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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-17
HE TOUCHED
THE. SHERIFF

Sheriff, come over to the Star barn
a' once; there is a man here that you
want"
such was the message buzzed over
ue ~ this morning into Sheriff
haVlland's ears and hastily donning a
PO'uon Of his clothes he hurried to
"e desired spot When arriving there,
Ne saw a long. lean individual who
''e'u!Iy beCkoned him to the rear of
"'e 0arn and then made a touch for
- The sheriff says that he smiled,
'-' later revised this to mean that
gave the man the all firdest cuss-
Ns he ever received.
Al'er that" said Mr.. Haviland, Il
'' 70 my rooms and completed my
toilet"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-17
Leopold Passes Away After
Long Fight With
Grim Reaper
HEART EMBOLISM
THE DIRECT CAUSE
Council of Ministers Will
Take Regency Until
Albert Is Crowned

BRUSSELS, Dec. 1.-THE nation
al Monitor announced today that
pending the succession of Prince AL
bert to the Belgian throne, to succeed
the late King Leorold, the Belgian
government will be administered by a
regency consisting of a council of min
iSters
The king died at 2:35 this morning.
The immediate cause of his death, ac-
cording to Thirar, the chief physician,
was heart embolism I'VE were most
apprehensive when we performed the
recent operation" said Thirar, Be
cause We were aware of the heart
trouble, but the operation was abso-
lutely necessary to prevent terrible
suffering. Thanks to the operation the
kings death was painless"
Leopold's death occurred on the
forty-fourth anniversary Of his formal
accession to the throne, although his
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-17
'Iouple Caught in
A Lodging House

ndNan, said to be an habitue
"e Idle Hour, and Louis vacca, a
In the Louvre hotel. were ar
y. "'out o'clock this morning by
'S'aOIe Peterson and Sheriff Havi-
y. !" the Alta lodging house on
-, large Of malicious cohabitation,
Oon.. later tried in the justice
ho,s Sae'l They were found guilty and
co.. received sentence of $50 and
vs, 'Ouhtlng to $12.7O. The fines
n. paid and the prisoners released.
iosss vompiaint was sworn out at the
~. s@''On of Henry Torkelson and
Of :. variants We're placed in the hands
pson's NJ officers for serving. But two
ers co,,,, caught, however, the 9TH
ns could not be found.
tow, (, couple was living in a down
noD,,s. lodging house and though the
hs swOre that he was conduct
vas mn model house. am Investigation
'''hg in the arrest.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-17
Congress Must
Insert A Probe

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE SEN
sational attack upon Secretary of the
Interior Ballinger, made upon the floor
of the house yesterday by Represen-
tative Hitchcock of Nebraska, makes
it practically certain that the house
cannot stave off the in
vestigation of the general land office
after Christmas. The general senti-
ment of the house today is that there
should be a full investigation Of the
charges brought against the secre-
tary by L. r. CLAWS, former chief of
the field division Of the land office, in
with the Alaskan coal fields.
A resolution demanding such inves-
tigation is now in the hands of the
rules committee, having been referred
to that body by Speaker Cannon
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-17
s** Z ]. + + I. + ! + + J. +
TO RECOGNIZE ESTRADA.


Z WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-Rep- =
resentative Sulzer of New York, =
I today introduced in the house +
resolution directing the admin =!
istration to recognize Estrada as =
president of Nicaragua, and to =
I notify him that the United States r
I demands the punishment of for =
. mer President Zelaya.
s%r .. !. = j. !. !. I. 1. + i + +
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 17.-Follow-
ing the resignation of President Ze-
6ya Of Nicaragua, it is reported at
Managua today that General Vasquez.
leader of the Zelayan troops near Ra-
ma, viii surrender 1t is also rumored
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-17
KANSAS
CITY IN
TROUBLE
Reign of Terror in Town in
Sunflower State Not
Due to Liquor
CITY NO MONEY
FOR PROTECTION
Pittsburg Is Short in It's
Bank Account and Crime
Is Running Rife.

