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The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-01-14

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ressaste- first dav's use OF DR.. Kline's GresI
Nerveksstorer. $2trial bottle and trestisefree
DR.. II. KLINE. Ltd. 931 Arch st., Phila.. Pt.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-01-14

Only the man who understands women
admits that he doesn't.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-01-14
The sv.etGuu

1t takes more than visit from his wife,
mother to make man happy.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-01-14

The American marines have been
concentrated along the line of the Pan
anna Railroad.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-01-14

American consuls abroad have been
authorized to act for the Republic of
Panama.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-01-14

The house passed the Emergency
Boil Weevil Appropriation Bill with
out dissent.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-01-14

Representative Dalzell, of Pennsyl-
vania, has introduced bill providing
for the consolidation of third and
fourth-class mail matter to be adj
mitted at the rate of cent for each
two ounces. He also introduced bill
authorizing the Postmaster General to
accept all regularly issued publica-
tions for transmission in the mails at
a bulk rate of 6 per cents pound
when not fewer than 500 pounds are
presented at one time, and that the
publication shall have at least four is
sue year and each copy shall weigh
at least one and half ounces. Sec
tion 2 of this bill states: "That regu-
larly issued publication, as herein de-
scribed, and not coming within the le-
gal requirements for admission as Sec
ond-class matter, shall hereafter be
designated fifth-class, with admission
to the mails as herein stated" He
also introduced a bill providing that
at least 1000 identical pieces of third
and fourth-class matter may be ac-
cepted for transmission through the
mails without postage stamps affixed
provided the postage shall be paid in
fnll therein.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-01-14

The General Appraiser at Chicago
refuses to resign, and the president
has appointed successor.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-01-14

Some interesting facts about pres
ent conditions in Hawaii have been
presented by the Department of Com
merce and Labor. The figures show
a steady decrease in the number of
natives and a steady increase in the
number of persons Of foreign birth,
especially japanese and Chinese. The
entire number of sugar plantation la
borers is 42,242 of which 81, ,102 are
japanese. Sugar, of course, continues
to be the principal crop though q
number of other tropical products are
receiving effectual attention, includ-
ing coffee, tobacco, sisal fiber, manila,
hemp, vanilla beans and pineapples.
TIE experiments with sisal grass, be-
gun with in the past two years, have
given great encouragement and lead
those engaged i'll the experiments to
the belief that Hawaii may become
an extensive producer of that valu-
able fiber of which the importation
into the United States amounts to
more than $13,000,00 per annum in
value, and are steadily increasing.
Sugar continues to be tn largest pro-
duction of the island and the crop
of 1908 was the largest ever produced,
aggregating 775,O0O,OOO pound against
333,0O0,000 pounds in 1902. The
eo,omaroa of tho Haua;iap IclandS for
1903 is given at $26,000,000 of ex-
ports and $l4,0O0,000 of imports. Of
the imports more than $10,000,00O
came from the United States. Of the
exports practically all are to the
United States.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-01-14
FOR RIVERS
AND HARBORS
PRESSURE WILL BE BROUGHT
ON THE COMMITTEE.
EAGERNESS IS EXPRESSED
And Interest Come to House Commit
tee in Decision as to Whether Bill
Will be Introduced in Interest of
This Rivers and Harbors Work.

Washington.-It is probable that
the Committee on Rivers and Har-
bors will reach final decision next
week as to whether or not it will re-
port bill to the House at this ses-
sion. Expressions of the most eager
interest in its decision are being re-
ceived by members of the committee
from all parts of the country, as we'll
as from other members of Congress
IT there is to be bill at all, it must
equal at least the amount carried by
the bill of two years ago, that is $685.
100000 in direct appropriations, and
authorizations of about $40,000,OOO
more. These authorizations would
provide for continuing contracts for
projects recommended by the board of
United States engineers. There is
even greater outside pressure for a
river and harbor bill than there was
two years ago, while the number of
plans for improvement of waterways
that have received the scientific ap-
proval of army engineers, as required
by law has greatly increased. 1t is
announced that the committee will
consider these projects strictly upon
their merits and that its decision can
not be influenced by favoritism or po-
litical influence. The composition of
the committee is such as to support
this claim of tn high standard of its
work. With policy of economy ad-
vocated by the president and by the
republican leaders in congress, there
may be a vigorous protest against the
framing of such bill. Even should
the committee decide not to report
bill at this session it will give hear
ings upon all the large projects of i'm
provement, so as to have the prepara-
tion of bill well under way for the
next session of congress.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-01-14

