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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-04
BUY HERMISTON LAND.
Apples Grown Under Umatilla Pro-
iect.

J~a
Hermiston, Aug. 4.-Land sales
continue to go on in the Hermiston
country, many outsiders buying con-
tinually, mostly in five and ten acre
tracts. DR.. Hoisington Of Pendleton
is among the latest purchasers, hav-
ing arranged for a five acre tract.
He is highly pleased with the condi-
tlons here, and he will Immediately
make improvements. He will prob
ably build a cottage on the land this
fall.
Apples on Project.
L. w. Furnas, one of the pioneers
Of this section, has been exhibiting
Umatilla project. These are the first
apple to have been grown on the
project proper, although considerable
fine fruit has been raised in the
vicinity of Hermiston and the lands
under the project. Three years ago
Mr.. Furnas set out a young orchard
and this year the trees are bearing.
During the week he picked a repre-
sentative specimen for examination
II. A. Vincent Of Portland, who is
interested in lands under the pro-
ject, is here this week from Portland
A heavy increase of settlers is
expected in Hermiston next fall, and
they will now begin to come in from
all directions when the colonist rates
are on. Land sales have been going
on all along, but rush is expected
in the fall.
Oliver p Morton Of the reclama-
ton service was a Sunday visitor al
Wenaha springs.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-04
NEWS OF MILTON ECHO NEWS NOTES
GRAIN COMING ON
A RAPID RATE.
Butter Creek Man Buys Five Cows for
Dairy-Alfalfa Crop Is Good in
This SectiOn-Cement Work on
Project Goes on at Rapid Rate.

Echo, Aug. 4.-Grain is now being
brought into the warehouses by the
wagon load from the surrounding
country where harvest has been
completed. A few sales have been
made at good prices, ranging from
7S to II cents up to this time. No
extensive sales have yet been made,
and the farmers are talking of hold
ing on for awhile in most instances.
r. F. Wigglesworth, one of the big
stockmen on Butter Creek, has re-
turned from. Western oregon, where
he had been to buy dairy cows. Since
the reserve policy is cutting the stock
men down on summer range many OF
them have plenty of hay and will go
into dairying instead Of raising so
many sheep. He has just made a
purchase of 26 head of graded Jer-
sey cows at an average price OF
$3.50 per head, and he also purchas-
ed registered bull at a cost Of 500.
They are a choice lot, averaging 325
pounds of butter each for one year.
MI. OAPNNeo W AOeASS
his herd to so cows within year,
and he will market his butter at
Echo.
Many of the people from here are
away for the month Of August, either
in the mountains or at the coast.
The alfalfa has been turning out
fine this season, and there will be all
kinds OF alfalfa hay for feed next
winter. Hundreds of head of cattle
will be fed here again next winter.
Make Good Headway.
Rapid headway in the cement work
on the Umatilla project below Echo.
where the ditch is being cemented
for about 5000 feet. is being made.
There are over so men at work. and
1t will be completed by early fall.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-04
State of Ohio, city of Toledo, Lucas couu.

State Of Ohio, City OF Toledo, Lucas Couu'
ty, IS.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he ID
senior partner Of the firm of +. J. Che.
ney & Co., doing business In the City OF
Toledo, County and State aforesaid. and
that said firm will pay the sum Of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
the use Of Halls Catarrh Cure
FRANK J. CHENEY,
Sworn to before me and subscribed In my
presence, this 9Th day Of December, A. D.,
1886.
iSeal.) A. W. GLEASON,
- Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally,
and acts directly on the blood and mu-
cous surfaces Of the system. Send for tes-
timonlals free.
r. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa.
tion.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-04
Read the East oregonian.
THROWING HIS FORTUNE AWAY

Throwing away what one has Is not
always the only way to lose a for
tune. Being unable to see an oppor-
tunity, or to grasp 1t when seeing It,
Is more often the cause Of losing out
in this world. A person who feels
too sluggish to make the best Of time
can quickly improve by using Sexine
Pills, the great tonic, that is guaran-
teed for all forms Of weakness In
men and women. Price 81 box: six
boxes IS, with full guarantee. Ad-
dress or call the Pendieton Drug Co.
This u the store that sells all the
principal remedies ana does net sub
stitute.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-04
DISCOURAGED

You may be discouraged
because you have tried SO
many nerve remedies without
having received any benefit.
If you would only try a six
weeks course of NERVlTA
TABLETS. you would have
good reason to rejoice. II
they were not the best made
why would every druggist
recommend them? They are
known as the King Of Nerve
Medicines for u years; any
druggist will sell you 6 boxes
for S.. Cheer UP. It's not
too late. Write for Free
Booklet.
Fisher Drug Co. Chicago.
PENDLETON DRUG COMPANY
PendIeton, Oregon
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-04
For Sore Feet.

