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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-08-22

ter are those who take unkindly to
the musical efforts of the players.
The bandmen gathered for their reg
ular open air concert and took out
their instruments from their places
Of keeping. Here it should be stated
that the present summer has been
cursed with more grasshoppers than
have been seen for ten years.
When the tuba player got out his
enormous horn and blew a warming
up blast there followed a shower of
"hoppers" and parts of choppers
that flew over the prairies and laid
the crops waste years ago. At the
same time the clarinetist attempted a
squeak and found his instrument stuff
fed like a clogged pipe.
Other bandmen tried to tune up,
and the result was a horror to the
ear and surprise to the performers.
Investigation showed that the instru-
ments were full of grasshoppers, and
the working of the valves had forced
them into every crook of the horns.
So many horns We're put out of tune
that the concert was abandoned.
Now, while some, particularly mem
bers of the band, are more than ever
convinced that the grasshopper is an
unmitigated evil, there are others in
Atchison who intimate that the grass
hoppers have a good ear for music
and may have broken up the concert
purposely out of sympathy for those
who would otherwise have been oblig-
ed TO listen.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-08-22

and Mr.. Craige completely exhausted
This scene is no play acting, II Is Z"
real life and death struggle IN the
raging water In order to picture the
burning of Silas Croft's home In re-
alistic manner, the Thanhouser com
many bought farm house and set II
ON fire. it burns to the ground right
before your eyes Reel one tells the
love story of Neil and Jess; reefs
and 3, their wartime adventure dur
ing the Boer war, Angered at Jess
re fusaI to marry him Mueller, Boer
general tries to have his soldiers XIII
her: he arrests Silas Croft, Jess
uncle. burns his home, has him lrlen
for treason and sentenced to death
The brave girl saves her uncle in Il
way that Is highly dramatic. The
whole story is full of life and action
battle scenes, hund-to-hand conflicts
daring pursuits narrow escapes love
treachery and self-sacrifice, that
hold the spectators attention every
minute.
"The Foreign INVASION" Imp An
Irishmans comlcal dream of the con-
quest of America. Filled with laugh
ter.
Building a Church In Day.
Imp. Church built while you wait,
as one might say. 1t was at Spartans-
burg, S. c.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-08-22
At THE PICTURE SHOWS
OrplleuIn.

Orpheum.
Extra! Extra A special feature
film, "A Nations Peril" in two reels
l. a Nations Peril American
Pathe, Cree! L. A young army of
ficer (Crane Wilbur) has charge of
a fortress. From this fortress are
controlled a number of submarine
mines, which may be exploded by
push buttons arranged upon a
| switchboard. All mines in this har-
Dor have been rearranged and shifted
to other positions, and the locations
of the mines are wanted by a hostile
nation that Is about to declare war.
The envoys decide to use one of their
female spies to obtain the necessary
| Information. At an embassy ball the
| spy, n charming girl Is introduced to
the young officer and the game is
on, she feign,ng an interest in mill
| tary ana garrison life.
,. A Nations Peril, American
Pathe. (Reel 2D Gradually the young
officer falls deeply in love with the
girl. The officer was man of mag
netic personality, and before her
work was fully accomplished, the girl
! realized she loved him. Matters had
gone quite far. All ready the prin'
| cipal part of the information was in
| the hands of the foreign ENJOYS. They
We're speeding in launch to a vessel
which lay in the harbor. She looked
at the mine chart before her. BY
pressing a button she could undo all
/ the damage she had done. Acting
upon this impulse she pushed the but
ton and there was a terrible explosion
The foreign ENJOYS went to the bot
tim while she remained to marry the
man she loved.
3. Rock of Ages, Vitagraph. Fan
ned by sea breezes, talented and good
a woman administers to the poor and
rich, She finds refuge at the cross
Her reward, a crown of life. Mrs
/ Julia Swayne Gordon plays the lead.
ing role in this picture.
4. Cupid's Quartette, Essanay. \
highly amusing comedy subject, tell
ing how young pair of lovers over.
came the objections of stern papa
and gained his consent in most
laughahle way. Replete with rich fur
and humor.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-08-22
HERO DOGS BODY TO
BE TAKEN TO GRAVE
IN COFFIN HE EARNED

Columbus, dying, embalmed in
little white silver handled casket
in local hotel, is the body of Tige,
the dog who saved several lives in a
local hotel fire three years ago.
The canine corpse will be carried
to cemetery in a real hearse and
lowered into a little grave by mourn
ers.
Since the fire, at which he played
hero, Tige has had bank account of
his own. Besides a regular allowance
provided by Leslie Halton, his owner,
and others, the dog was given 10 cents
for every rat he killed. Food for the
dog was paid for out of his bank
account, which had reached $500,
Hatton says.
At the fire which threatened his
masters hotel and the lives of many
persons, Tige ran down the corridors
and scratched on the doors until the
guests were awakened in time to es-
cape.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-08-22
The paStiInc.

