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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-26
'PENDL[TON WATER SYSTEM DISCUSSED


But assuming that the power
company has use for the water, what
then? There are several things a
good fighter can do, but there is only
one course for a quitter. The quit
ter must pay the price. The fighter
can bring a suit to condemn, and
when the owner of the water right
places a valuation upon it, the as
SCISSOR can be quietly notified Of the
astonishingly large addition to the
value of taxable property in the coun-
ty. A good fighter will manage to
catch them either ?a-coming or :
going, and perhaps both.
If water right has a high value
when the public wants to buy 1t, 1t
ought to have a high value when the
public wants to tax 1t. The people of
Oregon have been altogether too slow
finding that out, and some OF the as
SCISSORS and boards Of equalization are
so stupid they haven't found 1t out
yet. Perhaps some of them never
will.
A few years ago, 1t will be remem-
bered, the state Of Oregon engaged
in litigation over the right to take a
small quantity of water from a ditch
at the state prison.
The owner of the ditch put an
enormous valuation upon the water,
but a few months later, when the as
SCISSOR listed the ditch at fraction
of the valuation placed upon 1t by
the owner, there was protest and a
vigorous contest.
At various times the state has been
compelled to buy land for its state
institutions, and almost invariably
1t has paid many times the amount
Tor whlcn the property was assessed.
There is no sense in such methods OF
doing business.
II Pendleton wants to buy some
bodys water right and wants to know
the value, don't send the mayor or a
committee of the city council around
to inquire what the property is
worth. Send the assessor. That is
the plan that may well be commend
ed to the favorable consideration not
only of Pendleton. but of the boards
of trustees of the state university, the
agricultural college and other institu-
tions that are in need of additional
land.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-26
Mrs. NORTON in Seattle.

Mrs. Anna Selkirk Norton of this
city, has been at Seattle during the
past few weeks the guest of Rex
Beach, the novelist and family. She
will be at Walla Walla for the be-
ginning OF the school year at the
Fischer school of music with which
she will be connected during the
oming year. She will also be in Pen
dleton two days out of eah week, in
conducting the voice culture depart
ment of Pendieton academy.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-26
GYM" IS WANTED
MANY INQUIRIES ABOUT
GYMNASIUM GLASSES,
No Effort Yet Made TO Secure d.
rector-Gymnasium Has Been a
Profitable Feature OF Commercial
observation-disclosures Could Now BE
Organized if.a Director We're In
Charge.

Though fall Is now at hand and the
time for indoor sports Is fast drawing
near no steps have yet been taken to
open the Commercial association gym
nasium. From appearances. the gym
nasium, with It's $1,000 worth of
equipment is to lie idle this year.
During the past three years a d.
rector has been employed to manage
the gymnasium and enough money
has been raised from class dues and
entertainments to meet expenses dur,
ing the gymnasium season. But this
fall no effort has yet been made to-
wards getting a director and SEEM
ingly none is to be employed. II no
director is secured the gymnasium
classes cannot be run this year and
the association will derive nothing
from its equipment
Should the gym" not be used this
fall there will be many who will re-
gret the fact because they like the
work and games that they have found
there during the last three seasons.
There are many in the city who
are interested in the gymnasium and
are willing to patronize the same. II
these people can be interested suffl>
clently the institution can be made to
pay expenses. In the past the diff
Guilty has been In keeping up strong
enough interest to make the class
receipts meet expenses.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-26
Milton Sends a Delegate.

The only delegates from Oregon
10 the national convention Of the
Farmers Cooperative union which
will meet this week at Ft. Worth,
Texas, IS F. A. Skies Of Milton, who
passed through the city last evening
on his way south. The union is not
strong in oregon, but the progress
sive Milton people sent delegate
so the state would not be wholly
without representation. Washington
has a large membership and sent sew
eral delegates.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-26

Mrs. C. e. Fell, the well-known
pioneer woman Of this city, is Sc
rlously Ill at her home on the north
side of the river. Her sons, DR..
Harley Fell of Portland and Walter
Fell of the John Day country, are
at the bedside of their mother this
week.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-26
Moving Freewater Elevator

The old Pacific Coast elevator
building which has stood at Freewa-
ter for the past 20 years and which
has not been used for a number of
years is now being moved to the
Peacock flour mill. 1t is being mov-
ed on rollers and is now half way
across the flat toward the Peacock
mill.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-26
Indian woman Was Drunk.

