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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-11-23
Here is her own statement.

ment. / could not
be on my feet for a
long time. My ply
sician treated me for
several months with
out much relief and
at last sent me to
Ann Arbor for an op-
Grafton. / was there
four weeks and came
home sufferingworse
than before. M y
mother advised me to
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-11-23

For the first time in many months
the reservoir is overflowing and it is
unnecessary to operate the pumping
station. Reports come down from the
tunnel work at the head of the sys-
TEN that increase in the water sup
ply is encountered daily. The work.
men have tunneled in from the bottom
of the shaft a distance of 3S feet on
one side and 81 feet on the other. The
water committee of the city council
have every reason to feel assured of
an ample supply of good water for
the city's needs, at the completion of
the excavation work, which has been
Press.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-11-23

+. G. Lucas, real estate dealer of
Weston, has purchased twenty acres
OF irrigated land in the Sunnyside
district below Freewater. one hundred
yards from the car line, and consid-
ers that he has bargain at five
hundred dollars an acre. He bought
the tract of Arthur c. Hobbs. Eight
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-11-23
Portland Stock
Market.
(From Fridays Journal.)

The situation in the cattle trade is
one of steadiness generally but for
some extra select stuff here and there
an advance price is offered and paid.
The picking up of a single animal be-
longing to II. II. Trowbridge of Ba-
ker at $3.50 indicates this, While it
is scarcely likely that any great guam
tity of steers could be moved at this
high figure, no matter how good the
condition; the fact that buyers are
picking up one animal once in while
indicates that the market is favorable
for quality.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-11-23

Charley Johnson. the sheepman,
calls this Wilson weather. He says
that owing to the open weather and
fine pasture, which means a big saw
ing to the sheepmen. they will be able
to meet the lower prices. all look for
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-11-23

ic landslide.-Pilot Rock Record.
John w. Etter, the merchant farm
er, reports that upwards of rs per
cent of the summer-fallow is al
ready seeded and that plowing is be-
ing pushed with vigor. A good deal
of the land now being plowed will be
seeded in the spring, those living near
the foothills having come to the con-
clusion that crop can be grown every
year Mr.. Etter says he never saw
fall grain look so vigorous and the
stand so uniformly even as at the
present time. The prospects, in his
judgment, could not be better.-Pilot
Rock Record.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-11-23

Emphatically declaring that after a
thorough investigation and examina-
ton of eastern markets and eastern
grown apples, the northwest apple has
no competitor in the Atlantic seaboard
product, ]. H. Hall returned Satur-
day night from a seven weeks trip
through eastern markets in the inter-
est of the Milton Fruit Growers
Union.-Milton Eagle.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-11-23

A linguist may be able to master
all the modern tongues-except his
wife's.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-11-23

The marriage of Lola Winn and
Frank Wright was solemnized in
Walla Walla Wednesday afternoon.
The groom is of North Milton while
Miss Winn is the popular young
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ambrose
Winn Of Ferndale. The Times ex-
tends congratulations. - Freewater
Times.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-11-23

acres are in bearing peaches, four in
blackberries, one in grapes and the re-
mainder in choice garden land Yves
ton Leader.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-11-23

The party consisting of John Whee-
Ter, Chris Olson, Charles Whiting and
Siner Carroll, which left here a week
ago for the Hermiston country, re-
turned Thursday. They brought back
as trophy of the hunt, bag con-
tanning sixteen geese and twelve ducks
They were we'll pleased with the trip
Milton Eagle.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-11-23

ward to, as a result of the democrat
ic andslide.-Pilot Rock Record.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-11-23

