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were taken at the Mckinley orphanage,
but the matron became I'll and was re-
lieved of this responsibility. Having
a perfect genius for handling children
during the difficult years. the manage
ment did not want her strength dissi-
pated So now 'the littlest OF them air
will soon have four candles on her
birthday cake
When the children scamper In from
school they look as IL they belonged In
as many small homes where time and
love and money had been expended on
their upbringing. Frocks. IN few
cases supplied by relatives. in others
by church friends of the home, and
many Of them the work of the matron.
made In ell very attractive lot of well
cared for children. No two are allowed
to dress alike. Even sisters do not
wear hats alike. Mrs. Courneen says
that 1t Is just as easy to buy remnants
as bolts of cloth and that It Is far more
interesting to make them up and cer-
tainIy the results are better appreciated
by the children. Every effort Is made
to save the little ones from the designa-
tion charity children When any
number of them go out together, they
never march in line.
The matron has much to say OF her
girls. but she declared that there are
no better boys than hers anywhers In
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SO we'll thought of that the Arm is VITA
ing to- take him back. insuring his op
portunity to become self-supporting.
The case of this boy and the larger
girls who are being fitted to take care
OF themselves emphasizes an important
endeavor OF the administration of the
Mckinley orphanage, leaving it entire
ly free from the oft repeated charge
OF other years that when orphans in
institutions reached the age of IA and
state aid was no longer received for
them, they were given to any one who
would take them. Now by the time
really dependent children reach the
age OF IA the management concentrates
it's efforts on preparing these children
for the work they really want to do.
Three or four cases are now In the de-
velopment stage.
Mrs. Courneen is always watching
out for talent in any of her children
and does not put the seal of her ap-
proval upon the people who never look
for 1t in dependent children. feeling
that they have no right to talent be-
cause they have no friends.
The children of this orphanage learn
to darn and sew and do certain prac-
tioal kinds of fancy work. What was
formerly q conservatory II now q sew
ing room. 1t opens to the yard so the
girls need not be shut In when they
are being little housewives A group
of tho larger girls make coin sacks
for the banks. When they first did
this work they had the money to dis
pose of as they wished. Latterly they
have applied 1t to bed I'm the home.
The particular group of girls who make
the coin sacks call themselves the Nc
Kinley Carnation club.
In former years. very young babies
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AS this girl developed surprisingly, she
turns those lessons directly over to
others in the house. She is methodical
about arranging for the lessons and
practice Of her pupils. and her particu-
lar ability is adding much to the pleas
ure of the home. Mrs. Courneen says
that this girl would never make a cook
or second girl and she is very happy
to have been able to start her in con-
genial work.
Another girl who did not Mt into tho
scheme of household economy is max
ing distinct progress In the study Of
commercial work. AS but one boy has
grown up In the orphanage the question
Of trades or employment for them has
not yet been q vital one. real sor-
row came to the home through q serious
accident to one boy who has grown I'D
under Mrs. Courneen. He obtained en-
ployment with the Waltz-Danner print
ing company, was paying something
toward his board and was looking for
ward to the time when he would be able
to help his sister, who Is also in the
home. Last June, when he was out on
an errand for the frm, he was run over
by q streetcar and had to have one of
his legs amputated we'll above the knee
He Is now a convalescent, waiting for
the adjustment OF an artificial leg and
before long Will be taken back by the
firm and taught the trade. Mrs Cour-
neen has convinced the boy Of his good
fortune that he did not lose an arm
and she has him almost happy again.
But she is really proud that her boy Is
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Developing Natural Bent

One phase OF the work which Is of
the greatest concern TO Mrs. Courneen
is the consideration for the individual.
She watches the boys and girls and cul-
tivates any natural bent. For instance:
One girl decidedly musical In her tastes
soon learned to play marches and other
music for the different drills and exer-
cises and was able to take the place OF
an accompanist who came in for hire
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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-09-09
NEWS FROM SCANDINAVIA.
Principal Events That Have Trans-
PRED in the Old Countries
Within Week or So,
NORWAY.

