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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-11

Following is the government crop
and weather report for the past week:
The past week was dry and the hot
test Of the season. These conditions
were very favorable for haying, and
this work has been pushed along rap
idly. The hay crop promises to be
heavier than last year, although in
some few localities it is not so good
as expected. Pasturage is getting
shert, and consequently the milk sup
ply in the dairy districts is decreas-
ing.
The harvest of barley and fall rye
has begun, and fall wheat cutting will
become general next week. Fail
wheat is maturing nicely. but it has
been a little too warm for spring
wheat. especially the late sown. oats
show considerable improvement. Corn
and gardens have made good ad-
vancement. Hop lice are still plenti-
full in many yards, and considerable
spraying has been done during the
week. The green aphis is disappear
ing. and reports as to the amount of
damage caused by this pest are con-
flicting
Apples, pears, peaches and prunes'
although below average in quantity
are doing nicely The berry season in
the western section is drawing to
close, but in the higher elevation in
Eastern Oregon 1t is now at its height
Columbia River Valley.
~, NIL. Juo.oo county JTr-
uuhart-Fine growing weather; most
of the farmers have finished their
haying; early apples in market
Wasco. Sherman county, w C.
Morehouse-Both spring and faE
wheat are filling well and an average
crop is assured.
Eightmile, Morrow county, c. E..
Weather warm; grain ripening
nicely: yield will be fully up to the
average: potatoes look fine, although
some poor stands are reported: corn
making good growth; fall and volun-
teer barley are being harvested.
Adams, Umatilla county c. S. Fer
guson-Weather warm and dry. and
everything ripening rapidly; hay har-
vest in full progress; wheat looks
good: the barley harvest will begin
next week: gardens, alfalfa and corn
growing well: stock fat: little too
hot for spring grain.
Plateau Region.
La Grande. Union county w. F.
Gekeler-week ideal for haying; tim
othy not quite ready to cut; hay on
bottoms that depends on the over
flow is almost a failure; very little
grain will be made into hay; grain OF
all kinds is growing well.
Haines. Baker county ]. X. Fisher
Weather favorable; irrigating done
and plenty Of water for the first CROP
Of clover and alfalfa, which is being
cut rapidly; vegetables of all kinds do.
ing well: strawberries being picked
dairy products falling off somewhat.
Joseph, Wallowa county w. H
Robins-Weather warm and dry; al
crops look fine: will begin to cut al
falfa this week sheep shearing nearly
completed; pastures continue good
barley is heading out.
Pine Creek, Lake county, A. NJ
Weather warm and dry; rair
needed to make wheat and late bar.
ley fill; early barley ripening; hayinl
becoming general. with light yield
Strawberries light crop. but plenty
Of other berries: all garden products
doing we'll; water supply failing fast.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-11
WAS HOTTEST WEEK.
CONDITIONS FAVORABLE
FOR HAY HARVEST.

Pasturage is Drying Up and Some
Streams Are Getting Low-Harvest
Of Barley and Fail Rye Now In
= Progress-Hop Lce Sdn Plentiful
Gardens Are In Excellent Shape
and Berry Season is at its Height.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-11
Mere Smoking.
Minneapolis Tribune.

The sheriff Of Miller, S.
D., declares that the sur
rounding county IS the best
ever for tobacco growing
and he knows, too, for he
has a lot of it in process Of
curing. So you can just
put that in your pipe and
smoke it.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-11

