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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-08-12
Prices FIFTY Years AGO

\ splendid idea of the prices Boise
people had to pay for supplies is CIV
en- in the issue of The Boise Statesman
Of May l6, 1865, The following quo
tations are taken from It:
Dry goodS-Prints. 80 cents yard
singhams, so cents; checks. so cents;
stripes. so cents; ticking, 81 cents:
brown drilling, s. - cents: brown
sheeting, 40 TO so cents: bleached
cotton, so cents; denims, so cents;
flannels. (Oregon) $l.O0 to $1.25; gum
boots, SIS per pair
Groceries-Coffee, green, so to 60
cents pound; sugar. powdered, GO to
15 cents; ). f. refined. 45 to so cents:
Island, 40 cents; syrup gallon gek,
Si9: syrup per gallon, 81: candles so
TO I5 cents pound; soap. Hills, 40
To so cents a pound; CASTLE. - cents
to Sl.O0; tobacco. $500 to So so per
pound: y. l. tobacco. $3.50 TO $3.50
pound black tobacco, Sl.OO to $I.25
Tea, $1.25 to s. 90 a pound; rice, 80
cents "a pound: bacon IS to Go cents a
pound; ham, 80 to 50 cents a pound;
shoulder. 80 cents a pound: coal oil,
81 to s. a gallon; linseed oil, $3.50 10
$3.50 a gallon: turpentine Sc to 81
per gallon; lard oil. $6 a gallon; pep
pers, per dozen So, per pound 75
cents: all spice per dozen 81; cloves
81; mustard. 81
Liquors-Rrandies, 81 to SIS a gall
Ion; whisky. Sc to SIS a gallon. cham
pagne. $S5 To $40 a basket Califor-
MIA wine. SIS to $40 a case.
Produce-Flour, (Oregon) sS4 a
hundred pounds; eastern. s2S; corn
meal. s25 to $50 a hundred pounds;
beans. 80 To 40 cents pound; seed
wheat, Is cents a pound: barley and
oats. Is cents a pound; eggs, $3.50 a
dozen; butter, 81 a pound; cheese, so
cents a pound; hay. 800 per ton:
wood. IS a cord potatoes, cents a
Pound; onions. cents. beef, fresh,
% to IS cents a pound; corned beef,
90 cents; dried beef. so cents; pork,
fresh. IS cents a pound; picked, so
cents a pound; mutton, 80 TO 40 cents
a pound: veal, % to 80 cents.
Miscellaneous-Pow rifle, $3.50
to 50 a pound; blasting, 500 a keg
nails, s35 to $40 a keg
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-08-12
PENNSYLVANIA ROAD TO AID
AMERICANS RETURNING HOME

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. l2.-It was
announced by the PENNSYLVANIA rail-
road that, in order to give aid to AM
orleans in Great Britain who are un-
able to return home ON account of lack
OF cash, the company has authorized
its special European agent, Ralph IL.
Baker, at Liverpool, to furnish funds,
when needed, to Americans properly
identified on their travellers cheques
or letters of credit, or, if without
funds on their own obligations
Baker is also directed to assure pas.
sengers that the PENNSYLVANIA rail-
road will undertake to forward them
TO their destination upon their arrival
at New York, or Philadelphia or at
amy more convenient port of the At
lantic seaboard.
The instructions were forwarded by
cable TO Liverpool today and officials
believe this method of meeting the
difficulties surrounding Americans in
England has already relieved the pres
sing necessities of many of them.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-08-12

In area Belgium is only one-fourth
The size OF the state o. Pennsylvania
and has practically the same popula-
ton as the entire state. Il is prob
ably the most densely populated sec
ton Of Europe. Its large CONNER,
c1al and Industrial centers. Brussels
Antwerp. Ghent and Liege. are within
an hours ride Of each other. The
country is honeycombed with coal
mines and the hundreds OF thousands
of miners, GLASS workers and steel and
iron workers make the agricultural
laoorevs seem few in comparison.
Politically, the Conservative party
is in control. It is dominsted abso-
lrSely by the Catholic church. Threat,
entnE its supremacy more each year is
the socialist party which, through its
educational. cooperative and union
work, has made the labor element a
ois factor in the life Of the nation.
A third party the Liberals, is COM
posed principally OF the capitals,
class Though numerically small. the
archaic custom OF giving the rich man
three votes to the poor mans one
makes ii comparatively strong. The
two great political agitations of the
day have for their purpose the grant.
ins Of universal suffrage and the do.
ing away with the plurar system of
voting.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-08-12
BY THt SCISSORS

How long will the war last ?

