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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-23
Fort Walla Walla Notes

Major Lea Febiger, inspector gener-
al of the division of the Pacific is due
to arrive at the post from Vancouver
Barracks, Washington, some time dur
ing the latter part of the week.
The Fort Walla Walla baseball
team is booked to play Whitman col
lege on April /, and the Walla Walla
team on April 2. So much is known,
but just where these contests are to
come off is still pending decision.
Lieutenant Parks who has the post
team in hand is confident that his ag-
gregation of ball-tossers are the best
ever and is looking forward to a string
of scalps already dangling from his
belt.
Sergeant Hainsday, Company F,
Tenth Infantry, now stationed at Fort
Wright, washington, has transferred
to Troop A, Fourth cavalry, Sergeant
Hainsey has evidently tired Of his
dough boy" life for he previously was
in the Fourth cavalry, as matter of
fact he mas over ten years service in
the Fourth.
Francis Norton, late of the Fourth
Cavalry band, mas re- enlisted for the
Fourteenth infantry. Norton while in
the band served in the capacity of
cook and his leaving is very much re-
GREETED by the band for it is an old
saving that the way to mans heart
hi stomach
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-23
o pAcE BOOKLET WILL TELL
VISITORS AT EXPOSITION
OF THE COUNTY.
arm ehovv in Half Tones Fine Schools
and Colleges, Farm Scenes and
Other Resources.

bon;7some souvenir of Walla
,ro,,o county in the form of an illus
.~otad booklet will be one of the
NC the committee appointed to ar
.> for Waila Walla's exhibit at the
.is and Clark exposition hope to
..u,o+ the attention of visitors to the
rosources and school facilities of the
o,rntv At a meeting of the commits
10. hold Yesterday afternoon at DR..
n G.. Blalock's office arrangements
,rore partially completed for having
-ooo hooks printed for distribution at
+ba Lewis and Clark fair this sum-
mer.
the souvenir will be s by 10 inches
IN size. consisting of 100 pages, illus
+rotod with agricultural and fruit
.cenas and large photographs of the
,,rincina1 school and college buildings
in Walla Walla and Waitsburg.
"Tt is absolutely necessary that the
school and college facilities of the
oo,,n+v be shown visitors at the fair
this summer and we have decided
,non 2 booklet as the best means to
90 about it." DR.. Blalock said this
morning. The booklet that we nave
decided upon will be in reality SOU
vanir of the county and one which
residents of the county might be
proud to possess. Every school and
college building in Walla Walla and
Waitsburg will be reproduced in half
tones as will prominent buildings of
This city. Waitsburg and Prescott.
We will show all the buildings at
Whitman, st. Pauls school, the Wal
Ia Walla college and the academy at
Waitsburg. In addition to this the
booklet will contain handsome half
tone cuts of farming and harvesting
scenes and orchards. We will en-
deavor to secure panoramic views Of
Walla Walla and Waitsburg. The
booklet will contain suitable descrip-
tive matter of the resources of the
county, its school and religious facili-
ties and all other information that we
feel would be of interest to visitors at
the fair"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-23
Mr.. HARRAS WAS CRUEL
WIFE SAYS HE BEAT HER SO
SHE TOOK REFUGE WITH
NEIGHBORS.
Commenced Action for Divorce in Su
peror Court Yesterday-Well
Known Couple.

Mrs. Josephine Harras, wife of
Reinhold Harras, a we'll known butch
err and stock buyer, began action for
divorce in the superior court yester-
day. In her complaint Mrs. Harras al
leges that her husband is addicted to
the use of intoxicants, beats her in a
shameful manner and is so cruel to
her that 1ler mental and bodily health
is becoming impaired. On February
25 she claims he beat her so badly
that she was compelled to leave her
home and spend the night with neigh
bors. This has occurred on two diff
ferent occasions.
Mrs. Harras' attorneys attempted to
keep it a secret that she had begun
divorce proceedings. Immediately af-
ter the papers were filed in the clerks
office yesterday evening they were
taken away and the attorneys refused
to let two newspaper men have access
to them Attorney John H. Pedigo has
been appointed referee and it is ex-
pected he will commence taking tes-
timony in a few days. Mrs. Harras'
evidence it is said will be highly in
teresting.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-23
HIS WIFE LEFT LARGE ESTATE,
But Edgar Torrance Will Not Make
Appraisement.

