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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-26
Mental Poise and Health.

People who reach extreme old age
are, as a rule, pretty well balanced
physically and mentally. A poised life
is serene, and serenity Il harmony
tend to longevity. The mind that is
not well balanced is constantly tangled
and out of tune. There is a constant
Earring which racks the whole human
machinery. There is disccrd in an IN
balanced life, and discord is always de-
structive-deadly. The well poised,
dignified life is not thrown off its cen
ter quickly. The man who goes all 10
pieces over triies is one sided. There
is a momentum in a poised, balanced
nature which steadies its progress and
helps hold it Oh its chosen track.
Hot temper, constant mental confu-
sion and disorder are vitality sappers-
lift NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Magazine,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-26
Home Comforts.

1.-THE boarders don't seem to like u
country vegetables" said Mrs. Corn.
tossel.
That's funny responded the farm
err. They ought to 'preciate 'em. They
was bought right in the same town they
come from.'-Washington Star.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-26
'Twnsn't in New York.

"Why, papa" said the fair girl
"wasn't that singuiar?"
Wasn't what Singular" the old gen.
tleman asked as he examined the rail-
way tickets which he had just pur.
chased.
THE man at the window was act.
uallS polite, and he didn't seem to
think it impertinent OF lis to want to
ride on this road."-Chicago Record.
Herald.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-26

and the need of help
is. The great philan-
thropists have been,
almost without oxcep-
ton, men who have
risen from the ranks.
George Peabody, one
of the greatest philan-
thropists of any time
or country, was one Of
these. Another was
George w. Childs.
ChildS was n Balti-
more boy. who entered
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-26

A thin woman can fill out certain
hollow places and look pretty we'll,
but when a man Is very thin he looks
like a buggy whip. and nothing can
helm him.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-26

1t Is n sign that q woman has a
temper when her husband can't take
n seat anywhere in the house that she
doesn't discover that he is sitting Just
where she wants to sweep
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-26

Grandpa is stretched in the hammock,
With his legs hanging over in space;
Grandpa is peacefully sleeping,
With a newspaper spread OF his face.
Grandpa is snoring serene,y,
There is peace, l suppose, in his breast
His hands are coStentedly dangling,
And a wasp has just lit on his vest.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-26

cried. II don't believe l could crowd
il one more thing in my hour-dishes.'
Then they must be ready for the
frosting," said her mother, giving her
a dainty and mysterious package done
up in white tissue. There is just Il
little gift for frosting, and a plum for
the top"
Good! goody !" cried Bessie. But
really the ~hour-dishes were nice. any
way" And so they We're, for Bessie
had learned the best recipe for making
happy days.-Youth's Companion.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-26
The Greatest Men.

In Il book called The Hundred
Greatest Men," by DR.. Wallace Wood.
published by the Appletons in 1891, the
following warriors and statesmen are
named as deserving that rank: Peri
cles, Alexander the Great, Hannibal,
Great, William the Conqueror, Charles
", William the Silent, Richelieu, Crom-
well, Peter the Great, Frederick the
Great, George Washington, Thomas
jefferson, Horatio Nelson, Napoleon
Bonaparte and Wellington.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-26
The hesuI,.

what do you think of this anti-kiss-
ing crusade in Indiana?'
"Oh. l dare say. niost of the young
people there Will set their faces
against it.''-Baltimore American.
Never judge the worth OF an article
by the mount of coin you give up
for It
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-26

A LITTLE LESSON
IN ADVERSELY.

No~~~~~~~

The man who is most willing to eN-
tend Il helping hand to his fcllow-man
who has known what want and poverty
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-26

The insect approaches his collar,
1t daIlies awhile here and there;
Now it finds it's way under the paper,
And grandpa is up in the air.
His legs are entwined with the branches,
The buttons are torn from his vest
,ou can tell by his words and his actions
That grandpa's no longer at rest.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-26

Go HE full realization of her love
Ill for Meredith anne to Helen as
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-20
EIks' Picnic.

