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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-10

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1O-Charles
Thaddeus Terry chairman of the le-
gislative board of the American Auto
mobile association, today opened head
quarters at the New Willard, where
the national motor legislation con-
vention will be held during the three
days commencing next Tuesday.
The principle object of the gather
ing will be to show the members of
congress on the federal registration
automobile bill. This measure. if
passed will enable an automobile
owner. after conforming to the motor
vehicle regulations of his own state,
to secure a national registration for
his car at a nominal fee and then be
at liberty to tour in any part of the
Union without fear of being halted
at various state borders and told in
the words of the law that he cannot
enter unless he registers his machine
and pays the license tax under the
laws of that state. s.
Not only among automobilists has
widespread interest been aroused but
the subject is attracting the attention
of large organizations and many ia
vorable replies have been received
from the governors of the different
states consenting to send official dele
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gates to the convention.
Congressman W. w. Cocks. one of
the New York delegation, has intro
duced the federal registration bill in
congress and a hearing will be asked
Tor during the convention. Senator
Depew of New York has been invited
to deliver the opening address to the
delegates and state representatives
on Tuesday morning. Vice president
James S. Sherman has said he will be
present at one of the sessions and will
be invited to speak. Invitations have
been extended to Senator Beveridge
of Indiana, Senator Rayner of Mary
land and other prominent speakers.
Gov. Fred NJ. Warner of Michigan
has appointed F. c. Martindale, secre-
tary of state, as official delegate from
Michigan. Gov. Shafroth of Colorado
has named Charles p. Allen, treasurer
of the Denver Motor club, to repre-
sent Colorado. Favorable responses
have also been received from Gov.
Wilson of Kentucky and Gov. NJ. X.
Patterson of Tennessee. Delegates
have a SO been named from New York,
New Jersey, Massachusetts, PennSyl-
vania, Ohio, Florida, Georgia, Mime
soca. Wisconsin and Wyoming.
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the master and that his baton con-
tards. and all the light and shade that
so much delighted those who heard
last nights concert
The chorus showed that they were
| in perfect sympathy with HIM. ana
responded TO his every effort with
| marvellous alacrity
! In 'Ielewala," Mrs Henri Apply was
| the soloist and in Fair Ellen" the solo
work was taken by Mrs. r. c. Brooks.
In Faust" Mr.. Samuel Kroesch took
the part of Faust Mrs. Apply, Mar
guerite;" Mrs. Brooks, "Siebel" and
Mr. Blum, .Mephistophiles Each
solo had been well studied and thought
out not alone in itself, but in It's COM
| plete relation to the whole work, of
which it was part. In Faust" for
instance. with the excellent support
of the chorus and the exact rendition
/ of the solo parts the whole of this
immortal drama revealed and renewed
itself to the audience
! The program was very difficult one,
and the accomplishments often are as
| important as the work of the chorus
or soloists. Miss Marjorie Lyman
| and Miss Rowena Ludwigs deserve
special mention, for they responded
| with ease to the varying moods.
| One of the principal features of last
nights concert was the rendition of
the musical works of American COM
posers. Many years will elapse before
the musimal world RECEIVERS that which
but still there are American compos-
ers on whom the world looks with
pride, and who give great promise for
the upbuilding of American music
Among these American composers, and
in the front rank is Henry X. Hadley
fof Seattle. OF his 'Lelawala'' he says
that both themes are real Indian mel.
odies. The first is of a heroic nature
portraying the character of the In
dian chiefs son. The second is sup
posed to symbolic of the Indian maid
en- This work was composed fifteen
years ago and was scored for orches-
ira.
One of the pleasing features of last
nights concert was the splendid work
of Mr. Odessa d. Sterling, pianist.
Mr.. Sterling played with poetic and
sublime Interpretation, showing him
self to be a master musician
Mr.. Guy Allen Turner, the we'll
known baritone soloist of Walla Walla
appeared in the character Of Lord
Edward" in the eantata, Fair Ellen"
Mr.. Turner sang in his usual splendid
style and captivated the audience by
his Interpretation of the part.
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clear evidence from the outset 81
that the downward drift of nricas
to be no longer unopposed. The l..
drive at the market yesterday bod
be made at the rebound. The erac,
of the recovery on sentiment was Nh
vious. More cheerful views were -.
pressed of business. industrial and
political prospects
The decrease earnings of the NJ
York Central lines gave. material for
summing Up of the years resn,,s
and were made the text for conDor
isons of conditions and prices Tho
combined operations OF all the lines !,
the system showed gross earnings for
the II months eff s2S3,S45,5Os. an ax
pansion OF $29.2s5,697 over tho Won,
before. The increase in net earnines
allowing for tire growth of operatinr
expenses. amounted to S17.453u0
which is more than IS per cent greater
than for the calendar year 1908
The fact that New York Centra,
shares sold this week lower than in
February of last year was made mat
ter for some commentary on relative
then and now in the light
of the years operating results. New
York CentraPs response revived the
buying and completed the rout of the
shorts who bought very heavily in
the closing dealings, extending the
principal gains from to 5 points
Bonds were firm Total sales. mar
value, $4,047,000.
United States IS registered and the
As registered advanced IA per cent
on call 500
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CHICAGO. Feb. 9-Poor demand for
cash wheat today was the controlling
factor in the pit which forced wheat
,rices down from IL to 7-Sc. May
dropped off in the final half from
SI10 3-4m7-Sc to $1.10. The close WAS
weak at nearly the low points for all
the futures, with May at $1.10 Is IL
lower than the final figures yesterday.
Trade in the corn pit resembled that
in wheat. The decline was from 5-Sc
to Sac. May falling off from &c 1-2c
to 65 3-4@7-Sc. The close was weak
with May at 65 7-Sc, IA lower.
Covering trades by shorts gave oats
a firm tone early in the day which
was later changed TO a downward
trend. The close was weak and not
far removed from the low points, with
May at As 1-4@3-Sc. 1-Sc lower.
May pork closed unchanged, lard
ct $11.S5@11.S7 IL.
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour steady; No. 2 rye S1@S2; feed
or mixed barley 62@65: fair to choice
mailing 6T@73; flax seed No. 1 South
western S2.05; No. / Northwestern
s215; timothy seed $4.20; clover s13.S5:
mess pork per bbl. $22.37 1-2@22.62
.: lard per 100 lbs. s1225@1227 L.:
short ribs. sides. Qoose) $11.62 1-2@
1857 L.: short clear sides. (boxedl
s12.O0@12.25.
Grain statistics-Total clearances
of wheat and flour were equal to a.
900 bu.; primary receipts We're 741,000
bu.. compared with 256,000 bu. the
day year ago. Estima-
ted receipts for tomorrow: Wheat 20
cars; corn 343 cars; oats III cars;
hogs es,00p head
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-10
WANT FRUIT AND
GRAIN STATIONS

