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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-01-19
A Classy NeIahberhoed.

How do you Ike your neighbor-
hood?"
Fine. We've the most interesting
people you ever overheard on our
party telephone line"
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-01-19
A Fare Guess.

Flub-Who originated the idea that
the longest way round was the short
est way homer"
Dub-Some taxicab driver, l sup
7ose.-Town Topics.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-01-19
FeneInq.

Bill-T'H admit that prize fighting Is
brutal. but did you ever know fencing
to hurt anyone?
Jill-Why, yes; the barbed-wirs
lind, have.-Yonkers Statesman.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-01-19
Feminine Handwriting.

rs your wife economiEing?"
Il think so. She now writes eight
words on a page Of letter paper instead
Of only six"
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-01-19

The Statistician-T tell you, sir. fl
ures don't lie
/ The Bank President-Maybe not, bl
they have a provoking way Of evadins
the truth when manipulated by a
crooked cashier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26
Births Reported.

The following births have been reported
to the health Office during the past
twenty-four hours:
Benjamin F. and Alice c. Fairfax, boy.
Robert L. and Mary L. Miller, boy
Clyde B. and Lois L. Asher, girl
Samuel s. and Mary E. Fitzhugh, boy.
Joseph and Ida Krause, girl.
William H. and Clara I. Stone, boy.
Benjamin r. and Genevieve Buck, girl
Edgar A. and Grace D. Bennett. girl.
William D. and katherine L. Ryan, jr.,
girl.
Myer and Bes..e Lavenstein. girl.
Joseph 8. and Mary Smackum, girl.
John w. and Bessie Bell, boy.
Henry L. and Rachel Dixon, boy.
William L. and Maude Hawkins, boy.
William and Ethel Jones, girl.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26
MEXICO.
Xu-The Poor Peon.
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

sometimes cruel to their peon labor
1t is charged by many who have in
VeSt1gated conditions that in certain
sections of Mexico practical slavery
exists. but If 1t does. 1T is not because
there Is anything lacking in the Mexi-
can constitution An article I'm that
instrument sets forth that no Mexican
shall be compelled to work without
his full assent, and that no citizen
or the republic can bargain away his
FOR debt.
In some parts of Mexico the peon fares
very well and receives good pay for his
services. on
His Only Extravaganza the docks of
Lies in His Hat. ,ne ie n",,,uer
they are paid . pesos a day for ten hours
work. and are given substantial bonus
for accomplishing more than the usual
stint. The National Railways of Mexico
makes 1t rule to prefer Mexican labor
to any other kind. and so far as possible
Mexicans are employed on its lines. These
men give good service. and the American
officials of the National railways, while
admitting that they are not fitting them
selves for the more responsible positions
as rapidly as the government had hoped,
declare that the interests of the railroads
are we'll protected by the native employe.
There Is only one thing in which the
peon has really expensive tastes, and that
is in the matter of a hat. He is content
with straw sombrero so long as he has
no means to buy a better one, but the
minute he secures sufficient funds he will
invest in the highest-priced felt affair
that his means will permit. 1t is no un-
common thing to see a peon wearing a
thirty-dollar hat, a one-dollar pair OF
trousers, with not even an Indian sandal
to cover his foot. Some of these hats
are very artistic and their possessor ex-
cites the envy Of every peon in the COM
munity.
TOmOrrOw-MEXICO
XIII-RELIGION.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26
Deaths Reported.

The following deaths have been reported
twenty-four hours:
Frances A. NJ E. Smith, II years, 1913
c street southwest.
Lillian s. Appleby. year. 1717 Connec-
ticut avenue northwest.
Mary T. Peakc, 60 years. Z M street
southwest.
George F. Berkheimer. year, 1871
Pennsylvania avenue southeast
John III. Hager, 6 months. 1903 Half
street southwest.
Ruben johnson. II years, Government
Hospital for the Insane.
Lucy Matthews, 66 years, Home for
the Agen and .Inflrm.
Grace E. Thompson. Is years, 800 Mary
land. avenue southwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26
SEEN BY ARMY OFFICERS.
Witness Motion Pictures Showinp
Troops at Fort Sam Houston