'I have found Bucklen's Arnica
Salve to be the proper thing to use for
sore feet. as we'll as for healing burns,
sores, cuts and all manner OF abra-
sions," writes Mr.. w. Stone, of East
Poland, Maine. It's the proper thing
too. for piles. Try IT, Sold under
guarantee at Tallman & Co.'S drug
store. 25c.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-04
Murdered With an Ak.

An aged Chinese vegetable garden
er who went by the name Of Jim, was
found murdered at South Vancouver,
B. c.. Tuesday. He had been killed
by a blow from an AK, and his head
was almost hacked off by repeated
blows
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-04
BIG PEACH CROP IN
MILTON COUNTRY.
Apples VIII Be Bumper Crop Also
Amended Complaint in Case OF Pea"
cock Min Company Against Walla
Walla County.

Milton. Aug. Peaches will be a
bigger crop in this section this year
than for some years. The trees are
well filled. The Importance Of peaches
Is being realized more and more oy
the fruitgrowers Of the valley ana
thev will assume a place OF much
more prominence than heretofore
Anples are also heavy this year.
RepudiateS Tax Levy.
Amended complaint in the superior
court nv the Peacock Mill company
against officers Of Walla Walla coun-
" and city. in which plaintiff seeks
N enioin the city and county from
collecting taxes on $4,000 sacks Of
wheat purchased from W. P. Reeser,
has been filed. The ground for the
action is that the plaintiff did not own
the grain in March when the taxes
for 1907 were levied against W. p.
Reser. The complain alleged that w.
W. Raymond, as agent for the Pea
cock company, Of Milton and Free
water. made a proposition to w. P.
Reser to purchase the grain on March
2 and on March the delivery Of the
grain commenced. The taxes are
state and county, 311S.7s; school, ss1;
city, s1S6.50.
The defendants in the case are NJ.
Toner. assessor; W. ]. Honeycutt,
treasurer: John McCaw, auditor; n.
n. Hanson. ]. L Harper and George
Struthers. commissioners; 7. d. S.
Hart. city clerk; Mike Davis, chief Of
police, and W. P. Reser.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-04
Rooh Of orneon Poems Ont.

"The Song OF the Oregon Pine" a
little book Of original verse by Bert
Huffman is now out and Is on sale at
the Frazier book store. Price so
cents. Printed on fine paper and
highly illustrated.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-04
LODGE DRAWS BARS
ON SALOON MEN.
Redmen VIII Not Admit Liquor Deal
ers Hereafter.

CTS hCTcdlucF'
oregon Redmen have Joined the II
other state organizations of the order
who have declared against admitting
any one connected with the manufac-
ture or sale Of spirituous liquors into
their ranks, and at the great council,
which has just completed its sessions
in Medford, followed the advice Of the
great council Of the United States and
passed a law to that effect. The law
bars from membership any who are
in any way connected with the liquor
trade. The law does not affect those
who are already in the order, merely
referring to future candidates for ad-
mission. It is expected that the Wash
ington council, in session at Everett
today, will enact a similar law.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-04
Removal Notice.

Cook G. Perry have moved their
stock Of books, stationery and no.
tions to the Smith-Crawford build
ing opposite postoffice. Call and see
them.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-04

Dewitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills
will promptly relieve all Kidney and
Bladder disorders. Sold and recon-
mended by Tallman & Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-04

DeWitt's Little Early Risers, safe,
easy, pleasant, sule. little liver pills.
Sold by Tallman & Co.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-11
Republicans Publishing
Their Appreciation of
MIR. Bryan After E

and Il closes with a noble utterance
which may we'll be taken home TO the
conscience Of every American citizen:
God does not require great things of
us; he only requires that we improve
tho opportunities that are presented.
and l shall be glad TO improve the on
portunities for service presented by
private life" That these opportunities
Will continue to be large not many
Will deny. Mr.. Bryan's real contribu-
ton TO the public welfare has been of
a nature which his defeat will not I'm
pair. His value to the nation, as q
fearless critic OF tendencies, az an
eloquent preacher of proverbial moral.
ity. as a public leader who powerfully
and persistently emphasizes the Dem
ocratic element in our political and
social life will be conceded even By
those who are most sincerely gratifed
over the American peoples third refus.
al 10 accept Mr.. Bryan as the chief
executive"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-11
BY CHARLES FERGUSON.

