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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-07-14
THE VITAL STATISTICS
BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES
ABOUT EQUAL DURING
LAST QUARTER.
Facts end Figures Compiled by County
Auditor for State Board Of
Health.
Facts end Figures Compiled by County

Births, deaths and marriages were
about equal in number in Walla Walla
county during the past three months
IF no one had come in or gone out OF
the county during that time the popu-
latjon would have been increased by
only three.
The report of the county auditor to
the state board of health for the quar-
ter ending July l shows some interest
ing statistics. During these three
months 81 children have been born in
Walla Walla county. April leads the
list with %, but May and June follow
closely with IS and u, respectively, to
their credit Only one negro child
has been reported, all the rest being
white In nationality Americans are
far in the lead. In SO cases both father
and mother were born in the United
States, while in those where the ma
tionality was reported only ten moth
ers and fifteen fathers were of foreign
birth.
A single pair of twins only first saw
the light of day in Walla Walla county
in this period.
The number of deaths is very close
to the number of births, being SO in
all for the same period. April again
leads with &c. May has the least with
Is, while in June the number again
rises to IS. One negro only is on this
list also, the rest being white.
Seven times as many Americans have
died as foreigners, the numbers being
49 and 7. OF the total number of
deaths. 80 We're single people and 80
married, besides two widowers and five
widows.
Two periods of life seem to have been
specially fatal, from so to so years
and under one year old. Eleven died
in each of these classes. From 20 to
80 takes next place, with s, and 20 to
so there were 6.
In causes of death tuberculosis is
far in the van, having been the cause
of nine deaths. Heart disease claimed
six adults, While menengitis was the
cause of an equal number of infants.
Pneumonia is next with four, and can
Ger has three. TyphOis, whooping
nh
each been charged with two deaths,
while other various diseases were each
the cause of one death, including
drowning and legal execution one each.
Marriages, too, We're about the same
number. Out of a total of 60 during
the quarter there was one black mar
riage and one case where a white bride
grooms We're American and 40 brides.
groows were American and 40 brides,
while 10 brides and grooms were for
eign.
June, the month of marriages, heads
the list with 81, April comes next with
about half the number, or Is, and May
with only 10.
Only one bride was under 16. al
though 20 were under 20 years old
Most of the grooms were between 20
and 80, and % brides between those
ages also head the list. From 80 to
40 there We're IA grOOms and 10 brides
The number dWindleS from this time
on. There was one bride, but no
groom over so.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-07-14
Rate to the Worlds Fair,

To st. Louis and return $4,000
To Chicago, and return %. 80. $500
To st. Louis, returning from
Chicago. or
To Chicago. returning from st.
Louis ........ ............ $3.50
To ST. Louis returnin via Chi
cago. or
To Chicago returning via St
LoulS .''... ........ ob.zo
Tickets on sale-June 7th, 10th, 18th,
18th; July LIST, I'd and Sd; August sth,
9th and 10th; September 9Th, 9Th and
It'll; October Sd, 4th and 9Th.
Good going for ten days, returning
80 days. Stopover in either direction
within limits. For information as to
routes and side trips, sleeping car &C
commodations, etc., call on or address
any agent, or,
S. B. CALDERHEAD,
Gen. Pass. Agent, w. G. c. r. R'y
A. D. CHARLTON, walla Walla
A. G. P. A. Nor. Pac. R'y
Portland. Oregon.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-07-14
For Governor of Maine.

WATERVILLE, Me-, July 1.-THE
democratic state convention to name
to order here shortly before noon to-
day All indications point to the NOM
nation Of Samuel w. Gould of Show
hogan. The convention will indorse
the St. Louis platform.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-07-14
NOVEL AIRSHIP.
Uses Kites and Will Get Its Fuel From
the Atmosphere.

The renewed interest in aerial navi
cation which has been Occasioned by
the arrival OF Santos -Dumont and his
airship. the new No. :. has developed
the fact that at Coney Island there is
prospector in aerial possibility in the
person of Rudolph Dressler, a cObbler
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-07-14
Bankers to Hear Shaw,

BLUFF POINT, n. Y, July 1.-THE
New York State Bankers association is
holding it's annual convention at the
Hotel Champlain. The two days pro-
gramme calls for addresses by Secre-
tary Shaw, Comptroller of the Cur
rency Ridgley and a number of other
prominent financierS.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-07-14
gold

No key was found in the chest and
why it was buried is complete mys-
terry. 1t evidently had been in the
ground for years.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-03-19
AT the State Pen.

