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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-18
THE EBBING TIDE.

The gray and solemn crags, O sea!
Loom through the evening mist.
And tower where sullen breakers roar.
Their feet by foam-waves Kissed.
lis on their tops, mid shadows dim.
That nature speaks to me:
I love to linger long and watch
The tide 90 out to sea.
The waters. salt, have carved the cliff
Into a chambered stone,
Whore rushing wind sings wferdest
songs,
or utters wailing moan:
The while the laundering surf below
To tumult tunes its key.
As flowing to thy loving arms
The tide goes out to sea.
The white-winged boats that fit along
Upon thy bosom fair
Seem but reflection of the birds
That wheel about the air;
And while ] live and look beyond
The "fs" to the ITO Be"
NV soul takes flight and I am far
Beyond thy shores, o, sea,
E. G.. Downs.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-18
COMING EVENTS.

June 20-24-Northwes Sportsmens
tournament, Walla Walla
July 12-15-Fifteenth annual con-
vention International Baptist Young
Peoples Union. Omaha.
July 17-19-Elks' grand lodge, Den
yer.
September 3-S-National Irrigation
congress. Boise City.
September 1S-Northwest Laundry
mems association, Pendleton.
Dates of Wool Sales.
The following wool sale dates for
Oregon have been fixed by the Oregon
Woolgrowers' association:
Shaniko-June 5, 6, 19 and 20, and
July 10 and II.
Baker City-June 25, 26; July 12
and 13.
Elgin- July 13.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-18
LONELINESS.

Wind of the West, sweep low tonight
And breathe on me in pity;
The lights are fled and I weep alone
In the stony heart of n city.
In sable plumes the great flrs wave
on the moonlit heights above me.
And their shadows darkcn the lonely
grave
or him who used to love me.
Wind of the West you passed him
there.
For your voice is sad with sighine
And your breath is sweet with the
rose-perfume
That blows where my love is lying.
The moonbeams play where the
branches stir
And the worlds are glad above me
But. o. for the beautiful days that
were
And him who used to love me.
James Neil in Catholic Sentinel.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-18
HELP THE PORTAGE.

The transportation committee of the
Portland Chamber of Commerce has
just made an interesting report on the
open river situation.
This report shows that excellent
work has been done by the state port
age road, and gives the people of the
inland empire a straight tip, that If
they ever expect to have an open river
they must patronize river transporta-
tion and make a favorable showing
for the portage road, in order to con-
vince congress and congressional COM
mittees that the Columbia river is re-
ally factor in the transportation sit
uation in the northwest.
The report shows that rates have
been materially reduced by the oper-
alton Of the portage and it also shows
that there is great room for further
reductions above the portage terrific
ry. It shows that the people of this
section must simply devote their time,
energy and money to the support of
the portage road, until line of inde-
pendent steamers can be placed on
the upper river TO offer actual and
formidable competition to the rail-
roads.
After the steamers are in operation,
business will come to them. Until
they are placed in operation the port
age must be husbanded and nursed by
the state to keep II in existence until
sufficient river business Is developed
to make II profitable. II IS certain to
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-18
VERY. VERY RED TAPE.

\ few months ago the president ap-
pointed q committee to make thor
ough investigation of the business
methods of each Of the several depart
ments at Washington, with a view to
ridding them of some of the red tape
ways of doing things.
Secretary Bonaparte, on being in
tervicwed by this committee. told the
following story, which beautifully IL
lustrates the free use of red tape in
the government service.
zone of the naval officers pn a GER
tain ship desired to change a ther-
mometer from one side of the vessel
to tho other, assigning very good rea-
sons for doing so. This could not be
done. according to naval regulations,
however, until he had carried the mat
ter to the ships commander, and
through him to me. readily con-
sented to the proposed change, which
cost just SO cents-50 cents for the
postage and stationery and cents for
the nail and the wear and tear on the
mmer."-Harper's Weekly.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-18

is colored with coal dyes and has
salicylic acid in 1t.
"The bread is full of alum, the tea
and coffee contain copper. the vegeta-
bles have different varieties OF coal
tar dyes You can't get any pure
pepper, it is full of cocoanut shells,
sawdust and clay. You buy n nice
red apple on the stand. 1t is rosy
because nine times out of ten, 1t is
painted with coal tar dyes. Even
the cherished illusion of new potatoes
is not always ours; old potatoes are
fresheneG up in alum water after bel
ing scraped
Fifty per cent Of the deaths that
occur in this country are the direct
result of impure and dishonest foods.
The packers are not alone to blame.
1t is practically impossible to get any
pure food in this country"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-18
NEED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT.

