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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-06
Dickson FOrges to the Front.

The end of the pinocle tournament
at the welch cigar store is not yet, but
soon. John Dickson, the popular
young keeper of books at the Peo-
pies Warehouse, is the latest contest
ant for first honors and If he wins
three out Of his remaining five games
he will take, down first money. Hal
Corby finished his nineteen games yes
terday afternoon by winning an excit-
ing contest with Glen Scott, Of insur-
ance fame, thus giving him the same
record as Dick Sullivan, six games lost
and thirteen won. The grand finale
will probably come this evening when
Dickson meets his five remaining op-
ponents and lovers of the great game
will gather in force to witness the fin
ish.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-06
South Dakota Boosters,

Sioux Falls, S. D., Feb. 6.-Several
hundred South Dakota boosters are
here today to attend the annual meet
ing of the State Federation Of Com
mercial clubs, which opens this eve
ming.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-06
Testimony Being Taken.

The taking of testimony in the
case of Bergevin VS.. Mosgrove began
this morning before Referee Beck
with. This case is one in which Ber-
gevin demands an accounting from
Mosgrove.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-06
JULIUS CAESAR ALIVE
AND IN NEW YORK

All reports to the contrary not
wlthstanding. Julius Caesar is still
very much alive. He arrived in New
York recently from Germany. and on
a mission of conquest, although a
purely commercial one. julius now
owns a wall paper factory near CO.
logne, Germany. and will visit various
American cities to get acquainted with
his customers, present and prospec-
tive.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-06
Hubbard Company Coming.

The w. l.. Hubbard Co, musical lee
turers and Interpreters and the third
number of the Pendleton lecture
course, will appear at the Christian
church, Friday evening of this week.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-06
ANGLERS WILL HAVE
A MEETING TONIGHT

A meeting Of local anglers will be
held at the city hall tonight to hear
the report of c. K. Cranston who re-
turned this morning from Salem and
to decide on further action.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-06
NebOsy Notes
of PendIeton
Boxcar Robbers Discharged.

The gang of six men arrested at
Umatilla as suspects In recent box
car robbery at that place, were today
released from Jail because of insuffi-
cient evidence against them,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-06
Ono Marriage License.

County Clerk Sailing issued one mar
applicants being Charles C. Carr and
Nellie G.. Connolly, both of whom are
residents of this COUNTY.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-06
VIII Assist in Meetings.

Rev. Joel C. Lininger of the local
Presbyterian church, left for Pilot
Rock this morning to assist Rev. E.
w. Warrington in his revival services
at that place this week.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-06
A Day Off.

Sunday School Teacher-Is your pa
Christian, Bobby?
Little Bobby-No'm. Not today.
He's got the oothache.-Browning s
Magazine,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-06

All Lady Maccabees are requested
to meet at Secret Society hall Tuesday
afternoon at o'clock to meet Mrs.
Alice Porges, state commander. By
order OF commander, ]. A. McRae.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-06
Georgia Charity Show.

New York, Feb. 6.-An entertain
ment for charity will be held tonight
at the Plaza by the Georgia Society
Of the City of New York.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-06

Total Sfoo VI ''of
In the cities fund are included tax
es from Pendleton, Weston, Pilot
Rock, Hermiston, Ecno, Adams, Una
tilla, Freewater, Athena and Helix.
Milton collects her own taxes.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-06
TAXES GREATER THIS
YEAR THAN LAST

Taxpayers of Umatilla county have
filed into the sheriff's office at the
court house all day and Deputy Funk
has been kept busy taking money and
handing out receipts. The total ag-
gregate tax this year is almost $4,000
more than that Of last year, although
both the general fund and the cities
fund are lower. The school fund,
however shows an increase of over
$4,000 which more than counterbal-
ances the decreases in the other two
funds. The following are the COM
parative taxes for last year and this
year.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-06

c. H. Powell Of Milton, came in
Saturday from his home in Milton.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-06

Fancy Shooter Is I'm City.
Gus Peret. representing the Peters
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-06

Continued from page one.)
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-27
STATE GOOD ROADS
COMMITTEES NAMED
PRESIDENT WARMER OK NORTH
CAROLINA GOOD ROADS ASSo-
CfAIfON ANNOUNCES EXECU-
TIVE COMMITTEES - LEXiNG-
TON NEWS.
Especial TO News and observer.l

