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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-06
FOR EI.Ks' GRAND LODGE.
Denver VIII Greet Her Visitors Right
Royalty.

The Elks' lodge OF this city has re-
ceived notice Of the opening exercises
Of the grand lodge, which meets in
exercises will be held in the evening
70 rthe first time In the history of the
lodge, as they have generally been
held in the afternoon.
There will be an address of welcome
by the governor OF the state OF Colo
RADIO and the mayor of Denver and
Hon. Perry A. Clay, a noted Colorado
orator immensely popular among the
Elks, will deliver the address of well
come for lodge No. II, of Denver.
There will be program of vocal and
instrumental music, and the exercises
will in every way be of high grade.
There is most important legislation
scheduled for this meeting Of the
grand lodge, although the program
does not say So It is generally known
among tho Elks that some effort will
be made to cut down the membership
Of the grand lodge, which now in
cludes all past exalted rulers, and is
Increasing at the rate OF 1000 a year,
which would In a short time make the
membership very unwieldy.
There will be other action taken on
the part of the legislative body of
the Elks to make the meeting MEM
orahle. The organization is In excel
lent financial condition, and has ex-
pended more than a million dollars in
charity during the past year
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-06
SM|NOLERSAT WORK.
BOGUS CHECK ARTISTS ALL
OVER THE NORTHWEST.
smooth Plans Of Forsers Worked to
Advantage In Many Western Cities
Butte l. the Center of Large OPP
crations in Crooked Work-Banks
on the Alert Everywhere.

Expert forgeries have been causing
the banks of the entire northwest no
end Of trouble during the past few
months, and a score of private detec-
tives are said to have been working
assiduously for more than q month
past in an effort to apprehend the Of
tenders.
Though the matter has been kept
extremely quiet, the banks Of differ
ent cities in the northwest are alleg-
ed to have suffered considerably. and
ii ic believed that a gang OF smooth
paper men" as they are called in
police parlance. is working the north
western section Of the United States
and a section Of Canada. The ring
Is rumored to have headquarters in
one Of the provinces across the British
line. but efforts to locate the guilty
parties have thus far proved ineffectu-
al.
The favorite method of the gang is
to send draft to bank, with in
structions to deposit it to the credit
of some fictitious persons account.
states one report. The draft is usual
Is for several hundred dollars. In the
accompanying letter the sender asks
that check for a smaller amount
be sent to a member Of the gang IN
another city. The ruse has worked in
several cities Of the northwest. the
banks learning upon investigation that
the drafts sent them were worthless
Not long ago a stranger called at a
iewelry store In Butte, Mont. to have
silver watch repaired. He paid for
the work In advance. cashing a SIC
check. The check was found to he
worthless. Several days later the man
returned to get his watch and was in
formed that his check had been dis
hcnored at the bank.
Processing great indignation, thC
stranger explained: let me hav'
TINT check: I'll see whether they'll
tcasN It or not"
GraspiEg the check he disappeared
through the doorway. vowing to teacf
the hank cashier lesson. Instead o
going to the bank, he dropped In Z
store close by and asked the prcprie
| tor to cash the check. Seeing the In
dorsement of the jewelry house upor
| the back OF the paper, the merchan
gave the stranger the money withou
| hesitation.
The ewindler had carefully figured
| that before sending his bogus checl
to the bank the jeweler would indors
IT with a regulation rubber stamp
This caused the downfall of the mer
chant. BY the deal the fellow secured
1880 cashing the bogus check twice
and losing only silver watch tina
cost about So.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-06
GENERAL NEWS

