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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-31

cOrpOTateu cltieS OF the county, TO
the value of sS,000,000 is exempt
from taxation for road purposes.
With an additional two mill tax.
which could not be avoided, If bonds
were issued. the county court will be
able to build from Is to 90 miles of
macadam road each year. 1t seems
to me that this Is as fast as we should
be expected to make progress, and
would require four rock crushers
running at full capacity during the
entire working season of the year.
Much might be said in an article
of this kind upon the economic value
Of good roads. But with the cam
raign Of education that has been
waged along this line during the
past few years 1t seems that no argu-
ment should be necessary to convince
the man of average intelligence that
money spent In building good roads
Is good investment.
The system, or rather the lack Of
system, that has been in force in past
years must be superseded by business
methods that will measure up to the
conditions and needs of the present
day. However great the prejudice
may be with some people against the
automobile 1t can no longer be look
ed upon as luxury but as an every
day necessity, and our roads must be
built to accommodate this traffic.
James J. Hill, the empire builder"
proved to the railroad world that it
was economy to eliminate grades and
prepare his road bed for the accom-
mediation of the heaviest locomotives
that can be built. The same argu-
ment applies to our public highways.
made to accommodate high power,
heavily constructed motor driven
vehicles that will bring a revolution
in transporting the products of the
far INTO the market places.
The Umatilla county court is doing
all 1t can with the limited means at
its disposal. We have 400 miles of
public road under our supervision, af-
fected by every variety of climatic
and soil conditions. A vast area of
our territory in the west end of the
county Is experiencing a wonderful
development and the legitimate de-
mand for new roads in that section
Is rapidly increasing.
Wooden bridges are being replaced
as fast as is necessary with substan-
tial steel structures. During the past
three years 33 steel bridges have been
erected, and Is miles Of macadam
road built We are engaged at the
present time in the construction of a
macadam road which when complet-
ed will extend from Pendleton to the
state line via Adams. Athena, Wes-
ton and Milton. Fifteen miles of this
road Is now completed. Our desire
Is to build as good road as possible
with the material available. The
work is in charge of an experienced
engineer and road builder and partic-
ular attention is being paid to grades
and drainage The first obstacle we
had to contend with in building this
road was the Wild Horse hill just
east Of Pendleton. In order to elimi-
nate Is per cent grade it was nee.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-31

provides for state highway engineer
whose duty 1t Is to investigate and
determine the method of road con-
struction adapted to the various coun-
ties Said engineer may be consult
ed at any time by the county officers
having care and authority over high
ways. culverts and bridges. and shall
advise such officers relative to the
construction. repair, alteration or
maintenance Of the same and shall
furnish such other information and
advice as may be Of value to county
courts in all matters pertaining to the
construction Of roads wher called up
on to do 80.
Advocates OF the bond issue have
brought some pressure to bear on the
county court to call anN election for
the purpose Of voting bonds to the
amount of 100000 for road pur-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-31

poses in this county. The present
county court, however, does not look
with favor on this proposition, being
of one mind that conditions do not
warrant such action.
BY comparison Of the resources
of Umatilla county with that Of 9TH
er counties Of the state 1t will be
readily seen that We head the list
with the exception Of Multnomah
county. With an assessed valuation
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-31

