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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-17

tags, showing places visited on that
trip. The present trip will be through
many states and over a distance cover
las thousands of miles.
OF to School.
the Virginia Military Institute this
year by some twelve or fifteen Young
men. Several will attend the Uriyer-
sity of Virginia, and others the v r.
!.
Miss Nan Cuthbert and Miss Helen
jackson left yesterday for Raleigh, "
c.. to enter st. Mary's College: Miss
Jean Dalton left for Baltimore 10 at :
tend ST. Mary's College there, and Miss
Caroline McClery left for the Chatham
Episcopal School.
The Riverside Club will give ons ot
lis attractive receptions and DANCES
to morrow evening. These affairs are
events-of great social interest
News In Brief.
James B. Blanks left this afternoon
20 attend the Sovereign Grand Lodge
|. o. o. f., as grand representative Of
TIE Virginia Grand IIncampmen..
Ccl 10 Lane Stern inspected tho
Petersburg Grays last night, ana DC
lirered brief address to the company
OH the Importance of attending drills
and maintaining discipline. Fcrty-
eight men were in line
a farm OF ninety-two acres With
dwelling in Dinwiddie county, near
tits city owned by Mrs. r. T. Wilson.
was offered for sale at auction yester-
day afternoon. but was withdraw, on
a lid of $4,000. A higher bid from the
state was not considered.
The John II. Machin Peanut Com
rany. Of Petersburg, was yesterday
granted a charter of incorporation by
the Corporation Commission. Cu?lt.i
stock, $4,000. Officers: John II. Ma
chin. president; w. b. Beach. vice
president; Thomas B. Machin, secretary
and treasurer
The School Board of this city has
elected two additional teachers foe the
High School,, Miss Emma Hunt. ot
Norgantown. Tenn, to teach French
and German, and Miss Tillie Gnlham.
of Columbia, S. c., to teach the COM
percial branches
one Italian KILLS Another.
TWO OF the Italian laborers employed
by the contractors working on the cut
around Petersburg, for the Norfolk and
Western Railway, renewed a dispute If
"eeks standing this evening, and
enc of them, answering to the name OF
Jimmie, shot the other one through
the heart, killing him Instantly.
Neither of the men is known having
been sent down here to work BY en-
ploNment agencies, and their names are
lot given. The coroner OF Dinwlo,le
will investigate the murder and Jim
ME, who did the shooting, is under ar
rest
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-17
OBITUARY
Mrs. Carrie Lumsden.

Especial TO The Times-Dispatch.I
Fredericksburg. Va. September ls.-
Lumsdon, OF Orange county. got on
train at Rhoadsville and went to Tin.
der's Station. where she got OFF to
visit friends nearby. After going about
fifty yards, she was noticed to fall and
friends rushed to her assistance. 1t
was discovered that she was dead, hay-
ing expired suddenly from heart
troubls. She was fifty years old.
George w. Gentry.
cr eanss'a Va a. September is.0aeors.
W Gentry. aged twenty years, died
at his home near Crozet Friday night
last. after an illness of several months.
He was the third son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jno. w. Gentry. of Croaet.
The funeral services were held at
Hillsboro Church Sunday morning. be-
ing copducted by his pastor. Rev. r.
Peytont Little, assisted by his former
pastor, Rev. J. L. Wiley. of Eagle
His father mother. three brothers
Hen X. ThrcndEiII.
Especial to The Times-DIspa .ch
Wadesbore. N, G.. September 1s.--Ben
X. Threadgill died at his home in An.
sonville township Wednesday. aged
about siSty-eisht years. Mr. Thread
gill. who had been feeble some time,
eran of the War Between the States
and was a gallant soldier. The burial
was at Pleasant Grove Church yester-
day afternoon at o'clock.
Funeral Of III. o. Hughes.
Special to The Times Dispatch.l
Lynchburg. Va. September 16.-The
remains OF II. 9. Hughes. station agent
70 the =; Norfolk and Western at De-
special train Tuesday night. while
Watching the train approach his sta
ton, which was wrecked almost direct
~ In front OF the station, were taken
yeste rday to his former home at Gladys.
for burial.
The dead agent was a son of Thomas
J.. Hughes, prominent resident OF
Gladys. and he was we'll known here,
having number of relatives in Lynch.
Richard Gsodlng.
Especial to The Times Dispa tch.I
Alexandria. Va, September 1s,-
Richard Gooding, ffty-seven years old,
a Rr.. l ! TINS morning at his homie In the
children survive.
Especial to rhe rimes. i Disptach.l
vioIs eSa H1mn, Az Va. September is,Alrs.
MSumrord died this morning at her
home. 3l6 Commerce Street. She was
thirty-seven years old. and hes es her
husband leaves two children.
tspea fs q aqTk 5s Hines G. m TniTa
Alexandria Va. September I6.--Mrs.
Augustine Gordon Trlst. widow o,
Nicnolas Brouse Trist, died yesterday
aIternoon at the home of her daughter,
mrs. II. r. Burke, Alexandria county,
north OF this city. She was native
OF New Orleans and was sixty-nine
years old. Five daughters survive.
!ney are Mrs. II. r. Burke, Misses
H.lndovlka and Hilda Trist and Sisters
anita and Blanca. The funeral toox
place this afternoon from her nome
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-17
NoRFoLK STREET SINKS.
Heavy Gale Causes Iidewater to Undermine
'ThOrOux hfare

