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Arizona republican., 1909-12-19
HAVE SUCCESSFUL SALE.

The ladies of the Alma ward had a most successful sale at their bazaar 'esterday afternoon. Dolls. ready made clothing. baby clothes. comforters md quilts. home made candies and lus- sious cakes all were disposed of rapid Y. In the Relief hall next door a de- icious chicken dinner was served at noon. and people were lined up for half 1ours at time before they could get | chance to sit down at the table. The adies cleared neat sum from the lays Iroceedings
Arizona republican., 1909-12-19
CHANCE IN FIRM.

A deal was consumated yesterday whereby w. A Burton. the Mesa con stable. becomes an active partner IT, the J. J. Hodnett undertaking estab- lishment Mir Burton has been an ac- credited undertaken for the past three years, and last Summer spent thrc, months in California taking a special course in embalming. He accordingly has made arrangements to become q partner of MT Hodnett. who finds his business growing too large for one man to handle.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-19
GOING AETER WIFE.

Gould North, who has been here for some. plans to leave in about three weeks for Cuba. where his wife is at present. looking after his interests there which include a tobacco 'lan- tatiOn. MT. North has been investi- yating the Mesa country and has de- 'ided to locate here. and will be one If the future orange growers of this section.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-19
WENT FISHING

A jolly party went out to the Reef yesterday afternoon for few hours fishing They had a good lunch along and plenty of bait. and they expected to bring in some game as well as fish, for they took along their guns. Com prising the party were D. M. LeBaron, Jr.. F.. NJ. LeBaron. Jim Miller, l.. w. CoombS and D. A. LeBaron.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-19
WELLS FARGO AGENT BUSY.

Bert Winger is up to his ears in york this week. as an unusually large Ut of goods is being shipped. both in md out of the city. A large crate If ducks and turkeys went to Silver Bell yesterday. and he reports that santa Claus is sending many pack ges to various parts in the east
Arizona republican., 1909-12-19
Why Don't You TrY2

Why don't you try to he happy? That is. if you are weak and nervous, why don't you try SeXine Pills? They are the best tonic in the world. simply be- cause they are the best for any form of nerve weakness in men and women Price S1 a box; six boxes 8. with full guarantee. Address ar call elvey and Hulett. where they sell all the principal remedies and do not substitute.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-19
PLAYED GOOD BALL.

The team from the Indian school of Phoenix came over to Mesa yesterday on the noon train to play the boys at the Evans school. Although the game was short it was well played. both sides doing some fine work. The In dians won over the eastern boys with score of to 2.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-19
Salts and Castor

0il bad stuff-never cure. only Out makes bowels move because it 'rritates and sweats them. like poking finger in your eve The best Bowel Medicine is Cascarets. Every Salts and Castor oil user should get a box of CASCARETS and try them just once. You'll see. SSi
 Cascarets-10c a boX-week's
 treatment All druggists. Biggest
 seller in the world-million boxes
 a month.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-19
THE CHRISTMAS RACES.

N. r Holladav returned from Phoe- nix yesterday and reported that the PhoeniX men are becoming interested in the races which have been arranged for in Mesa on Christmas day. and that in all probability there would be a good number here on that date.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-19
NEW 1yPEwRITERs IN TOWN.

w. NJ Beach was in Mesa recently representing the oliver Typewriter company. and as a result of his visit seven new machines from his firm have arrived and are installed in various business houses.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-19
CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS.

At the Methodist church, the regu- lar services will be observed with the pastor. the Rev. A. D. Hawley. offici- ting at both morning and evening meetings. Sunday school at 10 o'clock and the Epworth league at '.
 At the Mormon church the usual
Arizona republican., 1909-12-19
TO MEET DAUGHTER.

Mrs. J K. Blakely went to Phoenix yesterday to meet her daughter. Mrs. Ira crosse of Inyo. California. who is coming to Mesa to spend the holidays with her parents.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-19

Jed Peterson has all ready for ship nent toda'-. one carload of cattle. 1SC turkeys. several crates of ducks and reese and a half carload of veal and porF. All this goes to one firm in 'rescott and is being sent especially or the Christmas trade.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-19
DECEMBER ROSES.f

Gladys-A girl begins to hang up her mistletoe as soon as she gets too old to hang up her stocking.
 De Garry-Tve noticed. though. that some girls never get too old to hang up the mistletoe.-Judge.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-19
SOME CONSOLATION.

