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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-02-07

NEW YORK, Feb. j. P. Morgan
has been nominated for the presidency
of the United States by Carroll Brews-
ter, a Pennsylvania lawyer of some
prominence.
Brewster believes that Morgan
should be the head of a new party. He
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-02-07
PHILADELPHIA LAWYER PICKS
J,P. MORGAN FOR PRESIDENT

Iargues that Morgan would have tho
confidence of the financial elemenc and
conservative class and as financial
|expert could restore good times
Otherise Brewster fears that the
country may be robbed of it's consti~
tutional safeguards. , II
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-02-07

compulsory arbitration of labor dis
|putes. The president also favors an
to the Sherman antitrust
law, which will exempt all labor or
ganizations from it's provisions.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-02-07

+ Fire alarm box, No. Ais. at +
y Third and Cherry streets, at 1.
+ and Cherry streets, at Ais o'clock, +
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!. noon by Fire Chief Metz +
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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-02-07
Laborer Goes Insane.

TACOMA, Feb. 7.-Carmino Baliel.
an Italian laborer. who came to Taco-
ma from Seattle four days ago, Went
went violently insane on the sidewalk
at Pacific avenue and Fourteenth street
today, and only the timely arrival Of
Patrolman Higginbottom prevented
his running amuck and killing several
people.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-02-07
PEARSONS VS.
OREGON NORMAL
BASKETBALL FANS ENTHUSE
OVER TONlGHT'S BATTLE AT
COLLEGE, GYM.

! One of the snappiest basketball
games it has ever been the pleasure OF
local enthusiasts to witness will be
played in whitman college gymnasium
| this evening. the team of PEARSON
academy and that of the Oregon Nor
| NAL school to be the contending fac
tors.
Under the proficient direction of
Coach Schubert one of the varsity
stars, the academy team has devel-
oped into one of the fastest inter-
scholastic aggregations on the coast.
Every man on it has had at least two
years experience. and each plays his
position like a veteran. The Oregon
team comes with the determination of
winning the contest, and the local
players are equally as determined to
claim the victory.
A large number of Supporters of the
Normal team accompanied their play
erS to this city this afternoon, ana
promise something unique in the line
of roofing" this evening. Special
seating capacity has been arranged
for the accommodation of those who
wish to witness the contest, which
gives promise Of being unusually in
teresting. -
The line up of the teams is as fol-
lows:
Pearsons- Normal
W. Howard ..... C.. .........C. Still
o. Penthouse !....F. ......A Castillo
r. Parker Mccoy. F.. K. Storms
B. MuSchette. go. .G.........l Stages
f Bolts G..... F.. Sanford
Referee-HOoper, coach of Oregon
Normal.
Umpire-Schubert. coach of Pear
sons academy.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-02-07
Fearful Of Snowfall.

1t was claimed by the eastern dele
CATION that should their dates be piac-
cd one week later in order to accom-
modate Portland it would put their
fairs too far into the winter, when the
snow would be on the ground ana the
success of the fairs very doubtful. MT
Westgate said that as the Callrofhla
fair was fixed and the same horses
will be engaged for that meet ana inc
Portland and the Salem meets aiso' IL
would be impossible to hold the for'-
land races at any other time imam
September u to 26. The Vole was
6 TO on the deciding ballot that
Yakima should be given the oale'
whereupon Portland Withdrew iroi''
tho association.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-02-07
BIG SPLIT IN
RACING ASSN
Wa||a Ma||a Drops Out Of
Northwest Circuit
PORTLAND AND YAKIMA CLASH
ROSE CITY DELEGATES, DEMAND
ING FAVORABLE DATES RE-
Suits IN CLASH.
PORTLAND ANO YAKIMA CLASH

