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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-11-14
AUTO RACES TRAGEDY.
George Smith, Maehlnlst of Dallas, Fa-
tally Injured at San Antonio Fair

tally Injured at San Antonio Fair.
San Antonio, Tex, Nov 12.--As a re-
suit of collision in the second auto
mobile race at the San Antonio Fair
Grounds yesterday afternoon Geo.
Smith Of Dallas, machinist, was IA
tally injured One of the bones in
his spinal cord was fractured and his
hip broken.
In this race D. B. Robbins, treasurer
of the Daily Light Publishing Com
Dany, was leading He was coming at
mile minute clip, when the steer
ing key broke and he lost control of
his powerful machine. 1t went
through the inside fence in an angle
direction, tearing away a panel forty
five feet long. In the attempt to gain
control and return to the track Mr..
Robbing collided with the machine of
G. A. G. tIalff of this city, which was
stationery Smith was at the time
standing by the automobile examining
the machinery. He was caught be-
tween the two and very badly crushed.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-11-14
Arm and Hand Crushed.

Caldwell, Tex: Late yesterday even
ing Jordan Merida, colored man
wording at the oil mill got his hand
and arm badly crushed. He was work
ing the machine pressing the meal
into cakes for the presses. and acci-
dentally got his hand caught In It.
The flesh and muscles were cut to the
wrist bone and the bone badly shat
tered, Physicians are trying to ave
tho arm,
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-11-14
Sherman. Texas R. +. D. 6s, July Is. 1906
]. l.. Ward Medicine Co.,

Big Springs, Texas.
Gentlemen-For twelve months, l suf-
fered agony with q stone in the bladder
and was compelled. to call in Doctor at
least twice month: but he could only
give me temporary relief.
read of the great merits OF Ward s
Kidney Pills, so purchased two boxes, and
after taking them ! have not even had
symptom OF the old trouble / heartily
recommend them to anyone suffering with
Kidney or Bladder trouble. Yours truly,
J. b. HOLCOMRs
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and 10 cents and we win send you a
50-cent box of Wards Kidney Pills.
The greatest Kidney Remedy upon the
market
A guaranteed cure for Kidney and
Bladder Troubles, Diabetes, Weak and
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from the Bladder Sold and guaran-
teed by your local druggists.
J. l.. WARD MEDICINE CO.,
Big Springs. Texas.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-11-14

and at other times passages were too
frequent, especially at night. There
was pain and dlscoloratlon. Doans
Kidney Pills brought me relief from
the first, and soon infused new life.
give them my Endorsement"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-11-14

Doan's Kidney Pills.
Exposure and driv.
ing brought kidney
trouble on me, and ]
suffered much from
irregular passages OF
the kidney secre-
tions. Sometimes
there was retention
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-11-14

William Plnclmey Whyte. United
states senator from Maryland, who 70.
Gently celebrated hla SGD birthday.
has never been inside a saloon, never
smoked. and never rode IN q cab.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-11-14

New Zealands Railroads.
New Zealand has 1874 miles of rail-
road In an area of 100000 square
miles.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-07

are also disguised with the lack OF
courage and backbone shown by the
head of the police department, ana
they too will vote for his opponent
Even the saloonkeepers who are tax
ing advantage of the chiefs permls-
sion to disregard the laws regulating
their business fear that the chic is
ONLY getting them into the same trap
that caught several saloons last De-
cember and a majority of them are
certain TO vote against Chief Brown.
So it will be seen that Chief Browns
difficult stunt as an expert
balancer carrying a glass of water on
one shoulder a glass of Sunday
whisky on the other, and another
glass of the two mixed on his head
is likely to result in his stumbling to
a fatal fall at next Mondays election.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-07
GROWTH OF THE AUTOMOBILE.

