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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-20
THE PIONEER FURNITURE co.
General House Furnshers, undertaking.
and EmbaImnig-W. J. Earnest
and m. w. Smith, Proprietors,
Waitsburg, Wash.

This old pioneer house is without
a competitor in the three lines of
Furniture, Carpets, and Undertakers
Goods, and in its fourth line of Crock
cry, China and Glassware has one of
the largest stocks of goods in Waits
burg.
In Furniture the stock carried is ex-
ceptional both in quality and in styles
Goods are bought by the carload di
rectly from the factory. Haywood
Brothers and Wakefield Co.'S goods,
Webster chairs, and Rockford high
class case goods, predominant.
Cashets. plush-covered Burial Cases,
Metallic Caskets, finely finished and
trimmed Collins, collins of palmer
quality, and everything necessary to
complete the equipment of first-class
undertaking establishment
This old Pioneer Furniture House
was established in the sixties. 1t has
undergone many changes and may at
times have fallen behind in the race
but it thoroughly up to date under its
present ownership and management
and Messrs. Earnest and Smith are to
be congratulated in having a business,
which, in its several lines, and all its
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-20
his store as any adult man Or woman,
with all their faculties in perfection.

his store as any adult man Or woman,
with all their faculties in perfection.
Each and every reader of this sketch
knows the economy of buying at a
general merchandise store, rather than
the store carrying a single line of
goods. There are cogent reasons for
this, and the writer thinks one of the
best is found in an old trade adage
that says: Goods well bought, are
half Sold"
The general merchant is big buyer
and can therefore get discounts on
bills that the small buyer is not al
lowed by his jobber. Then, too, his
expenses are less in proportion to the
amount of goods sold, than the mer-
chant carrying a single line. Because
cheaper, and the people get the
benefit.
1t would take more than the space
accorded to this sketch to enumerate
a.. the variety of goods carried in
stock by the general merchandise
store; but we may make mention of
the fact that the large and well-assort-
ed stock carried by S. F. Patton is
very complete in everything pertain
ing to General Dry Goods, Clothing,
Shoes, Hats and Caps, Notions, and a
very complete line of Staple and
Fancy Groceries.
Waitsburg merchants are most for
tunate in being able to extend the &C
commodatlon of credits to their pat
rons. This is owing to the fact that
ability to meet store debts obtains
among the people, almost without ex-
ception. When a merchant sells he
knows he will get his pay at the time
promised This fact makes for cheap
ness to the buyers as well, and it is a
fact proven by actual test, that goods
can be bought on credit in the small
err towns, where rents are low, cheaper
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-20
MORROW G. SONS DEPARTMENT
STORE
Waitsburg, Wash.

The first department store of the
world grew out of what is known as
the Rochdale movement in England,
which was a cooperative enterprise.
entitled Cooperation in Trade" in
the Christian Register, says: "One of
our wisest observers says that the
Rochdale movement in England really
proved the value of a store in which
they sell everything. as greater than
the value of forty different stores,
where they sell forty different things"
If this is so, the large general stores
of the Walla Walla towns are beyond
question the best stores for the people,
for such stores are department stores
in only less degree Of magnitude, than
the great department stores of large
cities.
The Morrow store had its begin
ming twenty years ago in a small gen.
eral store established by John H.
Morrow. The store of today occu-
pies one of the largest salesrooms in
Walla Walla County. 1T may be also
said that in fittings and modern con-
veniences this store IS fully abreast
of the best in Walla Walla.
The stock carried by Morrow & Son,
is one of the largest in the Walla
Walla country, and besides embracing
everything to eat and to wear, in
cludes many of the everyday neces
sites of the house and the farm.
Time was, in the Pacific Northwest,
when a mercantile house to make a
business success needed only a CAPT
tai or a credit sufficient to secure a
stock of goods to sell at enormous
profits; but in recent years competi-
ton has been sharp, and the house
that makes a signal success today
must sell upon a small margin of
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-20

