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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25

sion al afternoon. More than lou
members from all parts of the state
are in attendance. Some very impor-
tant matters will come up for consld-
Grafton. among other things the strike
situation in New York and in various
other large eastern cities. This even
ing the annual banquet of the associa-
ton will take place. Mayor Buckle
will be one of the speakers.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25

two of the biggest flour mill plants
in Eastern Oregon and the deal Just
completed is said to have involved the
transfer of about 500, 900 in cash and
property. 1t is understood that Mr..
Raymond has taken active charge Of
the two plants and will operate them
for himself and parties associated with
him in the venture.
The Peacock mills have been owned
and operated for many years by the
Elams and the foundation of the Elan
fortune was laid from the profits ac-
cruing from the property. The Eagle
mill was acquired a few years ago by
Mr.. Elan and associates and has
proved an excellent investment.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25

The remains of Miss Pearl Penning-
ton. daughter of L. F. Pennington, who
died at Starbuck yesterday, were
brought to Walla Walla shortly after
noon today and taken to the Masonic
cemetery where interment took place.
Der of prominent Starbuck people.
Funeral services were held at Star
buck.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25

Sealed proposals will be received by
the board of education Of school dis
up to July 14th at II o'clock a. m. for
three hundred tons soft coal more or
less, and thirty tons anthracite coal, to
be delivered at school buildings. The
board reserves the right to reject any
and all bids. BY order of the board.
H. A. GARDNER, President,
MARGARET CENTER, Sec.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25

PENDLETON FLOUR
SHIPPED TO CHINA.

, PENDLETON, July Is
, Forty thousand sacks of flour. :
, the last expectation of old :
, wheat flour to be made by the :
, Byers mills this year. is being :
, shipped out today over the w. :
, & c. r. to Tacoma, from which <
, port it will be trans shipped <
, on the liner Lyra to Hong <
? Kong and Yokahoma.
New wheat is now coming <
? into the mill and old wheat is .
? about all ground. This ship (
? ment marks the close of one of (
? the busiest and most success 4
? full years ever experienced by <
; the Byers mills. 4
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25

Sealed proposals will be received by
the board of education of school dis
trict No. 1, county of Walla Walla,
Wash, up to Wednesday noon, July
IS. 1906 for gymnasium supplies" as
per list on file in Rooms 1914 Die
Brucke building.
The supplies to be shipped from fac
tory in time to reach Walla Walla by
September 1st.
ject any and all bids.
BY order Of the board.
H. A. GARDNER, President.
MARGARET CENTER, Sec
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25
Trying Speed Of New Cruiser

SAN FRANCISCO, July 25.-The
speed of the new cruiser Milwaukee.
which was built by the Union Iron
works here, is being held today over
the Golette course. Commander Charles
A. Cove is in command of the Mil
waukee
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25

Deputy Sheriff Haviland arrived in
the city last night with William Marsh
arrested at Starbuck, Monday night,
on a charge of horsestealing. Marsh
was locked up in the county Jail. An
information will be filed against him
in the superior court by Prosecuting
say about the trouble he is in.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25
PERSONAL MENTION

