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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-26

The little dodger last evening pub
lished lengthy denials from the pres
ident of the Dement, Milling company
and its candidate for mayor that either
is seeking to delay the completion OF
the new Mill creek water system
through the suit brought by the milling
company for a permanent injunction
forever restraining the city from taking
any water from Mill creek for the use
of the said water system. OF course
thew will deny it. Men with such
schemes to put through are not likely
to be frank with the public.
otherwise their plans would often be
frustrated Win the election first, by
any and all means and then it will
be time enough to talk business to the
city authorities.
That meeting of the milling COM
pany's representatives, three or four
Utlanders and half a dozen Boxer as
pirants for office, thirteen in all, which
was held in the office of the milling
companys attorneys, April "a, for the
purpose Of nominating a candidate for
mayor, was certainly significant. 1t
showed that the milling company pro-
posed to safeguard its interests by
choosing a mayor who would settle
with it on more favorable terms than
could be obtained from Mayor Hunt.
1t is also significant that the president
of the milling company has put up sew
eral thousand dollars to keep the little
dodger from going to the wall. The
company needs this organ to help elect
it's candidate and consummate it's
scheme. The taxpayers recognize the
Importance of the issue that has thus
been raised They know that a vote
for the Boxer candidate for mayor
means an Endorsement of the scheme
to hold up the city for 100000 or more
loT lHe privilege Ol IIldklIlS use Oh the
new water system for which they have
authorized the expenditure of a quarter
of a million dollars. They know that a
vote for the reelection of Mayor Hunt
will be a vote for the early compile
ton of this water system and it's be-
ing made serviceable for years to come,
Knowing these things a large majority
of the taxpayers of Walla Walla will
vote for one more year of Mayor
Hunts administration.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-26
Better Solitude Than Misery.

There is a lot of hue and cry recently
about club women, bachelor girls and
working wOmen-in fact, against any
kind of female who finds an engross-
ing occupation outside Of matrimony.
The idea seems to be that no woman
has a right to remain unmarried. But
do the writer's of these wild TRADES
realize that some women have no right
to be married-that there is a species
of woman. as there is a species Of
man, foreordained and destined for
Northumberland that when people Of
this sort marry they are doing the
persons they honor with their hand
There are tempers that are never
meant to trOt in double harness, aspira-
tons that household duties never can
satisfy, restless characters that never
could devote their lives to any one
person, no matter how perfect. Now,
isn't it better for these individuals to
remain single in positions where they
will be the most comfortable and the
least harmful?
In medieval times monasteries and
converts engulfed them. Nowadays,
when there is no time for prayerful
contemplation and everything Is at fe-
yer heat, the strenuous life claims
them for its own.
But why blame them for not being
what they never could be successfully
MAUD ROBINSON.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-26
TEN-DOLLAR- A-WEEK HOUSE,
KEEPERS.

A Chicago school of domestic science
has recently turned out a school of
sweet girl graduates whose diplomas
certify that they are able to keep
house on $40 a week. While this
movement may not settle the household
problem. it is gratifying that it is be-
ing considered and that there are young
women who are making the effort to
restore the art of housekeeping to this
country
Ten dollars a week may not be the
right figure, but it seems a safe start
ing point. No man who cannot earn
SO a week has much license to marry.
And the man who can earn that
amount is entitled to know in advance
that he is not being run up against a
500 wife
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-26
Big BASEBALL GAME ON FOURTH
Schwabacher Company's Team and
Dayton Nine to Fight for Honors
at Garden City Ball Park.

The Schwabacher Company's base
ball nine visited Dayton on Sunday to
play the ball club of that city. The
game proved an exciting contest from
start to finish, the home team winning
out by score Of to 4.
While the game on Sunday between
the two mines was good as far as it
went, it might be said that the con-
test for real blood will be pulled off
in Walla Walla on July 4th at the Gar
den City baseball park. Both teams
are laying low for this game and the
match is altogether likely to prove one
of the most interesting events of the
season in the line of baseball. Dayton
ties say they can only see it one way
and that the game must be theirs. On
the other hand the Schwabacher talent
is practicing very hard and claim that
the 4th is the date when they intende
to cap the climax Of their successful
baseball season and pull off one of their
best victories.
For the winners of the match on the
4th the Schwabacher Company have
literally donated a handsome baseball
bat which is now on exhibition in one
of the cOmpany's main street windows.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-26

The Chicago Record Herald asks:
that United States Senator Plat has
ever done for the people?" At the
risk of being considered sensational
the Statesman will mention one. He
resigned from the senate once, away
back in 1881, and if the proper in =
fiuence were used he might do it again.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-26

The watch trust is distributing a
dividend of 175 per cent. The watch
trust is the concern which is so en-
abled TO gouge American buyers that
a thriving business is conducted in
purchasing American watches abroad
and reshipping them to this country.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-26
FOR RENT.

