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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-05
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Footwear for Winter

Dressmakers, always willing to
lend a helping hand to their, close al
lies. the shopkeepers have been dis
playing, along With the new Louis XIV
and XVI. costumes queer, long-toed
shoes with high heels, supposed to be
exactly the style of footwear worn in
the days of the inconSequent Louises
These lOng-vamped shoes and slippers
come in all sorts of rich brocades, in
embroidered and beaded satin and even
in velvet-the latest slipper material
and usually there is an enormous
buckle of rhinestone or hand wrought
instep.
1t is quite safe to predict however,
that these typically Louis XIV. shoes
will never obtain an excessive pop
ularity; for one thing there is that
Womankind will not do in the inter-
est of fashion. and that is, make her
feet look ungainly; and the Louis shoe
with its exaggerated length of toe
and its stubby square cut across the
end is anything but pretty on the feet.
Nearly all the new slippers and low
shoes for more dressy wear show a
tongue of leather rising over the instep
above a pert bow or buckle, and these
bow and buckle ornaments are kept
very fiat and close to the shoe SO as
not to destroy the graceful arch of
the instep. The full rosette is always
clumsy on the feet, unless a very short
skirt allows the slender ankles to
show above the slipper and gives a
coquettish look to the rosetted foot
wear
The very newest notion is evening
footwear of velvet. OF course. this ma
terial would be extremely impracti-
cable for street shoes, though patent
leather boots are shown with black
velvet tops for dressy wear The vel
Vet slippers, however. are really very
smart and attractive, and are to be
had in various colors as we'll as black
Very dainty white calf pumps are
shown for wear with the lighter cos
tune, the white-covered Spanish heel
having a layer of black leather on the
bottom and a black metal buckle be-
ing placed below the very high tongue
in front. These pumps are very
snappy in style and should be charm
ing. with white frocks or white cos
tunes draped with the fashionable
black chantilly lace. initiated and
monogrammed slippers are a fad of
the winter that has been taken I'D en-
Enthusiastically by the younger women.
The slippers are, of course. intended
only for house wear and are in low
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-05

winter for dressy wear is the laced
boot, heretofore buttoned models hav-
ing been given the preference for all
dress-up occasions. These laced boots
are most dainty in cut and fashioning
and have light turned soles and slim,
pretty heels They are finished with
embroidery, beading and other fancy
devices and sometimes have tassels at
the top to add daintiness.
High Shoes laced at the side. have
made an appearance after a generation
of oblivion, and other novelties are
gold leather boots with kid tops, col
ored cloth boots with silk tops and kid
boots with silk underlays beneath
slashings in the kid.
now more correct than tan, and dull
calf boots and patent leather boots
with calf or cloth uppers are in good
taste Even these street boots show
the little extravaganza and eccentri-
cities of style that mark more dressy
footwear Strappings of constrastlng
leather, buttons set in scallops of the
kid, and top trimmings of overturned
collars" and tassel bows make many
of these walking boots daintily fem1-
nine in character.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-05
York Dramatic
::::::::::By William S. Brewer:::::::::

Francois, and it will make it's APP
peal and depend for success on the
whole body of intelligent playgoers.
The offering for the opening night
is Antony and Cleopatra" with E. H.
Suthern and Julia Marlowe in the
title roles. The stock company for
the new theater is one of the most
distinguished in the world, the best
talent of America and England hav-
ing been drawn upon for the repertoire
of plays to be presented. Lyric
opera will alternate with drama, and
for the opera artists from the, Metro
politan Opera house have been en-
gagged.
BY its design the new theater be-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-05
With the Small Farmer