AS a result of a clash over suitable
dates for the coming fair and race
meet, the Walla Walla County Fair
association has withdrawn it's MEM
bership from the North Pacific Fair
association, Secretary Robert H. john
son, of the local association, having
conveyed that intelligence to direc-
tors yesterday in a telegram. Port
iland, also, has withdrawn from the
circuit. owing to the fact that vote
of representatives in attendance at the
meeting in Portland this week gave
Yakima the date desired by that city,
by one vote.
Representatives from Walla Walla,
Portland, Yakima, Boise, Spokane and
Lewiston were affected by the clash
which occurred yesterday morning. as
the smaller cities of this section were
considered to be minor attachments to
the circuit. Portland's announcement
that the week of September 2126 was
desirable for the meet there, was in
direct opposition to North Yakima,
| which had decided on the same date.
The question was put TO vote. and
| Yakima won out by one vote, when
Portland separated from the circuit
and announced that the week of the
| Yakima race meet would also be- race
week in Portland
! Trouble Grows.
| Mr.. Johnson, who represented the To-
cal assocIasron, was instructed to ask
for the week of October $40. and tc
withdraw from the association in the
event that his request could not be
granted. New additions to the north
west circuit in Seattle and Tacoma
are said to have been responsible fol
! the trouble over dates, as the meets
in those cities must be held early fr
order to avoid the wet season.
| The Portland races will follow the
Oregon state fair at Salem, which VIII
be held from September IA to 19, and
the Salem fair will follow in turn the
California meet at Sacramento, which
will be held from September to II
G. A. Westgate. who represented Port
land. stated that the Portland associa-
ton could hold their meet at no other
time and advised the eastern repre-
sentatives to follow the Portland fair
which will be by far the largest racing
meet ever held in the Pacific north
west
The eastern delegation stood firmly
J together and voted to follow the Salem
fair and take their chances on getting
horses for their races. AS the Port
| land association offers about $4,000
| in purses during this meet, the east
ern Washington and Idaho fairs Will
have to look to other sources for their
a ttra ctiOnS
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-02-07
Johnson's Action Approved.

The action of Mr. Johnson In tsho"
ing the independence OF the
walla association has met with the
entire approval of the directors VINO
say that if the North racine as'oe'''
ton will not deal on the square WITH
this city, they can take the matter INTO
..o;r own hands and set dates which
will be satisfactory to this section OF
the state, without consulting with any
other organization regarding such ac-
ton.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-07-30
ONE ON THE DOCTOR.
St. Peters Query Decided Reflection
on Medical Attendant.

DR.. Arthur T. Holbrook told story
on his profession.
"a man by the name of Evans died."
he said, "and went to heaven, Of
course. When he arrived at the pearly
gates he said to st. Peter
"'Well, I'm here
"St. Peter looked at him and asked
his name. John Evans was the reply.
est. Peter looked through his book,
and shook his head.
"'You don't belong here, he said,
pointing to the exit.
"'But am sure l belong here said
the man.
"'Wait a minute, said st. Peter.
"He looked again and in the back
Of the book found his name.
Sure said the guardian OF the
gate, you belong here. But you was
MT expected for 20 years. Who's your
doctor?' '"-Milwaukee Free Press.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-07-30
WAS ONLY RED BLOOD.
And Three-Year-oid Had Been Told
That IL Was Blue.

Three-year-o Allan had a very aris-
tocratic grandma, who prided herself
on her own and her husbands blue
blooded ancestry. She told him heroic
deeds of them and warned him from
ever playing with boys of low degree.
One day Allan came screaming up
stairs to his mamma and grandma,
holding his hand up covered with
blood, where he had cut his little
finger They were both greatly
alarmed, as he was a child who rarely
cried or complained when hurt. Nam
ma washed the blood off and, exam.
lining the cut, said:
why, dear, it's not so very bad.
Does it hurt you so much?"
I'm not cryin' cause it hurts" he
said, "but cause it's only red blood,
and grandma said had blue. ."-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-07-30
SAVED FROM MATERNAL WRATH.
Boys Fervent Prayer Was Answered
in the Nick of Time.

A suburbanite is fond Of telling this
story of his five-year-old son Bobby.
Being of an inquiring turn of mind
the youngster one day managed to
turn on both faucets in the bathtub
to see what would happen. 1t chanced
that the stopper was in place, and the
tub rapidly filled up, to the great de-
light of Bobby. Finally, however, the
tub became so full that it threatened
to overflow on to the floor, and Bobby,
having a proper respect for the mater
nal slipper, became frightened and
tried vainly to turn off the water. Be-
ing unable to, for some reason, he
gazed tearfully at the ever-rising flood,
and then, mindful both of his religious
training and the occasional visits of
the plumber, he plunged down on his
knees, and his elder sister, who hap
pened to be passing at the moment,
heard him exclaim, fervenuy:
20, Lord, please stop this water
running! And, o, Lord, If you can't
do it, please send somebody that can!"
His prayer was answered, for his
sister rose to the occasion and turned
off the water and temporarily saved
Bobby from the much-feared slipper.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-07-30
The Vital Point.

Judge Gillette was one Of the most
dignified of old-fashioned jurists. One
day he was holding court at county
seat in a rather out-of-the-main-road
county, when a violent hubbub in the
hallway interrupted proceedings in the
courtroom After quieting the dis.
turbance, the sheriff returned to report
to the Judge. 1T was two men fight
ing" explained the official. Danny
Flanagan and Jake jenkins, tough
characters about town. | have put
them under arrest" And he waited
expecting that the magistrate would
order both offenders to be brought In
to his presence and committed for con.
tempt.
What was the sheriff's astonishment
therefore, when the judge beckoned
him to the desk, and bending down
said in confidential whisper:
Which ?"-lllustrated Sun
day Magazine.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-07-30

not only that, bat "out OF the fullness
of the heart the mouth speaketh,"
and he who has read much and re-
membered much can write well.
Discretion of speech is more than
eloquence," and the most discreet
man is the man who knows where to
borrow to advantage. There be those
who write original essays of which the
best that may be said is, ut is his
own" Better far the essay that gilt
ters and sparkles with a thousand
gems filched from the worlds great
lapidaries.
"Brevity is the soul of wit" but it
does not follow that every postal card
contains an epigram. The safest way
to insure wit in your essay is to pick
it where you find it, and ten chances
to one that will not be in your own
brain. Better the wit of others than
no wit at all-which might be a prov
erb, but is not.
Shakespeare has well said: There
is nothing either good or bad, but
thinking makes it So If this but
applied to your essay, o writer what
an excellent thing it would be! But it
lies not within your gray matter to
compass it. Again, with the bard,
you say, Il must become a borrower" "
and you walk down the pleasant gar
dens, plucking here and there flow
er of fancy until your little essay
stuns the eye with color. Here S
richness!"
Nothing that you can say but has
been well said before; therefore quote
it, fusing it, if you will, with your poor
thought to crystalline it and make
it seem a new thing
A siXteenth-century writer says:
They lard their lean books with the
fat of others works" There you
have an old precedent, so fear not.
You are in good company. You do
but take what others have taken be-
fore. Quote you never so we'll. you
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-07-30


comes on passage that he has him
self read in the original setting, his
vanity is tickled.
Tickle your readers vanity often
enough, and he is yours and will
sound your praises. "A nightingale
dies for shame if another bird sings
better" but you who are not a nightin-
gale might die for shame if it were
not for the singing of that large cho-
rus of English birds that make your
songs possible. Homer himself must
beg If he wants means" and if Homer
begs, who are you that says, ito beg
/ am ashamed?" See only that you beg
at the right gates, and you shall en-
Joy a borrowed richness that in the
minds OF many passes for a home
made garment Of great value.
Some books are to be tasted, 9TH
ers to be swallowed" and others
quoted. Reading maketh a full man.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-07-30

