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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-23
BRITISH REVIVAL OF FARMING

English newspapers and reviews
betray the fact that John Bulls pride
has been touched, as we'll as his pock-
ct book, by his utter dependence on
other sections for a food supply. A
movement is on to stimulate agricul-
ture on scientific principles and not
only reclaim lands that have been
abandoned to grazing, but increase
the yield per acre, so that the farmers
OF Great Britain may come somewhere
near supplying home wants. This
work is being fostered by the wealthy
landowners and encouraged by the
manufacturers and commercial men,
Land has been allowed to go out
of cultivation because the medieval
methods did not pay, until England
faces a famine in food supply if once
cut off from commerce from the rest
of the world. 1t is not so much the
lear VI lIlNdSlOll tIldl ltduS lIle
glshman to keep his navy ahead of
any in the world. 1t is dread of be-
regular sources of food supply Wheat
and flour from England are drawn
from every exporting country in the
world-from India, Australia, Russia,
Argentine, Canada and the United
States. Coarse grains are imported
from Russia and dressed meat from
America.
England can never hope to become
wholly independent but the present
condition is without excuse and the
agitation for reform in agriculture
is beginning to show results. Lands
are being reclaimed by the use of sci
entific fertilizers, crop rotation, deep
blowing and improved machinery. To
large extent, also, grazing lands are
being turned into field crops Eng
lish mutton is staple article, and
an important factor IN the 1000 sup
ply, but it is an expensive luxury un-
der the conditions. One acre of cul
tivated land will produce as much
human food as three acres, or even
four, devoted to pasture Strangely
enough agriculture as science is
in more backward condition in old
England than it is in America, where
until now there has been more than
enough land to go around. Our schools
Of agriculture, our farmers institutes
and our farm journals are keeping
thousands of progressive farmers
abreast of the latest developments in
the science.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-23

thinks, regardless Of consequences.
From his own viewpoint he is so sim
cere and so much in earnest, SO genu-
inc In his own rough way, that IN MS
ewes the art of ingratiating Oneselr III
the good opinions of men has IN II mol
only an element of subtle self1shness'
but of sham as we'll. His honesty may
be savage, and he may enforce MS
opinions with rhetorical club, but ne
ut least leaves nobody In doubt as TO
wlSt he means, and he stands for the
thing he is. He may be brutal, even
coarse. In his statements, but he hlts
hard and fights fair. He may shock
and offend his own friends and by lack
of tact place ammunition In the hands
of his enemies, but he succeeds In chal-
longing attention for his principles
and perhaps that Is what he desires.
The ruggedness and vigor OF his
style, his homely illustrations. his utter
lack of diplomacy. the candor with
which he announces views that other
men who entertain the same opinions
think it the part of wisdom to with
hold, the bluntness with which ne
puts forth ideas that he knows to be
opposed to those held by his audience,
the vitriolic character of some OF his
denuncia tons and a manner that from
it's very forcefulness closely approaches
the spectacular and sensational. all
these things may attract or repel, &C
corGing to the character of the nearer.
but they cannot be ignored. They have
created the popular conception of Till
mar, but have they done him justice1
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-23

If not a fact that under the circum-
stances the property owners along
North Fourth and Elm streets have
good reason for declaring tina,
they have been basely deceived
and defrauded in the awarding of con-
tracts for paving those streets at
cost that in many cases is greater
than the value of the abutting prop
erty?
The readers of The Statesman neeo
have no fear that it will be intimidatet
by any libel suit. 1t will continue t6
hew to the line of truth let the chips
fall where they may.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-23

Professor Edward A. r ISIS. of the
University of Nebraska, uses the
term "the American breed to de-
scribe what he calls a distinct type
of mantle restless, strenuous peO-
pie so different from the eacy-gOing
types of Europe. There are reasons
why our immigrants should grow
nervous and energetic in one or two
generations, but Professor Ross seems
to think that the restlessness is not
acquired here. but is the reason why
these types left Europe. America is
therefore wedding out the energetic
folks from Europe-they are selected,
venturesome natures and constitute a
type. Whatever the reason is, the
type is fairly distinct and the chances
are that much of our prosperity is
due partly to our energy and not al
together to our tariff.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-23
are humors in politics as |

