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The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-20

Horton, Kan, April 14.-A storm that dipped down on farms and villages and at times blew with the twisting peculiarities of a tornado passed over northern Jackson county and through Brown county in north eastern Kansas. A little girl who had sought refuge in a school house that was destroyed was killed, another is reported dead and many persons were injured. The homes of many farmers are gone, livestock lies dead along the storms path and hundreds of barns between here and White Cloud in the northwest part of Doniphan county are blown away.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-20
A KANSAS TORNADO.
TWISTING WIND AND FUNNEL SHAPED CLOUD WROUGHT
 HAVOC.
THE DEATH LIST IS NOT KNOWN

Started Near Eskrldge the Storm Wori
 Out Near Leavenworth -- School Houses and Buildings Destroyed
 Property Loss Placed at Thousands.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-20
CURED MAN AND WIFE.

It gives me pleasure to relate m, experience with S. s. s. Both n, wife and myself have cause to h.. | lieve it the greatest of all blood pu,. ifers. at one time had an old son H on my nose which caused me a great deal of uneasiness, being afraid \, was malignant. My wife also hal an ugly old ulcer on her fan which gave her considerable worn We knew of no cause for these cla sores so concluded they were due {, bad blood. We both used s. s. s. sral it cured us sound and well. Thhl was some years ago but neither of u, have ever had any signs of return ofthe sore. l cheerfully recommend s. s. 8. as a cure for old Sores.
 G. W. LOGAN, Taylor, Texas.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-20

Pure Blood Angora Goats for sale or trade. Address Vim. Stull. Wickes, Ark. i5-4
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-20

every VlSiDle trace or IIlc ulCcI by surgical operation, does not cure. THEY ALWAYS RETURN.
 Only by cleansing the blood of the poisonous cause can an old sore be cured. $. 5. 5. heals them by going down nto the circulation and removing the cause from the blood. When this has been done there is no longer left any inflammatory impurity or infectious matter to irritate the place, and nature causes the natural and perma- nent healing of the ulcer. When s. s. s. has purified the blood and the place is once more nour- ished with pure, rich blood, then every SVmDtom diSaDDearS. and
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-05-12

We will have brand new Steam Merry-Co-
Round, one of the finest ever seen in this section
of the State. All the latest Improvements. Don't
fail to see the many new attractions. We have
them all. Everything in the line of novel
attractions.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-05-12

Refreshments of all kinds will be
served. Swinging, Dancing and other
amuSements will be the order of the
day. A general good time will be had.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-17
DID NOT ASK INTERVENTION.
Turkish Government, Only Asked Al
srocities Be Stopped.

Washington, D. sC.-Misconstruc-
tlon of the appeal made by Turkey to
the American government for inter-
vention at Tripoli resulted in the issu-
ing of statement bys55Youssouf Zia
Pasha, the Turkish ambassador, de-
clarng that Turkey had no wish that
the United States should act as media
tor to end the Turkish-I Italian war.
The request the ambassador made
on the Washington government No
Vember a was that the State depart
,ment intervene in order to bring about
cessation of the ssatrocities commit
Tea by the enemy against women,
children and the defenseless popula-
.l0 OF Tripoli," said the ambassador.
ms appeal did not imply, in any
Iorn Whatever, request for media
'lon, as has been reported in some
quarters"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-17
Taft is Hailed as HBiII."

Louisville, Ky.-President Taft was
entertained by the Louisville Press club
a. a banquet, which was unique in
RESIDENTIAL visits in that Mr. Taft
N NV honors with his military aide,
~ taaJof Archibald Butt. Major Butt
-Oflherly was Louisville newspaper
man The affair was given on the
p T OF one newspaperman to another.
t larry IN the night Colonel Henry Wat
o Misoh suggested that everyone stop
e aa1 him Mr.. President or Mr.. Taft
anu substitute just "Bill." This sug-
ses'lon was adopted to some extent.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-17
sWEATED WHEAT GOOD.
Harrington Farmers and Housewives
Of Town Call for Product.

Harrington Farmers and Housewives
of Town Call for Product.
Harrington-Farmers from all sides
of Harrington as well as residents of
the town, have, upon reading of the
making of 1900 sacks of flour from
the wheat cured by sweat process by
County Commissioner S. E. Mcdonald,
besieged the Touring mills with orders
for the product. Housewives pro-
nounce it superior.
Mr.. Mcdonald, a scientific wheat
rancher, cut the wheat with a binder,
stacked the sheaves and allowed the
grain to sweat, thereby taking up the
nutriment and dampness of the juicy
straw. after which it was threshed
with separator.
This process, he believes, excels
that in which the grain is cut and
threshed at the same time by the use
of combines. To test his theory thor
oughly 900 sacks of sweat cured wheat
were ground, the miller placing the
flour in plain sacks.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-17
Tho PHI city.

Whatever city makes more OF
than any other city makes. the inhab-
itants seem proud Of" said hotel
clerk. Even pills. don't see any
thing in pills particularly to appeal to
civic pride, but a guest who registered
here yesterday did. In his hurry he
forgot to write his residence after his
name. said. Where from?'
why, SIR he said. I'm from the
pill city,
"'Pill city?' wondered. for to my
knowledge had never made the ac-
quaintance Of that town.
"'Yes. SIR said he. and then he
wrote Detroit.
Detroit said our guest. Is the
head of the pill industry In this or
any other country. We make more
pills in Detroit every year than in any
other city In the world
II had heard many glories ascribed
to Detroit, but here was new source
of distinction"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-17
The Answer Polite.

A woman was continually accusing
her servant of extravaganza without
any real cause. The servant always
bore this accusation patiently.
One day the servant Informed her
mistress that the coal had all been
consumed. This was followed by the
usual remarks on the part Of the mis-
tress. who finished up by saying:
"You evidently eat them"
The next day the candles were all
gone.
Candles gone!" said the mistress.
'Why | bought half a pound only q
fortnight ago."
ooh, WE'LL" rejoined the servant.
who could stand this sort OF thing no
longer. Il can tell you where the
candles have gone. ate them. to
grease my throat SO that l could swal-
low the coal more conveniently."-
Red Hen.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-17
State Department Waits.

Washington, D. C.-In the absence
of President Taft and Secretary Knox,
the State department has taken no
action on the request of the Ottoman
government that the United States in
tervene to protect the Turks and Arabs
in Tripoli from the alleged brutality
Of the Italian soldiers. There were
indications that the Turkish note had
somewhat embarrassed the State de-
partment. Advices state the Arab at
tack on the Italians before Tripoli was
q feint to conceal the consolidation OF
the combined Turkish-Arab forces.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-17
Massachusetts Vote Close.

Boston-On the face of complete re-
turns from LOTT election districts in
Massachusetts the Democrats won the
state election Tuesday and kept Mas
sachusetts in the party column by con-
tinuing Governor Foss in office for a
second term. The returns gave Foss,
Democrat, 21O, 622; rockingham, Re-
publican, 2O2, 1888. Foss' plurality,
1874.
Last year the same districts gave
Foss, Democrat, pol, 324; Draper, Re
publican, 1877, 497.
The margin Of victory this year was
the narrowest in years and for hours
after the close of the polls the result
hung in the balance. Republicans re-
fused to concede the defeat of Lieu
tenant Governor rockingham, and it
was intimated that statewide re-
count might be necessary.
In the Republican campaign
speeches, orators urged rockingham s
election on the ground that the ma
tional administration should be sup
ported in its tariff policy, and that a
Democratic victory would mean a
blow to the textile industries in the
state.
Governor Foss placed his record be-
fore the people and asked for support.
It was expected that the total vote
would fall OF considerably, but the
average was we'll maintained.
Both branches of the legislature,
apparently, will be Republican.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-17
High Living Cost Study.

Madison, visa committee of the
state board of public affairs met to
take up the subject Of cooperative
marketing as an aid in solving the
problem Of the high cost Of living.
Those present included Governor Nc
Govern and several Wisconsin univer-
sity professors. The committee con-
sidered the selection of an expert to
assist in getting statistics with refer
ence to the cost of living and cooper
alton among the farmers.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-17
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS or OUR HOME STATE
NEW PLANT WILL RISE.
chehalIis Powder Concern to Double
Capacity.

