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TRIP ON MISSISSIPPI
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of trying to secure the honest enforce
erful and wealthy people, there are
sure to be certain individuals who de-
mand that the movement stop because
it may hurt business
! In each case the answer must be that
we earnestly hope and believe that
there will be no permanent damage to
business from the movement, but that
if righteousness conflicts with the
fancied needs of business, then the lat
ter must go to the wall. We can not
afford to substitute any other test for
that of guilt or innocence of wrong
doing or welldoing, in judging any
man.
If a man does well, if he acts hon
estly, he has nothing to fear from this
administration. But so far as in me
lies the corrupt politician, great or
small, the private citizen who trans
crosses the law-be he rich or poor
shall be brought before the impartial
justice of a court. Perhaps l am
most anxious to get at the politician
who is corrupt, because he betrays a
great trust: but assuredly 1 shall not
spare his brother corruptionist who
shows himself a swindler in business
life: and, according to our power,
crimes of fraud and cunning shall be
tod
brutality and physical violence.
Need Good Citizenship.
We need good laws and we need
above all things the hearty aid of good
citizens in supporting and enforcing
the laws. Nevertheless, men and
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1.-THE ALASkAN,"

Commenting on The Alaskan
which appears a. the Keylor Grand in
this city, Oct. 20, the Kansas City
Post has the following:
The Alaskan" a musical comedy in
a prologue and two acts, the book by
Joseph Blethen and Max Figman, the
lyrics by Mr.. Blethen and the music
by Harry Girard, was given at the
Willis Wood theater last night to a
good sized and appreciative audience.
The Alaskan" is somewhat different
from the average musical comedy, for
it deals with American life, and has a
interest. There is enough story so that
the comedy may be said to have a plot
The miners and prospectors of Alaska
are new figul s in musical comedy, and
the ballet of Eskimo girls proved an
especially attractive feature The Es-
kimo girls We're pleasing in appear
ance, active. beautifully costumed
and won much applause The sextette
of stranded chorus girls helped to
/ make the piece successful.
Harry Girard, who composed the mu-
sic for The Alaskan plays the prin-
cipal role. that of Richard Atwater
pros pector, and won much favor by his
acting and singing. His voice is ten
i or of rich tone and much volume THE
Song of the Rifles and his duet with
Aries, Rainbow and Thistles," and the
Girl song in the second act. were
especially pleasing. Mr.. Girard has al
easy carriage on the stage.
Edward Martindell as Totem Pole
Pete. the foreman of Atwater's mine,
possesses a baritone voice which is
rich and full. His song, Totem Pole,''
in which the men of the chorus were
dressed as totem poles, was the hit
of the performance. Mr. Martinden won
the favor of the audience instantly and
kept it throughout the comedy. His
acting was good, though he relies too
much on his naturally expressive eyes.
The novel totem pole song and chorus
received many encores.
Teddy Webb, as the stranded Broad
way manager had the chief comedy
role. and made the most of it. He was
genuinely funny in his delivery of the
lines. many of which are very clever.
His songs We're effectively sung AMI
We're heartily encored, especially
Trouble Tree" and the song ir. the
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his brain. Whether the man who of
fers or the man VINO accepts such
toJen of friendship has the more de-
graded ideal of social obligations it
would be hard to decide.
This perverted sense of goodfellow-
ship is the source of the greatest part
of the drink evil 1t leads young peo-
pie to form the habit of drink who
would Otherwise never be led into it.
They begin to drink just to be COM
panionabe. or to avoid ridicule they
would be exposed to if they refused to
partaka of the social glass. They do
not wish to suffer from the imputation
of being strange and peculiar and thus
they consent 20 be treated and the
same pernicious ideal which imposes
submission in the taking of the treat
demands that the treat be returned.
1T is a peculiar code of friendship
which demands the return of an equiv
alent as soon as a gift is made, but
il is of a piece with the rest of the
treating custom ard the young man
finds himself buying the drinks for his
mean and shabby.
He has begun. but the treating hab
it will not let him stop with modera-
ton. He enters a liquor shop with
several acquaintance. Each treats in
turn. The bartender treats the circle.
The party grows boisterOus. profanity
and loose jokes become the staple of
conversation. Another round of drinks
is called for.
The picture need not be further
particularized. The whole scene is a
disgusting exhibition of bestiality, bur
it is what might fairly be expected
from the low ideal of social obliga ton
involved in the treating habit.
The treating habit fosters ruihous
extravaganza. Men of moderate in
comes can i'll afford to meet the de-
mands of so-called goojfellowship in
'liC Hidllei VI u cdtlIlS. hey may not
greatly miss the nickel or dime which
would purchase enough to satisfy
their own wants, but when the nickel
or a dime expended is several times
multiplied to meet the needs of a
thirsty circle it plays havoc with the
daily income of the average wage
Garner and induces penury in his home
1T would be an error to suppose
that the evil of the treating habit is
confined to the ranks of laboring men.
1t is when men of education and tall
ent and professional standing are
brought low by the social glass that
the treating habit has achieved it's
masterpiece.
'Tha remedy for the largest part of
the drink evil is the remuneration of
the treating habit by men in every
condition of life. 1t is a remedy which
should appeal to every intelligent per-
son as a protest against a degrading
ideal of social obligation, as a safe
guard against excess in drinking and
as business proposition of dollars and
cents"
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THE TREATING HABIT"

