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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-13
George Was a Cheerful

An ingenious young man once took
his fiance to church in a small coun-
try village and when the time for
collection" came around he rather
ostentatiously displayed silver dol
lar. Presuming upon their engage
ment the young woman placed a re-
straining hand upon the arm of her
fiance.
Don't be so extravagant, George!''
she exclaimed.
"Oh, that's nothing" he replied. AZ
always make point of giving a dol
lar when | go to a strange church,.
Just then the deacon came with the
plate and George dropped a coin. Ev-
cry thing seemed favorable and the
young man beamed with generosity.
Then the minister gave out the no
tices for the week and concluded
with the wholly unexpected announce
ment of the days collection
The collection today" said he,
amounts to 80 cents"
George hadn't much to say all the
way to his fiance's home-Houston
Chronicle.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-13
GOOD FOR SPOKANE.

News that a large delegation from
the Spokane Chamber Of Commerce
will make an excursion trip to Pen
dleton for the Roundup is cheering.
It will be about the first time the
people of Spokane have made an Of
fetal visit of this sort to Pendleton
and their coming will be appreciated
accordingly. The people Of Pendle-
ton and the people Of Spokane have
a number of things in common and 1t
will be q fitting thing to have good
Roundup delegation from the me-
tropolis Of the Inland Empire.
Come on. gentlemen, you will like
the show.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-13

Evidently the council is in a recep.
tive mood at least.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-13

He moved with slouching steps
ana slow,
Beholding others come and go,
And hating those who won success
S. E. Kiser, in Record Herald.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-13
FIRST Referendum.

Denver.-Colorado first referen-
dunn petition has just been filed here,
l. has the backing of the progress
sive and citizens republican parties
and affects an ordinance, passed by
the city council granting the Colo
rado Southern the right to use the
streets if it pays a bonus of per
cent of its gross receipts. The pc
tition bars the operation of the or
dinance until the people have voted
on the ordinance.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-13
THE FIRST SKIRMISH WON.

In the opening skirmish of the
fight TO have the overhead wires
placed underground in the business
section the ladies of the civic club
and others who champion this i'm
provemelt won out.
The action of the council last eve
ming was all that could be desired.
The proposition was referred to the
ordinance committee, of which Mr..
Strain is chairman, and the commit
tee is authorized to prepare an or
dinance calling for the removal Of
the wires if the committee sees fit
to do so. In other words the move
is in friendly hands and will get a
hearing Jpn its merits. No one could
ask for anything more
It is now time to get down to bus
mess and as paving work is to be
done here soon all possible speed
should be made. Yet a thorough in
yestigati3n should be conducted so
that the council may act with full
knowledge Of all the facts.
The problems presented by the
proposed Improvement are partly of
a technical nature and of course it
would be businesslike to consult
technical men upon those points.
Estimate as to the cost of the work
and as TO the amount Of rewriting that
Will be needed may be had from dis
Interested engineers as wen as from
the companies affected.
The cold facts are now wanted and
the two companies concerned should
be made TO understand as much. We
have hal bluffs and insinuatiohs
from those companies long enough.
It is noa time for the electric com
pany ana the telephone company to
get down to brass tacks and show
cause why they should not get their
wires underground and by so doing
protect the lives Of our firemen and
add TO the good appearance of our
business streets.
Councilman Montgomery says it is
inconsistent for the city to ask that
the electric wires be placed under
ground Immediately after reduction
In rates has been granted But his
contention Is too vague. Along with
that declaration Mr.. Montgomery
should have presented a sworn state.
ment showing the physical valuation
Of the PendletOn electric plant and
the gross and net profits Of the cor.
poration from It's Pendleton busi.
ness. Then people could Judge 'oi
the matter with some intelligence
though even sworn statements from
corporations are at times unreliable
as Pendleton people have alread!
learned from experience with the Pa
cific telephone company
At present who knows but the ell
ectric company could make still fur
ther reductions in local rates ant
still make good profits on It's loca
plant2 The Commercial club is in
vestigating that subject and may sool
have some interesting information q
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-13

In 1911 the emperor of Russia re-
tained q colOred man for one Of his
household.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-13

