The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-11-20

the prosecuting attorneys once ny
saying that it seemed as though they
were all in Ieague to railroad men to
the penitentiary"
No sooner had he finished than
Otto was on his feet with long SEN
tence of .f1owery oratory ready 1or
utterance. containing an alluslon 10
the years of inexperience' OF the
counsel for defense, which did not
fail tn bring forth broad smile on
the faces of a number of the specta-
tors who recalled the time, but a rev
wears back when the prosecuting at
torney was mere lad in school. But
Stafford was rewarded for his Sacrl-
flee when the jury returned verdict
of mot guilty" and no ill-feeling was
produced by the sallies of the prose-
cution.
"Here, Mr.. Policeman, this fellow
has got my knife. and / want you TO
git fer me- were the hasty words
half whispered into the ear of Patrol
man George Wilcox yesterday after
noon hs he was passing the row of sa-
looms on lower Main street. Feeling
that 1t was his duty to investigate
anything in the line of crooked work.
even Though trifling, the officer
stopped and inquired for particulars.
"WeA, this here fellow took my
knife, and it is in his pocket; search
him ami git fer me- George did as
instructed, but the investigation failed
to produce anything more valuable
than a time-worn sack of Bull Dur
ham.
Nav. l hain't got his knife ex-
planned the man indicated by the first
speaker He's got a souse on, and he
bet his knife to one of these fellows
an lost; now he's sore and is raising
a howl. Search me, [ hain't got it.
AS there was a crowd of some u
or Is menu in front of the booze dis
pensary, AN of them interested in the
case, the officer was in a quandry. He
could not S$arch every one of them
in the endeaAor to locate a lucent
pocket knifeA and he could not take
them to the AstatiOn to search them.
Rejecting a nAprleni, he turned on his
heel and continued up the street, with
the plaintive cN, He's got me knife"
following. y
=
Although Chih of Police Davis is
known to practically all Walla Wal
lans as just plainAMike" it is case of
no end of discomfort to the patrOlmen
and sergeants, subject to strict discip
line. to have someA dashing individual
saunter carelessly Anto headquarters
with an air Of va3 Importance and
ask for Mike
It's all right, maRe on the street
to call him Mike said one of the
boys yesterday, but TNWhen a person
comes into headquarters looking for
him, | want to hear thAm ask for the
Chief Even. though ysnany of the
boys have known him Ar years you
do not hear them call Ag the chief
by his given name, and Nhers should
be as civil to him in his EMn office as
they would be to any Asiness man
in his store"
OF course all of the discussion about
the use of his name was unknown to
Nike who stands not upon pomp
and ceremony and appears totally I'M
Mike" Chief" Mr." or Honor
able Davis
Fasteners, to whom the magnificent
trees of the Walla Walla valley are
one of the greatest sources of pleas
ure, are loud in their protests when
ever a prOperty-OWner sees fit to de-
stroy the giant trunks being convert
ed into cord wood is, to them, anything
but a pleasing sight. The monstea. pop
lars which have for years stood like
upright sentinels at Howard and
Whitman streets, and We're among the
largest of their kind in the city, have
been felled by the wOodSman's ak and
are now being made ready for the
woodward. And all for the sake of
the wave of improvement which is
sweeping the city.
1t is reported that the little cot
tage, the last vestige of pioneer days
in that part of the city, which has
the spring to make room for mag
nificent modern dwelling, and the
poplars abutting the walk have been
removed as the preliminary step to-
ward the change
But people from the east who in
years gone by enjoyed not the shade
of such trees, feel that the prelimin-
AIRY step was an unnecessary one,
and mourn the loss of the stately pop
lars.