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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-07-16
EVEN FATHER" LOAFED
ON BIG ELECTION JOB
O|dTme Democrats oro, of ostites and Pass |||e
gal Election Up to City Coul', J1ief Jerry Acquired
Frigid Peda|ies and Injunction is Not Asked For

Jerry" had a few words of wisdom
thrown into his auricular appendages
and-went the wrong way of the track.
Caught on the first turn-reversed-
Jerry declared he had reconsidered
and would not stand hitched on the
proposition.
Then came tug of war.
The younger democrats, who were
making a showing for the organiza-
ton, fought it out. But the old 1e,-
lows refused to doff their gum shoes
! Don't get into the limelight," said
they. We've been there-and it hurts
our eyes.
The result is the move to secure an
injunction passed around the corner
into the alley behind the big hardware
store and drowned itself in a gasoline
tank.
Because of which the injunction was
not issued.
But the smothering of the eager
not end the trouble. 1t is conceded the
election held was illegal And the
failure to act passes the matter up to
the city council.
Two courses are now open. One is
for the council to canvass the returns
and ignore the illegality of the cleo
ton. This imperils every act of the
city officials-even to the signing Of
the bonds for the new city hall-lay-
ing open for fight every assessment
roll of the future year and the possible
invalidating of all acts of the new city
council
The other is for the council to refuse
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-07-16
WHEAT ON RESER RANCH EIGHTY BUSHELS

And the grain will be heavy. None
will weigh less than so pounds; much
will weigh more.
With the crop of the United States
at 125, 900, 900 bushels under that of last
year the local farmers ought to realize
on their crops. The European yield
will be 24O,OOO,O0O bushels under the
figures of last year. All this points to
high figures for Walla Walla wheat
this year.
The fear that men will not be found
to harvest the crops this year is the
biggest bugbear the farmers have haC
to contend with but there seems to be
no real immediate danger from this.
There are at present about 200 idle
men in the city waiting for harvest to
begin. All other reports show that
men are not scarce. Attracted to the
harvest fields of the northwest by re-
ports of large crops they are coming
west on every train. The Jim Hill
lines are bringing men west free of
charge and more than 10000 men have
availed themselves of the offer With
this addition to the labOr forces the
crops ought to be cared for easily.
Some still maintain that there will be
a shortage, however.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-07-16

out will mean a reduction of 5000 men
in the harvest fields. Each combine
saves from 10 to Il men over the old
way of heading or binding and then
threshing with steam thresher. with
these extra 5000 for the steam rigs to
pick from there should be no difficulty
in harvesting the grain.
1--WE are starting several new ma
chimes in the Milton country and the
WELD promises to be good there. Fred
Stine recently started his combined
and the yield is in the neighborhood
of so bushels and the grain is of the
best possible quality. The crops OF
the Walla Walla valley are the best
ever"
The Hunt company has been busy
too. With As machines already put out
this year, they expect to have IS new
threshers in operations before the end OF
the season.
Walla Walla county has 10000 acres
in wheat this year. What the actual
WELD will be is as yet all guess work
But with the two crops harvested
which went so bushels to the acre, the
indications are that the yield Will De
enormous. Forty bushels would be
conservative yield. At this figure the
crop would amount to 100000 bushels
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-07-16

Harvest is on in the Walla Walla
valley. And it is on in earnest, too.
Never in the history of the valley have
the yields been so great as this year.
Wednesday, the Holt company start
ed the first machine of the season on
John Resers ranch, mile and half
from town. Speaking of the harvest
Ben Holt said today:
"Reser cut the so acres in the field in
which he started in two days and the
yield was 6400 bushels, an average OF
50 bushels per acre. This is the best
yield for a long time.
Wheat this year will be better all
over the country. The prospects were
never so good. The grain is heavy and
of the best quality. The crop through
out the valley will be a record breaker.
The season is early yet but we have
put out 2SO combined harvesters this
year. These are sold in all the north
and western states. TWentyone of
these were in the immediate vicinity of
Walla Walla.
Il think there will be no shortage of
labor in the fields this year. There
never has been any serious shortage
and this year it should be less than
ever. The 2S0 machines we have pu'
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-07-16