The senate devoted day to a dis
cussion of the postoffice frauds again,
motion of Mr.. Simmons for SEN
atorial investigation. Perry Heath was
scored and Charles Emory Smith crit
iciSed.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-01-14

A special cable from Panama saws
that an outbreak by the Colombians
is expected momentarily. The best
fighters in the Colombian Army are
concentrating at Cartagena.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-01-14

Consul General McWade at Canton,
China, reports to the State Depart
ment by cable that riotous strike of
1000 coolies for higher wages had oc-
cured on the American railway at
SaiHam. No one was injured.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-01-14

General Reyes is waiting for an an
swer to his last note and then he will
leave for Colombia, and DR.. Herran
will close up the Legation.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-01-14

At a cabinet meeting it was de-
cided to require all government clerks
to work the full seven hours, so that
instead of leaving at 4, they will
leave at 80. The clerks are up in
arms about it. They talk of legal
fight.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-01-14

M. A. w. Lewis, late Chief of the
Supply Division of the postoffice, has
entered suit for $4,000 for libel
against General Payne and Mr.. Bris-
tow and three Washington papers, for
publishing the Bristow report which
reflected on him. His lawyer con-
tends that the report was not priv
ileged document.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-01-14

A new postoffice has been establish
ed at Kentarky, Neshoba county
Miss, and James HI. Henley COM
missioned as postmaster.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-01-14

Colonel James w. Powell has been
assigned to the instruction of the Lou
isiana militia under the Dick Law.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-01-14

Mr.. Slayden of Texas, wants the
United States to endeavor to settle
the Russo-Japanese trouble.
The president has appointed Gener-
al Chaffee Chief of Staff, and promot-
ed him to be Lieutenant General.
Among the other promotions follow
ing is that of Colonel McKensie to be
engineers.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-01-14

Rear Admiral Coghlan, command.
ing the Caribbean squadron, has ca.
bled the Navy Department from Co.
Ion, saying that there was no news
The department also has been inform
ed of the arrival of the torpedo boat
destrcyers Preble and Paul Jones un-
der cover of the gunboat Bennington
at Acapulco on their way to Pana-
ma
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-01-14

The cabinet framed the special in
structions to Admiral Evans to be sure
and keep a neutral attitude in the Far
Fast
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-02-12

John p. Voliner, president.
w. p. Hurlbut, vice president.
Theron S. Ward, secretary.
WE kettenbach, treasurer.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-02-12

