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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
NEED DRASTIC LEGISLATION.
John Hays Hammond Speaks Agains
FIotation of Minino Concerns.


NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-John Hays
Hammond, the mining engineer, thinks
there should be some drastic legisla-
ton in connection with the flotation
of mining companies.
promoters should be compelled to
publish before flotation exhaustive re-
ports of engineers and full monthly re-
ports should be required by law as to
their financial status, ore reserves
etc. he said in an address on mining
investments here last night. Il have
great faith in the safety of good min
ing Investments" he continued, ''but
as to those which are not SO good,
hold out the red flag of danger. Such
companies should be compelled to
print skull and crossbOnes on their
prospectus as is done on poison
label .4-.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
NO MORE COLD FEET
FOR PEARY, HE SAYS

WASHINGTON, Dec. %
: Never again will he head anOth-
, err expedition, either to the
. south pole or to the north pole.
. This announcement was made
. tonight by Commander Peary.
. He stands ready, however, to
. assist any expedition that con-
. templates setting out for either
: extremity of the earth.
: my work has been accom-
. plished," said Commander
. Peary. Il made it known some
. time ago in Brussels that
would assist any expedition
: that would set out for the
. south pole and at the same time
, also said that l would not per-
. sonally conduct such an expe-
. dition | still hold to this and
? l have no intention of chang
. ing my mind"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
Flour Mills Close.

SEATTLE, Dec. 23.-As a direct re-
suit of the prolonged switchmen's
strike the Harmon and the Centen-
NAL flour mills, two of the 'argest on
Puget Sound, temporarily closed to-
day. Since the strike was inaugural
ed the wheat supply has been irregular
and the millers decided to suspend
operations until strike conditions
show a more decided Improvement
Forty men are affected
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
Omaha EmpIoves Get Raise.

OMAHA, Neb.. Dec. 23.-Tne Oana-
ha and Council Bluffs street railway
which three months ago successfully
resisted the demands of it's employees
for an increase in wages, spending
many thousands of dollars to break
the strike, today announced an in
crease of one cent per hour in wages
for all it's mOtormen and conductors,
beginning January 1. The maximum
pay will then be % cents an hour and
the minimum %.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
Build Firemens' Monument.

NEW YORK, Dec. ga $50. 900
monument to the firemen of New York
City who died at their posts of duty
will be built in Union Square early
next year. The design, by H. V. B.
Magonigle, architect of the Mckinley
national memorial, has just been ap-
proved by the municipal art commits
sion
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
SIGNALS Misinterpreted.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-No dis
ciplinary measures are to be taken,
it is said, on good authority, as a re-
suit of the recent collision of the
battleships Georgia. and Nebraska
being reviewed by Acting Secretary
Winthrop. The court is said to have
found that the collision was the re-
suit of misinterpretation of signals in
difficult maneuver.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
Atlantic Storm Fierce,

NEW YORK, Dec. 23-According
to wireless reports from incoming
liners, storm of great magnitude is
prevailing upon the Atlantic. The
Lusitania, the st. Paul, the Mime
tonka and LaTouraine, are among the
westbound liners which have found
the weather very severe. They will
all reach New York behind schedule.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
IeheII Offered Presidency.

WISHITA, Kas., Dec. 23.-trank
dsbell of this city, has received pro-
position from stockholders of the Cen
trail Kansas baseball league asking II
he will accept the presidency. He has
replied that if satisfactory terms can
be made he will accept 1sbell SAID
he anticipates no trouble in obtaining
his release from the Chicago America
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
Grecian Minister of War Resions.

ATHENS, Dec. 23.-Colonel La
pathiotis, minister of war, resigned to-
night, thus temporarily averting the
crisis which the Military league
threatened to bring about. Earlier in
the day the league announced it's in
tention of OverthroWing the ministry
and replacing it with one CHOSEN on
Il business basis.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
In the Churches.

Practically all of the churches and
Sunday school organizations have
made arrangements for appropriate
programs to be given this evening
and others are scheduled for tomorrow
night. The young people of the Sun
day schools have generously consented
to donate their gifts to the Door and
needy, and Christmas cheer will be
much in evidence in homes where the
bare necessities of life have not been
frequently enjoyed during the past
year.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
To Probe Skeleton Masts.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-Attacked
in some quarters and praised in
others, skeleton masts on United
States war vessels will be investigat-
ed by another board of naval officers
to be appointed soon by Secretary
Meyer
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
BABY IS CHRISTMAS GIFT.

