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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-02-27
SORES

wheeling, W. Va, May 76, 1898.
Some years ago while at work, / fell
syer truck and severely injured both
Of my shins. My blood became poisoned
as result, and the doctor told me /
would have running sores for life, and
that If they were healed mp the result
would be fatal. Under this discearaginx
report 1 left off their treatment and re-
sortod to the use of S. S. S. Its effects
were prompt and gratifying. II took
only short while for the medicine TO en-
hrely cure up the sores, and I am not
dead as the doctors intinated, nor have
the sores ever broke out again. Some Il
years have elapsed since what have de-
scribed occurred. Having been 90 signally
benefited by its use can Heartily recon-
mend it as the one great blood purifier
JoHS W. PUNDIs.
Care Schmulback Brewing Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-02-27

The possibilities Of irrigation are
only becoming known TO the people
Of this country. yet irrigation is now
supplying the necessary moisture to
over 100000 acres in this country,
yielding crops valued at about $780,
10000 annually. When such
substantial addition to the wealth
OF the country can be made, the i'm
portance of the method becomes APP
parent And irrigation is only in its
infancy. 1t must not be thought that
irrigation only concerns the people
of the American deserts, and that
states that have normal rainfall
can ignore the artificial distribution
OF water. Irrigation is provided Tor
in Maine. Massachusetts,. Rhode
Island. Connecticut, New York, New
Jersey. Pennsylvania. Florida, Ala
bama and Mississippi. A drouth Is
possible anywhere. and is a danger
/ that the agriculturalist is never free
from. Irrigation gives to the farmer
OF planter some of the certainty that
has made industry so attractive and
profitable
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-02-27
A LIVING VALENTINE.

The queerest valentine delivered
and received in all Denver last Tues
day evening was live human baby
which was left upon the doorstep Of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. 1. Brown, 1862 Lawr-
ence street.
On Tuesday evening as the family
was at dinner the door bell pealed
energetically. Here's valentine for
you." cried a voice, but no attention
was paid to il. Again the door bell
peaIed and when Mrs Brown answer
ed she found a bundle on the door
step while a voice from the darkness
repeated. Its a valentine for you"
When opened. the bundle revealed
a blinking. pink-eyed little human val
entine. The child was apparently
about two weeks old.
The Browns already have five chill
dren Of their own. Another on'
would stretch the little house TO burst
ing. and much as they would like to
the Browns felt that they could moi
keep it. News OF their strange valen'
tine was noised about and in a shori
time the child was adopted by kind
hearted neighbor.-Denyer Post
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-02-27
IT'S THE FARMERS MOVE.

The legislature has just appropri-
ated the sum of S25OO TO be expended
in defraying the exrenses of farmers
institutes. under direction Of the ag-
ricultural college. in different parts
of the state.
Union county is to receive a benefit
from this wise move, at once. A
series of institutes will be held in that
county. beginning early in March.
Some of the best lecturers in the state
are to be sent there, and the peril
nent. vital topics of farming and
stock raising are TO be discussed by
practical farmers and experts, in pay
of the state. 1t is up to Umatilla
county farmers TO secure a portion of
the benefits of this law.
1t is useless for newspapers and
commercial associations to promote
such movements If the farmers are
not interested. it is useless for others
10 interest themselves 1t is the
farmers move now. The money is
awaiting their pleasure.
Last year the Commercial associa-
ton Of this city organized and held
a farmers institute here, spending
about 800 in expenses for music and
preparations for ths meeting. Five
of the best speakers on farm topics
in the Northwest were brought here
and every effort made to secure a
large attendance of actual farmers.
The business men OF the city paid the
expenses. the Commercial association
arranged the affair. the o. r. & n.
company furnished speakers free of
charge. and but few farmers showed
their interest by attending This is
discourag ging TO the business men who
have always taken a deep interest in
such matters.
II is now the farmers move.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-02-27

The old saying that you can fix a
mans principles more firmly through
his pocket than through his head is
borne out by thousands OF facts The
democratic party. as "a whole. is op-
posed To the tariff system as iniqui-
tous and unjust TO the consumer. hut
Washington democrats who own saw
mills in the northern part OF the state,
where Canadian lumber could be i'm
ported at a great -elief TO builders
and homeseekers. are firm believers
in prohibitive tariff on Canadian
lumber and the Texas democrats who
live near the Mexican border. where
the importation OF Mexican cattle and
sheep would be greatly injured their
business are constantly clamoring for
a higher tariff on the Mexican stock
Fundamental principles in these cases
are fixed not by The fathers OF de-
mocracy. but by the danger OF busi-
ness competition.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-02-27

