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THe SpoKane Press
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• By the Spokane Newspaper Co.
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WHY THE PRESS DOES NOT ENLARGE
"Why don't you enlarge The Press? We like the paper all right,
but there isn't enough ot it. Make it bigger and town Is yours."
These remarks are the most common utterances members of The
Press staff encounter. The complimentary inference that Press read
era demand greater quantity of the same quality is acknowledged, but
The Press management still believes it is best serving public interest
by retaining the present size. The reasons have been stated over and
over again, but repetition will be necessary until the public under
stands the theory of the small paper.
One of the chief reasons is that you are able to read the paper
quickly, from which doubtless arises the objection to the 4-page size.
In considering this point The Press simply invites comparison with
the larger paper. If you are getting the same amount of important
news In 4 pages ar*> you not that much ahead on the time and effort
accessary to wade through 16 or 20 pages?
The perusal of newspapers is not the main business of life, although
tt has become the main dependence for public information. There are
numerous good boc>ks and other classes of periodicals you ought to
read as well. How much appetite for a book have you after an even
ings tussle with a newspaper that tires your arms to hold and dulls
your senses with its columns of solid type on matters that could be
accurately presented in a few paragraphs?
In failing to furnish the news of the day a paper is worthless as a
medium of public Information, though It print 48 pages daily.
It naturally follows that in supplying all the news of the day a
paper is fulfilling its mission though it print but 4 pages.
On this theory the 4-page paper must stand or fall. It must pub
lish ail the news the public is entitled to expect of any newspaper,
regardless of size. Newspaper men understand that there is only a
certain amount of matter available each day important enough to be
correctly classed as news and they also understand that this amount
can be incorporated within 4 pages, while it cannot be spread out thin
enough to fill 20. The vacant spaces must be stuffed with anything
that will fill and the difference between "filler ' and news Is the dif
ference between a sand lot and a garden.
From a commercial standpoint the actual difference between The
Press and its bulky contemporaries is that The Press can be made to
teil the news and published for 1 cent a copy. The management holds
that bo higher price should be charged for newspapers In Spokane
than in other cities, and that 1 cent is enough to pay for a newspaper,
notwithstanding the greatly increased cost of publication over the cost
when the penny rate was established.
This is the reason for all the hammering you hear when a represen
tative of a rival paper mentions The Press. The daily publication
combination that controlled the Spokane situation prior to the arrival
of The Press are among the few left In the country that have held out
against the cheaper rate. Published purely from mercenary motives
they are determined to fight a reduction by fair means or foul to the
end. This line of action is drilled Into their representatives from morn
ing till night.
But here is the final and most Important phase of tthe newspaper
business, the one in which the public is most concerned:
A big paper is purely a business proposition. It is established and
operated for the single purpose of making the largest possible per
centage of profit. Its every department Is molded accordingly. The
business end is the tall that wags the whole dog.
Every individual of sufficient prominence to attract public atten
tion in this city has had this practice demonstrated to him in a man
ner that cannot be misunderstood. If he was slow to comprehend it
has been thoroughly rubbed into him. Every business man who ad
vertises understands the system perfectly. He has been systemati
cally shown. When it was considered necessary the editorial depart
ments of the large sheets have assisted in the showing.
Fake doctors and other species of swindlers have flourished and
are preying prosperously on the Spokane public today because they
can secure unlimited space for advertising any hoax, harmless or
criminal, they are willing to pay for. All this accords perfectly with
the working theory of a big paper. It is a commercial exploitation of
tbe public.
■With the smaller paper the situation Is reversed. Leaving out of
consideration the question of principle the 4-page paper cannot afford
to be otherwise than honest with the public and with advertising pa
trons.
It lias no space nor means to produce a weighty effect that will
conceal absence of Integrity. '
Its cost of publication is reduced to the minimum and the price of
Its influence raised beyond purchase.
Tbe mainspring of its existence is a desire to publish a paper that
can and will maintain an independent and fearless editorial and busi
ness policy.
THE CALENDAR
June 27 |
(Only seven days till Willie
Knocks hihs little sister silly.
June 28
Only six more days till Horace
IWill with cannon crackers ajr us.
