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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-09

ing of the council in September and
that the tax levy shall be made OF
confirmed by the same body in October.
How New Law Reads.
The new law under which taxes ara
to be levied in the future, reads as fol-
lows:
1T shall be the duty or county COM
missioners, city and town councils and
school directors of districts lying Who'll
lv or in part within the limits of any
incorporated city or town, on or before
the first Monday in September of each
year, to make an estimate of the
amount required to meet the public
expenses for the ensuing year, and to
be raised by taxation in such county,
city, town. road, school or other tax
ing district.
Such estimates shall be fully item
lied. showing under separate heads the
amount required for each department.
public office, public Offs ial for each
public Improvement. for thu mainten-
ance of each public building, structure
or institution. the salary of each pub
lie officer or employe, the maintenance
nf public highways roads streets,
bridges. the construction. operation
ard maintenance of each public utility,
oh +,i,, f,,1I I'D Lotto
disclosure and statement of the con-
templated expenditures for the ensuing
year. showing the amount proposed to
be expended from each separate fund,
and the total amount of public ex-
pense
Said statement Shall also contain an
estimate of the receipts for the ensu-
ing wear from sources other than direct
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-09
MORE ROOM
FOR DEPARTMENT

radiator is high and difficult to climb.
ing his heels outside the secretarys
Office. a Virginian tourist with wife
and two children is as likely as not to
happen along and ask him where they
keep the declaration of independence.
The diplomatists as rule are re-
markably even tempered. They usual
ly accept their lot graciously and DO
not complain but it is a safe bet that
if they ever get the chance they will
take a gentle whack at the system
which puts them on a par with
Western Union messenger boy when
they come to confer on matters Of
state.
It's nObody's fault Successive secre.
taries of state have tried hard enough
to remedy the condition. They have
asked congress for new Quarters time
and again. But congress mas been 50
busy looking after the marble palaces
used as house and senate office build
ings that they haven't had the time to
look into the state department matter
It's curious, too, how differently am
bassadors and members of congress
look at things. The diplomats wait
patiently. some of them for hours
keeping out of the WY of the messen'
gers and tourists, without murmuf,
But. if a cOngressmaU from the middle
west doesn't get into see the secre-
tary forthwith, he T. ars up and con-
dennis the whole department anu
swears inwardly he will vote against
every appropriation for the depart
ment that is put up to congress.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-09
CROP
EVER PRODUCED

the bumper yield of three years ago
will probably be exceeded.
Crops of corn and cats VIII ilAeN
smash all records. \ loss in Wlhlei
wheat as compared with year ago VIII
be offset by a larger yield OF sprnN7
wheat, which will bring the total 10
considerable excess over the l9Vo ci'P
Some important interests In the 'i"'
figure that the consumptlVe uein""
has grown enough to absorb tills u'''
ference and that before the entire ''VP
is harvested we will run into peiiO'
of actual shortages rather than S''
plus. 1t is also figured that iore''
requirements easily will take al "i''
which is not needed for domestic pU
poses. as crop conditions are genera
understood to be unsatisfactory III NV
of the old World grain Raising
tricts.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-09

