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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-08-04
CROP BULLETIN

Following is the crop report fur
nished the STANDARD by the U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture, Seattle sta
ton, for the week ending July 31st:
The hot spell began to moderate on
the Goth, and the remainder of the
past week was much cooler than the
preceding ono. In general the week
was dry, but on the 9th local thun-
der showers occurred in portions of the
State. A local hail-storm in the
southern part of Spokane county de.
stroyed many acres of wheat. The
showers we're beneficial in cooling the
atmosphere, and to certain extent re.
viving the grain that had been affected
by the hot winds.
The week was very favorable one
for haying and harvesting. Late hay
and the second crop of alfalfa were cut
during the week. Timothy is a good
average crop in the eastern counties.
Pastures, potatoes, and fruits, espec-
tally apples, are greatly in need Of
rain, but heavy rain occurring at this
time would be very bad for harvest
ing and probably injure much grain.
Winter wheat harvesting is progressing
rapidly. Threshing in some sections
has begun, and very good yields are
reported. Winter wheat and early
spring wheat were too we'll advanced
to be injured by the hot winds of the
the preceding week, but late spring
wheat and oats in the eastern counties
were materially injured. The extent
of the injury is variously estimated at
from one-sixth to one-fourth of the
total crop, the damage being greatest
in Whitman county, where the grain
is latest. In the irrigated valleys corn
and melons have grown we'll, but fruit
and hops were injured by the hot
winds. The hop crop will be lessened
by aphis in western districts. Root
crops are growing we'll. Cut.worms
are destructive in the northwest
counties.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-08-04

A GET-RICH-QUICK concern, after
Fleeing many people of Kansas City,
Mo-, by inducing them to invest in q
scheme for paying dollar q week for
eighty weeks and receive 500 in q
lump at the expiration OF that time,
awakened its patrons to a sudden real.
ization of its gall" when they found
posted on the door one morning on
the 18th week the words "Goodbye
suckers, goodbye" 1t was called the
American Mercantile Association
and its patrons are said to have in.
vested $4,000 in the scheme.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-08-04

TACOMA has an electric transparency
which flashes alternately the words
watch Tacoma Grow" at the Port.
land Fair. Some wag removed two OF
the incandescents in the letter G,
making it more appropriately read
" Watch Tacoma Crow" and the
change was not noticed for several
hours. Probably the similarity of the
idea was safeguard against discovery
of the charge.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-08-04

FLOATING Dry Dock FOR THE PHIL.
IpPINEs.-A new floating dock is now
on its way to Olangapo, Philippine
Islands, which will enable our warships
on the Asiatic station to repair with
out coming to this country. 1t will,
OF course, lessen the work done at
Bremerton, on Puget Sound. The
assurance made, that Notwithstanding
this provision for Uncle Sans navy,
the activity at Bremerton and Mare
Island will never be less than it has
the past year, it will be observed, how
ever. is based upon the assumption
that Roosevelts "big stick" will con.
tinue to grow. A dozen first-class
battle.ships are under construction,
and all will be finished within three or
four years-and still more are EN-.
braced in the plan OF the adminis.ra.
ton. 1t is an axiom that war ships
have need of dock soon as they strike
water. 1t is announced as the policy
OF the naval department to main tain
two great fleets, one on the north At.
lantic and the other in Asiatic waters.
A cruise OF the Pacific squadron in
Alaskan waters will probably be re.
peated at frequent intervals, as our
northwest possessions have an impor.
tant bearing in strsgetic movements,
and rendezvous in the northern Pa.
cific cannot but have a beneficial ef-
feet in training our navy to the high
est efficiency.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-08-04
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VIA hi, ra>r til. courts viii temper the
a'ia'"'-'r''l'n oi justice with mercy.
There i no douh, in the public
mind that both jury and the court
have dealt lenicntly with the subject
OF these remarks, the former by rec
ommendatlon for clemcncy, and the
latter by stretching the limit of mercy
and imposing only minimum pen
alv for so grave a crime.
If, as the Tribune feels assured, the
delin1uencics were more Of the head
than the heart, and his otiense, when.
80 years ago, he deserted wife and
married another under an assumed
name, and then had the courts to
legalize the one and change the other,
was evil only because " malum prohib.
itum,' and not -Nolum in Sc" which
involves intrinsic evil and moral turpi-
tude, it must surely have been the
handicap OF that cratic head which
has kept the heart bowed down under
the load of iniquity which his later
years have brought to light. Was it
only a "D,dIuD, Dr0hiJituna" offense
when he wrote impassioned letters to
his sister in-law protesting against her
contemplated marriage with man
named Potter, when he proposed to
abandon his Oregon wife and to marry
the sister? The letter was published
in Portland Ca fac sin,ile copy) twenty
years ago, and its authenticity not
denial. Now really, Tribune, wasn't
it NAHUM in seq 1t was published
without any denial, after he had left
wife and two children in Butler, Pa,
that he came to California with Maria
]. Brinker, a school teacher, and quilted
her at San Luis Obispo, and proceeded
to Oregon, where he renounced his name
and married Martha Price. Were all
all these escapade NAHUM prohibituns,
evil only because prohibited? Or
DO they not rather partake OF the in
trInsic evil and moral turpisude OF
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-08-04

