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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-27

son league of Richmond, Va, has ia
ken the initiative. Also it deposited
the necessary cash guarantee. Giles
B. Jackson, the negro millionaire, Is
president of the league. The inaugural
ball under negro auspices is scheduled
for the night of March 5. 1t was de-
ferred a day in order that all might
recover from the frolics and follies OF
March 4.
Gold pieces at half price never went
off like the tickets for this ball. Be
tween five and six thousand have al
ready been sold. The price per is
$3.50.
President-elect and Mrs. Wilson
have been extended cordial invita-
ton to attend reception which the
league will give prior to the opening
of the ball.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-27
A DIFFERENCE.
Il Paid This Man to Change Food.

What is called good living eventu-
ally brought me to condition quite
the reverse of good health writes a
n. Y. merchant.
Improper eating told on me till my
stomach became so weak that food
nauseated me, even the lightest and
simplest lunch, and I was much de-
pressed after night of uneasy slum-
Der, uniting me for business.
This condition was dlscouraging
as could find no way to improve It,
Then I saw the advertisement of
Grape-Nuts food, and decided to try
it, and became delighted with the re-
suit
For the past three years have.
used Grape-Nuts and nothing else for
my breakfast and for lunch before re-
firing. 1t speedily set my stomach right
and congratulate myself that have
regained my health. There is no great
er comfort for tired man than a
lunch of Grape-Nuts. 1t insures restful
sleep, and an awakening in the morn
ing with feeling of buoyant courage
and hopefulness.
"Grape-Nuts has been boon to my
whole family. 1t has made OF our q
year-old boy, who used to be unable
to digest much of anything, robust,
healthy, little rascal weighing 80
pounds. Mankind certainly owes a
debt of gratitude to the expert who
invented this perfect food.S' Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Greek,
Mich. There's a reason"
Ever read the above letters new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine. true, and full of humaa
interest. Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-27
JAKEY'S FAULT VERY SERIOUS
Father Rightly Felt He Could Never
Be Captain of Industry Unless He
Was Taught to improve.

Mr.. and Mrs. Isaacs took great
pride in their young son son, Jakey.
Father was determined to make him
great business man, veritable cap
tain of industry. One day mother
heard loud screams coming from an
adjoining room and rushed in to in
vestigate the cause of the trouble.
Father was vigorously administering
a dose of strap OIL to the young
hopeful
"Ikey! Likely! Wy for you are lick
ing fiddle Jakey?"
Because / caught him in a lie;
dots wy" replied father, continuing
the chastisement
"a lie? You say lie?"
Eyes; l will teach him to lie better
as dot eef | half to break effery bone
in hees ody."-Exchange
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-27
WELLESLEY GIRLS IN THREAT
Demand Abolition Of Chaperons and
Right to Entertain Young Men
Visitors as at Home.

Boston.--News that an equal rights
strike is impending among the stu.
dents Of Wellesley college. in which
all the freshmen" "sophs,"
juniors and seniors-are threatening
to takss part, caused a stir in college
circles recently.
Already many girls are in revolt, de,
handing that the faculty grant them
the right to entertain young men Wis
itors as other girls do. Leaders of the
movement declare the REBELLION will
surely break forth unless their plan
is listened to.
I'VE want the right to entertain our
men friends when and where we
please, and we don't want any chap
erons, either" is the way the girls
express their grievance.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-27

As AN innovation, spirit squad"
n has been suggested as a desirable
addition to the Metropolitan police
force. This, it is argued, would great
+ly tend to clear up some mysterious
robberies that have been reported to
the central office.
The reason why a spirit squad is
necessary was told the other day by
Mai. Richard Sylvester superintend-
ent of police Major Sylvester de-
clares that many of the robberies
which have been reported to the po
lice occurred only in the dreams of
those who reported them.
! Speaking of the queer kink in the hui
man brain which permits such things
ito happen, Major Sylvester said:
In every walk of life we meet with
queer and at times surprising expert.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-27

1t is sufficient comment on that
scientific discovery that large mum,
Der of the leading men of this country
are descended from the Countess Isa-
bella de Vermandas of the eleventh
century. that not counting intermarI
riages they had about billion other
ancestors. which is presumably more
people than there were in the world
then. Whence we may draw the gen.
eral mathematical conclusion that
everybody in the zoos was the ances-
tor of everybody in the 190O's.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-27
At the Studio.

