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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-08-05

To strike blow at the high cost OF
living and at middlemen's profits, to
get for the farmer a fair price for his
products and for the consumer reason
able price on what he must buy, the
Washington State Grange and the Cen
trail Labor Council have had represent
atives in conference in Seattle for the
past week. The result will probably
be the establishment of great string
of cooperative stores all over the state,
beginning with such store in Seattle,
and at which the farmers will market
their produce, and where farmer and
workingman alike can make purchases
at prices far below what merchandise
is now retailing at. This scheme, in
volving a $4,000 stock and entailing
the establishment OF stores all over the
state as far as they can be installed,
comes at the same time that the hotel
men and others in Seattle are bitterly
fighting the commission trust, as the
commission merchants along Western
avenue are called. For years they have
handled all of the fruit, vegetables and
dairy products in Seattle. and have
been closely allied with the meat deal
ers. The result has been higher prices
on farm products in Seattle than any
where else in the Northwest, while the
farmers were getting less for stuff sent
to Seattle than for what went elsewhere.
The commission trust took the differ
ence and waxed fat on its profits. An
effort is now being made to prosecute
the Seattle Produce Association, which
is the so-called trust" the hotel men
being behind the plan. The hotel
men would doubtless be glad to patron
ize the proposed Grange Union Co.,
with its big cooperative plan, and with
every factor, both producer and con-
sumner, enthusiastic, it is likely that
this state will within a few weeks see
the greatest cooperative scheme in
the country started.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-08-05
Wilson'S chance for senator,
Is as dead as Hector,
Made so by the Peoples choice,
Fearless Miles Poindexter.

Here is a piece Of prose that John
L. Wilson, the perennial candidate for
the United States senate, may have for
his scrap-book, if he so desires, which
I have clipped from the Seattle Times,
In private and in one or two of his
public speeches, Mr.. Wilson has been
claiming credit for work done and re-
suits accomplished by others. One
such claim already has been shattered.
The government official in charge Of
the work has publicly declared that
Mr.. Wilson had nothing whatever to
do with getting the appropriations for
the improvement of Grays harbor, and
the word of this official is, of course,
fully sustained by the records. The
records are available for any further ref
utation that may be necessary of this
and many other claims that Wilson is
quietly urging in his own behalf"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-08-05
"Pioneer Day" at Interstate fair

There are necessarily many pioneers
still playing big parts in the drama Of
life in region so newly peopled as the
Inland Empire. Yesterday a wilder
ness, to-day flourishing civilization
naturally those Of the younger gener-
alton who followed the pathfinders
eagerly turn an attentive ear to listen
to their thrilling tales Of the time that
was. The oldtimers will have Their
innings at the Spokane Interstate Fair,
October 8 to 9 next, in the pioneer
exhibit and on Pioneer Day, which
will form an interesting feature of the
Educational Department of the Fair.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-08-05
Credit to Whom Credit is Due

Congress has ended its biennial
long session, and there is much zeal II
announcement concerning the record
made for the Taft administration
Plainly, the country is going to be urg-
ed to look on the work of the recent
session, and forget that OF the tariff
session. We read that reaction In
favor of President Taft has set in, and
that the administration is on the up
grade in popular favor.
Perhaps so. But for whatever credit
it extracts from the work of the long
session, the administration may thank
Democrats and insurgent Republicans
Who is foolish enough to think that
Aldrich and Elkins and Wickersham
and Smoot and Root made the railroad
bill a good bill2 Who is so innocent
as not to know it was made a good
measure despite these menT Yet
these were the favored counselors OF
the White House on railroad legis-
lation.
The railroad bill is good bill, just
to the extent that men like Cummihs
of Iowa, Clay of Georgia, La Toilette
of Wisconsin, Sims Of Tennessee,
Borah of Idaho, Bristow of Kansas,
Clapp of Minnesota, Lenroot OF Wis
consin, Hubbard of Iowa, and Mad
ison of Kansas were able to force
their opinions into it.
And who are these men who made
a good bill and forced the unwilling
satraps of administration power to ac-
cept it? Democrats or insurgent Re
publicans, every man Of them!
La Toilette cannot name a federal
officeholder in his state. Cummlns
cannot control the appointment OF a
pension agent at his home city OF Des
Moines Bristow named a man for a
Federal office at Salina, Kansas, where
he lives, and was politely informed
that his recommendations did not
go" with this administration! And
so on thru the whole list. The men
who made this railroad measure a
source OF strength to President Taft
and his administration are, all of them,
either Democrats or outcast Re-
publicans- insurgents" they call
them, when they read them out of the
party.
The railroad bill is good. 1t is a
long forward step. But the public
must give credit where credit is due,
and deny credit where it has not been
earned.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-08-05
World.