| ID - + y sEgf ( Z
The crawfsh pest is killing the.
crawfish in lake Hjalmaren and the
rivers of the neighborhood.
Bjornson's new drama will be pre-
sented from The stage in Krtstiania,
Copenhagen and Berlin, Oct. Is.
The people around Stavanger have
exported large quantities of currants
to England this season at profitable
price. England can consume enor-
nous quantities of this kind Of fruit.
Germany was in the field long ago;
but the Norwegian berries are richer
and finer than the German goods, and
can be raised more cheaply.
The London tourist bureau sent
man TO Norway last spring to make
inquiries as to the prospects of max
ing Norway winter sports resort.
He reported that Norway offers fine
winter sports for one or two months
after the season expires in Switzer.
land. But the hotel accommodations
In the mountain districts Of Norway
are so limited that 1t would be i'm
possible to take large parties from
England to those regions in the win
ter season.
Kristian Koldager has been pre-
centor at the Notero church for fifty
years. He was born at Sitskogen,
Nov. 5, 1881. and his parents were
musical. He was graduated from AS
ker seminary in 1854, and immediate
ly accepted position as public school
teacher at Notero. Four years later
he was also made precentor. In 1892
he resigned as teacher, but Is still
serving as precentor. His voice is
still strong. in spite of his 70 years,
and his ear for music is as good as
ever.
The famous Borregaard case is still
dragging along thru the courts. Bor-
regard is the name Of place close
TO Sarpsborg, in southeastern Norway.
A saloon has been running at this
place for centuries. A few years ago
the people voted it out. But the pro-
prietors claim that the license In this
particular case is perpetual privi-
lege that neither laws nor elections
can nullify. and law suit was the
result. Large manufacturing estab-
lishments have made Borregaard an
important industrial center, and the
whole nation is following the proceed
ings with keen interest. Those who
are against the saloon are constantly
calling attention to the fact that the
property is now owned largely by
| foreign capitalists. and it is argued
that those who patronize the saloon
are simply making rich Englishmen
still richer The prejudice not only
against the saloon. but against the
whole concern may possibly be work
ed up TO such pitch that the com.
pany decides TO close the saloon, no
matter what the decision of the court
may be. -, g
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-09-09

bleak coast of Labrador Peary gave
to the world the news that he had at
tanned his goal in the far North, while
at the same moment in far off Den
mark DR.. Frederick A. Cook of Brook
Ign was being dined and entertained
royalty for the same achievement.
First word of Peary's success
reached New York in despatch to
the Associated Press. 1t contained
the bare announcement of his finding
the pole. Almost simultaneously he
had transmitted the news to London,
repeating dramatically and simply:
STARS and stripes nailed to the North
pole" At the same time he similarly
advised the governor of Newfound-
land.
Entire World Startled.
Both the old and the new world
were thus appraised of his great
achievement practically at the same
moment and the excitement which fol-
lowed attests to the high pitch of in
terest aroused over this climax of
mans perseverance. News paper ex-
tras were rushed from the press and
those who read marveled at the twist
of the universe which had snatched
the ice mask from the North in so
strange manner.
Like DR.. Cooks first message
Peary's was tantalizing in it's brief
ness and the waiting public, stimulated
by Cooks success, was left unsatiated.
For, as did DR.. Cook, Peary resumed
his homeward voyage Immediately
after filing the curt news of discovery.
A few words were added to this
meagre information at ESQ p. m.,
when there was made public this ad
ditional information sent to Herbert
L. Bridgman of Brooklyn, secretary
of theh Peary Arctic Club:
"Pole reached. Roosevelt SAFE"
(Signed) Peary."
This gave assurance that the vessel
in which Peary departed had passed
of his homecoming and date of the
discovery of the pole were still lack
Ing. It was not until the New YORK
Times had received a dispatch later ir
the afternoon that these vital points
were cleared up. The message said:
II have the pole, April g.. Expect
arrive Chateau Bay Sept. It'll
. Year Later Than Cook.
~ With this Information at hand it wal
|. comparatively simple matter to as
certain that the April 9Th referred t.
was April Of the present year, as hi,
expedition did not start from New
York until July Z, 1908.
April 6, 19O9.-the date that Pear,
planted the flag at the pole-and Apri
81, 1908, the date that DR.. Cook un
furled the stars and stripes. yeal
before, consequently become the car
dinal dates upon which exploration o
the far North will rest hereafter.
Though separated by nearly q yea
the same feat was accomplished b.
two Americans, neither Of whom WA.
aware Of the movements Of the other
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-09-09
SWEDEN.

