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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-20

DIR. JAMES E. SHARP, DENTIST.
office. Room IL, Temple Bldg.
Phone Main 100.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-20

W iiliN SibNihS O'A
account of the initial drop in values
yesterday, the hog market was con-
sidered stationary today. There was
another good offering of supplies as
had been expected, and buyers took
bold rather grudgingly. Run for the
day was 642 head compared with 447
a week ago, S4 a year ago and 40
head this same day two years ago.
Hog shippers: Frank Powen, Wei
ser, Idaho, ! load; w. c. Randle-
man, We ser, l load; p. Groner, Wei
ser, l load; w. b. Kiethley, Weiser,
l load: G. w. Crawford, Shearer, l
load; d. H. Mayfields, Shearer,
load
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-20
CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY
DENTISTS.

DR.. THOMAS VAUGHAN. DENTIST
Office In Judd building. Phone
Main 7B
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-20

> w HIIt IHtTe was Il IdIT SHOWIHg OF
cattle in the North Portland yards
today, nothing entered that could be
classed in as tops. Some feeder stock
sold early in the day around S6.25 a
$40, two loads being sold at the low
er figure and one at the high mark.
Top steers are considered steady
today at 81, which is practically the
same price as quoted after the drop
of yesterday.
Cattle shippers today: W. l. Dish
man, Joseph, two loads; ]. NJ. Neal,
Nampa, Idaho, one load; P. ]. Brown,
Baker three loads; Charles McCul-
Tough. Baker, two loads.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-20
ARCHITECTS, CONTRACTORS. ETC

d. A. MAY. CONTRACTORS AMI
Builder. Estimates furnished on al
kinds of masonry. cement Walks
stone walls, etc. Phone black $685.
or Oregonian office.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-20

A GOOD BUSINESS FOR sALE-A
first class restaurant which / am
compelled to sell on account OF poor
health. Address p. o. Box los
Echo. ore.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-20

HAIR woRK-Ladies send your
combings TO Madam Kennedy, Athe-
ma, Or. Box 80. All work guaran.
teed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-20

LOWELL & WINTER, ATTORNEYS
and consullors at law. Office E
Despair building.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-20

GEORGE W. CoUTTs, ATTORNEY
at law estates settled, wills, deeds
mortgages and contracts drawn, Col
lecticns nade. Room II. Schmid'
block.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-20

CARTER g. sMYTHE, ATTORNEYS
at law. Office In rear of Americas
National Bank building.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-20
MISCELLANEOUS.
FRATERNAL ORDERS.

DAMON LODGE NO. a.
X. OF p. meets every Mon
day evening in l. o. o. b.
hall. Visiting brothers cor
daily invited to attend
]. q. Finney, C. c.; r. w Fletcher j.
r Il
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-20
VETERINARY SURGEONS.

DR.. d. C. M'NABB. LOCAL STATE
Stock Inspector. Office at Kocp
PEN. Drug store. Phone Main 41i
Residence. 915 East Court stree,
Res. Phone Main SO.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-20

JAMES A. FEE, ATTORNEY AZ
law. Office In Despair building
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-20
Want Ads
WANTED.

WANTED.
WANTED--LaSe curtains TO Laundry
Work done with especial care
Phone Red 1881.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-20

C. w. LASsEN, M. D. ", GRADU
etc OF MoKillip Veterinary Collsg'
Of Chicago. Office phone Main lt
Res. b16 Bush St., phone Main 81
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-20

r. ]. SLATER. ATTORNEY AT LAW
office in Despair building.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-20

RALEY & RALEY. ATTORNEYS Al
law. Office In American Nationa
Bank Building.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-20
PHYSICIANS.

Or. LYNN X. BLAKESLEE, CHRO.
mic and nervous diseases. and dis.
eases CT women. X-ray and Electro.
therapeutics. Judd building. corner
Main and Court streets. Office phone
Main 70: residence phone, Main 654
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-01
SYNOPSIS.

Howard Jeffries. bankers son, under
the evil influence of Robert Underwood.
q fellOw-student at Yale, leads a life or
dissipation, marries the daughter OF
gambler who died in prison, and is dis
owned by his father. He tries to get work
and fails. A former college chum makes
q business proposition to Howard which
requires $4,000 cash, and Howard is broke.
Robert Underwood, who had been re
pulsed by Howard's wife, Annie. In ms
college days, and had once been engaged
To Alicia, Towards stepmother, mas
apartments at the Astruria, and Is ap-
parently in prosperous circumstances
Howard recalls a $3.50 loan to UNDERWOOD,
that remains unpaid, and decides to ask
him for the 81. 900 he needs. UnderWood.
taking advantage of his intimacy with
Mrs. Jeffries, Sr., becomes sort OF social
1ighwayman Discovering his true char
aacter she denies him the house. Alicia
receives a note from Underwood, threat
-ening suicide She decides to go and see
him He is in desperate financial straits.
Art dealers for whom he. has been acting
E8 commissioner, demand an accounting.
He cannot make good. Howard Jeffries
underwood for $1,000 and is told by the
latter that he is in debt up to his eyes.
Howard drinks himself into maudlin
condition, and goes to sleep on a divan:
n caller Is announced and Underwood
draws a screen around the drunken
sleeper. Alicia enters. She demands a
promise from him that he will not take
his life, pointing to the disgrace that
would attach to herself. Underwood re-
fuses to promise unless she will renew
her patronage.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-01

