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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-18
CHRISTMAS
IREESARE
PLENTIFUL

BOSTON, Dec. 1S.-This years crop
of Christmas trees is abundant ana
of a good quality, although the price
is about the same as last year. The
open weather in the northern states
and New Brunswick has made it an
easy matter to gather stock. AZ re-
tail the trees are selling for from 40
to IS cents each, owing to size and
quality. The evergreens cost the
dealer about forty cents bundle. each
bundle containing from one to five
trees. Trees retailing at so cents are
said to cost the dealer only about II
cents. but this large margin of pratt
is defended by the inconvenience OF
handling this sort of merchandise. the
largo cost of delivery and the great
risk. Trees left on hand after Christ
mas are only so much rubbish and
cannot be given away. New Bruns-
wick supplies large part of the trees
used in New England and the east
generally.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-18
Wood Supply Long and Coal
Will Not Run Short
Is Prediction.
DEALERS WISE IN
SECURING SUPPLY
Strike on Northern Pacific
Did Not Affect Walla
Walla's Fuel.

Thanks to the foresight of the wood
and coal dealers cs this city FOR there
is an abundant supply of the former
while the latter is still holding out
in good shape. Several dealers stat
ed this morning there were any guam
titles Of wood and that the coal sup
ply, though not large, would probably
be sufficient to meet the demands as
most of the consumers have already
laid in their winter supply. That
assured from the fact that the noun
tains surrounding this city are full
arriving daily. 1t was owing to the
strike on the Northern Pacific lines
get as low as it did, but cars are
now arriving daily. 1t is now claim
ed by the dealers that there are about
500 tons of this still in the various
yards.
Current rumor has been circulated
that the supply of both wood and coai
was very short and that there was
a possibility of a famine in these pro-
ducts. Anticipating this very thing,
a good stock was laid in by the deal
ers at the opening of the winter sea-.
son and they are now fully able tc
meet the demands of all customers
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-18

Milwaukee mans address is due to the
fact that Fire Chief William Metz and
the police locked the doors after all
seats We're filed this being done i'm
order to prevent a crowding of the
aisles and the lobby. Hundreds of
voters, eager to hear the talk, were
turned away, and went to the court
house, where an overflow meeting
was held by the dry" faction. and
the old-time arguments and the
thread-bare literature were again
doped out to those who were present.
At 755 the business men of the city,
about 100 of them, filed onto the stage,
having to force their way between
hurdreds who blocked the stage en-
trance. AT this time also the band
played.
Former United States Senator Levi
Ankeny and Mayor Rose, the princi-
pal speaker of the evening, had no
sooner taken their position in front
of the men assembled on the stage,
than at the curtain was run up An
imposing sight met the gaze of those
on the stage. The same was true of
those in the audience. over the
brink of the stage, beyond the foot
lights, sat 1.G00 people. each willing
to undergo the ordeal of sitting more
than one half hour in order to hear
the word of this great man on this
all world wide and paramount issue
the liquor traffic.
There were men and women in the
audience. Hundreds of people were
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-18
pEpUBLICANs THEMSELVES ARE NOT salts
FLED WITH ALDRICH AND TAFT ATTITUDES
IN "REVISING" THE DINGLEY RATES.
Insurgents Overwhelmingly Endorsed and Cannonsm Is
Voted Down Success Magazine Conducts
Another Sensational Straw Ballot

questions and answers show their
views.
First question-"Do you believe
your vote for presidential candidate
last November was wisely cast?"
Of the republicans answering, 57as
said yes" $40 voted mo" OF the
democrats, 1928 voted yes" 206, NO
Second question: "Are you satisfied
with the first nine months of Tafts
administration"
OF the republicans, Sos2 voted "Yes.'
249O voted NO" and 227S declined to
vote. OF the democrats, 500 voted
yes" 2053 voted NO
Third question: DO you approve OF
the position Of Senator Aldrich in the
recent tariff legislation%'
OF the republicans SIT voted Yes,
ea13 voted mo" Forty democrats en-
dorsed Aldrich, while 2447 said mo.
Fourth question: do you approve
of the position of Speaker Cannon IN
tha recent tariff legislation?"
Replying, only 400 republicans salo
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.ayo,alty
Fight is ON

