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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-20

j regarding inns NdlleN u nearly every
| quarter of the United States. Much
printed matter has also been sent out
and the total sum named represents the
expenses of the department up to date
| Meacham Reviews Work
| Apart from his work it was Mr..
Meacham's opinion that his bureau
had been responsible for a great deal
Walla Walla8 as swell as the valley.
For one thing, road signs, the first in
the history of the district, have been
distributed on all principal roads lead
ing into the !city of~Wclla <Walla. The
club has agreed upon a slogan that
will likely stick for years to come and
that is now known from ocean to
ocean. Through the bureaus action
the poster curse has been killed in
Walla Wala for all time; cleaner
and better Wafa Walla physically has
been produced likeness of the great
from the east and for the first time
established in the northwest; the real
lestate men of the city of Walla Wal1a
; have been organized something that
was one of the accomplishments from
the standpoint of the advancement of
the city that has ever been effected.
| The above are a few of the spectacu-
| lar things that have been accomplished
/ by this department, but in connection
with its real work there has been no
cessation. This represented the hand
! ling of a great deal of correspondence
daily; the mailing Of all kinds of lit
erature and the carrying of adver-
tisements setting forth the resources
of the valley in IA large eastern pa
pes and seven standard ma gaines
| After talking interesting Y in connec-
! ton with his first quarterly report
Manager Meacham briefly reviewed the
great progress the city of Walla Walla
had made in many directions during
! the past year.
City's Advances Recorded
Some Of the city Announcements were
as follows: The erection of a new
city haH, new quarters for the Walla
| Walla Commercial club, the building of
new city park, the location of the
new federal building, the Greater
| Whitman movement, better train SER
vice, including through sleeping cars
to Seattle and Spokane on Christmas
day of, this year Walla Walla will
have just twice as much hard paving
as she had one year ago.
Better than all this said the &C
tive little manager, "Walla WalIa bus
mess men and citizens in general have
absorbed a great light during the past
Il months; they now see their oppor-
tunities and they now propose to make
the most of them. 1t will be but a |
few months when the mossbacks will
be entirely eliminated and like the
puma o, VIII be tnlng OF the past ana
something that is no more"
j. c. Scott spoke briefly and said |
he thought that Walla Walla was get
ting along famously in regard to her |
publicity work. Results from this work |
could not come in a day, or a month, |
and no person of intelligence would |
expect such a thing. While on a re-
cent visit TO Portland a prominent |
Portland merchant told him that Port
land was just now getting results from
work of publicity nature that she
did four years ago. AS a rule the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-20
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pended $10,996 in spreading publicity
regarding this valley to nearly every
quarter of the United States. Much
printed matter has also been sent out
and the total sum named represents the
expenses of the department up to date.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-20

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The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-09-24
Sale Of Pants

Sale Of Pants
Hundred of Pairs of Mems
Odd Pants of desirable ma
terial and pattern, at Prices
that mean much to u
Mems heavy work pants that
will give satisfaction to any
man who has rough work to
do. Values
$3.50. Sale NI..70
Is pairs mems pants made
of worsteds and cassimeres,
stylish patterns aud good
fitting. Worth
$500, On sale 81 w
Mems $3.50 fancy worsted
pants, splendid assortment
of patterns to
select from. MZ.0R
IS values in mems fancy
worsted dress pants. Ex-
cellent fitting and the select
ion of patterns
all you wish HS. TX
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-09-24
Mems OverCOats

Lot l. Extreme long coats,
belted backs; Oxford greys
and Scotch mixture, elegant
ly made and trimmed, strict
" all wool;
values Is. at SIO.0S
Lot mems dark grey over
coats, medium lengths, splen-
did values at
$3.50 now $5.98
Lot 3-Several Mems over
coats, long lengths in Scotch
mixtures absolutely all wool,
hand tailored, lappels non
break able. hand made
button holes, excellent lin
-i na{|;na We at are &IzOQ
Mems water proof cravanet-
ties; short lots, one and two
of a pattern; these are priced
ridiculously low. Ask to
see them.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-09-24
Ladies, Misses and Children's Coats

