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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-05-23

GOOD THEY'RE SMALL.
II Ants We're Larger They Would Tn.
doubt ediy Own the Earth.

ooupfediy OWN the Farm.
If ants were large enough they would
rule the earth. AS it is, they predom-
mate the politics of their own sphere,
and have many human characteristics.
The longest time for which an ant
sleeps is three and half hours. On
awakening, they stretch their legs,
yawn, and then carefully clean them
selves, by applying their legs to their
mouths and rubbing them over their
bodies, very much in the style of a
cat washing her face. after which they
comb and brush their heads and bodies
with the natural comb which nature
gives them.
The most remarkable thing about
this is that almost every necessity for
which we are obliged in our case to
employ more or less complicated me.
chanical contrivances is provided for
| by the physical structure of the ants.
Ants clean themselves both before
and after sleep, and also after eating.
| Frequently one ant will lick and brush
another all over. limb by limb. the
ant operated on sprawling on her back,
relaxing her muscles and abandoning
! herself to the enjoyment of the opera
| tiOn,
They are great hunters, attacking
| snakes. lizards rats, mice centipedes
! and beetles.
They even kill the great African
| python Il is said that if a python has
killed an animal, he dare not gorge
| himself with it until he has made a
| wide circuit and satisfied himself that
| there are no driver ants in the neigh
! borhood. II. however. he meets with
any. he abandous his prey to them,
| and discreetly retires. a certain spe-
cies actually keep cows-in other
| words, plant lice When the ants are
/ hungry they actually milk the aph-
rides by tapping them briskly on the
| sides of the abdomen with their an
tennae till the fluid exudes, when it is
at once sucked up by the ants.
They shut them up in cowhouses and
use them for days
Ants act as soldiers in d very real
way. and it is no stretch of the Ian
! guage TO caTl them pitched battles be-
! tween ants of the same species. and
raids Of one species upon the nests of
| another. sometimes TO carry off the
| larvae and pupae as food Ga modified
! form Cf -runnibaisml and sometimes
/ to supply their own nests with slaves.
Certain ants are agricultural, and
allow ant rice 10 grow up in circle
round their nests while every other
plaut Is carefully cut down as fast
/ as il ap.ears. They SOW the crop reg
ujar'y. lend X. and harvest it. When
The seeds t,li they are carried into the
nest. and The stubble is cleared away.
When the grain in the nests gets damp
ad by rain these ants carry it ont into
.re open 10 dry.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-05-23
Compiling q Dictionary.

Nearly everyone las had the bright
idea that it mrst he a tremendous
amount OF work 10 get up a diction-
ary. but few have any notion of the
real size of the tack. When Johnson
got his famous dictionary started he
calculated that. with six assistants. ht
could comr}ete the task in three years
It took him nine years instead. He re
ceived the small reconIpense OF 81 800.
ana had to pay his assistants out OF
that.
Webster worked 81 years before his
dictionary made its bow to the world
Webster was very punctilious in his
definitions, and SO painstaking that IT
was q wonder he completed the work
when he did
The words which give the COMPLEX
OF dictionary the most trouble are the
little one-syllable Saxon words. Their
history extends back into the Saxon
period. and their meaning has become
twisted in many directions. Words
with pedigrees are the hardest to trace
When a new dictionary is projected
one man is selected as editor-in-chief
and he appoints his subeditors. Then
appeals are sent out 10 literary people
in general for voluntary contributions
in the nature of rare and curious
words There are over 1000 people
who have offered their services in the
case of dictionary now making. They
are to read standard works, ancient
and modern. in the search for curious
words. their origin and meaning These
words, written on slips of parer, are
filed in thousands 81 pigeon-holes. Over
SIX tons Of clips have been put awav
This means 6.000.000 words. But only
/ 900 600 will be printed Tie amount
Of work necessary 70 properly sort
these Is evident.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-05-23
Ornantzed For Business.

