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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-05-12

his closest friends in the city, the
truth dawned upon them that a mis-
Jake had been made and that the
wrong man had been buried.
Letters were Immediately sen back
to him and after some weeks he re-
piled stating that he would probably
come home very'soon to see the folks.
He intends staying home now n will
probably secure a position to enable
him to be near his mother. The first
he ever knew If his reported death
and burial came from his own moth
er's lips this week after he had ar
rived home,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-05-12
Pleads for Hog Raising.

In the last issue of the Rural
Spirit of Portland. State Veterinarian
w. H. Lyle of this city, has a lead
ing artile entitled Hogs Essential to
Agricultural Prosperity" in which he
urges the farmer to realize the value
of this part of stock raising. He
points out that the northwest is the
only country which has reached pros
perity in spite Of the neglect of hog
raising by ranchers but he predicts
that they must come to it before
long. He concludes his article with
the advice, "All should get on the
Breakfast Bacon Special and ride
to prosperity"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-05-12
To Play at Waila Walla.

y bunch of Pendleton young ball
tossers composed mostly of high
school freshmen will go to Walla Wal
10 Sunday to cross pats with a team
in hat city managed by Tom Gill
lette, a former Pendleton lad. The
local lads will line up as follows: Tom
Follett, c;'Ralph Davis, p; Joe Rorsey,
1b; Alva Sample, 2b; Philip Hurst,
mgr, Oh; Russell Parlett, SIS; Ralph
Despair, df; Harry Ships, CT; Tex
Stephenson, If.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-05-12
4 $4,000 transaction.

county wheat land has been placed
upon the records at the court house.
By a deed decorded yesterday after
noon, Eugene C. Sanderson and wife
transfer to the Eugene Bible Univer-
sity the southeast quarter of section
25, township 5, lots 8, 4 and the south
half of the northwest quarter of sec
ton 2, township 4, all north Of range
"a consisting of 27S,79 acres. The
consideration was $4,000. Mr.. San
derson is president of the institution
to which he transfers his land.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-05-12
\ Cooked Food Sale.

Housewives of the city will be Civ
en- an opportunity to prepare their
Sunday dinners without spending half
a day over h hot stove as the ladies
of the Presbyterian church will con-
duct a cooked food sale in the base
ment of the Peoples Warehouse to-
morrow.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-05-12
A Rough and Tumble Sale

The Peoples Warehouse presented
a scene this morning that would do
for an illustration in a comic sup
plement. 1t swas the occasion of the
first five-cent sale ever held in the
city and apparently every woman in
Pendleton, whatever her rank or sta
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-05-12
\ Fine Display Window.

Gray Bros. have about completed
the improvements to their store and
have one-of the finest grocery fronts
in the city. Large windows with plen-
ty of display space have been put in
and with the prism blass at the top,
lights the building from n end to
the other.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-05-12
Lot Sold,

BY a deed filed with Recorder Bur-
roughs this morning, William H. Bean
and wife and Gay S. B. Hayden trans.
fer lot 10 in block 10 of Livermore's
addition to the city of Pendleton to
Olevia Baker Cor a consideration of
5000.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-05-12
Ladies, Read This!

Big shipment of corduroy, velvet,
suede and patents with corduroy tops,
all button shoes, in brown, white and
black, to be placed on sale. $500 val
ues, $3.45.
GREATER ALEXANDER DEPART
MENT STORE.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-05-12
Twins Arc Born

DR.. Fred Lieuallen of Pilot Rock.
reports the advent of twins at the
home of Mr., and Mrs. Guy French of
Butter creek. One of the newcom-
ers is a boy weighing nine pounds
and the other a girl weighing eight
pounds.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-05-12
First Milton Strawberries.

Ray Crystal, manager of the gro
Gerry department of the Peoples Ware
house, is today proudly exhibiting the
first crate of strawberries from the
famous Milton-Freewater district.
Mr.. Crystal receives the first crate
from h a section each year.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-05-12
Lambs Club Gambol.

New York, May 12.-For the first
time in the history of the Lambs club
the general public was admitted to
the gambol at the New Theater this
afternoon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-05-12
Present Signs to Remain.

