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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-11-18

We are pleased to hear that Mrs.
l.. Berard, who has been seriously
sick during the past week at her
home on Sixth Street South is at
the present time much improved
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-11-18
Making the Election Sure.


Keeping before our minds that the
heavenly Father made the motion or
the call, that we seconded it by ac-
cepting the call upon it's terms of
faith and conservation unto death,
and that our Lord Jesus is our surety
who will make good our unintentional
blemishes, what shall we say of the
prospects of our being elected and at
whose door shall we lay the response
bility if we are not elected? Surely
the Interchangeable God who nominated
US has made every provision for our
election and will cooperate Surely
our Redeemer. our Surety, our Advo-
cate. will give us every assistance in
the way and, according to his prom
Use. cause all things to work together
for our good. Just as surely. there
fore, the entire responsibility for fail
ure would lie at our door. And this is
what st. Peter in our text declares,
Make your calling and election sure"
From this standpoint we have a spe-
cial interest in our own election, such
as we never had before when we mis-
understood the entire matter Once in
our ignorance we thought that st. Pc
ter had written foolishly about our
making the election sure; for accord
ing to the erroneous theory which we
had swallowed" without proper mas
tication. God was doing all the elect
ing himself. and had unalterably fixed
our destiny as eternal glory or eternal
suffering, long centuries before we
were born.
This erroneous view blinded our
mental sight from all the various in
centives which now are SO precious
and so helpful. What had God elected
US to be and to do? To sit upon
cloud and to play upon harp and to
sing to all eternity. cheerfully looking
over the battlements Of heaven to see
our dear friends writing in torment
and striving hard to praise God for it
all and to think Of his course in our
election and their damnation as the ex-
emplifcation Of Justice and of Love?
We read indeed in the Scriptures re-
speeding Kingdom, for which our
Lord taught US to pray. Thy King
dom come; thy will be done in earth
as it is doEe in heaven" yet the thral-
dom of error upon us was SO tense that
we recognized not the inconsistency
between these promises and our false
hopes. Now. thank God. 1.-The mys-
terry is revealed to as in Gods Word
and by his Spirit. and we perceive that
the Miilennial Kingdom is to be real
ity and that its blessing to mankind in
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-11-18
90 q
PEOPLES
Sermon by
CHARLES r.
RUSSELL,
Pastor Brooklyn
[ abernacle.

Sunday, Nov. 14.-Pastor Russell, of
Brooklyn Tabernacle, preached today
from the above text to large and at
tentive audience as usual He said
Throughout the length and breadth
Of this land of liberty, young and old
understand full we'll the significance Of
election. Councilmen, aldermen. may
ors of cities, county officials. State Off
Gals, United States Congressman. Sen
are chosen or elected from amongst
the people to their various official sta
lions. They are chosen with a view to
the blessing that will accrue to the
electors by the exercise Of their official
positions. How strange, then. that we
who are so familiar with these things
should read into our text SO very diff
ferent view Of election
The thought should naturally suggest
itself to us that if God is electing or
selecting Church in the present time,
it must be with a view to the use Of
that Church subsequently to serve in
some manner the interests of the re-
mainder of the world. from amongst
whom they were elected. And this is
just what the Scriptures teach; name
ly. that Christ Jesus himself is the
Head, the Captain, the Chief Ruler,
and that this "elect" company are, fig
uratively speaking, his members" his
associates. his under-priesthood. The
Scriptures tell us that this selection is
according to Divine foreknowledge and
REORGANIZATION. They tell us that God
forekneW our Lord Jesus as the one
who would occupy the glorious posi-
ton of Prophet. Priest. Mediator and
King of the world during the Millen-
mum. They tell us also that the same
God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ foreknew us also and ''predes
tinated" that there should be Church
class selected from amongst the world,
to be their Redeemer's associate. his
under-priesthood, his subordinate kings
during the Millennium
The Elect Now and Hereafter.
The Church is spoken of as Gods
select now, before the election has
been finished; before the testing is
completed; before the called have been
proven faithful and worthy. These
are ''elect" in the sense of having been
ominated-"moved and seconded"
God moved that they should be elect
ed. and called them with a heaven
ly calling" 1t remained for the called
ones themselves to second the mo-
ton" by presenting themselves in full
conservation of heart to the Lord. But
this was not sufficient; for the invited
ones were recognized as imperfect and
unable to come up to the requirements
of the call. Hence it was necessary
that the Lord Jesus Christ should be-
come their surety and agree out of
his own fulness of merit to supply all
Of their lack. their imperfection. And
this he gladly does by applying for
such the merit Of his sin-atonement-
sacrifice finished at Calvary.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-11-18
Always on the Job

