The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-13

cast with cold, gray rain clouds; as
though the last fitting ray of light
! had been forever blotted out, and we
are disconsolate. Once having become
accustomed to your bray. we cannot
adjust ourselves to the painful silence,
and therefore ask you, as q special
favor, to let us hear your silvery YER
| bose persifiage some more. If no
other way can be found, cannot you
secure special dispensation from Sc
attic. and burst forth in some O., thar
! high class bar-room oratory for
which you are noted? Certain it is,
the gi!ded manager who sneaked away
to Seattle would do that much for Il
dear friend. did he but become &C
quainted with real facts
$ In hope that our request will re-
ceive due and proper consideration at
your hands, and that the world will
be made gladstone before your ray
ends it's mortal existence, we RENAL,
faith in copyrighted contests, and pad
ded lists
Word From WaIiuIa.
Perhaps the strongest statement yet
made by a young lady who has been
& ;,,<~ HI
contest is that made by Miss Flora
Cummings, of Wallula, whose name
has appeared at the head Of the list
in district No. 3 for several days.
Miss Cummings name appears twice
in the list of district No. 8, the first
appearance being credited with 41,S10
and the second with S9s. The bunc
manager apparently had some votes
with which he did not know what to
do. and solved the problem by giving
them to Miss Cummings in a second
place in the list. When interviewed
relative to the contest" Miss Cum
mings said:
Il am not. and never have been.
candidate l have solicited no sub
scriptions. nor will l do So She
gives the copyrighted" contest the
merry ha,- ba, as do practically all
residents of the Columbia river ci;y.
Following are the young ladies from
Wallula who have been entered in the
contest against their wishes, not one
of them taking any part in the affair:
Bertha McNett, $780, votes Elsie
Gardner. $40: Flora Cummings, $50;
Florence Butler. 60; Bessie Ross 20.
Not in the Contest"
Miss Bertha Lindberg. stenographer
in the office Of Prosecuting Attorney
Everett J. Smith. when interviewed
this morning. expressed surprise that
the bunc was conducting a contest,
and was still further surprised when
she learned that her name appears IN
the list of contestants. and that she
is credited with some 10000 votes.
Il did not know they were running
a contest" she said, land l was not
aware that my name appeared In the
list I wonder who placed me in NOM
'ination.''
Miss Lindberg seemed to give the
matter no serious consideration, and
iudging from the manner in which she
received the good news" she Will not
neglect her duties in the office in or
der to secure subscriptions TO the dis
reputable sheet down the street:
The name of Sarah Miller. B4 Mer-
rfmac street, appears in the buncs
lief To begin with, the maine cannot
he found in the latest city directory,
and in the next instance there is no
street in the city as Merrimac street
Why, oh why, doesn't somebody re-
wise that list and give the names and
addresses. as we'll as the total vote
cast in an accurate manner?
Some Local Names.
Miss Irene Clark notified a States
man reporter this morning that she
had phoned the contest manager of the
Bulletin several times asking to have