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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-12
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1t is almost unbelievable the amount of
money that is daily placed in the hands of
mendicants. While the spirit which
prompts most givers is commendable, yet
the judgment used by many good people
in their almsgiving is far from praisewor-
thy. For years charity organizations have
sought to wisely direct the benevolently
disposed in the matter of their gifts, but
without avail in many cases. The press is
constantly publishing the incidents of
"fake' and graft games, but, as in the
days of the great Snowman, the people seem
to "like to be humbugged."
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-12
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, they cannot reach the dis
cased portion OF the There is only one way to
deafness and that is by constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by infamed condition of the
mucous lining OF the Eustachian Tube. When this
tube is infaIned you have rumbng sound or i'm
perfect hearing and when 1t is entirely cosed Deaf
ness is the result. and unless the Inflammation be
taken out and this tube restored TO its normal cond
ton. hearing Will be destroyed forever; nine cases
out OF ten caused by Catarrh. which Is nothing
but an inianed condition of the surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case OF
Deafness Caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured
by Halls Cetarrh Cure Send for circulars, free.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo o.
Sold by Druggists 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-12

The extraordinary popularity of fine
white goods this summer makes the
choice of Starch matter of great i'm
portance. Defiance Starch, being free
from all injurious chemicals, is the
only one which is safe to use on fine
fabrics. Its great strength as stiffen-
err makes half the usual quantity Of
Starch necessary, with the result of
perfect finish, equal to that when the
goods were new.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-12
crImlnality Of Waste.

II wanted to train a child to be
thrifty | should teach him to abhor
waste. do not mean waste or
money; that cures itself, because very
soon there is no money to waste-but
waste of material, waste of something
that is useful but that you cannot rep
resent in money value to the waster.
There is waste of water, waste of gas
and things of that kind. If you would
wish your children to be thrifty l
would beg to impress upon them the
criminality of waste.-Lord Rosebery,
in an Edinburgh Address.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-12

Directed toward the enjoyment Of
the senses, the strong will may be a
demon, and the intellect merely its de-
based slave; but directed toward good
the strong will is king, and the intel
lect is then the minister of mans high
est well-being.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-12

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medicine in the house. Mrs: SAM'L
LEE, 1928 Fourth ST., Louisville, Ky.
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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-12

Although real happiness is a minus
quality in the world, there is no doubt that
it is felt by two classes of beings, namely,
fools and geniuses. Among ordinary men
genuine happiness is rare and is invariably
followed by ennui, if not by safety Carlyle
declared that genius consisted in an SIN
finite capacity for taking palms," and on
this definition Lombroso constructs his
theory that complete happiness consists in
the complete exercise of ones intellectual
faculties and in their development, an in
variable case among those endowed by ma
ture with supereminent mental Gifts.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-12
Boston Profanity.

Katy, aged five, and resident OF
Americas seat of culture, ran to her
father one morning, exclaiming:
Father brother George swore."
"Swore, did hep inquired the par
ent, grimly, reaching for the slipper.
"What did he say?"
HE said amt" responded Katy,
solmenly.-Success Magazine.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-12

for workers of ability profb accept This logically proves
wherever workers organized the greater ability found the
AS necessity the of invention incentive governs
The survival OF the teno humane idea
thee present condition of all e- again
women in union must compete against another with than
ordinary zeal and productivity order hold their jobs thus the
benefnt effect of unions the efficiency of labor douby visible
The claim employers that the rate reduces
tive greater productivity is hollow dead fruit for when pressed
for they wngy wwngy testify that the employer
often makes the minimum agreement the
rate of his establishment and by paying that rate skilled
and where scarcity of work compe them it, he then
plains about having the workman oua rate Workers
to-day efficient than before in the worlds history but the
subdivision of employment has caused them become specialists
lines instead of aarond mechanics and the with
their decreased opportunities acquire the knowledge of highly skilled
general workmen they increasingly proficient In the building
trades the union workman producing much eight hours
than the tenhour non-uion in n
did Is years in ten hours, and the ~ n..... M
the same industry. n "'''3~>V "NIV"S"NV"S~
eigh-hour is doing better work |
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-12

talnly done me q
world of good and
1 cannot praise it
enough. I suffered
fromirregularities,
dizziness, nervous
ness, and q severe
female troub lie.
LydiaE.P inkham's
Vegetable Com
pound has restored
me to perfe ct
health and kept me
from the ODeratinQ
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-12
CHAPTER vI.-Continued.

