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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-17

The commission form of govern
ment has been in operation in Spo-
kane for seven months. The ADJUST
ments necessitated by the change
from the old form have been fairly
well worked out, and city business Is
going on smoothly. with les sdlsturp-
ance and wrangling at the city hall
than for years.
Our people as a rule, seem well
satisfied with the change and 1t Is
very doubtful If even those who were
most active against adopting the COM
mission form would vote to return
TO the old system. There are, OF
course. a few citizens who honestly
believe the old form better, but. the
great bulk of the opposition, both TO
the adoption TO the commission form
and to its continuance, comes from
those whose private, selfish interests
are being interfered with by benefit
cial changes in administration inaug-
urated by the new government.
Briefly, what seem to me to be the
particular points of advantage. are as
follows:
There is no wrangling at the city
hall. OF course, honest and consci-
entious men differ. Our commits
soners frequently do not agree on
various measures. but differences are
soon healed and there is harmony and
good feeling between them as rule.
There is direct responsibility. Each
commissioner has charge under the
authority of the whole body of his de-
partments, and the citizen knows to
whom to apply for his needs. Our
people say now that they can get
their business with the city attended to
in hours and days, where it formerly
took weeks and months,
BY the use of the preferential sys-
tenn of voting and by the election of
the commissioners at large, the party
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-17
"RAT" is MOUSE'S NEST.
Little Rodent Leaps from Woman's
Coiffure at Emergency Hospital.

San Francisco.-For more than a
decade the joke smiths have been
springing the perennial jest founded
upon the rat" woman wears in her
hair Their time-worn joke became
a near-reality yesterday. AS Mrs.
Eleanor Struckey was being examined
at the Central Emergency hospital
preparatory to being transferred to
the city and county hospital a mouse
peaked from under her heavy tress-
e5 and in second leaped to the floor
and scampered for cover. Mrs. Ida
Currier, the attendant, reversed the
traditions of her sex by promptly
smacking the mouse on the skull with
a broom handle.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-17
Easy to Get Rid Of
Dandruff

Dandruff means that down near the
roots of your hair there is vast ar
my of little invisible germs or mi
crobes.
And this army never sleeps; 1t wa
ges a war of destruction night and
day. It destroys the nourishment that
the hair must have in order to grow
vigorously and abundantly.
PARTISAN SAGE now sold all over
America will destroy these germs and
at the same time furnish the hair
roots with just the proper nourish-
ment to make hair grow lustrous and
Iuxurant.
PARTISAN SAGE is guaranteed by
Tallman Drug Co. to Danish dan
druff, stop falling hair and itching
scalp or money back. 1t Is a delight
full hair dressing that wins instant
favor with refined women. Sold fol
only so cents a large bottle by Tall
man Drug Co. and druggists every
where. Girl with Auburn hair OF
every carton and bottle.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-17
500 REWARD. 500.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure
in all Its stages. and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment, Halls Catarrh
Cure taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces Of the sys.
TEN, thereby destroying the foundation OF
the disease, and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and assist
Ing nature in doing It's work. The pro
pretors have so much faith IN Its curative
powers that they offer One Hundred Dol
lars for any case that II fails to cure. Sent
for list of testimonials
Address
f. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, o
| Sold by Druggists, Toe.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa
tion.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-17

