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Tombstone epitaph., 1910-11-27

Four women elected to the Legislature in Colorado. Now watch out for a resolution ce- claring wash day a legal holiday.
Tombstone epitaph., 1910-11-27

According to reliable esti- mates, atieast 75.00O barrels of crsnberries are required to meet the demand 0f Thanks
Tombstone epitaph., 1910-11-27

A Montana woman sued for divorce because her hus- band took his stenographer to the matinee. And then the stenographer turned olt to be a man.
Tombstone epitaph., 1910-11-27

The young man with money and little else will find in the aeroplane d welcome means of rising in the public notice.
Tombstone epitaph., 1910-11-27

If this aviation business keeps up most of the popu- lstiou will be Sup in the air."
Tombstone epitaph., 1910-11-27

The truth of authority de- pends on the authority of truth.
Tombstone epitaph., 1910-11-27

giving festival in the United States.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08
CLUB ENDORSES
WATER WORK

A rousing meeting of the North
east improvement club was held at
the Columbia school building last
night, at which progress in the
work of giving that part of the
city plenty of water was discussed.
This section was formerly under
the domination of the Jones sys-
tenn, but now the new city system
Is about completed.
Resolutions indorsing the active
work of Councilmen Nelson and
Belshaw were adopted. A resolu-
ton thanking The Spokane Press
for its efforts In the water cam
paign was also passed. The club
is aiding in securing things for the
enjoyment of children. A football
was purchased recently and now
arrangements for basketball for
the girls have been made. The
president of the club is j. W.
Bowen, and the secretary is G. r.
Black.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08
G O NTIN u F. D
p a 9 F. O N f
But God

and the women to worse than
death.
WIFE TORN FROM HIM.
"My wife struggled against the
devil who seized her and was
struck down and slain before my
eyes. My daughter was torn from
me by Cossack and I did not see
her again for days. My son was
slain in the shop where he and I
were striving to gain a living. I
managed to escape with others and
fled.
Thousands fled in those days
of terror, and by Gods will found
my daughter among the fugitives.
Whipped and scourged by the dew
lis Of Cossacks. soldiers of the
car, we were driven to the Dor
der, and then we could not pass,
for we had no passports.
CAME TO AMERICA.
cat last we managed to evade
the soldiers and to cross the Dor
der. We found friends and rela-
tives, who helped us to get to New
York. There the customs officers
would not let us land. We had no
money. But friends in America
came to our rescue. The money
was furnished, we landed and
found employment.
"Day and night we ran our sew
ing machines in little room in a
New York tenement house. We al
most starved, but the will of God
was that we should live.
Zone day, we could not pay our
rent, and were turned into the
street 1t was winter and there
was no place to go. And in my
frenzy I cursed the God who had
brought these things upon me. I
cursed my ancestors and prayed
that l should die.
But | did not die. / and my
daughter found work, and one day
while | worked there was an explC-
sion. When l knew things again
! was blind. The doctors said
should never see again. 1t was the
punishment of God.
"Then my daughter and / left
New York. We went out into the
world, and we drifted toward the
west
I'VE found Spokane, and now we
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08
APPOINTMENTS
BY JOHN
WILEY

John l.. Wiley, prosecuting at
torney-elect, today announced his
list of deputies. 1t is intending Mr..
Wiley no disrespect when The Press
arises to suggest that the list of
deputies has strong flavor of the
city hall democratic machine. Mr..
Wiley says that the city hall con-
tingent does not control him, that
he is free and untrammeled, and
The Press will do what it can to
aid him in demonstrating to the
people that this is true.
The Press, probably more than
any other one factor, helped to
place Mr.. Wiley in office. The
Press feels that it has nothing to
conceal from the public, and the
people are entitled to know at the
outset where Mr.. Wiley derives his
assistants from.
Here they are:
r. l.. McWilliams, chief deputy,
Is from the corporation counsel's
office. He had been a member of
the Merritt-Pratt democratic or
ganization. Mr.. McWilliams is a
young man of decided ability in his
profession.
M. E. Joseph, second assistant,
has been private secretary to
Mayor Pratt He is said to be
willing to go down the line against
crooked officials wherever found,
regardless of his previous city hall
connection.
c. C. Dill, third assistant, was
the secretary of the democratic
county committee. Prior to his ad.
mission to the bar he was teacher
In the South Central high school,
and before that was a reporter on
the SpOkesman-Review.
George r. Lovejoy, the next as
sistant, is law partner of Adolph
Munter, who was chairman of the
committee that managed the COM
mission plan of government cam
paign
o. j. Saville has for years prac.
ticed law from the office of P. c..
Shine in the Fernwell building,
which is also the office of George
Mudgett. present chairman of
Mayor Pratt's board of police com.
missioners.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08
To COLLECT
3 MILLIONS