ed to the nations call and went with
his regiment, the First Washington u.
S. Volunteers, to the Philippines. The
enlistment was for two years. In that
time Lieutenant Caldwell was in nine
battles and several skirmishes. And
it is worthy of mention that son OF
his, just past twenty, was soldier IN
the same regiment and company.
The was over, his term of enlistment
expired, Lieutenant Caldwell received
lie thanks of his superiOrs, together
W an honorable discharge, and re-
turned to his family and the duties OF
private citizenship. Soon after his
home coming in recognition of his past
services and ability, he was elected
first lieutenant of Company l, Second
..egiment of the Washington National
Guards. He has also served as county
commissioner of Walla Walla county,
and has been two or three terms elect
ed to the city council.
Mayor Caldwells popularity is due
alike to his open, genial manner and
to his uprightness of character.
His distinguishing characteristic IS
love for the unique. If one enters his
place of business he is more likely to
be shown some rare old coin dug from
the ruins of buried city, or bit of
native Philippine jewelry, neither OF
which is for sale, than he is to be
shown an article of merchandise.
Business, with Mayor Caldwell, is a
matter of duty, to make collections of
the rare, unique and beautiful, and to
enjoy them with his friends, is his
pleasure.
He has one of the finest coin cOllec-
tons in the state, and his curios of
great variety and considerable value,
collected during his service in the
Philippines, and his home trip through
the Orient, with which he entertains
his many friends.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-20
ON THE o. r. e. N. RAILWAY.
FIRST PEEP OF THE
COLUMBIA.

A forty-mile spin, through Barnhart,
Yoakum, Nolin, Echo and Hermiston,
passing large irrigation projects, and
the train reaches Umatilla, where the
first peep of the historic and peerless
Columbia River is obtained. To Cap
tain Robert Gray, in the American
ship columbia of Boston, belongs
the honor of first sailing the river
which bears the name of his vessel.
The "COlumbia" and it's sister ship. the
Washington" were sent out from
Boston in 1887 on a fur-trading expedi-
ton to the North Pacific Coast. In
May, 1892, when opposite the point
now known as Fort Stevens, noticing
that an immense body of water poured
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-20
S. F. PATTON.
The One Price Merchant, Waitsburg,
Washington.

The general merchandise store is
prominently the peoples store. 1t
has been so from PIONEER days. With
the exception OF a great increase in
variety of goods, there has been but
one important change in the manner
of conducting the general merchandise
store since the days when it's home
was log building at a crossroads
That change has been in the interest
of fair and square dealing with pat
rons. In the old days prices were in
dictated by private mark from which
the salesman might vary according as
circumstances might seem to demand,
in making SALE Now all goods are
plainly marked, and one price to all
is the rule. True, the rule may not
be followed to the letter by every
general merchandise mouse, but the
system is becoming so generally ap-
proved by the people that in the near
future any merchant who marks his
goods blindly, or varies from the
strictly one price in selling, will be a
marked man to be stunned by all
careful buyers. 1t is gratifying to be
able to state in this connection that
S. F. Patton is emphatically a one
price merchant, and a child, or blind
person can buy goods as cheaply at
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-20

Ian the same goods can be bought for
cash, in a city where high rents must
be paid.
When it is realized that Waitsburg
merchants divide the trade territory
between here and Dixie, Prescott, and
Dayton, and draw from all the terri
tory between here and the mountains,
Inc large and increasing business done
by "aitsburg merchants is easily &C
counted for.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-20

with business houses of similar lines
in cities many times the size of Waits
burg.
NJ. w. Smith has owned an interest
in the business for the past three
years. w. ]. Earnest purchased an
interest two years ago and ne present
firm was formed at that time.
May the firm live long and prosper
as a fitting reward for fair and hon
orable dealing with the public.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-20
Major Bartlett $4,000 Short.

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 11.-l'
jOr George Ansel Bartlett, aseu
years, disbursing officer for the treas
ury department recently deceased -
found to have been short s25,ooo' lo'
teen thousand dollars being due 10 '-O
defalcation of James Boyd, now oein7
prosecuted. Bartlett's bonding
pany is held for nineteen THOUSAND
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-20

forty-five miles to Condor, the corrtr
seat of Gillian County. Biggs tba
junction point between TIE Oregon
Railroad & Navigation Companv on,
the Columbia Southern Railway :.
the gateway to the large irrigation
sections of Crook County, water for
which purposes is furnished lv tbo
Deschutes River, which emptfas into
the Columbia just west of the own %
Biggs.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-20