Motion pictures giving glimpses of the
American troops now at Fort Sam Hous-
ton, in Texas, drew a distinguished mill
tary audience. including the Secretary of
War. to the Colonial Theater yesterday
afternoon. Accompanying the Secretary
were Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood. Brig Gen.
James B. Aleshire. quartermaster general
u. s. A.; Brig. Gen. Henry c. Sharpe
commissary general; Chief of Ordinance
Brig. Gen. William Crozier, Paymaster
General Brig. Gen. Charles H. Whipple
Gen. Johnston Of the District Commits
sioners, Capts. Hayden, Callan. Patterson
ana Rowland and many of the officers
now stationed at Fort Myer. President
Taft was expected, but was unable to at
tend. These men were the directors of
the great movement of troops which
stirred the country. This was their first
opportunity to witness" the consumma-
ton of their orders
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26
TO THE PUBLIC

An offer recently made by Mr.
George NJ. Oyster, jr., through
the press to provide infant feed
ing under certain conditions
seems to have been misconstrued
by the press and many of his
friends. Mr.. Oyster wishes it
understood that he is not asking
the Chamber of Commerce COM
mittee or any other organization
or committee to accept his propo-
sition, or is he seeking to COM
pete with the Straus Laboratory
or any other association or or
ganization.
Mr.. Oyster says: More than a year ago
realizing the necessity Of providing pure and
clean milk to the worthy Door. either free o.
at cost, I ordered Of the Dairy Machinery and
Construction Company Of Derby, Conn. com
plete outfit for this purpose. Thereafter the
very commendable charity was established In
this city. known as the Straus Laboratory
which fully covered the demands which I had
for a long time contemplated. Although large
part Of the outfit had been received, and which
Is still in my warehouse, Cancelled the balance
of the order.
observing the difficulty experienced in rails
ing funds to continue the work Of the Straus
Laboratory since the announced purpose Of Mr.
Straus to discontinue its work, and the failure
OF Congress to provide therefor at its last ses
sion. concluded on my own behalf to estab
lish certain stations in this city at my own ex
pense for infant feeding. and to that end have
associated with me certain distinguished gen
tlemen, who are serving without compensation
to supervise and advise in the administration OF
this work.
81 have already provided one depot in George
town. one at the Children's Hospital, on "
street between 10Th and 18TH and shall possibly
provide one or two others. at each Of which
there will be competent nurse and advising
physicians. At these stations worthy poor who may
be recommended by some recognized charitable
organization or practicing physician will be fur.
nished modified properly pastcurized or reason.
ably safe unheated milk for infant feeding.
either free or at cost, depending upon the dnan-
cial condition Of the applicant. The nurses at
these stations will visit the homes and assist
in instructing the mothers in the care Of in.
fants and infant feeding.
This propagation is. in no sense competitive
Of any other, and will be continued for such
length Of time as the charity is appreciated and
feel justified in maintaining the outlay.
''As the field is large and the poor always
with US, I trust that I may be permitted to
contribute this little toward the relief Of the
infant, without criticism Of some supposed ul-
terror motive. and commend both to Congress
and the public. through its contributions, the
continuation Of the Straus Laboratory. There
is ample room for us both. and still opportunity
for others with greater means than possessed
by me to materially extend the scope Of this
undertaking for the relief Of the children Of
the unfortunate
GEO. II. OYSTER, Jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26
Scheduled for Promotion.

The following-named officers of the
Coast Artillery Corps have been or
dered to examination for promotion:
Capts. Robert S. Abernethy, Andrew
Moses. Bertram c. Gilbert. Lawrence
s. Miller. Mervyn c. Buckley, Frederick
E. Johnston. Earl D'A. Pearce. Benja-
min NJ. Koehler., Roderick L. Car
michael and Harold E. Cloke; First
Ross. Richard H. Jordan. Samuel C..
Cardwell. James B. Taylor. Guy B. G.
Hanna, Frank Geere, Charles E.
Wheatley, Earl Biscoe, Wade H. Car
penter. John E. Munroe, Walter K.
Wilson. John p. Terrell. Malcolm p.
Andruss. Offnere Hope. Charles E. T.
Lull, owen G. Collins, Frederic H.
De Sombre. Brainerd Taylor. Avery ].
Cooper. Walter C. Baker. George p.
Halves. jr.: Richard 1. McKenney.
William Paterson and L. c. Crawford:
Second Lieuts. Warren r. Bell, Arthur
G. Campbell. John T. Rowe. Marcel 8.
Keene. Guy B. Lawrason. Laurence T.
Walker, Otto II Sehrader. William r.
Fulton. Donald NJ. Ashbridge, Hollis LIE r.
Muller. Ell E. Bennett. Homer R. Old
field. William c. Whitaker. James A.
Brice. James L. Dunsworth, Henry H.
Malven, jr, Edward L. Kelly, Thurston
Hughes. Frederick A. Mountford, Fordyce
M: Chase. Willis Shippam. Samuel H.
Tilghman, Howard T. Clark, Kelley B.
Lennon. Thomas o. Humphreys Edwin
F. Barlow. Charles T. Richardson. Nor
ton M. Beardslee, Francis G. Delano,
Philip 8. Gage. william C. Koenig, John
J. Thomas, Herbert H. Acheson, Frank
A. Buell., Loren H. Call and Charles A.
Eaton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26
READY FOR EASTER SEASON.
Family Shoe Store Management
Makes Extensive improvements.
GEO. n. OYSTER, Jr.

