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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-17
$1,000 Per Acre

j. A. Frye, who is one of the old
est settlers on the flat, has just sold
his fine 1O-acre orchard farm in the
southeastern part of town to ]. W.
Billups, until recently of Nez Perez,
where Mr.. Billups has just disposed
of very valuable farm. The Frye
orchard is one of the most valuable
in the Vineland tract, and has one
of the most modern and commodious
The price paid by Mr.. Billups for the
place was 0,000.-Lewiston Trib-
une.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-17
,,..,,oot Beet Factory,

.',.lssly one minute of l O'Clock
-, afternoon the Blacktoot
..,o-v commenced its first
H. and Is now running as
H. as an old plant, says the
IN Democrat.
/ /, months ago the first shovel
n ,artb was excavated at the
4 ,Ite and the work on the
|'.4.n hesun. 1t seemed like a
n ask to erect a factory in
a This seasons crop of beets'
n. seemingly impossible has
,uompllshed and a new record
|S.bed in the installation of a
Net factory in point of time.
1 ,h,pe days this week the out
Iths sugar factory has averaged
.ns per day, while on Tuesday II
a high as 76s tons, says the
4 CITY Times. When it is con-
n that the daily capacity of the
! ouly 800 tons. this demonstra-
!, the factory's capability is re-
tsbIy gratifying.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-17

=. stOckmai ,ou,n
ssDua Dsu,I.,.chenger, a wen ,rD n.iO in
Il f''' Y ths PeOIa cou"tr' " ,be ne
'n ,"lv. :, was brought suffer- 20
',ui'o. hospital yesterday, - su,se. sI,cted
p' runshot wound iis' =. also
Miller. Miller ~ - peola
lial .iock raising In 'ne ne tro,, :
.,, s stated that 'he i,'s. wa wa :
Y ~ d up to the shoo,i"s sheen
g dispute over a '
Int from a revolver .,opI pI an
4 A, skin beloN believed its
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-17

sn was a little difference of
m between the principal of the
4 and a member of the school
u at Huntington the other day
what constituted a legal holiday.
1 principal told the scholars that
|Ion day was a legal holiday and
\ would be no school. The mem
/ Of the board aforesaid, however,
|ght differently and ordered the
|r to ring the bell and get the
warm for the pupils. When the
|npal went down to interview the
fber for an explanation of his ac-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-17

NoTIcE-Do you want to change your
location? Have you a business you want
to sellP Do You want to buy a business
or real estate In any part Of the United
States for cash or credit? Write us today
describing your wants: we can supply
them we know how from 20 years. ex.
perence.
Here is another fine bargain near Seat
tie, Wash. We only advertise bargains in
and around Seattle for the reason we are
on the ground and can get actual bargains
for our clients, Out of the city bargains
like we offer would be taken before we
could investigate them. Write us at once
and list with us. You will never regret
1t. Read this over One acre of land
partly fenced, Ia small house) One-half
In fruit and berries. Five minutes walk
from the street car line running from the
center of the city of Seattle, Wash. Price
$500. You pay 500 down and the bal
ance $4,000 like rent, So each month
This land Is located on the water front
If you have a business or real estate In
any state In the United States you want
to sell at a bargain. and 1t will stand the
investigation we will give 1t, we will sell
1t for you at once. Do not put 1t off, but
write us today. We made 1885 business
and real estate transfers last month.
HILLMAN REALTY TRUST,
Drawer 1896, Seattle, Wash.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-17

Dan Dunn, known as the champion
driller of the Northwest will be
brought down from the Greenhorns
tomorrow to be examined on a
charge of insanity. He will be
brought to Upton by the constable
to be turned over to Sheriff Brown
who will leave on the morning train
for that point. The cause which led
to the unbalancing of Dunn's mind
was not learned.-Baker City Her
aid.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-17
It WIN BE % Your Interest.

II you contemplate visiting the St
Louis exposition. to secure reliable
information as to railroad service. the
lowest rates and the best routes. Also
as to local conditions in St. Louis;
hotels. ETC., etc.
II you will write the undersigned,
ststing what information you desire,
the same will be promptly furnished.
II We do not have II on hand, will Sc
cure It for you II possible. and with
out any expense to you. Address. \
ri b. II. TRUMBULL.
Commercial Agent, 142 Third Street,
Portland. Oregon. ff
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-17

SUBSCRIBERS TO MAGAZINES, If YOU
want to subscribe to magazines or news
papers In the United States or Europe.
remit by postal note, check or send to the
EAST OREG0NIAN the net publishers
price of the publication you desire, and we
will have II sent you and assume all the
risk of the money being lost in the mails.
1t will save you both trouble and risk II
you are a subscriber to the EAST ORE
CONAN In remitting you can deduct 10
per cent from the publishers price. Ad-
dress EAST OREGoNIAN PUB. CO., Pen
deton, Oregon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-17
HAY AND FEED.

