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The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-04-22
Bad State of Affairs Near City's
Dumping Ground.
a Few Wholesome Examples Would
Stop Dumping Garbage Any Old
Place Channel of South Palouse
River Informally Discussed.

City council met Monday night, Mayor
Lippitt and all councilmen present except
Dreiius and Johnson.
Ben Binnard was granted a liquor
license for one year, the $500 license fee
acco mpanying the documents in the case.
1t is understood that this will be the
last license granted for less than $1,000,
other applicants falling into line after
the new ordinance raising the fee to
$1,000 has gone into effect. This will be
naYf weak
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-04-22
Enumerator Cairns Nearly Through

John ". Cairns, who commenced TAX
ing the census in the Second ward of Col
fax on Monday, states that he will finish
the work in this ward by the end of the
week, the work going along smoothly
and rapidly. If any one in the Second
ward has been overlooked it should be
reported at once to Mr.. Cairns, who will
add the name or names to the list. This
is matter of Importance, as Colfax,
along with all other cities in the Inland
Empire, desires to have every head
counted.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-04-22
Sale of BIooded Stock.

The annual spring breeders auction
sale of pure bred Shorthorns from prize
winning herds will take place at the
Union Stock Yards, Portland, April 26,
Also so registered Holsteins and $50
fine horses will be sold at Portland
Country Club Race Track April 27-29.
For catalogue, apply to Portland Horse
Sale Co., 373 Yamhill street, Portland,
Oregon.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-04-22
Doing Business at Old Site.

The first Inland train to reach the old
depot site since the food of March l
pulled in Tuesday. A box car is being
used as a temporary depot. Trains
reached the stock yards on the north side
last week, where box car was impro-
vised for depot uses.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-04-22

IN the state Of Washington. II any one
and see.
Marion Freeman will have horses,
mules and jacks in line. Freeman's
mules and jacks will outclass any circus
calliope that ever Travelled wheu the muse
OF poetry and song takes possession Of
them.
Jack Champion, Jones & Peterson,
George Miller, Will Torrance, William
Morrow, Henry Gereitz, Joseph Hunt,
James Van Skike of Winona, are among
those who have eignified their intention
of bringing in inc stock.
The Evolution Of the Horse.
Don't stand on the order Of your COM
ing, but come on the both. along with
your sisters, your cousins and aunts and
enjoy day of endless delight. This is
not the horseless age. by any means.
The horse is coming into his own. He
has developed from the Mexican mustang
and the PalOuse cayuse into the Per-
cheron, the Belgian, the Shire and other
noble strains, showing the royal blood
coursing through his veins And the
horse knows it and is proud OF it. His
adopted brother, the mule, while less
pretentious in appearance, has developed
into marvellous animal OF size, strength
and beauty, an animal OF service to con-
iure with by the wheat growers of the
great Palouse country. The best of all
breeds will be here, and the people will
be here to see.
Those having the forthcoming show in
hand are enthusiastic over the progress
made SO far as well as the probable out
come OF the interesting event.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-04-22
Miscellaneous Business.

s. Z. Hunt was given permission to
erect barn on his premises, provided
that the structure be built square with
the street and at least 10 feet back from
the street line.
Mrs. T. Dinsmore Ferguson was grant
ed permission to build a seven-room
house on Mill street. 1t is understood
this will be beautiful as we'll as a sub
stantal building.
An informal talk took place in regard
to the channel of the South Palouse
river through the corporate limits OF
Colfax. Mayor Lippitt stated that the
committee had talked with the county
commissioners and they were ready TO
meet at any time to help solve the prob
lem. The 0. R & n. had been heard
from, and the railroad company said
they had named a representative to at
tend the conference. The Inland people
to consider. 1t is the purpose for the
city council as body, the county com.
miseioners, a committee already named
by the CoIfax Commercial Club, and a
representative or representatives from
both the railroad companies named, in
which all are vitally interested, TO meet
and agree upon a plan for widening,
Strengthening and deepening the channel
of the river in and through the city.
1t should be stated that most street
work of permanent nature is held up
until an understanding is reached in re-
gard to the river channel. Then bridges
can be put in place and the main through
fares improved along lines OF beauty
and utility heretofore outlined in these
columns.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-04-22

Grandfather knows good whiskey and
since he was boy Harper has been his
choice. It's good enough for me, and for
you, too. In short, it is the best. Buy
Harper from ]. G. Monahan.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-04-22
A Two-Story Brick, Concrete
Basement, Cost $9311.
Plans for Cooper Lake Bridge Not
Complete Council and County
Commissioners to Get Together
and Rub Noses in Matter.

