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

The Oregon Daily Journal pub
fishes the following interview from
w. ]. Furnish on the congressional
nomination in this district. The Jour-
nal says:
T. T. Geer's hopes to step into the
shoes of Congressman Ellis do not
appear so roseate to w. ]. Furnish of
Pendleton, as they do to Mr.. Geer
who has transplanted himself in
Umatilla county from Marion and Is
about to begin a campaign for the
congressional nomination.
Mr.. Furnish was in town today on
the way to California on business
trip, and while here talked of things
generally in the quiet, cautious man.
ner peculiarly his way
"You have another embryonic con-
gresham up in your town." It was
said. Mr.. Furnish looked inquisltlve
and interested.
"T. T. Geer," he was reminded
"Oh, yes" he said.
what is that going to do to Mr..
Eris?" Mr.. Furnish was asked.
at is pretty early to say" was the
response.
"Geer. of course, has some friends
up about Union, where he once liv-
ed" was hazzarded.
ellis has lots of friends there,
and all over eastern Oregon" Mr..
! Furnish said quickly
at looks as though the battle would
have to be fought in Portland" was
the next guess
"I have heard people say said
Mr.. Furnish. "that Geer could not
get the vote here he did at the last
election. I don't know whether he
can beat Ellis or not. Nobody does"
he said as he turned away from pol
itics. ITS too early yet and then
you can't tell, anyway"
Speaks of Banking.
Mr.. Furnish also discussed the
I banking laws and conditions here. He
said that bad bankers ought to be
brought up short when they violate
the law. and that the laws should be
/ enforced.
Bankers ought to obey the law in
every thing" said Mr.. Furnish. And
they should run their banks In the
proper manner. When they do vi
olate the law they ought to be prose-
Gated vigorously, and If guilty should
be punished in no uncertain manner
This ought to be done for the pro-
lection of the business as well as for
the safety Of the public.
az did not like the banking law
nassed by the last session of the leg
islature. I came down here cou-
nle of times and worked with the
trainers of the law and said then as
now hold. that a banking law
should allow the bankers room TO
handle their business, but at the
same time il should be simple, clear
" defined and straight-out. Then II
n is violated the banker who violates
Il should be subjected to the vigorous
application of its penalties.
"There is the same trouble with
tho federal banking law. There they
find things not according to the law
and nothing is done about 1t untii
something happens, then the law is
invoked. 1t ought to be applied oe-
fore anything happens and then no
great damage would be done to the
public. ,.o
what ought to be done is to nave
good laws and then enforce them at
all times, both as regards the pahN-
ers and the people. Then there
would seldom be any trouble"
Mr.. Furnish leaves tonight for Cai-
ifornia on a short business trip z
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-01-09
A HIGHER Health level.

"I have reached a higher health
level since I began using DR.. Kings
New Life Pills" writes Jacob
Springer of West Franklin, Maine.
"They keep my stomach, liver and
bowels working just right" II these
pills disappoint you on trial, money
will be refunded at Tallman & Co.'S
drug store. 90 cents.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-01-09

more than they are able to tell oleo-
margarine from real butter, or adul-
terated from pure groceries and 1t Is
properly with the province of the gov
enment to protect its people from i'm
posit on by counterfeiters OF all class
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-01-09

Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup
acts upon the bowels and thereby
drives the cold out OF the system. 1t
contains no oplates-it is pleasant to
take and is highly recommend for
children. Sold by Tallman & Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-01-09

George L. Chase, president Of the
Hartford Fire Insurance company, is
dead at his home In Hartford, Conn.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-01-09

Commander William II. d. briggs
U. s. NJ, retired, died yesterday at
his home in Washington, d. c.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-01-09
Note for Sale

A five year note for $500 bearing
per cent. Interest paid annually.
Secured by mortage on real estate
worth $1,000. Enquire at Wonder
store.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-01-09
A Reliable
Remedy
Ely's Cream Balm
10 quickly absorbed.
70 quickly aDsOTDpl,
Gives ReIieI ai Oncp.

