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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-07-08

Heppner, Ore. as described by
Charles A. Taylor, the playwright, was
q veritable trap for such food as the
one which recently brought death to
a large number of its population. Mr..
Taylor has several friends there, and
believes that many of them were vic
tins of the cloudburst.
1.-THE first time l went to Heppner,"
ne said to q New York Evening Journal
reporter, twas in November, 1901. The
town was twenty-six miles from the
main line and the trip there was slow
and tedious. The railroad ran along
Willow creek, which was a strong
mountain stream in a deep valley.
"My company was the first that had
been to Heppner in three years. and
snever saw people so glad to see actors.
There was no room for us in the
small but well equipped hotel, but the
landlord turned out enough guests to
make US comfortable. We were
treated royalty on all sides and moth
ing seemed too good for us.
1.-THE very thought of going to see
a play seemed to thrill them, and that
night the little opera house which was
Aised for charitable entertainments al
most entirely, was packed to the doors
The same thing was true the next
Night, and Mr.. Crawford, proprietor of
the hotel, told me that every man,
woman and child IN the city who was
not i'll had seen the show.
1.-The wealth of the town was re-
mArkable. There did not seem to be
any poor people there. They seemed
perfectly satisfied with one another and
were willing to let the world outside
progress without their aid. The hotel
was about the only building in town
that was up to date. The rest of the
houses were built along the main
street. backing on the creek.
1.-THE town was in a pocket in the
mountains. On every side were high
hills, sloping down to the houses and
being drained into the creek which
proved so much too small when the
cloudburst came on Sunday June IA.
The creek is like raging torrent all
the time. 1t runs into the Columbia
river just above the falls and a few
miles below Heppner."
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-07-08
REWARD FOR BALLOON.
Worlds Fair Management Sent
One Up Recently.

Floating somewhere IN the earth's
atmosphere, free 20 wonder whitherso-
ever it may, is balloon that is worth
any mans while to capture.
The balloon itself is a silk structure
20 feet in diameter, 30 feet long, made
of heavy yellow silk and covered with
a rope netting. This great airship Is
worth $500 on the market, and it be-
longs without any reservation what
ever to the person who captures it.
And this is not all, for securely fast
ened to the bottom of the balloon, is
silk bag, oiled so as to keep out the
moisture, is document which gives
to the captor of the airshlp ticket to
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition,
good for the entire season.
The balloon is one of several that as
cended at ST. Louis on Thursday night
of the dedication period. Mr.. Pain,
who had charge of the pyrotechnfcs at
the Worlds Fair dedication, had a
number of captive balloons that were
to figure in spectacular aerial dis
play, but several of them escaped and
these balloons have been falling in
different parts of the country. One
was recovered by Oren Vollentine, at
Sorrento, ILL.,, and another by James c.
Hinsey, at Worden, Ill.
But neither of these balloons is the
prize-bearer. This particular balloon
which was dispatched on its journey,
destination unknown, WAS sent up by
Aeronaut Carl Meyer after dark
Thursday, April 30. Its only cargo
was a message, written on official
Worlds Fair stationery, and signed
officially, by President David r. Fran
els, conveying the information that
finder of the balloon upon presentation
of the letter, and written statement
regarding its finding, would be sup
piled with pass to The Worlds Fair
from May /, 1904 to the close of the
fair, Dec. l, 1904.
The great balloon was filed with
hydrogene gas, more than 10000 cubic
feet being used at cost of about 5000.
This is sufficient to keep the balloon
in the air from two to three weeks. 1t
is at the mercy of everv wind that
blows, and may be found a thousand
miles hence, or it may wander around
and when the gas finally has leaked,
fall close to where the ascension was
made.
When the balloon arose it carried a
huge light that burned for possibly
half an hour. 1t arose rapidly and
was caught by a wind from the south
east. The breeze was strong and the
light could be seen moving northwest
through the sky. 1t arose and struck
another current AID struck of due
east, rising higher and soon disappear
ed.
The balloon will rise and fall with
the temperature, until it finally de-
cends. As it strikes the colder starta
of the air the gas will condense
and the airship will fall. When it
strikes the warm atmosphere near the |
earth it will expand and the balloon
will again rise. This it will repeat
many times. Then the balloon may
be seen 10 scores of places before il
comes near enough to earth TO be made |
captive.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-07-08
No False Claims.

