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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-08
Notice Of Petition.


Notice is hereby given that the city
of Walla Walla has presented to the
board of county commissioners Of
Walla Walla county, a petition, as fol-
dows. to-wit:
ITO the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners of Walla Walla
County.
"Gentlemen:-Your petitioner, the
city of Walla Walla, respectfully re-
quests, That it be allowed the privi-
lege of laying pipes for the extension
of the present water system in accord
ance with Ordinance No. 1884, In that
certain county road known as the Mill
Creek road, at such points between the
city limits of the city of Walla Walla
and the head of such water system
extension as it may desire or deem
necessary to law such pipes, also
granted the right to erect and maintain
telephone and electric light poles in
said highway between said points.
your petitioner, if this petition is
granted, agrees to enter into a contract
with your honorable body to lay such
pipes and erect such poles as expedi-
| tiously as possible, restoring each and
every part fthe road that may be
disturbed to it's present condition as
soon as it is possible to do so; and
further agrees to protect the county
against all claims for damages by rea-
son of either the granting of this petit
ton or damages which may arise in
the prosecution of such work.
Your petitioner further agrees that
if this petition is granted, to give a
| bond for the faithful performance Of
such contract, said bond to be in the
sum of $1,000, or such further sum as
your honrable body may deem neces-
| bond insufficient; and your petitioner
further asks that it be allowed to
main such pipes and poles when so
laid and erected as long as petitioner
may desire, and be allowed the privi-
| ledge at any time Of digging up such
county road at any point where it
may be necessary to repair or replace
said pipes and poles when so laid and
erected upon the condition that when
such repairs and requirements are
made, said road will be restored to as
good condition as the same was in be-
fore the same was disturbed; and that
your petitioner be responsible for all
damages by reason of digging up any
part of said highway in making such
repairs and replacements; and your
petitioner is ready to give a bond in
such sum as is deemed necessary to
protect the county of Walla Walla
from any claim by reason of the dig
cling up or obstructing of any part Of
said highway for the purpose Of laying
] or replacing or repairing such pipes
or poles.
| THE CITY OF WALLA, WALLA.
| BY Gilbert Hunt, Mayor"
| And that said petition will come on
| for hearing before said board at the
usual place Of meeting thereof on the
7th day Of May, 1906, at the hour Of
| 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
By order of the County Commission
ers.
w. J. HONEYCUTT,
4 County Auditor and ex-Officio Clerk of
the Board Of County Commissioners.
J Subscribe for the Statesman.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-08

The original Laxative Cough syrup
is Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar.
1t expels all cold from the system ov
acting as a cathartic on the bowels.
Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar IS
a certain. safe and harmless cure for
colds, Group and whooping cough. Sold
by l.. L. Tallman.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-08

Pasco. Through berths for Seattle.
Tacoma and Spokane may be reserved
by applying to,
]. p. GOODHUE,
f. f. ROOT, City Ticket Agent
Agent.
S. B. CALDERHEAD,
General Passenger Agent.
Walla Walla, Wash
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-08
POULTRY AND PRODUCE.

POULTRY AND PRODUCE.
Golden Sheaf Butter-Wholesale Is;
retail soc.
Chickens-Fries, dressed, zoe.
Geese-Per h., dressed, 15c.
Eggs-2O cents per doz.
FISH.
Flounder-Per h., 12hc.
Sole-Per h., 12kc.
Black Cod-Per h., 12kc.
Salmon-Per h., 15c.
Halibut-Per h., 12hc
Black Bass-Per H., A5c.
Smelt-Per h., 12kc.
Salmon Eggs-Per string, 15c.
Trout-Per h., zoe.
Catfish-Per h., 15c
Herrings-Per h., 1ahc.
Black Bass-Per Ii. 15c.
Shad-Per h., 12hc.
Olympia Oysters-1oer qt., zoe.
Eastern Oysters-Per qt., zoe.
Eastern Oysters-A- qt. SIC.
CIams-Per qt., Csc.
Clams-Three h., a5c.
Crabs-Each, Csc.
Codfsh-2 h., Csc.
Smoked Salmon-Per H., zoe.
Smoked Halbut-Per h., zoe.
Smoked Herrir~-Each sc.
Live Stock.
Buying prices quoted as follows:
Steers--2h to INC; cows, &c; yea
100 to $50 lbs, SIC; prime wetners
sHc: prime ewes, 2Ac; lambs, per To-.
3kc; hogs, &c.
FORAGE.
Haulers are receiving the following
nrjces for loose forage:
Straw-Per load, $3.50 to $500.
Alfalfa-Per ton, $3.50 to $500.
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Timothy-Per ton, $12 to $3.50.
Wheat-Per ton, 50 to $1,000.
HIDES, PElTS, WOOL.