The county commissioners were 10
session Monday and Tuesday of this
week, transacting mostly routine busi-
ness. The contract for building the new
poor farm home on land adjoining Col
fax on the vast, beautiful as well as
valuable acquisition, was awarded to
Keene & Miller OF Pullman for $9311, to
be completed by August /. Plans for
the new building to be erected OF Archi
tect William Swain of Pullman we're ac-
cepted, and in full have heretofore been
printed in The Gazette. To summarize,
the plans call for a two story brick, with
full concrete basement. The first floor
will contain living rooms of the superin
tendent, large sitting room, dining room
and kitchen. A porch will extend around
most of the building on each story.
one for men, one for women; padded
room and an open. air room over the
porch for tuberculosis patients, and sew
eral bedrooms. The basement will hold
the laundry ro ON, vegetable room, milk
room, boiler room, etc. 1t will be heated
by steam, provided with electric lights
and be modern throughout. Shower
baths are also provided for.
The new poor farm contains 80 acres
of rich Palouse soil, every foot being till
able. 1t is thought the farm will be self
supporting when cultivation OF the soil
is under way. Colfax will afford ready
market for all surplus products. st.
Ignatius hospital is within easy reach in
case serious sickness occurs at any time.
The 90 acres of land has greatly en-
hanced in value since it was bought a
year ago.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-04-22
The Cooper Lake Bridge.

No action was taken in regard to a
bridge at Cooper lake in South Colfax,
although the matter was informally dis
cussed by the commissioners and Mayor
Lippitt of Colfax, and will probably
come up for settlement at the next meet
ing of the board The commissioners
some time ago withdrew their contract,
with the consent of the contractor, for a
steel bridge at this point, to rest on
tubular piers, concrete flooring, "a foot
roadway, eight foot sidewalks, the city
desiring something quite different from
this. 1t is the desire Of the mayor and
city council to make the bridge the en-
tire width OF the street with 12-foot
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-04-22

Reed, Ripley & Co., Phone Main IL, do
all kinds of hauling.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-04-22
Should Be Investigated.

The city renews it's lease for another
year with Mrs. Lloyd for land for dump
ing purposes near the fair ground, the
price to be the same as last year. $50.
In this connection a peculiar circum-
stance developed at the meeting Monday
night. Since the food period OF last
month, when everything on the dumping
ground was carried away by flood waters
and the district purified OF offal of all
kinds, teamsters have been depositing
manure, decayed vegetables and offal OF
all kinds, not on or at the city dumping
ground, but on the county road adioin-
ing, making an unsightly heap besides
being a menace to the health of the com
munity. And this in the face OF the
statement made at the council meeting
Monday night that there was nothing to
prevent teamsters from driving direct to
the dumping ground and there deposit
ing their loads. The superintendent of
streets WAS directed to put force OF men
on next day (Tuesday) and remove this
great pIc Vi HUI lIOnu IuC lOouNfiS w
the dump, where, as everybody knows, it
should have been taken in the first place.
The superintendent OF streets stated that
it would cost at least 500 to remove it.
This is a cad commentary on the
ghoulish conduct Of those who have been
hauling rubbish and depositing it along
side the county road. And it also seems
strange that the work could go on day
by day for six weeks until accident
ally discovered by passing city coun-
Gilman, who reported the matter to the
council Monday. The corporate limits
of Colfax is small compared with most
cities, and it would seem that the entire
limits should be patrolled, if not every
day, at least every few days, when the
spectacle presented in the case at bar
would not take place without at least
one example being made. 1t is to be
hoped the authorities will attempt to
ferret out the perpetrators OF this out
rage, to the end that punishment shall
be meted out,
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-04-22

