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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-12

The ontario oriana gives the fol-
lowing comprehensive statistical re-
view of Malheur county in a recent
issue:
The earliest history of Malheur
county commences when the United
States was in the midst of terrible
civil war. In 1863 and 1854 Jonathan
Keeney built the first cabin at the
Malheur river crossing, the present
townsite of Vale.
The same year the Ruby ranch of
5000 acres was opened in Jordan val
ley by Doc Inskip, and the ranch of
McWilliams of 100 acres called the
sheep ranch. was opened in the same
valley. During the Indian wars a gov
ernment telegraph station was oper-
ated at the Sheep ranch.
In 1865 the Eldorado of Oregon
sprang into existence and five years
later the town of Malheur was found
ed but one mile away. Eldorado has
become history only, while Malheur
bases her future on the possibilities
of hidden fortunes in the mines Just
being developed.
In 1872 Levi Westfall planted q
settlement on Bully creek and Peter
Keeney and Thomas Glenn took
ranches on the owyhee. In 1872 Nat
Graves brought so head of Spanish
horses from California and In 1888 he
sold 1000 head at $50 per head. This
is the first authentic history OF
horse raising in this country.
In 1873 ]. d. Osborne settled at the
Grove on Malheur about 10 miles
above the old stone house. the land.
mark OF Vale. In 1874 James McMa.
han led the first settlers into the
Harper valley. In 1872 there were
about so men in Malheur county a.
remembered by the early settlers.
In 1856 the act of Congress was
passed giving the Dalles Military
Road companies every odd section Of
land in those big grants, while tn,
oregon Legislature passed their Law
OF gift to them in 1868. In 1882 tn,
first irrigation canal was projected
the Mclaughlin ditch on the Malheul
followed later by the Nevada ditci
and other projects.
In 1884 the oregon Short Line rail
road established station at Ontari,
and that company crossed the Snak'
river near the present site OF Nysst
in the year 1888.
A statistical report Of the count!
would show as follows: 1918 acre
of tillable land, with valuation o
s1,l72,S6O: 331,773 acres Of non-til
liable land of valuation of $424,99O
144 miles of railroads teiegraphs anC
telephones; sOS2 head of horses
worth s15O,69O; 39,105 head of cattl'
worth $473,945. and 1885 head o
sheep worth $311,795.
This only shows partial ownership
but is all the records will disclose, bu
the gross value OF this county's prop
erty aggregates the amount of 49,,
340.S2O, which with population o
1903 as the census gave In 1900
means about $500 for every man, wo
man and child in the county.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-12

Lord Ellenborough once reproved a
bricklayer for coming to be sworn in
his usual habillments. when you have
to appear before this court it is your
bounden duty to be clean and decent in
your appearance" Upon my life, if it
comes to that" said the bricklayer,
I'm every bit as well dressed as your
lordship." How do you mean. sirT
exclaimed the chief justice angrily.
"Well, it's just this. You come here in
your working clothes, and come in
mine
1t was very seldom, however, that
anybody got the better of Lord Ellen
borough. A witness dressed in n fan
tastical manner and who had given dis
creditable evidence was asked in cross
examination what he was. Il employ
myself" he said, 'as a surgeon" But
does any one else" inquired the chief
justice, "employ you as surgeonT'
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-12
THE TAIL OF A COMET.
&s Ever Changing Mans and Why II
Flees From the Sun.

