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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-02-21
Great in OppMIunlis

picturesque. indeed, i Oh
TO- It's rise from the Gisr :
Element to the estate Of ! -
city win be. in all probsl
the last OF the great pus
Of city building. from The Ia.
ming, the West will xiiu.s
Spokane can never I've q.
again the days when tEos u
owned a city lot Or txu. o.
chased Tor practically nshrs
became millionaires insia
months, through Their holl.s
Portland and San Frsnrgs
and Seattle are big cites ~
They can no longer or nih'
pioneer who buys a Jxuisl
IN the center 81 the lownsilt
life Of luxury in return Ia \
iarsightedness, for the V
good reason TIA, none b.
millionaire can now baY 4
lot in the townsite.
Ii is in her oppOFsuz
that Othello is great.
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gincs which arc housed AZ d.
vision points A depot. IN
keeping with the prctcusious
Of the town. with an the de-
pariments Of a modern depot.
in the way Of restaurant. wait
ing room and smoking room
accommodations. was built.
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Streets Being improved

The Othello Improvement
Company is inaugurating vast
improvements 10 tlte streets and
public utilities. Parking strips
viii lie between the streets and
the sidewalks and their green
carpets Of grass and their
friendly shade trees win con
trivc TO make Othello a city
beautiful. Contracts are let for
the construction Of an electric
light plant and for paving. TO
cost the Othello Improvement
Company more than $4,000
Schools and churches have
already been built at Othello.
Social organizations and clubs
complete the civic life Of the
new citizens. Hotels Of high
class are there 20 accommodate
the travellers who crowd the
busy city daily But there Is
room for more hotels and res.
tauran,s. and boarding houses.
tor those already there arc
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ODDS
AND
t. ~ DS

COAL CREEK, o. c. - Two
masked men held 20 ard robbed J.
W. Quincy o. Fernie ard Thomas
n. Baird. both % the Trites Wood
company. N front 81 the city jaii.
Saturday night. ard got 81 800 IN
cash ard checks.
NEW WESTMINSTER. g. c.
John q. Sergeant, son Of the arch
deacon % ouappslis, SASS, we'll sdu-
Gated. but black sheep ard en-
pioyed hsre a. bartender, hung him
self with a neektis given him Christ /.
mas. Following = long stay on the
"~ster wagon" on q bet. he "fsli of. I"
lost his place, uuarreicd with hi8
sweetheart and killed himself.
JUNEAU, Alaska.--Tho wreck o.
the Yucatan 10 50 thoroughly en-
eaxed vith ice that Il resembles the
iceberg which sank a. The Cottage
City sailed FOR Seattle yesterday
nth the passengers and ereS.
TACoMA.--Your husband kissina
you Until your head aches does not
constitute q cause fer divorce IN the
eyes Of Judge Clifford. who eant
Elizabeth Kelley. 50. back 70 live
with Samuel Kelley, co. She com
planned Of his coidnsas. ard IN a
sudden burst Of romance and
warmth. Catches me and kisses mo
until ny head aches" 70 use her
words.
WASHINGTON. ~ For the first
time since he has been IN the White
House President Taft yesterday at
tended meeting at the Friends
church ard prayed with the eonars
CATION.
FL pASo, Asx.-A fuse blew out
on q street car here last niaht. and
the passengers jumped from the
swiftly moving coach In a panic.
\. Q. Smith. 81. and Miss MaGgis
Riley Of Canada, we're killed
MISUNDERSTANDING that the ul-
innate welfare Of his country mas
the motive prompting HE resigna-
ton a. president % Nicaragua. Jose
Santos Zolaya today blamed the
United States and Cuatemala FOR
the present plight d the revolution
torn republic.
He Is quoted as saying that the
United States violated every Law.
% justice and order IN sending war
ships 70 kicarsauau waters upon the
preteNt Of protecting American In .
terssts-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-02-21

turing and shipping cea.r !.
without question, make i /.
Of the great cities Of Il. :.
Of Washington.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-02-21

For fifteen years have been a careful observer,
and, might say, student of the great processes Of
growth and development which have taken place in the
country comprised in the OF Oregon Idaho and
Washington have particularly been interested in the
evolution Of the cities, which by the way have seen
grow from practically nothing, like Seattle, Tacoma
Spokane, which had but few thousand, to great
mercial centers numbering hundreds of thousands Of
population.
