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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-02
Officers Complain Bitterly.

Men in the army and navy have been
kicking long and hard and officers Of
the Government in the cjvil service have
mourned dismally. Whenever 1t is pos
sible many of these men have suffered
personal loss. rather than submit 10 the
annoyance necessarily inflicted by the
methods or the Treasury Department.
as interpreted by the clerks who have
these matters in charge
There was a recent case very much
in point. The head of "a division III one
OF the departments had incurred eNpen-
ses Of something under So. for which
he rendered an account. approved by his
superioTs and in every proper form
This went TO the Treasury Department
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Rapid Progress Made.

The new building was begun on De
cembel u, 1904 The contract calls for
Its con pietiOn in January. 1897.
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May Appeal 10 COngress.
Tentative Plans Made.

The tentative plans provide for the
erection OF an administration build
ing" 10 be erected between the two
wings now in course or construction
Dr. b. T. Galloway. chairman of this
building committee. SAYS that even were
the new building completed now Il
would offer bur little relief The plans
upon which Il was built. however. were
drawn TO be applicable TO the conditions
that now confront the SecFeta y In adj
ministering the affairs Of his depart
ment on an economical basis
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Could Save Money.
The Amount Expended.

\ statement. compiled by DR. Gallo
way, OF the new building fund. 10 Oc-
tOber 81. 1905. follows:
EXPENDITURE
ON CONTRACT with h.
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Proper and convenient housing OF the
various bureaus OF the Department OF
Agriculture is the perplexing problem
now confronting Secretary Wilso--
His department has completely out.
grown its present quarters. The com
uletion of the new building one year
hence will not offer much relief 10 the
present congested condition Of practi-
cally every branch OF that department.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-05
FINANCES OF CITY
EXHIBIT OF FITZ GERALD
AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Cash Balance In General Fund Janu-
AIRY 1, 1908, Was S2410.56; January
1, 1906. 1t Was S3O3S. S.O5-Detailed
Statement Below of Receipts and
Expenditures in All Funds for the
Past Year-Reports We're Submit
ted at Council Meeting Last Night.

The following from the reports sub
mitted to the council last evening by
Recorder Fitz Gerald and the finance
committee show the financial condi-
ton of Pendleton:
Cash balance, general fund.-, jan
uary l. 1905, s2419.56.
Receipts - Licenses. S1T,45S.9S;
fines, S11, $3.50; street liens, side
walks, etc. $40; taxes, 1894 to 1903
rolls, s1O74.59; taxes 1904, roll,
S9S65.S4; dog tax, sS4e.5O; cemetery
lots, 1895; estray stock. $279O; sewers,
1856; total receipts, $41,004.71.
Expenditures (operating)-Str
S6169.50; interest on b0nus, $SO59. SO;
interest on warrants. $66.15; legal.
1903; police department, S4493.20;
city lighting, $3574,5O; fire depart
ment, $2511.40; recorder, $1O62.54;
rents, S515; sewers. $5O6.SO; elections.
$21S.S4; rock crusher, $265.G6; health,
$500; total, $2S,645.49.
Expenditures (betterments)-Fire
apparatus, $729.S5; real estate, $4,000;
levee sinking fund. s2759.SO; general
sinking fund, $500: rock crusher, ST.
SS3.79; sewer system, $163'20; Frank
lin street lien, s74S.55; total, sS7SO.19.
Sewer warrants paid in full. $4,000.
Excess of receipts and cash balance
over expenditures, S304S.59.
January /, 1906, the general fund
balance was s3O3S.O5.
Liabilities of city as shown by re-
port of finance committee: Water
bonds. $4,000; outstanding. s42.O7;
sewer bonds, 100000: levee bonds,
100000; general bonds, $4,000; es-
tray stock, s27.9O; city of Pendleton
surplus, S64.422.42. Total, $254,492.-
80.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-05
NORTHWEST NEWS.

