The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-05

speak at the Salvation Army nall this
evening, arrived on the $3.50 train from
Seattle this morning. The local corps
has made great preparations for a big
the interest of the Sunday school work
Of the army.
Did Not Rain Much-Although dan
gerous looking clouds hung around all
day yesterday and several showers oc-
Cured off and on, the total rainfall for
the day was only four hundredths of
an inch, bringing the total rainfall for
four days of June to .63 of an inch
and reducing the years deficiency to
81 of an inch. The excess of precipi-
tation for the four days is 40 of an
inch.
Funeral Of Henry Arao-The funeral
of Henry Arao, the Japanese executed
at the state penitentiary Saturday
morning, was held from the Pickard &
Hennessey undertaking parlors yester-
day afternoon. A number of japanese
friends Of Arao were in attendance and
accompanied the body to the city GEM
etery where interment took place. Rev.
Morton Gregory held short services at
the parlors. A lock of Arao's hair will
be sent to his mother in Japan as he
requested.
Terrifis Rain on FIat-B. F. Sim
mons, a prominent farmer and fruit
grower on Snake river, is in Walla
Walla today. Mr.. Simmons reports
that a, terrific rainstorm occurred on
Snake river last Friday afternoon. In
places the rain was So heavy that it
resembled a waterspout. The fields
were flooded and torrents rushed down
every gully and canyon. Mr.. Simmons
says it was the heaviest rain he ever
witnessed in 80 years residence in that
section of the country.
Securing Facts About CanaI-A. d.
Balderstone, representing the Walla
Walla Commercial club is at Kenne
wick in the interests of the Palouse ir
rigation project He is securing state
ments from Kennewick growers of
strawberries showing the value of Ken
newick land before water was applied,
and also after two years of cultivation
with water. The ranchers all agree
the land was without value before the
canal was completed, and after water
was turned on the value ranges from
500 per acre to $500 and even $500.
Will Return Tonight-The two troops
and the band of the Fourth Cavalry,
that have been at the Lewis and Clark
exposition, will return home this eve
ming. They left Portland this morning
on a special train and are expected to
arrive at the garrison at o'clock to-
night Colonel E. z. Steever, who was
the grand marshal of the opening day |
parade, will not return to Walla Walla |
for several days, he having been ap-
pointed president of a courtmartial
that is to be held at Vancouver Bar
racks this week.
Lonq Term for Small Offense-The
first man to ever serve a sentence in
the penitentiary for the crime of petty
larceny will be w. P. White Of Seattle
who will be received at the prison
within a few days to begin a term of
stealing 81 worth of brass fittings from
passenger car Of the Northern Pa
sific. White is an ex-convict, having |
served a two-year sentence for burg |
larry at the Walla Walla prison. He
was released from the penitentiary last
month and went to Seattle. Three
days afterward he was detected steal !
ing brass fittings and was arrested. |
The last legislature passed law that |
a second COnV1CClOn LOT pclll IdICSuy |
should make the man liable to the same
punishment as if his crime was grand |
larceny.
Prunes Will Be Hight look for
the price of prunes to be exceedingly |
high this year." said j. P. McMinn, who |
returned from a trip to Portland where |
he attended the opening of the Lewis
and Clark exposition and interviewed
Oregon fruit men whom he met while |
in Portland. Fruit men of the Will
lamette valley informed me that the
prune crop all over Oregon will be a |
failure and as the same conditions ex- |
lists pretty much over Eastern Wash
ington look for that variety Of fruit |
to be scarce and high this fall" Mr.. |
McMinn spent three days at Portland. |
The exposition is incomplete, as to ex-
hibits but within three weeks Mr.. Nc
MINI believes that everything will be |
in shipshape for the thousands Of Wis