The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-03
TOWN TOPICS

Concert Sunday-Weather permit
ting the Walla Walla Military baud
will give it's weekly open air concert
at the court house square Sunday eve
ming The program announced for last
night will be carried out.
Entertained at Dinner-Mrs. Judge
Hoyt, Mrs. Pike, Mrs. Simmons and
Mrs Bessie /. Savage of Seattle and
| Mrs E. P. Savage of Olympia, who at
/ tended the federation convention, were
entertained at dinner Friday evening
by Mrs H. P Isaacs.
Will Commission Officers-Adjutant
Loney will publicly commission a num-
Der of local officers at the Salvation
Army hall this evening. The duties of
office for year. At the close refresh
ments will be served.
Ship-Body Tonisht-The remains of
! Mrs. Elizabeth Harris, who died yes
terday at the residence of her son, A.
| H. Harris, will be shipped to Palouse
! City over the w. & c. r. tonight. Mr..
and Mrs. Harris will accompany the
body to Palouse where the funeral will
take place tomorrow afternoon.
| Miss Reynolds SoIo-The vocal solo
given by Miss Reynolds at Thursday
mornings meeting of the federation
was one of Anton DOOrak's Biblical
songs, never before heard in Walla
Walla. The accompaniment for the
three violins and violincello was es-
pecially arranged by Professor E. S.
Fischer of Whitman college.
| New Card 1omorroW-The new time
card on the Washington & Columbia
River railway will go into effect to-
morrow. The passenger train will
leave here at 6:15 and make close con-
nections with the train for Seattle and
Tacoma Coming east the train will
reach Walla Walla at o'clock a. m.
The train for Dayton will leave at
9:15 o'clock a. m. and returning reach
Walla Walla at 5: 80 p. m.
Prominent Daytonite Here-R. Don
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furniture factory at Bailysburg, three
miles above Dayton, was a Walla
| Walla visitor today. Mr.. DonneIly is
a pioneer manufacturer of furniture,
owning the only factory in Southeast
ern Washington. He established his
factory at Bailysburg % years ago and
by close application to business has
built up an enormous trade in the
eastern part of the state and Oregon
Death of Mrs. Herndon-At ST
Marys hospital late yesterday after
noon occurred the death of Mrs
Laura E. Herndon, wife of A. E. Hern-
don. a prominent farmer residing near
the state line. Mrs. Herndon was
40 years of age and is survived by
five children besides her husband.
The funeral cortege left the Cookery
undertaking parlors at noon today for
Ingle Chapel where services were
conducted by Rev. J. G. Templeton.
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Fishermen Will Stay at Home-Sev-
eral Walla Walla fishermen VINO had
planned to visit the headwaters OF
Mill creek and the Walla Walla river
tomorrow have been compelled to
forego their trip owing to the hlgh
water caused by last nights heavy
rains. Reports from the Walla Walla
today are to the effect that the stream
is high and roily. The water rose sew
eral inches within an hour last night
and owing to the amount of debris
coming down it is thought that a
slide has occurred back in the noun
tains.
Heavy Observation-Disclosures but
| three days of June have passed there
has already been more than one-th1rd
of the usual quota of rainfall. Ac-
cording to Observer Newman last
nights rain totalled ST of an inch
and reports from the foothill districts
are to the effect that much greater
fall occurred in that section. The rain
was particularly heavy on the head
waters of Mill and Blue creeks and
! big slide is reported to have occurred
! three miles up from the mouth of the
latter stream. Effects of the slide on
Mill creek was seen this morning, the
stream being extremely roily.
Officials Hard Lot-During the
period of renovation going on at the
court house the county officials are