The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-09-08
WHAT DYE
THINK o. THIS?
Continued From Page One)

charge made by The Statesman that
the vote is being padded daily by those
in charge of the contest
mo candidates have the prizes
cfnched" announces the bunc man
ager in big. blacl- headlines. Naughty,
naughty. naughty! Has the bunc man
ager so far forgotten his Sunday
school lesson imprinted upon his mem :
DRY in Washtucna as to fabricate, even
in so slight a measure Your instruc-
tor will learn with deepest regret that
all her good deeds have gone for
naught and that her star pupil OF
golden text fame has deviatcd from the
straight and narrow path into which
she then trained his faltering foot
steps THE lowest candidate in the
list could start now and with little
work reach the top Surest thing,
YOU know. Mable Especially if sha
were one of the favorites of the bunc
manager That has been the rule of
the contest since it's opening. Any
young lady who finds special favor
with the powers that be may enter the
fizzle on the last day and before night
be in first place 1t takes but COM
paratively short time to write figures
of large denomination, and the bunc
manager is becoming an expert mathe-
matician
Better still. she might win one OF
the extra prizes" Yes, and agGin she
might Mott all depends on how much
favor she fOunG with the bunc manag-
er. 1t sounds nice in black and white
but in real life these details do not
WOrl. out as in fiction. 1t is strange
that tie bunc manager, in his vain en-
deavor to keep the disre putable rag
from going to the wall, should resort
to methods that are apparent to even
the most ineXperienced it is startling
that he should court his own finish in
ali dtlNillpt W lltNc tie DcODI6 lIllIlh
he is conducting perfectly square"
and legitimate contest when they are
copyrighted and bonafide fiasco
Ere long it will. be up to the bunc
while trying to blk his best friends.
and the young ladies who are victim
lied by the shady methods of the
Would-be contest will not be inclined.
it is safe to say. to show any quarter
However, that is the bunc managers
funeral, and the general opinion will be
that he receives all that was due him.
From the time the gamble was opened
with list of 'bonafide" names taken
from an old ity directory down to the
present date, there have been few
straight and square moves made. From
one trick to another the bunc manager
has Jumped with rapid precision until
the younS ladies, as we'll as the general
public are in a maze from which they
hope never to be extracted. They do
not KNOW whether they are coming or
going: whether the contest has closed.
)r whether it has just opened: whether
the grand prizes have been awarded.
Or whether the special offers take pre-
1eGence. Three or four more weeks
Till give them no clearer insight into
the crooked workings of the affair.
md when time comes for the finale. |
tn bic prizes may be awarded the
,avorites with comparatively little |
hanger of being deteC ted.
During the past two weeks the bunc
columns have teemcd with articles
descriptive of the grand special prizes. !
md the original premiums have been |
laced behind the scenes. as though it !
-;ere the intention of the manager to |
ali back on his word and not award |,
mem at all. That would be wholly in !
-eeninS with his policy of placing
names in the list-names of Young la
lies passed away; names of young
ladies' married and moved to other
mites and states: names of young men
VINO had no intention of impersonating
young ladies; names of young ladies
who were away on their vacation when
tie contest opened, and are still on
their vacations 1t would be in keen
ms with tie trick played by the elm
nation Of ths name OF Miss Edithe Ec-
ieib'ett. the oolored girl. who was
barred from participation for the big
prizes after she had received 1900
votes to her credit.
Those who are slzeptical as to tie
truth of The Statesman's assertions
NAV easily verify them by interview
ing any of the young ladies who have
repeatedly rogue sted that their names
be taken from the list and have been
met at every turn by TIL. smirks and