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The Newark journal., 1905-04-21
REDUCING COTTON ACREAGE
4 Few Practical Suggestions to Farmers on the Plan to Re-
 duce Cotton Acreage.

l TOT Glle year 1JUO IS an lnQulfy frequently made by farmers, but not so easily answered. It de- bends on conditions. If the ob- ject is to reduce the acreage in or der to put more labor on the area cultivated in cotton and thus pro- duce a better crop. the policy is wise and should be generally fol- lowed. If the object Is to cut down the acreage solely for the purpose of increasing the price of cotton, it Is questionable, and es- pecially as this request is accom- panied by resolution to reduce the amount of fertilizers by 9 per cent. It looks like a sugges- tion to make a poor crop to in- crease the price.
 This poor crop policy is one of the most damaging lines of advice that could be given to the farmer. No farmer ever made any money by following the poor crop sys- tenn of agriculture. A large num- Der of reports were secured last year from reliable farmers in Louisiana and Texas, covering the question of the cost of production of cotton, and 1t appears from these reports that an average cost of lint cotton per pound, where the crop averaged a bale to the acre was 4.S0. If the product fell to half bale the cost of produc- tion increased to cents per pound; and the same reports show where one third of a bale the average cost is 9.10, and at one-fourth of bale, cost is II cents. With de- creased production below one- fourth of bale the cost rapidly increased.
 In these estimates of cost every thing Is allowed at reasonable cash value, including rent of land, use of teams, tools, etc. These costs are all averages. Some far mers may make cotton at less and some at greater cost.
 The startling lesson that these tiguress teach is that the average farmer has not been making any money raising cotton. because as shown by the census report the average crop has been but little over one third of bale per acre, costing, on our statement, 9.10 per pound, which is above the average price. This class of far mers, and all making a less crop have produced cotton by reducing the wage to which they are entit- led, or the comforts of life which justly belong to them and their family, or the education which our civilization demands of every clti- zen, and in general, they have re- duced all of them.
 The practical lesson to be heed ed Is, let every farmer raise the best cotton crop possible, because this is the only line of profit. If you averaged less than half bale per acre, better go out of the cot ton business. This applies to ev- cry farmer who is making cotton on his own account and wants to prosper. To men who are rent ing their land for share, it IS of the highest importance to secure a good crop, and a tenant must make better average than he has in the last ten years or his future is not very brilliant. There are certain fixed charges in the pro- duction of all crops that are prac- tically the same whether the crop
The Newark journal., 1905-04-21

Peter Fabro died at Hartford from injuries received in the ex- plosion which occurred in one of the mines of the Central Coal and Coke Company last week. T. ]. Jump was also rendered uncon- scious by the after-damp, but re- covered. There were fifteen men in the room where the explosion occurred, and for q time fear that they had all perished led to the greatest excitement.
The Newark journal., 1905-04-21

Blank note and receipt books aE The Journal office.
The Newark journal., 1905-04-21
ScOtt'S Emulsion

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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-22
WILL Be HUGE CROP OF WHEAT
INSPECTOR ARRASMiTH PRE-
Diets ONE OF THE LARGEST
YIELDS IN YEARS.
Acreage About Six Per Cent Greater
Than Last Year-Weather Con.
ditions Are Ideal.

There is a good stand of fall ant
spring wheat and it is all in a health,
condition, pressaging one of the lar.
gest crops we have had in a number
Of years." stated j. w. Arrasmith
state grain inspector, when seen al
Spokane yesterday. Mr.. Arrasmith has
just completed a tour of the entire
state, during which nearly every grain
growing section was visited.
THE grain acreage this year is about
five or six per cent greater than last
year, and the condition of the crops
is great deal more promising than at
the same time last year. Weather con-
ditions have been ideal, and should
the present good weather continue for
a few weeks all the grain will have
filled out and a good yield will be the
result.
AT present, we have only one dep
uty in Spokane, but the amount OF
work is increasing rapidly, and it may
be necessary to increase the office
force in Spokane the coming fall"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-22
ON TRAIL OF GRAFT.
President Sets Men to Searching Out
Deals in Departments.

