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Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-06-20

nothing to add to what had already
oeen said on his vice presidential boom
started by New Workers.. He would de-
cline II the nomination was tendersl
him.
Former Secretary OF the Navy Long
today said his personal choice for vice
president Is John Hay. "Just think Of
such ticket, Roosevelt The two
would sweep the country" Minnesota
delegates talk Of presenting the name
Of Governor Van SAINT for vice presi-
dent. At q delegation meeting this
evening the matter was formally con-
sidered. II is expected Iowa will Sec
ond the nomination. Pennsylvania has
a good support for Fairbanks.
Without doubt Cannon II the most
interesting personality here. around
him centers most Of the gossip and on
him are backed the hopes that some.
thing may happen to lift the conven-
tion out OF the rut Of dryness. But the
Illinoisian Is in strong opposition to the
idea.
a well defined story is afloat to the
effect that certain West Virginia. Mis-
souri,, Pennsylvania delegates are pre-
pairing to launch presidential boom
for the speaker. and that they pro-
pose at the proper physiological mo-
ment 10 put number Of bands on the
street at the head OF procession Of
delegates bearing Cannon banners. 1t
IS needless to say the plan has not the
support Of either Senator Penroe or
Senator Scott and Ii the usual thing
a, every convention. There was like
talk to nominate Roosevelt instead OF
Mckinley at Philadelphia four years
ago. This is similar to the talk of the
nomination OF Hill instead or Gryan
at Kansas cry r-sss'-es s y
Cannon sent for Congressman Sher-
man Of New York this morning and for
ten minutes there was live session In
Uncle Joe's room. He told Sherman
he understood Sherman was moving a
special New York delegation that was
conspiring stampede in the conven-
tion for Cannon for vice president. II
want this blank nonsense stopped"
emphatically said Cannon. II would
not accept the vice presidency II It were
studded with diamonds and presented
on a platter of solid gold" Sherman
said afterwards that Uncle Joe gave
him the worse cooking he ever got in
his life, and he promised blood.
"Oom Shelby" Cullom and Governor
Yates Of Illinois are at 1t hammer and
tongs today for control of the delega-
tion and an ultimate seat in the senate.
In the session this afternoon the del
egation will elect chairman and the
senator declares he will have 1t but
Yates says nay. The vote will be close.
The Californian delegation In caucus
this morning elected the following:
Judge Mckinley. chairman; vice presi-
dent Con Edwards, vice president Of
the delegation; Joseph Steffens. men,
ber Of national committee. George A.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-06-20
SON OF FRANK WAlDRIP
SHOT BY DICK PAIIER3
Fight Over Sheep Range Ends ii ! Bullet Wound
Which May Prove Fatal, Wounded
Boy Enroute Here

a quarrel with tn men running ~
sheep Of which Mr. Gibson has chnruo
OF and that q lively altsrcati0n Arono
over the range. Waldrip was en6aeo1
by Gibson m camp tender ana Il wao
learned had nothing to DO with o.
dispute between Patterson ana ~
sheep -herders who were In chairs u
the Gibson sheep. II u believed thak
Patterson attempted to nre at one NJ
the other men ana instead shot Wa1o-
rip. From another source 4 w61
learned that Patterson mounted ~
horse and rode away ana has eons lnfoS
hiding but Il IL not believed that -
will attempt TO leave the country. ~
was also learned that Naldrip was -
armed. Details OF the shooting WIN ~
be learned until sheriff Richards ~.
turns to the city. He 10 expected ho1no
with the prisoner tomorrow moFnine.
There II considerable feeling worled ".
here over the shooting and PAtterson
would probably not fare wen should ~
be caught alone Ia the country ~ =
mob.
Waldrip is well and favorably Known
in this community and IL but twenty
years of age. He has lived In this VI
cinity all his life and was considered .
good boy with no bad habits. General
regret is expressed over the shooting.
Mr.. Gibson who has charge Of the
sheep and who Waldrip was working
for IL well known Int his country ana
was formerly member OF the arm Of
Gibson & Turner who operated In the
sheep business considerably in this sec.
ton. Gibson sold his interests last
fall to Turner but since then has had
the management Of them. Gibson says
that following the Instructions Of his
attorney he thought II best not to d.
vulge the particulars OF the shooting
until the sheriff had returned. There
were two witnesses 10 the shooting Q
young fellow by the name ef Abbey ana
another young man be the name q
Palmer who were both working with
Waldrip. These men are expected TO
arrive here tomorrow.
The shooting occurred about thirty
five miles west OF this place which II .
favorite rendezvous for sheep men.
Frank Waldrip received word last
night OF the shooting OF his son Perry
on Grouse Creek west Of Asotin ana
Immediately left for Flora Ore. the
place where the boy was removed by .
physician. He will return to the city
with his son a. soon a. Doos1Ale ana
win be placed In the hoopttAl hero.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-06-20
COUNTING RUSSIAN DEAD
Appalling Loss Of Life as Recounted by
the Natives