Naturally-Ive lost my best pair Of
trousers-the ones that were made in
London" Never mind-they1l turn
up the first day in rains"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-26

Speaker Cannot, pleading for the
packers bill with the president and
rotary Taft, doesn't look much like a
presidential candidate in 1908.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-26

There is SO much wheat territory
now, taking in the Canadian northwest
that it is more difficult to boom the
price of wheat on drouth in some lit
tie corner
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-26

The Massachusetts State Federation
of Women'S clubs now represents a
total membership of more than $4,000
women, all of whom, we trust, can
make good bread.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-26

Massachusetts has increased the
speed limit from Is to 20 miles an hour.
II is a pity the Panama canal cannot
take advantage of this.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-26

when did you first become ac-
quainted with your husbands? 1.-THE
first time 1 asked him for money after
we were married"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-26

The inscription engraved on a silver
plate on the bat reads:
presented by the Schwabacher Com
pany, July 4th. Dayton VS.. Walla."
The receipts of the game played on
M. c. A.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-26

Upton Sinclair'S hero lived better as
a tramp than as a working man. In
other words, he was what the French
call bum Vivant.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-26
$4,000 Buggy Free.

of July gift in advertisement in another
part of this paper. Why not win the
buggy? John Smith Company, opposite
Main street bridge.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-26

Upton Sinclair would not be human
His typewriter is simply smoking.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-26

King Leopold is another of those
capitalists who just despise the muck
raker.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-26

East Alder street in this city, the cost
ner running foot was about S4.25 for
each side of the street, when Is ~
feet wide"
PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THE ISSUE.
The Meeker herald., 1906-05-19
70 eRESERVE THE DEAD

"Auto-preservation" il the name
which Signor vsrcelloni. an Italian
docepr, has given to discovery that
the .hnman body without
the U.S. Of ordinary methods Of en-
balming.
There il no necessity to touch
the body at all. much less to dissect
it." explains the doctor. THE old
method, which is very expensive
one, is entirely done away with. No
unctions or wrappings are used.
1.-THE body is simply placed in a
zinc CONN, which is laid inside an
ordinary wooden CONN. and between
the two q patent powder mixture Is
sprinkled. which preserves every
feature of the body, and especially
Of the face, exactly as 1t was at death.
Viewed through glass lid, there is
nothing revolving In its appearance.
the person appearing as though in
The Meeker herald., 1906-05-19
GAMBLER GAVE BACK FORTUNE

There 10 . well authenticated story
Of 6crope Davis, . London dandy OF
. hundred years ago. an inveterate
gaxabler. but also . man of talent, .
gentleman and q wit. One night he
was introduced to young man named
Hastings, who had inherited colos-
sal fortune. much Of which he had
already gambled away. They COM
menced to play hazard. Hastings re-
marking at the same time that he
must soon cut out that sort Of fun.
as ne was about to marry and settle
down.
serope was in great luck. Main At
ter main he won. and as often wished
to cease play. but Hastings. who con-
tinued to pour glass after glass of
champagne down his parched throat.
was pallid with excitement, and In
sisted upon = chance to retrieve his
fortune. The excitement became gen.
eral. Other players left their own ia
blea to crowd around the duellists.
Time after time Hastings threw crabs.
while Davis followed with the nick.
The rattle of the dice and the cease
less now Of wines went on all night
and far into the next day. Hastings
was mad with excitement. Every
ponad and every security he possessed
or could think of he pledged ana lost.
At last. like the gamester who staked
The Meeker herald., 1906-05-19
LALLNESS LEADS TO LVWACJ

"Laziness il great contributory
cause of lunacy." says British spec
ialist in mental diseases. THE only
way to preserve healthy mind is to
lead busy life. But modern condi-
lions, the compulsory retirement from
professional occupations Of men who
have reached the age Of. say, So. con-
denim them to spend the rest Of their
existence In idleness. They become
interpretive and brood. They feel
themselves 'side-tracked' from the
main line of life, and almost uncon-
sciously a state of rebellion Is set up.
From lack of mental exertion the
brain loses the nutrition 1t has been
accustomed to over long period Of
years. Other conditions are set up
which cumulate in mental degenera-
ton.
The Meeker herald., 1906-05-19

