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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-07-01

About a million patents have
been issued by the United States
patent office since it vas first es'
fablished.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-07-01

1dlnerencs IN peepul. Fair tonight
and Saturday"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-07-01

Fish may be much easier scaled
If first put in boiling water fov .
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-12-29

Christmas Tree at Dryden School.
Probably the first Christmas tree
CT the season was the one at the Dry
den school house Thursday after
neon.
Miss Kennedy, the teacher. had
arranged for the holiday vacation to
begin on Friday, consequently the
Christmas exercises were held Thurs
day afternoon picnic dinner was
partaken OF by the school and seem
CT the patrons.
shcrt program was rendered. a
Christmas tree bore a present or two
fer each one, candy and oranges
were distributed, a kodak picture
was taken Of the tree and a general
good time enjoyed.
Those who love to trip the light
fantastic toe will have the Opportun-
ity next Friday evening at the Dry
den warehouse
Mrs. NJ. J. Carr is at Leavenworth
caring for Mrs. Nolan, Mr.. Carr's
sister, who is seriously i'll. Mrs. No
Ian is the mother of the little boy
who was drowned near the power
house last summer. The shock has
been quite a serious menace ito her
health.
Work On the highline ditch has
Their and Mrs. Cox, who has been
boarding the men, will join her sons
on their claim in the Quincy coun-
try.
Miss Claribel Amos is home for the
holiday vacation.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-12-29
.PERGAP|ThWEA[IR
} $4,000
Spokane One of Wealthiest
Cities on the Continent
Today.

Spokane, Wash, Dec 2e.-One
hundred and thirty-three residents
Of Spokane own property in Spokane
and the district aggregating a value
of s5S,000,000, according to a COM
pilation made by reporting agency.
OF these 81 are designated as mil
lionaires, % each have wealth of
more than 100000 and 81 possess
quarter million dollars or more.
Those in the $1,00O,00O class are:
F. A. Blackell, railroad builder and
operator and timberman; James
Breen, mine operator; J. j. Browne,
banker and capitalist; Malcolm B.
/, Brownlee, capitalist; Amasa B.
Campbell, mine owner and operator;
F. Lewis Clark, real estate and capt
talist; Patrick Clark, mine owner
and operator; Daniel c. Corbin, rail-
road builder and operator; William
H. Cowles, newspaper publisher; H.
l.. Day, mine owner and operator;
A~ouiS W.. Do'Chpoil, iCotd vi dutSui
and real estate operator; John A.
Finch. mine owner and operator; J.
p Graves, railroad builder and mine
owner. Levi w. Hutton, mine own
er and real estate; Thomas J. Hum
bird, lumberman; Colonel d. P Jen-
kins, capitalist; James Monaghan,
mine owner and real estate; August
Paulsen, capitalist; Patrick WEIGH,
railroad contractor, and Mrs. Will
liam Winters, railroad contractor.
Bankers, mine operators, railroad
builders, contractors, brewers, law
yers, physicians, merchants, timber
men, hotelkeepers, orchard land
owners and wheat farmers are in
Guided in the list of those whose
wealth is under the S1,O0O,O00
mark.
The per capita wealth of Spokane
is little more than $4,000, while
the bank deposits would give every
man, woman and child in the city
about $305, if distributed equally.
The wealth production of the city
and district is matter of STAT. per
capita. Building operations during
1910 amounted to $50 each for
population of 1000
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-12-29
BIG PIG IRON PLANT
Ttt Be Erected on Pend Oreille River
by Spokane Concern.

xpokane, Dec. 29.-Experts say in
AgI9orts to w. E. Seelye, president of
tie International cad & Iron COM
pany, that samples from deposits Oh
tie Pend Oreille river north of tie
International boundary average 81
Der cent metallic iron, One-half of |
per cent sulphur and 14-1O0 of l per
. cent phosphorus. They regard it as
one of the largest and highest grade
bodies of hematite ore yet discovered
in the Pacific northwest. H. Fl.
Shallenberger, secretary and man
agcr of the company. which is con-
trolled by business men of Spokane,
announces that plans. will be pre-
Dared for pig iron plant of at least
500 tons daily capacity. He says
there is an abundance of lime and
coke available at reasonable prices,
also that water power can be devel-
oned at low cost. The vein on the
..nroperty has been opened by cross
cut. where at depth of rs feet there
is IS feet of hematite ore, averaging
more than so per cent iron. Other
nroperties in the district have pro-
duced ore averaging 80 per cent in
iron. but carrying high percentage
OF. sulphur.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-12-29