A refreshing breeze, laden with the
odor of new mown hay, stirred the
atmosphere of the city clerks office
this morning.
Also, nothing was found in the rec
ord of city ordinances to hinder
load of hay from being stopped on the
city streets even though the WheeiS
sink to the hubs in the soft pavement
The breeze above referred to was put
in circulation and famed to cyclonic
velocity by remarks of a farmer VINO
entered the office badly "riled'' because
he had been told to move on with
load of hay which he had halted on
Fourth street, near Main. His aglta-
ton was further aggravated by threat
that if he repeated the Offense or matt
ing load of hay on the paved streets
he would be liable to arrest said ad-
vice coming from an individual whom
the man with the pitchfork designated
as blue coated -galoot.'
After moving his hay to Alder ana
sixth, the incensed farmer brought his
great wrath to City Clerk Hart and, IN
manner which resembled mount We
SuVlus just prior to eruption, demande'
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-07-16

L gave my daughter a gun this
morning and told her TO shooi that
blinkety blink, blink if he dared to
try and drive across that lot again,
but the girl did not have the grit to
do it. If had been there with gun,
you bet I'd done it for her
In such language were Officers Nc
Cauley, Johnson and ROlfe made ac-
uuainted with a neighborly row, the
stencil from which rises to the high
heavens:
]. A. Comstock of 734 North Sixth
street and L. U. Gardo, 119 Nortn
Fourth street, are the principals. Com
stock is a driver for the Pioneer mar
ket and Gardo is employed by the
Walla Walla laundry.
The trouble started when Gardo
began laying in a supply OF WOOD
hauling the same to the rear of his lot
via a blind alley upon which aputIs
Comstock's property at the southeast
corner of North Sixth and Moore
streets, with four vacant graVel lo1s
adjacent.
After unloading his wood, Gardo'
in order to get out of the alley was
forced to drive over these lots. COM
stock says Gardo drove over his lot anu
he strenuously objected to the tres
pass. In order to prevent IL, Coii-
stock built a stout fence along the al
lev on the rear of the lots one even
ing. The next morning. another load
of wood was hauled to the Gardo
woodshed and, under instructions from
Gardo, the wood hauler knocked d
couple Of boards off the fence anu
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-07-16
TOLD HIS DAUGHTER To KILL GARD0
IS ONE Of THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM
J. A. ComsoCk Gets Into Trouble With His Neghbor and Police
Are Required to Bring About Peace--6irI and Little
Brother Defy the Bold Teamsters

again crossed the lot which ComstOck
claims to own The rebuilding of the
fence and its partial destruction was
reepated soh1es three times. Also re-
latiOns between the Gardos' and
Comstocks became strained. Finally
the storm broke.
When reciting his troubles to re-
porter this morning, COmstock denied
his arming his daughter or saying
that ne did, but said he would have
done some shooting had he been
there. He referred in an uncompli-
mentary manner to the ancestry OF
Gardo and his defiance of all attempts
% prevent the alleged trespass.
The account of this morning S
trouble as told by Comstock's daugh-
ter, Grace, is to the effect that she
had been instructed by her father to
prevent GardO, or the man employed
bv him. from again tearing down the
fence. or crossing the lot. Therefore,
when an attempt TO do so was MADE
she appeared on the scene 9nd ad-
vised them that they had better not
touch that fence.
Gardo and his man proceeded to re-
move couple of boards from two OF
tho nosts. Whereupon the girl placed
herself between the two fence pos
and declared that to come in through
they would have to run over her'
Thinking to solve the difficulty, boards
,,-a,a removed from two OF the other
posts.
Again the teamster and Gardo were
baffled for the girl, called her brother'
q how of about seven years, who placed
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-07-16
FARMER WITH LOAD OF HAY MAKES
TR0UBLE FOR THE CITY OFFICIALS

