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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-18
GENERAL, NEWS,

The people known as the sharon
heirs" will rebuild the Palace hotel at
San Francisco, at a cost of $4,000, 900.
The burned building, the old Palace,
has not yet been wrecked.
Two carloads of dynamite explod-
ed at chihuahua, Mexico The con-
cussion caused an explosion in the
scobelliti factory two blocks away.
BY the tow explosions 10 persons were
killed and 80 injured.
Edward II. Sanderson of Los An
geles, secretary of the California
Truck company, and wealthy man,
went suddenly insane, cut his wifes
throat with a razor, and then killed
himself with the same weapon.
The First National bank of Chel-
sea, Mass, has failed after a continu-
Gus existence of AZ years, or ever
since the national banking act was
passed. 1t has a capital of $500, 900.
No public statement is yet made.
The Santa Fe railroad has become
the owner of the famous san Oieguito
ranch, just north of San Diego, Cal,
comprising 1853 acres of land. The
price paid was 100000. The ranch
is TO be used to raise eucalyptus trees
for ties for the future use of the road.
Alor1zo Bowers, proprietor of a
dairy farm near Holden, Mo-, was at
tackled by a bull and dangerously in
jured. Both shoulder blades were
broken, Iris chest crushed, his neck
wrenched and the flesh badly torn.
His life was saved by his large bird
| dog. which attacked the bull and
drove him off.
In San Francisco Fred Peterson,
William Meares, Walter Westwood
and Frank McAul fife, aged from 16
to is years, committed five hold-ups
in two evenings. The last led to- the
murder of man named Mullineaux,
who resisted. The murder led to the
arrest of all four boys, who then con-
fessed.
Joe Diapialito, an Italian concrete
worker on the railroad bridge at Twin
Falls Idaho, died from a gunshOt
wound inflicted by Joe Patre, one of
his fellow workers. During quarrel
| changed several shots, but both es-
capped injury. Later, in their bunk
house, Patre surprised Dipialito and
shot him down. Patre escaped and
is still at large.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-18
NORTHWEST NEWS.

The claim is made that rattlesnakes
are increasing in number in Walla
Walla and Columbia counties.
Forest fires are playing serious
havoc with timber throughout both
east and west Kootenay, B. c.. and
unless rains come soon the loss will
be in the millions.
Hans Rasmussen, Young's River,
Wash, rancher, who was subject to
fainting spells, fell when. attacked by
one, off a dyke in front of his home
mot the river, and was drowned.
A lad walking the streets of Walla
Walla with 2S-inch rattlesnake
around his neck made a sensation
that was only slightly lessened when
the boy explained that the snakes
fangs had been drawn
The first barley marketed at Koes-
kia, Idaho, was brought in by Bert
Decker. 1t went 10 bushels to the
acre and rated at No. brewing grain.
In that district the wheat yield is de-
ficient in quantity, but superior in
quality.
The Booth-Kelly Lamber company
and other large manufacturers OF
lumber in the northwest, allege that
all the sawmills in the interior OF
Oregon will be compelled to, shut
down unless the car shortage on the
Southern Pacific is relieved.
At Olympia the board of equaliza-
ton reduced the assessment of the
Capital City National bank from
100000 to s52,SO0, and of the Olym-
pia National bank from s34,S5G tc
s15, 900. The county assessor Duvall
is furious and will take the matter
into the courts.
The report Of the STATE board o.
health for July shows 532 births anC
305 deaths, making an actual In.
crease of 1872 in Portland's population
during the month. There have beer
"a cases of typhoid fever reported il
Oregon, with eight deaths. only two
Of these deaths occurred in Umatill5
county.
4 At Seattle Joe Kobelt crawled un
der the Virginia street wharf t.
commit suicide, tied a wire around
his neck and was trying to fasten /
to beam overhead when he col
lapsed from physical weakness. II,
was found, later, and the police noti
fled to take him away. Before thu
patrol wagon could reach him tn
would-be suicide had died.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-18

