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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-02
PEACE OR WAR?

For Umatilla county the outlook is
most auspicious. The county is free
from debt and has an assessed valu-
alton that makes it possible for the
county to maintain good schools, con-
struct good roads, build permanent
bridges and provide other improve
ments. The county is just entering
upon a period of closer settlement and
development A spirit of progress is
in the air and people are getting to
work in unison for the advancement
OF all sections of the county. Out of
this boosting spirit crystalized the
move for county publicity bureau.
1t is a move that is meeting with gen.
eral approval and if adopted will do
much towards taking this county for
ward and it will be especially bene-
ficial to the irrigated sections of the
county.
Why spoil this satisfactory situation
by throwing the county into the strife
and turmoil incident to a county d.
vision fight? Why turn communities
against communities and breed bitter
animosities that will rankle for years
and will hinder the progress and de-
velopment Of this section Of the state.
Let US 90 without a fight" say
the Miltonites. But Pendleton and
the other portions Of Umatllla county
cannot do that. They cannot agree
to such proposition any more than
could the north have acquiesced in the
peaceful secession of the southern
states.
U If for no other reason, Pendleton
must fight county division because
facts show that the bulk Of the ter
ritory proposed for Orchard" coun-
ty does not want to secede from Una
tilla county. Athena and Weston do
not want to secede. Those towns
know that TO be included in "or-
chard" county would mean for them
increased taxation. loss Of business
and general inconvenience. This be-
ing the case can Pendleton<with hon
or consent to the division OF the
county on the lines proposed by the
"orchard" county bill? Certainly not
Pendleton is as a father to Athena
and Weston. This town would be an
unnatural parent If It allowed Athena
and Weston to be included in the new
county against their will. 1t is up to
Pendleton to fight for that country
and this city will do so-as a father
for his children. II Mr.. Neal and his
associates think they can put their
scheme through without a fight they
have reckoned wrong. II they con-
tinue with their plan they will find
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-02
THE WHITE sUNBoNNET.

The clearing is little and rough and
brown,
With jagged stumps where the axe
descended
A spring, where the scar leaves eddy
down,
And narrow passes by briars de-
Tended
The cabin stands on the forests edge,
The window shines with the light
upon it
And over the twisted wild-grape hedge
l see the CLEAN of white sunbon-
net
Her hair is dark as the veil of night,
Her cheek is brown with the suns
caressing;
Her eyes pure as the taper light
The foot of the Virgin almost press
ing:
Her lips are sweet us the half-shut
rose
She graced this morn when she
stopped to don it,
glows-
My woodland girl of the white sun
bonnet.
My axe strikes keen and sure on the
tree
AS l shout aloud with joyous spir-
it,
The hut l builded for her and me,
And paradise blossoms in and near
it,
l set the window within the wall
She hemmed the curtain that flut-
ters on it
Tomorrow. the last sweet touch of all,
l shall drive the peg for her white
sunbonnet.
Dick Fargo, in Pacific Monthly.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-02
Be sure you are counted.
ASKING TOO MUCH.

While delivering an address at a
woman's club, Mrs. Colt (nee Barry
more) told the story Of a young wo-
man prominent in New York society
who desired to achieve histrionic hon
ors.
The manager to whom she confid-
ed her desire pointed out the inadvis-
ability Of the step she contemplated,
and added that even were he dispos-
ed to give her the chance she coveted
he would still be in doubt whether
her talents were such as to Justify
such an action on his part.
What is particularly desired by us
at the present time" he said, "is the
service Of people who know the me-
chanics Of the stage"
"Merciful heavens!" exclaimed the
young woman, throwing up her hands.
You don't mean to tell me that it is
necessary that I should be on terms
Of intimacy with those dreadful stage
hands s?"-Lippincott's..
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-02
o O O CURES
C1e o. O1. nEUNsATISM

ua mpuiy gets into the circulation aboo usually because
spaicn kidneys other Then the blood
comes weak and sour and irritating yao Eat ao od in s vital mud
nosmn to the different muscles ndons nerves and gmens the body
Instead constantly
Rheumatism Inments relieve the
therefore
that s.
fammaoy matter noush
the blood
Rheuma
purely vegetable tonic Rheumatism
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-02

On the big trip up the county and
tn Walla Walla Wednesday Pendleton
should send the strongest delegation
available. 1t will be an important
trip. Big things are underway up
there and Pendleton should make its
position clear with respect to the pub
licity plan and other matters that are
up. Get ready to go along and to
work for the advancement of united
Umatilla county.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-02
\ "SURE-THING" POET.

