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THE PUBLIC SQUARE
Dedicated to free speech on everything except mere personal
quarrels and family fights. Otherwise say what you think in
about 300 words and sign your name
HE ROASTS THE EDITOR.
Editor The Press:—Your issue
-jdtV February 2 critizes Margaret
Desmond's protest against large
families. Not having read the arti
cle referred to, will you allow a
reasonable dissection of your own
arguments? Summing up the sub
stance paragraphically. you hold
no medius in your quotation, and
comparison as to numbers, as to
Children or no children. As to lim
it of provisions, your last para
graph Intimating no course be
tween a child and a dog. It is easy
reading between the lines to see
that If you have a family of your
town, their mother is endowed with
more than ordinary strength and
patience, requiring but two hours
sleep in 30 days and humbly resign
ing all In life outside of a galley-
Slave, or that, yon have money to
fcurn, rounding up with a retinue of
■ervants.
Margearet Desmond is level
lieaded, sanely showing her love
and interest for humanity and pro
gress. ls» It not more progressive
morally, physically and intellectu
ally to have two children fittingly
prepared for life than to have a
larger family grow to manhood and
womanhood and womanhod to find
that eary privations placed them
In a circle many degrees lower
than their natural talents had they
been cultivated wiuld have placed
them? Here you will say "Hut,
nowadays there's no excuse for
lack of cultivation, with our sys
tem of education, etc." There are
many reasons ttncomprehended by
man that come straight home to
woman. Privation causes ill
health, inability to hire help and
the necessity of child labor. All
this goes to,defeat the overplus in
their efforts to obtain their due.
nnd consequently embittering their
sensibilities to the possibilities of
taking life as a joke.
And this is called populating the
world. How much longer Is the
Ignorance of parents to be respon
sible for spawning the earth with
distress, drunkenness and sin?
Since he world is financially une
.quAlly divided, the only remedy
lies in favoring n standslill, so as
to allow a few to have enough to
eat at least. We need not look fur
ther than the "little handful" of
hunger and cold and Ignornuce
In our own town. Kveryo net those
mortals were dearly loved as little
tots, when the neighbors call to
''feel" the "coming tooth." It is n
Messing their parents have long
since heard the last thud of earth
descend on their coffins, or now
could the sacred love of parent
hood look on and endure. A. L.
Small.
GOOD AND BAD IN ALL.
Editor The Press:- in criticising
theiters nnd reoreSnohs in general,
W. Sunday evidently argues thus:
Theaters an- nothing bul leg
shows, therefore, theaters are al
together had and should he de
stroyed.
The truth is. there are both
good and had features In theaters,
as in everything else. Mr. Sunday
Bakes the fatal mistake of looking
at the had and closing his eyes to
the good. It Is just as great a mls
tnke for a man to look at the good
and close his eyes to the had. Moth
methods result In fanaticism.
It can not freely be said any
man Is, or can hope to Ue. perfect,
Man as such, is not adapted for
perfection, if he was. we could
not. for instance, expect his body
to decay and die, hut It Invariably
does
12ven religion itself Is Imperfect.
In any of the world religions—
Buddhism, Christianity, Mohamme
danism, etc. —persecution and in-
tolerancehas. In varying degrees,
always been a feature. At the
time of the Spanish inquisition the
Catholic church made the terrible
mistake of brutally torturing and
]iutting to death thousands of peo
ple because they would not say
they believed In the Catholic doc
trine. And so. too. at the present
day, though In less violent form,
the same spirit of Intolerance can
be observed In Protestantism, the
numerous sects of which disagree
amongst themselves as to methods,
doctrines and beliefs, each secf
practically asserting I heir own to
be the only one true exponent of
the Protestant faith.
Tho fact of the matter Is that In
all things -theaters, dancing,
cards, hasehall. religion, science,
art, philosophy, socialism, republi
canism or any other "Ism" —there
are Imperfections. They are a mix
ture of good and bad, Any an
archistic or revolutionary schemes,
Whether religious or political,
which propose to redeem mankind
by basing themselves on the possi
bility of man becoming n perfect
creature, are delustlons and doom
ed to failure, as all history and
present-day civilization prove. The
principle on which alone all true
religion Is based Is this: That man
may become, not a perfect crea
ture, but less Imperfect, a little bet
ter at least than he Is at the prcs
ent time Thus hlw Imperative It
Is that a man, when criticizing
other men's recreations, opinions
and imperfections should exercise
tolerance.
