilful murder
of an aged citizen named Jacob Win
dell on such and such night
Here was as pretty a puzzle as one
could wish! Could it be that the
"Billy" Merwin who was wanted and
Martin Benson, the young millionaire,
were one and the same person? If not,
were there two distinct personalities
involved7 And, if so. which one of the
y doubles was Delng souPlt lor Dy
the Warimoo chief of police?
Valentine sat down and inditcd i
telegram to the official in question,
asking for fuller information, and add
ing, Fhave reason suspect man wanted
now in Now York, - A reply might be
expected that same afternoon.
When the putative Martin Benson
presented himself Immediately after
luncheon, the inspector was impressed
| by his resemblance to the photograph
| sent by Mrs. Benson. yet by the young
| fellow Is own confession he was not her
son, This was the gIst of his story,
boiled down. from the answers To
| Valentine s searching questions:
81 cannot tell you my name or what
| or who ] am or where ! came from
| This is all / can remember; \ few
DAYS before old Parkcs buttonholed nc
on Broadway and pushed me into Mrs,
Benson IS coune, / had come to myself
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-11

that I was IN this city. Searching my
clothes-whicb wera not ragged OF
worn-merely dirty found a few dol,
lars III bills and silver. Right there /
bought something to eat, had a bath,
brushed my clothes, walked across town
according TO directions, got a shave
and put up at a cheap hotel for the
night. Every moment [ hoped that
my identity would come back to me,
Oh, / ought TO have told YOU that when
the barber came to trim my hair he
found n place Fwbere the hair was mat
ted with dried blood around Some sort
of q cut or bruise. ] wandered all over
the city during those few days and
nights, but everything was new, | was
homeless and nameless So, YOU see,
when some one identified me, called me
| was all ready for adoption. Ny name
might he Martin Benson, though the
sound thereof awoke not single re-
sponsive memory. But as the days and
weeks went by, although Mrs. Benson
was kindness itself, and really wanted
to recognize me as her own boy, [ be.
came convinced that old Parkes had
made an ass of himself and misled us
all So 7 told them all how it was with
me, and admitted that TO the best of
my belief / could be no kin Of the Ben
stay on until the mystery was cleared
up"
Valentines final question was "In
your clothes did you find nothing-no
papers, watch. trinkets, or trifling per-
sonal belongings that suggested any
thing to your dead memory?'
Not thing-neither watch, keys,
papers, wallet, or knife-only this Gu
rous scrap" From his vest pocket
the man without memory produced a
torn half of a playing card--the deuce
of diamonds. Across the white space
above the "pip' was written clearly,
as with an indellble pencil, the name
- Ruby Owen.
''And does that name mean nothing
to you9n queried Valentine.
H.Not a blessed thing,' confessed the
other with n shamefaced laugh. "May
he [ am Roby Owen-but | can u tell
/ don t think so-why, | cannot say,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-11

in box car somewhere uptown boT-
dering the Hudson rver. I was dirty,
unshaven and hungry. To the best OF
my knowledge L had never been in
New York before. L crawled out of
the freight car, stumbled down the
track, and inquired at combined boat
house and cheap restaurant where
was Then for the first time / learned
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-11

The old coachman must have started
right back after driving home his mis-
tress. When he presented himself at
Valentine s office his first act was to
hand over a square envelope, which the
former laid to one side. Then he led
the old servitor to talking about his
finding of the young master.
80 IT was this way, sor: I had bin
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-11
By Frederic Reddale
Copyright, 1910, by w. G.. Chapman-)

a rather good looking and well lset-up
youngster of about four and twenty,
with clean -shaven features and q devil
may-care look about the eyes.
Valentine IS boast was that he never
forgot face, and the instant he set
eyes on the photo he recognized it as
representing some one whom he had
previously met or seen. But where
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-11