CHAPTER Vl.-Continued.
Where is this city," 1 asked,
family.
"Yian? l don't know. 1t is sweet
with perfume and the sound Of silver
bells all day long. Yesterday carried
a blossom of dried lotus buds from
Yian, in my breast, and all the woods
were fragrant, Did you smell it?"
yes"
II wondered, last night, whether you
did. How beautiful your dog is; love
him. Yesterday thought most about
your dog, but last night"
Last night" repeated, below my
breath.
II thought of you. Why do you wear
the dragon-claw?"
l raised my hand impulsively to my
forehead, covering the scar. What do
you know of the dragon-claw?" l NUT
tered.
1T is the symbol of Yue-Laou, and
Yue-Laou rules the Kuen-Yuin, my
stepfather says. My stepfather tells
me everything that l know. We lived
am IS now; that is two years we have
lived in the forest. Look!-see those
scarlet birds! What are they? There
are birds of the same color in Yian."
Where is Yian, Ysonde?" I asked,
with deadly calmness.
"Yian? / don't know"
But you have lived there?"
Yes, a very long time"
us it across the ocean, Ysonde?"
1T is across seven oceans and the
great river which is longer than from
the earth to the moon"
who told you that?"
who? My stepfather; he tells me
everything"
"Will you tell me his name,
Ysonde?"
81 don't know it, he is my stepfa-
Their, that is ALL"
And what is your name?"
You know 1t, Ysonde."
YES, but what other manner"
THAT is all, Ysonde. Have you two
names? Why do you look at me SO
impatiently?"
Does your stepfather make gold?
Have you seen him make it?"
"Oh, yes. He made 1t also in Yisn,
and 1 loved to watch the sparks at
night whirling like golden bees. Yian
is lovely-if 1t is all like our garden
and the gardens around. can see
the thousand bridges from my garden
and the white mountain beyond"
And the people-tell me of the peo-
ple, Ysonde!" / urged, gently.
THE people of Yian? l could see
them in swarms like ants-oh! many.
many millions crossing and recrossing
the thousand bridges"
But how did they look? Did they
dress as do?"
81 don't know. They were very far
away. moving specks on the thousand
bridges. For 16 years l saw them
every day from my garden, but I never
went out of my garden into the streets
of Yian, for my stepfather forbade
me-"
"You never saw a living creature
near by in Yian?" / asked in despair.
my birds; oh, such tall, wise-look-
ing birds, all over gray and rose
color"
she leaned over the cleaning water
and drew her polished hand across the
surface.
"Why do you ask me these ques-
,,ons" she murmured; ARE you dis
ssTeu me about your stepfather." ]
,Ds,sted. Does he look as do? Docs
he dress. does he speak as do? Is
he Americana"
American? don't know. He does
not dress as you do and he does not
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-12
Murder!

One gets Il by highway men-Tens
of thousands BY Bad BotoeLs-No diff
ference. Constipation and dead liver
make the whole system sick-Every-
body knows it-cAScARETSres
cure Bowel and Liver troubles BY simply
doing natures work until you get we'll
Millions use cAScAREES Life Ssveri
cAscARETs roc a box for q weeks
treatment. all druggists. Biggest seller
In the world. Million boxes a month.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-12

On the spot where the first white
settlers Of Seattle first set foot, Alki
Point, has been built the South Alki
Congregational church.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-12
Value of
|UniOniSIn
Makes for
Increased
Efficiency
BY JAMES DUNCAN,
First Vice.President American Federation of Labor.

