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The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-10-17

bloomington. m-Scheherazade has
been outdone by Capt Lewis r. Jams.
Of Illinois. The Arabian Nights are in
danger Of being o~utclassed In history,
henceforth, by the Bloomington Days.
The respective ancient and modern
Instances of the two great st~ory-tellers
run parallel, TO a certain extent. but
the American army veterans continu-
a performance was inspired seem
Ingly by a more sordid motive than
that Of the bride Of the sutton OF India,
and had a different. though perhaps
equally happy ending.
S-cheherazade told her royal spouse
1.10l stories in as many nights. To or
der TO divert him from his disagree
able habit Of putting 10 death each
morning HIS new bride OF the day be
fore.
Ijams spur the same number OF
cheerful yarns to Abram Brokaw. a
millionaire piowmaker IS years old,
presumably with the object OF prolong-
ing the latter's life. But when the
aged man finally succumbed az the
one ana uIsk el|NEENAlhleI
and It transpired that he had been so
well entertained that he had clean for,
gotten 10 mention the said ljams in
his win or to compensate him in any
substantial way for the humorous
treatment SO unuringly administered,
then the captain felt right mad. and he
up and sued the estate for 10000
that is 10 say. for 1000 prime, hand.
made jokes. at ten dollars per The
extra one hundred and one Joe Mil
ierism was thrown In gratis for good
measure.
He didn't get quite the ten thou
Eand-but that's another story. which
fs worth telling ia some detail. 20
gether with its romantic sequel as q
how Capt Jams won a bride, through
playing a losing game Of strategy
against Cupid.
How a Fortune Was Made.
Abram Brukaw had settled 10
Bloomington away back On the fortie.
when the site 81 the present city wai
nothing bat a blooming prairie. &C
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-10-17
AL THINGS n PROPORTION.
lnvslla's Meal Evidently Had Not IN
creased Good Hymor.

For many weeks the irritable mer-
chant had been riveted to his bed By
typhoid fever. Now he vas conva-
lescing. He clamored for something
to eat, declaring that be was starry
ing.
'To-morrow you may have some
thing TO eat promised the doctor.
The merchant realized that there
would be a restraint TO his appetite.
yet he saw. in vision. a modest. steam
ing meal placed at his bedside.
Here is your dinner. said the
nurse next day. as she gave the glow
Cring patient a spoonful Of tapioca
pudding. and the doctor emphasizes
that everything else you do must be
in the same proportion
Two hours later the nurse heard a
frantic call from the bed chamber
Nurse, breathed the man heapily,
I want TO do some reading. bring ne
a postage stamp"
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-10-17

nachei. aged ~. wrote an oompo-
slilon on Wild flowers 10 which sae
praised The arbutns. the nYerw0rt.
lhe spring beauty. the blood root nnd
all OF the other blossoms 81 deu and
dale But she wrote on both sides
Of her sheet Of paper and when she
asked her father. who was az editor.
10 publish her article. be called Der
attention 10 that fact.
You've written on both sides u
your paper. said be.
Well was the reply. and doni
you print on both sides o. yoursg
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-10-17
HAVE CRAZE FOR FORMULA.
Smokers Follow Fashions in the Use
Of Tobacco.

Make me up q package Of tobacco
according TO the formula used By Ed.
win Booth. said the man with a
southern accent That is the third
man who has asked for that kind Of
tobacco to-day. said the dealer. 1T
is strange that people from remote
parts Of the country as well as New
Workers make a fad Of buying the
same brand Of tobacco that Booth
smoked. And It isn't always the Booth
mixture that they want I have fled
away the formulas for mixing the
favorite tobacco Of many famous per
sons. Smokers the country over have
heard OF this collection OF recipes and
one feature Of every mans trip 10
New York IS TO try a pipeful OF some
big mans favorite tobacco. In most
cases this special mixture is so
strong that the nerves OF the average
smoker cannot stand L. He has 10
give up after a few pipefuls and 90
bach TO a popular mixture, bat be has
the satisfaction Of having had the ex-
perience The New York Sun.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-10-17
WHEN 4 -HyNcH- HELo aooo
Chinese Lausey Ticket svsssgtss .
Bet or wing Tos

