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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-08
EIGHTY EIGHT YEARS
OLD, HE WOULD
ENLIST IN NAVY

. WASHINGTON, Sept. s.
. The application of Joseph Al
. len, wealthy retired farmer
. Of Westchester. O., 88 years
. old, for enlistment in the I
. navy has been forwarded to
= the navy department by Lieut..
= Carlos Bean, recruiting Of
. ficer at Cincinnati, o. 4
= Mr.. Allen was said to be
. anxious to serve his country
= In anticipation of a war with
q Japan. He was willing to
= start as an apprentice seaman. 4
= hoping to work his way along 4
= through various ratings In 4
. years to come. His services 4
. have been declined by the de- I
, partment. 4
4 = = a n = a = a a q n a = = =
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-08

vestigators was that the complaints
were not well founded.
Several citizens in the addition
now being paved complained that
the binder, or stratum just below
the top inch layer. was too soft,
rubbery and pliable for the use it
was being put to. But the junket-
ing party after careful examina-
ton decided that the binder was of
the best possible consistency, and
that it would be much more lasting
than a hard, brittle binder, which
would be liable to chip off in a
short time.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-08
ATTACK
ON COUNTY BOARD

Some excitement In political cir.
cles around the court house was
created this morning by an attack
of the Allan r. Scott Republican
club on the present board OF county
commissioners. The statement is
made that the present board of
county commissioners have not
saved the county q dollar. and that
the effort to show that money has
been saved is false.
That the county commissioners
have saved the peoples money 10 q
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-08

(6y United Prese 1easeo Wffel
ST. PAUL, Mimi. Sept. 8.-That
President Taft disgraced the Ma
tional Conservation congress by dis
cussing politics when he wass OK.
pected to discuss conservation was
the direct charge made today before
the executive committee of thereon.
gress by Henry Hartner. }"
THE president Inundated the or
ganization." he heatedly declared.
"The reception the delegates gave
him was very cool $50 cool. In fact.
that even the great office he helds
was not honored by 1t. 80
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-08
|. R. DECLINES TO SIT WITH SENATOR LORIMER
COURT HOUSE
GANG ON THE RUN

The courthouse IN Atkinson
Allan Scott Henry Rohwer Pugh
the
Here is the
Cal Atkinson found by the grand
Allan Scott candidate of George Collin for commissioner
Henry Rohwer participant
graft
thus taken after the grand
fork
w. Dishman pleaded guilty being
voaor and and fined in the justice
oner Kooena Idaho with the
remission OF $4,000 of Northern
Mac Pugh in the county sheff office % and still
there -Four
charged under oath with having
member the family that county
for a generation.
Fred Pugh who sits the lid of Justice friend and
Sullivan upholde
whom the judges the
the prosecution Of grae that useless call grand while
he office
These the gang trying uphold
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-08

matter of record in hundred differ.
ent ways. That the aggregate
amount saved is $128.000 Is best
shown by the fact that the county
debt has been reduced that much
and progress made where there was
none before.
Around the courthouse II was said
that this statement will prove
boomerang to Allan Scott, as the
truth will show that his adherents
issued lies to try to boost him into
office.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-08

Secretary Of State Root, back
from Europe, said he was delighted
with the minority committee re-
port censuring Ballinger. Root al
ways has been known as an ar
rant standpatter.
(But remember, these things
haven't happened YETI
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-08
PLNCHOT TELLS GRAPHIC +
STORY OF TON

of the first is that the natural re-
sources belong to all the people
and should be developed, protected
and perpetuated mainly for the pro-
fit of all the people and not mainly
for the profit Of the few. Other
principles are that the natural re-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-08

sources still owned by the people.
which are necessaries of life, Ike
coal and water power, should re-
main in public ownership and dis
posed of only under leases for linn
tied periods, with fair compensation
to the public for rights granted"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-08
$50, 900 NVOL WE'D IN DELLN-
OUENT ASSESSMENT SUITS

citizens are involved In these cases.
holding property on which the city
has claims for unpaid assessments.
The bonds which were issued to
the contractor to cover these i'm
provements have been paid long
ago and the city is left to hold the
sack.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-08
Rolf, MISSING
NAN, RETURNS

