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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-10
DEMENTED PASSENGER.
a. Cornick, of Assumption, ILL.,, Leaves
o. r. & n. Train and Wanders to
Rccoryotion

~ NpihiNh' VI NSStiiiIiioii' He Leaves
o. r. & n. Train and Wanders to
Reservation.
Wandering aimlessly about in a
wheat field on the Pierce-Tweedy
place on the reservation, a man who
gave the name of A. Cornick. was
found yesterday morning. When ap-
preached by the parties who found
him the man was found to he dement,
ed and could give no satisfactory ex-
PLANTATION of himself or of how he
came to be there. However, a rail-
road ticket from Assumption, ILL.,, to
Seattle, which was found on his per-
son, showed that he had been a pas
senger on one of the westbound trains
and had gotten off either at Pendleton
or some of the stations just east of
here. The ticket had been punched
to this place.
Soon after being found Cornick was
brought to town and here turned over
to the sheriff's office. where he was
more closely examined. From letters
and papers on his person il was learn
ed that he is a harness maker by
trade and has wife and grown sons
at Assumption, Ill, The latter have
been written to and informed of the
old gentleman condition. In ap-
pearance he is somewhat undersized
and has a brown moustache and is
apparently about so years of age. He
is a member of the order of Odd Fell
lows and the local members OF that
organization are looking out for him
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-10
Rest for Mail Clerks.

BY orders of the second assistant
postmaster general the railway mail
clerk on the Tekoa- Wallace branch
of the o. r. & n. will be relieved six
days each month by an extra man,
who will also relieve two other rail-
way postoffices working under SINH
lar conditions, says a Spokane dis
patch. The postal business has in
creased to such an extent and the du-
ties of the railway mail clerks have
become so burdensome, the decision
was made to allow six days monthly
for rest and preparation for the an
nual examinations. The proposed re-
lief has been recommended for sew
eral months by officials of the rail-
way mail service.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-10

When r. G. Valentine, private sec
retary to the commissioner of Indian
affairs, arrived here, he stated that it
was his intention to become familiar
with the Indians of the reservation
and the white renters as we'll as to
investigate certain charges that hal
been filed by different people. This
was nearly a week ago, and judging
from the following story, which is told
here today. he has been highly sue
cessful as far as the whites" are con-
cerned, at least
According to the story, Lester
Hicks, brother to the famous "Skip-
per" Hicks, rode to the reservation
yesterday and was casually viewing
the Indian camp ground, when he
CHANGED to fall in with a certain
young man of neat appearance, who
was apparently about IS years of age,
was smooth shaven, small in stature
and wore a pair of brown leggings.
Evidently the stranger made a hit
with young Hicks, for after short
time the latter, with knowing smile,
tapped his hip pocket and asked mis-
new-found acquaintance to step to a
secluded spot and have a drink.
This offer was accepted, but no
sooner had the bottle of "firewater"
been produced when the stranger
called an Indian policeman and had
his friend" arrested for bringing
liquor on the reservation. The young
stranger who had so impressed Hicks
was none other than Inspector VAL
entine, engaged in meeting the nj
dians and others of the reservation"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-10
BIG CAVE EXPLORED.
Monster Subteranean Chambers First
Seen by Man.

For the first time in the inmost re-
cesses of an immense and terrifying
cave under Santa Cruz island in the
channel group have been penetrated
by Taan. says the San Francisco Ex-
aminer. Provided with powerful au-
tomobile lamps, George Voorhees,, a
prominent business man of this city,
explored the cave yesterday. Two
days were necessary to the search be-
cause it is dangerous to remain in
certain portions Of the big cavern ex-
cept at extreme low tide.
No one but Voorhees, had ever fol-
lowed the cave to its extreme end.
The place is known as the great
Painted Cave" of Santa Cruz.
Through an opening in the sheer side
of bluff boat may be run into the
cave which opens into a vast domed
chamber, in which the Pacific Coast
Steamship company's biggest vessel
might be turned. The water is deep
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-10
RUSH o. II. & n. BRANCH.
General Manager O'Brien Wires to
Lewiston That Road Will Be in
OneratiOn Within Six Months.

