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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-01-28
AHEAD OF ALL STATES.


According to reports given out
by the agricultural department at
Washington, d. g, the state OF
Washington leads the entire nation
in the amount of winter wheat raised
per acre, the average being 28.I
bushels per acre. According to the
corrected figures of the department,
the entire wheat crop for 1904
amounted to 81, 40 500 bushels. 1t
is estimated the largest crop ever
raised in the state was in 1901, when
| it is figured the yield reached
"a, SIS, o6S bushels.
! Not only was the total crop simply
phenomenal last year, but the acre
age yield was much larger than any
where else in the country, says a
Washington report. 1t was larger
by nearly six bushels than in the
second best state, Idaho, and it was
about two and a half times as great
as the average acreage yield for the
United States as a whole. The
yield per acre in Washington was
rs. L bushels, as against 20. in 1908.
The total crop was IA, 652,773 bush
els, or nearly twice as much as in
1908, when the crop was 75I7,I79
bushels.
The number of acres under winter
wheat cultivation was also much lar
ger than usual, the total being 52I,
45I, as against 378,989 in the year
before. The Washington winter
wheat crop commanded an average
price of 80 cents a bushel, and there
fore brought to the farmers of the
state a gross return Of $II,722 ,2I8.
The spring wheat crop was also
excellent, for the total number of
bushels harvested was I7,487,83o
bushels, good gain over the 1903
crop, when the total was II, 46o, I66
bushels. There was a decrease in
the average yield per acre of spring
wheat, but the increase in acreage
was enormous, the total area being
925,2S2 acres, as against COS, 252 in
the year before. Last years aver
age yield per acre was 1879 bushels,
as against 20, S in 1903. The spring
wheat brought on an average, 80
cents per bushel, and the value of
the crop was, therefore, SIS, 900, 264.
Washington is not one of the
large corn producing states, but the
1904 crop exceeded all others in the
state, the whole crop being placed
by the agricultural department at
242,43o bushels, as against 229,oI3
in the year before. At the same
time there was a decrease in the corn
area under cultivation, from o9I4
acres to 98I5 acres.
The Washington oat crop was a
little smaller than in 1908, the total
harvest being 7,4o7 1913 bushels, as
compared with 1893, I85 bushels in
1903. The falling off was due to a
smaller average yield, for the area
under cultivation last year was con-
siderably larger than in the year be-
fore. There was also falling off
in the barley crop from 6,158,257
bushels in 1903 to 5,824, 1913 bushels
in 1904.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-01-28
W. A. c. Dcfeated-Score, 3 to 8

An enthusiastic crowd of about 900
witnessed the defeat of our girls by the
Colfax girls in the gymnasium last Sat-
urday night. Colfax had sent quite a
delegation to cheer on their girls. Each
half was preceded by some choice music
by the w. A c. band.
The ball was put into play with Colfax
defending the east goal. The ball was
carried to the w. A. c. goal but Marsh
failed to score. Pullman took the ball
down the floor. Brown fouled but Whit
taker failed to throw goal. Another foul
by Colfax and Whitaker made good.
Whitaker touled and goal was thrown
by Marsh. Foul was called on Thomp-
son for rough playing, but Marsh missed
goal. Several more fouls on both sides
followed with no result Pocock soon
threw a field goal. Marsh fouled. goa,
was thrown by Whitaker and first hal
ended.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-01-28

