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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20

expensive an outfit as any known to me-
chanics. AS an additional precaution each
piece of machinery is duplicated, so that
there may be no possible chance Of a
rise in temperature through accident. There
are two sets Of engines and boilers, a
double system Of piping through the cham
bers and all is in readiness to turn the
wheels on one set when the other for any
reason ceases to act. One set is run one
day and the other the next in order that
each may be ready beyond any doubt to
respond to the call Of a moment. Thus
$4,000 worth Of machinery is constantly
lying idle.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20
Curious and Romantic Cepers OF Cupid

the city man and guided him to his hotel
Before he would consent to be shown to the
hotel he asked permission to call, and
soon she discovered that she had saved a
man and lost heart. They were married
and live In Brooklyn.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20

the thick walls and devious passages being
remindful of medieval fortress AS the
visitor passes the rotund form Of a cider
barrel in a subterranean vault he uncon-
sciously looks to whether a drunken
archer or well fed monk may not be loll-
ing near the spigot The ammonia coils
and the Arctic halo about them bring one
to a chilling realization, however, that no
can hope to mingle In no such historic
pastime.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20

swim as a measure OF safety. With the
aid Of this simple inexpensive devise they
need not drown themselves while learning.
THEODORE WILLIAMS.
Benson, Neb.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20

Senator Harris OF Tennessee was in Sec
rotary Lamonts ONCE, when Paymaster
General Stanton entered and began his OK
PLANTATION OF the financial condition OF the
service, referring particularly to the lack
of funds for the month of June. Secretary
Lamont asked what amount would be nee
essary to pay of all the June salaries
"oh, something like $4,000" replied Gen
eral Stanton.
IF you could borrow that amount" said
the secretary. would It be sufficient"
You get me the money. Mr.. Secretary.
and I'll make the payment all right" said
the paymastsr.
We'll, I'm thinking about advancing It
myself" replied Mr.. Lamont.
There was q gasp OF establishment from
General Stanton and Senator Harris.
Il mean IT," continued the secretary.
THE army ought TO be paid, and the sooner
they get it the better"
II can only say, Mr. Secretary" said
General Stanton. that If you find me the
money. shall make arrangements to pay
on the officers and men who did not receive
their salaries for the month OF June"
.
MIR. Hays sense OF HumOr.
An eastern insurance man tells this; II
was taking lunch about Q year ago In the
Pennsylvania station at Jersey City and
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20

ing air is kept at exactly 81 degrees and
the fruit comes forth more or less fresh
after months Of confinement. Freakish
hens who lay now with alaority, but arc
misery with their favors in January, will
fnd their eggs stored up against that day
Cows likewise may meet their produce dis
guised as butter and cheese months after
they supposed the foaming pail had full
filled its mission.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20
Gossip and Stories About Noted People

ing at Oyster Bay, chats going too far"
VERY WELL" said the reporter who had
written the story I'm correct it tomorrow
and say you were to blame"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20
Eject of Friction.

Eject of Friction.
I insurance adjuster was sent to a
Massachusetts town to ADJUST a
loss on a building that had been
burned.
How did the fire start?" asked
uhn mat him on his hnnnpNnN,d
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20

BLAST all those people who write to
point out errors In the papers" a reporter
said
He frowned, slipped his strawberry sun
dae and went on:
IT was put In a new department last
week They gave me column Of Items
OF Interest to compile I did my best
with Items OF Interest It seemed to me
that / made II as attractive and striking
a column as the paper contained. And
what was the result2"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20