Discussion is common among even pioneers III the
state as to the dates of the early winters and deep SHOWS
that have come in the past 25 years.
The winter Of 1901 set in on October IA. The
storm partook some Of the nature of a blizzard. There
were let-ups and some Warm-lke spells after that but
the snow kept accommodating until the next April or close
to first of May when it disappeared. No trains moved
and as there was but a family at a siding along the line
Except at Pierre and it well provisioned there was no
particular suffering. At Pierre there was wood and as
the snow increased in depth the antelope and deer could
be picked up anywhere so that fuel and meat were easy
problems.
The blizzard of 1888 came on the 18th Of January.
The snowfall previously and afterwards was normal. 1t
was the dust-ike snow and it's ferceness that made that
storm so destructive.
The winter that caused the greatest inconvenience
on account Of it's early snow was in 1896. This time it
set it Oct. 27. This was the year Of the first Bryan
campaign and the fierce and heated agitation OF silver
during the fall had caused all farm work to be neglected.
There was no hay up to speak Of, much %thrashing was
yet to do while the corn in the fields had not been
touched. With farm work brought to a standstiIl a
week before election the gold and silver debates be-
came hotter and election day found the voters founder
ing in snowbanks in some instances to get to the polls.
So determined was the desire to vote that only Z in Hand
county failed to vote out of about 1900 polled. Election
boards were slow in bringing in the returns on account
of impossible roads. It was recommended that the
sheriff go after the delinquent ballot boxes but this idea
was abandoned when it was found that he could not
travel in the deep snow either. The hoped for thaw to
allow Of gathering the corn and hauling the hay did not
come, but instead SNOW fell every few days. The stock
was got through the winter without much loss for the
weather was comparatively warm all the time. There
was no loss Of human life that winter on account of the
storms. The mail service was pretty good on the rail
road for the legislature was in session at Pierre and the
company put forth heroic efforts to keep the line open
The great rotary plows were brought to this line and
used for the first time and have not been needed here
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-11
Look Out.
Orient Argus.

A gang Of thieves are get
ting in their work in this
town. They are not the
house-break-ing kind of
burglars, but wait their
chance, and when some far
mer displays a roll of mon
ey, they work things pretty
slick to relieve him OF it.
A few weeks ago Conrad
Schaefers was touched
for $11O. Saturday Will
Rymal, of Howell, had $50.
taken from him. He sold a
horse during the afternoon,
and had taken the cash from
the bank. We have come
to the conclusion that we
have thieves in our town,
which hitherto has been
quite clean in this direction.
1t would be well for every
one to be on their guard.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-11
Potatoes on Sod
Pierre Capitol Journal

Supertendant Leyengood
raised potatoes that yield
ed at the rate of 1926 bush els
to the acre. This Yves on
ground broken this year at
the Indian school.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-11
Material Coming
Pierre Capital Journal

The afternoon train
brought in a special freight
car of material, and a crew
of men, which were at once
taken down to the stock
yards TO begin work.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-11
Stoves for sale.

I have three hot air heat
ing stoves and about eight
or ten small stoves for sale.
They are suitable for
schoolhouses etc. | have
iust>put in a steam heating
plant and have no use for
stoves.
B. T. Torrey,
Vanderbilt hotel, Miller
$. ID.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-11
For Sale or Trade.

We have a good dwelling
house for sale, OR trade for
land. Briggs & Miller.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-15
Oil on the Coffee.

The cup Of black coffee had on it's
surface little OIL This oil SHIN
mered. 1t gave forth delicate, chang
ing colors, like oil on water. The man
who was about to drink the coffee gaz-
ed at it with delight.
1.-THE OIL" he said, "tells me all 1
want to know about the coffee Now,
without tasting it, I am sure it is SUI
perb.
1.-THE whole secret of making coffee"
he went on, ''lies in extracting and re-
tanning this oil. This oil 1t is which
gives coffee it's aromatic and delicious
taste. This oil it is also which stimu-
lates you, which makes you feel after
you have drunk strong and gay.
Good coffee-the kind with oil
afloat on it-can only be made by ex-
cellent cooks. In millionaires' houses
or in hotels where they employ French
chefs you are likely to get it. But the
average American housewife does not
know how to make this oily kind of
coffee at all. ''-Philadelphia Bulletin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-15
Travel 1870 and in 1904.