The report of the warden Of the peni-
tentiary for the month Of February
shows the total number Of prisoners in
confinement, l22. Number Of prisoners
received during the month, two NUM-
Der discharged, four. Those received
we're George Robinson from Shoshone
county, lor five year sentence for for
serv, and Patrick Courtney. from Ada
county. two years sentence for burg
larv. Those discharged were John
Tremmelling from ONyhee county, a
communication Of life sentence ior mur'
der in she seccr1 desrec, W. I. Harris
and Tir McCar,hy from Bannock c7un'
Is. 1T tie aspiration OF one year term'
for grand larceny. Arthur chambers
fsom Elmure county, sentenced To tws
and one half year sentence for forgery
discharged by order OF the court.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-03-19

estimated that no less than fifty or sixty
million feet OF lumber can be housed on
the island at one time.
These enterprising people are the first
to spend any money in clearing out the
river bed. Last summer the Werhaus-
er's expended $4,000 on this work and
it is estimated that to complete the task
the cost will be 5000.
1t is said by those who are close TO the
firm that the mill will be a big one, pos
sibly the largest in thestate- There will
be a pay roll OF 400 men. 1t will be the
largest Of any Of the local institutions in
this respect. just what the daily output
in finished product will be is not known
at present.
No effort at erecting the mill will b'
made until the river bed is in proper
shape. 1t Is expected this will require
all summer, and that work on the mil
will begin in the fall This will put i
in shape to begin operations year iron
this spring.-Emmett Index.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-03-19
BID Mill at Emmett.

As timber market Emmett promises
to regain the position it held in the early
history Of the state when it was the
shipping point for large portion Of the
commonwealth.
Two mills will be saving timber by
next fall and a third within year.
This last will be one OF the largest, if
not the largest, in the state. 1t will be
owned by the weycrhauser syndicate,
the largest lumber merchants in The
world. The concern owns vas tracts Of
timber land on the north fork Of the
Pavette river, besides thousands OF
acres In the northern part Of the state
The timber lands on the Fayette are
dense and will afford an ineShaiistablC
supply for the min tha, Is To be erected
in Emmett.
The weyerhau.er people have pur'
ehssed the Fuller island' formerly cwne'
ly Cobhan & Casey, OF Montana, an'
This win be used in connection with th'
min which is 10 be built ON land farther
down the river The leland viii le use'
as asplaec on which TO store logs 1t i
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-03-19
WANT PEARL TRADE
Caldwell Parties Inagurate a
Novel Plan to Acquire
Business.

Mr.. VIII Hayward has been in Cald-
well for the past month, investigating
the practicability Of running a traction
engine between Caldwell and Pearl
It affords the Tribune pleasure to au-
state that Mr.. Hayward
has completed arrange rents for the
line. lie has purchased a $4,000 traction
engine; has made contracts with Pearl
mining companies to deliver their ores
at Caldwell and haul back coal and sup
plies. The venture means great deal
for Caldwell The transportation facili-
ties will give the Caldwell merchants
a market all along the line. We will be
much nearer the big Pearl mining camp
than any other town, when access to the
camp is considered All the trade that
has formerly gone to Boise and Emmett
will now come To Cal Iwell. Emmett
and Boise are each really closer to Pearl
than Caldwell is, but the geological fea-
ture Of the country deny the possibilli-
ties of running traction engine between
either of these towns and Pearl. On
the other hand the road from Pearl Il
Caldwell is a gradual grade-enough fal
to really help the engine draw its heavy
load of ore. good, substantial roa'
now exists and it is the intention OF Mr.
Hayward to better the road as rapid,
as conditions warrant and demand it,
Caldwell Tribune.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-03-19
4n OId Letfer.

