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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-10-31
HOLSTERS ARE SATISFIED.

Bloomington, Ind, Oct. 30.-Tired
but happy, nearly $500 Indiana stu.
dents returned from indianapolis
where they witnessed the Tufts game.
which resulted IL to 10 in favor Of the
fasteners.
The Hoosiers rooters have nothing
but the highest praise for the work OF
Coach Stiehm. who has caused the In
diana stock to soar and who has made
a great Improvement in the work OF
the team since Chicago was met.
Stiehm's scout returned today with
word that Northwestern is stronger
than in years and that Indiana will
have 70 continue to improve to win
next Saturday.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-10-31

the field with band playing and ban
ners flying.
The game was regarded as the great!
est gridiron battle ever played in In
dianapolis. 1t showed the wonderful
Improvement made by Indiana sine
the Chicago game.
Illinois Wins. %g3
Lafayette. Ind Oct. 80. -Illinoi6
university football team defeated Pun
due on Stuart field Saturday by scof1
of IA to Z. The Purdue line prove1
stronger than Illinois but the Urbau&
backfield was much faster, Macombel
was the star for Illinois, while HufinG
Hake, Allen. FanAken and BeuchnG
starred for Purdue Captain HakeA
left shoulder was broken and he ri
be out for the rest OF the season.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-04-06

pipe. and Ben Phillips recounting old
time races, the center of a group Of
interested ones; Ben Hilton, one Of
the proprietors. among them; George
the English shepherd Che may have
been SCOTCH. and his fox terrier
Topsy. would open up his bunk bed
before nine and get'er bettled for
the night; the crowd would gradual
~ melt away. and melt is Il good
word. for Brown would keep the big
logs going on the fire. Brown &
Hilton was the firm who ran the ho-
tel for many years
Probably Ben had been looking
over the house or having his even
ing nap but about ten everything was
quiet, and for an hour or two We
could talk over the Merinos, of which
they had the best flock in Maine
Later on came the importation of
Shropshires and Welsh ponies but
We could never get the same interest
in them we did in curly horned
wrinkly merinos, and l never thought
that Ben waxed as eloquent over the
Shrops. etc, as he was wont to do
Maine Farmer.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-04-06
Somerset County Horse Reminis.
cences

B. F.. Fairbanks of Belgrade writes
me some interesting "reminiscences of
old-time days when he and his
brother. the late j. +. Fairbanks of
Lewiston, were lads living in Skowhe-
gan.
He recalls Lion Messenger. The
Witherell Horse, Crawford Horse,
some of the Canadian stations
among which we count the latter,
and some of the early Morgans. This
was before the days of race tracks
there, and any controversy as to
speed was settled over the sandy
roads The old-time horsemen are
gone, but there still remain quite II
a few to keep the sport alive.
Peter Merry always has a few good
ones in his stable. Charley Day
would rather Win a good race than
sell couple of hundred dollars
worth of groceries, even if the profit
is no greater.
Bob Haines, of 1.-THE Coburn,'
saw last time driving an auto over
around "Stricklands" on the Maine
Central. but l guess he would look
at bunch of race horses if they
were stepping well.
Hiram Bearce will shoe a horse
an hour and give you all the horse
news around town with accuracy; not
as much news, to be sure, as there
used to be, but we can talk little
more about what horses there are.
Ben Gaylord. l. D. Leavitt and Nor.
ris Cleveland race little, but Scott
Robinson seems to have Switched"
more or less to the hen business.
Well, the business is not what it
used to be, but the sport is Just as
much sport as ever it was The
horses go faster and contrariwise to
old-time exciting conditions, we buy
more fast ones than we breed We
used to convert PAGERS to trotters by
weights, and now they convert what
would be pretty fair trotters into
PAGERS by tying their legs and hit
ting them on the back
The old-time days return no more.
What enjoyable evenings we used to
pass at the old Somerset House at
North Anson--the big Franklin"
fireplace aglow, good cigar, or a
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-04-06
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Madison Ave. ODpOsite Hotel COburn

