The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-25

culent vegetables and luscious fruits,
having an abundance of pure, cold wa
ter fresh from the snow capped noun
tain sides, these glorious gifts Of ma
ture have been supplemented by the
enterprise and the beneficence of pub
lic-spirited and philanthropic citizens
of the town or of other sections of the
Union.
Whitman college owes it's greatness
to the zeal of such men as its founder,
Rev. Myron Eells, DR.. Anderson and
President Penrose and to the munffi-
cent gifts of DR.. Pearsons, Mrs. Bill
lings, Mrs Reynolds and other unset
fish donors. Under such management
and with such patronage the lnstltu-
ton promises to become to the Pa
cific coast what Yale or Harvard is
to New England.
The Odd Fellows Home owes its eX-
istence to the broad charity of the
order by which it was founded and to
the generosity of the late II. r.
Isaacs in donating the attractive site
on which it stands and the spacious
grounds surrounding it.
Through the toll and privation OF
the late Joseph Stubblefield, who &C
cumulated a fortune by his savings OF
many years. Walla Walla is to have a
home for INDECENT widows and
orphans, which will probably be To-
Gated at the w. w. Baker home with
it's forty-acre tract southwest of the
city This institution will have an
endowment of about $135,0OO and there
is reason to hope that in time 1T will
become a great charitable institution
receiving support from the states OF
Washington and Oregon and having
it's endowment greatly augmented by
donations from other men initiating
the philanthropy of grand old Joseph
Stubblefield.
Now Andrew Carnegie has remem-
bered Walla Walla with a Thanksgiv-
ing offer of $4,000 for a public library
building on terms that can be so
easily complied with by the city that
the establishment of the library in a
magnificent new home is almost as
sured.
Walla Walla College is another
creditable educational institution,
whose location near the city was Sc
cured mainly through the enterprise
and generosity of DR.. n. G. Blalock,
than whom no man has ever worked
more zealously and unselfishly
through a long period of self-sacrific-
ing devotion for the upbuilding of
Walla Walla and the exploitation of
the resources and capabilities of the
Inland Empire.
Walla Walla has reason to be thank
full also for her two we'll sQuipped and
hospitals, one founded
by the noble Catholic Sisters of ST.
Marys and the other by the private
enterprise of DR.. J. f. Crop. Both of
these institutions are highly credit
West are greater care and skill eX-
ercised in providing for the sick. In
these institutions every provision is
made for scientific surgical operations
and some Of the most successful
known to the profession have been
performed in their well appointed
apartments devoted to such work.
Walla Walla's public schools COM
pare favorably with those of any city
of the size in the country. Besides
her colleges, the city is proud Of such
institutions as ST. PauTs and ST.
Marys for girls and ST. Patrick's
school for boys.
Walla Walla's religious needs are
band of ministers and her church
buildings compare in comfort and ele-
gance with those found in many larg
er cities.
Aside from these substantial mani
festations of the power of the spiritual
and the intellectual in the life of Wal
la Walla, the people here have reason
to be proud of their many fine bust
ness houses and their hundreds Of
beautiful homes.
While not much pride can be taken
in the present condition Of the streets,
we should all be thankful that the
mud is no deeper than it Is on the
cross walks and that there may be a
better day coming.
Altogether the residents Of Walla
Walla have many reasons to thank
their lucky stars that their Zines are
cast in pleasant places" and those of
is whose spectacles are not strong
enough to read our titles clear to
mansions in the skies would gladly
forego the glories of Heaven for the
privilege of living in this land of milk
and honey, fruits and flowers, glorious
sunshine, kindly skies and healthful
atmosphere forever.
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