| Many of the agriculturiStS of this
| the movement, are endeavoring to
/ have fruit and grain experimental
| stations established in the Walla Wal
La valley. 1t is their desire to have
one conducted by the state and another
by the United States government. OF
course it is necessary TO get first a
state experimental station started. anu
then the government will be more
easily persuaded
Mr.. Whitney has been working in
the dark on his little plan for some
time but only recently asked for as
sistance from the Commercial club
A committee was appoited to work
with him. And already letters have
been sent members of the state COL
lege faculty.
It is the intention to have some one
or several persons donate tracts Of
land in different parts of the coun-
ty for this purpose and have the
state maintain them. One station,
the only branch from the state col
lege at Pullman, is maintained at
Puyallup and costs the state about
$4,000 per year. This is used for
fruit and grain experiments and is
meeting with success.
Those back of the movement claim
this valley should have such stations
by all means as there are irrigated
sub irrigated and lands that need
no irrigation in this section and that
every different soil in the state is to
be found here. from the drifting sand
to the deep black loan which char
acterizes the corn belt
If a ten-acre tract could be secured
in each of these sections and the ex-
periments carried on here, agricultur-
lists assert it would be much better
than have them scattered all over
the state
At the Commercial club luncheon |
his week z. c.. Burlingame, one of /
he promoters of the Gardena project.
agreed to give the state 20 acres and |
tie government 20 acres with per-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-10
Will Restore
Large Acreage

