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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-06
POOL CASES AGAINST S. p.
Porterville Merchants Combine OF
Long and Short Haul suit.

Porterville.-All merchants of Por-
terville, through their organization
the Porterville Merchants association
have pooled their claims against the
Southern Pacific railroad, aggregat-
ing about s4,16O and which have
grown out of the alleged illegality of
the long and short haul rates, which
have been declared illegal.
These claims have been assigned to
one member of the association who in
turn has filed assignment to a nor.i-
nal organization known as the Cali
fornia Adjustment company to await
the outcome of test suit which has
been filed against the defendant cor
poration. In case the test suit is sue
cessful this system of assigning the
claims to a single individual will IA
cilitate the collection.
The claims against the compan!
run from as little as forty-two cents
to $ST2.
Most of the claims are the out
growth of the rate from San Fran
cisco to Los Angeles, which in man.
cases is less than the local to thi
valley.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-06
AWAY WITH CATARRH
A FILTHY DISEASE

If YOU have any symptoms of ca
tarrh. such as stuffed up feeling in
the head, profuse discharge from the
nose. phelgm in the throat, causing
hawking and splitting, dul pain in
the head. or ringing in the ears, just
anoint the nostrils or rub the throat
or chest with little Ely's Cream
Balm and see how quickly you Will
get relief.
In lust a few minutes YOU will feel
YOUR head clearing, and after using
the Balm for a day or so the nasty
discharge will be checked, the pain,
soreness and fever will be gone, and
YOU will no longer be offensive to
| Yourself and friends by our constant
hawking. splitting and blowing.
Shake off the grip of catarrh be-
| fore it impairs your sense OF taste,
| smell and hearing and poisons your
whole system. In short time you
can be cured of this distressing dis
ease nv using Ely's Cream Balm.
! This healing, antiseptic Balm does
not fool YOU with short, deceptive re-
lief. but completely overcomes the
disease. 1t clears the nose, head and
throat of all the rank poison, soothes,
heals and strengthens the raw, sore
membranes, and makes you proof
against catarrh.
One application will convince you
and a fifty cent bottle will generally
effect a complete cure, Get it from
your druggist and start the treatment
at once.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-06
YOUNG farmer OF
ECHO PASSES AWAY
Especial Correspondence.)


Echo, Ore, July 6.-Henry Rhode,
a young farmer living east of Echo,
died last evening at o'clock of ty-
phoid fever after a weeks illness.
Mr.. Rhode was the eldest son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Rhode and was
about 26 years of age. Arrangements
for the funeral have not been made.
Fourth Celebration.
The Fourth of July celebration Civ
en- here Thursday by the Echo fire.
men was a great success. Many Wis
itors we're present from the neighbor-
ing towns. Music for the day was
furnished by the Hermiston and Echo
bands. At 10 o'clock a. m. the crowd
went to the grove above town where
a short but interesting program was
rendered. Hon. viii NJ. Peterson Of
Pendleton. delivered the grafton,
which was much appreciated by the
audience. Immediately following an
old-fashioned barbecued OK was serv-
ed to all
At o'clock p. m. game of base
ball was played between Stanfield and
Echo, which resulted in the close
score of 5 to in favor of the latter.
Later in the day various races were
run. The saddle horse race was won
by JOS. Cunha. Jr.,; 100 yard foot
race by Chas. Hopkins; boys race by
Leonard Carver; three legged race by
Chas. and Fred Hoskins. The hose
cart race. which occurred at 1880
D. m, excited much interst. Each
cart was drawn by ten men. Hose
company No. was the lucky one
and won a prixe of SO.
Dancing on the open-air pavilion
began at an early hour and was con-
tinued until about a. m. yesterday.
Misses Eugene and Esther Scholl
and Ruth Terpening spent today Wis
iting with friends at Stanfield.
Ralph Rowland returned to Pen
dleton this morning after a short
visit at the Matthews home on But
ter creek. He was accompanied tc
: the city by Mr.. Matthews.
r. Alexander and Ad Nye of Pen
dleton were among the Fourth OF
t July visitors here.
Miss Ilene Webb left on Tuesday
for Buhl, Idaho, on visit Will
: friends.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-06
IRRIGATION PROJECT
WILL Be SURVEYED
Especial Correspondence }

