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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08
NORTH YAKIMA
CELEBRATING
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NORTH YAKIMA, Wn., June s.
The completion of the first unit Of
the Tieton irrigation project. built
by the United States reclamation
service, to water $4,000 acres, was
celebrated today by North Yakima
citizens. who gave a basket picnic
today. The first unit of the project
will irrigate 1000 acres; the Sec
on unit, soon to be completed, will
supply water to 5000 acres, and
the third will reclaim $4,000 acres.
Construction of the canal began
in 1907. In the distributing sys-
TEN there are 10 miles of main
laterals and sixty miles of sub
laterals.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08
MORE SUFFERING.
FOR ITALY

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ROME, uJne S.-Southern Itatly
today is a scene of sorrow and suf-
fering following the short but vio-
lent earthquake felt in Campania,
Basilicata and Calabria.
The dead at Calatri, San Sossio
and San Sele number so. Other
towns have their one or more dad,
while the number of injured Is
enormous. The great number Of
wounded men. women and children
gave rise to alarming reports that
hundreds had been killed, but 1t is
believed now that the loss Of life
will not exceed rs.
The hospitals in the stricken ter
ritory are filled with injured. I'M
provised shelters are oyercrowded
with persons seeking medical aid
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08

After having been ruthlessiy de-
nouneed in a threatening anony-
NOUS letter. left on the steps for
him at the home Of his lady friend
up at Sixth and Lincoln; fired upon
from ambush, presumably by a
Jealous rival, and suffering almost
the ruination Of his expensive even
Ing clothes In a search for the cul-
prit through adjacent underbrush.
Robert Tong Of the Washington
Water Power Co. was held up and
robbed by footpad last night.
Tong found the letter waiting for
him when he returned from the the
atre with a young lady, and was
just on the way to car from her
home when a shot was fired from a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08
SUSPECTED OF
NUMBERING FRIEND

SAN RAFAEL. Cal, June s.
Suspected of having murdered his
companion in a fight on Tomalp
bay, Pablo Sassa, a young Spaniard,
is under arrest here today while
the authorities are investigating
the case. Sassa and Jose Felis, a
companion, left for Marshalls, the
home of Felis, in rowboat Sun
day. Sassa arrived at Marshalls
alone, covered with blood from
wounds in his head. The boat was
found by the father of Felis, and
was splotched with blood and one
oar was missing.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08
DECORATION DAY CELEBRATED WITHOUT FLOWERS
OR GRAVES IN THE LAND OF.ofHE MIDNIGHT sim

NOME, Alaska, June S.Iecora-
ton day without flowers, without a
G. A. II. camp, without a grave,
without a body, without sunshine or
anything else in particular. but pat
riotism and snow, and dogs for the
marshal's aides.
The weirdest Decoration day in
all the domains of Uncle Sam was
that observed near the Arctic circle
in this the capital of Alaska.
There are no flowers in this will
derness of gold and snow; even
cordwood is a relic to be treasured.
So the Memorial day parade is gar
landed with paper wreaths and the
three lonely veterans pace the
streets with punches of artificial
flowers, made by Eskimo woman in
the long winter nights, tightly
clasped in their hands. --~
Few are buried in Alaska except
dogs and natives. SO there are no
graves to deck. in fact, an Alaska
grave would have to be blasted to
inter a body, and if decorated the
floral brigade would need show
shoes and shovels. So the patriotic
folk who march on Decoration day
deck an imaginary grave in Eagles
hall with paper flowers. The grave
is banked up with thawed out earth
in the center of the big hall and the
three G. A. r. veterans go through
the ceremonial rites and drop the
paper flowers, that a squaw twined
in the snow hut on the wintry
beach.
There are half a dozen horses in
all Nome; the half dozen horses go
to the United States marshal and
his aides, the rest of the celebrants
go on foot. or else crack winding
whips over surly dogs, for there is
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08
YOUNG GIRL LOST:
FEAR SHE'S KILLED

