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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-09-20
Railroad Rate Decision.

The right of State to prescribe
reas enable rates for railroads is
clearly set forth in the following ex-
tract from a decision by the United
States Supreme Court in a case ap-
pealed from Nebraska:
"The public cannot properly be
subjected to unreasonable rates in
order simply that stockholders may
earn dividends. The legislature has
the authority in every case where
it's power has not been restrained
by contract to proceed upon the
ground that the public may not be
riyhtfully required to submit to un-
reasonable exactions for the use of Il
public highway established and
maintained under legislative author
ity. II a corporation cannot main
tain such a highway and earn divi-
dends for stockh oljers, it ia a mis-
fortune for it and them, which the
Constitution does not require to be
ramedied by imposing unjust burdens
on the public. So where a railroad
has so largely bonded it's roadbed
and franchises as to exceed Its fair
vnlue. and where its capitalization
is largely fictitious, it may not i'm
nose upon the public the burden of
such increased rates as may be re-
ouired for the purpose of realizing
nrof,ts upOn such excessive yalua
ton or fictitious capitalization. For
no road is entitled to realize a given
per cent. upon its capital stock or
property. without reference to the
interest Of the public.
This is good law and good sense
a decision in the interests OF right
eousness and the common people.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-09-20
More Pay and Less Work for
Regular Soldiers.

| There is renewal of the ecOmplaintt
and criticism from armyofficers about
the difficulty OF recruiting aud keep
ing the regiments of the service up to
legal strength. This makes rather
interesting reading when compared
with the discussions ust after the
Spanish war when there was the
proposition before Congress to raise
the strength OF the army on a peace
footing of 100, ,0O) men. 1t was said
then that the days of the republic
were numbered and that we were de-
generating into military despotism.
The compromise was made however,
with many misgivings on 10000.
Since then it has been found that 1t
is almost impossible with the present
organization OF society in the United
States to keep the army up to the
authorized strength. So much for
the military dictatorship. We do
not seem to have the material for a
military dictator to work on.
This is rather serious proposition
for the country to face and it is one
that will have to be surm ounted
somehow. 1t is healthy sign that
the American people do not take
kindly to enlisted army life. The
man In the street refuses to take the
prospect of war seriously and it is a
common saying that we have the
men and have the money and If there
is ever need for an army, it will be
easy enough to recruit volunteer
army. Volunteer armies have done
all the fighting of this country in the
past and they can do it all in the
future. This is true enough in u way
The American people have always
made the best soldiers in the world,
and after a volunteer army has been
trained in the field for three years,
it Is the same as a regular army or
better. But II we were thrown
against the army of q first-class
power for real fight. there prob
ably would be series of initial re-
verses that would hurt the national
pride seriously.
One battalion of the 18th cavalry
has just finished a practice march
from Fort Riley, Kansas. to Fort
Sheridan, Illinois. This was a long
march and was intended to show
what the soldiers could DO and what
were the defects of the organizatio
if they were called on in actual war.
The result was not pleasing. The
officers split up into factional fights
before the march was over. and the
enlisted men had nothing but kicks
coming. Tney complained that they
were fined without cause and that
with the small pay coming to them,
they would have to work for about
five months to pay off the fines before
they could get any salary again.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-09-20
Why lie Smiles.

lhis week is the beginning of tn,
nnish OF harvesting in H Horse Heaven,
Soon the long lines OF " heat-ladep
wagons will be unloading at the
ware houses. E. NJ. Angel began re.
celving grain Monday for Watson
BROS. at Finley. G. H. Mottinger
Will receive large quantity at Mot
fingers Landing and Expansion.
iI'ge Peckenpaugh will be his assist
and at Expansion. Grain will be tax
in at the Wallula Ferry. At the diff
ereut places east of kiona there will
ne received from the eastern end OF
Horse Heaven 100000 bushels which
Will bring. at prevailing prices, be-
tween $2lO,O0O and $25O,OOO. This is
why the Horse Heaven rancher smiles.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-09-20
Jones' Toppenish Speech.

