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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-11

ion actively, though quietly, at work
to accomplish my reelection. To all
of these l feel deeply grateful, and
will endeavor during the next four
years to do my part in so administer
ing the affairs of the state as to cause
no regret to those friends who have
been instrumental, Irrespective of
party, In accomplishing my election.
VIII Try to Reduce Taxes.
I'm reference to the policy to be
pursued by me, ! can only say that 1
Will endeavor in the next four years,
as in the past, to reduce the taxes of
the several counties by economizing
in the administration of the affairs
of every department; and by more
equally and equitably distributing the
burden of taxation by suggesting to
the legislature the bringing within the
taxpaying class properties, persons
and corporations who have heretofore
practically escaped taxation. This
can be done without any question of
a doubt.
"As a matter Of fact the revenues
for state purposes ought to be, and
can be, raised without apportioning
any part of II against the several
counties in the state. This Is now be-
ing done in some of the eastern states
and that, too, without imposing un-
just burdens on any class of citizens.
To show that It can be done, II
need only be remembered that during
the three years of my administration
there has been raised approximately
$5S9,OOO from the taxation of the
gross earnings of insurance com.
panies, the license fees and taxation
Of corporations and from INHERITANCE
taxes, whilst during the four years
Immediately preceding my admins.
tration and before the adoption of the
| two latter methods of raising revenue
for state purposes by the legislator,
Of 1903 there was only collected ap
proximately $4,000 for state pur
| poses.
Il am satisfied that the adoption o
the initiative measures for taxing Ger
tain public service corporations oil
their gross earnings, as was recon-
mended by me in my message to tn
legislature in 1903 and again in 1906
will result in practically eliminatin
the necessity of apportioning tax
against the several counties for stat
purposes. Such laws will not impos
unjust burdens upon any class of ou
citizens, but will reach propertie
which have heretofore virtually es
capped taxation"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-11
RECLAMATION IN BAKER.
Large Irrigation Win Soon Be Ready
for the settlers.

Within the next week the first great
step toward the completion of the pro-
ject which promises to revolutionize
farming in Baker county, will be cul-
minated, says the Baker City Herald.
The 12-mile ditch of the Baker Irri-
cation company will be finished. & j.
A. Smith, who is in charge of the af-
fairs of the company, stated this
morning that water will be cunning
the full length of the ditch to the
reservoir site within the next seven
days. This means a great deal to
Baker county.
1t is the first great irrigation pro-
ject to be carried through and has
had the effect of stimulating conf
dence of capitalists in the farming
lands of this section to the extent that
at the present there are from three to
half a dozen similar projects under
consideration which will be placed on
sound footing within the next year.
The reservoir is to be feature of
the project. 1t is natural basin which
needs but the sluicing in of banks to
complete it. This great water store
house is to cover 240 acres of land
and the estimated capacity is 5000
acre feet of water.
From the reservoir miles of laterals
will be built onto the land of the COM
pany. There are 5000 acres in the
tract owned by the builders Of the
project, but there will be but 5000
acres of this under ditch. These lat
erals will be built this summer and
fall and early next spring the water
will be turned into them and the farm
ing of the land commenced.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-11
Cured Hemorrhapes Of the I,unys

Several years since my lungs were
so badly affected that l had many
hemorrhages," writes A. NJ. AXE, OF
Wood. Ind. 81 took treatment with
several physicians without any bene-
fit. l then started to take Foleys
Honey and Tar, and my lungs are now
as sound as bullet. 1 recommend
1t in advanced stages of lung trouble" "
Foley's Honey and Tar stops the
cough and heals the lungs, and pre-
vents serious results from a cold. Re-
fuse substitutes. Koeppens' drug
store.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-11
Chicken Souffle.

One pint Of cooked chicken, Y pint
of milk or cream, l tablespoon but
ter, / tablespoon flour, 1 teaspoon
onion juice, If liked; 1 tablespoon
minced parsley. l level teaspoon salt;
white pepper and paprika, eggs.
Chop the meat very fine, add to II
oil the seasoning. Melt the butter
in a saucepan, blend with It the flour
gradually add to it the milk, then
mix with it the chicken, being care
full not to stir till the meat becomes
pasty.
Add the yolks Of the eggs beaten
till thick. then fold in the stiffly
beaten whites. Turn into a buttered
baking dish and bake 15 to 20 min.
utese. Serve at once, as souffles fal
quickly. Serve with celery salad.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-11
Ham Timbals.

