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The Washington bee., 1909-12-11
LADY PASSENGERS LOG
She Wanted 70 Be Sure Just What
the Wind Should Be
Called.

It was blowing rather hard, and
there was a nasty sea on an hour and
a half before the first breakfast bugle.
An officer Of the ocean liner hurried
along the passage between the state
rooms, and q timid voice called to
him:
"Oh, Mr.. Oficer, please stop"
He turned and saw a dear old lady
with a wrapper thrown around her,
peeping through her half-open door.
Yes, madam" said the officer.
''Mr. Officer, please; would you call
this a gale?" asked the old lady, anx-
iously.
oh! no, madam. There's not the
least danger. I assure"
We'll, is it half a gaIe?"
Not even half a gale, and this is
such an excellent sea boat that you
needn't worry a Bit" explained the
officer.
Well. what would you call It,
please?" said the lady, steadying her
self as the vessel rolled.
Just a fresh nor'west breeze,
madam, with q cross sea running. But,
really theres nothing TO fear"
The Washington bee., 1909-12-11
Really Poor Penman.

There is a certain Philadelphia ply
sician Of considerable prominence
who is renowned among his friends as
the worst penman in the Quaker city.
He used TO write them letters and
then feel hurt when they could not
read them. When he wrote to persons
who were not familiar with his scrawI
they frequently would not know whom
the letters were from. Some time ago
he introduced typewriter into his of
fee, and this rendered the body of the
letter ineligible, but did not clear up
the difficulty over the signature. Now,
however, says the Record, he has had
made a rubber stamp bearing his
name and address in printing. He
signs his name in the usual sCraWl.
but alongside he impresses his stamp.
It is little humiliating, he says, but
he no longer has any trouble about
persons to whom he writes not know
ing from whom the letters are.
The Washington bee., 1909-12-11
SET AVERAGE MAN THINKING
Could There Be Anything Sarcastic
In What She So Quietly Set
FoFth2

How sad it is" said the Average
Man to the Average Woman, that you
are a tiresOme creature-considered.
Of course, from a purely impersonaI
standpoint"
L am interested" said the Average
Woman. pray go on-as far as you
like. I'm in the mood where real can
dor is the only thing I care for. Why
then, am I tiresome?"
Because Of your limited range
For example, your conversation is ex-
clusiVely confined to babies and
bridge, servants and cigarettes,
clothes and cotillons."
'How interesting!" exclaimed the
Average Woman" "and how true
That suggests an idea. I shall re
FORM"
In what way?"
She smiled ambitiously.
Hereafter" she said, 'I shall widen
my range Of thought to include bust
ness, sport, woman and the quality o.
tobacco and rum, interspersed occas
ionally by the telling of indecent sto
ries."
The Average Man had nothing to
say. Indeed, for the first time in his
life he was actually thinking.-Life.
The Washington bee., 1909-12-11
PASSING OF PARLOR CARPET
Modern Methods of Living Turn to
the Rug as the More San
itaFV

Modern methods of living are assert
ing themselves more and more very
day. For some peculiar reason man
always has assumed the pTeTOgatiVe
Of supplying what he considered the
untilitarian portions of the home, and
to woman has been delegated it's orna.
mentation, but in the last few years
ideas have been changing in this re-
gard and women have become not
only the largest buyers, but the finest
judges of the necessities, as well as
the luxuries of everyday existence.
Only a few years ago the height OF
WOmanly ambition in household decor
alton or idea was a Brussels carpet in
the best ROOM" a floor covering that
was often put over a cushion Of straw
and left to gather dampness, dust and
germs, sometimes for years, in the
unused parlOr Anyone who has been
around at spring cleaning and caught
a view of the dirt which has sifted
through the carpet was certainly ap-
palled at the sight. For many years
this floor covering was considered the
acme of elegance, and the woman In
comfortable circumstances who would
have had the temerity to substitute
hardwood floors and rugs for the old
fashioned carpet would have been con-
sldered as decidedly eccentric and ex-
traVagant.
The Washington bee., 1909-12-11
DON'T STUDY NATIONAL AIRS
American Visitor in Great Britain Re-
turns with His Feelings
Perturbed.

