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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-22
"A Editors
Wet s on
Home Gardening

ny'T you think our readers
,ro,,Id like something about
spring garden work and flow
er planting" asked the con-
..:hstor biting a pencil:
nIes's 1 ] answered the editor with some
' 20 .ssome OF my friends have
sa' ssav begun. They have a colo frame
al S so,rer and vegetable seeds plant
W. when these sprout and get
8 ' 8 enough. they will be transplant
! 'sls .ba o1,en ground amigo on and
q ! Tell ladies first to see that all
I s el'', -,,,,s,fsh is cleared up from their
Y .,aas especially in back yards. Some
- Yards know of are holy terror,
a's ss.' asl,ps. old shoes and bones and
s 8, -, o,,r ladies that if they have only
II. ss,,;ast bit of ground, no bigger than
III s,snket. to have it covered with bril-
ss Green grass. A grass plot in a
- - small yard looks better than q
~ up mass of flowers without
!. ~ race In such case a rosebush or
g. s mas be set in corner and other
s,s q few choice ones, be grown in
IS, Large pots full of steadily bloom
I 80 nerfectly cared for flowers dotted
sssr, ! the edge of the central grass
Ia wllI redeem the poorest shabble't
hi 'Itsip home from ugliness.
~ pditor warmed up to his theme.
d leaned back and thought. BY the
:ssvv began again, here in this
sssssislf ma gazine is a picture you may
IS suppose you have it copied to
iI.strafe what I call decorated gate
.sxs Wherever there are those old
tsaisrlad gate entrances to yards they
! a. ii made objects of artistic beauty.
r3IpTe are hardy running vines which
S,srss every thing with graceful masses
s s. sesxrer and foliage. One of the best
III tllesc Is the perpetually blooming
'sazavsiekle. A wooden arch or frame
Z I'D III built up over the gate without
s tru;Ible or expense. A woman can
Izase II. Why. / could do it myself!
slleI plant beside each gate pillar an
sssrgreen honeysuckle. or, say, hon
asaaekle one side and clematis the
o.!aeg, and let them Irvine in true
lassrs Knot, like the rose and the brier
A'iIlikens and Dinah.'
HAngthing else?' asked the contrib
ii subject most. interesting"
M1tinuei the editor, land l have my
las about It, though | don't say much.
znR. for one, think village homes
so country homes would be far hand
Spaler with no fences at all around
skalla IN New England are miles and
nIssps 81 farms with scarcely a fence
Il b seen from the highway, and the
laest II beautiful, giving a splendid
axpanse to the landscape. In villages.
where lets and plots must be divided.
L adds greatly to the sightliness of a
51ieet to have the line between them
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-22

her natural physical activity and for
ever and ever keep nagging her and
telling her little girls must not run.
jump and climb trees or do this, that Or
the other beeause-heaven help us!-it
isn't mice for little girls to do these
things. Oh, the sins mothers and
grandmothers and aunts will have to
answer for, because of their stunning
of the physical development of little
girls! They have done it centuries I'M
til the most stupid, helpless, ignorant
human creature in civilization is the
middle aged and elderly woman. Now
let the stunning be stopped for good and
all.
That splendid physical develop
ment in a woman is entirely compati-
BILE with purity of thought and modesty
is proved by the brave COW girl, Bertha
Grant Wherever she is known she is
mentioned in terms of admiration and
respect, yet this girl has been riding
astride In divided skirt since she was
knows no other way. She says she
does not see how it is possible to sit
horse any other way than upon the
cross saddle.
eff were riding in a big city,
should do it just the same she says.
81 would imagine l was going to fall
off all the time if l rode sidesaddle."
"Broncho buster?" Oh, yes. She has
never yet found the range horse that
she could not master. The cowboys,
whose pet she is, taught her horse
breaking, and now she can do It with
the best of them. Then, too. her adj
miring, devoted father has been her
constant companion from her child
hood The broncho has a bad name
for stupidity. treachery and obstinacy,
but Bertha Grant says:
'sBEonchos are hard to manage, but
after you have them trained they are
nearly as intelligent as a man. Once
they know their master, he can do any.
thing with Them
One hardly knows which to be more
enthusiastic over, this Arizona girl
horse trainer or that Maine woodswo-
man, Mrs. Freese Her camping ground
is the region of the headwaters of the
Penebscot, with which she is probably
more familiar than any other person
living. She has absolute control over
her nerves, never loses her head andis
noted hunter of game, large and
small She is fine wing shot. She is
rather slender in figure, but perfectly
strong and healthy. and she gets this
splendid physique, mark you, by active
outdoor life, not drudging, STOPPING
over the soil, nose to the ground, but
by long tramps and canoe trips. She
was born with the woods love in her
blood No narrowing, stunning female
pruning could starve it out of her. Now
she makes her enthusiasm pay by con-
Quoting hunting and tourist parties
through her beloved haunts in forest
and by stream. Maine has 1880 reg
istered and licensed guides, and of these
Mrs. Freese is one Of the most skillful
as well as noted. Her nearest hunt
ing ground is fourteen miles from her
home, nine by canoe, four afoot
In the heart of the forest she has
winter lodge of logs. There she goes
upon snowshoes and camps when the
woods longing surges over her soul in
cold weather At these times she cuts
holes in the ice of the Penobscot wa
tiers and catches fish. All this. bear in
mind, without neglecring her household
duties. So men need not be afraid Of
the physically new woman.
ALICE ZIMMERMAN.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-22
MISTAKES GIRLS MAKE,
Eae Greatest Is Telling Their Trov.-
bles t. Other Girls.