Wolter a few weeks ago while seek.
ing employment as a stenographer.
The Mearson girl disappeared on
Monday, and the search for her, be.
gun late Monday night, has thus far
been fruitless. The family turned
over to the detective bureau sew
eral newspaper lists of help wanted
advertisements she had consulted.
With those lists as a basis for their
Investigations, the detectives have
begun a canvass in the office dis
tricts to see if they can get some
trace of places where the girl call
ed looking for work.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08
BOY VICTIM OF
RAILROAD DYING

Little Charles Carter, age 8
years, from the Washington Chill
dren's Home Finding asylum, who
was run down at the corner OF
Crescent street and the Great
Northern tracks by a train shortly
after noon yesterday, is still I'M
conscious at the st. Luke's hos
pital. 1t was first reported that the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08

NEW YORK, June S.-Detectives
are searching the dark corners of
the city for clues to the where
abouts of Esther Mearson, a 16-
year-old stenographer, whose
strange disappearance while in
search of employment has led her
parents to the belief that she is
either being detained somewhere
against her will or has been MUIR
dered. .-.
According to the police, the case
resembles in many of it's features
that of Ruth Wheeler, who was
murdered in the rooms of Albert
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08
A new ROAD
FOR SPOKANE

vide and building from there on to
Yakima by a water grade, After
reaching Yakima the road will be
extended directly across to Spo-
kane.
1t is also probable that it will be
carried into central Idaho from this
place, where it will tap the rich
Camas prairie and Nez Perez wheat
belts and come in for a share of the
lumber haulage and shipment of
mining equipment, supplies and
products. 1t is evident that those
in the company figure on develop
ing Vancouver as a seaport.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08

A new railroad to enter Spokane,
and which. it is believed, will be
one of the shortest cuts to the coast
through this part OF the country is
that of the Columbia & Camas Rail-
way Co., in whose behalf Senator
Piles has introduced bill granting
permission to build across the mill
tary reserve at Vancouver, Wash.
From Vancouver to Yolcott the
road has already been builded. al
most in straight line. and from
Yolcott projects show that it is to
follow the Lewns river valley,
crossing the Cascades at a low d.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08

neither violets nor dust in Nome in
May. The veterans, there were six
of them two Years ago, always
march. even though their canes slip
in the snow and their ice crusted
boards snap in the river wind.
Nome observes Memorial day
through pure patriotism, and every
official in the territorial capital
turns out, every citizen turns out,
the bandit is there, every dog in town
feels the whip and the harsh caress.
1t is a gala day and a day that per-
haps more truly impresses the les
son of patriotism than in many cit
les where G. a. r. members are
more than relics.
Nome remembers Decoration day,
it is on the verge of the happy sea-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08

ACCIDENTALLY
KILLS WIFE
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 8.-Mrs.
G. J. Ryan was shot and killed at
her home today by her husband, a
special policeman. Mr.. Ryan said
that the shooting was accidental.
According to the husband, he was
cleaning a revolver when it fell
from his hand. A she'll exploded and
bullet pierced the woman's intes.
tines. She died soon afterward.
Neighbors found Ryan staring at his
PROSTATE wife, too unnerved to call
for aid.
1t is proable that he will be
charged with manslaughter He be.
came hysterical when he learned
that his wife was dead and was
placed under physicians care.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08
G Q N TIN u E D
.=F r o -
P A @ F. Q N E.
STORY OF ]. DANIELS

was armed with a bottle of beer.
The killing of the man was pro-
bounced justifiable and the affair
flushed up by the police.
L. So much for Joe Daniels, the
plain clothes man, and his "stool
pigeons" 1t illustrates the meth
eds that are employed in the low
Brow system of the apprehension
Of criminals, now in vogue in Spo-
kane. The Daniels case and the
Bush case are examples of how
the system works.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08
TRY To STEM
|NSURGENT TIDE
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MILWAUKEE, Wis, June s.
Republicans in Wisconsin have
gathered today for a meeting ex-
pected to check insurgency" In
Wisconsin. The distinct purpose of
the meeting to fight the renomina-
ton and election of LaFollette to
the United States senate.
1t is generally believed here that
the meeting is being engineered by
Washington politicians and that it
is tn beginning of a determined
fight against the spread of insur-
gency.
La Toilette will be attacked, it is
understood, because he had OPP
posed Taft's policies.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08
AN EPIDEMIC OF
MENTAL AFFLICTION