Stella williams, a young Indian
woman, was arrested last night for
drunkenness and this morning was
fined IS by Judge Fitz Gerald. 1t was
the third time she had been arrested
within the past few weeks
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-26
Alaska Wheat for Fair.

Some Alaska wheat has Just been
received here and will be displayed
at the coming district fair. The
wheat was secured by w. L. Thomp-
son of the Commercial National bank.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-26
visiting wasco County Farm.

Judd Fish, manager of the Bow.
man hotel, left today for Centerville,
Wasco county, where he owns an ex-
tensive farm. Harvesting is now in
progress there and he expects to su-
perintend the work for a short
. time,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-26

That the gymnasium can be made
good success II competent directo,
can be secured Is believed by those
familiar with the association and
these people hope to see something
done towards keeping the institution.
alive.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-26
OVER 400 LETTERS PER
DAY ABOUT ALASKA WHEAT

The experiments with the famous
Alaska wheat OF which there Is 700
acres in the Potlatch country this fall
80. ho,.. watched a,ith considerable
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-26
Daughter Born.

A daughter was born this forenoon
to County Treasurer and Mrs. G. w.
Bradley.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-26

Sheriff T. D. Taylor has gone to
Astoria to attend meeting Of the
sheriffs of this state.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-26
Ten Good Reasons Why
You Should Stop at
" The Cornelius ="
The Best in Portland.

Situated in the center OF the
shopping district.
One block from the changing
street cars.
Not so expensive as some other
hotels
Sixty rooms with private bath.
Long distance and local tele-
phones in every room.
Writing desk in every room.
Carpeted throughout in the best
velvet carpets.
The rooms are furnished in solid
mahogany.
Every room contains a heavy
solid Simmons brass bed on which
is 40 or 50-pound hair mattress.
The furnishings and general APP
pearance of the public rooms must
be seen to be appreciated.
THE CORNELIUS. Park and
Alder streets. Portland's newest
and most modern equipped hotel.
solicits your patronage and assures
you good service and courteous
treatment. An exceptional hotel
for Eastern Oregon families who
,ome to Portland shopping and
sightseeing
When next In Portland give us
a chance to make you look pleas
ed.
THE CORNELIUS Free Bus
meets all trains.
EUROPEAN.
N. X. CLARKE, Mgr.
c. w. Cornelius,
Proprietor
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-26

seriously damaged. The firemen did
well to save as much of the house as
they did and to prevent the spread of
the fire.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-26
Mrs. G. E. Fell Seriously I'll.

ment of Pendleton academy.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-24
Arab Workmanship.

Regarding the war in Morocco, the
last stages of which wrought havoc
among the French troops, French
journal recalls a remark once made
by the French general, Canrobert, in
describing the taking of Zaatacha in
the Arabian campaign.
"All around me-" said the famous
general, ''the staff officers were being
killed like pigs. alone remained
untouched. Why? For a very sim.
pie reason. AS usual, was wearing
full dress uniform, with all my decora-
tions and medals glistening in the sun.
Consequently the Arabs aimed at me
personally"
The times have changed since then,
and the Moroccans are better marks
men, as the French troops found to
their cost.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-24
NORTH ASHLEY

Ben Doege called on Charlie Seien.
sky Friday afternoon.
Frank Spooner OF Westport was q
Sauk Centre caller Saturday.
Emiland Lewis Quisdorff spent Sun
day at the F. A. Doege home.
Miss Katie Uphus went to New
Munich Friday to assist relatives.
VIM. KurleI spent a few days last
week with his parents in Sauk Centre.
Miss Mary Doeee, who spent last
week near Birch Lake, returned home
Friday. -
Joseph Raddemacher arrived from
North Dakota last week to visit his
brother and sister in this vicinity.
Miss Lizzie Uphus, who has been
employed at the Jos. Exford restaurant
the past year, returned hom Friday.
Levi Baker of English Grove and
Mr.. Baker of Rochester, Minn., spent
part of last week with Chas. Kurrel
and family.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-24
How to Get a Good Complexion.

How to Get Good Complexion.
Senator Flint of California has a
complexion that many a pretty girl
might envy, and his general appear
ance of vigorous health is matter
Of frequent comment. His residence
in the salubrious atmosphere Of Cali
fornia was put down as the cause of
his ruddy appearance and sturdy well
being until few nights ago, when a
newspaper man who wanted to ask
the senator question of more or less
importance called him up at his home
about 10 o'clock.
He was informed that the senator
had retired; moreover, the informa-
tion was vouchsafed that the senator
had retired at o'clock; that he al
ways retired at that hour, and that
he could not be awakened under any
circumstances.
So now everybody who wants com.
plexion like the senator knows how
to achieve II
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-24
TWO WRONGS.
Savage Chief Was Sure They Made
One Right.

