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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-01

Sixteen Pendleton firms lost more
or less freight in the destruction of a
carload of merchandise by fire, at
Foster this morning.
a car in extra freight train No. S53
in charge of Conductor Hancock, was
discovered to be on fire Just before
reaching Foster, and the train was
stopped and the burning car set on
the side track at that place. but owing
to the absence of water it was burn
ed to the ground nothing but the
trucks being left of the entire car or
contents.
1t was a Portland-Pendleton mer-
chandise car and contained shipments
of goods consigned to the following
firms in this city. beside a number OF
firms in other towns in the county:
r. Alexander. Cook & Perry, Keep
pen Brothers, Sharon & Eddings, Cor
don & Harrison, Jay & Jensen, L. G.
Frazier, Empire Tea company, James
Crawford, R. H. Wilcox, C. E. Grit
man, Tribune, Taylor Hardware COM
pany, Demott & Co., Gray Brothers
and H. Vessel.
Besides this general merchandise
the o. r. & n. lost large quantity
of supplies destined for Pendleton.
Until the bills can be checked over
1t is not known what the loss will be.
but it will reach TO several thousand
dollars.
1t is not known how the fire orig
mated. The company is now making
an investigation and the matter will
be settled as soon as the officials re-
ceive reports of the accident.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-01

the past month or the matter of re-
establishing the old service would have
been taken up before this. At any
rate If the Walla Walla- -Pendleton
train is not put on again the company
will improve the service between PEN
dleton and Walla Walla. The Walla
Walla-Pendleton train never did
enough business to pay for the cost
of operation, but the company may
decide to re-establish the service as
an accommodation to the public"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-01
Completing Railroad Grade.

The o. R. & n. is completing two
miles of railroad grade from Mea-
cham to the new sawmill to be built
near there. The sawmill company is
to build three miles from the mill
into the timber supply, making five
miles Of grade altogether to be built
there this season. Machinery for the
sawmill is now arriving at Meacham.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-01
SHIPMENTS RESUMED.
o. II. & y. Received Limited Con-
signments to San Francisco and
Oakland

Agent F. C. Smith, of the o. r. &
N, this morning received instructions
from the freight department that lin
tied shipments will now be received
for San Francisco and Oakland, the
congestion at those points having been
somewhat relieved.
All shipments are barred except
packing house products. carloads of
perishable freight, merchandise ship
ments and Southern Pacific material.
1t is expected that regular freight
traffic will be resumed into the Cali
fornia cities within a few days as
strenuous efforts are being made to
relieve the situation.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-01
WILL WINTER 10000 LAMBS.
J. A. Carson of Ontario "Bears" the
Sheen Market.

]. I. Carson, well known sheep
drover, who is in the city from Ontario
in this state, is preparing to winter
10000 lambs in Malheur county, says
the Evening Telegram. He has been
purchasing stock in Umatilla. Morrow
and other eastern Oregon counties
the past spring and summer, and will
provide hay enough to tide his flocks
over the snowy periods by buying
from the farmers around ontario. He
expects to shear his lambs in the
Spring, and then ship the animals to
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-01
Twin Sons Born.

Born, this morning to Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ. ]. Callahan of East Webb street,
twin sons. The combined weight of
the two arrivals Is 16 pounds, and
DR.. C. ]. Smith, the attending physi-
clan, says they are the. largest twins
he has ever seen during his practice.
Mr.. Callahan is the foreman at the
Forster planning mill.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-01
CATTLE WAITING FOR CARS.
About 200 Head Coming to PendletOn
When Cars Can Be Secured.

About 200 head of fat cattle are on
the road to Pendleton and will be
grazed slowly toward the city until
cars can be secured for shipment.
The cattle are from Mckay and
Birch greeks and will be sent to Port
land and Seattle.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-01
With Baker City Herald.

II. w. Brooks, who has been solic-
itor for the Oregon Daily Journal for
number Of years, has resigned to
become circulation manager for the
Baker City Herald, and has moved
his wife to Baker to reside perma-
nently.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-01
Scores of Families to the Mountains

During the past week or two scores
of Pendleton families have left for the
mountains near Meacham to camp
during the warm weather. At one
place between Meacham and Kamela
the families of G.. w. Coutts, A. L.
Vogel w. P. Temple, T. L. Dunsmore
and Mr.. Mann are camped in a group.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-01
o. R. & n. PAVING EXPENSES.
Total Sum to BE Paid by the Railroad
Company for Street improvement Is
SSO8f,65.