boss Is eliminated and the results or
the election express the will of the
majority much more closely than the
old system of caucus, convention and
ward representation. Hereafter there
will not be more than three commits
sioners elected at any election, giving
the voters no excuse for ignorance of
the men or their duties. We require
a non-partisan affidavit and restrict
the use of money for election purpos-
es to $3.50 for any candidate.
We are getting street Improvement
made for 20 to 40 per cent less than
in recent years. without reducing the
city wage scale or decreasing our
standards of quality The contract
ors' ring which has held up public
work, is broken, and the most of our
work is going to those contractors
who have done the best work in the
past. For the first time in our his"
tory a contractor has been fined for
delay.
Our tax levy will be the same this
year as last, Notwithstanding a deficit
| of about $50 600 left over by the old
government. and the settlement of
many old claims and the straighten-
| ing out of complications which have
been neglected for years
The laws of this city are made by
the men who administer them and
who know the needs and uses of prop
er ordinances. Every morning at II
o'clock an administrative session is
held, at which any citizen may have
| i
cations received at these meetings are
referred to the proper department and
action usually had very promptly.
The various departments are being
managed with efficiency and COM
mon sense. The water department,
which had been allowed to run heav-
lily in debt, is being put on business
footing, free water has been cut off,
meters have doubled in seven months,
wastes have been stopped and ade-
quate supply furnished in the hot
months, where heretofore every year
there has been a famine. Our streets
are we'll paved and kept clean, sew
ers are maintained, the health of the
city was never SO good, the public
service corporations are encouraged
(and enforced when necessary tc
give good service, back franchise tax.
es are collected and city affairs gen
orally are conducted along busines:
lines.
We believe Spokane has he mos
! advanced characteristic commission
charter yet adopted by any city Th'
: preferential system of voting, tn,
short ballot and the election of th
r five commissioners at large. they Sc
lecting one of their number as may
or, are features which have YER
strong arguments in their favor.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-17
KahlOtus BOY Shoots Self.

Kahlotus, Wash.-Willis Kirby, Is
year-old son of Lee Kirby, a promi-
nent merchant, while looking over an
old 32-caliber revolver, permitted it to
accidentally explode and shot himself
through the palm Of the right hand.
DR.. Sherfey of Washtucna found one
oe the mata-carpal bones splintered
and he removed two pieces of bone.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-17
Four Horses Burn i'm Barn.

Pullman, Wash-The large barn
on the farm of ]. o. Cooper, five
miles south of here on the Genesee
branch of the Northern Pacific burn
ed, killing four horses, two of them
being imported stations. valued by
Mr.. Cooper at $4,000 each. The other
two horses were a work team kept in
the barn last night. There was a
large amount of hay, grain, harness
and other valuable property. The to-
tai loss is between $4,000 and $4,000
with only light insurance. The barn
and contents were insured, but for
much less than their actual value.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-17
Banauets Friends at EIgin.

Elgin, Ore.-Henry Bader, a busi-
ness man Of Elgin, and who for 20
years has been in Elgin, gave ban
quet Sunday at the Star restaurant in
honor of his old-time friends. it being
his 5Oth birthday and the 21st ami
versary of his arrival in Elgin. over
100 people partook of the banquet.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-17
Has Two Wives.

Tacoma, Wash.-Believing that
they have married the same man,
Jeanette Hughes of Tacoma, and
Florence McMurray of Vancouver,
Wash, compared notes and worked
together for the arrest of William H.
Cameron, a cook. who was captured
as a result. The police believe he
had other wives over the country.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-17
Women on WaIIa WalIa jury.

Walla Walla, Wash.-The venire
for the fall term of court, comprising
sc names of talesmen, was drawn
in the superior court. The list in
cludes besides several prominent ply
sIcians and lawyers eight women. At
the last drawing of a venire there were
II women on the list, but not one Of
them would serve.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-17
Kill Bear Near kellogg.

Kellogg, Idaho.-As a result of a
three weeks trip along the Idaho
Montana line in the vicinity of Eagle
creek, four local hunters have five
bears to their credit. The party con-
sisting of Oscar Reynolds, Mike
Reedy, Rufus Dunlap and Fred Nc
Crery.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-17
Mrs. Lima Todd. Pioneer. succumbs

Elgin, Ore.-Mrs. Lima Todd, wife
o: T. D. Todd, an aged pioneer of this
section, passed away, aged 81 years.
SIZE leaves a husband and two sons,
Charles A, and Ellis b. Todd and one
daughter, Mrs. Wade Frazier all of
whom reside in this section.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-17
Launch Wrecked: Carter browns.

Prince Rupert, b. C.-James Car
ter, a half-breed, living at Massett,
was drowned when his launch was
wrecked in severe storm off the
Queen Charlotte islands. Joe Tasha-
tat, a Frenchman, who was with Car
ter, managed to reach shore safely.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-17
Ketchikan's Bic Mills Burn.

: Prince Rupert. b. ca wireless
message from Ketchikan says the
Ketchikan mills burned. The saw
mills did an extensive business sup
plying boxes to the fish companies
operating in that district. The loss is
estimated at $4,000.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-17
NEWS OF THE
NORTHWEST
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Fire Destroys Block at Bend.