Yet am one who firmly believes that the next few
years will see greater revelations in the growth and
productive power Of the country than we old timers
have ever And am confirmed the more in this
opinion since took trip over the new transcont-
mental line Of the Chicago Milwaukee Puget Sound
Railroad. There is the young city Of othello Why,
othello-less than six months old-is competitor Of
North Yakima. But the story Of Othcllo begins with
Il Z -
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crowded TO their limit aud be-
yond
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-02-21

JUNEAU, Alaska.--Thc wreck o.
the Yusatan ~ 50 thoroughly en-
eaxed with ice that Il resembles the
iceberg which sank a. The Cottage
City sailed for Seattle yesterday
nth the passengers and eres.
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FL pASo, Asx.--A fuse blew out
on q street car here last niqht. and
tho passengers jumped from the
swiftly moving coach IN a panic.
a. 2. Smith, 81. and Miss MaGais
Riley Of Canada, we're killed.
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WASHINGTON. - For the first
time since he has been in the White
House President Taft yesterday at
tended meeting ct the Friends
church ard prayed with the congre
cation.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-02-18
SOME MARRIED MEDITATI0Ns.
By Clarence L. Cullen.
~~~N~~~~~

Doesn't that new sweep" style OF
coiffure which women are adopting
look like a mess Of sea weed cast up
on the beach?
Another way Of being in bad is when
your wife announces that she's sick
and tired of housekeeping just about
two days after you've made the final
payment on the installment furniture.
Some women's idea Of being really
loved" by a husband Is to have him
grab her photograph and plant an &C.
static kiss on 1t every time he passes
by the mantelpiece on which the pic
ture rests.
Some runaway wives are so used to
having their spineless husbands come
sailing after them that they ao-'t
even have to consult the time tables
to figure out the trains on which
they'll arrive.
BY the time good fellow" girl be-
gins to notice that her men friends
lift their hats to her In perfunctory
sort of way, as II they'd Just as lief
forget to lift 'em as not, she's begin
ming to be passee.
Some women's idea of cheering their
husbands up after they've endured a
hard wallop Is to squeak: well, !
told you you'd regret 1t II you didn't
take my advice! now, didn't I? An.
swer me. didn't II"
Why lie 1t that the woman who, after
spats, always Is packing up to leave"
her husband forever" infallibly be.
gins the packing by wrapping the 9S-
cent kitchen clock In a Turkish towel
and tossing 1t into her trunk?
Did yor ever sit behind woman at
the theater who waited until the cur
tain was actually rising before she re-
moved her hat, and who, after remov.
Ing 1t, shot you would-be withering
look, so much as to say: well, I've
staked you to measly twenty minutes
OF stewing, haven't IT.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-02-18
The Hired Man.

There are great differences in the
qualifications of the hired man. One
is worth all and more than he re-
ceives, while another, who is apparent
ly equally as intelligent, is not worth
anything. and the employer is loser
In the long run by having him around.
The best hired man is one who is in
telligent and active. A good one
should receive the best of treatment
from his employer and should never
tire of what is to be done on the
ranch, regardless of the lateness OF
the hour or the inclemency of the
weather. If loss is likely to accrue in
case he should fail to work at that
particular time. OF all farmhands the
most despieable is the liar who tells
you that he has done such and such
work when he has not. Next to thh,
one comes the lazy man.-Denver
Field and Farm.
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Difference In Time.

When 1t is noon at any given placs
1t Is similarly noon at all other points
having the same longitudinal meridian.
and the sun is in its zenith where
meridian and equator intersect.
For business convenience every fif.
teen degrees Of longitude evenly divid-
ed from Greenwich has the same time,
being the distance that the earth tray-
els In one hour. In the United States
we have eastern, central. mountain
and Pacific time. Thus when it Is noon
at New York 1t is IL a. m. at Chi
cago. central time; 10 a. m. at Denver,
mountain time. and 9 8. m. at Sam
Francisco. Pacific time.-New York
American.
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tain. much faded, screened the view,
and 1t was not raised until we had
propftiated with a form an old hag
who waited for US.
