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The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-11-16
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EVERGREEN TREES.


Their Decorative and Practical
Merit-When to Plant.
1t is at this season that we recognize
most fully the beauty and utility of the
evergreens. Many property holders,
viewing their home grounds critically,
will detect something unsatisfactory,
due perhaps to lack of these trees and
shrubs. In such a case it is an excel
lent idea to determine just what and
where we will plant next year. The
Kansas station has made quite study
of this subject, on which it offers the
following advice:
Evergreen trees are valuable for
screens, for wind breaks, for a back
ground against which to group trees
and for winter decoration. Too many
should not be used together near the
buildings, as they give a dark effect.
The best time to plant evergreen
trees is in the spring, during April or
May, just when the buds are ready to
push, or, if fall planting is preferred, it
should be done in October or Novem-
ber Great care must be taken that the
roots do not become dry by exposure
to sun and wind. 1t is best to select
for their removal a moist day.
Austrian pine Pinus austriaca) is of
a compact growth. 1t is cone shaped,
with broad base. The leaves are dark
green and nearly six inches long. The
branches are equal around the tree and
well distributed. They need plenty of
room for good development. This tree
can be most safely removed when not
more than three feet high.
Red cedar (Juniperus virginiana) is
one of the hardest and most easily
grown evergreens, but the principal
objection to this tree Is that it is often
badly attacked by the fungus (Gymnos-
pOrangium macrOpus), which spoils
much of its attraction.
Scotch pine Pinus sylvestris) is of
more open spreading growth than the
Austrian pine. The braQches and foil
age are not so heavy, and the leaves
are Of a lighter green. The Scotch
pine grows quite rapidly and if care
fully handled can be reared with good
success.
Dwarf pine CPinus m0ntana) is tree
that forms low, broad, dense growth.
The trunk is divided at the base into
several ascending smooth branches.
The leaves are dark green. This tree
grows quite readily when transplant
ed, and it is considered one of the best
for hot and dry locations.
White spruce (Pices alba is a very
good evergreen for this section Of the
country. It's growth is slow, but neat
and symmetrical. 1t sometimes at
tempts to grow two leaders, but this
can be easily prevented by pruning.
The foliage is light green. 1t thriyes
on a variety of soils.
Colorado blue spruce is fully as
hardy and even more beautiful than
the white spruce. 1t is noted for its
handsome blue green foliage. The tree
is of moderate growth, of rather a reg
ular and compact form. 1t needs but
little pruning and retains its pleasing
color during the entire year. 1t is com
paratively easy to transplant
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-11-16
How to Fold a Dress Skirt.

All cotton skirts retain their shape
and hang better If folded each time
after they are worn instead of being
hung in the closet. They should be
folded in horizontal lines rather than
longitudinal lines, as the tendency in
wearing is always toward lengthwise
creases. First stretch the garment out
the full width, then double 1t down
ward from the belt to half the length
Of the skirt, then double it over once in
a lengthwise fold, the only one that
should be made. Keep a long wide box
covered with denim and lined with
cambria to accommodate these skirts
and pile them in lightly one above the
other. This method of folding tends to
smooth out the lines and folds of wear.
Household.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-11-16

Look to the Foundation.

Improved roads are being construct
ed, ostensbly on the plans of Mac
adam or Telford but without the
foundation which alone can make such
roads permanently satisfactory. When
finished, they look well. But they wilt
not last. Again. the mistake is being
made Oh roads that were properly built
Of neglectiES breaks and holes until
they reach serious proportions. 1t is
false economy and it is ruinous to the
road. The true plan IS to have the
road constantly watched, and the mo-
ment even the least fault is detected
correct it. \ right beginning is as es-
sential to the road itself as to the tray
eler thereon. And eternal vigilance is
the price of good roads just as much as
it is of liberty.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-11-16