The present signs at the different
merchandise stores will be allowed to
remain until the present sales are
over rs the merchants have been to
considerable expense in putting them
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-05-12

Washington, May 12.-Mothers'
Day will be observed in public
schools all over the land today, and
in churches on Sunday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-05-12
Install betting Devices,

Louisville, KY, May IA score
of parti-mutuel betting machines have
been installed at Churchill Downs and
will be used during the meet open
ing tomorrow.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-05-12
Field Day i'm Memphis.

Memphis, Tenn, May 12.-Several
thousand children are participating
today in the annual field day exer-
cises on the Tri-Sstate fair grounds.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-05-12
so Acres for $4,000.

The Western Land and Irrigation
company has sold the 5 1-2 of the SW
Ia of Sec. 81 TIP. 4 n. r. % to
James Van Slyke for a consideration
of $4,000.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-05-12
Newsy Notes
of Pendleton
Club Meeting.

NIUU NIVVtTIS.
The Civic club will hold a meet
ing at the city han tomorrow after
noon ut 5 o'clock.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-11-10

Will TWINS Little Sermon Teaches
That Hotels and Newspapers Must
Remain Respectable.

Suppose you are an innkeeper, with
q fine, respectable establishment. To
stimulate profits you take down few
bars, begin to admit disreputable and
unpleasant people. Your hotel enjoys
great prosperity for two or three sea-
sons, then suddenly falls toward bank
ruptcy. The hotel bore q reputation
for respectability; the soiled charac-
tiers wanted to enter Il in order to con-
ceal their real nature and intentions.
The newspaper bore a reputation for
sincerity; prostitute causes wanted to
enter 1t in order to get by association
the color Of truth. As time passed,
more and more disreputable people
came to the hotel. 60 that 1t lost utter
~ its old reputation. As time passed
the newspaper had to lie more and
more boldly, suppress more and more
brutally, and the public began to per-
ceive. Finally, even the disreputable
abandoned the hotel because It no
longer covered their intentions. Final
ly, the corrupt powers which fed the
newspaper discovered that its word
carried no more force. that 1t was I'M
able to further their causes. and they
abandoned 1t to failure.-Will Irwin.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-11-10

FOR SALE A number of
mich cows with calves, also two
blooded bulls. Call upon or write
E. II. Stafford.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-11-10
IS EXTREME OF DEsoLATIoN
Unfinished Card Game, With Paste-
boards Lying Just Where the
Players Left Them.

Asked what sight represented to his
mind the extreme of desolation, the
renting agent said:
IAN unfinished card game. with the
cards lying just where the players left
them. This morning came across an
interrupted game Of hearts in a fur
nished fiat that was vacated suddenly.
The tenants simply packed their
clothes and moved out without word
Of explanation to anybody, and as they
didn't owe me cent 1t wasn't my
place to run them down.
They had been playing on the din
ing room table. and the game was
about half finished. Four hands Of
cards thrown down when the game
was anybody's that knew how to turn
a trick worked on the Imagination.
Why did they stop playing in such q
hurry? Why didn't they stay to fin.
ish the game, or II they couldn't do
that, why didn't they scrape the cards
together and take them along? Inter.
esting questions, those, and. I'd like ia
have them answered"
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-11-10
KINDNESS IS HER STRENGTH
Mother Of Large Family Whose Love
Has Made Her Children Most
Admirable.

know a mother Of large family Of
children who has never whipped but
one Of them, and that one only once,
declared Orison SWEET Marden In Sue.
cess Magazine. When her first child
was born people said she was too good
natured to bring up children; that she
would spoil them, as she would not
correct or discipline them; and would
do nothing but love them. But this
love has proved the great magnet
which has held the family together In
a marvellous way. None Of these chill
dren have gone astray. They have all
grown up to be manly and womanly.
and love has been wonderfully devel.
oped In their natures Their own az
lection responded to the mothers love
and has become their strongest mo-
tive. Today all her children look upon
mother" as the grandest figure in the
world. She has brought out the best
in them. because she saw the best in
them. The worst did not need cor
recting or depressing. for the best neu'
tralixed It.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-11-10
ADDITIONAL LOCALS

Call phone n when you want
any draying done-Ben Carls.
You can get your draying
promptly done by calling u.
Pettis Bros.
E. S. Ludlow left this week on a
trip to Florida. He expects to
find market down there for some
horses.
For Sale-Half or whole interest
in blacksmith shop. Good estab-
lished business. For full particu-
lars call upon c. A. Youmans.
Will consider applications for
loans from parties desiring to COM
mute. Address Box II6, Timber
Lake, S. D.
Mrs. Thos. Quinn and three sons
arrived the first of the week Oud-
ubon, Mimi, and will live in town
until they can erect buildings on
her claim which is some ten miles
east of here.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-11-10
KEPT HIS OLD TIME TABLES
Him to Miss Train and Lose
Contract.