Burglars blew the safe Of the Red
Mountain railway depot at Rossland,
y. c. and secured not a cent.
The second semi-annual convention
of the Inland Empire implement AZ
Hardware Dealers association is in
session at Spokane.
Captain Manuel Rivera. Of the bark
Consuclo. was scalded to death at
Topolobainpo by the explosion of a
donkey engine on board ship.
The Russian douma has succeeded
in securing abolition OF the death
penalty on at such times and places
as martial law may not be in force.
Baron Korwin, an Austrian, at
tempted to float from London. Eng
land. TO Vienna in a balloon. but was
obliged 10 descend in France. after
a terrific storm had nearly wrecked
the balloon.
The net annual profit OF the Nation
al Bank OF Mexico, just declared.
was s. ss5,325. Of which &4.579. 900
was declared as dlvidends-1s per
cent for the year. The bank is the
AaSfdi aEFhk VI Aiif
The yacht Tamberalne, owned by
Frank Maier and sailed by Captain
Thomas Fleming Day. competing In
the Brooklyn Yacht clubs ocean race
70 Bermuda for the Upton cup, was
sighted at 1880 o'clock. June 5, off
Hamilton. Bermuda. and crossed the
line at 3:2S p. m. Neither of the
two competing yachts yet at sea have
been sighted.
The possibility of a strike OF the
street car employees OF Detroit, was
averted when the men at mass
meeting Of their union voted to accept
the offer Of the Detroit United Rail-
way Of % cents per hour for all men
now ln the employ Of the company
and 20 cents per hour for the first
year OF employment for men hired
after June /. "a cents the second and
25 cents thereafter.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-06
NORTHWEST NEWS.

yakima has much trouble keeping
the police force full at $50 per month
and will probably raise the salary ct
an early date.
sunnyside. Wash. r. TO have an
other paper. with George w. Hopp
and L. w. Miller as proprietors. II
will be republican in politics.
Harrison Jones. deckhand on the
Oregona. a steamer running out from
Albany. fen overheard and was
drowned. He was II years Of age.
Walla waIla will have roaring
old-fashioned Fourth of July celebra-
tion. Thirteen hundred dollars has
been subscrlbed, with that much more
in sight
The sawmills which were burned
at Hope. Idaho. some weeks ago VIII
be rebuilt this summer. and will be
equipped with complete fire fighting
apparatus.
colville. Wash, needs more school
room badly, and will at once build a
four room new house. The town
homes 10 vote bonds for 325,0O0 for
two new buildings. later.
There are over 100 Polish catho-
lie families in and around Portland
and their intention IL 20 build q
church this summer, on a site donated
by Archbishop Christie, on the east
side.
John Gilllgan & Co.. Of Falls City
Neb.. who received the contract for
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-06
Demand Flat Rate for Sugar Beets.

Denver, June Cone of the most
important questions before the State
Beetgrowers' association, which open
cd It's annual convention here today,
is the question Of regulating the prices
to be paid by the sugar mills. The
sugar mill men have insisted that the
price paid for the beets should be
regulated according to the amount Of
sugar contained in the beets. To this
the beetgrowers object, as they be-
lieve that the fixing Of the price ac-
cordlng TO a sliding scale would cause
no end Of trouble and confusion. They
demand flat rate and 1t is believed
that they will not consider any prop
osition involving departure from the
fiat rate. The matter will be thor
oughly discussed in the convention.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-06
Hotel PendlctOn.

G. II. Norris, La Grande; F. Budheit
and wife, Sunnybrook; Fred Trout
San Francisco; Mrs. Harney and
daughter. Neb.; J. w. Burgess, city;
". d. Good, st. Joe, Mo-; y. d. Hop
kinsOn. Spokane; r. Brandon, Spo-
kane; Mrs. II. A. Kunz Couer d'Alene,
Idaho; f. G. True, Spokane; +. c..
Ozman, Heppner: II. c. Grady, La
Grande; Thomas Duncan, Portland;
l.. Allehoff. Portland: e. II. Westler,
Chicago; a. Morris, Portland; Miss
Clark, Welser; ]. A. Stinson. Weiser;
9. J. Boring. Dayville; II. Il. Cation,
Walla Walla' w. NJ. Rice, Walla
Walla; A. Hall, Walla Walla; p. Be-
ther, Walla Walla; F. Edwards, FL
gin.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-06
Cheap Lands

We have a longer list Of better bar
gains than ever, including wheat
lands, stock ranches and city proper
ty.
We have some good business prop
ositions TO offer.
1900 acres with running water:
pine timber; raises abundance Of tim
othy wild hay and grain. Plenty Of
outside range. Excellent cattle ranch.
SIS per acre.
5000 acres. half being profitable
wheat land. 800 per acre. Call on
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-06
OIL Mil supcrlnicndents Meet.

