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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-08

ing. But in particular instances II is
often otherwise.
A few days ago the people of the
Pacific coast were startled by the an
nouncement that Ortis Hamilton,
young and popular adjutant general
of Washington, had gone sadly as
tray For the sake of, a woman of
the underworld he had become an
embezzler and had absolutely wreck
ed his life.
The case of Hamilton is a particu-
larly sad one because he is young
man, of honored family, is intelligent
and popular and apparently had the
finest prospects for the future. But
all of this he forgot when he heard
the call of the siren.
In commenting upon Hamilton's
plight a Seattle paper has the fol-
lowing;
"Ortis Hamlton's fall, while pre-
senting a shocking combination of
wickedness, plunder and blind folly,
introduced no new element into the
current of human affairs, and will
press no new moral upon public at
tention.
Antony fell, forgot his duty, and
put friends and fame behind him, to
linger for little while in the arms
of an amorouS Egyptian wench; but
the little while was long enough
when the cost was reckoned. Daudet
told the same story when, with an ex-
quis!te regard for the indecencies Of
low setting, he limned the life and
character of Sappho. But the fly
has never learned to shun the spiders
wiles, though the lesson, in the tell
ing, is so simple, it is taught in the
schoolroom to pulling chatterers.
mo man has ever found it worth
while to melt his life down by low
living, and rioting in ways wholly
at variance with the accepted teach
ings of morality and Ortis Hamilton,
still in the fine flower of his vigor,
knows it now when It is probably too
late for him to know it."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-08
Thin Men Wanted.

Chicago-Nine of Chicago's thin
nest citizens in search of a govern
ment job have announced their de-
sire to take examination for a va
cancy at present existing in the de-
partment Of agriculture. This de-
partment for months has been in
search of a real thin mechanic as
sistant to aid the operation of re-
frigerating cars for the experimental
pre-cooling of fruits. Because of the
amount of machinery in the car and
the limited space in which the assist
ant must work, a man Of slender
physique is necessary. In the an
nouncements sent out for the exami-
nation the government carefully
warned all stout men not to apply.
only thin men would be considered,
the announcement said. and also they
must engage to stay thin.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-08
THE MOTHERS PROBLEM
or Raising strong, neaithy oIri..

or Raising Strong, Healthy Girls.
A serious problem which presents it-
self to every mother with girls to raise,
IN these days. The exigencfcs of school
life, the hurry and routine Of everyday
duties, the artificial environment OF
modern civilization, make IL more
difficult to raise strong, healthy girls
than ever in the history Of theworld.
Boys raise themselves. Give them
room, give them liberty, and they wiii
grow up healthy at least, without much
worrying. But the girls present ser
ious problem.
How many mothers there are who are
worrying about their daughters. Ner-
vous, puny girls, with poor, capricious
appetltes, bloodless, listless, a constant
anxiety to the mother. How shall she
solve her problem? 10 whom shah she
turn for help? Each case is more or
less study by itself, and cannot be
solved by any general rule.
This is the way ono mother solved the
problem. Mrs. Schopfer, 1920 Prescott
Ave., st. Louis, Mo-, in letter to DR.,
Hartman, says: "My daughter Alice,
Four years of age, was puny, sickly,
ailing child since she was born. was
always doctoring her. When we COM
.menced to use Peruna she grew strong
and we'll"
Another mother, Irs. Martha Moss,
r, F. .5, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin,
saws: "Our little eight-year-old girl
had bad cough, and was in general
rundown condition." She had several
doctors, who could give the child no re-
lief, and the mother no encouragement
Finally, she got bottle of Peruna
and commenced giving it to the child,
and it proved to be just what she
needed. When she commenced taking
Peruna the child had to be carried.
Now the mother says she is playing
around all the time.
Her closing words were: "You have
done a great deal for her. She is the
only girl we have, and it meant lots to
US to have her cured"
These are samples Of many letters
which DR.. Hartman is receiving, COM
ing straight from the hearts of loving
mothers. While the different schools
of medicine are pickering and differing
as to theories and remedies, Peruna
goes right steadily on giving permanent
relief. After all, it is cures that the
people want. Theories are of little
account
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-08
THE TIDE is TURNING.

