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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-08-03
MAYOR WILL REFORM RESTRICTED DISTRICT
DENIES STORY OF DOUBLE LIFE
CUT OUT THE
COUPONS

On page , Of The Star to
day appear the coupons for
The star Family Outing Day
a. Luna Park next Thursday.
Zach coupon explains Itself.
There ID one. which, with five
cents. will provide transpor.
tation on the boat al the foot
% Marion st, 10 and from
luna Park. This will mean
. saving Of five cents u you
desire 10 90 BY water.
Another coupon will gain
you entrance 10 the park. The
u2osi admission fee 10 ten
ssnss. So you will save q dime
here.
The remainder Of the cou-
pons are for the various at
trsctiens IN the park. There
are nftesn Of them altogether,
and with one coupon you will
be admitted 10 any one o. the
attractions for five cents.
The coupons will be printed
IN The Star tomorrow and
"wednesday and Thursday,
q addition to today. Gu, eUi
al o. them. You will need
shsn on Thursday, Ter your
ffiends will wan, what you
dent uae.
Thursday al Luna PARK will
be The stars Second Family
Citing Day, ard u ls soins 10
be . big success.
Plan 70 90.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-11-27
Whitman Loses
TO w. s. {. Team

On a field so heavy with mud that
fast and open playing was impossible,
Whitman coll-ge~wa1. ycrterday after
noon defeated by the Washington state
college team by the score of 40 At
times it seemed that Whitman coulC
not but win, but the mud made their
fast plays impossible and the farmers.
while unable to cross the Missionary
goal line, succeeded in making a place
kick in the second half, that won them
the game.
The field is located in basin WhiC h
at best is muddy after the first sprinkle
in the fall Yesterday, with a bright
sun after several days of hard rain, it
was a stiff mud, in which the local
boys were not used to playing, while
the heavy eleven of the state college
was entirely at home having rractced
there all fall.
In the first half Whitman had the
ball in Pullman territory every min
ute of the playing. Time and again
yardage was made but the mud and
mlre made almost impossible any fast
playing. Borleske got loose twice for
30-yard runs, but aside from that lit
tie sensational work was done on the
extremely heavy field.
In the second half the ball was most
ly in Missionary territory, but at times
was across in Pullman ground. The
farmers, unable to make touch down.
tried a place kick from the 3O-yard
line which was successful, Hahn boot
ing the ball over fairly Three at
tempts at this play by the Missionary
team in the first half from the 25-yard
line were Intellectual.
The final score remained 40 the
game ending with the ball in Whit
mans possession on her own 30 yard
linet The game was slow on Pullmans
part, but Whitman played as fast as
she could under the circumstances and
had the field been dry there is little
doubt that Borleske would have made
one of his long runs mean a touch
down.
Johnny Bender refereed the game,
Payne, of ColfaX, unpiring. The teams
played 35minute halves.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-11-27
ing strictly fresh eggs at such a price
iS p,iSbranding them

ing strictly fresh eggs at such a price
is misbranding them.
"The price itself is evidence that the
parties are deceiving the, purchasers
You. no doubt, have noticed the last
bulletin of the department of agricul-
ture, wherein Golden & Co., of Wash
ington, D. c., were found guilty of mis-
branding eggs and fined SIS.
"Our law is identical with the law
under which this party was fined and
should be enforced in order to protect
the innocent purchasers and the hon.
est retailers. The signs with the price
alone ought to furnish all the evidence
necessary to convict in dozens of cases
in this city, and what is true of Seat
tie VIII apply in every city in the state
of any size I believe notice should be
served on all wholesalers and retail
ers at once that misbranding of out
ter and eggs will he prosecuted to the
fullest extent Of the law, if continued
and an example of some of them made
if they continue the practice
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-11-27
Excursions For
Big Apple Show

