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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-23
NORTHWEST NEWS.

A fire which broke out in the dor
was extinguished by the prompt and
energetic work of the students
OF the 1900 locomotives used on
all the lines of the Southern Pacific
system, 500 are oil burners. The re-
naming 500 will be converted as fast
as possible.
w. NJ. Ryan. saloonkeeper of
Butteville. near Woodburn. Or, is
under arrest charged with allowing
minors to loiter in his saloon. shake
dice and drink.
The 3-year-old daughter of E. d.
Ward, of Forest Grove. drank car
bolic acid. Prompt administration of
an antidote and prompt arrival of a
physician saved her life.
The officials and stockholders OF
the Santa Fe railroad system meet
in San Francisco January 20. to issue
$50. 900, 900 additional capital stock
and convertible bonds for the same.
At a meeting of the board of direc-
tors of the Pacific National Baseball
League. I'm Portland, President W. n.
Lucas was removed and ordered to
turn over to c. H. Williams, of Spo-
kane. all the books, papers, records
and vouchers of the league.
The Women of Woodcraft of La
Grande have elected the following del
egates to the state convention In
Heppner: Mrs. I. Short, Lizzie Els
worth and Winifred Sargent, with al
ternates Mrs. Henry Ackles, Mrs
Alice Henry and Mrs. NJ. Patterson
After 13 years, in which 100000
mortgage has cost two-thirds of the
principal i'm interest charges the
First Congregational church of Port
land will burn the mortgage. The
ceremony will take place at the
church on the first Sunday following
February II. 1905. on which date the
mortgage will mature and be paid
off.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-23

"Bedraggled child" the Angeloafer said,
"Methinks scarce know hair grows your head,
or that your legs fat and striped full wide;
Or that your beauty cannot be denied
For perceive your mind is very poor,
Since 2 and upon your slate make A."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-23
GENERAL NEWS.

Forty-five carloads of canned SAL
mon were shipped from South Bend,
Wash. to Birmingham, Ala, during
1904.
Two and a half inches of snow at
Rome fell January Is and 19-the
first in 10 years, and the heaviest
within the memory of man at that
point.
Miss Mabel D. McGerry, aged II,
daughter of DR.. r. o. Speer of Chi
cago, has married Hyderabure Ohas-
hi a Japanese count, who is very
wealthy and graduate of Harvard.
While Mrs. o. ]. Townsend was
making up a bed at Anderson. Ind,
the bedclothes caused her to stumble
and fall between the rails of the bed.
Her neck was broken and she was in
stantly killed.
By request of the mayor nearly all
the business houses of Denver were
closed January 20 from 1880 to 3
o'clock to enable employees to attend
Il special revival service conducted
by Evangelist ]. Wilbur Chapman.
Aunt Fanny Lomax, a colored
woman living near Washington. D
c., recently celebrated her 1O4th
birthday. Children, grandchildren
great grandchildren and great great
grandchildren. she has just 100 living
descendants.
a car in which was a large amount
of povarnnant uonax, ,t-os daraiIa,
near Des Moines, Iowa, by misplacinl
a switch. The act was undoubtedl!
perpetrated with the object of rob
berry. but no attempt was made Il
loot the car.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-23
Hotel Bickers

Howard Evans and wife, Milton.
Mrs. William Talbot, Milton.
f. j. Davis, Milton.
Clara Burger, Walla Walla.
Mrs, Sebow. Walla Walla.
H Y. Blackwell, Walla Walla.
George d. Craw, Portland.
Ed Neil, Lewiston.
Mrs. c. A. Whiteman, Athena.
Mrs. Kate Smith, Blackfoot.
Joseph N. Scott. Athena.
Charles Costing. Athena.
A. j. Kelly, Freewater.
F. M. Lockwood. Helix.
T. H. Morris, Milton.
j. A. Fitzpatrick, Dayton.
Mrs. Ida Norton, city.
f. S. Sweet, Grangeville.
T. II. Howell, Macon.
Douglas Glenn, Pendleton.
C. d. Linfesty, st. Louis.
NJ d. Neely. Cotton.
George W. Lowery, Moscow.
Mrs. Williams, Kamela.
b. F. Moore. Eugene.
NJ A. Moore, Eugene.
Harry Martin, Tekoa.
f. Costello, Starbuck.
F. Peters and family, Warren.
d. Richmond and wife, Helix.
Ed Neil. Lexington.
George ID. Hamilton, city.
]. D. Taggard Waitsburg.
Mrs. j. D. Taggard, Waitsburg.
Alice Taggard, Waitsburg.
L. d. Updyke, Salt Lake.
j. c. Martin, Salt Lake.
f.. II. Burke, Portland
w. S. Cameron, city.
]. A. Wolf.
Grover Huff
Robert Johnson and wife.
F. Powers, Jr.
H. Dobbins.
Thomas Moore and wife, La Grand
ID. L. DeMoone.
Fl. Nichols, st. Louis.
Douglas Glenn, city.
F. Il. True, Spokane.
]. y. Johnston, city.
r. f. Blakley, city.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-23
JOAQUIN MILLER
"reminiscences
WRITES TO EAST oREGoNI-
AN ABOUT PIONEER PAPER