CONGRESSMAN Jones in his intro.
,,.tory remarks to the Yakima Wis
..ora congratulated Toppenish on
.he wonderful growth and predicted
=, n an even brighter future. He
..,d that he brought message from
secretary Taft, who "n hearing that
:. iJones) was to speak at Toppen-
~ said 1.-The peaches I got there
.,ore the best l ever ate. have q
a.etty big head, but those peaches
ssrs as big-well, they were too big
20 eat." He (Jones) said that the
.p,rit and sentiment of the conven-
.,on was the same that made our
county what it is today.
Continuing. Congressman Jones
.aId: "This is a wonderful valley. To
vou who have come during the past
few years it is hardly possible to
,oalize It ALL" He told a story of
attempting to file on Sunnyside
claim in 1890, and finding it impos-
able.
I'VE don't dare to tell the truth,
sometimes, even among ourselves.
W. can't talk It,"
He suggested that there be placed
+ a regular Washington state exhibit
somewhere in Washington. or the
Yakima valley might do it, where
literature and word of the Yakima
valley could be distributed broadcast
to the world.
He stated that he has visited every
irrigated section in the country, but
none can compare with this All
public men will state the same, he
said.
1.-THE orange groves of California
cannot compare with the apple and
peach orchards OF Yakima.
I'VE are fortunate not to be on the
Atlantic coast. where the millions
from Europe are arriving each year.
We get the cream of American citi-
,enship. 1t is a great privilege to
live in such section as tl'is. In no
section are there more homes to the
square mile than in Yakima
He detailed the work of perfecting
the irrigation projects with govern
ment aid, dealing with all the pro-
tcts. including the Kittitas.
ut is we'll for you to press your
claims," he said, "but don't forget
you are not the only section Of the
valley" In closing he said:
"a Yakima valley commercial
league could do much to sift these
matters and concentrate them SO they
could be acted upon intelligently."
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-09-20
The Wheat Situation.

While there is no material change
In the situation from a week ago,
the underlying features which were
prominent in imparting strength
then, have moderated somewhat,
and there has been q slight halting in
the demand. European buyers are
less inclined to operate just now. ap-
parently believing that the price sit
uatiOn is not as favorable to buyers
as could be desired, and there is not
much doing in future business with
the other side. The mills likewise
are more inclined to take a conserv
ative view of the situation. Wheat
prices have reached level which
seems to indicate a check upon de-
mands for flour from the orient, and
there is tendency to await develop
ments before providing for wants be-
yOnd the immediate future. Growers
ON the other hand, are very strong in
their position, and inclined to the
belief that the situation Is still favor
able to them, based upon the certain
requirements for consumption and
the uncertain sources of worlds sup
ply. The condition is not conducive
to stimulating operations, and. while
a little business is passing at first
hands, there is not the same amount
of activity as was in evidence a week
or two ago. There is more doing in
the way of starting wheat from the
interior to tidewater, however. and
local receipts for Sunday and Mon
day aggregate 124 cars, with total
for the week of 100. or POS, 900 bushels.
The price situation has continued
to hold firm, under the influence OF
eastern and foreign quotations, local
exporters are quoting bluestem at
SIC. with club at SIC. and red at SOC.
There is nothing doing in the way OF
export loading as yet, with but two
vessels spot, one of which will prob
ably commence taking cargo next
week. The charter situa tiOn con-
tinues to be a strong one with own
ers inclined to hold out for better
than the association rate of 27s Cd,
as high as 30s Sd having been paid
for one fixture.
The weather has improved mater
tally for securing the wheat crop and
growers are taking advantage of the
situation to get grain under cover as
fast as possible. While it will take
well into October to secure all of the
spring wheat, the next few weeks
will see the bulk of the harvest Sc
cured in good condition unless the
weather should prove unfavorable.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-09-20
Large Classes at Whitman.

Last Wednesday the opening exer-
cises for the school year were held at
whitman College. Walla Walla.
An unusually large enrolment is
expected this year. The graduating
class will have q members. which is
about 20 per cent. larger than last
years class which holds the record
lor large graduating classes at the
local college. The junior class will
probably number about 2S or 80, the
the sophomores will be about 81
strong. and the freshman class, from
Present appearances, will number
about 50 or S5, about twice as large
as any former entering class.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-09-20

| This touches one OF the serious
causes OF complaint when it comes to
recruiting. and the report of Mai
'ialbraith. the acting Inspector Gen
eral, inst rendered, coming as it does
at the close of the practice march
brings out the point strongly. The
pay of the enlisted man for the first
enlistment is $l3 a month. This in
creases with the length of service and
there are many perquisites picked up
in the service that bring the figure
up considerably. The enlisted man
gets his board and lodging free, his
laundry and a good many other
things, and the chances are that he
is better off at the end of the month
on his small salary than the average
man in his tation In life on day wages
But the enlisted man does IL ct see it in
that way and recruiting is difficult.
Maj Galbraith suggests that If the
first enlistment were MAIDS one year
instead of three as it ia now it would
not only bring more and better men
into the service but would reduce de-
sertion almost to Il negligible quaint
ity. But he says also that the pay
OF the enlisted man will have to be
raised to make the service attractive.
He also says that the absence of the
canteen in the army is responsiblef for
much of the discomfort and a major
ity of the desertions. The canteen
was a sort of soldiers club where
beer and light Il wines were served.
The beer and wines were both good
and were served under the eyes Of the
officers SO that there was no drunken
ness In the posts. The men went to
the canteen when they wanted to,
sat down and talked over a glass of
beer and went back toquarters salts
isfied and none the worsefor it. B 1t
some OF the good total abstinence
people who thought men could be
made absteminous bv legislation, got
Congress to abolish tie clnteen. The
result was thatlow groggeries sprung
up around every army post where the
men out of bounds were piled " ith
bad liquor, met the worst sort of as
sociates, and were robbed of all their
pay. The canteen where they had
previously spent their money inside
the post, used all it's profits for the
mess fund" which bought little lux
uries for tie table outside the regular
army ration and furnished funds fO3
the ball clubs, foot ball teams and
other organizations of the enlisted
men,. Major Galbraith says that with
the reduction OF the first enlistment
Il small raise in pay and the restora-
tion OF the canteen. the army can be
made an attractive place for the sort
OF men the army wants to enlist. He
points out also that the prejudice of
theaters and places of amusement
against the uniform of the army and
navy make for screIiting the SER
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Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-09
WOMEN KISS AND HUG
GUARD FOR SAVING LIFE

