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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-22
OPERATION NEEDED
TO FIND THE JOKE
Practical Joker Affected to Swallow
Watch-Surgeons Nearly Rip
Him Open.

PARIS. April 22.-Adolphe Robert, an
architects clerk. is a practical joker
whose latest pleasantly proved a
boomerang (which is likely to cure him
Of the taste for that particular style
of humor.
His birthday was celebrated a few
nights ago at a family dinner party
and at the end of the repast Nine.
Robert presented a magnificent watch
to her husband in honor of his natal
day. The gift evoked much admira-
ton and the recipient made a brief
speech thanking his relatives and his
wife for their good wishes and pres
ants. Closing his remarks, he said:
AT the Montmartre fete there are
neople who swallow swords, burning
torches or live eels. l make speciality
of swallowing watches"
Before the company could realize his
intention he gave a gulp and his fine
new chronometer disappeared Nine
Robert shrieked and tainted.
A doctor summoned to revive her was
told the cause of her indsposition and
immediately insisted that Robert must
be taken to a hospital or his amateur
watch swallowing would prove fatal
"Reminiscences were of no avail.
Robert was rushed to a hospital on
The gallop. There the physicians failed
ny prodding. to locate the watch and
surgeons We're about to perform an
operation when the sight of cold steel
suddenly revived the patient He pro
duced the watch from hidden pocket
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-22
FANS
AMERICAN IDEA
Result of Experiment Made by DR.. S.
S. Wheeler in the Early
Eighties Used Every
where Now.

CHICAGO, April 22.-(SpeciaD
all the hot weather comforts the cleo
trio fan is easily the first. A bit of
shade brings a little relief from the
heat of the July sun, bit of cracked
ice properly applied to certain hot
weather beverages helps to keep the
sufferer a few. degrees below a dang
erous temperature; but it is the little
electric fan which brings the cool
breezes of the hills into the hottest
apartment, into the sWeltering city flat
or the hot office. No matter how hot
the sun shines, no matter how much
humidity in the air, 20 matter how
stiflling and stagnant the atmosphere
the touch of a button and the cooling
breeZes are at the command of any
one in any quantity or velocity desired.
Electricity is the magician which
holds captive the rays of the sun and
lsts them out after nightfall to drive
away the somber shades of night; who
takes the heat of the coal and brings
it into the house to cook the foods and
heat the rooms. who takes the power
of falling water and carries it miles
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-22
Who's Your Friend?

OF the many plays that have been
produced during the past and pres
ent seasons, the one big genuine hit"
of all the comedies has been awarded
by popular consent to who's Your
Friend?" a comedy by the famous au-
thors of "Ermine,' and 'Niobe."
The play abounds in quaint humor,
shrewd eccentricity, perfect natural
ness, and a delicate thread of pleas
ing romance, cleverly interviewer into
an interesting plot.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-22
DEPUTY INSPECTOR
ADAMS VERY j S
Three BUs,ne Firms In the City Vio-
late Law by Filling Old Bottles
With Inferior Goods and
Are Caught.

