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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-21

Davenport, Wash, July 21.-A gen.
eral merchandise store, to be operat-
ed under the Rochdale cooperative
system, will be started here this fall.
The movement is being directed by
Alonzo Wardell, who is the national
organizer for the Rochdale co-opera-
tive system. At meeting held in the
offices of the Florine Implement com
pany. the preliminary steps for the
establishment of the store were taken
Mr. Wardell presided at the first gath
ering and c. c. Gibson acted as secre-
tary A large number of farmers, be-
sides several business men, were
present.
Another meeting has been called for
Saturday of this week. A committee
appointed to draft by laws will report
at that time. corporation will be
formed and the firm will be ready to
receive subscriptions to the capital
stock. 1t is understood that the by
laws will provide for a capital stock
of $4,000 to $4,000 1t has also
been agreed that shares will be $500
each, and that one individual may
hold but one share. However, minors
will be permitted to take stock, thus
the head of a family may practically
hold considerable more than one
share
The enterprise will be operated
under the Rochdale cooperative sys-
TEN, which is said to contain the latest
and most up-to-date methods of CO.
operation. An per cent dividend is
guaranteed to stockholders. In addi-
ton 20 this stockholders will receive
a pro rata dividend on the amount of
goods purchased Dy them. For in
stance, one stockholder at the end
of the year is found to have purchas-
ed $1,000 worth Of goods from the
store; another has bought but $500
worth. The first customer will re-
ceve twice as large an amount from
the surplus after the per cent divi-
! demd is paid, as The second one does.
This feature tends to induce people
to buy stock and thus have an inter-
est in the advancement of the busi-
ness and it also tends to hold the
trade of all stockholders.
No arrangements have yet been
made as to the management or place
| Of business. The bylaws will provide
for nine directors and two auditors
The auditors will be required to check
| over the books at stated intervals
! As soon as the articles of incorpora-
| tion have been filed the board of di.
| rectors will appoint general mana
| ger. A president. vice president, Sec
! retary and treasurer will also be elect
ed.
| If ii is necessary to secure loca-
| tion and attempt will be made to buy
out one of the stores already estab-
| lished here. The only contingency to
| the launching of the enterprise is the
/ raising of the necessary capital and
| ii is said that the farmers who are
| backing the movement are ready 10
subscribe the amount needed.
1t is stated this will be the first
| store of the kind i'm the country. The
| Rochdale system originally embraced
only the grain business, but it has
| been extended to include several
| fields of industry. The movement was
set on foot here at the instance OF
the farmers Grain & supply COM
! pany.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-21
The Man with Il Hobby.

Don't make fun of the man with a
hobby. 1t may be that that very hobby
will he the means Of the world getting
something of great good. All people
that have contributed TO the sum of
human knowledge had hobby. The
man who ranks as an inventor had a
hobby once; the minister who gets up
In his pulpit has his hobby; the man
who sells you goods has the same. In
fact, those that do anything at all have
9 hobby. You may call it by some 9th
er name. but the hobby is still there
Terrell Transcript.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-21
Pen Picture of Henry Clay.

An Englishman who travelled in the
United States in the early part Of the
last century visited Washington and
deserted Henry Clay as follows: He
is tall, thin and not a very muscular
man; his gait is stately, but swinging,
and HIS countenance, while 1t indicates
genius, denotes dissipation. Though
there is want Of rapidity and fiuency
In his eIocution, yet he has a great
deal Of fire and vigor in his express
sion. When he speaks he is full of
animation and earnestness; his face
brightens, his eye beams with addi-
tional luster and his whole figure in
dicates that he is entirely occupied
with tho subject on which his elo-
quenca is employed"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-21