County Auditor Butler today
completed the work of extending
the tax roll for 1910. The roll
shows total valuation of $112,.
1885. 1t will produce in taxes
as levied, $3,224,74299. Of this
amount the allotments will be:
For county and state purposes,
$1,483,215.1O.
For schools, $514,551 10.
For townships, $107, 0502.23.
For city of Spokane and nine
other incorporated towns, $1.144,.
92456.
The total valuation of the city
of Spokane, when extended, will be
around $S5,O00,000.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08
MYSTERIOUS
KNIFE FIGHT

In mysterious knife fight
which occurred shortly after 3
o'clock this morning in the Lee
lodging house on Front avenue,
John Hurley, tile layer, was seri-
ously cut about the head and
neck, and now lies at the hospital
In much weakened condition
from loss of blood.
James Murphy, a laborer, and
Jerry Merrygan, a shoemaker, are
held at the city Jail, charged with
being the assailants of Hurley, but
little can be learned about the
case as all concerned refuse to
talk. 1t is known, however, that
the three men were in the room
together when the fight occurred.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08

IT see that you are exposing the
injustice of the big North Side
trunk sewer" said E. r. Bristol, a
caller at The Press office this
morning. This reminds me of
how the property owners in the
School Section and the east end
of the city were gouged for a
sewer on Olive avenue for the
benefit of the Stanton Packing
company and Mitchem Bros. We
protested to our councilmen and
to other members of the city coun-
Gil, but we found our efforts were
in vain, that the other fellows had
the city hall lined up against us.
"a year ago | received bill
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08
NO BLACK HAND PLOT.

What appeared to be a Black
Hand plot on the life of Manager
York of the Spokane theater was
only an accident, after all, yester
day. York was sitting in his office
when the skylight over his head
was smashed into smithereens and
glass literally covered him. = He
rushed upstairs in a terrific state
of mind, to find that youth had
accidentally dropped a heavyL ,ght
globe through the window, anT Mr.
York subsidized once more.
THOUGHT 81
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08
THOUGHT He WAS
YEGGMAN

Assistant City Engineer A. D.
Butler came into close contact
with Chicago's police while he
was in that city recently. In
fact the contact was intimate
and unsuspecting. Mr.. Butler
is interested in sewer construc-
ton, and one night he arrived
at an excavation after dark.
Jumping down into the hole,
which was about is feet deep,
he started to examine the con-
crete work, when he was un.
tremendously hauled out by
diligent "cop," who wanted to
know what no had done with
the swag. Butler proclaimed
his innocence, but the officer
insisted that he had been hiding
the goods In the hole, and It
was only after some little time
and talk that he was let off.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08

have little home. My daughter
is married and is happy. There is
son, and his name is Jan.
Every day l walk the streets
with my little can tied to my waist
I do not beg, but the people are
kind, there is always money al
night. And so we live and are
happy again. 1t is Gods will and
God is good" ~
Then JAMS fingers made the
sign Of the cross, his chin sunk
down upon his breast and he NUT.
tered into his beard in Russian, the
light of peace upon his wrinkled
face.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08

LITTLE PROTECTION AGAINST y
THE CONTRACT GRADERS

for $40 on that sewer, and they
told me that was all. The other
day another bill for $3.50 came in
on the same sewer, that l knew
nothing of until it came through
the mails. They called this an
extension l paid and again they
said that is all, which l hope is
true.
Property owners have absolute
ly no protection against the army
of cormorants that besiege the
city hall, and I seriously question
whether conditions will be any bet
ter under the proposed new city
charter If the same crowd gets
back in"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08

"Under Southern Skies" anoth-
er great success Of the Baker
Stock company at the Spokane the
alter, continues to draw capacity
houses throughout the week. Miss
Slosson stars as Leila Crofton, the
southern flower, while John Sher.
man, as Steve Daubeny, is hand
ling his part as villain in a very
surprising manner.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08
HARRY GREEN
LITTLE BETTER

Harry Green, weli-known To-
cal sporting man, who was
thought to be in a dying con.
dition at his apartments in the
Ridpath hotel yesterday, is re-
ported somewhat improved to-
day, but is not yet out Of dan.
ger. He Is in a condition of
coma most of the time, but has
occasional moments Of con-
sciousness. His physicians
hold out but little hope Of his
recovery, however.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08

Many people living in the Fourth
avenue improvement district are
evidently overlooking the fact that
this improvement has been accept
ed and that bonds for the same
will be issued shortly. Payment of
assessments in this district are
coming in slowly, and unless paid
before the bonds are issuer, inter-
est and penalty will be charged
,,poD tho corno
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08

ing In the Union Park M. e. church,
under the auspices of the East
Spokane Improvement club.
Thursday, December 15. meet
ing will be held In the Centenary
Presbyterian church.
Sunday evening, December II,
meeting will be held in st. Paurs
M. e. church.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08
TO PROTEST
THE SEWER
SEWER MEETINGS.

Tonight-Hays Park Improve.
ment club, at Hays park school.
Also the North Hill Improvement
club, at Monroe Park Presbyterian
church.
Tomorrow night-Lidgerwoo
Kenwood Improvement club, at the
Hamilton school, Standard and
Wellesley.
Meetings will be held by differ
ent clubs on the North Side tonight
and tomorrow night to consider
further action in the matter of the
Fifth ward trunk sewer.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08
. y . . q . . . = . q q =
A RACE WITH DEATH.

. A cable message in one
. hand and a bunch of bills in
. the other, an Italian laborer Z
= rushed into the N. p. ticket
. office yesterday and, buying Z
. ticket to Italy, began a race Z
. with death to the bedside of
= his sick wife. How it will Z
. come out is hard to tell. The 4
= wife is very i'll and it is a Z
= long journey, but the laborer Z
= will make it if it can be Z
. done. 4
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08
RAILWAY UNIONS
FORM COMMITTEE

A committee has been formed by
the members of the various railway
unions of the city to work for the
adoption Of the new charter. B. C.
Secord of the engineers has been
elected chairman of this commit
tee and H. A. Jarvis of the ma
chinists, secretary.
A meeting to consider the new
charter will be held Tuesday even
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08
BOUNTY ON RATS.

A means of providing the small
boy with Christmas money will be
found If the board Of health is SEQ
onded by the city. DR.. Grieve "a
vors a city bounty of 10 cents
apiece on rats. and the Pied Piper
will have nothing on US II the
bounty is allowed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08
Y. M. c. A. cAMPAicNk,

The membership campaign Of the
Y. M. c. A. has resulted SO far in
the addition of some fifty names to
the rolls of membership in the as.
ISOLATION. The management wishes
to increase the membership 500
during this month,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08
eosToFFIcE BUSINESS HEAVY

Christmas business at the postof-
flee is increasing heavily this week.
While the foreign money order de-
partment Is over its rush, the do
nestle clerks have their hands full.
Next week is likely to be the
heaviest in the history of the de-
partment, 1t is said.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08

" NEW YORK.-All the retiring
directors were reelected at the an
nual meeting of the stockholders of
the Equitable Life Association So
cfety today.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08
400 WOMEN
REGISTERED

Women of this city are consist.
emily busy at the register books
these days. Four hundred have
registered in the first three days.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-08
FIGHT!
CARPENTERS!
FIGHT!

There will be a bad one at the
Carpenters Local, 90, Friday eve
ming, 1880, over the election of Off
GERS. Don't fail to attend.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-03
A DIFFERENCE.
City Assessor.

Governor Haskell would not be
prosecuted for the town lot frauds
il Is name were Guggenhem. That s
what sickens all honest people. The
Guggenheims could steal all the
water sites in America and all the
coal in Alaska. and old Fatty at
Washington would never open his
yawp. He wants the Guggenheims
and the Morgans to get all the
grease.-Tulsa Post.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-03
RET|RES
FROM GRAIN PIT
ESTIMATED HE HAS FORTUNE
OF TEN TO FIFTEEN MILLIONS
CONTENT.

Chicago, ILL.,. June S0.-Saying he
had long sic 9e in the grain business
and tha, he was ready to quit and lcok
on while Others are busy James a.
Patten retired today and the firm OF
Bartlett, Patten &Co., passed out of
existence, being succeeded by Bartlett,
Fraser & Co.
George w. Patten. brother of the
man who had an uncomfortable ten
minutes on the Manchester Exchange,
also retired.
The man who has made his mark In
wheat, c,rn, oats and cotton in the
last twenty years, passed the morning
of his last day of business sitting in
front of the big quotation Eoard watch
ing the course of the market. For
some time he has taken little active
part in the grain trade except to even
up his business and get out. His last
important operation was the selling
out Cf an enormous holding of wheat
about six weeks ago, variously esti-
mated at flom 100000 to 100000
bushels, on which it was rumored
that he was a loser to the extent of
$500,000 or more.
The event through which he has
passed in the last few months have
told on him somewhat His shoulders
have a little more stoop. His hair
and once brown mustache are more
literally streaked with gray.
Those who know Mr.. Patten best
say he goes out of business worth So.
600, 1000 to $15,O00,O0O. He states that
he thinks these figures are too high.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-03
Cruce on Taxation of Indian Land

because of his position upon this
tax question, and supporting Mr..
Murray. They are Mr.. Murrays
closest friends; many of them con
nected with him in the most inti-
mate relation. They must know his
position upon this question.
We are unable TO understand why
Mr.. Murray refuses to state his po-
sition upon this question, unless he
is secretly opposed to the law. II he
is in favor Of the collection Of this
tax, why doesn't he say so? He is
making two speeches every day. and
it seems utterly impossible to learn
from anything he says whether he is
in favor of, or opposed to. the col
lection OF this tax. Certainly there
Is no other statute upon our books
which means 50 much to the average
tax payer. Taxes are nigh enough,
and the Indian citizen who Is less
than one-half Indian blood, as well
as the intermarried citizen. who al
ready starts out with his Indian
allotment, ought TO be willing to
stand side by side by his unfortu-
nate tenant, who has to meet the
battle of life, and pay his taxes
,,~ith,,,t ana
The state has never agreed that
these lands should be exempt from
taxation. No just reason can be as
signed why the Indian landlord
should be permitted to send HIS
children to our public schools and
realize all the other benefits OF
state government, without paying
taxes upon his land, while the ten
ant who owns nothing but few
horses and cattle is compelled to
bear all the burdens of government.
There is no other question before
the people that means half so much
as this, and we very much mis-
take their good judgment If they
do not rally in solid phalanx
around the standard of Mr.. Cruce,
who alone is making this battle
In their interest. Mr.. Cruce Is daily
receiving letters from Indian poll
ticians all over the state, threaten
ing him with defeat, because of his
position upon this question. It is up
to the thousands Of non-citizens who
own no Indian land to see that he
is not slaughtered because Of the
fight he is making in their interest.
Our guess is that later on, when
public clamor becomes so great, Mr..
Murray and other candidates will
be compelled to declare their posi-
tion upon this question. The man.
however, who is afraid to declare
his position upon such an important
question until public opinion drives
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-03
Remarkable Tribute to Lee Cruce
From Judge Stillwe1l II. Russell

