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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-08

Daily Average August, '0J =. 1888 sunday Average. August '0T.... ....s .s1,e4S D. g. Noble, Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser, being duly sworn. gays.
 The foregoing statement of The Advsr- tiser's circulation for the month of August 1e07, is true and correct. and compiled after afl returns from news boys. news agents. spoiled and left over copies have been ds- auetsd. E. S. NOBLE.
 Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before this 1ltn day of September, 1907.
 (GEAL) RIGA ALEXANDER.
 Notary Public.
Yukon Valley news., 1907-06-12
BAR D|CCINCS
 IN THE |NNOKO
Future Depends on Finding Deeper
 GrOund...AlI Staked.

Nulato, June Especial to the Fair banks Times.-The Florence $. has just completed her trip to the head of the Innoko, distance of 450 miles. Max Simel, the trader, has established post 100 miles from the diggings.
 Nothing has been found so far other than bar diggings. Some good pans have been taken out and the general appearance of the country is good from prospector's standpoint. The actual diggings are we'll into the mountains where rimrock shows and where it is from to l2 feet to bedrock.
 Nuggets have been taken out weighing as high as sl60, but the average pan nings do not show anything better than a little better than wages. The whole country is staked from hell to breakfast. Crowds of people have rushed here from surrounding camps and from Nome. It will never be a permanent camp unless diggings are found lower down where the ground is deeper.
Yukon Valley news., 1907-06-12
MIGHT SETTLE
 M|NERS' STRIKE
Spirit of Compromise Gives Rise
 to a Little Hope.

The Fairbanks News of June 5 con- tained the first hopeful words of set tlement of the Panama miners strike.
 ''With the announcement made by General Secretary Phelan that the work CTS were willing to confer with the op- orators at any time, comes the good news that the beginning of the end of the strike draws near," said the News.
 'Today the Goldstream operators meet and confer with the workers. At Vault there is to be consultation of workers and operators this afternoon or evening. It is said that on other creeks some of the laymen will talk it over with the men, regardless of the opera tors association"
 Later Fairbanks papers have not given the progress, if any, of the negotiations for settlement, and it may be that the effort has come to nought. It is en- eouraging, however, to know that there are men on each side who are thinking of compromise.
Yukon Valley news., 1907-06-12
OPEN
Schwatka With Mail and
 Passengers.

The steamer Schwatka arrived down at 12: 30 yesterday morning with 1,SOO pounds of mail for Rampant, the first to come through after the opening of Lake LeBarge. Passengers said the White horse was the first boat to get through LeBarge, June ,, and was followed by the Dawson next day.
 The Schwatka had 100 passengers, a number of whom were booked for Panama and the balance for Fairbanks. Passengers through from the outside said the first two boats down from Whitehorse, the Whitehorse and the Dawson, were crowded to the limit, and that probably 800 or 600 were at White horse and Skagway, anxious to get through. It was said the breaking of LeBarge was prematurely announced in Seattle, thus causing travel to start northward and congest beyond the lake. The opinion was expressed that the influx of people will be large.
 k. R. Stoddard and Joe Walton, for Panama, and L. A. Jones, formerly with the Eagle Mining Company, for Fair banks, were passengers on the Schwatka well known in Rampant.
Yukon Valley news., 1907-06-12
neup was as follows:
RADIGANS
SCHABERS

Jack Radigan is manager of the club and Ralf Donaldson captain. Louis Seyler and Bob Schaber have been made team captains. Seyler has mustered under his banner Henry Squires, R. Donaldson, A. 0. Anderson, Radigan, Ben Mayo, Sipary, Hash, and Charley Mayo. With this aggregation he chal- lenges any bun,h that Schaber can get together, or any creeks team or mixed team that can be scared up in the dis trict.
 Talk has been rife that an effort will be made for a chance to cross bats with correspondence to that end yet. There has also been some discussion as to the practicablity of challenging the Fairbankers to meet the Ramparters at Hot Springs. There are so many inn provements under way at the springs just now that there is some question as to whether suitable grounds can be had there. In speaking of Fairbanks and Gibbon, it will undoubtedly create a stir here to learn that the crew of the trans port Jeff Davis last week defeated Fair banks l4 to 10. Sergeant Muslin, of the Rampant signal station, says the signal corps has some strong players, and fl a game is had with Gibbon it is not be- lieved the sergeant would place much money on Rampant.
 However, many of the boys declare that Captain Donaldson can line up a nine that will surprise the natives if opportunity offers, and they will have to be shown before they weaken.
Yukon Valley news., 1907-06-12
Dome Creek Case.