HANIHOh Ave. UppOsItb HOCtl COBuFH
Sunday services at 1915. Subject:
Are Sin. Disease and Death Real?"
Sunday School at r.
Wednesday evening services at 7.3O.
Reading room open Wednesday
from 230 to o'clock. The public
is cordially invited to attend services
and visit reading room.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-04-06
Clayton ElrOy Weymouth Dead

Clayton Elroy the i-year old son
of Mr.. and Mrs James l.. Weymouth
died early Saturday morning at the
home of the family at the corner of
Bailey & William st. The child has
been sick for several months. Be
sides Master Clayton there are two
other children. Mr.. and Mrs. Wey-
mouth moved to Skowhegan from
Burnham over a year. ago. The flu
neral was held Monday, Rev. H G
McGauflin of the Centenary NJ. E
church officiating.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-04-06

The annual report of the Somerset
Traction Company is as follows:
This road extends from Skowhegan
to Madison. The track and overhead
construction are in good condition.
The equipment has been maintained
in good condition During the past
year there have been 1000 ties re-
placed with new ones. About one
quarter of a mile of 40-pound rails
has been replaced with 67-pound
rails One new box car with steel
underframe has been purchased,
which is to be equipped with motors
and used for freight and express bust
ness. A new ballast pit about one
mile west of Madison has been pur-
chased, which is of ample size to last
a very long time There has been
completed large addition to the car
barn and stock room.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-04-06
ISLAND AVENUE CONGREGATIONS
AL CHURCH
Island Ayenue

Rev. c. II. McElhiney, minister
Residence, North Ave.
Sunday morning preaching service
at 10.45, with G. A X. and w. r. G.
attending. Special music. Sunday
School at -; Sunday evening service
at 7 o'clock.
There will be Christian Endeavor
meeting at 6 o'clock Sunday evening.
Working League meets Monday in
Church Parlors
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-04-06
ADVENT CHURCH

ADVENT CHURCH
Corner of Madison Avenue and Rus
sell Street
s. d. A Church will meet Saturday
at 100 for Sabbath School and social.
Services following. All are cordially
invited
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-04-06
Geo. q. Jenkins Dead

WHITMAN. MASS, March 81
George o. Jenkins, banker and
manufacturer of leather goods, died
tonight at the age of So years. His
wife. Mrs. Abbie S. Jenkins. is state
regent of the Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution. Mr. Jenkins was
president of the Whitman Savings
Bank and a dirertor of the Puritan
Trust Co of Boston. He was a for
mer president of the Brockton &
Whitman Street Railway Co. and of
the Bingham Last Co of Bingham
Me
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-04-06
ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH
Parish Of Our Lady Of LOurdes, Water
Street

FIR. j. l.. A. Renaud, Pastor
Roctory, adjacent to Church. Tel. 55-2
Sunday Low Mass at a. m; High
Mass at 10 a. m. conducted by FIR.
Renaud Vesper service at p. m.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-04-06
ard of Thanks

We wish to thank our friends and
who so kindly assisted us
during the sickness and death of our
dear, loving son. and also for the
beautiful flowers that were sent in.
and family.
Mr. and Mrs John Mogle
Scion. Me-, March 80, 1916.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-04-06
CENTENARY METHODIST EPISCO-
PAL CHURCH
Island Ayenue

Rev. H. G. McGlauf1in, minister
Parsonage, Is Island Ave, next door
to Church. Tel. 54-2
Sunday morning service at 10.45;
Sunday School at IL; Epworth Lea
que at o'clock.
Thursday evening service at 730.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-04-06

If you want daily paper, let us
get you the Portland Press for 81
year, the Boston American or the
Boston Post for $240. Six months
at same rate.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-04-06
BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH
Corner Of Madison Avenue and Pleas
ant Street

Rev. George Merriam. minister
Parsonage, 80 Madison Ave.
Tel. 1888
Preaching service at 10.45; Sunday
School at IL; Christian Endeavor at 6
o'clock.
Mid-week prayer meeting Thursday
evening at 100
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-04-06
Church Directory
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
BAPTIST Hill. Main Street

Harry Upton, acting preacher.
Preaching service 10.45 Sunday
morning and in the evening.
Sunday School at IL; Y. P. 8. G. Il.
at o'clock.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-02-25
lighting for
Vast Heritag e
[Continued from page /

