The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-07
TOWN TOPICS

Death Of an Infant-Carolina Locati,
the infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Tony Locati, residing west of Walla
Walla, died yesterday. The funeral
will occur tomorrow morning from the
Catholic church.
Lent Begins Tomorrow-Tomorrow
will be Ash Wednesday, marking the
beginning of Lent. At the Catholic
church and St. Paurs Episcopal church
will be held.
Made an Assignment-Louis Cohen,
proprietor of the Hub store, has made
an assignment to R. L. Sabin, secre-
tary of the Merchants Protective as
ISOLATION for the benefit of his cred
itors. The Indebtedness is placed at
$2700 and the assets at $4,000.
Will Build Sanitarium-The council
of the Upper Columbia conference of
the Adventist church and the trustees
of the Walla Walla college have decid-
ed to erect a sanitarium at College
Place to replace the one recently de-
stroyed by fire at Spokane.
improvements at Penitentiary-
Many needed Improvements are to be
made at the state penitentiary. Two
new guard towers are to be erected at
once and a brick wall is to be con-
structed around the engines in the jute
mill to replace the board partition.
Church Board Met-The church
board of the First Methodist church
held it's semi-annua7 meeting last night
in the church parlors. Reports were
submitted by the officers. After the
meeting a banquet was served by Mrs.
Brown at the parsonage. DR.. H. S.
Brode, superintendent Of the Sunday
school presided and short, addresses
were made by Rev. Henry Brown, Rev.
Eakin and Rev. Orion.
Funeral Of Mrs. Bers-The funeral
of the late Mrs. Margaret Donley Berg,
the aged pioneer woman, who died
Sunday, took place this morning from
the Catholic church. 1t was attended
by a large number of the friends of the
deceased. Interment was in the Cath
Ollie cemetery. The services were con-
Quoted by Rev. nj. Flohr.
Reports Trade LiveIy-John Smith
of the John Smith company, implement
dealers, reports that from present in
jlications the sale of farm implements
and machinery this year promises &c
be a hummer. At this date his firm
has booked more orders by good
margin than they have in any previous
year and the outlook for Immediate as
| well as future sales was never brighter
| Work Starts Tomorrow-The ground
| plan of the new public school, to be
erected at the corner of Isaacs avenue
and Clinton street, was staked off to-
day and the work of excavating fol
| the new structure will be commenced
tomorrow. The board has closed con-
| tracts for the brick and other supplies
| which will soon begin to arrive.
Making fine Progress-With the sale
of so bonds of the value of $3.50 the
! $4,000 debt hanging over st. Paul's
church will be wiped out. This was
the cheering information that Rev. Nc
Namara, assistant rector mad to i'm
part to the vestry at a meeting last
evening. A vigorous campaign to dis
pose of the remaining bonds will be
commenced.
Temperance Question Up-The> regu-
lar monthly meeting of the Mems club
of the First Congrega tional church
was held at the church parlors last
evening, being attended by 3S mem
bers. Supper was served in the church
parlors at o'clock, after which topics
of current interest were discussed.
Methods of Dealing With the Liquor
Question was discussed at some
length.
Will Petition Councii-It is expected
at the council meeting that will be
held tonight the property owners on
East Main street, between First and
Palouse, will present a petition asking
the council to pave that street with
bitulithic pavement. They will also
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