The proprietors of FOley's Honey
and Tar do do not advertise this as q
''sure cure for consumption. They
do not claim it will cure this dread
complaint in advanced cases, but do
positively assert that it will cure in
give comfort and relief in the worst
cases. FOley's Honey and Tar is with
out doubt the greatest throat ard lung
emedy. Refuse substitutes.
HENDRICKS DRUG STORE.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-07-08
Education a Business,

Education is not a charity but a
business, the most important business
of the individual, of society and of the
state. Money expended in right edu-
cation is not to be regarded as a tax
but as an investment. 1t is the best
and safest form of investment for
whatever capital one generation may
have to bequeath to the next"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-07-08
Druggists Will Buy II Back.

GU assume no risk when you buy
Chamberlain Collie, Cholera and Di-
arrhoea Remedy. Dawson Drug Co..
Dawson and Williford & Co., PARROT,
will refund your money if you are not
satisfied after using it. 1t is every
where admitted TO be the most success.
full remedy in use for bowel complaints
and the only one that never fails. 1t is
pleasant, safe and reliable.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-07-08
Cholera IHiantum.

This has long been regarded as one
of the most dangerous and fatal dis
eases to which infants are subject. It
can be cured, however, when properly
treated. All that is necessary is to
give Cham berlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy and castor oil, as
directed with each bottle, and a cure
is certain. For sale by Dawson Drug
Co, Dawson; Williford & Co., Parrott.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-07-08

impossible either to move the train ror-
ward or to go back. and in a short
time the food supply was exhausted
and the male passengers rustied eat
ables among the farmers of the neigh
borhood.
"We exhausted the food the first
day." said Mr.. Houston. AT the start
we were told that we could have but
two meals instead Of three meals
day. Every semblance of food was
quickly gone. and then it became nee
essary for the male passengers to get
something to eat The farmhouses
raved us. Several of us got boats and
,owed from house to house each day
md in this way secured food suthc1ent
or at least one meal a day. one
means of securing food seemed to be
furnished by Providence. The water
drove poor little rabbits up under the
very wheels of the cars. AS the water
crept higher the rabbits actually got
on top of the wheels. Every morning
it was easy to collect as many rabbits
as we could eat. That seems remark
able, but it was really fact"
A reporter for the Kansas City Jour
nal at Topeka finds that 312 pianos
were destroyed in the North Topeka
food. If these instruments had an
average value of $500 the total would
amount to $4,000. One thing is GER
tain, not a single piano which passed
through the flood will ever be used
again. Pianos are commonly regarded
as of strong and substantial construc-
ton. To look at those which passed
through the Topeka flood one would
conclude that they were as fragile as
q house of cards. Their woodwork is
swelled, bulged and split. Their veneer
ing has peeled off like paper from
wet wall. Their Intervals are warped
and twisted out Of all semblance to an
orderly machine. They have been
thrown out in the streets, without an
exception, to be hauled away with 9th
er rubbish.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-07-08
FROM THE FLOOD LANDS
Photographer Describes Incident
of Oregon Cloudburst.
lHEPPEER A VBRITABLE TRAP.

