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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25
Ginners Elect New Officers.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, July 25.-The
election of officers held at a meeting
in Dallas, Texas, last December, hav-
ing been declared illegal, the National
Ginners' association met here in con-
vention today for the purpose of elect
ing a new set of officers and Of con-
sidering other important business. The
question of government estimates will
be thoroughly discussed, and some rad
ical steps may be taken to insure for
the future the gathering and publica-
ton of reliable crop and supply re-
ports by the government. Other i'm
portant matters will also be taken up
and discussed. The attendance is un-
usually large, and every part Of the
cotton-producing south is represented
by delegates. An interesting program
has been arranged for the meeting.
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the mowers of the states. They are as
usable as they ever were. What the
states could do in Jeffersons time they
can do today. What they coulo ho'
do then nor now congress has uhder-
taken to do. This is just what lhe
federal constitution contemplated
The last democratic candidate ior
president showed his comprehension OF
the problems of his day when ne ue-
clared that the common law could 90
all that was necessary to curb the
trusts He was as unsuccessful in con-
vincing the people that he knew what
he was talking about as the democrat
ic party will be in convincing the pup
lie that every time congress passes
law to protect the people in their rights
if traverses the rights of the states.
Movements on parallel lines do not ira
verse one another.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25

form school, saloon keeper has been
fined and a woman bound over for
trial on a charge of keeping an i'm
moral resort. 1t was found that a
saloon in the heart of the retail bus
mess destrict was being used as a
meeting place for girls of IA and Is
and boys a year or two older, and that
a woman who leased the rooms above
the saloon rented them for immoral
purposes. Joseph Feuling, proprietor
of the saloon, was arrested and fined
$50 and costs, while the woman, Mrs.
Gusta Behrens, was fined $50 and
costs under city ordinance and bound
over to await trial for the violation
of a state law. Additional arrests will
be made and it is hoped to bring about
a reform.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25
IS A STEP BACKWARD

Significant to a degree is the action
of the executive council of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor in making
good its declaration to enter the field
of politics in the interest of the trades
union movement, and to urge all
friends of organized labor to elect to
political offices men known to be IA
vorable to the union cause. 1t is
radical departure which is likely, in the
long run, to go farther toward disor-
ganizing that strong labor body than
any other movement which could be
made.
The officers of the council maintain
that in the past they have been handi-
capped through the failure of concert
ed effort on the part. of laboring men
to elect those who would work for la
boris interest They overlook the fact
that the great organization they have
builded has grown so great chiefly be-
cause politics has been religiously
eschewed.
Through the adherence to the rule
not to subordinate the great body to
the petty ambitions Of those individu
ais politically inclined, the vast power
Of the organization has been conserved
to the interests of labor itself. Once
the ambitious individual is permitted
to swing the immense influence of the
national body to benefit his own selfish
political desires, factions, disagree
ments and internecine strife will pre-
vail to the menacing degree of disrup-
ton and collective weakness.
The danger of this inducement to
labor leaders or others with labor in
fluence" is realized by the council, as
is evidenced by caution inserted in
the address to organized labor:
The council issued a warning that
the movement must not degenerate
into a scramble for office, but that 1t
should be a determined effort, free
absolutely from all partisanship of
every name and character to secure
the legislation we deem necessary and
essential to the welfare and happiness
of all our people"
Can any one doubt, in the face of
past events, that there will be scram-
BILE for office under the sacred name
of "Unipnism"? 1t is retrogression for
the American Federation of Labor.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25
AS TO STATES RIGHTS.