Poets, as a rule are not good busi-
ness men. but an exception is one of
a little group of young writers and
artists who dine every evening to-
gether and talk shop. The poet very
often reads the verses he has COM
posed. and some times the comments
are not exactly flattering. That's
rotten" exclaimed the artist on hear
ing one of these effusions recently
'T'l bet you IS I can sell 1t to n
magazine" replied the poet.
The wager was made and the artist
lost. Since that the poet has made
several similar bets with his scoffing
friends and has won them all. He
was chuckling over It to an outsider
the other day. you must have Won
derful confidence in the merit of your
work" said the"rank outsider.
confidence nothing" laughed the
poet. 81 couldn't lose l never read
a poem to those fellows until have
first sold it!-New York Sun.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-02
MOST FAMOUS AMERICAN.

One conclusion seems to be almost
universally accepted, by friend and
foe alike; Mr.. Roosevelt is the fore
most and most famous of living Am
orleans. If. this were not realized be-
fore, it is now. His trip is marked
by demonstrations of interest, admir-
alton and respect SURPRISING anything
of the sort ever before shown. Ger
tainly no such honors were ever paid
a citizen of the United States travel
ing abroad. General Grant, on his
memorable tour of the world with
high military and civic. prestige be-
hind him, was everywhere greeted
with cordiality by official personages
Not only do those high in official place
vie with one another in honoring
Roosevelt, but the mass of the people
are alive to his personality and his
fame and delight to give him the
homage of their acclaim. Crowds in
the streets, at railway stations, on
quays, in theatres, wherever he ap-
pears, in Egypt, italy France, Aus
tria I write as the tour is in pro-
gress). testify to the fact that this
American, in sdne way or other, has
managed to impress himself upon the
consciousness of people who are gen.
orally quite Indifferent to all that
goes on within or comes from out the
great Western republic. Even those
who must be regarded as woefully
ignorant of America, its affairs and
personages, seem to have heard of
Roosevelt, to know that he is called
Teddy" and to be fairly familiar with
some of his other characteristics and
rroundings.-From "The Home.
Coming of Roosevelt" by Walter Well
man, in the American Review of Re-
views for May.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-02

acterized South America during re-
cent years.--From "South American
Progress and Prospects" by Albert
Hale. in the American Review of Re-
views for NAV.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-02

The Milton-Freewater country is a
splendid district There is no dispute
as to that. 1t is one of the reasons
why Umatilla county does not want
to lose that territory.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-02
FOR SALE

northern
in
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and
furniture has stock
half n
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E. T. WADE
flee in Americ tonaIB Bank dleton,o ore
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-02

"I foolishly pointed out to my girl
just where | was unworthy of her"
"Well?"
"She and her mother have started
right in to effect the necessary i'm
provements."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-02
\ SAMPLE OF THE COST.

Those who profess to believe that
the creation of Orchard" county
would not increase taxation in the
east end country are asked to read
of the effect county division had up
on the taxes E. A. Schiffler pays on
his Hood River property. AS shown
by story published elsewhere in this
issue the creation of Hood River coun-
ty caused an immediate advance of
61.4 per cent in the taxes which Mr..
Schiller has to pay. The last year
his property was in Wasco county his
Hood River taxes amounted to
$3.50. The first year of Hood River
county increased his taxes to s13S, an
increase of $3.50 on the same iden-
teal property. This is a fact that is
shown by the records. 1t is not an
estimate made for campaign pur-
poses. Before they join ,he move
ment for the carving up of Umatilla
county the people of the east end and
especially the farmers of that section
should count the cost that division
will mean to them.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-02

