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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-30
A state. Wonderful Growth.

A States Wonderful Growth.
Whatever any individual may think
Of the state Of Oklahoma. he must take
of his hat and bow admiringly to the
figures of her wonderful growth in the
past decade. Census figures don't lie,
and they give Oklahoma IN increase Of
/ population in ten years Of S61. $50. This
means that the present state of Okla
homa has that many more Inhabitants
than had the territory Of Oklahoma
and Indian Territory combined. which
now form the new state. ten years
ago. There is no precedent in America
for this growth. True. it is only a
score Of years since the Oklahoma
country was opened to settlement. and
! considerable sections of 1t were not
opened until within the past decade.
But when it became an accepted prop
osition that the two territories would
be organized into a commonwealth and
| admitted to the Union the people be-
gan to flock in and settle.
1t is the habit in some uniformed
quarters to sheer more or less at the
| Oklahomans. but no well informed per-
| son does so. The people of Oklahoma
are from every state in the Union.
| Massachusetts n%eighbors with Nilsson
| ri, Connecticut with Kansas. Virginia
with Vermont. in the new state with
the beautiful Indian name and the
bothersome Indian problem which is
inherited. These people belong to the
best blood of their respective states.
They are the enterprising citizens. the
ones with energy and nerve enough to
migrate from their own iresides n
set I'D new. affairs in IL land of greater
promise.
The fact, as known to all who have
| visited the state and as proved in the
census reports. that in a few years
they have built on the virgin prairies
a number of modern cities up to date
in all respects may be taken as proof
that the people Of Oklahoma. gathered
from all points Of the compass. are
progressive and enterprising beyond
| the average. Not only have they built
towns and cities. out they have devel
oped a splendid farming territory and
have enriched the world with mineral
resources. coal and oil. When you read
the name of Oklahoma don't laugh I'M"
less YOU wish to be laughed at.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-30
NEWS OF NOTED PERSONS

Commander.in-chief Samuel r. Van
SAINT paid a tribute to the soldiers Of
the C~onfederacy at the annual re-
union Of the G. A. r. at Atlantic City.
The commander spoke earnestly as
he expressed his qualification at the
increasing determination of the blue"
and the gray" When he said that
no Drawer troops were ever marshaled
for conflict than the Southern soldiers
and that the Union veterans now re-
aliZe that no men ever made greater
sacrifices for what they believed to be
right than their former foes the CON-
mander was applauded.
United States Senator William Lori.
mer's resignation from the Hamilton
club of Chicago was accepted by the
board of directors at an executive ses-
sion which lasted six hours. The d.
rectors also adopted a resolution sus-
tanning President John H. Batten of
the club in complying with the de-
mand of Theodore Roosevelt that Sen.
ator Lorimer be excluded from the
banquet which the club gave to Colo
mel Roosevelt on Sept. 8.
To George Chavez. the Peruvian
aviator, belongs the honor Of being
the first to fly across the Alps. The
daring feat was accomplished in an
attempt to win the prize of 100000
offered by the Italian Aviation society
of Milan for a flight from Brig, Swift
erland, to Milan. Chavez, however,
was unable to complete the trip, hav'
ing suffered painful injuries when he
alighted at Domodossola, Italy.
John Arbuckle has written to Pres
ident Taft, Offering to raise the Maine
for $150,000 less than the estimated
cost OF any other plan submitted.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-30

The Census Showing of Population.
Whether our population is about
90. GOO, 1000, as recent calculation put it,
or upward of 100 1000. 900. as was esti-
mated when the work of census taking
began, it is all the same. This is a
growing country. 1t is growing strong.
The family is so big that Uncle Sam
can afford to lay more stress on quail
ity than on quantity. One important
question which the completed census
showing will decide is the distribution
of population. There have been
changes. Some places and sections
have increased more than other places
and sections.
immigration appears to have had
less to do with the increase from
about 100000 in 1900 to approxi-
mately 100000 in 1910 than was
supposed. About one in every three o
the immigrants who landed between
1900 and 1910 returned to the old
The net increase from immi-
grafton was about 100000. or one
third of the total increase. The per-
centage of increase during the ten
year period from 1890 to 1900 was not
maintained from 1900 to 1910. The
cause Of this decline is another impor-
tant question which the completed
census should throw light upon.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-30
The Raising Of the Maine.

