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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-01-25
GARFIELD WANTS
A MILLION DOLLARS

Washington. Jan. 25.-After sew
eral years OF more less sensational
and successful prosecution of per-
sons charged with the fraudulent ac-
quisition of public lands in the West,
the Interior Department Is now anX-
ious to turn its efforts to recovering
title to lands acquired in violation of
the law.
II is for this work. largely. that
Secretary Garfield, in recent report
to congress. asked for an appropria-
ton of 81 100000 for special agents,
in order to facilitate the collection Of
evidence to be used in suits and other
procedures, looking to the recovery
OF title to all lands fradulently ac-
quired.
The request for this large amount
is likely to pass unheeded, for con
gress Is I'm no frame of mind to deal
| literally with requests OF this char
acter especially in view of the in
censed feeling over the secret ser
vice. To the average congressman
and senator "a land Office special
agent is a species OF secret service
agent, and that is enough TO condemn
him. For this reason, therefore, con
gress will probably turn down the
request of Secretary Garfield.
Up to a year ago, the annual APP
preparation for special agents of the
general land Office was $250,000 an
nually. At the last session, the
amount was doubled, on the repre-
sentation of Secretary Garfield that
this larger amount was needed prop
erly TO handle the business of the
land office. Now the secretary comes
back with another request that the
unprecedented appropriation OF las
session be doubled, or made fou
times the regular appropriation up L
1908. In support of this request, h
presented a startling array OF facts
showing the value OF lands which h.
hopes to recover. and the extent O
the operations of individuals VIII
have been acquiring government LAM
contrary 10 law.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-01-25
CAN SAY HOW HE

United Press Leased wlrel
a bill has been introduced I'm the
Legislature in connec-
tion with the death sentence and Il
is being given serious consideration.
The bill provides that a man shall be
given the choice OF death when or
dered to be put to death by the court.
The criminal under this proposed law
will have his choice OF being hanged,
sent to the electric chair or dis
patched with drugs.
In addition, IL Is proposed that nc
date be set for carrying out the sen
tence. Two dates are TO be named
by the court and the sentence carried
out on n day between these dates. e
be selected by the man under sen
tence. When the prisoner decidel
which form OF death he prefers ant
selects the date. the selection is 4
be final.
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MnnaV iantt auaryfhIna, hat 40 otto,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-01-25
FLY IN THE SSHs77EO 20 LIVES


Los Angeles. CAL Jan, 25.--Be-
cause a ny was Instantly killed when
Il fell into a flye-gullon can of pois-
oned milk a Wholesale attempt TO eX-
terminate the roomers in "a boarding
house az G2O East First street yes
terday was frustrated
Two men are held In the city Jail
ON suspicion of having carefully ar
ranged 10 poison the 20 guests Cir
cumstanial evidence has been Sc
cured against them. bat both deny
firmly that they were implicated I'm
the plot.
The prisoners, who give their
names as w. III. II. Morris and Char
ley Johnson, are both negroes. They
refuse 10 tell the polieo what they
have been doing for a living while lR
Los Angeles. Johnson, the police say,
lived az 1875 Rose street, and Il was
there that a quantity OF poison
salts OF vitriol-similar TO that found
in the milk, was found.
The proprietor of the rooming
house, Mrs. Fannie MarNn, an aged
negress, stated yesterday that the
two prisoners had visited her place a
number OF times and had been or
dered away-St Louis Globe-Demo-
crat.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-01-25

Washington, Jan. 25.-Speaker
Whalon, of the Michigan legislature,
and q delegation of lawmakers from
that state have filed a formal protest
with President Roosevelt against a
bill of which Congressman Larlmer,
of Illinois is the author.
The delegation points out that the
measure, If passed, will create a
giant water monopoly, bcnefittins
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-01-25
WOULD GIVE AWAY
GREAT WATER RIGHTS

only the Michigan & Lake Superior
Power and the Union Carbide Com
panles, which are controlled by Wall
street interests. The Michigan leg
islators declare the effect Of the bill
will b. to give the former concern an
absolute control of the water power
at the 800" in Michigan, without
the payment Of any revenue to tho
United States government.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-01-25
Great Chinese Doctor
L.. nj. II u M