General Manager j. p. O'Brien, of
the o. r. & N, has wired to Lewiston
people that contracts for the lewiston
Riparia branch of the o. r. & n.
would be let at once and work on the
same would be begun soon.
He estimates that without any un-
expected delays the branch will be
completed within six months. Much
of the material is now on the route
of the branch, especially at Riparia
as the company has been storing ties
and rails there for the past year.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-10

Architects Howard & Swingle are
now at work upon plans for the alter
ations to be made in the rooms of the
Commercial association. when the ad-
dition to the Milarky building is all
completed 1t is proposed to make the
library room larger by extending it
to the rear so as to take in another
window and also by moving the north
wall closer to the door, thus lessening
the room in the hall. The rear wall
of the billiard room will also be
moved backward so that the size OF
that room will remain about as at
present.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-10
PURCHASED SHOE STOCK.
Lee Teutsch Buys Out Dindinger &
WilsOn-Inyoicing Now in Pro-

Wilson-Inyoicing Now in Pro-
gresS.
Lee Teutsch has purchased the stock
and the good will of the Dindinger.
Wilson & Co. shoe store, the deal hav-
ing been made Saturday afternoon.
The stock is now being inyoiced and
as soon as that work is completed the
goods will be moved to the Teutsch
Department Store and placed on sale
there. The stock of Dindinger, Will
son & Co. is generally regarded as an
exceptionally good one and is said to
have been purchased by Mr.. Teutsch
at very reasonable price.
AS soon as Messrs. Dindinger and
Wilson can close their affairs here,
which will require most of this week,
the former will leave for Portland,
where he expects to remain during
the remainder of the summer. Mr..
Wilson will leave for Alberta to join
his family there and engage in wheat
farming in that country
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-10
DAMAGED WOOL REsCoURED.
Loss by Fire in Wool Cars Last Week
Amounted to $4,000.

The securing mills have finished
the work of securing the remaining
wool from the fire that destroyed two
carloads at Baker City recently. The
loss is much greater than was at first
reported and will amount to $4,000.
There were $4,000 pounds of scour-
ed and $1,000 pounds in the grease
in the consignment and of this amount
but 10000 pounds were saved. The
wool was returned to Pendleton for
rescouring and will be shipped to
Boston tomorrow.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-10
Delicacies Are Multiplied.

Blackberries and cucumbers ap-
peared on the market this week in
sufficient quantities to admit of local
commission men notifying their Gus
toners that orders can be filled
promptly within a few days, says the
Walla Walla Statesman. Quotations
are still high, cucumbers wholesaline
at $1.25 for a six inch and blackber-
ries at So per crate for the first re-
ceipts, ..-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-10
FERGUSON WINS MEDAL.
Interesting Shoot by Pendleton Sports
men Yesterday.

Another good meet was held yes
terday by the local trap shooters
there being two manufacturers
agents present. Frank Howe and c..
II. Collier, both of whom are excel
lent marksemen. Emil Holling, who
participated in the meet a week ago
was at Walla Walla yesterday, and
shot with the sports there.
Yesterday was the regular monthly
medal shoot of the Pendleton associa-
ton and the honor was carried off by
c. ]. Ferguson, while the Vincent tro-
ply, the loving cup, was won by
Walter Markham.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-10

and will be graded and sent by that
firm to Boston.
According to Manager Sutherland
the house will be full for six weeks
longer and the wool will be entirely
out by the end of August and way
will be made to handle a part of the
grain yield of the county. There are
at present 16 men employed at the
house, there being six at work on each
of the two presses, and four continu-
ally employed with the trucks.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-10
WOOL WAREHOUSE FULL.
Furnish Warehouse Contains More
Than at Any Time During Season.

There is more wool in the Furnish
warehouse at the present time than
there has been at any time during the
wool season. The entire floor space
is occupied and for the past several
weeks it has been coming in faster
than it has been shipped out.
Cars have been arriving at the rate
of Is per day and the management is
of the opinion that this will continue
for at least two weeks longer. The
wool handled at the present time is
all from Baker City and Elgin and has
been sent here by Koshland & Co.,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-10
HEADING BEGINS.
Henry Dorenzen's Large Crew at
Work on Reservation,

Three threshing crews owned by
Henry Lorenzen pulled out into the
field this afternoon and will COM
mence operations this evening. The
first grain that will he cut and thresh-
ed will be on the reservation about
seven miles from the city. The crew
of Mr. Lorenzen is one of the largest
stationary steam threshers in the
county.
Two headers and eight header beds
are used in cutting the wheat and
the handling of the grain is expedited
by the use of nets in the boxes. Thir-
ty men are employed to run the diff
ferent parts of the machine and IS
horses are used on the different wag-
pns in the outfit.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-10
In Police Court

In the police court this morning
Bob Rankin, Tilliegat, an Indian ana
John Wilson were each given 50 or
three days for being drunk on the
streets, while John Doe was given the
same sentence for having been drunk
and disorderly.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-10
TabheaH.

He-Do YOU refnember your old
school friend Sophie Smith? She
Yes. indeed I do. A most absurd look
ing thing. SO silly. too. What be-
came of her? He-Oh, nothing. Only
i married her.-Illustrated Bits.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-10

Sufficient sherry wine to supply tn"
worlds demand for quarter or
century is said to be contained in the
storehouses of JereZ de la Frontera'
in Spain.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-10
OFFERED DRINK
TO INSPECTOR
LESTER HICKS CARRIED
WHIsKEY TO RESERVATION

Dung sport From Pendleton Piled
His Trade With the Wrong Man
Inspector Valentine Didn't Take the
Proffered Drink, But Ordered the
Offender Arrested-Private Secre-
tary to Indian Commissioner Study
ing Condition Very Successfully.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-10
To the Beach.

Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Mumford. Mrs.
George Meekcr. and Mrs Al Garden
leave tonight for Ocean Park, 10 r".
main for six weeks.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-10
Indian Child Died.

The infant child of James Billy IA
Umatilla Indian, died last night on the
reservation and will be buried at the
PRESBYTERIAN mission tomorrow.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-10

A scientist at Buffalo says that he
has discovered that working around
high voltage electrical machines ruins
the digestion.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-28
Prize Stories Written by
The HeraIFs Young Folks

| on a dog than his, and don't say so
because he is my dog. He barks at
everything that passes our house, but
his barks do very little harm. Mamma
has a parrot and Polly makes a fool
out of my jun. Sometimes when jun
and Polly have a fight on our front
porch It is more fun than rooster
fight. 1t makes the people in the
street smile as they pass by. Polly
has no more fear of jun than she has
of lions or tigers. What leases jun
the most is when Polly whistles and
calls him. He thinks that It is I who
am calling him. He runs around and
when he finds out that 1t is only Polly
who is calling him he gets furious,
jumps up to the cage and strikes 1t
with his paw. Then Polly will cry like
a baby. Polly's crying battles jun
little. He walks away short distance;
then he goes back to the cage and
barks again. Then wild yell is heard
from Polly as she gazes upon her VIC
tim. He is her victim all right, be-
cause she keeps up her yelling and
talking until every emotion save that
of revenge is driven out of the heart Of
poor jun, and he rushes at the cage
and raises his paw as If to kill the bird.
BY this time have to take a hand in
the game and coax jun around into
the back yard. l never whip him, be-
cause he is a good dog from the tip Of
his tail to the end Of his nose. He
takes good care of the house when we
are all away and never gets into
fight with anything only that puzzle Of
a parrot. I do wish that she was
stuffed.
1t is a fact parrots are no good only
to make noise. l know that I am right.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-28
SOME CURIOUS QUERIES
A Peace Problem

The quarrel began simply enough
Nellie wanted to help Dorothy cut out
a dolls dress, but they couldn't agree
how it was to be done. Finally they
began tugging at the scissors, and when
Dorothy saw she was going to lose
them she promptly boxed Nellie's ears.
Nellie let go of the scissors, but re-
taliated by pulling Dorothy's hair.
After that they quieted down some-
what, but the instant the dolls dress
was mentioned the dispute was renewed
as to how they should make 1t. Up
stairs papa, who heard the noise, de-
cided to end the quarrel and appeared
promptly. on the scene. The dress. he
said, was of secondary consideration,
so he would take it and the scissors
to his study. Then he gave them some
advice about the quarrel, but you must
find this out for yourselves. 1t is con-
cealed somewhere in the above para
graph.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-28
A Question of Etiquette

Marion invited twelve friends to q
party, but forgot that the table would
seat only that number, Eleven of her
guests were seated and Marion had her
hand on her own chair when she saw
Alice still standing Here was dill
emma; Alice was the oldest girl present
and must be treated with respect, but
Jessie, the youngest, was lame and cer-
tainly could not be asked to stand.
The servant suggested Sadie, the next
youngest, but Marion remembered that
Sadie had promised her a ride in her
papa's automobile, so 1t would never do
to vex Sadie. All this time. of course,
Alice was standing, while Marion pom
dered what chair she should give her.
Her own idea was to make Katie get
up, as she was poorly dressed, but
Alice would not permit that. 1t was a
perplexing problem in etiquette for
Marion. What chair would she give
to Alice? The answer will be found
concealed In the above paragraph.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-28
How to Build a
Pleasure Boat
r. OR ponds, rivers. bays and lakes
there is perhaps no safer boat for

r OR ponds, rivers. bays and lakes
there is perhaps no safer boat for
than a catamaran.
1t is almost impossible to upset one
even In a gale Of wind and high seas
for it lies on the water like a life raft,
and IL properly built is can be rowed
easily, or when rugged with sails It will
make fair headway through the water
A catamaran is about the easiest sort
of boat to make, and no matter in what
locality one may live there is always
material at hand from which to con-
struct one, as the wood is of the ordi-
nary kind, and but little skill is re-
duired to put it together properly.
The boats for a rowing "cat" can be
twelve feet long, eighteen inches wide
and deep and placed seven feet apart
over all, that Is to the outside.
For sailing the boats can be twelve or
fourteen feet long, two feet wide,
twenty inches deep and placed eight
feet apart, allowing space Of four
feet between boats.
To build a rowing catamaran, as
shown in the illustration, obtain two
white cedar boards three-quarters of
an inch thick, fourteen feet long and
sixteen inches wide, planed on both
sides.
From pine one inch and a half in
thickness cut three spreaders sixteen
inches long and sixteen wide, and two
more Of thinner wood the same width
and length. Arrange these eighteen
inches apart, center to center, and with
galvanized boat nails fasten them, as
shown in Fig. 1.
From hard wood cut an angle block
for both bow and stern, as shown in
Fig. 2. and after pouring boiling water
on the ends of the boards to make
them Timber bend them around and
make them fast to these posts with
boat nails, so as to point the boats at
both bow and stern, as shown in the
plan of the boat, Fig. l.
Between the end rlDS or SpreaderS
and the bow and stern posts place
another board to strengthen the curved
sides; then with pine or cedar planking
three inches wide floor the top and
bottom of the boats, carrying the
strips the entire length of the boats.
Begin at the middle and work to the
sides, and where the ends project over
the curved edges saw them off ard
plane them smooth. Use lamp wicking
and white lead between each board to
insure water-tight joint and place
wicking and lead on the edges of the
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-28

outer end. 1t is caught under the mid
die cross timber, where the end is
bolted. 1t extends over the front piece
and projects about four feet beyond
the ends of the boats, or about seven
feet beyond the front cross timber.
The bowsprit is stayed to the bow of
each boat with wire cable and turn
buckles, as shown in both the elevation
and plain drawings.
The mast is of spruce dressed from a
four-inch clear spruce stick, and is
slightly tapered at the upper end.
1t is twelve feet long and stepped on
the bowsprit at the middle of the for
ward cross timber. A bench fifteen
inches high, as shown in figure 8 A, is
provided with hole at the top through
which the mast slips, as indicated by
the dotted lines. An iron pin driven
into the foot of the mast steps into a
hole of corresponding size bored in the
bowsprit for an inch or so.
The bench is braced with two angle
irons, B B, which a blacksmith will
make for 25 cents each.
From the masthead a forestay of
wire is run to the bowsprit end and
two shrouds are made fast to eye
straps C c in the plan, which are
screwed to the outer sides of the boats.
A boom of spruce is twelve feet long
and the gaff is eight feet long.
The mainsail measures five feet on
the mast, eleven feet on the boom, six
feet on the gaff and thirteen feet six
inches on the leech. The jib is twelve
feet on the forestry, six feet at the
foot and eight feet six inches on the
leech. The sails are made of. twilled
sailcloth, or extra heavy unbleached
muslin, shrunk before it is measured
and sewed together
The rudder posts are of hardwood,
one inch thick and two inches and a
half in width. They are three feet six
inches long and provided with gal
vanized sheet iron blades, made as
shown in figure 4, by bending sheet
in the form of long V and riveting
the loose ends to the post.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-28

sides also before the boards are laid
on or nailed.
Treat the boats to at least three
good coats of paint, and to insure a
tight deck it would be well to tack
canvas over each boat and down around
the edges. Then give 1t a coat Of oil
and two of paint.
The cross beams are two by four
inch spruce, planed on all sides, and the
beams that run parallel to the boats
are two by three inch spruce. The
decking can be of any wood in lengths
of four feet, and each strip is four
inches wide, set apart about half an
inch so the water will go through.
A box seat is built at the middle
of the deck and foot brace placed the
required distance from it.
The rowlocks are set in blocks that
are bolted fast to the middle cross
timber, and an iron rod running fore
and aft to the other timbers will brace
them. This catamaran will make an
Ideal boat for two or three boys, and
when at anchor it is safe and sure
base to dive from, to shoot from, or,
with a light canopy erected on four
poles IL is a cool retreat on which to
spend the greater part of the day, for
II is roomy and large enough to lie on
the deck and sleep.
A sailing catamaran is similar to the
rowing one in construction, but the
boats are longer, wider and deeper.
and the material is slightly heavier.
The boats are two feet wide, twenty
inches deep, fifteen feet long and braccd
with four stringers or cross beams
0f spruce two inches and half thick
and five inches wide. These are bolte1
to the boats with lag screws. which
are driven down through holes made
In the timbers and into the cross braces
of the boats. as shown in the plan
drawing at the catamaran.
The large illustration is side view
Of the full rugged "eatP and Fig. is
an end view. from the stern, showing
the arrangement of boats, and also the
f, oox mounting or step for the mast
The boat begins to taper four feet
tom either end. as shown In Fig. /. and
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-28

posed trunk can be bolted to the outer
sides of the boats, as shown in figure
S, and a centerboard hung so that Il
can be raised or lowered at both sides.
The pulley blocks can be of galvanized
iron, but wood is preferable.
Three eighth inch manila rope will be
required for the halyards and main
sheet and a half-inch anchor cable fifty
feet long will be stout enough for the
anchor, as catamaran is not so heavy
on a rope nor does it present the resis-
tance to the water that boat does; so
it does not tug as persistently at the
anchor.
The woodwork of the boat and deck
ing should be painted and the spars
vanished.
A rich effect will be to paint the
all the cross timbers and decking in
buff, and this with the vanished spars
and white sails will make very at
tractive "cat."
The ordinary sailing rules VIII apply
to the handling of the catamaran, and
with such a craft four boys should
have no end of fun.
At night the boom could be hoisted
and made fast, and with a strip of sail
cloth drawn over it and made fast to
both sides to the edge of the deck ac-
fo, c1a ha flod n
on the fiat board deck on which at
least four boys could sleep comfortably,
each rolled in a blanket.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-28
THE LOST BIRDS
BY Arthur A. Preter-Class C-Ten
Years

Years
Last summer in basket of flowers
hanging on my front porch two birds
made a cozy little nest They laid four
nice pinky eggs and they Matched four
little birds. They grew and often
peeked out of the nest. The mother
bird used to feed them and sing to
them. I kept 1t a secret, but some bad
boys got on to it, think, and kidnapped
the birds when they were nearly ready
for flying. The father and mother birds
looked for some days for their babies.
They could not forget the place for a
long time, and they often came and
looked into the nest. felt awful bad
about it. I wish they would come back
again and lay in the back yard, where
the boys can't steal the eggs. Even if
/ have to buy bulldog, 1 would like
to have the birds.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-28

tiller it acts on the rudders as a tiller
would on a single rudder.
When sailing before or on the wind
this ''cat" will get over the water at d
lively rate, but it will not sail so close
to the wind as a catboat or sloop.
When sailing on or close to the wind
la centerboard should be used. but in
the absence of one leeboard will have
to be hung over the side of the boat
and made fast with ropes, or an ex-