The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-04
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

Mary's hospital returned home on this
afternoons train.
| Jack Lambert enriched the city
| treasury to the extent of five plunks
yesterday. Paul Hocket was the VIC
| tim caught in the act of violating
the bicycle ordinance.
1t is pension day at the county clerks
Office. Lame and feeble men and wom-
en- to the number of 125 had their pre-
cious vouchers certified to by Clerk
Hill and his assistants up to the mid
die of the afternoon.
Edward Ponset of Walla Walla I'M
derwent a severe operation at ST.
Mary's hospital this morning He was
reported to be doing we'll this after
noon.
Friends of Whitman college are an
ticipating that a large audience will
,, greet Miss Mabelle Biggart who gives
a dramatization of George Eliot's
Adam Bede" at the college chapel to-
night.
About 25 friends helped Mr. and
| Mrs ]. c. Proudfoot celebrate the
| fifth wedding anniversary at their
home, 100 Pacific avenue last night.
| Music and various games, followed
a pleasant evening.
One lone drunk was the only thing
| which disturbed the quiet of the po-
| lice department last night. His name
was Jonothan Johnson and he was
unconscious of cold, wet, Jail or any
thing else until he came to, this morn
ing to find his liberty restrained.
Chief Ranger J. M. Schmitz of the
Wenaha forest reserve has received
several hundred copies of maps of tn
reserve from the forestry department
at Washington. The maps will be dis
| tributed cautiously among the sheep
and cattle men using the range within
| the reserve.
August Engle, formerly of Dayton
but now a prosperous merchant of
Grangeville is Walla Walla visitor
today. Mr.. Engle says Grangeville is
booming as a result Of the rapid work
being don on the Northern Pacific ex-
| eensiOn to that part of Idaho The
road into Grangeville will probably
be completed early next spring.
Elaborate arrangements have been
sale to be given by the Ladies Guild
of ST. Pauls church at Odd Fellows
temple tomorrow afternoon. In view
of the event the regular Wednesday
afternoon reception given by the fac
ulty of st. PauTs has been postponed
until December II.
The contract for bonding the newly
elected county officials was yesterday
awarded to ]. w. McGhee, Jr, on a
bid of $93O.05. Other bids consid-
cred by the county commissioners
were Dice & Jackson, $944.44. E. D.
Mattinson, 5000; w. L. Stirling, I1Osv;
Bauemister & Paxton, 5000; E. H.
Nixon, $1O35.
The funeral of Mrs. ]. S. Stevens,
mother of E. E. Wright, VINO died at
ST. Mary's hospital Sunday evening,
following a lingering illness, occurred
from Pickard & Hennessey's under
taking parlors at o'clock this after
noon. The services which We're large
ly attended were conducted by Rev. F.
K. Fowler, pastor of the First Bap-
list church. Interment was in the
family plot at the city cemetery.
Scheduled to deliver two addresses
before the interstate convention of
Young Mems Christion association for
Oregon and Idaho at Eugene Friday
and Saturday, President Penrose of
Whitman college will leave Thursday
for that city. He will preach at the
Congregational church at Portland
Sunday, returning to Walla Walla
Monday.
H. G. Thompson, for years with Mar
shall Field company Of Chicago, has
resigned and will locate permanently
in Walla Walla. Mr.. Thompson is as
ISOLATED with T. M. Hanger & Com
pany which win open a big department
store in the four story building now
erected by the company at the corner
of Second and Alder streets Mr..
Thompson is one of the best known
and most popular travelling salesman
in the west.
Oscar P. Waggoner and Miss Arnet
H. Gerking were married Sunday at
ternoon, by Rev. Austin Rice, of the
First Congregational church, at his
residence 24S Marcus St. A large COM
pany Of friends were present to SEQ
the ceremony, and at its close the
young couple and their friends par
took Of a delightful wedding dinner at
the Hotel Walla WaI1a Mr. and Mrs