Mr. Sunday, through making
truth adapt itself to his narrow
views of life, instead of constantly
readjusting his views to each new
perception of truth, fails In great
measure to exercise "toleration and
thus weakens his own and other
people's capacity to think for them
selves, which is deplorable. He
fails to see that in regard to the
theater and recreations in general,
the truemethod to-adopt is not
to destroy them but to seek to lift
them on to a higher lever. F. S.
Wood.
HE DAMNS DAMNATION.
Mr. Sunday: Your statements
regarding the unbelievers of the
bible, endowing them with all de
grading vices, not only shows your
lack of knowledge, but also a dis
courtesy to all principles of honor.
A just and honest verdict cannot
be rendered upon the statements
of what you or I believe. We must
know, you assert, that I am a fool
because I do not believe the bible.
How do you know? You will do me
and many others a kindness by
producing the evidence. You de
clare we unbelievers will all go to
hell. Which one of the three
sources of knowledge, observation,
experience and reason, do you use
as a foundation to rest your asser
tion upon? Come, now, be honest:
no sidestepping goes.
Mr. Sunday, in the minds of all
honest, kind and Intelligent people
there Is no one so unkind, ungen
erous, so devoid of reason as the
man that slurs and abuses those
that do not conform to his own
ideas. Such a person is neither
Christian nor infidel. Grand wom
en and noble men never use such
literature.
Mental slavery is slowly but
surely giving way to the more ele
vating and refined condition of In
tellectual liberty, in spite of the
mighty forces brought against It
by the inventors and sustainers of
the doctrine of eternal damnation.
That doctrine is the most coward
ly, ungenerous, unkind, unsympa
thetic, unmerciful invention that
was ever formulated by the in
genuity of cruel, evil, designing
creatures called men. Its inventors
and sustainers did, and do, com
mit the blackest crime that was
ever perpetrated against humanity
on this beautiful planet called
earth.
I cannot boast of being a reform
ed "booze killer." I was bred and
horn to know It best to be free. To
bacco I despise as much as any
lady does. I have no use for a
deceiver. Neither do I love a legal
ized beggar, or the system of
usury; nor do 1 think that a man
can earn $10,000 honestly in less
than (lit days. I think If you were
i eformed right you might be a
fairly good fellow. Now, Hilly, I
have my motto. It is this: "Do all
the good I can, and as little harm
as possible." With the kindest of
(clings toward you as a man, I
close this, only a small portion of
the ideas 1 would like to express.
William C. Drager.
NAVAL CAPTAIN
PUNISHED
QIBRALTAR, Keb. 6.—Captain
Edward V. Qnaltrough, commander
Of the battleship Georgia, found
guilty of conduct unbecoming an
officer by the naval oourtmartlal,
whose verdict was announced to
day, Is suspended six months, with
a loss of 10 numbers in rank,
Sperry approved the findings.
GRAND JURY ADVISES
PUBLIC PLAYGROUNDS
An interesting side light on the
developing importance of what is
commonly called the "playground
movement" is noted in a present
ment of the grand jury In Phila
delphia. That such a body should
give the matter serious attention
aud offer such reconimendatlons
as arc offered Is sufficient reason
why Is should be given attention
by thinking folks, official and lay.
There are several phases of the
movement and several ways in
which playgrounds and recreation
centers may be useful to a com
munity, but the Philadelphia grand
jury is mainly concerned with
them as essential means for the
prevention of crime among chil
dren in cities; and almost equally
so In towns.
SUNDAY SCHOOL OMITTED.
There will be no Sunday school
at the Emmanuel Baptist church.
Masonic temple, tomorrow, on ac
count of the tabernacle service be
ginning at 10 Instead of 10:1Q as
usual.
TELEPHONE CO.
HARD UP?
WANTS TO KNOW IF IT CAN
BE MADE TO PUT IN NEEDED
PHONES WHEN IT HASN'T
THE MONEY.
Here is another complaint of the
Pacific States Telephone Co.'s in
ability or singular unwillingness to
install new phones. I. Jacobson,
who purveys fish to the public, or
has aspirations to that end at 5413
Sherman street, has been trying
for three weeks to secure tele
phonic communication with the
public In general. He needs it In
his business. Today his oft re
peated plaint was rewarded by in
formation from the telephone com
pany that no construction work
would be done in ins environs for
two months or more. Jacobson,
being emphatically averse to de
privation of orders for fish for that
length of time, speculated as to
whether there were not some
franchise provision compelling the
company as a public service cor
poration to furnish adequate serv
ice. Without studying up on the
phone question he realized there
ought to be, although he would
have known there is not in Spo
kane had he looked up the weird
fabrication that passes for a phone
franchise in this city.
