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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-06
Washington to Be Advertised By
Commercial Bodies
CONVENTION TO Be HELD At SEATTLE
WALLA WALLA COMMERCIAL
CLUB TO BE REPRESENTED
By TWO DELEGATES.

The Seattle Chamber of Commerce
has arranged for a meeting of repre-
sentatives of all commercial bodies in
the state Of Washington at Seattle,
July 20 for the purpose Of organizing
state publicity bureau. The Walla
Walla club has been requested to send
two delegates to the convention. Pres
ident Kaser has been empowered to
appoint two members of the club who
will signify their intention Of attend
ing.
According to the plans it Is proposed
to conduct the state bureau on the
broadest lines and each section Of the
state will be looked after in the mat
ter Of advertising. An effort will be
put forth to induce immigration to
Washington from the eastern states
and it is believed that by concerted
action a great many people can be in
duced to come west and settle in va
rious sections Of the state.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-06

relations that have always existed
between him and his employees" Fore
man Steele said yesterday. "Mr Hunt
has always been a considerate en-
ployer, which is amply proven by the
fact that a large number of the men
have been with for great many
years, several 10 and II years and
others from 16 to IS years. l have
been with Mr.. Hunt as foreman ever
ly 20 years ago and during that time
we have never had a strike in the
plant, although we have had as high
as 100 men employed at a time in the
various departments. The plant has
not been closed down a single day
since the fire in 1898. During the dull
season the plant is kept running full
time, manufacturing stock for the fol-
lowing season, although, to keep the
men employed, the company is rM-
ming chances of meeting with adverse
industrial or crop conditions that
might result in heavy losses by being
compelled to carry over thousands Of
dollars worth of stock"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-06
Deputies Bitterly Denounce
the Government
SAY It PLOTTED MASSACRE
People of St. Petersburg Are
Openly Applauding the
Courage of the Douma

ST PETERSBURG, July 6.-With
freedom, venom and bitterness deputies
attacked the government in the dou-
ma today during the discussion of the
Bialystock massacre. Deputy Jacobson
cited the appalling list of outrages
against defenseless people committed
by soldiers and declared that it was
upon orders of the government. He
said that the governments apparent
appeal for order was really an insid-
ious Indictment to blOOdshed. This
was the text for other speakers. The
discussion has created an immense i'm
preston throughout the city. The peo-
ple accustomed to speak of such
things with the greatest fear and dis
cussing it freely and congratulating
themselves that their delegates don't
fear the cZar.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-06

been wasted on a makeshift policy of
Improvement of streets.
Il recommend taking immediate
steps to open Spokane street from
Alder to Main street; bridging the
creek with a substantial steel bridge
and to pave Palouse street from Alder
to Main street. and l recommend also.
as in my former message, the opening
Of Ninth street. We have reached a
point when this is a great public ne.
cessity-the longer this is put off the
more expensive it will be to open this
street. Too little attention has been
paid to the people living in the Fourth
ward. At the present time school
children are compelled in many Sec
tons to travel a long way to reach
the Washington school building, and in
justice to these little people we should
proceed without further delay to give
them relief
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-06
HAVE PERMANENT EXHIBIT
Commercial Club Will Add 10 the
Present Display
WILL GATHER ADDITIONAL SAMPLES
INVITATION FROM SPOKANE 70
JOIN IN PERMANENT EXHIBIT
IS DECLINED.
WILL GATHER ADDITIONAL SAMPLES

The Walla Walla Commercial club
has decided to maintain a permanent
exhibit of the products Of Walla Wal
la county in this city. The remainder
of the Walla Walla exhibit at the
Lewis and Clarke fair is to be re-
moved to the club rooms in the Ran
som building and as the season pro-
crosses additions to the exhibit will be
made. 1t is also expected that the
schoo, exhibit at the fair from Wal
la Walla will be turned over to the
club.
1t was decided last night to decline
the invitation of the Spokane Chamber
of Commerce to join in making a per-
manent exhibit at Spokane, as it was
believed that the resources of Walla
walla could be given better publicity
by maintaining a permanent exhibit
here.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-06
Refused TO Join 0P9sskation Of
Wa||a WaNa Clerks
NOW POSES As FRIEND OF UNION MEN
is NOW MAKING DESPERATE EFF.
FORT TO BOLSTER UP HIS
WEAKENED STRENGTH.

