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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-05
Pamphlets,

Johnson-Recently improved meth
ods of sewage disposal University of
Wisconsin Bulletin).
L. S. Geological Survey-Investiga-
tions of the publication of Boston
sewage.
U. S. Agriculture, Department Of
Dlsinfection of sewage effluents.
L. S. Labor, Department of-Bulle-
tin.
U. S. Census, Bureau of-Street
and electric railways.
L. S. Commerce and Labor, Depar-
ment of-Central electric light and
power stations.
U. S. Commerce and Labor, De-
partment of Municipal electric fire
alarm and police patrol systems
U. S. Commerce and Labor, Depart
ment of-Telephones and Telegraphs.
Robinson-Civic improvements and
Identification in the city of Cedar
Rapids, Iowa.
Report of the committee of eleven
appointed by the mayor and council
men of Santa Barbara, Cal.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-05

II isn't a bad idea to make a little
turn Of your own while you are walt
ing for your turn.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-05

U, S. Labor, Bureau of-Fourteenth
annual report of the commissioner Of
labor
Atlantic City conference for good
city government.
New York conference for good city
government.
Detroit conference for good city
government.
Milwaukee conference for good city
government.
Louisville conference for good city
government.
Columbus conference for good city
government.
Providence conference for good city
government.
Boston conference for good city
government.
Chicago conference for good city
government.
Rochester conference for good city
government.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-12-29
.kREMER CONVICTED !
FORMER lrAscA TREASURER Is
CONVICTED OF GRAND
LARCENY.
SHORTAGE WILL REACH 100000
Charged With the Appropriation OF
County Funds to Own Use-Pen.
atty Is Not to Exceed 10 Years
In State Prison.

Grand Rapids--The jury in the case
against A. A. Kremer. former county
treasurer. brought in Il verdict OF guil.
ty on the charge of grand larceny for
aPpropriating county funds for his
own use.
The defense had not admitted that
the late treasurer had taken any funds
OF the county, but it's principle conten.
ton was that the accused was suffer-
Ing from morphine insanity.
The statutory penalty for grand lar.
ceny is not to exceed 10 years in state
prison.
The trial had lasted all OF the past
week and most of the time was taken
up with expert testimony as to the san.
1ty or the accused. DIR. Arthur Swee
ney of St. Paul testified that Kreme1
was not insane when he examined him
Nov. z. DIR. w. A. Jones of Mime,
apolis also gave testimony in the case
kremer was defended by Senator C
&. McCarey and the prosecution was
conducted by Frank Price, county at.
torDey.
The defalcations by Mr.. Kreme,
were discovered early in October and
reported to Attorney General George
i. Simpson. He transmitted the mat.
ter to the public examiner and Deputy
M. F. Kahn was sent to Grand Rapids
to make an examination. He reported
that he had found a shortage of $4,000,
and that $4,000 had been restored and
that he had Kremer arrested and took
charge of the Office. Governor Eber-
hart at once suspended him.
When Mr.. Kahn went into the books
further. he found more and more short
ages. extending over period of near
ly three years. The latest report was
that the shortage would be close to
100000.
Warwick, Mitchell and company. ex.
pert accountants. are working, on the
books and although they have not com.
pleted their work, it is intimated that
the shortage will be even larger than
supposed.
A large part of it will be restored
and most of the remainder will be paid
by the bonding company.
During his first term of Office he was
bonded by the Metropolitan Surety
company. now defunct, and the county
may lose some on that account.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-12-29
Primitive Mills in Brazil.

Vice-Consul De Young, writing from Santos,
calls attention to the small corn grinding ma.
chimes in Brazil:
In the interior Of Brazil primitive method
OF producing cornmeal by pounding instead of
grinding is practiced. The instrument known
as 'mojollo' works automatically, and consists
of tree trunk balanced on the bank of a
stream, one end of the trunk being followed
out to form large cup, while the other end is
in the form of pestle. Water filling the cup
depresses that end OF the log, whereupon the
water runs out and the other end falls back to
its original position, the pestle striking the
corn. Some modern corn grinders have recent
~ been introduced, but there is a good field
Tor very small and inexpensive grinder to
take the place of the 'mojollo in the interior.
"nere nour MILLS are rare and each family
grinds it's own corn"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-12-29
is CONFIDENT OF ACQUlTTAL.
But Mrs. Ledbeter is Nervous When
Jurors Are Rejected.

