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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-27

ing, sacking and labelling. The tracts
vary from one to five acres in area on
such varieties as the station now has
enough of to begin distribution among
the farmers of the state.
The hybrid varities were crossed IA
years ago by Professor Spillman, now
in the United States government en-
ploy. In the years following these
varieties have been carefully sowed.
seed selected and sown again until
properly fixed" This season is the
first in which any amount Of seed has
been secured. This will be threshed
and sold to farmers who desire to try
the new kinds A good price must
necessarily be realized for the seed
grain, as great expense has been in
Cured in the experimental stages in
the IA years.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-27
WASHINGTON, OREGON AND THE NORTHWEST

was out for Metcalfe and the officers
were instructed to arrest and hold the
man until he could be taken to Port
land where the warrant came from.
says the Heppner Gazette.
Metcalfe is charged with adultery
and very few particulars are obtain
able.
Metcalfe left Heppner about two
weeks ago for Lehman Springs, leav-
ing most Of his trunks and baggage
in this city. 1t seems that he got
wind of the fact that he was to be
arrested and left the springs Thursday
of last week. Since that time his
whereabouts have been unknown and
the officers are unable to locate him.
Metcalfe's sudden disappearance is
causing some uneasiness to Gilman &
Bisbee and C. C. Patterson, of this
city.
Shortly before going to the springs
for an outing, Metcalfe purchased a
buggy from Gillian & Bisbee, the price
of the vehicle being $1OO Fifty dollars
was paid down and the balance is due.
He hired c. c. Patterson's fine driv-
ing team and the whereabouts of the
team and buggy are as much of a
mystery as Metcalfe himself.
Metcalfe came here several months
ago and has been very successful in
good appearance and was considered a
good fellow.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-27
Suit to Escheat an Estate.

A suit has been started by the at
torney general at Olympia, Wash, to
formerly to M. D. Henderson, who died
intestate and without heirs in Lewis
county sold the property for taxes, the
action being brought against the dead
named as defendants in this suit. are
purchasers Of the land at the tax SALE
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-27

Union have % or more employees en-
gagged In packing prunes, and they
pack a carload nearly every day.
The most Of the prunes are coming
from the district between Freewater
and the state line. A few loads were
brought from the Hudson Bay country
and some from the Dry Creek district
The prunes are being shipped to the
large cities in the East, where they
will be auctioned to the highest bid
ders.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-27
WAlTSBURG HAS
NEW filter SYSTEM,

-'tsburgers feel rather proud Of
the fact that their city is the first in
the state to install a filtering system,
and also that they have fortunately
secured the best system that has yet
been placed on the market.
The Jewel Filter Company is put
standing back Of it with a strong guar
antee.
The system being installed in this
city has a daily capacity of 100000
gallons of filtered water This is about
twice the amount Of water that is now
being used n the city, so that the
new filter plant has ample capacity to
supply the city when it reaches twice
the population it now has. The Jewel
Filter company guarantees that the
water taken from the Touchet river
will be 81 per cent pure after passing
through the filter, all micro organisms
and indecomposed coagulant having
been removed The filter company
further guarantees to remove 81 per
cent of the bacteria in the unfilterer
water. This test will be conducted at
the plant by a recognized authority on
the matter. In a recent test at Ore
gon City, where the same system was
installed some years ago, according to
the Oregonian, 1915 of filth was re-
moved from the water. Oregon City's
water supply is taken from Villa
mette river
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-27
PRUNE CROP is
READY FOR MARKET

The work of packing the prune
crop for this season was commenced
this week at the three fruit houses.
says the Freewater Times. The Walla
Walla Produce company have 80 girls
and several men employed. Mr.. Num-
ford expects to have about 10 more
packers employed in a few days. They
have shipped several cars already, ana
expect to send out about 80 cars. The
S. S. Shields company have 25
packers employed, and they expect to
ship about carloads a week. They
are also sending out tomatoes and late
peaches. The. Milton Fruit Growers
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-27
BABY HOOKED BY COW.
Little Tot Tossed 20 Feet But Es.
capped Uninjured