~ Ever Changing Mass and why II
Flces From the Sun.
The tail Of a comet Is not formed of
the same particles which composed 1t
yesterday or even an hour or moment
ago. 1t Is constantly being renewed at
the expense of the nucleus. AS the long
stream Of black smoke from the neigh
boring factory or mill Is being continu-
ally renewed by fresh particles Of car
bon released by the combustion going
on in the furnace below, so is the won
derful luminous train of cometary bod
les being constantly replenished by
particles flying from or rather driven
from the nucleus by the intense heat of
the SUM-
Then, again, how infinitely small and
how intensely luminous must these par
ticles that go to make up the tail Of
comet be! This thought Is suggested by
the fact that 1t has been proved that in
some cases the nucleus of comets which
are only few hundred miles In diane
ter will have enormous fanlike tails
stretching across space for a distance
exceeding 2OO,OO0,0O0 miles and having
bulk exceeding that of the sun by
more than 10000 times! Professor Z.
Z. Barnard beautifully illustrates the
formation of q comets tail by "suppos
ing thus: Suppose for example, that
the nucleus OF comet is composed of
Ice. Then suppose the heat Of the sun
10 ha Inf 10 IN nj
portion Of the ice globe exposed to the
action Of its rays, which are strong
enough to Immediately convert 1t into
vapor, which ascends toward the sun.
Imagine now a fierce wind blowing
out from the sun, causing the vapor
space behind the comet. This will
clearly illustrate the theory of the for.
nation Of a comets tail, only that the
nucleus of the comet is not ice and the
vapor is not water vapor, neither Is the
force which drives it away from the
sun fierce wind"
The unknown force hinted at by the
astronomer above quoted readily eX
plains why a comets tail, as rule
points in an opposite direction to the
sun. The Russian astronomer Bredie
chen distinguishes three different types
Of cometary tails-those composed Of
particles having the specific gravity Of
hydrogen, those having the specific
gravity Of hydrocarbon gas and thirt
class having all the peculiarities of al
equal mixture Of hydrogen and iror
vapor.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-12
HEADLEss, YET ALIVE.
Insects That Continue to Exist After
Decapitation.

Insects Tint Continue to Exist After
Decapitation.
Must persons Of an observing turn Of
mind are aware of the fact that there
are several species Of insects that will
continue to live without seeming incon-
venience for some time after decapita-
ton, exact knowledge on the length of
time which the various species of in
sects would survive such mutilation
being somewhat vague.
Professor Conestrini once undertook
a series Of experiments with view of
determining that and other facts In re-
latlon to the wonderful vitality of such
creatures. In each case the head was
smoothly removed with pair Of thin
bladed forceps, and when spontaneous
movements Of the wings and legs ceas-
ed he employed sundry irritating de-
vices, such as pricking, squeezing and
blowing tobacco smoke over the insect.
As a result Of these experiments he as
certained that members of the beetle
family at once showed signs Of suffer
ing, while such as ants, bees, wasps,
etc, remained for hours unaffected.
Some which seemed stunned from the
effects Of the operation recovered after
time and continued to live and enjoy
headless existence for several days
Butterflies and moths seemed but little
affected by the gulllotlnlng process, and
the common flies (dlpterW appeared to
regard the operation as huge joke.
"The common house fly" said the ex'
perimenter, appeared to be in full pos
session of his senses rather paradox
ical, when in all probability the ca
nary had swallowed head, sense and
alb thirty-six hours after being oper
ated upon"
The bodies of some species of butter
flies survived as long as eighteen days
after the head had been removed, bu
! the head Itself seldom showed signs o.
life longer than six hours after decapi
tation. In the general summary o,
these huge experiments we are inform
ed that the last signs of life were man
ifested either in the middle or last pal,
Of legs and that the myriopods showed
great tenacity of life "and appeared
wholly Indifferent to the loss of thei
heads"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-12

One would think the Laxative idea
in a cough syrup should have been
advanced long before it was. 1t seems
the only rational remedy for Coughs
and Colds would be to move the bow
els and clean the mucous membranes
of the throat and lungs at the same
time. Kennedy's Laxative Honey and
Tar does this. 1t is the original Lax
ative Cough Syrup. the best known
remedy for Coughs, Colds. Whooping
Cough, etc. Tastes good and harm
less. Sold by Tallman & Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-12
A FAMOUS MONSTER.
An Old Time Wonder That Had un
Eye In Its Knee.

Eye In Its Knee.
In the writings of both Licetus and
Zahn may be found descriptions and
illustrations Of monster born at Ra-
VIENNA, Italy, in the year 1911 or 1912,
the exact date being somewhat uncer-
tain. This monster had a body and
shoulders like those of n young woman.
There was but one leg, gradually ta-
pering from the hips down and termi-
mating In an immense scaled claw, like
that Of turkey buzzard. There were
four toes, each tipped with bony nail,
three Of them pointing to the left and
one TO the right. The creature had
held them in an erect position, as
though ready to take flight at the
slightest provocation. From the hips
to the single knee the flesh was COW
cred with large, well arranged feath-
ers. From the knee joint to the foot
the leg was scaled, like that of the com
mon barnyard fowl. the spot where the
feathers left off and the scales COM
menced being marked with large lid
less eye, which seemed to be altogether
incapable of voluntary motion. The
neck, head and general outlines Of the
face were those of woman. but the
ears were large and set very low, al
| most on the neck.
The head was covered with a queer
mixture of scales, feathers and hair,
but the oddity of the whole upper
story" was pointed horn, which rose
Just in the edge of the hair on the CEN
ter Of the forehead. This horn was
three inches in length, and, according
to Zahn, "even a farmer would have
mistaken 1t for the horn OF two-year-
old heifer had II been removed and
shown to him."
The old time wonder mongers all give
pictures and descriptions of this "horn-
ed Italian monster" but none tells how
long II lived or what was done with
the body after death.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-12
BEAUTY SPOTS.

