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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-06
Railway Ticket Agents Meet.

MILWAUKEE,, WIS, Sept g.
international association of Railroad
Ticket agents accompanied by abont
one hundred ladies invaded the Cream
City today to attend the annual con-
vention of the association, which will
be in session here until the ned of
the week. After the convention the
agents and their ladies wi. take a
pleasure trip to Montana and the Vel
lowstone Park.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-06
To Act on Cotton Inquiry.

HOT SPRINGS, ARK, Sept. 6.-The
Interstate Executive committee of the
Southern Cotton association met here
siderable Importance. All members Of
the committee will pass finally on the
report of the Cotton Inquiry and will
consider the proposition of recommend
ing a minimum price for cotton during
the coming season.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-06

personal aims and the yearning of anna
teur legislators to connect their names
with some new law as a stepping stone
to further political advancement
1t is a great vista Of confusion
which he opens up before us. But to
look for a moment at the other side of
the picture. What would be the status
of American legislatures if all of these
| influences were quieted or removed?
bers. with no executives urging legis-
lation, with no members ambitious to
make a record who would guide the
legislatures? Would they make no
| laws, or would they continue to make
laws under other influences than these
against which he inveighs?
| The experience of the American peo-
pie has been that when they did not
| watch the legislature some one else did
The special interest Hobbies were al
ways there. Of late years the people
have awakened to this truth and they
have begun a defensive compaign on
the other side. They now pay special
attention to the election of members
of congress and the legislatures. They
| watch these persons after elected. They
read what the newspapers say about
them; they even hire attorneys to ex-
anime all bills introduced and give ex-
pert opinions upon their probable eff
feet if enacted into law.
Can Judge Parker or any one else
claim that these precautions have been
an injury? Can he or any one else
assert that they have not been forced
upon the American people?
Judge Parker in especial complains
of tampering with the election laws.
Inasmuch as he has recently come
from the labors of proving to a court
that the people Of New York city had
no right to open their own ballot boxes
to learn whether their will had been
carried out in an election, he is per-
haps an authority on this branch of
time convincing the Ame ica.l people
that the tampering with election laws
has not been a pretty steady advance
toward decent conditions. These tam
perings have given us the secret bal
lot. the individual registration, the
prohibition upon solicitation at the
polls and many other needed protec-
tons. Looking back to less than a
generation ago it is almost unconceiv-
able that then the American voter took
his ballot from a private source, that
he never knew whether it was genuine
or full of fraud, that he was obliged
to pass through a mass of putrid,
bowling and sweating humanity to
reach the polling place, that he handed
his ballot through a slot in a window
and never knew whether it was cast or
thrown away. These were the actual
surroundings of voting twenty years
ago. American legislation perpetually
hammering at these abuses has finally
cured many of them. A good deal of
the work was done by amateur leg
islators," some of it was brought about
by executive interference" Not a
sational newspapers" Presumably in
Judge Parkers opinion America during
all these years should have been con-
tent to be ruled by quiet, well-poised
and sleek judges, neutral executives
and expert legislators.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-06

1t must be pretty rough on the home
spun clad villagers of Oyster Bay to
be shouldered out of their splintered.
worn pews by rich New Workers who
go to church just because the presi-
dent is there. Oyster Bay should hold
a village meeting and decide whether
the president is really a bona-fide viii
lager
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-06
Divorces Granted.

Divorce was granted by Judge
Brents this afternoon to Florence ".
Mckay and Walter Mckay of this
city. Mrs. Mckay brought suit for
failure to provide.
Decree of divorce was granted in
the superior court today to John
Street and Marguerite M. Street on
account of abandonment.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-06

It's something like getting money
under false pretenses-peddling out Of
fees held for two years yet by another
man-said man having a certainty of
reelection if he should desire it.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-06
On the Horse.
Minneapolis Journal.