BOSTON, Dec. 1S.-Following the
last date for filing nomination papers
for mayor, the campaign for the job
of chief executive of the Hub is on
and will soon be in full swing. The
speaking campaign of Storrow, the
candidate of the, Municipal league, be-
gins TODAY. and promises to develop
into a whirlwind affair. Ex-Mayor
Fitzgerald and his followers have also
Manned for an active fight. Mayor
Hibbard is a candidate for reelection
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TAKES
A GOOD JUMP

Selling for over the ooilar iiiai NJ
all grades of wheat took jump yes
terday and showed every indication
TODAY of going yet higher. STANDARD
club was bought and SOLD for SI.oo
ner bushel while the Turkey Red
variety went as high as $1.O5. Blue
s+a,, cold here for a dollar and ter
cents a bushel while it brought Si.i'
in Pendleton. The market in this 10
ca,ity has not yet reached this nlgh
mark, but it is predicted that II soon
will Sales are being recorded In
great numbers but there are iii"hS
who are yet holding in the endeavoi
to get a still higher price.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-18
MAY FACE
A CHARGE

After inst one week of alleged mar
ried bliss, Lottie Jean, the white wo-
man who married Covey F. Kawa-
oata, Jap, last Friday, has decided
mat 1t is not all life of rosinesS anu
appeared in the offices of the prose-
cutting attorney this morning and tolu
MIN that her husband has been trif-
ing with her affections. This state
meAt was based on what she termed
olFect evidence, but as the bride had
only seen her husband in the company
VI another white woman, no legai
steps could be taken. When walking
y" the streets recently, Mrs. Kawa-
0a'a said that she met her Orienta4
spouse with woman whom she did
no' know and this fact was sufficient
W SUR up trouble in the domestic
household. A story of the entire af-
was lneH maze TO AtIOTuSs
Smith.
'er some little difficulty this
'p'e was married last Friday by a
'er living on Eureka Flat, this
ing made possible by the interven-
VI j. E. Ireland of this city The
ac1ng parties claimed to have
married previously by a Mormon
anu We're only going through the
ony again for the purpose OF
,'Slhg those who believed them to
ried ' os
irate bride declared that she
az watch her spouse in the future
h.... any OF her allegations can be
win 'y sufficient evidence, the JAP
be charged with adultery.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-18
HARD LUCK
WOULD NOT
SHAKE OFF

After a succession of heart breaking
reverses, E. j. Locks, homesteade1
Of the Horse Haven country was fore
ed to place his children in a home fol
the needy and yesterday his six little
ones arrived in Walla Walla and will
subsequently be cared for at the Ode
Fellows home.
Previously to coming here, the chill
dren parted with their father at Pas
CO, but they have been in Seattle
since their mothers death a year ago
1t was at this period that the sad
experiences Of this family began.
The father has been homesteader
in the Horse Heaven country and in
the four years he has been on the land
near Bickleton, he has not secured q
single crop. His results this year,
came the nearest to it. On 80 acres
seeded to wheat for hay he cut five
tons. He has been compelled to work
for wages to keep his family, and went
in debt to build house on the home
stead. The death of his wife broke UP
his family and he sent the children
to the Seattle home. DRY farming in
this district is not what it is cracked
up to be-" is the way Locke described
his experience. He intends to prove UP
on the land, however, and believes it
will prove valuable if an irrigation ca
nal is constructed.
Locke had misgivings about the or
phans' home in Seattle, from which he
took his children to this city. The
children complained that they were
not fed enough and that new clothes
which they took to Seattle with them
were exchanged for old ones. The!
also asserted that they were not per
mitted to write letters TO their faith
er or receive notes from him.
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Spokane, Walla Walla and
Western Nearly Ready
To Begin Work.
PRESIDENT OF THE
ROAD TALKS TODAY
Reluctant to Say Much But
Gives Assurance That
Company Is Alive

