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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-13
FEED PRICES TAKE A SHARP JUMP
Alfalfa Hay In Bale Worth SIG and
Timothy $2o-RoIed Barley
Goes to $24.

Local quotations on rolled barley
and hay in the bale were higher to-
day than they have been in three years
past, rolled barley retailing at $3.50
and $24 a ton. Baled alfalfa COM
mands SIG a ton and timothy $40 a
ton.
Much of the first cutting of alfalfa
was destroyed by the heavy rains two
weeks ago which is responsible for
the sharp advance in the alfalfa mar
ket. Timothy has been scarce for
over month, most of last years crop
having been consumed or shipped to
fill out of town orders.
Local dealers say they do not ex-
pect a decline in the price of alfal-
ia until the second cutting is ready
for market which will be some time in
July.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-13
Sure Way to Get Bait.

The boy wanted some worms for
bait. He had selected a promising
spot, shady and low-Iying dell, but.
though he had been digging now for
fifteen minutes, not a single worm had
he turned up.
Here, sonny said an old angler.
take this chunk of soap and make me
quart or two of soap suds."
The boy brought the suds. the old
man sprinkled them on the ground,
and then he, in turn, began to dig. 1t
was amazing. Here where the boy be-
fore had not found single worm, the
old man now discovered them in doz-
ems.
You can find worms most any,
where, sonny" said the old man, eff
you wet the ground with soap suds
first. The soap suds draws them, the
same as molasses draws flies. A weak
mixture of blue vitrol and water will
do the same thing also"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-13
The Most Romantic Trade,

The maker of porcelain and pottery
has decidedly the most exciting and ro-
mantle trade in the world. The great
factories OF Sevres and Dresden were
founded by Bernard Palissy. This
man invented white enamel, but it
took him sixteen years to make the
misery and persecution, which culmi-
mated in the episode, used in H. A..
wherein Palssy only maintained his
furnace fire by burning all the furni-
ture in his house, and finally opened
the furnace door to find within the
glaze which he had sought throughout
the best years of his life.
Bottgher invented hard porcelain. He
was an alchemist, and one dav. chanc-
ing to discover that his powdered wig
was unusually heavy, he inquired the
cause and found that the weight was
due to the kaolin with which the wig
was powdered. This kaolin was the
substance for lack of which Bettgher's
Investigations had for years failed
When Elers opened a porcelain fac
1tory at Burslem, he employed none but
1.-THE most stupid and illiterate work.
men, SO that his processes might not
become known. But Samuel Astburv
resolved to learn the Elers method,
and, affecting ignorance and stupidity.
he got a place in the factory, mas
tered all of E1ers' secrets, and even
tually opened a plant Of his own,
wherein he duplicated in every detail
the work of Elers.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-13

The kind of a Hat you wear shows
in measure what you think Of your
self.
At least that Is the way the
public sees 1t. If you could see your
self as they do, you would be more
particular about your Hat. Your mir
ror won't give you the gauge, so the
safe way is to be particular. We buy
our Hats for particular men, and price
them for shrewd ones.
Mems Hats.......$1.5O to $500
We've many styles in Spring Hats
you'll not be able to find in other
stores.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-13
PERSONAL MENTOR.

George P. Day, a we'll known Eure-
ka fiat farmer, is in the city from
Clyde.
c. F. Van DeWater, travelling freight
agent of the O. r. & n. went to Waits
burg today.
City Treasurer R. c. Parks went to
Spokane this morning to attend the
grand lodge of Masons.
]. Jackson and E. Staser of Kenne-
wick are transacting business in Wal
Ia Walla today
R. G. Eichelberger and S. D. Stou-
Ter, prominent Waitsburgers, are
among Walla Walla visitors today.
r. H. Ormsbee. formerly prosecuting
attorney of Walla Walla county, is in
the city from Waitsburg on legal
business
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-13
Alto Warehouse Sold.

The Alto warehouse was sold at AL
to last Saturday, the price being So
600 cash. The stock sold at $50 a
share and was bought by the following
named: Frank Jonas, Lewis Neace
C. w. Smith, Chas. lobe, ]. C. Jones,
Fred Rinehart, C. E. Shaffer, r. E.
Maxwell, Will Simmerman, w. B.
Shaffer, w. ]. Bruce.
The stockholders held a meeting a.
Dayton Tuesday and incorporated and
elected officers The following named
were elected trustees: Lewis Neace,
J. c. Jones, Frank Jonas. w. B. Shat
fer, G. E. Shaffer.-Waitsburg Ga
Zette.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-13
Friddv Will Be a Different Bargain Day
WATCH THE WINDoW VS.
WAMM5AA Cloak g. Suit House

