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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-05-22
Spread Over q Lonf Time.

Colgate Hoyt, the president of the
American Automobile Club, was argu-
ing at the end of a recent club meet
ing about the iniquitous automobile
law
Your suggestion. said Mr.. Hoyt
to his opponent. offers very cold
comfort. 1t is bachelors comfort
that is to say, no comfort at all.
What, said bachelor to a ben
edict, only married a year and
already so biue?'
-" All, but, groaned the benedict,
l never imagined that wife would
prove so expensive.
The bachelor patted the blue mar
ried man on the back in 4 consolatory
way.
=" Yes, he said. a wife is an ex
pensive article, that is true. but then
you must remember that she lasts a
very long time. -
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-05-22
Papa's BOARDING House.

do you think, sweetheart" queried
the young man with the evenly di-
vided hair, as he shifted the fair maid
from one knee to the other, that your
father will consent to our marriage?"
Well" replied the fair one, "of
course, papa will be sorry to lose me,
but
But" Interrupted the rash youth.
Il will remind him that instead of
losing a daughter, he will gain son"
Dearest" rejoined the wise maid,
IF you really want ME you mustn't say
anything of the kind. Papa has three
such sons boarding with him now and
he's little touchy ON the subject"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-05-22
Fortunes in Waste Refuse,

Great fortunes are actually thrown
away every day throughout the world
in what We call waste and refuse. For
example. when you throw away an
old worn-out pair of shoes, you little
realize that these discarded remains
of footgear are of commercial value.
Yet. II you could secure all the old
shoes that are thrown away in the
course Of year you could accumulate
a fortune that would be sufficient to
place you among the richest men of
the world.
1t probably never occurred to you
that when you throw away an old pair
of shoes you may at some later day
comb your hair with them in a new,
converted form. Nevertheless. after
the old shoes are cut up and soaked
in chloride of sulphur. the bits be-
COME hard and brittle and are ground
to a powder. This powder is mixed
with sort of glue or gum. and then
made over into combs, knife handles,
buttons and similar articles.
Similarly. banana skins are said to
make good soap. IL properly treated.
This industry Is in existence on the
west coast Of Africa. Banana skins
are rich in alkali. and when burned
to an ash and mixed with water and
palm oil. they make cleaning prepa-
ration which is popular. not only with
the natives, but also with the white
population OF Africa.
In the southern part Of Norway the
farmers have developed an industry
from what was once regarded as a
valueless growth. They have actually
given up farming. and instead gather
seaweed, which they dry and burn.
The ashes are sold to chemists and
from it iodine Is obtained.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-05-22
Esg-Layins Contest in Connecticu

Egg-laying Contest in Connecticut
1t is safe to say that the entire coun
try will be interested in the contest
which will commence in the Connect
cut Agricultural College on next Octo
Der l and continue for one year.
This is to be an egg-laying contest
but output is not the only thing that
will be considered, which fact will
raise it above the plane of similar
contests carried on from time to time
| in Chicago and vicinity. In most of
the latter cases output has been re-
garded as the main thing, and to bring
up the output no regard has been had
either for the cost or for the wear and
tear on the hen.
In the Connecticut Agricultural Col
lege egg-laying contest, however,
everything. We are told. will be con-
sidered. 1t will be open to all poultry
men, and every hen fancier who de-
sires to take part in it will be per-
mitted to send six pullets, each lot Of
chickens to be marked for identified.
ton and to be provided with sep
arate coop and pen Only the scientists
who are directing the contest and the
students who are studying the hen and
her possibilities will be permitted to
see any of the chickens while the con-
test is in progress.
During the twelve months the chick
ems will be fed on different kinds of
feed, and the effect upon production
caused by every change of feed, no
matter how slight. will be carefully
noted. What is aimed at by the col
lege Is to determine how a hen can
be made to produce the greatest guam
tity of eggs at the smallest possible
cost.
In the egg contests which have
taken place in Chicago and vicinity
for years past, and are still taking
place every spring, the great point has
been to get the hen to lay at any cost.
Take the average Chicago and sub
urban hen fancier and tell him that
his hens will do better on canned
oysters and he will feed them canned
oysters.
One Rogers Park man has been
feeding his chickens this spring on
lamb chops at % cents pound.
ground and fried in cracker dust an
other. In Evanston. uses porterhouse
steak. while in Winnetka and Lake
Forest they spice the chicken feed,
purchased already cooked In the lead
ing Chicago restaurants, with the most
costly sauces.
Oak Park hens must. of course,
have everything that is going on the
north shore, and the result all around
Is that. while the hens under artificial
stimpulatiOn. consequent on high liv-
ing. produce in larger quantities for
time, they soon become too fat for
active work and lay rather as a recre-
atlOn than as a business.
On the other hand. eggs raised in
the envirOns and suburbs cost all the
way from $3.50 to IS a dozen, accord
ing to location. and only those persons
can afford to keep hens under the
high pressure system that can also
afford to keep automobiles.
The object of the Connecticut Agri-
cultural College is to bring eggs within
the reach of the poor as we'll as the
rich. not only during the Easter season
but at all other times of the year. and
for this reason the contest which will
begin next October will deserve the
attention and commendation of all
right-minded people.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-05-22
Big Job for Small Roy.
New YORK PRESS.


