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Four Nth Not One KesseL.

Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua
leach born TO self-government IN 1923;
eighty-three years agoD are no better
of than fve-year-old Cuba. Not one
owns even the first weaklIng seed OF
future navy. Yet more than thous-
and vessels enter Guatemalan ports
each year. while the export trades OF
of the others rise from the s6,5OO.ooo OF
little Honduras to the $50. 900. 600 OF the
island republic which We dragged from
the bonds OF oppression in '0s.
Perhaps these little republics trust
solely to Uncle Sans Hands orr as
first enunciated by Mr.. President Mon
roe. and that. too, may be the reason
why Mexico. with so long a coast line
and so many varied interests. possesses
navy which verges upon the ridicu-
lous- Today she has a steel dispatch
boat Of some 1900 tons. four gunboats.
and five torpedo boats. though not one
Of the ten is fit for other hgh:ing than
against those semi-civilized tribes
which still make occasional trouble in
some outlying provinces. Five years
hence she may tell a different story.
for round million is to be spent in
that time in building eight gunboats
Of the latest pattern.
Panama. "babiest Of the baby re-
puh!ics.' is not planning to spend good
dollars for boats. She has already
spent all she could; the result being
that the converted yacht Orienta. a
trim little craft of only 2 feet beam
and ~ feet draft. though her two
S-pound Hotchkiss guns. fanked by two
rapid-f1re Maxims. and presided over
by her 2,O0O-candIe-power ?, searchlight.
make her a formidable little enemy 70
the smugglers who heretofore hive
found a paradise for their Illicit work
along the haphazard Central American
coast.
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ly sieI, the very first trip. since which
inauspicious date the feet 60 has lain
rotting II. the sun, a none-too-cleanly
toy. urtil the growing activities of the
pretender drove her once more into
commission. Twice since the present
year OF grace came in has she sailed
forth to lombard the troops of her
monarch's enemy. and each time have
her wild shots dropped Into French
territory. doing slight damage, how
ever. beyond exercising the ever-ready
protests of European diplomacy
Bulgaria might easily get into like
hot water. for her gunboats would not
have to be muc.l overloaded to drive
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future. but at present It IS the Ostend-
English packets which fly the royal
rel. yeiicw ard black tri-color. Many
a passenger has made the trip on
Belgian ''man-of-war" without know
ing it.
All this takes no account OF the
shallow draft. sternwheel steamers
whicE look after the rights OF the
mona"chial business man in the crown.
lands Of the Congo States. but this
navy" IS distinct from the mother
land's-as distinct as are the so-called
fleets Of Canada and Egypt from the
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to parade; 44O-ton gunbo1t. and two
diminutive steamers. EcuadOr's fleot
consists Of two ancient French dispatch
boats. the Papin and the Incon-
stant. wood and iron affairs OF the
vintage of IS. supported by two slight
ly more modern torpedo boats. and two
little Observation-Disclosures Vene-
zuela and San Salvador have but one
tub" each: the one an S32-.cn gun
boat, and the other a formidable 75-ton
terror. armed with a single rapld-lrer.
Santo Domingo and Haiti can boast Of
but little more.
Three gunboats OF I2-knot speed con-
stitute the invincible navy OF Uruguay
An impressive force that yet would
stand but scant chance with the COM
paratively magnificent armada which
Chulalongkorn of Siam might send out
10 meet her. This Asiatic potentate
commands eek oficio'D two soo-ton
corvettes, six gunboats, a 2.50O-ton
deck-protected cruiser. mounting Il
guns OF various caliber. and a stanch
though none-too-large flagship or
$50 tons armed 10 belch shot and shell
Of the S-pound variety.
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genuine articles which bear the English
rag round the world and back again
Some colonies depend wholly upon
tnelr parent countries Arabia turns 10
Turkey for such maritime aid as sho
may need; Denmark looks after lee
land. and Il IS the white squadrona
OF Uncle Sans providing which guard
young Miss Porto Rico The Britishera
in India say not q word OF wanting a
native deet, and only very recently
nave the Australian settlers begun 20
1nlak mat they are bit too Tar away
from home longer 70 depend wholly
upon naval protection from there. Sir
Horace Tozer declares emphadcaIly
that the changed conditions in the Pa
cidc demand that Australia build,
man and support her own feet SO far
this Is only talk
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~ -
Opera BOufe AYmGdQS.