There never was a congress which
did things which did not incur the
anathema of the democratic party or
that portion of it which clings to the
doctrine of states rights. And curious
ly enough the democratic party always
cites Thomas jefferson as the exponent
of those rights, although he admitted
that he stretched the constitution
when he bought Louisiana. 1t does
not matter that the democratic party's
record is inconsistent, that when it
elected a president it happily elected
man who OVERRIDE states rights by
sending troops into a sovereign state
something no republican president ever
power it returned to the harp of states
rights and the tune of miserable fore
bodings.
The fifty-ninth congress passed
three bills which the extremists in the
dSiiipNlhliN patty lSSoIu Will NOlSlu1
countenances. the rate bill, the meat
inspection bill and the pure food bill.
The Philadelphia Record, which may
be taken as type of the democratic
newspaper, quarrels with all three of
these bills on the ground that it has
never been shown that the states
themselves could not effect these re-
forms"
True, it had not been Shown" but
it was gravely suspected everywhere
that the states could not legislate or
interstate commerce. Their jurisdic.
ton being limited, they could effect
none of the reforms aimed at in the
curtailment of the power of the rail.
roads.
Yet. when all is said. congress by its
legislation did not destroy the power
of the states. Their railroad commits.
sions are as lively as ever, and theil
dairy and food departments are still
actively engaged in their civilizing la.
bors. There has been no invasion O.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25
TWO ARRESTED IN GEM CASE.
Bookmaker and Woman Wearing Jew
els Connected With Robbery.

NEW YORK, July 25.-Two arrests
have been made by the police in con-
nection with the robbery of $4,000
worth of jewels from Mrs Halsey Cor
win, which was reported to the authori-
ties Wednesday.
Alfred King, a bookmaker, was taken
in custody today on suspicion of know
ing something about the robbery. A
young woman wearing many jewels
and giving the name of Elizabeth Nc
Betty, is also detained at police head
quarters in the hope that she may be
able to throw some light on the mys-
terry
King and Mrs. McBetty were ar
raigned in police court on a detectives
affidavit, charging grand larceny. and
held in $4,000 bail each for further ex-
animation tomorrow. 1t was charged
that the robbery occurred on July Is al
the apartments of Mrs. McBetty, who
described herself as housekeeper
residing at % West Forty-fifth street
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25

Notice is hereby given that r. C.
McCaw on the 18th day of June, 1906,
took up and now keeps at his farm
three miles east of Prescott in Walla
Walla county, Wash, the following es-
tray steer:
One, age, two years; color, red;
brands, OIL on left hip; ear marks.
swallow fork in each ear; other iden-
LITIGATION marks, waffle on right jaw
Said estrays will be sold to the high
est bidder for cash at the place kept,
as above specified, on Tuesday. the 7th
day Of August, 1906, at the hour Of one
o'clock in the afternoon of said day,
unless the owner thereof. or his legal
representative, shall appear prior to
that time and make out his title and
pay all charges against said estray.
w. ]. HONEYCUTT,
Auditor of Walla Walla
County, Wash.
BY T. M. MCKINNEY,
Deputy.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25
LOST PART OF HIS BRAIN.
Hammond Doesn't Mind, and Says He
Feels Better Than Ever.

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. July 25.-
One Of the most remarkable cases
which has come to the attention of
in this section is that of A.
C. Hammond, who has recovered after
losing two ounces of brain matter
Ever since he came under the care of
physicions at the hospital here he has
been conscious. He remembers all the
events Of his life and says he feels
better than he ever did before.
Mr.. Hammond was injured by a cir
Gle saw in a sawmill near Thorp, Wis,
June %. He lost a piece of his skull
three inches square, exposing the
brain, and about two ounces of BRAIN
After the accident he rode eight miles
to Thorp, where he took the train to
Chippewa Falls.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25
Estray Sale.

Notice is hereby given that A. J
Evans on the Goth day of June, 1906
took up and now keeps at his farm on
Dry creek, 6A miles northeast of
Walla Walla city, in Walla WalIa
county, Wash, the following estrav.
One bay mare, years old. D on
right hip and illegible brand on left
shoulder, black name and tail. foreton.
reached, barb wire cut on left shoulder
and on left side.
Said estray will be sold to the high
est bidder for cash at the place kept
as above specified, on Monday, the
3Oth day of July, 1906, at the hour of
2 o'clock in the afternoon of said day
unless the owner thereof, or his legal
representative, shall appear prior to
that time and make out his title and
pay all charges against said estray.
Date of first publication of this no.
tice, July IA, 1906.
w. ]. HONEYCUTT,
Auditor of Walla Walla County.
Wash.
By T. M. MCKINNEY, Deputy.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25
THE REWARD OF A POET.

