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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-04
Heavy Rains ceused Big Loss To
Na||a Wa||d Gardeners
POTATOES and VEGETABLES RUINED
FIRST CUTTING OF ALFALFA HAY
BELIEVED TO BE A TOTAL
LOSS.

Truck farmers and small fruit
growers declare that the heavy rains
the past week, which have put bushels
of $40 gold pieces in the pockets of Eu-
reka fiat farmers, have nearly put
them out of business by practically
destroying the strawberry crop and
many other varieties of berries and
garden truck which are badly in need
of sunshine to mature them.
Scores of Italian and Chinese gar
deners hung around the commission
houses this morning and viewed the
dripping clouds with anything but
equanimity. '"The strawberry crop is
practically ruined" Joseph Tachi, the
wealthy Italian gardener, said. Mr..
Tachi has enough coin of the realm
stored up to carry him over a dozen
ADVERSE ScdSOuS UUl just nOW lie is
using his surplus wealth in improv-
ing his Walla Walla property and he
does not view the loss of a few thou
sand dollars on this years crops with
the same degree of composure he
might in other years.
Mr.. Tachi says that between. the
drought last month and the rains this
past week Walla Walla gardeners have
had a poor season. The potato crop
will be poor. There was not enough
moisture in the ground last month and
many potato fields have practically
rotted out. The heavy rains the past
week have in many places nearly
washed out the hills and in conse-
quence the harvest of tubers in Walla
Walla will be greatly curtailed this
season. Small berries and early gar
den truck are slow in maturing in such
weather. and if it continues Mr. Tachi
is of the opinion that further damage
will be done to the fruit and vegetable
interests.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-04
A Couple of Sums to Try,

The Geneva correspondent of a Lon
don paper thinks the sums done in a
Swiss school sufficiently extraordinary
to telegraph some of them to his jour-
nal The father Of a schoolboy aged
eight living at Chaux de Ponds sends
to the Impartial the following prob
lens as specimens of the home work
the youngster had recently been set to
work out at the cantonal school: Null
tiply 5,1O1, 500. 253,O35 by 3O,252, O15,-
1O5. The boy obtained the following
answer: 19.OO9.652. 153, 375.77S.2 42 O93,-
675. Divide 71,421, 2S3, 542, 100000 by
24,53S, 714,212. After some hours work
the youngster obtained as answer
2,91O,555.525. The mere reading Of
those terrible figures should make ev-
cry small boy glad he does not live in
Switzerland.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-04
The First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston, Mass, June 10 to II.

For the above occasion the o. R.
e n. company announces a round trip
rate of $S4.00, returning via San Fran
cisco, $112.3O. Sale dates of June 4, 6
and Z, 1906.
Limits-Going limit up to Chicago
June 9. Passengers must reach Bos-
ton not later than June II. Return
limit west of Chicago 80 days from
date of sale; east of Chicago limit
leaving Boston not later than June 49,,
except that on deposit of ticket with
point agent and on payment of $1.OO
the limit may be extended to leave
Boston not later than July 49, 1906.
Stop Overs-Stop-over will be
granted in either direction within
transit limits west of Missouri river or
st. Paul also New Orleans when
through that point. east of Missouri
river points and st. Paul also east of
Chicago or st. Louis tickets will be
good for continuous passage only, ex-
cept as provided in circulars issued by
various lines east thereof.
For additional Information call upon
or address r. Burns, District Freight
and Passenger Agent, Walla Walla,
Wash.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-04
SELECTIONS,
@&-
UMPIRE TIM HURST.
The Way He Has of Subduing Ball
Players That Kick.

