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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-04-08

need. other faithful feathered folk min
istered to him at the darker moment
of Calvary. Then it was that the
voice of the plying turtle dove grew
so plaintive that never has it re-
gained its lost happy notes. Not only
did the swallow perch on the cross and
twitter tender words of consolation,
but also in it's small sweet way al
leviated the sufferers pain by pulling
out spine from the crown of thorns.
And the stork flying over the cross
loitered on the wing to call down:
"Stryk!" "Stryki" - Strengthen"
Strengthen"
In certain old English gardens, there
is a little spotted-leafed plant with
deep blue flowers and red buds, called
''Mary's Tears for in the beginning
this grew on Calvary-its flower the
blue of the Mother Mary's eyes, the
buds red as her eyelids swollen from
weeping, and the leaves tear-stained
with her grief.
And in the old English garden, too
found the rosemary that puts forth
4OW DlOooOAho tNCAy aS
to embalm the body of the dead
Christ.
Wonderful Passion Flower.
In the passion flower the reverent
Imagination has discovered not a
cross alone. but also the pillar of
scourging, the nails, thc crown of
thorns, and even spots to mark the
i've wounds of the crucifed body.
The Spaniard will tell you that the
aspen trembles because that was the
wood OF the cross. However this may
be. there is a delightful old legend
CONCERNING the tree out Of which the
cross was made.
Aged Adam, weary of toll and sin
and eager for death, sent to the angel
guarding the Tree of Life to beg
boon The messenger brought back
the welcome promise that Adam should
die in three days and the added gift
of three small seeds which were mys-
teriously 10 be placed under the dead
mans tongue before burial
From ihese seeds. the quaint nara
tive continues sprang ace saQlings
that later united, three in one sym
Dol of the Trinity. With this mirac-
ulous tree Moses and David each
wrought many wonders. But King
Solomon, his whole heart set upon the
building of the temple, had the tree
cut down, intending il for a magnifi-
cent beam. Strive as the workmen
would, however, nowhere would the
beam fit, and, cast aside, it was later
used as a bridge across a nearby
stream. When the queen of Sheba
made her notable visit she refused Ito
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-04-08

tread upon this bridge; instead she
knelt and worshiped, and having con-
hded TO Solomon a vision she had
concerning 1t. the king at once or
dered the sacred wood incased In gold
and silver, and reverently hung over
the door OF the temple. Subsequent
ly, Abijah. son of Rehoboam, covet-
Ing the precious setting, had It taken
down, and after appropriating the
metal had the wood buried deep In the
earth-so deep. in fact, that a well
was dug over it, the famous Pool OF
Bethesda, the tree OF mercy at the
bottom giving healing qualities to the
waters. Finally, as the time appoint
ed approached, the tree rose and float.
ed on the surface, and the Jews took IL
and made it into the cross upon which
the Christ was crucified.
Wood of the Cross.
AS some claim the aspen was the
wood of the cross, others select the
weeping willow for the tree vDon
which Judas hanged himself
There is an old legend as sinister
claims that before the birth of Judas
his mother dreamed that her child
would murder his father ana betray
his God for money To prevent this
tragedy. the babe was put in a chest
and cast upon the sea, but was rescued
and adopted by king
According TO tradition, Pontius Pr
l..to
eide, for upon his return TO Rome so
indignant was the emperor over the
governors actions while in Jerusa.
lem that he cast him into prison. a
humiliation too great for so weak a
spirit TO bear.
Weird is the legend told concerning
the restless, tormented ghost of him
who could wash his hands but not bis
conscience OF offense.
The body of the suicide was first
cast into the Tiber, but so turbulent
were the storms that Immediately fol.
lowed that 1t was taken out of the
river, carried 10 Gaul, and thrown into
the Rhone. Tempests were the in
stant result Again the body was re-
moved. this time to Lake Geneva. The
same disasters in its train. Once
more AN attempt was made to over
come the evil. Surely, in a far-away
mountain lake locked in the center OF
the Alps even the spirit of a PLATE
could do no harm. Vain hope. There
arose storms OF wind and rain so great
in fury that hocks and herds were
drowned, trees torn up by the roots.
and happy-hearted homes washed away
to death and destruction.
0uieting Troubled Spirit.
Then at the call of the emergency
came the man of the hour to answer
it. Alone he went to the lake. and
with the sole weapons of a scholars
knowledge, and magic battled with the
spirit until it signified an agreement to
remain al peace if only it might have
one day of freedom during the year.
The storms ceased, but long after
ward whoever went to Pilates lake on
a Good Friday saw an awful specter
clothed in a red toga upon a rock above
the water, the grim, ghostly figure of
him who saw no i'll yet permitted it,"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-04-08
Local Option MajOrltieS.