A party representing himself to be
J. l. Gates and claiming to represent
F. A. Patrick Co. a wholesale house
of Duluth, Mimi, has been issuing
checks in Montana on the City Ma
tional bank of Duluth, and has sue
ceeded in passing a number of them.
They are all signed F. A. Patrick &
Co, Per M. These checks are all
forgeries, as is also a letter which he
exhibits purporting to come from the
same company.
A man giving his name as Bert Nc
Bride worked for a day or two for r.
F. Wright, a mill man near Elma, and
then secured from him a small check
under the pretense of paying balance
he owed on some blankets He took
the check and from it issued three
forged checks and had these checks
cashed in the stores Of Elma, Saturday
night, and then left The work is
we'll done, showing him to be no
novice in the business. He is a heavy
set man of dark complexion, fairly
well dressed, thumb off of one hand
He is supposed to have worked the
years ago.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-13
THE CAT IS OUT OF THE BAG
Local Populace' Curiosity Satisfied for
They Now Know All About
the Triangle.
Did you hear the Triangle2
Did you see the Triangle?

Did you hear the Triangle2
Did you see the Triangle?
Have you wondered like many
others what the triangle was all
about?
Well. the cat is out of the bag and
the triangle means that the White
House is to have another one of it's
celebrated clothing sales
No doubt of it, but the Triangle
Float that has been parading the
streets for the past few days has had
the public guessing. 1t was successful
in arousing their curiosity not a little
Especially did the pretty girl in the
float, the one who handed out the gilded
triangles, make a hit and cause con-
siderable comment all along the line
AS announced in yesterdays States
man the great Triangle Sale Ga sale
somewhat out of the ordinary is to
start at the White House next Sat
urday.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-13
COURT CONvENEs MONDAY
Session Promises to Be One Of The
Shortest On Record
ONLY TWO CIVIL CASES SET FOR TRIAL
BOTH WILL BE TRIED MONDAY
THIRTY-NINE JURYMEN
ARE DRAWN.
ONLY TWO CIVIL CASES SET FOR TRIAL

The jury session Of the June term of
court convenes Monday morning and
gives promise of being one Of the
shortest on record, only two civil cases
being set for trial when Judge Brents
made up the official docket this morn
ing.
The two cases set for trial Monday
are j. G. Miller and wife versus Min
ME FeWster, involving title to valu-
able farm land in the vicinity of Dixie.
and the Home Marine Insurance COM
pany versus the Oregon Railroad anC
Navigation company. The insurance
company is suing for the amount of
insurance paid George Dague, a Berry
man Station farmer, for the loss of
wheat field by fire alleged to have
been started by an o. r. & N. engine
some years ago. The case has been in
the courts for some time, the railroad
company denying that the fire started
by the means alleged.
The Jurymen.
The jurymen drawn to serve at the
June term of court are as follows:
George Cochran, Martin Zuggar, j. H.
Bauer, David De Witt, j. P. Goodhue,
c. F. Van De Water, Joseph Ringhof-
fer, Leo Egg, F. B. Romine, Thomas
COnnick Eugene Thomas, Sam P.
Young, Ben Pitcher, j. E. Abbott, M.
A. Wood, w. j. Duncan, William Nc
Evoy, Homer Grant, j. S. Hays, Robert
Burns, j. r. O'Dell, Charles F. Jones.
Louis Kan, George ROmine, E. ]. john
son, George w. Thompson, Cyrus Mel
son, Alex Mcdonald, N. K Adkins.
Uriah Corkrum, w. G. Cordiner, Geo.
Surbeck, Myra Cusker, Emory Flath-
ers, c. H. Hungate, Sam P. Maxon, j..
B. Loundagin, March Mckay, C. M.
Lambert.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-13
Milk-Fed Kid.

''This is a milk-fed kid" said the
leather merchant. ut is very soft
and fine and pliable, isn't it ?'
He smoothed the delicate white skin
and went on:
"All first rate kid is milk-fed 1t
comes to US from the French noun
taineers. These men are superb goat
herds. Their immense f1ocks supply
the worlds kid gloves
1.-The goatherds of France are care
full to keep their kids on an exclu-
sive milk diet They pen the little
animals, with their mothers, in rocky
enclosures, where there is no grass
At that the kids often escape, often
manage to eat solid food. For, with
almost human perversity, kids, that
shouldn't be weaned, wean themselves
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-13
y. ga ELL
20 MAIN STREET.
Mrs. Mackay's Gifts.
Gw~T