WASHINGTON, June 22-Five of
the most active and trusted officials
in Washington are conducting a very
sweeping investigation of all the de-
partments under the personal super
vision Of President Roosevelt with a
view to improving the service and re-
dusing the expenses of the government.
of James r. Garfield, commissioner of
corporations; Clifford Pinchot, chief of
the bureau of forestry; Charles w.
Keep, assistant secretary of the treas
ury; L. o. Murray, assistant secretary
of the department of commerce and
labor, and F. H. Hitchcock, first as
sistant postmaster general.
The commission has been working
so quietly that the fact has not yet
become generally known. Some SEN
sational shake-ups are expected to re-
suit.
The president has become convinced
that the government is paying too high
for much of the work done on the gov
eminent buildings, and that various
supplies are sold to the government at
much higher prices than they can be
purchased for by private parties.
Contractors Reap Well
There is a well defined suspicion in
his mind that contractors have entered
/ into "gentlemen's agreements" in max
ing bids on government work, and that
the departments have not exercised
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-22
FESTIVALS AND DEMON.
STATIONS HELD TODAY
THROUGHOUT ITALY
AIIiance-Was One of the Great
Men Of Country

ROME, June 22.-Public festivals
and demonstrations were held today
of the centenary Of the birth of Joseph
Mazzini, the Italian patriot.
Mazzini ranks with Garibaldi and
Cavour in the great trio of Italian lib
orators. He was born of middle class
parentage at Genoa, June %, 1905.
Sentiments Of social equality were
early engendered in him by parental
example. In 1880 his utilization to the
secret society of Carbonari introduced
his practical political career. The or
ganization Of a new liberal league,
Young Italy" was Mazzini's next
work. He was its animating spirit,
and it speedily enclosed all Europe in
a network Of similar associations,
modified to meet the requirements of
the various European nationalities.
The first fruits Of the society was the
revolutionary expedition to Savoy, or
ganized by Mazzini at Geneva, but
which was defeated by the royal
troops. In 1887 Mazzini quilted Swift
zerland for England, and finally took
up his abode in London. From thence
his labors in the Italian revolutionary
cause were unremitting. Mazzini fell
into a dangerous illness from which he
never recovered, although mis- zeal re-
manned as ardent as ever. After an in
effectual scheme for a republican up
rising, Mazzini ventured to enter Italy,
and was arrested at Gasta, where he
remained a prisoner until Rome was
taken by the Italian army
On his death in 1872, the government
honored him with a public funeral.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-22
Dominion Temperance Forces

TORONTO, Ont, June PAS pre-
liminary to the International Sunday
School convention, which opens here
tomorrow, there was held today no.
table conference under the auspices
of the Dominion Temperance Alliance.
The conference was held in Labor
temple and was we'll attended. Pres
ident J. R. Dougall of Montreal, in
his opening address, stated that during
recent years there has been ser1-
Gus and rapid increase in the consump-
ton of intoxicating liquor throughout
Canada, and that the situation mas
now become such as to demand speclal
attention. The conference dlscusseu
various plans with relation to gen.
eral effort to check the drink evil.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-22
COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL
REVENUE WILL ADD TO
FORCE IN THIS STATE.
w. H. Clark, of Seattle, Will Finally
Get a Plum From the Political
Tree-PiIes' Choice

