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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-03
GROW TOBACCO IN OKANOGAN
DUSTRY MAY BECOME LEAD
ING ONE IN COUNTY.

Experiments conducted in Okanogan
county during the past season have
demonstrated the fact that tobacco
can be successfully grown on the up
land ranches in the central portion of
the state in paying quantities. Bertram
Holmes, former Seattle man, VINO is
now an extensive rancher near Win
throp, and who is in that city during
the holidays, brings the news of the
successful outcome of the tests of sew
eral men in the Methow Valley in their
endeavors to raise the weed.
According to Mr.. Holmes the tobac-
co that has been produced as a result
of the experiments is of a good guam
tity and compares favorably with Vir-
ginia tobacco Properly cured and
handled it has the delicate flavor of the
high-grade product Of the parts of the
country where tobacco raising mas be-
come almost an exact science. The
former Seattle man intends, upon his
return to Winthrop, to make arrange
ments for the planting of an expert
mental crop. He asserts that there is
a good possibility of extensive tobac-
co raising being a feature of the farm
ing of Okanogan county before many
years have passed by.
Mr.. Holmes is optimistic about the
possibilities of his county along almost
every line. He states that the county
is filling up rapidly and that improved
lands have attained value that was
not dreamed of a few years ago.
Mr.. Holmes says it is now certain
that railroad facilities will be secured
soon. That is all that is necessary, he
states. to assure the rapid filling up of
the entire county.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-03
Resuminq Fraud Case Trial.

GREENSBORO, N. c., Jan. 3.-The
special term of Judge Boyd's court,
which was called for the purpose of
trying the case of ex-Revenue Officer
George W. Samuels, on the charge of
forgery, conspiracy and making false
reports in office, was opened here to-
day. 1t had been taken up once before
but had to be discontinued owing to
the illness of District Attorney Hol-
ton. 1t is expected that the case will
last several days and some highly in
teresting and sensational testimony is
expected
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-03
Macomb Murdered.

Charles Macomb is dead at Weiser,
Idaho, as the result of a stabbing at
Midvale, on the night of December %.
Macomb and Bert Barber became in
volved in a quarrel at a dance, which
was renewed in a saloon. Macomb
latter drew a knife and stabbed mis-
assailant. Barber was arrested but
was discharged on the preliminary ex-
animation on the ground of self de-
Tense. 1t is said he will be arrested
again on the charge of murder.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-03
Shooting in clubhouse.

A fight occurred at a bunkhouse on
the Great Northern track near Index
Saturday night in which William
Stewart was shot and instantly killed
by Mike Berger Both men were
track walkers and were alone in the
bunkhouse at the time. After the
shooting Berger went five miles up the
track and gave himself up to the agent
aft Index. He claims self defense.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-03
Biq War Dance.

A big war dance will be held by the
Indians on the Umatilla reservation
this afternoon and evening. Prepara-
tons for the occasion are completed
by the Indians. The dance will be
held in Chief No Shirts big tepee and
about 100 Indians are expected to take
part.
Visitors will be allowed, and Har-
old shr shr shr shr shr shr shrdluuu
who is in the northwest for the pur-
pose of collecting songs of the Indians,
will be present
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-03
HIS CHRISTMAS SERMON.
An Aged Wayfarer Who Taught q
Citrate COntentment.

An AGED Way1arer VINO Iau8nt u
Citrate COntentment.
An English clergyman declares that
the best Christmas sermon he ever
heard was preached by wOman-and
in three words
I'm my little parish, under the sweep
of the Sussex DOWNS" he says, y was
walking swiftly home one night buffet
ed about by the gray clouds of driving
rain that the fierce sou'wester swept
landward from the sea when a poor,
helpless, aged woman asked me for a
trife for nights lodging.
'Curates are supposed always to be
poor. 1t was Christmas time, and
had just parted with my last sixpence
at a lonely hamlet where work was
scarce. Still l could not leave my
stranger in the street, so asked her
to come with me to my lodgings.
"She shambled along through the
mud with her streaming clothes and
clouted boots, and we entered my little
room. My thoughtful landlady had
made my table ready. A plate of hot
toast was standing in the fender; the
kettle sang vociferously, as If impa-
tient to be used; In front Of the fire
stood my slippers and an easy chair.
ITO my surprise, my poor, worn, bag
gard companion raised her dripping
hands and burst into tears with the
words, oh, what luxury"
THAT was the best Christmas SER
mon 1 ever heard, and the only one
have never forgotten. Com
panion.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-03

