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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-05-01
The Times Changeth.

Since the last issue of The Ranch
reached it's readers, remarkable po-
litical change has been made in the
United States Senate. Senators Hale
of Maine, and Aldrich, of Rhode Is
land, have both announced that they
will not seek re- election. Their ter ms
expire in March of next year. This
removes the last two Of the famous
"big six" senators, who have control
ed the policy of the great Republican
party during the past quarter of a
century. Both are old men and give
as a reason, that that they do not
care for reelection. A more probable
reason for their retirement is the fact
that the country has outgrown their
ideas of political economy. The past
ten years has seen wonderful awaken
ing IN the public conscience, and po-
litical questions are becoming acute.
Economic questions which were con-
sidered trivial thirty years ago, when
these men were fresh In Congress have
changed their aspects among think
ing people, and trickery then lightly
considered, will not be tolerated today.
of things has passed away. and the
old party leaders do not keep pace
with the political developments of
the people at large.
1t is fact we'll known to students
that the last people to see a change in
economic questions are those most
closely connected with these great
questions. The mass of people are
usually far ahead of the leaders IN
demanding change in politics, and the
old time leaders are the last to see
the change. In the House, Speaker
Cannon has practically been shorn of
his power, and will disappear from
public life. Exactly the same reason
applies to him as to Senators Hale
and Aldrich.
The simple fact is that new era
has opened in American public life.
Moral questions long dormant are
of vital Importance today. The peo-
pie are aroused today as they have
never been over such questions as
the liquor question the conservation
of natural resources; the building of
better loads; the safe guarding of
public funds; the transportation
question, the tax question; the pub
lie school question. All these are
studied by the people, but among no
people so much as among the agri-
cultural classes. The independence
of the American farmer makes him a
leader on these questions, and he has
a public duty to perform in under
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-05-01

The Western Washington Fair AS.
ISOLATION will be held in Seattle, Sept.
- to %. This promises to be the
best ever held. Not only are the
daily and livestock prizes large, but
the poultry department is going to be
one of the best.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-05-01

Fred A. johnson of Tacoma, one of
the best known and most successful
poultrymen in this state, has issued
new mating circular. This shows the
stock he has for sale and the price of
them. These are all from Mr.. John
sons prize winning birds, and any
one wanting fine stock would do we'll
to write to him.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-05-01

President Taft is said to be highly
pleased at the retirement of Senators
Aldrich and Hale. He sees that by
the retirement of these reactionists,
that the progressive legislature, de-
handed by the party can now be Sc
cured.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-05-01

King County Pomona Grange at it's
last quarterly meeting, adopted strong
resolutions favorIng the Wisconsin
dairy law, so far as it concerned the
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-05-01
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:

standing them and casting his ballot
intelligently. "The old order chang
eth, but the leaders changeth not.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01
SOME DETAILS OF
"THE GREAT DIVIDE

No one who desires to encourage
the management to bring the best
that is going in the way of theatrical
entertainment should fail to attend
the offering at the Oregon theatre to-
night. "The Great Divide is counted
as one of the really great plays of the
past few years and presented, as it
will be then, by a splendid company,
will provide an evening of thorough
enjoyment. "The Great Divide" ach-
ieved a brilliant success from its very
first performance, has broken all rec
ords in point of financial success. II
ran for more than six hundred per-
fcrmances at the Princess and Days
theatres, New York City, and was
brought back for a return engagement
and played to capacity business.
"The Great Divide" has been cor
rectly termed the "long awaited great
American play" The subject treated
by Mr.. Moody in 1.-The Great Divide"
naturally is the best one upon which
a vitality interesting play can be writ
ten-the mutual love and romance of
a man and woman. The vital interest
of this play lies in the strfkingly or
iginal yet thoroughly logicaI and con-
vincing way in which the theme is
treated. The man, Stephen Ghent.
the leading male character is a son OF
the mountains and plains, fearless
and care free product of the bound
less west The woman, Ruth Jorden,
the heroine of the story, is a dau-
ghter of circumscribed community
of an old civilization and culture,
These strangely contrasted natures,
by that mysterious law of human at
traction and repulsion that cannot
be explained by words, but which is
as fateful as the movement of the
universe, are drawn to each other and
held together inexorably to the end.
But before their romance and mar
tial relations are adjusted and their
lives harmonized, there is period of
intolerance and antipathy represent
ing that evolution of mutual soul
awakening and mental development
which forms the heart of Mr.. Moody's
drama. The settings of the play are
singularly appropriate to its subject
matter. The first scene represents
modest ranch house in Arizona; the
second a plateau-"The roof of the
world'-high up in the Cordillera
mountains: and the third; the par
lor of an old colonial home in Milford
Corners. Massachusetts,. The splen-
did scenic investiture and painstak-
ing presentation help to emphasize
the keynote OF. the play-the spirit Of
the untrammelled west in conflict
with the spirit of the established
east The management has provid-
ed a carefully selected company to
present "The Great Divide" here with
the splendid production precisely as
given for over 600 nights before leav-
ing New York. The prices will be
$3.50, s1,OO and 75c.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01
AUTHOR BRANDS GOTHAM
AS KING OF INSOLENCE

