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STREET LIGHTING

l513. East River Electric co.
street LIGHTS, May 3 32G A.
Az. East River Electric CO..
street lighting June BILL
40 East River Electric CO.
street lighting. July. BILL
3f1. East River Electric CO..
street lighting. Sept q oct G72.54
32l. East River Electric Co
street lighting August. 335G7
511 East River Electric Co.
street lighting Nov. Dec and
January 1.O17.7g
6JG. East River Electric Co
street lighting February. 3GS.74
500 East Riy Electric CO.
street lighting March and
April 1884
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ALTO G. y Newkirk. police sup
plies 1880
Pa O. r. Newkirk, postage and
kilograms, j51
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MAINrENANcE OF PRIsoNERs.

4l0l Mrs 70. u. Prince. feeding
prisoners. 243.G7
rs Mrs - 4. Prince feeding pris-
oners. 1860
113 Mrs. y h. Prince. feeding
prisoners. 1916
1ss Mrs 49, u. Prince, feeding
prisoners, 2J2 90
222 Interstate Furniture CO., mat
trcsg 25O
22i Phelps Furniture Co, com
forts "a 90
276 Mrs. - \. Prince, feeding
prisoners, 1880
322 Mrs - \. Prince. feeding
prisoners, 1868
400 Mrs. b. h. Prime feeding
prisoners 1900
N9 Mrs B. h. Prince. feeding
prisoners, $3.50
$40 Mrs % n Prince. feeding
prisoners. 1857
62i Mrs. 10 \. Prince feeding
prisoners. 1880
AGs1 Mrs 70. 4 Prince. feeding
prisoners, 1913 30
756 Mrs B n. Prince feeding
prisoners, lZG.5i
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ings

ings $500
i9C g orgia Lumber co. mat IA. y st
49,. W. n Harry x CO.hariware l2I5
800 O. v Hefner. garbage cans. $500
800. NJ. G.. Whitlow street brooms 3.35
5l7,H.R.Hunter. street orders Isl 80
5iS ID. G. Lilly. treas. pay roll.
January 1925
5i7. A }. Coles q Co. street or
ders 1850
$50. ID. G. Lilly. street orders 25o.S5
565. Kahle x Son. street orders 1900
o64. Bohannan x Co. street or
ders 20 90
06i. NJ c. Whitlow. hardware. 3.75
''o' Hawley Mdse. Co. street or
ders 4S so
5I3. W. H. Harry K Co. hardware 3.15
3S3, Eury ka Hardware hardware p. 20
$50. American Street Sign Co.
street signs. 20 90
500. Saxon Lime and Lumber CO.
material an
59i, Bluefeld Wajer WRs. x Co.
lowering pipes lG42O
CTS, Kelly n Meyers. street or
e1e, J. 5. Ain. street orders 100 900
go. ID. G Lilly. treas. pay roll.
February 277.OO
otV' W. L. Hawley. street orders 200
o. W. ii. Harry & Co. hard
ware 416
ware. 2.99
Cos, NJ. Rosenberg street orders $50
oS4' NJ. l.. Palmer. street orders 80 90
6S9, 4. NJ. Trent. street orders HOO
'So' ID G. Lilly. treas, payroll
GOO March 323.45
6SS. A. J. Coles & Co. street or
600 ders 1850
$50, o. c. Phelps. street orders 400
692, Saxon Lime and Lumber Co,
coo material 995
693' Eureka Hardware Co. hard
ware 9.77
A709 MIG Whitlow. street brooms 90
III, ID G. Lilly, freight. 1000
40, A. Nj. Trent street orders, 90
IA, J. 5. Ain. street orders 20 90
10 Kahle & Son. street orders 40
1872. Climax Electrical Sup. and
Con Co, street orders 300
'51 ID G. Lilly, treas. payroll.
400 April, 33l.95
III J. l.. Corvin. street orders 300
lI2, a. NJ. Trent. street orders pas
f3, Mercer Mdse. Co.. street or
ders. 90
. . T. D. -. Allus street orders, 90
ga, Stovall. Phelps q Shirley
street orders 1850
1I3. NJ l.. Palmer street orders 1875
I'G ID. G.. Lilly, street orders l3495
rs. +. B. Lazenby. street ord FRS so
40, 6, A. Shirley, street orders. 800
ISL, Motin Minis, street orders 1900
'S5, w. p. Hawley Mdse. Co.
GOO street orders, BIO
1888, Saxon Lime and Lumber Co
material 1921
7S9, Eureka Hardware Co. hard
ware G.S5
193, ID G.. Lilly, street orders $50
500, Engineering News Pub Co.
advertising for paving 6S.4O
SOB, Engineering Record. adver-
Using for paving 64.SO
SO4, Manufacturers Record. ad-
vertising for paving 44.4O
SO6, Daily Telegraph Printing Co.
printing ana Advertising 1000
S3l, j. NJ. Wilson & Co, street or
ders 10
S32, p w. Hartman, street or
ders. 400
S@a. G. A. Meador & Co. street or
ders. 1900
$40, ID. G. Lilly. street orders 32.55
9O2, ID G.. Lilly treas. pay roll.
May 1895
9lo' c. lIouchins, street orders $50
9l6. a. NJ Trent, street orders $50
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WANrED:--An \ I piano player.
Sight Reader. lady or gentleman,
good salary TO travel with John II.
Shields, Wolch, w. Va.
Gilt.
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$1187oGS
SALARIES.

