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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-01
LEWISTON WILL PAVE.
City Council Authorizes 100000
Worth OF Street Improvement.

special from Lewiston says Of the
street paving just ordered in that city:
The matter of material to be used
for paving the business streets Of
Lewiston came up before the coun
Gil for final decision tonight and re-
suited in the selection of treated wood
blocks. The contract will involve the
paving Of Main street from the river
to Thirteenth street and other strets
in the bushes district. Fifty-five
thousand yards of blocks will be used
and the cost will be over 5000, 900.
This paying contract will be the larg-
est awarded by any Of the northwest
cities this year, except North Yakima
which is putting In 10000 yards Of
brick.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-01
RIVAL sQUAwS FIGHT
FOR PETE CORBETT
Pete's Wife, Bruised and Beaten, Sees
Another Woman Drive OFF With
Her Brave.

Pete's Wife. Bruised and Beaten, Sees
Another Woman Drive OFF With
Her Brave.
An episode that attracted almost a.
much interest as the circus Saturday
evening was an Indian family quarrel
that occurred on Court street during
the afternoon between the wife Of
Peter Corbett, the gay Umatilla To-
thario, and another squaw who sought
to steal the affections of the dusky
Pete.
During the afternoon a fistlc bat
tie between the two squaws occurred
on the streets and apparently Mrs.
Corbett was not up to the pugilistic
standard that would be expected OF
one bearing her husbands illustrious
name. Following the fight the other
woman lured the erring husband into
her buggy and headed towards the
reservation. s8t
But not daunted by her first defeat
Corbe,ts wife jumped into her own
buggy and headed off the runaways.
Fortunately for the injured wife
her team was the larger of the two
and when the eloping couple would
try to drive away she would turn
across their pathway and block pro-
ceedings.
Side by side and striking at each
other with their buggy whips the two
squaws drove down Court street to-
cottonwood and meanwhile the throng
gathered. But at the corner of the
street a mishap occurred that turned
the tide of battle once more against
the wife of Corbett. The neckyoke OF
her buggy came unfastened and while
she was thus handicapped the run
away couple sped towards the reser-
vation
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-01
Miss Boyd TO EnrOne,

Miss Ida Boyd of this city who has
been in Portland and Los Angeles for
the past few months. sailed from New
York city for Europe on May 2S, for
few months visit. She sailed on the
Cunard steamer, Carpathia, which will
reach Liverpool on Thursday OF this
week.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-01

The management and employees of
the Sells-Floto circus are both far
above the ordinary circus standard.
The business is transacted In a first
class, busness-like manner, and the
show is conducted on business princi-
pies and the entire force with the cir
Gus was of different type from that
which accompanies the ordinary cir
GUS
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-01
Called TO Vancouver.

L. A. Eddings Of the firm Of Sharon
G. Eddings, was called to Vancouver.
Wash, today by the death Of his
brother-in-law, W. s. Shelley. one of
the oldest pioneers In that town. Mr..
Shelley had lived in Vancouver for
about 40 years and was we'll known
and highly respected. Mrs. Shelley
is a sister Of Mr.. Eddings.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-01
Summary.

Earned runs. Walla Walla. 2; PEN
dleton, Z; three base hits, Conrad;
first on balls, off Taliaferro. 4; off
Ehmke, none; two base hits, McAllis-
ter, Burke; home run, Harmon;
struck out, by Ehmke, I; by Taliafer-
TO, 10; double plays, Houston, Hous-
ton to Conrad; passed balls, Van Hou-
ten, /; umpire, Blackman. Attend
ance, 500.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-01
PLEADS
FOR GOOD MORALS
ELOQUENT ADDRESS ON
THE LIQUOR ISSUE

President Penrose of Whitman Col
lege Addressed Large Crowd on
Court House Lawn-Economic
Side of Liquor Issue Is Ably Dis
cussed-AlmoS Twice As Much
Money Expended In the United
States for Liquor as for Education.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-01
WINS ONE AND
ALSO LOSES ONE
PENDLETON DIVIDES HONORS
ON WALLA WALLA DIAMOND