The second annual poultry show of
the Valley Poultry association will be
held in Milton. beginning Tuesday,
December 81, and will continue until
Saturday, January 4, inclusive.-Mil-
ton Eagle.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25

ably believe now, that there was altooe,l
too much cry and too little wool "a 'l,,. y..,
wide in the ubiquitous protest against ~
-ahem!-"borrowing' in playwriting % =.
cles. So sent my play along just as b.i
sent Others before it. Time passed. sunni.
came, and my husband and decided 10 +.
out my play in the Middle West, where =:
husband had been heading q stock comma.
After the play had been put on, receiiy.i
numerous personal callers who ASSURED =
that my work was in many WAYS very NM.
like a play that had been tried out cor,,
of weeks before at one Of The regular M.
stock" that Isl theatcr~. began INN.
diately to look into the mystery. VIA :
discovered was this:
'Ehe other play was the work Of the dram.
tist who was close personal friend Of 4.
plavbroker. This dramats', | Learned. b,i
managed to read the manu- ript Of nv osr
when it rcposed in the playbroker's off,
Numerous episodes in his play which hadpe
been begun when he read mine were the san.
as episodes in mine; not approximately. h.
the incidents and episode and charac,
touches in my play, but precisely like the-
Accident, you say WI. maybe. c.
incidence, you protest Well, maybe
Then. again. maybe not. That the dram.
tist read my play in an9-.ript. am SUI
But then, even 50, probably he had all tho
ideas before he ever laid eyes on my nan
script. Probably. Then gain, probay
not. You may name T. .he lady or 4
tiger-as you choose. Ny purpose has bo.
simply to narratc a curou experience. an
one that. if YOU take ~ playwriting, M
possibly bcfall you too. 4 kind Fate-5a
for me: maybe just, maybe rnjuSt-brug
failure TO the mans WorE md success o
mine. Probably that too "a- only acciic.
Who shall say;
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25
DAGOBERT'S CHILDREN

q felt my hear, sink ra..eountaby
asked for his meaning
"Your face rcmlni.i me strongly
someone whom | knew many years aso .
answered. His name h. e,t flashed uy'
me. We were at colieg. '.Jether. in Sci.
manca. my old chum D~g g1miroA. whe
father was a Russian grar..e Of some s-
| wonder what became o. Noel; asg,
YOU. my friend. that bot. . face and w
YOU resemble him wonderfully.
The Frcnchman passed hand acro& E
forehead. which gliS'enoi ".h perpirr-
EngroSscd in his story, p. ..,.ed 70 st ,.
Madame Jeanne was ~li'. o The lips; ,t
she shuddcrcd as if ice hai entered her b.@
Il was only the intense s.ucstneS O. 5
attention that made Cour Dago5er, kes
his ears open. which prol n'ci hin ir-
falling asleep He murmur. under his IT,
tachc. "Paydiea! it >urpr' me tia,
takes any interest a, all in rs chi.dis,r@
She will fam, If she does no, Dind. L ~-,
be that this room Is ike fur ace. hrE
a love story. | might under and Il b
this cHtanhAage|
\ shell went over the house viii @.
scream Of "a rocket.
The francs-tireurs before th, fire ay b
dead men.
"Whcn | heard those wo~.- coa,a-
d'Ormondc huSkily, 81 felt a- e's sor.f
sued animal who catches, tr0. a,a- n.
bay Of the hounds. had z. " no dc2
have no doub, now. that > ,he ".
Of "a strange fate: tina, ,hy who's, b
had thruS, out with the p... @. a sT
whose gloomy spirit, like So Other
dcrcrS Of whom he wrote, ! . made 11
less. was haunting ne, VS. .ns ool!
mind in place Of that which at tes,'
My own personality, my .. keen ~
existence, my abundance o. "'mal eN
uncr. was sinking and iN'u- is . SUI
sets; and in its place ros- $40" 81
the form and semblancc %, nse.i. aG
perhaps, more or less ,pcc.. shining
borrowed radiance. cold. pa. ylNor4-
Bat | will be- fair in my -y. AK
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25

