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The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-13
A Small Girls PhiIosophv.

The small daughter of the house was
sent to bed early the other evening as
punishment for some act contrary to
rules and regulations. After she had
was supposedly asleep the youngster
called her father and told him she
wished he would go ahead and spank
her and have it over with instead of
sending her off in that way.
"1'his lying in bed never's going to
make me any better" she said, and
good spanking would. Besides, It
makes me so mad I can't sleep, and so
what's the use OF 1t ?''-C Cleveland Plain
Dealer
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-13
By OLIVE HARPER.

~ L is useless to say any more on
III the subject, Ezra. My decision
E is taken.'
VERY well. replied Ezra with
sigh, as he looked down at his wife.
who stood before him. with defiance in
every line of her pretty face. Her
shoulders were thrown back and her
right foot advanced while her hands
were clinched as if for a combat
This ready acceptance of her ex-
pressed determination annoyed her
She had expected opposition and was
prepared for fighting ii from every
standpoint. Her arguments had been
carefully prepared to defeat anything
he might say. And here he had accept
ed her decision without q word He
asked no concession, made no appeal
1t was exasperating
Ezra Robins was six feet tall and
big in proportion. Edna was a little
mite of woman. whom he could car
~ Ike child III his strong arms. He
loved her with a mighty love and
cherished her with an infinite tender
ness. He almost worshiped the girlish
prettiness of her face with its pink
cheeks, pale blue eyes, ashen blond
hair and weak chin. All these traits
appealed to his large nature as the ten
der beauty of a little child. Nothing
that he could do for her was too hard
or irksome.
hoI 30 o6r
cation, as his family had moved to
California before there were schools
and he had been obliged to work from
almost his babyhood. His father had
died. leaving him the ranch near the
summit of the beautiful undulating
Hill just beyond Piedmont. Here he
had brought his young bride
Every comfort that he could obtain
for Edna was purchased, and he was
very happy in his protecting love and
Astounding tenderness. He loved her
so entirely that he did not know or
feel that her love for him was but a
weak and attenuated sentiment of half
contemptuous liberation
For Edna Robins had literary aspi-
ratiors. She subscribed for the story
papers. read Mrs Braddon, Ouida and
The Duchess. She longed to evolve
books like those written by her ia
Vote authors and to people them
with such unreal characters as lived
in those books. She would sit for
hours in her darkened room trying to
create a plot for book where all the
suffering heroines should live in sump
tuous homes, wear diamonds and have
dazzling beauty.
While she was dreaming her dreams
of unrealities in her room Ezra would
wander to a place from which be could
look down upon the scene before him
the beautiful San Francisco bay-a
panorama surpassed nowhere on earth.
He always turned his eyes toward the
Golden Gate as the sun was setting to
watch the last rays as it sank into the
Pacific. After the sunset came the
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-13


PROFITS"
gorgeous glory Of the gold fringed
purple clouds. The last look was Civ
en- to the Golden Gate itself, the
rugged slopes Of the broken hearted
mountain that had been torn asunder
by some unknown cataclysm of nature
to open the gate to the hordes. to come.
Alcatraz and Goat island grew dim
as the lights Of the city across the bay
burned out, and when the evening
star and perhaps a thin silvery cres-
cent hung down low over the San
Francisco hills he would heave a sigh
of deep content and return to the
ranch with a sweet peace on his face
and humble thankfulness for all that
he had and had seen filing his heart
so that his countenance beamed with
the inner light Of a great soul.
At such times he was unconsciously
a true poet, with grand thoughts strug-
Cling for utterance and finding no out
let in words. But the glory and beau
ty of it all sank deep In his simple
heart.
Edna wrote little namby pamby
story of an impossible hero and her
ONE This story she sent to the edi-
tor of the local paper.
The editor thought that Edna was
fool. but he had received many serv-
ices from Ezra when in hard luck, and
what editor does not have his hours
of dismay when every hair stands up
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-13
Least Resistance.

Teach your boy by precept
Practice is so hard.
Stead of an example
Bring him up by card.
Tell him that the only
Way to struggle through
Is the way you tell him,
Not the way you do.
Posing as a model
Every blessed day
Isn't easy shedding
Nor exactly play,
But it isn't veIN
Straining. you'll allow,
Or fatigue inducing
If you tell him how.
And if he depended
For his etiquette
On your daily conduct
He would lose the bet,
But if you viii only
Point to him the way
Plain and clear he cannot
Greatly go astray.
Being prim and proper,
That the boy may see
Isn't easy going.
AS you will agree,
But it is a trifie
Small for any one
To inform the youngster
How 1t should be done.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-13
Enforced.