Mankato.-The remaining seven men
on the special venire were examined
In Mrs. Ledbeter's case; but no more
jurors were secured. Sheriff Donahue
has gone to Mapleton. Good Thunder
and Amboy to fill in a second special
venire of so.
Mrs. Ledbeter expresses confidence
that she will be acquitted. but shows
nervousness when so many Jurors
are rejected by her attorneys for hav.
ing fixed opinions.
While Fred Goentzel, farmer
from the same township where the
Ledbeter murder was committed. was
being examined, he admitted being
one of the signers who petitioned
Judge Pau not to allow Mrs. Ledbet
ter to have bail.
The defense offered this petition in
evidence before the triers to show
prejudice and the triers sustained the
challenge OF the defense for actual
bias. The petition bore about 100
names OF farmers in the vicinity OF
the Ledbeter homestead The state
was forced to use two more peremp.
tory challenges and the defense one,
The state has but two left and the
defense IS. with only four jurors
sworn.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-12-29
A RUSKM STORY

In 1853, when Ruskin was in his fortieth
year, ne was asked by friend to give some
lessons in drawing to child named Rose La
Iouche-whose name indeed was French but
whose family were Irish. There sprang up be.
tween Ruskin and this young girl very charm
ing friendship. which. of course. at the time
could De nothing but friendship. They wrote
eau eaeu otle' iettefs and exchanged drawings and
then for awhile they did not meet.
Ten years passed by before they saw each
other. Meanwhile the child whom no had 70
membered as blue-eyed, saucy, clever little
Dlonde with ripe. red lips and hair like fine
spun gold, had become very lovely young
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-12-29
So
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(MAERE ne G6x4T '1Y{ZQ/zq7zC
6REqKGdST"U .lERllED Q& XE1V XEaQJ IaY

der KNOX. Then, too, the same Importance at
taches as at the White House, to who goes
nrst, SO that servants have to be carefully
drilled and the utmost care exercised lest some
lesser diplomat receive more honor than is
his due, while some greater luminary is cor.
respondingly sighted.
The entire afternoon of New Years day the
diplomats devote to making ceremonial calls
Almost all the prominent hostesses in Wash.
1ngton, except the wife of the president, hold
receptions on this eventful afternoon. Most of
the diplomats 60 first to the home of the vice.
president, then down the line" Of cabinet
homes In the order of their official standing:
after which they pay their respects at the resi-
0ence OF the speaker of the house of repre-.
sentat1ves, and then follows indiscriminate
catllng upon the wives of senator's represent
at1ves, army and navy officers and other off,
clal hOstesses who are keeping open house
everywhere they meet other diplomats and
public officials of all grades for calling is gen.
erai at the seat of government on the first day
OF the year. In accordance with the Yankee
Idea, only the men OF the American households
go calling on New Years afternoon but the
diplomats are in almost every instance accom-
panied by the ladies of their households II
rs past shutdown when this round of calling is
concluded, but that does not end the dav for
the tired diplomats. Most of them have been
invited to the ceremonial dinners that in erear
NUMBERS, close the day in Washington. hence
they must hurry home and change to evening
attire in order to greet yet another hostess ha.
fore o'clock
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-12-29

woman OF 10 years. They resumed their old az.
quatntance, but in very different way Though
Ruskin was nearly SO, he gave to Rose La
Touche an alteration and passion such as he
had never felt before. On her side she no long
er thought of him as very ugly," but was sim
gularly drawn to him, despite the difference
in their years.
The two met often. They took long strolls
together in the pleasant fields of Surrey. and
at last Ruskin begged her to make him happy
and to be his wife. Oddly enough, however
she hesitated, not because he was so much old.
er than herseuf, but because he had ceased to
be what she regarded as "a true believer"
Some of the things that he had written shocked
her as being almost atheistic She was her
sell, underneath all her gayety of manner, q
rigid and uncompromising Protestant She
used phrases from the Bible in her ordinary
talk and when she spoke of marriage with John
Ruskln she said that she could not endure to be
yoked with an unbeliever"
Yet her heart was torn at the thought Of
sending him away; and so for several years
their intimacy continued, he pleading with her
and striving hard to make her see that love
was everything. She, on the other hand, read
over those passages of the Old Testament
which seemed to bar all compromise
At last, in 1872, when she was "a and he
was So, she gave him her final answer. She
would not marry him unless he could believe
as she cid. His honesty forbade him to de-
ceive her by pretended conversion. and so
they parted, never to see each other again.
How deeply she was affected is shown by the
fact that she soon fell i'll. She grew worse
and worse until at last it was quite certain
that she could not live. Then Ruskin wrote
to her and begged that he might see her. She
answered with note in which she feebly
traced the words:
UVor NOW oonoo lf ro,, mn, +,,, ... H..
love God more than you love me-"
When Ruskin read this his very soul was
racked with agony and he cried out:
"No, no-then l cannot come to her: for
love her even more than God!"
When she died, as she did soon after. the
light of his life went out for Ruskin-Mun.
sey's.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-12-29
News Of Scandinavia
Principal Happenings Of the Week
in the Scandinavian Countries.

