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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-17
FEAR IT MEANS A SHUT OUT
cUSHMAN AND HUMPHREY DON'T
LIKE SCHEME OF DIVIDING
STATE INTO DISTRICTS.
Would Sleep Better if They Could Be
Assured Proposed Plan Would
Be Abandoned.
Be Abandoned.

Congressman Cushman and his col
league MIR. Humphrey are very deep
ly interested in the proposition now
before the Washington state legisla-
ture, to district the state of Washing
ton, and to create one congressional
district of King, Pierce and Kitsap
ounties, according to report that
comes from the national capital Both
these men fear that the carrying out
of such plan will be the beginning
of thei, political end.
Cushman is aware that his chances
of reelection would be materially re-
duced if Tacoma and Seattle should
be brought into one district, and while
Mr.. Humphrey is confident that such
a district would insure the election Of
a Seattle congressman, he fears that
he would not be the choice of the new
district, especially since it has become
manifest that he and Senator Piles are
going to be at swords points on almost
every issue.
Nobody is inclined to say much
about the plan before the legislature,
but it is apparent that both Cushman
and Humphrey would sleep better if
they could have assurances that the
pending plan had been abandoned.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-17
SAYS 1T is ALL A JOKE.
But Wife No. Has Fuller Indicted
for Bigamy.

DIES MONIES, Iowa, Feb. 17.-Fail-
ure to care properly for his letters
from wife No. engulfed Joe Fuller
in a world of trouble. He is now in
Jail here, charged with bigamy. His
perfidy might never have been dis
covered if he had been careful where
he placed MS letters.
Fuller has wife in Polk City. Re-
Gently he went to Oklahoma, where
he found another woman whom ne is
now charged with having married.
When he returned he received letters
from the Oklahoma wife. One of these
letters addressed to MY dear nus
band and signed your dutiful wife"
wife No 1. Fuller had travelled IL
miles across the country to another
postoffice to get the letter.
No sooner had the first wife Sc
cured the address of the second that
she wrote to Oklahoma and received
full particulars of the marriage. She
went quietly before the Polk county
grand jury and an indictment was Sc
cured. Fuller was arrested yesterday.
He denied having married the wife in
Oklahoma and says that the woman
was simply joking when she called him
husband"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-17
BOY KILLS HIS BROTHER.
Children Were Playing Robbers" and
Did Not Know Gun Was Loaded.


FERGUS FALLS, Mimi, Feb. IL
Ray Halves, a boy of 16 snot and in
stantly killed his younger brother,
Leon Halves, yesterday afternoon.
The boys in company with some
neighboring children, were playing
robbers in the Halves home and had
an old revolver to make the play rea-
listic.
Ray called upon his younger brother
to hold up his hands and when the
latter failed to comply snapped the re-
volver in HIS direction without sus-
let entered the heart causing imme-
diate death.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-17

was robbed of $4,000 in cash which she
kept in a tin box locked in her trunk.
The robbery occurred in broad day
light. the robber taking advantage of
the absence of everyone from the
house where she is living. He went
through the entire house, but the only
having been broken open and left upon
the floor beside the broken trunk ana
scattered clothing. Five years ago.
Miss Comeford was living with her
brother, Michael, on farm in Leaf
Valley. He died very suddenly, and
since then she has claimed that the
$4,000 accruing from the estate and
which was deposited in the bank was
all the money she had. Since the rob-
berry she claims that no one knew of
the money in her trunk, and the sum
was only made known under pressure.
For a year Miss Comeford has made
her home with Mrs. Chris McCabe
where the robbery took Place.
No clue was left as to the identity
of the robber, but the general impress
sion is that it was no mere stranger.
The robber did some fast work. as the
inmates of the house were only absent
three-quarters of an hour The tin
box had $500 in gold and the remainder
was tied up in $18O rolls of bills. The
police are working on the case.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-17
MORTON TO STAY IN CABINET.
President Confident Secretary Is Not
Involved In Santa Fe Case.

