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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-24
LARGE TEXAS PEARL
WEIGHS 1000 GRAINS
One of Largest i'm the World Found
i'm san Saba River-Size of Small
Hens Egg.

Tn largest pearl ever discovered in
Texas, and one Of the largest known
I to dealers anywhere, recently was ta-
ken out Of the San Saba river, near
Menardvlle. II is as large as a small
hens egg and weighs trifle more
than 1000 grains The man who found
and owns the giant pearl is J. G. Mill
sap Of Brady Tex. 1t is irregular in
shape and does not possess the luster
of the perfect smaller gems. Mr.
Millsap has had no value placed upon
il, but it is said to be worth a large
sum.
1t is only Of recent years that pro-
fessiOnal pearl fishermen have turned
their attention to the San Saba river
as a field for the industry. The
stream flows through a remote sec
ton of western Texas and is far re-
moved from the railroads. 1t is
about 125 miles long and emptles into
the Colorado river. Pearl fishing
camps were established along the up
per course of the stream about three
years ago, and it is said that those
who were employed in the industry
found the pearl musseis more plenti-
full than in any other stream in the
state.
The first year a harvest of pearls
from the San Saba river is said to
have aggregated more than $4,000
The number of pearl fishermen in
creased the following year and there
was still further increase this season.
1t is estimated that not less than
$l75,000 worth of pearls have been
taken out of the stream since the in
dustry was started Mr. Millsap, who
found the 1000-grain pearl. has more
than 200 other fine gems which he
took from the San Saba river mus
sells. Some of these pearls are OF per-
feet shape and luster and high value
is placed on them.
The streams of western Texas have
yielded largequantities Of pearls dur
ing the last few years. It is stated
by buyers from New York who are in
that section on their annual purchas-
ing visit to the pearl fishermen that
the Texas yield for the present season
will far exceed that of any other
State. The harvest on the Concho
river and its tributaries and on the
Llano river has been better than usual
it is claimed. The total yield will not
be known for several weeks. The
South Concho and Middle
Concho rivers have been known for
several years as good mussel streams.
The pearls in the Concho mussels are
noted for their splendid luster. The
Llano river also has furnished many
fine and valuable pearls during the
last few years.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-24
MAN FOR WHOM
DIOGENES WAS LOOKING

A. NJ. Stearns of 1908 South Deca-
tur street St. Johns, is looming up in
the proportions of a hero, says the
Portland Journal. This is not be-
cause he carried the flag on the bat
tlefield and waved it in the teeth Of
the enemy. nor is he in line for a Car
negie medal: he has merely asked the
county board of equalization to in
crease his assessment. That is more
glory than anyone else in Portland
has yet earned.
To make sure no mistake will be
made, and that he will will not be un-
der assessed Mr.. Stearns has made
in the regular form and ap-
pended a note to Brother Sigler"
asking that corrections be made. He
first finds fault with the assessment
of his money, notes and accounts,
which were placed at $500 by the
assessor. He says the true figures
are S25O0. He is satisfied with an
assessment Of $500 for furniture, but
adds $40 for tools and wagons and
$50 more for a horse that the asses
sor overlooked.
Nowadays, when Assessor Sigler be-
comes wearied by looking over the
scores Of complaints Of those who
want their assessments lowered and
assert that they have been treated
he hunts up the affidavit
made by Mr.. Stearns Then he smiles
md draws a breath of relief It's 50
different.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-24
BlaIOck Island Sold.

One Of the largest real estate trans
fers in which a resident Of this city
has been interested in some time, was
made yesterday, when DR.. N. G. Bla-
lock, disposed Of what is known as
Blalock Island, in the Columbia river,
retaining 1900 acres on the main is
land, says the Walla Walla States
man. The islands originally contain
ed 1000 acres and DR.. Blalock held
them at 100000. The purchaser, E.
b. Cox, real estate broker Of Sc
attic, made the deal for syndicate
composed Of L. i. Rice, II. o. Holen-
beck, G. s. Emery and e. b. Cox, It
being their intention to install COM
plete sewerage, water and lighting
systems, and dispose Of the land in
small tracts.
The syndicate which secured the
islands is the same that owns the
Klickitat Irrigation & Power COM
pany, with which they plan to re-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-24
Pralse for Madras Wheat.

r. o. Adams sold a wagon load Of
wheat from this section at The Dalles
last week, and was informed at the
warehouse where he disposed Of the
grain that it was the best wheat they
had seen this season, says the Madras
Pioneer. The wreat graded No. and
Mr.. Andrus was paid Sc cents per
bushel for 1t. After the warehouse
had bought the wheat a number of
people were called in TO see the MA
dras wheat" Mr.. Andrus says there
was considerable interest manifested
in the wheat from this new district.
The wheat sold in The Dalles was
grown on the Andrus ranch on Agen-
cy Plains. r. o. Andrus went to The
Dalles after load of fruit and rather
than drive his wagon down empty,
carried along a small load of wheat.
He was very much pleased with the
flattering comments upon the quality
of his grain.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-24
DOES ENGLAND
FACE POVERTY?
SITUATION IN GREAT
BRITAIN GRAVEST IN YEARS
Quarter OF a Million OF People Al
ready Recipients Of Relief I'm Lon
don-Salvation Army shelters Arc
FYHcd-Dublin and Sheffield Gives
Unemployed Work-Reports of
Lack of Employment Coming from
All Directions.

London. Oct. 2S.-The condition OF
the unemployed in the United King
dom probably has never been graver
at this season OF the year than 1t Is
today. From one end of the country
20 the other come the same reports OF
lack OF employment and dire stress
OF poverty. and still the extent of the
distress remains unknown. Figures
issued yesterday show that the occu-
pants of workhouses and recipients OF
outdoor relief in London and London
districts number over 100000 These
figures. big as they are, do not snow
the full extent of the distress.
The Salvation Army shelters are
filled TO overflowing. There the off,
cials. who have a peculiar intimate
knowledge of the London poor de-
clare that the symptoms are very
grave. A larger proportion than usu-
al of married men, skilled and un-
skilled, are applying for work ana
assistance. Hundreds of household
ers. unable to pay rent, are receiving
notices to quit in small streets, where
last wear there was not such an IN
stance. Similar stories come from
the provincial centers. In Glasgow
1000 families are being relieved ana
5000 cases await investigation. Dub
lin has $4,000 persons out OF work
and is spending $4,000 in new works
TO give them employment. Sheffield
voted s10O, 900 for the purpose OF CIV
ing work to their unemployed. Even
with an exceptionally mild September
"a per cent of skilled trades union
lists were out of employment.
Under ordinary circumstances lack
of employment naturally increases
with the advent Of severe weather.
and Prime Minister Asquith's prom
,sed announcement next week as TO
how the government intends to deal
with the situation is anxiously await
ed in the ship-building trades Naval
economies and railway economies
have contributed largely to IN
crease the distress, but the want OF
work is acute in Birmingham and
Leicester as in London and the great
shipbuilding towns. Taking the IlNe
towns of Sheffield, New Castle, Not
tingham. Leicester and Devonport at
haphazard, the inmates of workhouses
and the recipients of outdoor rellet
total over $1,000 persons, chiefly un-
skilled labor. Everything Indicates
that the depression now brooding over
the United Kingdom is of no ordinary
type. Signs are not wanting that the
recovery of trade will be seriously re-
tarded by the British business man
lack of confidence in the future.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-24
PLAN MILES OF
ELECTRIC RAILWAY
Wasco County to be Gridironed by
Electric LineS-Fifteen Minion
DoIIar Project Launched.

The directors of the Wasco County
Electric & Water Power company
held a meeting here last night. The
survey of the first section, made by
Shipman, Denny & Ryan, was sub
mitted and met the approval Of the
companys engineers and the board
of directors. The heavy timber
through which the survey runs Will
furnish a large tonnage and it also
touches some of the finest fruit lands
OF Oregon.
A map of the definite location OF
the damsite and power plant on the
Deschutes and John Day rivers has
been made and filed with the depart
ment of the interior. The fines pro-
tected extend over 300 miles, through
Gillian, Wheeler, Crook and Wasco
counties, and the power plants will
give 100000 horse power.
A trust deed covering the property
Of the company was authorized to be
made in the sum Of SIS, 100000 to COW
er a bond for like amount. The fl
nanclng Of the company has progress
ed to such a point that success Is as
sured.
F. T. Aurlburt, treasurer of the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-24
A JeMcIer,s Expericncr.

c. r. Kluger The Jewsler. 1860
Virginia Ave, indianapolis, Ind,
writes: 81 was so weak from kidney
trouble that I could hardly walk a
hundred feet Four bottles Of Foley's
Kidney Remedy cleared my complex
ion, cured my backache and the ir-
regularities disappeared, and I can
now attend to business every day, and
Foley's Kidney Remedy
to all sufferers, as it cured me after
the doctors and other remedies had
failed. Pendleton Drug Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-24

raised in the irrigated country tribu-
tary to Echo. 1t was raised upon
land which a few years ago was in
habited only by jackrabbits and a few
coyotes.
At the recent fair the Echo Foster
exhibit took blue ribons for alfalfa.
alfalfa meal, honey, peanuts, corn,
broom corn and numerous other dis
plays. Some peaches ~ inches in cir
cumference were in the display. while
other varieties of fruits shown were
grapes. pears. apples and melons.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-24
Bear Meat Plenty.

A party of hunters from Husum,
Wash. a few days ago went into
Bear Valley, eight miles down the
White Salmon river from Trout lake,
and in a three-d day hunt assisted by "a
hounds, succeeded in capturing three
thousand pounds Of bear meat. 1t is
stated there is no appreciable lack of
bruins yet.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-24
Woman Interrupts Political Speaker.

Well dressed woman interrupted a
political speaker recently by contin-
ually coughing. If she had taken
Foley's Eoney and Tar it would have
cured her cough quickly and expelled
the cold from her system The genu-
Inc Foley's Honey and Tar contains
no opiates and is in a yellow pack
age. Refuse substitutes. Pendleton
Drug Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-24

my 3year-old boy was badly con-
stipated, had a high fever ana was in
an awful condition. / gave him two
doses OF Foley's Orino Laxative and
the next morning the fever was gone
and he Vas entirely well Foley's
Orlno Laxative saved his life"-A.
Wolkush, Caslmer, Wis. Pendleton
Drug Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-24

That the west end of the county
is wonderfully productive section is
well shown by the accompanying pic
ture, which was taken during the re-
cent district fair.
The picture shows the Echo-Foster
exhibit which was arranged by the
Columbia Land company, which now
has the colonization of the Furnish
Coe project. All of the fruit and
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-24
Married Man In Trouble.

\ married man who permits any
member Of the family to take any
thing except Foley's Honey and Tar.
for coughs, colds and lung trouble, is
guilty of neglect. Nothing else is as
good for all pulmonary troubles. The
genuine Foley's Honey and Tar con-
talns no opiates and it is in yellow
package. Pendleton Drug Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-24
Music TeaclleF.

A. II. Johnson, instructor OF band
and orchestra in Pendleton academy
viii accept a limited number Of pu-
pills on violin, cOrnet, clarionet or any
band or orchestra instrument Pu
pills may join the academy band an,
orchestra II they SO desire. Studio a
Pendleton academy. Residence, COL
Post street; phone, Black 1852.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-24

Pumpkins. squash and potatoes were
also on exhibit and had 1t been in the
spring practically every variety Of
vegetable grown could have been dis
played.
While this particular exhibit was
from the vicinity of Echo the display
is creditable TO the entire west end be-
cause the same things grow with equal
success upon all OF the different pri-
vate projects OF that section and upon
the land under the government pro-
ject.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-24
Are You Only Half Alive?

People with kidney trouble are so
weak and exhausted that they are
only half alive. Foley's Kidney Rem
edy makes healthy kidneys. restores
lost vitality, and weak, delicate people
are restored to health. Refuse any
out Foley's. Pendleton Drug Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-24

claim 5000 acres of arid land in Benz
ton county.
While DR.. Blalock would not give
out the purchase price received. he
said that he secured good figure for
the real estate which changed hands
by the transaction.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-24

Foley's Honey and Tar cures
coughs quickly, strengthens the lungs
and expels colds. Get the genuine In
a yellow package. Pendleton Drug
Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-24

company. and Attorney A. f. Clark
expect to leave for New York on the
2Sth to float the bonds.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-12-29

I Stand aside, Messrs. Sherlock
Holmes, Martin Hewitt Dupin,
Lecoq, Vidocq, and all the crew
of famous def cfives of fiction
and history =. FER Joseph Rou-
befdbiHe, repo detective, SUI
perior to you all in the faculties
nj observing everything, remem-
bering everything, deducing all
ME facts that throw light on his
pnses. Before RouiefabiHe pro-
Ronnced Rule ta- bee solved the
Mystery of the yellow Room he
.n'us known to the Paris police
ms a marvel of reasoning power,
although he wGs only a boy in
years. With the solution of the
famous Stangerson enigma he be-
came a national figure in the lit
nrafure of France. As such ne
introduce him TO our readers.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-12-29

murderer left no trace OF his steps
when he fed from the yellow room,
nor any in the laboratory, nor in the
vestibule After entering the yellow
room In his boots he took them off,
finding them troublesome or because
he wished to make, as little noise as
possible. The marks made by him In
going through the vestibule and. the
laboratory were subsequently washed
out by Daddy Jacques. Having for
some reason or other taken off his
boots, the murderer carried them in
his hand and placed them by the side
of the parcel he had made. By that
time the robbery had been accomplish
ed. The man then returned to the
yellow room and slipped under the
bed, where the mark of his body Is
perfectly visible on the floor and even
on the mat, which has been slightly
moved from its place and creased.
Fragments of straw also recently
torn bear witness to the murderer's
movements under the bed"
Eyes, yes. We know all about that"
said NJ. de Marquet.
1.-THE robber had another motive for
returning to hide under the bed" con
tinued the astonishing beg jour-. list /.
you might think that he was trying
to hide himself quickly on seeing,
through the vestibule window, NJ and
Mile. Stangerso about to enter the
pavilion. 1t would have been much
easier for him to have climbed up to
the attic and hidden there, waiting
for an opportunity to get away, if his
purpose had been only flight. No, no!
He had to be in the yellow room"
Here the chief interviewed.
That's not at all bad, young man.
! compliment you. If we do not know
yet how the murderer succeeded in
getting away we can at any rate see
how he came In and committed the
robbery. But what did he steal?'
Something very valuable" replied
the young reporter
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-12-29

MONG the mass Of papers, le
In gal documents, memoirs and
I'M extracts from newspapers
which l have collected relat-
Ing to the mystery of the yellow room
there is one very interesting piece. 1t
is detail of the famous examination
which took place that afternoon in the
laboratory of Professor Stangerson be-
fore the chief of police. This nara
tive is from the pen of NJ. Maleine, the
registrar, who, like the examining
magistrate, haG spent some Of his
leisure time in the pursuit of litera-
ture.
THE REGISTRARS NARRATIVE.
The examining magistrate and |,
says NJ. Maleine, found ourselves in
the yellow room in the company of the
builder who had constructed the pavil-
ion after Professor Stangerson's de
signs. He had a workman with him.
M. de Marquet had had the walls laid
entirely bare-that is to say. he had
had them stripped of the paper which
had decorated them Blows with
pick here and there satisfied us of the
nonexistence Of any sort of opening.
The floor and the ceiling were thor
Oughly sounded. We found nothing.
There was nothing to be found. NJ de
Marquet appeared to be delighted and
never ceased repeating
what easel What a case! We
shall never know, you'll see, how the
murderer was able TO get out of thi7
ROOM
Then suddenly, with a radiant face
he called to the officer I'm charge Of the
gendarmes.
$50 to the chateau" he said, and
request NJ. StangersOn and NJ. Robert
Darzac to come TO me in the labora-
tory, also Daddy Jacques, and let Your
men bring here the two conciergcs."
Five minutes later all were assem-
bled in the laboratory. The CHIEF Of
police. who had arrived at the CLAN
dier, Joined us at that moment. was
seated at NJ. Stangerson's desk read
for work when NJ. de Marquet made Us
the following little speech. as origina
as it was unexpected;
"With your permission. gentlemen.
as examinations lead to nothing. ",
will for once abandon the OLD system
OF interrogation. l will not have You
brought before me one by one but We
will all remain here as we are-M.
Stangerson. M. Robert Dar2ac, Dadd'
Jacques and the two ccncierees, the
chief of police, the registrar and my
self We shall all be on the same foot
ing. The concierges may for the mo-
ment forget that they have been mr.
rested. We are going TO confer togetl.-
er. We are on the spot where the crime
was committed. we have ncthing else
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-12-29

