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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-08
Nothinw to stou Planting.

All the talk from now to the end of time will not stop men. who own land in the cotton States. from planting cot ton seed" remarked a farmer yester- day. The crop from which they real- ize money Is cotton, and they seem de- termined to continue It's cultivation. We may deplore 1t, but something worse even than present prices will have to come along and turn their at tention in other directions.
 "As a matter. of fact, instead of re- ducing acreage, 20 per lcent.-40 per cent. would come nearer the mark but I have no faith in it's being done. At the end of this year there ought to be corn and meat to sell on every farm in Alabama and If this should be the case 6 cent cotton would not be so hard to bear as now when so many millions of dollars will have to be sent away for supplies with which to make a crop. It may turn out that the prospect of cheap cotton will result in good after all"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-08
uenrluv uat. iu Thentre.

There are still some people in Mont gomery who persist in keeping on their hats in the theatres" said gentleman yesterday. T don't think there are any who keep on their hats during the entire performance.
 But there is a class of persons who seem to think it in vogue to let their hats sit on their heads a few minutes after the curtain rises on the first act. Well, during this short interval some important circumstance Is being en- acted on the stage but out of sight of the hat victims, which may have an important relation to the remainder of the plot of the drama.
 "Or, if it is a musical comedy, the opening spectacle Is often marred by a hat with voluminous dip which. by geo. metrical principles. excludes the view of two-thirds of the stage
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-08
SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 1905.

The State Of Tennessee evidently is going to make an effort to put the loan sharks out of business. as the Leg islature has a bill before 1t of which The Chattanooga Times says:
 We have not read the full text of the bill for the regulation of money lend ing. but we are Informed that 1t is am pie to provide a remedy for the dis graceful practice from which every community in the State has more or less suffered. The law ought to re- quire every man and every concern leaning money to take out a license and to make sworn monthly statemen ts that no more than the legal rate of ln- terest has been charged and providing that any pretext or device resorted te to cover up usurious charges shall be taken as proof of perjury. Make the law, in other words. as nearly prohib- five on this form of highway robbery as possible.
 It Is to be hoped that the bill will be- come & law and be effectively enforced, and that then the methods will spread to other sections where they are need ed,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-08
There Is a great deal of iustioa In th.

There Is a great deal of justice in the opposition of the people of Arizona and New Mexico to being dragged into the Union as one State. The territory em- braced in the two Is larger than all of New England. New York and Penn sylvania. In addition to this there Is no affinity between the people of the two territories. those of Arizona as a rule being native American, while a large proportion of those of New Mex leo have never learned to speak any other than the Spanish language.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-08
Reenar. Gather Money.

Montgomery Is not only a growing, but 1t Is a prosperous city" said an observant man yesterday. The best evidence of this fact is the number of beggars on the street. That may sound paradoxical but it's so, nevertheless. Professional beggars only come to a town where the people have money and are turning 1t loose. and there Is a number of professional beggars in Montgomery. And, by the way! Do you know that these people make good money? Why. the other day, l saw a cripple sitting on Dexter Avenue for three hours turn over to a prominent drug store man $4.50 in nickels, dimes and quarters for safe keeping. That money was the result of three hours of idleness. Truly the world Is still char itable.'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-08
sidewalk peneiIinas
wiIl shovv Their cbick,n.,

Some one 8 few days ago referred in your columns to several important meetings to be held in Montgomery this month," remarked a man who is some thing of a chicken fancier. He fail ed to note the meeting of men who are interested in improvement of the breed of chickens and In increasing the supply. which all must admit has not been large enough to keep prices where a poor man could buy one occasionally
 The chicken men are to meet on the 18th and 1t Is going to be an in- teresting ocasion. IL Is real refreshing to hear of these gatherings where King Cotton Is bidden to Go way back and sit down.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-08

There never was any ground for the rumor that Judge Jones was to be the arbiter as to bestowal of Federal of flee in this State. His emphatic re- marks on that subject telegraphed to The Advertiser by its Washington cor respondent ought to set at rest that story
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-08

The many friends in Alabama of Mir P. F. Miles. formerly of The Union Springs Herald, will be glad to learn of his pleasant surroundings at Miami Fla. He is the business manager of The Miami Daily Metropolis, quite a thriving paper and with a wide eircu- latlon in the Flowery State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-08

Alabama is very much in evidence at Washington at this time. If the Pres ident is a real good listener his stock of knowledge about men and things in this part of the Union will be wonder fully increased.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-08
DECEMBER, 1904.