The commune OF Storelvedal is will.
ing to buy the Evenstad property.
The present owners ask about S140,.
900 for it.
There was general run on the
savings banks of Gafle just before
the strike. and $4,000 was taken out
in small amounts in one day. -.
Axel Johnson. Sweden's leading
ship owner, is actually planning the
establishment of a Swedish-American
steamship line. This corroborates
part of cablegram received some
time ago. But another statement
made at the same time is incorrect.
Johnson has no idea of buying Ameri.
can steamers. Two new steamers
will be ordered, and they will be built
in Sweden unless they can be made
much more cheaply abroad
Mrs. ]. Lundh, of Lofvestad, Ma
rike, was stung by bee while walk
ing in the garden. She hurried to her
husband, who succeeded in pulling out
the sting. She lay down on lounge,
and her husband left her without hav-
ing any idea of serious results. Short
ly afterwards, however, boy who
stayed with her ran and told that she
was unconscious. BY the time her
husband reached her she was dead.
A doctor was sent for, and he ex-
planned that her death was due not to
the bee sting, but to heart failure,
caused by sudden fear. The woman
was 81 years old, and had never been
strong.
A cable dated Aug. % says: The
cabinet has decided not to submit to
the courts the labor conflict which
led to the strike. The Salvation Army
states that the distress in the homes
of the workingmen who are striking,
is terrible. Many laborers have
pawned most of their belongings, and
their families either have no food or
get only one meager meal day.
They are also afraid that their land
lords will ejecL them. The strikers
dare not and can not turn to the poor
department, but depend upon the Sal
walton Army, which is preventing an
actual famine. According to govern
ment reports, 211,OS9 persons are
striking, while the strike leaders claim
that the number exceeds 100000.
It has been practically impossible
to hire anybody to keep watch dur.
ing the strike at the powder and dyna.
mite storehouse at Soderhamn. AS
much as Is cents an hour has been
offered for man to hold down this
soft snap job, but no one was willing
to run the risk.
At Mellerud and other places II
Dalsland an insect Is stripping the
pine trees Of their needles. IN some
places large groves stand as naked
as are American tamarack swamps ii
winter. So far the very youngest
ttrees have been spared.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-09-09
ARRIVED At TOP OF WORLD ON
APRIL 6 OF THE PRES =
-.~ EMIT YEAR. -a~
SCIENTIFIC WORLD ASTOUNDED
News Given In Brief Message Sent
From Labrador-Found No Trace
of Dr.. Cooks Expedi.
ton.
PEARY'S MESSAGES.

PENRYS MESSAGES.
Indian Aarbor. via Cape Ray,
= N. P, Sept. ITO Associated
y Press, New York: Stars and Strip.
" es nailed to north pole.
-Peary.
= New York, Sept "a teIe.
= gram was received here for Her.
bert L. Bridgman, secretary Of the
, Arctic Club of America: II reads:
"PoIe Reached. Roosevelt safe.
"-Peary."
Brooklyn, Sept. 6.-The follow.
Ing message was received In
Brooklyn: Successful. Roose.
welt Safe.-Peary."
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-09-09

New York. Sept 7.-Peary has sue.
ceeded.
STARS and stripes nailed to the
North Pole"
From out the Arctic darkness there
was flashed this message which stun.
ned the scientific world and thrilled
the heart of every layman. From the
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-09-09
TORNELL'S RESTAURANT.
Warren. Mimi.