Buying prices are as follows:
Hides-Calf. green. sac: dry, 16hc:
steer and bull. same calf.
Pelts-Sheep. Shearlings. 60c.
Full Wool Pelts-Per h., 12hc.
Skins-Bear. $3.50 to $1,000: coyote.
60c to 75c; winter killed.
Mink-Per h., 800 to $500; coon.
26c to soc.
Beaver-Per H., $3.50 to $3.50:
muskrat, &c to Sc; badgers, 10c to soc.
Wool-Per h.. lie to 1Sc.
Horse Hair-Per To-. Ice to tic.
WOOD AND COAL.
Sawed Wood-Per cord, $3.50: aft
Wood-Pex cord. IS.
Roslyn Coal-Per ton, $3.50.
Rock Springs Coal-Per ton. So.
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EXCURSION RATES TO PULLMAN.
Via the o. r. & NJ, May nth and
18th.

The Washington State College Will
hold an inter- scholastic atnletlc meet
at Pullman on May II and IL. Round
trip tickets will be sold May 10 and IL
at $40. good to return May IL. FOR
anv additional information call on or
address,
ROBERT BURNS.
Genl. Agt., o. R. & n, II Main St.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-08
Glazing Mill Blown Up.

AENlA. O., May S.-The Miami
Powder company's glazing mill blew
up today doing many thousand dol
iars damage. The building was
wrecked
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Ransom Block
Corner First and Alder Streets.
Business Directory
SECOND FLOOR

SECOND FLOOR
F. d. MATTINSON. LOANS, INSUR-
ance. Surity Bonds, Notary Public.
Rooms 2O6-2O7. Phone Main ESQ.
HoUGHTON & READING, REAL Es.
tate. Insurance. Money Loaned.
Rooms 2oo-201. Telephone Main $40.
DIR. c. N. sUTTNER, ROOMS 212-21s,
PA. Telephone: ONCE. Main 1856;
Residence, 1856.
DIR J. F. BOYLE, ROOMS PIP. 213,
PA. Telephones: Office. Main 1856;
Residence, 1886.
THIRD FLOOR.
RAIDER & KING, ATTORNEYS AND
CounsellorA at Law. Phone TIA
Rooms 313-314-315-31e Ransom bldg.
w. B. CAssILL, DENTIST. ROOMS
310-311-s12. Office. phone Main 4S1;
Residence, Main SIS.
M. G. ROYAL, ATTORNEY AND
Counsellor Law. Room S18, Ran
som bldg.
FOURTH FLOOR.
WEATHER BUREAU, ROOM 412-413.
F. Newman, observer. Telephone
Main 514.
The Viavi system of treatment
cures in natures ewn way. Will sure
lv save YOU from the knife.
Parlors 216-17 Ransome Building.
Tel. sos.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25

the growth of plants is unknown, but very
good summary of the experiments that have
been made, which appears over the name Of
b. TOlksdorf in the illustrated Zeitung.
points out that, on the whole, it has been
shown that the yield of many plants has
been increased-on a laboratory scale-by
providing them with an artificial supply Of
electricity and water. II is probable that
the sap exchange of plants is stimulated by
electricity, and Prof LemstrOm has sue
ceeded in showing that electricity greatly
magnifies the capillary power of plants, and
probably therefore, enables them to take in
a greater food supply from the ground-to
feed themselves up in short. 1t is fairly
certain, at any rate, that electricity does
play an important part in nature in the
growth and formation OF vegetation. We
may see this by means Of another OF Lem
stroms experiments Plants were brought
into a wire cage that wholly excluded the
action Of atmospheric electricity, though 1t
admitted air and heat and light. In spite
Of all care, however, these plants died.
which appears to show that electricity Is
a necessary factor I'm the growth and ripen-
ing Of plants. In Spitzbergen and Finnish
Lapland Il Is said that the larger Yields
are always connected with the earlier APP
pearance OF the northern lights
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25

