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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-05
MOTOR TOWN
IN THE HILLS
Continued From Page One)

ket as townsite, and to sell to those
desiring mountain home for the
heated months, small tracts en- which
buildings on the country club" plan
may be erected. While the arrange
ments are as yet in an unfinished
state, it was learned today that many
of the wealthy motorists of the Gar
den City have fallen heartily into the
scheme and within a short time it is
expected a thriving little city will
make it's appearance in the heart of the
most scenic portion Of the Blue noun
tainS
With an excellent, we'll graded road
from the city to the ranch on which Ii
is proposed to establish the country
club" resort for those who desire tina,
variety of summer recreation, those
who own automobiles would be able
to make the trip to and from the city
in d comparatively short time and the
city would be easily accessible. The
further fact that the tract is located
on the Walla Walla river which
abounds with fish, and vast game re-
serves lie farther back in the noun
tains, offering great opportunity fol-
hunting in certain seasons, add to tho
ideal conditions of the site selected
for the city
Mr. Roberts, when interviewed this
afternoon relative to his plans. said
there would be things doing on the
ranch next summer, as the probability
through the mountains at that point
is giving increased value to the pretty
tract owned by Mr.. Roberts. In addi-
ton to the North Coast road a. crew
of Is men in charge of the forestry de-
partment are engaged in completing
the government trail from the head
waters of the largest branch of the
Walla Walla river through to Roberts
ranch, thus giving an excellent road
of many miles through a territory that
cannot be surpassed for Wildness and
scenic beauty.
Scenery Is Grand.
Mr. Roberts last summer made the
trip through the mountains, back from
the Toll Gate, and says the scenery is
beyond the belief of one who has never
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-05

In his decision on What is whis-
kew" President Taft reversed the find
ings of ex-President Roosevelt, FORM
err Attorney General Bonaparte, Chief
Government Chemist DR.. H. w. Wiley,
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, the
Renssen board, the United States
pharmacopoeia, the internal revenue
bureau of the treasury, the state stan
dards adopted by 26 states, 10 de-.
cisions of the United States courts.
and President Tafts father, the FORM
er attorney general of the United
States.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-05

When President Taft was making
his campaign for the presidency the
republican campaign managers set
affoat a story to the effect that Mr.
Taft was decidedly hostile to Speaker
Cannon and the latter's methods Of
running congress. The ruse worked
perfectly. 1t prevented anti-Cannon
voters from deserving the republican
ticket.
became evident soon after March 4,
when the president rescued Cannon
and the old rules from defeat at the
hands of the insurgent republicans and
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-05

Secretary of State Knox has at last
succeaded in running the excellent re-
latiOns that have existed between TINS
country and Mexico for the last quar-
fer of a century. The regret and dis
appointment felt in diplomatic circles
over the matter amounts almost TO
anguish
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-05

from their sale have added not lit
tie to the war chest. But the sugges-
ton that this method of propaganda
be used to further other causes should
receive an instant and emphatic me-
gative.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-05
BALLINGER'S ACTIONS
Continued From Page O.


interior department for withdrawal, as
domain, outside of the forest reserves.
There had been no difficulty under the
Roosevelt administration, but when
the first batch of these proposed with
drawals, located in the states of Wash
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-05
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

POSITION WANTED BY EXPERT
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YOUNG MAN MUST HAVE WORK
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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-05

Dick kerens of st. Louis who was
recently appointed ambassador of the
United States to Austria. donated
$50. 900 to the Taft campaign fund
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-05

When Ballinger entered the Taft
cabinet in March, 1909, he gave up his
connection with the Cunningham
cases, and when they came to him as
secretary of the interior, he directed
Assistant Secretary Pierce to decide
all questions relating to them.
But to return to CLAWS. When he
was informed of the clear listing OF
the Cunningham claims for patent he
entered protest and the action was
suspended. CLAWS was ordered to re-
sumo his investigation. On March 3.
1908. Ballinger. then commissioner OF
the general land office, had appeared
lands in relation to bill introduced
by Delegate Gale. of Alaska The Gale
bill provided for the consolidation of
bona -fide entries on Alaskan coal
lands. Commissioner Ballinger showed
considerable familiarity with thirty
three entries on Alaskan coal lands
embracing $3.50 acres near the Bering
river in the Katalla district" He
said that great many of the entry
men became involved in conditions.
which. on the land office records,
show a technical violation of the stat
ute" and urged legislation permitting
the consolidation of the entries. The
committee disregarded his suggestion.
But. bill introduced by Senator Hey
burn, and amended at the suggestion
of Secretary Garfield, became law.
This law provided for the consnlida-
ton of claims enterA By locators
solely in their own interest and not as
the employed agents of another.
Immediately after his resiglation as
commissioner, Ballinger, as attorney
for the Cunninghams. filed an affidavit
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-05

Address all communications to:
EVENING STATESMAN,
Wala Wal.a Washington.
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Scenery Is Grand.