The Penobscot (Me.l Pomona Grange
company was recently organized and
has q capital of 100000 for the pur-
pose Of dealing in groceries, grains and
feeds and all kinds of farm supplies.
1t also intends To buy and sell farm
produce on commission, and there IS .
possibility that cold storage plant
will be erected in Bangor by the same
company in the near future.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-05-23

COLI ECTINGi MAIL on COUNTRY ROAD.
pie instead Of their going to the post
cifice.
The inventor Of this postoiiice wagon
Is Edwin w. Shriyer of Westminster
Md, who was for years a purser on the
Iron Steamboat line between New
York and Long Branch. Mr.. Shriver
has been appointed postal clerk of the
wagon which began operation last
Monday.
II is estimated by the postoilice de-
plrtment that about 10000 of the minor
rural pCstofiices will be done away With
by the use of these wagons.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-05-17
BARKER IS GIVEN HONORS
Wa|la Wa||a Man is Great Senior
Sycamore

E. F. Barker has returned from VAN
couver where he was elected Great
Senior Sycamore of the State Great
Council of the Independent Orger Of
Red Men.
At the solicitation Of his friends, Mr..
Barker went to the convention de-
termined to be elected Great Junior
Sycamore. He had been backed by
many who determined he should have
the place. The office to which he was
elected, however, is higher than the
Juniors place. Owing to the Great
Councils dissatisfaction over the Of
ficers elected at the previous elections.
new men were placed In the chairs.
T. j. Bell of Tacoma was elected
Great Sachem; A. M. Watt, Seattle,
Great Junior Sycamore.
Besides Mr.. Barker, those who at
tended from the local tribe were Silas
Hayes, Frank McConaughy, LIE F. A.
Shaw, John Bachtold.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-05-17
NEGRO SENTENCED FOR BURGLARY
DEN0UNCES OFFICER JACK LAMBERT

In his lecture to the prisoner, Judge
Brents said he should have sentenced
Ford to 10 years but for the tact the
Jury asked that mercy might be shown
him.
Ford was arrested early the morning
of January 80. for attempting a crime
against nature on the person of George
Arbograst. After the case had been
tried. the jury was requested to find
for the defendant with the under
standing that he would be charged
with burglary with intent to commit
felony. The crime was alleged to nave
been committed in a room in the DEL
monico lodging house.
During the progress of the trial the
defense attempted to show the CRIME
TO have been attempted by another col
ored man.
Ford stoutly maintains his innocence
h,t saws another negro committed the
OffenSe.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-05-17
TELL TALES OUT OF SCHOOL
Expert Trap Nan and Police
Officer Meet

1t was indeed happy reunion when
Fred B. Mills of Long Beach, Cal, and
Ben T. Wolf of this city, shook hands
yesterday evening, after having been
boyhood chums long ago. They had
not seen each other for more than 20
years. Mr.. Mills Is one of the best
shots in the northwest and is in the
city attending the shooting tourna-
ment
Happy hours were spent together
yesterday evening in recalling the epi-
sodes which happened between them
in California long ago. Each of the
men took delight in springing some
good natured joke on the other, and
the number of people gathered around
them took delight in the friendly
thrustS.
1t was when they were boys in COM
pany it'll another youngster they took
a contract for saving a huge guam
tity of wood for VOLTS uncle. 1t was
Mills who told of the manner in which
the oak fuel was piled up by Ben.
How he would take the huge chunks
and pile the ricks with plenty of
space between them. for as Wolf said
at the time. Uncle Frank should new
er know why his wood fell short of
noa aS,rau1ent"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-05-17
FEAR SCHMITZ MAY
DECIDE TOKILL HIMSELF

SAN FRANCISCO. May 17.-When
San Francisco awOke this morning ii
turned eyes toward the residence of
Mayor Schmitz following the direction
pointed by the accusing finger of Ruef.
Around the city's chief executive,
branded by his mentor as a CRATER of
the most sordid kind, now centers the
storm raised by the ex-boss and his
confession, and when Ruef shall have
completed his story of the looting of
the city by Schmitz and the interests
that center in him, he will inevitably
be transferred to San Quentin or a sui
cide's grave.
Early in the day rumors of all
sorts We're circulating. One of the first
to go the rounds was to the effect the
mayor had committed suicide. This, of
course. was untrue. although many
were only too ready to accept 1t as
true.
Another which was given equal cred
ence was to the effect the mayor had
drawn up a letter of resignation and
would today hand it to the committee
of citizens who made the demand on
Rudolph Spreckles and Prosecutor He
ney, Thursday, for an immediate restO-
ration of the civic health.
All night long a squad of Burns men
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-05-17

