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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-15
Deep Wells That Feel the Sea.

In their investigation of the under
ground water resources of the coastal
plain of Virginia the biologists of the
United States geological survey have
collected data relating to the many
hundreds of artesion wells that yield
excellent waters in large areas of the
coastal region. Particular note has
been made of the quantity and equal
ity of the supply afforded by wells that
give flows at the surface. The water
of most of these wells is admirably
adapted to household uses, though that
of some of them contain enough min
eral salts in solution to make trouble
in boilers used for steam production.
The variation in flow exhibited by
these wells with the rise and fall of
the tide is of peculiar interest, the
flow being notably greater at the
flood than at the ebb tide. 1t is the
general opinion among we'll drillers
that practically all flowing wells near
tidal rivers or inlets from open bays
do feel the distant sea. but some of
IHCiI 81 slightly lii1l TIC Val ldlloH III
flow is not noticeable.
The geOlogist in charge of the
groundwater Investigations in Vir-
g;nia states that changes in water lev
Ell in wells, due to fluctuations in the
height of the surface of some neighbour
ing body of water, have been observed
all over the world. It is customary to
explain these changes by supposing a
direct connection between the river,
lake, or bay; but in many places, as in
eastern Virginia, such connection is
clearly impossible, owing to the nature
of the intervening beds. some of them
dense, tough marls and clays. These
beds. however, though they do not
transmit water, nevertheless contain
it, and as water, is practically incom-
pressible, any variation of level on
the river or bay is transmitted to the
well through the water-filled gravels.
sands, clays. and marls. Wher a por-
Gus bed is tapped by a well the water
rises to the point of equilibrium and
1uctuates as the hand of the ocean
| varies its pressure on the beds that
conflne the artesian flow
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-15
ADJUSTMENTS
GLANDS UP"

On August 10 will be presented the
great sensational drama, Jesse James,
in a mammoth waterproof canvas
theater Concert band and orchestra.
The most realistic drama ever pro-
duced on the stage. See the wreck OF
the limited express, the attempted
hanging scene; the fight in the cave.
The comedy characters are uproarious-
ly funny; the climaxes are exciting;
the tableux beautiful; the story in
teresting. A play that has stood the
test of time Produced by this COM
pany on a grander scale than ever be-
fore. This is positively the original
company carrying uniformed mill
tary band that gives fine concerts iii
the afternoon and evening. Remem-
Der the date, one night only, Monday,
August 10.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-15
lime-Phosphate Deposits

The extensive exploration and de-
Velopment work now being done on the
phosphate deposits in Idaho. Ore
gon and Utah afford an opportunitv
for detailed geologic study of phos-
phate deposits that will be used to
great advantage by the United States
geological survey. The pits and
trenches dug to determine the position
and character of the beds must he
studied while still freshly made rs
they rapidly become filled with debris
from the surface, which renders their
examination difficult.
F. B. Weeks, of the survey. who
made a preliminary study of some
OF the workings last fall, will heein
field work about the middle of Aueust
and continue it until the middle 1T
OCTOBER or later. The deposits occur
over considerable areas in southeast
ern Idaho. southwestern Wyoming and
northeastern Utah, and prosnact;no
has been carried on at numhar Of
widely separated localities. Beds that
are of good grade but too thin IN he
profitably worked have also been die
covered in Nevada, and it is probable
that further exploration will show tbo+
these phOsphates have a wide distri-
button
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-15

lhere is more Catarrh in this sec
'ion OF the country than all other dis
eases put together, and until the Ia Ct
lew years was supposed to be incur
aole. For great many years doctors
pronounced it a local disease and nre-
scrlbed local remedies. and nv con-
stantly failing to cure with Ioca,
theatment pronounced it incurab,e
science has proven catarrh to he 2
constitutional disease and therafor.
requires constitutional treatment
Hairs Catarrh Cure, manufactured nv
F. ]. Cheney & Co.. Toledo Ohio is
the only constitutional cure on the
market. 1t is taken internally in dosas
from 10 drops to a teaspoonfu1 II
acts directly on the blood and muco,,
surfaces of the system. They offa,
one hundred dollars for anv case ;,
fails to cure. Send for circulars ard
testimonials.
Address: F. ]. CHENEY e. 90 TO
ledo. Ohio.
Sold by druggists, rs cents
Take Halls Family Pills for cors.i
patton.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-15
new SYSTEM IS APPROVED
LARGE RECEIPTS IN STATE LAND
OFFICE AS RESULT OF
RECENT SALES.

