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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-30
Il think one good American can lick
three japanese, If it comes to a fight"
UNCLE SAM TAKING STOCK.
VIII Soon BE Able to Estimate Re-
sources of United States.

Washington, July 3O.-"Three
rivers at ten millions apiece. Got it.?
Steen forest reserves at couple
OF millions each"
"Forty-eleven thousand acres Of
mineral lands at"
But no matter about the details.
Uncle Sam is taking stock of his natu-
raj resources and in a few months,
for the first time in history, he will be
able to estimate closely just about
how much he is worth
The national conservation commit
tee, appointed by President Roosevelt
less than two months ago, has been
mighty busy and the work is being
pushed with such rapidity that it is
expected that President Roosevelt will
have a complete invoice Of Uncle
Sans resources by the first of next
year.
A large amount of material embrace
ing the subject of conservation
waters. forests, lands and minerals
already is available in the various ex-
ecutive departments, the heads Of
which have offered hearty co-opera-
ton in the great task the commission
has undertaken. Other important
data will be collected through special
channels, including state, conservation
commissions now being formed, and
some Of the great national organiza-
tions represented at the White
House conference recently.
BY early fall the commission ex-
poets to have in hand sufficient ma
terial to begin the study Of the inven-
tory Of the country's resources, and
by the middle Of October. 1t hopes to
have the greater part Of this material
in hand, so that the full commission
which will hold It's first meeting De-
cember /, may at once take up the
study OF the facts the summers work
has brought together.
One week later the commission will
hold a joint meeting in Washington
with the governors Of the states, or
their representatives, with the view OF
securing further and closer cooper
alton with the various state commits
| slons.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-30
a Girl and a Snake.

1t Is a matter Of fact that men have
greater fee of serpents than have wo-
men. During Il visit to friends In the
country was crossing a stretch OF
meadow in the company of my hostess
daughter, a sprlghtly girl of seventeen,
when a black snake crossed the path
ten feet in front of US. caught my
companion by the sleeve, but she
wrenched herself loose, gathered her
skirts about her knees, gave a running
Jump and landed squarely upon the
back of the reptile. His snakeship
thrashed the grass and the girls ankles
with equal futility. AS soon as she
could dlsehgage one foot she planted
1t upon the serpent's head. In the alb
sence of club or stores was COM
pelled to stand and witness scene
that to me was terrifying, but to the
girl furnished supreme enjoyment.
Years afterward when l read Hag-
CARDS description Of Jess fight with
the kangaroo | understood the kind OF
entertainment that my young compan-
ion had provided for me.-Brooklyn
Eagle.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-30

Equally famous with the man In the
moon and the woman In the moon Is
the hare in the moon, says Garrett p.
Seryiss in his Astronomy With the
Naked Eye" The original Is a Bud
dhist legend. The god Sakkria, dis
guised as a Brahman, pretended to be
starving and went to the animals for
help. The monkey got him a bunch OF
mangoes; the coot picked up a fisher
mans neglected string for him; the
fox stole him a pot Of milk. At last
the god approached the hare. II have
nothing but grass" said the hare. land
you can't eat that" But your flesh Is
good" suggested the pretended Brah-
man. The hare assented. Then" said
the Brahman, 'Tll kindle a fire at the
foot of this rock, and you jump OF into
1t. Thatll save me the trouble OF kill
ing you" The hare assented again,
but as he leaped from the rock the god
caught him in his arms and then drew
his figure in the moon as perpetual
reminder OF the excellence Of self sac
rifice.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-30
A Quaint ENGLISH Ceremony.

On the last day of each October the
city solicitor Of London, with an as
slstant, attends upon the royal remem-
brancer, when by proclamation the
tenants and occupiers Of a piece OF
waste ground called the moors, In the
county of Salop," are commanded to
"come forth and do your service upon
pain and peril that shall fall thereon"
The solicitor chops in halves two fag-
OTIS. one with a hatchet and the other
with a billhook. Afterward comes the
summons to the tenants. ETC.. OF "a
certain tenement with q forge In the
Strand and the payment Of six horse
shoes with slxtysone shoe nails, by the
solicitor. This forge has long ceased
to be, and the same shoes and nails
are used year after year. the shoes be-
ing at least two centuries old
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-30
College Prosperous.

