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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-01
PROUD OF PORTLAND.

All Oregon is proud of Portland to-
day. The Oregon metropolis now
stands at the head of the list of the
wheat shipping centers of the United
States. 1t is not only a triumph for
Portland but for all the magnificent
tributary country which pours its
treasure into Portland's lap. The
Oregon Daily Journal of Monday
says
Portland today is the greatest
wheat shipping port in the country.
over transportation lines coming in
to the city more wheat was sent in
today, Monday, August 81, than to
any other shipping port in the Uni
ted States.
The shipping records for Portland
show today that 21O cars of export
wheat were received in the city to-
day. This is nearly double the record
Of 113 cars established Saturday last
when the wheat shipping records Of
the port were shattered,
On several different occasions re.
Gently Portland shipments have top
pied those Of Chicago, which is the
record wheat shipping port of the
world. The Saturday shipment Of 113
cars went ahead Of the Chicago re-
ceipts and established Portland as a
record holder.
Today's record, however, puts Port
land far in the lead, even over Chi
cago, and establishes the preeminence
Of the port as wheat shipping CEN
ter Of world wide Importance. The
rapid climb in the size Of the ship
ments is shown by the record of 65
cars for Friday last, not a small
shipment by any means.
Figuring from a basis Of 210 cars
today's shipment, It is seen that ap-
proximately 79,SOO sacks Of wheat
reached Portland today, since there
are on an average Of $50 sacks to the
car. The sacks as they are shipped
from the fields weigh from 100 to
10 pounds to the sack.
Estimating the average weight to
be 105 pounds to the sack, II will be
seen that great flood Of 1919 900
pounds. or 144,465 bushels Of grain,
reached the city today. The average
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-01
my trip through that part Of the state
to see what is best to be done"
LESSONS FOR TOURISTS.

The men and women Of the United
states spend S15O,OOOOOO annually in
a race to Europe or around the world
It does many Of them a great dea>
OF good. They have the experience
OF the sea voyage, of travel in lands
where the customs, the language, the
government are different from their
own country. II they are natural
students or artists, or thoughtful peo-
pie who want to compare foreign
with home conditions, the journey
ought to be a perpetual delight to
them despite all the discomforts that
are encountered
\ good many Illusions are dispell-
ed. 1t is said that it is only by a
struggle that a devout Christian can
visit Jerusalem and the Holy Land
and come away as good a Christian
as he was before he saw the squalor
the littleness. the meanness that he
encounters on every hand there.
where the professed Christians are
only kept from perpetual fighting by
the strong hand of the Moslem.
II tourists were honest, visit
abroad would do them a world OF
good in one respect. They would
come home better Americans. They
would say: 'The ruins we saw were
simply the material evidences OF a
civilization which once existed but
which had not the strength within
itself to endure. The present civiliza-
ton which once existed, but which
had not the strength within itself to
endure. The present civilizations
there are such that we would shud,
der if We thought our own country
would be like those"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-01
\ VICTORY.

If prohibition in Umatilla county
has stopped one habitual druhkard
from a downward career If it has
Rken the curse of brutal fiend out
of one home, it is a victory well
worth all the cost it may entail upon
the taxpayers, If it entails any extra
expense at all
Personally the East Oregonian
knows two or three farmers VINO were
formerly habitual drunkards. They
were soaked full all the time. The
saloons laid for them" so to speak
and took just about all the money
they had from one crop season to the
next.
These men were simply beasts, un-
fit to live as the heads of families
OF to conduct a business of any kind.
Their families were disgraced by
them and their neighbors were
ashamed to be seen with them.
Now these same men are sober and
in possession of their senses. They
stay at home with their families. a
load has been lifted from the shoul-
ders of at least two patient and de-
serving wives of the county and that
is victory enough for one trial of
prohibition.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-01
THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER.