One day last week the dispatches
from the Philippines contained a plain
tive tale of the hardships in service
encountered by Private A. L. Price be-
cause he wrote bit of verse scath-
ingly arraigning an officer who had
ordered the band leading the funeral
of a soldier, to play always in the
Way"
The story related how Price was
ordered before a courtmartial on a
charge of writing scurrilous matter
rejecting upon officers of the army and
how he barely escaped with acquit-
tai. Then the tale goes on to tell
how Price was punished over the heads
of the courtmartial by being taken
from a soft post in a hospital at Ma
Mia and exiled to 1.-The terrible post OF
Zamboango." +
At first glance the alleged Danish.
ment savored of Russian methods anC
strong feeling against the officers was
aroused. But when the boys of the
Fourteenth Cavalry at Fort Walls
Walla read the story they chucklet
with large chuckles. Then they roaret
in squadrons.
AS a matter of fact there's not +:
man in the Fourteenth who would no
be glad of a detail to Zamboango i
serving at all in the islands. 1t il
there that General Wood has his head
quarters and where his handsome
home is located. According to tn,
stories of the troopers Zamboango, OIL
| Mindanao, is a paradise, the resi-
dents of which are envied such a.
only soldiers can envy their more for
tunate comrades.
| Those sorts of exiles, such as fell t
Poet Price. are dreamed of as reward
| by the troopers in the islands.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25
EVERYBODY WORKS BUT

Once upon a time-a time not so
far distant-was held a meeting or
the Fifty Thousand club, at which
committee was named to look about
the city and observe those Things
which would conduce to the munich
pality's good health and cleanliness.
The committee went out cheerfully
and boldly, and with eyes of the eagles.
Much good was done. The dirty, filthy
alleys were observed and commented
upon and the slow-paced property
owners were stirred to a condition Of
municipal pride and healthful regard
for their neighbors. The alleys We're
cleaned.
But alas! The broom stays not new.
Once cleaned it would seem as if the
alleys no longer attracted attention
from that splendid committee, then SO
successful. The cleanliness disap-
peared. There came heaps of foul re-
fuse. chunks huge of unsightly dirt,
stacks of marring rubbish. Today the
alleys are unclean-growing more So.
Will the members of that successful
committee of the Fifty Thousand club
go once more into the back yards and
the alleys of their fellow tOwnsmen?
Will they keep up the good work be-
gun so auspiciously. Let US hope so,
for the city needs them.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25
SWOLLEN FORTUNES

The will of Alfred Belt, the dead
diamond king, is an example Of the
distribution of a vast estate which
carries with it none of the fears of the
perpetuation of Swollen fortunes"
After bequeathing great sums to char
liable. educational and industrial OBJ
iects. he gives the remainder absolute
ly to his brother. Who this brother
NAV be. the world has no information,
but he is probably a person who will
enjoy the fortune while he lives and
pass it on in portions to numerous
relatives and friends, and possibly for
the continuation Of some of the pro-
jects favored in the will of the creator
of the estate.
Thus the fortune gradually will find
it's way back into the common stock
of wealth. A part Of it will have been
permanently arrested for educational
institutions, but here, too, it will have
returned to the common stock, since
these institutions are practically free.
Their activities benefit all the world
in raising the standard of thought and
action of a few.
This sort of distribution by tesla
ment is less alarming than the per-
petuation of estates in long time
trusts.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25
Gov. JeIks to Address Editors.

GALSDEN, Ala, July 25.-The an
ISOLATION was called to order here this
morning and the visiting members
were welcomed by Mayor Smith and
Hamburger, editor of the Mobile Her.
aid, responded, and was followed by
President Charles Greer, of the state
address. There will be another ses-
sion in the afternoon, when Governor
Jelks and Senator Morgan will deliver
addresses. The rest of the day will
be given up to recreation. The busi-
ness sessions will not begin until to-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25
dwelling Confederate Monument.