my wife" sighed the weak-faced,
give-up. all-hope looking man, was
satisfied with having the minister omit
the obey clause when we were wed. l"
what more did she want7" queried
his bachelor friend.
''She wanted the obedient clause in
serted in my response" murmured the
speaker in tone that proved his wife
had not been disappointed.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-08-05
Preacher Would Make Good Business Man

Preacher would Make GOOD Business Man
Il have drawn people to hear my
sermons by advertising attracted them
with moving pictures, hot suppers,
pink teas, flowers and flags. If I have
had any degree of success in Spokane
it is because of the liberal use of
printers ink" said Rev. Jas w. Kra-
mer, pastor of the First Baptist church.
There is something worse than sensa-
tionalism. 1t is the inability OF the
church to produce life. The church
that does not advertise is behind the
times and is nursing empty pews, and
he who rails against the minister for
advertising is suffering for congrega-
ton. am not an advocate of rag
time methods or vulgar preaching, but
I do plead for the church which is a
humming plant Of machinery, with live
Goals in the fire box, smoke curling
from the stack, and every belt, wheel
and pulley going"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-08-05

The cry for economy in state govern
ment, and for the election OF legisla-
ture that will not recklessly appropriate
ten millions of dollars, like that of
1909, without knowing where the ten
million are coming from, is sounded by
the State Taxpayers's League, which
declares that economy in our govern
ment has become more important to
the average citizen than the election Of
a United States senator or anybody else.
The league points out that the state
tax levy for the general fund last year
was three mills, the limit allowed by
the constitution, and still there will be
a big deficit for the next legislature to
make up. The total tax levy of the
state has increased from 50, 496,o22 in
1905 to IS, 2o5,812 in 1909, and still
more will be raised in 1910. Thus
the taxes have doubled in five years,
and the legislature continues to appro-
pirate money right and left. This is
the condition OF the states finances
that is alarming the Taxpayers League,
and also probably many individual tax
payers, who may join with the league
in its opinion that economy in state
government, and less taxes, is more
important than the senatorial election,
local option, or any other issue. 1t is
pointed out that every prospective in
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-08-05

John L. Wilson, the perennial
candidate for the United States senate,
never said this:
When I was young and in my prime,
I had political pie, most all the time.
Now, that I'm old-zounds, what blow!
To know l must eat political crow!
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-08-05
NEWS OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST

Much is hoped by Oregon fruit
growers from the organization OF the
Northwestern Fruit Exchange, which is
planned to handle the crop of Oregon,
Washington, Idaho and Montana to the
best advantage. The glut Of markets,
forced sales, and improbable handling
of the fruit, due to unwise distribution,
will be done away with if the purposes
of the exchange are gained. r. H.
Parsons, OF Medford, Oregon. has been
elected president and headquarters OF
the association will be in Portland.
Branch agencies will be maintained
thruout the fruit districts and selling
facilities will be had in all the chief
markets of the world. 1t is believed
that much wasteful competition can
be eliminated and the worldwide dis
tribution OF fruits perfected. Trade
connections will be established in Euro
pean and Oriental markets and ship
ments will be regulated by the market
conditions and price prospects.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-08-05