The Elks, with Miss Thompson and
the half hundred other ladies and gen.
tlemen who are donating their services,
are working night and day to make the
Katzenjammer Picnic, to be given for
the benefit Of the Elks, a social tri-
umph. Nothing will be lacking in
making the event a red letter day in
the lives of those who attend. Peo-
pie who have the blues will have a
chance to laugh their sorrows away,
as the piece is bright and full of
sparkling comedy and catchy music
The auditors will not only enjoy an
evening Of good, clean amusement, but
will help along a good cause. The
Elks intend building them a home, and
the proceeds from this entertainment
will be used towards that purpose.
There will be host of good things
offered in the way of specialties.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-20
EVENING DODGERS EXTRA"
FAKES.

Many residents of Walla Walla
having relatives and friends in
Los Angeles were driven almost dis
tracted last night by the eighth edition
of the little evening dodger, which
gets out new edition every time it
gets a one-line bulletin on the Cali
fornia earthquake.
In glaring headlines taking up fully
Seven-eighths of the front page the
Godger announced that Los Angeles
had been entirely destroyed by an
earthquake. The only basis for the
statement was a telegram in sub
stance the same as published by the
Statesman in it's regular four o clock
edition, STATING that Los Angeles had
experienced an earthquake shock, that
,he telegraph office was rocking like a
boat as the message was sent out, and
that later communication had been
entirely cut off. Shortly after the
Statesman went to press a dispatch
was received from the Scripps News
As. ociation saying that communica-
ZION with Los Angeles had been re-
stored. that no damage had been done
and nobody had been hurt. There
was absolutely no justification for the
dodgers search head announcing the to-
tai destruction of Los Angeles. In its
thirteenth edition issued after nearly
everybody had gone to bed, the dodger
admitted that the story was a fake
The same might be said of its Hot
Lake story and its Blalock artesian
well canard.
Any old thing to get few paltry
pennies by the sale of extras seems to
be the policy of the evening dodger
Truth and reliability cut no figure
with its alleged news service. The fact
that readers of its fake scare-heads
may be caused mental anxiety and dis
tress is nothing to it if 1t can create
a brief sensation and advertise what
it would have the people of Walla
Walla to look upon as wonderful news
paper enterprise.
One man whose wife is visiting in
Los Angeles was crying on the streets
last night and making preparations to
depart for the supposed stricken city
as soon as possible. Three sisters
whose mother lives there We're half
crazed all night after reading the
dodgers awful headlines. These are
only instances of the distress that was
caused in many homes last night by
the yellow journalism of the little
dodger. What it will next bring forth
in the way of imaginary disaster it is
hard to conjecture. but hereafter the
people of Walla Walla should take its
alleged news dispatches at discount
of at least 80 per cent
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-20
Land For Settlers in Montana in
Near Future.
IT CONTAINS over A MILLION ACRES
PROCLAMATION FROM PRESl
DENT ROOSEVELT EXPECTED
ALMOST ANY DAY.

BILLINGS, Mont, April 20.-!Spec-
ial to the Statesman.)-It has been
announced from Washington, D. c.,
that the Grow Indian reservation will
be opened this summer. The procla-
nation of the president may be look
ed for any day. The government will
open to homestead over a million acres
of the finest agricultural land in the
west. Several large tracts of this
land will be irrigated by the govern
ment under the national irrigation law.
The irrigation canals are being con-
structed at this time, and water will
be available for settlers next spring
Everything is ready for the opening
but the filing of township plats in the
general land office at Washington, and
the surveyor general at Helena, Mont,
has been ordered to transfer the en-
tire force of his office to the work of
completing these maps, and the same
will be in Washington not later than
the 18th of May Hundreds of people
are here waiting for the opening. 1t
is estimated that at least one hundred
thousand people will take part in the
opening. Some of the land is worth
500 per acre, and it is estimated that
there is about 400, 900 acres of the land
that is worth the amuont stated per
acre. This is the first time that the
government has opened up lands irri-
gated under the reclamation act, the
national irrigation law, so-called. This
opening, together with the construction
of the Billings-Great Falls railroad
and the Milwaukee railroad, also the
construction Of the million and a half
dollar sugar factory at Billings, has
caused things to stir, and great inter-
from all states. Mr.. c. L. Harris, of
this city, has opened a free informa-
care to take part in the opening, or
who care to know about this country,
may address him and information will
be given without charge. The land to
be opened is situated in the Yellow
lings.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-20
ADJUSTMENTS
my Wife's Family"