Its no use battling against the tide
The strongest swimmer must go under
some time. I've played my last card
and I've lost. Death is better than
going to Jail. What good is life any
way without money? Just a moments
nerve and it will all be over"
Opening the drawer in the desk. he
took out the revolver again. He turned
1t over in his hand and regarded fear
fully the polished surface of the in
strument that bridged life and death.
He had completely forgotten Howard's
presence in the room. On the thresh-
old OF a terrible deed, his thoughts
were leagues away. Like a man who
Is drowning, and close to death. he
saw with surprising distinctness a
Kaleidoscope view of his past life. He
saw himself an innocent, impulsive
school boy. the pride of a devoted
mother, the happy home where he
spent his childhood. Then came the
association with bad companions. the
first step in wrongdoing, stealing out
or a comrades pocket in school. the
death OF his mother, leaving home
with downward progress until he grad.
ually drifted into his present dishon-
est way OF living. What was the good
OF regrets? He could not recall his
mother to life. He could never rehab-
ilitate himself among decent men and
women. The world had suddenly be-
come too small for him. He must 20.
and quickly.
lingering the pistol nervously. he
sat before the mirror and placed II
against his temple. The cold steel
gave him sudden shock. He won.
dered II 1t would hurt, and IL there
would be instant oblivion. The glare
OF the electric light in the room dis
concerted him. It occurred to him
that 1t would be easier in the dark.
Reaching out his arm, he turned the
electric button, and the room was i'm
mediately plunged into darkness. ex.
cept for the moonlight which entered
through the windows, imparting q
ghostly aspect to the scene. On the
other side of the room, behind the
screen. red glow from the open fire
fell on the sleeping form OF Howard
Jeffries..
Slowly. deliberately, Underwood
raised the pistol to his temple and
| fired.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-01
CHAPTER WI.
Hello! What's that 7"

Hello! What's that?''
Startled out Of his Gareantnan
slumber by the revolver's loud report
Howard sat up with q jumn and
rubbed his eyes. On the other side
OF the screen. concealed from his Oh.
servation. there was heavy crash 81
a body falling with chair-then ali
was quiet.
Scared. not knowing where he was
Howard jumped to his feet For I
moment he stood still, trying to col.
lect his senses. It was too dark y
discern anything plainly. but he could
dimly make out outlines Of aesthetic
furniture and bibelots. All. be s.
membered now! He was In Under.
woods apartment.
Rubbing his eyes, he tried to recall
how he came there, and slowly his be.
fuddled brain began to work. He re.
membered that he needed $4,000. and
that he had called on Robert Under
wood to try and borrow the money.
Yes. he recalled that perfectly we'll
Then he and Underwood got drinking
and talking. and he had fallen asleep,
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-01
GAVE HER BABY TO STRANGER
to Part With One Of Her
Children.

st. Louis-Worsted in her battle
against poverty and sickness for her
self and her two children, Mrs. Frances
Jesse, twenty-five years old, widow.
has given away her two-months-old
baby, Frank. An East st. Louis WON
an, whose name Is unknown to the
mother. took the child.
To make It impossible for mother
love to cause her to interfere in the
future with the rearing Of her child
Mrs. Jesse refused to take the name
and address of the woman to whom
she intrusted Frank. She does not
know where the child is, and perhaps
he has gone completely out Of her
life.
Mrs. Jesse still has Michael two
years old. She can leave him with
neighbors. she said, while she looks
for work to support herself and
Michael. When Frank was born.
three months after his fathers death.
Mrs. Jesse found it impossible, she
said, to keep her family together.
Weak from the lack of proper food
and driven frantic by the cries of her
hungry children. Mrs. Jesse told q
neighbor, 1t was said. that she would
end it all by jumping from the Eads
bridge with the two boys. The man
was unable to help her. but took her
to police headquarters, where she told
her story. The police told her she
could find good home for the baby
II she would let It be known that she
would part with him.
Mrs. Jess consented and newspa-
pers told Of the two-months-old baby
who could be had for the asking. The
East st. Louis woman called for
Frank and carried him away.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-01
OF CITIES
CRIME EASY AND cUNvicTs> MAP.
PY IN lRkUTsk, SIBERIA.
Thousands Of Russian Felons Visit the
= City Annually to Revel. Unno-
Tested, In Robbery and
Murderous Outra0es.

