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The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-02-03
STEVENS HAS A CANDIDATE
Colville Editor Aspires to Sue
ceed Poindexter.
Endorsed by Republican Press

A. r. Featch, editor and publisher of
the StatesInan-Index, published at Col
vile, has decided to become a candidate
before the primaries for congress, to
succeed Hon. Miles Poindexter, the lat
ter having entered the race for the sem
atorial nomination to succeed Senator
Piles.
The Republican newspaper men of the
cnnnty have united in issuing the fol-
lowing address to the newspaper men of
the Third congressional district, an
nonncing the candidacy of Mr.. Neatch:
It gives us great pleasure to endorse
the candidacy of Mr.. Veatch for this
high and honorable position, for we feel
that in him the press and the people of
Eastern Washington will have a fearless
and courageous public servant whose
views on all questions affecting the pub
lie today we can endorse.
For nearly four years he has been en-
gagged in the newspaper business in this
SIosGs abt NuiihS tiiio tCi ioti vi tihiC h"o
demonstrated his ability asa newspaper
man by building up one of the best
country newspapers in the state, and
has equipped his Office and plant with
the most expen sive and valuable ma
chihery to be found in any country office
in any section of the country. He has
further demonstrated that he is pos
sessed of the back bone, backed up with
the ability to make successful member
OF congress.
Prior to coming to this state Mr..
Featch followed the newspaper business
in Kansas for ten years. Previous to
that time he took a course in law and is
admitted to practice in the supreme
courts of both Kansas and Nebraska.
Mr.. Eeatch was born in Iowa in 1870
and was educated at Campbell univer-
sity at Holton, Kansas. and also at the
State University at Lawrence, Kansas.
His family consists of his wife and two
sons.
Mr.. Veatch is identified with the in
snrgents and will support the policy of
the present member of congress, Hon.
Miles Poindexter He believes that the
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-02-03

pledges of the Republican platform
should he redeemed and that men should
be upheld by the administration Who
are i'll sympathy with the promises OF
the Republican platform.
On all questions affecting the public
morals he has, through the columns OF
the Statesman Index, shown himself to
be the enemy of vice, graft and immor-
ality in all its forms. In the recent
local option election in Stevens county
he served as president of the Local OPP
ton League, and was the means of car
rying Stevens county against the saloon
power.
BY reason of his outspoken and cour-
ageous stand he has acquired large
following in this county. and will have
the assistance in this campaign of some
of the strongest organizations in this
state. For this reason We believe that
Mr.. Veatch is today the strongest can
didate in the field and that he can poll
more votes than any other man we can
rally our forces to.
We believe the city OF Spokane should
concede the congressman to some of the
outside counties, as she at present has
the congressman and is now endeavor-
ing to secure both the congressman and
the senator. AS Stevens county ia the
mother of nearly all the counties of
Eastern Washington, we feel that it
would be fitting to allow her the honor
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-02-03
Asking for River Data

G. W. kutz, ma jor corps of engineers
at the Seattle Office, has written THE
MINER for aid in securing data on tbs
amount of commerce on the Pend Oreille
river during the year 1909. He desires
a list of all persons, firms and corpora
tions engaged in business along the river
who do business by that channel, and
also information regarding the timber,
logs, poles, ETC., tloated or shipped by
barges. Evidently the matter of i'm
proving the navigation of the Pend
Oreille has not been entirely lost sight
of by the war department.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-02-03

Newport is the gateway to one
of the richest sections of the
Northwest. with variety of re-
sources that cannot be excelled
elsewhere. The town will grow in
commercial Importance as the
valley develops. Write for iHus- =
trated descriptive booklet.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-02-03

Newport offers free sites, cheap
power and great variety of re-
sources for the establishment of
manufacturing industries. On the
main line of the Great Northern
and Idaho & Washington North
ern, the latter offering track and
traffic connections with all the
transcontinental lines reaching the
Northwest.
The Washington herald., 1910-06-12
TALK Is CHEAP.

