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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-03
BAKERS VIEW OF THE CRIME

The Baker City Democrat and Her
aid express the sentiment of Baker
county on the murder of Harvey X.
Brown as follows:
"As the result Of the terrible injur-
les received Monday night at the
Threshold of his home by the explo-
sion of a dynamite bomb fired by dia-
bolical fiends, Harvey X. Brown, a
native born son of Baker county. and
an ex-sheriff, passed away at st.
Elizabeth hospital yesterday after
noon at $40 o'clock and every hu-
man impulse cries out for vengeance
upon the heads of those who perpe-
trated the awful crime Of his muir
der" says the Democrat.
THAT he was the victim of a plot
deeply planned. Of long duration and
under the influence of direction Of
the same organization that brought
about the death of Ex-Governor Steu-
nenberg, Of Idaho. there is little
doubt.
His killing was identically the
same as that of the Steunenberg
murder and in his dying statement
he stated that he was the victim Of
hatred incurred by his efforts in
bringing Orchard to justice.
such being the case, it is a source
of qualification that this community
is spared the stigma that would at
tach to the crime if it had been the
outgrowth of any local feud or an
tagonisms.
LAS it is it is the result of condi-
tlons existing all over the northwest
mining states and precipitated in the
Coeur dAlenes during the admins
tration of Governor Steunenberg.
What the end will be the future alone
will reveal. That there is reason for
grave apprehension no one will deny"
The Herald says of the effort to
apprehend the criminals:
1T is gratifying to everyone to see
the earnest manner in which Baker
county has begun a search for the
of Harvey K. Brown. Judge
Messick says nothing shall be spared
in the attempt to find the guilty ones
and bring them to justice, and the
remainder of the county board stands
with him squarely on the matter.
"The $4,000 reward will Be an in
centive for good men to interest them
selves in the work, and with a possi-
bility Of the state adding several more
thousands makes it worthy of the at
tention of the most skilled men in de-
tective work. Along this line citizens
and business men will not be slow to
lend any financial aid that may be
deemed just, or that is needed
"The wheels are now moving ana
will continue to move just so long as
the criminals are not captured. Ba-
ker county is not afraid to do her full
duty nor is she close-fisted with her
money at so grave a time as this"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-03
RELIC OF CoNFEDERACY.

In the office of the secretary of
state there is kept the great seal
which was prepared for the use of the
confederate states. 1t was made in
England. but did not reach Richmond
until about the time it was surrsndsr-
ed to the federal army, and as result
it was never used.
The cost of the seal with press, wa
fers, seal-papers, wax, silk cords and
other needful things. was $500. The
The outfit was given to the state Of
South Carolina, about 1887.
The die is about three inches in di-
ameter. bearing an equestrian por-
trait of Washington surrounded by
wreath composed of cotton, sugar
cane. corn, wheat and rice, with the
motto "Deo Vendice" God Main
tains)' the whole being of fine silver.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-03

dleton tonight, is one Of the noted
men of the nation and school child
rem seeing him and hearing will re-
member the day through their lives.
1t is unfortunate for the west that 1t
is cut off from the seat OF the gov
ernment by such a great distance.
making 1t impossible for people here
to be in close touch with public men,
as are the people of the eastern
states. No opportunity should ever
be passed in the west to see and hear
the leading men of the country who
visit this section. It is a part of the
education Of the young generation.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-03
MISSOURI GOING "DRY."

The last 10 days have changed the
"wet" and "dry" man of the state OF
Missouri. The nine elections held ia
that period resulted in eight "dry'
counties to one "wet." Benton went
"wet." The saloon element majority
in Benton was so votes.
At the beginning of 1905 Missouri
had three prohibition counties Now
It has Al, the latest one, st. Clai'
county, having just voted dry" by a
majority of 500.
The local option movement has been
shown to be a gradual movement with
the general recent reform move as its
chief stimulant. The Missouri Anti
Saloon league has kept workers III
many counties, and through its in
fluences several dry elections may
have been brought about.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-03
IMPROVE THE RIVERS.