Kay Epezce q w~eltkz1En horas-za
o. MeEieo. No. wu1 fLGG a. 1bs
Louisville KY race meeting asl1rt
tine ago as the rezElt of e auE
Mr.. SpG1ca has q large breeding
stable O. runners near MeESo1. and
attends al the big raclnE eve-ts 10
the ccunrrT, Not i1nE since be WaE
IA Louisville and entered the hettfnE
ring 10 see What odds were being o.
fsued or the TzriC1s eltris8 re
found that Joaquin vas the fav1rits
az evea u0zev. and pulled his TalIet
from his pocket intending 10 bet On
that horsa Ills attention Vas al
tracted by something that fen froEa
his wallet 70 the ground and he stoep
I'd and picked K up Il vas q Chs
nese laundry ticket he looked a.
the books again and found thai tiers
vas an entry with a Chinese name
Wing Ting. al ten 70 one That Sc
tied IL Tor be considered he had -
celved a hunch~ that could not Be
overlooked Wig Ting o hardly
Needless % say. those Who barke& uhR
favorite considered Spence The ssF
enth son q the seventh son-Kansaa
City star.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-10-17

"nid you brink your vaccination
certificate JaneG
NO ma'am. q didat take Cless
land Plain Dealer
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-10-17
How a Fortune Was Made.

Abram Brokaw had settled ia
Bloomington away back IN the forties
when the site Of the present city was
nothing but a blooming prairie, &c
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-12-27
BRISTOL MUST CO.
IIENEY FAILS TO UN-
RAVEL THE TANGLE.
United States District Attorney for
Oregon Cannot Square" Himself
With the Department of Justice,
According 10 Portland OregOnlan--
Bristol Took All Blame for Delay
OF Land Fraud Cases Upon Him.
self.

That W. C. Bristol, United States
district attorney for Oregon. will soon
loose his official head is indicted by
the following article from the Port
land Oregonian of Thursday The
Oregonian says of the matter:
Failure of Francis ]. Heney to
straighten out Bristols trouble with
the department of justice in WASH
ington, as shown by yesterdays dis
patches from the national capital,
evidently means that Bristols days
as district attorney for Oregon are
numbered. Bristols trouble seems
to have been largely produced by his
endeavor to be faithful to Heney-
the man who put him in office.
This relation was not appreciated
in Washington and caused blame for
delay in the land fraud cases to be
put on Bristol's shoulders. Out Of
this grew Misunderstanding which
were made acute by Bristols lnjudi-
cious correspondence with Washing
ton.
Bristol was not to blame for the
delayed prosecutions and Heney has
said so. But the department of JUS
tice did not know 1t. and Bristol
seems to have taken no pains in the
early stages to inform the department
of the reasons which made prosecu-
ton by himself impossible. Heney
held the evidence for the prosecu-
tion. and did not put It in Brlstol's
hands He was held away from
Portland by his work in San Fran
cisco. Bristol's loyalty to Heney and
unwillingness to throw blame on He
ney made him the recipient of the
blame himself
Coupled with this were difficulties
which came down from the day of
Bristols shoulders. Out OF this grew
dislike Of him in the department of
justice. For 1t will be remembered
that his selection was made by He
ney and Roosevelt without consulting
the department and in opposition to
the wish Of Attorney General Moody.
Such is the most plausible explana-
ton of the tangle.
Heney when last in Portland, indi-
Gated that Bristol's troubles with the
department were of his own making
and that he did not feel obliged to
extricate him. It was believed, how
ever, that Heney would do something
for Bristol in Washington and there
is reason to believe that Bristol and
his friends expected him to do It,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-12-27
ELECTRIC HEN.
New Device by Which Chickens May
Be Hatched.

New Device by Which Chickens May
Be Hatched.
After several years Of experimental
work, electric incubation has been
demonstrated to be practicable and
economical, says the Technical
World. For attractive displays the
'electrohen," unique and artistic
ovel glass electric incubator, has been
invented. 1t is operated by the heat
Of an electric incandescent lamp,
controlled by delicate and sensitive
thermostat which holds the tempera-
ture at 103 degrees Fahrenheit,
without the variation of more than
fraction Of a degree.
The "electrohen" Is a novel glass
base with nickel plated oxidized
electric incubator, having a metal
copper or gun metal finish, forming
the hover or brooder for the newly
hatched chicks. A drawer is pro-
vided which is partly drawn from the
base and the electric chicks run
about in the fenced enclosure, about
three or four feet square, making
most interesting exhibit or nature
study in schools and klndergartens.
This device is easily connected to
any electric lighting circuit, either al
ternating or direct current of 10
volts by the usual flexible cord and
plug. 1t is only necessary to turn
the button and sufficient heat is pro-
vided for Matching and brooding the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-12-27
WHERE ALLEN BELONGED.
Something About Man Killed in Nor
row County Recently.