Players That Kick.
1t is said Tim Hurst. baseball umpire,
boxing referee and champion story tell
e. Of the diamond, was intended by his
parents for the undertaking business,
but his inherent sense of humor made
that out of the question. Tim is said
to have tried to make success of that
trade, but he was utterly unable to
maintain that serious expression so
necessary in a successful director of
funerals. and he was compelled to re-
tire from that branch of human en-
deavOr. Then he turned his attention
to the field Of sports, and in baseball,
boxing. bicycling and other branches
he found complete vent for his tai
ents and his ability as raconteur.
Hurst has the ideal comedy face
Had he been put on the stage he could
not have failed to make hit In COM
edy roles, as one look at his face Is
sure to provoke q smile, and when he
begins to talk in the dry, droll manner
for which he Is noted no one but
stole can withstand his humor.
There is no man connected with the
game Of baseball today who can relate
more humorous incidents Of the ball
field and tell them with such mirth
provoking effect as the little umpire,
who Is one Of the features Of the pen
nant race of the American league. AS
an umpire Hurst has had long and
busy career in both the National and
American leagues. Wherever the game
Of baseball is known there also Is
known Tim Hurst He has umpired
in every big town from the Atlantic to
the Pacific, and he has told his stories
in every hamlet which boasts of ball
team.
Hurst Is pudgy little fellow, below
medium height, with sandy hair, twin
king blue eyes and ruddy complex
ion that flames when he begins to
evolve something humorous. He Is
known to every ball player Of promi-
hence in the country. and very few of
the leading players have had no ex-
periences with the man who imposes
penalty with a humorous twinkle Of
the eye that takes half the sting away
from the punishment. He never per-
mits himself to get out Of temper on
the ball field. No matter how serious
the situation or how exasperating the
offenses of the players, he always man.
ages to surmount the difficulty with
Quip or an epigram.
His method Of dealing with kicking
player is unique. If player advances
from the field Hurst will go swiftly to
meet him.
where are you going, Mr.. Jones"
the umpire will inquire.
Coming to see you.' is the response.
"Ah. we'll, Mr.. JONES'" Hurst will
continue. lin that event you may keep
right on to the BENCH
The player invariably returns to his
position. When a player is unpleas-
antly persistent in reiterating his opin-
ion that a hit is foul or fair, as the
case may be. Hurst will drawl, Every
well, my dear boy, just bring the foul
line in here and let me look at it,
Kansas City Journal.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-04

was in earnest she at once set about
her task and in due time finished a one
act sketch, entitled Mrs. S. Holmes,
Detective" which has since been high
ly praised. Mrs. Leavitt is not quite
twenty-one years of age, but has writ
ten much, and her work shows unusual
maturity of judgment for one of her
years. She is graduate of the Univer-
sity of Nebraska and married Mr..
Leavitt, who is an artist and about
fifteen years her senior, in 1903. She
fell in love with him while he was
painting her fathers portrait, and,
though Mr.. Bryan thought her too
young to marry and wanted the we'd
ding deferred, she was insistent on be-
ing married without delay, and the GER
emory was performed the day follow
ing her eighteenth birthday.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-04
Will Give One Dollar.

To encourage cash trade the Walla
Walla Walla & Cold Storage company
will give a cash register check with
each purchase. No matter how small
the purchase the customer might make
purchase. In fact, the company will
give $1.00 to anyone making a pur-
chase cash or credit, who does not
receive a check for same.
The checks are of value to meat
buyers as the company gives Csc in
cash, or in other words. per cent on
the dollar for every $500 worth of cash
checks returned to the Pioneer Mar
ket.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-04
Victories First White Woman.

The colony Of Victoria, Australia, is
still so youthful that the first white
woman who set foot upon its soil, Mrs.
Stephen George Henty. has only just
died. She was born at Stokesgy. Eng
land, in 1916, and went with her moth
er to Western Australia, where at the
age Of twenty she married a Swan
river pioneer, Mr.. Henty. Soon after
ward they moved to Tasmania, and
thence sailed in a small vessel which
reached the bay at Portland one Sun
day night in June. 1886. In the moon
light Mrs. Henty was carried ashore
through the surf and thus achieved the
distinction Of being Victoria's first
white woman. as her SON., born in Au-
gust, 1887, was the first white male
native of the colony.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-04
An English Ghost Story.

