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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-24

is your land under irrigation?
Do you rent your land?
How many acres do you rent?
How much annual rental do you re-
ceive per acre?
How much did your land cost?
How much interest does the rental
revenue on your land allow you, net
per acre?
Affidavit Of person holding decided or
rented lands watered by either we'll,
spring or ditch under private irri
cation enterprise:
Range? Township? Section?
How many acres have you under
cultivation?
Do you lease the land?
Is the land irrigated?
What is the character of water sup
ply? Ditch? Spring? Well?
If irrigated by a private enterprise,
what does water right cost per acre
Annually? Perpetual?
What is the maintenance fee per
acre?
What was the total cost per acre
for leveling land and preparing same
to receive water?
WHAT crops do you grow on your
land?
OF the following list of fruits how
much land do you devote to each spe-
cial kind?
Fruits-apples, peaches, pears, april
cots, plums, cherries, prunes.
rries-Strawberries, Raspberries,
blackberries, grapes, dewberries, goose
berries currants.
egetables-Potatoes, cabbage, car
rots, onions, asparagus, celery, pars-
nips, beets, rnubarb, egg plant, spin
ach, turnips, radishes, squash, water
melons, musk melons.
Other vegetables and per acre of
each?
Number of acres in hay, grain, corn
and other crops?
What amount of produce do you seel
from your land each year?
How much poultry do you raise?
How many swine do you raise?
How many cows do you keep?
What is the total amount which you
receive from your dairy products per
pear?
Total amount in gross sales?
Number of members in family?
Amount of labor employed? Men?
Women? Wages paid?
Distance from market?
If leased, for what period?
WHAT rental do you pey per acre?
What is the character of improve
ments?
Character of soil? Loan? Ash?
Sand? Gravel?
What is the approximate value of
your land?
What is the value of the land ad-
joining without water?
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-24
NOTICE..

Notice is hereby given that the as
sessment roll for local improvement
districts Nos. 5, T. 8, 10, II 13, IA, Is
and Is are on file in the office of the
City Clerk, that the same were filed
May 18th, 1905; that the same are
now open for public inspection and
that on May 10Th, 1905, at 1880 p. m.
the City Council will meet and sit to
hear appeals of parties aggrieved by
SUCH assessments.
r. P. REYNOLDS,
City Clerk.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-24
Joe Jenerson's Human Role.

Joe Jefforson's Human Role.
The twenty years sleep Of Rip Van
Wrinkle gave chance for introducing
picturesque pathos on the stage, where
Joe Jefferson won his fame, but it was
not that circumstance which lifted the
play and the player so far above the
common level. Poor Rip was the. whole
thing, and Jefferson's Rip was inimita-
BILE. Art counted for much as an aid
to naturalness on the boards, but the
soul Of the player was seated in the
clothes of the typical young Dutchman
Of pre-revolution days and gave forth
in all truthfulness the good humor, the
kindness, the affection and the pitiful
weakness which appeal to human SYM
pathy.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-24
NOTICE..

I am pleased to inform the public
that we have been appointed agents of
the Washington Fire Insurance Com
pany of Seattle, a splendid young insti-
tuition composed of many of our states
most prominent merchants and capital
lists, with a capital and surplus of
$262,500. This is the only regular stock
fire insurance company on the coast
out of San Francisco and as such
should command-and I trust will re-
ceive-Your hearty support May !
ask you to see me before arranging for
your next insurance.
Very respectfully,
B. S. WOODRUFF & CO.,
Agent.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-24

Kipling is said to have begun the
fashion Of introducing purely technical
knowledge into fiction. All manner of
modern inventions and up to date sci
entific theories are exploited with a
bold hand. And the remarkable thing
Is that the writer's of realistic and
practical fiction challenge the criticism
Of experts in their accuracy in tech
meal details, whether in mechanism or
psychological phenomena. If Kipling
began it," he has a school of very
able followers.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-24
AFFiDAVITS BEING SECURED OF
THE FARMERS OWNING AND
RENTING LAND
Irrigation Association and Commercial
Club Are Doing Good Work in
Securing information.

