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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-17

Cedar Tslisman. ZOO at II.
Colorado, 100 At ~
C1lumbus. 100 At 81: 20N al 81. 600 Al
IS; 1000 al 81: 800 al 81
Con. Mer, 100 at 10.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-17

See wANpAMERE by night.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-17
ialt Lake & Los Angeles Railway
SaItair Beach Time Table
Denver 4 Rio Grande r. r.

Fare round trip. q cents.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-08-01

next regular meeting and a change
made, but | am confident that the
former statement will be reatfirmed
in strong manner.
If the cooperation of the grange
and the farmer at large would be de-
sired some such plan as this must be
adopted, and I urge that a committee
be appointed at this convention to
draft a bill for legislative action,
covering the grange plan, so that it
can be submitted to all associations
throughout the state, with the under
standing that plan is adopted that
all will, work tremendously to make
a success.
II, in developing the plan it can be
shown that the trunk line roads can
be built connecting the cities of the
state by the aid of special contribu-
tons from the cities and AUTOMOBILE
lists especially interested. without
violating the principle of county con-
troll we shall not object, for each and
every county would have the right to
determine it's policy in that regard.
The state grange stands for the best
system as the farmers understand it
and for the union of ell interests in
securing the best reads for the least
money
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-08-01
Glad to Be a Farmer.

I'm glad | am farmer
Where sunshine and the rain
Help us make corn and cotton
And 'lasses in the cane.
I'm glad l am a farmer
Where grass is cut for hay,
Where pea vines make it better
The horse and COW would say.
I'm glad l am a farmer
Where watermelons grow
Where hominy and gravy
So nice together go.
l IN glad am farmer
Where we have lots of wood
We never need to shiver,
Where fires are burning good,
I'm glad [ am a farmer
Where waters fresh and pure;
Where air is fresh and plenty,
Where exercise is sure.
Alpha L. Nicely, Ogden, S. c
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-08-01
Attitude of State Grange on Good Roads.
BY G. E. Kegler, Master.

under the present plan. He says
further, that the time has come when
the affairs of the state can not be ad
ministered in the same manner as a
private citizen would administer his.
Public business appears to be a
scramble for spoils. An honest official
is harassed on every side, when he
tries to do the rigth thing. 10 over
come this state OF affairs we look to
the local management of road build
ing, as bringing it nearer to the peo
pie who are furnishing the money.
An electric road could be built at
the cost of the proposed road, and the
former would be of vastly more use to
the farmer than the latter, "auto
road -
By looking over the state maps
showing the proposed roads you will
see that there is territory 20 to 100
miles in extent that is not touched,
nor can it be for at least % years.
You will notice that the proposed
trunk line touches every county which
it approaches, apparently for the pur
pose of 1uieting as much opposition
as possible. But even we leave out
the consideration this great part of
the state that is not touched, it will
take at least % years to build this
proposed road, and at a cost, under
present conditions, of thirty millions
of dollars. Do you call this practi-
cal plan, or one that farmers will be
liable to enthuse over, or that you can
expect them to support?
1t is not necessary for me to single
out any part of this road. | wish to
call your attention to the topography
of the state and to the enormous
waste of the state funds that must
follow the adoption of this plan.
There are stretches. many of them,
that would require twenty thousand
dollars per mile to build. l am sure
the farmers will never favor such a
plan.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-08-01

For eight years l have been sound
ing warming to the tax payers of the
state, and protested against such
waste of money.
We want good roads but we want
them of value to the farmer and to the
industrial interests of the state, and
we want them to cover the different
parts of the state, in fair and just
proportion to the number of inhabi-
tants in each section. The grange
plan of local option covers this idea.
AS an example of local option in
counties let us take Whitman county
as an example, as l am better ac-
quainted with that county.
With the one mill state aid tax ard
the one half county road and bridge
tax we will raise approximately 500,
600 year. In our county we can
build roads at a cost of from $500 to
$4,000 per mile, that is when we elm
mate graft. This would give us % to
30 miles of good roads every year,
while the proposed plan would not
give us more than 60 to 80 miles in
thirty years. The "gold brick that
Whitman county has received under
the present law is admirably summar-
lied in an article published in the
Pullman Herald and republished in
the Palouse Republic.
What is true in Whitman county is
also true in most counties in the
state. King, Pierce and Spokane
might be excepted, and the argument
is often heard that the counties pay
large proportion of the state tax. Ad-
mitted. Then let them spend their
money on their own roads and so help
to eliminate the graft in the so-called
state roads.
The grange desires to repeal the
present road law. 1t is opposed to
the proposed trunk line of road or any
other that does not look to the welfare
of each and every county. 1t strongly
favors county local option in this
matter, about as the cities have it.
This, | take it is the attitude Of
the grange. Ii it is not then the ar
guments will be submitted at our
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-08-01

