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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-13
WHAT WILL PENDLEToN DO?

People cast aside the subjects of
forestry and tree planting as fit only
for scientists and departmental writ
.ers.
But in few years what is Pendle-
ton, J'matilla county, Union county,
Baker county and eastern oregon 60
ing to do for fuel?
This abstract, scientific subject Of
reforestation comes vividly home to
us, when we think of this phase Of
the subject! What will we do for
lumber. for fuel, for fencing in the
near future'
Where is the supply to come from ?
Who will plant for the future?
Who is personally interested in tree
planting?
Millions are interested in cutting
down timber; millions are engaged
in destroying the magnificent forests.
But what small proportion of those
who remove timber, think of replant-
ing the danuded mountains?
Really, 1t is not an abstract, far
removed subject. 1t is knocking at
our door, at Idaho's door Utah's
6oUr-at the door of the nation!
It IS all right for florid timber spec.
ulators to paint in glowing terms the
number of billions of feet of stand
ing timber in oregon.
But how much higher will the prize
of lumber and fuel soar in Oregon
When will a larger supply of thes,
articles become available in Pendle
ton and Umatilla county?
How many dwellings would b.
built in Pcndleton this year, but fo
the extcrtion Of the lumber trust?
These are not glittering generalities
They are tangible home issues.
1t is time that some active step
were taken to reclaim the denudeC
mountains. The deserts are beini
rapidly reclaimed. Shall not tn
mountains he?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-13
A BARREN IDEALITY.

Four years ago last September Win
field s. Stratton died. As a poor man
he was dubbed a crank. When a
fluke of fortune made HIM rich, he
was called peculiar. When he left the
bulk of his estate of s12,000,000 to
found a home for aged and INDECENT
poor he became a noble philanthro-
pist. But no one questioned his judg-
ment of men till after he died. Then
his administrators began to adminis-
trate, and hired high-priced lawyers
to defend the estate against claims
that other lawyers were hired to make
till the estate had dwindled down to
sc, 100000 (estimated). Still no work.
men were set to work quarrying stone
for the foundations of the home.
Meanwhile the very good died, and
the poor grew still more aged. Yet
the administrators continue to ad-
ministrate, and the lawyers feed on
fees. and claimants still claim. With
the eye of faith, we may reach our
children, yet unborn, to view the no.
BILE edifice that exists only as n fig
ment of dead mans brain and heart.
Last week, however, when one unfor-
tunate died of starvation in Colorado
Springs. in plain view of the site OF
the proposed home, 1t looked to our
carnal eyes like n barren ideality.-
| Colorado Springs News.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-13
LET US HAVE STEEL BRIDGES,

Umatina county will be on the map
as long as the world stands.
1t is not temporary affair. Its
roads will be travelled, its streams will
be crossed and its mountains travers-
ed as long as men inhabit the coun-
ty.
Does it not seem poor business man
agement to build temporary, mex
pensive county roads and bridges, as
though every year is to be the last ?
Is it not a most disastrous waste to
repair county roads and bridges in a
cheap manner, each summer, only to
have them washed out every spring"
This expensive system will drain
the substance from the county year
by year. The temporary repairs will
become more and more costly and
permanent repairs will be rendered
almost impossible within a few years.
When the o. r. & n. company
found its wooden bridges weakening
and washing out, what did the COM
pony do? Build more wooden
bridges?
Hardly. Several millions were in
vested in substantial steel bridges
which are invulnerable to floods and
washouts.
This is the sort of economy which
pays. These steel bridges and this
permanent roadbed built at great cos
will last for all time.
So should Umatilla county do. Eacf
year the county court will be justified
in installing one or two first-clas'
steel bridges, until finally ever!
stream and crossing is equipped Will
an imperishable improvement.
It will be a saving of money to d.
this.
The taxpayer will be benefited b,
the change of plans. If Umatill
county expected to go out of busi
ness the cheap, hut oft-repeated re
pairs would be permissible.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-13
THE END.

