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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-10

Blake Gore of Bluejacket is here today
Harry Bland was down from Alton to-
day
] J. M, Young is at Chouteau today on
business.
Cyrus S. Avery IS here today from Tulsa
on busines.
Ole Olson is here from Alton on bust
ness today
John Roberts was a visitor from Alton
this morning.
John Nidiaer Of Needmore, was here on
business today
A. C. Gould of Bluejacket, is in the city
today transacting business,
Arthur Horn returned today from Okla
homa City ON his way home,
A Mr. Lambert from CARRIER. Okla. is
here today looking for a farm to rent
I A. Chandler and W. B. Coley left for
Guthrie over the Frisco at noon today.
There will be no prayer meeting at the
Congregational church this evening on
account of the absence Of Rev. and Mrs.
Pershing.
Garrett and Rnbottom the liverymen
have bought out John X. Taylor of the
Gunter stable and have moved the stock
and vehicles TO their South Wilson street
stable
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-10
Lursd BY Hope Of Wealth.

The yellow desert stretching east
ward from Luderitz bay in German
southwest Africa has become a great
attraction, though a few months ago
its monotonous sand dunes were hate
ful and depressing. Diamonds have
been found there and a new mining
fever is raging. Men are thronging
where till now wild beasts have held
sway.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-10

Fsvorite Flower Of England's Queen.
The queens fayorite rose is one OF
the old-time sorts known as Hermosa.
lovely, free-howering pink rose,
which yields a rich harvest OF beauti.
ful fragrant blossoms. So fond is the
queen OF this rose that she causes it to
be grown by thousands IN huge bor-
ders near her favorlte dairy, as we'll
as in the garden surrounding her
home.-Girls' Own Paper.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-10
At The Auditorium

"Tennessee's Partner pleased a good
sized audience last night and the Cope
land Co., were seen again to a good adj
vantage. Tonight will close their engage
ment here when theypresent The Opium
Fiend This play has made a big hit
wherever seen and is the property of the
Copeland Bros, Il deals with a new and
very interesting theme, and introduces
some fine characters seldom seen on the
stage. The chinaman, the pretty miners
daughter the cowboy and the Opium
Fiend' character which is hard to play
but which holds the audience the comedy
and specialties are also first class Seats
now on sale.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-10
Lona Voyaae In snan 80.

A paddle-wheel steamboat which
draws but AZ feet of water is making
the perilous ocean voyage from Eng.
land TO the west coast of Africa, where
it win be used on q shallow river
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-31

fag-end of what might have been.
is heart -saddening. not only to the
public in general but to the bunc man.
ager, who is said to be afflicted Will
a chornic attack of palpitation. No
he is not used to that, for in the con-
duct of the Washtucna paper. things
followed the even tenor of their way
and there was no occasion to become
worried or apprehensive with reference
to the future. Day after day has
marked a steady and over -poWering
decline in the scale of the copyright
ed contest, and now. after a month
of valiant effort. coaxing, cajoling and
threatening Of subscribers. advertisers
and contestants the bunc manage,
aWakes at midnight to look squarely
INTO the face of the grim monster. De-
feat, and to admit that honesty is the
best policy-in copyrighted contests
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-31
ITS JUST
LIKE HIM

SEATTLE, Aug. 31.-Commenting on
the recent criticism of Pinchot of the
forestry department by Ormsby Nc
Harg. acting secretary of the de,,&rt-
ment of commerce and labor. Secre-
tary Ballinger said before departing
eastward:
That statement Of his was just liil,.
McHarg all over. ard he was right
about it. He is always loyal to his
friends
Ballinger further said: Il have been
called to Washington t. take up i'm
portant matters which have been acr
cumulating for the last two months.
During my absence things arose which
require my personal attention. 1t is
an emergency call from my depart
ment"
He reiterated he didn't think that the
resignation of McHarg and its prompt
acceptance by President Taft had any
bearing upon McHarg's criticism.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-31
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN"

