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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-17
MARKET BASKET

There seems to he decline in the
city market. Feed has gone down. as
well as potatoes. Fruits and vege-
tables hold their own, A large ship
ment of canteloups arrived from Cali
foruia yesterday as we'll as a carload
of bananas, Strawberries keep COM
ing in in large quantities.
PRODUCE.
Best fresh ranch eggs. csc doz.
eastern eggs. selected. 20p25c per
dozen: best local creamery butter,
IS q Acc per pound, second grade local
butter, 400 eastern butter, 35c;
ISSn o Monans arS w sSss Of ,onI
$3.50; lard. 10000 pound: COM
pound. 1Sc.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
Potatoes. 60c sack; cabbage. 4@5c
&c pound; oranges. 3bc assoc dozen :
sa1S ma nov Is Ysoo and dozen sn;.. apples:
p eiY N stra1berries. ioe a iE how,
asparagus, l0c per h.. or 3 lbs. csc:
tomatoes. zoe h.; green peas, IOc
per ID. string beans. loc h.: parsley,
&c bunch.
MEATS.
Roast beef, zoe; chuck steak.
12hc; round steak, l2ts a. i5c, loin'
l5c porterhouse, zoe. pork chops
90 a. ace: roast. ale: ham, use: bacon
81 q 23c; dressed hens, use.
FEED.
holesale--Alfalfa, $40 ton: timo-
thy, $25 straw. $40; wheat hay, $50;
oat hay, $40. bran and shorts. see.
straight bran. $26: straight shorts
500: corn. whole. $3.50 cwt: corn
cracked. $3.50: feeding wheat, Si.70
cwt; oats, $50 ton: barley, SIS ton:
steam rolled oats. S27 ton; flour. hast
grade. $5,75 barrel second, S5.26@
$50. cheap flour. $3.50.
FUEL.
Pine wood. $2.5O rick, $3.50 cord:
fir and tamaraek. S2.75 rick. $3.50
cord; Rock Springs, $3.50: Monarch
Carney Goals. IS so ton; British Col
umhia Goals. $500 $50: steam coal.
$3.50.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-07
WHlFFEN GETS MONEY FOR
THE NEW CITY HALL ANNEX

r. ]. Whiffen. councilman and chair
man of the building committee, reached
down into Councilman Washburn's city
safety deposit vau't yesterday and took
out $1,000 for his city hall annex. He
did il while Washburn was wideaWake
and protesting with all his might, but
to no avail.
Washburn is chairman Of the finance
committee. Anyone who gets a dollar
that Washburn does not think should
be paid out of the treasury without a
club or chloroform surely Is entitled to
it. Whiffen wanted $4,000 for his city
hall annex in the budget, but he finally
secured $4,000 as an appropriation. B It
the annex that Whiffen wanted could
not be built for $4,000. The lowest bid
for it was SIT ,146.
Washburn is a member of Whiffens
building committee and so is Gregory.
Whiffen wrote a report asking that
$4,000 be appropriated from the general
expense fund to make up the defic iency,
but Washburn and Gregory would not
sign 1t with him and he was forced to
present it as a minority report The
council adopted his report, only Stewa t
and Washburn voting against 1t, and
at the same time ordered the contract
awarded to the lowest bidder.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-07
McKlTTRlCK AND LOST
HILLS TEN MILES APART

BAKERSFIELD, Dec. 6.-Gradually
the gap between North McKittrick and
the southern end of the Lost Hills field
is closing. and now a mater of little
more than ten miles remains between
the pioneers on the two fronts Among
the farthest south of the Lost Hills
prospectors Is w. o. LAGRANGE and his
associates, who are erecting a rig on
section g. 1922. This Is nearly ten miles
southeast of the original Lost Hills
strike on section 80, 1921. 1t has
been creditably reported that oil has
been struck in township 27-22 at the
same shallow depth as In other parts
of the Lost Hills field.
In general, however, there is no
small degre OF skepticisn concerning
the production and durability of the
Lost Hills field, and up to the present
part of operators to furnish the pub
lie with the details of their strikes.
The Lakeshore well is the only one
which the public has been invited to
see pumped, and the Associated has
gone to he other extreme of posting
a notice forbidding admittance to it's
camp ON section IA, $500, where it is
drilling with a standard rig. Whether
this secrecy is due to a desire to con-
ceal a strike or to conceal the absence
of strike is a question on which oil
men differ.
The common belief, however, seems
to be that the Associated has gone
through a thin stratum of shallow oil
and now is going down after what
may be beneath. Most oil men antici-
pate that the next oil sand will be at
a considerable, if not great, depth.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-07
News of the Courts
BANKERS SON
DIVORCED FOR CRUELTY
Wife Objected to Woman Guest
and Also Asserted Post
Struck Her

