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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-10-28

Mike Powers, the Athletics catcher
said at a recent baseball banquet in
Philadelphia:
"All the talk there has been in New
York about crooked foot races and
crooked umpires and crooked fights
all this vague, formless talk about
CroOkedness makes me think of a
South Carolina meeting l once attend
ed. At the end of this meeting it was
decided to take up a collection for
charity The chairman passed the hat
himself He dropped dime in it for
a nest egg. Well gentlemen, every
right hand there entered that hat
every right hand-and yet, ut the end
when the chairman turned the hat
over and shook it, not so much as hi:
own contribution dropped cut
"'Fo' de lan's saken he cried. Abs
eben los de dime All stahted wiy.'
"All the rows Of faces looked puz-
zled. Who was the lucky man? That
was the question which tormented all.
Finally the venerable Calhoun White
summed up the situation.
"'Breddern,' he said, solemnly, ris
ing from his seat, 'dar pears ter be a
great moral lesson roun' heah some,
whar."
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-10-28
TENoRS WHILE YOU WAIT.
fndustry That Has Thriven Since
Jean De Resxke Gave 1t n start,


jean De ResxIse Gave 1t n start.
The corner stone of opera Is the ten
or and tenors are scarcer than four
leaf clovers Comic operas are now
written with baritone heroes for that
reason, the Brooklyn Eagle says, but
the great operas were written when
the disappearance of the tenor had not
been dreamed Of, and tenors must be
had to sing In them; else no opera.
Hence tenor voice Is a surer and
often larger source of income than
gold mine. Opera managers go up
and down the world listening to cab
men, truck drivers, old clo' venders
and the singers Of popular songs in
the cheap resorts, in the hope Of hear
Ing voice that can be developed into
an operate tenor. For heretofore ten
ors, like the poets, have been born and
not made. The managers best chance
was to find such voice before his RI
walls and pay for its education.
But Jean De Reszke changed all
that He sang for years as a not es-
pecially conspicuous baritone In Eu-
rope. He was a good enough artist,
but nobody thought Of calling him
great Then a Paris teacher, adding
two or three notes to the top Of his
voice, In a few months transformed
De Reszke from a singer at $4,000
month to one drawing $4,000 a night.
Since his transformation the musi-
cal world has dreamed of raising bar
tones into tenors as the alchemists
dreamed Of transmitting lead to gold.
And now New York teacher has done
the trick. Rudolf Berger, who has
long been one of the baritones Of the
Berlin opera, was the subject Of the
experiment. On Tuesday night he re-
appeared in Berlin, after a years
study here, as a tenor and sang Lo-
hengrin, with what the cable reports
to be great success. The audience Is
said to have gone wild over the sue
cess Of the singer and his teacher, and
no wonder. If that could be done
with other baritones the problem OF
an opera for every city would be
solved Probably it cannot, more than |
once or twice in a generation, but that |
will not prevent a lot of ambitious !
teachers from trying it. Presently we |
shall see advertisements, 'Tenors /
made in the off season." as we now see !
he signs of the emergency tailors. 1t
Is a great idea-if it will work.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-10-28
WHAT 1T COSTS TO LIVE.
An Increase of 40 Per Cent Since
1890 Computed by Bradstrcet's.

An Increase of 40 Per Cent Since
1890 Computed by Bradstrcet's.
The average householder finds some
difficulty in getting the full measure
! of satisfaction from the return of the
country to trade activity, for the cost
of living, which has been increasing
rapidly for most of the last thirteen
years, is again advancing from the
slightly lower levels brought by the
depression of 1908. All through the
past summer the prices of the neces-
saries of life have been slowly advanc-
| ing. reaching on Aug I the highest
figure reported for that date, save one
In 1907 It IS rather startling to see
that the average cost of the supplies
practically every household must buy
has increased over 40 per cent since
1896, says the Review Of Reviews. The
Bradstreet agency has selected 106 ar
ticles of domestic consumption and has
kept a careful record of their prices
month by month for seventeen years
The highest point ever reached was In
March I, 1907 after which came the
moderate slump caused by the finan-
cial disturbances Of that year. We are
now marching steadily back toward
this high record, and the August fig
ures are only 6.S per cent below it.
Some of the individual cases Of in
creased costs are much more impress
sive than the average. Rubber has adj
vanced from 81 cents pound in 1896
to s19S pound now; pork, from sS.25
a barrel to $21.75; eggs, from 1914
cents a dozen to % cents; mutton,
from 51a cents a pound to II cents;
corn, from "a cents a bushel to 80
cents; wheat, from Ga cents a bushel
to s1.2O and 80 forth. The figures
given are wholesale prices, and as a
rule the advance to the ultimate con.
sumer has been decidedly greater.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-10-28
LAND FOR EVERYONE.
The Great Northwest La Welcoming
Tens of Thousands of Settlers

