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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-05
WESTERN REPRESENTATIVES. IN
CONGRESS TO BE URGED TO
GER FUNDS. -. ~.
Memorial Adopted by Wenatehss Com
nereial Club Sent to WalIa Walia.
~ tfs
Organization.

Senators and representatives to the
United States congress from all parts
of the west are to be asked to make
a strong effort to secure appropria-
tions to carry out the work of reclaim
ing arid lands, as outlined by the recla-
nation service. "
The Walla walia Commercial club
has received from the Wenatcnee Com
mercial club a memorial advocating
this step.
The proposition advanced for con-
sideration in this memorial is to have
every section of the country in which
are found lands in need Of irrigation
request the congressman and senators
from these districts to urge the ma
tional government to make appropria-
lions as loans to the reclamation fund.
The loans are to be adequate to
construct such irrigation systems as
may be found practicable by the recla-
nation service. 1t is further urged that
the government complete with all pos
sible dispatch the necessary plans and
estimates for the construction of these
systems.
The memorial in it's preamble states
that 100000 acres of the western
half of the United States is totally un-
fit for settlement and cultivation and
without reclamation, and that the irri-
CATION OF these landh by individual
pioneers and organized private capital
has already reached a reasonable limit.
1t states that the slow accumulation of
the necessaryafunds through the nat
ural channels of the reclamation SER
vice will delay the undertaking for
many years to come.
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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-05
The Elks' Entertainment.

The Elks have a reputation for do
ing things we'll, but last nights enter
taiment was away ahead of anything
else they have ever done. The first
part of the program was sustained by
the Polmatier Sisters, a quintette of
charming young ladies, of the highest
musical talent, assisted by Mr.. c. w.
Hitchcock, whose dramatic recitals and
impersonations were a thing to be re-
membered The concert was given in
the reading room of the club, which
was tastefully decorated with Union
Jacks. flowers and palms, and the pro-
gram, was a musical theat in ev-
cry number-Winnipeg Free Press,
Nov. II.
This organization will give an en-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-05
FoRTY-FlyE VOTERS PRESENTED
PETITION TO COMMISSION.
ERs YESTERDAY.
Would Make Barney. School Psilins
Place for New Preeinet-seard
~~'- - - = = = - =
Will Act Next Month.

Forty-five voters out in Small pre-
cinct yesterday petitioned the county
commissioners to divide the precinct
making the new Berney school the
polling place. Deputy Prosecuting At
torney Sharpstein advised the commits
sioners they had the authority to
make the division and at next months
meeting the prayer Of the petitioners
will probably be granted. The signers
to the petition presented yesterday
mostly reside IN the north end 81 the
precinct and as the voting place is the
Abbott school near the city cemetery
they contend a new precinct making
the polling place at the Berney school
would be Of greater convenience to
them than under the present conditions.
Proposed Boundary Lines.
The proposed boundary lines are as
follows: Commencing at the southwest
corner of Section %, Township Z,
range SO and running east on the
southerly line of Section %, distance
Of one mile; thence due south a dis
lance Of one mile; thence due east
to the east line of said township;
thence due north on the east line OF
said township to the center Of Mill
creek; thence down Mill creek along
the center line thereof to the easterly
limits of the city of walla walla
thence south along the easterly limits
of said city to the place of beginning.
The Petitioners.
The petitioners were G. H. La Due,
U. H. Berney, B. E. La Due, w. P. I'm
derwood, j. L. Robinson, Andrew Tay-
Tor, w. r. .Stedman, James Wait, F.: M.
Barrows, E. B. Walker, G. M. Stoval,
C. H. Davis, E. c. Mills, Jacob Schaffer,
A. Oldakers, J. D. Kelson, C. w. Her.
man, w. M. Brock, j. M. Jensen, G. c.
Morton, Emile Sanderson, C. L. Win
gard, N. r. Randall, w. w. Raymond,
A. r. Morton, A. A. Morton, c. W. Nor
ton, H. Walker, P. T. Meyer, G. C.
Porter, ]. c. Records, L. M. Under
wood, G. H. Callahan, c. D. Callahan.
T.. A. Callahan, Isaac Winans, Rev.
Gallagher, A. c. Gallagher, c. H. Nc
Evoy, B. F. Engle, Otto Labudde.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-05
NEW MAID WAS A SLEUTH.
How the New York Police Found Book
making Resort for Women,

