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The Elbert County tribune., 1912-07-19
Fortune To Save Trees

The Stanford scientists could not
tell the source of the blight, and then
the surgeons from the east were call
ed In, among them G. H. Bishop. who
was trained at the Yale School of
Forestry. The only thing that has
served to help the trees has been to
remove the fungus when found, and
plug the holes made by the borers
with cement. In some instances as
high as $500 has been spent to save a
single tree. and the total expense will
run high into the thousands.
One theory is that the germ of the
fungus has been brought in from
Asia, from which many trees have
been imported to beautify the grounds
OF wealthy men. 1t is probable that
investigators will be sent to Japan
and China in an effort to trace the dis
ease.
Pine forests throughout the north
west Pacific coast are also being de-
vastated. A species Of beetle lays Its
eggs in the bark OF the tree. From
them come grubs that grow inside the
bark and feed on the tree until they
are developed. when they bore out and
become beetles which fly away to de-
stroy other trees. Hundreds Of In
fected pines have been cut down and
state and government authorities are
cooperating with lumbermen in an Of
fort to wipe out the pest
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-07-19
Wealthy Caiifornians Are Spending
Thousands In Fighting a
New Blight.


San Francisco.-A considerable for
tune is being spent by wealthy Cali
fornians in an effort to save groves
on beautiful estates near this city
from a blight that has recently at
tackled most of the trees. Tree sur
geons are gathering here from vari-
Gus parts of the country and are
working hard under offers OF large
rewards II they can stop the destruc-
ton. Should they fail, 1t is probable
that foresters win be brought from
Europe.
The blight is in the form of fun
gus known as the volsaria bacteria.
After It has taken hold on a tree thou
sands Of worms deyelope. They are
much like the carpenter borer. These
pierce the bark through and through.
and sometimes make large holes.
Their ravages were not detected until
many OF the flne shade trees wilted
this season and were threatened with
quick death. Tree authorities of Stan.
ford university were called in and
found that the blight extended among
the estates in beautiful Menlo park
They also discovered that the disease
was spreading rapidly to the north.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-07-19
Making Cheese In oIden DAYS.

Cheese was made by the old-time
farmers in the summer on the coop
erative plan by which four cattle own
ers owning say IA milch cows, received
all the milk night and morning. ac-
cording to the daily yield of their
little herd. Thus given two families
having five cows each, one with three
and one with one. supposing that the
average yield per COW was the same.
in two weeks. two owners would make
five cheeses each; one would press
three, and one only one cheese, but
this one would be as good and as large
as any OF the rest.-"Nob:lity OF the
Trades-The Farmer" Charles Wins
low Hall, in National Magazine.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-07-19
PEACE MEET NEAR


will prove to be in the newly discov-
cred metropolis a Mnevisseum. which
is sure to contain objects and docu-
ments of the greatest interest. DAM
nos Pasha is now devoting all of his
scum.
The British School Of Archaeology
has also been making some interest
ing discoveries as the result Of their
excavations in the desert. At Mem
phis the excavators for the school un-
covered gigantic sphinx. made Of
alabaster and weighing 80 tons. This
sphinx, which is In perfect state
OF preservation. was carved and erect
ed about 1900 B. C.
At Heliopolis the school excavators
uncovered an earthen fortress with
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-07-19
Simple EXCLAMATION.

To illustrate point that he was
making-that his was the race with a
future and not race with past
Booker T. Washington told this little
story the other day.
He was standing by his door one
morning when old Aunt Caroline went
by.
Good morning. Aunt Caroline" he
said. Where are you going this morn
ing?"
.Lawzee. Mista' Wash'ton." she
replied. Use done been whar Use
gwine. City Star
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-07-19
DeIiberatinu.

The Rev. James Hamilton, minister
of Liverpool. while on holiday in Scot
land, had a narrow escape from
drowning. Accompanied by boy, Mr.,
Hamilton was fishing for sea trout
when he slipped on stone. lost HIS
balance. and being encountered with
heavy wading boots, had great diff.
Guilty in keeping his head above water.
Finally he managed to get back to the
shore. although in very exhausted
state. and said to the boy: 81 noticed
that you never tried to help me-"
Ma" was the deliberate response,
but was thinkin' OF"
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-07-19
Her RuIIno PassIon.

