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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-08
Young wife Leaves Husband and
-Four Babies
IS ENAM0UREO OF BOY She RAISED
HUSBAND VERY MUCH AGGRIEV-
ED AT DESERTION AND HUNTS
ERRING COUPLE.

TACOMA, Sept s.-William Heffner
Of Chehalis is in Tacoma looking for
his 24-year- old wife and his 16-year-
old adopted son. They ran away, de-
serting him and his four babies, rang
ing from to years, he says:
Heffner is an innocent sort of man
and is much grieved at his wlfe's de-
sertion. He says she never gave him
any reason to believe that she was not
perfectly happy and contented. The
morning before she left she kissed him
goodbye as he was starting to work
and urged him to hurry home to her
and the babies.
The name of the adopted son is JOt
Fillmore. He has lived with the cou-
pie ever since they were married
when Ida, the wife, was Is years old
Heffner, who is much older than his
wife, says that he and his wife al
ways treated the boy as their own
son and thought Of him as such. He
can't understand why his wife took the
boy along, and why the boy, when he
learned the wife was going, didn't
come and tell him about it There
was little money in the house, which
the wife took with her, but Heffner
says he doesn't care for the money,
as it belonged as much to the woman
as it did to him.
The first he knew Of their departure
was when he came home and found
his four little children alone The wife
had kissed the baby goodbye and had
toll the children that she would be
mack soon. IT was n IT until he had
learned that the two had purchased
tickets and left on the train for the
Sound that Heffner could be convinced
that anything was wrong. He says he
knows now that the elopement was
planned, for he has learned that the
boy had hidden his best clothes out
side the house before he went to work
the morning he ran away.
Heffner does not care to have his
wife arrested. and he says if the boy
has done anything wrong he and his
wife are to blame for it, for they rails
ed him. However, if anyone else is
connected with the plot to have them
leave him and the babies he wants him
punished. He is particularly DESTROYS
Of finding his wife and getting an ex-
PLANTATION from her.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-08
THE RATE LAW IN FORCE.

The new rate law has now been the
law Of the land for week. and them
terState commerce commission Is
working hard to get into operation.
The positive power to make rates Civ
en- the commission is dependent upon
complaint being made against an
existing rate. So far as ratemaking
is concerned, if everybody is satisfied
with the rates, the commission will
have nothing to do. But with some
other matters it must be busy any,
way. 1t must adopt a scheme of rail-
road bookkeeping. This is ordered in
the law. 1t is one of the minor pro-
visions which may in time come to be
recognized as one of the greatest safe
guards of the act.
This provision was inserted primar-
lily to assist the commission in tracing
and publishing the crime of rebating.
Under the major provisions of the
law the railroads must file their sched-
ules with the commission and post
them in their own depots. They must
give these published rates to all with
out discrimination The criticism was
made upon the bill when it was under
discussion that it did not touch the
evil Of rebates, but as it finally passed
it is evident that it did touch the sub
ject quite vitality in the provision for
uniform and government system of
accounting. The railroads might quite
easily comply with the provisions of
law with regard to making fair rates,
but unless they gave these rates to all
of their shippers, a great part of the
object of the law would be defeated
Heretofore the difficulty in prevent
ing rebates was to trace them. The
system of bookkeeping of many of the
roads was cunningly designed to con-
ceal this very offense The new law
makes it incumbent upon the COM
mission to devise a system of book
keeping which shall be open, fair and
candid. And it makes it obligatory
upon the railroads to adopt this sys-
tenn and to use no othe.
Necessarily it will be matter of
some considerable labor to make up
such a system. But it will be done,
and when it is completed and enforced
the commission may find that this lit
tie provision has made it's labors as
an enforcer Of law considerably light
err.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-08

