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their quarry, and finally Chief Asnew
said.
well. fellows. I'm near beat. There's
one more place, Old man Leftrich's
dance hall. and II they are not there
lt's ten to one ST. Joe doesn't hold
them; that is. not the under part Of
the city"
Mason was mad--mad all the way
through
They're IN this town all right, Walsh.
They couldn't get out on a train until
o'clock, and the country roads are SO
bad team couldn't pull wagon very
far. Some house holds them. and I'm
going to fnd the gentlemen II ! have
to search every house IN town. Chief
Whitley expects a wire in the morning
and he's got TO have IT,"
Leftrich's place was typical dance
hall, long. low rambling shack
standing just across the Hannibal ana
~. Joe railroad tracks and right on
the bank OF the Missouri river Ugly
stories had been told about crimes
committed within the shack and all
evidences thereof cast into the swlrllns
torrent of the Big Muddy. BE that
as II may, old Leftrloh himself was
not an entire stranger To the force
His revolver butt had two hicks, and
nv Uu1 uDile ilint uvWb w SNh ivy
In st. joe, however, he had played az
fair as one OF his class could play,
True, he ran dance hall with gam
bling attachments, and once In
while, doubtless, some OF the light
fingered gentry had taken refuge
there, but Lefty" as he was called.
steered clear from doing any action
by which he might be judged an ac-
cessory before or after the fact His
virtues would not entitle him to
place In Sunday school, but he wouldn't
sacrifice himself nor his liberty for any
crook or gang of crooks. They might
meet there, and so long as the law
didn't intervene he wouldn't raise any
rumpus. Virtuous Leftrich. He knew
Agnew, OF course, and he also knew
Mason; therefore, when he saw these
men enter his place he glanced anx-
iously around the room 10 see who they
might be after.
There was haze OF blue. rank-smell-
ing tobacco smoke, the ciink OF glasses.
and ribald songs and jests of men and
the pity OF itwomen, too. habitues
of the place. At one end was the bar,
backed by bright mirrors, In front OF
which were the ornate bottles filled
with what has truly been called hell
fire and blue ruin" a faro game was
In progress. poker and keno held forth.
Such was the scene greeting the eySs
OF Mason and his party.
Many an anxious glance was cast az
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(, 'Leftrich," said Mason. I'VE want
| those men and we are going to get
| them. This looks like q pretty ugly
crowd here. You know them. You
hold them IN check while we go In
there. and n any monkey business
goes on I'll NIL you full OF holes first
clip"
Celebrity OF movement is always an
essential to success. and Mason, Ag-
new, Cheney and Bellamy quickly
crossed the floor Trusty six-shooters
were nervously felt and smash. I'm
went the door.
Hands up, everybody" commanded
Mason, as he sprang In, closely fol-
lowed by Agnew and Cheney. while
Bellamy kept his eye on the crowd in
the outer room. Hands went up"
but In one was derringer. Bang!
out went one OF the fiarlng Kerosene
lamps. and before the second could be
extinguished Bang" spoke Mason's
gun, and the wrist OF the hand that
was acting as a light extingulsher was
shattered by a well directed bullet
The women screamed and backed
against one side OF the wall
Smash the butt OF Mason's gun
came down on the head OF the nearest
man. and he went down In a heap. One
OF the others grabbed "the sole lea
Their valise" and made break for the
door. Mason tackled him. and after
struggle brought him down, while
Agnew and Cheney slipped the brace
lets on the other two. Their hunt was
ended, and the party quickly made
their way to the police station.
The prisoners were locked I'D and an
inspection made OF the valise, As soon
as II was opened out rolled package az
ter package Of green goods"
THE Traders fives, by all that's
good" said Mason.
And yes" continued Cheney, delvlng
deeper in the valise, heres the plates
Say, Charley, maybe this isn't rich
haul"
TITS rich, all right enough; but
where would have been IL we hadn't
made the haul? | tell you a bunch is
a great thing when II works out right
Mason" said Cheney, when they had
placed their prisoners In Jail and had
retired to room for few hours sleep.
I'm glad YOU asked me to come with
you, You needn't put IN bill for my
services"
Why not Jack"
well you see" replied Cheney
with broad smile, 81 was directly I'm
terested in the case. though I did not
know IL, ! got taken In by their clev.
er counterfeit work. Look here" and
taking out his pocketbood he extracted
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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-05

BY Sunday afternoon oil was rounu
near the top Of the pipe. Afterward
the well produced at the rate or TWEEN
ty-fiye barrels a day. This was small
IN comparison with the output OF the
big wells of today, but at that time IT
was considered remarkable. For some
two years the Eew petroleum industry
was restricted to the Titusville terri
tory. 1t was not until 1874 that the
Bradford field was developed, and not
long after that oil in paying quantities
was found in some parts of western
New York and in other counties Of
Pennsylvania About the time Of the
Chicago Worlds fair Ohio came into
notice for its oil fields. and in the past
half dozen years Texas. Kansas. In
diana, West Virginia. California and
some other states in the west and
southwest have come to the front in the
industry.
The oil regions abound in pictur-
esuue sights. An oil tank on fire makes
a brilliant display. and it does not take
long for a tank with even such a ca
pacity as $4,000 barrels to 60 up in
fame and smoke. Shooting an oil well
is a common though dangerous opera
ton in this industry. and its frequency
accustOms those who work In the oil
fields to regard the performance with
as much conplacency as II it were an
incident attended with no peril what
ever The operation consists In expfod-
Ing a nitroglycerin torpedo at the bot
tom Of the drill hole to make the oil
flow. Often after the explosion the oil
comes out of the well with tremendous
force and velocity.
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JAMES r. GARFIELD.
into the methods Of
the Standard Oil trust. The report OF
the commissioner Of corporations.
James R. Garfield, on which the mes
sage of the president was based. states
that about 26.OOO.OOO barrels Of oil are
refined annually in the United States
and that of this product the Standard
Oh company and its subsidiary corpo-
rations control about 23.OOO.OOO bar
rels, and approximately the same pro-
portion of the other finished products
Of petroleum. The methods by which
the Standard has gained this practical
monopoly over the petroleum output OF
the United States are described in con-
siderable detail in Mr.. Garfeld's re-
port, and the abuses In the matter OF
improper and unfair railway rates al
legged to exist have been cited as
among the reasons for the passage Of
the railway rate measure now pending
In congress.
The growth Of the petroleum industry
to its present gigantic proportions In
this country is one Of the marvels Of
the past half century, and as an indus
try the oil business has had even
greater prominence than these proper
tons might naturally have won it on
account of the fierce battle that has
been waged for years against the at
tempt Of the Standard to secure and
maintain monopoly In it.
It is not quite half century since
e. L. Drake struck oil on Watson's
fats, near Titusville, Pa. The exact
date Of this event, so important in the
annals of American industry, was Aug.
%, 1858. The scenes In the oil fields
which soon followed this discovery
were almost as exciting as those which
were witnessed but a few years pre-
vious in the gold fields Of California.
Wells were sunk in large numbers in
western Pennsylvania along OIL creek,
French creek and the Allegheny river.
The scenes Of industry and excitement
shifted as the oil wells Of different 10
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An Improbable Game

[Original]
It was in the good old days on the
Mississippi. Tie steamboat rounded in
and tied up beside wOOdpile, the
clerk danced over the gangplank With
me lsuring rod and. jumping nimbly
on the pile. proceeded to satisfy him.
self of the number of cords. Then the
deck hands thronged and began carry
ing the fuel aboard the boat.
Meanwhile cOuntryman. with
green umbrella under his arm and
carpetbag In one hand. went aboard
and was standing before the captains
office when the clerk came and threw
up tie office window. Several gam
blers who had been sitting on the
guards came in to take another look at
the greenhOrn with view to deter
mining if he had enough money about
him to warrant an onslaught in the
shape Of small game.
How much to Natchez" asked the
countryman.
"Ten dollars"
"All right. Give me the key"
with staterOOm it is twelve"
'Twelve? BY cracky. Charge extry
TO room? Got a good lock on it? WAL,
all night. Besides. l couldn't keep
track O my bag. Know anything bout
the banks in Natchez? Sold my farm
Yesterday. Want a safe place to keep
the dollars"
Meanwhile he had paid his fare, tax
en- his key and, turning around, looked
somewhat astonished to see that he
was the center of attraction.
want bank to open an account in
in Natchez?" asked one of the gam
blers.
mo"
Il thought 1 heard you say you did"
II want a bank to take keer O. my
money till want it,
"Oh, that's it? Well, the president
of the strongest bank in the Natchez Is
aboard. I'll introduce you to him."
The gambler beckoned to gentle
manly looking person reading a news
paper, who came up, was introduced
and offered to take charge Of the coun-
tryman's funds when they reached
Natchez. This led to pleasant con-
versation, but it Jagged at last, and in
order to kill time a game Of cards was
proposed. The bank president said he
must be counted out unless the game
was simply for fun" but they finally
induced him to play euchre-the only
game the countryman knew-for a
quarter a corner.
OF course they soon tired of this and
proposed a game with more excite
ment in It, Poker seemed to be the
favorite, but the countryman didn't
know poker. They offered to explain
it to him and played three or four
hands to show him the game. Then
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premier, Sir Henry Campbell Banner
man, that Irish affairs will be dealt
with sin an adequate fashion" at the
next session of parliament. This may
or may not mean an Irish parliament
in Dublin. 1t may mean only another
clash between the lords and commons
and another appeal to the country.
