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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30
A Denial.

wWIsH to deny" said Cincinnati
1 editor. that Mr.. Taft, when he was
law reporter on my paper once practiced
deception on a train crew.
THE story goes that Mr.. Taft had ben
studying a case in Somerville, and fou..
he couldn't get back to the Office that
night unless he managed to stop the
through express. So he wired to head
quarters:
VIII you stop the through express a.
Somerville to take on large party?'
1.-The answer came back, Yes
1.-THE express duly stopped at Somer
VILE, the young law reporter got aboard
with his copy. and the conductor said:
where's that large party / was tc
take on?'
I'm him. was the grinning answer.
"And that's the story" the editor con-
cluded. which l desire to deny in toto"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30

in her widest moods and In the softer
aspects of cultivation The forests primeval
are side by side with gentle slopes Of
pastoral scenes and the dainty scenes
possible. All along the great hall which
leads from the English basement to the
drawing room floor are azaleas and poin-
settias. making the home seem like a
garden in the Riviera. After flowers on
tables. stairways and in odd hooks and
scenes from nature which cover the walls
the great profusion of books is what i'm
presses the visitor to the Pinchot man
sion. There are books everywhere, from
the basement where the servants linger
and the casual guest waits. to the library.
the drawing rooms. and up on the third
floor where Mrs. Pinchot's unique collec-
ton has found temporary quarters, all
kinds Of books are to be enjoyed. The
big drawing room has been forced into
service and books line the walls ten feet
to the ceiling on one entire side. Mr. Pin
chot has collected from his early boyhood.
not only nature studies but all the kindred
themes, and this apparently takes in
books from all the ages and the best
books in any age.
On the big library table blooms one of
the lovely oriental lilies in a costly
cloisonne vase, and the perfume fills the
entire apartment. Here the former for
ester receives his friends and holds con-
ferences with those interested in his work,
and here also his mother delights to show
her guests some of the vast projects
which her son has evolved. She delights
to dwell on his early life and how soon
the love of growing things developed and
how soon he realized the sacredness of
all that has been created for good and
wise purposes and the duty of preserving
1t for its destiny. No home in Wash
ington is more handsomely furnished and
none is more characteristic of the tastes
one might almost say more permeated
with the mission of its occupants On the
wall as the principal stairway is assembled
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30

men is genuine and from ancient houses
1t is the most difficult thing in the world
to get the true story. But Imagination
can aid, and, looking at the rare old
venetian point, 1t is not difficult to drape
1t on the doge or some of the fair ladies
of the great republic, when they stepped
into the gondola or figured at the grand
state ceremonials. So it is with the lace
of Italy, of Flanders, of France and Spain
The ecclesiastical lace alone could occupy
lifetime most prof1tably. I am always
reminded when examining the exquisite
work made for sacred purposes that the
age Of faith has passed, like that Of fine
lace. Nothing typifies faith any longer,
architecture, art. music or poetry. 1t
now becomes a duty to gather together all
that can be collected Of the rare products
of those days, Just as canvases and build
ings of the same epochs are sacredly
guarded
But, in lamenting the passing OF fine
lace. I must explain that while deplore
1t artistically, / rejoice from a humani-
tartan standpoint. 1t is one of the pen
aIties which art must pay to nature. In
the early days OF the faultless point lace
1t had to be done in damp, dark cellars
by poor laborers. whose very lives were
sacrifices for their art. The thread was
spun in these vaults, such thread as now
would bring thousands Of dollars an
ounce, and which 1t might be said would
be bought at any price because in the
end 1t meant the price Of life. The fin
gers of those who spun the fax were so
soft and delicate from the darkness and
the dampness that they see ned superhu-
man in their agility. Then, when the lace
was fashioned, still in the darkness and
in the mold of the under world, 1t still
remained in the cellars, because bringing
into the light or dry atmosphere spoiled
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30
For the Baby.
HTHE late Frederick Remington" s

