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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-18
For Sale---Real Estate

Say II saw 1t In the Times.
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Wanted
For Rent---Offces

FIRST floor above Pacific National
Bank. fine office to rent with
fireproof vault. Room 205.
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LOCAL representatives wanted. No
canvassing or soliciting required.
Good income assured. Address Ma
tional Cooperative Realty Co.,
V-1379 Marden Bldg, Washington,
d. G..
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For Sale OF. Trade

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE - I
have some very good property in
North yakima and vicinity to trade
for Tacoma property. Call morn
ings or after p. m. at S3211 No.
Prospect st.
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Poultry and Eggs

OWING to sickness will sell one
of the best flocks of chickens on
the coast. In the flock are one
pen of White Rocks. one pen of r.
I. Reds, and one pen of mixed
chickens. These chickens are all
heavy layers. Also coops and wire
for sale. Cali 1903 So. 25th st.
Main 1856.
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Funeral Directors

SOUTH TACOMA funeral directors.
Call night or day. M. 1922, B1125.
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Situation Wanted Femal,

A YOUNG girl wishes place to
work morning and evenings for
room and board. Call Main $3.50.
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A SACRIFICE

Say II saw it in the Times.
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Wanted to Borrow

IDLE funds placed on mortgage at
and per cent for money lend
ers. Lennox Trust Company, zoe
Equitable Bldg.
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Hospitals

LADIES' PRIVATE HOSPITAL
1924 So. @, Tacoma
TERMS:
Private Rooms $40 per Week.
Ward, $500.
Twenty Years Experience
SABRA JONES, Marion
Main 1857.
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WANTED-Two BARRIERS, one for
Saturdays and one steady work.
Call 1899 Commerce st.
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Help Wanted-Male

CARPENTER WANTED to buy a
house slightly damaged by fire
IL he agrees to repair at once, same
will be considered as first payment,
balance on so easy terms ii will
make your head swim. See the
place. 1918 So. 7th st.
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BIG MONEY made writing words
or music to Successful Songs.
FREE booklet with full particulars.
Dugdale Co., Dept. 645, Washing
ton, d. c.
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DIR. THYNG, SURGEON.
Surgery and consultation only.
1201-1205 Fidelity Bldg. Main 400.
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Cleaning & Dye Works

LUCKTY'S DYE WORKS, 7ss 81.
Helens. Gents suit, skirt or Jacket
cleaned and pressed SOC up. Quick
calls and delivery. Satisfaction
guaranteed. Main 71et.
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Shoe Repairing

Quick Shoe Repair Shop. ole Com. (;
reasonable, best work Main <41e.
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Four insertions for the price OF
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Announcements

PRIZE WALTZ Bay View Pavilion,
Burton, May 25th, 1912. Launch
leaves Municipal dock s p. m.
sharp.
SEE SPECIAL POULTRY Ex-
CHANGE. Runs every Saturday.
ALWAYS ask your grocer for
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PETERSON BROS. hay, grain, poui-
try supplies and coal and wood.
10th and K. Phone Main S13.
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Lodge Notices

BROTHERHOOD AMERICAN
WOMAN
e. English. manager. For Informal
ton. phone Madison 572.
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Furnished Apartments

MODERN 3-room furnished apt. de-
sirable location For information
Main 1901.
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TRY the Famous Washing Co. for
their soc family washing. Main
6464
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CANCERS cured without knife OF
plaster; consultation free; Stephen
johnson, school house crossing
Fern Hill.
Evening star., 1912-07-07

Il am unable to find anyhow, that you
have ever been appointed postmaster any
where. VIII you please inform me, at
your earliest convenience. why you are
acting, and what has become OF John ID.
Slater. who appears to be the regular
postmaster"
One must indeed go far to find
more striking instance of southern
courtesy than thus to address an ad-
venturer who had evidently walked
into a post office deserted by it's official.
taken possession and called on the
government for stamps. The incident
evidences. however. the shiftless con-
ditiOn into which things were rapidly
falling in the Southern Confederacy.
Appomattox was due in less than
year.
The last entry in these records is a
letter from the moribund Post Office
Department appointing postmaster.
1t Is written with all due formality. as
though the appointment would endure
forever and the very department build
ing was not ever. then rocking to the
roaring guns of Grant After stating
to the appointee. Ballard P. Hylton Of
Floyd Courthouse. Va. that everything
is satisfactory it adds that his COM
mission will be forwarded as soon as
the department receives a copy of his
military exemption. "in accordance
with the usage OF the department.
the last time the usage was ever used
Hylton never had a chance to draw n
days salary, even In Confederate pa
per.
Evening star., 1912-07-07
Heavy Feeders.