Receipts of the State Land Office
Saturday were about $4,000. This was
due largely to returns from several
counties on the sales of state lands
made August 3. Assistant Land Com
missioner Bystrom has compiled a
record Of these sales, which shows ap-
parently that the new plan Of having
fixed date each month for the sales
and the new system Of giving wider
publicity to news regarding such sales
have resulted in increased competition,
to the benefit of the state.
| While a majority of the sales were
made at appraised valuations, there
were many instances showing spirited
competition in the bidding. This was
particularly noticeable in sales of tim
Der in Chehalis county. One body OF
timber on 80 acres appraised at less
! than $4,000 sold for $1,000. Another
on a quarter section appraised at 49,
599 sold for $500 and timber on a
quarter appraised at S1,732.50 sold for
$500 These were all about eight
miles from Satsop. Timber about 10
miles from Montesano, appraised at
about $4,000, sold for $2335O.
Some of the land values went well
up from appraisement. In a section on
the Columbia river near the crossing
of the Milwaukee road the state ap-
praisers reported the land as suitable
for pasture and worth no more than the
minimum price, SO an acre. But ap-
parently some prospective toWnsite
locators got busy for one $1,000 tract
went for $4,000, 80 acres appraised at
$500 brought $4,000 and 1856 acres sold
for $4,000, instead of $3.50.
One of the sales that went at the
minimum price was that of some lots
in the town of Zillah, on a school sec
ton. They were appraised at $40
with improvements at $1.335. These
improvements consisted of a church
building and outbuildings and fences
and the church corporation bid in the
land and got complete title.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-15
Mavor of Toxic.

The story of the Mayor of Toxic
as it's. title indicates, is laid in Japan,
and deals with the adventures of a
comic opera organization stranded
there. Marcus Orlando Kidder, impress
sariO of the luckiest troupe, is the
character played by Mr.. Kearney.
Among the company who will be seen
in Mr.. Kearney's support are Will H.
zie. Jane Griffith, the famous dancers
lie F'evre and st. John. jeanette May
hew and the famous Peanut Ballet.
This avalanche of melody will be on
lOr Grand.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-15
A PUMP FOR IRRIGATING PUR-
POSES.

! While in Astoria recently the writer
was shown new pump whose design
is to meet conditions prevailing in
nearly all arid sections of the country
involving the difficulty of raising
water to available levels for practical
use without such attending cost as
| renders the project unfea sible, writes
Ex-Governor Geer in the Pendleton
Tribune.
This pump is being manufactured
by Astoria parties at the Astoria iron
works. and will in the near future be
given a full trial at some point or
the Columbia river, in either Umatil-
la or Morrow counties. 1t really con-
sists of two pumps in one, throwing
two streams, and the weight of one
| while descending into the water fur
nishes nearly sufficient power to raise
the other into the air ready for it's
plunge.
These pumps consist of two iron
pipes as large in diameter as is de-
sired and as long as is the height to
which the water is to be raised They
stand upright in frame and are
fastened together on the walking
BEAM principle, and, being of equal
weight, very little power is required
to put them in motion.
In fact, what is known as the force
! of gravity supplies nearly all the
power necessary to work the pumps.
for, as will be readily understood, the
weight of one is nearly sufficient to
lift the other, and the defending pump
forces the water into the opposite one.
These parties have one now at work
on one of the Astoria docks, consist
ing of two pipes four inches in diane.
ter and 40 feet high, run by a two
horse gasoline engine. 1t is claimed,
and with apparent reason. that the
same engine would run two such pipes
! 100 feet high and foot in diameter
since motion alone is required. the
power of gravity doing the rest.
This new invention promises to rev.
olutionize the irrigation systems inn
many sections of the country and is
entirely past the experimental stage
The force of gravity is always pres
ent everywhere, and the proposition
to make it subject to the uses of
man has for centuries been carefully
investigated by scientists. 1t is uuitl
as tangible as electricity and requires
no manufacturing. What man NAV
Unf do yt-i- -
uonal power in the physical world is
beyond the province of the widest
Spectator.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-15

