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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-24
(By Tavenner.)

WASHINGTON, March 24.-What
would you think, Mr.. Business Man, of
commercial firm that made a daily
practice of spending all the way from
$50 900 to $1,000 900 more than it took
IN?
If you were a stakeholder of a con-
Germ the books of which each night
showed a balance on the wrong side of
the ledger, would you not desire to sell
your stock?
And if the practice of reversing
profits should be kept up day after
day, week after week, month after
month, and year after year. you would
be most likely to demand a reorganiza-
ton of the business methods of the
concern, would you not?
On the day this article is penned,
Uncle Sans excess of all disburse-
ments over all receipts amounted to
| $195,574.30. SO FAR this fiscal year,
! (Which began July l. 1909 the men
in charge of the government have
| over spent the receipts by $45,291,-
614S7 Since the beginning of the fis-
cal year 1908 the expenditures of the
government have exceeded the re-
ceipts by s19O,977,632.24.
| Where" inquiries the Iayman, "do
these amounts represented by the ex-
cess of disbursements over receipts,
come from? How does it come Uncle
Sam doesn't become financially en-
barrassed -
The government has but one source
of revenue. and that is the people The
| shortage represented by the difference
! in disbursements and receipts is taken
from what is known as the general
fund. At the beginning of the fiscal
year 1908, the amount in the general
| fund was $272,O61, 445.47. Today the
general fund has dwindled to $S1, 0S3,-
S13.23
! Anticipating that the general fund
will need replenishing from time to
time, particularly if the republican
machine is to be kept intact, the par
! ty in power has arranged for the 1ssu-
ance of bonds This is not solution
of the deficit problem. 1t is merely
borrowing to pay the losses resulting
from extravaganza, instead of stopping
the extravaganza to prevent going into
debt
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-24

makes fneXpedient a thorough examin-
alton" of the sugar trust frauds. The
pres ident, il will be recalled. in his
message of December IA, opposed
congressional investigation of the SUI
gar trust on the ground that 1t might
give immunity to the men higher up
and otherwise prove an embarrass-
ment' in securing convictions. 1t is
now up to the president to show IN
what manner the exposure of the
higher ups would 'embarrass the
government.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-24

WASHINGTON, d. c., March pa
Secretary Wilson has just issued an
order providing for a more liberal
treatment of bona fide squatters upon
unsurveyed land which has been in
Guided within national forests since
the time of actual occupancy of the
land by the squatter.
Under the homestead law it is i'm
possible for any one to secure legal
title to unsurveyed public land, but oc-
cupancy pending survey is recognized
as giving a prior claim to the land af-
ter survey, under what is known as
"squatters' rights" A squatter who
had, in good faith, taken possession Of
q piece of National Forest land be-
fore the national surveys were created
is not dispossessed of his claim by the
forest service, and if he lives upon it
and cultivates it until the land has
been surveyed, he is able to get his
homestead just as though he had set
tied on any part of the unreserved pub
lie domain. But since the passage OF
the act of June IL, 1906, which per-
mits the secretary OF agriculture to
list for settlement land which he finds
chiefly valuable for agriculture, 1t mas
been possible for squatters to apply
for the listing Of their lands under this
act. and thus to obtain title prior to
the government survey. The object or
the new order of the secretary is to
provide for the listing of the full
amount of land which the occupant
would receive if he exercised his OPP
ton of awaiting the government sur
vev. irrespective of whether or not the
entire area is cultivable, provided the
claim is bona fide and the land is not
more valuable for its timber than for
agriculture.
Secretary Wilson's order is as fol-
lows:
"A person who has settled upon ana
continuously occupied unsurveyed
lands within a national forest before
it's creation and is at the present time
occupying such lands in good faith ana
is in all respects complying with the
homestead law, has the right to include
within the lines of his homestead 16o
acres after the land is surveyed
Therefore. if the land is occupied LOT
! q grIcultural purposes and is not more
valuable for it's timber than for sucn
nurnoses and there are no clrcum-
| stances which would in the opinion Oh
the district forester tend to d1scredlt
/ tho bona fdes of the claimant, ne
/ sbonld be allowed to make application
! for the patenting of such lands under
tho ac+ of June II. 1906, and the ex-
! animation for listing should be made
Nth view of listing $50 acres OF
land where possible. The tracts as
listed should conform so lar as prac-
+;o.t,o to the form of the public land
surveys. The listing of lands as ABOVE
Sbo,ld not in any way govern the de-
termination of the total area or amount
! IF non-cultiyable land listed for apph-
cants under the act of June II, 1900
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-24

