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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-11
CITY news IN BRIEF

Mrs. M. J. Turner of Waitsburg, is
receiving treatment for typhoid fever.
She is at the Walla Walla hospital.
BY mutual agreement the suit which
has been pending in the superior court
between the Columbia Engineering
Works and the Snake River Irrigation
company, has been dismissed.
Judge Thomas H. Brents, of the SUI
perior court, granted two divorces Sat
urday afternoon. DEGREES were given
Cynthia c. Lewis and Stephen S.
Lewis: Grace Mcfarland and Harry
Mcfarland. Non support was alleged
in both cases.
]. A. Brushwood of Kennewick, is
again confined to the Walla Walla hos
pital and will submit to an operation.
Some time ago Mr.. Brushwood under
went an operation and second one is
deemed advisable.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-11
JACKSON PLEADS FOR MUSIC
whitman Professor Wants Support Of
r'-% -
People FOR the Local ..z7
cL., ,,: J4a H0S,
o"' /, dr. >

Two big concerts are being planned
one to be given in March and the other
in May. go .."s.
If the union receives sufficient sup
port some noted soloists will be brought
to the city to sing at these concerts.
Professor A. c. Jackson, who is lead
err of the Choral Union, is discour-
aged over the lack of support which
the musical people of the city are CIV
ing.
In letter to the newspaper he says:
I should like. to say few words to
the people of Walla Walla concerning
ia desire of some to have a successful
choral union in this place. ..,
During my short stay in this city !
have done everything possible to fur
Their the cause of music but it is an
impossibility for me to make the choral
union a success without the Co-opera-
ton of the music loving people. :. e,,
1 wish to say that the choral union
is in no way connected with any insti-
tuition in the city. I receive no remun-
Grafton and the officers are town
people. ggs y sts So
1t is my wish to give q concert in
March and another in May, obtaining
the best soloists in the country, but
to do this I must have the support of
the people of Walla Walla. 1 gave one
concert before Christmas and it was
fairly we'll attended but not in way
to guarantee that the people were with
me, and no conductor can go ahead and
do good work without good support.
leave it with the people of this city as
to whether we can support the under
taking.
The union meets every Monday eve
ming at 1870 and 1 should be glad to
see as many as possible out this eve
| ming. Yours truly.
A. G.. JACKSON.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-11
Great On Fish.

The late John Price Wetherill Of
Philadelphia had the reputation of CIV
ing the best dinners and serving the
best wines of any Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Wetherill had a certain odd
quaint humor. At a dinner that he
gave last year, the fish course was un
usually good He praised the chef ar
IDENTIFY, concluding:
But he is best of all with fish. Why
he prepares fish so exquisitely that
from the frying pan they give him ad.
miring and grateful looks"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-11

1T used to be different. Women
used 10 read nothing but the Duchess.
Mrs Southworth, Bertha M. Clay, and
writers OF that class. Now they read
Howells. Joseph Conrad, Kipling, Mrs
wharton, Wells, Hardy, w. w. Jacobs,
George Meredith and so on. ar ,e.f;
so much for my average woman
patron. My average man patron reads
Conan Doyle, Hall Game. Rider nag.
gard Winston writer's OF
the popular class.
i suppose it is the higher education
and the greater freedom now allowed
to women that has improved their lit.
erary taste so tremendously" -
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-11
B|Tul|TH|C SQUAD HOLDS
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did not want the people to get hold
of those opinions through the news
papers. hence the committee of the
whole scheem was Matched up.
1t is said that the revision of Or
dinances was simply a blind to deceive
hte public What the bitulithic squad
really wanted was to fix up a deal
which would get the city out of the
injunction suit mess without the meth
DDS being known. ...
Nothing that the council can do
this afternoon has any legal force but
any course of action can be agreed
upon and then put through tomorrow
night.
1t was at a similar afternoon meet
ing that Frank Reese got the council
to agree to change the specifications
on the base for asphalt pavink from
1-4-7 to 1876.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-11
No Dot On Their she||s--Ths
Only Means The Prices Soar
NO OYSTERS ARE LATEST sIens
ED MANY OF THE LUSCIOUS
BIVAlVES.

