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The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-09-08

ney general and a new election Will
be held September 23 TO vote on the
same question in different form. The
question submitted to the electors at
the former election was for or
against bonding the district in the
sum of $65, 200 to take up Outstand-
ing Indebtedness 1t was the inten-
tion to take up outstanding warrants s
and to make a payment on the new
high school. The attorney general
holds that sch issue must be o,ed
on separately The questions TO be
before the voters at the election Sep
tember % will be for or against
bonding for s55, 900 for the purpose
of refunding outstanding Indebted
ness and for or against bonding in
the sum of $4,000 for the purpose
of making a payment on the new
high school.
The school directors are anxious to
have all who are interested in school
matters take part in the election
The question of bonding came near
being lost at the last election owing
to the fact that the opposition made
united effort while the people who
favored the proposition made no eff
fort to even vote on the question at
all. To bond a school district re-
quires a three-ffths majority Of the
votes cast.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-09-08
MAIDEN BANK CASHIER
MAKES STATEMENT
REGISTERS OBJECTION TO AC-
TION OF THE EQUALIZATION
BOARD.

The following letter from Cashier
Loomis of the Maiden National bank
explains itself:
MAIDEN, Wash, Aug. 80, II.
The Gazette,
COlIax, Wash.
Gentlemen:-
The enclosed clipping from the
Gazette of August 25th contains a
mis-statement rejecting on the
banks here and the prosperous and
growing town of Maiden. The
banks never suggested that their
real estate had deprecated. On the
contrary it is as we'll occupied and
productive as usual, and one OF our
rooms took a raise in rent August /,
retaining the same tenant.
The trouble is that property here
is assessed on an average of about l )
cents on the dollar while the two
banks are assessed 80 per cent.
While we were willing to wait until
the general assessment next year if
necessary to have general read
juStment we did feel that we ought
to have our reaI estate go in at the
same rate as it was assessed as pri-
vate ! rOperty, and not outrageously
raised because it belonged to a bank.
Our bank had 1000 cash asses
sible at 1900 after investing $10,-
900 in real estate which has been
assessed as private property by the
local assessor and in close line with
other private property at $500, tot
al $4,000. However we were asses
sed $12,SOO or $38OO more because
the building belonged to a bank. The
other bank has building costing
$11 400 and $4,000 cash capital left.
On the latter they would be assessl-
BILE for $450O, but because they own
a certain building already assessed
at $1,000 their assessment is raised
by $500. In other words lot /
block 81, if assessed as private real
estate goes in at $1,000, but if it be-
longs to a bank the same identical
property adds $500 to the bank S
assessment.
On this issue the prosecuting at
tOrney told the Equalization Board
they could not make it stick. and
Miller and Ellis voted to give us the
same deal on our real estate. that
private parties get, Whitlow. Duncan
and Walter voted to trv to make the
advanced and excessive one stick.
This was the issue, and for correct
ing so far as possible the impression
that Maiden real estate has proved
"a poor investment we will thank
you. Without doubt it is showing
better returns than real estate in old
er towns that are fully built up.
Yours very truly,
r. p. LOOMS.
Cashier, First National Bank of NAL
den
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-09-08
WEEMS TRIAL SET
FOR OCTOBER 3
JURY WILL BE DRAWN SATURDAY
---SiSTER VOLUNTEERS HELP
TOSELF CONDEMNED MAN.