Rankin-Got bad toothache? Well, I'm sorry for you.
 Fyle-O. it isn't as bad as having the rheumatism or bad cold. Every man you meet doesn't insist on telling you how to cure it.-Chicago Tribune.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-19
WORK ON THE CANAL.

w D. Moss was in yesterday and work on the old Consolidated anal progressing nicely. They are as far as the transfer house now. and the turnouts, bridges and all wood work is
Arizona republican., 1909-12-19
AUCTION SCHEDULED.

w. F.. Smith. who recently pur- hased the Mesa feed yard. has adver- ised big auction sale from his prem ses on December "A. His advertise nent will be found in another column f the paper.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-19
RAISING FUNDS.

Friday an cd man and woman passed through Mesa en route to Bis bee They were driving and were ir very strengthened circumstances. Som, of the citizens gathered together and raised s10 to help them out
Arizona republican., 1909-12-19
YOUNG MEMS CLUB.

The members of the Young Mems Business cub met Friday night in the office of the Free Press to perfect the organization. They will announce theii program later.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-19
RETURNED TO MESA.

Curtis Pickens. who is d brother of O. l.. Pickens. has arrived in Mesa and resumed the old position he had with the LeSueur- Gibbons firm before he went to Kentucky couple of years ago He is back to stay.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-19
WERE AFTER DUCKS.

Everett Brizzee and party went out to Granite Reef yesterday after ducks.
 c. H. Van Antwerp also went after some of the same birds Friday and came in well laden.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-19
FROM NAVAJO COUNTY.

C. O. Reidhead arrived in Mesa Fri day evening with eight head of fine riding and driving horses. He brought them down from N5 vajo county
Arizona republican., 1909-12-19
WERE IN PHOENIX.

Among the people who were in Phoe nix for the day Friday were Mir. anc Mrs Jim Daley.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-19
MOTORING TO FLORENCE.

w. N. Stevenson and Will Kimball eft yesterday in the Kimball Oldsmo- lile for Florence on a combined busi- ness and pleasure trip.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-19

done to this point. There are six teams hauling lumber and doing the scraplng, and full force of men is employed.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-19
IN FROM HOMESTEAD.

John Stratton came in from his homestead yesterday for a load of sup plies. and reports work progressing nicc'N,
Arizona republican., 1909-12-19
MRS. JONES MUCH BETTER.

Mrs. A. B Jones is now thought to have passed the danger point, and is recovering as well as could be expected.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-19
OVER FROM TEMPE.
SHIPPING IN BIG LOTS.

Professor E. s Scudder was over rom Temre yesterday.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-19
TeWelry

in every imaginable and wanted line Bracelets, rings. brooches. pins. watches and charms. hat pins. cut glass and silverware. and a new line of souvenir spoons which are going fast Lovely. dainty designs with prices that are right What better can you buy than an article of jewelry which will last always. Let us show you.
 H. H. CUSTEAD,
 The Mesa Jeweler.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-19

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Evening star., 1909-09-13
OLD TRADING CENTER
WaIIa WaIIa of Greater An
tiquity Than San Francisco.
ITS WHEAT CELEBRATED
Established as Military Post for
Settlers Protection.
NOW AN ATTRACTIVE CITY
Repulsive Desert East Of the Place
Being Transformed into Fertile
Region by Irrigation.
NOW AN ATTRACTIVE CITY
BY WILLIAM f. CURTIS.
Special Correspondence of The Star and the
Chicago Record Herald.

