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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08
MEN OF MYSTERY IN TROUBLE
Neither Sorcerer Could Lift the Veil
Swung So Heavily On a Few Iron
Harness Rings.

Professor Lenox, an alleged clair
voyant, is in the county Jail today
charged with stealing three dozen
iron harness rings. The prosecuting
witness is rival prognosticator who
is named Hawthorne, a dark visaged
gentleman with a silk hat and a lisp
ing voice, who has been operating on
the streets here for several days.
1t seems the two bump artists en-
tered into partnership to run a fake
game at the fair. Part of the phara-
phernalia of this undertaking con-
sisted of some iron rings. Hawthorne
alleges he staked Lenox to the tune
of ten plunks which Lenox refuses to
pay back
Lenox rebuts vigorously, charging
MS fellow revealer of the mystic flu
ture with deep, dark fraud of various
and sundry kinds.
1t is doubtful if the case ever comes
to trial.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08
TACOMA IS NEXT MEETING PLACE
Choose Wickedest City
in State for Next SynodcaI Ses.
sion-Praise WaIla WaIIa.

Tacoma was selected by the Pres
byterians Saturday afternoon as the
meeting place for their synod next
year. Many kind things were said
about Walla Walla as a royal enter
tainer, and resolutions of thanks were
passed.
Rev. D. o. Ghormley, D. D., was
unanimously reelected for the sixth
time as synodical missionary for
Washington. 1t was voted to raise
$1,000 among the churches of the
state to secure the services Of Mr..
Higgins as a special missionary to go
among the lumbermen of the state.
Mr.. Higgins was very successful in
this line among the lumbermen of
Wisconsin.
A strong memorial was passed by
the synod to be sent to the president
and congress expressing the disap-
proval Of the members at the failure
of the government to enforce the reg
ulation that no saloons should be al
lowed for 25 years on the Nez Perez
reservation. 1t is declared there are
now 81 saloons running openly WITH
in the confines of the reservation.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08

That's a good thing Prof. Scanlon
of Pittsburg, said at the mass meet
ing yesterday: 1.-The church has no
right to be silent when human inter-
ests are at stake; no right to be neu-
trail when right and wrong are in
conflict; no right to hold aloOf when
vice and righteousness grapple for the
mastery" If some preachers would
follow that idea, instead of the ad-
vertising feature, more would be ac-
complished.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08

round trip fare of SO from Walla
Walla to Coyote and corresponding
low rates nave been made from other
points. Walla Walla sportsmen will
leave on the $50 Wallula train the
night of October 10. The party will
arrive at Coyote at lis in the morn
ing.
DIR. Blalock has arranged for two
steamers to meet the shooters at
Coyote and convey them across the
Columbia to Blalock Island where
elaborate plans for the entertainment
of the sportsmen are being made.
The hunt will be carried out on
military lines to avoid the possibility
of accidents and will continue all day.
The shooters will be conveyed back to
Coyote in time to catch the Portland
train and land the mat their homes
early the morning of the 21st.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08
How We Do It.
East OregOnian.

regular tax for the support of the
county fair, amounting to 80 of a
and $4,000 annually for the fair asso-
citation. This is the way in which
making a good fair. The people are
proud of it and are willing to pay to
maintain it. 1t is not just for one
town or community to bear the entire
burden of a fair in which "a whole
county is vitality interested.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08
NEW FOOTBALL MEN,
Whitman Secures Matthews, for Three
Years-Captain at Spokane.

Whitman football enthusiasts are
overjoyed over the registration of S
Matthews of Spokane. Matthews is
gridiron star Of the first water hav-
ing been tackle and captain of the
Spokane high school team for three
years. He now weighs pounds and
is counted on to take the place left
vacant in the Whitman line by O'Neil
the veteran guard
The arrival of john Lyman, the
fierce left end of last year has also
added another foot to the smile which
the football fan at the campus is
wearing today. John says no football
for him this year but the boys say
he will have to play.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08

Mr.. Barnhisel said truly wnen ne
asserted. 1--WE do not come mere TO
speak this afternoon because Walla
Walla is essentially a bad town. In
fact, 1 hesitate somewhat to come
from Tacoma, which has the reputa-
ton Of being tainted town, TO speak
to you of law enforcement" Walla
Walla is sure better than the
watched" town.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08
ADJUSTMENTS
The Juvenile Bostonians.

