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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-16

The largest social affair of the
week and one Of the prettiest home
parties Of the season was the "at
home" last evening OF DR.. and Mrs.
+. w. Vincent. About forty guests
were present and were delightfully."-
entertained at bridge at which play
honors were won by Mrs. j. r. Dick
son and DR.. Guy Boyden A fun
making feature arose out of the fact
that two OF the guests. F. J.. Judd
and John Adams, had birthdays yes
terday. As the guests gathered about
the tables for refreshments. they
we're reminded Of the special signifi-
canoe Of the occasion when each OF
these gentlemen was presnted with
a miniature birthday cake and tin
horn. DR.. and Mrs Vincent were as
sisted in entertaining by their daugh-
ter. Miss Eleanor Vincent.
The guest list included Mr.. and
Mrs. John F. Robinson. DR.. and Mrs
Frank f. Boyden, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Vert, Mr.. and Mrs. Il. w. McComas
Mr.. and Mrs. Johy. Adams, Mrs. j.
r. Dickson Or an Mrs. Wilson d.
McNary, Mr.. and Mrs Frederick E.
Judd, Mr.. and Mrs. Royal NJ. Saw
telle. Mrs. r II. Ray. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles A. Murphy, Mrs. Lima II.
Sturgis. Mr.. and Mrs. Westbrooke
Dickson. Mr. and Mrs. Linden Vincent
(Athena), Miss Neva Lane, Miss
Ethel Wilkie, DR.. Guy L. Boyden.
Clarence NJ. Bishop. Harry Gray,
John Dickson and Fred w. Lampkin
and Mr.. and Mrs. Nesmith Ankeny.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-16

Wilkie will leave tomorrow evening
for her home in Kirriemuir, Scotland
She will be accompanied by Mrs. Vert
as far as New York and they will
make the trip across the continent
over the Canadian Pacific. In New
York she will be Joined by her broth
or a. NJ. Wilkle, who has been spend
ing the past four years In Portland.
and they will sail for Liverpool on
the Luisitania on January thirtieth.
Miss wilkie came to Pendleton two
years ago with Mr.. Vert on his re.
turn from Scotland and, during her
stay here, she has made innumerable
friends who will regret her departure
quite as much as she regrets TO leave.
Mrs. Vert will return from New York
Immediately.
The local lodge OF Elks is planning
a dancing party for the near future
at which the members OF the cast OF
the recent Elks' minstrel show will be
the guests OF honor.
Mrs. Richard NJ. Mayberry enter
tained four tables at bridge at her
Thompson street home Thursday ev-
oning. Mrs. Leon Cohen carrying off
the honors.
A very quiet wedding was celebrat-
ed Thursday evening at eight o'clock
at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. J.
Hudeman. 524 Grant street, when
their daughter, Miss Freda Hudeman,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-16
Russian Trade Suffers.

BERLIN, Jan. 16.-The Russian
newspaper Rech, Russky slowo and
Rusky Wjedomosty describe the diff
ficulties the Russians are placed in
because Of a lack OF necessary goods
formerly imported from Germany
says the official press bureau here.
"on the other hand" 1t continues
the newspapers speak Of the impos-
sibility on the part OF the Russians
OF exporting cayier. wood, grain, furs
and spirits. The leather industry is
declared to be at a standstill because
Of the lack Of tanning material"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-16

spend the summer at San Francisco
as an assistant in the tea room OF
the oregon Agricultural college at the
Panama Pacific fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Linden Vincent OF
Athena came down from their home
Yesterday to spend the weekend with
their parents.
Miss Ceclle Boyd Of Athena will ar.
rive the first Of next week to assume
her duties as physical director and
supervisor OF play in the high and
grade schools. She will also assist
in the domestic art department OF the
high school.
Word was received yesterday from
the management OF the International
Opera Co. which will appear here
on January twenty-ninth as a lyceum
feature, that the company will pre-
sent the one-act opera, "The Sleep
ing Queen" instead OF Martha"
this change being made at the request
OF local people.
Mrs. Frank f. Boyden entertained
informally yesterday afternoon at her
home on Lewis street, her guests be-
ing the members OF the Duplicate
Whist Club.
After spending two years in Pen
dleton with her aunt and uncle. Mr..
and Mrs. John Vert, Miss Ethel b.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-16

