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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-22
M'MURRAY TO BE PROMOTED.
Assistant Passenger Agent of o. II. &
y, May BE Given Place Vacated by
A l. ('rair


A. T.. Craig.
1t is rumored in railroad circles
that William McMurray, assistant pas
senger agent of the o. r. & N, will
be promoted to the position of gen.
eerss!l agent, vacated by A. L. Craig,
who went to the Great Northern re-
Gently.
Mr.. McMurray recently came from
the San Francisco offices Of the Har-
riman lines to be assistant to Mr..
Craig and Is a railroad man of much
experience and ability and will be
warmly welcomed into the railroad
row" in Portland.
Mr.. McMurray recently visited Pen
dleton to attend a meeting of the
Umatilla County Development league,
and made many friends by his dispo-
sition and practical knowledge of af-
fairs.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-22

The monopoly the three saloons of
Pasco have for years enjoyed has, been
broken by the granting of retailers
license to the Seattle Brewing & Malt
ing company.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-22
STATE BANK BILLS
UNLOADS SOME
"BEFOH DE WAH- MONEY

All of $40 Denomination, and Mostly
issued Against Southern Banks
Money Is Worthless as Such Issues
Mere Long Ago Redeemed and Re-
tired From Circulation-A Similar
Trick Was Turned Here Two Years
Ago-Supposed That the Manfpu-
iator Left Town Tuesday Night.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-22
Special for Saturday

Individual sugar and creamer,
prescott glass with ground bot
tom, wreath pattern, actually
worth soc, will be given as our
special premium with our Victor
Baking Powder. If YOU don't
know what pure, wholesome
baking powder Victor is, ask
your neighbors, they probably
do.
Good solicitor wanted. Good
proposition to right party.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-22

All the news all the time in the East
Oregonian.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-03-24

the result has served to make him
better known than he was before.
Mr.. Ankeny Is member OF the sem
ate committee on interoceanic canals,
which has been conducting an extern
sive investigation into the whole ca
nal question and which has developed
some very shrewd inquiries from
members of the committee.
The Washington senator was dis
cussing with Senator Flint, Of Call
fornia. the other day the. progress of
the Investigation and the character of
it. do you know, Flint, there is a
smooth faced young-looking man who
attends our meetings every day and
who seems to be doing some work
for the committee who Is bound to
make his uiark?' said Mr.. Ankeny.
Il have listened to him asking ques-
tons and he is as smart as whip.
He Is bound to be heard from. In my
opinion he is coming man."
"Why. who is he?" inquired Mr..
Flint.
II do not know" was the answer.
81 nave seen him around here quite
good deal. Oh, there he comes
now" pointing to well dressed dap
per gentleman who entered the SEN
ate cafe where the two were dlning.s
Senator Flint nearly collapsed when
he recognized former attorney gen.
eral, and now senator, Philander c..
Knox. WELL" he said, you may we'll
say that he is bright man. That is
Senator Knox, Of Pennsylvania. for
merly attorney general Of the United
States and, in the opinion of many,
one of the biggest lawyers in this
country"
Mr.. Ankeny is still being chaffed by
his friend for not knowing Senator
Knox and predicting for the latter a
brilliant future.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-03-24

school But learned something yes
terday that made such an impression
.cn me that / will not be able to sit
down comfortably before the season is
over.
y You see, 1t was this way. Once a
week it is the custom to feed all the
animals that are vegetarians a mess
.cf ground white turnips, cause it
"Opens up the pores, and makes the
animals feel good. like politician
who goes to French Lick springs, and
has the whisky boiled out of him. Aft
or the animals have eaten the turnip
mush. they become agreeable. and
will rub against the keepers, and eat
cut of your hand
l had been with pa dozen times
TO find place where we could get a
few barrels of turnips ground up fine,
and so yesterday, when the boss ami
NAL keeper was sick, and turned his
job over to pa, pa told me to so out
in town, at Lynchburg, Va, and get
couple of washtubs full of ground
turnips, and have the stuff sent in to
the menagerie tent In time for the
afternoon performance. got boy
to go with me. We hunted all the
groceries. and couldn't find turnips
enough to make first payment, but
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-03-24