June 29
Only five more days till Clarence
Will bereave his doting parents.
June 30
Only four more days till Nellie
Shoots her broth In the epiglottis
ALICE AND NICHOLAS
Two Babies Named After Presi
dent's Daughter and Son in
_ Law
KANSAS CITY, Mo. July B.—
Democratic Missouri la not without
tt« Alice and Nicholas The twin
children of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Webb, of Platte City, Mo., bave
July 1
Only throe more days till Percy
Makes us all entreat for mercy.
July 2
Only two more days till Alice
Shoots here papa through the gallus
July 3
Only one more day till Mabel
Sets on fire the house aud stable
July 4
if you are alive tomorrow
Count it joy, forgetting sorrow.
the names of Alice and Nicholas
Webb. Both the father and moth
er of the children are ardent ad
mirers of President Roosevelt, and
they say they could not honor the
president more than by giving their
children the names of his daughter
and his son-in-law.
Are you going to the big concert
tonight at the Armory? Three hun
dred of the best singers in Spokane
are in tbe chorus. Admission
25 cents. •••
TO ST. JOE RIVER JULY 4
Take C.:30 electric train, Spokane,
Terminal, Main and Lincoln, con
necting at Coeur d'Alene with
steamer Colfax for shadowy St.
Joe river. Round trip 200 miles, re
turning 7 p. m. Take 8 a. m. electric
train, connecting with steamer Ida
ho for shadowy St. Joe river, re
turning 9 p. m. Round trip to St.
Joe. f250. To St. Maries,
12.00. *** —3
Entered at Spokane,
Wash., as Second
Class Matter.
Enslaved by a Pirate I
OR ROBERT'S RENDEVOUS WITH THE RED-HANDED ROVERS
BY F. W. SCHAEFER.
"SPAT!" ROBERT LET DRIVE HIS RIOT.
CHAPTER VI
"Let me ask you. What kind of
a pirate ship is this, anyhow?''
asked Robert, Indignantly, turnintl
to Colonel Crust. "Isn't there go
ing to be any gore, or massacre, or
sitting on a dead man's chest?"
"Dowse my halyards, but we
ain't on the Spanish main yet,"
Colonel Crust said. "Wait till we
get on the Spanish main."
"I believe I've been stung," said
our hero, frowning. "You've lured
me away from home with your
troup of near-buccaneers, and
spoiled my bright future as the
town mischief. I've got a mind to
bat you in the nose."
"Don't you dare," replied the pi
rate, drawing back his hand as if
to give Robert a sharp slap.
Robert doubled up his fists, which
were each the size of a hen's egg,
and made dangerous motions with
them, as boys do when they are be
ginning to get ready to commence
a firece combat.
The pirate was game. He put a
chip on bis shoulder.
"Kn-n-nock it off it you ain't a
'frald cat."
most antth i m
A WORD FROM JOSH WISE.
"Soft nothin's are
gin'rally spoken by a
soft nothin'."
Nowadays divorce Isn't only easy,
but it's too painless.
I am monarch of all I survey,
My right to dispute there is none;
This goes wnile I'm here at Oyster
Bay
And likewise at Washington.
"Are the fes'lvities in full
swing?" asked the girl in the mush
room hat who had just arrived at
the picnic.
"Yes." said the girl In the brown
sailor, "Miss Avoirdupoy has been
filling one for the last hour."
The stage coach robbers are get
ting to be as heartless as a cam
paign committee. They are mak
ing the victims pass the hat to each
other.
Degree! Take One
Has anyone ever tried to estimate
the number of honorary degrees
given by colleges?
The number must be enormous.
No commencement season passes
without nearly evcy college compli
menting somebody with an honor
ary degree.
Sometimes a bunch of honorary
LL. D.'s is made at once.
It goes on year after year.
H3W A UAH FROPOSES
IN ST. LOUIS
"Here, boy! Deliver this note in % hurry and wait for an answer.'
SPOKANE PRBBBfIJULY B, tm
Robert stepped up and pushed it
off the burly, shoulder of the sea
rover.
