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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-30
TELEPHONE GIRLS CALL
DRIVES OFF MASKED MAN

BEVERLY, N. j., Oct. 30.-"Hurry,
hurry, come to the Exchange" cried a
voice over the telephone as Howard
Brown, an employee of the company,
answered a sharp ring at o'clock this
morning. Brown recognized the voice
as that of Miss Helen Arnold, night
operator at the Exchange, on the Sec
ond floor of the drug store building
across the street from his home.
Brown hurried to the place and
found Miss Arnold on the verge Of hys-
terics. She said a masked man had
entered the room and attacked her.
She had lain down for nap and had
been awakened by a cold draught upon
her face.
AS the girl arose the man tried to
throw her down and place a chloro-
formed cloth over her face. After a
struggle she succeeded in reaching the
switchboard and opened the line at
random. She gave one frantic call and
the man made his way out the win
dow.
Miss Arnold thinks he climbed up
a pole which stands close enough 70
the window for man to reach the sill
and enter the room.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-30
WASHINGTON, OREGON AND THE NORTHWEST

head. Mr.. Wallace would not have
sold his sheep but could not cross
them to his range without dipping
them twice on the Washington side,
which he could not do without great
expense and loss.
Mr. Wallace thinks he was hoo
dooed by the inspector as his sneep
were not scabby,. They were after
wards inspected by the inspector Of
Klickitat county who pronounced them
entirely free from scab.
Mr.. Wallace had feed secured and
all his arrangements made to winter
these sheep on his range near Airing
ton, and was virtually compelled to
sell as he did because of the action of
the government inspector, Hutchinson
of Portland.
Mr. Wallace is now in the market
for 5000 head of lambs, which ne
wants to feed and keep on the range
where he would have. wintered the
ewes he sold.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-30
FRUIT CROP WORTH $4,000
Enormous Propositions Of Yakima In.
dustry.

Enormous Propositions Of Yakima In
dustry.
It is estimated that the fruit crop
of Yakima county for the year 1906
will bring $4,000 to the valley, says
the Yakima Republic. The apple
crop this year, it is estimated by con-
sentative growers, was 100 per cent.
1t was the largest in the history of
the valley, and was exceeded by thai
of no other district in America. The
crop of pears and peaches, second to
apples in extent, almost equalled ap-
pies in percentage Of production.
With the acreage that has been
planted to fruit, particularly apples,
in the last two years, it is predicted
that in five years the returns to the
growers Of Yakima will be 10 times
what it is estimated for this year. And
with the orchards that will be plant
ed in the next two years producing
fruit the crops of the valley will in
seven years more be more than IL
times as much.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-30
BAD SHOOTING NEAR HALEY
Jack MuIIigan Bowls Over Kirk Jack
son With q Shot.
Gun.

HALEY, Oct. 3O.-Saturday after
noon in Aliens saloon here Jack Null
ligan, miner, shot Kirk Jackson,
bartender, and Baxter Lightfoot, barr
Der, and the latter will in all prob
ability die of his wounds. The assault
was made with a double barreled
gun loaded with No. snot.
But few of the shots entered jack
son, and none in vital places and al
though now under the care of ply
stefan, there is no doubt but that he
will speedily recover. Most of two
charges of shot entered Lightfoot, ne
being fairly riddled from his head to
mis- knees and five or six shots entered
his head.
Mulligan is known here as bad
man." He had been drinking freely
for several days and three days ago,
while in a state of intoxication was
thrown out of the saloon by Jackson
He entered the saloon with his shot
gun bent on vengeance. AS he en-
tered the door he leveled the weapon
to shoot at Jackson. Just at that min
ute Lightfoot entered the door in the
rear from his barber shop and the
charge took him fairly in the face.
Mulligan quickly fired the second bar
rel, some of the shot from which hit
Jackson and the rest entered the body
of the barber below the waist.
The noise from the first shot at
tracted a number of men who arrived
in time to prevent Mulligan from max
ing his escape. Half a dozen men
seized him and ne was placed under
arrest. He is now being held pending
the advance or decline in Lightfoor'o
condition. The doctors state that the
chances for the BARRIERS recovery are
very slim.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-30
Danger From the Plague.

