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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-05
SLEEP FINALLY
KILLS OHIO MAN
IN FOREIGN LAND

NEWARK, O., Sept. 5.-The mys-
FERROUS malady that has attacked
Myrtus Wright. young man, five
times in recent years, finally has
scored a victory, as cablegram
from Antwerp, Belgium, announces
his death. His recent illness lasted
two weeks.
Wright's death was due to sleep
Ing sickness. In one sleep he lost
Is pounds. Twelve years ago
Wright suffered his first attack
while in camp with the Fourth Ohio
regiment In the Spanish war. For
three weeks he slept constantly,
then apparently recovered.
In 1904 he slept three weeks and
a year later two weeks. In 1908 he
lay in a state of coma for IL weeks
and II months afterward he fell
asleep and remained unconscious
for nearly six months.
A few weeks ago Wright went to
Belgium to get a shipment OF
horses. His parents are in st.
Johns, Ore.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-05

he was followed by $4,000 persons
who cheered heartily every chance
they got for the former executive. +,
Senator McCumber and Purcell
and Congressman Gronna and
Hanna were Roosevelt's especial
escort. The colonel laid the corner
stone of the new library of Hills
boro college. and later spoke at
Island park.
The colonel was accompanied to-
day by Sylvanus and Joe Ferris,
brothers, who were fellow ranch
men with Roosevelt during his
ranch life, and who, a quarter Of a
century ago, rode with him at many
a roundup. They called at the hotel
during the morning and we're re-
ceived joyously and at once made a
part of the Roosevelt party.
North Dakotans are openly urg-
ing Roosevelt for the presidency in
1912.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-05

The contractor crept gently up
the ladder and confronted the work,
man. Mod I've caught you," he
said, his voice choking with rage
We'll have no more of this. Here's
your four days pay tit being Fri
day.. and get out of here"
The man pocketed the money and
obeyed the command with alacrity
A few moments later the foreman
came up and the contractor told
him what he had done.
Why" said the foreman, that
man wasn't working for us; He
was only looking foa job"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-05
FARGO PEOPLE DON'T
LET TEDDY SLEEP

(ey United Press Leased WIrs.)
FARGO, N. D., Sept. 5.-Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt was the prin-
cipal feature of today's Labor day
celebration here. The city was
crowded to the limit, and the peo-
pie We're. enthusiastic over the dis
tinguished visitors. For the first
time in fortnight the members of
the Roosevelt party slept in a hotel
instead of a Pullman car.
But their rest was not much i'm.
proved. Thousands of persons sur
rounded the Waldorf hotel. where
the party was Quartered. and until
long after midnight shouted
Teddy" in the hope that the for
mer president might come out and
make a short speech. When the
colonel appeared on the streets to-
day the crowd was still on hand,
and wherever he went to fill the
various parts of the days program
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-05

300, 900 per year.
In 1908 nearly twice as many per-
sons were frozen to death in the II
states aforesaid as were killed by
lightning. Six times as many died
of sunstroke. And 140 times as
many died of accidental trauma-
tisms."
That's what Uncle Sans book of
vital statistics says, and Uncle Sam
is great on statistics. Yet most peo-
pie are 10 times more afraid of
lightning than of 'traumatisms,"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-05
SAYS HE HELD CONVERSE
WITH PROF.. WIN. JAMES,
( DEAD PSYCHOLOGIST