p. r. Carter salary one year 300 90
), I. Akers, salary one year 10000
w i. Palmer, salary one year $4,000
ID Il Chambers, salary one year 10000
D. i. Crockett salary one year $1,000
Geo II. Hill, salary one year 1896
~ Bond, salary one year 224.9i
w :. FOutz salary one year 224.94
Geo. A. Shirley, salary one year 221.94
j. X billiard. salary one year, 1924
j VI. Anderson salary one year S3.32
G. a.. Reid, salary one year $4,000
A3i7 j w. Dunnagan. assessing
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WANTED; Position as stenogra-
pher. Address r. s. Caro- Leader
Office.
6-tS-6t
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-01
Great Break in Colorado River Closed

from the top Of the dam to the base,
where the water was deepest, was APP
proximately so feet.
Dam Is 100 Feet Long.
The length of the dam is approx
imately 100 feet. The material i'll it
now amounts to 1900 cubic yards,
% per cent of which is rock and the
balance gravel and clay.
1t is the purpose of the company to
raise the dam five or six feet higher
in order to make it safely above the
highest known water. The dam is TO
be padded, on its up stream side, with
clay until the structure shall become
entirely impervious to water. When
finally completed, it will contain about
100000 yards of material, about $4,000
mainder gravel and clay. This addi-
tiOnal material is being now added at
the rate of 5000 cubic yards each
"a hours
The cOmpanyS engineers have kept
careful watch on the structure since
the closure and at the present time the
dam is absolutely safe against any
pressure that can go against it The
purpose sought to be accomplished by
the president has accordingly been
realized within a very short space of
time and the danger to the settlers
against which he sought to intervene
no longer exists
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-01
Five Young Women Have Occupied 1t
Every One Married Soon.

WINSTED. Conn, March Cupid
invisible. hovers over chair in Frank
w. Etheridge's newspaper office. Mr.
Etheridge. lawyer. health officer of
Litchfield county, and editor of the
Thomaston Express, says that the
chair is occupied at the moment by z
young woman to whom he dictates.
But in the future any young woman
who sits in the chair must pay L
retaining fee.
Miss Josephine Fem was the edi-
tors stenographer; she is Mrs. William
Atwood Miss Carrie Plouckuet sat
under the little gods influence: she
is Mrs. Arthur Miller. Miss Ruth
Hurlbert did not fear the chair: as
his wife, she now dictates to Charles
Klein. Miss Atwood, too. was quick
ly wed. When Miss Hattie Blakeslee
learned the inevitable fate of those VINO
occupied the chair she tried to escape
by resigning her position. In vain;
she married George Langdon. of Ply
mouth, this week.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-01
EMIGRATION ALARMS ITaIv
100000 Italians Came to America Dur
ing the Year 1906.