Edward Wavrinsky, tho leading
Good Templar Of Sweden, recently
said about this order: 1.-THE Inter-
national Order Of Good Templars now
has $4,000 members in the world, and
of these 100000 are in Sweden, where
we have made great growth. We can
not forget to be grateful to America
for the idea which gave birth to our
order, and are very sorry it has de-
clined there in strength. II think that
is because the Templars in America
have not tried to do things, but have
been too contented to make fine
speeches, and then go away and for
get them. There are some good work.
ers in America, but most of them
seem Indifferent. Here in Sweden
we have worked hard for social prog
ress, and in many ways. We give
courses of study, and help members
to build their homes. In Stockholm
seven lodges with 300 members have
built and sold until they now own
a building worth a million kro-
ner, in which is our principal hall"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-12-29
DEN MARK.

The explorer, knud Rasmussen,
knud Rasmussen, during the course Of
lecture on Arctic Expeditions and
Eskimos,' referred to the little Es!.i-
mo tribe at Cape York and said that
Commander Peary, whose severity
vas accompanied by many good quail
tiles, had done much TO strengthen
the 1skimos' struggle for existence
The North Polar observations OF DR..
Frederick A. Cook were carried to
Copenhagen On board the steamer
United States. Extraordinary preCaU-
Icns were taken to make sure that
the long-horalded report was delivered
safely to tie university authorities.
AS soon as the United States was tied
up at her pier, an iron box containing
DIR. Cooks report and the diaries in
which his original entries We're made,
Was brought ashore. The box was
closely followed by Walter Lonsdale,
DR.. Cooks secretary, who had stood
guard over it's contents since they left
the hands of the explorer. Upon the
pier Lonsdale and two detectives
bundled the iron box into a motor
car, and jumping in themselves were
driven hastily to the University.
Their car was followed by a second
automobile. At the university the
papers were formally turned over to
the authorities there, and placed in a
strong room, where they will be-
guarded closely, until the committee
appointed to examine them is ready to
begin. The personnel of the examin-
ing committee, as now formed, is Pro.
lessor Stromgren, PRESIDENT; Commo-
dOre Gustav Holm, an explorer: Com.
nlander A. B. Jensen, director Of the
school of navigation; Dr. Hechali, di-
rector of the meteorological Office; DR..
Ryder and DR.. Bergstroem, both OF
Lund's observatory. This committee
Will take every precaution to escape
either being deceived or becoming in
volved in scientific scandal. The
Politiken asserts the supporters OF
Commander Peary are trying to enlist
the services of Greenland explorers
in organizing an anti-Cook press cam
po16A. uc otSSlOuS u Tie COunlGCG6
will be private. While the committee
derives it's powers from the university
and the latter will assume the respon.
sibility for the committees verdict,
it is to be noted that the present heads
of the university are disassociating
themselves as far as possible from
the body Of which Professor Strom.
gren is president. The present rec.
tor, Professor Salomonsen, inherited
from his predecessor, Torp, a legacy
which he would undoubtedly have pre-
ferred to be without. He almost pa
thetically declares that he is a doctor
of medicine, and knows no more about
polar exploration than he does about
the canals on Mars. Several members
OF the various faculties Of the uni.
versity regard the task of sitting up-
on DR.. Cooks claims as white ele.
plant.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-12-29
BIG FIRE IN MINNEAPOLIS.
Wholesale District Has Fifty Thou
sand Dollar Loss,