japanese women gild their teeth.
In Greenland women paint their faces
blue and yellow.
The ladies Of Arabia stain their fin
gers and toes red
In India the women of three high
castes paint their teeth black.
Borneo women dye the hair in fantas.
tic colors-pink, green. blue and scarlet
A Hindoo bride is anointed from head
to foot with grease and saffron.
In New Holland scars made carefully
with shells form elaborate patterns on
the ladies' faces.
In some South American tribes the
women draw the front teeth, esteeming
as an ornament the black gap thus
made.
In New Guinea the ladies' wear nose
rings, piercing the nose in the same
fiendish way that civilized women
pierce the ears.-Philadelphia Bulletin.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-12
Death Warning.

Oliver Wendell Holmes recorded his
protest against the custom of telling n
person who does not actually ask to
know that he cannot recover. AS that
loving observer of mankind asserted, so
must every one who knows whereof he
speaks assert that people almost al
ways come to understand that recovery
is impossible. 1t is rarely needful to
tell any one that this is the case. When
nature gives the warning death appears
to be as little feared as sleep.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-12
Cast Iron,

Cast iron is extended the five thou
sand five hundredth part Of its length
for every ton of direct strain per square
inch Of its section. Its elasticity Is fully
excited when extended the one-thou-
sandth part, and the limit of its elias
ticlty is estimated to be found at the
time when It is extended the one thou
sand two hundredth part Of its length.
The tensile strength Of the longest piece
Of cast iron ever tested was 45,9T0
pounds to the square inch.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-12
Ncny q. n. & N. Fridge.

Surveyors are at work near the
railroad bridge of the O. r. & N. the
first of the week. 1t Is said that & g
company will put in n new steel
bridge 60 or so feet north OF the old
bridge, thus eliminating considerable
of the curve now existing in both the
track and the bridge. There are now
three curves in the track within mile
east of the depot, which are quite a
hindrance to the running of trains
Hood River Newsletter.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-12
An Evil Communication,

Teacher-Evil communications cor
rupt good manners. Now, Johnny, can
you understand what that means2 John
ny-Yes'm. For instance, pc got COM
munication from mas dressmaker this
morning, and 1t made him use bad Ian
guage.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-12

Husband lnewly married)-Don't you
think, love, If were to smoke It wauld
spoil the curtains? Wife-Ah, you are
really the most unselfish and thought.
full husband to be found anywhere.
Certainly 1t would. Husband-Well,
then, take the curtains down.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-12

Eight miles and a half of tunnels.
designed to turn aside the waters Of
Kern river from their natural course,
and make of them a source Of cleo
trio power to the manufacturers of
Los Angeles and southern California,
have been completed by the Edison
Electric company, IA miles from Bak-
ersfield.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-12
Sold Ont.

This is to notify the public that we
have sold our lumber business in Pen
dleton. Parties indebted to our firm
will kindly call and settle immedi,
ately.
GRAY'S HARBOR LUMBER co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-12
Land Scrip.

For sale will take surveyed or un-
surveyed land.
Military bounty warrants bought.
w. D. Field, Overland olock, Boise,
Idaho.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-12
J. L. VAUGHAN
ELECTRICIAN.
122 W. Court st. Phone Main 1872.

OF good Grocery Stores
We have quite a variety,
All of them run
By men of great piety;
Yet I'll present you IT
Without impropriety-
The kindly EAST END
AS the flow'r
Of them all!
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-12

Misfortunes are moral bltters which
frequently restore the healthy tone to
the mind after 1t has been cloyed and
stricken by prosperity.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-12

Matte Dodson lost four fingers in
the mangle of a Lewiston steam
laundry.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-12
SKETCH OF MALH[UR
FIRST CABIN BUILT IN
COUNTY IN 1858.