The rumOr that Olympia oysters
would be strangers to northwest tables
for five years on account Of the recent
freeze to the oyster beds on the sound
dealer.
"Of course the price will go up" he
said, but not all of the oysters are
killed. 1 think people will have 10
pay so cents quart instead OF 70
cents, but l think there will be plenty
at that price.
CLANS will also so up from 25
cents to 80 cents for the same reason
Eastern oysters will not be affected
directly by the freeze, but of course
they will rise slightly in sympathy with
the decreased supply of Olympia Oys-
tiers.
Il think the stories about the de-
struction to the oyster beds have been
exaggerated. OF course there has been
Some but there will be plenty Of oys-
tiers all the time for those willing to
pay the price"
Local oyster parlOrS WHICH nave hau
! the sign Olympia oysters order 5
cents extra" displayed are taking them
down and. saying no oysters to their
customers today. This shortage is
caused by the washouts on the rail-
,, roads, however, and not the freeze out
on the Sound.
Salads are another thing which must
be cut out by the society these wash
out days. Not stalk. of celery or
leaf of lettuce can be produced In
town and so the society entertainers
have to tax their ingenuity for sub
stitute for the delicious digestion de-
Stroyer.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-11
s,ts legislature This Year to
| Break all Records
|egEgAL|s KICKS At SCHOOL BILL
..r1 WANT ANY DIVISION OF
REFORM scHooL-cITIzENs -
GO TO OLYMPIA.

i o1yuPIA. Feb. II. -Chehalis is
,rsed over the prospect Of a division
aba state reform school, located at
! rsobaHs, The plan proposed provides
rho building of another school, ex
d ,,,sivelv for girls, in eastern Washing
AGAINST this Chehalis protests.
!. brings forward a counter PROPOSE
,:,n demanding that the Legislature
;,,.r buiId an entirely new school at
Il .,o,o other point, abandoning the Che
ali, location, or that the present
4 .hooI ba enlarged. In no event does
L cbabaIis want division, contending
.b,t such a proposal is the reverse Of
/ ,,+sdon OF course, Chehalis does not
;, ant to lose the school and protests
/ ,roinst removal or division are pour
ING in on the Legislators. A commit
Zoo Of Chehalis citizens will come to
Oympia shortly to lay the matter be-
fore the appropriations committee.
The house appropriations committee
hogan Yesterday the compiling Of the
general budget for the state. Four es-
1 Inmates were allowed-those of the in
/ cane asvlums at Steilacoom and Medi-
cal Lake and the schools for defective
Youth at Vancouver and Medicol Lake.
The Chehalis school was passed until
the state penitentiary allowance was
held up pending the scheme to build
an Intermediate reformatory on the
west side.
Judging by the estimates already
submitted, this legislature will speno
more money in the Improvement of
state institutions than any other legis-
lature has ever done. The estimates
exceed $4,000 900 exclusive of the A-Y-
P and State university fund, amount
ing to an additional million.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-11

able to pay these expenses. There
must be partially somewhere. The
excuse was, some time ago in Greens
Annex, that the well water was very
impure and unhealthy.
have been reliably informed that 1t
would be several years before We would
get a sewer in Greens Annex.
There will be an additional cost OF
$4,000 to put a sewer in Green's an
mex. 1t would be about the same in
Ennis Addition as the present sewer
will not carry it away. We would not
receive any benefits by going in the
city limits.
This expense of the improvements
would be the cause of selling all of our
property off, all but our house and lot.
to meet expenses.
There are few that have their place
decided and great many that have not
can't see where we will derive any
benefits if we have to sell our proper
ty to meet these expenses. and pay
high taxes. The cry is. that property
will increase fifty per cent if we go
within the city limits. ....
How are we going to get the benefit
of this raise if we have to sell our
property to meet expenses and taxes
My county taxes are s14.24 at the
present time. My place is good enough
for me to live on if it isn't worth but a
dollar.
Now if we are forced in to the city
limits against our will, it is going to
cause strife and ill feeling.
My property is for sale at a reason
able figure. Those that haven't got
their property paid for it is going to
work a hardship. Now think the
city is in the same boat that we are
1t has got all that it can handle at the
present time.
Good will to all, live and let live.
COMMON LABORER.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-11
Even From the Mountains.