Oscar Allen, the man murdered by
Ben Doherty at Lexington, was a
son of +. p. Allen of Eugene, Ore
The Eugene Guard has the following
to say concerning him:
The murdered man was here only
a short time ago, visiting his sister
Mrs Kenyon. He was 80 years Of
age and was single. Besides his sis
ter here, he leaves a father, E. P.
Allen, residing in eugene; a mother
one sister and one brother in Wis
consin, and one brother in Montana.
Mr.. Allen, sr., left here Saturday night
for Lexington to investigate the af-
fair and to take care of the body,
which will be buried there by the
Odd Fellows. young Allen being a
member of that order. He was
working on a ranch near Lexington
and had been there for the past four
years.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-12-27
BIG INCREASE IN MILEAGE.
Past Year Has Seen Much Railroad
Buildinp.

According to statistics compiled by
the Railway Age, railroad construc-
tion in the United States has been
nearly as heavy in 1907 as in 1906,
which was the heaviest year since
1888.
The total number OF miles of new
track laid this year has been $3.50,
422 miles were in Louisiana, 341 In
Florida, 3s5 in South Dakota, 314
in Texas and 81 in Washington. In
Canada during the same time 1913
miles were built and $40 In Mexico.
The greater part OF the new track
was laid before the financial strin-
gency. only a small amount OF mile
agile being constructed after septem-
ber.
The orders for freight and passen-
ger cars and locomotives in 1907
were smaller than at any time during
the last seven years, The volume Of
orders for this part of railroad equip
ment was about 30 per cent Of the
total 1905 and 1906.
The year has been notable for the
increase in the number OF block sig
nails installed. the increase having
been 1921 for the IL months ending
December 81.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-12-27

From time to time since the late SOS
when the money was buried by stage
coach robbers, individual parties have
sought the trail of the lost fortune,
but without success.
"The overland stage, which used to
make a five-day run between Walla
Walla and Salt Lake" said Police
Sergeant Frank Morse yesterday,
"set out one morning carrying a con-
signment OF s25,OOO. Although hold
ups were common in various parts of
the country in those days, no unusu-
al precautions were taken to guard
the treasure, since it was believed
that nobody but the express messen-
ger knew of its presence on the stage.
The Information had leaked out
somewhere along the line, however,
and when the coach reached the Ire
land ford of the Walla Walla river.
which is between one and two miles
from Milton, it was stopped and rob-
bed by three highwaymen.
btlOIe TIE men Coulu SlASSb NiANA
escape out Of the country, news of
the holdup had been brought to
Walla Walla and a posse raised to
pursue them. The three, seing their
chance of escape with the stage
strongbox growing slim, buried the
treasure. They were overtaken and
all three lynched by the posse. They
died, refusing to tell where the money
was hidden.
MANY people have tried to find
the money, but no success has ever
been reported. In some families the
story of the holdup with detailed de-
scriptions Of the country have been
handed down for two or three gen.
erations in the hose that some men,
Der would be lucky enough to find
the fortune.
Some day someone will be dig
ging around in his garden, maybe, and
he will strike his pick or shovel
against the side Of rusty iron box.
And that man will be an Easy street
! inhabtant afterwards"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-12-27
HAVE YOU NOTICED 1T?
Earthquake May Have Made Climatic
Changes in Oregon.

An exchange says: West of the
Cascade mountains there is worry
and uneasiness over the apparent
change in the climate of oregon since
the San Francisco earthquake. Just
what happened is not yet clear, but
they fear that the Japan current has
been or is being switched off
This is a broad current of warm
water coming to our coast from the
tropics by way of Japan, which brings
the balmy airs, the soft Chinook
winds and abundant rainfall Of the
northwest.
Whether the current is leaving US
or not, rainfall in the Willamette
valley has decreased nearly one-half
and winter has increased in rigor,
since the big shake.
In the same time eastern oregon
has been having webfoot weather.
The old-time winter with its deep
SHOWS, dry and blowy like dust, crisp
sunshiny invigoratlng cold, has SEEM
ingly been switched off also,
Perhaps the earthquake caused
it-perhaps the current is changing
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-12-27
GOOD PROGRESS AT PANAMA.
Record Work Performed by Colonel
GOethals