Says the Name of the Real Founder
Of the Canyon City Paper, Often
Credited to Himself, is Captain
Fearing, of Antelope, Ore.-NIiller
Was Probate Judge at That Time,
in a District Larger Than all New
England-No Romance Connected
With His New Years Editorial of
January I. 1869.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-23
sicIseninr shivering Fits.

of ague and malaria, can be relieved
and cured with Electric Bitters
This is a pure, tonic medicine, of es-
pecial benefit in malaria, for 1t ex-
erts a true curative influence on the
disease, driving it entirely out of the
system. 1t is much to be preferred
to quinine, having none OF thlS
drugs bad after effects. b. >
Munday, of Henrietta, Tex, writes
my brother was very low with ma
lariaI fever and jaundice, till nc
took Electric Bitters, which saved
his life" At Tallman & Co.'S drug
store; price soc, guaranteed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-23

It was in large school, and one Of
the boys had committed some grave
infraction Of discipline. The teacher
announced that he would thrash the
whole class If some one did not tell
him who had committed the offense.
All were silent and he began with the
first boy and thrashed every one in the
class until finally he reached the last
one. Then he said Now, If you will
tell me who did this | won't thrash
you" "All right, sir. did it." was the
reply.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-23

Andrew Nelson, aged 20, farm
hand at Norfolk. Neb., entered the
room of Miss Carrie Jacobson, 10
years old, while she slept early today
and blew off her head with a shot
gun. He then shot himself, dying in
stantly Jealousy was the cause.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-23
The PendIeton.


c. A. Vansen, Emporia.
g. w. Bush, Walla Walla.
w. A. Stitt, New York.
f. S. Davis, Winona.
w. A. Leach, Walla Walla.
NJ. b. Runkle, Echo.
j. II. Kloeckner, Ukiah.
f.. W. Saunders and wife, city.
F. Smith and Wife, New York.
]. Fred Fisher, Starbuck
NJ c. Wade, Starbuck.
r. f. Porter, city.
F. II. Parr. city.
L. II. Vanhaner, San Francisco.
Miss Parrot, Pilot Rock
Miss Ritner. Adams.
Roy w Ritner, city.
Edwin Switzler and wife. city.
p. II. Jewell, Arlington.
William Maher, Portland.
c. NJ. Smith, Portland.
T.. II. Clarke, San Francisco.
f. j. Miller, Seattle.
F. A. Blackwell, Coeur d'Alene.
Allan Thomson. Echo.
A. d. Stillman, city.
M. ]. Lee, Portland.
G.. b. Atkinson, Moscow.
Herbert Meyers. Moscow.
Luke Nj. Hawley, City.
Sig. Lipman. San Francisco.
G. McCully. Spokane.
w. r. McRoberts, Spokane.
c. f.. Nelson, city.
G. ID. Galley. Portland.
w. r. Glendenning. Portland.
Carl II. Trunk and wife, Spokane
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-23
Notice to Debtors.

All persons indebted to us will
please call and settle at once, as we
need the money to pay bills.
D. KEMLER & SON,
The grocers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-23
IIaY.

200 tons fine alfalfa and mixed hay
for sale. Address Kenwood Farm,
Touchet, Wash.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-23

$50 acre ranch. Four hundred
acres on river bottom, so acres set to
alfalfa. Well improved; good or
chard; running water. One among
the best in the county. Price is
right. We have other and smaller
propositions equally good.
Il. I. WADE & SON.
Office z. o. Building.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-11-17
NOT A TRACE LEFT
Rheumatism Thoroughly Cured by
Or. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale PEOPLE,.

