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Smyrna times., 1904-01-13
A NEW PROPOSITION.
Cotton Growing In the Northern
States-The First Boston CrOp.

| States-Tae First Boston CrOp.
1t is a little difficult to imagine ;
trim New England home set in the
midst of a rambling cotton field, but il
is said that this will soon become g
| common spectacle, for Massachusett:
has recently been made to yield fieecy
blossoms which for quality at least
cannot be eXcelled in Georgia or Caro-
| lima. Two thousand south sea island
| plants constitute the first Boston crou
of cotton. This was raised and brought
TO marketable perfection by the city
forester, Mr.. DOogue
Mr.. Doogue did not raise his 1000
plants for his own benefit solely, but
that the young men and women about
to start out for themselves might find
new line of endeavOr open to them.
He explained his theory of New Eng
land cotton raising to superintendent
of textile and industrial schools.
brought the matter before boards of
public education in numerous suburban
towns near Boston and finally succeed
ed in having n course on practical cot
the public schools of Boston.
Dozens of little plants were sent to
the schools, and work was begun. 1t
was at first thought that only the men
would take this course, but it proved so
alluring that young women eagerly
Joined the classes, and last spring in
RoXbury the first cotton plantation in
Massachusetts was started by eight
young women. who planted, picked and
sold their cotton themselves, hiring in
the busiest season, when help was nee
essaIy, only women workers. The ven
ture was decided success, and this
year will find numerous cotton fields
scattered Throughout Massachusetts,
where part of if not all the work will
be done by women.
Cotton raising in the east is sure to
prove a most lucrative business. for
New England manufacturers will be
more than anxious to procure the home
product if it is of as good quality as
that which they are now forced to i'm
port from the southern states. The cost
OF transportation will thus be saved.
and, while the planters will be able to
sell with profit, the manufacturers will
also be able to buy more cheaply. The
cotton seed is also valuable as a com
mercial product.
Climatic conditions have a great in
Huence over cotton plants. and the New
grower will have a hard pull
but it is believed that it will in the end |
be a successful one. Extremes of frost |
are ruinous to the cotton plant. but so |
are extremes of heat, and in dealing
with the latter evil New England has
the advantage over Carolina.
The specimens taken from the initial
New England plantations prove, it is
said, that the soil of that section is
Just as well adapted as that OF the
south to the production Of cotton, and
he plant could probably be grown in
New York or Pennsylvania or the west
'rn states as well as in New England
New York Tribune.
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Bridal Customs In spa,n

In Spain bride has no girl attend
ants to stand at the altar with her, but
instead a "madrina," or godmother:
neither does she have a wedding cake
or any festive going away after the
ceremony. The wedding pair depart
quietly to their new home, where they
remain until the following day, when
they start on their honeymoon. Before
departing they pay a formal visit to
their respective relatives.
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Pessimistic Outlook.

Prospective Patron-What modern
languages do you teach here?
College President fifty years hence)-
All the leading ones except English.
Prospective Patron-Except English j.?
How is that?
College President-We have aban-
doned the effort to keep up with it. Our
standard dictionaries now contain sew.
eral million words-principally slang.
sir; principally slang-and there is a
new one born into the language every
minute in the day.-Chicago Tribune.
His Trouble.
Have any buzzing in your earsY'
asked the doctor. who was trying to
diagnose the case.
No" replied Mr.. Henpeck, mot ex-
cept when have to stay in the house"
Chicago Record Herald.
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Things That Are snid

Some men are so greedy that they
would rather get a little for nothing
than to earn much.
Town and country are getting to
gether. Local oranges in certain cities
ana large towns are becoming strong
and powerful. To a reasonable extent
this movement is to be encouraged.
To succeed in any branch of farming
one must know how to do it and have
the inclination to do as well as he
knows.
Good country roads are to a rural
community just what railroads are TO
the section of country through which
they are operated.
Men who quit farming and retire
soon come TO be looked upon as old
plows and played out reapers that will
scarcely pay for storage.
Smyrna times., 1904-01-13
Fertilizer Pointers

According to the Kentucky expert
ment station, "less than 1 per cent of
ammonia or potash in a fertilizer is too
small a quantity where such ingre-
dlents are needed, and where not need
cd 1T is useless to purchase them. 1t is
recommended not to purchase such low
grade fertilizers"
Smyrna times., 1904-01-13
Preserving EGGS.