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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-30

ROufas, two Syrian merchants who
Commissioner Shields today.
For some time the customs authori-
ties have been aware that merchan-
disc of this kind was offered for sale
by certain Syrian merchants at price
far less than the amount for which
it is possible to sell such goods on
which the full duty had been paid
When investigation was made treas
ury agents brought to light the fact
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-30
cusHMAN IS IN POOR HEALTH
May Be Compelled to Abandon His
Speech Making Tour on
Sound,

Congressman Francis w. Cushman is
a part of the itinerary arranged for
him during the coming week, says the
Seattle Times. He has been stumping
a part of the state, carefully guarding
his strength, but the tax has become
too great. His friends fear break
down unless he relieves himself of
some of the work, and there is a pos
sibility that he will ask the republican
state committee next week to relieve
him of part Of the work mapped out.
At the outset of the campaign, Mr..
Cushman explained his ill-health and
was careful not to accept very many
engagements. More than a week ago
he felt able to take up a part Of the
work and began a systematic canvass,
but the strain has been telling upon
him.
The next meeting of congress is ex-
pected to be as important as the past
one. It will be a short session, but
there will be crowded into the meet
ing a great deal of important legisla-
ton, and Congressman Cushman is
anxious to give his entire attention to
the work. A break down during the
campaign would endanger mis- work
during the congressional session, and
Mr.. Cushmans friends are anxious he
should save himself for that mee~~-
ing.
Congressman Cushman is billed for
two speeches in King county and he
will keep those engagements. He is
also expected to close his campaign In
Tacoma, and is anxious to address
home meeting this year. So these
three dates at least will be filled. If
he does not feel the effect of the work
too much Mr.. Cushman will try to
go through the rest of the campaign.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-30
FORCED TO SELL SHEEP.
Arlington Man Says He Was Not
Treated Fairly by Inspectors.

N. P. Wallace sold his band of 1000
ewes on the Washington side of the
river to Smith Bros, Of eastern Kick
itat. says the Arlington Record.
The price received was $685. per
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-30

If you want all the news Of your
home city read the Statesmn.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-30
SHIPPED LACES IN CANS.
Syrian Merchants are Charged With
Novel Smuggling Plan.

NEW YORK, Oct. 3O.-Lace hand
kerchiefs hidden in bags Of wheat and
preserved pistachio nuts formed the
foundation for smuggling charge
against Selim Marrash and Habib
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-30
ANTI SALOON LEAGUE
MAKING HARD FIGHT

SEATTLE, Oct. 30.-The anti
saloon league of this state is fighting
for the precinct local option bill in the
next legislature. It is making a thor
ough canvass of the state by having it's
men call upon the voters personally
and by mailing a series Of letters.
Discussing the present campaign, SUI
perintendent Ernest H. Cherrington
said:
"Tne campaign is being conducted in
two ways, by systematic personal work
among the voters, and by systematic
distribution of literature through the
mails, giving the facts regarding the
character of the candidates and the is
sues. From the reports sent in by our
men in the various fights over the
state, the outlook for the precinct local
option bill in the next legislature is
very bright.
From present indications the hard
est fight will be in the senate. So far
as King county is concerned, the league
is directing it's efforts for the most
part in behalf Of Judge F. A. Mcdonald
in the Thirty-second district, Prof w.
T. Campbell in the Thirty-first district
and George F. Cotterill in the thirty
sixth district, all candidates for the
state senate, and for Lester E. Kirk
patrick as against Henry Beck in the
house."
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-30
Blood POISONING.

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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-30

ceries were made by one George Sara,
while no such person could be really
found to exist The prisoners were
held in $4,000 bonds each for a hear
ing on Oct. 20.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-30

Rev. Murphy Of the Methodist
church, will conduct prayer meeting
East Alder street at 1880 o'clock.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-01-09

they would incur large losses in carry
ing out the work specified. These
people do not and will not understand
that the contracts they enter into are
very carefully guarded, and that no
discretion or leniency is possible after
the contract is signed. They seem to
forget that an employe of the govern
ment cannot modify the contract, no
matter how onerous it may be, and
that their property and that of their
friends who have gone on their bonds
must be taken by the government in
default of the work.
The warnings given these people
frequently have been treated with
contempt, under the belief that the
engineers had some friend they wish
ed to favor. In several instances the
lowest bidders have been frequently
told that they could not do the work
for anything like the amount offered,
and that, if they entered into con-
tract they must fulfill it to the letter
and spirit. They have laughingly re-
torted that they know how to do bust
ness; have executed bonds, and then
have awakened to the dismal fact that
they must carry out the law and obli-
cations and cannot secure relief. One
poor fellow who should have known
better, secured, after great exertion, a
contract for hauling supplies over
high mountain range. He put all his
possessions and that of his friends into
an excellent equipment, but discover
ed too late that the price he had bid
was far below what it would cost to
feed his horses and maintain his
equipment. He has begged time and
again to be allowed to give to the gov
ernment all of his property, the result
of years of hard toll, if his friends
could be relieved from liability; bat
unfortunately there is no way by
which relief can come to him, and he
must day by day see his property eaten
up, the bonds being so complete and
the terms SO exacting that he cannot
escape.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-01-09