'Tis the last rose of summer,
Left blooming alone;
All her lovely companions
Are faded and gone;
No flower Of her kindred.
No rosebud is nigh,
To reflect back her bushes
Or give sigh for sigh.
I'll not leave thee, thou lone one!
To pine on the stem;
Since the lovely are sleeping.
Go. sleep thou with them.
Thus kindly scatter
Thy leaves to the bed
Where thy mates of the garden
Lie scentless and dead
So soon may | follow.
When friendships decay,
And from Loves shining circle
The gems drop away!
When true hearts lie withered,
And fond ones are flown,
o who would inhabit
This bleak world alone?
Thomas Moore.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-01

price of the wheat is 92 cents bush
el, making the aggregate value of to-
days shipment alone, reach the enor'
nous sum of Sl,5SS,9S0. To put thu
vast shipment in a shape where III
size can be readily grasped, It NIGH
be noted that the 21O cars which
reached the city today, IL put\togeth'
er IN one train, would reach ma sol
id line for / So miles
1t is estimated that 1880, OOO bush
els OF the present crop has already
been sold. The crop estimate for the
season is 5000. 900 bushels.
These figures show that Portland
has been doing an enormous business
in the wheat shipping line. Never be-
fore in the history of the city have
the wheat shipments come in so rap
idly or SO regularly as during the
pItStll StdSNll' ne ltNulu SubMS
that Portland has taken her place as
the leading shipping port of the Pa
cific coast, so far as grain is con-
cerned and is in the first place to
stay
With the completion and operation
of the North Bank road and the other
transportation lines now either on the
verge OF completion or which have
been projected it is safe to predict
that Portland will have no equal in
the wheat shipping business in the
world. and that the title will be a per-
manent one and not the mere reten-
ton of the record for a day or a sin
gle season. The bulk of the wheat
now being shipped from Portland is
bound for Mediterranean ports, where
the blue stem of the Pacific north
west is held In high esteem.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-01
What Do They Cure?