BOWLING GREEN, Va, July 25.-
Several hundred Confederate veterans
and many others have come here to-
day from all parts of this state to at
tend the unwilling of the monument of
the Confederate dead of Caroline coun-
ty, which will take place this after
noon. The program of the exercises
includes a dinner to the veterans, and
a meeting with addresses by promi-
nent speakers. The monument will be
unveiled by D. S. Cash, who served
during the war in Company B, Ninth
will be present at the exercises.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25
PUSH MEANS PUBLICITY.

Push has made American men
; what they are today. 1t is the
; great American spirit condensed
; into a monosyllable. Hand in
, hand with push goes publicity
, as a motive power toward sue
? cess. The two are so close
? that it is difficult to know
? them apart The man of push
? is a champion of publicity. If
? he has a good thing he wishes
? the public to know about it;
? if he has goods to sell there
, must be push and publicity if
, he would convert those goods
? into income. What is the use
. of having the goods to sell if no
, one knows of them? How are
, the buyers to be found? Push
, and publicity will provide the
, articles to be sold and the
, persons to buy them. Push and
, publicity are the antidotes of
, stagnation and starvation
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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25
Drove Nails Into Her Brain,

PARAGOULD, Ark. July 25.-Word
has been received here of the death OF
Mrs. Azalia Thompkins, 20 years old,
near Losado, 20 miles distant, from
having herself driven two ten-penny
nails into her head with suicidal in
tent. She was blind and partially deaf
and had once before attempted suicide
by cutting her throat
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25

A telephone message from the COM
missary clerk at Fort Walla Walla, re-
ceived at noon today, gives the infor-
nation that the two new buildings are
still standing. No one attempted to
remove the fences or gates during the
night.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25

Soon the rich, ripe, emeraldhued
canteloupe will be with us in carload
lots. Soon the luscious, crimsoned
Observation-Disclosures with black seeds
and lots of water-will be among us.
Soon, too, in our midst will be those
pains and cramps and things which
call for hot ginger tea and the family
physician. But let 'em come. What
do we care!
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25

morrow An interesting program Tor
the convention has been prepared, ana
will include a discussion Oh Tie sun
iect of foreign advertising. 1t is ex-
pected that after the adjournment OF
tho convention tomorrow many of the
members will go to Atlantic Beach,
Fla. where they will remain one week.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25

We note in our highly esteemed
morning contemporary that Or. Hare
brought with him his bride, secured on
his Colorado trip" We trust the doc
tors security" is long.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25
Packers Reach for English Sites,

LONDON, July 25.-The London
report that a number of
Chicago meat packers contemplate
opening packing houses and ware
houses in this country They add that
sites in Lancashire and London are
being inspected, but no names are
mentioned.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25

Rather than tell her age while on
the witness stand, Columbus, O..
woman preferred to be sent to Jail for
contempt of court through refusing
to answer questions. 1t is hardly nee
essary to state she was later released
under writ of habeas corpus. When
a woman won't, She
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25

Another happy auxiliary to child
hoods joys is to be taken from US. A
Pittsburg doctor has found two chill
dren poisoned by arsenic used in color
ing the mouthpieces of toy balloons.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25
HICKS IN A PICKLE.

Former State Official Arrested for
Stealing Dog Stranger Gave Him.
NEENAH, Wis, July 25.-Former
Attorney General Emmett r. Hicks, Of
Oshkosh, while returning home from
a visit at Waupaca recently. was given
a fine spaniel dog by a stranger on the
train, who said he did not want to
be bothered with it.
Meanwhile a Waupaca man missed
his spaniel and telegraphed here to
arrest it's holder, after learning that
a stranger had boarded the train with
the animal. Hicks was arrested here,
and it took him several hours to ex-
plain and summon witnesses who
knew him.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25

George Gould wants 1000 men for
construction work on the Union Pa
cific. Walla Walla would be salts
fed with one seventh of that num-
Der at present
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25

The search for little Cecil Britain
has settled down to a race between the
lairvoyants-each going in an oppo-
site direction
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25
MANY ARRESTS At IA CROSSE.
Saloons Used as Meeting Places o
Girls and Boys.

