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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-09-12
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In the heart of Pendleton's choicest
resident district is situated the first
graveyard in eastern Oregon, a burial
ground more than half century old
which has been unused for years and
yet which may not be converted to
another use because of the provisions
made when it was first laid out Pro-
tected by the law and vet with no one
TO care for IT, its monuments and
tombstones crumbling and broken
down, II is itself a monument to ne
glect and ruin.
There has it lain a little plot of bare
ground, dedicated to the grim reaper
for over half a century. and beneath
its uneven, weed grown surface lies
the dust OF those whose hands first
opened the gates of an empire. With
in the narrow boundaries Of that des-
olate area,
Where heaves the turf in many a
mouldering heap,
Each in his narrow cell forever laid,
The rude forefathers of the hamlet
sleep"
and by their bones. long since decay.
ed and crumbled. is that spot conse-
Grated and hallowed, and made for
ever sacred
II has been written to "let the dead
past bury its dead" but that com.
mand does not enjoin a complete for
getfulness and disregard for that
which has gone before, for in the
graves OF the past are the roots of
the trees of the present. and he is al
most a criminal who fails in his in.
herent obligations to cherish the
things bygone. History with its mar
rowed pages can touch but lightly up.
on its multitude of makers. and thus.
the duty Is imposed upon each COM
munity TO perpetuate the names Of
those whose toll. sacrifice and mar
yrdom secured for ii the peace and
prosperity 1t now enjoys. And the
least 1t can do Is to show some ex.
ternal respect and reverence for the
last resting place of these dead heroes
10 the stranger, who. from curios-
ity allows his footsteps to lead him
within this silent city of the dead"
as he moves from mound to mound
and reads the few inscriptions carved
IN marble there, those scattered graves
may be but scattered graves with no
other significance, or if he be of a
meditative cast or gifted with an i'm
agination, he may guess something of
what lies hidden there within; but to
the Few remnants of the pioneer
band who saw this land as a wild from
Tier, those earthen billows mutely
speak Of thousand incidents of other
times. From out of those tombs rise
spectres of former friends, and be-
fore their retrospective vision are en-
acted scenes in drama which tells OF
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-09-12

the founder of Pendleton. He IL was
who half century ago built a way
house on the spot where now stands
the Pendleton hotel. and for many
years conducted 1t with the aid of his
thrifty wife. And he 1t was also who
first bridged the Umatilla, building
the structure of timbers hewn ami
whipsawed by his own hand, and re-
munerating his labors by charging
toll TO the constant stream of home-
seekers and gold hunters which pass
ed this way. And later in the year
1863 it was he and Judge G. w. Ball
ey who contributed the funds for the
erection of the first Umatilla county
court house which was built and
stood for many years where the RED
Cross drug store, Schaefers jewelry
store and the Peoples Warehouse are
now located. Scarcely an incident of
the early history of this county but
with which his name is identified and
linked inseparably, and the very
ground upon which a great many Of
the business blocks and residences of
this city are now built is a part of his
former 100 acre homestead tract. His
aged widow. who after his death, was
married again to Henry Raley, passed
away scarcely month ago.
In one corner of the old cemetery
there still lies a piece of broken mar
BILE over a grass grown grave which
tells that there lies all that remains Of
the body of G. w. Bailey. the fourth
judge of Umatilla county. and the
first who held court in Pendleton; an
other pioneer whose labors in this Sec
ton of eastern oregon makes him a
prominent figure in its early history
On one of the few tombstones which
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-09-12

