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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-23
Another Story Of Earthquake Heroism

'Kytka, you shall be remembered
for this"
And Kytka was remembered for he
sent in a bill for $4,000 for his serv-
ices, and it was Immediately honored.
Then came the task Of moving back
to the shaken laboratory and art stu
dio the records over which he had
stood guard with rifle and shot gun
against the attacks Of the pillagers
for more than a week. Four large
drays were employed in taking back
the stacks Of negatives and records
which Kytka and his boys had labor
iously carried up the steep hill on
their heads and in their arms.
What became of the beautiful finch
es? Well, when the soldiers told
Kytka that the fires were too close to
his studio to permit him entrance, the
handwriting expert, believing that his
studio laboratory and aviary were
about to burn begged that he be per-
mitted to save his feathered friends.
He was denied the privilege. But
rather than leave the songsters to per-
ish in the flames, Kytka rushed past
the guards and smashed in the plate
glass covering with an axe and watch
ed with satisfaction the flying of birds
that had been wont to wake him in
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-23

Upton, George P.-The Standard
Light Operas: Their Plot and Their
Music.
Wagner, Richard-Parsifal: Retold
in the spirit Of the Bayreuth interpre-
tation by oliver Huckel.
Shakespeare.
Collins, ]. Churton-Studies In
Shakespeare.
Dowden, Edward-Introducti to
Shakespeare.
Acknowledgements; His Life, Art
and Characters. 1.-TWO Volumes.)
3 Reference.
Lippincott's New Gazetteer of the
World. Compiled by Heilprin.
The Statesman's Year Book, 1906.
Statistician and Economist, 1866.
The World Almanac, 1906.
Baker-Guide to the Best Fiction.
Walsh-Curiosities of Popular Gus
TOMS
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF Literary Cur
iOsitieS.
General.
Du Chaillu, Paul-Land of the Mid
night Sun. 1.-TWO volumes.)
Hutton, Edward-Cities of Spain.
Dante-Divine Comedy, translated
by Charles Eliot Norton.
Walker, Gen. F. A.-General Han
cock. -
Kobbe, Gustav-Famous Actors and
Actresses and Their Homes.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-23

The democratic editorialist on the
Union first attempted the impression
that The Statesman was controlled
by the men who so reluctantly pay
his salary. Then he declares this
newspaper is owned by travelling men
and unknown persons. No one knows
better the lies contained in his inSinu-
ations than does the man who, when
tolerated as editor of The Statesman
clipped all of the matter for this page
and sold himself to Pedigo and the
Union, in betrayal of The Statesman
for the immense sum of SIS a week, as
side graft
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-23

The report of the committee from
the Commercial club on the extern
sion of the city limits to take in the
outlying districts described. should be
heartily supported by every citizen
and by every resident of the outside
districts. Property will increase ir
value to point where any later
improvements will be more than paid
for-and at the same time the new
which resulted from the expenditures
by the enterprising citizens of Wal.
la Walla.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-23

There is nothing meaner, more dis
honorable, than a newspaper man.
who, employed in responsible po-
a week from its strongest political
rival, to write editorials in direct. OPP
the newspaper that blindly trusts
MIN.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-23
sAS@' RIVALS EVEN SEATTLE
MANY WAlLA WALIANs
GROWN RICH IN FAR
COUNTRY.

