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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-29
MICROBES IN THE SCALP.
The latest Explanation Is That Mi
crohes Cause Badness.

Professor Unna of Hamburg, Ger
many, and DR. Sabourand of Paris,
France, share the honors of having
discovered the hair microbe.
Badness is not caused through
few weeks work of these hair mi
crobes, but is the result of conditions
brought about by their presence.
Badness may not occur until years
after the microbes began work, but
it is certain to come sooner or later.
The microbes cut off the blood sup
ply. They feed on the fatty matter
about the roots of the hair, through
which the blood is absorbed. Finally
the fatty matter is wholly consumed,
the food supply Of the hair is gone
and it starves and finally dies.
Resorcin is one Of the most effec-
tive germ destroyers; Beta Napthol
is both germicidal and antiseptic;
Pilocarpin, though not a dye, restores
natural color to hair when loss Of
color was caused by disease. These
curatives properly mixed with alco-
hol as a stimulant, perfect a remedy
unequaled for curing scalp and hair
troubles.
We want everyone who has any
scalp or hair trouble to try Rexall
"93" Hair Tonic, which contains all
these ingredients. If It does not grow
hair on your bald head stop your
hair from falling out; cure you of
dandruff; make your hair thick,
silky, luxuriant; II it does not give
you complete satisfaction in every
particular, return the empty bottle to
US, and we will return every penny
paid US for It, without question or.
Formally.
OF course, you understand that
when we say that Rexall "93" Hair
Tonic will grow hair on bald heads,
we do not refer to cases where the
roots are entirely dead, the pores Of
the scalp closed, and the head has
the shiny appearance OF a billiard
ball. In cases like this, there is no
hope. In all other cases OF badness
Rexall "s5" Hair Tonic will positive
ly grow hair, or cost the user moth
ing. Two sizes, SOC and 81. The
Pendleton Drug Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-29
COAST INDOOR MEET.
Crack Athletes VIII Strive for Hon.
ors Tonight.

San Francisco, Jan. 2s.-Crack
athletes ri the Pacific coast are en-
tered in ia-night's great indoor ath-
letic meet 40 be held under the aus
pices of the Olympic Club at the Au-
ditorium.
Fifteen events, including three
handicap race are scheduled for the
evening, with four invitation events
and a special hSilf-mile relay for high
schools. Five open events and a no.
vefy race for oid-time athletes to-
gether with a push-ball contest will
make up the remainder of the pro-
gram.
The 75 yards special invitation
scratch race will be feature event
of the evening with Snedigar, Knox
Gerhardt and Abadie entered. The
complete program is as follows: $50
yard invitation handicap. one-mile
open handicap. 440-yard open handi-
cap fivemile invitation race, CO.
yard high hurdle, SO-yard low hur-
dies, pole vault, 75-yard special invi-
tation scratch race, high jump, shot
put, 75-yard high school invitation
race, half-mile relay race, open to
all, and 75-yard race for old-timers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-29
Serious Afnictlon.

Pearl-Dora Sugarlelgh looks so
sad of late.
Ruby-Yes, the poor girl has lost
an arm.
Pearl-What! lost an arm?
Ruby-Yes, Tom has stopped call
ing.-Chicago News.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-29
HE HAD THE EASY PART.

Wifey-It certainly does one good to
ne Dr. Jolly when one is sick.
Hubby-Oh: I don't think he is any
better than the other doctors.
But he is so pleasant"
"Wcil how can he be otherwise when
he is getting 50 for 1O-mlnute call?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-29
TAKES SECRET TO THE GRAVE.
J. w. Amundson, Palouse, Fails to
Reveal Location of ProDerty.

