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The Somerset reporter., 1907-12-26

read these treasures BY them he was
inspired to be poet himself. From
time to time he tried his hand at versl-
flying. and one day his admiring sister,
feeling that Greenleaf was a genius
aud the world should become acquaint-
ed with the interesting fact, surrepti-
tiously sent one of his poems to the
Newburyport Free Press. Greenleaf,
who was still under eighteen, was
startled one day on opening the paper
left by carrier to find THE Exiles
Departure" his own poem. printed
therein. He was a proud lad, but not
too proud to return to his customary
work In the field. Corn must be hoed.
though fame be waiting In the fence
corner.
In few days Greenleaf was startled
again. This time his hair almost stood
erect upon his head. He was bash
full boy, a shy. diffident country green
horn. We cannot wonder, then, at his
being startled when William Lloyd
Garrison. editor Of the paper which
had contained his poem. hoped over
the fence and came down the corn
rows to introduce himself to the bare
footed boy In homespun garb. to whom
a stranger In store clothes was a phe-
nomenon and the editor OF that par
ticular paper high priest OF the Sa-
cred Temple of Awe.
The upshot was that Garrison in
duced Greenleaf to go about educat-
ing himself, so that he could write
better poetry. Young Whittier entered
the Haverlkll academy. paying for
books and tuition by making slippers;
also, after the manner of romantic
youths in his day and In ours and in
all days past and yet to be. he fell in
love while at school. Evalena Bray,
poetic first name and unpoetic second
name for a poets sweetheart! She
was barely seventeen and Whittier
barely nineteen when they met She
had hazel eyes, soft brown treSses. fair
complexion and rosy cheeks She lived
In Marblehead and her family was
well to do. 1t is said that Whittier
twice proposed to Eyalena. But ia
lena was light hearted and gay. while
her lover was Quaker lad saying
"thee" and thou and scorning the
lightsome follies of this world
The Somerset reporter., 1907-12-26
An Invaluable
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Remedy
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Hampden Corner, Me-,
August "a, 1906.
Would say in regard to L. F. At
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cases of indigestion, biliousness, sick
headache, etc. I would not be with
out them in the house for family USE"
Yours respectfully,
Mrs. Mary Stevens.
The 81. F." Atwood's Bitters have
earned great reputation by relieving
sickness and promoting health. They
are the family physician" the great
household remedy in thousands of
homes-always handy-always safe--al-
ways reliable and efficacious. At the
store. 35c.
The Somerset reporter., 1907-12-26
STATE OF Ono, CITY OF TOLEDO.

Lu AS COUNTY. %
Frank ]. cheney makes oath that he is senior part
ner Of the firm Of r. j. Cheney & Co. doing business
in the City OF Toledo County and State aforesaid, and
that said firm will pay the sum OF ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS for each and every case Of ca'arrh that
canno, be cured by the use Of Halls CatarIh ure.
FRANK J CHENEY.
Sworn to before and subscribed in my presence,
this 9th day OF December, A ID. 1896
(SEAL) A. w. GLEASON,
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Send for testimonials
free. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, O.
Sold by all Druggists. 7sc.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
The Somerset reporter., 1907-12-26
Helped by His Sister.

The poets father was poor farmer
near HaYerhill. John Greenleaf was
born on the old farm. A barefoot boy.
he worked daily In the fields. His ia
nous poem, THE Barefoot Boy" is au-
TYPOGRAPHICAL. When he was lad of
fourteen the master OF the country
school which he attended-"Still sits
the schoolhouse by the road"-present-
ed him with a copy OF the poems of
Robert Burns. The boy read and re-
The Somerset reporter., 1907-12-26
ADANGERous DEADLOCK.

that sometimes terminates fatally, is the
stoppage of liver and bowel functions. To
quickly end this condition without disagree
able sensations, DR.. Kirg's New Life Pills
should always be your remedy. Guaranteed
absolutely satisfactory in every case or money
back, at Sampson & Azores and G. X. Foggs
drug store. 7Sc.
The Somerset reporter., 1907-12-26
His Aim.

City Editor-How did you happen to
murder the kings English so?
Reporter Well. | was just trying TO
kill space.-Kansas City Times.
The Somerset reporter., 1907-12-26
Don't borrow trouble; any of your
friends will gladly give it to you.

