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The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-05-07
RANK OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
In Point of Architecture 1t 10 In a
Glass by Itself.

In Point of Architecture 1t 10 In a
Class by Itself.
One moonlight night In June, 1902,
while strolling through the grounds
with Charles +. MeKim, one of the
members of the Park Commission, we
seated ourselves on one Of those mounds
which tradition ascribes to John Quin-
cy Adams's taste In landscape archlbec-
ture. That afternoon crowds of people
arrayed in joyous costumes betting the
semi-tropics had come from the hot city
to rest under the trees and listen to the
Saturday concert Of the Marine Band
The musicians, clad in white duck,
were located in a little depression, so
that the sound of the music rolled up
the slopes to the attentive audience.
A year before we had observed the
same effect at Versailles; and both the
simllarities and the differences Of the
two pictures were being discussed as
We sat In the quiet night. behind the
locked gates. where not a sound from
the city streets broke the grateful noise
OF water splashing in the fountains
On the high portico the President sat
amid a group OF dinner guests, aud the
lights Of their cigars were ECHOED"
by the drowsy irefiIes fitting about the
grounds, only the brilliantly lighted
windows Of the secretarys Office even
suggesting the workaday world The
moonlight, shining full on the White
House, revealed the harmonious lines
Of its graceful shape
Tell me-" asked the architect,
among the great houses that have
been built during recent years In the
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-05-07
One of Woman,s Mnvs

Most women hate to spend new
money" says an Observant salesman.
Il haven't the faintest idea why this
should be so, but I've noticed II often
right here in the store. A woman will
make purchase and pull out her purse
to pay the bill, but If she happens to
have to part with clean, crisp note In
making up the amount she looks great
ly annoyed. I've seen women with fat
wads Of bright brand-new bills fiuster-
ed when they came to pay for pur-
chases, because they hadn't sufficient
old money to meet the charges. They
would dig out the contents of their
purses and stow the crisp notes to one
side, and, If they couldn't scrape up
the sum In few cases I've known
them to go out without buying. 9th
ers will give utterance to little feminine
exclamatiOns of dismay, and will hast
lily pay for the articles selected In the
new money. Then they will march
Off with quite show of Indignation.
just as If they had been inveigled into
spending the money. know one man
who always takes his salary home in
beautiful. clean certificates. He has
caught on to this peculiarlty of the seq
and he says 1t saves him all kinds of
money."-Philadelphia Record.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-05-07

"AA1AAA S"S' Deeu regdIueu eaiS
ly Unionist by majority of nearly
3,000 The election of Mr.. Crooks Is
victory for the labor vote, which
has caused the London Times to say;
THE election means that the specter
that has hypnotized the continental
governments has shown itself at last
among ourselves"
Crooks was born In 1852 and spent
a portion Of the early years OF his
life In the poorhouse at Poplar. After
leaving this institution he worked at
odd Jobs until he was IA. when he
was apprentlced to cooper. AS late
as 1878 he tramped from London to
Liverpool In search of work. He was
then in the greatest poverty, but be-
fore that had he engaged actively In
trade agltations. He worked hard for
the dockers in the great London dock
strike and became chairman Of the
Poplar Board of Gardians and other
local bodies. Subsequently he was
elected mayor of Poplar-the first labor
mayor ever elected In England. lie
then became a member of the London
County Council and has since been
supported by his fellow workmen.
Mr.. Crooks Is a man of the John
Burns type. He Is ready speaker,
skilled politician and a well-posted
social economist. He neither drinks
nor smokes, but devotes all his time
to his duties and to self improvement.
His selection has greatly strengthened
the labor party in England, impress
ing upon 1t the value and necessity
of solidarity. During the South Afri-
can war Mr.. Crooks -was an advocate
of the Boer side and strongly denounc.
ed the action of the British govern
ment.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-05-07
QUEER SroRlES