Summer is now here for sure. The
Michigan forest fires have broken
out.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-19
GOOD AD FOR
THE TERRITORY

BY yesterdays mail Governor Frear
received letters from Territorial
D. L. Conkling, now in the
east attending to the matter of dis
posing of $1,5OO,OOO of Territorial
bonds, to the effect that the outlook
is very favorable. The bonds are be-
ing extensively advertised, not only
in America, but in the various Euro
pean money markets, Incidentally the
Territory is receiving some first class
advertising methods, since in the pros
pectus sent out is a full statement
Of the Territory's financial condition,
taxation values, revenue receipts, and
comparative figures showing the
growth of these during the history OF
the Islands, The fact that the Ter
ritorial Government, nor its predeces
sors ever defaulted on payment OF
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-19

Sydney Telegraph: The Japanese
explorers at present in Sydney, in the
wild enthusiasm attendant upon the
initiation of Japan's first Antarctic eX-
ploration, drew up an oath, in which
they declared that they would never
return to Japan until they had reached
the South Pole. This oath was signed
by Lieutenant Shirase and the eXplor-
ers, but not by the captain or crew of
the vessel.
The expedition left Japan in Decen.
Der last year on carefully planned
expedition to discover the South Pole.
There were twelve explorers, who had
with them twenty-five dogs, together
with many sledges. But their vessel,
the Kainan Maru, a 300-ton auxiliary
schooner, was manifestly unsuitable
for such a voyage. 1t is marvellous
that they weathered the terrific ty-
Uhoon met with in the China Sea-
They took with them the good wishes
of the whole of the Japanese nation,
who took a lively interest in the prof
ect, and when the vessel passed the
Bonan Islands they sent to Japan a
message which thrilled many of their
countrymen. They managed to reach
Wellington, New Zealand, in their tiny
craft on February II, and another mes
sage of hope was sent to the waiting
nation. They sailed from New Zea-
land with hope strong within them.
Then Fate interviewed. They soon
found that their little ship was not
strong enough to navigate the polar
seas with the crunching and whirlins
ice foes Then their dogs died from
some strange disease. One after an
other they dropped the carcases over
board, and as they did so their hearts
sank. At last only one dog was left
to them. How would they reach the
South Pole with only one dog? 1t was
impossible With saddened hearts
they turned the ship towards Sydney.
They realized that, to use an Ameri-
canism, they had bitten off more
than they could chew" But their oath
was ever before them.
Will Try Again.
The fact is now recalled that when
the explorers first arrived in Sydney
one of the principal members of the
party remarked: eve have failed this
time, but we shall go back again in a
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-19
JAPANESE EXPLORERS oath TO
REACH SOUTH POLE Or NEVER
RETURN MAY COST THEIR LIVES

few months when the winter is over
These brave Japanese scientists be-
lieve that they will be dishonored il
they return to Japan with their task
Friends in Sydney who
have tried to argue with them have al
ways been met with the remark: But
cur oath-we must fulfil it, Per-
suasion is useless. So the Japanese
are going back to the Antarctic re-
sions In an attempt to reach the South
Pole-probably to find that either
Scott or Amundsen have already Sc
cured the laurels. But, then, they Will
be relieved of their oath
Die Rather Than Return.
This is the reason why the explorers
are encamped at Watson's Bay. They
are waiting at Watson's Bay for the
return of the Kainan Maru's captain,
who was deputed to tell the Japanese
nation the story of the expeditions
discontinue, and to enlist their SYM
pathies in the direction of securing a
more suitable vessel and better equip
ment. But should the nation refuse to
succor these brave men there is no
doubt what they will do. They will
haul up the anchor of their tiny ship
and make once more for the South
Polar seas. Rather than renounce the
oath which they made in foolish mo-
ment, these brave men will leave their
bodies on the frozen wastes of the
polar continent. And there will be
added one more to the list of those
tragedies which have made all nations
respect the japanese battlecry: For
the honor of ancient Japan 1t was
in this fashion that the Samurai died.
So these explorers are prepared to
carry out their oath.
Such is the explanation of the pres
ence of the Japanese as afforded to a
representative of the Daily Telegraph
recently by a young japanese who
acts as correspondent to a leading
Shimbun To the Japanese journalist
such a reckless attempt to fulfill an
oath seemed quite natural. But to a
nan with Western ideas the carrying
out of their resolution appears foolish.
AS Mark Twain said when the mule
disputed the right of the railway track
with an on-rushing train: my word!
| admires your pluck; but l despises
your judgment
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-19

Sydney Telegraph 1t has been
claimed that a cure of leprosy has
been discovered in Honolulu Ac-
cording to advices from that place,
"the main departure in the treatment
consists of the use of carbon dioxide
snow a substance resembling yellow
ice cream, formed by COMPRISING
carbon dioxide gas into a solid form.
The substance is intensely cold, hav-
ing a temperature of 10 degrees be-
low zero Fahrenheit. The snow is
applied to the leprous LESSONS, and
Immediately freezes the flesh. The
cold apparently kills the bacilli, the
lesion sloughs off, as does the skin
of a healthy person after a frostbite,
and there remains pink and healthy
flesh It is claimed that a boy five
and one-half years old has been cured,
interviewed yesterday, the presi-
dent of the Board of Health, DR.. Ash
burton Thompson, said: "The infor.
nation contained in the message is
too incomplete and too superficial for
much to be said about it. Solidified
carbonic acid acts as a caustic. II
might, therefore, be suitable for de
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-19
LADIES CLIMBED ALOFT ON
SIBERIA ON HER LAST TRIP

Chronicle: If bold and gallant
skipper dared you to go aloft into the
Crows nest would you do it?
Whether you would, or whether you
wouldn't that's the dare Mrs. Frede
ric G.. Kellond, the dashing wife of
Lieutenant Kellond of the Nineteenth
Infantry, stationed at Manila, and
Miss Ethel Dean, a charming society
telle of Santa Barbara, refused to
take from Captain Adrian Feeder,
commander of the Pacific Mail liner
Siberia. $50
When The Siberia came in yesterday
from China and Japan the two young
ladies, with the same nonchalance
that they displayed in ascending the
liners fore rigging to a dizzy height,
refused to admit that they had done
anything out of the ordinary, but what
appreciation Jshey lhckeb degrading
their amazing adventure was supplied
by fellow passengers who were still
thrilled with admiration at the daring
of the feat.
The incident, which was the main
topic of discussion on the homeward
voyage of the Siberia, took place three
days after the liner had left Yokohama
for the Golden Gate.
OF course, Captain Feeder knew
there was no danger in it, and was he
not to be with them as pilot, chaperon
and guardian knight?
Miss Dean was enthusiastic at the
invitation to go aloft. Why it was
nothing for one who had descended
to the realm of McGinty in a diving
suit, in which feat the Santa Barbara
maid was reported to have figured al
Hongkong.
AS for Mrs. Kellond, she, too, was
exultant over the captains proposal, tC
see how it feels to look down on the
sea and pitching steamer beneath from
point where usually only sailors
reign. Having already thrilled the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-19
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

HILO, July IA heavy thunder
storm took place in this city on Sat
urday afternoon, the only damage done
being on board the schooner Gamble,
which is discharging lumber for Hack
field & Co, at the railroad wharf, One
of her masts was struck by a bolt Of
lightning and splintered for a distance
of six or eight feet from the top No
one was injured, though a number OF
those in that vicinity received rather
unpleasant rights.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-19

by exhibitions of fancy div
ing into the liners swimming tank,
the new adventure would be fitting
climax.
And so II was that at 4 o'clock one
afternoon the passengers gathered on
the forward hurricane deck to witness
the jaunt of the two courageous femi-
mines into the sky. They were well at
tired for the climb. Miss Dean had on
white dress with white shoes and
white stockings and wore an automo-
bile cap, while her partner in the feat
scorned a hat, and supplied a pretty
contrast with blue skirt and brown
shoes and stockings. Then, most as
suredly, there were the hobbies, more
hobbish than anything ever before
seen on land or sea.
The wife of the Army officer was the
first to ascend. A rope around her
waist and the gallant captain of the
ship leading the way, she began the
long climb. Steadily the two went up,
while the passengers stared perhaps
as much in envy as in admiration. A
few minutes and Mrs. Kellond was
safely in the crows nest" which is
usually occupied by the lookout Hav.
i'll safely anchored the Army woman
Captain Feeder ambled nimbly, with
a confidence born of long experience,
down to the deck once more, and a
little later two laughing feminine faces
beamed down upon their conventional
fellow travellers.
The fascination of the Merry Ocean"
was upon the two fair dare-destroyers,
and it was nearly an hour before they
we're willing to come back to earth, or
rather to deck.
"Why it was nothing oh, nothing
OF all" the young ladies chorused,
when they were complimented upon
their nerve. IT'S been done lots of
times before" but Captain Feeder de-
clared they were the coolest pair he
ever had the honor to guide aloft,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-19
LATEST NEWS BULLETIN.
Originating on the Day the Steamer
Sailed.)