w. H. Clark will probably get his
place in the office of the collector of
for his appointment to succeed Thomas
Payne are no brighter than they were
when Payne tied fast to the job after
Commissioner Yerkes' visit, is the re-
port that comes from Seattle.
1t was promised Clark that he should
be appointed deputy collector Of in
ternal revenue shortly after Senator
politicians who attended the confer
ence in Olympia, the pledge went out
that Clark should have Tom Payne's
job on May 1. Payne was then on
vacation, enjoying it by working in
Piles interest at the capital.
Relations between Collector Croker
and Payne had been strained some
what, thought they mad been good
friends in the past. 1t was agreed at
Olympia that Payne should go back to
his job, and in the meantime Senator
Piles would find something else for
him. When the other place was ready
not later than May clark was to
have the place.
The other job for Payne is not ready
yet. Moreover, Croker and his dep
uty are on good terms again, and there
uty losing his place on the payroll. If
the new place is created for Clark he
will not worry over the enforced wait
or spend time thinking what might
have been if Payne had been shifted.
Commissioner Yerkes was impress
ed when he was in Seattle with the
fact that the work in the district is
too heavy for the present force of dep
uties. Elsewhere on his trip the COM
missioner had been reducing the force
because the appropriation made by the
last congress is smaller than usual But
WQ6u commissioner I oTkeS came TO
Washington he found that instead of
doing away with any offices, there
was an imperative need for more men.
He agreed to increase the force and
at the same time it was left to Sena-
tor Piles to select the new appointe.
The coming of the congressional
party disturbed politics for a time, but
since Senator Piles has returned from
Alaska he has again taken up the
troubles of the collector of internal
revenue. He has telegraphed to Com
missioner Yerkes urging that Clark be
appointed through an increase in the
force, and it is expected that such an
announcement will be made soon.
If Clark is appointed he will have to
go to San Francisco for a course of in
struction. That is the customary
method Of handling new recruits to the
revenue force, and the one that has
been determined upon for the King
county man.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-22
NOTICE..

am pleased to inform the nysn,
hat we have been appointed agent. =.
the Washington Fire Insurance Conn.,
oany of Seattle, a splendid young insti-
luton composed of many of our stats,.
most prominent merchants and can,ta,
SITS, with a capital and surplus Of
s262,5oo. This is the only regular stock
ire insurance company on the coast
out of San Francisco and as such
should command-and 1 trust will re.
ceive-Your hearty support. May I
ask you to see me before arranging for
your next insurance.
Very respectfully,
B. S. WOODRUFF & CO.,
Phone Main 1854 Agent
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-22
SATISFACTORY CLOTHES

We believe standard k.onyah
Quality the possible
Our $1,000 and $12 Men of
qualities the sameas find lin a double hepnce
Other $780, $780, $500 and
find neat mchhghe
Boys Young in
81 We Mems Pak in
$780, $500 $780, with all style find
at from $3.50 o $3.50:
q Mems Mn and
$l25, $3.50 $275. You will find them higher ELSEWHERE
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-22
Triple Wedding Celebration

PITTSBURG, Pa, June 22.-The
Roman Catholic church of ST. Canice
was this morning the scene of an un-
usual ceremony which filled the edi-
flee to the doors. The occasion was
the triple wedding Of three sisters, the
Misses Mcbride, the same nuptial mass
serving for all.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-22
sufficient diligence in looking after the

sufficient diligence in looking after the
governments interests.
Some Of the plumbing work that has
been done in the various departments
has cost too much, he thinks, and the
bids indicate that the contractors have
considered Uncle Sam legitimate prey
to get high prices out Of him. On cleo
trical work the charge made by the
contractors has been so high in some
instances that the government has
thrown out many of the bids and done
the work by day labor, employing it's
own electrical workers.
Government BIed.
These are but a few Of the cases in
which it is said the government has
been bled, and while it is hardly ex-
pected that any grating scandals like
those developed in the postof1ce de-
partment will be uneartned, the fact
that such an investigation is under
way has caused considerable anxiety
In official circles.
Then, there mas been comfortable
practice in many of the departments
for bureau chiefs and other subordi-
mates to take advantage of the least
excuse to go on junketing trips. One
case discovered by the commission re-
lates to the delivery Of an important
document to a point in the southwest,
when a registered letter would have
suff1ced.
Another case cited is that of an Of
fetal in the treasury department who
wanted to take mis- wife and family to
western city, and decided that the
furniture of the new federal building
there needed his personal attention.
This practice is to be stopped, and no
tice has been served to that effect on
all bureau heads.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-22
Tournament of Marksmen.

