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The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-03-04
CAN RIDE WEST IN
PALACES
HILL ROADS ARE SPENDING
MILLIONS FOR NEW EQUIP
MENT THIS YEAR-MUCH OF
1T TO COME WEST.

1t is announced that the Northern
Pacific and the Great Northern will
nave passenger trains in operation
between st. Paul and the North Pa
cific coast this year which will be
on par with any offered in any part
of the country.
The Great Northern has placed
orders for spring delivery for passen.
ger equipment costing $4,000, 900.
There is being built for the company
in the east, for delivery within the
next three months, the following
passenger equipment: Fourteen din
ers, 80 first class standard sleepers,
81 compartment observation cars, 10
parlor cars, 81 coaches, 10 combina-
ton mail and express baggage cars
and 40 passenger engines.
The order Of freight equipment
placed by the Great Northern, the
first lot soon to be on the way, in
cludes the following: One thousand
steel ore cars, 35 Mallet engines,
1000 box cars ana 500 gondolas.
Bought Miles of New Cars.
The Northern Pacific will spend
in new equipment this year $1,000
600. There will be spent in box cars
>aheut s1,500,000, about $4,000, 900
n engines, while one of the most no.
table items is about $1.500,000 in
passenger cars.
The Northern Pacific is beginning
to receive the first of 1872 passenger
cars of different kinds and 81 pas
senger engines.
The rest of the orders placed for
this years delivery by the Northern
Pacific is as follows: Eighteen hun
dred box cars, being built in the
east; 200 box cars, being built by the
company at Seattle; 100 new cab
doses and $50 flat cars, being builr
by the company at its Tacoma shops;
200 refrigerator cars, for April de-
livery; 500 steel gondolas, for March
delivery, and 400 convertible gondola
cars, for May delivery.
The company is also building
transfer cars at it's Como shops, ST
Paul.
The motive power OF the Northern
Pacific for freight handling is to be
further increased by the purchase of
40 mikado and rs swith engines.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-03-04
VICTIMS NOW REACH us
Seattle Newspaper Claims This as the Number of
Dead at Wellington Disaster-Great Diff
Guilty Encountered in Removing the
Dead from the Wreckage

Seattle, March Communication
with Wellington was interrupted to-
day. 1t is known, however, that the
situation at the scene of the ava
lanche Is much the same as yester-
day. The weather Is mild and snow
and earth slides are frequent.
The Great Northern offers no OBJ
lection to the estimate of 11S dead,
made by Seattle newspaper. OF the
dead "a were passengers, trainmen
and postal employees and the remain
der were laborers.
The removal of the bodies is not
accomplished without great difficulty
and hazard. In conveying the bodies
down the mountain trail toboggan
made Of boards and tarpalins is used.
The bodies are laid on sleds, drag
ged over the snow, except in steep
places, where men must lift the bur-
den and carry it. Some of the bodies
are mutilated but others are un-
marked and have the expression on
their faces of persons who never
woke from sleep.
There was only one man who saw
the avalanche and who dashed down
the mountain to Skykomish with the
news of the disaster. He has not
yet recovered his senses.
An unpleasant incident occurred
at Wellington in the clash between
rival undertakers. The accident oc-
Cured in King county and the in
quest will be held in this county. A
representative of the King county
coroner claims jurisdiction over the
bodies and according to Everett I'M
dertakers object to their taking
charge of any Of them. Everett is
in Snohomish county.
The first photograph received here
of the Wellington avalanche makes
clear the tremendous difficulty in the
way Of recovering the bodies. A
mixed mass of snow, wreckage and
gigantic trees whose trunks and
branches are so interviewer with the
other debris of the wreckage that 1T
makes It impossible for men with no
tools but shovels and axes to make
rapid Roadway. The Great Northern
plows and wrecking trains, with an
army of men, are working toward the
summit on both sides of the noun
tains and when locomotives reach
Wellington they will pull out the
trees with chains and cables.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-03-04
Railroad Conditions Improve

take weeks and thousands Of dollars
to repair the damage.
The high water in the Willamette
has about reached the crest at this
point. All up-river points report a
rapid fall and the danger of food,
if any existed, is past. The Columbia
river is still rising but has not reach
ed a stage where damage will result.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-03-04