After two weeks of seeming Incidence
the bunc manager got busy YESTERDAY
and as result of his spasmcdr. in.
dustry a new copyrighted lyric appear
ed at the head of the contest columns
Did the shady bunc manager for a mo-
ment believe anyone With an ounce of
brains would be guilty of attempting to
appropriate that bit of wisdom that
one OF his lieutenantS was recently
heard TO quote on the streets. without
attaching the appendage. Copyright
ed" Every little bit added 70 what
you've got makes just little bit more ~
would be a more appropriate motto for
the bunch of tricksters down the
street. for it is a Well-known fact that
their possessions in the way of SUBJ
scribers and bonafide contestants are
not now beyond the limit line in So far
as numbers are concerned
The manner in which that COPY
righted" contest is fiZzling out into he
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-31
MUST PAY UP
OR SHE CAN
HAVENO GAS

Decision in the case of Minnie A.
Wolfe against the Nc.thewestern Gas
and Electric company, fer the issuing
of writ of mandamus against the
latter. charging them to furnish t:ie
Isaintifr with gas. was handed down
by Judge Brents today, in which he
held that the gas need not be furnished
until all arrears amounting to s20-25
had been fully paid by the plaintiff
When Mrs. Wolfe moved into house
last fall. she used gas for a short time,
untid the flow was turned off and the
company refused to turn il on again
until agreement could be made that
the dues would be met. 1t was then
that Mrs. W'cifc asked that writ of
ma adamus be directed against the Gas
company compelling it 10 furnish the
gas
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-31
TELEGRAM
CONFIRMED

Gilbert Hunt. president of the Wash
ington Traction company received a
letter from John b. Catron yesterday
stating that the money for the new
road had been secured and confirming
the telegram TO this effect. Mr.. Catron
is still in London with j c. Armstrong
general manager and they are complet-
ing some of the details Of the matter.
Assurance was given by Mr. Hunt this
morning that active operations would
commence about October l. when nu-
merous crews would be put to work
completing the line as far as possible.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-31
PROGRAM
ARRANGED
INSTITUTE IS PLANNED
BY SUPERINTENDENT
MRS. PRESTON
Many Well Known Speakers
Appear on List Given
Out This Morning.

The program for the teachers iuSti-
September 7-9 has bCca prepared by
Josephine Preston az evesy.k;lg is
ton. Many interesting speakers speak
ers have been obtained for this occa
son. head of the educational depart
ment of the University of Washington;
Professor c. S. Kingston. of the his
tory department of the Cheney normal
Miss Sherwood, critic teacher i'm the
Cheney normal, Superintendent O. S.
Jones, Prof b. D. York, # Pearsons
academy and Miss Lee and Miss
Franc Armstrong of the local high
school,
The program is as follows:
Thursday.
General assembly.
9:OO-"Class work in English''-Les-
son demonstration.
IL: 4J-"The Value of Culture History
to the Teachers, c. S. Kingston.
1:30-Opening exercises.
Special music.
1:40-"The Educational Situation" DIR.
E. 0. Sisson.
This will be followed by general
discussion.
High school and principals section.
Library.
Tuesday
J. G. Ryan. chairamn: Laura Bowles,
secretary.
9:25-"The Genius of the American
High School," E. O. SiSsOn.
1:40-"The Special Method of High
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-31

ROADS
S. B. G A L D e r II E A D
TAKES UP DEFENSE
OF RAILROADS
Raps City for Allowing the
Streets to Be Torn Up
Weeks at a Time,

Steam Railroads. was the subject
derehad, of the Northern Pacific
company, spoke at the weekly luncheon
of the Commercial club in the Dacres
hotel today noon, the speaker finding
occasion to take a fling at the city
government for it's action in allowing
four or five business streets to be torn
up for a period of almost three months.
In opening his address. the speaker told
of a suit that was brought against his
company for damages that were. al
legged to be due because of injuries to
a passenger on one of its trains; how
the testimony brought out the fact
that a certain interested business man
had 'dodgeG" paying his fare by Civ
ing the conductor the slip, and how
the public entertained no feeling
against the man who so testified, evil
IDENTIFY believing it right and proper to
beat a corporation aut of the fare.
Mr.. Callerhead said the highest paid
official of a railway company, outside
of the president and vice president, is
the chief engineer whose duty it is to
tatiOn--to determine whether it is bet
ter to encircle a grade or. to construct
a tunnel
IF that is the case said ne, would
it not be we'll to place a chief engineer
in charge of our highways and look to
him for reSultS?'
He said he had attended many
luncheans Of the Commercial club at
which the railroads were given their
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-31
To BEAR
MARKETS
REPORT
INTENDED TO FORCE
PRICES DOWN
Yisld in the Northwest Is
Not in Excess of
Former Years.