The rapid development of the auto
mobile as a vehicle is quite evident to
all who live in cities, but the interest
ing figures of the growth of the manu-
facture of motor vehicles are probably
known to very few The department
of commerce and labor through it's bu-
reau of statistics has furnished re-
Gently totals of the export, import and
domestic manufacture of automobiles.
They show that in the full fiscal year
just ended we have exported ma
chimes to the value of $4,000. 900 and
imported to the value of $4,000. 600.
The domestic manufacture in the same
period has amounted to over SIG, OOO.-
0OO
The rapid increase of the use of the
automobile is shown by the bureau of
statistics and the census bureau The
value of automobiles manufactured is
given by the census bureau at only
$4.14S.0l1 in 1900. In 1905 it was
$26.645.o64. The labor story is even
more interesting. though it cannot be
so accurately shown because of the
large number of people engaged in
their care, repair etc. The census fig
ures show that the number of persons
employed in establishments for the
manufacture of automobiles increased
from 2242 in 1900 to 1929 in 1905. The
wages paid increased from s1.S2O,65S
in 1900 to s6.17S950 in 1905: the wages
of clerks from s294.770 to s1060.425,
and the value of materials used from
S1.S04.2S7 to S11.65S.12S There is. of
course. no account made of the taxable
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-07

value added by the automobile to va
rious communities, but it is consider
able There is also the influence of the
automobile in the movement for good
roads to be considered.
The export trade in automobiles. is
also suggestive OF the $1,000 900
worth sent out of the country last year
about one-half went to Europe and the
remainder to Canada, the West Indies,
Mexico and Australia. The bureau re-
marks upon the significance of the ex-
port to tropical countries where prog
ress has been retarded by the scarcity
of animal power for transportation.
The adaptability of the automobile is
shown in the large exports from Eu-
rope and America to Mexico, the West
India islands, the Malay peninsula,
Sauth America, India and the Philip
pine islands.
The development of the business in
dicates that the automobile may take
the place of the bicycle, of which our
expectation has fallen from 100000
in 1887 to $1,37S,42S in 1905.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-07

buy together in order to deal direct
with the manufacturer. They paw cash
and sell for cash, this explains why it
is that they can and do sell good
clean reliable merchandise cheaper
than other stores.
1.-The Golden Rule syndicate sets
considerable Importance on it's buying
facilities. 1t knows if it can buy right
it can sell right and thereby stand a
good chance of reaching and COM
handing the trade and patronage of
the greatest number of consumers"
In concluding the interview, Mr.
Dimmitt said:
During the past season business
has been remarkably good at the Gold
en- Rule. Each month of this year sales
have run considerably ahead of the
corresponding months of last year.
While east 1 intend to make extensive
purchases for 1 have the best of rea-
sons for believing that trade at the
Golden this fall will surpass all pre-
vious records and prove one of the
most satisfactory seasons the store
has ever enjoyed
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-07
Tobacco in China.

WASHINGTON, d. c., July TN
reply to many inquiries from this
country as to the possibility of build
ing up'a trade in American leaf tobac-
co in China, Consul George E. Ander-
son has sent a reply, in which he says:
Already there is considerable business
done in foreign leaf, Shanghai alone
importing $15O,000 worth last year;
but this was mostly for use of foreign
ers. The real Chinese trade is never
reached. When it is considered that
the same port imported through the
customs alone $1250O0O worth of pre-
pared native leaf and 1888, 900 worth of
native leaf, with probably a similar or
even a greater amount of each i'm
ported through the likin routes, it can
be seen that the real tobacco trade of
China is enormous. But the greater
portion of the tobacco consumption
gets into no trade. reports, for the leaf
is produced largely among the null
berry trees, cured and consumed on
the farms or in the villages.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-07
TO VISIT BIG EASTERN CITIES
C. e. Dimmitt, Proprietor Of Colder
Rule Will Shortly Leave for East
On Purchasing Trip.