WASHINGTON, Feb. lit may be
said on ample authority that Secretary
Morton is not to leave the cabinet, all
stories to the contrary, notwithstand-
ing. He is not personally concerned
in the appointment of special consul
to investigate the Santa Fe rebate case
with view to prosecutions, and is in
no way involved, in the presidents
mind, with the Santa Fe situation.
Secretary Morton's explanation Of
his action while second vicepresident
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-17
Boy Saves Sherman Family.

NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-Herbsrt A.
Sherman, Jr., aged Is, probably saved
the lives of his parents and twelve
brothers and sisters early today. Mr..
sherman, Sr., has gained fame not
only as broker for Andrew Carnegie
and Henry Phipps, but as a follower
OF President Roosevelt's precepts
AGAINST race suicide. There are thir-
teen little Shermans, the eldest OF
whom is the fathers namesake.
AT a m. Herbert Jr., was awak-
ened by smoke. He quietly and
quickly aroused his father. who found
mat the thing in the dinkg-roon
was on fire. A few buckets of waite,
qienchcd the blaze.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-17
"cHERoKEE BILL" GETS A JOB.
President Roosevelt Recommends For.
mer Rough Rider as Guard.

mer Rough Rider as Guard.
PORTLAND, Feb. 17.-While seine
three thousand men seek to be guards
at the Lewis and Clark exposition,
and many have excellent recommends
tions, only one man of the whole three
thousand mas been definitely promised
the position. That man is Cherokee
Bill" and he bears a recommendation
from the president of the United
States.
Cherokee Bill" otherwise Private
E. S. Kinkead, was one of Teddy
Roosevelt's rough riders, and was a
friend Of President Roosevelt when the
latter was a plainsman. Cherokee
wrote the president awhile ago, re-
minding MIN of the fact that the
writer mad been a member of the troop
that stormsd San Juan hill, and tell
ing him that he desired to see the Pa
cific northwest, and the Lewis and
Clark exposition. He would like COM
pensation sufficient to pay his ex-
penses.
''Cherokee's" letter, with a note from
the White House, reached the exposi-
ton Offices a day or two ago, and
President Goode of the Exposition
company at once ordered that the
rough rider be given the place he
sought. Cherokee" was one Of the
Jefferson Guards at st. Louis.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-17
CAN MAKE APPROPRIATION
COMMIS SlONERS AUTHORIZED TO
APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR
EXHIBIT AT FAIR.
County Board Will Take Up Petition
Praying for an Appropriation of
Three Thousand.

Now that Governor Mead has APP
proved the Rands bill, passed by the
legislature, empowering the county
commissioners in the state of WASH
ington to appropriate money for the
purpose of making county exhibits at
the Lewis and Clark fair, it is very
probable that the Walla Walla coun-
ty board, will grant the petition filed
with it several days ago.
The petition, which was numerously
singed by the taxpayers and property
owners of Walla Walla county, calls
for an appropriation of $4,000. The
board referred the petition, when pre-
scented, to County Attorney Wilson,
for an opinion as to the legality of
making the appropriation, but that
has now been settled by the passage
of the act.
The commissioners are said to favor
the appropriation and will take up the
matter at the opening to be held the
latter part of this month.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-17
County Commission.

According to the plans that have
been informally talked over with the
officers of the Commercial club and
the commissioners, it is proposed to
create a commission, to be composed
of three members, to arrange for the
gathering of the exhibit and placing
it in the state building at Portland.
1t is has been suggested that one men,
Der of the commission be named by
the Walla Walla Commercial club
one by the Waitsburg Commercial club
and that the third member be one of
the county commissioners. This will
probably be approped by the COM
mercial bodies and the county board
as soon as the appropriation is made
and a conference can be held to settle
the details.
1t is proposed to get up the best ex-
hibit of fruits, grains, cereals vege-
tables that has ever been gathered in
Wala Walla county. 1t is believed
that with $4,000 the commission will
nave no trouble in making creditable
show at the fair and with some good
competent man to handle the same
Walla Walla county will receive a good
advertisement at the exposition.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-17

The tidy housewife insists That her
silver tableware must be right, so has
it rep1ated at the Electric Plating
Works. 20 West Rose Street.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-17
NOTICE 20 THE PUBLIC.