The Swim spsoihe Company, Atiazts, Ca
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-02-27
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WHAT DOES PORTLAND WANT

Another ''hotairfest" is called b.
the Portland Commercial club TO meet
on April and and Eastern Oregon
is urgently requested to be on hand.
What does Portland want. now?
What help from Eastern Oregon is
she now in need of?
Surely. unless there was some way
in which she could use the Eastern
Oregon towns to her own advantage
she would not invite them 10 meet in
her midst. Her past promises have
been broken. Her mast pledges have
been ignored. Her past friendship
has proved to be the steel claw under
the velvet touch.
So what does Portland want now?
She promised a broad. equitable ir-
rigation law which would prepare
the state for government reclamation.
She gave Eastern Oregon. at the last
moment. a ''scimpy" measure that
will be repelIant to the government,
when considered in the light of the
sreat benefits Oregon will receive
from government irrigation.
she tried to whip every delegation
in the legislature in line for the divis-
ion Of wasco and Union counties,
thus hoping to strengthen the hands
OF the machine by future county del
egations in future state conventions
little regarding the rights of the pres
ent counties TO fair and just consid-
Grafton IN holding their present ter
ritory and keeping down taxes.
The machine was whipped Its po-
Iitical hands seem to be tied. tempor-
arily. and now what does she want2
Here is what Portland can do to
prove to Eastern Oregon counties
that Portland's hot air meetings have
a genuine purpose back Of them:
She can finance a line Of boats for
the upper Columbia river TO insure
lower freight rates. when the port
age is completed: she can agitate ant
finance extensions TO present branch
lines of railroad leading into the in
terror of Oregon, tc tap the rich ter
ritory now non-productive; she car
finance real, not hot air companies
with her idle capital to establish
small packing plar' tn Eastern Ore
gon. to afford the stockmen reliei
from the beef trust, and its represen-
tatives on the Pacific coast; she car
establish. with a small portion of hei
idle capital, fruit canneries at differ
ent places in the fruit districts Of tht
Inland Empire, to afford the fruitmer
a market for millions Of pounds oi
fruit which cannot be sent to distant
markets because Of the extortion o.
the private car lines; she can assis
in securing a cheaper freight rate OF
the wheat crop of the Inland Empire
so a portion of the tribute now goinl
to the railroads may be left in tins
hands Of the growers. TO be applied
in new homes. better educations fol
their children and more of the com
forts of life on the farm: she can as
sist in securing a terminal freigh
rate to every hamlet in the Infant
Empire. so the Portland jobbers can
not hold up the merchants with tn
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-02-27

We believe that the public do 9
main is the most precious heri- .
Jage of the people. and the .
} surest safeguard the nation has .
against social unrest, disturb .
ance or upheaval, and that the .
} cause of humanity and the pres .
, sryation Of social stability and .
} OF our free institutions demands .
, that the absorption of the pub .
, lie lands into speculative pri- .
} vate ownership, without settle .
} ment, which is now going on at .
} such q rapid rate. must and .
} shall be forthwith stopped, and .
} .hat the nation should create .
} opportunities for settlers on the .
} public lands by building irriga- .
} ton works TO reclaim the lands .
} as fast as they are needed by .
J homebuilders. SO as 10 give .
every man VINO wants a home .
} on the land a chance TO get it. .
-MaxwelTs Talisman. .
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-02-27

assistance of the roads. which add
the return local freight rate from
Portland to the destination Of ship
ments from the East; these things
Portland can do.
II she win do some of them then
Eastern Oregon will feel more like
joining in the talkfests.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-02-27
HenyKoI
DuIcH HEy
Office PenilstA Ice /
Co., Phone ISL


Horses are vsluahls
broke. A spoiled horse
horse is of no aeeou
broke and taught to
would have him do.
your horse for any pup
a horse is intended |
est can be tanned and
T can show any man n
so. I have added frO|
to the value Of a horsel
II is cheaper ioi Yv|
horse broke by one Y
to do the work and \
business than to end
by trying to do it your
sell good horses all l
Dutch Henry feed yai
Lee KEN
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-02-27

