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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-05-24
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
THURSDAY, MAY "a, 1900.
TEACHING THE CUBAN.

T,aedrpiuis.ration program OF hushing up
me scandal connected with the cmbezzlement
otal sr-e sum Of money from the Cuban Postal
receipts sc F. ". Medley, who has been
c...ei iinsucial agent OF the Cuban Postal eys'
..,n. and others. will be combatted BY the dem
ocrats in congress, who regard the present as
excelle,,. time for thorough investigation of
al cuban receipts and Expenditures. senator
p ,ro,, saws he waited nearly week TO give
the reuliy'icans an opportunity 10 propose an
INVESTIGATION fore offering his resolution in
,.luctins the senate committee on relations
with cuba TO Investigate receipts from all
troops. and the expenditures for all purposes
i !ring that period, and report 10 the senate az
t lie earliest possible date OF this resolution
senator Bacon said: my purpose is TO have a
thorough investigator Of the moneys which
have been received and disbursed in Cuba
We know ina. there mas been some improper
disbursements. In view OF that fact, il is our
duty to .ift The whole matter Our only eX.
cuse for being in cuba Is our desire to govern
the island for the benefit of the Cubans, and
we ought 10 see whether we are doing our
duty toward these people That number OF
Cuban officials, including the director Of Posts
aud the Auditor OF Postal accounts have been
; ispe..i d, is proof that the public is being
deceived BY official statements saying that
Neeey il the only Cuban official who has been
implicated Il the stealing. Ii a proper inyes-
tigation is made, it will probably be ascer-
tanned that there has been ring OF thieves
working on the Cuban revenues, but that is
just what the administration doesn't wish to be
ascertained
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-05-24
wifl, Americanlabor.

with Americanlabor.
"rhe dem ocracvci the state OF Wash
ington, reco 1nizing the advantage to the
cause, and the benefits t. be derived IN
the coming election of having a PAcih
coast man nominated for 'presid ent
and expressing our confidence in the
abilities and capacity OF our esteemed
citizen and democrat, the Hon. James
Hamilton Lewis, indoise him as the
choice OF the democracy OF the state Of
Washington for vice-president VI the
United States.
1--WE commend aud indorse the patri
otic Just and econom cal administration
OF our present state officials, elected 10y
the combined fusion forces.
1--WE poirt with pride to the record OF
our representative in the senate OF the
United Sta,es, Hon. Geo. Turner
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-05-24

The following platform was unani.
mously adopted at the Democratic State
Convention at Spokane:
1.-The democracy Of the state OF Wash.
ington, in convention assent led, reatfirm
the Chicago platform in its entirety and
pledge our answering loyalty and fidelity
to it's noble principles.
eve denounca the present republican
national administration in its attitude
toward the trusts, and We believe that
trusts should be controlled by the ma
tional government so far as interstate in
their operations, and favor rigid laws TO
this end.
"We are opposed to the republican
policy OF Importation.
I'VE denounce the republican party
for its previous attitude on bimetalism
and point to the record OF legislation in
the last congress as indsputable proof Of
the party's former duplicity on the fnan-
cial question.
"We condemn the xacillating attitude
OF the republican administration on the
Porto Rico tariff, and condemn the re.
publican congress in passing the Porto
Rico tariff as a measure towards the peo-
pie OF Porto Rico OF like character to
that against which our forcfathers re.
beled.
"We extend cur sympathy to the
heroic Beers now struggling for life, land
and for Liberty.
recognize William Jennings Bryan
rs the great cOmmoner Of TIE present day.
who ranks with and will have place in
history with Jefferson, Jackson and Lin.
coin, and instruct our delegates to the
national convention to assist in making
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-05-24
MOTHER eENEDicTA. PRESIDENT.