chehalIis Powder Concern to Double
Capacity.
Chehalis The officials Of the I'm
perial Powder company G. NJ. Cole,
president; G. G. Israel, secretary
treasurer, and v. L. Bedier, superin-
tendent are much detected over the
Ifrightful accident Of last week at
their company's mill when eight young
women and girls Of this city lost their
lives.
Mr.. Israel, speaking from the COM
pany's standpoint, announced that the
work Of rebuilding the factory will be
taken up at once. The new plant will
have capacity double the old, and
further improvements will be made
to better safeguard the lives of en-
ployes. The new factory will have q
ten-ton daily capacity on q single
shift, or IL tons on double shift.
In future no one but bona fide en-
ployes of the company will ever be al
lowed on the premises, excepting Off
cial inspectors. No employee will be
allowed to 60 through the dressing
room provided until a complete change
Of clothing has been made, including
pocketless clothing and donned under
the eye of an inspector appointed for
that purpose.
Many messages of sympathy have
been received by Mr.. Israel from
friends who have known him during
his many years residence in the
Northwest. Several offered financial
aid. Two of the latter are from G. c.
Inman, Of Tonopah, New, and B. F.
Fraser, wheat king of Medford, Or.
Mr.. Israel states that the financial end
of the business is giving his firm no
trouble.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-17
Plant Trout in Lost Lake.

Spokane = Fifty thousand Eastern
brook trout, Matched from eggs sup
piled by lakes in Wisconsin and Rhode
Island early in 1910 and placed in Lost
lake, near Chesaw, WASH, made q
growth of from Is to II inches in 10
months. This is a greater growth
than has yet been reported for any
species placed in local waters. ]. A.
Uhlig, fish and game warden Of Spos
kane county, and S. S. Drew, super
intendent of the state hatchery at
hartford, near here, are arranging to
secure $780, 900 eggs from these fish.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-17
sgAwEED WORTH MILLIONS.
Ocean Growth is Rich in Potash De.
posts and Unlimited.

Washington, D. C.-Seaweed found
along the Pacific coast from Mexico to
Northernmost Alaska is source from
which the department of agriculture
believes potash worth $12, 900, 900 an
nually can be produced to meet de-
mands of the American fertilizer
market. This was one Of the "dis-
coveries" Of which Secretary Wilson
spoke some days ago when he an
nounced his mysterious find.
This is not a discovery Of the de-
partment of agriculture, however, for
scientists have long known of extern
sive potash in different varieties OF
Pacific seaweed, some of it when
burned or subjected to dry distillation
yielding 60 to 70 per cent it's weight
in soluble potash salts, worth $50 to
$25 ton.
The supply Of this seaweed is enor-
nous and in many places it has been
carted from the beach and applied di-
rectly to the land, showing its worth
as fertilizer.
The problem that confronts Secre-
tary Wilson now is how to regulate
this latest discovered natural resource
so "the interests won't get control.
There is no legaf authority for witha
drawing from entry the waters OF
the Pacific ocean. Valuable seaweed
grows in water from so to Is feet
deep and some weeds attain height
of 60 feet.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-17

WEEKLY cHGEsg MARKET 10 An
IMTEREsTlNo EVENT.
Much Noise and Excitement Accom-
pany the Trading Quaint Customs
and Costumes on Farms and
In Fishing Districts.

One Of the recent consular report
is devoted. to the interesting features
OF quaint country life In Holland. Next
to cattle raising. It says. the dairy fur
nlshes the Nstherlands' most impor-
tant agricultural products, especially
me butter and cheese. Il II the Gus
tom Tor farmers to come once week
on fixed day into the nearest town
with their peculiar shaped wagons
nlled with yellow cheese. Dutch cheese
10 dyed red on the outside only for
export The buyers generally make
their appearance on the market about
ten o'clock. and each sale IL conclud-
ed BY special method Of handshak-
Ing. The noise and excitement that
prevail In these markets are not I'M,
like the typical wheat pit Of an Amer.
lean produce exchange. Edam, q few
miles from Amsterdam, IL possibly the
most important cheese center. and
gives its name to the produce Of that
section. In addition to the cheese
made on small scale by individuals.
there are many large cheese factories
throughout the Netherlands.
OIL production by the farmers Of the
Netherlands in a small way. with
"stampers," can be traced as far back
as tho seventeenth century. This
primitive method was superseded by
stones driven by wind power. Many
OF these small oil mills also had q
grain grinding equipment, and num-
Der of them are still in operation. The
modern oil industry is centered
around Zaandam. The total number
of oil mills in Holland. according to
statistics for the year 1906, is 220. and
these employ over 5000 workmen.
In the fishing districts and on the
farms the old-time Dutch customs are
still to be found. The quaint costume
Of the women. with the ancient head
dress and the full skirts, remains the
pride Of the Holland huisvrouv (house-
wife). and the men, with their wide,
baggy trousers, are no less pictur-
esque. The milkmaid, with her two
milk cans, polished like silver and
swung from specially built shoulder
yoke. is feature Of the street scene
In any village.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-17
Boost Fort Walla WaIIa,