together and evovle some plan where
by we may be able to obtain better re-
suits in securing good roads than we
have been able to do in the past.
From the best information that
can obtain find that there has al
ready been spent, in preliminary sur
veys, enough to have built many miles
of good roads, yet we are no nearer {
solution Of the problem of location
than we were a year ago.
To me is assigned the duty of pre-
senting the question of the attitude
of the State Grange in the good roads
movement.
At our last meeting in June, we
adopted a resolution, divided into
sections that the grange position on
this most important question, and so
this resolution should be taken as the
stand of the grange, no matter how
many of the members differ.
The resolution follows:
We favor township organization with
power to vote road bonds, proceeds OF
the bond sales to be expended in said
district, and all work amounting to
500 or more, may be let by contract,
to the lowest bidder, reserving the
right of the township to bid.
Sec. 2. Rural portions of counties
be granted the privilege now enjoyed
by cities to create improvement dis
tricts and to vote long time bond.
ARTICLE IL
Section l. The state shall establish
a financial bureau for loaning money
at the lowest possible rate to township
and improvement road districts,
as above specified, to be used in
building permanent roads and on
such terms that the annual road tax
would pay the interest, and in time
the bond.
Sec. 2. When township or road
district has voted to bond, it may at
its option, be permitted to draw on
this fund. FRO rata to its assessed
valuation.
ARTICLE Ill.
Sec.1 We are opposed to state aid
roads as pull and clog rolling
seems to be the main device to obtal u
an appropriation, and as rule the
appropriations go where they are least
needed.
ARTICLE w.
Sec. l. Each road district shall be
allowed to elect its own supervisor,
and such supervisor shall be practlc-
al road builder and shou Id be requlr'
ed to give good bond.
Sec. 2. The grange endorses TIE
movement for good roads in the state
of Washington, and asks the co-opera
ton of all oranges in the state to that
end.
After carefully considering all the
plans that have been set forth, l am
thoroughly convinced that the grange
elan for local option by counties and
districts is the best for road building.
We do not claim that it cannot be bet
tered but we do believe that it is fun
dameDtally sound in principle, and
doubt-if the farmers of this state
will ever consent to anything in the
line of road laws that does not give
him authority to control his LEGAL
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-18
BOOSTER CLUB
FOR TACOMA
Will You Become An Active or An
Associate Member

our business enterprise. 1t is
boosting that we want. It has
been boost, boost, boost that has
built our business to the wonder
full height 1t has attained. 1t has
been the many boosts of our
thousands of satisfied customers
which has placed us in the proud
position that enable us to say,
without successful contradiction.
that we are the largest dealers in
high grade pianos west of the
Rockies doing more business an
nually than all other dealers COM
bined. We want to see your name
enrolled on our Booster Club. IL
you wish to become an active men,
Der just come in and pay a small
amount down and let us send one
OF these fine pianos up to your
home at about one-half its real
value. If you do this you will be-
come as enthusiastic as we are. If
you already nave a piano, come in
as an associate member. Just call
In and look around and see how
cheaply the pianos are priced, and
you will feel that you certainly
must help us reduce this surplus
stock and II you need a piano, you
most certainly need US. Come in
today and talk it over. Eilers
Music House, s4s-45 @ st.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-18
THIRTEEN YEARS OF
HIGH TARIFF
Continued from Page one.)