Spokane, March 4.-Conditions in
Colfax:
Four hundred and fifty people I'M
sheltered on the hillsides and unable
to reach their flooded homes to pro-
cure food
Twelve residences and two bust
ness blocks known to be destroyed.
J. r. Gooding Lumber company
plant destroyed. Loss $4,000.
Spokane & Inland depot washed
200 yards from site.
Three interurban bridges moved
out of line, but reported still safe.
Total estimated loss probably
$4,000
Numerous narrow escapes, but no
known loss of life.
With a rush and roar wall of
water swept down the canyon of the
North Palouse river and devastated
the town of Colfax at o'clock yes
terday afternoon.
The Colfax hotel, its foundations
undermined by the continued floods
of the last week, collapsed like
house of cards; more than 40 houses
were swept away; the extensive ter
minal trackage of the Inland Empire
system was completely destroyed, and
the Inland depot, a frame structure,
was washed 200 feet down stream be-
fore the flood subsidized.
At o'clock second torrent swept
through the town. The log jam
across the river above Colfax gave
way at that hour and let the pent-up
waters of the flood down the canyon,
filling the business streets of the lit
tie city with water to depth of from
three to five feet.
At last accounts the town was
desolate, with the waters rising rap
idly, and the people were driven from
their homes to the hills, where with
out food or shelter, they are suffering
keenly.
All Of the bridges spanning the
North Palouse were washed out with
the exception of that near the brew
cry. The Whitman county court
house is expected to topple into a
ruin at any moment, so deeply are
its foundations undermined by the
rushing water.
Town is Isolated.
The town of Colfax was isolated
last night, both railroad, telephone
and telegraph connection having been
destroyed, but reports of the flood
and the damage it wrought were re-
ceived at Thornton, Oakesdale and
Rosalia, which were the only towns
in the Pa1ouse which could be reach
ed by telephone last night.
No details as to the loss of life
could be ascertained from any of the
towns which could be reached. In
credible as it may seem, the word was
received from Colfax before the tele-
phone lines went down to the effect
that everyone had escaped In safety.
One eyewitness of the results of
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-03-04
Fractures His Leg.

]. E. Coulthard, of Monitor, was
thrown from his horse yesterday and
sustained a fracture OF his leg be-
tween the ankle and the knee. DIR.
Blake was called to reduce the in
jured member. He found the road
almost impossible but succeeded In
getting to his destination on. horse
back.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-03-04

Wellington, Wash, March 4.-Rain
is falling today, making the work OF
digging for the bodies weary and
dangerous. Bailets hotel, on the
edge of the gorge, lurched toward
the slope today and it is feared 1t
will slide into the gorge This would
be a calamity owing to the scarcity
of shelter.
Another name was added to the
list of dead today, that of Harry Otto
Partridge, of Biloxi, Miss, railroad
fireman, who was "deadheading" on
one of the lost engines.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-03-04
Electric Company Gets Another Job

The Pioneer Electric company re-
ceived the contract this morning for
putting in the fixtures for the Elman
hotel. Work on the hotel is being
rapidly pushed to completion and the
electric company started men to
work within half an hour after secur-
ing the contract. The manager of the
company stated to the World that
the small notice that appeared in yes
terday's paper attracted so much at
tention that he was surprised at the
results.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-03-04

N. p. TRAIN WRECKED.

+ Spokane, March 4.-The sec I
= ond section of the Northern Pa 4
= cific westbound passenger train I
= No. was ditched just east of
Z. Eddy, Mont, 167 miles east of
+ Spokane. Several passengers
= and trainmen were injured, but I
2 none fatally. A baggage car I
2 was burned. I
= The track was undermined by I
, water. The engine passed over I
> saefly but the weight forced the I
= track down and the wreck fol- 4
= lowed.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-03-04
= . . . . . . . . . . . . .
HOGS REACH HIGH MARK

. Portland, Ore, March A. =
. Hogs at the union stock yards =
. today were $11, the highest =
. price In the United States for =
. half a century. =
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The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-14
RAISE $25,OOO TO
 ADVERTISE STATE
Board of Control and Officers of the Land Congress Will Meet Today to Organize the
 Project.

Little Rock, April II. = The Board of Contro. and officers of the Arkansas State Land Con- gress, toP ether with the vice presidents of that organization, will meet at the Hotel Marion to- morrow for the purpose of arrang- ing 10 raise S25, 1000. which will be used in advertising Arkansas throughout the country, and also for the purpose of making prelim- mary arrangements to iuaugurate the campaign of publicity.
 The meeting was called about 10 days ago by President George A. Cole Of Fayetteville. It is ex- pected that practically all of the Board of Control and many of the vice presidents will attend.
 The Board of control consists of the members of the Executive Committee and the Committee of Industrial Development. The last committee is made up of one member from each congressional district and two representatives from each of the leading trunk Hines of the state, together with the president aud secretary of the congress.
 It is the intention to raise S25,- OCO throughout the state. All ready S3,O00 has been raised by subscription at the recent con gress.
 After the money is raised, the cam paign of publicity will be started. How to properly adyer- tise Arkansas before the world will be one of the matters to be taken up tomorrow.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-14
HE'S DISGUSTED, TOO
Guy B. Wood Reaches Home From Little Rock. After Visiting Father at
 Hot Springs.

