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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-02-07
WA|TsBURG MEN SEEK
WAREHOUSE SITES
MEMBERS OF FARMERS UNION
. INTERVIEW THE RAILROAD
REPRESENTATIVES HERE.

For the purpose of securing conces-
sions from the Northern Pacific rail-
way company regarding switch privi-
leges and warehouse sites. a number of
members of the Farmers union of
Waitsburg, were in the city yesterday
comforting with s. B. Calderhead,
general freight and passenger agent of
the company.
ed privileges to the farmers such as
are desired from the Northern Pacific.
and it is probable that in case the
warehouses already erected cannot be
leased or rented, the company will per-
NIT the farmers to build warehouses.
and thus become Independent of the
warehouse combine in handling their
crops. The question has been referred
to the head Offices of the company. and
an answer is expected within few
days.
company, capitalized at $4,000,
was recently organized by leading
farmers of the Waitsburg and. Dayton
country, with the object of erecting 10
Or II warehouses along the N. P line
this summer However. in case the
present warehouses can be secured. the
farmers will take them in preference
Ito putting up new buildings.
Ever since last summer. when farm
ers started campaign against the
warehouse combine. dissa tisfaction
has been felt by the grain
growers of the valley, and meet
ings have been held during the winter
whereby plans might be made relieving
farmers from the excessive storage
charges of the combine.
In case the warehouses now owned
by the companies cannot be secured
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HoW's THIS.

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned. have known F.
j. Cheney for the last Is years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by his firm.
WALDING KINHAN & MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally acting directly upon the blood
and mucous ssurfaces of the system.
Testimonials sent free. Price IS cents
per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-02-07
SUPREME COURT CLOSES
UNUSUALLY SHORT TERM

OLYMPIA, Feb. THE January
term of the supreme court was closed
Wnen five cases from Spokane and
stevens counties were taken under ad :
visement. The next term of the court
will begin in May
The term just completed was one Of
the shortest in years. with but 80 cases
on the docket. For this reason il is
probable all the decisions will be writ
ten and the court business will be
cleaned up to date by the beginning of
the next term.
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SOON OPEN MILLION ACRES
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR SAYS
INDIAN RESERVATION WILL
SOON BE AVAILABLE.

NORTH YAKIMA. Feb There is
now practically no doubt but that
1t45,o00 acres of land on the Yakima
Indian reservation will be opened for
settlement either late in the fall of this
year or sufficiently early next spring
10 permit of the. newcomers getting in
their crops for harvest in 1909. Work
has been received here from the de-
partment OF the interior to that effect
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Fighting Grocer's Trust.

ABERDEEN. Feb.7.-Discussion
a so-called grocers' trust, which
existed in this city for long time
general. 1t is alleged that by the co
bination groceries have been kept
a much higher price than in on
places on the coast. The grocers Of
that the trust exists, but a copy
the agreement has been obtained
the proof is complete. Mayor Fra
threatened to get after the COMP
some time ago, but so far has
carried out his publicly expressed
tentiOn.
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by the farmers, steps will be imme-
diately taken to secure sites and also
switch privileges from the Northern
Pacific, in addition to those already
granted by the O. r. & NJ, and new
buildings are to be put up in time for
the storage of the coming crop.
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all his belongings and not waiting to
collect wages due him, after diligent
search has been found on farm near
Bloomington, Ia. The peculiar manner
Of his disappearance leads to the be-
lief that he was temporarily insane.
His parents live in West Virginia and
they will take charge of him.
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injury Proves Fatal.

NORTH YAKIMAs Feb. &c A.
Stevens, who SUSTAINED a broken back
while endeavoring to stop a runaway
team drawing an ice wagon Friday,
died in the hospital last night. Stevens
relatives live ins Alberta.
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J. c. LAWRENCE NOT
"BUFFER" FOR MEAD
Railroad Commissioner Denies Story
Of Democratic Newspaper.