Goods delivered to the fort and all
parts of the city. Prompt service.
Wainright's Tea Store, 203 West Main
street. Phone Main 80.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-17
Two Letters from Dealers Who Have
Handled Large Lots of "Trib."

Spokane, Wash, Feb. a. 1904
say: We believe our success with
''TRIB' is due to the merits Of the
goods. KRUM & BRALEY.
Baker City, Or, Feb. 9, 1904.
Are handling "TRIB" successfully.
the results they are looking for. They
are satisfied.
GRACE & ROBINSON.
For sale by L. L. Tallman.
Try Broxson's Wood Yard. Prone
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-17

Hot house lettuce, crisp and fresh,
40c per dozen. Retail only. Phillips
Floral Co., Phone Main 381.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-17

Born, February 16. at $40 Newell
son.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-17
WOMAN is ROBBED OF $4,000

Miss Coreford Of Alexandria Kept
Money In Tin Box.
ALEXANDRIA, Mimi, Feb. IL
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-17

All manner of freight, goods
musical instruments handled wit, .
All orders promptly attended "a
warding freight a speciality. Oac.
kittrick's Shoe Store. Phon. MAJ,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-17

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money II !,
fails to cure. e. W. Groves SIGMA.
ture 10 q each box. Use.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-17

Try Broxson's Wood Yard. Phone
SIS.
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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-20
Advantages OF SiIage.

/ VI 'iidEts
The difficulty of securing succulent
feed during the dry period of summer,
and also during the winter season, has
been met in several ways with varying
success. But for general feeding upon
most dairy farms throughout the Cen
tral States corn silage is the most eco
nomical succulent feed which can be
obtained for cows at season when
pasture is not available. When fed
with other grains so as to make bal
anced ration. it tends to heavy milk
production and is always very cheap
feed. By the use of the silo, green
feed can be had at less cost than for
soiling, since with the silo corn may be
used to a greater extent. Professor
W. j. Fraser, of the Illinois Expert
ment Station. states in a recent bull
letin, No. 101, that in Illinois corn is
the best single crop for silage, and
combined with cowpease or soy beans,
the feeding value may be somewhat
increased.
The time TO cut corn for slage Is
when fully tasseled, and when the ears
are just beginning TO show the dents
on nearly all the grains. 1t is found
that at this stage the dry matter and
nutrients as well are at the highest
point. If ripe, silage will not settle
well into the silo, and so will not be
sufficiently protected TO prevent spoil
ing.
Corn for this purpose is most easily
handled by cutting with binder, using
n silage cutter and large knife to take
the bundles without cutting the bands.
In filling the silo the leaves and stems
must be thoroughly mixed, and after
it is put in the shock well tramped
next to the wall. After filling, the
top six inches should be wet once and
tramped occasionally for a week to OBJ
tain a compact layer which will pre-
serve the silage.
Records of the cost of silo filling on
nineteen different farms in various
parts of Illinois show that the cost
ranges from forty TO seventy-five cents
per ton. the average being fifty-six
cents. OF $40 comparisons made be.
tween silage and unsilage milk, sixty
per cent. We're in favor of the silage
milk.-Orange Judd Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-20
Hallway Station Costing 81. 900 ,ooo.