Continued from Page One.)
feather factories are working
fine"
Congressman Weisse is known
more as a business man than Ga
politician. His tanneries at She
boygan Falls have run through, ali
panics from 1897 to 1910 without
a shutdown.
This increased cost of living. y
said he, lis not due to the plenti-
fulness of gold, or all things
would go up at the same rate. All
commodities are measured by
gold when gold is the monetary
standard.
1.-The facts are that organized
skilled labor has forced some
wage raises by strikes, but cleri-
cal and ordinary labor have not
obtained much advance in wages.
In fact, clerks and bookkeepers
have actually lost ground.
1.-THE present era of extreme
high prices is driving the poor of
the large cities to their wits ends.
Government as we'll as all other
statistics prove this rise in prices
has been steady as the sun ever
since the Dingley tariff was enact
ed into law. The greatest price
bulge, though, has taken place
SINCE THE PRESENT ALDRIcH
TARIFF WRS ENACTED!
''Why was this ignored by
President Taft in his statement
at Winona when he defended Con-
gresham Tawney?
Right after the tariff law was
passed, the corporations planned
to pay the farmers big prices for
their products for a year or two.
as it was among the farmers that
the Progressive spirit was strong
est.
"Aldrich and his crowd preach
ed: Get the farmers and no one
will pay any more attention to
the Progressive kickers. We can
run right over them
We'll, they doomed prices all
right, especially the farmers and
the retail traders prices. The big
traders have been doing nothing
else on the exchanges but boost
ing prices on cotton, grain, meats,
lard, milk, ETC., by cornering
schemes. But these wise prophets
slipped a cog in some way, be-
cause the wonderful good times
didn't arrive on schedule. 1t has
all the earmarks of a fake.
Call money on Wall street ran
up to 6 per cent frequently during
last summer, and for the past
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-18

Do you realize that it was for
you that we put through the deal
whereby we secured the stock of
the Lucore Piano company? We
acknowledge that there was GER
tain element of selfishness on our
part that entered into the transae-
ton, but really and truly the
amount of monetary profit we ex-
pected to make on this purchase
was as nothing when compared to
the great savings 1t put us in a po-
sition to offer you as retail pi-
ano buyer. 1t took a considerable
amount of courage to take over
these one thousand pianos from
the Lucore stores in Tacoma, Sc
attic and Spokane when our own
stores were full of the finest
stocks we had ever had. But we
looked at the matter in this light
was an opportunity for us
to get In and win lot of friends
to the Eilers Music House and as
such we grasped it. We knew
that at the prices at which we
could offer these pianos that ev-
eryone who investigated the situ-
alton, whether as a buyer or
simply from curiosity, would GER
tainly leave our place an enthus-
iastic booster for our house and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-18
TO BUILD new
| CHURCH

st. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran
congregation is preparing to build
a new church at Tacoma avenue
and South Twenty-seventh street,
to cost $4,000. Already $4,000
of the amount has been sub
scribed.
The church elected officers this
week, naming julius Lichtenberg
and DR.. Emil Schwartz trustees;
Fred Schmichael. superintendent
of the Sunday school; William
schick, secretary; H. Klug,
treasurer; Alfong Tonzler. organ
list, and choir master.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-18
Of CONSPIRACY
GIVEN AGAINST HERMANN

PORTLAND, Ore. Jan. 49,
Dan w. Tarpley, first of the
string of witnesses that are ex-
pected to link Binger Hermann
with the alleged conspiracy to
create the Blue mountain forest
reserve for the private gain of
the conspirators, was put on the
stand by Prosecutor Heney today.
Tarpley made a start at his
story this morning over the OBJ
lection of Colonel A. S. Worthing-
ton, Hermann's attorney, and this
afternoon Will conclude his testi-
mony. He is telling the story of
how he and Horace G. Mckinley
secured advance information re-
garding the creation of the Blue
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-18
TRUST BUCKINC
HARRY LAUDER

Harry Lauder, the Scotch CO.
median, who is bucking the theat-
rical trust under the management
of William Morris, may not be
able to show in Butte. Mont, ow-
ing to the activity of the "opposi-
ton" there. Morris has contract
ed for a theater there, but this
morning Lauder received word
this had been Cancelled.
Reports this morning were that
Lauder would give a free street
show in Butte TO fight the trust,
but the Scotch comedian denied
this, saying it would be too great
a menace to his health to appear
in kits in the cold climate.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-18
ASkttDG !T 99!R! GAR FARE;
GETS 5 DAYS IN
THE CITY JAIL

