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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-31

Now that way has been pointed
out to take the census of Walla Walia
without delay or unreasonable ex-
pense, it is to be hoped the Commercial
club and county commissioners Will be
able to reach satisfactory agree
ment which will insure the new city
OH ri
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-31

Whitmans basketball tea.n ,:as de-
featcd in Spt hane last mig It BECAUSE
of the number of posts on the floor
according to kilograms from the falis
city. Heretofore, we had observed, II
was the number of goals made that
decided the game.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-31

With a census to show we are big
enough and broad enough to carry the
burden of a new city charter Walla
Walla will have stepped into the lime
light as a city of the first rank in the
state
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-31
Start On Alaska Railroad SURVEY,

VANCOUVER. Jan. 31.-Dawson ad-
vices are to the effect that Captain
John Healy and party have started for
the source of White River on the first
railway.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-31

Tie senate ! as passed the bill ap
propriating one million dollars for the
Alaska far at Seattle. But the house
Is still figuring on how many votes
open river bill.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-31

Can it be possible that DR." Howard
Mantell is having himself committed
TO the cathedral on the hill' in or
der to write up the inaccuracies in
commission .
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-31
Frisco Directors Still Firm.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Jan. 81
The board of education went into ex-
ecutive session this morning to pre-
pare plans for the visit of President
Walsh and Superintendent Roncouierit
to Washington to confer with the pres
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-31

ident on the Japanese exclusion matter
The members again expressed them
selves confident that the fight would
be won and are still determined to
maintain the position the board has
taken.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-31

The progressive strides made by
Walla Walla are indicated once more
in the announcement that a fire in
surance company, with headquarters in
Mo ha rkine
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-31

DR.. Wiley. government chemist. de-
clareS gelatine used in ice cream is
made from the refuse of glue factories.
Perhaps that is the reason a fellow S
best girl always sticks him for a
dish
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-31

Having fully established the fact
that Hartman has controlled the fruit
traffic in California, the rilroad COM
mission will proceed to hand the rail-
road dictator several lemons.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-31
WAS 1T KISSING PARTY?
Whitman Faculty Refuse to Divulge
What Was Done at Session.

Various and sundry humorous stunts
are said to have been done at a party
given. to members of the college facul-
ty by Professor A. Nv Hendrick in
Billings hall on Tuesday evening
Just what these stunts were is a Sc
cret being closely guarded by the in
structors who claim it would be dis
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-31

IT is fortunate for William Ford the
bes;ial negro, that he is in sober
Walla Walla, instead of south of the
Mason and Dixon line.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-31

A county poor farm where the poor
are really cared for seems to be the
proper thing for the county commits
sioners to consider at their meeting
next week
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-31

BEGINNING ;cday the public may ex-
peCt several choi uses, with. possibly,
a ballet of tN;o, If, M the Thaw murder
trial.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-31

The jingle OF the sleigh bells and the
whistle of the chinook are component
parts of Walla Walla's badly mixed
climate these days
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-31
.Unprecedented Snow In Ger

.Unprecedented Snow In Germany.
BERLIN, Jan. 31.-Traffic is tied up
by eight feet of snow. Nothing of the
kind has happened before in gen.
Grafton. Rail, and wire cOmmunica-
ton is interrupted with central Eu-
rope.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-31

With all his practice in pulling,
Walla Waila dentist, yesterday, was
unable to hoo Gown a runaway horse.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-31
Qreqon's Bill Club.

Bill Ward, one of the pioneers of this
section, is employed at the Kruse &:
Banks shipyard. Bill is IS years old.
and is truly a wonderful man for his
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-31
WAR ON THE COMMISSION.
People Dissatisfied With Appointments
BY the Governor.

An elective railroad commission may
be the outcome of the present fight
against the membership Of the commits
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-31

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-The presi-
dent is having a full length portrait or
himself made for The Hague.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-31

Deer onion--we acnollege the type
Grafical erur. WuZ yurS the same?-
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-05-17