DAYTON, March 23.-Edgar A. Tor
rance. executor of the will of his de-
ceased wife, Mary A. Torrance, has
fled an inventory of the estate in the
county clerks office, but refuses to file
an advertisement, maintaining that
where a nom intervention will has been
made. an appraisement does not have
to be filed. The property consists of
800 acres of farm land in the Palouse
country. the Eagle block in the city of
Spokane. some town property in Dia-
mond and Dayton, and one-half inter-
est in $500 mead of sheep, 20 head of
horses and 20 head of cattle.
The court here holds that an ap-
nraisement must be flied and a grad
mated clerks fee paid which will
amount to from s125 to 5000. accord
ing to the appraisement. Mr.. Tor
rance will take the case to the supreme
court to determine whether an ap-
praisement can be demanded in case
of a nom intervention will.
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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-23
STRAY DOG STARTS PANIC.
Epidemic of Rabies In Upper Michigan
StIrs Sentiment for "MuzzIing."

HANCOCK, Mich, March 23.-An
epidemic of rabies exists among the
uogs of Houghton county, and the
''shI OF a stray dog running about the
streets is enough to cause a veritable
pdllc. The disease has been most
prevalent at Calumet and Houghton
"''U on the south range, where the
0U''lofltes have caused many dogs to
'e Killed. Men, women and children
nave been bitten, and cows have died
l'om hydrophobia. People who have
Vn oltten have been hurried away
10 hospitals.
AS method of overcoming much of
4e Danger, the county board has
eu TO be introduced in the state
'i"'ure a bill giving townships
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-23
WHEN THE LEGISLATURE
MEETS AGAIN.
One Scheme On Foot for Irrigation In
Yakima VaIIey-Use Water
for Streams.

BY the time the next legislature as
sembles at Olympia there will be at
hand a great mass of data in regard
to two of the most important prob
of arid lands, states a report from the
national capital. With these data
complete, there will be no excuse for
failure to enact certain regulative
legislation. The two problems are the
use of water from interstate streams
and lakes and the equitable distribu-
ton of water from any given source
Of supply among a number of irriga-
tors whose rights might seem to con-
flict.
Both of these questions have inter-
ested the bureau of experiment sta
and some important work has been
carried on by some of these stations
during the last two or three years.
The state experiment station in Wash
ington has done some of the most
significant work An effort has been
made to secure absolutely accurate in
formation as to the water supply of
the Yakima valley, for this is a mat
ter of Importance, not only to present
irrigation enterprises, but the large
government project which is now in
contemplation.
In the Yakima Valley.
A. c.. True, the director of the ex
pertinent stations, says that there are
few streams in the country whose
waters are of greater value for agri-
| cultural purposes than the Yakima
river The soil along the river is re-
markedly fertile, and the climate
permits the growth of a gerat variety
of crops.
notwithstanding the absence of any
| legislation for the proper establish
ment of water titles or the protection
of irrigators in times of scarcity
nails have been built and an immense
area of land has been brought under
| irrigation. This development has not
only added to the wealth of the state
| through the creation of land values,
but the farming lands are the prin-
| cipal reason for the existence of a
number of fourishing towns.
"All this wealth has it's foundation
| in the use of the water of the river,
must be regulated by laws or by eff
fective cooperative arrangements on
| the part of the irrigators.'
| 1t is the opinion at the agricultural
| department that accurate information
as to the quantity of water available,
| the precise amount required to irri-
gate given area of land the loss
| from seepage and other matters must
precede any legislative action. But
| action is imperative, if disastrous
controversies and serious losses and
| injustices are to be averted.
The department is also taking water
measurements and securing other da-
ia as to local irrigation conditions, in
order that the state legislatures may
! have accurate data on which to base
| legislation controlling the use of
water from interstate streams and
lakes.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-23
Standard Oil PAYS a Fine.