making Resort for Women.
NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-Was there
ever such model maid and compan-
ion? Decidedly never" was the opin-
ion of the wife of a well-known Wall
street broker, living on Central Park
west. The maid applied to the bro
ker's wife for a position a few days
ago, Milady questioned her, was de-
lighted with the ready responses, soon
learned that she spoke French and then
engaged her at once.
Tony observed that milady turned
the morning papers first of all to the
dope" sheet, which tells about the
races. But Tony discreetly did not
betray her observations. When milady
looked up from marking little rings
with her lead pencil around the names
of certain horses running at New Or
leans, Tony was arranging flowers or
replacing bric-a-brac.
Tony received permission to walk for
an hour yesterday. She met as if by
appointment Detective O'Brien, of In
spector McLaughlins staff Tony
whispered a word to O'Brien. 1t was
the password to a certain house or
West Fifty-eight street, where fash
ionable ladies bet on the races.
O'Brien reported to Inspector Nc
Laughlin after his meeting yesterday
with Tony. At 4 p. m. O'Brien and De-
tective Yunge and Lyons, attired il
frock coats and top mats, appeared a
the West Fifty-eighth street house ir
an auto. They rang the bell, whispered
the word Tony had told O'Brien to the
colored butler, and were hshered into
| a parlor carpeted with velvet. Seated
in deep upholstered chairs and divan:
, were about twenty women. Theil
gowns, their Jewels and their demeano
denoted wealth.
A woman appeared from a back par
| lor and announced: Il have the re-
turns of the third race Monaco Mait
whippoorwill is second and Golt
! Enamel third"
O'Brien stepped quickly toward thu
! announcer and said: Madame, vol
are under arrest
| Three telephones and parapnernali;
lice station with the woman announcer
who the police say, is Elizabeth Daven
port, and three men.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-05

a dental student who killed Pearl
Wheaton and committed suicide, died
this morning. The mother Of the
Wheaton girls. who was wounded by
Styer at the same time. is still alive.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-05

Luther Burbank 10 Better.
SANTA ROSA. Calf. Jan. 5.-Luth-
er Burbank is better this morning The
continuation Of pleasant weather is
helping his recovery.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-05

II. b. Hurley. awell known Pomeroy
citizen. is registered at the Dacres to-
day.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-05

Mayor. D. v. Wood and J. W. Bruce
Of Waitsburg are Walla Walla visi-
tors.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-05

s. e. Carr. president OF the Union
Savings bank, is in the city. from Chi
cago.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-05

=. Mrs. Gerrit d'Ablaing and children.
who have been visiting with Mrs. w.
G. Painter, left last might for their
nome at Ellensburg.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-05

will be held a tthe First Congregation
al church Tuesday evening, January
%. New officers will be elected and q
banquet will follow.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-05

Wedding BelIs-At the Hotel Dacres
last night Rev. Wilmot Whitfield per-
formed the marriage ceremony of Clar-
ence D. Smith of Waitsburg and Miss
Elsie Fish of Dayton.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-05

Entertained Last Night-At the Nc
last night Mrs. Agnes McCool and
Mrs. J. H Miller entertained a number
of friends at cards A dainty luncheon
was served during the evening.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-05

Surprise Party-Mr. and Mrs. Dudg-
con We're the recipients of a surprise
party last night at their home at the
hands of the D. K E. club.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-05

tertainment at the high school audito-
the Walla Walla Elks.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-05

County Commissioner ]. H. Morrow
left this morning for his home In
Waitsburg.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-05

Will Give Dance-Schiller Lodge,
Sons of Hermann, has issued invita-
tions for a masquerade ball to be
given at Armory hall on the evening of
January Is.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-05

New Enganders-Thea annual meet
ing of the New England association
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-05

Mrs Miseheiner, who mas been Wis
returned to her home in Flora, Illinois.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-05

