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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-03
PROHIBITION HAS DONE
THIS FOR GEORGIA.
Faces a Deficit of Nearly a Million
Dollars.

ATLANTA, Ga, Nov 3.-The state
OF Georgia will face a deficit CT SIPS
$3.50 on January /, 1910 according to
a report on the condition Of the
state treasury, which has just been
made to Gov. Brown. 1t is stated also
that the state is a year or more be-
hind in raising the bulk of the revenue
needed to defray the states expenses.
IL making public the report the
governor advocated a constitutional
amendment that would permit the is
suance of 100000 bonds to place the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-03
KICKS ON DRAINAGE

hours after | had found my duck
pond [ visited it again and found the
water had soaked into the ground"
MIR. Whiteman's duck pond may
have disappeared broke in Mr.. Cum
mings, "but my duck pond is still
there, and you can see it for Your
selves"
After considerable debate pro and
con, it was finally agreed that mem
berS of the council should make an
investigation relative to the charges
of improper drainage, and in case the
decision is reached that plumbers have
been made, some one interested is in
line for a reprimand.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-03
No Protests.

Last night was the date set for
hearing protests on the vacation of
land on North Second street between
Main and Rose streets, but no one
appeared to demonstrate, and the or
dinance providing for the vacation will
probably be presented at the next
meeting
An ordinance was presented and
read the first time, providing for the
opening of Division street from whit
man to A der, but as members OF the
street committee knew nothing of
such proposed opening, the ordinance
was placed on the calendar until such
time as the city attorney appears TO
enlighten the city dads.
Ordinance No. 1401. authorizing the
mayor and clerk to lease a tract of
ground in the city park to the United
Wireless company, was given three
readings and final passage. though
Councilman Whiteman could not I'M
derstand why the city should be so
generous with the company.
Ordinance providing for the laying
Of water mains on the following streets
and creating assessment districts to
pay therefor, We're given three read
ings and final passage: Francis ave-
nue. from 40 feet west of Delmas ave-
nue. TO Blue street; Bellevue street
from Garden street to Isaacs avenue;
Col eye avenue from AlVarado Terrace
to Melrose street
Franchises Held Up.
Franchises were presented by A.
Welch of the Northwest corporation,
granting that company a four-year
extension, bat the franchises were re-
ferred to the committee of the whole
MIR. WEIGH appeared before the coun-
ell and exp aimed that new bond is
Ene CT q
term Of % years, end it was the de-
sire of the company to have the
franchises for the same period in or
der that the bonds might be more
salable. Four years of the present
franchises have elapsed, and the new
ones, if passed. will give the company
25-year franchise from the date of
passage. The franchises presented
provide for an electric railway system
on designated streets, a gas plant and
an electric light and power house :.
The council will consider them as a
committee of the whole.
Buy Rain Coats.
On motion of Councilman c. H.
Whiteman it was agreed to purchase
two rain coats to be held in reserve
by the street commissioner for those
men who might in future have oc-
casiOn to work in the rain. Mr.. Cum
mlngS could NOT quite eaten the QrI1I
of the remark, and arose to ask if the
men interested were not drawing SAL
airy enough to purchase their own
wearing apparel. 1t was then eX-
planned that the coats would remain
city property, to be kept on hand by
the commissioner as other tools are
kept ready for use in that department.
Whereupon Mr.. Cummings sat down
and was apparently satisfied
Mr.. Whiteman also entered the mo-
ton that the pay of three cart men
in the employ of the street depart
ment be increased s. month. These
men are working for $40 a month. and
feeding their own animals, and Mr..
Whiteman thought they were entitled
to an increase.
Adjournment was taken to 7:30
o'clock next Tuesday night
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-03
ASK CITY FOR THREE