James McNeill Whistler and friend
strOlling through a London suburb
met a small boy. Whistler asked him
his age
Seven" the boy replied.
"Oh. you must be more than seven, =
said Whistler, dOubtingly.
Seven" insisted the boy, rather
pleased at being taken for older.
Turning to his friend, Whistler
said: DO you think it possible that
he really could have gotten as dirty
as that in only seven years."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-05-22

instances inefficient Plans for i'm
provement ought to receive fair and
earnest consideration from our we'll
disposed citizens
In subsequent article, | shall treat
upon the Des Moines plan, which is
somewhat different from that of Gal
weston, being more democratic in its
tendency. BYRON MIILETr.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-05-22


with my brother James and helped In
the harvest. The barns were built of
logs TWO houses and a space of thirty
ieet between them. the roof including
the three. The center was used for
d threShlnS floor and ten or twelve
horses We're used to tramp out the
wheat. The farmers would furnish us
horses and bogaf and give us one
bushel in ten. 70 thresh out and fan
the wheat, and sometimes, they al
lowed Us a team to take the wheat to
market. While / was helping my
brother that harvest, did the thresh.
ing and my brother and young Scog.
gins hauled in the sheaves. We
threshed eighty or ninety bushels a
day.
One Of the oldest settlers came to
my brother and wanted help. James
| told him that | could go, and wanted
to know how much he would pay me
per day. The old settler said he
| would give me three pecks of wheat
day. James told him | might remain
at home and play before | should work
for that price. | told my brother to
make contract with him to cut and
shock his wheat, and young Scoggins
and | would do the work as soon as
We finished his Tiny brothers, crop.
He made the contract at three bushels
an acre and board.
We went and put in thirty acres for
him. We put up three acres a day,
and the old gentleman was highly
pleased with our work. His wheat
was getting very ripe and shattered
out SO that he proposed for us to cut
and bind in the forenoon and haul in
the afternoon, and he would pay just
the same per day for the hauling;
that was nine bushels day.
1t was hard for him to keep help.
One harvest was all that help would
stay with him. Some Of his help told
that he recommended to them to eat
the peelings of OF baked potatoes. He
up. think he was correct about this |
being good for the health if he fol |
lowed his own advice, for he lived to
be 104 years old
The winter of 1886 We spent in look. |
ing for new location, thinking to |
better ourselves. We went to the |
mouth of the Columbia River and |
looked over Clatsop Plains. then south |
to the Umpqua country, but We did
not find anything to suit us.
Father said he had started for salt
water. SO. in the spring of 1S47. We
again put in the crops. and we came |
over to Puget Sound to look at that |
portion of the country. We spent two |
months looking around. At New
market, the present site of Tumwater, |
at the falls of the Des Chutes River.
We found NJ. T. Simmons and family, |
and five or six other families and nine
or ten young men. They had settled
here In June. 1S45. They were putting
up a saw mill. They already had a
-four mill, very small concern. The |
burrs were only eighteen inches in
diameter and no boiling cloth was in
use. Some of the families had sieves
that were used to take out the coarse
bran.
At the present site of Olympia there
was one man by the name of Smith.
His log cabin stood on the ground
where the Higgins hotel is now
We finally staked out claims on
what is now known as Chambers
Prairie" We then returned to our
homes in Oregon to make preparations
to move to the Puget Sound region in
the fall.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-05-22
Fine Douahnuts.