say that we lost a good game in which
the score was IL to ~.
THE SECOND GAME.
At $50 the ball was put into play and
the game started off with a snap and jerk
that was the characteristic feature of it
from start to finish. Both teams were in
for business and it was easy to see that
the game was going to be fast one
The days rest had done our boys good
and with the previous game they had got
somewhat used to the court and the
Whitmanites began to open their eyes, in
establishment when they saw 'old six foot
six walk over and drop the ball into the
basket.
The game was badly marred by fouls
on both sides, w. A. c. making while
Whitman made 7, in the first half. Full
ton made good on four of the 7. Cox for
Whitman landed four out of eight of the
free throws. Fulton and Lund kept honors
even by each throwing two field goals
while Whitman failed to make any field
goals in the first half and when the whistle
blew the score was; w. A. c. ID. Whit
man 4.
In the second half the Whitman boys
took brace and started out to win the
game if possible. Cox for Whitman
opened up hostilites by landing field
goal and repeated it twice before the end
of the game: Seven fowls were called on
Whitman and the same on w. A. c. dur
ing the half Whitman scored on three
of her free throws while w. A. c. only
gained two points in this way. Our boys
failed to throw any field goals i'll this half
had raised the score nine points while
W. A. c. had only gained two in the last
half so the score stood IS to ii in our
favor. The game was good one and the
spectators were all glad they had come
The Whitman boys played as we'll or
better in the last game as they had done
the night before and our team played
enough better to win. 1t was not by
chance or accident that the game term
mated as it did, but it was the result of
good hard fast consistent work by both
teams.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-01-28
The Whitman Basketball Games.
Evergreen
THE FIRST GAME.

The evening S entertainment was opened
by preliminary game between the w.
W. Hi. and an independent team of
Walla Wallb. At about 9 o'clock the
two college teams lined up and the game
was on. Some things are not pleasant to
dwell upon and this is one, not because
Whitman won but because welost. Whit
man has a good team and the players
were used to the hall. Our boys were
laboring under serious disadvantages as
the Walla Walla court was both shorter
and narrower than our own. Suffice it to
say that we lost good game in which
the score was 2 to ~.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-01-28
SECOND HALF.

After few sharp plays Boyd made
star play by throwing long and difficult
field goal. Brown fouled twice but
Whitaker failed at goal each time. Po-
cock threw field goal. Whitaker and
Thompson fouled but Marsh failed to
convert. A double foul by Whitaker
and Smith and Colfax scored. Colfax
fouled but w. A. c. failed to make good.
A few more plays and the game ended.
Score-C. H. S., s; w. A. c., 3.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
0peninq the Warrior.

The passage of the rivers and har- bors bill is great victory for Ala bama in general, and for this district in particular. The bill appropriates about a million dollars for the open ing of the Warrior, and when all the money appropriated by the two last Congresses is expended there will be slackwater navigation the year round from the sea to a point about twenty miles north of Tuscaloosa.
 Tho Fifty-ninth Congress will no doubt appropriate money to overcome Squaw Shoals, thus carrying naviga- tion to the railroad bridges. It cer- tainly will if it accepts MT. Burton's advice, for he does not hesitate to de- clare that the opening of the War rior is the most important work that the government is a. present conduct ing at home. MT. Burton may be trans ferred to the chairmanship of the ap- propriations committee, but if he should be taken away from the rivers and harbors committee Messrs. Un- derwood and Bandhead will be at hand to push the task to completion.
 The sooner the Warrior is opened, the sooner all the power and weight of Alabama can be concentrated in tlo opening of the Coosa, and the i'm proyement of the Alabama. One at a time is the best rule in this matter. Let us open the Warrior, and then. all should join hands to open some other river in a great river state. ,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
Fiqhtinu Around Mukden.

The tight censorship on both sides in the Far East renders it difficult to ascertain what Is going on, and the outside world will simply have to await results. It is plain, however, that General Kuroki's effort at Da Pass 10 turn the Russian east wing has been followed by a general battle thirty miles long, and that both sides are striving for the mastery before the coming out of the frost in the ground stops all operations until May.
 All that we know is that a great winter battle is going on, and it is be- lieyed the Japanese are forcing Ku- ropatllin out of his trenches and out of Mukden. If he retreats at all, he must fall back to Tieling, where if he be fortunate, he can make another stand against the unconquered Jap. anese
 No one expects Kuropatkin to do more than to keep his army from gen eral disaster. No one expects him to whip the Japanese, or to drive them an inch. He may be able to resist at tacks until he can fall back, carrying his stores with him. No one expects more from him. No one longer ex. poets Russian success in the field when the autocracy is fighting an up- hill battle at homo for it's very ex- istence.
 The Russian army is now supposed ly at its maxlmum-that is to say, it is as large as the Siberian railway can maintain ana support, and the won der is that a poorly constructed, single track railway can do as much. The Russian army at it's maximum is now being tested and if it is driven out of Mukden as it Lad been driven out of Liaoyang, there seems to be noth- ing for Russia to do but to open ne- gctiations for peace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
Our New Government