Hives, eczema, itch or salt rheum sets you
crazy. Can't bear the touch ofyour clothing
Doan's Ointment cures the most obstinate
cases. Why suffer. All dru ggistsell II
The Somerset reporter., 1907-12-26

1t dosen't take much dough to buy
paste diamond.
A woman's tears are usually more
effective than her words.
The Somerset reporter., 1907-12-26

MIN to give up this post after eighteen
months. and he returned to the farm.
About this time the old family doctor
looked him over, admonished him to
take care of himself and said to
third party:
"Greenleaf is not long for this world.
he will never pass his forties."
The grass of fifty years was green on
be anxious old doctors grave before
ais patient, long a famous poet, lacking
Just a few months of eighty-aye years
In this world. passed on.
The Hartford sweetheart was named
Cornella Russ She was seventeen and
Whittier twentyfour when they met
and parted 1t Is said that they would
have been married but for the girls
adherence to the stern creed Of Calvin.
This sweetheart died unmarried about
eleven years afterward. Whittier new
er spoke of her nor of his earlier love.
In all his life he wrote but one or two
love poems"
Whittier worked on the farm until
his fathers death in 1886. when he sold
the place and moved to Amesbury. In
the meantime he assisted in editing the
Haverhll Gazette He WAS also for a
time editor of u periodical called the
Manufacturer. worked for some months
In New York city as secretary Of the
Antisayery society and contributed
regularly to Philadelphia journal.
a,Ireatp of Freedom.
1t Is almost impossible to believe
that there was Il period in Whittier s
life when IN most parts of the coun-
try his name was practically "a hiss
ing and a byword." This was due to
his antislavery poems at time when
the abolition movement had few sup
porters. Whittier was indicated by
events, but even without that vindi
cation the great bulk of his gentleI
verse would have given him universal
esteem. The year before he died Il
critic wrote:
whittier Is above all the laureate
of freedom. and If any one group Oh
division of his poems were to be chosen
as surer than the rest to stand for his
fame against the wastes of time sucl
triumphant Immortality would proba
bly, be predicted for those songs OF
slavery. at once so fiery In their indlg
nation and scorn, so rich in eloquence
so thrilling In hopeful aspiration, &C
sweet In pathos and humanity"
Lovers of Whittier are entitled t
their own view as to this estimate. L
is quite probable however, that tn,
average reader will prefer Maud Mul
er" who raked the meadows swee
with hay as the judge came riding by
or Barbara Frietchie," who Haunted
from her window her country's tlal
while up the street came the rebe
tread Stonewall Jackson riding
ahead" or a devotional poem Ike
THE Eternal Goodness with Its sim
pie, chlldlike trust:
l know not where his islands lift
Their fronded palms In air.
| only know l cannot drift
Beyond his love and care,
The Somerset reporter., 1907-12-26

Hire mileage book of R. T. Patten.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-04-22
THE PASSING OF THE RANCH.
In Northwest Texas Land Is Being d.
vided Into Small Tracts.

Frank s. Hastings, formerly a de-
partment manager for the Armour
Packing company, now manager of
the "S. NJ. s." ranch near Stamford,
Texas, is visiting in Kansas City, says
the Kansas City Star. The IS. NJ. S."
ranch is owned by Swanson Bros, and
contains $4,000 acres. Swenson Bros.
also recently purchased the Spur"
ranch in Dickens county, Texas. This
ranch contains 431,0O0 acres and on it
is a herd of $4,000 cattle.
Northwest Texas is rapidly being
settled Mr.. Hastings said, "and to
meet the demand for land Swensen
Bros. will place the Spur ranch on
the market. The land is in the cotton
area, and where the boil weevil, for
scientific reasons, does not live. In
small tracts it will be sold for SIS to
$40 an acre.
THAT country is in Kansas City's
trade territory and the more settlers
the larger the volume of business
Kansas City jobbers will get. All of
the large jobbers here have represen-
tatives in that territory and they are
getting plenty of business. The rail-
road facilities favor Kansas City.
Several connecting lines are being
built through the territory and more
are being planned.
Settlers are wanted on small tracts
in northwest Texas and 1t is almost
impossible to buy large tracts except
for colonization purposes. This will
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-04-22
mean close settlement and many

mean close settlement and many
towns. Stamford, in six years, has
grown to be a town of 5000 people
and last year won the distinction of
being the greatest initial cotton ship
ping town in the world. shipping 40.-
900 bales. The cotton has been worth
$50 bale for two years and there
isn't any reason that 1t should ever
be cheaper. An acre produces about
three-fourths of a bale. Land like
that is too valuable for cattle grazing
and this explains the passing of the
big ranches, also the gradual increase
in the price of beef.
at isn't boom that we are having
in northwest Texas. They discourage
boom talk there, but they do point
out that settlers are coming with plen-
ty Of money. At Stamford alone 19S
cars carrying emigrants arrived in
December and January, averaging
two families to the car"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-04-22
Facts About Building Stone.

