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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-09

ing erected, being finished about 1928.
The grounds, really the east end OF
reservation 2. included the territory
bounded by / street east and ninety
foot streets, north of square 6SS and
south of 67S. A streets north and south.
but on the west the lines were unde-
fined. The hill was mostly covered
with scrub oak and the soil of stiff
clay, over which wagon tracks were
worn. For some Years a few hvuses
stood north and south of the capitol
buildings, in which some of the door
keepers and other employees lived.
Originally it was proposed that the
square east should be inclosed. that the
space now the plaza should be kept
open and separated from the building.
and that a semi-circular space should
extend half the distance to First street
west. 1t was not until 1916 that an ap-
preparation was made therefor and
some work done. The ground, how
ever, was so numbered by shops and
material that the work was not COM
pleted. About 1860, these shops and
materials having been removed, the ex-
tension was proposed of the semi-cir-
cular area to First street west, in
closing this and the square east, lay
ing Seneca stone tagging and grading
and improving the grounds, but nor
until 1896 were the improvements be-
gun. About the same time water was
! brought from Smiths spring. A gate
mems lodge stood at the Pennsylvania
avenue entrance to the grounds, and
the gates were closed nightly at 10
o'clock when congress was not in ses-
sion. At times persons in the grounds.
! ing of Ten o'clock, the gates will
close would he locked in. The reason
given for inclosing the space was to
keep the cows from browsing on the
Shrubbery.
Enlarging the Capitol
In 1913 plans were asked for enlarg-
ing the accommodations of the house,
for the number Of members had in
creased three fold. Several plans for
a new building were submitted, after
1850 the standing committees on pub
lie buildings Of both houses were au-
thOriZed to act jointly on the subject.
In the civil and diplomatic bill for the
year 1850 an appropriation of 200.-
900 was made for the extension on such
plan as the joint committee might
adopt. Shortly after plans were in
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Surrounded on every side by one of
the richest productive markets in the
world and forced daily to the limit
of exertion in supplying the needs Of
n wealth producing population which
is growing as no other population of
a similar type yer grew before, Walla
Walla has increased the value and
volume of her retail trade during the
eight years of the present century to
a point which gives it the undisputed
dominance of the retail traffic of this
section of the Inland Empire.
Time was-not so long ago, either
when the sum total of the retail bust
ness transacted by merchants of this
city might be stated in five figures.
Now the volume of trade of just one
retail establishment is triple of that
in the near past, say Is years ago.
And in place of five figures being ade-
quate for an expression of trade bal
ances seven digits hardly suffice in
painting even a rough way the picture
of Walla Walla's retail trade SUI
premacy.
All southeastern Washington and
part of eastern Oregon now looks to
Walla Walla for it's retail purchases.
Strategic geographical position makes
this city the undisputed market Of the
neighbOring sections. No other city in
this section can ever break into the
field, for the reason that those great
developers of territOries-the railroads
how built, building, and projected,
and the electric lines in operation and
contemplated to be built within the
mkt year, center here for their trade
for this portion Of the state. Added
to this advantage of rail facilities,
WaI2 Walla possesses the dealers
whose squaceness and honesty always
insures the purchaser from other Sec
tons nearby a fair deal. Retailers of
hits city also have the shreWd acumen
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-09
WALLA WALLA UNDISPUTED METROPOLIS
OF LARGE SECTION FOR RETAIL TRADE

essential in dealing with the jobbers
and wholesalers who purvey the
northwest trade, making a combination
which business men of long exper-
fence assert can never be equaled else
where in the northwest.
To ascertain the exact volume Of
business from a retail standpoint for
the year ending with the current
month would be a task almost impos-
sible even to the most experienced
compiler, but conservative business
men estimate it at $4,000, 000
Stores Show City's Supremacy.
To properly appreciate the oppor-
tunity in the lines which the city
claims supremacy in is but to visit
any one of the large stores which go
to make up the retail business center.
The newly arrived fastener has the
situation forced home most emphatic
ally, perhaps, of any individual. Des-
pite the progress which this portion
of the northwest has made there per-
sists in the eastern mind an impress
sion that the cities of the west are
the places where the modes and fash
ions the newest creations and the
''fads" of the east are to be found two
or three years after they have grown
aged in the places of their nativity
Tell the average easterner that man,
of the stores of Walla Walla employ
expert buyers who make trips to the
, east several times a year to the whole.
, sale centers of the Atlantic seaboar(
! in search Of seasonable merchandise
for this city, and he opens his eye:
in mingled unbelief and establishment
Then take him to one of Walla Wal
las department stores and show hin
every single item of eastern mercan
tile product on display here at tn
identical time it is displayed where
he came from, and he begins to show
conviction. True it is dealers say
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-09
His Experience.