BY WILLIAM f. CURTIS.
Special Correspondence of The Star and the
Chicago Record Herald.
WALLA WALLA, Wash.
September 4, 1909.
Walla Walla is one of the oldest
cities in the northwestern years older
than San Francisco, twenty years older
than Portland, and Seattle is but an
infant in comparison. Dr. Whitman
came in 1885, and settlers followed him
rapidly, taking up lands in the valley,
which was as attractive then as it is
today. and. being a strategic point, the
government established a military post
here at an early day for the protection
of the settlers against the Indians and
as a notice to Great Britain that the
valley of the Columbia river was Amer
lean soil. The post is still here, old
fashioned but comfortable and occu-
pies a reservation a mile square on the
edge Of the town. The officers quar-
ters are frame cottages pleasantly stu
ated around a grassy parade ground.
The garrison has added a great deal 70
the gayety of the town, and the Off
GERS and their families have been a
welcome addition to society, but, ac-
cording to the present policy of the
War Department in concentrating
troops in large posts at railway ceE-
terS, it is expected that Fort Walla
Walla will sooner or later be aban-
doned, when it is hoped that Congress
may be induced to donate the reserva-
ton for a campus for the Greater
Whitman University of which l wrote
you yesterday. 1t will be an appropri
ate as well as useful monument to d
heroic pioneer whose patriotism should
be recognized in some such way, as
we'll as a permanent benefit to the peo-
pie of this section.
1t is understood that the legislature
of Washington will appropriate money
to place statues Of Marcus Whitman
and Gov. Stevens, the greatest of all
the early pioneers, in statuary hall in
the Capitol at Washington, but 1t will
be difficult to make a statue of Whit
man, because nobody knows how he
looked. There is no portrait or descrip-
tion of his personal appearance, and no
one living remembers him. We do not
know whether he was a large or q
small man, or whether he wore beard
or shaved his face, but the same can
be said of Columbus. not to go back
further to the apostles and the patri-
archs. Michelangelo had no portrait
of Moses to guide his chsel when ne
carved one of the most majestic figures
the world has ever seen, and busts OF
ST. Paul and st. Peter are both con-
lectures. There are artists of sufficient
inspiration to produce an effgy that
will express the character of man,
and by studying the life OF Marcus
Whitman one could idealize 1t in
bronze.
Evening star., 1909-09-13
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT.
Arrivals.

Tug Defiance, with a tow of barges
from Norfolk for this city and Alex
andria; schooner Oscar railway ties from
a river point for transhipnent at Alex
andria to barge loading for New York;
schooner Majestic, oysters - the she'll
for dealers here; schooner Oakland, wood
from a Potomac point for dealers; tug
Fortuna, with tow of coal-laden barges
from Chesapeake City; schooner Grace q.
BENNETT. lumber from North Carolina
noint for the local market; tug Camilla,
with a tow from a down-river point;
schooner Mary j., watermelons from a
Potomac point for the local market;
tug Capt. Toby, with tow or lighters
for river point
Departures.
Bugeye G. B. Faunce, light. for lower
Potomac point to load back to this port;
tug Fortuna, with a tow of two loaded
and two light barges for bay points;
schooner Bertha Dean. light, for bay
point to load lumber back to this city;
schooner Maine, light, to Norfolk seek
ing a cargo; schooner Champion light.
from Alexandria, to load back 70 TINS
CITY: schooner William Henry, light, for
a Potomac river point to load Tor thfs
city; barges Christiana and Staunton,
light, for bay points to load; tug Hamp-
ton. towing two barges for bay points;
barge Delaware. paving blocks irom ane
Eastern branch to Norfolk; bugeye
Goldie c., light, for a down-river point.
Memoranda.
c. c. Co.. barge No. 10, from this city
for Boston, picked up at Point Look
out by tug Georges Creek; schooner
Rover will return to a Virginia point Tor
a cargo of lumber; sloop Enola is on
the lower Potomac loading oysters in
the shell for this city; schooner Sallie
White Is in Lower Machodoc creek load
Evening star., 1909-09-13

tured steel products alone exported was
500, 600. while the total value of man.
ufacturers exported reached $3.50, 600, 600
OF this amount Europe received approx.
imately one-half, or $36S, ,OOO, 600; NORTH
America. s1s9OOO,OOO; South America
S71, 10000; Asia. $71. 750, 900: Oceanica
s4O.OOO.0OO. and Africa, $1O.OOO,O0O
OF the amount sent to Europe. $97 900
600 was copper. $55.0O0.OO0 mineral oil
Sal, ,OO0. COO manufactures of iron and steel
$39, 100000 manufactures of wood. ST.
GO0OOO naval stores and S1i,0O00O0 asri
cultural implements.
Evening star., 1909-09-13
during the last twenty years and

exported during the last twenty years and
one-half of it within the last eleven
years.
The total exports of merchandise dur
ing the 120-year period amounted 10 .he
enormous sum of $48,OOOOo,Uo
Exports of iron and steel products were
not recorded until 1890. when their value
amounted to but $4,000. They did not
reach a million-dollar value until 1910.
Last year the total value OF manufac-
Evening star., 1909-09-13
Streets Wide and Shaded.