If you wish to drive dull care away
and forget the blues, don't fail to see
the laughable three-act musical farce
comedy success, my Wife's Family"
from the pen of Hal Stevens and
Harry Linton, who are known as pro-
life writer's of excellent farce. This
merry comedy met with universal sue
cess wherever produced last season
in fact, it was such a hit that return
dates were played in many places.
Bright lines, absurd and laughable sit
uations and a budget of original song
and dance numbers by the authors add
spice and color to the record breaker
of the comedy world. my Wife's
Family will be seen at the Keylor
Grand Monday, April %.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-20
OPPOSING DALZELL.

The brutal news comes out Of Pitts
burg that Congressman Dalzell is to
have a competitor for the republican
nomination for congress this fall A
good mixer and a good fellow" is the
description of the man who is to con-
test the district. The Philadelphia
Press, which stands pat in every issue,
regular or extra, is disguised with the
news 1t wants to know what is the
matter with Dalzell, who has for years
had an unopposed nomination. To lose
him it thinks would be a great mis-
fortune. Even to oppose him is an
affront
The opposition to Mr. Dalzell is very
likely not personal. 1t is of a piece
with the Impotence which is growing
up against members of congress who
have sat on the tariff lid so long that
the accumulated steam under them is
threatening an eruption. Dalzell would
never learn from reason or argument
in congress anything more or less
about the tariff than he knows now.
But a well-directed prod from his con-
stituents may perform wonders for
even such a hopeless subject as Dali
zell. And there are others.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-20

Again, in an appalling railroad
wreck-the one on the Denver & Rio
Grande line-not the slightest injury
was sustained by one passenger in the
Pullman coaches. To the men who
pocket the dividends from railway
earnings this may appear fine adj
vertisement for the Pullman company;
but after awhile those who make the
laws of the country will wake up to
the fact that it's real significance is to
show that railway corporations must
be forced to furnish cars of their own
that will not double up and kill hu-
man beings like flies in a trap.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-20

because Barnes is an alien clerk who
has no interest in Washington. Mr..
Barnes is from New Jersey.
Alien postmasters are quite too COM
mon in Washington for that to be
made a prime objection to Mr.. Barnes
If the people Of Washington are OBJ
jecting to him on the ground that as a
Jerseyite he is not even a citizen of the
United States they will have some
sympathy from constitutional lawyers
who have always doubted the status
of the salt marshes.
The president is credited with a de-
sire to get rid Of Mr. Barnes, who has
proved himself altogether too fresh at
the White House. But surely there
must be places more obscure than
postmaster of Washington to give him.
Is the mission to Dahomey filled?
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-20

would be the one who could run the
thief catching ana order-Keeping de-
partments of the police with equal
skill, cunni; ng and efficiency. He should
also be a man able to stand criticism
of all kinds from all people and to get
along cheerfully with a press running
all the way from bright, brazen yellow
to deep blue.
1t is not remarkable that this man
has not yet been found. Murray and
Devery were men who rose from the
ranks of the force itself and both of
them did good work, but they failed to
represent the community. They had
not the ability to plan a police force
for the future The city advanced
faster than they. Their methods grew
obsolete and they had to give way to
broader men. The broader men who
succeeded them have usually been too
broad, too theoretical.
This appears to be the trouble with
Bingham. 1t was the trouble with
Partridge, who was appointed by Low.
General Greene appears to have come
nearer uniting the qualities of a soldier
and a policeman than any other ap-
pointee. General Greene did good work
for the New York police and his in
fiuence is still felt in the discipline of
the department. Mayor Mcclellan is
credited with a desire to get rid of
Bingham, and it is said he has his eye
upon General Chaffee, lately retired
from the command of the army, for the
position. General Chaffee, to judge
from his general character, has about
the same qualifications as General
Greene and should make nearly an
ideal commissioner
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-20
OUR DRINK BILL.