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-More than
-four million acres of land will be
stripped from the forest reserves of
the United States soon and restored to
the public domain for homestead set
tiement through the governments pol
icy in carrying out Clifford Pinchot's
idea as to the classification of forest
lands
This is the initial result of Presi-
dent Taft's approval of plan jointly
Submitted to him a few days ago by
Secretaries Wilson and Ballinger for
The Reconsideration of these lands.
The lands involved in the restoration
for settlement are those not suitable
scr forest purposes and represent more
than two per cent of the total forest
area. AS three-tenths of the forest do
main still is uncIassified, it is difficult
to estimate what will be the total
elimination when the whole area has
been mapped out.
No Concrete Plan Yet.
1t cannot be stated at this time what
Withdrawals will be made from the
public lands for forest purposes in ac-
cordance with the policy of classical
ten The subject is under consider
alton, and lands best adapted to forest
purposes will be added to the national
forests, but the matter has not reach
ed concrete form. The great area. it
was announced today. which would be
eliminated from the forests. is scattered
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-10
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids will be received by the City of
Walla Walla up and including O'Clock
.. m., February Is, 1910, at which time
they will be opened, for the cOnStruc-
ton of q sewer beginning at a point ten
feet west of the west line of First
street in the alley between Main and
Alder streets, running thence west to
Fifth street, thence south to Poplar
street. thence west on POPLAR street on
the line with and connecting. to the
fifteen-inch sewer on Poplar street at
che manhole at the intersection of Pop
tar and Sixth streets in the. City of
Naila W'alia, in. accordance with the
plans and specifications adopted. by
the City Council and now on file in the
Office of the City Clerk and the provi
SiOns OF. ordinance No. 1926. Each bid
der must accompany his bid with a
certified bank check made payable to
the undersigned as a guarantee that in
the event of the acceptance of his bid
he Will enter into contract with the
City Of Walla Walla to construct said
sewer and give such bond as the Coun-
ell may direct for the faithful perform
auce Of said contract Bidders are
hereby notified that they will be re-
CURED to complete that portion Of said
sewer from Sixth street to the alley
between Main and Alder streets on
Fifth street within two weeks from the
date of the signing of the contracts
and to complete that portion of the
said sewer from Fifth street to the ten
feet west Of First street with forty days
after the signing of said contract Bids
ana checks must be sealed, marked
Proposals for Construction of Sewer
ia District No. I" and addressed to
the undersigned. The City reserves the
right to reject any or all bids
L. ID. s. HART, City Clerk.
first publication in Evening States
man. February 4. 1910; last publication
FEBRUARY Ii, 1910.
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! petual water rights. According to
his plan the state tract would be used
for. fruit experiments while alfalfa
would afford study for the government.
For some of the climate in this valley
a more hardy SpitZenberg apple IS
necessary. This he believes could be
secured by a cross between the SpitZ-
enberg and the Rome Beauty but none
of the local growers have the time
to experiment and this is one thing ne
says which could be tested by the sta
ton. If this cross would. work sat
isfactorily it would result in an apple
with the Spitzenberg flavor and the
Rome Beauty red color and size.
The quality of the different sprays
could also be tried out he says. If
station could be established and
found satisfactory could be recommen-
ded to the farmers The farmers IN
the middle west have almost doubled
their crops without any increased ac-
reage merely by a comprehensive STUDY
of the conditions and arriving at va
rieties that thrive and flourish in GER
tain localities under conditions adverse
to all kinds of grain known at the
time Of experiments. Now that the
Commercial club is behind the move
it is possible that one or more stations
can be secured from the state and at
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-10

