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The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-06-02
City Census Shows Population Increase

ond precinct, 13.949; third precinct,
1852; fourth precinct, 13,467; fifth
precinct, 12,142: sixth precinct, 4.7s5;
seventh precinct. 5.372; eighth pre-
cinct. 1909; ninth precinct. 1903.
and tenth precinct, 6,226; making a
total white population of 245.S61, and
colored population of 97,142. or a
total of both white and colored OF
$4,000.
Since the taking of the census a
year ago there has been an increase
in population of 1902 in the first pre-
cinct, 1877 in the second precinct, 942
in the seventh precinct, 173 in the
eighth precinct, 1927 in the ninth pre-
cinct. and 4,2SS in the tenth precinct;
and a decrease of 531 in the third pre-
cinct, 531 in the fourth precinct, 1,795
In the fifth precinct, 412 in the sixth
precinct, making a total decrease of
3.269 in these precincts as against n
total increase of 6.S69 in the north
west.
Maj. Sylvester attributes the de-
crease in population in the several
precincts named to the absence of
mechanics and laborers who were en-
ployed on the railroad improvements
been completed.
The population of the city of Wash
ington proper, exclusive of alleys, is.
white. 1S1,35S; colored, 63.390. The
population of the alleys in the city of
Washington is, white. 1,6OS; colored.
1910.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-06-02

w HEN Mrs. Herbert Wadsworth and
w her group Of friends. including
Miss Margaret Carey of Buffalo.
George Marvin. whose experiences in
the Manchurian campaign fitted him
for fearsome exploits. and Edward p.
Smith, cantered out of Washington
the other afternoon on the first stretch
OF 400-mile equestrian journey to
"Ashantee," the magnificent country
home of Mrs. Wadsworth at Avon.
N. Y, Miss Ethel Roosevelt stood by
with more than a wistful look in her
usually laughing eyes.
NTH Ethel was slated to accompany
Mrs. Wadsworth on her trip. but, fear
full of the strenuosity of a fortnight in
the saddle. Mrs. Roosevelt at the last
moment interviewed, and Miss Ethers
eager acceptance was reluctantly with.
drawn.
Mrs. Wadsworth and Miss Carey are
the only two members of the party
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-06-02

z RED w. CARPENTER, secretary
i to the president has accumulated
another dignity, with its rewards and
responsibilities. He is the official
amusement mentor of the White
House. President Taft is fond of the
theater; SO 10 Mrs. Taft; but a poor
performance or even a mediocre one
affects them Just as it does other peo-
pie who put up their money to see a
show, and they hate to make a mis-
take in the matter. For the appear
ance of the president and his party
at a theater is an event. and to leave
before the curtain drops on the last
act would do grave injury to the the
ater in question. And not to leave
would do grave injury to their own
sweetness of disposition. Therefore.
not having a guide to things theatre
cal to do the work for them, Fred
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-06-02
A UNSUITABLE EXPRESSION.


Prof. Charles Zeublin or the Unfver-
sity of Chicago was discussing at a
dinner the greatest paintings of the
world.
1.-The legends that are beautiful and
immortal" he said, have in them
turths that we all, according to our
kind, take home, This is true in
likeness of immortal works of art
pictures. poems, songs. For different
people they have different messages.
For instance. in my native Pendleton
some of TIE mothers used to cut the
children's hair. They did 1t with
shears and bowl. The operation
was often painful. and the result was
never elegant.
In Sunday school a Pendleton
teacher once told her pupils the trag-
ic story of Samson and Deliah. Then
she turned to a little boy:
what do you learn. joe she said.
from the Samson story?'
at don't never pay piped Joe, to
have a woman cut feller's hair. -
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-06-02
NOT A MATTER OF LOYALTY.
Simple But lnsuperabIe Reason Why
Subject Could Not kneel
Before His King.

One fancies that few types of men.
can, from time to time, have afforded
royalty more amusement of a quiet
sort than provincial mayors of Eng
land. From the Foreland to Pen
zance," by Give Holland. contains the
story of a mayor of Weymouth who.
during one of the visits of King
George to the town. was destined to
afford comic relief to a ceremony of
some Importance.
The occasion was the presentation
of an address of welcome to the king,
and we are told that the mayor, on ap-
preaching to present it, to the aston
ishment and dismay of all, instead of
kneeling, as he had been told to do,
seized the queens hand to shake it
as he might that of any other lady.
Col. Gwynne, the master of the cere-
monies, hurriedly told him of the
faux pas, saying: you should have
kneeled, sir
"Sir, cannot" was the reply.
Everybody does, sir" hotly asserted
the colonel.
The mayor grew red, and evidently
much upset, exclaimed: "Confound 1t.
sir, but I've got a wooden leg!"
History records that "a smile suf-
fused the face of her majesty, and the
king laughed outright."-Youth's Com
panion
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-06-02
OVER THE FENCE
Neighbor Says Something.

The front yard fence is a famous
council place on pleasant days. Maybe
to chat with some one along the street,
or for friendly gossip with next door
neighbor. Sometimes 1t is only small
talk but other times neighbor has
something really good to offer.
An old resident of Baird, Texas, got
some mighty good advice this way
once.
He says:
Drinking coffee,le me nearly dead
with dyspepsia, kidney disease and
bowel trouble, with constant pains in
my stomach, back and side, and SO
weak l could scarcely walk.
"One day l was chatting with one of
my neighbors about my trouble and
told her / believed coffee hurt me.
Neighbor said she knew lots of people
to whom coffee was poison and she
pleaded with me to quit it and give
advice right away but tried a change
of climate, which did not do me any
good. Then dropped coffee and took
up Postum.
My improvement began immediate
ly and l got better every day l used
Postum.
My bowels became regular in two
weeks, all my pains were gone. Now 1
am well and strong and can eat any
thing l want to without distress. All
of this is due to my having quit cof
fee, and to the use of Postum regu-
larly.
NV son who was troubled with indi-
gestion thought that If Postum helped
me SO, it might help him. 1t did, too,
and he is now well and strong again.
I'VE like Postum as well as we ever
liked the coffee and use it altogether
in my family in place of coffee and all
keep we'll" There's Reason" Read
1.-The Road to MELVILLE" in Pkgs.
Ever read the aBeve letter. A new
one appesrs froa tine to tie. They
interest.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-06-02
ONE THING THAT WAS CERTAIN
No Doubt In the Bassaeeman's Mind
as to Contents Of What Looked
Like Coffin.

In an emergency the manufacturer
Of Limburger cheese was forced to
use strategy with a shipment. Ordi-
narily his product went In special
cars, but in this instance no car was
available and the order must be filled.
Two hundred pounds of the fragrant
comestible was put In rough. OBJ
long box. and taken TO the railroad
baggageroom. Then the manufacture
er bought ticket for himself and tho
box. and entered the train. At the
first stop he went ahead to the bag
gage car to see that there was no
trouble. He stood by the box in .
disconsoiate attitude and shaded his
eyes with his hand. The baggageman
was sympathetic. "a relative?" no
asked. YES" answered the manu-
facturer, 'it is my brother" Well"
said the railroad man. philosophically.
you have one consolation. He's dead.
all right"-San Francisco Argonaut.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-06-02

VIZ NGTON.-According to the
w census enumerated by the police.
as footed up in the returns made to
Maj. Sylvester, the total population of
the District of Columbia is now 343.-
003, an increase of $500 since the
police census Of year ago.
The total number of white residents
is 245.s61. The negro population is
97,142.
AS has been the case for number
of years, females are in excess of
males by 1926. This excess decreased
during the past year. as in 1908, the
excess of females over males was 49,
725.
The report shows the number of
white people living in the first or bust
ness precinct to be 9,57S; the second
precinct 26,227; the third precinct,
1875: the fourth precinct, 2O,177; the
fifth precinct. 36.977; the sixth pre-
cinct, 1899; the seventh precinct, H.
1874; the eighth precinct, 26,373; the
ninth precinct, 36.901. and the tenth
precinct, $4,000.
The colored population in these pre-
cincts are: First precinct. 967; Sec
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-06-02

FOL. JAMES F. EDWARDS a few
- days ago rounded out an even 80
years as doorkeeper on the Demo
cratic side of the United States SEN
ate. The colonel went to Washing
ton while Senator Vest was in the
senate, and for years was the right
hand man of the brilliant Missourian.
He is now II years old.
When he was sworn in as an en-
ploye of the senate, at noon, May IL,
1879. not single senator. who is a
member of the present congress had
entered the upper chamber. Senators
Hale and Frye, the Oldest members in
point of service, were not elected I'M
til two years after the appointment
of Col Edwards.
In the early eighties, when Senator
Vest made his famous Investigation Of
the beef trust, Col. Edwards was com
plimented on the floor of the senate
by his friend for his success in serv-
ing subpoenas on the presidents of
the various railroads involved in the
investigation, after other senate en-
ployes had failed in their efforts to
perform this task.
Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew. then
president of the New York Central.
was among those who appeared as
witnesses before the senate commit
tee as a result of Col. Edwards per-
severance and diligence.
There are four other employees OF
the senate who are older In the serv-
lee than Col. Edwards. Col. c. w.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-06-02