Walla Walla Encouraged by the
promise of Congressman La Toilette
to help them secure the return to Fort
Walla Walla of United States troops
and rehabilitate it as government
post, the directors Of the commercial
club, have taken up the matter and
outlined the procedure they hope will
become effective. This step was tax
en- as result of meeting of BUSH
ness men and will be theoretically fol-
lowed up.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-17
GROW $4,000 TREES TO sHlt
Washington Nursery Crop Valuation
Placed at $2oO, 900.

Toppenish Harvesting 1850, 900
trees is the work being accomplished
by the Washington Nursery company
this year, the total value of the crop
being about 5000, 900. The nurseries,
in which 3,250,0O trees have been
grown for orchard planting and 4, $780,
900 seedlings have been brought to
maturity for grating and budding,
are located near the city and the
Offices and storehouses are in Topper
ish. President A. w. Mcdonald es-
Inmates that Is carloads of trees will
leave Toppenish this fall, and that
from 80 to 40 carloads, including seed
lings, will go forward next spring
from the present harvest. Many of
the seedlings will be used in the local
nursery next season, although couple
of carloads will be shipped away.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-17
johnson Man Wins by 5000.

Cleveland Cleveland, which two
years ago went Republican, electing
Herman c. Baehr mayor over Tom L.
johnson, has returned to the Demo
cratic fold, electing Newton D. Baker,
Johnson's political heir, mayor over
Frank Hogan, Republican, by about
49, plurality.
The entire Democratic city ticket
was elected with the exception of five
councilmen.
Newton D. Baker, the new mayor,
was city solicitor during the entire
eight years of the Johnson regime, and
was victor two years ago when the
rest Of the Democratic ticket was de-
feated. He favors woman suffrage
and in his campaign declared for a
municipal lighting plant, municipal
betterment generally and all the is
sues for which johnson stood.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-17
Memorial to Lewis Carroll.

speaking at q church bazaar at
Ilandudno yesterday the rector an
nmnced that It had been decided to
Mace a memorial In the new church
On the west shore to the late Lewis
Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson).
the author Of ''Alice in Wonderland"
The place which inspired the author
was within few yards Of the church,
and the local authorities were taking
care that the spot should be saved for
children to play there for all time
London Daily Mail.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-17
CANAL SHOULD
Be MADE TO PAY
Coethals Urges That Tolls
Bring Good Revenue.
p,commends That Government Deal
in All Kinds of Tools and Sup
plies Needed by Shipping.

Washington, D. C.-s'The revenues
g tbe Panama canal, when completed,
0bould 90 to pay not only the operat-
mo expenses, but to repay the capital
;;nnSSosted." declares Colonel George w.
roethals, chairman and chief engineer
~ tho 1 thmian canal commission, in
his annual report. Following which
the t colonel urges congress to fix inn
mediatelv the tolls through the canal,
CO that shipping which contemplates
moving through that waterway can
raadiust it's routings and ratings by
tho time the canal is opened for bust
ness not later than January l, 1914,
and probably earlier.
This opinion of Colonel Goethals
will be seized upon by those who are
in favor of imposing heavy tolls upon
vessels passing through the Panama
canal and will be advanced as an ar
g,ment against the proposal to grant
free passage to ships flying the Amer
lean flag, but before the question fin
alIv is disposed of Colonel Goethals is
likely to be summoned to appear be-
fore congress to give his views more
extensively.
Colonel Cocktails, however, not only
favors the imposition of good round
tolls, but would go further. He says !:
every legitimate means for increas-
ing the revenue should be adopted.
The government should have coal and
fuel oil on hand for it's own vessels,
and these commodities should be sold
to shipping using the canal. These
should be supplied at an established
rate and purchased after advertise
ment. A wireless telegraph station
should be established for commercial
as we'll as military purposes. The
canal authorities should be authorized
to sell tools and appliances needed by
ships, and to make repairs as may be
necessary while ships are in the vicin-
ity of the canal. A dry dock should
be built with dimensions conforming
to the locks. Both the dry dock and
machine shops would be available for
use by the navy. If this policy is to
be adopted, early legislation is needed
in order that the construction neces-
sary to make it effective may be un-
dertaken without delay"
This latter suggestion of Colonel
Goethals will provoke as much discus
sion in congress as will his sugges-
ton in favor of heavy tolls, for he
virtually favors having the United
States government open and conduct q
general maritime store and repair
shop at the canal, not only for the
benefit of American ships, but of all
the ships of the world.
Colonel Goethals says that the orig
nal estimate called for completion OF
the Panama canal January /, 1915,
but progress has been so much more
rapid than was expected that the wa
terway, barring accidents, will be
opened at least one year in advance OF
that date.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-17
Woman Registers At 100

