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The Dolores star., 1907-07-05
The Public Printing Evil.

Washington.-There are stored in
the basement of the capitol. in the old
government printing office, in the
Baltby building, in the old car barns
and in two rented warehouses more
than $500 tons of documents and re-
ports-enoush to fill freight train more
than three miles long, according to
Victor l.. Rickett, secretary of the
printing investigation commission ap.
pointed two years ago. In addition to
its own storage capacity, the govern
ment Is paying $1S.500 year in rent
ais. x large proportion of these docu.
ments are obsolete.
The joint committee on printing cut
CT this year nearly million volumes
OF the congressional printing alone
and in this the committee only touched
the waste which was piling up in the
warehouses to rot. 1t cost the govern
ment millions Of dollars for labor and
material to no useful purpose.-New
York World.
The Dolores star., 1907-07-05
New Automatic Rlns.

The self-loading or automatic musk.
ct II now being seriously considered
as the infantry arm of the future. The
equipment Of the great armies of the
world with an improved rife is hardly
completed when the mechanics begin
work on a new weapon. At the recent
examinations Of the German War
Academy the automatic rife was one
OF the themes for discussion. The
piece now on trial has magazine
holding ten cartridges: the recoil is
utilized to load and cock. Consequent.
ly the soldier can remain quietly in
position. never removing his eye from
the target. and fire his ten Shots
New York Sun.
The Dolores star., 1907-07-05
The ereakers to Remain Closed.

The sreakers to Remain Closed.
word comes from abroad that Mrs
vanderbilt In to take . large estate
snr London. and that the Breakers
vsi not be open this season In New
port
This will be the second summer that
tnls magnificent estate has been
ciosed, and II means u social as well
- financial loss to the place.
TO the gossips of the smart set it
means that something attractive is
Keeping Mrs. Vanderbilt and her
oaushter on the other side Of the At
lantie-something that draws like a
iodestone.
NO longer IL Robert Goelets name
neerd in connection with the hand
Of Miss Vanderbilt, and We are at our
WIS end to know Just who the lucky
Johnny is.-New York American.
The Dolores star., 1907-07-05

Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory II the right
Starch we're used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, 1t is usually neces-
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric is
hidden behind paste Of varying
thickness. which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear
ing quality Of the goods. This trou-
BILE can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch. as it can be applied
much more thinly because of its great
er strength than other makes.
The Dolores star., 1907-07-05

Starch. like everything else. is be-
ing constantly improved. the patent
Starches put on the market 25 years
ago are very different and inferior to
those Of the present day. In the lat
est discovery-Defiance Starch-all in
furious chemicals are omitted. while
the addition of another ingredient. In
vented by us. gives to the Starch =
strength and smoothness never ap-
preached by other brands.
The Dolores star., 1907-07-05
enoIand,. Debt to France.

One OF the chief debts to France =
that she nourishes our ideas. tr1ns-
forms them. makes them her own,
just as she transplanted and trans
mitted the flower Of the Renaissance
in an earlier day. With all our nar
tional vanity we never dispute the
parentage- 1t Is only territory and
diplomatic prestige and commerce
about which we quarrel with our
sweet enemy."-London Academy.
The Dolores star., 1907-07-05
Premier Write. Tor Paper..

Premier Campbell-Bannerma Of
England. is the exact opposite Of his
predecessor, Balfour, in one thing.
The latter said that while he was in
Office he never read the newspapers.
The present prime minister not only
reads them but writes for them.
The Dolores star., 1907-07-05
Riddle.

What Is the difference between Q
chauffeur and surgeon?" asked tho
every ready joker.
Give 1t up" answered the man who
was bored.
The chauffeur runs people down
and the surgeon cuts them up"
Hastily boarding passing street
troit Free Press.
The Dolores star., 1907-07-05

using DOan's Kid
ney Pills l was SO
run down and mis-
cradle that l could
hardly endure 1t.
Terrible pains in
tho back attacked
me frequently and
the kidney secre-
tions were much
disordered. / was a
nervOu0 wreck and
The Dolores star., 1907-07-05

there seemed no hope. loans Kid
ney Pills brought my first relief and
six boxes have SO thoroughly cured
and regulated my kidneys that there
has been no return of my old trouble" I"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents a box.
Foster-Mnburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
The Dolores star., 1907-07-05
Adl.l assxensen : rravelee.