of total of % in which local option
election took place Monday, declared in
favor of local option. This is certainly
a great victory for the cause of temper
ance and these 81 counties, added to
those already dry, will make grand
total of 80 counties in Michigan from
which the saloons will be driven after
May LIST next. The following tells the
story of MONDAYS victory briefly:
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-04-08

We counties.
In the counties that went dry Mon
day arc the following cities: Allegan,
Battle Greek, Albion, Petoskey, Hills
dale, Eli Pleasant, charlevoix, Cold
water, Marshall, Charlotte, Flint, Ionia,
Jackson.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-04-08

Entertainment and pie social at /. O.
o. +. hall, April 8. Ladies bring a pie
Everyone invited. I569t2
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-04-08

CCORDING to an
old tradition, when
the Roman soldiers
came to the Garden
of G e I h s e m a n e
Christ hid under the
olive trees until the
treacherous plover
cried out "Buvick."
"Buvick!" He Is
hiding!"
But IL a Judas
among the birds be-
trayed the Master of
men in this hour OF
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-04-08

been sii-cUed 10 much greater degree
than lie hard coal sales by the mild
winter just passed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-03
INAUGURATION CROWDS GATHER At WASHINGTON
tn WITNESS INSTALLATION OF NEW PRESIDENT

enteenth street. 1t consists Of colon
nades at even spaces on either side Of
the avenue, connected at the top with
green garlands. Massive pylons or
gateways have been erected at jack
son place and Madison place.
Within this space will be presented
some of the most imposing and stir
ring pictures Of the Inauguration. The
West Point cadets, in the perfect
alignment for which they are famous,
will march past with the snappy step
of youth; the solid columns of United
States regulars walking with the
swinging stride that carried them tire
lessly to the front in the several wars
of American history; nearly three
thousand sailors, fresh frorn their
wonderful cruise around the world;
the splendid regiments Of the picked
the precision of regulars, and the end
less variety or organizations, novel
and otherwise, composing the 1civic
division Of the immense pageant.
Not the least interesting picture in
the panorama will be the forenoon
parade of the grim old veterans of the
Civil Variants in the vanishing
army-who with the Spanish war
veterans and the Army and Navy
Union, will escort the President and
Vice President elect to the capital,
where they will take the oath Of office.
The veterans will carry at the head Of
their faltering column the shot-riven
and fading banners which flew in
their newness over many a sanguin-
airy field. Hundreds of brass bands
and dozens Of triumphant republican
organizations will fill the air with
music and with noise
The fire works will be a gorgeous
feature. The sky will be painted in
the most brilliant hues that can be re-
produced in fire. Volleys of bombs
will explode high in the heavens,
showering downward masses Of stars
and snakes. A feature will be the
Magic City" single stupendous
piece which alone will cost more than
$1,000. 1t will be 100 feet high and
400 feet long. Two great airshipsI
with a cargo of fireworks will float
over the Magic City, discharging pyro-
technics in their flight by means of
electricity. Then the city will be
burned, the conf1agration lasting about
five minutes; and the words Taft
and Sherman" will be written on the
sky in letters of fire. Accompanying
will be suggestions of earthquake and
volcanic eruption.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-03
Taft's Address Will Be De
livered Outdoors, No
Matter What the
Weather.