"Mutiny! Mutiny!" bellowed
Colonel Crust. "Up men and at
him!"
"Oh, fiddle!" our hero murmured.
With a roar, 17 pirate came at
him. Then they turned right round
and came away again. They could
not bear Robert's flashing eye. He
made it flash till they were thor
oughly cowed.
"Shucks," the pirate chief said in
a vexed tone of voice.
"Spat!" Robert let drive his
right and struck Colonel Crustf a
stunning blow. Colonel Crust tot
tered, looked about him specula
tively, and fell heavily into a Mor
ris chair.
"Now look what you've done," he
said. "Ain't you sorry?" „
"Forgive me," snid Robert.. T
did not mean to kill you."
"Oh, don't mention it," said" the
pirate gloomily. "Don't mind;fne.'"
Robert was equal to the emer
gency. "Well, I wasn't going to,
you know."
(Continued.)
Some celebrities have gotten de
grees from a number of institutions
of learning.
They are multiplied doctors of
something or other.
Usually a degree Is given to some
one already very well known to the
world.
Therefore it is of no possible use
to him in making his career.
If a man not well known gets a
degree it is of no use to him, either.
This is because honorary degrees
are too numerous to make one more
or less cut any figure.
Nowadays a college, to make any
kind of a stir, has to initiate all
the crowned heads of the world at
one fell swoop.
However, It can't be done, be
cause It is etiquet for the conferee
to come and get his degree in per
son.
That is all that holds down
some of the colleges with the de- j
gree-conferring habit.
SPOKANE MAN SHOT AT
C. S. Batchelder, assayer and ce
ment expert who lives in Liberty
park, narrowly escaped being kill
ed by F. G. Jordan while Inspect
ing cement claims and plant In Ste
vens county with several interest
ed parties from this city. Jordan
and Batchelder have had trouble
and the latter fired a couple of
shots at him with a 30-30 rifle. Both
bullets passed close to the mark.
Jordan was arrested and bound
over to the superior court under
$1,000 bonds.
The Daily Short Story
DOROTHY'S GENEROSITY
Dorothy sat on the top step of
the veranda, gazing out across the
lawn. Her chin was sunk in her
chubby hand and ber elbows rested
on her 2 fat knees. The doll,
Gladys Isahelle, lay in a dismal lit
i tie heap on the bottom step.
Dorothy had just received a need
ed spanking from her nurse. Be
sides, an hour before, -fcer brother
Phillip had said crossly that she
was a selfish little girl. Auu aver
it all, Gladys Isabella had failed to
sympathize with her. Dorothy cried
in vexation.
After a time, when more tears
would not come, the little girl be
gan to feel sorry for poor, neglected
Glayds Isabelle. She picked her up
from where she lay on the hard
step. It occurred to Dorothy that
there might be comfort at the
stables, where workmen were
building an addition.
There she found a man in over
alls mixing mortar in a long box.
Dorotjiy soon forgot her troubles.
"Hello, sis," said the man to Dor
othy, as she stood gazing at the
sea of lime and sand and water.
"Hello," she answered; "but my
name is Dorothy. 1 '
"Ho, ho, it is, is it? Well, that's
a pretty name for a little girl."
"I think so too," said Dorothy,
politely. She decided that the one
in the mortar-besnattered overalls
was a nice man. She watched him
with new interest.
I The man was smoking a black
1 clay pipe. Dorothy wondered why
jhe did not smoke a pipe like Phil's.
She had almost deeded to ask him,
. but she wanted to do it so as not
to appear rude.
Tbe man knocked the ashes from
his black clay pipe, then refilled it
! from a soiled white bag.
j "Do you like to smoke?" asked
Dorothy.
"Indeed, an' I do," said tbe man.
"Phil smokes; but you don't
smoke a pipe like Phil's. Why don't
you? Phil is my brother; he is
home from college. His pipes turn
i down and curl up, and some have
j silver on them."
j Dorothy suddenly took great
' pride in telling of Phil's posses
| sions.
"Well, you see," the man said
f slowly, "I aint no college chap and
| can't afford pipes that curl."
"Oh," said Dorothy solemnly. She
felt very sorry for him, and thought
him very brave to be satisfied with
such a bad-smelling pipe.