"Is Chicago a healty placer
tits all right except for one thing.
answered the New Yorker. 1T always
,oolac Won terribly hOneSicl< ~
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WASHINGTON, D. c., May s.
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LOCAL and GENERAL
The Bulletins Big Michel
Scratch Fad Is the biggest five cents
worth Of paper ever offered In Homo.
lulu. Six Of them for a quarter.

Auto.Tallyho, picnics, parties.
phone q.
Ex-senator Hayselden Is in this city
for a few days.
Millinery, new and reasonable. Mrs.
c. l.. Dickerson, Sachs Block.
Fine .copperplate engraving ana
printing ut Beakbane's. Fort street.
Acknowledgment rates. Empire
stand. Phone 2l3. Bethel and HOTEL
The 18th instant is the last day
fer paying the second half OF taxes.
/ The annuai THANKSGIVING sale ~
table linens ami household goods be
gins at Kcrrs this morning.
The semi.annull exhibition of the
Kilohana Art League, will. by special
request. remain open today, Tuesday
and Wednesday.
II you do not square up with the tax
Office previous to half past four this af.
icrnoon there will be II penalty added
to the original amount,
A large detail OF men from II. NJ s.
Bedford attended ST. Andrews church
yesterday. Chaplain Jones, of the Bed
ford. assisted with the service.
There will be an important meeting
of st. Clements parish members at
the parish house this evening at s
O'Clock. All members are earnestly
requested to attend
The Hawaiian Historical society viii
hold an Important meeting In the lib.
rary building this evening. The trans
| ierring Of the society's library TO the
! Library Of Hawaii viii be the topic oi
discussion.
Mr.. and Mrs. loyested returned on
the Chiyo Maru from an extended Visit
! 10 the Orient. During their stay IN
Japan they Witnessed the funeral Ol
the late Prince Ito. Mr.. Loys,ed de-
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The Fourtoelth Cavalry band which
/ played at the Moana last Saturday
evening, gave program of excellent
selections which were much appreciat
cd by those attending. This band Is
considered among tie best in the ser
| vice.
The alleged sale Of imitation boo,e
by s, OzaM pni c. Robinson has goi
those two gentlemen into trouble In
spec,or fcnnell AYERS In charge
against them that they sold whisky
that didn't come up to the gtan lard OF
purity.
Edwin o. Child will return 10 thu
Coast today In the Chiyo Maru HI
marriage to Miss Hazel Heiibron o.
this. city will be celebrated at San
Francisco about Christmas time. Miss
Hebron viii leave for the coast on
the Mongolia.
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Oct, ga taNicab skldded and turned
turtle In Irving place before daylight
today. and Ahdreas Dipple, one Of the
directors Of the Metropolitan Opera
house, and G. Stengel- sembrich, hus.
band of Nine. Sembrich, the singer,
were severely injured.
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One doesn't buy dress suit every day,

SO when the time comes for the
evening clothes you like to feel
that the suit you get is stylish
and up-to-date. This store is
one place where you can put
absolute dependence on any
thing you buy. We sell the
famous
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pratt, the Land Man"
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The Washington herald., 1909-07-25

said, her low, lazy voice as grave as a
mOurner's. He roosts high"
That sent Boots mounting two flights
of stairs
Wrinkles II that's not a pity I'm
using the last one now. Here's the box
though" cried Ashley. heartily regretful
and bestowing upon the perspiring mes
senger a burden as big as a small trunk
Thanks, awf'ly, me boy, for taking it
back"
Downstairs teetered the imperiled and
apologetic Boots to his divinitys door,
and reported his failure.
Well. thank you" said Jessica coldly,
intimating that ne could have been sue
eessful had he so desired
We let him alone till he was quite
dressed, then we started him again. 1t
was the key of the curtain this time.
"Frightful thing The key OF the cur
tains gone," cried the stage carpenter.
appealing 10 the fiattered Boots as to a
man and a brother. Il don't know what
to do"
MY goodness" cried Boots. panied re-
sponsively.
Overture on. and no key"
Cant we set along with II" soothed
Boots.
Get along without it, yelled the car
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GODLESsNEss IN NEW YORK.