Claiming that the yield in wheat will
be 65.000.0o0 bushels for the states of
Washington. Oregon and Idaho and
that the farmers OF this state alone will
harvest. 100000 bushels of wheat.
Leo Peterson. a well known ranchman.
has stirred up a hornets nest In
this community. In an interview given
out at Colfax. Peterson states that he
is making tour Of the northwest and
gives as his confident opinion that the
crops now being harvested will prove
almost 25 per cent greater than any
ever produced before in the history Of
the northwest
This in itself is considered by the
wheat growers of this community a
gross error. for it is now recognized
that the yield this season in all the
eastern counties of this state are way
below usual. In direct contrast to his
own statements. Peterson says that
the bf nner crop of 1907. which produced
3S,00G.000 bushels of wheat for this
state. will be beaten this year by g.,
100000, when il is known by every
person who titled soil that the yield
for the state of Washington will not be
over sO.OOO,OO0 bushels.
"As far as / am concerned PERSONAL
Iy," said Mr.. Peterson. lit does not
make any difference whether the crop
is 100000 or 30.s0O,00O bushels, con-
sequently / want the farmers to un-
derstand that / am only telling them
this for their own good and l most as
suredly would advise them to sell be-
fore the preseI:t market breaks. as it
undoubtedly will in two or three
weeks"
This is ta!.en by the farmers of this
locality to mean that they should hurry
and sell and get the present price, for
wheat is going to soar because Of the
unusual shortage. That the intentions
OF Mr. Peterson are to lower the price
is well known by every grain grower
who knows anything. for his state
ments regarding the unusual crop are
wrong and are looked upon as a trick
Continued on Page Eight)
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-31
PARALYSIS
KILLS HIM

William Dunn. who was removed
from the Bruce Ferrell ranch last We'd
nesday with Il stroke of paralysis to a
local hospital. died this morning. His
body vii! be shipped to his home in
pace.
The deceased owns property in the
northern part OF Idaho and for the rast
eight years has been coming to this
section of the country for the pur-
pose Of assisting MIR. Ferrell during
harry esting season. He was suddenly
taken i'll the other day and was at once
brought t. the city for medical treat
ment. Mr.. Dunn was unmarried
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-31
Us We'll as in poiiics.
Nohinu to Say.

Z" Nohina to Say.
Silence is always recognized by the
American people as the equivalent OF
consent. and for the past four weeks
the bunc has deigned no reply to the
charges by The Statesman. For one
or two days at the opening of the big
expose an attempt was made to ans
wer the irrefutable charges, but see
ing the hopelessness of the task, the
bunc pulled the gas rope and allowed
cloud of hot air. persif1age, verDoslty
and buncombe to soar through the
sky-light The threat has been openly
made that The Statesman Will come IN
for its share of bunc advertising space
as soon as the brilliant contest mas
come to a close. That Will ahofd d
slight measure of relief. no DOUBT, oa'
readers of that rag. who have peer
(Continued On Page Eighty
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-31
UNDERTAKEN
MUTUATES A
DEAD BODY

ho'kSPRINGS. WYo., Aug. 81
"'en the h.dy of Jacob Starman, who
was more than six feet tall, who dled
'' ho"Son. Wyoming. reached here TO-
''|. II was found that in order to snip
.' IN the casket. which was too short,
-''I the legs had been severed at the
"''S. indignant relatives and frlenuS
''' 'ney win prosecute the undertaken
at Hudson
I'll" rider from the undertaken, say
"s ue coffin should not be opened un-
any circumstances, aroused sus-
''''A and an investigation revealed
-'e lts.ess body. The excuse of the
'"'ertaker is that the remains were
"'' N condition to embalm 50 that II
''' wait until larger coffin was
N 50 he severed the legs believing
''e would he the wiser.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-31
Women Golfers PIya.

