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The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-05-19
"Railroad Ratification Meeting"

"The convention which masqueraded
As republican has met. conquered and
adjourned. 1t wa, Il railroad ratiiica
ton from start TO finish. Any candl-
date who had every been in any way
friendly or IN sympathy with Governor
Mcbride was turned down. The slate
went through AS directed by its
managers.
The map of the state of Washington
wa, drawn on the slate and then, with
sponge, the eastern portion was
wiped off the map, and the slate still
remained intact. The ignoring of east
ern Washington was not only an in
Justice to tnat great section. but IA
political blunder, and, though the
will result from it.
In attempting to wipe off Governor
Nc Bride from the political map of the
state, the leaders in control of the rail
road element have unquestionably left
McBrideism stronger than it ever was
before. and his following will undoubt-
eddy be reconed with in the future.
Western Washington has unwisely
declared herself to be the state OF
Washington, which, in the natural
course of events, the great eastern
section will resent, il not repudiate.
The lines have been closely drawn,
and as far AS this convention was con-
cerned the railroads were the republi-
can party. The railroads are greatly
interested in the upbuilding OF this
state, and are now and will continue
to he the great factor in the upbuiding
of this great northwest, and it Is right
that their interests should be safe
guarded and protected-even fOstered.
But it is unwise for them and unfair to
the people If they insist that the in
habitants are Il part and parcel of their
assets and to be trat1icked in as
they would their own commodities.
The railroads can safely trust the peo-
pie, hut if they do not do this, how can
they expect the people to trust them:
The Ledger stands by the ticket and
admres the genius of its manlpulators,
but does not hesitate to say that it
damns their conception"
The following editorial was a leader
in the Spokesman-Review of May 18th:
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-05-19
A CONTRASTING VIEWS
The Tacoma Ledger and Spokesman. Review
Give Vent to Their Views.

Below we give the editorial views Of
two Of the leading republican papers Of
the state the Tacoma Ledger and the
SpOk Review:
The following from the Ledger was
a leading editorial in the issue Of May
18th:
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-05-19
HON MArIH
IS
GAINED

The story Of .
great deal Of the
unhappiness q
women is a story
OF lost health.
Women wonder
how it is that
little by little
the form loses
plumpness, the
cheeks grow hOl-
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-05-19

| can dispose of several blackcad
raspberry roots (youngl-2o for Sl.OO.
Address George Mills.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-05-19

The following editorial was leader
ia the Spokesman-Review of May 18th:
Spokesman. Reaicw's Position.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-05-19

The Spokesman:Review is an earnest
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-05-19

H;HOpts THOU 5E FOL
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-29
a.,,s,;, IN Macaroni Wheat.

Tho south Dakota station has just
issued bulletin on macaronl whea'.
This gives the milling and chemical
characteristics Of the wheat ana Will DC
a valuable aid to the farmers, miners
and others in selecting the best xmas
To grow. This bulletin gives a history
of the different varieties OF iiiacaioii
wheat now known in the United states.
There are a great many Vafletles ana
some are much better than others. %
faras the tests go to date the MupaIiha
1899 is by far the best of them all.
This bulletin gives the milling chaf-
acteristics showing the percentages Oh
bran shorts and flour for all the var
,eties. All the wheats and all their dii
farant products have been analysed and
q table is given showing the protein
ana gluten contents of each variety.
Another important table shows Whefe
tha crude protein is distributed. rms
shows that in the better varieties the
1arsast mart of it comes out in the
flour
,,ha ,apufacture of macaroni is also
described and the points OF good mae
aroni are given so that the purchaser
may know when he is buying a good
product. A number of recipes are CIV
en- for cooking macaronl with other
substances such as peanuts cheese.
oysters and salmon. A recipe for max
ing macaroni bread is also Included
This bulletin will be of value to all
lovers of macaroni and its products.
If may be had free by addressing the
director. James w. Wilson, South Da-
kota Experiment Station, Bookings,
South Dakota.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-29
rilina Country Roads.
livestock World.