Lorimer's Players Aunex Saturdays
Contest But Drop the Sunday
Game-Taliaferro Walks Four Men
and Then WinS-Aubin Goes in the
Box Sunday After Pitching Two
Games Previous Day-Dean sum-
moned i'm the Eighth.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-01

The Salem high school has won
the undisputed high school baseball
championship OF the state. Their
last victory was over the strong nine
Of the Columbia university.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-01

In the first two games Of the sec
ond series in the Inland Empire
league Pendleton has divided even
with Walla Walla on the latter's home
grounds,
Pendleton won Saturdays game by
a good margin and lost Sundays ex-
hibition by one run. Both teams have
been strengthened and are playing
good ball.
Seven proved to be the traditional
lucky number for Pendleton in Sat-
urday's game, for in the inning ans
wering to that numeral, five men in
gray were sent across the plate. prac-
tically winning the game.
Walla Walla had made two runs in
the first canto and thereafter up to
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-01
ADAMS IS VICTOR
PENDLETON LOCALS LOSE
IN GOOD GAME SUNDAY

Wind and Dust Cause Many Errors,
But Otherwise Amateurs Put Up
Good Exhibition Of National Sport
-Southpaw Tardiff Pitches Good
Game, Striking Out 1S Men-Llne-
up win Be Strengthened.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-01
BIG CROWD SAW BIG CIRCUS.

Afternoon Attendance Was a Record
Breaker In the History Of Pendle-
of Circus Days.
Such a crowd attended the Sells
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-01
Saturdays Games.

Saturdays Games.
La Grande, 5; Baker City, 4.
Pendleton, 9; Walla Walla, 5.
Portland, 4; Frisco, 3. (13 innings) }
Los Angeles, 3; Oakland, 2.
Seattle, 2; Vancouver, /.
Tacoma, 4, 2; Aberdeen, 2, s.
Sunday Games.
La Grande, 2; Baker City, l.
Pendleton, S; Walla Walla, 3.
Portland, 2; Frisco, /.
Los Angeles, 7, /; Oakland l, 2.
Tacoma, 3; Aberdeen 2.
Seattle, 1; Vancouver 3.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-01

Some men haven't so much push as
a frog has in one hind leg
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-21
SAVING OF RESOURCES

country's natural resources. There is
to be no set programme, although SIM
ply as a basis of discussion the subject
to be considered will be presented by
some recognized authority. The main
object of the conference, however, is
TO afford a full and free opportunity
for the governors to express their opin-
ions as TO how the natural resources of
the country can best be preserved and
particularly as to the exhaustion of the
resources of their respective states and
the steps which they regard as advisa-
BILE to preserve these resources.
The attendance at the daily sessions
will be limited in number, as the seat
| ing capacity of the east room is not
more than six or seven hundred. The
conference will be made up, in addition
| to the governors and the represent
atives which they will bring with them,
| of the senators and representatives in
congress, the nine members of the in
land waterways commission, which has
| been intrusted by the president With
making plans for the conservation of
natural resources, and also represent
atives of some of the organizations
which are peculiarly interested in the
f, subject to be discussed. The White
House mail has been burdened of late
with letters from almost every con-
ceivable organization, almost every one
of which has presented some urgent
reason why that particular organiza
ton should be included in the confer
ence.
The United States inland waterways
commission is now at work on its re
port, in which it will include guiding
suggestions as to the general improve
ment and development of the inland
waterways of the country and some
suggestions for the preservation OF
natural resources. And it is reason
able TO expect that much of the ma
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-21

