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The Washington herald., 1908-04-26
YALE TRACK PROSPECTS DARK
Coach Mack Has Little Material for
a First-class Team.
Dray, fin the Pole Vault, the One
Sure Point wInner-ScarcitY of
SprGmters and Jumpers.

New Haven. Conn. April 25.-Yale's
track team has been rounded up for the
opening OF it's intercollegiate season.
The last week has witnessed something
OF setback in training. for Coach John
Mack has been called TO his home in
Chelsea. Mass. by the fire which burned
out all his relatives. He has returned
and has twenty-five OF the best athletes
here.
Yale has. OF course. no hope of taking
the intercollegiate. Capt, Walter Dray. in
the pole vault. will win the only first for
Yale. which is looked forward to in that
event Coach Mack is carefully nursing
the possible point winners, leading for
Torn hope that unexpected thirds may
win the dual meet with Harvard. Yale
has an uphill fight 20 make in this meet
The le-Princeton meet viii be closer
than before. but Yale expects to win, as
the games are held here.
Coach Mack feels that much of his
personal reputation depends turning
out some new sprinters and Butler, Ste
phens, Carey. and la Moutaigne are be-
ing worked out of mediocrity None OF
the lot promises better than n second i'm
the Harvard dual meet. or than a fourth
at the intercollegiate. Bobby Burch, the
football captain, who third in the
Yale Harvard dual meet last year, has
wrenched a tendon and may not be in
good form again this year. stephens, La
Montaigne. Burch. and Kirjasom have
been transferred 70 the quarter-mile and
go yards. or the lot, Kirjason shows the
best form OF any OF the middle-distance
men at present. He is a dark-horse pos
sibiity for first I'm the Harvard meet
Tilson. Frissell. williams, and Mann
combine 20 make Yale strong in second
rate material in the half-mile Capt.
Splitter, Of the cross-country team, is en-
tered at all Of Yales meets In the mile,
and williams will be switched from the
half TO this event later. Reynolds and
Luther, OF the cross-cOuntry team, are
showing improved form in the twO-mile
event but are not equal to ten-minute
record.
Yale has been disappointed in getting
out fast hurdlers, and Howe and Rob-
binsy both of whom were beaten at Har-
ward last year, are the best in the field
Mack has been working constantly at
them, and they may show reversal or
form.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-26
sliding Gear Reliable.

Popularity, practicabiIity, and perfect
ness have all combined to make the slid
ing gear transmission almost universal"
says G. G. Stoddard. maker OF the Stod-
dard-Dayton car and a member OF the
committee OF management OF tho Ameri-
can Motor Car Manufacturers Associa-
tiOn. "The sliding gear gives a wide
range OF speeds, permits direct drive Oh
the high or any intermediate spaed with
out the other gears running. and thus
gives i'm a satisfactory manner and with
little friction wide ranges OF vehicle con-
troll.
with the high-grade steel and hard
ened and ground gear teeth now used by
many the gears double and. being
incased, run with the least possible loss
OF power. are protected from damage by
outside obstacles, are out OF sight and
out of mind. and give the best of serv-
ice in almost every instance. the excsp-
tiOn being when some mechanical defect
exists. In brief, the sliding gear trans
mission is reliable, strong, simple and
durable"
Early in June. on the celebrated Brook
lands track in England. viii be conduct
ed an automobile endurance test which
will carry all the interest and Importance
of an international event
The test in question will be a 2,000-nie
affair. under the auspices Of the Royal
Automobile Club OF London One OF the
most interesting entries will be of
three Cadillac cars which came cut trl-
umphant several weeks ago in ln ordeal
that has been a leading topic In motor
dom on the continent ever since.
During the progress and after the Chel-
sea fire local dealers and owners Of auto
mobiles did lot Of creditable work for
which they have the thanks Jf those in
charge OF the relief work. The White
Company cars were among the scenes.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-26
First Six-cylinder Car Was
Built i'm America.
TYPE HAS FOUND MUCH FAVOR
Now n Total of sevknty-seven FOR
''sixe@," and Twenty-seven Firms
an This Country Are Manufacture
ing the Big Machines.

