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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-11-12
NOvELIsTs DAUGHTER TO WED.

The engagement of Miss Eleanora
Crawford, eldest daughter of Marion
Crawford, the novelist, to Pietro Roc
ca, an old friend of the family, is
announced. The wedding is set for
January at Sorrento, where the
Crawfords live. Miss Crawford made
her debut. at the ball given by the
king Of Italy on New Years eve,
1904. She has just returned to Italy
after visit to her aunt, Mrs. Hugh
Fraser, who is well known in New
York, is also a novelist Miss Craw-
ford's mother was Miss Elizabeth
Berdan. a daughter of Berdan, who
invented the percussion cap.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-11-12
To Please His Friends.

''Will you please insert this obltu-
ary notice?" writes a correspondent
to the editor OF a leading paper. II
make bold to ask 1t, because l know
the deceased had many friends who'd
be glad to hear Of his death. LON
don Tit-Bits.
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, There Is nothing which adds
? so much to ones power as the
, consciousness of being abso-
lutely sincere, genuine. If your
, life is a perpetual lie, If you !
are conscious that You are not
, what you pretend to be, that !
; you are really a different per-
; son from what the world re- I
CARDS you. you are not strong. !
There is restraint, a per- !
petual fighting against the 1
truth going on within you, a 1
struggle which saps your I
strength and warps your con- 1
duct Deceit is weakness; char l
acter alone is strength.
-Orison SWEET Marsden in 1
Success.
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-11-12
HOTEL PORTLAND

PORTLAND. OREGON.
Amer can plan. SO pc. day and up
wards. Headquarters foi 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, 1907-11-12

The advertiser who studies the ad-
vertislng columns OF the leading pa
pers will learn more than what the
advertising expert" can tell him.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-11-12

It is so easy to find fault that
lot OF people spend most of their
spare time at 1t.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-11-12

1t Is a waste of time to talk to a
starving man about the benefits OF
occasional fasting.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-11-12

Special attention given country trade.
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his factory in accordance with the demand
for same, knowing full well that a large
surplus of goods will not only embarrass
him in taking care of same, but WILL
without doubt, in the end effect the selling
price. Therefore, he will adjust his bus
mess. as far as possible, to the needs
of the trade i'm his particular line of
goods. The first question, therefore, that
affects the price of cotton is the cotton
produced as compared with the demand
for same. So far as the farmer can
control this it is done by the acreage
planted. assuming that the amount pro-
duced per acre. under normal conditions,
will be about as ii has been in the past.
IF the farmers. therefore, are able to
form an approximately correct idea as
to the needs of the world for cotton.
they can adjust their acreage accordingly
taking chances, of course, on variation
in quantity. and, therefore, probably
some variation in the price, as both may
be affected by a reduction in the guam
tity produced per acre, or an increased
production-caused by the weather or
other conditions beyond their control.
These variations are not likely to be
great as to cause any very wide diff
ference i'm the results, as II Is well under
stood that in case the production of cot
ton is something less than the estimated
need of the world the price per pound
Will De lnCfedSeu-dIu 1t may De tilftI IL
there is a material increase by weather
or other conditions, the farmer II nee
essary. might be able to take some
thing less in price. If the question should
be asked: what is a reasonable mar
gin between the cost of production and
the selling price," the answer would be
that the farmer, as every other man en-
gagged in business. is entitled to a fair
and reasonable return on the Investment
In his land and improvements. and also
for his time given to the business, and,
under ordinary conditions. where a man
works with reasonable intelligence and
industry. he should be entitled to a com
Portable living for his family with means
for educating his children; and, If rea-
sonably economical i'm his living and eX-
penditures. some surplus to lay by. There
is one other important consideration
which should control his selling price
of cotton. any other agricultural OF
manufactured product, and that is, II
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AN OPPORTUNITY LOST