johannesburg, 4S3 miles, $26.71. From
and to same places a barrel of cement
costs 90 cents and s4.7S respectively.
In itself that one statement, mace
by an official of the government of the
United states to the department of
commerce and labor, ought to be suffi-
Gent TO impel the promptest action on
the part of the government to hxeo'
a well defined and a continuous poll
cy of improvement of the lniand
waterways of the United States. That
Jones pays the freight is a serious
mistake. 1t is the purchaser who pays
the freight in addition to the losses
he sustains by the constant and vex-
atious delays caused not by unwlil-
ingress on the part of the railway but
because of inadequate facilities for
TRANSPORTATION and the tremendous
growth of the inland trade and COM
merce of the United States, immeasur-
ably in excess Of the foreign trade
and commerce. which bid defiance 10
any efforts the railways may make
to keep pace with the necessities and
the demands of transportation.
England solved the question for her
northern shores by the construction
of the Manchester. canal Germany
France and Holland are solving it in
the phenomenally large appropriations
annually made for waterway improve
ment. 1t can be solved equally ITO the
satisfaction of shipper. receiver and
consumer in the United States by the
Improvement Of the inland waterways
the natural avenues of trade and
commerce. With the work accom-
plished there would be no such eXor-
bitant rates for rail carriage as Consul
Mosher reports, and they obtain in the
United States, as shipper and receiv-
er know to their mutual loss.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-15
BUILD UP OUR OWN CITY.

While the Walla Walla spirit pre-
walls among our citizens to a COM
mendable degree there is always room
for improvement. There appears to be
a mistaken idea among a few, whb
have accumulated considerable money
in this community and are now being
considered capitalists, that it is about
the proper thing to take themselves
and some of their capital to Seattle,
Tacoma, or some other larger city and
make extensive investments.
If Walla Walla is a good ploce to
make money why is it not a good place
TO invest? There are numerous enter
prises to be built and maintained
that certainly would be as remunera-
tive as those of other communities, to
say nothing of the profits to be rea-
LIKED by the advancement of local in
terests and the enhancing of real es
tate values.
Walla Walla is progressing and ad-
vancing as no other community in
the northwest AMI no one would have
possibility of a backward movement
or even of things remaining for an
instant at a standstill. Nothing can
prevent the rapid growth and COM
mercial advancement of this city 1t
has everything to make it prosperous
and desirable place to live and in
vest. While at present transportation
facilities are not exactly what other
places are enjoying, they are good. At
least one main line of a trans conti-
mental system will soon be built
through Walla Walla and the proba-
bilities are that there will be several
more within the course of a few years,
and this VIII be the center of a web of
electric lines traversing every section
of the Inland Empire.
There is more money in Walla Wal
Ia than in any other community of
equal size in the United States When
the crop is harvested this fall there
VIII be moneWseeking investment.
The Commercial club is doing good
work toward bringing industries to
the city and should receive the sup
port of every Walla Wallan. However,
all the energy should not be directed
to bringing outside people to this
community when there is Walla Wal
la capital going to the Sound and other
points
1t would seem that it should not be
necessary to convince people who
have made their money here that this
is the place to invest it but a cam
paign TO have every citizen keep his
money at home where there are nu-
merous paying investments might not
be an erroneous idea. A city cannot
properly progress if the money &C.
cumulated in the community is sem
elsewhere for investment.
Speculation in larger cities
more alluring than sane investment in
exceedingly prosperous communities
but the time is not far distant wher
Walla Walla will rank with the first
class cities of Washington and the 10y
al and farsighted citizen will be giver
greater returns for his investments
than the man who runs after false
booms and inflated money-makins
schemes and ''get-rich- quick enter.
priSeS.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-15
+ + + + + i j. j. !. /. 1. /. 1. i. I.
+ BRIEFS OF THE NORTHWEST +

