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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10
az DOROTHY DALE.

CHICAGO, April "a half hour
with Miss Anna Morgan, daughter
of J. Pierpont Morgan, during her
visit to this city, proved to me that
her friendship for the striking
shirtwaist workers of New York
and her interest in women workers
unions generally, is no fad. She
showed more interest in the Organi-
cation of working women for better
pay, shorter hours and generally
better conditions, than the average
working woman does.
women should feel that organi-
cation is part of their lives" she
said. 1T should give them sense
of solidarity that should be lasting.
Once a unionist, always a unionist,
should be their motto.
"If a girl who belongs to union
marries she should continue a
member of her union in spirit at
least She should stand in the same
relation to the newer workers that
college alumni do to the undergrad
yates. She should use her influ-
ence to keep her working sisters
alive to the cause that means their
well being"
Miss Morgan was a guest Of Miss
Mary e. Mcdowell, the ''angel" of
the Chicago stock yards. She was
entertained just where she wrote
Miss Mcdowell she wanted to be
entertained. That was out in the
south end of Chicago. where the
elevated trains run over block after
block of pens for animals waiting to
be killed; where the odor of the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10
EAST SIDE BECOMING ONE OF
BIG MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS

The development of the east side
as manufacturing district is one
of the features of the present real
estate situation in Spokane. News
that over $1.000.000 will be invested
in factories and plants of various
kinds in that section of the city at
once. some of the work being al
ready under way, has given great
impetus to property on the realty
market in that vicinity.
Lying east and adjoining the
school section and the fair grounds,
in what Is called the East Side Syn
dictate addition, the e. H. Stanton
company, the big packers, are
spending a half million in a new
plant. Nearby the Mitchem Broth
ers & Co. plan $3.50, 900 to 5000, 900
packing plant and the White Pine
Lumber company has commenced
work on factory which will prob
ably represent an investment. be-
fore 1t is finished, of $4,000 to
100000.
Real estate men are banking on
the East Side Syndicate addition
and property in the vicinity as one
of the big coming manufacturing
districts. While a boom has not
set in there a steady development
Is noticeable and many things
point to greater development in
the near future. There Is pros
pect of the Spokane & Inland put
ting in its car barns and shops on
several blocks of property it has
acquired near the fair grounds;
the Milwaukee, in the opinion Of
railway men. must buy right of
way through the addition; the
Trent county road, which cuts the
district. will be the Great Apple
Way, the good roads people hav-
ing practically assured this i'm
provement.
The Stanton investments will
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10
HOME BUYING BIG
FEATURE Of
Ia
MARKET
sHss - - 49,

The big feature of the local real
estate market the past month has
Been the heavy buying of small in
vestors-the home builders. While
large deals in business property
have been few, there has been a
ssteady trade in home sites and acre
tracts adjoining the city. In fact,
it is stated by many real estate
men that the volume of this kind
of business recorded the past few
weeks has been greater than at
any time in several years.
Spokane has always been home
city and the per cent of people own
ing their own homes here or buying
them on monthly instalments is
greater than other cities of the size
in the northwest. Homes and home
sites can be purchased on terms
that place them within the reach
of the wage Garner, and supplying
this demand is one of the principal
branches Of every real estate firm
of the city, although it is a business
which is not carried on with as
much brass band accompaniment
as the big trades in business and
factory property.
The hundreds and thousands of
dollars invested monthly in small
properties, lots in outlying addi-
tions, adjacent acre tracts, etc,
goes mostly unrecorded and it is
only the occasional big deal which
everybody learns about. At the
same time, when there is not big
sale to record, the small business,
the sum of which Is greater than
many big deals, is going on all the
time and forms the backbone Of the
real estate market.
1t is a noticeable fact that nearly
every sale Of this kind means i'm
provement Of the property, for few
of the buyers are spectators and
most intend to erect homes. While
several big deals mean simply
speculation, with no thought of i'm
provement on the part of the buy
ers, who are waiting for higher
values to turn a profit. the small
sale usually means new home.
The thousands OF these small deals
taken together, 1t can be seen, often
means much more to Spokane in
the building UP and improvement
of the city than the occasional big
deal.
The spring home building activity
has now opened up and there is
scarcely neighborhood where the
sound of the hammer can not be
heard in every direction. From the
number of building permits being
taken out 1t is estimated that there
will be greater activity in this line
in Spokane this year than there
was last.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10
NINE INCHES OF
rain IS ENOUGH
ON COLUMBIA
Washington Farmer Gets IS
Bushels Of Wheat to Acre
BY Dry Farming.