The military and the semi-military have departed from the capital, and our new government has been fully inaugurated. We have a new-old President, and a new-old Congress. All is legally new except the judicial department. The pomp and circum- stance of the time-honored parade and inaugural speech and inaugural ball have accomplished that much. We now have even a vice-presdent, anl the government thus installed will holl on with varying fortune no doubt unti, March 4, 1909, when an other parade and ball will take place.
 The change in the executive branch of the government will not be notices able. at least not outside of the post office department and the change in Congress will not be great. Out of ninety senators only thirty will be ueW meu, anu over Hull ol tue I1ousS will consist Of old members. The old measures will bob up again in the new Congress, and things will go on very much as before.
 The American manner of renewing the government is unique, and the custom is of long standing, and will perhaps never be materially changed Tho parades are becoming each time more and more elaborate, and the time plainly has gone by in which any material reform is possible either in the date or the manner of renew ing the government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
THE WAYsIDE SPRING.

By Thomas Buchanan Read. Fair weather by the dusty way,
 Bright saint within messy shrine. The tribute of a heart today
 Weary and worn is thine. The earliest blossoms of the year,
 The sweet-briar and the violet, The pious hand of Spring has here
 Upon thine altar set. And not alone to thee Is given
 The homage of the pilgrims knee, But oft the sweetest birds of heaven
 Glide down and sing to thee. Here daily from his beechen cell
 The hermit squirrel steals to drink, And focks, which cluster to their bell,
 Recline along thy brink. And here the wagoner blocks his wheels, To quaff the cooling. generous boon; Here, from the sultry harvest fields,
 The reapers rest at noon. And oft the beggar, masked with tan,
 With rusty garments gray with dust, Here sits and dips his little can,
 And breaks his scanty crust; And lulled beside the whispering stream off drops to slumber unaware And sees the angels of his dream
 Upon celestial stairs. Dear dweller of the dusty way,
 Thou saint within a messy shrine The tribute of heart today Weary a,0 worn Is thine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
Boys on tn, Streets.

Boys certainly should he home at night" said an old citizen yesterday T see that Judge Feagin is going to take the matter up before the City Council at it's next meeting.
 "A curfew law should be passed in Br- mingham, as many bright boys are on the downward path because they are un- restricted and on the streets instead of being at the Boys Reading club. the Y. M. c. A., the Athletic club, the public library and other such places. or at work. at school or at home.
 "The boys loaf around hotel lobbies, bar-rooms, all night lunch counters, and especially pool rooms and billiard parlors. They loaf day and night and are acqulr- ing habits that are detrimental to them- selves and are causing many a heart- ache at home
 Bright boys can be seen on the streets at all hours of the night. The boys are to blame. the fethers are to blame and mothers are to be pitied, and the own CTS who permit minors to enter sucf places should be held responsible and given the limit of the law.
 q understand that Judge Feagin will advocate a law covering such cases and the police will see to it's enforcement"
 About Persons.
 w. T. McCord of Gadsden is at the Morris
 A M Patton of Atlanta is at the Morris.
 
 A. c. Rudd of Richmond is at the Morris.
 George P. Gaut of Knoxville is stop ping at the Morris.
 J. H. Davies of Montevallo is at the St. Nicholas.
 D. G. Dent of Chattanooga is at the St. Nicholas.
 w. w. Pare of Louisville is at the Colonial
 B. Bates oi Louisville is registered a. the Colonial
 Dr. W. l.. Hefiin. the venerable and beloved physician of east Alabama, who has been confined to the iniirmary of his sons. the Drs. Hefin, returned to his home near Roanoke yesterday. Dr. Heain is much improved in health
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
SOME NEW WORDS.