NNE Of the country week associations
~ of Duluth was entertaining a pale
host Of sum children with an open-ai-
luncheon, and as the urchins devoured
ham sandwiches and cake and pie on a
windswept knoll in the shade OF an oak
Jerome S. McWade. the millionaire So
ciolOgist. addressed them.
Children he said. don't be like some
little ones we entertained here last year.
They were awful eaters.
Il saw a young lady last year offer a
boy a piece OF chocolate cake. He look
ed at it doubtfully, then he rubbed his
stomach and rose.
~ guess l can get away with il all
right he said. IL / stand up
Another little boy at the end OF the
repast held out his arms to his mother
and said:
Garry me home, ma. but don't bend
me-
II passed beside a third youngster who
was scowling as he wiped his hands and
face on the tablecloth.
We'll, son. I said. have You had q
good feed?
No. he growled. and. giving his stom-
ach three or four pats, he added: 1t
don't hurt bit
Evening star., 1912-07-07

versation was held. The first part of ii
related to the political situation, and l
asked as to whether there was any dan
ger OF a revolution In case the admin
istration candidate should be defeated.
There will be no revolution here"
of revolution is fast passing away as far
as the whole Of Latin America is con-
cerned. AS for we Panamans, we
have given up such foolishness, and we
expect to have no revolutions for all time
to come. 1 think the same will be the
case at no distant date throughout
South America. 1t is already SO with
Peru and with Chile. We have now no
revolutions in Argentina and Brazil. and
zuela.''
How about Central America"
asked.
That eventually will be the case. with
Central America. although l cannot say
when. The people of some of those
countries have had SO many revolutions
that they may be said to have acquired
the revolution habit. and it will be some
time before condition Of permanent
peace can be established there. Neverthe-
less. Central America is improving. al
though the several republics composing
1t are not so free as OURS We Pana-
mans have more liberty of speech.
For instance. my enemies call me a ty-
rant and / make no reply. If one should
denounce certain of the presidents Of the
republic north of us, he might hear from
his denunciation in no favorable way
The conversation here turned to the
Panaman republic and its prospects, and
President Arosemena said:
am enthusiastic over the future of
Panama. 1t is the baby OF the nations
the Youngest of all of the republics. 1t
is still in it's swaddling clothes, and is
just beginning to grow. Look at what
we are doing. Take the city Of Panama.
Evening star., 1912-07-07

and forth in five minutes The people
of Balboa will do their business there and
come to Panama for the night
But has Panama nothing else but ho-
tells to offer to the World?"
4
'She has a great deal more.'' said the
president. '-rhe Panama republic is one
Of the richest countries in the tropics,
and by modern sanitation the most of it
can be made one of the most healthy.
1t is now open to settlement, and We will
do what we can to encourage the estab-
lishment of small farms and farmers.
We are offering land in tracts of fifty
hectares, or about 247 acres at a little
over ~ cents an acre, and 800 hectares
at still less price per acre. AS the
amount Of land goes up, the price goes
down, and we are doing every ything We
can to encourage development. We have
been building roads in many of the prov
inces, and We now have in the neighbor-
hood of 500 miles of roads and over si-.-
ty-one new bridges"
But tell me something about your
lands, Mr.. President said l. What
can you raise on them?''
We can raise all sorts of tropical
fruits. We have good lands for coffee
and cacao. Coffee plantations are being
set out in some places. and cacao land
is In demand in the country about Bocas
del Toro. There are immense banana
estates there. The United Fruit Com
pany owns thousands of acres, and it
ships millions of punches OF bananas a.
year. The most of that fruit goes to the
United States. We have also good soil
for rubber. and rubber plantations are
being set out by Americans and others.
Some of the ex-employes of the canal
have rubber estates which are already
in bearing.
I'VE have also large areas of fine graz
ing land" continued President Arose
mena- "The climate is such that the cat
tie can feed out OF doors all the year
round, and we have three varieties OF
Evening star., 1912-07-07
BEL1SARIo PORRAS
THERoosEVELT-O T~PANAMA.

