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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-05
Concert Band In
Sacred Concert

In order that money may be raised
to help advertise Walla Walla, the
Walla Walla concert band will give a
sacred concert in the pavilion rink
tomorrow night at o'clock. Several
we'll known vocalist will assist in the
concert and an excellent program is
assured. A small admission fee will be
charged.
The proceeds of the concert go tC
help pay the way of the band to Spo-
kane, where the national apple show
is to be held next week. The money
set aside by the management of the
show to pay the expenses of the Wal
la Whlla band is not sufficient and
this way is being taken to help out.
The Commercial club and every man
in the town is anxious that Walla
Walla shall be we'll represented at the
national show. And owing to the fact
that the movement for the Walla Wal
la exhibit was started late, it is not as
large as it should be. But with the
band, which is the best in the state,
to help advertise the city, it should re-
ceive all kinds of publicity. On the out
come of the concert depends the ad-
vertising of the valley at the show and
good attendance will probably re-
suit
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-05
Success of Road
IS Now Assured

For the purpose of increasing the
enthusiasm in the proposed Farmers
Traction line f. ON Dayton to Wallula
and the Columbia river, DR.. N. G. Bla-
lock, president ana general manager
went to Prescott yesterday afternoon,
and presided at meeting of the farm
ers and business men held there at
which a large amount of money was
pledged to carry on the work. The doc
tor is this afternoon presiding at a
similar meeting being held in Waits
burg, and this evening a mass meet
ing is to be held in Dayton.
With the fling. Of the articles of in
corporation, renewed interest is shown
in the proposed line which means so
much to the farmers and business men
of this section of the Inland Empire in
the way of freight rates and cheaper
transportation, and it is expected that
within the next ten days the. stock
will be practically all disposed of, and
arrangements for taking up actual
construction work will be- under way,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-05
Labor Paper is Discontinued

After having been in existence for
about two months. during which time
vigorous campaign has been made TO
establish the publication on a firm
financial footing, announcement was
made tris morning by Edit.r Jesse
Fem that the Garden city Monitor,
official labor journal OF the city,
would suspend publication after to-
days issue. the reason 0dvanled for
the scontinuance being q lack OF
financial support from meuntrs of the
various lator organizati 0ns in the
shape OF subscriptions.
M. Ferney, who is one Of the most
enthusiastic labor union men in the
gHl. ,ta,;td the Monitor " i1h the un-
derstanGing that he was to rave the
undivided support of the laboring men
Of Walla Walla, and upon the receipt
Of the first issue, many members OF
the various locals fulfilled their i'm
piled pledge and paid their subscrip-
tons. However, the support was far
from what was expected, and as re-
suit the announcement has been given
out that after today, the publication
will be discontinued.
Following is Mr. Ferney'S farewell.
appearing in the Monitor, under the
caption, Our Obituary"
This is to be the last issue Of the
Garden City Monitor. 1t is not pleasant
when a man is obliged to admit that
Ne mas made so serious a mistake as /
lid when l undertook to establish a
iaDor paper in this city, and that he
aas made a failure of it. In making
.nlS statement / do not wish to blame
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-05

any one who has not supported this
paper, as l am old enough to have
found out that men who want reform
or newspaper support are not always
ready to pay for it in dollars and
cents.
while I had reason to believe that
would receive liberal support from
the union men of the city, out of six
hundred, less than one hundred and
fifty have actually came forward
with the cash for their subscription
to this paper up to this date.
Many of the boys have done
nobly, two even offering to pay for
their years subscription last night al
the labor temple after I had announced
that I would suspend today. Others
have spent considerable time getting
! subscriptions for the paper.
Il hold no grudge against anyone on
account of my failure, and have good
hopes of arranging with my creditors
so that l will continue my job printing
| business and pay all obligations in
Cured in the newspaper field. 1t has
or will cost me more than five hundred
| dollars for the experience of the past
| two months.
Il wish the unions of Wa1la Walla
| every success, and will continue to Dc
all in my power to help them along.
"In conclusion / will say that 1t is
one of the hardest things in the world
| to wean a newspaper man from his
calling. and 1 would take pleasure in
resurrecting the Monitor whenever
| sufficient support was assured, but il
| would have to be in sight before
would make the venture again"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-05
Unknown Nan Found Dead
Under Rose Street Warehouse