PORTLAND. June 22.-The twenty
first annual tournament Of the North
west Specimens association openeu
mere TODAY under suspicious cond1-
tons. The program covers three days
and is replete with interesting events
Tba contestants include prominent
shots from many parts of California
Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana
and British Columbia.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-22
PhiIipnine Outlaw Shot.

WASHINGTON, June 22.-Accord-
ing to reports Apolono Samson, the
notorious Philippine outlaw, has been
shot by a government spy with whom
he interfered in the discharge of duty.
served under Aguinaldo, being
in command of the insurgent troops In
Bulacan.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-22
THE WASHINGTON e. COLUMBIA
RIVER RAILWAY

Announce the following reduced rates
to the East:
Chicago and return .So4'oo
Milwaukee and return .$o1'Io
st. Louis and return .$oo.o'
G. d., r.+,rn $3.50
Kansas City and return .Soz'oo
Omaha and return .@o@'oo
Tickets on sale June 14tn, 18TH, 10Th
and 18th. Limits, 80 days.
For additional information, caiI on
or address, j. T. GOODHOE'
F. F ROOT. Agent, City Agent.
S. B. CALDERHEAD,
General Passenger Agent,
WaJla Walla, Washington.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-22
TO BUILD FLAT AT CAPITAL.
Montana Senator to Invade Aristo
cratic Neighborhood

WASHINGTON, June 22.-Owners
of palatial residences around aristo-
cratic Dupont circle, are grealy an
noyed by the reumor that Senator
Clark of Montana, intends to erect a
monster apartment house on the site
OF the old Steward castle, on the north
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-22
LADIES.

Man tailored Skirts to order at NC
Kean's, Fourth and Main.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-22
Mrs. Hearst's New Cult.

1t is said that Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst
is a recent convert to the mysterious
sect of the Bahaists, and is to join
the Barneys, Miss Ellen M. Coin and
numerous other leaders of local fash
ion, in sitting at the feet of the Mas
ter. Mrs. Hearst is to make ner first
pilgrimage this year, and is to take as
many of the occult degrees as pos
sible.
Washington has become a center for
several varieties of oriental mysticism.
For several years large classes have
been making systematic study of the
religions of China and Japan, and this
study has been accentuated since the
war began. Many we'll educated peo-
pie in Washington profess to believe
that a system of religion which will
turn out a race such as the Japs are
showing themselves to be, is worthy
of careful study, and perhaps, culti-
walton.
One of the most prominent of these
local societies holds week meetings in
the northwest quarter, and calls iself,
THE Order of Twenty-one." 1t has
made a culling of what it's members
think is best in all existing religions,
oriental and occidental. From this
has developed a form of belief which
has high ethical standards. Elabo-
rate ceremonies attend adoption into
this society.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-22

Good Meats, Fresh and SALT i'ii'
at Peoples Market. Phone 92' II
South Third Street, A. E. AugustaVo'
Prop.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-22

west side of the circle. It is to be
called the Clark something, and it will
afford it's occupants an outlook on the
homes Of some of the millionaire resi-
dents of Washington, among them the
Letters, the Pattersons, the Board
mems, the Wadsworths and Washes.
all of whom are indignant at this pro-
posed invasion Of their neighborhood.
Representative George F. Huff, an
other Millionaire, owns the property
which fronts the triangle just in front
Of the Clark place, and the fiat ru.
NOR has caused him to postpone the
erection of a mansion to rival that Of
R. W. Patterson of the Chicago Tri-
bune, or Thomas F. Walsh of Colo
RADIO.
Senator Clark, it Is said on repu-
table authority, will not try for an
other term, but in two years will go
to his nightmare mansion on Fifth
avenue in New York, there to spend
the remainder of his days.
Mrs. Roosevelt in Public.
There has been a good deal of sub
dued, discreet gossip of late about
Mrs. Roosevelt, to the effect, mainly,
that she spends most Of her time, these
warm, early summer days, lounging
under the big trees in the grounds
south of the White House. This gos-
sip, so those who are we'll informed,
say, is the veriest rubbish. Mrs.
Roosevelt has never been so much in
public as during the present season.
She has entertained literally, has fire.
quently gone shopping afoot, and has
had numerous parties on trips to Mt.
Vernon, the cathedral school and 9TH
er places, to say nothing of almost
daily drives in her landau. This gos-
sip recalls similar gossip In 1902, when
a number of ladies, then prominent in
the public eye, were said to be ex-
pecting visits from the stork. In this
list, there figured, among others: Mrs.
Dewey, Mrs. Depew, Mrs. James G.
Blaine jr., Mrs. Brewer and Mrs. Cor
bin. None of these rumors materializ-
ed, nor nave they since been repeated.
The rather recent session of the moth
ers' congress in this city may explain
the revival Of this gossip with Mrs.
Roosevelt as the central figure.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-22