She ushered us into a long room
lighted at the sides with oil lamps,
while from the roof hung diamond.
shaped frame on which were stuck
glittering candles All round, rising
In tiers nearly to the roof, ran rough
wooden benches, on which lolled and
In some cases lay, the most extraor-
dinary assortment of humanity; great
hulking Jews, red-faced bargees, dap
per-looking men in cloth caps, with
the appearance OF pickpockets-all the
types which one meets in an expedi-
tion through Whitechapel were repre-
sented In fact.
The sport had already begun; an
enormous brindle bulldog was tearing
the life out of white one to an ac-
compartment OF shrieks and oaths. We
settled ourselves where we were least
noticeable, while refreshments were
brought round In the shape Of jellied
cells, weird and loathsome concoctions
In tin canisters, baked potatoes and
fried oddments Of penetrating odor.
A dirty-faced man stepped into the
arena. "Jim Hallows and Blacky
Smith, for two quid," he announced
and barely made his exit before two
hideously battered men, naked to the
waist, were depriving one another Of
all semblance to humanity with fists
the size of battering rams, and with
out the slightest regard either for
Marquis Of Queensbury rules or or.
dinary fair play.
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short Cornsfarks.

Every farmer who feeds corn fodder
knows how difficult 1t Is to pitch the
manure from the stables in which the
stalks have been used for bedding.
When the fork is thrust into the COM
pact manure the long stalks run so
far in every direction and hold SO
tightly that the man at the fork be-
gins to think that he will be compelled
to lift the entire bottom out OF the
stall with the first forkful. The long
stalks make both loading and unload
ing of the manure very difficult.
A Missouri farmer has just given
his way, which we think Is good
way, of feeding corn fodder to make
better bedding of the refuse stalks and
to make the handling of the manure
easier He ties his corn fodder, or
corn stover, In bundles after husking.
for storage. At feeding times he takes
these bundles and cuts them with an
ak across a large wooden block into
three or four shorter lengths. These
short lengths are then placed in the
managers for the cows and horses to
pick over and are then thrown into
the stables and stalls for bedding He
claims that stover cut into shorter
lengths is easier for the stock to pick
over, that 1t helps to keep the stalls
neater, and that 1t Is better In many
ways. Where these short lengths of
corn stalks are used in the bedding
the handling Of the manure Is easy.
Corn stalks are valuable by-prod-
uct Of the corn crop when used In the
right way, and there are many good
ways Of using them. Dry corn stalks
are porous, spongy, and are good alb
sorbers Of liquids. They are bulky and
fill up fast. hence aid in keeping the
stall floors fully covered and the ami
mails dry. Wheat, oat or rye straw
mixed with the dry corn stalk bed
ding makes an almost complete alb
sorber Of the liquids and saves all Of
the rich fertilizers. Exchange.
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The Importance of alfalfa to west.
ern farmers cannot well be oyeresti
mated. A single ton of alfalfa may
save the lives of many head OF stock
by providing feed during short periods
OF cold, stormy weather. Alfalfa can
not be excelled as a preparatory crop
on soils that have long been unproduc-
tive. Likewise 1t maintains the fertil
ity of soils naturally rich In plant
food, and IL used as base of rotation
makes possible abundant crop yields
of various kinds.
Notwithstanding its present import
ance and great value in irrigation
farming, the profits ON the area now
In alfalfa can be greatly increased II
more care and skill are exercised in
growing it.
Perhaps the most essential condi
tions for the production of alfalfa are
abundant sunshine, a high summer
temperature, sufficient moisture, and
a rich, deep, well drained soil. All
OF these essentials, save moisture, exist
naturally in the arid region of the
United States, and when water is sup.
piled 1t makes the conditions ideal
Although alfalfa can be successfully
grown under a wide range of soil con.
ditions, yet all Western lands are not
equally well adapted to its growth.
How to determine the suitability OF
land for growing alfalfa under irriga-
tion, as well as how to prepare the
land, is told in Farmers Bulletin 373
Irrigation Of Alfalfa" recently issued
by the U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture. The bulletin discusses the vari.
GUS methods of irrigating the crop
and gives much useful information In
connection Herewith.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-02-18
BEaaAR's BAIT PROBLEM.