Some of the members Of trades
unions in Walla Walla are wondering
how Marshal Brown is going to ex-
plain his attitude when the clerks Of
Walla Walla formed a union several
years ago. At that time Brown
was employed in Caswell's cigar store
and was asked to join the union then
being formed. Brown refused to become
a member and after the union was in
running order he was again ap-
preached and solicited to join, but he
stated that he did not want anything
to do with unions.
Brown is now going about the streets
telling the laboring men that he is
their champion and that he has al
ways been heartily in favor of union.
ism. This may work with a few of the
union men who have not known Brown
very long. but to those who remem-
ber his attitude several years ago he
will have a hard time to prove that he
is imbued wit ha spirit of unionism.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-06

Beautiful Maidens and Others Sell
Their Tresses to Dealers.

PARIS, July 6.-The market in Linn
ages is filled with girls bargaining
for the sale of their hair 1t was the
periodical hair fair, where dealers find
the best tresses in the world. The girls
stand demurely while dealers from
Paris, Berlin, London, Moscow and
elsewhere critically examine their
locks. A price being agreed upon, they
accompany the buyers to appointed
places to have their tresses cut off.
The prices vary from 43 to SO francs
a pound.
One family unitedly parted with Sc
pounds of hair, realizing for it over
5000.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-06
SHOOTING AFFRAY ON FLAT
Sol MCGrif Uses Revolver With Bad
Effect on Fred Hopkins
WOUNDED Man IN CRITICAL CONDITION
McGRiFF IN JAIL AND HOPKINS
is RECEIVING TREATMENT
At HOSPITAL.
WOUNDED MAN IN CRITICAL CONDITION

AS a result Of a shooting scrape on
the Hopkins ranch, near Walker can
yon, 40 miles north of Walla Walla,
yesterday afternoon, Sol McGriff. a
ranch hand, occupies quarters in he
county Jail and Fred Hopkins, Nc
Griff's employer, is receiving medical
treatment at the Walla Walla hospital
for two bullet-hole wounds in his head
inflicted with a 3S caliber revolver in
the hands Of McGriff.
News of the shooting was tele-
phoned to the sheriff's office late yes
terday evening from Clyde by ranch
hand from a neighboring farm. The in
formant said that McGriff was on his
way to Walla Walla to give himself
I'D Sheriff Painter Immediately left
for the scene and met McGriff at
Shaw's Siding late last night and
placed him under arrest. He returned
to Walla Walla and locked the priso-
ner up in the county jail.
Hopkins Badly Wounded.
DIR. Mack left FOR Hopkins ranch on
the w. & c. r. last night and re-
turned at II o'clock this morning with
the wounded man.
"Hopkins was shot twice through
the head but it is impossible to de-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-06
NO EMPTY DINNER PALS AROUND HUNTS SHOP
Mayor Employs From Is 10 100 Men The Year Around Pays Out $4,000 An
na TO Wage Farmers Of WaNa Wa Never Never Has Been Strike In
The Plant and Men Say Mayor is Most ConsdGde Employer

Reduced to cold facts and figures, no
greater proof of Mayor Hunts fidelity
to the mechanic and laborer can be
found than right in the shops and
manufacturing plant of the Gilbert
Hunt company where between rs and
100 skilled mechanics and working
men are employed the year around to
carry on the immense business zone
annually by the company.
Mayor Hunt established the Gilbert
Hunt company less than 20 years ago,
or to be exact in 1887 and since that
time he has paid out in wages to me-
chanics and labOrers employed in his
plant, the stupendOUs sum of nearly
$1,000,000, 80 per cent Of which has
been spent in Walla Walla for the
necessaries of life. The payroll has
reached the big sum of $4,000 a month
or 100000 a year and is rapidly in
creasing to keep pace with the in
creased business the company is doing
from year to year.
Not Single Strike.
The plant has not closed down a
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-06
Fined For Railroad Rebates.

