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SHORT TIME IN FACTORIES
Many Employees Affected in New
England Mill Districts.
Cotton Mills the Chief Plants Affected
by Depression-Seme OF the Mills
Which Are Reducing Output.

Boston.-Thousands Of employees
of New England mills and factories
went on a short time basis. following
several months CT depression. In
some places, however, reports come OF
several factories resuming work after
a shutdown, or increasing their rum
ming time. During the next few
weeks many mills will go on short
time, so that no boom in industrial
circles is looked for at present. The
Hargraves and Parker No. l mills In
Fall River went on a four-days-a-
week basis, while the King Philip and
Ancona resumed operations temporar-
lily.
The Fisher Manufacturing Com.
pany's cotton mills at F~ishervillet
Mass, employing 700 hands, were
shut down for a week. The Cabot
mills, Of Brunswick, Me-, with 500
hands, went on 4 schedule Of four
days a week.
The cotton mills at Providence,
Woonsocket, ~Centreville, R%iverpoint,
Arctic, Natick, Lippitt, Pontiac, Jack
Bull duo NulIO 1IOSh, N. L. oao eS
Dodgeville, Hebronville, Readville
and Manchaug, Mass, all owned by B.
B. & R. Knight, and employing 5000
operatives, went on O. t~hree-quarter
time schedule.
The Putnam Manufacturing Com
pany's cotton mills went on a three
and a halliday schedule, and the
Nightingale and Powhatan mills, OF
Putnam, Conn, have reduced the time
to four days weekly. About 700
hands are affected.
The Edwards cotton mills, Of Au-
gusta, Me-, employing 1000 hands,
adopted a half-time schedule, and the
Within machine shops, at Whitins-
Vile, Mass, making cotton mill ma
chinery, with 1900 men, reduced the
time to forty-fve hours a week. s.
In Millbury about 100 hands are
affected at theSs8owden telling mills,
which will run four days a week I'M
til further notice.
Curtailment Of production Is also
approved by the Chicopee cotton
mills, of Chicopee Falls, 1890 hands;
Dwight mills, of Chicopee, 1900 OPP
eratives; Salmon Falls mills, Salmon
Falls, N. H., 700 operatives; Naum-
keag cotton mills, Salem, 1900 hands,
and other concerns.
The Jewett piano factories In Leo
minister went four-days-a-Week
schedule,
The Talbot wooden mills, Of North
Billerica, which have GOO hands, be-
gan running five days a week, instead
of four, as previously.
In Gardner, Mass, the furniture
factory Of P. Derby G. Co. began
running FIVE days weekly, an increase
Of ten hours weekly for 325 employees.
At the e. E. Stone Lumber and Box
Company's mill, in Spencer, the fifty
employees agreed to a ten per cent.
cut in wages in order to enable the
mill to resume work.
The working time at the plant Of
the Waltham Watch Company, at
Waltham, was increased by seven
hours a week, making a total Of forty
seven and one-half working hours
weekly.
The Acushnet and Hathaway mills,
at New Bedford, employing 2070
hands, resumed work.
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A GOOD WAY TO ARRANGE THE LINES

be made of iron two inches wide and onehalf incl thick. mere shou
be twelve inches from the centre of the tongue to n draw noles III III .s
iron. The length Of the long evener may be found by placing a sing
tree at the end of a set of whippletrees. 1t will be about n!tytout
inches between the end holes. This would bring the draw hole eighteen
inches from the hole in the short end. This side draft caused ~ tne
offset m be remedied by a strap from the names Of n mira holse u
the end of the neck-yoke. Care must be taken to htch tn second norse
so that the iron semi-drcle will not interfere with his freedom Oh ctlon
while at work. c,.c
In using three horses try this way of arranging ne mes; Ike d
pair of old single harness lines and make two eros IN a hue Nnse'
than the regular ones. Fasten them to the inside bit rings OF I'M out
side horses. Let this run over the back of the middle horse Duckt
into the regular buckle. 1t works n give III lh on"'i - ="
team-J. u, in the Indiana Farmer
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In Washing Animals.