Lot 1-2O ladies long coats in black and
|greys, unmatchable at the price of ST. 80
Lot 2-25 ladies' long coast in black and
grey, well tailored created for this season, X672
We have splendid line at the higher prices the sizes
complete The coors styles and prices cannot fail to
please the most exactng These are all specially priced
lpriced to level that insure their going quickly
Children's long coats, come in oxford grey
they under priced at special ST. 42
rs Misses Long Coats, in grey with small =
lstripe, age 16 to 20, way under priced 81 80
Our line of Ladies', Misses and Chidrens coats and
Jackets MUST be reduced price shall NOT stand in the
way Come Wednesday, Sept. %, opening day as many
lines will be broken after that date.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-09-24
500 Pairs of
SHOES

They come in all lasts, all sizes,
all toes; are cuttings from the
short lots, left from the terrific
selling Of the past few days. You
will find them in Mems, Boys,
and Women's, at prices that
are utterly unmatchable. A
ticket is on every pair, marked
in plain figures.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-09-24

Heavy Blue Denim Overalls, with
bib, specially priced for this sale at 74C
GOLD SEAL and BALL BAND Rubbers. No
better made for man or boy. Get Our Price
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-14
EUROPE'S TRACKLESS TROLLEN
Motor Car Stage Used Where Trolley
Cannot Be Operated.

In this country practically the Only
form of public mechanically propelled
vehicle for town or city streets is toe
trolley car. The automobile stake or or
relatively common abroad. has made but
little progress with us.
In Germany and Switzerland a third
form, q sort of cross between the two
has been successfully installed in num-
Der of places. In this. which has become
known in England as the ''trackess troll
ley" and automobile stage with electric
wire, instead of from storage battery.
as the usual electric vehicle does with us.
There is some latitude of steering: In
fact, the stage may run on any part OF
the road unless this is abnormally wide.
A committee was sent to Germany last
summer by the corporation of Manches-
ter to examine this system and has Just
less trolley for us under certain condi-
lions. AS a result. parliament is to be
asked to authorize the equipment and
"neratiOn. of such system in parts OF
Manchester.
The 'trackless" cars or stages are
cheaper to run than vehicles with sepa-
rate gasoline motors. not so apt TO break
urban districts beyond the limits OF
econor'ical trolley operation. Trolley lines
are often operated through such regions
at a loss. with n view to conditions IN tne
near future. when the population along
the line shall have increased. II Is pos.
sible that in such districts, and in many
others where an expensive street ral,,
may see the 'trackless trolley doins
good service to the benefit both OF inc
public and of tho operating companies
New York Herald.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-14
Municipal Mater Supply.

The long period of drouth which has
prevailed during the past six months
has turned the attention of municipal
tiles in all parts of the country to the
Importance of an adequate supply of
pure water to guard the public health
and welfare against all possible con-
tingencies.
In a recent editorial upon this sub
ject the Boston Traveller illustrates
the Importance of preparedness in this
matter by citing the experience of vi
emma in Austria where a large part of
the population is now suffering from
a water famine. The water supply for
this city is barely adequate for it's
uses under normal conditions. with the
result that the long season of drouth
has left it entirely inadequate. $4,000
houses now being without water supply
and the remainder being cut off at the
ago money was appropriated for en-
larging the water supply of the city.
but for one reason and another was di-
verted to other purposes. Now the
city finds that it will be matter of
two years before it can secure the
supply of water needed to take care
Of it's large and growing population.
The city of Augusta has been pecu-
liarly fortunate during this dry season
in the splendid manner in which its
water supply has met all requirements.
Certainly no greater test is likely to be
given it in many years. Not only is
the water of exceptional purity. but the
supply is apparently inexhaustlble, 1t
not having been necessary during any
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-14
Potsdam Palace.