free by them is not directly helpful to
the plant in securing it's rood.
Besides this, remember that manure
loses a good deal of plant food when
allowed to decay outside of the soil.
The venerable DIR Roberts, while at
Cornell university, found that 1000
pounds Of manure had decreased in
wight to 1870 pounds. Sixty per cent
of the nitrogen had escaped into the
air, three quarters of the potash had
been washed away by the rain, and
practically half of the phOsphoric acid
had gone the same way The corpse
remained while the spirit had taken
manure were similarly exposed, but
in a compact pile narrow at the top
and wide at the bottom and well
packed with 900 pounds of gypsum
mixed with it to save the nitrogen, Al
per cent of that valuable constituent
had gone into the air and One-fifth Of
the phosphOric acid was washed out
bv the rains, notwithstanding the
compactness and pyramidal shape of
the pile The gross weight had de-
creased from 10000 to 5,125 lbs. Some
one says that he had saved the hauling
of the 5000 lbs. of useless matter to
the fields. Not so. This loss in weight
meant the disappearance of the very
the water holding capacity of the
soil. Every consideration points to the
application of the manure as soon as
pitched out of til: stable.
In agriculture new OCCASIONS bring
new duties; time makes ancient good
uncouth' The requirement to spread
the manure thinly implied something
impossible a generation ago, namely
that it shall be spread evenly. Ex-
periments today are wanting to eXhlb-
it the losses accruing from throwing
the manure at the land in chunks. II
winter and scattered from a sleigh
box, it is sure to be left in large fork
fuls, scattered unevenly. 1t is impos-
sible to get manure, so applied, prop
erly worked into the ground to insure
the mixing of the decaying organic
matter with the soil Remember, that
if the decaying manure is not mixed
with the earth, while it's content OF
plant food will be absorbed it cannot
exert it's beneficial effect on the ply
steal character of the soil. A man or
experience is tempted to say that one
load of manure spread with perfect
evenness is about as valuable as two
loads on the same area spread IN
chunks and heaps. This phase of the
question cannot be easily exaggerated.
Until the manure becomes an unrecog-
nized constituent of the soil itself 1T
has not accomplished its mission. 1t
must be digested into the soil, and this
is possible alone when it is evenly
and uniformly spread.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-05

with lavender slippers, violets, and so
on. Black velvet or patent leather
slippers are very chic with sheer black
hose embroidered with dashing yellow
buttercups or deep blue bachelor but
tons. Then there are jewel embroidered
stockings. with horseshoes, buckles and
the like, set with colored jewel, all
done with silk on the gossamer stock
ing weave. Bridal stockings of pure
white show embroideries of Hly-of-
the valley to match the brides bou-
ouet, and there are even costly hose
with medallions of priceless lace set
in among the embroidered motifs.
The general extravaganza of dress
this season shows itself also in the
boots intended for wear with after
noon costumes of velvet and satin.
Time was when a kid or cloth-topped
patent leather boot answered all re-
have a pair of exquisite boots built to
order to match each costume. There
are white boots embroidered on in
step and vamp with jet beads; there
are bronze boots embroidered with
gilt beads. Black boots embroidered
with let beads and laced with white
ribbon are particularly chic with
black costumes. An innovation this
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-05
NeW
Letter

NEW YORK, Nov. 5.-Not forget
ting the splendid productions, Israel"
''Herod,' "The Builder of Bridges
and the enthusiasm they have aroused
It is true that the every other
phase of the theatrical situation is
dwarfad temporarily in anticipation
of the opening of the new theater
which takes place next Monday night
The New Theater is a national VEN
ture intended to be a home for aspir-
ing drama and classic revivals. Its
founders are men of wealth who do
not regard their enterprise as a COM
mercial venture; they are determined
to make it as distinctly democratic and
civic art institution as is the Coincide
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-05

The great value of barnyard ma
has upon the soil. over three quarters
of the weight of the crop when har
vested is made up of water, and be-
sides, when the crop is growing, it
dissipates through the leaves many
times as much water as it holds in
substance. In fact, experiments have
shown that the soil must furnish three
hundred tons of water to the crop for
every ton of dry matter removed in
the harvest. Water, therefore, is the
material most needed by the crop.
This water must be all absorbed
through the roots, taken from the
water in the soil. The water holding
content of the soil is therefore of prime
Importance Now, the water holding
content of the soil depends on two
factors at least; one. the size of the
soil particles: the other the quantity
of humus and decaying organic matter
present. Dr. Kedzie showed that the
addition to sand of one-twentieth of it's
bulk of dry, finely pulveriZed muck
nearly doubled the amount of water
which the sand would hold against
gravity. Where barnyard manure is
applied to a soil, therefore, it makes
tn latter spongy and able to hold
much more water. Where to one
half of a certain field but eight tons
of fresh barnyard manure was APP
piled except per acre, while to the
other half nothing was applied except
an equal amount of plant food in the
form of commercial fertilizers, the
first half of the field withstood
drouth and produced full crop Of po-
tatoes. On the second half the crop
was but little more than half of a full
yield because of the limitation brought
about by the lack of water in part
of the growing season. You see that it
was not question of the supply OF
plant food but of plant drink, and that
the plant drink was kept ready for
the potato roots by the decaying ma
nure in the soil This leads to certain
obvious conclusions.
In the first place the sooner the
manure can be gotten into the soil, the
better. because the more organic mat
ter it will contain. The rotting of ma
nure means a waste of organic mat
ter. The chemist will say that the
loss falls chiefly upon the carbon.
Granted; but the carbon and it's COM
pounds are needed in the soil for the
production of humuS, for that slow
decay which has to do with the water
holding content of the soil and makes
profitable crops possible. Next, the
very act of decay in the soil is useful
in ways that we cannot understand,
much less describe. The decay of or
ganic matter is the work of bacteria.
and the presence of these organisms
in the soil seems to favor the growth
of crops, if the carbonic acid gas set
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-05

Continued on Page Six
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-29
BABY TRUST HAS PLANT
oERMOFERT COMPAUY FACTORY IN yIHlau MEADOWS CONCERN.
Deed Transferring Eleven and Three- auarters Acres, the Site of Mont
 xomery Works, is Filed in the Probate Court.

That the fertilizer. factory in Mont gomery formerly known as the Germo- fert Manufacturing company has been affiIiated with the baby fertilizer trust" is indicated by the deed filed for record in the Probate offce Tues day, conveying the site of the factory from Thomas c. Meadows to the ln- ternationai Agricultural Corporation.
 The New York Corporation has had complete charge of the factory since last summer, when the purchase of tho plant was made. Thomas c. Meadows, of Buffalo, N. Y, Is the president of the Buffalo Fertilizer Company and Is said to be president of the baby fertilizer trust"
 Only two factories of any eonse- ouence are operated under the name of the International Agricultural Cor poration. The other one is in Atlanta. while several small plants bear the name of the concern. which Is incorpor- ated under the laws of New York
 Tho property was purchased from the Germofert Manufacturing Company by Thomas c. Meadows, November g, l9Os.
 In the deed filed in the Probate Office Tuesday. only a nominal consideration was given, showing that the entire out fit was transferred to the International Company when the plant was sold. The last deed records only the conveyance of the land on which the factory IS sit- uated, comprising eleven and three quarter acres between Division Street and the New River Bridge Road.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-29
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS.
Enterprises That Are Planned in Two R4nfaa

Enterprises That Are Planned in Two states.
 Columbus, Ga, Dec. 2s.-- Especial )-- The Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index will say tomorrow in its regu- lar weekly issue:
 "The two great States of Georgia and Alabama will enter the new year
 with we'll matured plans for continued industrial and commercial development. on a still broader scale. Indeed, sev- erai of the large enterprises that are soon to pass from the realm of dis cussion to the state Of accomplished fact are we'll advanced on the way to completion. and passing the prophecy on the things actually in sight 1t seems
 very reasonable to predict that 1910
 will be one of the really great years in the history of the material develop ment of the two States.
 "A great power enterprise in central Georgia on which work has been pro- ceeding for some time will be complet- ed by the middle of the year. when electric power from dam on the oc-
 mulgee River will be transmitted to
 Macon, Atlanta. Griffin and other cities there to turn the wheels of industry At Columbus. Ga, where another great power development is in progress along
 the Chattahoochee River. plans have | been drawn for one of the largest dami | in the South and 1t is understood tha actual work on this, the fourth plan of the Columbus Power Company, vii
 begin during the year. At Gadsden | Ala. a great steel plant will be com,
 pleted and placed in operation anf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-29
CITY CANNOT FIX TAX
SUPREME COURT HANDS DOWN IM.
 PORTRAIT DECISION.
Municipalities, Under Ordinances, Can Regulate License Rate Of Busl- nesses-~Southern Express Co.'s Case in Point.