Mrs..-You're a deceiving brute!
Mr.-Why, darling! What do you
mean?
Mrs.-Didn't you quit drinking on
New Years Day? And here you are
fixing up fishing excursion the min
ute warm weather arrives!
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-02

The Umatilla Indians are a conten-
tious lot. They don't want to be en-
umerated. They don't want public
roads across the reservation and they
object to the governments system of
paying them their rent money.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-02

Keep the count going. We have an
extension of time.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-02

The Dutch were most too many
for the strenuous colonel.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-02

Two roads up the Deschuees would
have been better than one.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-02
GALL FOR WARRANTS.

All road fund warrants registered
from the first day Of July. 1909. To
the first day of April, 1910. will be
paid at my office in the county court
mousse upon presentation. Interest
ceased upon date Of publication.
Dated Pendleton, Ore, April n
isio. @. w. BRADLEY.
County Treasurer.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-02

THAT woman did all her own
work.
Just fancy!"
Eyes. that was it. Just fancy
work"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-02

Dost thou love life? Then do not
squander time, for that is the stuff
life is made of.-Franklin
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-02
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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-11-18
LIVE STOCK

SymbOleer, the Angus cham
piOn steer, and other ariStocratic
cattle from the Kansas State Ag-
ricultural College, will be shown
In the International Live Stock
Exposition next month in Chica-
go. SymbOleer and his record are
particularly. interesting in one
respect; that is that the animal
was bred at the college and fed
there by the college students. In
deed, nearly all the cattle to be
shown by the college at Chicago
are college bred, a very impOr-
tant point.
SymbOleer was the champion
calf at the International at Chica.
60 two years ago. lie was the
champion yearling last year in
the same show, and the reserve
grand champion of America. SYM
bOleer was grand champion last
year and this year at the Inter-
state Fat Stock Show in st. JOS
eph, and he was the champion of
his class last year and this year
at the American Royal in Kansas
City, giving him a record of win
ming the highest hOnOrs every
time he has entered the ring.
No steer except SymbOleer has
ever won two championships in
the International. SymbOleer has
won two and is in the running fCl
the third. This fine animal is tvC
years old now, and weighs. 1,73O
pounds. Fed by the students of
the Kansas State Agricultural
College, he is a living demOnstra-
ton of what there is in Kansas
corn and alfalfa.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-11-18

Heavy supplies Of sheep and
lambs are telling on the. market
which closed last week feebly,
and is IL to 10 lower today, run
$4,000 head. Best lambs bring
$50 today, yearlings 400, weth-
erS 4.35, ewes 400. The feeding
lambs also broke 70 to 81 cents,
and now sell at SIS to $50. The
market is suffering from the boz
gle effects of the presumably big
number on feed all over the corn
belt. Packers have nothing on
hand, as their purchases during
the season Of extraordinary big
runs we have had have been very
light, big bulk of the stuff go
ing to the feeders. The market
will be on a pivot when the fed
stuff starts, very sensitive, to
t e volume of each days run.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-11-18

nitrogen taken from the air, it
Is priced in crop rotations. An OBJ
stacle, however, in the way of its
wide use in such alterations has
been found in the unique fact thai
comparatively few have had the
courage to pillow up good stands
and thus it is permitted to occupy
the same lands indefinitely, very
commonly ten or twelve years,
while fields have been known to
yield continuously for 100 years
from one seeding, which suggests
its longevity. Besides enriching
the soil, the growth and decay Of
its fibrOuS roots add humuS to
the land, improving its physical
condition.
Alfalfa is comparatively d new
plant to American agriculture but
already in the middle west it has
made for itself a permanent place
in husbandry, where it has mater
tally increased the output of tame
hay, stimulated dairying especial
ly, and given impetus to stock
raising generally, which has and
always will be one of the para
mount industries.
As an example of its benefi-
cence the experience of Kansas is
striking. KanSanS were among
the first of those east of the
Rocky mountains to rightly estab-
llSh it's worth. 1t was so late,
however, as 1891 that it first re-
ceived official notice by the
State Board of Agriculture, that
year marking the beginning of its
statistical record, but now the
state is far and away the leader
in its growing, having a million
acres. Her farmers having had
such success Kansas is popularity
regarded as Americas Alfalfa Elk
pertinent Station. Bordering the
Missouri river on the east and
extending 400 miles west toward
the Rocky mountains, a wide va
riety in soils and other conditions
is presented, but alfalfa is all the
way grown successfully, thus dem
Onstrating a general adaptability
1t has greatly increased the state
output of tame hay, which in 1881
was worth two million dollars an(
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-11-18
Value of Corn and Wheat Land.