Scenery Is Grand.
Mr. Roberts last summer made the
trip through the mountains, back from
the Toll Gate, and says the scenery is
beyond the belief of one who has never
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FOR THE LOVER OF PRINTS.
Fresierics< keppri's Book About Engra,.
inGs In Its second Edition.

For thoss Interested in art subjects
. book OF lasting value is Frederick Hep
pel's The Golden Age Of Engraving.
which was published in October and IL
already in IT'S second edition Mr. keppel
calls his work "A specialists story about
TN. prints. which sufficiently d"scrih hes
part Of she volume. but leaves out Of
consideration tho author : "reminiscences
and biographical notes concerning tho
engravers and etchers themselves
In addition 20 much material present ted
for rha first time The volume contains
several reprints Of articles written by the
author for various periodicals and also
addresses delivered 10y him before yari-
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are noticeable and ar" excused by Sir
keppel with the quotation from Alice IN
Wonderland What tell you three times
is true
The book il illisrrar ed with ?s2 repro
tlIctIon- Of prints selected with vIcw "
showing the progress Of the art Of engrav-
ing and etching from the year lis5 90 tho
present time Tn. later engravers Mr.
Kepps knew for the most parr personally
and his comments on them and on their
work are written from this intimst.
know ledge
He relates his experiences with Whistler
which ended. as so many II the artists
friendships ended. in n row III" work
Of Sir Seymour Haden. the English etcher.
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AN excellent idea III what his rtchinss.
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useful to every print collector"
The same publishers. Baker and Taylor.
ofer also on their holiday list -Hsw
ehorns- Country. by Helen ArchIha III
Clarke the author 81 -Browning'S Italy
Browning England -Lnngfellow'
Country. 10. III" volume is illustrated
with number - halft"n. cuts largely
from photo era phs ~ places mentioned IN
the text, and has New England scene in
color painted nv Georg" Nook asa from
tlspiece
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his lie in Pals. Ths sscond chapter
start. with the tis-'s butterfly signature,
- felicitous thlns. 81 style which Air
Hartmann thlnAs all artists should fol-
low. Phe chapter gives a brief account
81 som. Of Whl>tler's pictures and con-
rasrs HIS method with each ons.
IN. fourth chapter commences with q
description e the famous -Soct,rne in
Black and Gold The Falling Rocket, +.
snn.a-imr. called Rockets and Blue
Lights Mr. Hartmann continues his
exposition ~ Whl-tler's work, but ranges
over she whole field OF art for i!ltstr alton,
Much ~ the authors analysis Of whiatlsr' Q
intent u plainly his own divination, but
that does not dstract from its interest
Whistler himself said that only artists
could Understand art and that Criticism
wa largely futile. Mr. Hartmann eI-
h.bis insight into the Whistlsrian frame
II mInd and his discussion Is but slightly
Z eChnical
The book contains many anecdotes OF
IN" painter. II il also provided with \
LIST ~ books and writings about its hero
and an index Of magazine articles upon
him. There IN list Of the noct,Tnss
Whistler painted aud rather good index.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-03
ron SAWYER IN NEW SHAPE
New Edition Of Mark Twains story
That Has DEB GIFTED G Generation.

Tom Sawyer delighted the you tn
OF a quarter OF a century ago perhaps
more than any other story. Toms ad-
ventures and those OF his friend Huckie-
berry Finn did away with the taste for
pirates bold and bandits. with the added
advantage that it wasn't necessary to
take Tom back 81 the woodshed or To
the haylOft TO read the book There
was no better story for boys then; It
isn't likely that there ~ now
Harper 4 Bros have Just issued n
special Illustrated edition Of Mark Twain s
story thai ought 20 fascinate young
America though he did nothing more
than look at the many illustrations by
Worth Brehm that are scattered throu gin
the book. And there are a lot % older
boys who will be more than glad 90 see
an old friend in his new dress
The boys OF Toms day had little more
than marbles and buttons with which
I" pay for the privilege Of whitewashing
IN" fence that Tom didn't wish TO white
wash. Buttons and marbles wouldn't
60 lar these days toward buying the
privilege Of reading Tom Sawyer once
a boy began
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NEW "PICKWICk" PORTRAITS.
Charaesers. Not Cartcat ures, Supplies BY
Frank Reynolds