Has medicine which viii cure any
known disease. lie makes a special
ty OF. and guarantees to cure Catarrh
Asthma. Lung. Throat, rheumatism,
Debility. Stomach. Liver. Kidney
Troubles; also any blackened or
swollen soreness. broken limbs;
Smallpox; Epidemic; all kinds OF
Boils. Lost Manhood. Female Weak
ness, Hernis Tronbles aud Paralysis
Consultation free. Care OF Yick So
Tong Co.. Chinese drugs and herbs.
! l53 High st.. upstairs. Salem. or.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-01-25
THE WHITE HOUSE

nlteu iftss leaseu VIZ. -.
Washington, Jan. 25.-ln the east
room OF the White House today near
ly 200 delegates appointed by char
liable institutions throughout the
United States met at the invitation
OF President Roosevelt to discuss
ways and means TO take care OF the
country's dependent children. A pub
lie session and banquet will be held
tomorrow.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-01-25
Are You one of Themg

Tho house wife who has been Ia
duoed 10 buy phosphate baking
powder by grocers or canvassers will
be somewhat chagrined to learn tha;
thi7 character OF goods is made from
burned bones, mixed with diluted oil
OF vtrial
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-01-25

The California floods have. per-
formed one good public service
they downed the telegraph wires In
time to prevent the press idiot in San
Francisco ringing in two columns OF
sheep-dlp stuff about the California
trials and Heney, every day.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-01-25
CASTo1TA..
p..n. >,1ho Kind You Have klwas Bought
Signature si 2<HzAIEx

r. NJ. Dimlck, OF MarshfIeld, has
been appointed treasurer OF Coos
county TO fill the vacancy caused by
the death OF John n. Duly.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-01-25
DR.. STONES
Drug Store

The only cash drug store in Ore
gon. owes no one. and no one owes
Il; carries large stock; its shelves,
counters and show cases are loaded
with drugs, medicines, notions, toilet
articles, wines and liquors OF all
kinds for medicinal purposes. Di.
Stone Is regular graduate In med
lclne, and has had many years OF ex-
perience in the practice. Consulta-
tions are free. Prescriptions are
free, and only regular prices for
medicine. DR.. stone can be found
at his drug store, Salem, Or. from
Z in the morning until at night.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-01-25
JUST STlRS UP AN
UNSAV0RY MESS

It Is not probable that the libel
suits instituted against New York
paper for suggesting that there We're
irregularities connected with the
transferencc with the French COM
pauy's claims on Panama to the
United States will have any other re.
suit than the stirring mp of an nin-
savory mess. II may be possible to
demonstrate that there was absolute
ly nothing wrong connected with the
transfer, but agitation of the subject
may stimulate the growth of the be-
lief that tremendous blunder has
been made, and that even the United
States cannot afford TO porsevere in
carrying II through. Already there
Is talk about II being necessary 10
consider tho matter from the stand
point Of national pride. mlscalled pa
triotlsm. but pleas OF that characte.
viii not stand much show II our de-
ficits continue to increase. In TINT
event, 100000 900 canal built
for the convenience OF other nH
tion5, which have the sagacity to
adopt policies that result in provid'
ing them with ships, may be regarded
40 too costly an affair. and that opln'
ion, once general, canal approprId
tions may have n hard row to hoe y
congress.--San Francisco Chronicle
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-01-25

Mrs. A. f. Needham went 10 Cor
wallis this morning.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-01-25

Money isn't everything but II often
makes a good substitute.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-30
EVENING"
-CHIT-CHAT'
By...
Ruth
Cameron

