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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-08
MILTON has CHEAP LIGHT
MERCHANT OF THE TOWN TELLS
WHAT CITY IS DOING
WITH PLANT.
Fifty Cents Month Per Light 10 the
Low Rate Charged BY the
Municipality.

Milton has the best and cheapest
electric lights in the country" said G.
A. winckler, the well known merchant
of that city who was in Walla Walla
today. There is plenty OF light for
everybody and the beauty Of the ar
rangement is, the city owns the plant.
Not only is the city enabled to light its
own streets at very small cost, but the
people of the town are furnished lights
at a very reasonable price. The rate
for a ten candle power incandescent is
only so cents per month, while much
cheaper price is given to those who
use a large number of lights. The city
with the old plant did a big business,
and now with the new one, which is
better equipped, an increase in the
number of patrons is expected.
Milton is one Of the best business
towns in the country and the lit
tie burg is forging ahead at a rapid
rate. Many new buildings are being
erected in both the business and resi-
dence districts and we all look for
ward to quite an increase in population
during the present year."
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-08
Y-OuT OFFICIAL CANVASS MADE
rHIIllM colLE6E TRY-ouT
CONTEST or ORATORS WILL be
HELD IN CHAPEL FRIDAY
NIGHT.
Five Contestants for Honor Of Repre-
ssntins School in the intsrcoI-
lssiats Debate.

The only oratorical contest to be
held in Walla walla this winter will be
the local try-out at Whitman college
Friday evening. There will be five
contestants this year for the honor of
representing Whitman in the inter-col-
legiate contest at Pullman early in
May.
This is the first time the contest has
taken place in the winter time as here
tofore it has each year formed part
of the programme for commencement
week. Some of the best orators in the
college will appear on the platform and
the affair promises to be close and in
teresting. The different orations have
been in the hands of faculty COM
mittee Of three for several days to be
marked on thought and composition.
The judges on delivery Friday evening
will be Rev. Austin Rice, A. ]. ellis
and Superintendent O. S. Jones.
These who will contest represent all
the classes in the college. Charles D.
Robinson is a senior. He is brother to
Samuel Robinson who won the inter-
collegiate contest last year, over Hez
Brown. Louis c. Sutherland is a ju-
nior. He is a graduate of the Walla
Walla high school where he won dis
tinction as an orator by winning the
Inter-Academic defamation contest
three years ago. George Libby of Spo
kane is sophomore and Harry T.
Davenport and Lester Livingood are
both freshmen.
Whitman has lost the intercollegiate
contest for the last three years and
the choice of representative this year
is exciting much interest as Whitman
hopes to win this year. Next year the
intercollegiate contest will be held in
Walla Walla.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-08
GOLD FOR TAKING.
Dream Of British Company With New
Collaborating Process.

LONDON, Feb. 8.-Londoners are
beginning given an opportunity to in
vest their money in an undertaking by
which, it is said, an unlimited supply
water at a cost of $50 for every $500
extracted.
Sir William Ramsay, whose scienti-
fic reputation is of the highest, mas
been retained by a syndicate, which is
called the Industrial and Engineering
trust, Limited, and in which the share
holders include Lord Brassey, Lord
Tweedale, Albert Gibbes, and several
members of parliament. and Albert
Sanderman, former governor of the
Bank of England.
The syndicate has a modest capital
of $4,000 in IS shares, and the inventor
of the process is H. ]. Smell.
Ramsay Endorses Test.
Sir William Ramsay has made expe-
diments on the strength of which he
says in formal report:
There is no doubt that Smell has
proved that gold can be obtained prof
itably on a large scale from sea water,
and the amount of gold obtained is so
large that whether the cost of treat
ment is $40 ton, or even the outside
figure of $40 a ton, which it could not
exceed, it would not make much liffer-
ence.'
One of the assistants of Ramsay is
d. Littlefield, who goes further than
his chief. and in a report to the share
holders is quoted as saying:
LAS far as I can see, it only remains
! for you to say how much gold you want
| a day, and it can be produced. Sup
posing you are dealing with eight acres
once in twenty four hours, or, say, 900
| days a year, you would produce $780,
600 gold If you treated twenty acres
this would produce $1,soO,O 900. Sup
posing you deal with 400 acres, it would
| produce a little over $35,000.000 per
! annum.
| Plant In South Of England.
| According to the Daily Express. the
works to which Mr.. Littlefeld referred
are those which the syndicate recently
F. has acquired on the south coast OF
| England.
| 1t is asserted that SueIl has invented
| several processes, all of which nave
been failures but that his latest, or
which Mr.. Ramsay has reported, il
successful.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-08
The Resources Of Panama.