Oh. it's easy TO sit on the benches. kid
Or down in the lobby OF some hotel.
And dope II out while you chew your quid
And say that your rlayings swell.
It's easy to hand the other guy
A rap n The back for an error made.
And say. Now If it had just been I.
1t would have been better played"
It's easy TO bat three hundred there,
With your mind at peace and your feet at rest
High mp the back Ct anothex chair,
And your thumbs beth stuck in your vest
Your fielding average then is high.
You're romping around like a TyTus Cobb;
Beside you Wagner is three feet high
But wait till you're on the job
I've seen your kind on the benches. kid
I've seen them playing the game as well;
And the things tRey said from the things they did
Were as far as heaven from H..
Oh. the guys that talk you would think are birds.
II you were as soft as they hope yOu are;
But talk is naHght but bunch Of words
And deeds are different far
It's easy to swing with a verbal WELD.
But wait till the game is called. and then
Just prove by deeds on thu real field
That yor are man Of men.
ALLEN johnson.
The Washington herald., 1910-06-12

fighters. The negro moved as easily
as ever, the punches in his back rose.
swelled, and died away as freely and
he struck with the same snakelike
viciousness: but the other had slowed
slightly and reeled q Ait as he re-
treated TO a corner. Cans followed
cautiously, and when the youngster
stroEe TO beat his way out into the
clear he drove him back. The Kid
shielded his face in his arms and tried
again, but / saw that his opponent
had become d burden which he could
not shake off He was a weight too
heavy to keep at bay. =
The boy burst through at last. but
was forced back into another corner.
and though he fought his way out
desperately. a body blow like the
swing of a sledge-hammer sent him
back to the ropes. He returned fight
ing with every ounce left in him, when
suddenly that instant came for which
this dead-eyed. mummified. mahogany
machine had waited He whipped
through a blow that landed square
and clean upon the jaw and flung the
Kid back upon the hemp, which
sagged outward. then threw him for
ward at his conqueror- He swung
moment on his heels, reached OUT
biindly, and fell The referee bent
over him, heating a pantOmimlc meas
uFt Will tAtelucu arm, Nlltie sec
ond ran around outside the ropes and,
falling beside him. counted the fatal
numbers into his deaf ears.
Even as he struck and before his
man had fallen, Cans dropped his
hands, the tension died from his mus
eles, and he turned his back His
work was done. OF all the yelling
thousands. the ealmest man was the
gaunt. unsmiling negro who stood
with his back to the ropes. the plain
tive wrinkle pickering his brow sue-
costing that this was work for which
ne had no fondness
His wife had sat unmoved through
ont the contest. but as the white lad
CROPPED blindly for support before his
collapse she wrung her hands and
cried:
My God"
1t was the only note Of pity I heard
throughout that day
of great battles in the ring. You
mastery style. It will have the
The Washington herald., 1910-06-12

showing Iurid and infiamed beneath
the strange light, They were closely
hedged about with other men, and yet
they remained aloof and segregated
from the rest by an indefnable line
OF demarcation. High up on our right
sat big man with long. dropping,
comedy nustache who belched forth
roar upon roar at regular intervals,
the sound rising above other noises
like the below Of a bull walrus. Be
tween yells he chewed gum exeitedly.
He saw no one about him, but gave
tongue when the spirit moved.
The photographer called the two
principals aside; they stepped out OF
their bath robes and posed an instant
in the freezing air: then were wrapped
about again Beneath the strange
glow both bodies looked to be of near
ly the same hue. The referee said a
few words to them. the voice of the
and the ring cleared, leaving only
those three inside. The gong sound
ed and the fighters came forth naked
to the waist like their predecessors.
saw now of what stuff champions
are made The pair that had gone be-
fore had been clever, but these were
different Every muscle was full and
rounded They had no weakness in
them anywhere, their bodies were Ike
perfectly assembled machines. More
over, this contest seemed to lack the
brutality of the other. although I
knew 1t to be actually more fierce. It
was like the play OF cats. in which
grace and science hid the menace.
They moved easily, quietly; hesitating,
then clashing suddenly. They did not
fight with their hands. but with their
whole bodies. and with an apparent
abandon that really carried the great
est measure of caution. They came
close to where I sat, and, at the fan
cied opening, Cans drove a fearful
blow at the boy. With the effort his
face, which had been a wooden mask
till now, lighted fiercely. but as the
Kid blocked the blaze died cut as sud-
denly as it had come His eyes be-
came brown glass of battling dullness.
without depth or feeling; only his
brow was wrinkled plaintively.
l have noticed that a crowd viii
shout loudest at those blows that do
The Washington herald., 1910-06-12