a friend who met him on his homeward
trip.
1T couldn't say, certainly. and nobody
seemed able to TELL" said the adjuster.
but 1t struck me that it was the result Of
friction"
What do you mean by that7" asked his
friend.
We'll" said the insurance man, "frc-
ton sometimes comes from rubbing a HO,-
900 policy on a 5000 se."-Boston Her
aid.
willing to Merry Anybody.
This is given by the Boston Herald as
the favorite story Of noted actress: A
colored "gemman," name unknown. but
called "Culpepper Pete" who. being en-
amored OF some dusky maiden, and not
having the courage to pop" face to face,
called up the house where she worked
and asked her over the telephone. When
he got the proper party on the line he
asked: us dat Miss Johnsing2" "Ya-as."
well, Miss Johnsing, I've got a most I'M
portant question to ask you" ''Ya-as."
win you marry me2" "Ya-as. Who is
1t. please7"
Tears over Stuart RObsOn's Check.
MY father was a personal friend Of
Stuart Robson, the veteran comedian, now
dead. and was fond of telling anecdotes
OF the man whom he considered the great
est actor on the American stage" said
Louis G. Hammel to the Milwaukee Sen
tinel. According to one OF them, Rob
son once sent a check for 500 as a we'd
ding present to a friend who was to en-
ter the hymeneRl state. HIS theatrical en-
gagements precluded his personal attend
anoe at the ceremony. to which he rent
his daughter as a representative Of the
family.
my father was conversing with Robson
when the daughter came home from the
wedding. about which Robson asked many
questions.
when your friend saw your check
said the daughter he was so overcome with
emotion that he cried
so he cried, did her said Robson.
How long did he weep7
"'Oh, about a minute said the girl.
only a minute shouted the comedian,
with that curious squeak in his voice that
made him famous in the character OF
Berthe the Lamb, why, I cried half an
hour after I signed the thing "
why the Treatment Failed.
'I tell yoh," said a negro bootblack in
a West Side barber shop yesterday as he
rubbed a customers shoes, woman is a
peculiar thing. Yoh gotta know jest how
to handle huh or yoh goin to git the
worst Of It, Lots uf times she'll get
'zasperated at yoh en- then yoh gotta talk
to huh-that's the way to mastah huh. She
won't stand TO no beatin' er nothin' like
that. Talk to huh. That's the way l
handle ma wife"
Another negro working next to him
looked up. ''Wha' did yoh git that black
eye yoh got?" he asked.
well, ma wife done It. but"
why didn't yoh talk to huh?' asked
the other with a sneer.
How could I3' came from the first.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20
A story of Lamont

INCIDENT In the career of tho
late Daniel s. Lamont as secre-
tary of war army officers are
fond Of recalling. 1t happened in
1895.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20

was seated on a stool at the lunch counter
when the Congressional limited came In,
and among other passengers was Secretary
Hay Rushing into the lunch counter he
seated himself next to me and ordered a
sandwich and a cup of coffee. On the other
side of the secretary was typical Ameri-
can, who had not the slightest Idea that
his neighbor on the left was the American
premier Mr. Hays face was a study of
amusement when he was suddenly jabbed in
the ribs by the elbow of this man. who at
the same time addressed the secretary after
this fashion: Say, sport, ferry over the
confectionery, will yer The interesting
part of 1t was that John Hay passed the
sugar"
IL worked Both Ways.
When some OF the newspapers were print
ing funny stories about William Loeb,
private secretary to President Roosevelt.
during the last campaign, alleging that he
was the champion blametaker in Amer
ica," because no was always so willing to
assume responsibility for anything that
went wrong at the White House.. Mr., Loeb
laughed with the very men who wrote the
yarns.
But one day his patience was taxed, re-
lates Success. The presidents train had
been delayed seven hours between Phila-
delphla and New York while he was going
to Oyster Bay. Tho next morning one of
the New York dailies had these flaming
headlines: Presidents Train Water-bound
Loeb Not to Blame"
Sec here" said the secretary next morn
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20

SWIMMING natural, and could
all people swim without learning
II not friEhtened7 Before the
civil war I made a trip up the
rivers OF northern Maine and en-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20
Anti-MarrIaEe Man CapItuIntes.

NIT took a pretty girl to bust" the
H only trust. in the world that de-
CA fed President Roosevelt, reports
QGH9oV the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20

Benson, Nsb.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-03
Personal Mention