To protect them from parasites,
which either bite or annoy them,
wash them with boraX water, when
the dirt and disagreeable odor are
not only removed, but the animals
skins are rendered much healthier,
the hair will be soft and glossy, and
they will be practically free from
further annoyance by insects.
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$4,000 Starved to Death in
German East African Campaign.

Berlin.-Apart from the losses sus-
tanned in fighting and by disease the
recent German campaign in East AZ
RIGA caused the deaths Of $4,000 ma
tives from starvation. This statement
was made by Colonial Secretary Dern-
burg in the course Of the debate on
the colonial budget in the Reichstag.
He explained that the troops were
compelled to seize all supplies, either
TO feed the soldiers or weaken the en-
envy, with the result that $4,000
starved to death.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-01
PROFESSOR CHARLES ELIOT NORTON.
University Tests.

One might say that the first test
at Oxford is athletic ability, the next
sociability, and the final, scholastic
ability. When you have passed the
first two you are the admiration or
your friends; when you have shown
yourself a scholar besides, you are
the admiration Of your college,
Rhodes Scholar in Sunset.
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AcetyIene Waste.

What is the value of refuse from
an acetylene gas machine as a fer
%tilizer, how best apply it, and to what
land? c.. l.. M. The lime from ace
tylene plants is simply lime. 1t may
be poisonous if applied in too large
quantities, but is as useful as any
other lime if applied in reasonable
quantities. The worst trouble is that
it is soft and sticky, and therefore
hard to apply.-Country Gentleman.
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HEPBURN LAW ACTIVE.
Western Maryland Railway Forced
Into Bankruptcy as a Coal Carrier.

Observation-Disclosures OF the proyis-
lon Of the Hepburn rate law. which
forbids a coal carrying railroad to
transport coal mined by it, the West
ern Maryland Railroad Company, a
Gould line aud a heavy coal carrying
road, has gone into the hands OF its
president as receiver.
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Sun Dial.

If l should ever lose my watch l
would make a sun dial out OF a
water tumbler. Take a plain water
tumbler. and close its top with a
round Stat Of wood, into the centre
Of which stick a darning needle. On
the outside of the glass paste a mar
row strip of paper which has been
soaked in oil. Then place the glass
on a slanting piece Of wood and the
sun dial is ready. At 5 in the morn
ing place the glass so that the needle
throws a shadow on one end of the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-01
CollapsibIe Lunchbox.

Those who do not take kindly to
shoe boxes, etc., will be interested
in the collapsible lunchbox shown IN
the illustration, the invention OF a
Massachusetts man. The several Sec
lions are hinged at the corners, 80
that they can be folded into a small
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I support Of the cork, is forced to go
one way, and will pierce the nickel,
or even a quarter, with the greatest
ease; for, as we know, the steel or
the needle is harder than the bronze
or the silver of the coin..-Magical
Experiments.
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sCHNuTz AND RUFF TO GO FREE.
Court of Appeals at San Francisco
SAYS No Offense Was Committed.

Says No Offense Was Committed.
San Francisco, Cal.-That former
Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz was un-
lawfully convicted Of extortion n
sentenced to five years in prison was
reafirmed when the State Supreme
Court unanimously refused to grant
a rehearing Of the case before the
District Court of Appeals, which sew
eral weeks ago reversed the judgment
and order of the trial court. 1t Or
dered his discharge on the ground
that even though ScElnitz had accept
ed money from French restaurant
men, he had not obtained 1t by threat
and was therefore not guilty of extor-
ton under the statutes.
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Farm Notes.

One who has tested the matter
complies the paying factors in the
following paragraphs, in a very ON
else way:
It takes less fertility out of the
soil than any other form of agricul-
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space when necessary. In fact, when
the entire box is folded up it can
be carried in the pocket. When ex-
banded the box is carried by a leath-
err strap. The box is made of paste
board, Of wax composition, insuring
the proper keeping of the food with
ina distinct advantage over the or
binary box.-Philadelphia Record.
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There is a wild flower in Turkey
which is the exact floral image Of q
humming bird. The breast is green.
the wings are a deep rose color, the
throat yellow and the head and beak
almost black
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-01
Can You Do It?