From the Baltimore Star.
The church wanes and sickens In New
York. A few earnest churches and mis-
sions drag men here and there from the
gutter, but the gutter itself the gutter Of
unbrotherliness. Of the oppression OF the
weak and the luxury OF the strong. still
ingulfs IT'S thousands and carries them
down 10 ruin. Much Of the reconstructfve
power and vision Is outside the churches.
not inside. 10 Is found in settlements.
charity. and civic organizations. and
among socialists.
I asked man who has gained wisdom
where people are poor why men are not
attracted 70 the church.
Because. he said I'VE never ask them
10 do anything heroic or anything really
well worth doing. We demand no sacri-
fees from them. What can a man to-
day do in the church? About the only
thing he can do IS 10 pass the collection
plate and count the pennies afterward-
that is he can do the trifiing business OF
the church. Even when ne gives money
he rarely makes a genuine sacrifice.
1t is only when the poor devils down
town In the McAuley Mission "surren-
der" and admit religion 10 the whole of
their lives. that they are reconstructed.
and the rich devils up town can achieve
reconstruction in no other way. Nor can
the church be saved by giving a little
money for missions. nor by going down
20 the working man on Sunday; il must
be all or nothing
The Washington herald., 1909-07-25
By MARION HILL.

the madness Of saddling ourselves with
the horrible services OF an amateur-Ed-
wa Booth, II you please, Not that we
stood that last for more than a minute
No ''Edwa Booth" for US, despite the
programmed We dubbed the chap
Boots" before he had been with US long
enough to turn around.
It was on Mnl's glowing representations
that we took this Booth along with US.
leaving the semi-insane Nelson to re-
cuperate as best he might Booth was
pictured 10 US as a wonder. and we were
plainly told that we might thank our
stars we were able to induce him to ac-
company US. Not that any OF us were
stupid enough to hope for great things
We merely trusted the fellow might be
trained to be passable for we knew WELL
II Mil did not, that the most brilliant
amateur I'm the world is always infinitely
poorer than the poorest professional
This is queer. but a fact. Ours was
case OF Jack-at-a-pinch, however, and
there was no professional to be had. and
VIC were billed the next night IN a fair
sized town, where we did not quite dare
juggle along on a crippled cast More
over. of the stage there was something
rather likable about Booth. a something
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GET What a small stagel
Where's the mAill

Robbed az the outset Of our stereotyped
remarks, we bundled back TO the stage
entrance to search the letter rack. There,
on the spotless. tinted wall, was a white
panel Of calcimine, a frame painted deco
rously around Il. and above was the
printed sign:
AMATEURS AND AMBITIOUS ACTORS
WILL PLEASE REGISTER HERE
CT course. there was not a mark
In each dressing room was q framed
motto: This is not Daly's or Wallack's S.
and we know t. You are not calvini or
Henry Irving. or you would not be here.
SO don't kick"
Or the door OF the property room was.
We know our scenery is bad; how is
your shown"
When we got through our tour Of In
spection we We're all inwardly grinning
with appreciation. though we kept a
gloomy exterior. It would not do to let
the "Rubes" see how smartly they had
flliped us. AZ the same time we felt an
increased anxiety about the evenings
The Washington herald., 1909-07-25
SKETCH OF MAN WHO NEARLY FOUND A POLE

From the London Mail.
Nearly two years have passed since
Lieut. Shackleton set sail from the East
India docks with his little ship, the MINI
rod. and a gallant band of comrades bent
upon the most daring enterprise yet at
tempted by explorer. the attainment Of
the south pole by a desperate rush across
the ice Of the gloomy antarctic continent.
This afternoon he comes back 10 Lon
don with the glory OF a great achievement
fresh upon him. II he has not planted
the British flag at the south pole. he has
really conquered il. He has looked upon
It from afar and but for the accident
which deprived his party Of pony at a
most critical moment he would have
reached H.
The explorer comes Of an old Yorkshire
family which settled in ireland nearly
two centuries ago and intermarried with
Irish families until il has become practi-
cally Irish in blood Among his ancestors
have been men of some note. His great
great-grandfather, Abraham Shacldeton,
founded the boarding-schOol at Ballytore
at which Edmund Burke was pupil. and
one OF Abraham Shackleton's sons, the
poet Richard Shackleton, was a liRlong
friend of the great Whig orator.
In 1856 he was sent to Dulwick College.
but there he did not distinguish himself
by his application He never rose high
in the school or applied himself to his
books" said his form master. but his
merits were always recognized as being
out OF all relation TO his place in form.
He left too young, for think he was not
sixteen. to distinguish himself In ath-
letics."
From the same authority we learn that
he was a boy Of energy and character
prelude to life action-and lively and
very pleasant fellow on leaving Dull
wich. about 1883, to crafty his rowing dis
position he went TO sea. entering the
merchant service and circumnavigating
! the world four times. During the South
African war he took part in the transport
of British troops by sea to Cape Town.
but his real chance Of distinction came
when in 1901, he was chosen al third lieu
tenant in the antarctic expedition which
! sailed south in that year under Capt.
Scott. His determination and physique
led 10 the selection of Capt Scott, as one
OF the three who, with himself were to
make the prolonged and difficult sledge
journey south toward the pole. On this
occasion they reached a point some hun
dreds Of miles farther south than had
been attained by any previous explorer.
Lieut. Shackleton. despite his iron
frame suffered greatly on this expedition.
He was attacked by snow blindness,
which caused him excruciating pain, and
for some days his health gave way COM
pletely. Apparently at the very extrem-
ity of death. he had TO be placed on
sledge and dragged by his companions.
! The party ran short OF food. and a curl
Gus story is recounted by him OF how
night after night they were haunted by
The Washington herald., 1909-07-25

