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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-05-22

Mrs. Robert Herzog arrived from
St. Paul last Friday on visit of in
definite length to her husband, who is
engineer in charge Of the construction
of the Great Northern power plant,
four miles up the canyon.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-05-22

Dan Woods and wife, of Cashmere,
stopped off here yesterday on their
way to Seattle to visit with the family
of S. P. Bethel. Mr.. Wood is the
largest apple grower, in the double
sense, in the vicinity of Cashmere, and
one of the best fellows you will meet
in days travel. Mr.. and Mrs. Wood
have a son who is a member OF the
crew of the great feet.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-05-22

Pat Gallagher was visitor to We
na,cbee last Sunday and witnessed
the removal of skin from Gene Hamii-
ton for the purpose of grating it on
Walter Ashmun.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-05-22

We are closing out lot Of our post
cards at 15c per dozen. Call and see
them at the Palace Of Sweets. IL
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-05-22

H. ]. Templin from Tacoma brother,
of our fellow townsman the blacksmith,
arrived here this week on a visit.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-05-22

Few choice building lots for sale just
north OF new viaduct. See Bookkeeper
at Moore Cos. store. IL
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-05-22

Liveryman Rice and Roy Estes have
matched a quarter mile horse race Tor
500 a side, to come off within the
next week.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-05-22

&c. Rector, machinist, recently
from Hillyard, developed a case OF
small pox last Sunday and was taken
out of town. and nurse and physician
provided.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-05-22
Advertised Letters

Remaining in postoffice, uncalled for
May IS, 1908:
Ball, Rollins GO Dietzler, Mrs VIM Q
St Claire, R E Taylor, Mrs Ira
Wren, Lyle Q Williams, Cardinal
In calling for same, please say,
advertised. &c. Davis. Postmaster
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-05-22

Soda water and ice cream almost
any way you want them at the Palace
of Sweets. 10
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-05-22

Mrs. Jim Mackey returned Sunday
night after weeks absence in Spo-
kane where she had been visiting
friends.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-05-22
Town and County

Miss Nellie Boland from Quincy has
been visiting with Mrs. Bloom this
week.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-05-22
Business Paragraphs.

Acre tracts for sale adjoining Leav-
enworth Gardens, by L. J. Nelson.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-11-07
QUENTIN TURNS PIG
LOOSE IN WHITE HOUSE.
President Buys Porker from "Chip of
Old Block" and Roast Pig Was On
Dinner Bill of Fare.

Washington about the
chip off the old block" Quentin
Roosevelt. are always current here.
He is a lively lad and keeps the fam
lily guessing. The other day he came
home from school with an old sack
over his shoulder, and inside of it a
squirming, squalling something.
which he spilled out Of the sack in
the midst of the family circle. Mrs.
Roosevelt jumped, and somewhat pee
vishly asked her youngest hopeful to
what kind Of circus he was treating
them, while the president and Ethel
laughed The something was a small
black pig about a foot long
"Ain't he a beauty, just?" yelled
quentin, as he danced about his prize.
Il bought him from an old colored
man up near the school. He's got
more.
When the president finished laugh
ing, and Mrs Roosevelt had suggest
ed outdoors for his pigship, the pres
ldent entered into negotiations for the
baby porker and finally bought il for
SI5O, which he thought a fair price
for his prize. Roast sucking pig" was
on the bill of fare for a White House
dinner subsequently, and the pig GEN.
sus was depleted to that extent. But
soon had another pig-and
he has it yet.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-11-07
CAR FERDINAND'S
ECCENTRIC YOUTH

Some surprising statements about
Car Ferdinand Of Bulgaria are pub
lshed in the Cri de Paris. a newspa-
per usually well Informed.
In his youth Ferdinand was most
effomnate and most corrupt moral
ly,' the writer asserts. He used to
paint and powder his face in most
peculiar and dandified fashion. His
cousins, daughters of the Count de
Paris or of the Duke de Chartres,
amused themselves by initiating Fer
dinand's super-eegant style and
mocking his ladylike airs.
But after Ferdinand accepted the
Bulgarian throne his character COM
pletely changed, he stopped at moth
ing to carry out his ambitions. He
hastened the death Of his wife, Prin-
cess Marie Louise of Parma by
changing their sons religion from
Roman Catholic to that of the Greek
Church, telling the mother of the
change only after II was accomplish
ed Ferdinand often came to Paris
and, always emphasizing Bulgaria's $
friendship for France. distributed here
right and left Bulgarian decorations
set with superb diamonds"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-11-07