On charge OF extreme cruelty.
which was not contest d, Jessica L.
Post yesterday was granted decree of
divorce from Jun us S. Post, son Of
Charles N. Post, formerly president of
the Post Publishing company, music
crneern Of Chicago, and now vice presl-
dent Of the Pasadena National bank.
Before Judge Hervey of the superior
court Mrs. Post told the story of her
married life. She and Post were mar
rled in Chicago June IL, 1902, and one
child, a daughter, Janice l.. Post, (
years old, has been born to them.
Upon their marriage, Mrs. Post said,
her husbands father gave them ranch
valued at $4,000, near Lancaster, in
the Antelope valley, this county, and
allowed them $3.50 month besides.
There they kept "open house." she said.
She declared that finally her husband
began calling her vile names, and once
struck her with his first.
In the course of the "open house"
keeping, Mrs. Post asserted her hus-
band took to their home Miss Snyder,
said to be in his employ. The wife
could endure such treatment no longer,
she said, and so she ordered Miss Sny-
der to leave the house. At that. she
asserted, her husband made her apollo
gtze to the woman.
Finally, September 4 of this year, she
was violently attacked by Post, she al
leges, he not only threatening to kill
her but actually discharging revolver
at her.
A decree of divorce was granted Mrs.
Post, together with the custody of the
child and alimony of $10O month";
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-07
WANTS 100000 DAMAGES
FOR FOUR HOURS IN JAIL
Insurance Agent Is Charged with
False Accusations

Asserting they had been the victims
of malicious prosecution by w. w.
Freeman, it's agent, Julia Fink and her
husband, Albert Fink, yesterday filed
in the superior court suit against
the Hartford Fire Insurance company
for damages of $1o1,000.
The Finks allege that March s Free
man appeared before Justice Summer
field and charged them with present
ing false proofs of claim on an in
surance policy" and obtained war
rant for their arrest. The instrument
was served, 1t is averred, and Mrs.
Fink remained in the county jail four
hours before she was able to provide
$4,000 bonds.
After the hearing in the justice courts
the Finks were discharged.
They want to be reimbursed $1,000 for
the money they say they expended in
attorneys TO defend them and 100000
because their business regulations were
damaged.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-07
Municipal Affairs
WILMINGTON DEMANDS
CITY DREDGE CHANNEL
Gardena Complains Pre-ConsoIl-
dation Election Pledges for
Improvement Ignored

Unkept pre-consolidation pledges were
brought to the attention of the coun-
Gil yesterday from two sources; from
Wilmington people who want the city
to go on with the dredging of the
channel of Wilmington harbor as it
promised to do before Wilmington be-
came a part of the city, and from G..
L. Seese of Gardena, who says he would
like to be convinced that the pre-an-
nexation promises were something
more than mere vote getters. He
wants at least ten of the many lights
that were promised to Gardena. He
says the little city is now lighted only
by shy and sometimes absent moon
and he likes his illumination a little
more dependable.
The harbor complaint was sent to
the harbor committee, President Lusk
explaining that Councilman Stewart,
who is the member of the harbor com
mittee, was also member OF the con-
solidation committee that made the un-
kept pledges and he wanted to see if
Mr.. Stewart could keep promises as
we'll as make them. The light COM
plant went to the light committee.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-07
MINING AND OIL
ARIZONA ASBESTOS BEDS
MAY SOON Be EXPLOITED
United States Leads All Coun-
tries in Use of Product
Quarried in Canada