Tacoma entertained visitors from all
over the state at her military tourna-
ment last week, and the exhibition
was highly interesting, instructive
and patriotic one. The immense
Stadium, erected by public-spirited
citizens at cost Of 500, 900, called
forth the admiring praise of every
visitor, and will be the scene of many
important events in the future.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-08-05

Mrs. Emma Smith DeVoe, state lead
er of the sufragettes who are cam
paigning for Votes for Women" and
expect to pass the suffrage amendment
in November, was making Fourth of
July speech at Lynden, Whatcom
County, on July S, when man in the
audience asked her, Why should
women vote when they can't fight?"
Probably the man was thinking about
George Washington or some other
fighter of his type, but Mrs. DeVoe
came back with this reply: I have
been thinking about that myself, and
since the prize fight at Reno yesterday
l have decided that you are right, and
only the fighters ought to vote. We
ought to restrict the suffrage to the
negroes now and elect Jack Johnson
president. This silenced the ques-
toner and won hand fo1 the clever
woman campaigner.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-08-05

Portland people have raised over
10000 for Marjorie Mahr, chorus
girl, who was run down by train and
had both legs cut off. She has become
the object Of spontaneous charity
that includes almost everyone in town.
The money will be invested for her
and when she is able to leave the hos
pital she will not be without resources,
altho left practically helpless by the ac-
cident.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-08-05

weston in this state makes inquiry into
the tax levies before placing his money
here, and that a high tax rate or large
indebtedness will be the first thing to
scare away Eastern capital. 1t is also
claimed by the league that while tax
payers in this state have had no trouble
in keeping their taxes paid during the
period of exceptional prosperity we
have been enjoying, they may meet
with much difficulty in doing so during
ordinary times. These and many more
arguments are urged by the league,
which wants voters to question candi-
dates for the Legislature and secure
pledges of economy in making up the
budget for 1911 and 1912.
Billboards do not seem to be pop
ular with the candidates who are be-
fore the people in the present cam
paign. During recent years many
political organizations have been in
duced to make use of the billboards
and whenever a candidate has hap
pened to be elected the billboard pro-
moters have done a great deal of self
advertising over the victory. The fact
that the late Gov. Cosgrove used the
boards in his campaign has been ex-
tensively exploited and is being used
as strong argument with candidates
this year. Of course, every close OBJ
server knows that Gov. Cosgrove's
success was due to his personal can
vass of the state and the generally
kindly feeling entertained for him by
the state press. If Cosgrove had been
the object of general newspaper attack
the billboards could never have saved
him. Friends who are promoting the
candidacy of Judge Thomas Burke for
the United States senate turned down
proposition from the billboard people
early in the campaign, prefering to
go directly into the paid advertising
columns of the state press under con-
ditions conforming to the provisions Of
the direct primary law. The adver-
Using is being placed on business
basis without regard to the preferences
of the newspapers used and will con-
tinue at intervals, it is said, to the
close of the campaign. Handbills to
advertise meetings and the distribution
of pictures and general literature are
necessary adjuncts to a political cam
paign, but the wholesale smearing Of
billboards never has accomplished one
tenth the good that comes from using
the only legitimate medium-the local
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-10-20

Under and byvirtue Of a writ Of Teri tacias
issued out of the Circuit Court Tor Garrett
County i'm suit wherein samuel =. Arnold
and Y. +. Irwin. partners. dong business
as The CurWensville Drilling Company is
plaiutin. ana The Western Maryland Coal
ana Coke Company are Defendants the same
being No. ~ JUdicials to September Term.
1870 Andrew Shart2er, sheriff of said Gar
va. county will ON
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-10-20
SATURDAY,
the 10Th Day of October,

