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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-02
INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE.
The Nature of Animals Changed by
Conditions.

The Influence of the climate upon
animals is remarkable. The Thibet
mastiff, when it is brought down from
the Himalayas, loses its fine wool.
The shepherd dogs of Angona have
fair fleecy hair, the thickness being
attributed to the severe winters, and
the silky lustre to the hot summers.
The English bulldog has been
known when first brought into India
to pin down an elephant by its trunk
and yet in two or three generations
it not only will fail off in pluck and
ferooity, but II loses the under-hune
character of the lower jaw, the muz'
zle becoming finer and the BODY
lighter-and this without any crossing
with native dogs,
Extreme cold Is equally preiudiciaI
to some breeds-neither the New.
foundland dog nor the bloodhound
being able to endure the intense cold
of northern Europe. 1t is supposed
that "aboriginally" the horse must
scraping snow away to get at the
retains the instinct Of paving and
scraping snowa way to get at the
herbage beneath, but he can with
stand the extreme of heat and cold.
Hounds, 1t is said, deteriorate more
rapidly than other breeds of dogs
under the influence of very warm cli-
mate, pointers and greyhounds quick
ly following them.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-02

lands under the Truckee- Carson pro-
ject, Nevada.
The plan entails the installing of
10 acres of alkall land-typical in
texture to the general farm lands now
being entered by farmers-with un-
der drains, for the purpose of teaching
out the alkali, and the preparation of
another 10 acres Of land for flooding
copiously with water, without under
drains being previously laid.
1t Is intended that the work on the
first 10 acres will demonstrate the
advlsability of reclaiming alkali lands
with under drains and determine the
approximate cost for such work per
acre. The work on the second 10
acres should determine the possibil-
ity of reclalming these lands from
alkali wothout under drains being
previously laid. The lands selected
are not only typical farm lands met
with in this, but in other projects, and
are threatened with alkali accumula-
tion.
The data collected will be of value
to the farming interests in that the
results will demonstrate the best pro-
cess for handling farm lands which
are too salty for profitable cultiva-
tlon. and which are met with in sew
eral parts of the arid region. In con-
nection with the drainage systems In
stalled by the engineers on the pro-
ject, it will offer valuable informa-
ton relative to the efficiency of such
drainage systems.
Beside the two tracts above menr
toned, land has been selected for the
installation of under drains on a third
10-acre tract. This selection repre-
sents typical alkali conditions for the
heavy adobe lands lying i'm large
bodies in the flats of the Truckee-
Carson project. Should 1t be found
possible to reclaim these lands at a
reasonable cost, it is believed that
the land available for farm entry
under this project would be increas-
ed by many thousand acres.
This investigation is Of great inn
portance from a financial standpoint,
in that comparatively small cost per
acre for relief from alkali may make
possible the reclamation of large
bodies of land under the system,
which are now unfit for cultivation
Drainage conditions are also being
studied in connection with the Klam-
ath. Minidoka and Huntley projects,
and work on soil classification is be-
the field of operations of the service.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-02
PERILoUs SABLE ISLAND.
Two Hundred Vessels Have Been
Wrecked on Its Bars.

Sable Island. sometimes, and not
too eXtravagantly termed the Grave
yard of the Atlantic, is set among
shoal waters that afford the best of
feeding ground for the particular
kinds of fish that Gloucestermen most
desire-halibut, cod, haddock, and
what not-and so to its shoal waters
do the fishermen come to trawl or
hand-line.
Lying about east and west, a flat
quarter moon in shape, is Sable
Island Two long bars. extending
northwesterly and northeasterly,
make of it a full deep crescent. No
where is the fishing so good Cor so
dangerous) as close in on these bars,
and the closer in and the shoaler the
water, the better the fishing. There
are a few men alive in Gloucester
who have been in close enough to see
the surf break on the bare bar; but
that was in soft weather and the bar
to wind'ard, and they invariably got
out in a hurry.
Two hundred and odd wrecks of one
kind or another, steam and sail, have
settled i'm the sands of Sable Island.
OF this there is clear and indisputable
record. OF how many good vessels
that have been driven ashore on the
long bars on dark and stormy nights
or in the whirls of snowstorms, and
swallowed up in the fine sand before
ever mortal eye could make note of
their disappearing hulls, there is no
telling.
A Gloucester fisherman needs no
tabulated statement to remind him
that the bones of hundreds of his
kind are bleaching on the sands of
Sable Island, and yet of all the men
who sail the sea they are the only
class that do not give it wide berth
in winter. And of all the shippers
who resorted to the northeast bar in
winter Patsie Oddie was pre-eminent.
Some there are who said he was
reckless. but those that knew him best
answered that 'twould be recklessness
indeed if he didn't know the place; if
he didn't know every knoll and gully
of ii that man could know, including
knoll and gullies that weren't down
on charts-and never would be, be-
cause the men that made the charts
would never go in where Patsie Oddie
had gone and sounded when the
dies Black Night" by James b. Con-
molly, in the August Scribner's (Fic-
ton Number.)
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-02

