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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-21
COMPLIES WITH PASS LAW.

All but one OF the Southern lines of
railway have cancelled contracts made
{ with publishers to exchange transport
statioil for miliage. The exception is
/ the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, which
has q new form of contract prepared
by General Passenger Agent st George.
aud the legal advisors Of the company
are confident it complies with the
4 law. It issas follows:
The owner or publisher Of the paper,
magazine or other advertising medium,
party TO this contract, will. during the
life Of this agreement, whenever travel
ing, travel over the lines Of the Missouri
Kansas Il Texas Railway company,
and route the members of his family,
and his employees over its lines so Tar
g he reasonably can, fares and accom-, = !
modations being equal or better, and
he shall have the right to call upon
the railway company for such tickets,
mileage, Of other passenger transpor.:
station "a may he raqnired from time to
Time for the excl We use Of the pub
fisher, his inlmediate family and s. ms
ployes directly connected herewith, to
the valued Of the gross amount Of this
CONTRACT This transportation to So
charged for at full tariff rates any
balance that may Be found to exist at
The expIrat ion of this contract to be set
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-21

@ any hermit nation still exists Uncle
Sam is will that they shall buy their
OWE alarm clocks.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-21

We don't really care for ice, anyway.
No ice is less coal, and ice is always
high, crop OF no crop.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-21

The government now seems to have
tackled the church furniture trust. No
trust too sacred to avoid molestation.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-21

# the sun spot has determined the
recent weather, a freckled sun is better
than fair one.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-20
TRAIN SITUATION
Continued from Page One.)

Tomorrow's train will take out a big
accumulation of mail and freight which
has been piling up here for some time.
A work crew and pile driver is en-
gagged in replacing the bridge washed
out in Hay canyon and when this is
done things may be moving into Spo-
kane again.
number Of people anxious to ger
to Portland will start tonight Or to-
morrow morning for Pendleton by
team. The washOuts between Adams
and PendletOn are so serious that it
will probably be four or five days be-
fore the Pendleton division will be
open through to this city.
Bridge Out at Osborne.
The w. & c. r., bridge near Os-
borne was torn out by the angry wa
tiers of Dry Creek last night.
A railroad man who had ridden out
from Walla Walla had just gotten
across the bridge when the crash
came. He was on a hand car and
the rear WHEELS of the vehicle had JUS.
reached solid ground when the timbers
gave way.
The telephone wires between here
and Osborne are down this afternoon
so that it was impossible to learn
the name of the man who escaped so
luckily
Local w. & c. r. officials here deny
any knowledge Of the narrow escape
and say that while the bridges and cul-
verts are unsafe for heavy trains that
no such accident as that reported was
likely to have occurred.
Schedule Time to Dayton.
The w. & c. r. ran trains to Dayton
on schedule time today. The train
which left Pasco yesterday is still tied
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-20
THAW CASE SPOiLS SHOW.
Debate Between Acts Ends in Opera
Company's SPLIT,
20 MAIN STREET.

SSi'Po'y SPNI.
IDA GROVE, Iowa, Feb. 2O.-The
Thaw murder trial caused a tilt in
the Truesdale Opera company here
last night. Irene Gale. the leading lady
before the show, was defending Ev-
elyn Thaw. and Manager Boyd Trues-
dale, an Emmettsburg. Iowa. man. told
her to shut up, as she didn't know
what she was talking about Miss
Gale called the manger names for not
having proper understanding OF wo-
men, and Truesdale DISCHARGED her.
Tie male actors criticised Truesdale
Tor his act and the company broke
up in row. The show was called off
and the manager of the operahouse in
sisted upon returning 1892 in receipts
back to the tickethOlderS. These fled
out and Immediately began discussing
the Thaw case, for the most part TAX
ing the side of Miss Gale Men stood
around the corners until midnight
discussing the case At the O'Clock
morning train 200 people cheered the
retreating company. Part of the COM
pany went to Sioux City and part to
Chicago.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-20
ALBERTA IS GREAT COUNTRY
Grain Averages Forty Bushels to
the Acre There
MAN FROM N0RTHlAND IS HERE
ed. M'CANDLIsH, WITNESS IN
BREMMER CASE TELLS OF
ITS ADVANTAGES.
MAN FROM NoRTHLND IS HERE