The Dunkard colony near Chewe-
Iah, Wash. is to be reinforced by a
large immigration from David CITY,
Neb.
Dan May is under arrest at Portland
charged with beating his wife. He is
emphatic in declaring that he would
rather be whipped than sent to jail
for so or more days.
At Moscow, Idaho, Mrs. l.. William
son and her grown son were badly
burned by the explosion of a kettle
OF shelIac and wood alcohol. which
hung over an outdoor fire. Both will
recover.
C. F. L. Smith of the firm of Davis.
Smith & Co., OF Tacoma. was stricken
with paralysis and died four days
later. He was one of the most promi-
nent business men in the city, and
highly respected.
G. L. Shook, aged so years and the
father of six children, is said TO have
eloped from Darby, Mont, with Mrs.
Charles McPhee, aged 45, and the
mother of fIve children A warrant
is out for their arrest, sworn to by
Mrs. Shook and Mr.. McPhee.
The Alaska Central Railway COM
pany has filed a mortgage to the
Western Trust & Savings bank of
Chicago as trustee to secure an issue
Of $50, 600 900 per cent bonds. The
bonds issued under the old mortgage
are to be retired and cancelled by the
rev issue.
John Walila and Sensila Walila
Nez Perce Indians, are soon to be
married according to the laws OF Ida
no. They are so and S5 years OF
age, respectively and have been man
and wife according to Indian rites, for
many years They are wealthy, and
the civil marriage is for the purpose
of facilitating the probating of theil
estate after death.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-05
A Colossal Harm.

The largest harp ever made, so far
as is known, was that invented and
constructed by NJ. Veritan, provost of
Burkli. near Basel. 1t was known as
the gigantic meteorological Eolian
harp. 1t was 800 feet in length and
was erected in the garden Of its invent
or in 1877. This harp consisted of tif-
teen iron wires, 800 feet in length,
stretched between two poles. The wires
were from two to three inches apart,
the largest being one-sixth Of an inch
in thickness and the smallest one
twelfth OF an inch. They were placed
In the direction OF north and south and
inclined in such a manner as to form
an angle Of from twenty to thirty de-
grees with the horizon, being stretched
by means Of rollers properly disposed
for the purpose. Whenever the wealth
er changed the wires sounded with
such loudness that it was impossible to
go on with a concert in the house. The
sound sometimes represented the hiss
ing noise Of water In rapid ebullition.
sometimes that Of a harmonicon and
sometimes that Of distant chimes or an
organ.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-05
REJoICES OVER SALOONS.
Lewiston Teller Thinks Reservation
Joints n Good Thing.

The Lewiston Evening Teller makes
the following comment on the result
of opening the NeZ Perce reservation
to saloons, by the recent decision OF
the supreme court:
There are now IA licensed saloons
in the reservation country and they
are paying $500 revenue into the
county treasury.
This is the change already effected
by the recent decision which opened
the Indian country to state control.
Before the new law went into effect
it is estimated that there were
% so-called soft drink" joints run
ming on the reservation that dealt
in the illicit sale OF liquors. In ad-
dition to this there were double that
number of boUtleggers engaged in
furnishing whiskey and other danger
Gus concoctions to the trade. Under
the new law regular licensed saloons
have taken the place of the joints and
these are strictly under police con-
troll. The boot-legger with his dan
gerous compounds has been put out
OF business. The change has been
wholly for the better and the majori-
ty of the better class Of citizens in the
reservation country VIII be disappoint-
ed IL the supreme court reverses the
late decision.
OF the IA licensed saloons two are
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-05
Leaf Circle No. 10. Pocatello, Idaho,
ne Cruel Plant.

A Canadian climber, the Physianthus
Albens, has received the name OF "cruel
plant" from its III treatment OF butter
dies. 1t flowers In the month Of Au-
gust, and the butterflies, attracted by
the perfume, hover around It in large
numbers and push their trunks into the
corollas to sip the honey. A pair Of
sensitive vegetable pinchers In the
heart OF the flower grips the delicate
proboscis, and In spite OF struggles to
get free the butterfly hangs suspended
until 1t dies. Apparently the plant has
nothing to gain by the death of the in
sect, as 1t Is not carnivorous, like the
Venus fly trap. In fact, II the butter
fly were allowed to come and go 1t
would tend to foster the species by as
sisting cross fertilization. 1t appears,
however, that the cruel plant" came
originally from Brazil, where the but
terflies are much stronger and extri-
cate their suckers from the trap. We
may add that another Canadian plant,
the Cnicus discolor, is charged with
cruelty. The flower has gland which
secretes a viscous liquid capable Of
lining insects which are fond Of it.
Moreover, they seem to be stupefied
and poisoned by 1t, and no reason can
as yet be assigned for the deadly con-
sequence.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-05
GENERAL NEWS.