Guy B. Wood returned last Sun day night from Hot Springs, where he went to visit with his father, I. B. Wood. after attending the meeting of the agricultural school commission at Little Rock. It was Judge Wood whose election as district attorney at Hot Springs sent the gamblers and sports sour rylng in such haste from Amer ica's Monte Carlo.
 MT. Wood is as thoroughly dis- gusted as anyone eau be over the buuco game Mena went up against in its attempt to get the agricultural school. Like all the rest of the workers in this move, he was "sore" oyer the idea oi spending month in ralsing the biggest bouus offered and then finding everything all ''set' so securely that no amount oi bonus or consideration could badge the school out of the neighborhood where the majority of the com missioners lived. He feels that less effort would have landed other enterprises equally as val uahle.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-14
BRIDGE DRY GOODS COMPANY
HAS DISCOVERED THE
 FOES OF THE WHEAT
Prof. BoIey Has Found Five Fungi Which He Believes Are Respon- sihle for Reduction of the
 Worlds Supply.

Fargo, N. D.. April 1O.--After expert ments lasting 13 years, Prof. H. l.. Boley of the agricultural college of the University of North Dakota, dis coverer of the flax sickness and cure which has rejuyenated the fields of Russia and older parts of the United States, has announced that he has dis covered the five distinct types of parasites which cause the various va rieties of wheat sickness.
 This sickness has made lands seem .ngly barren through the world and Is gradually choking the pro rata of crops in the present wheat growing countries. The experiments have been conducted on a plot of land reserved for years at the site of the agricul- tural college, half a mile west of Fargo.
 Professor Boley says the fungi re- semble in shape and in reaction on plant life the tuberculosis germs which afflict human life, but that the cure is far easier. being nothing less than correct rotation of crops, being chiefly clover. corn and potatoes, un- til tests of land show the absence of the parasitical fungi.
 Professor Boley says the five fungi came to afflict the worlds soils from i the same unknown cause which gave birth to the human tuberculi, and that they were carried by water and wind, especially on blown straw in thresh. ing time, farther and farther out over the world until they are now threaten ing to throttle the worlds supply of whea and bread.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-14
Oklahoman Buys Here.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hodge of Bartlesville. OK, alter taking a trip to the Gulf coast. returned as far as Mena and Mr. Hodge soon was so pleased with our mountain country that he bought farm out on Mountain Fork, which he is arranging to have improved up to q high standard. He is in bus mess in Bartlesville, but says he may vet sell out and locate here.
 Dennis. Kelly k SlEattou ham, died the sale,
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-14
Remarkable Bat Cave.

In mountain near Montalban, Lu con. there is large cavern, with many branching chambers. and cen tral dome 200 feet in height. perfor- aiing the mountaintop. from which, in December, 1907. MT. Hugh H Smith saw issue a solid column of bats, which flew rapidly in straight line, for 15 minutes, disappearing over q mountain range iD the direction of Manila, without a single bat having left the column. American engineers stationed there told MT. Smith that the flight of bats had occurred. at practically the same time each day, during two years. From other sources 1t was learned that the phenomenon had been observed for at least 80 yea1s. Youths Companion.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-14

The report of the Kansas City Journal varies from the above in that it is said the stealings amounted to $S, 200, 900, an1 that twenty-two arrests were made, in- cluding switchmen, brakemen, engineers and firemen. It is said that the thefts ranged from an umbrella to a piano, and that much ot the stolen merchandise was sold and tho cash divided.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-14
CONTENDIS G OVER
 WATER POWER SITE
Two compan'es Want to Ctntrol the ouaehita River and Put in an Electric Plant at Point in
 Montgomery County.