what is the greatest mistake girls
make, in your opinion?' asked little
Miss DebutaEte.
Telling their troubles to other girls"
responded Mrs. Worldlywise promptly.
Lord help the innocent who does that,
The number Of women who cannot
keep secret is positively appalling.
The shortness of women's friendships
is also appalling. Now while there are
women who will keep secrets as long
as a friendship lasts, there are prac-
tically none who will keep any kind of
a secret after it is I'll over Therefore.
when you have contided in a woman.
either don't quarrel with her or else
resign yourself 70 have your secrets
public property"
Il shall be pretty careful" was Miss
Debutante's comment IF you don't
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-22
TO TAX old maids and bachelors.

A bill has been introduced into the
New York legislature providing for
tax on old maids and bachelors. the
proceeds to go to the support of found
ling asylums. This is not fair. Wom-
en- may not pop the question, and when
a woman remains single she is entitled
to the benefit of the doubt whether e.
not II is her own fault.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-22

Miss Edith Griswold, the New York
lawyer, has been called as patent ex-
pert to give testimony in an important
law case, and she answered all ques-
tons put to her in a way that is cred
it to herself and to womankind. y
patent expert is one who has special
knowledge of patent law, also wide ex-
perience in examining patent models
What is more, q patent expert receives
for giving testimony $50 a day and
upward.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-22

A newspaper reporter had his sensi-
bilities shocked because considerable
number of women Were among the
spectators who assembled to witness
the death by electricity of an unruIy
and dangerous elephant. Such a spec
tac1e is one that no sensitive person
would care to see. but why was it
worse for women than for men to be
there? Really now?
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-22
II MfnfSfer's
Uork For
Cozored SWon1ees

~ 7 looks as if De coming occupation
for the New woman will be cook
ing and houSework raised to the
aesthetic Al4ne. \ good COOK iR
well u do city families now receives
$50 to $40 a 91onth. Rhe ordinary wo-
man who does general Homework gets
$40 a month in the cities.
Yhe kitchen Cir! is undoubtedly bet
ser paid than -hc dry goods @omale
clerk or the factory or sewing girl, for
the kitchenmaiG has almost no eX-
pense The only drawback to hiring
out for homework is that it leaves the
woman less personal liberty than the
shop or factory allows. This and che
feeling that thrr" is somehow degrade
ton attached to Kitchen work are what
have driven ambitious girls from this
now we'll paid ti".d. Even at the prices
quoted it is impossible to Get reliable
house service, SO that many ladies are
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-22

Mrs. Booker I. Washington is edi
tor of magazine called Notes. the or
gan of the National Association of Col
Ored Women
ELIZA ARCHARD CONNER.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-17
HAZERS' VICTIM LAID TO REST

NEW YORK, Nov. 17-Martin I,oev
the young student who died after ha.
ing initiated into a fraternity in the
University of Maryland q few dav.
ago, was buried at Mount Sinat ceme.
terry yesterday. The body was brouph<
To this city by his three brothers. WIN
were the chief mourners.
Despite the verdict of the coronern
jury that the youth died from gas or
some poisonous drugs, the Loew broth.
erS wrote tonight to the states attor.
ney of Baltimore asking for instruc-
IONS how to proceed against the stu
dents who took part in the initiation.
There is no question" said one OF
them, that Martin was killed by the
hazing he received in his initiation
into the Phi Chi Psi society. He tooh
MS hrst degree. as they call it, a week
ago Saturday, and got his second de-
gree last Saturday night President
NTH Of the fraternity told me all they
did to him was to swear him in as n
member. without hazng. This is
hard to believe for in a few hours he
was dead"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-17
WATER FIGHT IN YAKIMA VALLEY
Protest Entered Against the Impound
ing Scheme.