Billiards. Snow Liniment is praised Tor
the good it does. A sure cure for
rheumatism and all pains. Wright w.
Loving, Grand Junction, Colo, writes:
.I used Billiards. Snow Liniment, last
winter. for rheumatism and can rec
ommend it as the best Liniment on the
market. thought, at the time was
taken down with this trouble, that it
would be a week before I could get
about. but on applying your Liniment
several times during the night. was
about in 48 hours and well in three
DAYS. Sold by A. B. Shelton.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-11
Montana Man Has Adventure With
q Lump Of Coal
Ne HAMMERED STICK OF DYNAMITE
IN BROWN PAPER IN.
SIDE BLACK FUEL IT FOOLED
MCFARLAND,

HELENA, Feb. 11.-When lump of
coal, which Chinese Inspector w. F.
Mcfarland was breaking, broke into
several pieces yesterday morning, a
tightly rolled wad of yellow paper was
disclosed. There were faint tracings,
as Of heirOglyphics, distinguishable on
the material and Mr.. Mcfarland
jumped to the conclusion that he had
stored in the vault of Mother Earth by
the learned of some prehistoric civiliza-
ton.
The light was dim in the cellar and
Mr.. Mcfarland worked feverishly to
free his parchment from the black sub
stance which held it firmly in place.
He brought the light closer and this
time became positive that he had found
rare document.
He became excited and visions of
the Smithsonian institutions and of
whiskered, specialized, musty old fell
lows who had spent lifetime in search
of just such manuscripts fitted through
his mind. He regretted he had not
learned Sanskrit in his youth.
Uses the Axe.
1t was mighty poor coal, hard and
fiinty, and clutched the precious pa
per tightly. firing Of picking at the
substance with his pen knife, he seized
the axe and brought it down vigor-
ously on the lump of coal. Another
piece fell out, enough sothat Mr.. Nc
Farland was able to begin unrolling the
faded parchment. Peering closely, the
newly fledged scientist was able to see
scrolls and figures of outlandish an
imals He wished for the horn
trimmed glasses of his aged scientific
brethren.
Still the coal, or slate, held the doc
ument tight. Mr.. Mcfarland began
wondering if it had been slowed away
purposely in this fashion or if the
moldering vegetable forms of a thous-
and years ago had suddenly precipitat-
ed the hut of the primordial scientist
into the quagmire, slowly rotting every
thing but this parchment. which had
withstood the devouring tongue of
molten lava when the igneous rock was
solidifying.
Casting these reflections to the wind,
Mr.. Mcfarland got into action again
with the axe. Whack! whack! the axe
smashed against the impervious rock,
but this time with effect.
The coal splintered and flew in every
direction and the bundle dropped to the
floor.
Eagerly Mr.. Mcfarland snatched it
up, and gazed at it an instant
His breath stopped short and dead
ly parlor overspread his features. He
trembled violently from head to foot.
Rushes For The Open.
Gingerly holding the bundle in his
two hands, he FASTENED upstairs, the
back door flew wide open, and he rush
ed out into the snow.
With a sigh of relief he deposited
the bundle beneath the caves where
the water from the next thaw would
strike it. He retraced his steps lit
tie and looked suspiciously at the
bundle
1t was a stick of dynamite, encased
in wall paper, which had failed to ex-
plode when the shot was fired.
Heaven be praised muttered the
once ardent scientist as he thought Of
what might have happened, had the
powder not been frozen.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-11
Sherlock Again.

One man said to another in a res.
taurant:
I'll bet you are a druggist"
mo. You're wrong"
"A chemist, them"
Wrong again.
"a doctOr?"
This time you're right. How did
you guess it?'
1T was simple enough" was the
answer. 81 guessed it from the way
you held the vinegar cruet in making
your salad. You placed your little fin
ger at the bottom of the bottle No
one but a man accustomed to measur.
ing out graduated and exact quantities
does that"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-11
PERSONAL MENTION

Harry Mcbride reached the city
yesterday from Athena. Mr.. Mcbride
drove over from the Oregon town.
r. ]. Ritter of Dayton, is in the city.
H. P. Preston, Waitsburg milling
man, is a visitor in the city.
J. M. Leishman of Baker City, is a
visitor in Walla Walla.
D. II. Preston of Athena, drove to
Walla Walla yesterday.
J. H. Harris and F. E. Bursell of
Lewiston, are visitors in the city fir a
few days.
John Fathers of Prescott, is regist-
cred at the Dacres.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-11
What Women Read.

Women in the last fifteen years
have taken to reading a much better
class of books" said a veteran dealer:
l think | may safely assert that the
average woman has today finer liter
airy taste than the average man.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-11
Want Republics to Help Us.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE state
department today ordered the diplO-
matte representatives of the central
American countries to ask the govern
ments to cooperate with the United
States in preserving peace in Nicsra-
qua and Honduras.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-11
Pride of Place.