are almost the problems of today.
People now alive will actually meet
, them and have to solve them Thlr-
ty-siX out of every 100 Americans
are farmers now. and last year Am
erican farms yielded crops worth ST.
4l2.OOO.OO0. Any advance or retro
gression in agriculture affects not only
the leading industry of the country,
and the largest number of workers
directly, but all others as well. since
/: is the source Of their food supply.
Since there is comparatively little
land left suitable for agriculture, the
mere increase in population from
now on, even il the proportion of far
mers remains 36 per cent. and does
not greatly increase as Mr.. Hill proph-
estes, must result in subdivision of
the present farm area of the country
among a larger number of workers
and more intense cultivation of the
soil
Farmers Awake.
The farmers themselves are awake
to the importance of preventing fur
ther losses of the most fundamental /,
of all the natural resources, and of I
increasing the efficiency of that |
which remains. Hardly a meeting Of /
farmers organizations this summer
and fall has failed to pass resolutions
indorsing the work OF the conservation
commission along this line. At the
close of the session of the farmers
national congress in Madison, Wis,
at which representatives from all
parts Of the country were present, the
first resolution adopted was the fol-
lowing, which is typical of many 9TH
nrs:
THAT we hereby favor the move
nent for the better conservation of
he natural resources of the country
the conserving of the soil.
rhe movement to stop wanton waste ,
las not commenced a moment too ,
'oon. We commend the far-sighted (
of President Roosevelt
n calling the conference of governors
o consult on this important subject,
md indorse the aims and purposes OF
he national conservation commits
ION" WALTER E. CLARK,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-11-07
GOVERNMENT AND COLLEGES URGE
CONSERVATION Of THE SOIL

Washington.-A report on the pres
ent condition and use OF agricultural
land throughout the country is being
made by one section of the national
conservation commission. Two very
interesting questions upon which the
section is gathering data are whether
the tendency is toward larger or
smaller farms, and whether soil pro-
ductiveness per acre is increasing or
decreasing. The answers to these
questions are regarded not only as vi
tally important at present. since they
viii indicate whether there is a no.
ticeable trend toward monopolization
Of the soil. and whether the diminu-
tion of fertility which is known to
have taken place in some districts is
general, but they are peculiarly sig
nifcant In connection with the
prophecy that within half century
the population OF the United States
will reach 2O0,0O0.0O0
James ]. Hill of the Great North
ern, who presented some startling
llEulfN 'll sui waste ul lHe w mite
House conference of governors last
May said recently that all the natural
resources Of the country put togeth-
er will not be able to furnish profit
able employment for such a popula-
tlon without conservation of the soil
Predicts Shortage.
With the maximum possible acre
age Of wheat in so years. he predict !
ed that, with a continuation of pres
ent methods OF cultivation, the ma
tion would be about $664,000, 900 !
short Of the amount necessary TO pay
the annual bread bill.
This deficit he declared, could by
no possibility be met. even partially,
through selling raw products or man.
ufactured articles abroad The only
hope will lie in agriculture. But
agriculture, he said. would amply fur
nish both occupation and a food sup
ply. provided proper methods of
farming were employed, and that all
agricultural land was brought TO its
fun usefulness.
A half century is so short time
that the problems of so years hence
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-11-07