The New Palace. Potsdam. where ~
kaiser had his momentous interview VIII
Prince Buelow recently. is only new IN ~
the sense that New College, OXFORD, Wa
new when first built though It IS nov now
about a century and half old IL va Va
built by Frederick the Great. VINO nay
hitherto contented himself with me GU II.
tage-like Sanssouci. in order to show .a ~,
enemies that his Golfers were rat i 1ems
having been depleted by the tremeno ai..
conflict from which he had emerged W. ~
torious. and that. financially speaking ~, ~
was ready to come mp smiling shouio ~ ~
err they dare to modest him again. ,.,nS
dome Of this New Palace the great great. XIV ~
surmouted with a crown. suppn;r Supports NJ
three female figures-representingi, ,;. ~
three chief enemies-Marie Theresa. r ,nr
beth of Russia and ''the P"inpaa,,s.iiiib
who controlled the Fren.h king-xt,tssss
their backs turned to their resp nf tbs
countries. One of the first acts Oh ~, an
Emperor Frederick. after his acc'.tI srnd
was to rename the New Palace r1,,ri.
rickskron.' in allusion to this 81 ., ns" the
ing crown: and one of the first tninss tns
present kaiser did on succeeding !" n
throne was to decree the rest9rat.h,,mn.
the old name-in spite Of the fnct I'M Nm
was here where his father had pee" ="
and died.-London Chronicle. III
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-14
The Oranoc.Cucumber.

Why bring oranges from California
or Florida to Maine? Why not raise
them in our own gardens, and on Gu
cuInber vines at that? Here is a Massa-
chusetts man who tells us that he has
successfully crossed the cucumber and
the orange and that the resulting fruit
is enthusiastically cucumber, to be
sure, but still having decidedly or
ange flavor. Strange enough, it was
not Luther Burbank, the originator of
new fruits and flowers, who gives the
was it's inventor a Yankee from Con-
nectcut, the land of the wooden nut
meg, but vegetable gardener, Howard
S. Hill, who resides in Gardner, Massa-
chusetts. Il had an orange and a Gu
cumber one day and without thought
mixed together some of the pulp of the
two" tells Mr.. Hill. 1.-The product
was mostly cucumber, but the orange
gave it a most delectable flavor" He
continues: "lnStantly the idea came 10
mind to blend the two into one growth.
Then l began my experiments. The
first year the product of my cucumber
vine changed slightly in color. The
second year they took on the almost
round shape of the orange. The third
year the cucumber took the perfect
round shape, the spines or little pric-
liles dropped off and the cucumber had
the unmistakable orange flavor. |
picked the cucumber orange ten weeks
after planting. From a single vine |
had five perfect ones. The cucumber
orange is of goodly size, even larger
than an orange. On the inside of it
nearest the skin it is mostly orange
and has the little cells similar to that
fruit. The centre of the orange cucum-
Der is the same as that of cucumber,
but the seeds are notllike those of eth
err an orange or cucumber. AT the
present time, at the end of the third
year / have upward of sixty seeds, and
propose to plant all these when I put
my next crop into the ground. J hope
soon to raise seedless cucumber or
anScs.'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-14
TOO MANY MASTERPIECES.
Louvre Has Asked Parliament TO
Permission to Sell Thorn.