Milton, July 3O.-Rev. H. S. Shan
gle, financial agent Of the Columbia
college at Milton, has gone to Spokane
and the Palouse country in the inter-
est OF the school. He reports pros
poets for a large attendance in the
school during the coming year to be
better than they have been at any
time at this season Of the year since
the establishment of the college eight
years ago.
The lawn fete held on the college
campus last evening was very en-
joyable affair and was we'll attended
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-30

"Dr. Kings New Discovery is the
remedy that does the healing others
promise, but fail to perform" says
Mrs. E. R. Plerson, of Auburn Center,
Pa. ut is curing me Of throat and
lung trouble Of long standing, that
other treatments relieve only tenn
porarily. New Discovery is doing me
so much that feel confident its con-
tinued use for a reasonable length OF
time will restore me to perfect
health" This renowned cough and
cold remedy and throat and lung
healer is sold at Tallman & Co.'s drug
store. SOC and s1.00. Trial bottle
free.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-30
Spell This.

Some Of you who think you are well
up In spelling just try to spell the
words in this little sentence:
at Is agreeable to witness the un-
paralleled ecstasy Of two harassed ped
dlers endeavoring to gauge the sym
metry Of two peeled pears"
Read 1t over to your friends and see
how many of them can spell every
word correctly. The sentence contains
some of the real puzzlers Of the SPELL
ing book.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-30
Rest the World Affords.

1T gives me unbounded pleasure to
recommend Bucklen's Arnica Salve, "
says ]. W. Jenkins, of Chapel Hill, N.
C. II am convinced it's the best salve
the world affords. It cured a felon
on my thumb, and It never fails to
heal every sore. burn or wound to
which II is applied. Csc at Tallman
& Co.'S drug store.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-30

Nodd-I must hurry home early
this afternoon and look after the
baby.
Todd-Where is the nurse?
Nodd-She got off today and left
him in his mothers charge.-Bohe-
mian Magazine.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-30
Too Good q Chance 70 Mlss.

He Qndignantly)-They have put Us
in a back pew this morning. Why, /
wonderi She (calmly)-They probably
noticed that I wore q dowdy hat and
that / shouldn't care to have 1t scent
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-30

There is a saying that people are az
"homeiy as a mud fence" Did any
one ever see a mud fence or know II
there is such thing7-Atchison Globe.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-30
A UPQPhana ~

Senator A.-And do most Of your
constituents think as you do on this
question?
Senator X.-Well, most OF them
think as they think I do-Somer-
vile Journal.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-30

Many man." reflected Uncle Al
len Sparks, winds up his political
career with smashup on account OF
not having a coaster brake on his
mouth"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-30

All the news ali the time in the
East Oresonisn.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-30
COFFEE

Insist on the roaster's
name; never mind the
country it grew or is said
To have grown in.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-30

Vou Ssssss FssuFAs ySus nSssV 3 VOa aooO
n asASl,iags Bee, - ~ N
The Clio messenger., 1908-08-21
BlRCH. RUN NEWS gaIEMs
Items Of Interest Ssnt In by ths Cor
respondent in That I
Village. I.

M. L. HadseIl and Austin Shelley st-
tended the funeral Of Stewart Beach 1T
Bridgeport, Friday.
Mrs. Semi Gray living east of town
entertained her uncle and niece from
Bay City over Sunday. rs
Mrs. Reed Of Saginaw, spent Sunday
at M. ]. Colons.
Charles Nickodemus spent Sunday att
Flint.
Mrs. E. Heath and daughter, visited
in Durand the past week.
Mrs. j. B. Garland of Saginaw, spent
Sunday at the home of Mrs. Arthur
Tracy.
The band boys gave an ice cream So
cial on Saturday evening in the R. R.
park.
Mrs. E. D. Helfrich and son Merle
Shannon are visiting in Chicago.
The houses Of VIM. McGregor and
Joseph Othenin are progressing rapidly
l.. A. Wright of Clio is the contractor.
A. Morse has gone on his vacation to
visit his son at Fairview.
Bernard Brown is visiting friends
and relatives in the southern part of
the state.
Several from here spent Sunday at
Wenona Beach.
~ Born to Mr.. and Mrs. John Rottiers
son, Aug. 16.
The Clio messenger., 1908-08-21
CHURCH NOTES
M. r. CHURCH