Il, saced, white. haired old lady
immediately engraved
h;cb was inscribed "Mrs.
parson. - into Finnoy Valen-
',tTu in the Flatiron build
4 eutircly at your service, Mrs
oson. !" said the great investl-
|.-,.vs courtly and considerate
'he uneasy sex. ''How may L
.sr For our student Of men,
"A manners realized that to
IA, at his or her ease was the
~ 70 ensure a complete and
-,ssed unburdening OF the
other and more colloqulal
!, find out "what allied them. -
Lam in great trouble said
Son. all a-hutter with the ex-
unusual with one Of New
.,ect. of consulting a common
20 Indeed, the fact that she
{aryey Benson-had been forced
5emean herself, WAS enough to
for her agitation.
think of me as your doctor or
'tir.' . said Valentine. ~ am
!. fo be--merely your adviser
-ume that you need or want my
And / may add that whatever
n me, Mrs. Benson, goes no
b These observations the great
4 used simply to set the dear
.lJ Mr. Valentine said the
4 ladY aforesaid, somewhat re-
Nv his words, "I can assure
Il took me some time to make
lind to consult you. And-er-
"A il would be more difficult. -
1yofession, said Valentine,
onsly, isis to help people in
Especially those who feel
n cannot use the ordinary chan
a I right in supposing that You,
+ lady are in that position?'
Denson beamed on Finney Val
4 these words, and fairly snug
NJ to use a familiar phrase,
d he were one Of the family,
.me pussy cat
-
.ince you are so kind. I feel
IN talk 10 you like-oh, like
son or my dear husband, now
d gone. -
I Valentine bowed-what man
1otg-at this almost childlike
, az confidence. Meantime Mrs.
Benson gathered herself To-
|or her narrative. She was go
kry to be logical-a very rare
skment for her sex and age.
years ago, Mr.. Valentine, ~
an. "my dear son Martin left
seek his fortune in the west,
IA Lord knows there was no
Is father had left plenty-but
vas possessed with the idea that
prove himself able to stand on
feet-thnt was the way he put
III, he left me, and for two or
|onths he wrote me regularly
hi the coast, then from Montana,
la A laska. and finally from q
|uewhere in Minnesota. After
sH, there was nothing after
Xartin seems to have disap-
You may guess how ] wor-
D vas all | had left!' Here a
|are Of cambric came into requi-
Valentine waited patiently.
+tl. .H-the peculiarly drawled
[|on was characteristic, it
after the last one from War
Minnesota, Martins letters
That was nearly two years
day last March I had been
oVn town doing some shopping.
wing Beeman's / had taken
y in the coupe-telling Parkes
onr coachman, you know
Fhen this same Parkes-he s
rs for years-came TO the
'ae coupe, saving:
Io be is, Mrs. Benson-I've
tIm, begging your pardou!
.hout word of apology or of
'ou on my part he opened the
q half pushed n man into the
Gel in, Mr.. Martin, SIR he
|mmed the door, jumped on the
drove off uptown.
hfst glimpse, Mr.. Valentine, j
the man was my dear boy. Mar
II wasn't my son himself it
perfect double-height. build,
hair, eyes, coloring-only he
s If he had been very i'll or
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-09-26
Lost and Found
Want Department

We will have several young laGies
enter our college in October who
desire places to work for their
board and room Anyone desir-
ing such services will please tele-
phone, write or call at Wenatchee
Business College.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-09-26
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Office of the County Commissioners
of Chelan County, Washington,
Wenatchee, Washington.
Sealed bids will be received at
this office until ten o'clock a. m.
October 8, 1910, and then opened,
for the construction of a Pile and
Timber Wing Dam at Cashmere.
Chelan County, Washington.
The map, plans, estimate and
specifications are on file in the Of
flee of the County Engineer of Che
Ian County, where they may be in
spected.
Date for completion of contract,
February 1st, 1911.
The right is reserved to reject
any or all bids. Bids will be made
upon forms to be furnished by this
office and must be sealed and mark
ed, Proposal for Construction of
Pile and Timber Wing Dam at Cash
mere, Chelan County, Washington.
No bid will be considered unless
accompanied by certified check
payable to the County Auditor Of
Chelan, County for five per cent
6 per cent? of the amount of the
bid, based on approximate estimate
furnished by the County Engineer.
The checks of the lowest accept
able bidder and the next lowest ac-
ceptable bidder will be held until
the contract is signed.
F. NJ. BERRY,
County Engineer.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-09-26
Brewmasters Meet i'm Detroit.