Alabama municipalities cannot as- sess their own arbitrary figures for the license tax on expres companies, al- though authorized to fix licenses for all business. occupations or professions by Section 1889 of the State Code. The Supreme Court, in its decision in the case of the city of Birmingham against the Southern Express Company. which was released Tuesday, holds that Sec- tion 20S5 of the Code. which fixes spe- cially the municipal license tax on ex- press companies. has precedence and favor over Section 1889.
 Neither. it holds. does Section 1888 repeal Section 20Se. although enacted later. There Is no specific provision for repeal, and repeal by implication Is not in favor with the Supreme Court of Alabama.
 The case was that in which the city of Birmingham assessed the express company s1.o00 as municipal license tax. in addition to the State tax of 5000, acting in accordance with Sec tion 1889 which gives the city the gen. eral power to fix licenses. The South ern Express Company refused to pay and offered $250. the municipal license fixed by Section 2086 of the Code.
 The written opinion in the case has been held up for @ week after adjourn ment of the court. because of the desire of other justices to study the problem.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-29
NEWS OF FORT DEPOSIT.


 Fort Deposit. Dec. 2s.-(Special.) )- It Is reported that the recent cold weather has materially injured the oat crop here, especially those that had just come up.
 Wallace Simeton, an aged negro, who lives on the Lamar place, about mile north of here. while in a drunken stu- DOT, fell in the fire at his home and was badly burned. He was dragged out by two small grandchildren. 9th erwise he would have been burned to death.
 About fifteen couples have received invitations to attend a dinner at the home of pr. ". n. Goison. Wednesday, Dec. 2e.
 Mr. Parrish of Troy has purchased the o. B. Cook property, north of town. and will take possession at once. MT. Cook will move into the home recently vacated by DE J. H. Black.
 Little Addie Bell, daughter of V. Bell. Is suffering from a serious attack of la grippe.
 There is no perceptible change in the condition of W. B. Bragg, who has been seriously i'll with pneumonia for some time.
 It Is reported that c. ". Carr. who recently purchased the Johnson prop erty north Of the bank. will in the near future. erect thereon 6 handsome brick structure.i
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-29
RAINIER A CANDIDATE
GOSSIP NAMES HIM FOR STATE TREASURER.
Probable That Friends of The Union Springs Man Soon Will
 Launch His Boom For

s. P. Rainer. of Union Springs, as a probable candidate for the office of state treasurer Is the latest bit of political gossip that the week has fur nished.
 Intimation of the probability comes with the start of boom for MT. Rain- CT by his friends of Bullock county, although nothing has been heard from the prospective candidate himself.
 If Mir. Rainer becomes 8 candidate for the state office, local political dope will have been somewhat upset. for he was picked as one likely to run for the office of probate judge of Bullock county.
 S. P. Rainer Is a merchant, planter and banker of Union Springs. and represented Bullock county in the last four sessions of the state Legisla- ture. During last summers extra came more of responsibility with the death of his single colleague. N B. Powell while the session was at It's height
 If the boom materializes, four can didates for the office will be in the field. J. A. Wilkinson. Commissioned of Agriculture. is the bidder. of the longest standing. while Judge John Purffoy, of Montgomery. examiner oi public accounts. and William Garner banker of Ozark, and state representa- tive from Dale county. have also of fered.
 Another political probability that has been sounded is the likely candi- dacy of M. ". Lackey. prominent lawyer of Dadeville. to oppose Repre- sentative J. T. Hefiin for reelection to Congress from the Fifth Alabama district.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-29
MONTGOMERY IS SETTING PACE Federal Road Ezperts Hold
 Opinion. COUNTY HIGHWAYS ARE IDEAL No State Shows System of as High
 Standard. Government Men Complete Local Tour Tuesday and Shower Their Praises usiasticaIly-Leave for Troy where They win Centinue Their Tn- vessisations.