Two cups chopped ham, l cut stale
bread crumbs, 4 cup chopped wall
blespoon minced parsley; white pep
per and paprika.
Mix in the order given, pack into
timbal moulds and steam 20 min
utes. Turn out and serve with cream
sauce.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-11
A Lesson I'm Health

Healthy kidneys filter the impuri.
ties from the blood, and unless they
do this good health is impossible. Fo.
ley's Kidney Cure makes sound kid.
neys and will positively cure all forms
of kidney and bladder disease. II
strengthens the whole system. Keep
pens drug store.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-11
Iogpiny Into Sumnfer

Weather permitted hauling of SOO,.
000 feet of logs decked along Sawmil
Gulch to the Sumpter Lumber com.
pany sawmill will begin this comins
week. Orders for lumber continue tc
arrive and the planning mill is running
full apaclty.-Sumpter American.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-11

w. r. Ward of Dyersburg, Tenn,
writes; This is to certify that I have
used Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup for
chronic constipation, and 1t has
proven, without a doubt, to be thor
ough, practical remedy for this trou-
BILE, and it is with pleasure I offer
my conscientious reference" Keep
pens drug store.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-11
Sheep I'm Rainier Reserve.

Permits have been issued by the
interior department for the grazing
of S4,5S6 head of sheep on the Raj
nier forest reserve this summer. This
number does not represent the actual
number of head that will be permitted
to enter the reserve for the season, as
two lambs are counted as being eqnal
to one head of grown stock.-Yakima
Republic.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-11

If you will make inquiry it will be
a revelation to you how many sue
cumb to kidney or bladder troubles
in one form or another. II the pa
tient is not beyond medical aid. Fo-
ley's Kidney Cure will cure. It never
disappoints. Koeppens' drug store.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-11

Efforts are being made to put 1000
Italians at work on the Riparia-Lew-
iston branch railroad line, and IL pos
sible the company will employ Italians
on the work exclusively.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-11

picked up by two employees, placed
upon a truck, carried into the cooling
room and hung up with other car
cases, no effort being made to clean
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-11
Sauce Tartare.

This is made by two olives, one
gherkin, one tablespoon of capers and
one tablespoon of parsley, chopped
fine, to one cup of mayonnaise dress
ing.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-11

Wool sales day at Baker City will
be June "a instead Of June 25. The
second sales day will be July 12.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-11
Epidemic OF Burglary Mt Charleston

EpHeInIc OF burglary at Charleston.
Charleston enjoyed a carnival of
burglary last night. Five of the prin-
cipal business houses In town were
broken into, the result being an ag-
gregate loss Of nearly s200.-Lewiston
Teller.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-11

The British ship Indradea is load
ing 500 mules at San Francisco, for
use on the sugar plantations Of Fiji.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-07-20
The Last Straw.

1922 ~
In a small city in eastern Indiana there
lives a professor who Is notorious for his
parsimony. One day he stepped into a hat
store, and after rummaging over the stock,
selected an ordinary hat, put 1t on, ogled
himself In the glass, and then asked the
very lowest price.
But" said the halter, that hat Is not
good enough for you to wear: here is what
you want showing one of his best derbys.
That's the best 1 can afford, though
returned the professor.
"Well, there, Mr.. 49,, I'll make you a
present of that derby. IL you'll wear it, and
tell who's store 1t came from. You can
money back with interest; you know
pretty much everybody"
Thank you, thank you," said the pro-
lessor, his eyes cleaning with pleasure.
Blu how much may this be WORTH"
1.-THE price of that hat is five dollars"
replied the salesman.
"And the other?" asked the professor.
Three"
The professor put on the derby. looked In
the glass, then looked at the three-dollar
hat.
Il think, sir, that this hat will answe
my purpose just as well as the other" said
he, taking off the derby. and holding IL in
one hand as he put on the cheap one.
But you'd better take the other sir: 1t
wort cost you any more"
"But-but." replied the professor, hesi-
tatingly, II don't know but-perhaps-
you'd Just as soon have me take the cheap
one-and perhaps you wouldn't mind Civ
ing me the difference in cash"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-07-20
Excavations Worth Millions.