Sir William Ramsay, the celebrated
Partisan savant, has given an inter-
esting account Of the experiments he
Is now engaged on.
"You know that last year" he said.
u showed that the emanatlon Of ra-
dunn changes into helium or neon,
according to circumstances. In the
presence of solution Of copper the
emanation degrades the copper and
gives a metal Of the same series, but
of inferior atomic weight-namely
lithium, and after that sodium and
potassium. The emanation transforms
itself into neon and argon. Thus we
have realized the transmutation of
several soft metals or alkalis. Since
the beginning of the 18th century
atoms have been looked on as eternal
and immutable, but you see that is
not So"
"Since the radium emanatiOn can
degrade a metal" the interviewer
asked. "coud not the process be re-
versed and the dream realized of the
transmutation Of metals-the making
OF gold, for example, with siver?"
81 do not believe, the scientist an
nounced, that the emanation of ra-
dium acts only in degrading metals.
1t can construct as well as disinte-
CRATE, and have reasons for bellev-
ing that 1t would be by no means i'm
possible to obtain gold from silver.
my experiments at the present
time are directed to this end. / have
put silver in the presence Of the ra-
dium emanation and strange MOLE |
cular reactions may result. If the |
emanation acts by degrading the sill |
yer, / shall obtain copper, rubidium, |
or lithium. But it is also possible |
that the silver may transform itself
directly into gold or into one of the
two elements which, according to
stand between silver and
gold-eoesium and argentaurum.
1T would not be lucrative way of
making gold, but it would be great
victory for science
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-11-07

7 =
us because so decep-
tive. Many sudden
deaths are caused
by it-lieart dis
case, pneumonia,
heart failure or
apopleXy are often
the result OF kid
ney disease. If
kidney trouble is
allowedtoadvance
thekidney-poison.
cd blood will at
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-11-07
The Cause of Many
Sudden Deaths.

There is a disease prevailing in this
country most dangerous because so decep-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-11-07
GIRL GOES TO GRAVE
INSTEAD OF ALTAR

Warren, Pa.-Miss Pearl Collins,
2S years old, an employe of the State
hospital for the insane at North War
rem, was shot and instantly killed,
and James Lynch, of Lakewood, N.
j., a fireman on the Erie railroad,
her slayer. committed suicide, after
firing two shots into her body. Lynch
had been paying attentin to the young
woman for some time and tried to
persuade her to go to jamestown with
him and be married, shooting her
when she refused.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-11-07
Mississippi Hay Growing.

One very successful hay grower in
Mississippi sows bur clover on John
son grass sod in the fall and pastures
the bur clover during the winter, al
lowing 1t to make just enough seed
in the spring to reseed the land. This
treatment has increased the yield of
johnson grass hay prodlgiously. This
farmer cuts Johnson grass before It
heads out or about the time It is
heading and thus avoids scattering
the seed of this serious pest.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-11-07
New Labor Commissioner

Governor Harris of Ohio has ap,
pointed William T. Lewis of Colum.
bus state labor commissioner, to sue
ceed NJ. D. Ratchford, whose term oi
office has expired. The new COM
missioner is a brother of Tom L. Lew
is. president of the United Mine
Workers, and of Llewelyn Lewis,
president of the Ohio Federation OF
Labor.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-11-07

If you are a sufferer from piles
ManZan Pile Remedy will bring re-
lief with the first application. Guar
anteed. Price soc. A. c. Koeppen
& Bros.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-11-07

Mrs. Stubb-John, how about the
new shades?
Mr.. Stubb (pettishly) hang
the shades!
Mrs. Stubs (sweetly) John.
that is just what I have been trying
to get you to do for a week.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-11-07

Rings Little Liver Pills for bilious
ness, sick headache. They keep you
well. A. c. Kieppen & Bros.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-11-07

tack the vital organs, causing catarrh OF
the bladder, or the kidneys themselves
break down and waste away cell by cell.
Bladder troubles almost always result
from arrangement of the kidneys and
n cure is obtained quickest by q proper
treatment of the kidneys. If You aie feer.
ing badly you can make no mistake BY
taking DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-RoOt, tbs
great kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
1t corrects inability TO hold urine and
scaldng pain i'll passing it, and over,
comes that unpleasant necessity Of being
compelled TO 90 often through the day.
and to get up many times during the
night. The mild and the extraordinary
effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized
1t stands the highest for its WONDERING
cures of the most distressing cases.
Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and il
sold by all druggists in ffty-cent ara
one-dollar size bottles. You may have
sample bottle of this wonderful new dis
covery and book that tells all about it,
both sent free by mail. Address, DR.. Xii.
mer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. When
writing mention reading this generous
offer in this paper. Don't make any
mistake, but remember the name, Swamp.
Root, DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root, and the
address, Binghamton. N. Y, on every
bottle.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-11-07
MAY MAKE COLD
OUT Of SILVER.
BY NO MEANS IMPOSSIBLE
SAYS SIR WILLIAM RAMSEY.