Where are all the people going? To
tho White House Restaurant to get
good zoe meal; 215 West Main.
Williams news., 1905-04-08
A Gigantic Enterprise

The Arizona Lumber & Timber Co.,, who recently built dam in Clark's valley, nine miles south of Flagstaff, for the storage of water, we are informed will put in a pipe line and pump water into town for the purpose of furnishing water for their giant boilers.
 The dam is complete success, as it makes a lake seven miles long and uf great depth. The volume of water in this lake is not estimated by millions but by billions of gal Ions. The water question, so far as the mill company is concerned, is settled for all time to come.
 Last fall the lake was stocked with fish, and more will be put in
Williams news., 1905-04-08
NO LIQUOR SELLING
On Lands Segregated Under the
 Reclamation Act

The registers and receivers of the U. s. land offices in Arizona, Cali fornia, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Utah, Wash ington and Wyoming have recently been instructed by the commission CT of the general land office to no- tify all persons who have heretofore entered, or who may hereafter en- ter, any of the lands which. have been segregated under the provis- ions of the reclamation act of June r, 1902, that the leasing of such lands or portions thereof to other persons who have been and are conducting the business of selling alcoholic liquors on said lands, principally to the employees engaged on the government works, that such leasing either by themselves or others will be deemed sufficient cause for the cancellation of the en tries embracing the lands so used or occupied.
 The officers of the land offices are further directed to give the widest possible publicity to the fact that such use of lands withdrawn under this act, whether such lands have been entered or are unoccupied, will be prevented by proper actions in ejectment, by injunction, or oth- erwise.
 These instructions have been called forth by the deplorable con ditions existing in Nevada, where the government employs several thousand men. Homesteaders have leased portion of their lands to persons engaged in the liquor busi- ness, and murder and robbery have been rampant in consequence. The commissioner decision is likely to correct these conditions, and will undoubtedly prevent their occur renee in other sections whereon the government is about to engage upon similar works.
Williams news., 1905-04-08
Good Law Passed

There was one law enacted by the last legislature that is worthy of the approval of all friends of reform. This is the bill to prohibit the sale of tobacco to minors:
 The bill as passed by the legisla- ture and signed by the governor reads as follows:
 "It shall be unlawful for any person in the territory of Arizona to sell, give or furnish, or cause to be sold, given or furnished, any cigars, cigarettes, cigarette papers, smoking or chewing tobacco of any kind or character, to any minor under the age of 16 years"
 Section 3 of this bill reads: "This bill shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and ap- proval."
 The bill was introduced by Mir. Webb in compliance with the re- quest of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the territory
Williams news., 1905-04-08

this season, and in few years tons of the fnny tribe will occupy this vast body of water. It will be the home of the wild goose, duck and other water fowl. It will be the hunters and fsherman's paradise, as game of all kind is found in that locality.
 We are also informed that the mill company contemplate building a number of boats and putting in bath houses and fitting the place up for a pleasure resort.
 If they do this they will not only benefit themselves, but it will help Flagstaff in various ways. We hope to be able in the near future to give our readers something definite about this epterprise.-Gem.