from the land into the ocean, Captain
Gray determined to investigate, re-
sulting in the discovery of the great
stream. Captain Cook, on his exploI-
ing expedition of 177S, failed to notice
the entrance, and the ships of Van
couver, which had passed up the
coast few weeks previously, learned
first of the great river from Captain
Gray, whose vessel they fell in with at
sea. Soon afterwards explorers sailed
up the river for considerable distance
and penetrated far into the interior.
For nearly three hundred miles or
more the Columbia forms the bound
airy between Oregon and Washington,
and for the greater part of this dis
lance the scenery is indispensable.
He who travels along or sails upon
this matchless river for the first time
is overwhelmed.
Mount Hood Is Seen
From Umatilla, one arm of the Ore
gon Railroad & Navigation Company
extends northeast 246 miles to Spo-
kane, with a population of 1854, the
metropolis and commercial center OF
the great interior Columbia River
basin. Directly west of the town of
Umatilla the line crosses the Umatilla
River, where it empties into the Co
lumbia, and passes through Irrigon,
the center of a large irrigation enter
prise, thence through other rich grain,
fruit and wool growing regions, the
tourist obtaining his first glimpse of
Mount Hood as the train sweeps
around the curves of the Columbia's
bank
At Heppner Junction, branch of
the Oregon Railroad & Navigation
Company extends southeast forty-five
miles through productive section to
Heppner, having a population of 400
and the county seat of Morrow County
which annually produces 100000
bushels of wheat. From Arlington, a
branch of the same line extends south
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-12-22
Cold Weather Fires.

Las, Saturday night the fire
alarm called he iiremtn ont to
action. The trouble had its origin
in district 81, in n cabin, which
was practically destroyed before
the alarm was turned in
Monday forenoon q chimney
fire caused an alarm to he sent in
The trouble WAS in the vicinity Of
Charles street, below Bank avenue.
Wednesday forenoon u cottage
on Jefferson street, between Wash.
ington and st. Peters streets was
discovered aiire The inmates,
colored people, had locked up tue
house and gone off When the
doors were forced a bed was found
burning. The blaZa was extln
guishcd without tuning on tue
waterwOrks.
Thursday forenoon cabin, back
of Mr.. a. u. st Martins store,
on upper st. Peters street, vas
destroyed.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-12-22
SlmpllRed Spelling

The life Of simplified spelling
which has been short and stormy
has closed ut last. The eulogies
have all been spoken and the f..
nal words pronounced 10y the
President himself. The House
Of Representatives, has adopted a
resolution calling on The Public
Printer to go back to the old
style and the President has &C
knOwlcdged that he tackled too
Mg a proposition. A little thing
like digging the Canal he has
SAID he could and would do but
simplified spelling was too much
for him. The Government printers
who had just begun to get the
hang of the new spelling are now
compelled to 20 back to the old
Forms and it would not be strange
IL a pi or two did not result from
the distraction Of the type set
tiers and m0nOtype operators.
The President has said lie will
use the simplifled method in his
private correspondence but he
will not afflict the eyes Of Con
gress with 1t IN his messages to
that body.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-12-22
CABBAGE CULTURE
Mr.. A. II. TrOtter Presents
Evidence Of his Skill as
Il Horticultural.
Splendid Specimens from His
Gardens.

Mr.. Albert II. Trottcr present
ed IN this week with another evi
dence of his skill and success as
A market gardener in the shape Of
a cabbage, measuring 81 inches
in circumference and weighing 81
pounds. We kept it on exhibition
for several days and il waS much
admired by scores of people. Such
products AZ the cauliilower from
the same garden, which We men
toned some two weeks ago, aud
this cabbage, if put in quantities
upon Kansas City, st. Louis, or
Chicago markets would do lnuch
towards making this section ia
nous. II IL" Plauurmine Locks
could ever be opened and the Bay
on Tcche Grand Lake canal cut
the grower could get u water rate
that would make the st. LOUIS
market accessible to tho needs ut
the truck farmer Of the Teche val.
ley and would do much toward dc
veloping the possibilities of true
farming throughout this section.
Mr.. Trotter says 5000 cabbaget
may be grown to the acre. With
such u specimen az the one We
have on exhibition u possibility,
there is apparently no reason why
that 5000 head of cabbages should
not net the grower DC each above
all cost OF shipping. This would
give the grower $3.50 per acre.
With every other crop failure
this result would be more inviting
to the small planter than the
growing of cane.
Cabbage and caulitlowcr are
not the only vegetables that might
be protitably grown in this part
Of the world The soil is well
adapted, under intelligent hand
ting, to a great variety of des'ra-
ble kinds and IN many instances
two crops can he matured on the
same plot IN one year.
AS we see il there is hut one
thing needful to make this section
rich and famous as Il vegetable
garden,-that is a freight rate to
northern markets low enough to
allow the farmer a margin Of pro
tit for his labor and commensurate
with his risk.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-12-22
A ONE AND five F|FT|ES
Represents the Loss OF w.
$. Cook on We'd
nesday Night.
No Clue Discovered to the Miss
ing Money.

