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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-11

determined effort to induce the de-
partment to change it's purpose. TO
this end the club enlisted the assist
ance of the commercial bodies, Off
Gals and prominent citizens of UNA
tlla county who were thus induced to
ioin in asking Senators Mitchell and
Fort Walla Walla. Mitchell had often
proyed a friend in need for Walla
Walla during his long service in the
senate, and there is no doubt that he
kept his promise to do his best again.
It is safe to say that Mitchell pulled
the strings that induced Secretary of
War Taft and General Chaffee to re-
woke the order for the abandonment
of the post, but as a matter of courtesy
to his old friend Ankeny, the latter is
allowed to take all the credit for the
achievement. Some day when Mr.. An
keny has acquired gerater familiarity
with public life he may be able to re-
turn the favor done him by Mitchell
and Fulton. and if SO, they likewise
will be allowed to take all the credit
for the accomplishment. this increas-
ing their prestige in their own state.
That is the way such things go among
senators and representatives at Wash
ington.
But to return to our starting point.
it was the Commercial Club that
spurred Senator Ankeny to exert him.
self to save the fort and it was the
Commercial Club that enlisted the in
tiuence of Senators Mitchell and Full
ton to the aid of MI Ankeny in his
laudable efforts Therefore, the peO-
pie of Walla Walla should not forget
that the Commercial Club deserves
some share of the honor due all who
aided in securing the retention of Fort
Wala Walla.
AS Admiral Schley said Of the great
naval victory off Santiago. for which
Admiral Sampson had taken all the
credit in a dispatch to President Nc
kiney, There is glory enough for
all
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-11
THE BEEF TRUST INQUIRY.

There are two classes who will be
especially interested in the movement
inaugurated in the house of repre-
sentativeS the other day by Congress-
man Martin of South Dakota. Mr..
Martin introduced a resolution re-
questing the secretary of commerce
gate the causes of the low price Of
beef cattle in the United States since
July l. 1903. and the unusually large
margin between the price OF beef
cattle and the retail price of dressed
beef
The people who will be especially
interested in this inquiry are, first, the
producers of beef cattle, and, second,
the housekeeper who buys the steaks
and roasts for the family table. About
two years ago charges We're made that
the so-called beef trust was response
BILE for the high price of beef. Some
investigation developed the fact, how
ever. that the producer was sharing in
the advance: that beef cattle on the
hoof We're higher than ever before,
and that the advance in the price of
meat on the butchers block could be
accounted for, in large part at least,
by the scarcity of beef cattle and the
high pricpS the ranges.
That which makes the inquiry per-
tinent at this time is the decline in the
price of beef cattle without CORE
spending decline in the cost of dressed
beef at retail prices. Consumers and
producers are both inclined to believe
that they are being robbed. Producers
look at the retail prices and insist that
they are not getting what they ought
for their live animals. The consumers
live beef and believe they are paying
too much for their supplies. Both
sides are inclined to charge up the wide
margin to the beef packers because it
| is no secret that the big packers do not
compete. Producers have been i'm
| pressed with that condition of things
, for a good many years. Shippers from
| the ranges. when they arrive at the
| livestock market, find themselves un-
+, able to get bids on their cattle One
| purchaser makes an offer and nobody
| else appears to be interested in the
| transaction. although, as Mr.. Martin
declares in his remarks in congress. the
shipper not infrequently finds that his
cattle are after the sale divided among
several packing interests.
The reference of this matter to the
department of commerce and labor
imposes upon Mr.. Cortelyou a task
which will go far towards demonstrate
ing the value of that new department.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-11
GLORY ENOUGH FOR ALL.