in our workshops Our hands are
ever ready fer work so if you should
happen to have a break down come
or send to us and we will right your
carriage wrongs in short order We
do all kinds of repairs to all kinds
OF carriages, using only the best ma
terials and employing only the most
skilled WOrkmen. You will find us
ready in all emergencies and our
charges are very moderate.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-16
GIVES JEWELS WORTH
$4,000 TO SMALL BOYS
Children Neglected, Missing Woman
Found Wandering in New York

NEW YORK, June 16.-When the
police found the bank book of Mrs
John Douglass on street car Sunday
they called at her home in Harlem
and besides learning that she had been
strangely missing from there sincy
Thursday, they found that her three lit
tie children had had no care and very
little food since then.
A matron was placed in charge of the
children and last night Mrs. Douglass
was found wandering in Morningside
park
Jewels worth $4,000, which she had
worn when she left home, were missing
and she said she had given them to a
strange small boy who had none of his
own
In the psychopathic ward of Bellevue
hospital, where Mrs. Douglass was
sent, it was said that several months
would be required before her MIND
would become normal.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-16
COWBOYS SHOOT UP A TOWN
IN REAL OLD FRONTIER STYLE
Picturesque Relics of Past Ride Into
Forest, Idaho; Make Tender
feet Dance.

LEWISTON, Idaho, June 16.-The
little town of Forest, trading point
for the Salmon river free range, wit
messed a more than usually lively
scene Saturday, when some 80 cow
into circulation, visited the town for
one of the periodical demonstrations
that the cowboy of fiction is not quite
dead. That class of cowpuncher is,
in fact, making his last stand against
advancing civilization, as expressed
in city marsh7ls, deputy sheriffs, rail-
roads and homesteaders in the Salmon
district of Idaho.
Attired in the regulation fieecy
chaps, with shirts and neckcloths of
wonderous hue, the boys rode into
Forest Saturday and proceeded to
Fill up on the cheap whisky handled
by the man with package" license,
after Which they shot up the town
in the most approved style, wheedled
some vaudeville acts from the young
Ter residents with the aid Of gunplay,
and then departed homeward, plenti-
fully drunk and presumably satisfied.
Nobody but the cowboys was the
worse for the revival.
Following the departure of the
cowpunchers a meeting was held in
Forest attended by the majority of
the stockowners of that section at
which the inroad on the free rang ,
bv the homesteader was solemnly
discussed and the best manner Of
preserving the cattle industry taken
under consideration. AS a result of
the meeting the stockmen will pro-
pose an extension of the leasing sys-
tenn, thus securing for a time at least,
the range for the cattle. State Land
Selecter Chauncey Wallace was in at
tendance and arranged for the leasing
of some state land, the price ranging
from Z IL cents to 15c per acre.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-16
SIX VETOED BILLS
HAVE NEW CHANCE
Rock ouarries, Game, Oysters, Pledges
Hotels. Eminent Domain Affected.

OLYMPIA. June 16.-Six vetoed
bills will be reported to the coming
special session of the legislature for
approval or rejection These include
the following:
H. B. 40, which permits counties
to buy rock quarry sites. which Gov
Hay vetoed because President Rlth'
of the senate, forgot to sign it.
H B. 313, the game law, which was
drawn back by the governor after ap-
prevail that he might veto the section
prohibiting killing upland birds.
H B. 37S, the Beach oyster land
bill. which valves the states rever-
sionary interest in. oyster lands.
S. B. &c which prohibits candidates
for office from giving written pledges
S B. 81, which permits hotels in the
large cities to sell liquor on Sunday.
S. B. 267, which extended the right
of eminent domain to third class
cities, under restrictions, and which,
it is claimed, would repeal eminen
domain rights of other cities.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-16
HARMON GETS DAMAGES
AMOUNTING TO $1,055
Case Which Dragged Through Court
for Two Days Is Finally Settled
by the Jury.