TO be shown the ordinance which war
ranted his being ordered off the pave
fnent with his hay.
So the clerk got out record book
and his code and for 80 minutes search
ed diligently for said ordinance. He
was assured by three old timers the
ordinance had been passed about year
900 hut his search availed nothing.
The matter was then referred to CITY
Attorney Blandford, who gave the opln
ion that no such ordinance had been
passed.
During his search through the rec
ords. City Clerk Hart was supJecteo
to counter currents of encouragement
and discouragement. Whenever 1t was
remarked by any present that an oroi-
nance of the kind in question mad oeeii
enacted the farmer would give vent
TO caustic remarks relative to the IN
Justice of such a law and the 1mproD-
ability of it being passed. SAID ne:
81 don't see why they don't pro-
hibit man from Stopping on the street
with a wagon 'oad of potatoes, or any
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-07-16

to canvass the returns, or declare any
. official elected at the last election.
The latter plan is favored for the
council meeting tonight. In this man.
ner the critical condition of the city
and the city's finances will be i'm
pressed upon every taxpayer and voter.
1t will result in the arousing of public
opinion to the point where the old Of
ficials will be compelled to resign un-
der the agreement to have the council
appoint their elected opponents in their
places.
This is the real solution of the prob
lem and the only one which will avoid
costly litigation in the future.
If this course is decided upon it is
likely the council will defer action on
the returns until Thursday night.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-07-16

SAN FRANCISCO, July 16-Abe
Ruef was arraigned this morning on
an Indictment charging him with Of
fering a bribe in the Park-side rail-
way franchise and granted a weeks
continuance, When he will make a mo-
ton 10 set aside the indictment.
Mayor Schmitz appeared in court
set aside his indictment charging the
acceptance of a bribe in the gas deal
The motion was denied
The defense submitted a demurrer
which will be argued tomorrow
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-07-16

himself in the second breach in the
fence and defied the foe to 90 his
worst, declaring that to drive through
would be to cross his body. Driven to
desperation, the two men franticaliy
tore. third opening in the fence and
dashed through before other members
of the Coms:ock family could be
them in. And aga.n the fence was re-
built.
Indignation at the proceedings OF
their neighbor runs high in the Com
stock family. Grace alleges that Gardo
addressed her as mo human gentle
man should talk
She says that GardO, who has been
married but a few months, bOasted
this morning that he could have mar
ried her if he had wanted to. In tell
father with the statement that he
would ra her see her married to a dog
than to Gardo."
And many were the similar state
ments with which Comstock and his
daughter expressed their lack of kinI-
ly regard for their neighbOr Gardo.
Gardo's side of the story is that he
was not crossing the lot owned by
Comstock, denies boasting that he
could have married the ComstOck girl,
or that he used improper language be-
fore her. He says he will have a war
rant sworn out for the arrest Of
before his (Gardos) wife.
Also Comstock declares he will have
a warrant out today for the arrest Of
Gardo for trespass.ng.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-07-16

Thompson, pastor of the First Metho-
dist church of this. city
The decorations were of white chrys-
anthemums and white roses rnc
bridal bouquet was of the choice white
chrysanthemums.
The bride was dressed in a gray
travelling suit and the groom in con-
ventional black. The ceremony used
was the simple and impressive ring
service.
After the ceremony the guests about
80 in number. sat down to wedding
supper, after which the newly welded
pair left on the night train for Port
land
The groom is one of North Yakima $
most promising young business men
and was several years ago a resident
of this city
The bride came here about a year
ago from Montana where she was
teacher in one of the institutions of
higher education there. Although she
has lived here but short time she mas
endeared herself to all who have be-
com acquainted with her The many
presents received testify to the popu
larity of the happy couple.
After a months tour of the coast
from Portland up through Alaska and
a return by the way of Seattle, Mr.
and Mrs Waugh will make their home
in North Yakima.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-07-16
From information received in the

From information received in the
hiding in Mexico caused Sheriff Lou
Smith to send two kilograms to Mexi-
co this morning, one to NOgales and
the other to Magdalena, for informa-
ton as to his exact Whereabouts.
Several days ago the authorities
were of the opinion that Riplinger
was in Honduras, but the news that
he was in Mexico has been practical
ly verified by word sent to the prose-
cutting attorneys Office
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-07-16
And Jerry" got cold feet.
A,rl cn did ut hnrS