SPOKANE, Wash, Nov. 27-Special
excursions have been arranged for
everyday during the national apple
snow from the fruit districts of the
inland empire A day has been set
aside in honor of each of the districts,
and on that day an excursion will be
run for the benefit of the people VINO
"lsh to attend the apple show. Yakima,
Nenatchee, Hood River, Chelan, Lew
lSton- Charleston and Walla Walla are
unong the districts for which days
nave been named and from which ex-
NuFslons will be run.
Yakima will sent an excursion OF
4vVV people, headed by a band of 4o
p-eces. Grangeville. Idaho, will seno
-'V people on a special excursion from
nat place. Walla Walla, Hood River,
"ehatchee and Lewiston Charleston
viii all be well represented at the
SpoK2ne show, from reports already
,s'eNed Kettle Falls, Stevens coun-
~ ~ wash, will send an excursion on
ueSday, and Walla Walla on Wed
eSuay The Yakima people will ar
I've on Thursday. which has been
"Iiled as Yakima Day"
tertalnment has been provided
'he visitors by the chamber OF
Lliilerce. 1t is estimated that in all
az. VIII be nearly $4,000 people IN
,iluance s,once from the Inland Empire
e with as many more from q
s'eater distance.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-11-27
WaShington'S Pioneer Newspaper
Is F0rty-Seven Years Old Today

, outside world. Nothing was omitted in
cutting down of the size of the pa
per, but the news was made short and
crisp, although containing all import
paper has meen run along the same
ines, as far as news is concerned. 1t
was during Mr. Holand's regime the
paper was moved to it's present home
on East Alder street.
On June l of the present year the
paper again became actively democrat
ic, with DR.. Z. E. Fall as owner, and
Seth Maxwell as managing editor.
Since that time The Statesman has
been aggressive in it's PRONUNCIATION
Of democratic principles.
The Statesman was printed under
many difficulties when it was first
started. No railroads ran into the city
and it was with difficulty that the pa
Per was sometimes published When
the river became blocked with ice. or
for other reasons beats were unable
to navigate, it was sometimes neces-
sary to print The Statesman on wrap
ping paper And at times, this failing,
The Statesman has been published on
the reverse side of wall paper.
1t is an extremely unfortunate and
lamentable circumstance that the files
OF The Statesman were not kept until
comparatively recent years Many old
tlmers nave copies of the paper which
were published at an early date, and
these copies they hold more treasured
than gold
An interesting incident occurred re-
Gently. when a man walked into the
office of the paper and asked if the
hies contained the papers Of 1863 On
being told they did not, he used every
endeavor to find some one who had the
papers of that year, but was unable
to do so. He' had found, on the walls of
a cabin in northern Idaho, a COPY of
The Statesman, published in 1868,
used for wall paper. He had but
fragment and was desirous Of obtain
ing duplicate paper.
AS newspaper, The Evening States
man has always been, and is, a leader
IN It's field, as a publisher Of local
news. In many newspaper offices. The
Statesman is the only Walla Walla
paper taken from the exchange table
Tor it contains all the news, and in
brief and concise style.
Its news feats have been many and
have reflected much to the credit of the
paper and it's force. Always a leader
there have been more scoops" in its
columns than in those Of any Of the
other papers. And its news is depend
able, the staff is competent and the pa
per is the best published in the south
ern end of the Inland Empire
For Al years The Statesman has
been published. Today it is enjoying
Its birthday and feels as hale and
hearty as it has at any time since it's
birth. It has host of friends, and
few enemies. But today it's health is
first class, thank you, and the doctor
Is hrm in his belief that it still has a
long and prosperous life before it.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-11-27
Bicycle Race.

NEW YORK, Nov. 27.-Entries con-
tinue to come in for the anual siX-day
bicycle race at Madison Square gar
den which will have its premiere a
week from tomorrow night. The usual
preliminary and short distance races
will be run off that night, and on the
following evening, Sunday, November
6. the doors of the, Garden will swing
open to admit the spectators who will
see the send -eff in the six day grind.
The starting gun will be fired at 10
minutes after midnight on Monday
morning. December Z. The best bicy-
Gle racers from all over the world will
be seen in action at the coming meet,
and the management promises that the
features which have tended to bring
past races into risrepute will be abol-
iShed
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-11-27

city of Walla Walla.
Sec. 2.-It shall be lawful for any
person or persons who may nnd any
domestic fowls running at large as
provided in section 1 of this ordinance
upon his premises to seize, kill, use
or destroy the same, and such seizure,
killing, use or destruction shall for1
felt all right, title and interest of the
owner therein and all rights to dam
ages, claims, rigths of action ana oe-
mands therefor
According to the city ordinances,
however, the fowls, after being killed
must not be tossed back upon the
neighbor's property, as they will come
under another law providing a penalty
for those who wilfully and and ma
liciouSly throw obstructions upon the
property of others. The hen law is a
new one to many, who have not had
occasion to labor through the big vol
ume of city ordinances which have not
been cOdifed. and many of which are
almost unknown to any except the
oldest inhabitants of the city.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-11-27
Trolley Builders
Meeting Today

