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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-18

Unless congress speedily grants
the emergency appropriation of $135,-
600 requested by me for additional
inspectors and microscopists, It is
probable that more than $4,000, 900
worth of orders for American pork
and beef products placed by German
dealers will go untitled" This state
ment was made by Secretary Wilson,
says Washington dispatch.
Anticipating the high rates of duty
imposed by the new German tariff on
products from the United States, be-
coming effective March /, and Ger
many's urgent need of meat supplies,
Secretary Wilson said that foreign
dealers have flooded the packing
houses of this country with orders.
In speaking of the condition he
said there had been brought to his
attention recent structures OF certain
eastern newspapers upon his action
In creating what was stated to be n
deficiency of $135,OOO, the amount
asked by him, in express violation Of
congress.
"These statements" he said, do me
a grave injustice, and do not credit
me with trying to relieve our pack
ers from the desperation in which
they have been placed by reason Of
the lack OF a proper inspecting force" "
Needs Emergency Appropriation.
He declared that he had created no
deficiency. but that on the contrary
he was asking only for an emergency
appropriation to meet the conditions
which an enormously increased bus
iness OF the last few months with no
increase I'm the inspection force had
created.
He said, he had gone TO the limit OF
his power to grant the relief sought
by asking for the $135, 900 appropria-
tion which, he added, would not
leave a deficiency for his department
should It be granted. although the al
legation had been made that the def
cheney actually had been created.
'I am strongly In favor OF having
the packers pay all the expenses Of
Inspections" continued the secretary
"such Inspections to be under govern
mental supervision, of course. II
fact, they voluntarily have expressed
n willingness to do this, and in tho
present instance have offered to d.
It, but there is no law by which sucl
an arrangement can be made.
Where Government Would Save.
Such a procedure would not onl!
save the government a vast sim o
money, but would prevent just suc'
state of affairs as exists today.
He added that he was daily bcini
besieged with kilograms and letter
requesting him to do something IN IN
way Of assisting in the expectation L
Germany of the beef and pork whici
had been ordered; the. situation beiri
explained to him as dep.orable an
desperate, but that without IN
money he has requested he is power
less to act ..- s.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-18
VIII Discuss Municipal Ownership.

Fort Scott, Kas.. Jan. 1S.-Munici-
pal ownership will be the keynote of
the. principal discussions at the meet
ing of the Kansas Municipal league,
which opened here today. An excel
lent program has been prepared for
the meeting and many distinguished
speakers will address the members.
Municipal Ownership Of Public Util-
tiles" will be extensively treated by
]. p. Hindman, city attorney of Olathe
and F. T. Burnham, city attorney of
Beloit. 1t is expected that both pa
pers will lead to long and interest
ing discussion of the general subject
Of municipal ownership. Addresses
on other subjects of interest to mu-
inequalities will be delivered by X. Il.
Cullison, lola; II. H. Mead, Junction
City; w. B. Talbert, Holton; r. A.
Lovitt, Salina; f. ]. Gregg, Burling-
ton; Ralph Nelson, Kansas City, and
others.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-18
ID Pianos In
Four Days
As Previously Announced in These
Columns the Walla Walla Stock OF
Quickly.

Discriminating buyers, those who
want something fine in a piano but
do not feel able to buy an instrument
good enough in the ordinary way,
should investigate. Two of the in
struments sold yesterday for $1S6.00
would ordinarily sell for $350.0O or
$4,000. This Walla Walla piano
stock will be closed out quickly. The
instruments we are offering at these
reductions are the very finest makes
in the world. The Chickering, Bos-
tons best, and the finest the world
today knows; the Weber of New York,
whose beautiful sympathetic tone
qualities are so especially adapted to
the singers needs, that it is called
everywhere, 1.-The Musicians Ideal"
The Kimball of Chicago, the most
popular and widely known piano of
the day. New York's rare old aristo-
crat the Hazelton; the Decker, whose
worth is known everywhere; the
Crown. the piano of many tones; the
Hobart NJ Cable, a piano Of most
beautiful tone and substantial con-
struction; the wonderful Schumann;
the beautiful Bailey, and the Lester,
is also included.
Remember, our easy payment plan
is extended to each buyer. Pay lit
tie each month, or yearly if you wish
Trade your organ in as part payment
This sale will not last long. Bring.
$1,000 with you as first payment and
make a saving of from $4,000 to
| conn IN on n pianO.
We really have no competition dur
ing this sale. Imitation is not COM
petition, you know, and as the sale
includes every instrument in the
stock, everybody who wants a piano
comes to Eilers Piano House and gets
II.
We grant you easy terms, We give
you our guarantee of money back, /"
besides, you have the manufacturers
guarantee. We make you such low
price and we. as the largest piano
dealers in the west, absolutely won't
have you dissatisfied.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-18

the latter leaned across the bar to
hear what he might have to tell. At
the same instant almost. Bernard
who had slipped, up behind the re-
porter, hit him terrible blow on the
cheek. Statter whirled about to see
who had struck him, and the man
landed two wicked. blows on the re-
porter's right eye and cheek and
Slater went to the floor in a heap.
Bernard, 1t is SAID, wore metal
"knuckles." Immediately after Stat
ter sank to the floor Bernard hurried
back out OF sight while another stran-
ger helped the wounded and bleeding
man to his feet.
Saturday afternoon Slater was
warned that he had better be careful
as friends of certain gamblers whom
he had mentioned in story as hay
ing been witnesses before the commit
tee of ~, had asserted that they
would get even with him. Statter be-
leves now that the man Bernard was
hired tool. who had been instruct
ed to attack him. He had never seer
Bernard before.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-18
INSURANCE RATES REDUCED.
YalSima's Advantage I'm Heavier Wa
ter Pressure.

The insurance companies doing
business in North Yakima will grant
lower rate at an early date, says
the Yakima Daily Republic.
The matter is now said to be before
some of the head officials of the com
panies, but no time is set for the re-
duction to be made.
This move by the insurance COM
panies is made on account of the in
creased water pressure that has been
furnished the city by the Northwest
Light & Water company. The daily
pressure, as is now registered in the
office of the company, is 80 pounds. to
the square inch.
The amount OF the reduction Is not
yet known, but 1t is believed by some
of the insurance agents to be in the
neighborhood of Is per cent. Since
last spring there have been but few
fires in the city. This and the fur
ther fact of the Organization of a
better fire department has had a good
effect.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-18
Drafting Reform Bills.

Philadelphia, Pa, Jan. 1S.-The
question of legislative reform will be
the subject of discussion at a mass
meeting of the committee of 20 to be
held at the Academy of Music this
evening. Many distinguished men
from all parts Of the state have been
invited to attend the meeting and
take part in the discussion of the vari-
Gus reform plans. Drafts of the
various reform bills, prepared in ac-
cordance with the suggestions of
Governor Pennypacker, will be sub
mitted and thoroughly discussed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-18
FOR ROAD ENGINES.
Kittitas People VIII Use Locomotives
ON Country Roads.

A road locomotive company has
been organized by residents of Kitu-
tas valley, Washington, to operate a
road locomotive in that section.
While the project is new in this part
of the country, road locomotives have
proven a success in the east and Eur
ope.
The company organized to operate
in the Kittitas valley has purchased
one of the road locomotives and the
the required number of cars to COM
mence operations, and If the plan
proves successful several more will be
added.
The road locomotive is not on the
same plan as traction engine. 1t is
powerful locomotive with broad
wheels, and operates in the road with
out trackage.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-18
Linotype at The Dalles.

1t may be said of the Chronicle to-
day that 1t is "machine-made"
throughout; but at the same time we
refuse to be called a "hand-me-
down" For the first time the matter
is set by our new linotype, which
hasn't the new worn off yet, and
won't be we'll down to business for
several days. So IL there is anything
about our issue of today which does
not meet with your approval, just lay
it to the machine and not to the man
behind 1.-THE Dalles Chronicle.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-18
1rloot,icinns Hold Conference.

Halifax, n. s., Jan. 1S.-Hundreds
of electricians of the Maritime Prov
inces are here to attend the annual
conference of the Maritime Electrical
association, which opened here today
All branches of the electrical indus
tries are represented. In connection
with the meeting an exhibition OF
electrical appliances and new inven-
tions in the field of electricity is held,
which is attracting considerable at
tention.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-18
THE GAMBLERS METHOD.
How Journalism Is CIRCULATED" in TIA
coma.

The following special from Tacoma
TO the Portland Oregonian, is an IL
ustratIon OF the methods employed
by the gambler and his allied interests
in muzzling the press;
Joe f. Slater, Ledger reporter
was enticed by message to the Bank
saloon on Pacific avenue this morn
ing where II. Bernard, believed to be
n hirde slugger, gave him a terrible
beating. Bernard was arrested short
lv after the crime. He is held on
heavy bonds and sensational develop
ments are expected.
The bartender in the saloon greeted
Slater as he entered the place and
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-18

An immense tree broke from its
hold on the mountain side between
Niagara and Berry, Marion county,
and in it's descent tore out 40 feet OF
rails and ties and ripped a deep hole
through the grade of the Corvallis 4
Eastern.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-18

Inflammation
Falling Weakness
and is peculiarly adapted to the Change OF Life.
dissoes expels early stage of development
rregua Suppressed or Painful Periods Weakness OF the Stomach
Debility
quickly yield Danged organs causing PAIN weight and bacace in
all
the female system.
melancholy the blues
Vegetable
times they get they Druggss
eyeryw Refuse all substitutes,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-18

gonquin hotel, while the addresses
and demonstration will be at the Park
theater. There is fine exhibition of
improved machinery used in the
creamery business and a display of
creamery products at the Conover
building.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-18
nhin Rullcrmnkcrs Mcct.

Dayton. o., Jan. 1S.-The annual
meeting of the Ohio State Dairymen's
association opened here today with a
large attendance. About 700 dairy
men. farmers and dealers in creamery
products are in attendance. The
business meetings are held in the AL
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-18

For coughs and colds no remedy is
equal to Kennedy's Laxative Honey
and Tar. It is different from all
others-better, because 1t expels all
cold from the system by acting as
cathartic on the bowels. Affords I'M
mediate relief in Group, cougs, colds,
whooping cough, tic. Children love
II. Sold by Tallmar & Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-18
TRADE WILL SUFFER.
SECRETARY WILSON ASKS
FOR EMERGENCY AID.

Says $50, ,OOO,O 900 Worth OF Orders for
American Meat Products VIII Not
BE Filled on Time Because of Lack
OF Government Inspectors to Pass
Upon the Goods-AslSs $135, 900 for
Emergency Aid In Inspecting Meat
Products.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-18

widespread
unqu endorsement
female
boStrn nfnl frandsns shns
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-18

Nuf sed. U G RAIDER.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-14

"a boy comes into the car with a bas-
lzet- We hzEVe a legal right to know
whether the basket is loaded or not
and II not loaded, why does It have
spasms and tEemors ~ qaeried the
Crosz-eyed man.
NY mother sent me with the bas-
ket,' explained -Humpys as he began
to grow pale.
a0f course she did, hub-of course
she did, said the tdirl-facelf man, "aId
don't you he bIufEed by these people.
A mans basket is his castle Just as
much as his house. In the first place,
Totr mother would not load a basket
with anything dangerous; in the next,
when you say the basket contains fur
we are bound to- believe you. We may
wonder what sort of fur, but we have
no legal right to ask you to particu-
larize"
oh. If anarchists and murderers
are to be allowed on this car, III get
off, said the fat woman as she rose
up and sailed down the aisle. She had
only stepped off when a grocer, who
had been looking at the market re-
E<Et In q newspaper, turned and said
ta the eross-eyed NAM
IF you were q man OF observation,
sir you would have concluded at once
that this boy had been to a grocery to
buy onions and was now on his way
home"
but there's no smell of onions"
s'NeveTth eIess, sir, must insist that
the contents Of the basket are as
stated
''I don't say that q cross-eyed man
can't SMELL remarked the thin-faced
man, but do contend that he has no
right to pitch into a boy carrying a
basket Fl Z was going along the street
with q key on my shoulder would he
dare to stop me and ask whether it
was beer, molasses or cider? OF course
not
s'But if that key had spasms and
tremors [ should ask
Sir began the grocer, when the
conductor came in and interrupted
with
What's the trouble here2 Boy, what
did you say you had in that basket 90
"a feline. sir"
Don't lie to mel Lemme see."
He picked up the basket. united the
string holding down the cover and a
cat jumped into his face and over his
head and down to the floor and was
OWt like a shot
HE said it was a fur observed the
thIn-faced man.
And I said the basket had spasms
and tremors." said the crosse eyed man.
Gentlemen. still insist on onions, -
added the grocer, @and I shall not give
IN until the ballot boxes are opened
ard a recount made"
Bub, the peanut man wants to see
you, remarked the conductor in a not
unkfnd voice as he took Humpy by the
ear and led him out doors and dropped
him Off Copyright. 1905, by Nc
Clure- Phillips & COD
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-14
THE TEARS OF HoUssAN.

1t was just past midnight in the
great geological gardens when one OF
the elephants who had been nodding
in sleep suddenly opened bis eyes to
their widest extent and threw up his
trunk and sucked in the air with
kissing sound. He looked down the
long aisle past the cages Of the lions
and tigers with 3 steady stare, and
when the figure Of a man came Int9
view the great beast uttered a Groom
ing. cOaxImg sound
The man came swiftly but quietly
forward and the elephant encircIed
him with his trunk and showed ex-
travagaIIt signs OF affection. The
lions snd the tigers rose up to stare
through the bars of their cages at the
intruder. Had he been a stranger
their sr0wIs and roars would have
brought the Watehnan in short order.
They were silent because they knew
the man. When they made sure of
his identity, and perhaps wondered
little over his visit at that hour they
lay down again and closed their eyes
in sleep.
"Chanda. my dearly beloved. have
come to talk with thee" whispered the
man to the elephant as he stroked his
trunk with caressing hand ''They said
they would kick me If they found nae
about the place again, but have
risked that to talk with thee. Dost re-
member how long ago it was, Chanda,
that was brought here from Bombay
to be thy keeper and thy naSteF2 Six
teen long years have passed since that
day. We were good friends from the
start. I treated thee well. and thou
gavest me thy friendship Sixteen
long years, Chanda. hath we been good
friends, and not one quarrel during
that time. Thou hast been ailing and
L hath cured thees hath been aiHng
and thou hath sympat hized with me.
Is it not so, dearly beloNed2'
Chanda Rugged the man and made
a gurgling sound IN his throat.
saAnd the other day, after sixteen
I yeaFs-afteF I have become an old man
after the unbrOken period of friend
ship between uS-the manager sent me
away at a days notice It is true that
L drank too much of the strong wine
Of the country, and that when jan
viers of the lions made fun of me I
drew my knife and would have stab
| bed him. I have had no. cOmradeShip
with Janviers. I have felt since the
/ first day I saw him that he would come
| between me and thee. He is a. man of
heavy hand and cruel heart. men
aced him with my knife and he made
the most Of it. He said that he feared
for his life. / was cast adTIft because
of his lies and envy. He has long
wanted to be thy master. I have had
K to come like a. thief in the night to bid
thee goodbye"
Chanda Whinpered and caressed
and seemed to understand every word
| 4 am poor, Chanda-old and poor, p
I resumed the trainer, "and here IN this
I land of strangers there VIII be no pity
I for me and I shall die the death Of a
! dog. Thou wilt see that it must be so,
/ and know that thou wilt grieve like a
/ brother. Thou wilt go on living long
I after I am dust. That is the difference
I between man and elephant. What sor-
rows my heart, dearly beloved, is the
I thought that we can be no more to
/ each other"
It would not give place to any man,
/ Chanda, but to Janviers least of all.
He viii be hard on thee. He will prod
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-14

THAT is because you have pursued
him so often"
It wanted to catch and eat farmer
Jones' dog yesterday but some one had
tipped him Oft and he hung to the
house
But it surely wasn't I haven't
seen the dog for month";
And last night went to bed with q
terrible headache said the Wolf as he
barred his teeth. cit must have been
the strong odor of wool that caused il.
but If you had. not been skullzing
around the flock you would not have
got the smell"
Look here my woolly friend, do
you know that the price Of prunes has
advanced three cents a pound?"
"PEunes Good lands, but what
have got to do with prunes2"
"And that oId-fashioned biscuit are
things of the past?"
'sBut I didn't invent baking powder
Perhaps not. but there is no longer
any sale for wooden. bedsteads. You
have got to pay a secondhand dealer
to draw one away from your house.
Everything runs to brass and iron, and
my brother-in-laW, who was in the
wooden bedStead business. is on the
verge Of bankruptcy"
But don't seek to hold me respon-
sibles replied the Lamb. IT am no
more responsible for the change from
wood to iron and brass than am that
the old-fashioned feather bed is no
more on earth
Don't fish for excuses, for they
won't go down with me- I am going
to eat you
But there is a treaty of peace be-
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Again the elephant lifted the man
with his trunk and swung him to and
fro and the sounds in his throat al
most seemed to form words.
Brave old Chanda!" whispered
Houssan. as he patted the trunk. . lis
for thee and me, that we may be to-
geIher for years more. Make no bun
gle over it If 'twere some one else
some one who had not plotted against
thy friend and brother-a broken arm
or a few broken ribs might suffice, but
with JanN1eES, no. Make sure, dearly
beloved. that it goes beyond that, else
you viii see me no more. I have said
what have said and must go. If I
were caught, here I should be treated
in q manner to hunliliate me in thy
sight. One more caress. beloved, and
then go, tomorrow night, hope to
sleep at thy feet again
W hen the man had glided away ike
q ghost the elephant stood quietly for
five minutes. There was mischief in
his auietness. Then he began weaving
to and fro and hinging his trunk
about. There was menace in the ac-
ton. There was, no trump etinE-onIy
sound like the kissing Of q great
snake.
IT have heard that sound in the for
ests OF India said one Of the tigers
to himself "and It always meant. death
to something
When. morning came Jauviers came
WllkE H. 1t was for him to feed and
water the great beast He was IN sur
", impatient mood and he did not no.
tiee certain signs that would have told
him much.
Back with you, brute!'' he shouted,
as he fouPished the iron bar over
Chanda and threatened to bring it
down.
A trunk shot forth like serpent
and twined around him. He was lifted
high up and given a fling, and when
he landed on the stone floor a. hundred
feet away he no longer lived. The
lions and tigers -raXed and roared and
flung themselves against the bars, and
the people came running and cried out
in their alarm and horror
That night. clothed in his uniform
again, and contentment on his face,
4oussan slept again at the elephants
feet. AS the soft tip of her trunk gave
his cheek a goodnight kiss, he ca
ressed it and said:
g .Twere we'll done, dearly beloved.
It was for thee and for me, and NAV
the gods of our fathers bless and
strengthen our friendship in the last
days of our ives.''=0 Copyright, 1905,
by Mcclure, Phillips & Co.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-14
me Philosopher and the victim.


It so happened one day that an auto
ist was. out with his machine and
praacing gaily about when a pedeS-
trian had the bad manners to get in
the way and be run down. A crowd
speedily gathered and there was a
howl Of Indignation, and there were
those who would have laid hands on
the autoist had not a philosopher ar
rived at that moment to announce:
MY friends, let US look facts square,
" in the face. The man who lies here
could have just as well been run over
by a street car as an auto. but for some
might just as well have been a woman
as a man. He might just as well have
been young man as an old one.
There is no question but that the
man has suffered more or less injury.
If a broken leg he will be in the hos
pitaI for three months at least. If
only a few bruises he viii be saunter-
ing about in a week. I find, however,
upon examination that he is dead.
The question now arises, had he
some organic trouble with his heart?
Did the nervous shock kill him, did he
die of old age, or did the machine
crush the life out of him? In this con-
nection we must ask ourselves whether
he was = husband, a widower or old
bachelor? Again, IS it a case of sui
eide or accident? Had he become tired
of life and did he seek death under the
wheels, or was he SO absent-minded
that he never noticed the machine or
took it for a peanut cart? Again, gen
tlemen-'
Again what?' was asked as he
waited.
Nothing. AS the autoist is three
miles away by this time and can never
be identified, we'll dispense about our
business and leave the police to arrest
the dead man for obstructing street
traffic
Moral: Whats the use Copy
right, 1906. by Mcclure, Phillips &