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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-14
CIGARS SMALLER THIS YEAR
Smokers Set Five Puffs Less For
the Same Money

Just five puffs less in that fine Ha-
vana of yours, Mr.. Smoker, than there
was before the first of last January.
If you are fond of a good cigar
you are paying for the failure of the
tobacco crops in Cuba last year and
the fact that the number of cigars
smoked in the United States increased
% per cent in 1906
The dealer is paying a higher price
for cheap cigars than ne did last year
but the higher grades he purchases for
to same money. The manufacturer
squares himself by cutting down the
cigar small fraction.
Although the filling of the fine ci-
ears is only cut down one thousandtn.
according to a local cigar man who ~
planned the change today. this effects
saving to .he manufacturer of from
$3.50 to $500 IN each 1000 cigars sold.
Besides leaving out one of the fine
strings in the filler the tip is clipped
tiny bit, perhaps a quarter of an
inca. The saving in 1000 cigars is al
most pound of tobacco; and high
grade tobacco costs money.
Said the cigar man: 1T makes no
difference to the smoker He pays the
same and the difference in size is so
slight no one would notice it, AS far
as smoking goes the difference is moth
ing-nO it is not worth mentioning at
all Once in a while if cigar is
clipped down more than the others a
man might notice it in the looks but
that is oil.
Some men like slim cigars and some
thick ones. The man who likes the
long ones generally throws away
long stump while the one who snakes
short Or.s uses it up close. The diff
ference is nothing you see. He
wouldn't have to throw it away a min
ute sooner on account of the cut.
ION the cheap cigars we can't cut
down in size because the stock will
not divide up fine enough so we have
to raise the price s. a thousand to the
dealer. This don't effect the smoker
He pays the same price. 1t is the
dealer who loses and the maker.
1--WE have to pay higher wages but
believe that will result in getting
better work. we will get better
cigar but it will cost more money.
Now the price of tobacco has gone
up to stay too. I don't think there is
anything that will bring it down. These
are the things that are now causing
more cigars to be imported and the
trade of the local man to be cut off
But I think this will come out all right
in time
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-14
UP" AND DIED
BECAUSE He DID so

LONDON, March 14.-At an inquest
upon an old soldier who died of heart
failure the doctor who made the post
norton examination said his ailment
was due to the 'pernicious practice in
the British army of putting out the
chest" Such evidence had never been
given in a case of death before but it
appears the doctors views have, al
ready been adopted by the army coun-
Gil, and puffed out chests have been
abolished from the British army after
an official existence of at least 100
years.
Chests out, stomachs in," has been
a familiar order on the drill ground
since the days of Waterloo. Now it is
gone forever. The old system of army
gymnastics has been abolished and
the Swedish system is to be installed
instead. The army council made in
quiries concerning the British and
Swedish systems of drill and found
that experts and medical officers unan-
imously pronounced the British dumb
bell system antiquated, unscientific
stupid and a perversiOn of the ways
of nature and that the Swedish sys
tenn was everything that could be de-
sired
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-14

at St Helens last September and Mrs.
THOMPSON was allowed $1,000 a year
or sS7 a month alimony. She remained
in Portland only a short time after the
divorce was granted, and is now IN Sc
attic.
Thompsons fiancee does not expect
him to return. He went away without
saving good-by or giving any reason
for his going, Or saying whittier ne
was bound.
Il don't know anything about
Thompsons plans" said j. D. DubacK'
former manager of the Portland Opu-
caI~ company, who has purchaser
Thompson's business today. Il bought
him out. and will continue to run the
business as before Thompson sold MS
automobile and all his other property
in town. so far as 1 know, and he hrst
went to Seattle, where his former
wife is living. He first intended 10
come back. but apparently changed MS
mind. for l have seen or heard nothing
from him since. 1 don't think he Is
coming back"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-14
CITY NEWS IN BRIFF