L
"Tama Jim" Wilson not long since
declared that stone. or even gravel
roads were impossible for all time to
come, over the greater part of the corn
belt, owing to the inaccessibility or ma
terial.
This is doubtless true. Another as
sertlon however, equally beyond the
range of dispute is that a we'll tiled
road does not wash and soon dries out.
1t is muddy only as long as rain is 1all-
ing.
IA. r. Rookrnan, Of Grinnell, is a
warm advocate Of tiled roads. In sup
port of his theory he says:
SIT is a fact which cannot be denied
that the roads all, over the grand anu
glorious state of Iowa are, gradually
growing worse in spite of the Increased
amount OF money which is being an
nually spent on them. The open ditches
are being made deeper and larger from
year to year. the bridges are growing
large and more expensive. The SOIL IS
he,ne plowed and graded two, three and
sometimes four times year, and the
result is that it is fast washlng away
Twenty-Five years ago we got STUCK ~
SloughSi now we Sel sluSN ~ -.
and in the clay 1t is the experience OF
the railroads that the cuts give them
the most trouble.
"when tile came they took the place
of the open ditch. The larger part OF
the dirt which has been hauled into the
hollows was washed away. Farmers
are working the roads just as they do
everything, without any study ana
without any thought Of economy and
permanence."
Every mile of road In Iowa and Hi
nois could be tiled at comparatively
small expense. Even then there Wouiu
be periods of mud, but they would De
brief
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-29
THE NEW WAR SECRETARY.

President Roosevelt's selection of a
railroad man to be secretary of the
navy scarcely comedies with the pop
Nlar impression of fitness. The natural
conclusion is that the secretary of the
navy should be a sailor. the secretary
divorce our minds from the notion that
technical knowledge is essential to fit
ness in every case. However. the pres
ident may be trusted 10 know what he
IS about. The head of department
needs executive ability more than
technique. The man who is competent
to supervise and direct the affairs of a
great railroad has had the peculiar
training that fits men for executive
positions. Landsmen make the best
naval heads and the greatest war sec
retaries have not been soldiers. The
best chief Of department is the broad
business man. Technical knowledge is
ito be bought: business ability and a
grasp of affairs is a cultivated birth
right.
the navy, is one Of the latter kind. He
achieved distinction a $ the manager of
q railroad which he guided past bank
ruptcy to premier position among
Transportation lines. He is also an ex-
cellent politician. tho he has never
made politics a business Mr.. Morton
! laid down a position worth $4,000 a
Ayear to, take an $4,000 secretaryship.
(which of itself offers considerable
proof of patriotism.
His appointment was essentially
Rooseyeitian. Morton is the son of ].
Sterling Morton, Cleyeland's secretary
OF agriculture, whose detection from
the democracy followed Bryan's nom
ination and the adoption OF the Chi
cago platform eight years ago. His
son came with the father into the re-
publican ranks 1t was typical OF Mr..
Roosevelt that he selected recent
convert for his ability rather than an
old timer on mis- record of party fealty.
Morton will justify the presidents
sagacity by business administration
OF naval affairs. and the general pub
lie will approve the selection of COM
tne heads of the politicians.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-29
TUE wuEElBARRow CRATER.

A fellow drifted into Marshaiito"h
Tho other day driving a wheelbarroW
ostensibly on a wager. me putt OIL
big revolver protruded from his nip
rocket. and he had knife in another.
He went walking about the streets
selling souvenirs and receiving con-
tributions The only apparent differ
ence between him and any other
tramping CRATER appeared TO ne
IN the nerve he displayed in pack
ing gun openly and working
boldly on the street. Naturally nc
was the center of interest to curious
crowd of men and boys, who seem TO
have nothing better to do and who
are always on hand to stare at 4
prize fighter, a lunatic, a prisoner, or
a freak. Doubtless he stored away
very satisfactory sum in nickels ana
dimes thru the thoughtess liberulisy
of the crowd.
These fellows are mere panhandlers.
Their graft is little dliIeTeII IRON
that of the ordinary vagrant and beg
gar. why they should be permitted
to beg openly on the streets and pack
a pistol. where u home resident might
with propriety be arrested for doing
the same thing, is hard to under
stand. They, should be apprehended
and set pushing the wheelbarrow to
some good purpose.
These fellows are the product OF the
newspapers Publicity is the breath Of
their nostrils Without newspaper no.
tice they would not last over 100 miles
of their route. The slug head is their
stock in trade. When the newspapers
quit seeing them and the police take
notice the CRATER who is walking
million miles pledged to pay nothing
toward his own support will vanish
from the earth. And this cannot hap
pen too soon. The genuine tramp
is the better of the two kinds. He is
what he processes to be.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-29