Palouse Wash, Jan 29.-John w.
Amundson of Portland, for two days
an employe Of the Potlatch Lumber
company at Potlatch, is dead at the
Harding undertaking parlors, the re-
suit of an abscess on the liver. The
young man was 23 years old and was
an engineer of ability Almost imme-
diately on his arrival at Potlatch he
was taken sick and was brought to
the Palouse general hospital. A half
sister, Miss Laura Emerson, has ar
rived from Seattle, and a brother,
George Amundson from Medicine
Hat, Alberta. The body will be ship
ped to Portland tonight
The mans relatives are certain he
was the possessor of considerable
property and some money, but are
unable to get trace of either. They
know he owned homestead and also
a timber claim, but do not know
where. There are no papers among
his belongings which throw light on
his business affairs. He refused to
give any information before he died,
believing his sister would reach here
in time for him to discuss his affairs
with her. He was past talking,
however, when she arrived. He had
not been here long enough to have
any intimate acquaintance in whom
he might have conflded.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-29

Berlin, Jana remarkable exhi.
bitten has just come to a close hert
that of a collection of pictures do.
signed and executed in a state Of So
nambIlism. The artist. whose name
is Frau Assmann, calls herself a me-
dium, nut she is not apparently con-
trolled by any second person or
Spirit and her seances are sim
plicity tself, taking place in full day
| light.
She selts herself at a table, hold
ing a bunch of crayons in her left
hand, concentrates her gaze upon
the paper before her, retiring into
herself, so to say. Her face becomes
ITfgid, her eyes dilate, and then ope-
rasionS begdl Taking the crayons one
by one, Frau Assmann draws with
lightning rapidity and unerrinS pre-
c!siSn, the outlines of flowers such
as mortal eyes have never beheld. The
blossoms and foliage are huge in size,
brilliant in cooring, and filled in
with myriads OF tiny specks. the exc
NuNipl bA NAAlCh Nuull uI4Nt dnltue
under normal cenditions-as IA
NOUS Wiesbaden doctor stated-to the
verge Of lunacy.
There Is little shading and no per,
spective to speak of, but these super
natural pictNres fascihIte. startle and
compel admiration by reason of their
bold outlines and delicate minutiae
In some of the pictures strictly geo.
metrical forms stand out among the
phantastic blossoms, on seeing which |
one is convinced she artist must have
carried off many prize for free
hand drawing. As a matter Of fact |
Frau Assmann never had a drawing |
or painting lesson in her life, nor has
she ever practiced drawing or been .
interested in art.
The daughter of a poor miner near .
Halle, her life was full OF work and f.
she married a poor man,
and now, at 46, is still scantily sup
piled with this worlds goods. Four
years ago Frau Assmann began TO
develop these trance conditions, which
have baffled many of Germanys
greatest doctors and scientists. She
gave a "seance" for the benefit of
the Berlin press one day, and all de-
clared themselves face to face with
an inexplicable fact, humbug being
outside the question.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-29
WOMAN IN TRANCE
DRAWS PICTURES
UNFRAMED, YET SHE
DOES RENIARk ABLE WORK

Wonderful Exhibition of Pictures Are
On Display in Berlin-Truth of In
eident Is Vouched for by Respnn
sible Persons-Woman Is Daush-
trr Of Poor Miner.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-29

Some religious engines are run with
all the steam % the brakes and all
the air in the, cylinders.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-29
MARRIAGE OF
FIVE YEARS Is ENOUGH

San Francisco, Calf, Jan. 2S.-A.
w. Robins, a local restauranteur and
his wife will next Saturday celebrate
their wooden wedding after being
married five years and will then
separate.
The couple signed an agreement for
trial marriage, inserting a clause
that If the trail was successful the
mutual lease would be continued in
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-29
Can a Medicine Be n ..Fake."

that has lived and grown in popular
ity for 80 years, and demonstrated its
worth by actual cures of female Ills
in thousands and thousands of Am
erican families?
Any fair minded, intelligent per-
son will emphatically answer NO!
Such a medicine is Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, and its ever in
creasing popularity is due to actual
merit alone.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-29

fo1Cee after the expiration of five
years. According to Robins 1t will
not be renewed. although neither is
aggyHeYed at the other.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-17