Agent E. C. Smith, of the o. r. IL
N. today sent to the officials of the
company at Portland an itemized ac-
count of the paving expenses of the
company in Pendleton.
The total amount of the o. r. G. n.
paving assessments is sS061.65, by far
the largest amount to be paid by any
individual or firm for street paving.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-01
Fire on the John Crow Ranch.

At the John Crow ranch on
the reservation, a fire occurred
last evening which totally de-
stroyed the blacksmith shop,
many tools and a hen house.
The blacksmith tools were val
ued at 5000 and the building at
about the same figure, making
loss close to $400. No insur-
ance was carried by Mr.. Crow.
1t Is not known how the fire
originated. as the people living
on the place were all absent at
the dme and returned home in
the evening to find the sheds
burned.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-01
BURNED CAR
AND CONTENTS
SIXTEEN PENDLETON FIRMS
LOST MERCHANDISE

Discovered 10 BE on Fire I'm East
hound Freight This Mornlng-Set
Out ON Side Track and Burned to
the Gromd-Amount of Loss Not
Known Until Bills Can Be Checked
Over.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-01

For Sale-Good paying grocery
business, located in center OF business
district; reason for selling personal. A
bargain for cash. Address p. o. Box
500, Pendleton, Ore.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-01
prices OF WOOL"

MI Carson is naturally bear" in
the sheep market while he Is buying,
and he cannot reasonably be expected
to talk any other way just now. BY
and by. when he gets all the lambs he
wants 1t will be to his interest to talk
like bull" At least this is the way
the Oregon sheep raisers look upon
the matter.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-01-04
TEMPERANCE NOTES.

A once talented lawyer. artist. IN.
thor hail FELLOW well met with a cif.
Gle who "can take q glass wiihoui
harm was retenuy pleading with
toe Judge 10 send him 10 prison BE-.
cause he could not let liquor alone
and was without friends or money.
The distilleries Of Peoria county .ull
nois. nay the federal government
81 100000 revenue pes month one Of
the six dlstilleries produces 5000 gal.
Ions OF alcohol per day Japan and the
United States consume q great guam
tlty OF this product 10 the manufacture
OF gunp0wder
John Burns. the English labor lead.
err, says Throughout the centuries
the drink shop has been the ante.
chamber 10 the workhouse. the chanel
Of ease to the asylum. the recruiting
station for the hospital, the rendezvous
for the gambler the gathering ground
for the, jail"
The veterans Of the American civil
war who meet annually In the nation.
al encampment OF the G. A. r.. have
this year decided that their souvenir
book will contain no liquor advertise.
ments. Through this decision the OF.
ganization expects 10 lose $4,000. bur
they will gain In selfrespect. and in
the honor they will receive for thus
standing for sobrlety and decency
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-01-04
POSTAL SYSTEMS ABROAD.
Profits Are Much Greater in France
Than They Are In Ger
many.

Consul T. Theophilus Liefeld, OF
F-.eburg, Baden, sends comparative
statistics TO the department OF COM
merce and labor on the activities of this
French and German postal systems. A
specially interesting fact is found In
the tremendous quantity OF picture
postal cards an .S40.O00) which an
ndally cucumber the German mails. He
writes:
The German papers have been CIV
ing their readers a comparative study
OF the post Office departments ia the
two countries. much 10 the advantage
of the German system. In Germany
there are 56.367 600 inhabitants. while
in France there are only 3s.s62,Oo0 In
Germany the number OF post Offices is
0.S2 to every ! 900 Inhabitants. and as
officials TO every 1000 people; In
France the number is only 0.29. and
only / officials to every LOCO inhabi-
tants. In Germany there we're 7S,43i
letters TO every 1000 persons. and IN
France. "a ,552. Germany far SURPRISES
France in the sale and manufacture OF
picture postals, which probably ac-
counts for the fact that Germany sent
1,l7l.s4O,OO0 postal cards and France
only 73.6OO,OOO.
LAS regards packages with value
stated, 367 for every 1000 inhabitants
we're sent In France. with a value OF
$50. 259.s9, ana in Germany with 239,
but with a value OF s7736926.
Germany sent 2.e44 postal money
orders for every 1000 persons. repre-
senting a value Of S42,O72.2G. and
France sent only 1,2OS. representing a
value of $S,7OO.44, from which it would
appear that in France more than in
Germany large amounts are sent by
means of bank drafts instead of money
orders. The German post Office also
makes more use Of the system of col
lecting on delivery OF packages or let
tiers tPost-Nachnahme). The German
seems to make more use Of the tele-
phone, while the Frenchman prefers
the telegraph.
Although the work of the German
post Office is much greater than that oil
the French. the net receipts are far
less, from which the conclusion Is
drawn that the German post Office is
managed for the benefit Of the people
and the French post Office for the finan.
cial gain OF the government During
the year from which the above facts
are taken the receipts OF the German
post Office were s119274.00O, and the
expenditures amounted 10 Sl07. 3OS, 900
net income OF 81 96s 900. while in
the case of France the amounts were
respectively. S66. OO6, 900 and s41, GSs 600
leaving a net profit OF 24.s1S,OOO
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-01-04
BANDIT PICTURES HARMFUL
Sensitive Child Raises Valid Pro
tsst Against Blood -curdhng
Pictures.