Charles A. Taylor Says the Town
That Was swept Away Lay In "a
Pocket In the observation-disclosures
Flood Drove Rabbits Into Railroad
Cars. and Passengers Thus Secured
Food.
f. G. Hart the telegraph operator
for the Oregon Railway and Naviga-
fion company at Heppner. recently
wrote for the New York World and
sent by wire an account of a tragic mo-
ment in the flood in which he had a
miraculous escape from death, taking
with him four children. James Ker-
nan, the station agent, and his wife,
whose daughter (Katie) Hart had with
him, would have escaped also had not
Herman stopped to call Portland in an
effort to inform the outside world that
Heppner was being overwhelmed with
waters. Here is the account from Mr..
Hart, dated Lexington Ore:
II was working in the Oregon Rail
Tay and Navigation company's office
at the time that the flood was coming
down upon us / was writing q letter
10 my parents, who live in Hilgard,
Ore. | noticed that it was raining very
hard, and. in company with Mr.. Ker-
nan. the station agent, his wife and his
ffteen-year-old daughter, watched the
creek. We did not realize that it was
rising so fast until we heard a terrific
roar Then l called the attention of
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman to the flood
which was coming. with the water roll
ing over and over, picking up and
crushing houses as though they were
eggsheIls. l cried: My God! Isn't
that awful? Come, let US run for the
hillsr
II took hold of the little daughters
land and those of three other little
nhildren that ran into the station be-
hore started. l rushed for the hills.
Mr.. Herman and his wife following.
Only by the help of Divine Providence
aid / succeed in getting the four chill
6ren out on high ground, and as l gain
ed the higher ground l turned to look
and see how the best friend | ever had
on earth was making it. The rapidly
rising waters had caught him and his
wife. and they were drowned before
my very eyes. Neither tongue nor pen
can describe the scene, and it seems be-
yond human minds to imagine the
sight"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-07-08
BlCVCIe Craze Increasing in France,

The number of bicycles in France
last year was 1,25O,OOO or ten times
more than in 1895. Roughly speaking,
the number of bicycles has increased
by $4,000 annually for some years.
The last census showed 5000 automo.
biles, half of them with two places ADD
the rest with four or more places.
Bicycles and automobiles are most
numerous in the department of the
seine, especially around Paris, but
they are plentiful in all the north OF
France and down the valley of the
Rhone and along the Mediterranean.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-07

the Empress Eugene, after the bat
serve the empire of her husband by
not possessing exactly the right sort
of riding habit. 1t was the evening of
September 3, 1870.
The news of the surrender of the
French army and Of the Emperor Ma
poleon at Sedan had spread about
Paris, continues a writer In London So
ciety. The city was excited, and there
was talk of revolution and the ban.
ishment of the imperial family. AT
this juncture Emile de Girardin, a
man who was trusted by the empress,
and who had had no little experience
during previous changes of govern.
ment, arrived at the Palace of the
Tuileries. IF your majesty We're to
appear on horseback in the midst of
the people," Girnrdin said, land an
nounce the abdication of the emperor
in favor of the prince imperial. your
own assumption of the title of en-
press regent, and the appointment Of
Theirs as prime minister, the empire
might be saved. Something must be
done to turn the tide"
The empress accepted the advice.
But when this leader of the worlds
fashion sought for proper costume
for her performance 1t could not be
found! The only riding habit in the
Tuileries was fantastic one of green,
embroidered with gold and silver.
made for festal hunting occasion
and the hat was no less fantastic
three-cornered affair of the epoch Of
Louis Quinze. The empress felt that
it would not do to appear in this garb
on such an occasion. Her appearance
in 1t might have the opposite effect
upon the people from that which she
intended The plan had to be given
up, the empress and the prince i'm
perial We're banished. and the Napo-
leonic empire was at an end.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-07
DR.. Wauuhop Dead,

Seattle, Sept. 2.-Dr John Waughop,
for more than sixteen years superin-
tendent of the hospital for the insane
at Steilacoom, died on board the Cana
dian Australian liner Moana on Mon.
day afternoon. His death occurred
about 2:30 p. m. when the steamer was
abreast of Cape Flattery. The de-
ceased was coming home from Homo
lulu, where he had resided for some
time prior to his death. Death was due
to heart disease, with which DR..
Waughop had been suffering severely
while in Honolulu.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-07