The definite work on the lifting and
removal of the wreck of the battleship
Maine from Havana harbor is now
about to be undertaken. President
Taft recently gave an interview on
the subject to John F. O'Rourke. the
engineer who bridged the Hudson at
Poughkeepsie and who drove the Penn
sylvania tunnels under the same river
at New York city. Mr.. O'Rourke has a
plan for raising the Maine, and it was
this plan that he discussed with the
president. His idea in. brief is to con
struct a system of pneumatic caissons
by means of which he will place under
the hull of the Maine numerous steel
cables. These will form what is known
as a cradle" BY the use of powerful
hosting apparatus Mr.. O'Rourke be-
lieves he can lift the wreck entirely
out of the water. inspect it, repair it If
that is desirable. lower it back into
the water and float it. If his ideas are
correct it may not prove impossible to
navigate the vessel again or at least to
tow her into a United States port.
where she can be kept as a historic
relic.
Another plan for raising the wreck
is by means of a cofferdam. This
would be pumped out. leaving the YES
sci dry on the bottom of the harbor.
Whichever method is adopted it is now
settled that the world will be permit
ted to inspect the vessel and to deter
mine once and for all he manner OF
her destruction. Colonel w. NJ. Black.
chairman of the board of engineers
having. the matter in charge. says
there are three things to be accom-
plished-to remove the bodies of the
sailors, to determine the cause of the
wreck and to remove the wreck from
the harbor.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-30
Floats Above Paris for Hours.

Paris, Sept. 2S.-The French war
dirigible Colonel Reynard cruised over
Paris for three and one-quarter hours
at an average height of 400 feet. The
balloon assembled and alighted at
Issy, a suburb. 1t was under perfect
control and was put through some dif.
fcult maneuvers.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-30
THE DEATH RECORD.

General Charles R. Brayton, the
blind leader of the Rhode Island Re.
publicans and the Rhode Island mem
Der Of the national Republican COM
mittee, is dead at Providence.
Mrs. Frances Victoria Sankey, wild
ow of Ira D. Sankey, the singing evan.
gelist, is dead at her home in Brook
Ign. She was seventy-one years old.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-30

The general public throughout the
country is becoming pretty we'll ac'
quainted with the fact that New York's
Great White Way broadway is chief
ly Illuminated by electric advertis'
ing signs and would look like a back
alley in a rural village If it depended
upon the lights supplied by the munich.
pality. e
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-30

Should Mr.. Spalding. former base
ball player. enter the senate from
California will Vice President Sher-
man become catcher or shortstop or
continue to be merely the umpire?
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-30
the harbor.

The kaiser reatirms his absolute be-
lief in the divine right of kings to rule
or at least the divine right Of the
king of Prussia. who happens also to
he the emperor of Germany-just when
there is more doubt than ever before
whether kings have any right what
ever to their thrones.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-30

The press Of the Pacific northwest
early in the spring spread the warning
broadcast that climatic conditions con-
duced to grave danger in the woods,
but there was widespread failure to
take the proper precautions.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-30

It is said that most of New York's
gum chewing is done in the subway.
No wonder there's still patronage for
the old horse cars there:
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-30

The girl Of twenty who shot herself
in New York because she had failed
in literary work. probably never read
the life of DR.. Samuel Johnson.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-30

Aviator Moissant made slow prog
ress at flying from London to Paris.
He was several days going the dis
tance that can be covered by rail and
boat in a few hours. The aeroplane flies
like a bird some of the time. but won't
fly at all most Of the time.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-30

There is no unalloyed good thing. On
the face of the returns Alaska was a
mineral. agricultural and. natural his
torical paradise. Now it turns out
that the mosquitoes of Alaska are the
worst on. this continent. :,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-30

Roosevelt and the kaiser were bitten
by the germ Of absolutism within the
same twenty-four hours. Well, only a
few weeks before they cracked jokes
together.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-30

No display Of "the beautiful" was
ever more welcome than that which
fell in the fire devastated forests OF
Montana and Idaho.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-30

No; the %aeroplane never really ar
rived until it got on the stage. life
size. in a spectacular play in New
York. AS a Thespian thriller it bids
fair to upset the circular saw and the
midnight mail locomotives.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-30

The fountain of youth has been
discovered in Oregon. And to think
how Ponce de Leon risked his life In
the vain search for it in Florida!
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-30

The Panama canal is one Of the few
things that seem to be minding their
own business.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-30

Creeping like a snail unwillingly to
school," Young America now goes In
for another session of book learning.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-30

The kaiser outclasses Roosevelt as a
hunter of big game. He is hunting for
trouble and has started it In the big
gest quantity imaginable.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-30

The holocaust In the national forests
is a sharp reminder that conservation
Of human life. not tree life. Ia the atst
law.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-30

Even Zelaya may ''come back" but
It il not a good bet just now.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-30

Somebody ought to smuggle the
smugglers out of this country.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-30

Amt Delia's pies may account for
the midsummer serenity at the White
House. l&&7
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-01-27
CHARACTER