While Senator Ankeny should be
given all due credit and honor for his
part in securing the order of the war
department for the permanent reten-
ton of Fort Walla Walla. it should
not be forgotten that the Commercial
Club took the lead in the effort to save
the fort. even after Mr.. Ankeny's pri-
Nate secretary in dispatches to the
morning paper had virtually conceded
donment of the post. General Funston
had recommended its abandonment
and the war department had approved
this recommendation when the Com
mercial Club resolved to make last
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-11

Mayor Hunt did a good thing when
he insisted at the last meeting of the
council that the members cease wrang
lang about the library site and decide
upon a location at once. The result
was the acceptance of the Elliott site,
which is generally regarded as ideal
If further time had been allowed for
the Offering of other sites it is likely
the discussion of which was the most
suitable until the erection of the build
ing this year would have been out of
the question. The Elliott offer was a
snap for the city and it is we'll that it
was accepted without further delay.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-11

Just six members, five Holy Roll
lers" and one Boxer" attended the
regular. meeting of the Roosevelt club
at the court house Tuesday night.
This club seems to have retired into
"innocuous desuetude' to make way
Tor the Roosevelt Mcbride club. 1t is
doubtful whether the former could now
have a respectable funeral without the
assistance of hired mOurners.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-11
CHIEF VICTIMS OF THE WAR.

Korea, the hermit kingdom is now
overrun by the armies of the mikado
the theater of a great struggle. While
the Russians and the Japs are clashing,
poor Korea will suffer the usual fate
Of the innocent bystander." Her
people must endure the hor-
rors of war at their own
dOOrsteps, at the same time knowing
that in the final adjustment they are
sure to lose what little standing they
have as an Independent nation. For
them, the war is to determine whether
Korea is to be a Russian or a Jap
anese dependency. They may not be
swallowed up at once, but the victori-
Gus nation will dominate Korea as a
final outcome.
In this crisis so big with destiny for
them, the Korean people seem little
better than stupid spectators of the
war drama. Their emperor has de-
clared for Japan, and ordered his
troops to aid the mikado, but his toy
army is not counted a serious factor
in the situation. korea's stand is
more important as it furnishes an ex
armies on the peninsula. They are
not on neutral territory, but on the
soil OF an allied nation. Meanwhile,
the little allied army of Koreans is
looking for a safe place we'll in the
rear as a home guard
At first thought, it is hard to under
stand the Importance of Korea. 1t is
a territory larger than the state of
Washington, inhabited by 100000
people, all of the same race. They
are Mongolans. larger and finer look
ing than the Chinese or the Japanese.
Their civilization is older than either,
and they carried civilization to Japan
before the Christian era.
degenerate. The people do not have
the energy and resOurcefulnesS of the
Chinese neighbOrs. They inhabit the
Scotland of the Orient, a mountainous
peninsula, famed by sea breeZes, and
having winters of snow and zero tenn
peratures. Yet they seem to have no
ambition and do not take to their en-
peror's efforts to introduce new in
dustries and education. They neither
show prOWeSS in war, nor skill in the
arts of peace. An idle nobility feeds
at the public crib, the treasury is
hOpelessly mOrtgaged, and the COM
mon people fearfully tax ridden.
They have nothing left but the ira
ditions of one of the worlds oldest
civilizations. They are proud of their
antiquity, but seem to have no other
sentiment of patriotism. They seem
born to be political and commercial
The only hope for Korea is a remote
one. If her common people could be
educated to western ideas, and taught
to. forget the worthless, dead culture
they are chershing so proudly, they
might be Weakened to a new life of in
dependence and achievement. The
war may, after all, bring a wide open
door, which will be the fOrerunner of
such an awakening.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-11
The Argus should know tina

The Argus should know that a chief
of police is not free to adopt a policy
regarding public order not in harmony
with the views of the mayor and a
majority of the council. Chief Woydt
at Spokane tried going it alone and the
result was that he lost his job. If the
mayor and council would have Chief
Brown pursue a different policy they
know how to make their wishes
known. However, it is we'll known
that Jerry Brown never made any
promises that he has not fulfilled.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-11

The inquiry is exceedingly important,
and if his investigation shall demon
strate the existence of a combine IN
the restraint of trade which robs the
producer on the one hand and gouges
the consumer on the other, he will
render a service to the country which
will leave no doubt in the minds of the
public as to the value Of his work and
of the department which he has under
taken to organize
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-11

The discussion OF the water question
after plans for Il gravity system have
been formulated by the council for
submission to the voters will give the
people ii little diversion from the fac
1ional fight between the Boxers" and
the Holy Rollers" Just now it is
not certain which faction will take
water or whether both will have to
take it.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-11

age is unthinkable. 1t does not belong
to this age: it is of the age of blind
ness and superstition and cannot
flourish under the strong light of in
telligence and mutual freedom which
it has invited upon itself. The dig
nified senatorial inquiry into the quail
only a final III is good thing, good
deal better thing than the indignant
Roberts from the house.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-11
TURNING ON THE LIGHT.