| That wheat averaging IS bushels
an acre can be raised with nine
inches annual rainfall in the dry
country on the east side of the Co
lumbia river, in Douglas county,
Washington, is asserted by Frank
Thomas, a ranchman who belongs
to the Dry Farming congress, and
has written an account of the con-
ditions under which he is working.
"Our soil Is volcanic ASH"
writes Mr.. Thomas, with more or
less sand, inclined to drift with the
high winds. 1t ranges from two to
20 feet in depth. There is a clay
FtSsoil.
have been producing wheat five
yezrs under present conditions. We
raise as winter wheat, Jones Fife,
and as spring wheat, Bluestem.
II pillow seven inches deep, from
April Is to May 20. We get our
greatest rainfall in the winter, from
November Is to February is.
Last year l produced IS bushels
of wheat to the acre, with nine
inches rainfall.
Il am not rotating my crops, as
the only marketable crop at present
Is wheat. Our method of summer
tillage makes 1t possible only to
raise one crop in two years and
whether this Ia depicting the pro-
ductiveness of the soil have been
able, as yet, to form no opinion"
Mr.. Thomas is deeply interest in
the work the Dry Farming congress
is doing. He expects to attend the
Fifth Congress at Spokane and ex-
hibit some Of dry grown wheat at
the International Dry Farming ex-
position.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10

mean much. The new packing
plant will employ about 800 men
and the company has already erect
ed brick boarding house and It IL
understood has plans for several
apartment houses for the married
men who will be employees. Work
on the main building of the plant
is under way. and its completion
will undoubtedly bring in large
number of people. who will find
homes in the neighborhood.
The Spokane International car
shops are already located in the
district, as Is the Lakeside Lumber
company, the Northwest Harvester
people and the Armstrong machin-
cry plant. Two of the principal
streets, Louisiana and Sinto, have
been graded and cement sidewalks
put In. Railroad facilities in the
addition are excellent. The North
ern Pacific. the o. r. & NJ. the
Spokane International and the
Idaho & Washington Northern
tracks pass through the district,
which makes the neighborhood
among the best for factories, as
trackage is one of the first require
mentS.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10
(From the New York Bureau Of the
United Press Association.

=
United Press Association.
NEW YORK, April 9.-Scarcity
of unskilled labor throughout the
United States has resolved itself
into a problem so serious that rail
road builders and big contractors
especially in the middle west-are
facing the possibility of throwing up
their contracts or securing an eX-
tension of time in which to COM
plete their work.
Never before, railroad builders
and contractors say has unskilled
labor been so hard to get in the
middle and far western states, and
European immigration, usually de-
pended upon to furnish this kind of
labor, is insufficient.
There is plenty Of work to be
done and capital is not lacking, but
II is almost impossible to secure
the necessary quota of workers.
When the panic of 1907 came on,
nearly every big railroad in the
United States had mapped out an
active campaign of building and i'm
proving. This work was stopped
in the embryo state until the
money market eased up. Now that
money is plentiful, the railroads
which employ the greatest percent
age of unskilled laborers doing con-
struction work-are anxious to pro-
oeed. but find themselves in the
precarious condition of being un.
able to secure sufficient laborers.
The greatest amount of railroad
building and construction work is
done in the summer months. AL
ready the scarcity of laborers is
manifest, and it is feared there will
be serious labor famine during
the coming hot months.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10
SCARCITY OF LABOR IN
ALL PARTS OF COUNTRY