have withstood the assaults of winds
and rains Is an inscription which re-
calls one of the most thrilling periods
homes against hostile Indians. On
one side 1t reads:
'In memory of William Lamar,
sergeant in Captain Sperry's company
of Pendleton volunteers. killed in
fight with the Indians at Willow
Springs, July 6. 1873"
on the reverse side is chiseled:
by the friends, who, during his
short stay with us, learned to esteem
him. this monument is erected as a
tribute to his manly worth, and to
commemorate his gallant conduct"
In that burial ground, too. is the
grave of George Coggan. who with
Fred Foster and Al Bunker, was be-
trayed by an Indian woman he had
long known, and who was killed by
her tribesmen while riding from Cay
use to this city. Bunker was wound.
ed at the same time and fell in the
bed of stream where he was found
next morning by rescue party.
Stirring times those, when danger
walked hand in hand with those early
settlers with death always lurking
near to claim them as his own.
Standing in the center of the aban-
doned graveyard is a tall imposing
monument which. despite the storms
which have played about it. stands
as straight as on the day 1t was erect
ed to mark the last resting place of
an honored pioneer On its untar-
nished surface is engraved the name
of Hon. George A. La Dow and the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-09-12
an empIre in the maklng.

1t was the body Of Ella Bailey that
was first Inferred in that historic
cemetery. She was n daughter of
Judge G. W. Bailey. and a sister of
the present ID. w, Bailey, who is still
a resident Of this city. She fell a
victim to pneumonia late in the eos
when only the Bailey and Goodwin
families constituted the sole popula-
ton of the area whereon now dwell
1000 people. After her death the few
acres which now comprise the burial
ground were decided to the county by
NJ. f. Goodwin, and soon other graves
appeared within its confines
Many of these were strangers to the
Few people who then inhabited this
section. Oftentimes a train of immi.
grants would draw sadly to this spot.
bearing in their midst the body of
one of their number. fallen on the
journey, victim to disease. accident
or violence. A grave would be hastily
dug, few simple words would be
said and the lifeless form of one held
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-09-12

Continued on Page Thirteen.)
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-03-10

Of A3dsrmn will b asked to make an
appropriation The work Is to be out
side Of the Sanitary Department and
Will Be let out to contract.
FOR years New York has not benn
c1ean." said Or. Mcmillan to-day. Tho
amount Of stun IN alleys and back yards
Is almost unbelievable. Last year there
was . welfare organ ization ciean-up,
but Il was found that there must re
authority behind any such movement to
give IL the proper weight.
RUBBISH HURRiEDLY THROWN
INTO STREETS.
Tour policemen went with the In
spectors to-day along the east side. for
already the weight Of authority 10 be-
ginning to show In the many heaps OF
rubbish which tenement owners has
tened 20 throw onto the street at the
FIRST sign Of legal command. Those who
threw their rubbish out on the street
were forced to take II back pending the
hiring OF special cleaners after the ap-
preparation IL granted. But II shows
that people are willing to cooperate
in cleaning up the city II there Is a
definite force assigned for that work.
The whole city will be divided into
districts. Every inspector will send In an
estimate OF the number OF loads which
must be removed. The total will show
approximately how much must be spent.
and at this season II will be particularly
feasible 10 get rid OF II by means OF the
hundredS OF nat boats which are lying
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-03-10
DR.. BR0WN'SW|FE
LOCKS HERDOOR
AND HER HEART
She Says She Helped TO Make
Him a Physician and
Regrets 1t.

Mrs. Kathleen Brown. who struggled
through the first eight years OF her mar
ried life 10 better her husbands position
and win for him an ". ID. degree. is
sorry abe succeeded.
What thought was a triumph has
turned out TO be bitter mistake" she
told an Evening World reporter to-day
II would give another eight years OF my
life to have him plain Alexander Brown.
clerk. again, instead OF DIR. Alexander
Brown. Then perhaps I would still be
good enough for him: then perhaps ]
could hold his love"
Part OF the story Of the doctors rise to
affiuence and the gradual decline OF his
love is told IN dry legal phraseology in
the papers In two suits filed In the
Brooklyn Supreme Court The f,rst Is n
suit for separation brought by the doc
tor the second. a counter suit FOR abso-
lutte divorce. brought by his wife AID
naming Mrs. Gertrude Wendehack. pa
tient OF DR. Browns and the wife OF Ed
ward wondehack. a wealthy decorating
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-03-10