Ed. McCandlish of Claresholm, Al
5erta. is in the city for the purpose
Of testifying in the Bremmer case. Mr.
McCandlish is enthusiastic in his praise
Of the territory in which he lives He
is carrying a number of samples OF
grain raised in the northern country
They compare favorably with grains
raised in the states.
According to Mr. McCandlsh's story
the yield fully equals that Of the Wash.
ngtOn wheatfield. Wheat averages 4O
bushels per acre. Both spring and fall
varieties do equally well. Oats yield
as high as 80 bushls to the acre. Flax
is good producer.
Mr. McCandlish says the Alberta
farmers do not have to conted with the
sack problem. Grain is shipped in
bulk. Prices Compare favorably with
those obtained in Walla Walla and
other Washington towns Mr.. Mccain
dish will return to Alberta shortly
accompanied by a number of land seek
erS
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-20

tee on ways and means and lived or
potato Feelings until the report came
! in.
The cOmmitte did it's work we'll II
! decided that as rats were poorly equip
peds to cope with tin breadbOxes in
an upright position it behooved them
to proceed against the box, push it
| off the cupboard and allow we'll known
laws of gravitation to do the rest.
The plan was a success. Morning
after morning when the owner of the
breadbox came into his kitchen he
found the box on the floor in cOnfu-
sion. The bread was gon to the last
crumb.
Successive falls denied the poor old
breadbOx out of shape, and while the
owner is a mildmannered person he
can't afford new breadboxes every
week. So he drove two large staples
into his cupboard, fastening them
against the box Since then the rats
have had no bread.
Another feat the rodents accomplish
handlly is even more remarkable. Hhe
owner of the house keeps his flour in
a large cylindrical can. The top fas-
tens on snugly.
The Industrious rats have succeeded
in removing the top from the can on
a dozen different occasions. The open
ed can is tipped over and the flour
iC consumed presumably with proat
rejoicing.
1t requires quite a bit of strength
to remove this cover with the fingers,
and how the rats succeed, using their
tough little noses and paws, is beyond
any explaining But the evidences
were there and the Yale bachelor is
an honest man.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-20
SUED, WOMEN KILL SELVES.
Two Defendants in Divorce Cases Re.
sort to Carbolic Acid.

HOBOKEN. n. j., Feb. 20.-Two
women sued for divorce have ended
their lives within the past As hours
Both women took carbolic acid as
q means OF escaping the divorce court
Mrs. Mary Dope. al years old. of
Hoboken. ended her life yesterday:
Vice Chancellor Emory of Newark was
to hear the suit OF her husband, Her
man Dope, a grOceryman.
The other woman was Mrs Mary
Warner. wife of Sheridan Warner. a
foundryman. Last Tuesday Mrs War
ner was served with papers in a di-
vorce suit
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-20
-FEATS o FRATS.
Burglary Committed on Breadbo>
Supposed to Be Secure.

A man who was graduated from
Yale in 1884 is now a bachelor. He
lives in very old house in the lower
part of town. The few attentions his
house receives come from charwo
man of great age and little activity
Hence there are rats on the premise
They are remarkable rats, and when
you are told of their achievements by
their landlord you are inclined to be
incredulous. Yet you can't deny the
evidences of their intelligence.
In the kitchen is large cupboard.
On it's broad she rests rather heavy
breadboX. Generally it contains bread.
For a long time the tin covers kept
the rats out. Then the rats held a
council of war, appointed a commit
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-20
WHlSkEY PIPE LINE,
Oistillers' Clever Scheme to Evade
Revenue Discovered in England.