In a few days c. E. Dimmitt, pro-
pretor of the Golden Rule Department
Store expects to leave for the east
on purchasing trip that will neces-
state his visiting all the prominent
trading centers of the country.
Interviewed this morning regarding
his proposed trip to the East to pur-
chase goods, Mr. Dimmitt said:
Yes, l intend to leave an my an
nual trip for the eastern markets in
a few days. The purchasing of goods
in the big trade centers can't be called
a new experience for me for I've
visited them for years. With a store
carrying the varied lines that the
Golden Rule does it is an absolute
necessity that 1 make purchasing trips
to the big centers quite frequently.
To one in my position the trips to
headquarters, as it were, are a great
help. In the management of a pro-
gressive department store there are
many new things that are to be
learned every year in connection with
the same; on my trips I have an OPP
portunity for observing and learning
best trade methods in the most pro-
gressive cities in the land. Anything
new, and that looks good to me l do
not hesitate to adopt and use in the
conduct of my own business for it is
not economy from any viewpoint to
lag behind in the race of retailing
merchandise in these days
In the purchasing of new fall goods
will you make any departure from
methods heretofore followed on your
buying trips?' Queried the reporter.
1T all depends. The purchasing Of
goods for the Golden Rule is some
what of a different proposition than
the buying of goods for the ordinary
retail store. The Golden Rule
is only one of syndi-
cate of large department stores
that are operated throughout the west
and the Pacific northwest. The sole
object of the syndicate is to operate its
interests along lines that will enable
it to obtain the most advantageous
buying facilities and that is some
thing they do not fail to do. In a word
the syndicate does all it's buying as
one. In the aggregate its purchases
run into a high figure-a figure that
never fails to command the very best
merchandise for the least money and
enables them to buy direct from the
manufacturer.
The syndicate of which Mr.. Dim
mitt is president was organized
years ago and is at the present time
operating fifty-six stores, each individ-
ual owns his own store and simply
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-07
BOXER WEAPON PROVES BOONE
RANG

John L. Sharpstein found the weak
place in the Boxers armor when he
submitted that opinion holding that
tle state statute prohibiting city Off
Gals from having any interest in any
city contract for the performance of
work or furnishing suppnes applies
only to cities of less than ten thou
sand population and in any event
could not apply to Walla Walla, which
is governed under an old territorial
charter and is exempt from the provi
sions OF the state law applying to
cities of the first, second and third
class. 1t is also plain that unj<r our
charter the city council is made the
buyer and contractor in employing la
Dor and purchasing material, and
therefore that the general rule of the
common law inhibiting public Off
cial from acting as both buyer and
seller. the first in his official capacity
and the second as a private individual.
has no application to conditions In
Walla WalIa.
The city council audits and ap-
proves or disapproves all bills pre-
scented against the city. and the mayor
does not interfere with its prerogativa
If any improper or illegal bill is al
lowed the council takes the respon-
sibility. Ii the accounts of any de-
partment of the city government are
not properly audited before being APP
proved, it is the fault of the council,
which is neglecting part of its duty,
mayor for the delinquencies of the
council.
The Sharpstein opinion. delivered by
one of Walla Walla's most learned
lawyers, whose high sense of honor
would preclude his giving any opinion
that he did not conscientiously believe
was in strict accordance with the law,
has turned the chief weapon of the
Boxers into a boomerang that has
caused confusion and dismay in their
ranks right on the eve of next Mon
days battle of the ballots AS a re-
suit the battle so far as the Boxers
are concerned will be a wild panic and
an inglorious rout. They will be
soreheads. malcontents, blowhards
ripsnorters, snollygosters. Utlanders
All will be cast into the utter dark
ness of political annihilation and there
will be weeping. wailing and gnashins
of teeth.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-07
\ SAMPLE OF BOXER ECONOMY.