contractor Of No ass East siyty-four'h
street
The doctor alleges In his action that his
wife has not kept step with him as he
forged ahead from n $50 a month clerk
ship 10 his degree and practice which.
Mrs. Brown says, nets him 5000 q week..
She has -insisted." he asserts. on max
ing herself n drudge and lacks the 60
tho stock in trade OF a physicinn's wife.
LIVE ON THE SAME FLOOR, BUT
As STRANGERS.
The Browns are still living on the
same floor at No. ~ West aixty-nfth
street. where tho Doctor has his ofIlcs
but behind tho locked doors OF their re-
respective apartments. So they have
ton suit three weeks ago.
The couple we're married in Mount Yer
non In 1901. when neither was yet
twenty. Brown was estranrcd from his
family and had no work. Casting about
for some means OF subsistence. he finally
made up a batch OF camphor ice and
went from door TO door peddlinG IT,
There were times them" Mrs. Brown
said to-day. when we scarcely could
imagine where our next meal was com
ing from, but I was comparatively
happy. know that me doctor-of
course he wasn't doctor then-iosod
me.
Things had been going 30 badly shat
when friend brought him an Offer ~ a
position as night bookkcepcr In tho Of
fce OF the Adams Express Company Mt
$50 month Il seemed a wonderful
amour, OF money. had been making n
few dollars "A week making buttonholcs.
and II seemed 90 mo that "A young mar
ricd couple could have almost everything
the heart desired on such an income.
I'VE got n little homo In Jersey city.
on tho Heights. and went TO housekecp-
ing Aleck talked OF spending the hours
OF daylight studying medicine and I on
Outraged him. II became as much my
ambition as his 20 see him forge ahead.
and looked forward 10 tho day when
he should take his degree. hang out his
sign M full-ncdgcd doctor and open
an office.
with tuition 10 pay ana books TO be
bought every now and then-most cS-
pensive books that cost M much ms n
weeks ordinary living expenses--the $50
month did not 30 80 far as had
thought I settled myself down for n
hard struggle. I did all the homework
Of course. and took In n little sewing TO
do Mt home besides.
Then the baby camc--Baiiey. our son.
who II ten years old now. That made II
harder for me. OF course. and yet was
happy. Each day was bringing my hus-
band closer 10 the goal He finished his
first year at the medical school nj
Flower Hospital and we had little cole
bration.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-03-10
CITY BEGINS WORK
Of CLEANING Up
ALL THE RUBBISH
Sixteen Sanitary Inspectors,
Backed by Police, Poking
About in Alleys and Cellars.

New York In TO have . general clean
Ing 70 the Ike of whtch II never en-
oountcred before.
sixteen inspectors from the sanitary
division with assistants are poking
about In alleyways. musty cellars and
r,stshtsh flied arcaways. finding out how
many loads must be removed and NOW
many men II viii take 10 handle tho
accumulated mass.
DIR. NJ. c. MCMILLAN. Assistant SAM
tary Superintendent. who cleaned up
Cuba after the frst military oocipa-
ton. was put in charge of the force
that will estimate the cost OF a thor
ough cleaning for New York. The Board
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-03-10
JOB FOR A NEW YORKER.
Heads of Two Scientific bureaus
Keep Their Places.

WASHINGTON. March Io-Byron r.
Newton of New York. n newspaper cor
respondent. was to-day appointed pri-
vats secretary to Secretary McAdoo Of
tho Treasury Department
Heads OF the two scientific bureaus OF
the Department OF Commerce. DR.. Otto
II. Tittmann of the Coast ana Geo
dctlc Service and DR.. Samuel W.
Straton OF the Bureau Of Standards.
have been advised by Secretary Red
field that they are to retain their posi-
tons.
Robert NJ. Ptndcll jr.. chief clerk OF
tho Department Of Commerce. has re-
signed to go TO Wilmington, Del.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-03-10