Gazette advertisers invite the patron
age of Gazette readers.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-11-24
Jackson's BIRTHPLACE,

DR.. G. B. White has recently pur.
chs"ed from dealer in antiquities in
Charleston a map of Lancaster coun.
ty which clearly establishes the fact
that Andrew Jackson, whom our sis
Ter state of North Carolina, in no very
sisterly way. has the audacity to claim
as her own, was born In South Caro-
lima, his birthplace being marked very
clearly on the map as In Lancaster
county within about half a mile OF the
line, says the Chester IS. CO. Report
u. The map Is the work OF one J.
Boykin and was made in 1920, when
jackson was still alive and at the very
height OF his power. As Dr. White so
truly says, If Jackson's birthplace was
Incorrectly assigned to South Caro-
lima there were numbers Of people
conveniently At hand in possession Of
he facts to point out tho error. No
step Of this kind was taken, however
and It follows that no error was made
but that Old Hickory was born IN
South Carolina, which state. by thu
way, he referred to himself - thu
eta.. Of his nativity.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-11-24
As 4 DISTINCT PRIVILEGE
0exSoan Bands Everywhere viii 81
Allowed to Play National Hymn
During September.

In order that dignity and solemnity
may be added to the festivities of the
celebration Of Mexico's independence
centennial next September, military
bands OF the republic will be per.
nitted to play the national hymn at
al public ceremonies. BY order of the
president. the department Of war has
Just Issued circular to military au.
thor1t1es all over the country inform.
Ing them of the special dlspensation
which is to rule during the month OF
septembo-.
Under the law of Mexico the ma
donel hymn may be played only on oc
cas1ons when the chief executive OF
the nation or the governor of a state
10 present. The circular says the
hymn may be played II September at
al solemn ceremonies, but the inter.
probation Of the word Solemn" will
be left to the various local military
authorities.
Residents of cities and small towns
whore the president or governors are
rarely, II ever seen will therefore
have the only opportunity given them
b years to hear the inspiring national
hymn played In public.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-11-24
was 50 acute that he could hear the
angle-Worms hnrin1 their WAY In

was so acute that he could hear tho
angle-worms boring their way up
through the earth in the early spring.
That is not so very extraordinary"
said Ananias Smith. my own hear
Ing Is better than that. rye often
beard tho sound made by the striking
Of . BIT Of fluff from the head Of q
dandelion gone to seed lighting on the
grass on my lawn"
And l." interposed George Wash
lngton Higgins. II have been awaken.
cd from deep sleep by the racket
made by a sunbeam hitting against
my window-pane"
Very interesting, but hardly re-
markable," observed the Rev Mum.
chausen Dobbs, who had been intro
duced as a guest that evening by Mar
co Polo Robinson. "Now I have a
sense Of hearing that is truly marvel
GUS. Sitting in hotel room in Bloom.
Ington. Illinois. one day last winter
directly over the writing room Of the
house could hear the scratching of a
young lady's pen below 80 wildly that
could tell exactly what she was writ.
Ing"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-11-24
On Being Never Alone.

Ono tendency Of our time 10 IN the
direction Of too little solitude. We
are eregarious beyond reason: W do
MI things in companies and combina-
tions-in our business, our pleasure.
our work, our recreation. Selfish and
self-absorbed though we may be, We
are communistic in Our occupations
We share everything. except our
purses. There may be good side to
this: there Is certainly bad one. For
the result is that individualism de-
yelops mainly on the side Of greed and
grab: otherwise people think and feel
and toll in troops and battalions.
There Is an opposite peril in too much
solitude: 1t breeds its own selflshness
and its own morbidity. Perpetual
loneliness brings madness; too much
Of It, though not perpetual. leads to
eocentricities and possible absurdities.
A FREQUENT and close contact with so
caety Is necessary for tho moral vel
fare Of each Individual. Very few
minds, II any. are strong enough to
baat the strain Of an almost continu-
ous solitude. Yet this state 10 per-
haps better than that Of being never
alone.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-11-24
Writ Was Not Served,