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of the last five years. $400. These
payments are to be made on January
1 of each year.
1t is thought few changes will be
noted in the electric light franchise
when it is considered by the committee
of the whole. as it will be a substi
tute for Ordinance No S44, now gov
erning the lines of the company. Pay
ments provided are as follows, due
January l of each year:
For each of the first five years $500:
for each of the second five years, $3.50;
for each of the third five years, $500;
for each of the last five years, $500
Many Streets Named.
A cursory examination of the cleo
trio railway franchise, which on pas
sage will become substitute for Or
dinance No. SS4 shows the company
has designated a large number of
streets on which to construct their
lines, and in many instances those
who have perused the document say
they can read between the lines with
reference to future extensions and i'm
provements contemplated. The streets
designated are as follows:
Elm North Eighth, Cherry. North
Fifth, Fifth, Chase avenue, Chestnut
Catharine, Second, Whitman, Jones,
Egan avenue. Division, Clinton, Boy
er avenue, Main, East Main, Alder,
College avenue, Isaaes avenue, VAL
encia avenue, Figueroa, North Divi-
son, Fourth from Egan to Orchard,
Orchard, Willard between Fourth and
Chase avenue Howard between Pleas
ant and Whitman, Sixth, North Sixth.
North Thirteenth, May avenue. North
Ninth, Edith avenue, Moore, East AL
der, Park, Pleasant Birch, First from
Main to Alder, Second street in Wat
edtown addition, Spokane from Main
10 muse, Rose lIOln SpohoiHe " ooI-
vile, Colville from Rose to Main. to-
gether with the right to designate 9TH
er streets. with the exception of Pa
louise south of Alder.
One of the changes said TO have neen
made in the new franchise is in that
portion relative to protecting the out
er rails, the new document providing
for the use of crushed rock, gravei or
cnders for the space of one foot on
the outer side of the rails. The speed
at which cars may travel is set at
miles an hour. and upon conviction
of exceeding that limit, those in
charge of the car are liable to fine
of from s. to $25 upon conviction be-
fore justice of the peace. Failure
to operate cars for period of two
weeks on any street in the city upon
which tracks are laid, unless due TO
strikes or other unavoidable causes,
shall work a forfeiture of the fran
chise. Payments provided are as fol-
lows
For each of the first five years. 5000;
for each of the second FIVE years, $3.50;
for each Of the third five years, $500:
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-03
Continued From +

lCOntlnued FfO11I 1dSt OIItJ
period. for during the past year the
mayor and council were called upon
to authorize the payment of a large
number of claims against the city
contracted by former administrations
which did not become due until the
first part of the fisca! year. Elimi-
mating these bills It develops that you
have practically held the. expenses Of
the municipality within the revenue
received.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-03

expended in various civic improve
ments and extensions: $136,324Sl "@
spent for miscellaneous purposes
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-03

The Classified Columns VII Ih'
what you want TO buy or md orye'
fc- what you want to sell.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-03

for each of the remaining ten years,
$500. the payments to be due and pay
able on January / of each year
To Act S.ow.y.
Members of the council are inclined
to act with due and proper delibera-
ton upon the three franchises, and in
order that every member of the body
ures. they were referred to the COM
mittee of the whole.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-03

state on its financial feet-Nashville
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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-03
BONDED AND WARRANT INDEBT-
EDNESS

Bonded debt $327 500 90
Water bt-(contingent on
water revenues) . 435,OOO.OO
Warrant debt Municipal
warrants outstanding 80. 256.155.15
Special improvement bonds
Ia debt against abutting
property, not city in
debtedness) -. ...... 99,459.S9
Special improvement war
rants . 5.331.OS
Reca pituIation of Warrant Statement.
General Municipal warrants
outstanding June 80. 1909 $256,755.15
Special Improvement war
rants outstanding June 80,
1909 ................ 0,33l.US
Synopsis of inventories-Real estate
and buildings. s297.109.00; cemetery
lots $6.25000; parks, $170.11341:
water works system and supplies,
$50. 1881; sewer system and supplies,
$14111S76; department equipments
56319S5: city hall furniture and fix
lures, $2567.2O. Total inventory city
property, $1,1S3,60113.
Assets and Liabilities.
Assets
Cash 37,67S93
General tax rolls ........... 10.77162
Special assessment rolls =. 23269459
Real estate and buildings. 297 109 90
Parks ............... 17011341
Cemetery lots and improve
ments :. ........ 6,27116
Water works system and
material =. ...... 514,91163
Sewer system ........... 41.11S.76
Department equipments -. 56,31465
City hall furniture and fix
lures :. .......... 344,9O3 92
Accounts receivable . 1909. 10
Liabilities
Municipal warrants ..... $256,7551
General bonds ............. 70S, 900. 90
Municipal improvement BIDS 54.6OO.OO
Special improvement war
rants -. .......... 1891 S |
Special Improvement bonds 99,459S9
crane Co. 80. ........ 4,7S2.72 |
Perpetual care .... 7,S40. 90 |
Excess of assets over liabilities. |
s679,295.S1.
Cash receiDts for the year ending !
June 80, 1909. show a grand total of /
S315,165.6S. OF this $4,000 was re- |
ceived from sa'oon licenses. s75.33995
from water rents and labor and ma
terial sold. and $105,656.95 from the
various tax rolls.
The total expenditures for the year
amounted TO s335.014.60. OF this sum |
s125,3S6.70 was expended in maintain |
ing and operating the various depart
ments of the city while s73,303.09 was
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1909-10-01
GOVERNMENT AND
STATE IN CLASH
Federal Employc VIII Not Tell of
Alleged DistilIcry.