Lying face downward, with the left
arm outstretched and the right arm
i'm a cramped position beneath, the
by Policeman Jack Lambert, shortly
after / O'Clock this afternoon, under
the storage warehouse Of the Gilbert
Hunt company on West Rose street
Coroner MacMartin was Immediately
summoned and pronounced death due
to heart failure. No evidences of
foul play were found, and the man
were spread out on the ground for a
bed
The information that the man svas
under the warehouse and had been
there for the best part Of three days
was telephoned to police headquarters
by a woman living in that part Of the
city, but the name of the inform
not give it to the sergeant in notify
ing him. While the police Were on
the ground making an investigation
with Coroner MacMartin, Harry wilson
and Franklin Ferris, two lads who
had seen the man while playing about
the building, were on Main street
in search Of an officer, and the young
minutes after the arrival Of the cor
oner.
That the body has been under the
warehouse for several days was quite
apparent, as decomposition had set in
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-05

the exhibit, as a heavy financial out
lay could not be made at this time. In
speaking of the exhibit which would
occupy the Walla Walla space at the
apple show, Mr.. Ritz this morning
said:
Wnlle we cannot enter into the con-
petition for as many of the prizes as
We had intended, there is one at least
that we have our eyes on-the one
to be awarded for the best tn boxes
of yellow Newtons. Our Rome Beau
ties are also in excellent condition,
and l believe can be entered for the
prize in that class.
I'VE will have a good showing. and
one of which no Walla Walla visi-
tor to the show need be ashamed. We
nave been disappointed in some re-
spects, but taken as a whole, the Wal
Ia Walla exhibit will show up quite
faVorably with those of other localities
and our space will be filled"
Much interest is being taken in the
coming show, and it is expected that
several hundred people from this city
and surrounding country will leave
Tor the Falls City on the excursion
which leaves over the Northern Pa
cine Tuesday morning. The Concert
oand has been secured to furnish mu-
Sic at the show, and an effort is being
made to make "Walla Walla day. one
OF special interest. Visitors from this
city will be furnished with badges
which have ben ordered printed by tn.
Commercial club.
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and the features were almost oblit-
Grated by the hemorrhage and the pres
sure of the head resting upon the
face. 1t is not probable that an in
quest will be held, as the cause of
death seems apparent.
In appearance the man is slight in
build, weighing not more than 14O
pounds; short Of stature, being about
5 feet inches in height, with a gray
mustache and grayish- brown hair. He
was between so and 60 years of age,
wore'a black coat, brown overalls with
black stripe. blue jumper in lieu of
shirt. and heavy shoes. His hands
Indicate that he had been a laborer.
and the outfit which hc- carried in a
flour sack, consisting Of soap, a razor.
comb and brush. articles of wearing
apparel and a small file, indicate that
he was transient who had dropped
into the city and had crawled under
the building to sleep.
Over the bed which had been made
In slight depression in the ground,
had been placed an oil-cloth, and the
arrangement Of the bed clothes when
the police arrived, showed that death
had come without struggle. the Snan
lying face downward with his head
turned slightly to the right.
No papers were found that give any
clue to 'the mans identity, but it is
possible that a close search of the
pockets of his clothing may afford
some information.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-05

his boyhood days he has been ex-
tremely fleet of foot. He could run
faster than any boy of his own tribe
and when he grew to manhood he beat
all the best runners who could be-
matched against him from other tribes.
After he had beaten all the best rum
ners single handed he was matched in
relay races and even with a bunch of
picked runners against him he always
came out a winner
He was then matched against horses
and in several contests he beat the
best horses that the Indians could
match him with. In fact among his
own people he was looked on as
something of a marvel and considered
absolutely unbeatable.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-05
TWENTY GENTS PER MONTH
Hard-Hedded Men at the
Bid Conservation Conference