CHICAGO. Aug. 31.-Homewood
Country club is the scene today of the
opening of the annual championship
association. The qualifying round over
is holes was commenced this morning
The finals will be played SATURDAY..
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-31
RELEASED TRACTION
FROM jA|L L|NESPAY
MRS. CULLEN / .S.EED BY
LARGE HEARTED
CITIZENS.
Her Debt Is Paid and She
Is Given Money With
Which to Live

Her debts paid the criminal case
against her dismissed. and with s21.S0
N start on. Mrs. T. S. Cullen walked
fr,r the county Jail with her g.
months old baby this morning. where
she had been incarcerated at the in
stance of the Spokane Inland Furni-
tpre company, Of Spokane. A petition,
circulated by A. H. Herring, who took
-he lead in the matter, and Charles
rishman. soon raised $6525. After her
debt had been paid, and all incidental
qynenses connected, such as sheriff
fees q sum of $3.50 was left her to
start with.
This was one of the most pathetic
cases that has come to notice in this
city for months. as it became the pain
fuI duty Of Sheriff Haviland yesterday
to arrest Mrs Cullen and take her
away from her six children with no
one but an aged grandmother to sup
port them She was permitted TO take
her e-mJnths old baby TO the Jail with
her. however The Spokane police no
tilted the local authorities that Mrs.
Cullen had moved here and to arrest
her on the charge of moving mort
gagged goods without permission. All
but $3470 had been paid on the note
and because Of this. the sheriff hesi-
tated between his duty and his lnclln-
atoms He finally took charge of Mrs
Cullen. but refused to send her to
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-31
BOLD DEED BY
LONE BANDIT

HARRISBURG. Aug. 31-A lone
bandit ROBBED a train at Harrisburg
this morning He boarded the engine
compelled the crew to accompany him
to the express car. Then he made the
fireman carry a sack of bullion contain
ing s.. .OOe and five sacks Of pennies and
shot the conductor in the hand.
posse pursued him and found the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-31

ORLEANS. Aug. 31-Riotihs
,sS been progressing for three days at
Limon ard Costa Rica, over the
''n according to dispatches. IN
p'''hed battle yesterday at Reveh-
p, N''n bridge, a score were injured.
!. e'e was fighting all Sunday night.
;. oeheved some of the rioters were
IN the river and drowned. The
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-31
Al
COSTA RIGA

.o,,,tionists started the fight.
The authorities have raideu '''
o.,o,,arters and. confscated many
sroarms sixty arrests have been
,r,a raids were continued today.
naroting finishes today and the
-, in General. The election OF Don
p;cardo Jiminez is probable.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-31
Lea Crushed Under Wheels.

TEkOA Aug 31.-Robert Mortimer.
bartender. while attempting to board
a freight train which was backing into
the O. r. & n. yard, fell and his right
leg was badly crushed by tire wheels.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-31

bullion, which it is thought the robber,
being overburdened dropped. mistaking
IL for a sack containing pennies
The bandit led the engineer to the
Pullman cars and after awakening the
sleepy passengers compelled them to
deliver their valuables. While this was
Continued On Page Four.1
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-31
Continued on Page EighD
Anti Suffragist On Tour.


VANCOUVER. II. c.. Aug 31.-Mrs-
Arthur II. Dodge. leader in the anti
>Ufla.c convenient in New York and
mead of tie american Association OF
Day Nurseries. ~ailed from Vancouver
today g. q two Years journey around
The world. She Will make close study OF
conditions affecting women in nearly
3L The nations Of the earth. For sew
era. wears Mrs. Dodge has actively op-
l'Svl the granting of the ballot To
N,MeA, and on several occasion mas
rd The New York anti suffragettes al
TIE legislative hearings in Albany.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-31
Z. F. BARKER SHOWS
BENEFIT TO VALLEY
OF ELECTRICS
Walla Walla Company Grows
Steadily and Returns
Money to Merchants.