stood guard around the Schmitz man.
sion and had the mayor made move
that had the least semblance of an at
tempt to escape, he would have been
arrested.
Lights in Schmitz' room burned un-
til long past midnight. giving rise to
the rumor he was comforting with his
attorneys as to the form in which he
should frame his letter of resignation.
Ruef's Astounding confirmation of
the charge that Schmitz received a
large share Of the overhead trolley
bribe is sufficiently nauseating but the
statement that the mayor accepted
protection money from the brothels is
not believed by his bitterest enemies.
charge by Ruefshrdlu hrdluhrdluYQ
The stamp of truth given this charge
by Ruef has disgusted even those who
stood by the mayor through thick and
thin. In the face of his positive
statement, made under oath by Ruef,
that high officials of the United Rail-
ways paid an immense sum for the
overhead trolley franchise, Calhoun,
Mullaly and Attorney Ford continue to
make strenuous denials.
AS much interest centers in today's
meeting of the citizens committee of
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-05-17
GREAT MARKSMEN MAKE THE TOURNAMENT
BEST EVENT EVER HELD IN THE NORTHWEST

Only six shooters dropped out of the
sportsmen's tournament today and
with 50 nimrods still in the game an
other record was created for a second
day's attendance at meet of this
kind in the northwest.
All the events today We're for %
targets and as result fewer straigts
were scored than yesterday although
the records were good.
A noticeable feature of te meeting
is the high scores being made by
young shooters, who. while they only
get in second and third money are
pulling the trigger at an IS per cent
clip. Many of these marksmen are in
their first tourney with the cracks of
the whole northwest and their work
is all the more commendable when it
is considered that some of the best
shooters in the United States are here.
Among the noted shots who are
taking part at the fair grounds is D. w.
King. Jr, formerly of Denver. but now
of San Francisco. He holds the
worlds record for rife shooting at a
hundred yards. having made a score
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-05-17

'of 917 out of a possible thousand at
Denver in 1904.
Robertson, the pioneer trap shoote-
of the Pacific coast, is another we'll
known and popular shooter who is
numbered among the visitors.
Forbes, Becker, Ware, Mills McBroom
Ellis, Bigelow. Confarr and Dryden
were still holding positions near tie
top with averages in the ''nineti,s
late this morning and ali are shoot
ing well again today although the
light sky is not as favorable to good
na1 Asmanship as Yesterday.
Among the men just as we'll known
AS the leading shooters but in other
lines of business from cities ana
towns all over the northwest are num-
bered bankers. lawyers. merchants and
business men of all classes and / half
dozen of the visitors can sign Their
nalnes to seven figure checks.
Considerable surprise was expressed
at the report in The morning porer
t'iat great excitement prevailed in the
shoot for the Anaconda rup as this
-rophy will not be contested fo- til!
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-05-17

voters to the number of lob hau
esStered up to / o'clock this morn
"'s lor the special election to declde
."elher more territory should be an
"'Aeu To the city of Walla Wala.
according to the registration books
IarSe number of those who have
gs'SIered, have never voted in the
'NlE four more days remain in whlch
p, 'eslster as the books close May Il.
4e aate of the special election is Sat
urday June l.
IN the following Monday the regis
~ bon books will again be open for
IT, Nly election to be held Saturday.
H. o. Those who desire to vote at
election. esiS' "
t;on ne registration for the city elec-
ara e,ose June II. and the primaries
poIisa expected a large vote will be
Ihe result will determine
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-05-17
ANNEXATION ELECTION BRINGING
OUT MANY NEW ONES TO REGISTER

,yhe,her the city will secure a char-
tor of a city of the first class. Ut
;.ens living in the annexed territory
n rho matter carries, will be given
.,,1iciant time to register before the
city election is heio. On
Event No. 13.-20 targets. so entries
Tied for first place; Gray. Becker
Abraham.
second place. IS birds; Hayhoust'
,aelman. Harrington, Allen Juhhe''
nahl Confarr, Bigelow. Chinsren. NC
Rroom Forbes, Mills, Joyner
third money was divided by East
mo, oueensbury. Anderson Ausein'
LII LII Drvden, Fleet. Hinster. Garri-
son white, Hawley. Barclay. J. SmaIis
~ E,.haw Martin. Winters. Mapes
schlechten with IS birds EACH ,
.ourth hign score was made os
-,aan Ellis, C,twley. Mexican, cowlhs
van EATON. wray. Pleiss, McElroy.
,,,,,ar ware. Wood, Mankey., with Il
birds each.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-05-17