Chop barley. ss25O per ton; III
per Id.
Chopped wheat. s1.4o per 100.
Bran. 60c pei sack.
Shorts. 81 per sack.
GOATS. INC per lb.
Alfalfa. loose, $40 per ton.
Wheat loose. $40 per ton.
Timothy. baled, $50 per ton.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-17
ONO THE EXCHANGES
u VT THE INLAND EMPIRE

ton the member got mad and it was
not long before the fur began to fly.
Three ROUNDS were indulged in at the
conclusion OF which honors were de-
clared even and the curtain rung
down on the scene.-Baker City
Herald.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-17

s'Aa GROCERY PRICES.
E1' =, sseha i and Java. best. 4oc
" ,,,,a. ~ Grade sSc per Id: lower
~ s, sat,.. 'sc to lsc per lb.;
|Aa-s % pounds. 81.
h n % IN Vi per 100: table
md, i,ra asso rice. isc per lb.;
\ A.ss - = !, a.ss per bbl.: Wal.
s,s.lseiie '''' per sack.
-llesic.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-17

BY mistake Of the factory the Col
den Rule Store has about three times
as many golf gloves as were ordered.
Rather than return them. 1t has been
decided by q big reduction in price
to close them out You ought to see
the SOC values they are offering for
zsc. and the 76c values which so for
lsc.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-17
||lIET REVIEWED
VEGETABLES.

frots, &c per ib.
a'oes' new and best, s1.25 sack.
b.
Pi'ags &c TO &c 10.
1ns, &c ID,
aA onions. &c per bunch, 3 for
raips' IS bunch.
'1A''es' Soc per box; 4@5c per
V'0n' snelled. 1Oc lb; 3 for 25c.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-17
LIVERY AND FEED STABLES.

DEPOT STABLE, COTTONWOOD STREET
Phone red 1881. Livery. feed and sale
stable. Horses bought and sold. Good
rigs at reasonable prices. Stock boarded
by week or month. Ring us up, day or
night, as we have an all night service.
Stewart & Lindsay, proprietors.
CITY LIVERY STABLE. ALTA STREET.
Carney &Kennedy. Props. Livery, feed
and sales stable. Good rigs at all times.
Cab line In connection. Phone main 7O1.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-17

.slock AND POULTRY.
!, %losins y ~ prices are paid by
n N mems, Sc; ss7s@4.2s per
s,s .'.s ae cash; SOC trade.
y h'h. sac per dozen.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-17
CHOICE BEEF CATTLE.

Steers, $3.50.
Cows, 81.
Hogs, live, s5Q5.50.
Hogs. dressed. $7@7.50.
Veal, dressed. 6@7c.
Sheep. $1.75@2.25.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-17
FRATERNAL ORDERS.

b. P. o. ELKS, PENDLEToN LODGE,
No. 2SS. Regular meetings first and
third Thursdays Of each month. All
brothers visiting In the city most cordl
ally invited to attend Hall In LaDow
block. Court street G. A. Hartman, ST.,
r. R. &C. p. Bean. secretary.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-17
MISCELLANEOUS.

ATLAS PORTRAIT CO., % EAST ROSE
street, Walla Walla. Phone main 312.
Only house Of the kind In the city Your
portraits finished at home All work guar.
anteed When giving your order be sure
your receipt reads Atlas Portrait Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-17
INSURANCE AND LAND BUSINESS

HARTMAN ABSTRACT co. MAKES
reliable abstracts Of title to all LANDS
farm property. Buys and sells all kinds
OF real estate Does general brokerage
business. Pays taxes and makes invest.
ments for non-residents. Reference, any
bank In Pendleton.
@. A. HARTMAN, Pres.
q. A. HARTMAN, JR-, vice-Pres.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-17

UMATILLA COUNTY ABSTRACT CO.
Don't buy a piece Of property and after.
ward find a cloud on the title We VIII
make you an accurate abstract OF title q
need of an abstract. Umatilla Abstract
Co. office In Savings Bank building.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-17

JoHN HALEY, JR-, U. s. LAND COM.
missioner Speciality made OF land I'LL
InRs and proof Insurance and collections.
office In Judd building, room 10.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-17
SECONDHAND DEALERS.

