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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-11
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NORTHWEST NEWS.


Five hundred F1nlanders direct
from the old country, have settled in
Long valley Idaho, within a year.
The residence Of D, Wizard at Wal
lace burned. Loss on building and
contents. S4SOO. Mrs. Frank Grimes
narrowly escaped with her life.
At Boise, Justice Dunbar bound
over r. s. Sheridan. managing edi-
tor of the Capital News. charged with
criminal libel by Governor GoOding.
There is eight feet of snow all over
the More-s creek divide and plains.
Idaho, and snow still falling when the
last couriers of the season came out
The lower house of congress has
passed a bill appropriating $2500O0
for the construction and maintenance
Of military and post roads and trails
in Alaska to be expended under the
direction of the board of road com
missioners.
Thomas McCusker, an eastern cap
italist, promises Portland 50-cent gas
If he can get a franchise. Some time
ago a franchise proposition for Mr..
McCusker's company was defeated In
the council. Now he proposes to go
before the people direct with a refer
endum proposition.
At Medford Ore, DR.. ]. f. Reddy
was elected mayor and Edgar Hafer,
OF the Iowa Lumber company, and
]. NJ. Trowbridge and John Olwell,
fruitgrowers and dealers, elected
councilmen. All the new officials are
pledged to municipal improvements
of an extensive character.
According to the Idaho Falls
Times there Is a positive scarcity OF
jackrabbits in that region, whereas a
year and a half ago they were an un-
endurable pest on account of num-
bers. Coyotes hard winter, very wet
spring and rabbit drives are the rea-
sons given for the depletion.
The clothing of Marie Mack, the
5-year-old daughter of John Mack
near Albany, Ore, caught fire while
the girl was playing around burn
ing stump in field, which her father
was clearing. The father nearly eX-
tlnRulSHPu lilt lldIlltS' Dul VIC hiI
will die. Mack's hands were severely
burned.
The prevalence of diphtheria In
Seattle is causing the board Of health
and the health officer concern. The
board of health has ordered a rigid
investigation of all children attend
| ing the schools in Seattle. Up to the
present date this month Is cases have
been reported, and since December
| /, so cases.
Oats cost the Ok Bow tunnel peo-
pie three cents per pound by the time
the grain is on the ground ready tc
feed, at their plant on the Snake
river. There are oats in Eagle val
ley and plenty of them, but they are
not on the market. Anticipating q
big boom In the spring, following the
opening of the Boulder creek placer
claims, recently staked out, the far
mers of the valley have held onto II
for speculation.
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GENERAL NEWS.
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The fuel famine at Reno, New. is
a very serious affair, as the cold is
intense. Boxes, fences ana sheds are
being used for fuel.
Bishop Duncan. Of the Methodist
church South, is dangerously i'll at
Spartanburg, S. c., as the result of
an operation for a carburcie.
At Omaha. A. R. and a. NJ. Modi
sette, cattlemen, were acquitted of a
charge of conspiracy to defraud the
government in public land deals.
Adolph Busch, the millionaire
brewer, lies very weak at his home
at st. Louis, though he is expected
to ,entirely recover He has had
pneumonia. the direct effects of
which have completely abated.
Aggregate purses amounting to
$50. 900 will be fought for at Tono-
pah on st. Patrick's Day. Cans,
Britt, Hermann, Young Corbett,
Murphy, Melody and Jimmy Gard
ner are all expected to be present.
In New York city w s. Newman, a
wealthy manufacturer, was accident
ally thrown under a moving elevated
train and completely decapitated, and
Carl Wohn was fatally crushed. The
guard. Alfred Brown, was arrested.
A county bridge over the Santa
Ynez, near Lompoc, Cal, went down,
carrying 90 people into the river.
Several persons were somewhat in
jured, and Mrs. Sherman Huych, and
the s-year-old son of John Lind, were
drowned.
At Charles City, Iowa, n mob broke
into the county jail took out James
Cullen and hanged him to a bridge.
Cullen had murdered his wife and
stepson the former with knife, the
latter with a pistol. Cullen, who was
SO years of age, was wealthy.
DR.. Kenney Melbourn, papal
chamberlain of the highest rank, re-
Gently returned to Rome from the
orient expresses the belief that there
are more Mohammedans I'm the world
than Catholics, and that the relative
growth of Mohammedanism f. greater.
Melbourn is at the head Of the orien-
tai board of Catholic missionaries.
Carlisle institute, which was es-
tablished at Carlisle, Pa, in 1879, for
the higher education of the Indians,
is in danger Of being abolished. The
subcommittee of the senate commit
tee on Indian affairs, which has the
Indian appropriation bill under con-
slderation, has agreed to report an
amendment striking out the schools
appropriation.
At Salinas, Cal, BAlfred Newman
and Edward Virgins were held up in
the railroad yards. Newman ran
and escaped. Virgins resisted and
was badly slashed with a knife and
robbed Of watch and money. The
stolen property was found in the pos
session of a Southern Pacific brake
man who, with another brakeman
has been arrested. They are believed
to have been guilty Of repeated rob-
| berries.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-11
Cured of Lung Trouble.

at is now II years since I had a
narrow escape from consumption" I"
writes c. o. Floyd, a leading business
man of Kershaw, S. c. "I had run
down in weight to 1876 pounds, and
coughing was constant, both by day
and by night. Finally 1 began taking
DR.. Kings New Discovery, and con-
tinued this for about six months,
when my cough and lung trouble
were entirely gone and was restored
to my normal weight, 10 pounds"
Thousands of persons are healed every
year Guaranteed at Tallman & Co.
drug store. soc and s1.OO. Trial bot
tie free.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-11
UPPER COUNTRY
IN EARLY DAYS
PACKING TO THE IDAHO
MINES IN 1868.
Editor Johns, of the Arlington Rec
ord. Writes an Entertaining sketch
Of the Early Trail Through Pendle-
ton, La Grande and Baker City.

Editor Johns of the Arlington Rec
ord, one Of the most entertaining pio-
neers Of the inland empire, writes the
following brief sketch of the upper
country" in early days in an article
on the Umatilla house at The Dalles:
In the early spring of 1868 the edi-
tor OF the Arlington Record stopped
at the Umatilla house. He shipped
cargo from the Willamette valley to
The Dalles, and at the same time sent
a pack train of 40 horses and mules
up the trail along the Columbia river
The freight rate for the cargo from
Portland to The Dalles was s25 per
ton. The rate for packing from The
Dalles to Placerville in the Boise ba-
sin was so cents a pound. He started
from The Dalles on Marcn Il, 1868,
and followed as near as practicable
the old emigrant road to Snake river
at what was then called Washoe Fer
ry. Crossed there and followed up
the Payette river and crossed a divide
of the mountains into Boise basin.
There was not a bridge on any
stream on the route and the only ferry
was on the Snake river. There were
few settlements on the route. There
were a few houses at La Grande.
Camp was made where Pendleton now
is, where there was a stage station,
but no town. The same is true of
where Baker City is. There was no
Baker City then.
Meacham lived at the summit OF
the mountains then and kept a stage
stand where the town now is. The
country from The Dalles to the Snake
river was one vast plain of bunch
grass and sagebrush without any hab-
itation. Camp was made near La
Grande on April l, and a rest of two
days made for the sore-backed ami
mails.
On the return, after selling cargo
from T5 cents to 81 per pound, we
followed down the Umatilla river
from where Pendleton now Is, tc
Umatilla Landing. as it was ther
called. Took a boat there to Celilc
and portage to The Dalles and stopped
again at the Umatilla house. Sinnot
was then proprietor
Those were then strenuous times
On his return to Linn county tA'
write was asked what he thought o
the upper country" as it was ther
designated. The reply was that /
was probably created and placed ther,
for a means of going from one coun
try 10 another as q bridge is pu
across a stream.
No one in those days supposed tina
It would ever be settled by an indus
trious, prosperous and happy people.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-11
BACK GIVES OUT.
Plenty OF Penhlcton Readers Hayu
THIS Experience.

This Experience.
You tax the kidneys--overwork
them
They can't keep up the continual
strain.
The back gives Quit aches and
pains;
Urinary troubles set in.
Don't wait longer-take Doan's
Kidney Pills.
Pendleton people tell you how they
act.
]. W. Van Horn. living at Haley's
ranch, six miles from Pendleton, Orc,
says Heading an advertisement
about Doan's Kidney Pills led me to
procure a box at the Pendleton DruS
Co.'s store. Some three years ago
| strained my hack lifting and ever
since then any extra work, lifting or
colds which settled in my back, af-
fected the kidneys. 1 tried a great
many different remedies, but obtain
ei little If any benefit from them.
The first dose of Doan's Kidney Pills
helped me-. I used in all three boxes
and they cured me. I shall always
recommend this remedy to others, as
I know 1t can be depended upon"
Fer sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster Mllhurn Co., Buffalo,
| New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-an
take no other.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-11
500 Reward, 500.

to learn that there Is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure
In all Its stages, and that is cararrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure Is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure Is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation OF
the disease, and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and assist
ing nature In doing Its work. The proprle
tors have so much faith In Its curative
powers that they offer One Hundred Dol.
lars for any case that 1t falls to cure. Send
for list Of testimonials.
Address F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O..
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-11
Golden Rule Hotel-Mrs. synhont

Gnlden Rule Hotcl-Mrs. Synhont.
La Grande; o. L. Smith, Newport;
\. s. TOrell. Stormshurg; A. Ritner,
Coe-r G'Alcue; F. 3. Babcock, Che
ney; Miss Swedish and son, Walla
WallH; R. NJ. Akers, lone; DR.. E. r.
Swinhurne. city: Charles 4. Padden,
Glenrock: J. Almont. Seattle; Clarence
McBroom. Gurdane. Mrs. c. F.. Stock
er, Pendleton; Miss Ella Walton,
Echo; NJ. S. Eaton, city; B. r. Rich
ards, Athena; MIR. and Mrs. Padhcrg,
lone; ]. NJ. Harris, Weston: Miss Oh
lie Ellsworth, Hood River: J. s. Jent,
Pilot Rock, Thomas Robertson city;
z. Houser, Echo; S. z. Putnam. Col
fox: F.. +. Shay. Portland w. ].
Cook, Portland; ]. F. Contrell. Port
land; 4. Eggert, Starkey; \. c. Hemp
hill. Pilot Rock; p. j. Kelly. Port
land
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-11

Hotel PCndlcton.-G. A. Drysdale,
st. Louis; :. Harris, Portland; II. p.
Brandes, Portland; J. c. Lonergan,
Seattle; A. Smythe, Arlington; Fred
Roth, Portland; w. b. Macklin, Port
land; T. W. Macklin, Portland; C. X.
Bland, Hermiston; w. NJ Maher,
Portland; Alice Berry, Portland;
Charles Ringler. Portland; c.. r. At
kias0n, Spokane; Klockner Spokane:
W. L. Boehring, Spokane; a. b.
Thomson, Echo; Charles Miller, Port
land.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-11
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

HotCI ST. Georgc.-W A. Robinson,
Portland; Il. c. Manela, Walla Walla
f, f, McMinen, Hermiston; w. II.
Kelsey Boston; Joe Baker, Boston:
Hertert Holzapfel. Portland; w. T.
Hislop, Portland: Mrs. Davis, Port
land, \. II. McKeen, Portland; Il. II.
Morse, Portland; a. r. Mcclellan,
Now York; Wm. Welchter, Seattle:
Il. +, Stanfield. Echo; Nose Meyer,
Portland; ]. b. Ryan. Portland; Geo.
Saucie. Kansas City; T. b. Humsy,
Chicago; George w. Wilson, Portland;
c. Heilhronner, Chicago; z. Swift,
Portland: y. ]. Comfy, Chicago; Ray
mond Morquit, Portland; II. f. Hub
bard Mckay, +. T. Johnson, Port
land: r. ]. Wall. spokane; Ernest
Sechelan, Walla Wala, l.. w. Henry,
New York; Fred II, Shoemaker, town.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-11

When cold winds dry and crack
the skin. a box of salve can save
much discomfort, In buying salve,
look for the name on the box to avod
any irritations, and be sure you get
the original DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve. Sold by Tallman & Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-11

The East Oregonian Is Eastern Orc
gon's representative paper. 1t leads
and the people appreciate II and show
It by their liberal patronage. 1t II
the advertising medium OF the section.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1907-04-26
AN OAK OF JOURNALISM.
Col. Henry WRttersOn, Editor of the
Louisville COurier-JOurnRl.

Col. Henry WRtteFsOn, Editor OF the
Louisville COurier-JOurnal.
Twenty-Five years have wrought a
great change in Henry Watterson, as
we'll as in the occupation to which he
has devoted his life. Marse Henry was
a potent factor in that potential jour
nalism which did more to mold public
sentiment after thesCivil War, during
the reconstruction period and even in
the campaign Of 1880, in which Garfield
was saved from defeat by Conkling,
than the platforms Of parties and the
utterances of orators. These latter
were but the echoes of the policies
which the great editors outlined, and
of these mOlders Of public thought none
was more influential in Democratic pol
itics quarter of a century ago than
Watterson, Of the Louisville Courier
Journal. He was a giant Of the era
of political editors. He was afame
with enthusiasm when the sanctum was
the heart and vitals of the paper, when
the editorial end of the publication re-
tained an influence in public affairs
which has largely descended to the
counting-rOom since the commercial
ism of newspapers has come upon the
land. Profit was not the primary con-
sideratiOn with editors of the Waiter
son stamp.
To-day Watterson still writes. Now
and then some utterance of his rings
like a bugle blast across the country,
and the populace sits up and hearkenk
But the virility which once marked his
editorials has vanished and, as a rule,
they sound like an echo out Of the past.
Watterson is still courageous, still pic
turesque, but the age is fast slipping
away from him and the journalism Of
our day Is not of his own. Would that
his wit, his Imagination, his emotion
might be perpetuated!
Watterson has been a militant edi-
tor. He was born in politics and rear
ed in politics His father, Jefferson
ian Democrat, occupied seat in Con-
gress when Henry was born. The child
was frall, with one eye useless and the
other so weak that much Of the time
he was kept in darkness. His early ed
ucation was obtained by others reading
to him. But as he matured his ply
sique improved and his sight was
strengthened. When he was able to
read he began to devour with avidiy
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1907-04-26

At the end of the war Watterson
with George ID. Prentice on the COur-
ler-Journal, after he had forced that
brilliant product Of journalism into
capitulatIon by establishing rival pa
per. In those days papers like the
Courier-Journal. the Chicago Times,
the New York Sun and the New York
Tribune were synonymous with their
editors Prentice, Watterson, Story,
Dana, Greeley and others of their type
were always alluded to when the pa.
pers were quoted. Prentice died and
WattersOn became a greater force. For
thirty years he ran the composing room
as well as the editorial department of
his paper and the politics of Kentucky
at the same time. He was the arch
partisan, the fiery free-trader who
manufactured doctrine for the other
free-trade editors to reproduce in their
columns. He also made many public
speeches on the labor platform Mt the
dinner table and elsewhere, and al
ways was the spectacular, grandilo-
quent performer. He served term In
Congress was influential In bringing
about reconstruction, fought the Ku
Klux Klan, supported Greeley and was
the first prominent Democrat to 90 to
Louisiana when hints Of fraud against
Tilden were set afioat. He counseled
peace and moderation during that per-
ilous situation and was influential In
preserving peace. He became the chum
Of Cleveland, quarreled with him and
called him some OF the most memorable
names ever attached to this much
dubbed President. He assailed Bryan
In 1896, organized the Gold-Democrat
movement, and then turned around and
supported Bryan and Parker in 1900
and 1904.
In his general attitude toward life
Colonel Watterson Is an Epicurian. lie
lives freely, and cares little for money,
which he spends when he has 1t and
when he hasn't. His income has al
ways been large, but his savings small.
He can make thousands every season
on the platform, where he Is in con-
slant demand, and indeed Is one of the
most attractive of speakers.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1907-04-26

which was unique institution. 1t was
peripatetic, moving about as the Union
armies came into range Usually a
covered wagon was the editorial sane
tum, press and composing room. On
one occasion the forms were already
made up, chronicling Confederate
victory in the engagement which had
taken place that day, when the tide Of
battle turned and before the forms
could go to press the Union army was
routing the Confederates. Watterson
abandoned his office" and when the
FederaIs rushed in and seized 1t the
artillery used the type which had been
employed to describe Confederate We
tory by loading 1t into their cannon
and firing 1t at the retreating army.
Type was scarce In those days and 1t
was not until several months later,
when a Confederate detachment raided
Union town on the border that Wat
terSon's stock was replenished.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1907-04-26
A singer. Lungs.

The singer at the end of the practice
aria painted heavily, II sang one hun
dred and ninety.slx notes that time,
he said. without once taking breath" "
Indeed That must be record"
"No. The record ls held by Cour'
tice Pounds. Pounds sang three hun
dred and sixteen notes without rcsplr'
alton In iSaS, The record previous to
that was held by FarInelll, with three
hundred notes. Norman Salmond has
sung two hundred and elghty'seven
notes In this way. The average man
could hardly sing fifty notes without
breathing; TO the singer two hundred
would be nothing,-phlladelphla Bulle-
tin.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1907-04-26
Poor Christmas Fare.

A delegation OF fellow townusmen r..
Gently called on Rufus X. Combs. OF
Midway, Ky. TO congratulate him on
the rccelpt OF a Carnegie medal.
As his friends were taking leave
Mr., Combs wished them all merry
Christmas.
"And hope" he ended. "that yon'll
have more bountiful dinner than fell
10 tho lot OF young friend os mine
last year.
"iic. the poor chap, was stopping at u
cheap New York boarding house, aud
on Christmas day, after he had eaten
u turkey neck. n potato and splinter
OF soddcn mince pie. the londlady said
TO him. as he rose just us the weak
coffee was brought on;
"'oh. don't leave thine table. Mr.
Smith
~ must madam, said Smith, grim
". IT'S hard wood. and my teeth hSs
not what they used TO be-"
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1907-04-26

all sorts Of standard literature, and for
years he has been one of the best-read
men in the country in history, blog-
raphy and poetry. He also studied pol
ltics and as boy knew every public
man in Washington. At 10 he was re-
garded as a prodigy, and at IS he be-
came musical critic for daily news
paper. At 20 he was editing a news
paper in Tennessee which defended the
Union cause, but when the maelstrom
of the COnfederacy engulfed him he
rushed into the Confederate army and
became a scout. Even then the lust of
writing was In his blood and he began
to issue a paper called The Rebel,
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1907-04-26

daughters that Thy desire shall be to thy husband
and he shall rule thee and since In the vast
majority of excepting during the period of court
ship, and often then Il has been the who has
strven hardest TO please the who has sought TO
mold herself according to his IDEAL TO conform to his
standard In all things Rudyard Kipling says; "Men
speak the truth they understand It. women as they
think would like to understand It; then they all
ae, lies which would deceive Solomon and the result Is
a heartrendng muddc which half dozen plain open
words would put straight" "As the husband is the wife
is" or course there exceptions, but In the main
there truer word spoken.
Among the punsent aphorsms in clever brochure re-
Gently published About Men. Women and Fools is ths
"Never marry man to reform him.
Reform him first, and then don't marry him."
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1907-04-26

Miss Ascum--Jack Hanson isn't fat,
IL he?
Miss Newltt--Not nt all; he's quite
graceful and muscular. why1
Miss Ascum--I happened TO mention
him TO Miss Utter. and she said; "oh
isn't he disgustingly stoutf"
Miss Newltt-Ah, yes. She rejected
him some weeks ago and she's mad be
cause no didn't pine away.-Phlladel
phla PTesa
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1907-04-26

A story IL told OF General Sir Alfred
Horsford. who believed In cclibato
army. A soldier once sought his per.
mission to marry. saying he had two
good conduct badges and SIS In tho
savings bank. well, 20 away" said
sir Alfred. "and II you come back this
day year In the same mind you shall
marry. I'll keep the vacancy" On the
anniversary the soldier repeated his
request. But do you really, after n
year. want to marryT" Eyes, sir, very
much" Sergeant major, take his
name down. Yes, you may marry. |
never believed there was 80 much con-
stnncy In man or woman. Right face.
Quick march" As the man left the
room, turning his head, he said Tank
you, sir. II isn't the same woman"
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1907-04-26

attempting to bonnet gown In Imitation of her
original But In the field OF moneymaklng imitation
tnues to be the sincerest battery" accepted with a
smile by the whose methods to be copied In
general however. the Initiated In his moneymakng
methods afford to smile Already he has proved his
judgment and has reaped the ready returns upon IT, He
may have exhausted the possibilities OF that particular
line Or ali else favorable the lmtator this
full has wide margin OF chance that in his hurry to
fall into line OF imitation the imtator has missed the
true principles at bottom of the speculation.
Take any farming community where the simplest lines
are laid for the local business world. In certain
ton perhaps wheat has been for years pota
toes planted perhaps; any OF dozen crops has been
neglected In the planting until the neghborhood has for
gotten the staple But suddenly sets aside
field Of these neglected crops and plants It. Only
an idle interest attracted though the planter may have
expended his best judgment upon crop reports markets.
have been realized in great harvest at top prices
however does the spirit of imitation spring up the
neghborhood will be too late for that seasons
ture but the following year the adventurIng farmer
may upon of followers In this ne whereas
he himself has dropped the Idea for another
degree with far greater complications the
mltaor OF financial methods In the cities Is led astray
Not until some one has made notably successful
venture in certain line is attention attracted Yet In
Imitator the whose example he is trying to follow
has switched to altogether different field Of opera
tIons