Atlanta, Ga, Sept. 26.--Lawycrs
and Judges Of the state are intensely
Interested In the serious clash now
on between the state aud the Fed
eral authorities In the case of Chas.
u. Steggall. government gauger,
In Jail In Trenton, Ga, for contempt
OF court by order of Judge a. w.
Fite. of the Dade County Superior
Court Steggal, under instructions
from the Internal Revenue Collector,
refused to testify before the grand
jury In reference to an alleged dis
tillery.
Under the United States laws, Gov
ornment employees are liable to loss
Of position. fine and imprisonment
II they dIvulge Information secured
In their ofiicial capacity.
stegall has appealed to the Fed
erai authorities In Atlanta for pro-
lection. As the Government cannot
AFFORD Ia allow Its employees To be
kept In prison for obedience to Gov
ernment rules. the Federal officials
determined to stand by Steggall.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1909-10-01
WHITNEY CREDITS BOTH MEN


ST. Johns, \, r.. Sept, 80, Harry
whitney believes both Dr. Cook and
Commander Poary fQpnd the North
Pole, In expressing this belief. MIR,
Whitney said he knows no reason
for douhting Cook more than Peary,
pr. Cooks story" he said,
seems 10 bo truthful and probable
Nothing else explains his a. months
absence,
Mr., whitney was questioned re-
garding the statements made To him
by Dr, Cook In Greenland, lie said
Cook arrived at Annotook In April
Of this year and declared that he had
reached the North Pole year be-
fore. lie pledged whitney, however,
not to tell Commander Peary, who
was To he informed only that Cook
had gone farther north than Peary's
record. n degrees, q minutes.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1909-10-01
Located at the Argus Office.

No. 35-l0O ncrcs, u miles
rom Ontario, all fenced, will
omc under Government Pro.
Get, lays good to irrigntc. Price
% per acre,
NJ. $50 acres all under cul.
ivulion. with good water right
II Owyhce ditch; will sell in II
" 2O.ucrc tracts; onc.hali down
balance on easy tern 9.
No. 33-5.room house, ore-
mli block from postoilice, On
Main street; biggest snap OF the
'casOn.
No. 25--S0 acres, - miles
rom Ontario, ~ acres in cult.
alton 4 acres in orchard, lots
OF berries OF all kinds; good
rouse and barn and all out.
buildings, with perfect water
ight; this is choice and will 60
lulck.
No. 2G--SO acres, all q cd
andy soil, 80 acres IN culti,a-
tion, II good little orchard, water
or - acres, lots Of small fruit;
'hcap and on easy terms.
No. 27-220 acres | mile from
4 good thriving town on II, r.;
in cultivation; small orchard,
horse, with water; will sell all
n will cut it up in 1920. 40
ere tracts, on good terms.
No, 80 lots in north art
Of city; close to school; nicely
located; cheap.
No. 3O-l.room house; 3 lots
GOOD barn; 3 blocks from Onta-
rio school.
No. 3l-l0 lots, one block
rom Main street with good
livery barn; doing good bust
ness; cheap.
No. 36-rwo l0-acre tracts; |
me 5-acre tracts adjoining town
II Ontario, with water right; !
heap.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1909-10-01

No. 20-3 lots on Main stree
in business center; good loca
ton.
No. 2l-20 lots, one full block
all leveled and street graded
Will sell in part or ali at3spani'
prices,
No 23-lC0 acres - miles
from IA 3roadlown; with 3 room
rouse; stable for six horses; q
ons OF hay; ? granaries; all on
buildings; deep well; cuts 40(
ons OF hay; 2O00 bushels grain
with good water right in Owy
nee ditch; family orchard; I
snap.
No, 2l-l0 and 20 acre tracts
nicely located, ! mile from town
with good water right; fine irui
md berry land; on easy terms
these are choice pieces; com,
md see.
No, 37-lG0 acres 81 miles
rom Ontario; all good bench
'and, with perfect water right
good house and outbuildings
berry patch; artly in cultiva-
tion; $40 per acre.
No. % lots, with n Groom
brick house; good cellar and
leep well,
No 40 lots, with a 7.room
brick house; deep we'll and good
cellar; shade trees.
No. 2S-one block, all fenced
and 4-room house, 3 blocks from
depot; cheap,
No. 34-l60 acres, % miles
from Nyssa, close up to main
ditch on bench; all in cultiva.
lion; 80 acres alfalfa, balance H.
beets and grain; . acres orchard
i-room house, stable, sheds, deep
we'll; one of the best ranches in
county; pays $4,000
year; this will be sold cheap.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1909-10-01