ThOr0ughfare,
Especial to The Times ispatch.l
Norfolk. Va, September 1e.-caused by a
northeastern blowing a thrty-mile gale, tide
water came through the sewers at Bank
and Cove Streets early tonight and under
mined the sidewalk on the north size caus-
lug the pavement to sink a distance oftwo
feet. On Investigation Major Charles g
Klser. chief OF police. ordered the tenants
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-17

a SUMMER APpETIzER-.A easpoonful q.
Horsford's Acid Phosphate in a glass OF
water stimulated appetite and Quenches
thirst
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-17
Salem Pastor Resigns.

Roanoke. Va, September l6.--Rev. j. ".
Stephens has resigned as pastor OF the First
Christian Church at Salem. He Will 20 ia
Philadelphia.
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back, and is covered with innume,able
tags, showing places visited on that
trip. The present trip will be through
many States and over distance cover
las thousands of miles.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-17

New NJ G k wear, Shoes.
Shirts, Suits and Overcoats,
too.
For men and boys.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-17
Richard Gsodlnr

Especial to The Times ispa tch.
:, alexandria. Va, September 1e.-
richard Cooling, fifty-seven years old
uied this morning at his homie in the
Braddock House. His wife and three
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-17

Rev. Father ii. j. Cutler, pastor OF ST
Mary's Catholic Church. conducted tht
services. and the interment was made
In Ivy Hill Cemetery.
George N. Daniel.
Especial to The -Disp.ach.1
Weldon, N, c.. september f6.-Georg.
NJ. Daniel died at his residence mere
this morning. He had been IN poor
health for some time. ana moved hera
a few weeks ago from Northampton
county. His body Will be taken To
Northampton for interment Saturday.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-17
Of to School.

Petersburg will be represented a.,
the Virginia Military Institute this
year by some twelve or fifteen Young
men. Several will attend the uriver-
sity of Virginia, and others the y. r.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-17

/ A. l.. RIGGS and Leo Sheppard ar
rived in the city last night from .,or-
folk en- route to Texas, travelling i'll an
Inutcnobile OF the Regal Motor Com
arapy. They left this afternoon, going
south, and We're escorted out of the
city by half a dozen other automobiles
The travellers machine has made a trip
iron New York to San Francisco and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-17

Whether or not the ex-Presdent is
considered by Europeans as the typi-
cal American, Mr.. Metcalf was not able
to learn. He infers, however. that
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-17

The dead agent was son of Thomas
J. Hughes, prominent resident OF
Gladys. and he was we'll known here,
having number of relatives in Lynch.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-17

Miss Nan Cuthbert and Miss Helen
jackson left yesterday for Raleigh, y.
c.. to enter st. Mary's College: Miss
Jean Dalton left for Baltimore 10 at :
tend st. Mary's College there, and Miss
Caroline Mcclery left for the Chatham
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-01-29