"HERE are humors in politics as
we'll as in high finance. That
Ben Tillman, the castigator Of
presidents, the bitterest and
most outspoken opponent Of Roosevelt
ism in congress-, should have been pu:
in charge of the administrations pet
measure Is so audacious piece Of
irony that it has made the country
gasp. The motion to have the Hepburn
bill reported by Tillman was made by
Aldrich, the head and front of the Op-
position to the measure. 1t was sup
ported by the other enemies Of railroad
rate legislation on the senate inter-
state commerce committee, evidently
with the double intention Of humiliat-
ing Senator Dolliver and the other Re-
publican friends of the measure and Of
casting ridicule on the proposition it.
self. The foes of the presidents policy
knew they could count on enough
Democratic votes to elect Tillman, and
in this they were not mistaken.
Despite the humor Of the situation
the motive of Aldrich in making such a
motion is one that will exactly appeal
to the American sense of fair play.
But it is just possible that the rail-
road senators have overreached them
selves, for Tillman, whatever else may
be said of him, is a fighter, Is thorough
~ in earnest in his advocacy Of the
rate bill and may prove no mean gen.
eral in the great parliamentary battle
that is impending. In the minds Of the
great mass Of the plain people this is a
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-23

Are they not due rather to his early
environment than to his Inherent char.
acter? If we look deep into the heart
or the man may we not find gentler
kindlier and sweeter qualities? Nav
there not be vein Of gold under the
lava rock. the shale and the quartz?
Glories Ia a Fight.
Iillman rips his way through a de-
bate like cyclone through tall timber
His voice is characteristic, rising from
a rasp or a snarl to leOnine roar His
gestures are those of a fighter, and his
body Is ever in motion. The dignified
senate once was well nigh paralyzed
to see him dance jig in the aisle To
enforce one Of his points. His face 70
never remarkable for pulchritude. he.
Ing rugged and scanned, and when he
Is angry, which is not infrequent. It is
almost terrifying. His swarthy skin
grows yet more dark with passion. his
rrown Is truly awe compelling. and his
one eye CLEANS with the light of battle
- ~AA' OoI NOAupdCl, anu rd01dteS
intensity and strength. His bead ia
large and well formed, his forehead
fairly high and broad, and his nose
mouth and chin belong to the fighting
type. The phrase "as hard as nails"
Is hackneyed, but it Is expressive Of
Tlllman. His body is hard his tenn
permanent is hard. his yisage IA hard
Yet under the iron lurk a warm heart
ed impulsiveness and a native humor
and the combination makes up one NJ
the most complex and eniemat,cal
characters in American public life
Tillman seems to court Kisses from h,.
audience and gets his full share Of
them. but appears to mind them M
more than summer zephyr. He plo.
rtes In fight and never is so delighted
as when drawing fire from an antaoo-
mist.
BENJAMIN Ryan Tillman was horn
In 1S47. He received his education
from private tutors and from an acad.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-23
THE OLD GOVERNMENT ROAD

About a hundred years ago there
was undertaken the construction of a
great highway between the east and
the west-a road which, running
across Maryland, Virginia, Ohio and
Indiana should ultimately reach the
mississippi river at ST. Louis 1t was
the first of the great enterprises I'M
dertaken by the federal government.
Before it was completed, however,
indeed. before it had cross Indiana
the railroad came in to take the place
of the wagonroad. and what was in
tended to be a great national highway
was abandoned.
We are now entering upon a period
We have a national good roads move
ment; we have bills in congress max
ing large appropriations and local Or
CARNATIONS for the promotion of road
building. The advantages of good
roads are coming to be better appre-
ciated. The rural communities are
beginning to realize that good roads
enhance the value of property as well
as increase the value of marketed
products.
1t is now proposed to take up the
work of completing this old govern
ment road and to carry it through not
only to the Mississippi. but clear
across to the Pacific coast, making of
it a splendid highway which will no
doubt some day become a popular
route for tourist travel by automobiles,
as we'll as of great use to the country
through which it runs as local road.
It will be an attractive tourist line
and will undoubtedly be utilized by a
great many eXcursionists for trans
continental travel. Moreover. it will
be a splendid object lesson to the
| country and stimulate interest in road
building everywhere.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-23
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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-23
CANNOT SILENCE THE STATES
MAN.