foot the bills, but in reality there are
very few salvage claims allowed that
are not in accord with the risk ssumed
in saving the vessel. The under
writers regard salvage as premium
paid for skill and courage of the men
who pick up the vessels, which other
wise would become total wrecks.
Seafaring men as a class are not
mercenaIy individuals, and the kind
of "freemasonry" existing between
them would not infrequently icduce
them to take long chances in extend
ing aid to their fellow craftsmen in
distress. At the same time, the ever
present and undying principle of look
ing out for themselves is not infre-
quently shunted into the background
when the reward of fat salvage fee
is in sight. The prize of a big purse
will cause extraordinary efforts in al
most any line of endeavor, and the
steamship aptain who tackles a sal
wage case is generally called on to take
chances which certainly entitle him to
something more than ordinary re-
muneration. If the reward of the men
who rescued the steamer City of
Puebla from her perilous predicament
at the stormiest season of the year
were to be left to the passengers, it
woul d not be scanty.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-01-09
WHY SALVAGE AWARDS ARE LARGE
(Oregonian.) }

The steamship company of Puebla,
after nearly a week at sea with
broken shaft, is at last safe in port at
San Francisco. The steamers which
picked up the crippled vessel will un-
doubtedly be awarded a handsome
sum for salvage, and from the ac-
counts that have been coming in re-
garding the disabled craft they will be
entitled to all they will get. The
frequency of accidents of this nature,
as we'll as more serious ones, would
seem to warrant some of the tugboat
companies on the coast providing
special craft to be constantly on the
lookout for flame ducks" like the
City of Puebla, or unfortunate craft
like the Pass of Melfort, which was
lost with all on board while trying to
reach Puget Sound.
The remuneration in cases like that
of the City of Puebla is always heavy
for the reason that the risk assumed
by the rescuing vessel is great. 1t is
for this reason that the courts have,
since the beginning of sea traffic, rec
ognized the merits of what are known
as salvage" claims. Salvage is re-
muneration which to the landsman
unfamiliar with the conditions which
govern it generally seems exorbitant.
This view is also not infrequently
taken by the party who is called on to
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-01-09
ATHENA, JANUARY 8, 1906

There is evidently one newspaper
man in Montana in whose pocket
Clark money does not jingle. Speak
ing Of the benefits Montana derives
from her representative in the United
States senate, the Ferguson County
Argus says: "For example, what
good can senator from Paris do
Montana? II anyone should accuse
Senator Clark of being in attendance
at the last congress he could easily
prove an alibi. He is no more resi-
dent of Montana than he is of Paris,
New York or Nevada. What Mon
taua wants and needs is a senator who
knows where he lives and who has a
clean and undisputed title to seat
under the dome of the national capt.
al man who has enough popularity
and ability to secure the honor with
out buying both his friends and bis
enemies. Mr.. Clark is not states
man. He cares nothing for achieve
ments along such lines. Parliamentary
questions give him little concern.
Having no influence or recognition
himself he is content to be counted
among the millionaires of the senate,
believing that he can be returned as
long as Montana remains pocket
borough and he can buy journalistic
talent to sing his praises. 1t ought
to be nauseating to every free and de-
cent man in Montana.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-01-09

The announcement of Judge Ellis as
a candidate for Congress brings the
office of circuit judge into the fore
ground, and the Press is pleased to con-
Cur in the following:
Perhaps there is no more we'll de-
fined, strongly crystallized public sent
iment in this county than that in favor
of Charles I'll. Carter of this city, for
circuit judge for the Umatilla- Morrow
county district. Mr.. Carter enjoys the
intimate acquaintance and friendship
of all the attorneys and the people in
the district, and is held in the highest
confidence and esteem by them. He
is peculiarly fitted for the place by
his wide experience before the courts
of the state and is educated and
versed in the law in high degree.
Pendleton and Umatilla county pre-
sent Mr.. Carter to this district as a
candidate for the judgeship and feel
confidence that his selection would
highly honor the bench and give a
broad administration of justice to
every interest. East Oregonian.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-01-09
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.
Maxwell's Talisman.