M. p. CHURCH
Christian EndRavor $50. Preaching
v:3O.
Class meeting $50.
Preaching, 1890. Sunday school
Immediately a9ter.
Christian Endeavor, $50. Leader,
ROLAND Covert.
Prayer meeting Thursday at Z 80 p. m.
The last sermon of the conference
year 1880.
The Clio messenger., 1908-08-21

4 ;. Monroe veF|t q icE icbeboS,s;lb oS,;
gussdsx to visit bis sister. Adrs-Aws !
Yong and family. \
= Mrs. Mary oids and family of MA
fiinutoh. spent Sunday with her sistek
Mrs. H. E, Monroe and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ayliff and two
children spsnt Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Carter.
The Clio messenger., 1908-08-21
T5lFE TFZI1VBT]

John! Rrownsand daughter. Silvia and
Miss Grace Morningstarr and Mrs. Err
nest Ackley visited the latters parents
Mr.. and Mrs. H. 2. Monroe, Friday. \
Mr.. and Mrs. S. s. Baldwin. Mr.. and
Mrs. Duane Baldwin and Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Miller were at Flint Saturday
Miss Selvia Sayre, Of Holly, came
Tuesday to visit her aunt Mrs. Frank
Brewer and other friends in this To-
cality.
The Clio messenger., 1908-08-21
Vienna.

Miss Frona and Henry Steel and
Clayton Main of Saginaw are the guests
of their aunt, Mrs. L. F. Wilson.
Alvin Clark was in Flint one day last
week.
Mrs. Catherine Pomeroy was the
gust of her son last Sunday, Samual
Pomeroy.
May White and friends, of Bay City
have returned home after a visit with
her sister, Mrs. c. King.
The Clio messenger., 1908-08-21
M. e. CHURCH.

Glass meeting. $50; preaching, 1000
Sunday school, 11:30; Junior League,
3t00s Epworth League, 6:S0-
Preaching, 7:30.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday
evening.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-09-02
THE LAW SHOULD BE CHANGED.

The recent escape of w. W.
from the Southwest
Hospital at Marion deEnon-
strates the necessity of change
in our Virginia laws A hos
pital for the insane is not the
proper place for the criminaliy
insane. In tne first place there
is not room at the various hos
pitals for these people, without
in many cases, crowding out
those who need treatment
Again under the present plan ol
management OF the hospitali
there is not a sufficient forcs
and the institutions are no
constructed so as TO guar,
against the escape OF these m
4 mates. There are number o
! cases similar 10 this IN th
!, State and there should be a
, institution especially for thes
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-09-02
T.. G.. 4 d. NEAR
COMPLETION.
TrsIss Nm Rss To klarvort Before
First Frost

Kingsport, Tenn, Aug. 26.--
With the early completion OF
the Carolina. Clinchfeld and
Ohio Railway assured, the west
ern part Of Sullivan county is
entering an animated period Of
industrial development. The
project of constructing this
great railway system FROM the
mineral districts of Virginia is
about 20 become a reality.
This scheme was considered
a dream Of financial fnanciers
less than a generation ago.
With hundreds Of laborers en-
ployed in the day and night
shifts, it is an assured fact that
the G. {. & o. Railway will be
running trains from the north
into Kingsport before the first
frOsts appear this fall. The s.
Walton Contracting Company
has just finished the concrete
piers for the bridge which IS 10
span the North Fork OF Holston
| River, at RotherwOOd, west Of
] KingspOrt. and the grade work
on the new road will be finished
from KingspOrt 20 st. Paul, Va,
i'm a few weeks. IL is believed
that the RotherwOOd bridge
will be finished in September.
With the present process Of
contractors continued the 9. Q.
q o. Railway will be running
trains from johnson City to ST,
Paul by Christmas. The great
. er part Of the grade work hai
been finished between the North
aud South Forks Of the HolstoI
River. The Kreis- French Con
struction Company, located a
: KingsPort, will complete ii
y work by September 30. Thi
D. company is building a tunne
l. in Sullivan near this place
n NJ. NJ. Schiitz, of Knoxville
10 who had g. G. & o. grad
- contract, finished four miles Q
work near here this week.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-09-02

