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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09
Last Of the Sailing Craft.

ut seems to me-" remarked the re-
tired sea captain, that such boats as
those"-he nodded at fishing schOOn.
er as he spoke that was coming up
the bay wing and wing-''are the only
craft left nowadays that don't have
'kickers' In them or use steam power
In some way. OF course canal boats
use steam nowadays, every clam sloOp
coming up from the Jersey coast has a
naphtha engine In her, all the fisher
men along our coast who just go out
a day at time depend on naphtha to
get back to market, and all the city
chaps who used to have sailbOats have
given them up for power boats. Every
big ship of any size at all uses donkey
engines to get up sail and anchor, and
so the old original American schooner
seems to be the only one left that
sticks to sails alone. 1 wonder how
long it will be before these fishing
craft will go the same road. When
they do one of the most picturesque
things known to man will have passed
out of existence, tell you"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09
Tho Dual Russell s.eA

The American public thinks Of tne
late Russell Sage chiefly as a money
maker in Wall street. a man noto-
rious for his peculiar success" and
wealth." but not even noted In any
noble sense. His New York career
began soon after the close Of the civil
war when he appeared on the street
% shy and spare countryman, inter
esting at first merely because of his
simple habits, cheap dress and shrewd
taciturnity. He remained as simple to
the end as at the beginning. A penny
saved classed with him as more than
two earned, for all the pennies made,
if saved. under usury became more and
more pennies and from pennies mount
ed to scores and millions. This aggre-
eating and multiplying process reached
through all his long life. If none of
the benefactions of some multimilliOn-
aires went to Sage's credit neither can
some of the cOrruptions, debaucheries,
lawlessness and other scandals of some
other multimillionaires be recalled to
his shame. He kept his money in
motion by methods that were not de.
grading. His investments were gain
full. They ramified into and through
solvent and active courses Of employ
ment, development and production.
Born in poverty, wrenched from school
before his teens, put at labor when he
was but twelve, gathering education
from experience and solely on lines Of
contact and competition with men,
economy became his passion and habit
and was that on which he counted for
gain. But the supreme benefit was not
his. 1t was to be found in the diffusion
Of his wealth through forces that
brought to others what was Of more
value to them than his money was to
him.
But this is only one picture of Rus
sell Sage. The other shows him as
the up state public man, identified in
his country's crisis with affairs which
involved ethical purpose. moral cour-
age and devotion to liberty. In the
village and town and city of Troy
he rose step by step to public impor-
lance and for four years represented
his district in that congress which es-
tablished IN indivisible union with
human freedom for its cornerstone.
From these achievements, in which he
shared forcefully, came the contempt
rary results which broaden and better
our national life Had his career not ex-
tended beyond the limit of these earlier
achievements his fame at death had
been more, his usefulness relatively
more and only his notoriety and
wealth" less. His public service was
unique even for America, and the men,
DRY Of it makes page in our political
annals at once interesting and inspir-
ing. In a wider sense the memory of
this Sage is a memory Of manhood.
while the memory Of the Sage who
died is a memory of mere money mar
kets, to be quickly buried by the dust
Of forgetfulness.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09
The Simple Life For Health.

Returning from the heart of darkest
Africa, where he has been studying
from observation on the spot the diet
and health of the natives, DR.. Sem
springs on a cancerous, dyspeptic, con-
sumptive generation the time worn
prescription to eat less and make 1t
plain goods. The doctor says that
among the pygmies whom he met with
disease is quite unknown
Speaking of cancer more especially,
DR.. Sem says that If civilized man
would eat only plain food and but lit
tie of that the terrible malady would
disappear. The diet cure has often &C.
complished wonders. Experts are more
and more inclining to the view that we
eat ourselves sick and starve our
selves we'll. What applies to solid food
applies equally to potables, for we
drink too much as often as we eat too
much.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09
Tho Word NPOlicv.0

That "policy" which a man gets
from an insurance company is no rel
alive of that other word policy" which
the statesmen use. The latter is q
lineal descendant, along with "polity''
and police" of the Greek POLLS" a
city. But the former is the late Latin
''politicum." 'poleticum" or "poleati-
cum" a register wherein dues were
enrolled. which is believed to be real
ly the Greek 'polyptychum," a docu-
ment folded into many leaves. If So
the development Of the word may be
paralleled by that Of diploma" the
parent Of "diplomatist." which meant
simply a document folded DOUBLE
Chicago News.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09
CHOICE MISCELLANY