| Ihe Great Northwest la WelcOm In Y
Tens of Thousands of settlers.
Homes are to be had for practically
all who apply and hardships and high
prices do not and should not count
in the face of independence and fu.
ture prosperity, 7. G. Morehead says
In the Delineator, Public lands in the
United States, subject to entry and set
tlement amount In area to twenty
three times all the acres devoted to
all agricultural pursuits in Iowa, the
greatest agricultural State in the
world Were all the acres tillable, no
less than 4,750,0O0 families might re-
ceive their allowance Of 100 acres and
independence, Each year the popula.
ton of Trenton, n. j., or Oakland,
Cal, finds homes in the new north.
west, and still public lands remain to
supply 160-acre homes to every man,
woman and child in New York City
and Philadelphia combined.
The terms are easy, yet harder than
they were. 1t is now necessary to make
ones residence on the homestead four.
teen months before securing permis
sion to commute, and by paying
small amountreceive patent to the land
A short time ago the residence require
ments were eight months. The price
asked Is small, from so cents to a few
dollars an acre, with time allowed in
which to make the payments. Or one
may live on the land continuously for
five years and cultivate it and so get
It free of cost.
Each day of the year a heavily
laden train comes to a halt in west.
ern Canada and pours forth It's cargo
Of eager-faced homesteaders Sunny
Alberta, prosperous British Columbia
and unpronounceable Saskatchewan, to
say nothing of unspellable Assiniboia,
have been in their dreams for months,
perhaps for years. at last they have
been reached
Poverty IS behind these homeseek.
ars few more days and looking over
he rolling prairies, they will be mon.
archs of all they survey. The reversed
rain disappears over the eastern hori
zon. but there is no regret. They have
come into the promised land. Seventy
.hree thousand of them made the trip
and took up homesteads last year.
That means 1900 coaches filled to ca
oacity, each day of the year a train of
our cars filled with hopeful humanity.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-10-28
Proof He Wns nDnzed. I,

He had pleaded the detained at the
office" and the balancing the books
excuses so often that they had become
transparent. so when he arrived home
late on recent evening he determined
to lean on the truth.
Theodore, you've been drinking!"
said his indignant wife.
Selma. m dear, cannot tell a lie
i" stammered the delinquent.
Then you're even more intoxicated
than ! thought Go to bed"
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-10-28
Reasons Enough.

Father-You seem to look at things
In a very different light since your
marriage.
Miss Newly Married Daughter
Well, l ought to after receiving four
teen lamps and nine candelabra for
wedding presents.-Tit-Bits
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-10-28
Taste in Literature.

The tedious writer makes US glum
He's hard to follow.
We want orr mental pabulun
Ready to swallow.
The magazines most widely bought
The thing have tested,
And offer us a food for thought
Well predigested.
Louisville Courier Journal
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-10-28

Teacher-You got well tanned this
summer, / see.
Johnny-You're right, | did. Be-
tween dad and the sun I'm pretty near
leAther.-Judge.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-10-28
Contrary Actions.

why did Banks round up his cred
ltors?"
~I suppose to do the square thing.
Baltimore American
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-10-28
Hat of the Future.