preston of his views even to the feat
form The governor replied that he
had not given single thought to the
platform of the next state convention.
and the governor is known az a truth
full man. but this correspondent pro-
ceeded 10 outline such an attempt as
already the settled policy of the gov
errors friends III the coming state
convention and his story has appeared
in all the leading Blythe papers of the
state.
Such agitation is intended to stir
up strife if not To furnish a pretext for
another heroic rescue Of the party by
Blythe from the hands of the "tarlH
rippers." 1t was Blythe. who. on the
subcommittee. joined with the railroad
ridden states of Pennsylvania and Cal
iforna to vote against the adoption OIL
the plank which is now the platform,
and it is this fact which embarrasses
many n standpatter when he seeks In
the Chicago platform vindication for
the Iowa platform he adopted at Des
Moines in May. Hence. il the next
state convention. which meets largely
for the purpose of re-nominating Cum
MINIS men for office. should endorse the
national platform unqualifiedly and do
it at the suggestion of Cumlnins men.
where would Mr.. Blythe be? With the
average Cumnins man insisting that
he is pleased with the Chicago platform
and the time serving correspondents
of the other crowd trying to kick up
another row In the coming convention
il would look as tho the men who wrote
the last state platform We're getting
worried as to the degree of endorse
ment to be given the national platform
bv the republican party in Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-29
REclAlmlNG THE DESERT.

That the government Is fairly
launched on national irrigation poll
Icy which is expected to add millions
of fertile acres to the productive area
of the country gives additional inter-
6rt to the new irrigation scheme which
has for its object the reclamation of
100000 acres of Egyptian land, worth
less at the present time. The British.
since their occupation of Egypt have
added greatly to Thu, productive area
OF that country by q system of dams
and reservoirs and the new plan con-
Templates additional expenditures by
which the productive area will be in
creased by one-half and some $780,.
100000 will be added 10 its wealth at an
estimated cost of under s10,000,000 for
new works. The new works will em-
brace two Notwithstanding the height
OF the recently finished Assouan dam
by 20 feet and constructing a new res
ervoir at Wady Raya.n. a depression in
the desert south Of lsayum and south
west of Cairo. At present the Assouan
dam holds a billion cubic meters of
water and gives perennial irrigation of
100000 acres. Raising it's height 20
feet--its design provided for this adj
dition-will double it's capacity. The
two billion cubic meters still required
for the irrigation of all the irrigable
land that remains will be supplied by
the Wady Rayan reservoir. SO sue
cessful has the Assouan dam been in
increasing the annual agricultural pro-
duet Of the country that Egyptian pub
lie opinion is unanimously favorable to
the new irrigating enterprise.
TO add 100000 acres to the present
irrigable area of 100000 acres is a
business proposition that appeals to
all. Not only will the cultivable area
Mt the completion OF the new enter
prtses have been nearly doubled since
the British occupation began, but the
certain supply of water will have CIV
en- certainty to agriculture which the
business lacks in other countries. Taxes
have Leen reduced already in conse
CEeuee of various reforms and the in
creased productivity of the soil. With
the new development the tax per acre
will be reduced still further owing to
Increased acreage.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-29
Hoo VS.. the Steer.