An autograph letter from Thomas
jefferson, written a hundred years aga
to the Indians Of the Louisiana Pur-
chase, has recently been unearthed
from the archives of the Sac and Fox
indians in Oklahoma. The letter will
be an interesting feature of the Okla
homa historic exhibit.
The Indians in whose possession the
document has been for century, did
not know its import, but intruitively
they carefully kept the letter during all
their migrations.
The letter, which is quite lengthy
reveals Mr.. Jefferson's astuteness il
dealing with the Indians AT his inyi
ration several powerful chiefs iourneyet
from west of the Mississippi river t.
Washington and were royalty enter
tanned at the nations capitol Whel
they started on their journey hom
they carried the presidents autograph
letter. Mr.. jefferson called attention
to the long journey they had mad
through the white mans territory an
how the whites had grown and expand
ed during the short while they had bee
in possession of the land, The lette
tac.tully shows to the Indians no
hopeless would he contest against Il
whites The president calls the lndiar
bis Children and advises against trib
wars Xix.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-03-19
LANDS SELL WELL
School Lands Under Twin Falls
Canal Bring Average of
SIT per Acre.

At the auction sale OF state school
lands in the Twin Falls tract held by
Chief Clerk Norman Jackson Of the
state land board at Albion on Tuesday
2I20 acres were sold for $36, $40, or an
average OF over $17 per acre. This is
considered to be an exceptionally good
return. Purchasers may obtain title
Immediately upon making final payment
and water will cost them but SIS an
acre.
The officials Of the Twin Falls COM
pany bid in section l6. township 10
south, range II east, paying cash for the
four inside 4O-acre tracts upon which it
is suppo-edthey intend plating out
townsite.
Another 40-acre tract adjoining this
section brought 5000.
State Immigration Commissioner T.
c. Eglcston purchased an entire quarter
section on which he intends to raise
apples.
Other tracts in the vicinity Of the
quarter section purchased by Mr. Egles-
ton were bid in for the same purpose, it
being the general opinion that the land
is especially suitable for apple culture.
I.B. Perrine has announced his in
tention to build a trolley line from Twin
Falls townsite to Blue Lakes where he
will establish a summer resort.
The Oregon Short Line has given as
srance that work upon the Minidoka
& Southwestern railway will begin as
soon as water is turned into the Twin
Falls canal.
Mr.. jackson said that work on the big
dam was going ahead with all possible
speed and the outlook for early water
was better than it had been for some
time. Quite a number OF people were
coming into the distsict and taking up
land and there appeared to be every
reason for the belief that the tract would
be settled up as fast as it was irrigated.
A beet sugar factory j. almost certain
to be located on the twin Falls tract and
other enterprises are in contemplation
n Statesman.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-03-19
around the State
ssms Cleaned from Many Sources
Go-~~~~-~-~~~~~~~-~~~&

Thunder city is the newest Idaho
town. 1t is just beginning to arise IN
its might AMI is loud in singing its
praises Of future glory and greatness.
A few houses have been constructed and
a saw min il turning out lumber for
other structures. The young city Is at
the junction OF the Long valley and
Thunder Mountain roads, at the mouth
Of biz creek. We may expect the new
city to soon be laundering Its praises az
the only proper place for the county
seat.-1daho City World.
An old SOW belonging to Chris shulze,
who lives on Willow creek, recently gave
birth to twenty-three pigs. OF this re-
markable number five died. Realizing
that the sow could not care for all the
eighteen pigs shulze set about invent
inc some continuance to assist her He
hit upon scheme that works to per-
lection. Securing a piece of plank he
bored eight holes in it, and into them
fitted nursing bottles provided with the
ordinary rubber nipples. He filed the
bottles with milk, and In short time
had the surplus pigs convinced that
there was no other mother In the world
but their wooden one.-Emmett Index.
The Mormon Inn resort in Idaho City
was completely destroyed by fire last
Wednesday evening. The origin OF the
fire is unknown,
The vote for the Issue OF additional
bonds to the amount OF sl7, 600 to permit
the completion OF the enlargement of the
bitches in the Pioneer irrigation district
which took place Wednesday, was car
, ried almost unanimously. Secretary
Davis % Caldwell reports to the Leader
this morning that the official count VIII
4 not be made until next week but as far
4. AS can now be determined there was in
= TIE FIVE precincts, $50 votes cast for the
bonds and only five against. The peo4
:. rle in that district are well pleased with
I, the result as it insures them hrst-elss'
rrigating system and plenty Of water II
short time.-Nampa Leader
Is Spokane sportsmen are crr''lsed Will
i. hacking the Eight against tse. l'lah'
Is game law in the courts The 'a@ Is Ae
rs ing attacked on its evnstituiionaiity he
10 cause it discriminates between citizen
!. within the state as well as those tron
beyond its limits.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-06-09
KEPT HIS EYES OPEN.
roanE Man in Diamond Mines at kin.
beriey Makes n Naluabis
Discovery.