knowing how much money wac spent in
the purchase of votes and in colonial
ton"
As every man of political experience
knows, these two remarks exactly con-
tradict each other. Bribery and colo
nization can be successfully practiced
only in large cities. Neither is factor
in the small city or village elections.
And Mr. Bryan gained in the large cities.
and lost in the small cities nr villages
However, Mr.. Bryan manifests some
glmmerings of reason and some vague
comprehension of the causes of his own
defeat. He confesees that the corrupt
practices be falsely alleges against the
republicans could not account Tor the
widespread increase in the republican
vote" He partially discerns the truth
when be says that "the prosperity argu-
ment was the most potent one used by
the republicans" and that the appeal,
Stand by the president while the war ie
on, had great deal of Influence" But
Mr.. Bryan cannot see, or is unwilling to
confess, the whole truth
Mr. Mckinney was elected and Mr..
Bryan was rejected because the majority
OF the American people saw the whole
truth, and clearly comprehended what
each candidate stood for They saw
that Mckinley stood for the cCntinu-
ance OF prosperity, secured By protec-
ton to American industry, honest
money and enforcement of law, and that
prosperity was threatened by Mr.. Bry-
ans program of dehased currency. con-
fiscatiOn, reputation and Iawlessness.
They saw that Mr.. Mckinley stood for
the maintenance OF American rights on
every foot OF American soil and in
foreign lands, and that Mr. Brvau's pol
icy OF retreat and surrender to rebels
meant national dishonor.
Therefore the people did more than
stand by the president" They stood
by themselves, by their own interests.
by the defenders of their flag, by their
American traditions, by their country's
rights and honor.
The candidate and the party that run
counter to the spirit of patriotism and
to the instinct of self preservation al
ways have been and always will be re
iected by the American people In the
fact that Mr., Bryan seems to be catch
ing some glimmering of these truths,
his friends may find hope Of bis future
usefun ness 10 that private station to
which his own perversity has consigned
him. After all, MIR. Bryan is our fellow
citizen, and all Americans must rejoice
that the vapors which have SO long
overspread his mental vision are at last
yielding to The light OF common sense.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-11-16
All Should Re Taxed

That part of the burden Of road
taxes should be borne by the cities and
towns there can be no question. And
why should they not? They are IN
questionably as greatly interested in
the improvement of the roads as are
the people of the country districts
Their interests are to a great extent
mutual and inseparable, the one de-
pendent upon the other, a fact that is
patent to all thinking men and needs
no argument at this juncture to prove
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-11-16
Sees a Little Light

W. j. Bryan, OF Lincoln. Nah hos
made his expected contribution to tho
inquest, remarks the Chicago Inter
Ocean. The first part of Mr.. Brvan,s
testimony exhibits his characteristic in
ability to draw correct conclusions from
observed facts. He notes that BRYAN
ism gained in the large cities and lost
in the smaller and in the country" But
he then adds: We have no way OF
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-11-16
Treatment For Plant Lice,

At one of the experiment stations
treating pelargoniums infested by aph-
ides with one-half dram carbon bisul-
phide for three hours was found to be
thoroughly effective in destroying the
insects without injury to the plants
Chrysanthemums infested with the or
binary brown aphis SO common on
these plants were treated with one
dram for two hours. This destroyed
the insects without affecting the plants,
which were in this case tender shoots
brought directly from the cellar in
which they were being wintered and
would therefore probably be more sus-
ceptible to injury. Cinerarias were
treated in precisely the same manner
also for aphides, and with both these
and the chrysanthemums the expert
ment seemed an unqualified success.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-11-16

The reelection of Governor Rogers
was only made possible by the votes OF
republicans. Thousands of them de-
serted Frink, not because there was any
thing wrong with that gentleman, but
because they feared the Wilson and Nc
Graw Influence which nominated him.
The opposition to the old regime devel-
oped strongly in every corner of the
state. 1t is nov hoped that the party
may profit in future by the loss of the
governor, while winning the national
ticket by nearly $4,000, and go to bat
tie i'll future years under newer and safer
organization
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-11-16
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury

as mercury viii surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
tenn when entering it through the mucous sur
faces. Such articles should never be used ex-
cept on prescriptions from reputable physi-
clans, as the damage they will do is ten fold to
the good you can possibly derive from them
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J.
Cheney & Co, Toledo, O., contains no mer-
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure be
sure you get the genuine. 1t is taken inter
nally, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J.
Cheney & Co Testimonials free
Sold by Druggists, 75c per BOTTLE
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-11-16
Pretty "a ,~etu, 'rattro ..a.ge.

FrettN "iA I@efI' 'faftF0 .lnace.
This strong and attractive edge pic,
tured by The Designer may De made
with No. 90 linen thread or No. 10 cot
ton. III the center Of each sCaIop is
the three leafed clover which gives the
edging its name. The edge may be
used for trimming underwear or if
made Of silk for trimming silk waists.
1t can also be made of coarser linen
thread for trimming sidebOard or bu-
reau covers of linen. The directions
are as follows: To make the three leaf
ed clovers make d S, 3 p, 8 d S, close,
=, repeat directions from to three
times and tie off. Thirty six Of these
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-11-16

Mr.. Bryan has refused at salary
of $4,000 year the editorship OF a
Denver newspaper There is nothing
surprising in this. Mr.. Bryan tried
Job like this once, and no doubt had it
duly impressed upon him that a news
paper man has to work.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-11-16
Good Gravel Roads.