from Dayton, nominated by friends
who did not know he was young
man?
Did friends of Miss Catherine Has
senpflug nominate her as a joke? Or
did the bunc manager, not knowing
she had died some time ago, secure the
name from an old directory? And did
her friends then give her the large
number of votes with which she was
credited before her name was omitted
Did friends OF the many young la
dies who are married and residents of
other cities nominate them and swell
their vote?
WAS ANY ONE OF THE CON
TESTANTS NOMINATED OTHER
TIA BY THE PLAN OF THE BUNC
MANAGER WHO SECURED THE
NAMES FROM AN OLD DIREC-
TORY? is THERE ONE. BONA
FIDE" CONTESTONT IN THE EN-
TIRE LIST:
The Statesman challenges the bunc
to answer the questions.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-09
WEDDING THEM OUT
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CONTINUED From Page One.)
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with inaccurate names and addresses
in the hope of bolstering up a graduate
ly-fading subscription list?
Although the bunc manager insists
that the cont St is all on the square,
The Statesman has some pertinent
questions that might be answered by
that individual simply in order to
satisfy the curious ones, and also to
enlichten those who are uninitiated as
to the methods of conducting copy
righted" contests Here they are:
Was Miss 'EckelbrsSt a bOnafide
contestant? If. not. why was her name
entered in the list? If so, why was it
ta,-en out Bid she voluntarily with
draw, after having secured 10000
votes. or had she not secured those
votes?
In a copyrighted contest is it per-
Missile to secure the names from
three year-old city directory?
Where did Bliss Kennedy. the Young
man from Milton. secure those votes?
And is he one OF the bonafde contest
ants?
Was Sturgeon Duiin. the young man
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-09

are unquestionably honest j.
'i'ude and are inspired with
'na' suen reduction in the tariff =,
moVal thereof will have ,ha /" N.
greatly lowering the price Of wv
products to the consumers /, 'O'es
'lnced that these premises 49,. 'Oo'
POSSIBLY for short period en- as
reduction of the tariff and consaon
ADMISSION of Canadian cor,no.,.. NN'a'
slight reduction in the cost Of fo'.''
products to the consumer mil.
place, This would be but temporarr
Tor the conditions which have ),
forcing up the price of lumber IN =,
country are rapidly finding a nar,n,
In Canada and British Columh;,
reai cause OF the rise in prices i !,
be found in the diminisbiny
area. If the tariff is removed or ~.
terially reduced the competitio, :,
VIII follow viii hasten the depletion :,
our own and forests of neiohho.
countries. The price will become -.
hibitive to the home builder Come.
ton in tenement districts will 70,
place and deplorable conditions ov,..
ing in portions of the Old World n;,
follow Fully three-fourths of no
choicest standing timber of the cor,
try is owned by corporations and ~,
difference in the price of labor in IN.
United States and Canada woua
smother the industry in this coup,,v
There are 100000 people employed N
the lumber industry alone in this
country"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-09
KING EDWARD HAS
AN ANNIVERSARY

August 9, 1901, was. accompiiSh'u
a modified form from the ei"0
national ceremonial which nad pe
r.9ed for June 26. but which "''N
postponed on account OF the
illness of the king. ~.
1t is pointed out today 'iid' =.
kings lucky number is D. Dun
narents were born in 1919, ne
hon IN tho 9th. his marriage t0'A
place in the year '63. which nm ~
added one to the other make . ;,
reign commenced in 1901. he -,
have been crowned on the z''n
figures added together MAKE
and ne was actually CROWNED
gust 9Th.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-09

pears in the list of contestants" from
Walla Walla, has not lived at S02
Newell street for two years. and does
not want her name in the list.
Miss Grace Bennett was married on
May 20 to Francis Douglas, and is
now a resident of Spokane. Miss Ben
nstt's name appears in the list of
Waitsburg contestants
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-09
MAY INCREASE
THE VALUATION

counties, cities and towns. the city
council will soon be called upon to
approve an estimate made for the OPP
GRAFTON Of various departments of city
governments Tor 1910, and when the
tax levy is made, it shall not eXcee d
the total Of estimates submitted
To Cover Demands.
In former years estimates have been
trimmed to the lowest point possible
and the levy made on the grand total
If this plan is Overthrown by the new
law and each department made to
stand by itself, it is easy to surmise. it
is stated, that the estimates Will be
made large enough to cover any ext
increased in proportion to these de-
mands
In favor Of this plan. it is pointed
out that any amounts left in the de-
partment estimate at the end of the
year would be credited to the depart
ment for the year following.
In opposition to this plan some claim
that towards the end of the year. if
money allowed in the levy is still I'M
expended. there will be enough unusual!
demand to dispose of every cent by the
close of the period, leaving the full
amount to be levied by the next year.
Make Levy in September.
The new law requires that all esti-
mates shall be considered at the meet
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-09
THIS YEARS CEREAL CROP WILL
BE AMONG THE BEST EVER
GROWN,
Taken the Nation Over, and All Crops
Considered, the Outlook Is Excep-
tionaly Good.

WASHINGTON, Aug 9.-This year s
cereal crop will be among the great
est ever grown in the United States,
according to the estimates contained
in the August wheat, corn and cereai
crop report issued today by the de-
partment of agriculture. A gain OF
more than 7OO,000,000 bushels in all
grains over last year is indicated, and
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-09
EIGHT YEARS AGO TODAY HE AS
cENDED TO THE ENGLISH
THRONE.
Kings Lucky Number Is Supposed to
Be Nine, As That Numeral Has
Figured In His Life.

LONDON, Aug. 9.-TOday is the
eighth anniversary of the coronation
Of King Edward and the monarch was
the recipient of many pleasing remind
ers of the day from members of the
reigning families of all European no
tons. The browning of Edward on
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-09
Weed Them Out.


The Statesman has it on reliable au-
thoritv that the bunc manager has
given orders to his subordinates to
weed out" the names to which atten-
ton has been called in the columns
of The Statesman. That is a most
cOmmendable spirit weed them out.
and come up-We will loan you a copy
of our 1908 city directory, which is
fairly teeminG with names of young
ladies who are at present living. and
residents of this city.
In an effort to again draw attention
from the inaccuracies of the copy
righted" contest, it is more than likely
that tonight's issue of the bunc will
mana cement and employees of The
Statesman. The bunc has been re-
duced to a point where it grasps at
straws, and any little thing that prom
Uses to relieve the tension under which
aforesaid rag and manager are labor
ing is eagerly jumped at. But time
will tell the tale and when those
great prizes are awarded in Sep
tember at least two young ladies. who
have announced their candidacy, will
be made supremacy happy. for the car
load of prizes will have to be divided
fn1roII,- among fbap,
More From Milton.
The following young ladies OF Mil
ton have been interviewed by a rep
resentative of The Statesman. and de-.
sire to be quoted as follows:
Anna WEIGH. now Mrs. Clar5 nee
Hurst-"No. sir. / am not making a
campaign. Nc" do I want my name in
the list
Alice Compton-"On my return from
Seattle this morning I learned that my
name was in the list of bulletin con-
testants I do not care that it should
be there. nor do / want to make any
campaign"
Jessie Frazier-'I did not know my
name was there | will not run.
Edith Harper-"I will not work.
Fannie Wilcox-"I do not want my
name to appear any longer.
Ruth Godfrey has been gone from
Milton for months.
Other Walia WalIans.
Miss Mile Bishop, whose name ap-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-09

WANT ADS. untangle nalf o.
towns daily tangles.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-09

taxation, and the amount or amounts
proposed to be raised by taxation upon
the real and personal property of such
county, city. town. road, school or
other taxing district
The estimates. together with a no.
tice that such board of county COM
mSsioners. city or town council or
board of school directors will meet on
the first Monday in October for the
purpose of making tax levies. as stated
in said estimates. and naming the time
and place of holding such meeting,
shall be published at least two cOnsec
utive weeks following the adoption OF
such estimates as follows
Estimates of expenditures required
to be disbursed by county commission
ers shall be published in the official
newspaper of the county. if there be
one. If not. then in newspaper of
general circulation in such county.
''AlI other estimates shall be pub
lisheG in a newspaper of general circu-
lation in such county, town. school or
other taxing district
To Meet in October.
1T shall be the duty of county COM
missi0ners. city and town councils and
of school directors or school districts,
lying wholly or in part within the linn
its of any Incorporated city or town,
to meet on the first Monday III Octo-
Der. and at the time and place design
ated in such notice, when and where
any taxpayer who may appear shall be
heard in favor of or against any pro-
posed tax levies
when such hearings shall have been
concluded. such county commissioners
city or town councils and school drec-
tors shall proceed to make. determine
and decide the, amount of taxes to be
levied upon the current assessment
rolls III taxes shall be levied or voted
in specified sums. and shall not eX
coed the amount published in such
published estimates"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-09

ing Of the council in September and
that the tax levy shall be made OF
confirmed by the same body in October
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-09

Miss Mile Bishop, whose name ap-
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-02-04
BY James A. Edserton
Copyright. 1905. by the
American Press Association

At the time Mr.. Collier bought 'the
little farm that raised man" the
historic rock spring from which 1t
took its name had degenerated into a
! hog wallow, while the cabin in which
Lincoln was born had been taken
north for show purposes and was
housed in Long Island basement.
This was rescued from the blight of
eommercialism, like the farm, and
sent back from its wanderings to rest
In honor in its own place. The jour
ney to kentucky was one of triumph.
The little one room log cabin was es-
corted to its destination in greater
state than most kings and conquerers.
The railroads carried it free: the
Wanamaker store in New York dec
Grated the car; the governor of Ken
tucky detailed an officer and -four
militiamen to escort the old logs
through. with safety; Mayor Weaver
Of Philadelphia received it with hon.
or; Baltimore. through which Lincoln
had to pass in secret to keep from
being assassinated, greeted the cabin
that gave him birth with speeches of
welcome; at Altoona the school chill
dren decked the car with flowers; at
Pittsburg the Grand Army took it in
charge; at Columbus the mayor and
superintendent of schools made stir
ring addresses; at indianapolis appro-
pirate exercises were held, and at
Louisville former Vice President
Stevenson spoke for the state of Illi-
nois and Henry Watterson for the
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-02-04
April IS. 1865

farm. 1t will be in the hearts Of the
plain people, who loved him while on
earth, who love him now and ever will
love him as their true friend. They
have not means or time to travel to
distant shrines nor eloquence to voice
their appreciation. but by their own
firesides and in their own hearts they
will tell in simple words of their faith
and trust in this plain and unassum-
ing man who was one of themselves.
They are the final arbiters Of all mems
fame, and he who is secure in their
regard is established for the ages.
One Of the features Of the centenary
at Springfield viii be the meeting Of
those who knew "Old Abe" and who
can give history first hand. We have
so much secondhand history in the
world that this will be an improve
nent. If we could only have q conven.
Hon Of those who knew julius Caesar
or Chariemagne or Oliver Cromwell,
how many errors could be corrected!
An experience meeting Of the friends
Of Shakespeare would likewise be
worth going miles to attend. We new
er appreciate an immortal till he gets
out Of reach. While he 10 on earth We
say, "Oh, yes, old So-and-so everybody
knows him. But 200 years after he b
dead the world discovers that It does
not know him. but wishes 1t did. Il II
fortunate that we have taken this
great interest In Lincoln while some
OF those who used to meet him behind
the grocery stove and argue politics
ana swap stories with him at the post
once are still on earth. Otherwise we
should be In the same deplorable state
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-02-04

spiritual magnets to draw US to their
height. BY contemplating them We
unconsciously grow like them. No one
can measure the moral force OF one
Lincoln centenary.
All men are in substantial agreement
% to their verdict concerning him.
The only difference is In the degree Of
their praise. There is no sectionalism
IN his appreciation. The south could
not spare his gentle memory more
Than the north. Never was victor
toDs like conQueror. 1t is as impOssi-
DE to feel resentment toward him as
koward dead father.
We grow like what we love. It Is
this fact which lends such a beautiful
significance to the universal regard
Tor Lincoln, that makes so inspiring
the widespread celebration Of the CEN
fenary of his birth. A nation which
builds itself around such an ideal
yin not only have new birth Of
Freedom" but will have a new birth
ef peace. OF manhood aud of nobility
chat will place It in the forefront Of
The nations Of all time.
II will be an inspiring spectacle
when at the same hour on Feb. 12.as-
semblies in all parts Of the nation
turn their faces toward the tomb at
Springfield. It may. well be that this
ceremony win become worldwide and
5Aat Americans In all parts Of the
at - ~ -
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-02-04
Lincoln Birthplace Farm Memorial Hodgenvile, Ky.

state Of Kentucky. One Of the strik-
ing utterances Of Colonel Watterson,
who was introduced as "the greatest
living student Of the life Of Lincoln"
Is worthy Of reproduction. OF Lin
coin the orator said
He was inspired Of God, for nowhere
else could he have acquired that wisdom
and virtue. Where did Shakespeare get
his genius, Mozart his music? Who wrote
the lyric of the Scotch peasant? As God
raised up and inspired them, so did he
Lincoln. When, q thousand years hence,
the truth Of history shall have left no
room to doubt, no drama will be followed
with deeper feeling than that which tells
the story OF his life and death. God laid
his hands upon these rough hewn logs.
and they brought forth q nations hero.
Thus the plain Kentucky cabin, the
humblest birthplace Of a great soul
since the manger Of Nazareth, return
ed to its home to grace the centennial
Of that advent which had come to
earth through its door. Both the farm
and the house were turned over by
Mr.. Collier to an association headed
by Joseph w. Folk Of Missouri and
having on its board Of trustees such
representative men and women as
Henry Watterson, Cardinal Gibbons.
William 81. Taft, Ida NJ. Tarbell, Jen-
.in Lloyd Jones, Charles A. Towne,
Mark Twain and Albert Shaw. The
tund for the work was made a COM
mon peoples Offering, and tens Of
thousands Of these became members
and gave each his mite to honor the
man who In his origin, words and con-
slant attitude had SO signaliy honored
them.
On the farm the little cabin has been
placed at the exact spot where It be
fore stood and has been surrounded by
q strong and simple edifce, In which
'it forms the sole exhibit. This build-,
Ing, with its Greek columns, stands
upon hill and is approached BY
broad sweep Of steps leading from
plaza, from which also descends the
path to the old spring. The remainder,
Of the farm has been left as before,
even to a gnarled apple tree said to be
the last Of Tom Lincoln's orchard.
How fortunate It would be IL with
this revival Of interest In the spot that
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-02-04

gave Abraham Lincoln birth we could
have like revival Of interest In his
spirit, his ideals and LIS aims! He was
not alone man for one crisis, but for
all. His fidelity to the public good,
his refusal to permit private consider
atoms to stand In the way Of duty q
principle, his tender solicitude forl
poor and humble and his placing of
man above wealth, of humanity above
things and Of popular rights above In
stitutions. his faith in the masses, his
devotion to the doctrine of equality
and Of the rule Of the majority-all Of
these things are needed now and ever
In the republic. What splendid op-
portunity this centenary presents to
study Lincoln's spirit, the innermost
or the man that gives him his hold
on the people Of his age and all agesl
While associations are making beau
tiful memorials Of the material a,ots
that knew him and are arranging pro
grams to act as the machinery of
praise, the form and shell that carry
the substance and life, why should not
the millions of men and women who
love Lincoln devote their leisure to a
study Of his life and utterances and
an attempt to define the genius that
animated them? Then why not crown
all by resolve to give to the affairs
Of the nation the same unselfish devo-
tion. the same high regard for truth.
the same love of the rights of man.
the same spirit Of righteousness, the
same hatred Of tyranny, fraud and
sham and the same faith in God and
the common people that he gave in
such full measure, even to the sacri-
fee Of life itself?
1t this centenary, this dedication OF
the birthplace farm, this worldwide
ceremony in his praise, could beget
spirit like that 1t would be Of un-
told benefit to the nation and to the
race. Could this people once truly
comprehend Lincoln and follow the
lines he marked out, they would make
Of this such a republic as has never
been known in the files of time. We
have never had a democracy as vet
We have never incarnated in a gov
ernment the principles of the Golden
Rule and the sermon on the mount.