Detroit, Mich. Sept 26.-The
22nd annual convention of the Brew
masters Association of the United
States opened this morning and will
continue three days. There are pres
ent delegates from Milwaukee, New
York, Cincinnati. Brooklyn, st. Louis.
Chicago, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Ro-
chester and numerous other cities. In
addition TO the business, various So
cial events have been arranged by
the local committee.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-09-26
CLEANING AND DYEING.

WE ARE NOW opened for business.
Bring your clothing to The Cham
berlain Steam Dye and French
Dry Cleaning Works and let us
make them like new. We are pre-
pared to give you satisfaction in
Dyeing, French Dry or Steam
Cleaning and Alterations, and al
so make speciality OF Hat Block
ing. Last but not least, satisfac-
ton at all times. Give us a trial.
Once our customer, always our
customer. Phone 1888 or call at
220 South Wenatchee Ave.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-09-26

FOR SALE-Four acres on Sunny
slope, all set to trees. Nearly all
bearing and and Z years old.
Good water right, good barn. Will
have crop worth $1,000 this
year. Phone 23011. D. E. Nc
Millen, Wenatchee. 1923
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-09-26

FOR SALE-Or will trade for good
team, acres of fruit land. Write
to B. c., care Daily World. $50
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-09-26
HOUSE CLEANING.

GLOBE VACUUM CLEANING Co.
Cleans carpets, rugs. draperies
with electric cleaner. Carpets and
rugs with hand vacuum where
there is no electricity. 8. H. Della
mater. Phone 874. Sprague Bldg.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-09-26

$50 ACRES of good land. Water for
10 acres. Balance now wheat land.
Can be irrigated by pumps. Good
well, with an inexhaustible supply
a barn for six horses. Whole place
fenced. Price $4,000, with terms.
For further particulars write r.
NJ, care Daily World. 1916
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-09-26

FRUIT AND WHEAT LANDS for
sale by the Ephrata and Moses
Lake Real Estate Office. Ephrata
Wash.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-09-26
UNDERWRITERS

W. H. HAMILTON & SON, Funeral
Directors an Licensed Embalm-
ers. Phone 1875. Licensed lady
cmbalmer. Private ambulance.
Branch at Leavenworth, Wash, In
charge of Mrs. A. J. Martin. Calls
answered at all hours. Wenat
chez, Wash.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-09-26

FOR SALE-Cheap if taken soon,
13 acres raw land in East Wenat-
chez, good soil, easy terms, water
from high line ditch, will irrigate
nicely. K w. White, Wenatchee,
Wash. 9-27
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-09-26

piano October l.. to
keep or rent cheap. Best of care.
Address P. R., care Daily World.
9-27
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-09-26
TYPEWRITERS

TYPEWRITERS-$ to 500 cash,
S. to $40 a month. See list of
satisfied purchasers. Ribbons and
supplies. W. S. Belser, 20 South
Wenatchee avenue.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-09-26

FOR SALE-Good residence lot,
with bearing fruit trees, cheap.
Two blocks north of Lincoln
school. Inquire $40 Methow. 1928
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-09-26

FOR SALE-A good residence lot,
cheap. Phone 1875. 1926
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-06-10
Little Bear Ridge
George W. Hancock
Clerk