Umatlla, July 21.-Mr. Stratton. Of
the freight claim department of the
o. r. & n. company, is here looking
after the salvage of the wreck.
Yesterday was the hottest day we
have had being 113 degrees by the
government Thermometer.
]. H. Watson visited Portland Tues
day.
The force of painters has complet-
ed the interior of the depot, and it is
greatly improved i'll appearance.
The Columbia river is falling rapid
ly the past week or two.
The residents of Umatilla have al
most suffered a water famine since
the wreck Tuesday. A large amount
of soap was sunk in the river just
where the pipe comes from, and soapy
water is the result. However, house
wives are not buying soap for wash
ing purposes.
j. H. Langley, of Portland. and
William Connolly, of La Grande, have
been here managing the steam der
rick and wrecking crews. 1t took two
days to get the engine, tender and
four cars back on the track.
Three cars loaded with merchan-
disc, were totally destroyed in the
wreck here Sunday, while the entire
end was torn off of another, and the
load had to be transferred to another
car. There is no estimate on the
damage yet, but it will go into the
thousands.
Ole Nelson, machinist here, went
with the motor car to Weiser. He
will be absent several days, during
which time he will visit Cambridge
and will perhaps take up some land
Louis Shedeck is off on his sum-
mer vacation, and will visit Portland
and other valley points.
o. c. Smith, manager of the local
telegraph office, is taking a lay-off
]. n. Sewers came up from Portland
to take his place.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-21
lMPROVISED NITROGEN,
What Happens When Lyddite and
Similar Compounds Explode.

When left alone to its natural func-
tons nitrogen pursues a perfectly
peaceful course, but when man sue
ceeds in capturing it and combining It
with other elements it becomes dire
potentiality for evil. The love Of free
dom, so to speak, characteristic Of nj
trogen is terribly exempljtied in the ex-
plosion of the bomb in which 1t Is i'm
prisoned and bound to other elements.
On the slightest provocRtlon-a spark.
a shock, a fuse-the nitrogen suddenly
expands from seemingly nothing as re-
cards the space which 1t occupies into
infinity. This is in reality what hap
pens when dynamite, lyddite or other
unstable nitro compounds explode when
hurled in shells in warfare and in
bombs in desperate attacks on human
lives. Nitrogen, against its natural dis
position, Is locked up in an uncongenial
space in these compounds, from which
It is set free by very simple means in
an enormously expanded gaseous state
with deadly effect, returning, in fact,
to It's normal peaceful mission once
moIr. II is the analogue of the sword
and tLA plowshare; In the nitro explo.
sivc nitrogen is the modern engine OF
warfare and crime; in the free state in
the atmosphere it ministers directly to
the quiet and peaceful needs of plant
ana human life-London Lancet
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-21
CUTIGURA SOAP
The Worlds Greatest
Skin Soap.
The Worlds Sweetest
Toilet Soap.
Sale Greater than the Worlds
Product of Other Skin Soaps
Sold Wherever Civilization Has
Penetrated.

Millions of the worlds best people
use Cuticura Soap, assisted by Cuti-
cura Ointment, the great skin cure,
for preserving, purifying, and beau
tifying the skin, for cleansing the
scalp of crusts, scales, and dandruff,
and the stopping of falling hair, for
softening, whitening, and soothing
red, rough, and sore hands, for baby
rashes, itchings, and chafngs, for
annoying irritations, or too free or
offensive perspiration, for ulcerative
weaknesses, and many sanative, anti
septic purposes which readily suggest
themselves to women, especially
mothers, as we'll as for all the pur-
poses of the toilet, bath, and nursery.
Cuticura Soap combines delicate
emollient properties derived from
Cuticura, the great skin cure, with
the purest of cleansing ingredients
and the most refreshing of flower
odours. No other medicated soap
ever compounded is to be compared
with it for preserving, purifying, and
identifying the skin, scalp, hair, and
hands. No other foreign or domestic
toilet soap, however expensive, is to
be compared with it for all the pur-
poses of the toilet, bath, and nursery.
Thus it combines in one soap at one
price the most effective skin and COM
plexion soap, and the purest and sweet
est toilet, bath, and nursery soap.
Sold throughout the world. Cuticura Resolvcnt 5Oc
lin form Of Chocolate Coated Pills Csc. per vial Of cor
Ointment, Soc, Soap 25c Depots London, q Charter
house Sq Paris Rue de la PRiN; Boston, l37 Columbus
Ave Potter Drug Chem. Corp, Sole Props.
ns- send for " How to Cure Every Ilumour.H
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-21
Mine Mules TO Go,

Wilkebarre, Pa, July 21.-The Del
aware & Hudson Coal company has
completed a mammoth electric power
plant and next week will begin the
operation and illumination of all its
collieries in the northern part of this
city by electricity. The small locomo-
tives will give way to the motor cars
and the mine mules will be thing
of the past. The company has given
the electric devices a systematic trial
and the result was entirely successful
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-21
Bingham Springs Special Saturday
Excursion Rates,