farms in the middle and far west.
To take their places, unskilled Ia
borers have been recruited as farm
hands. A foreign laborer cannot
do the work-and. will not do the
work-of an American farm hand.
For 100000 American farm hands,
it required at least 100000 foreign
ers to care for the American farms.
The majority of these foreigners
were taken from railroad construc-
ton camps, irrigation projects and
building industries where unskilled
labor abounded. The result has
been the labor famine.
The Panama canal too, has
drawn an immense army of unskill-
ed laborers from the United States.
for the government works men only
eight hours a day and pays better
than the railroads.
The panic of 1907 had much to
do with the scarcity of unskilled
labor. Thousands of Italians.
Sicilians, Poles, Hungarians and
Slavs, who do most of the excava-
ton work, returned to their native
homes, for there was no work for
them in America in 1907 and 1908.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10

asked Of Miss Mary McEnerney,
business agent and organizer Of the
women's bindery union. the strong
est women's union in Chicago. Miss
McEnerney's union won strike
eight years ago that increased the
bindery girls wages "a a week. Lat
er they won an eight hour day with.
out a strike. There are 1900 OF
them in Chicago.
Miss McEnerney told how she
went into a shop and asked the
girls to join the union. III the
employer objected l reported to the
union authorities, and the union
label was taken away from him, be-
cause il any department of q bust
ness is nonunion that can be done"
she said.
But what do you do when the
employer didn't have any labels at
alp" asked Miss Morgan, quickly.
1t was just the same when she
met Miss Alice Henry, who came
from Australia, and is now a Chi
cago worker for women's unions.
She didn't ask about the climate or
the topography of the country.
How is unionism progressing out
there?" she asked, then followed
with quick fire Of questions about
the way the Australian women
stand for organization.
Il think the best way to have
unions for women succeed Is for
them to work with the men," she
said. "The best results are always
obtained when men and women
work together"
Miss Morgan was only in Chicago
four hours. She is on her way ID
California. She spent all of the
time with Miss Mcdowell, whom
she admires greatly. {;
Before reaching the settlement
Miss Mcdowell took her to drive
through the little parks of the city
as she wanted to see the people'a
breathing spots, not the bouleyards
Of the rich. *
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10

Yes, I am the Goddess of
Cookery.
You'll note I'm a smii.
ing lass;
The cause Of my sdtisfdc.
ton lies
In the fact that I cook
lOith Gas.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10
King Alfonso's Heir Is
Almost Deaf and Dumb

MADRID, April Swell inform
ed persons are discussing the pain
full rumor that both the speech and
hearing of the little prince of
Asturias, heir to the throne, are
seriously defective.
The prince is a particularly hand
some, wellgrown child of years.
but he cannot articulate, 1t is said.
This report is denied in court
and government circles. and its
circulation is attributed to enemies
of the monarchy. who wish to an
noy the king and queen.
An authoritative statement on
the subject will be issued soon, it
is expected. for the rumor gains
wide credence among the people.
who are saying that the kings
second son, Don jaime, must sue
coed to the throne.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10
Goddess of Cookery

This is my first ap-
pearance before the
good people of Spo-
kane.
From this time forth
you will see my smil-
ing cOuntenance and
read my wise sayings
at every turn.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10
CARRIER, 80,
ON JOB ALL DAY

4 BEVERLY. N. j., April 9.-Daniel
EHorner. the veteran mail carrier Of
Ithis city, celebrated his SD birth
sday by putting in good days work.
9'Uncle Dan," as he is Familiarity
sknown, is on the job from $50
O'Clock in the morning until 7:4O
O'Clock in the evening.
/ He has held the position for Is
years, and makes nine round trips
a day, covering eight miles. In all
he walked enough miles to make a
circumference and a half Of the
globe. For this work Uncle Sam
pays him 1926 per annum.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10
JUDGE swArs PRISONER.