At the rate of a penny a day,
Charles Peterson will serve a sem
tence for vagrancy because he
asked for car fare to South Ia
coma Saturday night. He was ar
rested in the Blue Ribbon cafe
and sentenced by Police Judge
Arntson yesterday to five days in
the city Jail. To the charge of
begging he said:
Il have money of my own, but
needed five cents to catch the last
car home. / asked for 1t, and
the officer arrested me-"
Suspicion that Peterson had
stolen PORTER and picture which
he was carrying was the real cause
of his arrest.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-18
WANTS UNIFORM
TAX ON TIMBER

County Assessor Railsback will
be a delegate to the sub-conven-
ton of county assessors to be
held at Seattle February 3. All
assessors in counties west of the
Cascades are expected to attend
Railsback will put an import
ant question before the delegates.
He will ask that a united move
ment be made to establish a uni
form rate of taxation of timber
lands. He thinks that as the
timber in all the counties has
been cruised, the state commits
sion should levy tax according
to this cruise, and not by the
acre, as has been the custom.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-18
BIC STEAMSHIP
COMPANY FAILS

(By United Press Leased Wire.
CLEVELAND, o., Jan. 49,
General George A. Garretsoa,
president of the Bank of Com
merce, and s. H. Shane, general
manager of the Gilchrist Trans-
portation company, were appoint
ed by local court receivers for
the Gilchrist company, "a $1O.-
100000 corporation.
The company owns fifty-seven
steamers and four barges plying
on the Great Lakes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-18
GOVERNORS IN SESSION
DISCUSS PLANS FOR UNIFICA-
TION OF LAWS AND CALL ON
TAFT.
(By United Press Leased Wire,

(By United Press Leased Wire.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Jan. 1S.
The national conference of gov
ernors of the various states today
became an adjunct of the National
Conference on Uniform Legisla-
ton through lengthy discussion
of the laws of their various states.
Plans for the unification of civil
laws were discussed by thirty
governors who are attending the
conference.
Aside from uniform legislation,
the governors are in meeting prin-
cipally to further a congressional
campaign for general interstate
commerce legislation.
At the conclusion of the morn
ing session of the governors they
had luncheon At the Metropolitan
club and later called upon Presi-
dent Taft.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-18
No DROP IN EGGS

There will not be drop to 80
cents in the retail price of eggs, as
was expected last week. The re-
peated slumps in local eggs served
the purpose of cutting off the
supply from Oregon and the East,
and today the ranch eggs were
moved up to SO, wholesale. The
retail price remains at 40 cents.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-18
MINE WORKERS
IN SESSION

(By United Press Leased Wirc.J
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. Is.
Fifteen hundred miners represent
ing great coal districts through out
the United States met here today
in the annual convention of the
United Mine Workers of America.
Tomorrow is set as the time
for the report of the tellers On
the result of the vote for national
officers of the organization. 1t
is regarded as a certainty that
Thomas l.. Lewis has been re-
elected president and that Edwin
Perry secretary-treasure
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-18
STATE HISTORICAL
SOCIETY MEETS
HERE TODAY

The Washington State Histori-
cal society is holding its annual
meeting today in the Ferry mu-
scum. A session is being held this
afternoon, and another will con-
vene from 1880 to 10 o'clock to-
night. Many interesting features
are being discussed, and several
prominent men of the state are in
attendance. Prof. Lyman of
Whitworth college, and Allen
Weir, formerly secretary-of-state.
are among the speakers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-18

mountain reserve through Merritt
Ormsby, son of the forest super
intendent, how they purchased
1880 acres of school land ahead
of George Sorenson, representa-
tive of F. P. Mays and w. N.
Jones, and how Mays demanded
one-half of the land bought, tell
ing Tarpley that the proceeds
from the lands were needed to
pay the people in Washington"
IL is expected that Tarpley will
be succeedde on the stand by Nc
Kfnley and Sorenson, all of whom
have similar tales to relate.
A. F. Flegel, an attorney of
Portland, avs the first witness to-
day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-18
BY
MINISTER

tBy United Press Leased Wire. \
OXFORD, Miss, Jan. 49,
wrought into an insane frenzy
because of the impression that his
crusade against sin had been a
failure, the Rev. James Owens, a
Scotch Baptist minister, shot and
killed his wife and her sister,
Sarah McAuley. fatally wounded
VIII Vaughan, and then commit
ted suicide.
vaughan was in critical con-
dition today, and the doctors
held out little hope of his recov-
cry.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-18
OFFICIALS ACCUSED