Speaking Of six-cyiinder cars. a repre-
sentative OF the Stevens-D Duryea Com
pany said:
England has been generally credited
with being the birthplace of the six-cylin-
der idea, but the records seem 40 Indicate
that the first car having n six x-cylinder
vertical engine was the 'GasmobiIe.
which was built in this country and ex-
hibited ~ the New York show of 1901. A
search through the hles OF the English
trade papers does not disclose any word
concerning the six-cylinder previous 20
October, 1903, nearly two years later.
1.-The Standard Motor Construction
Company built their first six-cylinder en-
gine In 1902 and had Il running in a boat
In the spring OF 1903. About this time two
other American manufacturers built SIX
cylinder cars.
although America can probably claim
the honor OF having made the first six
cylinder. the American makers were so
sure that the one and two cylinder cars
had all the cylinders needed that they
failed to appreciate the value OF the
muIti-cylindered engin9. Therefore, much
OF the credit for the popularity of the
skies abroad must be given to the Ma
pier Company, and the present popularity
OF the skies i'm this country must be given
TO the Stevens Duryea Company
~ f.. Duryea realIzcd long ago that
the six-cylinder type eliminated intermit'
tent torque, dead center. and lack OF bal
ance. The Stevens -Duryea Company. be-
Iieying that the acceptants of the six.
cylinder ear In higher hoTSepOwers would
be general as soon as the public realized
it's advantage. dsregarded the universal
antipathy TO skies which had existed, and
began the development or n Six-cyiinder
model in advance of other makers.
'-The manufacture OF the stevens Dur
yea big six was begun I'm 1906. which
makes the Stevens -Duryea the first
American manufacturer not only believ-
ing i'm the six-cylinder idea. bat backing
up it's belief by manufacturing skies
and ordering material for over half
million dollars. A success was scored.
The design OF the Big Stx made i'm 1906
was so worked out in the drafting-room
that no changes In the mechanism have
been found necessary up To the present
time.
There has been a heavy demand for
this type. The -Duryea Company
produced the Light Six and the Big
Six In 1907 the six-cylinder idea had so
spread that a total OF sevent y-seven for
eign makers now producing six cyl
inder cars and many others working on
them. In America there were exhibited
forty-six six-cylinder cars at the New
York show in 1907. and there are at the
present time twenty-seven American con-
Germs manufacturing six-cylinder cars"
The Washington herald., 1908-04-26
TaxIcmbs Popular.

Regarding the coming OF public motor
driven taximeter cabs TO the Hub, the
Boston Journal says:
This time we guess the auto cab has
come to Boston to stay. When the auto
mobile first made bid for public patron
age here conditions were against the In
novaslon. Since that time there has been
a decided change in both fashion and
opinion The wealthy people OF the city
have to a considerable extent disposed
OF their stables and substituted garages,
and the whole public as the recent auto
mobile show proved began TO take
rious interest in the vehicle that goes
along OF it's own accord
''The taxicab is meeting success abroad
and in New York and Warrington. Why
shouldn't II meet success here, too2 1t is
faster and cleaner than the ordinary pub
lie carriage IL takes up less room on the
streets, and Is more up to date. Here,
too, there Is a peculiar situation to be
met. Two union stations are separated
by the breadth OF the heart OF the city
Travellers have often found this seri-
Gus Inconvenience. The taxicab promises
to reduce this Inconvenience to the small
est possible degree"
A. ID. Mitchell. who is making trip
across Montana I'm Mitchell Model
touring car tells OF experiences that
sound not unlike those OF the interna-
tional racers.
1--WE had TO dig the car out in several
places where the snow was over our
heads and then we did not strike bot
tom" said Mr.. Mitchell. We had to
throw in logs and brush TO hold the car
up But when the car got "A footing she
dug right through. I don't believe ST.
IBERIA could be worse
The Washington herald., 1908-04-26

