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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-05-03
SHOULD BUILD
FOR GREAT FUTURE

Proof that Portland must inevitably
be the Pacific coasts most powerful
city in population, progress and wealth
was given by DR.. ]. r. Wetherbee in
an address before the mems club in
the First Presbyterian church re-
Gently. With 100000 square miles Of
trade territory, with deep water to
the sea, with a luxury Of production
and a downhill grade from every di-
rectlon to the city, DR.. Wetherbee
said that Portland was bound to be-
come a great seaport city. as well
aa the Mecca for trains loaded with
passengers and freight. "The land
will be populated and the people will
produce from the natural resources
OF the country possessions that will
make the Oregon country more than
ever famous he said.
But said DR.. Wetherbee, Portland
must build on scale commensurate
with the city's future. BY all means
there should be plan for the syste-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-05-03
CARRIE NATION TO
PAY VISIT TO SPOKANE

Spokane, Wash.-Following the de-
feat Of the Hayden ordinance, de-
signed to regulate hotels. restaur-
ants and cafes" in Spokane, by vote
Of three to two at recent meeting
Of the city commissioners, comes a
letter from Mrs. Carrie A. Nation, re-
former and saloon-smasher, to f. H
Rankin, at whose home she visited
during her last stay in this city, ad-
vlsing that she will arrive in Spokane
with her hatchet on May Is, health
permlttin The Hayden ordinance
was declared to be too drastic by the
commissioners voting against the
measure and was opposed by a ma
jority of the electors. Mrs. Frank
Atkinson, president Of the local fed
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-05-03

wrote to Mrs. Pinkham for advice. In
a short time l had gained my average
weight and am now strong and WE'LL"
Mrs. 6ALLIE STEVENS, r. L. D., No.
3, Box 81, Naurika, Okla.
Another Grateful Woman.
huntington, Lags.-"I was in ner-
vous, run down condition and for three
years could find no help.
| owe ny present good health to
LYDIA :. ''lELaL's Vegetable Com
pound and Dlood Purifier which l be-
lieve elrcl ~ lfo
"NIY ac2tor knows what helped me
and docs not say ono word against it,"
- Ms MhTt 1A-;rTrE BATES, Box
13l, Huntington. Mass.
P"C7Cea "0dr cGsc Is difficult one,
doctors having done you no good, do
not continue 80 suffer without giving
Lydia ~. IIukham's Vegetable Com
pound u trial. 1t surely has cured
many cases Of female ills, such as in
flammation, liberation, displacements,
fibroid tunors, irregularities, periodic
pains, backache, that bearing-down
feeling, and nervous prostration.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-05-03
NEW YORK LINES CARRY
1,1eO, 900, 900 IN YEAR

New York.--Surface, elevated and
subway transportation lines here car
ried 1,490,000.0 900 passengers in 1910,
more than the estimated population
Of the world, according to the report
OF the Public Service Commission
just made public. OF these, accord
ing to the report, elevated roads car
ried $50, 900, 900, the subway 270.000,-
O0O and surface lines 770,000.00O. :.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-05-03

Grafton Of the Woman's Christian
Union, and other officers
of the organization, declare they have
heard nothing of Mrs. Nations visit.
but they admit 1t is likely she will
come to the Northwest country some
time during the year. THE last time
| heard of Mrs. Nation she was seri-
ously sick Mrs Atkinson said
"and / doubt If she will be able to
make so long a journey by the middle
of May"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-05-03
BAD MILK KILLS 1000.
Babies a Year in Massachusetts =
Figures of Counsel.

Boston Mass. More than 10000
babies, under one year of age, die
annually in Massachusetts, This Is
about fifth Of the total mortality
1t is figured by ex-Representative
Myron Pierce, counsel in the leglsla-
ture for the Massachusetts Milk Con-
sumers' association, that at least 40
per cent of these deaths are caused
by unclean milk
''In ten years there is a total of
100000 babies who have died in this
state" says Pierce, besides the loss
to the family, they represent an eco
nomic loss to the state which, reck-
oned at s1700 child, amounts to
s170, ,000,00
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-05-03

q ma s o nervous L
could { do any
thing. The doctors
treated me for diff
ferent things but
did me no good. l
got SO bad that l
could not sleep day
or night. While in
this condition ] read
of Lydia L. Pink
hams V e ge t a Bile
9 o IN po un d, and
began its lISe and
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-05-03
AFTER
I YEARS
SUFFERING
| Was Cured by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound

Waurika, Ollla.--'I had female trout
bles for seven years, was all run down,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-05-03
Rain Benefit to Wheat.