SALEM, Ore. Jan. l6.-W. +. Fin
ger, acknowledgement, at his own re-
quest, will be relieved from duty as
chief of staff of the Oregon national
| guard February l. General Finer
made this known in an official COM
munication to Governor Withycombe,
w1o yesterday named Captain George
4. White of the Third Oregon Infan
try. TO succeed the retiring adjustant-
general.
Ia his letter General FINER ex-
| planned that he has for some time
been contemplating this action. His
frienGs have known for many months
ti.at he intended TO leave the active
list early in the fall TO engage in bus
!ness. In deciding to preciDitate this
aciicn General FINER explained ia
this letter that ne thought II might
be for the best interests Of the Ore
son national guard for his successor
to be installed during the legislative
session and at a time when Governor
Wlthycombe is formulating new mill
! tary policies. looking toward the re
lief of the national guard from all
duties other than those of preparing
Tor service as a unit in the system Of
national defense.
Captain White will be advanced at
once to the rank of brigadier gener-
81 and will take up his new duties
February 1, in the meantime devoting
his time in familiarizing himself with
the details of the office. The new
adjutant general is resident or
Por'. and and has 12 years military
service to his credit. The past eight
years he has been an officer of the
Oregon national guard. He also
served through the Spanish
war. His appointment under the
military code holds until he reaches
the age for retirement.
General FINER, who has been in
his present post for the past l2 years,
has issued the following statement
TO the members of the national guard
on the matter Of his retirement.
Change Made at Own Request
Il am at this time requesting the
governor to place me on the retired
list for the following reasons: Gov.
ernor WithycOmbe has just been in
augurated, and in view Of the fact
that for some time past 1 have con-
templated retiring as adjutant- general
feel that just now the new governor |
should have the opportunity to name
a man who necessarily will have to |
obtain such appropriations from the
legislature as are needed for the sup |
port and maintenance of the guard, |
and to cooperate with him in work
ing out policies that will continue the
guard at the present high rating
which it has with the war depart
ment.
II wish to take this opportunity to
express my sincere appreciation of
the splendid way in which the officers
and men of the guard have cooper
ated with me in building up its eff
cheney, and for their faithfulness to
duty, which have gone so far to make
our organization credit to the state
and nation. For their support and
confidence desire to make full ac-
Acknowledgement.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-16

other those helpful agencies that aid to
comfort. and yet are perfectly safe TO use
and among these they recommend
Mothers Friend"
II is entirely an external application
designed TO lubricate the broad, fiat
muscles and skin that protect tho
abdomen. II has been In favorable use
for nearly half century and is known
to mothers in almost every settled CON-
munity In the United States who highly
recommend Il. You VIII find II on sale
In drug stores. Mothers Friend is
utterly harmless contains no deadening
drugs very beneficial, very soothing and o
wonderful help.
Get a bottle Of Mothers Friend to-
day at any drug store and write 10 ua
for our instructive little book 70 mother9
Address Badheld Regulator Co.. 5u
Lamar Bldg, Atlanta, Ga.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-16
National Forest Timber for Sale.

Sealed bids will be received by tho
District Forester, Portland. Oregon.
up to and including January 2s. 1915,
for 2400 cords. more or less, Of DoEg-
las fir western yellow pine, and
western larch timber upon designated
areas In Secs and 10. T. s.. II.
36 f.. w. NJ. Meacham Creek water
shed, wenaha National Forest. Ore
gon. No bid OF less than 80 cents per
cord for all species will be considered.
Deposit with bid 500. The right to
reject any and all bids reserved. Be
fore bids are submitted full informa-
ton concerning tho timber. the con-
ditions OF sale. and the submission OF
bids should be obtained from the
Forest Supervisor. Walla walla. Wash.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-16
oregon Almanac to BE issued.

PORTLAND, ore, Jan. 16.-Maps
which are to illustrate the next edi-
ton OF the Oregon Almanac, publish
ed by the state board Of immigration,
will be sent to the engraver at once.
The publication, which advertises
Oregon's homemakipg opportunities
and resources under the seal OF the
state Of Oregon, will be issued during
the present month, according to plan.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-16

girl Of Corvallis, Ore. telling them ne
was sorry he could not grant their
request that the schoolchildren OF
oregon be permitted to make the voy-
age through the Panama canal on the
famous old battleship bearing their
states name.
Mr. Daniels said that as the Oregon
was built to carry only 900 men, 1t
would be impossible for her to take
care Of the $4,000 young people in
the states schools.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-16