SEATTLE, Wash, Dec 23.-Mrs. B.
F. Allison, of Everett. will receive as
Christmas present this year a bright
little girl of 3 years to be adopted
and take as far as possible the place
in the home left empty by a little girl
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
Seattle Consul Recalled to Japan.

SEATTLE, Dec. 23.-T. Tanka, Jap
anese consul at Seattle since Novem-
Der, 1907, and formerly vice consul
at New York, has been recalled by
his government and will leave for
Japan January IS. The reason for
his recall has not been given out, but
it is reported here that he is to be
assigned to post in the diplomatic
service -ttt
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
VIII Box Ten Rounds.

CHICAGO, Dec. 23.-Abe Attell,
champion fcatherweight pugilist of the
world. and Tommy MoWatt of Kansas
City will box ten rounds Monday night
at catch weights. MoWatt has been
out of the ring for four years
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
See Thinus at Willamette.

VILLA Conn, Dec. %
What is thought to have been the air.
ship seen over Worcester. was seen
here tonight A searchlight the ship
carried was played from side to side
as it passed
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24

n mn,ono street and the proud fa,h0. =,
Wop.,s as a hack driver Nv is
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24

and the New York verdict is only the
beginning.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
TeSssD
Son Is Born.

Son Is Born.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Ryan,
Thursday, December %, 12-pound
SON. The Ryan's live at 410 South
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24

address all communications TO:
EVENING STATESMAN,
WaTa Wala washington
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-06-27

II was a Marathon race with 16 contest"
ants. One Of them was little lop-shoul-
dcTed. bow legged man with a whceze to
him. and men who looked him over said
TO each other;
"Why. the man can't run mlle' What
SORT Of n trainer hos he that ho is Gu
tered In race Ike thlsI'
And the trainer. oycrhcarlng such critl-
ciSm. explained:
Gentlemen. | know my business. My
man Is not much to look at md under
ordinary circumstances there would be no
show for him, but | bnye a card up my
sleeve. Put u few sends on my man II
you want champagne To drink for the rest
OF the summer"
The public wos mystIhcd, but not con-
vlDced. No man would put n dollar ou
the little man. Even after the race was
on and II was secu that he WIS well IN
with the leaders nobody would speak n
good word for bls chances. on the con
trary. when the pace became hot and he
kept dropping back there were cries Of
Take bin oCv' There was yet two
miles to go aud tue little mao held the
eleventh place and was being c0t-called,
when his trimmer and a woman camo to
the front aud the woman cried out
80. have found you at lastl jim
Norton. / will run you downl'
The little man saw md heard. and rs
bis face went ashy pale bis legs began
to play. The woman was the wife from
whom he had ned three years before. He
sprang Into tenth pacc-ninth-eighth-
seventh. great cheer rent the mir.
Like vile deer Of the woods he picked
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-06-27
THEN SHE FADDLED,
johnny On the Beef Trust.

"My teacher hos asked me TO write
thrilling composition OF the Beef Trust
aud the way It Is missing the prlces OF
meats. but cannot DO IL, There is
nothing thrilling to write My father
works for the trust and he has told mc
all about It. He says thnt every little
while the members OF the trust have
meeting. and when the meeting has been
called 10 order one of the members rises
up and says:
Gentlemen, ] am sorry 10 inform you
that NJ Blank. one OF our members who
is not With us today, lost 100000 In n
game Of poker With Uncle Joe Cannon
the other day. and II we do not help him
out bis family Will soon he suffering for
the neccssnrIes of life All we have TO do
is to boost up the price OF meat three
cents q pound and Brother Blank will be
oil right All Ia favor OF boosting will
say yea; contrary. no. The yeas have
II. and the prices are boosted and the
public can howl over it and be burned.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-06-27

THE USUAL AMOUNT.
Tommy want some tntiy
Clcrk-TIow much ahnll give him, afr z
His Father (n6scntly) Enough TO make
him sick,
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-06-27