President Smith of the Mormon
church is playing game of mock
heroics in declaring his fidelity to his
numerous wives taken before the pas
was not obliged to continue to defy the
law against polygamOus cohabitatlon
in order to provide for the support of
his plural wives and the education of
his numerous children. The old rep
rebate has not impressed anybody
with his professions of readiness to
sacrifice himself to the law rather than
abandon his families, but his testimony
and his whole attitude i'm this investi-
cation has served to expose before
the eyes of the world the malignity of
the moral ulcer of Mormonism upon
the body polite, as it has not been
seen before.
Mr. SmoOt, who can make himself
personally very agreeable, may not
lose his seat as the result of this in
vestigation, hut the temerity of the
Mormon hierarchy in sending one of
their number to the senate of the Unit
ed States has focused public attention
upon the hideous institution, existing
in the guise of religion. It's character
and it's purposes will be matters Of
much less indifference than they have
been heretofore. That it can endure
| and the judgment of this enlightened
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-11

Are you at all familiar with Homer?
asked Mrs. Oldcastle. oh mercy
no." replied her hostess. Il believe in
teachin' these men dreSSmakerS to
know their place just as much, as the
coacEmen."
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-11

With the new fire station, the Car
negie library, the Ransom fOur-stOry
building, the telephone exchange, the
Walla Walla hospital, and many other
fine buildings East Alder street is de-
is pavement or macadam to make it
the best street in the city.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-11
WEATHER..

Tonight partly cloudy, colder; Sat
urday fair.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-10-20
STORY FROM AN ABSTRACT.
Farm Now in Kansas City Sold by Sen.
afor Cocktail In, Rorhnod

Farm Now in Kansas City Sold by Sen.
ator Cockrell in Boyhood.
If Senator Francis Marion Cockrell
boy that the great city of the Missouri
valley would be built here at the juno
ton of the Kaw and Missouri rivers
he might now be multimillionaire. In
examining an abstract to a lot on
Tracy, between Thirty sixth and Thir-
ty-seventh streets, r. ]. Holmden, the
attorney, made the discovery that
Cockrell, in 1877, when he was a boy
of Is, owned eighty acres there, and
he sold it all for 5000. The lot which
Mr.. Holmden was looking up sold re-
Gently for $1,000.
The land. 64O acres Of it, was decided
by the United States. government in
1927 to the State of Missouri for semi
nary purposes. The tract was all Of
section 81, township 40, range 33. In
1888 Joseph Cockrell, father Of the
Senator, bought eighty acres of it from
the State for SOP an acre. Mr.. Cock
rell died, and in 1S47. when Francis
Marion Cockrell was 13 years old. he
petitioned the court, through his guar
dian, to sell the eighty acres.
In his petition he said that he al
ready owned a farm in Warrensburg
sufficiently large for his needs when
be should become of age, and, besides,
he said, the big storm of 1914, the
year of the great food. had blown
down all the trees on bis eighty-acre
tract I'm Jackson county and therefore
it would be useless for him to hold it
because when he would come of age,
the timber would be all dead. Hicks
and Smart Of Independence were Cock
rell's lawyers. The court granted his
request and the land was bought by
Joseph Brown for S900.-Kansas City
Star.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-10-20
SAFEST FOOD