The annual report of the British con-
sui at Panama makes some interesting
revelations regarding the undeveloped
resources of the isthmian republic.
Railways and highways, the consul as
serts. will convert what Is now wilder
ness and jungle into rich farms and
fields. while the wealth Of Panama's
mineral deposits and forests Is bis
torical. Open savannas with miles OF
splendid grazing grounds lie within
this narrow neck Of land. The climatic
conditions of some of the interior prov
inces .are already good, and the work
of sanitation now being carried on by
American engineers will make prac-
ticalIy all the isthmus habitable to
white men. Better means of trans
pOrtatiOn and communication are the
imperative needs of the republic. but
the foreign service is even now much
improved over old conditions. The Pa
cific Mail Steamship company operates
weekly steamers between Panama and
San Francisco, and another line has
recently been inaugurated between
Callao and China, calling at Panama
on both the outward and homeward
voyages. About twenty banana steam
ers mostly Norwegian, call at Panama
every month, carrying away 100000
punches Of bananas. The plantations
are many miles in extent. and the
business is entirely in the hands Of
citizens Of the United States.
An extensive wireless telegraph serv-
ice will soon connect Panama with
Colon and both cities with Central and
South America. The international
banking corporation of the United
States has opened an agency in Pana-
ma. Portobello, on the Atlantic coast,
through which all trade with ports on
the gulf of San Bias will be carried on.
has been declared open to commerce.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-08
REPENTANTs GET CHANCE.
Able to Cut Dies.

Reformed counterfeits, able to cut
dies from which Uncle Sam might
strike his 500 gold pieces. are offered
an honorable position in the govern
ment service at IS or IS per diem. The
civil service commission pleads pathe-
tically for all qualified engravers to
come forward and take the examina-
ton. Assurance is given that there
need be little fear of rush, since the
mint is having much trouble in get
ting competent men.
Uncle Sam has yelled the job under
the title of ''medalist" at the mint at
Philadelphia, and vacancies as they
may occur in the mint and assay SER
vice throughout the nation.
No educational test will be given
and it will not be necessary for ap-
plicants to appear at any place for ex-
animation.
Age limit is 20 years or over on the
date of the examination.
Applicants must be artists trained
in miniature sculpture and able to
produce dies for striking medals or
coins They must be designers, compe-
tent to illustrate allegorically special
occasions or events, and sculptOrs and
engravers in relief and intaglio, and
must be skilled in all classes of work,
such as portraiture. figure or animal
work, foliage or flowers, as all are
often combined in one medal or coin.
Applicants will be required to fur
nish samples of work done by them
selves, with affidavit to prove that
the samples submitted are Of their own
| workmanship. No application will be
accepted unless properly executed,
and, with the samples of work required,
filed with the commission at Wash
| ington prior to the hour of closing
business on March l. 1905.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-08
Des Moines Woman Breaks Wedding

Des Moines Woman Breaks Wedding.
DES MONIES. Iowa, Feb. S.-"You
shall not marry my daughter were
the frantic words which startled a
Des Moines wedding party today.
The ceremony had just begun when
Mrs. NJ. MacGee rushed into the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hughes and
with those words as salutation de-
clared that John Hughes. under pre-
tense of restoring her daughters
health by hypnotism. had succeeded in
obtaining her promise Of marriage.
The minister refused to perform
the ceremony when he heard the
mothers words, and the astounded
guests took their departure. The
briie-elect declares she will marry the
hypnotist yet.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-08
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.

Walla Walla, Wash, Jan. %, 1905.
Notice is hereby given that the part
nership heretofore existing between
the undersigned is by mutual consent
this day dissolved; that Joseph Char
rier will continue to conduct the Frog
saloon and he assumes all debts of the
firm and all bills due the firm shall be
payable by him.
JOSEUH CHARRIER,
ADRIAN MAGALLON.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-08
Clusters Alleged Disobedience.