Speaking before a Kansas farmers
institute on the relative merits of the
pig and steer for converting the pro-
duce of the average farm into meat,
Antonio Scalapino said:
IF you build your hogs mostly on
pasture they will turn bushel OF
corn into twelve pounds of pork: while
the COW or steer make only six or seven
pounds of meat from a bushel of corn.
with the hay thrown in free; with the
price of the product about the same,
the difference is in favor of the swine.
'"Therefore. the owner of 160-acre
farm can get better returns by COM
bining the products of his diversified
farming in raising and fattening swine
for market Even If he makes piuh-
ders the swine are so profitable that,
like charity, they cover many mistakes
But you will say, what of the hog
choIera?' The hog cholera is only
regulator in the swine business sort
of governor If it were not for this
fear the swine would many times sell
for less than they cost The hog chol-
era has no terrors for the one who I'M
derstands the business. There is only
one way to successfully fight the choi-
era, and that is by selling all the SWINE
on the farm that are we'll TO try TO
fight it in any other way is like add
ing fuel to the flame: but by shipping
the swine away you are better able to
try again some other day.
"A farm of 100 acres cannot carry
many cattle profitaby. 1t is essential
to have some cows that can each raise
a calf on half the milk she gives, leav-
ing the other half for the family, and
enough of them in conjunction with
the horses to eat the roughness on the
farm. Let the large farmer and the
one with the rough. cheap land, make
specially Of cattle; but | believe the
best products of high priced farms OF
100 acres in Brown county are clover,
swine and corn.
Have a barn for your stock. 1t viii
save the hay from becoming manure
before it's time, and it will save real
manure in good condition besides CIV
ing you an opportunity to haul 1t Out
in late winter onto the clover pasture
while that outside of the barn is frozen
and cannot be moved. When the time
comes that it can be moved it is then
time to do something else. Consequent
w II goes to waste instead of being on
The clover pasture to help multiply the
bacteria at the roots, giving you boun-
tiful crops and causing you to smile
and prosper"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-29

states, when it is considered that its
most thrifty farmers find it to their
advantage to dispose of their holdings
and invest their capital in Canada
western lands.
A new Atlantic leviathan is about
726 feet in length and rs wide. She
Will carry $4,000 tons of cargo, 5000
passengers and a crew of $50. 1t was
traffic that the biggest of them were
like floating cities, and steadily. for
almost half century. new giants of
the waters have been constructed upon
more colossal scale. Even the Great
Eastern would not be looked upon as
Wonderful in these times.
The New York City board of esti-
mate at its meeting the other day vot-
Ell $4,000, 000 to the board of education
against its credit in the next years ac-
count
Daniel G. Burr. aged 81. a survivor of
Company II. Fourth regiment, recruit
ed at Paris. H.. June 4. 1916, for the
war with Mexico, has held reunion by
himself In the fair grounds at Paris.
AS he has done annually for forty years
he called the rol; of his company from
the original roll he had written with
a quill pen. and of which he had GUS
toay as orderly sergeant of the COM
pany. He spent the day in meditation
eating his picnic dinner alone.
Good morning, Eve" said Adam,
have you heard the story of the fig
leaf?"
~ think rot, Adam"
That's ore on YOU"
Mississippi has a state house which
cost only 100000. and Kentucky is
preparing to set up a building for the
uses of officers and Legislature with
similar limit of cost
Slight Mistake. Those large
bumps" said the phrenologist, would
Indicate that some of your ancestors
were eccentric.
You're up against it there, profess
sor," replied the man in the chair;
they indicate an eccentric wife. Con-
fine your examination to the small
bumps, please Chicago News.
A Different Kind--Johnny-What
does conscience mean?
Teacher-It is something inside Of
you that tells you when you have done
wrong.
Johnny-Ma said didn't have no
conscience. But l know l had. Only.
when l felt that way, the other day,
doctor said it was green apples
Brooklyn Life.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-29
TOPICS OF Tf1t-
TIMES = = =

1t was necessary for the Perdfcaris
incident 10 he closed before the Perdi-
carts lecture season could open.
Mr.. Bryan told his New York au-
dience that "the republican platform
is certainly more clear and definite
than the democratic state platform
recently adopted in New York" AS an
expression of opinion from Mr.. Bryan
from being news.
After months of experiment upon a
poison squad" Professor Wiley has
concluded that anything that will kill
led bugs il not fattening to humans.
Democrats are making game of the
Chicago conventions lack of appearing
ei thusiasm. Looking backward at the
iowa democratic convention and for
ward to the general riot at st. Louis it
does seem like a tame affair.
New York City contributed more
than 100000 to the Slocum suffer
erS.
According to the news dispatcher
Mr.. Rockefeller oversight and missed
one picnic 1t is likely, however, that
he is vide awake to the ones Miss Tar
bell and Mr. Lawson have fixed up for
him.
James A. Smart, deputy minister of
the interior Of Canada in his annual
report for 1908 had this to say about
Immigration to Canada from the Unit
ed States:
"Thc total immigration from the
United States during the past twelve
months was 49,473, as compared with
2e.3SS during the previous year. The
states OF Dakota Iowa, Minnesota,
Nebraska and wisconsin, furnished
the largest proportion of the new ar
rivals. The trend of immigration 10
western Canada from the neighbor-
Ing republic during the past few years
has increased TO such a degree that
the movement is exciting much un-
eusy comment from some American
newspapers and other interested quar-
ters Western Canada has certainly
become very attractive to the asri-
cultural population of the western
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-29
s.nec;., Reduced Excursion Rate..

