The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-10
WAS NOT TREATED FAIRLY
WAITSBURG PEOPLE CLAIM THE
TOWN WAS TURNED DOWN
IN EXHIBIT.
Local Newspaper Scores Commission
That Had Charge of the Matter
For Coutny.

Feeling that there is a just ground
for complaint against the action of the
commission that had charge of col
lecting and arranging the exhibit from
Walla Walla county to the Lewis and
Clark exposition, the Waitsburg Times
has this to say:
THE role of a kicker is never an
enviable one and this paper never
takes any pleasure in kicking, es-
peciallv when we know it won't do any
good.
However, in that so-called souve-
mir of Walla Walla county just issued
for use at the Portland Fair, the City
IF Waitsburg and surrounding coun-
try certainly has a kick coming and
| hard one Of all the unmitigatel
frauds ever perpetrated on a COM
munity we think this Souvenir takes
the lead, so far as this city is con-
cerned.
THE sum of $4,000 was appropriat ted
by the County Com. for the work of
advertising Walla Walla County
Walla Walla County, mind you-not
Walla Walla City. A committee Of As
representative business men in the
county was selected by the Board to
meet and select an executive commit
tee to judiciously expend this money.
DIR. N. G. Bla1ock, c. L. Whitney
and nj. Mcdonald, all Of Walla Walla,
were finally selected as this commit
tee. Among others schemes for bring
ing this county to the notice of East
ern people, it was decided by this COM
mittee to have printed 10000 copies Of
so page souvenir folder, well illus
trated, etc.
1.-The County Commissioners were
assured that every part of the county
should receive fair consideration in
this booklet.
I'VE challenge any fair minded man
to say that Waitsburg HAS received
fair consideration. The committee re-
sponsible for this gross oversight does
not contend that Waitsburg has been
fairly treated, and are full Of excuses,
but that does not help matters any
We do not accuse this committee of
Intentionally trying to slight this city
but we do say that they have been ex
ceedingly negligent, to say the least,
and owe this community an apology.
"In the first place a man was sent
up here to look up suitable photo
graphs for illustrations. He came in
again at 2 o'clock. So far as we can
find out, this gentleman did not call
on a single business man and went out
of town saying that he could not find
any suitable scenes in this city out
side of our school buildings.
In the second place, Prof. w. D.
Lyman, of Whitman College, was Sc
cured to write the literary part of the
booklet. Waitsburg was given 100
words, written by Prof. Lyman, in his
office at Walla Walla, without con-
sulting with any representative citizen
as to what this city wanted in the
'write-up' and without himself being
familiar with the Industries or attrac-
tive features of this city.
Then in the third place, to add in
suit to injury, the photographs Of our
academy and our public school, the
only photos taken from this place.
were grouped with the school build
ings of Walla Walla city and labeled
'Walla Walla's Public Schools.
Wouldn't that just make you tired?
eff Waitsburg hasn't a vigorous
kick coming, we don't know why"