At the rate at which the improve
ments are being carried on at the ter.
minal Of the New York Central Rail-
road, at Forty y-second street, New York
City, it is expected that three months
more will see the Grand Central Sta
tion razed and work begun on the
magnificent structure which is to re-
place it,
Work on the improvements has gone
ms far as it can go without entering
the station or causing an interruption
OF the train service. Where two years
ago stood several hundred homes, to-
day is an excavation quite extensive
In itself, but only fraction of the
great hole that will be made in the
nineteen square blocks which the ter
minal will cover.
So anxious are the officers of the
railroad company to get their improve
ments into shape in time to be ready
to give station facilities to the new
subway routes planned for the city
that men have been kept working day
and night on the great excavation.
The plans Of the railroad company
call for the expenditure of S25, 5,OOO,OOO
on the improvements. All of the land
now occupied by station and tracks is
to be evacuated and an entirely new
terminal built. About SIT 100000 alone
Is to be spent in new station. There
are to be two systems of tracks, one
raised above the other, one system
for suburban service and the other for
trains to distant points. Electricity
will also be substituted for steam
throughout the terminal.
1t may not be generally known that
the New York Central lines constitute
the Water Level line connecting the
East and the West.
They run along the Hudson River,
New York to Albany; along the Mo-
hawk River and Erie Canal. Albany to
Buffalo; along Lake Erie, Buffalo to
Toledo and Detroit, and along the level
of Lake Michigan from Toledo to Chi
cago-965 miles of water level, with
water in sight nearly every mile of the
way.
The New York Central operates
more than twelve thousand miles of
railway east of Chicago, st. Louis and
Cincinnati. 1t is the direct line from
New York and Boston to Niagara
Falls and to the West. the Northwest
and the Southwest. by way of the
great cataract and Chicago, st. Louis
or Cincinnati.
This is one of the reasons why the
press of two continents call the New
York Central Americas Greatest
Railroad,"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-20
The Queen Bee.

The queen is fair and stately bee,
differing from the workers both in
shape and color. She is longer than
a honey bee by one-third, and some
what longer than a drone, but not quite
so big around.
The queen is treated with the great
est respect and affection by the bees.
A circle of her offspring often surround
her, testifying in various ways their
dutiful regard. offering her food from
time to time, and all of them politely
backing out of her way, to give her a
clear path when she moves over the
combs. So strong is the feeling of
the workers for the queen, that if for
any reason she is removed, the whole
colony is filled with CONSERVATION and
dismay. Her death, when it is too late
in the season to raise another queen,
means the final extinction of the
colony.
A good queen will sometimes lay
from two to three thousand eggs a day.
or nearly the weight of her own body.
and continue doing it for weeks in sue
cession. At the beginning of the season
the queen lays eggs in the worker cells.
She walks over the combs, puts her
head into each open cell as she comes
TO it, as though to discover whether
it is occupied or is in fit condition to
receive an egg. l have often watched
how faithfully she goes about her
work, from an observatory hive, for
hours.
The queen only stings other queens,
and seeks only to kill her rivals. She
may be handled to any extent, without
fear of being stung. She has also great
tenacity of life, as well as longevity
F. G. Herman, in Massachusetts
Ploughman.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-20
A KICKING COW.

There are many recommended meth
ods of dealing with kicking cows.
One, which is by some found to be
very effective, is to rope or strap the
hind legs together just above the hook
The rope or strap should be put on in
the form of figure eight, having it
cross between the legs. Some milk.
ers apply the rope close down to the
feet and fasten it to a ring in the floor.
Rather than fasten the rope secure.
ly. 1t is better at the first trial to have
an attendant to hold the rope, so that
he can loosen it in case the COW throws
herself in her effort to kick. A plar
that does no good and generally much
harm is to beat the animal. This only
increases the retaliation in the form of
kicking. A kicking COW is an angry
COW, and after one has exhausted his
efforts in attempting to soothe her by
means of patting, currying, giving
mashes, etc, without success, the only
thing to do is TO secure her in a man.
ner that she can neither kick nor in
jure herself.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-20

OF all civilized countries, Roumania
Is by all odds the least progressive in
the matter of education. In recent
census particularly directed toward
this matter it was found that in a
population of little more than 60OO,-
900 two-thirds could neither read nor
write. This in itself is poor enough
showing, but it further appears that
of the remaining third not more than
one-half are capable of more than
reading or writing the simplest words,
and but one-sixth of the inhabitants are
to be classed with the fairly well edu.
Gated. Yhe census was taken with a
view of remedying this state of af-
fairs, and it is probable that in a
short time reforms will be instituted
to better this condition. Meanwhile
Roumania is far behind Russia in the
matter of education.-New York Her
aid.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-20
sfbEIajfaaF dI1Np ?