"Agaio, a member OF the Trust wants
n new steam yacht or n mob OF autos. OF
he Ia sent In laundering big gas bill or
loses bis wnd on horSe race Shall be
he cast down and suffer- Shall the Joys
OF earth be taken from him? Not Mt alt
a meeting of the members is called and
up goes priceo nnd 800 more butchers nrc
forced ont of business. Father says 1t Is
right that they should be forced He
says ~ there were fewer butchers there
would be more umbrella members and We
wouldn't get wet so often. Father also
says that when beefsteaS Is 50 cents n
pound the people Will appreciate 1t far
more than now.
My tencher knows all about Washing
ton crossing the Delaware, but when It
comes down 70 beef. pork and mutton my
father con give her cards and spades.
This is all az present, except TO say TINT
Mr.. Armour is IN his usual good health
aud knows what is best for us nil
JOE KERR.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-06-27
Something Better.

"How about Fourth OF July In your town
this yearT" asked the lawyer as he met
an ocqunintauce from q village 30 miles
away.
"Oh. We shall wboop 'cr uD." was the
reply,
Regular celebration. chr
"Ycs"
81 was your orator three or four years
ago. il you remember"
Yes, ] remember. nud you got OF n
pretty coed speech
Thanks. I'm pretty busy Just now,
but | might have got away had they
wanted me again thlS yciir. Who have
they Sotf
"No one"
"But they must have QUO"
'Nell the next year after you were
there they appointed Inc. aud | epoSc
I'll take the place agin this year"
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-06-27

Il didn't know thnt you were nm
orator"
But / aln't. They say I'm something
better, When the procession renchcs the
grove md Is all ready to hear the Decla-
ration OF Independence read. and n speech
afterwards, advance TO the front OF the
platform and bow and say;
"Feller-patriots, All OF you TINT nrc
fools enough 10 want to listen to wind
baG speech stay right here. All Of you
who want cold beer instead VIII 20 up
the hill. where six Kegs nrc on tap
That's all the speech" concluded the
villagcr III there was anything more 10
It there would be no listeners. No, VIC
1nd that n mighty little orotory and a
good deal of beer Ia the thing to make
the American Eagle scream and the
Patriots to remember Bunker Hill. aud |
guess we shall keep 1t up
JOE KERR.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-06-27
1t Was the Shoes.

When The Ole long Island fOrmcr was
nskcd II he took summer bos=ders he
replied.
"Noap. but Green does Hes got ono
row. md wo can't make bin out for
sure"
blow doce be puzzle youT''
wall. I'm believing that be owns two
or three banks, but my old woman shakes
her head. She says nc nny aud he
mayn't"
Yea"
'ln bet he owns half dozen Of them
ere autos. but when ! sag 50 to the old
womnn shc says he may and be. mayn't."
u sec"
And when he's home he's probably
cot big house and at least l6 nlggerS
to walt on him. I've told tho old woman
so. but she says she's got to count tho
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-06-27
JOE KERR.

niggers before she'll believe It. She says
he may have. and then agin he m0yn't,"
'You cant always tell" was observed,
And I'm betting that he left mighty
nigh q peck OF diamonds behind blm
when he come up here to git the country
mir, but when I say so to the old woman
she gives II grunt and says he may aud
he mnyn't Sho hain't going to believe
nothing 'uu she runs hee nose plump
ogln It."
Bot whnt about this guest Mt Grecu's7
How orc YOU judging that be is some
great and rich man.
Because. stranger" replied the old
man as he dropped his voice tc a pitch
Of eou6dcncc-"bec0use be can afford to
wear poir Of yaller shoes every day ip
the week.
JOE KERR.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-06-27
He Won.

up No. 6-No. 5-No. f. other cheers He
passed Nos. 3 and .. and then with yell
of fear as the woman once moro called
bis namo be shot to the front md tha
race was his. It's all in having a trainer
who knows Jour family history.
JOE KERR
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-06-27
The Baseball Season.

Why does the Office boy appear With
fenturcs drawn with pain,
Declaring that he feels SO bad he must
20 home agllnl
Why does tho sudden. awful ache the
clerks poor head invnde.
Requiring him to quit bis WORK aud seek
tue Doctors aid?
Why does the cashier come around with
tale of some dear friend
or relative whose funeral he must per
force attend?
And why should writer's cramp just now
tho stout bookkceper seize
So that he needs must quit biS pen and
elscwhcre go for else7
Why should the whole force all at once
become of Ills the prey2
Just let me whisper in your enc There
Is game today
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-01-22
c. H. BLOHM.

G. H. BLUHM.
Supervisor.
Thereupon the Chairman and Coun-
ty Clerk certified to the following as
.sessment for Villas County, Wisconsin,
as made by the County Board of Sup
ervisors of said County at their an
nual meeting, at session held on
the 3rd day of December, A. D., 1908.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-01-22
Mammcth Beets of New Mexico.

From Mora comes a story OF sugar
beets more than two feet long ana
weighing only trife less than IL
pounds There are said TO De Two Vi
these monster tuoers there, and 1t Is
claimed they were grown on the farm
of a native who lives several miles up
the valley from the town of Mora. II
is the intention of the Mora county
grange to send these monster beets
to the irrigation congress-Las vegas
Optic.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-01-22

State of Wisconsin, Villas County SIS.
The undersigned Mart Hirzel CHR
maan of the County Board of Super
visors of Villas County, do hereby GER
fifty that the above assessment made
by the County Board Of Supervisors
was made and adopted at the annual
meeting of said board on the third
day of December, 1905
MART HIRZEL.
Chairman of the County Board OF
Supervisors of Villas County, Wis.
W. A. BRADFORD.
County Clerk.
RESOLUTION NO. 6.
Resolution offered by Supervisor
Wm. Fenton.
Resolved by the County Board of
Supervisors of Villas County, Wiscon-
sin, that the amount of taxes levied
for County purposes for the year 1908
be and the same is hereby determined
and levied as follows:
State tax. :. ;. :. ;. .$1l 1882
County officer salaries :. 100000
General County tax. :. :. :. 100000
Bridge tax. !. 100000
Total. !. :. :. :. ;. 4. 36.155:92
Dated this third day OF December,
A. D., 1908
WIN. FENTON.
Supervisor.
On motion of Supervisor Fenton
seconded by Supervisor Hankin reso-
luton No. 6 was adopted, all mem
bers voting aye.
Dated this Ord day of December,
A. d., 1908
RESOLUTION NO. Z.
Resolution offered by Supervisor
Hankin.
Resolved by the County Board OF
Supervisors of Villas County, Wiscon-
sin, that the amount to be raised
by tax in each town in said Corn-
ty for the support of the common
schools therein for the ensuing year
be and the same is hereby assessed
and determined as follows:
Arhor vitae :. 100000
co,,oor 10000
raa,o River L 10000
r,ar,baau 10000
1,a,;ra+o, 10000
uao1,1ov 100000
Droeo,,a Iela !. 10000
cto+a Tina Is. 10000
s6 900 90
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-01-22

Enolish MINIS Large Profit.
Every shilling turned out by the
aa,;sb mint shows profit of nearly
.hree pence.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-01-22

Supervisor.
Dated this 3rd day of December,
A. D., 1908.
On motion of Supervisor George IL.
Jackson seconded by Supervisor Fran
els Breest resolution No. was a.
The Jackson herald., 1909-12-23
TIE
Exceptional
Eq1lipmer7f

OF the California Fig Syrup Co. and the
scientific attainments Of its chemists have
rendered possible the production of Syrup
Of Figs and Elixir Of Senna, in all of it's
excellence, by obtaining the pure medic
inal principles of plants known to act most
bcnefcially and combining them most
skillfully, in the right proportions, with
its wholesome and refreshing Syrup of
California Figs.
As there is only one genuine Syrup of
Figs and Elixir of SIENNA and as the gen.
uine is manufactured by an original
method known to the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, it is always necessary to buy the
genuine to get its beneficial effects.
A knowledge Of the above facts enables
one to decline limitations or to return them
il, upon viewing the package, the full name
Of the California Fig Syrup Co. is not found
printed on the front thereof.
The Jackson herald., 1909-12-23
WORK OF A BUDDING GENIUS
coupIet That Lacked Something Of
the Divine Fire, But Strikinely
Original.

The ten-yeaf.old daughter o. in art.
list believes that she is destined to fill
a great place in literature, and all her
spare moments are devoted to writing
poetry about every conceivable sub
ject, according to the San Francisco
Wasp. Recently she attended her
first church wedding, and so filled with
inspiration was she that she. imme-
diately began to write a poem descrip-
tive of the event. A few days after
ward, when her mother was entertain
ing friends. the youthful prodigy asked
permission to read her poem before
the guests. Her mother humored her
with not little secret pride. Stanza
by stanza the poem progressed until
the young lady reached the point
where the description OF the brides
maids was set forth. There one OF
her couplets read thus:
Some had pug noses and some had
Roman.
And each wore blue ribbon about her
abdomen.
The Jackson herald., 1909-12-23
JOY OF THE WILDERNESS
Small Piece Of String Would Have
Rendered Prospector's Long
Journey Unnecerssry.

There are situations worse than Gail
Hamlltons famous Twelve miles from
lemon" The man in this New York
Telegram item seemed to have found
one of them. A party was encamped
on the Bear river in eastern Utah,
when a prospector came along one
morning on a male He had his Jaw
tied UP, and at first seemed inclined
to pass on without word. On sec
ond thought, however, he halted and
grunly queried:
How fur to Salt Lake?"
Three hundred miles"
'Humph!'
Travelled far?"
About 200 miles"
Get your jaw hurt?"
mo. It's just an Internal toothache,
and I'm riding 500 miles to get II
pulled"
We invited him down and one Of
the crowd got a piece Of string round
the tooth and jerked II out as slick as
you please. After the overjoyed man
had ceased dancing about queried:
why didn't you try the string be.
fore starting on such long ride?"
Best kind of reason, sir. hadn't
nary a string. Companion.
The Jackson herald., 1909-12-23
The Darky's Idea Of Il.

A correspondent of the Walker
County Messenger tells this one:
"A darky was on trial in the Grim
inal court last week on a charge Of
bigamy. After the jury has returned
a verdict of guilty Judge McReynolds
remarked:
THE best | can do, Crum. Is to
give you the minimum
"Lordy, mercy me, jedge. don't do
jatl I'd rather go to the pen.' said
Crum. Atlanta Constitution.
The Jackson herald., 1909-12-23
Pathetic Pride.

Willie had had a tumble when he
was a baby and his hip was so hurt
that ever afterward he was obliged to
use crutch. On one occasion. when
his mother had bought him a new
crutch of the latest and most ap.
proved style, Willie expressed his en-.
thusiasm and delight in the roundest
terms. And oh, mother!" he ex.
claimed. in conclusion. referring to a
little friend of his who having the
use of both legs had no need OF
crutches, won't Johnny Knowles be
jealous!"
The Jackson herald., 1909-12-23
ing city housekeeping

ing city housekeeping
against their WILL
e the country and its each severalo
sentative conference the particular pressing political necessity Of their
made nder a
will
a cent? the
American sug should claim the rights mothers Of the
do the workth are o
The Jackson herald., 1909-12-23
The Cost of Politics,

In his "reminiscences Of Grover
Cleveland, George +. Parker tells a
story concerning prodigal expendi-
lures in politics. A rich man who
had been nibbling at the Democratic
nomination for governor of New York
asked William c. Whitney's advice.
This is the advice: "Of course, you
ought to run! Make your preliminary
canvass, and when you have put In
100000 you will have become SO
much interested in 1t that you will
feel like going ahead and spending
some money"
The Jackson herald., 1909-12-23

house. My back ached all the time and
l was utterly weak. unable at times to
walk without assistance. The kidney
secretions were very irregular. Doan's
Kidney Pills restored me to good
health, and I am able to do as much
work as the average woman, though
nearly eighty years old"
Remember the name-Doan's. Sold
by all dealers. SO cents box. Foster.
Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
The Jackson herald., 1909-12-23
The Fez a Necessity.

All through the markets OF every
Turkish city and village are little
shops where the fez can be pressed
and ironed for a few cents. At his
prayers Moslem could not use hat
with a brim, as his head must press
the prayer rug certain number Of
times during each prayer. AS the head
must be covered at all times. fez or
some other brimless covering must be
used.
The Jackson herald., 1909-12-23


this thoughtful spaniard has already suffered
Alfonso that city four he arrested suspicion of being
lived biding
o
and studiously, o College
history he pursued will
countries generally the religious leaders
dealing with making