Btella-How will you have your hat
trimmed?
Bella haven't decided between
he merits of a monoplane and bI
plane wing effect.-New York Sun.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-10-28

Occasionally man is 20 absent
minded that he pays his gas bill the
lay before II 10 due.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-23
BEVERLY"

George Barr McCutcheon's "Bever-
ly' to be presented at the Keylor
Grand theater soon comes direct from
the Studebaker theater Chicago, where
it enjoyed a run of several weeks to
immense patronage before the elite o.
the city, as the Studebaker bears
about the same relation to Chicago
theatricals that the Empire theater
where John Drew and Maude Adams
play their annual engagements does
to New York. A production made es-
pecially for the Studebaker theater
means not only a massive and elabo-
rate scenic mounting, but attention to
all the minute details in costuming
and staging that go to make up ar
absolutely perfect performance.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-23
AT THE MAJESTIC.

An entire change from the usual
vaudeville acts is offered to Walla
Wallans this week by the management
of the Majestic The Pantages circuit
has no better recommendation than
Clayton, Jenkins & Jasper" in their
burlesque act entitled ''Dacktown
Circus" D. Webster never anticipat-
ed such a vaudeville act or he would
have discovered more descriptive
words in his unabridged.
Jack Dresdner needs no burnt cork
to make his jokes take. He has line
Of talk that is original and as made
him famous on the vaudeville stage.
The act put on by Al Berta Hadley
has strong parts, the like of which
have never before been seen here. One
of her songs deals with the west and
in the closing chorus she sings part
of Home Sweet Home" in charm
ing manner. Taking it throughout the
Majestic never had a better show than
they are offering this week.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-23
AmuSementS
"The Vineqar BUYER"

An old friend in up-to-date vest
lor Grand next Monday, Nov 20 when
Ezra Kendall reappears in the best of
his laugh producers, Herbert Hall
Winslows 1.-The Vinegar Buyer" The
new vestments are provided by Ken
dali himself, and are composed mainly
of brand-new jokes and comedy
which Kendall has been working up
this summer
AS everybody knows Kendall wrote
those excellent joke books Spots and
Good Gravy that almost everybody
knows by heart Kendall also writes
his own side-splitting monologues and
curtain speeches. He has spent sew
raj months in Frightening up this al
ready bright old comedy, which, as it
was in it's old form one of the funniest
of many seasons, may now be guaran-
is full of holes. In fact, Kendall has
been quoted as saying that the old
principle of laugh a minute" was
not good enough for him. If he could
not give his audience at least sixty
ll-fedged laughs in a forty minute
act. he'd consider himself unworthy of
the salary he draws.
To make sure that 'The Vinegar
BUYER" has accumulated no kink with
age, Messrs Liebler & Company, who
again manage Kendall put the produc-
ton under the personal supervision of
Edward E. Rose. In every respect
the production has been made in as
painstaking a manner as if the play
were about to make it's first bow to
broadway, and an excellent company
has been engaged Julia Stuart will
be KendalTs leading lady, and he will
he aided in his quest for laughs by
Robert V. Ferguson, Emily Wakeman,
Frank LYONS, Lottie Alter, John Gar
rick and the famous old Kendall hat.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-23

mystic passion for the splendid
strains, since the ebullitiOns Of early
youth have partly subsidized, he has
shown the most perfect pose, and has
repressed the wealth of feeling, which
is liable to overcome the greatest of
musicians, within the limits CT his
splendid technique, although this tech
nique is so broad and OmnipOtent as
to give an almost unchecked rein to
the artists imagination and interpre
tation Kreisler is the most electic of
violinists; Brahms, Beethoven, Tschai-
koWsky Spohr, ViOtti Saint Saens,
Bach, Mozart and all other great names
respond equally to his magic touch.
At the Keylor Grand November 81.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-23
"The Shadow of the Cross"
(Kansas CITY Starr

