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The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1905-12-21
To-day, the Shortest Day.

The days are getting about to the
end of the string of time for this year.
To-day, Dec. 2lst, is the shortest day
of the year. After to-day they will
begin to lengthen and go the end,
which will be June 81, 1906
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1905-12-21
Live News . /. +.
LOCAL.,
STATE ANT
GENERAL

VIZ
town last week.
Joe Jury and family anne down
from Galena yesterday.
Father Sheehan Of Austin held
services here last Sunday.
A dance will be given in Lemaire's
Hall next Monday night, Dec. 18th.
The Little Giant Company shipped
a carload OF ore to Salt Lake Mon.
day.
Judge Hayden, an old resident Of
Reno, died last Monday from pneu-
monia.
Miss Eva Bradshaw will leave SIT
nrday for Reno TO spend the holidays
at home.
Mrs. F. A. Limbaugh and children
returned last Friday from a visit to
California.
The next term of Court to be held
in Lander county will commence
January 9th, 1906.
William Eckman left for Salt Lake
last Friday. He will spend the hoti-
days in the city oil Zion.
j. l.. Romer. the Right-of-Way
Agent of the Western Pacific, spent a
few days in town this week.
William Jurey OF Galena went to
Eureka Tuesday night TO spend
Xmas with his wife and family.
The ice harvest is in full blast and
many tons OF excellent ice are being
gathered for next summers use.
In the Recommendation fight
lid in san Francisco last night,
O'Brien won in the 18th round.
EGg- The Christmas tree exercises will
bagin saturday evening promptly ut
7 o'clock. Let all be on hand at that
TINE.
Mrs. L. Hancock and Miss Susie
Davis, after visiting in Battle Noun
thin for some time, returned to Vir-
GINA City last Saturday.
The Battle Mountain public school
aill close tomorrow, Dec. 22nd, for
vacation, which will last until Mon
dry, January the sth.
Chas. Flamer sud wife came up
from Lovelock Monday evening and
Tuesday went out TO the Childress
ranch where they will spend u few
days.
Andy Mahoney, the popular drum
mer, made his last trip last week and
Is about to retire from the road and
embark in a coast steamer line ven-
ture Of ONE kind-Ex.
Jake Holman wife and baby, came
in from their ranch last Friday. Sat.
urday morning Mrs. Holman and
baby departed for Austin to spend the
holidays with her relatives.
Lorenzo L. Recanzone died in Para
disc last week of pneumonia. Mr..
Recanzone was well-known in Battle
Mountain. He was II man well-liked
by all whom he became acquainted
with.
Argenta Lodge No. 10, X. OF p, will
meet on Saturday, Dec. 23d. All
members are requested to be present
rs business of importance will be trans
acted. By order,
f. E. WooLoooK, c. C.
Peter Scott, n rancher, has been ar
rested and charged with numbering
Thomas Henry at Fort Halleck on
the I'd inst. Scott maintains that he
is innocent of any connection with
the affair.
George Abel was in town this week
buying up all the loose hides and
pelts available. George pays good
prices for these articles and always
does a good business IN this end oil
the county.
In the District Court at Austin
III the matter OF guardianship of
the person and estate of Andrew
Lepetich, an incompetent person
Letters OF guardianship were ordered
to issue to Chris Lepetich, brother of
the ward, upon filling II bond in the
sum OF $1,000 which was given.
IN Ice man is o getting in his
work, and while the thermometer
rnnped arnund Tho mani. L..
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1905-12-21
SU M MONS.
In the District Court of the Third
judicial District of the state of
Nevada, In and for the County OF
Lander.

R. F. Pettigrew, Plaintiff,
VS. Z
ID. Wood aud j. A. Cunningham, Defendants,
Action Brought in the District Court OF the
Third Judicial District of the State of Ne
vada, in and for the County of Lander,
and the Complaint Filed in the
Office of the Clerk of said Dis
trict Court.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-02