Whats all that sQuabbling about
down there?" the contractor asked
1.-The man that runs the steam-roller
insists on being called a chauffeur"
was the reply.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-11

The Ladies Relief Society wishes all
bills against the society to be pre-
sented to the secretary, Miss Mary
Gillian, by February 10. 30
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-11
Piles Cured in o TO ~ Days.

PAZO OINTMENT Is guaranteed
to cure any case Of Itching, Blind.
Bleeding or Protruding Piles In to
IA days or money refunded. Soc.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-11
RED FEATHER" GREAT SHOW

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NO. ox Leaves Tor Dayton
and way points. 500 q. m.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-27
ANCHORAGE MARKS
FOR HAMPTON ROADS
Getting Ready for the Foreign
Fleet Which Will Visit
Exposition.

WASHINGTON. January 26.-Rear-
Admiral +. L. Harrington, United States
Navy. has submitted TO the Navy De-
partnent an estimate OF $4,000 for
placing additional anchorage marks in
Hampton Roads, as part of the
general plan to have Hampton
Roads and the adjacent waters
ready By the middle of April to
receive the foreign fleets coming to
the Jamestown Exposition. The work
includes the placing of pile beacons and
marking the buoys. the publication OF
an anchorage chart and rules of an
chorage and other important prepara-
lions of the same kind.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-27
DISASTROUS FIRE
IN TT0N MILLS
Five Mill Hands Burned to Death
and Loss Half a
Million.
MADE ESCAPE DOWN ROPES
Dar;,o pacc,,ne h,, 1,;ro,,,o, ~
MADE ESCAPE DOWN ROPES
Daring Rescucs by Fircmen o:
Four Imprisoned Men Were
Notable.

DOVER, N. H., January 2s.-Dover's
most disastrous fire, which occurred to.
day. cost the lives Of four, and probably
five. young mill operatives and O prop.
erty loss OF half million dollars. Tho
fire destroyed mill NO. OF tho Cochecc
Manufacturing Company. Tho bodies OF
four boys, charred beyond hope OF ider-
tifcation, were found in tho smoking
ruins, and as five boys arc known to be
missing. 1t is believed that another body
will be discovered.
The missing boys are:
Charles Cosgrove. aged sixteen years
Constantine Elopuous. aged sixteen
years; John Nicholopulous, aged fifteen
years: Redeem, aged fifteen
years; Hester, aged fifteen
years.
Several Of the injured were hurt while
descending by ropes.
Tho fire broke out in the mill not
long after tho 500 or more operatives
had assembled for their days work.
Friction from q belt generated sparks,
which lodged in mass Of cotton, and
the flames quickly spread throughout the
building. The exits soon became blocked
by struggling mass of mill hands, and
many were obliged to Jump from the
windows. Others secured ropes and de-
scended to the ground.
There were several daring rescucs by
fremen. -Four imprisoned men on tho
fourth floor were taken out of a window.
though not until they had climbed one
by one down stout pole. which the fire.
men had made fast to the top OF a ladder
too short to reach the window sill. The
total loss is $4,000 covered by Insurance.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-27
BAD SEED C INES
FROM CbN,D.

WASHINGTON, January 26.-INith a
score of small bottles before him con-
tanning seeds of various grasses, Repre-
sentative Mann, OF Illinois. to-day de-
livered u speech on the subject of Seed
Adulterations'' in the House. Mr.. Mann
stated that the Canadian government per-
mitted the expectation of two OF the
best known adulterants, dodder and catch
fly. and di!ated at length upon their
characteristics.
OF 352 samples of alfalfa seed purchased
in the open market, 16O. or nearly one
half. We're found to contain dodder seed.
or 81 samples of red clover seed OBJ
tanned In the same way. ZIG, or over %
per cent. contained seed of dodder.;sis.. s. s
Mr.. Mann said that two samples of
red clover seed, representing about 10000
pounds. recently imported from Canada,
Were all practically the seed of catch
fly, one of the commonest and worst
clover weeds in the country to the North.
He made the direct charge that a large
proportion of tho low-grade seed, con-
tanning weed seeds and dead seeds offered
for sale in the United States. was inn
ported from Europe and Canada, Can
ada" he said, "has q very strict seed
inspection law, preventing the sale in
that country of seed containing any of u
long list of prohibited weed seeds
The law. however, contains 4 clause
encouraging the export of those prohibited
seeds. If that law remarked Mr.. Mann,
could be framed, which Will prohibit
the importation of and interstate COM
merce in seed containing weed seeds aud
dead seeds much good can be done"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-27
COTTON EXCHANGE
TO BE INVESTIGATED
Georgia and Texas Representa-
tives Ask for an Inves-
tigation.