New York.-"We live today in the
most insolent city in the world-the
city OF New York"
f. Hopkinson Smith, the author.
eulogizing the chivalry of the "old
southern gentleman" before the 700
members OF the New York Southern
Society in the Hotel Astor, deplored
the conditions which he claimed pre-
vailed here today
why one can hardly get a descent
answer from a street car conductor,
a policeman or an official in New
York CITY," he continued. IL do not
mean to be absurd. There are doubt
less thousands who are as courteous
as one could desire, but II Is not now a
matter of blood as il is with our peo-
pie.
"Materiallsm." he declared, sis
rampant II pervades even our old
time social relations. Now II man
drops into the office of his friend for
a moments chat, he must gossip with
a stenographer ou one side and sec
retary on the other.
What has become of the old-time
chat over the long-necked bottle? ?
Where has the spirit of southern plan
tation hospitality gone-the admira-
ton and Difference and respects for
women-the cordial relations between
host and hostess? All have passed
away for the sake of the dollar"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01
MINER FALLS INTO
BOWELS OF THE EARTH

Boise, Idaho.-Authentic reports Of
the horrible death of c. Z. Bell, an
Idaho miner, who was plunged 1900
feet into the crater of an extinct and
isolated volcano near the headwaters
of the Bruneau river, 100 miles south
Of Boise, has reached here, brought
in by miners.
The tragedy took place last Monday.
Bell and two companions were pros
pecting at the time. The former out
distances the two others and reached
the crater first. Before his friends
could warn him, Bell had started to
walk over bridge of snow at the side
of the volcanoes mouth. He failed to
hear the warnings of his companions,
and peered over the edge into the
crater. Slipping, he fell headlong
with scream into the volcano in
sight Of his friends.
A rescue party lowered one of its
members 200 feet into the crater by
rope. When pulled back the volun-
teer rescuer reported no sight of Bell
and said that the next landing was
400 feet below where he had stopped.
Bell is we'll known in Boise mining
circles.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01
HAD SWORD HIDDEN
IN HIS TROUSERS

New York-Lorenzo Moraldi limp
ed so piteously as he moved along
Mulberry street near Grand, that Po-
liceman Hayden, who had a kind
heart, made sympathetic inquiries as
to his affliction, but as he patted Lo-
renzo on the back his hand hit some
thing hard.
Thereupon he reached inside Loren
zo's vest and drew out wicked look
ing sword at least four feet long and
sharpened to razor edge. The wea-
pom had been concealed in Lorenzo 5
trouser leg, the point at his heel and
the hilt reaching to the small Of the
back.
In the Tombs court, Lorenzo said
he'd been on the way to a masquerade
ball. Then he told some other story,
and was held in $500 bail.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01
Saved n Soldiers Life.