N Is admitted that we are the rich
est people in the world to-day-the
richest people the world has ever
seen, says Cleveland Moffatt in Sue
cess. The Wanted wealth Of Croesus
is estimated at only 100000. but
thele are seventy American estates
that average $35,0O0.O00 each. As
showing the rapid growth of individ-
ual fortunes in this country there is
Interest in . list OF rich men, printed
in 1855, according to which New York
city at that time boosted only twenty
eight millionaires. And pamphlet
published some years earlier says that
In 1S45 Philadelphia could show only
ten estates valued at 100000 or
more. the richest being that Of Ste
phen Girard, which reached 100000.
In contrast to which In 1892 there
wero over 200 millionaires in Phila-
delphia.
A. to New York city, the number
of It's millionaires. according to best
information, is over 1000, while the
number of millionaires in the United
States IL at least 5000. or half the
total number In the world. There is
one family alone: at the head Of which
stands the richest and most powerful
man in the world, John D. Rockefeller.
The Meeker herald., 1906-05-19

Young men who inherit fortunes
and devote their time to spending
them fall ready victims to this under.
mining Of the brain. Tragedies of the
kind are constantly occurring. Many
women and girls who belong to the
leisured class are saved from like
fate by their devotion to dress and
bridge. The jealous pursuit of those
pastimes REQUIRES at least some meas
nre OF me- ercise. Perhaps that
Is the hest can he said OF them.
1T Is danct Ious for man who has
led bus" life to abandon brain ex.
ertion. Medical science has prolong-
ed the span OF human existence, and
yet retirement is now forced upon
men at much earlier age than hith-
erto. The only hope for these men
Is to cultivate some engrossing
hobby"
The Meeker herald., 1906-05-19

his wife upon = cast OF the dice AID
lost, he would have risked the welfare
Of the girl to whom he was engaged II
the other would have accepted that
kind Of security. But he would not.
Then Hastings hurled dice and box
across the saloon, smashing splen-
did mirror, and. throwing himself ex-
hausted upon 4 soft chair. burst into
tears. exclaiming. Il can play no
more. ! have lost everything in the
void. am . beggar!"
Davis stood still calm. unmoved.
wal ching him. Then he said: "Mr.
Hastings, listen to me. will forego
everything have won tonight on one
condition and that II. that you will
take a solemn oath never to touch
cards or dice again" The ruined
gambler fell on his knees to thank
his benefactor and to take the oath.
The latter Immediately restored every
thing he had won. and. oddly enough.
Hastings kept his vow and lived .
wealthy and prosperous man.
But the medal has sordid reverse.
When in after years Scrope Davis, re-
duced to great poverty. ventured to
ask him for some slight assistance.
the hound wrote him a curt, formal re-
ply. in the third person. regretting
that Mr.. Hastings was unable to offer
Mr.. Scrope Davis any assistance.
The Meeker herald., 1906-05-19
WEALTHY MEN or TO-DAY

and the wealth of this family is esti.
mated at 1000, OO0. 900. a sum 30 huge
that the human mind quite fails to
grasp 1t. sum 80 huge that IL at the
birth of Christ Rockefeller had been
making a dollar q minute and had let
all these dollars accumulate day and
night for all these centuries, he would
not yet, 1906, have amassed $1,000
100000. And II Rockefeller should
to-day turn his wealth into gold coin
and take 1t out Of the country. say
into Canada. he would carry across
the border three times as much gold
as would then remain in the United
States. Nor would he carry 1t him
self, for the weight of 1t would be
1850 tons. And II he loaded 1t on the
backs of porters. each man bearing
his own weight in solid gold (say 100
pounds), 1t would require $4,000 men
to move It. And II they walked ten
feet apart the line of them would
reach forty-four miles and would oc-
cupy fifteen hours in passing a given
point. None Of which takes any ae-
count of the daily interest on this for.
tune. which interest. II paid In gold,
would require the strength Of seven
men to carry 1t, for 1t would weigh
/ 900 pounds. Such are the riches Of
q single family.
The Meeker herald., 1906-05-19

being simply in a peaceful Sleep
signor vercelloni Il Of the opiniuA
that the discovery Will do away with
the religions feeiaag asainst crema-
ton. and may be valuable from the
point Of view Of Identification In Grim
inal cases. and also In scientific re-
search.
I'm cases of family disputes" said
the doctor. think of the enormous
advantage it would be to be able to
gaze through the crystal lid and see
the body fully preserved. There 10
q big case, involving millions of mon
ey. in the law courts now which my
discovery would have decided with
out the dispute being dragged before
the public. Then consider the histor-
ical advantage in having the remains
of eminent personages exposed to the
public veneration." Manchester
(Eng.) Chronicle.
The Meeker herald., 1906-05-19
QUICK TRIP FOR NAILS