WASHINGTON, Mar. 3.-Every
train into the national capital today
brings it's quote of enthusiastic Amer
leans, eager to witness the ceremonies
attended upon the Inauguration of a
new president
Already the hotels are crowded and
the streets which have become veri-
table riot Of color, are thronged with
visitors Scores of military compan-
les and uniformed marching clubs,
headed by brass bands, were among
today's arrivals. Every preparation
has been made for the delivery of
William H. Tafts inaugural address
on the stand now erected before the
east portion of the capitol, regardless
of the kind of weather that may pre-
vail tomorrow. The section of the
stand from which Mr.. Taft will deliv-
er his address will be provided with
canvas cover to be put in place if
necessary. Mot since 1888, when An
drew Jackson was inaugurated a Sec
ond time within the House of Repre-
sentatives, >has the ceremony been
held indoors
There will be no Rough Riders in
the inaugural parade. "Pizen Pete"
and Sure Shot Sam will not dash
down Pennsylvania avenue in the
wake of President Taft, roping inof-
fensive citizens and uttering strident
"y-i-pip-e-e-e's."
Instead, Mr.. Taft's carriage will be
followed by a cavalcade Of the best
blood of Virginia and Maryland,
mounted on their hunters and clad in
the pink coats and white trousers of
cross-country riders.
Another feature Of the parade will
be a prosperity division" composed
of business men and organizations.
Historic Pennsylvania avenue will
be veritable bower Of flags and bunt-
ing on inauguration day, with the
official colors of the inaugural COM
mfttee, green and white, predominant
ing in the daylight hours. At night
the avenue will present a picture of
wonderland, with millions Of electric
bulbs bathing the thoroughfare in a
has been erected on Pennsylvania ave-
nue. in front of the White House, ex-
tending from Fifteenth street to Sew
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-03
CITY FATHERS. HAD
VERY BUSY SESSION
MUCH ROUTINE MATTER OF ALL
KINDS DISPOSED OF BY coUN-
Gil LAST NIGHT.
Petitions For Every Kind Of Improve
merit Presented by
Taxpayers.

With all members present, the city
council last night took up the regu-
lar routine business transactions, the
volume of which had been percept1-
b1y swelled because of the spring ac-
tivities in all lines of work throughout
the city. One of the noticeable CHAR
acteristics of the session was the large
attendance Of spectators, the cham
bers being well filled with those Who
had not previously gathered to see the
city fathers in action. Reports, pc
titions. communications and protests
were included in the varied line OF
business transacted, and. although the
volume was exceptionally large, the
work had been systematiZed in such
manner that no time was lost in
reaching the pile of documents in the
calendar box.
Petition for Track Change.
The petition of property owners for
a street light at washington anu
Howard streets was referred to the
street lighting committee. Manager
F. S Drake of the Walla Walla valley
Traction company, petitioned the
council for a change in the street car
track at Sixth and Main strets, In
ordar thot reverse curve might be
installed and thus enable the long IN
terurban cars to make the turn with
out trouble. The communication was
referred to the street committee.
Want Plumbing Inspection.
Local No. 377, organization OF
plumbers asked the appointment OF
a plumbing inspector for the coming
busy season. The water commlttee
has been given charge. Max Scout
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-03
ITCHING SEEMED
TO Be |NCURABLE
Terrible Red Patches on Face and
Arms Made Victim Ashamed to be
Seen Suffered Intensely for Ten
Months Expert Treatment Gave
No Reflective Sets of the
CUTICURA REMEDIES
ENTIRELY CURED Her

About two years ago contracted
eczema and suffered intensely for about
ten months. At times l thought
would scratch myself TO pieces. My
face and arms were covered with large
red patches, so that l was ashamed to
60 out. l was advised to go to- doctor
who was a specialist in skin diseases,
but l received very little relief. l tried
every known remedy, with the same
results. | thought / would never get
better until friend of mine told me to
try the Cuticura Remedies. So tried
them as the last resource, and am very
glad that / did, for after four or five
applications of Cuticura Ointment / was
relieved Of my unbearable itching. I
used two sets Of the Cuticura Remedies
(Soap, Ointment and Pills., and l am
completely cured. l always recon-
mend Cuticura to any one that is suf-
fering and in every case it seems to cure.
Miss Barbara Kral, 629 Mt. Pleasant
Ave, Highlandtown, Nd, Jan. 9, 'OS."
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-03
= + + + = = = = = = + = I
BIOGRAPHICAL CALENDAR. 1
March &

