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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-11-01
CALL FOR BIDS FOR STREET IN
pROVEMENT.

CALL FOR BIDS FOR STREET IN
PROVEMENT.
Notice is hereby given that the under
signed as Recorder OF The City OF Pendle'
ton will receive sealed bids, until o'clock
II. NJ. on November 9th, 1912, at his Of
provement of that part of Main Street In
said City lying between the North end OF
Main Street Bridge across the UmatlIIa
River and the North line Of Jackson street
by paving the same with Gravel BituIithic
pavement, and placing thereon curbs, gut
ters and drainage system, In accordance
with the plans and specifications for such
improvements now ON file In the Office oil
said Recorder, and which are open TO In
spection there. Each bid must be accom-
panied by a certified check for $4,000 pay
able to the order of the Mayor OF said
City, to be returned IL the bidder Is un,
successful and to be forfeited on failure
to enter into a contract In accordance with
the bid II successful.
Each bid must specify as follows:
Gravel bitulithic pavement, In
clnding the surface finishing
course and bltumlnous founda-
tIon, per square yard ........ $......
Excavation, per cubic yard S,...''
Fill or emhankment, per cubic
yard .............-... $......
Concrete curb and gutter, straight,
per lineal foot .............. S......
Concrete curb and gutter, circular,
per lineal foot .......-...... S......
vitrfied sewer pipe, inch, per
lineal fsot .................. S......
yitrified sewer pipe, inch, per
lineal feot .................. $780,.
vitrIfied sewer pipe, 10 inch, per
Iineal loot ..--.....' S.'.'. =
vltrified sewer pipe II inch, per
lineal foot .......:-........ $......
vitrified sewer pipe, ID inch, per
lineal foot ...........-...... S......
Manhules, each ......--....... S......
Z
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-11-01
FRATERNAL ORDERS.

PENDLEAN LODGE No SO
~ A. F. and A. NJ, meets the
~ first and third Mondays OF
each month. All visiting brethren
are invited.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-11-01
LIVERY AND FEED STABLE.

CITY LIVERY STABLE, THOMPSON
street, Carney & Bradley, Props
Livery. feed and sale stable. Good
rigs at all times. Cab line in connec-
ton Phone Main 70.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-11-01

DAMON LODGE n. 4
&As X. of p, meets every Mon
SNSS day evening in I. o. o. f
AEF hall. Visiting brothers cor
daily invited to attend
], G.. Finney, C. c.; r. w. Fletcher, X
r S.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-11-01
MISCELLANEOUS.

LEGAL BLANKS OF EVERY DE
scription for county court, circuit
court, justice court, real estate, etc,
for sale at East Oregonian office.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-06-14

To gain point, to present to the buying public
of Idaho and Washington, store second to none
in either state, we sacrifice all this merchandise,
both in profits and part of cost for we are determn-
ed to move no merchandise from the Boston to the
store
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-06-14

Pianos, Organs, Sewing Machines, out must 60
If you contemplate purchasing within year or two
any of the above this Vacatng Sale offers you the
best chances you'll get or ever get We have on
hand as this goes to press, but seven Schaeffer
pianos four organs, and thirty-seven sewing ma
chimes. Quantities, you will note, are limited
The prices surely you'll find interesting the insru-
our vacating sale price.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-15
Chinese Sending Many Fake Antiques

DICH Americans are being fooled on
N Chinese antiques, according to
tips sent to Washington by United
States consuls at Hongkong and other
Far East ports. Since the revolution
began there has been craze in Amer
lea and Europe for souvenirs, and the
fad has been fed on the stories that
royal and other Chinese palaces were
being looted.
The chief limitations are in porce-
lains and brass, ancient Chinese and
Japanese armor and weapons, old
Corean carved chests and old carved
furniture. Seven large new shops
dealing exclusively in fakes have been
opened in the last year in the prin-
cipal shopping thoroughfare of Hong
kong. There are now regular auction
sales of bogus porcelains. Similar i'm
itations of ancient brasses and
bronzes, ivories, lacquers and other
art objects are sold. The tourists
are cheated even when they go to buy
modern oriental art goods. The
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-15
Charlie Green of London Wants
to Give Away Wealth.
EngIIshman Who Threw Coins About
Fleet Street, Desires to Dispose
of His Fortune In Small
Amounts.

London.-Charlie Green, who recent
ly got into trouble with the London
police by fiinging handfuls OF coins
about Fleet street, thereby creating a
nuisance, is the possessor of a for
tune. which he wants to give away.
He Is now offering a reward of 4200
(S1, 000) to any one who will suggest a
scheme by which he can carry out
that object. One essential of the
scheme is that Green shall give his
fortune away personally in small
amounts not exceeding a sovereign.
Green has secretary, who says his
employer has been giving away gold
and silver for years. He has INDUCED
in the habit all over the world, and
recently caused some excitement In
Brighton and Liverpool. His greatest
sensation was made in London, and It
was the only occasion where he after
ward made his appearance in the
police court. The notoriety he gained
led to his being inundated with applis
cations from persons who were will
ing to relieve him of as much spare
change as he cared to bestow.
Mr.. Green was born in Newcastle"
the secretary added, "but has been In
America many years. The money was
left him. and he doesn't know where
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ALLIGATOR GOES FOR WALK
saurian with Wanderlust Harms No
Person, But Seares Them,
All the Same.

San Francisco.-The peregrinations
of pet alligator have caused the
town trustees Of Mill Valley to con-
slider the advisability OF passing an
alligator muzzling ordinance.
DR.. s. L. Higgins of that town has
an alligator that is affected with wan
derlust, and each time the animal Jour-
neys from its home women and chill
dren in the neighborhood become
greatly agitated.
The cavernous-faced reptile. how
ever, has committed no more serious
offense so far than attempting to be
friendly with those met on his wan
derings. but the attention Of the trus-
tees has been called to the fact that
the bite Of an alligator might be dan
gerous, and DR.. Higgins has been re-
Quested to muzzle his pet or provide
the animal with an Oregon boot"
Dr.. Higgins informed one of the
trustees that he would willingly muz-
zle the alligator II some one wouia
devise a bride that would restrain
the beast from opening its Jaws.
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itude to the school boards of its larger
cities.
The more important cities whose
school boards have passed regula-
lions restricting or forbidding high
school fraternities, are Denver. Meri-
den. Shicago, Covington, Ne Or
leans, Lowell, Waltham, Worcester.
Kansas City, Mo-; st. Joseph, Butte,
OKLAHOMA City, Reading, Salt Lake
City, Madison, Milwaukee, Racine and
Superior. The commonest penalties
are suspension, expulsion, or debar-
ment from school athletic or other
teams.
The United States bureau of educa,
TONS report also cites some of the
more important court decisions, every
one of which upholds the school au-
thorities in dealing vigorously with
the high school fraternity, on the
ground that the measures so taken
are authorized as part of the school
boards discretionary powers. Most
courts cited, however, will not allow
the offending pupils to be barred from
classroom exercises, although they can
be barred from participating IN all
athletic or other contests.
"The high school society will very
likely never win such place in the
American educational system as that
now occupied by the college fraterni-
ty," said William r. Hood of the edu-
cation bureaus division of school ad-
ministration. There is no such need
for high school fraternity; indeed,
among its most insistent opponents
are many college fraternity men,"
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their home at 1922 Fifteenth street,

their home at 1922 Fifteenth street..
Northwest.
The negro ran downstairs, with
Cromwell, clad only in pajamRs, snap
ping his revolvers as he pursued.
Cromwell had center-flre cartridges in
his rim-flre revolvers. and no explo-
sion followed the swapping of the
hammers. The negro opened the front
door, ran down a fight Of iron steps
and started across the lawn. Again
Bromwell pulled the trigger and this
time there was an explosion.
When the report rang out the fu-
gitive jumped high in the air as
though he had been struck and de-
veioped remarkable speed. The
neighborhood was aroused, windows
few open, and shouts filed the air.
The intruder fed around corner into
Corcoran street, and after running
half block, with Cromwell, barefoot.
in hot pursuit. the negro disappeared
in an alley.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-15

Observation-Disclosures states
w are represented in a crusade
which the lawmakers and school au-
thorities of the country are waging
against the high school fraternities,
according to the United States bureau
of education. OF these. Is states have
passed legislative enactments hostile
to the secret orders, while the school
boards of important cities in the other
IL states have adopted like measures
within their own jurisdiction.
All states having laws on the sub
ject provide penalty of suspension
or expulsion from school for all those
who join these orders. The most
drastic laws were passed by Iowa,
Minnesota and Nebraska, whose legis-
latures made lit a misdemeanor for
any one even to solicit members to
these organizations. Michigan and
Ohio made 1t a misdemeanor for a
school officer to fail or refuse to carry
out the anti-high school fraternity law.
Other states which prohibit these or
ders are California, Indiana, Kansas.
Mississippi. Oregon and Vermont.
Massachusetts empowers the Boston
school committee to deal with the Sc
cret society problem in its own way,
while Washington gives the same lat
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TT is announced by the United States
i bureau of education that to &C
quaint the hurried traveller with the
glories, culture and progress of Spain,
the Spanish government has establish
ed holiday lecture and travel course
for the especial benefit of foreigners.
The course is separated into two d.
visions. The first part, which is under
the management of Prof. Ramon Me-
nendez Fidal, will afford the foreigner
an opportunity to acquaint himself
with the fundamental ideas of the
Spanish culture. The second part of
the course consists of excursions to
public, historical, architectural and art
monuments, under the conduct of
scholars whose demonstrations, ac-
cording to Senior Don Juan Riano y
Gayangos, the Spanish minister, can
not but be incomparably superior to
those offered by professional guides"
The course will be held in Madrid az
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bronzes are base alloys; the silver IS
pewter; the silk is filled with pow
dered clay.
Silk goods, according to Consul An
derson at Hongkong, are being adult
'terated to an extent and in a way
never allowed before, and Japanese
and Chinese goods supposed to be
made from natiye-worked japanese or
Chinese silks are partly of American
cotton. Silk hosiery is sold which is
not only not all silk, but is understood
and otherwise unwearable. Ivories are
of bone or other imitation. Embroid-
cred screens are made of the f1imsisst
materials glued to last but C day.
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COW PUNCHER RESTS

than any other employe at the yards
TT seems like a dream" said the
gray-haired man after he reached his
home, 1926 Fifth avenue. 81 had
been earning $1,000 a year, and now
that I have been pensioned. really
don't know what to do with myself.
For thirty-three years have been &C
customed to get up at five a. m and
go out to the yards.
I'll miss the old boys, but I'll go
to the yards often on the quiet and
visit them. I never missed a days
work during the long years was en-
ployed at Armour & Co."
Wall started to work for Armour &
Co. in 1879.
The fund which permits Wall to re-
tire was created for the benefit of sal
aried employees who have reached the
age of from fifty-seven to sixty-ffve
years and who have been twenty
years or more in the service of the
company. Women may be retired at
fifty years of age after having served
twenty years.
All employees over sixteen years OF
age. and drawing a salary of $40 or
more, contribute three per cent. Of
their salaries to the pension fund.
Seventeen thousand employees contrib
ute to the fund. It was established on
November s, 1911.
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Spain Establishes Tourist Courses

a headquarters from June Is to July
"a. Those who enroll are expected to.
have some knowledge of Spanish.
The lectures will give especial at
tention to the Spanish epic, to the
lyric as developed in various prov
inces. to the picturesque and regional
novel and to Cervantes. Other. lec-
lures will deal with the relations of
the Spanish language to the French
and Italian; with Iberian, Mozarabic
and 'Mudejar" art and with the DO
litical and social life of Spain in the
nineteenth century. There will also.
be two illustrated lectures surveying
Spanish art.
Each of the lectures on Spanish lit
erature will BE followed by an hour
of practical work on the text. There
will also be a special class of Castil-.
ian rhonetics and daily conversation
classes.
The principal museums of Madrid.
especially the Prado. the Modern Art
museum, the Archaeological museum
and the Royal Armory, will be visited,
while excursions will be taken to To-
ledo, Escorial, Avila and Segovia.
These trips will be in the charge of
DR.. Manuel Cossio and DR.. Manuel
Gomez Mereno, two authorities on
their subjects
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-15
KILLS HERSELF ON THE STAGE
Father Of Paula Naumann's Sweet
heart offered Actress $4,000 to
Give Youth Up.

Berlin.-Rarely has there been a the
atrical sensation such as was provided
by Paula Naumann Of the Royal the
alter at Gera when the popular actress
committed suicide upon the stage. She
was betrothed to the son of wealthy
wooden manufacturer named Feistkorn.
The young couple expected to be mar
ried shortly, but their plans were in
terrupted by the Fat refusal OF the
millionaire to consent to his sons
union with any actress.
The elder Feistkorn sent a message
to Fraulein Naumann asking her to
dismiss her lover and offering to pay
her $4,000 II she complied with the
request. He added that II his son mar
ried her he would cut him out Of his
will and stop all allowances.
The actress was so upset by the
idea that her affection could be bought
and sold by plebeian parvenue that
she committed suicide In the most
dramatic manner she could.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-15
OSTRICH HARD TO BREAK
London Zoo Plans to Make az Many
Exhibits" az Possible to
Amuse Public.

London.-All of the animals at the
Regents Park zoo are not merely
ornamental and the directors are add
ing to the working force by breaking
In several ostrichs and llamas to ride
and drive. The best workers are the
elephants and camels, which not only
provide favorite mounts for the chill
dren visitors, but are used about the
park for hauling supplies and provid-
ing motive power for lawn mowers.
The District trainers have been hav-
ing exciting times with the three birds
which they are breaking to the saddle.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-15
BOY MARVEL PLAYS FOR KING
Solomon, Aged Nine, Amazes Royal
Audience at Buckingham
Palace.

London-A youthful pianist who is
known as Solomon" played before
the king and queen, Queen Dowager
Alexandra, Princess Victoria, Princess
Mary and Prince John at Buckingham
palace recently. He Is nine years Of
age, and exhibited his astonishing
gifts in a long program Of classic
pieces, to the delight of his audience.
The boy was not in the least abash-
ed, but full Of high spirits. and after
the serious part of his performance,
he played with gusto at the kings spe-
cial request humorous piece called
1.-THE Teddy Bears Frolic," in which
he introduced a quaint drum effect in
bass. Solomon" played for about
three-quarters of an hour.
Solomon" who is the son of an
East End tailor, was discovered IS
months ago by a woman musician,
who made herself responsible for his
he has learned wide repertoire,
which includes no fewer than three
concertos, two by Beethoven and one
by Mozart, as well as quantity Of
smaller pieces.
He has appeared twice in public in
London with great success. At con-
cert in Queens hall last year, in which
he was accompanied by the London
symphony orchestra, he used piano
specially constructed with small keys.
Since then, however, his hands have
! stretched, and at Buckingham palace
the piano he used was normal, save
for the pedals, which were specially
constructed to come within the range
Of his legs.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-15
Intruder in Girls Room Is Routed

4 WAKENED by a cold hand ON her
n bare ankle, Mildred Cromwell,
eleven years old, turned over in bed
the other morning shortly after three
o'clock and whispered to her sister
Louise, fifteen years old:
There's some one In the room.
Louise, for I can feel their hand on
my ankle"
BE quiet" cautioned Louise, IN q
low tone. IT can smell whisky"
Louise raised herself to a sitting
posture, and by dim light which
came through the window from q
lamp in the alley In the rear Of the
house saw the face of negro look
ing directly into her eyes. So close
was the dark face that the girl could
smell the oder of alcohol in his breath.
Louise saw the man was sitting in
chair beside the bed, and
while she gazed at him, fascinated
with fright, he left the chair, got
down on the floor on his hands and
knees and started crawling from the
room. Before he reached the door
Louise aroused the household with
screams, aided by Mildred.
Their father, James E. Brownwell,
was awakened. AS he left his bed he
grabbed two revolvers and started to
the aid Of his daughters, who were in
the rear room on the second floor of
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-15

A bucking broncho Is a rocking chair
compared to one Of the birds in an OBJ
streperous mood. and several of the
riders have not only suffered the hui
initiation Of being thrown, but have
been kicked by their mounts before
they could regain their feet.
The wooliy llama proved to DO as
gentle as he looks. and the odd-appear-
ing animal is kept busy every day
pulling a pony cart loaded with chill
dren about the park.
The white alpaca recently presented
to the zoo is now being trained to re-
lieve the llama Of some Of his passen-
gers, and he takes to the training 90
kindly that he will soon be trusted
with load OF youngsters.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-15
Johnny Wall Retires After SO
Years Work.
Champion Cattle Driver for Armour
and Company Quits on $1,000
Year for Life After Long
Service.

Chicago.-Johnny Wall, the oldest
cattle buyer In the stock yards, APP
pea1ed at the Offices of Armour &
Co.. and was notified that he was one
Of the first men to receive the bene-
fits of the pension fund to which ].
Ogden Armour contributed $1,000. 900.
Johnny. you can go home now and
you needn't push any more steers, be-
cause the trustees of Armour & Co.
have pensioned you OF at 81 1000 a year
for the rest Of your life," said John
Brown. the head cattle buyer, to Wall.
For a few minutes Wall, who had
faithfully served his employers for 80
years, stood silent.
Tears began to stream down his
cheeks.
Il don't like to give up work." he
said.
He looked toward the rows of. pens
in the stock yards through which he
had tramped for nearly two-score
years, and as he pointed his old hick-
oryI cane, the veteran cattle buyer
said:
Il remember when we had but a
few pens in the yards. but the COM
mercial world has moved so fast that
suppose III have to give up for
younger blood"
Wall earned the title of champion
COW puncher many years ago. One
day herder employed by Swift & Co.
claimed the title after he had driven
a single herd of 100 cattle to their
death. A few weeks after that, how
ever, Armour & Co. bought up herd
of 1856 steers. Wall drove them to
slaughter and the record has never
been equaled.
Everybody at the yards knows
Johnny. He has a pleasant word for
everyone and knows more farmers
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Offers Liberal Reward

it comes from. although he has an
idea. All l can say is that it comes in
large quantities.
There is no stipulation that he
must give It away as he does. It is
his hobby to give money away per-
sonally because he likes to see the
surprise and delight on the faces Of
poor people who receive it."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-15

"A Boston professor is quoted as say
ing that 1000 westerners could re-
store rural New England to it's former
prestige. M-m-m. Well, it took near
ly that number Of New Englanders to
make a prestige for the west
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-15

A lady named Yik Yug Ying is re-
ported to be at the head of the woman
suffrage movement in China Nobody
can accuse her Of not being a Us
woman.
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Welded by sian Ceremony.

Stamford, Conn.-Miss Grace L. Ap
gar, associated with the Wilson home
at Stamford, and deaf mute, was
married by the sign language to Ira
E. Worcester, also a mute. Rev. John
Chamberlain, an Episcopal clergyman
of New York. performed the wordless
ceremony.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-15

A food expert advises US to eat less
wheat and more rice. but We have a
vague suspicion that he is doing press
agent work for chop suey factory.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-15

We see by the papers that two Los
Angeles girls rescued two young men
from the angry deep. This being leap
year. there can be no doubt about the
sequel.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-15

A Pennsylvania woman, charged
with having ten husbands. has been
sentenced to a year in Jail. II the
jury had been made up of spinsters
nothing short Of capital punishment
would have sufficed.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-15

A Chicago pastor refuses to marry
osuples who are not physically sound.
but we presume he winks at lovesick-
ness.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-15

China now has native aviator Of
its own. Very likely China before
long will go to talking about the back
ward civilization of the occident.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-15

A Chicago reformer advocates tho
employment of policewomen in plain
clothes. No use-they wouldn't wear
'em!
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-15

The price of gasoline has gone up
as well as the price of hay. This II
where the auto has nothing on the
horse.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-15

Certain dreamers talk about the mil
lennium, but 1t will only come when
baseball fans take the word of the
umpire without a murmur.