! then who ever (person or school or
of votes owned it,
No one had any right to give 1t away,
The merchants here owned nothing but
the tickets, not the piano.
They could give no piano away on
the sth of February two days before
the contest was to end. No one can
now own it only the one securing the
greatest number of votes.
a difficulty appeared recently. While
the lucky ones disbursing the tickets
We're gathering in the money, cash
trade and enjoying the discontinue of
all other brother merchants in the same
line the sixteen lucky ticket vendors
were inluck. When vast amount of
counting was to be done they (most of
them) buck the piano over board-two
days before the voting is TO end and
deliver the piano in total violation of
their agreement.
These other merchants and this pur-
chasing population, who have paid
many times the $1,OSS in getting these
tickets want the tickets counted. They
have clear right to that and to have
the votes counted by a fair, unbiased
and intelligent committee. If these
quite recently lucky merchants have
been so prosperous that they have had
to use irregular tickets they must lend
a little assistance in keeping in those
tickets that should be counted and to
detect and expunge such as should not
be counted. No one cares for their
books or the amount of their trade.
They have had our money, we have
received their tickets and voted them
in good faith and now we want a rea-
sonable and honest and impartial count
of the tickets as in reason can he had.
Municipal elections are never thrown
out by reason of defects or irregulari-
ties. Ballots are counted and results
declared. So it must be in this in
stance.
The present condition is unfortunate.
The contest has narrowed down to two
schools one is part of our own house
hold. No one has ever been heard of in
this town complaining of any school
schools. We are independent.
We ask no one to select or buy pianos
for our public schools. We have in the
other contestant a guest. Some of this
towns people with wise forethought
years ago invited the state of Idaho to
locate a valuable institution i'm our
city
Thousands of dollars have been spent
here in buildings and equipments for
the Normal school, every two years we
anxiously pray for more of the same
bounty to be poured in here by the
state and to be spent in our town. We
desire more of those who come here
and buy real estate to live for their
children's sake and more of those who
come by themselves purchasing with
their own means of all classes of deal
ers. renting houses, and rooms contrib
uting to many a ones income; really
they are our guests and many are
choice acquisitions to our community.
For the sake of our good name in the
state and our known good sense of
propriety towards our own household
and towards our guests this contest
must be properly and fairly decided.
CITIZEN IN FAVOR OF FAIR PLAY
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-02-12
STOCKHOLDERS OF MASONIC
TEMPLE HELD MEETING
Elected Directors for Ensuing Year at Com.
mercial Club ParlOrS Last Night Directors
Met and Elected Officers

telegraph were AS binding as if the
person was there in person and stated
that the legality of this action was rec
ognizel al over the United States. At
torney Babb expressed the same opin-
ion and ON vote of the members pres
ent these opinions were accepted. The
report of the credeutial committee
showed that out of the 1000 shares
there were 5l9 shares represented in
person 1874 by proxy making PA
shares absent.
by vote of the organization the
cumulative plan of voting was adopted
in the casting of ballots for directors
and each share of stock allowed the
voting of seven votes. as seven direc-
tors were to be elected. The voting
Was spirited and good natured and ten
candidates were developed before the
count was finished
w. l.. Thompson and j. r. Kincaid
We're appointed judges of the election
and o. "A. Kjos and r. Schleicher
clerks. A count of the ballots showed
the following results. w. p. Hurlbut,
l64l 20; ii. X. Barnett, 1919 3-5; j. P.
Vollmer. 1855 2-5; #. S. Ward, 1888 2-5;
+. W. Kettenbach. 1897; w. F. Ketten-
bach 1247; r. Schleicher, 1117 2-5; j.
b. Morris. 1924 As; o. A. Kjos, S91; f.
A. Afford, 24S. The first seven highest
were declared elected by the president
and the meeting adjourned.
The directors Immediately went into
executive session and elected the Of
hcers above mentioned and listened to
"A report from Architect J. K. Dow
who submitted plans for a curtain for
under consideration and action de-
ferred until a later date. The direct
ors authorized the placing of $4,000 in
surance on the uncompleted temple.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-02-12
OvERDORF GOES
IN TRAINING
Preparing to Meet Reilly Again
in a Twenty Round Contest
Next Month

Jack Overdorf is now anxiously
waiting to hear from Jack Reilly as to
whether the challenge he issued to him
to meet in another boxing contest on
March 10, win be accepted Mr.. Over
DORIS hand is still in bad shape but ex-
poets II to be as strong as ever within
another week.
In conversation with Mr. Overdorf
this morning he said: Il have chal-
lenged Reilly TO meet him In another
contest next month the contest to be
pulled off on the same terms as the
recent event, and viii put up $500 as a
side bet, i can put Reilly out and am
anxious TO hear from him"
Mr.. Overdorf will go into active
training for the coming event and there
Is little doubt but that Reilly will ac-
cept the challenge. as he stated before
leaving that he would be willing TO
meet Overdorf again
Mr.. Overdorf must be given credit
for the way In which he handled him
self I'm the last event, I'm view of the
fact that he fought with a broken hand
through five rounds, is sufficient evil
dence that he was greatly retarded in
his work.
At the ringside Wednesday evening
Tom Reilly announced to the audience
that the original articles which were
signed by the principals in that event
called for seventy-five per cent for the
winner and twenty five per cent for the
loser, and he stated that Overdorf was
trying TO back down by bringing an
other set of papers showing the contest
was to be put on under sixty and
forty basis. In order 10 set Mr. over
dorf right In this matter, the original
articles We're signed on basis of sixty
forty. and We're settled on that basis
after the contest.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-02-12
PIANO TICKET
CONTROVERSY
Communication From a Ticket
Purchaser Who Wants
to see Fair Play