| WESTON, Aug. 27.-The infant
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Theory
had an unusual and exciting experience
Tuesday at the Theory place above
town. She was tossed on the horns
of a COW and thrown for a distance
of fully 20 feet, landing on a harrow.
1t was a frightful fall, but the anguish
Of the parents was turned to joy when
they found that their baby girl had
suffered no worse injury than a
wounded mouth. The COW was raised
a pet in the Theory family, and had
never before. attempted to injure the
J children. Her stunt on this occa-
sion is supposed to have been the re-
suit of bovine's notion Of a playful
prank Nevertheless she will be de-
| horned, as will every other cow that
i is MIXED in future on the Theory
ranch.
The two saloons at Weston, which
| for three Sundays had been doing
business with their back doors open,
| were notified to close last Sunday The
| injunction was disregarded by the White
House saloon. conducted by ]. Stewart
& Son, and complaint was lodged
| against ]. Stewart by Councilmen Bry-
l nd ipo
J by ordinance, s25, was imposed by the
| city recorder. Mr.. Stewart declares
| that he will invoke the state law
| against houses in general about town
if the Sunday closing ordinance is en-
| forced against him. This ordinance
| applies only to saloons.
Mrs. Mabel Warner, defendant in
the action for forgery brought by the
administrator of the Young estate. was
in town Wednesday seeking evidence
in her favor, accompanied by her at
torney, ]. p Winters
| J. z. English was awarded the con-
tract for the school house addition in
| district No. 40 on Weston Mountain.
| Two bids were submitted, one of $50
| by Mr. English and one of $40 by
j. NJ. Ashworth.
A popular young business man on
| Main street threw chunk of wood at
a dog and broke one of the windows
in his store front. Most any girl in
town could have done as well.
The only wheat sale reported for the
week occurred Wednesday, when J. c..
Turner disposed of 100 bushels to
agent Barnes of the elevator company
On a basis of Sc cents for No. 1.
| Work was begun Wednesday on the
new hay warehouse at Weston, which
will occupy a site on the o. R. & N.
sidetrack a short distance below the
charred ruins of the warehouse de-
stroyed last year by fire.
Mrs. c. D. Peterson. head filter in
the Walla Walla Cloak and Suit House,
is visiting at the home Of her uncle,
Mr. T. ]. Ray.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-27
Bio Crop Yield.

H. H. Vincent has finished harvest
ing his crop of 1000 acres near Star
four headers and one large thresher,
to his Skyrocket ranch, five miles
north of Prescott, where he has 5000
acres to harvest, says the Dayton
Press. He reports an average yield
of 25 bushels. Mr. Vincent owns 1000
acres of the land he farms, the rest
being leased.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-27
A DARING BURGLAR.

1t is a daring burglar that will break
into a state prison and steal things,
but such was the case at the Oregon
penitentiary a few nights ago. The
bold burglar broke into the stable at
the prison and carried away a lot of
blankets and robes and escaped. A
man who was recently released from
prison and who has not left the city
is suspected
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-27
I'M M ENSE HORSE
LIVED AGES AGO

The fossilized skeleton of a giant
horse is declared to have been dis
covered in the big Sweetwater divide
fossil beds in Montana by archaeOlO-
gists. The discovery OverthrOws the
exploited theory that the horse was
evolved from a small five tOed animal
the remains of which are found in the
Wyoming fossil beds, asserts one re-
port. This skeleton is 80 feet long and
fully as tall and in an excellent state
of preservation. The giant horse was
an herbiverous animal and its jawbone
displays powerful grinders, which are
but little decayed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-27
Claim Saving Record.

The Fraser river sawmills, at Mill
side, B. c., claim the Pacific coast rec
ord for saving with one circular saw
and an edger. On Friday last they
cut 115,490 feet in 10 hours. The pre-
vious record was held by the B. B. &
I. mill In Washington which cut Ill.,
1928 feet in a 10 hour shift.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-27
GOOD WORK AT
PULLMAN STATION

AS a sample of the good work being
done by the experiment station at the
Washington State college at Pullman,
it is said preparations are being made
to thresh over 1000 different varieties
of grains grown on the experimental
farm at the college. It is great task
to keep these many varieties separated
during the process Of cutting, thresh-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-27

| PENDLETON. Aug 27.-Did Charles
| Cunningham and a dozen or more
| other prominent stockmen of wealth,
| fall victims to bunch of clever swim
| dlers in Seattle last winter, and if
so, what particular form of persua-
sion was used to lure them into the
game
The above questions have been ask
ed frequently about Main street today
where the swindling story has been a
topic of interest since last evening.
Although Mr.. Cunningham positively
declares that he has lost no money on
any wrestling matches there are some
here who are inclined to think that
he really fell among thieves but has
since blotted the affair from his men,
DRY.
Cunningham Stakeholder.
1t has become known that some
thing concerning the alleged swindle
was told to some of the Pendleton
sporting fraternity several months
ago. According to the account told
at that time Mr. Cunningham was
made the stakeholder in one of the
arly bouts held on Lake Washing
ton. Although he did not intend at
first to do any betting himself, he is
said to have staked $4,000 on the
match. 1t was a sure thing for him,
but unfortunately his man received
crippled arm during the wrestling bout
and thereby lost the match.
Operator Was Here.
Soon after the $4,000 loss Mr.. Cum
ningham is said to have returned to
Pendleton. being accompanied by one
of the promoters of the scheme This
gentleman is described as being one of
the smoothest, most affable and most
innocent appearing men that ever rob-
bed a fellow citizen without the lat
ter knowing it.
Just what took place here is not
known definitely, but according to the
account given the sum of 100000 was
put up by Mr.. Cunningham for the
purpose of recuperating his former
losses. 1t is presumed that this
amount went the way of the former
money and helped to make up the
$150,O00 stake which the swindlers are
said to have secured from gullible
friends.
To some of his friends in this city
Mr.. Cunningham stated last spring
that he had invested 100000 in some
Seattle real estate. Whether or not
this money went into a boat house on
Lake Washington is best known to
the sheep king himself
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-27
Drowned in Skauit River,