SEASIDE, Ore, an. 16.--The Sea-
side skating rink, which burned after
the close Of the summer season, Is to
be rebuilt. but not by the former own
ers V. NJ. spurgeon. a jeweler, has
secured lease on the Grimes prop
erty at Broadway and Third next to
the Bungalow dance hall, and win
erect a structure with rink floor to
be ready by the opening OF the 1915
season The new rink will be 60 by
10 feet.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-16
AUSTRIAN SUBMARINE SINKS FRENCH CRUISER

Scene on the deck OF the French
cruiser courbet, taken shortly after
the beginning OF the war off the north
coast of France. According to an
announcement made in Vienna the
Courbet was sunk by an Austrian
submarine.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-16

lHo phtitflcbs the
fortitude. the sub
lime faith during tho
period OF expectancy
are second only TO
the mother love be-
slowed upon tho
most helpless but
most marvellous cree
alton a baby.
Women are quick
A -. g.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-16

Mrs Dave Nelson was a charming
hostess yesterday afternoon at her
home on the North Hill to the mem
bers Of the Friday Bridge Club. Hon
ors for high score were won by Mrs.
Gideon Brown.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-16
FINER RESIGNS AS
CHIEF OF STAFF OF
THE NATIONAL GUARD
GEORGE A. WHITE is MADE AD-
JUTANT GENEItAIs-CHANGE
DUE FEBRUARY 1.

Finer quits orfioe at His own Re-
quest TO Enter Business After IL
Years at Head of the Guard-Ncw
Commander Is Portland Captain
Served In 1895.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-16

Mrs. Carl Power was hostess yester-
day afternoon to the members OF the
Luncheon Bridge Club at her home
en- Lewis street. A delightful lunch
con was enjoyed after which bridge
was played Mrs. Powers only out
side guest was her sister. Mrs Charles
Bond
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-16

Miss Alice Butler, instructor in do
mestic science at the high school, will
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-16
OREGON Pupils Answered.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 16.-secre-
tary Daniels wrote 10 a little boy and
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-16
Greatest Event
in WOman's Life

All human experience looks back TO
motherhood az the wonder OF wonders.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-16
It's Prepaid; Take It

Mr.. Merchant, if some one sent you
package Of money prepaid, would
you take the trouble to go to the ex-
press office and get:
OF course you would.
You have on your shelves certain
goods of we'll known brand.
When the manufacturer Of one of
these brands comes into this paper
with his advertisement he is literally
expressing you money.
He is making demand for goods,
the sale Of which means prolific you.
Is it any more than ordinary sense
to try and push these goods, to show
them in your windows and let the
public know you have them,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-16

became the bride OF Ray ]. Fugit,
Justice of the Peace Joe II. Parkes.
officiating only immediate relatives
were present. Both young people are
well known here and have many
friends. They left on the midnight
train for Portland and will 90 on to
California where they expect to make
their home.
One OF the big events OF the COM
ing week will be an evening card
party in the Eagle woodman hall on
Thursday January twenty-first IL
will be given for the benefit OF tho
park fund by the ladies OF the Civic
Club and both ladies and gentlemen
are invited.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-16

After spending two years in Pen
dleton with her aunt and uncle. Mr..
and Mrs. John Vert, Miss Ethel B.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-04-29

Stomach bitters
TAKE COMFORT IN TOBACCO
Soldiers at the Front Find Solace In
Their Supply OF the "Sooth.
ing Weed"

Good stories about smoking and
smokers continue to I'LL the space In
the British papers not occupied by
news of major" engagements
The following tribute has been paid
to Gen. Sir Philip Chetwode by Sergt.
A. Bowler of the Fifth Signal corps.
II. r., who is at the front: Il have
watched him calmly smoking a ciga-
rette when shells have been dropping
all over the place. think that IL all
the German army we're firing at him
he would carry or as usual. smoking
his cigarette and giving his orders as
II he were at his club ordering a
drink"
In mid February German soldiers on
the western frontier received daily two
cigars and two cigarettes. or an equal
amount Of chewing tobacco. SNUFF or
pipe tobacco.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-04-29
Then Was the Iime.

DR.. Wilmington Ingram, the bishop
of London. is possessed Of a ome
what cynical wit. He was once en-
gagged in conversation with q very
bumptious man. who was boring him
terribly.
What a fine life a bishops must be?"
exclaimed the bore, enthusiastically.
Il would give anything to change
places with your lordship for Just one
hour to experience what 1t must be
like"
"Ah,' replied Doctor Ingram. fer
vently. II wish you could this very
moment"
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-04-29
Knew Where ha Waa Headed.