The most northerly provinces OF ia
pan are famine stricken. About g.
S21,S57 persons are directly affected.
Thousands have already starved to
death and the balance are barely ex-
isting.
At Holyoke, Col. Miss Gertie Hast
was found dead, shot through the
head. Her life was insured for $4,000
in favor of her brother-in-law, Ger
hardt ]. Van Wyck who has been ar
rested.
John H. Atkinson, the last mem
ber of Virginla's delegation to the
first republican nominating conven-
tion in 1856, died tonight at his home
in New Cumberland. w. Va, aged 90
years.
The Southern railway company.
which has ramifications in all the
southern states east of the Mississippi.
has placed an order for S729 freight
cars, involving an outlay of more than
$5,OO0,O 900.
Miss Claribel David has been ap-
ppihtSu dSSlSNdll Guy attorney III san
Francisco, this being an unusual po-
sition for woman to occupy. Miss
David took a course in the University
of California and afterward studied
law, entering Hastings Law school.
The entire Faust chorus of $50 girls
at the Metropolitan theater in New
York city went on strike for an in
crease of wages, and for two success
sive nights the famous opera has been
presented without a chorus. A nom
union chorus is being organized, and
the managers are defiant.
At Denver Emanuel Williams be-
came sick and discouraged while max
ing desperate effort to keep his sick
wife in a hospital. He went broke
and then deliberately dug the gold
filling out of his teeth and broke
away the gold bridge work and sold
the gold obtained In this way
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-05

A fairly we'll equipped gentleman
true to his calling and to his friends
carries quite kit Of tools. There are a
jackkntfe, a match box, a cigar cutter,
nail file, corkscrew, a finger nail
tool and possibly cigar holder and
some good five centers to give away.
And yet women wonder what he finds
to put in his pockets. To facilitate
further the business Of Just hanging
around he must have little money, a
handkerchief, bunch Of keys, fountain
pen, some lead pencils and sharpener,
eyeglasses, notebook, watch, old letters,
papers Of more or less supposed value
and eardcase. Not one pocket could
be spared unless 1t is the one on his
nightshirt, and that looks SO sweet
Clay Center CKan.) Times.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-05
Lightning as a Rock DriIler.

Lightning when in the mood has an
ugly habit of drilling" writes an Eng
nsh observer 1T will drill the hard
est rock, rock which would turn cold
steel, and not only drill but vitrify it.
They have found In Cumberland chan
nels from thirty feet deep and from
two to four inches in circumference.
The interior was hard and glazed
where the solid substance had been
melted by the stabblng flashes. Arti-
fetal experiment has shown that a
powerful shock from battery will Wit
rify finely powdered glass. but not field
spar or quartz. The lightning. how
ever. does 1t in the manner described
not in one place, but in many, showing
that before striking the ground 1t d.
vided into several branches, each
strong enough to penetrate and liquefy
the solid rock
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-05
The Hnrae,a Hnof.

In its present elaborate form the hoof
Of horse is the most perfect instru-
ment of support which has been de-
vised in the animal kingdom to uphold
large and swiftly moving animal in
its passage over the ground. The orig
inal toe nail and the neighboring soft
parts connected with it have been mod
ified into a structure which in an ex-
traordinary manner combines solidlty
with elasticity, so that it may strike
violent blows upon the hard surface
Of the earth without harm. The result
Is that the horse can carry greater
weight at q swifter speed than any
other animal approaching 1t In size.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-05
The First Hats.

Discoursing on the subject Of hats an
antiquary expressed the opinion that
the hat was first used quite as much
for decoration as for protection. The
ancestor of all hats he considers to
have been the fillet. or band, around the
hair worn by the ancient Greeks,
among others. Probably the first hint
gained by men regarding head orna-
ments was through observing the
crests, plumes and antlers Of various
birds and beasts. The eastern races,
with their fondness for ceremony and
display, afford the most notable In
stances Of the use of hats as signs of
rank and authority. Thus In Bud
dhist countries the gods are represent
ed as wearing elaborate forms Of head
gear. In Korea the fashion attains its
height, no fewer than fifty kinds of
hats being worn by the natives as indi-
cations of their social position.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-05

Fifteen hundred men will be en-
ployed on the lewiston Riparia line
as soon as the stage of water is suf-
ficient for the boats to operate again.
Contractor Peterson, of the firm of
Erickson & Peterson, who has been in
the city since Sunday with Engineer
Brandon. has placed an order with
Seattle and Portland employment bu-
reaus for the requisite number of men,
says the Lewiston Tribune.
They are TO arrive in gangs of 80
each day until the number is obtained.
The first consignment was to have
been sent out of Seattle yesterday, but
the order was Cancelled owing to the
condition Of the river. The lowness
of the water has imposed serious han
dicaps on the contractors.
Mr. Peterson will be more in this
vicinity in the future, and being a
practical construction man, will de-
vote personal attention to the work
of building the railroad. He will leave
his California home for the present.
He states that the work has got to
move along faster and will himself
take an active part in the building of
the Lewiston-Clearwater bridge. He
will alternate this with occasional
trips down the river in connection
with the grading work.
This morning Mr.. Peterson will
leave for Portland. where he will re-
main on business for several days. In
company with Chief Engineer Bosch
Ike. of the o. r. & N, Mr.. Peterson
will return to the city and they will
make a complete inspection Of the
amount of wark that has been done
along the entire line.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-05

There are tricks in every trade, you
know" said a New York clubman.
even in retail hat selling many lodges
are employed.
81 said to halter one day:
az don't see how you can afford to
iron for nothing all the silk hats you
SELL
THE man nodded at me gravely.
ave have to do it, SIR he said.
The hats would last too long If we
didn't"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-05
Told by the Watch.

To tell the points of the compass by,
a watch point the hour hand at the
sun; then south is halfway between the
hour hand and the figure u of the dial
To measure an angle by watch lay
two straight edged pieces of paper ON
the angle, crossing at the apex. Hold
ing them where they overlap, lay them
on the face of the watch, with the apex
at the center. Read the angle by tho
minutes Of the dial, each minute being
six degrees Of arc. 1t is easy to meas
ure within two or three degrees, in this
way
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-05

at Culdesac, three at Nez Perce, and
ons' each at Mohler, Greer Fletcher,
Kippen, Lapwai, Peck, Orofino, lilo
ans Lookout. The licenses range in
price from $500 to 500 each, the lat
ter being tavern licenses. This rev.
enue will increase as the country de-
velOpS
Many people are watching the ef-
feet of the new law and the consen-
sus OF opinion is that there is no per-
cepubTe increase in the traffic over
the old days when the Joint and the
boot-itgger had control. There is no
more whiskey sold, no more drunken
ness seen, and the saloons are far
more orderly now that they are amen
able to the state laws.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-05
LAWS Arr CRUEL.
Families of Immigrants Separated by
InSDectOrS

San Francisco, Jan. 5.-In order to
carry out the laws of the country,
the immigration commissioners were
compelled to separate the members of
two Russian families and thereby
create sorrow.
On a steamer arriving here lately
came a number of Russian refugees,
who were en- route to southern Cali
fornia to settle. An examination by
the immigration physician showed
that Anna Kapkov and n. Dobrer
were afflicted with trachoma. They
were held here for some days in hopes
that the disease would be eradicated,
but as no Improvement has been
shown, it was ordered that they re-
turn to their port of embarkation.
Anna Kopkov is a wife with three
children, while Dobrer was only re-
Gently married. When they were ad-
vised that they must be returned to
Panama their lamentations were pitt
full.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-05
TEN LEADING CIRCLES.
Violet Circle No. I, of Leadville, Col,
Has 1903 Members,

The 10 leading circles Of the order
Of the Women Of Woodcraft, as shown
by the Pacific Echo for December,
are as follows:
Violet Circle No. /. Leadville, Col,
1908; Palm Circle No. Sc, Seattle,
Wash, 73O; Harmony Circle No. %,
Denver, Col, 61s; Silver State Circle
No. Z, Denver, Col, 609; Laurustinus
Circle No. SO, Los Angeles, Cal, 572;
Carnation Circle No. 26, Pueblo. Col,
ELL; Helena Circle No. 81, Helena.
Mont, 423; Banner Circle No. 4, Pu-
eblo, Coh, AZ; FL Paso Circle No. 80,
Colorado Springs, Col. 415; Palm
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-05

Indigestion is easily overcome by
the use of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, be-
cause this remedy digests what you
eat and gives the stomach a rest
allows 1t to recuperate and grow
strong again. Kodol relieves indiges-
tion. belching OF gas, sour stomach.
heartburn, ETC., and enables the di-
gestive organs to transform all foods
into the kind Of rich red blood that
makes health and strength. Sold by
Tallman & Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-05
The Inst Word.

Does your wife insist on having the
last wordr" asked the person who in
dulges in impertlnent questions.
Not at ALL" answered Mr.. Meekton.
1T Is quite customary for me to close
the conversation with very WE'LL or
some such remark, to indicate that
understand what Henrietta intends to
convey."-Washlngt Star
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-05
Long Words.

The longest words In English are
short by comparison with certain mon
stroslties In other languages. 1t is COM
mon In German to use compounds
which, although not involved or cum
bersome in meaning, look alarmingly
long, and 1t Is said that one Sanskrit
word has no less than 152 syllables.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-05

Two Scotsmen turning a corner came
into collision. The shock stunned one
Of them. He pulled off his hat and, lay
ing his hand on his brow, said: "Sic a
blow. My held's a-ringing again.
mae wonder" said his companion
"Your held was aye empty-that makes
1t ring. My held disna ring bit"
'How could It ring" said the other,
'seein' 1t was aye crackitT-Scottish
American.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-05
Spoiled Her Beauty.

Harriet Howard, of West Thirty
fourth street, New York, at one time
had her beauty spoiled with skin
trouble. She writes: 81 had Salt
Rheum or Eczema for years, but moth
ing would cure it, until 1 used Buck
lens Arnica Salve." A quick and
sure healer for cuts, burns and sores;
25c at Tallman & Co.'s and Brock &
NcComas Co.'S drug stores
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-05

For coughs and colds no remedy Is
equal to Kennedy's Laxative Honey
and Tar. 1t is different from all
others-better, because 1t expels all
cold from the system by acting as a
cathartic on the bowels. Affords i'm
mediate relief in Group, cougs, colds,
whooplng cough, etc. Children love
It. Sold by Tallman G. Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-05

The effects Of the disastrous fire at
Endicott, Wash. last July. are scarce
ly noticeable now. Nearly every
building burned has been already re-
placed with a brick building, or a
brick building is now being erected.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-05
California Prune Waters.

The great tonic cathartic. an invalu
able cure for Malaria, Biliousness
Constipation. Nervousness, Catarrh
the Stomach, Bad Breath, Oily Skin
Sleeplessness, Wind and all Liver
Stomach and Bowel trouble. Tallma
& Co., 623 Main St., Pendleton, Ore.
100 Waters rs Cents.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-05

Il can't decide" she said, whether to
take the hat or not, but it is just the
dearest thing I've seen this season"
''The dearestT' asked the husband,
with sardonlc laugh. "Then it's GER
tain that you'll take It."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-05

This seems like a sweet dream" he
rapturously remarked as he fingered
with her at the doorstep.
at doesn't seem like dream to me-"
she replied, ''for dream soon vanlshes,
you know"
He vanished,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-05

At Colfax. Wash, Christ. Anderson,
a Dane, went suddenly insane while
on ferryboat at Central Ferry and
jumped into the river. He was fished
out and taken in charge.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-05
NnfhlnR Nexz.

"Do you believe in original sinT
mo; there's no such thing. They've
all been used hundreds Of times."-;
Cleveland Leader.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-05

Duty puts clear sky over every
man, into which the skyiark Of happl
ness always goes singtng.-Prentica
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-05
WILLNEED 15OOMEN
HEAVY DEMAND FOR
RAILROAD LABORERS.

Lewiston-RlpariaB Branch of the o. Il.
4 N. VIII Require an Enormous
Force of Men rs soon as the River
lis High Enough for Boats TO oper-
ate-GanGs Expected TO Arrive
From Portland Every Week Until
Sufficient Number Is Obtained.