From the metropolitan Magazine.
Twenty-Five million dollars is a conser-
vative estimate to place on the value OF
one piece of property that consists Of a
huge gaping scar blasted in the face of
the e rock on which New York city Is
built. What would your grizzled Forty
miner say II such a statement could be
made TO him? Probably that ~''diggings''
in Manhattan Borough, New York city,
were worth more than the greatest gold
mines of California And the real estate
dealers of the city would agree with him.
Never before In its history have excava-
tions represented such fabulous sums as
they do at the present time. From the
CONSPICUOUS example-the hole In which the
Pennsylvania Railroads terminal station
will soon be built-to the latest excava-
ions for office buildings, hotels and apart
ment houses, untold millions exist In the
mere foundation holes prepared for New
York's skyscrapers.
No better illustration Is to be had Of the
enormous fortunes spent In the acquisi.
ton of these sunken estates than that
afforded by the operation Of the railroad
named, in the preparation of its new home
In New York. This terminal station, to be
the largest institution of it's kind in the
world, Is TO occupy four blocks In the
heart of the city, the site selected extend
ing from Ninth avenue to Seventh avenue
and from Thirty-first street to Thirty
third street. These four blocks at one
time comprised a densely populated resi-
dence and business section, conducting Its
varied businesses along almost every line
of commercial activity. But when 1, was
decided that the railroad station was to
occupy this territory the little city was
doomed to be wiped off of the map. or the
property comprised within It's limits the
railroad company bought in the open mar
ket as much as Ii could purchase, enor-
nous prices being paid, the respective
owners of the houses, apartments. stores,
hotels and other business structures natur-
ally desiring not to give up the possession
of the places in which they were comfort
ably settled without being unusually well
compensated. But while some sold readily
TO the agents of the company others
fought with logged resistance not to be
ousted from their homes of a life time,
and the courts had TO be resorted TO. Then
the city appraisers stepped In, fixed fair
prices on the condemned property, and the
occupants were legally ousted. As soon as
the various premises passed INTO the hands
of the railroad company they were turned
over to professional wreckers, who at once
demolished the buildings, no matter how
new or how handsome. All fell under the
ruthless sway of the new order; In one
Instance a large apartment house but new
ly built and extensively QUILTED, finding
its way to the graveyard OF the dealer In
second hand material.
Sixteen million dollars Is a conservative
estimate to place on the value Of the
buildings alone that were thus destroyed
to make way for the digging of the big
hole. Sixteen million dollars worth OF
structures were resolved In a few months
into a mass of debris.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-07-20