Almost everybody knows the rule Of
the masons that stone used In build
ing should be so placed that 1t will lie
as 1t lay in Its natural bed when quar-
ried. But Francis W. Hoyt in the En-
cheering News says that this familiar
rule is not always to be depended upon
and needs in many cases to be supple
mented with other precautions. There
are three planes Of fracture known to
quarrymen. The lift Is the direction
In which the stone splits most easily,
the grain that which is next easiest,
the head that which offers the greatest
resistance. In paving block the two
sides represent the rift fracture, the
top and bottom the grain and the ends
the head. But in quarry the natural
bed is sometimes considerably inclined
to the plane Of the rift; hence the I'M
perfection Of the ordinary rule for plac-
ing the stone in building.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-04-22
NEW YEARS IN THE ORIENT
The Greetings and the Presents In
China and Japan.


The Greetings and the Presents In
China and Japan.
The most wonderful ceremonies con-
nected with the new year occur In Chi
ma and Japan. A Chinese city presents
a busy and attractive spectacle on
New Years day. The streets are
thronged with people dressed In gala
attire. The mandarins are known by
the red, blue, white and gilt balls on
their caps. Gentlemen of rank and
wealth are carried in palanqulns. When
friends meet they greet each other
with "Kung-hi! Kung-hl!' which
means, 81 respectfully wish you Joy"
But instead Of shaking hands In the
American fashion each grasps his own
hands, lifts them as high as his chin
and with sweeping motion throws
them down as low as possible, bend
Ing the body at the same time This
is the mode of salutation among the
Chinese. At the dawn Of New Years
day the visits Of congratulation begin.
and New Years gifts are sent to par
ticular friends, always accompanied by
a visiting ticket Of red paper. on which
are written the name of the donor and
a list Of the presents sent. These con-
sist usually Of silks, fine tea, sweet
meats, ornaments of personal wear,
toys and souvenirs Of various kinds.
In Japan the custom is to send letters
on rice paper to those in distant places,
conveying the formal expression Of the
New Years greetings. Presents OF
cooked rice, roasted peas, oranges and
fgs are offered to every one.-Leslle's
Weekly.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-04-22
ABUSE OF INDOORS.
We Rely Too Much on the Protection
Of Our Houses.

we Rely 100 Much on the frotection
Of Our Houses.
Houses were made for shelter, not
for confinement; for freedom, not re-
straint. They were intended to enlarge
our sphere Of activities, not to dimin-
ish them.
They foster the family and make
progress possible, but we should not
abuse their protection. We have crawl.
ed away into their still and comforta-
BILE recesses, slept in their dry, clean
chambers, toasted ourselves over their
sheltered fires, read by their unficker-
ing lights and eaten from their bounti.
full boards 80 long that we are grown
pale, timld. peevish and thankless
withal.
We have kept ourselves away from
the wind and the sun and the lashlng
rain, from the feel Of the earth under
foot and the sense Of the leaves and
stars overhead until we no longer know
the keen and simple joys of being
alive. We have set up barriers against
the inclemency of nature and covered
before her severe austerity until now
we have forgotten how indispensable
In all her kindly nurture, how tonic her
rugged ways, how full of solace her
assuaging calm.
Houses were only made to live In
when II is too cold or too hot or too
wet to live out Of doors. Any other time
ont NJ dnora Ia heat To alaon ouf NJ
doors for month is better than trip
to Europe. = Bliss Carman in Crafts
man.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-04-22
Notice to Contractors.