Fairbanks Weekly Times, June!S: The entire day of the district court yesterday was taken up by the arguments of At torneys Heilig and Cousby in the case of the intervention of Miller and De Journal of the Dome creek cases. The arguments of both gentlemen were quite lengthy. At the conclusion of them Judge Gunnison took the subject under advisement and in doing so asked all the attorneys to take the books from which citations were made to his cham bers in order that he might be able to read the authorities cited.
Yukon Valley news., 1907-06-12
WRECKED AT
 RINK RAPIDS

Men aboard the Schwatka, which ar- rived at Rampant from upriver at l2: 30 a. m. yesterday, tell of the wrecking of the steamer Bonanza King at the lower end of Rink Rapids May 29.
 The King, with barge. was bound from Tantalus for Dawson, coal laden. At the lower end of the rapids she grounded on rocky bottom and was badly stove in.
 The boat was one of the most power iul of the White Pass fleet and was val- ued at sso,0oo When the steamer Daw- son passed down last Thursday a wreck ing crew was at work, with part of the cargo lying ou the bank; but 1t was not learned what the chances were for sav- ing the steamer.
Yukon Valley news., 1907-06-12
INDICTMENTS ALL DISMISSED
But G. H. Henry Held to Appear Before the
 Next Grand Jury.

that such publication was wilfully made, or was false and scandalous, or was made with intent to defame Com missioner Bathurst, the per son aggrieved.
 The matter of the injunc- tion against the union miners was again postponed to next Monday.
Yukon Valley news., 1907-06-12

FAIRBANKS, June 1O.- All five of the indictments against G. H. Henry were dismissed today. He is un- der bond to appear before the next grand jury. The indict- ments were dismissed on the grounds that while they al- legged unlawful publication of a libel, they failed to charge
Yukon Valley news., 1907-06-12
WORKINGMEN
 FOR THE TANANA

Seattle, June 6.-When the Dolphin sailed last evening she had on board l3o working men who have been engaged to work in the mines of the Fairbanks mining district. These men have been working on railroads and in coal mines, and it is said they were selected by an agent of the mining operators ot the Panama.
Yukon Valley news., 1907-06-12

Fairbanks News: It's hard to say which is the greatest scourge of the camp just now, the mosquito pest, the Innoko fever or the deadly strike germ. Between the three, the creeks look like a camp which has seen it's best days.
Yukon Valley news., 1907-06-12
BALL PLAYERS
After HonorS at Home or
 Abroad.

Following a practice game Saturday evening, the Radigans and the Schabers played the hottest game of ball of the season at Athletic park Sunday after noon. The Schabers won by a score of 19 to IA.
 The lineup was as follows:
Yukon Valley news., 1907-06-12
Still Stampeding.

Jim Larson, lately come across from the Panama, loaded polling boat and started for the lnnoko Monday fore noon.
 Stampeding has become habit with Jim; like eating and iseathing.
Yukon Valley news., 1907-06-12
Rev. Mir. Koonee Coming.

A private letter to the Yukon Valley News dated fit,sbarE, ra.. May I3, said Rev. NJ, F. kooncc would leave tor Rampant soon.
Yukon Valley news., 1907-06-12

Good luck to that Ontario man who is suing for breach of contract dentist who engaged to extract his tooth with out pain.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-19
BAND Of KEEN SLEUTHS WATCH GRAFTERS
SUSPECTED Of TAKING STUPEND0US SUMS

stupendous total of approximately
$500 600. the district attorneys office is
confident it will be able to show that
bribes to the amount of more than
million have passed. Several attempts
were made by Supervisor Crow to
communicate with Ruef after the grand
jury adjourned but Elizor Bibber would
permit no one to talk with the prisoner
Ruef was practically in solitary con-
finement all night and the same re-
strictions were imposed on him by the
elisor this morning.
Reports Confirmed.
Absolute confirmation of the reports
in the morning papers was secured
this morning. 1t is asserted positlVely
that Is supervisors confessed that
among the indictments to be returned
this afternoon will be several against
officials of the Home Telephone COM
pany
While Langdon would not affirm or
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-19
PRAISES FOR new BUILDING
Field Secretary Of '. NC. 4. Says
It's Best in the Country