Asbestos in large quantity is said to
nave been discovered recently in the
northern part of Yuma county, Arizona,
and there is now movement TO mine
these deposits dor commercial pur-
poses.
The United States has for years led
all other countries in the manufacture
of asbestos goods, but until recently
all the raw asbestos used has been
imported from Canada, where there
are nineteen quarries and mills, nav
ing a capacity of $3.50 tons of rock
day and employing in summer more
than 1000 persons.
A feature of the asbestos industry
of 1909 was a combination of Canadian
producers in the Amalgamated Asbes-
tos corporation Qtd.) and the forma-
ton or the International Asbestos as
sociation, an organization including
mine owners in Canada and manufac-
turers in the United States.
No asbestos of the higher grade
(serpentine asbestos. or chrysotile) was
mined in the United States until 1903,
but in that year Vermont produced
some chrysotile and In 1909 mined a
larger quantity, amounting to nearly
one-twentieth of the Canadian output
Chrysotile asbestos has been mined in
small quantities in Wyoming during the
present year.
ASDe5lOS 10 sOlubiG S1SiNl5 anu Ia
combustible, is poor conductor of heat
and electricity, and is not affected by
dampness, SO that 1t is applied to many
purposes. 1t is used for building mate
rial, pipe coverings shingles, insulat-
ing tapes and boards, fireproof ropes
and curtains, packing for fireproof
safes, and packing for steam engines,
as well as in paint and cement.
The United States Geological sur
vey has just published a report on
the production of asbestos in 1909, by j.
S. Diller. showing the production. i'm
ports, prices, and trade conditions dur
ing the year as well as the foreign pro-
duction and trade conditions The re-
port contains also notes on the, known
asbestos deposits of the United States
In 1909 the production of asbestos in
Vermont was 200 per cent and that of
Georgia about 20 per cent more than in
1908. Mr.. Diller urges that the search
for chrysotile asbestos be continued
among the ancient crystalline metamor-
phic rocks in the United States.
The report can be ATTAINED free by
applying to the director of the survey
at Washington.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-07
NEW PALMER WELL To
Be PUT ON The PUMP
Experts Agree Producer Should
Rival Old Company Standby.
Santa Maria News

The center of interest in the Santa
Maria field is at present the Palmer
we'll No. Alb, which has been completed
at the depth of 2992 feet. The casing
has just been perforated, and the we'll
Is being bailed In preparation for the
pump. Expert opinions based on the
indications agree that this well will
2B in production. The pay sand is
thicker than that of the latter and the
gas pressure is very strong.
Well No. lib Is still keeping up Its
steady flow of between 1000 and 100
barrels a day.
Well No. 2, the Pa'mers second
gusher, was closed several months ago
owing to the fact that the pipe lines
were at that time unable to handle the
production and was then producing
5000 barrels a day. 1t has now been
reopened and is pumping between 300
and 400 barrSes, the amount increasing
every day. Considerable sand accumu-
lated in the well during the shutdown,
and as soon as this Is cleared the flow
will jump up to 5000 barrels again.
Well No. 3B has been on the pump
only thirty days, during which time it
has produced between 300 and 400 bar
rels a day. The amount is daily In
creasing, like all new wells in this To-
cality, and is liable to jump into thu
gusher class almost any day. There Is
gas pressure of SO pounds to the
square inch In this well, and the indi-
cation points to a flow eventually that
will rival that or No 2.
No 5B Is going down steadily, and is
in blue shale at a depth of 1860 feet.
No. 6B Is down 375 feet in sand. No.
rs is cementing off, and the rig is
standing for No. IS.
Prospects for the Palmer Junior
property are said to be most encourage
ing. Well No. was cementing the 8&-
inch casing yesterday at 2600 feet, and
will without doubt prove the territory
between 1t and the Palmer producing
wells. Well No. in this tract has just
been cemented at a depth of 900 feet.
The Palmer Senior Is soon to come in
for its share of development work, and
material for drilling well No. Is now
being hauled to the ground.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-07
METAL. MARKET

NEW YORK, Dec. 6-Standard copper easy:
spot and December. $12. 356012.45 January,
$l2.S5Gp12.5o; February, S12.40Q12.55: March,
s1245@12.6O. London firm; spot, G57 12s Sd;
futures, G57 lis Cd.
Local dealers report a dull market, with
lake quoted at s13.00Q132 25; eectroytic, st2.S71s
dG13.00; and casting, s12.5OQ1275. Arrivals at
New York today, 1855 tons. Custom house
turns show exports of 1912 tons SO far this
month.
Tin strong; spot, ss7.s5QssOO; December.
January, February and March, $37.70Q3S.00;
sales, 25 tons of December port of New
York;. at 1910 London strong; spot and fu-
lures, Eli IFS Cd.
Lead quiet, S445@4.55 New York, $430Q4.S715
East st. Louis London price, e13 Is Sd.
Spelter dull, s5S0q59O New York, s575abSO
East st. Louis. London, G24.
Iron--Cleyeland warrants, 49s 7lsd in Lon
northern. No 1 southern and No. 1 southern,
soft. sl575Q1e.2s; No. 2 foundry. northern,
s15 2561l57b
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-07
TO DIVIDE MOODY ESTATE

Letters of administration in the es-
tate OF Charles Amadon Moody, for
merly associated with Charles f. Lum-
mis- in the publication of the Out West
magazine, are asked in petition filed
In the probate department of the SUI
perior court by Mrs. Ella l.. Moody,
the widow. Moody, who died in this
city November Is, left an estate con-
sistlng of household furniture and a
library valued at $500. The heirs-at-
law are the widow and two sons, Will
bur Ladd Moody. % years old, and
Graham Blair Moody, 81 years old.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-07
SAN PEDRO STREET TO BE
PAVED, ALSO TO FIFTH ST.