held at Roundup park in which Ba-
ker high wins.
May 5-Melvilna Heathman or.
time residen,. dies.
May Six different courts In ses
sion. Six new attorneys are admitted
to the bar. Commercial club pi.ns 20
observe Decoration day.
May 7-Methodist church pariia-
rient is opened. Council receives bits
'or auto chemical and fire alarm sys-
tenn.
May S-Case OF Johns vs. the ely
is heard before the supreme court
May s-Heavy hail storm on ressr.
yu,ion.
May 13-Ann ,rnccmcnt made tia:
P.niieton is to have new motion Pc
ture end vaudeville theater.
HAY 14-Par bid on 100000 water
bonds will be rejected.
May 15--Wheat reaches highess
mark In Pendleton when offers to buy
at so cents are made
May 1S-Baccalaureate sermon de-
livered to High School graduates by
Rev. Nathan Evans.
May 19-Secretary OF state Olcott
and Treasurer Kay make visit to east
ern Oregon state hospital.
May 22-First Pendleton roses are
in bloom. Henry J. Taylor elected
grand master of I. o. o. F..
May 23-Copies of East Oregonian
are carried to Athena by Aviator j.
Milton Bryant. Wild Horse road IL
formally opened. Larges, class ever
graduated from High school receives
diplomas.
May 24-Cow and Hog day is OBJ.
served at Stanfield. Annual Caledo.
nian picnic draws crowds to Athens
Committee from civic club seeks con.
tributions for drinking fountains. Les.
lie Edwards killed and three other:
injured In auto accident on Athena.
Weston road.
May 25-Aeroplane flights a
Roundup park attract good crowd.
May 27-Government is asked tt
erect federal building with none,
available for the purpose.
May S0--Memorial day Is observed
In fitting manner. First circus o.
season comes to town. Contract FOL
new theater 10 awarded.
May 3l-Fifth annual farmers pic
mic at Pilot Rock is held. Abraham
Miller. pioneer Of county. found deat
at Pilot Rock Home Of Mr.. and Mrs
Donald Robertson in Vincent stree
destroyed by fire.
June.
June First of summer band con
certsi is given. Proposed ,junket triI
IL called off.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-31

essary to cut through a solid rock
embankment which necessitated the
removal of $4,000 yards Of rock. This
was accomplished at a. cost of less
than $4,000 and the grade reduced
to per cent This work evoked
some criticism on the county court.
The court. however. considers the
work one of its greatest accomplish
ments.
When this road Is completed we
hope to See the good work continued
until all the main highways of the
county are improved In a like man.
ner. In a few years an open river to
the sea will be a reality and when
that time comes Umatilla county
should have hard surfaced highway
over which we may haul our varied
products to the Columbia river.
]. w. MALONEY.
County Judge
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-31

June 5-Water In Columbia river al
Umatilla reaches 25 foot mark.
June 6-Weston holds pioneers pic.
mic.
June 7-Winslow johnson. pioneer
of eastern Oregon, is dead.
June s-Chief of Police Kearney
captures man after chase through bus.
mess district during which shots ar.
fired.
June 1o--Loraine F. Anthony is
killed by switch engine at Umatilla
Carl Swanson strangely disappears.
June 12--First rose show is held.
Word received that Carl Swanson Is
alive and well.
June 13--Strawberry day Is held al
milton. Campaign for raising money
for Fourth Of July celebration meets
with success.
June 14-Elks' lodge observes flag
day.
June 17--Plans announced for or
ganizing stockmen in Umatilla coun-
ty. Captain Isaacs, prominent pioneer,
dies at Helix.
June 1s-Applicants for state teach.
ers' certificates take examinations. DR.
w. H. Lytle is appointed state veter.
marian.
June1s-Much damage done crops
by hail storm throughout county.
June 23--Reports that jackrabbit.
devastate 10000 acres of wheat lant
is found to be untrue. Wet weather
seems to be general program but n,
additional damage to crops is report
ed. Month of June will hold recort
for rain. Baker and La Grande ar,
out of Western tri-state league.
June 24-Sam Vice Is killed Will,
attempting to board freight train II
local yards, Mrs. Jacob Marin dies.
June 2S-Local farmers make pro
test against duty on grain sacks. For
mer Vice President Fairbanks passes
through Pendleton. Inmates OF Pen
dleton's tenderloin hastily depart from
city. Water bonds sold.
June 30-Campaign is inauguratet
for commission, form Of government.
July.
July l-Detective Kay files charges
against 40 former inmates of tender
lcin. Interviews show sentiment IA
vors voting on commission govern,
ment. Committee prepares auto pa
rade for Fourth. Supreme court re
verses circuit court decision in Jack
son street paving case because o
clerical error in description.
July City dons festal garb 70
Fourth Of July celebration. Council
is urged to accept o w. r. & N. com
pany's offer to lease grounds for park
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-31

to build 160 miles of the same kind
of road, with the same amount of
money. the difference being the saw
ing of interest required under the
bonding system.
The average amount spent annual
ly for the past five years on the pub
lie highways and bridges in Umatilla
county is 100000. produced by a
two and one half mill road tax Let
1. be known that property, in the in
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-31

and intelligent campaign for better
roads and better road laws resulted
in the passage by the 1913 session Of
the legislature of the bonding act
and the state highway commission
act
Under the former, county may
vote bonds for road building to an
amount equal to two per cent of the
assessed valuation. The law creating
the state highway commission also
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-31
tsontinued from Page IA. Section 81