Silas Tressler, a veteran of the civil
war is confined to ST. Mary's hospital
receiving treatment for a fractured
leg Mr.. Tressler was injured by an
unmanageable horse falling on him. He
has lived in this section of the coun-
try for 40 years He lives on a farm
about three miles from the city.
Judge Lewis. the veteran justice of
the peace of Wallula, who was ope-
rated on at ST. Mary's hospital, is i'm
proving rapidly. Although the judge
is more than 20 years of age, he is
confident he will recover and enjoy
life for many years yet to come.
w. E. Horne of st. Louis, first vice
president of the Hotel & Restaurant
Keepers International Alliance and
the Bartenders' International League
of America spent the morning in Wal
la Walla looking after the interests of
the organizations of which he is one
of the highest officials.
Mary U. Achillis. wife of Rev. E. w.
Achillis died in the city yesterday
evening at o'clock. Mrs. Achillis
was brought to the city for medical
treatment several days ago. The re-
mains We're shipped to Athena from
the MacMartin & Co., DarlOrs this
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard NJ. Palmer of
Watertown, entertained the members
of the BEEN orchestra yesterday even
ing Games music and chicken BAN
quet made the evening a pleasant one.
Rev. Austin Rice. Prof. w. A. Brat
ton and Prof. Q. J. Todd have been Sc
lected as judges on thought and COM
position of the Whitman college an
nual Oratorical contest to be held in
the chapel tomorrow night All ora
tons were filed with the judges yesters
day evening. The names of the writer's
of the different papers are unknown to
the judges.
Sharpstein school baseball team de-
feated the team from Lincoln school by
score of IA to yesterday after
noon. The game was only six innings.
A return game on the Lincoln
grounds will be played next week..
Professor Howard Brubaker of Whit
man college will entertain the members
of the senior class at his home on
Madison street this evening.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-14
PAID HIGH FOR POOR ROCKS.
Frank Rockefeller Wants His 5000
Given Back to Him.

ST. LOUIS. Mo-, March 14.-Frank
Rockefeller took the witness stand to-
day in his suit against Henry Cross
for the restitution of $265.0O0 spent
for a zinc mine in Southwest Missouri
Mr. Rockefeller said that he inspect
ed it previous to buying.
Il went down in a shaft he said
land my attention was constantly call
ed to bodies of ore. In the center
room of the mine was a pillar that ap-
peared to be practically solid zinc ore
The walls of the room had the same
appearance. The lights carried by the
party made it look like one great crys-
tai palace. The floor seemed to be
of solid ore"
Rockefeller alleges he was induced
through misrepresentation to buy the
mine. and will endeavor to show that
the crystal palace" effects witnessed
by him did not faithfully portray the
worth of the deposit of ORE He saio
he paid 100000 for the mine and
spent $65, 900 in improvements.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-14
WILD SCENES REIGN ON
WALL STREET IN PANIC

NEW YORK, March 14.-With a
strength shown in the past few days
the stock market went to pieces yes
terday afternoon when one of the most
severe breaks in recent years was re-
sumed and with suddenness that
swept traders off their feet prices
tumbled from one to 10 per cent in
the active list and threw the market
into complete decentralization.
COincidental with the crash came
the announcement that the president
had called a special meeting of the
cabinet. No one seems to be able to
tell where the trouble lies. In the
to Eanicky times in Berlin where over
speculation in industrials is given as
the cause.
Union Pacific reached a new bottom
at 14S, Southern Pacific went down
a few points to S2A. Reading dropped
10 points. Hiss stocks fell to a new
low record, the Great Northern drop
ping to 141 and Northern Pacific to 128
Northern Oregon fell to SO, Steel Com
mon was first inclined to resist but
broke to 475s, three points drop.
The meeting of the cabinet lasted
half an hour. The members leaving
The president has declined to discuss
the subject. 1t is limited that Cortel-
you will make an announcement short
ly in reference to the mediate deposit
of customs money in national banks.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-14
PERSONAL MENTION