The widow of General Custer and
Cyrus Townsend Brady, the novelist
and historian, have engaged in a pas
sage of words over the fatal campaign
of Little Big Horn, where Clusters band
was massacred in 1876. Referring to
Mr. Brady's statement in a new his
torical work that Custer brought defeat
on himself by disobeying orders, Mrs.
Custer says:
Among the enemies Of my husband
for, alas, no public man is without
them-none has ever made such ter
rible accusation. 1t remained for him
BRADY to say that General Custer de-
liberately planned disobedience."
To this MIR. Brady replies that he did
not originate the charge that Custer
disobeyed orders on that occasion.
That charge has been made many
times" he declares, "and most promi-
nently by Major General Robert P.
Hughes in the Journal Of the Military
Service Institution for January, 1896,
volume is. No. 70. This publication
was brought to the notice Of Mrs. Gus
ter at the time, and she issued a pam
phlet concerning it,
The story that Custer was guilty OF
virtual disobedience of orders in strik.
ing out on his own hook is not new ia
the ephensral literature of that tragic
episode in Indian warfare, yet in q
formal history which will be read by
posterity the statement, II made, should
be fortified by official authority. The
public will be satisfied to leave the
matter where Clusters superiom left It
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-08

Try Broxson's Wood lard. Phone
$50.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-08

The Fail River cotton mill owners
ana the operatives on q strike failed
to srbitrate their dispute ana bring
Christmas cheer to 10000 homes. The
strikers proposed ta}spllt the differ
ence. but the mill owners would not
agree. A threatened 1914 per cent re-
auction of wages led to the strike, the
mill owners alleging that the rise Of
cotton ate up their profits. Many
thousand workmen left Fall River, and
1t is believed that the closing of the
mills will transfer heavy business to
the southern manufactures.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-08
NOTICE.

Those wishing work complete before
Decoration Day should not delay In
making selection. The Roberts Nonu-
ment CO., Elm street.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-08

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinina Tablets.
All druggists refund the money IL II
fails to cure. q. W. Groves sigma
turs II On each boz. 36s.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-08
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.

Mime. Diamond, Palmist and Clair
voyant at Palace Hotel. Room /, will
entertain at parties.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-05
valuable stamps

Two stamps were once put into
an offertory box by a lady in
Georgetown, says the Philadel-
phia Ledger. They were two.cent
issued in British Guiana
in 1850. The lady had come across
an envelope among her papers
bearing two Of these stamps. The
incumbent, Canon Josa, sold the
envelope with the two stamps on
it by auction and ii realized 1000.
The following year the same two
changed hands at $3.50.
The new purchaser sold them for
$4,000 to a German dealers, who
sold them to a Russian nobleman
for $4,000.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-05
March of the Bullfrog.

The bullfrog has joined the pro
cessiOn in the wake of the star of
the empire. A monster of his kind
was decoyed by a boy with a red
flannel rag at the end of a hook at
Hoxie, and it made a fry for the
family. The presence of frogs in
western Kansas is a sign of the
spread Of moisture in the so-called
semi-arid region. The frog lives
in the water and when he migrates
he travels by the streams. He has
worked his way by degrees from
the swamps o the Missouri
up the Kaw to the Solomon, up
the Solomon to the forks, up the
south fork to one of it's branches
and up the branch to HOxie, where
he has made a stand to grow up
with the country. Frogs, in fact,
have become so numerous that
their hoarse voices-so strange to
the people of that country-keep
the people awake nights.-Kan-
sas City Journal.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-05
BRIEFLY TRE CONDITION IS THlsl

The Southwest Is really in need of nothing
save people. More men are wanted. In the
Southwest are vast areas OF unimproved land
land not yielding the crops of which It is
capable. The same thing, IN a different way,
is true OF the towns. Few lines OF business
are adequately represented. There are open
ingsofall sorts-form mills and manufacturing
plants. for small stores OF tall kinds, for banks,
newspapers and lumber yards. Mechanics
and professional men, both are in demand.
We are in possession Of all SORES OF infor.
nation valuable alike TO the investor and
homeseeker. II you are interested, tell US
what you want, how much you have 10 invest
and we will gladly furnish the information.
Write today for copy OF our book Business
Chances" It's free. Address
a.
%MWP1 GEORGE MORTON,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent,
@S ST. LOUIS, MO.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-05
LOST BET BY HALF A FISH
Wager Between Two Anglers That
Was Decided in a Singu-
lar Manner.