men, Nothing can take the place Of home training
for the loss of it. The school, the college even the
influences of religion the aids and compliments
home training. The family guidance and instruction begin
from the earliest when the child Is impression
able and when its mind and character plastic
continues until the of discretion The most rigid
selfdscpne the most careful long continued educa-
ton which falls to the lot of the most fortunate YOUTH
scarcely eradicate the tendencies formed in early youth
evil home; and the great simple lessons honesty
truth, love- mercy and virtue whether taught by formal
instruction unconsciousy imbibed atmosphere OF
sound honorable household leave impress UPON
man or woman till the end Of life and have their power
full, determining Influence upon character destiny
1t Is therefore, of the highest Importance both
for the sake Of the individual nation that the
benefcent home influences of good family
Gle the completely and follow them wherever
they go out Into the world. We busy
many instances where the parents intelligent enough
know the value of binding their children the home and
keeping them close under its sheerng young
permitted through mere careessness to drift away
sibly from the home and loosen ties This often
happens because children and parents have amuse
ments diversions and interests in common sometimes
because the elders DO make allowance the ma
ture Of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Ledger.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-07

chief secretary for generations past"
And SO it proved. Faced at last with
an immensely difficult and important
task, Balfour altered his habits com
pletely. There was no more lying abed
until noon, no more neglect of business,
no more scorn for petty details. He
rose with the lark even after a hard
nights session in the House of Com
mons and worked hard all day and ev
cry day at his office. When he became
chief secretary he knew no more about
Irish affairs than the average man in
the street but in less than month he
surprised the permanent officials by his
thorough knowledge Of every branch
of Irish government.
And as he worked and learned his
chara cter and will grew stronger. The
lazy. vacillating philosopher who
couldn't make up his mind about any
thing became in few short weeks the
stern administrator.
Strange to say, this man who has
risen to the top Of the tree in British
politics is no lover of politics. He is a
politician. by family influence and
chance, not by choice. The nephew Of
Lord Salisbury, Arthur j. Balfour was
born to the purple" and destined for
Parliament from his Elton days. But
his tastes are literary and academic,
not political and practical. He cares
more for the honors which have been
showered upon him by all the British
universities in recognition of his
achievements in philosophy than he
does for his political fame.
Give me my books, my golf clubs
and leisure" he once said to a friend,
land 1 would ask for nothing more.
My ideal in life IS to read a lot, write
a little, play plenty of golf and have
nothing to worry about. If could
give up politics and retire tomorrow
without disorganiZing things and neg
Letting my duty would gladly do So"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-07

ARTHUR J. BALFoUR. m iss all his
chances Of doing anything remarkab BILE.
He was clever enough, but he simply
couldn't take the trouble to work 1t
seemed to be almost too much bother
to him to live. He seldom got out of
bed before the afternoon, and often he
would not 60 to his Office for three or
four days at time. Dispatches bored
him, Parliament was a nuisance, and
the officials Of his department tore
their hair over his neglect to keep ap-
pointments and sign important docu-
ments. They never expected him to
read them; If they could get him to
sign them a week late they thought
themselves lucky.
Well, this was the man whom Lord
Salisbury appointed chief secretary for
Ireland in 1SS4-one Of the stormiest
periods in the modern history Of that
country. OF course, everybody ragged
and said that Salisbury had appointed
the most unfit man he could have
found in days march, simply because
that man happened to be his own
nephew. The Irish members We're de-
lighted. They thought they had got
a man Of straw for their chief oppo-
nent. Parnell alone saw the truth.
Don't deceive yourselves" he told
his collea CUES. salisbury knows what
he is doing. There's great deal more
in Balfour than he has shown us yet
He will turn out to be the strongest
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-07
nEDI ORlALS[


wakforgetting an intimate knowledge of the
parts is essential to engineer
We have wish to deaden the call to a more srenu
Gus life, which, happily, reaching
our captains of commerce But would point to the
dangers Of unchecked ambition which the rank and file run
in their race to GetRich Quick Men spend
ing end of business first apt form the waste prod
ucts of State In their hurry to build their private Rome
In day and to enjoy all its costly pleasures before they
have had time whatever realize whether firmly
set its foundations disaster befas impa
tent weat-seekers Of to-day They do not grasp that
the odds are all with sound principle and systematic
cd as against mere Too often consequence they
profit neither themselves the communy-London Elk
press.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-07

would attain the
high office which
he fills to-day.
None Of us dream
ed, said an old as
sOciate of his in
1880, that he would
ever become a sue
cessful politician,
let alone a great
$ t a t e S m q n. AS
president of the To-
c a | government
board and secre-
tary for Scotland
he had mana ged to
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-07
Secret Circular Published.

London, Sept. 2.-The Times this
morning states that the Jewish Labor
League in Russia, has published a Sc
cret circular which Interior Minister
Won Plehve has issued to the governors
and projects prescribing various meas
ures to stop the propagation of lion
ism in Russia.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-07

before after their ordination His idea is that besides
giving the minister certain experience which would make
his minstratons In of the pulpit sympathetic
trade would In many instances be good thing to fall
other theological student into practical
contact with the busy world In cases. however it
would be distinct loss for the church to have young
man who Is very evidently called to the ministry spend
months in breadandbuter work at age his time
would better be given to other things generally per
haps II the present Indifference with respect main
enance of churches in large number Of small commune
ties continue the young minister will feel justified
in protecting himself against possible poverty the future
by first making himself proficient trade or profess
sfona line before he seeks ordnaonNew York Observer
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-07

essary human labor The farm household well the
farm suffers for lack labor There Is great demand
for domestic servants and they scarccr than
hired men, The Farmer that the city people
who need desire country life but without funds
should take advantage of the situation themselves
help for farmers and their wives.
The suggestion is an excellent The anemic,
clerk would do we'll to quit his employment go
the country and try hard manual work The city is full
of dissatisfied persons who probably will be salts
fed in the city Why should of these break away
from the deusive attracveness of the city and set out
where there is need of Them from where they
wanted where they in demand? Why would 1t NOT
be good for ang shop girls and go
the country households? Hard course but hard
physical labor is just what mentally tired and nervous
people often need.
The social relations of farmers and their help
such to offer bar to the most high-toned On the
farms the help. whether women, part Of the
household. There distinctions Everybody works
hard and the fare is the for allMnneapos Journal
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-07

Of fveand-thrty He aims at being a millionaire
80 and rails bitterly fate if his golden dreams shat
tered in the ward of a workhouse
Rush for luxury and rush for money are synonymous
In its endeavor to keep with this increased
luxury the modern generation succumbs to the Rich
Quick habit Men of this stamp the maximum
ground their business in the hope striking
goldbearing patch They become Observation-Disclosures and
of They try before they are compe-
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-07

A chaperon goes to girls picnic to
see that the girls behave; chaperon
goes to a boys picnic to see that the
boys don't eat the refreshments too
soon.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-07
Get-Rich-QuiCk.

OSSIBLY because Its cause has so far re-
manned unrecognized. the GetRich- Quick habit
continues to spread The art Of steady work
manship and thorough knowledge of the crafts
shows signs Of dying out. The young man of
to-day is no longer the probable moneyed citi-
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-07
The Home Influence.

HE family and the home are the foundation
stones of civilization, and in an especial sense
are they the props of free government. 1t is
the home training that makes the vlrtuous
citizen, and If the right family influences are
lacking, the results are bad citizenship and had
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-07

London's Birth Rate 400 a Day.
In London each day 400 children are
born and 250 enter school for the first
time.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-07
Should Ministers Learn q Trade?

CLERGYMAN of Philadelphia who has ex.
amined the statistics Of the various Protestant
denominations, and has been disturbed by the
lumber of ministers who are without charge.
strongly urges all young men who intend to
enter the ministry to learn some trade either
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-07
BIT OF FRENCH HISTORY.
~ -AEmp ire Lost for Want of the Right
Sort of Riding Habit.

An old legend which makes no pre-
tense to truth tells how a kingdom
was lost for want Of horseshoe nail.
But a recent volume Of sober historical
and biographical purpose, written by