The excavation on the line Of the
Panama canal last month, aggregat-
ing 1,S3S,4S6 cubic yards, would
have covered 10 blocks to a depth
of 40 feet, says a Washington dis
patch.
No such work has ever been done
before as Colonel Goethal has been
doing on the isthmus, according to
statistics presented in the official
canal record just received.
For instance, 1t is shown that every
so working days the commission Is
moving an amount of material equal
to the pyramid Of Cheops which con-
sumed the labor of 10000 for 20
years in the building and the services
of the same number of men for 10
years in constructing the work with
the quarry The commission could
build the Suez canal at the present
rate OF progress in 3.S years, though
1t took 10 years for DeLesseps to COM
plete his work. The famous Man
chester ship canal could be excavat-
ed by the American canal workers in
Just two months and even Emperor
Williams magnificent Kiel canal
could be dug by the American in just
five years.
According to the latest, health re-
port from Panama the isthmus has
been free from yellow fever for more
than eight months and therefore has
a steady and continued improvement
in the health condition. Comparing
the death rate for the year up to De-
cember 1, with that for the cores
ponding period in 1905 there has been
so per cent decrease.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-12-27
TREASURE MAY
STILL Be BURIED
ARGoNAUTIC STORY OF HID
DEN GOLD NEAR MILTON.
Old Story OF Robbers Burying Gold
in River Bottom Near Milton
Lucky Man Who Happens TO Strike
Right Spot VIII Be Rewarded
With $4,000 If Story OF Early Days
Is True-Robbers Were Killed.

A story which reads like a ro-
nance Of the argonaut days in the
west comes from Milton. Over 40
years ago the overland stage was rob-
bed Of $4,000 in gold as 1t was cross
ing the then desert OF Umatilla coun-
ty from salt Lake to Walla Walla and
in the gravel beds OF the Walla Walla
river bottoms in the vicinity Of Mil
ton this treasure is said to be buried
yet.
The Oregon Daily Journal OF yes
terday printed the following story of
the robbery and the buried treasure,
and while the East Oregonian has
printed the story many times in the
past, it is still worthy of notice and
is as follows:
Twenty-Five thousand dollars lies
buried within two miles Of the pres
ent city OF Milton, and awaits only
the lucky efforts of some one with
a shovel to be reclaimed. The only
objection against the treasure is that
1: bears the taint Of unlawful seizure.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-12-27
Cattle from Mountains.

NJ. NJ. Wyrick and son have just
returned to the city after driving
their cattle. $50 In number from the
fall range on the Blue Mountains to
winter pasture in stubble fields in
the Middle Cold Springs country. The
cattle are in excellent condition and
many of them are now fat enough for
beef. The pasture secured is among
the best in the county, they having
leased 1900 acres in one body for the
winter. Henry Lazlnka is today driv-
ing a portion of his cattle, which
have been held near the city for the
past month. to winter range north
OF Helix
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-12-27
WANTS A DIVORCE.
Long List of Allegations Set Forth
In Complaint of Elva Baldwin.

Elva Baldwin Is the plaintiff in a
divorce suit filed this afternoon in
which she prays a legal separation
from j. b. Baldwin. The parties
were married in Walla Walla on Sep
temher is. 1901, and lived together
until recently although according to
the wife's complaint the past four
years have been anything but a pleas
ant conjugial experience. The COM
plant somewhat sensational and
among other things alleges desertion,
i'll treatment. abuse, that she was
called foul names, that the husband
lost his love and respect for her and
their little girl four years ago, that
he was jealous, accused her of being
untrue to the marriage vows, and u
number of other allegations for di-
vorce grounds. The plaintiff asks
for a legal separation from the mar
tial ties. and that the custody of
their daughter, Ruth, be given to
Mrs. Baldwin's parents, Mr. and
Mrs David Bowman. The parties
reside in Freewater.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-12-27
SURVEY is ACCEPTED.
Plats of Blue Mountain Township
Filed at Washington.

