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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-17
0 DEVELOP WATER POWER
Boston Capitalists Are Making Large
Investments in the Cotton Belt
Center to Secure Supply.

COLUMBUS, Ga, Dec. 17.-Boston
capitalists have undertaken the mar
Messing of the falls of the Chatta-
hoochee river, between Columbus and
West Point. This project of develop
ing over 100000 horse power, involv-
ing an outlay of millions of dollars,
is now being pushed forward by the
Columbus Power company, a combina-
ton of all the power companies along
the river for twenty miles above this
city
Columbus is at the foot of the falls
of the Chattahoocnee river. the course
of which for "a miles above here is
marked by series of the heaviest
falls in the south. There are at pres
ent three dams between Columbus and
West Point, all of which are within
the city limits of Columbus and fur
nisn power to many manufacturing en-
terprises here.
1t is now proposed to line the river
IOI twenty -IIllleS Will ldClOIlcS ny
building dam after dam, as fast as adj
ditional power is called for. This as
sures a supply Of cheap power here
for long time to come. Unlimited
faith in the future of this section is
back of the investment.
A model water power plant, located
at Lovers Lead falls. is now equipped
to supply 10000 horse power, with six
giant water wheels, each under a head
of 40 feet. At this plant, which is but
a few hundred yards from the site Sc
lected for the new monster dam, there
is a dam 975 feet long, and A feet
wide.
A large steam plant also supplies
power for present needs. Lovers Leap
falls, the most beautiful sight in this
section of the south, now transform
ed into a part of a large mill viii
lage, are included in the rights
bought up by the Columbus Power
company, together with two other new
companies.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-17
BRIGADE POST URGED
IN TAFT REPORT
Abandon Small Forts Is Recommendation of Secretary of
War-For Smelling Not in the Ls-Pleads Coast Defense
Observation-Disclosures Falls OFF, ~


WASHINGTON. Dec. 17.-Abandon-
:ment Of the smaller army posts of the
country and concentration Of the ma
tioh's land fighting forces in RECIPIENT.
al and progade POSTS is advocated in the
annual report Of Secretary Taft, just
issued. Fort Smelling is not mention
ed in this section of the voluminous
report, but Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo-
ming, is one of the posts recommended
for enlargement to a brigade post, to-
gether with Fort Leavenworth and
For Riley, Kansas, and Fort Sam
Houston, Texas, .,*t<
"The proposition to abandon mill
tary posts generally arouses more or
less opposition" says Mr.. Taft, "but
the effect of this ought not to be al
lowed to act as a deterrent in secur-
ing the increased efficiency Of the army
that would result from it's drilling and
maneuvering in those larger bodies in
which it would necessarily be handled
in time of war. Such training can not
now be had at any military post which
the government owns. The lessened
cost OF. maintenance and administration
is another argument for the concen-
tration of the mobile army in regi-
mental and brigade posts.
"The change to brigade posts ought
to be made gradually, and we should
avail ourselves Of those posts which
are nearest now in point of capacity
to brigade posts, and which have re-
servations sufficiently large to permit
the maneuvers Of brigades or larger
bodies Of troops"
The Importance of the development
of the nations seacoast defenses is
emphasized in the report. Regarding
this, Mr.. Taft says:
commercially and strategically
Chesapeake bay is today, as it always
has been, of the very first Importance.
With the entrance as it is now, unfor-
titled, hostile fleet, in the opinion of
the present board, should it gain con-
troll Of the sea, can establish, without
coming under the fire Of a single gun,
a base on its shores, pass in and out
at pleasure, nave access to large guam
titles of valuable supplies of all kinds,
and paralyze the great trunk railway
lines crossing the head of the bay"
For this reason the board has consid-
Chesapeake bay to require immediate
attention.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-17
BASKETBALL ON ROLLERS.
Spokane Starts New Athletic Game
to the Northwest.