LONDON. Feb. 20-A gigantic
scheme on the part of firm of dis
tillers to defraud the revenue is re-
ported to have been unearthed by in
land revenue officers. The latter. it
is ascertained. discovered system
of underground pipes through which
whiskey was conveyed from the dis
tillery to the duty-paid warehouse,
whence it was distributed to the trade:
thus escaping the tax of $275 a gal.
Ion. The revenue authorities are said
to have demanded the payment of a
fine Of 100000 on the struggled liquor
the matter will be brought up in par
lament
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-20
BAR FOR NEGRO STUDENTS.
President Elliot of Harvard Would
Close Schools and ~" to Blacks.

BOSTON. Feb. 20 Before some
OF the most prominent educators of
the country. men and women distin-
guished in all professions. President
Charles w. Elliot of Harvard went on
record at the goth century club as
favoring a separation of the white and
negro pupils. not alone in Baston. but
in Harvard university.
The address was Occasoned by a
discussion of the present condition of
affairs at Berea college in eastern
Kentucky, where on account of a new
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-20
A Stitch in Time

viii save n:ne. So will a bottle of
Balalrd's Horehound Syrup always
kept on hand save many a spell of
sickness. A sure cure for coughs,
colds. bronchitis and whooping cough.
Mrs. s. Hot Springs, Ark. writes:
Il keep bottle of Billiards. Horehound
Syrup in my medicine chest, and thank
my forethought many times. 1t has
prevented many severe spells of sick
ness" Sold by A. B. Shelton.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-20
Even From the Mountains.

Billiards. Snow Liniment is praised fol
the good it does. A sure cure fol
rheumatism and all pains. Wright w
81 used Billiards. Snow Liniment, last
winter, for rheumatism and can rec
ommend it as the best Liniment on the
market. l thought, at the time 1 was
taken down with this trouble, that it
would be a week before / could get
about, but on applying your Liniment
several times during the night, l was
about in 4S hours and we'll in three
days. Sold by A. B. Shelton.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-20

Watches No Longer Affected by Cold.
when a mans watch goes wrong
in winter he is apt to think it is be-
cause the cold has affected it, said a
jeweler last week
contracted the metal of the delicate
balance wheel. But now this wheel
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-20
Read Herman's Letters.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 20-Today'a
session of the Binger Herman trial
was occupied in reading letters to the
jury, written by Herman to certain
correspondents in Oregon when he
was commissioner general of the land
office. They were identified by his
former private secretary, Harry R.
Rogers.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-20

up at Eureka on account of the trOu-
bleS at Osborne.
No train will leave tonight for Pas
co but the company hopes to get a
train out by tomorrow.
The Daily opera company may go to
Wallula by the o. r. & n tracks to-
morrow. They were scheduled to play
at North Yakima tonight
President Isaac Anderson of the
Northwestern Gas & Electric company,
who has been trying to get into this
city for two days is reported to have
left Pendleton this morning by team
for Walla Walla.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-20

A prominent manufacturer, VIM. A..
Fertwell, OF Lucama, N. c.. relates a
most remarkable experience. He says:
after taking less than three bottles
of Electric Bitters, I feel like one ris-
ing from the grave. My trouble is
Rrights disease, in the Diabetes stage.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-20
Wss11iiaa Cloak & Suit House

is made partly of brass and partly of
steel. like the compensation pendu-
lum in clock These metals have
opposite responsibilities and the result
is that the balance whell- is always
speed in all kinds of weather and the
cold does not affect IT,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-20

ly enacted law forbidding the ming
ling of white and negro students pro-
visions will have to be made for suit.
able Accommodations for the latter,
who number 200 out of total student
body of 1900.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-20

I fully believe Electric Bitters will cure
me permanently, for it has already
stopped the liver and bladder compli-
cations which have troubled me for
years." Guaranteed. at E. l.. Smalley,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-20

Baron Max Won Stiefel of Hamburg,
Germany, is in the city visiting his
friend and schoolmate, Leo Kosminsky,
of the hotel Dacres.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-20

WANTED-GIRL FOR GENERAL
homework in family of three, in
quire 401 Chase Ave. Prone 1873. 40
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-20

A marriage license was issued this
afternoon to Dan NJ. Jones and EliZ-
abeth Anna Whyte, both of Walla
Walla.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-08-14
Importance of Hurnus.