A ludicrous incident occurred when
Carter, the lion king, az he was called.
was exhibiting with Ducrow, at Lon
don. A manager with whom Carter
had made and broken an engagement,
Issued writ against him. The bailiffs
came up to the stage door and asked
tor Carter. "Show the gentlemen up"
said Ducrow: and when they reached
the stage there sat Carter composedly
m the great cage, with an enormous
don on esch side Of him. "There's
Mr.. Carter, waiting for you, gentle
men," said Ducrow. Go in and take
him. Carter, my boy, open the door"
Carter proceeded to obey, at the same
ume eliciting by private signal a
tremendous roar from his companions
The bailiffs staggered back in terror
rolled over each other as they rushed
downstairs. and nearly tainted before
hey reached the street
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-11-24
Wouldn't Waste His Time.

Attorney Jay P. Dawley was cross
examining another lawyer a few days
ago and despite the fact that the mar
IN the witness chair was Of his OWE
profession was as tantalizing and al
merciless In his questions as ever.
''How many lawyers are there IN
Cleveland?" asked Dawley.
The witness said that he didn't
know
well, sir, arc there tenn" Dawle,
asked.
Eyes, sir, more than ten"
How many more?"
At this point the lawyer for The
other side got up.
"Your honor" he said, II object
Mr.. Dawlev is trying 70 make . mon
ksy out Of tho witness"
sHeaven forbid" shouted Dawley
4 never intruds on q Job that hal
already been satisfactorily Pc
Armed. Leader.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-11-24
Tho Successful Novelist.

TO become a successful novelist n
IL necessary to possess some very e1-
ceptional qualities both Of mind and
heart Even a. poets learn in suffer
ing what they sing in song. 80 does
the novelist learn BY experience what
he gives to the world IN story. And
this Is not to advance the ridiculous
claim that the novelist must neces'
sarily plumb every depth and scale
every height Of human feeling before
he can aspire to write convincingly.
but only that ne must at least have
studied life at first hand and OBJ
served things for himself, and brought
an importial Judgment, aided by that
semi-divine faculty Of intuition which
is born of Imagination, to bear upon
the evidence Of the things he has seen
and the doing Of the people with
whom he has mingled.-Edwln PuEh
IN London T. P.'s Weekly.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-11-24
COST HIM MONEY TO FALL
ealIoonst Drops In at Football Game
and Admission Fec 10
Demanded.

DR.. Tldridge, the Philadelphia aero
naut, who recently broke the time and
distance record says that the sport
IL, he believes, one that takes less
money from tho spectators than any
other.
Some sports, he declared, are COM
mercial propositions purely and SIM
ply, but in the main ballooning Is a
free spectacle. In baseball and foot
ball, no points out that they are play
ed for money, and he says the efforts
to got paying crowd would shame
the energy Of the circus proprietor.
Apropos Of his thought, he told tho
following story.
"A certain balloonist, who had met
with some sort Of a mishap and who
was compelled to como down in a
hurry, and with little choice Of land
ing place, threw overheard his drag
rope as he came to a great field.
1.-THE anchor caught in fence and
Ae lar shook the baloonist from the
car and he fell to the ground. dis
lance of 20 or 30 feet.
1.-The field on which he fell was
being devoted to football game be-
tween rival colleges, and when he
came to, after being literally sprin-
kled with water, the managers OF the
teams came to him and demanded
that he pay so cents.
What for" asked the daxed and
shaken balloonist.
"'Admission fee. replied the man
ayers.
Its a good thing l didn't fan into
tha xrandstand.' the air navigator said
II I had suppose you would lave
CHARGED me q dollar
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-11-24
LAUGHS AT MAN WITH SCYTht
Miss Nancy Kelly Of Hog island, Vir
o'nIa, In Splendid Health, Begin.
ming Her Second Century.

