Will Walla Walla Lose a Noble Charity?

The Statesman was perhaps mistaken in its guess that some of the citizens of Waitsburg who are opposing an appropriation by the county commissioners for the Stubblefield Home secretly hoped that Waitsburg might get the institution by raising a $10,000 bonus through private subscription. Walla Walla is the only town that is required by the terms of the will to raise a bonus as a condition of securing the location of the home. If this city turns down the proposition the executors of the will are free to locate the home where they please in this state or Oregon without any donation. In that case, Waitsburg might have a chance to be chosen as the location of the institution. However, it is hardly likely that if Walla Walla's wealthy citizens prove to be too niggardly to make the $10,000 donation required that the executors will feel disposed to choose a site anywhere in Walla Walla county. It will be a shame and a disgrace if the city loses this noble charity through the short-sightedness of the county commissioners or through the penuriousness of its citizens. The only substantial offer so far made toward securing the institution for this city has been the offer of the Ladies' Relief Society to donate their four-thousand-dollar property on South Second street.