At public dinner the other day
Mr.. David Fairchild, OF the United
States Agricultural Exploration Serv-
ice. discovered on the bleak. dry plains
Of Russia and brought to America that
peculiar variety OF wheat called
durum. OF which fifty million bushels
were produced this year In our semi
arid regions. And ne told OF expert
ments that are being made with =
yellow-fowered alfalfa from Central
Asia. which Is expected to perform
for our colder northern states such
miracles OF cattle-feeding as our south
west has already witnessed.
In the middle Of the sixteenth cen
fury the monk. Hieronymus Garden.
following peacefully in the bloody
track OF Pizzaro, brought from Peru
to Spain a good potato-and thus be-
slowed upon Europe and the world a
greater store OF wealth than the gold
Of a thousand galleons.
There are men sitting In university
chairs of professional political econ
omy who still think that the value Of
merchantable goods bears some sort
of fixed relation to the toll that goes
into them. They vainly imagine that
IL we could measure the strain OF
laboring muscles we should know how
rich we are. The fact Is. that wealth
Is not produced by toll but by intelli-
gence. Ali the treasure OF the world
Is treasure trove. And the world
grows richer every day, not by strain
ing harder, but by making new dis
coveries. Nature Is inexhaustibly az
fluent, and would dover all with stump.
tuous delights-if we only would i'm
prove her acquaintance.
The arduousness OF an Industrial
process Is in inverse ratio to It's eff
ficiency. The better the work we do.
the easier II Is to do 1t. The wealth
problem-considered apart from the
complicated legal abuses to which We
have subjected ourselves-is simply a
matter OF settling down and making
ourselves more at home In the real
world. II is a question OF adjustment.
OF acclimation We are strenuous be-
cause we are awkward. And we are
awkward because the business OF
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-11
From Another Point of View

when Mr.
omce
broken the speed in New
York orewoe w.
him he
to
that Standard deco a earlier
having solicited Who please?
The public in the usual
Mr. Rockefele morem
the
uears ave correspondents In that state
Rapdsm man himself
of like tragedy
in
Of
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-11

But these are matters which can
be dealt with when the time comes.
Il fancy for the present he would
be quite content with little friendly
coercion in a few directions which
would give him an immense pull over
his neigh5ors. or one thing am GER
tain, that. OF all people In the world.
he will best appreciate the advantages
OF having such an airship as the Vic
tor at his disposal
Il cannot" he went on. convenient
ly 60 to him myself. | could not visit
him very well In the Victor without
the chance OF meeting with a rebuff.
and II met with a rebuff l fear that
might lost my patience and then
there might happen TO Berlin or Pots
dam what has already befallen Mon
| AGO.
And So" Strong continued, IF you
consider the plan a good one, | shall
send Miss Hunt on from Vienna TO
Berlin tonight | will appoint her
Minister Plenipotentiary-wi certain
| limitations. of course, though that may
be an Irishism-and she can meet the
kaiser.
IF he will receive her" said Diana
II don't think" said Strong. that
there is any fear of that. Provided a
man has a sufficiently sensible PROPOSE
ton to make, the kaiser will never
turn a deaf ear. That Is one OF the
great beauties OF his method. He
likes to deal, with things personally
Even II II Is only out of curiosity.
feel certain that he will consent 10
deal with me through Miss Hunt. Al
any rate, am more worthy OF con
sideration than Koepenick."
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-11