Every year the people of our coun-
try are drinking more, and spending
larger part of their incomes for stimu-
lating beverages, according to the sta
tistics of the American Grocer. Thus,
in 1905 the total expenditure in this
direction, which, however, includes tea
and coffee, amounted to $1,54S,70S,3O7
In 1901 the total was $1,273,212, 1856, or
s275.495,s21 less. This is a gain since
1901 of PIG per cent, and as the popu-
lation increased about 61a per cent in
this time, it would appear, from a SUI
perficial view, that the country is run
ming into drunkenness very rapidly.
A further analysis, however, shows
that the increase in the use of spirit
uous liquors in the past three years is
equal to only 225 per cent, while the
consumption of beer increased s per
cent. 1t would appear that there has
been a great gain in the consump-
ton of tea and coffee. This is natural
to a condition of prosperity, and it is
favorable feature that the greater
expenditure, to be expected, as the
average income of workers has in
creased, has gone more into the milder
alcoholic or the Notwithstanding slim
ulants.
The exhibit may not indeed, be very
gratifying to the prohibitiOnists, but to
the temperance worker who hopes for
slow but lasting results, the figures are
not dscouraging. If the people can be
drawn away from indulgence in the
more ardent liquors, some good at least
will have been done.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-20
MILITARY POLICE HEADS.

New York'S ambition to discover o.
develop the ideal police commissioner
is a worthy one, but one which is ev-
identity difficult to realize. All kinds
of men from tough citizens like Dew
cry to politicians like McAdoo and
peppery generals like Bingham have
been tried and no one has had all the
elements required in an ideal commits
sioner. The military occupants of the
office have usually failed through put
ting over-emphasis upon the drill of
the uniformed police The political
commissioners have too often failed
through letting down the discipline OF
the plain clothes force The ideal man
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-20
ON TRAIL OF ROADS.
Says They Discriminate Against Wis
consin.

MADISON, Wis, April 20.-Tht
question of reducing freight rates or
the railroads operating in Wisconsin
has been placed formally before the
state railroad rate commission by Wal
ter l.. Houser, secretary of state. He
has filed a formal complaint with the
commission, in his capacity of citizen
farmer, stockraiser and dairyman.
The fact that he is a candidate for
the republican nomination for a third
term leads some people to declare that
his action is taken for political pur-
poses, but it will nevertheless cause
the rate commission to investigate the
matter of freight rates, give the rail-
roads an opportunity to make answer
to this complaint, which is in fact
the complaint which the La Toilette
faction has been making for years, and
the question will then have judicial
determination.
In the last state campaign, when La
Toilette was elected for a third term
as governor, he used extensive figures
said to be the compilations of Statisti-
clan Halford Erickso, now a member
of the railroad commission, purport-
ing to show that the railroads greatly
discriminate against Wisconsin in
freight rates, charging from 20 to 60
per cent. more for service in this state
than for similar service in other
states.
Secretary Houser has taken the sit
uation of his home community, Mon
dow, Buffalo county, as the specific ba-
sis of his complaint. He complains
against the Chicago & Northwestern
and the Chicago, st. Paul. Minneapolis
& Omaha roads, as being the only
routes available for Mondovi and vicin-
ity over which to reach Milwaukee, the
metropolis of the state, and the most
important market IOF tIo pTOuuCtS VI
that district He gives the rates
charged for various commodities on
this line and also rates charged in
Illinois for similar commodities for
similar distances, the comparison ap-
pearing to show the discrimination
against Wisconsin that is alleged by
the complainant.
This is the second action taken by
Houser against railroad COM
panies before the rate commission. Re-
Gently he made complaint against five
that the maximum passen-
ger rate of cents a mile was unreas-
enable and unlawful, and praying that
the commission establish a maximum
rate of cents. Hearings on this COM
plant will come before the commission
next week.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-20
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CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