The bureau OF statistics OF the
department Of agriculture, in a
recent publication, announce some
curious facts with reference to
the estimated value of lands de-
voted to the production of corn
and wheat. The figures are on
estimates made in 1908. The av-
erage value of lands of the Unit
ed States growing wheat is Civ
en- as $44 per acre, while corn
land is worth $48. The highest
valuation is on the corn land Of
Illinois, the figure being 500,
while Florida corn land trails at
the end of the procession at $1l.
The corn lands of the ten princi-
pal states of the Mississippi val
l.. ..,,,1- oo HolIou-c.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-11-18
Weekly Market Letter.

Kansas City, Nov. 7.-Reduc-
ed supplies of cattle the firsa
days Of last week resulted in
stronger prices up to and includ-
ing Wednesday, but the run was
heavier than the estimates every
day after Tuesday, which inject
ed Encouragement into the mark
ct, and the close of the week
found beef steers Is to 80 lower.
butcher cattle 10 to Is lower and
stockers and feeders weak to Is
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-11-18

lower. Packers coolers are said
to be empty, as killers have made
no attempt to stock up during
the season Of heavy runs for the
reason that plenty Of fed beef is
in sight for the winter. While
this may be true, it puts the kill
erS at a disadvantage, and indi
Gates a more or less uneven mark
ct during the winter months. 1t
calls for aStute marketing, and
the shipper who can manage to
get in on the days of slim re-
ceiptS will get a premium. The
run is 1900 head today, a big
increase from any recent Mon
day, and the market is strong.
1t will take the rest of October
to clean up the range offerings,
but each week sees them declin-
ing in quality, and a great pro-
portion of trash included. The
fed cattle will have it their own
way completely in a short time.
AT present the sixty day steers
are selling at 1915 to 6.25. and
the four months steers at 6.25 to
SIS, and it'takes long fed steers
to bring 700 or upwards. with
$50 probably the limit. The best
here today brought 700, top last
week 1885, paid for yearlings.
Cows sell at $50 to 800, can
ners 2.S5, up to $40, bulls 1926
to $50, calves 400 to S.25, stock
steers $50 to 800, feeders 4.25
to 5.25, some fancy feeders above
this.
Hogs closed last week thirty
cents lower than close Of previous
week on an average. Diagnosed,
the decline is more than that on
light weights, and considerably
less on. heavy hogs, which two
classes have been travelling to-
ward each other during the past
week. Liberal marketing of the
light weights at eastern points is
the cause, and traders predict a
still further narrowing of the
price range. They also predict
lower prices, and say that the
market will not be settled till il
has dropped below the ieght dol
lar mark for the best. The run
today is 1000 head, market 5 to
10 lower on most sales, but the
close was better with the loss re.
gained. Heavy hogs sold at SOC
to 9.20. medium weights 500 tt
$40, lights 1886 to S.45.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-11-18
The Farmers Opportunity With
Alfalfa.

