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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-21

President A. j. Earring, of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee e st. Paul railroad
has determined to begin construction
on the west end and work eastward
because timber for ties and bridge
material can be secured only on the
west end, is a Seattle report.
The transportation of construction
materials from eastern factories to the
coast can be provided cheaper by the
water routes than 1t could have been
hauled by rail even though the st.
Paul road handled big share of the
haul.
On the lines of the Chicago, Mil
waukee e. st. Paul and the Chicago
& Northwestern combined there is but
500,000,000 feet of standing timber.
To buy in this limited market i'm
bers and other lumber that will be
needed would mean a heavy drain
upon the road and embarrassment fire.
quently in obtaining supplies.
President Earling found he could
get an unlimited supply of ties and
bridge material in the country through
which his line would have to build in
this state, Idaho and Montana. Fur
thermore every mile of track laid
would begin almost Immediately to
yield returns in the traffic handling.
His determination to begin operating
the line as soon as it is built was con-
firmed when President Earling was in
Seattle on his last visit.
Water transportation for rails by
way of the Horn Is vastly cheaper than
the cost of carrying these materials
across the continent by rail. The haul
from Seattle eastward will be over
the St. Paul's own line and will be alb
sorhed as a part of the construction
costs. In the same way the company
will haul its own ties and bridge ma
terials over its own line while con-
struction work is going forward.
The original plan of the railroad
was to push the completion of the
coast extension from the east end.
This would have involved long de-
lay and a heavier expense in handling
the building materials and in the pur-
chase of many supplies.
The road, too, would have been COM
PEELED to pay out large sums to other
railroads for carrying purposes and
would have been compelled to buy
heavily from lumber mills not trib-
utary to its line. All the lumber pur-
chases made on the coast country will
be made from mills that will eventu-
ally be shipped over the st. Paul
road.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-21

tie In that section, and expects more
of 1t there and some here.
Snow is about two feet deep where
1t has remained undisturbed by the
wind, but most of It is drifted and
many roads are impossible.
The price of hay has advanced by
leaps and bounds since the com
mencement of the storm and yester-
day SIS a ton was freely offered for
alfalfa in the stack.
Those stockmen who have not yet
sent their cattle and sheep out on the
range are fortunate indeed. Though
the storm appears ot be over, 1t may
be a week or more before the snow
is again off the ground.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-21
WORST STORM EVER RECORDED
Losses of Stock Certain In Southern
~ Idaho.

In speaking of the probabilities as
to losses to stockmen as a result of
the recent blizzard, the Idaho Falls
Post says:
The most fearful storm in the his
tory of this valley is the verdict of
those who are In a position to know.
DIR. Bridges, the weather observer,
says his records do not show a storm
TO equal it, and other residents who
have been here many years, say they
have no recollection of ever having
such quantity of snow in March.
Death and disaster have already
accompanied the storm in the form
of a big fire at Dubois and a wreck
at Humphrey. And unless Old Sol
shines bright and warm today more
death and disaster will follow the
storm-but this time the disaster will
be visited upon cattle and sheep on
the range.
Heavy Loss OH the Range.
Frank Hit stated to the Post that
unless the snow melted very rapidly
there would be certain loss of great
numbers of sheep that have been
driven onto the desert for spring
range. These animals have already
been weakened by loss of food on ac-
count of the three days storm. 1t
will be impossible to drive them to
feed on account of deep SHOWS, and
If the weather remains cold and the
SHOWS do not melt the sheep will die
in large numbers from starvation and
cold.
Cattle will suffer in like manner.
Mr.. Hit states that he found great
difficulty in moving the shipment of
cattle he sent to Kansas City, from
his ranch to the cars, and that cattle
caught in the storm any great dis
tance from where hay is obtainable,
will suffer the same fate as the sheep.
Near Blackfoot, where there is a
shortage of hay and where cattlemen
turned their stock early upon the
ranges, the loss will probably be
greater than in this immediate vicini-
ty. Mr.. Hit says he has received
some reports of suffering among cat
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-21
International Sunshine Society.