In the Superior Court OF the state OF Washing
ton, for Chehalis County.
In the Matter OF the Estate OF,
John d. Schafer. Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the UNDERSIGNED
executor and execu'riy OF the above entitled
estate have filed in the above named court and
caus. their final report and petition for decree
and distribution under the will probated i'll
said cause
All persons Directing thereto are hereby re-
court and cause on or before the sth day
OF June. 1900. at whcf time at the court horse
at Montesano, Cheha.is county, Washington.
Will be brought up for hearing and determine
ton.
ANNA SCHAFER. Execntrix.
PETER SCHAFER. Executor.
". II. ABEL, Attorney for Executor and Exc
cutrix.
Date of first publication May H. 1909. 1t
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-05-24

Perry NJ Watson, same ....... IS 90
G. W Ratemore, same. ~ 81 -
Frank Peterson, same ........... ~ 10
Robert Chabot, same. . $3.50. IS 90
J y GWin, same -. ... >. ~ 90
John II Tavlur, same ....... TT 90
$ A Hoag, assisting sher Il s.
n f. pivilbiss. postage postal cards ~ 30
A X Bush, coroner's inquest, Nc.
lanyhlin ..... T. 50
A { :. Geo Kemp, inspect timber 30 So
W Crst, boarding jurors 6 25
Bryant, scow rent 10 On
+ F Jones, mise assessors office. 80
Il y K ,hertson. inspect timber % 80
f. q Hunt, work as surveyor. u so
y Herman, examining roads etc
as commissioner ..... SO IS
Recess until June =. 1900, at 5 "a IN.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-05-24

Artistic taste and expert workmanship,
with thorough kroWlei.e ii
stock buying. enables Us to Turn ,ut the
best wo X at lower prices than onr com.
petitors, HERALD jon PRINTEKY.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-09
The Army.C .Canteen.

c. N. Howard of Rochester, N. y, speak
ing for the Young Peoples Christian lem
perance Union Of Kansas City, the other even
mo. bitterly tenounced President Mckinley
and the Republican administration tor their al
titude on the question of the army canteen. he
said, among other things:
81 wish to remind President Mckinley that
there is strain of ill-concealed hypocrisy IN
throwing stones at his Democratic opponent
for openly advocating nullihcatioI while h's
administration openly practices the most shame
full and indefens.hle qualification tf law In Inc
history OF the nation The peril of The amer
lean soldier IS less the bullet thai the enemy
aims at the heart than it is the bottle, charged
with the dew of hell that the government puts
into his mouth. And the notification OF the
anti-canteen law, that proposed to protect the
American soldier from the foe within the camp,
that has proven more dangerous and deadly
than The foe without, has no parallel IN Amer''
can history, and ought to be rebuked by every
Christian citizen who believes, as Governor
Roosevelt said in his recent Milwaukee speech:
TEN of orderly liberty is obedience TO Ia~.
"No law ever passed the congress OF the
United States the purpose of which was so
clearly and unmstakably understood as me
law prohibiting the saloon in the army me
man who wrote it so intended it, and the SEN
ator who introduced it, and the senators and
representatives who voted for it, and the press
that criticized it, and the liquor papers that
were enraged by lt--all so understood it. No
body was or could be deceived by such language
as that And yet, in spite of the law, IL spite
of congress, i'll spite of. the protest OF nearly
every religious body, assembly and convention
that has gathered in the last two years, in spite
of the greatest avalanche of petitions that have
ever descended upon an administration IN the
history of the nation, in spite of the opinion o.
the Judge advocate general, the proper lega
adviser OF the war department, that law mean
exactly what 1t said and entirely prohibited the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-09
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

sale of ntoxicants in the army or upon any
property of the governmental spite of it all,
the administration has continued to nullify this
law, and has sent the damnable saloon not only
into every military camp at home, to Cuba and
Porto Rico, but with the first regiment that
landed at Manila went an agent for an Ameri-
can brewery, to establish the saloon.
"The official record of our first years
occupation of the Philippines is out In
average of 2I,ooo enlisted men, one
third of the entire number, over 1000 different
men, were arrested and tried for misdc,neanors
the first eleven months of American occupation.
This is the ripe fruit that the armv saloon holds
up to the heather of the Orient as an example
of American civilization. God have mercy OH
us if Christian America is to repeat the story OF
Africa in the Philippines.
81 am loyal American citizen, and have
no sympathy with those lneh who caa, find sat
sfaction in the defeat of our American arms,
but if we are to belle the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, and join the despotisms of the old
world, in subjectiug people against their own
will, and kill off $4,000 of them in war to de-
bauch and destroy what is left of them with
our American whisky, call the boys home and
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-09