In real or supposed imitation of col
lege youths, still more youthful students
In high schools and preparatory schools
have adopted strange head-gears. In
stead of the modest boyish cap and the
neat soft or stiff felt hat for dress
up" some fantastic boys have topped
themselves with slouch-hats, variously
distorted in the shape Of the brims
and even decorated with markings and
devices The principal of one hign
school has asked his boys to cast Off the
crazy head-coverings. The matter of
decency and simplicity of dress Is real.
ly important. The boy who deliberately
wears something that draws attention
to himself may be pardoned by any one
with humor enough to understand boy.
ish folly. Nevertheless, the habit OF
unobtrusive dress is good one to cul
tivate early.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-05-17

was looked upon as legitimate, and the,
government accepted from the lottery
companies tax on gross receipts. But
Honduras, instead of Mexico, was
chosen. This was fifteen years ago,
since which time the concern has been
known as the Honduras National Lot
terry.
Its legal residence abroad, however,
did not change the fact that most Of
its sales were in the United States.
The enactment of the Federal law
prohibiting the transmission Of lottery
matter through the mails was severe
blow to the business, but not as serious
as was supposed at the time, as the
express companies promptly began the
work of carrying the contraband mat
ter. AS the government fight grew
fiercer even the express companies de-
clined to handle the tickets and lists,
and the company was forced to dis
tribute them by messenger.
The profits of the Louisiana lottery
crowd during the years of its existence
can be approximated from known fig
ures. For instance the largest months
business ever done by the company
was the last month before the removal
to Honduras, when $2,400,000 was
taken In by the lottery. 1t is probable
that the profits from the lottery have
not been less than 100000, all told.
The plan of operation called for the
distribution each month Of So per cent
OF all money taken In for prizes.
Agents commissions averaged 20 per
cent, administrative and miscellaneous
expenses averaged per cent, which
left 20 per cent of net profit. The
gross income Of the company figured
on this basis must, then, have been at
least S125,O00,00O during its life.
Before the government began its
fight on the Louisiana company a win
ming ticket was known to be as good
as a certified check and express COM
panies and many banks cashed then.
Il Is not only likely, but almost GER
tain, that had the Louisiana company
! not debauched the State with policy
1t would have secured a twenty five
year extension of its charter. But the
policy game forced 1t into a fight In
which it was compelled to buy Con-
gressmen and government officials. The
secret pay roll of this company would
be most interesting and sensational
document.-Chicago Record Herald.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-05-17
Curious story of n Dog.

II have a young retriever, gentle,
well bred, handsome" says a writer.
"Her kindly disposition has won her
much popularity and she Is loved by
the family cat, the green Amazon par
rot and the village children. A few
days ago some poor little super1uous
Aberdeen puppies had to be drowned.
But when the man went 10 get the little
bodies to give them decent burial,
two had mysteriously vanished from
the pail in which they had found wa
terry grave.
For long time we searched In vain,
puzzled at the unaccountable disappear
ance, until servant volunteered the in
formation that Maggie had two little
dogs in her bed And here we found
them, two little corpses, licked clean
and dry and gently laid side by side on
the straw. She had fished them, out of
the pail carried them there, and, ap-
parently done all she could to revive
them. She has never had any puppies
Of her own, so this seems curious in
stance Of maternal instinct"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-05-17
Very Lucid.

A lady left her home for her annual
visit to her mother. Before her depart
ure she told her husband that IL he
wanted anything that he could not cas-
lily find he was to write to her for d.
rections. Don't turn the house upside
down, as you generally do" she said.
II will answer at once and tell you
just where it is.' Soon after his wife's
departure neighbor came in to borrow
pattern Of Dress The husband
wrote, as he had been requested to do
This was the answer by return-"You
will find 1t hanging on the wall by the
garret stairs, or In the box on top OF
the sewing machine in Ellen's room
the green box, or the red one, l forgot
which. Perhaps, though, it Is on the
top shelf In the cupboard in our room
-left-hand side, IL l remember cor
rectly, but look on the other side, too
If not there 1t Is in the bottom drawer
of the bureau In the hall. That Is where
keep my patterns, and don't unite all
the bundles. 1t is among them some
where. Perhaps 1t is in the second
drawer. 1t is somewhere upstairs, any
way. 30 don't rummage downstairs
P. Snow l come to think of It, ]
may have lent 1t to my sister Ami"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-05-17

the rate Of mortality among young
children had been 100 in the thousand.
The new Mayor, Mr.. Broadbent, a
brother Of Sir William Broadbent, the
kings physician, decided when he took
Office to do what he could to reduce this
high death rate. The plant he adopted
was the offer of a guinea to parents in
certain specified districts for every child
born during his term of Office and liv-
ing at the end Of year. In spite Of
the fact that serious epidemics Of
whooping-cough and measles prevailed
during the year Of the tests and that
the summer Of 1906 was one of the
deadliest on record, 107 mothers re-
ceived the bonus. The mortality was
A in the thousand, as compared with
the previous 122. There is something
very attractive in a form Of infantile
insurance which pays, not upon proof
Of DEATH but upon evidence Of contin-
ued existence.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-05-17