summon my control. Prof. James
was a very highly educated man
and naturally would emit very SEN
sitive intellectual waves, so 1t was
hard at first to attain full COM
municatiOn with him. Gradually
the control became stronger and
experienced strong intimation OF
presence in the room. My con-
sciOus mind could not translate
from the subconscious mind the
identity of the presence. Yet I
feel crtain that the presence that
felt then and that l have felt
every night since that it was Prof.
James,"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-05
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tBy United Press Leased Wire)
BOSTON, Sept. 5.-Spirtualists
and students of psychology are
greatly excited over the announce
ment made by Rev. Frederick A.
Wiggin of Brookline, pastor of
Unity church. that he had held con-
verse with the spirit of Prof. VIM.
James, Americas leading psycholo-
gist, whose death occurred ten days
ago.
The fact that Prof. James. dur
ing life. had repeatedly declared
that he would converse with the
living after he had died, II such a
thing were possible, greatly
strengthens the credibility of the
story.
Rev. Wiggin states that he talked
with the shade of death for more
than an hour. He has been on
vacation and accordingly his spirit.
ualistic abilities were not very
keen, he says. He asserts, how
ever, that within a week that he is
confident he will be able to hold
daily converse with Harvard's dead
savant with as satisfactory results
as II he we're living.
1.-THE spirit of Prof. James has
manifested itself just as he prom
Used It would" said Rev. Wiggin.
within week I believe that my
control will be thoroughly attuned
to the wave length vibrations OF
Prof. James.
when I learned for the first
time last Sunday that Prof. James
had passed over l retired to my
rooms and In seclusion sought to
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-05

the mischievous son Of Mayor Todd.
The officer who caught him tossing
bricks at neighbours window had
been trained under the machine
rule. of Philadelphia.
Afraid to arrest the mayors
SON." he said. in discussing the ar
rest. "Why, I'd been afraid not to.
l did go around to the mayor the
next morning-it was the old habit
of going to the man higher up-and
began an apology. He cut me short
with: You're hired to catch law
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-05

breakers and keep the peace. My
son is on no different basis than the
son of any other man in this town"
For 20 years the people have been
demanding that something be done
for better water supply. Mayors
got into office by promising to do
something, but, somehow or other,
the proper distribution Of graft was
never arranged. Within 80 days the
new administration had all the ma
chinery in motion to get a full and
complete supply.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-05
PLUMBING TO.
BE STUDIED BY
GIRL STUDENTS

= CHICAGO, Sept. 5.-Plumb-
. ing is to be made q course in
= the domestice science instruc-
= ton In the public schools, &C 4
= cording to the announcement
= today by Mrs. Ella Flagg
= Young, superintendent Of I
q schools. I
= Chicago misses are to be
. taught plumbing from a sani-
= tary viewpoint in order that
. they may be equipped to keep I
. the kitchen, over which they
= will have control, in sanitary
= condition.
ANHAAAAAAANaAAA
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-05
HOW GRAND JUNCTION ROUTED THE
BOSSES; MAJORITY RULE WINS
CONTINUED from page one.)

Then came Todd with 1862, Slocomb
with 229 and Tough with 80.
Under the plurality rule the ma
chine would have been able to keep
from the people the fruits Of their
former victories, for it would have
had Its men in power.
The friends of the charter still
divided their votes on second
choice. But the vote in that column
shows that. deducting the Al votes
which went to Lutes. only So char
ter1tes were willing that Bannister
should be mayor. And on the third
choice, which determined the result,
only 43 others showed a willingness
that the machine man should be
mayor.
y The totals of the third choice are
Illuminating. Starting with the 603
votes of the machine, Bannister Sc
cured the ballots of but 739 who
were willing to assent to his cleo
ton. Leading on the first ballot, he
was last on the final count.
Todd. who was third on the first
R1tIOt, ICCCltCu tuc luuOT SSuleuI u
a majority Of the citizens. There
were more people that were willing
he should be mayor that were op-
posed to his exercise of that office.
"The system changes the basis"
says Bucklin. ut finds the common
level of willingness on which citi-
zenship can meet. 1t shows the
consent of the governed"
The last test Of any system Of
government is whether or not ut
works."
This new word on municipa! gov.
eminent does work." say its citi-
zens.
The recall, the initiative and ref
erendum makes it responsive to
public demands. 1t has created a
spirit of equality. Under the char
ter the mayor names and discharges
all policemen and firemen. One of
the first arrests made was that OF
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-05

which, in plain, everyday English,
means most any kind Of cut or
bruise.
Nevertheless, people are some
times killed by lightning, and often
in the most astonishing ways. The
death of the British telegraph line
man, who was recently fatally
shocked while working under clear
skies, is perhaps one of the most
astonishing on record. He was
"struck" by cloud fully so miles
away, and ran along the wires to
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-05

where the lineman was working.
Lightning now has a chance to
play more pranks of that kind than
1t used to, owing to the spread of
telegraph, telephone and trolley
wires. Then, too, it has been known
to go down a mine shaft and on to
some remote entry and explode
firedamp there. Again it has been
known to travel down the column
of hot, moist air arising from fac
tory chimney and play hob with the
machinery below.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-05
Elegant Sample
Tailored Suits
on Sale at About
HALF the
Regular Prices