Bend, Ore.-Fire broke out in the
Palmeter block and destroyed the en-
tire block. 1t started from a gasoline
range in the restaurant occupied by
Sam McMurtrie. The block was oc-
cupied by two saloons, restaurant
and rooming house.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-17
Good Pasture Land for Sale.

For sale-S6O acres good pasture
land on Cabbage Hill, Is miles south
east of Pendleton. Good grass and
plenty of running water and springs
on place, Address. w. II. Bell, Pen
dleton. Ore, or call on Bentley &
Leffingwell.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-17
Boy is Hurt in Carnival Wheel.

Charleston, Wash.-Ralph Lyle, the
14-year-old son of Frank Lyle, resid-
ing at Second and Sycamore, was Sc
verely injured on the wheel being op-
Grated by the Parker Carnival shows
at Lewiston. An operation was per-
formed at st. Joseph hospital
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-17
ACTRESS DIVORCED,
DID NOT KNOW 1T
Kate ClaXton Wants Divorce Dissolved
Because Secretly Taken.

East st. Louis, Ill.-Mrs. Charles
Stephenson, known on the stage as
Kate Claxton. was a witness yester-
day in her suit to have a divorce, OBJ
tained by her husband II years ago,
annulled. She declared that she did
not know of the divorce until April,
1910, when her supposed husband had
been married again. Her testimony
was to the effect that she lived with
Stephenson after he had obtained the
divorce, ignorant of the fact that he
had been granted a decree.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-17

Tickling in the throat, hoarseness
loss of voice indicate the need of Bal
lard's Horehound Syrup. 1t eases the
lungs, quiets the cough and restores
health in the bronchial tubes. Price
csc, soc and s1.00 per bottle Sold
by 4. c. Koeppen & Bros.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-17

Biliousness Is due to a disordered
condition of the stomach. Chamber
lain's Tablets are essentially a stom-
ach medicine, intended especially to
act on that organ; to cleanse It,
strengthen it, tone and invigorate it,
regulate the liver and to Danish bill
iousness positively and effectually
For sale by all dealers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-17

The best plaster, a piece Of flan-
mel dampened with Chamberlain
liniment and bound on over the af-
fected parts is superior to a plaster
and costs only one-tenth as much
For sale by all dealere
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-17

pepSla ana IeHldIe
troubles by your
m e dicine. l had
been troubled with
both for fourteen
years and consulted
different d octor s,
but failed to get any
relief. After using
Lydia E. Pinkham's
We re ia BILE Com
pound and Blood
Purifier l can say !
ON n u,al1 womaD
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-17

can't find words to express my thanks
for the good your medicine has done
me. You maypublish this if you wish" !"
Mrs. HERMAN SETH, Pound, Wis.
The success of Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled. 1t may be
used with perfect confidence by women
who suffer from displacements, infam-
nation, liberation, fibrOid tumors, ir-
regularities, periodic pains, backache,
bearing-down feeling, fiatulency, indi,
gestion, dizziness, or nervous prostra-
ton.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has been the
standard remedy for female ills, and
suffering women owe it to themselves
to at least give this medicine trial.
Proof is abundant that it has cured
thousands of others, and why should
it not cure you?
IF you want special advice write
Mrs. Pinkham. Lynn, Mass, for IL
IL is free and always helpful.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-17

FAILED TO
HELP HER
Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Pound, Wis. -"I am glad to an
nounce that L have been cured of dys-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-17
Commission Government in Spokane

Bv Charles Commiss of Public Utilities Spokane
Arizona republican., 1911-10-15
SETS A NEW AGE MARK
Here is Woman, 125 Years Old, Who
Remembers Napoleon.