If we comprehend our problem
Alright" he added, all this will
change A larger comprehension of
agriculture as our main resource and
our most dignified and Independent oc-
cupation will for the future direct to
their just aim in the improvement of
methods, and in the increase of yield.
the wisdom and the science and the
willing labor of the millions who may
thus transmit to posterity an unim-
paired inheritance"
It is a mathematical fact, he assert
ed, that within twenty years our wheat
crop will not suffice for home con-
sumption and seed, without a bushel
for export. To meet this condition
Mr.. Hill pointed to the examples set
by England, Germany and France. In
England, with a soil naturally infer
ior to our own, the farmer raises twice
as much per acre as does the Ameri-
can farmer. In France the disparity
is still greater. These things have
been accomplished by scientific study,
by labor under the stern pressure of
necessity. Mr.. Hills admonition to
the American farmer is not to skim
his land and leave it impoverished
for his children to rehabilitate, but to
take care of it as he goes along; to
get for himself the enlarged crops
which have been proven possible in
England and France and to leave the
soil fresh and vital for his successors
There are many ll-digested and
carefully considered thoughts in this
address that it is impossible to do JUS
tice to them all, but the central idea
is that agriculture is the primal tie
between nature and man. If we are
wise we will make it always our first
national consideration.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-08
MIR. HILLS ADDRESS

The grandeur and the difficulty of
Mr.. Hills speech is that he calls us to
a consideration of the future. Not the
future merely of ourselves, but of our
children and our grandchildren. Now
the most that a man thinks about his
children is that he will save and scrape
and leave them something to begin
life upon, says the Minneapolis Jour
nal He does not for a moment take
into consideration the character Of his
own work, where it will leave the
country, what effect it is having on the
natural stock of wealth of the coun-
try
The farmer does not hesitate to raise
crops which inevitably denudes his
land of its strength. He thinks first
of the crop and what it will bring
and how he will invest the results so
as to build a fund to divide among
his children.
The lumberman does not hesitate to
run amuck among the forests, tearing
down like a mailman. His first and
only idea is to make a fortune for
HlHlSSll anu Ills SUCCESSORS.
The ambition of these classes, which
is typical of all classes, has always
been considered highly moral and sat
isfactory. But Mr.. Hill points out the
inadequacy of their system even for
the purposes they have in mind. 1t is
possible that by these very processes
of making their children rich they
may leave them poor. Accumulated
wealth has a way of disappearing. If
Of Nineveh and Tyre? Where is the
wealth of Rome? Their accumulations
of stored wealth are gone and all they
have left is an example of their sue
cesses and their failures. their wisdom
and their follies. 1t will be so with us
il we do not take to heart the lesson
Mr.. Hill seeks to inculcate-that of
trusteeship for the future
He shows that in less than fifty
years this country will have a popula-
ton of 200,000,000, and national re-
sources actually less than we have to-
day The public lands. except those
which can be made tillable by irriga-
ton, are gone. The forests are prac-
tlcally gone; the mineral wealth is
going. Mineral wealth cannot be re-
produced. Forests can be reproduced
very slowly. Land cannot be rolled.
extended or made any more than it
is. But land can be taken care of.
ard this is the very thing we are not
doing. american agriculture" said
Mr.. Hill, means the extraction from
nature of the greatest immediate re-
turns at the lowest possible outlay
of labor or money, with sublime dis
regard of consequences"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-08
Gen, Braqq Reviews Militia.

FON DU LAC, WIS, Sept. s.
Great crowds from the surrounding
districts have come here today to wit
ness an unusual military spectacle
which is on the program for today.
The Second Regiment Wisconsin ma
tional guard, which has received Or
ders to proceed for maneuver service
to Fort Benjamin Harrison, in Indiana,
will assemble here this afternoon and
will be reviewed by Gen. E. S. Bragg
before its departure for Indiana. Ac-
cording to the program the various
companies, with the probable excep-
ton Of Company K, of Beaver Dan
which will come later, are expected to
arrive here between half past five and
six o'clock this evening and the troops
will pass in review before General
Bragg before supper is served to
them
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-08