No agricultural community can
afford to ignore alfalfa. 1t pro-
vides the material for economical
live stock husbandry, for both
growth and maintenance, as well
as being an invaluable adjunct for
fattening, and is a most valuable
soil renovatOr and imprOver. As
forage plant it is the most valu-
able known to agriculture, and
although it is being grown on en-
larging areas it is Of such uncOm-
mon merit as to deserve a far
more general dissemination. Those
who know it best are convinced
that alfalfa will grow, with vary
ing degrees as to thrift to be.
sure, in every one of the United
States, and in Canada. Hence it
is not wide of the mark to say,
speaking broadly, that the Amer
lean farmer without alfalfa is so
through his own fault rather
than through any fault of loca-
ton or climatic conditions.
Timothy and clover have been
long and favorably known as hay
plants and occupy high and well
deserved places as such, wher-
ever grown, but by those having
experience with them, alfalfa is
found superior. 1t is not only a
perennial having unusual powers
of resistance to dry weather, as
compared with timothy and the
biennial clOvers of less fortitude,
but annually yields from two to
three times as much feed of equal
or greater nutritive elements.
Yielding profitably, whether the
season be wet or dry, it is ready
insurance against the empty NOW
or manger, and its continuous pro
ducing year after year from one
seeding is an advantage readily
recognized in comparison with
the small crops which must be la
boriOusly prepared for by plow-
ing, narrowing and seeding each
season.. not to mention the cost of
the seed which in some instances
is lost, as well as the labor. Ow-
ing to its great fertilizing powers
by means of storing in the soil
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-11-18

Dakota, fifty-two; Kansas, forty
eight; OklthOma, fOrty-three;
Iowa, fOrty-two; Illinois, thirty
seven; Missouri, twenty-nme.
Rhode Island and Vermont each
have three acre fields, while five
states produce no cOrn.-Ex.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-11-18

III 1JVJ over fourteen mllllOn uOf
lars. The value Of products Of
live stock has more than doubled
in that time, and dairying has
attained added prominence. An
other important feature is that
alfalfa flOurishes in many lOcali-
ties where other tame hay plants
do not prosper. Thirty years ago
the growing of tame grasses and
clover in Kansas was practically
limited TO the eastern third of the
state; now, the counties having
the larger areas in alfalfa are in
the central third. Hence. It's i'm
pOrtance to such a section is more
than the making of two blades of
grass grow where but one grew
before, for there they previously
had no tame hay plant of any
kind, and even where the clOvers
thrived the sowing of alfalfa has
been greatly increased.
This experience shows what ac-
tually has been done with alfalfa
in one state If suggests that
the Kansas example might not
only be duplicated elsewhere but
followed with profit in well-nigh
every farming community, as on
Iy two conditions of soil seem to
naturally be against the plant
one a soil too wet, and the other
a land too sour. Drainage will
correct the first, and lime the lat
ter.
No matter where located, or I'M
der what conditions, the husband
man unacquainted with alfalfa
should experiment with it; it pos
SeSses so many desirable qualities
he cannot afford to 90 without if
its raising is possible. Outlines
when a first sowing fails a sec
ond on the same ground has sue
ceeded, as the first infected the
soil with the needed bacteria.
Properly cured alfalfa hay, say,
with corn silage, gives nearly per-
feet ration, needing little grain
in addition, and its leafy portions,
pound for pound, are worth al
most as much as wheat bran. Of
the three substances of the ra-
ton, protein, carbohydrates and
fats, protein is the most expen-
Sive, and this the alfalfa supplies;
the other two maybe added in
corn or kaffir corn, thus forming
a balanced feed that for economy
and efficiency scarcely has a sup
eriOr. 1t is owing to this that
many outside the surplus prOduc-
ing territory are finding it profit
able to import alfalfa hay. The
call for the hay is constantly be-
coming more and more insiStent,
opening up well-nigh limitless mar
kets. Several years ago the mar
ket exchanges did not list alfalfa
hay, but since conditions forced
its recognition it has ranged high
er in daily quotations. than has
any other, and its use on farms
where raised, which is infinitely
the more profitable market-place,
is increasing rapidly.
F. D. COburn.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-11-18

A well located quarter section
of land in Rush county; all good
level farm land; part in cultiva-
ton and in crop. Let us show
you this. Price $4,000.
Moran Bros, Great Bend: