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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-10

row ribbon Of water which, with ev.
cry flood tide backed in from the bay,
lifted them high and trundled them,
grinding and groaning. slowly down,
perhaps to the mill at Toledo. perhaps
to be laced together with mammoth
chains, built into great raft and
lowed out to the ocean to voyage
along the coast, down to southern Cal
Hornia or UP to Portland. A tiny,
wheezy tug fused about the backwa-
ter for the express purpose Of starting
the monster RATS out on the ebb.
Inside the new Office were installed
. roll.top desk, a case Of books. map
or two and several chairs. beside a
small stove. Here, with the four pine
walls around him. Walter Sandry at
last looked around and called himself
ct home. The drawers Of the new
desk were full Of documents and mem.
oranda. the history, with statistics and
records down to the -minutest detail,
Of the Dillingworth Lumber company.
These he set himself to master as his
Arst step toward the vast golden goal
Of the dream that had brought him
west.
Very shrewdly he decided to take
nothing out Of the capable hands of
his foreman. There had been sort of
teuse pause in the camp pending this
development. When it became appar-
emit that things were to go on as
usual the work went forward as IL
q line had been loosened.
Big John Daily had gone about dur
ing tho few days of uncertainty with
the unrumed calm Of his quiet nature,
though there was small, very small
ache somewhere inside him. Ever
since he could remember, his life had
been cast in Daily's lumber camp
when his father. old John Daily, had
logged with oxen on the eastern slopes
Of the Coast range and there was no
jerkwater railroad In to Yaquina bay.
When . 2O0-foot fir had tottered out
Of line and sent the old man forever
INTO silence in the roaring thunder Of
It's fall. the boy John, at seventeen,
had picked up the reins Of government
in the camp and carried on the work.
abetted and aided by that efficient
general, his mother. With the years
Of his young manhood he had worked.
following the wilderness as progress
pushed 1t backward to the bay. seeing
little Of the outside world save per
haps for trip, once in three years. to
Portland or down to San Francisco,
and always during the past II had been
the Dillingworth Lumber company
Into whose vast holdings the camp had
cut it, way.
Always there had@been no hand Of
power in the hills save his own. no
supervision excepting the annual visits
OF some member Of the drm who went
over things, nodded, estimated. took
figures and went away. He had car
ried on his camp himself. fought since
be could remember with the Yellow
Pines company, whose holdings were
vast rs those Of the Dillingworth. and
had not thought Of change.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-10
x..n. Rooster From Growing.

Keeps Rooster From Growing.
A mood of tin which fits over .
ROSTERS head and neck in such
way as to prevent chandeliers her
aiding the dawn has been invented.
That's what the bird got for Growing
near q police station, where men have
time to think of such tribes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-10
Friendly Bird.

An En- Esh lady residing in tho
country rs pet blackbrd. Last
summer TN birds cage was placed in
the open Widow and a wild blackbird
flew dow to it, looking through for
q minute Q. two at the prisoner and
then flyillg away. A minute aseerwSrd
the visitor returned, bearing worm
in its beak. This act Of friendship was
repeated atain and again. until the
Gagged blAckbird and his mistress had
to leave. The two birds had been sep
arated fer eight months, bat recently
the lady ieeurned to the country, ana
had not hing the cage up half an
hour betore. the same wild blackb1rd
was seer ny ing down to his old friend.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-10
CHAPTER ".

CHAPTER ". "A
Old RsIno In New Hands.
The East and the West had met. Il
was apparent In every essential that
had 70 do with sandry and his men
In common.
ct the head Of the long table, in the
way he used HE hands. his knife and
his food. It glared when he spoke, 1t
paraded In his clothes, and most Of all
It stood forth pitilessly when he sat
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-10

Rooosvele,o l6oa. -.
4 M1M WnUWvusex1 N1s6110s
his baool fUr~At<sHsoanfSy@lb $3.50
enough to bs given . square deal ,
More than that no man Is antislsd u :
and less than that NO man shall havA
Theodore Roosevelt.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-10

the charming family group shown here.
The handsome little fellow is Richard
Derby. Jr., son OF DIR. Richard Derby of
New York and the former Miss Ethel
Roosevelt DIR. Derby and his wife
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-10