pray the end, If it must come, shall
see
Love, like a banqueter, die glittering-
The flush of Life at floodtlde not a
tear
Upon its face; within its eyes no fear
Or faltering; in its heart the lealty
That uncomplains because 1t was
to be;
On brave untrembling lips a song of
cheer;
Upon its brow the feast's unwithered
wealth
OF bloom, not falling petaIs; in its
hands
A brimming cup, not less. Thus for
a while
Wen drain with clinging lips one
last long health
To Yesterday! and soul to soul we'll
stand
A space-then front the Silence
with q smile!
Maurice Smiley, in The Reader.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-13

A new scheme to prevent pipes
from freezing consists in first cover
ing the pipes with a thin layer of
straw, sawdust, tan bark, etc. Pieces
of unslaked lime as large as the fist
are packed around the pipes and en-
veloped in another layer of some non
conducting material, straw, oakum or
cork. and the whole wrapped firmly
with some coarse fabric. The lime
will draw moisture from the air and
the materials surrounding it, and will
KEGS warm through the chemical re-
action. The outer covering prevents
too rapid shaking of the lime so that
one covering will last through a sea
son. For thawing pipes similar ar
rangement can be made but greater
heat is generated by pouring water
on the lime. Blocks of ground car
also be thawed in this manner.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-13

That is a selfish and narrow old
principle which provides that the cap
itaI of the state shall be the home
of all state Institutions. No state
should be handicapped by such an
ironclad prejudice. Is it not a crime
to force the insane people of Oregon
to live arbitrarily in the Willamette
valley when a few months Of eastern
sunshine might mean sanity, health
renewed strength, liberty and useful
lives to many of them? Shouldn't
some measure of common sense be
used in government as in private bus
mess?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-13

Pendleton has Just done nobly by
her Commercial association. A debt
Of $4OO has just been paid by the
public for the gymnasium of the as
sociation. This is an index to the
Pendletcn spirit. Twice the Frazer
was filled to overflowing with enthu-
siastic Pendletonians who are loyal
to their institutions. Another op-
portunity will be given this loyal Pen
dletcn public to show its enthusiasm
for another Pendleton institution
when the public schools will present
THE Pixies next Monday and Tues
day night The fund raised by these
entertainments will be used for franz
ing the valuable pictures bought last
year by the women's clubs of the city
This is in a good cause and deserve:
the heartiest patronage of the pub
! lie.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-13
NEUTRALIzE EFFECT OF BURNS.

Chance led to the discovery of a
remedy which instantly will cause
burns to cease from being painful and
also causes injured flesh to heal
speedily. DIR. Thierry. physician in
the Paris Charity hospital, was in the
habit of using picric acid as an anti
septic, so that his hands were i'm
pregnated with the solution. One
day in lighting a cigarette he dropped
portion of the burning match in
his hand, but instead of feeling 1t he
noticed not the slightest pain. A
short time afterward, while sealing
letter some of the burning wax
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-13

strong men and women, the work Of
life may be made easier and the ac-
more superb.
If we think gloom and shadows,
these will hover near us. If we push
back the clouds and think of sunshine
and progress and health and better
ment-thcse glorious gifts will be
ours,
We too often lock up the most
priceless gems of the mind and soul,
and get no benefit from them, give
the world no hint of their splendor!
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-13

stuck to his finger, and though, it
cautsrized the skin, he felt nothing.
He began a series OF experiments in
healing burns with saturated solu-
ton of picric acid. All pain instantly
was suppressed After having bathed
a wound in a solution of this acid
blisters did not form and a cure was
effected after four or five days. The
only Inconvenience was that the acid
colore6 The skin yellow. But this is
rapidly remedied by washing with
boric acid.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-13
BIG PORT ON HUDSON BAY.