The Nebraska State Journal says
that the relative drawing powers at
home of Nebraska's famous son, Mr.
Bryan, will have a fair test with the
drawing power at home of Minnesota
pride Dan Patch, at the Minnesota
state fair next Monday. At any rate,
Patch's running record is better than
Bryan's. The former has often gotten
there.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-06

Now that an Ankeny club has been
formed, sanctioned in organization and
policy through a personal letter from
the senator, the opponents 20 the par
aSltical eliminated of the Evening
Bunc' coterie of would-be bosses have
a safe and sane rallying point. Those
ant1-Ankeny knives are being rapid
ly nicked and dulled.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-06

Ask the first man you meet what he
thinks of the idea of the mayor de-
manding an investigation committee
for the pipeline. It's a cinch bet-if
the man be not a new line" Boxer
jury
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-06

The cheek of the eliminated Even
ing Bunc" traitors in trying to peddle
out offices to Ritz precinct which are
nailed down, stamped and sealed for
delivery for years to come. is only
equalled by the intense devotion of the
gang to the job of being bosses of
curbstone politics.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-06

AN INSTANT LATER LANCE STOLE THIRD.
riice. He went out in close finish at
first and. looking up, discovered Lange
still perched on second. He was furi-
GUS, but that condition was mild com
pared to what he experienced an in
slant later when LANCE stole third
and took the lead for base running
honOrs.
1 see that Jockey Walter Miller was
suspended recently by the Jockey club
stewards for improper methods at a
New York track. There is only one
course to follow if consistent horse
races are desired. That is to rule of
all jockeys for life, revoke the licenses
of trainers for all time, Danish the
bOokmakers to Russia and give hypo-
dermfc injections of Square Deal Ex-
tract and Anti-fake Anodyne to the
owners.
San Francisco will soon be in need
bands. Report has it that Middle
weight Joe Cans, the negro fight fakir.
intends to make a permanent home for
himself in the quake stricken city.
Poor old Frisco! Hard luck certainly
travels in punches.
Great old Jim Mcclure Of the New
York Americans recently received
diamond medal in honor Of his twenty
years Of work behind the bat At the
age Of forty-five he catches, throws and
bats like a man in his prime. Better
be a live old one like Mcclure than q
dead young. one like-well, like some
others that could be named.
The meek and lowly potato has come
into its own. 1t has broken into the
sporting game A brand of Juice called
potato spirit Is now being extracted
from the humble tuber, and it sends
an automobile swifter than all git out
A Frenchman discovered the process.
Now know the secret of ex-Fighter
Kid McCoy's fast life. He eats pota-
toes three times a day.
The heyday of youth Is all right, but
it hasn't got anything on the pay day
Of old age.
Lots of things. like lots of men, look
easy Until you try to do them.
WILLIE WEST.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-06
Mr.. Roosevelt, the Reform General.
Topeka State Journal.

Topeka State Journal.
Now that the president has added
spelling reform to railroad reform
football reform and other we'll known
varieties that he keeps constantly on
hand, there is no doubt that Mr.. Roose-
welt is a real reformer. Very likely
when the prOpert time comes
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-06

An investigation committee of repre-
sentative citizens, some of whom have
payrolls of their own to audit, will in
crease the brightness of the already
shiny Kellough regime.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-06

parasitic immigration" was the
subject of a speech by Col. Irish at
the irrigation congress yesterday. In
Walla Walla it is parasitic politics
We suffer from.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-06

Those Japs are not nearly so en-
lightened as we thought. They are per-
uniting the socialists in Japan to or
ganize a boycott against a new street
railway system.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-06

buildings will be constructed sufficient
to accommodate the business of the
city.
During his stay in the city Mr.. Fer
rier is the guest of Rev. and Mrs.
Austin Rice.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-06
Proper AduIteration.
NeWbeg Graphic.

4<o"UeS O1dP1IfC.
Peaches are a scarce article this
season and about the best thrifty
housewives can do it to put up silver
prunes and drop in an occasional peach
pit as a make believe. And since silver
prunes are about as toothsome as
peaches anyway, it makes little differ
ence.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-06
Will Operate a Little.
New York Mail.

