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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-13
BUGS COST S7s5,OOO.O 900.

We have the word of the statisti-
clans that the chinch-bug annually de-
stroys crops valued at $60,000,000;
that the grasshopper eats up $500OO,-
900 worth, the Hessian fly $4,000
900 worth, the Hessian fly 100000
worm, the cotton boil weevil and the
codling moth of apple each 100000
900; the army worm SIS, 100000, the
cotton boil worm, $12,000.000, the
grain weevil and San Jose scale. $10,-
600, 900 each, the cotton leaf worm and
the potato bug sS,00O,000 each, and
the cabbage worm s5000,000.
This makes a total of $298, 900, 900
worth of products that might have
been expected to but never do get to
market because of the ravages of these
most numerous pests. And this is not
the ony loss charged to their account.
Shortage of crops affects various in
dustries and increases prices, and a
deal of money is spent in fighting the
pests.
Taking into account all these things
the annual loss in this country from
insect pests, distributed among the
| various products, is estimated as fol-
lows: Cereals, $200,000,000; animal
products, s175,OOO,O 900; forest and
forest products, 100000; truck
crops and hay and forage, $5S,OOO'-
900: cotton, s5O,OOo,O00; fruits, $27,-
900. 900; tobacco, s5,3OO,00O; sugars
IS. 900. 900; miscellaneous crops, 3D.
500, 900, and products in storage, $780,
600, 900, making a total of s7S5,ooo'-
| 900.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-13
IN THE PRISON CELL.

l know not whether Laws be right,
Or whether Laws be wrong;
All that we know who lie in goal
Is that the wall is strong;
And that each day is like a year,
A year whose days are long
But this 1 know, that every Law
Than men have made for Man,
Sinse first Man took his brothers life,
And the sad world began,
But straws the wheat and saves the
chaff
With a most evil fan.
This too know-and wise it were
If each could know the same
That every prison that men build
Is built with bricks of shame,
And bound with bars lest Christ
should see
How men their brothers MAIN.
With bars they blur the gracious
moon,
And blind the goodly sun;
And they do we'll to hide their He'll,
For in it things are done
That Son of God nor son of Man
Ever should look upon!
The vilest deeds like prison weeds,
Bloom well in prison air;
1t is only what is good in Man
That wastes and withers there;
Pale Anguish keeps the heavy gate,
And the Warden is Despair.
!
For they starve the little frightened
| child
Till il weeps both night and day;
And they scourge the weak. and floe
the fool,
| And gibe the old and gray,
And some grow mad, and all grow bad
And none a word may say.
Oscar Wilde.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-13
NEW ACADEMY FOR ROME.

Now that the s1,000,000 endowment
fund for the maintenance OF the
American Academy of Fine Arts In
Rome has practically been completed
by the subscription of 100000 by H.
c. Frick, it is proposed to raise s2OO,-
600 more for a library for the insu-
tuition. Frank d. Millet, secretary OF
the academy, today said that num-
her of subscriptions for this purpose
had already been received, says a New
York dispatch
OF the s1,OOO,OOO pledged for the
endowment fund, Millet said that a
large part was ready to be paid in al
once and the balance was expected
soon. The subscribers besides Frick,
are ]. p. Morgan and Henry Waters,
trustees, who subscribed $lOO,OOo
each; and William K. Vanderbilt, who
subscribed 100000; Harvard Univer-
sity. through Henry L. Higginson'
subscribed 100000; James Stllman
gave 100000, and Columbia univer-
sity, Yale university the University OF
Chicago and the University of Califor-
mia subscribed 100000 each.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-13
PENDLEToN PRosPERING.

To the astonishment of a lot Of
pessimistic croakers, Pendleton is still
on the map and prospering despite
the fact that not fine for gambling
has passed into the city's Golfers fer
several months
When gambling was stopped It was
declared by a number of men whose
pocketbook is their only creed, that
the town would go to the bad, busi-
ness would suspend and the treasury
would have hole in the bottom of 1t
through which Niagara Falls could
pour with ease, If the blacklegs were
driven out Of town and gambling stop
ped.
Why, it is found that the city is
moving along gracefully, the sum of
31o,1SS is now in the general fund,
and a total of $15,745 in the city treas
ury, and best of all. the city is almost
entirely rid Of a large class of objec-
tionable characters which cannot find
lodging place in any self-respecting
city in the entire country now.
The remark of one grocer yesterday
contains a key to the whole situation
He said: Business has actually beer
better for the past three months thar
ever before. People who have never
paid a grocery bill before without
trouble, now have money and pa!
cash. The men who earn the none!
now give it to their families and no
to the tinhorns."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-13
oREGoN's POLITICAL NEED.