Forget ,g the cares of politics and
other dist actions from the really i'm
portant things of life-such as grand
children-,olonel Roosevelt posed in
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-10
l0I0NEL sad MR5 Roo5EvE l 41d RlGHARD DERBY JR.

went last year to France to care for
war victims in the hospitals. leaving
Richard, Jr., In care of Colonel and
Mrs. Roosevelt, but they have re-
turned
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-01

Its seven thousand dollars.
Yes"
Cant we borrow it,"
81 have already stretched my
credit as far as possible"
How much do you think you
can raiser" | asked rather unex-
pectedly. Dick frowned. / could
see he did not want me to butt in.
Cant get any, said Mr.. Sell
win.
What" shouted both of us
women in a breath.
Il can let you have five thous-
and" said Mrs. Selwin suddenly.
And I'll let you have the other
two thousand" | said. Dick and
| owe you some money on our
stock anyway"
Where are you going to get
it, Margie?" asked Dick.
I've always had thousand
dollars in the savings bank since
We were first married. Don't you
remember our first quarrel was
about it. You wanted me to put
it in the book business then. Just
before dear Aunt Mary went to
the hospital she made me a pres
ent of a thousand dollars; said
she intended to give it to sonny
If he had lived, but now she
wanted me to have it"
Mr.. Selwin got up solemnly and
came around the table and held
out his hand. as | placed mine
in 1t he reached over and kissed
his wife tenderly and then me.
II don't deserve 1t, Dick he
said rather TREMENDOUSLY, land
neither do you, | am sure"
Il never did deserve Margie, :"
said Dick, "but / always ac-
knowledge 1t. 1t is something to
acknowledge your shortcomings.
/ was going to suggest selling
some stock to Harry Symone, but
now we won't have to. / don't
want to let go any of the stock
IL / can help 1t. for we're going
to make a barrel of money some
day"
Say, my dears. you haven't got
few more thousands slowed
away. have your asked Mr.. Sell
win.
IF we have, we are not going
to tell you, answered his wife
gaily, as We went out of the din
ingroom and ksft them to make
plans for the getting of a big
contract for school books in a
neighboring city.
That's right, Margie, always
keep some money that your hus-
hand does not know about" said
Airs. SelwiI. 81 have often
thought that II wives would save
a little money that was their very
own, II would be q splendid thing
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-01

Your Uncle Sam is teaching employers few
fine tricks on that new government railroad he
is building up in Alaska.
William G. Edes, chief of the U. S. Alaska En-
cheering Co., is the boss of the big job. What
do you think was one of the first things he did
when he began the work this summer? He wrote
to Secretary Lane and said that one of the first
buildings he wanted to put up at the new town
Of Anchorage (Which is the construction camp
base for the railroad) was an amusement hall!
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-01
Confessions ofaWife

slspyraxht, 1914, sy Newspapss
Bnterwriss Associs deal
am spending most of my time
at the hospital. Yesterday / went
over right after luncheon. and as
/ came in sight of the gate | saw
Dick Just coming out and going
down the street.
Poor Dick has his hands full
nowadays-with all these sick
women on his hands and the
hook shop to look after. besides
Lis own affairs.
Last night Dick and / went
over to Mr.. Selwin's to dinner.
The book business has been very
quiet this year, and l could see
from snatches of the conversation
between Mr.. Selwin and Dick that
both Of them were somewhat de-
pressed.
II really don't see how we are
going 10 meet that note next
weak said Mr.. Selwin.
you mean Miller's?"
Yes"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-01
YOU CAN GET
RID OF ITCHING

There is immediate relief for
skins itching, burning and dis
figured by eczema, ringworm, or
similar tormenting skin-trouble,
in a warm bath with Resinol
Soap and a simple application of
Resinol Ointment. The soothing
healing Resinol medication sinks
right into the skin, stops itch
ing instantly, and soon clears
away all trace of eruption. even
in severe and stubborn ou,cases
where other treatments haze had
no effect. After that, the regular
use of Resinol Soap is usually
enough to keep the skin clear and
healthy.
You need never hesitate to use
Resinol. 1t is a Doctors prescrip-
ton that has been used by other
physicians for years in the treat
ment of all sorts of skin affec-
lions. IL contains absolutely moth
ing that could injure the tender
est skin. Every druggist sells
Resinol Ointment and Resinol
Soap Samples free, Dept. 32-R,
Resinol. Baltimore, Md.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-01
EDITORIAL PAGE TFHE TACOMA TIMES
Uncle Sam Shows Private Employers Trick Two About Eenc

wedding in the new town. One of the boys de-
cided he liked Uncle Sam as an employer well
enough to risk taking unto himself wife and
the whole camp turned out for the ceremony.
The men think pretty well of Uncle Sam as an
employer. He's doing up in Alaska just what
he did at Panama-making the welfare and COM
fort of his workers the FIRST consideration,
because he knows that the efficiency of workers
is increased in direct ratio to their comfort and
happiness.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-01

tract with Uncle Sam-model employer. The
building is regular community playhouse and
civic center. In addition it is used for all sorts
of community purposes.
The other day, wandering preacher arrived
at the construction camp. When Sunday came
around the government building was turned
over to him. the billiard tables were pushed
back against the wall, and the men came in to
Sunday service-those who wished to come. A
few days later the hall was the scene of the first
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-01

He said that he thought it was bad thing for
big construction camp not to have place
where the men could have proper recreation,
and he asked authority to spend $500 in equip
pool tables and other amusements.
Controller of the Treasury Downey promptly
ruled that it was most proper expenditure
So now the men at Anchorage have govern
ment-owned recreation plant, where they can
get healthy amusement free as part of their con-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-01
MAYBE SHE HAS ONE

The Colorado mine workers have at last drawn blood in
their long fight with the Rockefeller interests.
The state supreme court has granted review of the Law
son trial and at the time has debaed Judge CRANKY
Hilyer from further hearing Of the strike
Of course everybody knows that Lawson raroaded
to the penenary Rockefeller forced the for trial be-
fore Rockefeller hencman The result foregone
cusion. But in Colorado in all other states, there
doubtless square, honest judges who will put truth justice
above the almighty dollar,
Ii the comes before of these Thomas Law
sons complete vndcation will certainly result and Colorado
may hold up her head once more.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-01

all around"
Wei, this loan wipes me out, /"
l said. I'll have to begin all
over again."
But. little book, you can't tell
how proud was to be able to help
Dick. He has been so occupied
lately with his family troubles
that he is not at all like himself,
and he has been working so hard
at least twice a week he has
stayed at the office until IL
O'Clock and after.
Mrs. Selwin looked at me rath-
er queerly, but she did not say
anything.
Continued Tomorrow.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-01
No Chance
If You're
s. TacOman

The city council had a brief
clash this morning when it took
up the appointment of a success
sor to j. II. Holme, member of
the civil service board, whose
term expire this week.
"All the members of that board
live in the North End" said May
or Fawcett. ''I'd like to get a
South End man on 1t. | nominate
F. ID. Bunker"
Mills declared that he did not
think it mattered where the board
members lived. Atkins and Faw-
cett voted for Bunker, and the
other three for Holme.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-01
WILSON WINS AGAIN

From national victory, Wilson goes international VIC
tory And no victory of the boodstaned fields of this war
can compare with the presidents victory for peace
But for the president this country would have been at
with Germany today But he understood the spirit of the
majority OF Americans He knew that the people did not want
TO De dragged into the great conflict He refused to be STAN
peded lie stuck his guns but with such great good sense
with such good humo with such unmoved camness that he
to their senses. - ''
, Let us all thank God that we had Woodrow Wilson in
the presidential chair the year our Lord 1918!
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-01
ON THE HOPPERS

You have to hand the United States department OF
agriculture! Here without any fuss and beating of tonoms
and without advisory board of inventors it has forged
right ahead and invented all by itself the cutes little hopper
dozer you ever heard tell Of
If you have nice level farm thckly infested with grass
hoppes you ought invest in hopperdozer for hopper
will end the earthly existence of grasshpper quick
" as AZ centimeter would
Of course few of city folks have farms but all eat
food raised FARMS and the grasshppers the farm
the less food get you why ought to appreciate
this hopperdozer invention 1t is only the that
us to view the invention in this semi-frivolous light
There we had almost forgotten to tell you what hap
perdozer u.s. inclined to mrthu handling Of the subject
1t is nothing than pan of water concealed
beneath film of kerosene When this is drawn through
gasshoppernfesed field the hoppers all hop into the kero
sone 1--WE don't know why and drowned in the water
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-01
WHAT? HOTEL REFORM?

st Louis corporation and operates of the fam
GUS hotels OF Texas. Recently the cashier highly trusted
employee, embezzled large of money disappeared
Now the secretary of the hotel company has gone
the route
The management investigated this double violation of
trust Resut-an order closing the hotel bar-a profitable
one-and threatening summary discharge for any employee
taking drink, at any time.
Old Demon Rum surely receiving stiff jolts these
days. 49, ~
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-01

Her father says she is pretty, but very modestly
admits that this IS natural he is biased However,
this has nothing to do with what her friends say,
and they many Each one upholds the father 3
admiration of 5-year-old Sarah Elizabeth some even
going far as to mention further beauties that the
father has left out. She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs M. ID. Boland. 1907 No. Anderson street.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-01
IDENTIFIES HIMSELF

Jim McNeely did real public service when he. an
nouced openly that he is to seek the g. o. F. gubernaoa
nomination OF a straight Cuisines ticket
Jim said that he didn't want the job personaly and that
the Wholesalers manufacturers and retailers could get to-
gether and other he draw out But what
he wanted was who would be satisfactory to these
classes.
This leaving of laborers and folks sal
aries out of the counting shows the old Jmthe one who IN
his lumber mill days Buckley before he retired never hired
a white man if he could get Jap.
Some folks had forgotten his old sentiments because Jm
in 1872 announced he with the progressves few per
sons did that that step the most obvious OF po
cal plays.
But Jim voluntarily places himself in his right class
politically The people will do the rest unless jim should
withdraw from the to help out some other sandpatef
win
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-01

The Oracles' Council will meet
tomorrow afternoon with Mrs.
F. l.. belong, 1916 South 33rd.
Take Traction car.
Miss Ella VI. Sprouts has jus.
returned from a two years visit
in Australia. Leaving Sydney
Aug. 5, she arrived in Vancouver
Wednesday. She reports a very
pleasant trip with excellent
weather during the entire jour
ney.
The Rev. and Mrs. G. X. Staudt,
of Calvary Presbyterian church,
entertained the Sunday school
teachers Monday night. The an
nual picnic of the Sunday school
will be held at Point Defiance
park Friday.
The Women's Republican club
will hold a meeting at the Taco
ma hotel Friday at 1880 p. m.
Miss Fannie Daily, supervisor
of music in the New York schools,
is spending few days with Mrs.
C. o. Bates at the Bonneville.
Miss Valeria Waiter, of Balti-
more, will be the guest of honor
this evening at a dancing party
given by Mrs. William E. Bowen
and Miss Andrietta Bowen at
their pretty residence on North
Tacoma ave.
Miss Lydia Lowell entertained
Is of her girl friends yesterday
afternoon at a lawn tea.
Mrs. III. Cranston Potter left
Monday for the south where she
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-01

Miss Genevieve Wilson will en-
terrain at a supper picnic Friday
evening. honoring Miss Erma
Biggs and Huse Chastain.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-01

Miss Kathleen Mcmahon enter
tanned recently at a bridge lunch
ton, honoring Mrs. w. w. Sey-
mour.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-01

will visit her daughter In Oak
land.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-01

Mrs. III. Cranston Potter left
Monday for the south where she
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-01

Miss Lydia Lowell entertained
Is of her girl friends yesterday
afternoon at a lawn tea.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-01
Personal
Social

The Oracles' Council will meet
tomorrow afternoon with Mrs.
f. l.. belong, 1916 South 33rd.
Take Traction car.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-17
FITTING UP THE BATHROOM
Some o. the Regulates That Must
Find Place In the Modern
Establishment.

In the days Of the old tin tub almost
anything in the way Of . towel WAS
good enough. 20 long ~ It was free
from holes. The advent Of sanitary
plumbing. the white enamel tub and
basin. the tile or tile-effect walls ana
the nickel and glass fixtures have
made the up-to-date bathroom Q differ
ent proposition. For instance. utility
10 no longer the sole standard By
which the bathroom linens are judged.
They must also harmonige with the
enamel and glass fittings. AZ . result
housewives noT buy their towels In
sets In white. With an initial or mono
gram In color. Many towel sets are
bought In plain or fancy material with
out . monogram. which 10 worked BY
the housewife herself
Bathroom sets Of terry cloth are
composed Of two bath towels. . bath
mat. and two face cloths. al with .
plain or fancy border and IN initial or
monogram.
Jacquard figured bath towels are
new and attractive. They have deep
pink or blue border and the hem u
daintily embroidered In color. The
edge IL finished with . deep border or
crochet of white and color. Turkish
and buck towels are almost always
embroidered In color and finished With
. scailoped or crochsted edge.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-17
SYNOPSIS.

The New York police are mystifed by a
series OF murders and other crimes. The
principal clue to the criminal is the warn
Ing letter which is sent the victims signed
with a ''clutching hand" The latest vic
tim OF the mysterious assassin is Taylor
Dodge, the insurance president. His
daughter. Elaine employs Craig Ken
nedy. the famous scientific detective. to
try to unravel the mystery. What Ken
nedy accompIishes is told by his friend,
Jameson, a newspaper man. After many
fruitless attempts to put Elaine and
Craig Kennedy out of the way the Clutch
ing Hand Is at last found to be none other
than Perry Bennett. Elaine's lawyer and
the man she Is engaged to marry. Ben
nett fees TO the den of one of his Chi
nese criminals. The Chinaman forces from
Bennett the secret OF the whereabouts Of
$1,000. 600. Then he gives the lawyer a po-
ton which will suspend animation for
months. Kennedy reaches Benefits side
just after he has lost consciousness.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-17

would Be . boon dificult to over
praise. Nowadays. in such libraries
a. am familiar with, it takes half IN
hour to trace down the book you want.
even II the library owns 1t. A woman
may need to look through half dozen
books to get all she wants, and II al
she needs to do is to sit down before
the open shelf and pull these out -
she chooses. she can get al she wants
inside that half hour.
The vide-avake. alert woman knows
that there = tremendous asaistapee to
b had from books. no matter what hsr
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-17

August "A. 1872. rang for the massacre
Of St Bartholomew. At that time the
bell hung in the churchspire Of Faint
German pAuxerrois. During the rev.
olution, when In 1889 Marie Joseph
Chenier. brother Of the pest Andre
chenier. was stasbg his tragedy.
Charles *" he asked that the his
toric bell b lent him for the evening".
He got 1t and It rsng Tor The play mas
sacrs - II had rung for IT, rel hor.
rof. II has been kept n ~ sAestsr
ever sinoe. and thns has eoeaDsa ~
fate e - nany ethr eh1nes ~
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-17

there should be the special volumes
devoted to certain lines Of labor;
there ought to be the small philoso-
phies Of work which so often are
crowded with inspiration. The latest
books printed on any subject pertain
ing to the women of the world Of work
must be on this shelf. and there ought,
too. to be found such helpful essays as
the late William James on Habit"
To be able to 90 straight to such q
shelf and. without wasting any Of the
time 90 precious to the business day,
to b able to pick out the book wanted