Dallas, Texas. Junc'6.-Between 300
and 400 superintendents Of cotton
seed oil mills from all parts Of the
country are in attendance at the an
nual convention OF their national or
ganization, whihc opened here today.
There are in all about 710 cotton seed
oil mills in operation in this country
and a large majority OF them are rep
resented in the national organization
Of the superintendents An interesting
program has been prepared for the
meeting.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-06

Carney & Kennedy's cab stand, at
Tallman's Drug Store, after p. m.
Phone main 10 for cab
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gallop He said he could hear the
dinosauruses for miles. making noise
like distant thunder, whether from
eating the steers. giving them a pain,
or whether bidding defiance TO him
and his horse, he never could make
out but he said nothing but money
could ever induce him to so into that
valley again.
Pa asked the other cowboys IL they
had ever been to that dinosaurs val
ley. and they winked at each other and
said they had heard of it, but there
was not money enough TO hire them
TO go there. cause they had heard that
a mans life was not safe a minute.
Bill. who had told the story. was the
only man who had ever been there.
and the only man living that had
seen a live dinosaurs.
Then we turned in, and pa never
slept a wink all night. thinking OF
the rare animals. or insects, or rep
tiles. or whatever they are, that he
expected to land for the show He
whispered to me in the night and said
"Hennery. | am on the trail Of the
dinosaurs, and while | am not pre-
pared to capture one alive, at this
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PULLED OFF HIS ARM.
Quick Presence of Mind of Man WHIT
Was Being Crushed Saves
His Life.