A reduction of 25 per cent will be
made by the Bingham Springs Stage
company to passengers going to the
springs Saturday evenings and Sun
day mornings, and returning Sunday
evenings and Monday mornings. A
cash rebate to cover the above will
be paid on the regular $2.75 tickets.
Engage seats in the stage before 4
p. m. Saturday. Dancing at the
springs from 9 o'clock p. m. until 10
o'clock p. m. every Saturday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-21
NOTES OF UMAT|LLA
113 DEGREES RECORDED
BY GOVERNMENT GAUGE.

Iepainting Depot Interior Is Com
pleted-The Columbia Is Falling
Rapldly-Water Famine From Pc
culiar Cause-Wrecking Crew Com
pletes Its WOrk-Thrce Cars Entire
ly DcstrOyed-Gone to Cambridge
to Take Up Land-Freight Claim
Agent Is Here.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-21

And" said the Sunday school teach
er, when Delllah cut Samson's hair he
became mild as lamb. Can you un-
derstand thatT'
well, ma'am," replied Tommy, '1t
does make yer feel shamed when a
woman cuts yer Philadelphia
1,eiper
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-21
No Return.

Take my advlce-don't lend Bor-
roughs any more money"
II never did"
why, you used to, I'm sure, for u
mo. l used to think was lending 1t
TO him. but l soon discovered it was
purely a gift."-Catholic Standard and
Times,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-21

She-Has your wife improved since
she began TO have her voice cultivat-
ed' He Yes, considerably. When
she calls me down notice that 1t is in
a more musical tone than II used to be.
Detroit Free Press.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-21
A ROCHDALE STORE
WILL BE OPENED THIS
FALL AT DAVENPORT.

said to BE the First Organized in
This Country - Movement Set on
Foot by the Farmers Grain and
Supply COmpany-The Stockhold-
ers, After Dividends Are Paid, VIII
Receive the Profits I'm Proportion
the Amount They Trade at the Es-
tabIisIIment
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-21

MAnager-You do not inject enough
conIempt, spite and venom into that
word. Actress-I can do no better.
Manager-Nonsense Speak 1t just as
you say "Plushr' when you meet a
rival in an imitation sealskin.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-21

Kettle Falls. Wash, has organized
a fire department.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-21

Spokane, with death rate of SIS
per 1000, claims to be the most
healthful city in the United States.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-21

Absence from those we love ls self
from self-a deadly banishment..-
Shakespeare.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-04-07
ACTRESS FAITH REWARDED
Einds Precious Gems in Safety Box
Of Dead Brazilian Whom She
Had Trusted.

Paris.-A well-known French actress
has just come into handsome legacy
in most unexpected manner.
Several months ago she handed over
the greater part of her jewelry to the
care of wealthy Brazilian gentleman,
under whose protection she had been liv-
ing, as she was afraid Of being robbed
The jewels were locked ur in safe hired
by the Brazilian in deposit vault of
bank.
A few days ago, while travelling
abroad, the Brazilian gentleman died
suddenly. The actress was in consider
able alarm as to the fate of her jewels,
and after numerous fcrmalities had been
gone through, the safe containing them
was opened in the presence OF magis-
trate.
The jewels were found intact, and with
them were II visiting cards made of gold
and engraved with the lady's name.
Each golden card was turned down at
the left corner, ard in the turned-down
portion was a hole through which
passed a ribbon.
Attached to each ribbon was a pre-
cious stone worth $4,000. Altogether
the gold cards and thsir attached jewels
are estimated to be worth $4,000.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-04-07
MAY COST NATION MILLIONS
American Sugar Company Wins Deci-
sion in Federal Court for Re-
fund of Duties.