notable SCOOP by this paper, the
"Bunc" publishes what purporls "
he interviews by Mayor Kellougn ana
bill" Kirkman, strained TO DENY "H"'
everyone knows to be truth.
If the mayor gave, or wrote, tnat IN
terview, he is just as guilty Oh HIS
representing the facts in the case as
is the journalistic abortion In Wnlcn
the interview appears. Whether Dill
Kirkman said, Or did not say, what Is
attributed to him is a matter OF III
difference to The Statesman. MIX
mans notorious connections with the
nipeline does not conduce to credulity
in anything which he may have to say
against the newspaper which boosted
him into that unsavory. notorlety.
When those payrolls for May, June
and July shall have been exhibited and
properly proved it will be time enough
to consider whether Kirkman, or The
Statesman, is telling the truth.
A futile attempt is made to inject
politics into the unsavory mess by
declaring The Statesman is attempting
to create friction between the mayor
ana In0 lfl6llDeTS VI IliS SOohSii. IL ~
significant that to date, the Even
ing Bunc" has had not one word to say
about the manner in which Mayor
Kellough has fought for what he be-
lieved to be right. Not single eX-
preston of praise for the mayor has
appeared in that paper notW1thstand-
ing the defiance of Kirkman, Glasford
and others by the chief executive.
1t is the talk of the city that the
mayor not only went after Kirkman
and other members he found derelict
but he went against the would-be
boss of the city administration and
quickly made it apparent that he
would not obey orders given by the
Evening Bunc" crowd. Kirkman is
of the "Bunc." Because of this and
because the mayor broke away that
rag has found no word of congratula-
ton for the man who, evidently, tried
to do his duty.
Were it not for the impartial COM
ment of The Statesman the public
would have had no idea OF the good
work attempted by the mayor Nor
would the people be advised now Of
the tremendous pressure being brought
to steer him away from the pipeline
scandal and other ill-smelling actions
of some of the councilmen.
But with the crooked, rotten crew
the fairness in giving the news is not
accredited. There can be nothing but
trickery as an excuse to that saffron
bunch of paretics. 1t is because of
this the "Bunc'' declares The States
man is actuated by malice, or politics,
in publishing the truth about the pipe
line, Bill Kirkman, Bill" Glasford
and the mayor.
George Kellough knows his relations
with Bill Kirkman are not "har-
monious." He knows, too, that this
paper is not trying to embroil him
with men who are already fighting him
secretly through fear of what he may
make public.
And he must believe that The
Statesman will be as quick to CEN
sure his surrender to the grafters as
it has been in the past to praise
what, at first sight, looked like back
bone and manly determination to do
his duty regardless of party, or curb
stone bosses.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-08
Treasure Left BY Indian Chief is
Dug For
PEOPLE ARE ON MAD GOLD HUNT
CLUE FOUND IN OLD CABIN In
JEFFERSON COUNTY YEARS
AGO

FAIRFIELD, IOWA, Sept. s-Al,
Jefferson county is engaged in a mad
hunt for the buried gold of old Chief
Black Hawk, a clue to which was not
long ago discovered in tearing down
the ruins of an old log cabin.
1t was while workmen were engaged
in destroying the cabin built in 1919
by RhOdham Bonnifield that thew
found an inkhOrn, quill case and mustv
old pocketbook. The pocketbook con.
tanned an 1928 newspaper clipping
physician srecipe and a letter. This
letter, though badly faded, was read
with the help of a magnifying glass.
1t was written at Frisco, addressed to
William" and signed u. W." In part
the letter says:
you know what T found out from
Black Hawk over from Ill
inois, 1 looked, but never thought until
got nearl yout here. About that
there map, it wasn't where the lines
cross, but in the middle. Now, don't
you tell anyone, but try this here plan
(map follows). You see we always
made the mistake of digging at cross
ing A. That other Indian Joe knowed
more than he let on. There must be
near $4,000 and mebbe more, accord
ing to what Black Hawk fetched that
time"
The landmarks on the mac are re-
membered by old settlers, and tree
shown in it still remains. 1t is sup
posed that Black Hawk received this
gold in payment from the government.
There is an old story about the county
that three braves were given the task
OF finding a hiding place for the money
and if two of them should be killed the
survivor could tell where the treasure
was buried AS it happened, all three
of these Indians were killed not long
after, and this is said to be the rea-
son why the gold was never discov-
cred.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-08
Navy to Try Thumb Prints.

WASHINGTON, D c., Sept. s.
The Navy department is making ar
engagements to apply to the naval SER
vice the finger print Identification
system adopted by the war depart
ment for the army. The system will
not be so extensive in the navy as in
the sister service, for the reason that
there are no special funds out of which
to establish an elaborate means of
rhotographing subjects. The print of
the fingers and thumb will be taken
only in the case of new recruits and
in the case of those who re-enlist. as
there seems to be a strong prejudice
against the system among the present
force. 81, :
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-08
NEW VOICE TEACHER ARRIVES
A. c. jackson Is Here to Take Charge
of Vocal Department at Whitman
Conservatory of Music.