That piano is a good instrument. OF
course the case is good many have seen
that. II has cost laid down about
$1;0SS. That includes the first supply
of bait-those enchanting tickets.
Now that four months OF contest is
over who owns the long coveted prize Z?
The contract is clear Here are the
parts material in its own words: The
Piano Advertising company herein
after called the first party agrees to
leave with some merchant of this city
as custodian. one Biddle Upright Cabi-
net Grand Piano to be given away as
an advertisement. said piano to be
awarded by the first party at the end
of four months from commencement of
contest TO the lodge, church, school or
ganization or person having secured
the greatest number of votes from the
different merchants; contest not to
commence later than October 10, 1903"
The remaining part of the contract
briefly provides for the furnishing of
tickets and that I'm consideration. =
the second party agrees to keep at all
times displayed in a conspicuous place
In his store. the placards furnished by
said first party and give his customers
one vote free with each 25 cents of
their cash purchases only. This
contract in duplicate contains the en-
tire agreement of the parties hereto"
This is all plain. The piano was left
with a merchant as custodian tn no
given away. awarded by the first party
CBiddle Piano people) at the end of
-four months To the lodge. church.
school organization or person having
secured the greatest number of votes.
There is no doubt the piano at Mr..
kjos store was the instrument placed
In custody under the contract. The
four months contest time was ended
February 10, 1904. Up to that day the
Piano Advertising company. that party
of the first part owned the instrument,
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-02-12

John p. Volimer, president
w. p. Hurlbut, vice president.
Theron S. Ward secretary.
w. r. Kettenbach, treasurer.
Dircctors-John p. VoIImer, w. p
Hurlbut, r. w. Kettenbach, n. x. Bar
nett, w. &. Kettenbach, r. Schleicher
end Theron S. Ward.
The above gentlemen constitute the
new officers and directors of the Ma
sonic Temple association selected at
the annual stockholders meeting and
directors meeting held last night in the
Commercial club rooms
The stockholders meeting was called
TO order at eight O'Clock by President
J. b. Morris, who addressed the stock
holders briefly on the purposes of the
meeting and also reported the progress
of the work done on the new temple
and of the work of the board of direc-
tors since the organization Of the as
ISOLATION.
o. A. Kjos and r. Schleicher were
appointed a committee on credentials
TO examine the proxy's presented to
Secretary Ward. The committee re-
ported several proxy's turned in by
telegraph and in their report stated
that they would like the opinion OF an
attorney as to the legality of proxy's
by telegraph. Judge Poe responded
stating that technically the telegram
proxy's might be admitted but in his
opinion they were not legally admissi-
BILE. Several of the members present
agreed with Judge Poe on his opinion
but other members stated that they
We're admissible and the opinion of At
torney I. ". Smith was solicited and
advised the meeting that proxy's by
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-02-12
COMES FROM
THE SOUTH
Miss GaIlatin Who Will Present
Ghosts" Made Her Debut
Only Few Years Ago

Alberta Gallatin who is to appear at
the Lewiston opera house on Tuesday
night, February 16, in Henrik Ibsen's
masterpiece, Ghosts" is a southern
girl belonging to one of the prominent
families of Dixie and who, like many
other plucky women of that part of the
country whose people felt the effects
of the civil war has adopted the stage
as an honorable means toward her own
support. Coming from one of the old
and prominent Virginia families, the
veteran boys in blue" have not forgot
ten how her father the famous confed-
crate general Albert Gallatin Jenkins.
made them hustle" at times Miss
:. a.zssSssssas.l
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-02-12