HTHE late Frederick Remington" said
a Philadelphia artist, had a hu-
morous way of illustrating his arguments
with incidents from real life.
He was arguing once on prohibition.
He described trip he had once made in
the prohibition state of North Dakota.
He told how he rode through Degroat,
Maza. Benzoin, lola and other towns in
the Devils Lake neighborhood. putting
up for the week end at Minnewaukan
LAS Remington was buying a cigar at
the Minnewaukan drug store Saturday
night a cowboy entered. He wore a red
shirt and bearskin leggings, and he car
ried two-gallon demijohn.
Jack he said to the drug clerk, with
a loud laugh. as he swung the enormous
demijohn on to the cGunter-Jack, fill
her up. Baby's sick. F"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30

CHE Is a Woman of Wide
- Culture, Unusual Intel
lectual Power and Delightful
Observation-Disclosures of Gift
ford Pinchot, She Is Now
a Figure of National Interest,
Apart From Her Own Per-
sonal Charms-Has Recently
Presented the Museum of the
United States a Superb Col
lection of Lace and She Is
Engaged in Labelling Her
Gift Properly and Tracing
the History of Lace to It's
Earliest Conception.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30

LALLEY'S Comet May
/ i Now Be Seen in a Small
Telescope-On the 5th, 9th
and Iath of February Sew
eral Interesting Eclipses and
Transits of the Moons of
Jupiter May Be Observed
Orion and It's Wonderful
Betelgeuse.
By Prof. Eric Doolittle of the Uni.
versity of Pennsylvania.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30

Taurus. with the reddish Aldebaran at
H: Gemini. with its twin stars Castor
ami Pollux. at K and L. and Leo with
the bright star Regulus at M. Near
Regulus a little companion may be de-
tected with a small telescope of so in
tenseiy blue color that 1t has been
described as appearing as IL stepped in
indigo. After looking at this star the
observar should turn tn tho iitfia star In
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some rare old bits of honiton and of
early brussels point. With forty years or
more of devoted pursuit of knowledge
about lace, her catalogue of 1t will be
In every way as valuable and useful to
the museum as the lace itself. Until she
gets her entire collection properly labeled
and entered into the lace book which she
contemplates arranging, the display will
not be available for the general public.
1t will require months and months yet
before Mrs. Pinchot properly Identifies
her principal treasures, and then she pro-
poses to take in hand the large collection
of laces and emboderies already in the
museum and get them into proper epochs
and proper technical divisions
X
II have always been fascinated by fine
lace" remarked Mrs. James Pinchot, dis
cussing her recent magnificent gift to the
National Museum in this city. cit Is the
acme of industrial art, the finest thing
which human hands can produce in the
industrial line. The era Of successful
achievement in this art Is passing away
and for this reason the study 9f lace and
the collecting of 1t becomes IN way
duty to posterity. l have always been
engrossed in the subject and more than
forty years ago / visited ireland and be-
came familiar with the exquisite varieties
of lace which are making that country
famous, and better still. proving an excel
lent source of income. The looms of Bel
GUM. France and italy had even before
that period claimed my attention and I
became student Of lace and collector of
1t in my early womanhood. The National
Museum had already an excellent col
lection Of lace. but the task of getting 1t
into proper order chronologically as we'll
as from the industrial and historical
standpoint has been one which caused
solicitude. I am devoting much of my
leisure to this pleasant duty and with
my own collection to regulate this work
will last far into the coming year. 1 have
selected my lace in regard to epochs. l
desire that the American people should
have good specimen OF all the exquisite
lace Of the earliest artists and specimen
to show the evolution of the art down the
ages to the present. With this end In
view I have purchased carefully and
from reliable agents. My collection is not
so large. but it is complete after the
order for which it has been planned.
I'm cataloguing my collection I have
adhered to technical description and his
tory. OF course every older bit of lace
has an enhancing history If only
lace could speak. But when the speci-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30

II E r E are few
things in Washing
ton life more pleas
ant than a visit to
Mrs. Pinchot. In
the big bright room
which occupies the
entire south and
west front Of the
Rhode Island ave-
nue. home of Gift
ford Pinchot she
may be found sur
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30

as this during the present appearance
The faint comet discovered December g.
1909, moved along the path CT, c. Fig l.
during January. When first seen it was
rapidly drawing away from the earth
and is now only visible in the largest
telescopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30