Calmly walking into the court
room al 10 O'Clock Tuesday morning
Carl Weems sat down and carefully
eyed the judge, deputy prosecuting
attorney aud other court officials
Without any prelimiIl aries the date
of Weems' trial was set for October
3 at O'Clock and the self confessed
murderer OF Leroy Cartril walked
between two deputies back TO his cell
The moment the iron doors changed
behind him Weems let out a war-
Whoop that rang through the Jail and
court house.
The prisoner is exceedingly filthy
in his habits and thorough scrub
bing was necessary TO make him pre-
sentable. He is always docile enough
in his actions when the jailor is near
but when left alone he spends much
of his time preaching" at the top of
his voice and rafting the iron door
to his cell. His noise at night has
disturbed the sleep of the prisoners
who work on the road and the sheriff
finally decided to leave the cage
doors open at night. Seeming fear
of the wrath Of the other prisoners
has kept Weems quiet at night since
then.
Deputy Sheriff Cole has received
letter from a woman in New York
whom the authorities are satisfied is
the sister of Weems. She enclosed
81 for information concerning the
crime and prisoner. Mr.. Cole sent
the desired information and returned
the dollar 10 the lady. The follow
ing letter addressed 10 the prisoner
was also enclosed:
Mr.. Carl Weems. Dear Sir
have just read a short no
tice of your having been
charged with shooting Leroy
Cantril and wounding Sheriff
Cole. No particulars were given.
Did you have sister called Ella?
If so will you please write to me, for
I think perhaps I am that sister. If
you are that brother. our sister next
older than you twhO is With me) and
I will both do anytt iEg in our power
to help you. If YOU are our brother
we both send YOU our love, and we
are praying for you. II you are not
our brother. for the sake OF that
brother who has so long been lost 70
us, yon have my heartfelt sympathy
and good wishes. Please write
whether you are that baby brother
or not | wonder if my brother re-
members how he used to put his
arms around my neck and tell SEX
cts to his sister. That sisters heart
has ached many times for those baby
arms and kisses. Please write full
particulars about the trouble you are
in just as soon as you receive this.
Address Mrs. E. w. Brown, P o.
General delivery, New York, n. Y.
When Weems received the letter
he manifested no interest in his rela-
tives and when asked by Cole what
reply he should make said, Il don't
care what you tell her"
A jury will be drawn Saturday for
the term of superior court beginning
October 2. Weems' case is set for
the second day of the term.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-09-08
Big GRIzzLEY TEARS UP
THE Other FELLOW
GEN. LIVINGSTONE AND PARTY
TRAVEL GOO MILES AND CAMP
IN THREE STATES.

AS they were about to make camp
Little Payette lake H. W. Living
stone, Emmet Dix and William Dietz
learned that a sheep herder had been
torn up on that exact spot only four
days before by big grizzly bear.
However, the big grizzly, which had
a bad record in that vicinity, did not
modest the CoIfax campers and they
slept like logs as they did on every
night of their eight weeks trip.
Leaving Colfax early in July the
three travellers with their team and
wagon, camping outfit and extra
pack horse headed straight for
Grangeville. To get his muscles
hardened the General walked for 100
miles after leaving Grangeville, and
the preparation stood him in good
stead for the trip through the noun
tains was no child's play. At Flor
ence they found a young miner sluic-
ing the old town site using the same
water over and over. He claimed to
be getting IS or $40 a yard and was
ren, one. of the big camps with thous-
ands of peol le in the early days, they
found practically deserted.
Rough locking down the noun
tains in one place the chain slipped
and tire on their wagon was worn
in two A rail was substituted for
the wheel and in this way they trav-
eled for ten miles until the travellers
came across blacksmith from the
Golden Rule mine. With an imrro-
vised forge and side trip for three
miles to get charcoal the blacksmith
soon had the tire welded.
Bearing to the southwest the trav-
elers crossed the Weiser river near
Cambridge and headed for Baker
City, Oregon. In the mountains the
big horsef1ies bothered their team
until a heavy storm came and killed
the flies. Warnings were posted all
through the woods against careless
ness with fire and the warnings were
being needed hv tho many camners
the party encountered
Fishing, hunting, prosnecting
nicking cFInherries and max ng
camp left no idle time on the hands
of the party with a journey of 600
--7ilns mostly through mountain ous
country. before them. With a cam
era beaver wos caught in the act Of
cutting log in two A fool hen
with all her chickens around her was
snapped. Hundreds of other pic
lures together with the dairy kept
by Doctor" Dix make an interesting
record of delightful outing. Snow
in the mountains was encountered
and it was nothing unusual to wake
in the morning and find the water
bucket covered with a thin coating
of ice.
Vending their way through the
dust of north eastern Oregon and
southeastern Washington stors were
made at Baker City. LaCrande. and
Walla Walla All these towns were
found to be quiet.
''The trip is good for the health
if you live through it, says the Cen
eral as he compares their evneriences
with the man who wanted to know
how to distinguish between mush-
rooms and toedstools and was told
to eat them and if he lived thew were
mushrooms and if he was killed thev
were toadstools.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-09-08
H. S. ENROLMENT
BREAKS RECORD
GIRLS LEARN TO CAN FRUIT and
MAKE DRESSES boys TAKE
MECHANICAL DRAWING.