The Huntington shortage case of Ba-
ker county, which has been tried twice
in Baker and twice in Umatilla coun-
ty, besides running merry chase
through the supreme court two or
three times, has cost the tax payers
of Oregon enough money to pay the
salary of state accountant for two
or three terms, without doubt.
With a public accountant keeping a
check on the public records of every
state, county. school district and other
official handling public funds. such
cases would be impossible. The
state of Wyoming has had a state
examiner of accounts ever since the
state was admitted to the Union, and
so far has never last a cent through
shortage or defalcation. In fact, nc
official has ever been allowed to &C
wrong. A monthly examination of all
the public accounts of the state is
made and it has paid Wyoming to dc
it. 1t will pay Oregon to create the
office of public accountant and keer
a competent man in such office.
Too much of the substance of the
taxpayers is expended in such cases
as that from Baker county. 1t is cost.
ly to be careless. a state should be
just as careful of its accounts as in
dividual business men. The next leg,
islature should create the office Of
state examiner of accounts.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-18
PRESIDENTIAL PREJUDICE.

When President Roosevelt was run
ming ranch in the west he absorbed
many OF the contentious ideas of the
cattlemen. One is that man who
raises beef is a real man, but man
who raises sheep is of lesser stuff.
short time ago a Montana friend
went to him to plead for a man who
was applicant for a position out there
mo, sir" said the president. 81
cannot appoint him. I have promised
the place to So-and-So."
But Mr.. President" insisted the
Montana friend, that man you intend
to appoint is a sheepman.''
Nov, see here" shouted the pres
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-18
POISONED AT EVERY MEAL

"By studying a bill OF fare in a res.
taurant not long ago I found that the
average man takes AZ doses of poison
at every meal he eats" said Harry 3.
WaImsley, champion OF the pure food
bill In the last Missouri legislature.
"The butter is covered with coal tar
dyes, the meat has more or less em-
balming fluid, the lard in which his
potatoes are fried probably contains
portions Of hogs that have died natur-
al deaths and not been slaughtered
under sanitary conditions, the catsup
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-18
The Railroad "Jerry" is
No More.

Commenting on the scarcity OF la.
Dor for railroad construction. a local
railroad official yesterday afternoon
was moved to the rueful observance
that the picturesque railroad section
Jerry is all but a memory, says the
Spokane Chronicle.
The advance in wages in other lines
of work and the demand for laborers
in all parts of the country are respon-
stble for the passing of this once ia
miliar section Mick" In his place
we have the Chinaman or Jap in the
west. while in the middle states and
the east the negro has inherited his
job. True, there are a few of them
left but they are old veterans who
learned the business years ago, and.
like the pig raised in pen, they do
not know that they can get out since
high wages have thrown down the
bars.
Time was when railroad section
hands were almost all ferries and the
strength of the aroma of their clay
pipes is proverbial. They also were
famed hardly less than the plumber
for the time they could consume in
doing a job. It's my opinion that they
could make any plumber green With
envy in this respect, principally be-
cause the general public was not so
closely concerned, and also because
no national humorist was inspired to
satirical verse by their lethargy of
movement.
Dime a Standard joke.
In the old days the universal wages
paid section hand was S1.10 per day.
This 10 cents was the cause of more
Celtic wit, I believe than any other
piece of change I'm the American
money system. 1t was sluggish
Drained Jerry who could not devise
every day some new use to which this
10 cents could be applied and 10 it in
a way that would reflect on the PEN
uriousness of the railroad company
;hat lacked the generosity to make it
a quarter.
With the return of good times half
a dozen wears ago other jobs began
to pay So to $3.50 a day for laborers
and many of the ferries that had done
nothing but pound ballast and adjust
rails for years, deserted and took up
other work. All OF them went regret
fully. 7 dare say, You can pick them
out now i'm the railroad camps. saw
mills or street gangs, If YOU know tn"
odor of Jerry nipe. and YOU will al
ways find them referring to the hall
cvon DAYS when men took time to en-
Joy life. even if they had less mater
ial things to make it worth while.
Most of the old-time ferries have
gone to the railroad construction
crews, which have the advantage of
paying higher wages without any
great change in the kind of work. The
principal objection is that in the rafl-
road camps they work under con-
tractor whose watchword is hurry, a
thing which is not in keeping with
the principles or dignity of an old-time
Jerry. tJ
Some of them occasionally drift
back TO the section crews. but their
old associates are gone, and there Is
nobody with whom to swap yarns
among the crew of jabbering China
men. so their stay is not long. II hard
times come again, when Jobs are hard
to get. it is possible the old time
section Jerry may be restored but
as long as prosperity smiles upon us
we will have to speak of the railroad
Mick as one of the things of the
past.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-18