The following extract of the sermon
delivered by the Rev. Father E. v.
O'Hara in his sermon in Portland
sunday, Oh the Treating Habit" con-
tains so much meris as to need but lit
tie comment and is worthy of careful
consideration not only by the young
men of the country but by others as
well. 1t may not necessarily be termed
a prohibition sermon but it is certainly
a temperance lecture by one demon
strating his familiarity with condi-
tons:
of all the false ideals of social OBJ
legations which obtain popularity
there is none more mischevious than
that which leads people TO regard the
social glass as the only proper and
adequate expression of friendship. 1t
is sad commentary on our state of
culture when We can find 10 higher
tribute of appreciation TO place in the
hand of a friend than a glass of in
toXicating liquor and it is "a sorry
com pllIHeHl 10 MIN NHHl we are
forced to acknowledge that we best
satisfy his claims on our regards by
an offering that appeals 20 his animal
Iature.
NO graceful wreath of flowers
breathing fragrance will We give as
token of our affection; we will not lead
our friend to a museum of art and bid
him enjoy with us the glories of artis-
tic creation; no, we will take him to a
saloon and bid him drink things which
will infiame his passions and benumb
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ERNEST RHODES.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

showed at the battle of Austerlitz,
he was the greatest Leader in the
world. Billiards. Snow Liniment has
shown the public it is the best Lini-
ment in the world. A quick cure for
rheumatism. Sprains, Burns, Cuts,
etc. A. c. Pitts, Rodessa, La. says.
Il used Billiards. Snow Liniment in my
family and find it unexcelled for sore
chest. headache corns in fact for any
thing that can be reached by liniment."
A. B. Shelton.
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CONQUERING DISEASE
DR.. DARRIN'S CURES ARE WELL
KNOWN AND ESTABLISHED
FACTS.
The Afflicted Should Lose No Time to
Consult Him at Once While He
Is In WalIa WaIIa.

That DR.. Darrin has effected exA
traordinary cures, after all efforts else
where have failed, is a fact supported
by the strongest evidence. His cures.
moreover, are rapid and permanent as
the following card and testimony will
show:
DR.. Darrin: Your treatment has
cured me of kidney trouble, my in
fammation at neck of bladder, and
diabetes. For years l have been
obliged to relieve my bladder with
a catheter many times day and thus
rendering sleep almost impossible.
will never fail to consult you when
ever 1 need medical aid The treat
ment you gave me for my debilitated
condition from the effects of the dis
ease was entirely successful. 1 can
be referred to at any time.
ERNEST RHODES.
DR.. Darrin is now visiting Walla
Walla for few weeks, and is occupy
ing his old quarters at the Hotel State,
where he can be consulted free, from
9 a. m. to 8 p. m. daily.
No sufferer should fail to call and
secure proper treatment before it is
too late and beyond medical and HUI
man aid. DR.. Darrin's experience has
been world wide covering many years
of practice.
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S. c. BRIGHAM, M. D., OCCULIST
and Aurist. Eye, Ear, Nose and
Main 26S
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WANTED.