w. ]. Cantonwine left last night for
the Portland fair.
Robert Riley of Dayton is a guest at
the Palace today.
John D. Lamb will leave tonight for
Portland and the seaside
Farah Stanley will go to Portland
tonight to take in the fair.
H. E. Elmer is a Walla Walla Wis
itor today from Waitsburg.
Miss Elba Bulan and Miss Veva Nc
Grew are in Portland seeing the fair.
F. E. Benbow, a we'll known Pom
eroy man, is registered at the Palace
today.
Nicholas Sullivan has gone to Port
land and the seaside to spend his va
cation.
Harry Donnelly, of the o. r. & NJ,
goes to Portland tonight on his regu-
lar vacation.
H. c. Adams of Weston arrived in
the city last evening to look after
business interests.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Whitehouse,
Miss Lulu Paul and Paul Whitehouse
have gone to the seaside.
L. L. Noble and c. F. Vamsdale,
prominent citizens of Pataha City, are
registered at the Dacres today.
Among out of town visitors in Walla
Walla today are J. F. Eades G. w.
Swan and ]. w. Harris, of Mesa
Lyle Prushaw, night operator in the
Western Union office, left last night
for Bellingham to visit his parents.
S. A. Herring, general representa-
tive of the Fruit Growers Express, is
in Walla Walla today from Portland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse T. Beaver and
Thomas Jackson of Genoa, Neb., are
in the city the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
B. w. Schell.
G. E. Hansen and M. D. Glover, in
terested in Kennewick irrigated lands,
are in the city on business today. They
are putting up at the Dacres.
Grova Cookery left last night with
members of the degree team of Walla
Walla Camp of Woodmen Of the World
which will participate in Woodmen
exercises at the Lewis and Clark ex-
position.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-03

Palouse Farmers Are Looking for Men
to Work.

There is a scarcity of harvest hands
in the Palouse country, although I'M
usually high wages are offered this
season. So much difficulty has been
experienced in securing help that the
farmers in the vicinity of Colfax have
opened a free employment agency at
the Artesian Hotel, and are visiting
every train to secure men to work in
the harvest fields. 1t is thought that
harvest beginning almost month
earlier than usual is largely respon-
sible for the shortage of help. Wages
range from 81 to 81 per day, with
board, for men and $3.50 per day for
teams. Fifty more men are needed in
Whitman county at once, and harvest
work will be delayed unless more men
come in within a few days.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-03

J. T. Ryan Of Oklahoma Visiting With
Friends in the City.

Il had heard a great deal of Walla
Walla and the Walla Walla valley, but
1 am astonisned at the solidity Of the
city and the endless resources appar-
ent on every hanj,'' said J. T. Ryan of
Kingfisher, Okla, during a visit to the
Evening Statesman office yesterday
afternoon Mr.. Ryan is cashier for
the Rock Island railroad at Kingfisher,
and arrived in Walla Walla yesterday
to visit his old schoolmate, William
Maher. He has been away from home
on his vacation for nearly two months,
having during that time visited every
prominent city on the coast.
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Ryan, in
company with Mr. Maher, drove about
the city and suburbs. Mr.. Ryan waxed
enthusiastic over the solid appear
ance of the city and the wheat fields,
declaring that he never dreamed that
such a garden spot existed in the wild
west. He said that he can understand
now how it is that Walla Walla is able
to make such a fine exhibit of the
countY's resources at the Lewis and
Clark exposition.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-03
lIo warrants which called for the pay
ment Of the sum Of $16,417.11.

lIo warrants which called for the paw
ment OF the sum Of s1s,417.11.
Chief of Police Brown reported that
II arrests had been made. seven ner-
sons being charged with offenses COM
ing under the state laws. The amount
OF fines paid and bonds forfeited was
$01; served in the city Jail, s51; total,
$118.
CITY Justice Huffman reported his
receipts for the month of June at s5
and those of July at $11s.
AS delinquent tax collector Chief of
Police Brown reported receipts in the
sum of $500
City Surveyor Wilson showed that
during the year he had performed SER
vices for private parties for which he
had received and paid into the city
treasury the sum of $142.
Sexton Bentley dug nine graves dur
ing July, mis- receipts being $45.
Mounted Police Rolf reported his re-
ceipts for the month of July to be
$3.50.
Fire Chief Metz as electrical inspect
or showed that his department had
received during July the sum of $27.
AS chief of the fire department Mr..
Metz reported the resignation of
Charles Newsome to take place Au-
gust l.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-03