Savage Chief Was Sure They Made
One Right.
Mr.. N resided for some years in
one of the Fiji Islands and came to
have great influence with the natives,
and especially with the chief. One
morning a widow came to him in great
trouble; during the night the chief
bad stolen her pig. Would he try to
get It back for her? She was quite
sure the chief had stolen It, for she
had seen it on his premises.
Mr.. N. felt that a great wrong had
been done. and he determined to rec
tify it, II he could possibly do so, n
once
Going to the chief and telling the
poor woman's story, Mr.. NJ added:
"If H. IS true, You have done very
shameful thing ard ought to send the
pig back at orco"
"But" exr'r'-ra' the rtief,, "some-
hodv sto'e min" two niglre aso!"
What Of t." t. replied h.r. N. Tive
wrenrs don't make one right"
"ves trey do" sad the chief.
"ITow do yoI make that out?" asked
Mr.. N.
"-Vhy," replied the chief, "whe>
n,ire was stolen was wrong; Invent
and took that woman's-now Tn
right"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-24
Recices for Iona Life.

Thomas Kelly of Ballygawley.
County Tyrone, who at 107 climbed
a ladder and repaired his own roof,
is the latest centenarian to give to the
world his recipe for old age, which is
made up of plain food, early rising,
hard work, sparing use OF alcohol.
plenty of fresh mountain air"
A Mrs. Mary Bradley attributed her
good health at 101 to her lifelong
indulgence in a daily cold bath. Miss
Eliza Works at 105 said: 81 attribute
my long life to temperate habits and
to my favorite diet of bread and milk.
never ate sweetmeats or drank tea
or coffee"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-24
GETTY GROVE

Willie Gritznacher was in Melrose
Friday.
Richard Webber was in Sauk Centre
Monday.
Rob Gritzmacher was in Melrose
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ripka were in
Sauk Centre Friday.
Herman Hager visited Willie Gritz.
macher Saturday evening.
Herman Wiener transacted business
in Sauk Centre Thursday. r.''
Willie Gritzmacher called on Her
man Hager Monday evening.
Willie Gritzmacher called on Bennie
Flahaven Thursday evening. -
Miss Lizzie Weiner visited with
Lizzie Botz Sunday afternoon.
Henry Betow, who had been hurt
last week, is slowly improving.
Misses Anna and Ella Kind visi tee
at the home of Oscar Lietz Sunday
Misses Tillie and Katie Ripka calleC
on Alvina and Elsie Gritzmachel
Monday evening.
Miss Emma Gritzmacher, who hat
been visiting with her sister Mrs. Will
Botz returned Sunday.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-24
ROUTE NO. 5

Herman Hager called on Willie
Gritzmacher Saturday evening.
Miss Ermalinda Weyrauch called on
Susie Spaeth Sunday afternoon
Albert Molitor and Herman Hager
we're in Sauk Centre Wednesday.
Willie and John Gritzmacher were
Melrose callers Thursday and Friday.
Miss Lizzie Weiner spent q pleasant
Sunday afternoon with Miss Lizzie
Botz.
Peter Jung and sister Louise and Joe
Krupthion were Brooten callers Satur-
day.
Mrs. Lawrence Hummer called on
Mrs. Charley Hummer Sunday after
noon.
Mr.. and MRS. Charley Spaeth are
visiting friends in Spring Hill over
Sunday.
Mrs. John Ripka and little son JON
sey are visiting relatives in the city for
. few days.
Willie Gritzmacher and Edward Fla
haven called on Eugene Taylor We'd
nesday evening.
Misses Katie Ripka and sister Tillie
we're callers at the Gritzmacher home
Monday evening.
Joe Krupthion went to the cities
Saturday to spend his vacation with
friends and relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arslein and Math.
Merter and sister Mary called at the
Jake Botz home Thursday evening.
Misses Lizzie Botz, Katie and Tillie
Ripka, Emma Gritzmacher and
sisters Alvina and Elsie, and Messrs
Ben Flahaven. Pete Bofz, Willie Gritz-
macher and Herman Hager spent
q pleasant time at the home Of Leonard
Arelein Sunday evening.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-24
WHEN MEN HURRY.
Problem Propounded by Man Standing
on an Elevated Railroad Platform.