However, it is an earnest that the
system of constitutional agitation
which Parnell brought to a high point
of efficiency, and which Michael De-
witt supplemented with more drastic
measures of opposition, is live thing
and that the Irish question can be re-
moved from English politics only by
satisfying the aspirations of the Irish
people.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-05
OPPOSED TO HOME INDUSTRIES.

The people of Walla Walla will
hardly rally with any great enthusi-
asm around a bunch of politicians
whose chief battle cry is opposition to
home industries. While other cities OF
the Pacific northwest are urging their
people to give the preference to home
industries whenever possibl and while
Portland is holding an exposition
whose main purpose is to promote the
sale of articles made in Oregon, the
Walla Walla Boxers are waging
campaign against the promotion and
support of home industries. They tell
us that Mayor Hunt has committed an
objectionable offence by selling sup
plies from MS foundry to the city and
doing work for the city there that
could have been done nowhere else in
Wala Walla. Mayor Hunt has one of
the most important manufacturing in
dustries in Walla Walla. His payroll
amounts to many thousands of dollars
a year and many families are sup
ported by the wages that he pays to
his men every week Walla Walla has
great need of such industries if fifty
thousand people are to earn their live
lihood here. Nothing will do more to-
: ward making Walla Walla a large and
prosperous city than a strong ''tin
bucket brigade" employed in mills
and factories.
1t has been no uncommon thing for
ather towns to give large bonuses in
order to secure such manufacturing
industries. Gilbert Hunt never asked
the city for any bonus. He has de-
veloped his industry from a small be-
ginning to its present Importance as
one of the principal manufacturing
plants in eastern Washington. He or
ganized his company and financed his
enterprise without asking any aid
from the city. treasury. But it is no
more than right that the city of Wal
la Walla should patronize this home
enterprise rather than send abroad for
work or supplies that his plant is pre-
pared to furnish or perform. The lat
ter would be a suicidal policy that
would subject Walla Walla to ridicule
and contempt from more loyal and en-
terprising cites that are doing every
thing in their power to build up home
industries and to encourage their peo-
pie to give them their patronage.
If Walla Walla has other manufac
turing plants prepared to compete
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CONGRESS AN E. z. MARK.

Congress has gotten another jolt in
the building business, this time from
the blessed agricultural department,
which one would suppose would not
need buildings so much as pasturage.
Congress, taking into consideration the
fact that the bucolic Mr.. Wilson is a
plain man from the plains of 10
way" made an appropriation in 1903
of $1,50OOOO for a building for the
department of agriculture. OF course,
a million and half does not go far
with government architects in Wash
ington. They are likely to spend that
on a ceiling or couple of pedestals.
To any other department congress
would never have presumed to offer
such paltry amount. But taking into
account the plainness of the aforesaid
Wilson, congress took chance that
he would put up pretty fair sort of
shack for million, and a half. But
again Ahl. u. ~. Ahol 1iSOA pOi e1lSu,
was thrown down. The agricultural
department has just as much taste in
architecture as any of the rest Of them,
and the sooner congress realizes that
the better it will be for congress. The
million and a half has built two wings
of a building, and the building itself is
yet to be supplied. Congress feels
that it has been deceived, and the sec
rotary of agriculture retorts that con-
gress fools about putting up buildings
for departments without ever asking
what kind of building is needed. Hence
it's plans go awry, and the departments
have to revamp the scheme in order
to get anything workable out of the
money.
The problem before congress is a
difficult one. There is no question that
it has been grossly taken in a
number of times by departments ex-
ceeding their building appropriation Or
by their constructing something totally
different from what they were COM
manded to build. The fault is partly
that of congress. Had it ever made,
or even joined in, comprehensive plan
for putting up government buildings,
it would be in a better situation But
it has been like a man who hands his
wife grudgingly a quarter one day, and
a week after, repenting of his mean
ness, gives her $40. She is unable to
gage her expenses and he is unable to
understand what becomes of all the
money" A permanent building COM
mission, working under the direction of
congress. would have solved the diff
Guilty and given the people more for
their money with less extravaganza of
design and more artistic groupings of
buildings than is to be seen in Wash
ington today.
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tracks. If they got past him and Sc
cured them from higher officials, the
testimony of other Pennsylvania min
ions is that they were harassed and
worried by the lack of cars until they
either quit or bribed the understrappers
of the road with shares of stock to
send them adequate supplies.