running out of his ewes that were fixed upon
me IN Il terrible stare. Could any thought
bc more prcpostcrouS than this. that he had
taken possession Of me, Does II not make
You laugh,
Mon Dbn" said the woman again in
chokci voice
The narrator wen, on, 81 considered tor
hour, ,hc alwos, violent alteration in my
disposition, my ways Of living, my ideas.
r had amazed my friends Then |. who
could never write even "a brief essay, had
DEVELOPED into brilliant novelist, absorbed
IN the teaching Of ,hc dead Russian. which
teaching echoed enlarged. would watch
in .ou.thin, ike terror the faithful eyes Of
the hound. looking into mine with pro-
found affection. What clsc;' Though had
alWlv, admired music In the abstract, had
possessed no ear for II. no passion Tor II. But
nuw il cnohaincd me In rs sweet bondage, -
rolling IN upon heart and soul those lncttable
thoughts. underlined, inaNprcSSihIc. Whl.h
flow I'm from some mysterious ocean. Is
pcoiallv lid love the strange, bizarre music
Of Frederic Chopin. who was Dragomiroh S
M.L | interpreted il wi'hou, difficulty; |
ia homcd the iccpS Of IS charms, is uuhap-
rn.sS.
To controlled mlui all thlS may meet
wi b natural explanation. fought agains,
II. luug up work, and Went abroad for the
second time. tcl, that nothing but most
decided change would help me. chose a
place mos, contrary 10 inclination, Il went
Ior trip to the Amazon country, in Brazil
ILEFr the boat a, Para, at the southern
1 entrance to the river. The surrounding
dense forest. the wanton splcndor of tropical
foliage. the negroes and Indians formed in
decd a new environment On the evening
OF my landing was me, and welcomed by a
Roman Catholic priest who had a house on
the hillside ovcrshadowcd by palm trees Of
colossal height He introduced himself as
Padre Ro,ircz noticed that while | WAS
dining at his table he showed an abstrac'cd
manner. Suddenly he cried, have IT,
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25

nerienced bv me with the serpent. want
vo, 70 remember, incidentally, that am
inst one example that | have no AK what
ever to grind; that am simply endeavoring
here TO indicate what a playwright IS ire
ouentlv "up against; and that there are
anv number of my brother and sister WIT
crS of drama-known and unknown-who
would be able to cite numerous analogous
skirmishes with the serpent.
When | had finished my play The lax
.cr sent it to playbroker. Let me digreSS
here a moment and assure YOU that nave
now cut plavbrokers of my list. have had
too many disastrous experiences with them.
In addition to my adventure with the seen
ario. learned that my play The Chaper-
one" had been sent against my express
order to the one certain producer | nave al
ready mcntioncd not submitted, NINA
YOU. for purposes Of possible production,
but lust sent to be read have not treated
these PLAYS Of mine and their associated
plavbrokcr adventures in chronological or
der. "The Chaperone, for instance was
written before the scenario OF the othcr
piece. and THE Talkcr, Of which am now
speaking was written after both OF the
others. Since the writing Of "The Ialker
and my adventure with it, has come the
resolution mentioned not to employ play
brokers in the future. Here was the straw
that broke the camelS back 1t occurred
something like two years ago:
ALTHOUGH had heard that the partic-
n ular playbrokcr with whom happened
at the time to be dealing was close personal
friend Of a dramatist and a producer both
Of whom had been charged on several occa-
sions with having borrowed" ideas and
more from the work Of others, | was still
trusting soul, and still believed, as You prob
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25

OO MA Nlftoh-ilNI
told me the idea Of the play he was then
busted with, and asked me what | thought
of it. During the long conversation that
followed | told him that while | liked MS
theme it seemed to me that in order to get
the full value out of that theme he would
have to alter his conception of his central
woman character. And, to cut the story
short. realized when the trip was over that,
wholly without sensing what | was doing
had given him all the suggestions for his
woman character that, in the three months
Just previous, had palnStaklngly worked
out for my own woman character 1t was
too late to get back my character. His play
came out and proved big SucceSs-and my
character, my work of months, was lost TO
me through my own CarclcsSnesS,
might cite any number of other similar
instances, both against myself and against
other playwrightS who have told me their
woes, all going to show the superlative value
Of silence in the playwriting circle.
ALTHOUGH to a very large degree the
~ prejudice against women in the field OF
lplaywriting is dying out, yet 1t IS not to be
contradicted that this prejudice still exists IN
some proportion Indeed, only Yesterday
it was very visible, fcclable thing. Whether
because of the fact that the particular play
wright happened to be a woman and thus
might the more easily be taken advantage
Of % times, q CuStOmSD, or whether be
cause of the SubStantiatcd and fundamental
fact that the spirit Of plagiarism stalks
strong in numerous quarters OF the play
writing world, it has been my unpleasant
and very coStly-cxpericnCc to suffer on
several occasions from the traps lald by
these crafty dramatic ghoulS.
Three years ago | spent large part ol
six months working up the scenario OF
play the basic theme for which had come
suddenly to me. After my work on the
scenario, showed it to several friends, who
waxcd enthusiastic over its possibilities, but
declared that the theme, 50 far as current
dramatic taste was concerned, was ahead
Of the time" By ahead OF the time, DO
not wish to seem 20 infer that had discov-
cred something Of amazing scientific inter
est or something equally and rcparkably pro
found By no means. BY ahead Of the
time" | Tor rather my friends who used the
phrase meant in advance Of what the
jhcatcrgong public appeared to want to
SEE at the moment.
Feeling that the criticism offered by my
friend, was well taken | abandoned the
! idea Of spending six more months night then
working out the whole play and determined
Fl, yet 10 work on something else. short
while aftcrwlri however, some other
friends of miuc upon looking over the seen
aro OF which / have spoken, urged me To-
submit i' 90 % playbroEcr agency with "a
I . .,, ..,...-l i.,,.,,,r 'l, hitter 'rt-,u' II 10
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25

7 NM fully aware Of the tac, that the VOL,
cry of plagiarism" j, "a common one IN
rhc playwri'ing sphere. am fully aware that
on uumcrou, occasions II may be Unjust;
nu, I have learned this lesson well: That
often. very. very often. the .ry of "Plagilr-
,,m'~ has more in it than disn,crcS'cd per
sons are willing to grant And | am not
speaking here Of my own adventures alone;
although presume my case may be taken
as fairly typical one Plagiarism is ram
pant in the American playwri'ing field. Il
IS The Shiny serpent in the garden and II
is busy ar It's deadly work day and night
Let me tell YOU ut another adventure cX-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-16
CAUGHT. MAN Who
RA|OED STORE
Lidgerwood Suspect Found
to Be Enderlin Burglar
Had the Jewelry

IIankinsnn. n. D., Feb. 1S.-Sheriff
Cooper Of Ransom county and Drug
gist Engle of Enderlin passed through
here. having in custody a man who
is accused OF burglarizing Mr.. Engle's
drug store at Enderlin one night last
week..
The thief was discovered by boys
playing in a hay NOW at Lidgerwood.
He was asleep and the boys notified
the chief of police of their find: he
was taken into custody and searched,
and from his person q lot of jewelrY
was taken. including seven watches. a
number of rings, fountain pens. etc.
He had taken the sets from the rings
and tried in other ways to make iden-
%titication difficult. Inquiry developed
the fact that the Engle store had
been entered a few nights before and
Sheriff Cooper and Engle went to
lidgerwood to take the fellow back
to Ransom county for trial. All the
missing .iewelry was still. in his pos
session with the exception of one
watch he had sold,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-16
CAsCARETs CLEANSE
LIVER AND BOWELS
No Bfliousness. Headache, Sick, Sour
Stomach, Indigestion. Coated
Tongue or Constipation.

Furred Tongue. Bad Taste. Indiges-
ton, Sallow Skin and Miserable Head
aches come from a torpid liver and
clogged bowels, which cause your
stomach to become filled with undi-
gested food. which sours and ferments
like garbage in a swill barrel. That's
the first step to untold misery-indi-
gestion, foul gases. bad breath. yellow
skin. mental fears. everything that is
horrible and nauseating. A Carcaret
tonight will give you a thorough
cleansing inside and straighten you
out by morning. They work while you
sleep-a 10-cent box from your drug
gist will keep you feeling good for
months. Millions Of men and women
take a Cascaret now and then to keep
their stomach. liver and bowels regu-
lated, and v know a miserable
moment. Don't forget the children
their little insides need a good, gentle
cleansing, too.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-16
AINSWORTH TO
Be DISCIPLINED
[Continued From Page II

