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The Delta independent., 1906-08-31
Charity by Machinery.

Poor Man-W'u'd ye be so kind.
sir, as to stop a moment! 1t was you.
s$r, that saved my wife's life last
year by givin' me a dollar fer some
medicine. Please. sir, she's sick
ag'in, an the same way.
Mr.. Highmind-I have recently
been convinced OF the folly of indis-
criminate giving, and I now distrib-
ute by donations through the Busi-
ness Mems Charity trust. organized
for the purpose of investigating each
case. l left 4 dollar with the secre-
tary not five minutes ago. Go and
tell him your story.
Mr.. Highmind tan hour later)-Ah!
Did you go to the secretary. as I d.
rected?
Il did, sir. an he gave me . i've
cent piece wild a hole in it."
"Eh IL that all?"
"Yes. sir. | told him about your
dollar. but he said the other 95 cents
was kept for salaries an expenses
M. Y. Weekly.
The Delta independent., 1906-08-31
Alum Baking Powder Is WhoIesome.

Alum Baking Powder 10 Wholesome.
DR.. Herman Renbold, the expert
German chemist. in a recent official
report concerning Baking Powders.
declares that a pure alum baking pow
der is better and less injurious than
the so-called cream OF tartar powders.
He says that If the quantity OF alum
contained in sufficient quantity Of
baking powder for a batch OF bread or
cakes for an ordinary family. be con-
centrated to one mouthtul OF food.
and taken into the stomach OF any
one person, no matter how delicate.
1t could do no harm. On the contrary.
alum Is wholesome in proper quaint.
ties. This Is undoubtedly the reason
the State OF Missouri quickly repealed
a law that prohibited the manufacture
OF the most wholesome of all baking
powders. So much for Alum Baking
Powders
The Delta independent., 1906-08-31
Young Woman Attempts
To Ride Buggy Wheel

penitent, but refused to give her right
name. She said she was married, and
her husband, who lived in California.
would leave her If he heard of her
cscapade. When arrested she claimed
to be the wife of A. p. Tone Wilson, a
Topeka lawyer. The police knew she
was prevaricatlng, and paid no at
tention to her claim. She has been
ARRESTED several times during the
last year. and is evidently cocaine
fend. She has on each occasion given
a fictitious name.
The Delta independent., 1906-08-31
Immense Steel Plates.

The shell and boilers OF the new
Cunarder being built at Wallsend.
England, are said by Consul Metcalf
20 be constructed of the largest steel
plates in the world They are silicon
steel. weighing ten tons each. The
boilers alone will weigh over 1000
tons. Massive ingots and slabs
weighing II and Il tons. are continu'
ally passing through the rolling mills
there for this work
The Delta independent., 1906-08-31
THE WHITE RIVER COUNTRY.

In the opinion of one who has trav-
efed much and observed closely, the
most truly and rightfully contented
people in the United States to-day are
the snaif landowners in what is
known ns the Upper White River Coun-
try. anywhere from Newport, Ark, to
Carthasr. Mo. They are contented be-
causs. theiz- surroundings are ideal and
until recently, the great. uneasy, dis
Qaietlng wnrld, with its artificial needs
and inakaerE1ate conlpensations, has
been tn them but little more tangible
than a dream Here, still existent
and by reason of their very rarity at
this day ard time more delectable
than in the past. are the conditions
vhh.h have ever appealed with ire
sasdSle fDrre to the independent.spir-
tted Anglo Saxon. Every man is the
supreme ruier of his own little prin-
chszHtR> acknowledging no master
save the law-and possibly his fem
fnine aa.ssss.snst; cringing to no EN-.
pis,yer- asking no favors from the
world, save those that his neighbors
freely extend and expect as freely in
return He lives in a latitude where
the exrremes OF heat or cold are never
known, and N an altitude that insures
perfect health The richest bounty
OF Nat1Ire has been showered upon
him with ENsparing hand. but it Is a
question whether he more than dimly
realizes the !aCt. He accepts as mat
ter of c5Erss the fertile soil which
produces IN abundance every GUILTY..
aba growth common to the north
temperate zone, the surrounding for
es:s OF Variable woods and the under.
EinE st-as1s of precious minerals. the
springs and streams of translucent
purity Oh every hand. the wealth of
fish and game at his very door. such as
less favored ,nortals annually travel
hnndreds OF miles to find. He is con
teatest. buE small credit is his for that.
for how could he well be otherwise,
than content? 1t is sad that such
ideaIistic conditions may not con-
6nue, out t is written that the pres
ent passessoTs of this favored land
must SOON give place to others more
appHvsci1fIvs of its Incompatible fea-
tnres- 4 railroad has recently cut its
way hrnggh tlle best of this region
and ths. unaccustomed rustic of bank
notes aud chink of coin will eventually
tempt Che hiif-dweller to part with his
brthxixht- So it has always been in
the uOrhfs histnry-the good things
TINT are ours without price invariably
pAsx from our hands before We come
to understand their value. The White
River cs,nntry will shortly be discov.
eved anew by n class of immigrants
better capable Of judging its possihil-
ffies-the men who seek modest
homes where the LAY OF the land"
will eHectnalIy prevent crowding by
too close ueighbors. where their cat
tie Can eaften on free range. where
the wealth. Of forest and mine awaits
deretnpNelt ny intelligent workers.
md ws1erys the game and fish offer en-.
JOyahSe recreation to all who have
leisure and inclination for sport.
The Delta independent., 1906-08-31
ItaIy's Silk Industry.

In Italy there are cultivated every
year l.250.000 ounces OF silkworm
eggs. and there are produced 10000.
900 pounds of cocoons. having to-
tai value. ut today's prices. OF $780,
900 900 Lombardy produces full
half OF this total. The Venetian prov
inces produce about one-fifth. and
Piedmont about one-seventh.
The Delta independent., 1906-08-31

whenever I stopped or lifted. The
urine was badly disordered and for a
long time I had attacks of gravel.
After I began using Doan's Kidney
Pills the gravel passed out, and my
back got well. l haven't had back
ache or bladder trouble since"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. n. Y.
The Delta independent., 1906-08-31
Wireless Telegraph in Canada.

A De Forest wireless telegraph sta.
ton is being constructed at Sault Ste.
Marie, Ontario. 1t will have ca.
pacity OF sending and receiving 600
miles over land and 1000 miles over
water in daytime. This system Is be-
ing extended all through Canada and
to the Pacific.
The Delta independent., 1906-08-31
StyIishIy Dressed Female Creates a
Sensation on Streets of To-
peka, Kan.

Topeka, kan-Because she thought
she could use buggy wheel as a bi
cycle and tried to ride it without di-
vided skirts at high noon the other
day, a woman who gives the nom de
plume of Clara Wilson was fined s.
in police court for being drunk. This
The Delta independent., 1906-08-31
Canada Has Much Wheat.

Canada Has Much Wheat.
II tn estimated by the premier OF
Manitoba that 10O.000.O00 bushels of
wheat will be available for export
fron che northwestern provinces OF
CAnadz. ut the close of the harvest.
The Delta independent., 1906-08-31
vsomzn's Strange Collection.

Miss Alice de Rothschild, sister
OF ci3e LAKE Baron Ferdinand de Roths-
chilli fnzs n collection of Hindo bulls
and 1eI,r1s and lamas. She is also in
teresteh in cattle breeding. and has
some fine carriage horses.
The Delta independent., 1906-08-31

tue udnSer Dy cur
ing the kidneys with
Doan's Kidney Pills.
J. A. Haywood, a
well known resident
of Lufkin, Tex,
says: II wrenched
my back working in
a sawmill. was laid
up six weeks. and
from that time had
nain In NV hock
The Delta independent., 1906-08-31
TuMoRS CONQUERED
SEBNUs OPERATIONS AVOIDED.
UnQusatdod Success Of Lydia e. Pink
buns Vegetable Compound in the
Casa OF Mrs. Fannie D. Fox.

One OF the greatest triumphs of Lydia
E F8khan's Vegetable Compound is
the cnRg,1sring of woman's dread en-
ezay, Tunsor-
The growth of tumor is so sly that
frequently IFS presence is not suspected
until II is far advanced,
The Delta independent., 1906-08-31

Economy Is the road to wealth.
PUTNAM FADELESS DYE Is the
road to economy.
The Delta independent., 1906-08-31

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng softrns tho gums reduces In
nsmm.tion, AlAys pain wind coIiU. sc bottle.
The Delta independent., 1906-08-31

Every married woman under 40
knows a man she thinks she might
marry II her husband should happen
to die.
The Delta independent., 1906-08-31

Life is never burden to the wom'
an who carries her age we'll.
The Delta independent., 1906-08-31
sAcKAcHE is kIDNEYAcHE,
Get at the cause-cure tho Kidneys.

Don't neglect backache. It warns
you OF trouble in the kidneys. Avert
The Delta independent., 1906-08-31

The man who plays the favorite
doesn't always win by long shot
The Delta independent., 1906-08-31

who is well dressed and vary
polite. while sober. was giving an open
air exhibition on Kansas avenue, netr
Fourth street. when captured w
OMcer Miller.
In police court the woman was very
The Delta independent., 1906-08-31
BUCHAN'S
silver Fleece DIP

Is nnques'ionabiy tho best sheep dip ON tho mar.
ket. II curcsthe worst cases OF SCAB with.
out inJufiug the wool. Instantly soluble in water
at any temperature. Non poisonuuE-kafc II
your dealer hasn't II Ia stock write the
cARBoLIc SOAP CO., NEW YORK cIyv,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-30
UNCONSCIOUS BESIDE TRACK.
Injured Man Picked Up by Engineer
Cnrren.

Engineer Curren, of helper engine
No. 307, while on the way over the
hill yesterday morning to bring back
a freight train, discovered an injured
man lying beside the track just the
other side of Durkee near the steel
bridge, says the Baker City Democrat.
Curren picked the man up, took him
back to Durkee and from there he
was brought to Baker City by Con-
ductor Cherry of No. 23. He was
made as comfortable as possible in
the caboose with cushions and pill
lows, he was washed clean Of blood,
where he was injured and was given
water and stimulants.
The injured man was taken to ST.
Elizabeth hospital and papers on his
person showed his name to be Frank
Ruckonie. address a35 Fifty-fourth
street, New York. How he was in
iured has not been learned, as the
man has not yet been conscious since
he was picked up. The police believe
that he was in Baker City few days
ago as a tramp, but state that he was
perfectly harmless.
The mans skull was badly smashed
and he was bruised in several places
on the body. DR.. Mcdaniel operated
upon him last night. but he has slim
chance of recovery because of tbs
severity of the injury.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-30
LAND FRAUDS IN UTAH.
Alleged That Coal Deposits Have Been
Struggled

SAYS a Salt Lake dispatch: Four
suits for the recovery of 10000 acres
of valuable coal land alleged to have
been acquired from the United States
by gross frauds, have been filed in the
United States court for this district
Attorney General Moody ard District
ATTORNEY Hiram f. Booth appear as
complainants and the Pleasant Valley
Coal company, the Utah Fuel compa-
ny ana their officers as defendants.
The state of Utah, according to one
of the complaints, "by and through
failure of certain of its officers and
agents safeguarded its interests, is
made to appear as an active party to
a gross fraud upon complaints" This
fraud consisted, the complaint alleges,
in the selection and sale by the state
as agricultural and grazing land of
land that is known to be immensely
valuable for its coal contents. While
the government requires the state
land board to investigate the charac-
ter of all land before selecting and
selling it. the Utah board, it is alleged,
not only failed to make any inspec-
ton of these lands, but certified to
the United States land office that they
were non-mineral lands.
In numerous other instances it is
charged, certain officers of the coal
companies conspired to secure title
to coal lands in excess of the amount
authorized by law, by hiring persons
of both sexes to. enter lands which
were afterwards paid for by the de-
PENDANTS and assigned to them by the
original entrymen. The government
asks leave to make the Morton Trust
company of New York, holder of a
trust mortgage to secure the bonds Of
the Utah Fuel company, party to the
suit.
In addition to a decree declaring the
present titles to the land null and
void the court is asked to give iudg-
ment for hhe coal wrongfully extract
ed by the coal companies. The stock
of the Utah Fuel company, which has
absorbed the Pleasant Valley compa-
ny, IS held by the Rio Grande rail-
way interests.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-30
ADVERTISE wAsWNGToN.
Promotion Committee VIII Ask for
100000 Appropriation.

A special from Tacoma says of
new state movement started last week
in that place:
For the purpose of energeically ex-
plotting the advantages and re-
sources OF the state of Washington,
the next legislature will be asked to
in publicity work during the two years
preceding the Alaska Yukon exposi-
ton. The above action was agreed
upon today at meeting at which
were present representatives of some
of the most active commercial organ
izations of the state. Those present
were:
Governor Albert e. Mead, William
Jones, S. A. Perkins, L. w. Pratt, Ia
coma; Former Governor John H. Nc
Graw. Seattle; w. H. Cowles and r.
b. Patterson, Spokane; Walter Ling
enfelder Walla Walla; o. l.. Hanson,
Kennewick.
The meeting was the result of the
agitation for publicity for some time
| throughout the state. In all proba-
bility the various commercial bodies
of the state will lend their aid in fur
thering the proposition as agreed on.
In case the proposition carries Il
will undoubtedly be handled from
Olympia, as the publicity bureau
would want to be in the closest toucl
with the state officials. This will als'
preclude any objection on the part o
larger cities.
The prime purpose of the move
ment is to induce people to come t
the state of Washington. Just HOY
this work is to be undertaken will b
left with the bureau under the direc
ton of the proposed commission.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-30
BLUE BUCKET DIGGINGs.
Possible Myth Has Developed Into a
Mystery.

Mystery.
Go over in the John Day country
and talk to miners and inevitably they
Will mention the Blue Bucket diggings
one OF the greatest lost mines in the
history Of eastern Oregon, reminds
the Baker City Herald.
Men have spent fortunes and lost
their lives In search of these fabulous
placer claims and today, after more
than 80 years of fruitless search a
party of prospectors are wandering
over the hills of Cow valley seeking
these lost diggings. In this party Is
"A veteran prospector. a man who min
cd In California in the early DAYS and
man who a few years ago was the
principal owner in the Standard NJ
'9uartzburg. He Is quite wealthy now
ana was seeking rest and ease I'm the
1ohn Day river when he heard of the
hiue Bucket diggings and got the fe-
yer.
Everybody over there seems tn have
dlrferent idea as to where the Rlue
bucket digginss are located and you
VIII be given positive assurance that
thls fabulous mine is anywhere from
canyon city to Cow valley, some 90
ing so far as to designate old Ironside
mountains as the location. Whenever
you see n man over there sneakinz
arouhc pehind a tree and pulling I'M
tne grass you may know that he ha,
the Blue Bucket fever, a fever that
will not wear off.
The history Of tbaoa
ola one. In the very early davs an
immigrant wagon crossed the trail
leading through the John Day mass
Al some point near the John Dav
pass the mother took sick and died
ana IN digging the grave for her the
rather and. children discovered i'm
nehse Quantities of gold clinging to
the grass roots. They threw some of
tnls IN their wagon and went on.
Whrn they reached a settlement thew
showed the grass with the gold cling
ing 10 the roots. But little attention
: was paid to the incident unti, thay
reached Portland. One surviving
daughter a few years after attempte5
10 lead some miners to the spot but
could not. The only thing she could
remember of the journey and gold wa,
: that the water buckets carried IN tbo
wagon were blue, hence the name.
Rut that is the story of the Blue
bucket digsings and so far as abso.
iutely known they have never been
: found
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-30

The following article from the st.
Louis Star, concerning Boise City and
the surrounding country, can be APP
piled directly to Pendleton and Una
tilla county. The East Oregonian
prints It in full to show the publicity
which .he arid sections of the west is
receiving:
The Star says: There Is a cheerful
spirit of confidence in the people of
Boise and the adjacent country that
proves contagious to the visitor to the
Idaho capital from the east. Possibly
the magnificent climate may have Il
stimulating influence on the eastern
man; perhaps the beauty of the city
itself and the evidences Of wealth that
abound on every hand have the effect,
but whatever the cause he finally be-
gins to believe implicitly in all the
claims OF its citizens.
"Why," said the substantial citizen
of the city to me on my recent visit,
"therc is nothing can stop us. We
are the fastest growing city in the
country today. Since the census or
| 1900 we have trebled our population.
Their we had about 5000 population.
Today we have $4,000. Watch us when
the census Of 1910 is taken; We'll have
only made a good start. We are
destined to be the great commercial
market of the west territory lying be-
tween Portland and Salt Lake CITY, a
territory that has boundless capacities
and that is in the infancy of its de-
velopmeht."
Irrigation Did 1t.
"What is the reason for the rapid
growth of Boise?" 1 asked.
Irrigation, principally" was the re-
sponse. "In fact, / might say irriga-
ton wholly. Here we have a vast
country surrounding US that without
irrigation would be worth per haps "a
cents an acre. But the turning OF
water onto this worthless land has
worked the marvel-a marvel as won
derful as anything that Aladdin's lamI
accomplished. For miles about us this
country was nothing but sagebrusf
. desert. Do you know anything moro
! worthless than a sagebrush desert?"
I had to admit that / did not.
"Rut irrigation in our territory ha
only begun" my friend continued
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-30
Queer Find at Lewiston.

While an excavation was being
made in the basement of the Raymond
house yesterday, the remains of
complete pack outfit were unearthed,
evidently a relic of pioneer days. The
skeleton of a pack. saddle. parts of
q small stove, pair of boots, clothing.
bottles, some of which still retained
part of their contents, and mule shoes,
were among the decayed remains.
There were also several bones found
in the pack, but these, from all ap-
pearances were those of beef. The
place where the packing outfit was
discovered was about 25 feet below
the surcase of the street.-Lewiston
Tribune,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-30
TRANSFORMING THE ARID WEST


"ana II VIII be only a few years when
irrigation works that are now under
way will bring nearly 1oO'ooo acres OF
desert land under cultivation ana ar
ford homes and competence 10 tens
of thousands OF people.
"One or these pro)ects-the BOISE
Payet.e--'is at our very doors. IL Is
being conducted by the government
and Will bring under cultivation oVo'-
900 acres. That means large addl-
ton to our populatioh ana traue. ior
men on irrigated 1arfns seldom nave
large holdings The tendency Is 10
small holdings say ~ or ~ acres Dut
on those small tracts they make more
money with less eftort ana with iar
greater certainty than the farmer OF
the middle west VIII on loo.
All Crops flo'r1sh lhere.
It Is not In its fruits alone now
ever, that the Boise valley STANDS pre-
eminent. Take wheat, for instance
On the irrigated lands about BOISE
from so to 80 bushels per acre IS an
average crop. And not only Is the
wheat fine and firm, put IL "eighs
from five to seven pounds more TO the
bushel than that from any other state
Oats will give from loo 10 llV pusheiS
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-30

If YOU see it in the East oregonian
its true.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-30
G. b. Burhams Testifies After -Four
Years.

G. B. Rurhams, of Carlisle Center
N. Y, writes: "About four years ago
wrote you stating that had been
entirely cured OF severe kidney
trouble by taking less than two bot
ties of Foley's Kidney Cure. 1t en-
tirely stopped the brick dust sediment,
and pain and symptoms Of kidney dis
ease disappeared. I am glad to say
that have never hand a return Of any
of those symptoms during the four
years that have elapsed and I am
evidently cured to stay cured, and
heartily recommend Foley's Kidney
Cure to any one suffering from kid
ney or bladder trouble" Koeppen
Drug Store.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-30

was at first suggested that an appro-
priation of $4,000 a year only be
sought, but it is believed that this
would be insufficient. There was con-
discussion on the point, but
all finally concurred in the resolution
as offered, believing that the larger
sum would be necessary to carry out
the work in manner that would
make lasting impression through
out the country.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-30
GILLIAN WHEAT GOOD.
Forty-Fold Yielding About IS Bush
els Per Acre Throughout County.

County Commissioner Horace Wall
ker has Just returned from Gillian
county, where he has been looking
after his crop OF wheat near Con-
don. He finds wheat in Gillian
county yielding very we'll especially
the "forty- fold" wheat which is useu
largely in that county.
In the vicinity of Condor the crop
will yield about % bushels per acre
and is all first-class wheat. The hot
weather has had but little effect up
on II and the "forty-eold" wheat does
not winter kill as many other kinds
OF winter wheat.
Harvest is about two or three weeks
later in Gillian county than in Una
tilla county.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-30

Captain j. Wesley Conner is dead at
New Albany, Ind, aged 81 years. He
was a Mississippi river pilot or engi-
neer for just so years, and an appren-
tice in the river service for l5 years
longer making IS years on the Mis-
sissipp! and its larger tributaries.
Until three weeks before his death he
had never been i'll.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-30

A birds nest containing four eggs
was recently discovered inclosed in
the trunk of large tree cut down
at Cirencester, England. The sap
rinss showed that nearly a century
had elapsed since the eggs were laid.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-30
California Prunc Waters.

The great tonic cathartic, an invalu
able cure for Malaria, Biliousness
Constipation, Nervousness, Catarrh
the stomach, Bad Breath, Oily Skin
Sleeplessness Wind and all Liver
stomach and Bowel trouble. Tallma
& Co., 623 Main St., Pendleton, Ore.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-30

A German periodical, Stahl and
Eisen. figures out that Germany has
enough coal (2SO,OOO. .OOO,o 900 tons) to
last 1t 1000 years England, with 1884,
900. 100000 tons and double the
amount of consumption, has enough
for only 400 years.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-30

]. II. Baxter, an Oakland lumber
dealer. ran down with his automobile
and killed Earl Haskell, aged IL years
and severely injured George K. Blew
EFT. a colored man. The automobile
got out of control and could neither
be steered nor stopped.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-30
ONLY 50 Years Old.

1T am only 50 years old and don't
expect even when ! get to be real old
to feel that was as long as l can get
Electric Ritters." says Mrs. E. H.
Brunson. of Dublin. Ga. Surely there's
nothing else keeps the old as young
and makes the weak as strong as this
grand tonic medicine. Dyspepsia. tor
pid liver, inflamed kidneys or chronic
constipation are unknown after taxi
in Electric Bitters reasonable time.
Guaranteed by Tallman & Co, drug
glsts. Price so cents.