San Francisco.-What San Francis
CO was in 40 when 1t fourished a.
the gilded city. OF western America.
Irkutsk. the largest town In Siberia,
metropolis of the Asiatic gold fields,
is today. with additional trimmings.
Residence in Irkutsk Is not quite q
rest cure for the nerves. With q pop
ulation OF 10000. crammed into q
picturesque bend on the Angara river.
1t produces some 100 or more murders
or murderous assaults each year, with
ten arrests or so, four convictions
with sentences of matter Of few
days in the city Jail. Those are last
years figures, and with a throb OF
civic pride the natives tell that 1911
was quite an OF year.
OF the tens of thousands of con-
victs In Siberia, large proportion
visit Irkutsk at the expiration of their
terms, anxious to get few weeks Of
enjoyment before making plans for
the future. Every Russian subject.
equally with the foreigner. must have
passport. At the end of their terms
dangerous convicts receive ''black
passport" which generally prevents
their getting employment.
They become beggars by day and
cut-throats by night Their BLACK
passports are just what they need to
get on the right side of the police in
Irkutsk and soon they are back to
their old tricks of robbing and MUIR
dering right and left. Finally when
they have acquired little coin thev
leave for parts unknown, sometimes
the victims of the very police who
protected them.
The city's policing Is done partly by
the municipal authorities and partly
by private patrolmen, subsidized by
property owners. The private con-
stables deserve special mention, for
they walk the streets, and make the
nights hideous by gathering power
full wooden bell, to warn burglars not
to sin while they are near. The main
streets Of the city are lighted, but the
side streets are not, making these q
happy hunting ground for burglars.
Timid householders, without any OBJ
lection on the part of the police, fire
a shot from their bedroom windows
just to show possible lurking burglars
there is gun in the house.
One fine day last year there were %
assorted murders and attempts at
murder at Irkutsk. A vigilance COM
mittee was recommended. Ex-convicts
and delegates of murderers rolled in
their dozens and volunteered their
services. In few days there was
such wave Of crime that respectable
men went cunning for the vigilance
committee and cleaned it out. Then
Cossacks, sent to guard the govern
ment laboratory in which much gold
was stored, turned robbers themselves
and carried away the gold, going to
the additional trouble of wrecking the
place. Much of it found its way into
China in the corpses of Cinnamon who
were being sent home to be buried.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-01
CHAPTER Vll.-Continued.

! II don't believe you intend to carry
out your threat. should have known
from the first that your object was to
frighten me. The pistol display was
highly theatrical, but it was only a
bluff. You've no more idea of taking
your life than | have of taking mine.
/ was foolish to come here. l might
have spared myself the humiliation of
this clandestine interview. Good
night"
She went toward the door, Under
wood. made no attempt to follow her.
I'm hard. strange voice, which he
scarcely recognized as his own, he
merely said:
lis that all you have to say?"
"Yes." replied Alicia, as she turned
Mt the door. Let 1t be thoroughly I'm
derstood that your presence at my
house is not desired. If you force
yourself upon me in any way, you
must take the consequences"
Underwood bowed, and was silent.
She did not see the deathly pallor OF
his face. Opening the door of the
apartment which led to the hall. she
again turned.
Tell me. before go-you didn't
mean what you said in your letter. did
Sou?"
I'll tell you nothing" replied I'm.
0erwood doggedly.
She tossed her head scornfully.
Il don't believe that man who is
coward enough to write a letter like
this has the courage to carry out his
threat" Stufing the letter back into
her bag. she added: 81 should have
thrown 1t in the waste-paper basket
but on second thoughts, think III
keep It Goodnight"
Goodnight" echoed Underwcod
mechanically.
He watched her go down the Ione
hallway and disappear in the elevator
Then. shutting the door. he came
slowly back into the room and 81,
down at his desk. For ten minutes he
mt there motionless. his head hem
forward. every limb relaxed. Their
Yas deep silence. broken only by How
ards regular breathing and the lond
tAeking Of the clock.
ITS all up" be muttered to himself
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-01