A plethora OF Leonardo da Vincis. RAJ
phaels, Botticellis. 'Correggios, Greuzes.
watteaus and SO on, is what the Louvre
Museum is suffering from. They are
stocked in lumber rooms, which are full
up and can admit no more. The persons
who painted them, chiefly elderly maiden
ladies' thought them very fair at the
time, but apparently wearied of thine
and left them behind. The Louvre ex-
tends an astounding hospitality, not only
to copy lists, but to their works. The form
er block all approaches to the chief mas
terpieces of the museum on every week.
day and the latter are stored by an eXccs-
sfve condescension on the part OF the
custodians in the cupboards OF the
Louvre. After copying the masters TO
their hearts content. elderly students,
presumably ashamed to look upon their
daubs again, leave them in charge of the
Louvre, and stink guiltily away, never to
be heard of again.
The museum storerooms are thus filled
to overlooking with Leonardos. Raphaels
etc, which are far from having the same
value as the originals and the custod1ans
have no idea what to do with them. The
copies are not their property and they
cannot, therefore, get rid Of them. They
are faced with the prospect of having to
keep the wretched things forever. More
over the canvasses might catch fire.
Their destruction would, in ITSELF be a
mercy, but it might set light to the
originals also. The Louvre, in despair
is accordingly appealing to parliament for
a bill empowering it to sell, if any one
will buy or to give away, if any one will
accept, or otherwise to get rid OF copies
painted in the Louvre and stored on the
latter's premises if, after a certain num-
Der of months, they remain unclaimed
Boston Transcript.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-14
Iaxina the Unmarried.

Thus far our old friend, the bill for
the taxation of bachelors, has popped
up liz four legislatures, those of Wis
consin, Iowa, Texas and Missouri, but
the winter is young yet and it will no
doubt appear in many more legislative
bodies throughout the country before
the days for adjournment arrive.
Quite likely it will be heard from in
the Maine State House, although the
possibility of increasing the States
revenues through the taxation of men
tiles of family life, seems to have been
one of the few things overlooked by the
Maine Tax Commission in it's recent
report In some states this perennial
proposition for the taxation of bache-
lors IS looked upon as a freak mea-
sure and treated as a joke; in others
it is discussed with more or less seri-
BUSINESS.
The Portland Advertiser man has
been doing a little figuring and esti-
mates that if Maine would only i'm
pose a tax upon unmarried males who
have passed their Goth birthdays
that appearing to be the minimum age
when a man is counted as an old bach
elor-the State would get an annual
revenue of 100000. This would result
from an annual tax of SO head. The
Advertiser man intmates that he
would go farther than this and pro-
poses to tax all unmarried females
who are not able to show that they
never received an offer of matrimony.
He thinks this would be a great rev.
enue producer since few women would
want to go before assessors with a
claim for abatement of tax on the
ground that never in her case had the
question been popped. There would no
there is in the case of most taxes.
Any bachelor who sought to escape
would open himself to the suspicion of
secret marriage. Even though the
special Tax Commission overlooked
this grand opportunity there is still
time for some of the various organl-
cations which seek to regulate all
things under the sun to take this mat
ter III charge and give it the proper
boom before the 74th Legislature.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-14
San Francisco Made Rat-Proof.

1t is patiently impossible to describe
every bypath covered in this cam
paien. Only certain Of the main roads
followed in attaining the objective of d
city freed from plague have been
enumerated. For instance, the rat
proofing of sewers which had been
damager by earthquake stands almost
as az Independent encounter with the
epidemic Still it was none the less
important, since sewers are the recog-
lized highways of rodents. deprived OF
which they cannot invest a city so
quickly and completely as they can
when able to scurry unhindered from
place to place. All the crevices in the
Sewer. where the rats could feed, hide
or bred had to be closed with cement
and the sewers themselvs made abso-
lutely inaccessible. Again, ware
houses are harboring places for rats.
Today the warehouses of San Fran
cisco, built of reinforced concrete in
accordance with ordinance regulations,
stand as veritable monoliths, into
which the entry of the rodent is i'm
possible. Finally across the wharves
rats have heretofore found access to
San Francisco, and beyond doubt it
was across the old wooden wharves
that rats from ships which had visited
some distant plague center carried
pestilcnce into the city. Now it has
beer planned to build stone and con-
crete quays to cost $30,00O,C0O, in order
to prevent rodents from ever again in
fecting San Franciso-and the results
will justify that outlay, since a recur-
renee of MIA glle would threat fen San
Franciso's prosperity, just as going
into quarantine would shatter it's
commercial supremacy. That was one
of the big things the plague fighters
had to see, but SO broad 50 extensive
and complete was this warfare upon
the plague one must in telling of Il.
omit many of the big things. 1t IS
simpler to confine ones self to the act
ual. immediate fighting.-Review Of Re-
views.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-14