With two men down. Schmidt start
ed things for the Missionaries yes
terday with a three base drive TO le1l
field. Schubert followed with single
in the same direction and the play
ers from the local college never lost
their lead throughout the game.
I'm to the sixth inning the game
was characterized by good ball, ana
although one or two loose plays were
made the score was kept down to one
to nothing, the Whitmanites in the
lead.
Rigsby twice let the gases fill up
and as many times things began to
look dark for the home team, but with
his usual coolness, the big pitcher pull
cd himself out of the hole and pre-
vented scoring.
In the sixth inning was where the
visitors got what was coming to them.
The bows in the blue suits landed on
the University pitcher at will. and with
four hits to their credit, and the same
number of errors stacked against
their opponents, they ran eight men
across the plate before the state uni
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-05-17

seats of five jurors being filled.
The publication of the Orchard in
terview has biased many veniremen,
and the work of securing a jury may
now take weeks.
The county attorney has instituted a
searching examination into the pro-
priety of Goodings action. He expects
to complete the investigation and be
ready to report to the court tomorrow
or Monday. He declined absolutely to
forecast his intended action. but the
determined attitude of Judge WOOD
indicates someone will be punished.
While Richardson and Darrow were
denouncing the governor and the REP
resentatives of the Associated Press
and New York Sun. Judge Wood lis
tened very attentively, with his face
stern and set
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-05-17
WITH LARGE ATTENDANCE
DAVIS FUNERAL IS HELD

Heading procession of nearly 100
vehicles, driven from home, eight
miles out Of Walla Walla, the remains
Of John A. Davis were laid to rest in
the city cemetery this morning at 10
o'clock.
Many Walla Walla mourners awaited
the procession and on reaching the
cemetery, the casket Of the deceased
was bedecked with many beautiful
floral offerings.
Music was rendered by quartette
Of men from the Davis-Kaser store.
paying their respects to the beloved
dead.
The pail bearers We're: John McRae.
E. A. Reser, J. J. Rome, Thomas
Wampler, Andy Tash and William
Kincaid.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-05-17

&c morrow and nothing but straight
entrance money events arc beirs $40.
off till then.
Tp!rCrrow's shooting promises ~ ~"
toe NOS, exciting ever held at tour
natn.n, west of the Mississippi Beau
tiful trophies such as the Globa ':nG
Anaconda, and the Dayton and Brown
lee medals are the prizes offered, as
well Il: large purses in { ddition
The contest fo' til Globe viii ri''o-
ao.y !.e close among STA or Sven III
IN, lead. II but the general opi':i"n =
that Dryden, Mills and Forpes
will be the last three men
to shoot the tie off. Dryden
only lost the event to Pete Hlio-
han last year ny one roint IT. Tie
shoot off and there are no bette men
in IT,. ;;ar,e than Pete.
Everyone. however. has sho" lor
the big trophies as distance hanol-
caps will bring the good shooters on
a level with those not so good
The great feature Of the meet TO-DAY
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-05-17
EMPLOYEES MAY
NOT RIDE CARS
San Francisco Firms Fear
Effects Of Boycott

SAN FRANCISCO. May 17.-One
hundred and seven cars were operated
today, being one third of the totai
equipment.
President Calhoun believes he Will
have the entire equipment running by
the end of the month.
The union pickets today secured the
names of hundreds of persons riding
on the cars and the firms by which
they are employed with view of boy
cotting all firms whose employees per-
sist in using the cars.
Many large establishments have al
ready notified their employees not to
use the cars while the strike is on.
Several minor assaults were reported
this morning.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-05-17

An early morning ride, covering a
distance of so miles, was taken by
Sheriff Haviland and Sheriff Child
ers of Union county. Oregon. when
they started out in pursuit Of horse
thieves at o'clock this morning.
Shortly after they had returned to this
city the horse was found In possess
sion of George Peed and S. G. Nelson,
who. with their families, were camp
ed near the city.
The animal. which is a thorough
bred Percheron, is the property OF a
man named Mccall, who lives at La
Grande, Ore. 1t is valued at $500. Ac-
cording to the story of Peed and Nell
son, they purchased the horse from one
E. Bileu To back up their statement,
they exhibited bill of sale showing the
purchase price to have been $3.50
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-05-17

