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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-30
ABOUT wH|TsoN DECISION
ment Still Has Right to Charge
for Grazing.

WASHINGTON D. c., Nov. 30.-The
following signed statement regarding
the much talked of Judge Whitson de-
cision on the grazing land question
has been made public by the chief
forester Mr.. Pinchot ridicules the
idea that the government will be
Obliged to refund the half million dol
lars collected last year as grazing taxes
as a result of the Whitson decision.
Stockmen all over the country are in
terested in the matter. 1t is as fol-
lows:
1.-THE decision of Judge Whitson in
the case of the United States versus
Matthews, that a violation of the reg
ulations of the secretary of agricul-
ture for the protection of forest re-
serves could not be punished as a
crime. has no bearing whatever upon
the right to charge a grazing fee He
merely decided that congress could
not delegate to an administrative officer
the right to determine crime punish
able by fine and Imprisonment The re-
port that Mr. Matthews, in whose IA
yor Judge Wilson's decision was
rendered, continued to Craze his stock
upon the forest reserve Is without
foundation, as the sheep were imme-
diately removed upon notice by the
forest reserve. The circuit court Of
appeals, of which Judge Whitson is
subordinate, has decided that the reg
ulations are valid as the basis for an
Injunction to prohibit the pasturing
of live stock on forest reserve land.
Judge Wilson's court would be bound
by this decision in civil action for
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-30

In addition to becoming the most
important street in the downtown dis
trict, one portion of Alder street will
hereafter be known as Newspaper
Row." having as it will, all but one
of the newspapers and printing plants
thereon. This was settled this morn
ing when negotiations for one lease
were completed.
The deal closed was for the new
quarters of the big printing and man
ufacturing plant resulting from the
forming of a printing company which
will take over the mechanical depart
ments of The Statesman and the
Union, and in which both newspa-
pers will be set up and printed.
A long time lease has been secured
for the entire ground floor space and
basement Of the new Mottet building
just east of the Telephone building
where the big double plant will be in
stalled and where room will be given
for the business and editorial rooms
of both newspapers.
There are two large storerooms of
great depth on the ground floor These
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-30
hRRAN|NGG A. GREATRsALE.
White House is Preparing Surprise
for Crowds
TOMORROW BEGINS PIERCING ARROW"
cd
EMBLEMs IN PROPULSION IN
PRETTILY DECORATED EN-
PoRIUM TO OPEN.
TOMORROW BEG|Ns PIERCING ARROW

Busy men and busy women, hustling
decorations and a corps of display ar
lists are engaged today in the big
store of the White House preparing
for the great Piercing Arrow" sale
which begins promptly at o'clock to-
morrow. To those privileged to visit
the closed emporium today it proved
a. sight interesting in the extreme,
demonstrating the immense amount of
work necessary in arranging a sale of
the magnitude of that planned.
Every bit of the large stock of the
White House has been gone over, re-
marked to prices almost incredible In
their reductions and plainly display
Led on the emblem Of the sale, the
piercing Arrow" Down the long
aisles and in the annex, everywhere
the arrowed tickets are strung In pro-
fusion. sampling the great stock to
be disposed of. The spacious store is
prettily decorated along the walls, the
ceilings and on every available space
with the sale emblem. Arrows greet
the visitor on every hand and point
to the splendid bargains to be oner-
| ed.
The same decorative effect is being
used on the outside of the bulldins
and on the billboards scattered
throughout the city. In The Statesman
todav is a page of artistic advertising
through which every reader may be-
come posted as to the immensely OF
the sale and the dwindling OF the
prices.
The big sale begins at o'clock To-
morrow and will continue until jan
nary 1. thus affording country, as well
as city, buyers the advantage "
that for which the White House mas
been preparing for the past two
months-a sale of goods, at prices
never before met with in Walla wal
Ia
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-30
DESPERATE PISTOL DUEL
Montana Sheriff and Bad Man Only
Five Yards Apart.