81 wish" growled a man lately back
from tour of the British Isles, that
the British bandmasters would take
a course of instruction in what con
stitutes the American national airs.
Band concerts are the rage all over
England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
During the summer season, probably
as a compliment to the hordes of
Americans who are f1inging away gold
for their benefit, they present daily
what is generally dubbed American
national airs
The majority of these bandmasters
think Dixie is the national air, be-
cause they sageIy observe it is the
only one which Americans applaud.
The 'Star-Spangled Banner is dismal
and Iugubrious enough under the best
of circumstances, but to hear the
Scotch bagpipes have a fling at it is
indescTibable misery. The man who
wrote the Columbia hymn would not
know his own work as performed in
King Edwards domain, and even the
Kentucky Home and other negro bal
lads get a touch between an Irish jig
and a Scotch wall which robs the
American visitor of any pleasure
which he might experience in hearing
songs from home. It may be that
British, Scotch and Irish guests on
this side of the water get as much dis
comfort in hearing Annie Laurie I
hope they do, for it would establish
a sort of international musical bal
ancR
The Washington bee., 1909-12-11
What Roads Owe to Salt.

Roads, we are told, owe a great deal
to salt. According to one theory, the
oldest trade routes came into exist
ence as a result of the traffic in salt.
One Of the oldest roads in Italy is the
Via Salaria," along which the people
OF the Sabine country obtained their
salt from the salt pans of Ostia. Salt
was the main merchandise carried in
the trans-Libyan caravans of the
days Of HerOdotus, and salt is one OF
the chief elements in the trade along
the Sahara caravan routes today. Salt
and salt fish, it is interesting to re-
member, entered largely into the com
merce of the Carthaginians. The lat
ter, by the way, was considered a del
icacy in those pre-Christian days.
The Washington bee., 1909-12-11
Forced to Guess Answer.

It beats all what odd question reach
some of the departments of govern
ment in Washington. Not long ago
the treasury received a letter from a
Pittsburg man who had made a bet
asking: How many cents are there
in a bushel?" The answer was not
easy to offer. If the man had asked
about pounds he might have received
definite answer. AS it was, he got
in reply a guess from a clerk, that
roughly there are something like
1920, or $4,000 pennies"
The Washington bee., 1909-12-11
Extreme PoIiteness,

although he oYercharged me ter
ribly," says the returned traveller, "the
cab driver who took me over Paris
was most polite"
"All Frenchmen are," we observe.
"Yes, but this one got off his box
and helped me find the necessary pro
family in my French-English diction-
ary, so that I might say what I thought
Of him. m."-EXchange
The Washington bee., 1909-12-11
Will Stick TO Dad.

"Come indoors immediately" called
a nurse to a small boy whose father
was going out You won't 20 to
heaven if you're so naughty"
81 don't want to go to heaven" was
the aggrieVed reply; Il want to 20
with ather!"-Brooklyn Citizen.
The Washington bee., 1909-12-11

a fff1IE many years afterwards, wnen
he had become one Of the richest men
in the states, he erected a large mill
and adorned it like a palace. Il was
built Of mahogany and costly woods,
and erected solely as a memorial Of
his youthful attachment. His only
pleasure was to contemplate this pa
latial mill and to gloat over the man
who had spurned him for his poverty.
Harry Furniss. In the Strand.
The Washington bee., 1909-12-11
On the InstalIment Plan.