List your mining prospects and prop
critics with /. ]. Merrill. room 81. Adams
block.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-02-12

Gallatin has the refined manners and
ladylike bearing that southern girls of
her social class possess, and the stage
welcomes, so she adopted the drama
as profession, and used the gallant
old soldiers name. slightly altered. as
nom de theater, A few years ago she
made her debut in small parts but is
now at the head of her own decidedly
clever company.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-02-12

$500 Piano Free. North Star & Blue
Front
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-10-01

that the construction of the line on
the north side of the coulee would
cause it to lose much traffic and would
deprive people owning lands on the
south side of the coulee of their pres
ent access to the railroad, and would
subject them to much additional ex-
pense in getting their crops to mar
ket.
The Washtucna coulee lies between
Kahlotus and Cornell, and is about
IA miles long. To remove the line
of the navigation company from the
coulee would require a new road to
be constructed for the distance of Is
miles. At the Cornell end of the
coulee the grade of the railroad is
125 feet above the grade at the lowest
point in the coulee. Assuming there
fore, that the government effects
dam as high as the grade of the
navigation company, the water stored
in the coulee would have depth at
one place at least of 125 feet, and it
so happens that this depth would be
at the narrowest point in the cOulee.
AS l understand it, the irrigation
scheme contemplates that dam shall
be erected at the Cornell end of the
to carry the water cmfwytaoincmfm
cooulee that water shall be taken from
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-10-01

the Palouse river and conveyed in
bitches or natural water courses to
the coulee; that at the Cornell end or
the coulee a ditch is to be construct
to carry the water a distance of about
Is miles to point near Ethiopia, on
the line of the Northern Pacific, and
that such water is then to be dis
tributed over 10000 acres of land. ly-
ing south of Ethiopia and between the
Northern Pacific railroad and the
Snake river.
When the dam is constructed and
water is turned into the coulee, a res
ervoir will be formed IA miles in
length and having a width at every
place, except at Sulphur lake, of from
5000 to $500 feet, and depth of from
nothing to 1875 feet. At Sulphur lake
the width would be $50 feet and the
depth at least 125 feet. Bridges across
this reservoir would be impracticable,
and therefore the reservoir would con-
stitute an impossible barrier to the
interchange of traffic between the
north and south sides thereof.
At the present time, the traffic in
the entire country is tributary to the
line of the o. r. & N. Co: Lying south
of the coulee, and between Kahlotus
and Cornell, there are $4,000 acres of
good tillable land, of which 16,O95
were in wheat this year, 1885 were
in summer fallow and new blowing
and $500 acres were ready for the
plow. The construction of the reser-
voir and the removal of the naviga-
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-10-01

that effect In fulfiiment of this rep
resentation, the track has now been
repaired and is being operated. The
expense of replacing the rails upon the
old grade has not been great and the
work has been done not for the pur-
pose of obstructing the irrigation pro-
ject or anything else, but solely for
the purpose of fulfilling promises and
representations made to the people
who were asked to settle in the terri
tory tributary to the line and made
long before the navigation company
had any intimatiOn that the govern
ment would ever desire to use any part
of the Washtucna coulee.
Judging from the quoted statement
of Mr. Newell. he feels that the o.
R. & N. should have constructed a
new line between Kahlotus and Con-
nell along the hills on the north side
of the coulee and thus have removed
any physical obstruction to the irriga-
ton project. The distance between
Kahlotus and Cornell is 16 miles, and
to have constructed the road on the
north side of the coulee would have
required the acquisition of new right
of way, the making of new grade, and
the consequent expenditure of large
sum of money compared with the
amount necessary to relay the track
on the old grade. Exactly why the
o. r. e N. Co. should have made this
expenditure does not occur to me,
and anyone familiar with the country
and with the irrigation project knows