Diana's face shone rudy In the
light of the fire and now II was almost
u happy face. She was even tempted
TO allow herself TO fall into Strong s
headlong. hurrying, needless ways
But she held herself In check.
remembering that she must be, for a
rapid wheel OF his many movements.
Without more ado. therefore, Strong
proceeded TO tick-tack Miss Hunt. and
before long he got an answer back.
Simply and succinctly he informed
her OF the failure at Monaco. and un-
folded his immediate plan OF campaign
in which the kaiser was the chief OBJ
jective.
In conclusion he said: Il don't want
to rob you OF all your sleep, but II you
don't start for Berlin by the first thing
In the morning. you will be unable TO
do anything with the kaiser for three
days"
Miss Hunt tick-tacked back that she
was smiling. She was becoming In
ured TO hardship, and used to little
sleep. She was perfectly prepared TO
start at once.
IL should be glad, however" she
said, IF you would tell me how you
think that had best seek an audience
with his majesty"
Strong gave her full instructions as
to the simplest method OF this. He
had friends in the embassy in Berlin
and they, unconsciously, had given
him many hints as to the best way OF
tackling the great parsonage in whom
he was then particularly interested.
(Csntinusd FridayJ
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-11

When we say that Mr.. Theodore
Roosevelt. In many OF his moods (and
n man of more varied moods has never
been SO conspicuously placed In this
country). Is boyish, and often merely
childish. we are confident that we ex-
press the opinion OF large number OF
his fellow-citizens. says the New iork
Times. II Is curious fact over whicn
future historians may ponder. that the
best-educated. in an old-fashioned
sense the bestbred. man elected TO the
presidency OF the United states In hail
a century mas done more than any OF
his predecessors TO belittle the dignity
NJ the ONCE. Mr.. Roosevelt's silly per-
Torrance on Saturday caps the climax.
He only needed a brass band TO &C
company his stunt" party playing
"FoIlow the Man from Cook's' 10 com
plete his likeness to the low comedian
of musical farce.
II would be too much to expect any
president TO satisfy everybody In all or
his public acts. But the nation has
right TO demand that the dignity OF the
presidential office shall be upheld. The
president cannot separate himself from
his office while he occupies II. except
in his intimate private life. Inevitably
he has less of that than other citizens.
His public duties are many, onerous,
and grave. When in a mirthful mood
he compelled So army officers and
some other public men to follow him
in a foolish tramp through briars, mud.
and water. Mr.. Roosevelt was not act
ing as a private citizen. Only his high
authority induced the men to follow
him and publicly make fools Of them
selves. In view OF their easy acquies-
cence the country may feel grateful
that the president-elect was not In the
company. This Is not trifiing mat
ter. II is the worst public manifesto
ton the president has yet given OF his
utter disregard OF the dignity OF the
Office OF chief magistrate. and that Is
saying a great deal. Fancy Lincoln or
Cleveland leading such march.
Almost as foolish IL the letter from
Mr.. Roosevelt TO Mr.. Martin Of Day
ton. Ohio. on the religion OF candidates
for ONCE. The president declares.
forcibly, that Secretary Taft's religi-
GUS faith Is purely his own privats
concern" Then why should Mr.. Roose-
iveit. the chief magistrate OF the ma
ton, discuss II publicly with hither-
to unknown Ohioan? The result Of the
election shows that the reports OF Mr..
Traits religious convictions did not
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-11
In Bughouseville.

The doctor stands upon his head
And pares potatoes with a fork:
He's dyed his whiskers green and red,
And as. he pares he chews a cork.
The banker owns hundred farms,
But that's not why he wears one
shoe,
And goes around and flaps his arms.
And cries out: Cock a doodle -doo."
The grocer does not groce today;
He's standing. battered, In a stall;
He's billed to eat a bale OF hay
Before the evening shadows fall.
The miIkman's bell today IL still
His stock-in-trade Is getting sour:
He rolls a peanut up the hill,
And turns handspring once an hour
The village dentist rides n goat.
And seems to weary OF the stunt:
The county Judge still wears his coat
But has the tails around in front
They arc rot hopelessly insane.
But they are men who pay their
debts,
And so. in devious ways and vain.
They're squaring their election bets
Golfers
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-11

Partisan newspapers vIllihed Grow
or Cleveland shockingly while he was
president and eulogized him efusively
when he was dead. In the opinion Of
the president and the organs OF his
party Bryan was a dangerous man be-
fore election--althoush Mr.. Roosevelt
took the chance OF asking him to serve
with a number OF honorable men In
the convention for the conservation or
our natural resources, In Washington
last spring.
The following from the, Chicago
Tribune with relation to Mr.. Bryan's
recent statement concerning the cleo
ton. illustrates the candor and cour-
age OF Republican newspapers In Civ.
Ing the Nebraskan his due when there
is no longer any danger OF his defeat
Ing the Republican nominee for the
presidency;
IL voices the aspirations not only OF
Mr.. Bryan and his following but OF
the masses Of the American people.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-11
Finding Money!