Cincinnati.-The quick presence o.
mind in the face of terrible accident
is all that saved the life Of Frank p.
Thomas. manager Of the Peacock dis
tillery. The accident occurred az the
plant of the Peacock company, at kais-
erton. KY, which is four miles from
Paris
Mr.. Thomas went 10 the plant sever
al DAYS ago to superintend the placing
OF new machinery and prepare TO start
the distillery for its season run. A
new machine had Just been Installed.
which is used TO crush the grain for
lie mash. The rollers OF this machine
are adjusted TO crush the grain down
n the thickness OF newspaper.
While feeling up the grain chute which
feeds this masher Mr. Thomas who
wore a glove, accidentally got too close
10 the RAPIDLY revolving rollers. and
his right hand was drawn into IL
Esi arm was being rapidly pulled
through the machine, when. with rare
presence OF mind. and with power
FIJI Jerk, he pulled of the crushed por'
,,on Of his arm, the rollers having
reached TO within few inches Of his
elbow.
He was removed 10 the ONCE OF the
company. where medical aid was SUM
moned. and his arm was later anpi-
tated near the shoulder.
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time. am going to that valley and
see the animals alive. and make plans
for their capture. and report to the
management of the show. What do
you think about it,"
told pa that | thought that cow
boy. Bill. was the worst liar that we
had ever run up against, and | knew
by studying geography in school that
the dinaseurus was extinct, and had
been for thousands of years. Pa said:
80 they say the buffalo Is extinct.
but you can find 'cm, II you have got
the money. Lots CT things are ex-
tinct, till some brave explorer pene-
trates the Businesses and finds them.
The mastodon Is extinct, according to
the scientists, but they are alive in
Alaska. The north pole is extinct,
but some dub in a balloon will find
I all right. tell you. am going TO
see a live dinosaurs, or bust. You
hear me?" and pa heard them cooking
breakfast. and we got up
Before noon pa had organized pack
train AMI hired three cowboys, and
rot some diagrams and pictures OF
dinosauruses from the scientists, ana
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out His hands, trembling with age
and excitement. showed wrinkled and
piue've!ned as he stood gripping bis
desk.
Mr. Speaker" said he. before I
cast my vote I'd like 10 say q little
somethin'. IL have permission" and
he peered around over his spectacles.
Il won't take long. couldn't speak very
long II | tried; wasn't cut out fer
legislaterman.
MY deestrict, as you all know, is
pretty much agin Allison. Some OF
US thought he wasn't runnin' this lit
tie political game right. and we fit
him pretty strong. Sence I've ben
here. I've tried TO vote an act right.
an none Of them lobby fellefs have
got a-hold Of me yit. thought my
principles was too we'll known fer any
one ter try ter bride me, cause I've
allus tried 70 fight agin bribery and
eruption. But IL seems that a mans
prime pies don't make no diffrunce.
What's his price?-that's all Nr. Al
lison came to see me yesterday
audible litter ran around the hall.
this was Allison methods with a VEN
geance-"an' he asst me fer my vote.
told him he couldn't have It, his
ways OF dom bizness wasn't quite my
way. Th't | was posed to bribery and
eruption anyways. III that's all in
the ways, says he. you kin vote for
me with a clear conscience. Our
principles amt so diff'runt.'
We'll he argyed long fer quite a
spell, an finally. seem l was still.
posed TO him. he says: Well, Mr.
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couldn't hold hold candle to him
as an all-around rough rider and cow
boy combined. So pa hired about a
dozen of the cowboys TO so with our
show, and then we went into camp
for the night, and the cowboys told
of a place about 20 miles away, where
some scientists had camp. where
they were excavating to dig out petit
fed bones of animals supposed TO be
extinct, like the dinosaurs and the
hoday, and pa wanted 10 go there and
see about II. and the next day we took
half a dozen of the cowboys pa had
hired, and we rode TO the camp.
Gee. but ! never believed that such
animals ever did exist In this coun-
try, but the scientists had one animal
picture that showed the Dinosaurs as
he existed when alive. an animal over
20 feet long. that would weigh as
much as a dozen OF our largest ele-
plants, with neck as long as Is
giraffes. and then they showed us
bones OF these animals that they dug
out and put together. and the complet-
ed mess of bones showed that the
dincsaurus could eat out OF a six-story
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looked off to the south and the COW
BOYS were coming back with pas re-
mains on a blackboard.
went Up to the wagon TO see If
pa looked natural, and he raised up.
like a corpse coming TO, and said:
"Hennery, did you notice how / roped
the black steer?" and | said. Yes.
pa. saw the whole business. and saw
you start south. chasing the steer.
armed only with a saddle, and what
IS the news from Texas?"
Pa said "Look-a-here, ! don't want
to hear any funny business. l deliv-
cred the goods all right, and If the
cinch OF the saddle had held out faith
full TO the end, would have tied the
steer in record time. but man proposes
and the rest you have 10 leave TO
luck was out of luck, that is all.
but the ride | had across the prairie
has given me some ideas about flying
machines that will be worked into our
show next year.
Pa got up off the blackboard and
shook himself, and be was just as we'll
and hearty as ever. and the cowboys
got around him, and told him he was
a wonder, and that Buffalo Bill
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window, and pas circus instinct told
him that IL ne could find such an ami
NAL alive. and capture II for the
show. our fortunes would be made.
We stayed there all night. and D.
asked questions about the probability
OF there being such animals alive at
this day, and the scientists promptly
told pa these animals only existed