beginning at 1879 a. m, at the Cub House.
at Kendall, in said Garrett county. offer and
sell at public auction one standing desk. one
ron top desk, three office chairs. one tele-
phone, fifteen rolls Of tar paper, 3Uu or more
Kegs oil powder. 5 sets Of sash trans6ns. j
door / shot drill and all fixtures thereto,
lot OF gum hose, ! set of blacksmith tools,
including two auviS, bellows. / black
smith drill. large griudstOne, ] lot % iron,
lot of chains. II mine cars and about 1000
feet OF mine T rail, and Immediately follow
ing thereafter at FricnGSVille i'm said Garrett
county. | viii Ofter and sell iron safe. 4 Of
flee chairs, ! ONCE table ana telephone.
Term, Of ~ule-CASH.
ANDREW SHARTZER,
Sheriff of Garrett County.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-10-20

ter and attributes, which Justify the
pame which he has taken to himself
when he declares through his ambas-
sadOr, God is Love" As we come 10
realize this more and more, We are
grasping the Infinite; We are getting
near to the heart of the great Eternal
One, who weighs the mountains as in
q balance and measures the seas in the
hollow Of his hand
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-10-20
The Revelation OF Our God.

at his right hand of favor, they vii
enjoy pleasures for eyermore.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-10-20
The above sale is continued until
Thursday, October goth,

at 2 o'clock P. NJ, at the same
place.
This property will positively
be sold at the time and place
mentioned.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-10-20
IS II Acres.

All of the coal underlying "a tract Of Ian,
'OntaiuinE
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-10-20

at his right hand Of favor, they vii
enjoy pleasures for eyermOre.
The Revelation CT Our God.
One Of old truly said, Thou art a
God which hidest thyself'' isaiah XIV.
10. How true. As a result the world
by wisdom knows not God. He is
near III his wisdom and love, vet lie
can be seen only by those whose eyes
of understanding have been opened.
But we are glad that the time is com
Ing when all the blind eyes shall see
clearly. AS l live, saith the Lord the
whole earth shall Ice filed with my
glory" The knowledge Of the glory Of
God shall fill the whole earth as the
waters cover the great deep GIdba
kuk H. ~. Then all shall see what God
hath wrought and our temporary blind
ness will but accentuate the glorious
brightness Of his Wisdom, Justice, Love
and Power:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-23
HOOkWnrmS As Big As Snakes
An Associated Press dispatch from
Utica, N Y, reads as follows:

An Associated Press dispatch from
Utica, N Y, reads as follows:
The hookworm has been discovered
in Chenango county. The victim is a
native of the south, who recently moved
to Alton from Alabama When taken
sick he was operated on for appendi-
citis. His appendix was found to be
in good condition but suspicious look
ing worms We're removed from the in
festival tract. They We're sent to Bing-
hamton and were pronounced by the
psychologists as hookworms.
1t would be safe to offer $1,000 re-
ward for a hookworm large enough to
be seen by the naked eye No such
hookworm~ ever existed and the dis
patch from Utica is simply ridicu-
lous SANDER of Alabama. No man went
from Alabama to Alton or any other
place carrying in his intestinal tract
-'suspicious looking worms" large
enough apparently to serve as fish
bait. The question arises at once as
to what the doctors of Alton had been
drinking when they saw "the suspi-
cious looking worms" that they now
pronounce to have been hookworms d.
rect from Alabama. It is safe to saw
that they had drunk no moonshine
whisky straight from Alabama, for
that article made from corn Juice with
out adulteration does not, we are cred
!. IDLY informed, lead one to see snakes
with the naked and unassisted eve
where none exist. The doctors Of
Binghamton and Alton should select
their drinks with more care.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-23

into the ranks of both state and county
ccnvicts in order to earn fees for its bene-
flciaries deserves public condemnation
from one end Of the state to the other.
Jails are overcrowded by it, and money
is taken from the people to swell the
iicomes of courthouse cliques.
Between this time and May , the con-
science of the state should be aroused.
No honest man should vote for a member
CT the legislature who does not stand
pledged to change the states disgraceful
fee system. See to it that every legisla-
tive candidate speaks out. He who does
not define his position on the fee sys-
tom should be considered an upholder
of it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-23
CONCLUSION PEOPLE DRAW

