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The Evening Statesman Published by THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO Office, No. 9, Third St., Near Main. Telephone Main 123. One year (delivered by mail; in advance $6 00 Six months 3 50 One month by carrier 65 One week by carrier 15 Subscribers who do not get their papers will favor us by reporting at the office. The complete telegraphic news ser vice printed in these columns daily is furnished by SCRIPPS-M'RAE, and is by far the best report pub lished in Walla Walla. ffilFlAllAFil NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. Copy of caanqe of advertisement must be delivered to the business of fice by the hour of 10 o'clock a. m. to insure insertion in the issue of even date. WEATHER. Tonight and Wednesday cloudy with probably light rain or snow. Pi< krell's boom for governor was nipped by the first frost of winter and now it may be pickled and preserved as a warning to politicians who serve the lobby rather than the people. As has already been stated in this correspondence, the Republic of Pana-j ma owes its existence to nothing which bears any resemblance to Panamian patriotism. The new nation is the child of greed, conceived of the project of a *hip canal connecting the Atlantic Mid Pacific—Panama staff corre spondence nf the Oregonian. According to .Minister Powell, there are now halt' a dozen governments, more ,„■ less, on the island of San Domingo. If the United States is to follow the precedent set in the case of Panama ea< h of these governments should be officially recognized tind a minister extraordinary and plenipoten tiary should be dispatched to each of them forthwith. It is true that there is no J40,060,000 canal syndicate back ing any of these governments, but from all reports their organization is quite as complete as was that of the junta of Panama when recognized by Presi dent Roosevelt AFRAID OP THE PEOPLE. The fact that the railroad lobbyists are now talking in favor of a commis sion plank in the nexr republican state platform is certain proof that they recognize the drift of public sentiment nnd are governing their actions ac cordingly. They trust to accomplish by indirection, duplicity, perfidy .and dishonor after the next election what they dare not openly advocate in the campaign. For the railroad lobbyists to advocate a commission bill is like Satan preaching salvation. As "hy pocrisy is the bamoge that vice pays to virtue.- so the pretended espousal of the commission cause by the lobbyists sue" : VMCE A msPWY SA op CHRISTMAS GIFTS w 'r..' T'„',K SP n V a ' ollrs « ore - Watches, Diamonds, Cut Glass. Silver- The Martin Jewelry Company Eyes Tested Free JESS,E H - MARTIN, Graduate Optician >«*****« i Qla.ses Correctly fitted ♦ Have You Visited , ♦ l Mid=Winter Sale?! ♦— , ♦ % Something Special for $ ♦ each hour in the day. ♦ | Blackman Bros. & Co. I ♦ 3-5-7 M.in Street, next t. Baker-Boyer Baak. p hone Red t [ia the respect that they are forced to pay to the unmistakable purpose of the pi ople of the state. But as the Tro jans were warned to beware of the Greeks bearing; gifts, so the people of this state should beware of George Stevenson and his claqueurs bearing promises of a railway commission. They propose to nominate some color less candidate for governor on a com-I mission platform, relying upon a hos tile senate to beat the bill or to make it harmless or depending on a plastic governor to appoint a commission that will do the will of the railroads. A republican platform declaring for a commission with Mcßride left out would be like an attempt to play Ham let with Hamlet left out. The people of this state have had all they want of the promise breakers and they will hardly tolerate a second installment of the same kind in the next legislature. If the republican party is so shortsighted as to turn down Mcßride. the democrats will nominate a staunch champion of a railway commission and »he will be elected hands down. WE WILL RISK IT. The Weston Leader says: Walla Walla should not be en couraged in indolence, and it is just as well for the government to remove the post that has for years been one of the Garden City's needless props. Fort Walla Walla is just .about as useful and appro priate as a hearse at a wedding, and should have been abandoned long ago. The city is better off wtihout it, since it will be compell ed to hustle more for business, in stead of opening its mouth for- j government plums. Pendleton has no fort and no penitentiary.' and yet the difference between Pendle ton and Walla Walla is like con trasting an automobile with a prairie schooner. Pendleton is quickened with the live commer- j cial spirit of the growing West, while Walla Walla is apathetic, content with the large wealth it has easily acquired through For tune's favors in the past. Walla Walla needs more enterprise, rather than a $350,000 postoffice building or further maintenance of a superfluous fort. These