w. NJ. Parsons of Minneapolis.
Mimi, field secretary of the Young
Mems Christian Association for the
northwest and western Canada, Is in
the city today. He will probably re-
main here two weeks to assist in the
campaign for raising the 100000 still
needed to pay for the magnificent new
building at Walla Walla which is rap
idly nearing completion.
Mr.. Parsons was enthusiastic over
the appearance of the building. He
said:
"Walla Walla has the finest building
for the size of the city of any place
in the country. The equipment is bet
ter than in many places much larger.
"Such a building is needed more out
west, here even, than we do in the east,
BECAUSE you have so many young men
who are away from home"
Mr.. Parsons also thought that II
everybody would take a look through
the structure in Walla Walla that the
funds for it's completion would be soon
forthcoming
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-19
VARMHEARTED COLLEGE BOYS SCRAPE Up
MONEY TO SEND DYING MAN T0ARz0NA
Romance Finds Its Way Into Missionary University When Young
Finn Is Brought From Frozen North to Begin Hard
Struggle For An Education

Born in the frigid north 81 years ago
of parents who were bowed by the
weight of centuries of ignorance and
oppressive government the little Fin
nish boy passed gloomy and colorless
boyhood which was little more than
slavery, in the mines of Alaska.
A man of God came, Eckmans fellow
serfs needed not the stories of great
world and a better life which were
told to them, but the Finn, now grown
to manhood had in him a spark of
the stuff which changes the course Of
history. He reached up and grasped
the helping hand of the missionary
Together they tOiled by a whale oil
lamp over the elements of reading and
writing.
In September, 1902, there registered
in the fifth grade of the public schools
of Seattle, a tall awkward man, 80
years of age, who was possessed of
little ability, a physique ruined by toll
in the cold mines, abundance of grit
and a determination to drink deep Of
the "Pierian spring." which was almost
terrific in it's intensity.
He won the respect of all his fellow
students, even of those who had with
difficulty smothered a smile when his
missionary friend brought him into the
school room. Last June he graduated
from the grammar grades of the Sc
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-19
HEAVY BIDDING ALREADY FOR OUTPUT
Of NEW FREEWATER CANNING FACTORY

tomatoes have been contracted among
the growers and it is probable that
the product of $50 acres of tomatoes
will be canned this season. From the
present outlook for the season they
will probably ship from SO to so cars
of canned goods this season.
The plant will give employment to
from IS to $50 men, women and chill
dren giving a large payroll for a town
his size. F'reewater already has two
large flour and feed mills, giving steady
employment to about 25 men.
The tomato market for this year
looks exceptionally good. California
pack, 21-2 pound cans. has opened at
80 cents per dozen f. o. b. San Fran
cisco. Eastern brokers and commits
sion men are bidding 81 1-2 cents per
dozen for 1-2s and s1.1O per dozen
for 3s, fancy pack. Within the past
three weeks these prices have advanced
from five to 10 cents per dozen to the
above quotation. Taking everything
into considera ton. the present outlook
is exceptionally good for floating a
new enterprise on paying basis. AL
ready, brokers and wholesale firms
are bidding heavily for the Freewater
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-19

FREEWATER, Ore, Mch. 49,
Special-As fast as lumber can be pro-
cured, the construction of the new
canning factory at this place is being
rapidly pushed along. Already the
foundation and piers and much of the
frame work of the building have been
completed. The structure will be ready
for the machinery by May 1.
The plant will have a capacity of
$4,000 three pound cans per day or
over 1000 cases of canned goods. The
main building is 32x136 feet with an
open addition of 16x50 for weighing
and receiving facilities. 1t will prob
ably be one of the most complete
plants now in operation in the north
west. costing about $1,000.
The stockholders consist of business
men and fruit growers in and near
Freewater. The company is now in
corporated under the laws of Oregon
giving sufficient scope to can and deal
in all fruits and vegetables. The COM
pany is incorporated at $4,000 with
over $4,000 subscribed.
This season the principal pack will
consist Of tomatoes, peaches and cher
ries. Already more than 100 acres of
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-19
CORTElYOU IS
AN |C0N0CLAST
New Head Of Uncle Sans
Treasury Reverses Shaw

WASHINGTON, March 19.-Inform-
alton from a high source says the ad-
ministration is about to decide upon a
striking change in the financiaI policy
Action, II taken, in one particular, will
reverse Shaw, and may eliminate rail-
road securities from the position they
now ocupy as gilt edge. Foreign cap
ital, heavily invested, gives evidence Of
the extreme sensitiveness of the an
nouncement and active hostility might
precipitate a serious furry.
1t is understood Cortelyou's views
on acceptable securities are even more
pronounced than those of the president.
Shaw in his efforts to establish an
elastic currency interpreted the law
In favor of high grade railroad bonds
and permitted the banks to place with
the treasury railroad and other bonds
to increase the circulation desired,
conditional. upon a basis OF govern
ment bonds.
1t Is said that Cortelyou considers
the method unsatisfactory and not
conducive to stability. About Is mil
lion dollars in railroad bonds is now
held as security for public deposits.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-19

SAN FRANCISCO, March 19.-As-
founding revelations said to have been
made before Mondays session of the
grand jury which did not end until al
most l o'clock this morning, have Gre
ated a most profound sensation.
Few of the supervisors who are al
legged to have confessed or who were
under suspicion slept last night and
all are scurrying to avoid the jam
which Heney is trying to sweep down
upon them. 1t was freely predicted
thls morning that some would attempt
10 get away but Burns and his corps
OF sleuths are maintaining a relentless
shadow and if any of the men against
"hom indictments are expected to be
returned attempt to escape they will
be arrested.
Although the specific amount Of
money said to have been given to the
SUPERVISORS and others reaches the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-19

Billings Hall boys, little group OF
them. stood in the cold on the wet plat
form at the O. R. & n. depot last even
ing. 4 college boy was going away,
hp+ thev were bidding him God speed
with tears and not cheers, with hearty
bandshaIIes instead of the usual well
known breke kOaX, for he was not go
ing away to win honors for the maize
and blue. but perhaps to die.
The tall stopping figure who stood
with tear blinded eyes on the steps OF
tha passenger coach of the train which
WAS pulling out for Wallula was John
Fcllman. a student of Pearsons acade-
my suffering with consumption in it's
advanced stages, banished to Arizona
bv his physician in the faint hope
that his lie might be saved
The boys on the platform who wrung
his hand instead of giving their GUS
tomary yelling goodbye and who be-
Heved they were seeing their fellow
student for the last time, were part
of that warm hearted Billings bunch
who Yesterday contributed from their
slender purses and solicited from phi
lanthropc Walla WallanS enough
money to send Eckmann to the land
Of sunny skies.
The story of Eckman is more than
pathetic, it is romantic in the extreme.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-19

pack and the prices show good profit
for the stockholders.
Being experienced in all phases Of
the business" said Manager r. l. Mac
Laughlin. Il will state that we will
take all advantages of progress In
putting up our pack. We will use
both the common sOldered can and
the sanitary open topped can. The lat
ter is manufactured in compliance
with the pure food laws of the United
States and all our fancy pack in fruits
and vegetables will be put up in this
can. The contents of the sanitary can
can be opened and exposed to air with
out fear of poisoning. thus insuring
against such poisoning cases as now
frequently arise in the use of the Or
binary soldered can.
"Our shipping facilities will be good.
With the interurban street car line
connecting with the Northern Pacific
at WalIa Walla and with the o. r. &
N railroad, We will be able to reach all
points north and south. With the mar
ket opening as strong as it has. pre-
dict an excellent showing for this
year."
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-19

CHICAGO. March 19.-The Northern
Pacific and the roads under it's control
wer nut on the defensive before the in
+erstate commerce commission here on
charges of collecting extortionate rates
from shippers in Spokane and the
northwest.
Thomas Cooper. mine commissioner
of the Northern Pacific admitted tnat
half the company's property had been
given the roads by the states.
The Northern Pacific hearing dis-
closed that it believes itself justified IN
charging the. rates. .it docs because the
lands given it by cHixens VINO ~"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-19
MOVE whitman GRANOsTAND
SPECTATORS Of Ball Games Won't
Have to Face Sun.