She thought it over carefully.
Then an idea came to her. She ran
into the house.
LORD HIGH ADMIRAL, AGE 4
DUBLIN, July 3—The 4 year
old marquis of Donegal, who suc
ceeded to the title 3 years ago, is
hereditary lord high admiral of
Longh Neagh and governor of Car
rirkfergus castle. His mother, who
is a Canadian by birth, married the
late marquis, who was 60 years old
er than herself, I years ago, and
though he had been married twice
previously, the present marquis Is
his only child.
SUMMONS
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
the State of Washington, in and
for Spokane County.
C. B. Laughlln,
Plaintiff,
vs.
Frankie May Laughlln,
| Defendant.
The State of Washington to
Frankie May Laughlin, De
fendant:
You are hereby summoned to ap
pear within sixty (60) days after
the date of the first publication of
this summons, to-wit: within sixty
days after the 19th day of June,
1907, and defend the above entitled
action in the above entitled court,
and answer the complaint of the
plaintiff, C. B. Laughlln, and serve
a copy of your answer upon the un
dersigned attorney for the plaintiff,
Willis H. Merriam, at his office be
low stated, and In rase of your fail
ure so to do. Judgment will be ren
dered against you according to the
demand of the complaint, which has
been filed with the clerk of said
court.
This action is brought to dis
solve the bonds of matrimony exist
ing between the plaintiff and -defen
dant on the grounds that the defen
dant has wilfully and without cause
abandoned the plaintiff for a period
of more than one year, against his
will and consent.
WILLIS H. MERRIAM.
Attorney for Plaintiff.
P. O. Address, 339 Rookery Build
ing, Spokane, Spokane county,
Washington.
First publication, June 19, 1907.
Last Publication, July 24, 1907. |
In her brother's room she looked
over the pipes on the table beside
the funny brown tobacco jar. Then
she looked over the pipes in the
rack that hung on the wall above.
At length she chose one from the
table. It Was brown and old. She
was sure that Phil could not care
much for It.
Among her own things was a
creamy white box with a picture on
the cover. In the box was Gladys
Isabelle's best velvet hat. The hat
was disposed of ruthlessly. The box
held the pipe snugly.
Later, when there was no one
looking, she laid the package on the
bench where the man bad left his
coat and dinner pail. On a piece of
paper slipped beneath she had writ
ten, with much labor: "For the
mortar man."
Two mornings !ater Phil came
storming down the stairs. "I can't
find my meerschaum pipe," he said,
for all the house to hear.
Phil's mother searched his room
again. Neatly all the family had
joined in looking for the pipe when
Dorothy appeared.
"Oh, Phil, I took it," stammered
Dorothy.
"You!" gasped Phil.
"I gave it to the mortar man. He
was so poor he had to smoke a
black, smelly clay pipe. 1 took an
old one, Phil. I —-"
Her brother was gazing at her,
open-eyed.
"There, there, Dorothy," he said,
for her lips were quivering. "You're
a generous little girl, after all. But!
remember, old pipes, like old
friends, are best."
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS
Inland Electric Company
Chandeliers and Shades. Electric Wiring.
PHONE MAIN 1259 1011 SPRAGUE AYE.
PHONE 9047
OFFICE AND
FACTORY
1124 EAST
SPRAGUE
AYE.
SPOKANE,
WASH.
OUR
Merchant's Lunch
Every week day at 25 rents cannot be excelled In the city.
When you want a nice steak or chop cooked Just the way you'll
like it give us a trial. We have everything that's tempting- In
hot weather foods.
White's Hotel and Restaurant
CORNER SPRAGUE AVENUE AND STEVENS 3TREET.
JOSEPH A. WHITE
THIS SPACE RESERVED FOR THE PORTNEUF TEA A COFFEE
CO., 1717 BROADWAY. LEE WE EKS, MGR.
GeneralElectricalContractors
EMPIRE ELECTRIC CO.
''T-- ELECTRICAL BUPPLIE3 AND FIXTURES
218 Port Street, Spokane. Phon . t M>|fl 1011
COAL and WOOD
Domestic and Steam. Summit and
Llll Coal. All Kindt of Wood
Martin Dolan Fuel and Ice Co.