From the Mobile Register.
Soon after Mr. Henderson withdrew and
issued the following sta tement:
I'm the recent amendment contest
stood against the adoption of the pro-
posed constitutional amendment, because
I believed its adoption would have in
fringed on certain principles of free gov
eminent We contended in that cam
paign that the question of saloons did
not enter into that contest. Subsequent
developments. however, have clearly
shown me that the allied interests that
financed the (antD amendment campaign
are demanding compensation for the part
they took and the contributions made
and are now making a fight for control
both of the executive and legislative
branches of the state government"
The charge has never been denied by
either Mr.. O'Neal or the Montgomery
Advertiser or The Age-Herald or The
Mobile Register.
What conclusion do the people draw
from this Selma Times.
People who read the papers mentioned
by The Times draw the conclusion that
The Times doesn't know what it is talk
ing about. Mr.. O'Neal has denied it,;
The Age-Hera1d has denied it; the Mont
gomery Advertiser has denied 1t; The
Mobile Register has denied It, and chal-
lenged Mr. Henderson for his proof And
Mr. Henderson has never produced any
proof. For best of reasons-he hasn't
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-23
FOR O,NEAL

From the Blount County Journal.
With this issue we hoist the banner of
Hon. Emmett ONeal for governor, and
in doing SO we do not recede one inc h
from our allegiance to statewide PROFIT
bition, nor do we think the question of
prohibition or mo prohibition is involved
in this campaign.
1t is not a question of men, because
both Mr.. ONeal and Mr. Mallory are
able, upright and conservative gentle
men. But it seems to us that a vast
majority of the electors of the state
prefer the principles of government for
which Mr.. ONeal stands, and We being
democrats, bow to the will of the ma
iority.
We believe that Mr.. O'Neal is better
qualified for the duties of governor be-
cause he is a much younger man and
is Just now in the prime of life. He is
the son of an ex-governor of this state.
We believe that Mr.. O'Neal will be
nominated and elected and that he will
make us an able and efficient executive.
we have no mud to sling at Colonel NAL
lorv nor any Of his friends, but we be-
lieve that under all the circumstances at
the present time, Mr., O'Neal should be
nominated, and so believing, we espouse
his cause and commend him to the
voters Of Alabama
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-23
SPENT A MILLION DOLLARS

innate acquaintance of Mr.. Gerhard prior
to his marriage seated at an adjoining
table.
Rallying her scores of women friends
about her, she ordered her carriage and
left the club. Others followed suit, and
Lawrence and the Lily soon had the lawn,
to themselves Then came q note FROM
one of the board of governors of the
club informing Perrin that unless he and
his guest departed at once orders would
be issued to the club attendants instruct
Ing them to refuse service to him.
Perrin mounted chair and delivered al
harangue against Baltimore and it's
.snobs" that will be handed down to pos-l
terity as classic. Having worked him.
self into white heat of fury, and with
Mrs. Langtry at his side, he boarded
his private trolley car and bowled back tol
Baltimore. and the interrupted tea was.
later served at the Stafford, Mrs. Lang
trys hotel.
OF course, the affair was literally ex-
plotted In the newspapers, and this was-
Lawrence's first real taste of newspaper'
notoriety. That he liked it is proved byi
SohoteiSiS oSto frequently DIS d SentenCe'
to spnsterhood.
When the actresses at Berlin complain.
that their profession is overcrowded then
indicate a situation common to ali coun-r
tries with theatres. The love of appla useI
and of the spotlight knows no NATIONAL
line. But here is Fraulein Bertens ash
sorting that girls disappointed in Lowell
such as formerly went to nunneries, take|
now to the stage. Surely that is a prop,
osition purely Gcrman-the product of 81
land in which love-sick Werther is rep-H
resented as putting himself into blue
coat and yellow trousers before blowinss
out his brains. We have in America,
indeed, actresses who carry grief to the
public; but 1t is not their own.