7. Humus is decaying vegetable
matter in the soil.
2. 1t is the storehouse of nitrogen,
most expensive and the most neces-
sary of all plant foods
3. It contains the food upon which
the soil organisms live, whose func-
ton is to convert organic nitrogen
into nitrates in order to be available
for the use of plants It also ma
terially assists in decomposing the
mineral constituents of the soil, such
as potash and phosphoric acid. max
ing them available for the use Of
plants.
H. 1t increases the power Of the
soil to hold water without becoming
water-logged.
5. 1t makes clay soil more open
and friable. It also serves to COM
pact sandy soil and increases it's
dr0uth resisting power.
6. 1t prevents washing to a great
extent thereby diminishing the loss
Of fertility bv that cause.
7. Soil filled with humus more
readily admits the air so necessary
to all useful plant growth.
8. There appears to be distinct
relationship between the amount Of
humus in the soil and the amount of
available nitrogen therein, says the
Dakota Farmer. It has also been
observed that as humus disappears
from the soil there is a distinct re-
ductiOn of the ability of that soil to
grow croDs Hence in practice in
order to obtain the best crops we have
to resort to BARNARD manure and the
turning under Of vegetable matter
rather than the use of concentrated
fertilizers.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-08-14
Expert T Testimony on the Efficiency Of
Fumlgatlon

two inches in diameter, and of varying
lengths, in sets from I2 to Is or more
feet. If poles longer than Is feet are
used they should be 21a inches in dia-
meter. A 5-8 inch cotton rope is
fastened ten inches from the top of
the pole. To cover the tree two men,
one on each side of the tree, places
the end of the pole under the edge
of the tent, takes half hitch about
both with the rope, raises that end
of the pole eight feet, when two other
men at the other end of the poles
pull on the rope, with foot against
the end of the poles, when the tent
is raised over the tree and carefully
arranged, SO that the tree is we'll COW
cred. Care must be taken that all is
closed at the ground.
1t is perhaps best to schedule the
orchard in the day time, placing on
a canvenient liagram, the amount Of
cyanide for each tree. It is much
cheaper, however. for the foreman to
do this at night, and if skil1fu1 and
we'll trained he can safely do this He
must always err on the generous side.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-08-14

and for the protection OF irrigation
reservoirs requires extensive planting
along streams and canals and on
watersheds.
The profits from growing timber
are certain, and farsighted business
men are recognizing the possibilities
for conservative and highly profitable
investment in forest plantations.
More and more. railroads and other
corporations and farmers throughout
the country are establishing CONNER
cial plantations to supply the timber
for their own needs or for commercial
profit.
Financial profits in commercial for
est planting can best be obtained by
the selection of species which will pro-
duce the most valuable product in the
least time. Many planters are not
aware, however, that each kind Of tree
has definite geographic and climatic
range, beyond which it will not grow
with sufficient vigor to justify its use
for commercial planting. It is in
selecting the proper trees for a given
region that the prospective investor
must use good judgment if the venture
is to be successful Mistakes are not
only extremely costly, but they may
not be found out for a number of
years Anyone who has observed the
great number of plantations in the
West which have not met the planters
expectations can readily appreciate the
necessity for definite knowledge on
this subject. To obtain this knowledge,
direct correspondence with the Forest
service at Washington is recommended,
Circulars on this subject will give all
the data necessary and insure correct
selection and proper care
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-08-14

