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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-10
Commission Houses Unable to Sc
cure Enough Packers.
DO NOT BUY MUCH pER|sHABtE FRUIT
PRUNES ARE BIGGEST SHIPPERS
AND THERE ARE DEMANDS
FOR ToOTHsoME BEANS.

Commission men were complaining
today of a scarcity of fruit packers
found it almost impossible to keep up
with their orders owing to a lack Of
help.
School starting up caused us to
lose many of our best packers" one
commission man said this morning in
discussing the help question. 1--WE
find that the youngsters make the
most proficient packers and when we
lose them it is a hard matter to fill
their places. The question right now
is to find any help at ALL"
Limit the Receipts.
With help so scarce several of the
commission houses limited their re-
ceipts today on stock that requires
careful packing Prunes still continue
the biggest shipper of any of the
fruits and an average fof from two &c
three cars a day are being shipped.
The Walla Walla Produce company
between the Walla Walla and Milton
houses is shipping an average of two
cars a day and the other commission
houses are averaging from one to two
cars day each.
Commission houses are beginning to
receive orders for the new crop Of
Walla Walla cabbage which will COM
mence coming in about September 10.
Old stock is very scarce and is being
taken largely by local groceries for
the home market.
Beans are Costly.
The new crop Of fancy wax beans
is I'M keen demand despite the fancy
prices the toothsome vegetable COM
mands The wholesale price today
was four cents a pound.
Canteloupes and watermelons are
being shipped in large quantities and
there is big demand for tomatoes
which are quoted wholesale at 35
cents per box.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-10

He tried to crawl on his hands and
knees to the pavement but succumbed
just as he reached the gutter and
tainted. He was picked up by by
stander and soon recovered, declaring
pluckily that the four-inch bruise on
his shin did not amount to much. He
rode off again to do the errand on
which he had been sent.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-10
Hover Boat Sold.

The "Mata C. Hover" has been sold
to w. H. Matheson of Lewiston for
$4,000 She will be kept on the same
run on the river and will be used
for light work while the Todd" will
do the heavy work. The purchaser is
the purser on the o. r. & N. boat
Spokane" running from Riparia to
acknowledgements Courier.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-10
NOTED LECTURER m THE CITY
Edward Amherst OFT, Who Appears at
keyIor Grand Tonight, Comes
Direct From Chicago.

Edward Amherst OFT, the great Lee
la Walla today direct from Chicago.
He will deliver his popular lecture
"Sour Grapes" or "Heredity and Mar
riage" at the Keylor Grand Theater to
night. Prof. OFT is the first of four
noted lecturers who will visit the cit
les of the Northwest under the aus
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-10
Motor Boat Races on Hudson

NEW YORK, Sept. 10.-Today is the
opening day of the annual motor-boat
race week on the Hudson river, one of
the greatest events in motor boating
in this country The races are held
under the auspices of the Motor Boat
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-10

Nine. G. Ferrari, Walla Walla's we'll
known vocal teacher, will introduce In
the near future one of the most
charming chidren's operettas to be
given this season. Children from the
age of 5 to IA years, possessing good
voices and desiring to take part, are
requested to hand in their names as
soon as possible. Studio 404 South
Third Street. III
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-10
ITO Cure a FeIon"

says Sam Kendall, of Phillipsburg,
Kan, "just cover it over with Buck
lens Arnica Salve and the Salve will
do the rest" Quickest cure for Burns,
Boils, Sores, Scalds, Wounds, Piles,
Eczema, Salt Rheum, Chapped Hands,
sole Feet and Sore Eyes. Only Csc at
E. L. Smalley's drug store. Guaranteed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-10

bureau which is plotting Prof OFT.
Those to follow Prof. OFT during
the season are Ebert Hubbard, Fred
erick Ward and Richmond Pearson
Hobson.
The management of the bureau that
is directing Prof. OFT states that they
expect to have all of the noted men
above named visit Walla Walla.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-10
IS hit BY A DELIVERY WAGON
Ralph Macy, sehooIboy, Injured by a
Rapidly Driven Grocery Wagon
at First and Alder Streets.