Deputy Will H. Adams, working
under the orders of State Dairy and
-, Food Commissioner l.. Davies. is
busily engaged at present in this city
making a thorough investigation Of
meat shops, grocery stores, restau-
rants and all places that deal with
the various food stuffs. Mr. Adams
is under implicit instructions TO re-
port all cases of violation of the food
| laws and shows no laxity in regard
to any Of these matters. His closing
up of the slaughter shop Of Brennan
and Terrell was the first step taken
in Walla Walla towards a more sani-
tary condition of those places which
supply the public with food, and before
he leaves, Mr.. Adams expects to have
every establishment working in con-
Torrance with the state laws.
The principal labor in connection
with this office is in visiting the var
iOus places and taking samples These
are then shipped TO the state chemist,
who Immediately reports to Mr. Ad-
ans any breach OF the laws in regard
to pure food, and he then acts ac-
cordingly.
In visiting the restaurants of the
city, Mr.. Adams discovered that in
three of them spurious make shifts of
meat sauce were being used and were
being sold under a well-knoWn brand
in refilled bottles .
Deputy Adams is working under
special instructions covering all such
cases as this as he has recently had
an opinion from the attorney general
which shows that the laws of 1907
are adequate to all such dishonest
vendors. Questioned concerning the
matter this morning, Mr.. Adams said:
Il have the names of the houses, but
wish to hold them for a few days.
The law against reflling is severe. In
these special cases, the labels were
so filthy from constant refilling that
they were hardly recognizable. but L
know that the bottles used are from
a firm which does not sell in bulk but
only in separate receptacles. L nave
letters from the manufacturers adVls-
ing me of the fact that their goods
are only sold in this way.
Mr.. Adams will continue his clean
ing up Of such places and gathering
of samples until next Saturday, Wheh
re expects to leave.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-22
TO THE
RUPTuRED
4 New Home Cure That Anyone
Use Without Operation, Pain.
Danger or Loss of Time.

have new Method that cures r1
I want you to use it at my expense am IN IN
irving to sell you Truss but offer Won o Luz
that stays cured and ends all truss-wearinr an
danger of strangulation forever. ~AS
No matter whether you have a single don,
or navel rupture or one following an operaso~
nv Method is an absolute cure. No matter WIN NJ.
your age nor how hard your work, nv Metb nSs
will certainly cure you. especially want ~
send it free to those apparently hopeless cass ~
where all forms of trusses, treatments and ooere'
tions have failed. l want to show evervope a.
my own expense, that my Method will enC. al
rupture suffering and truss-wearing for all tms
This means better health, increased physirel
ability and longer life. My free offer is too
and begin your cure at once. Send no money
Simply mail coupon below. Do it to-day.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-22

and miles In turn the wheels of indus
try and transportation. And, not con-
tent with all theses wonders, electricity
has stuffed into it's wonder bag the
four winds and releases them at your
command.
The electric fan was an American
invention which has been developed
within the last few years until millions
of the fans are in use throughout the
world. Back in the early eighties DR..
S. s. Wheeler, an electrical engineer OF
New York, was experimenting With a
small electric motor In the course OF
his experiments the doctor conceived
the idea that steamboats, might be
run with electricity if the propeflers
could be directly connected to high
speed electric motors, doing away with
the gears then in use in steam propul-
sion With this idea in mind he had
small screw propeller constructed
and fastened it to the armature shaft
of his small motor. To his surprise
the experiment resulted in fine
breeze of cooling air which more than
delighted the eXperimenter, for the
day decidedly hot. 1t is needless to add
that the experiments with screw pro-
pellers ended right there and the engi-
neer took up the study of the electric
fan with the result that he soon per-
fected the device until it was a COM
mercial success.
At that time all the fans were run
| by batteries Later they were con-
nected with the series arc lighting cir
cults, but this was found to be as
dangerous as it was unsatisfactory.
| Little advance was made until 1883
when a successful attempt was made
to connect them with the new mean
descent lighting circuits. each fan to
| take the place of a lamp. Battery cur
rent was too expensive for this venti-
! lating device. but as soon as central
station current was available the fan
! became popular at once. and about
1890 the manufacturer of electric fans
began in earnest. couple of years
| later the ceiling fan was introduced
and since that time the production OF
desk, bracket, ceiling and oscillatlng
fans has grown by leaps and bounds
and American fans are now supplied
to every civilized country on the map.
The manner of testing fans Is by
noting the detection of screen
against which the air draft is detected.
The best fans are those which move
the greatest quantities of air at the
lowest cost A good fan motor at
tached to the lighting circuit will sup
ply an abundance of cool air at a cost
not in excess of a cent an hour. Care
should be taken, however, to use the
fans designed for the voltage at hand,
Electric fans are made for operation
on all voltage found in houses, offices
and factories.
Today there are all kinds of electric
fans made to supply the cool mountain
breezes direct in the sweltering city,
ranging all the way from the tiny desk
fan to the giant ceiling fans and in
Guiding the new oscillating fans which
send the current of air into all cor
ners of the room.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-22
Leaders of Big Race Have
Hard Struggle to Keep at
Head of Column A
S Others Come Up.
NOTICE TO ALL.

From this date, the coupon good for
five votes appearing in each issue, will
have an expiration date on it, and all
will have to be voted before expiration
of date printed on same. Do not over
look this point, but gather up your
coupons regularly and have same in
Union office before coupons become
void.
Work in the voting contest is going
on with unwavering energy and from
all indications it will be large total
that wins first place when the contest
closes on the fourth of June. For the
young ladies who are interested in the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-22
Commission To Investigate.

SALEM, April 22.-The railroad
commission is to hold a meeting at
Comstock. May Z to determine the
fairness of the demands of the people
of Curtin for a depot and better
transportation facilities to that point.
Southern Pacific officials say that Cur
tin is a small station and if the prac-
tice of stopping at all such points is
enforced it would be disastrous to the
public.
The hearing will be held in Salem,
May II regarding double deck chutes
for loading double-decked cars on Har-
riman lines in Oregon.
The commission has also taken up
he matter of better depot facilities
t Vale. which is the terminus of the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-22
Another Woman Cured.

ChrlStlana, Tenn. - SUFFERED IToH
the worst form of female trouble so
that at times I thought I could not
live, and my nerves were in dreadful
condition. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound cured me, and made
me feel like different woman. Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is
worth its weight in gold to suffering
women. MIS- MARY WOOD, REDS.
If you belong to that countless army
Of women who suffer from some form
of female ills, don't hesitate to try
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from roots and herbs.
For thirty years this famous remedy
has been the standard for all forms of
female ills, and has cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
such ailments as displacements, fibrOid
tumors, liberation, Inflammation, ir-
regularities, backache, and nervous
proStration.
Ii you want special advice write
FORT to Mrs. PinkhaM, Lynn, Mass.
1t is FREQ and always helpful.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-22

AS comedian Mr. Beresford has
long established his reputation
throughout the country, and in his
present creation he portrays a comedy
that is of a dry, droll, spontaneous
style that impels laughter
The managing director. Mr.. Edgar
Forrest, will present en- tour the ex-
act New York production in every de-
tail, and with almost the same identi-
cal cast as seen during the long run
in New York at the Keylor Grand
theatre April "a.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-22
Delegates Appointed.

SALEM, Ore, April Ex-Governor
Benson today appointed the followine
delegates to the national conference
of charities and corrections in Buffalo
June to Is: Rev. T. L. Elliott, Port
land; Mrs. c. A. Johns. Baker City:
Mrs. w. F. Osborne. Eugene; w T
Gardner. Rev. A A Morrison, Mrs
Millie Drumbull. Portland: Rev. J. n
r. Bell. Corvallis: Mrs. Marie A. Flint
Rnsehnrg: w. A. Denton, Salem. The
following are among the delegates to
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-22

Frederick MacMonnies, the famous
American sculptor of international
fame who it is just announced has
separated from his beautiful and gift
The wife was the beautiful Mary
Fairchild, whom he married in Paris in
1888. and it has become known that
the reason OF their separation is moth
ing more or less than an artistic RI
Valry, which came to the point where
one studio was too small to hold both
ambitions. Mr.. McMonnies who has re-
Gently been in America for the first
time since his name became great
word in the realm OF European sculp-
ture, has gone to his country home at
Giverny, France, accompanied by his
mother and sister. and he announces
that since the separation his plans are
quite uncertain. His wife also is liv-
ing in France, but in Paris, where two
of her pictures eXquisitely delicate
views of the Seine, We're put on ex-
hibition in the salon today 1t is said
openly that MacMonnies had come to
swords points with her when she an
nounced her intention of posting her
paintings for the approval of artistic
France. despite his declaration that
one celebrity in a family was quite
enough to preserve his name.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-22
Oil Gets Busy.