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 1s.--
Judge John s. Childs, of the SUI
perior court of Del Norte county,
with other Del Norte officials Is
charged in an affidavit fled here
today by Assessor w. f. Malone,
of Del Norte, with conspiracy to
defraud. The other accused Of
ficials are District Attorney Geo.
Howe, Auditor N. @. Mcvay AMI
Treasurer d. w. Rice.
The alleged conspiracy referred
TO BY Childs Is described as an
attempt on the part OF OFFICIALS
he names 70 pay an Illegal claiS,
for witness fees.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-18
EIGHT. CHILDREN TOO BIG
A SHOCK To W|OOWER'S NEW
WIFE, So SHE RUNS AWAY

just filed by the husband himself
in a local court.
In fact it proved So much that
Mrs. Vettleson hardly tarried long
enough to say good bye" further
AYERS the complaint, though not
in this language.
The divorce was granted by de-
fault. Mrs. Vettleson having left
no address so she could be served.
Vettleson stated that he had
failed to notify his helpmate that
she was marrying Roosevelt
family.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-18
RUSTON ASSAULT
CASE DEVELOPS
BIG SENSATION

was found, maintains that he and
his two companions captured
House in the cellar and that the
assault was not made at the gate
of the smelter.
They admit that they gave the
man a severe beating, but declare
that he deserved it because of al
legged evil intentions in entering
the basement, which was the
sleeping room of Wiezerkowski's
young daughter.
House declares that this story
Is a falsehood, and points out the
fact that his hat was afterward
found near the smelter gate.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-18
SERIOUS HARGE MADE
AGAINST COMPLAINING WIT
NESS THAT HE ENTERED
ROOM WHERE GIRL WAS
SLEEPING.

Sensations are promised when
the defendants in the Ruston as
sault case take the stand late
this afternoon or tomorrow morn
Ing.
Martin Wiezerkowski, one of
the three men on trial for assault
Ing Eugene House on the night of
Dec. 10, and in whose cellar House
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-18

month has been lettering around s
per cent.
This wonderful new tariff law
has so far run the government in
the hole to the extent of $56,000,-
600. Now 1 observe that the
whole bunch, from the president
down, have got hot under the
collar, and blame 1t all on the
insurgents because they didn't
squelch worth a cent, and they
propose to kick them out of the
party"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-18
Takes to the Woods When She
Discovers She Has Married a
Roosevelt Family.

WALLA WALLA, Wash, Jan.
1S.-To fall in love with a "rell
nice" man, then to say yes" AMI
a short time afterward to be mar
ried and go to the new home, 20
discover eight little children-her
new husbands - all shouting
mamma, proved too much TO"
Mrs. IIalver Vettleson, according
to the complaint in a divorce suit
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-18
LABOR INTERESTS Win
IN ENGLISH ELECTION

national parliamentary elections,
1t is predicted today that the lib
erals and the laborites will be able
to control the next parliamep.
without the aid of the Irish ma
tionalists.
AS the laborites are making
slight gains the liberals may be
able to lose 80 seats without los
ing control of parliament.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-18
WIDE
OPEN TOWN
(By United Press Leased Wire.

(By united Press Leased Wire.
VANCOUVER, Wn., Jan. 49,
So far as disposing of liquor after
10 o'clock at night is concerned
Vancouver is once more an open
town. This law and the one pre-
venting treating in bar rooms was
repealed last night.
Instead of closing at 10 o'clock
the saloons may now keep open
till II, opening at o'clock in the
instead of 7.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-18
VICTORY FOR THE PEOPLE
IN FIGHT TO CONTROL PAR.
LAMENT is NOW CON-
CEDED.

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
LONDON, Jan. 1S.-Unless the
conservatives take a decided brace
during the remaining days of the