The Evening Statesman

One good thing about the recent cold spell, it separated the flies and the bald heads.
Even in this hot weather there are icicles hanging from the whiskers of one candidate for mayor.
The Milton and Freewater populations were swelled to the bursting point yesterday. And everybody had a good time.
Rising to a question of personal privilege we would call attention to the fact that the sun has once more moved back to Walla Walla.
Mayor Schmitz' occupancy of a cell in the county jail is of such nature as to make the cell itself entirely superfluous-according to reports.
Over in the Third ward some of those able politicians have been jarred out of their wits by the gum shoe campaign of one Louis Kan.
One of those Dutch radicals denounces the peace conference at The Hague as a comedy.
The remark was made by a real comedian.
Wouldn't it be a good idea to forward that Fourth of July subscription list to those Walla Wallans about to inherit $300,000,000?
"Cut the mustard" is an ancient slang term which is likely to again become popular in the Walla Walla valley and along the railway lines.
There were no crop pessimists among that representative gathering of farmers Saturday afternoon. Every farmer had good news to tell of good crops.
Say! Does any one realize, after reading the newspapers, that an actual campaign is going on in the city?
Who's afraid to trot out a favorite candidate?
The arrest in Pendleton today of two well known Walla Walla sheepmen does not mean that we are afraid of Oregon. Rather, we're just jockeying for position.
That law against permitting noxious weeds to grow specifically refers to railroads, but doesn't make the county commissioners liable for weeds growing in the roads.
Through reading the able editorial remarks in the Union and the "Bunc" we have about come to the conclusion that the current municipal campaign is overstocked with water.
Those professional murderers testifying in Boise slightly disturb the traditional price of $5000 placed upon a life by a majority of the states. Evidently they were slaying at scab prices.
Those things that are about to happen in the neighborhood of the sheriff's office are being eagerly looked forward to by the brave few who would take the job if handed to them on a silver platter.
Such perfect administration of the city health department that the health officers have nothing to do is a departure worthy of future emulation.
But have you noticed people continue to expectorate on the sidewalks?
Although the postmaster general has issued orders forbidding the postmasters to talk. Postmaster Brunton is able to point with silent pride to the new quarters and the splendid discipline which made a quick removal possible.
It is impossible to complete the new city hall in time to have the inauguration address delivered there. But arrangements may be made to engage the auditorium of the Central Christian church for that purpose-providing the right man is elected.
Czar Nicholas of Russia puts us in mind of the neighbor's boy on the back fence throwing stones into the next yard and then running to mother when retaliation comes. The czar, after carefully surrounding himself with troops en masse, declares his power and dissolves the douma. But he didn't go out into the back yard to do it.