had just begun to come In fell back
in terror.
There was quite crowd around the
camels watching them peacefully chew
their cuds, as they do at evening
en- the desert, and the Arabs who had
charge Of the camels were standing
around. posing as though they were
the whole thing, when the old black.
double-hump camel got his quart OF
Lorseradish down into one of his stom-
achs, as he was kneeling down on all
four5. He yelled: 20, mamma" and
got up on all his feet, and kicked
an Arab of prayer rug, and followed
and groanad. Then the rest CT tho
herd OF camels seemed to have swa.-
lowed their dose, and they made Rome
howl This scared the people over to
where the sacred cattle were trying to
set a pious example to the rest of the
animals by their meek and lowly con-
duct.
The sacred COW got her horseradish
first, and could see she was trying to
hold it without giving the snap away.
till her husband. the bull, got his.
Well, it was pitiful, and I made up my
mind l would never play joke on
the sacred cattle again, cause 1t seems
like sacrilege. The bull finally got
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-03-24

French law requires the registration
OF all foreigners who 20 there to re-
side. including students. This regis
tration is done at the ofiices OF the
project of police in Paris or Lyons
or at the ONCE OF the mayors In any
other parts of France. Any change OF
address must be communicated to, the
police. To secure this registration
and the small certificates of identity
the foreigner must furnish either a
passport duly vised or a consular az
1davit. The consul general cites two
or three instances illustrating the
Importance of carrying everywhere
papers to identify the bearer.
One of these incidents is that Of a
well known American woman who on
going to church one Sunday morning
was knocked down by a cab. She was
not seriously hurt, but was insensible
for several hours. 10 one knew who
she was and she carried no papers OF
any kind. AS she was richly dressed
and wore valuable jewelry the police
were impressed and took care of her,
but she was taken to a city hospital.
Upon recovering she was taken to her
hotel. Had she carried card or an
addressed envelope much of this in
convenience and embarrassment
would have been avoided.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-03-24

made accurate Shooting national
trait of the American soldier Is not In
evidence as he was. Chairman Hull,
of the committee on military affairs
of the house. has urged increased pay
for expert rifemen in the army in or
der to encourage sharpshooting. In
discussing this subject the other day.
Mr.. Hull, who Is very mitch in earn
est, declared:
with the passing of the frontiers
men, the trapper and the LILLIAN fight
err, there has undoubtedly been a
change In the character of ne Ameri-
can people. A few geners ions ago
hunting game was necessi'r for the
existence of many men and tr man
to be handy with a gun Was the rule
and not the exception. The pictuy-
esque woodmen have long ago dUap-
peared from the east and in the west
the conditions ara now so changed
that only on the plains and In the
most remote or lawless places does a
man find 1t indispensable to be arm
ed always.
The departure from the oil h,bit
grows wider every day. 1t was COM
mon thing for men who lived in my
fathers time. for instance, to be good
shots end to take pride in their ex-
ploits with the weapons used at that
time. How many young men now go
into that sort of thing as regular
part of their education? | venture to
say there is not one man in hundred
who knows how to handle rifle or
ristol. The effect has been plainly
apparent in the kind Of men who
come up for enlistment in the army
now. Few Of them know anything
about handling gun. The reason in
creased pay was asked for expert
riflemen and sharpshooters was TO en-
courage our soldiers to be crack
shots"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-03-24
HEARING WAS roo GOOD.
Examined Who Could Hear the Tick
Of Watch When Not
Running.

'sThe physical examination Of new Do.
1icemen often furnishes a lot of amuse-
ment," remarked Chief Of Police Hayes
the other day while in a reminiscent
mood, relates the Kansas City Independ-
emit. Catch questions don't go, of course,
but every now and then they are asked
by way of josh. l remember a young
fellow--he's now sergeant--who fell into
q trap the prettiest you ever saw. The
doctor had examined him up and down
and all around and then declared that
he would make a test Of his hearing. TAX.
ing watch out of his pocket, with n
wink at me. he asked; DO you hear
that ticky
Yes perfectly the young man an
swered.
"He held it a foot from the applicants
ear.
{" still hear itr he asked.
"'ies, sir
"Now stand back three PAGES
'qhe young man did 20.
"'Now, said the examiner, do you hear
IL from that distance!
"The applicant listened intently. Then
he smiled and nodded.
=" | still hear it, sir, he said.
you certainly have the most remark
able hearing l ever came across, said the
examiner. That watch has not been run
ming for three weeks"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-03-24
LOST ARTS AND DEVICES.
Many Have Been Abandoned Because
New Knowledge surplants
Them.