Company, better times came. AIer-
chants began to realize the importance
of the system and il is now IN general
commercial use.
4 few months ago the Wireless Tele-
graph Company was consolidated with
the Mutual Telephone Company and is
now being operated in conjunction with
the latter concern. The days OF expert
menting and possible failure are passed.
For some years the station on this
island was located at Barber Point.
Later long-distance station was estab-
lished at kahuku, and recently Manager
J. A. Balch ordered the diseontinuance
of the Barber s Point station and had
the interisland equipment used for in
terisiand business moved to Kahuku.
Thus, on the distant point beyond Ha-
leiwa, is located that magic plant which
connects Honolulu, not only with the
other islands, but with the mainland of
America and with the ships at sea.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-17
BRITISH OFFICER
HAD To LEAVE
Atrocities of Moorish Troops
Toward Prisoners Too
Much for Him.

: LONDON, September IA, 1909. Kaid
Bolton, the English officer who was ap-
pointed commander of the Moorish
troops by Mulai Hafd sixteen months
ago, has resigned his post, owing to
the atrocities practiced by the sultan
on his prisoners, and is now in Londor.
Mulai Hafd was most unwilling to
lose the services of an officer who has
been brilliantly successful throughout
the fighting that has taken place in
Morocco during the last twelve months,
and offered him in writing an extended
contract and increased emoluments.
Kaid Bolton is a suntanned, soIdierly-
loking man of barely twenty seven
years, spare, squareshouldered, with the
keen, steady eye and resolute mouth
and chin of the experienced fighting
man. Young as he is, he has seen as
much active service as generally falls
to the lot of the middleaged soldier,
and his recent campaign against Blu
Hamara. the roghi, or pretender, has
left him in iron-hard condition.
~ was sorry for many reasons he
said, ''to leave the sultan s service
But think no self-respecting English
man could pretend to ignore the very
kind of barbarity that England herself
has always been foremost in putting
down all the world over, and as my
in the matter were
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-17

cation is kept up between the operator
and the world. The operator literally
casts his messages upon the winds. with
the certainty that they will be picked
up by the person for whom they are
intended.
Invaluable as the wireless system is
for communication with ships at sea,
it is as means of communication be-
tween the Islands that the Kahuku
plant is of the greatest Importance to
Honolulu. From O'Clock in the morn
ing until $50 O'Clock at night Ka-
huku is in communication with the
other islands. There are stations on
Hawaii. Molokai. Maui and Kauai, each
equipped with wireless set, an exact
duplicate of the small one used at IA
huku for interisland work.
The operators on the other islands do
not call up Kahuku when they wish to
transmit a message. At regular inter
walls the Kahuku operator calls up one
island after another. and any messages
that may have been fled are then
sent in.
Had It's Troubles.
It was in 1899 that the idea of CON
Meeting the islands of the Hawaiian
group by wireless telegraph had its in
ception. At first the experiment met
with diseouraging results, but gradual
", as wireless telegraphy was develop
ed, the system was improved until now
messages are handled with as great
facility as is possible on the mainland
over land lines. This is of the greatest
importance, as it is only through means
of the wireless system that the Islands
can keep in constant touch with each
other.
The wireless system passed through
several hands, being sold at sheriff s
sale on two occasions, and for time
it looked as though the experiment
were doomed 10 failure. But with the
organization of the Wireless Telegraph
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-17