es3S~fT>
Mrs. Clarence Mackay of New York
decided that it was better to be an
"Injun giver" than to have her gift to
school children criticized. She took
back an oil painting from each of the
public schools in New York to which
she had presented it because she heard
that the principal of the school had
criticised it, The painting was of Vol
taire reading to King Stanislaus. The
school principal wrote Mrs. Mackay,
assuring her that reports of such criti-
csm We're pure fabrication and that
the school much appreciated the pic
ture, together with others she had pre-
scented, but the wealthy lady was OBJ
durate and demanded back her pic
lures, the VOltaire and all.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-13
LOOK OUT FOR SW|NDLERS
Bankers Association Sends Out
Note Of Warning
BOGUS Check, MEN ARE At WORK
SAID TO BE OPERATING IN THE
TOWNS AND CITIES OF
THE STATE.
BOGUS CHECK. MEN ARE At WORK

According to a circular sent out by
Secretary Kaufman of the Washing
ton State Bankers Association three
men are operating with bogus checks
in the state and the public and bank
ers are warned to look out for them.
The circular reads:
\ coIored man. about 80 or 40 years
of age. going under the name of John
w. Scott or James Massey, has been
attempting to defraud banks and bust
ness men on Puget Sound. His method
Of operation has been to leave for
collection a check drawn on the Bank
of Ventura. Cal, in his favor for 1920
apparently signed by John H. Reppy,
a prominent business man of Ventura.
The check is a base forgery. Using
the receipt of the bank as a basis of
credit Scott succeeded in defrauding
several stores in Seattle and Tacoma
out of small amounts. He endeavOred
to pass his check for $500 in Tacoma
in a real estate deal, but failed and
left the city. He was next heard o.
in Seattle attempting the same ope-
ration. This James Massey served &C
days in Jail in Ventura for petty Of
fences Be on your guard for him.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-13
Poetry at $1;875 a Line.


The highest price ever paid for po-
etry was s1,S75 a line-s15,O00 for an
eight-line poem.
1t was not a good poem, either.
James Smith, one of the authors of
Rejected Addresses" wrote it. Smith
met one night at dinner in London
the famous English printer Stra-
chan, who, with old age and govt,
was most infirm. Indeed, he could
hardly walk But his mind was ex-
ceedingly powerful and brilliant, and
he talked so we'll that Smith on his
return home, wrote the following dog
gerel about the old man.
Your lower limbs seemed far from
When last I saw you walk;
The cause 1 presently found out
When you began to talk.
The power that props the body's
SlTcIlS
In due proportion spread,
In you mounts upward and the strength
All settles in the head.
Though this was undeniably rank
poetry and ranker f1attery, it pleased
Printer Strachan so we'll that he ad-
ded to his will codicil giving Smith
$4,000
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-13

early, whereas calves, that should be
weaned, cling like grim death to milk.
Zone meal of grass will spoil kid s
skin, will rob it of its softness and
pliability, will harden and cOarsen and
stiffen it. Hence, when you buy Kid
gloves, always choose the milk-fed
kind" 49,.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-13
Engraved Cards.

Social laws demand that you have
the best. Leave your order at the
Book Nook.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-21
PERKINS BEFORE GRAND Jury
New York InquisitOrp Lacking Into
Ahairs of Life Insurnnee
Company.

NEW YORK. Dec. S.-George W. Per
kins was the ffrst witness before the grand
jury today when the investigation into the
affairs of the New York Life Insurance
company was resumed.
Darwin P Kingsley, vice president Of the
New York Life Insurance company, was
examined at length regarding the so-called
Prussian deal. The company as the price
Of continuing to do business in Prussia
was compelled TO charge on three blocks
OF stock which We're not acceptable to the
Prussian officials. The report sheet for
the year fled with the insurance depart
ment Of this state showed that this stock
had been sold to the New York Security
and Trust company, a subsidiary concern
Of the insurance company for s3,50OOOO. 1t
is alleged that there was hever bOnafide
sale, the insurance company taking notes
for the stock.
George w Perkins was recalled this aft
ernoon and remained with the grand Jury
two hours and a half His examination
had not been completed when the jury ad-
1ourned for the day.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-21
STANDARD OIL METHODS
General Manager OF Company says
Methods Adopted Are EEEeR-
tiaI to Trade.