%N 49,
Lexington. June 20-Mr. II. Is. Warner.
who was elected president Of tie North
Carolina Good Roads Association 1T the
meeting III Winston Salem last week. Has
named the following executive committee j.
Judge Henry K. StarbGck. OF Winston
Salem; Frank h. Fleer, of Thomasyiiie i.
william Dnnn, Of New Bern Il. l.. R:ch-
ardson. Of Iteidsviiie: DR.. {. l.. Amber. Of
Ashevlile; col. Henry G. Dockery. IF Rock
ln"ham: +. l.. cold. Ir. Of Raleigh: tol.
" ade II. Harris, OF Charlotte; DANES A
Weiions. Of Smithheld; ". {. FeiIn>ter.
of Newton, and Hon. w. {. Hammer. OF
Asheboro.
The president Of the associations. Col
H.. Z. Warner: The Secretary, Or. Joseph
Hyde Pratt, State Geologist. and the Treas
urer. Mr. Joseph g. Brown. Of Raleigh,
are eA-otticio members Of the committee.
The North Carolina Good Roads Asso-
citation now has forty county associations
affiliated with il and the executive com
mtttee and vice presidents, of whom there
is one for every congressional district,
expect TO thoroughly organize every coun-
ty in the State during the year The as
ISOLATION has done a great deal of good
and VIII do Il great deal more, now that
it is effectively organized
Mr.. j. Ed. Crowell. of Rocky Mount. Va,
has been employed as superintendent O.
from the consolidation Of the Spencer
Furniture Company and the Peacock
Couch Company. Mr.. Crowell has been
connected with Il number of the furniture
ANiN ~ - ~. oP'i' - -
ington. He takes the place Of his broth
er. Mr.. John w. Crowell, who died here
very snddenly 4 few weeks ago. Just a>
he WAS about to assume his duties a>
superintendent of this plant.
The boys corn contest for Davidson
county is assuming large proportions.
Sixty boys have already entered and 4
number of others are to be heard from.
The total Will probably exceed seventy
five. Last year there were only thirty
in the contest. The winner last year made
50 bushels Of corn on enc acre, standing
second III the county. He is in the con
test this year and expects to better his
yield. The mems corn contest also prom
lSeS to be lntereStlnC.-aS there are ahou'
sixty contestants already i'll sight. The
county commissioners have offered 500 III
cash prizes for the best yields. and second
best yields. iii every one of the seventeen
townships in the county. In each town
ship 4 prize Of $40 is offered rs first prizt
and 81 as second. This has been supple
mented Ivy about 500 i'll cash prizes. val
liable machinery and merchandise Offered
BY the merchants. manufacturers and pro
feSsional men of Lexington and Thomas.
vile.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-27
FIRST COTTON BLOOM IN WAKE.
The Earliest Yet known and 1t Came
From the Farm OF MIR. W. n. Simp-
kinS. in st. Matthew Tow nSilip.

The are receiving now
from their farmer friends beautiful
flowers ia the shape Of the first cot
ton blooms.
Talk about your Conservatives and
flower gardens. there is not in the
most costly conservatory in the world
as beautiful flowers with as much va
riety Of color as YOU will find in a cot
ton field all ablOom. on Mon6ay the
first cotton bloom Of the season sent
to The News and Observer came from
Mr.. j.. M. Turley. of Clayton. y. c. On
Tuesday the second cotton bloom sent
was from Mr.. R. H. Cover, who oh
tanned it from the farm of Messrs.
Hamilton and Fish.
Yesterday wednesday, the first
cotton bloom in Wake count was
brought to The News and Observer by
Mr.. w. A. Simpkins from his Wilder
farm in ST. Matthews township. Mr..
SinlpkinS obtained this bloom exactly
seventy days from the time it was
planted. He planted it on April 18th
and pulled the bloom on the morning
of June 21st. Speaking about cotton
blooms Yesterday. Mr.. Simpkins said:
June 21st is the earliest cotton
bloom / have ever heard Of In Wake
county. h earliest cotton bloom !
ever pulled from my cotton was about
wcnty years ago. | got a bloom from
my farm in Johnston county on June
22d. This year in Wake county | got
a bloom on the list. They plant heir
cotton in Johnston earlier than they
do in Wake. and June 21st is the ear
lest bloom ] have ever heard of being
found in Wake
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-27
BROOKS STOLE
4 MARCH ON FRIENDS
BOOK AND IT'S ADOPTED
RY SISTER TNT BEFORE
NEGHBORS KNEW 1T.