The ordinance of intention for the
paving of San Pedro street, from Also
to Fifth, was adopted by the city coun-
Gil yesterday and an improvement that
has been hung up for months from one
cause or another was started.
The specifications provide for leaving
a strip twenty-one feet wide from Also
to Fourth, down the center of the street
without pavement because 1t is ex-
pected the Pacific Electric will be
granted a franchise for this distance
and the railroad will have to pay for
that part OF the work. The uncovered
strip is to be graded and graveled.
The application for the franchise is
Dending
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-07
TO CONSIDER PAYMENT OF
so POLICE SIGNAL BOXES

The supply committee and the fire
commission will consider Jointly the de-
mand of N. Banks Cregier for payment
for his fifty police signal boxes. The
Joint meeting of these bodies will be
held this afternoon.
II is expected that controversy will
arise over the matter because ]. c.
Perry, superintendent of fire alarm and
police signal bureau, has reported the
boxes do not conform to the specifi "a
tions. He says that it was necessary
to change the system in the central Of
flee to carry the boxes and that there
is not enough insulation in the boxes.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-07
LOCATES WELL SITE

Emmette E. Mott, secretary treasurer
of the Los Angeles Midway Oil COM
pany, returned from the field yester-
day. During his absence he located
a site for the company's first well on
section 6, S1-2S, where drilling will be
started soon.
Mr.. Mott says on property surround
ing that of his company, the Midway
Pacific has gone down 1900 feet in
thirty days. The Tedrands is down
1000 feet. The Union Oil company is
down 1000 feet and already has all in
dications Of bringing in a big well.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-07
LUNACY COMMISSION FREES
MAN; POLICE ARREST HIM

Henry Shaw, whose mental condition
was questioned, was discharged yes
terday by Judge Bordwell of the SUI
perior court, sitting with the lunacy
commission.
Shaw no sooner was declared sane
than he was rearrested by police Of
GERS who had warrant charging him
with assault and battery upon Marian
Haines, IS years old, who was a guest
at his sisters house one night when
the latter, Edith Tyson, said she was
afraid Shaw might attempt to harm
bnr
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-07
TO RENAME AGRICULTURAL PIX.

W. M. Bowen, representing the Sixth
District Agricultural association, yes
terday extended an invitation to the
city council to attend the ceremonies
at the laying of the corner stone OF the
state and county buildings at Agricul-
tura1 park December IL. He said it
was proposed to ehristen the park some
other name if suitable one could be
selected.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-07
Fall CAUSES pAMAeE suIr

Frank r. Anderson, formerly an en-
ploye of the Alpeter. Hall & Alpeter
company, structural contractors, yes
terday filed in the superior court a
suit for damages of $10,050 against that
concern. He says he was severely in
jured August "a when he was at work
upon the third floor of building his
employer was erecting and fell thirty
feet through hole insecurely covered
with felt
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-07
PRINCESS DOWN 800 FEET

The Princess Oil company, adjoining
the property of the Santa Maria Mid
way Oil company. is down 500 feet in
wei No. /, and the log shows the for
nation to be identical with that of the
producing Palmer properties. The geo.
logists all agree that this part of the
field is oil bearing. The Santa Maria
Midway company is getting ready to
drill its first we'll at once.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-07
ARCHITECTS TO HEAR BAckus

At the request of the Southern Cali
fornia chapter of the American Insti-
tute of Architects, the coun il will send
]. j. Backus, building inspector. to the
institute convention at San Francisco
January is and Is. HIS expenses will
be paid by the city. Mr.. Back is an
expert on tenement, and the architects
want him to discuss the new tenement
law
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-07
ALASKAN OPERATOR HERE

j. w. Range, mine operator from
Alaska, arrived in Los Angeles yes
terday to spend the winter, bringing
with him rich specimens of native cop
per, copper nuggets, silver and gold
nuggets, beside a rare specimen of
antimony, all taken from claims con-
trolled by him in the far north country.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-07
DIVORCE SUITS FILED

Divorce suits filed yesterday in the
superior court were those Of Francis
A. Lithgow Collins against James j.
Collins; w. P. Telford against Beatrice
Telford, and Antoinette F. Crawford
against George A. Crawford.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-07
BOSTON MINING STOCKS

