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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-21

the two should make good, with a pos
sibiity that both will have large bale
of merchandise on hand to deliver from
time to time
If these two show form there's no
other worry. With Chase. Williams, Ell
bertield. LaPorte and Yeager for his
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Conroy. Delehanty
and Hoffman for MS pickets. and Klein
ow. Thomas and Mcclure backstopping
his lineup looks hale and hearty
enough to mingle with the elite all the
distance-provided his young slabmen
pan out per prophecy.
A Gap in Left.
Cleveland's case is almost a photo
graph of New YOrk's with the exception
that Larry will have to fill gap in left
from his minor league consignment.
The fight here will be between Bir-
mingham. from the New York state:
Hickman. from the American associa-
ton. and Congalton. the utility attn
lete of 1906 This battle will be fought
out upon Georgia soil, and at present
the scrap looks to be an even guess.
They are all pippins now. BY April the
lemons will be fled away on the bench.
Napland, like New York. needs a
brace of young. able-bOdied hurlers
badly. Lajoie's outfit has blown up
every season around the rifle pit. SO all
lamps will soon be focused on Berger
and Liebhardt.
Both have been doomed as wonders,
and Liebhardt showed in his two big
| league trials that he carried the proper
! stuff under his shirt to stick. They
/ will be sent against the Macon and
/ Atlanta teams and in these games the
most fit will be linked with Joss
/ Rhodes and Hess. This brace cost
Napland owners 100000 and if they
/ both blow up there will be quite a
shock around headquarters.
American Association hackers are
banking on Berger to show Liebhardt
and displace him, but those who fol-
| lowed the Iron Man of Dixie through
his 1906 career will be the card needed
to fill the full house
Connie Mack's attention will be cen.
tered upon Burke of Kansas City and
Nichols of Memphis. All in ALL the
willy Quaker magnate has a small army
to review. He will carry more men
south than any other chieftain. includ
ing II or IA slabmen and list of can
didates for every job. Connie has the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-21
"IRON MAN" QUITS BASEBALL
McGinnity Mainstay Of Giants Leaves
Diamond For Keeps.

NEW YORK, Feb. 21.-Joe McGin-
nifty, pitcher of the New York National
league club, and one of the greatest
twirlers that ever stepped into a box,
has retired from baseball Reports
received here today from McAlester,
Ind. T., state that McGinnity's father
has just died, and that the pitcher will
take charge of the machine shop which
the elder McGinnity had built up into
a large enterprise.
For the last two years McGinnity has
been considering the question of retir-
ing from the great national game, and
it was only the entreaties of Manager
McGraw, to whom he is responsible for
his success in baseball, that he agreed
to pitch for the Giants in 1905 and 1906
This year the New York club sent a
contract to the Iron Man. as he is
known all over the country, but it was
not returned. 1t was feared by the
New York club officials that McGinnity
would not return to the diamond ow-
ing to his worry over business interests
which interferred with his pitching to
some extent last season.
The loss of McGinnity is the severest
blow the New York club has sustained
since the famous controversy between
Andrew Freedman, the former presi-
dent of the New York club and Amos
Rusie. Owing to slight difference IN
salary Rusie refused to join the team,
and when he finally resumed pitching
his careless mode of living rendered
his arms useless.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-21
sLO IS INDISPENSABLE TO
THE PALOUSE DAIRY FARMER

ilege farm to look into the sllo queS-
ton it is not the building of the silo
but the cost of the machinery ana
help to fill the silo that is holding them
back.
NV present belief is that there VIII
be enough silos to fill in this vicinity
next fall to induce some man VINO
has a traction engine to purchase q
blower of large capacity and NIL those
silos at so much day for the use OF
his outfit the farmers furnishing the
teams and help.
The benefits derived from FEEDING
silage are an established fact. and no
up-t o-date dairyman would be without
this kind of feed.
ALLOW me to add few words rela-
tive to the growing of corn. The mrs.
point is to secure a good seed bed. A
good plan is to prepare the land
week or so previous to planting, CIV
ing extra cultivation thereby wormlng
ND the soil so that the seed will ger
inmate quickly and grow rapidly from
the start.
Corn is rapidly growing plant
requiring plenty of heat. sunlight and
cultivation. For the Palouse country,
varieties ought to be planted that vii!
ripen early but be sure the seed is
vigorous. Mark the land out in
squares three feet six inches to
three feet eight inches apart and plant
from three to five kernels in every
square. Harrow as soon as possible
before the corn sprouts come up to
the top of the ground. Soon after the
corn is up, harrow again using a
light barrow or weeder. This method
should be followed until the corn is
large enough to cultivate. The
oftner you cultivate you conserve
the moisture enabling the corn when
in the earring stage to fill out nicely. I
seed if possible.
Time to Cut Corn.
when planted in very foul ground
it is also necessary to hand hoe around
the hills.
THE time to cut corn for silage is
when a large proportion of the ears
are in the glazing stage. After the
crop hos been taken off, your field
has been left in splendid condition for
future use. 1t has been properly sum-
mer fallowed and you will have
splendid returns for your labor.
always build round silo. Square
slos are a something of the past. too
many corners. 1t costs something to
build slo but with proper care. it
will last a long time.
1t takes time to change established
farming methods in any country. but
for the man who does not own large
acreage there is at the present time
splendid opportunities in dairying and
considering the rapid growth of all OF
our large cities it appears to me- fC"
a long time at least, dairying can not
be over done.
ITO those then of your readers who
are contemplating to make this their
future occupation. | would say build
your silo. make plans for your corn
field, use discretion in the selection of
your dairy herd. closely watch their
necessities Stay with your work and
you will be surprised at the results.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-21