We have just received a
large shipment Of sample
suits; elegantly tailored they
are and made of the best of
worsted materials. These are
suits which if you bought
them in the regular way
would cost you at least twice
as much as our prices. But
we bought the sample gar
ments direct from one of the
big eastern manufacturers,
and thus we are able to sell
them to you at these low
prices and still make a rea-
sonable profit ourselves.
A suit that would cost you
in the ordinary way $500,
you may take your choice of
here at $3.50
A suit that would cost you
in the regular way $4,000,
you will find here at the
small price of. $500
We have a big assortment
of diagonal serges, broad
cloths and cheviots for you
to choose from, and you will
be sure to find just the suit
you want.
This Is Also the Place to
Buy Your Fall Hat.
We handle a complete line
of sample millinery, includ-
ing the very latest styles in
both shapes and materials.
Buy your fall hat here and
We will save you at least one
half of what you had expect
ed to pay and what you
would be obliged to pay at
the ordinary store.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-05
JAMES r. KEENE
SERIOUSLY ILL
(sy United Press Leased WIre.)

(6y United Press Leased Wire.)
LEXINGTON. KY. Sept. 5.-Bul-
letins early today from the bedside
Of James r. Keene, millionaire
turfman and stock broker, who is
suffering from pneumonia, stated
that he is not improved and that
his condition Is causing much anx-
iety.
Keene was stricken last evening
at the Phoenix hotel He had come
to Lexington to visit his stock farm
at Castleton, near here.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-05
Afraid of lightning!

Afraid of lightning?
Most people are. A good many
people are morbidly afraid of it,
much more afraid of it than they
are of the cars, which kill so times
as many people as does lightning
every year.
Fact is it's pretty hard to get
killed by lightning if you try. In
1908, in the II registration states.
161 people were killed by light
ming. The lightning death rate av-
erages about one out of every
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-05
A FINANCIER

Three Germans had been doing
an odd job Of repairing. and agreed
to split the pay evenly. They re.
ceived four dollars, and after sew
eral unsuccessful efforts CT two of
them to hit upon the correct divi-
sion Of the amount, the third set
tied the business transaction thus i:
Here ISIS 1t two for you two, und
here ISIS 1t two for me. too. Amt
id?"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-05
G. O. Min u E y
-F r O -
p A G F. O n F.
HOLIDAY JOKES

ings by you. You cut down my
wages to half brice, don't your"
The conductor stared in amaze
ment. He had done so, but Il,
"Und l continues to make der
half notes init my Instrument until
der wages is put back to whole
brice."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-05
A BUILDERS EXCHANGE

On hot summer day a cOntrac-
tor was inspecting some houses he
was erecting on new street, when
he observed a workman in his shirt
sleeves standing on some scaffold-
ing with his hands in his pockets.
leisurely smoking pipe. 4o|
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-05
Teeth

are an important factor in
your looks. If you have
pretty teeth you can't help
but have a pleasing appear
ance; on the other hand, no
matter how regular the feat
ures or clear the complexion
if the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-05
If You Take a Trip This
Fall You Will Need a New
Trunk, Suit
CaseorBag

And there is just one
place to buy it, and that il
the Spokane Trunk & Grip
Co. We make our goods
right here in Spokane-we
spend our good money
right here in Spokane. We
hire skilled workmen right
here in Spokane, and pay
them the best Of wages.
And we guarantee to sell
you as good or q better
trunk. suit case or grip
than you can get any other
place for the same money.
Come in and inspect our
fine line. II will be sure
to please you. We also
carry q complete line Of
leather novelties.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-05
Teeth
We fix them for you, and
do it right and at q reason
able charge.
Teeth

are one of the most impor-
tant parts of your body. II
they are in good shape you
chew your food well and
thus keep your digestive or
gans in good working order.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-05
CREATION

God dreamed-the suns
sprang flaming into
place,
And sailing worlds with
many q venturOuS
race.
He woke-His smile alone
illumined space.
Ambrose Bierce.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-02-03
BIDDY IN THE BUSHES.