Saving Of millions of dollars annu-
ally on shipments to European ports
trail states of Canada by building d.
rect line from Winnipeg to a port on
Hudson Bay. During the next week
or two the conservatives of Manitoba
will announce their intention Of back
ing a company to build such a line.
Although It is barely 600 miles from
Winnipeg TO the bay, the route pre-
sents many difficulties. According
to reports Of the geological depart
ment, the bay has open water for six
months Of the year, and, with special
ly constructed ice breakers. this
period could be lengthened.-Winn
peg Clarion.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-13

No man can stand absolutely alone
in the world. Every man, no matter
how independent, leans in a certain
sense, upon his associates and upon
the community. Some of the best
things that we do are actuated by
borrowed suggestions from others
We take more from our friends than
we give in return.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-13

More paving will make Pendleton
better. other towns are hurrying tc
initiate her.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-13

The pride we have in place and
blood is only justified when we make
II SO.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-13

1t is expected when the government
takes control Of the railroads It will
reform the discredited block head
system.--Sioux City Advocate.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-13

. Our fathers to their graves have .
. gone; .
. Their strife is past, their tri- .
. umph won; .
. But sterner trials wait the race .
. Which rises in their honored .
. place! Q
. \ moral werfare with the crime .
. And folly of an evil time' .
. So let it he. In Gods own .
. might .
. We grid us for the coming fight, .
. And, strong in Him whose cause .
. is ouIs .
. In conflict with unholy powers, .
. We grasp our weapons for the .
. fray .
. And strive with evil day by day! .
Whittier. .
. . q . = . - a . a .
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-05-03
TABLE NAPKINS.
They Came Into General Use In the
Fifteenth Century.

They Came Into General Use In the
Fifteenth Century.
Curiously enough, that article, now
considered almost Indispensable, the
table napkin, was first used only by
children and was only adopted by elder
members of the family about the mid
die of the fifteenth century. In ETH
quette books of an earlier date than
this among other sage pieces of advice
for children are instructions about wip-
ing their fingers and lips with their
napkins.
1t seems that the tablecloth was long
enough to reach the floor and served
the grown people in place OF napkins.
When they did begin to use napkins
they placed them first on the shoulder,
then on the left arm and finally tied
them about the neck. A French writer
who evidently was conservative and
did not welcome the napkin kindly re-
cords with scOrn:
"The napkin Is placed under the chin
and fastened in the back, as If one
were going to be shaved. A person told
me that he wore his that way that he
might not soil his beautiful frills.'
1t was difficult matter to tie the
two corners in the back, and 1t Is SAID
that thence originated our expression
for straitened circumstances, Hard to
make both ends meet" This custom
led to the habit of table walters carry
ing napkin on the left arm.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-05-03
PALISADES FORMATION.
Allied In Time and Type to Mount
Holyoke and Cape BlOmidon.

Allied In Time and Type to Mount
HoIyOke and Cape BlOmidon.
The complete height Of the cliff was
mucf higher, originally, for the glacier
that bsried North America down to
this latitude eroded billions of tons
which went to the upbuilding of Long
Island, trap powders being common in
the soil of Brooklyn, and I have found
on the top Of the Palisades opposite
Spuyten Duyvil glacial groovings and
polishings that have survived the pre-
sumptive $4,000 years since the glacier
melted. The outpour of this mass from
a volcano whose crater we cannot so
much as guess in this day was tremen-
dous, and it cut the Hudson and Hack
ensack valleys asunder and pushed the
harbor several miles to the southwark,
while related activities thrust above
the surface, either as downpours or up
pours. the thousand miles Of basaltic
hills that chain the Carolinas to the
Bay Of Funny, so that our Palisades
are allied in form and time to Mount
Holyoke and Cape Blomidon.
To the mineralogist our Palisades do
not yield as much of interest as we
find in the rotting trap Of Paterson, a
few miles away, from which have been
taken the largest prehnites In the
world, sea green and wonderful; royal
amethysts, balls Of silky pectolite and
quartz pseudomorphs that copy them;
but we find in these cliffs occasional
duplicates Of the columns that make
the Giants causeway and FingaPs
cave-geometric shapes Of three, four,
five, six and more sides, not result OF
capitalization, as was once imagined,
for trap is rock, not mineral, but
of lateral shrinking when it has cool
ed.-Charles NJ. Skinner in Century.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-05-03
Tennyson's Astronomy.