Montgomery, Ala, Sept 26.--Bc.
cause of threat To go over their
heads and enforce prohibition laws
In the intense way he thinks he
should. Governor ~. ". Conner. head
and front of the movement for con
stitutional prohibition. has brought
down the wrath from many of the
SherIffs ~ the state.
The Governor " demanding ac-
tlon. and Sheriffs of larger cities
will not feel surprised any day to
see troops flocking to raid places.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1909-10-01
McCREDlE IS CHOSEN
Delegates Outside of Pierce County )
Select Vancouver Jurist.

Olympia. Wash, Sept 20, w,
w. McCredie, Judge Of the Superior
Court Of Clark County. was the
choice Of the majority caucus of the
Republican convention. met 10 select
successor 10 the late Francis W.
Cushman.
The selection came on the 55th
ballot, In the caucus were 1928 del
egates to the convention. counting
nine from Pacific County, whose
seats are contested, and one who was
named =, l.. Stewart, of Cowlitz
County, to take the place of +. W
Ross, State Land Commissioner, who
in effect was asked to leave the eau
Gus amid boots and shouts of "23
for you
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1909-10-01

II is tho conccnsus OF opinion that
Robert =. Loyctt IN the man who
will vote the Hartman stocks and
carry out his work.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1909-10-01

Read the Argus,
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1909-10-01
Rates Cut as Rcsul, Of Rate War

Los Angeles, Sept 90 A new
turn was taken In the steamship rate
war on the Pacific Coast, when the
West Coast steamship Company
posted bulletin cutting the rates
clear through To Puget Sound.
The Seattle rate frst-class has
been cut from SEA to sl9. with a
$3.50 cut on the stecrage rate. A
cut of 81 has been made Ia Grays
iIarbor and a corresponding reduc-
tion To Portland.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-01-17
An Expensivs Dollar,

Not long ago in this town a kind
friend of the family gave one of the
kids a dollar. OF course It was too
much to let the kid get out and spend
for candy and gum, so it was relf-
giously put up on the sideboard or
some other safe place to be kept-just
for what the deponent saith not. In
about a week the juvenile owner Of
the big round coin remarked 1T the
breakfast table, Papa, mamma spent
my dollar yesterday" The head Of
the house took the hint and fshed up
another dollar, which, like its prede-
cessor, was placed In a good safe place
to keep.
During the next month by careful
" tabulated record which he kept on
his cuff he repaid this elusive dollar
Just thirteen times. So at the end Of
the month you will not be surprised to
learn that our friend sent the donor Of
the original dollar this curt note:
Dear sir-Inclosed you will ind check
for 81! It's the dollar you gave our
younester. return It simply to avoid
bankruptcy. Already It has cost me some
whore between fifteen and twenty.
lanai (Mo) Democrat.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-01-17
3 m 5T # X w MFNglIN9Iy All n
Z ! Did che Best He knsyy.

Geordie Horn was q character well
known among the country folk OF the
Scotch highlands twenty-five years ago.
He belonged to a class rather hard to
classify, for he was neither q tramp
nor farm hand. although frequently
following the habits OF both. Wan
dering from farm to farm, the greater
part Of the time lie was kindly treated
and Hospitality entertained generally.
While he was a man of unusual
strength, he was mentally weak and
exceedingly lady. $3 5sc$~ gS.#s $# Z
"He's gle cute chiel, though slow
In the uptack" understanding, was
the way good many described him.
One day he arrived at his friend the
Doctors and complained Of severe
pain In his breast. The doctor handed
him plaster, with Instructions to put
it on his chest without delay. Geordie
gave him one Of his knowing looks
and took his departure. The doctor
met him a few days later and inquired
how he was feeling now. Geordie re-
piled, mae better" did you do as
told you with the plaster" the doctor
went on.
"Weel, no, not exactly. l done the
best could. didn't have q chest, sac
I stuck it on my bandbox" Chat box.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-01-17
Dollar Fish,