Adlai f. Stevenson. one Of the -
living vice presidents. puts in most q
his time travelling about the country
visiting relatives. whqpe name =
legion. particularly In the south. He
stays little st his comfortable but nm
pretentious home In Bloomington, IN
The Dolores star., 1907-07-05
ELevEN YEARS OF ECZEMA.
Hsnos Cracked and sIeedins-Nail
Game en- Of Fin9er-cuticura REM
edies Brought Prompt Relief.

mad eczema on my hands for
sDout eleven years. The hands crack
ID open in many places and bled. One
u my fingers was SO bad that the nail
anne on. l had tried 60 many rem
sd'es, and they all had failed to cure
ne. ! had seen three doctors, but got
10 relief. Finally got cake of Cuti-
'ufa Soap. a box Of Cuticura Ointment
IND two bottles Of Cuticura Resolvent
rms. or course keep Cuticura Soap
I'll the time for my hands, but the one
axe OF Soap and half a box of Cuti-
:ura ointment cured them. / recon-
mend the Cuticura Remedies to all
Iunering with eczema. Mrs. Eliza A..
whey, X. F. d. No. 2. Liscomb, Ia,
oct is. 1906"
The Dolores star., 1907-07-05
Conclusive.

DO yen regard this prevalence Of
high pricer as sign of prosperity"
"Certainir." answered Mr.. Dustin
Stax; "the rect thst people can afford
to pay them ta a conclusive sign of
prosperity. ity."-Washinston Star.
The Dolores star., 1907-07-05

Give Defiance Starch a fair trial
try it for both hoi and Cold starching,
and If you don't tsink you do better
work, in less time and at smaller cost,
return it and your gro.'er will give you
back your money.
The Dolores star., 1907-07-05

With a smooth iron and Defiance
Starch, you can launder your shirt
waist just as well at home as the
steam laundry can; it will have the
proper stiffness and finish, there will
be less wear and tear Of the goods.
and it will be.a positive pleasure to
use Starch that does not stick to the
iron
The Dolores star., 1907-07-05

Grass Is green, but an encounter
with grass widow is apt to render q
man color blind.
The Dolores star., 1907-07-05
Describing Weather Condition.

The weather is called calm II the
air is not moving at more than three
miles an hour: "a miles is strong
breeze. 40 a gale. rs storm, and 80
q hurricane
The Dolores star., 1907-07-05

why is hat always chosen as bet
between gentlemen" asks an English
humorist For the same reason that
a girl always stakes a box Of candy
when she makes a wager.
The Dolores star., 1907-07-05
Shake Into Your Shoe.

Aliens Foot-Ease. 1t cures painful swollen,
smartins, sweating feet. Makes new shoes
easy: Sold by all Druggists and Shoe Stores
Don't accept any substitute. SampleFREE
Address A. $. Olmsted, lie Roy, n. Y.
The Dolores star., 1907-07-05

One idea Of hypocrite is man
who really admires his mother-in-law
but is too contrary to admit the
fact.
The Dolores star., 1907-07-05

The short apple crop has one thing
to commend il. There will be fewer
hard-cider "jags" reported next win
ter
The Dolores star., 1907-07-05

Some men are unable to distinguish
between good advice and a mild in
suit.
The Dolores star., 1907-07-05

II Charles Dana Gibson doesn't like
the stage Gibson girls. what is he CO.
ing TO say about the Gibson pictures
that are burnt on sofa pillows by anna
teur pyromaniacs?
The Dolores star., 1907-07-05

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrup.
For children teethng softsns the gums, reduces b.
aammation. aays pain, cures wind coio &c bottle.
The Dolores star., 1907-07-05
TWO TERRIBLE veAss.
The Untold Asonies Of Neglected Kid.
nsy Troubles.

Mrs. James French. IS Weir Street,
Taunton, Mass, says: when began
The Dolores star., 1907-07-05

Reforms In Chinese Currency.
The Chinese minister Of finance IN
planning reforms in the silver and
copper currency of the empire.
The Dolores star., 1907-07-05

boost when needed is better than
Q pull that isn't.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-02
Completing Clearwater Bridge.