MEADERVILLE, Mont, Nov. go
Standing less than five yards apart,
with only the feeble rays of street
lamp lighting the lonely stretch OF
road where they stood, Deputy Sher-
if Baldisero and Steve Zaklan fought
desperate pistol duel in which half
a dozen shots We're exchanged.
Zaklan is in a hospital in Butte with
several bullet holes in his body and
The chance of his recovery is slight
badiSero's escape from death was re-
markably close. one bullet laying open
he flesh on mis- forehead.
After he had emptied his pistol Zak-
IAN drew a knife and attempted TO
carve the officer. The deputy was
'"N'A cut ABOUT the mana, UuI sue
Ceeded in overpowering the desperado
Lakan has been playing the role OF
bad man. in this place and saloon
men have complained of his attempts
" Shoot them up. Baldisero was sent
" arrest MIN, encountering him jus'
q ne left a saloon. The officer ordered
AIN to halt, whereupon Zaklan opened
~'e and the officer returned volley fol
yolley
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-30

are divided in the front by the main
stairway leading up to the United
States court room and the federal Of
fees.
One Paper On Each Side.
On one side will be the business Of
flee and editorial rooms Of The
Statesman and on the other
will be similar offices for the Union.
Both sets of offices will be entirely
separate as if in different buildings.
To the rear, however. the immense
floor space will be thrown into one
great room in which will be the
printing plant, the bindery and job
rooms of the new printing company.
These will cut off from the newspa-
per offices also.
In this part will be located a bat
terry Of four to five big linotypes, six
or eight job presses. two of the finest
pony cylinder presses to be found in
the northwest and a large bindery
equipped from the splendid machin-
cry now owned by The Statesman, al
so purchased by the new company.
In the basement will be the big
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-30
More than 1000 thankful Walla Wal

More than 1000 thankful Walla Wal
lans attended the Thanksgiving day
services of the Protestant churches of
the city held in Central Christian
church yesterday morning.
The music was very beautiful being
rendered by a special choir of 26
voices trained by Professor Jackson
of Whitman conservatory of music.
The services were presided over by
Rev. Morton Gregory of the Chris
tian church, Rev. ]. c. Reid Of tho
Presbyterian, Rev. r. J. Reid Of TINS
Wilbur memorial, Rev. James H. Bea-
ven of Park street Baptist, Rev w. E.
Thompson of the First Methodist and
Rev. Frederick H. Fowler of the
First Baptist all of whom sat on the
rostrum.
A liberal Offering was contributed
by the hundreds present which will be
used in accordance with the usual GUS
tom under the direction of the Walla
Walla Ministerial Union for the relief
of cases Of want and for the extension
of good morals in such ways as may
seem to be the best by the union.
ForcefuI Sermon.
But the thing about the services
that those who were there carried
away with them to think over for
many months was the grand sermon
given by DR.. Stephen B. L. Penrose.
Whitman's great president always has
a great message when he breaches to
the people of Walla Walla. He is al
ways forceful, always eloquent, al
ways optimistic but it seemed yester-
day as if he was more forceful, more
eloquent and more optimistic than
ever before.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-30

The sermon was a masterpiece and
undoubtedly one of the greatest
preached in the United States yester-
day. A typical optimist in his every
action and every mental process
President Penrose's sermon yesterday
breathed a spirit of thankfulness for
things that We're and of hope for
things that were to be from every
sentence and every word
Material Blessings Not All.
That it was not the material bless
ing of the day, "Our sleek prosperity"
that was the greatest cause for thank
fulness but the advancing of the spirit
of brotherhood of man and the coming
of the kingdom Of God in the world
was the keynote of the wonderful adj
dress.
DIR. Penrose said in part:
"This is Thanksgiving day, what are
your causes for thankfulness? 1 want
to consider with you the signs Of the
coming of Gods kingdom.
at is not the material prosperity
of the present, not the turkey and the
fuel which you may have, the size of
the wheat harvest or bank deposits
or the building of the Penama canal
which are the greatest causes for
THANKSGIVING
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-30
Strong AN1|PATHY IS EXPRESSED
TOWARD THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION
Residents District Lying South of Pleasant Street and East of
Fern Avenue Give Numerous Reasons Why They
Shouldn't Come In. ~ - -