Frau Dutllicwicz, residing at Poscn,
has celebrated her 125th birthday. So
far as official records 60. she is tn"
oldest woman in the world. She is tall
and thin. but bent and very feeble.
although not absolutely bcdriddcn.
Her face is full of the wrinkles OF
twelve and half decades She is al
most blind and deaf. and suffers
rheumatic pains. Long tresses OF
perfectly white hair give her a pa
triarchal appearance She is pen
sioncr on the bounty Of the local
Roman Catholics.
Her son. aged 90 was priest Of thu
Jesus church Of Posen. by a strange
coincidence, while celebrating mass;
before the altar on his mothers 125th
birthday. he fell dead from hearts
disease.
Frau Dutkiewicz was married over
Arizona republican., 1911-10-15
DUAL PERSONALITY TO BLAME
If One Has a Crouch or Two Oispo-
sitions It's Easily Explained

Are you ever bad tempered, ill
| natured and grouchy?
Do YOU hate to get up in the morn
ing?
Do YOU ever kick the family cat?
Have YOU a general well developed
grudge at humanity most Of the
time?
I'm short, if YOU are one Of thos,
men who are trial To themselves
and To- every one on tho same block
her" IL a way in which YOU can
SHIFT the responsibility and actually
rose as a martyr. says the st Louis
Republic
You viii not have to plead guilty
healthy as You like All you viii
have TO do is to blame your cantan-
kerousness ON your other self"
People will pity YOU then and make
all sorts of excuses for you They
viii remember your good deeds and
be very sorry for YOU when you
rave and rant and tear your hair
You can BE- Just as mean and grouchy
as YOU like, ana everyone Will have
To- allow You that privilege For
are YOU not cursed with Doctor
Jekyll and Mr. HYDE disposition?
The insanity defense is getting
worn out in the courts. 1t is about
time to try another new and battling
one. Suppose the next murderer who
is arrested should bring forward as
his defense that it was not ne a;
all who killed the man. but his 9th
err and bad self that had gained
control for the time being? Suppose.
too. that ne was able To- prove that
he was a totally different sort Of a
man on different days What would
an average jury bewildered by expert
testimony. dazed 10y argument. con-
fused 10y instructions and befogged
with doubt. do in case of that
kind Suppose we blame all our
"cussodncSs' on our other self
hereafter?
Is the dual personality one Of the
reasons why the summer girl is able |
10 love 50 many different men in one
short season
II that why the moon Of honey |
yanes so soon sometimes?
Is that why a man can be spendcr /
and a jolly good fellow away from |
home and a double distilled crouch ~
soon as he passes his own doorway? /
Is that the reason why some wo- |
men are all sweetness and charm |
vhcn ont in public and real Nan |
ippes. when they put on their XII |
nonos and array Themselves in their |
'url papers?
Arizona republican., 1911-10-15
UPPER TENDON OF
HARNESS SOCIETY
OF THE RACE
TRACK ARE ASSEMBLING.
Exhibition Stock and Record Makers
Coming in Daily.

The swell set in Arizona horSedom is
being augmented daily by the arrival
of aristocratic representatives, of not
able families both east and west. \,
least a half dozen favorites of equin"
upper tendon registered yesterday al
the territory's notable horse hotel on
the fairgrounds
one Of the new arrivals is Zombro-
nut with record of 2:0Sia. a proud
ancestry and an ambition to win tho
s.O9 and the frcc-for-all trots in both
u which his manager has put up faith
money. H.. made "a fine showing here
in last years races and will have q
good social following TO start the Week
with.
Hal Mckinney belongs to the racing
circle and in his best form has cut the
mile. POSI-. He plans to figure this
year in three big races the 2:15, 2:12
and 2:09 classes.
Nordweu is stil another notable
which throws dust with the same
2:OSIa movement. and affiliates in the
pacing game NordweIl is elected for
championship with Hal Mckinney in
the three events referred To- and there
will be rivalry between them oven If
both horses, together with ZOmbronut
do belong to the r + Ward string.
If speed be the criterion of horse
society there is still another and NOR
aristricratic animal in the same stable
Pop Durfce's Carlokin who is in the
2:07la class and who cat great shines
here at last years festival Carloliin
is rather too proud for the racing game
and does all his stunts as an exhibition
star.
Two of the big stars in Impresario
Walter Mabin's company also joined
the gathering OF the elect Yesterday
One is Donosham, 2:09: with eXhi
billions as a Specialty-no appearance
with the chorus. The other is Chi
quita. 2:OSA, billed for appearance in
the 2:Og and 2:O5 pacing classes.
Arizona republican., 1911-10-15