CHICAGO, April S.-A new meth
cd OF punishment for contempt Of
court has been originated by Judge
H. F. Kaske of Hammond, Ind.
When Martin Solki, a spectator at
a criminal trial In Judge Kaskes
court, persisted In applying the ver-
bal lash to the court. Judge Kaske
left the bench and landed a stiff
right-hand swing on Solki's law.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10
RICH BUTlN PooRHoUsE

HISU 6O I'm FOOHF7OOSE
. BIG RAPIDS. Mich, April 9. I
= In Nathaniel Mitchell of
. Aetna township. Mecosta
= county has a person who is a
= capitalist and pauper at the I
. same time. Mitchell is rs years
. old and is an inmate of the
. county house at present and
. has been for several winters
. past. A search of the county
. records shows that he owns
= much property. and several
. mortgages besides. His wife I
= died in the poorhouse last win
. ter. 4
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10
"BE STANCH UNIONISTS," URGES MORGANS DAUGHTER 4
TO WORKING GIRLS AT STOCKYARDS MEETING

By Choice She Becomes the
Guest of Angel Of Stock
yards" During Her Visit
to Chicago-Explains Her
Plan for Dowry for Work
ing Girls Who Work
Dorothy Dale Says Miss
Morgan's Sympathy for
Working Women is Real.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-02

try To Gust the present organization
heaQed by SoIic!tor Armistead Jones'
VINO Is also chairman oI Lac county
executive coniaAttee.
Iae Academy OF Music was secured
for the meeting, anu Saauraay MORN
iag the loAer moor MAG uAAioea Anlu
sections and these pIacaFued Tor tne
various o,ynships Of the county. Inc
manager OF the Academy, thinking
tnat AN eAort was being maae 10
keep the organization supporters from
attending the meeting. ordered the
placardS removed, when was done.
AT IL O'Clock, the time Tor the
meeting, there were about zoo peo-
pie in the hall. MIR. Bailey went
on the stage and said that the ring
vas trying to stlfie the will OF the
people, and that Mr.. Upehnrch and
Senator Jones had ordered the signs
down for ring purposes. but tnat the
courthouse had been secured. he
asked all who favored putting down
the ring To come with him. me
house immediately became n bowling
mass, sumo leaving and others crying
sit down"
Organization steals March.
The organization then made a
move. Its followers rushed to the
courthouse and completely filled the
bar and the jury box and all the
front seats, and when Mr.. Bailey
mounted the judges stand to speak
he was yelled down. Others attempt
ed to address the meeting. but the
crowd would have none Of them. and
pandemonium retgned for about
three quarters of an hour. neither
side being allowed to speak
The lie was passed several times.
and 1t looked as though personal en-
counters were in order, but that point
was not quite reached.
After vainly trying TO be heard, Mr..
Bailey and Mr.. Josephus Daniels LETT
the room, followed by about half the
crowd. They went on the outside,
where several speeches denounctng
the ring were made and resolutions
adopted.
The other wing, on the inside OF
the building, organized and a number
of addresses were made condemning
the action Of Mr.. Bailey and Mr..
Daniels.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-02
Chase City

Especial TO The Richmond virginian.)
CHASE CITY, VA, May THE
evangelistic services at the baptist
church, which have been conducted
by DR.. Ryland knight. of Richmond,
closed Friday night. DIR. knight has
a very beautiful and impressive man
ner. His morning sermons have been
especially helpful TO the people.
Rev. Il. r. Higgason, OF Wyllies-
burg, will deliver special sermon to
the Odd Fellows of Chase City at
the town halt sunday
A pretty marriage occurred at Fin
neywood Baptist church on Wednes-
day, April 20, when Mr.. A. j. New
comb and Miss Lena Florence New
comb. both of Meckienburg county.
were married by the Rev. IL. 4. Hig-
gason, OF Wyliesburg.
Miss Edna Turpin Ia visiting Mrs.
w. G. johnson on Sycamore street.
Mrs. Harvey Jeffreys, OF keysville.
is the guest OF Mrs. L. T. Wallace on
Academy street.
Mrs. i. T.. Duke was an attractive
hostess to the Woman's Club Friday.
April Goth. where. after discussion
Of books, her guests were entertained
by contest on trees, for which first
prize was awarded Mrs. G. G. Taylor
and consolation to Misc Dell Elan.
A choice serving OF refreshme nts
closed the pleasant afternoon, which
was enjoyed by the following club
and visiting ladies' Mrs. w. d. Norveil.
Mrs q. q. Taylor. Mrs. Bascum Dye,
Mrs. C. NJ. Boawell. Mrs. T. q, Bos-
we'll, Miss Rose Snyder, Mrs. J. h
Pruden. Mrs. Norman II. Williams,
Mrs. w. A. Brooks Mrs. Mary Greg
CRY, Mrs. Eta Gregory. Mrs A. D.
Finch. Mrs. Carson Gregory and Miss
SaIlie Booth.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-02

HAD MAN DOWN READY
TO TAKE HIS LIFE.

