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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-05-26
THE SPOKANE MARKET.

reports from all sections are of a
reasurrlng character The principle
note OF disquiet at the present time
is the possibility of serious labor dis
turoances in various parts of the coun-
try, occasioned from the fact that the
Worklngmen feel that they are not get
ting their rightful share of the pros
perlty everywhere apparent.
Aside from this disturbing factor.
the country in general is eniovine
prosperous conditions, and this is in
evidence in all lines Of trade. Job-
bers report excellent business. with
retailers buying freely and collections
better than for some time.
Provisions.
Butter = The market is without
change as to prices, the quotation be-.
Ing 27@30c for Washington cream.
cry Easier prices are reported in
New York and heavier arrivals at
chicago forced quotations down.
Cheese-No further change as to
prices have been made since the de-
cline noted last week. Supplies are
getting more plentiful and market
shows easier tone.
Eggs-Market still holding strong
at $6.75 to the producers and $3.50
wholesale for fresh ranch. New York
reports firm tone in the egg market
with active trading. Chicago egg
prices are slightly higher, with local
demand active.
Dressed Meats-No change as to
quotations have taken place within
the week, but the market is holding
firm and it is predicted that mutton
will remain high throughout the sea-
son. Beef is little easy and may
make change, but just when is un.
certain.
Poultry-Another drop of 1 cent is
noted on hens, broilers, young and
old ROSTERS this week, making the
quotations on hens 13c, broilers 19c
young cockerels 10c and old roosters
&c, live weight.
Lard and Cured Meats-Market is
holding without change as to prices,
but undertone is rather easy, with in.
dications of decline on hog products,
Lard is still firm.
Fruits and Vegetables.
Apples = Nothing new has taken
place in the local apple market dur.
ing the week and prices are holding
at the same figure as for some time.
The apple market at New York was
draggy and the fruit show some
scald. Holdings at Chicago are much
reduced and the trade shows little ac-
tivity.
Other Fruits-A slightly firmer tone
to the orange market is noted this
week and the better grades are up a
little in price, the quotation on 1905,
216s being $3.50@4.5O Grapefruit
is also up a little at $4.5O@5. Straw.
berries are now confined to the Ken.
newick variety and quoted at $500
3.75. Cherries are now in market
and quoted at $2@2.25 per box.
Potatoes old spuds are off 1Oc
per hundredweight at 1925, while the
new variety holds firm at &C per
pound No change has taken place
in seed spuds at $3.50 per hundred
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-05-26
HOUSE APPROVES THE CONFER
ENCE MEASURE ALREADY
PAST THE SENATE.
ONLY Is VOTES AGAINST 1T
Washington's Representatives Follow
Minority Leaders Mann and Card
ner-Spend Billion Dollars in 5
Years-Some Oppose.

Washington.-Cong on Saturday
completed it's part in enactment of
the first of the administration prepar-
edness measures, the army reorgani-
zation bill, and sent the measure up to
President Wilson for his signature.
twenty-five Vote Against 1t.
The house approved, with only rs
dissenting votes, the conference re-
port Of the army measure which al
ready had been accepted by the SEN
ate. 1t provides for a regular army
with a peace strength of more than
100000 men, backed by a federalized
national guard of more than 100000,
and carries a reorganization of the
features worked out by war depart
ment officials to make the nations
fighting arm more efficient
Must Yet Perfect Naval Bill.
To complete the main elements of
the program of preparedness on which
the administration plans to spend
more than $1,OOO,OOO,OOO within the
next five years, congress still has to
perfect and pass the naval bill, en-
bodying the navy increase and the
Notifications bill, which includes pro-
vision for most of the equipment for
the increased army.
Besides personnel increases, the
measure provides for a government
nitrate manufacturing plant to cost
not more than $2O,OOO,0OO; for estab-
lishment Of a system of military
training camps for civilians paid for
out of the federal treasury; for a
board to investigate the advisa bility
.of establishing government NUM-
lions plant and for vocational educa-
ton in the army. liberalization Of
the national guard would be accom-
plished. through federal pay and
through a requirement making the
guardsmen subject to the orders of
the president.
Opposition Votes.
Republicans who voted against the
| Dlll WClO. DIlCCOl, w uCOACl,
Gardner, Gillette, Rodgers, Tinkham,
Walsh, Guernsey, Hadley, Humphrey,
Johnson (Wash.), Hustled, Platt, San
ford, Moore, Morgan, Nelson.
Five democrats, Buchanan Qll0,
Tavenner, Johnson (Ky), Thomas and
Randall, voted against it, as did Lon
don, socialist, and Schall, progressive.
Representatives Hadley, Humphrey
and Johnson were among the repub-
licans who followed the lead of Mann
and Gardner and voted against accept
ing the report of the conferees on the
bill. They did so primarily because,
they said, they desired to send it back
to conference in hope of getting pro-
visions for larger regular army, and
also because it contains the govern
ment-owned nitrate factory proposal.
This, in their opinion, means spend
ing of many millions of public money
in developing a purely southern wa
ter power plant.
Representative Dill and La Toilette
voted to accept the report.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-05-26
SWITZERLAND READY TO
RESIST INVASION OF LAND
President Coppet Says that Crossing
Of Salient Would Be the Signal
for Mobilization.