Every great traffic expert in the
United States is insisting upon river
improvement in order that the con-
gestion of freight in the country may
be relieved. Hill, Hartman and Pres
ident Finley, of the Southern, for
two. years have been publicly insist
ing on this.
NJ c. Markham, traffic expert of
the Missouri Pacific, and formerly
traffic manager of the Illinois Cen
tral, line parallellng the Mississippi
river, five years ago publicly testified
to the influence of the river as a rate
regulator, saying that it not only con-
trolled the rate north and south from
st. Paul to New orleans, but east
and west from New York to Denver
Mr. Hill last winter testified that
the railways were so congested that
he himself sent freight by water to
get quicker service.
Mr.. Hill also, in letter to Cover
nor John A. Johnson, of Minnesota,
goes into detail to show that 1t is
impossible for the railways to keep
pace with the growth Of the country;
that they can get neither the money
the laborers, nor the material with
which to build the new lines needed,
and that IL the government does not
so improve the rivers that they may
take from the railways part Of the
burden, the freight congestion will
grow worse yearly.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-03

tion 999 times of person, place or
thing, but on the thousandth time
fails to do so, he must not expect to
be forgiven.
The omission may have been from
accident, inadvertence or even an en-
tire lack of knowldge-it matters not.
The single fact remains that he will
be tdged on that alone.
He may say good things about some
business man for weeks, but let him
make some mistake and the good
things said are forgotten and that
mans business is denied him-Omaha
News-Journal.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-03
A SONG OF THE RAIN.

The rain swept over the hill.
The rain fell steep in the street,
said the yoeman, II cannot till!'
Said the lovers, I'VE cannot meet!"
Still the Rain King rode in power,
Setting his storm-clouds free,
Nursing the fruit and the flowers,
Tending the lawn and the lea!
But 1 cannot play" sobbed the child,
MY daisies are all so wet"
And the Rain King, hearing, smiled,
But his heart grew full with regret.
He has stalled his steeds in the West;
He has gathered his clouds away.
Lovers may sorrow and toilers rest,
But the children" he said, must
play!"
Will II. Ogilve.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-03

A fur tree that made four logs with
a total Of about $4,000 feet OF lumber,
the small end OF the first log being
10l inches in diameter, was cut near
Raymond this week; while over at
North Yekima a five-pound cucum-
Der four feet long was pulled. No
wonder the young men of the east are
coming out northwest to grow up with
the country.-Tacoma Ledger.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-03

Senator Benjamin r. Tillman Of
South Carolina, who lectures in PEN
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-03
HOTEL PORTLAND
PORTLAND. OREGON.

PORTLAND, OREGON.
American plan, SO per day and up
wards. Headquarters for tourists and
commercial travellers. Special rates
made to families and single gentle
men. The management will be pleas
ed at all times to show rooms and
give prices. A modern Turkish bath
establishment In the hotel.
II. c. BOWERS. Manager.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-03
THE REPORTERS REWARD.

The man who handles the local de-
partment of newspaper learns after
due experience not to expect many
thanks for column of plasant
things, but he knows as surely as
comes the seasons that a single line
in which there is an unintentioal mis-
take will cause someone to be heard.
Also when he made pleasant men,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-03
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All for a little woman-broth- I
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valley and street; I
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the sunlight of her face, !
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worldwide. in the roar OF !
the market place! :
, All for a little woman. In the =
, holy and heavenly dusk =
We follow the trail Of the bram- =
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-03

ORGANIZED labor of Chicago has de-
clared war or the new Illinois vag-
rancy law as an infringement of the
right of picket. The Woodworkers'
District council has decided to make
a test case of the act.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-31