You are invited to spend the Fourth
plenty to amuse and entertain you
plenty 20 make you feel at home
This is the first opportunity which
Pendleton has enjoyed in a number
of years to greet the people of Una
tilla county in a rousing celebration
Trains will run into Pendleton from
every direction on that day and you
are cordially invited to come and be
sociable.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-18

The highest mountain in Colorado
is Massive, 14,424. and the next is
Elbert, 14,421. Pixies Peak is 14,1OS
feet high and there are 90 mountains
in Colorado higher than this.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-18
THE LAMP IN THE WEST.

Venus has lit her silver lamp
Low in the purple West,
Breathing a soft and mellow light
Upon the seas full breast:
1t is the hour when velvet winds
Tremble the alders crest.
Far out, far out, the restless bar
starts from a troubled sleep,
Where roaring through the narrow
straits
the meeting waters leap;
But still that shining pathway leads
Across the lonely deep.
When I sail out the narrow straits
Where unknown dangers be.
And cross the troubled, moaning bar
To the mysterious sea-
Dear God, wilt Thou not set n lamp,
Low i'm the West for me:
Ella Higginson.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-18
HOTEL PORTLAND
OF

PORTLAND. OREGON.
American plan, SO per day and up
ward. Headquarters for tourists and
commercial travellers. Special rates
made to families and single gentle-
men. The management will be pleas
ed at all times to show rooms and
give prices. A modern Turkish bath
establishment In the hotel.
". G. ROwERS. Manager
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-18

ARE YOU TAKING CHANCES
with your life by riding In a ri.kety
carriage? Life is too sweet to risk
losing 1t when for a reasonable sum
you can have your carriage repaired
at Neagle Bros
Use the Win ma Buggy and the
W1NONA only. 1t is so well but
that it's safer to ride than walk.
See us about Gasoline Engines. &c
We sell Winona Wagons, Hacks ana
Buggies. Easy running and made
from bone-dry material. Guaran-
teed 20 give satisfaction in this eli.
mate.
See us abo Gasoline Engines. W
are agents for the Fairbanks Morse
Gasoline Engines for irrigating and
mining machinery. Estimates given
on irrigating plants. Call and get
our prices.
Neagle Bros.
THE BLACKSMTTHS.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-18

ident. cit isn't fair to appeal to my
prejudices that way"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-18
WINTER ECZEMA sz'HH 1ss HaSP SH9

skin diseases are active in Summer while others
weather manifest themselves Winter
the long months and gives no sign of its coming
Winter the trouble itself
distressing OF all skin diseases The
which be excited thrown off through
the and glands the skin bee
eversh and the itching intense The keep skin
and dried up by the cold bleak winds
and giving THAT shiny eathey
The head hands
the body painful distressing is the trouble
that the sufferer constantly doctors irving to get "
Soothing washes mdaed ontments
GIVING temporary relief they good The poisonous
and must be removed before
cure LOT winter s. s. the
ceanses the blood Of the
@ @n& A3 pofsons and sends
VIA VIA V&A diseased skin, healing sofenng it cur
hsr3 a ksr@ k8 the painful itching erupions
<aSS W ~~ enters the blood and purifes of and
PURELY VEGETABLE foreign and Eczemaor
letter as it is sometimes we'll
surely besides does not contain harmful
OF the
e you neea' Hee THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, Ga
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-18

, ,ssssss ssss .
. The tallest lilies doop at even- .
. tide,
. The sweetest roses fall from .
D off the stem;
, The rarest things on earth can
, not abide,
, And We are passing, too, away .
. like them;
, We're growing old!
, We had our dreams, those rosy
} dreams of youth!
, They faded, and twas well. .
} This afterprime
, Hath brought us fuller hopes;
} and yet, forsooth,
, We drop a tear now in this q
} later time
, To think we're old.
} British Weekly. Z
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-18

u neeu' nee' THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, Ga.
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Church Notes.