James H. Buchanan. of Seattle. fell
out Of a second-story window at San
Francisco. fracturing his skull and
breaking his neck He was picked up
dead.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-02-27

Chronic sores start often from q pim-
pie, scratch, bruise or boil, and while
salyes, washes and powders are beneficial,
the unhealthy matter in the blood must
be driven out or the sore viii continue
to eat and spread S. S. S. reaches
these old sores through the blood, re-
moves all impurities and poisons, builds
up the entire system and strengthens
the circulation. S. S. S. is a blood
purifier and tonic combined. Contains
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-02-27

The injunction. Swear not at all. -
did not refer to swearing off.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-02-27

no mineral what
ever butts guaran-
teed purely veget-
able. II yon have
an old sore write
rs and our physi-
clans will advise
without charge.
Book on diseases
Of the Blood free.
Aaa--a n
The Lamar register., 1905-12-13
Make Cuttings Now.

Few people realize how simple g
matter it is to propagate ones own
grape vines, currants, gooseberries and
most ornamental shrubs. If the work
Is properly done these plants may be
readily propagated by means of cut
tings made late in autumn after the
leaves are off of the plants. but prefer
ably before cold weather comes on.
Only well ripened mature wood that
has grown during the preceding sum
mer should be selected for the pur
pose, all soft or immature parts being
discarded. The cuttings themselves
should be made six to ten inches long
and the base of each should be cut
squarely just below a bud, SO the bud
is retained at the lower end. They
should be tied up in bundles of CON
venient size, say, one hundred in a
bundle. their butts, or basal ends, all
one way, well shaken down, so as to
stand level on a fiat table. They may
then, be packed in fresh, moist saw
dust and be kept through the winter in
a cellar or callus pit.
Upon the approach of spring, as ear
ly as the soil can be worked and be-
fore the buds have begun to grow on
them, they should be planted out in
good garden soil. The rows should BE-
about four feet apart, to admit of cas-
cultivation, and the cuttings should
be set very firmly in the soil, so as to
leave no air spaces about them, and
set deep enough so only the uppermost
bud is above the ground. They should
then be given clean cultivation and
hoed to keep down all weeds during
the summer, when usually an excel.
lent growth of plants will be secured.
Currants. gooseberries. the Marian
ma and Golden Beauty plums, soLie
varieties of ounces, the barberry.
spirea. mockorange, privet, most var
ieties of shrubs. willows, pop.ars and
some other varieties of forest trees,
root readily from cuttings handled in
this manner. ]. c. Whitten.
Professor of Horticulture, Missouri
Agricultural College.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-13
LIVE STOCK NOTES.

Keep the bowels OF the cows which
are to come in soon open by the use
of laxative foods. Take away meal al
least three weeks before calving, feed
little oil meal. few vegetables and
a day or two before confinement give
a dose of EPSON salts. Do not let the
COW get to cold water for two days
after the calf comes. Cows thus cared
for are almost sure not TO have milk
fever.
So far as possible every farmer
should attend the dairy conventions
held in his vicinity. New things are
brought out at each meeting.
Cement is coming more and more
into use in COW stables, on account
of the ease with which it is kept
clean.
Where cream can be sold from the
farm at fair price it is the surest
way of making profit out of the cows.
Fall calving is coming largely into
favor, as by it the milk supply is kept
uniform throughout the year.
Do not turn stock on the meadows
in winter when the ground has been
softened by rain.
Dusty hay If fed at milking time is
often the cause of the milk getting
bad quickly.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-13
Poultry as a Side Issue.