I soon came to the conclusion
that the sooner I got to the patch
of brush, the longer I would live,
and I lost no time getting there,
at least I tried to. The steer saw
me as [ started to run, and itspent
no more time hooking sagebrush.
I'll bet I beat the worlds record
for the first half mile. As I ran,
I glanced over my shoulder and saw
that the steer was gaining on me.
I had been told that if a locoed
steer ever got after me, I should run
zigzag, then it couldn't follow me.
So l ran as crooked as I could.
It would have broken a snakes
back if it had followed my trail,
bat the steer kept after me just
the same.
Well, l got to the brush-so did
the steer. 1 expected to be
boosted every second, and finally
was. 1t was an awful jar. I went
into the air over and over, and
then came down. 1 thought I
must have went up over a mile,
for l was SO long in coming down.
l closed my eyes and thought what
a bad scamp had been all my life.
just then I lit in few feet of
water and mud and resolved tolive,
80 l scrambled out.
l was in a couley and lost no
time in getting out. When I got
on the opposite bank from Mr..
Steer, I cussed him for all I was
worth. The old cowpuncher had
rode out to the pond, and could
see the steer hopping around on
one side of the couley and me do
ing war dance on the other side,
80 he came over and shot the steer.
The cowpuncher said afterwards
that he thought we were both To-
coed, and he wanted to know why
/ didn't use my gun. I told him
I had gotten my dates mixed and
forgot I had agun. 1906.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-31
Both rocoed.

It was in the fall of 1901. I
had never been in the West be-
fore; being a tenderfoot I didn't
know how dangerous it was to
walk on the prairie where cattle
was grazing. Cattle will not pay
any attention to a man on horse,
but woe to the maverick they
catch on foot.
I was stopping at the Wetzel
ranch on Milk River, and having
nothing to do I thought 1 would
go hunting, thinking I might get
a shot at sagehen or coyote.
Before I left the ranch an old
cowman told me I had better take
Jerry along, Gan old oowpony) so
if I ran into a bunch of long horns
I could mount him and get out of
danger. Thinking he was playing
a joke on me I declined. Jerry
was the meanest horse to lead [
ever saw. He would get stiff on
his legs, and you had to drag him.
So I told the cowpuncher that if
I wanted to drag along horse, [
would knock it down, because it
would be easier to drag that way.
"Well, son." he said, "if you
meet up with locoed steer you
will wish you had dragged along
two" I hunted along the river
for about mile and then cut
across to the government pond. [
had the luck to shoot teal duck
and thought I would CROSS over to
a bunch of brush about three
miles away, and try for coyote.
1 had not gone more than half
way when a noise caused me to
turn and look back. It was a
good thing I did. l saw a steer
trying to do a circus stunt, any
way that's what it looked like.
The steer was down on it's knees
hooking hunks Of sod and brush
into the air.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-31

Nine beautiful little canary birds
we're received at the prison one
day last week from the st. Cloud
reformatory. They will be placed
in an aviary in the greenhouse and
be under the watchful care Of Sim
bad. The sailor has been very
successfully in raising puppies
and posies, and will now be given
an opportunity to raise canary
birds. AS yet he knows very little
about them, orswhat they eat, for
the first move he made was to
the state barn to get some oats
for them.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-31
Wben friendships Fail.

No tears so smart, no thoughts so sad,
No cloud so dark, no storms so mad,
No knife so keen to pierce the wall,
AS when cherished friendships fail.
No night so dark, no day SO drear,
No fate so full of torturing fear,
To palsy trust and turn hope pale
As when cherished friendships fail.
No wind so cold the heart to chill,
No hand so rude joys cup to spill,
No wolf so dread on loves best trail
AS when cherished friendships fail.
A thrust at peace, to life blow,
To sleep unrest, feast to woe,
Typh0on ofsoul, wild sorrows gale,
When long cherished friendships fail.
5000 in Anamosa, Iowa, Prison Pre
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-31

About thirty members of the
Minnesota state legislature visited
the prison yesterday. The party
consisted of the Senate and House
committee on prison legislation,
and visited the prison in order to
familiarize themselves with the
needs of the institution. The
party took lunch at the prison
and departed for the Capital City
late in the afternoon.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-31

The following are the titles of
the subjects to be read at next
Sundays meeting of the Chautau-
qua Circle: "Should Capital Pun
ishment be Abolished" "Impres-
sions of an Ocean Voyage" "a
Plea for Women" physiology of
the Brain" The president in
forms us that the members are re-
quested to bring their books with
them to the next meeting Of the
circle.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-31
Che Snilin' Sort.