Anu Jelly Sol NOiu iOS''
And so did others.
That is the reason no application was
made today for an injunction to re-
strain the city council from canvass
ing the vote cast in the last city elec-
tion-the election which every attor-
nev of standing in the city has declared
to be illegal.
It's mighty mixup of cold feet and
gum shoe politics. SO badly mixed no
one is able TO determine just what sort
of a caper would be proper.
Yesterday some of the democrats
had one man willing to appear in the
limelfght as the complainant in the IN
junction proceedings. Then the MEM
bers of the democratic central commit
tee donned their gum shoes and hied
themselves to a caucus, where 1t was
voted to give orders to the energetic
chairman and secretary to get out from
in under-and Jones refused the
freight.
Then those willy, ADLER young poll
tcians got together and secured the
services of Chief of Police Jerry
Brown. who had declared he would
stand pat and refuse to surrender his
office to Mike" Davis.
Jerry" agreed to the fall guy
business and arrangements We're made
for him to appear this morning in the
office of Sharpstein & Sharpstein,
where the application for an injunc-
ton would be drawn up and signed
by him.
Do you think he did it?
NOT a bit of it
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-07-16
KILL ANOTHER RUSS TYRANT
AIikhanoff Blown Up With Bomb by
Victims

ST. PETERSBURG, July 16.-Gen-
eral AlkahanOff, former governor
general of Tifis, was assassinated in
a bomb explosion at Alexandropol
today.
The revOlutionists were angry at ALI
khanoff as commander in chief of the
Caucasus, with a population of one
million because of his methods of sup
pressing disorders. s~-''-'r q
He was a Mussulman with a repu-
tatiOn for cruelty toward all Christians.
He was twice degraded, once for en-
bezzlement and again for manslaugh-
ter.
He was assassinated on his way
home from his club.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-07-16
TWENTY-FIVE OUTLAWS SLAIN
Mexican Soldiers EXterminate Band
Of Murder0us Bandits

MATAMORAS, Mexico. July 16.-In
a pitched battle between between the
rurales and bandits, % of the latter
were killed near Cuidad Victoria, a
few miles from the Texas border
The bandits We're making for Texas
after numbering and robbing a party
of HungarianS and MeXicans.
Five rurales were killed.
of robbers.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-07-16
ONE WEDDING NOT IN JUNE
Charles Waugh Of Yakima, We0s
Miss Mccoy

Although the month for summer
weddings is supposedly past, one of
the prettieSt of the season took place
last night at the home of Mrs. Myrtle
Cochran, sister of the bride, at 127
North Spokane street.
Charles Waugh of North Yakima,
and Matte May Mccoy, were united
in the bonds of holy wedlock at S
o'clock last night by Rev. William E.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-07-16
Bic Strike Declared

WASHINGTON. July 16-In a fight
against the open shop in this city the
bricklayers and stonemasons' union
declared strike on every building
where union men are employed and on
every stone dealer supplying stone
where non union men are employed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-07-16
JoIlified to Death.

ST. JOSEPH Mo, July 16,-In a
fight at the celebration of his daugh-
ter's marriage last night, James Slay-
ton was killed by blow on the jaw,
breaking his neck Fred Kendall q
guess was arrested.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-07-16
TO BRING R|PL|NGER BACK
Seattle Takes Steps 10 Capture
Former Comptroller

SEATTLE, July 16.-Sheriff Lou
Smith has sent kilograms to Mex
leo looking to the apprehension of
John Riplinger, former city comptroi-
ler and defaulter for over $6S,0O0.
Concerted action will be taken at once
for his arrest and return to this city
for prosecution. - st~A
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-07-16
COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT,
Water Report and Election Day Tanele
to Be Considered.

At the council meeting tonight rou-
tine business will take up practically
the councilmens entire time.
The report Of the water committee
on the alleged shortage will be made,
but it is understood will merely en-
dorse the statement of the department.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-07-16
Enoineer Thomson Coming.

Engineer r. H. Thomson of Seattle
consulting engineer employed by the
be in the city to inspect the work at
the reservoir.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-07-16

James Ward, a pipeman at fire sta
ton No. 1, has resigned and will be
supplemented by Frank Miller, a local
teamster. who was with the depart
ment four years ago.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-07-16
, q + j. + + + + E I. - 1. + !. 1.
I. TOURISTS SHOWED IN.