runs through IO-1nCn terra COCCd
main across the grove from east to
west At intervals Of 90 feet along
this Io-inch main are fve-inch open
ingS, which may be opened or closed
as desired. From the five-inch outlets
the water is conducted through five
inch galvanized iron pipes to the ends
of the grove north and south. This
pipe is made in Io-foot sections and
is connected in the same manner as
stove pipes. When we get four lines
of this fve-inch pipe laid from the
main pipe to the ends of the rows
Of trees, the water is turned into them
from the main and we are ready to
commence watering II rows of trees.
From each line of pipe we can water
three rows, the one along which the
pipe is laid and one or more on either
side, by using an elbow and extra
joints of piping. We commence at
the lower end of the pipe, watering
three trees from each pipe, then take
off three joints or thirty feet Of each
line, which brings us up to the next
trees, an so on till we get up to the
main, when we have watered twelve
rows Of trees from the main to the
end Of the grove We then move
the piping over to the next four open
ings and proceed as before
Sometimes when short Of piping we
run one or two of the oulets into
open furrows On of these fve-inch
openings will supply five burrows from
the main to the end of rows where
the fall is sufficient for the water to
flow So it may be seen that by using
the furrOw system along, we could run
II burrows from the openings. These
burrows would represent streams Of
water 6 to 8 inches wide and one
half to three inches Deep This will
give some idea of the quantity Of
water the pump will furnish
Our engine is a IS horsepower gaso-
line Fairbanks & Morse, and gives
perfect satisfaction. Every one who
has seen our outfit in operation pro-
nounced it bv far the best thew had
ever seen. One man from California
says it would be worth 100000 out
there
[ am not telling of Our success in
a boasting spirit at all, but simply to
show vOu what can be done along this
line if a little Judgment be used in
the beginning.
The only thing necessary to success
in putting in an irrigation plant is to
get a pump Of sufficient capacity, and
right here is where nine-tenths of the
men who have tried IRRIGATION in the
past have made their mistakes.
First-be sure YOU have a good
water supply, and then pet pump
of sufficient capacity to handle the
water, and you are all right 9
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-08-14
Profit in Planted Forest.


We have been advocating the plant
ing of timber trees for a long time
We cannot say, as is said of California,
by the California Cultivator, that there
are millions of acres of waste land,
but we certainly have thousands of
acres Of land which has been turpentin-
ed and logged until the timber is all
gone, and now it is practically worth
less, unless it can be planted to timber
trees. What variety to use is a ques-
ton which is not easily settled, but we
should think that the best two are
camphor and hardy cata1pa The Guilt
vator says:
There are millions Of acres of waste
lands in California today, which could
be made to produce annually large
profit were they planted to forest
trees for commercial purposes.
There are certain trees which per-
tain to certain localities but their ma
ture, habits and longevity must be un-
derstood to make them a success It
is a waste of time and money to plant
forest trees prOmlscuOusly without a
knowledge of what classes will thrive
in special localities. For instance, in
California it has been found that white
pine, yellow pine, sugar pine, noun
tain pine, Norway spruce, white elm,
chestnut, cottonwood, live oak, willow,
blue gums, and other euca1ypts can all
be grown and successfully in almost
all parts OF the state. But knowledge
OF their peculiar adaptability to eli
mate, SOIL and moisture is needed to
insure success in a commercial way.
This information may be secured by
corresponding with the Forest Service
at Washington, which is issuing, from
time to time, circulars on the subject
The time has come when forest tree
planting may be gone into by inte1li-
gent owners OF large tracts of waste
land and handsome profits returned
on the investment It is a matter of
common knowledge that our forests
are rapidly disappearing They have
gone to satisfy the demands of COM
merce, and while the supply of lumber
is diminishing, prices are constantly
increasing.
To secure a continuous supply of
timber it must be replaced by growth
OF the best species and the best form
in the shortest possible time. This
can be done by forest management;
but the supply thus obtained must be
supplemented very largely by timber
grown in commercial plantations
1t the tracts OF forest cut over each
year were permitted to make a second
growth, a future supply would be pro-
vlded naturally, but this is not general
lv the case. The transformation of
so large a percentage of forest land
INTO fields and of nearly as much more,
through reckless numbering, into waste
land must eventually reduce the won
derful fertility of the country, for
no other natural agent is so active a
soil builder as the forest. A pure
water supply for large cities and towns