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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-27
IDAHO WINS TIMBER:
State Gets $4,000 Acres From North
ern Pacific Grant.

The belatedly announced decision
Of the secretary OF the interior, giving
to the state of Idaho about $1,000
acres of timber land in the northern
part OF the state worth between $300,-
900 and 100000, adds another i'm
portant item to Idaho's magnificent
endowment for common school pur-
poses.
The Pocatello Tribune says Of the
recent ruling Of the interior Depart
ment giving Idaho $4,000 acres of ex-
cellent timber land in Northern Paci-
fic land grants Of the, northern part
of the Gem state:
The lands were involved in con-
test suit against the Northern Pacific
and certain entrymen, and the case
has been fought to a successful finish
by the state land board through At
torney General Gubeen. Some of the
people of the northern part of the
state have rather found fault with the
attorney general on the ground that
as a representative Of the state he has
been fighting the interest of the set
tiers on this land.
Nothing could be more untRse and
the land boards position in the matter
has been completely upheld by the
secretary's decision, which conclusive
ly establishes that the only right to
this land was held by the state, and
that neither the Northern Pacific nor
the squatters had even shadow of
right.
For the state to have exempted the
settlers filings from this contest would
have been to abrogate the states
rights, and no law abiding person
would justify such a thing.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-27
RECLAMATION MEN HERE.
A. II. Davis, Chief Engineer, and
Others Visited PendlctOn Briefly.

others tlSlteu feihulctOh DrloiiS'
For a short time the members OF
the board of consulting engineers OF
the reclamation service were in PEN
dleton yesterday afternoon and while
here spoke most encouragingly of the
east Umatilla project The party that
was here was headed by A. P. DAVIS
chief engineer, while others with him
were d. C. Henny, head of the recla-
nation work in the northwest. Henry
Hobson, assistant supervising engin-
eer, and A. E. Chandler, a field rep
resentative Of the department.
Messrs. Davis and, Chandler left last
evening for Boise while Messrs' Henny
and Hobson went to Hermiston.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-27
Good Fellowship Club Banmet.

The Good Fellowship banquet by
the men of the First Presbyterian
church will be held In the lecture
room of the church this evening al
1880 o'clock. The banquet will be
served by the ladies of the aid So
ciety and a splendid menu has been
prepared. Special music will be a
feature of the evening and fine pro-
gram of after dinner talks will foi-
low the service of the banquet.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-27

of Mrs. Lydia Kinman and is well
known in the city where she has re-
sided for number of years. Mr..
Adams is one Of the most efficient
railroad men in the northwest, having
been agent for the Northern Pacific
in this city for the past 10 years,
They will reside at Mr. Adams home
on South Main street.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-27
PERSONAL
MENTION

Harry Turner of Weston has been
here today upon legal business.
L. II. Remillard of Wal!a Walla, is
in the city today on a business trip.
VIII NJ. Peterson, the lawyer, left
today for walla Walla upon a short
visit.
w. A. Gibson left for Milton today
to be absent for few days on busi-
ness.
r. f.. Thorn OF Hermiston left this
morning for his home after a business
visit here.
A. C. Henderson of Pilot Rock,
went to Adams this afternoon on a
brief business trip.
Attorney Oliver P. Morton return
ed to Pendleton this morning after a
brief visit in the city.
William Slusher and son, w. A.
slusher, left for their sheep ranches
at Nolln this morning.
Ross Newport of the Newport Con-
tracing company, came up from
Hermiston last evening.
Attorney r. r. Johnson of Echo,
came up last evening upon short
business visit in the city.
w. H. Daughtrey, manager Of the
Umatilla Ranch company, Is up from
Echo upon a short business trip.
T. H. Chung, the restaurant keeper
at Umatllla, has been in town today
on business and to pay his taxes.
G. w. Brown of Hermiston, was
visitor in the city last evening and
attended the Married Peoples dance.
George Carey, proprietor of the st.
George restaurant, went to Portland
last night upon a short business trip.
Chief Dispatcher A. Buckley of the
La Grande division of the o. r. & NJ,
passed through today on his way to
Umatilla on brief trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Ora NJ. Hacock came
over from La Grande last night and
the former will be employed in the
Wlnslow Bros. jewelry store.
Miss winifred Godfrey of Chehalis
Wash. has arrived in the city and
will be the guest of Mrs. j. r. Dick
son for the next two weeks.
Mrs. Laura B. Davis, mother Of
engineer A. p. Davis Of the Umatilla
Irrigation project, is in the city for a
few days visit, from Hermiston.
Miss Catherine Duncan, now Of
Haines, formerly connected with the
Fair store in this city, is here on
few days visit, the guest of Mrs. Lee
Moorhouse.
John Van Orsdall left for Spokane
today where he will join his wife,
Mrs. C. C. Van Orsdall, who goes to
Spokane on an official visit to the
Women of Woodcraft.
Col ]. F. Mcknight came up from
Hermiston last evening upon a biref
business visit in the city. He has al
most entirely recovered from his re-
cent attack of pneumonia.
John Thompson, the well known
stockman OF the Umatilla river, is in
They will perhaps return to Pasco to-
at Weston. HIS cattle have been on
the range most of the winter and are
in excellent condition.
DR.. S. L. Corpe of Weston, is in
the city today upon a short business
trip. DR. Corpe recently went from
Cove. Union county, to Weston, ano
he is building up an excellent prac-
| tice IN the Normal town.
Rev. George T Ellis of Athena,
passed through today from Baker City
to his home. after severe illness
W tn the grip at Baker City. He was
accompanied by Mrs. Ellis and is now
| much improved in health,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-27
VIII Move TO Echo.