cost ly government buildings at favor ed points, paid for by the whole people, are among the most unjust examples of special legislation. So long as enterprising cities like , Spokane, Seattle, San Francisco and Chi< ago ask for government buildings i and for army posts, it is no discredit ito Walla Walla to ask for such favors, j While it is true that Pendleton has j reached a population of possibly five j thousand people, not counting the transients from the Indian reserva- I tion who contribute largely to its I trade, the c ities mentioned have at- tamed a population somewhat greater • in spite of the fact that they have been i handicapped by army posts and gov [ eminent buildings. Even slow-going 'old Walla Walla has nearly three times the population of Pendleton notwith standing the retention of a military post near the city for many years and it is just possible that tins lead might be maintained if a ?3 r ,0.0.>0 public building should be erected here by the federal government. We are willing to run the risk anyhow whether Brother Wood likes it or not. CONSTANT VIGILANCE. ! The affairs of a municipality are not unlike those of a private corporation. There are distinctions in the nature of the transactions, just'as there are dis- THE EVENING STATESMAN, TUESDAY DECEMBER 29, 1903. Unctions in the characteristics of com mercial concerns, • but the methods by which successful results are obtained are the same in principle, and depart ure from the proper rules is sure to create evils or some enormity, says an i exchange. | Whenever public officials are con scientious, industrious and attentive in the discharge of duty, their depart ments are happily managed. When ever they subordinate their work to private ambitions for gain or political preferment, their offices pursue rou tine processes without direction and important business is neglected. Of course, an executive officer is not supposed to do manual or clerical work, or to remain at his desk like bark clinging to a tree. He could not exercise initiative or devote attention to large business if his mind were bound always to mere routine duties: in fact, an experienced, highly capable and energetic official in charge of a department could not serve the city by using up time in routine work which could be as well or better done by a stenographer. The ideal official knows what is go ing on in his office and what Ills clerks are doing. He is familiar with the or dinary routine and knows whether it is conducted rightly or not. He main tains reasonable supervision over the details of his department. But in do ing this he takes none of the time that should be given to larger plans. While he leaves tht routine duties to trust worthy subordinates, maintaining su pervision oxer this work, he trains his mind to the broader problems of his department and endeavors to advance the city's interests in the most benefi cial direction. In most respects, therefore, the axe rage municipal department is like a private business institution, and Its managing officer has similar duties. Attention and* vigilance are essential for success, both in preventing wrong doing and in effecting improvement. The official who manages his depart ment OS he would his own business is the one who achieves. Vigilance, however, is an obligation which is not restricted to a public offi cer in the managing of his department. He serves only for a brief period, and generally, if he be a man of more than ordinary executive ability, the one short term will prove long enough for him, as his personal advantages would, under existing conditions, be greater in a private commercial sphere. Vigi lance must also be practiced by the voters if they would perpetuate good government. It is unfortunately true that many citizens are ignorant of municipal af fairs, and. as a natural consequence, do not always put the right value on their public servants. Voters should study municipal business, understand municipal problems and weigh the acts ;of officials. With this vigilance main tained and put to use in all elections, municipal affairs will be conducted with the same success which attends ' the affairs of private concerns. POOR OLD CHINA. The prolonged conference at Tokio between representatives of Japan and Russia touching a modus videndi has as yet yielded no positive affirmation of an amicable settlement. It is impos sible to see how there can be any ami cable settlement if Japan concedes Russia's cdaimed right to remain in Manchuria.. Whatever of a temporiz ing policy the Japan government may be contemplating, it is reported from TVukio that the popular demand is for the government to set a limit upon the Russian tactics of aggression and insolent negligence. In 1594 the outside world saw what Japanese public sentiment could ac complish as to government action. It compelled the war against China ami showed to the nation the possibilities of Japanese military ana naval talent. Concession by Japan is only