formed by twenty five or more ma
tional organizations.
The session on the morning of the
eighth will be a more or less infOr-
NAL gathering in the red room of the
Willard hotel for the purpose of or
ganizing. At s415 o'clock that after
noon comes the big general meeting at
the Belasco theatre at which Presi-
dent Roosevelt will be among the
speakers. who will address the men,
bers of the joint conservation confer
ence, the Rivers and Harbors con-
gress, the Southern Commercial con-
gress and other organizations with al
lied objects whose sessions in Wash
.ngton at that time 'will help to make
up what has been called conservation
week" After that the joint confer
ence will take up it's business in earn
est at the Hubbard Memorial hall.
The plan is to take up one after an
other the main subject which the ma
tional conservation commission has
been studying-waters, lands, forests,
minerals.
The much talked of Inventory of
natural resources" is completed now
as far as present knowledge can go.
The national conservation commission
has not made any of it's findings pub
lie so far, but the members Of the
commission declare and the country as
iwhole Is convinced that the state of
affairs is one that requires immediate
and effective action. The problem
that the joint conference must hep
| to solve Is what form this action must
| take and in what direction it must
be pushed to be most effective. This
is task which demands the shrewd-
est judgment which the national con-
| servation commission can call to it's
aid and Is one for which both Car
negie and Hill are eminently fitted
The commission realizes that it has
| reached .he critical point in it's work
All the information it hsa gathered
| in its months of study will result in
nothing of permanent value unless 1t
can be made the basis of practical
program of constructive activity The
| oadvice of such men as Hill and Car
negie will be of the utmost value.
In slecting the pionts where immediate
lreform is most urgently needed and
those which can be placed later on the
program.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-05
Park Benefit Ball
An Entire Success

Notwithstanding the fact that it
was an open affair, the park benefit
ball last night was one of the most
successful and brilliant society events
of the season. Some $50 couples were
in attendance and the evening was
enjoyed by all present. The music was
excellent and the floor was in good
shape, the large crowd was in good
spirits and everything combined to
make the ball one of the most enjoy
able ever given in the city.
The Armory hall was beautifully
decorated with ferns, flowers, and
evergreen, and was a veritable bower
of beauty. Charles Philips had charge
Of the decorations
A bounteous supper was served dur
ing the course of the evening and
proved to be one of the delightful
treats. The ladies who served the ta-
bles were: Miss Emma Langdon, Mrs.
Bert Thomas. Mrs Mary Clark. Mrs.
Haley, Mrs. Victor Huniker. Mrs. G..
F. Van de Water. Mrs. w. D. Lyman.
Mrs. Thomas Mosgrove, Mrs. G. n.
Sutherland, Mrs. ]. B. Catron. Mrs.
Hockett Miss Grace Isaacs. Mrs. Ella
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-05
SIX-DAY RACE AT
MADISON SQUARE

NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-The relic OF
past age, the bicycle, will come into
its own again during the coming week
and Madison. Square garden has been
put into shape for the great six-day
race that has led to a revival OF inter-
est in the almost moribund sport. To-
night there will be the usual prellm-
mary short distance and motor paced
events.
In the six-day race beginning Mon
day morning, the field of racers gath
cred from all parts Of the world Will De
sent on its week-long journey at one
minute after midnight, but the doors
of the garden will open tomorrow
evening and a concert will entertain
the spectators until the starting gun
is fired
Walter Rutt and John Stol. VINO
composed the German Holland team
which captured the first honors at the
asst years six-day cycle race, are
again entered.
Both Rutt and Stol have been rlo-
ing in great form during the past sea-
son IN the European ccyle tracks. Hut
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-05

Il at times refused to enter into CONVEX
sation. -.
His strange disappearance, in view
of the fact that he had money due
him, and also left articles of value
in the shop, is looked upon with sus-
picion by his friends who believe he
has in a fit of dependency, taken his
own life AS it was thought the man
had become intoxicated, and was
sleeping off the effects of the liquor,
no investigation was made for day
or so, but since he has been absent
for nearly a week, his friends are
becoming alarmed, especially so as
inquiry at the railroad offices shows
that he did not leave town. He was
we'll known to many of the railroad
boys. but none of them have seen
Lewis since his disappearance Mon
day.
In the belief that Lewis has gone
to some secluded srot and there taken
his own life, or has met with foul
play. the police department will prob
ably be asked to take up the case in
the endeavor to determine tn true facts
concerning the affair.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-05
WdIId WdIId Exhibit Will
Consist of Eighty Boxes