George A. Day and Clifford Riggs of
Lewiston, We're in the city yesterday.
The gentlemen are well known CAPT.
talists of the Idaho town.
w. A. Elliott, a real estate dealer Of
Charleston and Spokane, was Il bust
ness visitor in the city yesterday.
Frank Mckenzie of Milton was i'll
the city yesterday.
w. j. Woods of Waitsburg. is u
business visitor in the city.
w. A. Scott let yesterday evening
for POcatello, Ida.
Senator Fred M. Pauly is expected
to arrive Saturday from Olympia.
OrVal 1ite of Portland. is visiting
friends and relatives for few days.
MI. Hite formerly lived in Walla Wal
la.
Mrs. Minerva Haley, who has been
spending the winter months in Los
Angeles, left that city Tuesday for
Walla Walla.
In a letter from Mrs. V. S. Mcdonald
who has been spending the winter in
Los Angeles, and at Long Beach, an
nouncement is made of her GONZALES
cence after a long illness. Mrs. Nc
Donald will return to Walla Walla
within a few days, or as soon as she
is able to travel
r. V Perringer of Whitman college
left yesterday for his fathers farm III
Umatilla county to assist in putting in
the spring crop. He will return in
about six weeks to take the final ex-
aminatiOnS.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-14
SAVED HE-. SONS LIFE.

The happiest mother in the little
town of Ava. Mo-. is Mrs. S. Rupee
She writes: Zone year ago my son was
Town with such serious lung trouble
that our physician was unable to hell
aim; when, by our druggists advice
began giving him DR.. Kings New
Discovery, and 1 soon noticed improve
ment. I kept this treatment up for Il
well. He has worked steadily since
1T carpenter work. DR.. Kings Ne@
Discovery saved his life" Guaran-
teed best cough an dcold cure by E. L.
Smalley. Druggist. soc and s1.0O. Trial
bottle free.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-14
Found at Last.

]. A. Harmon of Lizemore. West va
saws. AT last l have found the perfect
mill that never disappoints me; ana
for the benefit of others afflicted with
torpid liver and chronic constipation
viii say, take DR.. Kings New Lie
pills. Guaranteed satisfactory. Csc
ar r. L. Smalley's, Druggist.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-14
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed proposals will be received at
the office of w. H. Meyer. architect.
until Saturday, March 18th, at 2
o'clock p. m. for the erection and COM
pletion of a two-story frame hotel
building to be erected on the corner of
Main and Thirteenth streets, for Lu-
Glen Genevay
Flans and specifications can be seen
at the office of w. H. Meyer.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-14
WAS 1T DOWIE'S BIER OR BEER?
Anyway Man Couldn't Walk Down
Stairs Without Falling.

ZION CITY. ILL.,. March 13.-ThrOngs
crowded to DOWie'S bier. They
are mostly palsied men and women
and weak children seeking to kiss the
fringes of the coffin. Rachael Fisher
aged 26. was carried to the casket
kissed the fringe, said she could walk
and started down stairs alone and fell
receiving injuries that may result ia
tally.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-14

FOR SALE-120 FEET SQUARE OR
IL block between Main and Rose
on Fourth street, Walla Walla. En-
quire of Grass Stewart. &c
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-14

SC MINER FALLOW FOR SALE
We want to sell 800 acres of summer
fallow miles northwest of Prescott
60 acres seeded to barley. Seed
wheat on the place for 24O acres
Price on the 60 acres seeded $500
per acre. $500 per acre on the other
24O acres. Baxter Realty Company,
q 1-2 West Main street, Walla Wal
la, Wash. % If.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-14
WAlLA WALLA JUNK SHOP,

'. f. SHORT & SONS TREE YARD
All kinds of Fruit, Shade and Orna-
Trees. Making Lawns and Flower
Gardens speciality. Yard, corner
East Alder and PalOuse street. Phone
1411. Walla Walla, Wash.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-14

mr. 7 ]. MURRAY. VETERINARY
surgeon and dentist; graduate OF
American Veterinary College. N. I.
once. Star Livery barn. corner OF
Fifth and Alder. Phone 81. No. 81.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-14

INSURE YOUR LIVE STOCK. North
Broadway; liberal commission to
agents. Write us for agency in your
locality.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-14

FOR RENT-THREE ROOM FUR
nished house. 525 First street. 80
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-14
FOR RENT.

OR RENT - HOUSEKEEPING
rooms at 20 w. Poplar st. 20
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-14
PROFESSIONAL.

IRIS. COON & COON. OSTEOPATH-
ic physicians. Examination free.
All diseases treated successfully.
both acute and chronic. especially
nerve, heart and female troubles.
Phone. Residence F. l.. 1853: ONCE
phone 1913. Rooms 406-407 Ransom
Rldg. Take the elevator.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-06-16

proveMent Woman's work IS most important; and the Graphic cor dially invites tho cooperation of the ladies toward the more speedy realization of "city beautiful.
 We hope to make this depart ment of the Sunday Graphic one of it's livest and most interesting features, and of much good to Pine Blufi.
 We know what we want to make it, and we know we can not realize half of our desire unless we re- ceiye the hearty assistance of all who are as interested in civic inn proyement as we are. Can we hope to get such aid? We do hope to. We expect to.
 We therefore, invite the public to cooperate with us by contribut- ing such thoughts and suggestions as they may have to make for the civic improvement and betterment of Pine Bluff.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-06-16
>R N

work. patriotic and fraternaI socH,f;6s planted trees in the various parks naming them in honor of the grand and supreme officers of the yarions lodges. The Woodmen of the World and their auxiliary. the Women of tho Woodcraft, planted a number of trees near their bungalows at the Spokane interstate fair grounds.
 People fin Spokane displayed more enthusiasm in the work this year than they~did year ago" Mr. Moore said land we have reports to show that not single block in Spokane was neglect ed. Everybody worked, and the man with the hoe, rake and shovel was in evidence from morning till nimhtfall the result being that the city was beautiful and clean. It is proposed to have this day set aside and to make it a civic holiday every year."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-06-16

office, separate from the political
 parties. 1t should have an or
 ganization for watching it's mu-
 nicipal government, and seeing that
 it's officers do their duty. It should
 have board of trade, to look out
 for the business interests. It
 should have an improvement so
 eiety, for the beautifying Of the
 town. It may have an orsaniza
 tion which covers all of these fields.
 When the fathers established
 the government of this country
 they had only to deal with very
 scattered population. Of cities
 there were none, as we know them
 now, and very few towns. The
 town form of government was suf-
 ticient at that time, when every
 resident knew every other resi- dent intimately, and carried in his mind the entire business of the
 town A town meeting once a year, attended by every male voter, transacted all of the necessary busi ness for the year. That being good for the town, it must also be
 good for the cities, the states, and the nation; and therefore the city and state and national government I was simply the town government. with chosen representatives attend ing instead of all of the voters.
 The scheme of town government i is still the best scheme for places of small size. Where the town
 contains a thousand people, with, I say 200 voters, it still works as it was intended to work. But in the 1 larger places, there is need of an- other organization to assist. Some large towns, realizing that all of their voters were not in position 1 to obtain information concerning 1 the business of the towns, have /! adopted the eXpedlent Of an adVls- ory committee. This committee is
 composed of some 20 to 40 repre- sentative men, whose duty it is to
 make thorough examination of the business of the town and the 1 needs for the coming year, and ! report to the entire voting body it's findings and recommendations In that way the voters have laid be-
 fore them in print an explanation l of the public business, lucid state
 ment of the purposes for which 1 money must be provided, and rec 1 concentrations concerning changes ' or improvements.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-06-16

Therein is a hint for civic bodies such a committee. No better worK can be done than the work of inyes
 majority of voters in this country are in the dark as to what is going on in public business and dc not know how to vote except as they are told by the politicians. If they tion from time to time, they would take interest, and there would be an Improvement in municipal busi- ness.
 Then the civic club can extend the place, to the improvement of it's transportation facilities, to it's grade crossings, to the abatement of the smoke nuisance. and a mel- 1iCdstC Ol OGhVl S9oJd Cltihoo lOl iLo town, all of which will profit the place in hard dollars. The club may even devote a part of it's time and strength to the selection of good men for office, and the at tempt to elect them. It will be no- ticed that we place this work at the end of the list. Twenty years ago there could be found no other work for reform club to do, and it took good many years of failure to 1 convince people that such efforts were fruitless unless accompanied by vast amount of work in other ! directions. =. .s7 2
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-06-16
CIVIC IMPROVEMENT SCHEME
Success of SpoI<ane's Arhor and Clean
 ina Day Movement.