Those watching baseball games on
Ankeny field during the coming spring
will not be obliged to face the sun if
they sit in the grandstand as has been
the case heretofore.
The large grandstand is being moved
to a position directly back of Billings
hall where just across the running
track from where the backstop is now
located. This will enable those view
ing the baseball games to see them
to the best advantage.
The Whitman team is being meas
ured for new suits which will be or
dered in a few days. The suits will
be Of the Spaulding make. The suits
this year will be in the college colors,
maize and blue, the letter being maize.
The hose worn by the players Will
carry out the color scheme.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-19

attic public school, He had, in addi-
ton to the rest of his duties, earned
his way through college by washing
windows. He was known as one of the
best window washers in Seattle. He
made the panes glisten so that his SER
vices were in great demand.
After getting through the eighth
grade Eckman sat down and thought.
He decided that he must have col
lege education. The missionary made
man looked over the field carefully and
chose Whitman. the missionary school,
as his alma mater.
At 81 years of age he faced the eight
year course of academy and college
which he believed would prepare him
for the ministry which he had selected
as his life work.
He left Seattle last September with
nothing but few clothes in an old suit
case $11 in cash and good char
acter. After he had paid toll to Jim
Hill he had but 81 left in his purse
when he arrived in Walla Walla to be-
gin his education.
He selected a room in the old college
dormitory in what is now association
hall, because the rent was low. He
ransacked the junk shops and got him
an old stove and a few other necessi-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-19

deny the statements the supervisors
confessed. he admitted an under-cur-
rent of truth in the reports. Another
who it is said will fall under the ban
of the grand jury is T. V. Halsey of the
Pacific States company, from whom
Supervisor Lonergan is alleged to have
confessed that he received $4,000 for
his vote.
Ruef spent a night of horrors in his
sumptuous quarters at the st. Fran
els. Cut off from friends he paced the
small room in an agony of doubt and
terror For the first time since his
indictment and Arrest he realized the
seriousness of his predicament. Time
and again he threw himself on the
bed in an effort to sleep but after a
few moments repose he would jump
from his bed again and begin the
ceaseless tramp. An elisor remained
in the room with him all night fearing
the prisoner would attempt to do him.
self bodily harm.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-19

Painter and plasterer are busy today
fitting up the old Salvation Army bar
racks on Alder street near the corner
of Third street for an office for the
farmers employment agency.
The farmers committee has leased
the whole building for the season. The
front room will be papered and fitted
up with a desk, stove and lobby for
the office of Emil Sanderson, the en-
ployment agent. The back room on the
west side will be used as sort or
baggage room where farm hands can
store their rolls of blankets etc. while
waiting for a chance to go to work.
This room will be locked and will
only be accessible to Sanderson and
the owners of the blankets.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-19
NB|G STICK NOW DECLARES THE RAILROAD
!. LEGISLATION BY STATES NULL AMI VOID

WASHINGTON, March 19.-One of
the most radical and far reaching
movements in American politics has
been opened in the presidents latest
addition to the railroad policy. Stare
governments, as far as the railroads
are concerned, is to be wiped out. The
state courts and legislatures, it is
claimed by the administration, have no
jurisdiction to regulate railroads. This
means every act by every state legis-
lature passed Or being passed since
June is unconstitutional and void. 1t
means that the two cent fare laws,
demurrage laws, safety coupler and
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-19
GREAT RAILROAD ATTEMPTS TO GET
CONTROL Of PUGET SOUND COAST

complain have increased in vaulue and
cooper showed from lands given II by
the states, that the northern Pacific had
a monopoly of the coal lands In the
northwest and sells only enough fuel to
prevent suffering.
It is. holding the coal for higher
prices when the country IL more popul-
GUS. The lands given to the Northern
Pacific and the fifty roads 1t acquired
are valued approximately at $15S,492,-
s1356 Cooper said his company are
now acquiring frontage Of 1900 miles
along Puget Sound so as to control the
seaboardf and have no@water competf-
tion from New York to Sedttle.