expenses of administration and
selling represents the profits on
the coking operations. In 1906
the value Of the coal used was
$50. .2S2, ,524, and the value OF
the coke produced was $si COS, =
O34, the-difference to cover all
expenses of manufacture, ad-
ministration and profits being
$29, ,s75,5lO.
Statistics of the production
in the United States are report
ed by K. w. Parker, coal ex-
pert and chief statistician of
the United States Geological
Survey Mr.. Parker's repor!
for last year has just gone to
the printer and viii appear in q
few weeks as an advanced
chapter from the ''Mineral Re
sources Of the United States
Calender Year 1907" copies Of
which may be obtained by ap
plying to the Director of th'
Survey at Washington, ID. G.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-09-02
PODE on ANOTHER'S PASS.

Roanoke, Va, Aug. 2s.-
United States Deputy Marshal
Burnette, last night arrested
young P. i. Thomas, of this
city, charging him with violat-
ing the Hepburn law by riding
on a railroad pass that he was
not entitled TO. Thomas made
a trip from Roanoke to Blueheld
and return on a Norfolk and
Western Railroad freman's
pass He was given a hearing
before United States Commits
sioner White and released or
$500 bail.
Two other arrests for a simi
lar violation of the Hepburn
act we're recently made her
and the men held for the Fed
eral grand jury.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-09-02

Miss Caroline Rangely, q
charming young lady who has
been visiting in this city for
the past month, will visit in
Bristol, Big Stone Gap AID
Christiansburg before returning
to her home in Stuart, Va. She
has been the guest OF Mr.. aud
Mrs. George Hannah, on Wa
tauga Avenue. Miss Rangely
is very attractive young lady
and her many frisnds regret
that her stay in johnson City
was not longer, but TO compen-
safe for this she expects TO re-
turn some time during the holi-
days for a short stay.-Johnson
lCity correspondent 20 Bristol
News.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-09-02

Mr.. John White. Of 35 Highland Ave-
Houltun, Maine. says. Have been troubled
with a cough every winter and spriag. Last
winter ! tried many advertised reuedtcs.
but the cough continued until | bought
5Oc bottle OF DR.. Kings New Discovery be-
fore that was half gone. the cough Vas All
gone. This winter the same happy result
has followed; = few doses once more ban
ished thu annual cough. l avn new con-
WINGED that Dr. Kings New Discovery -
the best at al cough and lang remedies.
Sold under guarantee ~ J. ". Kelley :
drug store. SOC and ti-oO. Trial bottle
| free
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-09-02

people, where they can be sent
and the society feel that life
can, and will be protected.
That such people as w. W.
Pendleton should be in an insti.
tntiOn where every precaution
can be taken TO prevent a re-
occurrence Of what transpired
in this town a few months since,
there is not the least doubt.
Something should be done at
the next meeting of the Gen
eral Assembly Of Virginia tC
correct this evil. We hope thai
the Virginia Press will take
this matter up and agitate i
until this serious defect in th'
law is corrected. --Wythevill'
Enterprise.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-09-02
JAIL DELIVERY AyERTEO
AT GATE CITY. VIRGINIA.

The prisoners in the county
iajl prepared TO break out Tues
day night, but luckily their plan
was discovered by Sheriff
Broadwater and jailer Dough
erty Tuesday evening. They
had made an opening through
the fiue. A bed is kept sus-
pended from the ceiling during
the day and with this they had
concealed their work.-Gate
City Herald.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-09-02
how TO Gel SirOng.