A motor stopped in front OF the
photographers, and woman lack
ing none of the artificial accessorief
deemed necessary to 'looks," entereE
the studio.
A couple of days later the photoS
rapher submitted proofs for her an
proval.
'Nots one of those pictures looks
anything like me" the woman insist
ed.
The photographer tried in every
way to pacify her, but finding this an
impossibiIity, lost control of his tenn
per: I'D
Madam" he exclaimed, did you
read my sign?"
Yes"
We'll! 1t does not say cleaning,
dyeing and remodeling.' 1t says 'por-
traits"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-27

A Yale professor declares that col
aeg men, as rule, drink too much.
HTe. holds the view that a. university
should rise superior to the vices OF
the community about it. and set a bet
ter example. This is theoretically sup
nosed to be one of the. objects of, the
higher education, but practically
young college men are not doing their
utmost to carry out this high ideal
The American university and college
should stand for high standard in
every respect, and the professor in
question is doing good and loyal serVr
ice in calling attention to. the fact.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-27

was best known, was born IN Ellis
worth, Me-, of seafaring parents.
About twenty-three years ago a vessel
Of which he was captain was charter
ed by company to carry CONNER
cial expedition to certain Caribbean
islands. The venture failed and
Adams accepted for his pay the rights
to Swans island, one Of the group OF
which the company had acquired pos
session. There the Yantee skipper
established small kingdom. taking
the title of king and introducing royal
customs. He developed his kingdom
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-27

the capitol police gathered In all
hands and took them before Captain
Megrew, superintendent of the capitol
police. He is wise man, but ne had
to acknowledge the complications
were too swift for him.
AS last resort. the interested
parties bethought them of Jerry
South, the plain and unvarnished son
of Arkansas, chief clerk of the house
and steam roller savant. He decided
the matter in terrific hurry. He
fired both colored undertakers. the
Democrat and Republican alike, and
hired a white undertaken.
And the odd part is that the final
undertaken is Bull Moose enthusiast
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-27
Turkish Postage Stamps.

Because of passage in the Koran
forbidding the making of images,
Turkish postage stamps have no pic
ure, but bear instead the sign manual
Of the sultan, which is, in fact, an i'm
preston of his imperial hand. This
signature is said to have had it's orr
gin with the Sultan Murad l., who. on
completing treaty with the Italian
republic of Ragusa in 1865, and being
unable to sign his name, applied ink
to his open hand and slapped It UPON
the parchment.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-27

case in the hands of an attorney i'm
mediately. The attorney writes:
she seems to have a very complete
record of her progenitors and claims
that J. K Zimmerman was her uncle"
The administrators will receive $780,
600 for their work in finding the prop
er heirs and caring for the estate unit!
it is divided properly.
The estate of Mr.. Zimmerman con-
tains no real estate, no bonds and no
stocks. 1t was all in notes, secured by
real estate and chattsis.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-27

Vienna furnishes suicide pact that
outranks all others at present. Three
youths in love with young. girl
threatened to commit suicide on her
account. They were drinking tea tn
a secluded corner of cafe when all
suddenly fell from their chairs, dying.
They evidently had placed poison In
their beverage. A photograph of the
trio was found in their possession ad-
dressed to the girl, who told of their
threat.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-27

of the members of the regular choir,
who had struck, because. they de,
clared, the rector was interfering with
them and their organist The organ.
list also had walked out with his sing.
ers and substitute had to be engaged.
The strikers emulated their breth,
rem in labor disputes by picketing out.
side the church, and as a result Of
their talk with members of the congre.
cation many of the later did not at
tend the services.
The students sang the music we'll.
After the night service they returned
to Princeton.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-27

! The boy who was found adrift on
the Caribbean sea, clinging to cocoa
nut palm tree from which he had pick
ed a nut and secured nourishment that
sustained his vitality until rescued by
"a passing steamer, was blown off the
island of Jamaica by hurricane. The
hurricane also blew down and car
ried into the water the palm tree on
which he managed to keep himself
hfioat. 1t proved better life pre-
server than usually is available to pas
sergers of wrecked steamers.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-27
WASHBURN.
tsABELLA's DESCENDANTS.
WIS.

The discovery is attributed to PreSt
dent David Starr Jordan of Stanford
university that almost any American
of distinction can trace his descent to
a common ancestor, one Isabella de
Vermandois, duchess of Warren, who
lived in the twelfth century. So far as
that is concerned, none of us has any
difficulty in proving by unimpeachable
mathematics and irrefutable logic that
ne is warmed by the transmitted blood
of nobility, royalty and genius. A
child of today has two parents, four
grandparents and so one. Counting
for convenience three generations to
the hundred years, his theoretical an
cestors in Isabellas century are num-
bered by millions; few centuries fur
Their back by billions. The actual num-
her is far smaller, since lines of descent
lcriss-cross from common ancestors;
but 1t is a fair logical inference that
among SO many millions and centuries
every one may count on possessing a
reasonable number of royal or dis
tinguished forbears. But what does
that prove? How much influence on
the life of an American of today could
be claimed for one-seven-milliont
part of Isabella blood, or for any
probable number of multiples of that
share? Here is the crucial test of the
heredity fallacy, the scientific basis of
democracy, says the New York World.
Eugenics is fact; but better far
descent from a reasonable proportion
of good stock in the three or four most
recent generations than the ability to
claim one-two-hundredth part of sin
gle drop of blood as coming from some
priced ancestor of the twelfth century.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-27
CHOIR GOES OUT ON STRIKE
Princeton Men Are Called to Sing
Episcopal Service at Trenton
Church.

Trenton, N. J.-Eighteen Princeton
students were brought here and in the
capacity of strikebreakers sang the
morning and evening services at st.
Michaels Episcopal church in place
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-27

A Chicago woman has just grieV-
ance. She had just hired a taxicab
when the police jumped in and made
the driver pursue a party of automo-
bile bandits who had just robbed a
jewelry store. After participating in
a hot engagement without power to
extricate herself, when the robbers
got away she was confronted with a
bill of SO for the use of the taxicab,
and on refusing to pay it was sent to
Jail. 1t looks as if. she should be
grateful that the robbers did not
capture the vehicle and make off with
it, in which case evidently the slant
eyed justice of Chicago would have
made her pay for the loss Of the taxi
cab.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-27

tits the most unique estate l ever
dealt with" Mr.. Neal, one of the ad
ministrators, said. 1T seems strange
that so rich a man should have owned
no real estate. He had no direct
heirs and left no will The estate is
to be divided among nephews and
nieces. So far we have found twenty
seven who are to participate in the
division"
Mr. Neal is chairman of the board
of directors of the Southwestern Ma
Nonal Bank of Commerce
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-27
"KlNGv OF SWANS ISLE DEAD
Picturesque Carer OF Alonzo Adams
Yankee Skipper, Ended in Bos-
ton Hospital.

Boston, Mass.-Alonzo Adams. one
time Yankee skipper. later king" OF
Swans island in the Caribbean sea,
and for the last few years Connect
cut farmer, is dead at the Massachu-
getts General hospital in this city at
the age OF 49,,
Mr. Adams, or ''the king" as he
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-27

Enouoh for TweIve-or Twenty-Fe our
The casual brother says there VIII
no one or two dozen people at lunch
son. He will telephone us 10 minutes
before they arrive. Yes, really, mats
the best he can do. So we prepare
for one or two dozen people, and tney
must sit down to luncheon because
men hate a buffet meal. We struggle
with the problem, how many cnlckens
are required for IL or "a people? Ine
answer, however, is really obvious
Enough for "a will be enough for IL
Katharine Baker. in the Atlantic.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-27
More Deadly Than the Gun,