A steel hypOdermic needle Is never
inserted without leaving a permanent
blue speck in the skin of the patient.
probably because of the perhaps very
small quantity of impurity, rust or
otherwise which it contains. The gold
needle invariably leaves no mark
whatever, says Leslie's Weekly. Ap-
preciating these facts, efforts, in which
surgeons particularly have been inter-
ested, have been made for years to
contrive process for hardening gold
90 that it could be used for the blades
Of the instruments Of surgery of all
kinds.
This is just what DIR. Vaughn has
accomplished after eighteen years of
experimenting and research. His
method consists of the employment of
heat and chemicals, but the tempering
process does not make an alloy Of the
precious metal. Pure gold tempered
by this process remains pure, but the
surgical instruments which DR.. Vaughn
is now manufacturing and which are
beginning to be used extensively in
hospitals and by practicing physicians
and surgeons are of fourteen carat
fneness, these being as efficient, but
not as costly, as instruments of the
purest grade Of the metal.
Aside from it's use in surgery, which
is the feature of this new invention
which appeals first, the perfection of
DR.. Vaughn's process is of worldwide
Importance in many branches.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09

There is a movement in New York
to establish an aristocratic quarter for
coiored folks. Pretentious apartment
houses have been secured, and a tolera-
bly, extensive district will be occupied
by negroes who are able to pay for
good accommodations and willing to do
so to escape from squalid surround
ings. One of the complaints made by
negroes who by frugality or other quail
tiles have managed to lift themselves
above their fellows was that they could
not find homes suited to their tastes,
but that they were compelled to herd
indiscriminately with the most degrad
ed members of their race.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09
Trains That Never Change.

The modern travelling man who car
ries always the latest time schedules
In his coat pocket and grumbles be-
cause the Pathfinder is published only
once a month may find it difficult to
believe that certain fundamental trains
have been going in and out of Boston
at the same hour on the same service
and making the same stops for three
score years. Nevertheless such is the
case. In fact, Massachusetts folks
rather resent change in time tables
The story is told of one Massachusetts
rural town in the old days that, when
1t was proposed to put on more trains
to Boston, the inhabitants objected be-
cause they said it would be task to
remember the times of so many trains.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09
Working For the Tribe.

Portuguese South Africa furnishes
an excellent example of "cOllectivism'
as it works out in primitive society.
Every year the chiefs of the tribes
send band of their young men to the
Transvaal to earn the hut tax for the
whole tribe BY this arrangement the
majority Of the tribe lives In ease,
while a small portion Of their number
work underground for perhaps nine
months, at the end of which time they
return home and surrender 80 or 80
per cent Of their earnings to the CHIEF
for the uses of the tribe.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09

]. ]. Seitz thinks there are otner
sites better than the Big Meadows 1or
the target range site. Mr.. Seitz oeos
MT want his site annoyed by the sight
of soldiers taking sights at targets
that can be sighted from the Seltz slte'
Therefore Mr.. Seitz would nave Tic
target site removed out of his sight
which removal would be a oarned
sight better in Mr.. Seitz's sight.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09
The National Afro American Council

The National Afro american Council.
NEW YORK, Oct. 9.-Today the
national Afro-American council met
in annual conference and when pro-
ceedings commenced it was seen that
there was a very large attendance OF
colored people from all parts OF the
country. The Rev. Mr.. Booker Wash
ington delivered the opening address
welcomed the delegates, outlined a
program for the coming year, coun-
selled his race to be moderate in all
things and predicted in the near flu
ture. a fusion of the races.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09
THE TIME TO ACT.

Thore nave Deen many IilioS "Ao
| the citizens and business men OF wal
la Walla have been called upon 10
display their loyalty and patriotism
to Walla Walla. Times when to rally
to such calls has meant not ony loss OF
time and embarrassment in business,
but financial expense as well. Rarely
has If been that such calls nave gone
unheeded.
Another time for sensible action is
| approaching, in fact, already here.
Walla Walla, municipality speaking, is
at a crisis. 1t is time when an ar
ray of opposition by the substantial
interests of the city is made impera-
tive.
In the past this city has been held
up, robbed-and robbed again-in
contracts, franchises and the reckless
disposition of public utilities. Crooked
work in the administration of the
city's affairs has cost the property
owners thousands of dollars. Neg
lect. or incompetence has swelled such
loss.
1t has been wholly and completely
the fault of the citizens who have
permitted certain members of the
city council to proceed in nefarious
schemes without trammel, or criticism.
So strong has this serpent grown that
for a citizen to attempt to interfere
with its progress is made the signal
for attack and defamation. No one
trenched masters in the council, and
their supporters, may hope to escape
villification. or accusations of Interior
motives. The stop thief" cry is
worked to death.
But it is time the business men and
property owners claimed their own.
It is time an assertion Of the wishes
of the majority should be made In
difference must be thing of the
past. Fstl is31#itFNAsI
The issue of whether a ma
jority of the people of Walla Walla
shall rule, or a minority Of the cOun-
cilmen, backed by law breakers shall
dictate, must be met. 1t is a question
whether the municipal laws shall be
! made completely farcical, or whether
the demands of the respectable ele-
ment shall prevail.
The new saloon ordinance was
slated for final action in the council
meeting tonight. The indications now
are that some of the tricky men who
have been entrusted with the peoples
vote will attempt to sidetrack the Or
dinance under the plea that this will
!! be an adjourned session and that final
action may not be made legally. This
| is but another evasion.
| The meeting tonight is not a special
meeting. 1t is an adjourned meeting
"a continuance of the regular meet
ing. Those men who attempt to side
track the consideration of the ordi-
nance are doing so because they be-
lieve they may piegonhole the rotten
law, which makes Walla Walla wide
open town and a nest of thieves and
tin horns, until public notice has sub
| sided.
The property owners have two rep
resentatives, possibly three, in the
city council.
To them is delegated the duty of
bringing that to an issue to-
night. 1t is to them the people look
to see that petty larceny politics is
not played.
Go to the meeting and insist that
the citizens, property owners and vot-
ers have a right to demand instant
| consideration.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09
A Pou,lar wel.h Drink.

All the Welsh counties swear by q
drink called sowbeer. 1t is made from
fourteen different field herbs, is harm
less, except for its sleepy effects. and
resembles treacle more than anything.
The Welsh villagers always smoke a
thin cigarette Of dried sage when they
drink sowbeer. The stuff is too COM
plicated a mixture for the villagers to
brew, but in all the larger towns there
are dealers who make it.-London Tele-
graph.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09

Engineer for English Channel Tunnel.
London Post.
Sir Douglas Fox, VINO has been COM
missloned to prepare plans for the
one Of the great engineers Of today.
1t is owing to his constructive genius
built, as we'll as the great bridge
across the Victoria Falls on the Fam
best river.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09
Rocky Travelling.
Oregonian.

Our notions of right and wrong are
strange. A man who kills another
painlessly by shooting is hanged; one
who spreads deadly disease like
diphtheria through a community and
causes the agonized deaths of half a
score is mildly censured. Civilization
has long and hard road to travel be-
fore it becomes perfect.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09
Overdoing the Holiday.

The modern craze for speed and hus-
tie has invaded our holiday making 10
such an extent that in many peoples
minds a tour means really scamper,
or, more properly speaking, scurry.
in which the object is neither mental
nor bodily refreshment, but merely a
frantic effort to cover the greatest pos
sible amount of ground in the least pos
sible amount Of time. This perverted
view of holiday making does an I'm
inense amount of harm every year.
especially to delicate people, and many
Q Breakdown fes,:lty.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09

Minister-I'm sorry to find you com
Ing out o. public house again, Ham
ish, after all you promised me. Ham
ish-Aye. sir, rs wonnerful what an
awfu' deceivin' thing this mist is.
Dye ken, l went III there the moo
thinkin' twas the butchers shop.-Lon-
don Tit-Bits.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09

That ex-convict, who had only eight
months more to serve didn't really
want to escape for keeps. He was i'm
bued with the idea of showing a trus-
~ could not be trusted and that es-
cape was really easy.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09

''Wily Bill Kirkman, tonight will
probably call your attention to the
and as such the saloon ordinance may
not be finally voted upon. The vote
will come when the citizens do not
come.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09

1t is declared that at the meeting of
tine liquor dealers association yester-
day the name of the Evening
Bunc" was casually mentioned several
times
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09

Just why the great traffic managers
of the Vanderbilt system permit pas
senger train to spill over into the Hud-
son river every few years has nevei
been satisfactorily explained.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09
"Coin" Harvey Now a Bonifaee.
Baltimore News

Coin Harvey, whose book was a
sensation of the free silver campaigns,
is now president and general manager
of the Monte Ne (Ark.) Clubhouse,
Hotel and Cottage Company. The
concern has a hotel 3O5 feet long and
capital of $25O,000.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09

A provision trust has teen discovered
on the canal zone. 1t may be necessary
for the president to include the big
stick in his baggage when he visits the
isthmus this fall.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09

An Arkansas judge instructed his
jury that every lyncher is a murderer
and should be hunted down. He re-
Trained from declaring they should be
lynched.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09
Transposed.
Oregonian.

Hogs are dollar a hundred higher
this year than last-and We are i'm
porting them, too, at the same time
that we are raising poor crops of
wheat on land that would produce fine
crops of vetch for hogfeed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09

At the council meeting tonight
Chairman Glasford may forget him.
self and announce the date for open
ing the Park and Clinton street
bridges.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09

The question of the secreted paw
rolls has probably gone over to the
next city campaign-at which time
the members of the water committee
will probably have a forgotten expla-
nation ready
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09

Maharatah Gaekwar Of Baroda does
not think American women are beauti.
full. What chance did the poor fellow
have to find out with the maharani
hanging on to his coat tails during his
entire visit? Perhaps his remark was
only oriental Difference to his wife
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09

just as soon as that new packing
plant to be erected by the Walla
Walla Meat & Cold Storage company
is completed we are going to- extend
an invitation to Secretary Wilson to
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09

1t is rumored that members Of the
Women'S club are seriously consider
ing the advisability of offering a re-
ward for the first arrest by regular
policemen for violation of the anti
expectoration law.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09

Entertainment on 1.-The hilI' is OF
such a high class order that ''ex-cons"
cannot be induced to cross the county
line when released.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09

1t IS hardly likely the city council
tonight. will treat Professor Brode
and his resolutions to the same horse
play handed to the ministers at a
recent meeting.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09

There's a real, good story going the
rounds to the effect that if Councilmen
Durham and Kirkman go back on the
saloon men the latter will tell a few
tales out of school,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09

Some of those brave, sturdy, patri-
otto Cuban belligerents are in danger
of suddenly hearing the angels sing
ing America"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09

The echoes of the compliments and
high praises given the fair are caus-
ing Madame Walla Walla to blush way
back of the ears.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09

Some one told City Clerk Hart he
looked real cute with that bare upper
lip and Tommy" surprised every one
by saying, ITS my turn
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09
Burned to Death.

STEUBENVILsLE, O., Oct. Chris
ton Zenda, aged IS, and two small
grand children were burned to death
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09

A bill has been introduced in ths
French chamber to make arbitration a
all labor disputes compulsory.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 9.-The national
convention of advertising men began
a three days session today at the
Planters hotel.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09

Leaves seem light, useless, idle, wav-
ering and changeable-they even dance.
Yet God has made them part Of the
3ak.-Leigh Hunt
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09

Attending the council meeting to-
night will be good for what alls you
and what ails the councilmen.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09

There are more things in a city
council meeting than are dreamt OF
in a mass meeting.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09
Press Comments
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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-09

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La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1906-03-28

The Santa Fe has another improve
ment in its train equipment. This
time it is in its smoking cars. The
Pullman company has delivered the
thirty cars recently ordered. They
are now in daily service. The trains
in which and the points between
which they run are: Trains Nos. /
and 2 between Chicago and Los An
geles; trains Nos. and s between
Chicago and Los Angeles; trains Nos.
5 and 6 between Chicago and Dem
yer; trains Nos. 8 and 10 between
Chicago and Albuquerqe. These cars
are seventy feet long, have large
plate glass windows, high back rat
tan seats, and are extra strong. They
are vestibuled and are equipped
with Pintsch gas, and closely resem-
BILE the latest style day coaches and
chair cars. Eighty-four passengers
can be carried in one of these ears,
and each person have a seat. With
the cars Santa Fe trains will be the
handsomest and most modernly
equipped in the country.
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1906-03-28

water works. the tapping of main. thereof for
the purpose of attaching supply piIr> there
to, aud the laying of such supply pipes. dig
EinS OF trenches therefor from the main To
the sidewalk and placing stops therein ~ he IA
ever the same shall be required. shall be dome
oni. by the employee, of the City engaged
for that purpose and the proceeds the reof
shall lie treated income from said ~ater
works and devoted To the interest and re-
denption funds a> hereiAl,efore provided
and no contract shall be made with. or per-
mission given to any person OF company. or
corroration. To tap said mains or lay said
supply pipes or To tln Operate said water
works otherwise than herein provided.
section 10. This ordinance shall he and re-
main irreIs.alable until said bonds and the
Interest thereon shall have been fully paid ns
herein provided.
Section II. This Ordinance, Immediately
upon it, passage. shall he authenticated by
the signature of the Mayor and Clerk and
recorded ia the book ordinances of said
UT, kept for that purpose. and shall be pub-
ii~hed ia the Ia JrNIA TMBCSE and shall be
in full force aud effect five days after such
publication.
ApOPTED AND APPROVED. thi. 18th day
OF March. A. D.. 1901.
tSK.LI w. BoMGARDNER. Mayor.
: W. BROWN. City Clerk
STATE oF COLORADO.
COUNTY OF OrERo.
u, :. W. Brown. City Clerk of the City
OF la Junta, do hereby certify that the fore
goins ordinance wa placed ON il. first reading
and was duly read and passed an its first read
ing AZ regular meeting of the City Council
OF said City on March ~, 1905.
tsEALl :. W. BROWN. City Clerk.