The Juvenile Bostonians made
good in cunning style at the Keylor
Grand yesterday evening in ''The Ra-
JAN of Paxala." The novelty of see
ing the little tots do the big operatic
stunts would alone be taking, but in
addition to this the small actors sang
better and danced better than many a
grown up" troupe.
Midget Mason, the finest tot of
them all made the nit of the evening
If not Of the season up to date at the
Keylor Grand.
When this little baby did her street
tough's sketch the audience could
hardly keep still a minute. Every
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08
\. ?. and 0. R. 8 n viii Cox.
meet Tracks al WaTa Wa||a
EACH WILL BEAR HALF THE EXPENSE
ENGINEERS OF RAILROADS WILL
MEET TO AGREE ON
LOCATIONS.

OLYMPIA, Oct. S.-Tne Northern
Pacific has promptly agreed to COM
ply with the recent order of the state
railroad commission directing that
connection be made between
its tracks and those of the o. r. &
N. at Council, Garfield, Pennington
and Walla Walla. Notice to this eff
feet was received by the commission
yesterday in a letter from Assistant
President c. NJ. Levy, who said In
part:
Both the Northern Pacific and
Washington & Columbia River Roads
are willing to put in the track on
nections, bearing one-half of the cost
of same. and we will have one of our
engineers meet representatives of the
o. r. & N. to agree on locations at
their convenience"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08

to man of his caliber and character
in public Office are accentuated by
his associations with Tammany and
MS obligations with ow-browed MUIR
ply and the unspeakable McCarren.
The democratic convention was fit. on
ly to nominate such a thing as Sulzer,
and if Mr.. Hearst had had ordinary
political sense, he would have let it
do that and adjourn.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08

arrived Swede, and is perhaps the
funniest of all Swede plays. 1t has re-
Gently been rewritten, and an excel
lent cast of fun makers engaged by
Mr.. Elmer Walters. All the scenic
and light effects are carried complete.
Nothing mas been left undOne we un-
derstand, and the result-Pete Peter
son is the most popular character
drama of the season.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08

grimace and every action brought
forth round after round of applause.
The midget actor was recalled again
and again. This act is worth going
to see with nothing else in the
whole performance.
Buttons" also made a decided hit
in What Would We Do If the VIM
graceful and easy acting throughout.
The chorus was very good, consid-
ering the youth of the performers.
The Juvenile Bostonians will appear
again tonight at the Keylor Grand.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08
PLAN FOR BIG RABBIT SHOOT
Special Excursion Rates Are Made 70,
Sportsmen Attending the Grand
Hunt on BIa!ock Island.

DIR. n. G. Blalock is planning to en-
terrain fully ESQ sportsmen during the
big rabbit shoot to be held at Blalock
Island on October 20. According to
0. r. & N. officials numerous sports
men from Spokane, Portland and
many smaller towns on the line of the
o. r. & N. are making arrangements
to attend the shoot.
The O. r. & N. has made a
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08
Doesn't Pay to Be a Beat.
Marquette, Kan, Tribune

NH QUetCe, Nd1I., ITIUUIIc.
Don't sneak in at ball game. Up
at Salina last week a fellow borrowed
a boat, crossed the river, got his feet
wet and muddy, climbed the bank,
tore IS pair Of pants on the under
brush, got poison ivy all over his
face, slipped up to the game in the
park from the rear-all this, but to
find out that no admission was charg-
ed to the game!
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08
(Pendleton East Oregonian.)

Ninety-five years ago this fall an6
winter, from October to December
1911, two pioneers of the northwest
John Day and Ramsey Crooks, mem.
bers of the overland party sent on,
by John Jacob Astor, perhaps suf-
fered more horrible experiences and
endured greater hardships in the
present counties of Umatilla, Morrow
Gillian and Wasco than any other
humans ever endured in the state OF
Oregon.
Bancroft in writing of the expert
ences of these men among the hostile
Indians of the Columbia, says: "Well
was it for them, as in many of the
dispensations of providence, that they
knew not what awful fate awaited
them in the wild region
John Day and Ramsey Crooks. an
uncle Of William Crooks of the o. r.
& N. in Portland, were members of
the Astor party sent out from st.
Louis in 1911 and when they reached
the Shoshone Indian reservation In
september, 1911, became sick and
were unable to travel with the party
across the Idaho deserts in the rough
weather.
However, after gaining strength
and becoming able to travel, the dar-
ing adventures started on westward
alone, to follow the trail of their party
toward the mouth of the Columbia
river, where they were to found the
new fort, Astoria.
Soon the snow covered the trail
their food was exhausted, in all the
interior of Idaho they found no
friendly Indians and were compelled
to wander for days snow blinded,
almost naked, hungry and thirsty, in
search of a coyote which they might
catch and eat, to allay their gnawing
hunger.
The snow on the Blue mountains
was waist deep and they were forced
to break trails through the heavy
timber, wade partly frozen straems,
eat soft bark and willow twigs and
sleep in the snow at night.
1t was terrible winter on the Blue
mountains, ACCORDING to the Hudson
Bay chronicles, and the two men were
for weeks in the binding storms be-
fore they finally reached the Walla
Walla Indians on the present Umatila
reservation. Here they were treated
royalty by the Walla Wallas, who fed
them, clothed them, furnished them
with robes and food for their journey
and sent them on down the Columbia
river in late November
However, their sufferings in the
Blue mountains were mild compared
to those they endured after leaving
the Walla Walla Indians. Somewhere
near where Irrigon is now located. a.
few miles below the mouth of the
Umatilla river Day and Crooks emit
hostile band of the Wa-how-pam
tribe, then one of the strong tribes Of
the Columbia river. The Wo-how-
pans at once seized the explorers,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08