A small country boy was carrying a
dead cottontail by the ears.
Hello, son, did you shoot that rab-
bit?" inquired a city man who had
hunted all day with no success.
NO" sarcastically replied the ur-
chin. 81 scolded it and and it died Of
modification.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-27

commercially, and within a few years
hads amassed a small fortune
Three years ago he accepted an
offer from a development company
and sold his kingdom, returned to
the states" and settled down on a
farm at Easthampton. Conn.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-27

A Pittsburg man pleaded that he
could not pay his wife over SIS week
because an income Of $4,000 was not
sufficient for his own needs. Talking
about Pittsburg miIlionaires. there are
evidently others.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-27

A college head, while addressing a:
teachers association in Massachu-
sets. declared that the public is an
easy mark. But it does not require
a college education to arrive at these.
heights of knowledge.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-27
NEW EXPLOSIVE is TESTED

or age. Exclusive use of "powerite"
by the British government has been
offered by the inventor, and will prob.
ably be accepted.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-27

You may announce that I intend
to retire to private life, said the
Industrious statesman.
What for?"
1T seems to be the only method
Just now by which l can attract pub
lie attention"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-27
Poor Workmanship.

New York.-Charles Vancent, and
Pietro Quito, deulists, fired five rhots
at each other, SCARED up a lumber
pile and broke window. They we're
arrested.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-27

'I've made a great discovery, papa"
"Well, what is it?"
'T've found out that the heavy end
of a match is the light end"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-15
UNUSUAL BEAR HUNT.

Paul M. Bower of Cocolalla claims
to have killed bear Sunday under
peculiar circumstances. He and his
wife and 15-months-old baby were
out in a launch on Cocolalla lake
when they came upon a black bear
in the water. Bower states that he
worked for half an hour to get the
bear near enough to shore so that he
could get out and get gun, and in
his efforts to keep the bear out of
the boat struck him four times on
the nose with wrench he had in the
boat. Finally he made landing and
procured a rife and dispatched the
bear, which measured 7 feet, 2 inches
and, weighed 263 pounds.-Pend d.
Oreille Review.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-15
PAID ADVERTISEMENTS

The best of king coal either lump
or nut at Bond Bros. & co. 44tf adv.
Ring 1913 for your next order Of
that good Utah coal. Att.
Painting and paper hanging done
by F. G. Barker, II south Main
''iee'' 40-tf
For coal cal Bond Bros. g. Co., and
get the best. 44tf adv
When in need of fine stationery
,all at the Modern Pharmacy. 52-tf.
Notary public at the Standrod
bank. II
For your next order of coal either
lump or nut, call Bond bros q Co..
Phone 1903. ATT adv
Take your butter and eggs to the
Brown Hart company to exchange for
goods at market price. 81 If adv
Read the Want Ads.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-15
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
Flight of Our Industries

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. ~
One of the leading eastern journals
recently contained the following edi-
torial comment with reference to the
disastrous effects which the propos-
ed tariff law is having on the business
enterprises throughout the country:
Factory owners who see the ruin
in tariff that opens their home mar
ket to Canadian competition with no
reciprocal concessions that would
tend to level the Canadian side of the
tariff wall continue to cut out work
for Secretay Redfeld. A Los Angel
es electrical supply plant is the new
est recruit to the industrial exodus.
Like Gov. Foss of Massachusetts the
Los Angeles manufactures asserts
that his action is forced by the failure
of this country to enter into recipro-
cal tariff relations with our next door
neighbor
1--WE are going. to quit this country
simply because our tariff policy is
wrong said the manager of the Los
Angeles enterprise. We are forced
to 60 to Canada to avoid the 35 per
cent burden imposed by Canada, while
our government is preparing to open
our markets to Canadian products
without asking for the same advan-
tage in their markets for our manu-
facturers.'
Evidently our manufacturers take
little stock in the reciprocity clause
which the senate inserted in the I'm
derwood bill. This afterthought au-
thorizes the president to put a pro-
hibitive tariff on certain articles
should he discover that foreign ma
lions discriminate against this coun-
try, unless they cease doing so and
establish reciprocal relations.
1T was understood at one time
that such treaties would be negotiat-
ed before putting the Underwood tar
if in effect, in order that we might
have basis of negotiations-some-
thing to offer in return for foreign
concessions. However, the bill as re-
ported out to the senate contemplates
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-15
MUD LAKE FARMER LOSES
SIXTY FINE HORSES,
Sheriff of Fremont Hot on Trail of
Thieves Who Have Been Traced
Across Lost River Into the Desert.
(Pocatello Tribune)

