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Washington State Journal
VOLUME X.
AND ADAMS COUNTV NEWS
RITZVILLE, WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1907.
NUMBER 22.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. I, IS. Habeckei*
VETERINARY SURGEON and DENTIST
Ii located permanently in Ritzville.
OTFia: Room I Ue Block. Phone: 794
GOSSIP FROM THE
NATIONAL capital.
A. C. RUSSELL
Second Hand Store
Highest CHsh [jiice paid for your sec¬ ond hand goods or will excliange new for old furniture.
Next Door to Rink, Ritzville.
DR. P. R. BURROUGHS Physician and Surijeon
OFFICE-Second St,, bet. D and E RITZVILLE. Wash.
C. W. BICE, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
OFFICE-Sacond floor Gritman Block. Phone 323. Night calls iirouiptly
attended to from office. KITZVILLE - - WASH.
DR. DAVID A. HEWIT
Physician and Surgeon
All calls answered, day or night. Office—First National Bank Building / C Street,-Ritzville, Wash.
O. R HOLCOMB ' Attorney and
Counselor at Law
Will practice in all the U. S. Courts and departments and all Washington "Courts. Office-Eitzviiie, Wash.
G. E. LOVELL f;DWARD A. DAVIS
lOVELL & DAVIS
Lawyers Notary Public
OFFICE-Upstairs First National Bank Building. RITZVILLE, Wash.
C W. RATHBUN Prosecuting Attorney
of Adamm County. |
Office: Court, house, .
RITZVILLE. Wash, i
DR. JOHN JOHNSTON ^
Physician !
Rosenoff Building
RITZVILLE, WASH.
DR. WM. F. ARMANN
eraJiHle ui llw UnlversU) itf Berlin and Hridtlbcg
Specialist on Diseases of Women and Children. OfSce: RoomsTand 8, Olt's Building. Phone Main 586.
J. 0. GLENN. D. O.
Osteopathic Ptiy.sician.
Graduate of American School of Osteo- i pathv,'KirUsvillfi. under A. T. Still, j founder of ihc School of Osteopathy. '
Offices, Opp. First National Bank Bldg. ' RITZVILLE - - WASH. ¦
J. C. MOGAN
Attorney at Law
OFFICE: ¦ One door south of First National Bank. RITZVILLE - - WASH.
A. W. SHAW
REAL ESTATE, LOAN ANR EMPLOY- \ MENT OFKICE, PKIVATE BANKING i BUSlNEb> CapiUl, *10,000.
G!LKO^• Bldg., COr. c' Ahfii Rajlkoad.
J. J. JOYCE
Practical Plumber ;
Jobbing promptly attended to.
Second St., Concrete Block,
RITZVILLE ¦ - - ^ ¦ WASH. .
Geo. F. Chrihtensen, Pree. '
D. E. ZliNT, Sec. and Treas. ¦
ADAMS COUNTY ABSTRACT CO.
Capital, $2U,(HX),0u ¦ INSURANCE AND ABSTRACTS Rfloms 1 and 2, Tinnel Block, '
Phone, Main 52a. RIT2VILLE. Wash. :
J. M. Kauffman
HOUSE MOVING Is My Business...
Safety guaranteed, I have all neces sary ii(>iiaratus and machinery for trans)lortinff large struetureson short notice. Excavating a specialty.
(By Iha Joumol'iSiSeciBlCoiTBtlHinilEnl.)
It is certain that tho entire country will be astounded to learn that there is more than a t'rain of truth in the assertion made by the Episcopal Min¬ isters of WashiiiEton that Sunday is less observed in the National Capitol than ill any other city of the East, investigation of conditions shows the startling fact that too much attention is given by a great number of Wash- ingtoniansto (jolf. riding and driving, dinner parties, and receptions and as a result, the attendance at church has fallen off perceptubly, contributions are less, connnunicantts are fewer and there ia a woeful lack of general in¬ terest in church matters.
A mass of figures have been com^i plied by the clergy, figures which, when boiled down show the condition in tho-Episcopal churches of Washing¬ ton now and thosQ of a year ago. In other denominations, it is said that the ratio is the same. In 1906 there were ninety-six clergymen, as against 100 the year before; 904 persons werej confirmed in 1906, as against 1098 in 1905 and the *otal offerings, in the churches for the past year were but |3O4,00O, whereas the year before the sum contributed was $316,000.