Then comes the message. slowly spell
ed out, Alameda Arrive Friday. One
hundred cabin passengers. Mail. Ex-
press. go. K.'' fires back Kahuku
and the operator files the message for
transmission to the city the first thing
in the morning.
From Far Alaska.
An instant later another clicking is
heard. This time the click is more dis
tinct, though evidently farther away;
it comes from a more powerful appa-
ratus. "H. o., H. u, H. U.'' comes
the call. Again the deafening crash
skaters the air at Kahuku. Sitka,
Alaska is answering. and the operator
is complaining that everything about is
frozen. The man receiving the message
at Kahuku is luxuriating in the gorg-
eous tropical moolight. He sympatheti-
cally tells the Alaska man of what he is
missing and is surprised that the in
formation does not seem to be entirely
appreciated.
Next comes call from Cape Blanco.
In front of him the Oregon operator
has copy of the evening paper. From
it he telegraphs to the lonely watcher
by Kahuku's shores the score of the
days baseball game. Other items of
news are also sent. Carefully is each
recorded, for the operator knows not
when he may be called upon to en-
tighten some other isolated individual
regarding events in the world.
Not long does he have to wait. Soon
the familiar "H. T., H. u, H. u"
agitates the receivers. This time it is
a transport, signaling its location and
sending information regarding the time
of its arrival to the depot quartermas-
ter. When he finishes sending, the
transport operator asks for press news.
The messages which Cape Blanco fash
ed across the Pacific to Kahuku, are
again started on their way, and soon
the operator on the transport is the
most popular man on board, for he has
news from the outside world. This is
the routine night after night. Occa-
sionally ship in distress may wireless
news of her trouble, but such occur
rences are rare on the Pacific.
In Wonderland.
Last week an Advertiser writer Wis
tied Kahuku, determined to experience
the sensation of night spent in
wireless station. The working of the
plant was carefully explained to him;
he began to imagine himself sitting by
a table with pair of walnut shells
glued to his ears. Saving victims from
watery grave seemed a much worth
Ter calling than writing for the edifea-
ton of an unappreeiative public.
just as he made up his mind to turn
wireless operator, the sky split open;
ten thousand fiery darts flew through
he air; the noise was deafening. Tie
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-17

scribe had his revenge when it came to
| shooting off flash powder for photo
graphs-but that is another story.
To the laymen the Kahuku wireless
station is just one succession of won
ders. Innocent looking little boxes sud
denly developed eath-dealing capac-
ity equal to that of battery of artil-
lery. A circuit closed here, switch
thrown there and the commonplace lit
tie tangle of boxes suddenly becomes
almost human, with superhuman power
to talk to the end of the earth.
The Plant.
AS in all mechanical contrivances. the
question of power is the first that must
be considered when a wireless system is
set up. At Kahuku station power for
the running of the plant is secured by
use of a twenty horsepower easoli7e
engine. This engine is a marvel OF
mechanical art and is almost silent in
operation.
The engine drives dynamo, and it
is from this dynamo that the current is
supplied for the sending and receiving
of long-range messages. Interisland
dispatches are sent by means of storage
batteries, which in turn are charged by
the ehgine-driven dynamo. There are
forty of these storage batteries, each
with a capacity of two volts, and for
three days they will supply ample cur
rent for all interisland work. Every
three days they are freshened up a bit
by the turning on of the current from
the dynamo and once week they are
recharged.
From the engine and battery house
the current is conducted to the operat-
ing house, where it passes through con-
densers to the spark gap. The spark
gap is in reality two electrodes, separ-
ated according to the work at hand and
the fancy of the operator. 1t is the
spark jumping from one electrode to
the other which furnishes the excite
ment which, setting the ether waves in
action, carries the message to the re-
eeiver of the operator hundreds of miles
away.
For the day service between the is
lands of this group a condenser and
transformer of three kilowatt capacity
are used. The condenser is of the Mas
sic pattern and is the latest improved
design. When the current passes
through the transformer its voltage is
raised to $4,000.
For night work, and communicating
long distances, an Oil condenser of if
teen kilowatts capacity is used This
condenser is nothing more nor less than
a reservoir. for in it the electricity is
stored until needed for use.
The Rotary Spark Gap.
The simple electrodes of the three
kilowatt spark gap, in the case of the
long distance set give way to rotary
spark gap, wonderful piece of
mechanism which enables high power to
be used for long-continued periods of
time without any danger that the in
strument will heat up. A heated spark
gap means wavering spark. which
travels with uncertainty and is very
difficult to read.
The rotary spark gap is the most
effective contrivanee known for long
range sending, and no station in the
world has most nearly perfect send
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-17
Photographs by the Writer.
BY CHURCHILL HARVEY-ELDER.