A. c. Jackson, the new head Of the
vocal department of Whitman conserv
atory of music arrived on the w. & c..
r. this morning. He was accompanied
by his wife and son. Mr. Jackson
comes from Raleigh, North Carolina
where for the past two years he has
been teaching voice in the Baptist Uni
versity for Women. He has won
marked success as teacher, soloist
and leader. :.
Mr.. Jackson is a native of Que
bee, Canada and studied for five years
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NEW SUIT IS AGAINST WILLIAMS
Continued from Page One.)

taking care of children were false.
That the truth was that the only
children in the school were those of
the Northwestern HOmefinding AssO-
citation of which Williams was also
president and that this institution had
been so fraudulently managed that it's
affairs were the subject of grand jury
investigation in Spokane county.
Keener and Williams are alleged to
have been mentally more than a
match for the old and feeble couple
and are accused of forming the cor
poration as a sham to render them
selves personally irresponsible for the
payments of it's debts.
The Erwins live near Prescott and
are among the most respected pioneer
residents of this county. Mr.. Erwin
was killed about six months ago by
falling off a load OF hay.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-08
Coming Events in Corvallis.
Gazette

Four probable" weddings are much
discussed in Corvallis just now. In
one, an o. A. G professor and a Port
land lady are figured out as partici-
pants; in another, a prominent Corval-
lis girl and an eastern Oregon young
nan will have the principal parts; in
the third son of influential Corval-
lis parents and the daughter of a
farmer south of town will be
groom and bride, while the fourth is
reported to be a Benton county Off
cial and a Corvallis lady. A chrome
for the first correct guess of all four.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-08
TAYLOR THANKS JUDGE WARREN
Expected a Ten Year Sentence in Pen
tentiary But Happily Got But
Five.

Pleased because his punishment was
not made greater, George Taylor at
Davenport Wednesday afternoon
thanked Judge Warren of Spokane
for showing leniency when he sentenc-
ed Taylor to five years in the peniten-
tiary for passing bogus checks on Har-
rington merchants.
Taylor expected at least 10 years
and was so tickled because it was only
five that he raised up and profusely
thanked the court. Taylor will be
brought to the penitentiary by travel
ling guards in a few days.
Taylor executed a number of forged
checks and was doing a land office
business around Harrington when he
was overhauled by the officers.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-08
Visions,
Oregonlan.

Governor Chamberlain undoubtedly
sees the presidency of the United
States looming just above and beyond
the presidency of the National Irriga-
ton congress. This is one of Hopes
bright visions which can never be any,
thing more than a vision, but it does
no harm and the governor probably
enjoys it. Why should any one seek
to dispel his innocent and pleasing il
lusiOn?
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-08
Phenix Water Carnival.

PHENIX, r. l., Sept. S.-The ann
al water carnival, which will be held
here this evening has attracted sew
eral thousand visitors from the sur
rounding districts. The program in
cludes a band concert, the singing
several selections by a chorus sta
toned on a float in the river, parade
of GAMES and other decorated boats
and fireworks
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-08
Anotber Society Wedding

NANTUCKET, MASS, sept ,,tsr
Miss Nellie Raglan Boone uoue ane
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Talbot 20 in
Of New York. and quite faVori. r.;sd
metropolitan society, VIII NC 20 of
this evening at the summer hJ JIaroId
her parents in this town to Mr.: IA co.
Mahin a well known New fofA
ciery and club man.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-08
Americans at German Maneuverss'

LIEGNITZ, .SILESIA, Sept o. "a
Brigadier Generals T. Fl. Barry d
w. P. Duvall, Captain Peter +. li"I r.
18th cavalry and Captain Herman .hs
Schumm. 29th field battery, all OF ."'
United States army, arrived mere
day. accompanied by number Oh .uess
man staff and line officers TO WIN
the annual maneuvers of the ueiin I'D
army. which begin here TO-DAY
will continue for ten days.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-08
Asks For Aid.

WASHINGTON, Sept. Sticks, the
minister to Chill, reports the suffering
resultant from the earthquake is in
tense throughout Chilli. He earnest
ly appeals to the people of the United
States to quickly respond to calls for
aid Contributions should be cabled
to the Red Cross in Chilli.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-08
Councilman Family Reunion.