HE rghfu possession of trade union card is not in every
instance evidence of expert superior workman but in
nearly every in fairly well organized occupation, it is
evidence of greater skill than found among nonunon work
That memorable lawhe survival of the est-attess
this deduction. Trade unions provide better conditions for
labor; consequently SKILL in drifting to its level will find its
place there No incentive exists for the clever workman to
remain nonunon is there in the nonunon deas boast
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-12

ARE YOUR CLOTHES FADED.
Use Red Cross Ball Blue and make them
white again. Large OF. package, cents
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-12
Our Pleasant Vices.

Thegods are just, and Of our pleasant
vices make instruments TO plague US.
Shakespeare.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-12
SAVED
FROM AN
OPERATION
ByLydiaE. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Louisville, Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has GER
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-12
Illustrations by j. Sheridan
SYNOPSIS.

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The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-06-11

of progressive ideas and one of
the first men in Umatilla county
to undertake irrigation, and his
success along this line had much
to do with the Inauguration of
the big irrigation systems near
Echo.
Mr.. Thomson was a prominent
Mason and a charter member of
Pendleton Lodge, A. +. & A. NJ.
He was a member of the South
Methodist church. He led an
active, useful, exemplary and
christian life, ard through his
many noble qualities as a citizen
and manly traits of character,
he was one of the most widely
known and highly esteemed of
the Oregon pioneers, numbering
his friends by the legion. His
death mas caused general sorrow
over Eastern Oregon.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-06-11
ANXIOUS TO Sell MOWERS.

A merchant living in a town
not a thousand miles from here
seems overly anxious to sell to
farmers a certain make of NOW
ers, so much SO that he loaned q
prominent farmer two of the
machines with which to cut his
hay crop. The merchant also
delivered the machines to the
home of the farmer, free OF
charge, and set them up ready
for work. Hitching onto the
machines the following morning
the farmer discovered that he
was minus oil and whips on the
place, so he forthwith phoned
his good samaritan, the mer.
chant. and the oil and whips
soon arrived. Mr.. Farmer is
now laughing up his sleeve with
the thought that all the fools
are not yet dead.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-06-11
KING.JONES WEDDING.

At the residence of the brides
parents in Walla Walla Tuesday
evening, June 8, 1909, was per-
formed the wedding ceremony
uniting in the holy bonds of
wedlock Mr.. Horace w. King
and Miss Mabel Jones.
Mr.. King is we'll known to the
people of Echo, having resided
here the past six years, during
which time he was connected
with the reclamation service,
having charge of the civil en-.
gineering department in the
construction of government and
also private bitches in this
vicinity.
Miss Jones has for the past
three years been one of the
teachers in the Walla Walla
public shools. She is quite an
accomplished young lady and
prominent in social circles.
A host of friends in Echo ex-
tend congratulations and wish
Mr.. and Mrs. King their full
share of future happiness and
prosperity.
Mr.. and Mrs. King left Wed.
nesday evening for Portland and
Seattle on a short honeymoon
trip.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-06-11

The spirit of still another
Eastern Oregon pioneer has
crossed over the Great Divide
in answer to the summons of
its Maker who knoweth best and
doeth all things well, and ha.
joined the innumerable host who
have but gone before and en-.
tered into the pale of that eter.
nifty from whence no traveller
ever returns to earthly sorrows
and earthly cares. Slowly but
surely the shadows of night are
falling upon the earthly mantles
Of those few left among US with
silvered hair; those few left with
brave and true hearts who in
their youth left home and loved
ones in the east to blaze the
trail for future civilizatit n across
the then trackless wastes INTO
the adventurous and far of Ore.
gon country. Enduring untold
hardships and privations in q
wild and primitive country, in
the upbuilding of a rich and re-
sourceful State, that we their
progenitors are now enjoying
the fruits thereof, the memory of
the Oregon pioneer shall be
sacred and ever held in the
highest esteem and revered and
loved for future generations to
come by the loyal sons and
daughters of the Beaver State.
Il is with feelings of profound
regret and deep sympathy for
the loved ones left to mourn.
that we chronicle the death of
o. F. Thomson, a prominent
pioneer and loyal citizen of
Uma:illa county, whose demise
occurred at the home of Mrs. S.
L. Morse, in Pendleton, Friday
morning at 11:30. June 4, 1909.
after a lingering illness lasting
over a year. The immediate
cause of his death was said to
have been cancer of the stomach.
Mr.. Thomson was a resident
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-06-11
Plant Kept Running Seven Days a
Week and Late Each Night
Wool Arriving Daily
100000 LIB. ORDER Received
Echo Plant Does Better Work Than
Any Other Mill In the Country
Sixteen Carloads Of Wool Received
Last Week for Securing.

