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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-18

-. interesting track meet at An
+.' ''M Yesterday afternoon was
- N'A ~ by a driving hailstorm OF
most Firulent Kansas variety. The
ing VIII be continued today at
"Nen tho classes will fight it out
W. II, mterclass championship of
day. Vial Sc VIII oe i''''N0
,s'ueElns the blustery. raw
oo,. ."eF' The work of the athletes was
,,a ''udple. indeed. Philbrook. IN
ch,u' sHo' put and hurdles. showed
son 'ploNship form at this early sea-
min reI'house won the pole vault at
H.. 1ert nine inches but showed form
has,. III easily AXE him a foot higher
'O'e the season closes.
The W.. 'i Marin, new man Oh
rar,' "AltHan track. while it surprised
- C'u rot fool those who have
tb4 Ia "dy train This year. 1t takes
Sba- second man longer to round into
TIM N'A most athletes and by the
held - t'-e INST Intercollegiate meet Is
win n Ne admirers of this fast sprinter
Mani De disappointed. Even at that
= good man and in another
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-18
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her death. Mrs. Ward, then a very old
lady, was constantly annoyed by the
hospital making a dumping ground on
our premises for filthy rubbish and
waste materials. of most disgusting
character. Again and again was this
protested against; both of the under
signed on occasions protested to DR..
Cropp against a practice SO contrary
to the ordinary laws of cleanliness, not
to say decency. and again and again
did Mrs. Ward have to hire men to re-
move from her premises the lOathsome
articles thrown over her fence from the
hospital
To illustrate the character of these
articles, we mention the following
which We have personally found there:
Flowers and wreaths from sick rooms
and funeral obsequies occasions, cup
partly filled with ointment, old hot
water bags. tin cans, numerous empty
beer bottles, old medicine and other
bottles of different kinds broken
glasses. old buckets and pitchers, bro
ken chambers, old shoes, sOiled in
fant's napkins. dirty rags, electric light
bulbs, felt boot used in connection with
injured limbs, old mattress and bed
liner. underwear taken from either sick
people. or the dead slitted down the
front according to the practice in such
cases. night dresses likewise, canvass
stretcher. antiseptic gauZe from wounds.
and bandages, with blood and dressings
adhering to same, and other articles
of similar nature, disgusting and filthy.
After Mrs. Wards death these prac-
tices continued and we again in per-
son. presented the matter to the hospi-
| tai management, but still our requests
We're ignored. Finally, becoming con-
vinced that we must take steps to COM
pei these people to treat us with or
dinary courtesy, and desiring to save
them the annoyance of the publicity
which wou1.' follow Il formal protest
to your honorable body, we notified
them Of the termination of the privilege
of the sewer connection believing that
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-18
COMMITTEES TRY TO DODGE
Water and Street Discuss Removal
Of Unsighuy Piles

Who shall dispose Of the extra dirt
left in the streets after water or sewer
pipes are installed. was talked over in
a good natured way at the city council
meeting last night.
The street committee and the water
committee each strOve to pass the duty
over to the other. The former claimed
the dirt was left there by the water
committees operations while the water
|committee argued the street committee
was better able to dispose of the dirt
as it had carts while the water commit
tee had no proper facilities.
The point was raised by Councilman
Glasford that the humps of dirt on
some streets which particularly Oh
Sixth streeD were dangerous. could be
leveled off by turning a stream of
water on them to make. them settle.
He said the few small boulders
which would be left could be easily
cared away.
Legal boundaries for Mill creek from
Clinton street bridge to the eastern
boundaries of the city were adopted in
accordance with the map filed by the
,ity engineer.
Complaint was made by property
owners living in that vicinity that the
creek was wandering from its true
boundaries to their damage and asking
for temporary relief. The council
Went no this morning to look over the
situation and see what could be done
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-18
COACH BENDER TALKS AGAINST
USE OF TOBACCO BY ATHLETES