With pleasure the East Oregonian
publishes a story today announcing
that the R. L. Oliver place just west
of the city, is to be broken up and
sold off in small tracts. A similar
announcement was made not long ago
regarding a big ranch near Athena.
Out near Pilot Rock a number of big
tracts are being placed upon the mar
ket.
This tendency to break the big
ranches up into small acreage tracts
is the most hopeful sign Umatilla
county has seen in years. For the
past ten years the trend has all been
towards larger holdings and con-
seuuent stunting of the county's de-
velopment. But there is evidence that
this ebblng process has gone about as
far as it will and that return tide
NAV now be expected.
Thus far the ranches being broken
UP are those containing land suitable
for the most intensive kind of farm
ing. The land now upon the market
is land that will raise various kinds
of produce. OF such land a thrifty
man needs but a few acres in order
TO make a good livelihood for him
self and family.
But the breaking up process Is not
going to stop when the bottom lands
become thickly peopled. In the
course Of time the mammoth wheat
ranches also will be sold off in small
er tracts. 1t will not be many years
until such crops as alfalfa and field
peas will be raised along with wheat
and Umatilla county farmers will
raise more hogs, cattle and horses
When that time comes the big wheat
ranches will be broken up, as Is now
being done with the more valuable
land along the river bottoms, though
of course the dry land farms VIII
always be the larger
That the movement now being
started is exactly what this county
needs no one can deny. The first
and greatest need of this county Is
more people. Within Umat!lla coun-
ty there is easily room for 1000
people instead Of the $4,000 now
here. For those who come and To-
cate intelligently there are great op-
portunities To those who are bare
Iy eklng out existences in the crowd
ed centers Of population in the east
Umatilla county extends a beckoning
hand and offers them homes in a
land where there is room for all and
where the sunshine Of prosperity
falls upon the poor and the rich, the
weak and the strong.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-08
BOSS OF THE HOUSE.

The insurance agent climbed the
steps and rang the bell.
'Whom do You wish to see." asked
the careworn person who came to the
door
81 want to see the boss of the
house." replied the insurance agent.
"Are you the boss?'
NO" meekly returned the man
who came to the door; 'T'm only the
husband of the boss. Step in; Til
call the boss"
TNe insurance agent took seat in
the hall and in a short time a tall,
dignified woman appeared.
so you want to see the bossP" re-
peated the woman. ''Well, just step
into the kitchen. This way, please
Bridget, this gentleman desires to
see you"
me tn boss!" exclaimed Bridget
when the insurance agent asked her
the question "Indade Oi'm not!
Sure, here comes tn boss now"
She pointed to a small boy of ten
years who was coming toward the
house.
Tell me-" pleaded the insurance
agent. when the Lad came into the
kitchen, are you the boss OF the
house?"
"Want to see the boss?" asked the
boy "Well, you just come with me-"
YEARLY the insurance agent climb
ed up the stairs. He was ushered
into room on. the second floor and
guided to the crib of s'ccping ba-
by.
"There," exclaimed the boy: that's
the real boss of this house. -Herdld
and Presbyter.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-08
THE TUTORS LACKING.

In the current issue of a popular
magazine appears a remarkable ar
ticle. 1t consists of interviews with
a number of men who hold chairs of
political economy in leading univer-
stiles of the nation. If the article
is authentic then teachers of this i'm
portant subject are as close to the
real life of the nation as is the
north pole to the equator.
In substance the learned men are
quoted as saying that the revolution
ary war was fought to uphold de-
lrsion; that the constitution is obso-
lete and should be allowed to die
with the Jingle about a government
of the people, by the people and for
the people; that the minds which
created this government were domi-
mated by Rousseau, who was the apos-
tie of all that is fanciful, unreal and
misleading in politics; that it is un-
wise to attempt to regulate public
service corporations by commissions
and that the doctrine that govern
ments get their just powers from the
consent of the governed is a rhetori-
cal illusion.
Astounding as it may seem, it is
easily possible that these interviews
represent fairly accurately the views
of the economic teachers. 1t is
we'll known fact that many "econo-
mists" are woefully lacking in actual
knowledge of the world as it is. They
form their theories regarding society
from a printed chart rather than b!
feeling the throbbing pulse of hu-
manity. The orthodox school OF
economics is in a class with the the
ology which teaches that religion lies
in the performance Of such rites as
that of baptism. OF the modern
economic writer's about the only one
who has manifested any originality
independence and courage was Henry
George.
Nevertheless, the world will move
on and the economic problems will
be worked out in due time. In spite
of such men as Chancellor Day, the
principles espoused by the men who
fought the revolution and founded this
government will live. In the course
of time all the world will recognize
the doctrine that governments derive
their "just powers from the consent OF
the governed" that in political
sense all men are born equal and that
they should have equal economic
rights. AS the world moves on men
will gradually come more and more
into the rights that are justly theirs,
for the trend is upward.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-08
HOW TO TELL CLEAN MILK.