Gov iiochs paper. the Marion
(Kant Record. has started crusade
against certain class Of moving Pic
lures. u relates this story 10 sus-
tain Is position:
little fve-year-old Marion hoy.
who has always shown extraordinary
foriitude Ia dealing sith the inevitable
bumped head. bruised nose. siivered
hngsrs 49, stumbled Toes. announced
some tia8 back that be was ~goin' to
be- a doctor when he got big The
other day he was going over the
grades in school that he would have 10
pass before he could 90 into the nigh
school and then wherell ! go when
get fra high SCHOOL," he asked
why you're going 10 medical
school and learn TO be doctor" MS
mother answered.
"Oh but I ain't Fcing TO be a doc
tor. though he snid
You're not Well. then. what are
you going to be-" she asked
why. I'm going 10 be a burglar. q"
was mis- astonishing reply. and from
the way his little eyes bulged out YOU
would have thought he meant H.
he saw The Train ROBBERS" during
the street fair this summer. and. this
new ambition" was no doubt klndled
within him at that sine, such Is the
unreasonable quality OF the child
mini. and 10 these imaginative little
beines the robber In the moving pic-
ture is as much a reality as though the
men were there in the flesh. and the
picture money Is real money TO his
limited little vision.
II we have moving picture shows. let
them show something beautiful-beau-
tiful to the eye and capable OF inspir-
ing beautiful helpful. things. The pos
sibilities Of the moving picture ma
chine in an educational way are great
but we don't want 20 educate our chit
dren to be bandits.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-01-04

As this country becomes more aud
more manufacturing country. 1t
needs to give more heed to this funda-
mental problem. Urged by purely self
ish motives, commerce and Industry
are ever tending TO exploit the labor
OF the child because 1t is low priced.
and TO oppose restraining legislation.
This, observes the chicago Tribune, Is
why the child labor laws OF England
are considerably less stringent than
those of progressive countries on the
continent The latter. pressing upon
each oth,Ts frontiers. realize lat
rhild labor impairs the m..Lary eff
ciency of nation. Military consider
anSns may not weigh so heavily with
The people of this country as they do
with continental Europe. Dut child
labor should be prevented in America
With a view TO securing Tor children
that better preparation for life and
that worthy type OF ultimate citizen-
ship which American ideals demand
In The interest OF social ana civic Ell
cheney. ana 50 Oi our uaIonal future.
the rising generation. Aoth north and
south should be protected against
premature SDll.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-01-04
IIlee1hie PRESCRIPTIONS.