Brooklyn, n. Y, March 21.-Dele-
gates of the 227 branches in the
southern New York state division of
the International Sunshine society
opened their annual session this morn
ing at the Sunshine Rest, Cropsey
and 23d avenues, Bensonhurst, L. l..
The beautiful building, which will be
used as the headquarters of the So
ciety as well, as for rest home for
those unfortunate poor who need rest
and sunshine. The state meeting is
the occasion for the formal opening
of the home and the official house
warming. There was a short session
this morning and there will be an
other meeting in the afternoon. Be-
tween the sessions the delegates and
visitors, all of whom are welcome, will
have an opportunity to inspect the
handsome and well equipped build
ing.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-21
SKIN DISEASES

There is nothing distressing than itching, burn
skin disease and upon the of weather those
Who afflicted with skin troubles find the symptoms appear
ng and know that they will be ormened through the hot
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-21

All Leading Groccrs
Sell Cleveland's Baking Powder.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-21
One would think the Laxative ide,

One would think the Laxative idea
In a cough syrup should have been
advanced long before 1t 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, 1906-03-21

Grande from Ell Paso, where the
great patriot made his headquarters
for several years while he was virtu-
ally in exile, hiding with small band
of followers, in a wretched shack,
where the postoffice now stands, the
citizens have made special efforts to
celebrate the day in an appropriate
way and an elaborate program has
been prepared for the occasion.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-21

the Indian Industrial school. The
commencement will last two days and
the program will be practically the
same as last year. 1t had originally
been intended to change the date of
the commencement to some later date
in May or June, but no change was
made, although it may be made next
year. There will be very little ora
tory, but an interesting display of the
work of the students.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-21
ACN E,
TETTER,
E C z ( NJ A.,
PS O RIASIS,
SALT r H { u vi
BUILD FROM WEST
MILWAUKEE ROAD TO
START AT SEATTLE.
by Beginning at the West End Great
Expense of Shipping Timber, Ties
and Material Across Half the Con-
tinent Will BE Avoided-As the
Road Is Completed the Material Can
BE Hauled In Its Own Cars.


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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-21
HILLS PROPHECY
hA ALROAD MAGNATE BUILDS
e FOR THE FUTURE.

Declares That Western Washington,
Known as the Puget Sound Basin,
Is as Rich as the Appalachian Basin
and VIII Support Like Population
Welcomes New Railroads Into
the West-POpulation Follows Rail-
roads.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-21

THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, ATLANTA CA.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-21

Carlisle, Pa, March 21.-This is the
day for the annual commencement of
The Washington herald., 1906-12-03
Give Georgetown a park

Congress, during the short session, viii
doubtless take up the proposition to buy
additional parks for Washington. Fa-
vorable action Is earnestly to be desired
not on the score of pressing necessity,
so far as the city proper is concerned
but because Of the obvious adyisability OF
looking to the future OF this great Capt.
tai Of the nation.
Naturally, private interests will figure
actively in the pressure to expand the
parking system. This is inevitable. Such
activities are in evidence whenever pub
lie improvements Of any sort are IN con-
temptation. It is TO be hoped however
that these interests viii not be so OBJ
trusively manifest as to blind Congress
to the real merits of the proposition as
a whole, and that ii viii receive due
consideration along broad and national
lines, regardless Of individual interests
that may profit by it.
There is one park. at least, that should
be provided for. by all means, before Con-
gress adjourns This is at West Wash
ington, or Georgetown. Here is a fine
section Of the city. the oldest section
peopled by conservative but progressive
taxpaying citizens, who hitherto. we re-
gret to say, have received not half the
consideration they have deserved. They
have no park at all. Think of It, In this
city Of parks there is not public breath
ing space in the whole Of the well-pOpu-
lated territory west Of Rock Creek.
Sc deficient is Georgetown in this re-
spect that private grounds are opened tC
women and children during the heated
season. This is a reproach upon the
Capital. and The Washington Herald
goes on record unqualihedly In favor Of a
public park for Georgetown, without
further delay. whatever the fate Of the
affiliated parking measures. II, at least
has the Importance Of a pressing need.
The Public Buildings and Grounds com.
mittees of the Senate and House and
other stanch friends Of the Capital city
in Congress should see to II that this
just claim Of Georgetown be no Longer
disregarded.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-03