a number Of men who have grown rich
out of their real estate deals. We have
several millionaires and some OF them
have incomes Of over $4,000 a year. The
ceives something like 5000 per month
from his real estate Investments, and
venture that NJ Espinoza of this city
does equally WELL"
..And then there is great deal Of
money in banking" continued the presi-
dent ''You can loan here all the money you
have on good security, at or per cent
The old rate Of interest used to be "a
per cent, but we have cut that down by
establishing our national bank. which
makes loans on real estate at per cent.
and on jewelry and other collateral at
per cent. That bank has million and
half capital, and its net profits last year
were $4,000. The other banks make
more
What is Panama doing to open up the
interior OF the country?
"Not as much as we could WISH" re-
piled the president. I'VE have some roads
and we expect to build more. We have
had plans for railroads, but the time
is not yet ripe to build them. All that
will come, and in the end we shall be
a thickly populated land
How about your mines?"
I'VE have some gold mines working
right here in the central part OF the 18TH
mus, and there are others at Dar1en. We
know that we have copper and other
minerals. but the country has not been
thoroughly prospected."
'How about your pearl fisheries?
"They have produced great deal In the
past but we have not been taking care
of them and they do not yield what they
did I have been interested in pearls my
self. and my father sold one pearl for
$500 It weighed twenty-th three carats,
and was Of a beautiful shape and fine
color. That pearl would bring $4,000
Evening star., 1912-07-07

quarantine for three days IL they come
from any port that Is even suspected of
fever or contagious disease. We did not
like the sanitation methods at first. and
many of the people objected To having
their houses Inspected. That has all
passed away now and We are congratu-
lattng ourselves on our new streets with
good water and freedom from disease.
What are to be the future relations
Of Panama and the United Statesg'
Il hope they will always remain two
sister republics"
rs there any chance that Panama will
be annexed to the United States"
II do not see any possibility OF that
at present" said DR.. Arosemena. We
are glad to have you as our great and
good friend. and we want to work along
with you as far as We can. l believe
that our people would prefer to be inde-
pendent
At this point rose to go. but the pres
ident asked me to wait a moment and
have some refreshments. moment later
a servant brought in tray OF cham
payne. and we drank to the health of our
respective countries as we said goodbye
As to who the next President of Pam
anna will be. this is not sure. The cleo
ton will take place about a week after
this letter is published. Such elections
are held upon Sunday, and this one is
set for the second Sunday in July. There
are two candidates. one OF whom might
be called tho administration candidate.
This is Pedro DiaZ. formerly governor OF
Panama, and quite recently treasurer
general. He is an able man and pop
ular one. The other candidate might be
called the Theodore Roosevelt Of the re-
public. 1t Is DIR. Belisario Porras. the
former minister to the United States, and
a man well known in Washington. DIR.
Porras belongs to the people. and he
fiOcks with the masses. He has had a lot
of trouble during his candidacy. and his
enemies have resorted to all sorts OF
tricks to prevent his nomination and elec
ton. Among these was the theft OF some
notes and Official papers from the Pan
anna legation at Washington. The notes
contained the rough draft Of the policies
he expected to follow out as president.
which included a reorganization of tho
police, with an American at the head.
They were published. and Ut was thought
that 1t would injure the Porras party I'm
the campaign. In addition to this the
men who stole his papers planned to
bring suit against Porras for allowing
his papers to be stolen. 1t was claimed
that they were a part OF the public rec
ords. and that no officer Of the republic
should allow the records to be taken
away. FRANK G. CARPENTER
Evening star., 1912-07-07

1t had only 1900 people nine years ago,
and it has now 5000. 1t will have $1,000
as soon as the canal is completed. Colon.
at the other side of the isthmus, had
5000 population when you made your
deal with the French. 1t has 1900 now,
and we have other towns which have
greatly increased"
But will not this population drop when
we stop our work on the canal?' l asked.
Il think not replied the president.
"Col. Goethals says the United States may
have to keep soldiers here to the number
of 10000. and also that it will take $500
additional employees to run the canal.
These people will spend a great deal.
Then we shall have the tourist travel,
which Is already coming by thousands.
That will steadily increase. It will give
us a stream of travellers passing through
and dropping dollars into Panama and
Colon. Why, take your own people! All
of you Americans will certainly want to
come to see the canal. There are ninety
millions of you, and even at as low as
OO0, 900 to start with. If you should spend
$40 apiece the amount would soon reach a
billion"
But can you accommodate the crowd?"
Yes. We shall have big hotels for the
tourists said DR.. Arosemena, "and the
tourist travel will bring in great deal.
Paris gets a thousand million francs
every year out of tourists. and Switzer-
land feeds fat upon them. There is no
reason why we should not do likewise"
DO you not think that the Americans
will have cities of their own here?
Very likely So There will probably be
a great business city at Balboa. but that
will be in the swamps, and while it will
contain the warehouses and great stores.
it will hardly be At for the hotels and
Nhe residences. Panama will be the
Brooklyn, the residence quarter. and we
shall have street cars which will go back
Evening star., 1912-07-07
In Chicago.

