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NAME DATE FOR BIG
SHOW
SECOND ANNUAL NATIONAL
APPLE SHOW IN SPOKANE IN
DECEMBER—SAME LIST OF
OFFICERS.
At Spokane, December 6 to 11, in
clusive.
This is the place and the date
for the second annual National Apple
show. The big show will be pulled
off in the armory and other buildings
to be erected, and the world has been
asked to compete for the $35,000 in
premiums to be offered for the best
apples grown.
The second annual show promises
to surpass the efforts last year and
the widespread interest created by
the first exhibition will undoubtedly
insure record attendance and a large
number of visitors to the City Beau
tiful during the second week in De
cember.
E. F. C. Van Diesel, president of
the Phoenix Lumber company, has
been elected vice president of the or
ganization and chairman of the board
of directors. He will practically have
charge of the local arrangements, al
though Louis W. Hill will be head of
the official roster as president.
Ren H. Rice will be secretary and
manager and will have active charge
of all the arrangements. Probably the
same plans will be carried out in the
matter of conducting the show as last
year. The exhibits will be shown in
the temporary buildings erected
around the armory and the vaudeville
show and entertainment features will j
be conducted in the armory.
Mrs. Johnson says the secret of
good coffee is very s aiple—buy Fob
ger's Golden Gate whole roast and
pave it ground, not too fine.
Ethel Kelly of near Waterville is
in the city visiting friends.
WHY SHOULD
YOU BURN
wood and make the whole
house uncomfortably warm
just to heat a flatiron?
TRY THE ELECTRIC METHOD
"Nothing hot but the iron."
Simple, safe, sure, economical,
clean, always ready. Heat
turns on and off like an in
candescent lamp.
AMERICAN ELECTRIC IRONS
For sale by
Aikin &
Cassidy
Next to Republic Bldg.
Phone 1422.
FIG CHOCOLATES
are about the most delicious
confection yet. Try some.
They are stuffed figs dipped in
chocolate.
The Fun
Family Theatre
A clean, up-to-date Moving
Picture show for ladies, gen
tlemen and children. Change
of program Mccday, Wednes
day and Friday. Amateur
night Thursday.
Eagle Transfer Go.
mo.
CITY BRAT AND TRANSFER
tped&l Attention te Bagga-se.
Bute All Trains and Imk
WSNATGHILR. WASiI
Pheae
THE WKNATCHBB DAILY WORLD, WBNATCHKB, WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1909.
QUESTION OF DIVI
DENDS
WILL STEEL TRUST PASS QUAR
TERLY DIVIDEND OF 2 PER
CENT ON COMMON STOCK IS
QUESTION IN WALL STREET.
New York, April 29.—Wi1l the di
rectors of the United States Steel cor
i poration at their meeting today decide
; to pass the quarterly dividend on the
[ common stock of that gigantic cor
i poration? This is the question that
i is being asked in Wall street today,
i So representative of the general
: state of the business of the country
is the business of the United States
i Steel corporation, and so great is the
I army of the holders of its securities,
■ j that any development affecting the
•jstanding of the steel stocks is of the
! | greatest interest to the country at
. large. That the passing of the 2 per
cent dividend would be followed by
general reductions on the part of
' other companies is regarded as likely
i enough—for which reason the meet
ing of the steel directors tomorrow
is looked forward to eagerly by the
i holders of all kinds of industrial com
mon stocks.
Estimates of the net earnings of
ithe United States Steel corporation
! for the first quarter of the year vary
jail the way from $15,000,000 to $20,
--000,000 with Pittsburg claiming that
the former figures are more apt to
be right than the latter. In the last
quarter of 1908 interest and sinking
fund requirements and the preferred
and common dividends amounted to
| $16,160.000 and in addition "sink
jing fund, depreciation and reserve"
'item* were $5,214,000, a total of
j521,374,000, So that unless the high
est estimates are exceeded, or the
♦ amount charged off greatly reduced,
ithe common dividend hardly will
| have been earned during the past
; quarter.
} But in view of the fact that the
! company's big surplus has been ac
! cumulated against just such a time as
'this, the fact that the dividend on the
'common may not have been earned in
j the last quarter by no means proves
| that nothing will be paid. Stability
;of dividends as well as of prices has
[become the fixed policy of the United j
' States Steel corporation during the
[past few years and in 1906 and 1907,
■ when 14.3 per cent and 15.6 per cent
j respectively were earned for the com
j mon stock, the 2 per cent dividend
; was not raised. That was the time
!of the surplus accumulation, and the
i
large fund then put in the treasury is
! now available to keep up dividends
j when earnings are poor,
j With the big surplus on hand out
Of which the quarter's common stock
j dividend requirement of $2,550,000
{so easily can be taken, the action of
jthe directors at today's meeting will i
'be governed more by the general out- I
| look than by current conditions. For ]
jthe second quarter the outlook for net j
! earnings based on known orders is j
not bright, but decided improvement
; is expected when once the tariff is set- j
I tied and the manufacturers know
•where they stand.
Owner of a Flea Circus.
Vancouver, B. C, April 29. —The)
' smallest circus in the world is here j
|in training quarters, getting ready j
j for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific expo- 1
: sition. All the animals are in fine j
itrim. too, according to their trainer,:
|Alono Sloan, cousin of the famous!
Tod Sloan. He has about 300 trained i
i fleas which he will show at the ex
hibition if he can get a concession
'of about three inches. These fleas
ride in coach-and four, jump hurdles!
and do other amazing stunts. Ten
. years ago they were exhibited at the
Crystal palace in London before the'
king and Prince of Wales.
> "Sometimes," said Sloan today. !
j"the fleas get too numerous; then I
; give them their liberty. I haven't
'too many now. It takes six months
;to train a flea, and I have some 20
i years old, which were trained by my
: father.
I Decrease in Fruit Wrappers.
1 North Yakima, Wash., April 29. —
A new light is shed on the extent of
the damage done the fruit crop of the
| state by the demand for fruit wrap
jping paper. J. W. Fales of Seattle, a
paper manufacturer, says the supply
; all over the state shows a decrease.
The report from the horticultural
union here is that there will be five
carloads less paper used here this
season than last.
. ,
HOW IS THIS FOR A BEARING
ORCHARD? 30 acres in full bearing
and 30 acres of good apple land with
|a good water right for all; good
house and barn, packing house; one
mile from Malaga. Price $25,000;
good terms. C. H. MERRITT. tf
SMART dressers, men of all ages and conditions
of life, who like to be in clothes that are dis
tinctly stylish, dressy,
fashionable, will find
that we've done them an
unusual favor by having
our
MILLER,
STETSON,
MALLORY
CRAVENETTE
HATS
PATTEN PERSUADED
TO SEEL BY WIFE
(BROKER SOLD OUT WHEAT HOLD
INGS IN CHICAGO PIT WHEN
j MRS. PATTEN REALIZED SUF
i FERING BROUGHT UPON POOR.
j New York, April 29.—Fear that
!his hold on the wheat market would
be broken did not induce James A.
Patten to get out of the market. He
closed out his holdings, according to
a story in Wall street, because his
! wife desired him to do so.
j Both Patten and his wife are in
tensely religious and spend much time
and money in church work. When
j Mrs. Patten saw the newspaper stories
i about the increased price of bread
;and read that her husband was
blamed for this she realized the suf
ferings brought upon the poor, and,
it is said, persuaded Patten to close
out his speculations in wheat.
Merchant Marine Rig Joke.
Cincinnati. April 29.—That Eng
lishmen regard the American mer
chant marine as a colossal joke is the
unqualified opinion of Eugene Zim
: merman, financial giant and railroad
magnate, who recently returned to
his home in this city from a Euro
j pean tour.
j "When I was abroad," said Zim-
I merman, "I was impressed with the
t general scorn in which American
'shipping is held. This is particularly
noticeable in England, where they are
i fully cognizant of conditions here.
"Our merchant marine amounts to
nothing, and they know it,'" he con
tinued. "They made many sarcastic
comments on the necessity experi
enced by our great fleet during its
world tour of depending upon foreign
; vessels to supply it with coal.
"In every other particular Ameri
can supremacy is recognized in Eu
rope, and if we could improve our
condition in the marine respect I
believe firmly that we would be in
vincable. England is dreading the
day when congress will awake to the
fact that American goods can be mar
keted in American ships."
FEARS PROHIBITION
IN MISSOURI
ADOLPHUS BUSCH TALKS ABOUT
MOVING BIG PLANT OUT OF
STATE—A THREAT TO THE
VOTERS. .1
St. Louis, April 29.—Adolphus i
Busch, brewer, has issued a statement j'
on the proposed submission of pro- j'
hibition to a vote of the people in i'
i Missouri. The prohibition submission
I resolution, which passed the house '
|by an overwhelming vote, is now be-j 1
j fore the senate.
i Evidently Mr. Busch fears the re-!'
.'suit of an election on the prohibition;'
i issue, although he says:
"We have so much confidence la j.
1 the good sense and liberality of the ■ (
'! people of Missouri that we are not j
planning to move from St. Louis and j
'jthe state. We do not want to move |
from the city, where our world-wide 1
i business has been built up.
"I, personally, would deeply regret <
• leaving St. Louis, wholly apart from j
• considerations of business, because I •
t love the city; but, of course, if we |
• are forced to go. we would not only,.
I; move ourselves across the river, but
•I to every point in the country possi- .
■ j ble. ■ <
! "Our industry is a perfect legiti-
J mate one. It is one of the greatest i
! ! revenue payers to the national, state |
and city governments and one of the I
' largest employers of labor; there- l
'I fore, why should it not be main- t
' tamed and sustained?"
; Brakeman Crushed; May Die.
• Wilson Creek, Wash., April 29.—8.
: If. Mclntyre. a brakeman running out
|of Wilson Creek, was seriously if not,
! fatally injured in the Great North-,
i crn yards this morning. Mr. Mc- j
Intyre was hanging on the side of an;
engine cab, passing down the house j
; track, when he was caught and j
'•■ crushed between the cab and the plat- ,
'■form. When picked up he was still!
\ unconscious and No. 2 was held until I
.a physician could be summoned and;
i the wounded man taken to Spokane. I
i
Hart Schaffner & Marx
clothes to sell. There
are no clothes made to
day which equal in style
and quality, and fine
finish these famous
goods; they are uni
formly and always made
from all-wool fabrics,
which is in itself a dis
tinction in clothes; so
much of the clothing
made today isn't all
wool, that when you
can get the real thing,
and be sure of it, you'd
better.
That's one reason why we sell these clothes;
and they're right in every other way.
Suits $18 to $40; overcoats $15 to $50.
This store is the home of
Hart Sehaffner & Marx clothes
EMBALMING MADE
CHEAP
CHICAGO CHEMIST CLAIMS TO
HAVE FOUND PREPARATION
WHICH WILL KEEP BODY IN
DEFINITELY AT SMALL COST.
By painting the body of a dead per
son with a fluid which he claims to j
have discovered by the examination
of three mummies which he brought
from Egypt, Dr. Carl L. Barnes, ft
Chicago chemist, claims that he can
preserve a dead person indefinitely.
He has tested it for five years and \
says that he can see no change in
subject. Barnes has taken the matter
up with several undertakers of Seat
tle, explained the system of preserva
tion to Health Commissioner J. E.
Crichton and at least one of the un
dertakers is willing to believe that
Barnes has made a discovery that will
revolutionize the present methods of
preserving bodies.
The new process consists in spread
ing on a chemical compound. There
is no cutting of arteries, no mutilation
and no injection of fluids. The chem
ical has the effect of eliminating the
germs present in all dead and living
bodies which take complete posses
sion after death. Thus the process of
decay is eliminated. Exposure to air
has no effect. The only thing that
can counteract the effect of the pre
paration is contact with a living be
ing. Such contact spreads the germs
and only by further application can
the effect be eliminated.
Dr. Barnes claims that a body can
be preserved by the use of this mix
tare that should not cost more than
$1.54 for each application.
Wheat Reaches Record Price.
Waterville. April 29. —Wheat and
land have both reached the highest:
prices known in this section. Sat- j
urday a few farmers who had wheat
left formed a pool and sold their
grain for $1.11 a bushel. Land that
had a slow sale a year ago at $35
and $40 now readily brings $50 and
$60. E. R. Ballard, who owns a sec
tion near here, refused an offer of
$60 an acre for it.
NEW LASTS OF
DOUGLAS
AND
FLORSHEIM
SHOES
Higher Bond for Murderer.
The bond of Henry Schell, the 16
--year-old boy of Ritzville, who is
charged with shooting Mrs. Yanke
at a wedding, was raised Tuesday
from $5,000 to $10,000.
B4 you buy, see my second hand
bicycles; $5 and up. New ones,
guaranteed, $25 and up. Agent for
the Indian Motorcycle.
••• J. J. EVER
ELECTRIC CARPET CLHANMR
Carpets cleaned on floor without
dust. We do all the work. Leave
orders at or phone to The Palmetto.
IRRIGATED LANDS AT BREWSTER
I have several snaps in ranch prop
erty, and some of the finest irrigated
tracts in the Columbia valley on
Brewster Flats. Right prices and
easy terms.
E. R. TYLER,
tf*** Brewster, Wash
We Fit Glasses
Scientifically and
Guarantee
Satisfaction
Special attention to Children's Eyee
Howard Thomas
Graduate Philadelphia Optical
College.