In Any Kind of Trouble IL Grape-Nuts.
Food to rebuild the strength and
that is predigested must be selected
when one is conyalescent At this
time there is nothing SO valuable as
Grape-Nuts for the reason that this
food is all nourishment and is also all
digestible nourishment. A woman who
used it says:
"Some time ago was very i'll with
typhoid fever, so i'll every one thought
I would die, even myself. Il left me
SO weak could not properly digest
food Of any kind and also had much
bowel trouble, which left me a weak,
helpless wreck.
81 needed nourishment as badly as
any one could. but none Of the tonics
helped me Until 1 finally tried Grape
Nuts food morning and evening. This
not only supplied food that / thought
delicious as could be. but it also made
me perfectly well and strong again, so
I can do all my homework, sleep well.
can eat anything without any trace OF
bowel trouble and for that reason alone
Oldpc-&>u us 1OJA 40 WI III 1lS WCASAS
In gold" Name given by Postum Co..
Battle Greek, Mich.
+ Typhoid fever like some other dis
eases attacks the bowels and frequent
ly sets up bleeding and makes them
for months incapable of digesting the
starches and therefore predigested
Grape-Nuts is invaluable for the we'll
known reason that in Grape-Nuts all
the starches have been transformed
into grape sugar. This means that tho
flrst stage Of digestion has been me-
chemically accomplished in Grsps-Nuts
food at the factories. and therefore
any one. no matter how weak the sfom-
ach, can handle 1t and grow strong
for all the nourishmenf IL stiIl there
There's sound reason and ten lay6
trial proyea
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-10-20
Greatest of All Factors.

Greatest Of All Factors.
The truth about the tariff is that II
protects the few manufacturers at the
cost Of the many millions Of consum.
ers, and labor leader McCabe is right
in saying that the tariff has been of
no benefit whatever to the workers of
this country.
The writer of the above cannot be
very close student Of economic
events. The history Of the nation
shows conclusively that prosperity has
invariably followed protective tariff,
and adversely followed low or "reve-
nue. for only" tariff. The last object
lesson to the great mass of working
men was in 1894 and 1895 when the
country was given a dose of low tar
if. Thousands Of men and women
were thrown out of employment and
public soup houses were established in
the large cities to feed the unemploy-
ed. There was business stagnation ev-
erywhere. In 1897 the protective tar
LIZ was restored, and unexampled pros
perity followed There are always
spots where the wave Of prosperity re-
cedes temporarily, but for seven years
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-10-20
Could Get No Rest.

Freeborn, Mimi, Oct. 1T.-(Special1
MIR. r. E. Coward. well-known
man here, is rejoicing in the relief
from suffering he has obtained through
using Dodd's Kidney Pills.. His expe-
rience is well worth repeating. as it
should point the road to health to
many another in similar condition.
Il had an aggravating case of Kid
ney Trouble" says Mr.. Coward, that
gave me no rest day or night. but US
ing few boxes of Dodd's Kidney
Pills put new life in me and | feel
like q new man.
Il am happy to state 1 have receiy-
ed great and wonderful benefit from
Dodd's Kidney Pills. ! would heartily
recommend all sufferers from Kidney
Trouble to give DOdd's Kidney Pills a
fair trial, as have every reason to
believe it would never be regretted
Dodd's Kidney Pills make you feel
like new man or woman because
they cure the kidneys. Cured kidneys
mean pure blood and pure blood means
bounding health and energy in every
part of the body.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-10-20
IN MISFORTUNE

before you, I have but one thought.
1t Is Bettina."
"She loves me even as I love her.
l said.
IT will WRITE" he said. "Stay-come
to my little Office with me. We shall
be quiet, and let me think. A woman
can tell the story better than 1, espe-
cially as it is touching and not quite
true. 1 have a nurse here now who
can break the news tenderly, I be-
lieve. If any one can"
He took my hand in his and led me
to the room he called his office. Then
he left me a moment, and wheE he
returned l heard the rustic of a wom-
ans garments following him.
This is the nurse who will write
the letter." he said.
81 thank her." said 1. BE gentle,
madam; my Bettina has a gentle
heart"
What shall writer she asked, a.
most in a whisper.
write that 1 am Dead" 1 said.
Write that / loved her to the last.
Write that 1 babe you tell her when
her grief had passed to wed another
and be happy"
The pen moved over the paper. Soon
she said:
Il have written. Shall read it to
you?"
"Yes, If you will, madam"
die, unhappy girl. Your Bernard
has persisted. What is life to you any
longer? He is dead Had he lived.
blind or MANNED or helpless in any
way, there would be hope for you.
You could fly to him: you could COM
fort him; you could toll for him; you
could be his sunlight. Alas! no such
joy awaits you. He is gone. Lie
down and die. This is all that you
can do. He is dead"
"Why do you write thus?T 1 cried.
"Who are you? How did you come by
that voice? Speak,
Then 1 felt two little hands steal
about my neck and wet cheek touch
mine, and a whisper came:
Bernard, 1t Is /. Did you not
guess? Do you not know your own
Bettina? The good DOCTOR" she said,
'-the first day of your illness found a
letter you had begun to me, and sent
1t with word Of your misfortune, and
letter to enc who could bring me to
you If / desired to come All, God
bless him! He knew a woman's hea RI
better than you did.
when that letter came my dear old
grandparents were lying dead. / only
stayed to look upon their graves be-
fore I came to YOU"
II shall never see the sweet face
that remember so WELL But know
its beauty and its goodness and the
love-light In the eyes too well to for
get them. And know that am dear
er to her for my misfortune, and
am Chicago Tribune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-10-20
LINCOLN on ACQUIRING Territory.