a track team or football eleven re-
quires persistent and systematic ef-
fort. There must be no relaxation.
An athlete can not take an occasional
drink or smoke and hope to compete
with his fellows who persevere with no
dissipations. It is just so in after life;
the man who keeps in perpetual good
condition is ready to seize the oppor-
tunities that others let pass"
Professor Beatty of the botany de-
partment at Pullman. and chairman or
the interscholastic track meet COM
mittee took the rostrum at the conclu-
sion of Mr. Bender's talk and in few
words told what the college is doing IN
regard to the big meeting to be held at
Pullman next month.
He said the coming contest would De
the biggest event Of the kind ever held
in the west. Thirty high schools ana
academies out of 32 invited laws sent
in their list of contestants and agreed
70 ba present This year five hlgh
schools on the west side have been IN
yited and will go to Pullman. More
than 400 athletes will come togetne'
in friendly but animated rivalry on the
rack at the little Palouse town.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-18
GOOD RECORDS ARE MADE DESPITE
BAD WEATHER FOR THE ATHLETES

season should be going the ois'aiioe
around 10 fiat.
Following are. yesterdays resui's.
1oO-yard dash-Martln, nrst se''
frst. Cox. freshman. second; James
lyman, senior. third Time lo SO se
ondS. tfrash-
man, James Lyman. Time, - seeohus'
Mile run-Hawley (freshman' nu.
roughs (sophomores). wilson tou. :"
veor, Time. minutes Is go secoheH'
Shot-put-Philbrook (fourth yea.
Dimmick Fourth year,, James hS i'''''-'
instance 80 feet inches.
ooo-vard Observation-Disclosures JONI
man (sophomore). Paul Braiheiu'
nhonorel. Time. 81 seconds.
pole vault--Felthouse 'sopio." n;a,i
,,aroy ffourth year,. Graham 'Juh'o'' y
uei.bt feet inches. ,o
Tbere still remains TO De ru', oh ths
,.,ter mile. the half. the reias'
sammer throw, the discus ana tne us
hurdIas Until the result OF these az
low tnere will win the coveted an .up
=. n"o" - conceded, however. that the non -
or ;s to go either to the freshmen "
the fourth year academy class
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-18
WHAT MISS MAYME ELLIOTT HAS
TO SAY OF SEWER CONTROVERSY

Miss Mayme Elliott superintendent
of the hospital in addition to stating
that all refuse Of the hospital was
burned each day in an incinerator made
for the purpose, fatty denied that any
thing had ever been thrown upon the
Ward property except a disinfected
stretcher which had once blown Off the
fence and a bottle which a patient had
thrown out of a window. She was in
dignant over the insinuations made
against the management of the hospital
and made the following statement:
Last winter. one day, when l was
out. Mr.. Turner called to ask that the
back yard be cleaned up. Miss Null
key. the assistant superintendent.
talked with him and told him she
would call my attention to the matter,
which she did. l sent my boy to see if
there was anything over the fence and
all he found was one bottle which one
of the patients had thrown over.
called Mr.. Turner up by telephone and
told him that l had sent the boy to in
vestigate the matter and what he had
found; that l did not want any un-
pleasantneSs with them and would be
glad to do anything right in the mat
ter. I asked him to return the neigh
bOrly kindness by removing the chicken
coOps further away from the fence.
These are very unpleasant to patients.
He said he would speak to his wife
about the matter. He told me that
Mrs. Turner said that as the people
who came to the hospital were all
farmers anyway. the chicken coops
would make them feel at home.
Il didn't feel the same way about
the matter and asked them as a kind
ness. to remove them. l have never
heard any more from them and they
! have never been moved although the
| yard has been cleaned up during the
past week. 1t has been somewhat i'm
, proved,
The only thing which has ever gone
over the fence since | have had charge
! of the institution was a Stretcher. This
was carbOlized and put on the fence
to dry but a wind blew it over | had
| it brought back as soon as l discov-
cred it.
.Dr. Braden asked me about it as Mr..
Turner had complained to him about
it. and l told him that it was car
bolized and had been brought back
This is the only conversation l had
| with the health officer at anytime about
anything over the fence for. with the
exception of admitting this circum-
stance of the stretcher, all that is said
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-18
IS To
Be HELD SOON
Annexation Proposition to be
Submitted to Voters