'T dreamed last night that bought
fine set Of books, so much down, SO
much a month"
'Pshaw! There's nothing remark
able about that. People actually do
that every day"
Wait a minute. I dreamed I I'm.
ished paying for them"
The Washington bee., 1909-12-11

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The Washington bee., 1909-12-11
RICHARDSON'S DRUG
STORE,

3I6 Four-and-a-nalf Street, S. w,
AS usual, invites the public to visit
his
MAMMOTH STORE
Stocked with everything in the
Drug line. Easter offeings in ev-
cry design. Pure drugs. Pre-
sciptions carefully compounded.
RICHARDSON'S DRUG
The Washington bee., 1909-12-11

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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-28

Read the want" ads today.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-28
UNION COUNTY FARMERS
MAKE BIG SACK DEAL

La Grande.-One hundred and
twenty-five thousand dollars worth of
grain bags the first season is the rec.
ord of the accomplishments of the
Union county farmers organization.
This amount of bags were ordered
yesterday at a meeting held in this
city when the bids were opened and
the one most favorable accepted. The
Kerr-Gifford company was successfui
out of about ten parties.
During the past week the locals
have been making up estimates and
had them submitted at the county
meeting and the definite number
agreed upon. Owing to the fact that
the union was organized late in the
season the amount of business it Is
transacting is phenomenal. The price
at which the union men will get their
sacks will not be made public, as II
is a principle of the union to keep
the detail of its business transactions
secret. That a good price was Sc
cured however, Is certain.
The La Grande local met and dis
cussed the warehouse proposition, but
did not decide upon details. 1t Is
settled however, that a warehouse
will either be purchased leased or
built at Island City.-Star.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-28
BIG BAPTIST CONVENTION
BEGINS IN PORTLAND

Portland.-The Northwest Baptist
Convention meeting in this city got
down to business A number Of COM
mittee reports were read. The decls-
ion yesterday of the American Wo-
mems Baptist Home Missionary So
ciety to refer to the Northern Baptist
Convention the proposal that the Wo-
mems Society become part of the
convention was referred to the com
mittee The delegates received the
proposition with enthusiasm.
Tonight Rev Harold Pattison de-
livered an address on "The Modern
Church--It's Evangellstic Ideals"
THE Modern Church-Its Cultur-
al IDEAS" was the subject Of an ad-
dress by Rev. b. A. Green, d. d. of
Illinois, and Rev. Maurice A. Levy. OF
Massachusetts, spoke on the Social
Ideals of The Modern Church"
The American Baptist Missionary
Union elected the following officers:
President, s. S. Woodrard, of the Dis
trict Of Columbia; vice-presldent, I.
w. Parker, Nebraska, and George s.
Whitney of Massachusetts; recording
secretary, II. A. Wilbur, of Ohio; For
eign secretary, Rev. Thomas S. Bar
bour, d. D., Boston; home secretary,
Rev. Frederick p. Haggard, d. d. or
Boston, and treasurer, Charles w.
Perkins of Boston
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-28
IA miles down the river from Prairie
City, has pledged a similar sum.
RATTLESNAKES TERRORIZE
\ CONNECTICUT TOWN

South Norwalk, Conn.-Seven good
sized rattlesnakes were at large in this
city this morning.
Hardly a woman has dared venture
upon the streets, and when they do
they take the center of the roadway
and proceed cautiously. The police
men have donned hip boots, and the
board of health has adorned the prin-
cipal corners with signs reading
Look out for rattlesnakes." Two OF
the snakes have been caught.
The snakes we're captured on the re-
cent annual hunt of the Schaghticoke
Rattlesnake club. They were placed
in a special box in the window of A.
w. Dreyfuss' cigar store. At the sug-
gestion of professional Snowman,
a mouse was dropped in their box
last evening. The rattlesnakes did not
seem to be hungry, and during the
night the mouse gnawed his way OCT
and the rattlers went after the
mouse.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-28
SECRETARY BALLINGER
ON WAY WESTWARD