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = y
Four hundreds and fifty-six years
ago, in Alhandra, Portugal, was born
Alfonso albuquerque.
Albuquerque is a name seldom
heard now, fut four centuries ago it
was a household word and he was
known as the great Albuquerque" or
the MARS of Portugal" and held in
such reverence as we of today attach
to the name of Washington and Lin
coin.
It is difficult in these days of Portu-
gals unimportance to understand that
she once occupied place in the politi-
cal and commercial world second to no
other nation. Her rise to this eminence
came in the fifteenth and the sixteenth
centuries and by the middle of the lat
ter century she had reached the
heighth Of her prestige and ranked as
one of the most powerful European
monarchies, while Lisbon was one OF
the most important commercial cities
of the continent.
There was no one who contributed
more to Portugars fame and to Por-
tugaPs wealth than Albuquerque
Her period of expansion began with
the rediscovery of MADEIRA in 1419, and
the Azores Is years later. Before the
close of the century, Diaz. a Portu-
guese navigator, had discovered the
cape of Good Hope, and this made i,
possible for DeGanla to find his way
to India.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-03

Pope Alexander VI by his famous
bull of demarcation, made Brazil Por-
suguese territory by right of discov-
cry.
While all these rapid strides in
Portugars future greatness were be-
ing made Alfonso Albuquerque was re-
ceiving the training necessary for his
future adventures. He was of the
highest rank of nobility in his own
country and was connected by blooo
ties with the royal families of Spain
and France. and besides he was reared
in the household Of his own king. AL
fonso v. His military training was
received in his service in Morocco in
the unending contest between Portu-
gal and the Moors. He became an ac-
complished sailor by accompanying
several of the expeditions sent out by
the king to explore the African coast.
When the wealth of the Indies had
been attested by numerous voyagers
hence by Portuguese ships, Albu-
querque was fired with the ambition
to place the trade relations upon a Sc
curer basis and to that end he was
given a fleet with which he proceeded
10 India, where he built a fort at Co
chin on the coast of Malabar. This
visit convinced him of the Importance
to Portugal of securing a firmer foot
hold in the far east, and he returned
to kindle the fires of enthusiasm with
the king and his advisers. He was
commissioned to return as governor
in-chief of the Indies with almost alb
solute powers. While en- route he cap
tured Ormuz, a barren rock in the Per-
sian gulf of which the Orientals said,
"the world is a ring and Ormuz is it's
precious stone.'' 1t was the seat Of the
pearl fisheries and one of the chief
commercial cities of the world Ormuz
really was the guard to the Persian
gulf and the key to the trade of the
Indies
Calicut, a city which then held the
rank among the cities of India now en-
joyed by Calcutta, was his next con-
quest and it was at Calicut where Por-
tuguese merchants grew rich and Por-
tuguese priests labored to convert the
heather until the country fell into the
hands of Britain a century after. AL
buquerque spent a whole year in sub
DUNG the city of Goa, from which it
is said he exacted the unheard-of trib-
ute of one hundred millions Of dollars
and it was here that he died after re-
ducing the shores and the cities of the
two great peninsulas of southern Asia
to Portuguese rule. These conquests
tite for more worlds to conquer
and he turned his attention and his
guns against the cities commanding
the Red sea and the Persian gulf. He
even contemplated the conquest of
Egypt and conceived a scheme for tur-
ming the river Nile from it's source and
thus leave Egypt a desert.
The rise of Portuguese conquest
could be made to read as fiction and
yet it is a strange fact of history than
within quarter of a century from
the zenith of her glory she virtually
became a Spanish dependency.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-03
j. F. Mclean.
GROCERIES
l24 East Alder Phone So,

chine to eliminate the necessity Of
carrying thefvaluable. instrument from
one Office to another. With the in
stallation of the stand, the danger Of
dropping the machine will be done
away with, as the stand may be rolled
from one place to another.
Members Of the water committee
recommended that the petition Of the
Interior Grocery company for replae-
ing fire hydrant at Second and Elm
streets be granted. providing the groc-
cry company will stand the expense
Of such improvement, amounting to
s12
AS much routine city business II
coming up for transaction with tho
opening of the spring season, adjourn
ment was taken to next Tuesday even-
ing.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-03