A crew of 81 laborers arrived on
the boat yesterday afternoon to be-
gin work on the last pier of the
Clearwater bridge. The first few days
will be consumed in getting material
and equipment on the ground and
making other preliminary arrange
ments to the resuming of operations
at the bridge.
The concrete mixer. pile driver and
derricks will be here within a short
time. AS soon as the false works are
erected the driving of the piles can
be commenced and the work can then
be pushed forward rapidly. Owing
to the pier being the one to support
the draw span it will be built round
and tapering to a point at the top.
This will be built in a circular form
and will be somewhat more difficult
of construction than those used in
building the other piers.
Under favorable conditions the pier
will be completed within a month or
six weeks.
The laying of the track has been
temporarily delayed at Wawawai
where a trestle bridge Is being erect
ed SO soon as this is finished the
track can be rapidly completed to
Lewiston and at the outside date will
reach the north approach of the
Clearwater bridge by September 10.
Wawawai Is 32 miles from Lewiston
so the amount of steel laid out Of
Riparia is As miles as the total dis
tance of the lewiston Riparia line is
II miles.-Lewiston Tribune.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-02

assistants have 1000 acres of land and
are building a reservoir and canals.
The only unusual feature of the enter
prise is the fact that Mr.. Porter is so
years of age but sis generally suppos-
ed to be So"
Cow Folk has summarily removed
Frank F. Rozzelle, police commits
sioner of Kansas City, Mo-, because
the latter insisted upon the reap
pointment of John Hayes as chief of
police. The issue is alleged alliance
of the police force with gamblers,
thieves and all other low elements in
the city, and it also has been shown
that police officers receive extra COM
pensation from the Metropolitan
Street Railway company for testify
ing in cases in which the street car
company is concerned.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-02
Circ,rnstantial Evidence.

A bloody forefinger and a thumb
of a negro were found on a porch
of an Ohio residence where a bur-
slary had been committed, says an
exchange. A negro was found who
had thumb and forefinger missing.
He was arrested and tried. He said
he was walking along the street that
night when big dog ran out and
grabbed his hand and pulled the two
missing members off and ran away.
He said 1t ran in the direction of the
house where the thumb and. finger
were found, but he was suffering so
much pain that he went to his room
and quietly crawled into bed without
calling a physician to keep from
fainting. The jury promptly ac-
quilted him of the burglary charge
and then he promptly did faint.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-02
o. II. & n. CHANGES.
All Branch Lines of Eastern WASH
ington Controlled from Starbuck.

Announcement was made this
morning by the o. r. & n. officials
of the city, that the office of the
chief dispatcher at Starbuck had
been enlarged so that from this time
forward the dispatcher there would
have charge of all the branch lines
south of the Snake river and north
of the main line, says a Spokane dis
patch.
Three dispatchers besides the chief
will be employed at the office, and
will be under the jurisdiction of G.
NJ. Hudson, chief dispatcher. Mr.
Hudson has been in the employ of
the o. r. G. N, company for many
years, and is considered an efficient
man in that branch OF the work.
The dispatcher at Starbuck has al
ways had charge OF the Pomeroy,
Dayton, Wallula and Pendleton
branches, but the Snake River VAL
ley line has been in charge of another
office. This Is now added to the Of
flee at Starbuck, and 1t Is thought
that this change will be a boon to the
entire system, as 1t will place it where
It can be operated in conjunction with
the schedule Of the trains on the va
rious branch lines.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-02
"PROF." PROCTOR IN TROUBLE.
PaImist and Clalrvoyant Left Unpaid
Bill i'm Baker City.