SPOKANE, Dec. 17.-Basketball on
roller skates is the latest sport to be
given a boost in Spokane The game
is to be started at the Princess rink
and several teams will play
An exhibition game will be played
by the S. A. A. c. players in the near
future to give the game boost. Roll
Ter basketball is new not only to Spo-
kane, but to the entire northwest II
has never been attempted in this Sec
ton before. The game was invented
at the Madison Square gardens last
year and made big hit in the east
1t is fast and more exciting than the
ordinary game.
The rules Of the game are similar tc
those of 1897, when the players were
allowed to dribble the ball. They are
also allowed to advance 10 feet with
the ball when skating. The danger OF
accidents is not SO great as would al
first appear, the experience in the east
being that few are injured in tho
games
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-17
THE TECHNICAL LOOPHOLE.

Mayor Schmitz' objection to the in
dictment of the San Francisco grand
jury. that one of its members had
served on the petit jury within year.
is not calculated to win general cred
ence for MS protestations of innocence.
Nor would the quashing of the indict-
ments of himself and Reuf on such
a trivial and technical ground yield
that triumphant vindication which the
precious pair profess to be seeking 1t
is To be hoped. for the credit of Cali
fornia's judicial system, that no ss,oa
plea will avail to prevent a thorough
airing of the charges of disgracefuI
graft
Sucl efforts to defeat the ends of
justice are too frequently successful in
this country They lead to the inter-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-17

1.-THE Importance Of the Notifications
at the entrance: to Long Island sound
is due. of course, to the fact that they
constitute the first and chief line OF
defense of New York city against
newell attack from that direction; that
they will prevent the occupation by a
hostile fleet of GARDENERS bay or other
interior water as naval base, and will
also protect various manufacturing
towns established along the sound, in
Guiding, among others, New London.
Bridgeport and New Haven. Some
guns have already been mounted at
the entrance to Long Island sound,
and the completion of the project for
it's defense is provided for by the
board
Puget Sound Needs Guns.
GAS stated, before 1886 the neces-
sity did not exist for the fertilization
of Puget sound. Since that time the
completion in the extreme northwest
of great railway systems, the develop
ment of commercial, agricultural and
manufacturing interests and the estaO-
lishment Of navy yard containing the
only dock On the Pacific coast with the
capacity for a battleship, have COM
bined to make the waters of Puget
sound of great commercial and strate-
Civ Importance. These considerations
defense at an early date. and this has
been provided by the recommendations
of the board"
Notwithstanding the most indie
fatigable efforts, the need Of recruits
during the fiscal year could not be met
by the recruiting officers, reports Mr..
Taft. Desertions have increased, the
number for the year being IA per-
cent of the whole number of enlisted
men, as against 6.S per cent for the
preceding year. The white soldiers
were the chief offenders, S.4 per cent
Of whites deserving, compared with
2.3 per cent of negroes.
Mr.. Taft says he still has the Birch
Lake basin matter under consideration
but expects to render a decision at an
early date.
All the branches of the army con-
cerned in the relief Of San Francisco
during those trying days and the
promptness with which they AFFORDED
succor.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-17

not like to favor any action so dras-
tic as the one proposed by Spokane
until 1 had further opportunity to
consider all phazes of the subject. Off
handfI should say that the exposition
was rather northwest affair and
should be supported by all the people
of the state regardless of locality. 1
do not believe it should be looked on
as local affair for Seattle but that
broader view ought to obtain"
Is Against ReprisaIs.
Attorney Otto Rupp who has made
considerable first hand study of the
rate question, said: while I think
the Sound is treating US unfairly in
the matter of freight rates 1 do not
believe in the rule of reprisals. Per-
haps if the Sound should become more
hostile towards us than at present the
matter might look different"
Frank Dement,, vice president of
the Commercial club, thought that the
east side of the state did not have all
the recognition it deserved from the
other side of the mountain 1T is
desirable thing" he said, "for the
legislators from this side to see that
they get consideration from the other
side. There ought to be some reci-
procity. The exposition is desirable
for us. People here have not paid
so much attention to the rate question
as to that of an open river. 1 don't
think there is any general feeling that
we should go into the kind of a fight
that Spokane is proposing although
the Sound people are inclined to be
selfish
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-17
CASTOR HAD NOT AlPHoN! E
Instead, His Neighbour, Springer, Was
There to Resent the "Before You"
and He Suffered.