were all we'll known to the teachers"
L. r. Alderman, associate professor
of education in the University of
Oregon, who wins in the straw vote
contest by the teachers of the state
received over four times as many
votes as his nearest competitor. The
present superintendent, ]. H. Acker-
man, who will have had IL years of
successful work in the office is not
candidate for reelection.
Mr.. Alderman was born in YAM
hill county 81 years ago of a pioneer
family. He attended, the Dayton pub
lie school and later was a student
at McMinnville college. While there
he represented his college in the
first intercollegiate oratorical contest.
He entered the University of Oregon
in the fall OF 1895 and graduated in
June, 1898, with an A. b. degree. He
was hand stud ent, an able debater
and was honored by being elected
president OF the student-body.
After graduating, he taught school
in Halsey and Brownsville, in Linn
county. and was then elected vice
principal of the schools of McMinnville
Next year he was elected principal,
which position he he'd for three years.
In 1904 he was elected superintend.
ent of schools for Yamhnl county.
While in this position he started the
school fair. to bring the schools and
homes closer together. Under his
leadership 1900 children had home
gardens and over 500 girls made
bread every Saturday under the in
struction of their mothers.
In the spring of 1907 MIR. Alderman
was elected superintendent of the
city schools of Eugene. While in
this position he started many kinds
of industrial work and also got the
cooperation of his teachers, pupils
and parents, so that the school board
raised his salary and offered him
a three year contract, but two state
schools offered him position
He accepted the position he
now holds in the state university.
He Is a man of vigorous health
and has a strong personality and
broad sympathies.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-01-29
RETURN LIMIT 6 MONTHS

White House there win be exclusive
levees, where it will be deemed as
great an honor to be seen as in a
court drawing room of the old world.
While the cabinet as body will not
lend much brilliancy, many of it's men,
bers being in mourning, the social
world outside will catch the spirit in
troduced by Mrs. Taft and will help to
round out a memorable winter.
Rich Congressman.
Multimillionaires are invading the
house of representatives. That legis-
lative body today is more thickly In
vested, so to speak, by predatory
plutes'' than ut any previous period in
its history.
One of the fifteen richest men in
this country is representative in
congress from Yonkers, in the state
Of New York. His name is John Il.
Andrus, and his wealth is estimated
at $60,000000 He is chemical king,
controlling to great extent the pro-
duction of medicinal drugs in the
United States. Nearly all of the pep
sin manufactured In America comes
from his mills, whence the name "Old
Chewing Gum." applied to him joking
ly by his fellow congressman. though.
as matter of fact. he puts on the
market no such commodity.
One of the most remarkable men in
the present house is Daniel #, Lafean
of York, Pa. He likewise was born
fortune builder. He started in life as
driver of coal cart at 81 day. Ev-
cry cent he possesses he has made for
himself. and his wealth today amounts
to not less than $3,000,O0O He owns
silk mills. banks. dairies and automo-
bile factories: but. industrially speak
ing, he is chiefly conspicuous as the
candy king.
Washington Fourth on the List.
Washington is fourth In the list of
American cities when one considers
the area of asphalt streets. New York
comes first. with Chicago and Philadel-
phia following in the order named.
The national capital has 100000
square yards of this sort of street
paving. according to advance sheets
of the census office bulletin ON the
subject.
In this city there are 100000 square
yards of macadamized streets. while
the area of cobblestones is so small
that It is hardly worth estimating.
Chicago and Detroit are strong on
the block wood streets, having be-
tween them more than two-thirds of
the wood block pavements In the coun-
try.
Names Of the White House.
1t Is still the white House" from
which President Taft sends his annual
message instead of the executive man
sion." by which 1t had been formally
designated before Rooseyelts day.
But even that stilted title lacks the
support of long usage. The early pres
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-01-29
Japalac, varnish stains. linseed oil
at Rurnaugh & Mayfield's.


Get yolr winter cabbage and sauer
kraut. A. M. Wagner, Enterprise.
Miss Nina Mack was here from
Joseph Thursday visiting County
Clerk and Mrs. w. C. Boatman.
A number of Enterprise young
people went out to Alder Slope schoo
house Friday night to a spelling
match.
Send in your order for Potters
Spray Fluid. Best and cheapest on
the market. Address Wallowa Nursery
Co., Wallowa, Oregon. 76b2
Wallowa Sun: 1t is reported that
Rev. Harris of Enterprise made a
good impression at Elgin high school
ast Friday afternoon before an audi
ance of the fair sex.
Will Wright came in from Medical
Springs, Wednesday evening, called
)y the illness of his mother, Aunt
Mary Wright, who is considerably
better and is able to be up.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-01-29
WANTED L. r. ALDERMAN
FOR SUPERINTENDENT
Straw Vote over the state
Shows Him as Choice