Worse than an alarm of fire at
a.nif lit is the metallic cough OF Group,
ringing dread to the household.
Careful mothers keep Foley's Honey
and Tar n the house and give it at
the first sign Of danger 1t contains
mo opiates. Wenatchee Drug Co.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-05
Notable Gathering Of irishmen.

BUFFALO,, N. Y, Sept. 26.-The
freedom of Ireland and the general up.
lifting of the Irish race is the keynote
OF thought domin ating q gathering of
distinguished Irish blood now in this
city. From many OF the chief cities of
the United States and Canada dele.
gates have arrived in large numbers
to attend the fifth biennial convention
OF the United States Irish League OF
America, which will open its regular
sessions in convention hall tomorrow.
The convention promises to be the
greatest gathering ever held in Amer
lea in connection with the Irish cause.
Those who have followed closely the
progress of events in the Eng
lish parliament express the belief that
the present convention will be the last
national assembly of the Irish race
abroad at which financial aid will be
asked to enable the people in Ireland
to win their fight for national legisla.
tive independence or home rule. This
belief is said to be prevalent not only
in Ireland, but among the leading men
OF the Irish race in Australia, Canada
and the United States.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-05
Saloon Keeper Builds Church..

New York has q "spite church"
erected, it is said, as a result of the
business rivalry of two saloon keepers
In the Bronx. The church, a little
wooden building, was opened for wor.
ship recently with q congregation of
thirty persons.
For some time the liquor trade in
the neighborhood has been divided
between two saloon keepers, whose
business rivalry has been keen. There
Is . state law which forbids the keep.
ing OF . saloon within 200 feet of q
church. One OF the saloon keepers, It
ts said, decided there could be no
more effective way Of putting . rival
out OF business than building . church
near enough to him to compel him to
close up when his license ran out.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-05
Largest Land Deal On Record.

SAN ANTON1A, Texas, Sept. a.
Robt. B. Buchanan, an Englishman,
and fiscal agent of q Franco German
syndicate of capitalists conferred in
Berlin and Paris, is now in Mexico
City for the purpose OF sting
the largest land transaction eve re.
corded. he is buying grazing and
timber land in the Mexican republic
to the value of 600. 000, 900 in gold,
and will buy nor later on. Mr..
Buchanan is buying everything that
comes to nis notice, large OF email,
and in some instances tracts at fancy
prices In order to insure contiguity.
Outside OF the land acquired by con.
quest, cession or International agree
ment, there ia no other instance in
which 80 large q tract has eve ex.
changed ownership. Some of the land
bought sold at as little as 30 cents 40
acre.
Mr.. Buchanan In q newspaper ad-
vertisement, is authority for the state.
ment that he wishes to acquire the
land for the purpose of controlling
the export cattle trade OF Mexico,
Central America and Brazil. Whether
he intends to buy land in other coun-
tries mentioned Is moi known.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-05
POLITICAL INCONSISTENCY.