U. C. RAIDER. Nuf sed.
C Hamley for harness.
Rader-Carpets-Rader.
-Furniture-Rader.
Mrs. Campbell for street hats.
Pendleton Business College is thor
ough.
Best California oak leather used
at Hamley's.
Our complete stock OF fall hats are
here. Boston store.
For Rent-Furnshed room, cen
trally located, Inquire at this office.
For Sale-Ticket to Iowa. Male,
medium build. Address b. this office.
A girl TO do general housework; ap-
ply to Mrs. Max Baer, 715 Jackson
street.
Wanted-Position by experienced
bookkeeper. Leave address at this
office.
Wanted-Two rooms for light
housekeeping. Leave address at this
office.
Concert afternoon and evening at
Donaldson's. Everybody invited
come in.
Best wages to experienced girl for
general housework. Inquire at III
Jackson street
For fine shoe repairing. see Green
awald & Headstrom at Teutsch's De-
partment Store.
For Rent-Sulte unfurnished house.
Keeping rooms in East oregonian
building. Apply at this office.
For Sale-Five-room house and lot,
good barn, block from west end
school. Inquire sol Pine street.
Ready for business with 26O diff
ferent styles in turbans. poles and
Tommy Atkins lead. Mrs. Rose Camp
bell, the milliner.
young woman can earn her living
expenses in Portland while studying
at the Holmes Business College. For
particulars, address the Principal.
Holmes Business College, 25-32 Y. NJ.
c. A. Building, Portland. Or.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-02

A special from Elgin to the Oregon
Daily Journal gives the following re-
view of the Wallowa railroad situa-
tion:
Both new railroad lines are pushing
their work as rapidly as possible.
The o. r. & N. has men working in
the cement rock on their right of way
within the city limits and another
camp nine miles down the Grand
Ronde between Elgin and Cabin creek.
The surveyors are in the Looking
glass country some distance in ad-
vance of the grading party.
1t was reported the first of the week
that there are more than 225 men at
work.
The latest sub-contract is that given
to S. A. Gardiner and Hayes of La
Grande. The mile taken is said to be
the most difficult between here and
the Wallowa river. 1t is claimed that
they will receive $40, 900 for the grad
ing alone. They are advancing work
with all possible speed.
The o. r. & N. people state that
they will complete the first nine miles
of their line this fall.
The Wallowa Valley company has
two gangs at work just beyond the
city limits and has made a large cut
and a fill of considerable length.
1t is reported that the citizens of
Walla Walla have raised a subsidy of
100000, and placed it in the bank
TO be transferred to the Wallowa VAL
ley railroad or to the first railroad
TO connect Walla Walla with the Wal
Iowa valley.
The surveying party of the Wallowa
Valley railroad is at Victor's place,
seven miles from the head of the
Wallowa canyon, and expect to pitch
their tents at the head of the canyon
the first of next week.
The o. r. & N. company has filed
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-02

condemnation suits against p. II.
Gray and others George b. Clark and
others, ]. f. Wallace and others,
Maggie Clark and others and John
Fisher and wife, over whose property
the proposed right of way passes.
The property in question lies next
to the Wallowa river. The owners had
given right of way to the Wallowa
Valley Railroad company on the side
opposite that asked by the Hartman
company.
The bonds given for right of way by
the property owners to William ].
Cook covered their entire holdings.
This prevented any other railroad
company from securing right of way
over their premises so long as a bond
was valid.
AS soon as Cook heard that the
property owners desired to sell their
right of way to the o. r. & N. COM
pany he Immediately released all
lands bonded by him on the opposite
side of the river. When he took bonds
for right of way he did not know
which side of the river he would use,
but the engineer chose the bank op-
posite that originally surveyed by the
o. r. & N. company
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-02
Grants Population Decreasing.

According to the figures on the emu
meration blanks in the assessors Of
flee. Grant county has decreased In
population during the past five years
This is not official, but it is the re-
turns made by Assessor Bonham on
the first canvas of the enumeration
of the county last month. One-third
of the county shows an increase In
population. The most noticeable de-
crease in the population of any part
of Grant county, is in the Greenhorn
and Granite country. The three pre-
cincts i'm that part of the county show
population today of S47. against a
population of 1913 in 1900, says the
Blue Mountain American.
AS stated before these figures are
not official and n more careful canvas
of each and every precinct will result
in an increase instead of decrease
in the enumeration
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-02
CITY BREVITIES