WHITNEY POINT N. Y. Sept. s.
The seventeenth annual reunion of the
Councilman family is taking place here
today. More than fifty members Of
President Jirah Councilman; vice.
president Sylvester Councilman. Mrs.
w. H. Cleveland. secretary and treas
urer, Mr.. and Mrs. c. M. Slack, FL
dred, Pa, Mrs H. D. Richmond, Brad
ford, Pa, and many others.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-08
WEEKLY WEATHER BULLETIN
Part of the Week Was Warm But
Cooler Weather Came With No
Rain-CooIest at coIfax.

In commenting on weather condi-
lions throughout the state the Weekly
Weather Bulletin, issued by the china
tological service, says this week:
The days gradually increased IN
warmth until Wednesday, August 29th,
or Thursday, August 30th. "Wednesday
was generally the warmest day in the
eastern counties. On the 31st the tenn
perature had dropped 10 degrees, or
more, from that of the preceding day.
and the remainder of the week was
moderately cool.
The Minimum.
The minimum temperatures were
quite uniform throughout the week
The maximum temperatures durhs
the week ranged from 70 degrees TO ~
degrees in the eastern counties. anu
from Sc degrees to SO degrees In lhe
western counties.
The highest temperature reporter
was 81 degrees, at Touchet, on tne
29th.
The minimum temperatures rangeu
from Al degrees to 81 degrees IN lh0
to 81 degrees in the western counlies'
The lowest temperature reported "a'
Al degrees at Colfax on the 26th
Precipitation.
There was no rain in the eds'ei'
division of the state during the WeeA'
and none in the western division ca
cepting very light showers on the III
mediate coast, and in the foothllis u
the Cascade mountains
The past summer has been unusuai'
ly dry over the entire state, ana phe
nomenally so in the western couf'le''
From the goth of June until the pre-
ent day only &c of an inch OF ram 10.
fallen at Seattle, which is FAR liiu0N
of the precipitation in the westeis
counties. This was about one-slH'i
the normal July amount, ana oi
fourth of the normal August aihou
The June rainfall, however, was apoU
one fourth in excess of the non
amount.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-08
Sour Grapes
Walla Walla Argus,

Walla Walla Argus.
If the Bulletin is Independent and
fearless, why doesn't it hold up Mayor
Kellough's hands?
Impossible. Can't do it, 1t would
hurt me politically and also financial
ly. The mayor has made his own bed
and must lie in it."
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-08

in Boston under the celebrated teach
ers, o. S. Taylor and Signor Augusta
Rotoli He is the posessor of a high
baritone voice of unusual sweetness
and range
Professor Jackson will make his first
appearance before the Walla Walla
public tomorrow when he will sing at
the Presbyterian church at the morn
ing service. He will probably be en-
gagged permanently as choir leader Of
that church.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-08
SUDDEN DEATH,
James BonneII, We'll Known PuyaI-
lup Man. Exnices

Iup Man, Expires.
PUYALL.UP, Sept. 9.While work
ing about his home this forenoon at
II o'clock James Bonnai. a prominent
and wealthy resident of Puyallup. fell
dead from heart ailmea; He had been
suffering to some extent for several
years, but his death was unexuecred
He was about IS years of age, and
came to Puyallup ten years ago from
Eau Claire, Wis, where he was en-
gagged in the lumber business. He was
a lay reader in the Episcopal church.
A widow and three married sons sur
vive
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-08
Off The Wagon.
Wallulu Gateway.

Wal1UIu Gateway.
Uncle John Lindley, in turning the
corner at the o. K. saloon, upset his
cart. Uncle John is we'll known as a
temperance advocate, so it is only a
coincidence that such an accident
happened in such proximity to a
gin mill.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-08

Who the dickens ever said anything
about cement? We imagined The
Statesman was talking about the city
going ahead with the water system
work in order to avoid further pipe
line payroll scandals.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-08
Corn in Sherman.
Moro Observer.

Hundreds of people have stopped at
the Observer Office this week to admire
stalk of corn II feet high, with
ears higher up than a mans head.
1t grew on a farm of Horace Strong,
near Moro, one of the best and most
thrifty of Sherman county farmers.