A number Of experiments carried on
IN Germany in preserving eggs appear
70 show that the best results were OBJ
tained when eggs were either vanished
with vaseiine, immersed in lime water
or In water glass solution.
Smyrna times., 1904-01-13
Working Night Ana usv.

=, The busiest and mightest little thing
snat ever was made is DIR. Kings New
Lille Pills. These pills change weak
ness into strength, listlessness into
energy, brain-fag into mental mower
iLney're wonderful in building up the
neaith. Only 25c per box. Sold bv
benton n. Weldon Druggist.
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No Pity shown.

"For years fate was after me con-
tinuously" writes F. A. Gulledge
Verbena, Ala. 81 b ad terrible case
OF Piles causing "a tumors. When all
failed Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured
me. Equally good for Burns and all
aches and pains. Only 25c at Benton
N. Weldon's Drug Store.
Smyrna times., 1904-01-13
Beneacent Axle Grenne

A farmer in Grant county. Okla, ad-
vises the use of axle grease as a protec.
uon for trees, which are liable to be at
tacked by rabbits. He further claims
that 1t is a protection against borers
and that he has used it for twenty
years.
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Agricultural Brevities.

The bollworm furnishes one of the
most difficult problems the agricultural
scientists have ever had to deal with.
Not much was done by the agricul-
tural department with shade grown TO-
bacco the past season.
An American Milk Goat Breeders
association has been organized, with
DR.. D. F. Tompkins of Newark. N. J..
president; W. A. Shafer of Hamilton.
o., secretary, and Mrs. Edward Roby
Of Chicago, treasurer.
The post check measure, so important
to farmers, is again to be urged in con-
gress.
Maine has a fox farm that is claimed
to be a financial success.
Ohio farmers are working for i'm
proved and enlarged equipment and
buildings for the state university.
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His Trouble,
Family Diplomacy

Il turn all my bills over to my wife" ("
Does she have the money!"
mo, the nerve."-Cincinnati CONNER.
cial Tribune.
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Itching Skin

Distress by day and night
That's the complaint of those who
are so unfortunate as to be afflicted
with Eczema or Salt Rheum-and out
ward applications do not cure.
They can't.
The source of the trouble is in the
blood d-make that pure and this seal
ing, burning, itching skin disease will
disappear.
II was taken with an itching on NV
arms which proved very disagreeable. I
concluded 1t was salt rheum and bouoht a
bottle OF Hoods Sarsaparilla. In two davs
after began taking it [ felt better and n
was not long before 1 was cured. Have
never had @ any skin disease since." Mrs.
IDA E. WARD, Cove Point, Md.
Hoods CdrSdpGriLLa
and Pills
rid the blood of all impurities and cure
all eruptions. S~.0
Smyrna times., 1904-01-13

Make 1t Civic and Social Center.
The district schoolhouse should be
utilized to much better advantage. At
present it is occupied by the scholars
only six or eight hours during the day.
1t should contain district library, pic
tures, little museum of friendly and
injurious insects and other useful nat
ural history specimens. The school
house should be made the evening rem
devious for the young folks of the
vicinity. Other gatherings of the peo-
pie should be held there. Make it a
social and civic center. There are a
hundred and one ways in which such
a center will do much to add to the
pleasure and profit of rural Iife-Amer-
lean Agriculturist.
Smyrna times., 1904-01-13
CUTTING UP A PORK CARCASS.

kidney fat intact. Remove the paunch
win the intestines, keeping all clean,
so as to preserve the fat. Cut around
the diaphragm a2d remove the lungs
= sSsssaaAessATi+h the windpipe.
Remove the tongue.
A convenient way of cutting the car
cass is shown in the illustration. Three
cross sections are made-one removes
the head, the next the shoulders be-
tween the fourth and fifth ribs. and
the next takes off the hams The car
cass can then be easily sawed through
with the meat saw. This plan requires
very little trimming for the hams.
shoulders can be trimmed easily by re-
moving the ribs or neck piece and cut
ting away the scraps for sausage and
lard. The middle piece is then split
through the center and the lower two
thirds of the side removed, saving
through the ribs. The ribs are then
taken out of the side piece, leaving the
lean meat on the side. A part of the
flank may be removed for lard, and the
remainder will be available to be cured
for bacon.
The lean meat on the upper third of
the back, including the ribs, is called
the pork loin and is excellent for chops
or roasting pieces. Fat trimmings NAV
be used for lard and the lean trimmings
for sausage. The head and feet are
scraped and cleaned and used for head
cheese or picked. Meat should never
be salted until thoroughly cooled, after
which the quicker it goes into the salt
barrel the better.-American Cultivator.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-05
HOLDS UP A SALOON
Robbed Night Clerk, Bartender and
Customer, Getting About SIS Cash.

BAKER CITY, Ore. Feb. "a lone
robber held up the barroom of the Gel
Ser Grand hotel early Wednesday
morning He took all the money in
the till and robbed the night clerk and
bartender of what money they had
securing about $75 in all. Ed Burk
and NJ. Nj. Whan entered the barrOOm
just as the robber was going through
the cash register. Whan was compell
ed to put up his hands. Burk ran out
side and called for help. but no one
was in sight. The robber deliberately
completed his work and retired. He
was a short, heavyset man and re-
sembled in appearance the man who
held up the Mint saloon about three
weeks ago.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-05

in ali walks of life of manageable
selves Il wife.
II think that there should be law
in this city making ii a misdemeanor
for any man to refuse to marry lady
who proposes to him, so long as 1t
does not interfere with the principles
of his religion. And | think it is in ac-
cortlance with Gods ordinance, that
every man should be married. This
being leap year a young lady would
have the excuse to make this proposal.
l beg leave to request You to pass the
following ordinance:
Wants Law Passed.
BE it ordained by the people OF
the city of Port Townsend as follows:
That any male person. over the age
of twenty-one years, unmarried, who
shall upon being proposed to by an UNI
married female, over the age of is
years, and who is of the same religion
ana Is not ellSdSeu VI pIOIiiDi'Cu w viz
law from intermarrying, refuse to ac-
cept such proposal and to marry said
female, shall be guilty of mlsde-
meanOr.
".Hoping that your honorable body
will see the justice of my request, am,
very respectfully yours, A. ;.
While the full name of the writer
of the above unique letter is in the
hands of the publishers, it is not given
for obvious reasons. AS the Call Ger
tainly believes that the married state
is the only state worthy OF mention
outside of the state of Washington, the
council is advised to take prompt ana
favorable action on the suggestions. or
as it demands CD of the merry maid
in question.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-05
WHITES MAY NOT SMOKE
PendIeton Chinese Bar Them From tn.
Opium Dens.

PENDLETON, Ore, Feb. 5.-As the
result of the raid on the opium dens
by city authorities. the Chinese popu-
latiOn has taken the matter in its own
hands and Tuesday afternoon held a
mass meeting, at which none but Chi
nese were present. They decided upon
a most stringent mode of procedure.
The visit of the white man was ia =
booed and any Chinese allowing q
white man to smoke opium in den
forfeits 800 to the association. They
attribute their arrests to the visits OF
white men.
Lung. the Chinaman now under ar
rest was bound over TO the circuit
court for $3.50. 1t developed at the trial
that not a druggist in the city had a
license for the sale of opium. There
has not been such a license in force in
Pendleton for over ten years.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-05
DISAPPOINTED IN MINING STOCK
Boston Man Sues to Recover ST,/oo
Which He Invested Sight Unseen.

SEATTLE. WASH. Feb. 5.-William
r Tudor. of Boston, alleges that Will
liam Nj. Elmer induced him to invest
s7l,765.5O in stock of four Alaska mines
which have proved valueless. He al
Ieges that Elmer knew that the stock
WAS worthless when he sold it, and
has filed action against that individual
in the superior court to recover the
amount named.
The plaintiff alleges that he was in
duced to invest his money by represen-
1atiOns that the stock of the mines in
question was selling in the open mar
ket at the rate which he paid. He says
further that he was told that a vast
amount of development work had been
done upon each of the mines and that
large quantities of valuable ore was i'll
sight that he was shown samples of
what purported to be ore from the
mines, and that these showed high as
says. He alleges that after freely in
Vesting his money on faith he lnVestl-
gated his holdings and learned that all
the material statements regarding
them We're false.
There are four cases of action. each
stated in the same terms, but alleging
the payment of different amounts,
ranging from $4,000 to $4,000. Mr.. Tu-
dor does not state whether he attempt
ed to acquire any information regard
ing the properties from anybody but
the defendant.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-05

chine representative, of receiving from
him. $1.256.75 in thirteen months for
protection for his slot machines.
County .+aaayk whitney began th4
closing argument for the state a, II
o'clock. He referred to the part Mayor
Z. w. Caldwell has taken in the trial
sitting in the chair of counsel for tn.
defendant for six days. and quoted thu
mayors statement on the stand that
Anderson was his mainstay
The other day" said the attorney.
Il saw picture of an angel clnging
to rock in the storm, rock that kept
the angel above the waves, and i'm
mediately thought of the mayor here
with his arms around this clingine to
his captain of police for support in the
time of trouble
At this moment the crowd, which
damned the courtroom, and had been
laughing at Whitney's comments or
the mayor, cast all restraint aside.
Men stamped on the floor, others let
out great yells, and pandemonium
reigned. Judge Gaynor rose and
pounded on the bench for order
"Baliff, if this happens again clear
the courtroom the judge said. The
county attorney Joined in reprimanding
the crowd. declaring he did not want "a
because the public is clam
Oring for it.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-05
COMPELLED TO MARRY
Port Townsend's Unmarried Ladies
Start Leap Years Crusade.

PORT TOWNSEND, Wash, Feb. 3
Leap year with its 'many eccen-
tricities has struck Puget Sound with
full blast and especially Port Town
send. The girls of this city have arisen
to the occasion in grand style and have
petitioned the mayor and city coun-
ell to pass an ordinance compelling
bachelors to marry when an opportu-
nifty presents itself or subject them
selves to pay fines for miSdemeanOr III
this connection the Call has the fol-
lowing to say:
The lately published dispatch from
Kansas telling of the proclamation OF
Mayor Wiycoop of Severance. in the
suntlower state. declaring that all
bachelors in that city must get mar
ried during the year OF be expelled
from the town has already had its
effect in this city. Yesterday there
was filed with the clerk of the city
of Port Townsend. the following COM
mllnicHtiOD:
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-05
Body Floating In Bay Near Seattle.

SEATTLE. Feb. 5-'The body of a
we'll dressed man was picked up float
ing in the bay. about three miles from
the foot of Clay street Wednesday af
tcrnoon. His face WAS badly decOm-
posed. SO that ii is Impossible to tell
how old man he was. His teeth We're
in good condition, however. and he had
a gold tooth in his lower jaw we'll back
in the mouth.
The fact that the dead man had fine
kid gloves on his hands rather puzzles
Corsner Hoye who has charge of the
body. The man was nearly six feet tall
and weighed about 40 pounds. The
lower part of his face had about four
days growth of beard on it. He wore
a black coat and vest. the coat of the
GETAWAY pattern: a pair of striped
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-05
A MODEPN-DAY JEAN VALJEAN.
Nation Violated His Parole Uninten
tionaIIy, Taken Back to Prison.

OMAHA, Feb. 5.-Deputies from the
state penitentiary have turned a hon
! a twentieth century Jean Vatican.
For violating a parole unintentiOnally
! the offender pleaded they took William
Nation. released convict. back to state
prison after he had attained good
standing socially and commercially un-
| der an assumed name and before his
marriage to a prominent widow of
Grand Island, Neb.. was Il week old.
Nation told Governor Mickey that
| he adopted the idea of beginning life
anew and becoming a power in the
community under a changed name
from a book he read in the prison H.
! brary. Les Miserables," and he was on
| the highway to success when disclosure
of his identity came as result OF
| a blunder.
When Nation was paroled three
weeks ago he had three months left to
serve of the three years sentence for
larceny. One of the stipulations Of a
parole is that the convict shall not
leave the capital city. Nation said he
was not aware of this.
The name he took on leaving Lin
coin was William Richie. He went
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-05
VALUABLE BOOKS FOR PUBLIC
Washington State Library to Establish
Loan System { or Reference.

OLYMPIA, Wash, Feb. 5.-The
Washington State Library has been en-
riched in it's miscellaneous department
by the recent addition of 500 volumes
of bound magazines. These are in
sets and include the Century, Arena
Scribner's Magazine and Monthly Pub
lie Opinion, Chautauqua, McClure's
Harper's, North American Review and
Niles Register Complete. The set OF
North American Review is very valu-
umes of this publication for the years
1915 to 1919, and is possibly the only
complete set of the North American
Review west OF the Rocky mountains.
The Niles Register is also a valua BILE
acquisition, covering the years 1903 to
1887 inclusive. State Librarian Gable
proposes to make this department of
benefit to the people Of the state by
establishing a library loan system by
sent to any city in the state for
given length of time the city librarian
to be custodian of the books. which
will be at the command of study clubs.
This action is being urgently recon-
mended by the Washington State Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs.
a complete digest of the supreme
court reports of every state in the
Union has been added TO the law de-
partment of the state library.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-05
News Of the Northwest.

trousers and a fine black OVercOat. The
clothing was all we'll made and fash
ionably cut.
Coroner Hoye thinks the man had
been in the water about four months
The body is being held at the BOnney
Watson morgue for identification. Nc
papers were in the pockets that would
serve to identify the man, SO that his
clothing and general build will be the
only means left. He had II cents il
his pockets.
The body was picked up by William
kenSkey, who was coming from WeS'
Seattle in rowboat. The body haC
been floating on the surface for some
time.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-05

first to Hastings, Neb., and when a
travelling salesman Informed him that
Grand Island was better town, he
went there. He opened a fashionable
EhlerS q widow Of means. He had
returned from a short wedding journey
when his arrest took place. Nation
faced the situation philOsOphically and
said he was sorry that the disclosure
spoiled his plans.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-05
DAVID r. KING, A FORMER RESI-
DENT OF THE WALLA WAlLA
VALLEY.
Was An Active Member Of the Demo
cratic Party in the Early
Days.

| The many old time friends of David
r. King. former resident of Walla
lWalla, will learn with deep regret of
the death of that gentleman, which oc-
CURED at Center, Ark, December 81,
1903 The cause of Mr.. Kings death
was pneumonia, after i short illness,
at the age of IS years.
| The deceased owned what is now
known as the Obadiah Osborn farm on
| Dry creek, which he sold in 1872 to DR..
W. B. Mack, the dentist, who brought
| Walla Walla. For many years no dem
| ocratic county convention was ever
held in Walla WaIla county which did
not bear the imprint of Mr.. Kings
sterling democracy. He was the father
of Will r. King, who was the demo-
cratic candidate for governor of Ore
| half brother of Mr.. William Johnson.
Mr.. Johnson is a resident of this city
and married a daughter of Robert
Thompson, an employe of r. B. Cas-
we'll.
In printing the story of the death OF
! the old pioneer the Ontario. (Or.) Dem
ocrat says:
He was one of the famous forty
miners who made possible the settle
ment of California. After remaining
there a while he returned to his native
state, Arkansas. In 1860 he was the
captain of an emigrant train which To-
Gated at Walla Walla.. And his loca
ton lasted there for 13 years after
which he came to Jordan valley. Ore
gOn, and there lent his efforts as
the state of Oregon. In 1885 he again
returned to his old home in Arkansas
and lived there for the balance Of his
life with the exception of two years
when he visited his son at Ontario.
TO the men Of the character of David
r. King, the west owes its civilization
possible for happy homes to dot the
once painless plains. theirs was the
endeavor which made it possible for the
people of the East and South to DuIid
their homes among the Verdant Wales
of the Pacific coast states and to re-
ceive the blessings which the golden
opportunities now afford the home
seeker there. He was one of the
sturdy sons of immigration who soWed
that We of the present day might reap.
Now he has gone. No more will his
friends, ana their name legion. see the
kindly smile. feel the warm handshake
and hear the cherry voice. Like the
sturdy oak. which falls, leaving Il va
cant place not to be filled again in the
forest, he has sunk to his last sleep.
But the shade of the oak is not forgot
ten. it's shelter is ever to be remem-
bered. and those who knew it's friend
ship must long for it again. Crowned
with the majestic SHOWS of many years,
facing the great last change Of life.
with the calm and lofty spirit of the
philosopher. he wrapped the drapery
Of his couch around him and lay down
to pleasant dreams" He lived long.
and he lived We'll. he lived truly. what
man could do more.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-05
APPLAUSE IN COURTROOM.
Fling at Mayor e. T. Caldwell Sets the
Crowd Wild

SIOUN CITY. Iowa, Feb. "a de-
monstration occurred this morning in
the trial for bribery of Edwin Ander-
son. former captain of the Sioux City
police. which is without precedent in
the criminal courts here. Anderson is
accused by j. H. Bigelow. a slot ma