The Warren Construction company
has brought a suit for libel against the
Evening Statesman, asking $4,000
damages because of alleged injury to
its reputation as a moral, upright and
honest corporation. the chief aim of
whose existence is the public good.
The object of this suit is to muzzle The
Statesman so that the bitulithic patent
may continue its hold upon Walla
Walla and its power to levy assess
ments upon protesting but helpless
property owners at its own sweet will.
The Warren people blame The
Statesman for having exposed its
methods and thereby aroused a public
sentiment in favor of open COMPETE
ton has finally resulted in the in
definite postponement of contracts
through which the Warren company
expected to get 100000 for paving
from the taxpayers of this city in addi-
ton to the 100000 that it already has
we'll in hand through other contracts
completed or in progress.
But The Statesman cannot be
silenced 1t will continue to tell the
truth as it sees it and to place the
people on their guard against all at
tempts to hold them up for the benefit
of any individual or corporation. Libel
man. Anybody can bring a libel suit
on frivolous grounds. but it is quite
agree to aid in such efforts to silence
a free press.
The people of Walla Walla know
that The Statesman has been and still
is their champion in the cause of hon.
est government and they will give
little sympathy to designing individ-
uals or corporations that would muzzle
this paper or wipe it out of existence
if they could in order to have a clear
field and a free hand for working their
nefarious schemes to rob the tax
payers
Judge Brents decision making per-
manent the injunction against award
ing contracts for a patented pavement
without competition came just at the
right time and it will save many thou
sands of dollars to Walla Walla prop
erty owners. At the same time it gives
hope of relief and plan of escape for
the poor property owners on North
Fourth and Elm streets. whose homes
will be practically confiscated to the
Warren company if the contracts
awarded to that company for the paw
ing of those streets with bitulithic ma
cadam are carried out. Under Judge
Brents decision it is plain that those
contracts awarded without competition
are illegal and the property owners
concerned are not liable for the assess
ments made against them. Whether or
not the whole city is liable for the cost
of paving these streets is another
question. If the work is completed it
is quite likely that the city will be
made to pay for it.
When it was proposed to pave Elm
and North Fourth streets the property
owners concerned We're led to believe
that the city would pay half the cost
through license fees collected from
hackmen, draymen and truckmen, and
that the city had in mind a first-class
street leading to the O. r. & n. depot
1t now seems almost certain that the
hack and dray ordinance will not be
passed. and it is stated on reliable
authority that within year or two the
O. r. & \. depot and warehouses will
be removed to West Main street. Is
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-23

Kisses greeted President Durham,
of the Ann Arbor railroad, when, at a
troit this week, he arraigned President
Roosevelt as an usurper and a grand
stand player People who. talk this
way about the president may be set
down as those who might be unfavor
ably affected financially by square
deal"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-23

cleaning department paid the lessee
$14,145 for being allowed to dump
ashes off it's dock. In the case of the
West Ninety-seventh street pier
leased at $1S75, the city paid $12,227
for the privilege needed on it. This
shows that our financial giants are not
all engaged in running our railroads.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-23

and they will be content to see the
measure become a law regardless Of
what man or men may lead the fight
Nor is it probable that the president
will lose sleep over the turn that eff
fairs have taken. Loving a fighter, Mr.
Roosevelt has been known to express
his admiration for the pugnaciOus
qualities of Tillman, even after the
South Carolina senator had made one
of his most vitriOlic attacks on the ad-
ministration. Honesty and manliness
command respect even in a foe, and he
who possesses them is the first to ap-
preciate them in another.
The president, along with other
friends Of rate legislation, wants re-
and it Is believed that the senator's
who support his policy are big and
broad enough to overlook petty obsta-
cles thrown in the way. The reaching
of the goal Is the main thing, and 80
long as that is kept in sight it matters
not so much as to the runners or even
as to the jockeying. Therefore the
American people need not be too much
disturbed by the latest phase in the
rate fight. The divinity that shapes
our ends" may have hand in matters
even so prosaic as the regulation of
corporations, and final good may come
out of the seeming tangle in spite of
the shortsighted scheming of men.
Sturdy Farmer.Senator.
As for Tillman himself, he has been
so much in the public eye that the
country knows him, and yet perhaps it
does not know him, or, rather, it only
knows the rough side Of him that he
has chosen to put forward. Those who
are most familiar with this sturdy
farmer-senator say that beneath
harsh and uncouth exterior he carries
not only big brain, but great heart;
that he has integrity, ability, true pa
triotfsm, genuine democracy, personal
bravery and the best of impulses. He
is independent and speaks what he
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-23

San Francisco doctors are inter-
eSted in the case of a man who has
lost his voice through habitually
mixing kerosene with his whisky,
though sometimes he took the whisky
straight and used the oil as a "chas-
err 1t may have weakened his voice,
but it must materially have strength
ened his breath.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-23

That carefully Alaskan
glacier moves two inches a year. 1t
seems to be a neck-and- meek race be-
tween the glacier and the Panama
canal, with odds slightly in favor OF
the big ice.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-23

Indians in northern Michigan have
mastered the wicked art of sleeping
syrup and of passing the product off as
the pure maple syrup" we read about.
White scoundrels taught them this viii
lainy.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-23

The New York World says that the
city leased the West Seventy ninth
street pier to a company for 1920 a
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-23

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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-23

The kaiser this week advised his
troops to place their trust in Provi-
dence. What, is Wilhelm beginning to
dStruSt himself?
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-23