OLYMPIA, Feb. il. c.. Lawrence
To-Day addressed a letter to the Day.
ton Tribune. democratic, in which he
denied the announcement recently
maze In the Tribune that Lawrence
was coming out as a buffer" candi-
date with Governor Mead under the
direct primary. Mr.. Lawrence stated
that he was not candidate and when
ever he was a candidate for any Office
II would be for himself and not as
buffer" for somebody else.
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Herring gerade VIE In Deutchland at
Muntinga's.
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The Daily Statesman--25c per month
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Phone 30 for Mixer Herring.
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c. M. HALL, carpenter and contrac-
or Day or contract work Phone. 972.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-02-24
Mater and Life.

=
OF ali the conditions preparatory to
life the presence of water, composed Of
oxygen and hydrogen, is at once the
most essential and the most worldwide,
for If water be present the presence Of
other necessary elements is probably
assured. II water exist. that fact goes
bail for the necessary temperature the
gamut Of life being coextensive with
the existence of water as such 1t is
so consequentially, life being impossi-
Bile without water Whatever the plan
ct, this is Of necessity true. But the
absolute degrees of temperature with
in which life can exist vary according
to the mass of the body, another Of the
ways in which mere size tells. On the
earth 212 degrees It. limits the range
at the top and 80 degrees f. at the bot
tom in the case of fresh water, ~ de-
grees r. in the case of salt. On a
smaller planet both limits would be
lowered, the top one the most On
Mars the boiling point would probably
be about 10 degrees f. Secondly,
from the general initial oneness of their
constituents a planet that still pos
sesses water will probably retain the
other substances that are essential to
life gases, for the reason that water
vapor is next to hydrogen and helium
the lightest Of them all, and solids be-
cause their weight would still more
conduce to keep them there Water,
indeed, acts as solution to the whole
problem.-Profess Lowell's ''The Ev-
olution Of Life" in Century Magazine.
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Only an Office Boy.

If you want ready-to-hand study
In the downright cussedness Of human
nature unwarped," said an insurance
agent, ''just watch the Office boys in
your own or any other place of bust
ness. In four cases out Of five the
thing will come out this way:
"a new boy is engaged. He is meek
and mild, apologize Of bearing and
courteous Of speech. He is apparently
seeking an excuse for daring to make
living. He looks reproachfully at
the head office boy, who orders him
around in rough, catch-as-catch-can
style. Such rudeness pains him.
''Note this boy little later. His
rude superior has resigned or been dis
missed, and he is now head Office boy.
Is he meek and mild. apologetic and
reproachful? Say, he's worse young
rufian than his predecesso bullyrags
the newcomer, ignores the cuspidor,
uses language not fit to print and
comes dangerously near 'sassing' his
employer. He knows it all, and a lit
tie more.
''There are exceptions but they prove
the rule. New York Globe.
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Three aaesl. lchinna.

The curious things which occur In
che world OF II given Cay would no
doubt Ii collected excite the wonder OF
the most ineredsllous. Yet in single
newspaper there. was recently found
an account Of Il woman who was
guilty of SO Infamous a proceeding as
going to sleep at a shop while the as
sistant was in the act of showing her
some dress stuffs. accompanying the
exhibition with the usual eloquence of
these individuals.
The second related the acuteness of
two tramps who conceived the idea Of
going to a fancy dress ball in their
ordinary attire AS may be imagined.
they devoted the best part of their
time to serious inroad on the re-
sources of the supper room, much to
the amusement Of the whole party,
who naturally thought they were
guests who had been invited to the
entertainment and who, having made
themselves up with exceptional skill
for their assumed parts, were carrying
out the idea Of the characters they
represented for the purpose of the Jest.
The third story was that of an alb
sentminded young woman who was
playing with pair Of scissors and
proceeded to trim off her eyebrows
quite unconscious Of what she was
doing.-Pearson's Weekly.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-02-24
Benton and Barton,