With gravel good and serviceabIe
roads can be constructed, not by dump
ing it pellmell on an ungraded surface,
but by treating it exactly in the same
way as macadam stone would be in the
preparation of a well constructed road
that is, by thoroughly compacting it
on properly graded, drained and pre-
pared surface. Such roads, if judi
ciously located-tha is, in. localities
where heavy traffic does mot abound
would give excellent service at q low
cost of maintenance from the fact that
they are readily repaired and that the
repair material would be comparative
IL inexpensive.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-11-16

1t was most ungentlemanly in demo-
cratic officers elect to raise the hopes OF
half the party to high heaven with
promises of deputyships, and then make
the newly Pledged patriots so anxious to
serve their country draw straws for the
few measly places at command.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-11-16

The late election seems to have dem
0nstrated anew the political axiom that
talk does not win votes. says the Ore
gonian. Citizens listen TO be entertained
not to be influenced. Speakers can tell
them nothing they do not know. Vot-
ers go to campaign rallies for the same
reason that they go to minstrel or dog
shows, and their opinions are not mold
ed at political gatherings. They read
at thelr leisure and think when they eat
ana when they work. They get more
knowledge of facts through meUaz;nnS
and newspapers than speilbinders can
lmpart IN lifetime of political lectures
Public speakers served their dev whon
the statesmen were the politicians. Now
every citizen is a politician unto himself
lie gets his impressions from print and
tney are more accurate than they could
be under any other circumstances Too
OFTEN speeches are mere appeals to preiu-
uice- lt mas come to be impossible to
review political causes in their whole
sighlhcance' as voters have learned to
require them treated, in a single discus
siop or IN several. The result is that
public opinion is less sensitive to mo
mentary influences and more stoadsae+
than ever before.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-11-16

Over at Tacoma the newly elected
county officials are compelled to ad-
vertise for deputies. There is no trouble
of that kind staring the new democratic
officers OF Whitman county in the face
They are praying that government
will institute draft and drag out the
overplus of patriots with sudden fancies
for serving their country.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-11-16

The young couple always together be-
fore marriage rarely keep up this happy
intimacy as man and wife. They are
not tired of each other, but the young
wife finds herself weak and 1anguid, with
no inclination for exercise And thus
begins division of pursuits and interests
which often ends in divided lives. The
use of DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
makes weak women strong. 1t stops the
drains which undermine the strength,
cures " female weakness" nourishes the
nerves and gives vigor to the whole body.
There is neither opium, cocaine or
other narcotic in vFavorite Prescrip-
ton"
III suffered from female weakness about eight
years tried several doctors, but derived no
benefit until I began using DR.. Pierce's Favor
lite description" writes Mrs John Green, of
Danville, Boyle Co., KY. "This medicine was
recommended to me by other patients. have
taken six bottles, and I feel like another
person"
Free. DR.. Pierce's Common Sense
Medical Adviser, 1908 pages, TOO illustra-
tons, is sent free, on receipt of stamps,
to cover expense of mailing only. Send
FL one-cent stamps for the book in paper
covers, or 81 stamps for cloth binding.
Address DR.. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo. N. Y.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-11-16
o. II. & N. Time Card.
Stages Leave CoIfax For

Government receipts for October were
So, 657 ,067 more than expenditures,
making the treasury surplus for the eur
rent fiscal year $4, $40, 486.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-11-16

l am now prepared to do all kinds of
land business, homestead entries and
proofs, contests, etc. Have had 13 years
experience in land cases. ". A. Inman,
q, s. Commissioner, Colfax, Wash.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-11-16

The result of the national elections
illustrate how the pendulum of politics
will swing in four years time, says the
New West Trade President Mckinley
carried states this election that four
years ago looked as though they would
be eternally opposed to his doctrines
and party. The calamity which they
expected did not come with his election;
instead came prosperity. They required
an optical demonstration, and they got
it. The only political party that, once
in power, can remain there for any con-
riderable length of time, is the one that
can make good it's promises and theories.
1t makes no difference what name il
bears, sensible people will support it.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-11-16

The national victory would have been
incomplete if the returns did not assure,
as they do, the continued maintenance
OF the republican control of congress
The returns, while far from complete on
this line, are sufficient to make it certain
that the present republican majority in
the house will be increased in the next
one. The president will be supported
by a congress in harmony with his poll
cies. This is fortunate for the country.
An opposition house would have 80 OBJ
structed the efforts of the president to
establish peace in the Philippines and
carry out his plans for the education of
their people and for their training in the
elementary processes of self government
that it would have been national ca
lamity.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-11-16