Extracts OF Beach's story Of the
Gans-Herman fight, reprinted from
Everybody's, April, 1907, by special
8 parmission-l
You condemn pUgilism as brutal, de-
basing. demoralizing: but did you ever
see a fight? If so. did you analyze
your feelings. did you study the man
at your elbow as intently as you did
the men inside the ropes? Did you
note the effect of the fight upon them
both and upon yourself. at the time
and afterward? In other words, did
you think? To you who have a we'll
set prejudice against the game this
story is told. not as an argument for
or against, but as a picture. 1t is the
authors province to observe, and per-
haps to analyze a bit, I question his
right TO moralize much. 1t is the duty
of us all to know the thing we con-
DENIM TO see it as ii Is, If not with our
own, then with another's eyes. We
are strong race, willing to face
truth, to know conditions. I give you
what l saw. ! do not draw conclu-
sions; they are Obvious. You are the
judges
Cartoonists have made us familiar
with the pugilist as a type We know
the thick neck, the granite jaw, the
conical head with ears far back. and
the face Of a simian AS matter OF
fact, no real fighter ever looked like
that. Indeed, in its entirety the pop
ular idea of a prize fighter is erron-
e0uS. The prize fighter belong 10 a
distinguished and gentlemsnly cult.
He is rather fine appearing person,
quite on par with literary people,
and much healthier
Although he has fought some hun
dred battles, Cans showed no marks
save one. His features were as per-
feet as when he began. his nose as
straight and firm. He bore no scars
on head or face or limb, his teeth
were as white and even as If cast
from porcelain. no vein on his body
was enlarged or broken His skin was
like brown satin, his joints as small
and true as ever. Only in one spot did
he show trace. The bones at the
You may not approve of pr
will read Rex Beach's story of t
literary, no less than the sportir
ft,ic assured tha haef ctoriec FRI
The Washington herald., 1910-06-12
TN The RING At TONOpAH.

back OF his hands were punched and
crooked where he had shattered them
and driven them together Name a
football player who has played one
season on varsity with as clean a
body. Show a baseball player who
has made the university letter and
who is manned as little As to his
face, l saw nothing brutal in it, He
impressed me as a quiet, well-man-
nered, intelligent colored man, hui
morous and shTewdly obserVant At
times a plaintiye wrinkle puckered his
brow. as if this were all a very tire
some proposition and not worth the
punishment it entailed.
AS We entered. an hour before the
fight. the carpenters walked out on
the opposite side.
Special trains brought in men from
other camps, while out from the hid
den valleys came many more, break
ing through drifts or driving their
cars across the desert. They came,
in fur coats and chauffeur's leather,
till the town, already full. bulged at
its seams and leaked. In through tun-
nels beneath the banks of seats we
damned our way. out into the center
where the ring stood, q rope guarded
platform padded with two inches of
felt beneath a tight-stretched canvas
which showed like a patch of snow
Around this were rows of stalls, the
chairs in which sold for S25. The re-
naming seats diminished in price in
the lower In price, till the topmost
ones brought s.. The shouting OF pro-
gramme boys, the shifting of chairs,
and the tramplng of numberless thick
soled boots made the hollow floor rum
Bile beneath the high roof like a split
ting glacier.
A handsome. modestly gowned mu-
latto woman forced her way into
Ting-side box near by.
That's Mrs. Cans" said my friend,
"and she's the best-looling girl in
the house. She double-discounts these
hand-painted ones. doesn't she?"
Scattered through the acres OF white
Stetson hats were women in furs Of
every color, In headgear of every
style from shabby bonnets to opera
hoods. Near by were two English
men. clean, ruddv fellows, in great
coats Of wombat fur, their red cheeks
The Washington herald., 1910-06-12
REX BEACH,
AUTHOR AND DRAMATIST.