"About seven years ago." said Mr..
Wrigglesome, Il lost a contract that
would have Melted me $1,000 simply
by missing a train; 1t was the old
story Of the other mans getting there
first
Il missed my train by relying on .
time table handed out to me at home.
where the telegram came to me.
Have we got time table on TIT
x. x. & CO. l said to my daughter
Certainly she said. and she hand
ed one over.
"The train I would have to take.
found. left at 10 o'clock at night.
got down to the station handily to find
that the train had gone at $3.50. and
then I learned there that the time ia
BILE had consulted was one sir
months old. Perhaps you never saw
household collection of time tables
ours is kept, or 1t was then. in q
drawer in a writing table. not there
arranged In order, but just put in any
way, and the result was that in that
drawer there was a mound Of time
tables jumbled all together and con
tanning in all a great number. foz
when they put in a new time table
they never took out the corresponding
one.
II had happened not to get q very
old one, but one about middleaged;
old enough to be wrong. but still
young enough to make me trust It
which. plainly. IL where l slipped {
cog; but later managed to inaugu
rate great domestic reform.
about a week after that unpleas
ant occurrence I carried home a com
plete set Of current time tables and
then l emptied that drawer Of all tn,
old ones, some Of them dating back
do believe. year or more. and thel
l put in those new time tables Gr
ranged IN order, and then issuet
General Household Order No. / OF
the subject Of time tables, which wa.
to the effect that the tables must b
kept, each road in a pile by itself
and further, that whenever new tims
table on any road was brought in tn
corresponding old one must be also
lutely and teetotally and unhesitatine
ly thrown away.
This scheme has worked well ant
it has never been necessary to issu'
General Order No. g."
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-11-10
HAVE NOT ENOUGH TO DO
People Like the Inhabitants Of PIT.
calrn Island Really Deserve the
Sympathy Of Others.

While most people are sorry for
my part I reserve my sympathy for
those who have too little to do. They
seem to me to have scarcely . fair
chance in the world. Their natures
are not properly taxed and tested,
trained and developed. They are sure
not to grow up to be among those who
are great, wise, good and famous In
the world. Now they are glad that
they are free from the ordinary cares
and activities Of life. In the future
they will be sorry. Indeed. It may
help to kill them.
A traveller, who visited the Pitcairn
islanders in their lonely Pacific home.
where they led life II absolute idle
ness, found some Of them dying Of old
age when only so or 60 years Of age
q time Of life when those who lead a
busy existence are in their prime.
They had too little to do. The rough
fibre Of life. for its due adjustment.
needs certain amount Of work and
worry.
Two strangers met one day at .
country village. where both had come
in search Of rest. One was a news
paper man. the other physician. In
the morning. the newspaper man lay.
lazily on the grass, picking buttercups;
and daisies and looking at the blue
sky. He did this for an hour, while;
the physician watched him. MEDICAL
men have a trick Of watching their
fellow-creatures. We are open books
for them to read.
You seem, sir" said the physician.
ITO be rather fond OF lying on the
grass and picking daisies"
Il have passion for it," was the
answer. Il should like to spend my
life lying here. picking daisies"
And yet" was the rejoinder, Il
have an idea that you are a man who
leads a pretty active life-that you
take good deal Of interest In other
matters besides the picking Of dais-
les"
Eyes. work a great deal more than
! like. and I should be glad to quit
and would choose to rest here on my
back forever, with nothing In the
world to do
DO you know. sir. what would be
the result of that?"
We'll. what would It be?"
1T would probably be an attack of
paralysis. To stop work would prob.
ably end your existence"
Often people have too little to do in
early life. They have seasons of much
holiday and glorious leisure. Then
comes the long stretch of life, with
hard work; and they too late regret.
now when they have too much to do.
that they did not take advantage of
the time when they had too little to
do.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-11-10