Salem, Ore, Dec. 30-The teach
ers Of Oregon have chosen L. IL
Alderman for State Superintendent.
March 10 Of this year, Charles II.
Jones, editor of the Oregon Teach
ers Monthly, sent out circular letters
TO each of the county superintend-
ents asking them to Nominate candi-
dates for state school superintend-
ent. The superintendents responded
generally and the following caAdi-
dates were named: l.. r. Alderman,
of Eugene; D. d. Ressler, of Cor
Wallis; A. j. Churchill, of Baker City;
r. #. Robinson, of Portland, and p.
l.. Campbell of Eugene. Mr.. Jones
took these candidates as a basis for
straw vote" and In the january
number of the Oregon Teachers
Monthly will make the following an
liouncement:
"The Oregon Teachers Monthly's
straw vote contest for state board
superintendent closed December 25.
Altogether 1909 votes were cast and
each dounty in the state was repre-
sented except Curry and Lake. The
votes were fairly well distributed and
the following are the results obtain
ed: l.. r. Alderman, GIG: Il. ID. Dres
sler, 2lS; r. f. Robinson, 1872; p. L.
Campbell, lS9; A. ]. Churchill, 10l;
catering. 90. The candidates in
no way have taken any special in
teIest IN the matter. So far as we
know. no solicitation or pressure by
them has been brought to bear upon
any of the teachers. The candidates
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"A Pennsylvania girl writes me
hat she gathered and washed feath-
9rs and down for whole year." says
lnna Steese Richardson in Woman's
lone Companion for February. "The
iext summer she ma1e it up into pill
ows, using attractive ticking and
himtz, and sold them to guests at a
nountain resort eight miles away.
She offered the pillows at a trifle less
han the price asked in city shops,
,ut the appeal to city folk lay in the
act that they were real feather pill
ows from the country.
"a girl who lived in New Jersey,
within committing distance of New
York, started hotbed raising fresh
ettuce and radishes. These she bold
ly carried to New York in a suit
case al1l sold TO other people working
n the office where she was employed
lb-day that girl has good-sdzed
truck-farm, employs several hands
and does not have to work in city
office.
Away out in Nebraska a, farmers
daughter tried to do the same thing,
believing that she could induce the
green-grocers in the nearest town to
handle her fresh lettuce and radishes
rather than thbse shipped I'M by COM
mission merchants. The dealers were
afraid to give her any encouragement
Her supply might not be up to the
standard. She might not raise
Enough to supply them and then they
would not know how much to eX-
pect from her and how much from
the commission merchants!
THE girl made house-to-house'
! canvass among housewives and offer
ed them freshly picked vegetables at
The same price as they had been pay
ing for the hothouse supply shipped
in. She was just brave enough not
TO cut under the prices of the local
ppcers. Her list of customers grew.
She came to town three times week
The green, grocers discovered that
she was cutting into their trade. They
capitulated To-day she supplies them
all, sends dollhouse products to town
three times week i'm winter, and
garden truck every day in summer.
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idonts described 1t as the presidents
house" or the presidents mansion"
according TO personal tastes. In the
earliest plotting of Washington the
capitol and the White House were
designated by names which would
hardly be understood by the newsboys
of this city today. 1t called one 'con-
gress house and the other the ''presi.
dents house" The White House is
the common sense designation because
specific and in accord with popular
usage.
White House Expenses.
The, entire expense of the White
House. including the salary of the
president and cost of clerical and Of
fce assistance, is little more than
the sum allotted by the Hollanders to
Queen Wilhelmina and Is certainly not
an extravagant ratio of expenditures.
contrasting the proportions of the two
countries.
The total appropriation for this year
for telephone service, automobiles.
housekeeping, care of conservatory
and greenhouses. printing, lighting and
the multifarious trifles necessary to
keep up such an establishment-is
$277,255, the lowest sum expended in
the maintenance of the White House
since 1904 except during the last two
years of the Roosevelt administration.
when a record was made by keeping
down expenses to about 100000 each
year.
With the exception Of these two
years the expenses have been higher.
chiefly owing to appropriations for re-
pairs and additions. which vary from
year to year. The highest executive
expenditures are about one-tenth of
the civil list Of Germany and one
eighth that Of England.
A Unionist Congressman.
The workingmen of the country have
one member of congress who Is a
worker and comes grimy from the
mines. He is William B. Wilson. who
was twice elected to the house from
the Lycoming-Tiog district of Penn
sylvania. At eleven years of age be
became worker In the mines near
Blossburg. Pa. and later ON became
ilterested in labor matters. finally be-
coming secretary-treasurer Of the Unit
ed Mine Workers OF America. Mr. Will
sou has fund of Information at his
/, command and can tell where nearly
every ton of coal mined In Pennsylva-
mia goes for consumption. Twice as a
Democrat on a labor platform has be
been elected In district that Is claim
ed as Republican. He is round head
ed Scotchman. quick in his movements
and as member of the committee on
census Is of great aid In the Industrial
and mining features Of the work. II
would seem "a II an attempt had been
/ made to sidetrack Wilson. as he has
been left OF both the committees on
labor and mines and mining. features
Of which he Is fully conversant.
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Notice