[Continued From Page II
stated, but If those that have been
pointed out are lot sufficient to carry
to the minds of those with whom the
decision Of this matter now rests the
conviction not only that 1t is most in
advisable ever to entrust to incom-
pet"nt amateurs the management of
business that is of nationwide inn
portancc, n that a only be man
aged p~rudently, safely and efficiently
by those whom long service has made
experts with regard to it, then it will
be worse than useless to present fur
ther facts or figures here"
The secretary at this point admins
tors his first sharp rebukc. Referring
to the foregoing, he says:
This is not an isolated instance of
INSTRUMENTATION and Improperly on
your part. o is it made in the alb
scncc of warning as to the necessary
consequences of such an outburst. On
the fifth of September last you sub
mitted to mo Il memorandum in which
YOU. by i%nsinuation, charged the of
relieving certain officers of the re-
cruiting service"
the memorandum referred to de-
clared that Colonel Murray and Ma
1or Rugan were to be relieved because
they had given testimony to n con-
gressional committee OF certain leg
islation, testimony which was at var
lance with that given by Major Cen
eral Wood, chief of staff. General
~Ainsworth intimated that persons
not knowing or not believing tina the
chief of staff is too h~ighminded.' to
take such a revenge would believe
the two officers had been removed to
punish them.
Personal Matter
Secretary Stimson from his home or
Long Island, wrote Il personal letter
in reply. In it he said, II greatly re.
greet and reprObate certain passages OF
your memorandum" and added tina
nothing is gainde by suspecting OF
intimating Interior motives on the part
of those with whom we have to act in
association"
Continuing his letter of suspension
the secretary declares:
In considering whether these of.
fenses against propriety on your par,
are merely exceptional cases of rude.
ness and ill temper. 1 find that the,
have become habitual on your par
and have occurred under other admin.
istrations of the war department and
concerning other officers than those OF
the general staff"
The secretary then refers to still
another memorandum submitted BIZ
General Ainsworth relative to recon.
mendations made by sixteen general
officers n the superintendent of the
military academy relative to a reduc-
ton Of paper" work in the military
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-16
r TAKEN AWAY
Made Hard Fight to Stay in North
Dakota. But Was Unsuccessful.

eAN W. quay III "
Dakota. But Was Unsuccessful.
Fargo, n. r., Feb. 16.-Harry
Burke, alias Sam Brooks. again tried
4" make Il deal yesterday before
Officer knickcrhocker of the Stillwa-
ter, Mimi. penitentiary, started to
Minnesota with him.
Burke. as he was known here, is
the man Who was sent up min months
ago for a three months term for be-
up u gambling device in the city and
who broke Jail and was afterwards
given six months additional for that
otfonsc.
II was found that he was n paroled
prisoner from the saltwater peniten-
tinry who had broken his parole. and
WAS wanted there and yesterday was
= TN" completion of his sentence here.
The officers arrived for Burke,
who's" right name is Sam Brooks,
and the latter refused to go without
a reuuisiti"n. When he was shown
All TN" necessary papers he said he
wouldn't go without making a legal
tight. lie supplemented this by say
ing that he would go if the officer
wouldn't handcuff him, but this was
not agreed to. Then Burke called
half a dozen lawyers to his aid, but
they all refused to have anything to
do with the case, as the papers were
""ked over and III to fulfill all
tn" requirements between the govern.
mont of the two states.
In desperation he Their asked to be
taken before Judge Pollock and he
appealed his w case there. The
court declined to act in tho matter,
but held it under advisement until 3
O'Clock yesterday afternoon so he
could get out II writ of habeas corpus
and employ an attorney, but this he
could not do and was taken away
yesterday afternoon bound for Still
wafer.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-16
MEDALS FOR SHOOTERS.

bismarck, Y. D., Feb. 16.-The
hdjutant generals department mailed
several insisnias to companies over
the state for those who have qualified
as sha%rpshooters and marksmen, and
IL the United States sends troops to
the Mexican border some expert man.
irulators of firearms can he found in
North Dakota. Capt. b. G. Boyd of
the lillsboro company gets a sharp
shooters medal for himself and for
five of his men in the company, be-
sides medals for two marksmen. Co.
ID. of Minot. gets two sharpshooters'
medals. as does Captain Fraser, Cap
tain Gearey and Lieutenant Collar of
Fargo.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-16
EASILY BREAKS
A SEVERE COLD
Also Ends All Misery From
the Grippe in Just a Few
Hours

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