For the purpose of affecting per-
manent organization, electing officers
and completing arrangements for the
construction of the Columbia & Walla
Walla line from Dayton to Wallula, a
meeting of the stockholders of the old
company, members of the Farmers
union and proposed stockholders of the
re-organized corporation is being held
in the office of DR.. n. G. Blalock this
afternoon Those most interested In
the completion of the line, as well as
a number of the former promoters
have been in almost daily conference,
and it is said arrangements for the
actual construction of the line have
been partially completed.
Nothing would be given out for pup-
lication this morning, though it is
known that all of the officers, with the
exception of treasurer, have been
agreed upon, and await only the rat1-
fication of the meeting this afternoon
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-11-27
If You Find a Chicken the
Street--kiII it and Cook it,
It's Yours Says The LdWbOOk

Because one of her neighbors fol-
lowed the provisions of the city or
dinance and killed two of her fat hens
which were trespassing, and ate them
for thanksgiving dinner, Mrs. Lena
WaldOn this afternoon appeared at
uolice headquarters and entered COM
,laint. asking that the bluecoats col
let the bill for the fowls. On being
informed that the city ordinance gave
the neighbor the right to act as he
ljl. the woman was much surprised,
and said She had been under the i'm
nression the ordinance provided it was
rl,yful to kill trespassing chickens,
nrovided they were not eaten.
I'm proof of his remarks, Sergeant
poccker produced the old ordinance
hook and read ordinance No. IA, which
was passed in August, 1878, when
lanes McAulif was mayor, and reads
as follows:
Sec NO person or persons shall
hermit any chickens, ducks, geese,
urhyys or domestic fowls to run at
large in the corporate limits of the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-11-27
Be Sure the
Eggs Are Fresh

Another jump in the price of "hen-
fruit is looked for with the next
change of the moon. and the merchant
who has been selling fresh ranch
eggs" packed in Omaha, in 1896, will
hereafter be compelled to size up his
customer before disposing of the pro-
duet with the same freedom as Of
yore. The worm has turned, and a
large, hungry Jail door is yearning for
the man who has been thus deceiving
the dear public" for weeks past. Sec
retary j. ]. Higgins, of the Seattle Re
tail GrOcers' association. has started
the ball rolling with a letter to State
Food and Dairy Comm ss1oner L. Da-
vies. of Davenport, which reads as fol-
lows:
MY attention has been called lately
to the very transparent frauds by nu-
merous Wholesale and retail dealers in
butter and eggs, by misbranding these
articles. Wholesalers are Gambling
storage stocks, selecting the best from
them and marketing them as Oregon
ranch eggs, select fresh eastern eggs
etc. Butter in many instances also is
being mislabeled. Best grades of east
ern butter are being marketed under
Washington brands. Retailers are Ia
beling eggs Oregon ranch strictly
ranch eggs and quoting a retail price
on them from 20 to 35 cents less than
the wholesale price of strictly fresh
eggs. Any business man knows that fresh
eggs costing from SIS to SO cents per
dozen can NOT he rAtai1ed at 20 and "a
cents a dozen, and that any one label
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-11-27
TWENTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH.
HedrtbrOken, Herman BiIIik'S
Mother Dies Before He HANDS

CLEVELAND, O., Nov. 27.-Mrs.
Barbara Billik, mother of Herman Bill
ilk' who is condemned to hang in Chi
cago, on December IL for the poison
ing OF five members of the Vrzal lam
lily, died of a broken heart this morn
ing
A letter written by the mother to the
condemned son is given to the public
today by Billik 1t reads:
Dear Son Herman: Why don't you
write to me in SO long a time. I am
half dead, but 1 pray night and day to
GOD to let me live until know the out
come of the trouble, of my only child.
can't believe they will hang you or
there is no justice in the world. |
KNOW YOU are innocent: You never
committed crime like that When
they hang you. it will kill me and I'll
go with YOU So. dear son, don't take
1t hard. maybe God viii help YOU vet.
How glad / will be to see you. The
doctors are doing all they can to get
me on my feet. | send you two dollars.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-11-27
rom one of the large eastern cities,

from one of the large eastern cities.
said:
"Walla Walla has outgrown her
townhood days; new people are COM
ing in every day, and we are now en-
titled to the name of a city But
the old custom of pioneer davs.
in calling the cemetery a city bury
ing ground, is as antiquated as the
Oldest building in Walla Walla, and l
was myself, somewhat mortified when
heard people call it by that title.
Nearly every city in the country,
and in many not as large as Wana
Walla, the cemetery has an appropri-
ate name, and one which is in keeping
with the purposes for which it is used.
Mountain View cemetery would be- a
most appropriate name for our burying
ground. as it is in full view of the
range of Blue mountains, and COM
mands an unusually good position from
"a scenic viewpoint. Some action
should be taken to give the cemetery
some other name than the city. and /
have been hoping for several years
that a campaign would be started
whereby the present name might be
eliminated
Perhaps the only reason that a name
has not been secured for the "cftv OF
the dead is that people here have be-
come so accustomed to the present til
tie that they take it as a matter of
course, and do not fully appreciate the
lack of given name as do those who
come here from the larger cities
There is said to be a movement on
foot whereby people of the city may
submit names to a committee of Judges
and te city council is then to be pc
titioned to adopt the name upon which
the judges decide
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-11-27

position. he was able to greatly reduce
the clerical force of the lower house,
the number of clerks being but AZ as
compared to 72 at the previous session.
Thls result, Mr.. Meigs, states was ac-
complished by the elimination of pol
itics from the organization of the cler-
zeal force. the chief clerk being given
authority to select competent men for
the various positions
Mr.. Meigs is a lawyer, having prac-
tlceu for the past seven years
In comparing this city with his home
town, Mr.. Meigs this afternoon said:
They are about the same size. though
Walla Walla is scattered over much
more territory than is Yakima. I re-
cofnize some OF the old buildings On
Main street, and they look as familiar
as they did 10 or II years ago when
l was here
Asked the occasion of his first visit
to Walla Walla Mr. Meigs explained
that he came here as a member Of
the debating team from the Washing
ton state college at Pullman, and de-
bated against Whitman college team.
fhassS A. tie only tiIll. ut to that
date" he added land I believe the ONLY
time since then, that the Washington
State college won a debate from Whit
man."
Mr.. Meigs did not complete his
course at the state college, where he
was taking special work, but later reg
lstered at an eastern institution. And
since he left Pullman as a student. ac-
cording to his statement today. he has
never visited that city, though he has
often intended to do so
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-11-27
Next Speaker of Lower House
Visiting In WdIId WdIId TOdav

l.. o. Meigs. of North Yakima, who
in all probability will be the speaker
of the lower house of Washingtons
next legislature is in the city today,
primarily in the interests of his can
didacy and secondarily for the pur-
pose of meeting Walla Walla members
of the legislature and becoming ac-
quainted with them
Mr.. Meigs' success in lining up the
big King county delegation for him
last week is generally believed to have
settled the speakership contest, and
friends of the Yakima man now state
that he has over so republican votes
considerably more than enough to
elect-pledged to him. His support in
cludes the majority of the King. Spo-
kane, SnOhOmish, Whatcom, Yakima,
and Skagit county delegations. as
We'll as many of the smaller delega-
tions, and he is confident that all that
remains is the mere formality of his
election.
His only opponent is Representative
Slayden. of Pierce county, who. while
still in the race. is expected to an
nounce his withdrawal before thea sa-
Ions gather at Olympia. 1t is generally
believed that Mr.. Meigs will be the
unanimous choice of the republican
caucus.
While the forthcoming session Of
the legislature will be the first in
which Mr.. Meigs has served as a MEM
ber, six years ago he was assistant
reading clerk of the house. four years
ago he was reading clerk and two years
ago he was chief clerk of that body.
During his incumbency in the latter
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-11-27

all L have to spare. Is Edna better?
You do not write about her. 1 will
try so hard to come to you. 1 send
you dozen kisses. Your broken heart
ed Mother"
After the letter reached Billek he
was supported back to his cell by the
jailer. Edna is Billiks daughter. who
made brave fight for the life of her
father
Billik almost collapsed in his cell
when informed of his mothers death
He cried like a baby.
Her heart is broken" he sobbed. II
knew she couldn't stand it,"
The aged woman broke, down COM
pletely when her son was convicted
Severe pains in the heart followed the
final ruling of the supreme court re-
moving the last hope for the murderer
The elimination came Wednesday,
when she received a pathetic farewell
letter from her son in which he pro-
tested his innocence and expressed his
lost hope of a new trial
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-11-27

