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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-08

edge about these lands but that they
We're withdrawn pending examination
Ballinger says he will do his exam
ing of the lands first and the with
drawing afterwards. When he has the
information he seeks, he will present
it to congress with the Taft idea of the
conservation of water power sites.
Whether the Taft bill will be the
same as that recommended by Roose-
Welt in several of his messages In
which he denounced the water power
trust it is impossible to learn. Gov
eminent officials say that they want
to know conditions before they make
any statement as to the contemplated
legislation.
The present administration is pro-
ceeding on the theory that if congress
wants to conserve the water power
sites of the public domain, it must pass
a law The lands thus valuable VIII
be withdrawn from entry as fast as
they are classified, but if congress fails
to pass a conservation law, it Will be
taken as an indication that the law
makers of the country want the power
sites treated as any other public land,
and the land will be Immediately re-
stored to entry again.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-08
BASEBALL FANS TO
GO TO PENDLET0N
Fully Three Hundred Enthusiasts Will
Accompany Local Nine to Oregon
Town Tomorrow to See
Great Game.

Baseball fans of the city are taking
much interest in the special excursion
that Will leave the o. r. & NJ station
tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock for the
accommodation of those who wish to
attend the game to be played in Pen
dleton tomorrow afternoon between the
PendletOn Indians and the Walla WalIa
team. 1t is expected that fully 300
fans will accompany the team, and as
much rivalry exists between the two
cities, the demonstrations on the ball
park will be something unusual.
Robert Burns has made special ar
engagements for this train and those
who go are assured of the best of
accommodations. Plenty of coaches
have been provided. One fare will be
charged for the round trip.
Pendleton has a fast team and will
try to lower the batting averages of
several Of the Walla Walla players,
but Manager Babe has been looking
forward for this and has given his
team some good workouts Meetings
have been held nightly for secret sig
nal work under the direction of F. D.
Applegate and much better team
work will be accomplished. 1--WE are
not going to say that Walla Walla
will not lose any more games, but bet
avs Manager Babe.
The lineup for Sunday will be the
same as last Sunday.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-08
WATER FOR FERTILE
ACRES NEAR PASCO
Boosters Of Columbia River Town VIII
Hold Mass Meeting to Further
Plans for Reclamation
of Land.

PASCO, Wash, May 8.-(SpecaD-
Il have directed that this matter be
carefully investigated, with the view
of giving you an early report respect
ing the attitude of the department in
this particular" says Captain w p
Gray, in a letter recently received.
To reclaim 10000 acres of land adj
jacent to Pasco by using electric pow
er, developed by the reclamation SER
vice on the drops in the Wapato ca
nal is the plan of the Pasco Boosters
and with sufficient pressure brought TO
bear on the department of reclamation
it is believed that the government will
give Pasco this boon.
The citizens of Pasco are aware that
they must show the reclamation SER
vice that they mean business, before
the department will send this power
from the Wapato canal to Pasco to il
rigate her fertile acres.
With this in view a monster mass
meening will be held in the court house
next Wednesday evening at o'clock,
for the purpose of formulating def
mite plans, to send a large committee
to TOppenish to confer with Christian
Anderson, in charge of the reclamation
service at that place The success or
failure virtually depends upon the re-
port that Mr.. Anderson makes to the
department of reclamation, so no stone
will be left unturned to induce Mr.. An
derson to make a favorable report.
That the power will be developed in
the Wapato canal is nassured fact
The only question remaining is whether
the service will insist on using The
power to pump water on highlands
owned by Indians. But owing to the
fact that there is not more than enough
water in the Yakima river to irrigate
land that can be irrigated by gravity
canals-it is believed here that the SER
vice will favor the Pasco project which
have an inexhaustible supply of water
in the great Snake and Columbia
rivers.
1t is asserted that the extra cost of
transmitting the power here will not
exceed $500 per acre. The whole cost
of building the transmission line, it is
estimated will not exceed $4,000. This
sum amounts to practically nothing
compared to what has been expended
on other projects.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-08
TO LOOK FOR POWER
FOR GOVERNMENT USE
AS Soon as Weather Permits Experts
From the United States GeoIog-
ical Survey VIII Start
Out on Quest