The following may be regarded as
an able synopsis of what might be
called conditions developing pro
gressive Interpretation. 1t is from The
Dalles Chronicle:
That Interpretation of the law
should change with the ever-changing
conditions is reasonable assumption.
That such Interpretation is necessary
to the dispensation of justice has been
evidenced in this country the past few
months.
Since its beginning the Standard
Oil company has been dependent upon
railroad favor for its profits. The
rebates paid to it, the secret rates, the
discrimination and the special facili-
ties which it secured We're the foun-
dation of its success. These practices
were known. Successive investigations
disclosed them. The Standard Oil ad-
mitted them.
The act under which the Ohio au-
thorities have instituted proceedings
against John D. Rockefeller is known
as the Valentine-Stewart antitrust
law. It was passed by the legislature
in 1898. and on account of its drastic
provisions was treated lightly as a
dead letter.
Finally f. T. Humes, prosecuting
attorney for Delaware county, began
proceedings under the act against GER
tain coal companies. The circuit court
held the law unconstitutional, and the
county commissioners refused to sane
tion an appeal. Mr.. Humes decided
10 carry the case up on his own re-
sponsibility and pay the costs himself
If the supreme court decided against
him. Last March the supreme court
declared the law constitutional. 1t
was for violating this act that the five
Toledo ice dealers who had formed a
combination to raise prices, were con-
victed, heavily fined and sentenced to
Jail.
On the statute books of most of the
states and of the nation, there is a
body of drastic laws regulating cor
porations and common carriers, but
none Of these laws are self-enforcing.
The courts are willing to do their part
toward sustaining the constitutional
power of the people to destroy mon
opoly and regulate corporations in the
public interest. Only aggressive and
intelligent prosecutors have been
lacking.
Until President Roosevelt took the
Standard Oil in hand there was nc
real prosecution. The old common
law forbade determinations by pub
lie carriers. The successive inter
state commerce acts prohibited re.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-18
prONenlentS

The Rural Spirit contains the fol-
lowing complimentary article regard
ing the Levy stock farm near Union
Mr.. Leo Levy, one of the most sue
cessful and enterprising merchants of
Union, Ore, has recently purchased
an ideal stock ranch of $50 acres, two
and one-half miles northeast of that
city. While Mr.. Levy has been in the
mercantile business all his Slife, his
aspiration has ever been to own and
operate an up-to-date stock farm. Mr..
Levy has just completed a costly barn
with all modern improvements, and
has it already filled with first-class
hay. He does not intend to purchase
anything but the very best, so will
likely make trip east in the near
future for a carload of Jersey cows
and Burkshire hogs. Mr.. Levy owns
Alexander's Stoke Pogis 67123, sired
by Stoke PoGis Prospect 29121, dam
Gertie Alexander 1885. grand cham
pion at Lewis and Clark. With this
animal to head his herd his success
and high attainment is without ques-
tion. and in the show ring will carry
off his share of awards in competition
with the very best that can be grown.
Mr.. NJ. S. Levy "A brother, is inter-
ested in Shetland ponies. He, too. like
Leo, wants nothing but the best, so
his purchase of C.. f. Bum, of Illinois,
of a black Shetland pony stallion,
Kenilworth, sired by Champion Prince
of Wales, the greatest pony in Amer
ica dam Mary B., daughter of Trim
ket ana a full sister of Trnket, jr.,
champion at worlds fair in 1908. Mr..
Bum would not consent to ship this
stallion at once, for he is to be exhib-
tied at all the leading horse shows
and fairs in the east this fall. II Ken.
ilworth is the pony Mr.. Bum thinks
he is, he will surely arrive in Oregon
all covered with show ring honors.
It is very gratifying to see such men
as the Levy Brothers enter into this
line of work; it is conclusive evidence
that the destinations of young men for
city life and business cares are rapid
ly giving way to good old agriculture.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-18
NEARING" JOURNEYS END.
Ezra Mcckcr Is Now Near Omaha
NcbrISka