"Clean milk."I says Womo7'g Home
Companion, "has no .distiU,, flavor,
simply a sweet, pleasant t"e'e. If
any flavors are present t. : re ar
tifical. A test for the sanitary con-
dltion of milk is as follo~~~ Take a
pint of milk as it is received from
the dairyman. pour off a few spoon
fuls, to facilitate shaking, and place
in a painful of warm water, ninety
flee to one hundred degrees; when
thoroughly warm through ont. add
one rennet tablet which has previous
ly been dissolved in one Hful of
water, and shake, then set ,."ay in
warm place for few mir-ccs. When
curdled, cut the curd t4.roughly
with a knife and let out the whey.
Let stand for a few minutes, drain off
all the whey possible, and continue
to pour off the whey as it accumu.
lates. There will then be a lump of
compact curd. Cut this in two with
knife, so that it will fall out. The
character Of this curd will show very
clearly the quality of the milk. If
spongy and full of numerous holes
undesirable forms Of bacteria, par
ticularly those that produce gas, are
present. This class of bacteria is con-
sidered by authorities to be one of
the causes of epidemic diarrhea. If
firm and smooth, with few or no
holes, the milk is clean and has been
handled in a sanitary manner. The
test may be continued further by
placing the curd back in the bottle
and filling half full of water. If the
curd floats it indicates tha the milk
curd floats it indicates that the milk
reasonably Clean
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-08
The Boy Literal.

Employer-Look here, you young
Rip Van Wrinkle, l only engaged you
yesterday, and l believe you've been
asleep ever since!
Office Boy-That's what l thought
you wanted, sir. Here's your adver-
tisement: 'Wanted-An office boy,
not over sixteen; must sleep on the
premises"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-08

vigor and cheerful
ness soon disappear
when the kidneys are
out of order or dis
eased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that it is not uncom-
mon for a child to be
born afflicted with
weak kidneys. II the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-08
THE LURE OF THE SIREN.

It is no new thing TO read Of man
who owes his downfall to the lure
that lies in the smile Of a beautiful
but wayward woman. Since the dawn
of creation men have been very sus-
ceptible to the influence exerted by
womankind. It is but fair to say
that the feminine influence. taken as
a whole, is decidedly good and elevat-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-08

DR.. Wlthycombe was defeated for
governor of Oregon, but II he can
make two crops grow where but one
now grows in eastern Oregon he will
be Of more benefit to the state than
a thousand politicians.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-08

Omaha, Neb.-This city went dem
ocratic in the municipal election, May
or James c. Dahlman leading with at
least 1000 plurality. Mayor Dahlman
made person liberty campaign.
Mayor Brown (Dem.), OF Lincoln,
probably will be succeeded by a re-
publican, and 1t is apparent also that
Lincoln has banished saloons by the
vote cast.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-08

After the new o. r. & ~ depot
has been completed Pendleton will feel
like a town with new face.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-08

including many of the thousands of testi-
monial letters received from sufferers
who found Swamp-Root to be just the
remedy needed. In writing DR.. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton, N. Y, be sure and
mention this paper. Don't make any
mistake, but remember the name, DR..
Kilmer's Swamp Root, and the address,
Binghamton, N. y, on every bottle.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-08

Former Adjutant General Hamil-
ton Of Washington seems to have been
a very weak sister"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-08

Adam was the first man who tried
to answer the woman question.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-08
WHEN THE BREEZES BLOW.