THE war now going on is largely responsible
for the ''good times" of which we boast; the
money put in circulation because of the war
has made trade brisk The same thing could
DE accomplished by spending an equal amount
of mon.y on our own citizens AT present, we
are spending money in Cuba and in Porto Rico.
This same money, if spent at home-in build
ing roads, in building postofices, in building
homes for the aged, in extending rural mail
ro1tes etc.-would result in more good thau
war. Besides, it would be more humane than
to spend it in war; Atchison Globe (Rep.)
Is it not better to spend Our money as sug-
eested above to benefit the old than the way we
are doing now? The present war is destroying
the young men of the land, and many say
amen to It. Have they any boys to put up for
targets for the sake of "prosperity"? We
would say no! We would not trade our boy for
the whole Philippine Islands, Porto Rico Cuba
and good deed to the United States thrown in
THIS is no fight that fires the heart of patriot
isn't is simply the strong taking the homes
from the weak. Spend the same amount Of
money on our poor people; educate the orphan
AMI make life worth living for the many unfor
tunaie poor people OF our land, and, in other
words, begin charity at home. Educate the
heathen Of Uncle Sans family before you 60
abroad, and you will come nearer obeying the
commands of the Great Ruler of all.--Pdola
Times.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-09
John Allen on DepeW.

John Allen whose career in congress has
made the little town of Tupelo famous, knows
more good stories than any other member of
the house. One of the best in his repertory is
the tale of the darkey and the 'possum, which
was told i'll the senate cloak-room the other
day, apropos of the patronage Senator Depew
is supposed to enjoy, but which is quietly abb
sorbed by his senior colleague. A negro cpl
cure caught fine, large 'possum, skinned,
dressed and hung it before blazing fire under
spre aiding tree, and, while it was baking to
delect -ie erown, lay down the ground and
went to sleep beside it. About the time the
'possum was done, slick little darkey happen
ing that way stole the 'possum and ate it all
up. Then he took the homes and laid them
down in front of his sleeping brother, creased
his lips with 'possum grease and smeared pos
sum grease over his fingers. When the owner
of the 'posspm awoke, he looked about, dazed
and surprised to find his piece de resistance
gone bnt the bones lay in front of him, he
sew the grease upon his fingers and tasted 1t
upon his lips. 'ls it os'ble," he said, 81
dun eat dat possum when was sleep? | smell
'possum, tas' 'possum, an dar is de bones.
1t sartinly do look like l mus hab eat him, but
10 God, dat dar 'possum dun hab 'ess feet on
my constitution dan emmy ole 'possum l eber
did eat befo'."
"That is the way with Depew," said the
man who repeated the story. "He should have
patronage, it looks as if he did have patronage,
but TO God, dat dar patronage has 'ess feet
on his const'tu dan emmy ole patronage he
eber did have befo'"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-09
Congress and the Beers.

We do not recall exactly what congress did
for the Beers. We have vague general idea
that it s'ernly suppressed its emotions, and COW
'ered an aching heart with The cloak of silent
torture. Iu the past, American congresses have
expressed their sympathy with peoples strug.
Cling against despotic monarchies for the priv
ilege OF sef-government-the same privilege
xhat'we ourselves enjoy. This congress has
.adoped more snbtle, if less effective policy.
III has recognized the heroic d. voton of the
Beers with sealed lips, but, of course, wa a
hleeding lesrt. We recall no more touching
suggestion of national feeling. 1t reminds us
All the aHecionate and impnlsive demonstration
which England presented 20 us during the civil
wAt.-W ashipgtoa Post
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-09

bring the old flag and the saloon along.
eff there is'tr,ason in that make the most
of it,
Notwithstanding the truths Thus expressed
by Mr.. Howard well-known truths, too
thousands OF professed Christians, who talk and
pray for the destruction of the liquor traffic and
the abolishment of the saloon, went to the polls
last Tuesday and repudiated their prayers by
voting to sustain an administration which is
hand-in-glove with the liquor element Of this
nation. This Tree that is planted will bear Bit
ter fruit, and many who voted to sustain the
McHanna administration are certain to see the
error they made. They will have plenty of
time to repent.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-09
The Housewife and Her Broom.