E. & Noble. Circulation Manager Of The honsEemery Advertiser, being duly sworn. fertiserss daily circulation for the month of December, 1s04. Is true and correct, and compiled after all returns from news boys eswa agents and leftover copies have been 0edueted. E. S. NOBLE,
 5 Circulation Manager, The Advertiser Company. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9th dag of January, 1905.
 F. W. JACKSON,
 N. P., Ex-O. J. P.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-08
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WEEKLY CIRCULATION FOR 1904.
 RsioH wili be found tabuIated state ment chewing the circulation of every issue Of The Weekly Advertiser during the year is0s. The total of all these issues, when divided by the actual number of issues (52) shows the average circulation to have been 1s,209. This is our Annual Sworn De- tailed Statement of the Weekly Advertisers Cir~iatio
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-08

in Montgomery Friday evening on his return to school. He spent the night With his cousin and friend, J. M. Bru- ner and H. c. Bloxom, leaving on the o:2o o'clock train yesterday.
 MT. J. Dewitt Maxwell of New York, who will manage the new Exchange Hotel upon its completion, Is visiting Montgomery.
 Rev; c. E. Craik, Dean of the Cathe- dral Church in Louisville, will preach at II o'clock this morning at St. Johns Church.
 MT. George W. Cramton of LaPeer, Mich, is visiting his son, MT. F. J.
 Acting Governor Cunningham has gone to his home tn Ensley to spend Sunday and Monday.
 Col. J. H. Nathan and Hon. J. R. Coleman of Sheffield, were in Montgom- cry yesterday.
 MT. R. c. Jones of Birmingham, spent yesterday in the city. MT. H. D. Thiele of Mobile, arrived in Montgomery last night.
 Prof. c. W. Duncan of Auburn, was in the city yesterday.
 MT. J.. Az Bowdoin of Dothan. arrived in the city yesterday. MT. J. Suffers of Andalusia, is a vis- itor in Montgomery. MT. G. H. McRitchee of Enterprise, Is in Montgomery.
 Mir. J. B. Long of Abbeville. Is a visitor in the city. Mir. W. M. Douglass of Nashville, is in Montgomery.
 Hon. Joseph Allen of Birmingham, is in Montgomery.
 MT. c. M. Purcell of Bessemer. Is in Montgomery.
 Mir. J. H. Caldwell of Birmingham, is | in the city.
 MT. R. J. Argo of shorters. is at Clancey's.
 Mir. B. c. Jones of Roanoke, is in the city.
 Mir c. Murphree of Troy, is in Mont gomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-08

We don't understand what The Mem plis eeimitar means by crying; Turn nEemphis loose" with 500 saloons ip the city we should think 1t loose aaeugh
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-08

That South Carolina darkey who be- came crazy and imagined himself Dowie will have to try again. He's of color.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-08

Rev. c. E. Craik, Dean of the Catbe- dral Church in Louisville, will preach at II o'clock this morning at St. Johns Church.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-08
A BARBAROUs PROCEEDING.

The announcement that General Sto- essel Is to be courtmartialed by the Russian Government for surrendering Port Arthur strikes most civilized peo- pie as an inhuman proceeding, to say the least of 1t. As far as can be judged from the outside he did all that a hu- man being could do to hold the posi- tion. In fact there has been much criticism of him because he did not surrender long ago and thus avoid the great loss of life and property. If his tenacious resistance looks like obstin- posed to give him credit for bravery and heroic devotion to his post of duty. His Japanese opponests have not been at all backward in their praises.
 It is different with Russia. With that nation and Its ruler failure seems to be considered a crime. whether General Stoessel was expected to hold | the position until the last defender was killed or starved. or whether he was expected to blow up the town, himself and men along with 1t, we cannot say. but the announcement is made that he Is to be tried. and he will probably be punished. nation governed by the ordinary attributes of humanity, jus tice and fairness would commend and perhaps reward him for his heroic de- fence, but that is not the Russian way It is doubtful if he will be allowed to explain his reasons for surrendering If he does we can hardly expect those reasons to be made public. A court martial for him will look like punish ing a man for bravery and patriotism
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-08

It Is timely to remark that while the Emperor of Russia is at the present moment considering the advisablIity of giving the newspapers in his empire more freedom, the Legislature of the great commonwealth of Pennsylvania has been asked to pass an act which would place newspapers on a lower scale than exists in Russia
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-08