Especial Telegram 10 Evening Teller.)
TOKYO. June 2O.-Generar Oku re-
ports that after the battle of Telissu,
the Japanese buried 1.516 Russians
found dead on the battlefield, and the
burials are not yet finished. The ma :
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-06-20
Honors for American Girl

Especial Telegram to Evening Teiler.)
CONsTANTINOPLE. June 2o.-The
sultan has decorated Miss Leischman.
daughter Of the American minister with
the Grand Gordon Chefacat and
Compte Biron, to whom she u engaged
with the second class of Mejidie.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-06-20

Especial Telegram to Evening Teller.)
ROME, June 2O.-A Cheefoo tele-
gram states the Japanese bombardment
at Port Arthur was to test the range Of
the guns. Russians replied to the fire.
but the Japanese guns had the greatest
range.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-06-20
LOST ON TIME ALLOWANCE
American Yaeht IN First IN tha Race
for the kaissr's Cup

Especial Telegram to Evening Teller.)
HELIGOLAND. June so.--Plants
schooner yacht Ingomar, lost the kaiser
cup race from Dover to this place on
the time allowance. The race was won
by the valdoora. The Ingomar fii,lshed
sirst, two hours ahead Of the valdoora.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-06-20
Interest centerng at Chicago in contest for

yves say the Russians buried, burned
and carried off many other dead. The
Russian casualties were appalling.
vice Admiral Kamimura this morning
m an ofhcial message says that he
tailed to encounter the Russian fleet
II Is understood the Russians have
reached Vladivostok.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-06-20

knight to notify pfesident.s Governor
Pardee to notify vice president. n. a.
0unst on resolutions. Judge Short on
permanent organization. c. 4. Clinch
on credentials and George w. Wood
rules Of order business.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-06-20
Battle Now in Progress

Battle Now in Progress
Especial Telegram to Evening Teller.)
LAO YANG. June 20.-A general
engagement is proceeding near Kai-
chou. The first train bearing wounded
passed here going north.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-06-20
Disposal Of Russian Troops

Especial Telegram to Evening Teller.)
flNkOWs June 20.-Six thousand
Russians have occupied Tsaimuki,
north Of Siuhen also considerable
force are at Haihola near Tachico.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-06-20

Have you swset A04&3 ES1N
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Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-06-20
FIRE SWEPT CuLDESAC
LOSS ESTIMATED At s25,OOO
Overturned Lamp Last Night Started Blaze in
Zunwalt's Store...Changing Winds Save
Town From Total Destruction

Fortunately at this time the wind
back into the burned district igniting
what was left standing. A sigh Of re-
lief went up from the workers and the
fire died down about 1880 o'clock.
Besides the business houses con-
sumed all the outbuildings and ware
houses in the rear of the store were
entirely consumed. The loss is a Sc
we're one to all those who were burned
out as hardly no insurance vas car
ried on stock, buildings or fixtures. In
surance companies have placed the
rate SO high that it is almost impos-
sible to carry insurance which is due
to the Inadequate fire protection.
1t was learned that the fire was prob
ably caused from the overturning of a
lamp in the Zumwalt store by one of
the children who got up during the
night for a glass Of water. Zumwalt
and his family lived in a cottage ad-
joining and Connected with the store
room and the family which is a large
one barely had time to gather up their
the. family were consumed in the fire.
1t is estimated that the total loss Of the
fire will reach over $25.000. 1t is inn
possible to learn how much insurance
was carried but it was learned that the
total insurance will be less than $4,000
which is supposed to be carried mostly
by the hardware firm.
sisted in checking the fire as they
worked constantly to save what prop
erpty they could.
H. L. Chittenden. travelling salesman
for White Bros. & Crum company. ar
rived in the city this morning from
Culdesac and was one of the first to be
at the scene of the fire when it started.
He stated this morning to Teller re-
porter that had the wind not changed
at critical time the entire town would
have been swept away. He states that
he had gone to bed and was awakened
about midnight. by a cry Of IRE. look
ing out Of his window at the hotel he
discovered the flames issuing from the
Zumwalt store and was one Of the first
to reach the scene at the same time Of
sering every assistance possible to
check the blaze. He states thatt he
Zumwalt family had a narrow escape
IN trying to leave their home and did
not save any Of their personal belong
ines. He estimates that the loss Will
reach fully s36.e0e. with little or no
insurance. seeh ys .gssI
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-12-30
a Cash Advance Favored by Ono
Souutsaion s.ousr.
aiF. Fred Vini.

