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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-03-18

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the government of cities under CON-
mission.
Submitting an amendment to the
constitution relating to salary OF the
attorney general
Appropriating money to repair
science hall at Vermillion.
Relating to the service of sum.
mons in justice courts.
Relating to school district bound
aries under the general law
Allowing probate courts to open
up their judgments for correction of
errors.
Memorializing congress to remove
the tariff from lumber.
Legalizing the incorporation Of
Washington school district.
Fixing the time Of election in
towns and villages the same as in
cities.
Requiring libel suits to be brought
in the county in which the alleged
libel was perpetrated.
Providing manner OF describing
unbranded horses to be shipped out
OF the state. *.
Creating tuberculosis sanitarium
at Custer.
Providing for special assessments
on state lands for drainage pur-
poses.
Appropriating money for de6-
cheney of railroad commission. q
Appropriating money to continue
the work of railroad valuation in the
state.
Appropriation for maintenance OF
state house.
Appropriating money for printing
house and senate journals and bills.
Fixing limit of taxation in school
districts.
Allowing increase in county taxes
for county bridges
Amending fee law for beneficiary
insurance companies, placing the
Modern Woodmen on the same basis
as other beneficiary companies.
Fixing qualifications of county
superintendent of schools.
General drainage law.
Permitting inspection Of records
of county officers by any resident OF
the county.
Provides method of procedure in
collections under the Inheritance
law.
Prohibiting gambling on trains.
Allowing benevolent organizations
to renew charter without losing any
rights.
Makes habitual neglect Of official
duties cause for removal.
Providing a manner OF establish
ing roadway to insulated tract OF
land.
Increasing number of supreme
court judges to Ave.
Fixing terms Of court in the
Eight judicial circuit.
Repeating that part Of code which
allows sub.contractors to file liens
Allowing county school houses to
be used as general meeting places.
Prohibits the drinking of liquor
on passenger trains.
Legalizing bond election by city
Of Woonsocket.
Prescribing when the defense OF
assumed risk shall be available on
the part of railroad employees.
Memorializing congress to set
aside a township in the Bad lands
for national reserve.
Memorializing congress to sink
artesian wells in the arid sections. z
Memorial:zing congress TO estab-
lish hospitals at European ports Of |
en- tarkment. /
Memorializing congress to permit
the state to take lien lands in place
of Black Hills forest reserve lands.
Providing manner Of levying
assessments against state lands for
drainage purposes. /
Requiring all accounts against
incorporated towns to be sworn TO.
Providing for the manner Of
rebate of moneys paid for void tax
titles.
Changing lines Of oil inspection
districts in state.
Providing for commission for
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-03-18
LEGISLATIVE DOINGS!

The lolloWlng IS the list Oh the
laws which were passed at the
eleventh session of the legislature:
Appropriating money for legisla.
tive expenses.
Providing for Legislative hand
books.
Giving greater powers to judges
of probate courts in the fling OF
wills.
Fixing form of answer in justice
courts.
Memorislizing congress to open
all Indian reservations in South
Dakota.
Providing for state board of dental
examiners.
Requiring election judges to make
unofficial returns.
Two.cent fare law.
Memorializing congress to call a
national convention for an anti.
polygamy amendment to the consti-
tuition.
Allowing term Of court to be held
in towns other than county seats,
where said county seat is more than
three miles from railroad.
Memoralizing congress to call a
constitutional convention to provide
for the election Of svua.. ls by popu.
lar vote.
Memorializing congress to make
Fort Meade brigade post.
Providing funds for finishing
capitol building.
Limiting time in which proceed
ings can be commenced to secure
tax deeds.
Penalty for using abusive and
obscene language.
Providing for vote of the people
OH question of leasing school lands
for agricultural purposes.
Requiring vocal music to be
taught in schools.
Requiring county treasurers to
account for interest received on
county funds.
Providing for the licensing of
state veterinary surgeons and for a
state board of examiners.
Providing for the manner OF
redemption on sale under execution.
Fixing compensation Of executors
and administrators.
Requiring assignees of tax sales
to file their certificates with county
treasurer.
Giving additional powers to cities
and towns in the licensing of fakirs,
etc.
Preventing unfair discrimination
in the purchase Of grain, live stock
and commodities.
Appropriating money Tor the
presidential electors.
Appropriating money for furnish
ing new buildings at the Spearfish
normal school.
Requiring school boards to select
teachers on petition of majority of
the voters of school districts.
Changing name OF deaf mute
school to South Dakota School for
the Deaf"
Regulating procedure in fore
closure ON execution.
Fixing terms of court in the Fifth
judicial circuit.
Relating to elections in indepen-
dent school districts.
Making standard time the legal
time in this state.
Requiring register Of deeds to ale
a transcript of all land transfers
with the county auditor.
Legalizing the election in Butte
county.
Allowing counties to increase
their donations to county fairs.
Increasing powers Of town boards.
Providing manner of enforcement
Of liens against mining property.
Military code.
Attaching the county of Meyer to
Lyman county for judicial purposes.
Making the possession Of burglar
implements felony.
Amending the bird protection law
Making the offering Of 10000
acres of state lands yearly optional
with state land board.
S .t. s-.v
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-11
Long Hours and Small Pay Rule in Most of the Eating
Houses Of the City-Waiters, as Glass,
Travel Extensively and Can Easily
Land Job.