NEW YORK, N. Y, July 6.-The
federal court today quashed all indict-
were concerned, against the railroads
accused of giving rebates to the sugar
trust. This was because the Elkins
law is not retroactive. Other indict-
ments charging rebating were upheld.
Now prison Sentences are impossible.
If guilty the railroad officials are only
fined.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-06
Concrete Walks.

LAS to concrete walks that are not
on the proper grade-this is a delicate
matter and should be handled by
your honorable body in a wise and
conservative manner. The pioneers in
cement walks should not be punished
for their public spirit unless they de-
liberately ignored the instructions of
the city surveyor when he gave them
the street grade. Some of these walks
are so disgracefully above grade than
anyone could possibly give that 1t is
no more than justice to compel the
owners to lower them where they be-
long
Where the walks are only slightly
above or below grade and where the
city may be at fault, I advise that you
meet these property owners and try
to adjust the differences so that no
unjust hardship will fall to these cit
iZens. One thing is evident to every
fair minded citizen of the city, and
that is that these walks must be placed
on the proper grade even if the city
has to bear the entire expense of put
ting them there. They are unsightly
and dangerous and are the cause Of
many uncomplimentary remarks by
strangers visiting u.s. AS soon as the
cost of material reaches a place where
struct concrete walks within the city
limits 1 advise the passing of an Or
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-06
mpIiments American Soldiers.

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 6.-Geo
u. Winlock, the British expert military
tailor brought here to cut clothes Tor
American soldiers, says that the
Yankee soldier is the best formed and
smartest appearing in the world He
specifically states that the American
soldier is less ''beefy' than the Briton,
more active and more naughty In car
riage than the German, French or any
other European soldier.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-06
PREDICT HUNTS ELECTION
Present Mayor Gains Strength Daily
Among Voters
UTLANDERS ARE NOW FACING DEFEAT
ARE NOW ADMITTING THEIR
CANDIDATE IS NOT MAKING
MUCH PROGRESS.
UTLANDERs ARE NOW FACING DEFEAT

The reelection Of Gilbert Hunt by
a majority Of at least 300 votes is gen.
orally predicted throughout the city.
Not only are the business men feel
ing confident that the city affairs are
to be directed another year by safe,
sound and conservative men, but a
large majority of the laboring men
are asserting that the election of May
or Hunt is a foregone conclusion.
All efforts of the Boxer crowd and
the Utlanders to convince the voters
that the present mayor is doomed to
defeat are falling fiat and scores of cit
liens who heretofore have been luke
warm in the interest in the campaign
have taken off their coats and are
working day and night to down the
little Boxer crowd and their few fol-
lowers.
1T is certainly gratifying to see how
many people are working for Mayor
Hunt" said one Of the heaviest tax
payers in Walla Walla today. "The
people who are called upon to pay
taxes in the city are not BLIND as to
their own interests and they will not
stand ildy by and see a few outsiders
take charge of the city government.
The people living within the limits Of
Walla Walla are fully competent to
decide who they want at the head OF
the city, and do not need the advice
of the small coterie residing outside
of the city as to whom they shall sup
port. Mayor Hunt is gaining strength
every day and there is not the least
doubt of his reelection by handsome
majority"
The Boxers, who several days ago
were claiming that Kellough would
be elected by big majority, are not
now so confident One of the leaders
of the crowd this morning admitted
that Kellough was not gaining votes
very fast and that it now looked as
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-06
Neoro confessss Murder.