PITTSBURG, Kan, Dec. 17.-After
reign Of crime and bloodshed such
has never before been knwn in this
city in times of industrial peace, the
citizens are discussing prohibition and
its effects more vehemently than ever.
Four people murdered in a single week
and divers other crimes committed
recently, have aroused the people to
wrath, and among a majority this rage
is directed at the state officials who
have enforced the dry law and left
this community of $4,000 without funds
for the employment of an adequate
police force
Up to two years ago saloons thrived
openly here, and in the city and sur
Do
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-17

STRIKE

SPOKANE, Dec. 1.-THE assertion
was made today that every union
working man in the service of the rail-
roads involved in the switchmen's
strike will be pulled off his job after
noon Saturday, if the demands and
grievances of the strikers are not ar
bitrated. The strikers declare they
don't care so much now for the six
cents addition an hour, but they de-
mand a moderation in the physical ex-
animation and abolition of the age
limit.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-17
Children Form Human Flag.

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Dec. 17.-Four
hundred little girls will pose as hu-
man flag at the Alhambra this even
ing. as a part of an entertainment ar
ranged by the United Commercial
Travellers.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-17
REPORT HAS IT THAT ZELAYArS OFFICERS ARE
SOON TO SURREND Err AND THAT THEY
WILL SUPPORT HIM FOR OFFICE
Whispered Today that Nicaragua Will Become the
Pioneer Equal Suffrage Nation of the World
-Bluefelds Elimn ated From Fighting

that the Zelayan and revolutionary
armies would combine to support Es-
trada for the presidency in the event
of Estradas ascension to the presi-
dency.
It is being whispered today that Nj
caragua will become the pioneer equal
suffrage nation of the world
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-17
BANDITS DO A
DARING STUNT

+ GERONIMO, Okla, Dec II
+ While three bandits held crowd =
4. of citizens at bay, two others loot =
j. ed the Citizens bank this morning =
4. of 1850 and all escaped. They =
4 are being pursued by a posse y
4. 4 + = = = = = = = = =
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-17
William Jennings Bryan s
Cutspoken in Opinion
Of Taft's Message.
TAMEST DOCUMENT
OF KIND WRITTEN
Senator LaFollette Takes a
Crack at Taft and His
Weak Message.

LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 17.-In the
Bryan asserts as his frank opinion that
President Taft's recent message was
one of the tamest documents that ever
came out of the White House He
Says:
NO honest tariff revisionists among
the people can find note of comfort
in the presidents reference to this i'm
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-17
COOK FACES
NEW DANGER

COPENHAGEN, Dec. 17-Danger
from another quarter threatens the
reputation of Dr. Frederick A. Cook,
according to a member of the commit
tee now investigating the data sent
from New York by the explorer The
scientist calls attention to the fact
that the frost and storms of the po-
lar region renders impossible absolute
accuracy in securing data.
He says Cooks figures will arouse
more suspicion in the minds of the in
vestigators if absolutely correct than
if Inaccuracies exist The committee
began work today and expect to reach
u decision within a fortnight.
The committee investigating the
records of DR.. Frederick A. Cook this
afternoon announced the affidavits of
Loose and Dunkle, made in New York
they fabricated the records
for Cook, would be ignored. The COM
mittee will base it's decision entirely
upon the records of Cooks trip to the
north, as submitted by him.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-17
BOILER
BURSTS

. PHILADELPHIA. Dec. II
= Three men were blown TO pieses
~ boiler exploded in the :.
. s,.nt Of the Royal clayworks .
+ early today. : =
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Christmas Shops

,r;u help the early shopper by being
oorIv advertisers and using the Even
,,c statesman. 1t is certain to reach
the early buyer.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-17

be the Statesman ads. especially IL
economy is an object do your shop
ping early"
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1909-08-13
4 k|[0WATT noun
What 1t Is and What 1t Will Do
Are Explained.