"He seems to be a level headed fell
low"
"Still, he never looks at the moon
over his left shoulder"
"Superstitious as that?"
'He is blind in his left eye"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-13

Still, we just can't understand why
other people can't take us on the basis
of what we mean to do.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-13
Results to Show.

'You look as though you were all
In"
81 was in collision this morning"
with a street carp
mo; with my wife's disposition"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-13
Modern Millinery.

"What is all Of this furry aboutT
81 can't find the waste paper bas
ket."
Probably one of the girls is wear
Ing it."
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-13

1t is easier to tell how to do thing
than it is to do it if you don't know
anything about either.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-13
For Safety,

"What is your business?'
81 am a book agent"
"What do you consider the most nee
essary qualifications in that business"l
ITO know how to hypnotic dogs"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-13
( HurnOr and
} Philosophy
\ By DUNCAN NJ. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

1t is as hard to raise a child as it is
to raise a dog and oftentimes quite as
satisfactory
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-13

Everybody claims to sympathize with
the under dog. Still it is noticeable
tnat he remains just the under dog.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-13
For Others.

do you believe in punishment"
Sometimes"
For instance?'
"When / am sure l am not going to
be found out"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-13
Found a Way.

Had your maid longY'
Dear me, yes. A year"
"How can you keep girl so long as
that?"
Because she is no good"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-13
just Her Way.

Just 7er way.
'How. you getting along with Ma
bel?"
"She never would take me serious
ly"
'No."
Gave her a pair Of gloves once, and
she told me to quit kidding her."
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-13
Eurther Aionn.

''He can paddle his own canoe"
''He can do still better
WHATS that ~
'sHe can run his own motor boat"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-13

Don't hold it up against a man that
he is rich. Maybe he can't help it.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-09-16
GENERAL CORBlN DEAD.
Noted Army Man Passes Away After
Long Illness.


New York, Sept. 9. - Lieutenant
General Henry C.. Corbin died in Roose-
velt hospoital in this city yesterday
after an operation for renal disorder.
General Corbin would have been 81
years old in few days. Mrs. Corbin
and Ex-Governor Myron T. Herrick
were at his bedside when death occurr-
ed. He had been i'll for two years.
Accompanied by Mrs. Corbin and his
daughter, Mrs. Parsons, of Ardsley,
N. Y, he went to Carlsbad for treat
ment on June IL last. The waters
there appeared to have improved his
condition after two weeks stay, and he
returned to England, where his former
trouble recurred and he went to Paris
to consult physicians. The trouble de-
veloped more seriously while in Paris,
and he determined to return to Ameri-
ca. j. G. Schmidlapp, of Cincinnati,
met him in Paris and with Mrs. Corbin
they sailed for New York on the steam
er Rotterdam, which arrived here Sun
day. The general was taken to the
Hotel Martinique in this city, and DR..
Frank Erdwurm was summoned. The
physicians advised that General Corbin
be removed to the Roosevelt hospital,
and he was taken there OH Monday.
The operation was performed Tuesday
morning by DR.. Lauceus Hotchkiss.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-09-16