The thrifty housewives lip is inclined to curl
when she reads Senator Hanna's assertion tha.
there sre 10 trusts. She comes in contact with
the trusts pinching end every day
Not TO speak Of the high price she must pay
for meat controlled by meat combine, she pays
about about double what she paid four years
ago for broCms.
The broom factories are controlled by a trust
capitalized for $1,000, 900. 1t pays an annua;
dividend of $2So,ooo.
There has bees no advance in the wages Of
broom makers, but the price OF brcoms has adj
vanced in four years from $3.25 dozen to So rs
a dozen.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-09

If you want land, there is Canada; that is
nearer. Take Canada. But when l say so to
my expansionist friend, he says, "That is diff
ferent.' Oh, yes it is different-and I will
tell you the difference. 1t is the difference be-
tween the fleet of Victoria and the fleet of
Aguinaldo. That is all the difference. There
is no difference in principle, for if you have a
tight to take the Philippines and govern them
and tax them without their consent, you have
the right to take Canada. Mason.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-09

THE present duty of the United States to-
ward the Philippines is to bring about peace on
the only terms on which it can come-by meet
ing the people, their needs aud demands, half
way Peace once established, the rest is of
minor Importance. Along the present lines of
conquest, peace, order, safety and prosperity
will never come.-David Starr Jordan, pres-
dent of Leland Stanford University.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-07-11

The milk Of the COW is never SO basely
prostituted as when converted into poor
cheese. And what lot OF poor cheese
there is madel While the advance in
methods of making butter has been
steady and continuous for the
past ten years, until with the best
creameries an almost perfect article is
uniformly produced and hundreds of
Young men educated scientifically as,
butter makers are to be obtained, it is
lust as rare as it ever was to find man
who can take milk and convert it into II
well-favored, well-cured wholesome
cheese. Out Of seven samples we tested
on sale at seven different places not ono
was fit for a white man to eat. They
were either stinkers, or SKINNED, or ov-
er-salted, good for nothing but rat
bait.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-07-11
Stick to the Cow,

The increased value of the beef ami
NAL is tempting hundreds Of farmers To
get rid Of their diaries. This is mis-
take. There is no animal that can take
the place Of the COW on the farm. Be il
big or little, poor or fertile one, level OF
billy, located east or west, owned or
rented, it is always and ever true that
the COW is the one sure cornerstone OF
any and every type of successful agricul.
ture in this country. Cows mean calves
and pigs, cream.checks, an ever improv.
ing fertility Of the soil, good living in
the farm home: working with her CO.
partner, the Poland China hog, she rails
es the interest money, pays off the farm
mortgage, educates the boys and girls,
puts piano in the home and sends the
old folks off on pleasure trip in the
fall. Four things blending harmonious
iy constitute the essential elements Of
American agricultural prosperity-the
COW, the hen, the hog and the ear Of
corn.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-07-11
Save the Corn Fodder.

The failure of the usual May rains
through quite an extensive portion OF
the west proved very disastrous to the
years hay crop and the crop Of timothy
hay will be very light. Added to this is
the fact that over about the same area
the clover very generally .winter-killed,
and il never before, the farmers are this
year face to face with the problem OF
how to utilize the fodder OF their corn
fields for forage the coming winter. The
first and most important step in this
connection is to arrange for the cutting
VI the crop at the proper time. There
are but very few days, when the corn
crop is just right to cut up TO get the
best results. The exact stage of matur-
lty at which the crop should be cut Is
when the stalk and leaves are still green
with tho husk Of the ear we'll turned. or
when the kernels on the ear are in the
sti6 dough Stage. While cesa - eut
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-07-11

Take it one year with another, count.
ing all expense and allowing fair wages
for work and reasonable interest on the
land investment, the bushel of corn can
not be produced for less than twenty
cents in what is known as the corn-belt
And take it one year with another, this
twenty cent corn, il fed out on the farm
to cattle, hogs, chickens, sheep and
horses, will bring the man who so
raises and feeds it not less than forty
cents; hence, corn so grown and used is
the most profitable crop raised in the
territory referred to. Furthermore, as a
crop it makes smaller drain upon
the soil than any other raised. and its
conversion into meat and dairy products
upon the farm insures the continued
and increasing fertility Of the land upon
which it is raised.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-07-11