In anticipation of the busiest Easter
season dn years the management Of the
Family Shoe Store, 31O-312 7th street
northwest. has made extensive improve
ments to the front of the shop and adj
ded new show cases and counters.
Joseph Strasburger, proprietor Of the
Family Shore Store, speaking from an
experience covering many years. expects
the spring trade in footwear this year
to set q new mark. He said yesterday
that the demand for tan shoes and
hosiery already exceeds anything Of for
mer years.
The new display show cases Of this es-
tablishment have been dressed with the
latest styles in high and low shoes.
The improvements to the store have
not only Increased the capacity for dis
play, but have also added largely to the
attractiveness Of the place.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26
The Vanishing Pigtail.
From the Shanghai National Review.

From the Shanghai National Review.
A large number Of Shanghai officials
merchants and others have now cut or
their queues, and every day the new FASH
ion Is coming more into popular favor.
Time was. and that within the last two
years. when any reference to this subject
among representative people in this coun-
try was taboo, while today 1t Is a. sub
ject OF comprehensive discussion, and
similarly to the vicious practices of opium
smoking and foot binding. tho wearing OF
. 'pigtdR" is rapidly becoming bad form
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26
Return of Secretary Knox.

Secretary of State Knox returned to
Washington last night from a twenty
day vacation in Florida. Assistant Sec
rotary Of State Huntington Wilson called
upon the Secretary and the two were en-
gagged for some time in going over mat
tiers that have accumulated in the depart
ment since Mr.. Knox's departure for the
south March 4.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26
FOR SALE ADS USEFUL.
Column in The Star Appeals to Many
Persons.

To the public in general and to the bar
gain hunter in particular the small ads"
I'm The Star. classified under the heading
For Sale-Miscellaneous," make special
appeal.
The column is to the seeker of bargains
what stock reports are to the speculator
The wide variety of articles offered for
sais through the medium OF this list Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26
TOmOrrOw-MEXICO.
XIII.-RELIGION.
ARMY-NAVY
Army Orders.