Because Harry c. CASTOR resented
the action Of Charles Springer in cut
ting a wire fence and going through
the formers farm on the Touchet riv-
er, Springer, it is alleged, proceeded
to strike and choke his neighbor. As
a result he will answer to a charge OF
assault and battery in Judge Huff
mans court.
CASTOR and Springer are neighbours
who live in the lower Touchet district
Some time last week Springer cut a
wire fence belonging to CASTOR and
passed over the land.
When taken to task concerning the
matter, Springer became enraged at
what CASTOR said and choked and
struck him several times.
A complaint was sworn out against
Springer by CASTOR this morning and
the trial will come up before Judge
Huffmon shortly.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-17

denominations of $50 and under.
Treasury, statistics show fifty
eight millions of large United States
notes and twenty-seven millions of
large silver certificates outstanding.
We have made repeated efforts to draw
them out, but have been met by the
assurances of bankers that none rs
held. The sudden discovery Of so
large a sum in the vaults of a single
institution has thrown some light on
the question A remarkable feature is
that there were sixty Of the old treas
ury notes of 1890, issued under the So
called Sherman act, of which there are
now left only $50 outstanding"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-17
ALL THE BLUES ARE BLUE
Farmers Family Near Whitman Sta
ton Suffers from INSTRUCTED
Charity When Entertaining.

The Blue family, residing near
Whitman station on the o. r. & NJ,
is having it's share of characters with
whom the Walla Walla police have to
deal with.
One day last week a young man
named Hinton, who was serving fine
of SIS in the county Jail, escaped from
Janitor Wynans and started across
country Arriving at the Blue resi-
dence, he stated to Mr.. Blue that he
had come from Pasco and was very
tired from his long walk. He was
given his supper, and as Hinton stated
he was looking for work in a dairy, he
was told that he could get work from
nearby man.
AS it was dark Hinton was given al
overcoat and allowed to sleep in the
barn. The next morning Hinton dis
appeared, taking the coat with him.
Saturday Mrs. Evans, who is sus-
picioned of being implicated in setting
fire to a house she was occupying,
drove to the Evans farm, where she
She refused to leave the house until
arrested by Captain Davis and
brought to this city, where she was
placed in Jail.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-17

The suggestion made by the State
Dairymen's association that there
ought to be provisions made for a
state as we'll as city inspection of the
milk supply, is one that should recon-
mend itself to the members of the
next legislature, says the Spokane
Chronicle. A uniform law providing
a standard for all milk sold might
prove a benefit to the public and such
a law could only be enforced by the
appointment of a competent corps OF
inspectors. No good in Walla Walls
though. Some people might eXpector.
ate in the tactical.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-17
ERR|NG WOMAN PAYS PENALTY
Mrs. Joseph Haefner, Shot by Her
Wronged Husband in San Fran
cisco Dies of Wounds.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17.-Mrs.
Joseph Haefner, who was shot by her
husband in a saloon on First avenue
Saturday night died early this morn
ing.
Roy Garretson, the woman's COM
panion, who was also SHOT by the an
gered husband, will probably recov-
er.
After the shooting Haefner shot him
self through the heart.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-17
Always With Us.
Ir Rice closed the sermon '
,narison between the boat an
FRANCHISE is DELAYED.
Traction Company is Not Ready u
Talk to the Commissioners.

The county commissioners "eie IL
session this morning for the purPo'~
of hearing an application from 'ie
Columbia &Walla Walla
company for franchises Throughout ''o
county. The application was 10 nav
been for a blanket franchise GOVERNS
all portions of the county, but the cum
nanv had not posted notices and were
not ready to place the proposition "
fore the board and it will proo"O''
ably be postponed indefinitely
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-17

George Burnham. Jr., a vice presi-
dent and general counsel of the Mu-
tual Reserve Life Insurance company
was convicted of the larceny of $500
of the company's funds. A sum as
large as this and taken from an in
surance company should hardly be
called larceny. 1t is rather in the ma
ture of predatory kleptomania.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-17
CHABOT WILL SOLVENT.

y Judge Thomas H. Brents has y
= Toussaint Chabot is solvent and y
y that it is not necessary for the =;
y executrix, Mrs. Ence, to take out y
> letters testamentary. The court y
y will be managed without the in y
y tervention of the court so far as =
. is possible. y
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-17