/ felt over it going down on the train
and how those old wheels just seemed
to beat out. He's glad you're going
He's glad you're going / wouldn't
take that ride again feeling like that
for thousand dollars.
busy and worried about her to think
so muhc about things at home, and l
got through those six weeks somehow.
But when | got on the train to go back,
what do you think, if those old wheels
didn't take up my grievances again
He won't be glad to see you-He
won't be glad to see YOU they said.
Well" she drew a long reminiscent
breath and a slow smile twinkled at
the corners of her lips. well. l never
saw a gladder man in all my life. Sus-
picious as was ready to be- l couldn't
doubt him.
had always been as good as gold to
me but it seemed then as if he just
couldn't think of enough things to do
for me. And as for having me out OF
his sight-he couldn't stand it.
81 never realized before how much
you did for me- he'd keep saying
whenever I'd darn his stockings or
press some of his ties, or do any of
the little things that men are apt to
think just somehow do themselves.
well, that was Is years ago, and
mother has never absolutely NEEDED me
since, but I've made it an iron rule
| to go away just about once in so. often.
Il hate to leave Henry just as much
as l ever did, and it just makes my
heart ache when l thinl- how helpless
! he's going to be, but / know it's for
/ the best. so / always GO
| It's the dark shadows in the beauti-
full painting that give the high lights
their effectiveness.
| A realization of the educative value
| of contrast may be about as valuable
! a part of a wife's equipment as the
ability to make ten kinds of cake or
Is varieties of pickles.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-30

in the ground with wire that will last
as long as the fence above ground, and
stone or iron anchor that will never
rot or give.
Having all the posts firmly and neat
ly set, fasten one end of the woven
wire to an end post and use a fence
stretcher that will exert several thou
sand pounds pull, and pull the fence
so tightly that the wires sing like violin
strings Without removing the stretch
ing machine, staple tho fence well to
every post, with four CT five times the
number of staples in the end posts, 50
that not a single horizontal wire can
possibly give The more strong inter
mediate posts are used the firmer and
better in every way the finished fence
will be. A post every rod is not too
many, and one every three or four rods
is surely not enough. Lack of sufti
cient posts has caused many an other
wise good fence to go down and become
forever useless.
If the money can possibly be spared,
it will pay to buy and use the heavier
grades of woven wire fencing, since
the fence will be much stronger for
turning stock, and the wires, being
larger will last very much longer. 1t
will cost no more in construction t.
build heavy fence than a light one
Galvanized wire will last much longer
than uncoated wire.
After being built the fence muse re-
ceive regular attention if it is intended
to last and always turn stock. Posts
which decay should be promptly re-
placed by good ones in order to main
tain the support of the wires and to
fence, and all low woven wire fence,
should have a barbed wire two or
three inches above the top of the woven
wire, stapled securely and stretched
tightly, so that cows and other large
stock feeding along the fence will not
reach through and bend the woven
wire down and out of shape, from
which it is very difficult to get it in
shape again.
The longev &, as we'll as the beauty,
of woven wire fence. and any fence
for that matter, depends to a large ex-
tent on keeping the fence row clean of
weeds and all tall vegetable growth.
Weeds and brush cause fence posts to
rot and the wire to rust. Fresh air and
sunlight have the opposite effect. Some
people have the habit of burning the
fence row when the vegetation along
it is dead and dry. A light fire will not
injure the posts, but the heat will cause
the galvanized coating to peel and the
wires to rust very quickly. The man
ufacturer is often blamed for selling
poor fencing when the rusting has
been caused by rank vegetable growth
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-30

ed blue chiffon over the white rucn-
ing.
A brown chiffon blouse, intended for
wear with a dark brown cheviot suit
was made in somewhat similar manner,
except that the chiffon was cut out
rather deeply at the neck to show an
underslip of gold cloth, which extended
under the entire blouse-Aeven the
sleeves. The gold cloth was in turn
rounded out quite close to the neck
to display little yoke and high collar
of creamy lace. and cream lace cuffs,
finished the bridge" sleeves.
All the really dressy blouses have
these three quarter or bridge" sleeves
morning shirtwaists or those in tailored
STYLE of course, showing the long
sleeve to the wrist.
Back net and chiffon blouses, show
ing a touch of vivid scarlet or cardl-
nal, are worn with black broadcloth
suits. Last spring a Paris dressmaker
predicted that the touch of red would
be used extensively this fall, and sure
enough, one sees it everywhere.
black tucked chiffon blOus was cut
out in a deep at the nee <, and this
V showed an underpiece OF black en-
broidered chiffon on which was ap-
pliQued a queer geometlcal motif IN
flame cOlOred cloth. With the blouse
was.worn a short string of coral beads
and this soupcon of warm color was
dashing and charming.
Black chiffon waists. over silver cloth
are also worn with black suits ana
sometimes tiny cut steel buttons or
larger ones of faceted jet lend cachet
to these silver yelled bodices.
Crepe de chine makes very graceful
blouses when exactly the right color
can be obtained. The crepe de chine
waist, like the satin one, looks best
when made up quite simply. the Trim
mings being added rather in hand-eIn-
broidered stitches and French knots
than in contrasting material or lace
Tucks are always good, and this year
very tiny thread tucks are used IN al
formation with quite wide ones, some
of the chiffon blouses showing tucKs
an inch and a half in width. Satin ana
crepe de chine waists in tailored style
are appropriate for morning wear. and
these models should be most SIMPLY
made and should fasten in front or
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-30
With the Small Farmer
The Value Of Good Fences

Every farmer will admit that good
new fence on the farm is beautiful and
useful. However, not all fences are
good, hence they are neither beautiful
nor useful. 1t takes an artist to build
a good farm fence. and it is evident
by looking over the country that all
farmers are not artists; or if they are
they do not always show their highest
skill in the work they do.
Skill and artistic ability in general
are only other terms for the carefulness
and accuracy in work. Many more
men than are could be skillful and pro-
duce neat and beautiful effects if only
they would put more care and thought
into their work. Genius is only an
other name for hard work. says one
of our great men; and hard work is
only another name for thoughtful ac-
tivity. The man who puts thought into
his work will invariably produce some
thing of value. The farmer who builds
a fence and expects it to last well and
serve well the purpose for which it was
intended must build it as carefully as
he would his barn or dwelling.
The prevailing fence of today is the
woven wire variety. No better fence
was ever devised, providing it is put up
Ill. al, &c
ugly and inefficient if it is erected in q
slipshod manner. A few small stakes
driven into the ground and the fencing
fastened to them with few common
small nails is about as good as no fence
at ALL especially after a few wise
COWS have found out it's frailty and
have fed across it and walked over it.
Many farmers in building a woven
wire fence go at it as though they were
building an old-fashioned rail fence,
and do not seem to realize the differ
ence between them. They do not seem
to realize that the new fence works on
entirely new mechanical principles, and
hence must be built accordingly.
In erecting a woven wire fence one
Of the essential things to be considered
is that of strong and well sup
ported corner or end posts. The wire
must be stretched tightly for the COM
pleted fence to last and be efficient
while it does last. End posts must be
large, long, strong and So deep set
and firmly braced or anchored that no
amount of strain on the fence at any
time or condition of the soil will cause
them to give even a fraction of an
inch. At least at every twenty rods In
a long string of fence should be an
extra long, deep set, strong and well
braced post to take care of intermedi-
ate strain between the extreme end or
corner poses. The best brace or sup
port for these posts which bear the
horizontal strain of the fence is the
anchor, OF guy, set three or four feet
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-30

A million dollars worth of shirt
waisf We're shipped from l.merlca 70
Fra.,ca last spring, and this is curious
contradiction of the Partisan mandate
against separate blouses. Women have
very sensibly refused to give up the
convenient and economical .ihirtwa;st,
and now, with the Louis modes estate
fishing the vogue for skirts and EOdices
built separately, the friendly shirt
waist, which fills multitude uf needs
is sure to be more popular than ever.
There is just one stipulation, how
ever that Madam Mode makes in con-
ceding a point to the shirtwaist fop3w
ers: blouses must harmonic with
skirts-must express some definite re-
lationship, in fact, with the garment
whit which they are Worn. This har-
clever devices on the part Of the dress
maker; bits of the skirt material be-
ing appliuued to the blouse fabric. or
strappings and other details of the
waist being fashioned of the skirt stuff.
Where this is impossible in the case of
a blouse built to match a ready bought
cloth suit the color of the suit material
is matched with utmost care in chiffon.
or other material for the blouse; Of
ten a transparent material Of the shirt
color being laid over whit.
There is a fad this fall FOR these
transparent blouses. TWn-piecc suits
must often be worn - matinee or yes
taurant luncheon, and something more
dressy than even the fandsomest lin
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-30