year We moved TO our present home.
Tho doctor formed q habit OF consulting
Mrs. wendchaok in everything. He ig-
nored me. seeming to have forgotten NIL
! had done for him In the years Of per
pctuai saorffca
in June the doctor made me ask Mr..
wendehack to allow his wife to 70 60
Inc medical convention IN Atlantic City
with US. White there all his attentions
we're given to her. and thar actions were
such in my presence that was deeply
Inundated.
up 70 the time that MIRA wendehack
made her appearance my husband never
abused me or called me names He gave
me his money. Of which ne had plenty. I
have known him 20 mako ~ much as
1900 In one evening"
DR.. BROWN SAYS HIS WIFE Is
UNREAsONABLY JEALOUS.
DR.. Brown denied that mis- friendship
with Mrs. wendehack had been of n Mt
ture 10 give his wife real cause for
jealousy.
The whole trouble 10 that my wife
has an intensely Jealous disposition and
imagines many things that are not 80.
She realizes that she has not had the
proper social training TO meet rs mn
equal the better class OF my patients. and
for that reason she chooses 10 make II
appear that she Is overworked and has
no tine to dress or to pause for con-
versation.
"She has said on moro than ono occa-
sion that she would rather see me dead
than a doctor. and on the nisht took
my degree she prayed that she would
die before I opened my office. At other
times she has said she would drag nc
down again and make a clerk or a long
shorcrnan OF me.
1T In set forth In tho pa pers that at the
, time of our marriage she was eighteen
and I was twenty. That II wrong. II
was ! who was eighteen and she was
twenty. ! met her In peculiar way
and By marrying her estrangcd myself
from my parents. When I was seven
teen ] studied clocution and used to re-
cite In various public places one DAY
I went down to tho st. Marys Home for
Girls. In West Fourteenth street. to re-
cite. My wife was In the audience.
we met afterward and she told me
how hard her life was. took her to
visit my sisters and not long afterward
were very happy together in the early
years OF married life. As n matter of
fact we had been living together only a
few weeks when we were on the verge
OF separating"
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-03-10

and previous knowledge Of eoudftions
will 70 q long way toward hurrydng tn o
work. BY Wednesday we will know
what II wifi cost. and In from three
weeks to a month from the time tho
appropriation Is made the whole city
ought TO be cleaner than Il has been for
twenty years"
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-03-10

Idle and which can BE- secured cheaply
for dumping. Most Of the waste must
be burned, because It would be futile 70
dump floating Nth in the nearby waters
TO have II wash up on our shores.
Local organizations-two hundred Of
them-have been asked to help. and
their familiarity With certain districts
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-03-10
EIGHT GRINDING YEARS FOR
BOTH OE THEM.

II thought he would finish the course
in four years. but II was impossible. for
he could not givo the same time to study
n other students who did not have to
work all night over ledgers. Tho period
Of tho course was heightened out to
eight years-grindins years for mo and
for him. that seemed 10 bind us closer
Then one day he came home and told
mo he had taken his degree.
IL called him DR.. Brown a dosen
times just to nee how II bunded. and
neighbors came in and I insisted that
they call him doctor too.
This was IN May. 1909. Shortly ar
terward we went to live at No. 16 West
sixty-ffth street and the doctor began
to pick up n practice. In October of
tho Same year Mrs. wendehark came 10
visit him. and from that time he was
different.
''IIc took her 30 lectures Mt Columbia.
for long walks in tho park. up to Yon-
kers and downtown shopping. When she
was not In his company no would spend
much OF tho time talking to her over the
telephone. Once he took her on board
n japanese battleship which was an.
chored In the river. She took snap
shot OF him standing on the bridge be.
side the captain. and labelled Il Tit
I Captain OF My ship
Things went from bad to worse Las
The Press., 1913-07-02

which were large wreath from the Masons in the village, large bouquet from MT. and Mrs. Gardiner Hall and Miss Rosa O. Hall, extra large bou- quet from the outdoor associates of MT. Lillibridge, bouquet from family of Thomas O. Denman, roses from Carl Goodman, loose roses from Les- ter R. Weeks and Mrs. G.. Tripp, large bouquet from MT. and Mrs. E. Reynolds, basket of flowers from Mrs. Mary Korper and Mrs. Lena K Brack- cit, large wreath from Korper Bros. pillow from Mr. and Mrs. Wallace M. Lillibridge.
The Press., 1913-07-02
WELLINGTON.