ers in some of the best places in the
city
With the dages is of course included
board Figuring board at 81 per week,
it would bring the average up to about
SIS. If the waiter is without family,
the item of board is clear gain. If he
has a family to support it takes very
little from his expense account. Here
as in nearly every other city, a waiter
generally serves an apprenticeship in
learning his trade. In his first ca
pacity he is sometimes known as bus
boy. 1t is his duty to carry away
the dishes to be washed and to re-
plenish the larders. This position
pays him from 81 to So. AS soon as
he becomes proficient he is in line for
promotion.
The position of the waiter is unique.
He is a sort of common confessor for
the cook, the restaurant keeper, and
the provision man. If the steak is not
we'll cooked, if the restaurant is not
we'll managed, if the eggs and butter
are stale, the ire Of the customer
takes no time to find the cook, the
proprietor or the grocer, but vents
itself in the whitest heat and most
unreserved terms upon the guiltless
waiter.
Opportunity for Promotion.
What are the chances for advance
ment?
Every small" was the significant
answer to this question from a waiter
in one of the local restaurants This
seems to be literally true in the ma
jority of instances A waiter may
commence in a second or third rate
house with comparatively little exper-
fence and earn $40 per week and
gradually work up to the first class
houses which pay from SIS to SIS.
Then, however, he stops. He may be-
come head waiter at some good house
and get as high as $25, and he may
become steward at even a larger SAL
nry but these positions are few and
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they wage external warfare-the rag
picker and ramassuer of dirt.
This man sets out on his rounds
at night equipped with a huge bas-
ket strapped on his back, a pointed
stick with which. to pick up his booty
and lantern. AS the streets are darn
except for the light of an occasional
lamp fixed to wall, the ragpicker's
lantern is seen afar, and it's appear
ance is the signal for the scavengers
to take up arms. They bark them
selves hoarse with rage
Yet another nightly enemy to the
dogs is the beckji-or night watch
man-who taps the pavement inces-
sanity to let householders know that
he is about. If dog happens to be
in his path the beckji playfully knocks
it over with the heavy club he carries
and the beast, having been touched
perhaps on some raw and tender
wound, sets up a prolonged wall OF
agony, in which other members of his
band hasten to join.
In the vicinity other bowls are
ehard; the sound swells and swells
until the glorious mystery and peace
of night are made hdeous with UNI
earthly din
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-11
LIFE OF THE WATERS WHO SERVE FOOD TO WALLA WALLAS
HUNGRY HUNDREDS IS NOT ONE LONG ROUND OF PLEASURE