With 141 students already ENROLL
ed in the Colfax high school the
record is broken for last year when
only 1872 students had been enroll
ed at the end OF September. The
prospect is that at least $50 pupils
will be in the high school by the end
OF this month. This week the en-
rolment in the Main street school has
reached 1913; in the Departmental
school, III, and In the Third ward
school, 1T.
Members of a part Of the fifth
grade who have beer attending the
Departmental school have been sent
TO the Main street and Third ward
schools, leaving only the sixth. sew
enth and eighth grades at the Dep
artmental school. Miss Greer, who
had charge Of the fifth grade. re-
mains 10 do departmental work.
A thorough course in mechanical
drawing has been added by Prof.
Goddard TO the manual training
work. In the domestic science de-
partment, under Miss McMann, the
girls will soon begin the work OF can
ming fruit. Now that the high
school has been remodeled with
room suitable FOR a dining room.
luncheOns will be served at differ
ent times through the year, and the
canned fruit will be used at these
spreads" II is probable that
sewing machines will be added, SO
that advanced dressmaking can be
taken up after the work in plain
sewing.
Business penmanship, so lacking
with the average high school stu
dent. is receiving careful attention
in the departmental school under
Principal Spencer.
Messrs. Pearse and Sheets, OF
the high school faculty, had the can
didates for The football team out
for practice Wednesday night. and
the rrOspect is that a strong team
will be developed in a short time.
Several Of the old men are back,
and some new timber is showing up
well. Games have been arranged
with Spokane, Occur d'Alene. and
Lewiston.
Basket bail prospects are special
ly good, as nearly all the old team
is back. The faculty. team is sure
TO be fast one Nr. King, of the
Departm entail school is a University
Of Washington player and several
other new members Of the faculty
had basket ball experience.
Gymnasium work Is not yet thor
Oughlv organized. but will be in a
short time II is the present plan
to have the students in the Depart
mental school, both boys and girls,
use the gymnasium in the high
school building, on certain days. A
little later in the season a class for
business men will probably be form
ed on better basis than last year.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-09-08
CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS.
Five Changes Among Methodist MINI
iStnrs in Whitman County.


Rev. y. NJ. Jones has been return
ed to the COlfax Methodist church
for another year much to the gratifi-
cation Of his congregation and the
people Of the city. The appoint
ments read in conference Monday
morning include the following
changes:
Colton-Genesee, TO be supplied by
E. r. Henderson.
st. John. II. s. Randall
Thornton, ]. w. Miller
Garfield, c. w Munson.
PalOuse. Edward Baker.
ReappOintments in the county
were as follows:
Albion, T. G. Mountain.
COlfax, n. NJ. Jones'
Oakesdale, John Evans.
Pullman, Robert Brumblay.
ROsalia, d. NJ. Helmick
Winona, to be supplied.
Pennington, Wash, Fred ~ Nor
ton.
Tekoa, Wash, r. o. Hadley.
ElbertOn, +. T. Smell.
EndicOtt, w. II. Rogers.
Lacrosse, L. W. Putnam.
The Rev. DR. Charles z. Gibson
was reappointed district superintend-
ent Of the Spokane district.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-09-08
Inland Train Wrecked.

Passengers on Inland train No. g.
coming to this city Tuesday morning.
received a shaking up at Manning,
five miles north of COIfax, when the
train ran into a large bull which
came through gate and tried to
cross the track directly in front Of
the train. There was no time to stop
and the bull was ground to pieces.
The last car Of the train was derail-
ed. The frightened passengers were
crowded into the forward car and
brought to this city and the motor
was taken back and righted the de-
rallied car.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-09-08
BRUNING GOES EAST.
Delegate 10 National Convention at
Atlantic City.