The unsurveyed mountain wilder
nesses Of Umatilla county are rap
idly disappearing, a plat of the sur
vey of township north, range SS
east, made by County Surveyor John
w. Kimbrell having just been ac-
cepted in the United States land COM
missioner's office at Washington.
This is one of the last remaining un-
surveyed tracts in the Blue mountains
and lies near the Woodward toll gate
in Umatilla and Union counties.
County Surveyor Kimbrell receiv-
ed letter from Surveyor General G.
A. Westgate of Oregon, this morn
ing. saying that the survey made by
Mr.. Kimbrell had been accepted and
filed in the general land office.
1t required two months for Sur
veyor Kimbrell and crew to make
the survey of the entire township,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-12-27

Colonel 7. C. Woodberry, of Sc
attic, acting commander of the de-
partment of the Columbia, U. S. A.,
in a statement today said that the
whole Pacific coast would be helpless
in case the navy should prove unable
to prevent the landing of a force of
10000 Japanese or other foreign
army at any of the numerous unpro-
tected bays along the coast. He said
are are not 1000 regulars on the coast
TO resist an attack by land, while
10000 infantrymen are needed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-12-27
CONVERTED 1859 IN MEETINGS.
Billy Sunday Made Big Record In
Iowa Town.

Iowa Town.
A dispatch from Muscatlne, Iowa,
says:
The greatest revival meeting held
in the United States In the last hun
dred years closed in Muscatne last
night, when Billy Sunday, the base
ball evangelist, concluded his five
weeks series OF meetings. Converts
numbering 1859 answered his urgent
invitation. breaking all records ever
made by any other evangelist in the
country. On the final day sos Joined
his forces.
At massive mems meeting in the
afternoon 1t was decided to form a
civic league and take up the matter
of fighting the saloons. The collec-
ton on the final day amounted to
over $4,000, the largest amount, s5O5,
being given by w. L. Roach, a lum-
herman. who is numbered among the
converts.
At the meeting last night the crowd
was so great when the doors were
opened that less than half could be
accommodated in the great taber-
nacle. and overflow meetings were
held In four churches. In
the rush for seats several people
were injured and scores Of women
and children tainted.
The triumph is the greatest in
Sundays career. He had intended
continuing the meetings, but received
word announcing the death of his
stepfather, Geo. f. Stowell of Hers
ington, Kan, and was forced to leave
the scene OF his triumph to assist in
The evangelist was escorted TO the
depot by band and militia.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-12-27
Pilot Rock Travel Good.

Very good passenger traffic is be-
ing enjoyed on the Pilot Rock
branch Of the o. R. & N. The coach
on the outgoing train this morning
was comfortably filled and the train
from Pilot Rock brings in a consid-
cradle number of passengers every
trip. Two box cars were taken out
today for wheat shipments.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-12-27

The young men Of the Presbyterian
church will meet in the lecture room
Of the church this evening to COM
plete the organization Of a branch of
the Brotherhood order of the church.
The meeting will begin at 8 o'clock
and all the young men Of the con-
gregatlon are cordially invited.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-12-27
Frank Myers, Body to Athena.

The remains of Frank Myers. for
merly of Helix, who died a few days
ago in Arizona, was taken through to-
day over the o. r. G. n. for inter-
ment at Athena. The remains were
accompanied to Athena by about 20
members of the order of Redmen OF
this city, to which order the deceas-
ed belonged.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-12-27

Two young ladies on the promenade
of a seaside resort had been watch
Ing the vessels pass. through tele-
scope lent them by an ancient mari
ner." On handing the glass back one
of them remarked that II was a very
good one
"Yes, miss" said the old tar; that
ere telescope was given me by Lord
Nelson"
Good gracious! Why Nelson has
been dead nearly a hundred years"
well, I'm blowed," remarked the
salt one, quite abashed; "ow. the time
do fly!"--Judge's Library.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-12-27

chicks, while there is nothing in the
way of odors or escaping gases to
prevent its Introduction into the
handsomely furnished parlor or IL
brary Of the electrically equipped
home or the office of the most fas-
tidious professional or business man.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-12-27
An Attractive Advertisement.

The page advertisement of the Bos-
ton store which is appearing in the
Fast Oregonian is one of the most at
tractive ads written in this city for
some time and reflects credit upon
the enterprise and business activity
Of this popular store.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-12-27
Fond Mother-Why don't Won lIk

Fond Mother-Why don't you like
your roommate at college. Reginald?
The professor told me he would be
a good companion for you, because
he studies so hard.
Young Colleeian-But, mother, he
uses 80 manv sesduipedalian words
Fond Motho~-That settles It, my
son. don't want you to be contain
mated by aseoclatioD with anybody
who uses such dreadful language
baltimore American.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-12-27
Stnr Changes on Friday.

The program at the Star theater
will be changed on Friday evening in
stead Of on Thursday evenings as
heretofore and all the next week the
entertaining Pavilla family will re-
main at that popular resort.