wealth production is. racially speak
ing. a new thing. Our ancestors spent
their time in senseless drudGery. in
the spinning OF theories as TO what
ought to be, or in the occupation Of
killing each other for what they
called Honor and Truth.
Labor, in all it's political agitations.
has never yet pitched the key OF Its
demands half high enough Ii has
always asked some mere mitigation OF
It's Observation-Disclosures hours and
more pay. The right demand OF an
awakening democracy is not that It's
labor shall be lessened or lightened,
but that II shall be done away with.
SO long as there is a class set aside
as laboring class, democracy Is only
disappointed hope.
AS things stand. prosperous people
never speak OF themselves as labor
ers-except In sentimental moods.
They perceive. more or less dimly.
that they all make their living not By
being put TO inconvenience. but by
making use OF discoveries. Thus the
new era OF toilless intelligence seems
already to be halfway ushered In.
Though, IL the last truth must be
told, II has barely got its foot across
the threshold. The delay OF its grand
entrance Is mainly caused by the dull
hereditary submissiveness OF the
"working rlasses"-which makes IL
possible for intelligence to live. not
by the subdual OF the Garth, but OF
the poor.
When you buy a steel rail or
rubber shoe, the coarse stuff OF the
thing Is given you gratis. What you
pay for Is wholly spiritual and i'm
ponderable: II weighs nothing on the
scales. You balance dollars worth
OF your own time and attention
against the intellectual citation (their
failures go for nothing) OF the inven'
tors and thousand other minds that
have had the happiness or knowing
how to help trees grow, fire burn and
wheels revolve. To be sure, a GER
tain alloy Of heartache. stupidity and
physical distress has gone into the
thing. but the point is that the elm
nation OF all this will improve the
product.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-11
CHAPTER xLI.-(continued.)

~1TILL," he said in conclusion, Il
nj suppose you want me TO con-
|. tinue trying. That is why !
asked you to request Miss
Miss Hunt TO stand by her in
strument all night. ! was afraid we
night be late"
Now, you know, my dear" he went
on, that / more or less trust you In
this matter. That is to say, ! more
or less rely upon your suggestion.
am no hand at diplomacy. Hammer
ing people till they give in Is more 10
my mind"
THAT seems to me-" said Diana,
somewhat Of a confession OF small
brain power. Do you really mean to
tell me that since this afternoon you
have been unable TO think OF any other
scheme whereby you may achieve by
peace what you propose TO win by
war;
ITO tell you the truth" said Strong,
II have; and, ruling England out OF 1t
for the time being, see but one way.
Excepting England, there Is In
Europe at the present time only one
man who really counts-only one man
who Is a real man, only one man who
Is a real leader OF men. l mean the
kaiser. Now, 1t goes against the grain
for me to do II. but the scheme which
have thought out Is this:
II will offer my services TO his I'm
perial Majesty Billy, Of Germany, in
return for the kingdom Of Bahama.
He might subsequently require me to
make war on France, keep Russia In
order, or coerce Italy.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-11
A Natural llfebuov.

The boatman had been angered by
the asinine behavior OF young fel-
low among the party which he had
taken for a sail. When the boat spranr
leak far out from the shore the boat
man somewhat allayed the alarm Of
the rest Of the party by serving out
life belts. but he gave no belt TO the
would.be wit.
Where's miner" said the terr,a.a
youth.
Don't you worry, my. lad said the
boatman. with virdictive smile. "You
don't need no life belt. You'll never
be drowned A Teller with an cad M
'oller as your'n can't sink. Nature'r
given you nat'ral llfebuoy.--Argo-
naut
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-11
Panq-WanoIln0.

A little dubious az to the exact
shade of significance. but certainly
alluring to the ear, Is "pang-wansle.
II expresses-well, what does II ex'
press?-a cheeriness under minor dis
comforts, humorous optimism under
small misfortunes. though indeed these
seem dignined definitions for 80 In
formal a word.
II Just pang-wangled home In the
rain, says a friend Of mine, and l
know he got there drenched but good
tempered. I'VE went pang-wangling
on 10 the theater last night" says my
nearest neighbor, and feel pretty GER
tain they had been blue over some
thing and felt the need Of some small
gayety. II would do us all good IL we
pang-wangled bit more, think-At-
lantic.