The Salem Journal. an independent
republican paper, in speaking of the
political crisis now upon the state Of
Oregon, pertinently says:
The republican leadership at Port
land has been so rotten that one after
another the highest officers have been
taken away from the gang that domi-
mates the party down there.
Are they 1T to nominate the pext
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-13
w. T. PARKER
Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries and
Notions-Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes
and Farm Produce.

1 have just purchased the d. ..
Richardson store at Helix. Oregon,
and am going to thoroughly remodel
1t and greatly increase the stock. I
solicit your patronage and IL good
goods and fair treatment can hold
your trade, then know you will trade
with me. Bring in your farm pre-
duce. Highest market price paid.
HELIX OREGON
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-13
LAND SCRIP FOR SALE.

Unrestricted forest reserve scrip for
sale at lowest market prices. Nv
scrip secures title to tim, cred, farm
ing. grazing or desert land, in any
The Portland. Portland, Oregon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-13

choosing senators, but they must ask
the senate to protect its members by
surrounding them with the highest
ideals of the place. Senator Sorghum
must go.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-13

A fierce fight between moonshiners
and federal officials was fought In the
Elkhorn district, central Kentucky,
wednesday. The moonshiners escaped
after losing their leader, Calvin Cen
ters, who fell at the first fire. One
officer was injured.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-13

. OOOO 80 OOOOO .
. Grant us, o God, to see the right .
. Today,
. Today, whose hour is oursl .
. Give sight, give strength
. To make the present perfect, .
. and our world
. The temple of happy brother
. hood.
. Tomorrow brings its dawn .
. burst; brings the peace
. That follows doubt and dark
. ness. We would taste
. The fruits of our endeavor-we q
. who strive
. While pass the winged hours Of
. Today.
. Howard v. Sutherland. Z
. OO . . . 80 . &
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1905-03-24
PAID FRATERNAL VISIT
Dallas MasOns Were Guests of LyOn
Lodge No. 20, in independence
Last Saturday Evening.

Twenty-four members of Jennings
Lodge, No. 8, A. F. & A. NJ, paid a
fraternal visit to Lyon Lodge, No.
29, A. F. & A. NJ, Of Independence, last
Saturday night. The visitors we're
given cordial reception by their
hosts, and, after the work of the lodge
was over, were invited into the beauti-
full new banquet hall, where refresh
ments were served. Nothing was
overlooked that would add to the pleas
ure of the occasion, and pleasant
and profitable evening was enjoyed by
all. The visitors from Dallas re-
turned by special motor arriving
home shortly after midnight.
Those going from Dallas were !:
W. V. Fuller, Harry Hollister, Oscar
Hayter, Ed Biddle, A. B. Muir, II. L.
Chapman, E. G. kirkpatrick, DR..
Mark Hayter, N. L. Butler, J. G..
Uglow, V. P. Fiske, DR.. II. L. Toney,
j. T. Pepper, Lot Shreve, J. J. Wise
man, q. L. Hawkins, DR.. B. H. Nc
Gallon, Charles F. Belt, J. G. Hayter,
U. S. Loughary, W. G. Vassall, D. S.
Mcdonald, Frank Wrightson and
Willis Simonton.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1905-03-24
MONMOUTH TELEPHONE
DIRECTORY
PACIFIC STATES TELEPHONE Q TELEGRAPH CO.

A
Farm 1924 Aebi, Adolph, res,
Farm 12X Bush, P. G. res.
Sub'n 1X6 Black, M. R., res.
Main 90 Bogert g. Johnson, market
"a Bogert, Eugene, res.
SO Boothby, G. T., res.
g 54 Butler, J. B. ", res.
g IS Belshe, I. r., res.
" 95 Butler, o., res.
" l73 Babbitt, Mrs. May, res.
19l Bedwell, L. f., res.
" 1893 Bridwell & Craven, grocers
176 Beery, Mrs A. A., res.
Main 81 Crowley, Dr.. J, NJ, office
g 60 Crowley, DR.. J. NJ, res.
81 Campbell, A. f., res.
38l Campbell, Mrs. Mary, res
q As Chase, P. E., res.
Farm 1876 Campbell, U. S., res.
9 1913 Chamberlain. E., res.
g 264 Collins, A. H., res.
265 Collins, r. L., res.
269 Carron, J. L., res.
Main 2O3 Daniel, S. NJ, store
76 Daniel, S., M. res.
A Depot, S. p r. r.
21l Dalton, Mrs. l. NJ, res.
Farm l21 Davidson, Mrs. M. E., res,
" 12X1 Davidson, Ellis, res.
g 266 DeArmond, Carl, res.
g 26X5 DeArmond, Edd, res.
e
Farm 1877 Evans, Evan, res.
Farm 1919 Fuqua, VIM, res.
Farm 225 Ground, J. H., res.
Main SO Ground, L., res.
80 Graham Livery Stable
Sub'n II Gibson, Cass, res.
Sub'n IA Haley, A. j., res.
Farm 226 Hewitt, E. f., res.
22X1 Hewitt, d. Nj, res.
" 1913 Helmick, Jas, res.
1914 Hembree, @. p, res.
" 26X1 Hoag, G. H., res,
Main 19l Hampton D., NJ, res.
" 81 Howell, J. W., res.
III Huber, A. f., res.
Sub'n lX4 Jones, w. NJ, res.
K
Sub'n TX Kimsey, W. H., res.
Sub'n 13 Lorence, c., res.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1905-03-24
WOMEN WILL HELP
Lewis and Clark Division Will Attend
Civic Improvement Meeting Next
Wednesday Night.