The story Is told OF a very crusty.
equity old gentleman who lost his pa.
thence with his doctor. because he did
not make enough fuss over the pan
he suffered.
Doctor" he cried out, twisting and
turning because Of the agony. you
don't understand! You don't seem to
grasp the case! You talk as though
there were nothing the matter with
me. whereas. | assure you, ! am en-
during the torments of the lost!"
what. already?" replied the doctor.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-04-29

discipline Of the railroad employees. a
lac of cooperation between the men
who worked with their hands and the
men who didn't. SO Pagan went on
studying in his little tower and he de.
termined to contribute, in some small
degree at least, to the solution OF the
problem Of railroad accidents.
one day q conductor Of a freight
train sauntered into the signal tower
n in an ofhand way asked Pagan
for a train order. While Pagan worked
the telegraph keys with his bony,
w~eatherbeaten hands and waited for
the return clicks that would be an or.
der from the train dispatcher, the con.
ductor signed the blank.
Pagan picked up the blank and
looked at II.
Where is your engineman's sigma.
ture? he asked, handing back the slip.
You know there is a rule that these
orders must be signed by the conduc.
tor and the engineman Of the train -
he conductor explained that the
''''hS 'hut - lol thV tNo SlEud-
lures was a dead letter.
DEAD letter or not" said Pagan,
nerved by the knowledge that he was
doing his little share in preventing
useless accidents. II will not give the
order till I have your engineman's sig.
nature. Not so long ago that trick
killed three trainmen. wrecked two
engines and cost the company some.
thing like fifty thousand dollars" He
recalled the particular accident to
which he alluded. you must 20 back
for your engineman's signature"
You mean to say that will have to
walk half a mile and lose half an hour
in order to get that SIGNATURE
snapped the conductor. You are the
first signalman who ever picked me
up in this way"
"But l do demand IT," said Pagan
firmly, land I'll fight to get It," In
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-04-29
AMOUNTED TO SAME THING
Reading This Aneedote, One Feels
That Mr.. choate Could on Occa-
sions Be Mildly Sarcastic.

You know how, sometimes. q word,
a very common word, and m that you
have used innumerable times in me
way or another, will. Of a sudden, en-
tirely escape your mind. Thus it wal
with Mr.. Choate on one occasion dur
ing his Enthusiastically to the Court
of st. James. He told about 1t at q
dinner, he attended in London.
He said that he went into a book
shop In the Strand a few days before
to purchase a copy of Dante's I'm
ferno 1t was his intention to present
the book to a young friend who par.
ticularly wanted 10 read it. Much to
Mr.. Choate's chagrin. the instant he
stepped in the store the word Infer
no" entirely escaped his mind
He told the salesman that he would
be back in a minute, and he walked
away down to Whitehall trying I O
think of the last half of the book he
wanted, or course 1t was Dante's
something" but Dante's "what?"-
that was the question.
Finally he gave up trying to recall
the full title and went back 10 the
shop, The clerk asked him what he
sought. He made a bold stab Il
want a copy OF Dante's He'll he re.
piled
The clerk darted back to the rear of
the store BY and by he returned with
empty hands II am very sorry" he
said but we haven't got Hell by Mr.
Dante. but we've got Twenty Years
in South Africa. by Cecil Rhodes. If
that would do"
"And feeling" concludes Mr. Choate,
that that was practically the same
thing, | took the book"
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-04-29
JOKE WAS ON INVESTIGATOR
He Had An Idea II Mas on Restau.
mi Proprietor, but II Turned
Out Otherwise.

The late Norman B. Ream, the or
ganizer of the steel trust and many
other important corporations, once
said to a New York reporter about a
trust Investigation:
Maybe these Investigations will
have the same luck as the game
warden.
"A game warden heard that a res.
taurant was serving IA game out OF sea
son, lie disguised himself with "a false
beard, visited the place and ordered u
pheasant.
The pheasant. delicately high like
roquefort cheese. as well as all good
pheasant should be. was served to
the game warden. and he devoured II
to the last morsel. at the same time in.
ilicting sever punishment on "a bottle
Of rare old Burgundy-for the state,
of course, paid for all.
AT the end of his repast the game
warden summoned the proprietor and
said.
81 arrest you, sir, in the name Of
the law
The proprietor's mouth opened In
establishment. lie swallowed two or
three times, then he gasped:
"'Wh-what for?'
For serving me II pheasant out OF
season. said the game warden.
"A look of relief appeared on the
proprictor's face.
Oh he said, that wasn't pleas
ant. II was crow"
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-04-29

