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The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-08-26
After Forty Years.

Mrs. Lille F. Tatum, Miss Susie Tatum
and Bernie Tatum arrived the last oil
last week from Southeastern Missouri
and are domiciled at the home of l.. Il.
Bragg. Mrs. Tatum ia sister of Mr..
Bragg and the two have not seen each
other before for 40 years. To complete
the reunion Mrs. NJ. E. Kitchen OF Boss
burg, Stevens county, another sister,
came down Saturday and is also at the
Bragg home. The Tatums win return
TO their home in Missouri next week.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-08-26
"A Business Day Saved"

Effective August 81, the time of de-
parture east-bound of the Soo-Spokane-
Portland train de luxe was made p. IN. i.
This will be popular hour OF departure,
as it gives passengers from the Inland
Empire chance to reach Spokane, at
tend to business and continue east With
out delay. 1t is, in fact. business
day saved and should result in in
creased patronage for the train.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-08-26
Mrs. TeaII's Bungalow Inta ct.

The report that Mrs. M. F. Teall had
lost her bungalow and other improve
ments on the ST. Joe river by forest fires
is probably not correct, as it could not
be traced to any authoritative source.
She has a beautiful location midway be-
tween Chatcolet and st. Maries, on
which she has built a sweet little bunga-
low, surrounded by wide porch. Water
from never failing spring is piped 1900
feet to the house. Fires may, probably
did, invade some OF her timber land, but
the improvements remain intact.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-08-26
Cracker Jack Wheat Crop.

R. NJ. Campbell, who owns one OF the
fine farms adjoining the townsite oi
Albion, threshed 80 acres of wheat that
went AK bushels to the acre. 1t was
college hybrid No. 12S. His oar crop
went about 80 bushels per acre. Mr..
Campbell reports crops in and around
Albion turning out we'll. 1t is in the
heart of the wheat belt, with soil unsur-
passed by any part of the great Palouse
country.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-08-26
AT THE HYMENEAL ALTAR


At the parsonage Of the COngrega-
tional church, Colfax, August %, by
Rev. j Herbert Bainton, Albert E.
Schambron Of Alberta and Miss Ella
Ruth Hull Of st John. The young
couple we're attended by the BRIDES
aunt, Mrs. William Chelders, with whom
the bride has lived most oil her life The
groom's home i5 near Frank, Southern
Alberta, where he owns a farm and
where he and his young wife will reside.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-08-26
Leslie Is Satisfied.

E. n. Leslie, who has just finished
threshing 10 acres OF wheat on his
farm 2h miles east OF town, reports that
it went little over 81 bushels per acre.
Forty acres was forty fold and 10 acres
red russian. While not a bumper crop
it places Leslie out of reach OF the county
Door farm.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-08-26
Fractured Ankle Bone.

Dan Binnard, young man who was
raised in Colfax, but who is now engaged
in business at Moncton, a new town on
the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound
railroad 40 miles this side OF Seattle,
met with a painful accident one day last
week while trying to stop a runaway
team in which woman and child were
in imminent peril. Dan stopped the
team but fractured one OF his ankle
bones in doing go.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-08-26
Wheat Is of Excellent Quality.

Seymour Manning returned from the
west side OF the county Wednesday, after
inspecting various sections. He says
while the yield of wheat is not as great
as last year and the year before still the
quality is ne plus ultra, it being hard,
plump and clean. Finer wheat never
grew in the Palouse. Sometimes quality
more than makes up for quantity, which
may be the case in the present instance,
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-08-26
Brave Wallace People.

