The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-05-28
CITY NEWS IN BRIFF

The public library will be cosed Dec
Grafton day.
| A marriage license was issued this
morning to Orville S. Evans of Ohio
and Anna NJ. Hoon, of this city.
| Mort White was released from the
city jail yesterday. His son came over
or the morning train to take the aged
booZer back to Seattle.
| Miss Anna Hoon and Mr.. Orville
Shelton will be married this evening at
the home of the brides parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John Hoon.
| The Civic League met at the Park
street Baptist church last evening to
| discuss the proposed reduction of sa-
loon licenses from $1,000 to $500.
| A. L. forenoon this morning filed a
petition in the superior court asking
| to be appointed administrator of the
! estate of Mark Evans who died with
out making a will.
The last meeting Of the year for the
Bible study club of the Congregational
church will be this evening when Mrs.
Wylie will give an illustrated lecture
on Palestine"
The home of S. L. Agnew at SO
ASoSl <AioCi StIccC lids Uccu
by ]. RalstOn of Athena who will i'm
mediately move his family to Walla
Walla and occupy the property. The
purchase price was $4,000.
Anna Babcock filed a petition in the
superior court to be relieved from fur
Their supervision in the matter of adj
minlstering the estate of the late Geo.
w. Babcock and her petition was
granted.
Hereafter Whitman college will not
sanction the playing of summer base
ball by her athletes. By vote of the
faculty yesterday the college Joined the
A. A. L. and will be governed by its
strict rules hereafter.
The twilight" league games begin
this evening when s-Kaser and
Gilbert Hunt teams chase the horSehide
on the city park grounds. The contest
will be called by the umpire at 6:15.
The Walla Walla band held its regu-
lar rehearsal last night. The band is
Thoroughly reorganized and under the
able tuition and leadership of N. E.
Herrick should be heard to good adj
vantage this summer
The lecture in the Whitman chapel
+ TlQ1y evening VIII ne by hull JOllli
Wilder Fairbanks on the Trials of
Lewis and Clarke" The speaker, who
is a cousin of the vice president, is
noted throughout the country for his
brilliant essays.
On a motion of the plaintiffs attOr-
ney the Fillmore divorce case was dis
missed this morning. The court is
sued an order commanding Lot Fill
more to appear in court Friday morn
ing at 10 o'clock to show cause why
he should not be restrained from using
funds placed to his credit in the Baker
Boyer National bank.
The Fourteenth Cavalry band of
Fort Walla Walla has been engaged to
play in Pendleton for the Fourth of
July celebration. Justice of the Peace
Joe H. Parkes, chairman of the music
committee, has just completed ar
engagements with the band by which its
services were secured for the Fourth
Mrs. ]. G. Cutler took party of
ladies on an excursion to Dayton this
morning. The party left on No. l, at
o'clock, taking the sleeper, Coppei
which was carried on to Dayton. The
party will return on the evening train
car by Mrs. Cutler
The following comprised the party:
Mrs. j. G. Cutler. Mrs. ]. B. Catron,
Mrs A. R. Burford, Mrs. Harry Turner,
Mrs Augusta w. Reese, Mrs. Eugene
Boyer, Mrs. A. w. Hendrick, Mrs. ]. c.
Hockett, Mrs. ]. w. Langdon, Mrs. B.
F. Stone, Mrs. Robert Burn, and Miss
Miller
John Hendry of this city has sold a
lot on the south side of Boyer avenue,
east of Clinton street for the price of
$4,000. The ground had a frontage of
IS feet and a depth of $50 feet. This is
considered a good price for property
in the above locality. Negotiations
were conducted by Kirkman, Dice and
Jackson.
Coach Mitchell is getting up a little
magazine book descriptive of the de-
partment of physical training at Whit
man. Leading athletes and scenes from
the campus will be shown in specially
made cuts and copies of the book will
be sent to all the athletes who took
part in the interscholastic track meet
held here recently.
Local representatives of the North
ern Pacific have received circulars
stating that return trip tickets t"
Chicago, ST. Louis, and Intermediary
points will be reduced to s64 from
June 9Th to Sth. inclusive, and on the
same dates return trip tickets to ST.
Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth, Kansas