The following is "A letter written to
the Palouse Republic by w. D. Foster
the dairy expert.
IN reply TO your request that
should write an article for your valu-
able paper on ensilage. | would like
to say in the first place that | am
pleased to know that there is a tend
ency at the present time among the
Palouse farmers to become greater
milk producers.
AT the Breeders convention a few
weeks ago I tried TO tell the Palouse
farmer how to feed a dairy herd In
this part of the state. So that this
article in a measure must be repeti-
tioE OF the same.
From facts CLEANED from my own
observe ton since | became a PalOuser
| have not the least hesitation in say
ing that dairy herd cannot be
handled successfully here owing to the
pasture conditions without sllo. Tne
farmer who thinks that he can get
large returns from herd OF dairy
for their comfort in addition to the
feed they must consume, had better
for his own sake try something else,
but to the man who is willing to make
dairying a special business, giving it
the attention it demands. it is clear to
every right thinking person who looks
at present farm conditions that there
is good money to be made in dairying,
especially during the winter months.
The COW that consumes large quanti-
ties Of roughage is the money maker
because it does not cost nearly so
much to produce this rOughaSe as
many other high class foods and that
is just where silage fills the bill. Good
ensilage will, fed to good COWS. pro-
duce more milk at the time of the
year when it is worth the most money.
than any kind of pasture that will
grow on summer fallow land.
Almost every farmer knows that
the stock at the college farm eat ST
lage the year round and every visitor
admires their condition. At the pres
ert time we have three HOlStein cows
eating As pounds each per day
with an addition of a little wheat chop
and bran and what hay they will clean
up, giving on an average As pounds
each. per day, of milk. 1t would not be
possible to get such a flow of milk dur
ing the winter months were it not for
the silo.
There are some people have still
the audacity to say that corn can not
he grown successfully in this Palouse
country. Such a statement is false.
We have hanging in shed at the
college farm bushels of ears mature,
that would do credit to any country
gathered from the corn grown on the
farm last year We put into the silos
over two hundred tons of ensilage and
had corn enough left to have made
one hundred tons more. For next sea-
son ut least We are quite at ease in
regards to the pasture proposition.
When a farmer can with proper
tiilage raise from 10 to Is tons per
acre. he knows that getting that crop
into the silo in good condition is Ger
tainly the key note to dairying.
From the talks l have had with
the farmers who have visited the col
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-21
Sorting Lemons" From Peaches

The job of asserting the lemons
and the "nectarines"-the "prunes" and
the "peaches'-will be the main labor
ot the moguls camped through Dixie
next month says Grantland Rice. Many
are called in the September hut. but
few are chosen after the March re-
View. They all look like nectarines on
copy paper under the chill gray of a
winters sky. but when lined up on
the field of test many a likely looking
pippin turns out to be lime. There
isn't much worry about the veterans.
they are supposed to know how to iron
out the kinks and each manager under
stands now we'll each can deliver.
The debutantes are the ones who
need the closest watching and 1907 will
h"ing out a formidable array of these.
If third of them make good there1l
be many a veteran left out in the clam
my cold, headed for the path that leads
10 the minors.
Tie only trouble is that the lemons
out-nUmber the nectarines by such a
bulky majority that each mogul is con
, tent if he can pick one star from the
lengthy list And when the heralded
wonders d the fall and winter begin
to detonate with the same old crash
the mogul chorus joins in with Richard
Garlic
win some one kindly tell me-
VIII some one answer why
To me it is riddle,
And it will be till | die:
With million peaches round me.
I'd really like TO know
Why l picked 4 lemon from the minor
league tree.
Where, they say, only peaches grow
New York Stands Pat.
To begin with Grif isn't figuring OF
any debutante breaking in on his out
field nfield or back of the platter. Hi:
chief worry will be about Tom Hughes
Rrockett of Buffalo and young Sallet
of Birmingham. Outside of his hurting
hill the rest of his entertainments lool
robust enough to save the flag He fig
ures that Orth will deliver again, anl
banks on the chance that Chesbro vii
be on deck. GARRISON and Hogg ar
counted upon as certainties. so from
the above list he hopes to develop a
least one first class aid to the latte
lot.
Hughes and BrOckett will be tn
gents to draw most attention. One o
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-21
A Valuable Lesson,

"Six years ago l learned a valuable
lesson" writes John Pleasant. of Mag
nolia, Ind. Il then began taking DR..
take them the better I find them
They please everybody. Guaranteed
at E. L. Smalley the druggis 25c.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-21
The Hypocritical Gunner.