Notice is hereby given that all
persons are notified not to give
Agnes Nachbaur, Sister of Mrs. Ada
Bealudion, and Charles Nachbaur
ALIASES Wilson) at Joseph, Wal.
Iowa County, any credit, as we will
not be responsible for any debts con-
traeted by her.
Signed by her parents,
FRANK NACHBAUR.
Mrs. FRANK NACHBAUR.
Hillsboro, Oregon. 23c3
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-01-29
City and County
Brief News Items
Alfalfa seed for sale at R. s. & 2.

Alfalfa seed for sale at r. s. & q.
C. E. Vest has sold his dray and
business to j. p. Sanders.
White Loaf Flour, $500 per bar
rel at E. NJ. & NJ. store.
Regular meals 25 cents at Pid-
cocks restaurant, End door south of
Il. s. & 2. 64tf
E. NJ. Smith of Hotchkiss, Colo. is
here looking over the country with
view to locating.
Riley e Riley wants your Wool and
Horse Hair.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Putnam are
at La Grande where Mrs. Putnam
is taking medical treatment.
Edison Phonograph recoId ds for
February are now on sale at G l.
Ratcliff,s furniture store. 79b1
Big line of Breakfast Foods
Funks.
To appreciate the SO picture for
SO cents at Ashley C Bue's, call and
see them.
Ex-Sheriff ]. NJ. Blakely went to
La Grande Thursday on business
trip.
Riley & Riley wants your Scalps,
Pelts and Coyote Hides.
Mrs. William Daisley was operated
on in the Wallowa hospital the first
of the week.
See s. X . Clark. before buying
water pipe and fittings and all plumb
ing material. He will save money on
your bills. Phone blue Z. 64btf.
Daniel Boyd left Thursday morn
ing for trip to Portland, The
Dalles and other outside points ON a
weeks trip
Riley C Riley wants your Money
and everything you got for the only
place in town to buy or sell anything
is at Riley & Rileys.
A. H. Young is preparing to put on
milk route in this city, and will
begin delivering milk Monday.
M. l.. Larsen and family have moved
from the Hyatt building into their
new home, just completed, on Mount
clair Avenue, Alder View.
w. c. Fleener of Lostine fell from
a.wagon while loading baled hay, We'd
nesday, and fractured the bone of his
left leg and badly sprained his right
ankle.
Miss Jessie Mcdonald of Walla
Walla and Mr. Wm. Marsh, also Of
that city, were married Wednesday
evening at o'clock at the home of
the brides uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hector Mcdonald of Lower
Valley.
Miss Grace Wood has moved the
Enterprise millinery store into the
rooms occupied by NJ. Larsen's jewel
ry store, Mrs. Zurcher's old stand.
The rooms are being painted and
repapered, and put In neat and at
trGctive shape TO receive the new
spring stock. Miss Wood Is still clos
ing out her winter goods at low
prices.
Strained Honey 12hc a pound a
Funk's.
The mason work on A. c. Miller's
new office building on River street
is finished and 1t Is now ready for
the carpenters. Contractor C. G.
Hoist went to Joseph, Friday night.
A card from j. w. Allen at Los
Angeles changes the address of his
paper Ito 2607 Huron street. He is
in the employ of the Los Angeles
Railway company as conductor, and
he and his family are enjoying the
winter.
State Evangelist Gregg will begir
protracted meeting at the Christ
Ian church In this city Sunday morn
ing, February 6. Rev. Gregg has beer
veGy Successful In his work In pthel
places and the members OF the churcl
n4ge are looking forward to an inter
eoting meeting. He was former,
located In Nebraska and has been II
the Oregon state work for about {
year,
White House Coffee at Funk's.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-01-29
WASHINGTON LETTER

BY CARL scIIoRIELD. Special corre-
spondent.
Unless something happens Washing.
ton will have In the coming three
months one Of the most brilliant sea.
sons ever known here. Instead of the
oyercrowded state receptions at the
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-03-17

Fresh Country Eggs 27e per doz. at
Wright q Go~en.