About the first thing asked by the
town boy when he visits the farm is,
"Gran'ma. let me hunt the eggs"
Sure" she answers. but don't fal!
down the hay hole"
And then away to the haymow
And up on the big straw stack.
Down in the stable entry
And up on old Fans rack,
Those kids go screeching and climbing
To find the eggs so white
That Biddy. the hustling farm hen,
Has hidden out of sight.
But some hens are too slick even for
the American boy and aren't found un-
til they show their chicks unless the
reaper uncovers their nest in the field.
Pretty Biddy in the picture stole her
nest on the border of the wheat, where
we found her sitting on thirteen
white eggs in cool coZy nest among
the tall weeds and grasses. There we
sat down beside Biddy in the bushes
to take lessons from nature at short
range, for Biddy In the stolen nest
always seems to do the best. Hear
our hen tale:
The nest was clean Of filth and lice,
for Biddy busted near by; thus the
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-02-03
There is an old Flemish proverb
which reads as follows: No grass,
no cattle; no cattle, no manure; no
manure, no crops.
Dairy Doings.

An ounce of the fluid extract of black
haw in pint of warm water will be
found very valuable for a COW threat
ening abortion. A half dose can be re-
peated in two or three hours as often as
necessary
To the man of little money and
many children the Shorthorn is boz
nanZa, supplying milk and butter and
good salable calf at weaving time.
The Jersey, Ayrshire and Holstein are
great milk and butter cows, but their
calves are not to be considered when
seeking cattle for the feed lot.
Calves are often troubled by ring
worms. 1t is due to a vegetable para
site. The best treatment is sulphur
ointment, made of powdered sulphur,
lard, Oil or grease. Wash the part af
fected with soapsuds and then apply
the sulphur ointment.
Cows require from one to eight
ounces of salt per day. The more
concentrates they receive the more
salt they require. 1t should be where
they can have access to 1t every day
According to an experiment made at
the Wisconsin station, about two
ounces per COW per day is the average
amount required.
The Kansas Agricultural college
grades cream as follows: First grade
cream, 80 or more per cent of butter
fat; second grade, 25 per cent and less
than 80; third grade, having less than
% per cent butter fat Creameries
like to get high testing cream, say 80
and above. They make more butter
from this, as the overrun is greater.
Alfalfa hay is a most excellent feed
for dairy cows. The animals always
relish clean, bright alfalfa hay, and its
milk producing value is high. The
dairyman that has plenty Of alfalfa is
especially fortunate.
Never allow the cows to be excited
by hard driving, abuse, loud talking
or unnecessary disturbance. Do not
expose them to cold or storms.
If you have six cows. and no sepa-
rator sell one of the cows and buy
separator, You will save work and
make money by the deal.
Kindness to cows is one of the es-
sential elements I'm profitable dairying.
No matter how well cows are fed and
sheltered, they will not be good milk
ers II they are handled roughly.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-02-03
A SLICK FOXY TRICK.

Ten roosters sat high In a tree
AS safe and cozy as could be.
They kissed good night and went to sleep
While peace reigned In the forest Deep
A big fcs waited down below
To nab those roosters In q row.
ALAS" he CRIED 1.-The games no go,
Because they love each other sol"
Then that sly fox let out a snore
That made the very forest roar.
A rooster, wakened In his fright,
Yelled at another to his right:
"Cut out that snore, you awful bore!
II you shoot off your snoot horn more
I'll give you such an awful lick
You'll turn into a feather tick"
An argument at once arose,
And those ten roosters came to blows.
They battled In that tall treetop,
And all fell down to earth kerflop.
And foxy gobbled all the ten
And bore them to his hidden den,
Where in his cave amid the stones
Were stacks on stacks of chicken bones.
Thus that old demon, slick Old Nick,
Works humans with this foxy trick.
He promotes. referees each bout,
Then gives to each q slick knockout.
N. B.-To beat the devil keep your tenn
per level C. M. BARNITZ.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-02-03