One used by newspaper reporters filled
in space time in carrying some of
Since then the White and other comDa-
nies have loaned cars to aid in the work
of relief. carrying people to various parts
of the city and out of town.
The Maxwell Company had n tour
ing auto and a light delivery car carry
ing refugees 20 the South station for the
Rev. M. r. Deming. from which point
they were sent to the Lake Home at
ried almost 100 persons from Chelsea to
the depot. The cars were In charge or
Ralph Coburn
pacIRc to Atlantic.
Mrs. Walter Macfarlane. wife OF the
well-known Honolulu capitalist recently
purchased a Studebaker Forty touring
car and has already begun 10 make plans
for a trip from the Pacific to the Allan
tic with her husband aad family. The
car will be shipped to San Francisco. Ac-
cording to present plans they viii tour
from San Francisco TO Portland. Greg,
and then through Idaho, Montana. Wyo-
ming. South Dakota, and so OF eastward.
Mr.. Macfarlane says he expects to lower
q few records and to enjoy the splendid
journey across the United States and in
cidentally demonstrate the fact that
Honolulu takes no second place in the
matter of automobile stunts
AT IS very gratifying 10 lSSAFn htlat
Chairman Hover. OF the American Auto
mobile Association. has decided to call
the annual tour reliability contest
said an agent for the REQ car ''The
affair is a contest rather than tour.
The object OF. the event is 20 demonstrate
the reliability and staying qualities OF
the cars entered.
The contest for the G'idden trophy as
conducted by the A. a A. mas accom-
plished wonders for the industry. rs il
has shown the public that the American
built car is capable OF withstnnding the
most severe tests and can perform the ex-
acting duties expected -of IL over all kinds
OF roads and under trying circumstances
AS was the case last year. the REQ will
be prominent factor In tne tour this
year. Last year the car went through
with clean score and is likely to dupii-
cate the performance this year"
'T am confident that the foreign manu-
facturers who entered cars in the New
York to Paris race did so with the hope
that it would demonstrate the superior
ity OF their cars for American roads. In
that they have failed. and. instead they
have shown conclusively that the home
built car has the foreign car beaten at
every point" says Henry Ford.
It's surprising. too, what n hold the
American car is gaining across the
ocean," continued Mr.. Ford. I'VE are ac-
tually beating them out over there, sell
ing cars in direct competition with them
in spite Of their prejudice
THE Ford Motor Company has branches
in London. Paris, andN Berlin, each doing
a satisfactory business selling cars-not
alone to Americans residing abroad, but
to natives The number OF FORD cars
shipped abroad every week is really sur
prising--as high nifty in a single
week"
The Washington herald., 1908-04-26
DOWN THE ALLEYS.
MATCH GAME.

Jack CTwln) Sullivan. who Is matched
to box Kid Ketchall at Colma on May 3.
is Offering TO bet $1,000 that he beats the
Montana fighter. He Is not apt to have
much trouble placing his money. as the
Western sports are sweet on Ketchaiis
fighting abilities
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-21
THEATRICAL MANAGERS
ENPECT DULL SEASON

New York, Sept. 1S.-For theatrical
managers and players the season OF
19OS-09 is going TO be the worst that
has been experienced in over a de-
cade This is the prevailing opinion
among the members of the profession
and though the season has just begun
the prediction is already being borne
out by the facts.
While the depression that has eX-
listed since last fall appears to be lift
ing for other lines of business, there
has not appeared as yet any signs Of
returning prosperity in the theatrical
business. Several Broadway shows
that were put on for a run only a
week or two ago have closed on ac-
count Of poor business and the mana
gers are hustling to find attractions
that may meet with the greater de-
gree Of public favor
Many shows, of course, have started
on the road with the opening of the
season. but the number of players
who have been unable to find en-
gagements is still surprisingly large
and II is predicted that before the
snow flies the ranks will be in
creased through the failure of shows
that will be unable to weather through
the season.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-21
RECLAMATION SERVICE
BRINGS MUCH BUSINESS