lawful means at his command. BY
his official position, he was its counsel
and advocate Yet he made no at
tempt to assist the service in this
| matter. -Ss issr So
On the contrary, he led the secret
attack upon it and used anxious and
suecessftf care that no attempt to de-
fead It's course should be made by
airy other man The men of the for
est service were first informed that
the legality of their work was in ques,-
ton, only after adverse judgment had
been rendered without giving them
any hearing whatsoever. .
! Not Bothered by Motive
Il am not concerned with the mo-
tive behind this. indefensible sacri-
flee Of the publio<weifare. It is a
typical illustration of a certain way
to obey the law, OF course. it is not
obedience to- the law at all, but the
prostitution of the law. 1t is the
method so. effectively used by the
special interests against the people,
and there is nothing to be said in
it's favor ~
whole proceeding is not seen
in its true light until we realize its
effect on nearly 200 of the best young
men in the forest service, who We're
officially ordered to those schools for
instruction. These rangers are poor
men, working for from 5000 to $1,000
a year; and they need their pay. Yet
they will lose not only their pay for
the time they attended these schools,
but the money already advanced out,
Of their own pockets for travelling and
other expenses. st3' % f'
TT is a cruel and needless loss If
the spirit of the forest service, and
especially of the rangers, were less
admirable, the harm done to the ma
tional forests by, the decision so OBJ
tanned would be incalcu able. AT best
it win be- merely as far reaching as
it is needless. and. that is saying
great deal But the fine loyalty of
these. rangers to their work is shown
by the fact that about half of them
have stayed on at the ranger schools
at their own expense. the better to
learn their public duties.
r. Dr+k,
Their devotion in doing so is wor-
thy of all praise, but l do not believe
the people of the United States can
afford to let that devotion stand UNI
paid by anything more than the pro-
motion the men have already earned
bv the quality of their work.
ut would be bad enough if this
sratuitous check to the Improvement
of the public service We're nothing
more than a rebrllke to the higher OF
ficers of the service who were re-
sponsible for the ranger schools. They
were doing their duty as they saw it,
But when the weight of it falls as II
does. upon the amen who can least
afford to carry it, who simply obeNed
orders. it's ruthless disregard OF or
binary humanity becomes its most
striking characteristic.
ct would be hard to find better
of "a more bitter Illustration OF the
use of the law as cover Tor not
doing what public officer has flsht
to do and what the public interest,"
demands that he shall do. submit
the two points of view to your 1uag-
ment and abide by your decision
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-10
"HoLY> CHESTER GOES To PEN

BALTIMORE, Md, Feb. 9.-Denouh-
ced as a menace to society and an
|imposter James Samuel SturdeVan''
negro bishop of the Holy Churcii
Of the Living God, the Pillar anu
ground of truth" and leader OF the
Holy Ghosters,'' was today sentence"
to Jail for three years. Stardevan'
was convicted of having assaulted
and beaten Mrs. Rose Demmerd,
white disciple. Mrs. Demmerd said sne
was influenced by Stnrdevant to leave
her husband and children in Brooklyn
to follow the negro. under whose spell
she testified, she had lived for e'sn'
months.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-10
KING GUSTAV REPORTED TO
BE PROGRESSING FAVoRABLY

STOCKHOLM, Feb. Sat o'clock
the following official bulletin was is
sued by the attending physicians:
in the day and was able to take LIQUID
nourisinnent. The pain has almost
disappeared. but his majesty is still
fatigued. Temperature, 1902: pulse
So"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-10
Pinchot is Angry
With Government

NEW YORK. Feb. 9-Gifford Pin
chot, president of the National Conser-
walton committee and deposed chief
of the United States forest service,
defended rangers Of the forest service
In speech before the National Art
club in New York tonight
Mr.. Pinchot bitterly assailed,s the
action of George p. McCabe, solicit
tor of the department, who as the
temporary chief after Pinchot's dis
missal, took action to abolish the
collegiate training of foresters at gov
eminent expense. "a
This action, Mr.. Pinchot described
as "a secret attack on the service.
prostituting of the law, a method SO
effectively used by special interests
against the people. and cruel and
needless loss" ~
He said in part:
81 am as proud of the forest serv-
ice and its men as / ever was, and
venture to think that it has proved
the value of its ideal by it's achieve
ments and the enemies it has made,
.'Now let me give you the best illus
tration ] have seen in recent years
of how a public officer. under pretext
of obedience to the law, may traffic
with it and abuse it to the public
injury
kilograms Kept Secret
Upon my dismissal, the solicitor
of the department of agriculture,
George p McCabe) pending the ar
rival of another officer from the field,
was acting forester for three or four
days. It appears that he learned then.
of. the ranger schools at the four
state universities, and sent kilograms
to the disbursing officers in the, field
to pay no expenses connected with
them. These kilograms were kept
secret from every member of the SER
vice in Washington except the stem
ographer who wrote them.
with equal concealment from all
the men in the forest service, a, let
ter was prepared and sent to the
comptroller asking for speedy ad-
vance decision as to the legality Of
the ranger schools. This letter was
clearly intended and was SO framed as
to secure a decision against the schools
and it was successful in doing so.
.This letter is a misrepresentation
because it omits to state the central
essential and incontrovertible facts:
First. that the forest service must
have trained rangers.
Second. that it can get them only
by training them after they enter the
service.
Training Helps Service.
1T follows that the training of the
rangers by the service is necessarily,
clearly and undeniaby, for the 'ad-
protection and improve
ment of the national forests. Being
necessary for that purpose, it falls well
within the terms of the agricultural
bill and is therefore lawful.
Consider now the situation under
which tlis decision of the comptroller
was obtained The solicitor of the de-
partment of agriculture is the officer
charged with promoting the WeIare
of the department and all its bureaus
on the legal side. Both as solicitor
ard acting forester he was in honor |
and in duty bound to forward the
work of the forest service by every |!
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+ !. + r = + + 1. 4. + + + I.
SELLS GOAT FLESH FOR
LAMB CHOPS IN GOTHAM

+ NEW YORK, Feb. 9.-Provis-
I. ion dealers denied today that
Z turkeys are ever kept in storage
for two years and put on the
Z market when they are nouldy
+ from age, but admitted that
poultry is held for six months
and nine months and that goats
flesh has been sold for lamb.
This testimony was adduced
at a hearing before the board
+ of aldermen, which is consid-
; ering an ordinance providing
that all foods held in cold stor-
+ age must be tagged with the
date it goes into storage and
the date 1t comes out.
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Jury Verdict
BIdmeS Hyde

KANSAS CITY, Feb. 9.-Colonel
/ by reason. of strychnine administered
in a capsule by DR. 3. c. Hyde, hus-
band of the millionaire's niece. accord
ing to the verdict of the coroner S
jury in Independence today.
Whether the drug was administered
with felonious intent. the jury, said
it was unable to determine
The jury was out little more than
an hour Only one ballot was nee
essary
Numerous and hurried consultations
between attorneys for the state and
DR.. Hyde and his legal advisers were
held tonight. Rumors regarding prob.
able prosecution were plentiful.
John H. Atwood and James A. Reed,
attorneys for the Swope estate held
a lengthy conference tonight at Mr..
reported that a request had been made
by one of the Swope attorneys for
a grand jury. Judge Ralph S. Lat
shaw said that a grand jury had been
suggested by Prosecutor ConFling, but
that so far he could see nothing that
could warrant calling one
Prosecution is Silent
IL;
to discuss his plans. He and Henry
l.. Jost, first assistant circuit attor-
Eey, who has done the major portion
of the investigating for the state in
the Swope mystery, will confer to-
morrow
1t is said that Coroner Is. H. ZWart
will begin an inquest over Chrisman
Swope's body as soon as the official
report of the physicians who are ex-
aiming the stomach and liver is re-
ceived
DR. Hyde and his attorneys, John
NJ. Cleary and Frank P. Walsh, spent
the evening together at the physicians
home They made no statement. Mrs.
Hyde is seriously i'll, and the physi-
clan is devoting all his spare time
to her
May Dismiss Hyde's Suit
1t is said that suit that DR.. Hyde
has pending against attorney John G.
Paxton, DIR. Frank Hall and DR.. Ed
ward l.. Stewart for damages for $780,
600 for alleged libe', will be dismissed
if DR.. Hyde is pressed for dispositions
in the case now
If Dr. Hyde is ruffled by the verdict
he is concealing his feelings. He
was present when the verdict was re-
turned After hearing it read, he
turned to his attorney, John NJ. Cleary,
and asked:
What does it mean?"
Mr. Cleary explained the verdict.
Il see he simply said.
Then he asked his attorneys to go
to lunch with him.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-10
Will Approve
Meyers Ideas

WASHINGTON Feb. 9.-The long
drawn out dispute in the house com
mittee on naval affairs over the sub
ject of endorsing the plan of Sec
rotary Meyer for the reorganization
of the navy is practically settled, it
was stated today, and the committee
will take action next week which win
be, in effect, tentative approval Of
the Secretary'S ideas
The secretary will be given oppor-
tunity to demonstrate in the next year
the worth of his plans Representa-
tive Dawson of Iowa furnished the
suggestion by which the committee
and the secretary reached common
understanding.