Democracy, always inconsistent,
votes with Aldrich in congress and
for partisan effect criticises him in the
campaign. "Down with Aldrich,"
bowls the democratic press-''Vote
with Aldrich," say the democratic
senators. There were l26 different
roll calls upon the tariff bill in the
senate. Every democratic senator
save one, on some vote at different
times, forgot his party pledge and
voted with Aldrich. Clarke of Ar.
kansas alone 10 entitled to have his
name inscribed upon the democratic
roll of statesmen. All the others were
susceptible to the Establishments of the
Rhode Island sen ator. Think Of it
81 democratic senators and 40 con.
gressmen guilty of breaking platform
pledges and betrayal of the interests
Of the people!
Senator Tillman asked for q tariff
on tea. Representatives Maynard and
Lassiter of Virginia fought for an in.
creased duty on peanuts of 400 per
cent. The entire Florida delegation
sought to increase the duty on pine
apples, citron products and long
staple cotton-and secured an increase
OF 12S per cent on pineapples. The
Texas delegation voted to retain the
duty on hides. Saunders of Virginia
asked to increase the duty on tobacco.
Senator Daniels aud Martin OF Vir.
ginia sought to increase the duty up.
on extract Of quebacho wood. The
Louisiana delegation clsmored for a
tariff on sugar.
Such eminent democratic leaders as
Bailey, Bacon, Stone. McLsurip,
Money and Gore led from the path of
duty their trusting followers into the
arms OF Aldrich!
Shouting Ia public, Down with AID
rich, revise the tariff downward: work.
ing in committee rooms and otherwise
out OF sight of the public for protec.
ton, is the spectacle presented by
democracy! Democracy 10 best de.
scribed 10 the language of Senator
Gore of Oklahoma:
1.-THE trouble with the democra attic
party is, It is q party of statesmen
without craftsmanship, patriots with.
out patriotism, heroes without hero
Ism. Their policy begets farmers
without farming, laborers without
labor and freemen without freedom
Helene Record.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-05
TIMELY HINTS
FOR FARMERS
About Brood S0WS.

Just as the difference between good
and bad seed corn is sometimes the
difference between profit and loss, so
also is the difference between good
and bad brood lows. The common
way Of comparing sows is by breeds.
One man says he thinks he will get
rid of his red hogs and try white ones.
Another will try black ones, and so on.
More stress is laid on the breed than
on the individual. Without doubt the
selection Of sows predominating in the
blood Of n breed and always using
a pure bred sire of that breed is the
best policy, for the simple reason that
the even lot Of market hogs produced
will be more attractive to the buyer
and often bring more money. A lot Of
sows revealing all the colors known in
the hog world could be selected and
bred that would produce as fast and
cheap growing pigs as the highest
class Of sows of any one breed, but
there is no doubt that the 'calico"
shoats produced would not sell as well
as the solid one color herd. Using and
staying by n breed is right, but more
attention should be paid to selection
of the individual to be used.-National
Stockman.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-05
as any other commodity, to illustrate
why the cost of living Is high.

as any other commodity, to illustrate
why the cost of living Is high.
1.-THE price of corn is high because
we are constantly decreasing the per-
centage of those who raise corn while
we are constantly increasing the per.
centage of those who use corn and It's
products. In 1870 there we're ninety
six men engaged in raising foodstuffs
on the farms to every four in the cities
who needed foodstuffs, but did not
raise them. At the time OF the civil
war the number Of men engaged in
wrestling foodstuffs from the soil had
decreased to eighty.four, and the uln.
Der who did not raise the foodstuffs
they must have increased to sixteen.
SIN 1870 there we're only forty seven
producers, while the nonproducing
consumers had increased to fifty three.
In 1880 the producers had diminished
to forty.four, while the others had in.
creased to ffty.six. In 1890 only
thirty. produces were left to feed
sixty'three in the cities, and in 1900
there were only q fraction more than
thirty. five on the farms to produce
food, not only for themselves, but for
every sixty.fve in the cities. I doubt
II the census of 1910 will show that
there are more than thirty persons en-.
gagged In agricultural pursuits to every
seventy who live in the cities.
"There you have the Ingredients
that go to make up high prices, for the
n%ecessaries of life. Every seventy
persons who live in the cities are de.
pendent upon thirty farmers for the
raw materials that are necessary to
existence. The only way that the sew.
enty in the cities a get the money
with which to pay the farmers is to
manufacture the raw products of the
farm into finished forms, to perform
professional service, or to assist in
the tack of distributing the products
Of factories and farms. The COMPETE
ton among the seventy to perform the
services that are required by the thirty
will keep the wages of the seventy low,
while the great demand created by the
seventy for the products of the thirty
will keep the prices OF farm products
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-05
Great Inventions Went A-Begging.

