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The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-03-09
WOES OF AMBASSADORS WIVES.

Socially Ambitious Countrymen De-
sire to Shake Hands with Royalty.
The American ambassadors wife is
usually very patriotic. although I am
aware that many people question It,
says writer in the Delineator. She
Is proud Of the reputation her country
women have established abroad for
cleverness and beauty. and Is willing
to go out of her way to give as many
of them as possible the eclat and ex-
citement Of going to court.
But, according to etiquette, she can
make but two or three presentations
at each court and these must be ap-
proved by the court chamberlain. while
there are sometimes a hundred appli-
cants. She cannot present a woman
who has been divorced or been In any
way connected with social scandal.
She cannot present the daughter Of
the most influential politician II she Is
socially impossible. A politician who
can stalk through the departments at
Washington in free and easy way
and make every man from the Presi-
dent down feel his Importance, can
sometimes get nothing for his family
from the ambassadors.
A great deal Of trouble comes
through the letters of introduction
which the State Department gives to
such men for their wives and daugh-
ters. The men demand them and the
department Is not In position to re-
fuse, although 1t Is we'll understood
between the department and the en-
bassy that the letter means nothing.
that 1t has. as 1t were, been obtained
by coercion. But the woman who
brings 1t over often goes home In
towering rage Of disappointment.
Until few years ago some Of the
Governors of the different States kept
printed forms which were filled out
upon application to any respectable
person who applied. recommending
them to the courtesy of our foreign
representatives. But these letters were
so numerous that they became YER
liable nuisance and the State Depart
ment ordered them discontinued.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-03-09
PLANS FOR STRONGER NAVY.
BattIeship to Cost sIs, 900. .ooo-sub-
marines for Pacific.

Washington, Feb. 2S.- Secretary
Meyer, of the navy department, is
said to have told the house naval
committee today of plans of building a
worlds record-breaking battleship of
80, 900 tons displacement at cost of
$18, 900, 600 and making the United
States the leading naval power.
Members of the committee said that
the secretary's radical plans were
favorably received by the committee.
The secretary did not refer to naval
strength in numbers of ships or arma-
ment, but to various features of i'm
provement of the efficiency of ships
and guns.
The building of the proposed giant
battleship is delayed until next year
only because the naval experiments
with 14-inch guns have not been COM
pleted, and the department desires to
know the result of full experiments.
Tentatively, it is planned to arm the
great battleship with battery of
fourteen 14-inch guns of the latest
type.
The secretary said that plans for en-
largement of all the drydocks of the
country, as outlined to the committee
some weeks ago, were made in contem-
plation of the great enlargement of the
battleships and he wanted the docks
built to accommodate ships of great
size.
1t was tentatively agreed that the
naval increase this year, based on the
secretary's recommendations, shall be
as follows: Two 27,000-ton battle
ships, equipped either with IL or IA
inch guns; one regular ship, two col
liers and five submarines.
The submarines are for the Pacific
coast, and are the first of fast flee
of these vessels which will be provided
in the next few years. The plan tt
place ten additional submarines on tht
Pacific coast next was considered fav
orably.
These submarines will be one of tn,
fastest yet launched, and will be cap
able of making speed under water o
IL knots an hour.
| A member of the committee sai'
that the government had unofficial in
formation to the effect that Japan i
laying the keels of two great battle
ships approaching the $4,000 to-
limit. He said the tonnage of tn
great battleship under consideration
would depend to great extent upo
the weight of the batteries of the hug
14-inch guns, which would be place
on this ship.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-03-09
Capital a. placl..mith shop.