A little girl in st. Louis the other
evening was going through the usual
form of prayer: God bless mamma.
and papa and make me good girl"
and so on. when all at once she
seemed to come to decision. Now
that is the last time l am going to
say that prayer" she said. very grave
ly, looking at her mother. You are
older than / am and 1t is your place
to ask for all those things and I don't
see any use in two peoples asking
the same thing" Since then she has
firmly refused to pray, insisting that
it is her mothers place to ask God
for blessings.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-06-02
To Cope with Aerial warships.

The Army and Navy Journal states
that new explosive recently invented
is of such light weight as to be par
ticularly adapted to aerial apparatus.
and. together with the soundless gun
and smokeless powder. a combination
could be made which would be a most
subtle weapon of warfare. The
Krupps have established a special de.
partment for the construction of guns
to fire against aerial craft and pro-
jectiles to emit showers of sparks and
exploding shells. An ordinary pro.
jectile would merely pass through the
envelope. but the burning projectile
would set fire to the gas. The Krupp
gun is SO arranged that its wheels
may be swung around at right angles,
so they will turn in circle on which
the spade of the gun is the center.
thus enabling the weapon to be
brought to bear in any direction
quickly on moving object. f
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-06-02

A mission worker in New Orleans
was visiting a reformatory near that
city not long ago when she observed
among the inmates an old acquaint-
ance, a negro lad long thought to be
q model of integrity. JIM" ex-
claimed the mission worker. us 1t
possible l find you here?" ''Yassum."
blithely responded the backslider. rs
charged with stealth barrel O. sweet
pertaters" The visitor sighed. you.
Jim!" she repeated. II am surprised"
"Yassum," said Jim. $50 was l or
wouldn't be here!"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-06-02

Marian, little three-year-old, is
very stubborn. One day, when she
was fretful, her mother. wishing to
engage her mind, attracted her atten-
ton to COW in vacant lot and asked
what 1t was.
Marian replied, "hoss" (horse) and
stubbornly refused to give in. Her
mother, wishing to get correct an
swer without scolding. asked: What
eats grass besides a horse?" More
hoss," was the quick Responsible
lineator.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-06-02

A certain young mans friends
thought he was dead, but he was only
in state OF coma. When. in ample
time to avoid being buried. he showed
signs of life. he was asked how It
seemed to be dead.
"Dead?" he exclaimed. 81 wasn't
dead knew all that was going on.
And I knew wasn't dead. too. be-
cause my feet were cold and / was
hungry"
But how did that fact make you
think you were still alive?" asked one
of the curious.
well. this way: ! knew that II
were in heaven wouldn't be hum
cry. And II was in the other place
my feet wouldn't be cold"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-06-02

Said recently: when you feel down and
out, feel there is no use living, Just take
your bad thoughts with you and walk
them off. Before you have walked mile
things will look roster. Just try it." Have
you noticed the increase in walking of
late in every community: Many attribute
it to the comfort which Aliens Foot Ease,
the antiseptic powder to be shaken into
the shoes, gives to the millions now using
it. As Weston has said, ut has real mer-
it." 1t cures tired. aching feet while you
walk. 10000 testimonials. Order a 25c
package to-day of any Druggist and be
package of ALIENS FOOT-EASE sent
FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, lie
Roy, n. Y.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-06-02

How many children have your
said the tourist, affably.
81 dunno exactly" answered the
tired-looking woman
you don't known"
Not for certain. Willie's gone
fishin', Tommy's breakin' In colt,
Georgie's borrowed his fathers shot
gun to go hunting an Esmeralda Ann
is thinkin' of elopin'. never know
how many I've got till supper time
comes, SOS ! can count EN-"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-06-02
Has Served 80 Years at Senate Door

Coombs. who takes care of the inter.
ests of the Democratic members of
the house in the house folding ROOM
has been there 80 years. He was
railroad conductor before he entered
the service.
He also enjoyed the friendship of
Senator Vest Both Col. Edwards and
Col. Coombs are Missourians, are as
loyal to their native state as on the
day when they packed their grips and
started for the capital.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-06-02