ages and ages ago. when the country
was covered with water and was a part
OF the ocean. and that the animals
lived on the high places. but when the
water receded, and the ocean became
desert. the dinosaurs died OF
broken heart, and all we had TO show
for IL was these petrifed bones.
Pa ought TO have believed the scien-
lists, cause they know all about
their business, but after the scientists
had gone TO bed the cowboys began TO
string pa. They told him that about
a hundred miles 10 the north. in a
valley In the mountains, the d.
ncsaurus still existed, alive. and that
no man dare go there. One cowboy
said he was herding a bunch OF cattle
in a valley up there once, and the
bunch got into drove OF dinosauruses,
and the first thing he knew a big
dinosaurs reached out his neck and
picked up n steer, raised II in tire air
about so feet, as easy as derrick
would pick up a dog house. and the
dinosaurs swallowed the steer whole.
and the other dinosauruses each swal-
lowed a steer. The cowboy said be-
fore he knew II his whole bunch Of
steers was swallowed whole, and they
would have swallowed him and his
horse If he hadn't skinned out on a
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Wood. | won't argy any further. you
seem TO be standin Up TO your prime.
pies. even if you are mistaken In your
party and he left me.
mo, II want Allison that tried to
bribe me-" said he, looking around.
Il s'posed you all thought so. was
lookin' out fer that myself. Didn't
'spect no better outen him, but did
think my own party'd know better'n
to try that on me.
Il don't know as I've done any
thing to be insulted like that" he
went on. complainingly. "Ive been
Thomas man right long. but seems
as If some OF our crowd thought as
was old that was weak'nin', an
that I'd have 10 be spliced up. He
was a cute Teller. too. slicked me all
UP with my val'yble services, an that
it'd be a pleasure TO help me out'en
my financial troubles IL I'd stand
straight thru to-day. He never
fooled me a mite. You kin generally
tell n skunk II you git clost enough
to one. I s'pose he thought l was
considerin' the Offer" said the old mon
with fine scorn, "but | was just
a-thinkin' what Allison told me. that
our principles wasn't so diff'runt after
all, an | was kinder openin' my eyes.
says: Would you mind putin that
In writin'?' and he kinder hes'tated
at fust. CANT you trust me?' says
he. Yes says. 4 kin. but I'm not
goin' to. cause promises don't worry
some people much after they've got
what they want an he wrote IL out
an signed his name.
"Ive got morgidges on my place"
went on the old man. Put 'em there
10 send my two boys way to school.
an I'm not ashamed OF It, They're
fine boys. too, an both OF EN- a-doin'
well. an they'll take care Of any
morgidges I got.
"Now, I'll likely as not upset some
body's calculations by tn way vote.
an I hadn't tended to vote this way
till this mornin But I've kinder had
my eyes opened. an I've cum to tn
c'nclusion that IL they's any dlff'runce
tween our crowd an Allison's It's just
bout tn same, an that belp' so we
might Jest as well let Minority rule
agin. Now. I don't want nobody
chargin' me with sellin' out an
don't want no newspapers sech as you
an knows OF, to be a-jumpin on me.
neither. got most O. my informa-
ton from them papers. an It seems
they lied. didn't want TO come TO
this legislator, but two year from now.
II I'm alive. I'll want to be candy.
date agin. ard I'm Inclined to think
I'll be 'lected too.
"Mr. Speaker, my vote Is fer John
Allison. He may be rotten. but there's
others that's wuss."
Amid the pandemonium brokes
loose. Foil sat with a sarcastic smile
on his face.
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When | saw pa clinging to the sad
die which had got loose from the
horse that he was riding when he
lassooed the black steer around the
belly. and the steer was running away.
dragging pa and the saddle across tire
plains. / thought | never would see
him alive again. But the cowboy
said they would bring his remains
back all right When they rode away
20 capture the steer and release pa.
stopped crying and laid down under
the chuck wagon with the dogs to
think over what would do, alone in
the world. and | must have fallen
asleep. for the next thing knew
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A blind man named Noack. OF Wit
tenberr. has invented an automatic
disconnecter for electric currents
which can be made to break the con-
nection according TO will at any time
from one TO fifteen minutes and can
be fitted to any apparatus The cost
OF the invention Is 60 cents. Neach
Is a. and has beea blind since the dAx
following his birth
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$3.50.
Drouthy DAYS Coming.

Years ago. 1t is recalled. Parton pre-
dicted that the coming man would
neither smoke nor drink. The coming
man has not yet arrived. says the
Louisville Courier-Journal. But II the
coming man will neither smoke nor
drink the indications are that II will
be because the coming woman will
leave him nothing to smoke or drink.
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An Argument.

she-I don't think any girl should
marry until she reaches certain age.
He eagerly That is when
she reaches an age where she's certain
she loves a fellow as you love me-
Philadelphia Press.
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Mr.. subbubs--O Great heavens. Lucy.
Mary Ann tried to start the fire with
gun-cotton, and she has been blown
out through the roof,
Mrs. Suhbubs-Never mind; It's her
day out. anyhow Tlt-Bits.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-06-08

The Reporter-Do you think foot
ball rales should be revisedy
The Coach-sure thing. You may
quote me as strongly condemning Bit
Ing in clInches and kicking below the
neck.-Puck
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Great Golf Drive.

Prof Milne. the seismologist, was
the first man to drive golf ball
across the Victoria falls, this being
done during the recent visit OF the
British association to South Africa