"The old capitol Of the State Of
Franklin at Jonesboro, Tenn, is still
standing" said P. M. Merrill, Of Knox
Vile, Tenn, in the Washington Post.
"The one-time capitol of the State Of
Franklin is merely one-story, small.
tumble-down log cabin. In bad state
of dilapidation, but many historical
memories of the hardy North Carolina
and Tennessee pioneers cluster around
1t.
Few people outside of the imme-
diate neighborhood of East Tennessee
ever heard of the State of Franklin.
There is very little about 1t, even in
the larger histories of the United
States. The State of Franklin was
organized by 300 pioneers from North
Carolina about the time Of the Revo-
lutionary War, and actually existed for
about four years. John Sewer. a cele-
brated pioneer and once Governor Of
Tennessee, was the first and only Gov
ernor Of Franklin, for North Carolina
sent troops that suppressed the Frank-
lin government and cast Governor So
vier into jail, though he was soon re-
leased.
This is the only instance eva
heard Of where State was established
In this country and afterward abol
ished. The ancient capitol Of the
State Of Franklin was used the last
time I saw 1t for blacksmith shop"
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-03-09
AVALANCHE BURIES 75.
Town of Mace, Idaho, Said to Be
Scene of Desaster.

Spokane, WASH, Feb. 28.-With a
roar that could be heard in Wallace,
five miles distant, an avalanche over
whelmed the town of Mace, Idaho, last
night, and rs people are believed to be
buried under tons of snow and debris.
Telephone messages from Wallace say
that the slide occurred at IL 80 O. clock.
Rescue parties started at once from
Wallace to the scene of the disaster.
A special relief train was also started
out from Spokane.
Because of the deep snow and block
AIDED condition of the road from Wal
lace to Mace, no details of the catas-
trophe have yet been received.
Heavy snow has been falling in
Northern Idaho during the past week,
and with the thaw which began yester-
day conditions were favorable for just
such disaster which has overwhelmed
the little town.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-03-09
Blue Book Name. Picked.

Chicago, Feb. ga man who had
prepared from Chicago's .'bluebook" a
long list of wealthy people from
whom, the police assert, he intended to
extort money, was arrested tonight af-
ter he had held up and robbed DIR. B.
II. Chamberlain. Later the robber
was identified as Edwin English. In
his possession We're found a burglars
kit and letters addressed to wealthy
Chicagoans. One letter demanded
So, 700 from DIR. d. X. Pearsons.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-03-09
"corpse" Come. to Life.

Brookville, Ind, Feb. 2S.-Popular
misconception of the coroner's law
nearly permitted the body of Miss
Olive Sanders to be frozen in snow
bank today. Miss Sanders sister
missed Olive from the house and found
her, seemingly dead, lying in the snow
in the barnyard. 1t aook two hours to
get the coroner, and the body lay
where it was found. He "vie we'd"
the body and it was carried into the
house. The undertaken was called to
prepare it for burial. At this stage
Miss Sanders revived.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-03-09

Walla Walla, WASH, Feb. 28.-A
special dispatch at a. m. says that
five hundred rescuers have taken out
seven dead bodies while 20 men, wo-
men and children were taken from the
slide alive, that occurred at Mace last
night. 1t is known that 100 additional
are dead.
The slide is half mile long and 80
feet deep. The first train bearing the
25 injured left Mace for Wallace at
2:25 a. m.
Additional rescuers are being sent to
the scene on train now being made
up here.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-03-09
Butte Strike May Soon End.

Butte, Mont, Feb. 28.--A settle
ment of the strike of mine engineers
is expected soon. Mat Commerford,
president Of the International Steam
Engineers union, tonight stated that
he had submitted a proposition to end
the trouble to the officials of the Butte
Miners union, which proposition ne ex-
pected they would accept.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-03-09
Bic Price for AppIe Land.

Hood River-The Eaton ranch on
the East side has been purchased by j.
H. Day, of Portland, for $50, 900. This
is one of the best orchards in the val
ley, having been planted by B. e. Dun
can and later sold to Wyman and
George Eaton. 1t consists of frac-
tion over 21 acres and is in apple trees
ranging from four to eight years old.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-03-09
Polar Etiqueste.

Madam. could you spare handout
or cold bite. wuz wit de man dat
discovered de POLE"
Where's your proofsf'
DE proper thing. mum. IL to pro
vide de banquet. and den ask fer Dc
proofs Courier-Journal
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-03-09
A Censorious Obscrver.

"Of course" said the sentimental
list, knowledge is power. But the
heart is more important than the
head"
Very true," answered Miss Cayenne.
III as many people died Of head fail
ure as die Of heart failure the coun-
try would lose an enormous element Of
Its population" Washington Star.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-03-09
22s Acres Bring ssI, 500.