A fair sample of Boxer business
management along the lines of their
motto, Progress, Economy and a
Square Deal" was the employment of
the Seattle accountants to expert the
city's accounts by the Boxer judiciary
committee, into whose hands the mat
ter was placed by the Boxer majority of
the council instead of into the hands
of the finance committee, where it
properly belonged. The total cost of
that monumental piece of folly and
extravaganza was $4,000, and all the
city got for that heavy expenditure
was an incomplete report, which must
be doctored by local accountants in
order to make it of any practical
value.
There is no doubt that a much bet
ter showing could have been made by
local accountants at a cost of not
more than $1,000 Each of the half dozen
Seattle experts had his board, lodging
and travelling expenses paid by the
city. and each of them managed to
work in two or three trips to Seattle
and return and all of them boarded at
the highest priced boarding houses in
town. one of the head members of
the firm turned out to be a common
old whiskey soak and another was a
fugitive bank embezzler from Iowa.
After two little Indians had been
taken away the others managed to
hang on until half-baked report was
prepared and submitted to the council.
one of the things shown by this re-
port was that there was a mysterious
surplus of $500 in the city treasurer's
office a local expert soon found that
this apparent surplus was due to the
failure to enter on the proper book
the money received for two saloon Ii
censes owing to the fact that the re-
ceipt book had been carried to an
other building by the experts
The Seattle experts found some
other discrepancies, which no doubt
could be as easily explained by local
experts as was the surplus in the
treasurers office.
On the whole the report of the Sc
attic experts is practically worthless
and the taxpayers have been mulcted
out of nearly $4,000 merely to crafty
the desire of the Boxer members to
put Mayor Hunt in a hole" All that
they succeeded in doing was to drop a
large amount of the peoples money
into a hole from which it can never
be recovered.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-07
Will Interest Art Lovers.

ROME, July Art lovers through
out the world will be pleased to learn
that in the near future they will be
able to inspect one of the finest art
collections ever formed. This collec-
ton has never seen the light of day
since Pope Leo X, that mighty patron
of art and learning, got it together.
That was some 400 years ago. Since
then the collection, known as the
Sancta Sanctorum, has been shut
away in the chapel of the Scala Sancta.
1t contains specimens of ecclesiastical
vestments that go right back to the
very beginning of the Christian church.
There is goldsmiths' work wrought by
the greatest medieval masters of the
craft Illuminated manuscripts, an
cient enamels, pictures by artists I'M
known to moderns, glorious things
that wer amongst the treasures of the
old emperors-all are there. Prof.
Grisar, Jesuit and a great archaeo-
lOgist, has obtained permission to
overhaul the collection, photograph it,
and write book on it. Later, proba-
bly,, it will be arranged for the public
to view it. Then Rome will have add
ed yet another attraction to the many
she possesses for the world at large.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-07

The city has an efficient fire de-
partment. What makes it? Executive
ability. Walla Walla is a. city, now, of
10000. The police department should
be as dignified as the fire department.
If you would have it that way you
must have an eXecutive-a person
with some personality and ability.
Walla Walla can have such by elect
ing Jake Kaufman to his old place,
chief of police
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-07

This morning while a leading Boxer
attorney was attempting to pick flaws
in Attorney Sharpstein's opinion for
the edification of a little group of vot-
ers on a street corner, Mr.. Sharp
stein came up and when told the pur-
port of the Boxer attorneys talk, he
made the proposition that a friendly
suit be brought by the Boxer attor
ney for the city against the Gilbert
Hunt company to recover all money
paid on alleged illegal contracts. If
the court decided in favor of the city,
it would prove that Sharpstein's opin-
ion was wrong, if it. decided in favor
of the Gilbert Hunt company it would
prove that his opinion was right. The
Boxer attorney did not accept the
proposition.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-07
CHIEF BROWN As ARTFUL
BALANCER.

Chief of Police Brown finds it no
easy task TO please the people who
stand for law enforcement and the sa-
loonmen who wish to disregard the
law at the same time To please the
latter class he has allowed them to
sell liquor on Sunday and to admit
females to their barrooms and boxes
with little effort to conceal such flag
rant violations of the law Of courSe
the law-abiding element disapprove of
this suspension of the laws by the
chief of police and they are likely to
administer severe rebuke at the
polls Saloonmen who are making a
conscientious effort to obey the laws
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-07
A Modern Blacksmith and Wagon


One of the most up-tO-date black
smith and wagon shops in Walla WAL
la is the new shop that has just been
opened for business on Spokane
street in the Star Laundry building by
H. c. Gibson. In his new brick found
ny Mr.. Gibson has every facility for
doing the best of work with dispatch;
he also has plenty of room, for the
shop is 45x7O feet Installed in the shop
are three power blast furnaces; pow
er cold tire setter This device is the
only one of its kind in the city and
weighs 1900 lbs All in all the shop is
equipped with the best machinery that
money can buy and in every way it
reflects the enterprise of its proprietor
and is a credit to the city. Mr.. Gibson
cordially invites his friends and the
public to pay him a visit and exam
inc the facilities for doing work he
now possesses in his new quarters.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-07
Notice to Mater Consumers.

