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Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-06-21
Have The Gods Submitted Any
"OFFERS" To YOU Recently ?

In his "Masque of Pandora" ~Longfenow wrote
"The Gods ImpIOre not,
Plead not, solicit not; they only offer
CHOICE AND OCCASION, which once being passed
RETURN NO MORE. DOst thou accept the gft7"
The same thought appears in Ingalls, striking poem
on Opportunity" in which he pictured that deity as
stalking through the world and knocking ONCE on
every door-never to return again.
Both writer's halt a little short of completeness in
their striking pictures-for it should be made clear
that while the same "choice and OCCASION" the same
opportunity, come but once-new opportunities go
walking through the world in an endless procession for
ever, outnumbering the people themselves-so that not
only is there 'choice and occasion and opportunity
for everyone born into the world-but a choice of
choices and occasions and opportunities.
If you missed the knock of Opportunity on your
door yesterday, listen for more raps to.day-for they
will come, if you are looking for them, and .scultiva-
ting them.
To the alert reader of advertisements opportunity
becomes a familiar igure-not an Elusive, mysterious
deity; and to the alert users Of advertising space
'choice and occasion are p~lentifully given-for
PUBLICITY is THE VICE-REGENT
OF "MERCURY,'
GOD OF COMMERCE. AND GAIN
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-28
FOREST FIRES RAGING.
Valuable Timber on the Santiam Be-
ing DESTROYED.

Salem, July 2S.-An enormous fire
is raging along the line of the Corval-
lis & Eastern railroad on the North
Santiam river, in Linn and Marion
counties. The fire started Wednesday
at a water tank on the c. & E., in
Marion county and has been rapidly
spreading since.
Several hundred men are fighting
the fires today and back fires are be-
ing resorted to.
a fire train with a large number
of woodsmen, went to the scene of the
fire yesterday morning and the men
fought the raging flames all day, but
made little or no progress in checking
the march of the fire. This train re-
turned to Albany at midnight last
night and left again early this MORN
ing. The fighters were recruited at
Mill City by the addition of a force of
75 men from the employees of the Cur
tbs Lumber company.
The land on which most of the
burning timber is located belongs to
the C. Sullivan estate and to John
DAILY, of Detroit. The timber is con-
sidered among the most valuable on
the Santiam river.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-28
NO MORE S. p. SHIPMENTS.

o. II. & n. Receives Notice of Con-
gested Conditions I'm Oakland and
san Francisco.
e. c. Smith, agent of the o. r. &
NJ, has just received from General
Manager ]. P. O'Brien a notice that
no more shipments will he received on
the o. R. & N. destined fo- either
Oakland or San Francisco, until fur
ther notice.
This order Is made because OF the
terribly congested conditions in those
cities. There are now over 5000 car
loads standing unloaded in the oak
land and San Francisco yards and it
is impossible to handle any more
freight there until the situation is re-
lieved.
Owing to the destruction of all the
large warehouses in those two cities,
1t is impossible to unload freight
with any rapidity and shippers. are
warned in this manner against maxi
ing any further shipments to those
places until the company can care for
the traffic.
Notice of the resumption of traffic
into those places will be sent out by
the o. p. & n.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-28
NO TRACE OF LOST BOY.
Story From Portland Is UnfOunded,
as No Gypsies Have Been Seen With
White Child.

Walla Walla, July 2S.-(Special.)-
The story of a Portland woman hav-
ing seen Cecil Britain in the custody
of a Gypsy outfit in Portland is who'll
ly unfounded. The parents OF the
child have run down the story
through the Portland police and find
that there is no grounds for it what
ever.
Absolutely no trace of the child has
been found and while the belief that
he has ben kidnapped is growing
stronger, yet the mystery is as deep
as ever.
Owing to the publicity given the
disappearance of the child the parents
feel that every community in the en-
tire northwest is aware of it and it
would be impossible for any travelling
outfit to exhibit the child anywhere
without immediate detection.
Small searching parties will con-
tinue in the mountains, in hopes of
locating the remains by means of the
odor should the child be dead on the
mountain.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-28
LEFT FORTUNE TO BUY FUEL.
Eccentric Denver Woman Sets Aside
Estate for Practical Charity.