placed. AS we all know, not R single lifa
was lost IN his expedition. tius making
what Is really a new rec0 j IL an exploTa-
tion OF such magni' ude and danger. At
Ccwes the Nimrod was inspected by the
King and Queen. and TIC Queen handed
the intrepid sailor a silk far which he
was 70 plant in her nodOr al The farthest
point south taat ne reached. Proceeding
by Cape Colony anc ,Sew Zealand 20 the
antarctic. the ShacklaIln expedition e.
fected a landing at Cape Roy early IN
1905 and at once began us work CT eX-
ploration.
After a long record Of work during 1908,
on October % of that year the prepaTa-
tions for the rush 70 the pole were COM
pleted- A party consisting OF Lieut.. Shac-
kleton. Lieut.. Adams. Mr.. Eric Marshall.
and Mr. Wild left the base OF operations
with four ponies. DepOts had been pre-
viously laid FOR considerable distance to
the south so as TO give supplies for the
return Journey
Each man in that polar climate. where
the bitter billiards blew almost continue
ously. had TO DO his daily march, drag
ging heavy loads. on twenty ounces OF
food What this means can be understood
from the comment OF Mr.. Bernacchi. an
other well-inown antarctic explorer. who
tells US that the proper allowance 70
thirty-six ounces. Tke temperature fell
to 20 degrees OF frost and the rarihed air
tried the daring explorers 20 the utmost.
on January g. 1909. they made their last
days march TO the south. At latitude -
degrees q minutes. only ninety-seven geo
graphical miles from the south pole, tho
nearest point 10 either pole that man had
attained they halted. The air was COM
paratively clear as they gazed upon the
mysterious region rovnd the pole NO
mountains We're visible. tolcgraphed
Lieut.. Shaclleton. we saw now a plain
stretching to the south al an altitude OF
over 10000 feet.
Reluctantly they retraced their steps.
and the billiards now blowing behind
them helped them back But so closely
had they cut the margin of safety that
again and again food ran out just as the
depots which they had left on their ad-
vance We're reached
The Washington herald., 1909-07-25

Jerk which had been 50 impossible in
leading business was undeniably funny
here. BY the end Of the evening Boots
was the play. II he but stood teeteringly
still and blinked his eyes. there was a
roar in front. An audience which is put
in good humor is inspiring to act 20.
Ready 10 laugh. they are none the less
ready TO weep, or TO be anxious. or 10
exult, or cheer; and though they do not
know It, they themselves are responsible
for half the good things they so gener-
ously applaud We rang down that night
to a townful Of friends. and we were
as pleased and happy as lot Of children.
We sought out Boots
You've got me hitting the ceiling. old
fellow; I'm nowhere" said Chapman
Childs slapping him on the back.
Boots looked undecided
you'll be asking me for a boost Of
salary pretty soon. won't you?" asked
Carson in voice so genial that It was
assent In advanceA
Boots blinked He was not sure yet.
Lettice Jerome swept him a languid
courtesy.
Broadway for you" she smiled.
Boots nervously, clinched his hands.
Jessica Moyne slid her small fingers
into his and gave him hearty shake
"Mr. Booth" she said ringingly. you
are just the cleverest thing have seen
for years. You made the nit OF the
evening, and we all congratulate YOU
At this the sudden tears started He
looked us all IN the face. and did It gra-
ciously and manfully, despite the fact
that he was plainly crying.
He did not say a word. though. Nor did
he have 20. He knew he was one OF US.
and. knowing. knew still further that we
understood
fCopyrightl
The Washington herald., 1909-07-25
An In-behnved CIucIz.


From the Cape May Star and Wave.
Q.-My one cluck hung six chicks In
two days. ] never had such a peculiar
experience. and can md no reason for e.
Can you?
A.-Hou give your hens too many eggs
or too small q nest box; result. broken
eGgs that smear the feathers, whlch
sticking together make loops which catch
chicks By the neck. Make box Is Inches
square and set from l3 TO l. eggs, ac-
cording 10 size Of hen and season.
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would guy" US numerically II we gave
them the least opportunity. Towns are
as different as people. and this one was
just bursting with snap and go The
theater was as new and spotless as a
lady's boudoir-quite a marvel In its way
because theaters in small towns are gen
orally disfigured with penciled comments
and complaints. We had not long to
wonder how this desirable state OF things
had been brought about, for we soon dis
covered. When we ali thronged on to
the stage to size 1t up and get our gen.
eral bearings, we came face to face with
an easel bearing a neatly framed
placard. reading: