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The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1905-02-15
Lei ii Alone.
(Idaho Falls Register.

Niuaho rdils Register. t
We hope the wonderfully aesthetic
members of the legislature will drop
their fight for changing the name of
Snake river to that of Lewis or any
other name. The people of Idaho
Falls and other towns ia this part of
the state have spent thousands Of dol
lars in advertising this great valley.
In the east, as the Great Snake River
Valley, and the name sounds good To
these people. They possibly may not
have tastes quite SO aesthetic as some
OF the Legislators, but they have been
good friends 20 Idaho and have spent
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Fine 4o-acret ract near Council
~ acres splendid bottom land-at
$3.50. sl2c cash and balance on ten
years time at per cent.
JACKSON & RECORD. 4etf.
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LEWIS AND CLARK EXPOSITION.
The states and territories OF the
United States and the foreign govern
ments will be we'll represented at the
Lewis and Clark Exposition. MANY
of the states will erect handsome
pavilions to serve the purpose of club
houses and in which to display many
exhibits that are not classified for the
large exhibit palaces.
Oregon has appropriated $3.50. 600
for her building and the collection aud
Installation OF worthy display. OF
this sum sloo, 600 will be used for a
general state exhibit and the remain.
ing 500, 900 for the erection of the
Lewis and CLARK memorial building.
NO state having so small population
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SPIRIT Or TIL PRESS
Will Always be Used.
tSilver City Nugget. J

There Is just now considerable 40
CITATION among Idaho newspapers
caused by bill which has been in
PRODUCED in the legislature to change
some of the Idaho names-amone
others that of Snake river. While
there are many names in isolated
communities throughout the state
which could no doubt be improved
upon, we have all natural sense of
pride in the names of those old land
marks older than the state itself.
The names which are actually repuls-
i've will be changed by the people as
the state becomes populated, but such
names as "Snake river will never be
changed in common use, even should
the legislature pass such an act.
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Snake it Should be.
parma Herald.


A bill has been introduced in til,
Idaho legislature by one of the north
ern members to change the name Of
snake river to "Shoshonee. - We
have lived in the valley of the Snake
good many years, and never vet
have heard any one clamorinp for a
change of its name. While ssSnake,,
may not be as euphonious as "Sho-
shonee," it is easier to pronounce
and a blamed sight easier to SPELL o,.
write. II the members of the present
legislature win turn their attention
TO some of the crying needs of the
state, and let the old Snake flow along
quietly and uninteruptedly in its
course, their constituents will
not have SO many "kicks'' to Registrar
at the end of the session as now seems
probable.
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THE STRUGGLE IN THE ORIENT.

THE STRUGGLE IN THE ORIENT
Sufficient time has elapsed since
the beginning of the war between
Russia and Japan TO justify some con.
illusions as to the conflict, its prob
BILE outcome and its bearing upon the
future of the Orient. 1t was known,
of course, that incompetency was in
full swing in Russia; it was known
that the Gar was sleepy and weak,
wholly incapable of rising to the sit
uation; it was known that corruption
was rampant. But the world was not
prepared for the sorry, pitiable spec
tacle which Russia has made, and
which has called forth the the disgust
and contempt Of civilized nations. 1t
is not alone that Russia has failed
palpably in her campaign upon land
and sea. This might happen to any
nation. 1t is not that the form of
government is repulsive to civiliza-
tion and progress. The same might
be said of China. But the Russian
dilemma has flung the veil aside, and
the world has looked upon a govern
ment rotten to the core, a blot upon
a disgrace that the nations
of the world ought not to endure.
Japan is not fighting her own battles
alone. She is fighting for decency,
for truth, for honesty. She is fight
ing for men. She is fighting for light.
Japan has won SO far; will win. we
believe, in the future. The forces of
have never successfully with
'tood the forces of light. 1t is too
much, however, to hope that this
Russian tyranny, this blot upon the
ace of the earth, this inexpressibly
incompetent government
will be wiped from the earth, and it's
earful stencil to heaven stopped. This
vii be left to some other agency.
'ut all hail to Japan and the little
'rown men William Bittle Wells in
The Pacific Monthly for February.
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names. and should remain SO.

Suppose the change is made, and
the next legislature decides to make
half dozen changes, the one follow.
ing dozen more, where will the end
beY
The names are alright as they are
and should be let alone. OF course,
if the object is simply to print more
bills and give the legislature some
thing to do, it is all right, but we be-
lieve some other scheme could be de-
vised that would accomplish that end.
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February 10, 1904.
TO TAX FOREIGN SHEEP

~ IAA FORElGN SHEEP.
The house has passed the bill Of
Representative Sitz to tax sheep driven
into this state for pasturage purposes
1t provides that all sheep driven into
the state for pasturage shall be taxed
20 cents per head, and cents shall
be paid to each county through which
the sheep are driven. The tax il IN
be collected by the stock inspectors
land they have authority to take pos
session of the sheep and publish notice,
II the tax is not paid. Within 10
days after being published, the owner
may redeem the sheep by paying the
taxes and expenses The stock in.
spectors also have authority to order
deported from the state any diseased
or unhealthy sheep.
IN urging the passage of the bill. /
Representative Sitz declared that
thousands of sheep are pastured in
Malheur and Harvey counties each
year by Italian owners from Idaho,
Nevada and California, who pay no
taxes and run their sheep upon the
best pastures on the range.
The bill went through with little
opposition. Its provisions do not
apply to sheep brought into the state
for winter feeding during November,
December and January, or to stock
being shipped to market. - Ontario
Argus.
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FOR SALE-Forty acres improved
land q mile from city limits, on
county road. Will be sold in five or
ten acre tracts. First three fiye7acre
blocks will be sold at $3.50 per acre,
after which price will be advanced. -
A. F. Hit. Stf
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STATE Chop House.

just opened third door west of
oommer's store. Good meal for %
cents. Noodle soup Is cents a
bowl. Fl meals $3.50 40tf.
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-14
Big Time at Walla Walla.

Great interest is being displayed in
all parts of eastern Washington in
the coming race meet and livestock
show to be given by the Walla Walla
County Fair association at Walla
Walla, September 81 to 80, inclusive.
and it gives promise of exceeding the
management's fondest expectations of
real success. More horses are COM
ing than ever before, and it will tax
the management to take care of the
rush after the big purses hung up
for harness and running events.
Then comes the livestock show oper
all day, and one which will attract
every lover of good stock. Some Of
the best herds of the Pacific north
west are to be shown and no pains are
being spared by the association tC
make this one of the best features o
the fair. The premium list shows
good offerings for all classes of live
stock, in addition to big money fol-
the races. Reduced rates have beer
offered on all roads leading to Wall5
Walla.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-14
-
Owl Ted House
BARS SILK SOAP. .........s5c

well. get at safe distance, and then
touch 1t off.
We'll. after l had seen the job
done a few times, l decided l would
try it myself. One of my relatives had
well that needed attention, and |
prevailed upon him to let me under
take the job. 1t required considerable
argument, but | finally secured his
consent and my first attempt was most
successful. | was engaged to shoot
other wells in the vicinity and finally
| embarked in the business regularly
THE great difficulty was in pro-
curing the nitroglycerin. The rail-
roads do not dare to carry the stuff
you know, so it is necessary to houl it
by wagon from the factory. 1t was
because of one of these trips, made by
competitor, that I decided to quit
the business.
Few people have an idea of the
explosive power of nitroglycerin. The
stuff comes from the factory in cans
and in preparing it to be lowered into
the we'll we poured it into other cans
which were so shaped as to fit the
well. Usually they were about a foot
long and eight inches in diameter and
would hold over a gallon.
After we had emptied out the fac
tory cans and drained all the liquid
from them that we could I used rO
take them out in big field aud shoot
at them with a rifle. single can
would have enough of the liquid cling
ing 10 its sides to make a report like
a cannon and if it was placed against
a big rock the force of the explosion
would shatter the stone into thousands
of pieces.
My competitor used to live in Ohio,
also, and he secured contract to
shoot five wells not far from Green
town, Indiana. He was to get $3.50
each for them, making a total of ST.
$50 for the job. He started across
the country in a spring wagon, with
the necessary $50 gallons of nitrogly-
cerin on board. on the second day
out his team became frightened at a
COW and ran away from him and the
wagon hit a stump by the roadside.
"They never found any trace of the
man, his team or the wagon. The road
commissioners had gang of men
working for nearly week, with
scrapers, filling up the hole caused by
the explosion. When l heard about
that / decided to quit the business
and have since turned my attention tc
other lines. The money is slower, but
am sure of getting chance to spend
it."-Milwaukee Sentinel.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-14
SALOONIsT ON WARPATH.
\ Weston SaloOnman Thought He Was
Being Watched and Gets Hostile.

d. p. Hicks of Weston is in town
today He came down today to see
District Attorney Phelps. Last Sun
day" he said, II and my brother j.
NJ. Hicks. were standing in front of
the postoffice talking. We stood there
a few minutes when a saloon keeper
named Stewart came across the street
with another fellow and they began
swearing at us and calling US names.
He said we were standing there to
watch whether his saloon was open or
not. The two Of them pushed us off
the walk and told us 90 get off the
street. and Stewart said: I'm a fight
ing man and I'm in the business. Wen
tar and feather you fellows and hang
you to a telephone pole II you spy on
US" Then he hit me a grazing lick on
the head. went to the justice of the
peace there and he told me to come
down and lay the matter before the
district attorney. The district attor-
ney tells me l had better bring the
matter up before the justice OF the
peace at Weston, so 1 will go back to
Weston and take the matter up before
/. S. Woods there"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-14
4 DECIDED HIT.
The Swain Company Did Big Business
at Baker City.

An increased attendance greeted
the Mark Swain company at the Ba-
ker theater last night, and the enter
tainment given deserved the very
liberal patronage. "The Sidewalks of
New York" a comedy drama depict
ing both the sad and glad sides of
life, with the scenes laid among ia
miliar country folk, was appreciated
to the fullest extent by the large au-
dience. This was the first appear
ance of Mack Swain, and his interpre-
tation of the country vag was true to
nature. The balance of the company
was well cast as usual The special
ties were all new and pleasing. The
singing by Miss Fairfax is something
the audience has learned to look for
ward to and the turn given by Max
and Tate was an enjoyable feature OF
the pleasing program.-Baker City
Herald.
This company will open three
nights engagement at the opera
house Sunday. September IT, The
prices for this engagement will be 1Oc
20c and soc. A carload of scenery Is
carried, giving each production an
elaborate and artistic stage setting
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-14
New Grain Steamer.

Information is now given out that
the new steamer Columbia will soon
be carrying wheat from up river
points to the portage road. The sink
ing of the steamer Jerome few days
ago has not deferred them, and just
as soon as their boat is ready they
will put her in commission. The boat
has a gross tonnage of $50 TONS Is II
feet long, 3O4 feet beam and 36 feet
depth of hold. She is comparatively
n new steamer, having been built in
1902. This will materially help the
wheat situation in that locality, and
will give the portage railroad some
work to do, and II the raising of the
steamer Jerome is successful, the two
steamers will move large quantities
of wheat this fall.-The Dalles Chron-
icle.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-14
ROUNDS HORSE RUNS AWAY.
Covers Big Ground in Short Time and
With Little Damage.

Some little excitement was caused
at the o. r & N. depot this mo rning
by a runaway. About 10 o'clock F.
+. Rounds, o. r. & N. foreman, left
his horse and buggy standing near the
track. and in some manner the ami
NAL became frightened and started
to run. Dashing across Main street
the buggy struck against one of the
sandwich wagons on the east side OF
the street and caused considerable
damage to the same. From there
the horse turned south on the street
and ran across the track. AS 1t did
so the buggy caught on the track In
some manner and became detached
from the horse. The latter then ran
on up Main street hill and came to
stop at the top.
There was no one in the buggy al
the time and the buggy itself was
not greatly damaged.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-14

William Taulson, an alleged Union
county horse thief, was taken into Gus
tody' here this morning by Marshal
Coffmap and will be taken back to La
Grande for trial, The arrest was made
this morning at the Alta House,
through a clue furnished the mar
shall by S. c. Bitner.
Yesterday afternoon message was
received from the officers at La
Grande asking the authorities here to
intercept Taulson should he come this
way. He was accused of having stolen
buckskin horse from a party in La
Grande. He was described as being
% years old, and as having the let
ters wv, T." tattooed on one hand.
on receiving the information Marshal
Coffman at once notified all livery
men of the city to be on guard for
the tattooed man with a buckskin
horse.
This morning he received word from
Mr.. Bitner that a gent had ridden into
his stable riding a bay horse, and that
later in conversation with the sta
ble-keepeE he had told of having
traded buckskin horse and pain
of schapps for his present mount
Thereupon Mr.. Bitner became suspi-
| cious that his customer was the one
wanted, and accordingly gave his in
formation to the marshal. Soon after
Marshal Coffman arrived at the sta
Bile, and finding the man to have tn,
wv. r" tattooed on one hand, placed
| him under arrest. At first the pris
oner denied his guilt, and said that hi.
name was Nelson. Later, however, h,
admitted his identity, but declared III
had bought the horse. However, III
is being held for the sheriff of Unior
| county, who is expc tied to arrive foi
| his man tonight.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-14
ALL SAME AS HOLLAND.
J. f.. Bennett Increases the Size of His
Real Estate Holdings.

]. T.. Bennett of the firm of Bennett
& Tarbett of this city, left this morn
ing for Colfax, where he will spend
month or six weeks. Mr.. Bennett
has business property in that city
which lies along the bank of the
South Palouse river. Recently the
river has been steadily eating away at
its bank and has cut out strip 20 feet
long by IS feet deep. Mr.. Bennett
will put in a retaining wall and fill in
the cavity. The city, in consideration
Of being granted a 16-foot alley-way
has given Mr.. Bennett an addition
al strip with a frontage of 25 feet and
a depth OF 40 feet. 1t will cost about
$500 to put in the stone retaining
wall, and the value of the property
will be increased at least $1,000.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-14
CLAIMS HE ISN'T DEAD.
j. VI. Carter Asserts He Is Not Dead,
All Reports to the Contrary, Not
Mithstanding.

withstanding.
j. NJ. Carter is not dead. He came
in this morning and told us so. He
asked us to announce that he is still
in the land of the living He said
some paper had announced that he
had gone over the divide" 'If 1
was one of those people that believe
everything I see in the papers, 1
would be In a pretty fix, wouldn't n"
said Mr.. Carter. you see it's this
way. Dave Hurley had a tree fall on
him at Bingham station, and he died
at the hospital here. When the ac-
cident first happened it was reported
that it was me, and so ever since my
friends have been saying what right
have you got circulating around?
You are supposed to be dead. I've
been here for 1s years and l expect
to be here for IS more. These ac-
counts of me being dead are exagger-
ated and my word to the contrary
ought to have some weight If the
newspaper did claim was dead"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-14
TOOK THE WRONG BOAT.
Gets Away With the Coin and Jumped
on the Same Boat He Stole Il From.