/ Mr.. Rockefeller has been heard from.
GasOlene moved up half a cent in a
casual, thoughtless sort of way this
! week.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-23

Alaska is 500 times as big as Rhode
Island. And the beauty of it is that
it's future is ahead of it.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-23

The Chicago traction magnates are
beginning to fear that the supreme
court is not "safe"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-23

Augusta, Me-, went democratic.
dead.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-23

There is a counterfeit $1,000 bill in
circulation. Watch your change.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-23

Meet me at the Walla Walla Bowl
ing Alleys and develop your muscles
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-23
STURDY BEN TILLMAN
Pen Portrait of the Picturesque Senator Who has Sud-
denly Become One of the Most Important
Men In Congress

Carohnas Voc
President Roosevelt. Whom He Has Always Most
Bitterly Opposed-Sdehghs the Character OF an n'
teresdng Who 8
Misunder
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-23

Have you heard of the wonderful
cures made in North Yakima by
HER JOSEF SCHEIKE
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-30

rov fFridavl. August 81 az o O'Clock a. m
the Catholic Church az Centerville. where
mass viii be celebrated for the rep0se of
her soul. commencing at II o'clock a. n
lnterment Centerville Catholic Cemetery
REED-In this citF. August % 1905. Henri
Reed loving husband OF Ellen Reed. and
father OF Earnest. Arthur and Bertie Reed
and Mrs Ella Gundell. Mrs J. Marshal and
Mrs R. Hanna OF Napier New Zealand. a
native OF Kent England. aged II years ,
months and 10 days
RODDY-In this city August o. 1906 James
RoddT. dearly beloved son Of John and Bridget
RGddy. and brother OF Michael ROddy Of
Ireland. Pafrick R0dty Of Chicago. III, and
Mrs James J. ROdiy. Mrs Ed Heafy and
Bestrice Roddy Of san Francisco. native Of
: ireland, aged . years Chicago III. papers
please cOpy-f
SISTER NARY XAyIER-Alurnnae Associations
Notre Dame San Francisco- Saturday. Sep
tenber l. at O'Clock a. m. an anniversary
of the soul Of the late Sister Mary Xavier az
Mission Dolores Church. Dolores and Sixteenth
streets Members and friends are invited %
attend KATE IL LAWLOR. Pres
SARAH A KEENAN, See.
Wilson'S this cirv at ST Iuke's HospitaL
Rose J. Wilson. wife OF " L Wilson.
native OF Illinois,
fAIES-In this city. :" Yates. a native of
England. aged - years member OF the
Tie funeral win take place today Thurs
day. August 90. az . .. m. from the par
lors of McAvos O'Hara- 2649 Market street
between Sixteenth and Seventeenth Inter-
'me1t Greeniawn Cemetery.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-30
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

The following marriage licenses were issued
Albert Martin. 10. city. and Jessie Ruburg.
is, city.
Joseph R. Head, @. San Jose. and Anna
Fred D. Duplisss, %. l16 Haight St. and
Catherine A. Brown 20, SO Pond ST.
John Bassett, 25. 4e1 Linden ave. and Flora
David 2. Miller %. 445 Mississippi St. and
Adele Donovan. 20. 223A Missouri S.
Oscar A Tolle: 45. 30 East St and Stella
Moore So 1851 Oak st
Albert de Martini, "A. city. and Sadie Nsgle.
Robert 4. Duncan. 80. Honolulu. and Viola
v Gross. %. ga Valencia ST
William fenn0ne, 81. 427 Vallejo ST. and
Ella Loughrsn. IS. 919 Bryant st
John Ronning, q. 1s2 Noe ST.. and Efhe
Daulton. 49, zoe Fillmore st
Edward L. Morris. Berkeley. and Mary j.
Mcleod 21. 2421 Clements ST
Clyde Fisher, "a city, and Mamie Smith,
III, city
OAKLAND. Aug. 2s.-The following marriage
Jenkin B John. SO. Oakland. and Ruth c.
Morse. 25. Oakland.
George E. McGuirk 80. Amo. and Mabel
whirfnore. q. Oakland
James S. Hutchinson. 3s. San Francisco, and
Eleanor 2. Ayerell. 2s San Francisco
Hans T. MIkkesen &c. Harvard, and Sine
c. Serensen. %. Hayward
Hjalmar Nelson. %. San Francisco, and Edith
Nelson. H. San Francisco.
James Fl. Singleton. "a. Alameda, and May
n. Murray 10. Alameda
Maude A McNaughton. 81, San Francisco
Frank c.. Adams 25. San Francisco, and
Nora VI. Sandy, 10, Oakland