Sealed proposals will be received at
the office Of T. F. Howard, architect,
in the Despair block, up to ~ o'clock
noon, Of May 2. 1907, for the remodel
ing Of the two-story brick building
belonging to Eureka lodge No. 32, I.
o. o. F., situated at the northwest
corner Of Main and Alta streets, in the
City Of Pendleton, Umatilla county,
Oregon.
Plans and specifications for the
work will be on exhibition at the Of
flee of the architect.
All concrete, cement and stone work
will be reserved.
The right is reserved to reject any
and all bids for the work.
April 10, 1907.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-04-22
Headquarters
FOR ARTISTIC
PIANO CREATION

The Eilers Piano House, for eight
years in the Pacific northwest, have
been recognized as headquarters for
the finest things made in pianos. We
have a beautiful stock of pianos in
Pendleton and want everyone to see
them. Such beautiful instruments as
Chickering, Kimball, Weber, Eilers
Bros, Crown, ]. B. Cook, besides a
number Of self-playing instruments
both in organs and pianos. You can
not make a mistake II you buy a
piano from Eilers Piano House. Their
prices and terms cannot be met by
any little dealer. Mr.. Rogers is al
ways pleased to show the goods Of
which he is SO Justly proud. Come
and see us before making any ar
rangements whatever for a plano.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-04-22

Milton, April 22.-It now looks as
though Milton would have a new,
modern hotel, as some of the lead
ing citizens are subscribing literally
for this purpose. A. NJ. Elam heads
the list, having agreed to take $4,000
worth of stock in the company. H.
N. Cockburn comes next with a sub
scription of $1,000, and it is under
stood that others have signified their
intention to subscribe a like amount.
The Progressive association has an
ter, and as soon as a company is in
corporated the site for a hotel to
cost about $4,000 will be selected.
Grange Hall Opened.
Hudson Bay Grange No. 361,
opened the new grange hall at Vim
son, five miles from this city on Sat-
urday last. Many from Freewater
and Milton were in attendance and
a celebration in honor of the event
continued all day. A big dinner was
served at noon to over 200 people,
and all enjoyed the hospitality shown
them. In the afternoon a literary
program was carried out.
Nine new members were taken in
to the grange. making the membership
about 100.
No Damage to Fruit.
No damage resulted to fruits in
the vicinity of Milton on account of
the late frosts. Some of the growers
feared that apricots and strawber-
ries would be injured, but it is found
that they were not. 1t is believed
that here will be no more frosty
weather this season. A bumper crop
IN all kinds Of fruits is now insured.
A number of the young people of
Milton and Freewater went over to
Walla Walla yesterday on the spe-
cial train to witness the game of ball
between Pendleton and Walla walla
teams.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-04-22
Ysleta.

st. Augustine, Fla. founded by the
Spaniards in 1864, Is generally said to
be the oldest European settlement
within the present limits Of the United
States, but some twenty or thirty
years earlier Coronado, the Spanish
conqueror and explorer, leading an ex-
pedition from the City of Mexico north
ward, had founded some sort Of q
Spanish colony at the ancient Indian
village Of Ysleta, In El Paso county,
Tex. In the southwest 1t is therefore
claimed that Ysleta Is the oldest Euro
pean settlement In the United States
st. Louis Republic.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-04-22
Good Answer.

A theological student supposed to be
deficient In judgment was asked by a
professor In the course of q class ex-
animation:
pray, Mr.. E., how would you dis
cover foolT
by the questions he would ask"
was the rather stunning reply.-Phila-
delphia Inquirer.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-04-22
Dlo From a Erjend.

@How oad Is your husband, dearT
sForty. There's ten years. difference
between u.s."
you surprise me! should never
have thought you fifty years old."-
Figaro.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-04-22

All the good qualities of Ely's
Cream Balm. solid, are found in Ii
quid Cream Balm. which is intended
for use in atomizers. That 1t is an
unfailing cure for nasal catarrh is
proved by an ever-increasing mass Of
testimony. 1t does not dry out nor
rasp the tender air-passages. 1t al
laws the inflammation and goes
straight to the root of the disease.
Obstinate old cases have been cured
In a few weeks. All druggists, !5c.
including spraying tube. or mailed by
Ely Bros. Sc Warren street. New
York. .....--.---
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-04-22
Bitten by a Spider.