The illegibility OF many prescriptions
cannot. we fear. even in the eyes OF
the unlearned. I've attributed entirely
10 the unaccustomed symbols for
draehms aud ounces. Whether the
handwriting OF the medical profession
as a body is worse than that Of any
other equally large body Of men. re-
marks the London Lancet. we do not
know. certainly its Official writings as
evidenced by prescriptions cannot COM
pare with the clerical productions OF
the sister profession Of the law. In
the latter case. OF course, business doc.
uments are written largely by person
who have little other qualification thar
the possession OF a clear handwriting
Obviously. a medical man cannot carry
his own clerk about with him to sub
stitute leisurely aud legible writing
for the hurried characters OF the busy
medical man, so that the performance
OF the lawyers Office will always out
shine the scrawl from a patients
house. Yet the matter is really one
admitting Of such serious accidents
that medical men should take special
pains to write clearly. Some persons
believe that prescriptions are badly
written on purpose. that they may con
vey 40 meaning to the patient: that
his faith in the medicine. in fact. may
not be interfered with by toe close
knowledge Of It's constituents Syeh
an object. however. can be equally well
achieved II Il Is ever desiFabe. by
snbstiting elaborate chemical denom-
nations for simple and more common
ly used names of dp0gs. As matters
are at present We have shrewd sus-
picion that II is often only the sagacity
and carefulness OF the druggist who
dispenses prescription which prevent
the connecting Of something far differ
ent from that which the hurried aud
illegible writing OF the practitioner In
tended 10 convey
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-01-04
INDIANS THUNDER BIRD.
Tradition Of the Passamaquoddies
Accounting for Elemental
Disturbance.

Many Indians believe hat thunder
is caused by TIE action of a huge bird
which they have named the thunder
bird. When he is angry his great eyes
flash and the lightning We see is
caused by The Tapping OF the wings
OF the bird. The Pas samaquoddies be-
lieve that the spirit q the children Of
Kaiahdin are thunder and lightning
In defense OF this belief they tell
this story: An lndian-great and
powerful--had been seeking game
for weeks without any success. One
winter day he saw the footprints OF
some creature. the hrst he had seen
for many weeks, Looking closer. he
discovered that the footprints we're
made by snowshoes. though no hui
man being had ever been known 10
have passed through this country be
fore. Next morning the tracks still
appeared. though in different places.
greatly adding to the wonder Of the
Indian hunter. He searched many
days for the object that was making
these tracks. but without success. One
day when he had about given up hope.
he was able to follow these tracks to
precipice on the other side Of the
mountains. He was lost in wonder
when his football aroused a maiden
who stood beside him. He was awed
by her beauty. which was greater
than any he had before gazed upon.
Her voice was low and sweet and
the warrior could scarcely believe
that he was not dreaming when she
babe him go with her. He APP
preached the rock with fear. for he
expected that every minute the love
" vision would fade away. The
maiden, seeing his hesitation,
touched his arm. when he became
mist. and in this form entered a
great cave In the heart Of Katahdin.
There sat the god Of the mountain.
He welcomed the maiden and eager
" inquired II her brothers were
coming.
Il hear them coming now" she
replied
with a binding fash and deaf
ening roar OF thunder two men,
giants in stature, Of beautiful faces
and with cheeks and brows OF stone,
stepped into the cave.
These" said the girl to the hunt
er. are my brothers. Thunder and
Lightning. Our father sends them
forth whenever there is a wrong to
redress, that those who love us may
rot he smitten. Whenever you hear
thunder in the future you will know
that my brothers are shooting our
enemies"
The stone faced sons Of the noun
tain adopted the hunter. After
roaming seven years with Thunder
and Lightning, at the end, while
fierce storm ragged. he was allowed 70
fall unframed in HIS own village.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-01-04
WEDDING GOWN PUT ON ICE
Maids Error Makes the Bride I'm
happy During Several
Hours.

Among her friends a girl who lately
returned from New York, whore she
was present at a fashionable wedding,
s telling a good story OF an Irish maid
Who came near having the wedding
POSTPONED by a blunaer she made. The
bride ordered her gown and veil from
her regular dressmaker. and after
was finished the maker packed the
lain;y garments. 10 be worn at the
wedding. in a decorated box, with the
result that there was CONSERVATION in
the brides home and the pretty girl
wept bitterly over her disappoint-
ment
When the order for the brides gown
was left II was understood the gown
was not 20 be delivered until the ar
ternpon Of the wedding. which was 70
have been a fashionable one The day
before the gown was 10 be worn the
girl who was to wear II called at the
establishment 10 have a last ntting.
aud arrangements were made 10 have
Il az her home by three p. m, as the
wedding ceremony was scheduled for
six The same evening. The dress was
finished at two p m and with the
wedding veil was packed In a hand
some box. decorated beautifully with
flowers and sent By the most reliable
delivery boy In the establishment.
when three O'Clock arrived the bride
ielephoned and was very cross. saying
her Dress had not arrived The clerk
looked up the boy aud he said he had
delivered the box. The customer vas
ielephored to, but she was almost dis
irac'ed and suggested the box had been
delivered 10 the wrong address. as she
had not seen it The boy insisted ne
delivered the box A. the address given
him and a. was getting late there
was great excitement. The customer
was a good one and the house could
not anord 20 lose her patronage
The delivery book was next consult
cd ami 70 was found the box had been
delivered at the right address and
signed for by the person who received
H. Then the girl was notified and
everyone In the house was asked II
they had received the dress bur all
said TO.
With the guests arriving the bride
cryiag and the house Ia confusion AZ
the last minute the bride vas pre-
vailed upon To so down among the
guests ia one Of her Old gowns and
without veil She had to face the
most fashionable society people In the
, city tut the ceremony vas gone
through with.
Later In the evening. while he for
Isl was arranging The horal decora-
lions m The brides home. one Of the
maids suggested ina, some flowers re-
ceivsi In the afternoon be used aud
the florist asked wnere they were ON
being told ION the ice In the cellar. %
he went down 10 20. them and on
Opening the box found the gown and
veil When questioned as 10 how she
had come 20 make such q blundcr me
maid replied
"Oh there we're flowers on The out
( side Of She box go I was sure there
were flowers inside and put b IN the
ice
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-01-04