Nuf sed. U. c. RAIDER.
Justrite at Donaldson's.
Carpets-Rader--C
-Rader-Furniture
Harness and saddles at Hamley's
Mrs. CampDen for school caps and
hats.
Humane Harness." best on earth;
Hamleys.
Nicely furnished rooms, Clio John
son street
Our new shoes for fall are here.
Roosevelts Boston Store.
Call at A. Kunkel & Co.'S and ex-
anime their smut cleaner.
Come in, take a seat and hear the
latest music at Donaldson's.
Chatham Tanning Mills at A. Kun
kel & Co.'S Best made.
Leave orders for Alfalfa hay at
Telephone Stables. w. F. Cook.
All the latest school caps. including
oil cloth tams. At Mrs. Campbelrs.
Headstrom & Greenawald, shoe
makers at Tetutsch's Department
store.
For Sale-A good Smith-Premier
typewriter, cheap. can mornings, 3l4
Water street.
Wanted-Woman or girl to do gem
eral housework. Apply 115 High st.
corner Garden.
Modern house at 309 Washington
street for rent and furniture for sale.
Phone red 1881.
Shoes repaired lie you wait by
Greenawald & Headstrom at Teutsch's
Department store.
For Rent-Unfurnished house and
furnished housekeeping room. In
quire 500 College street.
You can work for board or tuition
and attend Pendleton Business Col
lege. the school that is so popular.
Phone Main 511 to do your hauling
at all hours. Leathers Day and Night
Transfer. Office, Grltman's cigar
store.
For Sale-Two lots and new six
room house with all modern convent
ences, northeast corner Garfield and
Washington street. Apply to Howard
& Swingle.
Furnished rooms, with or without
board. Furnace heat. electric lights,
free baths. Prices reasonable. 612
Willow St. two blocks west of Main.
Phone black 3432.
The academic course In the Holmes
business College is condensed col
lege education. II is peculiarly valu-
able 10 those who wish to acquire
good deal of knowledge In short
time. Write for catalog. $3.50 Y. NJ.
G, A. Building. Portland, Or.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-02
WALL0WA SURVEYS
o. II. & n. WILL BUILD
NINE MILES THIS FALL.

Grading for One Mile on WalIowa
Hill Will Cost 2O,OOO-Surveying
Parties at Work on Wallowa River
Right of Way Troubles Are Now
Arising But Work VIII Be Pushed
Rapidly.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-02

was delighted with the spirit of Port
land people on Portland day. AL
though rains threatened all day. the
crowds were enormous everywhere
and there was little disorder in the
city or far groundsi.
II. r. Booth, the well known agent
for the Pacific Mutual Life & Acct
dent Insurance company arrived from
Portland this morning and will leave
for Baker City this evening. Business
all along the line in eastern Oregon
Is improving and the year has been
prosperous for all classes of people
according to Mr.. Booths observations
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-02
NORTHWESTERN TO BUILD.
New Line Being Rushed From Casper
to Lander.

]. c. Lawrey, of Cheyenne, Wyo.,
a well known stock man of eastern
Wyoming, who was in Pendleton yes
terday on business, says that the Chi
cago. & Northwestern railway will
push to completion the new line now
under construction from Casper, Wyo.,
west to Lander and the Wind River
reservation, where 100000 acres of
public land will be thrown open to
homestead some time next June.
At the same time the announce
ment is made of the building of line
from Pierre, S. D., west to the Black
Hills. Preparations are being made
for the handling of the traffic at the
Chicago end OF the system.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-02

CORN TO THE COAST.
Railroads Aid in Bringing Eastern
Meal TO Pacific Coast.

San Francisco. Oct, ITO the per.
sistence of the Nebraska millers is at
tributed the present disturbing situa
tion relating to corn milling on th'
Pacific coast. Such is the substance
of statement made yesterday b!
Manager Smith. of the Centennia
mills in this city.
Mr. Smith and two other represen
tatives Of California appeared before
the interstate commerce commission
some time ago, and asked that the old
ten-cent differential relating to corr
and corn meal from the Missouri river
to points on the Pacific coast should
be maintained.
The Nebraskan and other eastern
millers strove to have the differen-
tial entirely eliminated. After a
strong fight on the part of the repre-
sentatives of the Pacific coast mill
ing interests, so says Mr.. Smith, the
coast delegation had reason to sup
pose that their contention was sue
cessful and that the old dfferential
would remain in force.
state commerce commission the Ne
braska millers are supposed to have
pressed their part of the case strong
ly. for the commission is reported to
have decided to report i'm favor of a
five-cent differential, instead of the
present differential.
As has been previously explained
corn and corn meal under this ar
rangement. would come to the Pacific
coast at the same rate of freight. As
the Pacific coast brings its corn from
the east to grind, a rate on meal as
low as the rate on corn will result in
crowding the California and other
Pacific coast millers from the corn
meal business.
Yesterday it was announced that
the Southern Pacific company is go
ing to join in opposing the change pro-
posed i'm the corn and corn meal diff
ferential. The reason of this is that
at the same rate corn pays better to
transport than corn meal, because the
corn is of greater bulk, is easily ham
died and is carried at less risk. The
interests of the overland carriers and
the interests of the Pacific coast mil
lers therefore coincide in this matter.
A large business is at stake in the
outcome of the differential matter,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-02
Visiting NJ. II XatpS

