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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-02-22
Bait.

She-They say there are germs In
kisses. Now, what do you suppose
girl would catch that way2
He--A husband!
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-07
Saved From Awful Death.

How an appalling calamity in his
family was presented is told by A. D.
Mcdonald of Fayetteville, N. c., r.
F. D. No. g. MY sister had consump-
tion," he writes "she was very thin
and pale. had no appetite and seemed
10 grow weaker every day, as all rem
edies failed. till DR.. Kings New Dis
eoyery was tried, and so completely
cured her. that she has not been trou-
bled with a cough since. It's the best
medicine ever saw or heard Of" For
coughs. colds, la grippe, asthma,
Group. hemorrhage, all bronchial trou-
blss, It has no equal, soc, $1.00. Trial
bottle free. Guaranteed by A. G.
Koeppen g. Bros.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-07
ONE CHARGE AGAINST
j. w. SCRIBER DISMISSED

One of the four indictments against
J. W. Scriber, the La Grande banker
now serving a term in the federal
prison on McNears island for en-
bezzlement, was dismissed by Judge
Wolverton in United States court to-
day, upon motion of United States
District Attorney McCourt, says the
Journal.
This indictment charges Scriber with
forgery in signing false report of the
condition of the Farmers e. Traders
National bank OF La Grande, of which
he was cashier. He was tried and con-
victed on the other three indictments.
Another suit dismissed upon re-
quest of Mr.. McCourt was that Of the
government against Franklin Paxton
of Klamath Falls, in which he was
charged with fencing government land
The land in question is marsh land.
and was fenced to keep Paxton's cat
tie off, he says. He pleaded guilty
and removed the fence last summer.
1t was agreed not to sentence him and
the case was dismissed to lay.
A civil suit brought by the govern
ment to compel Louis Bundy of Med
ford to relinquish title to a homestead
he filed upon, but upon which, 1t is
said, he did not live, was dismissed,
Bundy having given up the land and
paid the costs of the action. In ad-
dition he is out the s1.25 an acre he
paid for the homestead to the govern
ment.
Suit has been filed by the govern
ment against william Jones, found
guilty Wednesday of fencing govern
ment land in Malheur county, to Sc
cure an injunction preventing Jones
from fencing or maintaining a fence
on the lands in question, which are
in the Malheur valley.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-07
OPERA CHAIRS IN
COLLEGE BUILDING
COLUMBIA COLLEGE TO HAVE
MODERN ACCONEMODA ATIONS
Milton Minister Goes 10 Vorvallis to
Assist in Revival Meetings-Seattle
Company Installing Wireless Tele-
phone Station at Milton.
Especial Correspondence }

Milton, Ore, Dec. 6.-workmen
are engaged putting in 400 opera
chairs in the college auditorium.
Rev. c. A. Rexroad left today for
Corvallis where he will assist in hold
ing protracted meetings, He expects
to be gone about three weeks.
Miss Dora Owensby is reported as
being very i'll with typhoid fever.
Attorney ]. P. Neal of Freewater,
is transacting business in Pendleton
B. F. Wright has returned from a
visit with his daughter at Julietta,
Idaho.
Miss Lima Coe has returned from
visit at Ellensburg, Wash.
wireless telephone company of
Seattle are erecting a station here
and when completed it is said they
can send messages by wireless from
and to Seattle.
Mrs. Sans and daughter, Eta,
have returned from California, where
they went to spend the winter. Cali
fornia did not agree with Mrs. Sans
who is very i'll with valvular heart
trouble
A petition is being circulated am
ong the property owners of Main
street for signers and donations to
macadamize Main street.
Miss Bessie Hopson of Walla Walla
was the over Sunday guest of Miss
Bessie Mcqueen.
Miss Hazel Chapman spent several
days this week up the river the guest
of Mrs. Frank Sample.
VIM. Retzer today purchased the
brick store building formerly occu-
pied by the Fair store and owned by
Charles Geiss.
The gymnasium basketball team
defeated the high school team Fri
day night.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-07
HERMISTON REVIVAL
DRAWS LARGE CROWD
o. II. & y. COMPANY PUTTING
OUT ADVERTISING BOOKLET
Umatilla Project and Town of Her.
miston TO be Boosted by Railroad
Company-New Bank Building
Nears Completion.
Especial Correspondence