But anyone who carefully reads his
newspaper. even without statistics at
all. must be painfully struck with the
Tally increasing records OF suffering.
crime aud death attributable TO drink
lng amongst women. And these wom-
en- are not only the inhabitants or
wretched surroundings. they come uot
all from "Povertys dark environ
ments' OF which we hear 50 much
They aru many OF the "dsrlings Of so
ciety." leaders OF fashion. the wives
aud daughters OF men o. money and
position They sail perfumcd and gem
bedeoked into the althy atmosphere of
the divorce courts there 20 be stripped
81 their outward garb OF sentility ana
revealed To the world a. the drink
sodden and degraded creatures they
are No. There are more female
drunkards than those bedragEled. in
clad. ill-fcd wrecks OF wOmanhood Who
figure time after time Ia our police
courts There are the wrecks shelter
ed behind wealth and social positions
aye. even behind titles. who escape
he police courts. bur some of whom
a. before said. cut sorry enough Rg
ures In these even blacker snd sadder
places. our divorce courts During the
/ last few weeks what records % drink
and subsequent vice among what ls
termed the better class" people have
blackened the pages of our daily pa
pers,
A lady representative OF a London
I journal gives the following appalliur
picture Of the iippling INDUCED In hy
ladies In certain confectionery shops
IN the West end OF London. She SAYS
Half a dozen ladies we're seated a.
small tables. on which were arranged
decanters OF various wines and spirits
| Those present had diycsted themselves
OF hats and jackets. ss though prepared
/ Tor a lengthy star. Their faces were
| flushed and their manner excited. one
/ lady particularly attracted the writer's
attention She vas tail and certainly
not more than 90 Her features were
OF great beauty. hut the wild. uunatn-
raj light about her eyes married her
loyeliness She was. % appeared. the
wife Of a young nobleman. and was
daily 10 be seen IN this or a similar
place. drinking brandy weil-nlgh neat
Another lady. somewhat older and
nearly as handsome. was lying help
lessly intoxicated ON q couch. while rho
female attendant was endeavoring Ia
restore her 20 sobrieiy hy the applies
ton Of cold wafer 40 her throbbihg
temples
This Is only one picture Of many
which go TO illustrate the alarming
fact that drunkenness among women
OF ali classes IL greatly on the iu-
crease, and this phase Of the drink
question Is the most Important Of 81
phases. as IL IL the most far-reachi0g
IN rs influence.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-01-04
Lord a Teetotaler al slxtv

Lord Charles Beresford nov appears
as a convinced advocate Of temper
ance
Il do not believe alcohol in any form
has or ever will DO anyone any good
he says Il am now 60 years old and
since | nave entirely given up wine
spirits and beer find I can do as much
work or more. physically and mental.
ly, than when I was 30. 1 am always
well, always CHEEKY. always feel H..
III young men who now drink II
would do without liquor for three
months believe they would become
convinced thar LIQUOR is unnecessary.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-01-04
Emery I'm Afrion

The British commissioner OF Ugan-
ia. Africa. reports that the natives are
adopting clothing. nave taken TO the
use OF soaps and scents and are even
using bicycles. But regret is expressed
lhat the natives have weakness"
for American unblesched calico and
otner American goods, preferrlng tpem
70 British