Elias Smith is on the sick list.
Burl Emmett has started his new
house.
Lester and Clyde Smith are guests
of Ray Smith at Clifford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jess Benjamin and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Campbell
and Mr.. and Mrs. } Ohm I Benjamin
and family were guests OF Mr.. Tetrick
last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. Harris were visit
ing Mr.. BeaPs the first OF the week.
Mary Kollenborn returned home
last week.
Harry Tetrick was guest of j.
=. Benjamin Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Roberts made
business trip to Spokane last
week.
Quite number of people attended
the theatre in Kendrick Friday and
Saturday. Everybody was well re-
warded for the time spent in going.
O. Hupp while driving a team O.
young colts had quite an exciting
runaway, but no serious accident
happened.
Georgia Hupp OF Park, Idaho, wal
visiting her parents last week.
The railroad surveyors are eros
surveying the land along Bear creek
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-06-10
Notice of Special Election

Notice is hereby given that a spec
ial election will be held at the Vii
lage hall in Kendrick, Latah county
State OF Idaho, by the legal qualified
electors who are tax payers OF and
reside within the limits OF the said
Village of kendrick, on Monday, the
eleventh OD day of July, A. D. 1910,
between the hours OF nine ~ O'Clock
9. m. and seven (7) O'Clock p. IN. OF
said day, for the purpose OF bonding
the said Village OF kendrick, Latah
county, State of Idaho, in the sum
of ten thousand dollars for the pur-
pose of acquiring, building, erecting
constructing, improving and main
tanning system OF waterworks for
the public and private use OF the in.
habitants of the said Village OF Ken
drick, Latah county, State OF Idaho.
Daniel T. A. Macintosh
Chairman
George W. Hancock
Clerk
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-06-10
The Electric Arc.

1t is not perhaps generally known
that in the SO called arc lamp the light
comes from the incandescent, carbons.
the electric arc itself being practically
mountainous. One of the chief aims
of inventors has been to make the arc
luminous instead of the carbons. In
the Steinmetz magnetic lamp this is
effected by making the pencil for the
negative electrode of combination of
magnetic iron ore with titianium oxide
and other chemicals. Virtually all the
light Of a .SteinmetZ lamp comes from
the arc, for the electrodes are not heat
ed to a temperature high enough to
render them incandescent. The life of
the lamp is thus prolonged.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-06-10
A USEFUL VEGETABLE.
The Beet IL One of the Most Valuable
4 Of Cultivated Plants.

of Cultivated Plants.
The beet is one of the most valuable
of cultivated plants. The red garden
varieties furnish savory table vege-
tables. the large forage beets form an
excellent food for cattle, and the sug-
ar beet is one of the principal sources
of sugar and alchohol. says the Scien-
tific American. The usefulness of this
valuable root has now been increased
by the production of an edible -four
from sugar beets. The desiccation of
sliced sugar beets (zuckerschnitzeD is
already practiced in Germany on a
very extensive scale, but the product
is employed exclusively as fodder for
cattle.
In Belgium, however, a meal is now
made from dried beets which. accord.
ing to paper read before the recent
chemical congress in London, is en-
tirely free from the distinctive flavor
OF the beet and is suitable for use in
making cakes. buildings and pastry.
As it contains about 65 per cent of
sugar, it can often be substituted. with
advantage, for sugar in somewhat lar
ger quantities. The processes of des-
location and grinding not only cost
less than the extraction of sugar. but
preserve all the sugar of the beet, part
of which is rejected in the form Of
molaSses, in the process of sugar max
ing
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-06-10
GOOD EARTH ROADS,
Cheaper Than Other Highways
and Easy to Build.
GOOD DRAINAGE A NECESSITY

II Is One Of the Principal Points In
Making a Good Dirt Roadway-They
Are Preferred In Many SQ.i2ns of
the United States. -
Long ago became convinced that il
we were to have good roads in our day
and generation we must seek some 9th
er methods of doing the work and
some other material than macadam.
For while stone roads have and per-
haps always will have an adaptation
for certain districts on account of
the lack of facilities for good. drain
age, which is one of the principal
points in the construction of earth
roads, or where the character of the
soil is such that good earth roads can
not be made or for thoroughfares
where the travel is great and the valu-
alton high enough to stand the taxa
ton, the expense is far too great to
make them practicable for even a
small proportion of all the roads.
1t must be remembered that no mat
ter how good stone road is construct
ed there is certain amount of wear
and tear each day and month and year.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-06-10