Roberts is the granddaughter Of the
late George F. Patten who was the
brother and partner Of Capt. John
Pattan who was the founder of the
library. 1t is purely local institu-
ton. founded and built UP through
the generosity of Bath people, and
stands as "a perpetual monument to
the culture and refinement of the COM
munity. The books have been years In
accommodating and have been provided
through the efforts and by the gifts of
Bath people. The fine building was the
gift OF Galen 9. Moses, and the plans
We're drawn by +. X. Harding, a Bath
boy who became a famous architect.
Those communities are indeed fortu-
nate which, lacking the public spirit
and devotion to the things of CULTURE
in their own citizens, have such an
institution through the munificence OF
Carnegie or some other philanthropic
patron, but the city is thrice fortunate
which, like Bath owes such a splendid
ard useful monument to her own sons
and daughters
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-14
MORE APPLES NEEDED.
Radical Changes Called for in thu
Management of Orchards,

Radical changes are necessary in III.
culture Of apples on this continent or
the United States ard Canada will ba
forced in q few years to import apples
of exporting them. If it had
orchards of the Pacific and northwest
ern states and provinces this year an
apn,e famine would have resulted.
Many of the middle western and
eastern states reported small Yields this
season, due to failures in numerous
instances, but generally because Of
pests. Orchards have been neglected.
and in scores of places the trees have
been permitted to die because of the
lack of even ordinary attention. "A.
In 1896 the total product of the crop
of the country was 69,O70,00O barrels, or
1855. 900 barrels Since then hundreds
of thousands of acres have been added
and methods Of fruit growing have I'M
proved, yet the government reports
show that the aggregate crop in all the
states in the Union was not more than
25,00Q000 barrels, or g., 800, 600 bushels, In
1905
There will always be markets for ap.
plns. There never can be an overpro-
6uction Of first-class stock. 1t Is, in
fact, impossible at the present time to
produce the quantity of good apples
requisite to meet the demand. This Is
evidenced by the fact that England
Germany, France, Denmark, Australia
and the orient are already drawing
upon the orchards in Washington
Idaho. Oregon and British Columbia
Horticulture.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-14
THE MEASLES CANNIBAL.
Method of Vancouver Island Tribe
to Drive Away Disease.

A few years ago an epidemic of mea-
sles broke out among the Indian tribes
living on Vancouver Island in British
Columbia, not far from Fort Rupert.
and the shalnans or medicine men came
to the conclusion that a cannibal sor-
cerer, whom they termed the "hamat-
SUI Qneasles cannibaD, was Staying
their children u eat them, and that he
would continue to do so until he was
killed.
I AS they could not slay ghost In his
own person they arranged ceremony
in which one of their number posed as
the cannibal and was treated as they
would have liked to treat the real foe.
This fact of substitute was, of course
not made public, only the medicine men
knowing the truth of the matter.
Against a wall of rock was painted
an imitation opening, in the center of
which the "cannital' was fastened. At
the proper time, after going through
various lamentations. covering was
jerlied away, exposing the cannibal APP
parently springing through the solid
rock. He was promptly grasped by
two of the priests who dragged him out
and ruched him through 2 fire which
was burning in front of the place and
which was surrounded by all the mem
bers Of the tribe, beating drums and
singing at the top Of their voices. BY
some jugglery the cannihal was got rid
Of and the people were told that he
had flown away through the air and
would not come back. After this GER
emony had been repeated several times
to put an end to other epidemics, which
were only too prevalent among the In
dams, it grew into sort of annual at
fair, managed by the members Of Il
secret society whose members know
that the supposed 'hamatsu' was only
a man-Scientific American.