AT that moment we, heard cry from
the laboratory. We rushed In and
found NJ. Stangerson, his eyes bag
gard, his limbs trembling, pointing to
n sort of bookcase which he had OPEN
ed and which we saw was empty. At
the same instant he sank into the
large armchair that was placed before
the desk and groaned, the tears rolling
down his cheeks: 81 have been robbeN
again! For Gods sake, do not say n
word Of this to my daughterl she
would be more panied than am" He
heaved a deep sigh and added, in a
tone shall never forget, "After all,
what does it matter-so long as shell
livesr'
"She will live" said M. Darzac in q
voice strangely touching.
"And we will find the stolen arti-
cles," said NJ OAK. But what was in
the cabinet?"
Twenty years Of my life,' replied
the illustrious professor sadly, cor,
rather, Of our lives-the lives of myself
and, my daughter. Yes, our most pre-
cious documents, the records of our
secret experiments and our labors kof
twenty years, were in that cabinet. w
is an irreparable loss to us and, 1 ven
ture TO say, to science. All the pr6cS'
esses by which ! had been able to
arrive at the precious proof Of the de-
structibility of matter were there-all.
The man who came wished to take all
from me-my daughter and my worke
my heart and my soul" ~
And the great scientist wept like q"
child.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-12-29
IcoNTINUED.l

Then Rouletabille, with great pre-
caution, glided, followed by me, to-
ward the little building which, stand
Eng near the park gate, served for the
home Of the concierges who had been
arrested that morning With the skill
of an acrobat he got into the lodge by
an upper window which had been left
open and returned ten minutes later.
He said only ''Ahg' a word which in
his mouth signifed many things.
We were about to take the road lead
ing to the chateau when a considerable
stir at the park gate attracted our at
tentiOn. A carriage had arrived, and
some people had come from the cha
teau TO meet it. Rouletabille pointed
out to me a gentleman who descended
from it.
That's the chief of the Paris po-
lice," he said. "Now we shall see
what Frederic Larsan has up his
sleeve and whether be is so much clev-
erer than anybody else"
The carriage Of the chief was follow
ed by three other vehicles containing
reporters, who were also DESTROYS of
entering the park. But two gendarmes
stationed at the gate had evidently
received orders to refuse admission to
anybody. The chief Of police Gained
their Impotence by undertaking to
furnish to the press that evening al
the information he could give tina!
would not interfere with the judicial
Enquiry.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-12-29

Generally debilitated for years,
Had sick headaches, lacked ambition,
was worn out and all run down, Bur-
dock Blood Bitters madelne a well
woman. Mrs. Chas. Freiroy, Moos-
up, Conn.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-12-29
CHAPTER XII.

In Which Frederic Larsan Explains
How the Murderer Was Able TO
Get Out of the Yellow Room.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-12-29

MONG the mass Of papers, le-
gal documents, memoirs and
extracts from newspapers
which l have collected relat-
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-12-29
The Mystery
Of
TheYeIIOW Room.
BY CASTOR LER0Ux .
Copyright. 1905. by Brsntano's
BY CASTOR LERoUx

Copyright. 1905. by Brsntaro's
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-12-29

the young reporter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-05
Wonmem's New
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~ p mofa hl sa m5nn f6-d,sn,s
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