In an effort to secure as much re-
liable data as possible to be presented
to the government reclamation ser
vice in connection with the Palouse ir-
rigation project, the officers of the Ma
tional Irrigation association, acting in
conjunction with the Walla Walla
Commercial club, is mailing to farm
ers owning or renting lands under the
ditch, either private or government
projects, series of questions which
they are requested to answer and re-
turn to the association.
The information desired by the as
ISOLATION, so that it may be presented
at the proper time, in a concise and
intelligent manner, consists of the
number of acres each farmer owns or
cost to reclaim it or the cost per acre
per year for water, the value and kind
of crops grown and other data that
can be used in urging upon the gov
eminent the wisdom of proceeding
with the Palouse project. Where it is
possible. farmers will be interviewed
personally, but those residing in the
remote districts will be requested to
mail in their answers at the earliest
possible date. The list of questions,
the answers to which must be support
ed by affidavits, is as follows:
Lands that would come under the 600
and 700 hundred level of the propos-
ed PaIouse irrigation Project:
Range? Township? Section?
How much land do you own?
What is the character of your hold
ings? Decided? Homesteaded?
Contract if so, of what nature?
What is the value of this land in it's
. present condition?
What income do you derive from
your lands?
provements you have made on your
lands?
What would you be willing to pay
per acre for water delivered on your
land in sufficient quantity to irrigate
same?
What would you consider a fair siz-
ed holding, i. E., how many acres for
each family?
Would you be willing to subdivide
and sell your holdings of land at a
fair price in excess of the accepted
farm unit in this district?
If the estimated cost of constructing
the Palouse project would amount to
an average of $65 per acre, under
standing the conditions as they will
exist at the time water is put on the
ground. can you pay a tax of $3.50 per
acre per annum for a period of ten
years?
Affidavit Of person who owns and rents
his lands:
How much land do you own?
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-24

James Whitcomb Riley's Easter poem
is not In his usual vein, but every pro-
duction from his clever pen is Of gen.
eral interest. The last stanza Of the
three which make up the poem reads
thus:
Soul Of Mankind. he wakes-he lives onca
more!
O soul with heart and voice
Sing. sing!-the stone rolls chorus from
the door
Our Lord stands forth. Rejoice!
Rejoice, o garden land Of song and 1ow-
ers:
Our King returns to us. forever ou:ss
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-24

$6.25-PortIand and Return-$6.25
The 0. r. & N. will, on June 14tn
run special train to Portland, leav-
ing Walla Walla at a. M, arriving
Portland AS p. m. Tickets will be
good for return on any train up to and
including June 21st. For detailed in
formation call on or address,
r. BURNS,
General Agent.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-24
America to Be Represented.

PARIS, May 24.-At a meeting of
the council of ministers today M. Del
case announced that President Roose-
welt had accepted an invitation of
France to send a military commission
to the next general French military
maneOuvers.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-24

DR.. w. j. Waite, Eyesight Specialist.
will examine your eyes free of charge
and grind glasses to at all difficult
cases. Optical parlors, z. K. Straight
Jewelry store.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-24

The Portland Restaurant will help
you save money.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-15
One Way of Making Coree.

Do you know thai many years ago
certain folk in Virginia knew how to
make good coffee? Nothing but old
Government Java In befo' de wah
times, The modus operandi was as
follows: -Parch the berries a deep
brown and while still hot mix In the
whites of several eggs and also the
shells. When cold and dry grind mod
erately fine ten pounds and place in a
bag Of butcher muslin. which suspend
from a beam or hook. Into the mouth
OF the bag insert funnel. burying the
tube In the grounds, and from time to
time pour in water. Have vessel be-
low to catch the drip In the process
of percolation (Which may require a
week or ten days. the water gathers ur
the strength of the coffee. arriving In
the vessel a deep red and as clear AZ
crystal. Heat 1t when you want q
drink. That's COFFEE, You know
the principle of the ash hopper.-Neu
York Press.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-15
Anglo-saxonism in the South.

The truth is that the South has re-
tanned the Anglo-Saxon civilization in
virtually undiluted form. With the ex-
ception of one or two great seaport
towns the white people of the section
have preserved intact their stock their
customs. their ideals and their institu-
tions. Generations succeed each other
in uRbroken order, each taking on
something Of the fruit Of human prog
ress and keeping pace with the gem
eral- exaltation, but the race remains
IN its original purity and abandons
nothing of its original character and
Inspiration. Down in their hearts.
whatever committees and conventions
and jealous exploiters may say the
Southern people are content with the
evolution which has brought them to
their present state. They do not relish
the idea of alien infusions. new social
problems and perilous experiments in
unknown fields. They have emerged
from disaster by familiar and sure
paths. Along those paths they would
rather journey to the end.-Washing-
ton Post
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-15
SAYS HUMBUG is RAMPANT.