North Yakima Sept 21.-Just what
the United States reclamation service
means to this city is easily seen in
the statement made this morning to
the Republic man by Chief Clerk
Mair that there are now about 500
men employed in the Tieton project.
and the pay roll of last month will
amount to $4,000 in round numbers.
Naturally the greater proportion of
this finds its way to this city and
surroundings.
At camp Q the new Steeple tunnel
spillway is going rapidly forward, this
being an electrically operated device
for relieving the canal in case of any
overflow or an accident. The circuit
automatically breaks in such an event
releasing the water from the canal
into the river, and the spillway, be-
ing constructed specially of concrete,
fixes matters so there is no danger
of washing down the river banks.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-21
CORN BELT INVADED BY
WESTERN STOCK FATTENER

Portland Sept 21.-Missouri river
valley is one of the most successful
hog sections of the United States and
corn has always been the basis Of this
industry. Today one OF the most pop
ular stock -fattening foods in the
missouri river region is a mixture of
alfalfa meal and sugar beet pulp.
which is produced in Colorado. Ad-
vices recently received from that state
show that numerous new mills are
being erected, and certainly the Pa
cific northwest should give this in
dustry every possible encouragement,
and this is particularly true since the
great international concerns like
Swift & Company and others have de-
cded to locate upon the Pacific coast
and they are now spending millions Of
dollars in building their plants at
Portland A good reliable fattening
food equal to corn would make this
section of the United States the very
richest portion of our great republic.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-21
EDITORS CONVENE IN
INTERNATIONAL ASSEMBLY

Berlin, Sept, 21,-Distinguished
journalists of all countries of Europe
with delegates from America, Africa
and Asia. assembled in the champer
OF the German reichstag this morning
for the 18th annual session of the In
ternational Congress of Press Associ-
ations.
The visiting editors We're welcomed
by representative of the kaiser and
all of the rooms of parliament were
Placed at their disposal. The foreign
delegates and their ladies will be
furnished with free transportation on
all railroads while in Germany. The
French railroads will also give free
passage to delegates only.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-21
HAS PAID RENT FOR FORTY-N|NE YEARS

/ taken so years ago. My wife and
have lived in this one spot since
1859. We moved here from No. 49
| James street. Our first landlord was
William David Burns, one of the
finest gentlemen ye ever met. He
died and we continued TO pay our
rent to his son, also William David
Burns. He died and now we are pay
] ing to the grandson of the same name.
He is as good and kind as his father
and grandfather. We never have
missed a month, have we, mother?
Let me see-our first rent in 1853
was $40 a month, and we paid that
until the war broke out. l was draft
ed, but l paid for substitute, and
stayed at home making shoes, and
they were good shoes too. Prices
went up in war times and our rent
was advanced to $12, then to $13, an1
finally to SIS a month. Everything
was high in those days, but We had
no fault to find with Mr. Burns, be-
cause we knew that he had to pay
high for everything. After the war
the rent was dropped again, and now
we pay only 81. We have the best
landlord in New York"
The old shoemaker's eyes filled
with tears.
THE best landlord in New York"
echoed the old wife. But what a diff
ference between now and the days
when we first came Then a quiet
street, and little two-story houses like
this one on James and Madison street,
A few little children on the streets,
and a pretty walk to the river Now
the great ugly houses with the iron
stairs (flre escapes) in front. We
used to go walking down to Battery
Park and sit on the grass. That was
before the elevated railroads, We
never had any children, We never
had to call a doctor, My husband
never has been sick.
mo" echoed the old man, never
sick. Every Sunday morning I get
shaved and take a small drink OF
whiskey. on the week days a little
larger, but that is nothing to tell
about. We never missed paying the
rent, did we, mother?"
Never replied the wife, "and to
the best landlord in New York"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-21
(New York World }