H. G. Rolf arrived in this city to-
day. thus allaying the fear of his
friends that be was dead. He has
beea N tie burned districts in
ldhhc prospecting. Rolf Is . retired
member a. the police department.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-08

Tho city engineer stated today
that he recognizes the fact that it
would be much cheaper and better
IL the bridge across the river
should be built to Post instead Of
Monroe, and will so recommend to
the city.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-08
CARDINAL VANNUTELLi BET
TER.
(ey United Presa Leased Wire)

(6y United Presa Leased Wire)
MONTREAL, Que. Sept. s.
Cardinal vannutelli, the papal del
egate to the eucharistic congress,
had so far recovered from his ILL.,
ness Of last night as to announce
late today that he will attend the
city's reception in his honor to-
night.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-08

At a student meeting at the
schools resolutions Of congratula-
ton were passed over the fact that
vacation days had ended and the
long school grind had begun.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-08
HER THIRD MARRIAGE.

August Cuff, "A. Of Harrison,
Idaho. and Anna Faber, ~. Of Fair
field. were today given a marriage
license at the auditors office. Mrs.
Faber has already. been twice mar
ried.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-08

Theodore Roosevelt made mo
speeches on his trip today, spend
ing the day in his Pullman berth
reading "Gulliver's Travels" -
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-08
ceAcksMEN ROB posroFFIcE.

10y United Press Leased Wlrs1
VALLEJO, Cal, Sept. g.
Cracksmen opened the safe Of tho
postoffice at Elverano, Sonoma
county, shortly before daybreak to-
day, secured 5000 In cash and
stamps worth $500 and escaped.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-08
Muat Not Speak to
Wt(o for . Month.

Wlto tor Z Month.
10 test his theory that divorces
should not b. granted where there
q chance for = reconciliation, JUS
1loe M0rschauaeF. In the supreme
oQtrt IN Poughkeepsie, N. r., issued
- tnjunctf0n euj0ing James Turner
9pom speaking to or visiting his wife
1no month.
" Turner's live at Paving and
well off. Chs Is suing for sep.
Hon "a the ground OF cruelty.
&oer h building 4 bungalow In
16 % live while obeying the in
1en1e ~ xondeFine
r. B m61oo ~ heart grow fonder"
~ a 1ixhf. out Of mind"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-08
HOT NE VS.
That Has NOT Happened Yet

Doctors and plumbers have de-
cided to reduce their fees charged
for visits to your residences.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-08

Lem Jones Was an honest, indus
trious young man, anxious to i'm
prove himself.
The village of Mossrock was with
out an oil route. The people had
to send for their gasoline and kero-
sene to the next town.
So Lem invested all his savings,
$500, in a tank wagon and began
peddling oil from door to door. He
did we'll.
In about three weeks q bran new
Standard Oil wagon appeared, and
cut In on Lem, selling oil at two
cents q gallon under the best price
he could offer.
When you 60 to Mossrock, get
them to show you the bridge Lem
jumped off.
(The End.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-30

clothes propery-yoursef. There are ever SO many
suits, dozens of shirts, cravats shoes, underwear.
absolutely everything; beautiful stuff of course for
Jim was connoisseur in clothes and haberdashery.
The stuff is all at the headquarters of the society
Jack, am going to send that stuff to you Nobodyl
know about it, you know 1t is not likely that you'll
takes im death very severely and has retired from
society. And so, you poor, stubborn boy tramp,
you'll have some decent clothes and won't look so
much like street sweeper. You're not offended, are
you, John?"
Tracy laughed Of course he wasn't offended!
He was mighty glad she'd thought of it, and it was
ripping good of her tool
Distributing the Raiment
WIELL, the late James Sherwoods wardrobe ar
w rived top floor the following after
noOn All three of at home when it got there
in four large packing boxes We spent the afternoon
and evening in sorting the stuff 1t as
gorgeous gear as you ever saw.
There were twenty -seven suits, shirts till you
couldn't rest works of art too to their carefully
repressed neutral colorings dozens upon dozens Of
suits of silk underwear about thirty pairs OF Shoes
cravats by the Misunderstanding
And every single, solitary article fitted all three
of if it had been made for Luck? Luck
wasn't the for it! 1t after midnight before
left off trying that spendiferous consignment
of purple and fine linen. We became so immersed in
that business that forgot the pork chops for
Tracy didn't make any distribution of the gear. 1t
wasn't necessary. 1t for all of u.s. said the mag
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-30