Hood River-E. Brong of Portland,
has closed deal through B. e. Dun
can & Co., of Hood River for 223 acres
of fine orchard land two miles east Of
Mosier. The price paid was $3l, 900.
One hundred acres are improved. The
tract formerly belonged to George Sell
linger.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-03-09

The stranger-I was with Cook. b.
latitude
Tho Farmer-Gee! Don't you gh
called liar often enough without get
tin inter that messf- Cleveland Lead
er.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-03-09

wife-In a battle OF tongues q vol-
an can hold her own
Husband-Myes. p'ra2s she can,
but she never does.-Tit-Bita
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-03-09
Lakeside Creamery Will Be Improved

Lakeside Creamery VIII Be Improved
Marshfield-Green & Foster, of San
Francisco, have purchased the Lake
side creamery. The firm owns about
25 similar plants along the coast. The
new management has agreed to thor
oughly equip the plant. They have
plans laid to make it the finest cream
cry on the coast. The new machinery
will cost about $4,000. Besides this
equipment the company has two milk
boats, which have been put in first
class condition for collecting the milk.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-03-09
To lnvestigate Oregon Electric.

Salem--The railroad commission up
on It's own motion has ordered an in
vestigation into passenger accommoda-
tions furnished patrons by the Oregon
Electric Railway company. The in
vestigation will include both car con-
veniences and depot accommodations
such as are required Of other railroads
operating In Oregon.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-03-09

The United States have 2oo.ooo.ooe
apple trees.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-03-09
BIG DEVELOPMENT SCHEME.
Company Applies for Blanket Fran
chise in Two Counties. "a

Company Applies for Blanket Fran
chise in Two Counties. "a
Medford-It is reported that the
American Development company has
applied for blanket franchise for
trolley line over all the roads of Jack
son and Josephine counties. A certain
degree of mystery surrounds the com.
pany in that those whose names appear
on the articles of incorporation recent
ly filed, refuse to divulge the identity
of their associates who are supposed to
be furnishing the financial backing.
AS yet the principal work of the cor
poration, it appears, has been to Sc
cure water rights on the Rogue river
in the vicinity of Sans valley, about
Is miles north of Medford, in Jackson
county, and to close contracts for
15, 900 acres of land to be included in
an extensive irrigation project, the
water supply for which is to be OBJ
tanned from Rogue river
From various sources it has been as
certained that the contracts for lands
covering an area of 15, 900 acres have
been secured quietly during the past
several months, and that water rights
on the Rogue river have also been OBJ
tanned to insure sufficient quantity Of
water for the irrigation of orchards,
it being ostensibly the intention to
provide for the irrigation of the land
and its promotion on the market in
small tracts.
The land in the vicinity of Sans
valley and Eagle Point is veritable
desert, but once irrigated, it is said,
it would become most productive, and
as the Rogue river has a strong flow
of water with a good fall, it is believ-
ed by those having observed the con.
tour of the land that irrigation is feas.
ible.
The object of securing franchises tc
build railways on county roads, is TAX
en- to be part Of the scheme for placing
the land within easy reach, il PLACED
under water and thrown on the mar
ket.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-03-09

To Pipe Water In Farming Section
Hood River-The Hood River Farm
er's Irrigating company viii hold q
special election March 8 to consider
the matter Of piping their irrigating
system through the farming section Of
the valley. The election has been
called by "a of the stockholders who
signed a petition asking for the meet
ing. It is known that the majority Of
the present board Of directors are no,
Ia favor Of piping the system at this
time on account Of the expense.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-12-01
Lies Inn.