ter supply submitted to council. Re-
monstrance to West Webb street paw
ing Is rejected Pendleton will make
application for $4,000 Carnegie Ia
brary.
March 2l-Loss Of lambs in county
from storm said to be slight Busi'
ness houses close to oberve Good Fri
day.
March 2a-Churches observe East
er Sunday.
March 24-Severe storm through
out county causes much damage te
farmers.
March 25--Fair weather Is welcom'
ed by sheepmen.
March 27-Case Of James Johns vs
City begins in circuit court.
March 28--Move started by Com.
mercial Association to get relief fund
for sufferers In Ohio flood.
March 31-High water in Umatilla
river subsidies. and little damage re-
ported. Well known Indian woman
widow Of Wa-tin-e-ou-its. passe,
away.
April.
April Carload Of potatoes Is sen,
to flood sufferers.
April Council endorses plan FOL
water supply and votes bond sale.
April City Is upheld in paving
Jackson street by circuit court.
April 11--Mrs. J. B. Despair passes
away.
April ll--Washout on O.-W. X. &
". at Thorn Hollow delays traffic
Water ways convention opens with
many delegates present.
April 15--Frank X. Wells appoint
ed second assistant to State Superin'
tendent Churchill.
April INSTRUMENTATION made
that city install electric fire alarms
and purchase chemical engine.
April 23-Raley street paving ord
nance Is passed. Council decides tt
install alarm system.
April 25-La Grande high schoo
debating team wins contest held here
April 2s--First baseball game o.
the season opens here between Pen
dieton and Boise. Home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lawrence @. Frasier burglar
ized
May 1-Hold-up man is hastii!
caught after robbing local Chinese
merchant.
May 2--First vehicle passes through
cut at Wild Horse after year o.
work. Warrants drawn for almos
500 to pay bounty on coyote scalps
May ks--Interscholast strack NEE
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-31

At Middleton, Conn, December 12,
Arthur L Bradley. the motorman who
was responsible for a collision on the
New York. New Haven & Hartford.
near Middletown, in October, pleaded
guilty to the charge Of manslaughte.
and was sentenced to three months
imprisonment in the county Jail Brad
ley neglected to stop his car ate sta
tion where he should have waited for
an opposing train. ~
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-31

CONTINUED on Page 8 Of Daily Edi-
tion.)
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-12-18
and Hewitt.
Delinquent taxes Pitt and Hew-

and Hewitt.
Delinquent taxes Pitt and Hew.
lit.
Sanitary-Pitt and Whitaker.
Finance Whitaker and Chad
wick.
Mrs. Geo. S. Stone, represent
ing the Ladies' Civic Improve.
ment Association, was present and
asked the council to build another
story on to the city hall building
and thus provide suitable quarters
for the city council, board of trade
and the civic society, promising
the cooperation of the latter assoc
cation in defraying the expense
Of this addition to the building.
Messrs. Pitt and Whitaker were
appointed a committee to consider
this proposition and report at next
meeting of the council.
S. +. j. Trabue is preparing to
open up nb-division in East
Punta Gorsla, and requested the
council to stand the expense of
grubbing the streets through this
addition, Col. Trabue accepting
therefor script redeemable only
in the payment Of municipal taxes.
On motion Col. Trabue's propo-
sition was accepted.
A motion was made and carried
requiring the newly election Bond
Trustees Messers. j. +. Corbett,
ID. N. Mcqueen and, E. W. Smith
to give bond for the faithful
performance of their duties in the
sum of $4,000 each, the city coun-
Gil to pay the premiums on said
bonds when properly executed.
There being no further business,
Council adjourned till Tuesday
night, Dec. Is, 1918.
P. 0. Gautier, Clerk.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-12-18
A Slap at M other.

