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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-05
City Business
Up and Coming

The magnificent sum OF two cents
has been languishing in sweet repose
in the Walla Walla water supply fund,
the fund created to build the pipe line
system. according to the monthly re-
ports of City Treasurer r. G. Parks,
for many moons past. and members OF
the water committee are seriously con-
sidering the advisability of making an
investment in United States postage
stamps. just to save wear and tear on
typewriter ribbons caused by the ad-
ditional work in making out the
monthly reports. 1t is reported on
good authority that the water supply
fund is drawing a goodly rate of inter
est. but up to press time the rumor
could not be verified.
Reports of city officers for the
month of December for nearly all of
the branches of city government have
been filed with City Clerk T. D. S. Hart
in preparation for the meeting of the
city council this evening, and routine
matters are expected to demand the
bulk of attention. City Treasurer
Parks report for the month of Novem-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-05
TWENTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH.
What WdlId Wdlld Wants
from the States Lawmakers

and furniture needed in the other in
stitutions. For this We shall ask $37,-
OOO
I'VE also propose to ask $4,000 to
complete the jute mill and $4,000 for
the purchaser of jute We shall also
try to secure an increase of salary for
Warden Reed, whom We regard as a
most efficient pubic servant.
THE farmers of Wala Walla coun-
ty believe that the law exempting
moneys and credits from taxation is
unfair in that it places the burden of
taxation on them and property hold
ers in general. Our delegation will
seek a revision of this statute
I'VE also believe that the jute grain
bags are not properly apportioned to
the counties. Under the present law a
certain number of sacks, based on
grain inspectors reports. are set aside
for each county and it can buy NO
more than this number. Some coun-
ties do not buy that number and the
sacks are left over, while county
like Walla Walla, which could use the
entire supply, cannot touch them. We
shall bend every effort to secure u
fairer Distribution.
Il want to say for Walla Walla
county that it is, so far as 1 can de-
terniine, heartily in favor of Ole Han
sons anti-race track gambling bill,
and believe our delegation will sup
port thel bill. We feel in this matter
bcause the gambling question becomes
an issue with us each year when our
fair takes place"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-05

An appropriation Of $49O,0OO for en-
larging the scope and efficiency Of the
state penltentiary, a revision in the
law which exempts money and credits
from taxation, a change in the meth
DDS of distributing jute grain bags to
the various counties and the passage
of Ole HansOn's anti-race track gam
bling bill are the things Walla Walla
county wants from the legislature ac-
cording to Senator d. H. Cox, of the
Twelfth district, who left Walla Wal
la this morning for Olympia, where he
Will participate in the organization of
the legislature next Monday.
'The people of our county believe
$490,000 to be necessary to bring the
penitentiary to it's highest efficiency"
said Senator Cox. 1.-The warden is
asking an increasel in the maintenance
fund. 1t is now 80 cents and it is pro-
posed to increase it one per cent for
each individual prisoner. This amount
it must be remembered, is the COM
plete cost of maintaining one prisoner
per diem. This alone would mean an
appropriation of $317,OOO
I'VE shall ask $4,000 for a chapel.
because the people of Walla Walla
county wish to emphasize the re-
formatory feature of the penitentiary.
The prison has a chaplin, but no place
in which to worship, and during re-
tigious services the men must stand
outdoors.
"The prison needs increased shop
room to take care of the work done in
it. If there shall be room provided
the prisoners can make clothing. shoes
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-05

tee approves the bill introduced by
Mr.. Sims, they say. it will have just
as much weight as would vote of the
people.
The population of Washington is
made up of residents of so many
states, and so many persons who go
to, their home states to vote, that the
suffrage question would be hard to
handle, believe the congressman. They
do not think the ones who vote in
other states should be allowed to vote
in any election that might be held in
Washington, even if it were only on
local issue.
The government clerks and en-
plOyes of the district comprise nearly
two thirds of the voting population,
and IL a. question of suffrage were
brought up, it would be necessary to
offset the negro vote, or the whites
and blacks would be nearly elually
divided. For that reason many of tho
members of the house oppose any
movement to give suffrage to the peO-
plel They say it would be next to inn
possible to eradicate the negro vote.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-05