In the Thirty Years In the United
States Senate" by Thomas Hart Ben
ton, Missouri's famous United States
senator, there is scant mention Of Ben
toms colleague from Missouri, David
Barton. The only place in which his
name occurs is where Senator Benton
gives the roll call Of the senate, and
Barton's name Of course is therein
contained. Benton undertook to pun
ish Barton by ignoring him and thus
relegate the first United States sena-
tor from Missouri to oblivion. Barton
had brought about Benton's election to
the senate. Barton was first named by
the legislature, and there was a long
contention as to the second senator
ship. Finally Barton's friendship for
Benton brought about Benton's cleo
ton. Later the two quarreled over the
appointment of an Indian agent in the
far west and drifted further and fur
ther apart. Finally the relations be-
tween the two senators became such
that they scarcely spoke to one an
other when they met.-Kansas City
Star.
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A Bio Grasshopper,

A geographical expedition which set
out for Australia on an exploring and
mapmaking tour had engaged a negro
cook, who took great interest in every
thing he saw. While the party was en-
route a kangaroo broke out Of the grass
and made for the horizon with pro-
digious leaps, an event that interested
the colored gentleman exceedingly.
s'You' all have pretty wide meadows
hereabouts, reckon" he said to the
native who was guiding the party.
'Not any larger than those Of other
countries" returned the guide most po-
litely.
'.Well, there must be mighty power
full high grass roundabouts, heh?' he
insisted.
"Not that know of" replied the
guide. "Why do you ask such odd
questions?
"Why, I'll tell you, boss. was think
in Of the mighty uncommon magnitude
Of them grasshoppers. kansas City
Independent.
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The Partitions of Poland.

There have been three partitions of
Poland. The first was in 1772, when
Prussia took the palatinates of NAL
berg, Pomeria and Warmia, a part of
Culm and part Of Great Poland. Aus
tria took Red Russia, or Galicia; a
part Of Podolia, Sandomir and Cracow,
and Russia took White Russia, with all
the part beyond the Dnieper. The sec
ond partition was In 1903, by which
Prussia acquired the remainder Of
Great and portion of Little Poland,
and the Russian boundary was adj
vanced to the center of Lithuania and
Volhynia. In the third and final par
dtion, in 1875, Austria had Cracow,
with the country between the Pilica
and the Vistula. Prussia had the cap
ital, with the territory as far as the
Niemen, while the rest went to Russia.
New York American.
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The Injured One.

A gentleman owning a sugar estate
in Demerara went out to visit it for
the first time. The day after his arrival
he stood watching the punts bringing
the cane home. A young negro boy
who was driving the mules, wishing to
Increase the speed of them, struck one
Of them with his whip. The mule
promptly responded by launching out
with his heels and dealt the boy a kick
on the head which stretched him on
the ground, where he lay rubbing his
woolly pate on the spot where the kick
had been received.
"Is he hurt? Is he hurt?'' cried the
planter in alarm. A full grown negro,
hearing the expressions of concern,
sprang forward hastily and, raising the
mules heels, shouted out:
mo, boss! That mule him walk
tendah TO- day or two, but him no
hurtv'-Chambers' Journal.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-02-24
An Artists Ruse.

A Roman cavalier commissioned a
great artist to paint his portrait, no
definite price being agreed upon. When
the portrait was finished, the painter
asked 100 crowns in payment. The
htghborn sitter, amazed at the demand,
returned no more nor dared to send for
his counterfeit presentment, whereup-
on the artist hit upon the happy expe-
dent Of first painting bars across the
portrait, then af6xing the doleful leg
end, Imprisoned for debit and finally
placing 1t in a prominent part Of his
studio, to which Roman mobiles fire.
quently resorted. Ere long a rich rela-
tive came to the rescue and released
his kinsman
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A Dramatic Author.