Facing death from shot and shell
in the civil war was more agreeable
to j. A. Stone OF Kemp. Tex, than
facing 1t from what doctors said was
consumption. 81 contracted a stub
born cold" he writes, that developed
n cough, that stuck to me in spite of
all remedies for years. My weight
ran down to 100 pounds. Then 1 be-
gan to use DR.. Kings New Discovery,
which completely cured me. I now
weigh IT'S pounds For coughs,
colds, la grippe, asthma, hemmorr-
hage, hoarseness, Group. whooping
cough and lung trouble, it is supreme.
soc, 81. Trial bottle free. Guaran-
teed by Tallman & Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01
BIG HARVESTER COMBINE
INVADES LAND OF CZAR

st. Petersburg.-The United States
Harvester company of New York has
just purchased factory near Mos
COW from the Air Brake company for
a price of 100000 roubles. The fac
tory has been idle for some time. The
harvester company recently resolved
to acquire it and fit it up with the
latest American machinery.
The factory, which is one Of the
largest in Russia, is situated 20 miles
southwest of Moscow.
Mr.. Burr A, Kennedy has arrived
in Moscow to fit up the plant for the
Harvester company He is an expert
in machinery and will have under
him a number of skilled American
workmen from the company's numer-
Gus plants in the United States
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01

phases of modern life, which are con-
sidered questionable from a Christian
viewpoint.
Among the many phases of our
complex modern life thus analyzed
are: The weekend party, decay. of
home life. modern manners. the young
man of today, vanity Of weddings, os-
tentation of funerals, charity "func-
tions." church parade. novels and
novelists, pernicious pictures, picture
postcards, cinematorgraph shows, de-
moralizing periodicals, sales cata-
logues, Incorporate women, non-ob-
servance of Sunday
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01
STEALS IN TOWN At
NIGHT TO LAY TRACK
NORTH COAST ATTEMPTS
TO STEAL A MARCH
Kennewick Surprised Saturday Night
BY Sudden Attempt Of Big Crew to
Lay Road In Heart of City-Prop-
erty Owners Get Injunction by Tcle-
phone TO Stop Work.

Kennewick. Wash, March This
result OF an attempt by the North
Coast railroad to lay tracks on Front
street in the heart Of the business Sec
ton Saturday night.
Descending on the town from Kio-
ma, Washington, at seven o'clock Sat
urday night with a force OF one hun
dred men and 35 teams, contractors
for the North Coast hurriedly began
laying tracks through Front street de-
spite the objections OF property own
ers.
Northern Pacific officials learning
Of the operations rushed 100 men
from Pasco to Kennewick by special
train and blocked the effort of the
North Coast to cross their tracks at
Seventh street.
Injunction Is Secured.
Directing property owners along
the street shortly before midnight
Saturday secured a temporary injunc-
ton, by wire from Superior Judge
Holcomb at Prosser, but did not sue
ceed in stopping the work until early
this morning, because 1t was neces-
sary to serve papers on every mem
ber Of the working force before work
was stopped.
Damage suits against the North
Coast were filed at Prosser Just be-
fore midnight Saturday night by at
torneys for affected property owners
This latest move of the North
Coast is believed to mean the extern
sion Of the line into North Yakima.
Franchises for right OF way secured
three years ago through Kennewick
by the North Coast have expired.
Excitement Runs High.
Excitement in this city is at high
pitch over the action of the North
Coast officials. The contractors in
charge of the work last night are Es-
baugh Bruce & Co... Of Spokane.
A franchise granting the North
Coast rights of way down Front street
between Washington and Seventh
streets was given by the city council
here January 8, 1907. Terms Of the
franchise required that work be COM
menced within thirty days and that
trains be operating within 16 months.
NOtnlng was uOne uutll ldSt night
when the force from Kiona was rush.
ed here and operations commenced
over all objections. Superior Judge
Holcomb fixed time for hearing the
restraining order for March at Pros
ser.
The contractors in charge OF the
work here communicated with Rob-
ert Strahorn in Spokane when their
work was stopped by injunction and
1t is understood that he agreed will
ingly to cease operations
w. NJ. Saxton, in charge OF the ma
terial yards of the Strahorn road, said
today that "this little work here
means the early completion of our
line from Alfalfa to North Yakima" !"
Continuing he said that the North
Coast had only about 5000 ties to lay
between Alfalfa and the Columbia
river and that these would be put
down early In the spring. He pre-
dicted that Strahorn would have the
road in operation from the Column
bia river to North Yakima by April.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01
Owl Rides Rnr Home.