than they can afford. They sit year,
more or less, and try to select some
thing that is cheap. You are forced
to leave them and go and wait on
some other customer. Then perhaps
you get real busy and forget about
them for a few minutes. AS soon as
they have figured out something that
is not too expensive they are i'm
patient to have it at once. If you
don't start just when they are ready,
the first thing you know they have
registered kick and you get called
up on the carpet Women as a rule
are harder to wait on than men,"
To be successful the waiter i'll a
first class house, and even in those of
less Importance, has to be q great
student OF human nature. He has
great advantage if he is well educated
His manner must be genteel. He need
not cringe and fawn; all that is re-
quired is that he be uniformly cour-
teous
Walters .in second and third class
restaurants deal in quantity rather
than quality, Their agility in handling
the "ham- ands," DUCKS" and "Spo-
kanes" counts more in their favor than
any special grace or courtesy they
rlay possess. Those who have the
rare qualities of good fellowship, with
jest or a story as they come in tired
from their work, are the ones desired
by the proprietors of the eating houses
who feed the "hOi-pOllOi"
DO walters save their money, and
what becomes of them?' was asked.
Married walters save their money if
their wives save it for them," was the
paradoxical reply. Single waitrs-?--!
Walters are perhaps better Travelled
than men of any other craft. There
are very few walters in Walla Walla
who have not travelled extensively.
Talk to almost any class of them and
you will find them thoroughly con-
versant with the affairs in Chi"
Frisco" or "Phillie" By means of
the unions a waiter in good standing
is always at home If waiter lands
in a CITY and finds it fright" it is
an easy matter to blow to the next
burg" Whatever may be said of the
life of waiter in Walla Walla and
elsewhere, and of the inducements it
possesses, if dissatisfied, he can move
- some other place and make q
living.
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and voicing their delight. AS the goal
is reached the victim stands still a
moment gazing around wonderingly at
the expectant, upturned faces of the
eager, straining pack which gradually
but surely closes in upon it,
The pause is brief; in an instant,
starved body, the dogs are upon it,
tearing it to pieces.
One dog, with upper lip drawn
tightly back, displaying formidably
strong white teeth, advances upon the
intruder with stately stride, emitting
a warning growl, while his comrades
support him with short barks Some
times the enemy withdraws backing
hastily-to his own territory, where
his united band awaits him, at other
times the intruder, if caught in the
act of stealing "a morsel, decides to
fight for his prize; but he always re-
tires with a limp and a sorrowful air
These creatures which exhibit so
savage hatred of dogs from an
other street, are never vicious with
human beings; the most staid old vet
eran among them will fawn and play
around you like puppy at the slight
est word of kindness
Standing upon his hind legs and
rul ring his wet nozzle into your hand,
he gently pushes the younger ones
aside, as much as to say Il am the
hoss"
And there is no doubt about the
fact-there are bosses. Strength is
everything; it is the strongest which
is the largest, simply because he has
always succeeded in getting the best
pieces from the dirt pile
A few of these miserable beasts,
which have not enough vitality to re-
sist the cold and snow of winter, lie
for days shivering against walls; then
stupefied and numbed they die
Young ones lie curled up on the
on top Of one another to
keep warm, while the snow falls OH
and around them; older and stronger ,
fellows, apparently unconscious of !
conditions, sleep in the road |
But it as at sunset each day that !
the dogs real struggle for life COM |
mences for it is then that house !
holders throw out their refuse, and |
dirt piles assume interesting proper
tons.
The beasts, however, are not the !
only searchers in the dirt piles; they |
have common enemy upon whom |
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far between.
What then are the inducements to
remain in the business? "Tips" is the
common belief. When queried about
tipping in this city, the walters >ex-
pressed the opinion that tips are a
very small inducement to remain in
the business here. There are but a
very few places in Walla Walla where
the tip is known, they say, and in
these the amount is never very large.
According to estimates of one waiter
who was well acquainted with local
there are one or two places
that yiel. as high as 81 or 50 per
shift. hut even in these places, this
does not prove true every day. When
IL I'LL was introduced in the last leg
islature to prohibit tipping, there was
no opposition developed against IT
among the local walters, as they DEEM
ed the bill of little consequence to
them in any case.
Earning Tips.
you have to earn all the tips you
get here" said one waiter in a local
restaurant "Tips mean service. You
must be up to snuff. 1t is not mat
ter of showing your subserviency, but
a matter of service. The waiter who
has received good tips is generally a
tired man when he comes from his
shift. More than that the service
waiter has no show in Walla Walla
houses He has to wait on too many
customers. In order to give good SER
vice-work-the kind that yields tips
a waiter should not have more than
six chairs, eight at the most"
Another waiter when interviewed
said: IT'S all against the waiter here.
The proprietors trust their customers
more than they do us. They allow
the customer to take his own check
to the cashier, and run the risk of his
leaving the place without paying,
rather than trust us to make the
cahnge. If we make a mistake IN
footing up a bill, even though it is
for us to profit by the mis-
take either way, it is charged up to
us and we are obliged to dig up or lose
our jobs"
In answer to the query as to what
class of people he considered the hard
est to serve, another waiter said: "By
all means the kind that poster us the
most are the ladies who, go to res
taurants which have higher prices
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-11