Nebr,ISka.
Ezra Meeker, the sturdy pioneer.
who is retracing the old Oregon trail
in his prairie schooner has nearly ac-
complished the task he started to per-
form. He is now within 200 miles of
Omaha Neb., and within less than
two weeks will enter that city, where
a rous!ng reception awaits him.
In his letters to George II. Hines,
curator OF the Oregon Historical Soci-
lety, Mr. MeeRer says he never fel;
better in his life, and that his trip
across the plains has been Of great
benefit to his health. He encountered
manv storms on the plains, but he paid
no attention to them, and two cy.
cloves passed near him, but did nc
damage to his outfit.
After arriving in Omaha. Mr.. Meek.
er will take e brief rest and proceed
in his prairie schooner to Indianapo.
lis, Ind. the goal of his journey. The
remainder OF his trip will be compar.
ativcly easy, as he will have the bes
roads m the country over (which t.
travel.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-18
One Fair for Round Trip TO Irriga-
ton Congfess.

An exceptionally low rate of one
fare for the round trip has been
granted by the o. R. & n. and Ore
gon Short Line, from all points on
the lines, to Boise City, on the occa-
sion Of the National Irrigation con-
gress to be held in Boise, Idaho, Sep
tember to s. Selling dates of tick
cts, September l and q For further
information call on E. C. Smith, agent,
Pendleton.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-18

There is nothing so pleasant as that
bright, cheerful, at-peace- -with-the-
world feeling when you sit down to
your breakfast. There is nothing so
conducive to good work and good re-
suits. The healthy man with a healthy
mind and body is a better fellow, Il
better workman, better citizen than
the man or woman who is handicap
ped by some disability however slight.
A slight disorder of the stomach will
derange your body, your thoughts and
your disposition. Get away from the
mcrbidness and the blues. Keep your
stomach in tune and both your brain
ana body will respond. Little indis-
cretions of overeating can be easily
corrected and you will be surprised
to see how much better man you are.
Try little Kodol For Dyspepsia after
your meals. Sold by Tallman & Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-18
NEW BANKS IN NORTHWEST.'
Tvcnty-Thrcc Wcrc Organized in Or
egOn I'm -Four Months.

egOn I'm -Four sfOnths.
From March to, June 30, 1906,
authorized to organize with a mini
mum capital of $4,000. IS naeional
banks have been opened in Oregon.
each capitalized at 5000. In the
same time five nrge banks were or
ganized, with a total capital 0f $780,
900.
In Washington nine new banks OF
the smaller class, representing a caps
tai of s25O,0O0, and 10 of the larger
class, with an aggregate capital OF
562O,O00, habe been organized.
In Idaho there have been organized
s small banks, with $450,0OO capital
and seven large ones, with total cap
ltalization of 100000.
One national bank has been organ
lied in Alaska with $500, 600 capital
During the fiscal year just closed
the total internal revenue taxes col
lected IN Oregon amounted to $685.
21S; In Washington and Alaska to
$3.50, 1928; in Idaho, Utah and Montana
to s553,S24.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-18
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed proposals will be received at
the office of Howard & Swingle ar
chiteets, up to 4 O'clock p. m., Angus,
21st 1906. for the erection and COM
pletion of a two-story frame. resi-
dence for Mrs. T. II. Sturgls. Stone
work, brick work and concrete work
of basement reserved. Parties will
bid on fioeplaees. chimnsys and uillng.
and all other mason work above. foun-
dation.
are reserved.
August 10th, 1906.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-18
The End of the World

Bear Grove, Iowa, of all usefulness,
came when he began taking Electric
Bitters. He writes: 1.-TWO years ago
kidney trouble caused me great suf-
fering, which 1 would never have
survived had l not taken Electric
Bitters. They also cured me of gen.
eral debility" Sure cure for all stom-
ach, liver and kidney complaints.
blood diseases, headache, dizziness
and weakness or bodily decline. Price
soc. Guaranteed by Tallman & Co.'S
drug store.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-18