Mr.. Albert NJ. Bigelow, Of New
York, writes in regard to trip from
New York to the Lake Superior mining
region AS follows: Il was absent from
my office in New York Friday, Satur-
day and Monday. / had one day in
Chicago, two days and night at Lake
Superior, and did not need to break
the Sabbath by any business transac-
ton. This was accomplished in this
way: l took the Lake Shore Limited
for Chicago on Thursday evening, leav-
ing at $50. | arrived in Chicago at
four o'clock on Friday. | stayed in
Chicago four and One-half hours meet
ing some people there and accomplish
ing. some business. | took the train
at $50 and arrived at Lake Superior
at $50 in the morning. | had all day
Saturday and the evening there. |
spent Saturday night there and Sun
day. Sunday evening at $50 | left
Lake Superior and arrived at Chicago
ON Monday morning at 6 o'clock. |
had halliday there and left at 1890
p. m. on the Twentieth Century Linn
tied on the Lake Shore road for New
York, arriving at $50 Tuesday morn
ing, which enabled me to reach my
office at the ordinary time. On each
of the trains which | took | had
comfortable room for myself and was
luxuriously supplied in dining cars on
each road. This more than verified
the story in the Arabian Nights of the
wonderful Persian carpet OH which
the Prince was transferred some one
hundred miles in a single night Mr..
BigelOw adds that the above is in
striking contrast to his first trip to
the Lake Superior region in 1859, when
it occupied seven or eight days of con-
slant travelling in going one way
From the Troy Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-15

previous to the ironing. BY the use
Of the improved iron shown in the
illustration this will be unnecessary, as
the iron automatically sprinkles the
clothes while the operator is using it.
This iron is made in two sections. The
iron itself is similar to the ordinary
iron in both shape and size, the nov
city being really in the holder portion,
which is detachable the same as the
handle of the iron commonly in use.
The handle section has the same out
line as the iron, being hollow and de-
signed as a reservoir to contain water.
A mouthpiece with cap is placed In the
center, through which the water is
supplied. At one end of the reservoir
is spout through which the water
flows and sprinkles the clothes, the
supply being regulated by an attach
ment near the mouth of the spout. In
using the iron the spray Of water will
always precede the iron, the sprinkling
being regulated to suit the individual.
AS the handle is detachable, any num-
Der Of irons can be used.
Hanniel NJ. HORNE Of Chicago, ILL.,,
Is the patentee.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-15
A Cradle of Tortoise Shell.

A curious relic Of some historic in
terest is to be seen at Pau, in the
Bases Pyrenees. Visitors are shown
the bedroom Of Jean d'Abret, wife Of
Anthony Of Bourbon, king Of Navarro
Here in the year 1868 her infant son
was born, who was in after years King
Henry Nv. Of Navarro, and by the
side of an antique bedstead Of richly
carved walnut stands a most curious
cradle Of tortoise shell about two feet
long and eighteen inches broad. in
which the infant prince is said to have
been laid at his birth.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-15
QyEER SToRltE5

The tight-fitting British uniform Is
alleged to be the cause Of much heart
disease among soldiers.
Since he began yachting about fifty
years ago, Lord Brassey has sailed
nearly 100000 miles in dozen yachts
Of varying tonnage.
At Reikjavik, Iceland, the temper
ance women who are known as white
ribboners," have taken to standing at
the doors of public houses from p. m.
until closing hours, urging men not to
enter.
Chorus girls of all the Paris theaters
have formed a union to protect their
interests. They point out that the
emoluments of their humble calling
have been entirely too dependent here
tofOre on the whims Of tickle directors.
It Is the rule for the Sheerness EN-
gland urban district council to meet
one week and the Sheppey board Of
guardians the next. Recently the lat
ter body suggested an altera ton, but it
was pointed out that it would be in
advisable to have the two meetings both
In one week for the sake of the local
newspapers. 1--WE shall have every
thing to read one week." remarked one
Of the members, land nothing the
next"
The common housef1y is not very
rapid in its flight, but it's wings make
800 beats second, and send it through
the air twenty-five feet, under ordinary
circumstances, in that space Of time.
When the insect is alarmed it has been
found that 1t increases it's rate Of speed
to over $50 feet per second. If it
could continue such rapid flight for a
mile In straight line, it would cover
that distance in exactly thirty three
seconds.
President Hill has introduced a new
economy in the opera ton Of the Great
Northern Railway by ordering that as
fast as ties wear out they be replaced
by three-sided ties, each Of which con-
tains about ten feet less Of timber than
the ties now used. The broad surface
of the ties on which the rail rests is
twelve inches wide. The apex Of the
triangle is seven inches below the sur
face Of the tie. A gain Of four feet is
made In the width over the old eight
inch ties, which means that fewer are
needed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-15