Not as much as we used to, but &C.
caslonally, even yet, one hears Of some
wonder accomplished by, the ancients
which cannot be done now, says the
Scientific, American. CTV
Not so many years ago 1t was quite
commonly asserted that modern work.
men could not quarry or, having quar-
ried, could not handle stones as large
as the monoliths of Egypt, and the
writer has heard public speaker OF
note assert that 1t would be impos ST.
BILE to handle with modern implements
such large stones as were used il the
pyramids, or to join them as perfectly
as they are joined there, yet, when &C.
casion arose, larger stones than any oil
these were quarried in Maine. apd
some of the larger monoliths them
selves were transported, not only To
the sea, but across 1t, and erected IN
England, France and America, and
there are individuals to-day who might
II they chose. cause the erection In
this country of the largest pyramids
or build new ones ten times larger
and more durable. Pyramids are moi
being generally built nowadays. be.
cause they are not in line with the
trend of modern ambition. that's all,
It IL very doubtful II a Damascus
blade" would stand half as severe
usage as a modern band saw blade, or
even as much, as the spring OF 40
cent clock; while the ornamentation OF
those wonderful blades, SO far as the
mechanical execution Is concerned, can
be excelled by apprentices and anna
tours of to-day.
OF the lost art" Of hardening cop.
rer little is heard Of late years,
though one occasionally hears a
wiseling from the wilds wish that he
knew how to do II as well as the an
clients, and, while 1t is perhaps re-
grettable that he doesn't. his ignor-
ahce is his own fault.
Many arts and devices have been
abandoned because new knowledge
has made them useless, and timo
spent in rediscovering them would be
worse than wasted. The modern
youth had much better spend his time
studying the art Of his contemporaries
than that which Is lost"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-03-24

and they be ordered to the front.
This Is all due to an order that was
sent from the war department several
weeks ago. to ascertain conditions In
every post and to have all the troops
In readiness to be moved on short
notice II anything like an emergency
occurs. There was no authoritative
declaration that war was expected, but
this order taken in connection with
undoubted anxiety on the part OF gov
eminent officials about conditions In
China led to the popular belief that
an American army might be ordered
to invade the Flowery kingdom at any
moment.
Reports that have come from China
recently are very pacific In tone, but
at the same time President Roosevelt
has determined that the United States
will not be caught mapping In casa
there Is an anti-foreign outbreak In
China that will imperil American
lives and property. He has had the
general stan Of the army engaged for
some months on working out a plan
of invasion of China and operations
there. A tentative plan has been SUB.
mitted to him. but its provisions arr
all profound secret. It Is known a
a general way that the chief of stat
and his assistants believe that an
army of not less than 10000 should b,
sent to China in case of trouble. Thsl
Is more than all the allied trooIi
combined that marched to the rescu,
of Picking In the Boxer troubles.
The general staff has taken into con
sideration the advance made ~ tn,
Chinese army during the past i've y,
six years and should It be use.
against foreigners there would be n
contest with mob as there was 81,
years ago. The regular Chinese arm,
to-day Is well disciplined body Q
TROOPS OF $1,000.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-03-24
Pa Tasted Of It.

bis horseradish down, and he was the
most astonished animal / ever saw.
He swelled up, and then beloved until
the COW looked as though she would
sink through the ground, saying: "Ex-
cuse me. dear, but ! am not to blame,
because I, too, have q hot box" The
bull acted just as human as could be.
cause he looked mad at her. and was
going to gore her to death, when pa
and some Of the hands came up and
hit him with tent stake, and swore
at him. and he quit fighting his wife.
Just like man. Pa wanted to know
what in thunder was the matter with
the animals. and wanted to know II
| had fed them the turnips, and l
told him they had all been fed, and
Just then the giraffe, whose neck was
80 long ths horseradish did not reach
a vital spot as quick as 1t did with
the hippo, began to yell for the po-
lice and dance around. Finally he
stood on his head and neck. with his
heels against cage. and coughed like
he had caught pneumonia. Pa sale
to the boss canvasman: well, what
DO you think Of that?"
The zebras had their inning next
and after they had swallowed their
rations of horseradish, they never said
q word, but began to run around like
dancing the lancers, and when they
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-03-24