Shall the patient be told what ails
him and what drugs have been pre-
scribed for him or shall the physician
maintain a dark and mysterious silence
except as to the amount of his fee?
This Is the question which was pro-
posed by no less a parsonage than the
President of the American Medical AS
sociation the other day. He did not an
swer his own interrogatory, but his OBJ
servations indicated that he favored a
policy of greater candor upon the part
Of the physician. There is obviously
something to be said on both sides Of
the question. 1t Is true that the patient
wants to know what Is wrong with him
and at first sight it may look rs II the
physician ought to satisfy the desire
for information. But there are good
and substantial reasons why the doctor
does not do so. For one thing, the
chances are that he does not himself
know what ails the sufferer. For an
other thing, 1t might do the patient
more harm than good to be told of his
disease. The first-named reason in
wolves no reflection upon the skill and
learning Of the doctor, The physician
never lived who could unfailingly dag
nose offhand and from one observation
Fever, for instance, marks the onset of
a dozen different diseases and until
distinctive symptoms develop the medi-
cal man cannot tell which one of the
dozen diseases Is in progress. Under
such circumstances his obvious course
Is to maintain dignified reticence I'M
til he actually knows what is wrong.
To guess and guess wrong would be dis
astrous. When we come to consider
the matter Of informing the patient
concerning the drugs that have been
prescribed for him the considerations
favor a negative conclusion. There Is
a psychic as well as a material force in
q medicine whose constituents are un-
known to the patient. All doctors know
1t. The. bread pill and other "placebos'
prove 1t. Tell man that he Is taking
calomel, for Instance, and he is likely
to protest that calomel always disagrees
with him and never did him any good.
Give him calomel accompanied by the
assurance that here is most potent
drug whose name he need not know and
his sense. of the marvellous Is excited
He Is likely to put faith in the drug
for the very reason that he does not
know what 1t is. That Is half the bat.
tie. Our modern physicians may moi
acknowledge it, but they practice faith
cure more and more every day. The
power Of suggestion helps the calome
when the patient does not know what
he Is taking. All things considered
therefore, the weight Of evidence is In
favor of the policy Of mysterious 81
lence on the part of the doctor. It moi
only aids the patient but it helps the
doctor, for the less he says the less he
will have to explain If things 90 wrong
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-05-17
A Hardship.

Favored Waiter-I'm goln' to leave
here when my week Is up.
Regular Guest-Eh! You get good
pay, don't you?
''Yes, bout the same's everywhere
"And tips besidesf"
"A good many
"Then what's the matter?"
'They don't allow no time for goins
out to meals. I have to eat here."-
London Mail.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-05-17

The tailors in convention assembled
have decided that the styles for the
coming season must be different in ev-
cry respect from those that have pre-
vailed during the past year. The tail
ors know how to promote their busi-
ness.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-05-17

Although there is possibility of our
getting into communication with Mars,
1t Is not likely that we will ever be able
to borrow an occasional hod of coal
from there during fuel famine.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-05-17

Health departments throughout the
country are warning everybody to look
out for the influenza germ, although not
one in thousand Of us would recognize
the little pest If we were to see it.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-05-17

We have read Of man who the
other day fell down stairs and broke
his neck while trying to kiss a woman.
1t would simply be a waste of space
to point out the moral to this sad ac-
cident
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-05-17

Mr.. Hartman says "a successful man
has no chance these days" Truly, there
does not seem to be much Of the ele-
ment of chance in the little game Mr..
Hartman plays.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-05-17

Goodwin Smith wants to know why,
II the theory of evolution Is correct, no
more monkeys are developing into
men. Perhaps it Is because so many of
the sons Of men are evolutlng the other
way.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-05-17
The Danger.

A lawyer while conducting his case
cited the authority of a doctor Of law
yet alive.
"My learned friend" interrupted the
judge, you should never go upon tn.
authority of any save that of the dead
The living may change their minds"
Nos Loisirs.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-05-17

Says Mrs. Carrie Gait: F.: "a wife must
train her husband and keep him trained
just as one trains young mule" Far
be 1t from our intentions to say any
thing that would seem like contradic-
tion Of Mrs. Gait, but we would like to
ask what the average wife knows about
training mule?
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-05-17

Prominent among those who will not
be present at the next distribution of
Carnegie medals for bravery will be
found the captain of the Larchmont.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-05-17
Lepers in Colombia.