Especial to News and Observer
June 24.-The South car
DINA State Board Of Education has
adopted the story of Cotton a work
Tow in type and to he issued 10y Rand
McNally, or Chicago, september /. The
Volume, the work Of Rrof. L. 9
Brooks. Of Trinity. The fewe~t mum
Der of lis friends had an knowledge
Of his book and the choosing 81 this
work as a State scnool texI book be-
fore the proof sheets had been return
cd corrected brought delight 10 these
few.
Prof. Brooks has spent n wear n
il. treating cotton from its dieGNery
through It's earlier periods. its lufl-
ence upon slave labor, upon tho Her
and upon the reconstructed South,
upon the tariff. and upon every F5ase
# southern life. II Viii have ahont
three hundred pages. The South car
DINA school authorities decided \es-
terday TO put this t~ok in their series.
They had seen the proof oHlt- Mr.
Brooks has been working 81 them
here. and this alone gave The ei:s -
first kncvIedg- OF his successful
aborS
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-27
BLOW Up
NEGRO ROUSTlb0U7S
RIN FIR PACKET VESSEL BaII-
FRS BIDN Up AND NJ hEIE OF
NEGROES ARE KILLED.
CBx Asso.lat.d Pres..A

Memphis. Tenn. June a rte boil
ers on the river packet city 81 -.
Joseph. blew 90 this eyerin@ At i
point about sly miles down The Miss
issppi river. Various reports place
the dead at from l To u. all negro
s~oustaboutS Boats from taIS clty
have eon to the scene and are ex-
pected to return late.
Later Developments show that I,e
negroes blown into The Mississippi
river and drowned and 4 sixth -
badly scalded that he died before
reaching the hospital. from ftts 10
sixty r~ouStabouts. passengers aud Of
ficerS Of the boat injured -th.S are
the net results Of a boiler explosion
late to-day on the Mississippi r.Ner
racket. City Of st. Joseph. While
ahreast of Presidents Island. SIX miles
down the river. The packet burst into
flames and Was saved from deStruc-
ton by the captain Of the ferry boat.
Chas. II. ryan. who ran his craft
alongside the burning vessel, manned
his pumps and extinguished the blaze.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-27
SODA ANO WA6OA BURNS
Fire Destroys Both as the Team
Was on the Road
Spontaneous Combustion in Load of NJ
trate of Soda Held as the Cause Tor Hire
as the Team Was on Wake County Roads
on Way to DIR. y. VI. Bialeck's.

Dr. y. NJ. EIactock. Of Wake, who was
in the city yesterday. tells Of n most sing
uiar occurrence. by which he lost n wagon
load of nitrate of soda and the wagon
in which this was being hauled TO his
place.
On Wednesday there were three wagon
loads bought from Myatt'S store in Raj
e.gh. Oh one Of the wagons eleven sacks
Were loaded about three o'clock. these
taken from the Sidewaik where they had
been exposed to the heat of the sun. Hr.
Charles Price was driving one Of the
wagons and when about five miles from
Raleigh he discovered tire in one Of the
sacks. He struck Ut il with his hand and
the flame grew stronger. lie tried TO
stamp it out. hut could not do 50. soon
the entire wagon load. eleven sacks. we're
in a blaze.
Mr.. Price managed to get the horses
unhitche<l and away from the ccnfagra-
ton. for the nitrate Of soda was burning
briSkly. The only explanation that can
he offered is Spontaneous combustion. as
there had been 10 smoking on the wagon
and no matches We're Strnck. The loss to
DIR. BlaIock is over Il hunGret dollars,
as the nitrate of soda Was worth some 50,
and the wagon $40 TO 500.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-27
SAM HOITON DEAD
OF PELLAGRA AT DURHAM.

Especial to News and Observer.)
Durham, N. c., June 24.-Samuel
Nj. Holton, a prominent lawyer, who
died early today, was a victim OF
Peiiagra, according to attending ply
sicians. Mr.. Holton, who was ga
wears old, was a brother of United
states District Attorney A. E. Holton,
of the Western North Carolina district
and was widely known in legal and
political circles.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-27
sen ATCRIAI TALK IN WATACGA
h Democrat Says That Governor
Aycock Has Strong Following
There
(Watauea Demorcat.)