The Echo Wool Growers
Securing mill plant is being con-
stantly taxed to its utmost ca.
pacity in order to handle the
large amount of wool shipped to
this point for securing, but un-
der the efficient management
of Superintendent Ross, and by
working overtime, everything at
the plant is running like clock
work and the work is being
handled nicely.
AS an evidence of the amount
of wool being secured and han.
died daily at the securing mill
we give the result of one days
work, last Friday, when 10000
pounds of wool was graded and
baled, $4,000 pounds unloaded
for securing, $4,000 pounds
secured wool loaded for ship
ment, and II 900 pounds secured,
and all this accomplished in ten
hours actual work.
The plant is kept constantly
running the full seven days of
the week and late each night,
and there are orders enough now
placed with the management
and in sight to keep the plant
running at this rate late into the
month of September.
Mr., Jones, a wool buyer for
Henry HALEY. of Boston, was in
Echo Friday last and made ar.
rangements with Manager Ross
for the securing of nearly
1000, 900 pounds of wool.
In conversation Mr.. Jones
said: "The Echo wool securing
mill is doing better and more
satisfactory work than any other
securing mill in the country"
The reason why the Echo
mill does better work than any
other mill in the country, is that
the Echo plant is equipped with
machinery 4 feet wide and 107
feet in length, while other mills
are equipped with machines only
3 feet in width and 80 feet in
length, thus giving the Echo
plant more space for baths and
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-06-11
IT You Are Worth $4,000
Don't Read This.

This will not interest you II you are
worth iifty thousand dollars, but II
you are man of moderate means and
cannot afford to employ physician
when YOU have an attack OF diarrloea,
you will be pleased to know that
one or two doses OF Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Dlarrhoea Remedy
will cure IL. This remedy has been In
use for many years and is thoroughly
reliable. Price pc. For sale by born
Il Dorm.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-06-11
CARD OF THANKS.

We desire to hereby express
our sincere thanks to the many
kind friends of Echo and Pendle-
ton, who so kindly assisted dur
ing the illness and at the funeral
of our beloved husband and
father, o. f. Thomson.
Mrs. O. II. THOMSON
AND FAMILY.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-06-11
LUMBER, LUMBER.

Dorm Bros, of Echo, will han.
die all kinds of building material.
People interested in that line
will save money by seeing them.
Dorm LUMBER Co.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-06-11
Sore NinpleN.

Any mother who has had expert
ence with this distressing ailment
will be pleased to know that a cure
may be effected by applying Chamber
lain's Salve as soon as the child Is
done nursing. Wipe IL of with soft
cloth before allowing the babe to
nurse. Many trained nurses use this
salve with best results. For sale by
Dorm g. Dorm.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-06-11

better results in cleaning the
wool.
For the week ending Saturday
last 10 carloads of wool had been
received at the Echo plant for
securing, and more enroute.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-06-11
ACROSS THE
GREAT Divide
The Spirit Of Another Old Pioneer
Has Answered the Summons
Of Its Maker
THE PASSING OF 0. F. THOMSON
His Death Occurred Friday Morning
At Pendleton As the Result Of q
Lingering Illness Funeral Held
At Echo Sunday Under Auspices
Of Masonic Fraternity.