NtW Ork Mali.
Simpler spelling will operate little
to reduce the length of Mr. Roosevelt's
annual messages. Whether these could
be shortened up better by a judicious
use of the blue pencil is a question we
put by.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-06
Ananias, Alias Muncy.
Gold Beach Gazette.

Gold Beach Gazette.
Two years ago Zip swallowed a grain
of wheat. Last Thursday night at the
log rolling he had a fit of coughing
and coughed up a 50-pound sack of
flour and about 106 pounds of bran.
Truth is mighty and will prevail.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-06

Perhaps Commissioner Struthers
would be so kind as to resign his coun-
ty office in order to further the interest
of the would-be Boxer bosses in Ritz
precinct. Then again, perhaps he
would prefer to attend to business
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-06
kidnappers are Slain.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept 6.-The
so called Christian Fflipinos have been
slain by the relatives of the women
and children they stole and sold into
slavery.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-06

AS the tramp, tramp of the "old
guard" is heard coming around the cor
ner, the curbstone bosses may be seen
flying to cover behind the screed of the
Evening Bunc."
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-06

Now that Mayor Kellough has passed
safely through the eclipse by the
Evening Bunc', we may expect bril-
liant things of the scrappy young may
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-06
Press Comments
Should Have Thouqht Twice.
New York Sun.

Had the president been aware of the
practical consequences of his spelling
order he would have thought twice in
stead of not at all before he issued it.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-06

Uncle Joe" Cannon is shooting Off
at Sam Gompers in the Littlefield
campaign in Maine. That is where the
dictatOrial Samuel loses.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-06

himself and go up for reelection
either of which would make the JUL
coed candidates rather sore.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-06
The Roundub
By Willie West
Sport Critic Side Steps Into
Poetry and Then Ducks
Out Aga,n.

Sam Berger of Frisco, now that he
has defeated philadelphia Jack"
O'Brien, says he won't fight for year
Or so, that he needs long rest, etc.
Same old story. Sorry to see that Sam
is like all the rest of the present day
''pugs." "WIN A SCRAP AND THEN
POSE AROUND IN THE LIME
LIGHT FOR AS LONG AS THE
POWER PLANT WILL RUN" is the
framed motto now hanging on every
fighters wall alongside the old favOrite
one. GIVE US A BIG PURSE AND
AN EASY MARK"
Perhaps the following bit of prize
ring poetry, printed here by permission
of the publishers of the Third Reader
For Young Fighters" may explain
Sans present cOyness and difidence:
He who wins and runs away
Nav live to win some later day,
But he who fights and stays on deck
Is apt to get 1t in the neck.
The automobile is a spiteful toy. Not
8Dlc 10 put SOOu Olu OOUDM OuI VI
business by legitimate competition, it
has adopted means closely resembling
the tactics of rival politicians. Recent
" at Manchester, Mass. un auto jumped
across a road and injured Land Of
Clover, the famous steeplechase racer,
so badly that he had to be shot An
gered at its failure to kill Land Of
Clover outright, the auto took a crack
at the groom riding the horse and
crushed in his ribs. Automobiles will
have to be muzzled in hot weather If
this keeps on.
One of the funniest incidents in base
stealing l ever saw happened in Chi
cago one Of the years that the sensa-
tional old center fielder Bill LANCE led
the National league in base running.
It was close race between LANCE and
Hamilton for the honors, and the sea-
son was drawing to a close. The game
was close, and Lange led off in the
eighth inning with two Dagger. Cap
tain Arson went to the bat and laid
down a perfect bunt, intending to sac
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-06
BECAUSE HE COULDN'T

CONTINUED from Page One.)
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The heyday Of youth Is all right, but
it hasn't got anything on the pay day
Of old age.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-06-16

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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-06-16