The Chicago teamsters strike has
broken out again aud the coal drivers,
$50 strong, have voted unanimously
to continue the warfare. AZ result,
the employers association may close
the door to thousands of their former
employees, all OF whom were to have
been restored to their positions. Where
will this foolish contention end?
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-08-04

AFTER an Intellectual struggle of the
Fair management to live up to it,
promise to close The Trail" on Sun.
days, it throws up its hands in despair
and consents that tho concessions
may haunt their salacious attractions
hereafter without restraint.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-08-04

DIR. Mary Latham, the physician
under four years. sentence for arson.
and who is now fugitive from Justice
somewhere in northern Idaho, has
been sued at Spokane by her lawyers
Kelly Il kellam, for $50 attorneys
fees.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-08-04

The County Commissioners OF Spo-
kane have been accused of petty pecu-
lations i'll the discharge of duty. One
had been riding on a pass, and the
other two paying themselves from the
county fund $25 a month for Eek
penses," but not filing any vouchers or
itemized bills to show how the money
had been expended. 1t is likewise
charged that they paid exorbitant
prices for county supplies.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-08-04

X. 5. BEAN, OF the Supreme Court
OF Oregon, has been recommended for
appointment to the vacancy upon the
bench OF the U. S. District Court, very
generally by the bar Of Portland.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-08-04

Two Indians journeyed towards the
happy hunting grounds. at North
Yakima, Saturday night, from drink
ing wood alcohol which had been sup
piled by a gang OF white and black
bOot-leggers.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-08-04

The Duke OF Connsughts Own
Rifles won the contest over the Wash
ington team, at Vancouver B. G., Sat-
urday. 1t was, however, no defeat to
be beaten by men who are to some
degree professional marksmen and I'm.
der their own rules and system OF prac.
tice.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-08-04
SEAS OF TROUBLE.
GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATIONS
DO NOT INVESTIGATE.

The Agricultural Department Comes From the
Blight With Bloom Rcstored-The Printing
Scandal Fails to Blur the Impression The
Deficit Grows and the Administration Talks
of Rcmposition of War Taxes - Senator
Hemingway favors Retrenchment in Battle
ships Yellow Jack Steals a March on Marine
Hospital Ssrvce-Trouble at Porto Rico
The Peace Conference.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-08-04

J. r. ROGERS, aged Gl, and Mary E.
Davis, aged 6S, were married at Gar
field Sunday. They were too old to
receive advice.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-08-04

JUDGE Hunt of the Federal Court
for the district of Montana will arrive
in Portland on the 3lst inst. to take
up the land fraud trials, that have
been under trial before Judge DE
Haven of the California district.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-08-04

ANOTHER IMPENDING CRISIS. 1T
remains 10 be seen whether Uncle Sam
can be held up by one or two heather
nations to the extent of allowing coolie
labor free access to the country in
competition with American manhood.
1t may be just the condition, however,
that will teach the wage.earner that
he must endeavor to heal all dissen-
sion and make the interests OF capital
paramount with his own. II has al.
ready been demonstrated that Japs can
make good shingles and expert opera.
tives in canneries and that tho China
men can raise good vegetables and
fairly monopolize that business as we'll
as the operation of laundries. 1t has
likewise been shown that he is quick
in learning the management of ma.
chinery, and already the yellow BROTH
er is appropriating realty by associat.
ing himself with conscienceless white
men, and is starting banks and operat.
ing steamships. Where will it end?
In starvation of the white mans fam.
lily or terrible bloodshed? Notwith.
standing the applause given the little
brown man in his victories over Rus
STA, By thoughtless Americans, he has
now joined the Chinese boycott OF
everything American, if a cablegram
from the American Consul at Maya.
saki, is to be credited with belief. The
drift towards commercialism and the
strained relations between capital and
labor in this country will make the
struggle the harder to keep these
hordes from absorbing much of the
wages of industry that has hitherto
been devoted to the support and edu.
cation Of families.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-08-04
Poor Chicago.