Just as a hint to Christmas shoppers
we would call attention to the i'm
menSe throngS to be seen in all the
big department stores in Walla Walla
these days. If you don't get in early
to buy you may not have so good
choice of the pretty and valuable
things on sale.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-17
A. 0. j. v. TO HOLD BIG MEETING

Workmen circles, having ben identl-
titled with the order for ovc- SO years.
In addition to his address, arrange
ments have been made for a musical
program with Prof. Jackson and Miss
Rowena MathOit as sOlOists
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-17

tural associations formed within a year
will be recognized. The ministry has
constantly striven to enforce the view
that the state was not anti-religious,
but neutral. But the intransigeant at
titude of the vatican makes it diff
cult to predict the outcome with any
degree Of probability.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-17

demands for small notes by sending
notes of large denominations for con-
version into small ones United States
Treasurer Treat today said:
"A prominent New York bank
found in it's vaults and sent to Wash
ington 46O notes of $1,000 each, and
we today returned a like amount in
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-17

Sending kisses to her "hired man"
is apt to prove somewhat embarrass-
ing for Mrs. Adele Evans. she should
have delivered them in person, then
Captain Davis would not nave peen
able to butt in with the love scene.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-17

A big event in lodge circles will be
the public meeting to be held at the
court house this evening under the
auspices Of Integrity Lodge, A. o. U.
W., at which J. G. Tate, national
speaker of the evening.
Mr.. Tate is a national figure in
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-17

A cigarette fiend, after smoking
100000 and getting up seven or eight
times every night to smoke them, is
dead at Hammond, Ind. Somehow 1t
is rather difficult to feel that deep
sorrow over this unmysterious dispen-
SatiOn
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-17
Soldiers Are Drowned.

PORTSMOUTH, Eng, Dec.
Nine soldiers belonging to the patlie
ship Hindustan were drowned
A cutter in which they were returiin'7
20 the ship, upset.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-17

. President Roosevelt would doubtless
be elected, but he could hardly count
on the vote of California or of Bel
lamy Storer.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-17

1t may be the fashion in Spokane
to make love to your hired man,
hut here in Walla Walla the practice
has a fiery" look.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-17
BIG BILLS HIDDEN AWAY.
One New York Bank Dug Up 400 $1,000
Notes Out of Its Vaults.

WASHINGTON, Dec. lin COM
menting on Secretary Shaw's appeal
to bankers to assist in meeting the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-17
River Platte in. Flood.

LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 1.-THE
Platte is higher than in 40 years.
Stock is being rushed to high ground
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-17

The French warships have not yet
sailed up the Tiber and opened nre ON
the vatican.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-17
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Entered at tho Posteff'ce OF Wa"a
WaIla, Washington - Sscond'e'ase
Matter.
Arizona republican., 1906-05-19

Most people will gladly do anything you want them to-if you request them to do the opposite.-Chicago News.
Arizona republican., 1906-05-19

A YUMA FIRE.-Yuma had a $15.- OOO fire last Sunday night, when the warehouse of Alexander & Co., and its contents including a carload of oil, were destroyed.
Arizona republican., 1906-05-19
A PATH OF DESTRUCTION.
A Lunatic's Walk Along The s. P's
 Right of Way.

Los Angeles, Cal. May 1S.-In a lit tie more than two hours last night, r. S10,O0O worth of Southern Pacific prop erty, put the telegraph system out of commission temporarily and was final ly captured by officers sent out on a special engine.
 Hancock started out walking west or the tracks toward Edom, smashing all switchlights, burning the Edom round house. two box cars, and telegraph poles. A special engine was sent from Beaumont. and captured the lunatic who was taken to the Beaumont jail.
Arizona republican., 1906-05-19
WEATHER TODAY.

Washington, May IS. Forecast Arizona-Fair Saturday and Sunday.
Arizona republican., 1906-05-19
HOW,s THIS9

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward cured by Halls Catarrh Cure
 +. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo O., We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe hlm perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm.
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 Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally acting directly upon the blood and mu- cous surfaces of the system. Testimon- lalS sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
 ton.
Arizona republican., 1906-05-19
FURNITURE FIRE.