With the already mentioned Monroe
Doctrine protecting them from Euro
Iean aggression, several of these same
not ana mercurial little lands maintain
so-caIled 'navies." Just TO keep the'r
hdhos IN as II were, for those ncisl
Dorhood rows, amusingly designated az
wars which are Of almost daily oc-
cuTrehoe- paraguay has three vessels
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III clBWEtG CRJgzG6
MN NZ4C4CY

her rnisc',oc sy.o neighborins and prob
ably neutral countries Bulgaria 5
prince. however. fortunately perhaps.
prefers a ride in the cab Of an eX-
press engine to playing at being
Warlike admiral
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Belgium s Packet Fleet.

Belgium. rich little land. with COM
mercial interests out Of all proportion
20 her tiny forty-one-nile seacoast. has
brilt her navy Of packet boats. Twelve
such craft. Of between 4l9 and 6S4
tens, Were launched during the eight
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WARM.

May Roxley Cat the telePhone)-That
you. Jack2 You know YOU promised
you'd speak 10 father today.
Jack Lovett-Yes. I-e-spoke 70 him
this morning at has Office.
May EuElev-C. What did he say?
Jack I-OVett-Wh hy-er-I didn't wait C
hear all Of it--Catholc Standard anG
Times.
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cen years preceding ISIS. and these
would constitute King Leopolds sole
sea power had he not more recently
acquired two crack warsaips - Of
7ss tons each. and speed - twenty
one knots. Two coast defense vessels
ard a halt dozen torpedo boats are
protected. and there IS even a
rumor now and then OF a really
truly man-of-war IN the sometime
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-06
Divorced and Did Not Know II

LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 6.-Mrs. Au-
gusta Biel, though divorced by her
husband, Peter Biel, over eleven years
ago. did not discover until today that
she was not a wife, and that during
all of that period she had been only
his housekeeper.
Mrs Biel was before the insanity
commission for an investigation Of a
charge that she was mentally de-
ranged Her former husband was a
witness and testified that he had di-
vorced her in the district court Of this
county. He admitted that he had kept
her in ignorance of the divorce. Mrs.
Biel twice before had been before
the insanity commission, but was dis
charged.
The commission, at the close of the
hearing, decided that she was not
mentally unsound. She will not re-
turn to her former husbands home.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-06
HUMOR OF THE HOUR
Another Awful Outrage.

Harry" said his wife, this is aw
ful! Look at this mornings paper! 1t
says you are scOundrel. 1t says In
plain print that you made your for
tune by corrupting other men. Look
here! You are accused of bribing pur-
chasing agents to buy your goods when
they were inferior to others offered at
the same price. This is terrible! You
must make them retract at once Ed
itors can be sent to Jail for criminal
libel, can't they? II it isn't criminal
libel to print stuff about respectable
business man that shows him to be no
better than a common thief and black
leg, don't know what it is. Here
look at this! 1t says you allowed the
county commissioners large sums of
money for giving you contracts to fur
nish public institutions with supplies
at exorbitant prices. Oh, dear, is no
body's reputation safe? You must, in
justice to society, take immediate steps
to have these scandal mongers, these
detestable muck rakers, punished. You
owe it to yourself and to your family
and to the public to make
Eyes, yes, my dear, l know it. It's
an Outrage-a damnable outrage! l
shall take immediate steps in the mat
ter. I'll go at once to my lawyer and
instruct him toto find out, if possible,
how much evidence they ave"-Chica-
go Record Herald.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-06

on the lines of the o. r. & N com
pany to Seattle, Tacoma. Everett and
Belllngham, is charged the sum of the
TWO locals, be, and the same is here
by abrogated and ordered discontin-
ued.
1T is further ordered and adiudged
IN lieu thereof, the rate to be hereafter
! charged for wheat from points on the
lines of the o. r. & N. company and
destined and consigned to Seattle, Ia
coma, Everett and Bellingham be car
ried over the lines of the o. r. E. N
company and the Northern Pacific
Railway company's lines at a Joint
rate not to exceed 1871 cents per 100
pounds, and not to exceed the rate
now charged by the Northern Pacific
railway and the w. c. & R. r. COM
pany for like freight consigned from
contiguous points on their lines to
Seattle and that the rate to be
charged for wheat consignment from
points on the line of the o. r. & N.
and consigned to Seattle, Tacoma.
Everett and Bellingham be shipped
and transported over the lines of the
Great Northern Railway company
shall be carried at a joint rate not to
excel the rate now charged from con-
tiguous points by the Northern Paci-
fic Railway company for like freight
destined to Seattle"
The commission has also made a
separate and further order granting
the same terminal rates and Joint
rates to Bellingham as are given to
Seattle, Tacoma and Everett on hay,
oats, barley and mill feed, and live
stock from eastern Washington.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-06
For Commerce Commission, the Plan