A tariff war with Canada, when
seems assured as a result of short
sighted tariff legislation. first enacted
in the Dingley tariff law of 1895 ana
reenacted with still worse features IN
the Payne- Aldrich- Smoot law, would
be no small shock to the commerce OF
the United States In 1907, the I'M
ports and exports of Canada accord
ing to the figures of the Canadian
government amounted to about $65o'-
900 900. The figures on Canada's I'M
ports for the fiscal year 1909, as pub
lished By the bureau OF statistics OF the
United States government are given
as only s250,O00,000, a resolution Oh
nearly s125,00O,0 in imports as given
by the Canadian government two years
earlier. In any event. the Unlteo
States during this period is shown to
have furnished about so per cent OF
the manufactured imports into Canada.
In the event of tariff war it is need
less to saw our merchants and manu-
| facturers lose this business, Whlch
also means that the American work
/ ingmen who have been employed pro-
ducing the goods which Canada mas
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-24
Bride Takers
Confess SINS

PITTSBURG, Mar. 23.-Nine more
men, conscience stricken over taking
money for their votes, appeared be-
fore Judge r. S. Fraser today, and af-
ter telling all they knew of the coun-
cilmanic graft conspiracy, had SEN
fences postponed.
Besides these nine, William Grand,
former president of the common coun-
ell. one of the ring leaders, accord
ing to those who confessed, has also
made a statement which is in the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-24
Was Well Known Character.

DILLON, s. c., March 23.-John
Henry Bethea was well to do con-
tractor of this place and member
of a prominent South Carolina fam
lily. He left here Monday for Johns
Hopkins hospital at Baltimore, where
he planned to have an operation per-
formed When he left here ne seemed
perfectly rational. He was about 40
years old and unmarried.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-24

the Keylor Grand the best and latest
royalty plays only. Among the plays
to be produced in the near future by
this company will be found the fol-
lowing: Tempest and Sunshine -
"A Runaway Match Charity Ball, -
"A Yankee Doodle Detective and
others.
Two high class specialties will be
produced between acts.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-24
Jury Finally Completed.

WATESEkA, ILL.,, March 23.-After
eight days Of delay, during which 242
talesmen were rejected, a jury was
completed today to try DR.. William
r. Miller, Mrs. Lucy Sayler and John
c. Grunden, charged with the murder
of Banker John B. Sayler at Cres-
cent City, July II, 1909. States At
torney Pallissard opened for the pros
ecution. During his story of the kill
ing. Mrs. Sayler and her daughter,
GOIda went violently
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-24
Says Cook Not Near Hcnne.

NEW YORK, Mar. 23.-William l..
Cook. a Brooklyn milk dealer and
brother of DIR. Frederick A. Cook, said
tonight if the doctor was to arrive at
New York, he was not aware of it.
He added he had heard from the ex-
plorer recently-from what point he
declined to say-and expected another
letter soon. Therefore, he did not
place much faith in the report that
his brother was so near New York.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-24
To Consider KINDS Case.

NEW YORK, Mar. 23-President
Lynch of the National league receiv-
ed a telegram today from Garry Herr
mann. chairman OF the national com
mission calling a meeting of that body
next Friday morning in Cincinnati to
consider the reinstatement of Catcher
John King.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-24
News of the Cav
In National Capital

succeed Wade II. Ellis as assistant at
torney general in charge of trust pros
ecutions This appointment recalls that
Lloyd H Bowers, now solicitor gen
eral of the United States, was former
ly general consul of the Chicago
Northwestern; that Secretary of War
Dickinson was general counsel of the
Illinois Central; that Federal Judge
Lurton, recently appointed to the su-
preme bench, bore the reputation OF
being friendly to corporations by tenn
permanent; that Attorney General
Wickersham was formerly attorney
for J. P Morgan and the sugar trust;
and that Secretary Nagle of the de-
partment of commerce and labor was
| attorney for the Waters-Plerce
| (Standard) Oil company. big Bust
ness has no particular complaint
against the Taft administration, thank
you.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-24