\ modest and unassuming young
woman i'm OkEhoma for three wears
has had the distinction of being the
youngest woman ranch owner in the
United States Miss Georgia A.
Burns is owner and manager of H.
600 acres, comprisng the Arrow
Heart cattle ranch, and recently
leased for term on ninety-nine
Years 100000 acres of oil and min
eroI land in the Choctaw and Chicka.
saw nations. Miss Burns not only
manages her ranch with ability. but
spends much time in the saddle and
can shoot and rope cattle with as
great deIterity and skill as any of
the thirty cowboys regularly in her
employ.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-06-16

In connection with the attempt on
the lie Of King Alfonso it is recalled
that Emile CASTELAR,. the great Span
ish statesman. once expressed the
opinion that the bomb throwing An
archists is a degenerate, whose brain
has been excited by debauches or
IDEAS This theory seems to be borne
out by the description his relatives
give to Manael Morales, who made
the attempt on the life of King Al
fonse. II 10 TO be noted that while
the autopsy showed he brain of the
murderer to be well formed. the
frontal lobes were found to be pro
digiously developed.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-06-16
THE COWPUNCH-
ER'S ELEGY

I've ridden nigh thousand leagues
upon two bands OF steel.
And it takes grizzled westerner TO
know just how I feel;
The ranches dot he strongholds OF
the old time saddle men.
And The glory OF the cattle days can
nc-cr come back again.
o. the creak OF saddle leather
O. the sting OF upland weather.
when the cowmen roamed tie root
hills and drove in ten 'housanC
steers;
Through the years. back in the
dreaming,
can see the camp fires cleaning,
Aud the lowing of the night herd
sounds, all family, in my ears.
There's checkerboard OF fences on
the vast and wide-swept range,
And the haystacks and the windmills
make the landscape now and
strange;
And the plains are full of farmers
with their harrows aud their
plows;
ON the roadside loiter hdlets who are
driving home the cows"
o, the quickly faded glory
OF the cowboys brief, brief, story;
How the old range beckons yainly In
the sunshine and the rain.
o, the reel OF roundup battle,
And the thund'ring hoors of cat
But why dream a useless day dream
that can only give one pain?
Where have gone those trails his
toric, where the herders sought
the mart?
Where have gone the saucy cowtowns
where the gun man played his
part?
Where has gone the cattle kingdom,
with its armed, heroic strife
Each has vanished like a bubble that
has lived it's little life.
o, the spurs we set a-jingling,
And the blood that went a-tingling
When we rode forth in the morning
chaps clad knights in cayalcade:
And the mem'ries that come troop
ing,
And the spirits sad and dropping,
When the cowman looks about him AT
the havoc time has made.
Denver Republican.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-06-16
DOCTORS CONVENTION
Webster Springs is Making Prepare
tions To Entertain Mcdicos.

Webster Springs Is making elabo-
rate preparations TO entertain the
members of the West Virginia State
Medical association, which will hold
its annual convention there beginning
June aQth, and remaining in session
for three days. The business people
of Webster Springs have arranged for
the entertainment of the medicos on
magnificent style. The program
arranged will include the business
tically every physician that can get
diton there will be number of So
cial affairs among which will be a
big banquet at the New Webster
Springs hotel on the evenings during
the convention.
IT was annouced yesterday that
arrangements had been completed
for the services of the great Elkins
band, during the meeting and for a
number of other amusements of va
rious kinds. There will be large
attendance at this convention, prac-
ideally every physician that can ge :
away is going. A number of the pbv-
sicians from this end of the state
are down on the program for the dis
cussion of important papers during
the business session of the conven-
ton.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-06-16

President Cassatt, OF tho Pennsyl-
Tania road. is chopping on the graft
srs as fast as they are discovered by
the interstate commerce commission
Nashville Banner.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-06-16

The worst disease that can attack
man Is the money mania. Briefly
diagnosed it is an iusauate desire to
make money. There is no limit to
it and no amount that can be accu-
INFLATED sutnces Roanoke Times
And what does IL amount after
you get IT,?
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-06-16