How long will the war last?
It's a fool question, of course, be-
cause there is no certain answer. But
when there is an unanswerable ques-
ton, il is the custom to look up pre-
cedents. Here are a few precedents:
The two most recent Central Eu-
roDean" wars were settled in an am
az.ngly short time. In 1866 Prussia
and Austria went at each others
throats over the juicy Schleswig- Hol-
stein bone-to which neither Of them
by the way, had any right. That war
lasted only seven weeks, and it end
ed in Prussia giving Austria a ter
rible and humiliating beating.
France and Sardinia also gave Aus
tria a crushing defeat in 1859-in a
war in which the general fighting
lasted less than a month This list
does not include Italy's earlier and
feebler struggles for liberty, against
AUSTRIA as in 1s4s-4s. etc.
In July, 1870. France and Prussia
went 20 war. The general fighting in
that war lasted barely month. OF
course, the siege of Paris and other
i+al4r4F tfH uIdEEtl On IuuEH iDUBtI.
But the actual clash in the field be-
gan early in August and ended early
in September.
The Russo-Turkish war, six years
afterward. was longer by a year, or
more. but the Turko-Greek war in the
'90s was a matter Of one swift cam
& paign. The Russo-Jap war was also
mparatively brief.
In our own history here is-roughly
the duration Of the important wars:
Revolutionary war, eight years;
war Of 1912. two years and eight
! months; Mexican war. two years and
I u weeks. Civil War, four years:
/ Spanish war seven and half months
/ with the bulk Of the fighting done in
/ two and a half
All but one Of the foregoing were
duels between two nations. The last
general European war was the Cri-
mean. when England. France. Tur-
key and Sardinia combined against
Russia. from 1854 20 1856. That wal
\ continued for about two years and re.
suited in a sound thrashing for Rus
STA
Before that the NapOleonic wars In.
termittently brought every nation in
Europe 90 the battlefield. These war
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-08-12

In helping the poor, actions speak
louder than words.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-08-12
IN A MIRTHFUL VEIN

Mr.. Harper was very much better,
so Mrs. Harper allowed the nurse an
evening off AS she herself was to
keep an engagement. she told Bridget
To watch the sickroom and gave her
several orders which she impressed
upon the girls mind We're important.
Returning later than she intended,
she heard Mr.. Harper moving rest
lessly and after quieting him she
sought Bridget for information.
Il wonder what makes Mr.. Harper
so restless. He was sleeping soundly
when 1 went out. Do You know,
Bridget"
NO. mum" said the conscientious
girl. unless I disturbed him, moind.
when woke him up to give him his
shleepin' powder" Everybody's s
Magazine.
Your name?" asked the teacher,
who was registering a new pupil.
Arthur"
"And what's your first name?'
Brown"
"Oh, haven't You got them wrong !
I think Arthur must be your first
name and Brown your family name.
Isn't that right?"
But the small pupil was not per
suadej A day or two later he an
nounced:
Teacher, mother says Brown is my
first name. She says / got that name
when / was born and she didn't give
me the other till three months later -
Everybody's Magazine.
Whistler and Oscar Wilde did not
love each other overmuch and as
they constantly met in London draw
ingrooms their sparring was pretty
deadly.
on one occasion Whistler made a
remark so brilliant as TO provoke APP
plause even from Wilde.
by Jove, Whistler" he exclaimed
IL wish / had said that"
Never mind replied Whistler
you will'
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-08-12
FRANCE RESTORES CARS
TO AMERICAN OWNERS

PARIS, Aug. 12.-Americans are
being allowed to keep their automo-
biles, which were requisitioned at the
beginning of mobilization. SO many
machines have been profferei by the
French people that the war office
cannot use them all, and is declining
offers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-08-12
CANADA GIVES BRITISH
MILLION BAGS OF FLOUR

. OTTAWA, Aug. 1.-THE Canadian
government has offered the imperial
authorities 100000 bags Of flour as
a gift for the use OF the British peo-
Pile The offer has been accepted and
the work Of collecting the flour is un-
der way.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-08-12
SAILINGS CANCELLED.
AMERICANS WATT AT GLASGOW

GLASGOW, Scotland, Aug. ITO
days sailings of the steamships Of
the Anchor, Allan and Donaldson
lines We're cancelled and about 1000
Americans and Canadians who took
their passage are left stranded here.
a committee has been formed to
loo kafter the interests of Americans
at Glasgow.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-08-12
Arab Troops Enter AIsace.