PTrTSBURG, Oct. S.-Showered with
hues and kisses by women and with his
heart made glad by the cheers of the
men. Life Guard William Kitty of the
swimming pool in the west end yester-
day refused TO accept cash coliectloh
that had been raised because he had res
cued William McAllister of Mckees rocks
from drowning.
McAllister is 20 and lives In Bell ave-
nue. He fell into the river from a pleas
ure boat and would have drowned II the
heroic life guard had not made dive
into the water and dragged MS uncon-
scious body aboard the boat.
The Polish Catholic society of McKees
rocks, out for days pleasure on the
Ohio was being towed toward Point
Bridge late yesterday afternoon. Meal
lister, who was standing well forward,
fell into the water. His body passed
under the boat and came up some distace
below.
Kitty was rowing among his charges In
a skiff and heard the cry. He saw Nc
Aliister's body come to the surface and
then sink again. Then blue and white
streak was seen to dive from the skiff
and in a few seconds Kitty was strug-
Cling in the water with McAllister's limp
body over his right arm. The pleasure
boat had been turned and Kitty and the
man he had saved were pulled aboard.
A woman threw her arms around
Kiltys neck She kissed him and then
there was regular Hobson rush. Kitty
was almost smothered.
To get away the rescuer took a running
dive into the water and swan to his skiff.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-09
KNAPP URGES CONCERTED
ACTION BY COMMISSIONS
Harmony of Purpose and co-ordina-
tion of object Plea of Chair
man Regarding Control
of Railroads
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Oct. s.--Harmony of
purpose and coordination of object was
the keynote of the brief address deliv-
cred by Chairman Knapp of the inter-
state commerce commission at the OPEN
ing of the nineteenth annual meeting of
the Association of Railway Commission
ers. More and more" said he, II am
impressed with the necessity of associat-
ed action. Members of this organization
can render a signal service to the coun-
try by opposing antagonism and by
bringing about the greatest degree of
harmony, thus serving the common good
of all the people"
Mr.. Knapp said: "Our life as a nation
is greatly increasing in complexity. The
condition creates a demand, therefore,
for a surrender of individual opinion
where such surrender may profit the
whole country
In conclusion Chairman Knapp said:
mo position approaches in magnitude
or Importance the transportation prob
lem. We should promote uniformity of
legislation and uniformity of action. The
interstate commerce commission, so far
from desiring to encroach upon the func-
tions of the state commissions, wishes to
be in accord with you and thus to bring
about useful results
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-09
$4,000 BANQUET is
SERVED "0LD ENGLISH"
Chicago Meat Packers Adopt Odd Plan
for Feast to Visiting Delegates.
Walters Dressed as in
Shakespeare's Day
By Associated Press.


CHICAGO, Oct. 8-Ten thousand dol
lars was spent by Chicago packers on the
feast they were served in the new banquet
hall of the Auditorium Annex tonight to
members of the American Meat Packers
association, which opened its annual con-
vention in Chicago yesterday Eye olden
tyne Englyshe dinner is the way the
repast is styled, and it is the intention
to run the old English idea through all
the courses and the appurtenances. Of
course the roast beef of old England
was the chief dish. and there will be
English ale with which to wash it down.
The walters will be costumed in Eliza
bethan costumes, knickerbockers, red
coats and white hose. One of the novel
features of the menu Is that none of the
dishes appeared labeled with it's recog-
nized name, but were designated with
some appropriate quotation from Shake
speare. All the viands were prepared
unler the direction of member of the
Eccentric club. famous for its dinners.
In old-fashioned two-wheeled carts
fashioned after those In England, whole
joints of beef were wheeled in by walters
and carved by attendants to each table.
Old English songs were sung throughout
the dinner by a quartet with choruses in
which the company joined.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-09
MAN WITH THE GOOSE"
BANISHES ALL "FRlLLS"
Declares Mans Attire This Season
Must Avoid Striking Effects and
Be Distinctive Only as
to Cut