Minneapolis.-It took the firemen
fully Is hours to extinguish the fire
which started in the fve-story brick
building occupied by McKusick-Towle
T. Co.. Wholesale confectioners.
1t has not yet been determined how
the fire originated. II spread so rap
idly that the building, including sim.
liar structure at right angles to it and
facing Third Street, owned by the
STANDARDIZATION company, of DAYTON.
Ohio, was q mass Of flames before the
firemen were able to get down to-
work.
No accurate estimate of the total
loss has yet been made, but it. is be-.
lieved that it will not exceed $50, 900.
Most OF this is covered by insurance.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-12-29
NORWAY,

AS far as known, BjOrnson 10 stin
in Paris. He is improving.
The Socialists will occupy the same
number of seats in the new storting
as in the last one, namely II. But
this does not correspond to their
strength at the polls. At the main
elections, which are true index, the
Rightists and the Liberal Leftists
pulled 176,600 votes; the CONSOLIDATE
ed Leftists and Castbergs Labor Party
l45,2OO, and the Socialists, $1,000. In
proportion to the votes cast, these
first mentioned were entitled to 50
seats in the storting; the CONSOLIDATE
ed, to 43 u; and the Socialists, to 261z.
But after all the supplementary cleo
lions had been held the three parties
obtained &c, ~, and II seats, respect-
lively, and two of those elected are in.
dependent. This shows that the &c.
cialists obtained only II out of the
2611 seats, which their voting strength
at the main elections entitled them to.
The hotels of Sarpsborg have again
been deprived of the privilege of sSrv-
ing bee: and wine to travelling and
regular customers The chief of no.
lice recommended that licences be-
granted to them. The city council
voted foc prohibition by vote Of 10
to Is. The former consisted of II
Socialists, Abstainers and Leftists.
There was grand blowout in KRIS
tiania on the occasion of the formal
opening Of the Bergen railway. The
king made fine little speech, refer
ring to Bjornson, the bed-ridden poet,
in tender terms
A few days ago the snow melted
very suddenly in Sondmore, and the
water rushed into the sheep stable OF
Elias O. Storaarset. Ellingso. When
he came to look after them they were
all dead, and their bodies were float.
ing ON the water.
The Norwegian storting has award.
ed the Nobel peace prize of 1909, d.
vidinlg it equally between Baron d'Es.
tourlelles de Constant, president Of
the French parliamentary group for
international arbitration, and NJ. Der.
nae TT, former minister Of state Of Bal
GUM and Belgian representative
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-12-29
FINLAND

Finnish statesmen look upon thu ap-
pointment Of Grand Duke Nicholas
Nicolaievitch, cousin of the car, as
governor general of Finland as the
most overt action yet taken by Russia
in her scheme Of crushing out the last
vestige of Finnish anatomy and of
"Russfanizing the grand duchy." The
Firms now realize that unless pressure
from other powers is brought to bear
there will be no way of checking Rus
sia's plan and they have about given
W hope # European Intervention.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-12-29

into ball. The adder is then left to
attack the spines, in which encounter
1t naturally comes off second best
After little. when the hedgehog feels
that his antagonist has exhausted his
power, it once more opens out and
makes bite at the adder's back, there
by breaking its spine. It then pro-
ceeds to crunch the whole of the rep.
tiles body by means of it's powerful
jaws, and after that it is said to start
at the tail and devour its prey. OF
eggs the hedgehog Is also very fond.
thereby giving just cause to keepers
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-12-29
HABITS OF THE HEDGEHOG

brates which can tackle the repulsive
cockroach. For effectual extermina-
ton of beetles and crickets it is as
useful as a mongoose among the rats,
out 1t is not generally known that It
mas Partially toward snakes and
.adders. The methods it employs for
the attack are interesting.
having come upon the adder it
soads that reptile to the offensive
ava at the first dart Immediately rolls
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-12-29

and farmers to destroy It, on sight.
Cases have been known where
hedgehogs actually forced the hen
pheasant off her nest and then pro-
ceeded to demolish the contents. There
is a tradition among country people
to the effect that the hedgehog will
suck the milk from cows, who certain
ly show strong aversion to the hedge.
hog, but eminent naturalists scout the
idea, their explanation being that it
is the heat of the COW which attracts
the hedgehog, the cows dislike be-
Ing no doubt caused by unpleasant
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-12-29
FIRE At FUNERAL STARTS PANIC
Boy Per;shes in Flames; Another Per.
haps Seriously Burned.