Prof. Tyler, Of Amherst college,
said recently: "a man can live COM
fortably without brains: no man ever
existed without a digestive system.
The dyspeptlc has neither faith, hope
or charity" Day by day people real,
ize the Importance of caring for their
digestion; realize the need of the use
Of little corrective after overeating.
A corrective IKE Kodol For Dyspepsia.
1t 1Igests what you eat. Sold by Tall
man & Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-18

The acquisition of st. Paul makes
another great addition to the rail-
road mileage operation which is di-
rected by Hartman. Union Pacific
operates 1857 miles of road; South
ern Pacific, 1884 miles; Illinois Cen
tral, 1874 miles, and st. Paul, just ac-
qulred, 6911 miles; total, 26,126 miles.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-18

At Lewiston, Idaho, the 9-year-old
son of T. A. Dicky had the toes OF
both feet crushed and broken by an
iron trap-door in a sidewalk falling
upon them.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-18

Why does the sun burn? Why does
a mosquito sting? Why do we feel
unhappy in the Good Old Summer
Time? Answer: We don't. We use
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve, and these
little ills don't bother US. Learn to
look for the name on the box to get
the genuine. Sold by Tallman & Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-18

Don't drag along with a dull, bill
lious, heavy feeling. You need a pill.
Use DeWitt's Little Early Risers. the
famous little. pills. Do not sicken or
gripe, but results ars, sure. Sold by
Tallman & Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-18
WE ARE ALWAYS ON TIME.

How nice 1t is to be able to step into
our office and order special Job,
made the way you want 1t, by the bes,
OF machinery, handled by the most
competent help and have II delivered
to you at the time promised. This is
;he rule we aim to follow.
Besides. we oaa furnish you with
any quantity, desired of lumber,
lath. shingles. sash. doors, cement.
prick. lime and round or square tanks
Sole agent for I<risoiite Wood Fibre
Plaster, made in. Blue Rapids, Kan
sas: also Whiin CNrvstnl Lima
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-18

Baker x Folsom wish TO suggest
some home improvements for you.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-18
UNION STOCK RANCH
FOR THE, BREEDING OF
THE FINEST STOCK

Interested in Shetland Ponies--Op-
Grated by Leo Levy, Successful Mer-
chant at Union, Ore.-Just Compiet-
Cd Costly Barn With Modern hn-
proyements.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-18
THE STANDARD OIL
HAS BEEN DEPENDENT
UPON RAILROAD FAVOR.

Courts Are Willing TO Do Their Part
Toward Sustaining the Constitu-
tional Power of the People to De-
Stroy MonopOly-Only Aggressive
and Intelligent Prosecutors Have
Been Lacking-President Came to
the Rescue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-19
SOME CHINESE JOKES.
Having Fun With the Barber, Por-
trait Painter and Doctor.