ROME. March 1.-Statistics in -.
possession of the Italian governma,,
show that in 1906 100000 emirran,,
left Italy for America, of whom orI,.
1872 100 returned.
This shows an increase of abo,.
10000 persons over the preceding vaar
The Italian government is muo,,
alarmed by this constant increase i,
the number of emigrants to forai,,
countries, which. it is thought in Off
cial circles. was partly caused b.. tho
encouragement heretofore given to ,.,pi
grafton.
A change of policy on the part of IN.
government is impending. as MANY
provinces in Italy are short of laborars
and tillers of the soil, and unless soma-
thing is done the matter threatens 70
become serious for the nation. implv-
ing a shortage of production and =
consequent diminution of national
wealth.
1t is expected that in Il few Weeks
the Italian parliament will discuss the
matter and adopt measures to check
the increasing emigration.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-01
OPEN DOOR FOR CATHOLICS
Russia Said to Plan to Sweep Aside
Restrictions of Centuries.

ROME. March 1.-FOllOWing the an
nOuncement that the Russian govern
ment had granted valuable land con-
ceSsiOnS in one of the best provinces
Of Siberia to Catholic religious oredrs
recently expelled from France the
Vatican authorities have just been in
formed that the Russian government
intends to allow the free practice Of the
Catholic religion within thebounIaries
of the empire, abolishing all the reStric-
tons adopted within the past three CEN
turtles and placing it's members on a
level with those of the Orthodox
church.
1t is asserted that many of the
church buildings taken from the Cath
olics in Poland and other Russian
provinces for the use of the Orthodox
church will be returned in case they
have not been consecrated by the
Orthodox prelates.
At the Vatican there is still hope
that an official representative of the
pope may be accepted by the Russian
government, if not in an official ca
pacity, at least as an Apostolic dele
gate in charge of the business of the
church.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-01
ALMOST A TRAGEDY,
Girl, at Instance of Sweetheart. Tried
to Kill Doctor.

NEW YORK, March Miss Hannah
Jensen 26 years old. this city. is to-
day under arrest. ill and historical
at the Presbyterian hospital DR.. Mar
ton w. Austitz. 80, a leading physician
of Harlem. whom she tried to kill, and
Charles A. Crowingshield, young
draughtsman, her sweetheart, are pris-
oners, and back of these cold facts is
a story similar to the White-Nesbitt
Thaw affair.
1t is alleged that Miss Jensen went
to the office Of DR.. Austitz, accompanied
by Crowingshield, who when the ply
sician came in, handed her a revolver
and said: Now kill the cur"
The girl raised the weapon with
trembling hand and pullel the trigger.
but the cartridge failed to explode.
The doctor screamed for help and Po-
liceman Terrell broke in, knocked the
pistol from the girls grasp and took
the three to the police station.
Miss Jensen and Crowningshield
have been sweethearts for long time.
1t is said they were engaged. 1t is said
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-01
SCHOOL FUNDS ARE Distributed
Nearly $4,000 Is Spent in Paying For
Salaries and other Quarterly
Expenses.

ApportiOnment of the quarterly al
lowance of school funds among the
different districts of the state was
completed by the county superintend-
ent yesterday. The slice of the
$8S4727 which each district will have
during the spring to carry on the good
work is as follows:
District No. /. Walla Wala city
$4SO392; No. 2, Lowden, $47.73; No
8, Waitsburg, $S77.93; No. 5. Berney,
$3O7.97; No. 6, Valley Grove, 1858:
Nos. I, IL, Pleasant View, II, IA, Is,
Is, IS, 10, 26, 80, 33 Bergman, SO. 80.
40, "A, Jasper Mt, As, 40, Adkins, 50
RulO Station, SO, SO, 81, Sc Simmons,
81, so, 81 Climax. 66, IS. So and 20, $25;
No. 8, Russell Creek, $36.63; No. 10,
Pettijohn, $72.S6; No. 10, Valley
Chapel SEATS; No. II, Touchet. s121.64;
No 20, Eureka, $47.9O; No. 20, yellow
Hawk, s44.43; No. 81. Blue Greek.
s7O.92; No. 20, s45.S3; No. 81 College
Place. s329.63 No. 80, Dixie, $144.7O;
No. "a, Wallula, $1O9.36; No. 35, Pres
colt, S321.14; No. AZ, Mud Creek, $26.71:
No. So. $214O; No. So, $2S.6S; No. SO,
Osborne, S5O.2S; No. 81. Two Rivers.
s33.1S: No. 63, $1O6S9: No IS, 1881;
No. 81. s17.55; No. II, Clyde Station
$55.26: No. 70, Coppei. $46.5O; No. 49,
Abbott, $132.64; No. "A. $33.43; No.
IS, Johnson Siding, $31.25.
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pany to make the closure in 10 days
maximum, but progress was retarded
by unexpected rises in the river on
two different occasions. one of which
Increased the flow to something more
tAan 10000 feet per second. The
normal flow of water at Yuma, near
W hich the dam is located, is approx
imately 300 feet per second, the
gauge reading p feet.
Even as late as Feb. 4 the situa-
ton on the Colorado river was
menacing. The settling of a portion
of the dam on the night of Feb. 3,
caused a concentration of the flow and
took four bents out of the up stream
trestle: a sudden rise in the river had
$4,000 feet per second. carrying heavy
drift and rendering the situation most
serious. Nevertheless, within a week
from that time the closure was finally
made
The time consumed in making the
closure. dating from the dumping of
the first rock. was Is days and two
hours. At the time of the closure, at
S p. m. on February II, the head, or
difference between the level of the
water above the dam and below it,
was 10 feet three inches. The top of
the dam was four feet above the level
of the water. The vertical distance
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-01