North Yakima, Wash.-when Mar
tin Conway of North Yakima went
hunting today he took with him fine
retriever. Three miles from town he
shot an owl, breaking one wing. The
dog went into the brush after it. but
came out moment later with the
owl on It's neck and struck out for
home, four miles away. The owl rode
the dog, through brush and across
the river, only to be killed by Mrs.
Conway with her kitchen mop, when
the journey was ended.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01
An Awful Eruption

OF a volcano exctes brief interest and
your interest in skin eruptions will be
as short, If you use Bucklen's Arnica
Salve. their quickest cure. Even the
worst boils. ulcers, or fever sores are
soon healed by it. Best for burns,
cuts. bruises, sore lips, chapped
hands, chilblains and piles 1t gives
instant relief. Csc at Tallman & Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01
DON'T GET RUN DOWN

or bladder trouble, Dull head pains, DlxEi-
ness, Nervousness. Pains In the back, and
feel tired all over, get package OF Mother
Gray's AUSTRALIAN-LEAF, the pleasant
herb cure Ii never fails. We have many
testimonials from grateful peopIe who have
used this wonderful remedy. As a regu.
lator II has no equal. Ask ror Mother
Gray's Australian Leaf at Druggists or
sent by mail for so cts. Sample FREE.
Address, The Mother Gray Co., lie Roy.
N Y
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01
A Swollen Jaw

is not pretty nor pleasant. Whether
it's caused by neuralgia. toothache,
or accident, Ballard's Snow Liniment
will reduce the swelling and relieve
the pain. The great and sure cure
for rheumatism, cuts, burns, bruises,
scalds-any and all aches and pains.
Sold by \. C. Koeppen & Bros.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01
ATTACK vANITIEs OF LIFE.
English Churchman on Ostentation
and Decay of the, Home

London.-The vanities of twentieth
century life are attacked in a remark
able book just published. entitled
''The Church and Life of Today"
written by several bishops and high
church dignitaries. Their reverences
have been inquiring into certain
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01

New and second hand furniture at
the lowest prices ever made in Pen
dleton, Call in before house cleaning
time. Pendleton Furniture Co., W.
R. Graham, mgr. Ingram's old gro
cery stand.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01

We can grind you a new tense In a
few minutes. Bring your broken lens
to us Hanscom's jewelry store.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01

Plenty OF good clean coal at Bur.
coughs Phone Main 6.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-01-25

tails in connection with the proposed tourney to the north pole by airship. planned by Count Zeppelin and him self
 We intend to explore the entire arctic circle" said Prof. Hergesell. Two airships, which will be con- structed by Count Zeppelin, are to be used on the expedition. One is to be left at a relief station in Spitzbergen. The other is to be used in making the excursions. We will keep in touch with the relief station by means of wireless telegraphy.
 Tn a few days l will start for Ger many to prepare for the expedition. Count Zeppelin is to begin work on the large airship within year and we will then begin the trip as soon as con- ditions permit
 From Cross bay, near where a SUD- ply station is to be established, to the north pole, over Spitzbergen. is approx imately SG0 miles. With favorable winds the trip can be made in thirty to forty hours, or perhaps less time.
 The run to the pole will be really a secondary matter. The principal ob- ]ect Of the expedition is to gather reli- able scientific data of the arctic re- glons We plan to study meteorologi- cal conditions, make deep-sea sound Pngs and survey the arctic belt. and es- peclally the regions to the north of greenland and Francis Josephs bay, of which so little is known"
 Prof. Hergesell says that many diffi- cuitles will have to be overcome if ne expedition is to meet with suc- cess' One of the main problems is to epiehlsh the airship with gas. Several P'atons for that purpose will be es- "olshed' The almost continuous oggy eather in the arctic belt offers
 Serlous obstacle to the explorers. Hhother problem is to make accurate PpserVatlons as to directions, as the iuihary Instruments are useless in the lclnity of the pole.
 we lear nothing said the profes- ot' We are confident of complete uccesS' providing the development of nships goes forward as fast as we nuclpate It is essential that i'm. ,o'emeAts be made in the dirigible. r,noush It Is not impossible that Zep.
 in Ill., as the counts latest airship
 an nnown' could make the trip.
 me alrship which is to sail over
The Prescott daily news., 1910-01-25
Oh. Fearful!