" sTROBLE, DEALER IN SECOND
hand goods II there Is anything you
need In new and secondhand furniture
get his price. No. 212 Court street.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-17

j. M. BENTLEY REPRESENTS THE
Oldest and most reliable fire and acci.
dent insurance companies Office with
Hartman Abstract Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-17
LOST

: !. !. .ssiss ssssss,ss s'sshsy ss.y and Pen.
sssIs 'Ss.,ssas.' 'sss es. with with. whit. n, .
g. i,ss y. back ( to on wsthsrs, ,ssl black
! ,ss,s v sn lst .t,i1s fs0d su round,
! MN I nv rsses s's =, return Of this nns
~ ~. :, 'euth~.'e, on Birch Creek
isho i''' sooi. Of psndietonn.. n.
'''Arell. Pen
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-17

Lard-70c lbs; s1.35 10 lbs.
Stock salt-$1 sack; s14 ton.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-17
BANKS AND BROKERS.

FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ATHENA,
Oregon. Capital, $50,000 surplus and
profits, S12,500.00. Interest on time de-
posits. Deals In foreign and domestic ex-
change. Collections promptly attended to.
Henry c. Adams, president; T. ]. Kirk,
vice-president: F. s. LeGrow, cashier; l.
NJ Kemp, assistant cashier.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-17

FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PENDLB.
ton. Capital. surplus and undivided
profits, 100000. Transacts gen
eral banking business. Exchange bought
and sold on all parts of the world. In
terest paid on time deposits Makes
collections on reasonable terms. Levi An
kney, president W. #. Matlock, vice-presl-
dent G. NJ Rice. cashier; George Hart
man, Jr assistant cashier.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-17
BOARDING AND LODGING.

THE ALTA HOUSE, OR THE WORKING
Peoples Hotel. corner Alta and Mil
streets. First-class accommodations rea-
sonable rates: clean beds, neat rooms
feed yard In connection. 8. c. Bitner,
Proprietor.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-17

ATHENA HOTEL, LEADING HOTEL IN
the city. $100 to $3.50 per day. H. p.
MIllen. proprietor.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-17

THE PENDLEToN SAVINGS BANK.
Pendleton. Oregon. Organized March l.,
1880; capital, 100000; surplus, $4,000 !;
interest allowed on all time deposits Ex.
change bought and sold on all principal
points. Special attention given to collec-
tions. W. ]. Furnish, PRESIDENT ]. N.
Teal, vice-presldent I. ]. Morris, cashier /;
j. W. Maloney, assistant cashier.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-17

THE FARMERS BANK OF WESTON,
Weston, Oregon. Does a general bank
ing business. Exchange bought and sold
collections promptly attended to. R. Jane
son, president; George W. Proebstel, vice
president: ]. r. Kigore, cashier; directors
G. A. Hartman, NJ NJ. Jones. t. ]. Price,
G. D. Graw, J. #. Kilgore, Robert Jane.
son, G. W. Proebstel.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-17
ATTORNEYS.

building.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-17

HALEY 4 LOWELL, ATTORNEYS AT
law. Office In Despair block.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-17

BALLERAY & McCoURT, LAWYERS, AS
ISOLATION building.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-17

HELIX HoTEL-UNDER NEW MANAGE.
ment. Good meals and clean beds. II
YOU come once you will keep a-coming.
Only white help employed. Especial at
tention given to commercial travellers. Mr..
and Mrs. ]. P. Nayip. proprietors.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-17
BUSINESS CARDS, SOCIETIES
PROFESSIONS AND TRADES
PHYSICIANS.

DR. W. G. COLE, OFFICE IN JUDI
building. Office hours, 10 to 70 a. m.
! to p. m. Telephones: office mair
1871; residence main 1881,
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-22
N. Y. INSPECTOR REMOVED
President Roosevelt Takes Summary
Action I'm the SlOcum Dis
aster Case.

Washington, Oct. 1S.-President
Roosevelt, Monday removed from Office
Robert S. Rode, supervising inspector
of the steamboat inspection service,
second district, located at New York,
on account of the disclosures in the
report of the national commission ap-
pointed to investigate the Gen. Slo-
cum disaster. In accordance with the
presidents directions, Secretary Met
calf of the department of commerce
and labor, has taken preliminary steps
towards the removal of James A. Du-
mont, inspector Of hElls, and Thomas
H. Barrett, inspector of boilers, both
of the port of New York Statements
of charges against them have been
forwarded to them. They are charged
with neglect of duty, incompetence and
ineficiency. They will be required,
under the civil service regulations, to
make answer to the charges within q
reasonable time.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-22
MARRIAGE AND SUCCESS.
Early Alliances, Quite Commonly Dis
countenanced, Do Not Always
Result in Failure.