Theatergoers' attention is called to
Pete Peterson a Swedish comedy dra-
ma that will have its initial produce
ton at the Keylor Grand, October 8.
The play bids fair to become popular
with all classes, as it contains no hard
or suggestive lines, but tells of the
comfcal things, which befell a newly
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08
SUFFER|NGS OF EXPLORERS IN
OMAT|LA COUNTY IN l8l

stripped them naked, took their arms
ammunition, robes, horses and all
their belongings from them. and after
whipping them with deer hide thongs
on their bare flesh, turned then,
adrift on the banks Of the Columhi,
river in the dead Of winter, 800 miles
from their party which had reached
Astoria long before.
Then for two months these two
hardy men withstood the rlgors o.
winter, stark naked, without food
guns or fire. 1t is recorded that in
order to keep from freezing to death
in the wintry storms they were forced
at times to wade into the wafer q,
the Columbia and remain for hours i,
the stream, the freezing water being
warmer to their naked bodies than tho
freezing air outside.
Two or three times they started
back toward the friendly Walla Wall,
Indians for new supply of cotn,n,
and provisions, but they were driven
back by the hostile Wo-how-pams ana
forced to wander on down the Colmp-
bia over what Is now the northern,
part Of Morrow, Gillian and Wasco
counties. hoping to meet a friendIv
boat on the river.
In wandering naked along the CO.
lumbia river in dead of winter thew
were forced to eat toads, mice. peri.
wrinkles from the rocks and any other
substance which offered the least mn.
triton. regardless of its objectionable
taste or appearance.
AT the mouth of the river which
was afterward named the John Dav
they found a number of ducks in N.
stream, and by much strategy. suc-
ceeded in killing several with clubs
and these ducks, eaten raw without
salt. was one Of the only Square
meals" they enjoyed during the win.
ter.
Finally, after almost unbearable
sufferings and privations they were
rescued by a number of their own
party who had remained on the upper
Snake river and who were going
down the Columbia river by boat to
join the main party at Astoria.
Day and Crooks were supplied with
clothing and were carried to Astoria,
where they regained their strength
and assisted in establishing the ia
nous Astor settlement at the mouth
of the Columbia river.
Next spring, in May, 1872. John
Day was one of the party sent east
ward by Hunt, captain of the Astor
party, but on reaching the region of
the Walla Walla river he became in
sane. He was sent back to Astoria.
by a crew of friendly Indians, and
after a few weeks of violent raving
the hardy adventurer died and was
buried at old Fort Astoria.
John Day river was afterward nam.
ed for him.
BY such bitter experiences and such
heroism is the history of old Oregon
made sacred to her children-Bert
Huffman.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08

Notice is hereby given that Judge
Thomas H. Brents, having disposed
of his daily interest in the breaking of
records at the fair grounds. is ready
to resume business at the old stand.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08
EDITORIAL Sartorial Town. Builders.
Wallowa Chieftain.

This town is in need of a good
looking for a good location in a town
that is far ahead of many larger, where
the people are prosperous and willing
to aid a newcomer, send him to us,
and thus you shall have performed a
worthy act both for us and for the
other fellow. The proprietors Of this
paper will pledge themselves to take
week about having a pair of pants
pressed and pay the cash too, as an
inducement to securing a tailor in our
midst.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08

1t is just possible some of those
councilmen will read the resolutions
adopted at the citizens mass meet
ing yesterday and discover the hand
writing on the wall.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08

The only satisfaction we got out Of
splitting the wood this morning was
the fact that a whole lot of North
western company people didn't have
the wood to split.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08