Gated by certain dsquieting observations,
and now the open trenches have established
the nature and revealed the extent of the
damage effected. The leaden tubing and
the metallic cables have suffered irremedi-
ably, and are ut emily for the waste heap.
But for the exceptional dryness of the
past summer electrolysis would have been
precipitated by humidity. and certain quar-
tiers of the city would no doubt before this
have been wholly deprived of telephone
communication. Such condition, at least,
will have been averted by these timely
discoveries. While 1t is claimed that this
lametable condition applies only 60 certain
quarters, It would appear from present
indications that the entire lines, running
from the central bureau of the Roubaix-
Tourcoing telephone system to the streets
La Sagesse and de L'Ommelet, have suf-
fered severely from elecuolysis, and the
declaration from certain sources that other
lines are unaffected should be. received with
skepticism. In any case, the two lines
in question will have to be replaced, and it
is for this reason that new cables are
now being laid. But this time, prohting
by hard experience, precautions are being
taken. The two leaden pipes containing
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25
A. L. Mohler

EIHEN A. L. Mohler returned to
w omaha from a brief outing from
his desk, spent at Portland, he
3ff brought with him occasion for
thanksgiving among the clerks OF
the Union Pacific system. He gave his APP
prevail to a proposed Increase in pay Of
these men, and It Is now I'm the hands ~
Mt Julius Krutschnltt who will promu' gate
the order During the year Mr.. Mohler
has provided Omaha with many causes for
thanks. Among these are extensive addi-
tions to the local shop plant of the COM
pauy all requiring the employment Of
more mechanics; the construction of some
very expensive track in order that the
trains of his road can get into and out
Of the city with more expedition and ease,
and the purchase of a site in the business
part of the city, 1ghereon will be erected a
huge Office building to accommodate the
Headquarters Of the system. These are
the principal things done by Mr. Mohler
from which direct benefits flow to Omaha
and its people They are cited mere to show
that it is prudence and not pessismism that
moves Mr.. Mohler in his expression con-
corning the day for returning thanks He
wrote from Portland, is response to a re-
quest, follow:
PORTLAND, Nov. 6-To the Editor OF
The Bee: I have your favor of the 31st ult
Prosperity as at present exists keeps the
wolf from many a door. The wise person
will get his house in order. as these con-
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25

new apparatus consits OF two posts which,
are placed in his premises. Each post con-
sists of a telephone, battery, q special
form Of induction coil and frame which
is formed Of a series of insulated wires. one
post is placed in the garden and a second
one in room in the building some distance
or about 100 feet, and several walls, Doors
and windows come between the posts. Con-
versation can be carried on easily and the
sound is clear. The inventor started five
years ago to work on the question. At the
chateau of Marchais belonging to the
prince Of Monaco, he made experiments us
ing the earth as a conductor, and these
were successful at distance Of two miles.
One year afterward he was able to COM
municate between Toulon and Ajacelo i'm
Corsica, over the seat at 1870 miles distance,
using the sea as a conductor for the waves.
These experiments were kept secret. how
ever As toe new apparatus works without
the use Of ground the results are more im-
portant. He expects 10 increase the dis
lance Indefinitely by giving more power to
the apparatus which is only I'm it's first
stages. Submarine boats might use tha
system to good advantage.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25
Frank w. Judson

GYTI AM thankful, Of course. for many
personal matters pertaining. to my
49, family and self but [ suppose
l1t9S9 you wish me to state what
think the citizens Of the city
should he thankful for.
We should be thankful that our country
generally Is prosperous that we continue
to occupy the same high position morally
and intellectually among other countries
OF tho world That we have reached that
stage Of development where wars and vio-
fence are deemed unnecessary to settle dis
putes with other nations. hope it means
everlasting peace with all nations.
We should be thankful that we have men
among us In high positions with influence.
who have during the past year conducted
investigation and instituted reforms that
viii be an everlasting benefit to this ma
ton and its peoples. Tine people OF Omaha
should be thankful that our city has been
so prosperous and that the people generally
are beginning to appreciate that this city
Is one Of the great commercial ceuters Of
this country with a still greater future be-
fore Il. That our religious societies.
churches schools and colleges are prosper
aus. which means a greater good being
accomplished by each.
IhhJ every aDleDOuleu person looking Tor
work in our city has found It at good
wages aud that there is less poverty in
our city than ever in its history.
That our merchants and citizens generally
are pulling together to assist each other
in business and thus benefit the city gener-
ally; that our wholesale merchants are
buying much that is now being manufac-
tured here; that the retail merchants find
they can purchase their supplies to adj
vantage from our wholesale merchants, and
our citizens generally find our retail estab-
nshments in position to supply them with
any article at prices as low as they can
buy at anywhere
That our banks are growing rapidly,
building activity remarkable and increasing
daily; that new Industries are daily making
inquiries regarding Omaha and arranging
to locate here; that our good hotel has
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25
EIectraIrsis i'm France.