NEW YORK. Dec. N.-Ths hsariuas in
ths case Of the state OF Missouri against
the standard Oh company, the Waters
Pierce Oll company and the RRpuhiio OE
company, which began here Tuesday, ended
suddenly today. Fhs hearing was opened
here at the request OF the defendant COM
psnies 10 allow them 70 INTRODUCES testi-
mony In rebuttaL The next hearing proba-
bly, Will be held In ST. Louis.
The method employed by the Standard
OIL company and it's subsidiary com
panies IN Missouri vas described
as ''ths block system applied to
trade" by a witness who testified today IN
taa hearing OF the case instituted against
the standard on company. the Waters
Pierce on company and the Republic on
company by the state. The witness was
p. c. CrenshRw. general manager OF the
sales department Of the Standard on com
pany. He declared, in his opinion the plan
adopted by the Standard on company was
an absolute necessity 70 the furtherancs OF
trade. He said he knew OF no agreement be-
tween the Waters-Pierce On company and
the Standard on company Of Indiana other
than those already uncovered. He never
knew Of any rebates allowed by any OF ths
agents.
The giving OF rebates vas againsf o,sI
policy he said.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-21
FREE POSTAGE EoR lie sLINp
Senator Burkett Introduces Bill I'm
the senate for That
Purpose.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 9O.-Cspecial Teie-
gram.)-senator Burkett today introduced
bill providing for carrying free Of postage
in the mails reading matter for use OF the
blind. The bill provides that all reading
matter I'm Embest type, whether IN Braille.
New York point or Moon type, shall be
carried in the mails free ~ postage to or
from any blind person desiring to read the
same Such matter shall be forwarded and
exchanged free with Canada and other
countries where free postage for the blind
Is now OF may be granted. The bill fur
ther provides that states or tablets and
blank paper with which to emboss such
matter should be carried as second class
matter at the rate Of four ounces or frac-
tious thereof for 1 cent
Senator Burkett this morning introduced
p. R sizer. postmaster at Lincoln. and
Sinclair McShane. also Of Lincoln. to Presi-
dent Roosevelt The president greeted the
Nebraskans in his usual cordial manner
and wished them a merry Christmas and
4 a prosperous New Year. Postmaster Sizer
and Sinclair McShane left for home tonight
/ Congressman Mondell Of wyoming won a
] victory today by reason OF persistency.
For the last two days he has endeavored
to call up his hill extending the time which
entrymen shall have to make final resi-
dencs on the Shoshoue reservation, which
/ was opened to settlement on August Is last
The bill as passed provided that final set
I tlement should be made on February Is
I but 50 many demands were made, coming
/ from Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and other
nearby states on the part Of intending set.
tiers that II would be impossible to takJ
/ up final residence during the worst par
Of winter that an extension was asked. Mr.
MondeIl fought this bill through to a finish
He had two complete knockouts by reason
Of objections to consideration which dis
placed it for the day. On one occasion tn,
| objection came from Mr. Fitzgerald oi
New York: on another from Mr.. Mann o
Illinois. who seemed to have been bandeC
together for the purpose OF "rattHng' tn,
lone congressman from wyoming In NJ
wise discoura ged, Mr.. NIonden called up hi
bill this morning, having seen the opposinl
interests in the meantime. and his bill e
extend the time for final residence to Ma!
l. 1877. was passed.
Senator Millard's pension bills for the re
lief OF c. F. Nj. Morgan, $50; Amelia Hav -
SIS; Jarea Ayr. $50. all OF Omaha, have beei
passed by the senate.
c. T. Austin Of Lawrence, Neb., W. 7
Evans Of Parlxersburg, Ia, and c. Il
Englesby OF Watertown, s. D., have beel
admitted to practice before the Interior de
partment
DR.. A L. Alleson has been appointed pen
sion examining surgeon at Onawa, Ia, vic
Or. E. Z. Fisher, resigned
Rural carriers appointed: Iowa, Anthor
route 2 Verna NJ. Dodd, carrier; Ethy
Dodd, substitute; Imogene, route 2, Richar
H. Gilbert carrier; David Gilbert. substi
tute. South Dakota, Marion, route
George W. VanBuslirk, carrier; OFT
Kuchenbacker, substitute.
Congressman Kinkaid today recommends
w. o. Hesllng for postmaster at Rirl
Banner county, vice c. W. Johnson. re
signed.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-21
Partly Cloudy Friday and Saturday.
Colder Friday In West Portion.
TESTIMONY IN SCHMlTZ CASE
Detective Burns. who Gathered Evil
dence for state, On stand Nearly
All Day.

SAN FRANCISCO. cal, Dec. 2O.-Wuliam
J. Burns the detective who has been gath
ering evidence upon which the recent In
dctments found by The grand jury have
been based. was a witness today In the
case OF Mayor Eugene K. Schmitz and
Abraham Ruef. charged with extortion. In
answer to a question. the witness stated
that for eighteen years he had been em-
ployed as a special agent OF the Depart
ment Of the Interior.
An attempt was made by Attorney Ach,
for the defense, to show that Burns severed
his connection with the government at the
request Of Special Prosecutor Heney, but
the evidence was not admitted. The court
also sustained the objections Of the prose-
cution to questions concerning when Burns
arrived in San Francisco, whether he knew
James D. Phelan or Rudolph Spreckels, or
whether he had received money from
them. he stated, however, that he had
received no money from Heney. In answer
to further questions, he stated he had
known Ruef for about three years. He
stated he did not know Grand Jurors Gall
lagher, Dwyer or Young In fact, he stated,
he knew none OF the members Of the grand
{ jury except in a very casual way.
"Is it not a fact that your sole reason
/ for being in San Francisco is to aid tae
| prosecution in securing indictments?" asked
Ach.
The question was objected to and the
/ objection sustained.
/ Burns stated that he had been introduced
/ to Grand Juror Sontag, but had never dis
cussed with him any of the matters under
investigation by the grand jury. He had.
/ he said. talked perhaps three or four times
/ with Foreman oliver, Nothing was said
about Ruef. 5chgitz Nicholas. Duffy OF
I any of the witnesses
Did you talk about conspiracy TO in
dict Mr. Ruef and Mayor Schmitz, or about
I a meeting between Fremont Older. Mr.
Phelan, Mr. Henev and Mr.. Hearst7''
I It never spoke To- Mr.. Phelan IN New
York IN my life" spoke up Heney.
Well said Ach. wen leave your name
out Of IT,"
Burns told Of a conversation he had with
Jean Loupe, a restaurant man. at which
time Loupe denied having paid Ruef fOr
police protection.
Il told him." said Mr.. Burns, that
did not believe him. I said. We knew this
facts"
Burns was on the witness stand wher
court adjourned.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-21
HARTMAN MUST FIX DAM
southern Pacific Held Responsible for
Break in Bank of Colo
radO River.

WASHINGTON, Dec 20-President
Roosevelt will ask r. H. Hartman, head
OF the California Development company, TO
have repaired at once the break in the left
bank OF the Colorado river. across the
Mexican boundary line. the overflow of
which is causing such great damage in
the Imperial ana Colorado valleys in south
ern California This company is said to
be responsible for the damage as the break
occurred at the company's works, erected
under a concession from the Mexican gov
ernment.
The presidents decision was reached after
a conference with Senator Flint OF Cali
fornia. Director Wolcott Of the geological
survey, and +. H. Newell OF the reclana-
ton service, and in view Of the impossible
ity OF obtaining an appropriation from con-
gress TO do the work before the holiday
recess.
Copies OF the letter TO Mr.. Hartman also
will be sent by the president to the gov
ernor OF California and the chambers OF
co merce OF the various cities OF the state.
S, Sl2 kind OF memorandum also will be
u soEmitted to the Mexican government on
4 h. subject The estimated amount OF
money required to repair the break is put
at 5000 900, and the expectation is that the
president VIII use his efforts with congress
to reimburse Mr.. Hartman for at least
a part OF the outlay. The settlement OF
damages to property owners will be a mat.
ter CT diplomatic negotiations with the
Mexican government
The president made public the foIlowina
telegram sent to Governor Pardee Of Cali
fornia, dated today;
Telegram received. Am doing everything
In my power IN matter. Break is on Mex
can SOIL and we have absolutely no powell
70 do anything until permission Is granted
every way the negotiations for su1 per
mission. Until It Is granted congress can
not act
In note to Director waIcott, the presi
dent says:
Mexico has behaved admirably ana ha
expressed willingness 20 do anything
within reason that we desire in the Colo
radO river break matter. OF course, Mex
leo Is not TO do the work The immediate
work must be done by Mr.. Hartman
company as I pointed out IN my TELEGRAM
20 him. But we should be prepared to pu
a definite request before congress imme
diately upon its reassemhliug. To do tha
7 must. Of course, know Just what separat
or joint responsibilities there should be a
EeEaTds this country and the California
Improvement company. Please formulat
a Blen at the earliest possible momeai
suDmittinE IL 70 the state department, !
thar Mexico San be fully informed
NEW YORK, Dec. 2Q.-At the ONCE OF Z
Il. Hartman it was said that the reparte
action Of the president In asking Mr. HarTi
man 70 make repafrs IN the break in tn
Colorado river could not be understoo
there inAsmuch ss Mr.. Hartman is no
In any way connected with the Californl
Development company It was said tina
the Southern Pacific railroad already
cooperating with the government in mah
ing necessary repairs. although that obm
pany has no connection with the CaIifJrni
Development company.