WASHINGTON, April 22-Indepen-
dent Oil producers today requested of
the senate committee on finance that
the duty of so per cent advalorem be
placed on crude petroleum, and its
products They also asked that draw
back features of the Payne bill be
removed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-22
Young Lady Injured.

While crossing the street car tracks
at Second and Alder streets this morn
ing Miss Nellie, daughter of Mrs. Mat
tie Martin, 416 Cypress street, fell from
her bicycle, suffering a severe injury
to one of her knees. She was placed
in a cab and sent to her home, wnere
a physician is attending her injuries.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-22
MAYOR THOUGHT he HAD
TO SIGN AN ORDINANCE
When He Found 1t Not Compulsory
He Withdrew Resignation and
Will Now Veto the Meas
urc.

BELLINGHAM, April %. -
+ Rather than sign an ordinance
permitting playing cards on the
2 basis that the loser buy cigars
2 for the crowd. Mayor Elder of
= Lynden. handed his written
resignation to the council Mon
+ day, but today changed his
= mind and stated that he would
, withdraw it and veto the meas
+ ure. He was under the impress
? sion that he had to sign every
!. ordinance passed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-22

and confessed that his swallowing was
merely a sham.
The relatives are still debating
whether the joke was on Robert or on
them. They were discussing the ques-
ton in a well-knoWn cafe when over
heard by a group of Paris reporters,
who promptly impaled the joker on the
point of their wit in the public prints.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-22

the peace conference in Chicago, Ma,
to 5: Rev. j. 3. Ford, Pendleton;
Samuel White, Baker City; r. Alex
ander Pendleton
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-22

a long time. DOC
tors had failed to
help me. Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound was
recommended, and
/ decided to try it.
It cured mytrouble
and made me well
and strong, so that
1 can do all myown
work" Mrs. JOS
EPH HALL, BardS-
fc1un Nv
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-22
MADE
WELL AND
STRONG
BY Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Bardstown, KY suffered from
liberation and otherfemalet rOubleSfOr
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-22
100000 Cubic Feet of GaS-..l9O9
$4,000 PerSOnS---l9l5
Have You Ordered That Gas Range Yet?

pretty lively An order placed delivery
hot before
will labor don't
held off last until the last
they had to wait until While the orders pill
this bigger than formerly month from
weather will be getting hot You will like working all day
in A will
anything will Immediately either ask
personally
Northwestern Gas & Electric Company
81
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-22

Glee club window at Tallman's.
22-23.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-22

classified ads for results
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-22

Malheur Valley railroad, a branch of
the O. r. & n.
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GOTHAM HORSE CARS

CONTINUED From Page Six.)
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-01-30
SHALL 1T BE "BUNKv OR "BuNcr
The Former the Northern, the Latter
the Southern Spelling.

ut never occurred to me that there
could be any two ways Of spelling the
word bunk" said the scholarly ap-
pearing person who was studying the
sporting section of the newspaper
But | happened to pick up a Mem
phis newspaper the other day and as
a head to speech made by Commits.
sioner Loomis in Tokyo recently
read: Ioomis Hands Out the Bunc.'
Now, without endeavoring to go
into the merits Of the case SO put I
want to say only that the headline
meant that Mr. Loomis was accused
OF softsoaping the Japanese he ad-
dressed. The only other authority for
the spelling Of the word comes from
the sporting cartoonists, whose work
study carefully. They are unani.
nous In spelling 1t bunk
1T appears to me that the southern
version is based on a belief that the
word Is a diminutive OF 'buncombe. ;
The northern spelling may be due to
the belief that person who NAV be
bunked is person OF sleepy or dopy
nature. who might as well be lying in
bunk. wrapped In slumber. There.
fore when a person is bunked he 4.
rendered sleepy That is merely con.
lecture"
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-01-30
The Dancers OF Java.