your head swim" and he and pa wen,
on laughing. but think they laughed
too soon.
Well, we took spud and put about
Q quart of horseradish In each pan, and
put the pans In front of eech animal,
and you ought to have seen them rush
for the supposed turnips, like drove
Of cattle after salt.
The boy and | got up on the plat
form with the freaks, to be in a safe
place, and watch the animals. and see
how they digested their food. The
the hippopotamus, cause we gave him
about four quarts OF horse radish, on
account Of the size of his mouth, and
he swallowed it at one mouthful. First
he looked as though he felt hurt, and
stopped chewing, and seemed to be
thinking. like horse that wakes up
in the night with collie, and raises the
whole family to sit up with him all
night and pour things down his neck
out OF long-neck bottle. The hippo
held his breath for about a minute,
and then he opened his mouth so you
could drive wagon In, and gave the
grand hailing sign of distress, and
said: Wow. WOW, wow" as plain al
a man could. Then he rolled over into
his tank and yelled murder" and wal
lowed around, and stood on his head,
till one of the keepers went in the
cage to try to soothe him. He chased
the keeper out, and the crowd that
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-03-24

we found a place where they CRATE
horseradish and bottle II for the mar
ket,, and l ordered two washtubs full
OF horse radish grated nicely, and sent
to the tent, but I made the man bill
II as ground turnips.
The boy and played all the fore,
noon, and when the man started with
the ground horseradish for the tent.
we went along, and introduced the
man to pa, and pa o. KID the bill, and
Gent him to the treasurer after the
money. was going to get on back
seat and watch the animals eat, but
pa said: Here, you boys, get out
those pans and portion out the tur-
nips and pass 'em around just as the
crowd comes in, cause after the ami
mails have had q mess of cut feed
they are better natured. and show on
better.
was Pretty leary about feeding
the animals horse radish. and would
have preferred to have some one
else 60 1t, who did not care to
live any longer, but I said: yes,
SIR Just like that. and touched my
hat to pa. and he said to the boss
canvSsman: There's boy you can
sws by3'
Tfe boss canvasman said: "You are
right, old man, but II he was nine, I
would kill him 20 quick II would make
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-03-24

got to going II looked like kaleIdo-
scope. and the six zebras looked like
million. Pa said: II never saw
such sight since | used to drink.
but have either got the Jim jams,
or something awful has happened to
this menagerle."
The educated hog got q double dose.
and he squealed and couldn't pick out
the right card, and then the llamas
got busy on their portion of horse
radish, and they cried in Spanish, and
stood on their hind legs and shed
tears. Pa got so ratified he looked ten
years older than he did when the
afternoon performance opened. Tho
manager Of the big show came In to
know why the elephants had not been
sent into the dressing-room, to be got
ready for the grand entree. Just then
the elephants began to eat their horse
radish, and when they were driven
into the big tent they were complain
ing. about something being wrong in
side of them, and as they came by the
Lemonade stand they seemed to be
yelling Fire" Then they all stopped
at the stand and began to drink the
lemonade out of the barrels, which
seemed to put out the fire.
The animals quieted down little, and
pa went into the big tent to consult
the manager. and thought 1t was a
shame that the lions and hyenas and
tigers couldn't have any fun, so I
went to the table where the meat was
laid out ready to feed them, and cut a
hole in each piece of meat and put in
. double handful of horseradish. and
just then the feeder came along and
began to throw the meat in the cages.
Gee, but those carnivorous ami
mails are bad enough even IL you
give them nice boiled sirloin steak, and
they fight enough over 1t, at any time,
hut when they began to chew and tear
the meat, and get horseradish hot from
the griddle, they didn't do thing.
The audience thought the animals
would kill everybody. The big lion
got his meat down, but 1t didn't set
we'll, and he turned somersault,
and snarled, and pulled the bars of the
cage, while the grizzly bear rolled up
in ball and rolled over in his cage
TIL the men had to hold on to the
wheels to keep the shebang from 60
ing over. The hyenas, who are al
ways mad. went on tear that could
he heard in all the tents.
Pa and the managers came back into
the menagerie tent with the animal
keeper, who had been sent for, and
allied the animals, and the animal
keeper asked what pa had been feed
ing them, and pa said he had given
them their ground turnips.
'Turnips, indeed" said the keeper.
as he took up some of the turnip and
tasted Of 1t, and he handed hand
full to pa Pa tasted of 1t, and pa
had hot box, and the managers tasted
of it. AMI they said: mo wonder
Then they asked pa where he got 1t.
and pa said he sent me to order 1t.
and then they all said: THAT set
ties It,"
thought I would go way and jump
III tue river, Dut pa Saiu' Hlehhoi "
come here, my angel" and he spit on
his hands and picked up barrel stave.
went right up to pa, as innocent as
could be, just as any dutiful son
should. and right there before the ami
mails and freaks pa-well, that's the
reason am not sitting down very
much these days. SO long.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-03-24