There is one remedy that will cure
rheumatism III any of its forms and so
thoroughly eradicate the disease from
the system that the cure is permanent.
This remedy is DR.. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People and the proof of the
statement is found in the experience OF
Mr.. T. S. Wagar, of No, ~ Academy
street, Watertown, NY. He says:
"The pain was in my joints and my
sufferings for over two years was beyond
description. There was an intense pain
i'll my shoulders that prevented me from
sleeping and l would get up and walk
the floor atnight. When began taking
DR.. Williams Pink Pills the improve
ment was gradual, but by the time had
taken four boxes l was entirely cured
and have not had the slightest touch
Of rheumatism since that time"
Mr.. Wagar's wife is also enthusiastio
in her endorsement of DR.. Williams
Pink Pills. She says: "I have tried the
pills myself for stomach trouble and
have experienced great relief from their
use. My daughter, Mrs. Atwood, of
Gill street, Watertown, has used them
for female weakness and was much ben
Gifted by them. l regard DIR. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People as an ex-
tremely valuable family medicine
DR.. Williams Pink Pills have cured the
worst cases of bloodlessness, indigestion,
influenza, headaches, baclSaches, lum-
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spinal weakness, and the special all
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lar. The genuine DIR. Williams Pink Pills
are guaranteed to be free from opiates or
any harmful drugs and cannot injure
the most delicate system. At all drug
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ON receipt of price, 80 cents per box,
six boxes for $3.50.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-11-17

told the story of how he had taken the
money from the bank vault.
He had been around so long as
Janitor that he had learned much about
the mechanism of the vault locks. He
was satisfied that he could allow him
self to be locked in the vault and then
work himself out again.
This is what he did on the night of
the robbery, using as his tools only an
ordinary wrench and a screwdriver Of
a common kind. When Cashier Kalb
and Vice President Micheal were pre-
pairing that night to close up the bank
Bowsher slipped into the vault unob-
served and was locked in. BY unfast-
ening thumbscrews and bolts to the
inner and outer doors he worked his
way to the bank Office again within a
few moments after the officers left it..
With the combination to the inside
safe he secured the money, then, fixing
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-11-17
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THE GIRDLED SECTIONS.

moved. On the principle l have sug-
gested, continues the correspondent OF
the Rural New Yorker, while this sepa.
ration is in force, the sap passes up and
coming back cannot pass the bare wood,
but from above and below it begins to
make new wood, as shown in G and ID.
In five or six weeks it will look some
thing like D, and be healed so that the
sap will flow as usual. You will notice
however, that the vine above the cut
is strikingly enlarged. imagine the
root may have suffered during the sep
aration, though the vine will appear
none the worse for it, but during the
separation that particular branch viii
outgrow the others both in foliage and
fruit. The grapes on that girdled branch
can be easily picked out. as they run
among the Others. The punches will be
larger and handsomer, and grapes larger
and they will ripen few days earlier
and be superior fruit.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-11-17

sher had frequently told Wilkins what
an easy matter it would be for him
to rob the bank.
What to do with the money after he
had secured it, to avoid suspicion, both
cred him, and for its investment and
handling he took Wilkins into his con-
fidence. On the morning after the rob-
berry, Mrs. Wilkins related, her hus-
band came home with his pockets
stuffed with money, several thousands
OF dollars in bills of dlmerent denomi-
nations and gold coin. He was some
what under the influence of liquor at
the time and did not know where to
hide the money.
"Well, Lige has done the job" he
said, "and this is my share of it,"
Finally the money was hidden in a
torn sofa at their home, and from this
place it was taken as each needed it,
from time to time-a fortune in their
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-11-17
TREES ON PRAIRlES.
Bureau Of Forestry Doing Good Work
in This Direction - Better
Methods in Use.