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6-Word
from Oyster Bay is that the president
has selected the seventh and last
member of the interstate commerce
commission and that the appointment
will be announced shortly.
1t is given out unofficially here that
James S. Harlan of Chicago, son of
Associate Justice Harlan of the
United States supreme court and ex-
attorney general of Porto Rico, will
be named, but he will not be chair
man, as said some weeks ago. Re-
ports here say that the objections to
Harlan which were originally made
have been smoothed over. Chairman
Martin A. Knapp will retain the
Craftsmanship.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-06
ESTIMATES STATE YIELD
Deputy Inspector King Places t
al 100000 Bushels
HAD JUST FIGURED OUT 100000
HOT WEATHER REDUCED YIELD
ABOUT 100000 BUSHELS
HAD JUST FIGURED OUT 100000

Adverse weather conditions during
the growing period has cut the wheat
yield of the state 100000 bushels &C
cording to estimates just given out at
the Office of the state grain commits
sion. Chief Deputy Inspector King es-
Inmates the entire yield at $4,000, 900
bushels. The winter wheat yield will
be normal but the spring grain he es-
Inmates will be about % per cent less
than last years yield.
Mr.. King in an interview given out
at Tacoma Saturday, said:
1--WE figured that the yield this sea-
son would amount to 100000 BUSH
els, or 100000 bushels more than the
yield of last season. The hot weather
cut down the crop probably eight or
nine million bushels, and also lowered
the quality of the grain, so that half
of it will have to be graded No. 2.
At the present price of 60 cents a
buShel the loss of 5000, 600 bushels
means that the farmers of the state
are $4,SOO,OOO poorer than they would
have been if the hot wave had not
come, while the loss in the grade
means an additional loss of another
200, bringing the total loss that
the cereal growers will suffer to more
than 100000"
The situation in the Big Bend re-
gion is probably as bad as in any
portion of the state. Letters received
by Mr.. King state that a large part
of the wheat there is unfit for thresh-
ing and is being cut for feed. State
Inspector Arrasmith, who is in the
Palouse country, has written the Of
flee here that all the grain not in
the stiff dough before the hot
weather set in will be more or less
shriveled, and one-half and may be
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-06
Personal MENTION

Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Baker are visit.
ing friends in Walla Walla today.
w. E. Coge of Pleasant View is
transacting business in the city today
Dale Preston, manager of the Pres
n-Parton mills at Athena was a
Walla Walla visitor yesterday.
r. A. Jackson, big sheepman of
Columbia county is in Walla Walla on
short business trip.
Hoswell company returned home this
morning from a trip to the Sound
cities.
J. D. Laidlaw, a well-known real
estate and insurance man of Waits
burg is in Walla Walla on business
today.
Clark Wood, the genial editor of the
Weston Leader was in the city yester-
day attending the meeting of the Blue
Mountain Editorial association.
E. w. Trap of Marysville, Mo-,
arrived in the city Friday to visit
his brother, D. R. Trap, who is en-
ployed in Schiffner's barber shop ana
whom he has not seen in eight years.
T. M. Hanger, one of Dayton's most
prominent business men is registered
at the Dacres today. Mr.. Hanger is
head of the T. NJ. Hanger company
big stores at Dayton
Among visitors in Walla Walla yes
terday were Mr.. and Mrs. E. L..
Wheeler of Waitsburg. Mr.. Wheeler
is editor of the Waitsburg Times, one
of the best edited weeklies in south
eastern Washington.
Jay Real, advance man for Fore
paugh and Sells Brothers circus was
in Walla Walla yesterday looking af-
ter matters connected with the ap-
pearance of the big circus here next
Thursday.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-06
TWO RIVERS PROJECT A GO
Parry Investment Co. takes over
Snake River Irrigation Co.
PAYING UP OUTSTANDING CLAIMS
COMPANY ARRANGING TO SPEND
100000 ON NEW POWER
PLANT AND CANALS.
PAYING UP OUTSTANDING CLAIMS