Judd Teeters, who is accused Of hav-
in Oregon, and who jumped mis- bail at
Pendleton, IS months ago.. has been ar
will be brought back. Teeters is said
to be the man who worked in conjunc-
ton with George Dity, who is serv-
ing a three years sentence. The two
stole horses in the Butter Creek
country and drove them to western
Oregon, where they sold them.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-03
A Thoughtful Husband.

What is more touching at the holiday
season than to see an old man planning
a pleasant surprise for his aged wife?
IFS tryin' ter raise money enough
ter git my wife new dress for Christ
mas, sah," said Uncle Ebony to Mr..
Featherstone.
"Ah. see. You want me to give you
some chores to do, uncle, eh ?''
"Well. no, sab. 1 fought perhaps you
could git de old lady job at washin',
Sahw
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-03
Christmas PreHenta.

The giving Of presents on Christmas
day undoubtedly owes it's origin to a
general idea to carry into practice the
biblical mandate, peace on earth
good will to men," At first the great
lords made presents to their retainers,
and the season was marked by uni
versal charity. By degrees the practice
of Christmas giving spread until now
everybody gives his or her friends pres
eQtS
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-03
Why Tommy Is Doing Penance.

WHY AOAHHH1 ~ DOIH8 TeHdHCc.
Grandma-Are you looking forward
TO your Christmas dinner, Tommy?
Tommy-Yep, grandma, but not so
huch as Johnny Jones.
Grandma-Why so, Thomas?
Tommy - His grandma died last
week, and he'll get all her Crissmus
turkey.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-03
Defies Governor hanIey.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. Sec
rotary of State Daniel Storms, who
was ordered to resign by Governor
Hanley on account of alleged irregu-
larities in his accounts, this morning
notified the executive board that he
would not resign.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-03
Hazel Davenport, Comedienne, Roscian
Comic Opera Company.
NATIONAL OWNERSHIP PARTY,
State Convention Is to be Held in
California.

BAKERSFIELD, Calf, Jan. q
The national ownership party organ
lied here two weeks ago will hold
its first convention on Washingtons
birthday. The party advocates ma
tional and municipal ownership of
public utilities.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-03
YOUNG MAN ARE YOU
SAVING MONEY?

Every young man of the right sort
expects, some day, to marry; to own a
home and to start i'll business.
The first thing such a man should do
is to open an account with good bank
and make start All things considered,
there is no better place than
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-03

The Farmers Savings Bank
extends NEW YEARS :
Z GREETING to all it's patrons
: and wishes them all a happy
and prosperous New Year.
) We feel grateful to all for the
! confidence and liberal patron
7 age of the past year and assure 4
. you it shall be our aim to con-
. tinue to merit it in the future.
Our assets are now more than
= HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. I
: Our Capital Stock is all owned
! bv Walla Walla citizens and =
. taxpayers whose individual re- Z
: sponsibility is more than FIVE I
. MILLION DOLLARS, insuring I
. absolute safety to our depositors. i,
Remember we do general
banking business, pay four per 4
: cent on time deposits and solicit
! your business.
Our Trustees and Officers are:
Trustees.
4 Levi Ankenv: J. H. Foster:
\ G. w. Babcock: ,. r Henoefsoh'
4 Frances Dooley: A. H. Reynolds; Z
, G. A. Evans; e. H. oneH'
! w. P. Winans. 4
) Officers. {
w p wiraus President. =
!, G. w BabCock. vice PRESIDENT. 4
Chitwood Cashier.
A King Aesistant Cashier.
) The Farmers Saving Bank. {
) Cor. Main & Second SITS.
Rees-Winans Bldg.
= u q a u = - ~ = = .
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-03

The Past Versus the Present.
Oh, Christmas time Is coming fast,
So cheer up, girls: be pleasant
And shake the fellow with the past
For that one with the present.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-03

He changed countenance rapidly.
Slipping on his face the Sants Claus
mask. he made a triumphant entry in
20 the parlor with the bundle Of toys.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-03
RICHARDSON'S DRAWING,

The numbers for the drawing Of the
gold watch are as follows:
mo. 1872.
mo. 310OS.
3-No 1904.
Thirty days will be given for each
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-03

J. C. Fetherspil brand Of cigars
Are Bank Stock
La MARITIME
Flor de Alboni (clear Havana)
Union made.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-03

Embroidery lessons, stamping and
materials. Mrs. d. G.. Ferguson, 1923
East Birch: Phone 239.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-03

Talking machines. Victor. Edison,
Columbia Zanophone at Stanley's.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-03
COMMISSION HAS BALANCE
AFTER PAYING ALL BILLS THERE
is A BALANCE OF OVER
NINE THOUSAND.

The Washington commission to the
Lewis and Clark fair has finally
closed up its books The report made
is as follows
Expenditures
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-03
The Animals
At Christmas

CAID Santa Claus. ITS Christmas eve
CThe animals looked pleasant.
And each of you will now receive
His yearly Christmas present
But I'd be glad If every guest
The Tapir said: That pleases me.
Ill state succinctly. therefore.
II may be so bold and free
The only thing ! care for
Would be those matches on the shelf.
With which Id like to light myself"
His wish was tr>nted. Then up spake
A timid little Adder:
"Sir, but 4 trifle it will take
To make my Christmas slAdder:
A slate and pencil. il you please.
Would let me do my sums with ease"
The Reindeer said: You may believe
I'D be a happy fellow
II were sure would receive
good sized vmberrellow:
And also I'd like four solosh.
e. and 4 rubber mAekintosh."
The Pig fountain pen desired:
The Cow tin horns requested:
The Horse. for . new hat acquired.
His gratitude Attested.
The Caterpillar said: Il am
Proud Of my caterpillarsham."
So all of them were Say and tlad.
And they were happy. very:
They liked tho presents that they had
And waxed exceeding merry.
Dear humans. at your Christmas feasts.
Pray take a lesson from the beasts.
Carolyn Wells in Reader.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-09-07
CRUISING for Derelicts.

The excellent work in destroying Q
dangerous derelict last week, begun
by the Tacoma and completed by the
Columbia, gives renewed point to the
suggestion hitherto made in these
columns that vessels of the navies of
the world might with peculiar profit
be employed in tracking and destroy
ing the abandoned hulks which dot
the seas and which present one of the
one of the most serious dangers to
navigation, says the New York Trib-
une OF the need that derelicts shaii
be destroyed as speedily as possible
there can be no question. Many
known accidents and disasters have
been due to them, and there is rea-
son for supposing that many, perhaps
most, of the mysterious disappear
ances of vessels might truly be ex-
planned on the ground that they had
come into collision with those wan
dering destroyers. Carrying no lights,
making no noise, giving no signal OF
any kind, often lying so low in the
water as to be scarcely perceptible,
and heavy and solid almost against
which a vessel can scarcely be guard
ed in the dark and collision with
which is always serious and often
disastrous.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-09-07
North Dakota Solves the AduIteration
BRAZILIAN

North Dakota seems to have found
we protect the people from frauds in
manufactured products?" A new law
has recently gone into effect designed
to make it impossible TO deceive peo-
pie into buying inferior and adulter-
ated paint under the impression that
they are getting real paint, viz: pure
white lead and llnseed oil.
The North Dakota lawmakers did
not attempt to absolutely prohibit the
inferior pigments, or mixtures of
pigments. They adopted the slogan,
Let the label tell" and then left to
the people to buy whichever they
wished.
Under this plan, If any one wishes
to buy a mixture of rock-dust ground
quartz and other cheap elements
which are found in many paints and
so-called white leads no one can
object; for they do it with their eyes
open. But If they prefer genuine
white lead and linseed OIL they can
be sure of getting it, for none but
the genuine article can bear a label
which says pure white lead"
In all other States mixtures are Of
ten sold as pure white lead which
contain little - sometimes no real
white lead.
1t would seem that were this same
principle applied to food, beverages
and all other prepared articles. where
deception is practiced upon the buy
err, the question would be solved. 1t
would leave us free to buy what we
pleased, but would protect us from
unwittingly buying what we did not
want
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-09-07
AN OBSOLETE EASTERN RITUAL
Suffice Rite in Hindoostan Was AboI.
ished Long Ago.

The other day a delicate, golden.
browed East Indian woman appeared
at Ellis island, shedding the light of
her pathetic story before her to the
effect that she was a widow, flying
from the suttee rite, which hinges on
the burning up of a widow on the
same funeral pyre with her deceased
husband. That business was all put
stop to something like 20 or rs years
ago, as it shocked the British sense
of humanity and violated British ideas
of the proper etiquette of the conju-
gal relation. No such rite has been
performed in Hindoostan during that
long interval, unless in secret and to
satisfy some impulse of piety in wives
to whom the custom had come down
with all the sanctions of the $4,000,
more or less, gods in the Hindoo pan
theon, and who wanted to go the way
their mothers went-a thoroughfare
blocked up by churlish government.
with no sound ideas of religion and its
accompanying rites. But 1t is quite
clear that there cannot have been
many such cases. The custom went
into permanent desuetude a long time
ago. and can only be restored by the
lapse of the great oriental peninsula
II such a retrocession could be con-
ceived, into it's old-time conditions.
The repertorial chronicle in which
the tale was given to the public said
that the lady had been the wife of a
parsee merchant but the parsees are
not burned up after, nor their wives
before or after, death. On the top of
Malabar hill, near Bombay the chief
seat of the sect. which in all the world
amounts to only handful, there Is a
tower of silence. open to the upper air,
to which the remains of the dead are
consigned, and the vultures, which
hover about in clouds, their genera.
tons reaching back to Zorcaster and
the Achaemenian dynasties. in a short
time leave nothing of them but the
bones. Such funeral customs did Ear.
athustra decree in far-off days near
to the morning of the world. But In
the faith of which he laid down the
Institutes, to endure almost with
SINAI and Sllcam DrOOk tnat nowed
fast by the oracle of God, there has
never been anything like the suffice
ritual, and of course, there never will
be. The young woman may have
many legitimate reasons for coming
over here. and gentle and generous
hospitality may be invoked for her
wherever she may go, but no sympa-
thy need be claimed for her as a fu-
gitive from the funeral pile of her
husband. II her visit be with an eye
to the variety stage, which may well
be possible, she shows-or some one
shows for her-a cultivated sense of
the value of advertising. In such case
the suttee story is as good as an
other, notwithstanding the flaws in it,
plausibility.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-09-07
All Chemically Pure

The mistaken idea of a few years
ago, about Alum in Baking Powders
being injurious, no longer prevails, or
lished fact by chemical analysis that
Cream of Tartar being less volatile
than Alum, when exposed to heat, is
not entirely vaporized as is the case
with Alum, but leaves residue in the
bread, which is injurious. Alum, on
the contrary, is entirely evaporated
while performing its function during
process Of baking. leaving no atom of
injurious residuous substance. The
words Chemically Pure" enormously
used to designate Cream of Tartar
from Alum baking powder is a mis-
homer. Baking Powder made of pure
Alum is as chemically pure as made
from pure cream of tartar. These
words mean nothing more nor less
than pure chemicals, and in no way
can they imply that one baking pow
der Is Alum and another Cream of
Tartar. Alum has been declared to be
wholesome; an established fact. Ev-
cry large water system in the cities
along the Missouri river use Alum in
large quantities to purify the water
before pumping it into their water
mains for consumption. Cream of Tar
tar baking powder is perhaps good
enough for any one; Alum baking
powder is better, and very much
cheaper.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-09-07
Escaping by a Hair

BY MAU RICE SMILEY.