James Lanigan was drowned We'd
neSday in the river at the Great
Northern bridge two miles from Mount
Vernon, Wash, while driving single
bolts. The body has not yet been re-
covered
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-27
INSURANCE MAN
is IN TROUBLE

J. c. Metcalf who has been making
his headquarters in Heppner for sew
eral months, engaged in writing life
insurance, is in trouble. Word was re-
ceived by the officers that a warrant
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-08
SUING FOR $4,000.
Case of sara Madden Against Peter
Duryea Is Called.

New York, March 8.-AIiss Sara
Madden appeared in court today for
the first time to press her suit against
Peter Duryea for $4,000 for alleged
breach of promise. Duryea, was mar
rfed secretly in August last to Viola
Allen.
The work of getting. a jury took only
fifteen minutes the first twelve men
called being accepted by both sides,
each of them having said he was not
interested in breeding horses, did not
know W. E. d. Stokes, and never had
sold supplies to Ansonia.
George Q. Coffin opened the case for
Miss Madden.
81 may as well tell you now" said
Mr.. coffin, that in consequence of
Miss Madden's faith in Mr.. Duryea and
her implicit reliance on his promise to
marry her, they Immediately entered
into the relations of marriage"
Sara Madden was the first witness.
She testified dramatically and in a deep
voice.
Miss Madden Tells Her story.
q first met Mr. Duryea some time in
March, 1895" she said. TT was in holy
week I was off that week. I was play
ing in My Friend From India on the
road. I met him in Madison Square
garden. We were introduced by Charles
Schroeder. business manager of the gar
den. / saw him four or five times that
month and in April end then I went to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-08

Lexineton-the Patchen- Wilkes stock
farm. was suffering with catarrh. Mr..
Duryea said If I would go to Lexington
he would have me cured. So I went in
May. Mr. Schroeder took me there.
THE doctor there said nothing would
help me except an operation, so 1 went
to hospital to be operated upon. I
was in the hospital eleven days. The
doctor said it never would do for me to
return to New York. and Mr. Duryea
took me to his home. Mr.. Schroeder re-
turned to New York. I lived in one
part of the house, Mr.. Du.yea in anoth-
er. He was taken III with tonsilitis
He got worse, . she Continued, r'and
one night it looked as if he was going
to die. I was nursing him, and he babe
me bring papers and pencil and write
down the combination Of his safe. In
it he told me I would find some money
and jewels, and If he died I was to take
these as my own. But if he lived he
said we would go right to Louisville
and get married.
Told Him About Her Past.
''That was the first word of marriage
he ever had spoken to me. told him
that I didn't want him to die because
couldn't live without him. He get
wen again soon, and when he did I told
him I would not marry him without
first telling him al about myself. I
wanted him to know all about me. Then
I told him everything ever had
done in my life
But that made no difference to him.
I'd been on the stage so long and had
made no name for myself. It was my
ambition to become a star and be
famous. He said that he'd come on to
New York with me and use his infiu-
ence with his big friends. Mr.. Stokes
and SO on, to get me on the stage and
help me make a big name for myself.
He told me we were as good as man
and wife, and might as well live as such,
so we did. We lived together that way
for three years. For while in the be
ginning he suggested marriage every
week, but I kept putting it of because
I wanted to make a name.
Mr.. Coffin then introduced and read IN
evidence about 30 letters, all Miss Mad
den said she had left. She explained
they had frequent quarrels, and would
demand each others letters back and
tear them up. Duryea says he has torn
up all letters he got from her
". z. D. Stokes. who was Duryea' s
partner in the Patchen-Will1es stock
farm at Lexington. KY, is to be wit
ness He was on hand looking uncoTn-
/ Portable. Other persons who, according
to the defense, viii be witnesses are
| Mrs. Philip NJ. Lydig, John ]. ScanneIl.
| former fire commissioner, and Chartes
! FsrOhnaap.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-08
Even Better
Than Frumenty
Old English Dish Is Now Surpassed by
a Matted Grain Food.

Writing on the food problem and ad-
vocating a rational health diet. DR..
Josiah Oldfeld, author of 1.-The Claims
of Common Life" and other we'll
known works, declares a suf1ciency of
grain food is necessary and refers to
the old English dish of frumenty a a
most excellent article of food. He also
speaks Of matted grain as a food for
Increasing years. This eminent author
thus strikes the very keynote of health
and strength.
There is a modern food which en-
braces all the qualities of frumenty
and has even more. for 1t is matted
grain We refer to Malta-Vita=aIl
pure grain and nothing else
Malta-Vita is made by an extended
and elaborated process of the old way
Of making frum enty. The whole wheat
grain is thoroughly cleaned, then boiled
in water and cooked in steam to gela-
tfnize the starch. After the starch cells
have broken down, the wheat is mixed
with pure barley malt extract which
converts the gelatinized starch into
maltese. or malt sugar, highly nutri-
tfous and easily digested even by the
wea kest stOnachs- Then each grain OF
wheat is rolled into little wafer fakes
and goes to the great ovens where. suI1-
der intense heat, it is baked crisp and
brown done to a turn and ready for
your table.
All grocers sell RIalta-Vita. Now 10
cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-08
Low ONE WAY RATES.
Union Pacific oners Reduced Fares to
Western Points.

Every day from now to April 9TH. 1905
inclusive, the Onion Pacific viii seil
one-way tickets as follows:
$4,000 to Ogden and Salt Lake City.
$1,000 to Helena and Butte, MoDtans
SS2.5 to Spokane and Wenatchee.
washington.
$3.50 to Huntington and Namps
Idaho.
$500 to Portland. Tacoma and Seat
tie.
$500 to Vancouver and Victoria
$500 TO Ashland and Astoria, oregon,
via Portland
$500 to San Francisco. Los Angeles
and San Diego.
Correspondingly low rates to many
other California. Oregon, washington
Montana, Utah and Idaho points.
Through tourist cars run every dav
IN Union Pacific between Missouri river
and Pacific coast; double berth 9s75.
For full Information call on or address
F. A. Lewis. city ticket agent. or 7. G.
Fulton, depot agent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-08
CHOATE ACCEPTS.
He Becomes Attorney For MutuaFs
Self Investigating Committee.


New York, March st is officially
announced at the offices of the Mutual
Life Insurance company that Joseph
H. Choate has accepted the position
of attorney to the -MutuaIs self-in-
vestigating committee recently vacated
by James B. Dill and others when
Stuyvesant Fish left the committee.
It is understood that Mr.. Choate in
sisted on assurances that the investi-
cation would be thorough in every line
of the company's affairs and that he
would be absolutely untrammeled in
his work as counsel. There was some
doubt in Mr.. Choate's mind as to the
propriety of his accepting a retainer
from the committee. and acting as
counsel for the company in the Nc
Curdy and Raymond and company
suits at the same time. The members
of the committee, 1t is said, assured
him that his relations with the COM
pany would not interfere in the least
with his work for the committee. It
is thought likely that a third member
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-08
CRAWFORD VS.. sCHUBERTs.
Topeka Theater Man In Fight Witt
Independents at FL Paso.

The following is from the San Fran
cisco Dramatic Review:
"A dispatch from Ell Paso dated
February "A, tells The Dramatic Re
view the following interesting story:
It is to be a battle royal between the
trust and the Independents for control
of the local theatrical field. L. NJ
Crawford, in behalf of the trust, today
definitely accepted the gauntlet thrown
down by the Schuberts. when he an
nounced that the amusement syndi-
cate will at once begin the erection
of a large modern theater on part of
the site now occupied by the Angelus
Hotel This follows close upon plans
Of the Schuberts to lease a fine theater
which is to be built by company or
ganized in this city last week. These
two new theaters are the elimination
of a struggle which had its Inception
soon after the Myar Opero House
burned down a few months ago. The
Myar was one of the pioneer play
houses of the Southwest, and for years
was the finest structure between New
Orleans and the Coast.
After its destruction L. NJ. CraW-
ford head of the syndicate which con-
trolls the Southwestern circuit who had
leased the Myar, remodeled an old
dance. hail for use as a theater, nam
ing it the Bijou. The Independent
company followed by remodeling
Chopin concert hall and fitting it up
as a stock and vaudeville house, nam
ing it the Lyric. Crawford's manager,
Verne Combs, soon deserted him and
bought the Lyric, but was later
brought back into Crawford's service
again, placing the Lyric in syndicate
ranks. Extensive plans were made for
enlarging the Lyric when Crawford de-
cfded to forestaI the Schuberts, who
about this time doomed up large on the
horizon by remOdeling the old Metho-
dist Episcopal church into the New
lyric theater as a stock house It viii
omen this week. The success Of the
Schuberts in preliminary negotiations
for a fine new house led Mr.. Crawford
to take another step in a bid for local
patronage by constructing a theater on
the Angelus site to be known as the
Crawford With the Bijou as a vaude-
vile house. the New Lyric a sa stock
theater and the Crawford as road at