Sixty.ive years ago Professor Ro-
bert Morse, accompanied by his as
sociates, stood before congress and
offered to sell the patents on the cleo
trio telegraph for 800, 600. After a
long and bitter debate. congress ap.
propriated go, 1000 for the construction
of a line between Washington and
Baltimore in order that the merits of
the. invention might be fully tested.
II is recorded that President Polk
thought the invention q good thing for
the government to own but the post
master general, in q long report, gave
as his opinion that the could
never be made to cover the expendi.
lures in the telegraphing of messages.
Today, in this country alone, the
Morse systems are capitalized at
1920, 00O, 900.
But this little snecdote is seldom
told by the officials of the Western
Union Telegraph company, for it is a
natter of history that Prof. Alexander
Graham Bell offered to sell his tele.
phone patents to the telegraph com.
pany for the paltry sun Of 100000.
but the officials of th at company only
smiled and declared the invention q
toy with no commercial value. Today
there are more than five million tele.
phones in use in this country earning
$3.50, DOC, 900 annually.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-05
OF
HOG CHOLERA,
Keep the Pens Clean and. Care
fully Guard the Water Supply.

When any remedy is recommended
for a disease too many want to drop
all precautionary measures and rely
upon the remedy as their protection.
While the serum will undoubtedly
prove a very valuable means of pre-
venting hog cholera, it is quite likely
that for some time to come more will
be benefited by keeping their hogs un-
der as perfect sanitary conditions as
possible and by guarding carefully
against all Of the ordinary means Of
spreading the disease than will be ben
Gifted by the application of the serum.
Running water is a very active
means Of spreading the disease. Pens
containing diseased hogs and located
along streams make the water danger.
u for all other hogs located below
them. Outbreaks Of cholera can often
be followed considerable distances
along water courses. The infection
may also be carried by the clothing,
wagons, crates or, in fact, by almost
all Of communication between
farms. A man may often. by closely
guarding his hogs when cholera breaks
out among them, so handle the disease
as to not expose his neighbors to the
infection. while If he disregards all
ordinary precautions he may easily
scatter the infection to neighboring
farms.-L. L. Lewis. Oklahoma Exper.
iment Station.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-05
Postmasters In Civil Service.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.-The first
definite result of the present cabinet
session in Washington was the an
%nouncement tod az that President Taft
tomorrow would issue an executiv e
order extending the civil service to
include all assistant postmasters. The
president will also recommend to con-
gress that second and third class post.
masters be placed under civil service.
This action is in line with Postmaster
General Hitchcock's recommends
tons.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-05
EXCESSIVE EXPRESS RATES.

The announcement from Washingtou
sion intends to give q series of hear
ings or the express rates question this
fall is welcome news, says the Com
mercial Bulletin. Hundreds of ship
pers In all parts of the country have
registered compl aints against the rates
charged by the express companies, and
the inform alton which large CONNER.
cial organic atoms have collected in
support of their contention that rates
are unjust and unreasonable is OF q
character at least to establish the pre-.
sumption in their favor.
The results of an investigation which
was concluded some time ago by Fred.
erick Deb erard of the New York mer.
chants association, showed that for
the year 1909 the Adams Express, the
American Express, the Wells.Fsrgo
Express, aud the United States Ex.
press earned from 14.4 to So 3 per cent
or the capital actually invested in the
companies, and from Is per cent to no
less than los per cent on this capital
after deducting the value OF the real
estate owned and 5 per cent of the
value thereof to represent its ordinary
rental return.
The reason for thus calculating
profits on the capital remaining after
d%educting real estate investments was
based on the decision OF the United
States supreme court in the Knoxville
water cases. ia which it was held that
the proper stand ard OF measurement
to apply to the earnings of q public
service corporation is the proportion
which such earnings bear to the fair
value of the property employed in the
service of the public.
1t is idle, therefore, for the express
companies to attempt to deny that
their annual profits range from five to
twenty-five times the income yield Of
good investment securities, and it is
up to the express companies to prove
the justice of rates which render such
swollen profits possible.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-05

DILLON, Sept. 29.-Five hundred
dollars is the cum which q lone rob.
Der, heavily mssked and armed with
two formida ble-looking revolvers, &c.
cured from q number Of poker players
at the Froman house q few nights ago.
After the game broke up, when the
players were about to retire for the
night, q heavy.set man entered the
place and commanded the four oc.
cupants to throw up their hands. He
then commanded one of the men to
search the pockets OF the others.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-05
Mr.. Taft and The People.