(CORTER did one good to meet him
He was allus smilin' so
= Jest to know that he wuz near you
Seemed to set the heart aglow.
Day or night he'd greet you hearty,
Let the skies be black or blue
And he'd alus hold a hand out
For a friendly shake with you.
If he found you glum and downcast,
Sore disheartened on the way,
"Cheer up man, thar's good times comin'!"
He would allus smile an say.
And somehow the soul would tighten
Underneath its heavy load,
And the gloomy skies would brighten
AS we plOdded down the road.
True, he warn't to say religious,
Never owned a church or creed,
But his eyes warn't turned so skyward
AS to miss his neighbours need.
Didn't waste his time in prayin'
That the world might better grow,
Lent hand, and helped uplift it
All the time a-smilin' so!
Had his faults like other mortals,
But the good he did on earth
Far outweighed his imperfections
In the scales of honest worth.
Saints, know, all thronged to greet him
For the work he wrought below
Glad, like we we're, jest to meet him
He was allus smin' so!
Hilton R. Greer.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-31

This week, Muldoon has a few
words tosay anent the Japanese and
the school question in San Fran
cisco. He handles the subject in
a terse and satisfying manner, and
predicts that the present contro-
versy will be a dead issue before
next years crop of chrysanthe-
NUNS are due.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-31
Bill Jones VI missouri.

There is young man in Saltwater,
And to be there he knows that he oughter.
He embezzled some cash
And cut quite dash,
By running off with lumberman's daughter.
He said that he worked in brewery,
Which greatly astonished the jury.
They asked him his name
And from whence he came,
He says my name is Bill Jones from Missouri
He worked in shop v making Irvine,
And he thought what hard lot is mine.
He worked very hard
And was watched by guard,
To see that he worked all the time.
When his times up he says he'll go home,
And no more thru the country he'll roam.
He'll 60 on farm
Where he'll keep from all harm,
And let the lumberman's daughter alone.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-31
TO INMATES.

For the information of new arrivals
and all others desiring to send THE
MIRROR to friends we wish to say that
the privilege will be granted by COM
plying with the following rules: Write
out your own name and register num-
Der and send to this Office with name
and address of person to whom paper is
to be sent. Each paper must be kept
clean and folded in the same manner as
1t is when you receive 1t and placed in
your door every Friday night. All In
mates are requested to comply with this
order whether sending out copy or not.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-31
Prison Population.

There were six arrivals and six
discharged on expiration of SEN
tence during the past week.
The population of the prison is
TOP, distributed as follows: First
grade, 548, second grade, 146, and
third grade s.
The last register number is 2O56.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-31

We received several replies to
the problem published last week.
One of the chaps informed us that
the next time we print problem
of this kind, we should see to it
that it deals with dollars instead
of chicken feed. He said it was
disgusting to figure out such small
amounts.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-31

At last Sundays service Chap
lain Kennedy announced that
there would be song service in
two weeks. These services are
usually devoted entirely to sing
ing and pieces by the orchestra,
and they are always much enjoyed
by the inmates.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-31

One of the members ofthe choir
sang a solo at the Sunday morn
1ng's service that caused many of
the boys to compliment the singer
very highly. We hope the band
master will see to it that he is
down on the program for the song
service.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-31
LOCAL NEWS.

1t surely looks as tho winter
was here to stay awhile. The sleigh
ing in the yard is excellent, and in
some quarters the snow is quite
deep.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-31

One of the tobacco men will
depart from the institution next
Saturday. We expect that he will
start a little tobacco factory of
his own on the outside.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-31
CHURCH NOTICE.

Service in the Prison Chapel at nine
O'Clock every Sunday morning. Pro-
testant and Catholic service every
alternate Sunday. Rev. s. j. Ken
needy, and Rev. FIR. COrcoran chap
lainS.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-31

Fir. Corcoran, was in the cell
house Tuesday evening calling on
few of the prisoners who re-
uuested to see him.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-31
The fire department was out for
d practice run last Saturday.