On one of the Thousand islands an
enterprising American has started
pheasant farm. He expects in time
to have 1000 to 5000 English golden
pheasants on his island. AS the near
est land is half mile away. he thinks
he'll be able to keep them at homo.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-06-02

"Where do the Hottentots live.
Nary" a public-school teacher asked
one of her pupils. 81 Cont know, m
said Mary. primly. MA won't let me
visit any of the people in this neigh
borhood. youths Companion.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-06-02

You can never make a woman DO
lieve that she isn't saving money
when she spends ten cents in car fare
in order to obtain dollar article for
9S CENTS
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-06-02

Physical defects can be turned into
incentives to success instead of draw.
backs. what we look upon as handi.
caps in the end may prove spurs to en-
able us to reach the goal of desire. IL
we know but how to use them. We
make our own happines. We carve our
own success.-Exchange.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-06-02

me seven dollars?"
Dear. dear, had forgotten. MY
memory is miserable-but wasn't IL
only $6.39?"-Fliegende Blaetter.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-06-02

my wife has no idea of proper
ton"
whats wrong?"
"She had 5000 gown made to
match . SO dog."-Milwaukee Jour
nal.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-06-02

There are several cardinal reasons
why the separator is needed on every
farm where cows are kept: lit
saves lots of time over the old method
of raising the cream. 2.-It saves
work, as there are no jars or pans to
fuss with and wash. 3.-It is easier
to carry the cream to the creamery
two or three times a week than it is
to send a wagon load of milk cans
each day. 1T saves money in the
amount of extra cream which is OBJ
tanned. 5.-The warm skim milk is
better for the stock, whether it is
calves or pigs. Statistics show that
the feeding value of separator skim
ming is from 20 cents to 40 cents per
hundred-weight. Therefore, by feed
ing 1t to the young stock with a little
oil cake, they will get fatter than they
did by the old method, and with sep
arator skim milk they escape the sick.
ness that comes from the gravity
milk. 6.-The cream from the separ.
ator makes better butter than that
which Is raised by the old pan meth.
DDS. 1t is a well-known fact that but
ter fat with impurities in it will not
made as good butter as butter fat
with the impurities taken out. The
separator removes all these natural
impurities. There is more money
in 1t all around where the farmer uses
separator, for he gets more cream.
better cream, hence makes higher
grade butter, and gets better returns
from his stock because Of the fresh
skim milk which is fed.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-06-02

Turkeys like secluded nests. A
nook in the brush heap or thickets
Is much to their liking. But they will
also take kindly to an overturned lar
re. or to an inverted V-shaped coop.
1t must be of ample size, Of course.
to give the turkey easy entrance.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-08-20
BAKERS CRATER ACTIVE.
vapor May Be Seen Rising From the
Mountain at Times.

vapor May Be Seen Rising From the
Mountain at Times.
Bellingham, WASH, Aug. s.-Stor-
les of smoke seen arising from Mount
Bakers snow-crowned dome following
the earthquake in this territory last
winter do not appear so far-fetched,
following the Investigations made by
the Mazamas of vents in the crater oi
the huge extinct volcano. Secretary
John A. Lee, who returned to this city
today, declares that at a favorable
hour in the early morning he has nc
doubt but that the vapor could easily
be seen from this city, 80 miles away,
with good pair Of field glasses.
The Events" in the crater appeared
especially active this year to some of
the Mazamas. Secretary Lee, how
ever, who ascended the mountain in
1900 and again in 1896, concludes that
on the whole there is not any increase
in the activity of sulphurous gases
blowing out of the so-called events. L"
"The actual crater of the mountain. !"
said Mr.. Lee, sis that portion lying
between the secondary peak and the
main peak. II is easy to see that the
peaks originally constituted the north
and south sides of the crater rim. The
easterly and westerly sides have been
broken and crumbled away by the ac-
tion of weather, thus leaving the val
ley or so-clalled saddle between in
between.
Zone of the active vents is situated
at the easterly end of this depression,
and the other at the westerly end. The
east vent is apparently by far the most
active. the westerly one consisting at
this time merely of cracks and fissures
in the snow and ice through which the
vapors escape. The west vent, how
ever, consists of hole extending down
into the snow to the porus rocks be-
meath. II is perhaps 20 to 30 feet in
diameter. The vapor puffs out inter
mittently, rising up in dense clouds,
and the snow is crusted with sulphur
deposits. am inclined to believe that
most of the visible vapor is merely
steam arising from the overheated
rocks, though the gases sometimes are
almost overpowering.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-08-20
Land Values Jump.