BERKELEY, May 14.-Soft winds
from the bay tempered the heat of
the sun this afternoon, making 1t ap-
parently pleasure to be part Of the
great throng that gathered in the
Greek Theater on the campus to hear
the baccalaureate sermon delivered to
the graduating class of the university
by Rev. Charles r.. Brown, pastor of
the First Congregational Church of
Oakland.
The class first sang Let There Be
Light" and Professor Charles Mills
Gayley read an appropriate Scriptural
selection. A solo was reffdered by
Clinton r. Morse, and President
wheeler afterward introduced Rev.
Charles r. Brown. who spoke in part
as follows:
The demands which the world has right to
make upon the university man or woman are
many We. look to them for intellectual Sc
robustness. thoroughness and honesty. We are
living in. the twentieth century and If one
listened to the orators without looking at the
Wss shnng lahng fhe sunlight
But in the face of the of humbug
and delusion. superstition and shallow dogmat-
intellectual seriousness and thoroughness which
7 named. The plain facts of physiology and
philosophy. tossed out of the window
almost contemptuously on the strength of a
bit OF Mighty sentiment Great numbers of
men are hurried peilmel into the swamp in
pursuit OF some political or economic will o.
the-wisp whose unreality has already been
demonstrated by wide areas Of experience!
Nostrums and patent medicines of all Kinds.
physical. mental. industrial and political, are
swallowed by the barrel to the great detrirnent
Of our personal and corporate wellbeing. Poor
, dumb fools go on butting their brains out
against the moral corner stones OF the uni
verse in the vain supposition that possibly
the way OF the transgressor may not be hard.
or that some better way may be found than
the way Of righteousness. With all our boast
ed advance and the many facilities offered peo-
pie for knowing better, there is vast deal
OF all this. The cry rings out. Behold the cali
Of duty cometh; 90 ye out to meet 1t with that
intellectual seriousness and thoroughness which
is expected Of university men and women.
The hymn, How Firm the Foun-
dations,' was sung by the assemblage.
after which the benediction was pro
nounced.
An intermission of ten minutes fol-
lowed. Judge Henry A. Melvin. an
alumnus, sang, and Mr.. Weiss rem
dered a cello solo. The class sane
The Ends of the Earth,'' and Clinton
r. Morse again sang, Judge Melvin
concluding the exercises with another
solo. -
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-15
RAID mo MANS LAND"
FOR DEER SLAYERS.
UNCANNY MUSIC
WAKES FAMILY
Maniac Girl Invades Home
of Charles Knox in Early
Morning and Plays Piano

OAKLAND, May H. - Awakened
from slunlber by the sound of weird.
uncanny music which seemed to come
from the parlor of his residence.
Charles w. Knox, mining engineer,
residing at 533 Twenty-seventh street,
found, on investigation. that strange
woman had Invaded his home at 5
O'Clock this morning and was seated
al the piano, calmly playing some
freakish composition of her own.
Knox did not disturb his unknown
visitor just then, but went back to
his room to dress, that he might sum-
mon the police and have his unwel-
come guest removed. While he was
engaged in putting en- his clothes a
shrek Of fright from his wife caused
him to turn and. he was confronted
by the strange woman, who was stand
ing in the doorway of the room, re-
garding the occupants with the vacant
stare Of madness.
Fearing that the maniac, misht be-
come violent, Knox hastily telephoned
for the police and the woman was TAX
en- to the police station, where she was
identified as Mary E. Reyes, aged 10
years. who disappeared from the home
OF her parents, 1777 Ninth street, last
Thursday evening.
Earlier in the morning the girl had
been arrested for roaming the streets,
but with the cunning of the maniac
she convinced the police that she had
left her home on an errand and she
was released.
After being examined by the City
Physician the girl was charged with
insanity and taken to the Receiving
Hospital.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-15
Her Unconscious Loyaltx.

lawyer making Speciality Of d.
yorce cases was recently consulted by
a woman desirous OF bringing action
against her husband for separation.
The lady related a narrowing story of
her Ill treatment at the hands of her
betterhalf. Indeed. the lawyer was so
impressed by her recital of woes that
for moment he was startled out Of
his usual professional composure
"Madam!" he exclaimed. from what
you say. I gather that this man is a
perfect brute" Whereupon the ap-
plicant for divorce rose with dignity
and said: "Sir. shall consult another
lawyer; came here to get your advice
as to divorce, not to hear my hus-
band abused Weekly
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-15
WILL co ABROAD
FOR A VACATION