Although l have been convicted py
a jury and sentenced by your honor
10 three years in the penitentiary, at
hard labor, / am an innocent man.
There is the man who is responsible TOT
my being sent to prison. That man IS
Jack Lambert"
This was the dramatic statement
made by William Ford, negro, VINO
was charged with burglary with IN
tent to commit felony. when SEN
fenced by Judge Brents this mornlrs'
Jaier Claude Berry Immediately
hurried Ford from the court room anu
placed him in jail to await his trans
Ter to the state prison.
Ford'S statement is unusual from the
taet that George Arbograst. 1I-year-
Old noy. was the complaining witness
Lamberts testimony, however, was III
SUumental in convicting Ford. NJ
sooner had Lambert been told OF the
CRIME than he placed Ford under ar
rest
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-05-17

Eugene Hunt and Hal ThOn were
arrested this morning by Officer Jack
Lambert on a charge of reckless driv-
ing of an automobile. The case will
come no for trial tomorrow afternoon
at O'Clock.
heap of broken glass from pair
of automobile lamps, a kit of tools
strewn about the pavement, smashed
buggy and a MANNED horse, was the
result of a smashup last night when
the touring car of Eugene Hunt and
Hal Thon collided with horse and
buggy belonging to John Webb, which
was standing on Alder street near the
Park Street Baptist church at 10
o'clock last night.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-05-17
OFFICER JOHNSON MAKES
REAL HAPPY CAPTURE

AS the police officers changed shifts
at o'clock this morning, everything
at the station was in a turmoil for a
short time.
All the blue coats made rush for
the door to see what officer Johnston
had captured
officer McCauley came into the sta
ton and reported Johnston had made
an important capture.
The men rushed out of the Office and
down the steps only to find that john
son was holding a half grown coyote
which he had caught as he was COM
ing to work this morning.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-05-17

Young Pickard, the stepson of John
Webb, had just returned from a ride
with a young lady and had tied the
horse to a nearby telegraph pole and
was nearing the porch of the young
ladys home when the collision Oc-
CURED. The death of both would prob
ably have been the result had the
couple not left the buggy Immediately
after stopping.
The horse, although ridden home by
young Pickard, was badly bruised.
The robe and seat, together with the
spokes and broken shafts, were put in
the buggy. which was hauled to the
back of the church until morning.
No damage was done to the machine
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-05-17

seven as in the session of the grand
jury.
Members of the committee feel con-
fident that before the day Is over
Schmitz will have relinquished his
power and turned 1t over to the COM
mittee with authority to administer the
affairs of the city. In this connection
it is stated by Heney that. so far as
the prosecution is concerned. the SUI
pervisors will not be forced to resign.
Intimation is given that Chief of Police
Dinan and President of the Board OF
Public Works Dufey. will be ousted.
This is followed by rumOr they VIII
quit office before the citizens commit
tee has a chance to kick them out.
RuCf rose early this morning and af.
ter a hearty breakfast was taken out
for an auto ride by EliZOr Bigger. The
tremendous strain the ex-boss Is labor
ing under is telling on him more pal
pably every day. When he walked
down the steps of his prison to enter
the automobile this morning he was
painfully dragging his feet and car
ried himself with an air of listlessness.
His once jet black locks seemed 10
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-05-17
JUDGE WOOD R0ASTS GOVEROOR GOOD|NG
BECAUSE Of TRIP T0SEE HARRY ORCHARD

and said the action taken by the gov
ernor was regrettable and was no,
taken with their consent.
The county attorney was called in
and a discussion arose as to whether
the matter was intended to influence,
the prospective jurors.
The defense demanded that Cover
nor Gooding be punished for contempt.
Borah defended the governor ana
said others who were responsible
would be punished. This closed the
incident and the trial proceeded.
The prosecution claims they have To-,
Gated Jack Simpkins, chief Of the
four indicted for the murder Of Steun-
enberg.
The defense processes to know
nothing of Simpkins' whereabouts.
The court took a recess without the