died the other day. of course you know. You
member what terrifcally fashionable dresser poor
Jim was? And he just about your size, too"
surveying Tracy with the discerning eye of an ex-
perienced woman who had grown sons of her own
Well, Jims disconsolate widow, the poor, pretty
thought so! You know all the pretty ones! Jim's
widow has asked me, in my capacity as head of the
Society for the Amelioration of Poverty to bestow
whom l happen to know. know of only one needy
male person who could poor Jim Sherwood's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-30

deserted office building Marketst. Probably
didn't pay it. l seem to remember the general cut
and color of the paddock that finally put by
order of the landlord, upon the door that gave
trance to our suite.
We lived mainly on pork chops cooked on top of
little oilstove that most cherished pos
session. Pork good deal cheaper then than it
sometimes eight. pork chops for two bits.
Nourshing food, pork chops; but have never been
particularly keen for them since that time. We'd all
have been grunting and roofing for truffles, think.
if we had lived in that plac= for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-30

manners, were and are quite we'll thought of in San
Francisco And SO Tracy, in spite of his hoboish
best folk in San Francisco. Not that the he thus
into contact with didn't good naturally chaff
Tracy about what monkey he was making of him
SELF they expressed it, but day Tracy knocked
a man down who said something like that, not good
naturally, as Tracy considered, and that ended
chatting of that particular Sort
Tracy's Great Opportunity
TRACY'S sncerest friend in the superior social
ether in which he basked when he wasn't Bohe-
mianing fine. blunt woman of middle age who
had known him since his babyhood. She was almost
dictator in San Francisco society, and she
woman with great leaning toward charitable activi
ties She the chairmaness of the Society for the
Amelioration of Poverty, or whatever it was in San
ner she woman of great kindness of spirit and
good works.
One afternoon Tracy dropped in upon her to ask
her for some tea He looked just about trampish
usual His linen all right-we always made
some kind of heroic scramble to get the mutual laun-
dry gear out-and his shoes, though broken at the
Sides were polished; but his clothes were awful
lack" the blunt elderly woman of society and
with great deliberation. you look like the most
ragamufnish member of the late Sir John Falstaf's
vagabond army"
Tracy grinned and was willing to let it go at that.
Outside of that" he mumbed along with his grin,
I'm all right for cup of tea here, suppose?"
Jack, his old friend went on, you look worse
than vagabond. You look like Weary Willie
Tracy grinned some more and asked how about
that tea
Now, here, John" pursued the fine elderly
lady. becoming more serious, you won't be offended
if l suggest something to you will your"
Tracy-who recounted the conversation to us that
evening CALAMITY asked her how he could possibly
be offended by anything said to him by woman
who'd known him ever since he been in swaddlings.
He hoped, however, he added, that she wasn't going
to shut down on his tea.
Well, then, it's this" she said. "Jim Sherwood
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-30
Clothing in Rotation