Ralph Macy, schoolboy, narrowly
escaped a serious accident as result
of the reckless speed in which the de-
livery wagons of the city Indulge
themselves. He was riding a bicycle
on Alder street past the Golden Rule
department store about S:15 this
morning when delivery wagon
turned out of First at a tremendous
clip.
The wheel of the wagon caught
Young Macy on the right leg and sent
him head over heels on the pavement.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-10

Canadian traces ana LABOR So"S
VICTORIA, B. c., Sept. lo-ln'
Trades and Labor congress Of Canada
opens here today with large attehu-
ance Of delegates representing every
part of the Dominion. The congress
had originally been set for Septemoe'
II, but the date was changed 10 SUN
the convenience Of ]. Ramsey Md'
Donald, M. p, secretary of the Dr.
fish Labor party, who will leave 'ii'
country for Australia on Sepleil'o''
IA. 1t is expected that his presence
at the congress will arouse great IN
terest in labor matters.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-10
FOR SALE.

Peffley's Tea Store-No. 2O3 west
Main street. Good investment lol any
one wishing to purchase a good pay
ing business. Reason for selling olhei
business requires my attention. III
quire at store.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-10
Governor Folk Better.

JEFFERSON CITY, Sept. 1O-His
reported that Governor
Folk was today permitted to visit his
office
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-10
Jesuit General Elected.

ROME, Sept. 1O.-Father Francis
Wernz. a dark horse, supported by the
Germans was elected general of the
Jesuits. 1t is regarded as a triumph
for the kaiser.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-10
BRYAN is Sphinx.

LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 10.-Bryan is
restin gat his farm and refuses
to reply to Sullivan. He says, 81 may
discuss it later, but not in an inter-
view"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-10
Oil Man Arrested.

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 10.-H. Clay Pierce
the head of the Waters Pierce Oil
company was arrested today and order
ed to appear as a witness in a suit
brought against the company by for
ner Secretary John Gruet for his SAL
ary
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-10

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Good boyl Good for You" cheered
the self-made BarbArians, and drank
success 70 the absent dlsseminator OF
hardware.
With much loud talk OF this unedi-
flying character the dinner progressed
to an end; through selle d'aaneau.
ioated in "a champagne, terrapin con-
voyed by a special Madeira OF 1885,
and canvasback duck with Romanee
Cont, 1865, to q, triumphant finale OF
Turkish coffee and 1911 brandy.
After dinner the ladies gossiped Of
New York society, while the barbaric
males smoked their big oily cigars and
banded "reminiscences. Higbee showed
them through every one OF the apart
ments 20 rooms, from reception hall
to laundry, manipulating the electric
lights with the skill Of q stage man
ager.
The evening ended with a cake walk,
for the musical artists had by rare
wines been mellowed from their classic
reserve into q mood Of rag-time aban-
don. And II Monsieur the Baron with
his eeremonious grace was less ex-
uberant than the crown prince Of Grip
pie Creek, who sang as he stepped the
sensuous measure, his pleasure was
not less. He enjoyed to observe that
these men OF incredible millions had
no hRuteur.
II do not" wrote the baron to his
noble father, the marquis, that night,
yet understand their joke; why should
1t be droil to wish that the man whose
coat Is Of the best should also wear
boots Of the best? but as for what
they call une promenade de gateau,
find 1t very enjoyable. have met a
Mile. Bines, to whom shall at once
pay my addresses. Unlike Mile. Hig-
bee, she has not the father from Chi
cago nor elsewhere. Qusl diabls
d'hommel"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-09
CHAPTD,t x

THE PATRICIANS ENTERTAIN.
To reward the enduring who read
politely through the garish revel of
the preceding chapter, covers for IA
are now laid with correct and tasteful
quietness at the sophisticated board Of
that fine old New York family, the
Milbreys. Shaded candles leave all but
the glowing table in gloom discreetly
pleasant. One need not look so high
as the old-fashioned succeed ceiling.
The family portraits tone agreeably
into the half-light of the walls; the
huge old-fashioned walnut sidebeard,
soberly ornate with its mirrors, its
white marble top and it's wood-carved
fruit, towers majestically aloft in
proud scorn Of the frivolous Chippen-
dale fad.
Jarvis, the accomplished and incom-
parable butler, would be subdued and
scholarly looking but for the fragrant
scandal Of his port-wine nose. He
gives finishing little fllips to the white
chrysanthemums massed in the central
epergne on the long silver plateau,
and bestows a last cautious survey
upon the cut-glass and silver radlating
over the dull white damask. Finding
the table and its appointments fault
less, he assures himself once more
that the sherry viii come on ire
proaehably at temperature Of go de-
grees; that the Burgundy will not fall
below SIS nor mount above 20; for Jar
Wis wots Of palate so acutely sensi-
tive that 1t never fails to record a
variation of so much as one degree
from the approved standard of tenn
perature.
How restful this quiet and reserve
after the color and line tumult Of the
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-09