Joseph, $3.50; Leavenworth, $3.50;
Omaha, $3.50; Sioux City, $3.50.
Dates of sale August "a, rs and Sep
tember 16 and II. Going limit 10
days. Stopovers in either direction.
For particulars, call on e. C. Smith,
agent o. r. & N.
What better evidence could there
be of its high quality when the United
States government buys "Cleveland's s
Baking Powder" for its army?
]. X. Smith. baggage and express.
Residence phone 2592. Stand at
Donaldson's Red Cross drug store.
Calls at either place promptly ans
wered.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-02
FAMOUS SPEAKERS AT FAIR.
Questions of Municipal Interest TO Be
Discussed by Experts, August II.


The committee on conferences and
congresses at the Lewis and Clark
exposition is sending a letter to the
mayors of all cities and towns In Ore
gon. Washington and Idaho, request
ing the appointment of official and
lay delegates to the convention of
Pacific northwest cities to be held in
connection with and as a feature of
the Civics Congress, from the 14th to
the 18th of August, in the Auditorium
at the exposition. Thousands of
copies of provisional program are
being sent out in advance of this
Civics week.
1t is believed that these efforts will
bring together one of the most inn
portant assemblages ever held in Or
egon. which will mark an era in the
municipal progress of the northwest,
The greatest specialists in municipal
affairs will take part. Among them
are William Trayers Jerome, the
noted district attorney of New York
city, who will speak on THE Battle
Against Corruption; Josiah Strong
president of the American Institute
of Social Service and author of "Oul
Country": Congressman John De
Witt Warner. of New York; Prof
Charles Zueblin, of the University o
Chicago; Clinton Rogers woodruff
secretary National Municipal League
ana john Graham Brooks, author o
"The social Unrest"
The subjects of municipal contro
Of corporations and municipal owner
ship will be discussed by such eXpert
as Mr.. Brooks, Amos Parker Wilde
/ aud Frank ], doodnow Problems o
intimate Interest TO cities all over tn,
world will be handled by the highes
authority in the United States.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-02

The French-Glenn land holdings in
Harney county, consisting of some
thing like 1O6,S31 acres, together with
$4,000 acres owned by f. c. Lusk, will
be placed on the market says the
Burns Herald. In fact the whole is
now for sale and a number of large
concerns, as well as private indivad-
uals who command large capital. are
now negotiating for the land, some
for the entire tract, others for only a
portion. General Manager Lusk, of
the French-Genn company, is at
present at the Z ranch and stated
that it was the intention of the COM
pany to dispose of all their land
holdings and stock interests in Har-
ney county.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-02
IDAHO NEGRO COLONY.
Florida Colored Promoter Looks for
Home for His People.

w. H. Moore, of Hawthorne, Fla,
enjoys great promise of success in his
effort to establish a colony of colored
people in southern Idaho. says the
New Era.
The head of each negro family in
the colony will be given an acre of
land to begin with for a home. The
general plan of the establishment OF
the colony is most liberal and many
colored people have concluded that
it is a most feasible scheme for their
profit and that of its promoter.
The conditions under which they
may earn a competence and at the
same time build for themselves homes
for the remainder of their lives and
for posterity are most happily differ
ent from those under which they are
compelled to exist in many of the
southern states.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-02
MILTON FIRE COMPANY.
For 10 Years the Town Has Had No
Organization.