Mr. Fred vlni.
Rocky Ford. Colo
Dear Sir: . =, ~,
t.,6 snI have read your letter Yer,
.-,r.ft.lIy as to the action OF the Com.
nti,trSa Of your Association.
cannot s~r haw your l-ppl" can 90
nnythiuF else except to insiEt ur"n .
sssh advance from oil. OF. ah =" -
shipped on commission wIihon. anS aa
ssasou on the same basia nscNcTy other
hnnaiTr Of Rocky Ford caniaioupes
Vii, h.. aud II all Of them advance. NC
will do the same: if they d" NOT eh-
Nanrs. wv cannot hardly sec how We
can comhCic with the other .''s'N''A =
I wish to state n case 10 point. 80,
In the early part 81 this sc1spn. ihis
,,.ar. vr had two cars Of cantalpgpss
an track here. and went ALONG thc
street and had them all SOLD. u" ~ "s-
iiV.trd the next morning ut siep OF
400 o'clock. at ti.5s pcr crate. Inc
-, ,rar,iInr. our teams started out
40 deliver the goods and CNCFy one
~ the draipTa refused to take thcu.
saving that they wcrS offered Hptb1
IS1yi cnninloures by the other &c.
,srivcrs at Si.ss per crate laih l"Nn ~ ~
tbgir dpoF. The consequence OF which
,,as thai either had to Keep my two
T.fa Of rautaiuupCs. OF accept the Su'
n,ir. which statement OF cut IN
,,rIrr found the dsatrFH were Cprrrrt
anl tfuthfuI In when they stated ihat
thrv could buy at si.25. which inane
tust a difference II over Sls""N ~
,ar 10 our shirrcrs as to whether they
,youid get ti.7s pcr crate. ct which
nrfrr I had them sold 81 OF SI4S NeF
crate. which pricc had to take tn or y.
,rcr to hold the trade. Nni. rom tnnt
time on the market here was slsss
nor yrats. We could not ruisc IT. Vow
tbr other parties would not have oter .
81 al yiss has iNcv brcn Co'uunl'"d
90 advance money on thcm, the same
Hs we did. as they could not hardly
have come out even on the usali SO
YOU can see fro mihis particular in-
atnure. that it Is n iCtrimcnt TO the
entire number of growers " they do
not insist that their commission man.
aud receivers, shall nay at least voc
nor crate cash down. before the roois
leave the station. or. nt least that they
.bnlI receive an advance OF tina,
amount TER crate. ,.-.,.,
Another thing that your PEOPLE ought
20 do is ms near as uossible Tontrol
tho shipping Of the cantnloupes
through one governing body. II is use-
Ices 10 send cars to st. Louis when
tv. can use but each day. We do not
EnoXy whether u was done Intentional
rs, or not, but presume that u made
no difference TO the others who sen,
=, many Cantaioupes here. but " hur'
us very much. and looked as though
they were about TO crowd US out on
rn,,yae. This could not have been done.
aa YOU we'll understand. but, " never
theiess created very severe hardship
81, us where we are the one house
rom ST. Louis taking up Rocky Ford
C,ntnloupes, so that II your people Will
look after the distribution, and viii see
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-12-30
Ordinance No. 100,
OF THE CITY OF ROCKY FORD

An Ordinance guaranteeing the pay
issued on account OF Rocky Ford Dis
triet Sanitary Sewer District No. one.
Be Il Ordained by the City Council Of
the City OF Rocky Ford;
Section I. That by virtue OF Section
10 OF an Act OF the General Assembly
OF the State OF ,o.orndo entitled AN
Act TO provide for the construction OF
local improvements In cltiea OF NIL
classes" etc. approved April SIh. 1888.
the city Council ON behalf OF the city
OF Rocky Ford does hereby guarantee
the due payment nt maturity OF all
the bonds now and hereafter ihsuci by
this city ON account OF Rocky Ford
district Sanitary Sewer District No.
One in pursuance OF said Act and un-
der and by virtue OF the proceedings
of the city heretofore duly had and
taken In relation to said Sanitary Sew
or District and particularly Ordinances
Nos. iot and ios of the City. naid
bonds being those described In and not
exceeding the aggregate amount pre-
scIibri by said sTiiuane- No. io;.
Section :. Tba, their shall be en-
. dotsri ON zach Of said bonds "a c-r,iIi-
cats In substantially tn. following
form. to-wit:
THE due payment OF the within
bond at maturity ID guaranteed by the
City Of Rocky Ford by Ordinance of
its City Council duly adopted by two
thirds vote on It's behalf In pursuance
Of Section 20 OF the Act of the Gcn-
| -rai Assembly within mentioned.
Attest:
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-12-30
VIM. Matthews Favors Cash Ad'
vance on CantaiouPes.