We are used to look grave when a
young man takes wife unto himself
with what seems to us to be undue pre-
cipitation, and if presently we see a
young family growing punctually up
around him, says the Metropolitan Mag
azine, maybe we wag our heads bit
and, say it was pity that young Buxton
did not wait until he had got round OF
two further up the ladder. We say we
don't like to see young fellow over
weighted at the start, and we know OF
men of promise who incurred domestic
blessings so early in life and in such
numbers that all their lives they never
did better than to stagger on under
their load. We say they never had a
chance to get where they belonged, and
we fear it is going to be SO with Mr. Bux-
ton.
But il Buxton has got his start and
seems to be the right sort, and if that
demure young Lucy seems to have some
hard sense and due constancy, in what
ever disguise, under her ribbons and
muslin, let's not croak unduly nor fore
cast lot of bogy troubles that are not
actually in sight. Keeping body and
soul together is not so desperately COM
plicated task as some of US have grown
to think 1t. Lots Of people don't starve
to death.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-22
FAILED IN REAL POLITICS.
Rueful "Reminiscences of Theatre
cal Star Who Was the
Easy Victim.

Maclyn Arbuckle, the successful star
of the eastern company playing George
Aces "The County Chairman" began his
career first as a lawyer, then he was a
politician. In the Theater Magazine an
pears this characteristic account of the
demise of these early ambitions, written
by Mr.. Arbuckle shortly after he became
an actor:
"As go about the city notice signs
of Attorney at Law All me! wonder
if they are young lawyers. If SO, my
heart goes out to them. There they sit,
companion pieces to Dickens Micaw-
Der, ever watching and waiting for some
thing to turn up. Poor souls! They go
to their offices and open their invisible
voluminous mail, and take their clients
one at time, and fill their safe drawers
with fives and retainers. Oh, it is glori-
Gus! Three short weeks ago was one
of them-shingle swinging to the tune
Of Destitute and Raggity' by the rough
zephyrs of legal poverty, and it is pro-
fessional, you know, to be legally poor.
But how different now! closed the lid
Of the -casket that bore all that remains
of the Legal Wreck and consigned the
remains to the fraternity that they
might be buried with becoming profess
sional dignity-funeral expenses to be
paid out of fees due me-; fees that never
came! 1t is a great awakening from a
three years sleep, young Rip Van
Wrinkle >slumber! Fight, you lawyers.
over your feesl Seize the farmers
lands. for fees, you know Take the
mules and cows. Sound forth your legal
arguments IN the courts of justice! Look
you wise and renew your 80, 60 and 90
day paper in the bank. Take all.
quit-claim to you in fee simple for love
and affection. And, oh, you candidates
for political and judicial honors, ride
your scrawny horses and mules through
colored voters, kiss the sweet, pretty
little dirty child of the dear.yoters, take
your mysterious grips to the speaking,
ride all night, take stock in every
church, colored and white, school bar
becue! Oh, what bliss, what felicity, to
have huge cololed gentleman demand
five, and suggest that if it is not forth
coming he will surely turn his whole
following and district against you,' and
oh, what woe when you haven't the five
to stay his cruel power! At last the day
has come! Up early, spreading tickets
broadcast, Vote for Maclyn Arbuckle,
Justice of the Peace Opponent looking
slyly at you and wondering about your
strength. Visit polls. Your men (col-
ored) proclaim you elected without a
doubt. Want a quarter for their din
ners. What's the news from Wagner's,
Hoom's, Holmes Schoolhouse, Will
kins' Woods? Conflicting accounts.
Sometimes ahead, sometimes behind.
The sun sets and you little know that
your glory and responsibility sets with
it. Polls close. Niggers yell (for every
body). Returns slowly come in. Hope
up, but votes down. Opponent gets full.
You go to bed, full of expectations. Get
up, fall down. Defeated! You are a
member of the large and honorable body
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-22
AERIAL RAILWAY IN INDIA.
Sensational Religious Ceremony That
Takes Place in the Hi
malayas.