Among the scrapbooks of the late Clyde Fitch is one devoted to foreign english.
 Under the heading of Oriental Eng. fish in the volume there is an amusing clipping from a Siamese paper that had an English column for foreign readers. The clipping runs:
 Shooting Outrage 70 Fearful Agony.
 "Khoon Tong was man of Lan. goon and on his return accidentally shot at by some miscreant scoudrels Untimely death, oh fearful! All men expressed their mourn. The coward ice dogs is still at large"
The Prescott daily news., 1910-01-25
Rolled,

The distinguished guest of the eve ming, as was his custom, reached the banquet hall at late hour, and wound his way amidst the tables to the speakers table, lowing gracefully to the applause which greeted him. As usual, he was just in time to take his place on the program.
 After the toastmaster had in- troduced him he arose and began his remarks by stating that he was re- minded of an anecdote, which he told. To his surprise. the anecdote was re- ceived with but few diffident laughs. He tried another anecdote, with the same result, and another and another. All met the same fate. At this june ture the toastmaster tugged his coat. tails and whispered:
 The other speakers told all those stories before you came"
The Prescott daily news., 1910-01-25
STARTS FIGHT FOR LIBERTY
F. Augustus Heinze Begins Battle Tn Court on Day Friend Morse En-
 ters Prison.

New York.-On the day Charles w. Morse entered the federal prison at Atlanta, his former friend and associ. ate, F. Augustus Heinze, began legal battle in the United States circuit court here to avoid a similar fate.
 Surrounded by strong array of legal talent Heinze gave notice that he intends to put up just as hard a battle as did Morse or John R. Walsh, the Chicago banker, who now faces term in prison. Heinze, like the others always as been a fighter. He beat the Standard Oil crowd in the great copper battle and was crowned copper king" Heinze started as newsboy in Brooklyn and knows what hard knocks mean. The charges against Heinze are similar to those against Morse. involving the failure of banks in which he was interested
The Prescott daily news., 1910-01-25

the pole will be about 45O feet long With aluminium frame, 30 to 95 gas chambers. and carrying a capacity of 50 persons" Prof. Hergesell says that probably 12 men will go.
 Commander Peary has not been in. vited to accompany the expedition.
 The German government it is ex- pected, will finance the expedition.
 Kaiser Wilhelm is taking a personal interest in the proposed trip and the German nation is looking on the enter prise with spirit of national pride.
 Prince Albert of Monaco. the multi- millionaire ruler of that principalitv. famed as the seat of the Monte Carlo gambling palace, is to be one of the arctic argonauts. He has for years taken an interest in scientific explora- tions and is a close friend of the kaiser.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-01-25
Ultra Conservatism.

I'm willin to vote fer the appropri- ation of ten million dollars to build a battleship," says Hon. MT. Crosslots, but on condition that it be con- structed in Kansas"
 Tn Kansas," shouts the sponsor of the bill, Why. you blamed fool, if we built battleship in Kansas, how would we get it to the ocean?"
 That's jest the pint. If we invest all that money in battleship we hadn't ought to take any chances on it being sunk or shot to pieces"
The Prescott daily news., 1910-01-25
Finally Serued the Paper

when the papal secretary reappeared on the surface of the water, after . plunge, the bailiff was before the min- isterial officer to place the paper un- der the nose of his eminence. But the cardinal, who is an excellent swim. mer, made dive. disappeared, and next took refuge in bathhouse, closing the door behind him.
 A half hour later his eminence was breakfasting at restaurant. The re- past ended. he asked for his bill. The garcon brought it to him and upon the same plate the cardinal found the official paper. The garcon was no other than the bailiff. His last trick had succeeded. The paper was served.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-01-25
Pipes from Gourds.

Through the office of the foreign plant introduction, the United States department of agriculture has shown a very useful plant in the calabash gourd. The demand for gourds is now great deal above the supply, pipe, bowls being made from the fantastic shaped gourd. The plant came from South Africa, and it was found that it would grow very well in this coun- try. The calabash greatly resembles the meerschaum, so popular in Ger many. It is claimed that the Boers first used the gourds for pipe bowls The gourds take on very high polish and give a cool, sweet, smoke. They also color the same way as a meer- schaum does. The gourds are nearly always the same size and shape.