Farmers who purchased land from
the Snake River Irrigation company
! under the Two Rivers project, stand
an excellent chance of realizing a
handsome thing out of their invest
ment, notwithstanding the black out
look a few weeks ago owing to liti-
cation between stockholders in the
Snake River company and the Cont
mental Construction company. This
according to r. C. Julian, editor of
the Wallula Gateway, who was in
Walla Walla yesterday attending a
meeting of the Blue Mountain Edi-
torial association.
Parry Company in Field.
"The Parry Investment company of
Seattle has taken over the holdings
of the Snake River company and is
preparing to spend 100000 in INSTALL
ing a new power plant and in enlarg-
ing the main feed and distributing ca
nails" Mr.. Julian said. "The company
has already expended 100000 in ad-
justing claims and is rapidly winding
up the affairs of the old companies.
Naturally it will take some time to
adjust all the claims but the company
| is pushing the work as rapidly as
possible and the Two Rivers project
will be placed on firm footing with
in a very short time.
Good News to WaIIa WaIlans.
This will be excellent news to sew
eral Walla Walla people who invested
in land under the old company. Farm
ers who stayed with the proposition for
over a year were about ready to throw
up their contracts and walk out of the
country broke, but since the Parry
Investment company has taken over
the holdings of the old company, they
have decided to stay with their land
and are already planning to put in
crops and otherwise improve their
homes.
"Wallula is just entering on an era
that promises to place it in the front
as one of the most productive sec
tons in the west. The Columbia ca
nal company is now arranging 10
build a big storage reservoir at its in
TO 1Cn
it's supply for retaining about 5000
acres in the Wallula district The
companys engineer arrived on the
ground from Seattle Saturday to est-
mate the cost of the reservoir and to
arrange for construction work to be-
gin as soon as the company acquires
the necessary land needed in carrying
out the project
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-06
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

In the superior court John P. An
derson has brought suit against John
Harkins to collect a note for 1919
executed October 20, 1902.
The overturning of lamp in Chas
Lees noodle joint" at 10 Rose street
this morning, started a small blaze
which brought out the chemical from
central station. Cinnamon eXtinguisheC
the blaze with a few buckets of water
before any damage was done.
Word from Toll Gate yesterday was
to the effect that Milan Latin, the
Young man who accidentally shot him.
self two weeks ago while searching
for little Cecil Britain, is much i'm
proved and was able to be up for a
time yesterday.
May Aubin, a wellknown police
character, was arrested in the central
lodging house last night on a disorder
ly charge. She was later released on
depositing $40 bail, guaranteeing her
appearance in police court this even
ing.
M. ]. Fisk and Frank Allen, two
strangers were picked up late last
night and booked at police head
quarters as being drunk and incapable
Both men were in no condition to de-
ny the allegations and went peacefully
to sleep in the city bastile.
The funeral of Wong Hop, Chi
nese laborer, who died at st. Mary
hospital Saturday, of blood poisoning,
occurred from the undertaking estab-
lishment of Cookery Holloway
Yesterday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-06

CALIFORNIA P2UNE WATERS
Purely vegetable, they are natures
product and should be in every house.
hold They cure constipation and all
disorders Of the stomach, liver end
bowels.
100 WATERS Is CENTS
Sold by L. L. Tallman.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-06
Packers Buy White Suits for Men.

OMAHA, Aug. every working
man in the South Omaha packing
plants will begin on Wednesday to
have purchased 1000 and each man
will be supplied with clean clothes
daily. White dresses for 5000 girls
also have been ordered. The COM
panies will wash these clothes each
day free of charge.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-06
Natural SuppOsitiOn.

"Ah, yes" said Senator Smugg as he
way in front of his corpOsity, Il got
my start in life by clerking in hum
BILE grocery store at salary of So
week and managed to save money on
that"
But" replied the astute reporter,
that, of course, was before the cash
registers were invented."-Puck.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-06
Spanish War Veterans Encampment.

Spanish war veterans EhcamPncnt.
ALBANY, n. Y, Aug 6.-The three
days state encampment of the United
Spanish War Veterans of New York
opened here this morning at the city
hall with several hundred delegates in
attendance. Mayor Gaus delivered an
address of welcome, to which several
responses were made. The business
sessions of the encampment will be
held in the city hall and department
headquarters have been established at
the New Kenmore. The program
which has been arranged for the three
days session of the encampment in
cluded an outing at Electric park, an
other entertainment at Al-Tro park
and a river excursion.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-06
Six.Year-Old Kills Brother.