Hermiston, Ore, July 6.-Mark Teel
of Echo and Dale Hinkle OF Hermis-
ton left Echo this morning with a
complete surveying outfit bound for
Camas Prairie to complete the sur
veys of the Teel Irrigation Ditch pro-
ject, which will divert the waters OF
Camas Creek into Butter Creek, and
thence upon a body of about 10000
acres a few miles south of Hermiston
and lying between Echo and Butter
Creek. The surveying party will be
engaged in the mountain work until
September IS, after which time the
work will be continued on the lower
lands to be irrigated.
The party will be under the Inn
mediate charge Of Mark Teel a civil
engineer from the o. A. c. and under
the supervision of w. b. Hinkle en-
gineer in chief.
The committee in charge Of the
district organization is composed OF
! o. d. Teel, Asa b. Thomson, II. ID
Smith, w. B. Hinkle and j. Frank
Spinning all of Echo, and all land
owners within the district. The boun'
Diary lines of the district have beer
established by agreement among th'
land owners and the petition fol
formation Is now pending before th'
county court.
w. B. Hinkle will go Sunday NOR
ming by automobile and join his sur
veying party at Alba. After a few
days he will return and complet,
some map work for the Westerl
Land and Irrigation Co. at Hermistol
preparatory for the conclusion of tn
water cases to be resumed by tn
board Of control at Pendleton in Sep
tember. During the latter part G
August Mr.. Hinkle expects to rejoi
his party on Camas Prairie for fey
weeks checking up the final surveys
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-06
DIRECTS FILING OF LAND SUITS

Laporte, Ind.-Governor Marshall
has instructed Adam E. Wise,
Plymouth, Ind, attorney, to prose-
cute actions in the state courts to re-
cover for the state large tracts of land
in the Kankakee valley, extending
from st. Joseph county to the Illi-
nois line. The tracts are held by
Illinois and Indiana land companies
and individuals who laid claim to
the lands with the reclamation of
part of the Kankakee river by drain
age. TIL Northern Trust company,
Chicago is one of the defendants. The
actions involve hundreds of land
| owners in the two states.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-06
HURT IN TACOMA SPECTACLE.
Back Firing of Large Cannon In
lures Five i'm stadium,

Tacoma.-At performance Of
"The Conquest of Mexico" atsged in
the stadium before an audience of
more than $4,000 persons, five partic-
ipants in the spectacle were injured
by the back-firing of a large cannon
and the discharge of a musket in the
face of one of the victims. Three
were seriously injured and two
slightly.
The most seriously hurt of the men
we're C. Richter of the U. S. S Ore
ogn, now in Tacoma harbor. He sus-
tanned badly burned face, neck and
breast from the cannon explosion.
Joe Telodico was badly burned about
the neck and his forearm badly lacer-
ated. George Vigner received a full
charge of black powder on the right
side of his face, head and neck. He
will probably be Scared for life.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-06
Cosy.

cosy.
Friday and Saturday a magnificent
hand-colored lion picture:
Attacked by lion" Gaumont. A
very big feature picture, set on the
deserts edge in Africa. Two full
grown lions are seen feeding on a
bullock; also a hyena. Some Arabs
attack a ranch and the owners call
up their nearest neighbor by tele-
phone. He starts on horseback and
is attacked by the lions, which leap
upon him from above. The man
shoots the lion dead and rushes to
aid his friends. Meanwhile the troops
learn of the attack and come rushing
up in time to save the rancher. A
wonderful picture filled with the
tensest thrills.
"The Myth of Jamasha Pass" Am
erican. This odd mystery story is
| taken from the ancient legend told IN
the Sierras of siren who used tc
beckon men to follow her and ther
| lead them to destruction. The fine
camera work gives a ghostly thrill tt
this subject, causing the girl to ap
pear and disappear in a spooky way
It's another wonderful picture.
"Jim's Atonement." Imp. A sen
sational western subject in which
young man in fit of jealous rage
threw his friend over high cliff an
then in remorse made perilous de
scent via u rope and saved him. Late
he found his charges were unfound
ed.
"Cupid's Victory" Nestor
western comedy, that lively and Yer
very funny; twill make YOU smil
awhile.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-06

Doing hard work in a bent or stoop-
ing position puts a stitch in the back
that is painful. If the muscles have
become strained, you can't get rid of
it without help. The great penetrat-
ing power of BALLARD5S SNOW
LINIMENT will appeal to you most
strongly at such times, because it is
the very thing you need. Price 25c'
soc and s1.OO per bottle. Sold by
A. C. Koeppen & Bros.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-06
Tries suicide on a Grave.