For they're jolly good fellows" For
lack of a better excuse, is assumed that
the newspaper boys of the city who
wereI on the Manufacturers beat"
last night. looked hungry, for after
considering important business mat
tors for more than an hour, HI. c. Glib
son, in proposing an adjournment,
also proposed that the pencil-pusherS
be invited as guests of honor to a
banquet to be served wherever the
off GERS saw fit to stop. Immediately
the reporters, who had been taking
notes in a half hearted manner, ele-
waited their listeners and became in
tensely interested. Somebody second
ed the motion. and without more ado
the entire buch proceeded to the Da-
cres grill, where oysters and other
good things to eat were served in the
most approved fashion. A box of
Made in Walia Walla" cigars topped
the feed" and everyone went home
at midnight happy and contented. Dur
ing the banquet short talks were made
by members of the association, stories
were told, and, altogether, members of
the organization were drawn closer to-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-05
Russian Christmas.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5-Thare are
two Christmasses at the Russian en-
bassy. presided over by Baron de
Rosen. but the real celebration comes
tomorrow. The fact that the joyous
festival is, by reason of the use of the
Russian calendar, somewhat belated,
does not, however, affect the enthu-
siasm with which the celebration is
carried out The Russian ambassador
has made elaborate preparations to
celebrate Christmas day, and Countess
Elizabeth de Rosen, the charming
daughter of the Russian representa-
tive, is expected to entertain her young
friends
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-05

No end of surprise was caused at
the last meeting of the city council,
when a remOnstrance, objecting to the
Improvement of Rose street from Sec
,ond to Eighth. was presented, signed
by fourteen property owners in the
proposed Improvement district The
city fathers were at a loss as to just
what action to take. However, the
communication was received and filed,
and nothing more was thought OF the
incident until a few days ago, when
announcement was made that three
petitions, signed by the controlling
property owners, were to be presented
to the council at its meeting tonight,
asking for paving improvements.
The petitions ask for the paving of
North Second street from the Mill
crack bridge to the north line of Oak
street; Rose street from the east line
of Seventh to the west line of Colville
street; and North Third street from
the Mill creek bridge to Elm street. In
all instances property owners agree to
pay for the pavement of street inter
sections, thus removing all difficulty
which might be experienced by the
1lnanclaI lnaDlnty OF the city TO take
care of the intersections.
That some of the property owners
opposed to the Improvement on Rose
street BECAME wise" to the movement
While the petitions were being circu-
lated, and forthwith started the re-
monstrance on tits mission for sigma
lures, is the general opinion, the re-
monstrance having been presented to
the council two weeks before the petit
tiOns were ready for presentation
which, according to all reports. is just
what the petitioners desired, as there
is now nothing in the way of the coun-
ctl granting the prayer Of the pro-
greSsive property owners.
AS all petitions are signed by prop
eTty pWnerS who represent the con-
trolling interests on the respective
streets, as specified in the ordinance, it
is considered probable that action will
be taken at once for the pavement Of
the north business section.
But WHILE the Improvement of the
streets in question is taken to be the
leading consideration, there is another
that lies deeper and requires Some
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-05
Glorious Music
is Hdrfmdnn'S

Those who attended the Hartmann
concert at the KeylOr Grand last
night heard an artist play. Some had
heard him and knew what to expect;
others had heard of him only through
the papers, but to say that he pleased
all in wonderful manner is putting
it mildly. His plpaying is the realiza-
ton of a dream of glorious music from
the strings of the greatest of musical
instruments. But 27 years Of age,
Hartmann is a rare artist and his
playing last night delighted a critical
audience. 1t has never been excelled
in this city. Accompanying Mr.. Hart
mann was Alfred Calzin another ar
tist worthys of the name He played
not only accompaniments, but also
rendered several solos, which were we'll
received.
Hartmann's program was varied,
containing compositions from the most
pretentious to those designed for the
man who cares only to hear good
music on a fiddle The program
opened with a wonderful concerto
from st. Saens. 1t is a tremendous
work and was exquisitely pplayed. His
Bach Chanconne was probably the
most pretentious number on the pro-
gram and it was played with marvel
Gus technique. AS Hartman played
one forgot the player and heard only
the music. 1t is in harmonies and
feathery staccato passages that Hart
mann excells any violinist ever heard
here. His technique is simply wonder
full.
Briefly speaking, the concert was a
musical entertainment that has seldom
been surpassed in this city and was
a constant delight to those who heard
if
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-05
Big Jeff May
Fight johnson

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5.-Probability
of a fight between Jeffries and John
son is strongest today through the an
nouncement that the Vernon arena
club. of which Jeffries is the princi-
pal owner, is for sale. 1t is believed
that the offer of $4,000 to fight the
coFored man is being seriously con-
sidered by 'Jeffries.
It is reported that James COffroth,
Of San Francisco, a fight promoter,
will probably buy the club. Jeffries
has repeatedly announced he will never
enter the ring again.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-05
COldeSt Morning
Of this Season

With the thermometer at eight de-
grees above zero and a 10-mile south
west wind whistiing through the
streets, this was the colddest morn
ing of the winter Frost on the win
dows betokens the cold extraordinary
for this country and Walla Wallans
are drawing into their shells.
For" reasons the weather man,
"the thermometer is at eight degreee
and it was never lower than Is before
this year. Therefore it is twice as cold
this morning as ever before"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-05
Macmillan
Is Arrested

RENO, New. Jan. 5.-Harry Mac
MILAN, erstwhile mining millionaire,
recently engaged to Edna Goodrich,
the actress, who is now the wife of
Nat Goodwin the actor, was arrested
last night at TOnOpah on complaint
Of James May, a gambling king, who
charged that Macmillan passed worth
less checks amounting to $4,000 Mac
MILAN declared he gave the checks
asking May to hold them until he
could get the money to make them
good.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-05
in
Family Row

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 5.-The Call
prints a story this morning to the eff
feet that Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt,
jr., formerly Virginia FAIR, is con-
templating permanently leaving her
husband because of his alleged lnfat-
uation for Madame Cavalier, an opera
singer. Vanderbilt is enjoying cruise
in his private yacht and his wife Is IN
New York Gossiping friends, who
started the rUanOr about the opera
singer. declare that Vanderbilt and
wife will newer be reunited.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-05
May Use Water.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-If the
plans of the Womans Christian Tenn
perance union, of Delaware, are sue
cesful, the giant 10000 ton battleship
Delaware, which will be launched at
Newport NEWS a month from today,
will be christened with water.
The battleship Kentucky, the only
vessel of her class ever chriStened
with water, was hit by hundreds of
bottles Of whiskey, which were broken
against her hull by Kentuckians when
she was sent down the ways.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-05

and shingle, industries.
The personnel of the delegation has
not been completed and efforts are
being made to induce prominent and in
fluential men in the industry to go to
washington, 20 fight for the retention
of tn, duty on lumber and shingles. D.
e Skinner. Of Ssr Francisco, presi-
dent of the Port Ilakely Mill company,
ais chairman of the Pacific coast lum-
Der tariff committee.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-05
Mead has Plan to Hold office

OLYMPIA, Jan. 5.-In the event that
Cosgrove changes his mind at the elev-
enth hour concerning his trip to
Olympia to take the oath, Governor
Mead has a plan, it is reported, to car
ry thel controversy to the legislature
to determine who is governor. The
plan proposed is to urge the legisla-
ture to authorize the suspension OF
executive business in the governors
office, such as signing land deeds, is
suance of nOtorial commissions, and
other duties where property rights of
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-05

many individuals might be involved,
that the attorney general be instructs
ed to start quo WarrantO proceedings
in the supreme court to determine
who is the legal acting governor If the
plan is carried out there WILL be no
formal demand upon Mead for the Of
flee by Lieutenant Governor Hay ana
the record will contain nothing that in
future years might be cited as show
ing that the two men were engaged in
an unseemly row over the executive
chair
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-05
Wants Improvements.