George w. Jones, who has been
section foreman on the Walla Walla
branch of the o. r. & N, for the past
four years, but who resigned from
that position recently, has accepted
the position of foreman of the sec
tion at Echo and will move to that
place to reside permanently.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-27
ADAMS-KINMAN WEDDING.
Popular Northern Pacific Agent Wcds
Well Known Pcndleton Girl.

The marriage Of Miss Edith Kinman
and Walter Adams took place at 0
O'Clock last evening at the home OF
the brides mother ate POI West Webb
street, Rev. w. T. Euster Of the NJ
e. church, performing the ceremony
Only a few intimate friends were
present. After the wedding an elegant
supper was enjoyed.
Miss Kinman Is the eldest daughter
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-27

The Matching season is now open
and I am prepared to furnish settings
of full blood, single comb white leg
horn eggs. to the trade in any guam
tlty desired 81 per hundred. For
further information phone Main SS.
A. Nolte.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-27
Hyacinth Tea Tonight.

The sanctuary chapter of the
Church of the Redeemer Will give Il
hyacinth tea at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. W. f.. Brock. beginning at S
o'clock this evening. All are cor
daily invited to attend.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-27
Suit to Quiet Title.

Suit has been brought in the cir
cult court by Nellie NJ. Davis ct al,
against Ida Cherry ct al, to quiet title
to a quarter section of land in section
10, township north of range 81 f.
w. NJ. The suit was filed here this
morning by McCourt & Phelps
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-27

Thelma Elliot, the seven year old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. p o. Elliot,
died at the hospital at O'Clock this
morning following an operation for
appendicitis. The funeral will be held
from the Elliot home at o'clock to-
morrow afternoon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-27
Tickets Oh Sale for Recital.

Tickets for Mrs, Selkirk- -Norton's s
recital to be held at the home Of
Mrs. w. F. Matlock, next Monday
evening, March 2, are now on sale
at the Pendleton Drug Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-27
New Snow at Kamcla.

Eight inches of snow fell on the
summit of the Blue Mountains at Ka-
mela and Meacham last night. Cars
coming west this morning were COW
cred to a depth of several inches.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-27

II you see 1t in the East oregonlan.
It's so.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-10-02
THE PARTY OF YOUTH
Why Young Men Vote the Repub-
Iican Ticket.
1T STANDS FOR PROGRESS.

New Voters Proud to Ally Themselves
With the Party Of lineoln-lts Past
Performances Presase a Still More
Glorious Future.
1t is not without significance that
young men who have just attained
their majority are found, as rule.
voting the Republican ticket The rea-
son is plain. Those young men look
on the Republican party as the party
of hope. the party of promise and of
performance, the party for whose can
didates they will be proud to say In
later years that they cast their first
ballot, the party whose past needs no
apology, no balm of oblivion for blum
ders and for crimes, no record of slav-
cry, rebellion and attempted repudia-
ton. each stamped out In its turn by
American freemen under Republican
leadership.
The Republican party is eminently
the party Of youth. With Republicans
the memory of the glorious past is but
an incentive to make the future still
more glorious. To the Democracy Is
left the congenial occupation of foun-
dering in the marsh of bygone Demo-
cratic vagaries. lured on by some new
and delusive will-o'-the-wisp to the
quagmire of quadrennial failure.
The youthful voter finds no attrac-
ton In such company. He prefers to
march forward on firm ground, with
the party of Lincoln. of Grant, Nc
Kinley and Roosevelt. of Taft and
Sherman and Hughes-of nearly every
great American, living and dead
whose career has added luster to the
closing half of the old century and the
beginning of the new. The young
man prefers the Republican party be-
cause il holds out a prospect for his
own advancement, because in build
ing up the nation as whole 1t offers
fresh opportunities to the individual
because under Republican administra-
ton there is a fair field for every one
and every citizen is protected in the
enjoyment of that which he has right
fully acquired.
The new voter who takes his place
in the Republican ranks and casts his
ballot for Taft and Sherman will have
the satisfaction not only of sharing in
the Republican victory, but also Of
knowing that he has helped to assure
prosperity for the country at large and
an UNNECESSARILY better chance in
life for himself and those in whom he
is interested than If the harpies Of
Organism had been permitted to befoul
the feast.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-10-02
LABOR TURNS TO TAFT.
Toilers Scent Danger In the Fallacies
of Mr.. Bryan.

OF Mr.. Bryan.
Convincing evidence was furnished
by the conference at Cincinnati last
week by Judge Taft with Oscar
Straus, secretary of commerce and la
Dor. and T. V. Powderly. formerly
general master workman of the
Knights Of Labor, that the attitude OF
labor is growing each day more friend
ly to Taft. The campaign of education
which the Republicans have been car
rying on has been effective, and the
laboring man. SO Mr.. Powderly told
the candidate. is beginning TO appre-
ciate the fact that restoration Of
business confidence through the cleo
tion of Mr. Taft means more work and
prosperous times for him.
Secretary Straus announces his In
tentlon to 90 out on the stump for the
specific purpose OF exposing some Of
the Bryan fallacies in regard to labor.
Said Mr.. Straus: The most dangerous
of these fallacies is presented In
Bryan's slogan. Shall the people rule"
and well may he ask it, for every one
of his leading doctrines is IA denial OF
that rule"
Mr. Straus classes Mr. Bryan's gov
eminent guarantee of bank deposits as
next in point of danger to his plan for
the government ownership of railroads.
Mr.. Straus believes this guarantee
proposition is as great menace as the
old IL TO ! hobby. ITO guarantee de-
posits," said Secretary Straus, lis to
guarantee the loans of the banks. for,
as a matter of fact. a large part Of the
banks deposits is made up Of credits
extended by the bank to borrowers and
by them deposited or placed on the
books of the banks as deposits"
Mr. Powderly said among other
things after his talk with Taft: La
Dor never was better organized. better
paid. more independent or more re-
spected than 1t Is today. Never was 1t
more secure in its share of the outcome
confidence Of employers. All this is
due to the effort of nonpartisan. well
differed unions. What labor organiza-
lions now enjoy, and they enjoy more
than they ever enjoyed in the civilized
world before. came as the result OF
intelligent. cooperative effort exerted
in nonpartisan way through their
unions.
"Of'course there are many men out
OF employment as the result of the
recent depression, but to my knowl-
edge men are returning to their old &C.
equations all over the country and at
their old rates Of pay. / recall the
awful panic of 1873 and that Of 1893,
and in neither case did men 60 back to
work at their old wages. The case Is
different now, and to my mind 1t would
be suicidal for labor to vote in such n
way as to imperil the return OF full
prosperity, SO rapidly manifesting
itself"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-10-02
DAVIS INVENTED
new TORPEDO.
Passed Through Fourteen feet of
Armor Plate and Ten
Feet of Coal.

Lieutenant Commander Cleland Da-
Wis United States Navy has devised a
torpedo gun capable OF tearing holes in
the best armored warsnips af oat. No
more than IA score of persons have
ever seen the Davis torpedo gun in ac-
zion and not one tnird OF that number
could descrige IL If tiey would. 1t is
one OF the secrets of the Navy De-
partment mat must be kept a secret
TO maintain it's value. But enough
is known to prove that the Davis in
vention is tie greatest advance in the
art of hitting the enemy hardest since
Ericsson set his Yankee cheese box
box on plank" and cleared the sea
of many times lis weight in iron clads.
Wuie tie invention of Commander
| Davis is called a gun, il is in reality
an improved torpedo. Torpedoes sucn
as those in general use detonate when
tney strike the exterior Of a ship'h uull
and lose mucn of their effectiveness
| through the escape of gases. The
Davis torpedo is fired from an ordinary
torpedo tube, operates by compressed
air, and has an effective range OF at
| least mile. Like the torpedo proper is
| becomes destructive wren 1t strikes, an
obstruction, either the side of a battle
! snip or a vessels torpedo netting but
unlike the common torpedo, il does
not itself detona,e. Immediately, on
impact nigh explosive is set off,
which discharges projectile through
the hull of the ship. tbs projectile
contains another charge of explosive
with a time fuse attached which is
set working at the moment of the ORR
ginal impact. The projecti,e is hur-
led through the aImor plate of the
target and eXplodes inside the hull
with a destructive force sufficient to
sink the finest fighting craft afloat
Much stress is laid upon the fact that
netting such as issued 10 protect Eng
lish batt,eships against torredo attack
has no effect against the Davis tor
pedo gun.
In actual trial at Washington. the
Davis torpedo gun recently hurled a
projectile through seven inches Of ar
NOR plate, tnen through 10 feet of
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-10-02
Mr.. TAFT DOES THINGS.
One Incident That Shows the Quality
Of the Man.

One Incident That Shows the Quality
Of the Man.
This incident affords perhaps as good
an insight into the psychology Of MIR
Taft as any that could be cited. II IL
illustrates the way Mr. Taft does things
the way he works and the way he
plays. forwhen he plays he plays as
hard and zestfully as he works With
him the thing is to do 1t. Accomplish.
ment is ever his aim. Ii happened
while Mr.. Taft was on the sea. bound
for Manila to open the Philippine as
sembly The narrator watched the pro-
ceedings Mt close range. Three men
away up in the eyes Of the ship. and
contemplated hole ten feet above
their heads A narrow iron ladder led
perpendicularly to the deck. The cir
conference of the hole seemed TO APP
proximate that of sugar barrel. One
of the men. Ambassador O'Brien.
bound for Tokyo. was tall and spare
lean and sinewy. The second. Judge
Thomas Burke Of Seattle. was short
and rotund. The third. Mr.. Taft. was
larger and heavier than the other two
put together.
1T would be easier for the camel to
60 through the needles eye. Mr.. Sec
rotary. than for you to get through
that hole" bantered Judge Burke.
II wouldn't like to try that climb
I'll confess" said the ambassador.
"Well. | don't know" rejoined the
2S5 pound secretary Of war. ut looks
like tough proposition"
For n moment the three turned aside
to examine something to which their
attention was directed. Unregarded
Mr.. Taft stepped to the foot of the lad
der and observed 1t contemplatively
One might have deduced from his man
ner that his thoughts ran something
like this: That's a hard climb, and
that hole looks smaller than my body.
but those fellows don't believe that
can climb up that ladder and get
through the hole. believe | can. I'm
going TO try It,"
Before he was spied Mr.. Taft had
half scaled the ladder. Ambassador
O'Bren and Judge Burke, despite
their lesser weight, expressed in their
faces an approximation of dismay
when they saw what the secretary was
about. you'll never make 1t; better
come back" advised the ambassador.
Look out the ladder doesn't break,
cautioned Judge Burke. Round after
round the secretary progressed until
his body was halfway out Of the hole.
When the circumference of his girth
came into conjunction with the cir
conference of the hole 1t was toss
up for a minute which would win. But
Mr.. Taft proved that he had an elastic
waist line, which won over the un-
yielding limits of the hole. But it was
struggle. He stuck to 1t grlmly and
doggedly. The lifting of 2S5 pounds
Of dead weight by the muscles Of the
arms is a task that would tax the
strength of "A far lighter man. A final
heave and Mr.. Taft hoped upon the
deck as lightly as boy. He was
smiling all over. He had won. The
passengers who had watched gave him
a cheer. He would have stayed in the
hole and fought 1t out for an hour
rather than retreat. That is Taft.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-10-02

COAL. and again through seven inches
Of armor on the otner side. AS the
projectile itself was not charged with
explosive, the amount of destructive
force that would nave followed was
not demonstrated at that test, but the
experts have way of calculating these
details that leaves little 10 the imagi-
nation.
There is not battle afloat that can
i've ten minutes after it. is nit with
That projectile." exclaimed one of the
men who saw the test; and there was
no one present to diagree with him.
A more recent test held in Boston
Harbor showed equally surprising. re-
suits. A target tank mad been con-
structed stronger than a section of
a battle ship, of tnree-quarter-lncn
iron with three interior bulkneads.
This tank was formerly the property
Of the Standard Oil Company. 1t was
ballasted with 40 tons of scrap iron
anu SuDultIStu II IL lcct. u ht piO-
jectile was driven clear into the CEN
ter of the tank which sank
in 10 seconds and 'he torpe-
do gun was found and return
ed to the government storehouse
in as good condition as the day
when it was turned out of the Wnite-
head factory Tine force of the eX-
plosion of the 40-pound charge Of dun
mite, however was demonstrated by
the remarkable condition Of the tor
pedo tube. Commander Davis had
shrunk two steel bands around it,.
One of these was found broken in
two, and the other stretched to sucn
an extent that it could be moved from
one end of the tube to the other.
Yet the tube Itself remained uninjured.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-10-02
sale.

We have about 20 acres of good
farm land,on the Harris Ford road. one
and half miles from Sunnydale, direct
ly on the N. II. & Z. r. r. Good
dwelling and out buildings. Nice
young orchard and abundant supply OF
freestone water.
70 acres at Davidson Station on the
Owenshoro branth Of the |. C. r. r.
60 acres fine bottom land, will grow
"a or so bushele corn to acre, 10 acres
of rolling land, very fertile. Two fine
Springs everlasting water. bounded on
the South by rough Creek.
Dwelling, story and half
eight rooms, new, located South side
Clay street Hartford, Ky. Price and
terms reasonable.
BARNETT G SMITH Agents.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-10-02
ha Minht Have Married.

Fitz-Greene Halleck never married
yet. as Mr.. Howe reminds us In his
American Bookman. he could not have
been without attractions. for certain
superior lady is reported to have de-
clared:
IF | were on my way to church to
be married. yes. even II. were walk
ing up the aisle, and Halleck were to
offer himself. I'd leave the man | had
promised to marry and take him."
To this perhaps should be Joined his
epigram. written for young lady who
had asked for his autograph:
There wanted but this drop to Ill
The wifeless poets cup of fame.
Hurrahi There lives lady still
Willing to take his name.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-10-02
s,ooms bu. TO- Die.

The taliput palm (Corypha umbracu-
lifera) of Ceylon. whose leaves are put
to such numerous uses by the Cinga|
lese. bears fruit but once during Its
life. This elegant tree measures about
ten feet round the trunk and attaIns a
height of about $50 feet. The flowers,
the appearance of which presages
death TO the tree. are inclosed In a tall
spathe which bursts with loud re-
port. disclosing a huge plume Of beau
tiful blossom. The inflorescence Is sue
ceeded by equally conspicuous punches
of fruit. When these have ripened the
tree withers rapidly and in the course
of fortnight may be seen PROSTATE
and decaying on the spot 1t adorned.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-10-02
NEGRO AND DEMOCRACY.
Would Be Suicidal For Colored Men &c
Vote For Bryan.


One OF the greatest negroes this
country has known. u leader of his
race and the honored confdant OF
President Grant and Secretary Fish.
recently said: 1T would be suicidal
for colored men to vote for Bryan
They have nothing to hope for from
the Democratic party, which has dis
franchised them in the south and
which processes to regard them as
unfit for the ballot anywhere. The
only chance for the negro is with the
Republican party, and it will be sad
day for the negro when a Republican
president will be elected without the
votes of negroes having helped TO
place him in power"
In view of the fact that Bryan him
self has approved negro disfranchise-
ment in the south there can be no
doubt of his attitude should he be
elected to the presidency, while the
southern Democrats would regard
northern negro votes for their candi.
dates as an Endorsement by the negro
race of southern treatment of the ne
gro.
II Is impossible to believe that any
negro who has studied intelligently the
history of his race will go into the
voting booth and cast n ballot In favor
of Bryan and against Taft and Sher-
man. the Republican candidates-the
candidates of the party which opened
81 . a. k. 81
which gave him the ballot and safe
guards him in its use in every state in
which Republicans rule.