DAILY. of 1247 ". Congress ST., Chi
cago. tells OF a way to become strong. he
says MY mother, who Is old and was very
feeble, is deriving so much beneht nom
Electric Bitters, that I feel il is my daty TO
tell those s.h0 need tenic and strengthen
ing medicine. about 81. IN my mother :
case marked gain in flesh has resulted, ia
somnia ha been overcome, and she Is stead
ilV growing stronger" Electric Bltier'
quickly remedy stomach. liver and kidney
complaints Srid under guarantee at J. W
keily's drug store. 5oe-
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-09-02
The Richmond Ma gisierisI District
SoOu to be Buiit.

II nlans on foot do not fail,
ritbin the near future the Rich
oond Magisterial District of
Wise county viii be covered
,v,tb one of the best systems of
Uood ,oads in Southwest Nir-
ginia.
his proposed to bond the
district for something like one
hundred thousand dollars to do
his work, and an election will
-robably be held soon to ascer'
.oin the wishes of the voters on
This matter.
We understand that it is pro-
nosed 20 build a first-class mac
adamized road from the Lee
county line 70 the line of
the Gladeville Magis-
terial district at the Carding
mill branch just beyond Little
Stone Gap, and starting at the
CAPTAIN Slemp place down the
hack valley by way of East
Stone Gap and on TO this place
Also to extend the road already
being built from this place q
Appalachia on TO StOnega, 10
man aud Imboden, thus com
pletely covering the distric
with up-to-date throughfares.
That the people of the dis
trict viii heartily favor such
move there is no question. Witt
system Of roads as propose.
property in this district vii
double i'm value. Ii viii pu
the great trucking section b'
tween here and Little Ston
Gap in close proximity wit
the mines, where a ready ma
ket is always obtainable for a
the truckers products. Ii Wi
make the valley and the whol
of the Richmond district bio
SOM ike a rose. Ii will advanC
the interests of the district f,
more than anything else.
Judge Skeen, our HonOrab
Circuit Court Judge, hearti
fayors the proposed plans, al
wil order an election at q
proper time. All the busine
men of the district favor it al
viii give il their hearty su
port. In fact, we have n
talked to any one opposed
this scheme of securing a go
system of roads.
Let the good work go on.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-09-02
his FATHER MISSING.
Afford Tribble Being Searched For hy
His Son From Utah.

W. Edward Tribble, a real
estate man Of Green River,
Utah, is in Bristol searching for
his father, Alfred Tribble, a
veteran Of the Civil War, who
disappeared here on the 9th Of
last December.
The missing man was y
years old. He had been a In
mate Of the National Soldiers
Home at Johnson City for more
than three years. Procuring a
furlough on December 7th, he
left the home, Intending to visit
a sister in St. Louis, whom he
had not seen in twenty-ons
| years. His purse and railroad
ticket were stolen from him a
/ johnson City depot while h'
was in a state of intoxioatiOn
He was put of the train at Tel
ford, Tenn, the first station
west of JonesbOro. Findinl
, that he had $l25 in currency Il
} an inside coat pocket, the mex
morning he bought a ticket {
Bristol, stating that it was hi
: intention 10 go to Roanoke. II
e came here on the morning {
e December Sth, and from ths
{ time nothing further was eve
@ heard OF him. Thinking /
J. might return TO his natiN
@ home at Keysville, Va, his sc
z has made repeated inquiry
h persons there, but the missir
Is man has not been seen ther
d His son fears he may have be,
murdered for. money and !
money and his body cOnceale
Tribble was late of the Sc
enth Missouri regiment of "
unteer cavalry. He was a pc
- siOner, and there is now d
- him $2l6 pension money.
o had money on deposit in
u Unaka National Bank at Jot
y son City, which is still the
His son was unable to gain q
IA tangible information here,
ne though he seached the pol
ny records and made inquiry
Si- the chiefs of police.-Brii
90 News.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-09-02

&c. Goodwin. Of Riedsville. \. G., says.
..Rncklen's Arniea Salve is a sure-enougb
kn0cker for ulcers. A bad one came on
my lee last summer. bat that wonderful
salve Knocked il out in few ronnds- Sos
even a scar remained Guaranteed fos
piles. sores, burns etc. 25c. at }. W
Kelley's drug store.