Owosso, Mich, May 1S.-The five story brick furniture factory of the Estey Manufacturing company, known among the company's buildings as fac tory "A was burned tonight. Loss, $100,O00. The Lake Ice company's ice houses are also in ruins.
Arizona republican., 1906-05-19
eRIckMAkINe GOES ON.

Coeymans. N. Y, May 1S.-The strike of the brickyard laborers at this point apparently is ended. After a confer ence held this afternoon between mem bers of the union and the employers the men voted to return to work on the terms offered by the employers. This comedies all the demands of the men except recognition of the union by the exclusive employment of it's members.
Arizona republican., 1906-05-19
INDICTED IcEMEN.

Cleveland, May 1S.-The grand jury returned indictments today against President Harry Norvell and thirteen directors of the City Ice Delivery com pany, known locally as the ice trust on a charge of violating the Valentine antitrust law.
Arizona republican., 1906-05-19
WESTERN LEAGUE.

At Omaha-
 R.H. F. Omaha ......... ...... ......3 10 , Sioux City -...-.... ....4 ID Batteries: Dodge and Bonding; Jar rott and Freese. At Des Moines-
 R.H.E. Des Moines ..... ..... .....7 2 HueDlO -.....-.- ...-. 70 Batteries: Stoup Mckay and TOwne; Stimmel and Mtssitt. At Lincoln
 HI. F. Lincoln .-...... ...... -..-..l2 lZ Denver .--.- lO II Q Batteries: Rugar Ahlin and Zinran; Engle and Weigardt.
Arizona republican., 1906-05-19
MOUNT HEcLA.
It's Contribution to Knowledge of Vol
 canoes and Earthquakes.

Hecla's outbreak, mild though 1t Is. adds a fresh item to a suggestively long list of disturbances which have occurred within the last thirteen months and which are in a certain sense related. Early in April, 1905, Northern Indian experienced an earth quake of appalling violence. Italy was badly shaken in September, Colombia at the close of January, Formosa in March, and California in April. Slight volcanic activity was observed in the Windward islands shortly before the middle of February, and a few weeks later an eruption of Vesuvius which had continued for nearly a year. sud denly increased in energy until it ex- ceeded in destructive effects that of 1872. Almost simultaneously Iceland gave signs of subterranean agitation.
 Intelligent persons naturally wonder how close the relationship may be among all these phenomena. On this point the geOlogists are not yet ready to throw much light. If stress de velops in the rock strata near one par ticular fault in the earth's crust they tell us. the result will be an earthquake. If it so operate in another place as to let water come suddenly in contact with intensely heated rock, and if there is a suitable channel for escape, steam. dust, broken rock, and, perhaps, lava will be discharged. There does not seem to be any excuse for thinking that an outbreak in one locality gives rise to another at a considerable dis tance, but there is at least a similarity in the causes at work. A transfer of material off the coast of California might produce an earthquake there. A transfer of material elsewhere might revive an old volcano. In both in stances, obviously, changes in local pressure would give rise to the stresses responsible for the observed effects But is it possible to go any further Can any additional force be discovered which might influence the whole globe at once?-New York Tribune.
Arizona republican., 1906-05-19

UTTING'S sUccESSOR.-on May 20th the territorial prison will have a new secretary in the person of MT. Frank Byrnes, who takes the place Of Charles Utting On that date MT. Ut- ting assumes the responsibilities of clerk of the district court. vice Thos. D. MolIoy, resigned. MT. ByTnes has held a position as guard at the prison for the past two years.
Arizona republican., 1906-05-19
SAMPLE SALE

conducted by the ladies of the Church of Christ, in the room vacated by San ichas. Goods were donated by manu- lecturers and jobbers from over the states and our city. Come in and see us for real bargains. Donofrio's ice cream served every day.
Arizona republican., 1906-05-19
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.

At Kansas City: Kansas City. 6; To ledO, 9.
 At Minneapolis: Minneapolis, 2; In dianapolis. 3.
 At Milwaukee: Milwaukee, g: Col umbus, 4.
 At St. Paul: St. Paul. 12; Louisville. l.