When the negro laborers deseeno
into the diamond mines at Kimberley.
they hew out the hard diamontiferoua
earth and put II in wooden tubs which
are hauled on stout wires to the sur
face, where the earth is spread over the
ground to undergo for several months
the softening influences Of heat and
cold. When il is soft enough IL is show
eied into the washing machines, where
the dirt Is separated from the rough
diamonds and other large mineral sub
stances. The mixture Of minerals 70
naming Is known as concentrates.
IL was necessary until recently 20 go
very carefully over the concentrates
to pick out the garnets andmany other
foreign substances until nothing re.
maiued hut the rough diamonds. This
Is 3 slow and laborious operation, but
Il has been an essential part Of the
mining industry until Il was super
Eeded BY a discovery made awhile ago.
Among the employees in the sorting
room was Fred Kersten, a bright
young fellow. who quietly went 10
work to try 10 discover way 70 sep
araie the diamonds from other stones
more quickly and easily than could be
done by the slow process Of hand pick
ing. lie told no one q the problem
be was working 81. but kept on with
his experiments, net a whit discour-
aged by his many failures, to find a.
efficient process.
One day. by the merest accident, be
made the discovery be was after. 4
rough diamond ana . garnet happened
- oe lying on q small board on the
bench where be was working. He hap
pensd to pick Up one end q the board.
when the garnet slipped Of, but the
diamond remained.
This was a phenomenon worth IN
sestiga;iue Kersten found that there
was d coating Il grease on the board
which had retained the diamond, while
the garnet clipped 81.
lie procured wider board, coated
sne side Il Il with Frsase end dumped
a few haudfuls Of concentrates ca it.
Tken BE found that by holding the
board in q slightly inclined position
and vibrating s.. al the concentrates
except the diamonds moved % the
lower end and fell afI. while the dia.
monds remained IN place.
Then he invented machine By
which his discovery might be utilized.
Jne part Of hls machine was a slightly
inclined table coated with grease and
nbrafirR when the machine vas N
M0NARcHs As PATIENTS.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-06-09
HYOMEl A RECORD BREAKER
Novel Method Of Curing catarrh, Sold
on Approval by the Peoples Drug
Store.

The popularity and remarkable sales
Of Hyomei have broken all records.
In nearly every city and town In the
country, this guaranteed cure for ca
tarrh has given most astonishing re-
suits.
The leading druggists are 50 enthu-
siastlc over the remarkable percentage
Of cures following the use Of Hyomei,
that with hardly an exception, they
advertise 10 their customers that Hy.
omei viii be sold with the understand
ing that IL costs nothing unless II
cures.
In Vinita Peoples Drug Store isen.
dorslng II and guaranteeing TO refund
the money unless Hyomel cures ca.
tarrh- This store has sold a great
many Hyomei outfits. aud today, nc
other treatment for the cure Of ca
tarrh has as many friends In Vinita
and vicinity as Hyomei.
II is scientific. yet common sense
method Of treating aud curing this toC
common disease. II sends by direct
inhalation TO every cell Of the ali
passages in the head, throatand lung.
a balsamic air that destroys all ca.
tanhal germs, purliIes the blood Will
additional ozone, and makes a com
plete and lasting eureof any catarrhal
trouble.
The complete outfit costs but sl,
and includes an inhaler. medicine
dropper and sufficient Hyomei for sew
eral weeks treatment.
You take no risk in buying Hyomei
Peoples Drug Store positively guar.
antees 70 refund your money unless
it cures.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-06-09
MAN.KILLED BY
A HAIL STONE
Heavy Hail Storm In the Creek
Nation.