D ONE who looks
at the sky on a
February evening
can fail to be
struck 18th the
great br1lliance of
( h e consultations
now with us. Leo,
the last Of the
b rig hit W In I e r
groups, has just
appeared. SO that
now all of the
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have found in my lace collecting. knowl-
edge comes slowly and appreciation is
still more tardy. But even to get one per-
son interested in something which is ele
waiting and useful is worth living for and
is worth many disappointments 1 am
deeply engrossed In the gospel Of right liv
ing and right thinking. and by the sacred
duty which devolves on us Of stretching
out hand for those who will come after
us.
II spend much time in studying condi-
lions at first hand and as exposed through
the various scientific departments of the
government The progress which scien-
tif1c agriculture has made in the past
decade even makes the future seem
hopeful. There seemed a time when the
responsibilities of life crowded In evros-
branch of learning Sometimes 1t appel
that my fad about laces is not a very
practical one, but the refining influence OF
such study cannot but appeal to the most
material Some one must gather thASa
treasures and preserve them befores-
pass away. Then the spirit of moder1,
humanity, which refuses the price of flesh
and blood for mere personal adornment
makes me hopeful that the world is grow
ing better"
X
Mrs. Pinchot is the ideal mother when
1t comes to considering the desires of her
son. Sometimes ten twelve, even more
guests are invited, and her private apart
ments are invaded. But she gives up her
sitting room-even the room where she
spends her leisure time examining and
cataloging the lace is pre-empted for
these visitors. For years past Mr.. Pin
chot has been asking all the youths con
nected with the forest service to his home
Then he gave them talks in line with
special training. He would always end
the evening by giving his guests and stu
dents hot supper, and at this Mrs Pin
chot presided with all the courtly grace
for which she is renowned Mr. Pinchot
in retiring from his work does not intend
to lose interest in his old friends, and
Mrs. Pinchot is more enthusiastic than
ever in promoting the policies to which
she is as much welded as her son.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30

and rapidly approaching the point of ex-
tinction. The star Rige, on the other
hand. as well as the magnificent dog
stars at D and E. are believed to be
expanded suns, which will
not reach the condition of our own sun
until after long ages have passed away.
Above Orion and extending across the
heavens from west to east. are the groups
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30

slowly westward in the constellation
Pisces, as shown in Figs. l and 3. 1t is
hoped that before it leaves the evening
sky, March %. it will become visible to
the naked eye. After it has passed around
the sun and has again entered the even
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30

ing sky, which will occur May 10. it will
doubtless be a conspicuous object Fig.
shows its appearance in the year 1856,
and by comparing this with Fig. l 1t will
be seen that at this time the comet ex
tended almost all the way from the stars
l. and to the eastward horizon, or
nearly half way across the sky. 1t is
not known whether it will be so bright
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30

next April. We are now far below the
plane of its rings. SO that these appear
we'll widened out. the whole system
forming beautiful object for telescope
observation.
Tho most brilliant planet Jupiter may
he rising almost exactly in the east
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30

I'm cataloguing my collection / have
adhered to technical description and his
tory. OF course every older bit of lace
has an enhancing history If only
lace could speak. But when the speci-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30

Figure 4-Appearance of Hal
1ey's Comet in 1856. From an old
drawing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30
By Margaret B. Downing.

H E r E are f
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-03-31

Ladies' and mems riding and driv-
Ing auto gloves at Funk & Vo's.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-03-31
A STRONG ENDORSEMENT
OF osTEoPATHY

When the bill providing for an
osteopathic Board of Examiners, a
bill which became a law, was before
the legislature of Georgia last sum-
mer, Judge John L. Hopkins of that
State wrote q strong letter favoring
its passage. In this letter he wrote
of the treatment he had received
from an osteorath of his city from
which we quote the following:
He gave no assurances made no
promises. His treatment and its
marked effects soon broke down my
prejudices against the new system.
My improvement was obvious, and
soon was to all appearances COM
plete. The unpleasant symptoms
passed away and l felt myself to be
in better condition than | had been
for many years. That / owe my
present good health all to the oste-
opath, l do not doubt. The system
may run counter to our preconceived
opinions and to the theories and
practices of ages, but nevertheless
the facts remain. ALI progress flies
in the face of the present and ven-
Grated past. Judging from my own
case and from number of cases
that have come under my observa-
ton, l would not, If had the power,
withhold this system of healing from
suffering humanity, for the wealth
of the world. To withhold it, would
be crime against humanity. l write
strongly, but it Is deliberately done.'
Herald of Osteopathy.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-03-31
WEDDING BELLS.