"Twofriends of mine had gone to
a small Wisconsin lake for a few
days outing, and the first day out
they made an unusually success
full catch, They quit at one
o'clock and at that time Edwards
had landed "A nice ones. On the
way back to the camp he twitted
Adams, his companion, on his fail
ure to equal that record, relates
the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Tell you what I'll do Adams
finally responded, desperate
". Tll bet you a bottle of wine
that you and the guide together
don't catch as many as that by the
same hour tomorrow
"Pshaw, that's easy; the bets
on and so it was agreed.
"The next morning they were
out early, Adams taking one boat
and Edwards and the guide going
in the other. They remained
close together, and careful tally
was kept on the finny prizes as
they were brought to the surface,
Finally only half an hour re.
manned, and Edwards had % fish
one short of the required mum
Der.
"'Guess I'll drink on you, old
man. Adams called out, taunting
ly, when only five minutes was left
and Edwards had failed to get
even a nibble.
81 guess you won't; I've got 4
bite now was the excited rejoin.
der, and Edwards began Keeling in
his line.
"'Dum it; he got away he
CALCULATED a moment later when
the line suddenly Stacked.
"'Well, it's me that has the bite
exclaimed Adams, and he began
pulling on his line. But the fish
was off in an instant.
Hold on; here he is again!
This time it was Edwards who was
doing the talking.
"And so the seesaw continued
until only a minute of the time re
manned, when finally they reeled
in their lines and found that each
had secured the same fish. A bass
had swallowed Adams hook, and
in trying to get away had run
afOul of Edwards line and was
firmly caught in the gills.
each claimed the bass, Adams
asserting that it was his property
becauseithad swallowed his hook
and Edwards being equally firm
Ia the belief that his gill hold was
the one which should count. II
finally became necessary to leave
the question to arbitration, and
the referee ruled that the prize
should be divided.
"This is how it happened thai
Edwards lost the wager by half a
fish"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-05
The True Students

ThoHsas Davidson, the Ameri-
can philosopher, often referred to
as "one of the twelve most learned
men of his time" believed that the
true students of the age arefound
not so much in universities, full
of the idle sons of the rich, as in
the factories and workshops. AS
the result of a challenge at the
close Of a lecture Prof. Davidson
organi9sd' a class of wage earners
from tenement houses.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-05
Knew All About Shrine

81 think" said the patron Of
the cheap restaurant, Cpl take
shirred eggs
CAV, g'enw cried the new
waitress. Quit kiddin' me-"
"What?n
saw, you can't fool me. | used
to be a seamstress, and / guess |
know it amt possible to make
gathers or tucks in an egg.n-
Catholic Standard and Times.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-05
they VIII Tao You.

My son, be not surety for a
stranger. In a week every conf
denoe man in the country will have
youton his mailing list.-N. o. Pic
ayune.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-05
ID he H~omasaakar,

Through the NJ. *. s. 7. Land Bureau.
thousands Of acres Of rich farm lands (im-
proved m unimproved). located along the
line Of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas R'y in
Missouri, Kansas, Indian Territory. Okla.
bona and Texas, are now offered for sale.
The lands are especially adapted to the
growth OF corn. wheat, oats. fruits, vege-
tables. rice. cotton, sugar cane and for stock
farming. The lands are we'll located as to
mArKana- enhnnla nIn
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-05
Are You
Locking AheadP

To the man looking ahead the Southwest
has an urgent invitation. The opportuuitv
Is today when Investment chances src god
ana homes can be purchased at from one
tenth 70 one-halt the prices asked in the
North p East.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-05
To Che Investor,

All over the Southwest, cities and towns
are growing up, expanding. requiring more,
demanding more, peopled by eager, pushing,
wideawake citizens, who see the virtue Of
encouraging enterprises OF every kind. the
needfulness Of getting moreand better facili-
The oil and gas fields OF Kansas, Indian
Territory and Oklahoma are practically new
aud o1er wonderful opportunities for devel-
opment along commercial lines
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-12-07
OuIy : Few nsrs DUs Lsis ~
CHRISTMAS
~~SA~~
SHOPPING.

Hsvs yss Assidsd vAse yes ~
vaas 10 by. DvSsy day nneD
more hurry asde osfsdes. osssssU
b ian a sssisl thiags - III go
gsse& vssisty a nsvtltass q 9
kinlA II Jon by 100. ~ "a iag
~ goeds asids Tor Jon.
We sss .hsseQuAsss1s ~ hsatse
goods a all kinds. Or In hs1sdse
~ pisk a dsaes1ls cd inoeees1
toya ssns Sclis ieelPA slas..Ass
isncy goodA isss,E5. Chsistass ~
egsansats, Co., ~ Our diapaAy q
japanese goods sxssas anything sv~
bsioss ahovn IN tAis tovn. Not .
vortAy nns has hssa omitted.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-12-07

Tan saving up my timber ON Dssp
WAtsr. Any one wanting AArd Inn
~ ell on NJ
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-12-07
70 take especial pride In our
LEATHER GOODS.