(hdnSdS City SldT.)
One of the most remarkable eXhib-
it's on the Midway at the Carnival is
the Cross the unfinished and unex-
planned miracle painting, by Henry
Hammond ALL, and known as the pict-
ure marvel of the age.
The canvas On which the picture is
painted measures 4x7 feet.
In ordinary light there is seen life
size standing figure of the Saviour
clad in the homely garb of a poor Gal
ilean, one hand resting across His
breast, the other hanging by his side.
Of all the famous pictures of the Sa-
viOur, perhaps none other so conveys
the clearness of His realization, the
pathos of His resignation. One In
stinctively feels that here is the
His sweet gentleness, and He brings IN
nearer touch than ever before the
peace vouchsafed to all mankind who
follow Him.
In order that the strange phenome
non connected with this picture may
be seen, it is exhibited in a gallery
from which all daylight is excluded,
thus allowing the lights to be turned
off and the picture viewed in utter
darkness
Seen in the dark, the figure Of
Christ appears as if walking in pale
moonlight, an effect of light which no
human hand could paint; and now one
feels himself in the presence of the
man as he was in the Garden of Geth-
semena. Above and behind the figure
is a dark cross, which seems to hover
over him, and this is what first sug-
gested the name "In the Shadow of
the Cross
To many, after looking at the pict-
ure in the darkness for a few moments
the figure appears to move and
breathe.
No attempt is made to account for
the singular phenomenon seen in con-
nection with the picture, but simply
you are invited to call, to investigate
freely. and to draw your own conclu-
sions
That there may be no doubt as to
the genuineness of the painting ard
that no artificial effects are used to
produce the strange and unaccountable
phenomenon, the picture is so placed
that visitors may freely pass in front
or behind the canvas and satisfy them
selves.
An eminent clergyman in Washing
ton says: This picture is the most
wonderful thing 7 have ever seen,
either marvellous, miraculous, or acct
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-23
KreisIer Coming.

The beautiful art of the violin has
no more. preeminent exponent or au-
tboritv than the masterful Austrian.
With marvelously buoyant steps this
artist has climbed elevation above ele-
walton of his profession till he stands
TODAY on the towering Alpine peaks
whittier only the highest and noblest
genii has persisted Since his boyish
performance under the fatherly guild
ance of Moritz Rosenthal the virtu-
oso has given America four calls and
each time his wonderful playing has
caused a sensation. His brilliant, pro-
found. and scholarly Interpretation Of
the master works has evoked a blast
,,f praise which is continually increas-
ing in volume.
In dwelling upon the manifold abil-
tiles of the Kreislerian genius and COM
naring the manifestations of his art
and style with those of other recog-
nized violinists of the. present musical
world. a display of flattering super
latives is almost unavoidable. Kreis-
Ter is a virtuoso and an artistic musical
genius in the best sense of the word
he is more than that, he is the priestly
poet of the violin, imbued with almost
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-23

cancy caused by the resignation OF
COngr5 ssman William LOrimer, Will
liam j. Monkey is the regular republi-
can candidate, and Frank S. Ryan tine
democratic aspirant Carl L. Barnes
appears as an independent Republican
nominee by petition.
The election will be taken as an In
dicatiOn of popular sentiment in the
middle west. The democrats are con-
fident of victory. declaring Inat Can
nonism" and the Aldrich tariff bill are
sufficient to defeat any republican
candidate. The union labor element
has shown great interest in the out
come of the election.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-23
CITY TREASURER'S NOTICE..

Notice is hereby given That the as
sessment Roll for Local Improvement
District No AZ under the provisions
of Ordinance No. 1884 of the CITY OF
Wa'la Walla, entitled IAN Ordinance
levying tax to gutter, curb and I'M
prove North Spokane street from the
North line of East Main street to the
South line of East Rose street, the
same being Local Improvement Dis
trict No AZ, and providing for the Is
sue and sale of local Improvement
bonds on said district to pay there
for" is now in my hands for coilec-
ton and that any assessment therein
NAV be paid at any time within thlr-
tv DAYS from the date of the first
publication of this notice without pen
altv. interest or cost; also that each
property owner is hereby notlfled that
the first installment Of each assess
ment is due and payable at the offlce
of the City Treasurer on the 10Th day
of December, 1909. All property own
ers interested are hereby notified TO
appear at my office in the City Han
r G. PARKS, City Treasurer.
First publication in Evening states
man November Is; last puoilcatlon
November 25, 1909.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-23
As Between Star and Star.