In 1858 Eldora Was Founded and
Settlement Gradually Extended to
the Various Parts of the Country
In 1872 There Were But so Men
I'm the County-TOtal Assessed
Value of Property This Year Over
$3,340, 800.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-12

They say There is nothing too
good for the Irish" We say, There
is nothing too good for any of our
customers tables. Therefore we aim
to handle nothing but the BEST, and
is the reason you should patronize the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-12
FIVE LEADING BOOKS.
Demand of the Public Shows Favor
ties of the Week.

The five books most in demand
during the past week at the Mechan-
ics'- Mercantile and Public Libraries,
of San Francisco, were the following:
Mechanics Mercantile Library.
l. THE House of Mirth," by Edith
Wharton.
2. THE House of a Thousand
Candles" by Meredith Nicholson.
2. THE Wheel of Life" by Ellen
Glasgow.
4. "A Levantine Log-Book," by
Jerome Hart.
Wallace,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-12
PUBLIC Library.

|. THE House of a Thousand Cam
dies" by Meredith Nicholson.
,. "The Wheel of Life" by Ellen
Glasgow.
3. "The Fortunes of the Landrays,"
by Vaughan Kester.
A. 1.-THE Reshaping of the Far
East" by b. L. P. Weale.
:. Opera Scores.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-12

John Gagen's Family liquor store.
Court ST.. opposite Golden Rule hotel.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-12
Chorus:

Here's a good health to you
Honest EAST END,
Clear may your star shine
And brightly ascend,
Kindly good nature
Beams from each feature,
OF every creature
At the EAST END.
Where is there a Store
That contains more delicacies.
From Pendleton's eels.
To the tenderest fricasees;
Just come and see
All that stores
Sweet intricacies,
Darlin' EAST END!
You're a sweet Grocery!
Chorus:
Here's a GOOD, etc.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-12
Chorus:

Here's a good, etc.
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1906-07-17
ATTEND THE SALE

The ENTERPRISE commends to
the people of this community the
work of the Glynn Development
Co. We also urge it's readers
to attend the big auction sale OF
city lots which will be held here
Wednesday and Thurday, July
18-19th. The company has shown
it's faith in Fitzgerald by invest
large sums of money in property
here and it is backing up that
faith by holding the most of it
for future development. The
sale Wednesday and Thursday
will be of only few lots and in
dications are that they will 60
like proverbial hot cakes. The
advertising given Fitzgerald by
this enterprising company has
been of vast benefit to everyone
in this community and it will be
lasting in it's effect, We there
fore urge, that as matter of ap-
probation of the effortsslof this
company in our behalf let every
one attend their big auction sale
on the 18Th and 10Th. Many peo-
pie from outside of Fitzgerald
will be present and it behooves
all citizens of this city to put on
their best bib and tucker and 60
out to the sale.
Let other people see what a
good crowd we can turn out
when the occasion demands.
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1906-07-17


| J. r. Beryhil1 of Helena made
a business trip to this city yes
terday.
Alderman J. E. Turner has
returned from his vacation at st.
Simons.
| A card from Mrs. w. FL. Klep-
per, states that she is in Knox
vile, Tenn, attending summer.
school.
| W. W. Martin went to Cor
dele yesterday and to Abbevllle
today in the interest of the big
sale at Winona Heights.
Miss Sallie Wooten of Abbe-
vile, who has been visiting Mr..
and Mrs. T. J. Luke returned
home today.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Clark are
visiting in Abbevil1e, the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Hall.
A select picnic party went to
Bowen's Mill this morning.
Among them we're the Misses
Lydia and Rose Ivey, Lucille EN-
mons, Miss Rosalie Stubs and
Jessie Ivey. Mesdames W. L.
Stubbs and M. E. Ivey chaparon-
ed them.
Mrs. M. L. Stubbs and daugh-
ter Rosalie, of Tampa, Fla, are
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. D..
C. Ivey, and expect to take their
departure tomorrow for an ex-
tended visit in the northern
part of Georgia.
In view of the large crowd
expected here tomorrow and
next day the city council has
ordered west Central Avenue
Heading to the Winona Heights
put in good shape for the big
auction sale of lots. This sale
takes. place Wednesday and
Thursday July IS and 10Th.
and the street force will have
the avenue leading up to same.
in fine condition.
| AS there will be a big crowd
here to attend the sale from
other places this move on the
part of Mayor and council is a
good one. Every stranger that
comes to Fitzgerald to attend this
sale will be favorab1y impressed
by the good work the street force
is doing.
E.. N. Davis has invented
| stone making machine that will
economic time and labor. In
stead of having TO unlock the
press and let the sides down as
in other machinery his machinery
is so arranged that it turns the
blocks of cement out at the top
He has a miniature machine at
work at his Office on Central
avenue and several samples of
the stone turned out.
The Brewer Lords are as de-
spotic in their treatment of their
saloon keeping serfs as a Rus
sion Car. The saloon keeper
pretends to be the boss of his
Ward or pre- cinct, but he is only
carrying out the will of the brew
er who holds a mortgage on his
place, who has possibly paid for
his license. and who, if he has no
other bit in his teeth may refuse
~ 9u~n;oh him with heer
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-01-12
Almost a Fire.

Pink Wallace has barber shop
on North Bachelor street in what is
known as Poverty Flat. He has a
stove and the pipe runs straight
through the ceiling and roof un-
protected from the wood by any
iron fixture. Wednesday morning
the stove pipe got too hot for the
surrounding wood and the wood
caught fire, and had it not been
discovered at once and water thrown
on it, the whole shop and adjoining
buildings, all wooden structures,
would have burned. This nest of
wooden buildings is regular tinder
box and it is most remarkable that
all OF these houses have not been
burned long ago. These wooden
buildings standing so close to the
NJ. and p. national bank building,
and {. T.. Lipscomb buildings Just
across the street are a source of
continuous expectation of fire and
dangerous. These buildings are
small one story houses, but a fire
well started with brisk wind would
sweep the whole row anl likely
burn all on both sides Of the street.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-01-12
NLW DEPOT NEARING COMPLETION.
Death Of NirS. Sarah Ann Filier---
Store For the Town.

JonCsvillc, Jan. S.-Our people
begin the new year under favorable
circumstances and in much better
condition than they have for many
years. The past two years have
been unusually favorable, and tax
ing the two years together they
have put the people in favorable
AMI pI osp"rous and even contcntcd
cpnditi, II. Now if the country will
only manage its affairs well and
not let prosperity dclude it into cX-
travAgancc and excessive living
we will hold our own and continue
| to prosper.
The carpenters have finished their
work on the new depot and gone
and the painters are putting on the
finishing touches which will soon
be done and then the filling in of
the yard and macadamizing it will
finish the job and it will be ready
Tor use. 1t is a neat and even
handsome depot but too small for
| the prC Src!Slvc town of JoncSvillc.
just six months tomorrow since
the other depot was burned.
Mrs. Sarah Ann Miller died yes
teroay morning at the home of her
son Mr.. j. Finchcr Harris, on
Browns Creek. Mrs. Miller was
twice married. Her first husband
was MIR. W. r. f.. Harris, who
died about seven wears after their
marriage. Her last husband was
the late Jerome Miller, who was
well known all over Union county.
Mrs. Miller was about scvcnty.four
years of age. Her remains were
buried in the family plot at Beth
lchcm church today.
MIR. Reuben J. Kirby, an old
citizen Of this community and for
several years citizen OF Joncsvillc,
will move to Spartanburg in few
days. Mr.. Kirby has many friends
about Jnncsyillc who regret to know
that he is going to leave our town.
MIR. +. l.. Eison, of Lockhart,
spent Sunday with his parents Mr..
and Mrs. y. B. Eison.
Mcssrs. r. L. Littlcjohn and
II. V. Mabrcy have taken positions
with the J. J. Littlcjohn Co. for
this year.
We have new store in our town
which will be incorporated and
known az the w. +. Farr Co. The
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-01-12

en- not to be in too lig a hurry to
secure the passage Of an Act estah-
fishing this school. 1t might not
he hest that the present Legislature
should do this work. They may
not be prepared for it. The better
plan would he to appoint a W isn and
conservative commission to examine
tn" schools already established and
report bill that would suit condi-
tlnns in the State. This in itself is
Il great reform measure and should
he entered into after much drlihcra-
ti"n and careful study of the sub
jet. The club women Of the
State must not feel diShcartcned if
the present legislature takes the
stand that one OF the very intclli-
gent and humane members took
last winter when the suhj.ct was
discussed. He said the best treat
mrnt for bad boys was the barrel
stavc.
DR.. Wallace has given the sub
j"ct considerable study and he is
perhaps better informed on it than
any person in the State Since the
death of Mrs. Patterson. News
and Courier.