Sweden is said to have the lowest
death rate of any civilized nation. Dur
ing the last ten years the annual aver
age has been only 16.49 per thousand.
A fence nearly two hundred feet long
at Livingston, Mont, is made entirely
of horns of the elk-more properly call
ed wapiti These animals, like the 9th
ers Of the deer family, shed their horns
once year aud grow new ones. The ole
horns are found In large numbers in tho
forests, and are used for various com
mercal purposes.
The old notions of phrenology have
been dispelled and a new system of 10
callzatlon has been established. The
localities In certain parts of the brain
mean leg, arm, speech, and so definite
are they that sktllful expert can often
times get at, and by trepanning, remove
the cause Of paralysis Of one or another
of the muscles or faculties.
There is an extraordinary old man
at present living In Russia, in the vii.
lage of Marewka, in the government OF
Smolensk, known as "Swet" Snip. He
was born in May, 1875, and is, there
fore, 127 years old. He has never been
i'll, and is able to walk each Sunday two
versts TO the village church, He also
does work at the SchloOs, knits stock
lngs and weaves sandals.
American tourists abroad often com.
ment upon the literal translation into
English Of notices In foreign languages.
The well-meant efforts of landlords and
others to convey, In the language Of the
visitor the meaning of the native, often
produce laughable results. A Washing
ton citizen found this notice posted in
his room in an Alpine hotel: "Mlsters,
the venerable vOyagers are earnestly re-
quested not to take clothes of the bed
to see the sun rise for the color
changes"
The fifteen principal causes of death,
with the rate per one thousand, as made
public by the census bureau, is as fol-
lows: Pneumonia, 1919; consumption,
1918; heart disease, 1874; diarrheal dis
eases, S5.1; kidney diseases, SS.7; apo
plexy, 66.6; cancer, 60; old age, 81; bron-
chitis, 4S3; cholera lnfantum, AIS; de-
bIlity, 45.5; Inflammation Of brain and
meninge, 41.S; dlphtheria, 34.4; typhoid,
33.S, and premature birth, 1871. Death
from all principal causes shows a de-
crease since 1890, the most notable being
consumption, which shows a decrease
Of $40 per one hundred thousand.
Much interest has been awakened by
the alleged discovery of small squids,
miniature representatives of the terri
BILE devll-fsh Of the ocean, in 0nondaga
Lake, near Syracuse. n. Y. Prof. John
ID. Wilson and others have pronounced
the specimens to be genuine squlds, and
the discovery has brought out accounts
of previous finds Of the same kind in
the lake. Prof. John NJ. Clarke suggests
that the animals may be descended
from ancestors which entered the lake
when 1t was In communication with the
sea by way Of the st. Lawrence valley,
and that their kind has been enabled
to survive amid such strange surround.
ings on account of the salinlty of the
bottom waters Of the lake, which are
in contact with the rocks from which
the Syracuse salt works derive their
supply.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-05-07

general style Of the White House
many of them larger and much more
costly-is there any that, in point of
architecture, surpasses ltT
mo; there is not one In the same
class with It," he replied deliberately
judgment confirmed later under the
MONDAY sun.-Century.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-05-07
Monuments in Berlin.

The recently unveiled Bismarck
statue makes the seventy-second monu-
ment Of its kind in Berlin. Among the
men commemorated are twelve of
princely rank, eleven generals, nine
architects, nine scholars, ten poets,
three physicians. three statesmen
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-05-07

recent election In
the Woolwich divl-
sion of London,
W h ere William
Crooks, labor can
didate for Parlia-
ment, defeated his
opponent, Geoffrey
Drage, Unionist,
by a majority of
over 5000 although
the constituency
has for many years
.,,0,.n rJod fn
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-05-07
Difference Purely Subjective

How farI" asked the woodcock, do
you call it from here to ThOmpson's
Grover
well" answered the crow. "the dis
tance. as fly, is four miles, but as you
fly it's about nine miles and a half."-
Chicago Tribune.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-05-07

When a man returns from a visit, all
the Information his women folks can
get out of him is by applying ques-
tieus that are answered with a yes" or
no"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-05-07

When a woman goes shopping. and
takes along some Of her kin and a few
friends to help her select, the clerks
soon acquire the harassed look a rabbit
has when the dogs surround It
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-05-07
PooRHousE TO PARLIAMENT.