F. B. Currey of Hot Lake, Oregon, was
in town Tuesday. having pulled in from
Wallace, Idaho, where he witnessed the
martial destruction OF that town by
forest fires raging there. He says the
destruction of property has been enor-
nous. while the loss OF life is not fully
known. The people OF Wallace, he says,
have acted nobly and are standing by
their homes.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-08-26
Marriada Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued by
the county auditor TO the following:
C. R. Miller of Yacalt, Wash, and
Mary Stella Wexler of Pullman.
W. R. Perkins and Cora Willard, both
OF Pullman.
Albert E. Schambron OF Cowley, British
Columbia, and Ella Ruth Hull of St.
John.
Charles G. Bernard and Mrs. Nettie
Brown, both of Spokane.
Robert L. Kilgore and Susie L. Cum
minis, both OF st. John.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-08-26
Repairing Aerial Cable.

WOrkmen we're engaged most OF last
week and the first Of this week repairing
the aerial cable at the corner of Main
and Spring streets, which had gotten out
OF whack This is the line which serves
the city. The men doing the work came
from Spokane. being experts at the
business. 1t is said they received several
slight shocks during the progress OF the
work
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-08-26
Good Yield of Grain.

One hundred acres OF wheat on Mrs.
Eugenia Meyers place, adjoining the
townsite on the south, went 38 bushels
to the acre. 1t was red russian. Sixty
acres oats went 40 bushels to the acre.
The Meyers farm was cultivated this
year by Hensel Bros, who have just
finished threshing.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-08-26
SOCIAL SIDE OF C0LFAX.

Wednesday night a birthday surprise
party was given H. /. Willis at the family
home, about 20 friends being present.
Five hundred was played. DR.. and Mrs.
Tiff made a family affair of the prize
winning by capturing both prizes.
Dainty refreshments were served.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-08-26

George ". Clous. optician, will again
visit CoIfax, Thursday, Friday and Sat.
be found at Ripley's pharmacy. He will
examine your eyes without charge and
fit them to your perfect satisfaction.
If you need glasses or new lenses in your
work guaranteed.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-08-26
Given Till Monda ay to Plead.

Young Roberts was brought before
Judge Pickrell yesterday afternoon when
Prosecuting Attorney Chamberlin filed
an amended informa ration charging MUIR
der in the first degree. The case was
thea postponed till Monday at IL a. m.
to give Roberts time to plead. The
young man was attended by his attor-
neys, Messrs. Hanna & Hanna of Colfax
and R. j. Neergaard of Oakesdale.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-08-26
Bernard Brown.

To Colfax, August %, by Rev. George
FL. Newman, Charles O. Bernard and
Mrs Nettie Brown, both of Spokane
The CEREMONY took place in the county
clerks Office.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-08-26

follow. That several lives have been
lost seems certain, although details are
lacking.
Report Fire at Gould.
Still another fire is reported at Gould,
the famous Gould mine being in the path.
The Iron Mountain mine, in Miesoula
county, he's been wiped out
At Fort Assiniaboine the ashes are half
an inch deep, while the atmosphere in
Helena is so dense with smoke that two
blocks is the sight limit, accompanied
by fall of fine. dead aches. The fires
are driving the wild animals from the
hills, and deer invaded the town OF
Hamilton.
Three more fires are reported in Gala
tin county, one OF which threatens to
destroy valuable crops in the famous
Gallatin Valley. Two hundred men have
Left Bozeman and Logan to fight the
flames.
Train service west from Helena and
Butte on all three lines is more or less de-
moralzed and hazardous, as the North
ern Pacific, Great Northern and st. Paul
ali report burned bridges, involving de-
tours and transfer.
PaIouse Has a Narrow Escape.
dispatch from Palouse Of 23i records
the narrow escape the town had from
destruction. 1t Gays:
Palouse escaped burning up Sunday
by narrow margin. A locomotive on
the W, [. & M. railroad, west of town,
set fire to the dry grass, and the blaze,
having been famed by a high wind,
quickly spread over q large tract and
reached the pine grove that skirts that
side of town. The locomotive whistle
sent out wild a arm, which was promptly
responded to by the fire company, aug
mented by hundreds OF men and hoys,
and by hard work they were able to
check tie onward sweep OF the flames
before they caught any buildings, al
though they reached within a few feet.
By the time the fire was put under
control the water was nearly exhausted.
Ii the buildings had caught no human
power could have prevented the fire from
sweeping through the town from west to
east, as one Of the strongest winds OF
the season was blowing.
Watchmen we're appointed to work
and put out the burning embers and
watch the fire during the night, apd
Monday the city authorities took extra
precautions to prevent fire by prohibit
ing the making of any fires in the streets
or alleys to burn refuse, and by wetting
down the alleys in the rear Of business
houses.
News came Monday morning from
Marble Greek. east Of Bovill, Idaho, that
% homesteaders, with their horses, were
overcome Sunday by the heat and smoke,
and all Deriebpd
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-08-26
ASSIGNMENTS SCHOOL
YEAR 1904 IN COLFAX
School Buildings Cleaned and
in Sanitary Condition.
Manual Training, Domestic Science
and Chemistry Three Deparme ents
Added to High School Course
No Scholars Turned Away.