After dragging through the super
ior court for over two days, a verdict
in favor of the plaintiff was rendered
at 1890 o'clock last night in the case
of H. III. Harmon against John AL
'heit. Damages in the sum of $1,055
were awarded him, the original
amount sued for being $3.50. The
jury retired at about o'clock yes
terday afternoon and at midnight,
coming to decision, handed in a
sealed verdict which was read this
morning.
Cause for action in this case was
the result of a cattle deal between
Harmon and Albeit, the latter being
accused Of selling certain herds and
then refusing to deliver them. Other
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-16
THE PEDDLER's DOOM.

A law passed by the last session OF
the legislature intended to protect
resident merchants and taxpayers
against the annual invasion of the
ftinerant peddlers and vendors VINO
sell anything from patented tooth7
picks to threshing machines, will be-
como effective day after tomorrow.
Section two of the law provides
that every peddler who shall sell or
offer for sale or expose for sale, at
public or private sale, any goods,
ware or merchandise, without coun-
tv license issued as hereinafter provid-
ed. shall be punished by Imprisonment
for not less than thirty days or more
than 90 days or by a fine of not less
than fifty dollars or more than two
hundred dollars or by both.
Section three says: Every peddler,
whether principal or agsnt, before
commencing business in any county of
the state must make an application
in writing and under oath to the
county in which he proposes to make
sales. for a county license-and shall
at the same time make special deposit
of $500 with the county treasurer
aforesaid, and shall pay the county
treasurer the county license fee as
follows: Peddler on foot, 800; with
one horse and wagon, $3.50; with two
horses and wagon, $3.50; with any
other conveyances. $780,
The enforc ement of this law will
undoubtedly Danish, bag and baggage,
the vendor of cheap and shOddy ar
ticles from the state and protect the
people against the plying of his ne
farious trade. Thousands of dollars
are picked UP and kept from legiti-
mate channels of trade in Walla Walla
county every year by the peddler
with his smooth tongue and spurious
wares. This drain of hard earned
money will now be stopped and the
dollars spent with the merchants who
help TO pay the running expenses of
the county and state.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-16
STRAHORN is HEAD OF
RECLAMATION PROJECT
North Coast President to Water Tween
ty Thousand Acres On Snake.

NORTH YAKIMA, June 16.-Rob-
ert E. Strahorn, president of the
North Coast railway company, is the
head of a new-concern which will re-
claim 10000 acres of land in the low
er Snake river valley near Pasco. Pow
er furnished by Mr.. Strahorn's plant
in the Naches valley near North va
kima will pump the water which will
reclaim this land. Four companies,
with a combined capital of 1850 900
have been formed to carry on the
work. The Pasco Fruit Land company
with capital of 100000, will handle
the lands: the Pasco Irrigation COM
pany, with but capital of 100000
viii put the lands under irrigation:
the Pasco Finance company, with $780,
600. will finance the proposition, and
the Aeven company, capital, $4,000
will take care of the publicity. Mr.
Strahorn has just purchased machin-
cry with which to increase the capa-
city OF his Naches power pant to IT,
0o0 horse power.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-16
WIFE HELPS FIRST HUSBAND
BEAT SECOND IN LAW SUIT
Testimony Shows Fraud in Deed to
Her of Property Covered in a
Judgment.

OLYMPIA, June ia Womans tes-
timony of fraud on the part of her Sec
ond husband will subject the latter's
property to sale to satisfy the judg-
ment recovered by the first husband for
alienation of the woman's affections,
according to a decision of the supreme
court, which today set aside a decision
of the King county superior court.
L. ]. Wingard Won away the wife of
Samuel Adams. The latter sued for
damages and won "a judgment for $3.50
only to find that Wingard had decided
part of his property to his wife for
love and affection and the balance to
one H H. Brown. Adams brought suit
to set aside the deeds for fraud, which
Brown admitted. The lower court set
aside the Brown deed, but refused to
act similarly as to the deed to the
twice wife.
The supreme court says the woman's
testimony and the rest of the evidence
shows fraud, and orders both deeds
set aside and gives Adams right to at
tach either or both to satisfy his claim
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-16
FRENCH LEGISLATORS CONSIDER
ING AN IMPORTANT MEAS
URE FOR LARoRERS.
Chamber of Deputies Passed Such q
Bill Two Years Ago But Senate
Has Not Yet Adopted 1t.