Celebrated Sayant Is Now Making
Experiments Which lie Says VIII
Result in the Transformation OF
the White Metal Into the Yellow
Scientist Gives Most Interesting
Interview on the Subject.
Evening star., 1908-01-15
little paper and sign it Value re
eived.'
Our Relations With the Orient.

He described Ohio as the typical Ameri-
can state. referred to the place it's sons
have held in the history of the country
and then talked on the relations of this
country with China and Japan.
The Japanese, he said. do not desire
war with us, nor do we with them. The
question of the open door in China, he
declared, was the important one to us.
The United States, the Secretary said.
was second only to England in it's COM
merciai relations with China. figures fail
ing to show the true conditions because
American goods entering China were COM
PEELED to pass through Hongkong, a port
controlled by England.
The sending of the American feet to the
Pacific, the speaker insisted. had no war
like Significance. But the effect as viewed
from sthes.oriensal standpoint was most
wholesome. since the orientals reason
through their eyes. and the material evil
dence Of the government warships in the
Pacific settled the talk of war in the
Philippines.
Secretary Taft also delivered brief
address before the Military Order of For
eign Wars.
Evening star., 1908-01-15
LIKE THE BRADLEY CASE.
Woman Follows Man Across Coun.
try to Shoot Him.

CHICAGO. January 15.-The case of
Mrs Thomas Metcalf. who last evening
shot at Banker John r. Walsh's attorney.
Samuel r. Hamill. in the Federal building
here, parallels strangely in some respects
the case of Mrs. Annie NJ. Bradley of Salt
Lake City, Utah who recently was acquit-
ted in Washington, d. c.. after killing
former United States Senator Arthur
Brown, also of Salt Lake City. Mrs. Met
calf is former resident of Hamill's home
city Terre Haute, Ind. She and her hus-
band were at one time active in the church
in which Mr.. Hamill is a prominent MEM
Der. She has since at different times
consulted different lawyers here with a
view to bringing suit against Hamill for
alleged wrongs which she claims to have
suffered at his hands.
AS in the case of Senator Brown, who
had Travelled from his home city, Salt Lake
city, Utah to Washington, on an 1mpor-
tant legal mission. and was shot by Mrs.
Bradley. who had followed him from Salt
Lake City. Mrs. Metcalf is said to have
followed Hamill across the continent.
Mrs. Metcalf is a native of Denver. From
that city she is said to have trailed after
Hamill to New York, and from New YORK
to Chicago.
She has recently been earning a living
OIL the stage appearing in minor parts.
Evening star., 1908-01-15
LITTLE HEADWAY MADE.
Senate Finance Committee on the
Aldrich Bill.

Very little actual headway was made
today in the consideration Of the Aldrich
financial bill by the Senate committee on
finance. The members of the committee
speht an hour talking over various phases
of the financial needs of the country and
in offering verbal suggestions as to what
the bill should contain.
Senator Hansbrough offered his plan to
put the supervision of the emergency
currency issues in the hands of board
instead of in charge of the Treasury De-
part merit sefficials headed by the Secretary
of the Treasury. The Hansproush luca
was not generally agreed to, but enough
was said concerning the inadvisablllty OF
leaving the issues practically in the hands
of one man to make ii apparent TO some
of the members that the committee Will
desire some different system than the one
proposed in the bill
The first section of the bill was read
and discussed, but no definite amendments
were offered. The finance committee VIII
meet again tomorrow to further consider
the measure.
Evening star., 1908-01-15
TALKED ABOUT FLEET
TAFT SAYS SENDING OF SHIPS
STOPPED WAR TALK.