mains in the pumping districts, the
hours for sprinkling from this date
will be as follows:
South of Mill creek and east OF
Howard, to a. m. and to p m
South OF Mill creek and west Of
Howard, to 9 a. m. and to p. m.
North of Mill creek and east of Ida
no. to a. m. and to p. m.
North of Mill creek and west of Ida.
no 7 to 9 a. m. and to p. m.
E A. KNIGHT, Supt
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-07

The original Laxative Cough Syrup
acting as a cathartfc on the bowels
1t expels all cold from the system by
is Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar
Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar IS
a certain, safe and harmless cure for
colds. Group and whooping cough. Sold
by L. L, Tallman
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-07

| Notice is hereby given that the gen.
eral election of officers for the City
of Walla Walla, Washington, for the
ensuing year, will be held Monday, Ju-
! ing named officers, are to be elected
viz:
A mayor.
One councilman for the first ward
One councilman for the second ward
One councilman for the third ward.
One councilman for the fourth ward.
One city treasurer
One city justice of the peace.
One city marshal.
One city street commissioner.
One city attorney.
One city surveyor.
One city clerk.
One city assessor
One city health officer.
One city sexton
Il llSl w d1u 10 ISClICl-
Inspector, John Yeend Judges, NJ.
M. Hart VIM. Ellingworth; Clerks,
Chas. Buffum, E. ]. Whitman; Polling
place, Cox & Barnett warehouse.
Clark Precinct
Thomas Taylor, D. Bischoff; Clerks, ].
A. Baxter, Robert Carey, Polling place,
Sharpstein school.
Second Ward-Stevens Precinct
Inspector, H. w. Ending; Judges,
Robert Bauer, D. Wertheimer, Clerks.
Jr. Polling place, Ending & Taylor
shop.
Simms Precinct
Inspector j. w. Armstrong; Judges,
RObt. Thompson, Jasper Corkrum;
Clerks, Walter Kimmerly, Chas. w.
Phillips, Polling place, Lincoln school,
Third Ward-Whitman Precinct
Inspector, E. H. Nassau; Judges o.
T. Cornwall, G. c. Johnston; Clerks, L.
o. Jones. F. ]. MacGougan. Polling
place, Hungate building.
Steptoe Precinct
Inspector A ]. York; Judges, VIM
Peterson, n. F. Butler; Clerks, c. S.
Robinson Leslie Kirkman. Polling
place, Baker school,
Fourth ward--Fremont Precinct
Inspector, Charles Jones, Sr, Judges.
F. o. Meyers John Abbott; Clerks Saul
Simon, w. G. Allen. Polling place,
AeiIs building
Mullan Precinct
Inspector, Steve Ringhoffer; Judges.
Henry Holloway, H. Huff; Clerks, J.
E. Ireland, r. H. Ragsdill. Polling
place, Ringhoffers residence.
The polls will open at 9 a. m and
continue open until p m.
r. P. REYNOLDS,
City Clerk.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-07
CHEAP RATES TO TORONTO, ONT

For the meeting of Odd Fellows to
be held there Sept. 18th to 22nd. The
Washington & Columbia River Ry. an
nounce for the above occasion they
will sell round trip tickets to Tor
onto for 1865.
Dates of Sale, Sept s, 9, and 10th.
Going limit-Sept. %: final limit,
Nov. 80, 1906.
Stopovers will be allowed within
limit in either direction west Of the
Missouri river or st. Paul.
For further Information write or call
on,
J. P. GOODHUE,
F. F. ROOT, City Passing. Agt.
Agent.
S. B. CALDERHEAD,
G. F. & P. A.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-07
NOTICE OF CITY ELECTION,

Notice is hereby given that the gen.
eral election of officers for the City
ensuing year, will be held Monday, Ju-
ly 9th, 1906, at which time the follow
viz:
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-07
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

Copy for Advertising should be in
the Business Office not later than 10
o'clock a. m to insure insertion on-that
day.