This story was told by Mr.. Baker. Of
chocolate fame: Some years ago. In
Milton, he had man in his employ
by the name Of Tim Reardon. who was
considered a handy man with tools
AS Mr.. Baker was walking through
his yard one day he noticed that the
shingles on the gable end of one of
his buildings had blown away. Seeing
Tim, he called him, and asked him If
he could replace the shingles.
"Of course can" said Tim. And
he Immediately erected a temporary
staging to work on. some thirty feet
high.
He got his hatchet and shingles and
went up on the staging. He had been
I'd but short time, however. when
he tripped and fell to the ground.
The Meeker herald., 1906-05-19
A BOYS BREAKFAST
Thsrs's . Natural Food That Makes
1ts Own Way.

lts Own Way.
There's boy up in Hoosick Falls.
N. Y. who il growing into sturdy
manhood on Grape-Nuts breakfasts.
1t might have been different with him.
~ his mother explains:
my 11-year-old boy is large. well
developed and active. and has been
made 30 by his fondness for Grape
Nuts food. At I'VE years he was a
very nervous child and was subject
to frequent attacks of Indigestion
which used to rob him of his strength
and were very troublesome to deal
with He never seemed to care for
anything for his breakfast until
tried Grape-Nuts. and 1 have never
had to change from that. He makes
his entire breakfast of Grape-Nuts
food. It Is always relished by him
and he says that 1t satisfies him bet
ter than the ordinary kind Of 4 meal.
Better than all he is NO longer
troubled with indigestion or nervous
ness, and has got to be splendidly
developed fellow since he began to
use 0rape-Nuts food" Name given by
Postum Co.. Battle Creek. Mich.
There's = reason. Read the little
book. "Ths Road to wellville.' in
pkss.
The Meeker herald., 1906-05-19

which, luckily, was soft, and he had
no bones broken. but was stunned.
While he was lying there, some one
informed Mr.. Baker of the accident,
and he went Immediately 10 see Tim,
who had just opened his eyes. He
asked Tim II he was hurt. and how he
came to fall. Tim answered:
II don't know. Mr. Baker: tripped
on something up there. But" be ad-
ded. ''it doesn't make much differ
ence; sure l had to come down for
some nails, anyhow"
Whereupon Mr.. Baker. trying to
keep straight face. remarked: well,
Tim, I like to see man do a thing
quickly, but the next time you want
rails I prefer that you come down on
the ladder, even IL It takes q little
more time. Herald.
The Meeker herald., 1906-05-19
m,LL,oss OF Trout
STREAMS sseeksd ~ Denver = Rls
orands Railroad.

0ranoo Ha1tfoa0.
Fishing 10 going to be unusually
good along the lines Of the Denver 4
Rio Grande railroad in tine next two or
three years. 1t is good every summer.
because for some years past the
streams have been systematically
stocked all over the state. but 1t is
bound to be better. More was done in
that direction In 1905 than eTer be-
fore. Mai. 8. X. Hooper has been hav.
ing some figures made showing the
number Of fish put out. In the year
1904 the road transported and helped
place 6.326.O0O young trout in the
streams. OF these 1890. 900 came from
the state hatchery.
Last year the Denver 4 Rio Grande
distributed 1863 900 young flsh in Col
orado and Utah. OF these 1867 900
came from the state hatcheries and L.
702. 900 came from the government
hatchery at Leadville. The fish are
put in when about two inches long and
big enough to care for themselves.
They were about equally divided as
between native, brook and rainbow
trout. The distribution in the streams
was as follows:
COLORADO.
Headwate.N Arkansas river
and tributaries .1,1OS. 0as
Gunnison river and tributaries l, 525 900
Tributaries of the Grand near
Glenwood ................ SS7,0vu
Eagle river notwithstanding. All, 900
Rio Grande and tributaries ,OGS, 900
South Arkansas west of Salida $50 90
Dolores and tributaries ....... 7ss,OO0
Uncompahgre and tributaries. 204. 900
San Juan and tributaries.... $4,000
Animas .................. 235, 700
Grand Aooa lakes .s........ $4,000
Miscellaneous .............. $4,000
UTAH.
Provo river and various Utah
streams $4,000
Total ........... ......7,sss. 900
The Meeker herald., 1906-05-19
WILD WITH ITCHING 4umoR.