Redding.-Throwing herself upon
the grave of brother who was burn
ed to death three years ago, Miss
May Malone, aged twenty, tried to
end her life by drinking a weakened
solution of carbolic acid. Her screams
attracted the attention of men work
ing quarter of a mile away. Miss
Malone was given an antidote and was
pronounced out of danger.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-06
BROTHERS. REVENGE BALKED.
Waits for Man Acquitted of Murder
Deputy Disarms Him.

Price, Utah.-Waiting for John E.
Brown when he walked from the court
room, where he had just been acquit-
ted of the murder of James E. Du-
bois, was Jack Dubois. brother of the
slain man, with a revolver in his
hand. A deputy sheriff disarmed Du-
bois before he could execute his
threat of vengeance against Brown.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-06

During the summer months mothers
of young children should watch for
any unnatural looseness of the bowels.
When given prompt attention at this
time serious trouble may be avoided.
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Di-
arrhoea Remedy can always be de-
pended upon. For sale by all dealers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-06
TRAIN RUNS DOWN AUTOMOBILE
Two Men and Woman Killed at
Geneva. ILL.,

Aurora, Ill.-The Los Angeles linz
tied. eastbound, on the Northwestern
railroad, ran down an automobile
three miles east of Geneva, ILL.,. kill
ing two men and woman and fatal
" injuring third man. The auto
mobile. it is said, was one of the
Iowa merchants touring party.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-06

The extensive and increasing de-
mands from foreign countries for
Argentine beef bid fair to leave that
country without sufficient cattle to
supply local needs.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-06
KILLS HUSBAND AND HERSELF.
Iowa Wife Commits Double Tragedy
in Crowd of shoppers.

Mason City, Iowa.-ln street
crowded with shoppers Mrs. Edward
Spence Thompson shot and killed
her husband and then herself. Police
say the tragedy grew out of the hus-
bands joking with his wife.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-06
Let the Auto Truck Haul It.

Our specially Is quick work. Phone
Main SS9 for furniture and piano NOV
ing short trips in the city or transfer
ring to the country. We haul any
thing. Penland Bros
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-06
At THE PICTURE SHOWS
Orplleunl.

Orpheum.
An extra good program for Sun
days change. Four full reels of the
best American pictures.
1. con Her wedding Day" Vita
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-06

Mrs. z. L. Smith and family lef
during the week for Long Beach t.
occupy their summer home during th'
hot months.
The Virginia enterprise., 1912-06-28
BIRDS PECULIAR ABOUT EGGS
Can Tell at Glance T. Medd'ed With
and Will Almost Invariably De-
sert Their Nests.

If you have lived in the country and
know something about chickens you
will not need to be told that a hen
turns over the eggs in her nest every
day while they are Matching. Until
this secret was discovered the incu.
bator was not a success
BY what instinct hen. or any 9th.
er bird, can tell whether an egg has
been turned over or not it is impos.
sible to say: but it is we'll estab.
lished that II a bird finds its nest has
been disturbed, especially If one or
more of the eggs have been turned
over, that bird will most likely desert
the nest at once and never return to
it. It seems to know that something
is wrong and that it's plans for hatch
ing out those eggs, taught 1t by ma
ture, have been interfered with. and
it is useless to bother about the eggs
any more.
Whether or not 1t Is the sense of
sight or of smell that enables the
bird to recognize the fact that the
nest has been disturbed is not known.
But every time a boy NEEDLES with
the eggs in nest no matter how care
fully he touches them, he should re-
member that he will probably be the
cause of the mother leaving the half
hatched little ones to. perish.
The Virginia enterprise., 1912-06-28
|| Historic Blackguards
II By ALBERT PAYsoN TERHuNE
Observation-Disclosures
Copyright Publishing CThe New York world
The Duke of Monmouth, Blackguard or Coward