In Tennyson's "Palace of Art occur
the lines:
She saw the snowy poles and moons OF
Mars,
That mystic field of drifted light
In mid Orion, and the married stars.
This at first looks like a literary par
allel to Swift's we'll known fortuitous
forecast of the discovery of the Mar
tan satellites, and ]. S. Stevenson,
writing from Blairavon, Norwood,
Ceylon. points out that Professor ID.
II. Turner quotes it in Modern Astron-
omy" as having been written in 1880
This, however, appears not to have
been the case, for Mr.. Stevenson on
reference to the biography of the late
poet laureate by the present LORD
Tennyson has found the note: "Ihe
Moons of Mars is the only modern
reading here. All the rest are more
than half century old" Scientific dis
covery was thus not anticipated by
Tennyson in the mention Of Marian
satellites.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-05-03
THE GREAT "WAR CO1ET"
Its Fiery, Spreading Tail Fifty
rlilIiOn TILES Long,

The wonderful war comet OF
1851. sprang so suddenly into view
and blazed with suchnnexampled
brilliancy as to astonish the astron-
omers and brighten those unlearn-
ed in cometary lore half out OF
their wits. The unlearned declar.
ed that the civil war, which was
jast getting well~ under way, must
have something to do with it.
However this may be, it burst forth
unheralded and unlimited, shining
with greater brllliancy and magni-
tude than any phenomena OF SIM.
liar nature which that generation
has ever seen.
On the night of'JulY 3 of that
year it exhibited most wonderful
spectacle. In the evening the nu-
cleus did not appear to be larger
than star Of the first or second
magnitude. As the small hours OF
the morning appeared, however,the
nucleus visibly increased III both
magnitude and brilliancy. The
tail waved back and forth over our
little world in a most threatening
manner, at times almost sending
rays to the zenith. On the MORN
ing Of July 5 the astronomers an
nounced through the daily papers
that the head of the great comet
was only separated from the earth
by a distance of 100000 miles.
According to the report sent out
from the Cambridge observatory
the comet appears to have passed
it's ascending node between the
9th and Goth of June in longitude
270 degrees, the the longitude of
the earth being 277 degrees at the
same time.
On Oct. 10 the tail extended over
a SPACE of 100000 miles and at
several points was not less than 49,
100000 miles wide.
At first it was generally ccnced-
ed that it was he famous comet of
1866, the one which caused Empor
or Charles Y. # France to resign
his imperial throne, he taking it to
a warning from God. All sufmis-
es w4rc 5---rsti ,--'vt at 7rco' ~J |
the discovery that it was the Ia
nous Thatcher comet, discovered
by Prof. 4. F. Thatcher at the
rutherford observatory in New
York city.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-05-03
Fatal Pistol Duel in
Campbell County.

A pistol duel occurred Sunday
afternoon at Evington, Campbell
county, between John M. Gross
man and Fl. X. Early, weli-known
citizens of that place, in which Mr.
Grossman was killed. He received
a shot near the heart and as he fell
fired a shot and expired. Early re-
ceived one shot in the leg. There
had been bad blood between the
two men for several months
though previous to that they hac
been good friends. Mr.. Grossmar
was a native of Evington andnight
telegraph operator for the South
ern railway at that place. He was
30 years of age and married {
daughter of R. d. Watts, OF neal
Cedar Grove. Early was arraignec
before three justices at a prelimlna
ry trial at Evington Monday after
noon and was discharged. His ples
was self-defence.-X.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-05-03

a Ths ts sSahe ef W. Va Wifi T p4o.
badly be abandoned, since Che rea-
son for its existence has been re-
moved. The town was founded
and a city government established
for the sole purpose OF granting
soloon license to the founder. He
had been refused license in the
town of Thomas. so he bought pro-
perty across the river, built a
bridge and induced his patrons to
come over and incorporate the town
of Brookly Heights. The first,and
about the only act of the council,
was to grant the liquor license. For
several years he ran the only place
in county where one could get a
drink. But recently the county
court refused to grant license
there, even though the town coun-
Gil was willing, and at the end of
the license year, the saloon must
close. No doubt there will be
houses for rent in Brooklyn Height
the first of Nav X.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-05-03
No Pure Gold In Use.