, WHEN THE BREEZES BLOW
, When the breezes blow in from .
, the southwark
, over fields that are thrilling .
} with life,
, When the sunshine floods forest
, and meadow,
} And the orchards with frag-
, rance are rife;
, Then the heart shares the sea-
, sons rejoicing,
, And forgets winters darkness Z
, and strife.
, We remember no more the wild q
, rigor
, That drove us from the fields
, to the fire;
. We think only of brightness and q
D sweetness,
. OF the numberless lives that q
. aspire
, To the warmth and the joy of
. the sunlight,
Reaching upward with eager Z
. desire.
. From April Farm Journal.
, ssssssss ssss q
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-08
Women & Well as Men arc Made Miserable
BY Kidney and Bladder Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind,
discourages and lessons ambition; beauty,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-08

by druggists, in fifty
cent and one-dollar
size bottles. You may
have a sample bottle
by mail free, also q
pamphlet telling all
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-08

child urinates too often, if the urine scalds
the flesh, or if, when the child reaches an
age when it should be able to control the
passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wet-
ting, depend upon it, the cause of the diff
Guilty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to diseased condition of
the kidneys and bladder and not to
habit as most people suppose.
Women as we'll as men are made miser-
able with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect of
.Svamp-Root is soon realized. II is sold
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-20
FOR VIOLATING AUTO LAW
FARMER OF NASH HAS AN NTO
PARTY ARRESTED-CtSE
PENDING.

Rocky Mount, July 15.-FOr q viola
ton Of the law regulating automobiles
and their speeding, Recorder Austin,
of Nash County Recorders court. had
his first case for trial a few mornings
ago under the new law.
On Friday Of last week Mr.. Leonard
Dozier, a planter of Westrey's section.
was en- route to Rocky Mount, when
he was passed in the road by an auto
mobile containing a party of Rocky
Mount people, n was driven by Mr..
Louis Fountain, Of this city Accord
ing to his statement of the matter, he
held up his hand and as the auto did
not stop, as the law required that it
must do in such an instance, he went
to Nashville the day following and
swore out a warrant for the Young
man and the cas- was to have come
up for trial on Monday but 1t was
postponed on account Of some of the
witnesses being out Of the State. Mr..
Dozier was not hurt in the least, nor
was his team frightened to any ma
terial extent, and there was no dam
age, but 1T seems that in as much as
it was a law the machine must stop
if he threw up his hands, and he kne"
it, he had h young mar arrested
According to the parties in the ma
chine they did not see Mr.. DOZIer sign
for them to stop, and they ran by MN
at a slow rate of speed, as IS usually
the case when passing a team on the
roads.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-20

Stringhalt, a spasmodic contraction
of the voluntary muscles Of the leg,
usually occurs in animals of a highly
disposition. One Of the most
frequent forms Of ~stringhalt is a jerk
ing up of the hind leg as the horse
travels, in many cases only when the
horse first starts.
This is often most severe in cold
weather and gradually increases as the
animal grows older, but it does not
seem to cause any suffering nor in
terfere with the general health Of the
animal.
In most cases Of chorea (stringhalt)
medical treatment does not give ben
eft, but good results follow careful
feeding and tOnics. The food should
be nutritious, easily digested, Of good
variety and abundant.
A mixture of oats, oil meal and bran
is good. Three times a week give the
following: Salt, four ounces; sulphur,
two ounces; hard wood ashes, two
ounces-a tablespoonful in the feed.
Also give FOWler'S solution of arsenic,
beginning with one-half ounce doses
in the feed once daily, and gradually
increasing by one-fourth ounce at a
time until one ounce is given at a
dose in the morning and at night. This
should be given for two weeks, the
withheld two weeks and then re-
peated.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-20
THE INDEPENDENT FARMER