Il remember, too, when her moth
er started to teach her to sew, how
she used to fret and fuss over what
she thought was all foolishness. She
used to say to her mother, Mama,
what's the use of me having to do
all these nasty old darts and gath
ers and tucks and hemstitching,
when you know Aunt Ann Foster
does all our family sewing?' And
her mother used to answer her with,
Never mind, little daughter. Just
keep right on, and some day you
will know why mama wants you to
| learn to sew And, while I'm not
a betting man, if | were, l would bet
| that there has been many a day she
| has been glad that her mother made
| her learn to sew; if for no other
reason than of the gladness that has
come to others through benefits of
| her skill at needlework.
! And when 1t came to cooking
well, that was worse still. This lit
tie girl, then grown older used to
! say, Mama, what's the use of me
having to burn my fingers and get
all tired out, when you know Black
Sally and her daughter do all our
kitchen work. And her mother
used to answer her with, Never mind
little daughter. Just keep right on
with those mullins, and some day
you will understand why Mama
taught you to cook And this time
/ WILL bet! I'll bet that little girl
since she has grown up, has thanked
her stars many and many a time
that her mother made her learn tC
cook, If for no other reason than the
. pleasure she has experienced in re
ceiying the many compliments SHE
} has upon her culinary accomplish
| ments. And l know from persona
: experience that on several occasions
her husband and children hav,
, thanked their more than lucky star
, that Mama knew how to make GU
7 when cook left. Indeed, they woult
r sooner eat after Mama than an
f other cook that ever lived
i 80 would t. said Laura. Blu
S cooking is such a bother"
i Bother or no bother, a know
/. edge of it comes in mighty hand
}, | at times. And, in M opinion, ey
0 cry girl should learn to cook, wheth
er she expects to keep t up or no
And | have observed that when
s girl really learns to cook, in afte
e life she usually keeps at it littl,
t If it's only to keep her hand in
t and her husband and the boys hal
g Ply.
d Boys can hustle for themselves
for good mothers ministration
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-21

terial, figures and statistics that the
commission has been collecting since it
was appointed last March will be pre-
scented and form basis for the discus
sion at the White House conference.
Such organizations as the American
Society of Civil Engineers and others
of equal Importance have signified their
intention of sending some member of
recognized standing In the United
States as their representative at the
conference.
The governors have responded with
out regard to geographical location or
party politics. The responses of the
west and south have been as enthusi-
astic and cordial as those from the
north and east. So far not single
governor has shown opposition to the
plan.
The approaching conference does not
express a new idea, but it is expected
to propose the establishment of one
great, comprehensive plan instead of
| separate efforts by different organiza-
tions or even different departments of
| government toward the same end. 1t
proposes to consider under one general
plan the Improvement of the rivers of
the country for all possible uses: the
preservation of the forests, which pro-
tect the headwaters of the rivers; the
question of irrigation. drainage. flood
prevention, water power, soil erosion,
and. with these, the general subject of
the conservation of all the natural re-
sources, including the supply of coal
| iron, etc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-21

piece OF yellow metal, larger than a sill
yer dollar
Much astonished, he took the yellow
piece TO his mother, asking what 4.
might he, and she, although of the
opinion that it was money, directed
him to take the piece to a certain
Cleveland banker she knew and ascer.
tain if it had any value The child
FASTENED TO the banking house, and
when the man of money saw the coin
he asked where it came from, demand
ing of the youngster to tell him II
there were any others like it where
this one was found. The boy did not
know. The banker then took him into
his automobile, and they whirled away
to where the wood pile lay.
Sure enough, there it all was intact
ak, locusts and chips-and when the
banker made several more Whacks int
the old wood the result disclosed nine
more big yellow spheres exactly like
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-21
AmGiaE T@hibiti0m LEAGUE Of
Rock island COUNTY,,