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, May IA.
With the coming OF the summer holi-
days the Stanford professors are plan
ming their vacations Professor Max
Farrand of the history department will
spend a year on the Atlantic seahoard.
He will carry on research work at
Philadelphia and Washington. complet-
ing his book on the work of the Fed
eral convention in the formation OF the
constitution He will also give two
courses at Cornell next year. a course
on the westward movement of the
more advanced course on the forma-
tion Of the constitution of the United
States Professors M. B. Anderson and
A @. Newcomer of the English depart
ment are also planning to spend the
summer and part of next year
abroad.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-15
Game Wardens Bring
Back Two Men Who
Have Defied the Laws
CAUGHT REDHANDED
Immunity Has Long
Been Enjoyed in
This Wild Region

OAKLAND, May 14-Deputy State
Game Warden w. R. welch has
returned from a raid OF the noun
tain Businesses south of Livermore
and he brought back with him
two men who were caught with yeni-
son and deer hides. The offenders were
w. P. Jones and John w. Hampton.
They pleaded guilty before Justice Tay-
lor of Livermore and paid their fines.
1t is not often that ln;nions of the
law penetrate this inhospitable noun
tain district that is sometimes called
No Mans Land" The few mountain
eers who inhabit the forhidding section
have long enjoyed immunity from the
game statutes and not until Deputy
Welch. accompanied by John Nc
Gltnchy, the warden at Livermore,
made his unexpected visit was there
ever the slightest respect shown for the
laws designed TO protect game.
The district in question lies partly
In Alameda, Santa Clara, Stanislaus
and San Joaquin Counties, where these
counties join. The responsibility of au-
thorities being thus divided and the
country almost inaccessible from the
populous sections, scant attention Is
paid to the section by the officers.
There are hardly more than a hundred
residents and they are allowed to do
about as they please So long as in
fractions of the law do not become too
notorious and too great. The result has
been that these mountaineers and cat
tlemen have come to regard the coun-
try as their own for any purpose they
choose to use it. Most of the country is
barren and forbidding and nearly all
IL, government land. Private titles, ex-
cept for mines. are almost unknown.
Game has become plentiful in this
district. Driven out of the valleys by
the farmers the deer have retreated
into these wilds. and there are large
droves that are seldom hunted, except
by few sportsmen from the Livermore
district who know of their existence.
The mountaineers of this section are
not averse to taking parties into the
mountains occasionally and guiding
them to some of these hunting grounds.
1t has been known for some time
that few Of these mountaineer hunts
men have been absolutely disregarding
the game laws.
Deputy Game Warden W. r. WEIGH
made quiet trip to Livermore last
week, and taking with him John Nc
Glinchys the local game warden, started
for mo Mans Land" They were care
full about their movements, and re-
turned yesterday with W. p Jones
and John w. Hampton. Jones is from
the San Antoine Valley and Hampton
has cabin near the headwaters of
the Arroyo Mocho.
The sportsmen of the Livermore VAL
ley are to form protective association
TO cooperate with the state game COM
mission in protecting the game of this
section.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-15
TO FREE HOME
FROM MORTC AGE

OAKLAND May 14.-To help the
widow of the late George w. Brown,
the policemen who was killed by a
footpad whom he had ordered to halt.
the Oakland Police Department. in
conjunction with the fraternal orders
of which the deceased was member,
will give benefit at the Bell Theater
next Friday afternoon, May 19, the
proceeds of which will be presented to
the widow of the brave patrolman.
Tickets for the benefit are now -on
SALE, and a large number. have been
disposed of. The members Of Pied
mont Parlor, Native Sons of the Gold
en- West, have taken 200 tickets, and
many more have been secured by peO-
pie residing on the beat patrolled by
Brown at the time of his death.
The object of the benefit is to en-
able Mrs. Brown to clear mortgage
which now incumbers her home on
.Twenty-seventh street. Since the death
of her husband, Mrs. Brown has been
making a brave struggle to support
herself and her children, and has sue
ceeded, but she has not been able to
meet the mortgage. Her only fear Is
that she may lose her home, but there
is little doubt that the proceeds of the
benefit next Friday will go far toward
clearing the indebtedness.
The organizations which have the
affair in charge are the Oakland Police
Department, the Native Sons, the Odd
Fellows, the Young Mems Institute,
and the Garments Benevolent and Pro-
tective Association.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-15
ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS,