been purchasing from Us will be de-
prived of work. The principal articles
imported by Canada from the United
States by groups in 1907 were Manu-
features, $SS.00O,000: mineral pro-
duce $21, 100000 agricultural produce
$1S,750,000; animals and their pro-
duce, $S,500,000; and forest produ, e.
$5,75O.000
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-24

entire area is cultivated provided
the claim is bonoafide and the land is
not more valuable for its timber than
for agriculture.
In cases where less than 100 acres
have been listed to a person who set
tied upon the land before the creation
of the forest. an additional area suf-
ficient to complete the homestead en-
try will be allowed upon application.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-24
NATIONAL FOREST
SOUATTER RIGHTS

who were not residing upon the land
before the creation of the forest
In cases where less than 100 acres
of land has been listed to person who
settled upon the land prior to the Gre
alton of the forest, or additional area
sufficient to complete the homestead
plication.'
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-24
Mines Running in
Defiance of Law

DENVER. Mar. Notwithstanding
the system employed by the Colorado
Fuel and Iron company in the opera
ton of its mines in Southern Colora
do as 'open defiance of the law" State
Labor Commissioner E. Y. Brake in
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-24

AS to the effect of the Payne-Ald-
rich Smoot tariff law, protectionlsts
are genally referred to the market let
ter just issued by the New York stocs-
brokerage firm of Warren w. Erwin
81 Co, which says: THE biggest cloud
in sight is that of the high cost OF Nv
ing and the relatively low wages, sal
aries and incomes. Consumption is
curtailed by the fact that tWo-thirds OF
our population are unable to purchase
as much goods, per capita, as they
have purchased in past years. Thus
not only is production checked IN
many lines, especially of clothing ana
food. but there is greater unrest
among the people than ever before.
Because of this unrest and discomfort
there will almost certainly be more ag-
itation. economic and political, IN the
next few years, than ever before
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-24
Hioh Winds Cause Fires.

OMAHA, Neb.. March 23.-The high
winds and dry weather caused fires
in Nebraska towns and on the prair-
les today, entailing a loss exceeding
5000, 900. Near Cairo prairie fire
burned over 20 square miles.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-24
r Capita Cost Running Government

William s. Kenyon. general counsel
been selected by President Taft to
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-24

Nearly a month has passed since
congress passed d resolution request
ing President Taft to Inform the
house, what facts, if any, exist which
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-24

FOR SALE OR TRADE ON EASY
terms-One acre in Valley Home
tract. VIII take town lot or team OF
horses as first payment. Phone 1891.
3-16-23 pd.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-24
Walla Walld Passenger Train
Schedule
NORTHERN PACIFIC r. &.

NORTHERN PACIFIC R. R.
Departure For 1tme
Pasco. Spokane, Seattle. Tacoma. Port
land $3.50 A. M. and SIS P. M.
Dayton, Waitsburg, .............
~ 1915 A. M. and 500 P. M.
Eureka and Pleasant View, Sunday
only (Mixed) ........ 7:10 "A. M.
Arrivals From
Seattle Tacoma. Spokane, Portland,
and east 7:45 A. NJ, and 900 z. M.
Dayton and Waitsburg ..........
...... 900 A NJ, and 4:45 P. M.
Eureka and Pleasant View, Sunday
only (Mixed) ..a.........3 40 L. NJ
o. r. Il n. r. L.
Departures For Ttne
Athena, Perdieton, Echo, The Dalles, =,
Athena, Pendleton and east .3 100 P. NJ.
Dayton ........-.....'. 80 "A M
Portland WaIlula, Spokane. 10 10 A. NJ.
Arrivals From
Portland The Dalles. Echo, Pendleton,
and Athena .:........I 10 T. NJ
Spokane ,otfax, Pomeroy and Day, =,
ton NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. s :Uo T. N.
East Pendleton and. Athena. g 10 A. NJ.
Portland, Wallula and Spokane $40 A. NJ
Dayton and way points. .....6 Az L. N.
Wallula and way points q :OO + Nj.
MOTOR CARO-. r. & N.
Arrive from Dayton and way
Leave for Dayton and way
$1,000 s>S>>>~~~~~~~~
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-24