property consisting of % acres, To-
Gated on Bryant avenue just east of
the limits was elected chairman of
the meeting. Mr.. Allen stated the ma
ture of the meeting and called ON
property owners present to express
their objections to the annexation
movement.
]. L. Robinson, owner of 10 acres
near the old Seeber school stated that
he did not believe the time was ripe
for that section of the country being
annexed to the city, pointing out that
it would be years before the innabi-
tants would be given the benefits for
which they would be taxed in event
of annexation. He said that with one
or two exceptions, every property own
er had his own water and sewerage
system, in many instances installed
at great expense and in any event
none of them would want city water.
The lack of fire and police protection
was also pointed out by Mr.. Robin
son.
He declared that the bulk Of the
property it was proposed to annex was
in reality nothing but farm property.
Let Them Sell Out.
Mrs. A. N Dawson was opposed to
pn
acres did not produce sufficient rev.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-30
FORCE FIGHT
ON RAILROADS
Complaints Brought 10 Make
Companies Mind
WANT TWO LINES CONNECTED
Commerce Commission Ordered
w. & c. r. and O. r. & N.
to Put in Switches
WANT TWO LINES CONNECTED

Complaints in an action to be
brought in the Franklin county court
by the state to compel the %. r. & N.
to make connections with the North
ern Pacific railroad at Connell, in con-
state railway commission, have been
prepared by Assistant Attorney Cen
eral Falkner and will probably be
filed early next week.
The railroads were ordered to make
Connell, Ritzville and other points in
eastern Washington but refused on
the grounds that the railway COM
mission had no authority to issue such
an order.
Connell is taken alone simply as a
test case in order that the issues may
not be confused. A writ of mandate
will be asked for. By this proceed
ure the state avoids the railway COM
mission had no authority to issue such
it's constitutionality. The power Of the
state under the provision of the con-
stitutio will practically be the only
question.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-30

Decided opposition to being taken
,rto the city was expressed by some
=, nropertv owners residing east of
r.rn avenue and south Of Pleasant
,,root at a meeting held in the Com
-,.rciaI club rooms at 10 o'clock this
morning.
IN view of the adverse sentiment
against annexation contained in re-
insurance filed with the Commercial
cInh Tuesday nights meeting the an
rayation committee, composed Of J.
" Crawford. C. c. Gose and E. C.
Mills requested the protesting prop
erty owners to meet with the COM
mittee this mroning and discuss the
proposition.
Among the property owners in at
tendance were J. l.. Robinson, E. G.
Roberts. C. H. McEvoy, A. H. Joy, j.
A Anderson, U. H. Preyer, w. H.
Nuncv and A. F. Barges. The Com
mercial club was represented by the
annexation committee, Secretary
Moore and a number of other men,
hers The council was invited to at
tend and Councilmen Tausick, Bridg-
e. Kirkman and Bacntold respond
ei
Allen Calls on Owners.
After some preliminary discussion
Cs,rr, Allan who ounS the Hen
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-30
AGED man SHOOTS HIMSELF

Louis Hale, aged SIS years, shot him
self with a single barreIed shotgun
shortly after noon today.
The deed was committed in the
barn yard at the Oakley johnson dairy
near College Place.
Dependency is presumed to have
been the cause of the suicide.
There are no relatives in this city, so
far as learned.
The charge of shot took effect in the
mans breast, penetrating to the
heart, causing instant death.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-30
WALLA WAL[A WILL RIDE IN TR0LLEyS SOON

arrived yesterday
t1uckm tin mengtha andf
at the
and expected day.
Construction right of for the intean line to Feewer
o ecar int Freewat the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-30
PENR0SE DELIVERS GRAND
ADDRESS ON TRIUMPH Of THE ETHICAL"
whmans Chief Makes Unusual Thanksgiving SpeeCh|nsead of
Telling Of Country's Sleek Prosperity He Praises
Crusade Against Craft