Streets Wide and Shaded.
In the residence portion of Walla Walla
the streets are wide, shaded by stately
trees and bordered by well-kept lawns
and flower gardens and foliage plants
which remind one Of New England cities
of its size. There is a small but artistic
little park on the edge Of the town. The
land formerly belonged to water COM
pany and when that institution was pur-
chased by the municipality the land went
with 1T, and has since been laid out in ex-
oellent taste Many of the residences are
very attractive. United States Senator
Ankeny has a lovely place, surrounded
| by a wide lawn and groups of trees. and
ex-Gov. Jones has villa in the suburbs
with thirty or forty acres of land which
make an ideal home. In every direction,
as one goes about the city, he sees on
every side evidences of wealth and taste
and pride in the appearance of things.
| The business section is built up with
substantial structures. there being several
| large department stores. Congress has
made an appropriation for a federal
building costing $4,000, the site has been
selected and construction work will be-
gin very soon.
Walla Walla has three national and two
savings banks with aggregate deposits of
more than $4,OOOOOO and a surplus or
$JOO,OOO There is a great deal of wealth
among the farmers in the neighborhood,
crops for more than forty years from the
most fertile and productive fields in the
universe. Ex-Gov. Jones tells me that the
soil Is almost precisely the same as that
of Sicily. which has borne crops continu-
ously for more than 1000 years, and
the plant food is inexhaustible.
Wala Walla wheat is a recognized
grade upon the Liverpool and London
markets, and an interesting story Is told
of to illustrate it's reputation. 1t is said
that on spring morning feW years
ago a Portlander in London was chatting
with, group Of grain men on the Baltic.
the largest and oldest grain exchange In
the world. Among the hundreds OF
brokers and Shipping agents, miilers and
importers scattered about the floor were
representatives of every srain-SroWing
country on earth. Argentine, India, Rus
| sia, Australia and the United States were
all represented in the group with which
| the Pacific coast man was exchanging
views on the one great topic Of interest
| to the Baltic. In the midst of an argu-
ment between the man from Bombay
and the La Plata man. as to the respec-
tive merits of the red karachi and the
Bahia blanca wheat, a messenger ap-
preached and handed a slip of paper to a
large cargo merchant, who gave a sur
prlsed whistle, and in explanation said
Five more Wallas reported off coast
TINS morning; that makes twelve in the
past forty-eight hours"
In the parlance of the trade "Wallas'
are cargoes of wheat from eastern and
| central Oregon and Washington and
northern Idaho. which have a dryer and
warmer climate than the Willamette
valley and produce a different grade
| Willamette wheat is known as Ore
gon." but the term ''Walla" is applied
| to everything that comes into the Lon
| don market from eastern Oregon, east
ern washington, western Montana and
Evening star., 1909-09-13
BILLIONS IN EXPORTS.
In 12O Years the Enormous Total
Of 446 600 600. 600 La Reached.

Twelve billion dollars represents the
vaiue OF American exports of manufac-
tured articles during the 100 years from
lIsS TO 1909. according to a report lust
made public by the bureau of stat,stics
OF the Department of Commerce and
Labor. TwqSthirds of the amount was
Evening star., 1909-09-13
Schooner Ashore, Breaking Up.

DELAWARE BREAKWATER, Del,
September 13.-The three-masted schoon-
er John Proctor. from New York for
Norfolk in ballast, went ashore early to-
day off Cape Henlopen and is slowly
breaking up. The members Of the crew
Evening star., 1909-09-13

ing oysters for this market; schooner
Clara Leonard is at river point loading
schooner S. L., Bowen will return to a
down-river point to load lumber for the
dealers here; schooner Mabel and Ruth
is loading at a North Carolina point for
this port.
Evening star., 1909-09-13
Agreement with Land Owners.