+ VIENNA, July 16.-Visitors at 1
+ the summer hotels in the noun I
!. tains are showed up in the noun i
+ tain. The railway is not running :
j. on account of the severeSt cold i
+ wave in Austria and Hungary in y
+ 13O years.
+ =. i. /. j + + j. j. j. /, + + + + /
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-07-16

Continued on Page Four)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-23
Farmer Matched with zimmerman.

Ottumwa, Iowa, April 23.-Young Kid
Farmer of Peoria, H.. and Frank Am
norman of Davenport are matched to
fight 10 rounds here before the Ottum-
wa Athletic club May l. They are to
weigh in at 1870 pounds.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-23

were there to show their championship
calibre, and once they get started.
they don't allow Three-Eye aspirants
to bother them a particle. Score :
to T.
1t was great to watch those game
sters play ball Sunday. They hit like
demons, fielded like veterans. dumped
exasperating hunts in front of the
platter, and did other stunts that
would have kept an outsider guessing
as to which was the professional team.
The Democrat: The aspirations #
Rock Island for winning the 1907 pen
nant in the Three-Eye league was Civ
en- a severe jolt Sunday afternoon
when Walt Davis Independents IF
Davenport defeated Manager Tighe's
bunch of socalled league stars by Il
score of Z to T. The defeat was bit
ter pill for the Islanders to swallow
and no more will the papers from
across the river poke fun at our anna
teur team.
Worse still for the Islanders, the
game was played on their homo
grounds, which makes the defeat a..
the more humiliating. The Davenpoi
team outbatted and outfielded Tighe'!
men and made by far the better show
| ing in all departments of the game.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-23
ARE FULL OF GLEE
OVER SUNDAY GAME
davenport Papers Beside Themselves
With Delight on Account of Beat
ing Rock Island

AS was to be expected the Daven-
port papers are beside themselves
with glee over the remarkable sue
cess of their Independent ball team %
trimming the Islanders Sunday. HAY
ing in all the years that the Three
Eye league has been in existence been
denied the opportunities of getting
away with any considerable number
of games with Rock Island where the
results counted in a pennant race, the
papers that stand for Davenport are
quite naturally elated over what hap
pened Sunday and no one is quite 50
mean as to deny them such satisfac-
ton as they may indulge at this par-
ucular moment. But the extremes to
which their satisfaction lead them are
somewhat amusing nevertheless, as
witness what follows from the Daven-
port papers of last evening and tn N
laugh:
The Times: The Game-Wardcns
pinchcd the TigherS for cunning out
of season, Sunday afternoon, and
more gloom and darkness hung over
Rock Island last night than has been
seen in that beautiful city since the
colored mems parade in honr of Mayor
MCCaskrin. After walloping the col
legians at Iowa's greatest culture fac
tory, and putting Egan's aggregation
of pennant chasers down and out for
the count, it was sad to watch a gang
of semi-pros administer the knockout
drop to such sterling athletes. But t
had to be did. Walt Davis gladiators
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-23
THREE-EYE TEAMS
PROVE THEIR CLASS
Peoria, Decatur and Dubuque Have
Easy Time With Iowa
Leaguers.

Peoria, H., April 23-The Distillers
took the last of the series from the
champions of the Iowa league by the
score of 10 to e. 1t was an easy game.
in which Burlington was outplayed.
Score:
Peoria .......13 0022 80 Is .
Burlington ....1 0004 Il 10 :
Batteries-Burkhart Farrell. Moore
and Simon and Thiery; Carr and Brug-
geman
AT DECATUR.
Decatur -. 101O0*-7 II ;
keokuk -. GO-3 3 /
Batteries-HanlOn Keyes. Screiber.
and krebs; Justice and Williams.
AT GALESBURG.
The umpire declared the game for
feited to Knox in the ninth inning be.
cause Missouri quit when Knox with
no one out had two men on bases.
Score:
Missouri univ 4 O12OO-G II Q
Knox college. 00002-5 II 4
Batteries-Jewett, Jarobi and Swan
son; Grant, Bacon and Hiding.
AT QUINCY.
Dubuque Defeated Quincy 10 to s.