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From the Philadelphia Inquirer.


lot Of ship rats have been seized in
various ports of the country and have
been given the third degree. All have
withstood the terrible ordeal, and have
proved themselves guiltless of the bubonic
plague. We are glad of this, not for the
sake OF the rats. but on our own account
1t is not the rat which is sought SO
much as the parasitic flea. This flea is TO
bubonfc plague what the mosquito is to
yellow fever. The flea carries the germs
and develops them in his interior econo-
my, and then-when he gets a chance
bites some one and the plague is started.
If we could get rid OF these fieas the
trouble would be over. Unfortunately the
only way to kill the feas is TO Kill the
rats. and some rats have great antipathy
TO being killed before their time. But IL
is a matter of congratulation that science
has done its work SO perfectly that bu-
bonic plague has not arrived. and is nor
likely to do SO. Fifty years ago, when
baciili were not invented. we should have
been a prey to the plague. AS soon as
science kills off all the ship rats we may
lose all fear OF this dread disease.
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Marrying the Healthy.
From the New York Globe

the NeW uIVUe
In Pittsburgh the Lutheran clergymen
have invited the clergymen of all other
churches to Join them in a pledge to
marry no man who does not have a
health certificate from a reputable ply
stefan.
Suppose that this movement had begun
few hundred years ago. that for few
cen uries every Christian clergyman had
taken this pledge and kept it. Nobody
can say what the world would have been
like today. But certainly it would have
been very different from the actual
world. Certainly the Christian part of it
would be peopled by healthier human be-
ings. Certainly nearly all OF us would
be disposed to reckon the taking of this
pledge among the worlds great reforms.
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RAILROADS.
Chesapeake Beach nv.

Schedule Of excursion trains to and from
Chesapeake Beach. effective July 8. 1912. subject
to change without notice:
MONDAYS TO FRIDAYS. INCLUSIVE
Going. leave District Line Station $3.50. 1890,
IL 30 an; 2:35. '5:40 and IT, pm.
Returning. leave the Beach. 1916 an. 1880.
s2:1O. eos. 500 and 1000 pm.
SATURDAYS
Going, leave District Line Station 1890 TO-
II 30 am: 200. 800. $50. $40 and 7:45 pm
Returning. leave the Beach. 'e:35 an. 1890.
'210. 6:O5. 500, 600 and 1000 pm
SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS.
Going. leave District Line Station. 1890. 1880.
IL 30 a. M. 200, $40. 400 and 7:45 pm.
Returning, leave the Beach. TOO am. 1880.
'2:10. 900. 500. 600 and 1000 pm.
make local stops running time, IS minuteA
All other trains make run in go minutes.
w. F. JONES. President.
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Willing to Help.
From Judges Library.

From Judges Library.
Mr.. Crawford-The only way for me 10
avoid these payments is to put everything
own i'm your name.
Mrs. Crawford-Won't IL be just lovely
for me TO have all that money TO spend
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Poet Cat stamp window)-You have NJ
reduced rates for manuscript?
Clerk-No, sir.
Poet-WeH 1 want stamps for this.
Clerk-Onc way or round trip.-Bostol
Transcript.
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PUBLIC SALE.
On Monday, August 70. 1912. at
10 am. Two Carloads Horses
by McHenry Bros. One Car
load by Other Shippers. 40
Head by Local Parties. Among
this lot will be Draft, Driving
and General Purpose Horses.
Also Some Good Mules.
Reliable Horse and Mule Co.,
2I2 nth St. NV,
Washington, d. c.
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1HEATER IN JAPAN
Little Innovation in the ORR
entail Drama.
ANCIENT CUSTOMS HOLD
japanese Run the Stage With the
Simplicity Of the Elizabethan
Age-0ld Playhouse.
ANCIENT CUSTOMS HOLD

William Archer in the London News
In you Never Can Tell" when McComas
has enumerated all the old prejudices that
have died out during Mrs. Champions
absence in Madeira, he adds: There is
only one place where they still survive
and flourish You mean the Church p
says she NO" he replies, II mean the
theater.' This point. If no other, would
be appreciated in Japan. Here. as else
where. the theater Is the last stronghold
OF conservatism. Innovation, as we shall
see anon, is battering at its gates: but, in
the main the playhouse and drama of the
pr Meir era survive unaltered. In their
NO plays or dances. indeed, the Jap
anese possess what take to be the old
est dramatic form now extant in the
world
That. however. IL a matter for separate
consideration. The popular theater.
though deriving some Of it's features, no
doubt, from the NO" stage, has so d.
verged from 1t as to constitute an en-
t1rely different species 1t came into be-
Ing In the sixteenth century. and many
or Its characteristics still recall the date
OF Its origin. l am not aware that its de-
velopment has been at all infinitely traced
oy any western writer. Though ig-
norance may lead me into misinterpreta-
ton OF details, I feel that what l have
seen of the Japanese stage helps me to a
more vivid understanding of the develop
stance, | have learned more about the
Eliza bethan stage in Japan than l ever
did from the performances of the Eliza
bethan Stage Society
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Southern Railway.