4 Mrs. O'Toole, coolly. II should not base
my hopes of marriage with Kathleen or
her attaining her majority, II / were
you. Mr.. Wilmot.
Mrs. O'Toole, I trust that you will
forgive me IL l say that a parents au-
thority is at a heavy discount when it
finds itself pitted against true love-
he said quietly. Believe me, l am not
the kind of a fellow to surrender Kath-
leen TO a fellow like Denis Moore with
out a struggle
Mr.. Wilmot. you are coming near to
forgetting yourself" h interrupted
freezingly.
Mrs. O'Toole. you are tempting me
sorely to do so, and
He paused suddenly as a cry reach
ed his ears above the dull roaring of
the waters. A smothered cry OF horror
at his elbow proved that his compan-
ion had recognized conformity with him,
the identity of the white-gowned girl IN
the boat which, caught in the swiftly
running current, was slowly being drift
ed in the direction of the weir.
It's Kathleen!" she cried, hoarsely.
Yes remarked Wilmot, calmly,
steering his float clear of a rock in the
turbulent backwater.
And she has lost control over the
boat!" A hand trembling with an Ill
concealed emotion was laid on his arm.
po Il opScI We lie IEplLGu, Dldtluly,
glancing out over the river from the
tail of his eye.
"Wha are you going TO do?"
~" He raised his eyebrows in an
affection Of polite surprise.
Yes, you'll" cried Mrs. O'Toole, trem-
bling in an odd mixture of rage and
fear as a second cry for help reached
her ears. do you not realize that the
boat will be carried over the weir n
1 that Eathlppn aannnt CNyiya a afrnlya o,B
THAT will be awkward for her." re-
piled Wilmot, calmly, noting with a Sc
cret satisfaction hat his companions
voice rose nearly to a scream under the
impetus Of her fear. Mrs. O'Toole, do
you mind not hanging on to my arm?
1t interferes with my fishing"
Are you mad, Mr.. Wilmot?" cried
Mrs. O'Toole angrily. Drop your rod
and for PHYS sake do something to
save Kathleen"
II SHOULD advise you to run and fetch
Dennis Moore to save your daughter"
he replied, sardonically smiling at her
frenzied tones, as calmly taking a pipe
from his pocked he placed 1t between
his lips. she is getting very near the
weir now, Mrs. O'Toole. / should waste
no time in starting off If l were you, for
she will soon be over"
do o mean that you refuse to try
TO save her? Coward" cried his COM
panion, wringing her hands In agony
as a third appeal for help rang out
clearly above the roar of the waters.
We'll, it's a ticklish job" he said
grinning. And I'm hanged If / am
going to risk my life or broken bones
in order to save Kathleen for Denis
| Moore"
What do you mean?"
This! If you will withdraw your In
sane objection to my marrying your
daughter, I'll save her." said Wilmot,
gripping her by the wrist. IF not, she
may drown for all I care. Now, then,
which is 1t to be-"
"Brute!"
IF you will, / am. however. also her
lover cried Wilmot feverishly. Now.
then, do you agree to my terms, or do
you not?"
IT agree.'' almost shrieked the terri
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-07-20
The Intelligence of Carpenter Ants.

From Harper's Magazine.
I once studied a large colony Of car
penter ants hat for several years had
lived and wrought within the heavy
corner beam Of a -four mill at Bellwood,
Pa. One gang dropped the pellets from
a crack in the 12-inch beam which
opened into the next. These fell upon
a cross beam, eighteen inches beneath,
where another group of worker gath
cred them up and dropped them upon
the stairway that led from the lower
story, the next being situated above the
second floor.
The miller, who had been about the
premises for several years, said that
when he first came the ants a a third
gang detailed upon the stairway, sew
eral feet below, who cleared off the
dumpage and dropped ii to the floor.
But as he swept the stairs daily, the
emmets discovered that their detail for
duty in that quarter vas not needed,
and withdrew it. Thereafter work went
on as 1 saw 1.-THE clippings cast from
the croSs-beam to the stairs were left
to the m~anipulations Of the miller's
broom.
1 have frequentlyfound carpenter ants
lodged in the shade trees along city
streets and squares, and there they
have the same habit of secretiveness-
or is it cleanliness? -practiced by their
country congeners. Near my house stood
a maple much the worse for wear and
tear, although not old. On one side, a
few inches from the roots, was a small
tubular opening hidden behind a bulg-
ing scale of bark. Out of this ants were
dropping cuttings. which formed a lit
tie heap upon the ground. Workers
wrought upon this pile, carrying pei
let's piece by piece to the pavement
curb and casting them into the gutter.
1t was interesting and amusing to
watch the little creatures In this act,
Having reached the curbstone. the wee
porter would real upon her hind legs,
poise herself a moment thus, then
bending forward, release or cast the
chip from her jaws. The forfeit were
used for this, being raised to the side of
the face and placed against the pellet,
which by a sharp forward motion was
hurled away. Then would follow sew
eral similar movements, as though to
brush from mouth and mandibles ad-
herring particles of dust.
A gentle breeze blowing at the time,
lifted up the elected cutting and car
ried il down the gutter, which for sew
eral feet was strewn with pellets. In
some way these emmett porters seemed
to have grasped the fact that the breeze
aided the disposal of the ~chippage,
which therefore need cause no further
concern.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-07-20

fed "TIl agree to anything;
only save her!"
In an instant wilmot had dropped
his rod and, flinging of his coat as
he ran, sped along the top of the weir
till he reached the spot, toward which.
borne on the turgid surface Of the
foam fecked water, the boat was now
swiftly speeding.
Kathleen, pale but possessed. stood
up in the boat to grasp Wilmot's out
stretched arms as the boat sped un-
der the water soaked, moss grown
wood of the foot bridge.
He had gained the exact spot where
she would pas to a nicely. Their
hands gripped, held for a moment,
then, with a woman's shrek of agony
ringing loudly In his ears, Wilmot was
jerked from his hold by the sudden
ness OF the impact, to plunge head
foremost into the swirling, seething
flood of the bacRwater.
A second later he came to the sur
face, still holding his precious burden,
and, with long. steady strokes. slowly
but surely fought his way through the
swift current to the bank.
Neither of them, beyond the duck
ing, was much the worse for the adj
venture.
Kathleen" remarked wilmot gayly,
as he daringly kissed her ~bedraggled
hair under the very eyes Of Mrs.
O'Toole as she arrived on the scene,
I'VE have only now TO select the day
for our triumphant wedding, your
mother"-he glanced in amused satire
at his late enemy as he spoke-"having
kindly given her consent to our be-
coming engaged"
Mrs. O'Toole smiled m~aliciously.
MY dear h remarked. 1T was
the condition which this bright speci-
men of manhood made to repay him
for the trouble of putting down his rod
In order TO rescue YOU"
Mother, dearie," laughed Kathleen,
bewitching even in her disorder, Il
think you are misjudging George, for,
you see, we had arranged this little
comedy to bring you round to our way
Of thinking quite two days ago"
Kathleen"
I'm afraid that 1t is quite true" she
replied, contritely. You are not an
CRY, are you, Mums?"
Especially since the little comedy,
which we had arranged for your ben
eft, was not billed to come off today"
laughed Wilmot, merrily. II assure you
that. IL the plot was p~rearranged, it's
consummation was thoroughly i'm
promptu."
Mrs. O'Toole laughed.
Il think that under the circum-
stances l had better surrender grace
fully" she added.
And subsequent events proved that
she kept her word
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-07-20

and I request that each OF you exer-
else more han usual caution in your
work"
Dominic Carmono of Mt. Washington
Pa, dreamed that his nephew. Giuseppe
Samazzi, was dead. When he read In
the newspapers that an unknown man
had been killed by falling from a car
on the Smithfield street bridge, Pitts
burg, he felt convinced the unfortunate
was his nephew. Calling at the morgue
he made the Identification.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-07-20
Awkward.

Senator Hale. apropos OF an awkward
remark, said:
1T reminds me of a converse ton OF two
ladies at a reception.
These ladies' were strangers to each
other. After a moments desultory talk.
the first said, rather querulously:
Il don't know what's the matter with
that. tall, blond gentleman over there. He
was 30 attentive a while ago. but he won't
look at me now
Perhaps said the other. he saw me
como IN He's my husband. you know"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-07-20

Troy Times: An Irishman once met
an Englishman who had an artificial
leg. Being of a sympathetic nature.
Pat inquired the cause of the loss OF
the limb. whereupon the Englishman
said:
"A short time ago / discovered that
there was some Irish blood In my body.
and that it had settled in this leg. so
/ had 1t cut Off"
"'Tis a pity it didn't settle in your
head" came the quick retort.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-07-20
Country Board.

"I made money last summer boardin'
city folks" said the Paint Rock phiioso-
pher, IAN / don't deny the fack."
His eyes took on a hungry glitter.
but this year" he went on, Il expect
to double up"
there was a breathless silence In the gen.
eral store.
This year" he said, Tn a-goin' to run
Nh. n an obesity cure"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-07-20
Cheerful Outlook.

From the Kansas City Times.
Then you believe the word Is getting
better? You say you don't believe there
will be any grating twenty-five years
from pow?"
MOT because the world Is getting better,
but the grafters are getting So thick that
there won't be any picking left by ti.at
~svse"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-07-20

rs he going TO put his wife's property
IN his nameT' they asked. referring to
the nobleman who was abou to wed the
heiress.
No answered the good guesser. .'he
II going TO put his name on his wtfe's
property"