Mr.. and Mrs. +. $. Jones, of Super
ior Neb., are in the city for few
days, guests of their old neighbors,
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. r. Yates. They will
leave in n few days for Portland,
where they will view the exposition
after which they will return home by
way of California. All the eastern
railroads are fully as busy as the O.
r. & NJ, according to Mr.. Jones' OBJ
servations, and many people are COM
ing to the west to locate after the
fair.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-02
QUARTERLY REPORT.
Postofficc business IL Increasing Over
Last Year.

The following is the report of the
Pendleton postoffice for the quarter
which has just ended:
Receipts-Stamps, $33SO.23; box
rent $S62.30; newspaper postage,
S71.55; excess, $9.32. Total, sSS2S.4O.
Expenditures - Special delivery.
S22.40; credit. s20.SS; salaries OF
postmaster and assistants, $500; jan
itor $25; rent, s1S75O; facing slips,
SOC; free delivery, $6O447. Total
S256O.55.
There is a balance in favor of the
government Of $1262.S5. and the in
crease on the business over that OF
the corresponding quarter last year is
S233.23.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-02
Cashing Checks.

Should a check be drawn on an
other bank, it is not necessary for you
to present the chec.i 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, 1905-10-02

Floyd officer, of Danville, was in
town yesterday after load of sup
plies, lie informs us that the gov
ernment inspector, who has been or
dering fences taken off government
land near Monument, has been re-
quested to visit the South Fork coun-
try, where considerable of the public
domain is said to he enclosed in pri-
vate pastures-Spray Courier.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-02
Notice TO Subscribers.

+ owing to the fact that a horse
: fell on me last week and tore the
+ ligaments loose from my ankle
; bone, compelling me to wear my
: foot in a plaster cast for a
: month. | will not make the usual
+ monthly collections for the East
+ Oregonian delivered by carrier.
+ on November first | will be on
hand and collect for September
: and October.
+ FRED LOCKLEY.
: Circulation Manager East Ore
! gonian.
Arizona republican., 1905-09-03
Little James

(The Lost Opportunity of the oil Magnate)
 Last week when they didn't seem to be no hitch between Rushy an Japan 'cept a few MillyUn Dollars Rushy sez at sne can't afoard to pay none; at she been at too much Expenses a'reddy fer tn Wor. A French Newspaper call ed tn Paris Mating had Idee. Tn Editor of the Mating he rOte letter to Jon D. Rocky Teller and he sez: MT. Rocky Teller. We Understand at you got some Loose Cash at you want to invest in Stox 'at'u Matoor in Hevin after you die an at you been havin' a good deel of trubble gettin' holt of any.
 "Th' Holders of tn Stox sez at they cant let 'em go fer no Tainted Money an at you're so Unforchnit at you can't accumyIate no other kind. You don't seem to have no Chanst to help your Fellerman none tall. Andy Carnygy has clogged up tn Li- bry Avenoo sos at you can't get in there. Now I found a Investment fer you. Tn Wor in tn Fur East can't be stopped less it's progrOus is Blocked by Coin an lots of it. Tn Rushins' they sez they ain't got a Cowpeck at they can spare fer tn Caws of Peece an tn Japaknees they sez: 'We got to have tn Locker or tn Wor goes on We think at we can Indoos tn Japaknees to take your money. Tn Japaknees as a Nashun ain't got a High Eddicashun of tn Sense of Smell when it comes to Money an we don't b'lieve at they'd never Notis tn Odoor of CarTyseen an RaIerode Rebates which tn Rev. Wash ington Gladden. complains turns his stummick. The Japakneeses Olfactory -fv,F% fY, acrc, University nerve is an we ain't no doubt at you can Unloade a few hun derd Millyuns onto tn Heethern Jap aknces an get away before they De teck anything Kong with tn Money
 When Mister Rocky Teller got this letter he sez to his self at his Chanst has come at last an last Toosday when he was a gettin' out his cash an havin' it Barled up fer shipment to Japan he
Arizona republican., 1905-09-03
Life Copying Fiction.