Funeral of Mrs. Lewis-The funeral
Of the late Mrs. w. H. Lewis, who died
at College Place yesterday. took place
this afternoon at that place. She was
q resident .;of North Yakima and had
been taking treatment at the Sanitar-
ium. She was IS years old and ID sur
vived by her husband.
n New Telephone Dirsetory-The Pa
cific States Telephone & Telegraph
company will issue a new telephone d.
rectory in about ten days that will be
quite an innovation. The address and
street number Of each patron of the
company will be shown in the new d.
rectory. Being the first directory OF
the kind the company will not vouch
for the accuracy Of street addresses
given, but will do the best we cam
Manager Bingham said this morning.
I'VE are sure that It will prove Of great
convenience to our patrons and we will
endeavor to give addresses as accurate
ly as possible"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-05

B. F.. Simmons, the well known Snake
river fruit grower, is in Walla Walla
on business today. -
Il .-n ~ 81
= Mr.. and Mrs. L. D. Loclair Of Walker
Station are guests at the Palace today.
G. S. Alderman Of Prescott Is a Wal
la Walla visitor today. He Is register
ed at the Palace.
Miss Helen Wood Of Seattle is in
Walla Walla visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs Charles Wood.
w. E. Miller, travelling freight agent
of the Milwaukee road. was in Walla
Walla today.
Mr. and Mrs. j. A. Cooke have re-
turned from a pleasant visit with
friends in California.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Rock of Seattle, who
have been visiting with Mr.. and Mrs.
John McCausland, returned to their
home last night.
Schuyler Arnold, formerly county
clerk. was in Walla Walla. today from
his farm near waitsburg.
Mrs Miseheiner, who mas been WIS.,
iting her brother. M. G. McGrew, has
to her home in Flora. Illinois
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-05

Second Victim Of Matt Styer.
CALEDONIA. Mimi. Jan. 5.-Ruth
Wheaton, who was shot by Matt Styer,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-05
TOWN TOPICS
Weather Forecast-Tonight fair and

cooler; Saturday fair.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-05

Schuyler Arnold, formerly county
clerk, was in Walla walla today from
his farm near Waitsburg.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-05

B. F. Simmons, the well known Snake
river fruit grower, is in Walla Walla
on business today. -.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-02

CARE OF THE BODY
= How 10 Acquire and Retain the Priceless Posses
Z of Good Health
Occupation for the Aqed.


Quain, in his Medical Dictionary. ar.
oltrarily defines advanced life as the
period between sixty-two and eighty
two, and the time of old age beyond
that period. But the infirmftfes OF
age are measured, not so much by
length of days as by the integrity of
the bodily functions, and the sound
ness of the organic structures.
The question, How much work in
normal and rational for each? must
be answered according to the past life
and present condition of each indi-
vidual old man or woman For most
old people. however, there is no en-
ployment better than work in a gar
den in which they have some CONNER
cial interest. Money, honestly earned
and wisely spent, promotes health.
The hoeing, wedding, trimming, gath
ering and marketing of the fruits and
vegetables or flowers; the open air
life, exercise in the sunshine among
growing things; the healthy stimulus
or planning the work, studying and
talking to others of the best methods
of gardening-what is most profitable
~ PAM IL lAdb ACSlOA, nOW the iduu
should be fortified, and where and
when to sell the products-all this
keeps the mind active
Poultry raising and bee culture are
also employments well adapted for
those advanced in life who need ia
make work remunerative
r The main points for the aged to
consider are: To avoid disease and
premature failure of strength, not BY
increase of food and stimulants. as is
often advised, but by cutting down
and simplifying the diet in proportion
to the decreased wear and tear of it's
sue, SO that the intake will not exceed
the output; to still maintain an inter.
est in current thought and activities.
and to select some occupation suited
to their physical strength and their
previous training and skill.
The secret of healthy, useful. ac-
tive old age is to know how to wear
out life's waning energies normally,
not to exhaust them prematurely by
overwork. or. worse still, waste them
by the rusting Of needless inactivity.
There would seem to be little need
in old age of restitution and depend
ence on the county, were all the work
ing classes to plan for a home in the
country and few acres of land by
saving money uselessly spent for such
disease-producing, health-destroying
articles as tea, coffee, tobacco and al
cohol, to say nothing Of other injuri-
GUS table luxuries. BY a wise econ
omy in the expenditure of money, and
rational investment in a home, the
old working man and woman would
find themselves with a fund of health
and strength equal to their day, and
when no longer able to compete with
younger generation. they would
still have useful. remuneratfve occu-
patton on their own premises.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-02