One by one they are slowly passing,
From the midst of earthly loved ones,
On the wings OF white-winged Angels
To their Eternal home.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-06-11

Thomson.
The funeral services were held
in the NJ. e. Church, in Echo,
Sunday morning, Presiding
Elder Shandle, of Milton, and
Rev. Thurman, of Walla Walla,
ofilci' ting. The services at the
grave and interment were con.
Quoted under the auspices of Il e
Masotfic lodge, of which order
the deceased was an honored
member, Grand Master Ed Kid.
die, of Island City, officiating.
The services both at the church
and the grave were very i'm.
pressive, and the high tributes
paid to the noble character and
long and useful life of the de.
ceased were befitting tokens of
the high esteem in which in life
Mr.. Thomson was held by his
legion of friends and acquaint.
ances in Eastern Oregon.
The fnneral cortege was the
largest ever witnessed in Echo.
All business was suspended
on the arrival of the remains
Saturday, and Sunday many
people from Pendleton and other
points commingled with the citi.
zens of Echo in paying the last
sad tribute to the departed one
and in extending heartfelt sym.
pathy and words of coincidence
to the bereaved widow and sor.
rowing relatives.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
Oscar f. Thompson was born
in Howard county, Missouri, on
November %, 1880, and at the
time OF his demise was in his
10Th year. He crossed the
plains to California in 1850,
where he resided until 1864
when he removed to Oregon and
settled at Umatilla Landing,
and while there he engaged in
the feed and commission business
in partnership with the late II.
N. Stanfield, father of the Stan.
field brothers. The firm also
ran pack trains out of Umatilla
carrying supplies to the mines
and isolated interior points.
On May u, 1867, Mr.. Thomson
was married at Umatilla to Miss
Susan Almira Atwood, who still
survives him, and with whom he
has lived in happy wedlock for
over IL years. During tins time
10 children were born to the
couple, and of these seven are
now living. They are Asa b.
Thomson, a prominent capitalist
and politician, Mrs. Lucy NJ.
Jarmon, Mrs. Phoebe A. Bar.
tholomew, Allen Thomson, w.
A. Thomson, Sloan Thomson
and Rilla Thomson. All of these
live at Echo and all are at home
save the last named who is now
a student at the Agricultural
College in Corvallis. The first
two children born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Thompson died at birth.
while another child, Shirley
Thomson, died five years ago.
Aside from the above named
he leaves 10 grandchildren, all
OF whom live in Echo. He also
leaves three brothers, II. G.
Thomson of Echo, Asa Thomson,
who lives on the old farm home
in Missouri, and George Thorn
son of Texas.
While he was living at Una
tilla in 1868 o. F.. Thomson was
elected as sheriff of Umatilla
county, and he served in that
Office for two terms. During his
first term the county seat was
moved from Umatilla to Pendle.
ton and he went there to reside.
and remained there until his
second term expired in 1872.
Leaving Pendleton Mr.. Thomson
with his family located on But
ter creek. 8 miles west of Echo,
where he has since resided and
in stockraising and irri-
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-06-11

The Saturday Evening Post
at the Racket Store.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-06-11
GODDESS OF LIBETTY.

Up to Wednesday evening the
vote in the contest for the God
dess of Liberty stood as follows
The Washington herald., 1909-06-16
The Hardest Struggle in the History of
The Contest Is Now On.
END LESS THAN THREE WEEKS
In Order to Make Sure of Your Prize You Must
Keep Going All the Time

The third. and last, voting period OF
The Washington Herald contest Is now
on. and. as is usual in affairs OF this
kind. the hardest struggle viii come just
before TIE end. No time should be lost
by contestants between now and July
g. as the time is 80 valuable that Il IS
little short OF a crime 70 waste IL BY
doing so you may lose your prize. and an
opportunity such as this does not present
Itself every day. nor ever. year
This contest win long be remembered
by every contestant who has taken an
active part IN II. and none VIII be able
20 say truthfully that he or she was not
treated with absolute fairness IN the very
strictest sense OF the word There will
be no dissatisfaction after the close II We
can prevent Il and we believe that we
can. Everything has been done TO en-
courage you 70 work. knowing. as we do
that you can not win otherwise. and AZ
the close OF the contest, on July 3 VIII
come your reward for having worked so
hard while the opportunity has been
yours.
II does not matter whether YOU are
working for the first grand prize or the
fourth district prize, you must not allow
the decrease in the vote scale cause you