Chicago, June 2S.-Secretary Bal
llnger arrived here Saturday on his
way to the far west, where he will
pass the summer in the study of gov
ernment irrigation projects and other
works Of the interior department.
"The president has sent me west
that I might become more fully ac-
quainted with the necessities of the
reclamation service" said Mr.. Bal
llnger, land that might be able to
make such notifications in its ad-
ministratlon as may be necessary.
an view Of the great number of
projects under construction and the
limited amount Of funds, 1t is neces-
sary to make the apportionment to
carry On work where the greatest ne
cessity or emergencies exist. For this
reason some projects cannot be com
pleted as rapidly as might be de-
sired"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-28
DICK HYLAND WINS
FROM NEW YORK DENTIST

san Francisco.-Fighting Dick Hy-
land knocked out Leach Cross of New
York in the 41st round of n scheduled
IS round battle at Colma arena Sat-
urday afternoon. The fight was one
of the most sensational in modern ring
history and was characterized by
wonderful gameness and recuperatve
powers Of the New York pugilist-den-
tist. He was floored fully fifteen
times during the contest and after the
25th round fought practically on the
defensive, although his opponent was
so tired at times that 1t looked as II
good punch might put him on the
mat for the full count.
1t was Cross initial battle on the
California soil and the first time he
had ever fought over ten rounds.
The fight was the most poorly at
tended of any battle given in this
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-28
SAYS MOON Is
A CAPTURED PLANET

Berkeley.-That he has mathematl-
cally proved the discovery that the
moon is a planet captured by the
earth from space and not detailed
portion of our globe was the an
nouncement made by Professor T.
J. j. See, astronomer in charge Of the
naval observatory at Mare Island, in
report to the astronomical society
Of the Pacific.
Professor Sees announcement was
further development OF his discovery
promulgated last January that all
planets and satellites are captured
bodies whose orbits have been re-
duced in size and rounded under Sec
ular action Of nebular resisting me-
dunn once peryading the atmosphere.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-28

city. A heavy mist fell during the
entire contest chilling the spectators
and fighters to the bone.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-28
CARRY GOSPEL BY
RAIL TO PEOPLE

Portland.-Tired of a sometimes
vain effort to make people go to
church, Baptists decided several
years ago to make the church go to
the people. Now they have six
churches on wheels that are fitted up
with organ. hymn books, pews, and
include even a parsonage for the pas
tor and his wife. They go from one
side of the continent to the other,
settling down in sagebrush towns or
communities where churches have
grown feeble, doing a pioneer or re-
constructive work, and this comprises
the chapel car system of the Ameri-
can Baptist Publication society.
S. C. Neil, district secretary for the
society, who for many years was
identified with the beginning of the
chapel car enterprise, is in Portland
and will take prominent part in the
sessions of the conventions this week.
Spectacular Feature.
"Our chapel car work." said Rev.
Mr. Neil yesterday, sis the most spec
tacular feature of our denomination.
We commenced the work II years
ago, intending by means Of the cars
to reach the people in new towns,
along the railroads, in mining camps
and the shops. We now have six
cars in the field. We call them Glad
Tidlngs, Evangel, Emanuel, Good
VIII, Herald of Hope and Messenger
of Peace.
"All have justified their names.
They have been the means Of carry
ing the gospel message to thousands
of discouraged lives, who otherwise
might have died in ignorance of their
greater hope We have stopped the
car at the side of a tract where a
town was just beginning to build. Our
singing service and the sermon at
tracted the people. We stayed long
enough to get them in the church
going habit and would leave them or
ganizng a new church.
zone evening the car on which l
was travelling stopped on a switch
Among OlHtIS WIN NSiS "'ti"~'~N -
its unusual length and beautiful
finish was a long-legged cowboy. He
showed the greatest interest. by
Cod he said, I've seen cattle cars
and freight cars and cars for humans,
but never yet seen car like that.
Don't It beat the devil?' I leaned my
head out Of the car window. That's
lust what we are here for--to beat
the devil said. The long-legged
cowman became one Of our helpers
and friends.
Favored by Railroads.
1--WE have been treated in Won
derful way by the railroad com
panies. too. During II years trans
portation has never cost us one cent.
Our cars have been cared for and
kept clean, supplied with fuel and ice
water. Every courtesy possible has
been shown us by the railroad mag
mates. It has given us great encour-
agement.
"At the present time we are the
only protestant denomination that
has attempted chapel car work. The
Catholics are operating one car down
in the mountains of Kentucky"
The publication society also oper-
ates what are known as gospel
wagons that travel into the hills and
along lonely roads where the whistle
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-28