Mr.. James Hardness. d politician Of
no mean standing in North Carolina.
came up from StatesEIlle last week
and spent a few hours in Boone Sat
urday ia king over the Senatorial sit
nation in North Carolina with his
friends here. He espouseS the cause
of our Senior senator Mr.. Simmons.
and is Of tfe opinion that he and Gov.
Kitfhin are the only two Senatorial
possibilities. That may be true. but
evidently in WataUga ex-60vernor
Aycock has a very strong folloWInc
and if This has any significance. II
Will certainly be a three ~cornered CON
test. at least.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-27

Why do all the dali! papers
Printed since the world began
Cali the bridegroom al Il wedG BS
Happy Man?
Anyon with any p no
Some experience has had
KNOWS the really happy fellow
Is her dad.
Cleveland Fan DEE
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-27
His ExcelIency's Address
tn the Teachers at the
University School,
FACULTY Of FRIENDSHIP

Address = HE'D With Injunctions and
Good Advice. Warned Men and WO-
nsen against "Doing What They
Wanted to do."-The Opposite Adj
vice Is Generally Given and He Said
if Accepted it Would Drive Most
Men to the DogS-stSN Not the Man
Who Does What He Loves to do. But
the One no Does What He Ought
10 do and OeS That Well.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03
Ida Lewis.

From the Baltimore Sun.
They called. Ida Lewis the Grace Oar
ling of America" and she had quite as
just a claim to fame as the English her
oine. Most of her life has been spent in
the old lighthouse at Lime Rock that
guards the harbor of Newport. Her
father. keeper of the lighthouse. was
paralyZed in the fifties, and his sixteen
year-old daughter took up his duties. 1t
was in 1858 that she began the series of
daring rescues that resulted in saving so
many lives. sailboat capsized and four
young men We're left helpless in a heavy
sea. Ida Lewis sailed out in her skiff and
brought them ashore. One bitter cold day
in 1866 she roWed, out through storm
and saved a man drifting helpless in an
open boat. In terrible gale in 1857 she
saw two men with a boatload of sheep
about to sink in the harbor. She saved
the men, then returned and saved the
sheep. She feared neither storm nor sea
These are only few examples of the
courage in saving human life which made
her one of the best known OF American
women. Though she was married to Will
liam II. Wilson in 1870, She will always
be known rs Ida Lewis. Her honors
brought few substantial rewards, and she
has lived her seventy-two years in the old
lighthouse whose lamp she trimmed as Il
child and from which she began to sally
forth on her eryands of mercy more than
half q century ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03

office. The dogs were gone. and wolves
and lynx shifted closer each night. l.
the oppression Of this desertion the fe1.
indian and half-breed children kept in
doors, and Williams Chippewayan wife
fat and lazy. left the company's stors
securely locked.
In this silence and lifelessness Ian
Thoreau felt new and ever-increasing
happiness. To him the sound of life was
a thing vibrant with harshness; quiet
the dead, pulseless quiet of lifelessness-
was beautiful. He dreamed In il. and il
was then that his fingers discovered new
things in his violin.
He often sent Maballa, the Indian worn-
an who cared for Me,isse. to gossip with
Williams wife. SO that he was alone a
great deal with the baby. At these times,
when the door was safely barred against
the outside world IL was a different Jan
Thoreau who crouched upon his knees
beside the cot. His face was aflame with
a great, absorbing passion which at other
times he concealed. His beautiful eyes
glowed with hidden fires. and he wilis-
pered soothing. singsong things to tho
child, and played softly upon his violin.
leaning his black head far down SO that
the baby Melissa could clutch her an
preciative fingers in his hair.
Go be continued tomorrowy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03

absent for days at time. Strengthening
the company's friendships, and bargain
ing for the catch that would be coming
to market about eight weeks later.
This was a. year of intense rivalry, for
the Revillons, French competitors of the
company, had established post two
hundred miles to the west, and rumor
spread that they were to give sixty
pounds of flour to the company's forty
and four feet of cloth to the yard. This
meant action among Williams and his
people and the factor himself plunged into
the wilderness. Mukee. the half-Cree,
went among the scattered tribeSmen along
the edge of tie barrens. stirring them by
the eloquence of new promises and by
fierce condemnation Of the interlopers to
the west. Old Per-ee, with a strain of
Eskimo in him, Went boldly behind his
dogs to meet the little black people from
farther north. who came down after
foxes and half-starved polar bears that
had been carried beyond their own world
OH the ice foes of the preceding spring.
Young Williams. the factors son. followed
after Cummins. and the rest of the COM
pany's men Went into the south and east.
The exodus left desolate lifelessness at
the post. The windows of the fireless
cabins were thick with clinging frost.
There was no movement In the factors
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03
TRICKS IN COLLEGE DEBATES.
Subterfuges to Which the Over
Eager Contenders Resort.
From the Century,