The man that goes into the breed
ing of birds as a side issue to make
money out of it is usually disappoint-
ed. He generally has but few min
utes a day that he thinks can be de-
voted to the fowls. He also figures
out that a hundred or more hens
should make him a good profit during
the year-not less anyway than 500.
But his mistake has come in figuring
that the few minutes day will suffice
to do all the work that must be done
in connection with poultry. In few
months he is very tired of his side is
sue; for the reason that he is trying
to do too much in too little time. If
a man has but few minutes day to
give to poultry he should keep but 4
few fowls-not more than twenty-five.
He will then get both profit and pleas
uce out of them. In the other case
they become a burden ind also gener-
ally become Improbable.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-13

crs on the Yukon soon learned to goad
their dogs on with the same cry with
out, however. understanding the
French, which,, in their mouths. was
rapidly corrupted to "Mushon!" to this
day an Alaska dog drivers equivalent
for Gee up"
Dog drivers generally run with, the
team and therefore from "Mush On"
has come the noun musher, used all
over Alaska and the Yukon territory
to designate a craftsman. The musher
is generally prospector, stampeder and
craftsman all rolled into one, and Alas
ka trails are such uncertain quantities
that he has frequently to make his own
precedents over newly frozen sea and
trackless snow. The musher achieves
most of his stampeding to new gold
fields during the arctic winter, for then
the ribid sea becomes highway and
mighty rivers need no bridging.-Sun-
set Magazine.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-13
The Ben Davis Apple,

The tree that to-day is receiving the
greatest amount of attention from fruit
growers Is the Ben Davis. Its increase
in popularity has been unusual. Tie
Ben Davis apple to-day has innumer-
able enemies among the fruit growers
who have fought its progress step by
step. The apple does not stand high
in quality and sells low on the mar
ket; sometimes it sells so per barrel
less than the Jonathans, Grimes Col
den or Kings. Yet for all this, the
Ben Davis apple trees are being mum
erously planted and are exceptionally
favored by great commercial growers.
There are fruit growers in all of our
western states who are putting in Ben
Davis orchards consisting of thousands
of trees Not only in the West, but in
the Middle and New England states
the Ben Davis apple trees are being
extensively planted. The tree is GER
tainly remarkable. in that it thrives
well on the prairies in the West AID
on the clay hills in the East.
Having originated in Kentucky one
would hardly expect to find 1t fruit
adapted to Wisconsin, yet such is the
case. While the Ben Davis Is Only
medium in quality it has rich rsd
color when it is allowed to fully ma
ture on the trees. This often has been
its greatest help in selling. People
will buy fruit on its looks even If they
know that its quality is not as great
as the quality of some other fruit.
This is illustrated in the experience CT
the fruit exporters. At the Paris e.
position in 1900 among other fruit
Ben Davis was shown there in cons d.
cradle quantities. The fruit after
few days showing was each time arc-
toned off to the Parisians to maize
way for new consignments of frli;
coming from the United States. 1t
was a surprise to the men that had
opposed the Ben Davis apple to find IL
selling under the hammer of the ate.
tioneer at 35 franc or about 81 per
barrel. No other American apple
brought the same price. The Parisian1
were not deceived in the quality of
the fruit for they continued to buy tlc
Ben Davis apple even after they ha2
tested their quality. The bright rel
color caught the eye of the Parisians
who were said to have longing ana
a prejudice in favor of the yellow al
pie.
The fact is that the Ben Davis alr
pies vary in quality according to the
place where they are grown. ThR
Ben Davis apple grown in Kentucky.
southern Illinois, Missouri and in 9th.
er localities having humid atmos
phere and long season, reach largo
size and bright color and have quite
good flavor. We have seen these ap.
pies in Missouri so highly iavoret
that they were considered delicacy
upon hotel tables. We have also seen
some good Ben Davis apples as far
north as Wisconsin. but in most cases
the Ben Davis apples in Wisconsin,
Northern Illinois, and adjacent regions
are lacking in size. flavor and color.
This is due to the fact that the sea
son begins late in the Spring and
closes early in the Fall.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-13
Lime In Garden Soil.

heard one man the other day as
sert that as he was not trying to
grow legumes there was no reason for
lining his land. Now he may be
badly mistaken and may be paying for
that mistake by losing annually on
about all of the garden crops he grows.
If the land is sour from any cause
lime will sweeten it and allow the
yeasty ferments in the soil to grow.
These ferments do a work that must
be done II we are to have good crops.
If there is a good supply of this vege-
table matter. a part of the organic
matter is changed by the nitric fer
ment organisms into nitrates which
make the nitrogen of organic matter
available for plants.
The lime also aids to break up some
of the insoluble compounds of potash
and renders that element available for
the completion of the work of the nj
tric ferments. Especially for lands
devoted to truck gardening and that
are constantly heavily fertilized the
use of lime every few years has \
very beneficial effect.-Milton KnIs..
Chs'ry Co., in Farmers Review.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-13
DIWED ON SCATTERED "cRVMBS'