An enginee-. at the electric light
plant al Kennewick, Wash. c. A. Ora
haih' <44)
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DR.. j. j. MURRAY, VETERINARY
Surgeon and Dentist; graduate of
American Veterinary College, N. Y.
Office, Star Livery Barn, corner Of
Fifth and Alder. Phone 50. $50
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women of this great state, men and
women of the middle west, never for
get that law and the administration of
law, important though they are, must
always occupy a wholly secondary
place as compared with the character
of the average citizen himself.
The effort must be to make farm
life not only remun arative but attrac
tive, so that the best young men and
girls will feel inclined to stay on the
farm and lot 10 go to the city. Nothing
is more important to this country than
the perpetuation of our system of me-
dunn sized farms worked by their own
ers. We do not want to see our farm
ers sink to the condition of the peas
ants of the old world, barely able to
live on their small holdings, nor do
We want to see their places taken by
wealthy men owning enormous es-
tates which they work purely by ten
ants and hired servants.
At present the ordinary farmer holds
his own in the land as against any
possible representative of the land
lord class of farmer-that is, of the
men who would own bast estates-be-
cause the ordinary farmer unites his
capital. his labor and his brains with
the making of a permanent family
home, and thus can afford 20 hold his
land al value at which it can not be
held by the capitalist, who would
have to run it by leasing it or by cul-
tivating it at arms length with hired
labor.
In other words the typical American
farmer Of today gets his remunera-
ton in part in the shape of an indie
pendent home for his family, and this
gives sim an advantage over an alb
sentee landlord. Now, from the
standpoint of the nation as a whole it
is pre- -eminently desirable to keep as
one of our chief American. types the
farmer, the farm home maker, of the
medium sized farm
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j. w. COOKERY, UNDERTAKEN
and Embalmer, IL First street
We are licensed by both Washington
and Oregon Boards of Health to shin
bodies. (25)
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GEN ERAL.

WHITE FRONT, WALLA WALLA
Junk Shop-Wholesale and retail
dealers in all kinds Of Hides, Wool,
Lead, Zinc, Bottles, Old Rubbers and
Secondhand Sacks and Second
Hand Furniture, Stoves and Carpets.
M. SHANK, Telephone Main 49,
105 East Main street
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VETERINARY SURGEON.

DR.. j. w. WOODS, GRADUATE
Veterinary Surgeon. Office. Mcbride
Bros, Co. Res. Phone 957. HOSPITAL
service. Asst. State Veterinary.
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PROFESSIONAL.

DR.. j. G. MACK, PHYSICIAN AND
Surgeon. Special attention given to
diseases of Women and electrical
treatments. Office, rooms p and %.
Postoffice building. Phone, Offices,
Main 440; residence, Main $50.
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The Daily Statesman-25c per month
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SUITS PRESSED.
UNDERTAKES.

E. S. HENNESSEY, UNDERTAKEN
and Licensed Embalmer, 312 w. Main
street. Phone ISL. Opposite Court
House.
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HELP; INQUIRE
at Troy Laundry. G6)
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Commends Farm Life,