PARIS, Aug. l2.-Detachments OF
the famous Turcos, or native troops.
from the French conoly OF Algeria,
penetrated upper Alsace.
The Turcos are Arabs recruited in
Algeria. where they are almost con-
stantly on active service in the south
tribes OF Arab horsemen who contin-
ually harass the French troops. Hall
their officers are Frenchmen and the
other half rise from the ranks OF the
natives. They are remarkable sharp
shooters and showed great bravery in
the crimean war. as we'll as in the
Frsnco-Prussian war Of 1901.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-08-12
. . . . . . . . ~~~H~~ . .

While the American press seems al
most unanimous in placing the blame
for the present Euro
The German pean struggle upon
People Not Kaiser William OF Ger
To Blame many. it is noteworthy
fact that few Of the
papers are casting aspersions upon
the German people. Though the ruler
Of the Teutons Is generally denounced
as an iron-heeled autocrat who does
not hesitate to plunge his subjects in
a war Of death and devastation in or
der TO further his ambition to make
his nation supreme among the pow
ers. his countrymen. loyal and patri-
otic though they are in the crisis
brought upon them by their emperor,
are generously excepted in the flood
OF criticism
America has reason to know that
the Germans as a people are mighty
good citizens. that they are industri-
Gus. progressive and frugal. There
are a few hundred thousand men and
women in the United States who have
Teutonlc blood coursing in their veins
and the majority OF them are COM
munity builders Scratch a German
and you generally find a worker. He
is d good fighter when aroused but is
better soldier Of peace.
Thus, while there seems to be but
little sympathy in this country for the
cause for which they are giving their
blood, there is a big sympathy for
them because they must abandon their
creative occupations for one Of ruin
and death. However much the Ger
mans, IN their patriotic fervor, may
scorn such sympathy, the American
people nevertheless entertain it
----s--~
Only six weeks interyenes between
now end the Gf,h annual Roundup
and it behooves the
Time to oct citizens Of Pendle-
Roundup spirit ton 10 rouse the
spirit that has
played such "a notable part in the
making of the cowboy carnival q
world-reuovn,d success Already
more reservations f1r accommoda-
tions have been requested than at this
time 70 amy previous year of the show
and indications point To- another Jam
~ humanity here during Roundup
week The Increased hotel facilities
viii help iu solNing the problem OF
accommodation but rooms in private
houses are going 60 be IN demand ,hii
year AZ h. the past such rooms viii
bc listed in the near future and resi-.
dents are urged 20 respond 20 the cal
Rs before
by reason OF the fact that Belgium
if now bearing the brunt Of the wal
sgains, Germany
some Iacts that little kingdom
About nrlgtum Is m M andini
much attention from
tac international public A few fact
about lts present economical and 20
litlcal status are therefore timely
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-08-12
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-14
.HEAVYWE|GHTS WILL
BATTLE THIS WEEK
Gunboat Smith and George Car
pentier Meet in London Thurs
day Night; Important Fight

on this weeks fight card is sched-
uled a twenty-round bout between
Gunboat Smith and George Carpen-
! tier, two clever heavyweights. This
bout is of importance because Lon
don fight enthusiasts look upon these
! fighters as the only real heaVyweights
in the world. A cable from London to
the New York American says:
Every available billboard in and
for twenty-five miles around London
is proclaiming to-day that Thursday IS
! fight between Gunboat Smith and
| George Carpenter at the Olympia is
! for the heavyweight championship
of the world" Considering this fact,
. the advance sale of seats already eX-
ceeds $4,000. The men will fight
for a S45,00 purse.
This ignoring of Jack Johnson is
perhaps excusable. Certainly no real
contest for the heavyweight cham
pionship ever aroused greater antici-
patory interest than does this one
/ wherein neither contestant Is an Eng
| lishman. While c. B. Cochran, pro-
moter of the contest, lost money on
| the Welsh Richie battle with total
gate of only S21, ,O00) he will clean
up a goodly sum on this coming ses-
sion. 1t is very evident that London
has no use for little fellows, but will
/ turn out in droves to see 'heaVies' in
| action.
Nobody pretends for a moment
that either Smith or Carpenter has a
chance against Johnson; only the un-
informed rank either man as COM
parable with dozens of great fighters
/ of the past. But the fact remains
that the match will attract the great
est crowd and the biggest gate in the
history of the English prize ring.
Sentiment among the majority of
Americans and all EnSlishmen favors
the Frenchman, who will undoubtedly
be an odds on favorite at the ring
side The London dailies carry long
accounts from both training camps.
most of them having special CORE
spondents living with Carpenter al
Manitot, France, as well as with
! Smith here"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-14
NOT MANY ENTER
TENNIS TOURNEY
But Interest in Matches Is Keen
Winners in Some Events
Hard to Pick

Present indications are that the
city tennis championship, to be started
Thursday at Reservoir Park, will
make up in dash and brilliance of the
individual players what it lacks in the
number of competitors. Up to pres
ent 1t is estimated by members of the
committee that there are only about
half hundred entrants. Many of
these, however, are topnotchers and
some hard playing is expected.
William McCreath, present city
champion, is expected to defend his
title easily against all corners. Con-
siderable interest centerS around the
women's singles, for Mrs. Chris H.
Sauers has been playing a splendid
&. ne this season and is expected to
make a strong attack upon the pres
ent title holder of the city champion
ship, Miss Elizabeth Croft. Interest
ing play also is looked for in the
mems doubles. If McCreath and
Gannet play together they will likely
win, but Swartz and Handshaw have
been playing a consistent game all
summer and some surprises might de-
velop. Lightner and Miller also might
develop into dangerous opponents.
Swartz and Handshaw played Satur-
voir park team defeated the Middle
town team in the following scores:
Doubles
Black and Lightener vs. Smith and
McNair, 6-1; 6-2.
Yohn and Lightener VS.. Beachler
and Hoffman, 6-1; So.
Swartz and Handshaw VS.. Kramer
and Detweiler, 6-3; GA
Miss Teeter and D. C. Lightener VS.
Miss Lingle and Abe Hoffman, S-6;
81; 6-2
Mrs. Sauers and Dasher VS.. Miss
Matheson and Detweiler, 6-1; 1913.
Singles
Handshaw VS.. Smith, 6-1; ga.
Mrs. Sauers VS.. Miss Matheson
60; 6-2.
Black VS.. McNair, 6-2; 60.
AL L. Lightener VS.. Lloyd Kramer
6-2; 6-1.
The tournament committee will
meet tomorrow night at the Park
Commission Offices at 1880 when the
list of prizes will be completed and
the entry list closed and schedules
Icompleted.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-14
SENATORS WIN 18th
/ STRAIGHT VICTORY
When CockilPs Started Cannonade
Chicks Just Couldn't Fill EN-
yy4a Effectively
Special to The Telegraph

Wilmington. Del, July 14.-Smoth-
ering the Chicks here yesterday, Har-
,risburg won its twelfth straight game.
The slaughter was 11-3. Five out of
the eleven runs that Harrisburg
scored were from contributory causes.
when the Senators Cannonaded the
ipill into the infeld there were some
exhibitions of inside baseball not told
about in the dopebooks. A new
conner from Lebanon, one Stubeman,
was on the mound for the locals, but
he had to quit. The first inning re-
suited in a blank, but the visitors
started to make things interesting in
the second. Cockill and Miller walked.
Whalen sacrificed, and, on McCarthys
single, Cockill and Miller scored. Nc
Carthy stole third. and on Meyers
ifumble. scored Singles by Cockill
and Miller, Browns wild pitch,
Smiths bad peg and Meyers double
got two more runs I'M the fifth. After
that, they came easy.
In the fourth inning, Adams walked
McKenna, Jackson and Sharpe in sue
icession, and then Mccarthy dropped
Whalen's throw of Sharpes bounder,
Mckenna scoring. A pass to Morgan
and Shollenberger's and McKennas
singles scored Morgan for the Cham
pions in the fifth. The Chicks scored
their last one in the ninth on Pearce's
single, Shollenbergers life and two
errors by Whalen. Score:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-14
GOLFER UP A TREE
At ISLAND CAMP
He's Doubtless Regular Ouimet
But He Just Can't Get Down
to 1t

McCormick's Island camp doesn't
everyone knows; McCormicks Island
camp does boast of a golfer, however
and that everyone doesn't know.
Slangily, figuratively and literally
speaking, the camp golfer is up a
tree. Not that it is entirely because
no links are handy; it is because he is
so stuck up, as it were, that he just
can't come down from his perch.
Playground Supervisor j. X. Staples
discovered the visitor early one morn
ing. Mr.. Staples dreamily gazed up
toward the tree tops; something thirty
feet above ground attracted his at
up and took much notice again. And
this is what he saw:
Clearly defined and outlined against
the sky line, by the curious formation
of bark and branches, was the figure
of a man about four feet high. He
was clad in golf cap, knickerbockers
Jacket and shoes complete, and hold
ing in busin esslike attitude a very
formidable golf club.
In course of time the golfer" was
included in the camps roster and now
he is shown to visitors as one of the
points of interest of camp. "Oh, yes,'
any pretty little be-ribboned and be-
mildly bloused camper will gladly ex-
plain, I'VE may go in for golfing here
some day. too, for while we haven't
any links we do have a golfer to teach
us-a-ah-a professional, I think
too. Only" concludes the small hos
tess naively, "he just simply CAN'T
get down to it."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-14
Many Bankers Reply to
Secretary McAdoo's Note