WILMINGTON, July 6.-For the
murder Of Captain Rumil Steward
mate and engineer Of the schooner Ber-
wind off the Carolina coast last Octo-
ber, Henry Scott, a Baltimore Negro
was hanged here this morning. He
confessed thus generating two ne
groes condemned to die as accomplices
He will probably ask the president tc
pardon.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-06

though he would be defeated Monday
\ meeting of the Boxer crowd was held
last night and it was decided to send
sible many of the voters who had
fiopped over and were getting in line
for Mayor Hunt The leaders were
much downcast and several of the
workers present announced that they
believed that the battle has been lost.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-06

single working day since 1898 and
there has never been a strike among
the employees, something remarkable
when one thinks of the large number
of men employed, and that during that
time industrial disturbances have been
frequent and prolonged in almost ev-
cry part of the United States.
Been With Him for Years.
Several of the most skilled mechan-
les have been employed in tho plant
from 10 to 1S years, T. S. Steele, the
foreman, having been with Mayor
Hunt since the company was formed,
in the same position he now holds.
Nearly 60 per cent of the employees are
married men, a majority of them own
their own homes, and several, by the
judicious investment of their savings,
have acquired valuable farms and
tracts of land that have placed them
on an Independent footing.
A Considerate Employer.
"Mr Hunts success in building up
this immense manufacturing plant has
been mainly due to the harmonious
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-06
FRISCO WOMEN SEIZE FLOUR.

Angered by SIowness of Relief Conn.,
mittee.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, June 5.-A
mob of fifty women refugees angared
by the slowness of the delivery of sup
plies this morning descended upon the
Moulder school who're relief flour was
stored and seized a 25-yound sack each
and made their escape after throwing
a newspaper photographer who at
tempted to take snap shot of the raid
down the steps.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-06
Grocery Firm Incorporates.

The McGrew grocery was incorpor-
ated today the papers being filed In
the auditors office. The capital stock
is placed at $4,000 The incorpOrators
and directors are M. G. McGrew, John
r. Fitzhugh, Ben c. Holt and W. d.
Church.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-06
CREDIT DUE
MAYOR HUNT
Responsible For Improve
ments Last -Four Years
BY ADVOCATING PROGRESS
Year in and Year Out Mayor
Has Urged Citizens and
Council to Action
BY ADVOCATING PROGRESS

To Mayor Gilbert Hunt is largely
due the fact that Walla Walla has
paved streets, a new subfire station
with the finest fire fighting appara-
tus obtainable, a new gravity water
system, a city park being rapidly
rounded into a public place of recrea-
ton, and hundred and one other i'm
provements that have naturally fol-
lowed in the wake of municipal prog
ress.
During the four years that Mayor
Hunt has been Walla Walla's chief ex-
ecutive not single backward step has
this city taken, but the slogan has
been Progress, Safe, Sound and En-
during" until today Walla Walla
without exception is one of the most
beautiful and progressive cities of the
west
The part that Mayor Hunt has
played in this progress has been to
urge, plan and counsel with the coun
ell, early and late, day in and day out,
month in and month out, and year in
and year out, the necessity of better
streets, better schools, better fire pro-
lection, all coupled with wise and
conservative expenditure of the city's
money that a dollar in value might be
received for every dollar expended.
On August 1, 1905, Mayor Hunt had
just completed his third term as chief
ministration had been indorsed by his
being reelected to another term
the council, his fourth one to that
body, the mayor reiterated his posi-
ton and policy as favoring additional
municipal improvements that have
since materialized. The mayor recon-
mended the opening of Spokane street
and the bridging of Mill creek at that
point. The paving of that thorough
fare, together with Palouse street, was
also strongly recommended. Spokane
street is opened, Mill creek has been
bridged, and both streets have been
paved, opening up two excellent busi-
ness streets to relieve the congestion
in the business district. The mayor
also recommended the employment OF
additional scavenger wagons to keep
the city clean and sanitary. This has
been done. In concluding his message
the mayor said:
briefly that the wheels Of progress are
in motion and to charge you, let no
acts of yours clog or obstruct them"
The mayors message teemed with
optimism regarding Walla Walla's fu-
ture and was as follows:
Fourth Annual Message.
"On account of the rapid growth OF
the city, the expenses for the ensuing
year will be much larger, therefore 1t
will be necessary to guard zealously
the expenditures in every department.
1t is not wise to be too economical in
conducting the affairs of the city, but
We should get value received for every
dollar expended, and see that no money
Is wantonly wasted. Large supplies
Tor every department should be bought
IN the open market and at the closest
prices Obtainable
Streets and Public Improvement.
Whatever improvements we make
should be of a substantial and perma-
hent nature. Enough money to pave
one-half of the principal streets has
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-06
Infant Child Is Dead.

Reul Ring. the -months-old
child of Mr.. and Mrs. Noah Ring, of
Kahlotus, died at the residence of A.
L. Ring, 4O4 Craig street. this morn
ing. The cause of death was cholera
infantum. The remains will be in
tered at KahlOtuS.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-06
River hiqh At Stockton.

STOCKTON, CAL. July 6.-The river
is alarmingly high at OrwoOd. 1t Is four
inches higher than ever before in the
history Of California. 1t is believed
that the Victoria and the middle divi-
sion Of Union Islands are doomed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-06
Ticket Brokers Enioised.

SALT LAKE, July 6.-FNderal Judge
Marshall today granted a temporary
Injunction restraining ticket brokers
from selling Rio Granee and Southern
Pacific tickets.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-06
HOT WEATHER
STILL CONTINUES

= Thermometers around town
= at 1 o'clock this afternoon indi-
= Gated a temperature OF 1O4 de-
= grees. Observer Newman re-
= ported officially a temperature
, of an even 100 degrees at 1:45
= o'clock with the prospect that
= Yesterdays maximum heat OF
. 1O5 would be recorded II not ex-
= ceeded. Indications of storm
, of some kind were apparent
= around the we ethacffiromeshrdl
, around the weather office this
, afternoon, the barometer taking
, a downward course.
l. - - = = y y = =
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-06
New Spanish Cabinet.

MADRID, July 6.-King Alfonso ap-
pointed a new ministry today headed
by Field Marshal Dominguez, who will
also be minister Of war;
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-06

Grover Cleveland 10 Better.
PRINCETON, July 6.-Ex-President
Grover Cleveland is better today. He
expects to recover quickly.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-06
The CHICAGO Grain Market.

CHICAGO, Ill., July 6.-Wheat 79A,
1913; Corn 51B, 51A; Oats 35, 34A.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-06
New ZeaIanders Guest Of Roosevelt.

OYSTER BAY, N. Y, July 6.-Sir
Joseph Ward. postmaster general Of
New Zealand. was the guest of the
president today.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-06
Schooner and Crew Lost.

Schooner and Crew Lost.
NORFOLK, Va, July 6.-The
schooner Maggie Phelps enroute to the
Bahamas for pine-apples is lost with
hor crew Of six.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-06
WILL CLOSE ON SATURDAYS,

New Ruling Concerning the United
States Land Offices.
In compliance with an order from
the interior department the United
States land office in Walla Walla, dur
ing the months of July, August and
September, will be close each Saturday
at 1 o'clock p. m.
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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-16
WILLIAM BINkS
TAKES POISON
MapletOn Farmer Ends His Life
in Fit of Despon-
dency.
FORMER SECTION FOREMAN
ON OLD UTAH CENTRAL
Dead Man Leaves Family Com
priSing Wife and Seven
Children.

Special to Tho Tribune
SPRINGVILLE, May 15.-wilam
Binks, a farmer residing at Mapleton,
took strychnlne at o'clock this after
noon and died IN great agony shortly
after.
Told Wife of Act.
After swallowing the deadly potion
Binks told his wife that he had taken
poison. Mrs, Rinks was nearly distracted.
but. in the hopo of saving her husband 9
life. cent for q doctor. Before the physi-
clan arrived, however, the drug had ac
complished It's deadly work.
Former Section Foreman.
Binks was we'll known here. Years ago
he was section foreman on the old
Utah Central. but quit railroading to
pursue farming. He leaves a wife and
seven children, one OF the latter being a
married daughter.
Sheriff Harmon Notified.
Sheriff Harmon of Provo was advised
OF the tragedy and went TO Maplcton to-
night with the View to having an inquest
held,