Labor Candidate Who Won a Notable
Victory in London.
Political preferment awaits the man
of ability in England as well as In
this country. This is shown by the
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-05-07

In novels the hero sometimes marries
money, but In real life q man marries
kin
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-05-07
THE GLACIER
Published Every Thursday
$I.6O A YEAR.

Advertising, 80 cents per inch, single
column, per month; one-half inch or
less, % cents. Reading notices, s cents
a line each insertion.
THE GLACIER prints all the local
news fit to print.
When you see it in THE GLACIER
you may know that others see it.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-12

Bad Man-Have you killed 'oa,
man? Cholly Gotrox-Aw, NO,
chauffeur attends to all that, We hn0"'
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-12
NILES FAME IS SECURE.

General Miles entered the army as
a private without influential friends
and at the age of twenty-six through
sheer merit was placed in command
of a corps of the army of the Potomac.
He was wounded in the throat while
leading a charge at Fredericksburg
and was shot through the body while
defending a bridge after the battle OF
Charlottesville Gen. Hancock, one
of the most superb soldiers this cOun-
try ever produced, the hero of Gettys-
burg declared, Colonel Miles is worth
his weight in gold After
the close of the Civil War Gen
eral Miles conquered the hostile In
dian tribes of the west and Phil Sher-
idan said that Miles work in his
MANY Indian campaigns was the most
brilliant since the foundation of the
government
Still this great commander, Amer
ica's most capable volunteer soldier,
was refused an important command
in the Spaniish-American war becaus1
of the jealousy of such tailor-made
soldiers as Corbin, and few months
ago was subjected to personal insult
by the hero of San Juan, who
thinks his own achievements throw
anything done by the generals
of the Army of the Poto-
mac into the shade General Miles
and Admiral Schley are regarded as
small fry by such spectacular beau
reaucrats as Corbin and Crowninshield,
and their opinion Of these popular
Rough Rider in the White House.
The president allowed General Miles
to retire without a word of commend
alton for his faithful and brilliant
services, his courage and gallantry
on many hard-fought battlefelds, but
this slight will only tend to call pub
lie attention to the career of this
grandest living American soldier and
10 make his place more secure in the
haartc and poamOrinc of oil marriott n
Americans.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-12
TO CONTEST LEO'S WILL.

Rome. Aug. 12.-Something Of a
sensation has been caused by the at
litude of the late pope's relative-the
son of his elder brother-who de-
clares his intention to contest the
dead pontiff's will. He calls himself
simply M. Pecci, disregarding his IL
ties are only fit for vain people. He
is in poor circumstances and earns
his living by selling Goals and doing a
little poaching. 1t seems that the
nephew attempted to see his uncle be-
fore he died, but was forcibly elected
from the vatican He now evers that
he intends together with his lawyer,
to make a fight for his rights. He is
not going, he says, to die of hunger,
and against the express wish of the
late pope, will contest the will, be-
cause he maintains that the money
of the deceased pope belongs not to
the church but to the pope's own fam
lily.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-12

Mrs. Browne-Don't you think the
new neighbor is cute? She has such
a coaxing little way about her Mrs
Greene-Well, she'll get herself into
trouble if she tries her coaxing little
ways on either of my hired girls.
What l want said the coy maid
of more or less uncertain years lis
hat that will suit my complexion"
oh exclaimed the. milliner, with
sudden inspiration, Il have a hand
painted hat in the window that I'm
sure Will be just what you want
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-12
EFFECT OF WORTHLESS STATS
TICS.

The course of the wheat market
for the past three months has most
effectually illustrated the uselessness
of the present methods employed by
the agricultural department in col
lecting statistics, says the Oregonian.
The superabundance of red tape and
the lamentable lack of results of any
value whatever have long been the
chief characteristics of this depart
ment of the agricultural bureau. AS
a haven into which place-hunters
could drift in the absence of any
thing better, it has performed a mis-
sion, but for presenting to the grain
trade and the farmers anything like
accurate statistics or comment re-
garding the coming crops it has been
a conspicuous failure. The percent
ages of condition returned by the ag-
ricultural department in its April re-
port were such as to indicate a win
ter wheat yield of 5S0,0O0,0OO bush
els. This, with 100000 900 bushels of
spring wheat, a smaller yield than was
turned off in either of the preceding
years, would have given us a total of
$50 100000 bushels, or about 100 ,000,-
0O0 bushels more than the largest crop
on record
One hundred million bushels Of
wheat in any country, when piled on
top of the largest crop on record. will
break the market, and under the pres
sure Of these decidedly bullish crop
reports of the government wheat sold
down to the wrong side Of 20 cents,
and millions of bushels Of the old
crop moved out of farmers hands on
70-cent basis. Some of this wheat
! was consumed by our own people, and
they probably appreciate it's cheap
ness, but good many million bushels
were sent to Europe, where the buy
| ers made the most of the glowing gov
! eminent report and hammered the
American market with the very nipple
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-12
WEATHER..

