The Evening Statesman from Walla Walla, Washington • Page 2

PAGE TWO YCUR WATCH WORD BE STRAIGHT'S If your watch is sick bring it to us and have it doctored by a skilled workman. All work guaranteed. STREET CLOCK z. K. STRAIGHT MAIN STREET MANY SETTLERS TO NORTHWEST ONE HUNDRED AND SIX THOUSAND TO FOUR STATES IN FOURTEEN MONTHS.

Most of the New Comers Take up Farming, While More than Half of Remainder Raise Fruit. SPOKANE, March 23. compiled by the Spokane Chamber of Commerce show that 75 per cent of the newcomers into the Northwest during the fiscal year ended February 28, 1909, turned to farming, stockraising and dairying, while of the others more than 50 per cent took up orcharding and chicken-growing in districts tributary to the settled communities. Of the thousands of visitors to the rooms of the chamber of commerce since January 1. 1908, the majority, including men and women from all walks of city life, came to the northwest to seek homes in the rural districts; not to become general farmers, but to take up some special phase of the work and in the greater number of instances it is fruit growing.

The practice of Intensive farming more especially apple culture, has in a measure, solved the problem of the American trait of the farmer seeking city life and the city man dreaming of rural happiness, and the nearness of the irrigated districts to the towns and cities in the northwest has served to satisfy both. Small tracts, electric railways, telephones, rural mail routes make a combination of the best of city and country, and thousands are passing useful and busy lives in these districts. There has been a tremendous movement to the northwest in the last 14 TACOMA EASTERN RAILROAD TO CROSS CASCADE RANGE. TACOMA, March Tacoma Eas.ern railroad is rapidly pushing its main line southeastward from the present terminus at Glencova and across the Cowlitz river region to the Clspus pass. Through this pass the 'i cad will cross the Cascade range and enter the Yakima country, according reports in circulation here.

The officers of the road propose to run a branch line into the Big Bottom country southwest of Mount' Rainier. This region is one of the richest farming nrd fruit valleys in 1 ewis county. By NOTICE To the Stock Breeders' Association of Walla Walla County Walla Walla March 19, 1909. The second annual horse show will be held in Walla Walla on Saturday, March 27, 1909, at 2 o'clock P. M.

The parade will organize at McDonald's barn on Fourth will march up Alder to Palouse and down Main Street to the Court House and will be led by the band. All the breeders are requested to take part in this parade. All stallions entered in this parade will be expected to pay the annual fee of $1.00 at Mclkmald's Barn. IT'S SO SIMPLE 50,000 IN 1915 150,000 IN 1909 WAIT TILL YOU TRY IT THE JEWELER. months, when, according to the best information available, approximately 106,000 persons settled in Washington Oregon, Idaho and Montana, and of these about 63,500 located in eastern Washington, northern Idaho, northeastern Oregon, western Montana and southeastern British Columbia.

Thirtyfive thousand settled in the Yakima, Wenatchee, Spokane, Walla Walla Okanogan and Colville valleytf, the Pa-- louse and Big Bend districts and in settlements opened by the Chicago. Milwaukee Puget Sound and the Spokane, Portland Seattle railroads Illinois, lowa and Missouri furnished the majority of these settlers, the rest coming from Nebraska, Indiana, Alinnesota, Kansas, Pennsylvania, Ohio Michigan, New York, West Virginia. Kentucky, Massachusetts, Vermont Nevada and Maryland with a sprinkling from southwestern states. There was also a large influx of aliens into the northwest in 1908, when with the exception of Minnesota, Missouri and California, Washington added more foreign population than any other state west the Mississippi river. There were approximately 000 aliens and of these Scandinavians were in the lead with south Italians second, English third, Germans fourth and Finnish fifth.

The most important thing about imimgration into Washington last year is that the greatest increase in numbers was of those who engage either in professional or skilled occupations Relatively to the great mass of immigrants, the number of foreigners of good class who declared Washington as their destination was larger than in any other state. The number of laborers, so classed, who entered the state from foreign countries last year is 5,500 in round numbers. The number of farmers is exceptionally high, and shows, of course, the settlement of the rural districts by a thrifty class of people. going through the pass, the road will, in addi.ion to tapping the Yakima valley, also be at the back door of the Horse Heaven country and the newly opened wheat district known as the Rattlesnake country. The road now has several survey crews working in the Cowlitz river region.

PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days or refunded. 50c, Walt for the cars the Book Nook THE EVENING STATESMAN, WALLA WALLA, WASHINGTON. REAL AMBITION OF JAMES G. BLAINE HIS TRUE GOAL IN LIFE WAS NOT TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE U. S.

"Letters" Written by His Wife Show That He Merely Wanted the State Portfolio. NEW YORK, March of the unexpected things about Mrs. Blaine's "Letters" is the revelation, made quite casually in the course of the correspondence, that Mr. Blaine's real ambition was not for the presidency. As a matter of fact, he ran for the presidency only once, and in the opinion of a good many historians, was actually elected in.

1884 Senator Hoar, in his "Autobiography," says no serious student now denies that Mr. Blaine was prevented from election by fraudulent INVITATION TO CONSERVATION BIG MEETING IS TO BE HELD IN WALLA WALLA ON MAY 13 AND 14. C. H. Baily, General Secretary of the Association, Sends Out Bids to Convention.

SEATTLE, March H. Rai'y. general secretary of the Washington Conservation association, has issued the following invitation to the people of the state to attend the Walla Walla Conservation convention May 13-14. "The most important problem before the people of this state today is that of the conservation, or the proper use of the natural wealth of the state. The forests must be preserved through correct usage; the waterways must be developed to meet the constantly increasing demand of commerce and industrial growth; the good roads movement must be encouraged; arid lands must be reclaimed; swamp lands must be drained; mineral lands must be Grace Filkins, Appointed To Take Charge Of Raising Maine Miss Grace Filkins has just selected chairman of the committee of women appointed by the army and navy league to agitate in favor of raising the Maine.

Miss Filkins' interest in raval ma ters is quite national. DELEGATES WILL ORGANIZE FIRST SOUTHERN REPRESENTATIVES TO IRRIGATION CONGRESS WILL COME EODY. Charleston Wiil Make a Determined Effort to Lane Mext Meeting of Irrigatiornsts. ATLANTA, March from the southern states to the meeting of the National Irrigation congress in Spokane, Washington, the second week in August probably will make a concerted effort to have the 16th sessions of the organization take place somewhere in the south. James Cosgrove of Charleston, S.

C. counts in the Long Island City districts of New York state. In any case, Mr. Blaine, according to the sidelights thrown upon his character by his wife's "Letters," had set his own thoughts upon the portfolio of state rather than the position of chief executive. Mrs.

Blaine remarks that as they were driving one day past the State Department building, after President Garfield's assassination, and her husband's retirement, Mr. Blailo said: "Here I expected to raise my Ebenezer for eight years at least." Again during a dinner party given by Andrew Carnegie at his castle in Scotland, Mrs. Blaine says, writing to one of her daughters: "Last night your father delivered himself of one of the most brilliant sketches of what he had intended to do in the eight (six) years of Garfield's presidency, and the State department, that I have ever listened to, even from him." That Mr. Blaine was a great secretary of State has lately been conceded by distinguished holder of the portfolio EUihu Root. mined as to prolong their utility; soil productiveness must be studied.

"A realization of the importance of these matters can only be secured by the people-through coming in touch with men who are thoroughly conversant with all phases of the question, therefore the people of Washington are invited to be present at the convention of the Washington Conservation association to be held in the city of Walla May 13 and 14. Especially are mayors of all cities and towns, county commissioners, irrigation men, lumbermen, fruit growers farmers and members of good roads civic improvement, waterway, rod and gun, outing and other similar organizations urged to be present at the meeting, which will be held under the auspices of the Walla Walla Commercial club. "Any information relative to the gathering may be had from any of the following gentlemen comprising the special committee on arrangements: E. H. Libby, Clarkston, Dr.

N. G. Blalock, Walla Walla; Walter N. Granger, Zillah, L. G.

Monroe, Spokane; C. H. Baily, Box 236, Seattle; I. A. Navarre, Wenatchee.

As off the stage she is the wife of Adf miral Marix, who was judge advocate jof the bor which investigated the sink ng of the battleship Maine. Miss Filkins is now a member of "The Third Degree" company playing in New York. secretary of sanitary and drainagt commission for Charleston county, intimates this in a recent letter to Arthur Hooker, secretary of the board of control of the 17th congress. He says: "I would like to have you think over the proposition to have the sessions atter the Spokape meeting, somewhere in the south. Personally, I believe Charleston wdikl be the right place and I have no doubt that our people would arrange to entertain the delegates royally." Mr.

Cosgrove says that it will be a pleasure for him and the residents of Charleston to take up with their representatives in congress the matter of the invitation to the president to attend 'he congress in Spokane, adding. "I trust we will be to have President Taft attend the sessions, as I recognize it will be of inestimable benefit to all who attend to have hrm deliver an address." Regarding the reference to having the 1910 congress in the south, Mr. Hooker said: "The proposition submitted by Mr. Cosgrove is a novel and an attractive one and if formally presented to the congress by our southern friends, I am of the opinion that the delegates would give it every consideration." President Zelaya of Nicaragua, Who Has a War on Hand President 2playa, of Nicaragua, who there is reason to believe will soon find himse in trouble. Zelaya's consuming ambition to establish a federation of the five Central American republics with himself as president, is the real cause of the present disturbed conditions in Nicaragua, as a result of which intervention is threatened by the United States and Mexico.

VETERANS AT FUNERAL OF- SURVIVOR OF BULL NUN VANCOUVER, March Gotfried A. Marker, aged 79 years, and a survivor of the famous battle of Bull Run. is dead. The funeral was held yesterday. He was born in Germany, coming to the United States in 1859.

When the broke out he was at Grand Island, and joined Company Nebraska Volunteers of cavalrv and was in many notable battles during the war. In 18S0 he went to Portland and has lived in this vicinity since, though for a time he was at the state soldiers' home at Orting, where he buried his wife last November. Since that time he has lived with his son J. G. Marker, at Camas, where he died.

Peing a member of George A mining company, officered, managed and worked by people you know who have manifested their faith in their project by putting in their own money, is the Overlook Mining and Development Co. Home Office: Rooms 21 and 22 Jaycox Block, Walla Walla. J. N. McCaw, President; M.

Toner, Vice President; T. S. Steel, Treasurer; Dr. J. C.

Mack, Secretary; Neil Campbell, Manager, John Gross, Director; Walter Upington, Director. LOCATION: In the best free gold zone of Idaho. Near Atlanta, Elmore county, where several proven and present producing properties are now being operated and which are among the most valuable in the country. It is according to government and state metalurgists a rarely mineralized district. This Property Has Been Proven The entire length of its five claims, or a distance of 7,500 feet, to be on a true fissure vein.

During three years of development work it has been opened up by driving 1.5C0 feet of tunnels up-raises, t.o a depth of 275 feet on a vein that is nowhere less than 20 feet in width and has Uniformly Given High Assay Values And several mill tests that have a greater value than the company claims or even hopes the entire body will yield. Early in the season we had thought to continue the development work, but the ore exposed now, according to the most careful computations certainly Justifies the Eerection of a Mill This can now be done at a very reasonable expenditure and it is deemed advisable under the circumstances, to do so this summer, and to that end a block of 20,000 SHARES AT 25c IS OFFERED This money, and the money now in the treasury, will be wholly devoted to the further development of the underground workings, to the erection and installation of the mill (a modern one designed for just such ore as is there) and not a cent to salaries. The company is conditions all point to making this a RARE OPPORTUNITY This stock will be worth per share in the near future. Any further particulars can be attained from any of the directors or Dr. J.

C. MACK, Secretary. YOUR CHANCE To buy a new 6-room house, large lot, city water, good well, woodshed, 5 blocks from Sharpstein school. Will sell for $1500 One-half cash, balance easy terms at 8 per cent. This house alone cost more than $1500 to build.

Call at THE STATESMAN Office at Once. Tlie Idle Hour ROSE and FOURTH A Greiitlmen's Hesort FINE WINES. WHISKIES and CIGARS Shanghai Law Co. The only first-class Chop Suey and Noodle Restaurant in the city. A place for ladies and gentlemen.

Over Sims Grocery, Fourth and Main. Wright post, No. 1, of Portland, the R. veterans of Camas attended the services at his funeral. There are but eight veterans at Camas, and seven of these at the funeral One is 83 years old and the other past 80 years of age.

Big Brick Contract Let. VANCOUVER. March Hidden brick makers of this city, yesterday closed a contract with the Swift Packing company, which is to build a several million dollar plant across the Columbia river on Colum- Rcoms 21-22 Jaycox Walla Walla. THURSDAY, MARCH 25,1909 bia slough for 1,000,000 brick, to be delivered at the rate of a carload a day. This same firm has also secured contracts from the government to furnish Vancouver barracks with 175,000 and Fort Stevens, with 150.000 brick.

They will start the brick yard this week and will employ a force of 25 men the entire summer and fall. Save shoe leather Dy using tne classified advertising columns. Cheap and effective. Wait for the cars at the Book Nook IMF.