The woman who had chased dust
and dirt all her life finally reached st.
Peter.
Come in, you poor, tired woman
he said, and held the gate ajar.
But the woman hesitated.
Tell me first." she said, how often
you clean house?"
The saint smiled.
you can't shake of the ruling pas
sion, can you?" he said. "Oh. well, step
inside and they'll give you broom
and dustpan instead OF harp
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-07-19
Great Britain and Germany to
Hold Conference.
Rally to Promote Better Understand
ing Between Nations 10 Called to
DIspelI Danger Of War and En-
courage Friendship.

London.-A general conference for
the purpose of promoting a better un-
derstanding between England and Ger
many is to be held here during the
summer. 1t is being organized by a
special committee representing the Ma
tional Peace council. the British-Ger-
man Friendship society and the Coun-
Gil Of British Churches.
"A number of influential Germans
are coming over to take part in the
conference" said DR.. F. Evans Dar-
by, member of the committee, "and
We hope, through the presentation OF
their views materially to influence
opinion.
Our one aim is to do all we can to
remove the cloud of misunderstanding
which in the past admittedly has led
to the verge Of war"
The archaeological excavations ur-
der the direction Of Daninos Pasha
have now fully revealed the necropo-
lis of HeliopOlis. which was the intel
lectual center Of Egypt for over. 1000
years. and the place where Moses re-
ceived the sacerdotal and military
training which enabled him to lead the
Israelites out of their Egyptian bond
age.
The metropolis is. situated in the
desert a trifie more than three miles
eastward Of the Matorish obelisk. The
burial places cut from the rocks Of
the Arabian range were from 65 to 220
feet deep. They were covered with
sand. the removal of which revealed
mummies Of human bodies and the
skeletons of sacred animals and birds.
Undamaged ibis eggs were also found.
Unfortunately these tombs had been
ransacked years ago by Romans and
Arabs hunting for treasure. and only
about five or six per cent. OF them
had escaped the ravages OF the treasu-
ure seekers.
A pillar has been found decorated
with the black bull Mnevis, and this
indicates what the excavators hope
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-07-19

Recluse Left $4,000 to Boy Of Twelve.
Springfield. Mo.-Orris Northrup,
aged twelve years, WAS kind to James
Burge. a recluse. during his last ILL
ness. In return, the grateful old man
on his deathbed bequeathed the "house
and all 1t contained" to the boy. In
his -wretched hovel was found 1000.
The state circuit court this week sus-
tained the claim.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-07-19

How many persons realize that tea
and coffee SO disturb digestion that
they produce muddy. yellow com
plexion?
A ten days trial of Postum has
proven a means. in thousands of cases.
Of clearing up a bad complexion.
A Washn. young lady tells her ex-
perience:
"All of us-father, mother, sister and
brother-had used tea and coffee for
many years until finally we all had
stomach troubles, more or less.
I'VE all were sallow and troubled
with pimples, bad breath, disagreeable
taste in the mouth, and all of us simply
SO many bundles Of nerves.
I'VE didn't realize that tea and cof-
fee caused the trouble until one day
we ran out of coffee and went to bor-
row some from neighbor. She gave
US some Postum and told us to try
that.
Although we started to make 1t,
we all felt sure that we would be sick
If we missed our strong coffee. but We
tried Postum and were surprised to
find 1t delicious.
I'VE read the statements on the pkg,
got more and in a month and a half
you wouldn't have known us. We all
were able to digest our food without
any trouble. each ones skin became
clear, tongues cleared OFF. and nerves
In fine condition. We never use any
thing now but Postum. There is moth
ing like It," Name given by Postum
Co.. Battle Creek. Mich.
There's q reason and 1t is ex-
planned in the little book. The Road
to Wellyille." in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter. A new
ore appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true. and full Of human
interest.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-07-19

A better thing than tooth powder to
cleanse and whiten the teeth, remove
tartar and prevent decay is prepara-
ton called Paxtine Antiseptic. At
druggists, 25c a box or sent postpaid
on receipt of price by The Paxton
Toilet Co.. Boston. Mass.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-07-19

Kills Himself When He 10 Sentenced.
San Luis Obispo. Cal.-When SEN
tence of twelve years for.robbery was
imposed on Jack Darby at San Luis
Obispo, Cal. this week. he slashed
his throat with clasp knife and died
in the court loom.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-07-19

walls over 100 feet thick, inclosing a
rounded square quarter Of mile In
diameter. 1t is not Egyptian work,
and probably dates back to the early
barbaric invasion.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-07-19

1t is not easy to be widow; one
must resume all the modesty of girl
hood without being allowed even to
feign ignorance-Mme. De Girardin.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-07-19

A woman never thinks her husband
SO unreasonable as when he expects
her to be reasonable.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-07-19
NothIn' In II.