do but requote, and 1t may be that
he from whom you quote lifted his
thought from richer than he. 1t is
the shoulders of a giant, may see fur
ther than the giant himself" and II he
can see further it stands to reason
that he can be seen further. Your
borrowed plumes will make you a
marked man; that is, one who is
read. marked, learned, and inwardly
digested."
1--WE can say nothing but what hath
been said" Why attempt the impos-
sible, then? Il would help others out
of a fellow-feeling.." l have been
thought-dry myself. l dare say that
there were mornings when John Mil
ton said: Il had rather than 40 shil-
lings l had never begun Paradise
Lost | have keyed it so high that
it splits my throat to sing it,
Angling is somewhat like poetry
men are to be born So" So angle that
We obtain the prize. Fish in other
mems streams and a full basket will
surely reward your perseverance. And
when you have spread your wares in
the market place, not one in ten will
care who owned the fish originally.
You will receive the credit even If
you pepper your work all over with
quotation marks.
Emerson says: THE passages Of
Shakespeare that we most prize were
never quoted until this century" Do
you not see that it was not what
Shakespeare himself said that men
valued? 1t was not until his jewels
flashed in other mems bosoms that
we perceived their luster. Therefore
quote, for in so doing you will be rem
dering the bard service.
1T is hard for an empty bag to
stand upright" but thanks to your
incursions into the fields of literature,
your bag is full. Let it stand.
Copyright. by James Pott & Coz
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-07-30
Lit m

Old Lin Jucklin put aside his news
paper, arose stood on the hearth, and
remarked to his wife, who sat in a
rocking chair. half dreamily knitting:
"They must hire folks by the year to
do nothin' else but to write about
women"
They want to furnish the men
somethin' to read" his wife replied.
Furnish the men somethin' to skip
SOS to read somethin' else" said the
old man. once in a while l read 'em
though, and I've just read a lot of
stuff that | know want written by
anybody, man or woman, that had
anything else to do-a whole column
and half tellin' how to raise chill
dren; and I'll bet a steer it was writ
ten by an old maid"
'Limuel. what are you talkin'
about?"
AN old maid, l said; and one of
the sort that snatches up her skirts
and runs like turkey hen whenever
she sees a child comm toward her.
Oh, l know their brand"
Yes, / suppose so," said his wife.
But woman that a raisin children
hasn't got time to write, and one that
she dc feel like it,"
"Oh, l expected to get it, one way
or another" replied the old man. ut
was due and | deserved 1t. But it
does seem that the writers on the sub
ject of women ought to stumble on
somethin' new But man has been
studyin women-now, let me see.
Well, particularly ever since Sam
sons wife cut his hair off, and
he hasn't stumbled on anything new
yet. I've given her a good deal of my
time and I'm ready to make my &c
Acknowledgements. I've summed up my
account book Two and two make
four anywhere else. But with woman
two and two sometimes make six
You can't tell. Figgers don't lie, but
with her they are mighty accommo.
datin'. and, Lord bless her, she has
finally discovered that man Is her
enemy. The old maids have told her
so and she has begun to believe it.
Over here across the creek the other
day party of 'em had meetin' and
resolved that man was a tyrant and
ought TO be ousted Old Miss Patsy
Page, that has chased every chance to
get married that she could find
through spyglass a comm her way
was the president She called atten-
tiCn to the number of divorces
throughout the country, and she
sighed over all this waste of raw ma
terial. She read paper too, on how
TO manage husband. Bet she'd like
to read a book on how to catch one
"Llmuei she's a good woman. She
sets uD with the sick"
Yes, and when she does the well
folks catch it. She'd sour mornin s
milk by lookin' the COW in the eye"
Well" replied the old lady, "she
says that you used to come to see her
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-07-30
DROPPED COFFEE
Doctor Gains 20 Pounds on Postum