In the parlor of the Hotel Enter
>rise. Tuesday evening. March 20.
he elimination OF boy and girl
'omance was reached when Rev. w.
? Samms pronounced the words that
inited In marriage Mr.. Arthur II.
Robinson of WaEowa and Mrs. Del
"a Wilson, recently Of Fayetteville.
irkansas.
Mr.. Robinson and his bride, then
liss Della Johnston, were school
mates at Fayetteville, and had not
'een each other for ten years until
Saturday, March 26, when she ar
lived at Wallowa with her mother.
hrs. Sarah Johnston, and her lit
lie daughter. Glennie Wilson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robinson will make
their home on a ranch seven miles
,ast Of Wallowa.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-03-31
DEATH RECORD.

Leverett B. Haggerty was born In
New York state. September IL. 1889,
and grew to manhood in New York
city, where he followed the occupa-
ton OF a dry goods clerk until about
2S years of age when he enlisted in
the United States army and served
as a private during the OWL war.
At the close of the war he came west
to Indiana where in November, 1864,
he was married to Miss Celestia
Etna. In 1872 he moved with his
family to Kansas where he re-
NAMED nine years before again start
ing on the westward trail across the
plains to Oregon, first locating at
Prairie City, afteTward removing to
Cove, living there until 1899, when
they moved to Wallowa county,
where he has since made his home
and where Mrs. Haggerty died in
May, 1904.
Besides a host OF friends through
out Eastern Oregon, Mr.. Haggerty
leaves to mourn his death, twelve
children, seven sons and five daugh-
ters: Joe Haggerty of Delamar, Id
aho, viii and Charles OF Union, Ore,
Robert of Sumpter, Ore, Frank, Ar
thur and Adna Haggerty and Mrs.
Ben Weathers of this city, Mrs. l..
C. Haines of Rupert, Ida. Mrs. Rus
sell Bullock of Bliss, Ida, Mrs. r.
R. Smith of Portland and Mrs. Will
bur Hurd OF Kansas City.
The deceased was kindly. friend
ly man of strict integrity and 10y
atty to his friends that held their
best affection. He was great
lover of his home and family. For
several years he had been greatly
troubled by an asthmatic affection
which finally caused his death. He
passing away at 9:15 o'clock Friday
night at the home Of his daughter
Mrs. Ben Weathers. Funeral was
from the Weathers home Sunday
morning at 10 O'Clock, Rev. w. p
Samms conducting the services. The
attendance was very large and O
long cortege followed the body tc
the cemetery where 1t was inferred
by the side of his wife.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-03-31
LARGE BUSINESS
BLOCK AND HOTEL
PLANS ACCEPTED BY FRED S.
ASHLEY FOR HIS FINE NEW
BUILDING.

Plans we're accepted Tuesday by
Fred S. Ashley for his fine new
store room and hotel building to be
erected on his lots at the corner of
Main and West Third streets. 1t
will be one of the largest and fin
est business blocks yet erected in
this city. Bids for construction are
advertised for in this paper.
The plans were drawn by A. FL
lott, the architect. and provide for
two story structure, 6Ox110 feet,
with stone walls and plate glass
front. The east 40 feet of the low
er story will be occupied by Mr..
Ashley with his immense furniture
stock. The hotel office will be on
the corner and back of that will be
large dining room and the kitchen.
Upstairs will be 46 bedrooms, near
ly all with outside windows. The
whole building will be heated by
steam or furnace and finished up
in the best of style. Modern con-
veniences will be in the building.
The basement will be special
feature and will admit of barber
shop on the corn =, sample rooms,
furnace room, fuel, etc. Mr.. Ash
ley's undertaking room will be at
the southwest corner with an en-
trance ON West Third street.
The hotel is already practically as
good as rented but the names of the
lessees are not made public. The
hotel is to be furnished in elegant
style throughout and the best trade
catered to.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-03-31
WOMEN ORGANIZE
FOR CIVIC UPL|FT
FORM ENTERPRISE IMPROVE
MENT LEAGUE WITH OVER
FIFTY MEMBERS.

The woman's auxiliary of the Com
mercial club met at the court house
Tuesday evening, March 20, and
formed a permanent Organization
under the name of the Enterprise
Improvement League. Constitution
and bylaws were adopted and Off
GERS elected for the ensuing year as
follows: President, Mrs. Carl Roe;
vice president, Mrs. C. n. Lock
wood; secretary, Mrs. B. B. Boyd;
treasurer, Miss Alta Davis; board
of directors, Mrs. A. F. Policy, Mrs.
w. R. Holmes, Mrs. w. H. Graves,
Mrs. Fred Falconer, and Mrs. S. L.
Burnaugh.
The league win meet the first Mon
day evening of each month at s
O'Clock sharp, the next meeting be-
ing Monday evening, April 4, at the
old court house.
The aim of the organic alton as
stated in the preamble is to i'm
prove and beautify the city and to
that end the board of directors was
Instructed to meet with the city
council at its next regular meeting
and ask that an order be issued for
the immediate cleanup of Main
street. 1t will also request that a
day be set apart when all res
idents and property owners will
be required to observe the annual
spring outdoor cleanup.
Many plans were discussed and
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-03-31
BIDS WANTED.

Bids will be received for the con-
struction of a two story and base
ment store building by the undesigD
ed up to l O'Clock p. m, Thursday.
April 21. Plans and specifications
can be seen at the store of the un-
dersigned in Enterprise, OF at office
of the architect, A. Elliott, at Jo-
seph. Bond of 80 per cent of cost
OF building will be required OF the
successful bidder. Right is reserved
10 reject any and all bids.
96b3 FRED S. ASHLEY.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-03-31
Need More Room
In Public Schools
Board Is Now Considering the Mat
ter-Teachers Engaged for
Next Year.

Additional room must be had In
the public school and the school
board is now considering whether
to adopt the makeshift OF adding an
other room TO the present building
or erect new building ON the south
end Of the present school lot.
Another room added to the pres
ent building would almost certainly
spoil 1t in appearance and probably
shut off the light from one or more
of the present rooms. The best So
tuition would be to erect a two or
three room building In the west part
of town for first and second primary
pupils and third and fourth grades.
At the meeting of the school board
Saturday, four of the present corps
Of teachers were re-engaged for
year, namely H. Mae Jeffer-
son at SIS month; Mabel Murray.
$40; Eva B. Haas, $50, and Jessie
NJ. Hyde, $50.
Principal c. g. Mack was offered
ais position for another year at the
same salary, $116, but has not yet
accepted.
High School Teachers.
The county high school board has
reelected all the present efficient
corps of teachers In the county high
school for next year, and all have
signified their acceptance except
Mrs. Ivanhoe.
Ladies' and mems riding and driv'
/ ing aufo RlQvaa at Funk a. Xa'A
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-03-31

much interest shown. The secre-
tary reported more than 90 names
enrolled and a number were added
at this meeting. All ladies Of the
town and vicinity are requested to
join the league. There is no men,
bership fee, only cooperation in the
work being asked of the members.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-03-31
Posts 22 Years Old.

Juniper fence posts on Zurcher
place have been in service for 22
years and still good. Similar posts
for sale at Roe & Calvin ranch,
west of Enterprise. 96b2
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-03-31

Miss Harriet Blow spent Easter
at the home of her father, John
Blow. on Davis creek, returning to
Prairie Creek, Monday afternoon.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-03-31
Third judicial Day.

Saturday. March 10, 1910.
In the matter OF receiving bids and
citing contract for the furnish
ng Of wood for the court house and
ilgh school,:
Contract awarded to w. T. Bell
OF Enterprise, Oregon. as the low
est and best bidder, he to furnish
the court house with so cords Of
four-foot wood at $3.50 per cord.
and the county high school with
rs ricks at 81 per rick.