Rear Admiral Coghlan, during din
ner at Delmonico's said of certain
speech:
The gentlemans remark struck me
as hypocritical. 1t reminded me of the
gunner who. after having taken careful
aim and missed his bird, said:
"'Ah, well, live and let live, is my
MOTTO"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-21
RURAL POET BREAKS LOOSE
Mud is His Theme and He Sparkles
With Animation Like Mud.

HUNTSVILLE, Feb. 21-Huntsville
has just passed through the worst
flood in it's history. Sorghum gulch,
miles to the north poured down tor
rents of muddy water for four days
The usual channel overflowed cellars.
filling wells, swirling under floors, and
a deposit of mud remains. in places a
foot or more thick. We believe that
our citizens will take prompt measures
to prevent a recurrence of sucn an &C
cdent in the future.
Oh the mud, the mud,
The horrible mud!
1t gives up the feet
With a sickening thud
1t covers the lawn,
The cellar it fills,
Swoops over the valley
And up to the hills.
Till it blends with the fog
That gathers DER head
And revels like sprites
Over grass of the dead.
But our sprites are no myth
They are working with skill,
The dead to raise up
On valley and hill.
Soon the bright waving harvest
VIII gladden. the eye.
AS it sweeps from the valley
To blend with the sky
The road between Huntsville and
| Waitsburg is in a bad shape almost
! impossible for teams, and only three
road overseerS in this great country OF
Walla Walla. Would it not be better to
have road districts the size of school
districts with a road supervisor in
each! Our present road system is not
much short of a graft.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-21
PauIhamus Loses.

The senate passed the tax commits
sion bill introduced in the house, pro-
viding for the annual assessment of
all operating property of railroads by
the tax commission, and authorizing
the county assessors to collect taxes
on all property about to be removed
from the state or about to be dissi-
pated.
Thre measures affecting railroads
were turned down. Paulhamus lost
out on his fight to repeal the act per-
hitting one corporation owning stock
in another. Rand's bill giving cities
the power to regulate the location and
construction Of railroads across streets
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-02
EATE,s MOckERIES

The unexpected happens daily ana
unhappily it often assumes forms that
are baneful to human enjoyment. AS
If in humorous mockery of the ordinary
safeguards we throw about us, rate
often uses the smallest and meanest
implements to overwhelm us. A chi
caeo man moved his head to look out
of a car window and was dangerously
wounded by womanS nat pm;
Michigan man had his skull cracked by
the fall of a paper weight from the top
of a bookcase; a New York man trlp-
ped on his own shoestrtng and IFac-
tured his collarbone.
There are dozens of these unexpected
mishaps mishaps that can all be trac-
I'd to petty causes. And perhaps one
of the most singular of them all Is
that which happened to Virginia Wo-
man a day or two ago. She is reported
to have been hanging out her washing
in the back yard, her mouth being
filed with pins. Suddenly she sneezed
and swallowed several of these imple-
ments, an accident that brought her
great distress and immediate medical
attention. Unfortunately, the news
item failed to state whether the pins
were the ordinary clothes pins, or
whether they were the smaller variety.
The latter sort was the kind that made
the trouble, no doubt, the Virginia
mouth scarcely having sufficient capa-
city to store the former in any save the
most limited quantities. - Cleveland
Plain Dealer
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-02
FREE SPEECH

THE Sacramento Bee, in comment
ing on the unwarranted arrest of
Il street preacher in that city, and
in defense of its support of the man
against the authorities, says:
Now, the Bee does not know any
thing about this man Milligan, and
cares less. 1t does not know whether
he is Holy Jumper, a Holy Roller, or
holy fraud-nor does it care the ulti-
mate straw from a last years birds
nest.
"All it knows is that he was virtually
throttled in his prerogative of free
speech, and it did not propose to
stand silently by and not fight for the
right of every man to be heard"
The Herald indorses this sentiment
as being both timely and manly, and
incidentally, just what Jim" Nc
CATCHY would indorse were he in evil
dence today.
The prerogative of free speech is a
fundamental right and an inalienable
asset of every citizen so long as the
citizen does not abuse or divert them
from their true uses, and though the
man or woman in the case may be oper
to criticism from any cause, the fact
does not touch the greater principle
involved.
Wide discomfort, whatever its cause
is leatening the masses Of the people
and it is the act of a novice or fool tc
hope to allay it by suppression. In the
case under comment the burden of the
speakers message was Of religion:
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-02
QUITE A YoUNGsTER