Higbee apartment. There the flush
and bloom Of newness were oppressive
to the right-minded. All smelt of the
shop. Here the duh tones and decor
Gus lines caress and soothe instead of
overwhelming the imagination with
effects too grossly literal Here Is the
yeritahle spirit Of good form.
Throughout the house this contrast
might be noted. It is the brown-stone,
high-stoop house, guarded by cast
iron fence, built in vast numbers when
the world OF fashion moved north to
Murray Hill and Fifth avenue a gem
GRAFTON ago. One OF these houses was
like all the others inside and out, built
OF unimaginative builders arehitec-
ture." The hall, the long parlor the
back parlor or library, the high stuc-
coed ceilings not only were these alike
In ali the houses, but the furnishings,
too, were apt 70 be OF sameness IN
them All. rather heavy and tasteloss,
but serving the ends that such things
should be meant to serve, ana never
aamboyant- OF these relics Of sim
pier day not many survive to us, save
IN the shameful degeneracy OF board
Ing houses. But IA such as are left,
we may confidently expect to fnd the
traditions Of that more dignifed time
kept unsullied;-tp hnd, Indeed, as we
ilnd IL the house y Milbrey. settled
sir Of gloom that suggests insolvaut
bat stnbbornly cstsrmined exclusive
ness
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-09
A WhIslty Ranrel ExpIodea.

Sedalia-The explosion of an empty
whisky barrel startled the business
portion of the city at noon. A barrel
which had just been emptied was
rolled out on the sidewalk alongside
OF saloon. A street car conductor
struck a match on the head of the
barrel. The gas in the barrel ignited,
blowing the barrel into fragments.
The flying slaves demolished the plate
glass in the windows of the second
story of the saloon and tore out a sec.
ton of the brick wall. The conductor
who caused the trouble escaped with.
out injury.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-09
pTvs ABOUT BAD BOYS.

E'risky littls Johnnie PIatt
Used 70 torture brothers cat,
Used to make that feline croas
Feeding II Tabasco sauce.
Later on a girl named Hannah,
Born down In louisiana
Came and buncoed Johnnie PlattJ
Naughty boys, remember that -
Davie Hill was always bad
When he was a little lad.
Used to murder pollyWoga ~.
So they never could be frogs.
No one ever cared to boost
Davie Hill OF Wolfert's RoostS
When the poilywogs gave out
DRvio Hill began to pout,
GStting moody after that
He became a Democrat.
Tommy Lawson played a. keeps
With his chums and won great hears
OF their marbles, one by one;
''Geep' said Tommie, ''ain't Il funt'
Then some older, wiser boys
Played with him and got his toys.
Little Tommie sobbed boo, hool
That aln't no nice way to do
Watch me 90 and tell on you're
Since he told It, north and south,
Its in Everybody's mouth.
Little johnnie Rockefeller
Hid lamp down in the cellars
To repay him for his toll ="
johnnie went and sold the OIL.
Sold II for a dollar cool,
Then he went TO Sunday school,
Dropped two pennies IN the plate,
Leaving Johnnie nlnety-eight.
milwaukee Sentinel.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-09
The Coming stata Fair.