tFrom the RouSy Ford Tribune.l
IL IL possible that the cantaloupe
raiseTs are going 90 lei tneir chnnces
again escliTrcT Does not every man OF
them, with the exception OF those re-
celving salniJes believe that MS best
Interests Will be served. and conse-
uuently, the interests OF his ncishbors
and the community at large. by chang
Ing ous present slipshod method. With
out exception, everyone l have talked
with on the subject for months, has
been very asscTtiVe that we must have
some cash advance. more or less. 80,
The rehsOns nre many ana l VIII
mention some briefly.
The commission men viii not isht
each other In the East ms they have
often hitherto done with our cants. II
they have money Invested In every
crate. As they have been doing they
can make some money on almost every
car shipped. The commission on the
freight and Icing is II nice little sum
alone. OF course they were hit hard
ON some. cars last season, but ]. Tor one,
have little sympathy for them II they
did lose. nor with the grower who
pulled. packed and delivered canta-
ioupes that should have remained on
the vines for days and even weeks.
Such men are dishonest. or ignorant OF
---Nat n good melon is. II the com
Sni-.Ion ,,-;, had promptly and aeeis-
lively turned down the .''e'o"H Iy any
knew without doubt were. Tor
cause. not good. the average price LOT
IN. season would probably have run
nearly Ms high AS previous years. we
all observed last season that ihs IN
.Derti0u was very lax. In many cases
none nt all. The inspectors achnoN!-
edged Il, unyinG there was not time
and plHsed' Who'll" loads, and OF course
they worked under orders. The whole
cause OF ouT failure can, therefore. be
absolutely placed on the commission
men.
There was. certainly. an over pro-
.luction which could and should have
been rcmrdlcd by rigorous inspection
The grower. whose poor htuE WAS re-
c.lvcI. Laughed In his sleeve. no doubt
thinking he WAS pct because ne was
"a good inik~r. had cool look'uF riti'
or some other equally foolish reason
Hut In plain English. h- was a rascal:
AS he expected the GOOD cantnloupCH OF
,.omeonr else In the same cnF would
Hell for good price and that he would
set some OF the money Ills urlEhhofH
nrnt-ciasS stun would bring.
Can any sane man "Npcct people W
the East To my anything Hhr E"1l
pTIec next season tar our prpincty u
ii reasonable to expect anything but
that the reputation of Our melons u
gone and for all time II radical steps
arr not taken at once
Suppose there wnuli % M auNN,sS.
made on each crate and IN" market
mor. or lrsa stocked. the commission
mon would Inspect more closely hah
ever. OF course he would. having mon
,y nj stake: h. would receive nothing
hut Iirat-eihsa stock and the result 10
InryItabic-Ihgy and We would he gain
can SEQ no possible objection 10
ihis sysirm aud believe the business
men. land owners and renters are
equally Interested and that each anu
every one OF them should consider
himself u committee OF one TO ndNisc
r,o,,IsitIon nui to talk " IN season
and au, Of season. on the highways
nnd hyNSaya. In the pulpit and IN the
"''''''' wM. MATTHEW'S.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-12-30
Tho A,ssnss. Rive, In 1905.

In iSos tIeutcnan, Pike made to.
mort on thu Arkansas river from
which wc make the following extract
showing that the condition Of which
Kansas complains existed In the car-
Hest dayH.
For the extent OF i've hundred miles
before yuu arrive a, the mountains
ih- bsI OF the river IL extensive and n
rrtfcci sand hsr. which at certain
seasons IL dry. at least the water is
standing In ponds. not afrortiinE sum
-icrt TO procure running course
from one 10 the other. When you
-ume rear Co the mountains you f1ni
'hr river contracted. with a sravsIiy
Nn'intu. and a deep. uaNiEnbir stream.
From which circumstances u is cvi-
lent that the sandy soil itubibss all
she waters which the sources project
from the hills and renders the river.
N dry seasons. less navigabic Mt the
distance OF i've hundred than ut two
thousand miles from its source
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-12-30
ARGUM.-tQ ) FOR A CASH
CANTALOUPE ADVANCE
Reasons Given By Both Grower and Commission House for the
the Consideration o: Next Mondays Meeting