Lieut.. Col. William s. Pierce, ordnance
department. will proceed to Frankfort
arsenal, Philadelphia, on official business
pertaining to the method of stock ac-
counting.
First Lieut.. Thomas c. Musgrave, 18th
Infantry, is detailed as professor of mill
tary science and tactics at the Mississippi
Agricultural and Mechanical College,
Agricultural College. Miss.
The leave of absence granted First
Lieut.. Walter s. Grant. Sd Cavalry, is
extended one month.
First Lieut.. Howard L. Martin. Coast
Artillery Corps, will report at Fort Mon
roe, Va, for examination for promotion.
Leave of absence for two months is
granted Second Lieut.. Harry L. Simpson,
Sd Infantry
Second Lieut. Harry L. Simpson, Sd In
fantry, is relieved from treatment at the
General Hospital, Hot Springs, Ark. and
will proceed to Manila Philippine Is
lands. and report to Brig. Gen. George
S. Anderson, for duty on his staff.
Leave of absence for one month, with
permission to return from the Philippine
Islands to the United States, is granted
First Lieut. Ernest Graves, Corps of En-
gineers.
The resignation Of First Lieut.. Herman
N. Bundesen, Medical Reserve Corps, has
been accepted by the President.
Capt. Henry w. Stamford, Signal Corps.
is relieved from treatment at the General
Hospital, the Preside Of San Francisco,
and will rejoin Company E, Signal Corps.
at Yuma, Ariz.
Leave Of absence for four months is
granted First Lieut.. Guy e. Manning.
10Th Infantry.
Capt. Lanning Parsons. 9th Cavalry, is
masters department, vice Capt. John s.
VIM. who is signed to the 9th Cavalry.
Capt. Samuel C. Vestal, general staff.
is relieved from detail as member Of
the general staff corps.
First Lieut.. Robert II. Heterick, Med
ical Reserve Corps, is relieved from duty
at the Army Medical School in this city
and will proceed to Fort Brady, Mich
Capt. William M. Cruikshank, Signal
Corps, is relieved from detail in that
corps.
Lieut.. Col. David J. Rumbough is trans
ferred from the list Field Artillery to the
9Th Field Artillery at Fort Riley. Kan.
Capts. Aston Hamilton, John c. Gill
been promoted to majors in the Coast Ar
tillery Corps.
Leave Of absence for fifteen days is
granted First Lieut.. Maxwell Murray.
Coast Artillery Corps.
Officers recently promoted have been as
signed to regiments as follows: Lieut..
Col. Edward A. Miller and Mai William
J. Snow to the 9Th Field Artillery; Capt.
Joseph F. Barnes. to the 9th Field Ar
the I'd Field Artillery: Maj. George o.
Cress, to the 10th Cavalry; Maj. James
B. Hughes, to the LIST Cavalry; Maj. Rob-
ert A. Brown, to the 14th Cavalry; Maj.
Willard A. Holbrook. to the 9Th Cavalry;
Maj. Lewis M. Koehler. to the 4th Cav
airy; Maj Robert E. L. Niche, to the
9th Cavalry; Capts John 8. Fair, Robert
j. Reaney and Sherrard Coleman, to the
18th Cavalry: Capt. william F. Herring
shaw, to the 9Th Cavalry; First Lieut..
Thomas A Rothwell, to the 9th Cavalry;
First Lieut.. Thomas E. Cathro. to the
I'd Cavalry; First Lieut.. E. r. Warner
McCabe. to the Sth Cavalry, and First
Lieut.. James B. Henry. jr., to the 18th
Cavalry
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26
is its leading feature.

opportunities Is its leading feature.
Household furniture frequently is
placed on sale in this index Of miscel-
laneous offers. Sewing machines. organs
and the contents of a nine-room house
may be included in the opportunities
salable for nominal sums.
To persons embarking in business
show cases. cash registers. steel safes
and store fixtures, which are frequently
in tho list. should prove acceptable bar
gains. To the suburbHnitc items an
bouncing the sale Of chickens. turkeys
and even windna.l!s are OF s2ecia. in
ntercs..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26

Wrapped in ignorance so profound as
to preclude all desire for knowledge. sat
isfied with lot which makes him almost
a brother to the OK. content with an ex-
iStence which enables him to exc out
only q bare living the lot of the Mexican
peon is not pleasant one, viewed from
an American standpoint. Education he
might have If he desired 1t, actual free
dom he hight possess If he knew how to
gain it, but to a large degree he has
neither. Born without virtue. possessed
of defective mentality. he is bundle
OF inconsistency. He is untrustworthy 10
a degree, yet no honest man accused OF
a crime was ever more MORALLY grieved
and affronted than he. Well paid, he i'm
mediately throws up his position. Dress
him we'll and he becomes cabellero--a
Mexican gentleman who would feel dis
graced were he found at honest toll Give
him money enough TO get a silver-span-
gled sombrero and he returns your good
intentions by throwing up his job on the
spot
into debt shortly after he falls in love,
and from that time on he is reduced to
state of servitude which enables the
lender to mmand his services practically
as long he desires. In Mexico the
ceremonies incident to the kind of mar
rage the peon heart Graves cost any
where from 10 to 80 pesos. Usually the
prospective benedict goes to his employer
and asks for loan of that amount. This
loan is seldom repaid in full, for with a
family to support and wages that permit
of bare existence, there is little to be
laid aside for the satisfaction of back
debts or for future rainy days. So long
as the peon stays in the debt of his en-
ployer, just SO long that employer is per-
mitted, under the policy of the Mexican
government. to keep him at work. Some
times the peon will conclude that he Is
ill-used by his employer, and goes out
and finds another master who is willing
to pay off the old obligations and assume
the loan himself
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26
In Memoriam.