Eruption Broke Out In spots All Over
Dody-cursd At Expense Of Only
91.26-Thanks cutieura.
The Cuticura Remedies cured me OF
my skin disease. and am very thank
full to you. My trouble was eruption
Of tho skin, which broke out in spots
all over my body. and caused con-
tinual itching which nearly drove me
wild at times. I got medicine OF
doctor, but 1t did not cure me. and
when saw In paper your nd. sent
to you for the Cuticura book and
studied my case In 1t. I then went
to the drug store and bought one cake
Of Cuticura Soap. sae box Of Cuticura
Ointment and one vial Of Cuticura
Pills. From the first application re-
ceived relief. used the hrst set and
two extra cakes Of Cuticura Soap. and
was completely cured l had suffered
for two years, and again thank Cuti-
cura for my cure. Claude N. John
son. Maple Grove Farm. R. F. D. 2.
Walnut. Kan. June Is, 1906"
The Meeker herald., 1906-05-19

one has only to say, Pardon, beauti-
full girl" to receive the most dazzling
smile and bow in return for the
awkwardness. At cafes frequented by
the people 1t is the custom for wait
ers to say. when placing chair for
one Of the women. Take this seat,
beautiful blonde" or. sit here, love.
ly brunette" as the case may b
The Meeker herald., 1906-05-19

The pianist Observation-Disclosures
forget whether he Is mentioned by
Przubszewski-has taken studio in
Manhattan. We do not expect to re-
peat this announcement SO long as II
costs rs much to Get type as it does
now.
The Meeker herald., 1906-05-19

Don't think you are poor. and yos
won't b." says the gifted Mary Ellen
Lease. There ID one get rich quick
recipe that won't impoverish you.
anyway.
The Meeker herald., 1906-05-19

and frequent. and very bad in appear
ance. 1t was in 1903 that Doan's Kid.
ney Pills helped me 20 quickly and
cured me Of those troubles and I've
been we'll ever since"
Sold by all dealers. so cents = boz.
Toster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
The Meeker herald., 1906-05-19

It II odd that China should send
commissioners here to learn our
ways. It was supposed that WI Ting.
Fang had learned everything about US
that was to be known.
The Meeker herald., 1906-05-19

/ know. I had
eye trouble. back.
ache. catch . .
when lying abed
or when bending
over. was languid
and often dizzy
and had sick
headaches an d
bearing d o " n
pains. The kid
q . y secretlons
were to copiouS
The Meeker herald., 1906-05-19

Here's another Franklin story. illus
trative Of the great mans foresight
and philosophical reach of mind.
Bono one said of his drawing the
electricity from cloud with the kite:
But what 10 the use Of it," Franklin
replied, what Is the use Of babyf"
The Meeker herald., 1906-05-19

People are asking the explorers how
they are going to tell the pole when
they see 1t, as the compass will not
be working about that time. Is 1t
possible that there is NO sign in large
letters on the pole?
The Meeker herald., 1906-05-19

An English scientist claims to have
discovered evidence that the ancient
Britons played dice. and loaded dice.
too. oh. the virtue and goodness Of
~ ~fAtAsFs"i
The Meeker herald., 1906-05-19

A gold brick worth 100000 has
been found under the foundations Of
an old mill in New Mexico. Now look
out for the man who will be around
trying to sell its mat0 at a ruinous dis
count.
The Meeker herald., 1906-05-19

Yaie's athletic reserve fund has
grown to nearly 100000. Maybe this
IL proof Of sport for sphet's saka
but It looks like business.
The Meeker herald., 1906-05-19

An English scientist declares that
laughter Is form Of temporary in
sanity. So. girls. Just repress that
tendency to giggle.
The Meeker herald., 1906-05-19

Novelist Howells says that literature
10 unrenunerat!ve, thus taking a hard
rap at the novelista who are making
Riches out of the books which gain
tame as the "best Sellers"