New York.-Judge Wheeler in tho
United States circuit court handed down
a. ruling which, If sustained, will cost
the United States government $4,000 600.
This money the government Will nave
to refund to the American Sugar Rein
ing company for duties paid to 1t on raw
sugars imported from Cuba in 1903 and
on which the company contended re-
duction of 20 per cent. should have been
allowed under the treaty then existing.
The facts showed that the president
was authorized by congress to grant a
reduction Of 20 per cent. on all mer-
chandise imported from Cuba to the
United States on and after ten days sub
seuuent to the ratification by this gov
ernment of the Cuban treaty. This
ratification occurred March 81, 1903.
The importation on which the test
suit was brought was imported between
July IA and September 9, 1903. The col
lector at that time assessed the sugar,
demanding the full duties, there exist
ing at that time no law under which d
reduction could be granted. Subsequent
ly the convention was ratified and the
sugar company appealed to the general
board of appraisers, which sustained
the collector. An appeal to the United
States circuit court followed.
Judge Wheeler decides that as the
ratification went into effect while the
case was before the board of appraisers
the importers are entitled to the 20 per
cent. reduction.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-04-07

YOUR OPPORTUNITY IS NOW
You are invited to look over the
map of the Rock Island States of
America. Your especial attention is
called to Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas,
Arkansas, New Mexico and Eastern
Colorado. Never before have such
opportunities been presented to the
investor, farmer, and merchant.
In order that you may become
posted on the different states, books
of wonderful information have been
prepared, and we will send same to
you free of charge. When you make
up your mind to go, you can take
of the low special round
trip rates in effect LIST and 3rd Tues
days during March and April. For
rates and books of Information ad-
dress Jno. q. Farmer, Division Pas
senger Agent, Cedar Rapids, la. 31-5
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-04-07
FASCINATING QUALITIES.
Convincing Method Employed by the
Prehistoric Swain to Prove
Damsel's Worthiness.

Are you sure that he loves you for
yourself alone?"
The prehistoric maiden coyly hid her
bushes behind an ichthyosaurus thigh
bone that she was deftly munching,
says the New York Sun.
why, yes, papa" she said.
"What makes you think that he loves
you sincerely? What proof has he given
Of his affection?"
"See that bump on my head, papa?"
said the prehistoric Juliet, with roman
tic fervor. "That bump was caused by a
love sonnet that he had engraved on a
piece of sandstone which he fired at me.
I was also hit by cuneiform ballade, a
rondeau to my beauty, and love song
all engraved on bits of rock"
But, my child, it takes other qualities
than those to make successful wife,
said the wise prehistoric papa. What
reason caused him to fall in love with
you?"
"Oh, Jackall says"-and pride
cleaned in the maiden's eyes-"he says
that can stand beating better and can
do more work than any other girl he
knows!"
Proud, indeed. was the prehistoric
father to know that he had brought up
his child properly for the matrimonial
market
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-04-07
CLERK WAS DISCERNING.
He Must Have Been Very Smart to
Have Made Such a Dis
coverY.

Many funny things happen at the
naturalization bureau. The clerks
have all they can do sometimes to pre-
serve their dignity while listening to
the answers given by the men who
are anxious to cast their first vote for
president of the United States. The
New York Times gives two incidents
which caused smile.
A little man with a red beard stood
in line. When the court clerk asked
him if he would promise to support
the constitution of the United States,
he hesitated, and then said:
II support my mother-in-law, too.
since I come on dis country"
An Italian, who was the next can
didate, was asked where he was born.
He bowed politely to the clerk, and,
smiling, said:
"My brud' he been here five-a-year,
too, he can't speak-a so good Ikea
me. Many peop' ne-a tink Ikea you,
me-a American. Plent' men take-a me
for born Unit State"
"Well," returned the clerk, II don't
think you We're born in the United
States. From your talk thought you
were born in Italy,
"You-a smart-a man you-a guess-a
dat" replied the Italian.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-04-07
APOLOGY THAT WAS LOST.
Absent minded Professor Makes. a
Mistake in Trying to Do
tho Polite.

The professor of philosophy, absent
minded and full of enthusiasm, came
into the sitting room, relates Harper's
Magazine.
What a beautiful woman Mrs. Ray
mobd isl" he exclaimed. II have Just
had a pleasant talk with her in the book
Stora."
His wife looked up from her sewing.
JOINT" she exclaimed, where is your
colli.r?''
The professor of philosophy put his
hand to his throat. Il must have left it
at the barber shop. Yes, that's it. |
went to the barber shop, then to the
bookstore. Why" he ended, lamely,
Mrs. Raymond would think it very
careless Of me to appear in public with
out my collar, wouldn't she?"
Rather" said his wife. perhaps
you'd better call her up and tell her how
it happened"
Exactly" said the professor.
The professor went to the telephone.
'Hello, central, hello. Hello-is this
Mrs. Raymond? Yes? Well, really, it
was very stupid of me, Mrs. Raymond
but, you know, had been thinking OF
something very important, and I quite
forgot my collar. I-oh!-ah!-good-
BY"
The professor suddenly hung up the
receiver. He gave utterance to mild
exclamation
"JOhn!" exclaimed his wife.
"She says she hasn't been out Of the
house to-day" groaned the professor.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-04-07
LIBRARY NOTES.
493 borrowers cards have been

- 493 borrowers cards have been
issued. '.,.& >.,-,
By oourtsey of Congressman Nc
Cieary, the library receives the
weekly official gazette OF the U: =
patent office.
The following books have been
recently added:
The Americans-Hugo Munster
burg.
The Empire of Business-Andrew
Carnegie.
The Social Unrest-J. G. Brooks
The Development of the Child
Nathan Oppenheim.
The Suppression of the Slave
Trade-W. E. Dubois.
The Destiny OF Man-John Fiske.
Tools and the Man-W. GLADDEN.
Theory and Practice of Taxatio on
ID. A. Wells.
Reoiprocity-Laughlin and Willis
Education-H. Spencer.
Railroad Transportation-A. T.
Hadley.
The Future of the American
Negro-Booker T. Washington.
Natural Rights-D. Ritchie.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-04-07
Frost Fishing.

Catching fish without hook, bait or
net may seem to inlanders almost an
impossibility. Such fishing may be seen
on the Atlantic coast nightly, near New
York, and a species Of the finny family
most succulent and toothsome is Sc
cured by the thousands during the win
ter season in this way. The little frost
fish come in near shore to feed at the
half tide, but the powerful rollers, catch
ing them, toss them upon the sand,
where they lie gasping and struggling
until a succeeding roller carries them
safely back into the icy green seas. un-
less some sl1illful hand lifts the little
frost fish into a clam basket. Mean
while barrels and baskets, bags and
wagons innumeratle are being filed to
ovcrhowiag as wave after wave filings
the fish upon the saEd.-N. v. Hnra1d *,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-04-07
10000 AN HOUR BY WIRE.
New hoto-Telegraphic System Shows
Phenomenal Speed in Trans
mitting Words.

Paris.-A practical test Of telegraphy
by the aid of photography was made a
few days ago between Paris and Lon
don, which, had not the experiment
been carried out at the general post Of
fee, would read like fairy tale OF
science.
The new process, known as the Pol
lak-scraig system, is capable Of turning
out the incredible number of 10000
words an hour. The apparatus works at
the rate of 72 letters per second.
The details are too intricate to be
given shortly, but it may be stated that
sensitized paper is used. There are
a small reflector and an incandescent
lamp, and the writing is done with the
point of fine live wire. 1t looks like a
pencil Of fame. The exposure is the
three-thousandth part Of second, the
DEVELOPMENT and fixing taking five to
R1x SECONDS eacn.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-04-07
WHY A PERSON GETS SLEEPY
Several Explanations Any One Of
Which Seems to Be Rea-
sonable.

Scientists disagree as to the cause
of drOwsiness. Some curious and re-
markable reasons are assigned for the
desire everybody has for sleeping. It
is attributed by some people as an ac-
emulation in the system Of the poi
sonous products of the wear and tear
of the body during the day. There
seems to be some measure Of truth in
this, says the New York Herald, for in
many diseases the patients are often
sleepless. Another hypothesis is that
the nerve cells of the brain dwell
apart from each other, as it were, dur
ing sleep. The brain is composed OF
millions of, tiny bodies called, cells,
each having several delicate prolonga-
tions, or branches, for the purpose Of
communicating with other cells. When
the brain is fully active all, these
cells are in contact, or ready to be in
contact, with one another, but the
time occasionally comes, it is thought,
when the branches of all the cells curl
up, and their isolation means that
complete communication between the
cells ceases. The state Of body and
mind that follows is what we call
sleep.
The most probable explanation of
sleep, however. is that in some way
or other the internal condition of the
cells is changed, partly from ex-
haustion and. partly because of d.
minished stimulation from other parts
of the body.