Continued from page
ity report strikes out all of the
Ferris bill after the enacting clause
and proposes practically a new
substitute leasing bill. The mi
nority report, signed by Senators
Thomas Smith (Arizona) Demo-
crat, and Senators Works, Smoot
and Clark (Wyoming) Republicans,
is against federal ownership, regu-
lation and leasing.
The majority report and it's ac-
companying substitute bill present
the chief menace to public rights
and welfare. for the minority idea
has little support in congress.
Clifford Pinchot. in an open let
ter to President Wilson, declares
that the senate substitute would
compel the secretary of the in
terror to grant all the power sites
any corporation might ask for.
Compar ison of the Ferris bill and
the senate committee substitute
shows that Mr.. Pinchot's warning
is we'll founded. The senate bill
is designed to start an orgy of wa
ter power grabbing by spectators
who hope later to unload their
easily acquired 50-year leases on
bona fide DEVELOPMENT companies.
The sums realized by these specula-
tive holders would pass into the
capitalization of the developed
powers and the consuming public
would have to pay tribute perpet-
ually on these easily acquired spec
ulative fortunes.
Looking over tie two measures
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-02-25

in district were to be taken for
the railroads nothing would remain
for domestic, irrigation and manu-
featuring needs. Or, if all the re-
manning undeveloped power were
taken for railroad the consuming
public would be left at the mercy
of power companies already in the
field to supply public requirements.
The senate committees substi-
tute bill cuts out that important
safeguard.
Now is the time to stand guard
over these great natural resources
when title is still in the govern
ment. the people. Once title
should be voted away by legislation
the damage would be perpetual
and ifremediable.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-02-25
w. Water Co
Faces Disaster

Unless those owning land water
ed from the White Bluffs Water
lcod1pamy plant pay their back
maintenance at once, the White
Bluffs Land & Irrigation COM
pany, the largest single user under
the plant, will withdraw from it
and put in it's own pumping plant.
This is the message delivered by
James Armstrong of Tacoma, man
ager for the company, who Was
in the valley Thursday, accompan-
led by an engineer and equipped
with blue prints, and who, while
here. went over the ground where
the new pumping plant will be in
stalled.
The White Bluffs Water COM
pany owes $1,000 on its 1915 pow
err bill and Mr.. Armstrong says he
does not propose that any money
he might pay in for 1916 mainte-
nance shall be applied on 1915
bills. Therefore it is up to the
local people to pay their back
maintenance if they expect the
White Bluffs Water company to
operate this summer for it seems
unreasonable that the balance of
the land owners under the project
could carry the expense of opera
tion if Mr.. Armstrong; company
Withdraws.
A meeting of the stockholders
of the company will be held some
time next week when the local
people will determine what they
want to do.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-02-25


Notices have been posted an
nouncing a school election to be
held Saturday, March a. fer the
election of one school director to
succeed j. A. Johnson, whose term
expires on that date. The Spokes-
man has heard the following names
suggested for the place: NJ. ~.
Houk, Rod Sprague, j. A. John
son, w. j. Kincaid. Mrs. F. M.
Wheeler, S. V. Tanning and Mrs.
M. S. Meeks. Take your choice
and if none of this bunch suit you,
pick some one else.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-02-25

There is more Catarrh in this section
Of the country than all other diseases
put together and for years it was sup
posed to be incurable. Doctors pre-
scrbed local remedies. and by constant
ly failing to cure with local treatment,
pronounced it incurable Catarrh is a
local disease, greatly influenced by con-
stitutional conditions and therefore re-
quires constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. ;.
Cheney & Co.. Toledo, Ohio, is a consti-
tutonal remedy. is taken internally
and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous
Surfaces Of the System. One Hundred
Dollars reward is offered for any case
that Halls Catarrh Cure fails to cure.
Send for circulars and testimonials.
r. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-02-25