OBJECT TO SALOON.-Berkeley May IA
Residents of South BERKELEY have prepared a
petition to the Town Trustees, asking that
Theodore Gier's request for a license at the
Ashby station be denied.
PROPERTY OWNERS CENsURED.-Berke-
ley, May 1.-THE Central Improvement Club
has adopted resolutions censuring the owners
OF the Chinese resorts Dwight way, near
Fulton street. and at Blake street and Shat
tuck avenue for permitting Chinese TO the
property, as alleged, for opium dens and other
illicit purposes.
BOYS RUN AwAY.-Berkeley May a.
Edwin sather and John Batchelder. school
boys of Berkeley. have run away from home
because they were punished by their parents.
and Batchelders home is at 2s23 Groyekstreet.
The youngsters are under a. Marshal voll-
Ener has been asked to find the lads.
BANK CASHIER REsIGNs-Be May
John U. Calkins has resigned cashier
Of the University Savings Bank to accept a
similar position in the Mechanics Savings
ick Clark. who has returned to Berkeley to
manage the Homestead Loan Association. Will
liam n. Roberts has been appointed cashier
OF the University Bank. He has been an em-
ploye OF the Bank Of California Of San Fran
cisco
woMENs LEAGUE OFFICERS
May 14-The Women's Label League elected
the following officers at the last meeting to
serve for the ensuing term: President. Miss
May Hampton; Vice president, Miss overton;
secretary Mrs, Robert West; treasurer, Mrs
G. o. Bren; sergeant at arms Mrs. Blake
conductor Miss Blake: executive committee
Mrs. G. K. Smith, Mrs Robert West and c.
w. Petry.
BOYS NARROW ESCAPE.-Berkeley MAY
14.-Desn Parish, son Of r. T. Parish Of 2ols
Parker street, was hurled from his bicycle
almost under the wheeln of Key Route train
on Shattuck avenue, near Bancroft way. yes
terday. escaping with bruised arms and hands
His wheel slipped as he crossed the tracks
The electric cars whrled by and he was
thrown within a few inches q them. H
bumped the rails, but lay quietly while the
train passed. his eoolness helping TO save him
from death
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-15
COLLEGE DAYS
SOON TO END.
Class of 1905 Prepares to
Bid Farewell to It's Work
at the State University
CLASS DAY EXERCISES
Pilgrimage to Be Made From
building to Building as
Is Time-Honored Custom

BERKELEY. May 1.-THE failure of
many members of the senior class to
acquit themselves successfully in ex-
amlnations will not detract at all from
the pomp and eclat with which the
successful members Of the class of 1905
are to be invested with those honors
that the university accords. To-mor-
row morning the annual class. pilgrim
age VIII be taken, as one; of the i'm
portant incidents of class day. Every
class that has been graduated has had
It's own special exercises, but the pill
grimage from building to building has
been regularly made since 1892. The pill
grlmage speakers tomorrow will be as
follows: Senior oak Eugene r.. Hal
lett; South Hall, w. Harry Dehm
agricultural building, Harry M. How
ard; Hearst Hall, Miss Alma Barnett;
chemistry building, Belmont p. Jag
gard; mining building, Victor G.
Stumpf; library, Miss Ethel Richard
son; mechanics, John M Nightingale;
Mitchell monument. James A. Force;
North Hall, Joseph P. Loeb.
An international baseball game be-
tween the varsity team and team
from the Waseda University of Japan
Will be played tomorrow afternoon on
the campus.
Lie senior class extravaganza Will
be produced tomorrow night on the
stage of the Greek Theater. Much that
is novel has been promised for it by
the promoters of the affair. A great
ichorus numbering hundreds will be a
feature. The list of principals includes
some of the best dramatic talent in
the university.
On Tuesday morning the seniors will
have the '05 picnic in Coed Canyon.
The senior ball will be given on Tues
day night in Hearst Hall.
Wednesday will be commencement
day. The exercises in the Greek Thea
ter will begin at 2:30 o'clock. There will
be commencement speeches by five Sc
niors selected to speak on this occa-
sion, the delivery of military commits
sions, awarding of the university med
al, comforting of degrees, hymns and
the benediction. At night President
Wheeler will receive, with Mrs. Wheel
er, members of the graduating class in
Hearst Hall.
The Regents will meet on Tuesday
in South Hall and attend to matters
connected with commencement week.