From Good Roads Magazine. New York.
A TYPICAL RURAL EARTH ROAD.
The amount of this wear has been
found by experience to, be from one
fourth to one-half inch a. year.
Others have figured it at only two
thirds of cubic yard per year.
We also have the experience of city
street making. With all of their great |
valuation to tax cities have found it |
burdensome to keep, up good paved or
macadamiZed streets.
Mind, am not speaking against mac
adamized roads. They are, so far as
our knowledge Of roadmaking now
goes, the one thing for thoroughfares
or other places where the valuation
will afford them without burdensome
taxation. And many of such places
throughout the United States prefer
the well built dirt road. What we
want is good roads now, and the queS-
ton is how to make them with what
money is available, and l think it is
the wrong policy for township that
has only from $1,000 to $4,000 year
to spend on roads to lay it all out on
a mile or two of stone road when by
the right methods good earth roads
could be kept up over the whole town.
ship with the same money or less.
The solution of this, I am convinced.
is in learning how to make earth roads;
l believe that by proper methods of
roadmaking the earth roads, especial-
ly in places where the nature Of the
soil and the facilities for good drain
age are favorable, can be made and
kept as good as or better on the average
than the stone road and at but frae-
ton Of the cost.
The nature of the soil and the facili-
ties for drainage are so varied that it
is impossible to lay down any one rule
or method of roadmaking. At some
places nothing but macadam will, do,
but there are many E.any other, places
where the earth roads can be made
equally good. In fact, in places where
the soil is just right-that is, porous
enough to let the water through and
yet tenacious enough to pack and no
become dusty-and the drainage nat
urally good the earth road is the yer!
best that can be made. And most soil
will in a large degree take on. the quail
tiles necessary for good roadmakini
after good drainage is Effected. G
]. Homsher in Good Roads Advocate.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-06-10
Secretary Knox For Good Roads.


Secretary Knox believes that the
of population in great cities
is caused in large part by the lack Of
good roads in this country. He told
the house committee on foreign affairs
that the reason France is the richest
agricultural country In the world is
because she has had good roads so
long. He said: 1.-THE agricultural pop
ulation of France does not have to
spend its money in repairing vehicles
and their harness every winter. l
think it has improved the attractive
ness Of rural life. l think it has caus'
ed the population to remain on ths
soil more than in any other country
You do not find that tendency to urban
population in France and England thai
Jou do In this country"
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-06-10
Uss Of a Drag on oravsliy Reads

Uss If a Drao on Graveiiy Reads.
Tn coils full of loose stones or even
small bowlders the drag has done
rood service. The loose stones are
drawn into q windrow down the CEN
ter of the road, while the earth Is de-
nosited around the powders in such
a way that the surface is leveied.
The loose stones in the center Of the
road should of course be removed.
where there Ia a large proportion of
small stones or gravel the drag will
keep down the Inequalities In the sur
face.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-05
Deputy PerOni Has
Plan to Handle
the Bad Italians
Would Have Corps of Special Police
t to Watch Emigrants Who Leave
Italy Bound for America.

ROME, Dec. Especial Cablegram.)-
Speaking about the proposed parliament for
the formation OF a special corps OF Italian
American police to combat criminality
among Italian immigrants in America,
Deputy Valvassori Peroni said he approved
the plan He acknowledged that among
the Italians living in American cities. Grim
inal associations flourish and that crimes
are painfully frequent because Italy has
never made a serious effort TO prevent the
emigration OF suspicious characters, who
often use false passports, thus evading
police surveillance on their departure and
arrival.
The only practical remedy" continued
the deputy, rs the institution Of a special
corps Of emigration police to watch emf
grants closely, both in Italy and America,
prevent their landing in America, and
when found there, to arrest and bring
them back to Italy. II this we're done in
few years only law-abiding Italians
would be left in America and the feeling
against Italians would be greatly removed
as the criminaHty decreased"
The matter will probably be discussed al
the international congress on immigration
| in Rome next year.