No one who has followed the efforts Of
the postal department to secure legisla-
ton that would relieve it from the bur
den Of trying to classify the various sorts
of mail matter submitted but viii admit.
with the Third Assistant Postmaster
General. that it is time that Congress
relieved the situation.
Designed primarily to foster the dis
semination OF literature which should be
Of benefit TO all the people, there is little
doubt but that the privileges Of the sec
ond-class mail have been grossly abused.
The law was so loosely constructed in
the first place that what was meant
originally as an advantage TO Legitimate
newspapers and worthy literature has
been abused by a great number Of catch
penny devices, adroitly squeezed in under
the law
That newspapers, too. have abused the
privilege accorded them by the govern
ment is shown by the fact that various
gift-enterprises started by reputable jour
nails have been ruled out by the depart
ment, and, under a strict construction OF
the law. upheld fully by the Supreme
Court, artistic and seemingly legitimate
1 periodicals have been barred, while SEN
satlonal-not to say immoral-sheets are
still permitted.
The truth is, perhaps, that since the
statutes covering the second-class mail
matter were enacted. the publishing BUSH
ness has grown in many directions. and
along lines which the trainers Of those
statutes never dreamed or. The laws are
no longer suitable to conditions as they
exist and the enormous deficit in our
postal revenues year after year is one OF
the best and most striking evidences OF
this fact.
New laws are needed, and in the max
ing of them Congress has before it the
recommendation and the experiences OF
Postmasters- General for the last fifteen
years. We want laws that, dealing with
the carrying Of mails. shall be fair and
equitable to all. II such laws place ad-
ditioual burdens on newspapers. II must
be because up to now the newspa pers
have not been bearing their fair share of
the expense. But we think that it will be
found that it is not in carrying the prod
ucts of legitimate journalism TO a people
eager to be informed that the abuse OF
the secOnd-class privilege lies. That
comes from a horde Of publishers whose
wares, having no legitimate claim to the
privileges intended by the trainers of the
laws. have miscalled their publications.
and by their abuse of the government S
generosity have brought disrepute on
reputable journals
The matter is one that concerns deeply
all decent newspapers. It is their duty
10 see that the privileges accorded TO
journalism, that by its teaching and its
example is an aid TO good government
and a call TO good citizenship. is not
abused. Few subjects that are coming I'D
in this session of Congress equal this IN
importance. After fifteen years of daily
ing, it is time that this matter were set
tied in accord with the changed condi-
tions-and settled right.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-03
QU1zzING CANAL DIGGERs.
President Roosevelt Ran Downs .
co,nuIafux that Was Crouoaless.

President Roosevelt Ran Downs n
Complaint that was Groundless.
Pansna Correspondence New York Herald.
Beneath an iron-roofed mess shed
President Roosevelt paused. II was
built on a slope. Charcoal burners. in
which the negro laborers cook their
food. were on the muddy ground.
This strikes me az pretty poor" he
remarked.
Jackson Smith said that a cement
floor was to replace the swampy UNDER
footing. A crowd OF negroes sur
rounded the President.
HOW much are you paidg" he de-
manded. pointing TO a tall negro.
'Thirty-two cents, silver. an hour. I
am a glazier"
Where do you get your food? How
much does it cost? Is It good?'
Get it from the Chinese stores. Gov
eminent commissary not so good
What is the matter with it?' broke
in the Presidently quickly.
We'll, the vans are not good. The
Canal Commission storekeeper won't
take them back when they're bad"
The President directed the men 70
proceed to the store, where he con-
fronted the negro storekeeper with the
negro making the charge Contradi-
tions ensued, and the President led the
way to the yam bin. Some yams were
moldy on the end, but shown for the
most part to be sound. A yellow negro
.e.-tsnvad b{s NOV, g., IoudIrr oOrorla m
ing they were bad
The Jamaicans speak exceedingly
well. and this mans grievance was
fluent until the President demanded
to know whether he mad actually pur-
chased bad food He had. Would not
the storekeeper take 1t back? The
ccmplainer said no
What l wish to know" persisted the
President is whether you ever tried
TO return any bad food and were IN
able to DO SOP
Il wouldn't stOop to bring It back"
That's all" The President cut the
man off in disgust. and departed, salts
fed that the criticism was captiOus In
consideration OF the fact that many
negroes prefer cooking their own food
20 eating IL in the general mess. Presf-
dent Roosevelt ordered the sale Of an
uncooked ration Of exactly the same
food stuffs as are served in the mess
This viii be sold for the same price as
mess house meals, minus the cost of
cooking.
as he saw scenes Of activity surpris-
ing in the face or the dOwnpour. he
turned 10 Chairman Shonts, who. in
khaki. had accompanied the President
everywhere.
rs this normal?" The chairman's
answer was frank
Except for the fact that we have for
this day grouped our trains so that
you might get the best possible view
Of all parts Of the work. and except for
the fact that no risk is taken Of block
ing the progress Of this train by blasts
the conditions you see are normal"
The Washington herald., 1906-12-03
Had Read Horizons Book.