This type of farm home is one of
our strongest political and social bull
Warks. Such farm worked by the
owner has proved by experience the
best place in which to breed vigorous
leaders alike for country and city. 1t
is matter of prime economic and
civic Importance to encourage this
type of homecoming farmer.
Therefore, We should strive in every
way to aid in the education of the
farmer for the farm, and should shape
our school system with this end in
view; and so vitality important is this
that. in my opinion, the federal gov
eminent should cooperate with the
state governments to secure the need
ed change and Improvement in our
schools.
1t is significant that both from Min
nesota and Georgia there have com
proposals in this direction in the ap-
pearance of bills introduced into the
national congress. The congressional
land grant of 1852 accomplished much
in establishing the agricultural cole
leges in the several states, and there
fore in preparing to turn the system
of educa tional training for the young
mo channels at once broader and
more practicable-and what 1 am
saying about agricultural training re-
oil TO oil H.,
At present there is a gap between
our primary schools in country and
city and the industrial collegiate
courses, which must be closed, and if
necessary, the nation must help the
state to close it.
Special Training for Children.
Specific training of a practical kind
should be given to the boys and girls
who when men and women are to make
up the backbone of this nation by
working in agriculture, in the mechan-
1cal industries. in arts and trades: in
short, who are to do the duty that
should always come first with all of
us, the duty Of home making and
housekeeping. Too harrow a literary
education is. for most men and women.
not real education at all: for a real
education should fit people primarily
for the industrial and home-making
employments in which they must en-
ploy the bulk of their activities. Our
country offers unparalleled opportuni-
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Walla, Washington, as secono-ciass
matter.
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The Thaw jurors have to under
go at least one thing that is a hard
ship to New Yorker. They are
not allowed to read what the news
papers say about the trial.
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BY FRED j. HEWITT.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. Gust
how many races the aged bay geld
ing w. B. Gates will win before he
is retired is a question hard to an
swer, for Captain R. r. Rice and his
son, R. R. JT., keep sending the old
boy to the post with great regular
ity at Emeryville this winter.
Recently, in a mile race, W. B..
Gates lead Clendestine and Uloche
dor to the wire and won at the
lucrative odds of 20 to /.
THAT makes exactly 1902 races
that w. B. Gates has won in his re-
markable career on the turf de-
clared Captain Rice. He must be
made of iron. He has dickey legs
and favors strong going, What is
more, he likes to run, and for that
reason | and my son keep sending
him to the post and in acting train
ing"
No horse that | know of has won
as many races as w. B. Gates, Lo-
gan, the Iron Horse, was retired by
Alex Shields when he had won an
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even 100 on association racetracks.
But all of Gates victories have
not been on association tracks. He
has shown at county fairs and
bush" meetings, and so, in conse-
quence, all of his 1872 victories can
not be found in the racing guides.
Gates was bred by the mother of
Garnet Ferguson, the owner of the
mighty Bearcatcher, at her stock
farm in Kentucky. He was named
after W. B. Gates, ap rominent poll
tician of Memphis, Tenn. Geo. c..
Bennett purchased him as a year
ling for 1,500 and raced him as a
2-year-old. Then it was that Cap
tain Rice, the famous old horseman
from Warner, Ark. q little town
about 60 miles from Little Rock
acquired him.
That was six years ago, and the
Rices have been campaigning him
ever since.
How many races will w. B. Gates
win before he is put ON the shelf?
That is mighty hard question
to answer.
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Spokane Press, rs cent a month.
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THE LAPSE OF MR.. GEORGE
MARTIN

George Martin was the paragon
of all the virtues. Above all things
he was correct. His tie was always
knotted just so; his gloves were
impeccable. hit hat without a spot
of dust, his shoes perfect, and his
life-his life was in keeping.
Daisy Mannering was in all this his
antithesis. Daisy was a tomboy and
was glad of it, Daisy was uncon-
yentional. both as to dress and
speech, while in respect of conduct
one could only sigh helplessly.
And the trouble was, George had
fallen desperately in love with
Daisy and Daisy had promptly re-
jected George.
81 had just as lief marry the
preacher" she said mot that you
are not d dear, you know; but |
would certainly run you crazy in 10
days. If you could only be undigni-
fed or unusual, just once-but you
never will"
The next day he met her uneX-
pectedly on the country road. She
was dragging along an exceedingly
hideous dog of the bull variety. She
looked up and smued.
Isn't he a darling?" she demand
ed. Il stole him.
"You-what?' he gasped.
Stole him. From a gypsy. The
man was beating him horribly.
When he went to the spring | stole
the dog. But can't take him
home" she added, thoughtfully. Il
have six now. you know. Oh, won't
you take care of him?
"I?" he calculated.
Please" she begged. For me?"
And it was for this reason that
an hour later George Martin found
himself being hailed before an
irascible and newly arrived justice
on the charge of having feloniously
stolen Rex Random, champion bull
dog of the west In vain did he
plead, did he explain as best he
could. Whatever else, he would not
mention Daisy, and this omission
led to inaccuracies in his story
which finally so incensed the magis-
trate that Mr.. Martin found him
self spending the night in Jail, while
the newspapers made hugely merry
with the real and imaginary details.
In the morning he was hailed
again into court.
Now, then, sir" observed the
still crusty justice, "if you didn't
steal the dog, who did?'
81 did" came clear young voice
and Daisy tripped forward through
the crowded court room; from a
gypsy. | suppose the gypsy stole
him from his owner. But he was
beating him and when he turned
his back | stole him, and then |
asked him to care of him and he
did; and that was the way he
came to be arrested, and"
Discharged said the justice.
hope" he added. that both you and
Mr.. Martin will forgive very
natural error. / should dislike to
feel that we had made such an
error that We"
But Daisy was smiling.
IL rather imagine it has turned
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TIPS