If you fail to see the leading attraction
oe>the Magic City while here. Do not fall
to see the permanent exhibits of the
Moore & Handley Hardware Co., at their
modern store at the corner of twentieth
street and Avenue A. south, where you
will see the best assortment of general
hardware and the most modern facilities
for handling their large and increasing
trade.
Their wonderful mantel and harness
display rooms and their permanent ma
chinery exhibit in actual operation, snow
ing the MANY PURPOSES for which they
are used.
Seeing is believing. Come.
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Burns Comes Today TO
Meet Champion Jim Pa7Y

Farmer Burns will arrive in Birming-
ham early this morning. He comes to
meet James Parr, the champion of Eng
land. in a wrestling match at the skat-
ing auditorium tomorrow evening.
The match between the two is expecte
to be the greatest ever seen in Birmins-
ham. Pare is nearer Burns standard
than any other wrestler who has ap-
peared In Birmingham, excepting, Of
course, Frank Gotch. The struggle is ex-
pected to be one of never eeasing aggres-
sion and determination TO win. Parr re-
Gently defeated Westergaard the Swedish
giant and it is true that he performed
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that feat with more ease than did me
veteran IoWan. Parr is champion of all
England, and has been wrestling in Amer
lea for the last seven years. He is deer
mined TO beat Burns. On the other hnd,
there are many in Birmingham who d.
not believe that the Farmer can be
beaten. 1t is believed that he has tricks
to produce and Illustrate which he has
never as yet been called upon to use.
The match will be in catch-as-catehcdn
style 1t IS expected that more than
thousand people will be gathered in the
auditorium ,at Avenue f and TWelty-
fourth street.
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United Electric Go.
408-410 N. 18th 81.

folder that the Old Dominion has gotten
up on the jamestown exposition history
of the place and general history of that
section of the United States. It is said
to be a carefully prepared article and
accurate in all its details. 1t is well IL
Illustrated.
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leave this morning for Norfolk after
spending two days calling on the shippers
and going over the situation in Birming-
ham, He said yesterday that the one
thing on the Seaboard which interested
him Just now was the fact that the Flor
ida trains on his road were being operated
on time He stated that during all the
time he was in Florida every one OF
the trains handling the Florida tourists
business from New York had arrived In
Jacksonville ION the dot" Mr.. SEWER
was also greatly impressed with Florida
and what he saw there on his recent tour
of inspection.
]. w. White, general industrial agent
of the Seaboard, was in Birmingham yes
terday, and will leave this morning with
MI. Sewer for Norfolk. He stated yester-
day that just at present there was MOTH
ing of an industrial nature going on that
could be made public
L. j. Ellis, eastern passenger agent OF
the Norfolk and Western railway, is in
Birmingham in attendance on the Cotton
Convention and in the interest of the Lib
eral immigration League He is one OF
the Oldest passenger men in New York
in point of service, and is considered one
of the best posted men on the immigra-
ton situation and It's relation to the south.
He is a native Albanian and an en-
thusiastic admirer of Birmingham.
f. E. Resler, travelling agent OF the
land and Industrial department of the
Southern Railway with headquarters in
Atlanta, has been in Birmingham for
two days looking into the industrial sit
uation here and reporting on a number
of propositions that were open. He is
we'll acquainted with the conditions here,
having been located in Birmingham sew
eral years.
In speaking of the general conditions IN
Alabama Mr. Resler said yesterday that
the land and industrial department was
receiving a large number of inquiries in
regard to farming lands and industrial
sites. I'VE are receiving few more re-
quests for Alabama than the average for
the states" said Mr. Resler.
There are a number of inquiries for
Industrial sites in Alabama, and we have
sent number of people over to this state
looking for sites for various industries.
Some of them have located, and we still
have a number of them prospective.
David ]. Weisiger, southern agent of
the Old Dominion Steamship company,
is in Birmingham. He is distributing
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18
CROWD WITNESSES
Y. M. G. A. GAMES
THE COMMERCIAL BASKETBALL
LEAGUE PULLS OFF SOME MORE
coNTEsTs-THE FENCING BOUT
PROVES INTERESTING.