Mappsyille Baptist Church VIII
hold their annual church fair on wed
nesday, August LIST, 1906. A meal
consisting of the good things OF the
season, cream and confectionaries
will be served.
A fair will be held at Atlantic NJ.
p. Church on Wednesday, July 25th.
Sumner. ice cream and confectionaries
viii be served for the benefit Of the
church. The invitation is to all to
be present and help a good cause.
A fair will be held at the NJ T..
Church, New Church, Thursday, July
Goth. Supper, ice cream and confec-
tionaries will be served. If Thursday
should be inclement you are invited
to be present next fair day. Pubic
cordially invited.
The members of the Atlantic Baptist
Church will hold fair and festival Oh
Tuesday, July 31st, beginning at one
O'Clock. lee cream, confecbonarles
supper, ETC., will be served. There
will he a free entertainment at night
consisting of recitations, music, etc
Proceeds 90 to the church. All INV
ted to be present and help worthy
| cause
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Funds for Public Schools of Accomac

Sup't. G. G. Joynes has returned
from Richmond, where he secured
from the State Board 1880 Tor inc
public schools of Accomac county.
This money is to be applied solely 10
the pay of teachers in the develop
ment of rural high schools. 1t can
not be used in defraying incidental
expenses. The State Board has direc-
ted that the fund be apportioned as
follows: $3.50 for Ouancock, $3.50 for
Accomac courthouse, $3.50 for PARKS
lev. $3.50 for Painter, $3.50 for Chinco-
league, and $3.50 for Temperanceville.
Since the money is appropriated ior
the installation and development OF
new high schools, it took considerable
argument on the part of Supt. Joyhes
to get Onancock on the list, the Board
taking the ground that the OnancocE
High School was well established and
not entitled to the money. Before the
close of the audience, however, Sup T.
Joyues fortunately had his way, and
so each district in Accomac county
doing high school work secured sol
appropriation.
This is one thing in behalf Of the
public schools of the county, to which
there will probably be no objection
raised. In fact the receipt OF Thu
money should mark a new era in tn
rapid progress of Accomac's schools
p.
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Oniey.

Ground has been broken for the new
school building at this place.
BESSIE. little daughter of Mr.. John
G. Core, very sick at this time.
Mr.. Levi r. Core is quite sick at the
home of his brother on Folly Greek.
Mr.. AL Rogers has accepted clerk
shin with firm of j. W. Rogers q Bros
Mr.. VIM. s. Bundick, of Locustville'
was taken to hospital in Norfolk for
treatment on Tuesday.
The freight accumulated at our
station last week was so heavy ona'
much of it had to be moved on sun
day.
improvements are being made by
Miss Maggie McMath to her residence
which will make it one of the prettles'
in the town.
MIR. Ralph James, after visit o
several days to relatives and frleno'
in our town and vicinity, has returned
to his home in Pittsburg, Pa.
Among the visitors to Norfolk PM
Reach and Ocean View from our tow
last week were Messrs Lloyd Taylor
Cleve East, Harry and jeff Walter
lJas. Fitzgerald, George, Norman an
Chester Savage.
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horntown.

Mrs. NJ. E. Watson left for Fort
Hill, Va, Tuesday.
Mr. It. P. Evans left Wednesday
for Baltimore to visit his wife.
Mr.. Jesse Evans, Jr., left this week
ON 2 visit % friends in the north.
A very, 'oyable outing was gwen
the young e.. lies of town Monday by
Mr.. Edgar Davis.
Mr.. Crutchfield, who is representing
the cause of the Va. Orphanage, gave
an interesting address at the M T.
Church on Sunday afternoon. After
which a very liberal collection was
taken.
| Among the recent visitors TO oul
town were Miss Lillian Wilson, o.
Greenbackville; Mrs. Mamie Hender
son and daughter Miss Llewellyn' ant
Misses Gertrude Blades and Lille Hill
of Pocomoke.
The Children's day exercises hell
Of the M. f. Church, South, on sun
day night was enjoyed by all. In
children did credit to their instructors
The singing by the choir was soui III
spring. Theprogram was very seiec'
the exercises well attended.
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Resolutions of Colored People.

Mr.. Editor:-Upon information
which regard as authentic, at late
meeting of the colored people OF the
county, resolutions were adopted as
follows:
That the colored people would only
accept employment from the white
people when no other means of a
livelihood was open to them.
That they charge always the high
est price for wages that they could
possibly get, and
That they do as little as possible fol
those employing them.
Bring able to vouch for the accuracy
of the statements contained in the
above, is it not in order for the white
people also to meet and pass some
resolutions? Oloizen'
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NanGua.

Nandua is fast becoming a summer
resort.
Mrs. w. f. Waters, after weeks
sickness, is out again.
Miss Pearl McMath of Only is visit
ing Miss Lucille Boggs'
Miss Polite Beach, of Keller, Is
visiting Mrs. r. j. Boggs
Mr.. VIM. Johns, of Lunenburg, Va.'
is visiting his sister, Mrs A. T. L.
Russian.
Our county superintendent, Mr.
G. G. Joynes, was a welcome visitor
here Tuesday.
Misses Russian returned this week
from a weeks visit to their OLD
home at Hollins.
Mrs w. E. Godsey and children
have returned to their home after a
visit to relatives in Norfolk.
! Over twenty-five thousand barrels OF
notatoes have been shipped already
from our wharf this season.
Miss Myra Boggs, 1.-THE Cedars" Is
ENJOYING a most delightful sojourn IN
the mountains of Pennsylvania
Rev R. F. Gayle, P. E., and family
are summering at Point Pleasant and
we give them hearty welcome.
Capt. Frank Cutler is to build, 1t 1t
understood, a very handsome resi-
dence at Cedar Bluff and his friends
are yuessing who is to be the othe
occupant.
We had some New York sports her.
+bie week in a launch viewing homes
on Nandua Creek with the intention o
+ buving. They were well pleased an
cav our creek is superior to any the
=, have seen.
DR. w. H. Peasants, DR.. Harr
peasants and Miss Peasants are Ell
loving a months vacation at the
home, Glendale, VITA Mrs. Gillespie
n Miss Peasants is noted planls
y having graduated in Germany an
her music is much appreciated by a
o. who hear her.
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ParksIey.

Mr.. G. G. Dix, of Northampton, was
here a few days ago.
Miss Irma Parsons is visiting reia-
tiyes at Parsonsburg, Md.
Master Edward Timmons IS OH
visit 10 his father at Whaleyville, MD.
NIessrs. F. B. Johnson and t. II.
Satchel made a trip to Baltimore
recently.
Misses Lee and Ida Broughton, OF
the Parksley Hotel, are soioulning at
Ocean City.
Mr.. s. O. Bland, of Newport News
spent Sunday with friends at the
home of II. T. Mason.
Mr.. G. Paul Plat is enjoying d
fortnight vacation at his parents
home in Hazleton, Pa.
Mrs. Bette Kuhns and children, OF
Baltimore, are visiting at the home OF
her sister, Mrs. w. j. Johnson.
Mrs. O. f. Causey and daughter
Miss Augusta, and Mr.. Joe Causey are
spending several days at Ocean City
Mrs. Fletcher Barnes and son
James, are spending the month o
July with her parents at Sharpsbnrg
Md.
Mrs. Isabel Walter and daughter
of Mardela Springs, are at the nom
of her sister, Mrs. Jno. II. Hopkins
Hunting Creek.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Mako
left Monday for stay OF severe
weeks at their former home at Balls
ton Spa, n. Y. They will also Wis
, Niagara Falls before they return.
: Rev. w. B. Judefind mas resigned
pastor of the NJ. p. Church, an
together with his family will leave fC
t his new field of labor at LynchburI
S Va, about August LIST. He has bee
t with us more than six years and hi
S endeared himself to all the peopl
n who with sincere regret part with hi
. and his family.
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Keller.

Mrs. Mile Causey returned to
Cape Charles Wednesday.
Miss LolaW escott is visiting in Nor
Hampton.
Mr.. G. T. Stockley, a merchant oil
this place, is at the Sarah Leigh hos
pital for treatment.
Keller will have Children's day eX-
ercises at Fair Grounds Wednesday,
July %.
Lady Ruth and other fast horses are
being trained at Fair Grounds every
Wednesday.
The Keller Dramatic Club will re
peat dot The Miners Daughter
at Wachapreague Tuesday evening
July II. All who come will surely b'
entertained.