Through blood poisoning caused by
spider bite. John Washington Of
Eosqueville, Tex. would have lost
his leg, which became mass Of rum
ming sores. had he not been persuad-
ed to try Bucklen's Arnica Salve. He
writes: "The first application re-
lieved, and four boxes healed all the
sores." Heals every sore. 25c. at
Tallman &c Co., druggists.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-04-22
Don't Grow Stalel

Many man bewalls his lack Of sue
oess In life after he has permitted him
self to get into rut. While dreaming
Of success he has been as blind as Q
bat and slower than two snails. He
blocked his own way. - Manchester
Union.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-04-22
BRIEF RECORD OF
COUNTY EVENTS
ECHO NEWS NOTES
SHEEP SHEARING UNDER
rULL HEADWAY AT ECHO

About 1 ,OOO, ,0OC Pounds Wool VIII
Be shipped from this Point This
Season-Mutton Sheep to the
KIondike-Wnl Advertise Echo
With Pamphlets-Returned to
North Dakota-Beeves Brought 5
Cents - Splendid Prospect for
Wheat,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-04-22
STATE OF OHIO. }
CITY OF TOLEDO )ss.

EUCAS CVUNTf.
senior partner Of the firm Of b. J. Cheney
& Co., doing business in the City Of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum Of ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS for each and every case Of Ca
tarrh that cannot be cured BY the use Of
Halls Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In my
presence, this 9Th day Of December. A. b.
1885. A. W. GLEASON.
(Seal. Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure IL taken internally,
and acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system. Send for testi-
y. J. CHENEY Z CO.. Toledo, O.
Sold By all druggists, 7bc.
Take Hail's Family Pills for constipation.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-04-22
news Of MILTON
$4,000 HOTEL WILL BE
BE BUILT AT MILTON

BY a Stock Company Of Local Sub
scribers-Hudson Bay Grange Hall
Dedicated; the Lodge at That
Place Has 100 Members-Frost
Did Not Damage Fruit, and the
Fruit Prospects are in Every Re-
spect First t-Class-Joined Walla
Walla Excursion.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-04-22

Plans seem to be maturing for a
union depot at Chicago, to be built,
operated and occupied by all the
principal. lines focusing there.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-04-22

A volunteer fire department will
be organized at Pasco Immediately
uI on the arrival of large quantity
Of hose, a hose cart and other fire
fighting apparatus which has been
ordered and paid for by the city.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-04-22

II Is seldom that punishment, though
lame Of foot, has failed to overtake q
vnlain.-Horace.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-04-22

Three thousand trees are being set
out OH the campus Of the State Ag-
ricultural college at Pullman--near-
ly all oak. walnut, locust and differ
ent varieties of naples.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-04-22

This country Is said to he in need
Of 100000 workmen.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-04-22
Daughter Born.

A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. s. M. Mathis, few miles from
this city, April 16.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-11-01
PIE SCRAMBLE
COMES NEXT
MAYOR 5IDDLE HAS MANY JOBS
TO FILL WHEN He As
SUMES OFFICE.
HATCHER FOR CITY ATTORNEY
Chief Of Fire Department, Marshal
And Health offieer 10
Be Named.

Mayor Biddle win have more pa
tronage at his disposal than any Of his
predecessors ever had. There is prob
ably not a mayor in the state who VIII
have more pie TO give cut than the
next executive head Of this city. Now
that the election IL over specuk
don Is rife as to who viii be so for
tunate as to receive some Of the pie
which the genial mayor-elect win
dish out about the first OF next year.
The most important and the best
paying ONCE within the gift Of the
mayor is that of marshal This JOB
paws $500 per annum with the proba-
bility of a decided increase in the
salary. Even at the present rate OF
compensation there viii be no dearth
of applicants for the place. 1t is ex-
pected that Marshal Morgan will be
a candidate for reappointment and
there are others who would like a joD
of preserving the peace and the morals
of the city.
There are four policemen to be
named by the mayor. 1t is not I'M
probable that the number will be re-
duced to three as it is believed that
three in addition to the marshall can
well preserve the peace OF the city
since the saloons went out of bust
ness there have been comparatively
few arrests and except at night there
is very little for the police force TO
do. These jobs pay $500 per annum
and even at this small sum the mayor
will have plenty of material from
which to make his selections.
Next in Importance comes the once
of city attorney. For this place II
seems to be taken as matter OF
cause that Charles p Hatcher, one OF
the city's rapidly rising young barrls-
ters. will be appointed. The position
pays $500 per annum and its duties
do not in any way interfere with the
practice Of the lawyer, who Is so
fortunate as to hold 1t.
The mayor also has the appoint
ment of a city health officer at a sal
airy of $1Oe per annum. DIR. Dake
Biddle at present holds this job ana
his reappointment would not be sur
nrising. The mayor also appoint a
street overseer and chief Of the IRE
department.