If you want Insurance, or collection
promptly made, call on Eacho, Larue &
Co., the real estate hustlersx
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-11-16

Go to Hotel Hart, Winona, for good
treatment. First class house,
Call on Il. W GoFF for INSURANCE.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-01

the states experiment doing it. they not
only undertook to make broken hobby Popuism
spectacle but they undertook place competition with
free labor the work Of the convicts thing been
would all have been nice, this legislature
done all this at its great big approp-
alton, s50O00 in lump, to defray expenses
On this went chasing about country
Investigating" They the the west
to the north and to the south commission
sent to Central America buy raw material
it being legend these they get
tail hold the material the theirs
much has been squandered business
one knows perhaps will authorities
that they $4,000 Irvine On hand
that they They cry the ungentemany
action Of the twine the trust lied about them
and their production Lying is part of the business of
the trusts and the babypayng promoters of Irvine
the beginning. But if the outle managers
of this pentenary scheme, then the daisy The
statement is made two
cheaper intended selling it, and
thus brought the down saved thousands the
farmers. The plant lot they
can't SELL while the selling thousands dollars
worth a day. Irvine plant die, learn
sense"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-01
Public Ownership and Political Control.

1t is announced that the Kansas Binding Irvine
plant, at the penentary has been shut down the
work suspended This if true feared pre-
dicted There is however this consolation Popu
opposition afford to make any against
Republican its failure prohaby private
enterprise public utility the urgency of the
Pop contingency the Republicans would have
foolish enterprise The socialistic
the Populist is public ownership" Official
management" Binding Irvine being commodity almost
universal demand by the farmers of the the Repub-
consented TO such concession put the
plant sending agents Central America
teral and cutting the price the
Of the Kansas farmer win the good opinion
Of the votes of the Popust party pout-
zeal the public through its elective appontvs
officers more successfully a binding Irvine
plant probably economically than they
paper plant street plant waterworks plant
agricultural machinery plant without first crushing
individual enterprise and opportunity
stance enterprise had competition and the
labor absolutely by the public sim the result
is failure
The Lawrence Journal which paper has more distinct
lively to urged by the Eagle on this question
says
The end has come sooner than we Anticipated That
venture be disastrous failure went without
saying. the foolish expensive and in
excusabIs mistakes the Republican party in
sas years Il for the purpose Of making
capital for the Republican party. II good Of
it. its promoters doubt hoped good would be
merely incidental For Socialists and PopuHs had
state establish manufactures kinds ana
the business Of the people Republicans
other people laughed al this theory 50
severely aupooned who believed in
il. that come De obsolete, only Nfd-eyed
theorists and cranks supposed any
the Republican legislature picked up ayed-out
OF the visionary Pops. and appropriated
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-01
A Hint to Our Democratic FIR lends.

The Democratic party, east and west is very di-
vided what shall be principal the
platform against the Republican party old-time rock
ribbed Democracy is much opposed 6 such
prominent plank but the Bryan Pop, wing that
there is little else contendng
Ocrats favorable expansion otherwise
but expansion is rank imperialism born spirit
the Trust The Eagle if permitted, suggest plank
which the party Maine to Nome would most cordi-
ally endorse as Whereas The Democratic parys
declaration of four that the election Mckinley
and the adoption of the gold thrycent
wheat, ten-cent widespread poverty, disas-
national financial panic as pre-
dcted principally for the time opportunity
IT therefore Resolved by party national
convention assembled that are nevertheless the
Government hereby solemnly pledge the American
people that if ticket is elected bring about the
conditions which predicted promised four years
which the Republican party under Mckinley to make
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-01
4aita Eaale
u. M. MURDOCH. Editor.
Forty Hogs per Capita Circulation,

The is past and the harvest ended and, my
soul the wheat has all saved. shone every
day until the last had rpened when last the
last shock. then it rained If there is
of crop mischief charged
the who failed properly shock and stack For
two weeks through harvest the bright
the dry. days hon, being
intmation of fall of dew. So any tests
have reported yield per averaging higher
than the extravagant estimates We have hard of
nothing less than thirty bushels the yet from
thirty hirty-eight bushels which is simply enormous
while quality of very highest. So the
crop for concerned realization
than expectation calculation The catter
self binders hardly artillery
heaven opened rolling reverberations gIor
which followed just beginning TO needed
by promising state ever boosted
If the should proportonatey the yield
the wheat harvested estimating
rency saying so many dol
lars it viii be so many hogs per capita