TELEPHONE 8391. MARTIN DOLAN, MANAGER
SANTA CLAUS, NATURE FAKE?
Phoebe Couzins Takes a Fling at
Roosevelt.
MISS PHOEBR COUZINS
ST. LOUIS, July 3.—Miss Phoebe
Couzins, who a generation ago was
one of the leading woman's suf
fragists in the country, who is a
lawyer and who was once United
States marshal in St. I>ouis, has
taken a tling at. President Roose
velt. She says:
"l hope the president won't de
cide before next Christmas to abol
ish Santa Claus as the creation of a
nature faker, meant to deceive chil
dren. A lot of *hlngs taught to
children have always been fakes,
and I don't kno-,v that any of us
are the worse for It. now.
"The president also has gone too
far in condemning married people
, whose families do not come up to
his standard."
O. J. B«nd, Pres. and Mar. J. P. Perkins, Secy.
E. C. Sharp, Vice Pres. and Supt.
Henry Taylor, Treasurer
THE 0. J. SANDS
MANUFACTURING CO.
MFP.S. OF SPECIAL FURNITURE
OFFICE AND STORE FIXTUREB
Special Mission and Plate Glass Doors, Mirrors,
Mantles, Grills, Partitions aud Special Interior
Work. Window and Door Screens, Mission
Furniture.
MlssßusleTannehlll
Prima Donna Soprano
VOCAL TEACHER
Available for Concert, Recital or
Opera. Studio, Eilers block.
GREAT DISPLAY OF GRAND
PIANOS IN ,
The Houss of Quality"
SHERMAN CLAY « CO.
810 SPRAGUE AVENUE.
CAMPING OUTFITS, Tents,
Street Covers, Camp Stoves,
Tinware, and everything that
goes to complete tbe home of tbe
man or woman who wishes to
live In the open during the com
ing hot season. We rent tents.
227-29 Riverside Ay. Phone 2494
WLEARII SOMETHING f~
ORTH WHILE
Day and Night Classes.
Knowledge of music not necessary.
Wsstern School of Piano Tuning
and Repairing
222>/ a DIVISION BTREET
FOR GLASSES AND TREAT
MENTS WHICH WILL CORRECT
ALL EYE DEFECTS CALL ON
DR. MEANS
318<4 MAIN AYE. Phone 6118
Don't take "Busy" for an an
swer when you want
469
for we have two phones of the
same number.
INDEPENDENT MESSENGERS
TELEPHONE MAIN 2203
Inland Junk and
Hide Co.
Office, 10-12-14 East Main Aye.
GO TO
S. D. RUSH & CO.
Dealers and manufacturers ot
Harness and Saddles, Whips",)/
Robes, Blankets, etc. It will pay
you to call on us for anything in
our line. Let us do your repair
ing.
918 Sprague Aye.
Phone Main 1190
FURNITURE CARPETS
HARDWARE
A. D. McDonald
Supply Co.
212-214 Riverside Aye.
Phone, 9583. 915 Spragne Ay.
POPULAR GRILL
A THOMPSON, Mgr.
Late Chef at Spokane Club
Good Coffee with Pure Cream
our specialty. Quick Service.
Reasonable Prices.
The Exchange Furniture
House
HOUSEHOLD GOODS.
BOUGHT AND SOLO
922 24-26 Sprague Ay. Tel. 2189.
FINE PICTURE FRAMING
OUR BPECIALTY
G. M. Ross
ART STORE
Successor of C. J. Gandy
Telephone [phone] Sprague.
BTAMPS, SEALS, CHECKS,
PRINTING, ENGRAVING
Spokane Stamp
Works
SlB First. Opp. Hotel Spokane
SING, FAT ft CO.
Importers and dealers in Chi
nese and Japanese Fancy
Goods. Ladles' garments ma<!o
to order.
612 FRONT AYE.
Oldest Bank In the City
The Traders National
Bank
Capital and Surplus $925,000
Spokaue Press, ti cent* a monto.
Sam
Crow