| watching pair of wood thrushcs
engaged in building their nest near
'Slabsides." | say a pair. though the
female really did all the work. The
male hung around, and was evidently
an interested spectator of the pro-
Ceeding.
The mother bird was very busy
bringing and placing the material,
which consisted mainly Of dry maple
leaves which the winter had made
thin and soft, and which were strewn
over the ground all about How
pretty she looked running over the
ground, now in shade. now in sun
shine. searching for the leaves that
were just To her fancy, Sometimes
she would seize two or more and
with a quick, soft flight bear them
to the fork OF the little maple sapling
Every five or six minutes during
her absence the male would come
and inspect her work He would
look it over. arrange a leaf or two
with his beak and then go his way.
Twice he sat down in the nest and
worked his feet and pressed it with
his breast, as if shaping it, When the
female found him there on her return
he quickly got out of her way.
But he brought no material, he did
n" needful thing, he was a bird of
leisure. The female did all the
drudgery, and with what an air of
grace and ease she did il, So soft
of wing. 50 trim of form. so pretty
of pose and 50 gentle in every move
ment, 1t was evidently no drudgery
To her. the material was handy and
the task one of love.-John Burroughs. |
in Country Life in America
Arizona republican., 1911-10-15
DEATH OF AN "oUTLAW" HORSE.

In Mustangs, Busters and out
laws Of the Nevada Wild Horse
Country" in the American magazine
for October. Rufus Steele writes of
the capture of a splendid wild stall
lion, who had long eluded capture.
He was an outlaw" Writes MI.
steele:
Until we saddled him we did not
realize his desperation. We fastened
the RATA to his front feet; when he
tried to run away we jerkcd his feet
from under him, throwing him heav-
i;y. as he attempted To rise we threw
him again, and repeated the man
euver until exhaustion necessitated
his capitulation. But his surrender
was only temporary. For three years
we tried To break him, using every
artificc known to us-as quickly as
one man gave up the task another
would try to conquer him; but every
time a human being approached or
tried t. bride or saddle him he would
bite viciously. while his eyes, pro-
truding from the sockets, blaZed fiery
red with hate. As the cinch was
drawn tight the outlaw, if upon his
feet, invariably reared straight up,
poised upon his hind legs. then hurled
himself backward to the ground We
always mounted him while he WAS
tied down, and to stay after he
gained his feet called for action
which boiled a days work into thirty
minutes Of struggle. His end was as
tragic as his career; i'm making an
attempt at escape by jumping out of
Stockade corral he misiudged the
distance and became impaled on i
jagged post. and a forty-four was
turned loose upon him to end his suf-
fCrng"
Arizona republican., 1911-10-15
TOKEN OF APPRECIATION

l.. Hancock, who was formerly sup
criutcndcut Of the north side canals
under the reclamation service and
who recently resigned to associate
himself with the II. /. Latham Co in
the real estate business. was present
ed Yesterday with q handsome gold
watch by sixteen zanjeros who served
during his administration Tho gift
was one that Mr.. Hancock viii al
ways cherish both -or its intrinsic
value and for the memory Of tho
splendid feeling Of friendly association
that accompanied it. II was a de-
lghtful surprise to him. the gift be
ing rendered without notice at his
office on Adams street
Arizona republican., 1911-10-15
ARGUING WITH ANDY.

Ski)o Castle. where the chancellor %
the eNchcGucr is staying as the guest
of Andrew Carnegie. has entertained
several other prominent politicians.
Among these is Lord Morley. with
whom the Laird of Skibo has enjoyed
many verbal tusSle 1t is said that
one morning Lord Morley was asked
by fellow guest at the castle how he
had been spending his time. oh" he
replied with a smile. Just exposing
some of Carnegie's sophisms" Half an
hour later someone asked Mr. Carne-
gle if he had seen Lord Morley. Il
guess he's laid up for repairs" was
the reply. I've been arguing with
him. Prom the London Chronicle.
Arizona republican., 1911-10-15

ninety years and has been a widow
for flfty-fiVe years She gave birth
To ten children and her descendants
now number more than two hundred.
She possesses two great great great
grandchildren.
She distinctly remembers the Ma
p"lconic wars and the final fall of
Napoleon. Those far off events at
tho beginning of the nineteenth cen
fury are clearly impressed on her
memory. whereas many incidents OF
the last quarter of a century have
been entirely n,-Philadelph!a
Inquirer
Arizona republican., 1911-10-15
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