the love of this man who could do sd
so very hard to bear, after all. Roy
was at home as much as ever, the only
difference being that at meal times
and at night he went across the road.
His mother cared for his clothes as
usual, but Turner insisted on paying
her for 1t.
"A change had geen gradually COM
ing over Hold Turner. The child's love
seemed to have made another man Of
him and he was now as genial as he
had formerly been gruff. He lived in
the boy, made plans for his future
and spoke Of him as his son. AS for
Roy, he was quite contented and hap
py with the new order of things.
Zone night the climax of the Lark
sons troubles came. There was a cry
or fire! that awoke Turner and Roy
across the road. How the fire had
started no one knew, but before it was
discovered it gained such Roadway
that there was barely time for all the
family to escape when, amid walls of
grief and dismay, the roof fell. Not a
thing was saved.
Then Hold Turner gave proof Of the
change wrought in his character. He
opened wide his big house and took
in the homeless family, to stay until
they could find some other home
Mr.. Larkson at once sought anoth-
er farm to rent, without success. As
the weeks went on, Turner found that
the merry family Of children bright
ened up his gloomy house amazingly.
Mrs. Larkson's cooking was better
than his own, and Larkson had more
practical ideas Of farming than his
| foreman had, and so-well, as the vii
lage wag put it, Turner might as
we'll have had a mortgage on the whole
| family
''Turner-Hod no longer, but by
some indefinable change Of feeling, Mr..
| Horace Turner to the whole village
| lived to good old age with his ADOPT
ed family, and when at last he died no
one was surprised to find Roy, little
Roy no longer, his sole heir"
The sun was setting, the shirt was
| mended. the story was told and it was
supper time. Aunt Martha paused a
moment when she had folded her work
and l am sure l heard her murmur
And little child shall lead them."-
The Homestead.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-15
Under Other Conditions.

A young medical student came face
to face with dear, kind, fatherly-
looking gentleman, with white hair and
Of highly respectable appearance.
They both stood transfxed. The
same idea flashed across both of them.
your face is familiar-very famil-
lar; but I can't remember where we
have met so often"
However, the friendly impulse was
carried out.
They shook hands warmly and de-
parted, still ignorant Of each others
name and occupation.
But the young man was determined
to solve the problem, and he seized on
waiter and said to him:
"Tell me, waiter, who is that distin-
guished stranger with the long white
hair?'
And the waiter whispered lowly:
please. sir, that's the pawnbroker."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-15
lRONER AND DAMPENER COMBINED.

Improved appliances to cover every
possible want Of the household have
been invented, until it would seem as
If nothing more could be added or de-
sired. Inventors are continually on
the hunt for some improvement in
household appliances and utensils, as
they realize that any device which will
help to make the housewives tasks
more easy Of accomplishment will COM
mand a ready sale. A Chicago man
has added something entirely new to
the already long list-a combination
iron and clothes dampener. All arti-
cles that are to be ironed have to be
dampened previous to the ironing. The
dampening is usually performed one
night and the ironing the next day;
others simply sprinkle the clothes just
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-15