Told that her pet COW that had
been struck by train was so badly
injured that the animal would have to
be killed, Mrs. Max Johnson, Of the
foot Of Jasper street, Camden. kissed
the cow several times and then
walked away.
The COW was buried near where 1t
was killed, and board was placed at
the head Of the grave by the heart
broken woman. who, between sobs. ex.
planned to number Of persons that
the animal had been the pet Of the
family for years.-Philadelph.a Rec
ord.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-11-10

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.: Sun
day school at 1000 am. Preach
ing at HOO. Evening service at
800. You are cordially invited
to attend.
f. p. Getchell. Pastor.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-11-10
COUNTY OFFICERS.

COUNTY OFFICERS.
Comn1issioners-O. ]. Felt, B.
C. Ash, c. A. Flowers.
Auditor-H. M. Kent.
Treasurer-S. M. Smith.
Register Deeds-O. A. Leonard.
Clerk of Courts-J. ]. ]. Holley.
Supt. Schools-P. S. Jones.
Sheriff-Chas. Maupin.
States Attorncy-Dawes Bris-
bine.
County Judge-Alex. w. Stow.
County Assessor-Henry Fielder
Coroner-Dr. 7. H. Baer.
Iustices-C. C. Lever, Joe Ira
versie, w. Boldt. w. B. Patterson
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-11-10

See F. L. Martin for choice re-
linquishments.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-11-10

Interest paid on time deposits at
Stock Growers State Bank.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-28

one per cent, while white oak exceeds
forty per cent. From white oak, the
highest, the numbers used range down
in the following order: White cedar,
Usage, orange. red cedar. willow, black
walnut, locust, butternut, and catalpa.
A few posts are cut from other woods.
Preservative treatment increases the
life Of all wooden posts and more than
doubles the period of usefulness of
those which are mostly sapwood. The
100000 spent yearly by Iowa farmers
in buying and setting fence posts
might be materially lessened by put
ting into practice the well-known meth
DDS of wood preservation. 1t costs
much less to treat post than to buy
a new one and set 1t in the ground,
and in addition much wood could be
saved for other purposes. The depart
ment of agriculture has made special
study of practical methods of preserv-
ing farm timbers, SO that 1t is able to
inform interested inquirers how to do
this for themselves.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-28
Justification.

Sir" said the stranger. entering
the sanctum Of the plodding humorist.
Il have called to make your acquaint.
ance."
The plodding humorist laid aside a
half-finished umbrella bon mot and
turned to greet his visitor.
Il" said the stranger, am a self
made man. Look me over. You win
see that l am bald, therefore Won
write jokes wondering why did not
put more hair on my head; am Iop-
sided. therefore you make caustic
comment thereon; am provided with
large feet, therefore you write tests
saying that | am self-made from the
ground up. but put In too much time
on the foundation--and in many other
ways you poke fun at me. Now, what
have you to say for yourself?"
Well" said the plodding humorist,
studying the self-made man atten.
lively. you are the first of the sort I
ever saw. and now that / have seen
you ! can only say that / don't blame
myself for writing things about you. !"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-28
PUT YOUTH ON HIS GUARD
Evidently Recital of Romanees Long
Passed Made No Appeal to Hls
Feelings.

Charles" said sharp-voiced wom-
an to her husband In a railway car
riage do you know that you and
once had a romance in a railway car
riageT"
Never heard of it." replied Charles
In subdued tone.
Il thought you hadn't; but don't you
remember, 1t was that pair of slippers
presented to you the Christmas be-
fore we were married that led to our
union7 You remember how nicely
they fitted. don't you? Well, Charles,
one day when we were going to pic
mic you had your feet upon a seat,
and when you were not looking took
your measure. But for that pair Of
slippers don't believe we'd have ever
been married"
A young unmarried man sitting by
Immediately took down his feet from
the seat.-Ideas Magazine.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-28
MADE HIS ESCAPE IN TIME
Metaphors of Millionaire Found No Re
spouse in the Breast OF the
Farmer.