Tho long dry spell has been brok-
en- today by heavy showers and the
ground is wet down about two inches.
This rain Is coming at a very oppor-
tune time for the wheat as a rain
was needed In some parts quite badly
although the ground had plenty OF
moisture to keep the grain growing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-30
THE WINDOW CLEANERS.
Among Them Men Of Many National
tiles Are to Be Found.

From inc New York sun.
Il dare say" said a housekeeper. that
you'd find men of as many different ma
tionalities employed in window cleaning
as in any other work.
We have our windows washed by
concern that sends a man to US twice a
month, and we Fave had the same man
come regularly for a cOnsi lerable lime.
but then we may have q different n
for two or three times in succession. We
never know who's coming til We see
that man. and he may be OF a different
sort every time.
South OF Europe men the majority #
them are, but we've had some Germans
and one Enelishman. The Eng .ishman
came twice: We haven't seen him since.
We've had two Americans. One of re G
was young eX-soidier, just back from
the Philippines. He came twice. d
that's all. The other came yesterday
He was Il man obviously from the same
part of the country that / am. Whethe"
we shall see linn again, of course, We
don't know.
Il imagine that window cleaning isn't
the highest paid work in the world. an
guess that men don't set paid eXSeo
when they actually work; that is, they
are likely to lose more or less time n
rainy weather. But still window clean
ing may now be classed as permanent
employment in which man can find. if
he's capable, steady work as long as he
chooses to stick at it, and there are men
good many men. In fact-Who follow
window cleaning JUST as they would any
good many who take to il only a
makeshift, and | must say | like these
men who, if they can't find what they
like. don't idle away their time but take
! what they can get and plug away AT il
till they find what they want, as sooner
| or later they do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-30
CHANGE IN REA[NLAW
ROUSES MUCH INTEREST
Brokers Discuss Results Which
Would Follow Abolition of
"N0minaI Considerations

The proposed change in the laws re
lating to real estate transfers TIT
it will be obligatory To make part of
each deed the amount paid for the prop
erty is arousing much interest, especially
among real estate brokers. In fact, this
interest has reached such Il pitch tina t
il is proposed to call meeting when
such steps can be taken as The ma jority
may determine upon.
There is, of course, in all such mat
tiers, something to be said both in favor
of such change and also against it,
aud it is probable VIXEN the real estate
brokers' and others get together arsu-
ments Will be heard on ali phases of the
question. 1t will be pointed out that the
present system of stating only nomnal
considerations in deeds is liable to abuse
and often results in losses to property
owners as We'll as to buyers. On the
real estate business when, owing to the
pressure of competition, ii is not possible
TO ne consistent in the matter of pril eS.
IL for reasons of business ma ttlre il
may be thought wise to secure a custo-
me- by making concessions on the pre-
Valling Price publicity would force the
exception to be made the rule.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-30

Much has been said OF late years about
the pcturcsqucness of the ravine of Rock
creek and the Importance of preserving
il as beauty spot in the heart of the
city. While such Il future of this water
way has not received direct legislative
sanction, yet it seems To be accepted that
such d course will he followed. Little IS
heard of the plan to fill in the gorge,
while on the other hand the building of Il
bridge the line of - street, the stop
page by the District authorities Of dump
ing ashes and refuse down the sides OF
the ravine and other circumstances. APP
pear to indicate that the future treat
ment of this portion OF Rock creek is
fixed and determined.
Some dumping is still going on. especial
~ in the bend OF the creek just south
of the i street bridge. The level OF
that thoroughfare is high in air COM
pared with the old road which many years
ago crossed the creek on Il level with its
waters. TIE ford Of the post road that
ran between Georgetown and BiaGens-
burg was located at This point, and the
POST road was a part Of the great highway
connecting the north and the south
When the main road between the two
great sections of the country was shifted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-30
SCIENCE AND THE SMOKER,
Electrified Tobacco Transformation
of Nicotine Poison.

From the London Standard.
Electrified tobacco is the latest product
of applied science. Its appearance upon
the market as one of the novelties of the
Christmas season is of considerable i'm
portance and scientific interest.
Recent experiments have suggested that
beneficial effects may be derived by the
electrical treatment of milk and wine, but
this treatment has hardly emerged from
the laboratory stage. The electrical treat
ment Of tobacco. upon the merits of which
the public have now the opportunity of
personal proof. is the outcome of several
years experiment; covered by "A patent
Whereas the experiments milk were
conducted in Paris, the important discov-
cry of the beneficial influence of electric
ity upon tobacco has been made in Eng
land by Mr. Edwaid d J. Lusby of Crouch
End. Mr.. LuSbys experiments have been
closely followed by some of the leading
scientists of the day. The principle of the
treatment may be better described as
oZoniZation. or the submission of the
moist tobacco te the powerful steriliZing
effects of nascent ozone. Bacteria and
the lower forms of organic life cannot
live in the presence of ozone, and the Oil
of nicotine itself is transformed into
much less injurious oil known as nico-
tyrine.
All moist tobaccos contain mold spores
from which grows the familiar mildew.
These spores are killed by electrically
produced ozone, SO that electrified tobacco
has perfect keeping qualities. The dissi-
patton of nicotine into nicctyrine which
takes place at the same time removes
from tobacco all irritating roughness and
makes cigar and cigarette smoking "a
pleasure.
In an interview with one of our repre-
sentatives Mr. Lusby gave some details
of his discovery. The patent" he said,
was granted in February, 1905, but we
have given under expert supervision a
five-year test of the efficiency of the pro-
cess Moist tobacco electrically treated five
years ago and placed alongside ordinary
tobacc of the same variety has remained
unchanged. The electrifcation is carried
out in an aluminium chamber. and expert
ence has shown that different tObaccOS re-
quire different treatment, owing, pre-
suInably, to their varying conductivity.
Turkish tobacco. for instance, requires d
much higher voltage to produce the de-
sired effect. What effect will it have upon
the tobacco industry? 1t promises revO-
luton. Smoke two cigars two cigar
etses. one. that has been electrified and
one that has not. and note the difference.
There is all the difference in the world
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-30
Future of the Tobacco Crop.

From the New York Journal of Commerce
There are two phases of competition to
be considered, competition among the
companies made up from former con-
stituents of the trust and competition
outside of their ranks, with which the
former can no longer lawfully interfere.
their new form hold together under
common control and act as one? Not
if they are wise. If not, will there be
effective competition between them?
Probably not, unless changes take place
in the holding of their stock, and it
would DE wiser to have that largely re-
distributed, though that result cannot be
forced. Assuming that common con-
troll continues, care will have to be taken
to keep within the law in their further
operation or there will be new trouble.
The greatest hope is the growth of in
dependent competition. If 1t is guarded
against renewed encroachment. There is
no doubt that the three big companies,
which are to be constituted out Of the
chief assets of the trust, will be largely
overcapitalized Nearly half of the as
sets conveyed to them in exchange for
securities are what are called ''intangi-
BILE, and consist mainly Of trade marks,
brands, etc. Unless these have the value
attributed to them their capitalization at
book value will be a source of weak
ness in competition. Such assets are
vulnerable. Enterprise and skill may de-
wise new brands and trade marks and
bring them into favor, and they may
rival or eclipse the popularity of old
ones. II the field can be kept open and
the old trust offenses" prevented, there
may be fair development of competi-
ton in the tobacco business after the
''lisintegration" Of the trust has been
effected. Time will show.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-30
WORK SEEMS TO INDICATE
OPEN VALLEY TREATMENT
Partial Cessation of Dumping Along Rock
Creek Taken as Forerunner
of Park Plan.

farther south to reach the bridge over
the Potomac at the foot of Maryland
avenue the older road dWindled in i'm
portance and in later years was known
as the Paper Mill road in recognition of
the mill which stCod on tn" city side just
south of the present site Of the = street
bridge. Houses were built along the
old read that wound down to the level OF
the creek and then climbed up to the
higher levels of Georgetown. and in TINS
way it happens that row of frame
houses are still to be seen far below the
present grade of + street.
These houses are deep i'm the valley and
as if facing a city street. Years ago when
the houses We're built they were directly
on the great highway between the north
and the south.
Now the alluvial plain formed in the
bend OF the creek is being filed up. the
carts are passing back and forth each
day and leaving behind them their quota
of earth. In little while the lots way
below the existing street will be brought
up to the current levels. Then it will be
no longer I.oSSiblc for those who walk
or ride along i street to look down over
the tops OF the trees and tie masses OF
foliage into the cool green depths. What
is shappenng just now to the south of
the bridge may occur on the north side
and the beauty of the Rock Creek valley
in that locality will be entirely lost.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-30
Royal Writers.
le London Chronicle

From the London Chronicle.
Next 10 Carmen Sylvia the most voium-
nous of present-day royal authors is the
austrian heiT-presumptive, the Archduke
Franz Ferdinand. who made his debut in
literature twenty years ago with volume
describing his trip round the world. The
sTChdute's next work was monograph
OF Hadetzky. which has run into several
editions. and this was followed 10y two
ot.er works on historical subjects He
has also published two volumes of verse.
md is credited with the authorship of
number of articles in technical puDlica-
tons on engineering and kindred sub
jocts- IN which he is Seenly interested.
chief among royal journalists was I'M
Coubtedly Napoleon Ill THE emperor,
-Ote NJ. Ciraner de CaSsagnac in his
".:oGVenirs du Second Empire who was
AL his life journalist. was very fond of
tie press As prisoner at Ham he prac-
;iccd Journalism in the Progress du Pas
Oct he did the same at the Elysee
with NJ dc la Gueronnierc; az the TUT
l.F.cS with NJ. DUVernois and NJ Nitu;
from l>.ht hc did 50 everywhere with me.
cV"u at Wiihclmshohc. and at Camden
lidc". where, Il few months before his;
death. ne corrected the proofs of a bro
Chur" We wrote together The two
t:Ieronncrc Pamphlets. Napoleon III
and Italy and THE Pope and the Con-
.rrs>, made European history Though
they were published anonymously, every
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-30
PoIsoNs IN FOOD.
Irritants and Other Deadly Things
Taken Into the System.
From London Answers.

From London Answers
When the doctor told me he was pre-
scribing prussic acid for the pain in my
stomach (writes Answers cOntribu-
tori said 1 would rather keep the
pain than take such a poison. You
need not have the slightest fear he
assured me- "Why, you eat poisons every
day. When the Chinese want to com
mi: suicide one of their favorite plans
is take half Il cnp of salt Com
mon salt 2" Yes. In large quantities
common salt is violen. iri'itant. 1t
sets up severe Inflammation of the StOm-
ach ard kills as surely as arsenic.
'tSat2eter, that colors bacon and corned
beef an attractive red. is g. power
ful poison. one ounce. has killed per-
son III three hours. MANY people have
keen .,oisoned by this SAT-. You must
! know that your Christmas pudding and
the icing OF your wedding cake gre in
complete unless Favored with bitter al
inonds. l am not sure how many bitter
almonds it takes TO kill man. but they
contain good deal of this prussic acid
that you object to.
"OxaIic acid, with which foolish peo-
pie so often commit suicide. is the salt
which gives rhubarb and sorrei their
pleasant flavor 1t is a violently irritant
ard drcadfully painful poison.
Need / tell you that caffein. the eX-
hilarating principle of coffee and tea, is
q poison:
I'm nearly all our condiments we eat
poison. The oils Of nutmeg, cloves, black
pepper, cinnamon, peppermint, cara
way. horseradish. thyme, etc. are all
poisonous in large doses. Black pepper
contains a fiery. volatile oil, capable of
burning hole in your stomach If it
was not moved on: while it's piperine is
sure poison. Cayenne pepper or cap
sicum is still more irritant.
But besides DoisOns which we take
/ choice there others which II is
| impossible to avoid swallowing In these
days of complex feeding Arsenic is a
| very common ingredient in beer. jam,
| sweets, etc. made with glucose. For
| litter and saves us from serious conse-
Quences.
/ Have you sometimes noticed how hard
! your sailed fish is? The kipper and
| bloater nowadays often give you indi-
| gestion. because they are preserved with
forma ldehyde an injurious poison.
| "A most curious fact is that all food
| contains the elements of poison, and in
our body poisons are manufactured from
| these.
For instance, meat, fish. cheese and
milk are composed of hydrogen, carbon,
nitrogen and oxygen. Take away the
last and you have prussic acid.
1--WE do not manufacture prussic acid.
| it is true. But in every stomach in the
I world fermentation goes on just as in a
| brewery, and. the poisonous carbOnic
acid is made in large quantities. If you
| breathed a few days output of carbonic
| acid gas you would inevitably die.
"Sulphureted hydrogen is one Of the
most deadly gases known, yet in every
stomach it is made at one time or an
other.
I'm the stomach all food is converted
! into what We call peptone, and If a very
small quantity of this found it's way into
the blood it would kill as surely as
prussic acid"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-30
Ideas for an Ideal Will.
From the Forum.

folH tue
The obvious purpose of will is to
leave ones intentions animate after
ones body is no longer soto extend
the personal equation beyond the per-
son. If one has been in life a kind
of human mechanism, a possibly eff
ficient but quite automatic unit in the
social machinery. no doubt the rigid
tiles of the merely legal will are
fit and sufficient expression for ones
post-vital self, if indeed the term post
vital properly may he used to express
the aftermath of what scarcely could
have been called vital at any time
But If one has conceived life as a
tremendous adventure under the stars
has apprehended it not as a necessary
routine but as potential romance;
has met the succession of days with
expectancy rather than gertrude; has
lived a life compounded Of great faiths,
and heresieS, expectations and aStoniSh-
ments. and, on the whole, grave doubts
of ones own exemption from error,
then one well may pause before the
difficulties presented by the uneasy
traditions Of will making for the eX-
preston, to what may be eternity, of
the fluid and flexible terms of ones
mortality.
Life has been and is to me a strange
compound Of fuctuating humors and
humanities. an arabesque of dreams.
fulf1llments, doubts and disillusion-
ments. projected. sometimes dimly, on
a background where faith often must
needs take the place Of certainty.
1 have not been able. to acquire in
life that sense of ownership which
so often accompanies possession. In
stead. 1 have had. regarding all those
whose lives I have touched, a lively
sense Of their joint right with me in
the use of my possessions. / have had
also a deep conviction that. as the
social sense is developed. ways will
be found for the better expression OF
social purposes through property val
ues, and it is my hope that through
my heirs the property heretofore called
mine may be held by them as social
trust and that as such it may remain
in their hands an increasingly active
and effective asset for social good.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-30
Cesspools Under Palace.
IN 1hr LONDON Chronicle

From thr LONDON Chronicle.
The alarm caused by the lord mayors
revelations regarding the sanitary condi-
ton of the mansion house recalls the
CONSERVATION raised by the report of Sir
Robert wlinson, the sanitary expert
called in to inspect Windsor Castle. after
the death of the prince consort Cess
pools full of putrid refuse and drains of
the worst description existed beneath the
basement Twenty Of these cess
pools were removed from the upper ward
and twenty eight from the middle and
lower wards. Means of ventilation, also,
were of the most primitive description
Even in the royal apartments the upper
portions of the windows We're fixed, SO
that by far the largest amount of air
spaces in the rooms contained Vitated
conditions, comparatively stagnant."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-30

body knew who had held the pen and
who inspired il.
There have been royal journalists
well as royal authors. George Ill CON
tributed seven articles to the annals OF
Agricultural. d monthly magazine edited
by Arthur Young. These We're published
under the pseudonym of Ralph Robinson
and. according to one of his biogrdpherS.
display most profound knowledge Of
agriculture Louis XVIII was Il jour
nalist of quite another type. For some
years after his accession 10 the throne
he was in the habit of sending anony-
nous political articles TO various Paris
dailes. Some of the opinions expressed
in these were so advanced that the king
had the pleasure of seeing them vetoed
by his own censor.