Success of Spokane's Arhor and Clean
 ing Day Movement.
 To clean up a town and keep 1t i'll good shape the following scheme, fol lowed for two seasons by Spokane, Wash, has proved very beneficial to that city and can be adopted in measure by any town:
 Forty thousand men, women and children, including fourteen hundred students in tne high school, participat- ed this spring in the special arboi and cleaning day movement originated i'll Spokane q year ago by the Gity beautiful committee of the Che Huli- dred and Fifty Thousand club. says the New York Tribune. Mayor rlo"d L. Daggctt proclaimed a civic hosi- day, and from early morning unl' the sun dipped behind the Wcs,- ern hills captains of financial, indus trial and commercial institutions. iliil- ing kings. lumber barons. professional men and laborers worked side by side with their wires. sisters ard chiltrc in making Spokane as spick and spa as a new pin. How well they sue ceedcd was shown by the fact that nearly every lawn was raked, the trees and s6rubterry5;' 7 vcre ;.!i i5f ip5rf1nsi: aseye cleaned and vacant lots soV1 to sias- and flower seeGs. The last named work was given over to the childeen ! to whom were presented 10000 packets of garden seeds by Mrs. R. Well.
 Henry l.. Lilienthal formerly city engineer, was marshal of the day and had under his direction large number of teams and vehicles lent by the cor porations and private individuals which hauled refuse to the Tunicipal crematory and the dumps outside the city limits. Tree prunings, leaves and other debris were destroyed in bonfrcs lighted in various parts of the city under the direction of the fire depart ment The organization of the forces , was the work of C. Herbert Moore chairman of the city beautiful cein mittee, who was assisted by q vice chairman in each ward in each ci which there was q committee cf ter residents. one representing each Ere cinct. Every block in the precinct was reprs=@Hted by q captain, and i1 this wa% every pa.t of the city. eve, the outg!:irtS, Was looked after.
 In addition to lN5, general elcanin.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-06-16
CIVIC IMPROVEMENT.

The Graphic during the sast week has received numerous en- couracing words from various sources relative to it's civic lnl- Drovement feature, the first install snent of which appeared last sun .1ay. The Graphic is gratiiied that
 e ideas along the lines Of civic
 lproycmcnt. promulgated III US
 gst issue were of sufficient lHa-
 prtanco to attract the attention ,,nd call forth favorable comment from some of Pine Bluffs most public spirited citizens, and we g1now that this awakened interest is the entering wedge to greater and more practical results.
 There is nothing that Pine Bintf needs more at this particular time sban such an organization as a civic improvement league. The ei- forts of one person, or lew III this respect in any community IS better than no effort at all, it is true; but the organized effort Of many means greater and more rapid improvement, with speedier practical results therefrom.
 'In unity there is strength Let Chose of our readers who have spoken kindly of the movement do more than this. Let them discuss Ghe subject among their friends and through the columns of The Gra- phic, which are open to them every Sunday. We know there are many people in Pine Bluff who will well come an awakened and active in Ierest in a movement so fraught with meaning to the progress and growth of the town, and we ask the cooperation of all Pine Bluffi- ans who have the advancement of the city at heart.
 It is hot necessary for the Gra- phic at this late day to reiterate the well-knoWn fact that it's eff forts have always been in the inter- ests of it's town and in advocating the organization of a civic improve ment league, it is following it's usual policy of working for the well fare of Pine Bluff.
 Let us organize a civic improve ment league, with a woman S auxiliary-for a good cause is bet ter cause when aided by the "good women, God bless 'em''
 In some departments of civic inn
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-06-16
WHAT ARE YOU DOINGc

What are you doing for your city? Not to make it better for the visitor, but to make it better for yourself, and for all the people who live in it. In these days there is so much that each can do, and one person can do so much. It is safe to say that no town will lag behind if there lives in it one person who realizes how much better it might be who has the courage of his knowledge It is so easy, so sim pie, so inexpensive, to begin to im- prove the town that there is no ex- cuse for doing nothing in that di- rectiOn. A civic improvement asso- citation with one member is better than none. The first one ever or ganized had but one member for several years, and that one wom- an. If there is a live improvement