" by as to clothes; but we
were all of a size, so that we
could get a change of effect in
the matter of raiment by wear
ing one another's suits alter
nately, or, rather. in rotation.
An old clothes man, l think,
would not have given us eighty
cents for all three of the suits.
Now, it was all right enough
for NewbOld and me to be
seedy. We didn't 60 anywhere
had no place to go-where re-
spectacle clothes were needed.
Not so, however, as to Tracy.
Tracy was gregarious and
great mixer, and he still went
about among the best people of
San Francisco. The folks all
knew and liked Tracy, and they
were aware of the sacrifice he
was making for Art, and so
they were glad to go on receiv-
ing him, shabby raiment and
all, not only on account of his
own personality. for he was an
agreeable, captivating sort of
chap, but on account of the
exceedingly high standing of
his family.
Tracy couldn't attend night
functions, for he had no even
ing clothes or even limitations
of the same: but he floated
around to afternoon businesses,
teas. and the like, and the
women made much of him and
petted and pampered him, even
If he did look ike-er-well,
yes, like a tramp. Tracy. you
see. thought he was what is
called a Bohemian,-all three
of us did, and isn't it to laugh
to think of that now?-and
Bohemians, always granting
their possession of agreeable
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-30

unanimous Tracy, to wear We liked The very next
morning all three of decked ourselves out like par
rakeets of Paraguay and paraded the world as if we
owned it.
About o'clock that afternoon returned to
skyey suite for the purpose of switching
toys. Our purpose to make complete change
and walk the world that afternoon. We
desired to stake the afternoon strolers San Fran
ciscos streets to the kind of treat that we'd
handed out to the morning pedestrians
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-27

peans and, unhappily, by British merchants, The
sultan who is under British protection derives
large revenue from it, but although negotiations
with him for its Prohibition might require d1plo-
matte handling owing to his treaty obligations
with at least other power it is the only effec
tive means of. avoiding the outpouring of blood
and treasure the Indian forntier
At present the efforts of the British navy
handicapped by the fact that the hydrographical
conditions of Muscat as indeed of the whole lit
toral of the gulf. do allow preventive ships
:. f. s6 =! j Is saiiSaise
lance of British cruisers
Thus the dhows which put out from Muscat
with their contraband cargoes adopt the simple
plan O. hugging the coast within the shaIow-wa-
ter limits If they, making for koweft, which
is the center of the gun trade for AesopotaInia
and western Persia. they can proceed all the way
in comparative safety, otherwise they SAIL Just
Jask or some other port on the Makran coast,
where their cargoes received for conveyance
by caravan cha Baluchistan ito Afghanistan and
the northwest frontier Khels
: The two most active firms engaged in this
trade are owned by a Baluchi and a Frenchman-
There are also in-Muscat numerous small shops
engaged in the trade, and numbers of the agents
are s'banias' from India Mysterious eargoes
also dropped overheard in the dead of night into
swift-sailing dhows and got away to obscure
places along the eastern coast 1t will be inpos
sible to check this growing peril to England's
peace in India without a large number of small
draught patrol boats and efficient coastguard
the Makran coast
mo craft says Mr.. H. Warrington Smyth, in
Mast and Sail in Europe and ASIA has played
a greater part in the worlds history than the
dhow The lateen yard is much the emblem Of
the Faith as is the Crescent. The true baggara,
bagala or Arab dhow, the probable parent of all
the lateen-rigged offspring, is now mostly to be
met with IN the Red sea and eastward to the Per
sian gulf Karachi Bombay. along the Malabar
coast and down the coast Of Africa to/Zanzibar,
making It's voyages with the fair windjof the mon
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-27
In the Desert.

Here is a glimpse of the horrors of
a western desert taken from the Gold
did (Nev.) News: Another desert
victim is reported. and Archie Camp
bell, manager of the Last Chance
mining property, near Death valley,
came to Goldfield yesterday to en-
deavor to establish the identity of the
unfortunate.
Mr.. Campbell encountered the I'm
known man on the desert in a fright
Iul condition. LIE was in the last
stages of desert exhaustion, devoid
OF clothing, sunburned, blistered and
crazed, with his tongue swollen enor-
mously, pitiable object, and unable
TO speak
He was tenderly conveyed to camp
but kind aid came too late, for an
hour after he had absorbed the first
cup of water he expired"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-27
LEG a MASS OF HUMoR