Just A years ago today in small
building on what is now Third street,
between Main and Alder, Walla Wal
las first. and for that length of time
the best, newspaper, was born. Just
Al years ago this afternoon The
Statesman came to life in the news
paper world and has been a leader in
the newspaper field of the northwest
since that time.
Major R. r. Rees, a loyal follower of
the principles of democracy, was the
founder of the paper In the summer
of the year 1861 he conceived the idea
of a paper for Walla Walla, and Incl
dentally for Washington, but it was
not until November q, 1861, that the
paper was first issued. The first edi-
ton was put out from an old style
hand press, in a wooden structure
where the Statesman building now
stands, on Third street. And for As
years the paper was published in that
place.
The Evening Statesman was not
only the first paper published in Wal
la W.alla. it was the first paper pub
lished IN the state of Washington. 1t
was a pioneer in the newspaper field
of the northwest and has always been
the pacemaker for it's rivals and con-
temporaries.
Major Rees was the owner Of the
paper for a few years, then sold the
plant to W. H Newell, of The Dalles,
thorough newspaper man. who came
80 Toll Uol lo tho Of Ia
voting his life to the newspaper work
here. He carried out his purpose, re-
naming in control of the paper until
his death, in 1877.
At that time Colonel F. j. Parker
leased the paper, later buying it out
right, and remaining it's proprietor for
% years. 1t was during his regime
that The Statesman became a daily
paper. This change was made in 1880.
Col. Parker was a loyal democrat, as
had been all his predecessors, and the
papers policy in the furthering of the
principles of Thomas Jefferson was
pushed unfalteringly.
In 1900 the Statesman Publishing
company a corporation, came into pos
session cf the paper, and continued
in it's management until it was taken
over by Charles Goddard, now one
of the prominent New York business
men; and later by the Statesman COM
pany. the director of which was P. c.
Holland With the exception Of the
short time the paper was directed by
Mr.. Holland, it has been democratic,
and even then its leanings were toward
democracy, although it was an inde-
pendent sheet. But democratic candi-
dates were supported as often as were
republicans.
1t was during the period Of Mr.. Hol-
lands management, under the editor
ship of the Late W. F. Guion, the most
brilliant newspaper man the city has
ever known, that II was found that a
four-page paper could contain all the
news of the city and brief and con-
else report Of the happenings Of the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-11-27
Western Auto Shows.

CHICAGO, Nov. 27.-Two automo-
bile shows of the first class Will be held
In the west this winter. the Chicago
show, running from February 6 to 13,
and to be followed directly by the ST.
Louis show, February IS to 90 Both
exhibitions will be of magnitude to
compare favorably with the New York
shows. The west is rapidly becoming
addicted to the motoring sport, and
the manufacturers will enter EXHIBITS
quite up to the standard of eastern
shows
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-11-27
Should Name
CITY Cemetery

'City cemetery" is a name which, to
people who come here from the large
cities of the east, is most unpleasant,
and in certain instances relatives who
have been called to Walla Walla by
the death of loved one, are Mortified
when informed that interment is to be
in the city" cemetery, for the reason
that in the larger towns of the country,
that name designates the public bury
ing ground Or "potter's field"
In speaking on the subject this morn
a well-known business man who has
lived in Walla Walla but a coinpara-
tiveIv ~hcrt time, and who came here
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The attorneys declare special iegis-
at the disposal of surgeons. In letter
to the prison board, Briggs said:
"If Koch is right our crusade
against tuberculosis must be directed
against the spread of disease from hu-
man to human. If Won Behring is right,
it must be directed against the spread
from bovine to the human family. To
early and positive solution, experiment
on human being is necessary