There probably has ' been a
president so misunderstood by the
country or one by whom the popular
tendencies and temper have been so
misunderstood. Mr.. Taft's methods
are different from those to which we
have become accustomed, but We have
had glimpses of a hand of iron under
the glove of velvet: and whatever may
be the disagreement with his policies,
in or out Of his party, 1t is futile to
assume that he is the servant OF q
special class or interest, or that he
has any other purpose than the highest
good Of his country.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-05
ROOSEVELT WINS OUT,
Machine Politicians Meet Defeat In
Scrap With Colonel.

Scrap With Colonel.
SARATOGA, Sept. q. Theodore
Roosevelt was today chosen temper.
AIRY chairman of the republican state
convention after a bitter fight on the
floor. The decisive vote came on q
motion to substitute Roosevelt for
Sherma an. candidate of the regular or.
ganization. known as the old guard.
Chairman Woodruff announced l..
OH votes were cast, of which Roose-
velt received 567 and Sherman AS,
three not voting, giving Roosevelt q
majority of 122.
Chairman Woodruff, amid. thunder.
Ing cheers announced that Colonel
Roosevelt was duly elected temporary
chairman and named Vice President
Sherman and State Superintendent of
Prisons G. V. Collins az q committee
to escort Colonel Roosevelt to the
chair.
Mr.. Sherman came smiling down
the aisle and shook hands cordially
with his successful opponent. congra-
tulating him on his victory. The COL
onel whispered something in the vice
presidents ear, while the convention
shouted and cheered. There was q
volley of cheers when Vice President
Sherman introduced Col. Roosevelt.
"Gentlemen, your selection for tenn.
porary chairman, Colonel Roosevelt"
The colonel took the chair and
gavel, and, humping the table with q
whack. brought the cheers to q stop.
The colonel looked straight out in the
audience, his face streamed with per.
SEPARATION and his jaw was firmly set.
"Republicans of the state of New
York" be began. II thank you fog
the honor that you have conferred up.
on me and the confidence you have
displayed in me. and all of my power
will be exerted 90 that you shall not
have cause now or here after to regret
what you have DONE"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-05
Census Of Deaths BY Violence.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.-In 1909
there were 1854 known homicides in
that portion of the United States COW
cred by death registry laws, and in
the same area e,402 deaths due TO sui
eide. The figures are by the census
bureaus report of mortality and cover
about SIS per cent of the population.
There is an actual falling off Of l49 in
the number of homicides, as compared
with 1908, while there is q decrease of
suicides in proportion to population.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-05
The YOUNG Boar.


The boar Of eight months or older
will do better If kept by himself. He
should not be where sows or gifts may
arouse him. He should be kept in a
comfortable pen. with a lot or pasture
adjoining, and supplied with a variety
Of nutritious food. which means some
thing more than dry corn with an &C.
casional drink Of diluted dishwater.
The permanent quarters should be pro-
vided with a view to furnish sunlight,
exercise, dry warmth and cleanliness.
These should be so located that the
sows may be conveniently brought to
him for service. A large pen Is not
needed-ten feet square will debut a
yard and a pasture should each be
adjacent. The yard will be needed for
service and for his exercise in the
breeding season, and the pasture,
which may be an acre or less, should
afford him water. shade, grass. alfalfa
or other succulent food.-Coburn's
Swine In America"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-05
HILL EXPLAINS HIGH PRICES.

"Some people cay that the trusts
make the cost Of living high. The
trusts say that the cost OF living 10 not
high. l can illustrate" says James
j. Hill.
twenty-five years ago corn was
sold at Is cents q bushel. The price
of corn is nov 65 cents q bushel. II
stands to reason that when corn is az
high Is II is now Q farmer will not
raise as many cattle, to which be must
feed corn, as he would II corn were on.
~ Is cents Q bushel. The result is
that fewer cattle are raised, and the
price of beef is higher. I mention corn
and beef because they serve, a. we'll