J. A. Dunlap of College Place has
gone to Spokane.
John Gliding has gone to Truckee
Cal, to visit relatives.
Edward Blackburn of Baker City is
Walla Walla visitor today.
Mr.. and Mrs. William L. Stirling
left last night for the beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. J. McAllister are at
Meacham, Oregon, visiting friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. D. Laidlaw of
Waitsburg are guests at the Dacres to-
day.
Oscar Drumheller and family are ex-
pected to return this evening from
Lake Chelan.
Mrs. Charles J. Ferguson of Pendle-
ton is in the city, the guest Of Mrs.
Frances DoOly.
Mrs. R. Humphrey of Buffalo, N. Y,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. w. A. Hunt
at sos Whitman street.
Mrs. j. c. Fetherspil has returned
from Seattle where she has been visit
ing for four weeks.
Letter Hamley, who has been visiting
friends in the city, returned yester-
day to his home in Pendleton.
the MeGrew Grocery Company, is back
at work again after a short illness.
Rev. and Mrs. ]. c. Reid and their
daughter left last night for Vashon
Island where they will spend several
weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs Peter Welt will leave
tonight for Newport, Ore. They will
camp with Mrs Adolph Schwarz and
Mrs. J. H. Stahl.
1a,o X DoorSo, a proypipept in =
rist of Bellingham is in Walla Walla
visiting Rev and Mrs. w. E. Thomp-
son for a few days.
Lowery Holloway, Will G. Starrett
and w. P. Hershey will leave this
evening for the Roberts ranch to
spend several days in camp.
D. c. Coyn is a new resident in the
city. He is an experienced grocery
man and has accepted a position with
the McGrew Grocery Company.
George Retzer, Albert Niebergall
and Fred Post will leave tonight for
Tacoma to attend the grand lodge ses-
sion of the Sons of Hermann.
Bud Marum, salesman in the White
House clothing store, has returned
from Toll Gate where he spent several
DAVIS in the search for little Cecil Brit
tan.
Miss Florence smyth of Pendleton
and Mrs. Annie Rucker of Oklahoma,
experienced saleswomen. have taken
positions with the Skies dry goods
store.
Among prominent out of town peo-
pie in Walla Walla today are l.. n.
Knettle ] H. Davidson and B. F.
Burch of Pomeroy. The party is stop
ping at the Dacres.
Robert G. Parks, grand keeper OF
records and seal of the Knights OF Py-
thias. will go to Tacoma Sunday night
to take part in the ceremony OF lay
ing the cornerstone for the new Pyth-
ian castle hall to be erected in that
city.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25
NOTICE.

Oscar Cross Transfer-An kinds Of
Drawing and Hauling. Pianos Moved.
Stand. corner Second and Main Streets.
Office phone, Main AT; residence tele-
phone, Main 1872. Dry Cold Storage.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25
VIII Consider Strike Matters.

PLAINFIELD, N. j., July 25.-The
annual convention of the New Jersey
Master Builders association opened
here today. and will continue in ses-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25

Water in Mill creek is at a lower
stage than it has been in years, the
stream in many places above the city
being absolutely dry. Lack of snow in
the mountains and the big deficiency
OF rainfall this month is attributed as
the reason for the low water this sea-
son.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25

Mrs. Ethel Hector who is sueing
William Hector, a prominent Eureka
hat farmer. for divorce has gave for
nal notice to. Mr.. Hector's attorneys
mat ON July IS she will make a motion
Tor a monthly allowance of $3.50, pend
ing the settlement of the divorce pro-
ceedings she has commenced.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25

No quorum being present, last nights
council meeting was adjourned until
next Thursday evening when the tax
levy for 1906 will be fixed. Few COM
plants have been filed with the board
of equalization. Mayor ELECT Kellough
is expected to arrive in Walla Walla
the week and take the oath of Office.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25

Material for the new Y. M. c. A.
building on Spokane street is being
rapidly delivered on the ground and
actual construction work on the
short time. The new concrete founda-
tons are finished and contractors are
getting things in readiness today to
begin work on the main building.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25
ADV1S. IN STATESMAN
GIVE QUICK RESULTS.

Yesterday VIM. Garner lost a
hand basket. He advertised the
same in the Evening Statesman
An hour after the paper was out
Mr.. Garner received. a tele-
phone message informing him
where he could get his lost
basket and its contents. Mr..
Garner thinks a good deal OF
the Statesman's classified advec-
tisement page.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25

A Busy Store-The McGrew Grocery
Company conducts one of the busiest
retail establishments in the city. In
uses eight head of horses and seven
teen employees, not including the
teamSters.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25

WaIIuIa Woman Dead-Word was
received in Walla Walla last night Of
the death of Mrs Eliza BaZies near
that place yesterday afternoon. Mrs.
Bazies was 60 years of age and was a
pioneer resident of Wallula- she mad
been ill for about a year, her malady
terminating fatally yesterday. The
funeral will take place tomorrow al
ternoon. interment to be in the Wallu-
la cemetery.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25

city has been arranged by the local
Salvation Army. The entertainment
Army headquarters on Alder street
and promises to be unique. The pro-
airy numbers and short addresses by
members of the army
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25