Eliza candle set fire to the funeral
hangings in the home of Joseph Pre-
fontajne, where the body of his moth
err was laid out. A large number of
guests escaped, panic-stricken, aud
7-year-old boy. who was asleep up
stairs. was burned to death. George
Pretontaine was seriously and per-
haps fatally burned while trying to
save the body
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-12-29
DR.. JoNNEsco is COMING.
Inventor of New Anaesthetic to Visit
Mayos.

Washington, D. C.--Professor ion.
nesco, the famous Romanian sur
geon. called on President Taft at the
White House. The professor was in.
troduced to the president by Horace
G. Knowles, who is United States min.
lister to Nicaragua who was minister
to Roumcc:a. DR.. Jonnesco will 70
from Washington to Chicago and
thence to Rochester, MINI.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-12-29
Nfo"f as destroyer of Cockroaches
-How He Gets the Better of
Adders,

4 the hedgehog, that butt of juvenile
uflce horseplay, is the possessor of
'asfs which, like Sam Weller's knowl-
fdfa OF London, are Extensive and
ffrlal Scoring fastidiousness il
sai make hsarty meal on nearly anv
s'1st,ct SR& Il ore Of ta'1 few verte.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-12-29
SWEDEN.

A valuable piece Of work is being
done In Stockholm, in getting detailed
expense statements from 500 families,
which will be carried up to the end OF
the year and then tabulated. A pre-
hminary statement has already been
issued. 1t shows that in families with
incomes under 1000 kronor a year,
the expense for each person averages
474 kronor. For incomes from 1000
to 5000 kronor, it averages SOB kron-
or each, and for those over 5000
kronor, the average is 696 each. A
percentage table has been made up,
showing what proportion of income is
spent In different directions. 1t is
made up from seventy-five Stockholm
families for 1902 and 1908. 1t is as
follows:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-12-29
Natures Gift to the Eel.

NATURES Gilt to the Eel.
The eel has singular formation by
which it IS enabled to retain life
longer than any other fish. This is
bladder at the back of its upper fins,
which it fills with water and is there
by enabled to moisten it's sills for
considerable time when out of vatar.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-12-29
Onion as Tale.TelIer.

Onion as Taie-TeIIer.
There's divorce.
'Tis a very sad affair."
An onion is at the bottom of It.
OF yore hubby was fond of onions.
He ate, and ate, and wiley stood it.
Then he fell in love with festive maiden.
No more onions for him, much to his wife,s
surprise.
the more she thought of it, the more she
wondered at the change
Not only did he desert the orodous onions
presently he deserted altogether.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-12-29

contact with the prickly spines. Hedge
hogs are invulnerable to most of their
enemies except man, although the
willy fox has been known to get the
better of them occasionally.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-12-29

the city god in this case the god Susinak.
which stood upon the acropolis. An explora-
ton of the foundations revealed the records of
Gudea, king of Chaldea, B. c. $500. Fortunate
". considerable Information as to the nature
of the sacred edifce and its precincts is pre-
served by an interesting monument. which
was discovered in the ruins.
In the center of the model are the figures Of
two nude men. one holding water jar. These,
no doubt, are the king and priest performing
the ceremonies of lustration, or ceremonial pu-
ri6cation which are great feature of the orr
entail temples and frequently mentioned in the
religious inscriptions.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-12-29

mats return home for a few
minutes rest, and then a lit
tie before IL o'clock they set
out for the residence of the
secretary of state. Here, at
noon, an elaborate repast Is
served. The average Ameri.
can citizen would declare it q
luncheon, but in social-diplo.
matte usage it is a breakfast.
Considerably more than 200
persons are expected at this
breakfast, so that it can be
seen that it taxes the house
keeping arrangements even
in a mansion such as the
$4,000 dwelling of Philan.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-12-29

cial obligations rather than business tasks.
Moreover, the responsibilities of this busy day
rest equally heavy upon the ENJOYS of the vart.
GUS foreign powers-that is. the ambassadors
and ministers-and upon the secretaries, coun-
sselors and attaches who make up the official
stats of these digntares. Even the women