SALEM, Jan. 5.-Mayor Rodgers to-
day submitted to the council his an
nual message which describes the pro-
gress made during the year to build
up the city and that which may be
expected the coming year. He urges
that the city build a boulevard to the
state grounds, and asks for the install
lation Of gravity water system, and
sewer system, and continued street
Improvement. The funded debt of the
city does not exceed 100000
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-05
Will Plead for Lumber Duties

SEATTLE, Jan. 5.-A delegation
representing the lumber interest of the
entire Pacific coast, including loggers
and lum!.er and shingle manufacturers,
will leave for Washington this week to
discuss with Chief Forester Pinchot,
the conservation problem which is
playing an important part in the MAX
ing up of tariff schedules, and will
give the ways and means committee
additional data concerning the lumber
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-05
Escapes Prison
Meet Death

T. VICTORIA, B. c., Jan. 5.-Antone
LesSchive. arrested here on his arrival
from Sydney last year charged with
deserting his wife, escaped the law
here to perish in the earthquake dis
asrer at Messina. With two children
he was brought from Australia. After
a long trial he was freed. His friends
here learned of his death today
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-05
Pardon for Soldier who Shook
Hands with Anarchist Queen

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 5.-Private
William Buwalda, sentenced to five
years in the military prison at AL
catraz Island, for applauding Emma
Goldman, the queen Of anarchists
was today pardoned by President
Roosevelt. Recently the sentence was
reduced to three years upon the rec
ommendation of General Funston. Bu-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-05
Big Stick for
Terrible TEDDY

RED LODGE, Mont, Jan. 5.-Lee
Cory. a well known cattle man, and
old time scout in eastern Montana, to-
day expressed to President Roosevelt
a "big stick of genuine irish black
thorn, four feet long, and weighing
20 pounds. 1t resembles the sticks
seen in cartoons. 1t is artistically
emhellished with an elk horn and teeth
and a covering Of deer skin
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-05
Expect Bio Crop.

MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi, Jan. Sin
anticipation of bumper crop and a
renewed era of prosperity, nearly 500
Minnesota implement dealers assembled
in convention here today to make
plans for handling an unprecedented
business in the implement line.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-05
Snow in OREGON.

SALEM, Jan. 5-The heaviest snow
in years is falling in the Willamette
valley today Six inches fell at Salem
before noon. Stockmen will feel the
snow which is otherwise harmless.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-05
Jack London ~.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 5.-Mrs.
London in a letter to a friend in Ber-
kelley. declares that her husband. Jack
London. is sick and will abandon his
world voyage in his boat, the Shark.
The novelist underwent an operation
in Sydney He will return to Califor-
MIA
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-05
CambIino Stoned.

EVERETT, Wash, Jan. 5.-Mayor
Jones has issued orders to the police
that gambling in all it's forms must
cease. Heretofore games have been
played on the, quiet
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-05
p - j. ]. = !! j. !. j. j! j. i. i! ]. + /.
2 Will EnISrue

u
]. Will Enlarge.
+ During an interesting discus :
+ sion. in which practically every :
+ member of the Whlla Walla Man .
r ufacturers' association present at :
= last nights meeting participated :
+ no opposition whatever was de- :
+ veloped to the plan to change the :
+ name to the Walla Walla Valley :
!. Manufacturers association, and .
= to enlarge the scope of the organ
|. izatiOn to include the representa- .
+ tives of the manufactures of :
r Dayton, Waitsburg, Prescott,
+ Freewater and Milton. The re- :
!. port of the board of trustees ap- :
+ proving the proposed change will
+ be introduced for ratification by
+ the members at the next meeting, :
p Monday evening January 1S
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-05

walda claimed he attended the meet
ing to take notes, but the military
court did not believe him.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-05
Licensed to Wed.