On complaint of his wife, John Nc
DoLald, of Tenino, Wash, is under
arrest charged with criminal assault
on his little daughter.
Parties entered Chamberlain's hard
ware store a Standpoint. Idaho, Mon
DAY night and carried off a quantity
OF guns and other articles There is no
clue.
Inc steamer Yakima struck a rock
IN Snake river near Kahlotus and was
run on the beach where she sank. The
boat is not thought to be badly in
jured.
X E. Walker of Bellingham, who
shot and killed his wife several months
ago and then attempted suicide. has
asked for an examination as to his
sanity.
r. LaPelle and A. Jorter, who were
playing tricks on Joe Hey. a drunken
indian at Yakima city, Sunday night.
were severely cut by the Indian. The
latter is in Jail
Inc dead body of a man, supposed
to be a railroad laborer. was found in
the wine room of the Buffet saloon at
Butte Mont, Tuesday, by two young
men who went in there for social
glass. The man is supposed to have
peen dead at least "a hours and the
iholcatlons point to murder.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-15
Good Show at Theatorium.

One of the cleverest scenes yet pu.
on at the Theatorium is running this
week. The moving pictures portray
in lifelike manner the trials, tribu-
lations and successes of a gentleman
tramp, in an extremely ludicrous and
and amusing way. The situations are
breathlessly interesting and scream
ingly funny. The second film in that
of the courtship, marriage and escape
of happy couple from their admir-
ing friends. The illustrated songs are
also some Of the best the management
has secured this season and the pict-
ures are clear and we'll colored
The pianist who has been secured
to play during the intermisions is fill
ing the place admirably and the waits
are no longer tedious between shows.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-15
BY WATER AND BY LAND.

Under the caption Freight by Sea
and Railway the July bulletin, of the
department of commerce ard labor,
gives the following striking illustra-
ton OF the enormous difference be-
tween the tariff on freight by water
and the tariff charged by the railway
10 the shipper and paid in the end.
by the consumer:
Consul r. B. Mosher of Port Eliza
beth, Cape Colony, reports that a ton
OF galvanized iron which is brought
from England to Natal. 1000 miles, for
$6.01, costs by rail from Natal to
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-15
How She Prepared-

A French gentleman anxious to find
a wife for a nephew went to 2 natri-
ihohlal agent, who handed him his
Est OF lady clients. Running through
'iiis ne came to his wife's name en-
'eieo as deslrous of obtaining a hus
band between the ages of % and o.
plohde preferred. Forgetting h.S
nephew. he hurried home to Announce
the discovery to his wife. The ,adv
was not at all fiustered "Oh. yes" sne
SAID, that is my name. 7 mt If dow
"nen you We're so i'll in the winter and
me doctors said we must prepare for
the worst"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-15
Right You Are

We don't wish the Appeal to Rea-
son C!!!!O any harm, but if such an
infiammatory sheet should meet with
an unavoidable disaster some morning
before breakfast, and the sooner that
morning arrives the better every laud-
able interest of the country would be
the immediate gainer.-Pendleton Tri-
bune.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-15
Indeed, 1t Does Not

The Capital Journal remarks. Gas
there are no streets to sprinkle and
the car of oil is wrecked, we might
pave few blocks while we wait" But
salem should be convinced by this
time through its own experience that
waiting doesn't pave streets. IT has
tried that experiment thoroughly.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-15
AMONG THE NEWSPAPERS. j
+ r + + + + 4! + + + + d + I.
This Comes Ieft-Handed

Now that Rockefeller may live to
near hundred, it is but proper for
the public to look around for other
means of relief Still, if the old man
would really live in the skies" it
would not be so bad.-Baker City Her.
aid.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-15
Piles Cured in 6 to Ia DAYS

raAO OINTMENT is guaranteed
10 cure any case of Itching. Blind
bieedlng or Protruding Piles in 6 to IA
oays or money refunded. so cents
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-15

A. l. Lorenzen. the insurance and
real estate dealer has moved his of
nee to the new Denny building. where
ne VIII be pleased to receive his GUS
TONER'S
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-15
Scat!