Of locomotive is never heard. These
wagons are in charge of the society's
colporteur missionaries who are in
strumental in organizing and main
tanning most of the new Baptist
churches
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-28
Cigarettes to Minors.

Cottage Grove, Western Oregon: We
saw a boy not more than years or
age smoking a cigarette in front Of a
tobacco store IN this city. Any man
who will sell or give to a child a stink-
er Of the cigarette variety, or permit
him TO smoke on his premises, ought
to be prosecuted to the full extent
Of the law.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-28

A La Grande deputy sheriff Who
has been there tells the Star that the
Elgin country is the finest on earth.
The rain knocked some Of the fall
wheat down, but prospects for a
bumper crop were never better.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-28

Canyon City, Ore.-Construction Of
the extension of the Sumpter Valley
railroad from its present terminus at
Austin to Prairie City has COM
menced. Our correspondent was in
formed today by Acting General Su-
perintendent Grant Geddes of the
Sumpter Valley railroad that the ex-
tension would be pushed and would
be completed by fall.
Eight teams started on the grad
ing from Austin today and 40 teams
belonging to the sugar beet industry
a subsidiary enterprise Of the same
company, are now in transit and will
be at work in few days This num-
Der will be augmented by about 40
more teams now at work at the saw
mill and the logging camps at Aus
tin. Geddes states that all Of the un-
employed men Of Grant and Harvey
counties can find ready employment
at good wages at the several grading
camps.
The extension is about 22 miles
long, over some very rough country
At a point midway an elevation Of
$500 feet will be attained. The
Sumpter Valley railroad extends
southwest from Baker City to its
present terminus, Austin, a distance
Of 62 miles. From this point to the
John Day valley there are two heavy
mountains which have made freight
ing very difficult Most OF the freight
for Grant county and the passenger
travel for Harney county comes this
way.
New Country Opened Up.
The extension Of the road to
Prairie City, which Is located about
12 miles from the head Of the John
Day valley, will establish a new dis
trlbutlng point for Harvey county
and the northern and western part
Of Grant county.
Most Of the Harney county freight
now comes by way Of Ontario and is
hauled by freight teams for about
155 miles With terminal at Prairie
City the distance would be reduced to
30 miles, with good roads all the way.
The merchants Of Burns have signi-
field their intention OF shipping via
Prairie City when the extension is
completed.
That Baker City citizens realize the
possibilities IN the development Of
this section is shown by their sub
scrption OF $4,000 in the form Of a
bonus 10 be paid to the railroad on
its completion. provided the compile
ton is not later than June 15, 1910.
Prairie City has subscribed the same
amount and the town Of John Day,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-28
For Sale Chem

Five. acres with good house and
barn, all good garden land, in East
Pendleton, known as the Frank Rock
place. Apply to Hartman Abstract
Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-28
Wanted.

Responsible man to take agency in
this county for life Insurance COM
pany; very attractive policies and n
splendid contract. Address, with ref
erences, Western Life Indemnity Co,
51S-519 Marquam Bldg, Portland,
Ore.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-28
SUMPTER ROAD
IS BEING PUSHED
PRAIRIE CITY-AUSTIN
LINE OPENS RICH SECTION

Officials Say That the Railroad Will
BE Extended to Prairie City by
This Fall-All OF Unemployed Men
in Grant and Harney Counties Are
Offered Work-Extension Is %
Miles Long and Opens Rich Coun-
try Not Before Touched by Rail-
road.