Readers Of Dickens who count among
their old and familiar friends the whirn-
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| MIR. Pickwick- a Christmas book pub
lishsd by Holder aud Stoughton and
brought to this country by the George
II. Doran Company. some new and strik-
ing ikenesses 81 Mr.. Pickwick and his
COMPANIONS Mr. Frank Reynolds, the
Illustrator, has supplied characters and
not oaricatures in his portraits. and
through the faces OF Sir. Jingle. the Fat
Boy and the inimitabls Samuel Weller.
which Sir. Reynolds has depicted there.
shines character wholly human.
-1ir Pickwick' does not pretend to be
n complete reprint OF the whole Of Dick
ens's book. IL is compiled Of excerpts
from the best Of the great array Of incl
dents IN -Pickwick Papers evidently
chosen largely at the dictation Of the
| illustrator and designed to give frames
20 the portraits in color which he has
supplied. A quarto volume. silk bound
and beautifully printed on heavy paper.
forms the vehicle for these new likenesses
Of familiar faces.
In Mr.. Pickwick himself MIR. Reynolds
has not strayed far from tho conven-
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Cr,likshank except that instead OF endow-
ing the head Of the club with the face Of
buffoon MIR. Rcynolds presents as the
fronttspicce OF the volume sweetly
gentee! gentleman whose countenance
radiates innocence and easily provokss
mirth.
or MIR. Alfred Jingle there are two |
portraits. one Of him In the height Of his |
success and one OF the decayed Sfr. Jingle !
bending over the cold hearth OF his Crate |
in tho Fleet with tragedy In his pose 4
worthy Of Sir Henry Irving
The Fat Boy forms the motive for two H
OF the most rarely intimate illiistr atoms
in the volume. In the picture which n
depicts him in one of his rare periods
81 wakefulness assisting with dignity II
garden the gravity that sits on the Fat
Boy = countenance and the eloquent gap
between his tight jacket and the upper
hem OF his trousers unite TO form q
speaking likeness
Mr.. Samuel Weller smiles ut old friends
with somewhat unfamiliar hneaments.
Sam as Mr.. Reynolds sees him IL a far
deeper. far wiser fellow than the .Samival-
~ earlier illustrations. There 10 less Of
imp:r'inence and more OF sophisticasion
the White Hart Inn. But Weller. ST..
winks out Of his portrait with not one
foreign wrinkle in his jovial face
Perhaps the most characteristic por-
trar OF all u mat OF MI ofJSAnt bUAuz. |
that laundering advocate Who repre- ,
sented Mira. Bardell In the suit for the
salving Of a tortured heart. There In
so terrible in the eye Of Mr..
SERGEANT Buzfnz. 90 crushing his con-
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Pick wick. that when the reader turns
to page la he can hear the roar Of the
righteous Bunfuz spring from the released
pages.
An Of the illustrations are well repro
ducsd in colors and attached 20 inserted
V alees Of vellum.
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LIE GALLTENE: THURSTON.
The Poet Presents y Medley. the Novelist
New Heroine.

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treating Of the places they passed through.
the per-ons they saw and their own
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10 the Wood -Trespassers will be -
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RHINE LEGENDS: kIPLING.
Christmas Verse Offerings Of Doubleday.
PAGE 4 90.