"Have you any dollar fish here? q
woman asked Of one of the attendants
at the aquarium.
While the question may seem curl
Gus, it was really very simple, for the
dollar fish is only a young moonfish.
The moonfish Is q curious but beau
tiful creature, almost round In shape
and extremely thin and having the
loveliest of pearly sides. 1t swims on
edge, so that it always presents its
sides of pearl to view. 1t takes its
name from its shape and because.
further. in color it suggests the silvery
moon.
Young moon&,sh of the size Of 4
standard silver dollar-and they are
scarcely any thicker-are called dollar
fishes because Of their resemblance to
that coin In Size and shape and color,
and the woman making the inquiry
about dollar fishes was duly Informed
that there was none I'm the tanks ut
the present time, but that they did
have them occasionally. New York
Sun.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-01-17
FRENCH FOOD pEcEP1,oNs.
Where Adulteration Receives Assist.
ance From Science ard Art. l.,

Where Adulteration Receives Assist.
ance From Science and Art. =
N All that one can reasonably ask
nowadays is that adulteration Of
things we eat should be harmless, was
the extraordinary remark Of an expert
Of the Paris city laboratory after being
told Of the reports from the Gs1eva
food congress. To ask more than that
would be to urge a counsel Of perfec-
ton, and it would not be followed
Wine this expert does not even talk
about. Milk is. of course, watered, but
that is an old story. Nowadays it also
derives body" from the addition Of
calves or sleeps brains we'll pounded.
Sausages are, of course, made of many
things, chiefly, it appears, Of dog flesh
and potato. Tie great advantage Of
dog flesh is that it helps to keep the
pork with which it Is combined. Su-
gar is naturally replaced by saccharine
to which gelatin is added to impart
the required. syrup of consistency:
Jams and jeliies. we all know, con-
tain no fruit ct all. Tartaric acid,
fuchsin. vanilla, citric acid, gluose. are
q few of the substances used as substi-
tutes. So-callei pomegranate syrup
is a standard family drink in France.
It has never been made of pomegran-
lite, within the memory of the oldest
grocer, bit is chiefly composed of tar
taric acid. Chocolate consists Of
grease and dour, and timed lobster
really is potted octopus-and so goes
on this terrible expert until one no
longer wonders at France resorting to
absinthe to drown her woes. With
tho stomach filed with such make
believe stuffs, a consumer must drink
to make him forget. Harmless adul.
teration1" Good gracious!
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-01-17
USING WOOD WASTE.

e 10 Good for Door Handles and .
Score Of Other Things.
Satisfactory substitutes for wood.
horn, rubber and like materials arc
produced by F. Ander of MedgyeR
Hungary, by a new treatment Of wood
waste. After a preliminary treat
msut and hardening with size and
such solution as aluminium salts or
potassium bichromate, the waste II
dried and ground, and the fine ma
terial is then mixed with a binding
agent such as glue, containing little
potassium bichronlate, together with
oatmeal or Nnseed meal, or other sub
stance containing starch, gum, or
varnish.
The details Of the process may DO
considerably varied. Further harden
inE may be given by the addition Of
mineral matters, such as tnfusor1al
earth, chalk, kaolin or flne alumina;
and toughness may be impaired by
adding to 10 per cent of chopped
textile fiber. rags, hemp, jute or tho
like ( Coloring matters may be IL
corporated.. The mass, after thorough
mixing. is subjected to the action OF
steam. and nodded under pressure.
BY suitable variations the waste 10
IN this way specially adapted tor
bobbins, door and drawer handles,
foxes. hoosings. wall coverings.
dishes, fancy goods, and furniture.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-01-17
rhrss s.bbaths Each Wssk In Tansisr.

Three ssbbaths Each Wssk In Tansisr.
Morocco is a country Of many Sab
baths. The first three days spent I'm
Tangier were all Sabbaths. Arriving
on 4 Thursday night, the next day was
Friday, the Mohammedan Sabbath,
which was followed by the Jewish
Sabbath-the Hebrew element in Tan
gier is considerable and strict in re-
ligious observance that In turn
by the Christian Sunday. Subsequent
comparison, however, revealed little
difference between any days Of the
week. On the Mohammedan Sabbath
a black flag Is hoisted on the minarets
at the prayer Of dawn, instead OF the
white nag that announces the time Of
devotions on other days. 1t remains
up until the middle CT the forenoon,
by which time everybody is supposed
to have found out what day 1t is
New York Post.