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The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-09-02
Almost Swims Channel

Dover Aug. 2s.-Edward Heaton of
Liverpool, came within mile and q
man OF swimming the English channel
today He gave up the attempt when
wi'nln that distance of the French
coast this evening. He was favoros
with ideal conditions. favored
Jaoez Wolfe, who started from Dow.
ef at T. M. yesterday to swim, th,
enamel to France, was comneiioa 'h ~
give up after having covered IA NIL 70
in eight hours. 10 miles
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-09-02
RESUME OF THE
WEEKS D0INGS
General heview Of important Hap
psnicga Presented IN Brisf and
Comprehensive Manner for euay
Readsrs---National, Political, His
toricat and Commercial.

Theg Federl court has held the state
corporation tax law In Colorado consai'
tutional.
Thaw has been appointed librarian
Of che insane asylum In which he II
confined.
Rahmin Khan, Persian bandit
leader, has been captured by Russian
expedition.
Dutch soldiers In Java killed III re-
bells sitter is OF their own number had
been amhushed,
The deadlock In the Chicago street
car dispute can only be broken by o
strike or arbitration.
Hartman has issued statement de-
nying that there is to be an operation
and says be only needs rest.
Ex-Mayor Harper, of Los AongeIes,
disclaims any connection with the graft
which has been exposed in that city.
General Zelaya, president Of Mica
rsgua. Ii said to be fitting out an expe-
dition against Guatemala and Salvador.
An eclipse of Mars by the moon, Wis
ible throughout the United States, will
occur September is. The eclipse will
be visible to the naked eye.
The notorious Bulgarian bandit and
ininsurgent leader, Sandansky, who
captured Miss Stone. the American
missionary, some years ago, has been
shot.
King Manuel, Of Portugal, Is to Wis
1t King Edward, In England.
A streetcar turned turtle at Denver.
sriously injuring seven persons.
1t la said no operation Ia intended on
Hartman until after rest cure.
A huge sawmilI burned near Clair
vile, Cal. The loss Is placed at $780,
600.
Prince MenIik, Of Abyssinia, has
asked that his country be saved from
England.
Great Britain will turn over the Els
quimalt naval station 10 the Canadian
government.
The international cup for aviation
has been awarded to Glenn III. Curtiss,
AN American.
Count Boni dc Castellane Ia circulat-
ing rumor that he will marry Mar
jorie Gould, niece of his former wife.
A scandal has just been uncovered
at Montreal, Cam, whereby the city
has been losing $500, 900 . year to
grafters on public works.
Two persons are dead and score In
jured as the result of head-on collision
between q passenger train and freight
trainon the Wabash road near Glen
wood, Mo.
Cholera has been taken to Holland
from Russian ports.
Daniel T. Ames, the greatest hand
writing expert, is dead.
The American Bar association has de-
clared for reform In state courts.
Hartman is resting at his home at
Arden, N. j., but chafes under restraint
Of inaetion.
Graft is charged in connection with
the cement and paint supplies for the
Panama canal.
Latham has beaten Paulham Is record
for time, speed and distance in the air
ship trials ut Rheims.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-09-02

San Francisco, Aug. 26.-The '' 's.a
whaler Gayhead, Captain Wing a, Il
today from Kodiak with 1Ooo Da u, srst
oil, the product of 25 whales. ~ me
mate, venturing too close to ons r;th
monsters, was flung into the ,, sn Of .
his crew Of six men by the plv" with
whales tail, and an hour ias s'a 'sxper
the same crew, suffered the san' ess also
fence. The third mate g boat VS. ysN
wrecked, but the struggling crews
all rescued.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-09-02

Galveston, Tex, Aug. 30.-Actinp
upon instructions from Governor Camp,
bell, evidence against 5000 saloon
keepers has been filed with the state
comptroller. which will prevent them
from securing renewal of their licenses.
The new law makes this provisions.
The rangers or state police got the evil
dence without the knowledge of the
municipal police. Governor Campbell
is not prohibitionists, but he says the
saloon men must toe the mark.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-09-02
Only Bathing Suits Lee.

n, Nlagara,on-the-Lake, Ont. Auc Of
The Strathcona Hotel ~ Guy lug, zl,-
today d landmark, was destroyed by Are
lon%;n,,. Inc nj ioO guests lost all their be.
esesna sS mere were several narrow
SSS otaiP Fossibly so persons from the
i; Ui were IN bathing or ON the golf
sta rs OK tennis courts when the Are
ci Iab?u several women lost all their
w vleraiu NY. except the bathing suits thew
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-09-02
Lanan To lake Part

Toxic, Aug. 30.-It has been official
ly announced that the armored cruiser
Idzuma will sail September is for San
Francisco to take part in the naval
pageant during the celebration of Por-
tola's discovery of the Golden Gate,
which will be held October 10 to 23.
The vessel is under command of Cap
tain Takesyma, and has on board as
ore of it's minor officers Prince Shimad-
zu. The date of arrival at San Fran
cisco is set for October ID. After the
celebration the cruiser will visit Pacific
coast ports.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-09-02

Lewiston. Preparations are being
made on the Nez Perces Indian reserva-
ton for the opening of school in Sep
TENDER under the new plan. The healthy
children will attend the schools to be
maintained at Lapwai and Kamiah,
where they win mingle with the chill
dren of the white settlers, while the
Indian children affected with tubercu-
losis win be placed in the Lapwai hospi-
tai school.
The hospital school is an innovation
in the educational work on the Indian
reservations, The school will be main
tanned in the hospital building erected
by the government when soldiers were
stationed at Lapwai. The perfect ven
tilation, high ceilings and broad
porches surrounding the entire build
ing at the first and second stories pro-
vide the necessary conditions for an
ideal experimental institution.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-09-02
Bumper Crop in carad.

n, vancouver B. c., Aug. 2s-sva,o
tnr r a..; DOMINION minister of aericni.
f fore' . sssimates Canada's yield of wheat
900 o Snls year eonservatively ar 1so
S Sis o. bushels, and stated TODAY nn n
nis o, ARRIVAL here that he believes t IpUn
Is IS, every indication for highly snc snsre
y west season fol. farmers throughout t tbs
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-09-02

New Orleans, Aug. 30.-The town OF
New Iberia, La, with 1000 inhabi-
tants. is reported as being destroyed
by fire today. No communication with
the town is possible and details are
meager. 1t is reported that no fatal
ties have occurred.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-09-02

Provincetown. Mass. Aug. 31.-A
worlds record for speed on the Surface
by submarines was made off here yes
terday by the submarine NarwhaI dur
ing her contract trials. During rs
hours over an even 800 miles, the Mar
whal averaged l21s knots an hour with
out stop.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-09-02

Moscow-By ride through the eoun
try in this vicinity one can witness the
gathering of the heaviest grain crop
ever grown in this vicinity, both in
yield and acreage. Fields yielding so
bushels to the acre are common and oc-
casionally one is seen where the yield is
said TO run 65 bushels. The straw and
heads are high and heavy in many in
stances where it is said to be impossible
to save all the grain.
In one of these extremely heavy
wheat fields, between Moscow and Cen
esee, three binders were broken to pieces
trying to handle the long, heavy wheat
and had to be discarded A large com
bine, operated with 32 horses, was en-
gagged to harvest this field and the big
machine could only cut a little over a
half of the 14-foot cut of the machine,
as the grain spouts would choke with
grain and chatf, besides having more
straw than the cylinder could handle.
1t seems that most all machinery is too
light for this year 8 crops.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-09-02

Mexico City, Aug. ga spessh1s at IS
patch from Mateahaula says .nabed BY
miners were killed and 80 en lna ia Pes
the dropping of a cage into INV
mine there last night. .ba men
The cable parted and n snJi at
dropped 1900 feet. Rescue Pphs lover
once set to work to reaen Wv
levels.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-09-02

Washington, Aug. 27.-Tbe st;n.
bnnting H al, roosevelt from his African
the Nast;e srip We're today unpacked at
wera ia .n1s Museum. The specimens
"''e Al sait and in good condition
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-09-02

Washington, Aug. 27.-David e.
Thompson, United States Ambassador
to Mexico, has telegraphed the state
department that there is no danger of
serious trouble in Mexico.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-09-02

Boise--The mule foot hog is being
character it is in the vernacular of the
hog man, about midway between ba-
con and lard hog. Its hoofs are solid
like those of mule and it thereby
gets its name.
While this hog fattens and thrives
fully as we'll on the alfalfa, peas and
small grain as do the other kinds, if
not better, it has distinct advantage
over the others, in that il is not sus-
ceptible and, in fact, is immune to all
hog disease, particularly cholera. This
disease is the one which bothers all hog
raisers and kills thousands of hogs
every year.
This is the first time that the mule
foot has ever been brought to the in
termountain region. The origin of the
mule foot is rather obscure and its his
tory hazy. Ii is learned, however, that
1t came from the eastern coast of At
RIGA and the South Sea islands.
Experiments. many and varied have
been made by Wayne Darlington at his
A0hSh az 0oAaH y VIII thS LIB A~ooN
river country, between Mackay and
Arco. He has a tract of $500 acres
there and maintains a cattle ranch
which he holds is the largest mixed
cattle ranch in the state. Some time
ago he arrived at the conclusion that
hog raising would be profitable, as it
was possible to raise the best crops of
alfalfa in the state and that peas and
small grains thrived wonderfully well.
The main thing to do was to expert
ment with the different known species
of hog and ascertain which class did
the best on the crops grown in the val
ley. The Poland China, Chester White,
Doroc Jersey, Tamworth and mule foot
hog were all brought there and for the
past year experimenting has been
going on without abatement. Mr..
Darlington found recently that the
mule foot hog was more particularly
well adapted to the character of feed
there than any of the others.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-09-02

Weiser. - Residents of Malheur
county, across Snake river in Oregon,
are determined to have water, and they
don I propose to wait for years for I'm
cle Sam to make some move, although
all of them are strongly in favor of
Government irrigation. But indications
are that water will be flowing over
those fertile lands before very long, and
il will not be Government water either.
A meeting was held at the Jefferson
sehoolhouse in that locality Wednesday
evening to discuss the feasibility of put
ting in an electric pumpinp plant to
take water from Snake river. A num-
Der of Weiser citizens were present at
the meeting, many of whom own land
in that section, aud number of i'm
portant propositions were considered.
Il. A. Atwood, Stewart French and l.
w, Stoneman We're appointed to inves-
tigate further plans, cost, etc, and to
take up the matter of securing power
from the Idaho Oregon Light &
Power Company, and report at another
meeting to be held at the same place in
few days.
The promoters of this proposed prof
Get, after careful investigation, as
sert that by lifting the water to a
height of SO feet an area of 2100 acres
can be covered, and by lifting it few
feet more $500 acres can be covered. A
plant operated by electricity is already
in successful operation in that locality,
which covers 2000 acres.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-25
FRENCH GO DRINK ROUTE.
Hundrcd-Proof Takes Place of Light
Wines in Repuhlic.

Paris.-The excessive consumption
of spirits in France is, according to
several medical men who have re-
Gently given voice to their opinions,
one of the main reasons for the "wine
crisis" now prevailing in France. Less
than so years ago Frenchmen con-
sumed per head annually less than
3 l-S pints of alcohol. Today the av-
erage adult Frenchman drinks 70
pints of spirits at 100 degrees of
strength-that is, almost equivalent
to 165 pints of brandy-a year
Thirty years ago France contained
a wine shop or cafe for every 1O9 in
habtants. Today there is one for
every 40. Liquor-selling establish
ments in Paris number 10000, while
London, whose population is more
than double. DR.. Bertillon, the head
of the Municipal Statistical depart
ment, says there are 1,37S,O0O distil-
leries in France. In some parts of
the country the people take alcohol
as others drink water, consuming
nearly two pints daily An alarming
aspect of this question is the rapid
strides made in abslnthe drinking,
and the fact that children are becom-
ing familiar with the poison.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-25
NEW STREET SIGNS.

OF the many little Improvements
that are needed by this city one of
the most urgent is that of better street
signs. At this time there are many
street corners that bear no street signs
or if they have them they are so Sc
cluded as to be invisible to the cas-
ual traveller A stranger has a diff
cult time finding some streets if fore.
ed to rely upon the signs at the cor
ners.
To provide proper signs designating
the streets should not be an expensive
matter. A neatly lettered sign bear
ing the name Of a street can be had
for a small sum and it should not cost
the city much to provide such signs
for all street corners. They should
be placed on poles or elsewhere so as
to be in plain view. If the city will
make this improvement the town will
be raised in the estimation of transi-
cnt people and regular residents also.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-25
"PERIL OF DEMOCRACY"

Under the heading 1.-THE peril OF
democracy" the Oregonian attacked
the direct primary Sunday. The claim
was made that the direct primary does
away with representative government
without which a democracy cannot
succeed.
But the direct primary does not
abolish representative government.
Far from it. 1t merely provides that
those who shall represent the people
and constitute the government shall
BE- chosen by the people instead of by
partisan cliques and bosses. Instead
! of leaving the selection of nominees
to machine leaders who are in politics
for what there is in it for them the
direct primary gives the power to the
people, who are honest and disinter-
ested. o
The peril of democracy" does not
lie in the use of power by the people
under the direct primary. When the
people have power they use it wisely
and for the promotion of good govern
ment. They have done so in Oregon.
Democracy's danger comes from the
usurpation of authority by political
gangs such as those that now domi-
nate New York City and have done so
for years and dominate nearly every
large city in the country.
Political machines do not exist for
the promotion of good government.
They exist to advance the selfish in
terests of those who control them.
Successful machine leaders, like Gro
ker, Murphy, Ruef ct al, make i'm
mense fortunes at their business,
though some of them like Ruef oc-
casionally get caught and must go to
prison.
Political machines hold power
through the use of money. Campaign
funds constitute the sinews of war.
III order to get enormous campaign
funds the bosses tie themselves up
to corporations that are interested"
IL politics. In return for the cam
paign funds these corporations or their
representatives say who shall be SEN
ators governors judges and mayors.
This is a rotten system and it con-
stitutes the peril of democracy"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-25

BY the way, a water commissioney
must also be elected.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-25
HELPFUL THINGS.

Is the book as dry as dust filled
with twaddle red with rust? Some one
then is sure to say. "Read this pre-
cious tome today! 1t is rich with
trenchant thought, full of wisdom
smoking hot! Cast aside the trlfling
books fit for chamber maid and
cooks! Leave the trashy stuff behind!
Try to cultivate your mind!" AS for
me, like the books that will please
the girls and cooks. Do you like the
look of hay when bale is in your
way? Some old bilious crank will
cry: "How much better this than
pie! Made Of grass in growing state
such as Nebby Nezzar ate-free
from harmful drugs and dope-hay's
the nations only hope! o, my friends,
precaution take! Cut out pie and
jam and cake, throw the dog-gone
bread away! Come with me, and live
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-25

der the blind pig system. For in
stance, the saloons will be drinking
places, pure and simple, they will not
be resorts, Men will not "hang out
in places where there are no chairs
for their accommodation and where
they must remain in single room
open to inspection from the sidewalk.
Temperance will be observed in these
Saloons If they are ever established,
for the proprietors will be prohibited
from selling to intoxicated men. In
other words drunkenness will be ia
booed. This is right because a drunk
man is a menace to society.
That the committees plan for a sa-
loon system is preferable to the
blind pig system which seems an
ever present feature of prohibition,
men will agree. Under the
committees plan the moral condition
Of this city will be improved, the city
will be given a revenue of $4,000 per
annum and the present big "mall or,
der" business will be stopped.
The Third Parry is offering a way
'ut of the wilderness. The people can
AXE it or they can remain in the will
lerness, just as they see fit.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-25

on hay" AS for me, I'd rather eat
angel cake and butchers meat. Is
the lecture stale and sour? Is the
speaker bald and dour? Some ones
sure to grab your arm: "Do not miss
this, for farm! Round your heart
his logic curls! Come forsake the
chorus girls Let the niger minstrel
slide! Here's the hall-come on in
side!" AS for me, I'd rather see
Uncle Tom and old Legree!-Walt
Mason in Portland Journal.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-25
THE COMMITTEES REPORT.