HOPKINSVILLE, KY, March %
The Standard Oil has accepted judg-
ment and a fine of 500 on one of
batch of 81 indictments returned on
the charge of selling oil without Ii
cense. The company contends that the
payment of one fine kills the rest of
the indictments.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-23
Venezuela Effects a Settlement.

LONDON, March 23.-An agreement
with the Venezuelan government and
the British and German bond holders
adjusting and consolidating the Ven
ezuelan debt of $2S, 900, 900, was signe.l
today by the Venezuelan and German
bond holders. The agreement is
now on the way to London for the sig
natures Of the British bondholders.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-23
TO HIGHER COURT.
Anderson Brothers Bound Over b,
Judge Huffman.

Judge Huffman this afternoon bound
over to the superior court Roy and
Charles Anderson, two brothers,
charged with the theft of a wagon and
farm machinery the property of the
John Smith company of this city. The
AnderSOnS were captured at Monu-
ment, Oregon, by Deputy Sheriff Allen
Byrnes last Monday and brought to
Walla Walla last night. Deputy
Byrnes followed the trail of the men
$50 miles before effecting their cap
ture. i
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-23
Equitable Policy Holders Object.

NEW YORK, March 23.-The policy
holders committee of the Equitable
Life Insurance company society To-Day
unanimously disapproved the amend
ment to the charter adopted two days
ago by the directors on the ground that
it does not give policy holders the i'm
mediate right to vote for directors.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-23
TOWN TOPICS

Welded Last Nisht-Last night at
the residence of the brides parents, at
125 Chestnut street, Rev. H. K. Fowler
of the Baptist church, performed the
marriage ceremony of Dorphus Dillon
and Miss Belle Galloway.
Removing Barn-Workmen are en-
gagged in dsmanteling the Dixon barn
on Palouse street. preparatory to re-
moving it to the property of Mcbride
Brothers on Poplar street. AS soon as
the barn has been removed the work
of constructing the new Christian
church will be commenced.
Funeral Of Mrs. NichoIs-The funeral
of Mrs William Nichols, who died
Tuesday afternoon at Milton, will take
place from the Adventist church at
Milton tomorrow afternoon. The re-
mains will be inferred in the Milton
cemetery. The services will be attend
ed by a number of Walla Walla
friends of the deceased.
Collections Are Good-President
Harry H. Turner. who is collecting the
subscription in Walla Walla county to
the portage railway fund, reports that
the money is coming at very salts
factory rate. Every mail brings let
ters in response to notices sent out
and enclosed are checks for the amount
subscribed.
Had a Jolly Good Time-The delega-
ton of Rebekahs to visit the Dixie
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-23

Walla at o'clock this morning. About
So members of Bee Hive lodge made
the trip. The visitors were given
royal welcome by the Dixie lodge, pro-
viding sumptuous supper at the con-
clusion of the initiation ceremonies.
Farmer Iniured-Matthew Osler,
farmer residing near Lowden station.
afternoon. He was engaged in run
ming a 1eveler when in some manner
Mr.. Osler's right leg was caught be-
tween the leveler and a small clump
of bushes, resulting in the leg being
fractured below the knee. He was
brought to the Walla Walla hospital
last night for medical attendance.
An Attractive NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., the
West Main street furniture man, is
showing this week one Of the most ar
tistic window displays in the city. 1t
is a carpet window and shows the
handsome goods off to splendid ad
vantage. The display is the work of
Manager McGovern. Mr.. McGoevrn
some years ago, was a professional
window trimmer in one of the largest
department stores in New York City.
His window this week indicates that
ne has lost none of his art.
Purchase Cohn Street.-The stock and
fixtures of L. Cohn in the Die Brucke
building at First and Main, closed out
by the creditors, have been purchased
by A. J. Baumeister, who will continue
the business at the same place. The
Golden Acorn, which has been con-
Quoted by William Masterson in the
same store room, has been closed up,
Mr.. Masterson deciding to store his
stock utnil a more suitable location
can be obtained
suit of an operation for appendicitis
performed yesterday, Miss Maggie
Peterson, IS years old, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. L. P. Peterson, residing at
| 932 North Eighth street, died at the
Walla WaIla hospital this morning.
| Miss Peterson was born in Chicago
and came to Walla Walla with her
| parents a few months ago. The fun
eral will take place from the Smith &,
| MacMartin undertaking parlors at
| o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Inter-
ment will be in the city cemetery.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-23
NOTICE TO PATRONS.

All work that has been left with
me will be delivered from Gottwig
Schiffner's, No. 10, Quinn building
Also desire to inform the public thai
my entire stock is being disposed o.
at reduced rates at the above address
SCHUBERT, the Tailor.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-23
Santo DOMINGO Must Pay UP.

SANTO DOMINGO, March 23.-The
Belgian minister today made an ener-
getic protest against any further delay
in the payment of Belgian claims. 1t
is reported that the German, French
and Italian representatives will follow
suit,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-23

WANTED-MAN WITH FAMlLf
wants position on farm, with views
of renting. Good references. Ad-
dress, Box 157, Walla Walla.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-23
NOTICE.

1 will not be responsible for any
bills contracted in my name.
OSCAR MKINZIE.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-23

pianos for rent. Judge Taylor. No.
n. Sixth Street.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-23

Had a jolly Good Time-The delega-
ton of Rebekahs to visit the Dixie
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-09
\ WOmap's "NO,

Here is an account of the primitive method of courtship in the region of Greenland's icy mountains:
 When the Danish missionaries had secured the confidence of the Green landers, marriage was made a religious ceermony One of the missionaries thus described the style of procedure in choosing and getting a wire. The suitor. coming to the missionary, says. T should like to have wife" 'Whom?' asks the missionary The man names the woman. Hast thou spoken to herr" Sometimes the man will answer, Yes: she Is not unwilling, but thou knowest womankind." More frequently the answer Is No Why not?' Tt is difficult; girls are prudish Thou must speak to her" The missiona- ny summons the girl and after little conversation. says. T think it is time to have thee married" T won't marry" What a pity! had a suitor for thee "Whom?" The missionary names the man who has sought his aid. He Is good for nothing; I won't nave him. But" replies the missionary. he is a good provider; he throws his harpoon with skill and loves thee" Though listening to his praise with evident pleasure. the girl answers. No won't
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-09
Newspaper English.

EultOT ana fuDllSnef
 Referring to the storm provoked by Henry James's indictment of "newspa- per English" The Cincinnati Times Star Says:
 Probably the justest comment would be that the truly marvellous about English as she is printed in the news papers is that it Is no worse than 1t is. Working at high speed, under tremen- dous pressure, and unable to more than scantily revise proofs, the ordinary newspaper man who has about as keen perception of what constitutes the English language the ordinary crit ic. is always congratulating himself that his standard Is as high as 1t is. He knows and grieves over the imperfec- tions of his English. but he also knows the difficulties under which he labors In fact. any newspaper man would be willing to bet weeks wages. as much money IS he ever has at one time, that any article he may write will be supe- ror to that written by his critics if produced under similar conditions.
 He has no time to lay out an order ly plan: he has no tune to choose the exact word: he is surrounded by click ing telegraph instruments, the chatter of the telephone bell the movement of twenty to thirty men and he is inter- rupted by the demand for copy and
 
 this he produces something that is fair ly grammatical and that certainly has the merit of being intelligently under stood. Or let any one of the critics of newspaper English slt at tho end of a telegraph wire In a convention. the other end being in his home office, and amid all of the noise and iin attempt to write q connS'ted and lucid account of the proceedings they happen, the copy being taken from him page by page, indeed. sometimes, word by word and the newspaper man will have his revenge. Unless he has had previous newspaper training the critic will for ever hold his peace. "A newspaper man will write every day from 1000 to 2.00c words in addi- tion to gathering the facts; and on special occasions, will grind out as fast as he can write on a typewriter 6,000 to 10000 words without leaving his chair Forty to sixty thousand words are con tained in an ordinary novel. Every newspaper man writes as much as is to be found in novel; six weeks One can wonder what kind of English Mir. James would use if he ground out twelve novels a year at the high pres sure of newspaper office"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-09
CURIOUS VILLAGES ON STILTS
vryv IN HUDsONs ANCHOR-HOUsEs
 

The pioneers prospered and their colony nourished and grew. Several little creeks, visible at TOW tide. inter sect the meadows. and along these oth- CT houses sprang up. until today the population of Ramblersville numbers about 800. The little creeks are the streets. boats or wooden pathways set on piles enable the inhabitants to get from door to door. and the front porches of even the most imposing res- idences are nothing more nor less than floats. An odd feature of Rambiersvi1le is that the houses face toward every point of tho compass. instead of being built along regular lines. Not only do they follow the winding of the creeks. but while some of them front squarely up- on their water highways. others either turn disdainfully away from them. or present a side view.
 An that" the oldest inhabitant re- marks proudly. Ifs the way the name Ramblersville came. It just grew nat ural like, because the place was built at ramble,' as you might say. Built at ramble; dye seeT
 The communities out in the bay. how ever, are perhaps even more picturesque than Ramblersville With the excep- ton of, Howard they have no direct connection with the shore. and SO, but for the railroad trestle. they would he entirely isolated from dry land. The tides in Jamaica Bay run swift and strong. so that the sandy bottom is constantly shifting, hollowing into deep channels in one place, and in an- other rising in great sand bars which at low water show their backs to the sun.
 About eight years ago squatters be- gan driving piles into the sand on, one of the bars in the middle of the Bay and erecting houses which at nigh tide looked to be afloat. The first was built on lumpy bar beside channel call ed Shad Creek. For a long while there was constant discussion as to the own ership of the halfsubmerged patches of sand. and some of the squatters paid rent to one self-constituted landlord and some to another. while others paid no rent at all Recently New York City mas acquired the much disputed territo- ny and now the squatters pay the dock department a nominal rental of s25 or
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-09

New York. July s.-within the past few weeks New York City. through Its dock department, has become the land lord of as queer a lot of tenants as could be found in many days search. They live in a miniature Venice. not, to be sure, in the shadow of the monu- mental skyscrapers or the palaces of the Four Hundred. but on Long Island, we'll within the city limits. There, over the waters of Jamaica Bay-into which Hsndrik Hudson's ship the Half Moon, first poked her nose in 1909 be- fore she sailed up the great river that took the hardy Dutchman's name-has grown up a cluster of the most curious settlements in the United States.
 They look like villages on stilts. these queer offspring of the metropo- lis. and. in fact. they are built on piles and trestles. BeneaSn the floors of the houses. where cellars are in more commonplace dwellings, the tides ebb and How. Board walks or floats take the places of streets and avenues and 1t Is the literal truth that the residents can sit comfortably on their front porchee, fshline in hand and pull their dinners practically from the water into the frying pan.
 -here are six of these little commit uities in all-Ramblersville. Howard. Goose Creek. the Raunt. Broad Channel and Beach Channel. they are called They cling like so many families of barnacles at intervals along the four mile trestle on which the Rockaway Beach branch of the Long Island stare curiously at the huddling. long-legged buildings that look as if they had sprung up out of the water and might be inhabited by a race of amphibious folk. Altogether these strange villages havt a ptrmanent population of about 1,500. which ts considerably increased at some seasons of the year by the im- migration of ordinary mortals. for the Bay is a famous fishing ground and thither in the summer time the railroad carries large numbers of New Workers
 The villagers are mostly fishermen and spend much of their time out in the bay. where prey of one kind and anoth- CT Is plentiful. Weakfish are the principal object of pursuit. but fiukes. porgies, sea bass and the small variety of bluehsh called snappers also furnish abundant sport or profit. The succu-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-09

lent crab, too, Is found. and there are large beds of oysters and clans. Each settlement has it's own little fleet Of dories which help to furnish the in- come and provide what necessities Of life nature has not furnished at hand, and each has its pavillions where ex- cellent shore dinners may be procured.
 The bay villages sprang up after the Long Island Railroad built its trestle. a little more than ten years ago. though the first settlers at Ramblers- vile really antedated the coming of the railway. Some squatters. attracted by the ease with which living could be fished out of the surrounding waters. built the first houses on piles driven in to the edge of the meadow land. At low tide their homes stood over the lush salt meadow grass, but when the tide was at flood the water almost darkened their door sills.