A physician of Wash, d. c., says of
his coffee experience:
For years ! suffered with periodical
headaches which grew more frequent
until they became almost constant. So
severe were they that sometimes l was
almost frantic. l was sallow, const:-
pated, irritable, sleepless; my men,
ory was poor, l trembled and my
thoughts were often confused.
MY wife, in her wisdom, believed
coffee was responsible for these ills
and urged me to drop it. l tried many
times to do so. but was it's slave.
Finally Wife bought a package Of
Postum, and persuaded me to try it, but
she made it same as ordinary coffee
and l was disgusted with the taste
Q make this emphatic because | fear
many others have had the same expe-
rience.) She was distressed at her
failure and we carefully read the di-
rections, made it right, boiled it full
15 minutes after boiling commenced
and with good cream and sugar,
liked tit invigorated and seemed to
HOuTlSH HE.
This was about year ago. Now
have no headaches, am not sallow,
sleeplessness and irritability are gone,
my brain clear and my head steady
| have gained 20 lbs. and feel l am a
new man
II do not hesitate to give Postum
due credit OF course dropping coffee
was the main thing, but had dropped
it before, using chocolate, cocoa and
other things to no purpose.
Postum not only seemed to act as
an invigorant, but as an article of
nourishment, giving me the needed
phosphates and albumens. This is no
imaginary tale. 1t can be substanti-
ated by my wife and her sister, who
both changed to Postum and are
hearty women of about 70.
Il write this for the information and
encouragement of others, and with a
feeling of gratitude to the inventor of
Postum"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich. Read THE Road to Well
ville," in pkgs. There's Reason"
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-07-30
ITCHING HUMOR ON BOY
His Hands Were Solid Mass, and
Disease Spread All Over Body
Cured in 4 Days BY Cuticura.

"One day we noticed that our little
boy was all broken out with itching
sores. We first noticed it on his little
hands. His hands were not as bad
then, and we didn't think anything
serious would result. But the next day
we heard of the Cuticura Remedies
being so good for itching sores. BY
this time the disease had spread all
over his body, and his hands were
nothing but solid mass of this itch
ing disease. / purchased a box of Cuti-
cura Soap and one box of Cuticura
Ointment, and that night l took the
Cuticura Soap and lukewarm water
and washed him well. Then l dried
him and took the Cuticura Ointment
and anointed him with it. l did this
every evening and in four nights he
was entirely cured. Mrs. Frank Don
ahue. 20S Fremont St., Kokomo, Ind,
Sept. 16, 1907
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-07-30
Wonenn

and she has hinted that she could
have had you"
"Ha, if I'd married her she would
have had me-you can bet settin' of
eggs on that"
1t was the talk of the neighborhood
how you used to go to dances with
her"
Yes, it was the talk OF the neigh
borhood whenever anybody went with
her at all. Cad, she had tongue that
would pick out a briar. And now she
is a reformer, an uplifter of downtrod
women. Well, she spent about two.
thirds of her life tryin' to tread 'em
down. / can recollect when every girl
in the neighborhood was afraid of her
An old gypsy came along one time and
had some love powders for sale, and
Miss Patsy she bought some and man.
aged to give 'em to Zeb Collins. She
must have given him about half a
pound from the way he acted Went
out and hung over the back fence
and called hogs for ten minutes, he
! did. After awhile when he was silent
| oiiC IOOhVu oul ultSI MIN anu llo w dS
ketchin' of his horse. We called him
Bakin'-Powder Zeb after that. But he
didn't rise"
Il don't believe she gave him the
powders"
''No, just loaned 'em to him. At any
rate, he got EN-. And now you trace
| back some Of the biggest of these
women reformers and you'll find love
powders in their lives somewhere
! There amt nothin' on the earth bright
er than a bright woman-and there's
nobody the Lord ought to shower His
! favors down on more than her. Nc
matter how good a man is he cant
begin to ketch up with her. She is
| tenderness, love, truth, religion-al
in one. But when she's pizenous-
look out. That is the time for Satan
himself TO dodge. And I'll bet every
time he sees old Miss Patsy comm
he takes to his flinty heels. When q
mans disappointed with life he gen
orally tries to keep it to himself But
with a woman-she not only wants il
to be known, but wants to make 9th
ers dissatisfied"
YES" said Mrs. Jucklin, "for when
a mans failure it's his own fault A
woman could neve" have helped her
self"
You've got me again and I'll have
to get out the best way l can. Yes
the cause of failure lies with the one
that has failed. 1t was a lack OF
energy, a lack of iedgment-a lack ol
somethin'. A man must make circum
stances, bat sometimes circumstances
won't be made. Under the law all men
may be born free, but they amt born
equal. Neither minds nor constitutions
are on a par with one another in diff
ferent men. Man acknowledges this
and quietly knocks under, takin' hold
of the next best thing and doin' with
it what he can. I'm talkin' about
sensible man. But the woman-of the
Miss Patsy stripe-she does her best