OSKALOOSA, Iowa, Aug. 6.-Dick,
the 6-year-old son of John Cockrell,
while handling a small rifle, pulled the
trigger and instantly killed his g.
vear-old brother. The bullet went
through the heart.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-06
AhsOlute WOrth1essues

The Clam Peddler-What kind Of
Teller is't that your niece married, Mrs.
Tubman?
emn fact, Mr.. Shelly-in confidence, Of
course. He's so utterly no account
that 1 don't believe she could rattle
him off at a church fair!-WatsOn's
Magazine.
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Inc remains were inferred in the Chi
nese cemetery.
Mrs. K. F. Hunt of this city was re-
celVed at the Walla Walla hospital
yesterday for medical treatment.
A bouncing 14-pound boy arrived at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore
Rondema, 2O9 North Fifth street this
morning.
Mrs. NJ. E. Stewart of Lowden Sta
ton, left for home yesterday after
receiving treatment at the Walla Wal
la hospital for some time
Mrs. M. C. Walker, of Waitsburg.
who has been receiving treatment at
the Walla Walla hospital for several
weeks, returned to her home yester-
day. Mrs. Walkers condition is very
much improved.
William Hector, the Eureka fiat far
mer who had his hand badly crushed
in an accident at .is farm two weeks
ago, will leave for home this evening
to look after harvesting operations.
His wounded hand is rapidly healing.
Mayor Kellough has received an in
vitation from Mayor Dunno of Chica-
go to attend the 10th annual conven-
ton of the League of American Mu-
which convenes at the Au-
ditorium at Chicago on September 26,
q, %. Mayor Kellough is undecided
he will be able to attend the
or not.
mer who was shot through the head
by Sol McGriff, a month ago, left the
w dIld y" aha IOSpllcl ySSlCludy anu
will probably return to his ranch in
few days if he continues to improve
as he has the past week. McGriff is
still being held at the county Jail, al
though no formal charge has yet been
placed against him.
George Mckinney and Sam Roeke
habitues of the Rose street
alley with a fine exhibition of the
manly art late last night but Officer
Goodwin appeared on the scene before
a decision could be reached and carted
the pair off to police headquarters
where they were booked for fighting.
Both were later released on $3.50 bail
each.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-06
RAILWAY COMMISSION ACTS
Issues Formal Order on Railroads
For Joint Wheat Rate
BECOMES EFFECTIVE IN 20 DAYS
COMMISSION ALSO ISSUES FIND.
INcs OF FACT FROM THE
EVIDENCE TAKEN.

The state railway commission yes
tardav served on the Northern Pacific,
the Great Northern, O. r. & n. and
washington & Columbia River rail-
way the Joint wheat rate order pro-
muIgated by the commission. The Or
der becomes effective within 20 days
and under it's provisions the four rail-
way companies are obliged to inter-
change wheat traffic between Eastern
Washington and Puget Sound points
at the request of the shippers.
Find Farmers Injured.
Tn its findings of fact the commits
sion declares it has been established
nv the evidence heard by it that wheat
is universally worth from IL to
cents per bushel more at Seattle and
Tacoma than at Portland, and that
those farmers living on the lines of
the O. r. & n. company in eastern
Washington are limited to the Port
land market because the o. R. & N.
runs only to Portland and refuses to
deliver wheat to the lines of the other
railroads for shipment to Puget Sound,
that therefore the farmers referred to
are injured to the extent of from ~
to cents per bushel on all wheat
they are obliged to sell.
The commission also finds, from
the testimony, that joint rates actual
" exist between the Northern Pacific
and the Washington & Columbia River
Railway company, but that the other
three roads refuse to establish a joint
rate among themselves.
Tbo nrIan
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-06
TO LATE 20 CLASSIFY,

FOUND-STRAY BLACK COW, CLIP
off left ear; owner can have same
by paying keep and advertising-In
Quire at Statesman office. No. 10
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Genius. /,
"John's home from collegeT
"Oh, yes"
whats he goin' to do now?"
"Well, 'twixt you an me, think he's
Just about decided to loaf around an
be one o. these geniuses that nobody
can Observation-Disclosures Constitution.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-06

FOR SALE-WHEAT SACKS FOR
sale. 633 Washington St, Phone
1872
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The Wise Physician.

The Wise Physic1an.
do you always eat what your doc
tor advises you not to eat"
always. But have growing sus-
picion."
whats that?'
Il believe he advises me not to eat
the things he really wants me to eat"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.