Hermiston, Ore. Dec. 5.-The re-
vival services which have been in pro-
gress at the Baptist church for the
past two weeks have been drawing
large crowds every evening. Rev. F.
c. Stannard. who is here helping Rev.
Cash, is a fine speaker. The musical
numbers every evening have also been
an attraction.
The ladies of the Methodist church
are getting ready for their Christmas
bazaar, the sale this year will be held
next Saturday, December 10th. Tea
and cake will be served.
c. w. Lassen official stock inspec-
tor, will be in Hermiston this week.
New Advertising Booklet.
Hermiston will have a beautiful
new booklet the goth of this month,
this to be issued by the Q. R. & y.
railroad company 1t will contain
beautiful new pictures of the project,
and written by one of the best men on
the publicity staff of the Q. R. & n.
These books will be given to those
who will attend to mailing them out
over the country.
Bank Building Nearly Ready.
The Hermiston Bank and Trust
companys new bank building is near
ing completion and is going to be one
ofe the finest in this part of the coun-
ty, the building will be ready by jan
uary 1st. The upper floors will be
all finished, and most of the rooms
have already been taken. DR.. Rose the
Hermiston dentist will have a suit of
parlors, also DR.. NJ. V. Turley will
have a suit of the front rooms. All
new fixtures will be purchased and
the new bank will certainly be beau
ty,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-07
You Must Read This If You Want the
Reneftf

]. w. Greer. Greenwood, La, suf-
fered with a severe case of lumbago
"At times the pains were so intense
1 was forced to hypodermic injections
for relief" he says. "These attacks
started with slight pain in the small
Of my back which gradually became
fairly paralyzing in effect My at
tention was attracted to Foley's Kid
ney Remedy and I am glad to say
after using this wonderful medicine
I am no longer bothered in any way
by my old enemy lumbago." A. C.
Koeppen & Bros.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-07
KIER HARDIE RAPs GROWN.

Says T'hree-FOld Demon Is Abroad II
King Has Interviewed in Crisis.
London.-M. Kier Hardie, the well
known socialist leader in Parliament
has made another attack on the Eng
lish crown.
81 hope it is not true that the King
Is intervening in what Is called the
crisis" he said. 81 had occasion to
remark before that when coronets go
into the melting pot the Crown had
better beware
GAS long as the people bow to the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-07
Don't Be HOMELESS

about yourself when you're crippled
with rheumatism or stiff joints-of
course you've tried lots of things and
they failed. Try Ballard's Snow Lin
iment-it will drive away all aches,
pains and stiffnss and leave you as
we'll as you ever were. A. C. Keep
pen & Bros.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-07
The Correct Time

to stop a cough or cold Is Just as
soon as 1t starts-then there will be
no danger Of pneumonia or consump-
ton. Just a few doses Of Billiards.
Horehound Syrup taken at the start
will stop the COZ IN. II it has been
running on for sometime the treat
ment will be longer. but the cure is
sure. A. c. Koeppen and Bros.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-07

Save money by reading today's ads
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-07
DROPS DEAD WATCHING
MILLION DOLLAR FIRE

Evansville, Ind, Dec. 6.-Fire to-
day, starting in the Fenrick cigar fac
tory caused the destruction Of block
entailing the loss Of million. Thos.
Beidelman, agent for the fire insur-
ance companies carrying the risks,
dropped dead while watching the fire.
The cause Of the fire was not ascer-
tanned
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-07
sUTHERLIN HAS s25,OOO
FIRE LOSS TO-DAY

sutherlin, Ore, Dec. ga s25 900
fire this morning, burned four struc-
lures in the heart Of the town. They
were partially insured, The cause is
not known,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-07

PILES CURED IN 9 TO II DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to
cure any case Of Itching, Blind, Bleed
ing or Protruding Piles in 6 to IA
days or money refunded. SOC.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-07

Trying 10 kiss a girl, without ask
ing her 10 marry him. is merely the
modern mans system of demanding
cash IN advance.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-07

three-fold demon of Imperialism,
Militarism and Royalism they will be
blind to their own interests"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-07

Everybody goes to the Orpheum to
see the best and the clearest pictures
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-07-07
coaV oR LIVING IA lsaa.