Paris Switzerland is prepared to
resist with all the forces at her COM
mand any invasion of her territory by
troops of the belligerents, according to
an interview with President Camille
de Coppet, sent to the Journal by it's
Berne correspondent.
President de Coppet was asked spe-
officially what would be the action of
Switzerland if troops of one of the
warning powers would be sent across
the Porentruy salient. He replied:
"The federal council would never
tolerate such proceeding and in &C
cordance with the plans of General
Ulrich Willie, the commander in chief
of our army would order the immedi-
ate mobilization of all our forces,
which would Immediately be sent into
action.
"The Swiss army is in splendid con-
dition. 1t has reached a perfection
Of training which has been hitherto
unknown and has just received a com
plete equipment of new heavy artil-
lery, which was manufa ctured in
France and Germany by order of the
Swiss government"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-12-29
FORGET Tire Past.

The New Year II the best Of all times
to take mental inventory, and every
one OF us should do so. We should
forget the past entirely. A. the re-
grets, all the signs, I'LL the tears hat
ever We're, or I've will be, combined,
cannot recall one single moment that
has passed. Then why waste good
time and vitality? Meet the New
Years day with q brave, smiling face.
The world stops to take notice of the
fighter, and gives him 90 chances out
of 100, whereas the whimperer is
passed by without a glance. Then
let US resolve that the first day of 1917
will see us starting all over again.
standing fearlessly in our places; and
let us further resolve that during the
coming days we will, occasionally,
reach out a helping hand to meon
who needs 1t. This is q great resOlu-
ton to make-a gilt-edged investment
that pays the highest discount on REQ
! ord.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-12-29
GOOD JOKE OF A RAILROAD
Eastern Company Unwittingly Gives
Away More Than $780, 900 Tons
Of Coal.

A million-dollar joke on the Della
ware X Hudson Railroad company,
perpetrated away back in 1906, when
the railroad generously decided 100
acres of mountain land to the com
~monwcalth of PENNSYLVANIA as a site
for the State Hospital for Criminal
Insane, came to light at Fairview the
other day when Il coal dealer tried to
make Il contract with the hospital to
furnish it's coal.
The dealer learned to his amaze
ment that the hospital has on its
grounds more than 100000 tons of
chestnut, pea, buckwheat and other
steam sizes Of coal, all within Easy
hauling distance of it's powcrhouSe.
Upon inquiry he discovered that the
hospital got the coal along with the
land without paying a cent.
The explanation is that when the
land was decided to the institution coal
mines threw away every year thou
sands of tons of coal in the cGlm
dumps, then thought to be useless, but
which are now yielding large returns.
In 1906 the world had not learned to
Use S;l@ll steam sizes of coal. The
mines We're Yielding 50 pIentifully then
IAat grades If coal as large as chest
nut We're frequently dumped into Tie
culm bank.
Before the Delaware < Hudson
turned over the land to the state. 1t
used the mountain on Which the hes
Iital is NOW situated az i dump. The
road had a gravity line to carry coal
from its mines at Carbonate to
Iionesdale. III 1908 this line Was ahan-
|doned and Il steam road built, and tSiis
made the mountain useless to the isil-
road company. But in the nine years
that the gravity road was in use the
road had filled two large rayineS with
culm.
The thought that this might be yalu-
able never entered the heads Of the
railroad officials, O even of The state
officials who accepted the grant of land
for Pennsylvania. But Il few years
later. when the hospital was com
structed. Il marked change had taken
place in the value of culm. The hos
pital authorities found that they had
enough fuel in the two rayineS to last
them. at the lowest estimate, fully 30
years.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-12-29
New Use for x-Ray.