eggs were kept sanitary. The quiet,
cool retreat was rest cure where the
hens Matching temperature easily av-
eraged 103 to 104 degrees, where she
even gained strength as she awaited
the coming of the stork. She fed ev-
cry day, gathering grit and grain from
the field and remained off the nest
from fifteen minutes to one hour. ac-
cording to the weather.
The hygrometer, contrary to opin-
ion. showed that ground. air and hen
added very little moisture to the eggs,
the hen adding the most. Humidity
under the hen averaged from GO to Go,
whereas certain nonmoisture incu-
bator register but 20 to 35, condition
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-02-03
GOOD FOR DRAINAGE USE.
Pick PIow, Easily Made, Described and
Praised by Wisconsin Farmer,

PICK Flow, Easily Made, Described and
Praised by Wisconsin Farmer.
I have used this plow for digging
trenches for laying tile on my Wiscon-
sin farm for many years and am sur
prised that so useful and efficient an
implement is not in more general use,
says a Wisconsin correspondent of the
Orange Judd Farmer. Any good black
smith, with an assistant, can make
this plow in less than two days. An
old smith and his son made mine in
one day. The total cost was only $S,
including a heavy four foot chain for
use in hitching to the plow when 1t is
deep down In the ditch.
l first used it in 1894 l had heard
that out in Minnesota men were
charging 25 cents per rod to construct
drainage bitches with the steam ditch
ing machine. I was able to build
bitches more cheaply by the means of
this simple homemade contrivance
On one piece Of work, by using this
plow and two horses, four men made
ditch 1850 feet long, from two and
one-half to three and one,half feet
deep and one foot wide, in one day,
from s o'clock in the morning to 6
o'clock in the afternoon. This was in
clay soil, which at the time happened
to be very dry and was shoveled cas-
lily. If the ground had been wet, of
course, so much could not have been
accomplished.
In building bitches for tile l first
plow it as deeply as possible, usually
going over 1t twice with an ordinary
plow. All the dirt that is not thrown
out by the plow is then shoveled out.
Next l go up and down the ditch with
the pick plow. Ours is made to cut
twelve inches wide, and by having it
so strongly constructed that there is
not much spring in it uniform width
and straight sides can be maintained
in the ditch. After the ground is
loosened we shovel out the loose dirt
and then go over it again with the
pick plow. We use an evener eight
feet long, so that the horses work far
enough away from the ditch that there
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-02-03
BEST TIME TO BUY STOCK.


It's often a puzzzler for beginner
to know when to buy stock-when it's
high or low and at its best
Old birds are cheapest at the end of
the breeding season. They are of lit
tie profit for eggs from then on till
after molt. Molt puts them out of
condition for sale, and their room is
needed for youngsters.
Don't buy breeders in molt.
They are without full plumage, don't
show their real shape and spirit, and
you can't tell whether you are getting
a square deal on color, for bird per-
feet in color before In molt will some
times go bad.
AS winter approaches fowls are high
er because scarcer, and eggs sell high.
In spring they are highest because of
breeding season.
Buying in mott, you may lose some,
as feather forming is strain. Buy
ing in winter, colds contracted in ship
ping may bring roup.
Young stock, hatched from March to
May, is fully matured in the fail,
cheap and plentiful, especially males.
In buying at shows remember many
particolored fowls are bred for eXhi-
bition by double mating and thus can
not breed their like. j.
1t is the best policy to visit your
dealer. select your birds, pay in ad-
vance and take them right home with
YOU unless YOU are sure that. like the
famous George, he never told lie.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-02-03

Is no danger of their falling in. AS
additional depth is secured the hitch
is heightened, and the plow can be
used in digging bitches three to four
feet or more deep. Where we have to
cross an elevation in the field which
requires greater depth we go over that
spot two or three times with the plow,
bringing the bottom of the ditch down
to the required level. Broadly speak
ing, the depth to which this can be
used is limited only by the length of
the chain to which the evener is fas-
tened.