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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-22

Governor Johnson's conduct during
his last days on earth was in keeping
with his whole career. The fight he
made for his life was a gallant one
and increased the esteem in which he
was SO generally held.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-22

A Los Angeles woman has found a
new court of appeals. She publicly
horsewhipped the jurist who didn't
give her the right sort of decision.
The arrangement is not without it's
advantages, but there is small pros
pect that it will ever be generally
adopted. There is a scarcity of that
kind of women, for one thing.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-22
Just the pes Moines wav.

Marshalltown Times Republican.
From reading OF the newspapers
published at the capital city one might
suppose that the sole object of Taft's
! trip is to visit Des Moines.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-22

President Taft's speeches appear to
the Des Moines Register and Leader
to have been constructed with view
to avoiding unpleasant "flarebacks. /"
This is one way of saying that Pres
ident Taft's speeches are models N
their way.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-22

Meanwhile the Wrights keep righ.
on breaking records. 1t is further to
be remarked, incidentally, that the
Wrights know their business and
stick to it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-22

The treasury department says that
the two-dollar bill is unpopular and
that it will be retired. The treasury
department is clearly in error is its
premise. The two-dollar bill is twice
as popular as the one-dollar bill
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-22
THE DAILY GATE CITY

bands coat The husband himself ap.
peared and she said, fretfully, It's a
perfect shame the careless way the
tailor sewed this button on. This is
the fifth time I've had to sew it on
again for you"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-22

The Prohibition party sof Rhode
Island has named Willis H. White
OF Providence for governor.
Fashion pictures indicate to the
Marshalltown Times-Republican that
there will be little waste in the fall
gowns.
According to crusty old bachelor,
every woman expects her friends to
remember her birthday and forget her
age.
What doth it profit an explorer to
gain the pole and lose the liking of
manly men?" pertinently inquiries the
Sioux City Journal.
The Creston Advertiser says that
Senator La Follette's commentator
OF the senior Iowa senator will be
received with mixed feelings by that
gentleman's constituents.
Cook says he is going to prove his
claims, and the country believes his
proof will be convincing. The decla-
ration leads the Cedar Rapids Gazette
to remark that Cook continues to lead
Peary several points in public favor.
Nick Longworth says he will not
permit his wife to go up in an airship.
This prompts the Burlington Gazette
to observe that every now and then
Nick screws up his courage and pre-
tends to be the real manager of the
household.
The Waterloo Courier declares that
even if Peary is right everybody will
hope he Is wrong after the line Of
small talk he has been giving the
country about his rival. His first
purpose seems to be to queer Cook
and his second to prove the worth OF
his own claims to glory"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-22
keokuk, Iowa 49,. September %, 1909.

James ]. Hill says it is growing
pains that all this country, and it will
have to be admitted that Mr.. Hill is
diagnostician of no small repute.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-22

the remainder OF the week and is well.
worth going to Des Moines to see.
Admission to the grounds is free but a
small charge is made for a seat in the
amphitheater. The proceeds go to the
troops participating in the affair.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-22

mer. Despite the heavy automobile
and wagon traffic, the road is per-
fectly smooth and very hard. and is
is said to have met the test in every
way.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-22
NOTES AND COMMENT. !

The Dutch have proverb that
poor folks wisdom goes for little.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-22

The Prohibition party sof Rhode
Island has named Willis H. White
OF Providence for governor.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-22

What doth it profit an explorer to
gain the pole and lose the liking OF
manly men?' pertinently inquiries the
Sioux City Journal
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-22

Fashion pictures indicate to the
Marshalltown Times-Republican that
there will be little waste in the fall
gowns.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-22

According to crusty old bachelor,
every woman expects her friends to
remember her birthday and forget her
age.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-22
HANFORD tanned HIS
TERMAGANT SPOUSE

Upon his annual western tour
Charles B. Hanford appeared here
last evening in THE tanning OF the
shrew:" Though the audience was
somewhat diminished by the fact
il was Sunday evening and also Lent,
a fairly filled house greeted the pop
ular actor and his troupe.
All the leading characters in the
troup here last evening are identical
with those who have followed Mr..
Hanford for several seasons. Miss
Drafnah, who was not with the troup
last year, is again playing the leading
feminine role. The troupe is we'll fit
ted for presenting the Tanning of the
shrew," though it is doubtful if this
play is as pleasing to the average the
atre goers as are some of the other
productions in which Mr.. Hanford
appears.
Prior to the raising of the curtain
for the first act Mr.. Hanford and
members of the troupe appeared in a
curtain raiser, THE Old Guard" an
episode Of the battle Of Waterloo
The act was exceptionally well rem
dered.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-22
STATE SUNDAY SCHOOL
WORKER HERE TOMORROW

Rev. Charles A. Phipps, the state
Sunday school worker, will be in
Pendleton tomorrow evening. From
seven until p. m. he will address a
meeting of the officers and teachers
of the Methodist Sunday school and
at s o'clock he will address a mass
meeting of all those persons in the
city who are in any way interested in
Sunday school work.
This is not the first time that Mr..
Phipps has been here, as he has
spoken to Pendleton audiences on
several different occasions He is re-
garded as an able speaker.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-22
WILL CO AFTER
THE BLIND PIGS
MASS MEETING CALLED TO
STIR UP PUBLIC SENTIMENT
Rev. f. f. Zimmerman of Portland
VIII Speak-RepreSents Ant-Sa-
loon League-Will Make Pendleton
Headquarters for Eastern Oregon
Meeting Next Sunday Evening
Law Enforcement Active.

That the temperance people of the
county are to get busy in an effort
TO eradicate the blind pigs from PEN
dleton and the other towns of the
county is the announcement being
promulgated by the officers of the
local law enforcement league. To
further this purpose a mass meeting
has been called 10 be held in this city
next Sunday afternoon.
Pendleton has been made the head
quarters for an anti-saloon league,
the Jurisdiction of which will cover all
of eastern Oregon as far south as
Harney county. Rev. E. F. thinner
man of Portland, has been placed IN
charge of this field and the meeting
Sunday will be under his direction.
This will be the first gun to be fir
ed in a series and which will mark
the beginning Of a campaign of ac-
tivity. 1t is hoped to SO stir up pub
lie opinion as ~ make it impossible
for the blind pigs TO continue in bus
iness. All those interested in law en-
forcement, without respect to reli-
gion or creed, are invited to attend the
meeting Sunday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-22

grew stronger, and within three months
l was a perfectly well woman.
81 want this letter made public to
show the benefit women may derive
from Lydia +. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound y Mrs. JOHN G. MOLDAN,
2l15 Second St., North, Minneapolis,
MINI.
Thousands of unsolicited and genu-
inc testimonials like the above prove
the efficiency of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, which is made
exclusively from roots and herbs.
Women who suffer from those dis
tressing ills peculiar to their sex should
not lose sight of these facts or doubt
the ability Of Lydia +. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound to restore their
health.
IfyOu want special advice write
to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass.
She will treatyOurletteFasstrictIy
confidential. For 20 years she
has been helping sick women in
this way, free of charge. Don't
hesitate - write at once.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-22
LIVELY RUNAWAY ON ALTA
STREET THIS AFTERNOON

A team of horses being driven by
Glen Hawks, took a short though live
ly spin on East Court street, this af-
ternoon. They started just east of
the Alta house and came Weston AL
ia stret to johnson, where they at
tempted to turn and ran into tree
at the DR.. Henderson residence. One
horse was thrown and sustained in
ternal injuries, but it is not thought
they will prove fatal
The harness was badly damaged,
while the neckyoke, doubletrees and
tongue will need to be replaced with
new ones.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-22
MISS BORIE RESIGNED
TEACHING POSITION

Miss Fanchon Borie has resigned
her position as teacher of the seventh
grade in the Washington school The
resignation was rendered to the board
Saturday and has been accepted. Up
to this time the school board has not
officially chosen a successor to Miss
Borie, but Miss Bertha Tenney is
serving as seventh grade teacher
Miss Tenney is from Shellbina, Mo-,
and has been teaching in district no.
9S
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-22
PREPARING BOOKSHELVES
FOR PUBLIC LIBRARY

The shelves and book cases for the
public library have been completed by
the carpenters and are now in the
hands of the painters. Under the di-
rection of the library association the
library room is rapidly being put into
shape for the reception of the books
and the removal of them to their new
quarters will probably take place this
week
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-22
The Grand.

Four new picture films, three vau-
deville acts and an illustrated song
are the new portions of the program
being shown at the Grand. The pic
lures are THE Crackers Bride. "
Hungry Hanks Hallucination," "The
Jealous Hubby. and THE Ring
Leader" The vaudeville performers
are Miss Angela May Kippy, Louis
McEvoy, and the Imperial Opera
company. Miss Myrtle Bloomfield is
singing the illustrated song, "The
Days of 40"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-22
At THE PICTURE SHOWS
Orplleunl.

Another change of program was
put on at the Orpheum today For
the vaudeville part, Harry Rickrode
and The Cellinis are the performers.
The former is the worlds greatest
ring contortionist and the latter are
Swedish mind readers. She is just
from the big European vaudeville
circuit. The pictures are: "The
Crazy Barber" "Why Has My Sky
Piece" The Prussian Spy" and "a
Sufragettes Dream"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-22

Roy w. Ritner, calendar clerk in
the senate during the legislative ses-
sions, returned home Saturday even
ing from Salem. For some time af-
ter the close Of the regular session
Mr.. Ritner was kept busy with his
work in Salem and he then remained
in Portland until the special session
was called,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-22
TAKING HORSES TO
MOUNTAIN RANCH

Clarence Adams of Adams Broth
ers, was in the city yesterday, on his
return from ukiah, where he had
been to place their horses on the
ranch. The cattle are still at Pros
Pect farm in the Northwestern part
Of the county and as the grass is still
good they will be returned there until
about the tenth Of next month.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-22

Martin Compton, an old-time resi-
dent and property owner Of this
county, who is living at the soldiers
home near Los Angeles, is spending
a few days in this city, looking after
his business interests and shaking
hands with his old comrades and
friends.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-22
CIRCUIT JUDGE AND
DIST. ATTORNEY TO HEPPNER

Circuit Judge Bean and District
Attorney Phelps, have gone to Hep
pner on business connected with the
circuit court for that county. The
docket will be gone over and cases set
for the May term Of court.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-22
FRANK HAYES WILL
BUILD ON SOUTH HILL

Frank Hayes, salesman in the shoe
department of the Boston Store, pur-
chased lot on South Main street
this morning of Walter Adams, local
agent for the Northern Pacific. He
will improve the lot this spring and
will erect a residence on it this fall
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-22
CLERK AND DIRECTOR
TO BE ELECTED

c. w. Record has resigned as di-
rector in school district No %, which
Is located on the flat west Of Free
water. As the clerk, w. j. King, had
resigned a few days ago a special
election IS called TO select another on
March %, and both vacancies viii
probably be filled at the same time.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-22
MEETING OF CIVIC
AND LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

A meeting of the Civic and Library
association is called for Tuesday af-
ternoon at o'clock at the home of
Mrs. A. ]. McAllister on Thompson
street All the members Of the as
sociation are urged to be present.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-22

caused a weakness
and broken down
condition Of the
system. / read so
much Of whatLydia
L. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound
had done for other
suffering women |
felt sure it would
help me, andI must
say it did help me
wonderfully. My
mains all left me |
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-22
WANTS HER
LETTER
PUBLISHED
For Benefit of Women who
Suffer from Female Ills

Minneapolis, Mimi was a great
sufferer from female troubles which
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-22

Being located in the South hill, over
looking the city, the lot is one Of the
most slightly for residence purposes
in that part of town.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
TO BEGIN WORK ON
NEWOKLAHOMAROAD
VIII Have oklahoma, Kansas And
Missouri Road IN Operation Not
Later Than April /.

Joplin. Mo-. Nov. 26-"We viii be
gin the construction work on the olda.
boma, Kansas and Missouri railroad
within three weeks. and within four
months from the day We begin we viii
be operating cars over the line. said
Franklin n Smith. who was granted
a franchise by che city council about
three weeks ago to enter Joplin with
a railroad running from Muakogee
through Baxter Springs. Kans. and
with rs eastern terminus In this city.
Mr. Smith said Il am busy just
now on the financial end Of The propo.
sition, but that part being absolutely
assured. we expect to put on as large
forces as can be handled az both ends
Of the line and rush the work of con-
struetlou until the forces meet"
Five miles OF o, r. a A. between
Miami and tfattonville, is already in
operation and the construction work
at that end of the line viii beghf al
the latter named place. and as soon
as that Is finished work on the Bar.
tlesville division viii be begun The
frst construction work will begin at
seventh and Main streets. the Joplin
terminus Of the new road.
A new type of gasoline motor cars
viii be used on the new railroad for
passenger service and steam viii be
used for freight, The new company
has already placed orders for their
rolling stock, or az least a part OF it.
and other contracts viii be let within
a short time The gasoline motor ear
to be used IS a new one for this part
of the country but companies having
them IN service praise them highly
According to the terms Of the fran
chise the road must De in operation
within twelve months
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
MISSOURI RIFLEhEN
DEFEATED AT CHANDLER

Chandler. okla. Nov. 26.-The Okla
homa National Guard rife team de.
feated a team Of the Third Regiment
Of the Missouri National Guard by e
score of 5S points today The aggre.
gate Of the days competition was
3iO0 points Oklahoma made is best
showing IN the skirmsh and Missouri
did best on the long range The com.
petition began early this morning and
closed at dark Tonight a ball was
given tn honor Of Col Cusil Laehman
'ol Kansas city aud his team. CON
.sistmg Of twelve officers and eight eu-
listed men
Oklahoma took the lead at the 200
yard range. going up twenty points.
AZ the d00yard range Missouri gained
eight points and the skirmish was
Won By Missouri by forty points with
.a whiflwind finish Missouri challeng,
ed for another competition on the
Missouri range July and the chal-
lenge was accepted 4 silver cup val
ued at sioo has been offered as q
trophy by the schmelzed Arms com
pany Of Kansas City
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
GRANTS S3,397 JUDGMENT
FOX WILFULLY TRESPASSING

spokane, Wash, Nov 26 Lumber
mill and mine operators IN Spokane
look upon the decision Of the federal
court for northern Idaho in its new
ruling on mine timber as the most far.
reaching that has been handed down
IN years The court found the Bunker
nm and Sullivan Mining company
guilty of wnful trespass and gave
Judgment 70 the government for s3.397.
NJ. n Messenger. a homestead en-
tryman Of Kellogg Idaho. sold that
amount Of timber from his claim and
then relinquished The court ruled
that the homesteader cannot hide be.
hind the statute of 1878 and remove
timber off the land. even after a min
ing claim has been located on land snb-
sequent to homestead filing II was
held that while the law ia question
permitted the removal of timber from
mining land for mining purposes it
cannot be construed to cover the re-
moval OF timber from land taken as
homestead There are scores Of
similar eases b Idaho and other states
81 the northwest
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
Bunch of Political Pie Eaters Gather at Kansas
City and Claim to Be Republican Leaders -
Mcclure Says Oklahoma People FaUOr
Taft Administration = Indulge in Sweet
Dream of Electing Republican Gov
ernOr in Oklahoma.

Kansas city, Mo, Nov. 90 Stand
ing pat on President Taft's policy and
the Payne.Aldrich tariff bill, leading
republicans OF Oklahoma at meeting
at the Hotel Baltimore yesterday after
noon and evening decided to begin the
campaign to elect a republican COVER
nor of Oklahoma, Immediately, Pub
lioity headquarters with press bureau
are to be established as quickly as pos
slble in Guthrie. and the campaign will
be directed from that place
we believe IN 5000 horses, $3.50
mules, % cent eggs, 10 cent butter
and 40 cent chickens" said Congress
man Bird s MeGuire at the conclusion
of tho conference which took place IN
his room.
THE publicity bureau win talk re
publicanism which is but a synonym
for prosperity This subject is one on
which we can always talk for the his
tory of the country has proven that 1t
is during republican administrations
that the people have been prosperous
I'VE are elated over the prospects
for electing a republican governor Of
the state The people down our way
are tired of the democratic rule, They
realize that il has given them nothing
while the farmers have learned that 1t
Is the republican party which has not
only given them q market for the pro.
ducts OF the fields, bat has also given
them living prices for these products.
The people of oklahoma. we have
found on careful investigation, are in
favor of the Taft administration.
They feel that the tarln laws that were
passed BY the last congress are respon.
sible for the prosperity We now enjoy
and they stand ready and willing with
their votes and their assistance 70 in
dorse the party which has given them
this prosperous condition
Our reason for beginning the cam.
palgn so soon is to get our literature
before the people so that they can
read it ut their leisure We viii not
suggest the name Of any candidate for
some time at least as the election is
still year distant, but We are going
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
TRIPLE MURDER WAS
WORK OF REVENGE
Theory Of Assault on Mrs. Bork Proves
Groundless-Two Men Near
The Scene.
by Associated Press

By Associated Press.
Fonteuac Kanss Noy 29 The au
thmitles are working diligently upon
the slender clues, looking to the cap.
tufe OF the murderers of w NJ Bork,
wife and child ON highway near here
Friday night. but arrests are rot be.
lIered to be imminent
That the murders were the work of
revenge by two persons Is almost the
universal opinion now The first
theory that an assault on Mrs. Borl,
Was Incentive, was dssipated today.
when after an investigation, BY several
physicians, It was announced that Mrs
Bofk had not been ravished
It became known today that two men
were seen IN the vicinity Of the spot.
where the deed was committed ON the
evening Of It's occurrence. but their
identity Is not known
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03

to spread the doctrine Of true republi
canism in a way that our political
opponents will have decidedly difficult
sailing"
In conference with Mr. Mcclure wett
Congressman Dick 7. Morgan of Wood
ward, representative from the Second
Oklahoma district; State Chairman
Joseph Norris, who at present is en-
gagged in Indian inspection work in
Nebraska and Acting state Chairman
James A. Harris,
There were a dozen other promin
ent oklahoma republicans in the con
ference at various times In the after
noon and evening All voiced the sen.
timents as expressed by Congressman
Mcclure indorslng the Taft admins
tration and the Payne-Aldrieh tariff
bin.
Ia the conference the names OF many
prominent republicans of Oklahoma
were suggested as possible candidates
for governor. OF the names mentioned
fopr were considered to be made pub.
lie. These the John Embry, the pres.
ent United States district attorney; G.
G. Jones of oklahoma City; Ewers
White of Shawnee, and j. w McNeal
of Guthrie.
II IS understood that several other
names will be presented 10 the state
committee from time TO time and it will
be several months at least before the
list begins TO narrow down to two or
three leaders. That the friends of the
four above named are going to do
some active work to secure the nomin.
alton. was the statement made last
evening.
The congressman and the members
of the committee declared to the
friends of these men that they would
take no hand In the contest for the
nomination for the present at least
The candidates VIII have to work out
their own salvation, SO far as getting
the nomination is concerned
The members Of the state commit
tee departed for their homes late last
might Congressman Mcclure and Nor
gan will go to Washington some time
today.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
.SOONERS DEFEAT EPWORTH
BY VERY CLOSE SCORE

oklahoma City okla Noy 26.
Oklahoma university had a hard time
here today IN defeating l.pworth ml.
fersity e 70 H. before The largest
crowd ever 60 football game b ok.
iahoma Epworth surprised everyone
at the first of the game when She held
the sooners when the latter had hut
two yards TO go for a touchdown. Ross
0klahoma's right tackle. was the star
player Capshaw made good gains
throughout the game The aoonefs
are champions Of the state by mag
this game.