Raynham Hall. the family place in
Norfolk, England, of the Marquis
Townshend, is the scene, says writer,
Of a well authenticated ghost story.
The revenant is Lady Dorothy, who
lived in the eighteenth century. For
some reason she was shut in an upper
hopeless lunatic. Ever since those days
her disembodied spirit is said to appear
before the birth Of Townshend or be-
fore the death of member Of the fam
lily, and this unquiet wrath was report
ed to have been seen on the day pre-
ceding the demise ST the late marquis.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-04
Deadly Serpent Bites

are as common in India as are stomach
and liver disorders with us. For the
latter however there is a sure remedy:
Electric Bitters; the great restorative
medicine of which S. A. Brown. of Ben
nettsville, s. c.. says: "They restored
my wife to perfect health, after years
OF suffering with dyspepsia and
chronically torpid liver" Electric
Rltters cure chills and fever, malaria,
biliousness, lame back. kidney
troubles and bladder disorders. Sold on
guarantee by E. L. Smalley, druggist.
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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-04
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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-04
NEW SHORT STORIES
Mr.. Longs Predicament.

The Hon. John D. Long is native
Of Buckfeld, Me-, and the people call
him Johnny" when he returns thither
on his annual vacation. A few sum-
mers ago, when secretary of the navy.
he paid a visit there and called upon
some of his old friends and among
them a widow who had won the APP
pellation of Aunt Brigham in the
neighborhOOd where she lived.
Secretary Long wore tall hat thai
day, and when he entered the house,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-04

specialist among the pioneers Of the
early gold mining days. and the young
er Pardee first saw the light in San
Francisco In 1857. He graduated in
1879 from the University Of California
and studied in the medical department
of the same institution, but obtained
his NJ. D. from the University Of Leip-
sic. He made a record on the Oak
land board Of health and headed a re-
form movement, which resulted in his
becoming mayor of the same city. He
was chosen governor of California in
1902
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-04

When the News Reached Honolulu.
The cable as it comes here is abbre-
waited. For. example, the name of
John ]. Smith comes as ''jjsmith." 1t
was this custom that led a local paper
one day to announce that Mrs. jalo-
gan had been elected president of the
Red Cross society,"" Mr.. ]. A. Logan
Il still the president.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-04
PRESIDENT MORROWPL
Says Plans for New Hec'r'c Line
Are Rapidly Maturing
ENGINEER At WORK NEAR THE SU UNIT
DAYTON AND WAITsBURG FOLKS
ACQUIRING DEPOT AND TER
MINAL GROUNDS.
ENGINEER At WORK NEAR THE sU.MIT

]. H. Morrow, president and gener-
al manager of the Columbia & Walla
Walla Traction company, returned to
the city Saturday from trip of sever
al days in the eastern end of the coun-
ty and at Dayton in the interests of
the company. Mr.. Morrow says that
Dayton and Waitsburg people are Of
fering the Columbia & Walla Walla
Traction company every possible sup
port in the way of securing rights Of
way and terminal and depot grounds
in those two towns.
Two Fine Meetings.
eve had an enthusiastic meeting
both at Dayton and at Waitsburg last
week." President Morrow said this
morning" The Dayton meeting was
called on short notice but was attend
ed by over 100 prominent business men
and property owners and the liveliest
kind of interest was shown in the pro-
posed electric line. A committee to
secure adequate terminal and depot
grounds was appointed and has al
ready started work. At a similar
meeting held at Waitsburg committees
were also appointed to secure depot
grounds in that city. 1 am well pleased
at the way the plans of the company
are maturing. Our engineers are now
at work seeking a route over the Sum-
nit and are making rapid progress.
Two or three routes are under consid-
Grafton, but until the engineers make
report it will be impossible to state
which route will prove the most ad-
vantageous both in a mechanical way
and in the amount of business the
road will be able to secure"
To Gather Statistics.
President Morrow stated that the
company will in a short time put a
statistical agent in the field to gather
the facts and figures that will be used
in ascertaining the probable amount of
business that the proposed road will
be able to secure from the outset. This
part of the work will consist of ascer-
tanning the amount of grain. live
stock and produce of all descriptions
raised and shipped the entire length
of the road for a distance Of three
miles on either side of the right of
way Figures will be carefully COM
piled and it is expected the work will
take at least two months to complete
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-04
THE FRANKLIN MEDAL.