his brother Orlando, and cleared enough
to buy himself, in August, 1870, seat
on the New York stock exchange.
Young Hartman married early in life
and married very we'll. His wife was
Miss Mary Averell, of Rochester, N.
Y, whose father was capitalist and
successful railroad man.
For number of years the broker
firm of E. H. Hartman & Co. did a
thriving business on Wall street, spec
ulating with its own funds and execut'
ing commissions for the Vanderbilts
and other wealthy capitalist clients. 1t
was not until 1888 that E. H. Harri-
man came actively into the railroad
field. At that time he had become
known as capitalist, one of the few
who had gathered together great for
tune in the ten trouble years between
1870 and 1880. He was credited with
having in his strong box fair list of
stocks he had picked up at extremely
low prices during the various panics.
Along in 1883 he was elected a di-
rector of the Illinois Central railroad.
Whether Mr.. Hartman entered the
railroad field in accordance with an al
ready matured plan of his or whether
his accidental acquaintance with rail-
road matters suggested to him the
enormous possibilities of acquiring the
control of large railroad systems, is
not definitely known. At all events,
Mr.. Harriman's entry into the direct
crate of the Illinois Central railroad
marked the beginning of his career as
manipulation of railrorad stocks and
reorganizer of raiload systems which,
in the course of 10 or Is years made
him one of the greatest railroad kings
ever known in the United States and
placed him in control of more than 54,-
900 miles of water transportation lines
and of railroad lines of an estimated
length of $4,000 miles.
The railroads included in the Harri-
man system were of sufficient mileage
to reach more than two and one-half
times around the globe. They COM
prised the following:
Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Ore
gon Short Line, Oregon Railroad &
Navigation company, Illinois Central,
Georgia Central, Baltimore & Ohio,
Delaware & Hudson, Erie, New York
Central, Pere Marquette, San Pedro,
Los Angeles & Salt Lake, St. Joseph &
Grand Island, St. Paul & Northwestern.
Hartman was in addition the head
of four steamship companies, one of
which operates steamers across the Pa
cific. He was also in the directorate
of the Wells Fargo Express company,
the Western Union Telegraph company,
the Colorado Fuel & Iron, The Guaran-
tee Trust, and the Equitable companies
of New York, the National City bank,
and 81 other corporations.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-09-16
BOMB CASES ON TRIAL.
Sensational Disclosures Are Promised
at Chicago.

ot O'HSo6Os
Chicago, Sept. 14.-Sensational dis
closures are promised in the trial Of
Vincent A. and Joseph Altman, charg-
ed with malicious mischief and arson.
A score of witnesses will be brought
by the state in an attempt to prove
that both were guilty of causing the
explosion and fire which wrecked the
Standard Sash & Door company's plant,
May %. 1908, and their testimony, it
is claimed, will throw considerable
light on the entire series of bomb out
RACES which have taken place in Chi
cago in the last two years.
Secretary John j. Britain, of the
Amalgamated Carpenters union, said
today that members of the union would
do all in their power to aid the defense.
Assistant States Attorney Benjamin
]. Short, who will have charge of the
prosecution, said that the reason the
"Bomb 81" case would not be heard
first was that States Attorney Way
man believed it was not as important a
case as that of the Standard Sash &
Door company's explosion and fire, and
that the penalty was not 30 great.
"Conviction in the case to be tried
first means penalty of 29 years. i'm
he said, "while in the
Bomb 81 case there is no arson charge
and the penalty for the offense is only
ten years."
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-09-16
OLD SETTLEMENT IN RUINS.
Storm Plays Havoc With Century-OIc
"PIace of Peace"

"PIace of Peace"
La Paz, Baja California, Sept. 8. via
Guaymas, Sept. 14.-La Paz, the old
est settlement Of the CALIFORNIA;, is in
ruins. The most terrific storm ever
known has wrought havoc in and about
the old pueblo. Seven lives are al
ready known to be lost and the shore is
strewn with wreckage from ships and
boats in the roadstead. in many places
the water is four feet deep in the
streets and some of the thoroughfares
are channels for raging torrents.
Communication with the outside
world, except by steamer, which has
just stopped at the port, is cut off and
the greatest misery exists, especially
among the poor townspeople, the ma
jority of whom have lost everything
they had in the world.
From the country districts comes the
news that the devastation there has
been great. Without warning the cy-
clone burst on this "Place of Peace"
accompanid by torrents of rain. The
boats along shore and anchored in the
bay were torn from their moorings and
most of them were battered in collision
or thrown upon the beach. The sky
was overcast and many believed the
end of the world at hand, and crowded
the old mission church in a delirium of
fear.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-09-16
Baggage Smashing to End.

Topeka, Kan, Sept 14.-The bag.
gage smasher's day in Kansas is ended
The Kansas board of railroad commits.
sioners has issued an order that bag.
gagemen must not let trunks go tumb-
ling down from car door to the brick
or stone station platform. Recently
the baggage smashers have been more
active than usual. The board has had
many complaints of trunks being brok-
en- or damaged by the dropping from
the car door to the platforms when the
station agent did not want to pull up a
truck to receive the baggage.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-09-16
PORTLAND MARKETS.