ti1f s"'y .ccri- II hI,, Et. rIrc -"
c"'.I.' a N Chicago Mat the grand
lUry has taken cosni1ancc Of the
;s.4:,I,: : brutality and demanded that
tac %. &c sweep the city o: its thug,
burgia and crooks. The CRIME rec
ORD ui The city shows that since Jan.
1T, - 81" pres NJ year, there have been
c..i.i.I,!crs, III assaults, lS2 burglaric,
Alb =, hUld-uis. While it may nov
- t." tnown just how many OF those
cI.r.l- are iEc;d-nt to the outiaWry ~
the -...>c, i ! reasonable to infer thai
. I'M 60. IT,, ruitCricS aud assaults are
MN ely connected with the condi-
t."m~ :'>ultiuc from idicncs-, dissipa-
tpH a,.I de>titution that follow close.
y upon u suspension Of the health
giving currents OF trade. There were
20 deaths reported aside from the first
item III the above enumeration, attrih-
Uted directly to the strike. increas-
ing the killed to ~, black chapter in
the city, criminal annals that has
have never been paralleled during the
spring and summer months, when
crime everywhere is less for paipablc
causes. And never before has the
grand jury been called upon to urge
the authorities to special action. The
Chief Of Police is advised to let the
gamblers and the underworld alone, if
need be, so as to give adequate atten-
ton TO the saving OF human life.
Then again the strike Indirectly pro-
NOTED this hapless condition of affairs
by making it necessary to take up the
time Of tho police to guard the cara
vans of merchants wagons. Robbery
was OF frequent occurrence in broad
daylight, in crowded thoroughfares,
with eight hundred and forty police
men withdrawn from their regular
duty. Street cars were pillaged, and
hardly day passed without one or
more of these hold-ups. Business
houses were plundered, several times a
week, and some were forced ont OF
business. One family is noted as hav-
ing been robbed fifteen times within
two years. The old axiom regarding
honor among thieves seems to have
been wholly forgotten or ignored by
by the Chicago thugs and their bru-
tality has extended even 10 the women.
Submission seems no immunity from
cruel treatment, the foot.pads being
seemingly controlled by the belief that
to gouge out eyes or beat to an insen-
sibility might result in impossibility or
disinclination to identify the assailant.
Almost every case Of highway robbery
is marked by extreme brutality.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-08-04

THE Rochester shingle mill is to be
moved to South Bend to get nearer
transportation facilities.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-08-04
Time to Cut ThiStlos

u" annual reminder hat the farm
cr and vegetable gardener can find no
more profitable employment than cut
ting that wonderfully prolific pest, the
Canada thistle, is just now an exceed
ingly timely topic. Many of our
county roads exhibit "A remarkably
Vigorous growth OF it, which is, how
ever peculiar 10 all weeds. whether the
usctnl crops are in primo condition
pr not. Even in town, these pestiier
ous plants thrive, and on Il vacant lot
in block l., the thistle is in full bloom.
On the Wc>tsidc railroad track 10
Tumwater it has a prolific growth,
and Capt Parker informs us that the
city'- now park is infested with the
weed.
1t may not be generally known that
the Legislature Of 1890 made provision
for destruction Of the Canada thistle,
prescribing penaly OF $40 for neglect
OF that duty. 1t compels every owner,
tenant, possessor, or occupier OF land,
to cut, or cause to be cut down, all
thistlcs growing thereon, as often in
each year as is necessary to prevent
propagation. 1t is likewise made the
duty OF railroad companies TO destroy
these noxious weeds on their tracts in
cluded in right-of,way. The law fur
Their provides that each road supervisor
shall see that the provisions OF the act
are complied with, give notice to the
custodian Of the land in his district
and it is applicable to cities and towns
as well.
The first thing to be done is to pre-
vent the ripening OF the seeds by cut
ting Off the blossom and destroying it.
This should be done Immediately, as
the bolls are now nearly matured.
Then, if the growth is not so much
scattered as to make it practically i'm.
possible, every root should be dug up
and burned. If this is not done, scat
ter little salt on each stalk after
cutting off the boil, and it is said this
will kill the plant.
Capt. Parker thinks that the thistle
was accidentally introduced to this
country by the transcontinental rail-
roads, the seeds finding lodgment amid
freight or in some nook about the cars,
from which they are dropped upon soil
adapted to all sorts of vegetation.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-08-04

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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-05
AGREED ON RATING
YdChtsmen Have at Last
Adopted Uniform Rule
Special to The Globe