Although the variety and uuan-
tity is not what the committee had
hoped for, the Walla Walla display at
the Spokane Apple show next week
will be as good as the best, and at
least one of the prizes that is to be
awarded for the best ten boxes Of Vel
low Newtons, is looked upon with
longing by the local committee
w. A. Ritz, who is in charge of the
exhibit, said this morning that the
display of fruit from the Walla
Walla valley would fill the space al
lotted to it, and that the exhibit would
be good one Owing to the fact that
fruit growers took little or no interest
in the coming event, the variety of the
fruit to be shown has been cut down
considerable, and the 30 or 100
to be seen in the Falls City will not
fulfill all expectations
Forty boxes of choice fruit were
shipped yesterday and as many more
will be sent out. today, Mr.. Ritz and q
corps of workmen being engaged in
sorting and packing the apples. tG
some of the boxes may be, injured in
the shipping, several extras arc be.
ing prepared, from which to fill ort
injured boxes.
With the exception of Harry Rey-
nolds, it was said this morning that
none of the apple growers of the, VAL
ed had made donation, but had in
sisted on selling the fruit to the Com
mercial club for display purposes. This
also served to diminish the extent Of
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puzzled their opponents at all stages
of the contest This was the first ath-
letic contest of any team represent
ing the local Y.M. c. A.
Had the Y. M. c. A. been at all ac-
curate in throwing baskets, the
score would have been much more one
sided, but the locals seemed to be SUI
fering from stage fright, especially
during the first part of the game, ana
they missed basket after basket on
easv chances Weston did the same
thing, but not to such an extent. Wes-
ton fouled much more than did the "
often travelling with the ball, while
rough playing was their characteristic.
Crecelius. the little guard of the
association team, was the particular
bright star of the evening. Running
the ball up from the Weston goal, he
would either put it into the hands OF
the man ready to receive 1t, or would
dispense with that formality and throw
it himself. He was everywhere, fast,
clever and sure at shooting. But it is
not to say the rest of the team was
not good. Every man played hard and
fast Captain Unser furnished an ex-
cellent example for his men and played
a brilliant game. Felthouse, at center,
clearly outclassed his man. Glafke
threw aeyeral neat and difficult goals;
he is al reliable man under the gal
Thoms played a good game at guard in
the first half, guarding his man
closely and getting up in the air to
intercept long passes. He was re-
placed In the last half by Allen, who
also played 4 good game.
The lineup Of the teams was:
Y. Nj. c. A.-Felthouse, center; Unser,
Glafke, forwards; Thoms, Allen, Gre
Storm, guards.
Weston-71tagg, center; Blomgorn,
Castillo, forwards, Winest, Sanford,
Storm, guards.
Willard Felthouse, of Whitman COL
lege, acted as referee.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-05
Fatal Street Car Accident
In The Dense Seattle FOd

SEATTLE, Wn., Dec. 5.-Running at
top speed, two University street cars
collided head-on in a fog this morn
ing at a street corner, fatally injuring
Motormen Gus Olson, Charles Boiling
and John Elandel, whose legs were
both broken. The mOtormen were dug
from the wreckage. A wild panic en-
sued. Women tainted and trampled
upon each other in reaching PAGES of
safety The cars were partially de-
molished. A dozen people were ser
iously injured and forty slightly so.
A misunderstanding of block sig
nails Is supposed to have been the
cause Of the accident. The outbound
car was loaded with workingmen go
ing to the fair grounds, and the in
coming car was crowded with people
going to work.
The accident occurred on straight
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-05