Ordinances calling for special
election to determine the question.
Ito annex or not to annex will be
presented to the city council April
80. City Attorney H. S. Blandford
was instructed to prepare such Ordi-
nances yesterday evening after the
adoption of the report Of the Judiciary
COMMITTEES which recommended pro-
cedure as outlined in yesterdays
Statesman.
1t was held by the city attorney
that both petitions presented must be
voted upon separately as according to
the statute that was the only legal
way in which ely could add to Its
territory.
The council acted as canvassing
board just before adjournment and
checked up the returns on the bond
ing election held Tuseday finding them
TO be correct as announced yester-
day.
Hereafter street improvements as
we'll as water and sewer eXtenSlons
will have to be passed upon by the
council as a whole. instead of the reg
ular committee having special charge
of that department.
Councilman Kirllman introduced an
other sweeping resolution yesterday
evening which was adopted by the
council: 1t is as follows:
Resolved that from and after thi:
no street or public Improvements be
made until they have first been sub.
mitted in writing with estimated costs
thereof to the city council while in
session and the order of the counci.
obtained therefor"
BY motion the water supply funu
made a temporary loan to the water
department of $500 in order that ,n.
latter might pay the interest on bonds
which will soon be due. AS the water
department was short and the money
was lying idle in the supply fund the
transfer for time was deemed ad-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-18
TURNER AND RFES GIVE VERSION
Of THEIR POSITION AS EXECUTORS

The COMMUNICATION sent TO the CITY
..,,,c;l hv Executors Turner and Rees
is as follows
"a the Mayor and City of Wafla Wafla:
descending to your inquiry concern
,,o, our recent notice to the Walla
,v,IIa hospital, terminating a uertain
,grhau,ant relative to sewer connec-
,;o,c or the Ward tract, We beg to SUBJ
a,f.. orr reasons for said notice, and the
,,ots with reference thereto, as follows,
VIZ
We first beg 10 remind your honor
.tJa body that. prior to the construc-
,io, of the sewer system, not only this
bosrital but the entire city, was grant
81 nv us the use Of this property and
III, c;ty was instructed to construct a
riteh across the Ward tract and to run
water through it to flush the old Glas-
f,rd fume. which then constituted all
fh. sewerage facilities which the city
enjoyed.
About this time. over 10 years ago,
DR. J. f. Cropp appealed to us for a
permit to connect q sewer from the
hospital to lnlS open uiiCii. anu tAiC
memorandum was then signed up
which vas recently terminated by us.
When the sewer system was built, we
cave the city permission to use two
lines through our property. both of
which connect with established alleys
below US. and DR.. Cropp was then
given verbal permission to extend the
uipe which formerly discharged into
the open ditch and connect with the
sewer For these different accommo-
dations we have never asked any pay
ment or compensation whatever. re-
gardng it as mere neighborly SER
vice which l. was a pleasure to us to
grant. other persons have been like
wise permitted to run their sewers
across our land. and we have never no.
thed any OF them to remove them, nor
Should Nt a.,.,. l:otifivti the hospital &c
DO So had they shown the slightest
disposition To- rrciprocate the neighbor-
ly treatment which we had accorded
them.
However for several years before
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-18

Odd Fellows hall last night was the
scene of one of the most successful
limitations and largest fraternal gath
erings ever held under its roof when
more than 300 United Artisans from
Oregon and Washington towns gain
cred together to give the first degree
to o6 new recruits for the order.
The local lodge won both the prizes
tho silver loving cup for the assembly
bringing the most candidates and the
h.ndsome silk flag for the bes eXem-
MITIGATION of the degree work.
After the initiation 200 visitors ana
100 hosts and hostesses sat down :"
eniov an abundant feast which was
followed by an equally copious How OF
1,;t and hunor as many leading mem
hers of the order made interesting re-
sponses to toasts.
The reception committee consisted
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Scott, MI
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-18

If the Decarie manufacturing COM
pany wishes to ship an incinerator &.
Walla Walla and take the chances o.
getting it's pay it can do so but the
city officials have served notice on
that firm that Walla Walla has al
ready exceeded it's legal indebtedness
and if the incinerator people wish to
take warrants of doubtful legality it
will be at their own risk.
This is the essence of the letter
written by City Clerk Hart to tns
Decarie company in reply to one
from the Minneapolis concern pro-
testing against the cancellation or
the contract The letter was written
several days ago under orders from
Mayor kellough and his action was
enforced II the city council yesterday
evening.
The Decarie people wrote directly TO
Mayor Kellough expressing great dis
appointment at the failure to install
p model Decarie plant in Walla Walla.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-18