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w. H. Weber travelling salesman for
the Hunt Mfg. Co., leaves this evening
for Los Angeles Mrs Weber is in
Los Angeles where she has been
spending the winter for her health.
G. H. Muir has severed his connec-
ton with the Rogers HoSweI1 COM
pany and has accepted a position with
Griffin & Walmer as travelling sales
man.
Ernest Abbott, formerly a clerk in
Skeletons Drug store, leaves tonight
for the Alberta country. Mr.. Abbott
will look into the possibilities for in
veStments in that country.
l.. L. Tallman is spending a few
days in Seattle attending the State
Pharmaceutical board.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-20
WALLA WALLA RESPONDING MOBLY
CONTINUED from Page One.)

for the relief of San Francisco Mac
cabees. The money so voted has been
placed in the hands of Commander A.
T. Bedell to be distributed as directed.
The Elks and knights Of Columbus
have arranged a benefit ball game to
be played at the Walla Walla base
ball park next Monday afternoon. T.
J. Ennis of the knights of Columbus
and J. J. Schiffner of the Elks have
the arrangements in charge. The
lodges will request that business
houses close during the game that
employees may attend and help swell
the receipts.
Glafke Company Responds.
This morning Manager Glafke of the
Glafke company, announced to the re-
lief committee that he would turn over
anything in the way of provisions car
ried by his firm free of cost. He also
donated $50 to the cash subscription
fund
Ex-Mayor Betz Contributes.
Jacob Betz, a former mayor of Wal
la Walla, has contributed $500 to the
fund being raised in Tacoma for the
relief of the San Francisco sufferers.
Take Up Sunday Offering.
Rev. Morton Gregory, pastor of the
First Christian church announced this
morning that at the Sunday morning
services, offerings will be received for
the San Francisco fire and earthquake
sufferers Rev. Gregory hopes to col
Iect quite a sum in this way for the
relief committee to be used in allevi-
ating the want and suffering of San
Francisco people.
Sons of Hermann Give.
At their meeting last night Schiller
Lodge No. II o. D. H. S. donated the
sum of $4,000 for the relief of the
California sufferers.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-20
YOUNG MR.. BARNES.

President Roosevelt has raised
small-sized cyclone in Washington by
Mr.. Barnes his assistant secretary, the
young man who was particularly mixed
from the White House Senator Till
man has protested against the confir-
the people of Washington are kicking
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-20

Loss by the Fire-Mr. F. M. Burke
is one of the sufferers from the big fire
in San Francisco. Mrs. Burke was
conducting a rooming house at $50
Geary street and that district was in
cluded in the path of the flames. Mr..
Burke stated today that the loss would
be on the furniture fully $4,000.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-20
by E. c. Cook and which is looked up

by Z. c. Cook and Which is looked up
on favOrably by many prominent bus
mess men of the city, says the Boise
Statesman.
1t is believed by Mr.. Cock that to
erect a sanitarium ON top of the
mountains mentioned, which would
be about seven or eight miles from
Boise and build a car line to it, would
be one Of the most practical invest
ments that could be made in or around
Boise and that it would be a paying
from the beginning.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-20
Spring Musical Carnival,

WACO, Tex, April 2O.-The Spring
Musical carnival, under the auspices
of the Mendelssohn Choral club of this
city will open this evening with a.
grand concert, with choral numbers
and soloists and full orchestra Many
visitors from neighboring cities have
come here to attend the concert this
evening. The carnival will end with
the concert tomorrow night
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-20

The strange values put on first edi-
tons, even of modern books, is shown
by the fact that the first edition of
"Pickwick Papers" in the original
parts has just brought $500 at auction
in London. An attack is likely to hold
something of more value than the Ii
brarV
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-20
SANITARIUM ON HILLTOP.
Boise Capitalists Plan Health Resort
and Car Line.

A park of 1000 acres on top of the
mountains north of Boise where
there are springs of pure water gush-
ing forth the whole year. large san
seekers after better health, and a
winding electric road running from
Boise to this place of beauty and rest,
forms the basis of scheme evolved