One OF the books presented by Double
day. Page Il Co rs particularly appro-
pirate for the holiday season Is thew olume
containing Margaret Armour's transla-
ton OF The Rhinegold- and The Val
kyrie. with illustrate ions by Arthur Rack
ham. The Rackham illustrations include
thirty-five plates in coiors mounted on
heavy boards and bound in. In addition
20 the black and white decorations For
a frontispiecs Mr.. Rackham has selected
the lines
Raging. wotan
Rides TO the rock
Like storm wind re comes
Wotan, on an immense charger. is rep
resented as coming fair at one. riding far
above mountains and forests dimly sIg-
gested below Throughout the series of
pictures for the Rhinegold the delicately
with the extremely grotesque conception
Of Alb.rich and the Sibelungs The final
picture of the first part of IN" volume.
for the Lines
The Rhin-'s fair children.
BrwallIng th-ir lost gold. weep.
presents the maidens rising from the
foamy crest Of the waves in attitudes of
sorrow while above a rainbow stretches
across the summit OF casrellated noun
iains The charm Of all the pictures lies
great deal IN their delicate ColorIng.
which - never allowed 30 become vi gent.
even IN pictures characterized Ivy the
most Rrotesque drawing.
The pictures accompanying the trans
lation OF The valkyries- are equally at
tractiv. and with less of the groresqu.
One Of them. representing Brunnhilde
standing by her horse m a wood. might
hs a fine engraving colored. The book
IS a substantial volume. printed on heavy
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bound IN blue cloth with gold decora-
ton on ths cover
A second hook presented by the same
IL Collected Verse Of Rud-
Robinson The verse goes back TO the
= Barrack Room Ballads. and il brought
down TO date with all she volumes which
havs interviewed The Illustrations are
in black and white and color~. There
are nine color plates One Of them. used
tn begin the book. has for ia text the
opening lines Of The Second Voyage:
we've sent our ii',l- Cupids all ashore
they were frightened, they were tired. they were
cold"
and shows q number Of naked LITTLE loves
huddled toge-her on n sandy beach. while /
, ships boat IL rowed hack TO u big three /
decker There il sOnsr hing Of the rIdicu /.
Gus in she illustration accompanying
The Last Chantey." with a crowd OF
piratiCal looking rsaman perched on
pufy clouds twanging celestial harps and
terrestrial hanjos Another picture OF
similar character represents the devil
,~~ring scepticalIy over rhe edge Of he'll
" poor old Tomlineon. This hook too
. volun" Of bulk and Ia printed from
srge black typ" on paper Of good weight
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4 WOMAN POLgTICtL boss.
Life IN Virginia Depicted ny George Cary
Fix glestou IN Ilis New Novel.

One Of the interesting fiction books
~ tn. season Is George Cary Egglsston's
MISSIONER Of wanalah.- published by
the Lothrop Lee and Shepard Company
The book hes a decorated cover and con-
tains sir illustrations by Emil Pollak
OttendoeriY. IL sells for $50.
The novel deals with the unusual and
interesting methods employed ny Judy
Peters. feminine political boss Of the
mountain districts. who was introduced
tn Mr.. Eggleston's readers in a previous
hook. Its publishers regard the book IA
one Of the best efforts 81 the author az
regards the way in which he treats Of
social and political conditions an they
existed in Virginia before the war
The he 70 81 the book has his honor
vindicated and rshabilitated by being
elected 90 the Sens b. by the solid vote.
81 the mountain districts with the aid Of
Judy Peters. He aiso narries the hero
inc. but the wedding was not dependent
upon his election. The love story run
ming through tho book Is written in The.
authors best vein.
Judy Psters's methods arc summed I'M
in her remark
You don't stick together an vote to 'lect.
That's our way up m the mountinRs-
All. Judy the Colonel replied. I'm
airnid you're lad sinner Pm afraid
you manipulated that vote
i amt close acquainted with that big
Word o yonrn, Bob. but was purity nigh
right in my Judgment a- To- how this here
lection was gOin' Ia come out
The plot ~ the book includes a burglary
IN young women seminary and asl..
pInion o. cast upon the hero because he
had been z lecturer IN the school and ghe
nj oil II Oh.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-03
HERE'S A WHISTLER noon.
Efchiags. Analysis. Anerdot.. tommeut
In SAdakichI Hartn ann,s NnInme.

The Whistler Boo~, Monograph Of
the Life and Position IN Art Of Jamas
Mcneil Whistler. Together - It'll arsf al
Study of His More Important Works
10 posted by l.. Z. Page 4 Co OF Bos-
ton. the publishers. "a fair sample for
the Christmas season. The book IA by
Sada<ichi Hartmann. II L. excellently
pr,nsed and contains fifty seven repro
ductions OF tho moro important - Wits
tiers works. There Is a picture every
two or three pages The frontispiece.
. photogravure Of BoldInis portrait Of
Whistler. Is perhaps tn. ses' Of the illus
trations. Altogether the volume Is c"r.
tainly a gift book % substance
Mr. Hartmann Is alb" Ia bring c't
vhiss.er's relation to Japanese arr. -
the inspiration OF which he owed :" much
Of his method III. ar-hur urslns with
n chapter ON Whi~tl"r' = ltf" his New Ing
land birth hIs bpyhu1i ln - Petersburg.