One of the most remarkable and sem
sational religious ceremonies in the
whole Of India takes place annually at
Kulu, in the Himalayas, says Cham
bers' Journal
From cliff overhanging precipi-
tous gorge several hundred feet deep
a rope is stretched, and fastened to a
strong stake on the opposite side OF
the ravine. The rope is of great length.
nearly $500 feet, and when 1t is
stretched tart the upper end will be
several hundred feet higher than the
lower end.
Down this terrible incline the vic.
tim or performer slides, the precaution
having been taken to wet the rope to
prevent it from catching fire from the
friction.
This descent is effected as follows:
The performer sits astride on a kind
Of rough wooden saddle fitted with
holes through which the rope is thread
ed, while to his legs are attached bags
filed with sand to enable him to main
tain an upright position during his de-
scent, and also to increase the momen-
tum. The lower end of the rope Is
wound round with rugs and carpets,
In order to check the descent at land
ing, and prevent the jheri,, as the per-
former is called, from dashing his
brains out against the pole to which
the rope Is fastened.
The first few hundred yards of the
descent is accomplished with lightning
velocity, as is indicated by the stream
of smoke which follows in his wake
The incline then diminishing, the pace
becomes slower and slower, so that by
the time he reaches the goal he is able
to stop himself without danger.
The underlying motive of this curl
Gus ceremony is that if the flight lie
safely accomplished prosperity Is as
sured to the crops for the year. This
sentiment naturally minimizes the dan
ger of the feat, as it is to every ones
interest that it should be safely &C.
complished. Indeed, a similar motive
is at the bottom of certain religious
festivals in Roman Catholic countries
A well-known example of this is the
fete of the Scoppio, at Florence, when
a dove, albeit an artificial one, per-
forms an aerial flight of somewhat
similar nature on wire stretched
from the summit of the high altar Of
the cathedral to an OK wagon filled
with fireworks, which is stationed in
front of the west door. The Hima-
layan ceremony can be traced back for
hundreds of years. and the men who
perform the feat form small distinct
caste.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-22
PATRIOTISM OF JAPANESE.
From Empress Down to Peasant Girl
All Make Sacrifices to Help
Relief Fund.

Societies and associations have been
organized in Japan to relieve the fam
lilies of the fighting men, and every one
makes certain contributions to the relief
fund Some men contribute money or
goods, some their labor, and mCst of the
lint and bandage used for the wounded
are the works of women, from the en-
press down to the peasant girl, writes
Nobushige Amenomori, in Atlantic.
Little boys and girls willingly foregO
their daily sweetmeats, and sgive the
small moneys thus saved to the relief
societies. A boy II years old in country
school made one day contribution OF
two yen. 1t was thought too much for
country boys gift. The school-teacher
and the alderman of the village suspect
ed the money might have been given the
lad by his parents to satisfy his vanity;
in which case it should be admonished
against An inquiry was accordingly
made, and brought out the fact that the
boy had actually earned, the money for
the purpose by devoting his play hours
to the making of straw sandals. Even
some criminals working in prisons have
made several applications to contribute
their earnings to the funds, though
their wishes have not been complied
with. In every village compact has
been made that those remaining at home
should look after the farms of those at
the front, so that their families may not
be disappointed of the usual crops.
Since the outbreak of the war the gov
ernment's bonds have been twice issued
at home, and each time the subscription
more than trebled the amount called for,
the imperial household taking the lead
by subscribing 100000 yen. Thus the
hardships of the war are cheerfully borne
by every man, woman and child in the
land.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-22
DECLARES IT is INFAMOUS
An OGense So HeinOus That 1t ia
Difficult to Comment On IL
With Proper Restraint.

Washington, Oct. 1S.-President
Roosevelt, commenting on some of the
revelations in connection with the
burning of the excursion steamer Gen
eral Slocum, said:
"The department of justice has So.
cured the indictment of the manager
and three employees of the Nonpareil
Cork Works of Camden, N. j., for put
ting upon the market compressed cork
blocks for use in making life preserv-
ers, each of which blocks contained in
its center piece of bar iron weighing
several ounces.
''This last offense was of SO heinous
character that it is difficult to COM
ment upon it with proper self-re-
straint
1T appears that the national legisla-
ture has never enacted law providing
in set terms for the punishment of this
particular species of infamy, doubtless
because it never entered the head of
any man that so gross an infamy could
be perpetrated. l suggest that you re-
port this whole matter to congress
transmitting these two reports, and at
that time calling special attention to
the need of imposing an adequate pen
atty for the making or selling of defec-
tive hfe-saving appliances.
II wish particular emphasis laid up
on the proposal of the commission that
there be created by law special body
thoroughly to investigate the laws
which are supposed to provide for the
safety of passengers on steamboats,, es-
pecially on excursion boats, where the
prime causes of danger are the over
crowding and the fiimsy and highly in
fiammable character of the superstruc-
lures"