Like most actor managers, Macready
was pestered by would be dramatic au-
thors. An ambitious young fellow
brought him a five act tragedy one
morning to Drury Lane.
my piece" modestly explained the
author, lis chef d'oeuvre. will an,
swer for its success, for have con-
suited the sanguinary taste of the pub
lie. Ny tragedy Is SO tragic that all
the characters are killed off at the end
of the third act.''
with whom, them" asked the man.
ager, do you carry on the action OF
the last two acts7"
with the ghosts Of those who died
in the third '--Cornhill Magazine.
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The First Renorter,

The modern reporter harks back to
the reign Of Queen Anne and to the
unknown scribe who attempted to tell
the public the secrets Of her parlia-
ment. He had a hard time of it, for
parliament wished to keep it's secrets
to itself. In 1923 an order was passed
..'that it is an indignity to and breach
of the privilege of this house for any
person to presume to give in written
or printed newspapers any account or
minute Of the debates or proceedings;
that upon discovery Of the authors,
printers or publishers of any such
newspapers this house will proceed
against the offenders with the utmost
severity" During the famous Wilkes
case in 1772 the reporters won the vic
tory which they have since held with
out dispute.-New York American
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-02-24
Newton's Telescope.

Newton's telescope is clumsy look
ing instrument, nine inches in length,
two inches in aperture and capable Of
magnifying thirty eight times. 1t was
entirely made by Newton himself, who
first exhibited it before the Royal so
ciety in 1911, and more than 100 years
later his successor in the presidency Of
the society laid before George III. Sir
William Herschels scheme for MAX
ing a telescope on Newton's plan, to be
forty feet in length and four feet In
aperture.-Pall Mall Gazette.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-02-24
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
The Continued
Story OF
Current Events.

DR.. Warringer spent Saturday at
Laporte.
Wanted: Apprentice girls at
Berman Emporium.
For sale-16-inch. seasoned jack
pine. Telephone 373.
A new line of souvenir post cards
has just been received at the Pioneer
Office.
A. O'Kelliher returned to his
home at Blackjack Saturday even
ing after having spent the day in
the city.
John Hakkerup returned yester-
day from Solway in which vicinity
he took pictures of number of
logging camps.
When you say Hunts Perfect"
your grocer knows you want the
best baking powder and extracts.
They never disappoint.
w. L. Brooks, cashier of the Lum-
bermen's National Bank, left this
morning for three days trip look
ing after timber interests.
DR.. Blakeslee spent Sunday at
Kelliher looking after smallpox
and diphtherian cases which have
been reported in that vicinity.
Mrs. Harry Wood spent Sunday
at Kelliher visiting her husband
who is keeping books in mercan-
tile establishment at that place.
Bemidji Souvenir Envelopes,
printed, advertising the dates for
holding the Bemidji Bible Confer
ence, on sale at the Pioneer office at
15c per package.
Crookston Journal: Miss Loretta
Malone left this morning for Be-
midi where she will spend few
days visiting with her sister, Miss
Mayme Malone.
Mr.. Frost, who has charge of the
St. Hilaire Lumber company's
retail yards in this city, returned
yesterday from Crookston where he
had paid the head office business
visit. ..-.r,
Mrs. Shoemaker, wife of Professor
Shoemaker, of the St. Cloud Nor
NAL school arrived in the city Satur-
day evening and is the guest at the
home of her sister, Mrs. A. P.
White.
Nels Marquex of Sartell arrived
in the city Saturday evening and
has accepted a position with the
Warfiid Electrical company at the
new dam which that company has
under construction.
Crookston Journal: The woman's
Club of Crookston has engaged Mr..
G. T. Wilson to produce the comic
opera The Merry Milkmaids" in
the Auditorium for two nights and
matinee March 9th and 9TH. Re-
hearsals begin tonight in the old
I. O. O. F. building with about fifty
of Crookston's best singers.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-02-24
Wouidn,t Tin If.

A Toronto man who visited England
last summer appears to think that
country the champion tip taker. He
says: "We1l, / had tipped every man
from the swell gent who seemed to
own the house Of commons down to
the hireling who gummed the wrong
labels on my luggage, and went into
the waiting room on the landing stage
at Liverpool to wash my hands of ev-
erything English and what do you think
stared me in the face when had fin
ished? a placard saying, Please tip
the basin. I'll be hanged If did!'
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Kept BUSY.