The report that Tom Kinks wheat
field averaged nearly 20 bushels to the
acre is no smutty joke.-Pendleton
Tribune.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-15

j. w. COOKERY, UNDERTAKEN
and Embalmer, 1-2 First street
we are licensed by both Washington
and Oregon Boards of Health to shin
o'oies' (25)
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-15

When you advertise in The States.
man you always get results.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-15

"SUMMERY" READING


Mark Twain says that all are lazy;
some are able to fight it down, while
others fail. He knew non-combatant
of this class when a boy in Hannabal.
His name was Jim Black, and one sum-
mer morning he was lying under a tree
beside the river, listening to the birds
and watching the steamboats, glide up
and down the great stream We'll.
what are you here fOr?" Mark asked
him. I'm here" said Jim, for to pile
them bales onto the wharf "Oh.
And now YOU are restin, are you 90
No" said jim: Il amt resting. be
cause l amt tired. I'm just waiting
for the sun to sink down behind that
there hill, SOS 1 can knock off work"
A teacher in one of the public schools
Of Baltimore was questioning a bow
pupil about the word ''recuperate.' CAS-
an example, said the teacher, we will
take the case of your father" He is of
course, hard working MANI" "Yes'm,"
assented Charlie. and when night
comes he returns home tired and worn
out, doesn't he?' "Yesm, in further
assent from Charlie. Then" contin-
ued the teacher, 'it being night, his
work being over. and he being tired
and worn out, what does he do?''
That's what ma wants to know" said
Charlie.
In jury trial in New York recently
the attorney for the defendant at
tempted to read the jury from a GER
tain volume of the supreme court re-
ports. He was INTERRUPTED bv the
court, who said: Colonel Blank. it is
not admissible, you know, to read law
10 the jury Yes, l understand, your
honor; l am only reading to the jury
decision of the supreme court"
FOR miles and miles the through pas
senger train has plodded along in the
wake of the slow freight The travel
ers grow irksome and even petulant.
Conductor" says one of the boldest
OF them, why do you not get that
Irelght to take a siding while we GO
by it."
Under the new Hepburn law ex-
plains the conductor, sadly, I'VE are
/ not allowed tO paSS a,r+b;xy
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-15
PROFESSIONAL

w. r. INGE DALTON, M. D., AL AR
cade Seattle. Skin and genito- uri-
nary diseases.
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SUITS PRESSED.
UNDERTAKES.

+. ). HENNESSEY, UNDERTAKEN
and Licensed Embalmer, 312 w. Main
street. Phone ISL. Opposite Court
House.
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The Washington times., 1907-03-19
MANY ANSWERS
TO WHAT SHALL
ROOSEVELT DO2"

"What should Theodore Roosevelt
do March ), 1902"
A score of answers to that ques-
tiOn, asked in last Sundays Times.
came in the first mail this morning.
Like the similar batch OF yesterday,
they cover practically the extremes
in their views.
One man writes trenchantly:
''Do the '23 sllidoo.'"
Another says:
Il respectfully suggest chloro-
form"
Evidently the national primary on this
question is 70 be no unanimous third
term movement.
Yet the great majority of the letters
express the deepest admiration for the
President and urge in the name Of good
government generally, as well as in
behalf Of his fight against the corpora
tions in particular. that Theodore Roose-
welt be reelected and serve another
term.
one Of the most satisfactory features
Of the canvass Is that so far every reply
has cOnfOrmed to the conditions laid
down last Sunday. The Times invites
answers. IL will tabula,e and count
every signed opinion submitted. with
the newspapers OF every other large city
in America IL Will unite for a national
poll But these conditions must be OBJ
served II the letters are To be printed in
The Sunday issue following their receipt
AT this office.