WASHINGTON. ID. c.. January 2s.-
Representatives Livingston, OF Georgia,
and Burleson, OF Texas, together intro
duced resolution in the House to-day
directing tho Bureau OF Corporations OF
the Department of Commerce and Labor
to make an investigation OF the New
York Cotton Exchange. Tho scope OF
the Investigation Is to be "the organs
zation, capitalization, profit, conduct and
management of the business of said New
York Cotton Exchange and fits man.
aging board. or of said corporation OF
corporate combinations" The investiga-
ton is to be with the view OF ascertain
Ing whether the huctuation .and un-
natural depression in the price OF cotton
IS due to any combination or conspiracy
which interfercs with commerce among
the several States. and=as TO whether
prices have been manipulated on the
New York Cotton Exchange"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-27
A WEEKS. BUSINESS.
What the City Fathers Have Be
fore Them.

The business before the City Fathers
for the week ahead is enough to keep
them on the go at least half the time.
Monday the Committee on Streets will
hold an important meeting at O'Clock
in the afternoon. At 7:s0 o'clock Il sub
committee from the Electricity Commit
tee will hold n meeting. and at S o'clock
the Cemeteries Committee will hold a
meeting. Al, O'Clock the Common Coun-
ell will meet in special session.
Tuesday afternoon at $3.50 O'clock tho
Finance Committee will meet. and at s
o'clock a special conference to consider
matters pertaining to the coming meeting
in this city OF the Confederate veterans
will be held. The Subcommittee on James
River Improvement will meet ut 80, and
at S o'clock tho Water Committee will
hold its regular meeting.
The next meetings 10 bei held will be
on Friday night, and then the Committee
on Light and the Street Cleaning Com
mlttee Will hold forth at s o'clock.s
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-27
Meetings.

AT a MEETING OF THE DIRECTORS
or the BYRD TELEPHONE COM
PANf, hold at Goochland Courthouse
on the 22d Inst, the following officer
We're elected:
President, DR.. ]. j. Andersong See
rotary and Treasurer, r. A. Sidduns
General Manager. j. Nj. Jennings. M
The following resolutions We're OF
fered by DR., Anderson, and unani
mously adopted;
The directors of the Byrd Telephone
Company mourn the loss or theis
president, and desire TO put on rec
ord some evidence OF its uffectionat
regard and esteem. Hon. H.. NJ Par
IRISH is no more. HI
After n useful life, accommodating
and helpful to THE needy aud less
fortunate OF the ommunitX alwayf
taking the advantage OF an oppor
tunitN To cheer the downcast ant
destitute OF his acquaintance. llass
been gathered 10 his fathers.
Resolved. That, While we aubmsr
humbly to the will of an alI-wise
Providence and deplore the loss al
Our president, we Will ever cheer hts
frlendshlp and memory. ~
Resolved, That We extend 10 hs$
tatgiily our silicer'est sympathy, TN
Resolved. That these resolutions Ny
put on records of.titls company. n copfs
be sent 10 the family and pAblIRfles
In The Tinies- pisnateh, III WI
~ A., SIpJ2t)As
Secretary and Urea sNrer, byrd Tei~-
Ea0.le Conipsslls. vi
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-27
NO AWARDS YET
OF THE CONTRACT
Secretary Taft Says Panama Bids
Have Not Yet Been
Awarded.

+ WASHINGTON, d. G., January e6.--
Secretary Taft is not yet ready to make
any announcement respecting the award
of the contract for the construction Of
the Panama Canal. He made this state
ment at the conclusion OF a conference
at the White House o-dny He said no
announcement on the subject would DO
made before Monday He declined to
indicate what might be the conclusion of
the President and his advisors 1t is
surnsed that additional information is
awaited on various features of the pro-
position, and that pending the receipt
or this final action Is not to be taken
In addition to the President and Score
tary Taft there We're present Secretary
Root, Postmaster-General Corteiyou, AS.
sistant Secretary OF State Bacon and
James Il, Garfield, Commissioner of
Corporations, and for Il portion OF the
timo Chairman Knapp, of tho Interstate
Commerce Commission.