Hot on the trail ia gang of horse
thieves who got away with so head
of fine work horses from the Mud
Lake country, northwest of Idaho
Falls, Sheriff Edward Harrop Of FIRE.
mont county, accompanied by a dep
uty, passed through Pocatello yester-
day afternoon, bound for Blaine
county. A farmer named Williams
missed so head from his band few
days ago. Officers traced the thieves
to Powell, from which point it is sus-
pected they struck for the lava des-
ert or badlands north of American
Falls, a favorite rendezvous for rust
lers' While tracing the thieves Off
GERS ran across dugout on the edge
OF the lava desert west of Powell.
wherein was some of the bedding
stolen from Williams at the time the
horses were taken.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-15
STAR MRS. AVERY WEARS APP
PEARS TO BE LUCKY CHARM

Mrs. Mabel Avery, the police ma,
iron, has come to believe that she is
as lucky mortal as there is in Boise
Her belief is based on the finding of
ring which she lost Wednesday
night,
Mrs. Avery had been to the carni-
val and she lost the ring on her way
home. She had left the car at Sixth
and Main streets, and when she mis-
sed the ring she became possessed of
the idea that she might have lost it
there.
Not until 2 o'clock Thursday after
soon did she pass that way, however.
When she did come to that corner
she stopped and looked about. There
lay the ring some seven feet from the
curb, almost in the middle of the
street.
1t had lain there for 16 hours. The
street sweepers had gone by without
finding it. Traffic Is heavy on the
street, and many wagons must have
passed while the ring lay there. None
had run square over it, however.
One wagon had evidently hit it a
glancing blow, for a small corner of
the coral setting was Clipped of.
The wiring is valuable chiefly on
account of the hand wrought mount
ing, and that was uninjured.-States-
man.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-15

Mr.. Geo. E. Ness of Boise, a dele
gate to the 5th annual session of the
Fraternal Order of Eagles at Balti-
more, Md, August 4th., spent several
days in Washington. While here Mr..
Ness was entertained by his friend
Walter Johnson and was present on
the occasion of the presentation of
the silver cup at the National Ball
grounds to Walter Johnson, "the
greatest pitcher in the world"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-15
Detailed geological survey.
Study of ore deposits


Mineral classification of railroad
lands.
Precious and semiprecious metal
resources.
Senator Brady has arranged with
the department to be furnished with
the reports fthe work being done
under each classification. This is in
line with the action he is taking rela-
tive to the survey and classification
all Idaho lands. When this work is
completed it will be of Unreasonable
benefit to the citizens of the state for
it will mean deailed and complete in
formation on all subjects mentioned
in the different classifications
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-15
ATTENTION SPORTSMEN AMI
OTHERS.

The fishing season is now on and
all persons over IL years of age Tex
cept females and Civil War veterans)
are required by law to purchase a
license and carry the said license
with them whila fishing or hunting.
Any fisherman or hunter caught
without their licenses or licence will
be placed under arrest, so govern
20 rselves accordingly. r. A. Pal
mer, Deputy Game Warden.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-15

putting the law into effect before TAX
ing note of violations of the favored
nation clause to our advantage. The
fear that such practice will be restor-
ed to under the new tariff seems to
spring from the notion that he favor
ed naion clause is practically abrogat-
ed by the radical changes we have
made of our own volition as to the
import tax on articles which have
been coming in under our minimum
tariff.
"A big promise is held out as to
what will result from the welding of
tariff club, but seeing that such
role would fix our status as that of
country assaying to make tariffs for
all the world, obviously little head
way could possibly be made. In any
event, the mischief will have been
done before long drawn out negotia-
tons and notifications, and perhaps a
tariff war, could put an end to any
discrimination. Meanwhile, the Am
erican invasion of Canada may have
assumed wholesale proportions"