Talent-In the spring of 1901 M. L.
Pellett sold his I2-acre tract to Will
liam Lamb for $500. About eight
acres Of it was seeded to alfalfa. A
short time thereafter Mr.. Lamb sold
the tract to E. r. 0atman for 81, 900.
Alfalfa did not look nearly SO good to
Mr.. 0atman as he imagined growing
apple trees would and he at once put
this notion into operation. That
spring he set the land to apple trees.
Two years ago Mr.. 0atman set the re-
mainder of the tract to Bartlett pear
trees. The consideration of a recent
purchase was $40. 900 cash. 1t can be
easily figured that this particular tract
of land has grown in value in eight
years just SO, 200.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-08-20
Germans Fight Yankees.

Paris. Aug. ls.-A dispatch from
Port au Prince. Hayti. says that a
group of Germans who for years have
monopolized the commerce of that
country, are conducting violent cam
paign against the American bankers
who are negotiating for railroad sys.
tenn in Hayti. Germans control the
newspapers of the country, which
print strongly worded articles against
the Americans and predict the annexa.
tion of Hsyti by the United States.
The Germans fear that IL the railroad
is built il will end their monopoly.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-08-20
Selecting Crater Lake Route.

klamath Falls-B. F. Herdil, the
government engineer who has been
sent from Washington to make the
preliminary location Of the road from
Medford and klamath lake, has re-
turned to the city, after spending
several days looking over proposed
routes to Crater Lake, both on the
east and west sides of Upper klamath
river. Engineer Herdil has not sufii-
ciently compared the several routes to
justify selection yet, and will spend
considerable more time in his recon-
noisance before rendering decision.
Before coming to this side of the
mountains he had carefully looked over
more than a dozen routes from Med
ford.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-08-20
PORTLAND MARKETS.

Wheat-Bluestem, csc; club, 90c;
red Russian, Ssc; valley, 9lM94c;
Turkey red. 90c: 40-fold. 9OM9lc.
Barley-Feed, s26; brewing, s27 per
ton.
Oats-s2S@2s. so per ton.
Hay-Timothy, Willamette valley,
s12@l6 per ton; Eastern Oregon, SIT
ais; mixed. Sl5.50@l6.5O: alfalfa,
$3.50; clover, sll@lS; cheat, sl3@
1880.
Grain Bags-5Hc each.
Butter - City creamery, extras,
81 Ne; fancy outside creamery. 25@
81 hc per pound; store, 2l@22c. But
ter fat prices average re per pound
under regular butter prices.
Eggs-Oregon ranch, candled, 26k
M27 hc per dozen.
Poultry - Hens. l5c per pound !;
springs, Ice: ROSTERS. 9dloc: ducks.
young, l2Is@l3c: geese, young. l06
lie; turkeys, zoe; squads. sl.75d2
per dozen.
Pork-Fancy, Hall sc per pound.
Veal-Extra, 91sMi0c per pound.
Fruits-Apples. new. sl@2.25 per
box: pears. slMl.75; peaches. 50cm
l.25 per crate; cantaloupes. s2@2.50:
plums. 35cdsl per box; watermelons.
lI4MlRc per pound; blackberries.
81. SO per crate.
Potatoes-75cdsl per sack; sweet
potatoes, 3a.M4c per pound.
onions-$i.2SM1.50 so per sack.
Vegetables-Beans. 465c per pou1d /;
cabbage. ldlRc; caulifower. 6Ocd
Sl.25 per dozen; celery, 75@s5c: Gu
cumbers. l5@2Oc; onions. l2sdl5c:
peas. 7e per pound: radishes. l5c per
dozen: tomatoes. 75cMsl.50 per box.
Hops - 1909 contracts. 2lc per
pound: 1905 crop. 14dl5c: 1907 crop.
lie: 1906 crop. Sc.
wool-Eastern Oregon. l6d2Sc per
pound: valley. 23@25c; mohair, choice.
2sM25c.
Cattie-Steers, top. $3.50: fair to
good. sad4.2s: common, sS.75@4;
cows, top. $3.50: fair to good. s3@
s.25: common to medium. So 50q2. us:
calves. top. s5@5.50: heavy. $500
4; bulls and stays. s2.75dS.26.
Sheep-Top wethers. s4@4.25: fair
to good. s3.50ids.75; ewes. ne less on
all grades: yesrlings. best. 81: fair TO
good. ss.50d3.75; spring lambs, s5.25
ds.50.
Hcgs-Best, IS. rs; fair to good. IS
as. stockers. se@7; China fats.
ss.75@7.