A marriage license was issued this
afternoon to Sam Ingle and Iva Clark
both Of Walla WaMa.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-05

to the happy hunting grounds and had
to be planted, for which servicel one
buck was forthcoming; one horse that
went alstray was redeemed, bringing In
one dollar, and Mr.. Gates presented
the city treasurer with $6 for his
months work.
City Sexton A. L. Ring by digging 16
graves. received $50, while care OF
cemetery lots brought SIS into the
treasury, making a total of $155. Build
ing Inspector William Metz, in his re-
port, shows that % permits were is
sued, aggregating an expenditure In
improvements of s14,390, for which fees
in the sum of SIS resulted.
The following comparative state
ment of Water Registrar Mclean for
December speaks for itself:
Revenue. Expenses.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-30
Can ANYBODY Beat This?

Farmer John McCullum says he
never told lie. The other day, in
the company of friends he unreeled
a yarn that put TO shame any ever
heard by them. This Is IL:
81 once had a calf that had its leg
broken. | cut a willow sprig and
bound II up. About three years ago
that calf disappeared. and never
heard anything from 1t until the
other day, when 1 happened upon a
willow tree that looked familiar, and
looking up, saw COW at the extreme
end
"What do you suppose? That
twig that tied to the calf's leg had
taken root and grown, and that calf
suspended at the end of the tree, is
today a full-grown cow"
McCullum's friends advised him
TO keep II there, for the day was com
ing when aerial milk stations would
be in demand by ayiators. -Phila-
delphia Telegraph.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-30
Unique Industry Of the People Of
I.ittle-Known Saba.

Saba, in the West Indies, is one of
the most extraordinary places In the
world.
By courtesy q Is called an island,
but II Is really nothing more than the
summit of an extinct volcano sticking
up out os the sea. Inside the crater
live only the Inhabitants ofSaba. They
live there because there Is nowhere
else for them TO live. the outside
slopes being nearly as steep as the
sides of house.
The place belongs to Holland, and
the people are all Dutch. Neyerthe-
less. they speak English as their ma
tive tongue. They call their crater
town Bottom, because II is situated
on top of a mountain.
Although surrounded on all sides
by the sea. they often spend weeks
without seeing ii, for that involves a
long climb up TO the rim of the crater
Still less frequently do they touch
salt water, because to do so they
must in addition climb downward for
a distance of 1900 feet by a precipit-
Gus rock-hewn path, known as the
Ladder.
1t is. however. in regard to their
staple industry that these Dutch peo-
pie who speak English. and who live
aloft in a volcano in a summit city
called Bottom. reached the extreme
topsy-turveydon.. One might imagine
them making balloons or kites, or, in
fact. anything but what they do
make, which is ships.
Not oeean-going lines. of course,
but good, serviceable schooners and
luggers, whose repute is great all
over the Westward Islands. The
ships. when finished, have to be
hauled to the rim of the crater and
then lowered over the precipice into
the sea.-Stray Stories.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-30
HOW is THIS FOR THE
VOTELESS FEMALE?

Five years ago there were sixty
two men and only three of us girls
The boss made US work regular sweat
shop hours, and the pay was very
bad. So We girls wanted to start a
union. Well, the sixty-two men,
being cowards-only grinned. Then
what happened? The boss found that
girls could run the machines just as
we'll as the men, and he thought
women would be meek and take even
lower pay. So he put In more girls.
He kept at it till now only three men
are leftl But we girls were not meek
at ALI We started our UNION; we
have made him let US out every night
at s O'Clock, and raise our wages to
over seven dollars a week! And now
she smiled a cruel, mocking smile
at the three men In the corner, and
added sweetly: I'VE girls are so
strong we can protect our three men.
We have shortened their hours, too,
and raised their wages.-Poor things. I"
Ernest Poole, in January Every
body's Magazine.