The Southern Pacific company an
uounces that it has CLOSED the break
i'm the Colorado river referred to in
the telegram from President Roose-
vei &C. Mir Z. II. Hartman under
date of Dee. %. in which he said:
1T seems clear to me that it is the
imperative duty Of the California De
velopmcnt company to close this
break at once"
At that time Mir. Hartman replied
10 the president 90 the effect that
while the Southern Pacific company
was not interested in the stock of
the California Development company,
except as holding such stock as
collateral for advances made. yet h
would give authority to the Southern
Pacific officers in the west to proceed
at once with efforts to repair the
break trusting that the government
as soon as you can procure the nee
essary congressional action, will assist
us with the burden"
Plans for undertaking the WORK
We're made Immediately. The task was
a very large one. When the dumping
of rock was actually commenced. the
water was "a feet deep and the velocity
Of the current something like ~ miles
per hour.
Normal Flow Of Yuma.
1t was the expectation of the COM
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-01

like that l was going to kill her. But
yesterday l looked out of the ba,k door
and l saw what seemed to be mart of
a chicken in a snowdrift. I called nv
Wlfe's attention to it and she said l.:
Why. that's only a bunch of chicken
feathers; l saw them there half an
hour ago
Just then l thought saw the featb-
ers move, SO l ran out the door to see
what it was. When 1 got to it | saw
that it was my little red hen. living
down. her feet under her and herbea a
stuck in the snow. l went to grab her.
but just then she gave a sauawk and
the snow flew as she pulled herself ont
again her comb was as red as ever an !
and went toward the chicken coon. half
flying, half-running. When l saw her
she was as lively as before.
Yes, there's the hole in the SNOW >,
said Mr.. Baldwin, instinctively proving
the truth of his remarkable narration.
'And-yes-theres the hen-that little
red one. See, her comb is red and she
is clipper as can be. Wonderful eh 90
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\ passenger entered a railway car
rage already containing 10 peopia and
placed with great care a small Valise
under the seat.
"rhere,' he said, - now I hope no
accident will happen to that
Why. what is in ito" asked an ir-
discreet passenger.
'pSnamite," replied the man. where
upon the 10 prominently fled. lea, ms
him in possession. and he proceeded to
open the valise containing dynamite
ana cat his lunch in comfOrr.-Nos
LOiSirS.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-01
Japan Throttles Commerce OF manchurla

