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Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1902-08-23

without doing infinite damage to
BUSINESS The attitude of the pres
ident is inconsistent with the &C.
tion of his party. If there is need
of regulation of trusts the need
is at the present time, and Con.
gress ought not to have adjourn
ed without doing something to re-
strain them. To say that hostility
to trusts is hostility to business is
o rebuke the president. But it
also gives notice that Republican
control of the next House means
that the trusts will be protected.
The object is to get the people
to believe that the Republican
party will fight the trusts after
the election. If the people believe
thiV, they will probably elect a
majority OF Republicans to the
next House. If they do not be-
slieve it, there may be a good deal
Tofa shower after all.-Louisville
Uoulier-J ournal.
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1902-08-23
Notice to Contractors.

Notice il hereby given that seal.
ed bids will be received until noon
of the first Monday in September,
1902, at the court house in Coffee
will, for the folio wing public works
as per plans and specifications on
file IN the Office of the Chancery
Clerk of the county, viz:
Build two tresles and one bridge
on Otucklofa levee on, Batesville
road, four miles west of Water
Valley.
Floor the levee south Of Water
Valley, on the Water Valley and
C0ffeeville and Culdwater roads.
Floor levee known as Goodies
Lac, esst of Water Valley, on
Banner and Water Valley road.
The Board reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
j. D. Halle, CLERK.
Coffeeville, Miss, Aug. IA, 'o2.
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1902-08-23

condemned by the country and
the world, and would (be griev-
ious. wrong to both races. But
snppuse that we did adopt the
suicidal policy of granting the
negro~only such educational ad-
vAntages and facilities as his con-
tributions to State and county
taxes would pay for. what would
be.the inevitable result? Why in
every Northern State of the Uuion
educational funds for his bene fit
wonid be raised a16 our State
would swarm with teachers and
agents disbursing these funds,
protected by law and almost uni
versal public sentiment; institut.
ing regime worse than that Of
reconstruction days; weaving the
hearts of the negroes away from
Vs, instiIling sentiment Of aver
sion and hatred and establishing
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1902-08-23
Southern Farm Lands to Advance.

Never in the history of the
United States has there been such
an active demand for farm lands
throughout the entire northwest,
nor such phenomenal advance
in prices as during the past three
years. In Illinois the advance has
been from s90,to $3.50 per acre; in
Iowa from s35 to $75, and even
h .htr; in Minnesota from $15 to
$50, and in South Dakota from
$3.50 to $50 Real estate prophets
and theirs have each year pre-
dictcd the top had been reached,
and prices must decline. Such,
however, has not been the case. On
the contrary, not only practical
'fal mers, but bankers, mt chaHics,
merchants and manufacturers
having idle money, have sIown
their confidence in the future of
cultivable lands by making liberal
land investments.
The question now agitating the
minds of. all real estate agents,
through whom 80 per cent OF all
The farm lands are sold Is. where
can we fad low priced real estate
an where will be the next great
a6vancein land?,
| advise all real estate agents
and others who handle farm lands
that every indication now points
to the South as the center Of the
next great boom, and our reasons
for thinking this are based upon
TIE following facts:
Southern farm lands are so low,
as compared with the market val
ue of Southern farm products. To
illustrate: In Iowa lands selling
in the market for $50 to SO per
acre, are rented for only 50 per
acre. In Mississippi, and especi-
ally in the great cotton belt, the
Mississippi valley improved plan
tations can be bought at from $50
to $50 per acre, and rented easily
rented at from Sc to 81 per acre
cash, or, what is better at the
present high price of cotton, foi
100 pounds of lint cotton per acre,
AMI upon which the taxes are not
more than half what they are in
Iowa or Illinois Capt. j. f. Mer-
ry in Southern Farm Magazine.
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1902-08-23
An Illogical refense.

The defense of the trusts on the
assumption that they are necessa-
ry to the existence of business, to
the promotion of industry, is
wholly illogical. There is wide
spread complaint of these comb
nations because they are doing in
calulable harm in various ways.
That the popular feeling against
the trusts in all parts of the coun-
try is very strong there is abund.
ant evidence. This opposition
is not confined to those who nero !.
~ cry out against unpleasant con-
ditions, without stopping to in
quire carefully who is responsible
for them. It is fully shared in by
the most careful students of econ
Omic law and tendencies. The
president himself has confessed
the influences OF the trusts upon
prices by the steps he has taken
against them, however Intellectual
they may turn out to be. His 1T
titude is a rebuke to those who
say there are no trusts, as well as
those who maintain that the trusts
cannot be fought and suppressed
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1902-08-23

Brookhaven Leader: One of the
crying needs of Mississippi is of
rs--State, district, county and
municipal-who have no better
sense than to do their plain, sworn
duty, let the chips fall where they
may. She has good many of
that kind, to her honor ans their
honor be it said, but the supply is
not near equal to the demand.
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1902-08-23
Charge Would De unwisc.

The Aberdeen Examiner says
1--WE are satisfied Bishop Gallo
way is correct in expressing the
opioion that the people of the
State are by an overwuelmingma
jority opposed to the scheme OF
apportioning the school fund be-
tween the races upon any other
than the presen basis. Any scheme
that would restrict the negro's OPP
portunity for educ alton would be
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1902-08-23

n almost every county an antag0.
nism between the races based on
widely different schemes of edu'
cation and civilization, and dc
stroyiDg forever the splendid feel
ing now existing between them
The white mans burden, in this
behalf was eelf imposed, and it
won and retains for us the respect
OF the civilized world.
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1902-08-23

Every farm is q factory in which
nature 10 the boss. The soil and
seed are the materials and the
farmer is the workmen. Those
workmen should be as skilled in
their trade as the mt chinist, the
printer, or the steelmaker. It has
come to pass that farming must be
done in the most scientific man.
ner in order to insure success.
News.
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1902-08-23

p constant supply Of blood-making ma
terial or their systems will break down.
The complicated female organism is
20 delicately adjusted as to be easily
thrown out of balance. AS result,
health and strength are affected by
divers diseases. Motherhood, family,
society all levy such drains upon her
strength that most women break under
the nervous tension. The demands.
upon her nervous strength are much.
greater than similar demands Of the
opposite sex. Hence she must be sup,
piled in greater measure with the ele-
ment-iron-that gives strength. The.
reason women feel tired and worn out
rnd suffer from headache, pains in the.
back and limbs, etc., is because they
have used up their supply of IRON.
Menstruation trouble is largely caused
by lack Of iron.
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1902-08-23

Some people claim to be brok-
en-. hearted when they only have
a. disordered liver.
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1902-08-23

The advertising columns of q
newspaper are the most interest
ing to the publisher.
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1902-08-23
DR.. Harter's
Iron Tonic

supplies this element. It enriches the
blood and restores what strain has
used up.
Augusta, Ark, May 10, 1901.
"After having sold DR.. Harter's remedies
toY thtrtyyears can cheerfully recommend
nN. them. l might add that I
uIEAA hold in special favor DR.. Har-
wv ter's Iron Tonic, and would
HS2 recommend It as the very
~ best preparation Of iron am ac-
quainted with. To weak, wOrn-0ut
~ women, and those troubled with nerv-
NJ business, poor digestion, and pale, thin
blood, believe It to be q panacea.
~. B. WILKERsoN, Druggist"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-12-23
PITY FOR VENEZUELA.

We have allowed
Central South
cold blooded concessonaires
sympathy
have surpiously gained control of her rich
perfectly rom
that Venezuela along with the other South Central American
own and affairs.
ooeness
upon cOncesona Venezuela for instance retards her not
by granting
granting too exacting
The
a mis-
Paria
extreme jealous interests
The
and Barranqu The grant for 90 years at
pration of
and Offices shall become national The
to he transported
of
grasp foreign capial vanshs when
these dwt country
Contrast it. for instance with
this of railroad
nsed three or four times much
then left the private corporation
the govern
men and the
oway and special privileges
posed upon and marvel at the that
all from the highest legislative
widow who is refused compensation for killed
No cunning.
slow development
in finally
will
Her railroads
in disguise.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-12-23

sion on the part of the company is
to the effect that an employee having
retired from the service of the cor
poration can go to work for any other
institution or railway company and
at the same time receive his pension
just the same.
How many men in the various de-
partments of the o. r. & N. system
will be listed as qualified to receive
the benefits of the pension system is
not known yet. The information,
President Mohler states, is being
made up in the auditing department.
and will be forthcoming In due time.
He states that the rule of length of
service for the company applies to all
allied branches of the Union Pacific
system. This is to say that if a
man began work for the oregon Short
Line or Union Pacific and then later
worked for the o. r. & N, his service
on. any branch of the system is taken
into account and is duly accredited.
1t is optional with man after
reaching 60 years of age to labor 10
years longer, but at 10 railroad cor
porations have universally come to
the conclusion that he has worked
long enough and should quit and rest.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-12-23
he KISSED HIS MOTHER,

Sum up all there is in the world
ing that bespks better
Chicago judge is somewhat
boys less from the evidence
presented by themselves their mothers
One boy whom the judge decided
E kissed his goodby sinking
with the his mother
cded that there
mot 0 worko lis
At the another
nounced would probably free glanced
and walk
We
No principle.
n practice.
Perhaps o
The boy
extremity thought
him home
formatory n the
no chance kiss.
stimulated
The kiss of his important
things
opened
as
and soul in flood
could inclination
could at that moment remould his character.
a i'm
into trouble
emotional
hope for his complete redemption
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-12-23
CHICAGO TAILORING COMPANY,
Oscar Stewards, Prop.

Suits made to order. Lady tailor.
ing specially. Steam cleaning,
dyeing and repairing. VIII press
one suit a week for $3.50 month.
PIT Temple Court. Spokane, Wash.
Phone Front 968.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-12-23
Burnt U00d and Leather and
CelluL0id Goods are the
Fads OF Xmas Shoppers,

"The burnt wood and leather was
the eastern fad three years ago. Last
year the fad in the east was the imi-
tation Indian basket. This year the
fad is being repeated. and also max
ing Roadway in Spokane.
"Spokane's fad last Christmas ran
very much to celluloid goods. The
country people who are shopping in
the city are purchasing toilet cases
and their tastes are running to cellu-
loid goods. The Spokane shoppers
are more skeptical, having had access
to the displays in the various win
dows their minds are usually made up
before entering the store. The coun-
try people who spent $3.50 for a cell
luloid collar box last year are paying
$40 and SIS today for their presents.
This shows the country's prosperity.
"The Spokane people who are pur-
chasing articles are taking nothing
but the high-priced goods. There is
always some particular object which
will sway the majority of the people
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-12-23

amounted to less in return than in
any previous year. But all of a sud-
den the epidemic for expensive goods
fell upon us and we are unable to
supply the demand for the high priced
goods.
"Our two heaviest days are yet to
come, and, taking a hurried glance
through the store, it will undoubtedly
run 35 per cent better than the total
receipts of last year."
The closing days of the holidays
trade of Spokane will mark an ad-
vance of nearly so per cent over last
years purchases. The reasons for the
jump is explained by the change in
the tastes of the people to the high
est-priced articles and the general
prosperity of the city.
Several of the large establishments
have planned to remember their en-
ployes on Christmas day and also be
as lenient as possible in regard to
their hours between Christmas and
New Years.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-12-23
O. K. e. N. Xmas
Present to Employees.

The following circular has been
received here at the offices Of the
O. r. & N. Co.:
"Office of the President, Portland
December 25.-Gencral Notice-On
January /, 1903, the Oregon Railroad
& Navigation company will establish
pension system and provide the
necessary fund for the same the bene-
fits Of which will accrue to those
employees who have been 20 years con-
tinuously in the company's service
and who have reached an age necessi-
tating retirement therefrom. The
amount of pension to be paid any
| employe will depend upon the length
of his continuous service with the
company, and his average monthly
| salary during the last 10 years there
Of Full particulars of this plan will
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-12-23
Pretty Girl Fights Druggist
to Obtain Opium.

obdurate while her grasp upon my
wrist frightened.
Il tried to get near the push but
ton to awaken the errand boy, sleep
| ing in the rear room, but she saw
my purpose and then came a storm
of tears, coaxtngs. pleadings, moro
than once on her knees. as she told
of her pitiable condition, only too
obvious.
Il have given myself much credit
since then for my determination in
that case in spite Of my final yielding,
Il have never since opposed her
buying. but when I'm here alone /
try to talk with her about her doom
If she does not break off. 1 am always
met with the same sad smile and the
ecstatic languor of the eyes as she in
| hales the fumes of the parcel Rugged
close to her bosom.
Then there are the women NOR
phine fiends. Il declare" said the
clerk with an air of despair. '1f
don't believe that more of that stuff
is sold than any other narcotic on
the market. And they use it in every
way possible.
"a dozen women I know of carry
daily the little red marks on their
arms that show where the needle has
entered. And some others who have
no outward marks to indicate its
use l know from their repeated pur-
chases and their eyes that they
eat it.
"Yen shi," repeated the clerk
thoughtfully. mo, that can't be pur.
chased at a drug store. 1t Is the
ashes from the opium pipe and Is
eaten. 1t is black and very little goes
a long way. l understand that some
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-12-23

and especially at a Christmas time,
when the purchase of one person in
fiuences the purchases of others. This
year the fad is of higher order than
usual, Spokane people have turned
to art.
This morning all burnt wood and
leather or applied art goods. as they
are called. are reported as being very
scarce. There has been an unusual
demand for the burnt goods and near
ly every article we have had in stock
has been taken" says a department
store manager. "And," he continued,
nearly every article of art including
the burnt goods, is produced by Spo-
kane talent" TT is impossible , to
sell cheap goods this year. People
have the money and they want to
spend it for high-priced goods" he
continued.
THE first three days we had a gen.
eral run on the cheap articles by the
| farmers and city people. Our clerks
made out more cash slips which
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-12-23

ing up my pharmacopaeia back on
the prescription counter. l was alone
and glad of it. because 1 had some
hard studying before me.
Il thought l heard the door softly
open and l peered through the red
glass there that protects the pre-
scription man from the curious, but l
could see no one. 1 was convinced
that the door had been opened and !
stepped around the counter to see.
Il saw her then and knew why
had not seen her first. She was lean
ing over the counter between the
cases there. Her face was hidden
in her hands and at first I did not
recognize her as the person to whom
I had vowed not to sell more of the
stuff.
What may do for you? I ask
ed as severely as possible, though
much shaken by the woman's appar-
ent misery.
"She appeared dazed at first and
began to tell of some little event,
rafting on. some times laughing, then
almost tearfully IS though the trivial
occurrence were of utmost import
ance. firing suddenly, she was silent
a moment and then said: GIVE me
dollars worth. please and so moV-
ed was l that / could do no more
than shake my head.
with a half run and a little leap
she was at my side behind the coun-
ter. You won't? In the name of
good Christ you must she screamed
I've been every place and they don't
know me, but you do and I'll kill you
unless I get it.
"She meant every word she said
but of course had no weapon to
carry out her threat, and 1 remained
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-12-23

A big lump of brownish. pungent-
smelling substance lay on a marble
slab on downtown drugstore
counter.
The clerk was gravely slicing off
an inch of it while the operation was
acutely watched by a woman. prob
ably past 80, handsomely gowned,
dainty to her glove tips and with a
face that would bear a second inspec-
ton.
Besides her beauty the face was a
notable one for the languor of the
large eyes when they turned from
watching the clerk. The inch of
brown stuff that resembled in looks
badly managed quid of navy plug
was neatly boxed and wrapped and
handed over to the beautiful custom
er, who hurried out.
What was that stuff" asked the
Press man. Raw opium" was the
| whisper. "Wait a bit I'll tell you
about It," and the clerk hurried to
| the waiting group at the nearby
| counter.
When the crowd. save a couple of
| ladies whose prescriptions were being
| filled, had gone the clerk came back.
| "That wo amnyou saw is one of
the worst opium fiends in the west"
"Why do I sell 1t to her? If you
had been here when I first refused
| her you would know.
1T was past midnight about a year
ago when it happened. just about
this time of the year. The snow was
deep outside and falling heavily. l
| had an exam coming and was look
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-12-23

be announced in due time. BY au-
thority of the board of directors"
The inauguration of the pension
system is in pursuit of the policy of
the Hartman syndicate lines to retire
the old men in the service who desire
to quit and to reward them in accord
ance with the length and continuity
of their service for the company.
1t is optional with a man to quit
work on the o. r. & N. in any de-
partment, If he has reached the age
of 60 and if he has been on the pay
rolls for 20 years he will be given
a pension on basis of his average
monthly salary for 10 years of that
length of time. An employee at the
age of 60 does not have to retire from
the active life. but may continue to
work for the company.
A satisfactory and generous conces-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-12-23

Except Sunday.
CISCO Portland route. Steamers sail
from Ainsworth dock. Portland. at Z
p. m. every five days.
GEO. j. MOHLER, Gen. Agt.
$50 Riverside Ave, Spokane. Wash
Telephone Main 162.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-12-23
BUT LITTLE WHEAT
LEFT WITH FARMERS

Local -four mills state that of the
estimated state wheat production of
25.0O0.000 bushels about 100000
has been shipped to Puget sound, as
has about 100000 bushels of the
idaho crop. OF the six or seven mil
lions remaining of the Washington
crop. the bulk has been sold to rolling
mills. a larger proportion than re-
mains with the growers. SO. with the
possible exception OF the Wenatchee
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-12-23

valley very little grain is held by
the farmers.
Though the yield per acre has not
been SO heavy this year as some years
previous, the acreage is larger. The
quality is up to standard.
In Idaho the yield has been about
10000, 600 bushels Portland and Ida
no mills taking half of it. Another
year a still larger crop is expected,
as the acreage in Idaho has been in
creased one-third.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-09-12
Directions In London.

In London and throughout the tight
little island the words "up" and
''down" have a peculiar significance.
In going to London from any part of
England you go up" In travelling in
any direction from the capital you go
down" So in London itself every
thing goes up if it goes in the direc-
ton of the bank-that is, the Bank of
England-and going from that center
toward any Of the points of the COM
pass Is to go down"
The word bank, which is not only
always spelled with a capital 3D." but
Is always uttered with an impressive
ness that suggests an initial letter of
the largest type, may be said to be in
sense interchangeable with city, a
term of equal dignity and value in the
eyes of Englishmen, and likewise in
variably adorned with capital &C."
The City does not mean London by
any means. 1t means a certain linn
tied section Of London, the part where
business is mainly carried on and
where the great financial institutions
stand.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-09-12
singing school For Thrushes.

A writer in Forest and Stream tells
us Of the methods the thrush adopts in
teaching his little ones to sing.
Find" he says, "a family of wood
thrushes and carefully note what takes
place. The old male thrush will sing
the sweet song in loud. clear, futelike
notes once and then stop to listen
while the young birds try to initiate
the song. Some will utter one note,
some two. Some will utter a coarse
note. others sharp note. After awhile
they seem to forget their lesson and
drop out one by one. When all are ST.
lent, the old thrush turns up again,
and the young thrushes repeat their
efforts, and so it goes on for hours.
The young birds do not acquire the
full song the first year, so the lessons
are repeated the following spring. I
take many visitors into the woods to
enjoy the first thrushes' singing school,
and all are convinced that the song of
the wood thrush is a matter of educa-
ton pure and simple"
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-09-12
A Remarkable Record.

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has a
remarkable record. 1t has been. in use
for over thirty years, during which
time many million bottles have been
sold and used. 1t has long been the
standard and main reliance in the
treatment of Group in thousands of
homes, yet during all this time no case
has ever been reported to the manu-
facturers in which it failed to effect a
cure. When given as soon as the child
becomes hoarse or even as soon as the
croupy cough appears, it will prevent
the attack. 1t is pleasant to take,
many children like it. 1t contains no
opium or other harmful substance and
may be given as confidently to a baby
as to an adult. For sale by p. e..
Wilder q Co.