Meals and lunches served at all
hours.
Farmers and transients. call at my
place and enjoy a good, warm meal
while in the city.
A good place to have your Sunday
dinners. PIN
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-07
Lewiston LOYAL,

Showing their loyalty and lending
all the support that they were able to
their own team, the 5 o'clock train ar
rived in the city this morning from
Lewiston bearing a 20-p;ece band and
a crowd of about 81 rooters. This evil
dence of faith in home grown pro-
ducts" as displayed by the Lewiston
aggregation, struck a responsive
chord in the residents of this city
and from all sides, words of praise
were heard for those who came to
help their own men in the finals that
are being run off this afternoon.
AT 1870 o'clock the Lewiston high
school band formed on the corner OF
Second and Main streets and after rem
dering several selections in a very
creditable manner marched up Alder
street to the college grounds where
they played for the benefit of the large
crowd that was in attendance.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-07

assurance against the spread OF the
crime at any time to any part OF the
country Imitators of the genuine
Black Hand workers are constantly
appearing, demanding money under
threats of death and causing intense
agony of mind. If the roots of this
evil are not found and extirpated no
life will be safe. The government must
take hand practically if the New
York authorities are forced to con-
fess their inability, in the face of such
crimes as this latest holocaust to cope
with the conditions, which have been
caused in large part by the laxity OF
the immigration system.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-07
FAIR
THE TRI-STATE TRACK MEET.

The success with which the annual
Tri-State InterschOlastic Track and
Field meet is being conducted on
Ankeny field, reflects great credit not
only on the Whitman college officials,
but also on the Commercial club which
has backed the undertaking with the
promise to make good any financial
deficit that might result, and finally
upon the city in general, which has
volunteered its Hearty support. on
every hand. Three hundred students
from the representative high schools
of Washington, Oregon and Idaho have
been brought to the city, welcomed
and entertained at great expense, but
with all the time and trouble. Walla
Walla will undoubtedly be well re
paid In the expressions of praise and
favorable comments that will be
voiced by the visitors when they re-
turn to their homes after having en-
jOyed to the full the many cOurtesies
extended by Whitman and the Garden
city.
on the other hand the quiet decor
um and the manly conduct of the con-
testants and their cohorts of rooters
days. brings to us good report of the
schools which they represent and re-
fleets in a great measure the good
work Of those under whose direction
the youths of other cities have been
trained. There have been no Incl
dents of disorder nor trace of rOudyism
among the visitors who fllve acquitted
themselves in a gentlemanly manner
on the athletic field and on the
streets of the city. Too often affairs
OF this kind are married by uncon-
trolable tendencies on the part of the
contestants and their friends to cele-
br'ate their victories or console their
defeats with noisy hilarity, but when
che boys who have been the guests of
Whitman return to their homes, the
mothers and fathers who await them
can find cause for rejoicing in the
fact that. even though unadorned with
medals. they return with regulations
unsmirched by any trace of unmanly
behavior.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-07
WILL INVESTIGATE
ARM0RY RAILING
King County Prosecuting Attorney Will
Look Into Cause Of Accident
Which Wounds 81 People,
Five Fatally.

SEATTLE, May prosecuting At
tornsy George Van Deever declared
this morning that he would order
rigid investigation of the breaking of
the balcony railing in the new arm
DRY, where last night 100 spectators,
witnessing the finish of an exciting
Marathon race in the Seattle Athletic
club, were precipitated to the floor be-
low, injuring 81. five perhaps fatally.
Cecil Thornton, aged IA; John Muir
ray, aged 10; r. l. Green, a student
in the University of Washington;
Mrs. o. F. Spriggs. and B. M. Simon
son of Brighton Beach, are the ones
who will probably die.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-07
FINALS RUN OFF TO
DAY AT WHITMAN
CONTINUED From Page One.)