ously, perhaps MORALLY, wounded in
a fight or an accident. Chances
are before we are through with that
case We will be swamped with work,
all of serious nature. All seems
to have come at once. Suicides are
.ofttimes, but not so generally, to be
found occurring in the same pecu-
liar manner. Several will come
along almost together and then, per.
haps, for weeks no. suicide cases
come before u.s."
One good illustration of how
trouble comes in punches to the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08

emergency hospital is an instance
of several weeks ago. A carpenter
fell from a house over on Cleveland
avenue, fracturing his skull; an
Italian stumbled into stone
crusher at Second and Monroe, sus-
tanning terrible injuries, and an
other party was badly injured in a
runaway accident, all at about the
same time. Scarcely five minutes
elapsed between the accidents and
all the injured parties came bleed
ing and moaning into the emer-
gency hospital at about the same
time.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08
NO QUARREL
! With BERGER
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1 EOWARDENNAN, June S.
s6ome one has been lying, SAM"
said jeff today to Sam Berger, his
manager, when 1 discharge you as
my manager I will be the one to
tell you and not some outsider"
This was Jeffries' answer to a
yumor which reached the camp to-
day and saying that Berger had
been discharged and that differ.
4nces had come between Jeffries
and his manager.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08
PORTLAND STRIKE UNSETTLED
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PORTLAND, Ore, June 8.-All
efforts to settle the transfer team
sters strike has thus far met with
no success. The 400 striking team
sters say they are determined to
secure their demands for an in
crease of % cents per day and re-
cruits are continually joining their
ranks.
1t is reported that strikebreakers
are en- route from eastern cities,
but the rumor Is denied by officials
of the draymen's association.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08
PRESIDENT BRYAN OF
PULLMAN MAY RETIRE
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PULLMAN, Wash, June s.
President f. A. Bryan of the Wash
ington State college here today re-
fused either to confirm or deny the
report that he will retire January
l, 1911. 1t is known on excellent
authority, however, that Mr.. Bryan
has been considering his retire
ment for some months and has fin
ally decided upon 1t. Immediately
upon his resignation he expects to
take his family abroad for the ben
eft of his wife's health.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08

son when the ice sweeps out Of the
river and when the first boats come
in, and the town, that. has hiber-
mated through the long, dark zero
winter, emerges and halls with wild
JOY the coming of civilization.
Memorial day in Nome means
more than the dropping of flowers
and the blare of trumpets; it means
the coming Of new hope; the ardor
of the zest for gold, in the crumbly
soil of summer, the time when big
men face nature and gloat, the time
when bearded pards are beardless
youths in the joy of spring that
follows an eight months winter;
winter with the chill knife of arctic
cold that makes even the dullard
skin
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08
SOLDIER CONFESSES TO
ATTACK ON WOMAN

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SEATTLE, June S.-Nathaniel
Bledser, private in the Twenty
fifth (colored) infantry, after re-
peated denials Of his guilt, finally
broke down under cross-examina-
ton today and confessed his attack
on Mrs. j. w. Redding at her home
near Fort Lawton last Saturday
night.
II was drunk and reckless,
guess" was his only excuse. He
said that he with another soldier
had decided to desert. With a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08
PLEADS GUILTY; FINED 5000