In the sugar districts of the south
thousands of tons Of low grade molasses
have gone to waste each year; and now
1t has been discovered that a ration OF
ten pounds Of the stuff is most palata.
BILE and nutritious one for the COW or
horse, the English people getting onto
this fact first. Now, instead OF shipping
the stuff to England as stock food, the
refineries are supplying it to the south
ern stockmen as substitute for north
ern grown corn.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-07-11

will shrink 10 SOME sxseut In tho mum
Der Of pounds Of shs1led corn which 10
will produce to the acre. the fodder il d
enough greater feeding value to more
than Offset the loss Most corn il al.
lowed 70 stand too long before it Is cut.
Another thing-the larger the shocks
made Of the bundles Of cut corn, the
better the fodder will be. The handling
and feeding of the fodder after it is cut
will vary greatly. II steers are being
fed, feed the stalks out in clean blue
grass pasture. allowing the steers to
pick of the ears. they then to be fol-
lowed by stock cattle to clean up the
residue. The fodder may be hauled up
late in the fall when it is well cured
and put under shed or in the barn, to
be husked, shredded or threshed, or run
through cutter. Each man will be
governed by the kind of stock he has to
feed, and bis facilities for handling tho
fodder, for there is no best way. The
point to remember is to so use it that
the greatest good may be be got out of
it with the smallest expenditure of
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-07-11
when the Exposition Is over.

4 Although the Paris exposition Il
still unfinished. arrangements have al
ready been made for its demolition.
Was 1t sentiment or business which
has intrustsd this work to foreigner
For the contract for dismantling the
buildings has been bade with the Chi
cago House Wrecking company. which
took down the buildings after the
great worlds fair at Chicago. 1t has
been calculated that something like
rs. 0Oo. 900 feet of lumber will be avail
able for sale after the close Of the ex-
position, End It II probable that every
foot Of It will And ready purchaser. -
London Chronicle.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-07-11
Educate Yourself.

Ii the hired man of today who seeks
employment on the farm would. as he
can find time, study the elemen-
tary principles of mechanics so
that he would know something Of the
different kinds Of machinery that are
used on the farm and would post him
self up on stock feeding and breeding
and dairy lines, he might very easily
command better wages than he now re-
ceives. He does not need to go to col
lege to do this. He must first of all re-
solve to become better posted; next, he
must avail himself Of suitable reading
matter bearing on these lines, and then
he should seek to educate himself in q
practical way as he does his daily work.
With books, eyes, ears and gray matter
working harmoniously, it is surprising
how much one can find ou'-iow much
practical knowledge one can get which
others are willing to ply good mon y
for. Few men understa d how mu b
they may do in the mait,r Of educating
themselves. Now if the hired m n
would rather go sparkling some girl, or
go off on night toot, or just crawl into
oed and snooze away his spare time, lie
may be sure that he will remain just a
common plug hired man as long as he
lives. 1t is the supreme privilege for
every young man who lives under the
stars and stripes that he may make the
most and very best of himself il he will
with the aid of schools and colleges, or
without them. What the young man
Wills to do for himself in this way he
may do. He can be chump or man,
prince or beggar, landowner or tramp
be simply endured as social and eco
nomic parasite or make the world the
better for having lived in it. Be it one
talent or ten given, let them be properly
used.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-07-11

1t does not pay to fuss very much
with the two year old strawberry bed.
1t is full of weeds, grass and old plants;
but if you are so situated that it must
be utilized for another season, go at it
in this way: when the berries are all
picked, NOW the bed off close with
sharp scythe. Then spade up and fertil.
ize strips two feet in width down
through the bed, leaving strips Of the
old plants one foot wide to furnish run.
ners with which to set the newly pre-,
pared portion Of the bed. If'the plant,
are furnished sufficient moisture fairly
good job can thus be made ofrenovatipe
the bed