Prof. Enc is at Mansfield Center for few days.
 Miss Church passed Sunday with her sister in Rockville.
 MT. Nolan, the we'll man, has gone to drill we'll for a farmer in the vicinity of the college.
 Mrs. Bond is visiting at the White farm, Westford, this week.
 Mrs. HOxie and daughter and Mrs. Church of Willimantic have been re- cent guests of Mrs. l.. B. Clarke.
 Mrs. Jennie Emo Brooks of Mans field was a guest of her brother, Prof. Joel Enc, at Miss Ohurch's last week.
 The Misses Ellis, summer visitors, always received with greatest pleas ure, are at Rest Cottage for a month
 Mrs. George V. Smith returned from New Haven on Wednesday. Mrs. Gardner returned from the same city on Saturday.
 Ben Robbins moved "The Com mon" Monday afternoon. Grass in this vicinity seems to be unusually heavy this season
 Three members were received into the church by letter on Sunday, who will receive the hand of fellowship at the next communion season,
 Guests from the borough joined with friends here in the miscellaneous shower to Miss Mabel Elaine Clarke, that was a pleasant social event of the week.
 Miss Edna Gould Pierce of Provi- dence R. I. is on a vacation trip to Niagara. Her sister Miss Florence is visiting friends and relatives in this vicinity.
 To renew our acquaintance with Mrs. Neale of Springfield, guest of Mrs. w. F. Brackett's, at tea at this hospitable home, was our pleas ure last Thursday afternoon.
 MT. and Mrs. Dawkins of Colorado are visiting her mother, Mrs. l.. B. Clarke. It is the first time MT. Dawkins has taken the trip east since they went to Colorado for his health several years since.
 State Highway Commissioner Ben- nett was the guest on Friday of Coun ty State Road Inspector F. Wayland Pratt, and in Oscar Himmeler's auto mobile went over the sections of state road in this vicinity.
 Burton P. Reed, who for many years has been superintendent of gun barrels in the Winchester manufact- ory, New Haven, his wife and three children are with his parents at Ken jockety for the having.
 The regular business meeting of the Ladies Aid will be held at confer ence room Friday at p. m. Wheth- CT this will develop into tea party depends upon the attendance. The invitation is general and pleasant social time possible.
 Mrs. Meyers, whose son has been for some time at the home lately pur-
The Press., 1913-07-02
Are You Ready for
 the Fourth?

Suppose you drop in here to-mor- row, inspect and try on some of the elegant Summer Suits, Dress es, Skirts, Waists, Hats, etc. that we are offering at such attractive prices. You'll find them so ex- eeptionally attractive in style, so high in quality and SO low in price that buying will prove ire sistible.
The Press., 1913-07-02
SOMERS. SonaersVille.

The boys club will have a track meet and picnic at Somers on the Fourth.
 Miss Madeline Delabar of Spring field is visiting her friend, Miss Dorothea Keeney.
 George l.. Keeney has returned home from the New York electrical school, where he was graduated in the class of 1913.
 Miss Celia Wood, whose school in Springfield has closed, will spend a month at the summer school at Con- necticut agricultural college.
 Mrs. James Wood has been visiting her son, Herbert, a student at Con- necticut agricultural college, who will be employed through the summer there.
The Press., 1913-07-02
July Prices On Stockings

Women's Gauge weight "NOtaseme Mill runs of our Regular 25c kind. Extra Special 12 1-2c.
 ODD LOT of Womens Tan gauge weight plain and mercerized Lsle strictly frsts, 25c and 37ac kinds I2 l-2c. 25c "CHARTER OAK" mer. cerized gauge LisIe in black, white and tan, regular 25c kind l9c pair. SPECIAL FOR MISSES, Shaped Hose discontinued numbers of American Hosiery Co.'S. 6Oc and $l OO values in black, white tan, pink and sky IF I-2c. CHILDRENS STOCKINGS, l-1 rib, black, tan and white sea sonable weight, regular l5c kind, 11c pair. BOYS HEAVY STOCKINGS, II rib, our popu- lar 12Ac Rugby, 1 1c pair.