Two eggs, beaten very light, one
cupful of sugar, one teaspoonful Of
salt, butter the size of u hickory nut
two teaspOonfuls of baking powder
one and one-half cupfuls of swee,
milk, season with nutmeg, flour
enough to roll. Fry in good sweet
lard.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-05-22

THE compensating laws of nature were
seldom better exemplifed than it was
at Santa Cruz, Cal. 4 crusade was
made on rattlesnakes leading to their
determination. In their place the kan
gaIoo rat has appeared, one OF the most
destructive pests in vineyards.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-05-22
AyaaA]u9ton tanaay1
ssgto EVERY FRIDAY EytsisG By
JOHN MILLER MU RPHY

Advertising, four squares or upward bV
the ysar, At liberal rates
,.as.l notices will be charged 80 the
att )rney or officer authorizing their lnser-
ton.
A Atvartisements sent from distance
anitr,nsient notices must be accompan'
iei bv the cash.
Announcements OF marriages, bir.hs
and deaths inserted free.
. DDituary notices, resolutions OF respect
and othar articles which do not possess a
general interest will he inherited Al one
lalfthe rates for business advertisements.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-05-22
CANDY

In short such variety as is to be found
in well-regulated Drug and Stationery
Store, all offered at lowest prices. con.
sistent with quality, with prompt and
efficient service assured to all patrOns.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-16
MEXICAN CARRIERS.
The cargadors Can Carry Enormous
Loads on Their Shoulders.

The carsadors Can Carry Enormous
Loads on Their Shoulders.
Just as one finds the rickshaw every
where In India, so one finds the carga-
dor In Mexico. He is beast of bur
den. In general he is a comparatively
small man, with broad shoulders and
stout arms and legs. To look at him
one would not think he would be able
to carry heavy burdens. But the
weight he can carry is surprising. You
have a trunk you can scarcely move,
for instance. You send for cargador.
he gets It upon his back, high up ON
the shoulders, and he marches or with
II as easily as though II were play
thing. A life dedicated to carrying
heavy burdens has made this work
easy for him. A slightly built Mexican
will carry over 500 pounds on bis
shoulders for short distances.
Until recent years almost everything
in the City Of Mexico and everywhere
else throughout the republic was car
ried upon the backs Of cargadors. II
you wanted to move your household
furniture you hired certain number
Of cargadors. For house moving they
generally work In pairs, each pair hav-
Ing hand truck, which they pick up
and carry when 1t is loaded. for II has
no wheels. In the City Of Mexico there
are still hundreds of these hand trucks,
though one may now find plenty Of
carts, wagons and heavy moving
rucks.-Mexican Herald.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-16
Tho Only Piece He Cared About.

There was a French count" said a
lecturer In the midst Of little sermon
on selishness. who was travelling
from Paris TO Monte Carlo. On his
journey he stopped at Mentone, where
he sent for his valet. who had preced-
ed him and was TO have met him at
that point Alas. monsieur exclaim-
ed the counts courier, poor Francois!
I have just looked my last upon him.
He was killed in a railway accident.
His corpse lies on the outskirts Of
Mentone. cut in a hundred piecesv
ABR murmured the count, regretfully.
Then just go back and fetch me the
piece that contains my trunk keys"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-16
Box FactorY for La Grandc.