Prior TO the ball game, the contest
ants were entertained with q concert
in Whitman Memorial chapel, and the
large auditorium was well filled with
visitors from the various cities repre-
scented in the meet The numbers were
all heartily appreciated, and the mu-
sicians received liberal applause and
frequent encore.
Business Suspended.
Business houses throughout the city
are closed this afternoon to allow THEN
employees to attend the finals on An
keny fields and one of the largest
crowds ever seen at the college is in
attendance. The stores, banks, county
offices and city offices closed at noon,
and the city presents a deserted ap-
pearance. Every available conveyance.
including the electric ears, have been
pressed into service to transport the
hundreds of spectators to the scene of
activities, while hundreds availed
themselves of natures generosity and
walked to Ankeny field.
There was much interest in the pre-
liminaries yesterday afternoon, but
with the events sifted down to the first
and seconds in yesterdays program,
rivalry between the twenty competing
schools is at fever heat, and the con-
testants are doing their best to carry
home the pennants. With Spokane
high Lewiston, and Walla Walla lead
ing in the number of men eligible for
the finals today hope is high among
the respective adherents of these
III
to carry off the final honors this af-
ternoOn. Spokane with % representa-
tiveS in the different events would
seem to have the best chance of WIN
ming the pennant, but Walla Walla and
Lewiston with II and II men eligible
respectively expect to make the Spo-
kane school a close run for their
money. With the scattering entries ir
the several events from the Other
schools in the three states Spokane
may lose enough points to these insti-
tutions to give Walla Walla the meet
Meet a Success.
The ninth annual Tri-state Inter
! scholastic meet has proven to be on,
| of the biggest successes ever inaugu
rated by Whitman college. The number
| of schools represented is larger thar
! in any previous years, and more con
testants are taking part in the various
events Without exception the visitors
have expressed themselves as highl.
pleased with the treatment accorded
them while In Walla Walla, and TIL
| college authorities have been the re
| cipientS of many compliments regard
| ing the manner in which the meet ha
| been conducted.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-07
BLOME PEOPLE GET
PAVING CONTRACT
Council Held Secret Session for An
Hour to Determine Action-Many
Interested Property Holders
Attend.

AS was predicted in last nights
Statesman, the contracts for street
paving in districts No. 81, SO, and SO,
were awarded to the Rudolph S.
Blome Granitoid company, of Chica-
go, the street committee report having
recommended such action. 1t required
an hours secret session on the part
of members of the committee to make
a final decision, and fully 20 interested
property owners awaited in the coun-
Gil chambers for the ultimatum.
The paving contracts awarded to the
BlOme company mean that Walla
Walla will try a new kind of pave
ment known as the granitoid, cement
and stone mixture. THE contracts
We're let on the basis of $2.37 per
square yard without maintenance,
with cents added for maintenance for
five years. District No AZ includes
North Spokane street from East Main
to East Rose. Only one bid was sub
mitted on this district. that Of the
Blome people. District No. 81, award
ed to the Blome people, takes in North
Palouse street; district No. 80. East
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-07
STONES ADD. NOW A
LEGAL PART OF CITY
Continued From Page One.)

legally no more portion of the city
than is Fort Walla Walla.
In assuming to take jurisdiction of
the streets in Stones addition, the
city, if any accident case were taken
into a higher court would be immune
from damages, and voters registering
from that precinct might have been des-
ignated as illegal Ritz precinct will, by
the councils annexation of the ad
ditiOn, have to be rearranged and a
new set Of registration books supplied.
Any number of contingencies might
have arisen, one of which would have
been the illegality of the city in spend
ing taxpayers money for street improve
ments, lights, sewers and other bene-
fits, and the whole proceedings would
have been deemed illegal if fought out
in the courts.
Surprise to Council.
Just how the discovery came about
is still to be determined but that the
plat had not been recorded in the
county auditors office was determined
by investigation yesterday. That the
ordinance had been passed, signed by
the mayor and ready to be given Of
fetal publication, had been determined
beyond the possibility of doubt.
Assistant City. Attorney ]. c. Hurs-
pool, who drew up the ordinance pass
ed by the city council Tuesday even
ing, said yesterday that he had not
been notified of any illegality in
| the proceedings and was not aware
that the plot had not been recorded
with the auditor Members of the
council, apparently, were of the opin-
! ion that everything was in accordance
with the charter provisions, and the
| discovery that there was a mis-
take was something of a surprise to
| them.