News has just reached this city Of a
terrific cyclone and hail storm At
paden, new town IN the Greek ma.
tion on the Fort Smith h Western
railroad. Barney Fixico was killed
outright by a hailstone, and another
man, name unknown, had his arm
broken. He ran to a storm cellar and
reached out 20 close the door, when a
hailstone struck his arm, breaking It.
Hail stones fell that were afterwards
picked up and weighed one and a half
pounds each. Nearly every window in
the town Of Paden was broken and the
hail made selves OF the shlngle roofs.
Great damage was done 70 crops and
live stock. The cyclone missed the
town but tore a strip through the
forest south Of town several miles
long and 100 yards wide So far as
can be learned no lives were lost there.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-06-09
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
Close Of Another Successful Year at
wiIlie HalselI College.


"Wednesday eve witnessed the closing
exercises OF commencement week at
Willie Halsel college, and a large
crowd Of interested spectators saw
the ending Of another successful scheol
year IN this popular institution Of
learnig.
The program for this occasion was
even better than those presented on
Monday and Tuesday nights, and was
carried out IN manner highly salts
factory TO all present Medals were
awarded as follows:
For proficiency Ia music, Clarence
Halsell; art, Mary Halsell; housekeep-
ing, Artie Cobb.
The Scholarship Medal given by Dr,
Oliver Bagby was awarded to Robert
+. Lee.
Primary, best grade, awarded TO
Pratt Wade; given by Mr.. and Mrs,
Gatewood
0ratory, j. Walter Adair, lr.; given
by Dr. A. W. Foreman.
Department, Florence Williams.
Commercial department, ], Walter
Adair, jr.; given by DR.. b f. Fortner.
Graduates IN the commercial depart
ment; Bookkeeping, J. Walter Adair,
jr., Joe Adair, Hugh c. Dobkins; short
hand, Ruby Robbins, Louis Agnew
Roll Of honor for school year ending
June /, 1904 Edna Gill, Alma Mar
tin, Elsie Morrison, Irene Reniker,
Eva Byrd, Clarence Halsell, Mamie
Collins, Mary Halsell, Efiie Mcdaniel,
Jennie Watson, Mani Connor Emma
Donnelly, Yirgie Ramsey, Florence
Williams, Ethel Cherrington, Albert
Maynard Harris, Robert Lee, Emma
Sims.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-06-09
CREPE PAPER DECORATIONS.
Substitute for Natural Flowers That
Are Being Used for Festive
Occasions.


To the woman with deft fingers and
an artistic turn Of mind crepe paper
serves as a most satisfactory medium
for decorative articles. and as 3 result
Of the growing interest In work OF this
kind the possibilities OF crepe paper
seem practically endless Every hue
upon which Dame Fashion beams ap-
proval Is found on the color card Of this
crinkly material and new uses for II
are discovered every day in the week.
says the Brooklyn Eagle.
As substitute for natural flowers In
certain decorative schemes crepe paper
blossoms are most satisfactory. and.
fashioned BY an artistic hand they bear
20 close a resemblance 20 the work
Of nature as 70 frequently require close
inspection 70 detect the difference.
Roses. lilies. vlolets. carnations. chrys-
anthemums. tulips and wistaria are but
few Of the products Of bush and vine
that are successfully initiated in this ma
terial and used for purposes G. eI'hel-
lishment
In the line of souvenirs for eotiilions
and affairs Of a similar character crepe
paper novelties may be and are evolved
BY the score OF course the attractive
ness and the variety depend In large
measure upon the fancy and talent Of
the managers of the function. but any
qulckwitfed. nimble- fingered girl can
fashion dozen or 50 old pretty ;rifes
suitable for such occasions. and when
originality and personal ingenuity fall
short the shops can be relied upon 10
supply something 70 meet the demand
nring the post Easter season co;ilions
are fayorite form a amusement. and
the more varied and picturesque the
fayors for the dance the more pro-
nouneea IFS success With the prospect
Of pleasant weather Interest IN outdoor
sports Of al kinds begins 20 manifest
Itself and a collection of pretty tri-
fes can be composed mainly or IN part
q eTspe paper. Fuagestlve e. sumner
recreation ard p3sflme As has been
said crepe paper lendr itself % readily
70 floral manipulation that e 4 q sim-
pie matter to trim golf sticks ard rocks.
birch bark canoes. fans. tennis rackets.
etc EIih eayly husd blossoms and
souvenirs 0f ibis sort add an effective
decorative touch 70 the assembly ar
ball room. In addition 70 serving a.
charming mementos u a pleasant oc-
easion.