About seven years ago small
abrasion appeared on my right leg
just above my ankle 1t irritated me
SO that 1 began to scratch it, and it
began to spread until my leg from my
ankle to the knee was one solid scale
like a scab. The Irritation was always
worse at night and would not allow
me to sleep, or my wife either, and it
was completely undermining our
health 1 lost fifty pounds in weight
and was almost out of my mind with
pain and chagrin as no matter where
the irritation came, at work, on the
street or in the presence OF company,
1 would have to scratch it until 1 had
the blood running down into my shoe.
L simply cannot describe my suffer
ing during those seven years. The
pain, modification, loss of sleep, both
to myself and wife is simply indie
scribable on paper and one has to ex-
perience it to know what it is.
q tried ali kinds of doctors and rem
edies but 1 might as we'll have thrown
my money down a sewer They would
dry up for a little while and fill me
with hope only to break out again just
as bad If not worse. l had given up
hope of ever being cured when I was
1AQucSu Dy my WHe 10 give me Cu1-
cura Remedies a trial. After taking
the Cuticura Remedies for a little
while 1 began to see a change, and
after taking a dozen bottles Of Cuts
cura Resolvent in Conjunction with
the Cutieura Soap and Cuticura Oint-
ment, the trouble had entirely disap-
peared and my leg was as fine as the
day I was; born. Now after lapse Of
six months with no signs of recErS
renee 1 feel perfectly safe in extend
ing to you my heartfelt thanks for the
good the Gaticura Remedies have done
for me. 1 shall always recommend
them to my friends. w H White,
312 E. Cabot s., Philadelphia, Pa, Feb.
4 and Apr IS, 1907
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-27

and rluther-of-pearl and fish also of some com
mereiai Importance. The chief port is Muscat 1t
situated between two hills and looks out to sea-
panying this article.
The population of Oman is estimated at 1500,-
O00 consists of several tribes of Arab origin.
partly nornadic The negro element is very nu-
merous
1fsscak the, zPortngneHe Ansszsas
and remained in their hands until the middle of
the seventeenth century, when the Arabs of the
Interior secured possession of it, The imamS or
sultans of Muscat afterwards made extensive con-
quests eastern Africa,including Zanzibar, Nom.
bas. and Quoa. Oman at the climax of its
power and commercial prosperity in the first half
the nineteenth century, when the authority of
the -fmams or sultans extended over the Persian
of Larstan and Mogistan the islands of
Bender Abbas part of the coast of Baluchistan and
the long strip of African coastland including Fan
zibar, Mombasa and Quiloa. together with the
island of Socotra. The present ruling family origi
mated Yemen and was first established in the
frnamate in the person of Ahmed ibn Said in Ia
The rise of the Wahabi power in Nedjed resulted
considerable loss of territory In 1885, on the
death of Sultan Eads hts possessions were divided
between his> two sons, receiving the African
territories and the other Muscat, with the Persian
possessions. These last were lost in 1875. Sultan
Thuwany; who succeeded in Muscat, was assassi
mated in 1856 by his Selim who reigned hut a
short time. driven out by his uncle. Seyyfd
Feisal ibn Turk. The power of the imam is exer
cised very little beyond the capital, Muscat, the
name of which is therefore probably better known
in popular usage than that of the whole state
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-27

sud Waziris and others exhibiting
signs of increasing turbulence, but the
frontier territories from one end to
the other are already full of modern
arms and ammunition, while more is
pouring into them every day by every
secluded track leading through Balu-
chistan and the Afghan hills.
In addition to this, the present
Ameer, abandoning his fathers policy,
has allowed thousands of modern RI
fles manufa ctured in the arsenal at
Kabul to reach the hands of his own
tribesmen, and the probable co-opera-
ton of the latter In a frontier war
against the Indian Raj may easily in
volve the British government with At
ghanistan as well
All this, as every Indian officer
knows, is involved in the continuance
of the persistent gun-running which IS
marking the growing war fever on the
Indian northwest frontier through the
Persian gulf. 1t is not too much to
say that the peace and safety of India
depend upon the suppression of this
trade, and yet, owing chiefly to the
paucfty of British naval resources
there, she can do little or nothing.
Muscat, at the entrance of the gulf,
is the chief center of this nefarious
traffic, which is carried on by Euro