In the islands Of Java and Ball. both
Dutch possessions in the East Indies.
no festival or merrymaking would be
considered complete unless troupe
OF native actors and dancers were en-.
gagged to come and perform, says a
writer In Black and White. II a we'd
ding should take place without one
such performance the guests would be
greatly scandalized. and would look
upon the parents as most inhuman.
for to them 1t would seem like the
sending of deliberate invitation 10
the higher powers to shower ill.luck
upon the newly-married couple. But
such case of inhumanity on the part
of relatives has hardly ever been
known.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-01-30
Tobaceo-Chewinq Horse.

he was a lovable-looking old beast.
the kind OF horse that one instinc.
lively would like to give kindly pat
on the back and say: Good old boy"
to. When the driver was ready TO
start out again he pulled the blanket
on the animals back and the horse
kicked up his hind legs in pure play
fulness. apparently. Maybe II was
something else that prompted the ac-
ton, for the driver pulled a box of all
tobacco cigarettes out OF his pocket.
stuck one in his mouth and then gave
one 10 the horse. who stopped kick
Ing at once and began to chew the to-.
bacco with every evidence OF enjoy
ment, Then the driver lighted his
own cigarette. climbed up to his seat
and drove of, the old white horse hay
Ing never kick in him left.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-01-30
Blanke.ing the Auto.

This is the season Of the year when
the automobiles that are standing any
length of time in the open air have
blankets put over the bonnets in order
to keep the wind cut When it gets
very cold II is hard to keep the water
system In proper circulation II too
much cold air is allowed to blow di-
rectly on the engine. Therefore the
radiator and the bonnet are covered
over and the machine is kept comfort
able. 1t gives the cars sort of horsy
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-01-30
1dWoHd "a sn d73H

Mary changes
equin mailing
Saturday, notify dey
be ed notification
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-12-08

effect W the competition II social
life in reducing the birth rate was
discussed at some length.
"lu spite e MIR Rooscyclts dis.
naragomout race suicide is u great
thing for the nation" he continued.
'Ihc quality of the children pro.
duccd is more important than the
quantity The test Of the problem
is too apt to be quantity when i.
should be- quality How many chill.
drcu can you bring mp and educate
To be- good citizens II you have
'hc ability. time and money to rear
two such, then you should have
two children II YOU have the abu.
ity the time and the money to
rear children and turn them
over to the nation as good citizens
then you should have six children
The man who brings into the
world four children and turns them
into the almshouse is far more i'm
moral than the man who restricts
~" children Of his family to two.
This nation would be no better Off
with the 3OO,oOo.ooO population of
India II It can once In genera
ton turn out Lincoln. II will
have done more for humanity than
IL could do by increasing the pop.
ulation to ndias hundreds Of mil
lions.
I'VE are approaching too closely
to the bread line. Necessities are
going up because the demand is
greater than the supply You say
the trusts are raising the prices
OF food stuffs. It is not true. They
are going up because the demand
can not be- met The human popula.
tion will ultimately oycrtakc the
supply of food.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-12-08

claring for the civil service of merit
system In the employment of tcaru
crs iu the schools of the state. II the
state Teachers association sees fit
TO go on record In favor of this i'm.
noyation, II Is probable that the nest
Legislature win bc asked to pass a mn
putting the system into effect u OK.
lahoma
While the details have not been
worked out the plan coutemplatcs
in general way the establishment
Of a state civil service commission for
teachers or the courcrring upon the
state board OF education Of powers
that would be exercised by such
commission Each teacher In the
state is to take the examination for
the grade work for which he Is fitted
and the plan contemplates that when
a teacher is employed by school
board he shall hold his position as
long as competent and on condition
Of the civil service system are not
violated.
The idea in the minds of some OF
the educators is to fix the salary for
each grade of teachers proficiency,
the state to bear small proportionate
share Of the expense OF the teachers
salary to be paid for a fund specially
created for that purpose Those who
favor the plan declare that fixed
scale Of salaries according TO ;"e
grade OF certificate. would have the
result Of increasing the pay Of teach
ers and In improving the efficiency OF
work In all the schools