A dentist was at the institution
last Monday repairing the teeth
Of several of the inmates.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-31

1t was too cold for the band
BOYS at last Sunday mornings
drill. They only succeeded in
playing a few pieces when their
instruments froze up. A good
many of the boys held onto their
ears as tho they were afraid they
would lose them.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-31

One of the inmates advertised
last week for book that he had
missed for some time. He said
the response was very gratifying,
as he received two books instead
of one. Advertising always pays.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-31

Guard McFall is still confined
to his home by illness. We learn
that he had an attack of pneumo-
MIA and has been seriously i'll.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-31
Wise and Otherwise.
3-By G. A. Y.-g

which we feel would make life
worth living are owned by some
body else?
74O,OOO,0OO pounds of copper
wire were consumed by this
country last year. Surely we are.
living in an electrical age.
Felix Adler is quoted as saying
that the desire to pile up vast
riches is form of insanity. The
frenzied financiers claim the dis
position to criticise them is very
decidedly another form. So be-
tween DR.. Adler and the fercely
rich Isfgure it out that we are all
crazy.
The pure food law has gone in
to effect; hereafter one will find
ones apple sass to be all wool and
a yard wide, and the present pleas
ant diversion of making molasses
from fine tooth combs and old rub
Der boots, and coloring it with lamp
black, will be frowned upon.
Here's hoping, etc.
Never put off till yesterday
what you should have done to-
morrow. It doesn't take any lon
ger to do thing today than it will
tomorrow, and you are no buster
today than you will be tomorrow.
This putting off until yesterday
what you should have done tomor-
row is a bad habit to fall into.
Let your motto be: do it nowp'
| Cocaine has been used for years
as local anesthetic, but researches
which have recently been con-
cluded demonstrate that it can be-
more safely used in deep opera
tons than chloroform or ether. It
leaves no bad after-effect, and has
little influence on the heartaction.
The discovery of ether was her.
aided as one of the great events Of
the century just passed. Vaccin-
nation was another, and now up
to.date surgeons have delegated
both to the boneyard and scrap
heap. It surely must keep pro-
gressive professional man in any
! line humping himself to keep up
with the procession.
John Sharpe Williams, the lead
or of the House minority has
given it out that he is not "a candi--
date for the presidency. His rea-
son is that the big, old-fashioned
rooms of the White House are
damp, and the little Williamsesl
might catch cold. "Now, be sure
you put it on that ground" said
Williams. "It is not my fault. I
would have no special objection to
the presidency, so far as I am
: personally concerned, but Mrs.
; Williams simply won't hear of it.
She says she feels sure Kit and
Sallie would catch their death of
cold in the damp White House,"
This sally of the genial Southerner
, doesn't sound as droll as tho
one heard him say it in that
inimitabIe Southern drawl of his.
In the big capital building at,
Washington is a room known as
the Minority Committee Room.
For some years it has fallen to the
lot of the democratic floor leader
of the House to have this room as
signed to him. Here, with cigar
tucked in his mouth, his feet on q
chair, and surrounded by his cron-
les, and he counts them among
both parties, Mr.. Williams can be
seen at his best. He is one of the
best story tellers in the country.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-31

Mr.. @. A. Y. has informed us
that several of the boys insist that
he is the man who is writing the
articles signed tx" We believe
that @. A. Y. knows who the par.
ty is, therefore we refer you to him
for further enlightenment.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-31

The following transfers were
made during the past week: COL
to 12l; 1O1 to SOB; 482 to hosp; 4
to 427; liz to 272; $50 to liz; cot
10 to hosp; 1O2 to $50.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-31

Fifteen prisoners will be dis
charged from the prison during
the month of February. Altho
this figure is far below that OF
January, it is an unusually large
number to leave during the winter
months.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-31

A new cook was placed in House
Steward Anderson's department
last Tuesday. II there is one
thing more than another that this
institution is blessed with, it is
cooks. On July 81, 1906, there
we're thirty of them in this prison.