Will be in effect from ali points Oh
the Chicago & Northwestern railway
for tine occasions named below:
Atlantic City, N. j., July 1915,
Mobiles OF the Mystic Shrine.
Chicago, H.. June 21-24. national re-
publican convention.
Cincinnati, O., July 18th to 23rd.
Grand Lodge B. & p. Order OF Elks.
Detroit Mich. July 40, information
al convention B. Y. p. u.
Indianapolis, Ind, June $3.50. ma
tira prob hilton convention.
Louisville, Ky, Aug. 1929. K. P. en-.
campment.
ST. Louis, Mo-. July s, national dem
ocrsitic convention.
ST. Paul, Mimi, July $3.50, triennial
convention, L. G. b. A.
San Francisco Sept 9Th to 9Th. Trl-
ennal Conclave knights Templar.
San Francisco, Sept. 10Th to 35th,
Sovereign Grand Lodge. I. o. o. r.
For information as to rates. dates o.
sale. etc, Of these or other occasions,
call upon the ticket agent Of the North
western line.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-29
Interesting to Asthma Sufferers.

Daniel Bante, of Otterville. Iowa.
writes, IT have had asthma for three
or four years, and have tried about all
the cough and asthma cures in the
market. and have received treatment
from physicians in New York and other
cities, but got very little benefit until
I tried Foley's Honey and Tar, which
gave me immediate relief and ] never
will be without it in my house. sin
cerely recommend it to all" B. A.
Morgan.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-29
~
THE COUNCIL OAK.
Britt Tribune

Out west of Sioux City about five
miles, where the big Sioux makes its
junction with the Missouri river.
stands a great oak tree called the
Council Oak" History says it is the
place where several councils between
the red and white men We're held. and
councils between warning tribes. 1t is
Il beauty spot of nature, and typical
place for a rendezvous of the red men.
The old oak gnarled and twisted, heat
en- by storm and time. stands deep
rooted. a sentinel of ages. 1t is more
than four feet in diameter and is now
enclosed by a fence to keep it from be-
ing defaced by vandals. From count
ing the rings on an oak of about the
same size at one time, the writer be-
lieves it to be nearly 1000 years old. 1T
is q priceless heritage. Demolish the
great state house al Des Moines and 1t
can be replaced, annihilate the greatest
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-29
Lime is Not a Fertilizer.

Lime is absolutely Indispensable TO
plant growth. yet it is required In
comparatively small amounts. Our Ger
cal crops. for instance, contain about
two pounds of phosphoric acid and
three pounds of potash for every
round of lime, while all soils except
the clear sands contain much more
lime than phosphoric acid. and at
least as much lime as potash. The
abundance of lime Is shown IN the
fact that water which has been for
any length of time in contact with the
soil is always hard; but only one
grain OF lime to the gallon Of water,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-29
STIRRING UP STRIFE.

Despite the apparent disposition of
progressive republicans in Iowa and
the Iowa governor himself to accept the
Chicago platform as very fair COM
promise there are correspondents and
newspap ers serving the leaders of the
etandpatters, who seem determined to
provoke another fight or at least, con-
tinue the old one.
When the governor alighted from a
train in Des MONIES returning from the
Chicago contention. he was met by a
Des Moines newspaper man who asked
him to verify the published interviews
In which he had been quoted as say
alng he was well pleased with the plat
form. This he did and the governor
was then asked II he would make an
attempt in the next state convention to
secure platform containing full ex-