The Federal government road ex- perts. J. H. Dodge and F. IT. Brown, who have been In the city inspecting the Montgomery county roads, finish sd their work Tuesday afternoon and left Tuesday evening for Troy. They will spend two days there investigat- ing the roads of Pike county after which they go to Atlanta. County Engineer J. T. Bullen play cd host again Tuesday and took the government men on a seventy-seven miles automobile trip over some of the Montgomery county highways. The route taken was over the Norman Bridge, Rocky Mount and Air Line roads. through Showdown. Sprague Junction to Dublin and return to Montgomery.
 A short trip was also made out the Lower wetumpka road to show the government men the character of the work of the forty-foot concrete span over the Lomax creek. With the im- provement of the highways. the coun- ty is constructing many of these con- crete spans over the smaller creeks in the county.
 MT. Brown, the government pho tographer, took a number of views on the trip.
 Aa the results of his observations during his two days inspection MT. Dodge said:
 T have travelled over many roads ana I have built many roads myself, but the construction of the Montgom- cry county roads can't be beaten. ana they are up to the standard. This county has high class roadbeds and l have not seen any roads which are suuerior to the majority of the Mont gomery county highways.
 "The roads represent good material and workmanship and they are hoia- in~ in well under the traffic. Not all of them have ideal conditions but are approaching that condition
 MT. Brown. who on this present trip ,nspeeted the roads in Madison coun- ty. tennessee, which county Is fam ous in the United States for It's gooo roads. said the Montgomery county hiehways were better and superior to those of the Tennesseean county. Both officials were greatly impress ea with the Montgomery county roaos ana highly praised the work Of MT. Builen along this line.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-29
CONTRIBUTION
 IN INTEREST S16O, 900

Montgomery's contribution to finAn- cisrs for interest on bonds win bs aoout s1s0,ooo this year. and taking the census of the oity. this 10 almost ys per capita. fon six per cent bas- is. figuring this amount of intsfsst. the total fndebtsdness Of the cfty will range close to e2o.ooo.eeo.
 Of the amount of the interest. the city itself win contribute sfeo.00o and the balance will be paid by individu- ais on the paving bond proposition. Tn the office of the city clerk. the clerks are busy figuring the bonded indebtedness of the city 70 that a correct report may be made to the Mayor on January l..
 The per capita indebtedness of Mont gomery compared to other cities is found to be very small New York per capita indebtedness Is $14s.62 and other large cities such as Boston, Cin- cinnati. and Philadelphia show simil- ar proportions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-29

the population of tli@t city will be tn- creased by several thousand. The Ten-< nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Compa- ny is proceeding with very large devel- opments in the Birmingham district. and 1910 will probably be one of the most eventful years in the history of AIabama's great mineral belt. The actual subjugation of the famed Oke- fenokee swamp down in South Geor- gia will soon be In progress. now that the railroad and the big lumber plant by which the formidab.s task will be accomplished. are nearing completion. Two cement plants in Alabama will begin operation shortly. The develop ment of the South Georgia farm lands will proceed on scale never before at tempted and the year will be marked by several colonization enterprises. Ground will soon be broken for the tallest ofice building In the city of Att lanta. Ga. Down in South Alabama the culture of shaded tobacco will be car ried on on much broader scale. and much more systematically than ever before. There ia scarcely q town or village in the two States In which a manufacturing enterprise of some kind Is not being formed or projected. The year will be marked by the erection of several very fine hotels in Georgia and Alabama cities.
 1ihnCthk UNGI tNS rtGoFQ Ol the last few days of the expiring year, it is interesting to note that twenty-seyen corporations were chartered. with min- tmum capital stock of 3e1s.000; that Tuscaloosa. Ala. sold s5s,oO0 of im- provement bonds; Cuthbert, Ga, award ed the contracts for lighting plant and waterworl<s eniargements: Ft Gaines, Ga. called an election on the issuancs of waterworks bonds; oakman. Ala. will vote on improvement bonds, and Edison. Ga. voted ss5.o00 of improve ment bonds. Contract for a s6l,00o in- firmary was awarded at Mobile, Ala, an eight story business building was definitely announced for Atlanta. Ga, Decatur, Ala. bank doubled its cap ital stock. and $1o0.o0o real estate deal was consummated at Augusta, Ga. Recent real estate records at Atlanta. Ga. were broken by q s225,00O sale of business property"