It ia asserted by the ministers that Sunday, throughout a lar^fe part of; Washington, is neither a day of rest i nor of religious observance. Govern-1 ment officials are constantly engaged I in unnecessary Sunday labor; build- [ ing contractors uninterruptedly fulfil i their contracts and storekeepers with-' outlet or hindrance, open their stores. I
Simultaneously, while 'these ,are ! toiling at business tasks, others by i thousands are toiling for pleasure. Dinner parties"-and receptions are be¬ ing more ani} more given on Sunday. Golf is claiming %n ever-i)icreasing number of votaries, while Sunday rid¬ ing and driving is many times greater; than on weekdays. Even the morning i hours of Sunday, heretofore sacred to' devine sei^icea, are now devoted, in! certain quartt?i's, to breakfasts at i which as many as 200 or 31)0 have sat ( down. Theatres are generously I patiVMMgod imd a,U.tsertH-ef amudemciituJ are In xtill swing. Whether the city officials or the Representatives in Congress who have the city of Washing¬ ton under their supervision, are to blame for some of the existing condi¬ tions, ia not stated, but now that the clergy have so loudly protested it is likely that a part of the evils will be routed out.
A FLOOD OF PENSIONS.
Hundreds of thousandsof Civil War veterans who have filed applications for pensions under the new service pension law, will be disappoinfjtd in the long delay that lijust necessarily result in their-eases receiving atten¬ tion, due to the rush of work in the government Pension Bureau. The law was enacted at the last session of Congress and is now less than ninety days old, yet the application for pensions under it already exceed by nearly 100,000, the total estimated beneficiaries. The rush of applications has swept the force of the Pension Office off its feet and the applicationu are coming in the rate .of ,^,0OO a day with no sign of a let-up. So far 325, OUO have been received and the clerks have barely had time to file therri without attempting to pass on their respective merits. The clerical force ia being pushed to the limit and several new bureaus have been established.
Wlien the demand for a pension from every soldier who served ninety days in the Union Army bcame so insistent that Congress could no longer, ignore it, a request was made of jthe Cofnmissioner of. Pensions for'an estimate us to the probable eoet of such a law. The Commissioner put his cKpertsat work, andafterstudying the poneion rolls informed Congr^as that provifiiona for\ 231,400 bene¬ ficiaries would be ampl^ and that he figured the yearly cokI us $1.1,000,000. Evidently the Gorainissi<mer was mis¬ taken in his calculations, for figuring on the basis of the :j2r,,000 claims al¬ ready filed, the total yearly disburse- m'mt out of the Treasury will be more than $25,000,000.
The Pension Office officialB have not had time to examine many claims, so it ii mpo.5L,;'uie to slate at this period what proportion will be allowed, hut there is serious doubt wlicther the appropriation made for thesei-vice law will be sufficient and the chances are that it will be exhausted before all the claimants have received their lawfull alowances.
i CONGREGSSIONAL WASH BILL
I
The house and Senate__of the United States evidently believe in the saying j that "ckaniiness is next to godli- |ness" judging from the fact that dur¬ ing uiich month of the last session the ¦ legislators and their henchmen used on an average of 34,000 towels -32,315 jhand towels and 1,617 bath towels. The towels, some hundred thousand in , number, are the property of the Govem- monL but the washing of them is done by private contractors and it is at this time of the year that bids are request¬ ed for doing the work. The Chief Clerks of the House and Senate have the matter in charge and on the 29th day of May the bids will be opened with much, ceremony and (>omp. Last year the price for washing was paid at the rate of 30 cents perJiundredbut this year the bidders have formed a sort of a merger and it will cost Uncle. Sam more money than it usually does to dry the hands of hie lawiiiakers. The bills for washing towels for 1;he months of the last session amounted to $eO0 and tho next sessions a six month term, even moreraoney will be spent for clean towels. According to the Jiuniber of towels used^yearly, it is easily seen that both the House and Senate are far up in the scale o"f righteousness.
The Church Going Penny.
Many of our readers have no doubt read the following story but it is a good one and will hear repeating: "A silver dollar and a copper cent got into a quarrel as to which was the most religious. The silverdollar said to tho copper cent: "You little red-faced pug-nosed feather-crow nod sinner ynu are not religious. You iue a heathen. Look at me. I am adorned with the goddess of liberty in whose crown are beards of wheat which are emblematical of the bread I carry to the poor. Over my face is a bright/ silver sheen like a heavenly halo. .4nd on my back are the words 'In Godue trust.' I proclaim my religion wherever I go.'' "The copper penny replied: "You old Pharisee I can prove I am more religious than you are. I 