Sedalia-Gov. Folk has notified John
R Rippey, secretary of the Missouri
State fair that he would be here on
Tuesday of Fair Week to deliver an
address on Governors day. The gov.
ernor also stated that President Roose-
welt and William J. Bryan would be
invited through the republican and
democratic state committees to attend
the fair, and if the arrangement could
be perfected, President Roosevelt
would address the fair visitors on the
wednesday following Governors day
and Mr.. Bryan would speak on Thurs
day.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-09

Missouri Wheat, 100000 Bushels.
columbia-The wheat yield this year
IN Missouri, according to the report
issued by Secretary Ellis Of the state
board OF agriculture VIII be better
than the estimate Of thirty million
bushels made in July. Secretay Ellis
viii publish soon the actual yield OF
wheat by counties.
Threshing is practically finished, and
all grain is saved in excellent condi-
ton. The estimated yield per acre is
1874 bushels.
The condition Of corn is SO. This IL
apparently low, but is 3 points above
the ten.year average There is nothing
in the present condition to cause great
alarm, though continued drought
would materially AFFECT the yield.
Dat threshing has not progressed far
enough to give a definite idea Of the
final yield. The grain is OF excellent
quality. The estimated yield IL Is
bushels per acre.
Timothy and clover meadows will
yield a lighter crop of hay than any
year since 1901, but the quality Is
good.
Cotton in the southern part Of the
state has made good growth, exceed
ing the condition of July by 20 points.
The drought has not affected it.
Fruit Of all kinds is in good condi-
ton, and, while 1t needs rain, will
make more than an average crop.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-09
AN ARTIFICIAL FEVER TURN
Story Of One in Which a Steam Ra.
diator Played an Impor-
tant Part.

For days Mrs. Hanson had spoken
tearfully to her husband about the
necessity of his going to see the land
lord, relates Youths Companion.
You know how suffered from the
cold in this apartment last fall
George" she said, plaintively, one
morning, "and l suppose it viii be
Just the same this year. know there
is cold snap coming, and unless the
steam is turned on before the TWEEN
tieth, / shall have to live through
days of cold floors and shivers, when
ii you'd just tell him"
He can't make different rules for
us just because we happen to be sen.
sltive to cold" said Mr.. Hanson, as he
bade his wife good-by, land the other
people in the house seem satisfied"
"Good-by!" said Mrs. Hanson, sol.
emnly. Il think shall go to moth.
er's for the day, George; it's so warm
there always. But I'll be home in
time for dinner. to see about every
thing for your comfort, of course"
and there was a good deal of con.
straint in the parting
That evening, when Mr.. Hanson en-.
tered the door of their apartment, he
was summoned by a sepulchraI voice
to the parlor.
George" said Mrs. Hanson, feebly,
II think you'll have to get q doctor.
| am in a fearful fever; my head is
like a furnace. came home from
mothers and lay down on the lounge
In this room. and when l woke my
head was like this-feel OF it. You
know told you thought I'd taken
Yes, / know" SAID Mr.. Hanson,
cheerfully. but guess you haven't
Your heads hot, but mine would be
IL I'd gone to sleep with IL almost
resting on steam radiator, as you
did. / went down to see the landlord
this morning and told him about you
being so cold and all, and he said
he'd have the steam on before you
got home, and"
But Mrs, Hanson. after placing hsY
hand on the steam pipe In the corner
and quickly Withdrawing it. set about
changing the lounge to its winter
angle.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-09
Liberal.

Struggling authors frequently meet
with most surprising results in their
efforts to get their work published.
One of the boys was telling the other
evening of a most liberal publisher
who was politeness itself He thought
he would bring out the young mans
book When the matter of financial
reward for the author was reached, he
said, magnanimously, with wave of
his hand as though Diminishing a trivial
technicality:
ooh, that's all right. If get out
the book and it has good sale, III
give you copy!"
The book is still unpublished.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-09
Success and Luck.

Success was an earnest boy,
With dinner pail and spade;
While Luck hung about the town
Where bottle pool was played!
Success was at work each day
From daylight until dark!
But Luck with one eye alert
Lolled round the city park!
All, me! this was long ago
But morals must not fail.
Success? Oh, he's working yet!
And Luck3 Oh, Luck's in taill
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-09
New Paper al PonIar aInff.