The construction of a new depart
ment to the George Palmer Lumber
company's mill, which will mean ar
increase to the company's payroll to
the extent of about so boys and men
is now under way and in a very few
weeks will be completed. 1t is a mod
ern box factory. says the La Grande
Observer.
Cement foundation for main
building that measures about 100 feet
square, to be one story in height and
son constructed as to house all neces-
sary machinery for "A box factory, is
now being laid. A crew of men will
have that phase of the work finished
in a few DAYS and then will go up the
building itself.
The machinery for a box factory Is
not of the cumbersome sort, but rath-
er of a delicate nature. and conse-
quently is easily installed. The con-
struction of the building and the in
stallation of the machinery will be
pushed with all possible haste.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-16
DAIRY COWS SCARCE
j. w. BAILEY SAYS
OREGON NEEDS COWS
Dairy Interests OF the state Are Sadly
Neglected-Prfce OF Dairy Cows
Has Advanced Five Per Cent-Prac-
tlce OF Killing Calves When Born
Has Been Suicidal 10 Diaries.

DAIRY cattle were never 80 scarce
as at the present time, not only ir
oregon and the northwest, but all ov.
er the United States as we'll ! know
OF no more profitable opportunity
than is offered by the present short
age to the farmers Of this valley thar
to engage In the exclusive business OF
raising COWS for dairy purposes"
Such is the opinion Of State Food
and Dairy Commissioner Bailey, who
says the dalrying interests have suf-
fered a serious check I'm development
by reason of the short sighted poll
cies In vogue among farmers and
stock raisers, says the Oregon Daily
Journal. Mr.. Bailey further says:
thousands Of cattle have been
shipped out Of this state in the past
few years to points all over the north
west. Farmers have not been raising
calves, but devoting all their energies
TO the production of milk and butter,
the increased price OF which products
made hundreds enter the business.
Having no time to devote to the rails
ing OF calves, these have either been
killed as soon as born or kept for a
short time and sold as veal. The ever
increasing population due TO the in
flux Of homeseekers and the estab-
lishment of many condensed milk
factories has also had a tendency TO
prevent the raising of cattle.
"The result Is that the price of
dairy cows has gone up in the past
two years fully per cent Animals
that last year could have been bought
for $50 now bring $75. and the de-
mand can not be supplied. The quail
ity is deteriorating, too. Only the 9TH
er day l was down to the stockyards
and saw carload OF as scrawny cat
tie as were ever brought to a Port
land, being shipped as far north as
Missoula, Montana.
Herds Not Kept Up.
"All over the United States the sit
uatlon to the same. Prices have gone
up almost double in some sections in
the last year or two. The cause is
to be traced directly to the neglect OF
keeping up the herds. In their haste
to take advantage Of teh high prices
offered on all sides for butter. cheese
and milk. farmers have had no time to
raise calves.
81 would say to every farmer in
Oregon and the northwest that II each
one devotes his time to raising cows
for the dairy It will be years before
the supply will be equal to the de-
mand. Never before has there been
such lucrative return offered for as
small an investment"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-16
TESTED HIS LOGIC.

John Seemed to Make His Point, but
Missed the Chicken.
The old couple were eating their first
meal with their son after his return
from college.
"Tell us, John" said the father,
"what have you learned at college?"
"0h, lots Of things" said the son as
he recited his course Of studies.
''Then," he concluded. II also studied
logic"
"Logic," said the old man. what is
thatY
Tts the art of reasoning" said the
SON..
"The art Of reasoningY said the ia
ther. What is that, my boyf"
"Well," replied the son. '1et me give
you q demonstration. How many
chickens are on that dish, father?"
"Two," said the old man.
"Well," said John, 'T can prove
there are three" Then he stuck bis
fork in one and said, THAT is one. isn't
hT
YES" said the father.
"And this Is twoT sticking his fork
in the second.
"Yes," replied the father again.
"Well, don't one and two make
threeT replied John triumphantly.
"Well. l declare" said the father,
you have learned things at college
Well, mother" continued the old man
to his wife. II will give you one Of the
chickens to eat, and I'll take the other,
and John can have the third. How Is
that John T'-Judge.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-16
PILES CURED At HOME BY
NEW ABSORPTION METHOD.