In Switzerland recently the Roent,
gen rays have been made use of with
great success for the examination Of
~re-enforced concrete work about which
any question may have arisen. The
advantage of being able Il make an
examination OK the condition Of such
re-enforcements or the proper DISPOSE
ton and situation thereof without de.
~stroyiHg the concrete structure are
self-eviaent. as we'll rs the desirable.
ity of being able to make an inspec-
ton of the position Of the %rc-enforc-
ing iron rods upon the completion Of
the cement parts of Il new building or
q new structure.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-12-29
tracing LOST CARS
SHERLOCK HOLMES TASK FOR A
RAILROAD COMPANY.
For Some Unexplained Reason Cars
Frequently Disappear and the Job
Of Finding Them Is Most
Difficult.

At times when the scarcity Of freight
cars causes the railroads to place an
embargo upon certain classes of goods.
the problem OF keeping track OF its
cars to see that they do not run away
and become wanderers upon the face
OF the earth is Il stupendous II for
each company.
When n freight car is built, 1T is
given Il number before it leaves the
shop, and thereafter it is always
known by that number until it is Worn
II and scrappea. When Il new car
receives its number, and starts out
upon its business career, it is entered
in the record book, and a careful ac-
count Of its wanderings and earning
power are kent there. This record
book is Il history Of the car, and by
consulting it, II can learn how many
tlips it has made. What cities it has
visited, how many times it has been
~ the repair shop, and also where it is
supposed to be at any given time.
But in spite Of Ill this care in keep
ing Il record Of each car, now and then
for some unexplained reason, one dis
appears from Si-ht-literally running
aWay. Some Of the big companies M
ploy car tracels, but lis Il rule a print
cd tracer is first sent after the car to
bring it back home. This printed
tracer in Il blue envelope, is sent to
the person in whose jurisdiction the
o,t. ytsaS last G9Ir,IlnS,1 ~, MO an1 if il
had passed out Of his district the
tracer is sent on to the next II to
whom the car was assigned. This lit
tie printed tracer failing to bring the
car home in a reasonable length OF
time Il man known as a tracer is sent
road car detective.
And sometimes it is more difficult to
track Il runaway freight car han a
criminal. There are tens Of thousands
Of miles of railways. and hundreds Of
thousands Of freight cars. and to find
often like hunting a needle in a hay
stack. The trace may arrive in a
city, where the runaway car is sup
posed To be. at the very moment when
the car is leaving it in the opposite di-
rcction. 1t may cross his track on Il
| parallel line, or dodge around him on
Il short line. Ut may be headed north.
, or rolling merrily toward the Pacific,
white he IS going toward the Atlantic.
a runaway car apparently is as de-
PRAYED as an criminal. 1t hides on
a lonely siding, or gets lost in q short
swamp line. One such runaway rested
nearly Il year on Il siding in southern
Texas simply because it got lost. and
n one seemed to know Just what to do
with it. The nearest freight agent had
no record Of ii, and no tracer had re-
Guested It's return. Going on the prin-
ciple that what is "everybody's bust
ness is noboay's business" this local
agent made no effort to hunt up the
owners. If the order had been re-
Ceiyed by him to return it he would
Lave obeyed, but lacking such orders
lie left it on the siding. In the course
If time, 1t was occupied by a family
Of squatters, who lived quite comfort
ably in it for six months, n were
! routed out only when quite by acct
dent, the car tracer discovered it,
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-12-29
Double Tracking the Trans-siberian.

News has been received in Tokyo
reporting the completion of the double
tracking Of the Siberian railway. The
news, says the Far East, still lacks Of
fetal confirmation, but if it is we'll
founded. it is bound to prove q wei
come relief to the present congestion
of traffic on that line. 1t recalls the
fact hat during the Russo-Japanese
wal the t~rans-Siberian was a one-rail
road. the best the Russian engineers
could do being the construction of fire.
Guent switches, so that trains could
pass in either direction. And yet by
Spartan regulations they managed to
feed and carry munitions for over five
hundred thousand men over that
double strip Of rust"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-12-29
A STAGE Episode.