In the states of the middle west
there is pressing need of more trees.
both for wood and for windbreaks and
shelter-belts. This need has been felt
since the prairies were first settled, but
the attempts made to supply it have,
as rule, fallen short of the benefits
which might have been secured. The
early planting was done chiefly for the
sake of ornament or shade; the useful
ness Of the species for wood was sell
dom considered. In many cases, also
trees were planted outside of the range
to which they were adapted, and on
soil and in locations unfavorable to
them. On the other hand many valu-
able species were neglected.
Experience has now furnished the
basis for better practice. Various kinds
CT trees can be grown in these regions
which will serve just as well for pro-
lection and ornament as those which
have been most used, and which at the
same time will furnish valuable wood
For several years the forest service
has been been investigating this sub
suits which are recognized throughout
the prairie region as of great practical
value The work consists of field
studies of the existing forest growth,
10th natural and planted, of it's rela
ton to soil and climatic conditions,
and of the effect of various cultural
methods.
In rftnfr rnr1y
ice field parties examine and make
measurements of representative groves.
From these measurements volume and
| yield tables are made which show the
eturns in cordwood, posts, stakes ami
lumber to be expected in a given time
| for each of the species studied. In ad-
dition to the measurements, the char
aoteristics of growth and reproduction
OF the trees are noted, and valuable
data on the natural distribution and ad-
visable planting range obtained.
The work in the eastern part of the
two Dakotas, western Minnesota, Hi
rois, eastern Nebraska and western
Kansas has been published, giving in
formation concerning the species most
suitable 10 Iue locdllIS' anu IelllhS
how and where to plan them. Bulletins
Of the same character covering other
states are in preparation. This sum
mer Iowa was studied, and later other
states of the middle west, until the
| whole region is covered. Considerable
tree planting has been done in some OF
these states, occasionally with com
rlete success; but there have been
many total failures, and many at
tempts successful only in part. AS a
rule, the lack of success was due to
lack of knowledge how and what to
rlant But these plantations, whether
successful or not. provide valuable OBJ.
iect lessons in respect to future plant
ing.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-11-17

the vault doors and leaving the outer
cne ajar he had the scheme fixed To
fasteh suspicion on. the bank officers.
This was the story he told, given
here in substance only. Every word
OF it, with the entire conversation be-
tween him and Wilkins and his wife.
was taken down by the stenographer
N the garnet above and convincing evil
dence of the guilt of the two men was
fixed.
Their arrest followed. For a few
days each denied his guilt. Finally,
seeing the web so closely woven about
him, Bowsher confessed and, going
with the prosecuting attorney and the
sheriff to the bank, showed them just
how he had committed the robbery.
He allowed himself to be locked in
the vault, the combination locks to
10th doors and the time lock being set,
himself out.
Guilty Men Sent to Jail.
On the following day he appeared in
court, pleaded guilty and received his
sentence. Wilkins held out for few
days longer and then confessed to hav-
ing received part of the stolen money.
BY reason of her having turned states
evidence, no action was brought
against Mrs. Wilkins.
Bowsher has some real estate, part
If it being in his wife's name. She, it
seems, until his arrest, knew nothing
OF his guilt in regard to the robbery.
Not long after it occurred Bowsher in
vested in Ohio oil lands.
They proved profitable and his pros
! perity and land holdings were thus ex-
planned, diverting suspicion of his
guilt. 1t is believed at Lima that he
mas money hidden and that he also has
| Investments in such shape as not to
Ec reached by law.
He was never eXtravagant in his
| spendings and since the bank robbery
has been Industrious. He will serve his
Term in prison and then be free man
10 get what enjoyment he can, with a
guilty conscience, out of his stolen
wealth. Possibly, long before his SEN
tence expires he will make restitution
to the bank of the money taken.
What money Wilkins received Ions
since disappeared as a result of his
Gissipated habits. He will come out Of
Prison, in five years, poor man.
FRANK DILDINE.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-11-17
GIRDLING GRAPEVlNES.
What One Vineyardist Has to Say
Regarding the Method as
Used by Him.

l have girdled grapevines and seen it
done for about 40 years, since l was a
small boy; my father has done it nearly
every year. The effect is not so marked,
l think, if large branch is girdled as
when it is a small one The theory of
girdling as | have it, is that the sap of
the grape passes up through the wood
and down between wood and bark. The
proper time for the operation is from
June 25 to July 5. Take, for instance, a
branch like A, remove the bark clean
or it will do no good. B shows bark re.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-11-17