WASHINGTON, May S.-As soon as
the weather permits, experts from the
geological survey, will start from
Washington for the mountain fast
nesses of the west to explore high
peaks, defiles and canyons in search
OF all the water power sites available
on the public domain.
This will be done in accordance with
the order issued a few days ago by
Secretary Ballinger at the direction of
President Taft. who has announced
that he will do all in his power to con-
tinue the Roosevelt policy for the
conservation of natural resources 1t
will be a concerted effort on the part
of the government to obtain informa-
ton as to the operations of the alleged
water power trust, and to present this
information to congress in such
shape that a law can be enacted for
the proper regulation of such sites.
Secretary Ballingers order excited
much interest here where the devotees
of the Roosevelt conservation idea
have been watching every move of the
government to learn where the pres
ent administration stands on that all
important subject. The recent restora-
ton of, great tracts of land that had
been withdrawn by President Roose-
welt for the purpose of conservation
had been a topic for discussion all
week, until Taft issued a statement
through Chief Forester Pinchot that
he believed in conservation. Then
came the announcement that the in
RI
out the Roosevelt policy.
The apparent discrepancy between
this announcement of policy and the
action of the secretary of the interior
in restoring to entry the power site
withdrawals is explained by the ad-
ministration by stating that the land
should not have been withdrawn until
the department knew that it was val
liable for power site purposes. IL Is
claimed that there is no special knoWi-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-08
STRAWBERRIES RIPE
ON COLUMBIA RIVER
Kennewick Has Produced Its First
Fruit Of the Season, Purchased by
Scott Henderson for Inland
Empire Editors.

KENNEWICK, Wash, May S.-(Spe-
l)-StraWberries are ripe in the Ken
newick valley. /. E. Paul of section
seven near Kennewick. had the honor
Of bringing in the first box of ripe ber-
ries yesterday. Scott z. Henderson vi
the Kennewick Reporter had made ar
rangements with the growers to get
the first berries of the season. Mr..
Henderson will take this box, together
with several others, which he expects
in today, with him to Spokane tonight
and distribute them to the delegates OF
the Inland Empire Editorial associa-
ton, which convenes in that city to-
morrow The lucious berries will prob
ably be kept on display. under guard
until the close of the meeting, when
they will be equally divided among the
Inland Empire boosters" just what
Mr.. Henderson paid for the first berries
could not be learned, but an offer OF
S. was refused for the first box.
The Silver Grill of Spokane WIZ re-
ceive the first crate taken in by the
fruit growers association. This Will be
shipped not later than Monday next ana
possibly tomorrow night. They VIII
pay $3.50 for them.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-08

Biggest Professional Race at Classic
Distance That Has Ever Been
Run in United States
Great Entries.

NEW YORK, May S.-The biggest
professional marathon yet held in this
country, the grand international mara
thon, for a purse of 100000 in which
a score of the leading long distance
runners from all over the world have
been invited to compete comes off this
afternoon over the course at the Polo
grounds.
The event is open to the world and
will finally determine the world S
champion at the classic distance of
&c miles, 3S5 yards. The purse will be
divided as follows: $4,000 to the win
ner. $4,000 to the second man, $1,000 to
the third $500 to the fourth, $500 to
the fifth $500 to the sixth and 5000 to
the seventh man.
Some of the leading runners COM
peting are st. Yves, Longboat, Doran-
do, Shrubb, Hayes, Maloney, Svanberg.
White, Simpson, Carajal, Louis Or
phee, CibOt and Appleby.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-08
CALIFORNIA WILL
NOT JOIN POWERS
WASHlNGTON'S PROPOSAL TO
FORM ASSOCIATION is
TURNED DOWN.
California Was Beaten Last Year by
Evergreen Boys-Stanford Was
Willing to Go In.
SEATTLE

SEATTLE May S.-Graduate Man
ager Victor Zednick, of the University
of Washington, yesterday received from
Manager Merritt, of the University of
California, a telegram stating that the
Berkeley institution will not come north
to race Washington and Stanford May
80, if obliged to join the proposed Pa
cific Coast Rowing association.
The telegram follows:
California declines joining the pro-
posed association and to further dis
cuss the question. Stanford is willing
we row in three cornered race on 29th.
Are you? Wire immediately"
The rowing association has been
urged by Washington as the only FEAST
bic means of conducting rowing on this
coast. The organization was to be
modelled closely along the lines of the
intercollegiate association, which con-
ducts the big Poughkeepsie regatta,
and until it is organized, it is an
nounced, no Pacific coast crew will be
extended an invitation to participate in
the big annual meet on the Hudson.
Thus in refusing to enter the organi-
cation California is playing the dog in
the manager, Washington students claim,
by keeping not only her crew away
from the regatta but also the two faster
crews of Washington and Stanford.
Manager Zednick will put the matter
up to the board of control at tn ear
Hest opportunity, to determine whether
Washington will accept more dictation
from the Berkeley institution simply
for an opportunity to meet her crew on
clear stretch of water, or whether the
invitation will be withdrawn.
Regatta Will Be Elaborate.
That the Lake Washington regatta
on May 29 will be the most elaborate
ever pulled off west of Poughkeepsie
was made certain yesterday when Man
ager Victor Zednick, of the University
Of Washington, returned from a trip to
the British Columbia side with the as
surance that both the James Bay Row
ing club, of Victoria, and the Van
couver Rowing club would enter four
cared shells against the varsity on the
same afternoon that Washington races
Stanford and California in Fights There
is also a strong possibility that the
Washington and California freshman
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-08
GOTHAM F|REMEN
HEROES OF PEOPLE
Population of Manhattan MAY Differ
on Other Points, But as Concerns
Firefighting Force, Are of
One Mind.