Teacher of Infant Geography Class
John Mace may tell us what a strait
1t
John Mace-It's JUS tn plain stuff.
'thout nothin' in 1t.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-07-19

1t makes girl awfully ashamed to
let man kiss her without first put
ting up some sort of bluff.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-07-19

Mrs. winslowss Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infamma-
tion, ailays pain. cures wind collie, 25c bottle
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-07-19

Red Cross Bag Blue makes the laundress
happy, makes clothes whittier than snow.
All good grocers.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-07-19

Even your best friends haven't time
to do much worrying on your account.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-07-19

Garfield Tea is a fine laxative being com
posed Sholly of pure, healthgiying herba-
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-07-19

When a man is down and out his
friends are soon up and away.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-07-19

Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that 1t
Signature Of GHZzzzw
In Use For Over 80 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-07-19
sALLow FACES

often Caused by Tea and Coffee
Drinking.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-28

rushing about like screaming busy
bodies; its cement buckets skimming
over the earth and riding the air to
perform their varied tasks; with the
long dirt trains weaving and turning
on their tortuous tracks like pyth
ons still the most persistent impress
sion is of beauty, orderliness, and
propriety.
The greatest public work the world
has ever seen is carried on not oniy
with unremitting diligence enthusi-
asm. and honesty, but with elegance,
a high standard of living, and NOR
ale to which the oldest and most op-
ulent cities have never attained.
These are the words of truth and
soberness. The problems of the en-
gineer are greater than man has ever
before encountered but in kind. The
cubic yards of dirt and cement trans
cend experience, but only in bulk. 1t
is the organization that is without
precedent in the whole history of
public works-it is this that is the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-28

of hers the love that one hears,
with aching throat and blurred eyes.
i'm the single voice of some throbbing
violin when the lights are low and
every cOarses instrument is hushed ?
All, that is the pure romance, starry,
xquisite-fleeting, if you will-but
oh, how sweet!
"And then-motherhood The wo-
men Of today, with a large and lovely
charity, would mother the whole
world. But she-she mothered her
own. And will any woman say that
t. mother ones own is the lesser joy,
the inferior vocation?
Then death-the death of her hus-
band. And | think there can be no
sharper test of courage, no deeper
call for heroism, than the require
ment to smile into ones children's
faces. to make life a happy thing for
them, when their father lies dead,
That is a task to shake the heart of
the staunchest; yet she did it.
''Soon afteTward the war and fl
nancial disaster, the old old story of
the southern wife and widow; the
home desecrated for her by the pres
ence of boarders; the skillful needle
put to such unwOntd service; all the
pitiful shifts of unequipped, sensitive
~ bred poverty. These things she
did too-and smiled.
"And then she lost her first born,
her only son. And she smiled still,
for the children who We're left.
"As her remaining children grew up
around her, the stress lightened.
There was marriage, there was birth
happening about her again-renewals
of life.
What would childhood be, indeed,
without grandmothers OF course we
love our mothers and fathers best;
we always assert that stoutly, but
well, there's something about grand
mother"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-28

1906, the 76 per cent convicted in
that country in 1908 and the lis per
cent of arrested persons convicted in
England in 1907.
However, it is the data for Cook
county to which particular attention
is called. With SO4 murders and
with SS9 arrests for murder last year
Chicago hanged but IL men.
1t is the strongest sort of evidence
to the effect that either juries do not
wish to convict men of capital
crimes or else no man need fear the
moose very much If he has the where
withal for a good defence.
If there is the slightest shadow of
doubt as to the guilt of a man accus-
ed of a crime for which death is the
penalty prescribed by law it is but
natural for a juror to give the accus-
ed the benefit of the doubt. No man
wishes to be responsible for taking a
human life if he can avoid the respon-
sibility and he can usually find a way
This fact is responsible for much
of the sentiment for abolishing cap
ital punishment and substituting life
imprisonment as the maximum pun
ishment for murder. They want. a
law that will be effective and will be
what ii purports to be.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-28
A GRANDMOTHER.