The wife who conscientiously deserts
her husband about once in so often
will be the wife whose husband will
never have the faintest desire to de-
sert her.
My mothers having the typhoid fe-
yer was one of the best things that
ever happened to me-" a middle aged
woman who has had an exceptionally
happy married life said to me the
other day.
"Of course, 1 don't need to tell you'
she went on, that l didn't think so
at that time. But now, when 1 look
back at it across the years, / can see
I learned something from that expert
ence that a good deal of the happiness
of my married life has been founded
on.
1--WE had been married about two
years when mother was taken sick.
And in all that time I'd never been
away from Henry so much as over
night He's the helpless sort, you see,
and l didn't think he could ever get
along without me.
We'll, when they found out that
mother had the typhoid, l was sent for.
and as there wasn't any one else to
take charge of things there, l simply
had to go.
Il don't know which / felt the worst
about, mothers being sick or my
having to leave Henry. I could hardly
bear to tell him at ALL 1 expected he'd
say he didn't see how he could get
along without me and make a terrible
fuss
Instead of that he said right off
that of course l must go and stay just
as long as she needed me and not
come home until she was entirely well
and not worry about home and all
that, until finally it came over me that
Henry actually didn't feel as | did
about my going away. Maybe he was
even glad to have me go.
well, | was too proud to say any
thing and I didn't say anything, even
when he said goodbye, but it almost
broke my heart remember how sick
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-30
The Separate Blouse This Fall
BY MADEMOIsELLE MiSfIT.

gerie blouse is required. A very- dainty
and inexpensive blouse f1r such oc-
casions may be made OF tackled net
or chiffon, and this blouse. fashioned
loosely. may be worn over an orIi-
nary white lingerie slip, i one does
not care to invest in silk one. A very
pretty blue net blouse was laid i'll
inch-wide tucks, the net being tucked
before the blouse sections were cut
out. This net blouse was rounded out
two inches below the collar line, and
the roundabout portion was finished
with fiat band of blue silk matching,
not the net, but-aud mere was the
touch of French chic-the color pro-
duced by the net over the white lining.
The top of tka blouse was slashed
down six inches at the left side of the
front and two pleated frills peeped
out, one of blue chiffon and the other
OF white crepe lisse frilling. such as
may be bought at the ruching coun-
ter In the round neck above the fin
ishing band of blue silk was little
yoke Of white lace finished with a high
stock, and these, of course, were at
tached to the white slip which formed
the lining under the blue net. The
sleeves of this blouse were rather close
years models, and were in what is
known as bridge" length-abOut three
inches below the elbow. They were
finished in the charming new fashion
by frills, one turned up and the other
down, and each frill showed the pleat-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-30

or by fires in burning trash along the
fence. Chemical fertilizers and ma
nure of all kinds allowed to lie against
the wires, or be blown against them,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-30

will cause rusting and subsequent
breaking of the wires and giving way
of the fence sooner than it otherwise
would. Never paint or whitewash any
kind of woven wire fencing
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-30

Continued on Page Seven)
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-23

bank Of Council Bluffs had anything to
do with the transfer Of sutor's money from
the First National bank Of Cass Lake to
this city except in the ordinary course Of
business. II declares that Sutor presented
himself to the First National bank Of
Council Bluffs as a reputable customer
desiring to transfer money from his home
bank for a legitimate purpose. Thereupon,
II Is declared. the bank here furnished the
usual facilities OF banking for this pur-
pose. As to the use Of the money in
any transaction between Sutor and J. c.
Mabray or any OF the latter's alleged as
sociates the answer denies any knowledge
whatsoever.