putting Off the evil day. The Japan-China war of 1594-95 gave Korea to Japan, which has the largest commercial and financial interests there. To leave Russia in control of Manchuria Is to insure her further absorbing processes, wl atever may be her pledges. While Japan is steadily preparing for war by sea and land, and feeling the contents of her war chest and with satisfaction summing up her resources, poor old China, her territory shrunken pitifully by the land-grabbing pro clivities of Russia, Germany and France, is trembling over the possible results to her of a Russo-Japan war. She is not organized for successful physical resistance to the encroach ments of Russia and the other powers. She is no better prepared today to put down insurrection than she was during the Boxer outbreak of 1900. Some officials are trying to get tfie empress to mobilize an efficient army to assert Chinese rights. General Mar says he can raise 100,000 men fit for intelligent military service. The trouble is there is no national spirit in China. Varying dialects interfere with close relations between the pro vinces. The army on paper is enor mous, but even the portion supposed to be organised is divided by race, the Manchu dynasty at Peking having an army of Manchus and the native Chi nese forming another division and act ing as a constabulary. China could not effectively defend herself from her cousins, tbe Japanese. in 1594-95. She cannot defend herself from preda tory Russia, and, in the event of a Russo-Japanese war. it is move than likely that Germany, Prance tind Great Britain will take advantage of the sit uation and compensate themselves for Russia's bold theft of Manchuria by organizing "protectorates" over the geographical "spheres" they have al ready Selected for themselves. As to the United States, with her "manifest destiny" to be the great Pa cific ocean power, dominant over the trade advantages of the vast Pacific iittoral, she will have to meet the ag gression of Russia herself before long, and our government is aware of the fact and will have to solve the ques tion: What is the meaning to the Unit ed States of the extension of our Pa cific- coast line to within a few hun dred miles of the Chinese coast in the Philippine archipelago? DON'T LIKE THE ROAD LAW. December 28. 1903. Editor Statesman: Dear Sir: I see from the Statesman of the 2<Uh that the old road super visors to return road property. It is taken from this place to Dixie, about 17 miles away. Xow this new road system may be all < >. K. but I for one do not believe it. The road supervisors were too far apart before. Xow it will be worse. While we have not hard work to keep good roads in this part of our country it will take some one to do it and some time to do it. This soil is very loose and sandy and in the winter time many rains will wash it out very fast and out out a deep ditch in a very few hours which may be very narrow on top but very wide and also deep, and while we go to Dixie or 10 or 1C miles away to get the supervisor some one may gel killed or have a broken lind). For the first 7 or 10 years I lived here we had to take a pick and shovel along with us in winter time every time we went to town, and even now we have no good roads only when my boys had to work them. There is only a narrow track just for one wagon most of the way between Mud creek and Dry creek and it is likely to be much worse but we do want it much better and must get it soon. J. E. BERRTMAN. BAR ASSOCIATION TO MEET. Next Regular Meeting to Be Held Jan uary 4, 1904. The next regular meeting of the Walla Walla Bar association will be held January 4, at the Dacres hotel. The principal address will be deliv ered by H. S. Blandford and T. A. Paul will give a recitation.. The resolutions adopted by the Spokane Par associa tion protesting against the division of the state into two federal court dis tricts according to the bill introduced in congress by Senator Foster, will be discussed, and a resolution favoring the Cascade mountains as the dividing line will be adopted. A banquet will follow the meeting. We are selling some of the best men's wear in the city. It's worth the man's while to buy of us. G. E. KELLOUGH. Exclusive Men's Furnisher 201 MAIN ST. - - CORNER FOURTH )mx mm mm LARGE NUMBER OF ARTICLES UN EARTHED ON THE BOY LAN FARM. Military Buttons, Beads, Medals, Tools, Fire Arms and Skeletons Com prise the List of the Find. While Charles Boylan. a prominent farmer of the Walla Walla river, was walking through his field last Satur day he noticed several human bones protruding through the surface of the ground and on closer examination it snowed that it was an eld Indl i-a burying ground. The soil is very light, nnd being sloe.ing the recent heavy rains had gradually washed it away and had left the bones and skeletons scattered over the surface. Over a year ago Mr. Boylan collect ed several valuable relics while en gaged in plowing, turning the articles over with the