Ia 60 NEWS BOEEE IN
Originating on the Day the Steamer
Sailed.)
"The Beauty of the Bath" famous
portrait by Gainsborough, has been
purchased by ]. P. Morgan.
1t is rumored that Lorimer is to fol-
low the advice of many of his friends
and resign from the United States
Senate
Miss Enid Williams, prominent so.
ciety girl of San Francisco, was kill
ed when a stage on which she was
travelling overturned and threw her
to the road.
The anniversary of the battle of the
Boyne will be celebrated in Belfast,
Ireland with an anti-home rule demon
stration, participated in by over $4,000
Orangemen.
A number of Michigan towns along
the line of the Detroit and Mackinac
railroad are, burning up, having been
caught in forest fires. Hundreds OF
people are fleeing for their lives.
Los Angeles suffragettes are tho
roughly angry because city officials
class them with political agltators and
have refused to allow them to hold
political picnics in the city parks.
1t is reported that former president
Zelaya of Nicaragua is planning a re.
Uolt, and that he and Castro met some
time ago and arranged for an invasion
OF Nicaragua and Venezuela.
The Federal Express running from
New York to Boston was wrecked, and
twelve were filled and forty-seven
badly injured. The train was COM
pletely demolished.
Senator Cummins, in his excess of
fondness for La Toilette has once more
blocked reciprocity by delaying tao
tics.
Charles P. Taft is on the Federal
spit" being called to explain his con.
nection with the grabbing of Con
troller Bay property in Alaska by the
Guggenheims.
The Hartman roads lave opened a
new fruit auction warehouse in Chi
cago, with the idea of further corrall-
ing the fruit trade from the West and
South.
King George has decided an old dis
pute in the matter of the Aslop claim
and awarded $935,OOO to the claimants
in the United States. This claim has
been in contention since 1874
San Diego will offer a prize Of
$4,000 on the occasion of her exposi
message from the Panama Canal to
San Diego.
Diego.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-19
SYDNEY OFFICIAL DOESN'T THINK
MUCH OF DR.. WAYSON'S CURE

spots of disease, That, how
ever, is quite a different thing to cur
ing disease. If, however, in the
course of the modification that would
follow on the application of intense
cold the bacilli themselves were de-
stroyed, it is quite possible that a
favorable constitutional effect might be
produced which might be towards cure.
The same thing has been done with
X rays. The results, however, were
too feeble for any reliance to be
placed upon them.
con the whole, l don't think very
much of the statement. DR.. Wayson,
who is made responsible for it, is in
charge of the receiving station to
which all affected persons are first
sent, in order to be examined, and so
that their cases may be decided. The
gentleman in charge of the leprosy
investigation station at Molokai is
past assistant surgeon Currie, of the
United States public health and marine
hospital service. A great deal Of useful
work has been done by the latter,
and no doubt this method will be in
vestigated by him and his co-work
ers."
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-19
EASTERN NEWS.

Originating East of the Mississippi.)
A fine chair has been built in a
New York chair factory especially for
President Taft. It is plenty large
enough to accommodate two ordinary
men.
Two brothers have started from Bos
ton on a walk to San Francisco They
are making the trip at the request Of
the director of Harvard University
gymnasium, and will conduct diet in
vestigations during the trip.
Christian Scientists all over the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-19

Conferences between representa-
tives of the American Department of
Agriculture with several lead-pencil
manufacturers have resulted in plans
for testing new woods to find out
whether they can be used in the pencil
industry. According to some of the
manufacturers the supply of red cedar
which, it is said, furnishes practically
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-19
9HE WORLDS NEWS CONDENSED
Especial mail report to The Star from San Francsco)

world have been invited to contribute !
for a memorial to be erected over the
grave of Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, found
er of the Christian Science Church and
faith.
Russell Colt, husband of Ethel Bar
rymore, declares that he has received
no indication from his actress wife
that she is seeking a divorce.
Charley Taft, son of President Taft
has been criticized because he won
a sailing contest off Boston in an anna
teur race, and it was discovered after
wards that he merely sat in the boat
and let one of the best professional
shippers on the coast win the race for
him.
President Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor has demanded
the impeachment of Judge Wright OIL
the Supreme Court of the District of
Columbia for permitting the "Los An
geles Dynamiters" to be kidnapped"
from Indianapolis anil rushed to Los
Angeles.
Former Vice President Fairbanks
recently lost the horseshoe pitching
championship of the world at Indiana
polls. John Studebaker, head of the
noted carriage making firm defeated
him, as did the father of George AIDE,
the humorist.
On account of the European sea-
mems strike, a steamer reached New
York with just two passengers, man
and woman, who had eighty stewards
and seven cooks at their disposal dur
ing the voyage.
A treaty has been signed by Japan,
Great Britain and the United States,
which will prohibit pelagic sealing in
the seas of Behring, Okhotsk, Kam-
chatka and Japan. The treaty will
run for fifteen years.
An athletic American girl returning
on European steamer, offered to
wrestle any man on the steamer on
the Fourth of July. She threw an
American in two bouts, then wrestled
thirty-five minutes with a German
athlete but couldn't throw him but he
couldn't throw her,
Charges that a conspiracy exists be.
tween United States Postoffice inspec
tors and the w. ]. Burns Detective
agency to ruin a rival detective agency
have been made by the Perkins de-
tective agency of Philadelphia, who
have asked the government to inves-
tigate
A fighting bulldog at Atlantic City.
grabbed the propeller of an aeroplane
just leaving the ground AS a result
the bulldog was killed, the machine
was wrecked and two ayiators nearly
lost their lives.
Harvey w. Wiley, the government
pure food expert, says that smoking
leads to sunstroke. He predicts that
within fifteen years smoking and
chewing tobacco i'll public will be OBJ
solete.
The Madero government of Mexico
Is preparing to float a $50,000,000 loan
in Wall street Immediately after the
Mexican elections this fall,
President Taft prefers an automo-
, (Coutinuad On Paga tap
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-19
GIVE IT A TRIAL.

Chamberlain Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy has relieved more
pain and suffering, and saved more
lives than any other medicine in use.
For sale by all dealers. Benson, Smith
& Co., agents for Hawaii.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-19

interest or principal on loans, is one
Of the statements which should have
weight in securing good terms from
bidders.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-19
TENNESSEE FENCES TURNED
INTO LEAD PENCIL WOOD

ell of the wood for the annual output
of some 325,OOO,OOO pencils, will be
exhausted within five years, A sub
stitute must be found which will whit
tie easily, which shall contain a large
amount of material free of knots,
which shall not be porous, nor spongy,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-19
BY j. A. BREcKoNs.

Especial Correspondence of the Starr
WASHINGTON, July 3.-An inter-
esting report on the amount of Amer
lean capital invested in Cuba has just
been made by Consul General James
l.. Rogers at Habana, who places the
total amount at approximately $780,
100000, distributed as follows:
Sugar mills and lands $50, 100000
Other lands and real estate 100000
Agricultural investments e. 100000
Railroad equities ........ $4,000, 900
Mines and mining enter
prises ............. $4,000, 900
Mercantile and manufactur-
ing investments ...... 25,00O,OOO
Shipping ............. 5OOO,O OO
Banking capital ........ 100000
Mortgages and credits .... 10000, OOC
Public utilities .......... 2O,OOO,O0C
Total ...............S190, 100000
To the above partial estimate o.
$3.50, 100000, $3O,OOO,OOO may be added
as representing the share, about one
third of the total, which Americans
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