Gets Away With the Coin and Jumped
on the Same Boat He Stole IL From.
A dingy steamer was piodding down
the Mississippi. A boy sat in the
stern vainly trolling for catfish in the
muddy water. 1t was so hot that all
the other passengers were below,
asleep.
The steamer suddenly whistled, a
town of gray frame houses hove in
sight. and a hot young man with a big
telescope valise hurried up the COM
panionway.
I'm get off here, captain" he said.
Your ticket amt for here" the
captain growled.
II know, but I've changed my
mind"
A few minutes later he and his tel
escope were landed on the worm
eaten old wharf of the town of Cic-
ero, and the dingy steamer was plod-
ding down the river again.
She had gone about a mile when
another young man rushed from be-
low, wild-eyed.
My telescope" he cried. Some
one has stolen my telescope. There
was $500 in It."
The captain started. He looked
back at Cicero, which now lay hidden
behind the bend of the river. He
called the mate and told MIN to cover
the bow with some black tarpaulin, to
move certain pieces of cargo aft. and
to tie some white canvas around the
suokestack Then he turned the
steamer around, and she began to
move upstream toward Cicero again.
She looked like a different boat.
At Cicero she stopped. On the de-
serted wharf was one person-the
young man with the telescope who had
been landed there. He leaped aboard
now, the board warped out into the
stream, and then the captain appear
ed.
Hello" said the captain.
why. this is the same boat =
The young man trembled.
1T certainly is" said the captain.
land this. l reckon. is the valise we
came back for
He opened the telescope, and with
in, in a wallet, lay the stolen money
The owner rapidly identified his be-
longings. The thief was put in irons
in the engine room.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-14
ACCIDENT TO KENNER.
Struck Across the Stomach and Pain
fully Injured.

Passengers coming down on the
morning train from Weston today tell
of a severe accident that occurred to
Nose Kennear, at that place, yester-
day evening. Mr.. Kennear was en-
ployed in the wheat warehouse at
that place, and during the afternoon
he was running with an empty truck
down an alley between rows OF sacks
when the iron of the truck caught
on sack and Mr.. Kennear was
thrown violently against one of the
handles of the truck. He was struck
in.Jthe stomach and painfully injured
so much so that a physician was call
ed and the injured man taken to the
hospital there. When picked up Ken
near was speechless, and 1t is feared
that he was injured internally.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-14
Moved to Weston.

Lee Kennard and family. formerly
of this city, have moved % Weston,
where he has purchased place ad-
joining the town of Weston. Mr..
Kennard Is delighted with his loca-
ton and will engage in the raising Of
blooded horses He expects to buy a
place on Weston mountain to raise
hay. He will continue training horses
as he did while in this city.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-14
IT IS FOR LADIES, TOO.
They Can Stop Their Hair Falling Out
with Herpicide.

Ladies who have thin hair and whose
hair is falling out, can prevent the hair
falling out. and thicken the growth. with
Newbro's ''Herpicide." Besides, Herpi-
eide is one Of the most agreeable hair
dressings there is. Herpicide kills the
dandrpff germ that eats the hair off at
the root. After the germ is destroyed,
the root will shoot up. and the hair grow
long as ever. Even a sample will con-
vince any lady that Newbros Herpicide
is an indispensable toilet requisite. It
contains no ell or grease, 1t will not stain
or dye. Sold by leading druggists. Send
loc. In stamps for sample to The Herpi-
eide Co., Detroit. Mich.
A. C. Koeppen & Bros. special agents.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-14
IMPORTING BLoODED HOGS.
Have Been Added to the Equipment oi
Alfalfarm

Six registered full-blood Duroch
Jersey hogs have been purchased by
T. G. HALEY from James Skirving Of
Toppenish, Wash. and were brought
here this forenoon by express over the
w. & C. r. Five Of the animals are
sows while the sixth is boar, and all
are fine, big hogs, the total weight
OF all being over 1000 pounds.
The hogs were imported from Iowa
two years ago. and since then have
been kept by Mr.. Skirving on his farm
at Toppenish. Five of them have been
exhibited at the Spokane and Yakima
fairs and have taken prizes at both Of