PREMIER CARRIER OF THE SOUTH.
n. B.-Following schedule figures published only
as information. and are not guaranteed:
TRAINS LEAVE WASHINGTON:
For Atlanta. Montgomery, Mobile. New Orleans,
S. an and l0.45 pm. daily. Dining cars.
For Chattanooga and Memphis. via Asheville.
TO- 45 o. m. daily.
For Atlanta Admission. Birmingham, $50 am
and 4. 35 pm daily. Dining care.
For Atlanta. Admission, Talladega, Calera. Selma,
$50 an and AS pm: daily; and for Uniontown,
Demopois, Meridian $50 am. daily. Dining cars
For Roanoke, Bristol, Knoxville. Chattanooga.
Birmingham. Meridian. yicksburg. New Orleans.
10 10 pm. daily. Dining car
For Roanoke. Knoxville. Chattanooga; Nash:
may be occupied after 1000 pm. Dining car.
For Asheville. $50 am, o.55 pm. and 1O.45
pm. daily. Dining cars.
For Columbia summerville. Charleston. Aiken,
Augusta, Savannah. Brunswick. Jacksonville and
Florida points: SAP Pm: daily Dining car
Thursday. Friday and saturday, 4.35 pm.
For Danville docal,. 100 am. daily.
For Harsonburg $40 am. daily tparlor carl
3.35 pm. fparlor carl and 40 pm. week days.
For Charlottesville 0ocaD. 7.S0 am. and 4. 10
pm. daily.
For Warrcntou $50 am, HOO an. 4.4o
Pm. daily: 1856 pm tparlor carl and ass pm.
nRnUN CerereI AOent
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BPS, ACRES NEAR LYNCHBURG. VA, MAIN
line Southern; productive, half Under cultiva-
ton well timbered all kinds fruit. berries
necessary buildings. BOX I9. Star ONCE.
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.F ESN6M h0N[S

COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSATLANTIQUH
Direct Line TO Havre-Paris (France).
Sailing every Thursday at 10 am. from
Pier No. 81. North River, foot West 18th st.. ny
Trance tnew). Aug. "a Trance tnew). Sept. II
LA Lorraine. Sept. 5 La Savoe. Sept. 2e
sTwin-screw steamer. tQuadruple-screw steamer.
One-class Cabin CID 3d-class Passengers Only
La Touraine Observation-Disclosures August 81
GENERAL AGENCY, 10 State Street, N. Y.
A. l. POWELL. I4th Ut. and New York ave-.
Washington. d. C.
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Free-and-Easy Spectators.

From each side Of the stage a plat
form-aisle runs back on the stage leve
the whole depth of the building. The
gangway on the left facing the stage) is
some four feet wide. and is the celebrated
..howery path" along which the principal
entrances and exits are made The gang
way on the right is somewhat narrower
and l have never seen 1t used by the per-
formers; but this may be mere chance
Roth gangways are freely used by the
audience; while subsidiary gangways
about a foot wide, give ready access to
ali the boxes, for those who do not mind
'walking the plank" And the audience
smoking and chattering in these little
pens is perfectly at home and as jolly
as possible.
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CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO LINES.
31s pm. daiy-Sleepers to Louisville, Cincin-
natl. Indian apolis and st. Louis.
635 pm. daily-Pullman to Cincinnati and
Chicago.
lilo Pm. daily-Sleepers TO- Virginia Hot
Springs, Cincinnati and Louisville. Cine nnati
sleeper omen for occupancy 10 pm.
Or, 5l3 Pa. ave. 1889 st. and Union Sta
ffon.
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Auditorium and Audience.

Downing the heelless slippers which are
probably offered you, and shutting up a
wooden ladder-stair you find yourself in
a narrow corridor. On the one hand are
glazed sliding panels opening upon the
alley which divides the theater from the
adjoining building; on the other hand are
wooden panels opening into the boxes
Boxes they are. quite literally-you
SQUAT on the mating of box, some four
feet square. with sides about foot high
Each box is intended to accommodate
four kneeling spectators; blu two III
ropeans, with legs of average length.
would be almost impossibly cramped in
them No sooner are you settled down
than an attendant deposits on the mat
ting little box of sand with some embers
of glowing charcoal, at which to light
YOUR pipe; and tray with a tiny teapot
and cups will presently make its ap-
pearance.
Then you look round the theater. 1t is
a very low pitched building. as nearly as
possible square. One side is enirely oc-
cupied by the st1:e. the proscenium open
ing OF which is extremely wide and ex-
tremely low The single gallery is divid-
ed into boxes at the sides and in front; but
at the back, facing the stage, there is
considerable space with standing room
Only"
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meht OF the theater in Europe. For in
stance. | have learned more about the
Eliza bethan stage in Japan than l ever
ana from the performances of the Eliza
bethan Stage Society.
A Popular Playhouse.
The Imperial Theater in Toxic is a
handsome modern structure Of Euro
pean design, and therefore much less
interesting than the older Japanese
theaters. The largest of these was not
open during my stay in the capital;
but l visited three smaller ones. and
saw some OF the most celebrated actors
of the day. From the very outset
Japanese theater-going is a quaint ex-
perience. Except the Imperial, none nc
the theaters are IN the leading streets
OF the city. Your rickisha takes you
into what unaided observation would
lead you to describe as region of
mean streetS'-a sort of Whitechapel
or Walworth. But in this metropolis
OF novels the unaided observation of
the newcomer is not to be trusted es-
pecially where social distinct ms are
in any way concerned. The probability
is that the district may rather be
compared to Tottenham Court road and
It's purlieus The theater is not distin-
gulshed by any glare of electricity
otherwise very freely used in Tokio)
but by decorations suited to the day
light. in which performances alwa, )
begin-gaudy Chinese lanterns and a
whole forest of long, narrow banners,
inscribed with Chinese characters, at
tached to forward slipping bamboo
poles
Your rickisha deposits you in a sort
of verandah under the overhanginy
upper story of the building: and there
you sit, on the universal eighteen-inch
platform which is the threshold OF
every Japanese edifice, and take Off
your shoes. The veranda. serving as
cloakroom, is already piled with clogs.
sandals, and oiled-paper umbrella s,
done up in bundles with wooden tick
cts attached. Your conductor has some
parley Tin which the rickishamen often
to be the courteous and interchangeable
acting manager" though his appear
ance scarcely announces any kinshIp
with his colleagues OF the west IN
stead Of wearing faultless evening
dress, with diamond ssolitaire glean.-
ing in an acre of enameled shirt
front. the Japanese func -ionary is
probably wrapped in dingy cotton
kimono. and cit would seem) very lit
tie else, his brown legs. at any rate,
being bare TO well above the knee
The actual process of admission 7
have never fathomed. No ticket seems
to be presented, no money paid on en-
bill is produced AMI settled. 1 pre-
sumo that this custom arises from the
fact that the proprietors of the neigh
boring tea houses act at one. as ticket
ae.Lts and refreshment contractors: Sc
that you pay on leaving. not onls for
your place ("seats" there are none),
but for the tiffin. afternoon tea. din
ner and supper which YOU have Prob
ably consumed in the course OF the in
formidable entertainment
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Marie HUMPHREYS. contralto. of the KEEL
Ter Memorial Church. who have been
spending some weeks at Colonial Beach,
will return to the city today. In addi-
ton to singing in the choir OF the
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Miss Susan Schmolze. soprano, of Phila-
delphia and her mother guests OF
their cousin. Maj Carl Roger Darnail. and
Mrs. Darnall of Lamont street
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FARMS.
FOR SALE,
A BEAUTIFUL LOCATION
NEAR WARRENTON. VA.


EVANS B1ILpING. 1870 NEW YORK I'VE
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Miss Clarine McCarty. pianist, OF this
city Is spending part Of her vacation at
Ocean City. Md. She will return I'm Sep
TENDER and will go later I'm the season for
a six or eight week concert tour in the
eastern and southern states.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1912-03-21
BOURNE'S TAX S2.44;
NO REAL PROPERTY
Portland Journal Tells of Sena-
tors Tax Contribution.
Reputed Millionaire Pays $2.44 to
Help Defray oregon's
Upkeep.

1t will be interesting in the extreme
to every citizen of Oregon at this par
ticular time to know to what extent
the senior United States senator,
Jonathan Bourne, pays in the way of
taxes in Oregon. Here is a statement
from the Portland Journal of March
g 1912.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1912-03-21
SELLING is TIE
PROPER MAN

Naturally, Ben Selling would be
my choice for the United States SEN
ate, said a prominent Portland Ger
man to reporter for the Zeitung.
He knows the people of Oregon, and
his interests are here in the state
He knows what the people of oregon
need, and don't believe there is a
man alive better able to supply those
needs"
Right in line with that sentiment
is another, very generally expressed,
to the effect that while Mr.. Selling
has always been one of the most pro
gressive Of citizens, insistent upon the
development of the state and the util-
ization of all it's resources, he is the
implacable foe of graft in all its forms.
Recognizing the fact that all public
expenses must be met from the pock-
cts of the people, he stands firmly
against the waste of public money.
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Oregon has gone forward amazingly
in the past twenty years; and in
every step of its progress Ben Selling
has been in the front rank of Oregon's
citizens He has done his part. He
has borne his share of the burdens.
and discharged his share of the du-
ties. He has asked no man to per
form his tasks.
The men who own homes, and the
men who pay in industry for the good
things of life, want to intrust their
public interests to man who has
always stood shoulder to shoulder
with them, who knows them and their
problems. and whose citizenship is Of
the sturdy character which asks no
special favors from any one.
Our people know Ben Selling. They
lave dealt with him for many years.
He has been fair with them. and they
can confidently trust him.-Nachrich
ten, a Portland German Newspaper.
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BUSINESS MEN FOR SENATOR
Catholic Sentinel Says Time Has
Come For Action.

Catholic Sentinel Says Time Has
Come For Action.
The time is passing-or past-when
oratory is the one essential for states
manship More and more the country
recognizes the need of the business
man in politics, and the value OF bust
ness men in office.
The substantial advancement of the
nation has been made very largely by
business men. And it is safe to say
that there would have been fewer halt
ings in the progress of the republic
if the fervid policies of men who
scorned commercial pursuits had been
tempered more with the calm judg-
ment and the shrewd foresight Of bus
mess men.
Oregon needs business men in its
councils. Oratory is fine thing, and
there is a joyous thrill in brilliant
pictures of imaginative statesmen.
But states and nations have to deal
with conditions, and not altogether
with theories
Ben Selling is a successful business
man For fifty years he has been
proftably engaged in commercial pur-
suits. Personal interests have not en-
crossed all his time, and he has de-
voted much of his life to activities
which make for the betterment of his
fellow citizens, the advancement of
the community. Never once has pub
lie enterprise or private friend lost
by following his advice. He has been
safe and sane in everything.
Development costs money, and the
price Of public improvements must be
paid in cash-whether it is the Pan
ANA canal, or the forestry preserves
in Oregon. And every dollar of the
mighty expenditure comes from the
pockets of the people. The citizens
provide the means, after all There
fore, it is in the interests of the gen
eral public, of the average American,
that the selection of a business man
LOT luC OulLcu OJdleS OeudI6 IS uTR6O. |
Therefore, it is in the cause of every |
class that Ben Settings election to
the United States Senate is advocated /
by his friends.
His long residence in Oregon makes |
certain his acquaintance with the need |
of the people of this state His wide
experience in commercial and social
and business affairs makes sure that
he is perfectly equipped to secure the
that are needed for the gen.
I1l good. And every act of his life,
both public and private, gives guar
anty of good faith.
At no time, and in no conceivable
could the public ser
vice OF business men be so necessary,
Or prove so valuable
Oregon's contribution to the history
Of the nation is glorious. The pros
perity of the state and the perman-
snce of her institutions can best be
preserved by the counsel of Ben Sci
ing, a practical man.-Catholic Sen
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HEED THE WARNING
Many Heppner People Have
Done So.

When the kidneys are sick they give
unmistakable warnings that should
not be ignored. BY examining the
kidneys on the first sign of disorder
many days of suffering may be saved
Sick kidneys expell dark, ill-smell-
ing urine, full of brickdust sediment
and painful in passage. Sluggish
kidneys cause dull pain in the small
of the back, headaches dizzy spells
tired, anguid feelings and frequent
rheumatic twinges.
Doan Kidney Pills are for the kid
neys only. If you suffer from any
of the above symptoms you can use
no better remedy -
Heppner people recommend Doan's
Kidney Pills
Arthur DAILY, Main St. Heppner,
Oregon, says: "Several years ago
my kidneys became disordered and
the kidney secretions caused me much
annoyance by their irregularity in
passage. Being told to try Doan's
Kidney Pills, Idid so and the con-
tents of two boxes effected cure.
1 am enjoying better health than |
have tor years,
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
cents. Foster -Milburn Co, Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name Doan sand
take no other.
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Horses For Sale.

One gray mare age 8, wGight 400,
price $l75; one bay mare, age 8,
weigth 1900, price $40; one bay
gelding age 6, weight l4OO. price
$3.50; two sorrel geldings age 8, weight
2300, price $780, All we'll broke and
snap if taken in the next thirty
days.
A. w. GAMMELL.
Lexington, Ore
NPookorv ond C1oza-oro - ,,~
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TRIBUTE TO SELLING
PAID BY JOURNAL
Portland Newspaper Says He is
a Friend of the People.
Stood for Statement No. One When
Many Republicans Refused
to do so.

Proving that long career of con
sistent fighting for measures that
bring the state government closer to
the people, and also sends the name
Of Oregon to the top of the column
in advanced legislation, the following
extract from the Portland Daily Jour
nal Of Friday, February %, 1912, not
only endorses the progressive poll
cies of Ben Selling which are now
laws on the statute books of Oregon,
but it also shows beyond question the
standing of this man among the peo-
pie and press of the state:
MR.. SELLING
Senator Ben Selling has an
nounced his intention to con-
test for the Republican nominal
tion for United States senator.
For number of years the
political course of Mr.. Selling
and The journal have run along
much the same lines. Support
of progressive methods of gov
ernment in Oregon when they
were badly in need of support,
brought Mr.. Selling and The
Journal on common ground.
When there was need of
Statement One candidates for
the legislature, they were not
always easy to find. There was
time when most of the higher
ups of the Republican party in
Oregon were, and some of them
still are, against Statement One.
1t was in such a time that Mr..
Selling was a welcome addition
to the forces that were striving
for direct election of senator,
and for elimination of disgrace
full deadocks at Salem.
Without at all entering into
the support of MIR. SeIIing's pres
ent candidacy, it is as little as
The Journal can do to thus ack-
nowIedge the aid Mr.. Selling
has been to the cause of popu-
lar government in Oregon, an
acknowledgment that, in fair
ness, is also due to Senator
Bourne.
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E ggs for Setting.

Prize winning Anconas. Setting
of Is eggs So. so. My chickens were
prize winners at the recent Pendleton
chicken show. MACK SMITH.
f.22. If.
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For Sale.

A thoroughbred Jersey bull one
year of age and dehoined. Will sell
this animal cheap.
EPH ESKELSON,
Lexington, Oregon.
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For Sale.

A graded Belgian stallion, coming
five-year-old, weight between 1900
and 100. Inquire of O. A. Devins,
Heppner, oregon.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1912-03-21

A ladies plain gold band ring.
Finder please leave at this office and
get reward. 3t.
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the senior United States senator
Jonathan Bourne, pays in the way o
taxes in Oregon. Here is a statemen
from the Portland Journal of Marcl
3, 1912:
5oURNE'S TAXES $2.44;
NO REAL PROPERTY
The tax rolls of Multnomah
county show Jonathan Bourne,
Jr., senior senator from Oregon,
will pay $2.44 in taxes this year.
This is on his personal proper
ty, which consists of office fur
niture in his office in the Cham
Of Commerce building. This
furniture is assessed at 500.
No assessment of real property
appears no the tax books. The
registration books show the SEN
ator's home to be on the second
floor of the Portland hotel, but
the tax books do not show he
has any personal property there.
Portland Journal, March 8, 1912
Yet Senator Bourne is reputed to be
worth fifteen millions of dollars ($15,-
DO0,OOOOW.
He owns extensive interests in a
arge cotton goods manufacturing
plant on the Atlantic coast. Hence
lis vote in the senate for a high tar
If on cotton goods.
Senator Bourne has. been in Oregon,
30 far as known to the public, but
hree times since he was elected SEN
ltor over five years ago and has spent
n this state, so far as the public
,nows, less than three weeks in the
tate.
Does it seem reasonable that a man
an be familiar with the needs of a
tate who gives it so little time, and
oes it seem possible that a senator
an have the welfare of Oregon thor
ughly at heart whose fortune is in |
he east and who contributes but $2.44
} taxes in the state from which he
as elected?