In the shadow of the post office from
which Eddie Fay and Little Dick Har-
ris stole $4,000 worth OF stamps a
murderous attack is reported to have
been made upon a man by two other
men. A Waterman. standing in the
door of the post Office. IL said to have
refused to come to the aid OF Mr.. Ed
ward @. Withoweki. travelling man
who arrived on the scene Just In time
TO snatch a large bowie knife from
one OF the mems hands as he was In the
act OF plunging 1t into man who was
on the ground and who had already
been beaten into almost unconscious
ness.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-02

innocent OF any crime, and both she
and her husband are ready to open
their poeketbooks TO secure his free
DOM
Bagley was arrested Saturday, after
a hard chase, on the charge of steal.
ing "a woman's pocKetbcok. Mounted
Policeman Sanderlin had to club the
negro into submission when he caught
him after a long run. When Bagiey
was placed In the patrol wagon and 1t
started for police headquarters. he
made a break for liberty. He leaped
out of the wagon and was on a fair
way to freedom when Policeman SAN
derlin fired and the negro fell. The
bullet lodged in his hip.
Mrs. Chandler says II Is case of
mistaken identity She called at the
jail to see the negro. but the authori-
ties declined to permit her TO see
him.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-02

oNANCoCT, VA. May Awhile
preparing to attend the funeral OF q
neighbor Friday Captain Joshua
Reed, of Northern Aocomac. was
stricken with heart trouble ana ex-
nired ,r a few minutes. A few years
ago he sailed in a sixteen-foot Skin
from our seaside to Phiiadelphia- ana
returned In the same way. A widow
and nine children survive.
LYNcHBURG, VA. May s.--The
tender of an engine, which was back
ing from Lynchburg to Monroe. on
the Southern Sunday morning, was
derailed and turned over. the loco
motive following the tender. Five or
ak late night trains and all or the
early morning trains were tied up
from 2 to 4 hours by the accident.
LYNCHBURG. VA, May 2.--Henry
Christ. colored. was shot Sunday
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-02
COUNTY IS TORN
BY POLITICAL WAR
North Carolina Democrats Organ
ization Bitterly Denotaced at
Frenzied Meeting.
aRING" FIGHTS BACK
Stampede Gathering of Enemies,
Cry Down Speakers and Take
Possession.

Especial to The Richmond Fi-ginian.)
RALEIGH. N. C., May 2.--The
greatest political fight ever waged In
wake county Is now on between two
factions OF the democratic party and
the stormiest meeting ever held here
by that party was pulled off satur-
lay.
Certain parties. headed by Mr.. j.
w. Bailey. Issued call for meeting
or the democrats Of the county to be
held here Saturday. April 80. for the
purpose Of discussing ''rnen and
measures" The real object was to
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-02
MUSTPUTM MORE POSTAGE
ON FOREIGN LETTERS

nation OF the letter, which Is oouo.eo
by failure on the part OF the sehaef
to properly stamp mail.
The only foreign countries to which
the two-cent rate applies are Canada,
Cuba, Mexico. New Foundland, "a
nal Zone, Republic of Panama,
Shanghai, China. Germany. by direct
steamers only; Scotland. Wales ana
Ireland.
Letters directed to all other coun-
tries must bear q flve-cent stamp ior
the first ounce or fraction and three
cents for each additional ounce.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-02

Many letters mailed In nichnhona
for foreign countries. which are SUI
t.ct IN the postal union postage rate,
are prepaid only two cents and send
ers are apparently under the impress
sion that this domestic rate II ap-
nl,cable, but Postmaster Edgar Al
Ian, Jr, pointed out the error sat-
urday
This belief. on the part OF many
neople. causes much unnecessary
work for employees of the post-office.
II entails the collection OF the re-
uufred fee for postage at the desu-