In time, said the doctor, this
trouble may affect your mind q"
on, she replied with sigh OF re
lief, Il was afraid y.oI might say il
would ruin my complexion. ''-C cica-
90 Record Herald.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-06-16

A stranger went into New York
restaurant the other day and showed
that he could make a fairly good
meal without meat lie ate s eggs,
two lunches of asparagus, two
bunches of radishes and can of
scrimps.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-06-16

Gov. Pattison, of Ohio, appears
still to be in bad physical shape. He
is not yet able to endure excitement,
and so was recently removed from
Columbus to his home in Milford,
without letting the public know what
was on foot.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-06-16

I'm single year we have had faint
ed money and tainted meat, and Chi
cago gave us both of them. Well,
what's the inference?- Richmond
Times Dispatch.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-06-16

When the revelations from the
Seockyards are such that the people
are on the verge of throwing up ey-
erything it does seem about time
that the packers themselves were
throwing up the sponge. -Virginian
Pilot.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-06-16

Clocks are now being made with
monographs attached. The ma
chimes call out the hour instead OF
its being struck on bell or chime.
When it Is time to get up you can
have the clock arranged to call you
anything you like that will make you
$40 mad TO sleep.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-06-16
NOBLE INFLUENCE.

The tidal wave OF deeper souls
Into our utmost beings rolls
And lifts us unawares.
-LongfelloW
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-06-16

1t is becoming more and more
difficult every day to secure material
for that series of articles on Self
made Men without colHding with
the report OF some grand jury or in
Vestigating committee Floyd
Press.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-06-16

II is reported that there are now
1900 private automobiles i'm New
York city.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-06-16
THE
AMERICAN NATIONAL
BANK,
Bluefield, w. Va.

Shareholders Liability. 500, 900. 90
Security TO Depositors $2OO.OOO.OO
Your money deposited here
is safe
BECAUSE
Supervised by the
United States Government
And the following
Board OF Directors:
ID. f.. FRENCH,
Vice-President Bank of Keystone.
Attorney-at-Law, BlueHeld. w. Va.
s. NJ. SMITH,
Member of County Court.
Smiths Insurance Agency.
l.. J. HOLLAND,
Attorney-at-Law
JAS. A. STROTHER.
AttOrney-at-Law, Mayor of WEIGH.
Nice-President Citizens Bank. OF
Welch, w. Va.
b. S. HIGGTNBoTHAM.
Real Estate.
NATHAN SOHN.
Capitalist.
r. C. FLESHMAN.
N. & w. Railway.
C. r. McNUTT,
Attorney-at-Law.
President First National Bank,
Princeton, w. Va.
w. J. WINESETT,
Contractor.
II. I. sHOTT.
Postmaster and Editor
Daily Telegraph.
L. G. TONEY,
Mayor Of Northfork. w. Va.
r. w. HONAKER.
Merchant, Hallsville, w. Va.
Il. i. SHUFFLEBARGER.
Contractor, Graham, Va.
b. NJ. NEWMAN,
Merchant and Lumberman.
Graham, Va.
c. N. WILLIAMS.
OF Williams & Goode, Bankers.
Boydton, Va.
T.. a. WILLIAMS.
Cashier,
ID. G.. LILLY,
City Treasurer and Merchant.
VIM. f. FOWLER.
President.
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For neat printing you should come
to the Daily Leader Price TO suit.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-26
A Blind Man.

I have had some little experience
with the human family-but neye,
before have come In contact with
one SO devoid Of the grey matter as
the man signing himself HAn Honest
Competitorl" I did Hot state in my
advertisement Of Jan. 10th that I was
the local agent for the r. u. Smith
Shoes-and we are not and the 22O odd
pair we are to-day Offering for sale
came to US in round about way-but
at price that allows OF our making
the very low price we are to-day offer
ing the shoe at AS to the window
display, we were delayed tndisplaying
the shoes-at the time the gentleman
examined our window, we had large
line OF sl,60 shoes which our Honest
Competitor mistook for our o.. 25 ones.
9. d. NICHOLS 8 Go.