In front of drinking place in Full
ton street stood brewers dray and
the portly, prosperous looking horses
att ached to it were at their midday
al. Haughtily they tossed their
heads. scattering the oats from their
well filled nosebags as If TO empha-
size their opulence. Other horses
standing in the street and engaged
with scantily filed nosebags from
which they struggled to extract the
last particle of grain, kept one eye
upon the naughty pair with look
which seemed to conceal envy under
al expression which said as plainly
as words: What vulgar ostentation."
Nearby stood a scrawny old white
horse attached to ramshackle cart.
His expression was one of profound
humility. His ribs showed through
his hide and his Roman nose was un-
adorned by any bag of grain. All his
expression seemed to say was: What
a blessing it is to be able to watch
the rich enjoying themselves" His
humility under the trying circum-
stances reminded one of those starv-
The Lamar register., 1905-12-13
THINK CRABS Caused 'QUAkE

Very curious were some OF the ex-
pl; aations given by Cinnamon of the
re, ent earthquakes which have been
felt at Hongkong. Canton and Macao.
Tts Hongkong Daily Press tells about
th4n: THE famous dragon whose
privilege it has been to give an oc-
casional shock to the earth's crust is
not held responsible for the recent
scare in Macao and elsewhere. Some
Chinese attribute the last shocks TO
the water-dragon of Canton, whose
anger has been raised by the reclama-
ton works. Coolies are dumping daily
boatloads of sand and stone on the
poor dragons back, and the beast nat
urally feels hurt.
1T appears, however, that the real
causes of the earthquakes were the
Macao crabs, Here is the story:
Close by the hot springs in the neigh
borhood of Macao stands a small VII
lage wherein lives an old woman who
has the misfortune to be the mother
of an unworthy young man whose sole
The Lamar register., 1905-12-13

From the very day of his advent
into the world thoroughbred colt is
man-handled, says the metropolitan
Magazine. At first he will be inclined
ont of sheer desert instinct to slip
around on the other side of his mother
when the man draws too near, but he
gets over that and quickly. The man
coaxes and pets him into quiet and
teaches him to trust the two-legged
animal. Once that trust is obtained
1t is never abused. Thoroughbreds,
until they get into races, are never
whipped, are never even spoken to
harshly Theirs is a life of gentle
handling and soft words.
Except that he is made used to the
hands of mankind, nothing is done for
him save to watch the health of his
dam and keep him out OF mischief
until he is ready to wean. Then a
light halter without strap is put on
him. BY this time he has grown so
accustomed to being handled that any
The Lamar register., 1905-12-13

81 was standing in the barroom in
a resort at Three Forks said trav-
cling man. waiting for the proprie-
tor to arrive, in the hope of placing
small order. While | was waiting.
two cowboys, wrapped in fur coats.
their own dignity and reputation as
the top riders of the country which
stretches away toward the head OF
Willow Creek, came into the saloon
and. marching up to the bar, demand
cd a cocktail.
The bartender looked nonplussed
for moment, but he was not to be
shut out, for he grabbed the biggest
glass he could find behind the bar and
Immediately got busy, If there was
anything there he missed putting into
that glass, from the salt and pepper
sauce used to flavor the beer, to the
shipping from the ends of the cigars
which he found in the cigar cutter,
could not see it, and when he had
finally finished he had two big beer
The Lamar register., 1905-12-13
see.s for Feeding Dairy Cows.

Both sugar beets and the ordinary
beets are good as a food for dairy
cows. The sugar beet, of course.
causes the animal to lay on more fat
than does the other kind of beets.
But the large water content of the
sugar beet is largely an Offset to the
saccharine element. They will affect
different COWS differently. In some.
they will cause an increase Of the
milk flow; in others, they will cause
an increase of the fat being laid upon
the body of the animals, and at the
same time cause serious loss in the
milk flow. To the dairyman, there
fore. 1t is matter for investigation.
He must find out what cows can use
the beets to the best advantage. Cows
that are being dried up and prepared
for the butcher can be fed sugar
beets in considerable quantities.