Denver, July 2S.-Mrs. Belle b. Ed
wards, the eccentric old lady who died
a few weeks ago, has left the bulk of
her fortune for the purchase of fuel
for the poor of Denver.
The International Trust company Is
to control the estate, valued at about
100000, and on October 1 of each
year is to pay the income to the First
Church of Christ, Scientist. The di-
rectors of this church are to use the
money in their best discretion to keep
the poor of Denver warm during the
following winter.
Mrs. Edwards was the widow of
Odd Edwards, who died several years
ago After her husbands death she
erected a magnificent mausoleum in
FaiImonnt cemetery, where his re-
mains were deposited. Nt'. Edwards
used to sit in the tomb day after day,
keeping it Immediately clean with
dust brush and broom. and attending
carefully to the flowers about the
place.
She is to rest beside her husband.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-28
SALT LAKE ELKS WON.
Silver Elk Valued ut $1,000 Taken by
the Mormons,

Denver, July 2S.-The Salt Lake
lodge of Elks has been awarded the
silver elk, valued at $1,000, by the
committee on awards, for having the
greatest number of ladies' registered
at the Elks' reunion in this city last
week Kansas City lodge received the
second prize, $500, in this contest
and Davenport, Iowa, the third prize,
5000.
The Colorado awards will not be
announced for another week, owing
to the fact that some of the state
lodges had not properly certified their
actual membership on July /.
The outside awards are:
Lodges having the largest attend
ance-Kansas City first, prize $500;
Pittsburg second, prize $500; Butte,
Mont. third, prize $500.
Greatest aggregate mileage-Pitts-
burg first. $4,000 miles. prize $3.50;
Brooklyn second. $4,000 miles prize
$500; Syracuse, n. Y, third, $4,000
miles.
Like conquering heroes, the men,
bers of Etna lodge, No. 9S2, b. P. o,
E., returned to their homes at the
close of the convention, bearing with
them the first prize for the handsom-
est banner in the parade. The banner
which carried off the prize was em-
broidered by the wives of the MEM
bers of Etna lodge. 1t was of pur-
pie and white satin, with a large Elks'
head embroidered in gold upon it.
The banner was by far the handsom-
est shown at the convention. The
prize was cut glass punch bowl
The most enthuiastic Elks at the
convention We're those of Etna lodge.
They arrived in Denver on Sunday
evening, July 10, and from then until
the last lone Etna Elk, DR.. w. E.
johnson, left last night, there was not
a dull moment for the Etna people.
The Etna people have been leaving
in parties of 10 and 12 since the close
of the convention.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-28
TOURISTS PRINT a PAPER.
Moffat Road Starts Unique Scheme
in Colorado.

Denver, July 2S.-A new daily pa
per has been started in Colorado. 1t
is the most peculiar paper published
in the state. Its patrons are tourists
who travel over the Moffat road, and
the paper is called the Moffat Road
Daily Reporter.
Every morning as the Moffat road
trains go up the mountain side the
names of passengers are taken on slips
of paper, and then while the train is
waiting at Corona, these names and
the incidents of the trip are set up on
a typesetting machine and an edition
Of the Daily Reporter run off and sold
on the train coming back.
The paper is published at an eleva-
tion of 1850 feet high, where per-
petual snow is lying in huge drifts
near by. 1t Is printed on book pa
per, handsomely illustrated with cuts
and stories of the Moffat road and
sells for 10 cents a copy to the pas
sengers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-28

That the wheat yield will be better
than was expected a short time ago
is indicated by the threshing that has
been done so far. Most of the farm
the past few days report that they
We're not badly hurt by the hot wealth
er, as they had feared. But all are
not optimistic, and occasionally a
heavier loss than was expected is re-
ported.
In the reservation country south of
the river threshing has been in pro-
gress for some time, and when the
Charles Hamilton machine and the
Link Mann thresher start Monday all
of the machines in that section will
be at work.
From 25 to 40 bushels per acre will
be the yield in the best portion of the
reservation country according to
Frank Curl, buyer for the Kerr Gift
ford company, and a farmer himself
But the yield in the south end of the
reserve will not be as good as the
above. John Muir, who was in town
today, says the grain on his place will
not go over 20 bushels, and that his
neighbors will not fare any better.
On the Brown, Maloney & Hodgins
place the average yield so far has
been "a bushels
"The general yield is turning out
better than was expected" said Will
Moore, of the Pacific Coast Warehouse
company. ''and the yield on the res
ervation will vary from Is to 40
bushels per acre. None of the sprinl,
grain I have seen so far will make
No. l wheat"
Up in the Helix country and other
places along the w. & C. r., threshing
has not been in progress long enough
yet to show anything very definite
about the yields. But according to
T. G. Montgomery, of the Puget
Sound Warehouse company, the farm
ers of that section are also rejoicing
because they are doing better than
they expected short time ago. on
the William Potts place near Myrick,
a 35-bushel yield is reported, while
the same yield is reported by Henry
Henrickson, of Myrick.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-28
WoODMAN ORGANIZER HERE.
T.. ID. Pettitt VII Make PendIeton His
Headquarters for the Summer.

F. ID. Pettitt of Portland, an organ
izer for the Woodmen of the World,
arrived in the city last evening to
make Pendleton his headquarters
while working in the interests OF the
order in eastern Oregon.
He is accompanied by his wife and
will have charge of the work of or
ganization and campaigning for mem
bership in this territory. He will be
present at the regular meeting of
Pendleton camp next Monday evening
and will present plans to the camp for
stimulating an increase in the mem
bership of the order in this city.
Pendleton camp is now one of the
largest in this territory, having almost
400 members.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-28

When he left Washington in 1897,
John G. Carlisle had hardly a dollar,
though for many years he had been
prominent and influential in public
life as congressman, speaker, United
States Senator and secretary OF the
treasury. Today, at the age OF II, he
is earning large fees as a lawyer in
New York. Recently he purchased a
modest place in Connecticut. where
he plans to live the remainder OF his
days in comfort.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-28
Fall Wheat Good Quality.

Fall wheat is yielding from 10 to
Is per cent better than was expected
a week ago." said A. L. Knight, of
the Balfour- Guthrie company.
around Havana it is going from 40
to As bushels per acre, and it is all
No. 1 wheat. Also the fall wheat is
yielding we'll in the section north and
west of here. Arlie Simpson, of Juni-
per, says his wheat is yielding 25
bushels, and it has tested 81. In
quality I believe that the fall wheat
this year is better than last, but re-
garding the spring graoin little can
he told yet"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-28
HAIR TELLS CHARACTER.
Color of Hair Said to Indicate a Per.
sons Temperament.

Many people believe that blonde, or
light hair denotes affection and dark
hair constancy. A person without hair
is not devoid of character; far from It.
The disposition of the average bald
headed man is to show such solicitude
for the welfare of others, that he neg.
lects himself. A germ causes badness
Prof. Sabouraud. of Paris, France. in
nocculated rabbit with Dandruff germs
causing 1t to become totally bald in five
weeks time. To rid the scalp of these
dangerous germs II Is necessary to apply
Newbros Herpicide.
Destroy the cause-you remove the
effect"
Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c in
stamps for sample to The Herpicide Co..
Detroit, Mich.
A. G. Koeppen & Bros.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-28
Cattle Queen OF the World.

Denver, July 2S.-Mrs. II. NJ. King
has purchased Laurelo's ranch, in
Texas, embracing 10000 acres, the
consideration being $1,000,000. The
purchase of this ranch makes Mrs.
King the owner of 1,280,000 acres,
practically in one body. This cattle
queens domain is now nearly twice
the area of Rhode Island, and nearly
as large as Delaware.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-28
SMITH LOST A FINGER.
Index of Right Hand Taken OFF by a
Band Saw.

Len d. Smith, who runs a woodwork
shop at Helix, met with an accident
this morning which caused him the
loss of part of a finger. He was
working with band saw at the time,
and in some manner the index finger
of his right hand came in contact
with the saw with the result that the
finger was cut off at the outer joint.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-28

The name of Boucicault is French
in origin. Dion Boucicauit was the
son of a French refugee who fled to
ireland and married an Irish girl. He
was named Dion after his fathers
friend. DR.. Dionysius Largner, noted
British writer on physical science.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-28

using motor boats in their business.
Automobiles and motor boats have
also made their way to Helsingfors,
Finland.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-28
Whipped Newspaper Man.

Guthrie. Okla. July 2S.-Orville
Frantz, brother of Governor Frantz,
this morning whipped a newspaper
man for articles attacking the COVER
nor. He was fined SO.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-28
WHEAT YIELD
SOME BETTER
is RUN DOWN BADLY IN
SOME NEIGHBORHOODS

From 25 to 40 Bushels the Best on the
Reservation, But Not So Good II
Yield on the South Side-None of
the Spring Grain Expected to Make
No. BETTER Yield Than Was Ex-
pectcd, Along the w. & c. II. in
This County.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-28
CARLOAD, POWDER EXPLODED.
Railroad Equipment Blown All Over
the Mountain.

Salt Lake, July 2S.-A car loaded
with giant powder, in a freight train
on the Rio Grande & Western, explod-
ed at Goshen on the Tintic branch, at
noon, wrecking the train and scatter
ing the equipment over the mountain
side. All wires are down and details
are meagre. 1t Is rumored the entire
crew was killed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-28

Electric light was first exhibited
outside of the Gaiety theater, August
2, 1864.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-28

All the news all the time in the East
Oregonian.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-26

was IN confinement, cat came to him. lie
took her up. and, petting her, won her love.
After this she visited him every day, occa-
sionally bringing him pigeon. He COM
planned to his keeper of his cold and scanty
irations, and that official said he dared not
better it,
"1f will provide any fowl, will you dress
and cook it for me?" asked the prisoner
I can safely promise you that" was the
reply.
And such pigeons as the cat thenceforward
brought Sir Henry were dressed and cooked
for him.
When, on the crowning of the one he had
served so well, Sir Henry was released, he
had the cat painted with a pigeon in her
paws, offering it to him through the grated
window. To this day the picture is preserv2
ed in collection Of historical paintings that
may be seen in London.
In many instances cats have proved ex-
cellent detectives. The landlady of pub
lie house in England, entering the tap-room
late one evening, found her cat terribly ex-
cited and mewing loudly. Immediately on
her entrance the animal began to run to and
fro between her and the chimney. The wom-
an, surprised at such demonstration sum
arrived, an examination of the chimney dis
closed robber concealed therein.
Near the church of San Lorenzo, Florence,
Italy, curious old institution house of
refuge for cats-is still extant. Ii Noren-
tine desires to rid himself of one of these
quadrupeds, instead Of killing it, he sends it
thither, where it will be humanesy taken care.
Of If, on the contrary, he wishes feline
companion, in this establishment he finds
grand assortment of cats-of every age, color
and species-from which to select.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-26
c. or n er e d

swiftest part of the channel, he pulled him
self together" and began to feel considerably
elated at this novel method of escape from an
irksome and perilous situation.
He still held his strong pole in his hands,
and with this it would not be difficult to lend
the light log off the trees and the shore, and
keep it afoat in the clear channel. until he
could land at some safe poinu near home.
Several limbs and roots, projecting in the
same direction and on level with the sur
face of the water, served to keep the trunk
steady, and to prevent that awkward rolling
which usually renders "log-riding' extremely
ticklish business.
Our hunter was not long in discovering
these favorable aspects, and, turning about,
he shook his fist in exulting defiance at the
baffled herd, whose ank outlines were already
grown dim upon the receding bank.
81 go" he shouted at them-"I GO, but
log bumped against a mass of floating drift
wood, and nearly upset its defiant rider
"there'll be lot Of lean pork going to waste
on these prairies," he concluded, rightng
himself up. Il must be more careful, or IN
get swamped, sure" he muttered, showing his
little raft steadily away from the obstruction
by dexterous use Of the tepee stake. '1
must keep on the lookout sharper"
And the bold. young rider did keep on the
lookout" using the long, light pole with such
was enabled to steer clear of all serious obsta-
cles, and to keep well off shore in the clearest,
swftest current of the flood.
About an hour before sundown he came
out upon the level fiat just above the agency,
and, using the pole as paddle, soon worked
shallow and sluggish in movement. Here he
'poled" it easily along toward the shore.
AS he neared the foot of the hill which hid
the agency building from view, female voice
shouted to him from the top. His mother
was out upon the knoll, watching for his re-
turn along shore.
Quincy Kane CARROLL" she cried, in dis
tressed voice, where have you come from?
and what has happenedY
"Hulloo, mother!" answered Quin. "Glad
to see you, tell ye! Supper most ready?
And, stepping off the log, which had now
lodged in the shallow water. he waded non
chalantly ashore.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-26

son, had tabby from which he would not
allow himself TO be separated for day; and
the tender-hearted essayist, Montague, found
1t impossible to write if his pet cat were
absent from his side
Our Postoffce Department has on its rolls
more than one thousand cats, who. are on
the lookout for rats and mice in the mail
matter, and who are most faithfully cared
for in the way of board and lodging"
There once stood on the Isle of Cyprus a
monastery, whose monks were bound by a
solemn vow to keep an immense number of
cats, trained to catch the snakes that in
tested the island. When a particular bell
rang, the cats would come trooping home to
dinner; directly their meal was over, they
would again set out in pursuit of the rep
siles.
In 1870, a Connecticut farmer, who had
been much annoyed by the depredations Of
rats, purchased cat that had wide repu-
tation as mouser. For several weeks the
cat fully sustained it's reputation; but one
day, the servant girl, going down cellar,
where the cat was eating found large rat
eating out of the dish with the cat. She
told the farmer, who gave the story no
credence till he had witnessed the strange
performance. He suffered the singular in
timacy between the two "natural-born enc
mics to continue nearly asweek, when ne
decided to end it. Taking a gun, he went
to the cellar, and shot at the rat. He failed
to hit it; but instantly the cat sprang upon
and killed it. The queer feature of the case
is, why didn't the cat kill the rat before?
Because of his fidelity to Harry of Rich
mond-afterward Henry VL-Sir Henry
Wyatt was imprisoned in the Tower of Lon
don by Richard III. One day, while he
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-26
L i g II t n i n g

From this it is argued that the topmost
branches of trees during storm would he
the safest position, and it is pointed ,ut that
birds in the branches are seldom killed.
Lombardy poplar, with spring or pool
Of water near its base, would, therefore, form
good lightning conductor if placed in prox-
unity to a building; but care must be taken
that the pool is not on the opposite side of
the building, as there is case on record
where fash of lightning left tree thus sit
uated, passed through the building, and enter
ed the water on the other side.
Such cases tend to prove that the condi-
tion, character and position of trees have
much to do with the action of lightning up
on them; but, as has been said, the state of
knowledge in this direction is not very ad-
vanced. 1t would be interesting if the action,
of the lightning-fash upon trees was more
carefully observed, and the results made
public.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-26

lieved to bring ill fortune to the ship upon
which one is borne. "She carries a gale in
her tail, and excites storm by licking her
fur the wrong way. Flaws on the surface
of the ocean are cats paws" greater dis
turbance Of the water is eats skin"
Cats were almost inseparably associated
with witchcraft, and they were almost in
variably black.
The Egyptian goddess of evil, Pasht-
whence our "pussy"-was cat-headed di-
vinity.
The Morse goddess, Frgga, though kindly
disposed toward mortals, and lover of mu-
sic, birds and flowers, was always attended
by cats; hence, her day, Friday, has by many
been supposed to be unlucky.
Such an antipathy to cats is by no means
universal. In certain parts of Africa, they
are SO highly esteemed that the young lady
who has the prospect of inheriting hand
some cat is eagerly sought in marriage.
The celebrated photographer. Doctor John
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-26
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The hunter wriggled along as near to the
bank as he thought prudent, and then raising
the stout tepee pole high above his head, he
brought it down with sounding thwack upon
the lean snout of the nearest tusker.
The old fellow fairly staggered under the
force of the blow, which wrenched most un-
dignitied squeal Of rage and pain from his
"Take that, you plaguey old canniball"
shouted Quin, in triumph.
And, forthwith, he rained such vigorous
shower of blows upon the upturned noses of
the grunting herd as caused them to beat a
hasty retreat out of the reach of his formid-
able weapon.
Pausing to take breath, the combatve youth
looked about him just in time to discover and
escape, for the instant, an approaching danger.
huge, dry log. which had been detached
and set afoat from the bank somewhere
above, was coming swiftly along shore, butt
end foremost, and driving directly at him.
The frightened lad scrambled hastily back
to his old position just as this battering- ram
Of the food ran its tilt against his stronghold.
Then came a shock that nearly threwS the
hunter out of his seat-a sudden lurch that
made him grip the limbs "for dear life," a
crashing of dry roots, heave out into the
stream, and Quin was afoat upon the cur
rent
At first the lad was terribly alarmed. but,
as his queer craft soon righted up ceased it's
dizzy rolling, and shot straight out in the