BY taking over the store at No. 8
Of business, Bachtold & Achermann
have doubled the capacity of their for
mer floor space and their present
quarters are as large and commod-
ious as any wholesale liquor house in
the Pacific Northwest.
Regarding the firms expansion Mr..
Bachtold said to reporter:
I'VE had to arrange for additional
store room because our old quarters
were not large enough to handle our
rapidly growing business. Luckily the
opportunity presented itself so that
we could get a lease of the store next
door to our present business and we
did not hesitate to take advantage of
it.
'In our new quarters we have very
complete establishment. Our storage
capacity is large and We have the room
and facilities for filling and shipping
orders with promptness and dispatch.
In addition to these premises We also
use two warehouses at the end of
Fourth street, alongside the W. & c. r..
tracks for storage purposes
The firm Of Bachtold & Alderman
has been established in Walla Walla
some eight years. Since it's inception
the business has experienced a steady
and substantial growth and today it
is one of the largest and most COM
plete wholesale liquor houses in the
Pacific Northwest. 1t is a house that
has a big end of the trade in the local
field as we'll as in the towns surround
ing Walla Walla in Eastern Washing
ton and Oregon. Trade in this locality
that buys from Bachtold & Achermann
save in freight rates and at the same
time get just as good goods as they
can purchase elsewhere.
In addition to carrying a full line of
standard liquors the firm is distrib-
utors in this city for the famous
Schlitz Milwaukee Beer, also for the
following and we'll known brands of
liquors: Yellow Stone Whiskey,
Hunter Rye Cream Rye, Blue Stem
Bourbon, White Cloud Rye and Suffer
Home Wines. An additional side line
with tho firm, is the selling of all kinds
of glassware for the bar, bar fixtures,
furniture, ETC. In fact the firm can
furnish the saloon man with all his
requirements, from his stock, to any
other supplies that he may require.
The principal reason for the sue
cess of Bachtold & Achermann is that
both proprietors of the concern are
we'll up in the business. Both have
had many years experience in it. Mr..
Bachtold is we'll acquainted with the
selling end and is we'll and favorably
known by the trade in Walla Walla
and surrounding towns. Mr.. Acher-
mann on the other hand is one of the
best known wine experts in the coun-
try, having for years been connected
with the wine industry in California
before opening up in business in
Walla Walla. The business, essentially
in capable hands, must assure the
firm a bright future.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-03
Be Careful With Water.

The patrons Of the Walla Walla
Water company are requested during
the present warm weather to be as
careful as possible with the use OF
water from the city mains. 1t will
prove of great benefit to the depart
ment as we'll as to the people In gen.
eral if the patrons will adhere strictly
to the rules laid down by the depart
ment in using water Tor sprlnkilng
and domestic use.
e. A. KNIGHT,
Water Superintendent
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-03
Rules for All Sports.
Water Superintendent.

The most valuable book on the mar
ket today, for sporting men, is the
Book of Rules for All Sports" No. 4.
of Fox's Athletic library, published BY
Richard K. Fox, Franklin Square. Now
York city. 1t is handsomely illustrted
and contains, in compact form. rules
for football. baking. bowling, billiards.
pool, hockey, wrestling. QUOT throw
ing, swimming, general amateur rules.
etc. The price is ten cents, with three
cents added for postage.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-03
wALLA wALLA IS TO BE MADE.
HEADQUARTERS FOR ONE OF
THE DISTRICTS.
Superintendent Will Be an Ohio Man
Who Will Soon Arrive-Cam-
paign Of Education.

Walla Walla is to be made head
quarters for one district of the Wash
ington State Anti-Saloon league is the
news that comes from Spokane
through Rev. William Herwig, super
intendent of the Spokane district, who
announces that the superintendent OF
Ohio man and that he will arrive mere
and take up his work just as soon as
the struggle in that state between the
anti-saloon leagues candidate for
governor, Patterson, and Governor
Herrick, who is up for reelection. is
settled.
In Four Districts.
The state will be divided into four
districts. Headquarters will be es-
tablished at Tacoma, Seattle and
Walla. Walla. These will be the points
at which the superintendent in charge
of the three other districts in this state
will be located. Men will be appoint
ed in the near future to act as super
intendents of these districts. These
districts have not as yet been or
gained.
Campaign Of Education.
Mr.. Cherrington, VINO was recently
appointed to act as the state super
;ot 0f kIo 10, "a chincfOn
left last week for Seattle, where he
will take up the work of getting the
state organization into first class work.
ing order. The work of dividing the
state into districts will be one of the
first matters which Mr.. Cherrington
will take up. Immediately upon get
ting the districts organized and the
superintendent appointed to take
charge of them, the league is to begin
a campaign of education among the
citizens of the state for the purpose
of getting them in sympathy with the
proposed local option law, which the
league will endeavor to secure from
the next legislature at Olympia.
Give Lectures Everywhere.
I'VE propose to cover this entire dis
trict in a most thorough manner, hold
ing meetings and giving lectures at
every church, schoolhouse and meeting
place in the five counties which COM
no-a- NV district The partic,lIar OBJ
jects in view will be the enforcement
of the existing Sunday laws and those
morals of people in general. We will
also work for the enactment of fur
Their and more rigorous laws to regu-
late the moral conduct, and a campaign
of education to prepare the citizens, so
that we may have their undivided sup
port in the matter of securing a local
option law for this state. 1t is the in
tention to give the people information
as to the purpose and objects of the
Anti-Salcon league.
The advent of Mr.. Cherrington as
state superintendent is expected to in
fuse new life and vigor into the work
of the league in Washington. Mr.
Cherrington is a young man of great
ability and energy and he will take
mold of the work in Washington In
vigorous and energetic way"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-03
Tenement Fire in Brooklyn.

NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-Seven per-
sons were hurt and four overcome by
smoke in a fire caused by an attempt
to blow up three-story double tene-
ment on Low street, Brooklyn. Mrs
Heldart and three children were over
come by smoke.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-03
.ef BROWN FAILS TO HEED
.oo HUNTS DEMANDS
TO "cLosE TOWN.
IAN. Pioneer Merchant Says
w.IIa Is as Wide Open as
il Was Is Years Ago.

,,o,,or Hunts attitude on
Ling question and his de-
- made in mis- annual message to
.ou Tuesday night, that all
NC of gambling be abohshed IN
uaIIa. Cnief Brown failed to
any action yesterday and last
''' aooes were running wide open
20, If anything the gambling
os were better patronlzed
~ night than they have been for
rsek. In at least three Easements
',der saloons, where games are run
e,n blast. it was possible to
money on almost any kind of a
ranging from the Chinese game
~s,r tan" to the subtle allurements
..o wheel of fortune, including "21,"
t,lsck jack" draw poker" craps"
:, the irresistible "Klondike.'
ono basement seven different
os were counted last night and an
crowd of men lowered around
;, t.h,e anxious to place their coin
tho fin of a card or the turn of
,,sa, Cinnamon and white men ell
- zach other in order to get close
.,o tables Business was good last
!dt and the dealers and proprietors
,h0 games wore a satisfied look. III
,,aber basement three games were
,,ring full blast and playing to
rordod houses. In this resort was
nav poker game, "21'' and crap"
,ra No one was about to say may"
"a the games running wide open and
mo gambler confidently remarked
mat he expected that the present agi-
sior would blow over without any
thing being done.
thief Brown when asked if he in
-srdpd to follow out the mayors de-
nsnds that gambling be stopped, re-
fsed TO be interviewed this morning,
aying that he did not care to discuss
fe question through the newspapers.
Worst ir Is Years.
have lived in Walla Walla 25
Years but l never knew the town to
hrun so wide open as it is today" a
tOneer merchant on Main street said
this morning. In the early days when
Eala Wala was the most important
trading point in the northwest and
NnseQuently was tenanted by all
classes of people. it was not any worse
than it is today. In those days women
gambling was permitted and kindred
vices prevailed but the same is in con-
slant evidence in Walla Walla right
now | venture to say that there are
In Walla Walla today, one hundred
pssle of the undesirable element aside
I'M the women of the tenderlOin dis
r1ct These include gamblers, ''touts,"
VINO hang around the race track and
pool rooms working 'greenies' for
"nat they can; pimps and macques
daa hangers-on around saloons who
Would not hesitate a minute to rolf
man or do a dip act if the oppor-
tnnitr rnOn.., ,...
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-03

All second hand Pianos and Organs
taken as cash payments on new ones
Stanley Music House.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-03
ElkS' DAY AT THE FAIR,

Elks' day at the Portland Fair is on
the 18th Of August. Estimate the at
tendance. The Upton contest closes
on the 10th of August. Get in your
vote.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-03
WHOLESALE HOUSE,
BRANCHING OUT
Well Known Firm of BachtoId (
Alderman on Alder Street Now
Occupy Larger Quarters

Eight Years Since the Firm Was First
Established in This City-Each Year
Has Witnessed an Annual Growth of
the Business-Firm Now Conducts
One of the Most Commodious and
Complete Wholesale Liquor Houses
in the Northwest.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-03
GET THAT VOTE.

On the attendance at tine Portland fair
on Elks' day. Contest closes on the
10th. Upton's, Second and Alder
streets, for particulars of prizes.