Special service to The Herald by J. C. Will
son. 212 West Fifth street, Los Angeles
BOSTON. Dec. 6.-The local coppers held
better than the New York railroads, and would
not have suffered at all except for the sharp
decline in Steel and Amagamated Copper.
The metal market stands firm at 13c
% clAsed fnllnyNs.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-07
NEW YORK CURB

speciaI service to The Herald by j. C. VII.
SON 2l2 west Fifth street. Los Angeles.
NEW YORK. Dec. 6.-Followins were the
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-07
SAN FRANCISCO OIL srocks

Service TO The Los Angeles Herald by L. A.
Crisler &c Co, member Los Angeles stock ex-
change. 2Oo-2Ol l. w. Hellman building, Los
Angeles.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 6.--Folowlng were
today quotations on the San Francisco stock
exchange: Opening Closing
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-07
MINING QUOTATIONS
NEVADA STOCKS

Exclusive dispatch to The Herald by L. A.
Crisler & Co., members OF Los Angeles stock
exchange. 2Oo-2O1NI. W. Hellman building. Los
Angeles.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 6.-Business in tho
mining market was almost at standst4n to-
day Trading was light and inclined TO drag.
The nearest approach TO a feature was West
End in the Tonopah camp. The demand for
this issue was strong and 1t advanced points
during the informal session, the close showing
SO cents bid. Montana was down points and
Jim Butler 2.
Among the Goldnelds, Consolidated and Flor
ence were off 26 points each. Atlanta was the
hard spot In the list and showed q gain
OF one point.
Following were the closing quotations:
COZ nFIET,D DISTRICT
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-07

You can buy it, perhaps at many places, but
there's one BEST place TO buy it-and that
place adYertises
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-11
New National.

Those who expected TO find in 'Tha Girl
in the Taxi which was presented at the
National Theater last evening. something
rich. rare and racy' were probably dis
appointed. And yet ii is equally prob
able that those whose finer sensibiities
and sense of delicacy were not subordinat-
ed to the desire to be amused thought II
a little too much so. Whatever may
have been the individual opinion. the fact
remains that the play kept a large audi
ence literally In a roar of laughter
throughout the evening. Just why, it
would be difficult to tell
The play is constructed of material that
has done service in various farcical pro-
auctions. 1t is Frenchy. exceedingly so.
and yet as presented last night 1t seemed
shorn Of much of its possible wickedness
1t gives the impression that it was writ
ty that will stand for suggestion. the
other for the community that will not,
but still will bear a good deal for the
sake of a good laugh. With less COM
now and then a bright original line hobs
up with brilliancy that dazzles. The
cast throughout is ideal for its work, and
the wonder is to find some of it's mem
bers Obscured in the minor parts assigned
them.
THE Girl in the Taxi is built upon the
escapades of supposedly circumspect man
who is idolized by his wife: their sus-
ceptible but inexperienced young son of
twenty. and a hypocritical scamp. the
husband of niece. who feigns illness
twice a year to visit her uncle that he
may have his fling at the great white
way This visit gives the old gentle
man chance for his fling also. A fir
tation with vaudeville artistic sup
plemented with the actions Of the two
older men, involve the young son in ,the
giddy whirl of dissipation. To enable
this coterte to SOW or to nurture it's
wild oats, 1.-THE Girl In the Taxi" wife
Of perfumer who is also major in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-11
son showing condence in him than by

son showing condence in him than by
multitude who will offer only sermons.
Tom Silverton, the hero, is in the OPEN
ing scene drunkard, and throughout
nearly the entire action remains one,
yet there is an indefinable something
about him which proves that he is an
honorable man. in spite of appearances,
which are decidedly against him. OF the
5000 people in NARROW there is but one
who has confidence In him. and that one
is a girl, Ruth Blake, daughter Of the
foremost man in the town. Although her
father, .Abner Blake. processes philan-
thropic ideals. he is not willing to stoop
down and aid. the young man. In spite
Of her fathers objections, Ruth helps
him to overcome the temptations which
beset him. In the latter part Of the play
ne swears that he will never drink again.
which promise he keeps. few moments
after he has made the promise he has
a chance, which he quickly seizes, to
save the people Of NARROW from a. ter
rible death in a forest fire which is rag
ing about the town. To do this he has
to risk his own life by ulnniug a loco
motive through the flames themselves
This scene. and the one leading to 1t are
the most dramatic in the play. The cast
is good one.