Butter-City creamery. extras, 35c
fancy outside creamery, 3O@34c; store,
21@22c. Butter fat prices average
/ nc per pound less than regular butter
prices.
Eggs-Oregon ranch, candled, 30@
Bic per dozen.
Poultry-Hens, 15@151ac; springs,
16@16Rc; roosters, 9M10c; ducks,
young, 141ac; geese, young, l0c; tur-
keys, zoe; squads, $1.75M2 per dozen.
Pork-Fancy, 1OM10hc per pound.
Veal-Extra, 10@101ac per pound.
Wheat-Bluestem 94c; club, 84M
85c; red Russian, 821ac; valley, SOC;
fife, 84c; Turkey red, 84c; fortyfold,
861ac.
Barley-Feed, s2e. 5o@27; brewing,
$27. so per ton.
Hay-Timothy. Willamette valley,
$13@15 per ton; Eastern Oregon,
SIG. 5OMl7.5O; alfalfa, $14; clover,
s14; cheat, s13@14.5O; grain hay,
s15M16.
Fruits-Apples, s1@2.25 per box /:
pears, $1.25Ml.50; peaches, 50cM
S1.10 per crate; cantaloupes, 50cM$2;
plums, 25M75s per box; watermelons,
1@114c per pound; grapes, 75c@
$1.25; casabas, $1.75M2.
Potatoes-$1 per sack; sweet pota-
toes, 214c per pound.
Onions-New, S1.25 per sack.
Vegetables 4@5c per pound; !;
cabbage, 1@14c; cauliflower, 75cM
SLIPS per dozen; celery. 50cMs1; corn,
15@2Oc; cucumbers, 10M25c; onions,
12TM15c; peas, 7c per pound; pep
pers, 5M10c; pumpkins, 1R@1Ac;
squash, &c; radishes, l5c per dozen;
tomatoes, 40@60c per box.
Hops-19O9 contracts, gle; 1908
crop, Ice; 1907 crop, 12c; 1906 crop,
Sc.
Wool-Eae.ern Oregon, 16@23c per
pound; valley, 23@25c; mohair,
choice, 24@25c.
Csttle-Steers, top, $3.50: fair to
good, $4@4.25; common, s3.75@4;
cows, top, 1925; fair to good. s3M
1926; common to medium, s2.50@
2.75; calves, top, s5Q5. so; heavy.
SO. 5O@4; bulls, s2@2.25; stays, 81. so
$3.50.
Hogs-Best, ss.25@s. so; fair to
good, s7.75@8; stockers, $6@7; China
fats, s7.50@s.
Sheep-Top wethers, Sd; fair to
good, s3.50@3.75; ewes. &c less on
all grades; yearlings, best, 81; fair
to good, s3.5O@3.75; spring lambs.
s5M5.25.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-09-16
AID Is NEEDED.
Appeal Made to America for Suffer.
ers in Mexico.

Appeal Made to America for Suffer-
ers in Mexico.
Washington, Sept. IA. - Tales of
great suffering in the flooded districts
of Mexico as told in kilograms receiv-
ed at the State department today from
Consul General Philip C. Hanna,
brought forth another appeal tonight
from the American Red Cross society
for funds with which to ."supply our
unfortunate neighbors of Mexico with
the. necessities of life."
The loss of life and destruction of
property is even greater than was at
first supposed, and it is predicted that
great physical suffering will prevail
among the homeless during the fall and
winter.
Th destruction was greatest in the
country and small towns between Mon
terey and Matamoras. Mr.. Hanna says
the American consul at Matamoras re-
ports that place under water and seri-
GUS condition of affairs exists and that
the railroads between Matamoras and
Monterey have been washed out.
"We are sending supplies down the
railroad as fast as it is opened" says
Mr. Hanna.
He suggests that it might be posi-
BILE for the American army in the South
west to cooperate with the Mexican
army and American and Mexican con-
suls in assisting Mexican towns.
ut is believed by many" Mr. Han
ma said, "that more than 10, 10000 lives
have been lost, and thousands are home
less"
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-09-16
Otter Hunfinp is Stopped.

Victoria, B. c., Sept. 10.-Word has
been received by the Victoria Sealing
company that the sealing schooner
Thomas F. Bayard, which has been in
Behring sea hunting for sea otter, has
been orderd from the hunting grounds
by United States revenue cutter. As
hunting for sea otter is not prohibited,
protest will be made to Ottawa with
view to having representations made
to Washington.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-09-16
NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON
DRY FARMING AREA.
Railroads Building Into Central Ore
gon Open Vast Tract.

gon open vast Tract.
Bend-One more Oregon treasure
chest has been opened by the magic
key of transportation. With the prom
Use of railroad for Bend interest has
suddenly centered on the opening of
the prairie-like desert land lying south
east of town.
From Is to 80 miles from Bend is a
huge area of untouched government
land just placed under the Mondell act,
which makes possible 800 acre home-
steads under certain conditions. More
than $50, 900 acres of as good wheat
land as that offered by any dry farm
ing country are opened to settlement
on this "high DESERT" as it is general
ly known by ranchers. All of the land
is said to be level and practically free
from rock, with water everywhere pro-
curable at depths varying from 10 to
SO feet.
Although the great value of this vir-
gin stretch of country has long been
recognized, it has hitherto been i'm
practicable to open it for wheat rails
ing, no matter what the yield may be
without transportation to the markets.
1t is a curious phenomena that
abundant water supply for wells should
be found in q country apparently so
entirely dry. In one place it is re-
ported that three foot hole scratched
out by coyotes became tiny we'll. At
dozen places in the Deschutes coun-
try springs bubble up in the midst of
arid dust, unaccountable except by
subterranean river passages in the
lava rock. A dozen miles from Bend,
and as many from water, is great
cave, perpetually full of ice, we'll illus
trating the erratic pranks of Dame
Nature, when she fashioned Central
OREGON.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-09-16
Good Profit in Pears.

Medford - Bartlett pear growers
profit can be best calculated when it is
known that J. G. Gore, who has a
seven acre orchard of Bartletts near
Medford, has already packed seven
carloads of fruit from his orchard, and
there are fully four more carloads
from these seven acres. The shipments
will average 460 boxes to the car,
which at 1920 per box, is Sl,O12 per
car, or $11, 1872 from the eleven car
loads, or 81, $50 per acre.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-09-16
Coal Land Thieves Arrested.

New York. Sept. 10.-Rufus Ireland,
George Daily, Frank T. Wells and Will
berforce Sully are under arrest here
charged with conspiracy to defraud the
United States government out of 1,760
acres of coal lands in Wyoming, near
Lander. All are held under $500 bail.
They were indicted on May 2l in the
Federal district court of Wyoming,
along with number of others, for al
legged land frauds committed in that
state. 1t is alleged that the defend
ants got possession of the coal lands by
employing dummies.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-09-16
Irrigation Brings Settlers.

La Grande-Two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars would be conserva-
tive estimate of the improvements that
will be made in the building of new
homes on the land soon to be placed
under irrigation just east OF town.
This means 100 new homes. 1t is
possible and quite probable that twice
this number of families will be build
ing new houses, barns and furnishing
homes and farms with required stock
and implements.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-09-16
Englishmen See the Joke.

London, Sept. 9.-The morning pa
pers apparently consider that the Polar
controversy has passed the stage where
serious comment will prove any useful
purpose. All statements from either
side tending to throw light on the dis
puted points are printed in full. but
most of the papers either refrain from
making editorial comment or confine
themselves to few mi-humorous re-
marks. The Daily News points out
the complete unreliability of evidence
from Eskimos, who are likely to say
anything calculated to please.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-09-16
Clover Seed Paws Well.

McMinnville-Heavy clover seed
shipments have been made from this
place, the threshing of the present sea-
sons crop having become pretty gener-
al. The best yield of red clover seed
yet reported was produced by Isaac
Johnson on the Henry Gee farm nine
miles southwest of town, averaging
seven and one-half bushels to the acre.
Hubert Bernard, five miles northwest
of town, had 100 acres in clover that
averaged over four bushels to the acre,
after having been pastured until very
late in the summer. Besides, the use
of the pasture his land will net him
S26 an acre from the clover seed.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-09-16
Halley's Comet Sighted.

Cambridge, Mass, Sept. 14.-Hal-
ley's comet, for which astronomers
have been eagerly watching, has been
seen after an absence of 70 years, ac-
cording to dispatch received today at
the Harvard observatory from Profess
or Wolff, of Heidelberg. The sight
was obtained September II, 56.42 in
right ascension, six hours, 18 minutes,
IL seconds, declination II degrees, l
minutes south. 1t could be made out
only with large telescope.