Prof" D. Wood Proctor, an alleg-
ed palmist and clairvoyant who re-
Gently operated in Pendleton, attempt
ed to Jump" an advertising bill which
he owed the Baker City Herald, but
was cleverly intercepted by Sheriff T.
d. Taylor Of this city, as the runa-
way professor" passed through this
city.
The Baker City Herald says of the
matter:
Yesterday afternoon Sheriff T. d.
Taylor, better known among his
friends as It'll" Taylor, was in Baker
City on business. He made this office
a social call and incidentally handed
the business manager 500 which he
collected from one D. Wood Proctor,
palmlst Of bad repute who left this
city under a cloud a few days ago
after having been out on a hilarious
lark the night previous. 1t so hap
pened that Proctor had been using
the advertising columns of the Herald
and left without paying his bill, which
amounted to the big twenty.
Learning that he had gone west, a
phone message was sent to Sheriff
Taylor giving him a description Of the
man who reads palms for so much per
read, and instructed the sheriff to
take him dead or alive, etc.
When the train reached Pendleton
the sheriff boarded it and found the
would-be aristocrat Proctor In the
dining car Without any useless in
PRODUCTION he told the young man
that he would have to step through
the high rye and do It pretty quick
Proctor looked Taylor over and evi-
IDENTIFY concluded that he could neither
hypnotic him nor talk him into hav-
ing his palm read, so he began to beg.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-02
Dclmas Studies Haywood Case.

Dolphin NJ. Delmas, the San Fran
cisco attorney who is defending Glass
and the other men at that place
charged with bribing the supervisors
of the city of San Francisco, a con-
splracy case, last night wired Coun-
ty Clerk Cuddy to send him by wire
the full copy of the instructions Civ
en- the jury in the Haywood case,
says the Boise Capital News The
telegraph tolls alone on sending them
amounted to $3.50 not counting the
fees for stenographer in transcribing
them and getting them ready to send.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-02
NORTH COAST
IS A REALITY
ROUTE DUE NORTH FROM
WALLA WALI.A TO PALoUsE

Walla Walla VIII be on the Main
Line OF the New North Coast Road
Much of the Line Has Been Lo-
Gated and Distance from Walla
Waiia to Spokane Is shorter Than
by any Other line, 1t Is Said.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-02
wooden ones and the light rails are
being replaced by heavy ones.
CHINESE FAMINE.
A Viceroy Says 1t Has Been the
Worst In Forty Years.

Worst In Forty Years.
Consul Thornwell Haynes trans
mits the following account of the
famine in the Nankin district of Chi
ma:
A famine, due to floods and a con-
sequent failure of the rice crop, has
prevailed in this district since De-
cember, 1906, threatening the lives
of 100000 people. Some $4,000
refugees from the north and south
camped around Nankin in improvised
straw sheds, many of them with no
beds but the damp ground As many
gathered around the other large
cities in this district, all coming to
get their share OF the free rice which
the officials distribute in such I'M
fortunate years. Around Nankin
thousands of them built their huts in
the bed of the canal. where the wa
ter at the time had subsidized.
The viceroy acknowledged that he
was unable to cope with such a sit
uation, and welcomed the aid of for
eigners, who, in Shanghai, Nankin,
Chinkiang, and other places, gave
literally. The authorities greatly
helped the starving people to keen
their cattle, and to this end took their
oxen and buffaloes in pawn for
taels (S1.62) each, keeping them
through the winter to return them in
the spring. The viceroy says that
this famine is 10 times worse than
anything Known in this part of the
empire for 40 years.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-02

Straight north from Walla Walla
to the mouth of the Palouse river is
to he the direction of the North
Coast out of this city, says the Walla
Walla Statesman.
Such is the statement of Engineer
L. S. Clark, of the North Coast sur
veying party and the report is au-
thorized by President Strahorn of the
North Coast road.
From the mouth of the Palouse
river the line will run up Cow creek
to Ritaville, and thence TO Spokane.
The road has already been sur
veyed from Spokane to the Snake
river and when the survey from this
city is completed, the road will be
ready for the construction work.
Concerning the grade in from
Touchet, Engineer Clark said:
1--WE have not, as yet, satisfactory
grade in from Wallula. We have
one that is better than any road now
has, but we will try for still better
one-one that satisfies us complete
ly The trouble is that two-thirds of
the grade is between Lowden and
Walla, in one-third the distance.
I'VE will get a good grade all right.
I am not afraid of that, but there
will have to be some heavy work done
to get IT,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-02
GENERAL NEWS.


The Ainsworth block at the corner
of Third and Washington streets, Port
land, now three stories high, will be
made seven stories Immediately.
The Boise City tax for the ensuing
year is as follows; General fund,
.OO92; library, .OOOS; road, .OOS; in
terest, .OO2. Total, .Ol5. The total
last year was .0166.
Near Americas, Ga, Kram Good
win. a farmer, dropped dead in the
field. His brother Arnold was sum-
moned and dropped dead as soon as
he saw his brothers body
Jessie Redfield, a Hood River girl
19 years of age, for years subject to
asthma, went to Portland to take the
serum treatment. DR.. Hamilton in
jccted "anti-diphtheretic serum"
Within 10 minutes the girl was dead.
The undertakers of Washington will
meet in state convention at Tacoma
August IL to IA inclusive. Among
other subjects to be discussed will be
the selection of a word to substitute
for undertaken" The word "morti-
clan" will probably be selected IL a
change is made.
The bodies of two women, each
with marks of a stranger on her
throat, were found in New York
within IL hours. One was found in
a stairway on East Nineteenth street
and the other on Twenty-second
street Neither has been identified,
nor is there any clue to the murder
ers.
At Los Angeles, a jury of IL has
finally been selected before whom to
try a Chinaman, DR.. G. S. Chan, ac-
cused of practicing medicine without
a license. Six hundred ninety venire-
men were examined before IL men
could be found who would say they
would believe Chinaman under
oath as quickly as they would believe
a white man under oath.
Alleged to be short s3163.54 in his
accounts with the Associated OIL COM
pany. of which he was general repre-
sentative in the Pacific northwest
with headquarters at Portland, j. S.
Boyle has eluded detectives who have
been on his trail for the past week.
He left Portland the night Of July 49,
The following day he was seen in Ia
coma. Since then he has not been
seen.
John Porter an Iowa man of means
and lawyer by profession, is the
active managing head Of an irrigation
project on Lost River, Idaho. He and
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-02
EXPECTS A RAILROAD WAR.
Walla Walla Paper "Sees Something
in O. X. 6 N. Movements.

WalIa Walla Paper "Sees Something"
in O. X. 6 N. Movements.
The Walla Walla Union says of the
installation Of the new passenger train
IN the o. r. &c N. between this city
and walla Walla:
The new passenger service between
walla Walla and Pendleton, which
goes into service tomorrow morning,
is believed to be the Inauguration of
a better and more thorough train
service throughout the Hartman
system, and railroad men of this city
are convinced chat, as a result of the
new service, the forces who are
marching under the Hill flag, will
now hause Just cause to enter freely
into one Of the flercest battles known
to railroad history.
The northern Pacific people are
equally determined to give first class
service to their patrons and with the
completion of the north bank road,
Hill will be well prepared to dupli-
cate the service of Hartman.
Already 100000 has been appro-
priated for the improvement OF the
o. r. & ~, and it Will only be a
question of short time before the
road will be placed in proper shape.
steel bridges are rapidly replacing
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-02
On Main Line.

an my mind there is no doubt but
that Walla WaIla will be on the main
line. Both lines as run, one from
Spokane to Seattle and the other from
the coast to this place, include Walla
Walla on the survey.
when we get the road from Spo-
kane to this place completed we will
have by far the shortest and best
route between the two places. Just
how much shorter I have not figured
out, but President Strahorn says it
will be 40 miles less"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-02

The combines and trusts of various
kinds care little for the rights or feel
ings of the people They ignore and
evade precedents and seem to hold
the upper hand. At any rate, they
have no fear OF legislation In the diff
ferent states. We boast Of holding the
upper hand when 1t comes to giving
the people the best clothing for their
good money. Let us show you proofs
for this big claim.
Any suit of clothing In our store ut
about 80 per cent off Its original cost.
Look into this.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-02
a compromise was effected where-

a compromise was effected where
in Proctor paid the full amount Of
his bill and Taylor promised not to
remove him from the train, and fur
ther, would use his influence with the
Herald to have the prosecution drop
ped. 1t is needless to say that Till"
Taylor's influence goes with this shop
on anything, no matter what it is,
and the case against Proctor will be
dropped.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-02
Will Start Quartz Mill.

Zoeth Houser left last night for
the Quartzburg district in Grant
county where he will start a 10
stamp quartz mill on the Present
Needs mine this week. The mill is
now in readiness and a large amount
of ore is blocked out. The ore il
very rich and Mr.. Houser expects ex-
cellent returns from the run to be
made this summer.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-02

Mrs. Frank Shock was frightfully
burned at Ontario by her clothes
catching fire from a camp fire. She
will recover.