We submit to the calm judgment of
our fellow citizens, with abiding faith
in their common sense and their desire
to do what is manly and fair for all. that
the present prohibition agitation is
menace to business interests.
\ blow aimed at the growth and ad-
vancement of this whole locality.
An attack upon the liberty of the
individual.
which the laws heretofore existing are
ample to correct if they are properly
enforced.
Declaration of Principles.
Saloons being public places of gen.
eral resort, should be under strict con-
troll, supervision and regulation, and
we favor such, and insist that all i'm
moral and Illegal accessories of the sa-
loon business be absolutely divorced
therefrom.
We do not believe that a majority of
men, no matter how great, have the
moral right to force upon n minority
such legislation as will result in OPP
preston and tyranny, and in the de-
struction of liberty and property.
| We believe in the greatest personal
| liberty consistent with public good. and
| that the public good does not and
should not require men to sacrifice their
| property interests, through restrictive
| governmental process,
| We believe that life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness" as declared by
| the founders of our national govern
ment. belong by right TO ali our people.
and that upon the maintaining of our
civil, religious and political liberties
rests the future security, progress and
| prosperity of the government.
| We believe that true liberty consists
in the privilege of enjoying ones own
trights, not in the destruction of the
| rights of others.
We believe that equal and exact
justice to all. special privileges to
none" should be the basis of all law
lenactments and their application.
Believing that benefits. from the APP
plication of the principles herein de-
' fined can be more readily obtained and
RETAINED through wise and conservative
legislation. where such Legislation is
now lacking. we hereby pledge our sup
port to measures and men that sustain
such principles, and we call upon all
citizens who have at heart the future
welfare, happiness, growth and pros
perity of this community to join with
us in this pledge, and to discountenance
this prohibitory movement
League headquarters, room 81, Har-
per house Rock Island. Old phone $40
west; new phone 1921.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-21

the one which had been brought u
him for examination. They proved Il
be ten fifty-dollar gold pieces of the
mintage of 1912 and were as fresh and
clean as when they came from the
minis. The bank Immediately paid the
poor widow $1,000 for the coins, their
rarity making them thus valuable. Mr.
Brown has 4 letter from his Cleveland
agent verifying the preceding
The two locust posts were cut on the
Pohl farm, one and One-half miles
from Ripley. For many years it has
been neighborhood talk that there was
much treasure secreted on that place.
The theory is that during the war of
1912 some of the frightened ancestors
hid away this $500 in gold in a hole in
a limb of locust tree, that it was
grown over in course of years and i'm
bedded and that the original owner
was unable or forgot to recover it. Al
any rate, the ten massive gold pieces
have securely rested there for nearly
q century.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-21

light. At last the light of reason
dawned upon her, and she learned
to know and appreciate the value
of complete confidence in her moth
err"
20, Uncle Joe," burst out Laura,
I'm SO glad you came and talked
to me. For, 1 feel l am very much
like that little girl. And I'm going
right now and tell Mama every
thing"
Don't you think you'd better
take this along?" asked Uncle Joe,
as he drew forth tissue package.
Laura removed the paper, and there
was the gold mounted comb.
20! you dear old thing!" she cried 81
and fed upstairs. Uncle Joe
filled his pipe and retired to the IL
brary and Plutarch. But, he had
| hardly got fully started in his read.
| ing before he felt pair OF arms
around his neck and kiss upon his
| cheek.
1t was Laura's mother. 30, you
| dear old Joel" she softly said. IT
| was standing at the top of the stairs
| and heard every word. Laura has
told me everything. But, if you
! ever tell her l was that little girl,
I'll simply murder you alive"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-21
GOLD IN LOCUST POSTS.
Poor Lads Lucky Find Through al
Act of Kindness.


Act of Kindness.
Samuel n. Brown, a contractor OF
Hillsboro, O., just after Christmas pur
chased from Ripley (O.) firm of lum.
Der dealers a large lot of locust posts
which had been cut within a short dis.
lance of Ripley for shipment north
The first carload of these posts went
recently to Cleveland, o., and in load
ing it there were two rather rough
looking timbers passed into the car
says Ripley correspondent of the Gin
cinnati Enquirer. The consignment
reached Cleveland promptly and was
unloaded in the yards in the Lake City
Mr.. Browns inspector was there to re
ceiye them and promptly cast aside the
two timbers as rejected, leaving then
lying apart
A little fourteen-year-old boy was il
the yard with hand cart gathering
chips and kindling refuse to take t.
the home of his widowed IN other neal
by. The hustling chap was asked b!
the kind hearted inspector if he would
like to take the two posts home will
him. The lad was only too glad to &C
cept the offer. The boy on reachin,
his squalid back yard quarters borrow
ed an ak and proceeded to split til,
gnarled pieces of locust In the frs
piece chopped into he found BIZ
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-21