(NeW Ork NOIlu.)
What one man has paid in rent in
40 years:
Average rental at $l56 a year
for 40 years ............'S Io4A
Highest rental paid for four
years, during civil war, at
SIS month ....,......., So4
Lowest rental paid from 1902
to 1905. at 81 month. ... 5O4
Iot in 1859 ........... 5000
Present estimated value OF
property, about .......... 15'OOO
Rental paid over and above
original estimated value. ... 2,644
Present yearly rental received
by owner ...',.''.'.''''
From October to November of this
year it is estimated that upward OF
100 1000 families in New York city
will remove from one home to anoth-
er In this connection 1t is said that
10000 families have moved on an
average every three years; that 5OOO
have lived in one home for six years
or less; that 1000 have had tenantcy
of Is years; that 500 have lived in
one home for 25 years; that less than
100 have occupied the same house
continually for 40 years, and that less
than 10 have maintained the same
home for so years.
In the midst of this yearly rush and
n
old fourth yard--Joseph Osterly,
shoemaker-who has lived in one
house, No. 81 Adams street, contin-
uously for 40 years, or since 1859.
Tenements have grown up around
him: the two-story squit brick house,
es that formed his neighborhood half
n century ago have been swept away
and their places taken by the double
decker and the factory building; the
almost clear view he had of the East
river from his front door is cut off;
the open lots where the boys, now
grandfathers, used to have their games
have been built upon; the character
of the dwellers round about has
changed utterly, and swarming thou
sands now throng the streets that,
when he first took possession, were
lihe the streets of a village,
The old shoemaker never failed to
pay his rent promptly on the first of
each month, and he has paid to three
generations of owners. He is rs; his
wife is 70. They have seen hundreds
of tenants dlspossessed around them
and have heard hundreds Of COM
plants against grasplng landlords,
but neither knows the meaning Of
eviction or imposition, and now they
are growing feeble and their earning
capacity has been lessened The rent
has been gradually reduced until they
pay 81 a month against SIS and SIS
paid 80 and 40 years ago, when the
value of the land was not more than
a third of what 1t is today.
"a long time to look back" said
the old man yesterday, as he exhibited
O faded daguerrotype of himself,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-21
PORTLAND STOCK SHOW
AND RACES OPENED

Portland, Sept. 21.-The Portland
Country Club e. Livestock associa-
tion begins its initial meeting today.
The exhibit of livestock surpasses that
shown at the Lewis & Clark exposi-
tion, and the races will be the best
ever witnessed here. The great mile
track just completed at a cost of
$4,000. the immense barns and steel
frame amptheatre, give the grounds
and surroundings an appearance of
solidity and permanence. The track
is considered the best drained that
has been tested and found capable of
handling 45 cars at one time. To-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-21
sALESWOMANSHIP IN SCHOOL.
New York Now Teaching the Art in
Night Course.

New York, Sept. 21.-For the first
time in public school history a course
in saleswomanship, designed in retail
and department stores, will be incor-
porated this year i'm the curriculum
of the evening high schools for wo-
men in New York city, which will
open next Monday night. The CEN
tral class in this course will assem-
BILE in school No. %, Forty-second
street near Third avenue.
The course, which extends over a
period of two years, will include
lectures, practical talks and scien-
tific instruction in the art of selling
store organization, commercial arith-
metic, elementary law and manufac-
ture of commercial products.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-21
How 10 Get Strong.

p. ]. Daily, Of 1247 w. Congress ST.,
Chicago, tells of a way to become
strong. He says: "My mother, who
ls old and very feeble, is deriving so
much benefit from Electric Btters,
that I feel 1t is my duty to tell those
who need a tonic and strengthening
medicine about 1t. In my mothers
case a marked gain in flesh has re-
suited, insomnia has been overcome,
and she is steadily growing stronger" "
Electric Bitters quickly remedy stom-
ach, liver and kidney complaints.
Sold under guarantee at Tallman &
Co.'s and Pendleton Drug Co., soc.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-21

gether these lines will relieve the
grounds of 1000 people within the
first fifteen minutes after a meet
ing.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-21
UtAh Democrats.

Salt Lake City Sept. 21.-Utah
democrats to the number of 500 will
meet in state convention at Logan to-
morrow to name a state ticket.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1908-05-08

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