These are all good but not the great
est causes.
l shall show that the deepest caus-
es which we have for thanksgiving
this year are just those signs of the
coming of Gods kingdom for which
we pray and in which we devOutly be-
lieve.
This is the first deep cause for us
and the world gives this evidence of
the advancing righteousness"
The speaker related the incident Of
the return Of Franklin's picture to the
city Of Philadelphia by the descend
ants of Lord Gray as fine evidence Of
developing sense of fairness, the
dawn of a better day for the world"
"The thing which strikes me most
in glancing over the vast year." said
the preacher-president, sis the tri-
umph of the ethical over the material
France and it's tardy justice to
"Dreyfus, who had been treated like
dog" was cited as an evidence Of
Justice, tardy justice" which was a
cause for joy.
The three incidents of the suppress
sion of gambling in Siam, the rebuild
| ing of the destroyed Christian chapel
| in Toxic by the Japanese government
and the refusal of Madam Labaree to
accept blood money from the Persian
| government We're picked out as iso-
lated exhibits in the great case Of
optimism which Dr. Penrose was max
| ing out.
Hughes Is Example.
Said he "As you look over you
| see in every quarter of the globe tne
signs of advancing righteousness save
| in one spot. Only in unhappy Rus
sia does it seem tnat the rising of
: the righteousness had been too long
! delayed. Flashes of the spirit Of the
brotherhood of men seem to appear
But here at home we nave the
greatest evidence of the development
of the ethical. Year before last the
insurance scandals in New York city
revealed how corruption, like can
Ger, was eating out the heart Of the
people but in the year of grace, 1906,
the person who did the most to find
out the truth about these scandals was
elected governor of New York, the
only man on mis- ticket to be so hon.
ored.
"The republican party was restored
to power in Nebraska but not until
clean. upright men were found to go
on the ticket
when in all the states men are
succeeding who stand for righteous
ness we can take comfort.
Too Slow to Give Credit.
1--WE Americans are too slow to
read the signs of the times and give
credit to our government for real ad-
vance"
AS an illustration of this the speak,
er quoted from the recent speech of
Secretary Root, in which he summar-
lied the achievements Of America in
the past year in the direction or
cleaner laws and better enforcement
of them.
In commenting on this DR.. Penrose
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-30

enue to pay her county taxes let
alone the proposed city tax. Mrs.
Dawson admitted that her property
had greatly enhanced in value by rea-
son of the city's rapid growth. She
wound up a spirited little speech by
stating that it was the privilege of
those property owners who favored
annexation to sell out and move into
the city.
J. A. Anderson said he owned nine
acres which he bought for home and
on which he made a living for him.
self and family. He was decidedly op-
posed to annexation, stating that if
he had wanted to reside within the
corporate limits he would have bought
there in the first place. A. F. Barges
E. w. Olson and w. H. Muncy held
similar views. Mr.. Barges owns four
acres, Mr.. Olson two acres and Mr..
Muncy II acres. Their chief objec-
ton to annexation was that they had
bought their land for permanent
homes
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-30

(Continued on Page Eighty
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-30
Lights only Benefit.

c. H. McEvoy, who owns four acres
on Pleasant street, said about the only
benefit property owners in that district
would be street lights and those could
easily be obtained by private sub
scription as the power lines extend up
Pleasant street to the Webb place.
Mr.. McEvoy, like some Of his neigh
bors did not believe it the proper time
He showed the distinction between
acreage property and town lots where
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-30
Allen Calls on Owners.

After some preliminary discussion
George Allen. who owns the Allen
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-27
The Waning Football Season.