The October Woman's Home Com
panion contains an impressive article
on Grandmother" in which the au-
thor gives the following description
of her own grandmother:
"a bride at fifteen a widow with
four little children at thirty; flung
from wealth to poverty by the civil
war; confronted with the necessity
to earn her own and her children's
living in a day when women had in
deed cause to cry out for better op-
portunities, and through it all strong,
patient, serene, the 'unconquerable
SOUL
what could be braver, what could
be richer, than her life?
What could there be in all human
experience to surpass that young love
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-28

gage, climbed into an ancient hack
and bade the driver, who was an old
negro man, take him to the local no
tel.
The negro eyed the queer-looking
leather bag that his passenger carried
with the peculiar looking sticks in it.
His curiosity got the best of him fl
nally
Boss he began. please, sub,
scuse me-but mout / AK yo a ques-
tion?"
go ahead and ask" said Mr.. Hull.
"Whut kind of lodge is you in
stitutin saturday Evening Post.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-28

organization there is no detail so
minute not to have received atten-
ton; from the most puzzling prob
lemc in engineering to the American
youths love of ice-cream nothing
seems to have been left unconsidered.
This elaboration of detail has doubt
less been gradual: but to the visitor
coming upon its completeness today
the impression is staggering, and not
unmiXed with envy.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-28
HE KNEW THE SIGNS.

Bob Hall the champion story teller
of Savannah. had occasion lately to
take business trip into interior
Georgia. He took his golf clubs with
him. intending to stop on his way
back for a match at the famous links
at Augusta.
He dropped off the train at his
business destination-a small town on
a branch line-and carrying his lug
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-28
AN ORDERLY COMMUNITY.

In all this wide, wide world the
most orderly community is that OF
the Panama Canal Zone. Here is
the least crime here are the fewest
misdemeanors, the least exercise of
the functions of the courts, the most
industrious, the fewest idlers, abso-
lutely no poor, equally conspicuous
the absence of the rich.
With it's steam shovels working
like sentient beings; it's locomotives
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-28
THE WOMAN,

. The woman we walk with down =
the years, =
. Sharing her shadows and smiles Z
& and tears 4
y The woman we walk with hand Z
ana hand =
= over the road of the rugged 9
& land, &
. The quiet places, the stormy =
& heights Z
= Do We walk with her, too, in her =
= lonely nights! (
. The woman we walk with, think
& OF her 4
= When YOU feel tue rollicking
y impulse stir; I
. She has her right in our life
each hour,
= She has her snare and her part
= and dover
= In all what we do and hope and I
plan
= Now isn't it true, sirs, man for
man.
y The woman we walk with down
the years
Has borne our burden and wept
our tears;
= 1t is only right that her life
should be
. A part of the life that we strive
to see,
. Filled and flowing, for our own
brave part,
y With light and sweetness and
love and heart!
Baltimore Sun.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-28

Special train from Pendleton to
Condor and intermediate points leaves
Pendleton Q a. m. Sunday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-28

Thoroughbred Scotch Collie puppies.
Bitches. $500; stud dogs. $3.50. VI.
L. Little. r. /, Box 75. Amity. oregon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-28