How little regard some people
have for the character OF
another. They do not seem to
realize or care whether another
person sinks or swims so long as
they come out on top.
1t is sad day in the life of
any man or woman when they
can take part in the downfall of
one of their fellows.
Character is all of life that is
worth having and those who
guard themselves most carefully
are the ones who seem to come
in for the most pitiless abuse.
Many men are in their graves
today with a stain resting
against them who deserved a
better fate. Many women have
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-01-27

building of a lifetime. 1t is the
budapest along the way. Leave
to those who are striving to do
right the consciousness that they
will not be hindered through
narrow mindedness or vicious
ness. Let them have a clear
right of way. Give them a glad,
helpful hand. Let character
stand first in the onward
march.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-01-27
|. 0. 0. F. Officers

Following are the officers elect
ed by the Odlfellows for the en-
suing year: j +. Bullock, \ e.;
NJ. X. Cope, V, G.; Bert Cooper,
Sec'y. Jno. w. Baker, Treas.
Rebekah's
The Rebekah's elected the fol-
towing officers for the ensuing
year; Mrs. j. T. Gates, n. G.:
Mrs, +. j. Glover, Y. q; Miss
Mae Norton, Sec'y. Mrs. NIL
Farris, Treas.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-01-27

ting forth the great development
of that section.
1t is a very commendable pam
phet and will doubtless do much
toward attracting the attention
of the people to the many advan-
tages of that portion of east
Texas.
The cuts show up to good ad-
vantage and are tastely arrang-
ed. Taken all in all it is clever
scheme as an advertisement and
has touch of the spirit of the
west.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-01-27
Albert Reed Announces,

In this issue of the Avalanche
you will find the announcement OF
Albert Reed, for Office of sheriff
and tax collector.
Mr.. Reed is one of the old set
tiers of this section and Is well
aud favorably known
lie comes before the people pro
missing TO run his office to the best
of his ability, if elected, and no
favors will be shown TO anyone,
that all cannot share.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-01-27
LUBBOCK. TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY u. 1910

been driven to suicide on account
Of the slanderers tongue. One
cause Of SANDER is found in the
fact that many people recognize
their inferiorty to another and
they proceed to try and drag
them to their level. One Of the
surest guides to character is to
observe the tendencies of those
with whom you are associated,
and if they are inclined to back
bite and scoff, you may depend
that they are Of a very low
stamp.
The beauties of the pure life
are more precious than gold.
To have a true conception of
what one should be causes many
smiles along the pathway. Re-
member that character is the
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-01-27
LUBBOCK HAS DONE 1T

Commenting on the movement
made some time ago to plant
trees along Broadway, the Dallas
News asked the question, will
Lubbock do it"'
We are glad to say that the
matter met with universal APP
proval and it is now reported,
from a reliable source, that four
fifths of the trees have been
subscribed, and the rest will
be made up right away.
The next move is to get into
communication with the different
nurseries near here and get their
prices.
Lubbock started in to make a
city and that she viii succeed in
the near future is evidenced by
just such enterprise as has been
shown relative 10 this much
needed improvement on our
beautiful Broadway.
Within the next few years
this street will be the pride of
the entire country.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-01-27

And it IS still worse when il comes
TO marketing farm products. Now
that we have railroad we are 60
ing to do something. We think
we have very rich agricultural
country, and with shipping facili-
ties we are bound to 70 ahead
very fast. Settlers q slrAay
coming in. The lands arc level
very rich and prod, ave- Just
to show what tbsIsybIo4d MEANS
and VIII at is goirg On, two large
steam plowssbassS bagh shipped in,
and manSrother evidences of
purpose % farm on large scale
in evidence. The land is very
levsl. ard eli kinds of farm mach,
iussgasnAsbe worked on it. A
steam ploN could be started out in
one strsight course and run per
haps all day without making
turn or breaking furrow There
is no end TO the forage feed that
we can raise In that part Of the
state kaflir corn. milo maize and
cane grow there with little effort
Then small grains and other crops
can be raised. II is an deal stock
country. aud "a part OF the state
which will soon be- heard from
now that we have AL outlet
Kansas City Dover Telegram.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas l. Dow and
children are here this week visit
ing the formers parents Mr.. and
Mrs. James Dow and brother
Arthur Mr.. Dow IS tho very
successful editor and owner Of The
Lubbock Avalanche, and as lr
seldom takes vacation from bls
close combining duties, II is useless
TO say he is greatly enjoying hrs
visit. Seminole Sentinel
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-01-27
SOUVENIR OF MARSHALL
TEXAS

The Avalanche is in receipt of
a handsomely bound and printed
booklet of Marshall, Texas, set
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-01-27
W. {. Hulme Sick