The millionaire accepted the farm.
er's cordial invitation to ride, and with
much scrambling gained a seat on top
Of the hay.
my good man." said the millionaire,
patronizingly, this swaying, rolling,
sweet-scented divan is a couch upon
which could win slumber and be ir-
resistible to the arms of Morpheus
whenever | courted sweet Sleep"
The farmer stiffened. .Tll hear no
more Of your talk; I'm a respectable
married man, an I'll ask you where
you're goin' SO l can avoid the place"
Dreamily the millionaire smiled.
I'm getting back to Mother Nature,
who has been outraged and abused by
me for years; am a broken man,
and she will forgive me and bring me
back to health"
The farmer stopped the team and
pulled a three-tined pitchfork from
the brace socket-but his passenger
was gone.-Success Magazine.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-28
ECONOMY I'm
FENCE POSTS
Careful Selection OF Wood and
Preventative Treatment Saves
Time and Money - Aver.
age Coat and Life.
(By JOHN q, sCHAEFER. }

(By JOHN @. sCHAEFER)
1t has been estimated by the u s
department Of agriculture that the
farmers of the single state of Iowa
use every year s1,4OO.000 worth of new
fence posts, which cost the equivalent
of 100000 for setting them in the
ground. Without doubt part of this
expenditure might be saved.
The opportunity for economy is
found, first, in using the kinds of posts
which, taking into account both cost
and durability, are cheapest in the
long run, and, secondly, by treating
the posts to prevent decay When q
farmer sets a post which will have a
comparatively short life, he loses NOT
only through having to buy new post,
but also because of the additional la.
Dor involved in setting 1t. 1t is true
that in both cases no money outlay
may be involved, for he may set the
posts himself, after getting them from
his own wood lot. OF the posts used
last year in Iowa. 70 per cent. 1t is es-
timated, were grown on the farms
where they were used, or were OBJ
tanned from other farmers or wood lot
owners, and only 80 per cent. were
bought from lumber dealers. Never
theless, the farmer Is out his labor
and the part of the product OF his
wood lot which Is used up, even though
he does not pay out any cash.
The average life of a fence post Is
stated to be fourteen years, and the
average cost 1877 cents. There is, how
ever, greater difference In the lasting
properties of different woods. Usage
orange lasts more than Ave times as
long as willow, and for length Of SER
vice 1t heads the list of post timbers
In the state. The comparative life
OF other posts Is shown in the follow
Ing list. ranging from the longest
period to the shortest: Red cedar, To-
Gust. white oak. northern white cedar
Tor arborvitael catalpa, black walnut,
hutternut, red oak and willow.
The average cost of posts varies
for different woods. and for the same
woods in different localities. Red cedar
Ia most expensive. at an average of
26A cents each, and willow the cheap
est, at six cents.
Taking into consideration the time a
post will last. and the cost of buying
1t and setting 1t in the ground, the
conclusion must be drawn that the
Usage orange post is the most econom-
zeal in Iowa, followed by white oak,
locust, catalpa, red cedar, black wal
nut butternut. willow, white cedar and
red oak. In the order named
Comparatively few posts of some of
these woods are used. Catalpa and
butternut together do not constitute
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-28
Keep Down the Weeds.

The growing of hoed crops. corn,
potatoes, cotton. etc, upon the land
infested to the greatest extent pos
sible.
The growing OF clover and alfalfa
whenever practical, because these
crops occupy the soil well and may
be cut several times a year, thus pre-
venting seeding to great extent.
The growing of soiling crops. both
because OF the fact that they may be
cut at almost any time and because
Of their smothering qualities.
Keep the land constantly at work
growing some crop. Avoid fallows.
Stimulate the soil to a vigorous pro-
duction by means of thorough Guilt
walton and liberal use of fertilizer
II the cultivated plants make a vigor-
GUS growth. there viii be less room
and less chance for the weeds.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-28
Preventlna . nlaturhanoa.

Colonel Scotchem was weary. He
had had very arduous day retreating
from the enemy, and he wished to re-
coup his strength in order that he
might retreat still further on the NOR
row.
MACPHERSON" he said to his new
servant, I'm going to snatch forty
winks' sleep. Stay in my tent and
see that I'm not disturbed"
Mac saluted. Five minutes later the
shores of Colonel scotchem were cut
short by the loud report OF gun.
Great Scott" cried the colonel.
Are the enemy upon us?"
ma, dinna fret" replied Mac, In
sorting his head reassuringly through
the tent flap. 1T was only a wee
mousie. But as I thought he might
wake you up shot him. Answers