MT. George W. Cramton of LaPeer Mich, Is visiting his son, MT. F. J Cramton, in Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-08

in Montgomery Friday evening on his return to school. He spent the night With his cousin and friend, J. M. Bru- ner and H. c. Bloxom, leaving on the 6:20 o'clock train yesterday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-08

Acting Governor Cunningham has gone to his home tn Ensley to spend Sunday and Monday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-08

Mir. J. Dewitt Maxwell of New York who will manage the new Exchange Hotel upon its completion, is visiting Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-08
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CAPITULATION. Brand Total Copies Circulated. .s4s. SSa The grand total when divided by B2, the number of issues. shows the average circulation per issue. Weekly Edition, to have been. 1s.aoS E. s. Noble, Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser, being duly sworn, says: The foregoing statement of The Ad- vertisere Weekly circulation for the year 1894 is true and correct.
 D. s. NOBLE, Circulation Manager
 The Advertiser Company. Sworn to and subscribed before me this Sth day of January, 1908.
 F. W. JACKSON,
 N. F.. Ex-O. J. P.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-08
sInxing in EngIIsh.

T have noticed with pleasure that the theatrical magnates are allowing grand opera to be sung in English said d Montgomerian who takes an in- terest in things musical T don't see why they didn't do it years ago. Ger tainly an audience can enter more into the spirit of realism of grand opera if the people understand the words of the score being sung. It has been ad- vanced that English is not a musical language That may be, but 1t is cer- tatnly more musical than German. Eng fish may not have the long as of the Italian that so please the auditory oonsonants of the French. But German Is distinctly the grand opera language and English is certainly more euphonic than the speech of Kaiser Wilhelm's realm"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-08

The York. Pa, Dispatch, Is another Republican newspaper which will not stand for Pennypacker's gag law. It devotes a column to editorial denunci- ation of such a measure, of which the following is a fair sample:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-08

Col. J. H. Nathan and Hon. J. R Coleman of Sheffield, were in Montgom- cry yesterday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-08

pr C. C. Bruner. who is attending the Medical Department of the Johns Hopkins University of Baltimore, Md, having. spent his Christmas vacation with relatives near Greenyille. arrived
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-08
4 0oIUsE oE g5cgEEs WEIGH IS A

For the benefit and guidance of mer- ehants and others who advertise, the fol- lowing statement for the month of De- esmber. 1904, has been compiled and sworn 10 by our Circulation Manager.
 To the many readers and friends who gre interested in our growth, 1t Is satis- bent increase. It is not only the quantity. bus the class and quality of II. of which we hre so proud
 The Advertiser is acknowledged the lead lns newspaper In the State and is thorough 1 up-to-dats &n every particular.
 Watch Us Grow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-08

MT. R. c. Jones of BirminEha spent yesterday in the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-08

Dr. J. A. Rice. pastor of the Court Street Methodist Church, will return to Montgomery the middle of the week. While away. Dr. Rice will preach the sermon at the Centennial Commehce- ment of the University of South Caro- lima. This is considered great honor for Dr. Rice
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-08

Mir. H. D. Thiele of Mobile, arrived Montgomery last night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-08

Prof. c. W. Duncan of Auburn, V in the city yesterday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-12-26
SLIPS OF Artists.

1t is par1 of the seeming Ill luck
belonging to circumstance that an
artist may spend time and genius on
piece Of work anI then fail con-
spicuously in some detail.
There is story that one royal
academician gave n hand five fingers
and thumb and that another painted
l live lobster bright red.
The clever Goodall had been engaged
N painting number of .laborers drag.
y.nS hugr stone across the desert,
and man Of science. entering tnc
studio, said 10 him: -.r
Il say Go1lau, If yon want those
fellows to pull that stone you must
double their nunher It.wOuld take
just twice as many
But it is lot moiern painters alone
who slip UP on points Of accurncy.
Even Albert Durcr. in a scene rciE'c-
sentinc Peter denying christ. pa.H1el
one Of the Roman soldiers in the act
of smoking. Turner pat n rainbow
beside the sun, and in another p.ctTa
he got vocfuly tangled in the ship
rigging
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-12-26
FINE PLAY, ExCELI4ENr TROUPE
Georgia Harper Company Presents
"FTou Frou" Tonight