The Free Press is glad to learn tina
many OF our Lemon county farmers
propose to raise wheat next fall. We
believe that farmers have raised oats
more largely this year than hereto
fore for years. We will find this to
be a great help;<and the more atten-
ton we give to raising corn and small
grain, with homemade fertilizer, the
more Independent we will become.
The basis Of our agriculture should
be-not cotton and not tobacco. crops
that are raised at great expense and
are largely at the mercy of specula-
tors after they are raised-but corn
and wheat and oats. wherein Is the
very staff of life for man and beast.
If we have a sufficiency of corn and
and oats with only a small fer
tilizer bill to pay, if at all, we needn't
concern ourselves SO much about What
and spectators and trusts
do With cotton and tobacco. Then
when the staff Of life is provided we
can raise hogs and live stock at COM
paratively little trouble ard expense.
And that will mean a degree of indie
pendence unknown to US now.
May the time soon come when T.
noir county farmers-the bone al
s1new OF our citizenship-will farm in
such a way as to become indanend-
ent!
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-20
Wire Worms i'm The Corn,

A Michigan man writes that b
cleared his ground of wire worms at
ter he, as we'll as several of his far
mer neighborS, had lost their planted
seed entirely and had to replant two
or three times on account of the pests.
He eve had any more trouble with
them.
His method requires hard work and
time, but better leave the ground idle
than plant garden crops to feed to
the wire worm sand grubs.
AS soon as a crop is removed from
the ground, cultivate Immediately by
spading or blowing if the tract is q
large one.
Roll, drag and roll again to hold
the moisture, SO all weeds will at once
start to grow.
In September give it another very
thorough working, which destroys all
the weeds that might gro the next
spring.
Wire worms thrive in weedy, dirty
soil, but after following the above
plan one may plant anything M have
no fear of the worms coating the crop.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-20

from it, out it can be e~radicated. The
Sacramento college in California has
shown that even if a large proportion
of a herd are diseased a healthy one
may be obtained by isOlating the dis
eased animals and keeping them only
for breeders, not allowing theScalVes
to feed or the mothers milk unless &c
is sterilized.
Virginia, North Carolina and Ten
nessee have the undesirable distinc-
ton Of being the only States in the
Union in which the slaughter Of robins
is permitted by law. Recent invest1ga-
tons show hat not less than 100000
robins are killed in these three States
during the winter months. It is a fact
that every robin earns 81 in the de-
struction of insects injurious to crops
every year. h hunter sell them
for 5 cents apiece. This is a waste Of
millions Of dollars and ought to ap-
peal to the hard, common sense of
every farmer. It ought to De stopped
in every State.
A good watering device for small
chicks is an ordinary baking pan such
as is used in bread-making, filled with
pebbles even full, with water pourtd
in to fill the pan. The pebbles should
be one and a half inches in diameter.
The chicks can walk over these and
drink arOm between them without
danger of being pushed into the water,
as would be the case in an open pan.
A whole brood can drink at one time
with this device. The a and peb-
bleS should be washed every day.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-20

TUBERCULOSIS IN HOGS.

Report of The Bureau Of Animal In
dustry United States Department of
Agriculture.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-20
Fine Yield from Alaska Who


Thomasville, July last wear an
article was published in the Saturday
Evening Post about the
Alaska wheat, stating that the wheat
would produce so to 100 bushels to
the acre. Later, after Investigation.
is was published that the statement
about the wheat were untrue. How
ever, Capt. w. COckreham, a. citizen
living near here, invested about $40
for a bushel Of the wheat for an ex-
pertinent. In his vicinity land is very
poor and yields about six bushels to
the acre. He sowed his wheat on or
binary land. Last week the acre crop
was threshed and made Is bushels OF
beautiful wheat. Capt. Cocreham
states that he believes if this wheat is
sowed in good Wheat ground it will
easily yield SO bushels an acre. He in
tends to SOW his entire crop this fall
with this kind of wheat.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-20
President Helps Orphan.

he1ned bv the President Of the indus
trial and Orphans Home at Macon
Ga. who writes: I'VE have use- EltC
trio Bitters il this institution t'F I',.
years. It has proved a mos -ord
lent medicine for Stomach, Liver 10 s
Kidney troubles, We regard II 40 '-
Of the best family mediclf ~.
earth" It invigorates the VIA.
gans, purifes the blood, aids di~a- M
creates appetite. To strengta-" ar
build up thin, pale weak chii@t past
rundown people it has no eqod-D at
for female complaints. Oni5 2"
all druggists.