A large crowd gathered at the Young
Mems Christian Association last night
when two of the most interesting games
of the year were pulled off between the
teams of tn Comemrcial Basketball
league After losing the first half by
score of to 9, saks, captained by Chase,
turned the tables completely in the last
twenty minutes and ended the battle with
a result of IA to TO-
Although the Birmingham High school
had little difficulty in winning from the
Steele-Smth aggregation, the contest was
interesting throughout and replete with
ii dividua field throws The final score
was % to u. ....-
Between the halves the High school
boys sang a catchy little chorus, which
was encored several times DR.. j. H.
Phillips was introduced and made an in
teresting talk on the value and place of
athletic sports in the life of young men.
lie urged the necessity of exercise but
insisted that it should be merely the back
yard" of life while the ambition of youth
should lead toward development of mind
and spirit.
At the close of his talk the boys went
back on the field for the windup. The
High school played much worse ball in
the second half, fouling time and again,
and was unable to throw foul goals with
any accuracy, but easily cinehed the game
on account of Steele-Smith's lack of team
work. The High school fouled fifteen
times, while Steele-Smlth made about half
as many
The Cox-saks game was decidedly the
So rIaap 1arls-
able rally which carried the field for
Saks was to some extent due to the ex-
cellent field playing of Chase and Stovall.
When the referee succeeds in breaking up
the foul habit these teams will play much
better ball.
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w. L. Henderson, agent of the land
and industrial department of the Southern
Railway, with headquarters In Atlanta, is
expected in Birmingham today.
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Warren L. Rohr, western passenger
agent for the Norfolk and Western rail-
way in Chattanooga, was in Birmingham
yesterday.
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RAILROAD WORLD.

The Southern Railway has an expert in
Birmingham studying the needs of the
district in regard to coal equipment, mo-
tive power, amount and class of the
freight. to what points a majority of it
is consigned and similar information
which will enable that road TO properly
handle the situation here.
The expert has called at the office of
a number of the large industrial COM
panies, coal operators and large shippers
to secure this information, which is be-
ing furnished him. His report will be
made and the Southern officials anticipate
that 1t will enable them to do more eff
feotive work here.
L. Sewer, second vice president and
traffic manager of the Seaboard, will
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association. The members OF the cotton
association will always find the bankers
of the south ready and willing to help
them in the worthy purposes of the as
ISOLATION, so long as the farmers do their
part"
The meeting adjourned at 10 o'clock
to meet again this morning a, 10 o'clock.
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Jack Daily, travelling passenger agent of
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad
with headquarters In Atlanta, was in
Birmingham yesterday.
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r. x. Lawrence, chief engineer of the
Central of Georgia railway, was in Birm-
ingham yesterday.
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Do YOU KNOW.

The highest class of electric work.
from the installation of wires to the
manufacturing of fixtures, is done by
tho
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Nordica Tickets.

are rapidly selling out but there are
still some good ones at Seals Piano store.
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Effective January q the Central of
Georgia will establish train service be-
tween Luthersville and Newman, Ga,
on a new branch line that has just been
completed 1t is % miles long and runs
between those two cities.
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r. w. Bishop, patent attorney, Wash
ington. D. c., reports the issue of the
following patents on the 18th instant, to
residents of Georgia and Alabama:
8l570 Cushion for ball-and-socket
Joints. c. B. Pinekney, Brunswick, Ga.
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Matter of Selling Price.

"Now, leaving the question Of cost OF
production, how is the matter of selling
price to be controlled i'm such a way as
to give the farmer a fair and reasonable
nroft on the crops which he produces?
OF course in the end, a great controlling
force of prices is the law of supply and
demand Every prudent MANUFACTURED
will endeayor to regulate the output OF
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pay the round trip railroad fare of any
template buying or not, you are cordially
pianos, visit our salesroons or use us in
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ttONIlN ED fhoh iA"H w.
~~--~---~-----~~---- ---~-~-----
telligent application of fertilizers is neees-
sary to enable him to compete with those
whose good fortune is to till soils that
are naturally rich and produetice.
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David J. Weisger. southern agent of
the Old Dominion Steamship company,
is In Birmingham He is distributing
, 1907-12-28
1.-THE COW PUNcHER"
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