About As per cent OF the 10000 acres
which will be reclaimed was unoccupied
public land at the time its reclamation
was decided upon, and the owners of
the remainder Of the tract incorporated
the Water Users Association, so that the
Secretary of the Interior could have a
responsible central authority to deal with
The owners agreed to pay their share of
the cost of the plant in ten annual in
stallments, each installment remaining
unpaid to be a lien upon the land.
Work was begun in 1905 by building
dam across what was known as Cold
Spring canyon. and in digging an intake
canal from the Umatilla river to fill it.
The dam Is $500 feet long, 500 feet thick
top. 1t is made of loan and gravel, with
a thick covering of lava rock on both
sides. The intake canal is "a miles long.
ii feet wide at the bottom, 40 feet wide
at the top and 51a feet deep. The lake,
when filled with water, covers about 1,5O0
acres of land and has an average depth
Of 60 feet. The main canal is 20 miles
long, with about 100 miles of laterals,
reaching every part of the 10000 acres
in Umatilla county. The project will
cost about s1,250,OOO. or an average of
$50 an acre for 10000 acres of land.
Three or four little towns have already
sprung up upon what was a hopeless
looking desert when the work was COM
menced Hemiston, the headquarters, has
about 900 people, which have gathered
around station built in 1906 by the O.
r. and ~ Company. They have a fine
schoolhouses, three churches, two banks,
two hotels, several concrete business
blocks and many comfortable cottages.
The government land was all seized upon
promptly after the plans of the reclama-
ton service were announced, and home
stead relinquishments are selling for $50
an acre Private lands sell from 500 to
$3.50 an acre, according to location. As
have already said. the scheme is so new
that it is too early to say what the land
is good for, but the experts agree that
this is to be a great fruit and melon
frN
Evening star., 1909-09-13

landed in their own boats and the life
savers and local wreckers are standing by
the stranded vessel. The schooner prob
ably will be a total loss.
Evening star., 1909-09-13

new pipe organ containing modern
equipment, built by NJ. p. Moller Of Ha-
gerstown Nd, has been installed in.06
Mary's Catholic Church In 1hat1placa.
Evening star., 1909-09-13

If You Are a Tobacco Chewer, ths
tobacco best for you is the best tobacco.
1t is Piper Heidsieck-sold everywhere
Adyt.
Evening star., 1909-09-13
Important Commercial Center.


Walla Walla has always been an i'm
portant commercial center and the mar
ket for a wide area of rich agricultural
country: For years it was the most i'm
|portant trading point in Oregon. Some of
the business houses here are older than
any in Chicago. but it is something more
than a trading center. 1t is city Of
homes, schools and churches, with two
colleges one that was founded in honor
of DR.. Whitman, of which l wrote you
yesterday, and another sustained by the
Seventh Day Adventists, with a faculty
of twenty-six instructors and an enroll
ment of more than $50 students. The
Catholics have two academies, and st.
Pauls School. under the care of the Epis-
copal denomination, is one of the most
popular preparatory schools in the west
The city has seventeen churches, an
average of one per thousand of popula-
ton, and several are OF imposing archi-
lecture. The Y. NJ. c. A. building Is
model and cost $4,000. The Odd Fellows
have refuge for homeless members of
that fraternity, and there are two hospi-
tails and an asylum for widows and or
phans.
The public school system Is admirable
The buildings are models. The high school
cost $780, 900, but that is not unusual. AS
a rule public school buildings in the west
corresponding population in the east. Du-
luth probably has the finest public school
building in the world. Denver, Los An
will surpass any in Boston or New Eng
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-20
GENfLEMEN's EVENING.

The members of the Hammond Wom-
ans club will celebrate "Gentlemen's
Evening" Saturday, January %, in the
Masonic temple and it is expected that
the entertainment will be very largely
attended. This is an annual event in
the club calendar and arrangements are
made to have it one of the most pleas
ant meetings of the year. Mr.. ]. Ster-
ling BATHS has been secured to enter
tain the guests during the evening and
he has chosen Dickens as his study
Mr.. BATHS appeared in Hammond on
one other occasion and those who heard
him viii be glad to have an opportunity
to hear him again, for his character
portrayals are splendid. Mr.. Mr.. BATHS
comes to Hammond highly recommend
ed and the members on the committee
feel fortunate in having secured him for
the entertainment. other numbers on
the program are a piano selection by
Professor Clark Leaning and a vocal
selection by Mr.. r. E. CARRIER The
DANES JEANNE Sawyer, chairman; En-
ma Meikle, vice chairman Nettie Black
mum, Ida Bomberger, W. b. Conkey,
Isabelle Deming, Nancy Elliott, Mabyl
Ellick, Jessie Caller, Edith Griffin, Mary
Holm, Eva Irish, Frances Kingsley
Carrie Parsons. Grace Sharp, Cora
Sharp. Adelaide Smith, Ada Shook, May
Streeter, Elizabeth VOORHEES,, Minnie
Webb and Frieda Whitby