Despotism could surely go no fur
Their than this. The railroad which
held itself out to be common carrier
bound by its charter to treat all alike
undertook either in the pursuance of a
policy or merely from caprice-it mat
tiers not which-to regulate a private
business, to control the supply of an
important product and to declare who
should be miners and who should not
The more this unblushing testimony
is examined, the more irritating does
it appear, the more does it raise in the
minds of the people a doubt of the
efficacy or character of any private
management of railroads. The whole
coal situation in this country needs
the sitting of an investigation. The
whole relation OF the railroads to it,
so far as it has been shown, has been
one Of criminal despotism. If there is
anything back of this attitude which
justifies it, the railroads are entitled to
have it shown. If there is nothing to
excuse such conduct except graft, then
the facts should be known so that
the law may deal with it as it deserves.
The policy of cover up cannot be play
ed again. The lid has been partially
lifted. 1t must be taken off entirely,
though the smell should drive men as
high up as Cassatt himself into dis
graceful retirement.
When cars are scarce, it lies with
in the power of a railroad Officiol to
favor one coal company at the ex-
pense Of it's competitors to such an ex-
tent as to mean success or failure to
the corporation engaged in the bust
ness. The Pennsylvania officers ap-
preciated their power and made liber-
al use of their opportunities And yet
in the face of these disclosures, a
large class of capitalists still insist
that government control of rail-
roads is unnecessary and will result in
disaster to the public
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.,.u mayor hunts machine shops AZ
,,,,,l,.ylng material or doing WORK ior
ne CITY. they are certainly just as
anon entitled to the patronage OF the
lily and OF the people, ana lhere
-on,,ld he free and open competition IN
ne awarding OF contracts Tor Sucn
york or supplies. But tor all ndterldis
r machinery that can be purchased
,ovvhere else in the city, Mayor Hunt $
TAM is Justly entitled to the contract,
,o,,ided his prices are fair and rea-
sonable. This principle has just peen
.ndorsed by the American congress as
/ national policy in the passage OF a
resolution directing that all supplies
for the Panama canal be purchased
Of Americans SO long as their prices
are not extortionate. A policy that is
good for the nation is good for any
community in the nation, and it is
good for Walla Walla.
Loyalty to home industries should
be paramount to obedience to sense
less law that is observed nowhere in
the state and that would make the
community enforcing it laggard in
the race for commercial and industrial
importance and the laughing stock OF
more enlightened communities follow
ing the rules of plain common sense
in patronizing their home industries.
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they started in for ten cent ante with
a fifty cent limit. OF course the conn
tryman won and became very hilarious
''Gol darn my stockih's!' he exclaim.
ed. Who'd "a thought could "a lickea
you fellers at game 1 didn't know
nothin' about? Pair O. jacks this time
What! Don't jacks beat queens?
forgot that. Deal 'em ag'in."
The limit had been raised. and h,
had won $500 when the tables wero
cleared for supper. He carried his
winnings away to his stateroom IN
triumph. hardly able to wait till sun.
per was over to recommence the gamo
Reckon I'll hev a heap mo- TO you
bank" he said to the president, when
l git to Natchez. What a game poker
is, by gum!'
1t had been arranged to commence
per, and the gamblers, instead of let.
ting the greenhorn win, slowly drew
back 500 of what they had lost
WhereupOn the eager expression on the
losers face vanished. and he reckoned
he wouldn't play any more. He said
he had calculated on adding $1,000 to-
the money he had for the bank, but he
didn't intend to lose what he'd made.
Zone more hand" said one Of the
gamblers, and. the countryman con.
senting, they let him win a jack Dot
with $50 in it. This changed his mind
about stopping, and they passed the
word to let him win within $50 Of his
81, 1000. This kept him interested, and
when the next hand after he had won
the sum they had agreed on came
round they got up jack pot with s., 500
in it. The countryman bet $500 more.
The bank president raised him $1,000
That set him wild, and. going to his
stateroom, he brought forth his carpet
bag. took out package Of crisp bills
to the amount Of $4,000 and slapped it
on the table. The others came in.
making in all about $4,000 in the pot
The first man to show down had full
of tens, the second four kings and an
ace, while, wonderful to relate, the
countryman showed four aces and
king.
"You rascalw Numbered the bank
president. ,
what d'y' mean" replied the coun-
tryman, drawing a bowie knife from
the back of his neck.
There are only four aces and four
kings in any pack of cards"
II don't know nothin' about keerds,"
replied the countryman. They may
be six aces TO- all know"
One of the gamblers attempted to
seize the pot. but the countryman
brought the point Of his knife down
within a hairbreadth of his fingers.
The gamblers, seeing their game was
up, proposed that each man take back
what he had bet. The cOuntryman as
scented provided they would permit him
to count out each mans share, and the
money was divided. The game was
ended.
That night the boat stopped again to
wood, and the countryman went
ashore. When the gamblers came to
examine their funds the next day they
found their man had been playing with
counterfeit money and had succeeded
I'm exchanging some $4,000 Of 1t for
their good bills. A. L. BUTLER.