the hammock and scanned the folded
quilt for an interesting looking block.
A dark blue one with fine lines Of
white caught my eye.
Tell me about this one, please,
Auntie."
Aunt Martha laughed. why. dear
child, that is a piece of one Of my
kitchen aprons. The only story con-
nected with that Is prosaic enough.
Three words tell it-baklng, churning,
DISTINGUISHING. Try again."
well, then, this dainty little pink
and white stripe| A glance at Aunt
Martha's face told me had not chos-
EN- wrongly this time.
'Ah, that! Yes. I can tell you some
thing about that. Let me think a
minute, and she dropped her work
in her lap and rocked idly back and
forth few minutes, summoning mem
DRY to her aid. Soon she resumed her
work again and the story began.
when i was little girl family
named Larkson lived near my fathers
home. The husband and wife were
thrifty people, but very poor. and they
had a large family Of children. There
were seven of them, between the ages
of II and years, and it used to be a
mystery to me how they all managed
to live in their tiny story-and-a-half
cottage. The fact is, they didn't live
in 1t, they only stayed there nights.
At all other times, summer and win
ter rain or shine, they lived out of
doors, and a happier, healthier brood
1t would have been hard to find.
MY story principally concerns the
youngest of these children, little Roy.
He was the beauty Of the family.
With his pansy eyes and tightly curl
ing, golden hair he was an animated
sunbeam. l remember how sweet he
used to look in that little pink and
white dress. His mother gave me a
piece of It for my quilt.
Across the road from this family
lived the village oddly, Horace Tur-
ner Familiarity called 'Hod.' He lived
all alone, without so much as a cat or
dog to keep him company, and his
large, gloomy looking house was a
striking contrast to the little beehive
opposite. He had the reputation Of
being cross and grabbed and not one
of the older Larkson children would
have dared venture inside his stern,
white picket fence.
But little Roy was different. On
the day he was years old he toddled
sedately across the road and straight
into the house where Hod Turner was
reading his paper. Hod glanced w
u establishment his sharp grA1 eyes
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-15
After Lees Surrender.

In Recollections and Letters of
General Robert e. Lee" Captain r. e.
Lee describes his fathers return to
private life after the surrender Of Ap-
pOmattoX. He says:
"A day or two after the surrender
Gen. Lee started for Richmond, riding
Traveller, who had carried him so we'll
all through the war. He was accom-
panied by some of his staff. On the
way he stopped at the house Of his
eldest brother, Charles Carter Lee. who
lived on the upper James, in Powhatan
county. He spent the evening in talk
ing with his brother, but when bed
time came, though begged by his host
to take the room and bed prepared for
him, he insisted on going to his old
tent, pitched by the roadside, and pass
ed the night in the quarters that he
was accustomed to. On April Is he
arrived in Richmond. The people there
soon recognized him. Men, women
and children crowded around him,
cheering and waving hats and hand
kerchiefs. 1t was more like the well
come to a conqueror than to defeat
ed prisoner on parole. He raised his
hat in response to their greeting and
rode quietly to his home on Franklin
street, where my mother and sisters
were anxiously awaiting him. Thus
he returned to that private family life
for which he had always longed and
became what he always desired to be
"a peaceful citizen in a perceful land
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-15
SINGING IN THE RAIN.

freng think things
them BETTER but I've heard 1t said
its vexlng
the morning a
in the morning than 1t ought
Then about the sunshine or
or the darkest cloud the wide
the listening others climb the
Sing gadness and of beauty Let the faith that
In the external Goodness
AS the robins when
SO this a O md
Will to those who
So look
Eben E. Rexford
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-15
Hold Turner'S Mortgage
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

81 GAIN Aunt Martha and I were
IN on the broad, pleasant veranda,
she In her sewing chair and
in the hammock. Not even an invalid
could have taken cold that day, SO the
patchwork quilt was neatly folded and
laid on convenient hassock, in readi-
ness for use if sudden breeze should
spring up. Auntie was busy, as usual,
not darning stockings this time, but
putting n neat patch on a shirt that
looked much too small for Uncle John
or either of my two stalwart cousins
Dear Aunt Martial I suspected she
was earning a blessing from poor over
worked Widow Austin, who, with her
five children, lived down the road
a piece"
l lay passively watching her flashing
needle, longing for story, but hest
tating to suggest even lingual exertion
on so enervating a day. Presently,
however, glancing up and catching, 1
suppose, wistful look in my tell
tale eyes, Auntle seemed to divine my
unspoken wish and smiled indulgently.
"A story? Well. choose block and
we shall see If there is anything worth
telling about it."
Delightfully."- availing myself of the
kindly offer. leaned over the edge Of