sem@ Th1nws Wese MamheRs bus @e@s
es Rhena Lever than SIS Present.
An old memorandum book. In which
some interesting prices are recorded,
Aas iuaf been brought 70 Light by the
Brooklyn Eagle. The prices afford a
lasls for comparison; and as one reads
hem one begins to believe what the
Ia people say-that former times were
indeed better than these.
The woman who kept this account
book paid. to be- sure. In 1851. three
dollars and twenty-five cents TO 50
from westneld, Mass. 20 New York.
and three dollars more to 80 from
New York to Philadelphia. but she
paid only twenty-eight cents a dozen
for her washing beautifully ironed
and brought to her door-and ten dol
lars a month for her board, and It was
good. too.
She had her daguerreotype taken. q
single picture. and paid one dollar
and half for it. We can improve
on that price now. She bought pair
OF shoes for one dollar and twenty
1--we cents. and had dress cut for thAr-
ty-seven and a half cents.
The accounts bristie with half and
quarter cents. Things cost sometimes
a 'fip." sometimes a levy The for
mer was six and a quarter cents. the
latter twelve and a half cents.
She bought a pair OF rubbers for
eighty seven and a half cents, and
wrote them down as gums" For her
pew rent at church she paid sixty-six
and two-thirds cents Her gown was
made Of edehage." -delaine" and
'.mull," and she paid one dollar and
seventy-ave cents for the fitting and
making OF one. She paid the exorbl-
tant price OF two dollars and twenty
i've cents for pair Of congress
CATERS.
For teaching school eleven weeks
this woman received eighty-two dol-
lars. She has tooth drawn and pays
twenty-five cents-this was before the
days Of anesthetics.
We find an entry. waters" and we
remember that there were no envelopes
In those days. and that all letters were
simply folded and then stuck together
with red waters. Perhaps you may
remember that your grandfather kept
a box OF them on his desk, close beside
the sand-sprinkler with which he blot
ted his letters
What we call the cachou dates back
long way. This lady Of the accounts
was buying cachous In 1851 They
are small lozenges. with no other Dur-
pose. 50 far as Is generally known.
than to promote the fragrance Of the
breath.
She burned In her lamp ''fluld"-a
highly infammable oil which preceded
the safer kerosene.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-07-07
DESERT as A RESORT.
Camping an California Oasis as En-
5oymbie az the Sea shore.

Camping sn CALIFORNIA; Oasis aa En-
5oymhie as the Sea shore.
A desert sounds like a strange place
In which to camp for pleasure bul
Charles Francis Saunders and his
wife spent several enjoyable weeks on
one part OF our great western desert
Mr. Saunders says:
ITO the newcomer on tbs desert
usually the first cause OF surprise Il
the variety Of its scenery. One ha,
bftuaIly thinks OF 1t as a dat. yer.
dureless, monot0nous expanse. In
reality our western deserts present
within comparatively small areas the
greatest diversity OF topography
mountain chains and foothills. val
legs and aroyos (dry. OF course. ex.
cept for few hours after some heavy
storm In the mountaina), sandy fats
and rolling plains bowlder-piled or
dotted with green bushes set about IN
places like shrubbefy in an artificial
park.
Spring IS the most enjoyable time
Of the year for the desert camp-late
April or May for the elevated Moiase
region. March or even earlier for the
more southern. low-lying Colorado
desert Of California. The mornings
evenings and nights are then superb
cool and bracing and more Of heaven
than OF earth; the mid-cays are hot III
the sun ard made for siestas ia the
shadow Of great rocks or on the shady
outside Of tent. The inside OF the
tent is usually uncomfortable during the
middle Of the day, the temperature
there rising higher than in the full
sunshine"
Mr.. Saunders German guide, Dutch
Jake" has become 50 fond OF the des
ert that. in taking leave Of his "ten.
derfoot@ friends at the end OF their
camping trip. he says:
New York; Humph'-he says IN
his rough way-~Yes, I hat been In
New York, unit made Won fool Of mine
self no, no, Mister, takes my bunch
Of burrows, unit some beans and ba,
con IN de saddle bags unit always water
In the canteen. unit shtay in de des. /
ert. It's healfy here unit dere ain't
nobody vot robs you, unit I knows
places we're a man can find yet lots OF |
Me for der desert, Mister:
lcols shtays IN New York. "--Recrea
ion Magazine.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-07-07