"The Cow Puncher," which opens
at the Opera House on Wednesday,
January 1, for one night, is not only
n Of the finest scenic productions of
the road, but has the largest piece of
scenery eve see on a local stage.
There is a cyclorama drop ITO feet
long and 80 feet high, which encircles
the entire stage, excepting the open.
ing at the footlights. All the balance
of the scenery sets inside of this ri.
gantic drop. 1t shows the actus GOV.
cred plains and the Santa Cruz river
majestically vending Its way along the
base of the famous Santa Cruz noun
tains. Inside Of this gorgeous CYCLIC
rama sets the ranch adobe house, with
high stone wall. and in the distance
stands the cattle corrals. Together
with its great company Of players and
the electrical effects, this play standa
one Of the hits OF the season,
, 1907-12-28
NOTES FROM THE COURT HOUSE.

w. B. Ash to day presented five coy,
ote pelts for bounty.
Louis Miller today filed proof of
labor on the Annie, Latrona, Colorado,
Boston Rising Sun and Vermont min
ing claims.
John and Kate Fenwick today sold
to Celestia Mast, the wife of John
Mast, for 81 and other considerations,
lots Z and 8, block 255, at the corner
of Fifth and Park avenue.
Eleanor Gunston, in a warranty deed
dated December 2, 1902, and filed to,
day, conveyed to Thomas Guaston, for
500. forty acres in section IS, town
ship 10, range 10.
The Union Pacific Railroad company
today transferred to Ora Haley, by war.
renty deeds, a large amount of lands
in townships 16 and II, range 70. and
townships 16 and II, range "a. The
transfers amounted to 7,358.71 acres.
The Episcopal church is to day com.
plotting the sale to the trustees OF Lara,
mic aerie. Eagles. lots 3 and 4, block
1853, at the corner Of Fifth and Fremont
streets, Immediately north of the Ea-
gles' home, formerly st. Matthews hall.
The lodge will convert the lots into
some beneficial use, 1t is said. during
the coming year. The price was no,
stated.
, 1907-12-28
THE DIET
IS OPENED
EMPEROR OF JAPAN MAKES HIS
SPEECH FROM THRONE AT
BEGINNING OF TWENTY
FOURTH SESSION.
Lays Stress on U~neeasing Cordial Re-
Iations With Foreign Powers and
Refers I Entente cordiaie in Far
East-Bureau Of Information on
Constitutional Government Course
Of instruction Discontinued.

Toxic, Dec. 28.-The twenty-fourth
diet was formally opened today by the
emperor, who delivered a speech from
the throne. He laid stress on the un-
ceasingly cordial relations with foreign
powers and the important bearing on
pesce In the far asst OF the entente
.cordiale, and concluding with Prussia
and France, by Japan.
Government In Control.
The overwhelming majority of the
government in the diet makes it i'm
probable that there will be any ex-
tended debates. 1t is generally under
stood that all the leaders are practic-
ally agreed upon the governments pol
icy looking toward the restriction Of
emigration.
, 1907-12-28
TO ASSIST IN RE-
TURN FROM MEXICO OF MAN
WANTED FOR RosslNo
NEW BRITAIN BANK.
Evidence Goes Into Detail Of Walkers
Abstraction Of Large sums In
Cash and securities, including Six
ty-fve Thousand Dollars From the
Connecticut Baptist Convention
Mckinley Taken at Harden.

Hartford, Conn, Dec. 28.-New doc
uments bearing upon the evidence
against William F. Walker. former
treasurer of the Savings bank of New
Britain, in support Of the application
for his extradition from Mexico, will be
sent t. Washington today.
Gives Some Details.
The evidence goes into the details
of walkers abstraction Of 1865 900 in
securities and cashsf from the bank and
$4,000 from the Connecticut Baptist
convention and the acts Of forgery on
the paper given by Walker to the vari-
GUS individuals.
Extradttion for Criminal Prosecution.
Governor Woodruff sends a letter
tesdfying that Waller 10 not to be
extradited for the purpose OF having
a civil process brought against him.
, 1907-12-28

protest against the Pinchot policies.
We affirm that these policies conduce
not to their professed end but to the
enlarging of pay-rolls Of political ap-
pointees, that they are characterized
by favoritism and advanced by insin.
cerity; that they discriminate against
us by inviting the incursions of live
stock which consume our ranges and
escape taxes; that more timber has
been destroyed in this vicinity since
their adoption than in the whole Of our
previous history; that they have Great.
ed a timber monopoly by awarding
privileges to a numbering corporation
which has scattered the young trunks
of our growing trees for a thousand
miles along our railroad beds; that
they have usurped an ~indefensible jur-
isdiction by claiming in this state
alone over a million more acres Of for.
est reserves than we have wooded area,
as shown by their own records, al.
though vast sections of timberless
plains had already been classed as
wooded area.
Stock Owners Interest.
We further affirm that no class OF
citizens, east or west, has a more vital
interest in the conservation of timber
standing upon our mountain slopes
than have we, knowing as we do that
the destruction of that natural conser.
vator of snow and regulator of streams
will impair u ranges and imperil the
growth of u hay, grain and forage
crops dependent upon irrigation, the
development of which in this state,
both as regards private and corpora.
ton bitches, has been solely the result
of the far-sighted enterprise of the
owners of sheep n cattle.
Resent Misinformation.
Knowing that our prosperity depends
on the development of our agricultural
possibilities by the intelligent hard.
working incomes of small means, and
being foremost in encouraging the
same, We resent the dissemination of
that misinformation among our fellow
citizens of the east which classes the
fiockmasters of this county among the
nomads, the lawless and the timber
thieves, and we therefore denounce
the Pinchot policies as. wasteful in
method, wrong in theory and unameri.
can in administration.
E. j.. BELL,
President.
JOSEPH H. KING,
Secretary.
, 1907-12-28

part Of the store to make room, and a
procession was generally formed of
people carrying lamps, books, chairs
and other. necessities to the place of
meeting.
First Christmas Celebration.
In her account of the first Christmas
celebration in Laramie. Mrs. Ivinson
spoke Of the building Of the Union Pa
ciac hotel. the present building. in the
short Bpaos Of . month, and Of how
the large dining room was utilized for
the Christmas trse. A Christmas tree
was such Al unheard Of happening In
those days that people came from
Cheyenne on the n side and from
Rawlins on the thef and from the
camps tor MY miles around. That
was without doubt the first Christmas
tree in Wyoming. During the evening
men were seen to weep ~ they shook
hands and renewed acquaintanceships
formed maybe years ago at home in
the east. Mr.. Ivirson was Santa Claus
and was nearly smothered in his fur
robe before he finished his work of
distributing presents. Among those
who recited at the party were Mrs.
Boyd, Mrs. Eva Downey and Mrs. Twin
son herself. In the course Of her talk
Mrs. Ivinson mentioned many names
Of bygone Inhabitants Of Laramie
which still linger in the recollections
Of the older citizens.
Prof. Knight to Talk.
The next STORY hour" will take
place q week from Monday. when Prof.
H. G. knight will tell the history Of
his Chemical food" doll and a story
will be read.
, 1907-12-28
Would Repeal Sherman Law.

Chicago, ILL.,, Dec. 28.-The railways
and powerful shipping interests are ap-
parently uniting in an effort to obtain
a repeal of the Sherman antitrust act
in SO far. at least, as it applies to the
traffic associations. This is the fact
made apparent in a symposium pub
lished in the current issue of the Rail.
road Age and participated in by rail-
road presidents, governors, railroad
commissioners and representatives of
large shipping interests.
Hepburn Act Helped.
The shippers and abroad men agree
that the Hepburn act brought some
great benefits, chief Of which is the
abolition Of rebates.