up the question, and the following
typically Mohammedan proposition re-
Gently appeared in one-that the males
and females shall be shipped off to
different islands, where, with an at
tendant or two to feed them, they
shall be allowed to die natural deaths
If it is attempted to carry out this
"old age" pension scheme the dogs
themselves probably Will have voice
in the matter, and decide which shall
live longest, since for many genera
tons the scavengers of one street have
looked upon those of another as their
sworn enemies, and as such to be
fought and conquered.
Each street or portion of it is pa
trolled by band of from ten to 20
dogs, which, like a trained army, re-
Allies that union is strength None OF
a neighboring band with safety tres
passes his boundary line in search of
food
The invaded territory may appear
peaceful with it's guardians wrapped
in slumber, but the invader knows he
must act with caution, for it is the
sleep of one eye open. In a moment
the signal is given and the whole band
less beast of burden, limping, worn
out AND suffering is led by its owner
is at attention
If the city were well paved the dogs
would lose their beds, for they lie in
the deep holes of the broken pave
ments or take their siesta on rifled
dirt pile; and when the streets lack a
footWay doorsteps and basement WIN
dow stills are utilized.
For the mother with her litter of pups
other beds are found, and she is al
ways made more or less comfortable
Al inhabitant of one street puts
out an old piece of mating under the
shelter of a broken step, another rigs
up a kennel in the gutterway, an
other throws her out a box of some
straw: and here the poor bag of bones
with beseeching look, brings up her
fat, pushing. thriving, fighting young
sters, which, when only a few weeks
old, display the instincts Of their
elders and the habits of free born"
city dogs.
A glorious time of feasting and
gIutony-a day of days for these VOL
fish piglike dogs-comes VIXEN a use
less beast of burden limping, worn out
and suffering is led by it's owner
outside the city walls to the boneyard,
where it is slaughtered.
Seeming the debauch 100 or more
dogs follow at a distance, clamoring
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The story is told in Constantinople
of a pasha who bought an African
slave girl of the Mangbatu tribe-a
handsome creature with an inky black
skin. At first she resolutely refused
to wear more clothes than were the
fashion in her native country, syste-
tearing to pieces all that
were put on her But at last she was
persuaded to wear them and even
went so far as to adopt the yashmak
One day, while driving along the quay
at Therapia with the two daughters
military attache in khaki uniform,
waiting for his carriage in front of
the British summer embassy, says
Everybody's Magazine. At sight of
the officer she flew into the greatest
excitement. her eyes glistened, and
she smacked her lips. THAT good,
very good" she gurgled, pointing at
the Englishman in my country we
eat them. Their flesh is very white
and tender. We cover them with
grease and roast them over a slow
fire. and when they are we'll done we
put the meat on bread and eat it,
Oh, it is perfectly delicious!" Pre-
sumably, in the course of an African
some unfortunate army Of
fcer had fallen into the hands of the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-11
A CITY WITH 100000 STRAY DOGS