w. $ Cook of Cook Bros, of Mem
phis, Tenn. irovc to this city on
"Wednesday ercnIng from hbbov'lIe
and put up at the Alma House. n
rivrg considerably after dark.
few minutes after arriving he decided
he wanted supper and aa the din
ing room Of the Alma was closed Mt
that hour he went down the street in
acnrch of u restaurant. II was cvi-
dent to those who met him that hc
had been drinking
After getting his refreshments he
returned ta his hotel and went to
bed. The next morning he discover
ed that his purse which contained
one 800 bill and five sos, was gone.
lie reported his loss to the police
authorities and announced his suS-
picions. but left on the noon train
for New Orleans without making
nilidavits.
lie stated to the Mayor that he
had closed a business deal ut Able
vile. and had forwarded to his tlrm
a New York Exchange from tina
place for $500. earring SO" in his
purse lie congratulated himself y
on the purchase of the Exchange
or his loss would have been much
heavier.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-12-22

The present rate il 90 for one
light; or 81 so for two lights. M.
Broussard suggested that add
tional lights above the first two,
be allowed at $l.2J each per
month Thlidea VAS opposed
by the older members OF the
board and the matter was prac
tically tabled without Il vote.
The condition of the lines were
discussed Provisions are max
ing the repair Of poles,
replacing of some, and improv-
ing OF the wiring Of the remOter
districts from the power house.
Some heavier wire will be put
up on leads now drawn heavily
upon.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-12-22
Street FAIR

New Iberia is scheduled for a
Street Fair this coming week, to
he given under the auspices of the
Knights of Maccabees. The Car
mval Co. is expected tomorrow.
The ATTRACTIONS" will he located
on the vacant lots opposite the
CITY Hal. They were not allowed
upon the streets in Difference to
the protests made by the mer-
chants Of the city.
There are many who hold the
view that street fairs should not
be allowed within the city limits
at any time more especial y dur
ing the busiest season Of the year.
Past experiences have demonstrate
ed that these entertainments are
a detlnnent to The business CT the
people who represent The cIty's
substantial commercial interest.
At best these fairs are only "catch
penny affairs, affOrding an amuse-
ment costin. IT'S patrons many
times their worth. When one
sums up the cost of visiting each
feature the dollars have gone.
Night after night the young and
thoughtless are l,red by the noise,
the lights, the DIS ard the
music 20 the scene only to part
with their treasury which, If 9th
Drwise expended, might bring more
and lasting amusement
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-12-22
CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS

The Shreveport Conference I"
the Methodist Church, Vh'c"
closed last week, announced 'he
following appointments in when
the people of this city a'e W.
terested.
Il. y. Parker, our late p'es''
ding elder, is appointed presiding
elder of the New Orleans dls''''''
+. $. Parker. formerly paS'ol
here Is returned as assistant ed''
tor on the EpworIb League
Board
Robt w. Vaughan ioi'he'"
in charge Of the WORK w."
stationed recently at "o's'-
CIV. goes to fran1lio next y'a''
j. NJ. Henry, who made "''''
friends " lille stationed lleie 'o
years ago, becomes the ''e
@ der of thls district.
A. A Bernard goes from ~
FrancisvilIe 10 Lake Ai'h"'
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-12-22
Market Values Tend Upwards

Old "uncIe iph' Wis about t"
buy a small tract of land and need
cd Il little more cash to complete the
transaction. The party to whom
he applied for this loan asked:
"Eph, don't yom think You are
paying too much for that land'
"No, Sar. You see, do Lord
done made all de- dirt he's gOin
to-but he's maxim more folks all
dc time. don't reckon dat piece
Of dirt will ever be cheaper
lie got the loan.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-12-22
A MUROEROUS ASSAULT.
Continued from page !