That the women Of Dallas are TAX
ing a lively interest in the move for
civic improvement is evidenced by the
fact that the Lewis and Clark Division
has voted to attend next Wednesday
nights mass meeting in body. The
subject was introduced at the meeting
of the Division, Tuesday afternoon,
and the proposed plan Of Organization
was endorsed by every member
present. The Division has a member
ship of over 100 women, and its in
Auence will be felt for great good in
the move to make Dallas more
beautiful and attractive town.
The meeting was held at the home
Of Mrs. Frank Kerslake, and was
largely attended. Mrs. Kerslake was
assisted in receiving her guests by
Mrs. 7. B. Rowell. After an interesting
hour devoted 10 business matters, a
pleasant social session was enjoyed.
A vocal solo by Mrs. ]. G. Uglow,
select reading by Mrs. Kerslake, and
a plano solo by Miss Erma Smith
were pleasing features Of the pro-
gram. Delicious refreshments were
served by the hostess.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1905-03-24
GIRLS PLAY BASKETBALL
Contest at College Gymnasium Satur-
day Night Draws Good Crowd.

A game of basketball between two
teams of College girls was witnessed
by good-sized crowd in the gymna-
sium last Saturday night. The teams
were evenly matched in skill, and the
contest was lively from start to finish.
The first half lasted 10 minutes, and
the last Is minutes. The score was l
to 0 in favor of the Firehies. The
game was highly enjoyed by the spec
tators, and good feeling prevailed
among the players. The line up was
Firefies Enigmas
Ada Osfeld forward Edith Frink
Florence Palmer forward Pauline Oin
Georgia Shriver center E. Ballantyne
Mamie Allen guard Esther Savage
Leona Allen guard Amy Perry
Officials: Bert Teats, umpire: Walt
er Ford, referee. Miss Mildred Slem-
mons played forward for the Enigmas
in the last half of the game.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1905-03-24
Working For Electric Road.

J. NJ. Stark, Of independence, was
in Dallas, Monday. He is working
hard in the interest of the proposed
electric railway between Independence
and Salem, and is receiving sub
stantial encouragement from the citi-
zens Of both towns. Instead Of asking
for bonus, the company will probably
request citizens Of Polk and Marion
county to subscribe for stock in the
road. It is hoped to raise $4,000 in
Independence and s2O.O in Salem in
this manner, the people Of each town
to assist in obtaining a right-of-way
for the road.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1905-03-24
FOR CIVIC RETIREMENT
Citizens of Dallas Will Meet and Dis
cuss Plans for Beautifying
the Town.

Much interest is manifested in tn,
proposed organization of a Civic I'm
provement League in Dallas, anC
there is every prospect Of large
attendance at the citizens mass meet
ing to be held in the City Hal
next Wednesday night. This meet
ing is called by the City Council
and the officers earnestly hope
that there will be a large turnout
of business men, householders, women
and school children. All can help in
the good work of making Dallas a
clean town, and the City Hall should
be packed to the doors next Wednesday
evening
The move for civic betterment is
general in all parts of Oregon and
Washington, and the people of every
city of Importance are holding mass
meetings, at which the leading
authorities tell of what can be best
done to accomplish desired results.
Such a meeting has been called in
Seattle, and the newspapers of that
city express the belief that no public
hall will be large enough to acoommo-
date the crowd of citizens who will
desire to turn out.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer of
Sunday March publishes letters
from many prominent men and
women, indorsing the move for Civic
Improvement Club. These letters all
contain practical suggestions for the
work, and show that it is within the
power Of every citizen to bring about
splendid results.
RESULTS OF ''BLoCK SYSTEM"
Many of these letters speak of the
"block system" By this it is possible
to reach every citizen and householder
Of the city. 1t only needs one enter
prising man or woman to the block to
start the ball rolling, and when they
have secured the cooperation of a
majority of the householders in the
block the influence they can bring up
on the negligent and stubborn will be
sure Of bringing results, The care Of
the park strips, the planting of trees,
the seeding of lawns, the planting of
handsome gardens and beds Of
flowers, the painting of the houses, the
removal of unsightly fences, piles of
rubbish, the inclosure of barnyards
with fence and trellis, and the constant
maintenance Of the work when once
performed, can be done by means Of
the ''block system"
NEIGHBoRHooD ORGANIZATION
Austin E. Griffiths, one of the leaders
of the movement says;
The request for a general yard
cleaning in Seattle brings to mind the
old couplet:
" If each before his own door swept,
The village would be cleanly kept.
"For under normal conditions
municipal cleanliness is largely de-
pendent upon the personal pride and
attention of the citizen; especially is
this so in the matter of fresh paint
nice lawns and beautiful homes. To
prevent or eXtirpate plague or
dangerous disease municipal authori-
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1905-03-24

never picks up a scrap Of paper or an
orange peeling from the pavement
and consigns it to the kitchen stove /;
who leaves clothes on the line all
week and a bit of carpet on the fence
all year, but who siezes the hose on
Saturday morning and pours barrels
of water onto the side Of the house and
walks, and possibly some on the park
ing strip, that has been neglected be-
yond recall, and then retires into her
house, that is nicely furnished in
many instances and positively we'll
kept? But it is the dirty sidewalk and
neglected door yard and fence that
are characteristic of the middle class
Seattle home. Is it because it is a
rented home, or because there is not
money enough to hire so much done
and the outside is left to necessity and
the garbage man, or is it because OF
the precedent established in early
days?"
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1905-03-24
Annual Meeting.

The annual congregational meeting
Of the Presbyterian church will be
held Thursday evening, March 80. at
z 80 o'clock. Reports, election Of
officers, and other necessary business
viii be transacted. 1t is desired that
every member be present
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1905-03-24

Al. Apperson, an Oregon pioneer
Of 1s47, died at his home near Oregon
City last Friday, aged 65 years. He
was veteran Of the Indian War of
1856, and was for many years one
Of the leading merchants Of McMinn
vile.
Arizona republican., 1905-05-29
EARNED HIS PAY.

The late Nanny" Friend thus de- scribed one phase of the laws mysteri- ous workings:
 'The counsel for the defense told me this story long after the case was for gotten. A man was on trial for murder in a small western city. Testimony of the most incontrovertible and dam aging sort was piling up against the accused. Despairingly the prisoners counsel made his closing speech; in growing misery he listened while the prosecution ruthlessly rent asunder his fragile fabric of defense and while the judge summed up strongly against his client.
 "As the jury filed out, the verdict of murder in the first degree seemed stamped on their faces. The prisoners S counsel managed to whisper to the foreman In passing:
Arizona republican., 1905-05-29
MrS. Ihnd p0ffS

Frequent backache and distressing pains, accompanied by offensive dis charges and generally by irregular and scanty menstruation indicate dis placement or nerve degeneration of the womb and surrounding organs.
 The question that troubles women Is how can a woman who has some fe- male trouble bear healthy children?
 Mrs. Anna Potts, of 5IO Park Avenue, Hot Springs, Ark, writes:
 My Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
 :" During the early part of my married life was delicate in health both my husband and were very anxious for a child to bless our home, but had two miscarriages, and could not carry child to maturity. 4 neighbor who had been cured by Lydia E. Pinkhan's Vegetable Compound advised me to try it. I did so and soon felt that I was growing stronger, my headaches and backaches left me, had no more bearing-down pains, and felt like a new woman. Within a year I became the mother of a strong, healthy child, the joy of our home Lydia E. Pink hams Vegetable Compound is certainly a splendid remedy, and I wish every woman who wants to become a mother would try it."
 Actual sterility in woman is very rare. If any woman thinks she is ster- ile, let her try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free to expectant or would-b be mothers.
Arizona republican., 1905-05-29

this class France has a slight numer-
 ical superiority over us, but is inferior
 in tonnage, her 16 ships measuring on
 ly 17S,139 tons. In battleships and crui- sers of all classes, built and building. our title to second place among the navies of the world seems secure with 75 vessels to Germany's G9. the 93 Of France consisting so largely of the smaller sizes as to fall much below aurs in actual strength.
 It is not to be wondered at that, in view of these figures the editor of ''The Annual judiciously adds At the end of 1908 the United States will become the second naval power of the world, and the British and United States na- vies combined would be able to put into line 75 first class battleships, as compared with 69 possessed by the other five naval powers" That is a most impressive consideration. Its bearing upon the greatness and self sufficiency of the Anglo-Saxon world is obvious and most gratifying and we may hope that its significance to the peace, and welfare Of the entire world may be no less apparently and effec- tive
Arizona republican., 1905-05-29
Shall We Have a Sane Fourth ?

It is by no means too early to pegiT
 a newspaper agitation in favor of {
 Fourth of July this year which shaI
 at least have as good a record as that
 of last year in the comparatively small number of deaths from tetanus, or
 lockjaw. We may not be able to abol-
 ish the noise. but an effort should be made to save human lives.
 According to the figures furnished by the Rochester Democrat and Chron- icle, the death rate for 1903 from Fourth of July accidents, mostly from lockjaw. was 415. The publication of that record led to agitation through out the country by the press against the use of dangerous weapons and ex- plosives, and also to the adoption by the medical profession of a prompt antiseptic treatment of wounds. As a result of these precautions there were in 1904 only 1O5 deaths as the result pared with 415 for 1903; that is a re- duction of about 75 per cent in the list of fatalities
 Because of this reduction perhaps less public attention has been given to the matter this year than last But there is still ample time for the public press and municipal authorities to put the people on their guard against such a frenzied and reckless observance of our national anniversary as will result in the sacrifice of many lives
 Next to the importance of preventing accidents is the matter of securing prompt and scientific treatment of wounds caused by firearms and ex- plosives. In St. Louis in 1903 in 56 cases of injury there were Is deaths. In 1904 in the same city as the result of prompt and skillful treatment in S6 cases no deaths occurred. Tn Toledo in 1903 there were s deaths from lock jaw; in 1904 there were none
 The sale of all weapons and expIo- sives known to be dangerous such as dynamite or cannon crackers and cer- tain kinds of toy pistols, should be for oidden by law and the law should be enforced.
Arizona republican., 1905-05-29

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTE- 1 RIOR, United States Geological Sur
 vey, Washington, D. C., May 1. 1905. ] Sealed proposals will be received at
 the office of the United States Recla-
 nation Service, HOS Braly Building,
 Los Angeles, Cal, until o'clock p. m., Monday, June ,, 1905, for the construc- tion of the Laguna Dam and Sluice- ways, involving the excavation of about 2S2, 900 cubic yards of earth, ex- cavation of about 305,OO cubic yards of solid rock, placing of about 3O5, ,0OO
 cubic yards of solid rock in the dam
 and masonry core walls, building of
 about 27,150 cubic yards of concrete
 laying of about SO,0O0 square yards of
 paving, and furnishing and driving of
 about 53,000 linear feet of sheet -piling
 for the diversion of a part of the Col
 Orado River about 10 miles northeast
 of Yuma, Ariz. Bids will be received
 for the entire work or any integral
 part thereof. Specifications, form of
 proposal and particulars may be ob-
 tained by application to the Chief En- gineer, U. s. Reclamation Service,
 Washington, D. C.; to J. B. Lippincott, Supervising Engineer U. S. Reclama- tion Service, HOS Braly Building, Los Angeles, Cal, or to Homer Hamlin, Engineer U. S. Reclamation Service
 Yuma, Ariz., at whose offices the plans may be inspected. Each bid must be accompanied by a certified check for S1O,OO0, payable to the order of the Secretary of the Interior, as a guar anty that the bidder will. if successful, promptly execute a satisfactory con- tract and furnish bond in the sum of 20 per cent of the contract price for the faithful performance of the work The right is rserved to reject any or all bids, to accept one part and reject the other, and to waive technical de- fleets, as the interests of the service may require. Proposals must be marked Proposals Laguna Dam, Yuma Project, California" Bidders are in vited to be present when bids are opened. E. A. Hitchcock, Secretary. Wis. St Paul, Minn., Minneapolis, l Minn.; Northwestern Manufacturers Association, St. Paul, Minn.; the U. s. | Indian Warehouses at S15 Howard St. | Omaha, Neb., 6O2 s. 7th St, St Louis, | Mo, 265 s. Canal St. Chicago, H., | l19 Wooster St, New York City, and | 23 Washington St, San Francisco. Cal, and at the school. For further infor- nation apply to Harwood Hall, Su- Riverside Cal c. F. Larrabee, Acting Commissioner.