After months of apparent inactivity
during which time wonders have been
accomplished, the Spokane Walla
Walla and Western Traction line, in
which numerous local people are in
volved, has started active operations
again and will soon be in a fair way
to commence actual work. This assur-
ance he was given today by E. M. Sy-
monds, president of the road, and he
further stated that a definite offer had
just been made by an eastern concern,
whereby they will pay the sum of
s1,5OO.0OO to get in On the proposition.
Though speaking with assurance, Mr.
Symonds was yet reluctant to say
much, and made it understood that as
the subject of electric lines in this
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MINES
CLOSE

BUTTE, Dec. 18.-The Boston &
Montana mines of the Amalgamated
Copper company are idle again today
because of a coal shortage resulting
from the coal blocake, during the strike
of the switchmen. Three thousand men
are in enforced idleness. A party Of
strikebreakers sent yesterday from
Missoula to Wallace, Idaho to work In
the yards there, are said to have been
threatened with death by dynamite.
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New Ship in
Service NOW

LIVERPOOL, Dec. 18.-A new
triple screw steamer was added to the
Liverpool -Queenstown-New York ser
vice today with the sailing from this
mort of the big Laurentic, of the
White Star line The vessel VIII call
at Queenstown tomorrow morning,
and will then attempt to make a re-
cord breaking trip, for ships OF her
class. across the Atlantic. Laurentic is
mt into the service for the winter
months only.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-18

NEW YORK, Dec. 18.-Apparently
indicating that the country is not pe-
hind the Taft Cannon tariff legislation
but js supporting the so-calied "lnsur-
oAnt movement, results of a sensa-
tonal straw ballot" will appear next
Tuesday in the January number OIL
DSuccess" magazine Particular IN
tarest is attached to the ballot because
similar poll last year enabled sue
cess" to predict practically the exact
division of the electoral vote in the
presidential election.
On November 9. Success" mailed
295OO life subscribers list OF ten
suggestions, designed to sound the at
titude of the public To these questions
1902 replies were received. OF those
who answered. $3.50 were republicans
s213 were democrats and 1929 were in
depcndent. prohibitionist and mem
bers Of other parties. Practically eacii
state ir the union was represented.
In the letter accompanying the ques-
tons, the recent tour of the president
was recalled and his position con-
cerning both past and pending lesls-
lation was explained. The attltuoe Oh
several prominent legislators explain
ing the tariff of the last few months
was also outlined. After reviewing tiie
explanations, the voters were asheo
to Indicate their opinions. Taouiateo
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-18
ZIONISTS HOLD
MASS MEETINGS

TORONTO, Dec. 18.-Canadian He
brews are manifesting much interest
in the series of meetings to be held
in this city and Montreal during the
next three days by Reuben Bradnin'
the distinguished Jewish publicist ana
journalist, who has been prominently
identified with the Zionist organlza-
ton since it's inception. Next week
Herr Brainin will go to Rochester, ana
thence to Chicago.
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TOMORROW is
PEACE SUNDAY

BOSTON, Dec. 18.-A proclamation
from the headquarters Of the Ameri-
can Peace society in this city, desig-
mates tomorrow as Peace Sunday"
pei to observe the day as the occasion
of sermon on some topic connected
with international peace, justice. fra
ternity and arbitration. Assurances
that the day will be so observed
have been received from clergymeE
all over the United States.
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OPPOSING
PURCHASE
REMONSTRANCE TO BE
ENTERED AGAINST
MORE CEMETERY
CITY Cannot Care For New
Addition Planned, Is
Plea Advanced.

Since the agitation was started for
the purchase of 35-acre tract OF
ground for city cemetery purposes
information has come to light that a
cemetery association was in course
of organization in Walla Walla, the
intention being to secure for the city
a burying-g ground that would be self
supporting, and at the same time fill
every want in so far as prices are
concerned.
There have been objections in some
quarters to the plan Of purchasing the
Stone tract, the points raised being
the dearth of water for sprinklins
purposes, the cost of maintaining the
additional in conjunction with the
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WOULD OBSERVE
COLUMBUS DAY

AKRON, o., Dec. ia convention
of all the Italian societies in Ohio has
with the object of preparing a petit
tion to Governor Harmon, asking him
to use his influence to have October IL,
Columbus day, set apart as legal
holiday in this state. Such action has
already been taken in several srares
and the Italians hope to have Ohio
follow their example.
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is
ELECTED

! NEW YORK, Dec. 1S.-Thom- :
= as Lynch, OF Meriden, Connecti- =
4 cut, was today unanimously ell 4
+ ected president of the National :
= league. John Heydler, who has =
= acted as president since the death :
= of Harry Pulliam. was chosen =
Z. secretary. Lynch was nominat- =
= ed by John r. Brush Of the New =
= York club. y
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THREE.CENT
FARE WINS

- CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 1S- =
- Federal Judge Taylor, acting as :
r arbitrator in the famous Cleve- =
!. land street railway dispute. to- I
4 ay decided in favor of the three =
= cent fare with one-cent trans :
Z. fer.
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John E. Boyer formerly of Walla
Wal,a, but now living in Seattle is
in the city today attending to busi4
ness and visiting friends.
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Christmas Shops

-, holm the early shopper by being
WI" ,-ortisers and using the Even
sA'' r.otasman. 1t is certain to reach
.he early buyer
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Christmas SHOPPERS

Will find the greatest help of any to
DC the Statesman ads. especially IL
economy is an object do your shop
ping early"
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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-25
The Lincoln
County Bank
CANTON, S. d. -
A K BROWN, President,
O. A. RUDOLPH, Vice Pres.
ED L. WENDT Secretary,
O. x. BROWN, Cashier.
TO Abolish The Fly.

1t happens every day, and so one
paws very little attention. Maybe it
is the butter, or prehaps the slice of
bread Iongside ones plate. Or else,
quite possibly, it is the milk in the
pitcher. But whatever it is that
attracts the omniprcscnt fly, it's
appearance, as it crawls over the food
on the table, is unappetiZing.
The health authorities of New York
City estimate that about One-half of
the deaths from typhoid in the metro
polls annually are attributable to the
distribution of the germs by flies.
But, serious as this matter is, it is OF
vastly less Importance than the des.
truCtion OF human life particularly
that OF young children, by the bowel
complaints which these insects are
chiefly instrumental in spreading
1t is rcckoned that deaths from these
latter maladies in New York would
be reduced from 1000 to about 1000 a
year if proper precautions were taken
to prevent the breeding of flies.
The insects will breed in fcrmcnting
vegeta bic or animal material of almost
any kind Garbage suits them first
rate. The maggOts and chrySalid
have been found in great numbers
in rotten straw mattresses, among
old Gotten garments, and even in
waste paper that had deem exposed to
wet.
Now so far as stables are concerned
which are accountable for ninety-livc
per cent of the output in cities, the
Matching Of the insects can be absOl-
utely prevented by the simple devices
of putting all manure into covered
rece eptaclc, and removing the contents
once week. This receptacle should
be watcr-tight bin or pit, provided
with a cover, 50 as to prevent the
imgrcss and egresS of flies.
The additional methods demanded
are the following: Abolish all unsani
tary OuthOuSeS. Allow no accumu
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-25