PHILADELPHIA, January 15-Secre-
tary Taft was the chief guest of the Ohio
Society of Philadelphia at its banquet
held here last night. Representative
Theodore l.. Burton of Ohio was expected
to accompany Mr.. Taft. but he was i'll
and could not make the journey from
Washington. Mr.. Taft was met at West
Philadelphia station of the PENNSYLVANIA
railroad by Charles ID. Barney retiring
president OF the Ohio Society and Will
iiams Taylor. the newly elected president
At each plate. instead Of the usual guest
card. was hatpin. with a buckeye
for a head on which was painted the Ohio
coat of arms. Attached TO the pin was
a small flag of the state on the reverse
side of which was the name of the guest
When Secretary Taft arose 10 speak he
was greeted with song. In which he
was referred to the only one" In
reply to this he said
1T seems IL be a mighty poor society
occasion of this SORT when you do not
nominate some one for the presidency
so when we are through Id like to take
Evening star., 1908-01-15
REPORTS TO THE SENATE.
Restriction Reported by Committee
IN Rules

In accordance with yesterdays action
of the committee on rules Senator Lodge
today reported from the committee on
rules r resolution which he said he would
call up tomorrow for action. The resolu-
tion provides that no communications
from heads of departments, commission
ers, chiefs of bureaus or other executive
officers except when authorized or re-
auired by law or when in response to a
resolution of the Senate, shall be received
by the Senate unless such communication
is transmitted by the President.
The committee also reported back COM
munications of the Secretary of the In
terror and the acting secretary of war
and recommended their reference to ap-
propriate committees. Mr.. Lodge added
that the committee on rules has intro
duced the bills accompanying these COM
munications that they might come be-
fore the committees.
Evening star., 1908-01-15
SENATOR DOLLIVER'S BILL.
Director of Education to Be Ap-
pointed by Commissioner.

pointed by Commissioner.
Senator Dolliver of Iowa today introduced
bill to establish direction and control
of public education in the District of Co
lumbia, abolishing the board of education
and providing for a director of education
to be appointed by the United States COM
missioner of education, to take effect
April /. 1908.
Senator Dollver told a representative
of The Star that the bill was entirely his
own; that he had not introduced it at the
request of anybody connected with the
local schools at present or who has been
connected with them.
1t is understood that he called Senator
Burketts attention to the measure after it
had been drawn, and that Mr.. Burkett,
who is chairman of the subcommittee on
schools Of the Senate District committee,
said he was glad some one had provided a
definite scheme upon which the subcom-
mittee might work. Mr.. Burkett, however,
it is understood, did not commit himself
one way or the other on the proposition.
The bill provides in detail that on and
after April i. 1908, the direction and con-
troll of the public schools of the District of
Columbia shall be transferred from the
DodTu Ol euuCdliOil anu NeSIeu III d III
rector of education, who shall succeed to
all powers hitherto resident in the board
and in such officers of the board-that is
to say the superintendent, the assistant
superintendent for white and colored
schools and the secretary of the board
Offices of superintendent, assistant super
intendent and secretary are abolished by
the bill. TO take effect April !. 1908.
1t is provided in section of the bill
that the director of education shall be
appointed by the commissioner of edu
cation of the United States for term
shall be appointed; and that no per-
son shall be eligible to the office of
director who shall not be graduate of
a college or university of recognized
standing have pursued no less than
three years of graduate university
work of the equivalent, and have held
educational positions of superior direc-
tion and control for period of ten
years
Section ; provides that the offices of su-
pervising principals shall be abolished to
take effect July 1. 1908. and that on and
after that date the director of education
shall appoint seven assistant directors
two of whom shall be coored. for terms
not exceeding four years who shall at
all times be under the direction of the
director. The director is empowered to
dismiss these assistant directors as he
may deem advisable for the good of the
service. The director Is required to re-
port annually to Congress on the first
Monday in December.
The only salary fixed by the bill is that
of the assistant directors, which is made
81. 200 a year
Evening star., 1908-01-15
WIFE'S SUICIDE IN BATHTUB.
Victim Worried Over Husband S
Inability to Get Work.

NEW YORK. January 15.-Inability of
her husband to obtain permanent employ
ment is believed to have led Mrs Louis
Mcclure to end her life today. Her body
was found lying in foot of water in the
bath tub in their home in West 9th street
by the husband when he arose this morn
ing. The couple were married in Canada
two years ago. 1t was a runaway match.
Mrs. Mcclure had told her neighbors, her
parents having objected to the marriage.
For some time after their arrival in
New York everything went well, but
about year ago Mcclure lost his posi-
ton and had not been successful In get
ting any regular work since that time.
Mrs Mcclure became deeply despondent
and when she did not recover ner strength
after the birth of a child few months
ago she worried continually over the fam
ily's desperate condition.