maintained the open door in Manchu-
ria through the port of Newchang.
Now there is but one other port OF
entry to Manchuria. 1t is this town
of Dalny.
When the business people who had
listened to Japans promises of fair
field and favors to none in Manchuria
discovered that they had been made
the victims of a game that would have
made three-card monte expert pale
with envy, they turned their attcn-
ton to Dalny, which the Japanese had
proclaimed to the world was to be
opened on September l.
No Brass Bands.
When the Japanese proclaimed to
the powers that Dalny was to be open
ed on September l, several steam
ship companies announced that they
intended to make port of call for
their ships. The first vessels to en-
ter this port after September LIST 9TH
er than those flying the suntiag dis
PLAYED the emblem of the Kaiser's
government But the Germans were
not received with brass bands. The
Germans discovered that an official
communication by the imperial Jap
anese government may mean one
thing when it is delivered in Berlin
by an ambassador and quite another
thing when it is being carried out by
military officers in Manchura. They
learned that ships other than those
belonging to Japanese companies were
permitted to enter the harbor, but
were not permitted to berth at any
of the docks, save one. and at that
wharf the anchorage dues were so
tive The Germans abandoned their
plans to make Dalny port of call.
OF course, foreign ships may anchor
| in the roadstead; but the harbor mas
| ter who assigns all anchorages is a
Japanese army officer, and he takes
precious good care to see that outsid-
ers are assigned to such positions as
make it impossible to unload a cargo
III time 10 1udkc any pIOIlI vi CelIIy
ing it. Then comes the matter of
lighters They are owned by the Jap
anese and are not for hire to ships
that do not fly Japan's emblem.
The excuse that the Japanese give
for this sort Of thing is that the docks
are required for the expeditions I'M
| loading of ships which bring military
supplies. They do not attempt to ex-
plain why they have made such out
rageous rates for anchorage at the one
dock that is reserved for other ships,
nor why the harbor master does not
assign better positions to vessels.
The military supplies answer to
every question soon grows to be a
farce. In view of the fact that Japan
has officially declared to the powers
that she has now but a few thousand
troops in Manchuria, it seems a bit
strange that more food and clothing
are required than during the days
when Oyamas legions We're cam
| paigning.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-01

chang to Moukden, was the secoiiu
obstacle Before the would-be ship
ner could even fer his freight for
shipment over this road he was obllg-
ed to show a permit from the TOXIC
Government. He was informed that
the road was required for the ship
ment of military supplies. OF course,
none of the foreigners had permits.
They were told to get them,
When asked how the permits We're
TO ba oi.tained. the Ja"anese rlillt"ry
officials in charge OF the load re-
marked in the blandest manner pos
sible, Why, by applying to the war
office at Toxic, of course and then
they added, as if by afterthought, it
will be necessary to make the appll-
cation in the japanese language.
Some of the applications for permits
sion to ship freight over the south
Manchurian railroad are still pigeon
holed in Toxic, while others, after I'M
bearable delays, were faVoraoly con-
sidered. But even then the path OF
the man who intended to compete with
the Japanese for trade in Manchufla
was not unobstructed. He found the
permission from Toxic did not mean
that his goods would be received by
the railway officials. He was INFORM
ed that it would be necessary for him
to employ a Japanese to act as ship
To-, Will q
railway administration. a japanese
shipping agent-their number IS quite
limited-the foreigners found to be
an expensive luxury. However. they
were employed, and then the Japan
csc played the trump card they had
up their sleeve all the time.
They informed the men who had
spent several weary months at an
enormous expense trying to get their
goods into the interior that the rail-
way administration reserved the right
to limit the amount of any shipment
or to decline shipments altogether ii
they desired to do so. Their excuse
was that the railways capacity was
tried in transporting supplies for
the troops, and this statement was
made in the face of the official an
nouncements that had gone forth from
Toxic that all but a very few soldiers
had been sent home.
Japanese Control the Junks.
During the enforced wait for per-
mission to use the railway many OF
the victims of the japanese bunkO
game endeavored to use junks on the
Lao river and carts to move their
goods in to the interior, but they dis
covered Japanese spectators had
got a corner on all but a few of the
carts and junks, and held them at
such exorbitant prices that it was i'm
possible to use this means Of trans
port. The few carts and junks not
controlled by the Japanese were In
the hands of the Chinese. who, when
they are about to close with the
Americans and others, received init
nations that they would regret, and
the deal was called off.
This was the way in which Japan
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-01
LITTLE REQ Hen Has SENSE
She Sticks Her Head Down In a Snow
drift When Her Comb is Frost
Bitten.

NEW YORK, March 1.-Samuel
Baldwin of New Providence, n. j..
owns a little red hen which displayed
almost human intelligence on Saturday.
The hens comb was frozen and she
stuck her head in the snow and kept
it there until her frost bitten head dec
Grafton thawed out. Mr.. Baldwin
proudly described the hens feat yester-
day:
ANY doctor will tell you to hold
snow to your ear or nose if it Is
frost bitten. Instinct told my hen to
do this. She went out in the cold and
got her comb frozen. 1t became per-
fectly white, and the hen acted so sick