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The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-08-24
THINGS YOU NEVER SEE NOW
Ancient soapmaking, Attic Bedrooms,
Roller Towel, Mackere Kit, HOG
JoWs and Creased Boots.

Suet and soapmaking Also ash
hoppers! Alas and alack, that vener.
able institution is no more. The mod.
ern prospectus for rural habitations
and accessories provides no place in
the landscape for that once in.
dispensable adjunct to farm life and
Its blessedness,
Dye mind the ash hopper in the
back of the house, just around the
paling fence? An inverted pyramid
it was, into which the debris from the
great fireplace was poured, with buck.
cts OF water thrown on the latter or
else left to the sweet rains from
heaven, Then the lye caught in the
old iron kettle with the piece broken
out of one side-it was once used for
making apple butter. After that, the
soap boiling-then the soap. Fine stuff,
that soap-took the dirt out, all right:
removed the hide, too, if you weren't
careful
But the ash hopper has gone, along
with the roller towel, the mackerel kit,
hos jowls, red apples and winter tur.
nips. The open fire place, too, has
passed, before which you used to fry
on one side, while icicles formed on
the other, Nor is there any attic room
under the shingles where the boys
slept, with pap's old cavalry saddle in
one corner and sickly geranium
roosting precariously on the window
sill. Nor do We see the old-time boots.
slickad up with a mixture of mutton
tallow and beeswax, which, however,
didn't prevent a need for the services
of four blackmiths and a plumber 10
get 'em off O nights when the bootjack
failed. And the bootjGck itself-say,
when you come to think of it. a de.
partment bulletin has got more real
sentiment and "insides" between its
covers than can be found in Kiplings
Soldiers Three" or than Rossetti ever
dreamed of in his visions of Blessed
Damozels and that sort of thing. 0.
you modern housewives,-W ashington
Post.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-08-24

the numbering season was over at a
point halfway between the two
camps.
Father Flynn who had heard Of
the project, tried to dissuade Soren-
son. He did not mind fight, but he
objected to one attended with so
much bitterness as this must be.
Even Sorenson dared not offend the
sentiment of the camp, which was
warm toward Father Flynn. So he
concealed his contempt for the sky
pilot under as decent language as he
could muster but refused.
The two men met at the appointed
place, McTavish was an older man,
but bigger and even more muscular.
They fought for five and forty min
utes in the center of a yelling crowd,
At last both ceased from WEAKNESS.
There were still two kings in the lum-
Der country.
"Ill meet you on Christmas day.
snarled Sorenson, between his swol-
len lips, and McTavish, who could
not speak. nodded So the two kings
separated and went their ways.
Sorenson did not forget. He ceased
drinking in September and devoted
himself to training. He did not even
smoke. The thought that there
might be another king in the lumber
country was irtolerabe to him The
story OF the impending fight went all
up ana Gown the land
Jan said Father Flynn, you are
going - !ght McTayish on Christmas
day. Yea are going to try to MAIN
him, SO as to be the strongest man In
the country. Give 1t up, Jan, or you
will regret it,"
That time Jan Sorenson let loose a
flood OF blasphemy on Father Flynn's
head All his pent-up rage broke
loose. and be felt in the padre an
enemy only second to McTavish
Father Flynn waited till he had done
speaking
Jan" he said quietly, God doesn't
permit a man to grow too big for his
boots You are trusting in your
strength and you are trusting in a
broken reed"
Sorenson. still curslng. turned into
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-08-24
The Macyars,

The Magyars made their appearance
in Europe about the year $50. They
were branch of the Turanian stock
and are related to the Lapps and
Firms. The Magyar, or native Hun.
garian language, is. like the Magyars
themselves of Asiatic origin, and still
retains its Turanian features 1t is
still spoken by most though not am
of the Hungarian people of the Aus.
trian empire, German being the We.
hicle OF speech and writing with many
Of the Magyars.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-08-24

the saloon and drank himself stupid
with whisky. Only that way could he
find relief for his overweight feel
ings
But for that debauch he might have
won. As 1t was, the two men fought
each other to a standstill once more.
And Sorenson, staring stupidly from
the ground at McTavish also upon
the ground and incapable of move
ment, swore that he would meet him
once more and win. The fight was
fixed for April 10.
All that winter Sorenson worked
like demon. His hate Of McTavish
had become a madness now, and
warped his brain. Each Of the men
was resolved to win or die the next
time. They were buoyed up by the
mad desire. like that which comes to
rival leaders In caribou herd.
"Sorenson," said Father Flynn, you
have had two chances now. Give up
your plan"
Sorenson turned on the padre with
an oath.
IF don't best him I'll never fight
again" he said "I'll come to you,
father, and you can make ons of your
canting sniveling hypocrites out of
me. I'll kneel at the sinners seat
and say I'm one of them. But | tell
you III kill the dog, padre. I'll mash
him softer than the bogs in spring"
such things, and more, Sorenson
had dreamed at night when he lay
sleepless in his bunk.
April 8 arrived, and Sorenson, ac-
companied by his followers, started
off along the trail to the meeting
place. They were the first to arrive.
presently the other party came into
sight In the center was STRIPPING
of eighteen or nineteen years.
What's this? Where's McTavish -
shouted Sorenson.
Dead, answered the young man.
"What?" yelled Sorenson wildly.
Typhoid explained the stripping.
1T generally gets the beefy men. I'm
the new king IF Watson's camp now"
You are?" screamed Sorenson, pre-
cipitating himself upon him.
That was Homeric fight, the rec
ord of which has come down to this
day For never once did Sorenson's
blows land home. He hit the air and.
In return, felt sting after sting upon
his face and body. The youths blows
were light as thistledown, but they be.
gan to tell after while There are
no rounds in lumbermen's battle,
Before ten minutes had elapsed the
big swede was glaring at his 1.-the
opponent out Of bloody haze
Come on-unless you're beaten"
said the other calmly.
Sorenson, with bulls below,
rushed at his man. That gave the
youth his opening, His fist caught
the northern king upon the point OF
the jaw. Sorenson staggered and col.
lapsed upon the snow. His last mem.
ory was Of seeing a half hundred
gaudy socks borne off in triumph by
the men Of Watsons.
Late the next afternoon a battered.
shamefaced figure staggered into the
little mission church.
I've come, padre" said Sorenson
humbly
copyright. 1914 by W. G. Chapman) /
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-08-24

fair type of the frocks that will be
seen at summer resorts One is of
eyelet linen, with a gay touch Of
color in the way Of Roman striped rib.
bon trimming beading, a frill Of the
embroidery which forms a fchu, and
forming a girdle ending in loops at
the front, The skirt has set on
founces of the eyelet embroidery.
Another frock is of Powered rose
colored and plain taffeta. The blouse
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-08-24
No One Particular Style Has Been Sc
Iected for Explicit Approval
Frocks That Seem in Fair
Way to Be Popular

The catch-word Of the season Is the
tunic. Sometimes it is formed of cir
Gle after circle of founces or formed
of shirrings and puftings, and other
models show tunics which extend to
from three to four inches Of the skirt
bottom One very smart and novel
model taken from the modes Of the
time of Louis XVI was made with
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-08-24

d lOlS NuHlC vi
black taffeta, fin,
ished at the bot
tom with deep
s Gallo p s, and
placed over a
white lace skirt
the underskirt be-
ing scarcely Wis
ible.
Black taffeta or
taffeta Of some
somber tone, is
considered ex-
tremely 8 N art
with the white
lingerie materials,
the somber note
usually appearing
In the shape OF tu-
mic trimming or
0 ne Of t h e
swathed girdles,
W h i c h are SO
much in vogue.
Three frocks re-
Gently seen are a
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-08-24

ClOStS W llu II Slu-
gle row of mate
rial buttons, and
has a plated or
CANDY collar
trimmed with a
frill of lace. The
skirt is made with
a long tunic and
platte e d under
skirt.
Still another
model is made of
black taffeta. This
model has the
new tight-titting
corselet s h a p e d
bodice, with or
CANDY vest and
collar. There is a
long tunic with a
panel of plaits
back and front.
A cape costume
is also in vogue.
Undoubtedly tn e
modish cape cos
tune of serge, of
satin or OF tat.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-08-24

leta will be seen at every resort this
simmer The cape costume of the
small cut is of white serge, and has
broad bands Of the material which
cross at the front and button 10 the
skirt The blouse and long plated m.
mic are of white crepe de chine while
the underskirt is of cape material
There is a fat turn-down collar of
white crepe de chine.
Linen has always been worn IN
spite OF the fact that women have
ever grumblingly contended that it
gets mussy and stringy after the first
wearing, and women will wear il
and will continae-unless the dream
come true Of the so-called "uncrusb.
able linens, about which rumors have
been heard lately.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-02
Apple Growers to Save
by Collective Purchasing

Spokane, Wash. - Based on reports
of the 1913 experiences of fruit grow
ers of the Spokane country, apple pro-
ducers of the four Pacific northwest
ern states will save nearly 500, 600
by purchasing apple boxes co-opera-
lively next year. Orris Dorman,
president of the Spokane Fruit Grow
ers' company, a cooperative selling
organization, states that his associa-
ton last season purchased boxes for
81 cents a box, saving from 2 to q
cents on each, or about 20 per cent.
With good yield in 1914 the North
Pacific Distributors, the cooperative
marketing organization handling 60
per cent of the product of Washing
ton, Oregon, Idaho and Montana, ex-
poets to ship about 5000 cars, neces-
stating the purchase of about 5, 000,-
900 boxes. If two cents per box is
saved by cooperative buying the
growers will have to pay $100, 200 less
for boxes than if they purchased in
dividually.
"We do not claim the makers
charged too much for boxes before, :"
states Mr.. Dorman, "as under the
methods of bad collections they were
obliged to figure on long wait for
their pay and in some cases they were
never paid. They have told us that
they prefer selling to well-inanced
organization, even if the price is 20
per cent lower than to an individual !"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-02
Six Applicants Seek
County Farm Position

Pullman-Six applications for coun-
ty agricultural agents have been re-
ceived by Director Ira D. Cardiff of
the state experiment station here dur
ing the month. They come from King,
Cowlitz, San Juan, Okanogan, Douglas
and Snohomish counties. A. M. Rich
ardson, an agricultural graduate of
the state college, who has been teach
ing agriculture in the Snohomish
schools, has been appointed county
agricultural agent of Douglas county.
DR.. Cardiff is making trip through
Western Washington in the interests
of the bureau of farm development of
the state. Under an agreement re-
Gently reached by DR.. Cardiff and Pro-
lessor w. J. Spillman of Washington,
D. c., Byron Hunter has been ap-
pointed state leader and in this ca
pacity will have direct charge of the
county agricultural agents in Wash
ington and becomes vice director of
the state bureau of farm develop
ment.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-02
Women Jurors Smoked
Into Signing Verdict

Seattle, Wash. -Four women Jurors,
who confessed in affidavits that they
returned a verdict of guilty in the
case of Theodore Pappas, accused Of
blackmailing Nick Pantages, brother
of Alex Pantages, the vaudeville man.
ager, when they believed him inno-
cent, because one Of their number
was sick and wanted to go home, now
say that they were "smoked out" by
the men jurors.
Because we stood out for acquit-
tal," said one of the woman, "the
men got angry and one of them said,
let's smoke them out and smoke US
out they did. They all lighted either
cigars or cigarettes and in that close
jury room the smoke made US sick.
So we signed the verdict.
When the women's affidavits were
presented last Monday Judge J. T.
Ronald refused to set aside the verdict
on the ground that juror cannot i'm
peach his own verdict. The women
now say they will swear to a state
ment that they were smoked out"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-02
Boy Corn Growers Get
232 Bushels An Acre

Washington, D. C.The visit to
Washington Of 3 small army Of boy
and girl agricultural club winners, has
opened the eyes Of experts Of the de-
partment Of agriculture to what can
be done in the way Of increasing the
yield Of corn per acre.
The four prize winners and their
corn records are: Walker Lee Dun
son, of Alabama, 232.7 bushels on an
acre at cost Of 49, cents per bushel !;
j. Ray Cameron, Of North Carolina,
1904 bushels at 33. 20 cents; Edward
y. Wellborn, Of Georgia, 1912 BUSH
els at 80 cents; j. Jones Polk, Of Mis-
sissipp, 214.9 bushels at 21.4 cents.
ssThink what it would mean if every
farmer could approximate the maxi
mum yield Of corn which your boy
champion, Mr.. Dunson, has secured, =
said Secretary Houston to the corn
growers. when you consider that,
according to the experts, only about
IL per cent of the land is giving red
sonably full returns, you can under
stand the tremendous value of the
demonstrations you have made. "
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-02

Misunderstanding experiments to
ascertain the laying quality Of pullets
Matched at different periods during the
spring are being conducted at the
poultry plant of the Washington ex-
pertinent station here, which is in
charge of Miss Lillian Blanchard. A
careful record is kept of every hen
from the time she lays her first egg
until she quits, in an effort to ascer-
tain the proper date to hatch chicks
to secure winter layers. White Leg
horns that were Matched in March and
early April, not forced, culled and al
lowed to come in naturally, produced
from 10 to 25 per cent layers in Octo-
Der. By November Is to 33 per cent
of them were laying, and in December
from 80 to 80 per cent of the pullets
were producing eggs, which retailed
at 45c per dozen.
Pullets crowded in the latter part of
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-02
By-PrOducts Question
Will Be Investigated

Walla Walla-Investigation of the
by-product question in the Northwest
is to be made by members of the by
product committee appointed at the
Spokane apple show which met here
during the state horticultural asso-
citation, according to the report, and
the results of these Investigations are
to be made known at North Yakima at
another meeting March /.
The committee unanimously agreed
that since only 10 per cent of all the
by-product plants in the four North
western states have been successful,
and since already the growers of these
states have lost probably more than
$3.50, 900 an unwise investment in such
plants, therefore growers should be
warned against too hasty investments.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-02
Governor Hires COnvicts
for House Boy and Cook

Olympia-By establishing a sort of
branch honor camp at the executive
mansion employing two men from
Walla Walla penitentiary as house
servants, Governor Lister believes he
has solved a vexatious servant prob
lem, in addition to showing his own
faith in carefully planned system of
handling the prison inmates.
For two months Japanese house.
boy and man cook from Walla Walla
lave done all the work about the exc
cutive mansion. The isolated situa-
ton of the mansion, beyond heavy
grove of trees and the old capitol
foundation, made it almost impossible
for women servants to go down town
in the evenings unattended, and the
fact that they were practically cut off
from the rest of the world made the
help problem severe one.
AS it is now, Governor and Mrs.
Lister are more satisfied with the way
the men handle the work; the men
are delighted at the chance to work,
the comparative comfort they enjoy
and the fact that each will have con-
siderable stake when his term ex-
pires, while the state, which pays for
the maintenance Of the mansion, ben
efits from the wage saving. Each of
the men is paid 40 cents day in ad-
dition to board. As they work seven
days week this corresponds roughly
to the so cents per day allowed the
men of the honor road camps.
The men live in a small cottage at
the rear of the mansion. Besides
handling all the hpusework, which had
proved rather heavy for two women,
the Japanese boy finds time to con-
struct wonderful cardboard houses for
Master John Lister, the governors
son, while the cook keeps 20 chickens
as diversion and attempts to coax
winter eggs from them.
A pedigreed Jersey heifer from the
herd of state Senator Troy is to be
given for the use of the Lister house.
hold, and then one of the men will
have an additional duty to perform.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-02
COAST dashed
BY 9O-MILE CALI
Two Barges Driven Ashore -,
Crews Are Lost, =
Summer Resorts Wrecked and y,
hons Of Dollars Damage DOM wv
Snow Breaks Record.

New York-Two men drou
East River and ten men-ths su 10
OF two barges wrecked on tho news Nv
Jersey coast, given up as lost q
cost in human lives of the So we
which swept over this citv and s'o 81!
vicinity early Saturday. 'N 'nls
At Seabright, N. j., a fash;,.,,
summer resort 30 miles south Of I
most of the houses have been a aste
wrecked or are under water. Se.s. s,
hotels and fine residences were sr.s
those undermined and badly damaa vuy
Seventy families are homeless
The damage done to property !.
timated at $1,000, 600, most of - !.
borne by Seabright and other no;,. y
along the northern section of the Maa
Jersey coast. Most of the dam ,."
was due to bulkheads giving vav
der the onslaught of waves dashed ;u W.
fury by a gale which at one t; inv
reached velocity of 80 miles an hou u'
The two three-masted barpes who's.
crews have been given up as lost v Vs,s
in tow of the seagoing tug Edgar =
Luckenbach. While the storm was ..
its worst the barges broke awav and
then drifted inshore midway between
the lifesaving stations Is and 16 ai1
miles south of Seaside Park, N !
Only the masts of one of the barges
was visible next morning and on i
was the form of man. Both mast
and man soon disappeared.
Much damage has been done to Tho
pound net fishing along the New Jer.
sey coast for some distance south from
Sandy Hook. The estimated loss to
the various plants in 100000. At
Arverne the water swept in 50 far
that cottages were flooded and the
owners were forced to move out
Bulkheads were smashed tons Of
lumber were washed up on the beach
and other damage was caused by the
storm which ragged around Atlantic
City. The five miles of meadows be-
tween the city and the mainland re.
sembled a turbulent sea.
A heavy snow fell in depths varying
from five to Is inches throughout this
part of the state.
In this city about five inches fell,
but the record mark was set in White.
hall and IA inches fell in Glenns Falls
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-02
Railroads Assured Of
COnsideratiOn---PrOuty

New York - Fair treatment of the
railroads and decision of their appli-
cations for increased rates are assured,
according to Charles A. Prouty, of the
interstate commerce commission in q
letter received here. Regarding his
speech before the Lotus club, Mr..
Prouty says:
81 have already resigned as MEM
Der of this commission, but you are
correct in your prophecy that the rail-
roads will be fairly treated. When
they show that they are entitled to an
advance in transportation charges,
that advance will be granted, but the
commission must have facts.
cit clearly appeared in the investi-
CATION / conducted into the affairs of
the New Haven railroad that if that
company had never spent dollar out
side Of its legitimate railroad opera
ton it could today easily pay divi-
dend of 8 per cent and carry hand
some profit. ''
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-02
Race for Land Planned.

Chehalis ALBERT johnson, Repre-
sentative in congress from this dis
trict, has written to local persons rel
alive to the proposed opening for set
Element Of several thousand acres of
land in the Rainier reserve, IN the Big
Bottom country in eastern Lewis coun-
y. It is proposed, apparently, to
throw open the lands by the race plan.
rather than By lottery.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-02
Economy Campaign Is Urged.

Washington, D. C.-Dificulties ex-
perienced by postal officials in teach
ing the people to "save and econo-
mice are set forth by Third Assist
ant Postmaster General Dockery in
his annual report made public Thurs
day. To minimize the problem Mr..
Dockery recommends Inauguration Of
a campaign of education by which the
people might be brought into closer
touch with the postal savings service.
A statement showing the growth of
the postal savings system is contained
in the report. At the close of the
first six months Of operation there
were II, 918 depositors with $677, 145
placed to their credit. On June 80,
1913, at the close of two and half
years, there were 331,0 depositors
with $33, 818, $40 to their credit.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-02
National Conference for
Retirement of Race

Battle Creek, Mich. = Hygienlsts'
who are trying to improve living con-
ditions to favor the individual, and
eupenists, who propose to up-build the
individual to withstand unfavorabe
living conditions, will merge theories
and efforts to produce better race OF
men. Leading authorities on eu-
themes and eugenics will take part IN
the National conference on race Det-
terment to be held in Battle Greek,
January 8-12, 1914.
Despite the broad scope of work un-
dertaken by the conference, 1t IS not
expected that any quixotic reforms
will be advocated, although radical
recommendations are anticipated.
Whatever reforms the conference
hopes to enact will be effected through
a gradual process of evolution, under
the direction of a permanent New
Race Institute to be founded during
the Forthcoming meeting.
The present tendency toward race
deterioration will be given full consid-
Grafton by the conference. The evil
dences of this tendency, such as the
decreasing birth-rate, increasing in
sanity, the high infant mortality and
mental inefficiency will be made sub
jects of general discussion with view
to suggesting methods of checking the
downward trend of the race.
Various remedial agents, such as
the sterilization of the criminal insane,
health certificates as condition pre-
cedent to marriage, better care for
delinquent youth and more rational
marriages will be discussed.
The conference will also establish
general standards of physical and
mental perfection, through expert
mental tests with several hundred
children from the public schools.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-02
Tests Furnish Data
On Production of Eggs

February and March slumped notice.
ablv in egg production in Nay, and it
was found difficult to get them to pro-
ducing again during the summer. An
abundance of green food in June and
July helped egg production in Au-
gust. The majority of the hens that
continued to lay through July, August
and into September had been Matched
early the preceding year; the reason
being that the early Matched chicks
developed better and came into laying
in more vigorous condition than did
those Matched late.
The heavy breeds laid fewer eggs
during the setting and Matching season
than did the Leghorns. However, in
late October, and even into November,
many of the heavy birds had come into
vigorous laying, while the Leghorns
that had been producing during the
early summer quit.