station had been struck by lightning,
was the first thought of the trembling
scribe. Mad with terror he dashed for
the door, only to encounter the smil-
ing face of the operator. The Vesuvian
eruption was in reality only the rotary
spark gap in action.
The operator thought it great fun
and grew exceedingly faeetious, bat the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-17

the letters "H L, Fl. L., II. T., Fl. u,
The operator listens; he hears repeated
the faint click II. e., " he reaches over
throws one switch, opens another and
in an instant the frail structure gives
a frightened shake as the deafening
Crashl Crash Crash! crash tells that
the call has been caught and that Ka
hnkn IS answering.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-17

ing equipment for long-range work Shan
has the station at Kahuku.
Adjoining the apparatus room, where
spark gaps, transformers and condens-
erS are stored, is the operating room.
just as there are two complete sets in
the apparatus room, one for interisland
work and one for long-range work, so
are there two complete sending and
receiving sets.
The key for sending interisland mes
sages is not unlike that used on the or
binary Morse land line set. But the
key for the high power machine is an
enormous piece of brass which resem-
bles cFowbar more than a telegraph
key. The frightful power passing
through it would soon melt down a
smaller outfit
One Of the most ingenious pieces Of
equipment in the receiving set is the
tuner, which enables the operator so to
adjust his instrument that he can listen
to any individual sender and need not
be bothered with dozen messages
flashing through the air at once. This
is very important consideration when
messages must be sent through channels
which can not be disconnected as can
land lines
Perfect Grounding.
The ground connection is made fast
to l400 square feet of copper sheeting,
buried deep in the sand by the sea.
This arrangement insures perfect
grounding, for the watersoaked sand is
an ideal conductor.
Near the operating house is the great
mast, reaching 215 feet into the air.
From this mast a myriad strands of
fine copper wire run down to the oper-
ating building and connect with the in
struments in the operating house. 1t
is through this medium that eommuni-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-17
Awaited End of Rebellion.

ignored I Judge it best to resign as
soon as I deeentlv could.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-08-22
YUMA LAND OPENING
 ATTRACTS SwINDLERs

In Washington dispatch the follow ing statement was given out by the rec lamation service few days ago. "The proposed opening of lands on the Yuma Indian reservation in Southeastern Cal ifornia under the Yuma irrigation pro. jeet has aroused the activities of band of swindlers.
 By means of advertisements cley erly worded. they claim to be able to locate settlers for consideration on choice tracts of the reservation and to furnish application blanks and infOr- nation concerning details of the opea- ing.
 "The time and method of openng these lands have not been decided upon When the matter has been settled dle notice will be given through the pub lie press and all necessary blanks caa be obtained without charge.
 "Until and after such announcement all requests for information should be made to the office of the reclamation service, Washington. D. C., or to the project engineer, Yuma, Arizona.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-08-22

new construction and improYemen,.
 A canvass of the steel and iron o. porations shows that total to be s,a., by four of them alone for new oa- struction in the next twelve mo,,L. amounts to s74,OO0,oOo. In detail ,hs figures are as follows:
 U. s. Steel Corporation.s50 OOO ooo Jones & Laughlin ..-............. l5,OOo O0o Bethlehem Steel company -. 3,0OO Cov Republic Steel Iron ......... 6.OOo mn
 Heavy expenditures are also eopts,, plated by the Pennsylvania Steel ror pany, the Maryland Steel company ,b. Inland Steel company, the Cooni,l Steel company, the Southern Steci com pany and the Sheffield Coal & Iron eo,, pany.
 That the expenditures are warranted is proved by the unified orders on ,bo books. A computation of these from the records of few leading concern. in the different industries, shows ,ba amount to be as follows
 Steel and allied companies $500 900 .OOo Blast and furnace com