Consul Chapman Coleman, writing from
Roubaix, says that important works of
excavation just begun in the busiest part
of that city have attracted much public
attention. He writes: Two years ago the
French state administration of the post
office and telegraphs caused extensive eX-
cavations, attended with great disturbance
Of traffic In important thorOughfares, 10 be
made in the streets Of ROubaiX, with
view TO the replacement of its then exist
ing aerial by "a subterranean telephone
system. The result OF this labor, 1t now
appears is the unpleasing prospect of the
work having to be done all over again
At the bottom OF the deep trenches which
have now been eXcavated in order to as
certain the nature of the disturbance in
telephone communication recently OBJ
served, the discovery has been made that
the two long lines OF leaden piping, buried
there In the confident expectation that
for the next fifty years or more there
would be no need OF renewal, have, as
affirmed by scientists, become prac-
ticaIly unserviceable. The disillusion APP
pears co be complete. The reckoning had
been made without consideration OF what
pernicious vagrant electric currents might
accomplish. These, IL seems, descending
from the tFolleys OF the tramways to the
rails were. by q process OF inhltTation Of
the soil beneath, gradually exercising an
Injurious effect through the mysterious
operation Of electrolysis upon the conduits
for water and gas. 1t further appeared
that the neighboring telephone cables Of
"a strands. inclosed IN leaden tubes. were,
in their turn. being destroyed by these
vagrant currents. This process Of destruc-
top Rsd for some Hms EAST hssR md
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25
w. R. Mellor

This season Of the year naturally
brings to our minds the question,
What has the agriculturist to
MNINI be thankful for?" This favorable
- season has followed i'm the wake
OF a series of the most prosperous year
known in the history Of agriculture, and
the constant recurrence Of certain similar
conditions serves but to blunt appreciation
Of our extreme good fortune II the agri-
culturlst contemplates the conditions con-
fronting him ten years ago with those OF
today he must necessarily draw a compare
son which is wonderful I'm its nature.
My agriculturist friend, have you a better
home now than ten years ago? Has your
land increased in value? Have you more inn
provements. so as to more successfully
care for and carry on your vocation? Have
you greater returns from your crop? Have
you more and added excellence I'm your
stock? Have you better machinery? Do
you have better church and school advan-
tages? More congenial and prosperous
neighbors? Do you have more social ad-
vantages? Have you better roads to town?
An indefinite continuation or questions
might be propounded but they are I'M
necessary when addressed to the best and
brightest agricuturists to be found in the
known world today for we are confident
that those who read this article are well
up in the advance guard Of that particular
class Of people. Then why not give a por-
ton or your time and abundance to those
Of your ueighborhood less fortunate, or to
meritorious organizations for the benefit OF
mankind In your community, thus showing
your thankfulness for the long continued
blessings administered by the guiding hand
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25

Commenting upon w. II. Hillman's arti-
Gle in Casters Magazine for November
on electricity in the Home" the Elec-
trical Review seems impressed with Mr..
Hillman's contention that, on account of
their high efficiency, electric appliances in
domestic service are really cheap and
economical. Mr.. Hillman's home in
Schenectady, N. Y. Is fitted with a COM
plete electrical cooking and baking cabi-
net afrording economy of space, since 1t
takes the place of range, kitchen table
and cupboard; a sewing room electric
motor, a motOr-driven washing machine
and wrlnger, luminous electric radiators,
electrical fiatirons, doorbell and cigar
lighters and a very complete lighting sys-
TEN. His average monthly bill for the
past twenty-four months was $3.50, at q
price of cents klowatt hour, with a
family OF five.
Electricity, per unit Of heat costs more
than gas. Mr.. Hillman lays stress on two
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25
John Polian

T THIS Thanksgiving time labor,
IN and organized labor in particular,
4 ~ has a number Of things for which
SS3 It may feel thankful The last
49, year has provided an abundance
of employment for almost all classes
Of labor, and in many cases the
organized workers have bettered their CON
dtion by the shortening Of their hours OF
labor and by increases i'm their wage scales
The year has seen few instances of in
dustrial strife that of the printers for an
eight-hour day being probably the most
noteworthy and the most stubbornly con-
tested, and that struggle has resulted in
securing to practically all the members of
that craft the shorter worSdav, and will
doubtless lead TO other crafts in the print
ing trade gaining the same. Increases in
the pay of a large number of employees in
the railway service have either been re-
Gently granted or are provided for the i'm
mediate future.
The sentiment against the employment of
child labor, an evil which organized labor
has long protested against has grown rap
idly during the last year and promises to
result in legislation which will put a stop
to this form of abuse Label agitation is
another question which has probably re-
ceived more attention than ever before.
More study and thought are being given to
economic questions by the workers, and
"a campaign of education is being carried
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25

about the sanity of marriage, are per-
mtted to remain married, provided they
do not discourage the divorce industry
by giving too much publicity to their
condition of marital happiness, and re-
pose.
That only few of the fair and accom-
plshed women of our land-brightest and
best of the world-have parents rich
enough and foolish enough TO conspire for
marrying their daughters to the titled
degenerates, and roues of Europe.
That The Omaha Bee continues to main
tain the high standard set for it by its
wise, forceful, public-spirited founder.
Lastly, that the space limit set for
these thanks has been reached.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25

been started and that there is prospect Of
another one soon.
That great railroad has recognized our
Importance (Which they helped establish)
and are now erecting a permanent home
here. Perhaps others will follow. There
are many many things we should be
thankful for Suggest that we all take a
day Thanksgiving off, think over what we
should be thankful for, then get busy and
help do something next year that we will
be thankful for a year from now
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25

day specially appointed therefor,
~ we may note these few:
~ That the people of the United
States are still enjoying their super
abundant bounties in the best country on
the planet.
That a high degree Of national pros
perity has been attained for the sole
reason, as disclosed in the late campaign,
that the republicans in power "did
things" although, as we have learned,
they were shown by the democrats how
to do them.
That Nature, from it's exhaustless store
Of the precious metals. is yielding it's
treasure to make a debased standard of
money impossible in the future.
That only one Hearst appeared in the
political field this year, and the people
of the Empire State were onto their
job"
That the Russell Sage millions, through
a woman's philanthropy, are soon to be
put to a better use than merely being
counted.
That railroads are still allowed TO spend
their tens of millions in laying tracks,
leveling grades. and boring tunnels, so
that the waste places of the continent
may become wealth-producing, and tax
paying regions, before being called down
for giving rebates, or free passes,
That it is not yet criminal offense,
although highly injudicious, for an in
dvidual by skill, or luck, to get more
than an average of the good things Of this
world provided everybody else has
square deal" in the struggle; and that
even small corporation, under eXcep-
tional circumstances, may be permitted
to make money enough on its business
for a moderate dividend to IT'S stock
holders. r--...-
That the engineer and firemen are still
allowed to ride free on their own locomo-
tives; and even a lone pedestrian is not
forbidden to walk on the ties, If he has
no money to pay his fare.
That people who retain old-time notions
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25
Current Events in the Field of Electricity

points in urging the use of the former
fuel-economy In operation and economy
by having combinations of many devices.
The electric egg steamer is used also In
cooking potatoes and cereals and in heat
ing a baby's food. 1t produces steam in
forty-lve seconds, and in three minutes
more the eggs are boiled and the current
shut Off. The electric broiler frying pan,
oven, grid and coffee percolater are
alike expeditions in operation. Practically
no heat is wasted, and the ultimate cost
appears to be no greater than by the old
and comparatively cumbrous methods Of
cookery,
Electric radiators save coal In the late.
chilly date Of spring and in November,
making IL unnecessary to start up the CEN
trail heating plant. The kitchen cabinet
for two persons costs about $50, and for
ive $50. The sewing motor costs $40 to
Sl2, and it's operation / cent an hour. The
cost of the other labor saving lectric de-
vices seems to be reasonable.
Electricity and Plant Life.