NORTH YAKIMA, Nov. 1.-THE
similar body of Ellensburg, kittitas
comfy. have taken measures to pre-
Eent State Land Commissioner Call
vert from turning the available water
storage system in the lakes at the head
Of the Yakima river over to the Wash
ngtOn Irrigation company, which owns
and operates the Sunnyside canal. The
state commissioner has agreed with the
canal company to give it the exclusive
right to impOund the water of the
lakes if it will agree to furnish water
to the state lands in the southern end
of this county amounting in all to
something like $4,000 acres. The COM
pany agrees to sell the water right to
and the state land is to be sold at so
per acre. The people are up in arms
over this move Of the state land COM
missioner. The Commercial club of
this city at a meeting passed the fol-
lowing resolutions
Whereas, the counties of Yakima
and Kittitas are interested in the con-
servatiOn of the water supply in order
that the same may be made available
for the reclamat ton of the largest pos
sible area of land and,
Whereas, under said plan a com
paratively small area, less than one
fifth as much as can be reclaimed by
4 higher line canal, would be reclaim
I'd and a vast body of high land in
said counties would remain arid and
unavailable for agricultural purposes
FOR an indefinite period, and perhaps
permanently, thus reducing the pro
ductive area of this state by nearly
a half million acres; therefore. be it
Resolved by the Commercial cllb
Of the city of North Yakima, in gener-
al meeting assembled. that we protest
against the making of such selection
of lands by the state, and against
entering into such contract as favor
ing a private corporation against the
best interests of the people of this
state and as preventing the full deVel-
Opement of the resources of these cOun-
ties, and as rendering the further re-
clamation of large areas of land I'M
practicable.
Resolved, that a copy of these res
olutiOns be forwarded to the honorable
secretary of the interior, to Hon. ;. A
Calvert state land commissioners, and
to Hon. w. L. Jones; and we respect
fully request that the honorable secre-
tary fix a date for the hearing of said
matter, at which time all interested
parties may be heard"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-17
STUDY THE WEATHER
HIGH SCHOOL CLASS INVADE
OBSERVER NEWMAN'S Of
FIcE THIS MORNING.
Learn How the Forecasts Are Obtained
and the Manner of Securing
the Data.

bevy of high school students UNI
der direction Of Prof. Hungate invad-
ed Weather Observer Newmans sane
tum on the top floor Of the Paine
building this morning and received
practical instructions in how the
weather man makes his prognostica-
tons. The observer CALAMITY ex-
planned the workings Of the mysterious
instruments in the bureau and then
piloted the crowd to the roof of the
thermometers are located. 1t was
easy for the young men Of the party to
scale the long ladder that reaches to
the roof but it was with many a little
giggle and misgiving that the young
ladies essayed the feat. The journey
up and down was made, however
without accident and an excellent
knowledge of all the workings of the
weather bureau paraphernalia was OBJ
tanned.
The young people who visited the
bureau this morning We're part of the
physical geography class Of the high
school and met2orology enter into
the work of the class. Professor Hun
gate conceived the idea of giving prac
teal Illustrations in the work and en-
listed the aid of Observer Newman.
AS there are about 35 in the class it
will be necessary for the remainder to
visit the bureau at some later date.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-17
TIT Fer TAT.

Editor of Statesman:-1 see the gro
GERS of Walla Walla are kicking be-
cause some of the Pendleton merchants
are shipping in goods and selling them
to the hotels at less figures than the
Walla Walla grocers charge. They
are also claiming that the people OF
Walla Walla are not patrOnizing them
or course it hurts; but they did not
think they were hurting me and also
the town. when l was in the broom
business, and they would ship their
supply Of brooms from Portland IN
stead of patronizing me and having
twelve or fifteen more families to
feed and leave the money at home
they would send away for their
brooms. l am glad that they are get
ting whipped with one that they
whipped me with.
JOHN AUBIN.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-17
CITY SALES LEAD
INCREASE IN TRANSFERS TO he
AMOUNT OF TEN THOU
SAND DOLLARS.
Farm Property Deals Were Not up &c
the Mark During Past Week.
A Falling OF.