There are about 1000 lepers in Co.
lombia, or one to every 1000 inhabit.
ants. Most Of them are now isolated.
Cases are rarely found among the
classes living with hygienic car.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-05-17

The Mississippi Supreme Court has
ruled that a boy has an inalienable
right to climb tree. But there is also
the fathers inalienable right to thrash
him for tearing his clothes while doing
Il.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-05-17

man named Gong has recently been
married. When his wife strikes him
for money, the whole town is likely to
hear 1t.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-05-17

A French scientist has discovered
that insects have no minds. What's
the matter with the insects? Do they
smoke cigarettes?
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-05-17

Spain's lemon crop has been ruined
but we have never had to worry much
about the lemons Spain tried to hand
u.s. anyhow.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-05-17

AS to the Jamaica earthquake, 1t is
feared that the worst Is yet to come.
Alfred Austin is said to have written a
poem about it.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-05-17

Huddersfield, England, has lately
been the scene Of curious and interest
ing experiment made by the Mayor. In
Longwood, a poor district Of the town,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-05-17

Count zeppelein has spent all his for
tune trying to sail through the clouds
All his palaces are now castles in the
air
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-05-17

The London Lancet says the Christ
mas pudding is not lndigestible. Not
unless you eat it.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-05-17

Evidently the people Of England re-
gard the old plan for a tunnel under
the English Channel as a terrible bore.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-05-17

Besides, the army can take care Of
Poult Blgelow If he goes shopping
around the isthmus again.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-05-17

Any man can tell lie, but 1t takes
born diplomat to induce people to be-
lieve II.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-05-17
CT. SoULE. Publisher

In Russia you are entirely free to
vote just as the government desires.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-20

the story of a hidden treasure he pre-
tends he is certain to discover. In the
meantime Solangs is losing her childish
gayety and is pining away. What can be
done TO save her? No remedy can be bet
ter than the merriment of a jester. Five
present themselves at the feudal castle.
among them Prince Charming and one
of his friends. who, hunting one day in
the vicinity, were both dazzled by the
youthful beauty of Solange. walking pale
and melancholy under the watcbful eye
OF the major domo. Disguised as buffoons,
they respectively assume the names of
Jacques and Narcisse. They are all
lodged in the castle for a month to COM
pete with one another for the honor OF
being chosen as the noble damsels jester.
1t is the tournament of wit of the buff
foons that constitutes the beauty of the
comedy. OF course, it is Jacques, the
Prince Charming, who sometimes, with
his sparkling wit or biting irony. and at
times with his melancholy. or passionate
outbursts of pure love. carries off the
victory. But Vulcano. the braggart cap
tain of the retainers. hates Jacques, and
thinks that by threatening gestures he
can impose on the baron the choice of an
other Jester. This deals to duel between
Jacques and VulCano, in which the latter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-20
Belasco.

Tomorrow night at the Belasco Theater
Fascinating Flora" the musical COM
edy which for five months, including the
heated period of the past summer. was
fixture at the Casino Theater, New
York, will begin an engagement of one
week in this city, with Adele Richie,
the Dresden china Coincidence" as the
prima donna of the name part The
score was furnished by Gustave kerker
that brilliant composer whose tuneful
fancies have probably done more to es-
tablish the fame of the Casino than have
the combined efforts of al the other
musical writers who have contributed to
the quarter of a century of Casino shows
The story revolves around Alphone Ale
gretti director of a Partisan conserva-
toire OF music, and his wife, Flora Duval
a comic opera prima donna. Their fiirta-
tions and jealousies lead them through
series OF complicated situations. From
Paris the scene passes to New York, and
from Their to Manhattan Beach. In the
cast are George A. Schiller, Ada Lewis
James E. Sullivan, Frank Rushworth
Helen Royton, Sam Edwards. Sadie jan
sell T. w. Shea. Charles Merritt and
+rhe Sunbeams."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-20
Coming Attractions.
Columbia.

Herbert Kelley and Eff1e Shannon come
TO the Columbia Theater tomorrow night
for weeks engagement. Their latest
and. from all accounts, most meritorious
play is entitled Bridge" In this play
of modern society the alluring game Of
bridge whist, which has of late fastened
itself so tenaciously upon the smart set,
serves as q potent factor in the develop
ment OF q plot involving a story of life
among the English aristocracy. 1t sheds
an interesting light upon a game that has
superseded Daccarat. not alone at Monte
Carlo, but in Newport circles as well.
Having secured a play wherein Mr..
Kelley and Miss Shannon are afforded
almost equal opportunities in an atmos-
phere congenial to their talents. there is
every reason to hope that Bridge" will
endure quite as long as did The Moth
and tha Flame" Her Lord and Master
and other brilliant successes with which
the names of these players have been
identified. The cast includes Mrs. Sol
Smith. Edgar L. Davenport. Ruth Holt,
Eric Blind Winona Shannon, Frank King
don. Ruth Chester, Edward Montgomery,
Cecilia Radcliffe and David Thompson.