From the Century.
Debating has shortcomings, even dan
gers. 1t is easy, for example. to manu-
facture evidence with little Likelihood
of detection. However, the penalty of
such dishonesty, when discovered, is
most severe. In debate in 1907 one
of the speakers deliberately misquoted
an authority. An unusually shrewd
opponent walked over to the desk of
his rival, picked up the book and read
The statement exactly as it had been
quoted. Then he continued: Honorable
judges, the gentleman read the SEN
tence as if il were punctuated with a
period at this point. AS a matter of
fact, the punctuation is comma. lie
then read the final clause, showing the
real intent of the authority, which was
exactly opposite to the Interpretation
given by his opponent. The result was
disaster for the dishonest debater.
There are still more subtle forms of
dishonesty Dozens OF requests pour in
from colleges and high schools upon
every prominent debating team, offer
ing to buy, rent or borrow material. A
typical letter read:
Dear Sir: We understand that your
university debated the question of COM
mission government last spring. We
shall be glad to procure a set of the
speeches made and will pay any rea-
onable price"
Unless such dishonesty can he pre-
vented it will soon bring deserved
condemnation to an honorable sport
Reputable institutions are refusing
either to sell or buy material.
y third form of dishonesty some
times arises. Coaches too frequently
are far more responsible for the ar
gument presented than arc the de-
baterS themselves One debating
coach had made "A special study of
trade unions for ten years. He be-
gan in his high school debates, fol-
and finally, taking charge of a college
team. gave it three carefully pre-
pared speeches to memorize Thus his
students received none of the value
which comes of working up a case.
They were parrots, nothing more. For
this evil there are two possible rene
dies. Many colleges, among them
Stanford, the University of California
and Swarthmore. rightfully throw the
burden of preparation entirely upon
their debaters, doing away with all
coaching and trusting to the honor of
their opponents to do likewise. Still
better is reducing the time of prepa-
ration from three months to six weeks
Stanford and California pursue Ahis
method in their annual Carnot medal
debates. which are models of the best
debating in the country. The actual
debating deteriOrates under shorter
preparation, but the exercise becomes
far less academic and more nearly
like the occasions of everyday life.
The debates under this system are
contest not of voiuminous research
but of individual constructive think
ing Above all, this plan places the
men upon their own responsibility,
and as far as is possible eliminates
opportunities for dishonesty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03
The Surgeons.
liladelphia Record

Tue Pnlladeiplla Record.
This city has had the honor for several
days of entertaining company of men
who more than any others apply science
to practical things, and without dispar-
agement to others may be regarded as
the greatest benefactors of the world
1t would be invidiOuS to compare sur
gerry with medicine were it not that an
eminent medical practitioner not very
long ago gave the judgment that ii there
We're no doctors we should all live about
as long as we do now. but that surgery
had added appreciably to the duration of
life. Where the patient is not opened and
the seat of the disease laid bare there is
still much Of guesswork in the diagnosis
and a good deal of uncertainty in the
application Of remedies. but where the
disease is of character that invites the
knife there Is almost mathematical ac-
curacy in tine location and removal of its
cause.
: No science has made greater advance in
the past hundred years than surgery.
not dreamed of fifty years ago. when the
surgeons felt considerable just pride in
the advance they had scored. Every year
they venture further into the mysteries
Of anatomy and aStoniSh the world with
their daring and successful operations on
the brain and about the heart and in the
abdominal cavity.
OF course, the discovery of anesthetics
made much possibe that Was out OF the
question before That great discovery
of inestimable benefit to mankind. open
ing the door of vast area of opportuni-
ties to the surgeon. was made in this
country, and for many years the Ameri-
can surgeons have been the peers of the
best in the world. and in not a few direc
tons they have been pioneers. This city 1,
which was long the nome of medical and
surgical science in this country. views
with the keener interest for that reason
the wonderful progress In both medicine
aud surgery, and 0ongratuiatcs the Amer
lean surgeons on the great contributions
they have made TO the advancement OF
their science.