Little Rock. April lz Before ,,e State Board Railroad In- corporation yesterday a lively cantes. cveloped bet cen Gar land Power & Development Com na,y sul lEe Uuacbita Power C mpany for contr of the Oua- cb,ta yer near Ross Ford in Montgomery county, and the Gar land company won tue fl st heat, with the D ospec's oi the courts being resorted to later to decide which company shall dam the river at that point for the pur- DOS. of generating water power. Ltst simmer the Garland conpa- nv applied fo- a charter, but the board refused 10 grant II, saying the Arkansas Riilioad Com mis- sion was the one to grant the charter. Toe chart,r was grant ed by the Com mission, and the company ok the refusal of the State Board of Railroad Incorpor- ation to the Supreme Court, where a decision was rendered against the board. Last week the Qua chita Power Company applied for charter and question of rates to be charged caused the spplica- ton to be held up for ten days. w. B. Smith, attorney for the Garland company, with F. J. Beard, of Kansas City, consult ing engineer, Monday appeared before the board and renewed the application for a charter. Maps were presented and three hours consumed in discussing the de- tails. As the charter granted by the Railroad Commission con- tanned no restrictions as to time for completion or rates, the pro- motors were anxious that the board should grant charter equally as liberal, but here they  reckond without their host. The promoters explained the capital ists had been approached with the liberal charter, and if they went back with one containing restrictions, there would be trou. ble in getting the money. The question of getting the company at work and having the electric ity soon at the disposal of the people of Arkansas, was the chief bone of contention. Finally it was agreed to allow the company four years in which to complete the dam, install the turbines and be ready to deliver electricity.
 Engineer Beard stated that it was the intention of the compa- ny, if the proper charter was granted, to begin the work dur ing the dry spell the coming sum- mer, but requested the time be made as lengthy as possible on account of tue liability of over How. Finally Attorney General Hal l.. Norwood offered an amendment to the charter, reserv- ing the right to the state to change the rates charged by the company at any time they ap- peared to be exorbitaut, so that sreasonable return upon the in- yestment would be assured the company, and yet make the rate a fair one for the consumers. This caused big howl from the promoters, because it m i 2 h
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-14
SawmilI For Sale.

Consisting of l, 9xl2 Atlas en- zine; l, 36xl2 Nagle boiler; l. No. 1 Fisher X Davis sawrig and carriage; l, 2-saw edger. All new except edger. Win take good spau of mules as part pay. Ad- dress H. D. n"' n {,
 is lmo. Meua, IN. T, v tso' :
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-14
4 New AeropIane Record.

Chalons. Sur Marne, France. April 1O.-Daniel Kinet, Belgian, broke the worlds record for flight with a pas senger, when be rose with com panion in an aeroplane and remained in the air for two hours and 20 min. utea. n
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-14

irigh'en the capitalists who ws,,
 10 invest ln he enterprise. dwell
 ing at length upon the sl 800 oot eapitai which would be brough
 into the state through the build
 ing of the dam and power plant
 ana the big i, dustries it woulf bring with 1t.
 Attorney General Nor woot stated If the capitalists were afte, an unfair advlLtage over the pco pie ot Arkausas, they were nor needed. Finally the charter wa, grante under | csc conditions much to the disgust oi the pro moter*' who stated the capitalist. would probably not accept In, co ndltions. Attorney Genera Nor"ood suggested to have 6 per cent interest in the amendment as the least return the company snouid be expected to recieve, bu; thls was worse than ever and the attorney took the charter away to consider it seyer,l days befo e ming an acceptance. Just before the charter was granted, Mir. P1illi2s, representative of the ouachita Power Company, walked into the room of the secretary of state, where the meeting was be. Ing held. lie at first stated the granting of a charter to the Gar land company would in no way interfere with bis plaus. A glance at the map then showed him that the Garland company contemplated is principal dam one mile up stream from the site asked for by the Ouachita com pany. A dam there would cover the dam of the Garland company with the ove. flow, and then both promoters were up in arms against the other. Attorney Gen eral Norwood advocated the grant, Ing ot both charters, saying the law would not permit monopoly to one concern. The Garland Company was not willing to &C., cept charter if one was granted to the Ouachita Company, ex- plainiug it was entitled to a prior right, having made application last summer for a charter aud already spent over S10,000 on the project. MT. Phillips replied by stating that he had been working on the project for ten years, and had owned the site of his propos. ed dam for number of years. He also said tue Garland Company had made the application while he was very sick last summer.
 Attorney General Norwood in- sisted that this was question Tor courts to determine, and both charters should be granted. The Garland company was first granted the charter and then the matter of granting a charter to the Ouachita company was taken up. Auditor lobe and Land Com missioner Coffman both doubted the right of the board to grant two charters covering practically the same ground. Attorney Gen. eral Norwood then made motion that the Ouachita company be granted charter, but this re- ceived no second, so the board adjourned without granting the charter. Mir. Phillips called the attention of the board to the fact that the Garland company wanted three fourth cents per kilowatt hour, while the Ouachita com pany proposed a rate of 6 mills for the same time. The board adjourned then 10 take up the Ouachita matter later.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-14

M. E. Johnson of Pilot Point, Tex. and Miss Azzie Taught were married Sunday at the home of the brides parents, MT. and Mrs. l. c. Vaught Of Nunley' Squire Purvis performed the ee'- emony. The couple left Sund'y for Pilot Point.