Although Milton once organized
fire company, yet she has been with
out a legal organization for Is years
because it did not comply with its
bylaws from the start.
This discovery was recently made
by Major Miller and when he discov-
cred that the town was without a le-
gal company he ordered that the poll
tax be collected from the members of
the old organization and this raised
a remonstrance.
So in order to have proper fire pro-
lection, a mass meeting was called
Monday night and a committee Of
citizens, consisting of w. E. Putnam.
w. H. Anderson and A. Mckay, was
appointed to form a new company
and start it out legally so there would
be no further questions.
The committee will report within
a few days and the new fire company
will be launched.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-02
IOWA NEEDS WOMEN.
Forty-slX thousand More Men Than
Women I'm the State,

Iowa promises to become the Mecca
of women since Director Davidson, of
the state census bureau has announc-
ed that there are $4,000 more men
than women. This is contrary to the
prevailing rule in most states and in
the world at large.
New England, according to the ma
tional census figures, has As men to
every so women. 1t is anticipated
that there will be a general exodus
to the state when the census figures
are given publicity. II capable OF
teaching school. women will find em-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-02
Injured Leg Amputated.

William Bryant, employed in get
ting out timbers on Connor creek for
n mine in that vicinity, was brought
here Sunday evening suffering from
"A fractured leg. Yesterday morning
the injured member was amputated,
the condition being such as to neces-
state that treatment.-Baker City
DemOcrat
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-02

ployment in this vocation while await
ing proposals of marriage, as there
is an unparalleled dearth of school
ma'ams in Iowa, and 1862 schools are
compelled to close because of the in
ability to obtain instructors. 1t is be-
lieved that the figures compiled by
the census director accounts for the
shortage of school teachers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-02
Sold LIQUOR TO Minors.

James Stanford, the proprietor of
the Arcade saloon, was arrested yes
terday for selling liquor to minors and
arraigned before Justice of the Peace
John L. Hough. The defendant waiv-
ed his right to an examining trial and
was held to answer in the circuit
court in $500 bail.-La Grande OBJ
server
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-02
CashinC Checks.

Should a check be drawn on an
other bank, it is not necessary for
you to present the check to that bank
for payment-we will gladly do so for
you, without charge. We cash drafts
on any city in the United States or
Canada, and handle items on any city
in the world.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
Pendleton, oregon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-02
RECLAIMING AIIKALI LAND.
Valuable Experiments Now Being
Carried ON I'm Nevada.

An interesting and imnortant lnves-
tigation is being carried on by the
reclamation service, to determine the
best method of reclaiming the alkali
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-02

ITO tn victors belongs tn soils"
said tn mikado, lookin' at tn map
OF Asia.
The Washington times., 1905-03-26

but boiled water is, nevertheless,
fiat, unpalatable, and an inducement
to violation of temperance principles,
1t is fit to drink only in the sense that
it may be drank without the sequel
OF a funeral. 1t is to real water what
sawdust is to oatmeal.
There is no good reason why cities
shoald not have pure water except
that they are too stingy, or too lgno-
rant of sanitation to secure supply.
The theory that water is poison un-
less brought to a boil is denied by
all human experience. When it ar
lives at the point of consumption
tainted with the germs of disease the
fault is due to specific neglect. This
people never Will thrive on boiled
water, for it will decline to use it,
preferring the chance of a fever. The
remedy will have to be applied in
some other way.
The Washington times., 1905-03-26
EluSiVeness. :"

The quality of .telusiveness" as a
trait of femininity has never been
clearly defined. Indeed, the mention
OF 1t may be regarded as something
new Henry James, the English nov
elist, declares that Chicago girls lack
this attribute. The girls are real mad
about it, and when James comes that
way again he will find elusiveness
elevated to the superlative degree. He
can't get within mile of any of
them without sneaking up on the
blind side.
By the way. the reference to James
as an English novelist is not inad-
vertent. He was born in the United
States, but has for many years devot-
ed himself to living down the circum-
stance, and trying to forget it. He
is far more English now than the
English, and when he says our girls
lack elusiveness, the verdict is that
of the foreigner, and must be gwen
weight accordingly. There is such an
admiration for everything foreign. It
covers multitude of articles ranging
from bonnets to green canned peas.
Even wines have to have a foreign
label although made In California,
before being admitted to the stomachs
OF sWelldom. Precisely so with the
individual. James is writer of
exquisite English, but his real weight
is due to the fact that he has shed
his Americanism as snake It's skin
To get into the favor of this dis
tinguished visitor it is necessary to
be elusive. Probably this means not
to be forward, to refrain from throw
ing ones self at the head of q stranger.
to be modest, retiring, diffident;
biushing easily, lowering the eyes. 1t
is painful surprise to learn that
Chicago maidens are lacking In these
essentials. In fact, the inclination to
believe they have been aspersed will
be given general Endorsement. It Is
possible that Mr.. James, with his win
| ming personality, overcame the usual
restrictions Perhaps he thinks that
an ordinary mortal could do as he
did. He thus does injustice to his
own seductive individuality, and to
the flock overcome by the radiance of
his presence.
| But when the novelist speaks of
| the display of millions and the little
behind the display, he is twitting on
facts. The proposition is submitted
that when the artist of fiction
monkeys with facts he is getting OF
| his beat
The Washington times., 1905-03-26
Caution Before Marriage.

In the general clamor for the aboli-
ton of the divorce evil, the people
are apparently blind to one essential
faet-that the conditions prior to
marriage are oftener responsible for
divorces than any combination of cir
cumstances which may arise subse-
quent to the assumption Of matri-
mOnial obligations.
I. There are very few, whether young
or old, who marry with a conscious
or subcOnscious intention of securing
divorces. There are equally few who
marry because it is a comparatively
easy matter to obtain a divorce. The
motive for matrimony is the same
yesterday, today, and tomorrow. The
crux of the difficulty is that, under
the conditions OF our present ciyiliza-
ton, the motive attains It's object too
soon.
The supreme remedy for the ''di-
iyorce evil'' lies in the improvement of
The conditions prior to marriage
rather than those subsequent to it,
IaAnti-divorce laws, while all very well
| in their way, do not strike at the
root of the ltrouble After the last
word is spoken and the best view
| taken of the matter, the student Is
| forced to the reluctant admission
! that people divorce themselves, and
they do this after they have found
| the conjugal tie misery and a bur
den. No sane person welcomes trip
through the mire and publicity of the
| divorce court, and the state of mind
| that can drive him or her through il
must be pathetic in the extreme
The cure for the multiplication of di-
| yorceS is restraint on hasty mar
riages, whether that restraint be made
reality by requiring due notice OF
matrimonial intentions or by an utter
prohibition Of the marriage Of persons
below somo fixed age. Everyone Is
| convinced that something ought to be
done to stem the tide of divorce, bul
the man who has really studied the
pr oblem will hesitate long before he
| indorses post-marriage legislation as
complete and unfailing bulwarE
against the abuse. The man who Car
The Washington times., 1905-03-26
Delaware Still Debased.

The Delaware Legislature adjourned
Thursday without having elected a
man to succeed United States Senator
L. Heisler Ball, and thus, for the
fourth time since j. Edward O'Sulli-
van Addicks injected his personality
into Delaware politics, that State is
deprived of it's full representation in
the highest legislative body in the
world.
Before Addicks' money the people
of Delaware have lain down suptnely
and allowed their rights to be tram
pied into the gaseous mire of disgrace
and national rfdicule For the State
nothing can be said in extenuation
nor can any man explain the situation
creditably to any resident CT Della
ware. The fact is plain and unhidden
that Addicks, in his ambition to go
to the Senate, has held up a whole
State at the point of his money barrel
and has said: IF you don't send me,
you don't send anybody else" 1t is
equally plain that, for the time being,
at any rate, the Delaware people have
accepted that dictum, have given up
their right to another Senator, and
have accepted their degradation as
matter of commonplace fact.
1t is startling commentary on the
situation that the only surprising
thing in connection with the whole
affair is admitted to be the fact that
Addicks failed of election, and that a
handful of men stood out against his
Establishments and gilded persuasiong.
How long will this lamentable state
OF affairs continue? Missouri would
not tolerate such situation, and her
patriotic pride, in the voice of the
whole people of the State, broke q
deadlock that had long endured.
The Washington times., 1905-03-26

unusual situation in just such trips
as that upon which he is about to
start. Those who wish for the same
energy and industry can obtain it by
initiating the custom of going to the
country and being strengthened by
contact with nature and by an OBJ
seryance of natures laws. This Is a
truth which nobody will contest. Yet,
in Washington, a city of desk labor
and Office work. there will be few to
prove it to their own advantage.
The Washington times., 1905-03-26
An Example of Health.

President Rooseyelt's custom OF
taking his vacation in a manner cal
culated to build him up physically
and allow his mind respite from
the strain of his work increases by
one the list OF good examples he has
set 1t is now a fact. theoretically
realized, that man, in order to be
capable of great things, must keep
his body in good condition, and it is
equally well realized that a strong
brain must be backed by system
physically strong. Mr.. Roosevelt is
one of the not too many who obey
these dictates of common sense and
nature.
Much is written and preached these
days about physical culture and the
value of exercise. and the writing and
preaching make many converts. There
are, however, few who live up to the
strength of their convictions. The
average city man passes eleven
months OF the year in his Office and
the other month in lolling about on
the white piazza of summer resort
He lacks the energy required for en-
gaging in sports or occupations that
call for hardening of the hands and
tension OF the muscles. After the
months vacation he returns 10 his
desk in the city, rested as to his mind
eut little improved physically.
This state Of affairs exists in spite
of the general knowledge that exer-
else and exertion are called for by
every law OF nature. Those who
marvel at the Presidents fund OF
energy and his great capacity for
work can find the explanation of the
The Washington times., 1905-03-26

Old. hind. helpless. dependent and
alone, the secret of the cheerfuiness and
content which she radiates may be
found in the following simple story Of
her earlier life:
Soon after the civil war, she says,
when bereft OF every thing, she was
endeayoring to maintain herself and her
child by means of a few pupils who came
daily 70 her for instruction. She had
cooked and dispensed her meager break
fast, and was sitting one morning await
ing their arrival with her open Bible
upon her knee
A steady rain was falling, the roof
leaked, the chimney smoked and every
thing about her seemed suggestive OF
a depressing decadenee which she was
DoWerleSS to arrest A demon of re-
bellion seemed TO take possession OF
her, when suddenly her eye fell upon the
verse, Il have learned III whatsoever
estate am Herewith to be content"
Taught by Bible.
II had often read 1t before" Mrs. At
kinson says, ''but now a new light, as If
from the throne of God itself, seemed TO
frrsldiate it. Learned, repeated. Then
1t was not more natural TO St. Paul to
be content than it Is TO me- It was q
Lesson which ne, too, had TO learn And
from whom? From One. I thought,
who is no respecter OF persons One
who is just as willing to teach me, if
will place myself in submission and faith
under His tuition, as he was to teach
the great apostle himself.
And So" she continued, II set to
work from that moment to learn the les
son. There was many a period Of dis
couragement, many struggle, many
tear, but at last, with the help Of my
patient, loving instructor, / mastered
IT,
And now." she says, while smile IL
learned IN whatsoever estate / am there
with to be content"
The Washington times., 1905-03-26
COMMISSION RULES
ON RAILROAD CASE

The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion yesterday dismissed the COM
plant of Charles A. Thompson against
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
The case grew out of the issuance
by the railroad company during the
anthracite strike OF 1902 OF rule
limiting its coal cars to mines hay
ing track connections with its roads.
The commission holds that under
the attendant conditions the defend
ants temporarily ruled, eonfining its
comparatively few available cars to
mines generally in operation, where
quick loading could be accomplished,
and declining TO permit its sidings or
switches to be further congested by
loading coal from wagons. was cal
culated to hasten rather than retard
the movement of coal for public use,
and that it was not unreasonable or
unjust