Two more pitched battles, a few minor
mixups, and the campaign of 1905 will be
at an end. As moleskins, sweaters and
leather gear are laid away in the field
house lockers; AZ the temporary bleach
ers on numerous battle SCARED grid
irons are unbolted, plank and beam, and
slowed away for a season; as the oblate
spheroids of pigskin are Debated and
retired from active service it is the prac-
tically unanimous verdict Of footballs
many followers that, take 1t all in all, the
season now drawing to a close has been
one Of the most interesting in the annals
Of the sport.
Hard games have been played, but few
players have been hurt. The officials,
administering a most complicated code,
have had a hard time of it, but have done
remarkably well. Brute force has been
placed at a discount and brain work has
played the leading part. Under the new
rules we have seen a splendid combina-
ton Of strength. skill, courage in the
individual players, with team work and
strategy highly developed. All that is
as satisfactory a it is true; and we be-
lieve that nothing Of what has been
gained will be lost. Everything open
and ~aboveboard" has been the seasons
motto. The rule excluding first year
students and graduates has worked ex-
cellently. Umpire EDWARDS said after
the Yale-Harvard match that the penal
ties inflicted had all been on technical
points, none for intentionally foul play.
The morale of football is good, and get
ting better.
As to the rules governing actual play,
however, we are sure that some little
improvement is possible in the form of
a finer adjustment and harmonizing of
the various elements, straight" and
open" football. These technical points
are in safe hands, and we have faith in
the rules committee. One suggestion
we would make, nevertheless; namely,
that the code be made less bulky, nor
simple and more exact and definite of
statement. Also, the great majority OF
players and spectators alike would be
pleased with a return to the longer game.
The new rules make play easier and safer,
and thirty minute halves only whet the
football appetite.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-27
The Facts Behind the order.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: -B"
says: IF the President Is right as to the facts
he is absolutely right in having rid the army
OF these three companies Of the Twenty-fifth
Infantry"
That ia very true; but what are the allie ged
facts upon which his action is basedp They
are the conclusions OF an investigating on
Ger that the members OF the companies zap
pear to stand together in d determination to
resist the detection OF the guilty" A con-
spiracy is charged. in other words, and found
Any one who has ever had any experience at
all in the courts. or with rules OF evidence.
knows that conspiracy is one OF the most difi-
cult of all things to prove. Suppose sixty
or seventy OF the members OF these COM
panies are actually innocent OF any guilty
knowledge OF who the real offenders are.
They are questioned, and deny their guilt.
What other answer could those innocent men
make? or course some one was guilty OF
murder. and in all human probability some
others have knowledge of that guilt. They
also deny. The Investigating oficer knows
some one lies: but who, until this time. ever
has heard OF n Judge soiemnly finding that
because unquestionably some few who deny
are guilty, therefore dozens OF others who
also deny guilt--and OF whom IL IL Just as
reasonable to presume innocence as guilt
are also guilty? The proposition IL simply
ludicrous.
II a crime be committed on Broadway,
witnessed undoubtedly by some, has the time
arrived in our Jurisprudence when the in
vestigating Judge shall punish all who happen
to be in that vicinity for several blocks, simply
because they deny knowledge of the crime
or of who committed it2 And would that war
rant the conclusion that they appear to stand
together in a determination to resist the de-
lection of the guilty."
1t is not a question OF the duty OF a soldier
to inform or not inform; and much beautiful
language has been wasted on both sides Of
that controversy. What we all should stand
In holy awe Of is the wonderful intellect which
encompasses within itself the power to con-
clude and prove to any ones satisfaction a
conspiracy among some hundred and odd
men merely upon denial and their appear
snce OF knowledge of a crime committed by
an unidentified few. Mankind has waited a
long time surely for a reversal OF that sacred
rule that 1t is better the guilty go unpublished
than that the innocent he wronged. But it
seems to have come with a vengeance.
W~AsHINGToS. November "a. 0~NLooKRR.