From the Grand Magazine.
If there is any truth in what expert
testers tell u.s. the worlds stock OF good.
original jokes Is ludicrously small-a dozen
or two at the very outside. An early IN
vestigator into this momentous question, a
certain Herocles. who lived some 1900
years ago put the number in his day at
exactly twenty-one. The researches of
Hierocles probably did not extend so far
eastward as China, SO there is no impro-
priety In asking now whether some of the
jokes which abound in the literature of
the celestial empire are entitled to the
honor of originality not. Tere are three
specimens:
careless barber, trimming a custo-
mer's ears-Chinese BARRIERS pay particular
attention to this part of the human an
atomy-put his patient to great pain and
uneasiness. Are you doing my left ear
now" asked the victim. mo. sir; I've not
quite finished the right ear yet" All l
fancied you were trying to pass through
, to the left without going around"
A portrait painter without clients was
advised by friend to paint q likeness of
himself and his wife and hang 1T In some
conspicuous place, so that would-be Gus
toners might judge of his skill He did
SO, and his father-in-law the next time he
called Immediately saw the picture. Pray. y
asked the visitor. what woman have you
recognize your own daughter" MY
daughter was the indignant answer. IF
you intend that to represent my daughter
how dare you paint her sitting thus init
mately with man whom l have never
seen before, and who must be entire
stranger to herr" The painters feelings
need not be described.
The gibes at doctors are innumerable.
The following is a typical example:
One of the Judges in the neither regions
dispatched an imp TO this world of ours
to seek out and bring back a good doctor.
When" the imp was instructed, you
come to the house of a doctor before which
you decry no complaining ghosts you will
know you have found man of the kind
wanted" The messenger set out, but
in front of every doctors door he came
to there was an immense throng of angry
spirits proclaiming the wrongs they had
suffered when in the flesh, at the hands
of the medicine man. Finally, however, he
reached a house where there was but one
solitary ghost fitting backward and for
ward. This Is my man. he said to him
self; he must surely be a clever fellow. "
When the imp came to make inquiries.
however. he learned that the practitioner
had barely been in practice for a day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-19
UNIQUE PLAN TO RAISE SHIP.
Japanese Methods of Work on Sub
merged Vessel.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 19-The steamer
Stanley Dollar. formerly the Arab, which
was confiscated by the Japanese for block
ade running, and afterward sold back to
her former owners. has just returned here
She brings story of the original and es-
sentially oriental methods being pursued
by the Japanese in their efforts to pesur-
rect the battleship Mikasa. the old flagship
of Vice Admiral Togo. mysteriously sunk
at her anchorage in the naval port of Sase-
b. after the. conclusion of the war with
Russia
Divers have been working on the sunken
dereiict for months They first made a
detailed survey, a record of which they
have In q form that probably only the
oriental mind would conceive.
On one Of the barges above the SUBJ
rent hull 1t Is an exact duplicate. holes
and all. AS the submarine workers COM
plete a patch over one of the numerous
rents In the Mikasa's plates. the CORE
spending hole IN the model Is pIastered
over. glance at the model shows in an
instant how the work below is progress
Ing.
= When every rent in the model has been
covered. powerful pumps will rid the SUBJ
merged sealed shell of water and up will
come the Mikasa. She will be drydocked
and In due course of time will be once
more In commission as a serviceabfe fight
Ing machine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-19
GENERAL DISARMAMENT.
Labouchere Thinks It Will Not Come
In Europe Until It is Too Expensive.

From the London Truth.
1t can do no great harm if there he as
Is suggested, an International conference
with a view to agree to general disarma-
ment by all the European great powers
1t is well that the minds Of men should
be directed to the immense sums that are
spent to convert Europe into an armed
camp. But 1 cannot conceive any plan by
which a general disarmament all round
could be arranged Each power will al
ways insist upon free hand in such
matter. Disarmament will come from the
realization by each nation that the pres
ent rate of expenditure cannot go on with
out leading to bankruptcy. As soon as
one realizes this and acts accordingly the
others will follow.
We, ourselves, have of late years been
thinking imperially. We have had con-
siderable number of our statesmen urging
additional expenditure ornaments, and
doing all that they can to create what is
called a martial spirit among US. In the
days of chtvalr.- no one respected
who did not prance about the world clothed
In steel. with sword by Slde and
accompanied by a crew of martial follow
ers. When he was not engaged in harry
ing his neighbor's lands he attended tour
naments, stuck the glove of some lady love
in his helmet, and invited al to fight him
who did not recognize the lady as the most
beautiful of her sex. The warrior was in
those days deemed a better man than the
civilian; indeed, man of peace was re-
garded poor deSpicable creature. Trou-
badours went about singing the praises or
the armed ruffians that infested the world
and the glories of war. Thus a martial
spirit was engendered
1t looks foolish enough now, but the chief
difference between the martial spirit of that
time and that of the present day is that
the men who preach war now seldom fight
themselves. and that our modern Isaacs OF
York, instead of being pillaged usually
grow rich by fishing In troubled
All this competition in ornaments will go
on until, instead of thinking imperially and
practically, we think commercially and In
dustrially. l am happy to think that the
workers are beginning to realize this in
most countries and their influence in
creases. 80 will ornaments decrease