NEW YORK, May a.--New York,
varied population disagree on nearl,
every topic or situation that may bt
! presented in the flight of time. but or
one subject they are united. They adj
, mlre, and at some periods, almost Wor.
ship, the firemen of the city. They are
certainly splendid lot of men. ready
at any moment to answer a call anC
stopping at nothing to 'get there" ONLY
recently one arrived at the scene of the
blaze with bis face covered with Iatner
The call caught nim in the act of shay
Ing, but the razor was dropped, and in
the wagon he jumped with his face
latnered, pulling on his coat as h., was
whirled along, but not thinking of the
| interrupted shave until the boys made
! fun of him for his incomplete toilet
Nearly every day presents some such
incident. When the fireman gets
| there he rushes for every ro.nt of
danger searches for persons in peril,
risks his life, and in many cases
loses it, while performing seemingly
impossible feats in saving human lives.
Real heroism is a feature of nearly
papers of the next day are filled with
pictures of their carrying women and
children down ladders, of their taking
them from windows by chains of hu-
man hands, of wonderful leaps that
bring rescue, of, in fact, anything and
everything that can be done to save
life. Throughout it all the firemen.
at the tai of the bell, seems to become
almost semi-gOd goes out an en-
pIoye of the city, comes back an un-
crowned hero, and yet a modest one.
content if no mention is made No
wonder that New York loves her fire
men, with human faults and fraiIties
perhaps, but taken as a whole the
best body of men in the world
Another body of men, more numer-
Gus and more constantly under the OBJ
servatiOn of the public, is the police
force. Compelled to meet all classes
TO mlngle with all kinds Of citizens
to brush against humanity in all pos
sible ways, the police strike doffer-
ing opinions, not only of their own
actions, but of the beneficence of the
laws they are called upon to enforce.
y,
some cases justly. In some cases bru-
tally takes the place of cool, deliber-
ate action, and the policeman mistreats
prisoner, but these cases, upon in
VestigatiOn die down to very few.
compared to the heavy force employed
in the aggregate. 1t can be truly said
that New York is proud of its police,
especially as it sees them maintaining
order in the street without any mani
festation of force. But when the an
nual parade comes around, and the
average citizen sees the great army of
its defenders marching along on mag
nificent Broadway. it aplauds them
with the utmost gustO and no
disparaging word finds its way to his
lips or appears in the newspapers.
Observers get a sense of the embodied
power of the forces that make for the
protection of themselves, their fami
lies and their properties. Burglars es-
cape, corrupt things are charged, and
sometimes proven. but the public be-
lieves that the great mass of its pO
licemen are true devotees to duty.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-08
Columbia and Cadets.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, May S.-The
e.ght-oared shell race between Column
bia University and the cadets of the
Naval academy comes off this after
noon at o'clock. The town is filled
with spectators, and the Severn, on
which the boys are pulling for dear
life over a two-mile course, is lined by
spectators. Last year Columbia sent
both the varsity and second crews to
compete against the first two crews of
the middies, but the rowing directors
thought that it would be sufficient to
send one crew this year, in view of
the unsatisfactory financial condition
of the rowing club
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-08
Cot a Eour-Leqoer.

TACOMA, May S.-Mrs. Roseburg,
of this city is entitled to a prize in
the next poultry show because four
legged chicken has just been Matched
in her poultry yard.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-08

NEW YORK, May S.-The steeple-
chase meeting of today, run by the Ma
'tional Steeplechase and Hunt associa-
ton, has a full list of entries. The
Meadow Brook Hunt club authorized
the following to ride as gentlemen
jockeys in this race and for the season:
Hamilton MADDEN, Lee Evans, G.. H
Smith. Edward H. Carrie, H. /. Goodwin
Singleton Van Schaick, Leonce Fuller
D. S. Stirling, Raymond Belmont, j. r
Fell, A. P. Devereux, Guerdon May
nard, Baird Tuckerman, Jr., MacPher-
son Kennedy, A. J. A. Devereax, Jo-
seph w. Burden, L. G. Cnarbonier and
Frank S. Brown.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-08

II you have no real estate you WIZ
not be at the landing or the Greater
yy~ua walla See Classified columns.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-08

| open tournament, Knickerbocl1er Field
club, Brooklyn
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-08
BIG TOURNAMENT
DATES ARE SET
National Association Designates Time
for Playing of Classic Con-
tests on Court This
Season.