Assignments for the school year 1910
IL in Colfex have been made and will be
found in full below. The different school
buildings have been thoroughly cleaned.
also repaired where needed, making
everything neat and pleasant for the
youngsters when they come together.
The new High school building is re-
ceiviDg the finishing touches and will be
in proper order to receive pupils when
the time comes. Manual training, do
mestic science and chemistry are three
departments added to the High school,
each provided with ample room space
for instruction. The High school build
ing is provided with 16S seats for pupils,
with capacity to make it 200 il needed.
The directors wish it understood that
no one will be turned away who seeks
admission to any department OF the city
schools. Everything has been provided
thought to be necessary, including build
ings, apparatus and full corps of COM
petent teachers.
Children should report for enrolment
in the grades as indicated in the program
Last street will be the line Of division
as heretofore between those attending
the Third ward and the Main street
school.
Children who will be six years OF age
before the 1se of January will be per
mitted to enroll in the first grade.
No enrollments 10 the first grade for
children commencing school work will be
permitted after November 1st.
All persons having rooms to rent or
desiring boarders should leave names
and street numbers with City Superin-
teRdent Payne.
Following are the assignments under
City Superintendent R A. Payne:
High School Building.
Elliot Moses, principal, history.
Seth t. Freer, science.
l. G Sheets, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Miss Katherine Buxbaum, German
English
Miss Grace Vial, Latin English.
Miss Josephine E McCann, domestic
science.
Charles E. Russum, manual training.
Miss Louise E. Rieman, music and
drawing.
Departmental School.
81. E. Bloyd, principal, history.
A. B. lngham, grammar.
Miss Alma Willie, science.
Miss Bertha Schultz, arith metic.
Miss Kathleen Malloy, reading-spell-
ing.
Miss Mary Greer, fifth A, room 8.
Main Street Building.
Miss Sina Miller, principal, fifth B,
fourth A, room 3.
Miss Helene Morrissey, fourth B, room
Miss Elizabeth Parmalee, third grade,
A and B, room 5.
Miss Laura Greer, second grade, A and
B, room 2.
Miss Gertrude Morrissey, first grade,
A and B, room /.
North Ward Building.
Charles Tucker. principal, fifth b,
fourth B, room 4,
Miss Margaret Oliver, fourth A, third
A, room 3.
Miss Stella DeCamp. second B, third
B, room 2.
Miss Jessie Pitcher, first grade, room 1.
The above is subject to necessary
changes after the opening OF the session.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-08-26
Smoke From Forest Fires.

Smoke from forest fires has invaded
the Palouse country, although the fires
are long distance from US. The wind
has brought the smoke and it will prob.
ably take rain to dissipate it.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-08-26
Given 80 DAYS in Jail,

". L. Mains was before Judge Pickrell
in the superior court yesterday and
pleaded guilty to petit larceny aud was
given 90 days in the county jail.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-08-26

The more particular men and young
men are about what they buy, the more
Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes they will
wear. All styles at Whitehouse Clothing
IN
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-08-26

Money to loan on improved farms.
Hetherington & Riechers, 800 Paulsen
Bldg, Spokane, Wash.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-08-26

G. NJ. DuVall, photographer, is making
a speciality OF pictures of machinery and
harvest scenes. Call phone Main 2001.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-08-26
BORN.

In Colfax, August %, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul Pattison, son, weight nine pounds,
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-08-26

reported at the head OF the Big Black
loot River in the northern part OF this
county, and also at Lincoln, half way
towards Missonla. Careless campers are
blamed for these. and prosecutions will
follow. That several lives have been
lost seems certain, although details are
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-08-19
BEST FATTENER FOR HOGS
Field Peas Prove Highly Productive
and Valuable Crop.

In a recent letter, Mr. H. Grebe,
well knowrf and prosperous farmer,
who lives at $50 Stark street Port
land, but has his farm near Condor,
Or, writes at length on the efficacy
of "held peas" as a money making
crop, and says he is a great believer
in their fattening qualities for hogs.
Following is the substance of his let
ter:
II have several acres planted in
field peas and while they are green
at this date, they show that the crop
win be a good one. How many BUSH
els they make per acre Will be re-
ported later. The seed will be worth
S2.5O per bushel and the seed TO plant
win cost $2.75 per bushel. and the
yield will be about 20 bushels per acre.
To look at the well-loaded vines now,
one acre will fatten two hogs at least,
some years more. There is no bet
ter grain for fattening hogs than peas,
either In the field, In the pod or
threshed. l grew a small field of peas
last year and the same ground is in
spring wheat this year and looks fine.
There Is a much better stand of wheat
on the pea iand than on last years
fallow. There Is more moisture un-
der a pea vine when ripe than there
is on bare summer fallow Be
sides this the field peas are the best
fertilizer and weed exterminator as
well. The peas are four feet high
in many places. In many places they
have fallen fiat 90 the ground, because
OF being 50 tall, but the pods will
rlpen just the same. I expect 20 har-
vest the peas with a combined har-
vester and thresher, and will cut
around the outside with a new self
rake reaper wide enough FOR the COM
hined machine to pass along and not
tramp out the peas. I have grown
field peas for 40 years Mr.. Grebe
says he has been looking for stock
hogs 20 fatten them on peas FOR some
time but has failed TO find any.-Ore-
gon Agriculturist
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-08-19
HIDDEN DANGERS.
Nature Gives Timely Warnings that
No Dallas Citizen Can Afford
to Ignore.

Danger Signal No. l comes from the
kidney secretions. They will warn you
when the kidneys are sick. Well kid
neys secrete a clear amber fluid Sick
kidneys send out a thin, pale and
foamy or thick, red, ill-smelIing
urine, full of sediment and irregular
of passage.
Danger Signal No. 2 comes from the
back Back pains, dull and heavy or
sharp and acute, tell you of sick kid
neys and warn you of the approach of
dropsy, diabetes and Bright's disease.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure sick kidneys
and cure them permanently. Here is
proof of a nearby resident:
j. A. Simmons, Log Cabin St, Inde-
pendence, Ore. says: Il do not believe
| would be alive today were it not for
Doan's Kidney Pills. l suffered for a
long time from kidney trouble and
lumbago. The kidney seeretions were
too frequent and painful in passage
and caused me much annoyance. !
tried anumber of remedies but was
not helped until ! began using Doan's
Kidney Pills. They helped me from
the first and am now free from kid
ney complaint"
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents. Foster -MlllBurn Co., Buffalo,
New York. sole agents for the United
States. Remember the name-Doan's
and take no other.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-08-19
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IRRIGATION CT ORCHARDS.
Government Directors For Uee o.
Water In Frait Tee Trecis

Government Directions For Uce o.
Water In FrIit Tee Trecis
Speaking Of the selection of ldnt.s for
orchards. farmers bulltiia No. ~ o
the federal department of agriculture
says:
Care and gaoI JUDGEMENT s!oniI be
exercised in the Seleatin Of M or hard
tract II il lurnS cut well tile profits
are high. buI ii it fails the losses are
heavy. 1t Involves the setting aside of
good land. the use OF irrigation water
ana somewhat heavy expenses in llur-
chasing trees, setting lArm ut and
caring for Them until they hegin to
bear.
Permanent bitches at the head of
orchard ira is should he located by
surveyor. The proper grade depends
chiefly on the sBii. If the soil is loose
and easily erOded slow velocity Is
best On The other hand. HE velocity
must be sufficiently rapid to prevent
the deposition of silt and the growth
OF water plants. In ordinary soils a
grade Of Two and oue-half inches to a
hundred feet for ii ditch carrying two
cubic feet Eer second Is not far out of
the way. The amount of water to be
carried varies from one-half to two or
more cubic feet per second. \ ditch
having bottom width of twenty-four
inches. depth of six inches and slop-
ing sides ought to carry one and one
half cubic feet per second on Il grade
of half an inch to the rod or three
inches to hundred feet.
Such a ditch may be built by first
blowing four furrows and then renlov-
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-08-19

grain, though doughy, will fill out COM
pletely in the shock. The same prin-
ciple applies with other small grain.
But it is safe to cut wheat with more
sap in the straw than can be allowed
in oats without danger of molding.
Old time careful shockers are scarce
in these days. Our fathers set the bun
dies down firmly in the stubble, pressed
the heads together compactly and
broke the caps well. Such shocks
would turn an immense amount of rain
and withstand high winds. Now many
trifilng hirelings must be trusted with
this business. and the shocks, loosely
thrown together with woolly, un-
broken bundle carelessly slapped on
top, turn water only until it rains and
possibly stand up until hit by brisk
breeze Stacking. too, is not so gener-
ally understood as it was years ago.
The anxiety to get the entire harvest
business finished quickly has led men
to expose their grain to great risks
through weeks Of standing in the
shock. Every farmer should learn how
to stack.
A few simple rules about starting.
laying out the bulge, filling the middle.
drawing in and Gaping govern this
work. The best way to learn is to
persuade an old, successful stacker to
pass bundles and direct the work. The
cost of thrashing from the shock is
practically the same as for both stack
ing and thrashing. Well stacked grain
has the advantage of almost certain
in plumpness and quality
In going through the sweat, and 1t Is
safe from rain. The labor Of stirring
hot wheat and the loss from sprouting
in the shock would far more than pay
for the stacking. Prudent farmers are
turning more favorably to stacking of
late years, especially when they would
otherwise be the last In big ring of
shock thrashing.
Harvest time is crowned In song and
story and poetic fancy with glorious
halo of beautiful inspiration and laud-
able achievement, says a writer in the
Breeders Gazette. The sturdy men
engaged in the work have little time
or inclination for idealizing. The big
straw hats shelter brains that are busy
with practical details of the great
business of providing the world with
bread.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-08-19

A curious experiment In cotton
growing IN northern latitude has
been tried az Indian Orchard. 10 west
ern Massachusetts,. says the American
Cultivator, last year Two residents Of
that tow6 succeeded In growing wei
developed cotton. and they propose TO
Try 4 again this year-ln fact. have the
new crop already well under way. The
seeis are planted IN April aud the
growth Is rapid. The seeds were OBJ
taincd from q bale Of cotton from the
souih and are from one % the early
cheap Varieties widely groWu 10 that
sectian. The coifon blossoms are Of
reddish hue and guile fragrant To
mature the commcrclal cotton On this
latiiude rrquirus q rather farorcd So
sou. as The piauf Il easily killed By
frosfs TIE exuerimeut vas tried cut
a. curiosity nnd for the sake q the
airht q e crop - uorei IN this lati-
tude Succca The frst season ed the
experimenters o. take the matter up
mere seriousiy and 10 plant q larger
riece MS rear % see Just what coud
- dooe VA cary cottou IN TIE norih-