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-Andrew
carnegie and J. j. Hill will both take
part in the joint conservation confer
ence which opens here on the eighth,
when the national conservation COM
mission with the assistance of the
governors of the states, and it's other
cooperators will get under way the
most important part of it's work SO
far the report to the president, iuet
the first of the year. These two lead
ers in the industrial world were prom
inent figures in the conference of
governors at the White House last May.
which was the immediate cause Of the
creation of the national conservation
commission. The iron masters speech
at that time on the mineral resources
Of the country was the first on the
three days program after President
Roosevelt's opening speech and the
railroad organizer began the second
days session with a discussion of the
land resources of the United States,
which has been more quoted than per-
haps any other single address at that
conference. When the national con-
servation commissioI Eas formed both
we're made membeiS.S
The participation of these two hard
headed and practical men in the COM
ing conference will be Of even greater
value than 1t was at the White House
session because the time has come
now for the preparation of definite
and workable program of action to
meet the situation that was partially
disclosed at the White House meeting
and has been made more clear by the
researches of the national conserva-
ton commission since then.
The attendance at the joint conser-
vation conference will be composed
ef men who have been active par
ticipants in the work for conserva-
ton since the White House confer
ence About half the governors have
definitely said that they will be pres
ent and the others will send repre-
sentatives of their states. These gov
ernors of their representatives will be
accompanied by the members Of the
state conservation commissions which
have been named during the summer
and fall. In addition to these there
will be present the special conserva-
tiOn committees which have been
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-05
Fencing Matches.

NEW YORK, Dec. with an in
vitatiOn meet at the New York Turn
Verein this evening, the schedule Of
the Amattur Fencers' League Of
America will be commenced 1t con-
talns the usual contests for challenge
cups and medals and the dates for
the division championships, as well as
for the national championships. There
Will be a change in the location of the
finals in the nationals this year. for
instead Of being at the New York A.
c. it will go to the New York Turn
Verein. The dates are a little later
than last year and will be on April %
and "a. shrdlu
and "a. Aside from the series Of mee:s
in this city, tournaments are scheduled
for Boston, Baltimore and Chicago.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-05

kept pretty much in France, but Stol
made a tour of the different courses
throughout Europe.
If possible this team is in even bet
ter shape for the day and night week
long grind at the garden than it was
last year. and with Stors plugging
abilities and Rutt's famous jump
will certainly be the dangerous fac
tors in the race.
An effort will be made this year tC
establish a new mileage record for
the race, and a special prize will be
hung up looking to this end The
present record for the race Of 2,73s
miles laps was'hung up by the Mil
ler and Waller combination in 1899.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-05
where Is {. A. Lewis"
Asks Missing Mans Friends

Where is G. A. Lewis, who for the
past three weeks has been employed
as barber in the shop of M. E. Cros-
son. ST East Main street? Has he, in
nj of dependency, taken his own
"ie' or has he been the victim of foul
play?
These are questions which friends OF
Ar' Lewis are trying to answer, and
quiet investigation which has been
.0nducted since Monday noon, when
ue man completely disappeared. has
.eYea!ed nothing more than the fact
Sat no one in Walla Walla has seen
aln since he walked from the shop at
noon hour. a
investigation has brought forth the
iC' mat Lewis, who had been room
ias, at the Central Lodging house,
o sho word Saturday night that he
md nould be called at O'clock Monday
Ths The call was made, and
ra u~Is arose and went to work as usual
mn. nn.ainlng on duty until noon, when he
So on his coat and went to lunch.
of tt mat time nune Of the employees
Ia,..Se, ne snop, the proprietor nor any OF
Is acquaintances have seen him.
liyea s' IS VINO was a native of Chicago.
conoiu LOT time in Minneapolis, later
wning wnng to Spokane, and thence to
tpsha %aha Walla. He arrived here about
mae ea weeks ago, and secured employ
cor.n c. IN the Crosson shop. being q
w.a w.pe.eht and faithful worker. He
hava aoout so years of age, is said to
ana seeh addicted to the use of liquor,
ondnequently showed signs of de-
ly ency At times he would nervous
wa the floor of the shop where he
about pioyed, muttering something
when woman and baby. However.
is Sal. Questioned as to his past life, 1t
ne was extremely reticent and