should have invited him to share a
cigar. but he looked like a preacher.
and thought it would be safer to pre-
tend that | was suddenly i'll.
Certainly, sir" he replied, rising
and accompanying me to my drawing.
room. Once the door was locked and
there was something doing in two
minutes.
That's a very fine bunch of whisk-
ers you have there, my friend" l said
fiercely, land l shall have to trouble
you for them! Don't make any fuss
now and you won't get hurt"
The sheer absurdity of my woids
made him blink bewilderedly and be-
fore he got through blinking had him
tied hand and foot and two minutes
later | had neatly shipped off his
beautiful brown beard, leaving look.
ing about as tough looking custom.
er as ever did the sky pilot act in a
western mining camp
| had become suddenly alive to the
fact that a pair of whiskers was some
thing that | needed in my business.
NSNiiy "OhN plpNlutu WIFI SDlIIl
and other toilet accessories, but
had neglected to grow a bunch of side
whiskers or provide myself with a
set OF false ones. | didn't even have
a falsetto voice. Anderson had told
the first story all right, and Wilson
would be looking for a man with long
whlskers, but when Anderson WEIGHED
the hobbies would be on the lookout
for smooth-faced man.
Lees Landing!" sho6ted the brake.
man, as | stepped out of the drawing
room, to run plump into Williams,
whom / spotted instantly.
He's in the drawing-room thare!"
| whispered hurriedly in Williams
ear.
Yes. This is Wilson, | am de.
tailed on another lay; that's why you
were wired to meet me. Grew these
over night. Good luck"
Then half holding my whiskers with
my hand to keep them from falling
of, | pulled my hat down over my
eyes and made my getaway
1t must have taken them some time
to get the drawing-room door open.
didn't wait to see how they managed
or to hear what the parson had to
say by way of explanation.
But neither Wilson nor Williams
caught me that trip, nor have they up
to the present writing.
1t wasn't very close shave for the
parson, but it was for me, all on ac
count of that traitor Anderson. l just
escaped by hair-that is, by a con.
veniently large number of hairs, judi.
ciously used.
Oh, yes, | was Judson. You have
guessed that.
Copyright. 1906. by Daily Story Pub. Coz
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-09-07
The Amerlcan nprummer.n

A United States consul sends to the
state department a bit of advice for
American business houses that intend
seeking trade in Spanish-American
countries. Cheap travelling sales
men who can pick up orders in a
clares, will not be able to do much
business there. Statesmen of culture
and education. with polished manners
and knowledge of the languages and
customs of the people among whom
they go, he believes to be essential.
The consurs intentions are good,
and 1t is easy to see the point he
seeks to make. American business
houses would doubtless do well to
remember his words of caution. But
he has wrong conception of the
American travelling salesman The
type he has in mind figures more
largely on the stage and in the books
of fiction than on the road. The roy
steering, flashy "spellbinding' drum
mer has practically disappeared. The
knights of the grip. while they may
not be composite Lord Chesterfields
and J. Pierpont Morgans, are quiet,
level-headed, capable men of business.
They seek, says the Cleveland Leader,
to obtain and hold trade by thorough
knowledge of the branch of it they are
in and by deserving the confid ence OF
the men they deal with. The COM
mercial traveller of to-day does not re.
sort to tricks. He transacts business
on a business basis, and succeeds on
his merits. Such accomplished gen.
tlemen as are described by the consul
would doubtless have an immense ad-
vantage over their less gifted brethren
in Latin-America, but the supply of
them is bound to be limited. 1t is a
safe prediction that the plain. ordi-
nary American travelling men will get
their full share of the business in
Mexico and Central and South Amer.
lea.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-09-07
Atmospheric Poisoning.

The protests against the automo-
bile omnibuses of London have re-
ceived a powerful reinforcement by
a declaration of Sir Jane; Dewar on
the chemical basis. He is undoubted-
ly among the high chemical authori-
ties of the world, and his condemna-
ton of the motor buses and freight
vans seems conclusive unless inven-
ton provides innocuous motive power.
Sir James Dewar states that the
combustion of petrol or gasoline in
these motors throws off vast quanti-
ties of noxious gases. Some of these
are absolutely poisonous and all in
furious. He holds that the air OF Lon
don is lad enough already without
the addition of carbonic acid gas, the
sulphurous gases, and, worst of all,
the asphyxiating carbonic oxide.
Moreover, while he admits that sci
ence can improve motors, he declares
that it is impossible for it to burn pc
troll and render the resulting gases
innocuous.