tlon to that effect in the form OF res
olution adopted by the citizens of
Aurora has been introduced into the
house by Representative Shartel, of
Neosho, Mo. The good people in the
far off Ozarks believe that the malari-
al atmosphere in Washington breeds
corruption and decay and in order to
cleanse the body polite Of all graft
and crookedness the big marble build
ings of Washington should be torn
down and removed bodily to the
purer atmosphere OF the Missouri
mountains. In their petition these
good people declare:
Whereas, Editors and business
men and leaders of thought are pro-
tectors Of public interests;
Whereas, Our capital is located at
the extreme side of our country;
Whereas, The present location of
our capital, Washington, is very
malarial and unhealthy location,
therefore be 1t
Resolved, That our representatives
In congress of the United States be,
and hereby are, instructed to intro
duce measures looking to the removal
OF 'the seat Of government from
Washington to the Ozark mountains
OF southwest Missouri for sanitary,
economic and other reasons"
The petition declares that great
deal of the inefnciency and crooked.
ness Of officials Is attributable to the
malarial conditions of the atmos-
phere at Washington.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-03-24

lect to arm themselves with passports
setting forth distinctly who and what
they are In order to save themselves
embarrassment, anxiety and annoy
ance. A caution to this effect has been
sent out and 1t was inspired by the
present somewhat strained relations
between France and Germany.
The department Of state has re-
celved from the consul general at Par
Is communication stating that the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-03-24

They showed sediment. became dis
outraged, weak, languid and depressed.
% sick and sore that could not keep
up. As doctors did not Gre me de-
cided TO try Doan's Kidney Pills, and
with such success that my troubles were
allgone after using eight boxes, and my
strength, ambition and general health
Is fne."
Sold by all dealers. so cents a boz.
Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-03-24

You can learn something new and
interesting every day in circus, and
a hoy, particularly, can store his mind
with useful knowledge, that will be
valuable to him in after years.
Gee. but have learned some things
that could never have learned in col
leee, cause at college you only learn
things that have to be verified by
ectual experience in business. Pa says
enc year In the circus will be better
for me than ten years in a reform
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-03-24
Get Your Passports.

MERICANS Who
who are contem-
plating tours
abroad that will:
include Fra n c e
and Germany this
year will be wise
to provide them
selves with means
OF readily prov
Ing their identity
e g c Tally in
Fra n ce. They
should not neg
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-03-24
Popular Line to the East.

The splendid passenger servi.e tf tho
Nickel Plate Road, the care and atten-
ton showl passengers have made il a
favoritc with the inexperienced rs wei as
those accustomed to travel. Every feature
necessary TO tho comfort and convenience
of the passengers, especially ladies' travel
ing alone pr accompanied by chiioren, is
provided. Colored Portcrs in Uniform are
in attendance to serve the wants of all
and to set that cars are kept scrupulous-
ly clean. Pullman Slccpers on all trains,
and an excellent Dining service, serving
Individual Club meals or la Carte at
moderate cost. When travelling East pur-
chase your tickets via the Nickel Plate
Road. All trains depart from the La
Sale st. Station, Chicago. For full in
formation regarding tsckets, rates, routes,
sleeping car reservations, etc, call on or
address j. y. Callahan. General Agent,
No. Ill Adams St.. Chicago, Ill.