Cold cash and cold weather arc a.,
plentiful things in the Alberta corn
try just now according to Charles n
Robinson who returned from Ca,oou
last night.
He was surprised to find a dozen or
so Walla Wallans in the far off Cana
dian city all of whom are doing we'll
and some Of them nave made fortune,
in the past year or two.
Calgary is a city of about the siza
of Walla Walla but is minus pavad
streets and street car lines. The for
mer are not so necessary as they are
here on account of the fact that Wet
weather is less frequent and conse.
quently mud is scarce.
The English prediction for mimi.
cipal ownership is the cause of the
tardy introduction of rapid street tram
sit. Three or four companies bave
applied for franchises but the peonle
Of the Alberta city are slow about
granting them.
Walking 10 Easy.
Cement walks, however, are in
abundance, and contracts have jusr
been let for the construction of so
0f A
plant has been erected at the cost
Of 100000 where the adhesive stuff
will be ground up.
Land speculation is the thing in
Calgary now" said Mr.. Robinson.
There are so many people who come
up there and buy little land and
then sit down and wait for it to in
crease in value that it really retards
the development of the country. But
they make the money. 1 saw one
old citizen of Walla Walla who come
a few years ago with $500 and in
invested it in land which is now worth
$35,OO0 Another, farm hand, has
cleared up $11OO since harvest. 1t
is the same story all along. Many
claim that Seattle is not in it for
opportunities for real estate specula-
ton with Calgary. There are as many
people on the streets nearly every
night as there are in Walla Walla on
the nights during fair week and the
city is about the same SIZE"
Slow Farming.
There is not much in the method or
farming to tempt one from this coun-
try to actually engage in it. The sys-
tenn is too SLOW The season Is SO
short there that grain must be bound
in sheaves and when threshed 1t is not
sacked but hauled in bulk. Many
people from the Dakotas and the mid
die west are to be found there"
On the whole Mr. Robinson was
much pleased with the country ana
may make some investments in that
section.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-23

1t must be really embarrassing to
the senator to have his own news
paper send him out of the city and
then. when he is seen on the streets
have that same organ print retrac-
ton and a tentative apology the next
morning-just to show no one con-
trolls the editorialiSt who is playing
hexx with the political situation.
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Expect President Monday.

WASHINGTON, Nov. ga navy
department dispatch announces the
departure of the president from Ponce.
He is aboard the Louisiana accompan-
led by the Washington and Tennessee.
He is expected to arrive off the Vir-
ginia capes Monday evening.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-23
Delegates Are Snowbound.

KANSAS CITY, Nov. 23.-H B.
Wood, of Hawaii, Wilson of Manila
and B. P. Wilson, of Oregon delegates
to the trans-Mississippi congress with
a portion of the Montana dedication
have not arrived yet being snowbound
in western Kansas.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-23

No person reading the clear, con-
else report of the Commercial club
committee can fail to realize the ben
efits accruing to the outside properly
owners who are to be taken into the
city under the proposed extension. II
shows the only misunderstanding pos.
sible, to be merely a misupnder-
standing and nothing else.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-23

With grand lodge officers, elected
practically for life, and including g
United States senator, bankers, doc
tors and leading business men Of Wal
la Walla, all pledged to the slogan
Made in Walla Walla," the Brother
hood of Owls certainly has an assured
successful future.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-23
Erontenac Blown OFF Course.

RACINE, Wis, Nov. 2S.-Steafiei'
due at st. Joseph, Mioi''
last night from Chicago was pio"N
free from its course and put in mere
with the passengers and crew sale'
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-23

What cruel treatment that demo-
cratic editorialiSt on the Union Is &C
cording his old friend, the doctor. Such
an intimate knowledge Of the distin-
guished gentleman really is embar-
RAISING.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-23
Wind Blows Death in Frisco.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 23.-During
high wind this morning a number of
walls were blown down and one man
killed and four injured. The dead man
was Jesus Reas.
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New Library Books

{: NEW Library DOCKS :
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The following new books will be
ready for circulation Saturday, No.
vember "a, at 1 p. m. at the city Ii.
brary.
Fiction,
Banks, Nancy Huston-Round An.
vii Rock; a romance.
Barbour, Ralph Henry-The Land Of
Joy.
Barr, Robert-Jennie Baxter, Jour-
nalist.
Barrie J. M.-The Little Minister
Barrie. ]. M.-Tne Little White
Bird.
The Benefactress, by the author OF
Elizabeth and Her German Garden
Brown, Alice-The Mannerings.
Castle, Egerton-Young April.
Carruth, Frances W.-The Way OF
Belinda.
Cholmondeley, Mary-Diana Tenn
pest.
Dunbar, Paul Laurence Folks from
Dixie.
Francis, M. E.-The Manor Farm.
French, Allen-The Colonials.
Gibbon, w. F.-Those Black Dia-
mond Men; a tale of the Anthrax val
ley. ...
Hawthorne, Hildegarde-A Country
Interlude.
Janvier, Thomas A-The Passing OF
Thomas (snort stories.)
Kelly, Florence-With Hoops of
Steel, a good western story.
Long, john Enthusiastically Nan.
Merwin, Samuel-The Merry Anne
Miller, Elizabeth-The Yoke (copy
two.)
Morrison, Arthur-The Red Tri-
angle; a detective story.
Nichols Josephine-Bayou Triste;
a story Of Louisiana.
People of the Whirlpool; by the au-
thor of "The Garden of a Commuters
Wife,"
Potter, Margaret-Castle of Twi-
light.
Sherwood, Margaret-Danhne; an
autumn pastoral.
Steel, Flora AIN the Guardianship
Of God; short stories of India.
Stuart, Ruth McEnery-Napoleon
Jackson; the Gentleman of the Plush
Rocker.
Travers, Graham-The Way of Es-
cape.
Watanna, Onoto - Daughters Of
NigO; a romance of Japan.
Wilkins, Mary E.-Portion of Labor
Young, Rose E. Sally Of Missouri.
Zack-Dunstable Weir; short stor-
les.
Music.
Apthorp, w. F.-The opera; Past
and Present.
Hadden, j. Cuthbert-Chopin.
Henderson, w. J.-How Music De-
veloped.
Henderson, w. J.-What is Good
Music?
Hughes, Rupert-Famous American
Composers. -..---
Hervey, Arthur-French Music in
the Nineteenth Century.
Klein, Hermann-Tnirty Years Of
Musical life in London.
Krehbiel, Henry E.-How to Listen
to Music.
Lavignac, Albert-Music and Musi-
clans.
-Lavignac Albert-Music Dramas Of
Richard Wagner.
Mason, Daniel G. From Grieg to
Brahms.
Mason, William-Memories of Mu-
steal life.
Parry, c. H. Evolution of the Art
of Music.
Patterson, Annie W.-Schumann.
Potocka, Comtesse-Theodore Les
chetixky.
Sharp, R. F.-Makers Of Music.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-23

Anyway there isn't room in that lit
tie editorial crib for the doctor to
push his silken whiskers in. Is 1t that
which makes "Maude" so jealous4
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News of Bomb OUTRAGE.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. ga
bomb outrage was perpetrated in the
Pera quarter today. No details could
be learned
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Copy for Advertising should be IN
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numbered as high as 80 persons.
Worked Day and Night.
Although he had stepped on a piece
of broken glass in his dining-roOm
soon after the first shock, Kytka labor
ed on without stopping to heal the
wound, save to remove the jagged
piece of glass from his foot For three
days and nights he labored, and with
his helpers, lived like animals, he
says. Then the fire stopped, order
was beginning to follow the chaos
that permeated the stricken city, and
he found that his studio and labora-
tory mad not been destroyed.
But the city and police records had
been lost in the earthquake and fire.
None of the originals had been saved
from the 100000 city hall, nor had
the lawyers been able to gather from
the ruins of their magnificent Offices
the records or transcripts of the cases.
Kytka had them, SO it was no wonder
that Carter ]. Pomeroy, the attorney
for Davis sister, who had been fight
ing for the estate, which involved ST.
100000, should come to him with tears
in his eyes and say:
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-01
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STATE OF NEBRASKA, OFFICE OF
AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.
LINCOLN, Feb. l. 1906.
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and IL therefore authorized to continue
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witness my hand and the seal Of the
Auditor Of Public Accounts the day and
year nrst above written.
Auditor OF Public Accounts.
Deputy.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-01

cash. Many of the settlers who buy a half
section and a quarter section are borrow
ing from SIS to $50 an acre in order to make
out their payments With the additional
necessity of purchasing farm implements
and making improvements their indebted
ness becomes considerable and along with
the deeds filed are great number of farm
mortgages. Some of these mortgages are
offset by the amount still due for the lands
the newcomers have sold in states farther
east, but there is a large amount of in
debtedness to be taken care Of. With the
steady income such as has been the for
tune of the west for the last eight years,
no difficulty will be experienced.
The usual rental for farm lands is one
third or little more. According to the
banker quoted above, he has found this
to be an average Of about $500 acre.
AS long as this income is steady the
dweller on the farm is able to make a
very good return and he. OF course, gets
more out OF the land than the average
renter would secure.
The fact is that the investor in western
land in the present wild excitement and
boom has very small opportunity COM
pared with the man who is on the ground
and who has the first chance at the buyer
IT had two sections of western Nebraska
land" said a minister. ION which I had
paid, with great difficulty. enough to Sc
] cure my title. I heard OF land sales In
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-01

with the cash received from their old homes
further east. Every depot is heaped full Of
household goods and the newcomers are all
most prosperous and successful class Of
farmers"
But what becomes of those who move
away?''
We'll. some OF them are going out to the
irrigated section of Colorado along the
Arkansas river. A half train load left Su-
perior. Neb., a day or two ago for the
Pecos valley. Scores of well-to-do farmers
of middle age are moving into town. These
three classes account for a great proportion
OF the people who sell out.
"Our bank has taken in a great deal of
real estate In the last few years; some
OF it we have purchased some of 1t has
come into our hands through the handling
of estates and in various other ways.
would not be surprised to see land go to
500 per acre-but we are selling our land.
The land that stood us in $40 an acre has
for eight years paid an interest OF per
cent on that valuation, but with the land
increased in value to s75 or $50 an acre our
income rate sinks to little more than 4
per cent. We can take the same money
and invest It In per cent commercial
paper and make a larger income than from
the farms. with the added advantage that
there may be q decrease in farm lands"
Buying on Time.
Not all Of these land sales are for spot
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-01

largely in the land craze, but If the move
ment continues and the borrowing to make
yet larger purchases grows, as it is likely
to do. 1t will be but short time when
he will be. The possible profits in a
steadily increasing land values are. very
fascinating. The small investor is less
likely to get into the land craze because 1t
takes a comparatively large capital to
handle land. Even with generous borrow
ings the amount involved is large The in
weston in farm mortgages. IL the values be-
come too much inflated, is the one who will
suffer. though that feature is less to be
considered than in the old days, because
the conditions under which western farms
are managed are far more stable and the
possibilities of the climate are better un-
derstood.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-01

that section and was anxious to clean up
a profit. Writing to an agent, 1 placed it
in his hands and finally obtained an offer
of $4,000 This was barely enough to meet
my mortgages and interest payments, but
he assured me that nothing more could be
expected at this time. I let 1t go and dis
covered, to my disgust. a few months later
that he had taken the title himself and
transferred it inside of week for $15,O00
cleaning up not only my commission, but
5000 profit. That is a sample of the way
in which the distant land owner fares"
Signs of the Times.
At Superior. on the line between Kansas
and Nebraska, about midway east and
west, staring at one as he alights from
the train, is an immense sign erected on a
piece of prairie and visible for miles. 1t
reads:
1--WE have 1000 acres for SALE
1--WE have $4,000 to loan at per cent.
1--WE will loan to you II you buy"
This is merely an example OF hundreds
Of others scattered through small towns
of the plain region even out to the very
edge of the mountain foothills. Along
the streets of Goodland, twenty miles from
the Colorado line, are the same kind of
huge signs Offering tens Of thousands OF
acres and tens OF thousands OF dollars.
catching the investor going and coming.
As yet the eastern investor is not involved
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-01
The nIvining Rod.

A curious survival of superstition is the
use of a wand" of witch hazel or other
wood to locate metals, water, petroleum and
almost anything else one hopes to find un-
derground. The practice is as unreasonable
as possible, but IL has led to unaccounta-
BILE discoveries for centuries, and still pre-
walls all over the civilized world. The latest
instance of it is the use of a witch wand
by Mr.. Lamphear # Anacortes, Wash. to
trace a river OF oil 800 feet underground
and some sixty miles long.-Portland Ore
gonian.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-01

Agitation 10 do something with the court
house seems to be growing, but much di-
versity OF opinion exists as TO just what
should be done. 1T would be a great
thing for US real estate folks If the court
house should be moved" declared a well
known real estate dealer the other day.
1T would open the way for some big real
estate deals. not only by locating the new
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-01

This means a great number OF new buyers
for the farms.
Farther west in the short-grass country,
where lands are cheaper, the excitement is
even more acute. The remarkable wheat
yields that have paid for the land many
times over have caused a craze that gives
indication of making everybody connected
with It rich-provided none of the plans mis-
carry. 1t is based on a steadily increasing
immigration and an ascending series of
values for lands.
1t is curious TO note how this land craze
affects the banks and business interests of
the prairie states At Hebron, Neb., the
other day a banker, who has the largest
land business OF the community, was talk
ing OF the remarkable influx Of settlers
pouring from Iowa and Illinois into that
section Of Nebraska The land around
Hebron is chiefly grain land and in favor
able seasons splendid crops are raised.
These crops have continued for the last
eight years with uniform success and in
consequence the farms have been very prof
liable.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-01

Continued on Page TwOl
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-01
Certificate ofPubTicatiOn

STATE OF NEBRASKA, OFFICE OBJ
AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS,
LINGQLN Feb; I, 1906
1T is HEREBY CERTIFIED, That the
Sun Insurance Office Of London, In the
state OF England, has complied with the
Insurance law of this state, applicable to
such companies, and Is therefore author
ICED to continue the business OF IRE and
lightning insurance in this state for the
current year ending January 31st 1907.
Witness my hand and the seal OF the
Auditor OF Public Accounts the day and
year first above written.
TO- M. SEARLm JR.,
Auditor OK Public Accounts.
JOHN l. PIERCE.
(Bea1) Deputy,
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-01
WESTERN LAND ON THE BOOM
Settlers Pouring Into Nebraska and Kansas
in Vast Numbers.
UPS AND DOWNS OF LAND VALUES
Some Tantalizing Figures OF Profits
Furnished Eastern People Who
Were In the swim a
Few Years Ago.

In these words and figures Charles NJ.
Harger tells in the Boston Transcript how
the demand for western land booms along:
The middle west is going through an
other land boom. 1t began three years
ago and is now at its height Starting
with the efforts OF the railways to secure
settlers for their new lands in the south
west and northwest and with the Canadian
governments seeking for settlers for the
wheat lands of the far northwest, 1t has
spread until the whole plains section is
awake to the land speculation. At every
station the land agents meet all corners
and the country papers have long lists Of
sales in every issue, showing the transfer
OF realty at prices 20 TO 80 per cent higher
than was paid three years ago. Il IL
probable that the average advance In the
past year has been fully 10 per eent-and
yet there are those who say 1t has only
begun to advance.
Look at land. back in Illinois and In
DIANA is favorite argument. THAT
land is no better than this out In central
Kansas and Il does not produce any more
crops, but Il is selling for 500 to $3.50 an
acre. Why should not our land sell equally
weHg"
1t is the same old argument that was
went over the west. banker of Roches-
ter then bought a quarter section Q60
acres) near the town of GoOdland, near
the Colorado line In northwestern Kansas.
He paid 81 COO for it, At no time in twenty
years has he been able to get for il what
he paid-until few weeks ago. The price
had been creeping up. starting at $500. and
finally reached $40 an acre and he let IL
go He lost the interest on his money for
twenty years but was glad to get back
what he spent.
Out In southwest Kansas a county that
had been taking I'm lands for unpaid taxes
for ten years until about One-third OF the
real estate was forfeited. sold the whole
collection the other day at auction in
order 10 clean up the Indebtedness. The
lands sold weI most Of them going TO
cattlemen who want ranch properties.
Not Entirely Speculative.
The land movement Is not entirely
speculative because there Is q positive
demand for lands. fostered by the large
number Of people who are moving west
every month. This is particularly true
OF the spring season. Two weeks ago
1000 people went through Kansas City
on homeseekers rates. all bound for tho
southwest. The santa Fe trains ran out
OF Chicago In four sections. The Rock
Island trains were similarly crowded and
every seat and aisle vas filled on every
train that vent cut q Kansas oity,