A PROPOS Of the high cost Of living in
"a Chicago during the convention.
George w. Perkins said:
1.-TWO independent delegates sat at
breakfast one morning. AS they con-
sumed oatmeal at a dollar a saucer one
said to the other:
WED better hurry up for the con-
vention. What time is II, Bill?'
Don't be a fool Bill answered. gruff-
iy DO you think that in this blasted
town an Independent delegate can eat
and have . watch at the same tiner"
Evening star., 1912-07-07

month and board himself. il need be. just
so he'll avoid conscription!
A letter to a Texas postmaster OF date
of December r. 1868. is also luminous
with light upon the straitened condition
Of southern affairs. 1t is in reply to one
from the postmaster explaining that he
hadn't made out a report for nine months
because he didn't have blank to make 1t
out on, and hadn't been able to communi-
cate with the department. owing to the
Federal possession OF the Mississippi.
Il have to inform you that this Is the
first letter received from you for year"
writes the postmaster general In fact,
very few letters have been received from
Offices west of the Mississippi river dur
ing that period"
''The blanks ordered have been put up
and forwarded" continued Reagans let
ter, Except the wrapping paper. OF which
there is scarcely enough in the depart
ment necessary to put up the blanks sent
out. I expect a limited supply shortly.
and If possible will send you some.
An entry In the summer of lS64 gro
tesquely shows the state OF ragged shift
lessness to which the post Office depart
ment was rapidly being reduced. Some
CRATER had written to the department
for q lot of stamps, and Reagan answers
that he cannot send them without q bond
being regularly filed. He then continues:
Evening star., 1912-07-07
The Gentle Cynic.

A man of many parts should be pretty
we'll put together.
Many a fellow who acts like gentle
man Is terribly affected.
The girl who stands up for a fellow be-
fore they are married may have to sit up
for him afterward.
When q man admits that he sleeps like
a log, the truth probably is that he sleeps
like a whole sawmtn.
The average woman can do more with
a hairpin than the average man can with
q whole box of tools.
A likely young man is not necessarily a
lkeable one.
tell him he's another.
There is always room for even the
street cleaning department to mend it's
ways.
When a bore calls on you while you are
out, it is really quite thoughtful Of him.
Many a fellow borrows trouble because
it's about the only thing his credit is
good for.
There ID almost as much difference be-
tween tweedledum and tweedledee as
there is between a shopgirl and a sales
lady.
Some people spend all their lives just
wondering what will happen next.
Editors and breach OF promise defend
ants generally pay on publication.
We always rejoice in the good fortune
Of our friends if it doesn't exceed our
own.
The less a man knows the longer he is
in realixing IT,
Evening star., 1912-07-07

today. l think II we should let the pearl
fisheries lie still for q while and keep
a closed season for fishing that we might
make that a profitable industry"
'How about the hidden gold OF Pan
ANA? It is said that you have islands
near your coasts where the treasures
OF the Incas are buried and also that
there Is gold under Old Panama"
THAT is the stuff that dreams are
made Of" replied the president. MANY
have hunted for those treasurers, and
have never found them. We have now
made road to Old Panama. and 1t is
probable that something may be dis
covered there
Tell me something about your trade
with the United States.''
I'VE are buying more OF you than OF
any other nation, and the trade steadily
increases. It might pay your merchants
to establish q great warehouse mere Tor
will be q continuous stream of merchants
passing through the canal, and that
house could take orders for both North
and South America. As 1t is now, our
per year, and of that about $5, 10000
goes to the United States. Next to you.
our chief consumer Is Great Britain, and
after that come Germany, France and
Italy. AS to our exports. the most OF
them go to the United States. Indeed,
you buy nearly all that we sell.
Are you doing much in education?
I'VE are preparing the way. We have
established some schools, and have a
large number of students abroad to be
prepared for teachers. We have some
girls studying for that purpose in Bel
gium. and we have also scholarships in
Chile. which / arranged for during my
trip there last year. We have also built
a national educational institute here at
a cost Of about $SOO.OO0''
"How about the health Of the isthmus
Do you think that the sanitation meth
ods which we are using hero at Panama
could be extended to the whole countrye''
mot as an entirety" said the prest
dent TT would be too expensive. New
ertheless. you have done a great deal
for the cities Of Panama and Colon. In
deed the sanitary commission Is the most
absolute ruler we have. Every one has
to obey 1t and the men who come in on
the ships, no matter whether they be
presidents Of other countries. American
ministers or our own officials, are kept In