Compared to farm realty, city real
estate was in great demand the past
week, the aggregate sales in this class
Of property showing an increase OF
nearly $4,000 over the week before
did not aggregate more than $13,2oo
as compared to nearly $4,000 for the
previous week. UnfavOrable weather
conditions which prevailed during last
week preventing local real estate men
from moving about much in the outside
districts is held responsible for the
large decrease.
The total sales for the week as re-
ported by the Dean-Mc Lean Abb
stract company was s4S,933. Of this
property and s13,20O to farm realty
The largest individual sale of city real
estate was that of John Aubin, trans
ferring certain lots in Birch and Cath
crime streets to A. S. LeGrow for $4,000
Three $500 deals were recorded while
the balance OF the total sales were
made up of smaller amounts. The
biggest farm deed recorded was for
$4,000, G. F. Harris and wife transfer
ring to Archie Collard certain lands in
Section 4, township II range IS and
Section 80, township II. Range 35.
Compared to transfers the number
Of mortgages filed aggregated within
$500 of the total sales, the tnstru-
ments filed amounting to $37,169. The
mortgages satisfied totalled $4,000 and
the total number of instruments filed
during the week, so.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-17
BELIEVE wENTz WAS MURDERED
Fear Is Growing That He Was Muir
dered BY Moonshiners.

RIG STONE GAP, Va, Nov. LIT
is now practically certain that Edward
Nentz, the young Philadelphia mill
lionaire who has been missing for
weeks. was murdered by moonshiners
near the Virginia Kentucky line on top
If Black Mountain.
Notwithstanding the diligent search
in which fully 5000 men were engaged
he body is still undiscovered The
country is a succession of mountain
ridges and gulches with hundreds OF
caves, some Of them many miles long,
and deep, abyss-like pits. 1t is we'll
nigh impossible to search such a
country thoroughly.
The moonshiners had a deep hatred
for the Wentzes and for everyone con-
nected with the Virginia Iron and Coal
company, Of which young Wentz was
general manager. They believe that
when John McDaniels, their leader,
was shot on Black Mountain by a passe
sent out by Daniel WentZ, a brother
of Edward Wentz, to destroy their
company's hospital at Stone Gap.
They were told by men who said they
had dug up his body in the company's
cemetery, that his throat was cut from
ear to ear.
The stories of torture grew out of
the fact that a physician, at the hos
pital, had refused to allow the dying
moOnshiner's suspicious friends to see
him. for fear of Fastening his death.
The moonshiners did not claim his body
believing it would be useless. They
understood that the body was to be
kept away from McDanields' wife and
family. because of the telltale marks
of violence it bore.
Now it is all but certain the moon
sinners have paid back the murder.
They have shot Edward Wentz to
death and have kept his body. Ordi-
narily they would have left the body
in the road as evidence of their VEN
geance.
The Wentz family have held with
desperate hope to the belief that VENT
would be offered for ransom and many
others believed in that theory for a
time. Now the general conviction is
that he was murdered and that his
body lies in some dark pit or cavern.
hidden from human sight.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-17
Letters from
Women

Cured by the use Of Kodol are received dailY
Their troubles nearly all begin with indiges.
ton or other stomach disorder.
If the food you eat fails to give strength
to your body. 1t Is because the juices ..
creted by the stomach and digestive organa
are inadequate to transform the nutrient prop
critics of the food into blood. That b
indigestion. The system is deprived Of the
amount of nourishment required to keep up
the strength, and the result is that ono o.
more Of the delicate organs gradually grows
weak, and then weaker, until finally 1t b
diseased. Here a great mistake is made.
That of treating the diseased organ. The
best doctors in the land make this very
mistake. Why should they7 1t is so eaay
to see that the trouble is not there.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-17