Gives Relief al Once.
1t cleanses, soothes,
heals and protects
the diseased mem-
brane resulting from
Catarrh and drives
away a Cold in the
Head quicHly. Re-
stores the Senses Of
Taste and SneL. ~
gists or BY mali. IN
Ely Brokers, 56 w.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-01-09
FURNISH TALKS
ABOUT CONGRESS
PENDI.ETON BANKER ON
POLITICAL SITUATION

Prospects of Congressional Candidates
Are Discussed With Portland Pa
per-W. j. Furnish Takes Hurried
Glance at Eastern Oregon Situation
Also Speaks of Banking law.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-01-09
FEW CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
Pendleton Has Splendid Record for
Health Since Last Spring.

That Pendleton has been remarka-
bly, free from contagious diseases Of
all kinds IS shown by the records at
the recorders office. Had 1t not been
for several dlphtheria cases that oc-
CURED during October and Novem-
Der the city would have had a clean
bill OF health since last June. Out
side Of the diphtherla cases the only
thing reported since last spring was
one case of scarletina which occur
red in October. There is now but
one diphtherla case in the city.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-12-19
MINES AND MINING.

II j. the intention Of the owners Of
the Josephine mine, in the Occur
d 'Alenes, TO work the property on q
large scale.
The compressor plant recently in-
stalled at the Imperial mine, in the
Occur d 'Alenes, has been tested and
found 10 be satisfactory.
The Bunker Hill d Sullivan Mining
q Concentrating company, at Wardner
has announced the disbursement Of So.
600 10 the stockholders Of the company
for December. This Is dividend no. 1876
The total amount Of dividends paid dur
ing the present year IS &655,OOO, anc
the grand total Of dividends paid up d
date Is SlO,055,OOO
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-12-19

The mikado Of Japan has purchased
for 100000 from Joe Sliscoyitch. the
famous Alaska pioneer the largest an
timOny mine in America, from which the
japanese government Will take tons Of
minerals containing valuable ingredients
for smokeless powder and metals which
viii make the steel hulla Of Nippon bat
uesbips proof against barnaeles. The
Japs had received reports Of an assay
0f ore taken secretly from the mine in
september. japanese experts have
made "a complete investigation, not only
~ this mine bat of nearly every im
portant property in Alaska, during the
last ei2 months
Ai preparations have been completed
a. tlroH q largo force 0f japanese ln
borerH INTO Che property ~ open fhe miue
under tAe direction ~ Japanese ca
giueerF. orc Wll b. Transferred ~ fhs
mlkad0 fesseie ou fDe coasf and car
rled aeross tle laeile ~ furnish Japan
eae faefQriea Hitl fle maleraia 90
strengthening fAe nasal eileiope5 "a
tlHf uHilou.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-12-19

When skies are cold with wintry stars.
and hills
Are white with yester-even's snow, and
lie
In ghostly state beneath the ghostly
sky;
When many a gusty blast the darkness
fills
With ever lonely. homeless sound, and
chills
The window panes with frost; when
cracking fly
The sparks about the hearth, and glow
and die,
While in the pause his note the cricket
trills;
Oh. then how dear is home and what a
sense
OF rudy warmth and peace beguiles
the mind
And what a charm In listening while
the wind
Blows fierce outside, through winters
starry tents,
And dies away around the window
pane.
And ever rises loud. and dies again
Ernest Warburton Shurtlef.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-12-19
OLD CHRISTMAS SAYINGS.

An old German saying Is that be-
tween IL and II O'Clock on Christmas
eve water can be turned into wine.
A Montenegrin saying about Christ
mas eve is Tonight earth is blended
with Paradise"
The lamp, or candle, must not be al
lowed to burn Itself out on Christmas
eve or there Will be a death in the
family within the year.
Magyar superstition Is that any
one who eats nuts without honey on
Christmas will lose his teeth.
Another is that pillow turned at
midnight will bring dreams of fU-
ture lover.
1t is unlucky to tr1p on Christmas
day.
The ancient ScaDdinavians and
Anglo-Saxons called Christmas Moth
er's Night" the name being handed
down TO the Chrstianized people from
an old pagan festival formerly cele-
brated about this season of the year
The Sicilian children place penny
royal IN the beds Christmas eve be
cause they believe II always flowers
at the exact hour OF Cbrist's birth.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-12-19
closed and Pearl and Baby had depart