To pierce a nickel with a needle
especially if the needle be a very fine
one, seems a difficult, if not an IT,
soluble, problem. 1t is, neverthe-
less, a very simple feat.
To succeed, insert a needle IN a
cork, so that the point be just APP
parent, and, if the needle project at
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-01
UNEMPLOYED APPEAL FOR AID.
Those in Philadelphia Say They Are
Starving and Need Assistance.

Philadelphia.-At a general con
ference of unemployed held in the
northeastern section of the city a
committee was appointed to go be!
fore City Councils and request an
appropriation to relieve the distress
among the unemployed, and that city
contracts be pushed as much as pos
sible in order to give work to many
who have earned nothing in months.
A member of the Executive Commit
tee of the Central Union Of Textile
Workers said:
Fully ten per cent. of workers at
the several textile trades are not
working, and have not been working
for some time. AS result we are
starving. We must have relief, and
we must have it Immediately"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-01
OPERATORS WAGES REDUCED.
Denver and Rio Grande Takes New
Nine-Hour Day Into Account.

Salt Lake, Utah. - The wages OF
every telegraph operator employed by
the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
has been reduced to $50 a month,
with fifty cents subtracted each
month for hospital fees, making the
net salary $3.50.
This is according to circulars is
sued by the company. The reduction
came in with the new nine-hour law.
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strip of paper and mark the spot
with a line and number 5. After
each hour mark the shadow of the
needle, and at 7 in the evening you
will have a reliable sun dial.-Wash-
ington Star.
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Surgical.

Surgical.
The surgeon is the only "cut-up
who really makes it pay.-Atchisol
Globe.
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Canadian Pacifc's Cash.
The Canadian Pacific has S3S,VQ0,-
600 cash in its treasury.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-01

Some one asked for a three horse evener to ueo on a tongue. Here
is one. There must be an offset iron made in the form of a half circle
The ends may be bent down 10 as to hold against the side of the tongue.
The bolt in each end will be enough to hold it ii place. It should
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-02

BY the end of the present year there
will be at least rs private irrigation
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-02
WHAT WALTER DAAIROSCH
THINKS OF MUSIC.

The Whitman Pioneer says of Wal
ter Damrosch and his talk on music
at Whitman college, recently. Dam
rosch said:
Musicians never grow old.
would advise each one Of you young
people to cultivate the art of music,
for it will keep you young. Years
mean nothing to a musician because
of the divine art of music.
Music expresses battle, but battles
of different sort from those waged
by the great military leaders and he
roes Battles of music are of the soul,
they are spiritual battles; waged in
other and higher regions than those
of S2-inch guns.
Beethoven was the man who
brought symphonic music to its high
est perfection, and Beethoven's CEN
tury marked the highest development
of this kind of music. The age OF
Wagner is one of dramatic music.
Wagner sought to weld music, panto-
mime, dramatic action and scenery
into a musical drama. He turned
away from stereotyped form and
sought for something fresher, orlgi-
nal and natural The Wagnerian or
chestral music is music Of perpetual
melody.
Mf. Damrosch then proceeded to
speak of music as an educational fac
tor. at is the highest and nOblest OF
all aesthetic studies. Music has great
value as a life work. for 1t will be a
life to overflowing. There is no rec,
reation so soul-refreshing after the
humdrum of daily life as music. 1t
is the greatest developer of home life,
drawing the family together as moth
ing else will. What would be
thought of a man or woman who did
not know Shakespeare, Byron. Keats,
Shelley or Dante? A knowledge of
these is thought essential, but Schu-
mann and Beethoven should be as
we'll known to the cultured person.
Music feeds the inner life of the
soul more satisfactorily than do any
of the other arts. Symphonic music
is like metal. The deeper you dig
into it the richer it is found to be-
The Germans are great lovers Of
symphonic music, and we often find
German families who can assemble
an orchestra among the various mem
bers, and who spend their spare time
In playing the symphonies of Beetho-
ven and Schumann.
Wherever I go in my wanderings,
in which am like the Flying Dutch
man. I find enthusiastic teachers de-
veloping in intellectual and enthusi-
astic interest in symphonic music so
that when the symphony orchestra
come, they find the way paved and an
audience awaiting them"
Mr.. Damrosch followed his talk by
playing the Love Song" from Wag-
ner's "Volkerie'
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-02
PENDLEToN's ORATORS.