II you suffer from bleeding. itching,
blind or protruding Piles, send me
your address, and l will tell you how
to cure yourself at home by the new
absorption treatment; and will also
send some of this home treatment
free for trial, with references from
your own locality II requested. Inn
mediate relief and permanent cure
assured. Send no money, but tell
others Of this offer. Write tsday to
Mrs M. Summers, Box P. Notre
Dame, Ind.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-16
ReEmar kabIe
AdnHi SSiOnS
Made By the Foremost Prohibition Journal
in This Country.

The National Prohibitionists
OF Chicago and New York, in
their issue Of January 9, 1908,
quoting the official statistics,
showing the revenues from beer
and spirits during 1906 to have
been $199,0S5,91S, and in 1907,
$215,904,720, in an editorial
makes the following comment:
1T seems to us that these
figures teach, as clearly as any,
thing can be taught, that the
kind OF prohibition which we
have had up to the present time
is not cure for the drink evil
and does not even approach a
cure. We are frequently told
that many millions, a third,
perhaps a half Of the popula-
tion of the United States, live
under prohibition. The state
ment is true only in a very mod
flied sense, and the showing OF
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-16
Oregon Pioneers Meet.

Over 1000 pioneers of Oregon will
gather in Portland for the annual re-
union and banquet to be given June
II by the Oregon Pioneer association
in the armory. Never before has such
a great amount of interest been mani
tested in the reunion. From all parts
of Oregon, Washington and Idaho
word has come to Secretary George H.
Hines to reserve plates at the banquet
for those who will attend.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-16
The Old WAY and the New.

The young lady from Boston was ex-
planning. Take an egg" she said. "and
make n perforation in the base and q
corresponding one in the apex. Then
you apply the lips to the aperture and
by forcibly inhaling the breath the
shell is entirely discharged Of Its con-
tents"
An old lady who was listening ex-
claimed:
at beats all how folks do things
nowadays. When l was a gal they
made hole In each end and sucked" "
Judges Library.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-16
What the Poet Says.

After their honeymoon to Niagara
falls they came back and settled on
the old farm.
"Gracious. Slle" said Cynthia. ''Why
are you In such bad humor2"
Making butter is blamed hard
work." grumbled Silas, removing the
beads from his brow.
"Oh, cheer up. Slle! Don't the poet
say that 1t is love that makes the
world go roundT"
"Yes; but, by gosh, it don't make the
churn 60 round. News
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-16
Valued Same as Gold.

B. G. Stewart a merchant OF Cedar
View, Miss, says: 81 tell my custom
chs when they buy a box of DR.. Kings
Life Pills they get the worth OF that
much gold in weight, II afflicted with
constipation. malaria or billousness." 4"
Sold under guarantee at Tallman &
Co.'S drug store. 25 cents.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-16
A Change In Temperature.

Il hear the audience last night was
rather coldP" said Hi Tragedy.
They we're at first" replied Lowe
Comedy, "but when they remembered
that they had paid good money to see
the show they got hot" - Catholic
Standard and Times.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-16
The Worst Part.

80 your daughter is going to marry
a title?" said the old acquaintance.
mo" answered Mr.. Cumrox, its
worse than that She's got to take a
fellow that I don't like along with It."
Washington Star.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-16
His Coat of Arms,

Mrs. Newrich-Don't you think, VII
liam, now we are getting into the
smart set that we should have coat
Of arms2 Mr.. N.-Certainly, my dear
I'll see my tailor about 1t tomorrow
London Opinion.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-16

Kodol completely digests all classes
of food. 1t will get right at the trou-
BILE and do the very work itself for
the stomach. 1t is pleasant to take.
Sold by Tallman & Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-16

the article in question empha-
sizes its lack of exactness.
I'm strict fact, no part of the
United States today has real
prohibition. The sale of LIQUOR
is forbidden in certain sections;
the manufacturer of liquor is
also forbidden within limited
areas. The forbidding is made
good so far as the manufacture
Is concerned, in the greater part
of the so-called Prohibition ter
ritory, and we begin to have
considerable sections of the
country where comparatively
little liquor is sold. but the re-
suits of drink selling In the
wider sphere OF its influence
still reach the whole country.
and, to a very large extent.
through interstate commerce
and other means, drink-selllng
goes on through the whole
country"