If not the work of skilled profession
al burglars, the robbery must, so it
was reasoned, have been done by the
bank officers, and during all these years
the cashier and vice president, Mr..
Kalb and Mr.. Michael, have been un-
der the ban of suspicion. Their names,
spotless before, were tarnished unjust
ly with the crime of theft.
Officers Suspected of Crime.
Immediately after the robbery the
Pinkerton agency and a score of pri-
vate detectives, some of them paid and
others influenced by the large rewards
offered, went to work on the case. Fol-
lowing the clue that it was the bank
officers that did it, Cashier Kalb and
Vice President Michael were arrested
and indicted by the grand jury.
While the cases against them were
afterwards dismissed because of lack
of evidence, they were believed by
many to be guilty.
Finally Bowsher, the janitor was ar
rested. Nothing, however, could be
proven against him and he was re-
leased and the Lima bank robbery con-
tinued mystery that baffied solution
on the part of the best detective talent
of the country.
Arrest Due to Woman.
1t remained for woman, neglected,
divorced and scorned-refused the
money that in part, had quieted her
tongue-to unearth the evidence that
led to the arrest of the guilty party,
Janitor Bowsher and her husband,
Thomas X. Wilkins, an accomplice in
the crime. This woman was the di-
vorced wife of Wilkins. Ten years ago
she was a society woman at Lima, the
daughter Of leading railroad official.
She was pretty and accomplished
and, until some years after her mar
riage to Wilkins, did not know what
want was. Wilkins was the son of a
real estate dealer at Lima, a man OF
considerable wealth, and at the time of
their marriage had but just been ad-
mitted to the practice of law and had
promising future.
During the first few years of their
married life the young couple lived in
luxury in one of the handsomest resi-
dences in Lima. But, as they do in
so many married lives, the days OF
neglect and abuse came and then Mrs
Wilkins sued for and obtained a di-
vorce. Then, denied the payment OF
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-11-17
Modern Animals.

"It is a great mistake to conclude
that it is a law of nature that recent
animals are all small and insignificant
as compared with their representatives
il the past" says a scientist. That ls
simply not true. Recent horses are big
ger than extinctones, and much bigger
than the three-toed and four-toed an
cestors of horses Recent elephants
are as big as any that have existed.
and much bigger than their early e.e-
Phantlne ancestors. There never has
been any creature of any kind-mam-
NAL, reptile, bird or fish-in any geo.
logical period we know of 80 big as
some of the existing whales"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-11-17

Seven years ago the American ma
t!onal bank at Lima, o., was robbed of
$1s,232, the money having been taken
from the vaults sometime between Sat
urday night and Monday morning, but
Just when and by whom was unknown
until the last few weeks. Now, Elijah
Bowsher, the trusted janitor of the
bank at the time of the robbery, and
Thomas X. Wilkins, an insurance
agent at Lima, are behind prison walls
in the penitentiary at Columbus, o.,
serving out sentences of seven and five
years respectively, for the crime, the
former as principal and the latter as
accessory, both convicted on pleas Of
guilty in open court and sentenced
without trial.
The story of the robbery and the
final detection of the guilty reads like
fiction 1t is more interesting, because
etrue, than any of the novels ever writ
ten by "Old Sleuth," the famous detec-
tive author.
Discovery of Robbery.
The fact that the bank had evidently
been robbed was first made known to
the cashier, Gus Kalb, by Janitor Bow
isher on the morning of Monday, De-
cember 26, 1898, then a holiday be-
cause Christmas of that year fell on
Sunday. He went to the home of the
cashier and informed him that he had
found the door of the bank vault open.
An investigation followed and the
robbery was discovered The only sus-
picious fact, however, when Cashier
Kalb entered the bank that forenoon,
was that the outer vault door was
open. The inner door was bolted Sc
curely, the time lock apparently not
having been tampered with and the
mechanism of all the combination
locks working properly. How had the
robbers secured an entrance? This
was a mystery that it has taken seven
years to unravel.
Cashier Kalb. with the vice presi-
dent of the bank N. l.. Michael, had
locked the vault doors and the safes
the Saturday night before the discov-
cry of the robbery, setting the time
lock to run down on Monday noon, ap-
parently defying an entrance until
then.
When the cashier pulled the outer
vault door open on that fateful Mon
day morning nothing within indicated
that the other locks had been manipu-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-11-17
MHeeline Inn Trees

Unite each nursery bundle and stand
the tree side by side in a trench deep
enough to cover the roots and lower
part of trunk. Incline the trees at an
angle shovel in a good lot of moist
earth and tramp it down, Select a
sheltered, well-drained spot for this
"heeling in operation.-Farm Journal.
The president of numbering COM
pany in South Carolina says his COM
rany Is convinced that by following
the plans mapped out by the national
bureau OF forestry they can grow
lumber at so cents per thousand feet
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-11-17

lated. Nothing appeared to be disturb
,em Yet when the inner vault was
reached and the safe opened the $751;
1872 placed there the Saturday night be-
fore was gone.
Who had taken 1t?
1t seemed ridiculous to accuse Bow
shcr, the janitor of manipulating the
burglar-proof locks and then placing
them again In the condition they were
wien found.