Rush orders have been received
at Mare Island navy yard to COM
plete repairs to the submarines
Pike and Grampus and the gun
boat Yorktown.
Judge Sewell. at San Francisco,
ruled for the defendant in the case
of the Utah-Nevada Mining Co.
against Captain Joseph DeLamare,
a Nevada mining man, for posses
sion Of 81 per cent of the Monitor
and Jim Crow mines in Nevada.
The suit involved over $5,O00,000.
The steamer Parker blew up yes
terday on the Tennessee river, kill
ing three and injuring several.
A freight engine on the Cheese
peake & Ohio road exploded yes
terday, killing three trainmen.
Seventeen days of zero weather
is the hard luck of Minnesota and
Dakota. 1t was % below yesterday.
Fuel is scarce all through the frigid
belt.
Official count in the German cleo
ton shows that the socialists have
lost half their strength in the reic\
stag.
Senator Joe Bailey yesterday
called a witness a liar in the Texas
investigation Of the senator's Stan
dard Oil record The witness made
rush for Bailey but deputy
sheriff stopped the fight.
| A snow slide at Kirwin, WyO.
| killed Charles Brunnell and wife
Jack Reynolds is missing.
| The Great Northern has prepared
to begin construction Of a road
from Wenatchee and ~rovnie.
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SNOWBOUND PEOPLE
GET HOME

Frank Winans, Harry HOllenberg
and frank Stookey, of Wilbur,
Wash, and nearly 100 others of
that part of the country who have
been compelled to remain here for
nearly a week past on account OF
the dormant condition of railroad
traffic. were enabled to return to
their respective homes last night
over the Northern Pacific by the
first train in that direction since
Thursday. Winans, Stookey and
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81 wonder why Hardupp has
moved to New York"
He has a rich uncle down there,
and | suppose he wishes to keep in
close touch with the old man"
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The Daily Short Story

out very WELL your honor" she
laughed, "for since Mr. Martin has
condescended to spend a night in
nearly so conventional as | thought
he was. That was the only objec-
ton, she added, merrily.
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AFTER SPOKANE IDEAS.

Mayor Daggett this morning re-
ceived a letter from j. W. Gardner,
of st. Petersburg, Russia asking
for the last report of the Spokane
public schools. Mr.. Gardner is at
the head of the Franklin college,
the infant Russian-American uni
yerSity.
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SALOON ROBBED.

The Division saloon at the cor
ner of Division st. and Sprague av.
was robbed last night of $40, which
the proprietor had hidden when the
place closed for the night. The
theft is believed to have been com
mitted by someone familiar with
the business of the saloon.
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Hollenberg started home Friday,
but We're snowbOund in Davenport,
and although their business needed
attention, they were compelled to
return to Spokane. The blockade
has worked hardship with many
of the others, as but few of them
were financially prepared for a
week in Spokane with nothing to do
but spend time and money.
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Where it is an admitted fact that
they sell the best goods in Spo-
kane and charge much less for
them.
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"You seem to have won consider
able favor" remarked the old cab
horse.
yes" replied the touring car. 81
feel that | can honestly say | have
made a hit"