highest mcttle and indomitable fear
lcSSn"ss no one who has encountered
him in mortal fray will deny.
Sir Robert Harvey, Bart. has travel
ed three times from his vast English
country scat at Langley Park. Slough,
to hunt African big game and relates
particularly sensational adventures
with lions and Cape DuffalocS. the lat
ter considered by him as among the
most dnu,rruus cOnhatants he has
ever confronted.
"If Il rhinOcrrOS charges you ana
misses" declares Sir Robert Harvey.
"hn will probably continu" on madly
in the direction he is headed without
turning t. attack you again. whereas
the Afrir%u buffalo will actually hunt
you. and hunt you tirclessly and most
persistcutly."
Sir Robert encountered the largest
buffalo he has ever killed in grassy
country, and his first shot (at thirty
yards, broke its ribs. The brute i'm
mediatrly charged and received the
contents Of another barrel. After this
the buffalo. mad with pain, chased
Sir Robert around and around, getting
so close at last that the barOnet gave
himself up for lost and iDstinctivPly
clutched at the beasts huge horns.
He also smute his enemy on the
nose with the butt end Of his rifle.
The great animal tossed its head how
ever. and jc~ked Sir Robert some
yards away. lis rifle flew out of his
hands. leaving him utterly defense,
less.
81 crawlcd away in the long grass,
said Sir Robert and when l thought
l was at Il respectful distance l rose
up aud ran t" the camp for another
rifle"
in the meantime the buffalo haG
turned its attention to Sir Roberts
gun bearer whom it gorcd horribly
through the stomach and then tram
pied suvagcly underfOot. The unfor
tunntr man was quite dead when his
master rcturned to finish off the dying
ANIMAL which already had eIs)ugl
lead in it to settle two or three or
dinary bufraloos.
While these buffalocs are usually
found in rccdy swamps by huntsmcn
it is not infrcquently that they are
met in forests They habitually trave
in herds of from 80 to 200 or 300
those found alone usually proving tc
be old bulls. When small herds. from
eight to fifteen members, are discov
cred they must be approached very
warily indeed as the lesser groups fol
some reason are invariably more
scary than large bodies. The buffa
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-25
OUR SAVINGS DEPARTMENT

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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-25
SIllNNING AN ELANp.

versatile ANIMALS, and thus it is a par
him pcrsstcntly when he is wounded
for it is then that he exercises his
gencrnlShip most effectively. For in
stance, he will seem to flee from the
hunter and disappear In dense
thicket. The hunter follows, only to be
met and perhaps killed by an unex
pectrl rush from the beast, which on
entering the thicket has turned, hidden
craftily and awaited the oncoming Of
his aSSnilant to catch him unaWares
or in such crnmpcd quarters that he
cannot handle his gun with any rapid
ty or aim with certainty.
Very little is required to arouse the
ire of 4 buffalo COW when with her
young, but she can be more readily
killed than bull owing to the com
parativc thinneSS Of her head bones,
but the bulls skull is practically bullet
proof, though a lucky shot that hits
the narrow crease In the forehead be-
tween the horns and above the eyes
will kill.
Crocodiles are found in many Of the
waters of Uganda but Mr.. Roosevelt
will find them in especially large num-
bers when he reaches the upper courses
of the Nile and down which they are
found as far as Benz 1nssan. The
Nile crocodile makes sand banks his
favOritc hauntS, where the current Is
not too strong to put the lazy monster
to hard work IN swimming about.
The bOldncSs Of crOcOdileS IS proven
bal among hunters of them, and they
attack men, horses and cattle with
deadly vigor. Another chara eristic Is
their remarka BILE tenarity Of llfe-such,
in fact, that there are only two shots
that prove instantly fatal to them, one
that penptrateS the brain and one that
sewers the spinal cord in the neck.
Some sportsmen recommend shoulder
shots; but, while these will ultimately
cause the reptiles death, 1t Is able to
escape into the water. where it imme-
dlately sinks Regarding the brain
shot. it should be made by hitting the
crocodile bChind the aperture of the
! ear.
The crocodilo's boldness is well
shown by story told by a correspond
ent of the London Times. A man
named Williams was fording branch
! Of the upper Nile on horseback. An
enormous crocodile about twenty five
feet in length the record length Ia
| about thirty-three feet reached up
ward with its cavernous jaws and
dragged Mr.. Williams from his horses
back, chewing his leg dreadfully. AS
the reptile let go its hold the man