Tonight and Thursday, fair.
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1t,uc Of ALL e 9TTa1.
BachtOld & Alderman.
Wholesale Dealers.
BachtOld & Alderman.

corporations having offices there and
carrying on business in other coun-
ties. The people of the West are
slowly awakening to the taxable
value of corporation franchises and
more of them are being assessed ev-
cry year. In New York much Of the
revenue collected by the state comes
from the tax on such franchises. 1t
is one way the people have of getting
even with the franchise grabbers. who
in most cases have secured valuable
concessions from the state or from
municipalities for practically nothing
except what was paid to venal public
officials.
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ment the Americans themselves, had
placed in their hands Simultaneous
ly with the disappearance of the re-
serves of old wheat began coming the
reports that the new crop was being
grossly overestimated, wherever the
percentages Of the government agents
were being used In the Pacific
northwest, where the evidence was
before us. the error was palpable, for
at no time during the entire season
has the condition of the crop warrant
ed such a high percentage os was
given it in the reports in the early
spring.
Since the threshing returns have
begun coming, the glazing discrepan-
cy between what the government
promised and what was actually pro-
duced has caused a sharp rebound in
the market. 1t has moved up steadily
but surely from 6S12 cents per bushel
to better than so cents, and this in
the face of persistent bearish tactics
in the European market. Liverpool
buyers taking the government reports
seriously. or at least endeavoring to
make sellers believe that they so re-
garded them. Perfect accuracy can
not be claimed or expected in fore
casting the wheat yield Of a country
as large as the United States, but it
would not seem unreasonable to ex-
pect something a little better than a
percentage estimate which would lndl-
cate $50, 100000 bushels yield when
as a matter of fact the actual out
turns will show about 22O 100000
bushels less than that amount. This
vast shortage might be in a measure
excusable had there been wide
spread blight on the crop, or general
ly unfavorable conditions extending
over a wide scope of country. Such
conditions ave not been noted.
There are tie usual complaints Of too
much rain here, a drouth there, the
Hessian fly, rust and other stereo-
typed causes that annually take
something from the pield and keep it
in proportions which prevent unprof-
itably low prices.
Summed up in figures, it would
seem that the American farmers have
lost 100000 900 bushels of wheat
which the government declared they
would have in addition to an average
big crop. They have also lost about
10 cents per bushel through selling
their old wheat at a price based on the
presence of that mythical 200, 900 600
bushels excess. 1t is reported that
Secretary Of Commerce CortelyOu is
DESTROYS of adding the bureau of sta
tistics to his department. 1t is be
hoped that he will get it, and that it
will prove of more value than under
the present administration.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-12

1t is true that General Miles did
valiant service in the battles fought
by the army OF the Potomac, such as
Fredericksburg, charlottesville and
Cold Harbor, but what were such Skin
mEshes as those compared with the
great battle fought by the Rough
Riders and the colored troops with
the Spaniards at San Juan hill? 1t
is true that more lives were lost in
the engagement fought by the army
Of the Potomac, but perhaps that
was because such soldiers as Grant,
Sheridan, Hancock and Miles kept
,hammering away on the same lines
all summer instead of ending the
whole struggle by an impetuous dash
such as would have been made by
a more skillful and intrepid leader
like the lieutenant colonel of the
Rough Riders.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-12
SHOULD AUDIT ALL BILLS.