There seems to be peculiar fasci-
nation about government contracts
aud widespread belief that person
who secures contract from the gov
ernment is certain of large piofits and
easy work. As result there are
many inexperienced persons who are
continually seeking contracts and who,
out of their ignorance, frequently
succeed in getting into very embar-
RAISING situations. There is nothing
more irritating than the effort of in
experienced persons trying to get a
contract. and if by chance it is award
ed to them, they seek not to execute
the work as required, but TO shirk the
obligation incurred.
The reclamation service. having a
new class of work, .has been put to
much trouble and expense by inexperi-
enced or speculative individuals who
have, in some cases, made bids ridicu-
lously low and have insisted on having
the contract awarded to them in spite
of the warning of skilled men that
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-01-09

We cannot destroy the forests around
the headwaters and preserve the
regular flow of our streams. The
righteousness of a congressional pro-
gram which contemplates the spend
ing of millions in deepening the
channel of the Mississippi, while per-
mitting the destruction of the natural
forest reservoirs which collect and
gradually discharge the rainfall into
that channel, is graphically pictured
by Charles Cristadore in the October
number of Forestry and Irrigation.
The idea of a deepened channel, for
waters the collecting agencies fol
which are permitted to be destroyed,
reminds one of dry dock the govern
ment once built at point inaocessi-
bic by ships.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-01-09

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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-01-09
MULE ATE THE WAGON.
Animal Took Liking for the W0ea
aaA Gorged HinAssAG a..
Death. &

S. A. Harris, grocer Of Charlotte,
lost a mule and the better part of
delivery wagon the other day. The
wagon body was made of poplar. The
mule was made of just simply or
binary everyday mule, says the
Charlotte (N CO. Observer.
One night the mule got out of the
stable and set about task of eating
up the delivery wagon. He ate the
framework down to the floor and
might have finished the floor II he
hadn't stopped long enough to die.
Cam King, one of the original two
orphans, was at the old courthouse
when he overheard Squire Maxwell
telling an Observer reporter about
the death of Sam Harris mule.
II believe every word of it," spoke
up King, "and I will tell you why.
Mules will eat wood when they are
wanting forage and can't get IL
(meaning no reflection on Sam).
"At Staunton, Va, during the war
I was in charge Of the commissary
wagons. We had plenty of corn for
our mules, but for days they had had
no forage whatever. Well, one night
my mules ate Out Ave spokes from
wagon wheel to which they had been
tied.
Tibet morning I got load of
chestnut rails to feed my mules on
and they ate every one of them. Not
mule died. What caused the death
of Mr.. Harris mule / can't say, but
! do know that my army mules were
great wood eaters"
Three little babes were nestled in bed,
"I'll name Willie, William and Bill, /"
mother said;
Wide was her smile, for triplets they
be,
She lays her good luck to Rocky
Mountain Tea.
Great baby medicine. Pioneer drug
store.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-09-08
CHIEF CALLING UPON CITIZENS
Unhappy Surprises are Sprung Upon
Many:

Police Chief Fesgln madeanumerous
calls upon property owners yesterday,
and his mission did not bring to them
the smile that won't wear Oft. For he
carried to many here the information
that their property returns had been
increased by the Board of City Asses
sors, and consequently more tax money
would have to be dug up on settlement
day. It is fact that the assessors
have largely swelled the total of pro
perty values in Americus where val
les were deemed insufficient. This
time they went to the court house REQ
ords for notes, mortgages, etc. not re-
turned, to say nothing of the increases
made in the value of real estate and
other property. Chief Feagin is thus
giving notice of such increases made
and the unhappy property owner must
either take the dose or appeal his case
to the Board of Assessors or.to arbi-
tration.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-09-08
Ladies' Ready-tO-Wear Department

During our recent visit east bought the largest II.
best selected, the SWEETEST and most lines Of ~
dies Tailor made Suits, Skirts, Jackets Pettcoats I'd
everything pertaining to the line that have ever ca
have been In the business We want to assure @
that we are IN position to name you lower Dr.
ces than ever and shall leave stone uuturned ~
merit the continued patronage of the public Expert Sales
people and ali first class assistance necessary for the s
factory altering of every garment sell when necessary
will again be of the important speciaties which We b
made feature of the department for several years
We are the pioneers of the ladies' read y.to.wear de-
partment In Americas and many years close application to
the buying of this important line enables us to be thor
oughy familiar and in close touch with the best manu
turers the business. 28 years of constant study enables
to know the proper values of merchandise very I'M
portant item IN the buylnQ--for has always been said
goods well bought are half sold"
During the past, each season has been greater for us
than the preceding and expect with the magnificent
stock we have bought for the of 1906 to be the
greatest IN the history of business. During the next
few days shall be receiving goods t2r this depart
ment and cordially invite you call and give our stock
careful inspection whether you wish to buy not.