Columbia-Dan Mcfarland, formerly
a reporter fora Kansas City paper,
has resigned as city editor of the Co
lumbia Daily Tribune, to begin the
publication of new daily and weekly
newspaper to be known as the Demo.
crat, at Poplar Bluff. Mr.. Mcfarland
will be editor and manager of the pa,
per. Oscar Haven, of Poplar Bluff,
will be associated with him in the new
publication.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-09

In a vast cloak, and accompanied b.
her two nephews, whom Porcival ninsa
recognizes for the solemn and taciturn
young men he had met In Sheplsr's
party at the mine.
Mrs. Gwilt-Athlestan, albeit q dec
orative personality, IL constructed on
the same broad and generously grace
full lines as her own victoria. The
fair-minded observer would accept az
sufficient promise of a good third. Yet
hardly could slighter person display
to advantage the famous Gwilt-Athleso
tan jewels. The rope of pierced dia-
monds with pigeon-blood rubies strung
between them, which she wears wound
over her corsage, would assuredly over
weight the frail Fidelia Oldaker: the
tiara Of emeralds and diamonds was
never meant for brow less majestic;
nor would the stomacher of lustrous
gray pearls and glinting diamonds ever
have clasped becomingly a figure that
was syelte-or skinny" as the great
lady herself is frank enough to term
all persons even remotely inclined to
be svelte.
But let US sit and enliven a proper
dinner with talk upon topics Of legit-
innate interest and genuine propriety.
Here will be no discussion OF the
vulgar matter Of markets, staples, and
prices, such as we perforce endured
through the overturned and too-abun-
dant repast of Higbee. Instead of
learning what beef on the hoof brings
per hundred-weight, (. o. b. at Chey-
enne, we shall here CLEAN at once the
invaluable fact that while good society
in London used to be limited to those
who had been presented at court, the
presentations have now become SO nu-
merous that the limitation has lost its
Significance. Mrs. Gwllt-Athlestan thus
discloses, as IL 1t were a trifie, some
thing we should never learn at the
table Of Higbee though we ate his
heavy dinners to the day Of ultimate
chaos. And while we learned at that
distressingly new table that one should
keep ones heifers and sell off ones
steer calves, we never should have been
informed there that Dinard had just
enjoyed the gayest season OF its his
tory under the patronage Of this enter
prislng American; nor that Lady de
Muzzy had opened a tea-room in Graf.
ton street, and Cynthia, MarchionesI
Of Angleberry, a beauty-improvem
parlor on the Strand because she
needs the money"
Lots Of 'em takin' to trade nova.
days; it's a smart sayin' there now
that all The peers are marryin' act
resses and all the peeresses goin' into
business" Mrs. Gwilt-Athelstan nod.
ded little shocks Of brilliance from her
tiara and hungrily speared another
oyster.
only trouble is, it's such rotten
work collectin' bills from their in.
innate friends; they simply won't
pay"
Nor at the barbaric Higbee's should
we have been vouchsafed, to treasure
for our own, the knowledge that Mrs.
Gwilt-Athlestan had merely run oyeI
for the cup-fortnight, meaning to re.
turn directly to her daughter, Kathg->
inc, Duchess of Blanchmere, in tina
for the Melton Mowbray hunting sea,
son; nor that she had been rather
taken by the new way Of country life
among us, and so tempted to protract |
her gracious soiourn
CTo BE CoNTINUED) i.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-09
Elevated by the Pons.

st. Louis-By document from Pope
Plus X, just received, the high dis
tinction of the order of st. Gregory
the Great, which gives it's holder
place in the papal nobility, has been
conferred upon James C. Chic, of this
city. The honor comes as a reward to
Mr. Chic for his action last Christ
mas in paying off all the debts of the
Italian Catholic church of st. Charles
Borremeo, amounting to $500.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-09
For INSTANCE.

No matter how small mans SALARY
is there is always some woman who
will help him decide two can get along
on It.
"Get a home, advises a thrifty ed.
ttor. Not in Chicago--somebody might
build a livery stable alongside during
the night.
In New York city you cannot smoke
on the street car, but you may smoke
when you reach home. In CHICAGO Il
takes so long TO reach home that it's
time to go to bed when you arrive.
therefore you may smoke ON the car.
A red-haired artist friend OF mIne
went out sketching the other day ana
was chased by a gentleman COW. The
farmer upon learning that the young
man was an artist and perfectly harm
less. asked. earnestly; why didn't
YOU tell the bulls He probably thoa
you were a muck raker.
h., Nd......
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-09
stoekman Dies In Pasture.

Moberly-Talt Terry, farmer and
stockman, was found dead in the
James Hanlmett pasture near his
home. He is supposed to have suffered
a stroke Of heart disease.