one is struck by the vast difference
that may be made to spring from
a Single word. Under the Ferris
or administration bill, the secre-
tary of the interior is authorized
and empowered to grant 50-year
leases to "citizens Of the United
States, or to any association of
such persons, or to any corporation
organized under the laws of the
United States, or of any state or
territory thereof"
This would give the secretary
some discretion under which he
might prevent wholesale grabbing
by existing power companies or
withhold leases from mere specu-
lators who could not make prop
er showing of good faith. One
cunning word in the senate substi-
tute would strip the secretary of
that discretion. The substitute
bill authorizes and directs" the
secretary to make leases. 1t leaves
to that official no option. He
must grant leases to all applicants.
The Ferris bill also authorizes
and empowers the secretary to
grant leases to "any state, county
or irrigation districts" and pro-
vides that he "may, in his discre-
ton, give preference to applica-
tions for leases for the develop
ment of electrical power by states,
counties or municipalities for mu-
nicjpal uses and purposes"
The senate committee substi-
tute bill cuts out the rights of
states, counties, municipalities and
| irrigation districts to make such
leases. 1t permits any speculator
to grab ad libitum what it denies
to the people to use for them
selves.
The senate committees substi-
tute, as the committee admits in
it's report, distinctly recognizes
the ownership of and the right of
control in the states of the use of
the waters in the flowing streams
of the states" In other words,
says the committee, while the
United States may own the sites,
4 the states own the flowing water.
This raises debatable question Of
law and its purpose is to hamper
the United States government and
give the spectators and land grab
! bers a better opportunity to under
mine the public interest.
The administration bill guards
the public against undue seizure of
power sites for the identification
of railroads. 1t provides that the
lessee shall at no time contract
for the delivery to any one con-
sumner of electrical energy in ex-
cess Of SO per centum of the total
output, except upon the written
consent of the secretary of the
interior"
The purpose here is to prevent
the total appropriation of water
powers in certain districts for rail-
road uses where it would be appar-
ent to the secretary of the interior
that the public interests would
suffer. If all the available power
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-02-25
TOWN AND VALLEY NEWS

P v. Knaub of Cold Creek was
transacting business in White
Bluffs Friday.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-02-25
Taps for Columbian
Continued from page

Continued from page l
prosperous enough for each place
to have it's own paper.
Mrs. Condor will do the Han
ford reporting for the Spokesman
and she is authorized to receive
subscriptions. We will give the
Hanford district just as much
space as the business from there
will justify.
And the people of Hanford can
do a lot--can do more than we can
toward making the Hanford end of
the combined newspapers a success.
We want the news--we will do our
best to get it, hut we need your
cooperation. Tell us the news,
give us your moral as we'll as
financial support and we guarantee
you to do our best to serve you.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-02-25

Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Robinson
motored to Kennewick and back
last Sunday.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-02-25

C. O. Wommack has been ap.
pointed road boss for the White
Bluffs district. -
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-02-25
Notice for Publication

North Yakima List No. 3l6
United States Land Office, North Yakima. Wash
ington.
January 90 1916.
Notice is hereby given that the Northern Pa
is St Paul, Minnesota. has this 22nd day of
January 1916 filed in this office its application to
select under the provisions of the act of congress
EIs of NWl4 Sec. lO-13N-26 E. w. M. 5000 acres.
Serial No 079l2.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
the mineral character of the land, for any
other reason. to the disposal to applicant should
file their affdavits of protest in this Office on or
before the 22nd day of March, 1916.
11-3 II Jon H. MCDONALD. Reg lister
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-02-25

DO IT NOW! One sage rat
poisoned at this time is equal to
fifty later on. Do not delay. We
have the Dragon" poison that
will do the trick.
THE PRODUCE COMPANY
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-02-25

Our rates filed with the Com
mission calls for a Ten Cent charge
for all calls after hours except
those for doctor or a fire.
To date we have not enforced
this charge but will be compelled
to unless our patrons discontinue
the practice of making trivial and
unimportant calls after hours.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-02-25

C. O. Wommack has been APP
pointed road boss for the White
Bluffs district. ~
W. H. Wehmeier of Hartford
was. a passenger on Mondays train
for outside points.
John McFee has joined the Ford
brigade, having purchased the car
that James Shepherd bought in
Portland last fall.
County Superintendent A. c.
Jones was a White Bluffs visitor
Wednesday interviewing a few of
the citizens here regarding school
matters.
E. w. Gillet, who has been look
ing after property interests here
for the past month, returned We'd
ncsday to his home in Tumalo,
Oregon.
A. H. Zane of Hartford was in
White Bluffs Wednesday discussing
the union high school with local
people.
A baby girl was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Warren Warren? yes. War
ren, Judd, at Des Moines, Iowa, on
February 8.
The Cemetery association will
meet at the schoolhouse on Monday
night, February %, at 8 O'Clock.
All those interested will please be
in attendance.
The steamer erwin Cities" Of
the Dalles-Columbia line will leave
Portland for Lewiston March 9.
They will stop at Kennewick and
Pasco on the up trip and return
trip also.
f. M. Wells house was complet-
ed and occupied last week. The
material in the We'll house was
| furnished by the St. Paul & Taco
ma Lumber company and the work
was done by local carpenters. adv.
John Norton is this week moving
his two buildings from their pres
ent location to the new town.
During the boom days of White
Bluffs, one of the buildings was
used for paint store.
Ferd Luhmann's house is near
ing completion. Coleman and
Schwartze-two home carpenters.
are doing the work. The material
was furnished by the St. Paul &
Tacoma Lumber company. adv.
| j. M. Johnson arrived in town
this week and will spend few
days looking after his ranch prop
erty. Mr.. Johnson spent a good
part of last year in Montana and
North Dakota, but has been with
his family in Yakima since Christ
mas
The Boag Brothers have COM
pleted the purchase of lots in the
new town and will soon begin the
moving of the Columbia hotel from
it's present location in the old tow n
to it's new home. 1t will be locat-
ed directly across the street from
the Patterson company store.
After getting figures from con-
tractors and mills in Portland and
Seattle. Geo. w. Shaw purchased a
car of lumber for his fine new
home from the St. Paul & Tacoma
Lumber company and Max Priebe,
a home carpenter, is doing his
work. adv.
j. B. Tromanhauser this week
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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-02-25
,RRY WJLLOUGHBY
Publisher Columbian


lSCilCI DlOtllCIo VI oCoIOiC, VIM
own 100 acres of fine river land on
the north side of the Columbia just
above Wahluke, have bought a
large crude oil engine and will put
in 40 acres more Of alfalfa this
year. They already have DO acres
seeded. Emil Cords will do the
leveling and floating of the new
land.
D. S. Lampson of the state col
lege, brother of Lee M. Lamp
son, Benton County agriculturalst,
conducted meeting at the school
house Wednesday night with a
view of interesting the local boys
and girls in a canning club under
the auspices of the department of
agriculture. There was a good at
tendance and considerable enthu-
siasm shown. These canning clubs.
org anized all over the county, are
proving a huge success, but with
marketing, as with the grown-ups,
the chief problem. A local club
may result from the meeting.
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~S~~~
1t would be we'll for the growers
whose pear trees were 50 badly in
tested with pear leaf blister mite
last year, to bear in mind how to
control it this year. This mite
lives under the two or three outer
scales of the buds during the win
Ter and when the buds begin to
burst in the spring, come out and
penetrate the minute leaves and
lay their eggs in them. The most
81 .essfdl method wellknow of the
control them is to spray with sui
phur lime at about 3 degrees
strength beaume, just as the buds
ae opening.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-02-25
February 20, \

FeDrhaTy III, 13lo
To whom it may concern:
Business conditions of the Han
ford valley have become such that
two newspapers are unnecessary
and the Hanford Columbian has
withdrawn from the field, and the
subscription lists of the two papers
have been consolidated. The
Spokesman has taken the Column
bian list and will fill all subscrp-
tions from this date on. That pa
per will fill all subscriptions paid
in advance and collect all who are
in arrears.
We trust that our former pa
irons will see the economic neces-
sity and give their hearty support
to the Spokesman. The Spokes-
man will have arrangements soon
completed to give our readers all
the Hanford news in connection
with the news of the entire up-riv-
or country. This change promises
to give the valley people a good,
strong, snarpy news service and is
in position to give the valley fair
representation service that is
surely needed. We trust that the
troubled times are soon to end and
this great valley come into its own.
Let all meet on common ground
and with strong pull together the
people will rapidly right the
wrongs that have been sapping the
vitality of the valley and this cha
otto condition will soon be only
mouldy history.
Sincerely.
PERRY WJLLOUGHBY
Publisher Columbian