High school students heard an in
Stuctive and entertaining address this
morning at chapel exercises when
Coach Johnny Bender of the state col
Iese spoke on The Value Of Training.
Tobacco as the bare of the athlete
vas the strong point brought out by
me speaker. He said he never allowed
user of tobacco even to try for a
place on any Of the athletic teams at
the college
man may be a good sprinter
""ugh he smokes cigarettes. He may
"'h race after race. yet l can not use
n''N Tor he is not dependable and may
~ IN critical meet he will fail me.
IAe tobacco soaked college man may
oFeaH up at any moment: mis- nerves
"'t always At the breaking point
While the habit made famous first
- Sir Walter Raleigh was the princi-
F"' one attacked by the coach, he in
,.uqed All o'her forms OF dissipation in
Ms remarks.
Athletic training" he said. "is of the
H'"eSt benefit to Il man in after life.
a. sHtS MN self confidence and fits him
'V' "e rough battle with the world as
- o'Att thing can. To be successful on
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-18

In the statement about what / 'reluct-
antly admitted to the health officer Is
absolutely untrue.
I'VE have no need to throw anything
over the fence as We have an inCinera-
tor in which we can Immediately burn
all dressings and things of an unsani-
tary nature. We burn them at least
once day.
why they should attempt to impli-
cate the present management do not
see as / never spoke to Mrs. Turner
and never with Mr.. Turner except over
the phone. The present management
invites the city authorities and the
public generally to visit and inspect
the hospital at any and all times. As
every physician in the city visits the
hospital regularly Il statement can be
gotten from any of them regarding the
sanitary condition of the hospital"
DR.. j. F. Cropp denies in the strong
est terms that Mr. Turner or Mr.. Rees
protested 10 him regarding the un-
sanitary condition of the premises. He
said:
II have never received either written
or verba! communication from either of
the parties at any time in regard to this
matter. l have myself been in the
hospital once and twice day and can
certify the hospital and premises have
been kept scrupulOusly clean in every
particular Every physician in the
city visits it two or three times each
day
while I am not now running the
hospital. having leased it more than
three years ago to Miss Elliott, who
has full charge of it. from daily obser-
vatiOn l am convinced there is not Il
like institution on the Pacific coast
kept in more sanitary and perfectly
cleanly condition than the Walla Walla
hospital has been and is kept at the
present time. The city health officer
visits the hospital two or three times
Il day"
| City Health Officer A. f. Braden.
when asked concerning conditions at
the hospital. said:
| AT the request of Mr.. Turner ] went
up and examined the premises. I did
not find anything at all over the fence.
Miss Elliott assured me that II any
| hing was ever thrown over the fence il
was absolutely against her orders. At
| the same time. in an institution of that
sort. with so many employees, it Is pos
sible that some of Them in the effort
! to dispose of things easily. might throw
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-18
COMPANY WANTS PAY FOR
|NC|NERATOR COUNCIL ORDERED

They claim the construction Of steel
building, incinerating furnace and
auxiliary gas furnace is already u..
der way and considerable damage will
be done them II arrangements for the
installation of the furnace here can
not be made.
They state that work on the same
has been suspended pending further
action by. the WaIla Walla councss
and intimate the cosnpany will expect
to be reimbursed for such damage AZ
they may suffer by reason Of failure,
TO install the plant.
No action was taken by the council
beyond approving the letter written by
Clerk Hart explaining the financisl
condition of the city and that no fur
ther Indebtedness can be incurred ex-
cept by vote of the citizens except
for expenses of administering the city
government.
No further move will be made by
the council until the Decarie people
reply to this communication.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-18

and Mrs. Ralph White and Mrs. New
man. The committee on refreshments
was Mrs. W. NJ. Chenoweth, Mrs. J.
Winans and Mr.. Lininger.
Following are the candidates from
the various lodges who were initiated
last night. Walla Walla: Clara Kras.
man. May McCaronus. Polly Ander-
son. Mary Clark. Bertha Buckley.
Martha Clark, Henry House and Will
lam Clark.
Pendelton: Mr.. and Mrs. Morrow,
Mr.. IlsOn. John Repplinger. Susie
Bowdon. Edith Cook and Lelah Du-
prus.
Milton: Ernest Righs George Jones'
Nellie Campbell and DIR. DOlson
Waitsburg: c. II. Thomas Rey
Chapman, Mrs. Lowing and j. ii.
Diehl.
Dayton: Mr. and Mrs. Barret and
Mr.. Simpson.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-18
WATER FOR THE CITY CEMETERY CRY
Of THOSE Who DESIRE GREEN GRAVES

Even if the broken water main is
repaired it wilt furnish requisite water
for the needs Of the city cemetery
alone. and the Catholics. Masons, Odd
Fellows and other societies say they
have as much right to the water as has
the city.
What is to be done?
contractors setting up tomb stones
md 1t necessary to haul water from
the Iellowhawk now and with a crying
want to be supplied there is nothing
with which to supply it.
Another indication of the city's lack
or forethought is the fact that at the
present death rate there will not be a
lot left In the cemetery in three years
at the farthest, yet no steps are being
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-18

Startling is the water, situation at
the city cemetery-and apathetic coun-
cilmen are standing idly by making no
move to better conditions.
There is not drop OF water at the
burying ground and no prospect for any
although the city is bound by agree
ment to take perpetual care of the
graves there.
The order of things was brought
about last fall by the bursting of the
water main which supplies water to
the cemetery. Those in charge of the
cemetery say there is no money to
repair the break and they can do moth
ing to relieve the situation, yet there
is the unalterable fact the city must
fulfill its agreement.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-18

taken to secure additional iand al
though 40 acres adjoining could be pur-
chased for less than half what Vt would
cost in three years and the city couiu
secure long time terms.
In the meantime the long hot summeI
is drawing nigh and the shades OF
men who paid their s10O to the CITY
that their graves might be kept green
are probably curious to know why tne
councilman are pOwerless to repair a
broken water main and yet furnish
money that sleek agents of paving
companies NAV doze in the shade of the
sheltering palm, lulled to siumDer oS
the dreamy music Of popping cham-
payne corks.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-18
Worth $40, 900, COO.

NEW YORK. Apr. 1S.-Ethel Rookie
fellcr. daughter Of William. was mar
ried 70 Marcus Hartley Dodge. today
1t is estimated she is worth $50. OOO, 600
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-31
JIMMY SALISBURY
TO DEFEND TITLE
Announcement Made That In
termountain Tennis Champion
win Arrive in Time to Play.
HAS KEPT HIMSELF IN TRIM
Looks Like sam Necl ~ to Put Fight
Against Enthusiastically
Games.

Walker Salisbury made the well
como announcement yesterday that his
brother. o. j. C'Jimmy) Salisbury
wan be here to defend his title of in
termountain tennis champion This
injected new interest into the tournn-
ment now in progress, Jimmy has
bee out Of the city for some time and
1t was not thought he would be here
10 meet the winner of this years
tournament, thereby losing the cham"
pionshlp by default. But he has arr
ranged his affairs so he can come
home ana as he has peen playing
as much as possible during the sum-
MGR, he is in good trim. The two
brothers Will not be able to play to-
gether to hold their title in this
doubles as Walker has played IN
doubles already and this eliminate.
him Under the rules. il looks as IL
Sam Nee and jimmy Salisbury
are to dish up the championship con-
test and II would be warm one With
this pair serving.
YESTERDAYS GAMES.
The rain interfered with yesterdays
schedule. the women's doubles being
postponed until today on this account.
Myers defeated Conrad yesterday:
scores, 6-1, rs, and Mcleod defeated
George Taylor, Ga, rs.
ToDAY's SCHEDULE.
woman's doubles-Mrs. Griffin and
Mrs Lyons VS.. Miss Williams ANA
Miss Thorne for championship OF in-
termountaiu states.
Myers VS.. Garnett. semi-finals, 4 p. m.
Noel VS.. Brown semi-finals, p. N,
Mems singles, consolatfons-Town-
send vs. Milan. p. M; Raymond vs..
George Smith, ) p. m; Mccormick VS.,
Whitney, 3 p. m,
Mems doubles. consolations-CoX ara
Taylor Va. Collins and Mccormick.
y. M; Milan and Smith VS.. Thomp-
son and Griffin p. M; winners Of
CoN-Taylor VS.. Collins Mccormick
match vs. Taylor and Boyd, 8 p. M;
winners of Milan-Smith VS.. Thompson
Griffin match vs.. Rainstord and Town
send, p. m.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-31
FREE MUSIC LESSONS

Madame Brodbeck viii give one
months free lessons IN Plano or Vocal
10 pupils who wish 20 study at her
studio her superior methods which she
acquired ut tho Royul Conservatory.
stuttgart Germany and under Manuel
Garcia, london. studio, b0O Rice
street Ibelween State and Second east,
on Ninth South)