Yesterday Undertaken L. L. Brun-
ing left for a months trip in the
east. He is a delegate from Washing
ton to the thirteenth annual conven-
tiOn of the Funeral Directors ASso-
citation of the United States to be
held at Atlantic City, n. j., Septem-
Der 20, 81 and %. AS president of
the Washington Embalmers' board
he will represent that body at the
annual conference of embalmer eX-
amining boards of North America to
be held Immediately after the con-
vention. Mr.. Bruning will be accom-
panied by his sister, Miss Olive, as
far as Nebraska and Illinois where
they will both visit relatives and she
will join him in Chicago for the re-
turn trip. In going east Mr.. Brun-
ing will at Chicago join a special
train of undeTtakers from all the
western states and will go TO Old
Point Comfort, Va, and from there
by boat to New York. returning down
the coast by rail to Atlantic City for
the convention. The return trip will
be by way Of Albany, Buffalo and the
Great Lakes TO Chicago and then
over the Great Northern TO Spokane.
The four other delegates from Wash
ingtOn to make the trip are from
Seattle, Coulee City, Tacoma and
Walla Walla.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-09-08
State Examiners Here.

c. F. Voight and W. w. Payne.
examiners for the bureau Of inspec-
tion and supervision of public Offices.
began this week on the task of
checking the county books. They be-
gin with the tax rolls and will check
everything back for six years. They
believe the work will require three
months In Whitman county. These
men, with two other examiners. re-
Gently checked the books of Spokane
county and found 1t a four months
Job for four men. Mr.. voight has
rented the Chase house and will
bring his family here from Seattle.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-09-08

road. The hearing was continued
until October Is.
The petition for the D. F. Engle
road from Tekoa to the county line
was rejected
Bids for improved roads No l. at
Garfield, and for improved road No
,, at Colfax, were opened, consider
ed to be too high, and were rejected.
The county is readvertising for bids
for the construction of these roads.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-09-08
MARTIN GETS BARN CONTRACT
Commissioners Say Road Bids Are
Too High and Turn Them Down.

The county commissioners, at
their meeting this week, let the con-
tract for building the new barn on
the county poor farm 10 A. H.
Martin, for s1460. Housekeeper &
Durfee will paint the barn for s176.
According to the present plan, the
sewer connecting the county farm
with the city system will be
completed within the next so days.
The bid of Wright & Tierley, of
Spokane, was the lowest, and they
were awarded the contract for
S1,471.23.
Several people from Tekoa and
vicinity were before the commits
sioners Tuesday 20 attend the
hearing on the Tekoa-Oakesdale
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-09-08
Sell PaIonse School Bonds.

Last Saturday bonds to the amount
of s17,500 were sold by School Dis
trict No. 9, PaIouse City, to the state
at par, the bonds to bear 5 per cent
interest. The directors Of the school
district, G. J. Dilts, w. F. Chalenor,
and A. C.. Couplin, were in the city
to attend the SALE This is the sec
ond sale of these bonds, as the at
torney general found a technical
flaw In the first issue.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-09-08
Three BOYS in Jail.

John McGrath. Joe Sullivan, and
Simon Meade, aged 13, IA and 16,
were brought to the county Jail
Monday by Deputy Sheriff ]. B. Eas-
tep, from Tekoa, where the boys had
been arrested for breaking into a
house and stealing numerous arti-
cles to the value of 81. The boys
had run away from Butte. They
were turned over to the chief of
police Of that city and returned to
their parents.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-09-08
New Telephone Service Complet,

The last of the $4,000 worth Of
Improvements which the Pacific Tel
ephOne and Telegraph company has
been making in this city during the
last four months, are completed and
COlfax now has telephone service un-
surpassed by any town of it's size in
the country. The electric storm OF
Monday did not raise a ripple in the
local service owing to the fact that
the lines are all run in cables and
are not exposed to the elements. A
similar storm would have caused
countless Interruptions with the old
system.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-09-08
BERG A CLEVER WRESTLER.
First Fall in IS MinuteS-SeCond
Fall in 10 Seconds.