every respect. He has shown a firm
grasp of public affairs, clear and
comprehensive study of the things with
which, as governor of this state, he
would be called upon to deal with. His
point OF view is statesmanlike, his
method simple and direct, his grasp
sure and firm, his manner convincing
and confidence giving.
No one who is student of our af-
fairs OF state will blink his eyes to
the fact that We are entering upon a
crucial period of our state history.
The democratic party of this state
has waged a constant battle for the
maintenance OF the institutions and
the principles which we have put into
our laws. constitutional and otherwise.
The man who is to be the next gov
ernor of the state must be man who
has demonstrated his belief in those
and institutions and who
has demonstrated his capacity, ability
and purpose to uphold them.
believe that pre-eminently Lee
Cruce is that man, for the reasons
that I have herein, briefly and sue
cinctly attempted to give.
Respectfully,
STILLWELL II. RUSSELL.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-03

questions, confronting us, We ask
that every voter of the State con-
slider carefully the claims of Ard
more's candidate for the Office OF
Governor. We insist that you in
vestigate our claims
have known Mr.. Cruce intimate
ly for more than ten years and
know him to be an upright, consist
ent, Christian gentleman, loyal
member o. the Presbyterian church.
AS to his Democracy. that Is
known and was proven to the salts
faction of everyone by the manly
way in which he stood by and sup
ported the nominee who had so
bitterly opposed him in the primary.
1t has been alleged by some that
Mr.. Cruce was not a good prohibi-
zionist. but this is wholly untrue.
as has been stated by Mr.. Cruce
himself, time after time, both pub
licly and privately. He voted for
prohibition before and says that IL
called upon would vote the same way
again. Those who know Mr.. Cruce
personally, know that he never
touches intoxicants in any form and
that he does not even use tobacco in
any way. Aside from this, Mn.
Cruce has always been a true friend
to everything that stands for truth
and righteousness. This writer re-
members that years ago when serv-
ing as financial secretary of our
Baptist District Association. that
time after time Mr.. Cruce has
loaned me money in amounts from
one hundred to five hundred dollars
at time, never charging one cent
OF interest, saying as he did so that
he was glad to help in any work
that had for its object the upbuilding
OF the county in Righteousness. This
was done long before Statehood and
long before Mr.. Cruce had any
thought OF becoming a candidate.
appeal to every voter in the
State that as you prize clean gov
ernment and a righteous administra-
ton. investigate well and consider
seriously the claims OF Ardmore's
loyal citizen when you come to cast
your ballot August 2nd
D. y. CURB.
Pastor Of South Ardmore Baptist
Church.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-03
Cruce Loaned Money
Without Interest to Assist
the Cause of Religion

II is only about two months now
until the Democratic voters of Ok
lahoma shall be called upon to cast
their ballots for their choice for
Governor. In this free country OF
ours where every man enjoys the
right of franchise and where each
voter is a part of the government it
Is very necessary that every voter
inform himself upon every issue
involved, and know as far as pos
sible the moral character as well as
the capabilities of the man he sup
ports for chief executive of the
State.
One of the chief issues involved,
as | see it. in the campaign now
on is the prohibition question. All
who are informed at all know that
the will Of the people was fully
expressed at the last general cleo
ton when the voters of this State
set the mark of their utter disap-
proval upon the liquor business by
the handsome majority they rolled
up against it.
However, there is a certain class
that are dissatisfied with the result,
and a great many of the dissatisfied
kind live outside the boundaries of
Oklahoma. and if you care to find
out about it you will find that they
are engaged in the manufacture and
sale of whiskey and beer 1t is this
class who compose the organization
called the Sons of Washington, &"
who are so jealous for the rights
and personal liberties of the dear
people of Oklahoma. 1t is this
same class who are sending their
agents about over the country with
petitions asking that the people
grant a resubmission OF the question
they so recently settled.
1t is not that they care so much
for the personal liberties of the peo-
pie but because like vultures the
Nhiskey element that is being so
rapidly driven from other States are
lingering along the borders of our
fair State, seeking TO enter that they
may ply their nefarious business
among our people. How well We
are to be protected depends largely
upon the attitude Of the man who
occupies the Governors chair for
the next four years.
In considering these stupendous