liz Ii Wise for Mendicant to Leave
Few or Many Pennies In HAITI
"One thing that I've never been able
to settle In my mind to my own sat-
isfaction." said street beggar whose
speciality is sitting on q step and hold
ing out his hat to passersby, according
to the Charleston (S. CO. News and
Observer, lis the question of how
many pennies 1t is wise to have in the
hat for people to see as they go by.
OF course, you understand. there are
two theories In this; working on one,
you leave there only few, just three
or four pennies scattered around ir-
regularly but pretty far apart, and on
the other you leave In the hat a lot
Of pennies.
"Of course the idea of the first plan
Is to make people when they see how
little you've got want to chip in and
help, and the idea Of the other plan is
to stir people up to generosity by
showing them how generous others
have been. and there's heap to be
said for that. There's lots Of people
that give because othcr people have,
because they like to so with the
crowd.
1--WE tried both slans and had good
days with q lean bait and bad days
with full bait In the hat. and then
I've had good days with q full bait
and bad days with lean bait All
you can do is II one plan doesn't work
well. try the other; you never can
tell
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-02-18
A FRENcHMAN's POINT OF VIEW
Writer Says the American Single
Wamnn In of IN Specfal Tyne.

Writer Says the American single
Woman Is OF a Special Type.
The American woman who does not
marry-in plain old-fashioned English,
the old maids source of keenest
interest to Europeans in general. Her
independence, good looks and-what Is
not always associated with the woman
who has evaded matrimony good ma
ture are never falling source OF
wonder and in some cases envy, among
her sisters In foreign lands. Here La
what French writer who has studied
the single American woman has to
say about her In Partisan publica-
tion:
'She is of a special type She 10
not the resigned woman who has fail
ed to please, nor the sentimental one
who has remained faithful to some by.
gone memory. Americans would con-
slider 1t ridiculous to ruin their lives
on account of a luckless love affair.
The American old maid has. without
question, had several opportunities to
marry; In the United States, every
nice girl must have had at least one
proposal. American men desire to
have a wife to represent them in so
ciety while they who are single remain
so voluntarily. through their need Of
independence Young girls who are
poor marry for money. Those who are
rich are at liberty to live alone II
they so desire.
Such women travel a great deal;
they dress always with great care, less
through q desire to please than for
their own personal satisfaction. Hav.
Ing neither family nor home, they dis.
pose of their time as they will.
"They become passionately interest
ed In politics. In social questions. In
abstract and absorbing matters. They
are very intelligent, very intellectual.
fond of change and pleasure. Their
minds are highly developed, open, free
from prejudice. They are kind to their
married friends, for whom they feel no
envy, since they themselves have did
dained to marry"
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SORORITIES AT ANN ARBoR.
Tea Societies Have Homes That
Take Place of Residence HaIIs.

Tea Societies Have Homes That
Take Place of Residence Halls.
At the University of Michigan.
where there are no halls Of residence
for the women Of the institution, ten
different sororities succeed In solving
the problem Of how to house satis-
factorily and chaperon properly about
200 young women students, fully one
fourth of the total number of goods at
Michigan, Detroit Free Press Ann
Arbor correspondent says.
There Is something indescribably
satisfactory to the average college
woman in wearing one of those little
Greek letter pins that mean SO little
to the great outside world--the busy,
hustling. jostling, everyday world
but which mean so very, very much
to the few entitled to wear
them At Michigan the sororities fill
the places, to great extent. Of the
traditions of the eastern schools for
girls, schools established before the
birth of the grandmother of the coed
of to-day.
Nearly every sorority owns Its home
at Michigan. The aim of these sorori-
ties Is not entirely social purposes. but
is to promote good scholarship as
well. There has been great change
In the fraternities and sororities at
Michigan in the last few years, and
both are beginning to be looked to as
means for promoting good scholar
ship and not as hiding and shelter
ing place for some of the poorest stu
dents, who managed to get through
college simply. because they were
boosted and coached day In and day
out by the better students In that
fraternity.
Until such time as the regents OF
the university find It within their
province and power to erect residence
halls for the women the homes offered
to a certain number OF goods in the
ten sorority houses win have to solve
share OF the problem of suitably
housing the girls. y
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wHrrEcHApEI's SUNDAY NIGHT,

s,ondon's RiR-Ran see Dogs and Men
Fight I'm stihing Atmosphere.
'.Where shall we goY' / queried. as
we turned out of the gates. White
chapel" responded the poet, laconic-
ally. "But we have been to Wonder
land" demonstrated. Il know, but
| have found new place" said he:
'.wait and see" SO after due time
spent In tubing" and jolting over un-
even streets In a motor bus we finally
landed In the Whitechapel road. and
diyed into one of the narrow, dark
streets leading of It, says 9 writer In
the London Daily Mall. On Sunday
morning the hiring fairs. virtually
slave markets, are In full swing. and
the neighborhood is crowded with ev-
cry type OF humanity that cosmopoli-
tan London can show. from the gold
earringed Jewesses TO Lascars and
Chinese, but at dusk It is almost de-
serted We finally turned down q
blind alley. 30 narrow that only the
merest strip OF evening Sky showed
between the high blank walls. On the
right-hand dde at the end OF dingy
doorway we entered Jagged court
yard surrounded on the sides by high
drsb-colored buildings, The poet
knocked at the door, which was open
ID By q tall Jew. with red hair. who
barred It after us. and pointed with
out q word to the uncarpsted and
dirty stairs At the top green cur.
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bottom of tho turnstile case by which
the conductor can allow transfer pas
sengers and other non-cash fares to
pass through the stile and register
them. If coin Is deposited in, the
wrong slot it is elected from the case
and falls into the change cup to be
replaced by the passenger in the
proper SLOT If any person tenders
paper money the conductor supplies
him with change so that he can de-
posit his fare In the fare box.-Popu'
lar Mechanics.
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AUTOMATIC FARE REGISTER,
Device for street Cars Makes Change
and Rings Up Nickels.

Device for Street Cars Makes Change
and Rings Up Niclkels.
A company in New York Is manu-
featuring an automatic fare register
which also makes change for the pas
sengers. 1t Is designed for pay-as-
you-enter street cars, and works as
follows: At the top of the machines
is series of five slots, in which a
passenger may deposit 5-cent, 20
cent, 50-cent or 81 coin. The falling
coin registers fare and also oper-
ates the change making mechanism,
so that If more than 5 cents Is de-
posted the proper amount Of change
falls into a change cup located under
the machine. At the same time the
lock of the turnstile Is automatically
released, leaving 1t free to revolve 80
that the passenger can pass through.
To permit passengers with transfers
to pass through the turnstile the ma
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sEUIIoNAL and In the back. On the
LADDER. other side are pins to keep
1t In place when 1t is extended to its
full length. Either in its extended or
Its short form this ladder is safe
one, but 1t has no back support and
must be leaned against the wall. After
the top section has been bent down on
one side it folds back and when the
second section is down the three fold
together like a three-part screen.
When the ladder is not In use it can
be slowed away behind door or in
any corner as 1t does not take up as
much room as a chair.
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Conditioner for Hogs.

This is the governments condition
er for hogs, excellent for corn chol.
era" or other digestive arrangements
of hogs. Wood or cob charcoal. /
pound: sulphur. pounds; sodium
hicarbonate (baking sodal, pounds;
Glauber salts. | pound, sodium chic
ride common salt). 2 pounds Cor Ep.
som salts. 2 pounds); antimony sui.
phide. pound.
Pulverize each of the Ingredients
well and mix them thoroughly. The
dose is tablespoonful for each 200
pounds weight of the hogs, given twice
q day in, shorts or bran slop feed
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-02-18
Resting Land.

Many farmers believe that cultivat-
cd land should be given rest" ev-
cry few years In order to recuperate
from its exhaustion In the production
Of crops. In some cases the land may
be benefited somewhat. but. as rule,
where tract is permitted to lie fal-
low for many months 1t becomes
yeritable hotbed for weeds, These
flourish and sap Its best qualities,
leaving it poor and impoverished for
future crops. The soil Is filed with
weed seeds and the task OF cultivat-
ing II is rendered all the harder. Rea-
soning from cause to effect. it would
appear that the more ground is cult
waited the shorter its life as good pro
ductive soil. but this doesn't work out
in practice. Weeds do more harm to
land than any other crop.-Agricul.
tural Epitomist