Heffelfinger, the famous guard" at
Yale in the '90s, now a prosperous
business man of the west, recently told
a story of countryman who, with his
wife, had come down to New Haven to
see the 'footballers."
The rural one had walked around
the stalwart Heffelfnger with an air of
critical curiosity. much as he might
have surveyed horse he was about to
purchase.
"Sary!" he called to his wife.
''What is it?"
"This feller's nigh on to seven feet,
amt he?"
Almost Zachariah."
"Weighs bout two hundred and
twenty, don't he?"
81 reckon he does"
"well, we'll, WE'LL" calculated the
countryman. "it do beat all how foot
ball do develop 'em!"
HE certainly is a fine young mani"
said the wife.
MANI" observed the countryman.
"Sary one of them professors told me
hisself that this feller's in his fourth
year. wonder what they feed 'em on!"
-Harper's Weekly.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-02
THE ICE COMBINE

OS ANGELES people have been
so busy of late in criticising the
unholy doings of San Francisco
graft pirates that they overlooked
things at home, till the combine of the
Merchants, Union, Los Angeles and
National ice companies forced them to
sit up and take notice.
This combine to raise prices (for it
certainly seems to be such) is not only
a violation ofNthe Cartwright act, but
a most ungenerous and ungrateful treat
ment of the people who by loyalty and
patronage made it possible for the
Merchants company to live and thrive.
District Attorney j. D. Fredericks is
up and doing to fight this alleged
treacherous act on the part Of the ice
men, and the good will and personal
aid of every consumer in Los Angeles
will be his in the battle. The frivolous
excuse of advanced cost of delivery Is
of a piece with the act itself and de-
ceives no one. If it can be proved that
collusion is at the bottom of this ruth
less rise in price of an absolute neces-
SlIy LOT dl lHe peOplS, tuS uSooAN N0u
hue and cry of an outraged populace
will prove to the conspirators that Los
Angeles works on vastly different
plan from that in vogue in San Fran
cisco.
To the end that this inquiry may be
sudden and effective every man and
woman In the city who knows aught
that can prove collusion in restraint of
trade by these ice companies should
present themselves at the district attor-
ney's Office and aid Frank Blair in
determining that fact. If such collusion
is proven it will be warm times for the
ice men.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-02

The telegraph trust, or at least the
Postal wing of that monopoly, is busily
engaged in a widespread press agent
campaign undertaking to show that
there is no such thing as a telegraph
trust That their rates are identically
the same, they declare, is no indication
of an agreement. The reasoning is
excellent: IF one company charges a
higher rate it would get no business at
all. A cut by one would be followed by
cut from the other, and there would
be a war of rates and finally rates
would be the same"
Delightfully."- simple, isn't it?
In the meantime New York authori-
ties are investigating the lighting trust
and other states may follow the lead
California has the Cartwright law
Here is another opportunity for Dis.
trict Attorney Fredericks to start his
probe.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-02
TIME TO BE CAREFUL

1t is well. no doubt. that there should
now arise O general tendency toward
the preachment of industrial caution,
such as several of our thoughttui con-
temporaries have already manifested:
The recent Oscillations" of the price OF
securities-tu quote an expression OF
Ambassador Bryce--have been treated
all along as a matter quite apart from
the Fundamental business or the couil-
try. which is known to be prosperous;
but If seems to be considered more ana
more in order to sound the warning
note, nevertheless, lest this apouhulIls
confidence in the underlying actua,
prosperity of business be overcome ana
ultimately breed actual hardship. such
as inevitably does come sooner or later
In a word. there seems to be dawnlns
lucid interval on the public mlnu-ali
interval of common sense, III Wnlch ~
may-8be realized that our present Well-
being cannot endure uninterrupted Iol
evr, and that we may as wen reftllHe
the danger of getting too reckless Just
as the financiers have seemingly pegun
to realize 1t in pursuing thelf lnoI
mercurial business in the buying ana
selling of shares in the countrys S pusl-
ness. That the present year offers any
really menacing outlook is not yet as
serted so far as we know. But that
the machinery of trade cannot be
driven too fast, and then too suddenly
slowed down, is always true, and the
prudent engineer will hardly dash az
full speed around a curve when II Is
possible from ordinary indications along
the way that there may possibly pe
distractions ahead. The world knows, 1,
although il seldom remembers, that
these times of vast commercial activity
generally precede leaner years-tne
ieanness of which has almost Invariably
been increased in the past by the reck-
less intoxications of acute prosperity
Lowell Courief-CitiZen.