CHICAGO, Oct. S.--Avast the thrills.
Avaunt the turned-up trousers, the pad
ded shoulders and other foibles.
The man who wie.ds the goose has
said so.
He has delivered modish edict, which
has banished cuffs from coat sleeves, ex-
cessive padding from shoulders and all
fiaring effects.
In case your summer wages have not
taken wings, HE to your tailor's and tell
him to make you up something in soft,
light gray, and to make the pants me-
dium tight. Impress upon him that the
coat lapels must be wide and deep and
have a nice roll. Explain, as gently as
possible, that the coat must be three BUT
ton sack of medium length
After you are all through, hand him $40
on account and tell him to go ahead. Ihen
you can return to your office, content in
the knowledbe that you will have fall
suit which will be the proper thing.
The Merchant Tailors' Protective associ-
ation's exhibit at the Wellington hotel
Yesterday afternoon and last night dis
closed the fact that the day of the loud,
noisy suit which made college freshmen
look as If they had jumped the fence into
a squash field and f1oundered are to be
relegated to the dark and mysterious
past.
However, there is one ray OF Coihioi l
left for the man who likes to make little
noise when he moves down the boulevards
on a pleasant afternoon. He can wear
stripes If he wants to. The stripes in the
suits this fail are to be wide apart and
some of them contain lines of color vhichi
make them stand out enough to suit any
one, unless his ideas are too far in ad-
vance of the times.
Also It may be noted that if your tailor
has an Individual model for a suit and If
he thinks that it will look well-on you,
let him go ahead and build it. All men
are not to look as If they were turned out
of a machine which makes only one mod
ell according to the fashionable tailors.
The thing now is to have tailor who has
many distinctive fashions of his own.
Overcoats are to be made in all colors.
There are frock coats of black and gray,
Chesterfields of brown and gray, volumin-
Gus paddock and covert coats, and form
tracing overcoats which will not be so
in cut as they were last year.
Nearly every member Of the association
visited the exhibit rooms yesterday and
saw what ideas their brother tailors hau
picked up. All of them were pleased.
President William H Vehon declared that
the tailors admired. each others work and
that all were benefited in business way
by the exhibit.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-09
Do Your Meals Fit?
Do You Feel Snug and Comfortable
Around Your Waist Line After
Hearty Mealp

Did your last meal taste deliciously
good to you, and did you eat all you
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ach? Do you feel rosy now because
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Most all stomach troubles come from
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precious liquid which ought to turn
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If you have nausea, your gastric juice
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your gastric juice is weak. If you
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You need something in your stomach
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Now think--one grain Of one Of the
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Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-09
ROADS OBJECT
TOLOWRATES
REPORTS or THREE LINES SCORE
NEW LAWS
REDUCED FARES HURT BUSINESS,
is COMPLAINT
Presidents Ripley, Stevens and DeIanc
Of Santa Fe, Chesapeake G. Ohio
and Wabash Respectively, Say
Expansion Is Impossible
BY Associated Press

BY Associa-ed Press.
NEW YORK. Oct S.-Complaints
against anti-railroad legislation of 'vari-
Gus states characterize the annual reports
OF three railroad companies which have
lust been issued. The roads are the
Atchison, Topeka Sc Santa Fe, the Wa
bash and the Chesapeake & Ohio.
President Edward P. Ripley of the
Atchison says of rate reductions: 1T is
hoped and believed that the public will
soon realize that its recent attitude to-
ward railroad companies in general has
NOT been just to their stockholders and
bondhoiders, and also that unless the
coincidence of investors in the security
and stability of railway investments is
restored 1t will be impossible to obtain
the additional railway facilities which
are necessary to the development or the
country
President Ripley adds that the Atchi-
son's directors have suspended various
extensive projects Wnlch We're conteln- lii
plated and will limit the company's capi-
tai expenditures to the completion OF im-
proyements to which the company Is al
ready committed.
President George w. Stevens of the
Chesapeake & Ohio says:
1T would seem to be the interest OF
the community and people served by the
railroad lines that the revenues should
not be lessened or the credit injured by
further reductions in rates that are now
inadequate to meet the physical require
ments of the property and yield the re-
turn which shareholders may rightfully
and reasonably expect.
President Frederick A. Delano of the
Wabash, speaking of enactments of 2
cent passenger laws by Indiana, Illinois,
Missouri and Iowa, says:
s'While these laws have not been effect
i've during the fiscal year and we cannot
therefore determine accurately their re-
Suits 1t is quite clear that they must, II
remaining in force, seriously affect orr
messenger revenues"