Miss Margaret Ellington. the we'll
known actress, tells Il story Of an
amusing unrehearscd effect that oc-
Cured one night when She was act
ing in the comedy, Mrs. Danes De-
Tense" Miss Ellington was playing
the part of Mrs. Bulsome Porter and
in Gene she had to make Il very
serious and dignitied exit. On the
night in question. just as she was 60
ing off, Miss Ellington unfortunately
tripped and fell full length upon the
stage. This was bad enough, hat, as
luck would have it, the next line in
the piece, which was Immediately
spoken by another character, was:
Mrs. Bulsome Porter seenls very
much upset "-Lonsdale (Pa.) Re-
porter.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-12-29
Ore Of Several Large Culverts, Made
Of Oval Conrete Pipe, Which Serve
as Cattle Passes Under a Railway.

are of rc-enforccd concrete and are
made in sections five feet six inches
long. Each section is oval in shape,
feet wide. 4 fiat space, : feet wide.
serves as the bottom of the passage
WAY. These pipes have been found
fully as satisfactory rs the arched or
DoXiike culyertS which are III
ly built where Il pass for stock must
he crowded beneath an elevated track.
The various sections of the pipe, after
being placed, were cemented together.
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-12-29
NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS
Better to Make Many and Break Some
Than to Have Made None
at All.

It's very much the fashion to joke
about making New Years resolutions:
hut as Il matter of fact there is adj
vantage in making resolutions, If they
are good ones, and there is no other
date except ones birthday anniversary
so appropriate for the practice.
That individual must be totally de-
void Of sentiment who has no senti-
ment on the subject of New Year.
Joknrs whose topic is New Years res
olutions lay stress on the fact that
many of them are broken. A fact 1t
is-there is no denying 1t. But not all
of them are broken. A man who makes
ten New Years resolutions, every n
Of them good, and breaks nine, is
better off to the extent Of the virtue
involved in keeping the one to which
he ndheres than if he made none at
all.
For the sake of argument, however,
perhaps it may be conceded that max
ing numerous good resolutions at once
is open to criticism on he ground that
it is harder to attain perfection in
many things than in q few things, and
that failures cause encouragement,
and that concentration is helpful to
success. From this point Of view the
wise thing for New Years resolution
makers to do is to survey their fail
ings and frame q few resolutions hit
ting the high spots.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-12-29
TWO REAcoNs FOR OMISSION.

You are charged with not having n
tail light" said the magistrate to the
motoriSt.
Guilty, Your honor" answered the
motoriSt, briefly. How much!'
But the Judge could not resist the
temptation to deliver Il short lecture.
Don't YOU know" he said, that 1t
is very dangerous for you to sc about
ut night without II laif Light
"Certainly."
Then | hope you wont be guilty OF
such IN ulfenSe again
$50 do |. but it is liable to happen
"NNell. sir, Wlly?"
because, in the first place, I'm rath-
er for-etlul and in the second pilcc,
don't happen To be Il lightning bug
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-12-29
A CrYrtic MESSAGE.

Henry said Mrs. ,%;adspur, stcrnly,
here is il note addressed to you. l
took the liberty ot opening it."
Yes, my dear
IT merely contains the mineral 9
followed by the letters, l.. G.. s. .. T..
Now, / want to know What is the
incoming ot this"
Wen. If You must know, my dear,
The note merely mean = o'clock.
Poser aue Same old place And.
ot course. have no Intention of being
thort."
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-12-29
Alaskan Prcnress.

A generation ago men would have
recailed from the idea that the klon-
Gike gold fields, even If they existed.
would ever be developed. The very
possibility Of carrying civilization
into such q country, building cities,
creating industries. operating mines,
would have been doubted. But the
thing has been done; now we are
looking to Alaska as a country that
ere long will not only produce metal
and mineral wealth, but will make
itself agriculturally self-supporting.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-12-29
Putting Euripides in His Place.

That Euripiles might - styled a
~"lowbrow" in the language Of today
is the opinion of DR.. Paul Shorey of
the University of Chicago, and one of
United Sta:es, who spoke recently at
Stanford. "Euripides dragged the
stately four beat anapestic verse Of
Sophicles down to the level of the fry
ing pan and the bourgeois" said the
ripNles thought, he had to say. and his
thoughts We're as plentiful as mi
crDbes San Francisco Chronicle.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-12-29
Distance in the Country.

GLOW far is it to Williams mill?"
asked the motor tourist.
Bout Il quarter" answered the old
farmer.
But I've been travelling at good
speed for the past half hour and the
last person | asked told me it was
bout Il quarter"
We'll, stranger, that's right. It's
bout a quarter
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-12-29
NEW YEAR MEMORIES
BY Fred B%ooardus.