that none OF the markets are over
stocked. It Will mean money to them
right straight along.
Furthermore. by insisting upon hav-
Ing everybody who wishes to handle
cants. for your section. advance at
least i0c TO soc per crate. they will not
take every Tom, Dick and Harry's rub
bish simply because 1t is packed In n
crate. but the high standard OF former
years OF Rocky Ford cantaloupes will
be again established. and when they
advance money, they Will see that the
goods are perfect, and the inspection
Is rigid. l cannot see how your people
in self protection. and by the use OF
good horse sense, can do anything else
but see that everyone who desires to
handle their cantaloupes. must make n
cash advance, and you will guarantee
the quality. and also protection from
over production. In that way, you
Will keep up the standard OF your
goods, and You Will realize Mt least
800 per crate more during the sea-
| son. and you VIII thus prevent the
lcut-throat business. ns practiced somc-
| times. OF running commission goods
against goods OH which an advance
has been made. or course. you can
very readily see that It In only "A ques-
tion OF time when the one who makes
advances on cantnloupes Will be forced
out OF the market by the man who
receives them on n straight commits
sion basis. We have no doubt but
that we could get Just as many cantn-
loupes on straight commission as we
could handle. but we prefer to put the
strongest safeguard around them. ,ha,
by making an advance on II: Goods,
We Will get better quality. hope
that your people Will come to the con-
cluslon tina, the proper thing to do Is
the following:
Firstly: Unite. and work along In
harmony.
Second: To Insist that everyone who
wishes to handle cantnioupca from
your section. shall advance n certain
amount OF moncy-at least Zoe per
crate.
Third: That you viii reduce. ns
much ms possible. the excess OF acre.
age OF last year.
Fourth: That you VIII see that one
market In not ovcrHtockci. while an
other iH lacking In proper supply
Of goods. and. ms near ms possible. reg
uiate the business on business princi-
pies.
Very respectfully.
y. W. BHocEMAN.
President.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-12-30
a ksn.a. vis~ Of Colorado lrrip.,ien

The Topeka Capital recently con-
tninei the following paragraph:
Senator Tom Sof,zKcr II opposed TO
the Kansas Colorado suit. lie says
the records show that the storing of
water Ia Colorado made rain Ia west
cFn Kansas. lie will not support bin
for another appropriation
Commenting on this. ,h- Scott coun-
~ News. published nj Scot, City. Kan
Haa. says:
The records also show tina, thirty
years ago when there WAS no water
taken out Of the Arkansas river In Col
orado for Irrigation or storage. and all
the water flowed down the Arkansas
river to the fitiif. that south and south
eastern Kansas WAS drou,hy coun-
Try and produced less crora than now,
That since then that portion Of Kan
sas has become as productive OF more
80 than any other portion OF the state.
Senator SofiFErF'H theory IL riEhi and
aii the people Of western Kansas who
have observed the changed climatic
conditions have long since attributed II
to the cause OF water storage and ir.
SiEatinu In eastern Colorado. What
10 the flooded REGIONS of southeastern
Kansas wan, with usor- water any
wayg Instead Of srpnjinE state mon.
~ flshins Coisrai. IN the water
question. Kansas should appropriate
money towards constructing reservoirs
along the Arkansas river In which 10
catch the food waters ard thus bench,
southwestern Kansas and protect tho
tsouri- from Great tt-nd to Arkansas
city AGAINST loss 10y the annual .irvaz-
tR,inE Hoods.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-12-30
After all the terrible bloodshed in

After all the terrible bloodshed In
the orient, says level-headed east
ern exchange. 1t will inevitably be the
case that the various civilized nations
will sit in arbitration upon the re-
suit of the conflict. Neither Russia
nor Japan viii have 1t all their own
way. The rights of China, of the
European nations. and of America will
have to be protected and conserved.
Ten years ago. after the Chinese-Jap-
anese war. Russia. France. and Ger
many stepped In to dictate terms to
the victorious Japs. II there Is 60
Ing to be arbitration, anyhow. why
not before u war instead OF after II? =?
And II nations are not to get what they
fight for. even when they win. after
incnlculable expenditure OF treasure,
Incredible suffering. ana enormous loss
of life. what IL the use of doing any
thing so useless and fruitless, not to
say barbaric and demoniac? Let us
have peace. The world IL tired oi
butchery. no matter what stupendous
feats of endurance and bravery may
be the attendant features. And yet
Russia proclaims that she will con-
tlnue the conflict until General Sher.
mans definition OF war freezes over!