The telephone company an
swered his question by blandly in
quiring what he would do if the
company had no money with which
to make the desired extension? It
mentioned a panic of past history,
etc. Jacobson will wait some time,
apparently, ere anyone breaks the
monontony by phone expressed de
sire for fish.
The point of the matter is this:
A citizen is barred from engaging
in business in Spokane in a way
that will make it profitable by the
failure of a rich and powerful
telephone corporation to furnish
sufficient service. Probably the
volume of business contemplated
is not of vast magnitude, but the
principle is the same, and an ele
ment of prospective discrimination
enters, as Jacobson would likely
be able to get the phone were he
a bit more elevated in the busi
ness scale.
The telephone company is tail
lecting more money in Spokane
than from any other city of any
where near its population in the
country. Yet its monopoly of the
field is not a sufficient inducement
to keeping up with the demand for
adequate service.
LEFT BRIDE ON
JOB AND LOST
RER
Mrs. Mabel Kltzenthaler, a pret
ty bride of only six months, is
missing and her husband, an em
ploye of fhe McOoldrick Lumber
Co. at Mica, Wash., has asked the
popltce to help him search for her.
The young wife, aged 19 years,
came to Spokane with her husband
December 5. He returned to his
lumber work at Mica and she se
cured employment as waitress in a
local restaurant. The last heard
of her by her husband was Janu
ary 15.
Mrs. Kit zent baler is described as
being Aye feet five inches tall,
slender, with brown hair and gray
eyes. She was dressed in brown
the last seen of her and her las!
known place of employment was
S:iL'4 Howard street.
The police are lv search of the
young bride's Spokane associates
in hopes they may be able to give
them information concerning her
present whereabouts.
PREACHER DIES SUDDENLY
EVERETT, Feb. 6—Rev. .1. E.
Smith, for three years pastor of
the First Congregational church,
died suddenly of cardiac asthma
He was stricken after leaving a
church business meeting and died
at a nearby house to which he was
taken.
Rev. Smith came here from
Minneapolis, vyhere he was pastor
for 10 years of the Fifth Avenue
Congregational church.
WHERE LINCOLN LIVED.
Tomorrow evening at the Univer
salis! church Rev. Grler will give
his Illustrated lecture upon "A Pil
grimuge to the Homes of Lincoln."
Mr. Qrter has spent years in the
study of the life of Lincoln and has
visited the spots that are con-
DeCted with his name, and bis cam
era makes the scenes live again.
WILL CLEAN OUT THE JAIL
COLVILLE, Eeb. 0— Deputy
Prosecuting Attorney Samuel
Douglas will begin the prosecution
of all criminal cases next Monday
aud continue until the jail is
emptied of its present half dosen
111 males.
THt SPOKANE PRESS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6
NORTH COASTIOOKS LIKE
CANADIAN PACIFIC
A semi-official announcement has
been made by Canadian Pacific of
ficials that a 400 mile cutoff will
be built at once from Weyburn,
Athabasca, to Alberta,
shortening the distance from Win
nipeg to Spokane more than 100
miles. The North Coast has what
is generally conceded to be the
best grade from Spokane to the
Columbia river and the inference
seems unmistakable that the new
line will make not only new sec
tions of the Inland Empire, but the
vast Alberta wheat country tribu
tary to Portland and the Columbia
river.
The letting of a contract for a
$1,000,000 bridge across the Co
lumbia by the North Coast in the
pa"st few weeks has awakened com
peting railroad companies to the
fact that the line is not a mere
"paper" railroad. Reports which
have been received by the engi
neering departments of railroads
with headquarters in Portland are
that the North Coast has begun
the work of grading the line from
Spokane to the Columbia river and
that several large crews of grad
ers with several hundred horses to
a camp have been started at work
on the right of way since the first
of January.
The completion of the Weyburn-
Lethbridge cutoff will give the Ca
nadian Pacific and the Soo line one
of the most direct routes between
St. Paul and Spokane. The recent
acquisition of the Wisconsin Cen
tral by the Canadian Pacific gives
the British line entrance Into Chi
cago from St. Paul. Spokane is
reached by the short line of the
Spokane International. There but-
SUFFRAGETTES MAKE
KILLING IN SENATE
1 i M m
(Special to The Press)
OLYMPIA, Feb. 6.—Senator
George V. Piper is for woman suf
frage. There are other members
.if that august body who are for
woman suffrage, but the doughtiest
suffragette never had much hopes
of winning over the urbaue sena
tor from King county. Woman
suffrage is a matter that ordinarily
does not interest Senator Piper. As
long as the A. Y. P. bills are do
'ng nicely Senator Piper is will
ing to allow the fame of the Clan
I'iper to rest with Peter of that
name, who picked a peck of
pickled peppers to the alliterative
astonishment of all stammering
persons.
In all the classifications of the
senate heretofore made, no one has
had the temerity to lump Senator
I'iper, say, with Senator Cotterill,
unless perhaps the A. Y. I. or
some Seattle measure was under
consideration, but Senator I'iper
on the matter of woman suffrage
THE LITTLEST MOTHER AND THE
TINIEST BABY IN ALL THE WORLD
Special Correspondence to The Press
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 4. —A
daughter is born to the royal house
of the Lilliputians, She is so very
small that her weight is not given
out. Perhaps she cannot tip the
scales. She has been named Elfle
Martha Ramsey.
The mother, queen of the Lilll-
THE MIDGET MAMMA AND
MAMMA'S MIDOBT BABT.
putiaus, lu>rsi>lf weighs but 57
pounds, and is only 111 inches lv
height, at an age of 25.
The-father. Lawrence P. Ram
sey, Is, of course, a Lilliputian,
too. They were married about a
year ago, and are known In vaude
ville all over the United States as'
the team of Wels and Uanisey.
The baby was brought Into the!
world at the Medico (.'hirin g,cul j
hospital by the ("esailati operation. |
remains the connection that the
North Coast would give from Spo
kane to the coast to complete the
route from the Great Lakes to the
Pacific.
The surveyed route of the North
Coast, which the graders have be
gun work upon, goes through the
richest section of the Inland Em
pire southwest of Spokane. One
branch goes as far south as Walla
Walla and the other crosses the
Columbia above Kennewick, fol
lows the river to North Yakima
and branches west from there,
crossing the Cascades by the
Cowlitz pass. From the pass—
which is 4,000 feet high, the Pur
vey follows the Cowlitz river down
to the Columbia and thence
through Kalama and Vancouver to
Portland.
Whether this route is followed
In the construction or not It Is
evident that with the Spokane In
ternational and the North Coast to
the Columbia river the Canadian
Pacific will have a water grade
nearly the entire distance from the
Canadian wheat belt to the Pacific
coast, and that Portland is to be
come the shipping point for a
much vaster wheat country than
has ever before even been figured
upon.
Although it was rumored that
the Milwaukee was behind the
North Coast the falsity of this
theory Is shown by the fact that
from the Columbia river to the
western slope of the Cascades the
Milwaukee follows very nearly the
same route, and it is not reason
able to suppo ies
able to suppose it would begin the
construction of another and com
peting transmountain line.
' IE
is s now in the front with the pro
gressive members.
And he is not the only one, al
beit, perhaps the most noticeable.
The senate, which a week ago was
anti-suffrage by a good majority
on a two thirds vote, has been
changing. In fact there has been
so much doing in the line of see
ing erroneous ways that it is hard
telling where it will stop. The
suffragists have not yet won their
fight by any means, but they have
gained enough ground to give them
more than an even chance. Even
those senators who are constitu
tionally opposed to suffrage or any
thing that resembles it now admit
their position is weakening.
Every day finds fresh addition
to the suffragette lobby until now
it is difficult from a glance in the
capitol corridor to tell whether
there is a legislature in session or
a woman's book club. Woman suf
frage is decidedly above par just
now.
She is said to be the only midget
baby that ever survived that oper
ation.
BUILDING NEW SAWMILL.
COLVILLE, Feb. 6.—Hlalr Bros,
of this place are installing a saw
mill at the old garrison site of Fort
Colvllle. three milea north of town,
ami will have their machinery In
operation by March 15.
Dr. R. I. Shontz
Dr. J. T. Wilson
Dentists
We offer the following prices to
advertise our superior methods:
BEST RUBBER PLATE MADE
$5.00
This plate to be of the best teeth
and rubber and guaranteed to fit.
20 PER CENT DISCOUNT
On all Crowns. Bridges and Killings
contracted for this week. The
above prices holding good for this
week only.
REMEMBER -We do all this
work ourselves. Roth of us being
graduate and licensed dentists, so
we am personally responsible for
all work done, giving you a written
guarantee for 10 years.
Call and let us make an cxamina
tion rree, showing you our work
and take advantage of the lowest
prices ever offered before for the
class of work done.