Problem Propounded by Man Standing
on an Elevated Railroad Platform.
Singular" said a man waiting for
a train on an elevated railroad plat
form and looking down street to
where a hundred men and boys had
gathered around two wagons that had
come together in collision, there's
hundred men standing around those
two wagons, just standing there,
gaping, apparently with nothing else
to do, and not in a bit of a hurry, but
let any one of those men come up the
stairs to this platform when there is
train coming in and he'd rush and
hurry and tear himself apart to catch
that thain, and get glum if he missed
it, though he knew very we'll that
there'd be another train bere in .
minute.
Let him miss a train by second
and he thinks the world is coming to
an end; let him see somebody hoist
ing safe up the outside of building
and he will stop and waste half an
hour.
How do you account for that!"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-24
Old Mis-. Moon Came Too.

Nine. Fairfax was won't to stand on
the porch of her old Virginia home
and rejoice on moonlight nights in the
beauty There's my moon," she
would say, as it rose from behind the
Eastern hills. Look, Dahlia, see how
beautiful it is," and her tiny colored
maid, who was ever at hand with
shawl or fan for her beloved mistress.
would answer enthusiastically. Your
moon certainly do look pow'ful hand
some tonight"
When Nine. Fairfax journeyed to
the city to visit her son, Dahlia. look
ing out of the window with wondering
eyes on the first evening Of her life
away from home, exclaimed in voice
OF mingled establishment and relief,
'Well. declar' to goodness II ole Mis-
Moon amt done come along to Wash
ington wifi me and ole mis-! We can't
be homesick nohow wifi ole Mis- Moon
shining on u.s."
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-24
THE TALE OF coNnE-LY.
The Man Who Wae Martyr for the
Sake Of His err -

The Man Who Wa. z Martyr for the
Sake Of His asr. =
Among the MAN. esca~"des ashore
there is the one that capolizrd Con-
nelly martyr.
Doing garrison duty in TIE yard, a
consuming thirst drove a gang Of US
out in search of beer since water
was deadly, and we were scurrying
back with our prize. under the first
darkness of the night. an officer DIS
covered US and called. "Ralt!" Too
well we knew what the oNeying of that
order would bring us, and. realizing
that We were not to be recognized
took to our legs. To our astonish-
ment the valiant officer fired two shots
after u.s. One of tte-' tit Connolly
in the leg, and that's what made him
martyr. 1t was nasty wound. His
shipmates dressed T. a1d ant'seotical.
ly bandaged it. They performed all
of his tasks that it is possible for
one man to do for another, and, al
though at times the fellow suffered
intensely, be was always at muster,
and never with telltale limp.
The other side of the page is this:
The officer who fired at us followed
far enough to find a trail of blood on
the cement pavement. Then, going
out to the ship, he warned them in
the sick bay and dispensary to look
out for a man who would come in to
report a shot in the leg. Unquestion-
ably he felt valorous until Admiral
Dewey got after him. I hear he
roasted him brown. "Would you shoot
your own men in time of war;" he
asked, and then showed him the
chances he was taking, for these are
the days when every man, from the
admiral down, wears a 38-caliber
Colts revolver at his side.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-24
Crow DESTROYED Pheasan, Eoos.

A party Of boys while hunting for
flowers discovered pheasant'ssnest
on the farm owned by Albert Hack
ett, north of this village, few days
ago. They visited the locality of the
nest daily to see when the mother
bird would begin to set, as at that
time the eggs in the nest numbered
thirteen.
To-day, when some of the party
made the visit, crow was found in
possession Of the nest, and when 1t
was driven away it was discovered
that each pheasant's egg had been
punctured by the crows bill and the
contents sucked out. SO that nothing
but shells were in the nest.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-24
The Meaning of "Muff."

The record of the fact that muffs
were once worn by more men than
women in Paris suggests the old in
gen;ous definition Of muff as "a soft
thing that holds lady's hand without
squeezing it," "Muff" appears to have
come to us from German, In which
language, curiously "muff" means not
only a hand comforter, but also a
sulky person or growing dog These
seem. however. to be two different
words. Was our own metaphorical
'muff" an allusion to the ef1iminacy
of muff wearers or simply an intima-
tion that the person was distinctly
"soft?"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-24
ART ON THE SAFE DOOR.