ro santa Rosa, Cal.-Mrs. Electa Ken
bouy drove into this city from hel
ron; e IN Healdsburg Wednesday and
, c1a'Is, as voter Nt the county
1 1Na ( office, putting down her age as
clo.Ss years. 1t kept me right busy
7 eaning up the house this morning Sc
ouo rUalo get away, but l thought
Kesn m. 70 register" said Grandma
nr s;nneoy, who last week took first
Hes sH at a cakebaking contest Al
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-17
NEW YORK Is REPusL,cAN.
Assembly Changes Tone, Leaving
Governor Without Sunnort

Assembly Changes Tone, Leaving
Governor Without Support.
New York From Democratic ma
jority Of "a, the New York state as
sembly has turned overwhelmingly
Republican.
All indications point to the Republic
cans in the lower chamber having q
majority OF "a. Thus the majorities
in both houses, which existed during
the first half Of Governor John A.
Dix's administration, will be lacking
next year. The present senate holds
over.
In the unexpected landslide the
Democrats were able to capture only
three seats held by the Republicans,
whereas all over the commonwealth,
Democratic .assemblymen fell by the
wayside..
In one instance Schenectady Her
bert R. Morrill,, a Socialist, won,
where Democrat had held the seat.
In Greater New York the Republi-
cans defeated nine Democrats, while
IN Kings county an equal number of
Democratic candidates met defeat.
At Auburn Thomas S. Osborne, one
Of the organizers of the Democratic
league, was defeated for mayor by
Thomas H. O'Neill, Republican.
Ten vacancies on the State Supreme
bench were filled by elections in four
judicial districts. Six seats will
probably go to the Republicans and
four to the Democrats.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-17
WET TOO. 600 ACRES.
PaIouse Project IS lndorsed by Prom'
inent Men and Organizations. U

Pasco - That Pasco and Franklin
county in their efforts to have the
Palouse project taken up by the gov
eminent are daily winning support -
becoming apparent. Among promi-
nent men who have been lined up IN
support of the plan are Senator Pom
dexter. Congressman La Toilette, Con-
gressman Warburton, John L. Will
son, of. Seattle, and S. A. Perkins, OF
Tacoma. Commercial bodies through
out the state favor it.
The Palouse project means the re-
clamation of between 100000 ana
zoe, 900 acres nearly surrounded by
the Palouse, Snake and Columbia rlv-
ers and engineers, who have made
surveys state that the project is en-
tirely feasible. The chamber OF COM
merce is backing the commissioners IN
efforts to see that Franklin county is
given attention from the government.
Upon the return Of Senator Jones to
the state an effort will be made to
have him come to Pasco as guest OF
the county and go into the merits OF
the project.
The county commissioners recently
appointed Wilbur Foster, B. S. Wads-
worth and Robert Gerry, of Seattle, to
interview the chambers of commerce
at Seattle and Tacoma and endeavor
to secure the support of these two
bodies in furthering government irri-
cation for Franklin county. The COM
mittee met with cordial receptions and
hearty promises of support in both
cities. John L. Wilson of Seattle,
said that while in Washington this
winter he will work to further the
project. Rufus Wilson, secretary of
the Seattle commercial club, promised
the support of the organization. The
committee met with as cordial re-
ception at Tacoma.
Expressions received from members
of both the Spokane chamber of COM
merce and the Walla Walla CONNER
cial body have shown that both cities
will aid Franklin county in the cam
paign.