this poison sprinkle sugar. Cut
the bread intb small squares and
lay them where the rats run. few in
place; but not where chickens, or
hens, or children will get them. Do
this in the evening, having set cans
of water where the rats may find them
easily. In the morning gather up what
pieces of bread Lave not been eaten
and bury them. If they have all dis
appeared during the night. rejoice.
There will be fewer rats around for
awhile. In the course of week make
a mush of cornmeal, mix the poison
with it, sprinkle little sugar over the
top and hide it away from them in
some dark places. They will find 1t
and eat it. Again rejoice. But do not
place the same kind of dish for rats
second time in the same place. They
are cautious and suspicious. Be more
crafty in providing tidbits for them
than they are cautious. Now a little
beef, again scraps of fish. and then
bread and grease. Vary the tempta-
tion, and they will fall victims to it,
William r. Cory, Windsor, Conn, in
the TribuneFarmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-20
OATS AND CLOVER.

Ordinarily oats'ar not good crop
to get stand of clover with They
are too rapid growers and consume
about all the moisture of the soil. Civ.
ing the young clover plants little
chance to thrive just at the time whe1
it is most important that they should
be doing their best. Then. the oats
remain on the ground for longer
period than is good for the clover.
Where seeding of clover is required,
we believe it can best be gotten
through the use of wheat, rye or bar.
ley as the nurse crop. In case clover
is tried with oats one can be more
sure of success when the oats are cut
for hay somewhat before they mature.
The common. red clover answers
every requirement where good hay
crop is wanted, and for enriching the
soil no clover crop is better. For per.
manent pasture mixture of grass
seed will generally prove more salts,
factory than simple variety of either
clover or grass.-Farmers Guide.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-20
A Japanese Shipyard,

Japan's shipbuilding yard at Naga-
saki, giving employment to 1000 men
is by far the largest shipbuilding yard
in the Far East. 1t was started in
1864 for ship repairing, and its dry
dock was not built till 1871. Since
then it has been, and still is, the
nursery of the Japanese navy.
Since 1898 the yard has built
eight steamers, each of 5000 tons or
more. Out of the 1000 workers only
six are foreigners, but all the engin-
GERS and all the mechanics speak
English, having received their techni-
cal training in England or the Unit
ed States "Now we train our own
foremen on the spot at home" said
the japanese engineer in charge. In
the yard is a museum containing mo-
dels Of all the best ships in the world.
England supplied the main equipment
of the yard, but the electrical appar-
atus in use was manufactured in the
United States-New York Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-20

will be twelve inches in the space oc-
cupied by the hen. The side boards
are eighteen inches high at the back
and when covered with matched
boards, which form the dropping
board, it comes even with the floor in
front. Then fasten posts at either end
of the front on which the frame COM
posing the perches is to rest, fastening
this frame to the box frame. which
brings the perches level. The one
open side of the board frame is then
partitioned off to form the nests, which
are about foot square in the clear
This plan forms a neat, compact, COM
bined roost and nest boxes, and as it
is placed away from the wall there is
little opportunity for vermin to infest
it. The illustration shows the details
plainly, the drawing at the top labeled
two indicating the nest boxes. which
are shown in the main drawing by
dotted lines"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-20

A poultry exchange gives the follow
ing excellent plan for roosts and nest
boxes:
"One of the most important arrange
ments in the poultry house is the pro-
per location of both roosts and nest
boxes, and the plan here described has
been found all that is desirable. Its
advantages are the placing of the
roOsts low, the chance for a dropping
board under the roOsts and the location
of the nest boxes where it is quiet and
dark, a condition quite pleasing TO lay
ing hens.
Make a frame of the desired length
and of a width so that the nest box