Special to The Globe
NEW YORK, March AT last uni
form rating rule has been agreed upon
by yachtsmen. Since the old sail area
rule of measurements which was held re-
sponsible for developing freak boats and
mere racing machines was abandoned a
few years ago, the Larchmont and Sea-
wanhaka- taking the lead.
there has been no uniformity and the sport
has suffered
With one rule holding good with the
Seawanhaka club, another with the At
ianttc Yacht club. still another formulated
by the N. Y. Y. c., and the clubs in the
Yacht Racing Association of Long Island
sound having enc of their own, men were
deferred from building. and those who
mad boats did not care to race them be-
cause there was no certainty as to time
allowance
To overcome the difficulty delegates
from thirty clubs conferred with the
n. 4. Y. g. men, under the championship
or w. Butler Duncan Jr.. and they have
been successful in reaching an agreement
Inc formula agreed upon provides for
finding the measurement by dividing the
length multiplied by the sail area by 5
times the cube root OF a quantity known
as ID, which stands for the displacement.
The displacement is to be found by df-
Viding at points the lengths of the load
water line into five equal parts. so as to
ind areas of immersed cross sections In
square feet. from which with the load
water line length an approximation Is
made in cubic feet.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-05
TOSSERS co SOUTH
Ball Players Will Soon Start for
Sunny Land
Special to The Globe

Special to The Globe
NEW YORK, March "A general
movement southwark has been begun by
baseball men and will continue for the
next two or three weeks. Every section
of the country will contribute its quota
of ball tossers fresh from their winters
rest. They are all anxious to get back
into the game, and the call to report is a
welcome one Florida, Georgia. Alabama
and Tennessee claim a majority of the
CLUBS, although they are pretty well scat
tered Both the st. Louis organizations
go TO Texas, while the Chicago Nationals
VIII report in California for the prelimi-
nary season Local enthusiasts are natur-
ally much interested, however in the
movements of the Giants and Highlanders
especially so because there seems TO be a
good chance that both will stand high I'D
II not at the top of their respective
leagues when the season ends.
Inc Giants viii train at Savannah all
the players having been notified to report
there on March 6. Thus far the contracts
or Pitcher Matthewson. First Baseman
McGann and Catcher Marshall have not
been received. but all the others have
signed. and the three named are almost
certain 10 be with the team again The
Highlanders will meet at Montgomery
Ala; about the same time Chesbro and
keeIer will lot be with the team on its
training trip, as they are coaching the
Harvard nine. Walter Clarkson is also
expected to be at Harvard and the trio
VIII JOIN their respective teammates lust
before the regular season opens.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-05
MUNS0N WILL LEAD
CROSS COUNTRY SPRiNTS

Special TO The Globe
ITHACA. n. Y. March AT the meet
ing of the Cornell Cross Country club. D.
c. Munson was unanimously elected cap
tain of the team for the ensuing year. G..
f. Magofiin was elected assistant captain;
f. Starr. manager, and A. w. Dubois and
]. c. Hemingway members of the execu-
tive committee.
Capt. Munson stated that IT was his in
tention to make cross country running
next year more of a sport than it has
been hitherto. This will be done by in
terspersing the hard gruelling runs with
long slow runs and frequent hare and
hound chases. He has urged all the run
nerS TO begin work as soon as possible
in preparation for the annual handicap
race, which will be run as soon as the
weather moderateS. This race will be held
over the regular three mile course and the
cross country emblem will be awarded to
the winner.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-05
CHAMP ONSHIPS TO
BE GREATLY REDUCED
Amateur Athletic Union Makes
rig Some New Rules on
Question
Special to The Globe

Special to The Globe
NEW YORK. March 4.-The chalnpion-
ship committee of the Amateur Athletic
union has made several important rulings
of late that will bear particularly on the
championship fixtures of the future The
present 1903 committee, consisting of Dr.
George *. Herman. Chicago; John j
OConnor, st. Louis: Edward e Babb
Boston; Harry Mcmillan. Philadelphia (:
Barlow s. Weeks, Il. r. Riley North
cambridge, Mass. and J. Eff Sullivan
New York, chairman, has decided that il
VIII not grant sanction beyond Dec. 81
OF the year 1905. All applications for
dates in 1906 will have to be acted IlDon
by the new committee. which will go into
office in November next
The committee has also decided that N
Will stop the indiscriminate holding OF
A. A u. championships in the different
events and in the future will only grant
A A. u. championship sanctions for such
events as are in the A A T. handbook
as standard events and such other events
as have been national fixtures for many
years-events like the two-mile run and
the all-around championship. There has
Deen a great deal of criticism of late in
relation to the number of CHAMPIONSHIPS
that are being held annually
The most important of the new reguIa-
tons or the committee is the one that
pertains to the management of the cham
pionship fixtures. The committee has by
vote wisely and unanimously decided that
In future whenever a sanction is granted
Tor national A. A. u championship the
management of same in relation to the
selection of officials. ordering of the prizes
and all arrangements pertaining thereto
shall be absolutely in the hands of the
championship committee through its rep
reSentative in the district wherein the
championship events will be held There
have been a great MANY abuses i'm the
past and the committee feels that by ac-
tually controlling the different events in
the name OF the A. A U. better results
will follow