this way and others Pagan established
his reputation as an unusual sort Of
signalman and with the railroad en-
ployees he gained little popularity by
his new reputation. Soon they began
to ask about him. who Is this man
Fagan?" they would say. And before
long they learned a few facts Of his
hardworking life.
Fa0an's Varied Career.
Fagan-James o. ~Fagan-was born
and humbly bred in Scotland. where
he went to school, and, through a nat.
ural craving, studied all he could learn
about electricity. His first job was as
an apprentice on board a cable-laying
hulk that sailed first to Portugal and
then to the Canary islands and South
America. Then he turned up in South
Africa, where he did some fight
ing, and in 1881 he drifted to New
England, where he got a job as a teleg-
rapher for the Boston & Lowell rail-
road. Five years later he became
signalman at the - station at West
Cambridge. and there he had been
ever since, earning two dollars and
a half a day, in return for which
he managed the switches, took and re-
Geived %telegraphic orders and commu-
| nications and watched the rails.
About six years ago, several years
after he had made up his mind to
study the question Of preventable ac-
cidents and after he had done a great
| deal of thinking, ne climbed down
from his tower for a day off. He went
to Boston and made straight tracks
| for the editorial office of one of the
biggest, most conservative of monthly
magazines.
Pagan hadn't dressed up for the &C.
| c~asion, and nc looked gaunt and a
trihe unkempt when he asked to see
the editor. But he managed to get an
interview. A half hour later he left
the office OF the magazine with he
| order for an article dealing with the
| problem OF accidents on the railroads
| Of America and suggestions for their
prevention.
Pagan went back to his tower and
| continued to watch trains and operate
telegraph keys and throw the switches
as conscientiously as ever. but at
night when his duties were over ne
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-04-29
Couldn't See Any Face.

An old friend, whose name ! won't
mention, told me this one: IL was
born and brought up on a farm. and
had the habit of going around with my
mouth wide open, especially II there
was anything unusual going on. One
day an uncle whom ! had not e en for
years paid us a visit.
"'Hullo. uncle!' said |, looking up
at him with my mouth opened like a
barn door.
He looked at me for a moment
without answering, and then said:
"'Close your mouth. sonny, SO !
can see who you are"
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-04-29

wrote his article. II was better than
the magazine had expected, and m.
other followed and finally Pagan wrote
a book on the railroad situation.
Became Suddenly Famous.
Then when the book came out and
everyone who knew anything about
railroading had read It, the railroad
authorities under whom Pagan had
toiled for twenty.odd years suddenly
discovered him, The president OF his
wi railroad concern sent for him.
Then another railroad president
looked him up and received tagan as
an authority and an adviser. Pagan
had suddenly become the most famous
signalman in America, and Theodore
Roosevelt. then president OF the
United States, n for him to confer
with him also. and listened to him
as eagerly as had the railroad presi.
dents as he told. simply ant pictur
esquely, his ideas for improved rail.
road operation.
problems before. but they had been
financiers or college professors who
contemplated railroad economies from
a quiet study. Or at best they had
been practical railroad men who had
had but a short apprenticeship on the
rails. But Fagan-Fagan the eagle
eyed and the gaunt.faced-had spent
% years in his watch tower and had
watched the tracks and switches for
almost a generation He knew the
language OF the telegraph keys and
the spirit OF the rails and the hearts
OF the locomotive engineers. n he
was able to speak with authority.
But what then? or course Mr.. Fa-
gan vas at once promoted? He must
have been traffic manager, general
manager, superintendent or an officer
OF the company, with a salary ten Or a
hundred times what he was earning
before. But that Is the romantic
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-04-29
How "Sam" Registered,

Not far from Lexington lives a
young farmer, Sam" Woodbridge, who
found occasion to stop ut the Phoenix.
In Lexington. Just before Mr.. Wool.
ridge registered, James b. Haggin OF
New York. owner of the beautiful
Elmendorf stock farm, walked to the
desk and wrote. james b. Hagin and
Valet. New York"
Mr.. Woodbridge was the next to reg.
lister, and this is what he wrote: Sam
Woodbridge and Valise, Versailles"