From the Baltimore Herald
 Beckwith, noun. A dupe; gullible person; one who may be easily hood winked. 23
 Chadwick, verb. To outrageeously bunko; to fiagrantly victimize. To chad wick a person is to obtain property or credit on the flimsiest security.
 Chadwicked. adjective. Bunkoed; extea- sively hoodwinked. Also, cleaned out, thoroughly mulcted. Used oolloquially, i've been chadwicked," that is, drained of the last farthing.
 Colorado, verb. To constantly disturb; to create endless confusion; to keep In turmoil Used coloquially in a profane sense, We have colorado of time.
 Pennypacker, noun. vain, arrogant fellow An important person who pre- tends to autocratic powers. A laughing stock. A male scold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
A chattanooaa Diversion.

The boys in Chattanooga get out little paper called the Hitching Post and It contains many clever hits on local men, said a well known red-headed young travelling man for a large hard ware company. who has just returned from a week In that town.
 While I was up there I secured copy of the last edition, which appeared Feb ruary 25, and it was very good. Some thing like that might easily be gotten out in Birmingham, as there are mum Der of good jokes on prominent people going the rounds all the time and they would make entertaining reading.
 '.The Hitching Post Is merely fun and hrmor, and never deals with scandals, therefore it is not objectionable to any one. The paper does not cost the sub scribers anything as the advertisements pay all the expenses and occasionally a little is left on the side, which the editors of the 'tieing station go south with.
 T am going to see several of the boys who have a turn for such things in the city and see if we cannot get a hitchng post of our own. think that it would be well worth the time and trouble we spent on it. have in mind several prom inent young fellows in the city who would take an interest in such things
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
Autocracy Speaks.

Out of his homo troubles the Czar speaks. He speaks twice, one in a manifesto calling upon the Russian people-begging them, in fact-to rally to the support of the autocracy, and once in a rescript providing for a parliament, so to speak, "to partici- pate in the elaboration and considera- tion of legislative measures" proposed by the imperial council.
 The proposed parliament will not be one in the western sense. It will not control the budget, and it will not formulate measures, but as a starter 1t will answer it's purpose. It will grow; it will at first pass resolutions in favor of tEis or that reform, and in the end it will become fixed and valuable part of the government. It will become a real parliament.
 The chief crime of the autocracy and bureaucracy is the intentional and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
AUcTIoNEER SOLD HIM.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 An auctioneer had an intimate friend who frequently accompanied him to the auction rooms. On one occasion the friend induged in his taste for mimicry at the expense of the auctioneer during a sale of horses conducted by the latter ''The first lot. gentlemen said the aucA tioneer, lis fire young horse"
 'The first lot, gentlemen" echoed his friend, in precisely the same tone of voice, ''is fine young horse.'
 The auctioneer looked annoyed. but pro- ceeded: What shall we say to begin with?" re- piled the echo. s
 Still endeavoring to conceal his vex- ation, the auctioneer called out, inquir- ingly:
 Five hundred dollars?"
 Five hundred dollars echoed his friend. E
 Thank you. sir!' cried the auctioneer. bringing down the hammer, 'the horse is yours.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

openly-expressed will to keep the masses of the Russian people from
 learning to read and write. The
 mueh-yaunted principal of autocraey is necessarily based on ignorance.
 The peasants are the most loyal class in Russia, simply because they are the most ignorant. They cannot read and
 write, and the autoeracy has com mitted the crime of knowingly and in- tentionally keeping them in that coil dition. The proposed parliament will certainly express in some form it's views on the need of public schools, and it will De apt to speak plainly.
 Whether the people of Russia will accept the rescript as a solution of present troubles remains to be seen. Autocracy and bureaucracy fear representative assembly, and it is stated that the plan calls for several parliaments representing as many classes of population, setting perhaps at different times and perhaps in other cities than the capital. The en- tire autocratic machine is badly shaken up, and what 1t yields is yield ed grudgingly and by compulsion. If it be accepted, however, it will prove historic. and will lead to a full par ticipation of the people in the Rus sian government. Even Russia feels the trend of events, and the ignorant know how to demand their rights in a national crisis, for it was the Jap anese after all who destroyed the au tocracy by exposing it's inefficiency and rottenness in the stress of war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
On Twentieth Street.