The lowest priced item 10 good value.
We have oil the latest things In La
dies Hand Bags, Pocket Books, ETC.;
also Purses, Card Cases, Bill Rolls,
Wallets, Cigar Cases, ETC., are . ia
vorite line with every one seeking
gifts men like to got.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-12-07

N
GrA0f
-
~ "a 81 ~
40 ~ - - ~ ~ ~ ~ - - ~
Z
Ev dnsent has been replenished with meran
Ladies Long Garments new and best
materials IN 10 and ~ inch ene'hS' o'''A' ' ., ~
medium weight lovers tha' 'ah oe "'" a. any ~ ~ '
~L:ld~o~~ Go.r,or,4c
~. o 49,, 90. 81 ,rsvs esneciauv
Me-. sho, .rvth;no like Them prices very popular We
iioue io NO. ~ No.. 81 chua~o, l., Isaben
Martini ooon' Elec',c oeas " ' ~ s ~ :"
,,,as all o s.,ns wide os
amdh.nu.shsa 81 IS b:oaddoa anolo
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-12-07
BOOKS.

When In doubt give book. That's
q sale rule to follow at holiday time.
We haven't tried to make our show.
ing impressive by ito size but nine out
ofevsry ten will think 1t large enough
and even the tenth shopper will be
impressed with the fact that any
book We do show would make an
ideal Christmas present for some ono.
Particularly interesting 10 the dis
play OF children's books In ell kinds
Of CONVERSIONS rather plain and
some very Qaily decorated.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-12-07

OF cOVor6-sOmo Idtuer pi6lu duu
some very gaily decorated.
! MEMS FURNISHINGS.
Don't worry about what to give
the men folks. Just spends . little
time in our mems furnishing depart
msnt. There you will and necktiss
from 10 cents up, shirts Of oil sorts,
suspendsrs plain aud fancy irom .
dollar down TO IL cents, umbrellas
Of oil kinds and pricss, mumsrs,
gloves and mittsnv, &C., etc.
DRY, GOODS.
Thsreiis many . one to whom .,
pretty usslsrs thing b given Who
would b bitter pleased, With sonet'
thing ussiul. For hints u this dire
tion you can't spend tims to hsttse
advantags than In The dry goodssso-
tion Of eur stors. There y nothing
betterior gifts, rsmembsr, thaniancy
hosiery. sweaters, handkerchlsia
corssts, bslts. lacss, ribbons, en-
tains. rigs; napkins, dotliss, tabl6
cloths, iascinatoru, &c, ste. 4
We havs worked hard and iaithiuI.
y to deserve your holiday pstrossee
and you owe Il TO yoursslf TO COZ
In and look us over as tbs non
friends ron have TO remember ~
easier Jon aill and \ 70 sslset e.
fapproptiats thing inour store. 3
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-12-07
FANCY BRUSHES, comss,
BRUSH AND MIRROR SET4
MANICURE sETs, &c,

srs good values. That I'll should -
durably .ads vS the s.s ssssesiai
insistsd upon vhsn W bought then.
Our iansy hand mirrors, military
hair brushss a,fAaasy't Assiclss
In gsnssAli - .sxeSptaoSar valves
every ono Of them. Prices bssin a.
low - 25 cents for things surprising.
y worthy and run up abost - tasss
any one viii care TO 90 In this hns.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-12-07
Our line Of
perfumes, TOILET SOAPS.

etc., Il exceptionally strong this sss-
son. The perfumes shat w cell
and so cents are Of excellent quality. !,
Our high priced odors st4l.00, cane
be beat. They are In pretty boxes
Just the thing for . Christmas gift TO
o lady.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-12-07
PICTURES

7 More and more people givsp ictusss'
every year. In every home there b
room for just one more picture. There
= no gift that will continue tor .
longer time to remind thoss who ~.
osivs II Of the givsr. We bslisvs you
viii think W have shown good Taste
In selecting this years line q pic
lures fot the holiday season. Any.
way, We ars willing TO lave II toyou
but ~ ths line bsioFs the big rush
makes brsAks,in e.