Dinner was done, and the family was
assembled in the sitting room. Mother
had taken up the evening paper and
was reading an account Of how high
wayman had been operating in the
suburbs. Father was on the floor play
ing with Willie.
Papa finally remarked the good
lady, gancing toward her husband.
here is story about another man
who was waylaid. Do these holdups
always stop you with pistol and then
go through Your clothes?"
"Oh. no." grnfully replied father.
arising from the hoor.l sometimes
they wait until you hang your clothes
over the back of chair and go to
sleep"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-12-18
Constipation Poisons You

If you are consti pated gonr entire
system is poisoned by the waste
matter kept in the bOdy-serious re-
suits often follow. Use DR.. Kings
New Life Pills and you will soon get
rid of constipation, headache and
other troubles. 25c at druggists or
by mail. H. E Bucklen q Co. Phila.
and ST. Louis.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-12-18
DIR, Hobson's Ointment Heals Itchy
Eczema

The constantly itching, burning
sensation and other disagreeable
forms of eczema, letter, salt rheum
and skin eruptiOns promptly cured
by DR.. Hobson's Eczema Ointment.
Geo. w. Fitch of Mendoza, Ill.,. says:
~ purchased a box of DIR. Hobson's
Eczema Ointment. Have had Ec-
zema ever since the civil war, have
been treated by many doctors, none
have given the benefit that one box
of DR.. Hobson's Eczema Ointment
has" Every sufferer should try 1t.
We're so positive 1t will help you we
guarantee it or money refunded. At
all druggists or by mail soc. Pfeif-
fer Chemical Co. Phila. & St. Louis.
ADVERTISEMENT
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-12-18

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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-12-18
Council Minutes

Council met in regular session
in the city hall Tuesday night,
Dec. 9th. Present: Coos. Stone
President; Councilmen Clay Chad
wick, F. B. Pitt, E. w. Rountree
and N. G. Hewitt, and the newly
elected city officials. Meeting was
called to order and minutes of last
meeting were read and approved.
Monthly. reports of the Clerk
and Collector, Treasurer and Mar
shall were approved by the Fin
ance Committee and the following
bills ordered paid:
General Fund-Wm. Demere
$500, j. X. McClelland 200, S.
J. Huffman $500; G. A. Roe
$500; Geo. 4. Bryant $500; N.
E. Byrd $1,000, L. l.. Lewis 80. 90,
Cyril Baldwin $500, j. G. Mey-
rick $500, p. 6. Herald $500,
j. Fl. Lipscomb $1,000, Alex
Stevens $4,000, w. Chadman S12.-
80, R. X. Seward $65.15, G. A.
Roe 1885, E. A. Low $500, C. L.
Porter $500, E. Wotitzky $500,
J. G. Meyrick $500, J. H. Lips
comb $500, s. H. Morton $500.
Street Fund = Hewitt Brothers
$14.4O, VIM. Griggs 1926, d. j.
Hobbs 1926, ]. S. Golf $4.3O,
j. Fl. Lipscomb for street work
$500.
Fire and Water Fund = T.. w.
Lawson $60.50, Mrs. f. "A. White
65c., Empire Grocery Co. $500.
Punta Gorda Ice Co. $40.
There being no further business,
the Council adjourned sine die.
r. X. SEWARD, Clerk
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-12-18

Minutes regular meeting City
Council, Dec. 9, 1918.
The newly elected town officers
we're duly sworn in by Judge S. f.
j. Trabue, and on motion of Clay
Chadwick, seconded by f. b. Pitt,
Geo. S. Stone was elected presl-
dent of the Council. President
Stone took the chair and announc-
ed the appointment of the follow
ing committees:
Street committee = Chadwick
and Hewitt.
Electric lights--Pitt, Chadwick
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-16
THE EVENING STORY.
Merely a Hat.
Downright. 1913. BY W. wernes.)