sod. Among these most interesting relics was a plow which bore the mark of the oldest plow man ufactured in England, which fa the modern farmer seems a very clumsy affair. Another article of interest was a cap and ball pistol, one of the first of tiie kind ever made. The recent find created a great deal of interest along the Walla Walla river and a Statesman representative who visited the Boylan farm hist Sunday afternoon found a very large crowd around the graves of the one time In dian warriors. During the search Sunday many articles which denoted the handiwork Of the white man were found there. Medals which were presented to the Indians by Lewis and (Mark when they made their expedition through this part of the coast in th« year 1805 were unearthed. Several knives were dug up and many military buttons, worn by members of the Hudson Ray company, were found in abundance. Beads, but tons, nails and even the reeds of an accordion were found in a plate at the head of a corpse. It is remarkably strange that the metals of all kinds are in a perfect state of preservation, and even the cloth on a Catholic medal, Is very well preserved. Al though tarnished, otherwise is in aj perfect state of preservation. The method of burying the dead varied in every case, as some of the bodies were found to have been placed in a wagon box, some in balm bark, some in blankets, while others were found in plain rough board boxes. On one skull was found a silk handker chief which still retains its color, al though it is supposed to have been buried for a period of over SO years. The bones were found to be in a fairly preserved condition considering that j they have stood the rough elements ofl Mother Earth foi- a period of many years. The bones of a skeleton which had been buried in a military coat of W* E enjoyed good business during the Christmas season, and ♦ expect to do as well during the remaining holidays. We * ♦ thank you for your patronage. Your attention is now par- * ♦ ticularly called to the splendid line of Wright's perfumes and the so- • J ciety stationery we are selling. • : The Pioneer Drug Store E S ♦ No- * B. Main St Walla Walla, Wash. ♦ Jfhen You Buy This 1 LUVJIy Ec2<J Jfc.:fctnJ f V lis?! ' nr N i Sweet or boiled cider. Crystal dinner sugar, Golden Russet Cham pagne cider, wafers, biscuits, Biss' brand clarified lime juice, apple butter, pear butter, etc. Sims Qroceir c %h F r& Main the Hudson Bay company, were color ed a perfect green, which is supposed to have been caused by the copperas contained in the chemicals which had been used color the coat. A Splendid Attraction. Manager LaVern has a good show this week at the Star theater. "Th* Circus Girl" has caught on and the attendance is fine. It is noticeable that the better class of people are turning out. The play is overflowing with mirth and comical situ.iii,,: g, Miss Gale Dauvrey as the "Circiu Girl" is a decidedly clever impersona tor of that part. A pretty face, form and costume being a great help in the charming manner in which she pre sents the character. She surely leads j "Hummingtop" a. merry chase as also I does his "dear" mother-in-law. as ■ ' picted by Miss Daisy D'Avery. who creates no end of amusement. Mr. Alt' Layne as Hummingtop is clever and handles his part in a manner true to nature-. In fact the entire company are all up in their parts and "The Circus Girl" is well worth going to see. The 'specialties are good and the pictures tine. Xext Thursday a complete change of program is announced, when "A Wife's Folly" will be introduced and new specialties and moving ni. - / turea presented. If you haven't r- I* tended this week you should do so, if I you want to laugh. AT THE HOTELS. At the Dacrec. W. C. Calder and son, Sum] I r. W. Met tombs, Spokane. G. ii. Palmer, Seattle. F J. Walsh. Portland. L. G. Atherton, Dayton. D. D. Dill ami wife. Boise. M. E. Stera, Chicago. Edward O'Shea, Spokane. Hugh McCool, city. James E. Iron. < dympia. G. E. Tiller, do P. Jac-obson. San Francisco. Ed Thomas, Beilingham S. A. Miller and wife, Milton. Mrs. M. L. Ban p. do At the Palace. M. R. Wright, Waitsburg. J. S. Haviland, Prescott D. W. Irwin, do F. R. Laysden, Waitsburg; R. D. Benton. J. S. Hartley. Weston. P: Van Tassel, do C. O. Dunn. Dayton. Real Estate Transfers. Leonard & Baxter, the real estate firm report the following sales made yesterday and today: The Frank Davis place at College Place consist ing of residence and two lots to Ira Bunker, of Milton, consideration $So<>: the I. C. Stevens farm on Blue freek, consisting of 160 acres t» Angus Mc- Clellan, consideration $1050; the G. W. Bab cock lot in East Alder street to Lee Gee. consideration J2600. (.bviously—Benevolent Old Gentle man—Don't you think fishing a cruel sport? Fisherman—l should just thir.k ir was. I've been • sitting here five hours and never had a single bite, and I've got three wasp stings, and beei eaten up with dies, and the sun's taken all the skin off the back of my neck!"