NEW YORK, May 8.-PrincetOns in
terschOlastic tennis and champ .onship
games in open tournament commences
today the games listed by the National
association The Harlem Tennis club.
the Yale interschOlastic championship
and Columbia interscrolastic champion
ship today: on 22d Cornell interscno-
lastic championship; %, Now Eng
land intercollegiate championship,
Longwood Cricket club, Boston; "a,
Long Island championship, open, Kings
County Tennis club, Brooklyn; 90, open
tournament. New Rochelle Tennis club,
New Rochelle, n. Y; Manhattan doU-
bles, open singles, New York Lawn
Tennis club, and Massachusetts State
championship, doubles, Brae- Burn; 81,
ladies championship of Pennsylvania
and Eastern States, Philadelphia
June 1, open tournament, Staten
Island Ladies' club; Z, open tourna-
ment, Englewood Field club, open
tournament, Westchester, N. Y and
championship of New England, Hart
ford, Conn; II, metropolitan cham
pionship West Side Tennis club, New
tOI ~ C1lS II, pIOIlSHIp u Tie
Bronx, Bedford Park, n. Y; Is, Cen
trail Jersey championship, Trenton, n.
J.; 10, open tournament, Apawamis
club, New York: q, open tournament,
Amackassin Country club, Yongers,
\. Y; and National championships for
womens singles, doubles and mixed
doubles Philadelphia; %, Middle
States championship, Orange, N j.;
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-08
$4,000. 600 Feet of loqs

ELLENSBURG, May S.-Thirty-five
million feet of logs owned by the Cas-
cade Lumber company, are in the va
kima river between this city and Gle
Elum They will be taken to North
Yakima.
The logs were cut in the north end OF
Kitt.tas county. They are f1oated down
the Gle Elum and TeannaWay rivers
to the Yakima. Seventy-five men are
employed on the drive, of which about
half stay in the rear of the drive near
Gle Elum, and keep the logs moving.
The others are scattered all along the
river
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-08
crews may race in Fights.

crews may race in Fights.
Another result of Manager Zednick's
tripsWas to secure definite assurance
that the two British clubs will row
next year in Fights. thus furnishing
Washington with what she has long
needed, close at hand rivals for aquatic
honors
Capt. Fyve Smith of the Vancouver
Rowing club, informed Mr.. Zednick
that his organization had already
placed an order in England for new
eight-oared shell of the most approved
model, and would have it delivered on
this coast in time for radng next sea-
son. At Vancouver the general mana
ger found the OarSmen in a very recep-
tive mood in regard to a race May 80.
and readily got them to agree to rae
ing the varsity four over mile and a
quarter course on that date.
Victoria to Secure Eight
The Victoria oarsmen were also anx-
ious to open more extensive relations
with Washington, and stated that they,
too, would purchase an eight -oared
shell for next season as soon as they
received official notice of the VAN
couver clubs action.
Coach Dan O'Sullivan consented to
the plan for triangular tours race
May 20. The James Bay cI Ib will not,
as usual, this year entertain outside
crews at a regatta on Queens day, and
hence is the more willing to enter it's
crew elsewhere.
The Berkeley freshman crew num-
bers among it's members four Tacoma
boys. They will all be home from coll
lege by May 20, and as several other
freshmen are being brought along as
varsity substitutes it is quite likely
that freshman eignts race can be ar
ranged between California and Wash
ington. With these three big events
for the afternoon, May 20 should be the
biggest day that aquatics have ever
seen in the west.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-08
Governor Is Home Under Quarantine

Governor Is Home Under Quarantine
SPOKANE, May S.-Governor M. E
Hays Spokane home has been under
quarantine since Tuesday, at which
time Mr.. and Mrs. Hays little daughter
Catherine was taken sick with scarlet
fever
The little girl is doing nicely and
Mrs. HAY VIII probable be able tC
go east next month, as planned. She
may, however, be unable to attend the
opening of the exposition at Seattle, as
intended.
Mrs. Hay has expressed her regret
at being forced to cancel invitations
issued for a bridge party at her home
Saturday.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-08
Eioht-Team LEAGUE

NEW YORK, May S.-Queens county
starts the season today with an eight
league club, and will strive for the
August Belmont trophy. The season
will close September Is. Games will
be played on Saturday and holidays
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-03-10

How can any person risk taking
some unknown cough remedy when
Foley's Honey and Tar costs them no
more? 1t is safe remedy. contains
no harmful drugs, and cures the most
obstinate coughs and colds. Why
experiment with your health? In
sist upon having the genuine Foley )
Honey and Tar. j. I. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-03-10
Feed Grinding.

We have recently installed in our
iced mill in Lancaster a cob crusher,
to grind cobs with corn, and are
prepared to attend to all orders
promptly. Geo. Ludvik & Son.
1OOm3p.