not land or that are blocked in time,
as If it gloried more in the impulse
and the effort than IN the effect.
On every side men were smiling.
Some trembled and shook, but still
they smiled. The wealth represented
by the new-made milliOnaires in the
boxes close by was staggering, for
here was the flower Of the desert; and
I tried TO study them as round after
round passed by
At one time the negro struck Her
man after the bell had rung. where
upon they rose in their seats Kissing
and shouting Foul" He had started
the blow as the sound REACHED him
and could not stop it. but apologized
dumbly Had the Kid been minded
to Stagger at this blow and fall he
would have won $4,000 in a breath.
together with the lightweight cham
pionship of the world, for the decision
would have gone to him without
doubt But instead he smiled and
shook his head.
At another time / heard a shrill
voice at my back screaming:
Go #, Herman, Kill the niger -
A ten-year-old boy stood between his
brothers knees, his tiny fists tight.
his face flushed ~ with fever The
sight sickened ard shocked me more
than anything / saw during the con-
test
In a quiet interval between rounds I
heard a reporter debating high-class
pugilistic literature:
''Herman's work in the fifth was
classy and ne fought all over the
place. He stabbed the Dinee in the
foOd-hOpper three times and all but
got his goat. then missed a right
swing to the buffers pantry hy an
inch. If he had coupled, il would
have been the sunset glow for Da-
honey, but Cans didn't fall for the
gag. not hardly. He ripped an upper
through the Yideish lad and put him
on the hop with right cross.
] had turned from the ring. having
lost track OF the rounds, when the
man at my side dug his elbow into
me. His words were lost. as pande-
monium had camped in the place long
since, but / saw that he was leaning
forward, gripping the board in front
Of him A change had come over the
The Washington herald., 1910-06-12
TROFTER AND PAGER
Speedway in Wretched Shape.
Needs Attention at Once.
THE COMMITTEE SHOULD ACT

P. j. O'Keefe Turns over Potvith
Boy 30 J. c. Mott-Manx Washing
tonians. at Baltimore Horse Mati-
nee-Trots at AutoyiIIe Park Are
Scheduled for June Is.
The Washington herald., 1910-06-12

%ss PRfS~Ta%
h
The Washington herald., 1910-06-12
~ l. u SALE

At the foot of Nineteenth street, on
the banks Of the classic Potomac, lies a
very much neglected Speedway.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-06-02
v. 100 at $50 4 miles
to town, splendid farm,
near to school, Cath
OliC Church

$50 miles from two good towns
splendid farm, good Improvements,
good water. Close to school and Ca
tholic church. This farm ought to
brings $3.50 per acre. Just look at it
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-06-02
In Minnesota, IT'S True;
But Look at the Price
S35 per Acre

No.. I-597 Acres in Polk County,
Minnesota. Every foot level and as
pretty farm as any one ever saw. II
a man goes with us and it is not as it
is represented we will pay his expen-
ses. Good House. Fair Barn, other
outbuildings, 2 miles from r. R. sta
ton, IL miles from town Of 5000,
and fourteen miles from city of IT,
900. Will take small Iowa farm in
exchange as part payment or will take
good income property in part payment
up to $4,000. Price, $35 per acre and
we will make terms to suit the pur-
chaser if he is an ho.ost, capable man
and has his teams and feed.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-06-02
so at $S5, fine House,
good Barn, other
Outbuildings

80 acres Ia miles from town all
under cultivation. Fine house. good
barn, buggy shed, hen house, deep
well and windmill, rock cave. Price
$85 acre this is a snap.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-06-02
80 at $500, Good
buildings

buildings
80 acres seven miles from Guthrie
Center, good house, fair barn, good
outbuildings, all fenced and cross
fenced, good water and worth the
money at $s5, good terms.
Telephone in all these properties.
Will exchange Nos. j, K, l. and M for
larger farm or any two for smaller
farm What do you want?
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-06-02
P. 900 at SIS, 8 miles
from town, only
$4,000 down

$50 acres miles from town practi-
cally all under cultivation, fenced
and cross fenced Fair house and
barn; good water: Price SIS per
acre. Will take $4,000 to $4,000
down, balance good payments.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-06-02
O. 100 at sos, fair House
and Barn, all Under
Cultivation

160 acres Six miles from town, all
under cultivation except 20 acres in
pasture. Fair house and barn, good
we'll and windmill. Well fenced.
Price $675O per acre, will take some
in trade.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-06-02

N. Only one mile from
town, Windmill and
Water Works, all
TilIible
III 1-2 acres one mile from town
good barn, hen house, double crib
6 miles from county seat good house
and granary. good hog house, we'll
and wind mill and water works, a
splendid orchard fenced and cross
fenced. All tillible. Price $1l5
per acre.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-06-02

S. 100 at Sos, adjoining
town, good Building,
Orchard, deep Well,
good value
160 acres adjoining town all under
pillow and grass, we'll fenced nearly all
hog tight. good buildings and orchard
deep we'll and windmill and good
value sos per acre.
T 100 at 500, rented $3.50
per acre, good improve
ments, we'll Fenced.
Cheap
100 miles from town good i'm
provements, we'll fenced, nearly all
in tame grass and a good farm. Price
500 per acre. Rented this year at
$3.50 per acre.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-06-02
Good Enough for a Queen.
A Dandy Little Farm.
Everything up
i'm sc"

No.. MO Acres, well improved.
All under cultivation. Good House,a
New Barn, Double Corn Crib, Granary,
Hen House, Fine Water. Just a splen-
did home, coed enough for any one
TX miles from town, R F. D. $50 per
acre
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-06-02

Just the Thing for a Poor
Man. Good House, Fair
Outbuildings, Good
Water, Only y Mile
to School, Small
Payment Down
No. LEO Acres, all under cultiv-
alton. Good House, Fair Outbuildings
all fenced. Good water, Orchard, "
mile to school, A good farm and we'll
worth the money. Price, $75 per ac-
re. Small payment down and the bal
ance to suit the purchaser.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-06-02
This Farm is a Good Props
OsitiOn and Deserves
Your Attention if
You're in the
Market

X 200 acres within 2 miles OF town,
all under the pillow except 40 acres in
pasture. Good house and corn crib,
stabling fair, splendid water and Or
chard. Cheap as dirt at $3.50.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-06-02
Only 500 per acre. Cheap
er Than Ever Will
Be Again.

12o one mile from town, no improve
ments, 100 acres broken out, 20 acres
pasture. This is one of the best farms
we know of and is sure to sell for $l25
before the year is out. Price 500.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-06-02
X. " miles from town,
80 under cultivation,
balance in pasture

100 one and one half miles from
town, so acre under cultivation. 40
in pasture. Good farm, price sS5
per acre.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-06-02
U. 90 at $85, 65 under
plow, rest young timber
Good water, lays we'll

80 acres s miles from town fair
improvements. 65 acres under plow
balance in young timber, good water
and splendid laying farm. Timber
land perfectly level. Every foot can
be fenced. At ss5 per acre. Good
terms.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-06-02
A General Utility Farm
for Less Money Than
it is Really Worth

NO. F-I6U Acres, all under cuItlva-
ton. Fair house, new barn, Good
Water, Chicken house Corn Cribs,
Granaries, fenced and cross fenced,
31a miles from a good town. There's
nothing better in Guthrie County for
the money. Price, sS5 per acre and
on splendid terms.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-06-02
Only Seven Miles From
Town. With Fine
improvements

No. J-16O Acres. Good House,
Good Barn and complete set of out
buildings, all fenced, Good Orchard.
120 under cultivation, balance in pas
tuure Price, $50 per acre. z miles
from a good town.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-05-20
EARL HALL WlTHnRAWS

Manager Automobile Contest: Dear
Sir--l have decided to withdraw from
the Automobile Contest and recon-
mend that YOU close up tn. contest
AMI award til. car to Mr.. T. II. Ian
caster. Jr.
| had rather do This than emhrotl my
friends in a heated contest. The peo-
pie say about town, and especially my
schoolmates. that my father is able TO
buy me dozen automobiles if | want
them and naturally the sympathy of
the public is with the other contes-
tant. as the race had virtually mar
rowed down ~ MIR. Lancaster and my
self
The issue became one of the whole
town against my fathers money. ne
cessitating him putting up cash against
their work and Sympathies. We could
win but much bitterness can be avoid
ed by my coming out of the contest
and | think il best for all concerned.
thank my friends who did work
for nv and assume them that / heart
! lily appreciate their work
Respectfully, Earl Hall
Ocala, Fla, May 20, 1910.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-05-20
THEN ALL. READ 1T

The stars comet story yesterday at
trrn0ou caused quit, sensation. Ev
cry body read it. some took il ltera lily.
ana few became Wra1hN. thong h
nearly EVERYDAY had ia laugh when
they came 10 the end to find out how
they had been taken in
The author of the story considers
himself highly complimented lay the
comment Of one prominent business
man, who said: Its a blank shame to
put anything like that in the paper, |
thought the blank thing was all true
until | came to the end of ii"
The true spirit in which TO read
such things was best shown by one
kind-heartcd lady, who said: when |
came To the end, | was glad 10 lind
out II wasn't 50, and all those five
thousand people We're not dead after
all"
rs Earnum said, we all like to he
humbug2cd. but very few of us are
pleased when we find ii out