Those persons who insist that there is no more romance left in the world should read attentively the chronicles of every day if they wish to be con vinced of the truth of the saying of a brilliant epigrammatist, that life cop ies fiction" For stories as strange as any between covers may easily be found in the newspapers Modern realism has ignored this fact and has assumed that monotOny is inseparable from civilization. Perhaps it's advo- cates would declare that Death Val ley, for example, is uncivilized. But 1t exists in fact, and not on paper; and it is about to witness a drama with epi- sodes as exciting as those recorded in King Solomon's Mines" Here, in the Bull Frog mining district, the hiding place of "Scotty," it is said, has been found. "Scotty' is the adventurer who has become visible to the naked eye from time to time, as on the occa- sion when he broke the railroad rec money in New York. No one, how ever. has known where his Golconda lies.
 Now comes an explorer to Bull Frog who declares that sixty-five miles southeast of Furnace Creek ranch he found plain evidences of "Scotty's" occupation. He came to a chasm sur rounded on three sides by towering walls-quite in the manner of the TO- mancer. Here were broken cham pagne bottles, boxes of canned goods and cooking utensils, relics of the simple life lived by the hero of the tale. The skeptical might say, of course, that this is mere romance. But at Bull Frog it is received as the truth. A hundred expeditions are being fitted out. "Sco.ty' is in San Francisco, and his rivals hope to steal an advantage over him. Before he returns to the spot his mine will be discovered and all the surrounding country will be staked out. Nor should the romance end here. If life wishes to copy fic- ton well there will be warfare be- tween the meteoric discoverer and his avaricious rivals. An exchange of
Arizona republican., 1905-09-03
AN INTERESTING SETTLEMENT.

An Erie county case in the New York court of appeals, which is reported to have been adjusted by an agreement on $10,O0O personal damage settlement is interesting. Richard Fricke, a noted cello player of Buffalo, preferred to ride with his instrument on the plat form of car of the International Railway Go. The conductor of the car insisted on his going inside. MT. Fricke demurred. The conductor was insistent and words followed. The conductor who was twice the size If Mr. Fricke. who, by the way, was of weak stature and slight build, seized Mir Fricke by the arm and forced him off the car. MT. Fricke was seriously injured, his arm and wrist being so severely wrenched that he was never able to play again. A the trial it was shown that his ability to earn a livei- hood as a musician was gone. He got one of the largest verdicts ever award ed in Erie county. SIP 500.
Arizona republican., 1905-09-03

shots is at least necessary to keep up the illusion.
 But contemporary romance does not depend upon remote centers like Bull Frog. The story of the voyage of the Athos. told only the other day, is re- plete with all the traditional accompa- niments of an ocean tragedy. The ship came into port at last but what did not those on board suffer? The food gave out, and sharks and dolphins were caught and eaten. The allowance of water was reduced to a swallow day. The crew began to quarrel and threaten mutiny. MT. Clark Russell himself never devised a tale better calculated to harrow the feelings. The passengers on the Athos will not cas- fly believe that the world has grown wholly commonplace. In fact, it can not be until that time comes when there is no more sea. The buccaneers of the Spanish Main have disappeared, but only last week there pirates in the Mount Hope Bay. To be sure, they took no prisoners and contented them selves with small stealings; but pl- rate is a pirate.
 In one of the novels with which Lieutenant Bilse has stirred all Ger many the commanding officer of a reg iment is shot by one of his own men, suffering under a fancied grievance. Such was almost the fate, the other day, of General Baldwin of the Unit ed States army. Whether it was at tempted murder or not the bullet whizzed dangerously close to his head, Fortunately this officer knew what the situation required. "A miss is as good as q mile" he said with a laugh. That is just the kind of speech a military melodrama would furnish. But 1t would te tedious to multiply exam ples. Life goes on copying fiction to the best of it's ability and only those who are wilfully blind fail to see this.