Drs. Shontz & Wilson
81V 2 RIVERSIDE AVENUE
Room I, 2, 3. Phone 3547.
| Above |, 10 aud \i cent store.
From 6:30 to 9-30 To
night We Will Seß
75c Collar and Cuff Sets 49c
IN as pretty flenr de lis and
scroll patterns and eyelet
effects as any sets you ever
bought at 75c each —worked out
In embroidery on heavy linen.
Tonight at, pe r ACk**
set *rS7C
$1.00 Knickerbocke.s for 69c
TONIGHT is your opportun
ity—lf you have a boy any
where from 3 to 15 years old.
Aren't the trousers to the boy's
winter suit a little the worse
for wear? These are attractive
patterns; well made; cut full.
This price is good from 6:30
to 9:30 tonight. £+g\
Pair
25c Soap for 16c
DR. MANN'S Health Soap,
famous for Its medlcaf
qualities. Special tonight at,
box of three cakes, worth 25c,
for 16c
25c Witch Hazel, double dis
tilled, 8 ounce bottle 10c
Emery Boards, large size,
dozen In 5c package 3c
25c box Violet Talcum Pow
der 10c
15c box Pioneer
Medical Co. Witch
Hazel and Carbol
ic Salve 9c
10c Petrolatum
Vaseline; pure...sc
PLANS CRUSADE ID AID
OF WOMAN CIGARMAKERS
Special Correspondence to The Press
NEW YORK, Feb. 6.—Realizing
the conditions under which many
women are compelled to labor In
the large cities, where sweatshop
evils easily creep in, Miss Anne
Morgan, daughter of the financier,
has volunteered her assistance in
an investigation of all the cigar
factories of the city, by the Na
tional Civic federation.
Miss Morgan will especially look
into the conditions in factories
MISS ANNE MORGAN.
where women are employed, and
when her observations have been
completed and the evidence tabu
later, will seek to remedy mutters
by having modern sanitary ar
rangements adopted where they
are needed.
COAL
MAXWELL 93.
ROCK SPRINGS
BEAR CREEK
CANADA WEST
ACME and LILLE
WOOD BY RICK OR CORD
Great Western
Fuel Company
CAFE IMPERIAL
Merchants' Lunch
11:30 to 2:30
35c
Also a la Carte
Columbia Bldg., First and Howard
25c Beauty Pins 10c
BUY tonight whether you have immediate use
for them or not—everybody should have lota
of these handy little pins. We have them in plain
and fancy patterns, polished or rose gold finish;
some jet ones. They run in value up to -1 f*W»
25c; the sale price tonight Is AVrC
Handkerchiefs at 5c
NOTWITHSTANDING the lowness of the price
these are pretty handkerchiefs —of good
swiss—with hemstitched edges and designs of
embroidered effect. Special,
each .OC
GROCERIES
THE grocery sale—the closing out of
the grocery department—con
tinues tonight. All prices advertised up
to now are good, if the lots are still here.
Buy your over-Sunday groceries to
night.
INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT
7:00 TO 9:30 THIS EVENING
Miss Morgan has already re
ceived Samuel Prince, an influen
tial member of the International
Cigarmakers' union, and had a long
conference with him at her home.
This talk over conditions caused
Miss Morgan and several of her
women friends to begin the cam
paign.
Some men talk of their superior
ity every time they resist tempta
tion.
Tonight the Big Fea
ture Event at
Wentworth's
is a Sale of
Odd Lots in Men's
Suits, Overcoats,
and Cravenettes in
Our Bargain Base
ment Worth Up
as High as $22.50 for
$9.90
No goods exchanged or
money refunded, and a
nominal charge will have
to be made for all alter
ations. Ask the man at
the door the way to our
daylight bargain base
ment.
Spokane's Greatest Men's
and Boys' Outfitters
WENT WORTH
CLOTHING HOUSE
Entrance—7o9 Riverside
OUR
Model Kitchen
AT
PURE FOOD SHOW
Will be of interest to all GOOD Housekeepers
Spokane Falls Gas Light Co.
CHURCH OF CHRIST.SCIENTIST
Sunday services at 11 a. m. and
Bp. m. Subject of lesson sermon,
"Spirit." Mrs. Mabel C. Lncaa.
first reader.
Last few days of HALF
PRICE
Wall
Paper
Sale
Large Selection of
Beautiful Pattens Left
Spokane Paint &
Oil Co.
Paints, Glass, Doers, Win
dows, Millwork.
Madison St. and N. P. fty.
(Adjoining Madison Hotel.)