Pleading guilty to a charge Of as
ssnlt and battery, Glenn Harden, a
well dressed young man. was fined
$500 and costs In police court this
morning by Judge Mann. Gertrude
Daniels was the complainant. but
|dN not appear IN court. Harden
|Qande no attempt to fight the case.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08

corporal they went to a saloon
about a mile from the fort, where
Bledser drank four cans Of beer.
They went from there to chicken
ranch owend by negro named
Marion and there gave the corporal
the slip. On their way to street
car they passed the Redding home
and saw Mrs. Redding. The attack
followed. They afterwards boarded
a street car and spent the remand.
err of the evening in the tenderloin
district, returning to the fort about
II o'clock.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08
500 REWARD

for the conviction Of the party or
parties claiming to be agents or
solicitors of the Partisan Dyeing q
Cleaning Works, COS First avenue
+. A. Lenmann, prop.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08
|lMpow SUES CITY FOR $4,000

Vhe widow OF George parr, who
|Rae killed at the Monroe street
PSldes May 10. has brought suit
egednst the city Of Spokane for
ooe. She Il. however. willing to
= $4,000. shs alleges her hus-
= - Rlaoe1 In = dangerous
1lssoE.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08

FRESNO, Cal.-While drunk, w.
u. Hawthorne, teamster Of Car.
ruthers, Shoots up" that town, and
fatally wounds Mrs. D. e. Lawton.
proprietor of restaurant and bar.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08
ATE NEWC
B u L L E T N S
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SEATTLE June S-Che of Police Wappensten this afternoon
ordered policemen district
the residents possible trouble
Acting Howell will Olympia
with w Mckay chairman
pointed push of the Governor Hay Min
WASHINGTON, June STha the conference committee the
railroad bill will requested indicated
day by the efforts President Adrich
the session
VANCOUVER June S-While the search for big Jim" Gala
missing
the from
has been quietly living
pretty suburb which to Vancouver what Oakland
Francisco
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08

PROFILE, N. H.-Theodore
Roosevelt Jr., his fiance, Miss Alex
ander, and Mrs. Alexander arrived
here yesterday. They will collect
and ship Roosevelt's furniture to
California.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08

boy had been almost instantly
killed, but he was simply senseless.
Little hope is held out for his re-,
covery.
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The Spokane Press, delivered, Is
oasfs q month.
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

Be not deceived, Blusson. the
tailor, has NOT sold out and has no
intentions of doing SO. Main 2046.
A. Blusson.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-04-06
County Fairs.

COUNT Count; ss:..irs are worth the time
and money. Like aaanertis,ng. i, 10
sometimes hard to count the actual
cash returns from these agricultural
exhibits, but they bring the goods.
Mark that the county with well
established fair of the classy sort is
invariably of the highest class. Its
farmers are of the best, its live
stock is of the finest, its attitude
toward progress and the outward
evidences of progress displayed give
it distinctiveness and place. Note
that every county where good
county fair is an established institu-
ton shows better live stock, more
interested and more successful
farmers than it's fairless neighbors.
The greatest value of the county fair
is its stimulating effect on the agri-
culturalists who attend and support
1t.
1t is more than q manifestation, 1t
is an educator, stimulative tonic
effect. 1t makes for better farmers,
for greater production. finer and
more valuable stock, more corn to
the acre. more money in the bank,
and i'm circulation. fewer mortgages,
and higher citizenship.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-04-06
Falls to Her Death.

Mrs. o. Fl. Woods is dead as the
result of fall, Wednesday morning,
down an elevator shaft at Zbornik
Bros. store. Mrs. Woods was doing
some trading and was being waited
upon by the lady clerk, who was not
in position to observe Mrs. Woods,
and the others were at work out OF
doors, so no one can give an exact
account of the affair.
The shaft is in the southeast
corner of the building, protected on
the west side by substantial rail-
ing and on the north side by large
refrigerator, and near to this Is the
end of a counter, so to reach the
omen elevator shaft it was necessary
for Mrs. W'ccss 10 . iui'o &C: .lv go be-
hind the counter and also wal
through an opening scarcely foot
in width and about three feet in
length.
Mrs. Woods disappearance was
noted and she was found lying
grooming and unconscious on the
cement floor of the basement, having
fallen about eight feet DR.. Hess
was summoned and the injured wo-
man was taken to her home. where
she passed away after about two
hours, without regaining conscious
ness. Death was the result or IN
ternal njuries.-Cresco p. ID.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-04-06
New Hospital at CrescO.