The new council, so-caued because
two of its seven members are new,
should turn over a new leaf by follow
ing to the letter Mayor Hunts recon-
mendation that every bill against the
city shall be audited by the full coun-
Gil in open session. Heretofore, the
bills Of the water department have
not been so audited. A general report
TO the council has been made once a
month, but the items of expenditure
have been punched under general
heads so that nobody could tell for
just what purposes much Of the
money was expended. AS the water
department now handles nearly fifty
thousand dollars year, it is import
ant to the taxpayers that every item
of expense be carefully scrutinizeI
by the council before warrants are
ordered drawn.
The Statesman believes that the
system Of appropriating a lump sum
every month to be expended at the
pleasure Of the water committee is il
legal and should be stopped. Expendi-
lures for this department should be
made under the same rules and re-
strlctiOns that govern disbursements
IN other departments of the city gov
eminent The water department is
not separate institution. The rev
enueS derived from the sale of water
are blended with other funds kept bv
the city treasurer and they should nor
be drawn out except on warrants for
specific purposes after the bills
against the department have been
audited by the council
For some time there has been a
tendency to do nearly all the business
of the city through committees whose
acts are not made the subject of SUI
pervision and approval or rejection
on report to the full council. There
is no authority in the city charter for
such plan Of government and the
sooner it is stopped the better it will
be for the taxpayers. The compromise
OF the national bank taxes last wear
at cost Of over fifteen hundred dol
lars TO the city is an example of the
result of allowing committees 10
usurp the full powers of the council.
The mayor has appointed the same
committees on finance water, and iII-
diviary that assumed so much author
ity last year, but every member of
the council should bear in mind that
the reports Of these committees Arc
simply advisory and that thew can he
rejected by majority of the council
whenever four or more members of
the council shall see fit to do so.
Each member of the council is SUP
posed to represent the interests of
his constituents and Of the whole
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-12
TWO TRAINS DAILY.

Time Schedule-WaIIa WalIs:
No. 7 Arrives from Spo-
kane ...... ...... 400 Pm
and departs for
Pendleton and the
east go. ......... 400 pm
No. S'Arrives from Pen
dleton and the east
and departs 1000 an
for Spokane and the
Palouse country 1000 a N
NO. 43 Leaves for Portland
and Spokane via.
Wallula 80. .10:15 pm
No. "A Arrives from Port
land and Spokane
via Wallula .... 2:55 N
No. Al Leav es for Pendle-
ton Except Sunday)10:0O N
No. AZ Arrives from Pen
dleton Except Sun !:
day. 49,. ........ 9:15 Pm
No. 55 Arrives from Dayton 500 p 4
No. SO Leaves for Dayton. 1880 N
No. As Leaves for Wallua. 500 p m
No. 46 Arrives from Wallu-
la ........ ....... o:3o ID
Through Pullman Standard and
Tourist Sleeping cars daily TO Omaha
Chicago, Spokane; Tourist sleeping
car daily to Kansas City; through
Pullman tourist sleeping cars (per-
sonally conducted weekly to Chicago
and Kansas City; reclining chair cars
(seats free) to the East daily.
STEAMER LINES.
San Franctsco-Portland route
Steamer sails from Portland p. N.
every 5 days
Daily Boat Service between Port
land, Astoria, Oregon City, Dayton
Salem, independence. Corvallis and
all Columbia and Willamette River
points.
SNAKE RIVER BOATS.
Leave Riparia Sundays, Tuesdays
and Thursdays
Leave Lewiston Mondays, Wednes
days and Saturdays.
r. BURNS, Gen. Agent,
Walla Walla. Wash.
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city and il is his duty to enter a pro-
test whenever he thinks those inter
ests are in jeopardy. One man power
is not in force in Walla Walla just
vet and it will not be if every mem
Der of the council is true to the trust
renosed in him by the people.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-12

Hard Work and Much of It's it
hard to be a detective?" asked the
young woman admiringly. Very"
answered Old Slookshaw. 1T keeps
a man studying day and night to be-
have like a detective that the story
writer's describe
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-12

Big Bill Devery is spending money
ocratic nomination for mayor of New
York. He should enlist the services
Of an expert purchasing agent such
as our own George Stevenson.