Sir Lauder Brunton, a famous Eng
lish physician and surgeon, is quoted
by a special London cable to the New
York Herald as recommending a
temper powder consisting of bro
mide of potash and other drugs
which should be taken whenever one
is subjected to some Irritating occur
renee" or "some depressing news
''to take away the sting of either, so
that in the place of being much wor-
ried and unable to turn attention to
other things, a person sfeels as if he
had slept over the bad news or worry
and is able to obtain relief by turn
ing his attention to something else"
According to this dispatch Sir Lau-
der Brunton recommends the item
per powders" as a means of prevent
ing those constant explosions of tenn
per on the part of a member of the
family" which may affect the health
of the other members, who have their
appetites spoiled, their digestion i'm
paired. their nerves shattered, and
their pleasures in life destroyed by
the mental suffering induced by the
irritable temper of another For
these patients the best treatment is to
administer temper powders to the
OuenuinS person. Wn6n the distress
ing symptoms of the other members
of the family will be relieved"
This is. indeed. an easy way out of
trouble; but it is a dangerous expe-
dent, and in the end will only make
worse trouble. for the effects of bro
mide of potash and other Supplying
drugs are to leave the subject in
state of increased irritation when the
effects have worn off. In order to
cure bad temper, then, by this plan,
the only effective method would be to
keep the patient under the constant
influence of the bromide of potash or
opium, or some other nerve-depress-
ing drug.
Bad temper, in a great proportion
of cases, has for its foundation, in
digestion. nervous exhaustion, or
some other physical i'll, which may be
relieved by the removal of causes and
the adoption of suitable physiologic
measures. In certain cases, moral
remedies are necessary, as well as
physical.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-02
Shut Your Mouth.

Shut your mouth. Breathe through
your nose. Never allow yourself.
says a medical writer, unless positive
ly necessary, to breathe through your
mouth. The nose is made to breathe
through. 1t is provided with hairs to
sift the dust out of the air 1t is pro-
vided with warming plates (turbinat-
ed bones) to temper the air. 1t is
provided with apparatus for furnish
ing moisture to the air All of this is
quite essential before the air is drawn
into the lungs.
Breathe through the nose. Shut
your mouth. Man is a talking ami
NAL He talks so much he forgets
how to breathe through his nose. In
singing, also, it is impossible not to
breathe through the mouth
A good, brisk walk in the morning,
compelling yourself to breathe
through the nose, is an excellent hy-
gienic practice At first it may be
difficult, but persist in doing so. Think
of it all day, whatever you are doing.
Shut your mouth; breathe through
your nose. Keep thinking about ii
until you have formed the habit. IT
may require quite an effort at first
Lazy people had better not try it.
Some people are too lazy to breathe
anyhow. They go around with their
mouth open, like a fish. Keep your
mouth shut. Breathe through your
nose.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-02
a Tall story

ANY one would suppose that there
must be some eagle blood in Mrs.
George EarIe's flying hen, says a dis
patch from MiddIetown, N. Y Mrs
Earle lives at Parliaman's Corners,
and has lot of chickens. the only re-
markab1e one being the flying hen.
The hen is ostensibly a cross be
tween a Leghorn and a Dominick, but
hasn't the qualities of either breed.
Some time ago the hen decided to set
and built a nest of sticks and grass
in the very top of a tall tree She
few back and forth from tree top to
the ground like a crow, carrying the
material for the nest in her mouth
In the course of this time she filled
the nest with eggs, and has Matched
out thirteen chickens, which she
brought safely to the ground without
assistance
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-02