Bicentenary of the Birth of the Sage
IL C0mmemorated by 1t.
The celebration of the Franklin BIZ
centenary in Philadelphia lasted four
days and was attended by scientists
and dignitaries from all over the world.
1t eliminated on the closing day in the
presentation to the republic Of France
Of gold medal struck by command Of
congress as a token of American graft.
tude for the aid given by France
through Benjamin Franklin to the
American cause in the war Of the Rev.
olution. The medal was designed by
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-04
Wins Bio Railroad Tax Suit.

WASHINGTON, D. c., June A.
The case of the New York Central
Railroad company VS. H. l. Miller, con-
troller of the state of New York, in
volving the New York state law impos-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-04
Best Place to Dine.

Is at the Garden City House. Largest
and finest dining room in the city.
Popular prices. Three minutes walk
from postoffice-2O West Poplar street
between Second and Third streets.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-04
RUTH BRYAN uEAViTT.

The Daughter of the Political Leader
and Her New Play.
William ]. Bryan's daughter Ruth,
who Is now Mrs. William H. Leavitt,
has blossomed out as playwright.
One night about six months ago when
she was attending the production of a
new play in Denver she declared to
some friends that she could write e
better one herself. To show that she
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-04

If you are particular about the fit
of your garments, have them made by
the Stockton Wooden Mills Co., AZ E.
Main street
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-04
Senate Honors His Memory.

WASHINGTON, D. c., June 4.-The
senate adjourned at 1910 out of re-
spect for the memory of Senator Cor
man.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-04
DIVERSE OF FRANKLIN MEDAL.

Augustus and Louis ST. Gaudens, and
the diverse shows a profile bust Of
Franklin, with a branch Of palm on
either side and the inscription, ''Benja-
min Franklin-Printer, Philosopher
Scientist, Diploma tist-17O6-179 On
the reverse Of the medal are a group of
figures and Latin inscription mean
ing HE drew the lightning from the
sky and wrested the scepter from the
Vrant"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-04

Mrs. J. D. Moore is visiting rela-
tives in New Orleans On her return
by her mother who will make her per-
manent home in this city
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-04
GOVERNOR PARDEE.

The Chief Executive of the Shaken
Golden State.
The governor Of California. DR..
George c. Pardee, has been busy
man since earthquake and fire devas-
tated San Francisco and other cities
of the Golden State. The govern
or's father was a physician and eye
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-04
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PERSONAL MENTION.

today.
H. D. May of Washtucna is a Walla
Walla visitor today.
j. c. Crawford of Starbuck is regst-
cred at the Palace today.
T. M. Hanger, prominent Dayton
merchant is a Walla Walla visitor to-
day.
Attorney S. G. Cosgrove is in the
city on legal business from Pomeroy
today
f. f. Bosworth, a furniture dealer
of Dayton, was a Walla Walla visitor
yesterday.
T. ]. Evans and A. B. F'raeme of
Two Rivers are in Walla Walla on
business today.
c. Walter Preston, prominent
Waitsburg resident is in the city on a
short business trip.
Among out of town visitors in WAL
la Walla yesterday were J. D. Laidlaw
and L. H. Macomber a hardware mer-
chant Of that place.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-04

William Struthers, a big Eureka flat
farmer was in the city today Mr..
Struthers says crop prospects in his
section are excellent
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-04
TRAIN FROM PENDLET0N
Trrffic on Spokane Branch is
Again Resumed
MAIN LINE Train THROUGH WALL AWALLA
MOUNTAIN DIVISION WILL BE
OPEN AY-LANDSLIDE
NEAR ARLINGTON.
main LINE TRAIN THROUGH WALL AWALLA