Copyright, 1D1B, oy W. Werneft
Hulda Keith worked in the largest.
best equipped and most popular store IN
town. 1t catered to the wealthy in all
matters, especially in the matter of hats.
The head milliner, who was also buyer.
had a knack for the business. She was
her own chief advertisement. She sold
many hats simply by wearing her own be-
oomingly She sold many more hats by
fitting out the pretty girls in the store
with proper headgear. They were mostly
girls who lived at home and had their
money to dress on. But Hulda Keith
boarded. and she had very little money
with which to buy hats.
Although she loved hats and all pretty
things. Hulda did not change her hat
when the first spring millinery began 10
appear i'm the windows of the store. The
other girls made frantic rush TO gran
their choice regardless of what IL might
cost They preened themselves in their
CAV new StTawS. while ffulua continued ~
wear her black felt.
''Hulda Keith aren't you ever going
to get a new hat?" Maud Simpson asked,
Indignantly. You look fright IN lhat
one. And friehts have a way of disap-
pearing from this store. ] can tell YOU.
Mr. McCiaskey likes girl to look nice
II she can't or won't he finds somebody
that will.
Hulda said nothing What was there
to say? She wanted new hat and was
saving money for it just as fast as she
could She had been brought up with an
old-fashioned horror of getting in DEBT.
But she wondered if Mr.. McClaskey DID
discharge her what she would lind TO do
next. 1t came to her that something
more than her own girlish longing Ior
beauty depended upon a new hat She
must have ii somehow.
Hulda took the only means she knew
| to swell her hat fund. She went with
out her lunch for whole week. Sht
walgked the whole way even when Il
rained. And on Saturday night she got
her hat AS she hurried out of the store
| she heard Maud Simpson say to Waiter
| Reese:
MY goodness. Hulda Keith's got hei
/ spring hat at last. I'd like TO nave seer
| what she bought
| IIulda's face burned with shame and
| hurt. Maud Simpson was one of the
p,'ettiest girls IN the store and she was
| always dressed beautifully. She had nc
| living expenses to pay and all the money
| she earned Went to buy personal adorn-
| ment. Considering Maud's ability to at
| tract it was no wonder that Walter Reese
| should be drawn 10 her. But 1t was q
wonder that Maud should be drawn t.
| him for he was country through ano
| through, as the girls said-big and red
\ haired with q boyish way of bluShlng al
| nothing. He had come TO the store since
| Hulda and already had been promoted
| twice 1t was beginning to occasion sont
/ awe that he could leap ahead SO fast. NJ
/ knowing where he would 60 especially
since McClaskey seemed to be making z
| real friend of him.
From the day of his entrance into store
| life Hulda had seen that he was not like
! the other men there. From them she
shrank instinctively. Not that they eveI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-16
BARRING LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
Kansas Legislature Contemplating
Another Freak Law.

From the Grand Rapids Press
The Kansas legislature is going to
rush in where angels fear to tread and
according to report, pass law prolib-
iting marriage on the '1ove at first
divorces out in that part of the country
to please the statesmen, and so they are
going to see to It that before persons
are married they shall have known
each other for a long time.
Fundamentally the legislature is as
far wrong in this matter as it could
possibly be in any matter, and that is
quite distance. A man may think
that he knows a woman we'll for twenty
week after marriage she may de-
velop more different phases Of artistic
temperament than could be combined
In a grand opera star and a Missouri
mule. After q man is married he finds
out things that he never knew existed,
and on the other hand, a woman may
know a man all her life, from the
him few days after marriage that
spell wrecking of ideals and make her
long for home and mother.
People have married who have known
each other only few hours, and they
have reared large families. and have
been blissfully content. while thousands
of marriages that have been planned
since the school days have gone on the
rocks. The Kansas Legislature can pass
laws until 1t is black in the face. and It
will never stop the thing called ''love at
first sight" No legislature can prevent
a man falling in love any more than 1t
can prevent him falling in the lake.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-16
UTILIZATION OF GARBAGE.
Converted Into Food Product Suit
able for Animals.
By Webster
From the technical World Magazine.

From the Technical World Magazine.
In Germany a somewhat novel method
of utilizing garbage is now practiced.
1t consists of SO treating the refuse as to
obtain food product suitable for ami
mails, and considerations of economy thus
made possible render it worthy of al
tention.
The city regulations Of Charlottenburg,
where the experiment has been con-
Quoted, require that food remnants be
kept apart from other household waste.
They are collected each day and taken
to a special plant where they are con-
verted into this food product. The pro-
cess consists of extracting all non-nutri-
tious matter. grinding, pressing and dry
ing the edible material until II takes
the form of meal 1t Is used either in it's
original state or mixed with molasses,
and is known as dread meal The
substance Is fairly nutritious. but. owing
to the large quantity of bones contained
in the waste material is very rich in ash.
The meal has recently been used in a
feeding test upon seventy-siX mich cows,
divided into three lots. The test lasted
for over three months. Results We're en-
couraging, and seemed to indicate the adj
visibility of using the meal without mix
ing 1t has been estimated that, if the
method were to be generally followed in
large German cities, the resulting prod
uct would have yearly value of over
two million dollars.