The Third Party" plan for the re-
gulation of the liquor business pro-
viding the same is again Iegalized in
this county has been completed. The
salient features of the plan are given
in this paper today and the complete
draft will be published later.
To this plan all citizens should give
careful attention for it must be ad-
opted or rejected by the people of the
city at the election in December. If
the plan is adopted the act will con-
stitute a pledge to the people of the
county that if they again legalize the
liquor business in this county the
liquor business in Pendleton will be
carried on in accordance with these
measures. Being such it should not
be adopted without full consideration,
The committee that drafted the
"TLird Party" plan strove earnestly
to obtain a sensible solution for
very perplexlng problem. They have
sought to make a road that will save
the city and county from having to
choose between the Devil of the old
time saloons on one hand and the
Deep Sea of prohibition and blind
pigs" upon the other. Whether or
not they like this new highway the
people of Pendleton must say at the
coming city election.
In drafting their plan the special
committee strove not to satisfy sa-
loonmen, prohibitionists, property
owners, business men or anyone else,
but merely to provide for a saloon
system that will be in keeping with
what is right and with common
sense.
Under the plan now proposed the
legitimate demand for liquor may be
met in a legitimate manner, but the
use Of liquor will be discouraged rath-
er than encouraged as it was under
the old saloon system. Under the
plan adults who are competent to
manage their own affairs will be al.
lowed to drink, if they want to do so,
without breaking laws Minors, habit
ual drunkards, intoxicated persons,
and Indians will be rigidly protected.
They need protection.
That this ordinance, if it ever be-
comes effective, viii regulate the liquor
business cannot be honestly question:
ed. The fact that saloonman will
stand to lose a $500 license and to
forfeit a $1,000 bond and will be un-
able to secure another license if he
breaks the law will hold him within
the proper bounds.
The limiting Of the number Of sa-
looms 20 one per thousand people win
reduce the present saloon population
by one half This feature viii not
please saloonmen nor property own
ers but it win be good for the moral
health Of the community There are
many other features in the ordinance
that viii also tend to insure decency-
more decency than we now have un-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-25
I(GQ ~ a. CURES
IS>6S>bSb BLOOD POISON

Removing the outward all that necessary
Contagious Blood Poison The viruent which
nal manifestations completely driven blood before
be The
later fresh outbreak the trouble with all heous
liberated mouth and throat falling
Medicines which merely check the symptoms for time because Of their
strong mineral nature and leave the mouderng
brought dapponment thousands The disease always after
such Blood
manen into the blood and particle
making circulation
slightest
mineral ingredient but made entirely
which valuable in their bloodpurng
time specifically building
have Contagious Blood Poison will
oughy Blood Home Treatment Book
Hee TO all THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA GA
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-25

Some good men are being suggest
ed for councilmen. They are needed.
Never was Pendleton in greater need
Of strong men than at the present
time. incidentally it may be remark
cd that no "whiskey" men or "open
town" men are needed in the council
chamber.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-25
The pespotlsm of the Press.

We clip the following for the bene-
fit of those who doubt the power Of
the press;
"Owing to the overcrowded cond-
ton of our columns, a number of
births and deaths are unavoidably
postponed this week."-Everybody's
Magazine.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-25

If the farmers in the vicinity of PEN
dleton are not satisfied with the nat
ural rainfall they have a recourse.
There is plenty Of water in the Una
tlla river and tributary streams.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-25
OMAHA TRAIN ROBBERS. .
WILL FACE THE COURT

Omaha, Oct. 25.--A jury is being Sc
lected today to try VIM. Matthews,
Donald Woods Jack Shelton, Frank
GTigware and Fred Torgeson, charg-
ed with robbng the overland limit
ed near this city, May 2R.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-25
Rival Enrcns Imnend

Bluefields, Nicaragua, Oct. 25.-
The forces of President Estrada are
advancing steadily on the main body
of former President zelaya's troops.
Zelaya is at Managua preparing a
counter movement
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-25
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HOPE.


HOPE. .
. You are hoping, hoping, hop .
So am T.; .
We may both go blindly cropping Q
Till We die; .
. Though We ceaselessly must .
strive, .
. Though we never quite arrive" .
. We are keeping hope alive,
. Wet or dry.
. You are trying, trying, trying,
. Day by day,
. To clear every cause for signing
. From your way; .
I am trying daily, too,
. Trying to possess what few
. Though their best they bravely
do,
. Ever may.
. You are dreaming. dreaming,
dreaming
So am 1;
. We may both go vainly schem-
ing
Till we die;
, We may never reach the shore
That is strewn with precious
ore; .
But if men might hope no more
who would try? .
S. E. Kiser in Chicago Rec
ord Herald. .
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