LII M4CluO1 Adms
BRAHLER In loving remembrance OF our
dear father, EDWARD BRAHLER. who died
three years ago today. March %, 1908.
May he rest in peace.
CRUMP. In sad but loving remembrance OF my
dear husband and our father, WILLIAM L.
CRUMP, who departed this life two years
ago today, March g. 1909
Sleep, blessed sleep.
BY HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN.
FENTON In sad but loving remembrance Of
NV dear mother. Mrs. ROSE I. FENTON.
who departed this life one year ago today.
March 26, 1910. 49, ,>,ro>
GRIMM. In loving remembrance Of my wife,
MARY r. GRIMM, who died twenty-five
years ago today. ,n,,,.
POOLE. In sad but loving remembrance of our
dear daughter and sister, WlLHELMlNA
ALDEN POOLE, who left US six years ago
today, March 26, 1905.
A loving daughter from US has gone
The voice we loved is still.
God called her home, 1t was His Will;
But in our hearts we love her still.
Her memory is sweet today
As the hour she passed away.
BY HER DEVOTED PARENTS.
Shed not for her the bitter tears,
The one we loved SO dear;
The vision grows clear sometimes
We feel she must be near.
LOVING SISTER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26
Ironclad Roofing Company Moves.

Outgrowing present quarters, the Iron
clad Roofing Company has removed from
1412 G street to 528 18th street, where
facilities are more adequate. This con-
Germ was organized several years ago by
John A. Rooms and Bruce s. Branson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26
On to His Job.

From Fliegende Batter.
Waiter Ito aviator who has fallen on
the roof Of an hotN-Want room, sir?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26
MyriadS Of Blooming Plants
Growing in Our Conservatory

Nowhere Thousands of blooming plants
o. may Sc anyp ha
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26
But Not the Other Kind.

From the B0ston Transcript.
Have you any faith In mediums?"
81 have in the circulating MEDIUM"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26


and Easily Satisfied. abode huts
on the plateau and their matched ones
in the low country seldom have more
than one room and rarely possess win
dow, there is more air and less crowding
than in the cities. While the children in
the cities usually are clothed to the point
of decency, this Is not true In the country
districts, and the American employer of
peon labor often must. issue orders COM
pellinR the peon families to put clothes
on their children.
Perhaps nowhere in the world can
one find a race Of people whose wants
are fewer or more easily satisfied than
those of the average Mexican peon. He
and his family may banquet on tor
tillas, frijoles and chill, and a simple
mat for sleeping affords them as much
comfort as the downiest couch brings
to the average American citizen. Wrap
ped in his serape. with his hat for
q pillow, he sleeps as sweetly as q
baby from bedtime till dawn.
The poems on q large ranch or plan
tation often view their employer much
in the same light as the old-time
southern slave looked upon his master.
He becomes their family physician,
prescribing for their ordinary illsr
ofaciates as godfather for their chill
dren. attends their marriages and IL
present at their wakes. The employer
is usually kind. though be must al
ways befirm. In some instances. as In
slavery days, employers are harsh and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26

OF course. the condition of the peon is
much worse in the cities then in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26

The dress of the peon and his family
is usually Of the cheapest kind, cotton
The Holly chieftain., 1911-03-03
Lamar Beauty Parlors
Miss bartholomew. M sn
Shampooing, Hairdressing. Msss>ging. Man
touring. Wesving.
First National Bank Bldg. Lamar.
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The Holly chieftain., 1911-03-03

Good Roads Meeting

The owes County Good Roads last Tuesday
Commercial club and despite the ncmency Of the weaher
the crowded with enthusiastic bunch
on the level for common cause.
President Sam Porter called the meeting order and after Sec
retar ONea read the Of the preceding meeting there
never uI in the proceedings until The close
The Of voting bonds for good roads nexpeent as
would have be passed by the Legislature authorizing
COL Wiley declared that he opposed the bonding Of Powers
county for good roads until all other exhausted also
his opinion that getting the best roads within
Good roads a Of education he concluded
VcePresiden Floyd Wilson Of Hartman suggested the idea
Good Roads Day. and heartily endorsed which means that
day will be devoted road Improvement The committee having
the charge Messrs M Wilson, Vidal and S. C
Porter, the latter being ex-oAhcio.