0y FVSO 0O0ATOuS.
Oh! for an old-fashioned New Year day,
With enjoyments keen and pure,
When fun and frolic reigned supreme,
Good fellowship the lure.
AS we journeyed to the parties
Afoot. p~erchance by sleigh.
The atmosphere seemed laden with
Best wishes of the day.
With good old hearty handshakes
We knew were welcome grips,
Instead Of the present method Of
Just touching the ingertips.
How we merrily danced the ~lancers,
Danced it with a zeal,
Also the polka and minuet,
And jolly Virginia reel.
How the young and old enjoyed It
Each in his separate way,
Youth thinking OF the present,
Age OF the bygone day.
While times and vogues may change. alas
And natures Will obeyS,
I'll still retain sweet memories OF
The good old-fashioned ways.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-12-29
SAME OLD BLUFF.

The old year was backing up, pre-
paratory to his departure.
"IIaye you anything to say before
YOU leaye?" he was asked.
Il don't know that l have. No, l
guess not. Unless"
"Yes; go on"
If had my life over again would
do a whole lot different. l wish l had
known then what | know now. | should
have
That's what they all say. It's old
stuff. Good-by."
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-12-29
Chose an Appropriate Hymn.

A correspondent Of the Yorkshire
(sngland) Post writes: Even Il
night Zeppelin may have its humof.
On a recent Sunday evening AFRAID
alarm signals We're given just as the
vicar entered the pulpit Of a York
shire church and gave rot the hyn,:.
BY an extraordinary coincidence the
congregation found itself Singing to
welcome the pilgrims Of the night"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-12-29
Gettin1 His Moneys Worth.

Professionalism seems to be en-
ioying the fortune his aunt lief, him,
doesn't he?
MISUNDERSTANDING it, Why, | IN
Il couple of months ago.
rarker-So he did but it has sup
piled him With a never-failing topic for
conversation yer since.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-12-29
CATTLE PASSES OF CONCRETE
Western Railroad Makes New and Val
liable Use Of Its Gull
vert Pipes.

Instead of using culvert pipes for
drainage only. q railway has installed
Il number of such pipes OF its line
between Minneapolis and Superior,
Wis. which are large enough to serve
aS cattle passes. These lew culvertS
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-12-29
A Last Resort.

1T is hard for a man 10 remain
cheerful when he sees the price CT y
er!tIing going up"
"surely there are some exceptions
to the g~eenral tendency:"
well, l understand certain brands
Of pills are selling for the same old
price. but l have to be extremely pes
simistic before III take & pill
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-12-29
Rather ~Plain-spoken.

How about the New Years resOlu-
tions?"
Il never make any" answered the
busy man.
'You don't mean to say you are en.
tirely free from bad habitsy
mo, indeed, but making New Ye0-
resolutions I don't intend to keep II
not one of Them"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-12-29
Comparison.

"A pnrson," remarked he Cheerful
Idiot, lis a good deal like a retired
prize fighter"
Come on with the explanation,
said the dense party.
"They are both ~eS-pounders, you
know rejoined the 4. l.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-12-29
II think he exaggerates a %trifle."
Artless Art.

at strikes me- said the critic. that
you are inclined to discourage art
That's right rejoined the movie"
director. Il find it pays better TO
give the people what they want
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-12-29
un Auainat Il.

Mrs, .JuStWed-Tom, the cook wants
another afternoon off.
Mr.. Justwed-Well, if she can show
YOU where there are eight afternoons
in a week, give it to her.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-12-29
Doubtful Use.

Little Ienluel Say. paw, what good
are rich relations, anyway!
Paw-Oh. they are all right when
you want to point TO something With
out pride.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-12-29
Never a Smirk

"What have we here:'
"a trained ~chimpullzee.'
'IIe's almost human, isn't hep
ment on the average actor. He seems
quite obliyious of u box full of debu-
tantes.'
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-12-29
An After Thought.

81 told Mr.. Thickwitz that his baby
looked like him."
'Of curse, he was pleased
Immensely. He didn't hear me add:
Poor little devil un,ler my breath"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-12-29
Quiet Enjoyment.

Didn't you tell me that Dubwaite
was IN entertaining conversational
ist?"
Il did"
Yet, he never talks about anything
but himself"
Exactly. And there is nothing |
enjoy more than laughing in my
sleeve"