Last night large audiCI,cc at the
Frazer thcater wus agreeably surpris-
ell by The luonner in which the Geor-
Yla Harper troupe presented "Nub'- "
The bill is a three-act comedy. and
it is laugh almost from start to
finish. The plct all hinges on the
coming to life OF the Grecian statue
of "Nlobe." which is brought about
through electrical wires coming into
contact with the marble statue. The
restored Niobe is a white elephant on
the hands of Peter Armour Dunn,
who, knowing the truth would not be
believed. tries numerous lies to ex-
plain the presence of Niobe In his
house.
Miss Georgia Harper. who plays the
leading roles In her company's enter
tainments, has considerable talent
and makes good appearance. Joseph
DIETRICH is good comedy actor and
provokes laughter by his droll and
casual manner.
Specialties given between acts by
Frank and Tom Howard were greeted
with hearty applause, and the clever
dancers were repeatedly encored,
Frank Howard also did we'll as Cor
ney Griffin in last nights play.
Tonight the Georgia Harper COM
pany will present "Frou Frou," which
promises to be will worth seeing.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-12-26

A cOrresponde.t SEM, US copy Of
an o!d viii on record ln'the olirc cf
the ordnary OF Lumpk.n county. Ga.
After appointing three. executors, be
"solemnly' requests Nem ''to law ~
Nicholson to the full extent Of the law
lmpute my cranIp c0lh TO his injus
tice to me-" He fur her requests that
"they pay thams Ives and our Gttog.
neys and spend as much as is ueces-
sary in buying Il sab. anil place on 1t;
Here lie the remains OF s. Douglas
Crane Born the Sth Of November
1900, who served FIVE years In the
Georgia legislature and never lost a
day and dies in the full fai.h of the
Methodist doctrine and In full hope. Il
which church he wills $o0.'" In con
cluslon the testator requests "to Ii
buried ON the highest hill in the gravo
yard with the honors Of war. colo
ne's salute."-Law Notes.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-12-26
GENERAL NEWS

a six-story factory building In the
tenement district in New York,
burned Christmas morning Loss
$1,000
During the past 10 months AmerI-
can exports to China were valued at
$4,000, 900; to Japan during the same
period, $46.OOO,OOO.
The Mormons have bought large
racts in Chihuahua, Mexico, and TO-
600 Mormons will move thereto from
Utah and Arizona next year.
Fire in the shaft building OF the
Marquette Third Vein Coal company
at Spring Valley, ILL.,, suffocated 100
mules. The total loss was S250.OOO.
and no insurance.
A runaway horse attached to a
buggy ran into moving train at
Delphos, Q. Henry Honhorst and
laughter, Rose. were instantly killed.
and Mrs. Honhorst was severely in
jured.
big fight is on in the state OF
New Jersey to abolish capital punish
AhNhNs MANY IlltUlDtTS-elGcI OF the
legislature are pledged to its abolish
ment, and Il powerful lobby outside is
at work.
Chris Anderson, his son Morton,
and mother-in-law, Mrs. L. j. Wood
ward, were run down and killed by
train at Alma, Kan. The earring
in which they were riding was de-
mollshed, and the team killed
The car barns of the Toledo Rail-
way & Light company at Toledo, were
robbed by several men who blew II
safe, and according to the officials
got $500. They were frightened away
before gaining access to the strong
box, which contained $1,000.
Matthew Patterson Wood, scientist,
author and engineer, is dead at New
York, aged 10. During the civil war
he was superintendent OF motive
power of the American railways as
concerned all military movements,
serving under Gen. Herman Hupt.
who died last week.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-12-26
DEMAND FOR SHEEP.
Everything Which VIII Bear a Lamb
Il ut Premium.

The Shepherds Bulletin says: From
every section of the country. espe-
cially from the corn belt region, come
reports of an all-devourlng demand
for breeding ewes. Anything which
can be considered capable of bearing
lamb has been placed at premium
II must be admitted that a good
deal of stuff which should have been
fed off has gone to swell the num-
Der of small flocks which have been
started this season.
The wisdom of this policy is ques-
tionable. but we have no desire to
dissuade those who can afford to
make the experiment, though 1t were
to be wished that the desire to in
crease the number OF sheep were less
persistent than the efforts made to
improve the quality.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-12-26
NORTHWEST NEWS

r. II. Hoffman is building a
foundry and machine shop at Clarks-
ton, and will install $4,000 plant.
John Delino, an Austrian, was
stabbed six times in fight at Port
land. He was badly hurt. but may
recover.
The health officer at Mullan, Ida
ho, is fumigating the miners bunk
houses, which ne claims are breeding
places for contagion and infection.
At Seattle livery stable belonging
to the Montana Stable company on
Washington street, burned. One Jap
anese and 81 horses lost their lives.
Loss 5000.
The old frigate Nipsic, the only
American warship to escape the ty-
phUon at Apia, Samoa, I'm 1889, has
been placed I'm commission on Puget
sound as prison ship.
Martin Kline, a roundhouse en-
ploye, was run over by a Grea'
Northern engine at Clancy, Mont, and
had leg crushed off. He died in a
hospital an hour later.
James Armstrong died by heart
failure in a cell in the city jail at
Portland. He had been run in dur
ing a protracted spree. He had been
addicted to liquor for many years.
Judge Thomas II. Brents of Walla
Walla, has been offered $4,000 for
Helen Norte, a pacing mare, by Chi
cago partps. He will not sell, and
will race sthe mare on the grand cir
cult next year.
PelasSo & Mayer will close the Be-
lasco theater in Portland, January Z,
as losing proposition. 1t has been
open 80 weeks during which time
the firm has expended over s130,000
in salaries and other current ex-
penses.
Near Ocala, which is near Jack
souVille. Ore, Southern Pacific
fast train struck a large black bear,
killing 1t. The animal was walking
on the track as the train rounded n
sharp curve, and seemed to be con-
fused by the headlight and made no
attempt to get out of tn, way.
William Howell, proprietor OF the
Steamer saloon at Tacoma, quarreled
over a bottle of whiskey with Oscar
Welfriger and C. G. Steele, long
snoremen, and shot both. Welfriger
was. shot through the lungs and
steele in the abdomen. steele will
die.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-12-26
IncIaent cr the Retsn of Terror.

\ dramatic incident of lie 'gu of
tg:-'2- Il i'r."rc Vas the SAVING Of her
flthor's l,fc from thc gu..,ot,ne BY
a!l,c. L. S2ah-cuil ". &c Sombrcuu
and his GlCg,ter were condemned to
death ut the time of the September
massacres apd were waiting IN tho
cart. surroun ed ly the mob, for. their
turn to moCAt the scnGJld. Nile. de
S3..orcui turned TO- the crowd anu
asked what harm a weak Old man Hike
her father co"lG 60 20 the nation. Some
Of the men answered that if she would
drink GA OF blood to the nation
they would let him 50 AMI passed up II
glass. She drank it down Immediately.
The crowd took her ana her fatlIur
from the cart. They escaped and made
their way to Eng nd. Size thought AT
the time eha,. rank blood, bSt after
ward she conclu7c1 that 1t was red
wine. for r'r sgw ~ one stoop to- fiji
the glass. To'hcr Gsth ahe was never
able, however, 70 soc red wine 10 1t
glass without shrd I'm p, - r.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-12-26
WARNS THE FARMER.
HOWARD EVANS WRITES
OF RUSSIAN THISTLE.

tuit Inspector of Cmatiila county
Writes Entcrtainingiy OF Pest
That Threatens the Wheat District
Seriously-Where the Russian This
tie Once Secures n Footing 1t Crowds
Out Every Other Crup-Wnrning to
Farmers TO Fight Il Relentlessly.
Milton. Dec. 24.-(Editor Hast Ore
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-12-26
Until
January ]

SiKteem Pianos Sold the Week Before
ClTistmas-NOw Is the Time to
Buy u Piano or Organ.
Rring $40 or $50 to pay as the first
payment and thereafter Sc. IS or $40
ser month will do to secure any of the
great bargains offered from now ill
I.nuary 1st.
Remember. the great number of
Pfsnos that we have been selling and
yOa will understand why we can af
Ger those Pianos at such prices. Tho
xorld's best Pianos are offered to
EOu- Chickering's, Webers. Kimballs.
HOBART NJ. Cables. Lesters. Schu-
-rauus, Eaileys and many others.
g. won't cost you cent to investi
gaze. Tf you have an organ we will
1AEe it as part payment-you might
gust AS well have Piano now and
take advantage of this offer.
You have an absolute assurance Of
satisfaction. 1t is "money back" II
cot as represented. Every purchaser
q pleased purchaser is our aim.