The third annual Roundup Is now
a thing of the past and the curtain
comes down this
The Show Is Over; evening upon by
Come Again. far the most sue
cessful show yet
pulled off in Pendleton. So generous
have been the people of the northwest
with their patronage and their enthu-
siasm that the Roundup has succeed
cd beyond all dreams of its founders
Next year it will be better and great
er than ever Come again.
~~s~O~~.~
In her addresses last night DR.. An
ma Shaw voiced the appeal of modern
womanhood for the
DIR. Anna Shaw right of suffrage
and Her Appeal the right to have a
share in the gov
eminent of the city, state and nation
and a share in arranging the condi-
'IoHS uhueI WHICH women dS wen d.
men must live and work and die It
is the appeal made by women who
have advanced with the onward march
Of civilization and who want to see
their sex lifted above the conditions
which surrounded them in savagery
and which still obtain in this state
and most other states as far as the
right to vote is concerned.
DR.. Shaw came to Pendleton dur
ing an extremely strenuous time and
when it was difficult for the people Of
the city to accord her the attention
they would otherwise have manifest
eG. Nevertheless, her call for JUS
tice and fair play will not be unavail-
ing and it is possible that through the
influence Of her speaking here and
elsewhere throughout the state Ore
gon may this year reverse its past po-
sition and adopt the equal suffrage
amendment.
S@Ooa
Since the people OF Oregon will
have to pass judgment this fall upon
the measure for the
Murder and the abolition Of capital
Death Penalty. punishment it may
interesting to study
for a moment some information that
has been gathered by Judge Gemmill
Of the Chicago Municipal court.
Judge Gemmill finds that in the six
years Immediately preceding 1911
there were in Cook county S04 re-
ported homicides These caused
739 arrests, 3SS trials of accused per-
sons, 2O6 sentences to penitentiary or
reformatory. II hangings and III ac-
quittals. The convicted. on these
figures, were 55.9 per cent Of those
tried
For the whole United States the
percentage Of convictions in the last
ten years has been so to 65 per cent,
Judge Gemmili estimates, against
which the Chicago 559 per cent ap-
pears low. The national record is low
compared with the "a per cent con-
v.cted OF homicide in Germany in
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-03-08
PRINCIPLES NOT CANDIDATES
Governor Wilson Addresses the Mary
land LeaIsIature.

Annapolis, Md, March 7-Goyernor
Woodrow Wilson Of New Jersey upon
invitation of the house and senate
OF Maryland. tonight addressed these
bodies In joint session In the house
chamber
Referring to national politics, Gov
ernor Wilson said that while We are
choosing man we are in danger of
forgetting the principles for which We
want him TO stand.
The American people, the governor
continued. are beginning to feel that
special interests are too much In poll
ties. The process of selection Is
more fundamental than that of cleo
ton The people have now learned
that they must be more particular
about their selections at the primaries
Il they are really to rule at the gener-
al election.
The constant agitation for the Until
alive, referendum and the recall, he
felt sure, IS due TO the need OF really
representative government and is only
acute where the people feel they are
not actually represented. He believ.
ed Il prudent to use the recall only for
administrative, not judicial officers,
because In the judiciary the condi'
lions are indicative OF a symptom
rather than present disease.
The nation and the commonwealth
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-03-08
is NoBoDWs BUSINESS
Col. Roosevelt so charaeterzes the
Call Of Perkins.

Mineola, J.. l., March ~ don't
see why anybody should be concern.
ed over such unimportant thinga
said Colonel Roosevelt, when he
reached Mineola for jury service to
day and was asked to say something
about the visit OF George w. Perkins
at Sycamore hin last night
why continued the colonel with
a broad grin" I'D see Mr.. Rockefeller,
Mr. Morgan. Mr. Perkins and Jim Hin
Altogether IL they wanted to see me.
I'd see Gompers, Mitchell, Burns, the
detective, and Mcnamara, II he was
pardoned and out OF jail.
"I'll see anybody | want to at any
time II they don't want II known
that they have been to see me |
won't tell. II they do want II known,
| will tell"
With that the colonel strobe into
the court room.
This is Colonel Roosevelts third
day as juror, although he has not nc.
tually sat in any case. When court
opened today case begun yesterday
was resumed and the colonel was told
that his services would not be re.
quired.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-03-08
oMNIPorENT PUBLIC SERVICE
Commission at Albany Is Asked to
Change the Weather

Albany Mar. 6.-The Public Service
commission has been appealed to for
an immediate reversal of weather
conditions" An anonymous letter re-
ceived by the commission today
reads.
"We-and our name is legion-do
hereby most respectively but earnest
ly appeal to your honorable body for
an order on the weather clerk de-
manding the immediate reversal Of
weather conditions. We have suffer
ed from coal bills and cold bills until
we are well-nigh exhausted financially
and physically and now seek your aid
in confidence and as test of your
supposed unlimited powers Although
our appeal is anonymous, we beg to
assure you that it is none the less
unanimous"