The home of good pictures.
Attractive program for Friday and
Saturday.
'Martha's Rebellion'-Vitagrap
\ comedy portraying Bunny with a
crouch. Good natured in the extreme
Martha like the worm, turns. You
can't keep a good woman down any
more than a good man. 1t does seem
sometimes as if Bunny is never so
funny as when he cries. Bunny has
been lording it over his household
tyrannizing his sister (Mrs. Maurice)
and the maid. Miss Finch. He is
brought to terms and compelled TO be
good. The acting of all is of the best.
THE Rangers Reward"-A love
story of the southwest in which we
find the hero is a ranger who has
been sent out to get" the villain. a
desperate who has committed a muir
der. The heroine is a Mexican girl,
who rewards the ranger with her
love. The plot is coherent and bal
anced; it shows care and skill in the
producer, and from the first it inter
ests.
"Whiffles Mourns His Twin''-This
is a comedy with laughs. One man
represents both twins and by trick
of the camera is simultaneously rep
resented twice on the screen.
''The Brave Little Indian"-Pathe.
A picture of gratitude and self-sacri-
flee, which develops in the heart of
a very small and very engaging In
dian boy. The outcome is fresh and
shows imagination. The acting is good
and some of the scenes are very ar
tistie.
The Mosquito"-An interesting
educational film.
New mlISip at The PaStinre
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-08-22
SO-CALLED LUMBER TRUST.
TRIAL ON IN COLORADO

Greeley, Colo, Aug. 21.-The case
Of the state against the Northern
Colorado & Wyoming Lumber Deal
ers' association and % lumber com
panies of Colorado. asking that they
be dissolved from a combine in the
restraint Of trade. was begun here to-
day. The suit was filed after inves-
tgatiOn by the Weld county grand
jury and state officers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-08-22
PASTE KEEPS UP HER SOX.
Common Library Article Solves Gar
ter Problem for Philadelphia Girl.

Philadelphia Mrs. Charles E.
Clark of West Philadelphia, has solv-
ed the problem of keeping half hose
without resorting to the use Of garters
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-08-22
GRASSHOPPERS FILL
MUSICIANS HORNS
BREAKING UP CONCERT

Atchison, Kan.-Atchison is torn
between two warning factions One
asserts that the Kansas grasshopper-
the self-same champion heavyweight
near-animal that devastated the
plains years ago-is nothing but a
curse and pest, while the other as
serts that he is a most discriminat-
ing blessing.
The former are the members of the
Atchison Silver Cornet band and their
friends and admirers while the lat
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-08-22
Cosy.

Wednesday and Thursday a thrill
ing three reel war drama adapted
from H. Rider Haggard's great novel
Jess" g reels) Thanhouser. Miss
Marguerite Snow and James Craige
who take the leads, had a narrow es-
cape from drowning in one scene
cape the Boer soldiers, their bron-
choes became frightened, broke away
from the wagon and left them in
mid-stream. The two actors jumped
from the wagon, narrowly escaping
being buried beneath it and struggled
ashore. Miss Snow was unconscious
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-08-22
OF LOCAL INTEREST.
Some People We Know and We VIII
Profit by Hearing About Them

Profit by Hearing About Them.
This Is a purely local event.
1t took place in Pendleton.
Not in some faraway place.
You are asked to investigate It.
Asked to believe a citizens word
To confirm a citizens statement.
Any article that is endorsed at
home
Is more worthy of confidence
Than one you know nothing about,
Endorsed by unknown people.
c. s. Howard, 1914 w. Webb st,
Pendleton, Oregon. says: For flf-
teen years l had a great deal OF
trouble with a dull pain through the
small of my back and left side and
during the past year there was a
numbness under my shoulders. I was
unable to lie comfortably on my back
and I was bothered a great deal by
too frequent passages of the kidney
secretions. After several well-known
remedies had failed to help me, I
took Doan's Kidney Pills and they
relieved my trouble. I am grateful
to this remedy for its good work"
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents. Foster-Miburn Co., Buffalo.
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doans-a
take no other.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-08-22
DRILL FOR OIL: GET TEETH.
Oklahoma Operators Believed to Have
Discovered prehistoric Graveyard.

Sapulpa, Okla.-While drilling an
oil well on the farm of Frank Engles
adjoining the city limits on the north
west. peculiar looking specimens were
brought up from a depth of sixty
five feet. Small particles were ex-
amined under a powerful glass. which
proved them to be bits of teeth.
II is believed by local physicians,
who made the examination, that the
remains of a human being were
found by the drill and believe that it
is an old burying ground Of prehis-
toric man.
A local geologist declared it would
have taken more than a thousand
years to fill earth and rock to a depth
OF sixty-five feet, at that particular
spot.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-08-22

Mr.. ". S. Gunsalus, farmer living
near Fleming, Pa, says he has used
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy in his family for
fourteen years, and that he has found
it to be an excellent remedy, and
takes pleasure in recommending it
For sale by all dealers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-08-22

She had a little daughter who COM
planned that the garters hurt, SO Mrs.
Clarke began experimenting. She
discovered that a little dab of library
paste on the inside of the half stock
ing is just the thing.
Now, when the child is dressed,
Mrs. Clarke just pastes her stockings
to her calves and the half hose are
there TO stay for the rest of the day.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-08-22

One of the most common ailments
that hard working people are afflict-
ed with is lame back. Apply Cham
berlains Liniment twice n day and
massage the parts thoroughly at each
application, and you will get quick re-
lief. For sale by all dealers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-08-22

La Grande VS.. Pendleton-six fast
league games this week. Your last
chance to see baseball this year.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-27

(copyright e. By Erank G carpenterl
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-27
POULTRY DEPARTMENT
Mistakes Made by PouItrymen In Advertising Others.
By Pasoan for Ell
By an FL Pasoan for FL Pasoans.

that 90 many pOultrymen and particu-
- anateurs and nOTices, in their
,a-,-snaDer advertising and private
Circulars seem to think that their rep
,1tations and fortunes are made If they
csT GET the public to understand that
thew have Fisherstrauss strain,
BLACK NIinOrcas direct from Farmer
Owens's Crystal White ROCK ranch
poor Fellows I want to tell them
so-,stbfng All prospective buyers OF
stock or eggs who have Ordinary sense
I-1Cy, at once when they see a man
e,5,1er+isine- .-RfngIess' strains or Dus-
60 Cochins that he is no breeder
ana could not keep the best strain
On earth from degenerating into com
Y1o,1 scrubs in three generations how
80 hard he might try and his vaulted
claim to have these choice strains
sbouI5 and with thinking men do 9per-
ate TO his injury. A sure enough poul-
trT-noan when he buys stock buys the
host he can find and then adTert1seS
maj he has the best That is enough
TO say and if he deals with the puoilc
on tbe square he will soon leave far
in the rear the fellow who advertises
that his Orpingtons are BradDerry
strain or his WyandOttes, a strictly
Ay1arican breed are from imported
stoclr This last idea does make
feIIoIv smile. Nearly every one knows
mat Wvandottes originated on Amerl-
ca1 soil and that the best Of this class
ar now and always will be found IN
1roerica ana vet poultrymen Cd fire.
ouentlv red letter the claim that their
birds Of this breed are from imported
stock evidently thinking that this 1T
tie boast will insure them orders ga
lore.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-27

OULTRY breeders are peculiar
- set As a rule they lack indi-
i viduaIity. In a way the SUI
fer from cold feet" A large ma
ioritv of them make a constant effort
- sail along on some other fellows
renu+ation instead OF building I'D one
NJ their own Read their advertise
Tnents and so many Of them are ad-
yertisine- some other man more than
themselves and are suggesting to the
buying public to send not to them
but to Mr. Keuerfish if you want the
yerv hest. They timidly claim 10
have Mr.. Kellerfish's strain OF purple
reds but rarely say how. remotely re-
moved in point of years the strain is
from Mr.. Kellerfishis yards, so a man
wanting the genuine kellerfish stock
Of DurDle reds will act on the sug-
gestion of the crazy advertiser and
order direct of Mr.. kelIerfish who,
on the strength Of the extensive ad-
vertfsiuE given his strain by short
sighted pOUltrymen, has advanced the
price of eggs to as high as 500
setting ana gets it
No man could get such prices for
his stock and eggs except for this
sratuitous advertising.
The show room record of these much
advertised breeders does not warrant
the prestige which their particular
strains enjoy from the constant boost
ing of a multitude of sycOphants OF
the poultry world.
A breeder who has brought his birds
to a high degree of perfection has &C
complisheG a great thing and is en-
titled tc the benefits naturally accru-
ing from mis- efforts, but it is strange
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-27
IMPROVEMENTS ARE
MADE AT VALENTINE

Valentine, Tex. July 27.-The G. II.
e $ A. bridge gang is making several
improvements about the round house
A box has been installed which Will
separate the oil from water which leaks
out while the cars are being unloaded
Miss Vina Jones is erecting a cot
tage- Mr.. Williams Of Maria has the
contract.
4. ". rPice has the contract for re
painting the High school building on
the outside and also restraining the in
side woodwork
L. T. Robinson, who ranches near
Wendell, has gone TO his old home
near san Antonio TO be present at
house party given in honor OF relatives
and friends from Tennessee
Miss Cathleen Christian. OF San An
tonic, and Miss Tennessee Harris of
Houston, are guests at the Finley
home.
Mrs. Lester S. smith has as her guest
little Gladys Camack, OF Sierra Blanca
Miss Evelyn Gibbs, Of Houston, IS
visiting at the home OF Mr. and Mrs
J. A Gardner.
P. c. Woods. of San Antonio, was in
Valentine on business.
Ell Evans and Hufing Means were
in from their ranches and report good
rains and grass growing
Mr.. and Mrs. r n. Everett are the
proud parents Of little daughter born
Mrs. A S. Stewart was surprised on
her birthday anniversary WIEN a party
o. 40 entered unawares, bringing re-
cream and cake
The SkilIman Grove camp meeting
las been portpOned until August II.
Mr.. and Mrs. " OOdie Browning, OF Pc
cos, are guests at the home OF Mrs
Browning's parents Mr. and Mrs John
J. leans.
J. +. Everett was in from his ranch
in the Fort Davis mountains.
H. A Demling has rented the Foley
cottage
Mrs. J. A. Parker and children, of
ECquillas, have moved to Valentine and
are occupying the Corning residence
Guy Hudspeth, clerk for the G. H. &
S A, has resigned his position here
and moved to FL aPso. he is relieved by
Charles Utz, OF san Antonio. Mr. Utz
has moved MS family here
Mai Work, of Maria, was here at
tending to real estate business.
The Valentine Commercial club held
a special meeting. Several reports were
considered and many movements for
the upbuilding Of the community were
discussed.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-27

TT OTEL TIVOLI, Ancon, Canal Zone,
Panama, July 27.-During the
past week I have Investigated
Uncle Sans hotels down here on the
Isthmus Of Panama. He is feeding a
multitude of men every day, and the
meals served in his hotels, restaurants
and kitchens are now about 10000
per month The cost of his commits
sary runs into the millions a year. hut
he buys and sells so closely that he
annually comes out a little ahead It
is not Uncle Sans idea to make money
out Of the stOmachs of MS Woodworking
children. His chief aim is to give the
employees good food at Just about cost.
he does this, furnishing the best board
that can be gotten anywhere else in
the world for the money.
In making this statement I know
whereof I speak and that by the test
Of both stomach and brain. / have
gone through the cOmmisSary account
books with Col Eugene I. Wilson, the
chief subsistence officer, and nave fig
ured the cost OF and receipts from the
meals item BY item. Moreover. I have
been living for a month al the Tivoi
hotel, where the board costs s. q day,
ana have dtned again and again at the
hotels along the lire OF the canal
where full dinner IS served for 80
cents, and that the equal OF many you
buy n New York for 81 I have also
taken my tin plate and fo- cents
have mad square feed at the 1abOrers'
ire European silver men, where the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-27

u ~ 2 , Illus u
Eases. Mothers
Friend is sold at
irug store S.
Write for freq
nnnl- g. 1900
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-27

to Is other hotels the same day, but
it would take too much space. Some
are a little better than the above and
some perhaps not so good, depending
But the meals are all excellent, and
none costs over 80 cents to the con-
sumer. Every cook has to figure out
his meals so that the average cost viii
not be more than % or 29 cents. and
If he spend more on one meal he must
cut down on the next Nevertheless,
the government finds that this sum is
quite sufficient to enable the cooks
to give the very best food and that
in large portions. Indeed, the aver
age cost of the meals is now under %
items figured out on such meals. The
decimals run out to the hundredths Of
a cent. Here is how the 80 cents is
divided:
Meat and fish. fresh. 1856 cents: eggs,
800 cents; fresh fruits and vegetables,
3-56 cents; fruits and vegetables,
canned. 2.36 cents; butter. 2.03 cents;
cured meats, cured fish and lard. LEO
cent; miscellaneous, 1-36 cent; ice
cream, 1.20 cent; sugar and syrups
Lis cent; ice, 30 cent; bread and cake,
80 cent; coffee. tea and cocoa. IS
cent; milk, evaporated, SO cent; flour,
40 cent; cleaning material (Sapolio,
etc.), 81 cent; canned meats and fish
p cent; dried fruits and vegetables,
Is cent.
If you will add those items you will
find the total is not 80 cents. 1t is
only 2S.11 cents, and this is a cut on
the cost of the same meal about a year
ago The government is furnishing as
good food today as It did then at Is
cent less per meal, and a similar saw
ing has been made in some of the
other departments of the feeding sup
ply.
At the Hotel Kitchens.
Now let US go to the kitchens where
the silver Iah0rnrS fhafr
bread. The most of them are West
Indian negroes and they have tastes OF
their own. They want certain kinds
of food, and the government gives
them cooks from Jamaica and others
of the islands because they are better
fitted to supply the dishes which the
men like.
At these kitchens the men receive
three meals for q cents, or one meal
for 3 cents. They do not eat in the
buckets, plates and other dishes and
carry the food away smoking hot to
eat as they please. Each man has a
bucket of rice, a great ladle of meat
and soup and in addition to that a
banana or So He has a pint of coffee
and plenty of vegetables. He receives
one loaf of bread per day. and the
menu is varied from meal to meal
have eaten at some of these kitch-
ems, taking my own bucket and spoon,
and can tell you the food is not
bad. The cooking is done in great
copper tubs on long ranges, which
run from one side of the kitchen to
the other, and the soup is served from
pots which will hold as much as a
cider barrel
I have eaten also with the silver
employees among the Europeans. These
are Spaniards and Italians. They de-
mand a little better meals than the
negroes. and they like to sit down at
the table. Many of their dining-rooms
are connected with the kitchens. They
are much palmer than those OF the
line hotels, the meals being served
without cloths. and in dishes of tin
or enamel. The food is brought to
the table on the plates used for eating,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-27

meals are Is cents, with all the ex-
traS thrown in.
Indeed, since came to Panama I
have lost all my sympathies with the
woes Of the American landlord His
prices are such that he ought to be
rolling in wealth, and if he is not
making money he does not know how
to run his hotel 1 am also losing
American hOusekeeper in these days
Of sOcalled high prices, and I believe
that any woman IN the United States.
If she figures as closely as does Uncle
the bones Of her children, but Jay
away much spare change in her stock
ing or in the family slot savings bank
on the mantle.
Uncle Sans 30 Cent Meal.
One can keep alive and do good work
on the nine cent meal or the Is cent
meal, but the 80 cent meal which the
government gives is fit for a king. It
is served three times a day at the line
hotels situated at the principal settle
ments along the canal zone, and also
at Taboga. Naos and Porto Bello out
side of it There are 10 OF these no.
tells. They are great eating houses
surrounded by verandas and so inclosed
in WOvenwire netting that there is
never a fly in the butter, and the
baldheaded man can eat without a
skull cap These eating rooms are
equipped with dining tables like those
OF hotel They give yOI fresh table,
cloths and white napkins, and the
china and glassware are first class
They have excellent walters, and the
service is better than that of the av-
erage hotel OF the states.
Here are some of the menus. I have
taken them at random out Of the mass
which is sent in from day to day
showing just what the men have to
eat. The ones selected give a single
days meal at the hotel at Gorgona,
the station on the canal where the re-
pair shops are located. They are as
follows:
BREAKFAST.
Oranges. Toasted Corn Flakes. Hominy
Eggs to Order, Fried Bacon
French Fried Potatoes, Corn
Mullins Hot Cakes Mamie
Syrup, Tea, Coffee or
Cocoa.
LUNCHEON
PURGE of Vegetable Soup, Beef a la
Mode, Fried Liver and Onions,
Mashed Potatoes, Spinach and
Eggs, Navy Bean in Cream.
Cocoanut Pie, Ice Cream and Cake
Tea, COffe or Cocoa
DINNER
Beef Broth, Beefsteak, French Fried
Potatoes, Green Onions Mashed
Turnips Buttered Beets
Lettuce Salad.
Apricot Pie, Ice Cream and Cake
Tea, COffe or Cocoa
Those meals cost 80 cents each I
could give you all the menus supplied