Wouldn't it be a good thing to ask
the Evening Bunc" to ask its candf-
date, Otto Rupp, to ask Otto's law
partner to write an editorial an
nouncing how Otto stands on the
question of enforcing the saloon laws.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08

Tomorrow night Mr.. Klrkman and
Mr.. Durham will perform the great
political feat of being caught between
the two grindstones. Well wager the
eel-like Willy Bill" slides out and
leaves the Durham portliness to be
''squashed' into a 'slushy mess
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08

Those Whitman "sophs' make a
shining example for some Walla
Walla merchants Their belief in ad-
vertising is successfully demonstrated
every time they make good move.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08

Keylor Grand business these days,
with good shows, is weaving the
brigandish hair into the cracks of the
little smiles on Manager CatrOn's
countenance. The only Thorn in his
side will be Dora next Saturday
and Sunday
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08

where he will marry and kiss the
brides divorce the husband, or the
wife, or tell a funny story Wnen
courts over. For inside rates see
C,ork Dorsev Hill Advt. If.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08

With a saloon ordinance throwing
down the bars altogether, those
back of the measure have made 1T a
showdown" for an open town. And
the hosts are rallying for a stiff fight.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08

Was it real diplomacy-that para
graph in the mass meeting resolutions
expressing confidence in the mayor
and the councilmen?
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08

The councilmen who have the te-
merity to vote for the proposed Sa-
loon ordinance must either be depend
ing on retiring from office, or believe
they have enough saloon votes for re-
election. They'll get no others.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08
Another Palma in the Fray,
New York Herald.

Thosas Estrada Palma, jr., son Of
the President of Cuba and a student
in the College of Applied Science at
Syracuse university, has Joined the
army of the Island Republic He is
% years of age. His sister has be-
come an army nurse.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08

comment from the press and the name
Jane Corcoran is synonym for .par
excellence" in the theatrical world.
Therefore when we state that Jane
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08

No, gentle reader, that isn't an ar
tesian we'll Manager George Refer Is
boring. He is merely preparing to
send Betz beer to China on Sundays.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08

There are several councilmen who
might be described as sitting on the
lid" But it is a lid covering sew
eral chunks of political dynamite.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08

A small investment of $50. will
secure a 100000 lot in East WaIla
Walla and may mean double the
money in a couple of years.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08

Coming from wicked Tacoma to ad'
vocate enforcement of the law in Wal
la Walla was just little strong
but Moderator BarnhlSel apOlOglzed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08

The fair is over, the gueSts-or
most of them-have gone, but Walla
Walla hasn't any headache. The last
day was Sunday.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08

The next mass meeting will PROB
ably be called for the purpose OF de-
manding an investigation, or a grand
jury.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08
Tangled Web.
Detroit News.

DETROIT NEWS.
Receiver Earle is not yet convinced
that all the forgeries in the Real Es-
tate Trust company failure are genu-
inc,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08
What Is He For?

Philadelphia North American
Cleveland dispatches say that John
D. Rockefeller is an expert in baby
talk.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08

Minneapolis Tribune.
What has Hearst done for labOr?"
asks an excited New York paper. Why
he has just perspired with sympathy
for the downtrodden for at least eight
years.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08
A Broken Petition.
Chicago News.

Mama" queried 4-year- old Bobby,
chow does a deaf and dumb boy say
his prayers when he's got sore fin
ger?"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08
Hard Slap.

TIARA SIdP.
Philadelphia Press.
Every well, sir" cried DR.. Kwack,
after mis- quarrel with the undertaken,
I'll make you sorry for this"
What are you going to do?" sneered
the undertaken, retire from practice?"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08

Most sensational event Of the sea-
SON, October 18th and 18th.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08
Press Comments
Lie Nailed.
Boston Globe.

There is no truth in the rumor that
to Havana from Key West.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08
"Cinch" on One Newspaper.

st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Colonel Bryan is fortunate in being
speeches can be interpreted, elaborat-
ed and made plain to the editor.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08
Nobody in Texas.
Galveston News.

Whisky is poison to the boil weevil,
to buy drinks for a boil weevil?
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08

How would you like to be the gas
mans keeper?
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08

Will Call Him ledge Next.
Houston Post.
Now that Winston Churchill has
run for an office, the Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal calls him Colonel" Win
ston Churchill.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08

Her leading support will be James NJ
Brophy, who is we'll known as an
actor Of cleverness and experience.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08

Walla Walla for business. East Wal
la Walla to reside.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08

Entered at the Postofhce OF Wa"a
WaIIa, Washington, as Second e'ass
Matter.
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r. c. MACLEOD, Advertising Mgr"
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INronnArIoN wANTEn.

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