Users Of electric currentn are
often puzzled by the different terms
used for the measurement of electric
current. The words ampereso
volts and watts are quite
meaningless to the unanitiated
and when an electric charging
station makes price for current of
5 or 10 cents per kilowat hour the
average unscientific man doesn't
quite grasp its meaning.
To explain the term needs first a
clear definition and then a COM
parison. Every one will understand
that certain amount of force must
be used to drive electric current
through circuit. This force is
measured by volts, thus we have 10
volt currents and 22O-volt currents,
the one expressing just twice the
force of the other; but the quantity
Of current passing through a circuit
depends upon the force and the
resistance and so the quantity is
expressed by different term, viz,
"amperes. Now the efficiency of
the current depends upon both
force and efficiency or united action
we multiply the force by the
quantity. that is the volts by the
amperes and express the result in
watts. Thus 10 volts multiplied
by 5 amperes is $50 watts or 22O
volts multiplied by ) amperes is
100 watts. A kilowatt is of course
900 watts, which is the equi-
valance of about / 1-3 horsepower.
In charging a battery the lighting
companies bill for the use of so
many watts for SO many hours
thus 1000 watts for 10 hours
would be charged as 10 kilowatt
hours. which at Is cents killowatt
would be 80 cents charge. that
seems little enough for ten hours
use of 11-3 horsepower.
But what kilowatt hour is worth
may best be judged by what it will
do. Thus kilowatt hour will light
twenty Is candle power incandescen
lamps or two standard arc lamps
for one hour: it will pump 100 gall
ons of water to height of 25 feet;
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1909-08-13
AN INCREASE Of 2,))0 pfp (thT
The Part the Rural Telephone Has
Played in the Winning Of the
West.

Two thousand three hundred and
fifty per cent, seems rather large
figures to be dealing with, even when
one is considering as broad d sub
ject as the increase in the use of
rural telephones. Yet it is fact
that in the tive-year period ending
Dec. 81, 1907, the number Of phone
stations in the rural districts OF the
western states did jump 1850 per
cent. In actual figures, the eleven
states which constitute this group
had 300 county telephones at the
end of the year 1902; five years lat
ter the had 81, I'll. These figures
form the most striking part of the
latest telephone census. Statistics
placed side by side for comparison
always speaks an interesting story.
One may deduce some telling facts
from the following table, showing
just how many rural phones each
Western state had III 1902 and in
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1909-08-13
|QTI ADOPTS IMPORTANT ORDINANCE
A New Ordinance Passed Regulating
the Issuance Of Licenses to Re-
tail Liquor Dealers.

town Of Roundup unless the appli-
cation shall be signed by majority
of the owners Of property in the
block where it is proposed to carry
on such business. Provided that
this ordinance shall not apply to "a
renewal Of any license already is
sued and in force so long as the
same is used in it's present loca-
ton, but the holder Of any license
who changes location will come
under and be subject to all the
provisions hereof
A committee consisting of Alder
man Wall, Ray and Schroeder was
appointed to look into site for a
cemetery. 1t is probable that ten
acres in the northwest corner of the
townsite near the Callahan property,
which the council in body in
spected this week will be purchased
from the townsite company. An
offer Of S25 per acre it is understood.
will be made the company.
The city council now has under
consideration the advisibility Of
purchasing the fire apparatus which
was procured by the commercial
club by popular subscription.
Mayor Newton appointed Alderman
Schroeder, Boucher and Rauch as
a committee to investigate the mat
ter.
1t is expected that Mayor Newton
will issue call at a near date fol
volunteers for fire department
It is desired that an organization be
perfected by twenty members.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1909-08-13
4 0Tr# #([ntT[R1
Burial Grounds to Be Laid Out
by City Just Out Of the Cor.
porate Limits.

The city council has started
movement to lay out city ceme-
etery. the need OF which is every
day becoming more apparent, and
with that end in view is negotiating
for ten-acre tract OF land close
enough to be convenient and easily
accessible. Up to this time the
burial grounds on the NJ. NJ. Klein
ranch at Old Roundup have been
used. This is at least three miles
from the city and is inconvenient
to say the least. Altho Mr.. Klein
has. no objections to the use of his
ground, giving it gratuitously in fact,
it is high time that the city secure
tract of land for this purpose be-
fore the price Of all available ground
becomes prohibitive. The council
has not as yet acted officially in the
matter, but it is probable that steps
towards the realization of the pro-
ject will be taken at a near date.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1909-08-13
AL NATIONS INVITED
Asked to Participate in Fourth DR.,
Farming Congress at Billings
in October.

Secretary John T. Burns has is
sued the official call for the fourth
annual session Of the Dry Farming
Congress, to be held at Billings,
Montana, October 26-27-2s. 1909.
The call is addressed to the president
OF the United States. the diplomatic
representative OF foreign nations,
ministers and secretaries OF agricul-
ture Of all countries, governors OF
states, presidents of agricultural
colleges, state land boards, state
engineers, state boards OF agricul-
ture, national state and country ag-
ricutural associations, or grange
lodges, livestock associations, horti-
cultural societies, county commits
sioncrs, mayor of cities, presidents
OF towns. all commercial bodies,
railroad and immigration companies
and members of the Dry Farming
Congress. In addition to these the
call IS sent to about 10000 indivi-
dual farmers and others interested
in agriculture in the west.
The call outlines the objects OF
the Congress as follows:
To discuss and compare methods
! by which the great area OF arid land
can be profitably utilized under
thorough tillage by which the ma
tural rainfall can be conserved.
To encourage the use OF methods
by which. IN districts where rainfall
is slight, or irrigation water is Inn
tied. the actual productive <acreage
can be increased.
To create closer cooperation be
+ tween the government and state eN-
perts in charge OF dry farming ex-
perimental work and the actual
] farmers Of the arid districts.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1909-08-13
5t(0hD ADDITION PLACID ON SALE
Milwaukee Townsite Company Files
Plat of Second Addition to
ToWnsite of Roundup.

On Monday Of this week the plat
Of the second addition to the town
site of Roundup was filed in the
office Of the clerk and recorder at
Lewistown. Special Agent l.. NJ.
Law being out of town the first Of
the week the new addition was not
placed on sale until yesterday,
when number.of lots were dis
sosed of. Mr.. Law says that he has
inumerable inquiries for locations
in the second addition, and he is Of
the opinion that all desirable lots
will be picked UP in few days.
From present indications the entire
lew addition will be sold out by
the end of summer.
The new addition joins the pre-
sent townsite on the north and west
and comprises seventeen blocks,
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1909-08-13
ANOTHER RtAL t5TATt @.
Land Company Formed to Deal
in Musselshell Valley and Fer
gus County Lands.

Another real estate company
was organized here this week which
lis to be known as the Northwestern
Land Development Co. The prinei-
|pal promoters of the new enterprise
|are Thomas P. Lamb, well known
|thruout Fergus county and this part
|of the state, and J. P. Rose, former
|ly connected with the immigration
department of one OF the southern
railroads. The company has not
yet secured permanent offices but
will do so within the next week.
The Northwestern Land Develop
ment Company will deal extensive
ly in Musselshell Valley and Fergus
county lands and will make a spec
|ialty of locating homesteaders on the
vacant government lands surround
ing Roundup. An effective adver-
tising campaign will be carried on
in the east and with that purpose
lin view offices will be established
lin Chicago, Minneapolis and Oma-
ha.
Tom Lamb, who will be general
manager of the local office, is thoro-
" acquainted with the country in
which the company will operate,
being an old timer here. j. P. Rose,
secretary and treasurer, has consid-
erable experience in immigration
work, and will no doubt be instru-
mental in bringing out many set.
tiers for this section.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1909-08-13
pA5}[hQ[R TRAIN TO RUN TO COAST
Through Service Will Be Established
Over New Road Next Sunday.

Through passenger service to the
Pacific coast will be established by
the Puget Sound road Sunday, when
the train which has been running
out of Butte to Alberton will con-
tinue on to Seattle. It will be a
daylight train though for some time
and will lay over night at Maiden,
Wash, continuing on to the west
ern terminal the following day. No
sleepers will be carried, but the re-
gular day coach equipment will be
used. The through trains will leave
the b., A. d P. depot in Butte every
morning at 80 and will arrive at
1000 as usual.
Regular freight service to the
coast over the new line has been in
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1909-08-13

effect since June 23rd, and the other
roads are rapidly realizing that they
have a formidable competit or for
the coast traffic. Considerable Or
iental trade IS already be II g
handled over the road.
Withsthe opening of regular pas
senger Service, the coast extension
may be said to be in its completed
stage. although considerable work
yet remains to be done in improving
the road bed. For immensity, celeri-
ty and solidity OF construction. the
new extension of the Chicago, Mil
Waukee u St. Paul is job which
has never been surpassed in the
annals OF railroad building.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1909-08-13

1t must be remembered that the
telephone was nothing new in 1902.
It dates back to 1876, but its mar
vclous popularity is OF more re-
cent origin in fact, is within the
memory of all. Where once the
telephone was the luxury OF the rich
man. now it is utilized by thousands
OF plain American farmers, who find
It their greatest convenience and
business aid. That is the story told
by the telephone census and there
are many other statistics OF more
than passing interest.
In the United States in 1902 there
were 266, ,966 rural phone stations.
Five year later the census recorded
.464 73c, an increase OF 449 per
cent. The number OF farms in the
country is given as 5.535 GIL. In
1902 but 24,s per cent Of these
farms were equipped with facilities
for communication over the tele-
phone wire. Five years later the
percentage was 26.5.
The state of Iowa on Dec. 81,
1907. showed 7S.9 per cent OF its
farms using the telephone. To-day
unofficial figures place the percent-
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The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1909-08-13
A 6raudE Lawn Party.

There will be grand lawn party
and social at the big tent Of the
Congregational church on Tuesday
evening next. Special amusements
Twill be provided. The Orchestra
Twill play and ice cream and cake
|will be served. There will be flower
booth under the charge of Mrs. Y.
MICRO, and parcel booth amp
Pretty Rebeeea at the Well. .
Don't forget it. Make your arrange
|ments for next week taking into ac-
count the big Lawn Party.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1909-08-13
n0UhTA|ht[R5 [l[(T OFFICERS
New Set Of Officers Chosen te
Serve for Ensuing
Year.

At a special meeting of the local
cabin of Mountaineers held Thurs
day evening OF last week, the fol
lowing officers were elected to serve
the ensuing year:
&. E. O'Neil. Chief Mountaincer
A. w. Eiselcin, Vice Chief Noun.
taineer.
+. G. Martin. Past Chief Noun.
taineer.
Mrs. Elsie Hice, Secretary.
Hattie J. Russell, Chaplain.
Mrs. Carl n. Thompson, Lady
Mountaineer.
Mrs. f. G. Martin. Lady Almoner
Al Bailey. Guide.
Josephine Gaughan, Lady Guide
J. Miller, Guard.
Gene Tailor, Sentry.
The new officers were installed
the same evening by L. ". Pickett,
state organizer, OF Missoula.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1909-08-13

compress 40 cubic feet Of free air
100 pounds; drive an ordinary
passenger elevator 80 feet; print
$500 circulars on a 15x21 Gordon
press or 1000 sheets on 32x47
cylinder press; run a sewing machine
for 90 hours. supply air for a church
organ for one service: mix two and
one hall cubic yards Of concrete;
heat two point chatting dish for
four hours; mix sufficient dough
for / 800 loaves of bread and grind
GOO pounds of coffee; it will drive Il
Waverly runahout 4 II miles or a
Waverly three ton truck one mile.
When therefore a lighting company
charges Is cents a kilowatt hour for
current for your electric vehicle you
can estimate the value of what you
are getting by what it will do in
other lines of industry.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1909-08-13

Coincident with the rumors that
there would be several new applica-
|tions for saloon licenses. the loca-
|tions Of which places Of business
would be in doubt, and with view
to prevent the removing Of saloons
|now in business to the main busi-
mess portion Of the city where the
humber is already considered suf-
|fcient, the city council at meet
ling held Wednesday evening passed
AN ordinance regulating the issuance
Iof licenses in such cases and putting
a ban on any moving. The ordin-
ance was adopted unanimously and
it goes without saying that the ac-
ton Of the council is approved by
the majority of the citizens. The
ordinance reads as follows:
Sec. lit shall be the duty of
the Town Treasurer to require OF
every person, firm or corporation
applying for license for any dram
shop, saloon or tipping house. un-
der the ordinances Of the town OF
Roundup, statement in writing
given the name of the applicant,
IA description of the lot and block
of the property where such business
lis to be carried on. and request
signed by majority of the owners
of property in said block that the
applicant be granted a license.
Sec. 2.-No license for any dram
shop, saloon or tippling houses shall
be issued when such business is to
be carried on in any portion of the