George Horton. United States consul
general at Athens, owes his appointment
to that much-sought berth to the fact
that one of the President 2oosevelt's chill
dren had read one of Horizons books only
few days before the author was intro
duced to him at the White House. The
meeting was quite by chance, and until
the person who presented the author 10
the President casually mentioned the fact
that Horton had written several books
Mr. Roosevelt aid not know 10 whom he
was talking. He then Immediately be-
came interested. Why" said the Presi-
dent 'one of my boys has Just finished
reading your charming book In Argolis
and he turned II over to me. 1 got
about hale through it last night. and
two or three years ago I read your
Tempting Of St. Anthony I wish I could
write so good a book as either Of them. -
Mr. Horton had served four years as con
sui general at Athens by appointment Of
President Cleveland but President Nc
kinley turned him out to make room for
a constituent of Senator SpoOner. He
came TO Washington from his home in
Chicago soon after Afr. Roosevelt sue
ceeded Mckinley to do some newspaper
work He had no political backing. and
besides he was a Democrat. But when
President Roosevelt learned that Horton
wanted TO go back to Athens as consul
he sent for him and assured him that
just as soon as a vacancy occurred In
the place he would give cim the appoint
ment Senator Spooner's man died a
short time afterward and the President
Immediately appointed Horton
The Washington herald., 1906-12-03
Phonetic Spelling Again.

The advocates of phonetic spelling are
having hard time of it. From every
quarter comes protests; approving words
are few. No one section is satisfied with
a simplification which seems at all likely
to suit the other sections.
Phonetic spelling is an impossibility.
There is no such thing Spelling that Is
phonetic according to New Hampshire
would not be recognized In Virginia.
Louisiana would certainly repudiate In
diana's ideas Of phonetics Iowa would
not stand for California's And there
you are.
Take two such simple and homely words
SIS ma" and pa" for example. In
South Carolina those words are pro
nounced as though the "a were short.
as in hat" Just across the Savannah
River, in Georgia, they become "mah'
and "pah," sounding the "a as in far
Cross another river-the Tallapoosa-and
in Alabama the words become NAV"
and paw" sounding the "a" as in
awe" Which is truly phonetic? No
body knows-nobody dare attempt to say.
This might be carried forward with 9TH
er words indefinitely There would new
er be an end to it, The quest for the
bag OF gold at the end OF the rainbow
would be child's play compared with it,
There's our trusty old comrade.
through" Is through" phoneticaHy
thru" or 'throo?" Or is it, perhaps.
"throu?" The Baltimore Sun denies any
The Washington herald., 1906-12-03
Guides Who Use Arsenic.

From the New Orleans Times-Denocrat
Horses and mcuntaineers, said a
chemist, consume arsenic as a college
boy consumes Egyptian cigarettes. No
particularly evil results so far as 1 can
make out followed,
During the Alpine season big eonsign-
ments of arsenic go out regularly to the
Swiss guides. These men claim that a
lump of the drug, allowed to dissolve
gradually in the mouth. helps one I'd a
stitf grade as a rope would do
"A pinch Of arsenic is occasionally
sprinkled over horses oats, or a piece
the size of pea is fastened 10 their
bits. The stuff puts fire and go into the
animals 1t rounds them out 1t makes
their coats glossy.
But no one should take to arsenic
No one should take TO any stimulant
We are better off without such things. q"
The Washington herald., 1906-12-03
PEOPLE OF NOTE.


When New York's governor-elect, the
Hon. Charles Evans Hughes, responds to
the Presidents invitation to be q White
House guest, he and Mr. Roosevelt will
have their second long talk. The Pres
ident Is probably least acquainted with
Mr.. Hughes, in a personal sense, than
with any other American Of great prom
inence They had met only in the most
casual way up to the time that Mr.
Hughes had completed his part Of the
work in the insurance investigation. Soon
after the close Of the public part OF thar
Herculean labor President Roosevelt sent
for Mr.. Hughes to come to the White
House and get acquainted. AS the re-
suit of the visit the President asked Mr.
Hughes TO assist the government IN she
prosecution of the Coal Trust as a spe-
cial attorney for the Interstate Com
merce Commission. He went over that
case fully with Attorney General Moody
carried all Of the important papers back
10 New York and was to give the Presi-
dent his answer IN a few months Mean
time Mr. Hughes found that he could
not spare the time from the preparation
Of his report on the insurance investga-
ton 10 give close attention to the Coal
Trust investigation, and so notified the
President Had he not been nominated
for governor. and elected, he might have
undertaken this prosecution for the gov
ernment. The next time the President
met him was soon after Mr.. Hughes had
been nominated by the Saratoga conyen-
sion. fie then rode part Of the way with
the President as the latter was return
ing from Oyster Bay In October, and on
that occasion. it Is believed, he learned
more about politics than he had ever
known before
The Washington herald., 1906-12-03
THE INNOCENT BYsTANDER.
THE LOST BOY.


The Boy I Used 20 Be would know
How far il is to Christmas day.
And every night in dreams would 90
Swift-paced along the wOndrous way;
And he by day would count the weeks,
The days-the very hours indeed
with eager eyes and flaming cheeks
The lore Of Christmas he would read.
An. ne knew all the jolly tales
The folk about the Day would weave,
With boyish faith, which never fails,
He had the knowledge to believe.
lie knew the legends all were true,
lie scraWled queer letters 10 the Saint,
He heard the fairy horns that blew
Their maTvel-music, far and faint.
He heard beyond the northern lights
The pounding Of the reindeer hOofs.
And counted all the long, long nights
Ere they should course above the roofs;
And Christmas Eve he heard the song
OF Santa Claus, while rapt he lay,
Heard Santa's laughter. clear and strong.
When he drove merrily away.
Oh, all Of this and more, was his;
The magic of the Christmas time
But now what little magic Is
IN thinking Of that silver chime.
In thinking of the things I knew
50 clearly in the long ago
And knew not that their being true
Was quite the fairest thing to know,
Of att the Christmas wishes made
This is the deepest In the heart:
That ] might find the light that played
Through all the long days set apart,
And might believe the legends quaint,
The sleigh tracks in the snow might see,
AND know the jolly olden Saint
As did the Boy I Used 10 Be,
The Washington herald., 1906-12-03

FrVm HaUers Weekly.
1t was formerly the custom Of the coun-
try folk to work out their taxes by board
ing the teacher. which mean. that from
time to time he was supplied from various
quarters with food.
One day a boy named Tim Moorehead
breathlessIy sought the teacher, exclain-
ing:
say, teacher, my pa wants to know if
you Ike pork?''
Indeed do. Tim" was the reply. Say
TO your father that there is nothing I'm
the way of meat that I like better than
pork
Some time passed, and there was no pork
from Tins father, a fact that in no way
surprised the teacher, for the old man was
known throughout the county as a
tight proposition. Nevertheless, one after
noon the teacher took the boy aside and
asked:
How about that pork, Tim. that your
father promised me?"
oh answered Tim, 'the pig got we'll"