Replies from the governors of many
states have been received at the White
House accepting the presidents invita-
ton extended to the chief executives
of all the states and territories to meet
in Washington on May Is, IA and ID
and confer upon the conservation of
the country's natural resources. The
attendance of all the governors of the
United States is practically assured
at what will be one of the most nota-
BILE gatherings of it's time ever held in
the United States, says the New York
Posts special Washington correspond
ent. So far as is known, it will be the
first time the governors OF all the
states have met with the president of
the United States in one assemblage.
Each governor will be accompanied
by three delegates. The governors have
shown a disposition to name some of
the ablest men in their states. For in
stance, Governor Lea of Delaware has
named as one of the representatives of
that state Judge George Gray, who has
been mentioned as q Democratic candi-
uolC lOl hhC PLCSluChNgs AhC
of all the representatives will not be
given out until the list is complete, but
it now comprises some of the repre-
sentative men of the country and
shows that the governors have not
made the appointments on political
basis.
The sessions of the conferences will
be held in the east room of the White
House, and President Roosevelt ex
poets to preside at each days meeting
While the governors are here they viii
be guests of the president at dinner
to be given probably the night before
the conference opens.
The object of the conference is to ge
down to a practical working basis OF
the plans for the conservation of the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-21
METHODS OF CANNIBALS.
Missionary Tells How Old Persons
Were Softened For the Feasts.

were Softened or tne FeaStS.
The Rev. Father f. y. Lichtenber-
ger, for eight years missionary
among the savages of Nigeria, central
Africa, and who has been visiting
friends in st. Louis, relates stories OF
cannibalism so grewsome that they
would be almost unbelievable but fol-
Photographic evidence, says st. Lou
is special dispatch to the New York
World He says that four members OF
the party that accompanied him from
Paris were victims of cannibalism.
Father Lichtenberger says he wit
messed these human feasts. Men and
women were fattened before being
killed and eaten. Husky women cap
tured from other tribes were marched
from hut to hut, and various portion.
of their bodies We're marked off witt
colored clay, the 'choice bits" to bt
sent to the purchasers after the victim
had been slaughtered
Old men and women are softened 70
the feast just as we might bleach Gel
cry. When the supply of girls rum
out, they take the old men and plac,
them in water up to their necks ant
keep them there for two or three days
all the time feeding them literally S
as to at once fatten and soften them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-21

they are not really so dependent up
on maternal training as are their
sisters.
Listen, Laura. This little girl I
was telling you about used to chum
with another little Girl whose moth
er was neglectful, insomuch as she
did not take her daughter into her
complete confidence. The conse-
quence was, without a mothers
good guidance she was incapable of
good judgment in the years of her
young womanhood, and contracted
most unhappy marriage with a no
account circus performer. After a
brief life of glitter, spangles and
| tights, she met with . fall. Today
/ she ekes out a somewhat question
| able existence at fortune telling.
But, getting back to the first lit
/ tie girl. She lived to see the day
when she was glad she had had the
benefit of a vigilant mothers conf
| dence.
Now, l don't suppose you ever
wrote notes to boys in school; but
this little girl did And she didn't
tell her mother about it. She thought
it was a fine thing to have as large
a collection of notes from as many
| boys as she could. md she used to
save them all and hi'~ them in the
garnet, where she would often sur
reptitiously show them to her girl
chums.
Mote writing leads to letter writ
ing. And one day this girls chum,
who was already in the habit of in
discriminate correspondence - she
had even answered personals
: succeeded in explaining how much
fun it would be to get letter from
| somebody she didn't know, that oul
little girl, who was almost a young
: lady by that time, fell into the trar
and began secret correspondence
I'm searching for something in the
garnet her mother accidentally cam,
upon the first letter from the 'un
4 known correspondent and then i
r was that mother and daughter came
}, to second and final understanding
= and complete confidence was estab
= lished.
1T wasn't over the knee that las
!: | time. 1t was from heart to heart
r And our girl from that time on be
J, gan to look at things in their RICH