died-nearly two years ago, and she
ought TO have grown used 10 1t now
Her thoughts stopped abruptly with
a shock
She stared down wildly. with the
color driving from her face
She clutehed faded newspaper cut
ting with fingers growing cold.
a marriage has been arranged. and
win shortly take place. between Lieut..
Reginald Lindley and Miss Gladys Ken
net, only daughter Of Col Kennel Of
Ribstone hall"
The paper dropped to the floor. The
lawyers room. with its japanned tin
boxes. whizzed wildly around her
What mockery it had beent Only a
few days after that paragraph had ap-
peared her father had died. bankrupt,
and she had been left penniless and
alone. In less than week Reginald
had gone too. and if it had not been
for Philip-Philip whom she had des-
pissed for being her fathers solicitor
she would have been-what2
The sob in her throat refused to be
choked back. Her heart beat up loud
~. persistentiys a drumming sounded
in her ears, and her head dropped sud
denly, sharply amongst the dusty pa
pers.
Philip started quickly to his feet and
ran across the room.
"Gladys-Miss Kenneti"
She tried to struggle to her feet.
1T is silly OF me-" she said un-
steadily. ''I-I-ought to have for
gotten by now"
He pushed her gently back and took
her hands In his.
Miss Kennel ladys-let me help
you to forget" he said huskily. you
know I love you-you know loved
you long before-long before that hap
peEed."
She passed her hands across her
eyes as though to clear them, and then
looked into his.
Il don't know" she said in whis-
per. 'You have been SO good to me
that sometimes I think that if-if I
could be sure that Reginald would
never come back could love you as
mueh-as I once loved him"
Let me try to make you" he said
eagerly. GLADYS. darling. II you can
only give me half your heart / shall
be content"
She put out her hands to him with
her eyes full OF tears
Look. Philip. look" she cried. She
threw up the sash and they both
looked out on the busy market square.
Look" Gladys repeated. 1T Is the
ring Reginald gave me. and I have
done with him now forever
She raised her arm and flung the
ring from her far out in the square.
She turned TO Philip breathless and
white.
II have done with him now forever"
she whianerf
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-07-07
THE RETURN



Philip Graham. coming to the end
Of long pages OF blue parchment fold
ed them mechanically and tied them
up with pink tape. He rang the bell
on his desk.
Stimson. he said as his clerk en-
tered. ask Miss Kennel if she will
please come to me
A few moments later a girl entered
the room
Miss Kennel" he said. win you
mind looking through some papers for
me?~
He had risen to his feet. and queer
look flashed to her eyes. For an In
slant her lip Quivered.
"Oh. why won't you forget that /
was ever anything but your secre-
taryg'' she said
He bit his lip.
you know why" he said. half I'M
der his breath; but III win not for
get again"
He picked up his keys, and striding
across the room unlocked a japanned
tin box marked ID"
Gladys Kennel turned over the pa
pers in the box Her head was begin
ming to ache, but then it had ached
many. many times since her father
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-07-07

A new disease among pears has been
noted In Belgium. The diseased frul,
shows round brown spots, which IN.
crease in size until the greater part 81
tho fruit is affected, after which Il
falls. In one instance the loss due Ia
khis fungus was great. fully one.half
Of the fruit being destroyed. Where
the pears have been bagged they ala
not suffer from the fungus. Spraying
with Bordeaux mixture. Il f. believed,
win prevent tho disease
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-07-07

-~~~~~~~~-~~~~~~~
Mr.. Holden was in one OF those
cheerful. mildly philosophical moods.
when 10 likes to think aloud and I'm
part a portion OF his wisdom to his
wife. did you ever stop to think,
my dear he said that the greatest
effect civilization has had UPON life
is in confeFring leisureg" He went
on 10 devote his thesis:
I'VE talk about how hard We have
70 work 10 make living. as we put
ii. that is. 70 get enough to eat and
wear and a place to sleep. But JUST
take the case OF the lower animals.
Thew dont have TO bother about
clothes or TO think much about SHELF
er; but. on the other hand. all their
waking hours are given to procuring
their food Watch the cows In the
pasture. They're eating all the time,
except when they lie down for little
while in the heat Of the day and tho
fact that they have TO travel for their
food gives them the exercise that
keeps them in good health.
y It Is the same way with the birds
and with all wild animals The very
effort necessary to get their food Is
what keeps them well.
SO II was with prkmeval man. 1t
took about all OF his time to hunt and
fish. It was the work Of his hands.
his whole body. as well as his brain.
that supplied his table: therefore he
kept in good physical condition and
relished his food Did you ever hear
an Indian complain that no had no
appetizer No. ma'aml
Il believe the time viii come when
man-eivilized man-will learn the
lesson and return to the old order OF
things; when all Of US. no matter
what our occupation. viii do some
work with out hands. In order to pro
cure our food. And we shall be the
better for it. too.
That is really the secret OF tbs
charm that hunting and fishing and
camp life have for men. They restore
the old fundamental conditions OF eat
ing ones bread IN the sweat OF ones
brow tell you. when you have
tramped five miles for a mess of trout.
there's some taste to them Getting
back to nature getting the feeling OF
the primeyal mans what restores
But I thought savages cultivated
the soil. too-raised little patches Of
corn and other things sometimes. did
Mt they2" suggested Mrs. Holden.
mildly.
Certainly they did. my dear. GER
tainlyl But don't you see how my
theory holds good there. too? They
could get the product Of the soil for
food only by working with their
hands, and
That is Just what / was thinking
Interrupted Mrs Holden. Il was won.
dering II you couldn't get something
Of the feeling OF the primeval man BY
hoeing the garden tonight You've
really no idea how high the weeds
are"
As Holden stopped a few moments
10 rest his back that evening. he re-
marked. somewhat irrelevantly, 70
Simpson. across the fence: ''Its
funny how united women are for
pure. speculative philosophy. It never |
seems to interest them unless they
ian tack II onto some COMPOUNDED |
thing or ther.~-Youth's
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-07-07