proprietor of the Southern Cafe on
South Third street, asked permission
to install large garbage can near
the telephone pole at the corner of
Third and Main streets, and members
of the street committee were given con-
troll Of the petition. The street COM
mittee was given charge Of the pc
tition of property owners asking the
matchmaking of Craig street from
Palouse to Park The petition asking
the improvement Of North Palouse
street to East Main street was likewise
referred to the street committee.
The Northern Pacific Railroad COM
pany, together with other property
owners of mat portion Of the proposed
improvement district, petitioned the
omission of the district including East
Rose street from Spokane to Palouse,
from the district formerly extending
from Sixth to Palouse, and asked that
it be entered in the district east of
Palouse street. The street committee
drew the communication.
George Refer was granted a re-
newal of liquor license for the Brew
Park Superintendent Busy.
Park Superintendent G. L. Skutt, re-
quested authority from the council to
Immediately put a force of eight men
and a team at work in the park max
ing such improvement work as must
be done in the spring. The workmen
will be employed until April Is in
doing the improvement work, after
which time the team will be dispensed
with, and the men assigned to care
of grass and shrubbery. The council
granted the request. A resolution ex-
tending a vote Of thanks to c. J.
Smith and c. A. Barrett for their eff
forts in behalf Of the Walla Walla
water bill, recently passed by the
oregon legislature, was unanimously
adopted The mayor and clerk were
authorized to draw warrant for $685.
9O2.5O to reimburse the general NUM-
cipal funds for moneys drawn for
other purposes, the money to be trans
ferred from the municipal bond fund.
Several Ordinances Passed.
The ordinance providing for the
grading and improving Of Otis street
from East Alder to Mill creek was
given final passage, as was also the
ordinance vacating four and one-half
feet on either side Of the alley through
block 1 Of Gains addition. An Or
dinance authorizing the sale Of certain
described property to II. G.. Baker
for the consideration of other describ-
ed property and the sum of $500. was
passed.
Section 8 of ordinance 1886 was
amended by an ordinance, given final
passage last night, the amendment be-
ing in effect the extension Of time
on which the tax will become due and
payable, in the assessment district
created to pay for the improvement Of
Ninth street from Rose to Chestnut.
March Is was set as the date of pay
ment.
Civ clerk Hart was authorized to
purchase a stand for the adding ma
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-03
New Labor Department.

WASHINGTON. Mar. 3.-Delegates
from all the labor organizations affili-
ated with the American Federation as
sembled here today for the purpose
Of organizing national union laDei
propaganda. The department will have
union label sections of all the big GEN.
trail labor unions in each city of the
country.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-03

Erie Railroad company for authority
tn issue thirty million dollars Of i've
per cent collateral gold bonds was en-
tered by the public service commission
today.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-03
To Burn q Little Powder.

NORFOLK, Va, March 2.-The bat-
tleship Maine, flying the pennant OF
Rear Admiral Arnold, the New Hamp-
shire. the Missouri, and the cruiser
North Carolina, of the third squadron
of the Atlantic fleet, passed out OF
the capes last night bound for Guam
tanamo Cuba for regular spring
target practice The battleshlp Ne
braska passed out today bound for
New York.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-03

ANNAPOLIS, Md, March 3.-Medi-
cal Director Thomas Cameron Walton.
II. & NJ. retired, aged 20, formerly one
Of the leading members Of the navy
medical corps, died suddenly tonight OF
apoplexy. while seated at the dinner
table
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-03
EOn HALE-ReaI Estate

$4,000 PER ACRE FOR A FINE
home farm of 1000 acres; 100 acres
of alfalfa land, SO acres of alfalfa'
Is acres will soon be seeded; tne
alfalfa land is bottom land and nave
water to irrigate with; $50 acres OF
fine wheat land; 440 now in summer
faIlow fall wheat; close haul; 6-room
house. Terms $1,000 down, balance
to suit purchaser.