ant, but gave pretty clear dcscrip-
ton Of him.
Deputy Sheriff {. T.. Colgin was
given the information and before dawn
nc was on the track Of the wanted
man. Before noon on Thursday Frank
Jones, Alias Bud. was lodged in tn"
in the parish Jail to answer the charge
Of wounding Louvicr. He lived Mt
Maurilc Davii's place. in the 9TH ward.
the morning.
Louvicr was still living up to our
last information, though seriously
wounded,
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-12-22

Senator Foster, Representatives,
Broussard and Ransdell, and Mr..
MclIlenny this morning went
before the Board of River and
labor Engineers 10 argue for the
Improvement Of the Teche, above
ArnaudviIle. The project, which
has been under investigation 10y
the engineers, called for an tx
scnditurc of SllO 900, and if
carried out, would be great
benefit to commerce in Louisiana.
The engineers, however, reported
unfavorab'y IN the ground that
there was no commerce worth
mentioning. that would be benc-
fitted by the improvement, above
st. Martinville.
Senator Foster and Representa-
tive Broussard were well cquipp-
cd with hgures and fMcefel ar
gumcnts, and Mr.. Mclhenny who
ia thoroughly familiar with the
situation in the district, AZ is Mr..
Ransdell, who Is u member of
the Rivers and Halbsr's Com.
mittee, took part in the discus.
sion Mr. Broussard stated that
the commerce above st. Martin.
vile was very considerable and
justiiics the expenditure Of this
amount Of money. lie showed
that three parishes st. Mary. st
Martin and iberia, employed Cap
tain Il. 4. King to couple sta
tistics Of commerce in this section
and that he found the commerce
of 1896 was estimated in value
at $4O,O00,OO6 of which $4,000,
600 was indirectly affected 10y
the condition of the river,
The Board Of Engineers
g emed surprised at this showing
but declared that without further
authority or instructions from
the House Committee OH Rivers
IIarbors Ii could do nothing in
the premises. But under III
structions they would be pleased
to reconsider the matter and go
deeper into it. Chairman Bur
ton was consulted later and
seemed disposed to have new au-
thority given for review Of the
subject, for he is interested in
improving the Teche, as desired
if the project is feasible.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-12-22

There ia no state in the Union
that has so great q possible water
communication as Louisiana
There ~ no state in tho Union
that has received less aid from
the National Government, in pro-
portion to it's needs, for the iin-
pr0vement Of its waterways than
has Louisiana. The dawn of a
better day Is casting its rays upon
the eastern horizon. Attention is
being directed to the possibilities
Of the waterways of this state and
the people are awakening to their
real merit and worth.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-12-22

The Burdin Bros Of st. Mar
tinville, 80 we learn, have bought
the sawmill plant erected by Mr..
J. q. Landes, of Pennsylvania, OH
Bayou Portage. We also learn
that they will probably get the
liant IN shape aud operate it.
The bayou will he cleaned out so
as to be used as q timber harbor.
This may have a further signlti
canoe. 1t may indicate well
founded hope that the Portage
will be dredged to a connection
with the Teche at an early date.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-12-22
How lDipllu herla IN Contracted

One often hears the expression,
"My child caught q severe cold
which developed into diphtheria,"
when the truth wasSthat the cold
had simply left tbe little one par
ticularly susceptible to the wander.
ing di!tt1tfia germ: When
chambe'l1iYs Cough Remedy is
given it Hdickly cures the cold
and lessons the danger Of diphthe
ria or any other germ disease be-
ing contracted. For sale by All
Druggists.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-12-22

New Iberia has an immense
natural advantage in the Bayou
Teche 1t affords an avenue for
the safe transportation Of great
amount Of produce and supplies
from and to an extensive ana rich
country. When the way to the
Mississippi river will have been
opened through tho Plaquemine
Locks then the Teche will come to
Importance Of the first magnitude
III developing the latent industrial
and commercial forces Of this sec
ton.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-12-22

The Jury Commissioners met on
Wednesday forenoon at the Court
House and drew the regular jury
venire for the approaching .'anu-
airy term Of court, which will com
mence on the 7th pr0ximO.