PARIS, June 16-The French SEN
ate has reassembled and is preparing
to discuss one of the most important
bills which have been sent up to it
from the lower house for some years.
The bill in question is that which
deals with Workmen's pensions. The
chamber of deputies passed a work.
mems pension bill two years ago, but
failed to take the precaution to indi-
cate the necessary means of putting it
into operation.
The senate regarded the bill as
quite impracticable since the question
of where the money was to com from
had virtually been left unsolved. This
senate set to work to revise the orig
inal scheme, but it seems probable
that, but for the recent proofs of dan
gerous unrest among the working
classes, who are complaining that par
lament is neglecting their interests,
the second chamber would have allowed
the study of the measure in committee
to drag on until the general elections
The government rightly feels that
such procrastination is imprudent, and
that there is no time to be lost
if the Radical party is to return to
the electors with anything tangible
to show for four years of parliament
tary work. The prime minister an
nounced only three days ago in the
chamber of deputies that he intended
to complete his program before the
close of the present legislative period
For Old Age Pensions.
A workmens pension bill would be
for him and for his party an asse' far
more acceptable than an income-tax
measure. This accounts for the fact
that the senate committee should
have finally decided to induce it's re-
porter, M. CavinOt to present the re-
suits of it's labor in such a form that
the upper house may Immediately be-
gin the discussion.
The funds for old age pensions will
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-16
ANOTHER PHONE COMPANY
FORMED I'M BREMERTON
Service of New System to Be in Oper-
alton Between June 20 and
July /.

BREMERTON, June 16.-Bremerton
is to have another telephone system,
according to C. j. Farmer, of Los All
geles, part owner and supervisor of the
new company. With Mr.. Farmer are
associated DIR. A. j. Bouffleur, chief
surgeon of the Chicago, Milwaukee a.
st. Paul railroad; H. H. Field general
counsel for the Chicago, Milwaukee e.
Puget Sound railroad; E. M. Farmer.
of Seattle, and w. J. Calder of Bremen
ton.
Mr.. Farmer now owns the Port An
geles Telegraph & Telephone company
and the Clallam County Telegraph &
Telephone company. Three cables have
been laid to Seattle, which will connect
with the Independent Telephone COM
pany. One operator will be employed
at the Independent central to take
charge of the Bremerton work alone and
two operators at the central Office here
will ahve charge of the long distance
calls The new office on Fourth street
is being fitted out with a harmonic
central battery. Mr.. Farmer says that
no expense will be spared to give relia-
BILE and instantaneous service. The
service will cover the entire county,
with centrals in Bremerton, Port Or
chard and Port Blakeley. 1t will con-
meet with the Poulsbo Rural Telephone
company, which has 200 phones; line
will run to Colby, Harper, Long Lake
and Olalla and will cover cambridge
Island. A large force of men is now at
work and the service will be in opera
ton between June 20 and July l.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-16
Fenton Made Tea Inspector.

PORT TOWNSEND, June 16.-Col-
lector of Customs F. G.. Harper yes
terday announced the selection and
appointment of Leonard G. Fenton OF
Tacoma to be tea experts and inspec-
tor for the customs district of Puge,
Sound. Headquarters offices of this. in
spector will be continued at Tacoma
The office through a resignation, has
been vacant three months.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-16
LIVE LIZARD is TAKEN OUT
OF A SOLID WALL OF ROCK
Comes Out of Dark Prison After Ages
of Fasting and Looks as
Good as New:

GREAT FALLS, Mont, June 16.-In
a coal mine near here, yesterday, Moses
Martindale, a miner, uncovered lizard
about nine feet from the surface and
impedded in the solid rock. There is
no conceivable method by which the
lizard could have entered the cavity
since nature closed the gap thousands
of years ago. When first uncovered the
reptile was torpid. When brought to
the light, however, it showed more
signs of life. There is no evidence that
it has been affected injuriously by its
long fast and Imprisonment in the solid
rock.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-16
PENSION WORKMFN
IN THEIR OLD AGF

be contributed by the emn,o,,o
ployer and the state. The cou.u,
tons of the employe, to which win
added the ''majorations" of The 90.
will be capitalized for the payment q,
pensions, while the contributions of -.
employers will, with the state S,,,,..
ton, be distributed immediately or0o.
the interested parties. The ob,iootou.
annual contribution of the wor,,,o.
will amount to $1.2O, and it is antioi
pated that additional optional contri
buttons will raise it to an AVERAGE &c
$3.50. The employers animal oor+.,
button for each employee will amount 70
the same sum.
Summarized, the results of these nro
visions are that every working mon
who has paid an annual contributions
of $1.20 from the age of Is years 70 g.
will receive a pension of SIS 20 At tho
age of 65. If his yearly contribution
is $3.50, it will amount to $6S; if 81 40
to $50. Further, those who benefit un-
der the law of assistance" will enjoy
an increase of pension after the age of
20. The maximum annual pension will
be $96. The total expense of the meas
ure for the treasury is estimated at
$10,000,000 for the first year. and at
about $40.00O,OO0 for the eightieth.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-16
BLACK HAND EXPOSURES.

The claim of the United States post
Office that they have unearthed the
headquarters of the Black Hand in this
country az Marion, O., is highly i'm
portant if true. This claim appears to
be substantiated by the discovery OF
documentary evidence in the safe of
one of the four leaders who have been
arrested and who, the officials declare,
have been conducting I;2ckmailing op-
erations throughout the country. 1t is
said that the papers clearly establish
the fact that Marion has been the head
cites in the country and they show fur
Their that the organization has been
Malta, the dreaded Sicilian society, but
with even better methods for the con-
cealment of its operations. Extortion
blackmail and murder have been
practiced on an extensive scale. In
every instance whsre their demands
were ignored the conspirators re-
sorted to the bomb to bring their vic
Tins to time or to avenge persistent
refusal to submit to blackmail.
The Importance of these revela-
tions can hardly be overestimated in
view of the alarming increase in the
number of bomb throwings the coun-
try over in the last few years, and of
the vicious examples which such prac-
tees set for criminally disposed and
weak minded persons. A number OF
those who have been arrested for at
tempted blackmail have confessed that
the idea was suggested to them from
reading accounts of the operations OF
the Black Hand. According to the de-
ectives, the Black Hand leaders have
confined their work to members of theil
own race, well-to-do Sicilians and 9TH
er Italians who have been successful
in business. They have found no evi.
dence of any attempts to modest Ameri.
cans. But the tendency on the part o.
weak-minded people to follow sugges.
tions rof a criminal nature is a vel
knOwR trait of human nature, and tn,
success full prevalence of matchmaking
operations among Italians could no
fail i'm time to inspire similar organiza
tions and methods among criminals O
other nationalities. Blackmail assas.
sinations and secret societies are for.
eign customs which have no place OF
American soil and the sooner thes,
Italian scoundrels are given stern ex
ample of American justice the bette
for all classes of our citizens. Thes,
wretches must be taught such a lessor
as will effectually convince them tina
oomb-throwing and other cowardl,
practices can not be successfully nur
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-16
INDIANS NOT AFRAID
OF MARRIAGE LAW.
Two Yakimas Go Through the Or
deal and Get Coveted License

NORTH YAKIMA, June 1.-two
Yakima Indians from the reservation
have set the pace for the white folks
to follow in the matter or getting
married under the new law. Although
several white grooms have made IN
quiry at the auditors office since the
new law went into effect not one has
had nerve enough to stand for the red
tape, and physicians examination. To-
day Samuel Tenamasha, of Toppenish,
and Emma Silatsee, of Fort Simcoe,
went through the ordeal and secured
the coveted document. They had al
ready been married under the tribal
law, but because of property inter-
ests were compelled to be married
again according to the white mans
law.