honest, God-fearing men who believed
Monmouth's promises and hated evil
living. But no noblemen Except a
few exiled adventurers. etc. joined
him.
At Sedgemoor, in the early morning
Of July 6, 1855, Monmouth's troops
found themselves close to the Kings
army. The Duke had planned q night
attack. But in the darkness his forces
came to q water ditch they could not
cross. There, unable to advance, they
were attacked and routed by the royal
soldiery. The peasants and other Pur
itans fought like heroes and were lit
orally cut to pieces before they would
retreat But at almost the very be-
ginning Of the battle Monmouth fed in
terror, leaving the helpless followers
to die for a man who was desertins
them. (This was the last battle ever
fought on English soil.) Those not
killed In fight were hunted out and
slaughtered by the soldiery or hanged
by hundreds at Judge Jeffrey's cruel
orders.
Monmouth galloped away, closely
pursued. Later, disguised as beg
gar, he was caught in a bean field
where he had hidden. In vain he went
down on his knees weeping, entreating
his captors to spare him. He was sent
to London Tower, and was condemned
to death. He offered the King any
thing to spare him, promising to be-
tray his associates. change his reli.
gion-anything! Says Macaulay: HE
clung in agonies Of supplication
around the knees of the King" But
James knew no mercy. Then Mon
mouth wrote to the Queen, begging
her to intercede for his life, saying
with better fervor than spelling:
II do Gbhor the thing that I have
done. l detest all those
people who have brought me to this.
am an object Of your pity.
having been cousened and cheated in"
to this horrid business.
Your prairs cannot be refused. since
am begging for life only to serve the
King"
Even ti>is whine did not save him,
though it was later reported that he
was smuggled to French prison and
became "The Man In the Iron Mask"
yet Monmouth was really beheaded,
July Is, 1855. Finding he could not
live, he managed to 60 to the scaffold
with some show of bravery, even ad-
vising the executioner how best to
sever his head at one stroke. This
advice made the executioner so nerv-
Gus that he bungled the deed.
So perished tho handsomest, vain
est. most tickle man of his time. A
man unworthy to rule; unworthy to
have led braver, truer men to their
ruin.
The Virginia enterprise., 1912-06-28
The Old Man of the Mountains

gave court pension to Omar (who Is
best known to posterity as Omar
Khayyam. author Of THE Rubaiyat'),
and to Hassan he offered high Office.
Hassan used Nizam as stepping
stone to his own success, then MUIR
dered him and his son.
Next he captured a series of noun
tain fortresses in Syria. Egypt and
Persia and began his terrible rule.
The Sultan strove to crush Hassan
and was mysteriously killed. Other
potentates sought the assassin's de-
struction. Each met with a like fate.
Armed forces of the government were
driven back from the strong mountain
castles. Individual foes died, leaving
no clue to their slayers. No precan-
tion could save a victim. From his
eyrie on the hilltops the grim old man
Of the mountains sent forth his muir
derous emissaries on their fearful mis-.
sions. For man marked by them
for death there was no hope. Once,
the Sultan, Sanjar, who had vowed
the assassin's ruin, awoke in the
ilAoA AAA1eo " uAAu a udSCSl oC1CnAA6 III
the floor beside his bed On the
weapon was a scroll to the effect that,
next time, the blow would be struck
closer. The Sultan promptly made
peace with Hassan.
Had the old man of the mountains
confined his atrocities to the whole
sale killing Of his own enemies, he
would have passed into history as
fanatical monster; not as mere
blackguard. But he is said to have
reaped very tidy profit from his
crimes Rulers and men of note paid
him huge sums to buy their own
safety. Others paid him equally
large amounts to murder their private
or political enemies.
Hassan's two sons displeased him
and he killed them with as little re-
greet as though they had been stran.
gers. He also wrought havoc In the
ranks Of the Crusaders. At last, in
1924, at the age Of 80, he died. The
horrible "Order" that he had formed
was later destroyed and its chiefs
were put to death.
The Virginia enterprise., 1912-06-28
Driver Rebuked by Woman for Lash
ing Animal, Says Beast
Understood.

In recent meeting of women a dis
cussion of the work Of the Indianap-
oils Humane society came up, and an
Irvington woman told the following
story:
II looked from my front window one
day not very long ago and saw driv-
er of a heavily loaded coal wagon
whipping his team. A wheel Of the
wagon had sunk into a soft place in
the street and the horses were un-
able te, move It I stepped into the
street and told the driver that unless
he ceased beating the horses and sent
for another team to help him out Of
the difficulty. would report him to
the Humane society. My threat had
the desired effect and the beating
ceased. As I turned to 90 back to
the house I heard him say to two or
three men who had gathered:
Ibid you sec how that on horse.
Barney. stopped tryin' to pull soon n
The Virginia enterprise., 1912-06-28
ECZEMA DIsFlGURED. BABY

"Our little boy Gilbert was troubled
with oczema when but few weeks
old. His little face was covered with
sores even to back of his ears. The
poor little fellow suffered very much.
The sores began as pimples, his little
face vas disagured very much. We
hardly knew what he looked like. The
face looked like raw meat. We tied
little bags of cloth over his hands to
prevent him from scratching. He was
very restless at night, his little face
itched.
I'VE consulted two doctors at Chi
:ago, where we resided at that time.
After trying all the medicine OF the
two doctors without any result, we
read OF the Cuticura Remedies, and
at once bought Cuticura Soap and
Ointment. Following the directions
carefully and promptly we saw the
result, and after four weeks, the dear
child's face was as fine and clean as
any little baby's face. Every one who
saw Gilbert after using the Cuticura
Remedies was surprised. He has a
head Of hair which is pride for any
boy Of his age, three years. We can
only recommend the Cuticura Rene
dies to everybody" (signed) Mrs. H.
Albrecht, Box 8S3. West Point, Neb.,
Oct. 26, 1910. Although Cutichra Soap
and Ointment are sold by druggists
and dealers everywhere, a sample Of
each, with 32-page book, will be mailed
free on application to "Cudcura," !"
Dept. l.. Boston.
The Virginia enterprise., 1912-06-28
NEWS h'6r J ! II ne. |:
YOUNG. | =
PEOPLE: |:
GOOD TRICK WITH SCISSORS
Something That Aas Puzzled Many
People and Requires Practice to
be Done Quickly.

This Ia something that has puzzled
many people. The trick IL, to- place
your little fingers through the handles
of q pair of scissors. palms up. and
then twirl the scissors round toward
you and bring them up in front in
such a way that the points will be up
ward, as shown in Fig. 3. II you don't
know the secret they will come up
with the points downward d instead.
The trick is in the way you manage
the scissors Just as you flop them
over; If you leave your fingers in the
handles the scissors will come up with
the, points down. In order to make
them come points up you have to take
your fingers out OF the handles mo-
mentarily and let the scissors turn a
little between the palms Of your
hands and then put your fingers back
through the other way. The principle
The Virginia enterprise., 1912-06-28

can best be followed by trying it with
pair of scissors. First stick your
fingers through the handles. with the
scissors points down and your palms
facing up, as in the top picture. Then
by a movement of the hands you can
force the scissors upward and around
till the points are near your chest. as
In Fig. 2. Now is the time to take
your fingers out for an instant. You
continue the rotation by holding the
handles between your palms and put
your fingers back through from be-
hind, thus allowing the points Of the
scissors to come up when the hands
are placed back to back as in Fig. 3.
1t must be practiced so it can be done
quickly.
The Virginia enterprise., 1912-06-28
Juvenile Books a Century Aqo.

Does the modern child count his
blessings in the matter of Christmas
books? What would he say If, instead
of one of the healthy, brightly written
stories that now crowd the booksell-
ers' windows. he received a copy Of
one Of the books for Juveniles in vogue
century ago? The very titles OF
some Of these old volumes would rouse
the back of present day youth-"The
Advantages of Education as Elucidat-
ed in the History of the Wingfeld
Family" Elizabeth Ann Doves "Tales
Of My Pupils. or, an Attempt to Cor
rect Juvenile Errors;" 8. W.'s "A Visit
to Farm; or, an Introduction to Vari-
Gus Subjects Connected With Rural
Economy" (this reached a fifth edi-
tion in 1910, and Sandham's "Peram-
bulations Of Bee and a Butterfly, in
Which Are Delineated Those Smaller
Traits of Character Which Commonly
Escape Observation ."-London Chron-
icle.
The Virginia enterprise., 1912-06-28
Watches Have Nerves,

The watch is scarcely less sensitive
than the razor, sympathy being the
special virtue. There are people who
cannot get watch to keep regular
habits, however careful they may be
about winding, carrying, keeping
warm at nights and SO on. Their
nerves exercise a deplorably unset.
thing effect on the mechanism. The
writer has had this experience with
hereditary watches which had a pre-
vious unbroken record of regularity.
One watch, of Swiss origin, kept tima
only once, when it was temporarily
back in Switzerland. The question is
whether it was the native air and soil
that did it or the temporarily perfect
nerve condition Of the wearer.
The Virginia enterprise., 1912-06-28

commended special kidney remedy.
Mrs. John Robinson. 908 Burney st.,
Modesto, CAL. Says: my back was
SO lame and sore I was practically
helpless. My feet and ankles swelled,
puffy spots appeared beneath my eyes
and became so dizzy I had to grasp
something to keep from falling. Relief
quickly followed the use Of Doan's
Kidney Pills and it was not long be-
fore I was enjoying good health"
when Your Back Is Lame, Remember
the Name--DOAN'S." 50c., all stores.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.