The Wide World stands a-welcom-
ing beside the sunny way,
For page and squire and knight and
dame to halt and ride away;
And crimson sweet the roses fam
ed that lay upon my breast,
When all the world was but an inn,
and a welcome guest.
The knights were lion-hearted and
their ladies lily fair;
The silver armor glittered bright
upon the roadway there,
When each far distant turning held
the promise of guest.
And all the world was but an inn
and welcome guest.
No knock was there of Misery nor
step of grimy Toll,
But bold Adventure raised thelatch
his palfrey heaped with spoil;
While Romance flew to hold his
rein and wait on his behest,
When all the world was but an inn
and l a welcome gnest.
And what care l that youth must
fade, and love locks turn to grayi
Forsooth, at every inn there lies
some reckoning to pay!
I've warmed my heart beside theil
fire, partaken of their best,
When all the world was but an inn
and | a welcome guest.
So why should l complain and curse
IN spiteful accents shrill
Because another draws his rein, m,
wonted place to fill?
But ere Old Age the taper takes tt
light me to my rest,
I'll draw his chair and drink hi
health and make him welcom
guest.
Martha Haskell Clark, in Smar
Set.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-12-01
Some Pointed Paragraphs.

A lazy man is always making
idle remarks.
Silence may give consent or it
may give offense.
Most marriages are happy; the
unhappiness comes later.
There's no help for a man who is
too lazy to work his friends.
Many a man who puts his money
in a mine comes out minus.
Insomnia usually troubles the wife
of man who talks in his sleep.
Never judge a mans fondness for
cabbage by the cigars he gives
you.
A dollar in your hand is worth a
million in the hands of your exc
cutorS.
There are lots of people who
would rather butt in than get there
any other way.
All men are equal before the law
but some are more than equal to
the task of getting around it.
Women have been known to
shake hands for the purpose of try
ing to shake secrets out of each
other.
A good excuse is seldom any
more effective than a poor one.
1t takes a genius to explain him
self to those who are not geniuses.
It's awfully hard to convince
some men that other people have
rights.
The same of politics is all right
for men who wish to try out their
regulations. y @
When the man is under a cloud
himself he is always interested in
the clouds of other people.-Ex.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-12-01
PARTISAN SAGE
Puts Hair on Your Head and
Keeps 1t There.

Man or woman, no matter how
old you are, Partisan Sage, the I'M
equaled hair tonic, will make you
look younger.
Why not 60 to L. M. Wood and
get a generous sized bottle today, it
only costs so cents, and your mon
ey back if it does not cure dam
druff; stop falling hair, or itching
scalp. 1t will make your hair lux
uriant, bright and beautiful, and to
is the most refreshing, pleasant and
invigorating hair dressing made
The girl with the Auburn hair on
every bottle.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-12-01
Quaker Meditations.

The trouble with the averege
bread-winner is that he wants
cake.
The fellow who has money to
burn generally ScOrches his fingers.
The faint heart that ne'er wins
fair lady is sometimes TO be con-
graduated
1t doesn't do much good to know
just what to do if we forget to
do it.
Some people are so anxious to
give the devil his due that they pay
in advance.
Poor people pay their bills
promptly so that rich men can
wait as long as they please.
Strange enough it's when a man
troubles to a scheme that he doesn't
fall for it.-Philadelphia Record.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-12-01
Sceptics.

When your old dad was as little as
you
Was he likely to do
What they wanted him to?
Why, certainly so! And as quick
as wink
He did as they bid him before you
could think,
Heyl Hey?
What do you say?
What makes you keep winking and
grinning that way?
Your uncle's been "tellin' you sum-
thin -? Dear, dear!
You mustn't believe all the stories
you hear.
When dad and his playmates were
nice little boys
The first of their joys
Was giving their TOYS
To poor little children who needed
them more;
Your dad was so good re gave all
of his store.
Hey! Hey?
What do you say?
Your mother has some of 'em now,
put away?
Such nerve was unknown in my
day!-lll be bound
You imps have been shopping and
prying around.
When daddy was young he was deaf
dumb and blind
To FRANKS unrefned;
| He'd a serious mind.
He paid no attention to girls and
| their looks.
But gave all his time to his tasks
/ and his books.
hey! hey!
What do you say?
Yes, mother was raised in the very
same way,
You found an old letter and read
it? My Scat!
, We used TO spank children for mis-
chief like that.
Burgess johnson, in Harpers.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-12-01

Wanted-Everyone in Monroe
and vicinity to read the opening
chapters of the new serial by Rob
ert w, Chambers in the November
number of Cosmopolitan Magazine
1t is the greatest novel Of the year
and is illustrated by Charles Dana
Gibson.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-12-01
Finding Of Erssh.NNater Eel.

