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NATIONAL NEWS ITEMS FROM THE HART SCRAPBOOK

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FOR SHERIFF.

JOSEPH LANCASTER.

Joseph Lancaster, candidate for sheriff on the Republican ticket, is a native of the state. Born in 1860 in Clark county. His father, Isaac Lancaster, came to the northwest across the plains in 1850 with teams, settling in Clark county, and later moving to Klickitat county. The Lancasters are not only pioneers in building up this great northwest, but were also instrumental in making early history.

Mr. Lancaster’s uncle, Columbia Lancaster, is a graduate of Ann Arbor University, also a judge in territorial days, and also a delegate to Congress from the Territory of Washington. His father was also a member of the Territorial Legislature from Clark county in 1865. He built the first house and the first blacksmith shop in Clark county, and was known as a man who never had an enemy.

Joe Lancaster, who aspires to the office of sheriff of this county, was for many years a cowboy, riding the range of Yakima and Klickitat counties. There is not a crook or turn in the mountain fastnesses of this vast plain that he is not familiar with. Since coming to Yakima he has been a rancher in the Selah valley, besides holding the office of road supervisor for the past four years, in which capacity he has made good.

Mr. Lancaster has had the largest territory, hardest grades and smallest amount of money with which to make the roads, but he has succeeded in making the best showing of any road supervisor the county has ever had.

Mr. Lancaster, if elected sheriff on Tuesday next, has plans worthy the consideration of every voter. First he believes in economy, he, as well as the taxpayers of the county, realize that the great expenditure of the past can be considerably reduced. He knows they can. One plan which he has in mind will be the boarding of the prisoners at a much less expense. As matters now stand, the county furnishes the fuel, water and cook and pays in addition 40 cents per day for the board of each prisoner. It has been demonstrated in times past that this office could board its prisoners and give them wholesome food at a cost not to exceed 15 cents a head.

Mr. Lancaster also proposes, in case of his election, to put the prisoners to work under ball and chain, as the law allows. He says he can utilize their labor to the betterment of the roads, caring for the county house yards, and in various other ways saving the county a large amount of money; in other words, the prisoners in place of becoming a burden on the county will be a source of revenue to it.

Mr. Lancaster believes in law enforcement and the eradication of “Blind Pigs.” He has a natural detective instinct. He has nerve and force; he also has a moral standing to perform his duty impartially.

A vote for Mr. Lancaster will be a credit to the man who casts it.

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Denver, Colo. -- Thomas D. Cain, Denver jeweler, holds the record for the Rocky mountain region for number of sons in military service. Every one of his eight sons is in some branch of the military service. Five of them have gone to France, and the three others are in different cantonment camps.

George Washington

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The character of Washington has been viewed from every standpoint, and the most hypercritical (sic) cynic has found no flaw in it. As a man, as a soldier, as a patriot, as a statesman, as a Christian, as a Mason, he stands pre-eminent above all his compeers. His life was a beautiful one and it is no wonder the people of this country honor him almost as a god. As long as time shall last, or this nation of freemen shall exist, aye even after it shall have passed away, if it ever should, the name of George Washington will be honored and revered. It is the pure character of Washington, more than the honorable position he holds in the world’s history, that makes the Masonic fraternity proud of his connection with the institution. When the traducers of Free masonry, in the heart of their bitter anti-Masonic crusade, charged fraud and imposition, rebellion and secret plottings upon the institution, they were stopped in their ravings by the noble figure of Washington arising before them and speaking in praise of its charitable and elevating character. They then sought to excuse his attachment to the institution because of his youth at joining and went so far as to say he tired of it. The fact remains that to the day of his death he maintained the same exalted opinion of the fraternity. He was initiated at Fredericksburg Lodge, No. 4, November 4, 1752 and the record is “This evening, Mr. George Washington was initiated as an E. A.” He was passed March 3, 1753, and raised August 4, 1753. In 1777 he was nominated for Grand Master of Virginia but declined because public duties would not allow him to devote the time to the lodge that the office of Grand Master required. -- New York Dispatch.

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1932 (inked in)

The term of office of the U. S. Supreme Court Justices is for life or “during good behavior.”

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George Washington was 57 years old when he was made president of the United States.

1. George Washington was born in 1732.

2. Martha was the name of George Washington’s wife.

3. George Washington was born in Virginia.

4. Washington was 67 when he died.

5. George Washington was buried at Mount Vernon, Va.

6. Washington was six feet two, and had blue eyes.

7. Washington’s first inauguration took place at New York, his second at Philadelphia.

8. The population of the United States in 1800 was a little under four million.

9. John Adams was vice president under Washington.

10. Washington died in 1799.

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6. The Treaty of Peace ending the World War was signed at Versailles, France.

7. The Spanish-American war occurred in 1898.

10. Henry Ward Beecher was an American pulpit orator and lecturer, died in 1887.

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Twenty-two Nations Foes of Germany’s Ambition.

When the armistice was signed on Monday morning last 18 nations were at war with one or all of the Central Powers, four others had severed diplomatic relations. These are the nations allied or associated against Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, or Turkey, together with the date of their entry into the war:

Belgium, August 4, 1914.

Brazil, October 26, 1917.

China, August 14, 1917.

Cuba, April 7, 1917.

France, August 3, 1914.

Great Britain, August 4, 1914.

Greece, November 23, 1916.

Guatemala, April 21, 1918.

Haiti, July 12, 1918.

Honduras, July 19, 1918.

Italy, May 24, 1915.

Japan, August 23, 1914.

Liberia, August 4, 1917.

Montenegro, August 9, 1914.

Nicaragua, May 6, 1918.

Portugal, November 23, 1914.

Rumania, August 27, 1916.

Russia, August 1, 1914.

Serbia, July 28, 1914.

Siam, July 22, 1917.

United States, April 6, 1917.

The following nations severed diplomatic relations with Germany but did not declare war:

Bolivia, April 14, 1917.

Ecuador, December 7, 1917.

Peru, October 5, 1917.

Uruguay, October 7, 1917

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