Here are few comparative figures
which best tell the story of progress
in republican extravaganza:
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-24
LODGE DIRECTORY

WASHINGTON LODGE, NO. 10, 1. o.
.. F. meets every Thursday even
ing at Odd Fellows Temple, Alder
street. Visitors cordially welcome.
.. E Winslow, n. G.: II. H. Cramp-
Ton, R. Sec; L. R Haviland, v. g.;
7. W. Scott, Treas; LIE F. A. Shaw
Fin Sec.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-24
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-ONE INCUBATOR AND
three brooders. Enquire, G. II. La
Due, Fern Ave, or phone 1851.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-24

Annual Approx riation.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1910-02-24
- cnrnse,s Excuroion.

cit may be economical, but it is
certainly ridiculous said Senator
Tillman cf a proposition he opposed.
at reminds me Of Calhoun White.
Calhoun White stuck his head in
through the ticket window of Salter
Depot railroad station and said:
Boss, gimme two round trip tick
cts to Society Hill, one fur myself
and one fur a corpse
81 never heard Of nobody buying
excursion tickets for corpses, said
the agent. What's the meaning of
this?'
"'Well. boss, Calhoun White re-
Piled. my brother Webster died yes.
terday and I want to take the corpse
up to Society Hill and let the family
view the remains, and then I'll bring
him back to Salters Depot here and
bury him. Thatll be a big sight
cheaper than for the whole family to
traipse all the way from Society
Hill and all the way back again. 49,
Pittsburg Dispatch
The Port Gibson reveille., 1910-02-24
GREAT MEXICAN RANcHmAr
Vast Landed Estate of Gen. Luis

f, Vast Landed Estate of Gen. Luis
Terrazas Employs 10000 Men.
Gen. Luis Terrazas is Mexicos
wealthiest man. Gen. Terrazas is 79
years oId-the same age as President
Diaz. The lives of both men have
been full of stirring adventure. It
was in reward for daring military
service that Gen. Terrazas obtained
from the Government large gifts of
land which placed him upon the road
to the great fortune which he now
possesses.
It is conservatively estimated that
Gen. .Terrazas is worth not less thai
100000, coo. His property holdings
are chiefly in the State of Chihua
hua, but he also has large invest
ments in ether parts of the republic.
Gen. Terrazas is the greatest land
and live stock baron in the world
it is said. He owns fifteen ranches
in the State of Chihuahua. The
ranches embrace an aggregate area
of more than 100000 acres. For
MANY years special attention has
been given to raising horses upon
these ranches. More than 5000 600
head Of berses are grazing upon the
Terrazas land
The mule supply for most of Mex
leo comes from the Terrazas ranches
These animals new number more
than 100000 head and are scat
tered over the differsB. properties.
Cen Terrazas's cattle holdings num-
bel. more than 100000 head. Several
hundred thousand head of goats and
sheep Craze upon his land. It is said
that the choicest grass lands in north
ern Mexico are embraced in the Ter
r9zas estate. Streams Of running wa
ter pass through them and the grass
grows luxuriantly the greater part Of
the year
Some idea of the vastness of these
landed possessions may be had when
it is known that more than 10000
men are kept constantly employed
looking after the live stock. The
services of / 900 men arc required to
ride the fences" It is the duty of
fhese fence riders to see that the
wires are kept intact so that the live
stock cannot escape from the pas
lures. Many thousand miles of wire
we're used in constructing the boun-
darv fences. More than q score of
tcxns. some of them of considerable
size. are upon the ranches.-Kan'
sas City Star.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1910-02-24
Fakea RAGS.