Nothing so we'll proves the happy
family camaraderie that exists among
F'rohman stars, with Charles F'roh
man stars, with Charles rTohman him
sell regarded as kind of father over
all, as the kilograms that pass from
star to star as the season is launched
for each one.
For example. William Gillette, usu
ally regarded as very grave and even
austere person by those who do not
know him intimately, as writer of
first night kilograms is revealed as
the most genial of comedians On the
opening night of What Every Woman
Knows" the telegram that most de-
! lighted Miss Adams read
tits curious. but I am not a bit
nervous. William Gillette"
Usually Mr.. Gillette anticipates the
! ordinary success" telegram before
the performance by the single word
Congratulations"
A telegram from Maud Adams on
messages even among Frohman stars.
When one comes, it is cherished by
the recipient as highly as if it came
from a crowned head. But Miss Adams
send very few-only to those whom
she really 7l-nows-and strangely
enough, she is as little known to the
constantly increasing army of Froh
man stars as to outsiders. But
whether she is in France, England or
Egypt, she never fails to cable well
wishes to those with whom
she has been associated professionally.
whether they are stars or not, and the
cable or telegram usually contains but
two words: Good luck, M. Adams"
1T is generally admitted that the
cleverest writer of kilograms among
F'rohman stars is William Collier The
ten wittiest words in the world what
ever the occasion may be, always seem
to be on tap for Mr. Collier. One day
recently, while at lunch in a Broadway
restaurant Thomas thea, manager of
Golfers table to tell him that that
day was the anniversary of Mr.. Froh-
mans birthday Instantly Mr.. Collier
called for a telegraph blank and sent
this message to the manager, who was
then in Atlantic City: MANY happy
returns-from all your theaters."
But perhaps the cleverest telegram
that ever left the resourceful pen of
William Collier, was the one he sent
to Hattie Williams on the opening
night of Detective Sparkes." 1t read;
81 don't know what Detective
Sparkes' is after, but 1 hope he gets
it, Success-Herald
To which Miss Williams lost no time
in replying: MANY thanks-especially
for the privilege of playing at your
theater"
Enough money is spent on tele-
graphing between star and star, on
opening nights, to buy up good part
of the orchestra of any theater. And
it is a fact that at the office of Ger
tain we'll known telegraph company II
is a frequent habit to accept the tele-
grams as they are written, charg9 for
them as if they We're to go over the
wires, and then send one small boy
to deliver them all at once in bulk
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-23
WHAT Is CHOCOLATE
ALSO WHAT is COCOA

lar issued by the department of agri-
culture. entitled Standards # Parity
for Food Products" hearing was had
upon the subject by the Board of Foou
and Drug Inspection here today. The
hearing is the result of representa-
tions having been made II the board
of manufacturers and dea 'ers con-
corning the applications of the two
terms mentioned. Information was
ELECTED upon these points:
What is the proper significance OF
the term chocolate and itscorrclG-
tive terms, plain or bitter Chocolate
sweet chocolate etc.,
What is the proper application OF
the term cocoa and it's cOrrelativo
term sweet cocoa etc.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-23

week, as result of his visit Profess
sor r. L. SchOfield of the Whitman
Conservatory of Music has consented
to become Interpreter for the Inland
Empire group of the music lovers
pilgrimage. This pilgrimage under
the conduct Of H. w. Dunning COM
pany will be a tour of the great Euro
pean music centers. Concerts, reci-
tails and cathedral services are spe-
cially arranged and in addition there
is the grand opera in France and Ger
many, the passion play at Oberam-
mergau, and the musical festival at
Bayruth.
Professor w. ID. Lyman of Whitman
is organizing the group to go on the
book lovers tour under the conduct OF
the H. w. Dunning company. go
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-23
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We haul anything
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Phone 149
NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS.


Notice is hereby given to all proper
ty owners in Sewer Assessment Dis
trict No. 4, that the assessment roll
for said district and the diagram ac-
company the same Were filed in the Of
fee of the City Clerk on the Sth day
of November 1909; that the same are
open for public inspection; that on
the 23rd day of November, 1909, at the
hour of 7:30 o'clock p. m, the city
council will meet and sit to hear APP
peals of all parties aggrieved by said
assessment, at which time the said
city council will hear and determine all
questions that may be presented by
the owners of lots or parcels of land
in said district, relative to the special
benefits that will result to each, and
as to whether each is equitable and
prOpOrtionate to the special benefits
resulting to each, or will be in excess
of the benefits resulting thereto. All
complaints and appeals must be sub
mitted in writing.
T. d. S. HART, City Clerk.
First publication in Evening States
man Nov. 18th, 1909; last publication
Nov. %, 1909.