The break in the O. r. & N. COM
pany's track between Walla Walla and
Pendleton has been repaired and yes
terday for the first time since last
Tuesday, No. and No. were able to
go over the road. No. s left Pendleton
Sunday morning practically on time
and came through to Walla Walla only
a few moments late. No. went out
from here yesterday afternoon and got
through to Pendleton. No Al, the
mixed train, was sent out on time this
morning and reached Pendleton on
schedule time.
Main Line Trains.
1t is expected that main line trains
from Pendleton to Huntington will be
open tomorrow when through passen-
ger trains can again be sent out. IN
til the break in the big bridge across
the Umatilla river at Echo can be re-
paired the main line trains will be sent
by the way of Wallula and Walla WAL
la thence on to Pendleton, where they
will be transferred to the main line. 1t
is expected that it will take several
days yet to repair the damage to the
tracks and bridges between PendletOn
and Umatilla.
Owing to a landslide near Arlington
last night No. 43 was not sent out and
all trains from Portland and to SpO-
kane were abandoned. No mail was
received this morning from Portland
or the Sound cities on account of the
delay.
The w. e c. r. got a train through
to Dayton yesterday. the first since the
flood. The track and bridges have
been repaired and train service on this
road is now in full operation.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-04
NOTICE

when wanting hay. call up Phone
1871 siEIE n s!s III !.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-04

darkened to exclude the flies and tne
heat, he put his hat, top down. on
table. When he picked it up, a1ter
concluding his call, he found that 10
had placed it squarely in the center
Of a sheet of fly paper, and the paper
was stuck on so firmly that Aunt
BRIGHAM was obliged to trim tne
sheet around the edges Of the hat witn
q pair of scissors, as she would trin'
a custard pie. Secretary Long LETT 'no
house with the fly paper adhering I"
the ton of his hat-Boston Herald.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-04

"Hercules- Kantwearout" Suits
are shower-proof-it's not an
advertising claim without foun.
dation-they prove it.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-04

c. Walter Preston, prominent
Waitsburg resident is in the city on a
short business trip.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-04

T. j. Evans and A. B. F'raeme of
Two Rivers are in Walla Walla on
business today
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-09-20
Mucha Tell. n story.

Alphonse Mucha, the French artist
whose posters of graceful American
women are no less popular in America
than in Paris, is making tour of the
United States.
What pleases me in America" NJ
Mucha said the other day, lis the intel
ligence of the people. The American
public is far ahead of the English. On
my way over here stopped few days
in London. and in the British Museum
one afternoon l overheard remark
that showed well how benighted the
English public is. Two men were look
ing at some old Egyptian coins.
Then there said the first man,
must be three hundred or four hun
dred years old, ell, BiliT
They're three thousand years DID,
the second man returned.
"'Ah, garn. Bill. What do We take
me for?'' said the first man. why,
we're only in 1904 now"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-09-20
Americas Gateway.

Accurately speaking, America, like
It's old colonial mansions, possesses two
front doors. The one faces the morn
ing sun, the other looks toward its
going down. 1t may be that some day
San Francisco's Golden Gate will chal-
lenge New York's supremacy as the
terminal Of international intercourse,
but just now it is in the eastern me-
tropolis that the great world-streams
of travel and commerce converge, and
as yet fair Manhattan remains the
real front door of the nation.
Innumerable advantages combined TO
give the proud little island at the
mouth of the Hudson its exalted posi-
ton. Not least among the number is
New York Bay, a magnificent harbor
that. like a spacious entrance lodge,
offers a pleasant resting-place to all
who come from beyond the sea. Open
ing into the ocean through the Mar
rows, ii lies enclosed within the pro-
tecting shores of New Jersey and
Long Island Big enough to anchor
the fleets of a world, Its blue waters
have borne upon their bosom nearly
every type of craft that fioats.-Four-
Track News.