The Swiss are alive to the weak
hess of English and American tour
lists for things ancient. An Inns
bruck paper says that one of the
popular manufactured antiquities is
the Swiss flag of a hundred years
ago. A new one is made to reSem-
BILE q centenaTian by a process which
Includes fading the colors in the sun,
bespattering it with talIow, and lay
ing it in the granary, where the mice
soon give it the necessary tattered
appearance. Finally it is subjected
again to the rays Of Father Sun. is
mounted on a worm-eaten, broken
staff, and is then ready for the Eng
lish or American tourist in search Of
centennial trophies.-Dundee Adver.
tiser.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1910-02-24

voices the jays have Did any one
ever hear a jay sing sweet, tune
full little song, wonder? While the
small jay lived with me it was my
custom to practise singing for half
an hour every morning. No sooner
had l seated myself at the piano
and struck a few chords than "J-J'
hoped over the door sill and set
tied himself on the rung of nearby
chair.
He listened with rapt attention,
and after few days he tried bit
of song himself At first ] had to
stop and laugh, his performance was
so amusing; but after a few weeks
practice he could sing very sweetly
not exactly the tunes he heard but
little ones that he made UP as he
went along. If any noises pleased
him he began to sing A heavy
thunder shower or the whir Of the
sewing machine always moved him
to express his delight in song.
More than 200 years ago young
viclinist, Isidore Berthaume, was
obliged to practice on his violin
many hours daily One day he saw
a spider peeping a3 him from its
crack in the wall. Soon it ventured
forth, and every day it grew lit
tie bolder, drawn irresistibly by the
sweet sounds from Isidore's fiddle.
At last one day the boy had the
great pleasure Of seeing the spider
take it's place on his bow arm. Pres
emily his stepmother, coming into
the room and seeing the spider, kill
ed it with a blow of her slipper.
The death of his pet was such a
blow to the boy that he fell faint
ing to the floor and was i'll for three
months afterward.
When the great herds Of cattle on
the plains become restless the COW
boys sing them to sleep, and often
prevent a stampede in that way.
They say that the steers are espe-
ciaIly fond of my Bonnie" 10
rena" and "The Cowboys Lament"
Squirrels and mice are ardent mu-
sic lovers. Or. Chomet tells us that
one day while strolling in the woods
he sang an air from an Italian opera
and CHANGING to look around he saw
4 number of squirrels all listening
with delight to his song. The next
time you take a woodland ramble
.ry singing a few songs or if you
play a flute or fiddle play a few
tunes and see what effect it has upon
your little forest friends.-Nashyille /
Visitor.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1910-02-24
uouIdn,t siunaI II.

Admiral Moore tells a good story
Of a peppery old seaman under whom
he served many years ago. During
some tactical operations one of the
ships of the squadron had made some
bad blunders, and at length the ad
miral completely lost his temper. He
stormed about his quarterback and
informed his hearers of his opinion
of the officer in command of the err.
ing ship. When he paused for want
of breath he turned to the signaller
and said to him, "And you can tell
him that, siri"
The man scratched his head medi-
tatively. 81 beg pardon, sir" he ven
tured, "but I don't think we have
quite enough flags for your message
-Tit-Bits
The Port Gibson reveille., 1910-02-24
SHE QUIT
But 1t Was a Hard Pull.

It is hard to believe that coffee
will put a person in such condition
as it did an Ohio woman. She tells
her own story:
Il did not believe coffee caused my
trouble, and frequently said liked it
so well l would not, and could not
quit drinking it, but 1 was miser-
able sufferer from heart trouble and
nervous prostration for four years.
Il was scarcely able to be around,
had no energy and did not care for
anything. Was emaciated and had a
constant pain around my heart until
l thought l could not endure it. For
months l never went to bed expecting
to get up in the morning. I felt as
though l was liable to die any time.
Frequently l had nervous chills
and the least excitement would drive
sleep away, and any little noise would
upset me terribly. ! was gradually
getting worse until finally one time it
came over me and asked myself
what's the use of being sick all the
time and buying medicine so that
could indulge myself in coffee?
$50 thought l would see If could
quit drinking coffee and got some
Postum to help me quit. made 1t
strictly according to directions and
want to tell you. that change was the
greatest step in nay life. 1t was easy
to quit coffee because / had the Pos
tum which / now like better than the
old coffee.
lone by one the old troubles left,
until now / am in splendid health,
nerves steady, heart all right and the
pain all gone. Never have any more
nervous chills, don't take any medi-
cine, can do all my housework and
have done a great deal beside"
Read "The Road to Wellville," in
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Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.