1t is significant to note that PEN
dleton is furnishing three Fourth of
July orators for the three principal
Fourth Of July celebrations of eastern
Congressman Ellis for La
Grande, Judge Stephen A. Lowell for
Joseph, and Rev. w. H. Bleakney for
Pilot Rock.
This is a compliment to the city of
Pendleton which is fully appreciated
BY her people.
There is ? much larger proportion
Of good lawyers, good orators and
eloquent speakers in Pendleton than
IL: Portland, according to population
When there is difficult and i'm
portant law suit anywhere in eastern
Oregon, one or more Pendleton at
torneys take part in 1t. When a stir
ring lecture is desired in eastern Or
egon, a Pendleton lecturer Is called
upon, and when a rousing Fourth OF
July celebration Is pulled off In this
section a Pendleton man usually de-
llvers the principal address.
This is a part Of the work Of the
city, a part Of her mission in the
community life Of oregon. She fs
proud Of her business and profession
81 men who make the Pendleton
spirit.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-02
THE ROOSEVELT CHOICE" !"

1t is safe to say that no other indi-
vidual in American politics ever ex-
erted the same power and influence
that President Theodore Roosevelt
has exerted while chief executive OF
the nation. Everything is subject to
the Roosevelt choice"
Taft was "the Roosevelt choice" for
the presidency; Knox is "the Roose-
welt choice" for the United States su-
preme bench; this man and that man
has been "the Roosevelt choice" ever
since Roosevelt mounted the bridge
and took charge OF the ship Of state
And the best thing about 1t Is that
''the Roosevelt choice" has, so far
proved to be about as near right as II
was possible to get. He has made
confonndedly few serious mistakes
His wisdom equals his aggressiveness
a feature seldom found in a man ol
the Roosevelt type. He Is seldom re.
Quired TO back up" on any choice
which he makes.
He reorganized the Panama cana
commission and management TO sui
himself and the work has proceeded
with more vigor than ever. He clean.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-02
THE LIGHTS OF HOME.

Pilot. how far from home?-
Not far, not far tonight;
A flight of spray a seabird's flight
a flight of tossing foam,
And then the lights Of home.
And yet again how far?
Seems you the way so brief?
Those lights beyond the rolling reef
Were lights of moon and star,
Far. far, none knows how far!
Pilot, how far from home?-
The great stars pass away
Before Him as a flight of spray,
Moons as flight Of foam!
see the lights of home.
Alfred Noyes in the Cornhill Mag
azine.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-02

ed out the postofflce department and
placed 1t on a working basis, He got
after the land and timber syndlcates
and threw wall of protection about
the priceless resources OF the nation.
He called the governors together to
discuss the preservation of forests,
water power and public lands and
started movement which will be a
blessing to coming generations
The Roosevelt way is a peculiarly
practical and appropriate way and for
a man of intense energy and ceaseless
activity, he has made precious few
mistakes, His administration will go
down in history as one worthy of spe-
cial mention. He has made history.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-02
AS TO MIR. CAKE.

The Dalles optfmist has said ant
the Oregonian and Oregon Dali!
Journal have repeated it, that H. NJ
Cake is not senatorial timber, that hi
has twice forced himself upon the peo.
pie Of Oregon as a senatorial candi
date and that it is time to squelct
him.
Let US see. The republicans of Or.
egon selected Mr.. Cake as their choice
for United States senator over Charles
W. Fulton, "the best United States
senator Oregon ever had" in the
words of the Optfmist. If Mr.. Full
ton was 1.-The best ever" why was Ms.
Cake selected in his stead by the re-
publicans? Was not Mr. Cake still
better, in the estimation of the repub-
licans of oregon, despite the snarls
and growls and grouches of Mr.. Ben
nett, editor of the Optimist?
Mr.. Cake has the same right to
stand for senator that Fulton, Lowell,
Smith or Bourne had. Under the di-
rect primary law any man may run
for office and the people must select
their choice. Mr.. Cake knowing this,
made the race and gracefully submit
ted to the will of the people after
having been selected by his party over
"the best senator" Fulton.
And the best part of 1t is today that
H. NJ Cake is not pouting over the
result Of the election. Although Full
ton republicans turned against their
party and elected democrat to "get
even" on Mr. Cake, yet ne is taking
the result manfully and is heartily
supporting the republican presidential
ticket and will make an active cam
paign in the state for this ticket
He has proved that he is a man Of
good sense, solid character and broad
guage sentiments and will not stoop
"a knife a political opponent and elect
a democrat to get even. Can the Ore
gonian or Bennett Of the Dalles OPP
tinist, say as much?
Between Mr.. Cake, who is now and
mas always supported the republican
ticket and the Fulton following which
knitted Mr.. Cake and elected demo-
cratic senator, which best represents
republican principles? Which is
Senatorial timber?"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-02