Prominent Spokane Man-Dr. w. H.
uare and bride of Spokane were in
Walla Walla this morning, having ar
rived last night from Denver, where
their wedding was celebrated. Dr'
Iore ;s the clerk of the United States
circuit court for the eastern district
of Washington, with headquarters at
Spokane. He formerly resided at Ell
lensburg and represented k1ttltas
county in the legislature several years.
He was speaker of the house of rep
resentatives in 1908.
Artesian Well on Offner Raneh-W
Offner president of the Walla Wal
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25

The camp fire, given by the ladies
Of Circle No. 20, Ladies of the G. A.
r. at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. E.
r. Harding, proved an enjoyable af-
fair last night, about 20 old soldiers
and their wives being present. Patri-
otto songs, tales of the civil war and
a beautiful repast made up the even
ing's entertainment
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25

4 special program for children of the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25

Machinery for Laundry-Machinery
for the new White Star laundry has
arrived from Chicago and a crew of
machinists are at work putting the
plant in readiness to start up next
week. The boiler was put into place
TODAY and walled in by brickmasons.
The company expects to have the
laundry in operation by next Wednes-
day.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25

ole Olson. the irrepressible Swede,
was locked up in the city Jail last
night to sleep off the effects of a jag
that he accumulated yesterday after
noon while celebrating a half holiday
from the harvest fields.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25

To Harvest FieIds-Many young men
in the city are accepting work in the
harvest fields these days. The excep-
tional good pay is the attraction. Geo.
Gains headed number OF recruits to
the fields yesterday.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25

A II. Mccoy, a we'll known lumber
dealer of Waitsburg, arrived in the
city last night to visit Mrs. Mccoy
who is i'll at the Walla. Walla hospital.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25

Bert Wallace, a stranger, was picked
m by the police in a drunken condition
last night and locked up in the city
iail
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25

c. B. Lambert, the contractor, and
his crew Of carpenters, returned last
evening from Kicker Springs, where
they have been camping for a week.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25
City News In Brief

Mrs. NJ. C. Walker of Waitsburg was
brought to the Walla Walla hospital
Yesterday for medical treatment.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25

Eugene Walker of Pennington was
received at the Walla Walla hospital
Yesterday to be treated for threat
ened attack of typhoid fever.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25

The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Demaris of Dixie, died yesterday af-
ternoOn. The funeral occurred this af-
ternoon, interment being in the Dixie
cemetery.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25

Jack Murray, a stranger, was ar
rested for begging last night and later
taken to the city limits and ordered
10 leave town. He left.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-25
TOWN TOPICS
Weather Forecast-Fair tonight an(

weather FOreCdSt-FdlT lOIIgHI anu
Thursday.
Attended Funeral Of Brother-Sam-
uel Grey, returned today from Palouse
City. Wash, where he attended the
funeral of his brother, William Grey.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03
Telephone improvements.

N THE early days of telephony,
when there were few subscribers,
but more than a single operator
could care for, the calls were
transferred from one operator to
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03

showed only 4 XIV, or about Ave horse
power, when the car was filled with pas
sengers and travelling at from ten to twelve
miles an hour.
II was also stIuck with the ease with
which the conductor on the car could re-
move the trolleys from the wires and re-
place them again, even when the car was
in rapid motion. This was another re-
speot wherein this American trackless troll
ley differed so favorably as compared with
the foreign systems. The latter could
hardly do this trick at all, so that on their
lines when one wished to pass another
both had to stop, their respective motormen
climb up to the roofs and carefully hand
over to each other the ends of the cables
by which the current was brought from the
trolley arrangements running on the wires
and they had to be pretty cautious to
keep from getting electrocuted in the oper-
alton.
Il could give you other facts by the col
umn If had the time, but l think l have
given enough to prove that the American
inventor is no whit behind the foreigner in
the line of tracl,less trolleys, no more than
in other directions"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03

A correspondent of the London Times
Engineering supplement- reviews \the
progress made within the last seven years
in the utilization OF hydraulic power for
the generation of electricity in northern
Italy. A line twenty-five miles long,
opened in 1898 by the Edison company, was
practically the first important venture OF
its kind in that part of the world. 1t
brought to the city of Milan 1900 horse
power from the River AIDA. At the close
of 1905 it is estimated not less than 165000
electrical horse power, derived from noun
tain streams had been made available.
Additional works, now under construction
will probably raise the total to 25COO or
250,o00-horse power during the current
year. These results have been achieved
In part by the corporations. in part by
communities which have acted for them
selves and in part by private manufac-
turers. The essential fact is, however.
that big cities, towns OF moderate size and
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03
rracisIess TroIleys in America.

Charles p Sylvester, NJ. D., OF Boston,
beiieying that the article in the Boston
Transcript descriptive Of the trackless troll.
that American inventors have done noth.
ing in this direction, describes in that pa
per what he has seen OF the results Of
American inversion almost within sight
of the Massachusetts state house dome. he
says:
Near my summer home at Hull, Mass,
a trackless trolley line of about a mile
in length was put up year or so ago,
and had ample opportunity for watching
its operation and studying it's construction,
taking numerous rides upon the car.
II was struck at once with the great adj
vance of this system over what had seen
abroad, the double trolley arrangement be-
ing such that the car could travel at any
speed and veer out fifteen feet from the
trolley wires to either side without the
trolleys ever jumping. l noticed one day
two teams standing side by side beneath
the wires, apparently taking up nearly the
entire roadway, when the trackless trolley
car came bowling along at good clip and
without the slightest slowing up. swung
thence on down the line. l could not help
staring In establishment to see there was
no jumping the trolley.
TN talking with the superintendent OF
the Hull Electric Light company. from
which current was supplied to this track
less trolley line. learned that a surpris-
ingiy small amount OF power was con-
sumed in running the car; that the meter
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03
Recent Developments in the Field of Electricity

with the subscriber. Upon receiving the
number of the instrument wanted, the
operator inserts the plug in the multiple
and rings.
Upon inserting the plug in the jack the
cord-lamp is automatically extinguished
and the operators listening set is discon-
nected at the same time. leaving the two
subscribers to converse in privacy. This
action also leaves the operator free to re-
ceive another call. When the subscribers
finish their conversation and restore their
receivers to the switch hooks. the lines
are automatically disconnected. This
leaves the line free to receive other calls
or gives the subscribers opportunity to call
again Immediately. 1t leaves the plug in
the jack until the operator removes It. hut
the automatic disconnecting of the two
subscribers leaves this cord and plug dead.
The busy test is taken off the multiple
jack and the disconnecting lamp signal
corresponding to the cord used is lighted,
thus notifying the operator to take down
the connection.
with such system an operator would
be constantly busy, and since she would
never be overloaded or even lille. the serv-
ice would be prompt and uniform. She
can receive only one call at a time, due
" tue dulollaNlC ulSNilbullOu VI the CdllS
to any one operator. The subscriber, upon
lifting the receiver from the hook auto
matically is put in talking connection with
the operator. who gives the number de-
sired without waiting for a request. The
operator repeats the number and glances
at the keyboard, noting the lighted lamp
which indicates the cord to be used in
making the connection. Owing to the fact
that she would not be required to use an
answering cord, listening key or ask for a
neutrality-suspicious. which take up the
greater part of her time-and owing TO the
automatic selections, she would probably
answer three times the number of calls
usually attended to by an operator under
the present system in the same time. Fol-
night service. Sunday service or at other
times when the load is light, the number
of operators can be reduced Owing to the
fact that the first few operators receive
all the calls, the lost positions are only
brought into service during the rush hours
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03

biz ChInOlC OeCOThIOn Lay telo-
bration at Holy sepulchre ceme-
terry Wednesday morning will
4tSbkM long be remembered by the Cath
49, olics Of this city and state, says
the True Voice. a local church organ,
speaking Of the solemn military requim
mass held for the souls of the soldiers who
lie resting in that city of the dead.
Yes, and it will be remembered by many
a Protestant as we'll, and by non-church
member, for few there had ever witnessed
such solemn ceremony on a grand scale, or
had seen such reverence shown by thou
sands assembled. One did not need to be
q Catholic to feel the solemnity of the
occasion religion is an after thought when
the nation is doing homage to its dead
heroes. Protestant and Catholic alike
stood with uncovered head while mass was
said, and it was strange to see how when
the bell rang at the communion OF the
priests Methodist or Presbyterian in
stinctively bowed his head with him OF
Roman faith.
Thousands witness the Ceremony.
Six thousand people were there. II
everybody had known the beauty and i'm
pressiveness Of the scene, thousands more
would have been there. Catholics knew
the meaning OF the mass, out unfortunately
for others, they did not realize 1t was
rare occasion. According to local clergy,
It was the first time military requiem mass
as ever been conducted west of the Miss
lssippi river. The mass is an annual event
at the New York navy yard, being cele-
brated the Sunday before Decoration Day,
and attracting many thousands of people.
This year the service there was held in
a pouring rain, which made the priests
and soldiers a sorry and uncomfortable
sight, and bedraggled the dresses and mil
linery OF the women, but in spite of the
elements the ceremony went on, and the
5000 people who came stayed to the end.
As the mass is not common in the east.
and has never been seen in the west, those
who went to the Holy Sepulchre cemetery
Wednesday morning deemed themselves
favored. Such an appreciation of the serv-
ices has been expressed, and such appre-
citation of the work of the knights of
Columbus in arranging for it, there is con-
siderable probability 1t will be made an
annual event under the auspices of the
order. So important an occasion was II
among the Catholics that delegations came
from Lincoln Hastings, jackson, Fremont
and other towns OF the state.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03

even small villages in Lombardy and Pied
mont are now profiting by the example
set by the Edison company.
One of the first applications made Of
cheap electric power in northern Italy
was to traction work. The displacement
Of steam several years ago on an existing
railway which skirts Lake Como and then
branches off to the eastward was a
notable event. Whether In every detail
the experiment-including the adoption of
the three-phase alternating current, for
instance-was wise may be doubted, but
it unquestionably exerted a powerful and
wholesome influence in other countries
The determination OF Switzerland and
Sweden TO operate their state railways by
elect lefty and tns adoption of the same
form of power for the Simpion tunnel road
may, with reason, be attributed to the
precedent established on the Como
Lecco-Sondrio line.
Compared with transmission systems in
the United States" says the New York
Tribune, none of the Italian projects
can be considered revolutionary. One sys-
tenn, which taps the Bernine Alps, will
convey power for 40 miles There are
two or three lines in this country which
are longer. Again, the pressure adopted
ice and on another not yet complete, is
10000 voluts. On the Pacific coast, in the
Rockies and down in Mexico $1,000 or
+0.0CO volts On the Pacific coast in tho
fully, but the limit of the great majority
Of services in America is $1,000, especially
In the east. Climatic conditions must be
regarded to some extent in designing a
transmission line. Air which is damp IA
cilitates leakage and makes unadvisable
potentials that are practicable where 1t is
dry. On two Of the new lines from
Niagara, 1t is asserted. an attempt will
be made to use $1,000 volts. but it is too
soon to judge Of the practicability Of the
venture II the Italians do not deem it
expedient to adopt such high voltages, 1t
may be assumed that they are restrained.
not by inability to make as good in
Sulator as Americans are making, but by
masgtvings about the atmosphere along
the routes which they are compelled to
follow"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03

''The system makes use of the simplest
known form of substation equipment II
effects large saving in the outside wire
plant. 1t eliminates most of the objection
able features Of central office equipment as
found both in the automatic and manual
systems, and it furnishes a superior SER
vice, since 1t is more rapid than either
the manual or automatic. Further, IT makes
it unnecessary for the subscriber to OPP
crate a mechanism and thus make his own
call The subscriber is not subject to
delay due to a busy operator and more
over, the service is secret"