"Gold when refined from all impuri'
ties" said a jeweler, "and alloys OF In
ferior metals Is denominated pure.
This means gold of twenty-four carats,
and this is the standard recognized by
the mint master and dealers in gold.
AS matter of fact, however, there Is
no gold so pure. Gold of twenty-five
carats is about as pure as 1t can be got
1t has two parts of silver or one part
of silver and one part of copper. The
copper darkens the color of gold, while
silver lightens it in color. Twenty
three carat gold is occasionally seen,
which means half carat of silver and
of copper. Ordinarily eighteen carat
gold is the best gold than can be had.
Certainly it is the best for jewelry, Tor
pure gold, as 1t Is called, Is too soft ana
will wear away much faster than the
owners Of 1t desire.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-05-03
PU BLIC MOTTO e (.

Notice is served tine pubic generally
that am now closing up my business in
virginia. Request is made that any UNI
paid accounts or bills be at once present
ed for payment. Send any bills or accts.
to me for inspection, or to my agent
George NJ. Lockridge, who will forward
same to me. If found correct will at
once pay them.
Will the people kindly pass this notice
on to any who have unpaid bills agairs,
me, or to those who DO not read High.
land Recorder"
Respectfully yours;
ROBT. F. GILLETT,
Box Chauning Ave. and Guinda st.
Palo Alto, California
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-05-03
REvELED IN PERFUMES.
The Ancients. INDUCED In Them to
an Extravagant Degree.

an ExtraVaSaut DcBrccs
The use of perfume was INDUCED in
to such an extravagant degree by the
ancients that some of the more ascetic
men had good reason to denounce 1t.
Scion issued an edict prohibiting its
sale In Athens. Julius Caesar and Luz
cinus, who were Roman consuls in
565, published law forbidding the
sale of exotics In that city, and by
the laws Of Lycurgus perfumers were
expelled from Sparta as being vast
ers of oil and encouragers Of sensu0us-
aess. Clearchus wrote against the ex-
eessive use of unguents, and Socrates
detained against them in strong
terms. preferring, he said. "the smell
of healthy toll and the perfume Of a
good and manly life" 1t was custom
airy at festivals to pass round to the
guests perfumes served In alabaster
boxes and vessels Of gold. At one OF
these feasts Cynulcus, who loved to
-deride tine youth for the use Of per-
fumes, was made butt for their rid
icule. Some mischievous youth anOint-
ed the cynic with much ointment,
pouring it layishly over his head and
face. When he awoke he exclaimed
in an angry voice: what is this? Oh,
Hercules, will not some one come with
a sponge and wipe my face, which is
thus polluted with lot Of dirtr'
At the Syrian banquets 1t was usual
for the slaves to come in with bladders
full of Babylonian perfumes and be-
dew the garlands and walls and hang
ings and fill the halls with delicious
fragrance. In some Of the more mod
ern feasts statues and ornaments were
provided with jets which threw out
diluted essences and attars.-London
Society.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-05-03
In Good Season.

In place in New Jersey the town
officers had just put some fire extin-
guishers in their big buildings. One
day one of the buildings caught fire,
says the Philadelphia Ledger, and the
extinguishers failed to do their work.
A few days later at the town meet
ing some citizens tried to learn the rea-
son.
After they had freely discussed the
subject one of them said, "Mr. Chair
man, make a motion that the fire ex-
tinguishers be examined ten days be-
fore every fire."
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-05-03

Stoves which concealed the fire were
in use in Greek and Roman house
holds. The ancients also employed
open tubes of metal or earthenware
and, in addition, heated their rooms
with charcoal brazlers. Crates for the
burning Of coal were employed two
centuries ago in Great Britain. Many
thousands Of patents have been taken
out upon stoves and ranges since
Franklin and Count Rumford pointed
out the waste of fuel and Of heat In.
volved in open fireplaces.