The straits Of MessinA are channels
OF immense depth, through which q
Wild form Of whirling eddies have the
erect Of bringing up from the depths
below many marine creatures which
are rarely seen except in the deep sea
travis. II was here thAt the fresh
wafer eel waa nrSt discovered. an IN
etdsnt which threw . blaze Of light
"a the life history Of . very mystsri-
ous nSh.--L.ohdon Daily Telegraph
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-12-01
The Rev: Irl R. Hicks 1911 Almanac.

The Rev: Irl R. Hicks 1911 Almanac.
The Rev. Irl R. Hicks Almanac
for 1911. that guardian Angel in a
hundred thousand homes. is now
ready. Not many are now willing
Ito be without it and the Rev. Irl R
Hicks Magazine, Word and Works,
The two are only One Dollar a year.
The Almanac is Csc prepaid. No
home or Office should fail to send
for them, to Word and Works Pub
fishing Company. st. Louis, Mo-.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-12-01
Danger Of overtaxlna Heart.

When one rises from the recumbent
TO the standing position, the law Of
graVitation tends to send the blood
towards the feet Hence there is an
extra task for the heart in sending the
blood to the head and lessened one
In sending it downward. If the rising
10 done slowly the heart accommo-
dates itself to the altered conditions.
But II the rising is sudden. the heart
may be oveFtaxed.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-12-01

II . great change l. % - MaAS n
human afiairs the msaAs e maA w
be nttsd 70 q: tAO esAaE1d SOlAlaSs
ana SELLING viii draw tNAA wy. MVeSy
tear end hope WTn fSSWar1 q: eaA
thsg who persist In ODDssiAg ~
misAsy engsent Htll appeAf reaAeR ~
Nsetst The 6scToss OF PToVtasas0 TO-
ffhaA Ne mOfO designs q msa
VIA net b - HsaNA TOs0luaa ano
40 DegvOrSs ana oAek1nAaAr -DuaM
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-12-01

The Chorus Ladies' (Aftsr the sAoW)
+-tWS'FN hoysOtti&g Iobstsr and wilma
WiiliA They sOAkOd yo4 ealtaaesn9R
tbo mach fce them. Order N TIVE Uoss
eAOaa a eol9 AsoaAfAnA,eooA aAa q poa
e cereal ss9aA sAasSis . dear bsak@
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-12-01

John Abbott, who is attending
school at Columbia. spent Thanks,
giving with homefolka 4
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-12-01
Her Quiet Reply

The late Mrs. Julia Ward Howe,
at a meeting of the Newport Civic
League in Newport, said the wom-
ans work:
There are innumerable retorts
that we can make to those who
tell us that woman's sphere is ex-
clusively the home, and all these
retorts are as neat and pointed as
the one the young wife made to her
mother-in-law.
"A young wife, you know, was
continually peStered by her mother
in-law about the way she was bring
ing up her first-born babe. The
young wife was intelligent and cap
able, and, she was really doing very
well with the baby. From her
mother-in-law, however, she got
nothing but sour advice, warnings
and yelled abuse.
"One day the mother-in.law, look
ing fixedly at the bride with hel
baOy on her lap. said angrily:
"A woman has no right to have
a child if she doesn't know how tt
hold it"
mo. nor a tongue either" wa.
the quiet reply."-Washington Star
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-12-01

Mrs, v. c. Sherman. of Hanni-
bal. has been the guest Of her par
ants, Frank Abbott and wife.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-12-01

C. A Lawson and family. visited
with |. N. lawson and family at
Hannibal, part of last week.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-12-01

Miss Calista TOoley spent Frida
with Ely friends. o.. ...a.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-12-01

W. W, LOnsmire transacted bust
ness in Paris, Thursday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-12-01

Miss Maylhe DeMuth spent
Thanksgiving with Clapper friends
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-12-01

Charley Reed spent Thursday in
Hannibal. ''''' .
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-12-01

Mrs. ]. H Renshaw and daueh.
ter. Miss Georgia. were Palmyra
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-12-01

Mr.. Parker and wife Of Shelby.
vile have been the auesta Of friends
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-12-01

Miss Willie Hampton was with
81. 49,. "a ..,.,a