pumping plants In Umatilla county.
These plants average about eight
horse power each and would consume
several thousand gallons of denatur-
ed alcohol IL 1t were available in large
quantities and at reasonable cost
Pendleton's brewery plant could find
a good market for its product right
here at home, should it be converted
into a denatured alcohol manufactur-
ing plant
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-02
The
General . Demand

Of the Well-Informed of the World has
always been for a simple, pleasant
and efficient liquid laxative remedy OF
known value; laxative which physi-
clans could sanction for family use
because Its component parts are
known to them to be wholesome and
truly beneficial in effect, acceptable
to the system and gentle. yet prompt,
in action.
In supplying that demand with It's
excellent combination Of Syrup Of
Figs and Elixir of SIENNA, the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. proceeds along
ethical lines and relies on the merits
Of the laxative for It's remarkable
success.
That is one Of many reasons why
Syrup Of Figs and Elixir Of SIENNA is
given the preference by the Well
Informed. To get Its beneficial effects
always buy the genuine-manufac
tursd by the California Fig Syrup Co.,
only. and for sale by all 10 leading
druggists. Price fifty cents per bottle.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-02
INCREASING TONNAGE.

Increasing tonnage is an inevitable
accompaniment of increased transpor-
tation facilities. There is no argu-
ment in the statement often made that
the tonnage on the navigable rivers of
the United States is insignificant. 1t
is statement Of a fallacy. It is as
certain that tonnage will follow the
avenue of transportation, as 1t is GER
tain that where there is no avenue
there can be no tonnage.
There was. no tonnage overland be-
fore the great railways were construct
ed, even though it were true that the
inland waterway tonnage is insignifi-
cant-and it is not true-there would
come tonnage to the inland waterway
in increasing volume with each year
! because of the cheapness, the certain
ty and the safety which waterway
transportation always provides.
The inland waterways of Prussia
unimproved and the same waterways
improved show that tonnage inevita-
bly, follows the improved waterway.
There could be no more striking IL
lustration of the fact than the official
figures submitted to the Prussian diet,
during the course of the present year,
and quoted by Consul General Guen-
ther, Of Frankfort, in a recent report
to the department of commerce and
labor.
According to the figures presented
to the diet there were 9,S2S,S6S metric
tons carried on the Rhine in 1906.
With the completion of the improve
ment Of that river, there were 24,753,-
075 metric tons carried in 1907. On
the Elbe there were carried 3,5S0,259
metric tons in 1906 and 7,S62,5OO in
1907. The oder carried 1,4O9,731
metric tons in 1906 and 9,O6S,9S4 in
1907, while with the improvement of
the Waterways of the Mark" near
Berlin, no less than 12,231,675 metric
tons were carried through the locks of
TIE improved waterway in that year
the first of the improvement.
The figures quoted from the report
form a complete answer to the falla-
cious objection that the tonnage of
the inland waterway lis Insignificant.
Tonnage follows the improved inland
all experience Demon
strates the fact. The advantages which
trade and commerce possesses in Prus-
sia are in the fact that the improve
ment of the inland waterways of the
kingdom is begun and carried on un-
der a definite plan as part of the fixed
policy of the government, with appro-
priations for the work finding place
in the annual appropriation budgets,
not only without objection in the diet
but with commentator and appreci-
alton of the immeasurable benefits to
trade and commerce arising from the
of the system.
That is the system advocated for
he United States by the National
Rivers and Harbors congress. 1t is
he only system under which the work
,f improvement of waterways can be
carried on and completed, and it Is
he system which has received the
endorsement of the great
and industrial organiza-
ions Of the country