closed and Pearl and Baby had depart
ed.
Noel drifted for little bit, the shock
unnamed him terribly, but his pen was
his sole source of income, and it had TO
be piled IL body and soul were TO be kept
together, and in a very few weeks he
had, to some extent, regained his mental
balance, and his work improved.
The eve of Christmas and the day
itself appeals TO most hearts. and on this
particular eve Noel kept thinking back
and thinking back while he wrote.
How well he remembered the extra
sized stocking he induced the nurse to
knit, and how bulky it looked and felt on
Christmas morning. And then came
school, college, and then married life.
When the scribbling fit was on him
Pearl used to draw her low wicker chair
close to his writing table knitting, OF
daintily lingering white material, soft
and downy and fluffy for the prospective
wearer, and the few remarks she made
seemed to chime in and identify them
selves with what he was writing; but.
OF course, all this happened five years
ago.
One odd little trick Pearl had, and
Noel remembered it this evening-and
missed it.
When his pen was working extra
busily she used to lay the tips of her
fingers upon his right hand-just where
hand meets wrist. She did not incom
mode him in the least. He declared hei
touch inspired him; they were such pink
tipped fingers, and so small, and he had
often written with the tiny touch on his
wrist almost unconsciously-On peep
Ing up from time TO time at a sweei
oval face, into deep violet eyes love lit
But, Of course. this was FIVE year,
ago.
So he wrote on, feeling a little bi
sorry that Cbum had not stayed, for af
ter all he only had another half hour
work before him. and then they could 81
and chat and perhaps drown the SCUM,
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-12-19
1AG$H<EA@c
+ NOEL GLAYTON'S CHRISTMAS1


0A eyes. and his white hands. small
and demonstrating. were as well kept
as those Of a woman.
He was thirty. and a splash OF gray
on either temple, a strand OF two OF
white in his mustache, made him look
older.
He was broad-chested and muscular
By all rules-he should have been q sol
dier-he looked an "open air. man. but
for Eve years he had been writing short
stories. nOvelettes and serials for the
weekly press.
il was good. nervous work His name
was becoming known. for he had the
happy knack Of blending pathOs with hu-
NOR. lie had travelled widely. and an
Australian bush idyl At the beginning OF
the week would be followed again by
story Of rustic lie in the dear Nesf
Country that he loved 80 well.
He lived quite alone. wOrked-and
smOked-frOm morning ~ night. loved
his profession and had practically drop
ped All his friends-male aud female
and when a 6t Of the not infrequent
blues got him Dy the throat. threw bis
pen into the CRATE aud ordered up bis
lnndlady's children, and panden0ninm
reigueo Tor an hour.
Sometime b. gave them pennies but
not always available ~ autbOrs-but the
romps were huge. and he enjoyed them.
OF course there Nas woman az the
bottom ~ the tanfle ~ tle mans lie
auQ women c0mpllcate tnluEs sometimes
-he would have said 'aiWays"
on ono particular evening b. Was alone
and writing. Hleu Jim Colrtenay was
sDDHp ip-aud jim was az Old and fried
friend about flf ouiy friend tle lonely.
self-alsorDed map bad and AZ the To-
conner sHf doHu and lighted his Dipe aud
did 40 boiler thf author ~ quite .
quarter ~ nu hour aud fleu hQe rose
aud stretched hlmself
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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-12-19
WHATFARMERSN need
COUNTRY LIFE Commission
IN SESSION At SPOKANE.
President Roosevelt's Questioners Have
Much Praise for the Work in Hand
and Tell Of Result Of Their Trip Over
the states-Articles Of Interest to All
Many Subjects Are Discussed.

La an address at Spokane Saturday
by Professor L. II. Bailey, chairman Of
the country life commission, said:
"In no place that we have visited
have / found 80 much interest among
the business men in agriculture and in
the building up Of the country as in
Spokane.
"In the hearings and inquiries which
we are conducting we find that there
are four interests which stand out most
prominently in the people, minds, and
on which we are asked most frequently
for information and assistance.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-12-19

eyes tear-fimmed, waS Pearl
II have rotnIus1, Noel" 1t Yves .
quavering listle voice, but 1t thrilled kim
How lie she was to their child.
And then the bells clashed forth their
message. Peace on Darth, Good VIII
Towards Men," and to two hearts they
carried a sweeter, deeper message sill.
No word was spoken. A small figure,
in smoking jacket that reached to his
heels, stood at the dividing door, an
eager face turned to either.
And husband and wife kissed silently.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-12-19
Poverty After Soil Depletion

Poverty After Soil Depletion
"The third result of soil depletion, if
we do not have scientific farming, is
poverty and degradation, and this is
coming in some communities. There is
now abandoned land in all parts of the
country, even on the Pacific coast. From
my college windows in New York
can look out on hills that are aban-
doned farms. These farms were not
abandoned, as is commonly supposed,
because the soil is exhausted, but for
economic reasons. When the land was
cleared it was nearly as cheap to saw
timber into lumber as to burn it, and
these farmers built larger buildings
than they needed They established
themselves in a certain kind of farm
ing, and when the west opened up and
raised breadstuffs cheaper than they
could, they were forced into dairying
and finally off Of the land.
- But the new type Of farming will re-
claim these lands which are returning
to forests. 1t was not long ago that
the cry Of the abandoned New England
farm was supposed TO be the greatest
economic question Of the east; but it If
no longer 50. We have settled that
question by scientific farming.
1--WE have not found anywhere q
body Of business men 50 keenly inter
ested in the problems Of country life
as you are in Spokane. You are set
on the development Of all your inter
ests eoordinately, the country with the
city, and they are not antagonistic q"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-12-19

4" First comes education. On this sub
iect we have found uniformity Of
ideas in every state from the east 10
the west. So closely are ideas allied
in the different sections that we find
almost exactly the same expressions
used. There are certain phrases which
we find cropping out TO express the
same ideas in all parts Of the eOun-
try.
"There is a general feeling that the
rural school needs reorganizing and re-
directing; that more domestic. science,
manual training and the practical side
Of life should be taught. This has been
true in all our hearings, and we found
the same expressions in the replies 10
the questions sent out by the commits
sion TO farmers.
Second Ia interest after education
are good roads We find two expires
si0ns IN this common desire for better
highways. One is that good roads will
promote social intercourse IN the eoun-
try and the other, particularly IN tho
south, is that the government should
build roads for the communities We
DO not hear this 80 much in the west
where the communities seem 10 feel that
they can take care Of themselves.
"Third Ia frequency among questions
we hear is the emphasis placed on or
ganization among farmers there is no
unanimity Of opinion as ~ the kind %
organizations, but they All feel the same
way about the need Of them that ths
agriculturist docs not present solid
front and can not therefore compets
with tho organizations Of commerce.
Opinions among farmers on or
ganizatiOn are not uniform enough a.
enable the commission ~ make any
recommendation Oh Che subject. Jhers
arc pnncipally tno kinds VI sugges
tions One is that these organiza
lions take the form of q combination
or trust ~ set the price ou products
and the other Is for cooperation ~ ip
forests, ~ study and understand tlf
Laws VI Trade and farm managemen'
n flWliar manner Az Che DalifpInia
FruifgloHera' eAehange, which en
deayor ~ DAD fhe beai market study
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leaYe q NJ you as NJ Bhleh ~ ihoa'
organisaflonf ~ fle better, apd : tplnA
tlefe pl le po ditefepee ~ opnioi
ou ~ hppjeei
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-12-19

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apy aurh ridiculous myih af sanu
llHufI
Tough Ilnu5 haEl llm nasi A.
dai game AL ~ Sans. 40 good
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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-12-19

"A liye coal should never b. carried
oar of abe Aouse on Christmas eFe.
AZ childrrp bonn "a midulEhi "a
December 81 vii Dec0me great ano
famous
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-12-19

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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-12-19

IT IS no longer necessary to go west
to get new land. Every man has new
land who has new ideas to put int
operation.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-12-19

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New-York tribune., 1908-11-15

grief in q madhOuse," comment which scarcely
errs on the side Of consideration for a man
.oyertaken 10y heartrendinG misfortune. We note
also references 10 several individuals still Iiv
ing which anything but tactfuL However
this book, as We said at the outset, gains from
the obvious conviction Of the authors that the
king could do no wrong. Their fervor connuni-
Gates vivid warmth 10 the truth which they
tell They have done their best TO paint an &C
curate portrait They have paid tribute to
Whistler's admirable qualities to his gentleness
his capacity for affection his courage, his sweet
If, in chapter after chapter. especially in their
second volume, they show Us a man wasting his
time and energy on issues unworthy of his
genius, that, repeat, is Whistler's fault, not
theirs.
To know the man in his habit as ne lived the
reader viii long turn to this biography. It viii
be usefully supplemented, CT course, by the let
ters which Miss Birnie Philip is by and by TO
print, but it can never be superseded When II
goes into new edition the authors could surely
without loss modify the notes on living persons
10 which we have referred, and they might in
dicate that the retort attributed to Whistler
or page 1876. of the first volume, was used long
before by Northcote. They might also modify
the exaggeration in this strange sentence:
.'F,verv line Whistler wrote evidence OF his
familiar knowledge of the Bible. Ignorance OF
King Jarnes's version may be the reason why
so many literary critics have found fault with
his English" These volumes have been beauti-
fully printed and illustrated They appear III
the same binding which Whistler chose for his
Gentle Art of Making Enemies.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-15

-e,s the 'scalpine" Of old friends. the shrin sar
cas-re and implacable eTligrslE72s, We can hardly
h,re 10 find il in circumstances commanding
s,-uEachy- Il was sound principle that led TO
TIE Huskln trial and Whistler deserved his tri-
1rrn. i was something like petty vanity that
| l-r, him in perpetual hot water Speaking Of
1h. period from 1880 10 1890, the fullest Of
1vfistIer,s always fun life his bographeTs
say:
Z was during these ten years that he opened his
..-.e man shows arridst jeers ana closed them
conquered society though s"clely never itaIiH t l
Il s during these years that 70 make ilTTsf!f
$50 q a. --ss- Nt- - ,,1rsff tf1a .r-C--i1r1 he
wanted 70 attract. i during these ten years
g15 - Inn and Ther g of and get photographed.
xIan - DeEas also said. he acted q i he had no
g,Hsls al Ct which was merely part Of the armour
l+rsstlt a foolish public. Il was during these ten
yea rha1 he 'sIled The t4llaETeTS- ana got nc TIG
e-uG5a 10 studio ard through England. France,
l. Er uace win nm: that captured the press,
r1.-f i is ID unconscious Df its capture thar ne
,-r.-rs1ed the interest Of England. OF the whole
vu-ls Guau him. with one object II VleR--ihat Is,
make England. 70 make tie whole world, look a
Was this :ndefaticabIe campaigning neces-
sarz o. rather was Il desirable? Docs II not.
.-5-=G. leave q brilliant figure somewhat
g.-r-a-E and even q SHADE vugarized? Com
f..-. Whistler once more with the old Floren-
-.r- v.th whom he has o:ten been compared,
E.--s.u--c CeIliEl- When al is said there re-
r--s-s something robust. something inviEorat-
5-.-- about that splendid traEEart- Whistler in
...-e vein Ultimately develops a strain OF
r..ra peeylsar-ss. indicative Of weakness and
5. ..- rather -L.I- IF .uu.I. wrath Thus there
.-r. instances cited in these volumes which tes-
=. -. wiz. mischief passing into wanton NAL
---..rs..-S His treatment gf NJ
New-York tribune., 1908-11-15

typed separately, and were again verified for the
thlrd time Then they printed and verified for
the fourth time. in print which yields six thousand
cases OF looking up passage After al. il is
tam that some numerals VIII be wrong and then
the critic will come and raise cutlery
Indeeu. al this eyc-dCStrUyInC labor not
dert&keH for the general reader. but solely in the
nope Of dcprvInE Other historians Of their
melancholy deHght-hndIng out the mistakes If
brother the craft
MI tIFihbi'- IN ms ''ROuSSeau and the Women He
Loved has caused great satisfaction by
making a "howlcr' Of the purest water. 7 hug the
laCt, IT consoles me when melancholy vades but
deprive no historian Of the pleasure Of finding Il
cut Tor himself This is what makes The bic
toHary OF National Biography pIcasaut-dis-
covering the 'h"wlers" Not that I blame the edi-
Tors Ter not even they CTuuiscicnt
once ! found out Il writer who NAV hc truly said
I" be nothing II not accurate. in a ''howIer- He
hL4 = page, headed ETrata' (which il pIuraIt and
on Inc page was only one 'erratum''' II there had
De more, ] hopefully believe that he would have
written "ErratH