She Only Had 0ne Glance, Bat she
Dfd Not Overlook Anything.
~Wil1 you please tell US how the
lady was dressed?s said the attorney
for the defense to a woman who was
testifying in a police court proceed.
ing. according to Puck.
well. OF course didn't see her for
longer than a minute. as she got up
and walked out OF the street car we
we're both riding in. but she had on
wide gray fur hat turned up at
one side and fastened with a rhine
stone buckle. and she had long white
feather and a gray birds wing on the
hat and a narrow band Of gold galloon
around It, and two large scarlet.red
velvet roses, and she had the hat fas-
tened on with three hatpins, one OF
them with a red-gIass stone set around
with California briliants. and another
was in the shape Of a four-leafed
clover, and the third was a big gilt
ball. and the hat dropped away over
on the right side. and she had a black
veil with white dots on It, and It was
ldSleucu Win BOiO dtlOH run
through a rhinestone buckle at the
back Of the hat. Then she had on a
tailored suit Of mauye cloth with the
Jacket and front width Of the dress
all braided in silk braid, the same
shade OF the dress, and the other
widths CT the dress had three bias
folds laid on, one right above the
other. and the six buttons covered with
goods like the dress, and the Jacket
had a bias fold all around It and four
teen buttons down the front and three
on the pockets, and It had a wide
rolling collar lined with satin a shade
or two lighter than the dress, and
there was a narrow silk cord Of white |
silk edgfng the collar and coming all |
down the front Of the Jacket. which /
was little more than half-ntting. and /
It sagged just trife on the left side,
and"
you say you saw the lady but
Eyes, just for a moment as she was
leaving the car. but noticed that she
had on a gray squirrel skin muf
and tippet and"
That win DO. madam. Next wit
ness please come forward
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-07-07

Experiment shows that the most eco
nomic potato seed is made By cutting
msdium-slzed tuber into quarters.
Il also shows that larger pieces q
seed potatoes will produce very mash
heavier yield. as the young plant mas
more nourlshment 70 begin wlth' an
der Geld conditions. however ING me
dium-slzed tuber cut Ia quarters =
the best and most economical II TINS
can not b. done. spread The seed our
In a thin layer IN a cool. dark place.
and they may b used At any time
within ten days after cutting without
appreciable loss. Never sack or bar
rei the cut seed. nor expose Il % ne
hot sun
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-07-07

That many people ARE poisoned -
eggs. and not By spoiled skss only.
bat often By tAose that aFe freshly
laid and apparently spod. d asserted
b. q French chemist Nunefors eases
Of poisoning duo % eciairs. o. cream
cakes. have occurred Fscsntiy 10 Paris.
and Il was Ia tie eeurse o. an inres'
tlgation % these thar tbs eonelasi9a
vas reached that the toxic aesien nss
always the fanit % the esEs IN tha
custafd. never Of mineral poiscus u.
iroduced accidentally o. o. ths ogass
ingredients % the cream. Ffeaeb
eggs. Il q said. become Infected besasa
thaN arc lald
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-07-07

Many times mo mixer goes 70 hl-
task after brushing horses OF deinx
other dirty work. Win his hands sslisf
and bis clothing thickly covered with
dust. Both soilsd hands ana dusty
clothing are loaded elth germs thaf
iniure milk. Before commencing 10
milk the mixer should cleanse ia
hands and alp on q clean suit aad eab.
which are used Tor 20 other partoss
and which may Be easily washed lie
should always milk with dry haess
and never aiiov bis hands 10 eoms ~
contact with ths milk Missouri psl
ryman.