Lincoln on Acquiring Territory.
Our Democratic friends, the enemy,
having a paucity Of argument in the
present campaign, are evincing dispo-
sition to quote from the utterances of
statesmen of the past, and notably
from those of Abraham Lincoln-a
man whom that party, in it's plat
forms, and through its speakers and
newspapers, vilified during his lifetime
in a much more venomous manner
than they now do President Roosevelt
and other living statesmen Of the Re
publican party.
Judge Parker has taken occasion to
place himself definitely in opposition
to the retention of the Philippines. The
Cleveland Leader very pertine, =
calls the attention of the Judge,
of the Democratic party in general, -
President Lincoln's annual message Of
Dec. 8, 1861, in which he discussed a
plan for the colonization Of the free
negroes of the United States, and those
who might thereafter be freed. In or
der to do this, he was inclined to the
belief that suitable territory ought to
be obtained in Central america for the
purpose. In the message referred to,
he discussed the power Of the United
States government to obtain the requir-
cd territory, on which topic he said:
"Having practiced the acquisition Of
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-10-20

Divorces In the United States are
ON the increase, according to figures
published by the census bureau. The
latest show that i've out Of every
1000 men married are living in a state
Of divorce.
The census returns disprove the
theory that early marriage leads often
est to divorce. A note Of warning L.
also sounded to women who persist
In marrying men of the rowing class,
who enter on matrimony late in life,
and for the guidance Of those who
ought to know it is figured out In cold
and passionless statistics Of just what
classes Of employment men are most
frequently seen in the divorce courts.
Census figures on divorce reveal the
relative fickleness of men according
to their following in life. This table,
based on the number of those divorced
out of every 1000 married, showed
some interesting comparisons:
Soldiers, marines and sailors, "a;
hostlers. Is; actors, IT; agricultural
laborers. Is; bartenders. Is: servants
and walters, 13; woodchoppera II;
musicians and teachers Of music, II;
stock raisers, herders and drovers, 10;
photographers, 10; paper-hangers, 10;
BARRIERS and hairdressers, 8; lumber
men and raftmen, 8; clock and watch
makers and repairers, 8; painters. glaz-
iers and varnishers, 8.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-10-20
s.Hennery Eggs

On the front of retail establishment
not far from the Boston public library,
is sign that reads, "Hennery Eggs"
This is not the name of the proprietor.
No. They don't spell Henry" with two
ms" and an extra sc" in Boston, you
know. 1t is merely an intimation that
eggs Of the genuine sort are for sale
within. They are not incubator eggs,
nor storage eggs, nor eggs for campaign
purposes. They are just good old hen
merry eggs. They're the kind OF eggs
that you have paved around in the hay
NOW to find, and felt like cackling
when you found them. They are hem
merry eggs with an eloquent accent on
the hen.
And yet, who knows? All eggs are
more or less a mystery. You can't de-
pend on signs. Even a Boston "hen-
merry egg" may not be all it's cracked
up to be.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-10-20

Coal has become mans chief worker,
and horse labor and human manual
labor are slowly being pushed aside.
In the great transformation it has been
brain power that has triumphed over
brute strength. Man first sought to
hift his burden to the backs Of the
casts Of the field, and the horse be-
came his patient friend and assistant;
but now he seeks to harness the ele-
mental forces Of nature to do his bid
ding. The burden Is thus lightened
without cruelty to any living creature;
neither man nor beast has had his la
bors Increased, but steadily decreased
st. NicholaA