Fall in 10 Seconds.
1t took John Berg just As minutes
TO prove his superiority over Joe
Heinrich or the mat at the New
Ridgeway theater Monday night and
the light heavyweight wrestling
champion ship of the world remains
with Berg of Anacortes. Joe Helm
rich, Baker City physical instruct
or, was in fine form and his work
brought the spectators to their feet
several times. The second fall came
before the 200 spectators had time
to take a breath
The match proved to be good clean
sport on the level and the spectators
were highly pleased with the enter
tainment.
Rodney Small and Babe" Canutt
put on five-rOund TO decision spar
ring match as a preliminary.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-09-08
Western Union Office Moved

New furniture and equipment for
the Western Union Office has been in
stalled in the office of the Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph company
in the Mackenzie building and Mrs.
Margaret Genoway, the operator,
moved last Friday from the Colfax
State Bank building to the new Office.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-09-08
Hearing on Paving Pos+rorad

Monday was legal holiday and no
business was transacted by the conn-
ell other than to postpone the hear
ing of objections to the paving of
Main street from Island street TO the
O.-W. R. & n. track and to the paw
ing of the alley between Main and
Mill streets. The postponed hearing
will be held next Monday evening.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-09-08
Fortune Goes To Trial.

William Fortune, who has been
In the county Jail for the past three
weeks, charged with stabbing Fred
W. Taylor, at Lamont. will be tried
before a jury, October 2.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-09-08
SCHOOL BOND ELECTION VOID.

Notice Posted for Another Election
September %.
Owing to technicality the school
bonds sold to the state August IA
have been disapproved by the attor-
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-09-08

IN letter 70 the assessor OF Fer
ry county it was held by the state
tax commission that personal taxes
were always due, no matter how long
delinquent. The commission also
held that II county officers neglect
ed to collect taxes that they were
liable to a suit to recover the same
and that their bondsmen were also
liable
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-02
THE CHICAGO MARKET.

CHICAGO, Aug. Am official estimate
that the wheat yield of italy this season
will be nearly 10000, 900 bushels greater
than a year ago had a bearish effect to-
day on the market here. Bulls were FUR
Their discouraged by news OF favorable mar
veeting conditions in Great Britain. Be.
sides. dispatches from the Argentine told
OF beneficial rains in that country, De
malls that black rust had developed In the
Canadian Northwest added to the senti-
ment on the side of lower prices. Initial
figures were = off to isaA up. September
started at 907s to 911s, a shade down TO
1sal4 advance, and declined to 9paass..
Statements by a leading expert placing
the condition OF the corn crop at IO.l as
against S2.4 July LIST, lifted the market
for that cereal, The rise followed an easy
feeling at first due to rather free selling
on the part Of commission houses, sep
TENDER opened a sixteenth lower to a like
amount higher at 6Sfs TO 81. rising later TO
64s4.
Oats followed corn. Trade. however. was
somewhat slow September started a shade
TO ih0l4 dearer at 4lS To 4194, touched Al
and then assembled to 41ss.
On account of al nptnrn AT the yarus
provisions showed a tendency to harden,
First sales were the same as last NIGH
to 5 higher, with, January delivery l6.Se
for pork. s.s2ia for ribs. December lard
went at S.55.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-02
SMALL STOCKHOLDERS IN
OIL TRUST ARE PUZZLED.
Cannot Learn Value of Sub
sidiary Company Shares.

NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-stockholdets in
the Standard OIL Company are left en-
tirely at sea by the apparent intention OF
the officials OF the New Jersey corporation
to comply with the Supreme Courts order
and divide up the stocks of the subsidia-
ries without my further enlightenment on
the subject Of the securities than the in
formation Just issued of the dates on which
the ~company's books will close.
Brokers are unable to supplement- the
information contained in the companXs
circular. AT 20 Broadway. Standard on
headquarters, 1t was reiterated yesterday
that the company had nothing further TO
give concerning the underlying companies.
their financial standing or earning power.
There was an indication that stockholders
will endeavor to get together for their
own protection.
The large stockholders In the Standard
oil Company are men closely Identified
with It's affairs, and. of course, in a posi-
tion to know the relative values OF the Sc
~curities of the subsidiaries which they
will receive, but the great majority OF the
5000 stockholders have holdings estimated
at less than fifty shares each, and because
OF the high price of the stock there ere
probably more names on the books with
lots OF from one to a dozen shares TO their
credit than Is the case with any other
big corporation.
II Is these small holders who will be
left In the hardest position. and ratious
plans were talked or yesterday for their
relief.