Washington, July 14.-Thousands
of national banks have already replied
to Secretary McAdoos letter asking
the opinion of bankers throughout the
country as to the advisab bility of lend
ing government funds to banks to
move crops. Many bankers urged the
lending of government funds. just as
was done last year when about $37,-
100000 was loaned to banks by the
Treasury Department. Mr.. McAdoo
also asked a number of other ques-
tions in his general letter He sought
advice as to the best centers for dis
tribution of the money and the local.
ties where it would be most needed.
Clerks are busy tabulating the re-
plies and after waiting a reasonable
time for replies from bankers in re-
mote sections Secretary McAdoo will
carefully consider the results of his
extensive inquiry
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-14
TELEPHONE COMPANY
WISER THAN CITY
Harrisburger Tells How Bell Maps
District For Future
Growth
BY "Bud'' Fisher

One of the leading articles in July
Il. T. Cook, son of Mervine A. Cook.
of Walnut street, and now editor OF
The Transmitter, the Bell Telephone|
Company's publication issued twice al
month at Baltimore. Mr.. Cooks ar-l
ticle is Making the Big Plan Work. "
Among other things, in telling how
the telephone company plans for fu-
ture growth in the population of the|
communities served, Mr.. Cook says:
Does the company turn to hand
book or two, newspaper annual orl
so, and figure out the average growth
for the last four or five generations;
and thus decide how big the placel
will be in a few years hence? BY mol
means. 1t sends corps of engineers
into the community They study it.,
district by district, house by house,
and business by business. Weeks and
some times months are consumed in|
the job. When the work is done thes4
commercial engineers can tell you-H
from their maps and tabulations andl
charts-anything you want to know
about the population of the commun
ity five, ter, evening twenty or thirty
years ahead. And their forecast must
be accurate, for on their calculations
/, the company depends in spending mill
lions of dollars in real estate and
equipment.
"One of the newspapers of Rich
mond, Va, was deeply impressed re-
Gently with the way that city was
handled in a survey CT the kind just
described. 1t took pains to point out
to the city fathers the difference be-
tween the way privately owned
company planned it's future and the
casual way in which the city went
about the same thing. In an editorial
commencing the telephone idea to
citizens the newspaper said: DO we
plan for Richmond in as orderly and
logical a way? Could we tell where a.
new freenginehouse will be needed in
1918? Have we mapped our streets
and sewers as far ahead as 1880?
10 Most of our present popu-
lation will be here in 1880, we hope.
The children of our present citiZens
will be here. Tens of thousands of
newcomers will be here. Meanwhile,
we treat growth as If 1t were to end
next year. - The telephone
company is wise.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-14
RACES AT CARLISLE WILL
INCLUDE HARRISBURG HORSES
Shccinl to The TeIeernhh

Carlisle, Pa, July 1.-THE Gentle
mems Driving Association, of Cumber-
land county plan to hold midsummer
matinee races on the local half-mile
track on Saturday, July Is.
DR.. c. E. Wogan was made presi-
dent of the association, Joseph e.
Einstein, secretary, and u. Grant Ep-
pley, treasurer. The directors have
decided to establish the event as an
annual feature for the horsemen not
alone of Cumberland county, but for
Harrisburg and the Cumberland Val
ley.
The events will be: 1922 class, mile
heats; 2:40 class trot, half mile heats
two in three. and county road race
(HorseS having a mark or any pre-
vious training not eligible). Pony race
quarter mile dash; mule race, hall
mile dash, best two in three.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-14
COLONIAES VAUDEVILLE
WINS APPROVAL

The new bill of vaudeville and pic
lures at the COLONEL Theater won ap-
proval at the hands of yesterdays au-
diences. Each of the three acts is eX-
cellent in it's respective line. The Four
Banti Brothers do an excellent musical
act in which all sorts of instruments
Imaginable are used. Carita does o
nimble wire walking act and Walter
and Irene Heney present a singing and
dancing turn that is excellent. Begin
ming Thursday and continuing during
the balance Of the week there will be
new bill, including another of the
Colonial's homemade comedies In the
movies. This picture is entitled
Where's My Cook" and will be found
to be the most enjoyable of all the
homemade movies so far shown at the
Colonial Advertisement.