Why Should There BE a Rural Scene
Painted on the Strongbox?
Il wonder if any one can tell me
why 1t is customary to paint on the
front door of safe some sort of ru-
raj scene?" he asked as he left the
business Office. Almost all safes have
lake with couple of trees in the
background, or else a field with a
stake and rider fence emblazoned on
the door.
Perhaps 1t Is to give the idea that
peace and quiet of the country type
are to be found within the safe. Ther
may be some idea Of soothing the
mind of the beholder doubly. Just
where the custom started I do not
know and what the significance is
also is unknown to me-"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-24
Dre-ms and Ni-h+,-s-ee.

MANY Of our con-o7est drn'ns are
occa sio-ed by bodily conditions or
surroundings. Toose,ed sheets at the
foot of the bed on cold night soon
deposit sleeper's feet in rivers or
snow banks, Just as a second helnius
at dinner or tendency to lie on ones
back in he'd readily coniures up whole
legions of spooks.
Certain evidence on this r"int was
collected in DR.. G.. Stanlev Pall's nsy-
choloeical laboratory at Clark univer'
sity from personal teGtimoly. From
this it would appear that children
prefer animals for their nightmares,
where's adults incline toward bur
glars, jailers and the like.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-24

All curable medical and surgical dis
eases, acute and chronic catarrh, and
Special Diseases of the Eve. Ear, Nose
Throat, Lung disease, Early Con-
stipation, Constitutional Catarrh,
dyspepsia, Sick Headache, Stomach
and Bowel Troubles, rheumatism,
Neuralgia, Sciatica, Bight's Disease,
Diabetes, Kidney, Liver, Bladder,
Prostatic and Female diseases, Dizzi-
ness, Nervousness, Indigestion,
Obesity, Interrupted Nutrition, Slow
Growth in Children, and all wasting
disease in adults. Many cases OF
Deafness, Ringing in the Ears, Loss
of Eyesight, Cataract, Cross Eyes,
etc., that have been improperly treated
or neglected, can be easily restored,
Deformities, Club Feet, Curvature OF
the Spine, Disease OF the Brain,
Paralysis, Epilepsy, Heart Disease,
Dropsy, Swelling of the Limbs, Stric-
ture, Open Sores, Pain in the Bones,
Granular Enlargements and all long
standing diseases properly treated.
Young, middle-aged and old, single
or married, and all who suffer from
lost manhood, nervous debility,
spermatorrhoea, seminal losses, sexual
decay, failing memory, weak eyes,
stunted development, lack OF energy,
impoverished blood, pimples, impedi-
ments to marriage; also blood and
skin diseases, Syphilis. EruptiOns,
Hair Falling, Bone Pains, Swellngs,
Sore Throat. Ulcers, Effects OF Mer-
curry, Kidney and Bladder Troubles,
Weak burning Urine, passing urine
too often, Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Stricturs,
receive searching treatment, prompt
relief and cure for life.
Cancers, Tumors. Goiter, Fistula,
Piles, Varicocele and enlarged glands,
with the subcutaneous injection
method, absolutely without pain and
without the loss of drop of blood is
one OF his own discoveries, aud is the
most really scientific and certainly
sure cure of the twentieth century.
No incurable cases taken with q
guarantee to cure. Consultation to
those interested, $1.O0.
DR.. REA & CO.,
Minneapolis. Mimi. Louisville, KY.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-24
Preserving the Properties.

A traveller in the mountains Of Ten
nessee had been slowed away in the
best bed the cottage afforded. Late
in the night he was awakened by the
voice OF the paterfamilias addressed
to the daughter, who was entertaining
company by the fireside.
Mandy" growled the old man, is
that young man there yit?'
yep, pap"
'.Is ne got his arm round yer waist?''
yep, pap"
You-all tell him to take't away"
'Aw, We tell him yerself. pap" re-
piled the girl, in dull lifeless voice.
"He air q plumb stranger to me-"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-24
CORRESPONDENCE
McCORMIC LAKE

The sleighing in this vicinity is
fairly good.
Fred Lathrop called on w. G. Elliott
Sunday afternoon.
G. D. Wilcox went to Sauk Centre
On business Saturday.
Mr.. Burdsell was seen ON these
streets Sunday afternoon.
Harold Wirth of Long Prairie will
spend his holiday vacation with D. G,
Wolfe.
The McCor,nlc Lake school district
No. 100 will close Thursday, December
"a, for a weeks vacation.
Ezra Carlton brought his sister
Clara over to less Warmers where she
is staying while attending school.
Win Lamb and Will Gillet OF Sauk
Centre came out to McCormic Lake
after a load of wood one day last
week.