LA CROSSE, Wis, July 25-Detec-
tives who have been making a quiet
investigation have brought to light a
startling condition Of immortality ex-
listing among young girls and boys in
tbs city, and as result numerous ar
rests have been made
Two girls have been sent to the re-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25

We are reliably informed that the
special committee of the $4,000 club,
appointed to see that the alleys of
the city were cleaned and kept Clean
is not out of business. The committee
is merely enjoying a we'll earned vaca-
ton.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25
BOY BANDITS SENTENCED.
Madison, Wis.,, Court Gives Two Chi
cago Lads Six Years Each.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, July 25.-Wal-
ter O'Brien and Charles Allinger, the
Chicago boy bandits, who held up and
shot George Howard, of Blue River,
Wis, were today sentenced to six years
each in the state reformatOry
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25

Entered at the Postoffice OF Walla
WaIla, Washington, as Second-ciass
Matter.
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ESTRAY SALE,

, T. M. MCKINNEY, Deputy.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-02-28
Rubber Tree.

Ficus elastica, commonly called
Rubber tree. is not uncommon in
cultivation as a house plant Too
often it is found in the condition de-
scribed i'm an item from the Mayfiow-
err:
For two years past my Rubber-tree
was an eyesOre. Away back i'm the
past it had been a beautiful object, a
straight, tall shaft of glossy leaves,
not one of which had fallen or become
dis6gured. But my friends argued
lit is going to reach the ceiling sOon
and what will you do then?' 1 didn't
know, and l said so. At which they
laughed. 81 should top 1t now"
''Ought to have done it long ago. So
| topped it." a generous topping"
which an enthusiastic friend appro-
priated. Just two shoots put out, both
at the top, which in due time lengthen-
ed and looked very ugly. In vain 1
tried punctures at leaf axis to induce
branching. A few drops of milk-white
gum eXuded, dried up and fell off,
and no shoot followed. In vain l
pinched back the two shoots; no more
appeared. The leaves began to turn
yellow and fall. Last spring when it
was moved to the back porch for the
summer, l surveyed it with great dis
satisfaction. 81 will take cutting
and let the thing CO." which l did
Then l cut off the rest, leaving two
feet of now leafiess stem. | never
expected it to recuperate. In April
| went for six weeks visit Before
going l said to the powers that be-
i'm the kitchen. ''Do give plenty of
water to the Rubber-treer' And was
answered with a derisive laugh, 'sCall
that tree?" Judge of my astonish-
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-02-28

leaving about half the soil; turned a
tumbler over them, and in a few days
noticed new growth, and in few
weeks | had to take the glasses off.
Some seed were sent with them. l
think the seed-cells made a sort of
star. the seed-bean shaped and hung
to the pod as the seed of Magnolia
does. by a slender web. They never
came up. The plants do bloom, the
flowers nearly white. small and, unless
one notices close. would never be seen.
| noticed here and at the cemetery,
last year, but there We're no seed. Of
late years there are many of these
handsome shrubs in gardens here, and
can almost trace all to the little
twigs sent me from Long Island.
In Denyce and CanardS catagOg,
there is an illustration of SanSeviera
Zeylanica. that gives a good idea of
this fine plant and the flowers. Sever
al years ago, | had plant in a large
pot. mine blOOmed but the scape of
flowers were not white, but pale yell
low, and the flower stem was over
two feet tall The flowers lasted
several weeks. The plant is all they
claim for it, and young ones taken
from the old plant and set in a
sheltered place in the garden made
nice plants by fall. After the first
frost threw leaves over them and the
next spring they came out scarcely
injured. l kept my big plant several
years as it got large and tall and took
up too much room, 1 finally gave it
away But Sanseviera plant is pret-
tier and much easier managed than
many Palms or Ferns are.
NJ. E. c.. Pearce.