Two Sisters of Charity from Du-
buque came up Wednesday to in
spect the plans for the new hospital
and found them entirely acceptable
in every way and announced that
work would commence just as soon
as the amount required from Cresco
was ready to be turned over to them.
DIR. Connolly informs us that the
committee needs about $4,000 to
complete the $4,000 required from
Cresco and that prompt subscrip-
tions to make up this amount is ne
cessary to insure completion of the
building this season. The plans, as
accepted, provide for building of
about so rooms, including 26 priv
ate rooms. DR.. Kessel stands ready
to deed over the present hospital
property just as soon as the 5000
fund is mpleted.-Cresco p. d.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-04-06
Dig Potatoes i'm the Spring.

Potatoes that were in the ground
all winter are being dug this spring
and show up as sound as filberts.
Mrs. Eppie Price found fine mess
of potatoes that had been overlook
ed, none of which were frozen. Matt
Noyes was in Clay township last
week, and ate at farm house
where the head of the household
had dug five or six bushels this
spring that had not been touched by
the frost. This is an unusual record
for spring following a hard win
ter where the mercury dropped to
nearly 800 below zero The heavy
mantle of snow which was persistent
for three months saved the neglect
ed murphies. Eureka.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-04-06

Chicago Daily Journal and Pub
lie Opinion one year, $500.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-04-06
Oldest Mayor i'm the United States.

j. II. Webster, who has been
mayor of Waucoma for a quarter of
a century was reelected last week,
with the entire citizens ticket which
he headed, by vote of to L. Mr..
Webster is eighty-six years of age
and celebrated his siXtieth wedding
anniversary last January. He enter
ed the land from the government
where the town is now located and
was Waucoma's first mayor, having
held the office for a quarter of a
century. He is without doubt the
Oldest mayor in service as we'll as
years in the United States.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-04-06
Nearly a Lost Art.

Statistics show that there is one
trade that is about to become ex-
tinct and it is that of the horseshoer.
Nc Young mon 49,. sas entered this line
of business and each year the u1-
mand for horseshoers increases. The
union has thrown down the bars and
instead of restricting the number of
apprentices that shall be employed
is soliciting applicants to enter the
trade. Horseshoers receive good pay
but the work is hard and dangerous
and young men are seeking admis-
sion into other trades. 1t has been
years since any young man in Wa
verify started to be a horseshoer.-
Waverly Independent.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-04-06
One Conductor Who Was Cured.

Mr.. MILFORD Adams is his name
and he writes about 1t: some
time ago | was confined TO my bed
with chronic rheumatism. l used
two bottles of Foley's Kidney Rem
edy with good effect, and the third
bottle put me on my feet and | re-
sumed work as conductor on the
Lexington, Ky. Street Railway. IL
gave me more relief than any medi-
cine | had ever used. and 1t will do
all you claim in cases OF rheuma-
tism." Foley's Kidney Remedy cures
rheumatism by eliminating the uric
acid from the blood, r. A. Eng
'bertson. Apl.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-04-06
Catching Many Suckers.

There is reported TO have been
4. c.e or less sport in the angling
line during the Dast wei, c. two,
the warm weather having caused
the suckers to get busy when the
man with the hook and line appear
ed on the scene with his tempting
bait. AS a result there have been
several extensive catches of that
class of fish. The open season for
trout does not begin until April 10,
continuing from that date to the
last of September. The open season
for bass, pike, crappies, pickerel.
catfish and other game fish does not
begin until May 10 and runs to
November Is.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-04-06
A Freak Hen.

G.. II. Bartlett has hen that is a
freak, or at least lays freak eggs.
A day or two ago this hen laid an
egg that measured three and one
half inches long and corresponding
ly proportioned. The size of the
egg was of Itself wonder enough,
out upon being opened, another egg
of standard size and perfect in form
alton was found within the outer
sell, imbedded in a layer of al
bumen.-Riceyille Recorder.