T am astonished at the fortitude and patience of the people who go through the city in vehicles and automobiles, and especially those whose routes take them along Twentieth street on account of the condition of that street from Avenues B to H." said Leo K. Steiner
 During rainy periods it is worse than country roads, and 1t must be very dam aging to automobiles by reason of the mud and slush. The street committee of the city has done a vast amount of street and sidewalk improvements, for which 1t deserves the lasting gratitude of the peo- pie of Birmingham, and there is not much doubt that they would order. or have the City Council do so, the paving done be- tween the avenues named If their atter- tion were seriously directed to the mat ter"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
Mine Disaster.

The Philadelphia Press is mistaken if it means to say that Alabama laws do not require two exits in every coal mine-an entrance and another exit. It is not by any means certain that two exits in the mine at Virginia City would have enabled any of the miners to escape The fault at Virginia City seems to have consisted in an accumu- lation of fire-damp up to a point that wrecked the mine and incapacitated, if it did not kill, every person in it.. Exits are needful, the more the better, but precautions against gas in coal mines are still more needful.
 The Press goes on to say: "Unfor- tunately, all the states are derelict in their legislation on coal mines Pepu- sylvania included. Existing laws are not enforced. The miners them selves are grossly careless. Such avs as are on the statute books are insufTiciently compared with those which exist either in Europe or in Great Bi.ta:n. In particular, inspection in reSar! to gas is far less efficient here and tine requirements in regard to ventilation inadequate.
 "The result is that while the lives lost in proportion to the number en- gagged in coal mines steadily diminish abroad, they increase as steadily here. In every legislature, in every coal mining state, additional precautions are asked and in each of these are refused But the worst lack is not in the laws on the statute books, but in the way they are enforced in the mine and obeyed by the miner."
 This is true to the last letter. The state, the operator and the miner are each and all negligent. But the les. son at Virginia City will not soon be forgotten, especially if Governor Gun ningham will see that, that lesson is fully and scientifically ascertained and set down in black and white for the use of the legislature in 1907. Fur. ther legislation is needed, and a much more thorough inspection of mines
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

been controlled by coterie of gentlemen known as the Hanover National bank party. and led by Mr James T. Wood ward. the president of this great bank ing institution These gentlemen, natur- ally, were not disposed to have their holdings of years taken into consoh- dated company at a lesser price than was paid for the stock of other iron com panies, and therefore assumed to use their power in the banking world of New York to prevent the floating of the underwrit- ings of the syndicate formed to control the consolidated company. They quickly threw up breast works. mounted guns ahe prepared for the attack of the Hoadiey army In the meantime they sent sRi- mishers to the rear of the attacking forces in order to cut off the commissar5 supplies and hold off the necessary pro- visions until they could make terms.
 It looks at present like the Woodward Hanover National bank party has scotch ed the game of the Hoadley merger. They have done it by cutting off the supply of IuDuSf peIHdpS IL |AiuNit+ hp OAh7 CT banking interests that financial aid to the cons soidation would be viewed with disfavor by banking interests headed by the Hanover, which have heretofore been friendly.
 Banks are naturally timid about off, lending other hanks, and 1t would seem that the Hoadey-Gates aggregation is temporarily embarrassed in its merger plan.
 Eventually. however, it has been made manifest that a consolidation of the big iron companies of the Birmingham dis trict will be brought about. It would seem that such would be to the best interests of the district. As 1t has been in the past, there has been much rivalry and no unity of purpose or cooperation of action in the management of the sey- eral companies here. It was only about a year ago that the "gentlemen's agree ment" between the companies here as to the price at which they should sell iron was dissolved because of charges and counter-c charges as to sales. There has not been an agreement between the com- panies on the labor question, and in- deed there has been all manner of run- necessary friction, preventing in large