Within a short time the new Turkish
government will have to decide def
| nitely the unusual question, What is
to be done with the dogs of CONSTANT
nople if we provide other and adequate
means of scavenging and cleansing the
capital?'
Hundreds OF thousands of homeless
beasts for generations have scavenged
the streets of the Turkish capital, and
have been almost absolute monarchs
of the night, enjoying freedom which
was denied to man, says the Baltimore
Sun.
AT present, it is estimated, there are
100000 Of them in the city.
Since man, however, has freed him
self from the tyranny of spies the tide
of civilization is gradually advancing,
and with the advance the extermina-
ton of the canine population is threat
ened.
But the difficulty is how to get rid
of these dogs. A Christian in mercy
kills MANNED, suffering animal. a
Moslem takes food to it, believing that
misfortune will be fall him if he de-
stroys that to which Allah has given
life
So the great uneducated mass of
1ylyc-
the killing of the dogs, which crime
was formerly punishable by several
days Imprisonment.
1t is said that the governor of
certain Turkish seaport town once
gave orders that all dogs should be
shipped off to an island in the Mar
mora. His orders were executed, but
the island was not far enough away
The beasts starved and many in des-
peration attempted to swim ashore.
This SO frightened the inhabitants
that they went out in boats and
brought the remainder back to the
mainland, believing that Allah in his
wrath would destroy their city if the
dogs persisted. So the dogs were rein
stated, and continued to scavenge the
towns-from which the wicked govern
or shortly disappeared
During the old regime an American
glove manufacturer conceived the idea
of utilizing the dogs of Constantinople
in his business, and offered to take
the whole canine community off the
hands of the government at % cents
head. Though by this means the
city would have been rid Of it's pests
and the government Golfers made rich
er by some thousands Of dollars, Mo-
hammedan prejudice was too strong
Turkish newspapers have now taken
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Mangbatu-a tribe notorious e.
cannibalism-and the sight ~ -.
tache's uniform reminded her .. :,
episode and revived her Gambia,
stincts. Be this as it may, tho
girls were frightened nearly Oh, :,
their lives, and on their return =
their drive hurriedly persuaded o.,
father to get rid of the man-ea.'a p
slave.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-11

Gophers, Sage Rats and Prairie Dogs
annually devastate our fields of growing
grain. Their numbers may be greatly
diminished by a systematic warfare
upon them.
"Woodlark" Squirrel Poison is the
most reliable and destructive agent yet
devised for their determination. 1t IS
absolutely certain in its action and every
kernel is warranted to kill. Climatic
changes or moisture of the earth do mol
destroy its strength. 1t requires 70
mixing o. preparation, and is always
ready for use. No other is so good.
Dealers will refund the purchase pree
if not as claimed. Pamphlet free.
HoYT CHEMICAL. Co., Portland, Oregon
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-11

In the restaurants and hotels of
Walla Walla there are at the present
time about 95 cooks and walters, not
including women. who earn their living
by this employment. In addition there
are perhaps 25 walters who are out of
work. Roughly estimated then, there
are almost 125 men in this city who
make their living by feeding the peo-
pie who patronize the restaurants, ho-
tells AID lunch counters.
/ AS a rule these men work ten hours
a day, seven days in the week. The
ten hours shift is for the most part
divided by a short rest after luncheon
time. The arrangement differs in diff
ferent houses. Some restaurants are
open both day and night, so that the
time of shift differs widely, and no
definite rule can be laid down. In all
arrangements, however, the waiter is
required to put in about ten hours of
work The walters of Walla Walla,
at a conservative estimate, work 70
hours week-as long if not longer
hours than any of the tradesmen.
The cooks and walters union OF this
city has been organized about year
and numbers 11S members in good
standing. There are, however, only
about go union cooks and walters In
Walla Walla now, as many of those
who hold their membership here are
now employed in other cities. Besides
the union members there are 35 cooks
and walters in this city who are not
members of the local union. Robert
Myers is president of the Walla Walla
union, and Fred Kenworthy, secre
tary
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-11
Average Wage Paid.

With the wages is of course included
in Walla Walla receive?
The salary paid to the walters for
each seven days of work would not
average more than $14 to the waiter
The wages vary from SO per week in
the second and third class houses to
perhaps $25 per week for head wait
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Banished.

The weirdsome cut
We used to know
Was high art, but
1t had to go.
The edict runs adown the line
No more the comic valentine
The vapid verse,
AS we admit
Was truly terse
An pointed wit.
But fashions change and 1900
Let's out the comic valentine