Transportation was the keynote of
the addresses made at the weekly
luncheon of the Commercial club in the
Dacres hotel today noon, the principal
speaker having been Attorney f F..
Barker, who made short address on
behalf OF Manager George O'Connor,
of the Walla Walla Valley Traction
company In opening his talk, Mr..
Barker said the traction company was
trying to do a legitimate business i'm
this community, with no desire to do
anybody" He submitted figures to
show what the operation of the COM
pany's lines meant to the city and sur
rounding country. and to the business
men to whom the monthly salaries re-
vert in the end
The lines of the company have been
in operation little. more than two
years. and during the past nine months
the average payroll has averaged 107
men. The average amount of salaries
paid for the same period has reached
the sum of $7.2S4,s0 per month, exclu-
Sive of extra help that has been re-
quired. This is equivalent to nearly
$300 day for every working day in
the month. For the present month.
when extension work is under way. the
total Of salaries will amount to $4,000
or an average of 1915 for the 81 days in
August During the two years the
lines have been in operation the Walla
Walla Valley Traction company has
paid in wages alone more than $1S0000
In addition to the above figures. the
speaker showed that extra work is to
be done during the next two or three
of vast sums At the substation on
Sixth street d building S7x100 feet is
bainr erected at a cost of $10O. 900 This
does not have any connection with the
business block going up at Sixth and
offices New tools. implements and
supnlies to the value of 1000 are op
hand at this time including new
steam turbine to be uSed rs an auXll-
iarv to the Walla walla river power
plant. This turbine will be capable,
when installed. of generating 500 addi-
gencv. The company expects within
a few weeks to be prepared to generate
5000 horse power.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-31
[)()(jSH()N
IS BILLED.
NEW FEATURE FOR THE
COUNTY FAIR THIS :
SEASON
Live Stock Shows Will Be
the Best Ever Seen
in This County.

! Among the new departments in the
| livestock exhibit for the annual
county fair to be held October 40, are
the horse show classes and the dog
| show. Frank Cowan being superintend-
i ent of the latter. and Samuel Drum
| heller superintendent of the former. In
the horse show class are 20 lots, with
! liberal premiums in each lot. the local
association being as liberal in this re-
gard as the Spokane association. Great
! interest is being taken In the new de-
| nifty for greater number of entries, and
already Secretary r. H. Johnson is
the recipient of communications from
people throughout the west asking for
| blanks and particulars
One of the more interesting of the
| new departments will be the dog show,
which will be given in the space under
the grandstand. Breeders of fancy an
imals from all sections Of the west are
taking an interest in this and it is
probable many of the Seattle CANNES
will be brought from the exposition
show to compete for the liberal prizes
hung up by the Walla Walla associa-
ton
Women's Department.
Mrs. w. A. Ritz. who has been
named a superintendent of the wom-
ans department. having, filled that po-
sition with satisfaction to all last
year. will take up the work of inter-
to be given space on the second floor
of the pavilion. This department last
year attracted the attention of every
visitor to the fair. and Mrs. Ritz, aided
by competent colleagues, will make an
effort to surpass last years success.
Posters have been received by Sec
retary Johnson. many of them being
works of art and a force of workmen
are billing the smaller cities of the
country today. All of the minor details
in connection with the fair are being
worked out in advance. and everything
points to Cne of the most successful
events ever given under the auspices
Of the local association. Workmen are
already engaged in making repairs to
the buildings at the fair grounds, car
penters having almost completed the
addition to the grandstand in which
space has been reserved for rest rooms.
lavatories and COmmodatiOnS for
women and children. Entrance to this
rest room may be had from the grand
stand enclosure or from the outer lot.
and in that manner ample accommo-
dations will be available for every trav-
el-stained visitor to the 1909 fair.
Great Stock Show.
Never before in the history of the
city has such general interest been
taken in any department of the fair as
has already been shown in the live
stock exhibit.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-31

EAI ANA. Wash. Aug 31.-A forest
Gra is raging in the timber east OF
bare The Alger logging camps nave
..,,ad ont Cut timber and machinery
;s being destroyed. More tnan sec
.;o,, of Alrer's timber mas peeh
>,,aa ,pd the fire is advancing 70
ward Bars camp The loss Is con-
siderable.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-31
Track Extensions.

Mr. Parker referred to the extern
sions being made on the company S
lines. showing that large sums are pc
ing expended in ketterments. The
East Alder street line. approximately
a mile in length. is nearing completion
und the Prospect Heights extension
of tyvo miles is now under construc-
ton. Mr.. Barker pointed out the real
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-31
CONTINUED On Page Eight
Quaker Oats Dividend.

CHICAGO. Aug. 31.-A customary
dividend of ~ per cent on preferred
stock was paid today by the Quaker
Oats company. The company's busi-
ness is said to be as good as usual, but
there has been no remark able increase