neaQeQ OH, anu not knowing what to
do, he halted in painful suspense.
The door opened and man entered
He looked as surprised to see How.
ard as the latter was to see him. He
was clean-shaven and neatly dressed,
yet did not look the gentleman. His
appearance was rather that Of a sery.
ant. All these details flashed before
Towards mind before, he blurted out:
who the devil are your"
The man looked astonished at the
question and eyed his interlocutor
closely, as il in doubt as to his identi-
ty. In a cockney accent he said
loftily:
Il am Ferris, Mr.. Underwood's man,
sir" Suspiciously, he added: care
you friend Of Mr.. Underwood's, Sir -
He might well ask the question, for
Towards disheveled appearance and
CHASTITY face. still distorted ~ terror
was anything but reassuring. Taken
by surprise. Howard did not know
what to say. and like most neonle
questioned at disadvantage. he an.
swered foolishly:
Matter? No. What makes van
think anything is the matter?'
Brushing past the man, lie added:
ITS late. I'm going =
Stop q minute!" cried the man
servant. There was something n
Howard's manner that he did not II]xe.
Passing quickly into the sitting room
he called out: Stop q mlnute!r B,,f
Howard did not stop Terror eavS
him wings and. without waiting "a
the elevator. be was already half ~
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-01

umns Of stun every day, together with
his portrait That was just the kind
Of publicity he needed now that he
was wire-pulling for an inspectorship
They had caught the man with the
goods that was very clear. He
promised himself to attend to the
rest. Conviction was what he was
after. He'd see that no tricky lawyer
got the best Of him. Concealing, as
well as he could. his satisfaction. he
drew himself up and, with clustering
show OF authority, Immediately took
command Of the situation. Turning
to police sergeant at his side. he
said:
tMaloney, this fellow msy have had
an accomplice. Take four Officers and
watch every exit from the hotel Ar
rest anybody attempting to leave the
building. Put two officers to watch
the fire escapes. Send one man on
the roof. Col"
eyes, SIR Z replied the sergeant, as
he turned away to execute the order.
CAPT Clinton gave two strides for
ward, and catching Howard by the col
lar. jerked him to his feet.
sNow. young Teller. you come with
me! Wen SO upstairs and have =
look st the dead man
ero BE CONTINUED)
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-01

from inflammation, and your Sanatlve
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Mrs. Lynch Also Avoided
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Jessup, Pa. AFTER the birth OF my
fourth child, had severe organic imam.
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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-01
SAVED FROM
AN OPERATION
How Mrs. Reed of Peoria, Ill,
Escaped The Sur.
geon's Knife.
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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-01
Selfishness Universal,

A Kansas City Judge announces a.
an original discovery that selfisbness
is the chief cause of divorce. or
course it is. 1t is also the cause of
most of the other troubles of human.
ity. Eliminate selfishness from the
nature of man and the millennium
would be with us.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-01

New Invention for Coin Purse,
Keeping the flap closed by a rub
Der cord. a Washington inventor
claims to have devised a coin purse
that is safer than the usual forms.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-01
Double Rugged.

The most modern typewriters are
rugged for billing-and some of them
for cooling. Record,
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-08-29
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE ON SALE
OF REAL ESTATE.

In the matter of the estate of
Charles Oliver Garfield, deceased.
Mary E. Garfield the administratix
of the estate of Charles Oliver Can
field, deceased having filed her petit
ton herein praying for an order of
sale of the real estate of said dece-
dent, for the purpose therein set forth,
it is therefore ordered by the said
court, that all persons Interested IN the
estate of said deceased appear before
the said Probate Court on Friday, the
4th day of October, 1912, at 10 O'Clock
in the forenoon of said day, at the
court room Of said Probate Court,
at the city Of Grangeville, in said
County of Idaho, to show cause why an
order should not be granted to said ad-
ministratix to sell SO much of the real
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-08-29

Notice of Proof of Completion of Works
and Application of Water to Beneficial
Use.
Notice is hereby given that at White
bird on the 23rd day of September,
1912, at Whitebird, County of Idaho,
before G. J. Wright proof will be SUBJ
mitted Of the completion Of the works
for the diversion Of $40 cubic feet per
second of waters Of Bedford creek
and Of the application to the beneficial
use Of said water in accordance with the
terms and conditions of Permit No. 8081
heretofore issued by the state engineer
of the State of Idaho.
l. The name and post office address
of the person, or corporation, holding
said permit, are Mary Bedford, Idaho
County, State of Idaho, city of White
bird.
2. Said works of diversion will be
fully completed on the date set for
such completion, and the amount Of
water which said works are capable Of
conducting to the place of use, in accor-
dance with the plans accompanying the
the application for such permit, is 1-2
cubic feet per second.
3. The use to which said water has
been applied is irrigation and domestic
purposes, and the amount applied to
beneficial use is IL cubic feet per Sc
cond.
4. The place where said water is
used is n1a of nwA of section 81 7 90
E B M.
5. The date of priority which said
user is prepared to establish is Jan. IL,
1912
A. z. Robinson, State Engineer. 1874