North Pole almost 100000 square
miles of area is yet to be surveyed,
and at the South Pole lies a continent
more than twice the size of Europe
awaiting exploration.
Not only are the terrestrial poles
awaiting the aGventurer but the even
more important magn etic poles, of
which there are also two, are not yet
accurately charted- Ross discovered
the north magnetic pole in 1881, but
his instruments were primitive com
pared with those now made, and the
knowledge OF magnetism seventy-five
years ago did not equal that of to-day.
Ross may have discovered the north
magnetic pole, and he may not have
done So Capt. Amundsen left Nor
way on an expedition two years ago
to rediscover it and to accurately
chart this important spot. A few
months ago word was received that
the intrepid Norwegian had accom-
plished his purpose, but the report
awaits confirmation. So far as the
south magnetic pole is concerned, it
has never been reached. AS yet no
explorer has held a magnetic needle
over the spot, although Borchgrevink
in 1898, in the Southern Cross expedi-
ton, claimed to have determined its
location DR.. Frederick A. Cook, who
was a member of the Belgica An
tarctic expedition. says that no fewer
than six positions are assigned by
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-02

ing half so shady as its trees; moth
ing half so quiet as it's tombstones.
The sheep are feeding there, when
kneel up, early in the morning in my
little bed and l see the red
light shining on the sundial." The
high-backed pews to which he refers
in the same chapter have been re
moved, but the situation depicted in
his early impressions, when he went
to church with Peggotty, is easily re
called The window near the high
backed pew, "out of which our house
can be seen and is seen many times
during the mornings service, by Peg
gotty, who likes to make herself as
sure as she can that it's not being
robbed, or is not in fiames," is the
same as when the good soul satisfied
herself on those points. On any
bright sunny day one can see the
same picture as David saw, minus,
perhaps, the sheep. Il look at the
sunlight coming in at the open door
through the porch, and there I see a
stray sheep-I don't mean a sinner,
to come into the church.
Although sit is only a story" as we
tell the children who have been listen
AAS " a larry ldI6s II all seems pre-
cisely true, as we stand there in the
midst of it all. And if we cannot find
''the grave beneath the tree
which Peggotty's own faithful care
had ever since kept neat o
which lay little way off the church
yard path, in a quiet corner we seem
to feel it is there all the same. We
leave the church and turn toward the
village. On the way we pass the
pound and the spot under the trees
where the pond was. and visit the old
village inn, "our village ale house,
in the parlor of which David was con
fident that Commodore Trunnfon
held that club with Mr.. Pickle
From here started Mr.. Barlxis, the car
rier, who had his prototype in a Mr.
Barker, the real carrier of Thunderstorm
at the time; and even to-day there is
good substitute for Peggotty's hus
band who takes the identical road to
Yarmouth that Barkis did.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-02
Walk With Dickens
thunderstorm, the Home of David
Copperfeld, Typical English Village
Especial Correspondence.)

Il was born in Blunderston, in Suf-
folk, or thereby as they say in
Scotland" says David Copperfield in
the first chapter of his autobiography
Being in the neighborhood of the
thinly disguised village of Blunder-
stone recently, / made a pilgrimage
to the delightful and picturesque spot
Dickens selected for the early scenes
of the best of all his books. One
comes upon the correct name of the
place for the first time on signpost
at the crossroads between Lowestoft
and Yarmouth, a similar signpost to
that which attracted Dickens himself
when, in 184s, he stayed for a time
at Yarmouth, as mentioned In his let
ters.
Typical English Village.
The lapse of half century and
more leaves the village practically as
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-02
A PIant Within a PLant.

At Brookdale, Santa Cruz county,
Cal, a fine specimen of the sequoia
or redwood tree. was blown over in
recent storm. The tree is estimated
to be over $50 years old. Ten feet
from the top of the tree, and at a dis
lance of 165 feet from the ground,
was found a hole somewhat less than
two feet deep. 1t had once been the
nest of a woodpecker. In this hole
had grown a sturdy, three-stalEed
huckleberry bush, two feet tall. Its
roots, extending six feet into the
heart of the tree, had absorbed the
sap of the redwood. The huckleberry
had f1ourished and borne fruit