The above question is often asked con-
erning DR.. Perce's two leading medl-
.ines, rGolden Medical Discovery" and
'FavOrite Prescription"
The answer is that "Golden Medical
Discovery Is most potent Alternative 0r
blood-purifer, and tonic or inyigoratOr
and acts especially favorably In a cura-
tive way upon all the mucous lining sur
faces, as OF the nasal passages, throat,
bronchial tubes, stomach, bowels and
bladder curing a large per cent. OF catar-
rhal canes whether the disease affects the
nasal passages, the Oyoat, laTynx, bron-
CHA, stomach>l as cataffAal dyspepsia J,
bowels (aS m1SolS)S{aNhea>l. bladder,
uterus or other pelvic organsS Eyed In
tbechronIc or-nlceratlYe stages Of these
affections. Ills oltel successful IN affect:
Ing cures.
The FaYQrlte PrescriptIQn Is advised
ior the c1reQt one class OF dlsea ses-thQSe
PeclI Ilar. weaknesses. ueTahge gerfeHts and
Irregularities ncldelt o MQlTIeh Only. II
Is powerful yet gently acting inyig0fat
Ing tonic and nervine. For weak worm
out, over-worked women-no matter what
has caused the breakdown, "Favorite
Prescription will be found most effective
In building up the strength, regulating
lulNblObDy ouDhhlhb pun
and bringing about healthy, vigorous
condition OF the whole system.
A book OF particulars wraps each bottle
giving the formula Of both medicines and
quoting what scores OF eminent med
lcal authors, whose works are consulted
by physicians Of all the schools Of practice
as guides in prescribing, say Of each in
gredient entering into these medicines.
The words OF praise bestowed on the
several ingredients entering into Doctor
Pierce's medicines by such writer's should
have more weight than any amount OF
non professional testimonials, because
such men are writing for the guidance Of
their medical brethren and know whereof
they speak.
Both medicines are non-alcohoIic, nom
secret, and contain no harmful habit
forming drugs, being composed Of glycerc
extracts OF the roots Of native, American
medicinal forest plants They are both
sold by dealers In medicine. You can't
afford 10 accept as a substitute for one Of
these medicines Of known composition,
any secret nOstrum.
DR.. Pierce's Pellets small ugar-coated,
easy 10 take as candy, regulate and In
vIgorate stomach, liver aad bowels
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-01
TO BUILD UP OREGON.
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II the plans of Professor w. J.
Kerr Of the Agricultural college work
out as he hopes and expects they viii,
eastern Oregon will blossom like the
proverbial rose and in a few years
will be as important from an agrlcul-
tural standpoint as is now the Hood
River district, says a Portland item,
Professor Kerr briefly explained
his plan and outlined how he proposes
t. go about it to accomplish the hop
ed-for results. He stated that the
first thing he wants to do is to make
a trip over the eastern part of the
state to see just what is needed to
be done.
He will probably start on this tour
Of inspection in about a week or 10
DAYS and will be accompanied by two
or three professors from the college,
and possibly by two experts from the
United States department of agricul-
ture with a view to getting an expert
in dry farming and one in irrigation
to accompany him. and expected to
receive a definite reply within two or
three days
The eastern part of Oregon, Presl-
dent Kerr says, is rapidly settling up
with farmers from the western part
OF the state and from other states.
Many Of these farmers are inexperi-
enced in farming under the conditions
which prevail in eastern Oregon and
don't know how to go about 1t to
obtain the best results. The object
OF the work which he has planned Is
to carry on a series Of experiments
with q view 10 discovering what are
the best methods to be used in that
section Of the state.
For instance said President Kerr
81 understand that some parts Of
eastern oregon are ideal for fruit
growing. But they are very differ
ent from the conditions which prevail
in the Hood River section. The land
is much higher, from $500 to 1000
feet above sea level, and climatic con.
ditions are very different. In fact,
different sections Of eastern Oregon
vary greatly as to elevation, soil and
climate. Some parts can be farmed
without irrigation while in other
places water must be applied. Our
object is to find out just what crops
will do best in the various sections
and whether dry farming or irrigated
farming would be most profitable.
81 have plan outlined for the
work, but prefer to say nothing
about that until have had an oppor-
tunity TO go over the ground and see
conditions as they are and find out
what is needed. But my plan I think
will cost the state almost nothing, for
] believe we can get the department
OF agriculture to cooperate with US
in the work and share the expense.
1T is possible that an experiment
station may be established in Umatilla
county. and there may be sub-stations
In other parts OF eastern Oregon.
That, however. is one Of the matters
TO be determined after have made
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-01
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+ The poets singing lips divine :
+ are mute. +
+ His jeweled songs along the t
+ roadside lie +
= Like withered flowers sadly left I
= to die; +
= And stringleS, dusty hangs the +
+ minstrers Lutte :
+ In some dark corner where no :
+ passer's foot :
+ Disturbs the slumbering melo- !
+ dies, Arts cry :
+ Is heard not in the mart where +
+ mankind vie +
+ And struggle for the yellow +
+ god of brute. +
= And thus the reefs of art are :
+ washed away, +
= BY seas of greed. terrific in +
+ their might; =
+ To sovereign Mammon, praise =
+ alone is sung, +
ana UllIslltlS Ndllutls SSthlA6
= for the light,
Z Whose beams of radiance lead +
+ to yesterday.
= When life and song were free :
Z and romance young.
4 Maurice A. Beers. +
q + + + + + + + : + + + + - +
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-07-11
D. NJ. CARR.
Are AmenabIe to Reason.

Farmers are usually amenable to
reason, the same as any of the rest
of the human race. They do not buy
of peddlers or catalogue houses be-
cause they want to snub their own
home town and home merchants, but
because the article is brought par
ticularly to their notice, embellished
with a flow of convincing language
calculated to impress them at once
with the superior merits of the article
so presented and with the alleged fact
that they are saving considerable
money by buying in that way.
The fact that the article is not SUI
perior and is really considerably
higher priced does not appear, for the
reason, perhaps, that the local dealer
has never taken the trouble to adver-
tise his wares, or has never called
the farmers into his store and shown
them the article, made comparisons
between it and the peddled article
and showed them that he, the dealer,
is actually the one who is saving them
money, not only in the first cost, but
in repairs and wearing qualities as
well.
There is too much Of disposition
on the part Of most dealers to take
It for granted that their customers
or those who might and should be
their customers-know all about their
stock, it's qualities and prices, as COM
r.
to them by the peddler or the mail
order man. Instead, they should make
it their business to throw a food OF
light on these questions at every OPP
portunity. In other words they should
advertise, in the way that their judg-
ment and experience dictate, or in
various ways, so there will be no ex-
cuse, at least, for any possible Gus.
toner remaining in ignorance.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-07-11
TulIe Ruffs.

Any really good seamstress should
find it possible to make one of the
new tulle rufus, which are SO popular
this season 1t is necessary, of course,
to plat the material so that it may be
tackled in the middle to form the pier.
rot fullness. To do this plating it is
not necessary to haste it. The best
method is to fold it in the proper way
and pin it in place, then, when fin
ished, lay it under a heavy book until
the foundation is ready. This founda-
ton is usually a piece of ribbon, two
inches broad, and the double-plaited
tulle is fastened on this in a straight
line of stitching. The bow, which
hangs down the back or on the side,
should be attached separately, for if
the end of the foundation is used, it
will spoil the effect of the ruff.
The best way to make ruff is to
borrow a store-made one from friend
and follow the plating and the way it
is sewn.
With net, one might use warm
iron to form the creases, but with
tulle, the iron will spoil the dressing
and take all the life from the material,
so that it would be best to use o
weight for cIeasinG4
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-07-11
KEEP DUST FROM PICTURES,
Fine Paintings Ruined for Lack of
Little Care.

Almost all pictures that hang from
the walls in the rooms of our houses
have their fronts protected by pane
OF glass, while their backs are cleaned
once week, perhaps, of the dust that
daily accumulates there.
In some homes it falls to the lot of
framed and hanging pictures to have
their backs cleaned Of an uncommon
ly thick coat of dust but once every
housekeeping time
Where the dust gets through the
thin crevices left between the thin
boards placed on the back of framed
pictures it is sure to play havoc. In
time it will spoil the picture by discol-
ortng the cardboard mounting as we'll
as the picture itself to suchSan extent
as to make the photograph almost I'M
presentable.
A good picture Trainer will always
paste paper Of good thickness and
durability over the backs of frames.
after the picture has been placed in it,
in order to avert having the dust get
in to do its destructive work.
Many old and valued pictures, hand
ed down through generations. which
the families would not have parted
with at any cost, have gone slowly to
destruction through dust.
The attempts to restore them came
too late, as the nkenesses were so
far despoiled as to be unrecoverable.
In many homes this work of the
household demons, dust and dampness.
Ia going on while the very persons
who within a decade or two from to.
day will be lamenting the loss of their
favorite pictures are looking on and
even remarking at the discoloring
process.
Not only is the paper pasted over
the back Of the frame a necessary pro-
lection for the picture, but it pre-
sents far neater appearance.
1t will not eliminate the necessity
Of having the thin boards to hold the
picture in place. These are used in
order that the picture may be held
f1attened against the glass which pro-
tee&s the front of it. Were these
boards taken OF it would not be long
until the picture would draw away
from the glass in spots, according
to the weak spots Of the cardboard,
making the whole present an awkward
appearance.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-07-11
HE DIDN'T KNOW PATRICK.
But the Washington cabnan Made a
Bluff Which Satisfied Him.

The genuine old Washington cab
species as an orange is unlike lem
on. He is a genial and companion
able creature, with a pronounced tai
ent for conversation.
He sits sideswise in his little open
carriage, one leg half the time hang
ing over the side, devoting himself
enthusiastically to his passengers and
their edification.
He considers it moral obligation
to know the answer to every question
that anybody's fertile Imagination can
suggest, and he disseminates more
misinformation in an hours drive than
will be corrected in a lifetime.
During the D. A. R. convention one
of these omniscient iehus was pilot
ing two or three women about Wash
ington. Apropos of some historical
reference one of the women spoke of
the newspaper account of the proposed
burning, just about that time, of the
Patrick Henry house because it was
infested with bats. The women COM
mented on it and said it was pity it
had to be done.
YES" said the driver, taking the
part in the conversation which he felt
to be incumbent on him; yes, it GER
tainly is too bad. An Mr.. Henry's
jest ben to a heap of expense too.
reckon he's spent as much as $4,000
the last few years putin that house
in order. 1t certainly is mighty hard
on him."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-07-11
Rovlsh Goodness Of Heart.

A tiny boy in steel spectacles was
sitting on carriage step watching
other boys play ball in the street,
says a Washington correspondent. He
was rather a pathetic little figure,
but he didn't seem to know it, for
when an oldish man paused to ask
him if he was enjoying the game he
answered:
Yes, sir. I'm the umpire"
THAT'S an important position" re-
marked the oldish man. How did
they come to give it to your"
Because I can't see straight, sir"
The cldish man said it was an excel
lent reason, but the woman thought
perhaps the boys in the street had a
better one.
Maybe they didn't want him to feel
left out because he wore glasses and
couldn't play.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-07-11
Came Of Precedence.

Precedence, with its thousand grad
uations, is more discussed in Wash
ington than in Vienna or Madrid, and
in the capital Of democracy where
such things are ostensibly decried,
snobbishness and struggle for social
place are marked by the abandonment
Of all ideas of democracy and even
decency.
Senators and representatives laugh
at our Vanity Fair" but the question
of social precedence seems a serious
one to their wives, many of whom
are obsessed with the idea that as
each one climbs the social ladder, it
Is her imperative duty to put obstacles
in the social path of the ones just
below. The game is cruel and heart
less. 1t has nothing In it of morals
or the brotherhood of man.
The new and strange standards of
royal etiquette which have been es-
tablished at Washington mean strange
and unmilitary duties for army and
navy officers, which are not only fool
ish, but abhorrent to old-fashioned
democratic ideas.-Boston Traveller.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-07-11
IMPORTANT ITEM OF NEWS.
Representatives Care That Informa.
tion Should Not Be CARRIED.

Representative Thomas of North
Carolina is a sure-enough southern
statesman. He is the type. He EN-.
bodies it; is it; lives it. And having
made this fiat, unequivocal statement,
I'm pretty certain that about II other
southern statesmen will quit speaking
to me, says a writer in the Washing
ton Star.
Mr.. Thomas is legislator. He legis-
lates in his sleep. Never does he slip 8
cog and relax the strain under which
he labors. To him life is one awfully
serious grunt.
Tother day, or maybe twas t'othsr
week, Mr.. Thomas telephoned up to
the press gallery that he desired to
see the representative of the Evening
Star, as he had piece of important
news to impart for publication. This
was a bit out of the ordinary, for u.s.
ually when southern statesman has
anything to impart in the line of per-
sonal publicity he comes around with
the goods and delivers with much
back-slapping and rib-tickling and
many expressions of regard and es-
TEEN.
But, anyhow, I chased down to see
Mr.. Thomas, full of anticipation and
news instinct, and sent in for him. In
the course of quarter of an hour or
SO he came out, placed his hand upon
my shoulder in patroniZing manner
AVID lnI
Young man." he inquired, you are.
I take it, the Star representative
here?"
admitted it.
"You are their regular man."
yes"
'The reason ask" continued Mr..
Thomas, lis merely that / continually
have trouble with unreliable members
of your profession. For there are many
unreliable ones, are there not?'
I pleaded guilty, being plumb
crushed
$50 in order to get this item of
news just right continued Mr..
Thomas, Il have had it written from
my dictation. You assure me that it
will not be changed?"
ooh, yes" 1 whispered, in deep de-
lection.
''You may add to this If you wish"
continued the light of the North Caro-
lima delegation, some of my leading
achievements both here and at home.
Take this and pray see that it is pub
lished today"
When got up in the gallery again I
unfolded the slip of paper which Mr..
Thomas had handed to me. And this
was the item of news it contained:
MRS. Thomas, wife of Hon. Charles
Randolph Thomas, representative in
congress from the Third district of
North Carolina. and who has been in
the house since the Fifty-sixth con-
gress, has returned to Washington
from a visit to her folks"