re sorry to say, found wanting in
many instances
over l'ooO,0OO cigars are smoked in
"aiia Walla every year Of this
'iufnber less than 100000 are manu-
'actured by Walla Walla labor. It re-
4uires ~ cigarmakers to make 1907
'oo cigars. At an average salary OF
'lo.oo per week. this would leave in
"alla Walla, in wages, over $1,000 a
month or about $S4,24O per year. This
luestlon OF supporting the home cigar
manufacturers goes beyond the Gro
eers Association and embraces every
BUSINESS firm in the city handling this
ldSs OF goods. But the plant Of the
Association against the continuation
o1 discriminating policy by local ho-
els ana restaurants comes with bad
grace to us when in every day business
Tie they discriminate against us in IA
vor of cigars manufactured in eastern
centers of trade. They go as far as to
state that good cigars cannot be man
nfactured in Walla Walla" Such a
silly, ridiculous assertion should never
issue from business man. The very
clgarmakers who have worked in east
ern centers, in houses from which
local grocers have purchased, now are
employed in the city. The local cigar
manufacturers are as honorable in
business and private life as the mem
bers of the Association. The stock
they employ in the manufacture Of ci-
sars is as pure and often times supe-
rlor to cigars Of the same grade pur-
chased from foreign dealers by the
members of the local Grocers' Associ-
alton. Local citizens having a fond
ness for Pendleton- bought groceries
might with as good a grace make
counter-charges and state that gooG
groceries cannot be purchased ir
Walla Walla. They might with as
good grace, infer that local dealers
put sand in their sugar and adulter-
ate other goods accordingly.
We all agree with the Association
that home industry should be patron
lied but would ask the members of the
Association not now handling Walla
Wallamade cigars to practice what
they would preach to the local hote
proprietOrs and restauranters. By sc
doing they will be fulfilling that ole
proverb which sounds something like
Remove not the mote in thy brothers
eye until thou hast plucked the beam
from thine own
If they will but do this and if the
various members Of the Commercial
club handling foreign-made cigars
would but follow the same example
more men could be employed locally
in the manufacture Of cigars and al
this froth about long pull, a strong
pull. and a pull all together for Walla
Walla's prosperity might be in a fail
way OF sometime being realized.
F. J. HESTER,
GEO. D. RIPPLE,
Local Cigarmakers
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-17
Manual Training In Schools.

SEATTLE, Nov. 17.-About 1900 pu-
pills enrolled in the Seattle public
schools are attending the manual
training department, and the number
will be increased when the school at
University Heights is opened next
week. The number Of attendants in
this department is expected before the
year is ended to show substantial in
crease over the total enrolment OF
last year.
An interesting feature OF the Work
in the manual training department is
the fact that a number OF girls are
making applications to be enrolled
among the students. They insist that
the training will be beneficial to them,
and many Of them show an aptitude
for the work that is not equalled by the
boys.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-17
De Wolf Hopper's Beginning

De Wolf Hopper, who will give us a
stage version of Charles Dickens mas
terpiece, The Pickwick Papers" at
Walla Walla Nov. q the popular
comedian appearing in the title role,
was born in New York on March 30th,
1858. He was christened William De
Wolf Hopper The name De Wolf was
given him in baptism. was his moth
erS maiden name, and she was of the
family if De Wolf. whose daughters
and nieceS have become BelmOnts,
Tiffanys, Perrys. LaWrenCes and As
pinWalls. The old homestead of the
De VOLTS at Bristol, Rhode Island, is
one of the Quantest among the an
cient mansions in the country There
is a wide hallway running through the
centre of the house, and in a cOnspic-
uous place upon the wall hangs the
De Wolf genealogy. beginning in eIev-
en- hundred and something with Olaf.
The Sharp Eyed" De Wolf Hop
pnr's father was a lawyer and he came
of Quaker stock so it viii be seen that
H0pper's drift towards the theatre
was by no means an inherited tenden-
CIV. AS matter Of fact. it was plan
ned that he should follow his fathers
footsteps and take up the law, and
he studied for six months with that
purpose in view. Then he acted in a
little amateur play called Conscience"
at the Fourteenth Street Theatre, New
York. and Immediately it was all over
with Blackstone.
Mr.. Pickwick" will be given here
in all the glory Of its historical seem
erv. costumes and general properties
that made the production a famous
Broadway attraction for three months
at the Herald Square Theatre, and by
the original company including be-
side Mr.. Hopper, Digby Bell as Sam
WeIlar, Frank Belcher as Weller, ST.,
Louis Payne as Alfred Jingle, j. K.
Adams as Mr.. Wardle, George Chap
man as Mr. Wrinkle, Augustus Colleti
as Mr.. Snodgrass, F. r. Willing as Mr..
thurman. Guy Bartlett as the Fat Boy,
George ROLAND as Col. Builder. G. B.
Williams as DR.. Slammer, Marion
Field as Arabella Marguerite Clark as
Polly. Laura Joyce Bell as Mrs. Bar