Few women in the country possess
the strikingly remarkable qualities OF
Miss Nancy Kelly, the Oldest woman
on the eastern shore Of Virginia, who
only few days ago on the occasion
Of her hundredth birthday prepared
With her own hands q sumptuous din.
ner for . number of her friends and
relatives who came to her homo on
Hog island to spend the day With her.
oays Cape Charles correspondent Of
the Baltimore Sun.
According to the most authentic
records Miss Kelly was born 100 years
go, May II, on Hog island, where
Dor parents have since died.
Since the death of her brothers she
has been doing the housekeeping, do
ing the chores about her little home,
tending small crop of corn each
year. In fact living as up to date az
many OF her most prosperous neigh.
bors.
Miss Kelly's memory is good, her
i've senses keen. She has never been
seriously Ill and has never taken med.
ictne Of any kind for sickness. She
can relate with precision happenings
Of her early childhood
She has never left Hog island on
any occasion, never attended per.
Torrance of any kind and has never
seen a trolley or steam car. She ID
doubtless one Of the most remarkable
persons living today and In all prob,
ability will live many years longer.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-11-24
BIG CONTRAST IN METHODS
sdlan Authorities Deal With
tho Indians.

A recently issued book on '"The
Riders Of the Palms." an account Of
the northwest mounted police of Can.
ida, published In London, gives
number OF instances showing the diff
ference between the Canadian and the
United States methods of treating the
Indians. One of these Is to the effect
that number Of Canadian Indians,
who had been concerned in the half
breeds rebellion Of many years ago.
hed over the border to the states
These most undesirable immigrants
were told they must go back. The
Canadian government finally said It
would take care Of these Indians If
the states would send them over the
border And here Is the conclusion
Of the story:
In due course 200 very dissatisfied
and wild-eyed Crees, with $50 horses
we're rounded up and started north
ward, with a strong force of United
States cavalry in attendance. They
we're met at the boundary line by
hree mounted policemen. one corporal
and two troopers.
The American commanding ofncer
coked at them with q surprised afr
where's your escort for these In
aians!' he asked.
'We're here" answered the cor
poral-
YES. yes. I -. But where's yonr
regime1t?"
Il guess its here, all right" said
the corporal 1.-The other fellows look,
ing after tho breakfast things"
But are there only four Of you,
hen?"
That's SO. colonel; but you see, we
wear the queens scarlet"
And these four redcoats were all
that we're necessary to take these 200
Indians. their horses and belongings
distance of more than one hundred
miles into Canadian territory where
they could bother the United States
no Lore.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-11-24
SOME GARDENS OF The SEA
submarine Wonders In the Harbor OF
Port Galera, Philippine
islands.

Fort Galera is one of the most beau.
tl1ul spots In this part of the tropics
and when the islands are developed
viii be one Of It's great show places
Rugged bluffs alternate with stretches
OF cleaning white beaches and the
water 10 clear as crystal. Cocoanuts
and ian palms line the shore and the
scenery is distinctly tropical.
Along all the beaches lie series of
wonderful sea gardens. There are
coral structures Of almost every shape
and design imaginable and around
them are gardens and groves of sea
plants and trees. Through them play
hundreds Of colored fish, some Of
them brilliant blues, others deep pur.
pie, others white, with curious black
and yellow stripes. The wonderful
clarity Of the water permits perfect
view of all this submarine life.
Under favorable conditions the bot
tom can be seen at so feet and ut half
that distance when the water is still
the smallest objects may be plainly
seen.
The coloring Is wonderful. The
sand Is almost pure white and above
It are the greens, blues, reds and vel.
lows Of the coral plants and rocks, and
these effects are further heightened by
tho wonderful painted nsh that play
around.
Men who have seen the sea gardens
at Bermuda. tho Bahamas and CattA-
lima declare that those of Port Galera
are quite ~ wonderful and marvel
thata they are 10 little known.
Governor General Forbes visited the
port some time ago, and 80 interested
has he become that he has ordered .
glass bottom boat, in which he intends
to make a more thorough exploration.
Port Galera is 80 miles from Manila
and. although 1t is close to Verde
island channel, IL not visited by many
steamers.