We are sorry to report the SER
ious illness Of ". +. Hume, this
week. He had gone north TO do
some immigration work for the
land firm Of billiard Marshall, and
was taken suddenly, with heart
trouble and had to be conveyed
home.
BY this writing he is reported
much better and we hope to soon
see him able to be about again.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-01-27

BroldwaYresidence lots are a
safe and raHpg Investment. We
sell them. ~ 20 1t
GossttKPeevy & Blake.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-01-27
Exemption Certificates

Sheriff Flynn finds that il will
be necessary for all young men
who will become twenty. one years
OF age after the first of Feb. 1909,
to secure an exemption certificate.
He has them on hand and every
young man to whom this applies,
should secure same. They do not
cost anything 10 secure and they
will be necessary if you want to
vote.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-01-27

W X. Dickinson OF Lubbock 4,
Tex, reioices over tie fact that
Lubbock is now on the map. and
aud that the great south plains
district Of the Pauhandlr hiss q
railroad at last. Mr., Dickinson
is an old Texan, be has been out
ia the plains country but about
seven years. He owns nearly
{ 900 acres Of land. and handles n
good many cattle Only a few
months ago." he said with some
emphasis. the first railroad built
through that part Of the country,
reached Lubbock. Before that
we were 10 miles from a railroad
That is long distance to haul
everything in the way Of freight.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1910-09-08

Sept 1 Id KHIi
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1910-09-08

arches on the lower side. The artifice,
odd though it appears, does great hon
or to the architects who dared to apply
it to SO important a structure, Be
sides being very bold, it gives to the
edifice an aspect all it's own, much
SURPRISING in picturesGuesnes and
harmony that of regular tower, sim
ply inclined
THE sinking is attributed to under
mining by water and also to human
imprudence, which opened drains, and
even excavated a cistern, at the foot
of the tower
Happily, the modern engineers art
furnishes the means if not of retriev-
ing the fault, at least of arresting it's
development. 1t is well known that
in America substructure was built
under the celebrated Washington mon
ument, a structure whose Importance
is due to an entirely different reason"
A slightly different version of the
situation is given by Mr.. A. Battelli in
Nature Uondon, August A.. After des-
cribing the Investigations of the COM
mission, he concludes as follows:
In spite of thes serious conclu-
sions, the commission is nevertheless
unanimously of opinion that the IA
nous tower of Pisa still possesses
good stability, and that the present
condition of the same is not such as to
give rise to excessive apprehension
for the future. "-Translation made
for The Literary Digest.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1910-09-08
ABOUT PISA'S TOWER.
The "Leaning Tower" Is Over
doing 1t.

The sword-swallower the lion-tam
err, and other daring performers who
finally come to grief by carrying their
specialties too far, seem likely to be
joined soon by Pisa's leaning tower.
which has lately shown q tendency to
lean more than ever Frightened Pisa
has appointed commission to look
into this alarming inclination, and the
commission reports that new foun-
dation must go under it If it is to stand
any longer Otherwise, after serving
to illustrate the stability of inclined
structures to generations of school
boys, it would doubtless give one fin
al sad demonstration of what happens
to such structures when the center of
gravity falls outside the base line.
Says a writer in Cosmos (Paris):
1.-The leaning towner of Pisa, re-
nowned throughout al 1.-The world, is
leaning more and more and is causing
anxiety; it has even been necessary to
stop ringing its bells. At the opening
of the nineteenth century its inclina-
ton was SO per cent of its height; to-
day it has reached 80 per cent, and
what is still more disquieting is the
fact that this increase of departure
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1910-09-08
from the vertical has taken place al
most all at once.

from the vertical has taken place al
most all at once.
A commission has been appointed
to study the situation, and it's report
is most pessimistic. 1t states that the
foundations, instead of consisting of
a large, massive base, as has been
believed since the studies of Grassi in
1881 and those Of Rohault de Fleury in
1859. are formed only of ring exact
ly the size of the walls, and go down
about ten feet below the ground-a
depth absolutely insufficient for a
monument of this Importance.
"The examination has made it possi-
BILE to clear up tho familiar question
was the tower built intentionally
with it's present inclination, or is this
due to settling?
Both hypothesis have elements of
truth in them
The construction was begun in
ITO and was not completed until 200
years later. It was to have been car
ried up vertically, but the work was
interrupted after some time and not
begun again until 1898. 1t was then
seen that the part that that had been
built had taken certain slant. To
preserve the existing structure the
work was resumed by modifying the
mode of building. The line of inclina-
ton was followed. but the horizontal
level of the stories was kept by grad
ually increasing the height of the