One of the contemporary poets asks,
where are the bright girls of the
past?" Our own observation is that
come of them are administering eau
tious doses of paregoric to the bright
girls Of the future.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-02-24
Financial Expedient.

Shoeblack- Shine, sir? Four sous ?
Passerby thank you. Shoeblack-
Two sous? Passerby-No. Shoeblack-
For nothing, then? Passerby All
right, If you like. Shoeblack (after
having finished one shoe)-1t's 6 sous
to clean the other, sir.-Nos Loisirs
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-02-24
A Great Secret.

At some Of the English country fairs
a "great secret is sold in sealed en-
velopes at twopence apiece. Here is
the secret: Never buy an article be-
fore examining it. If you had known
this before, you would not have paid
twopence for this worthless envelope
when you could get more than two
dozen good ones for the same price,
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When the Lights Went Out.

Almost every speaker has had the
experience Of the house becoming to-
tally dark. because of the failure of the
electric lights. Here is such an expe-
rience by one lecturer. 1t was III Pitts
burg; the audience was a Hebrew So
ciety. When the lights went out, the
lecturer waited a moment and then
said, eve will proceed anyway, for l
still have the 1srael-lites." It was the
hit of the evening.-Lyceumite and
Talent
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Home Life Of Genius.

The Actor (before breakfast) -Whe
are the papers, my dear? His Wife
ian actress, absentmindedl Course
you! They are far beyond your reach,
thank heaven! And I'll die thousand
deaths before you can wr-r-r-r-ring the
secret from-oh-er-Jack, I mean, the
boy forgot to leave them this morning!
PUCK,
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A Reason,

''Pa," asked Mr.. Henpeck's little boy,
"why did Patrick Henry say, Give me
liberty or give me death p g"
He may have been out five minutes
after the curfew rang the night be-
fore. Chicago Record Herald.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-02-24
A Thackeray Slip.

Thackeray asked Lowell to point out
scandidly any error Of Queen Anne
English in the novel 'Henry Esmond.''
Lowell asked if people used at that
time the phrase different to-"
"Hang it ALL" cried Thackeray. sNo,
of course they didn't"
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The Highest Applause.

You would compliment coxcomb
doing a good act, but you would not
praise an angel. The silence that ac-
cepts merit as the most natural thing
In the world is the highest applause.
Emerson.
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ThouuhtfuI.

Singleton-Your wife appears to be
an unusually thoughtful woman. Wed
derly- That's what she is. Why, you
couldn't imagine half the things she
thinks when am detained downtown
late.
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His Early Struuoles.

"Tell me about your early struggles,
grandpa"
.tOh, / never had no early struggles,
Johnny. allns took things jest as
they come. . Louisville Courier our
nal
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Tender Hearted.

ender hearted.
Mrs. Muggins-My husband is too
tender hearted to whip the children.
Mrs. Buggins- Humph! My husband
is so tender hearted that he can't even
beat the carpet!
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Nothing makes woman prouder
than to be able to refer to her "old
nurse. Chicago Record Herald.
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Reasonably Sure.

SheLois writes for the magazines.
He-she1l get 'em If she sends the
price.-Judge. rs
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He scolds best that can hurt the
least. Danish Proyerb.
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Where envying is, there is confusion
and every evil Work.-New Testament.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-04-30
UPHELD
CALHOUN VIEWS

SAN FRANCISCO. April 30.-The
trial of TREY L. Ford, chief counsel
of the United Railroads, accused Of
offering former Supervisor Coleman
$1,000 to vote for the trolley fran
chise was resumed in Judge Law
lor's department OF the superior
court this morning.
The effort of the prosecution yes
terday to obtain evidence from Pat
rick Calhoun, president of the Unit
ed Railroads. proved futile owing
to the vigorous protests of his at
torneys, who claim that the prose-
cution is attempting to-secure from
his testimony the line of defense In
hts own case, which comes up later.
The prosecution asserts that 1t only
seeks the truth; that it wants the
guilt'ess freed and the guilty. pun
ished. The court upheld Calhoun.