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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-06
Many Friends Attend
Funeral of Mrs. Kirk
FLORAL OFFERINGS ARE NU-
MEROUS-REV. SINCLAIR
CONDUCTS SERVICES.
Especial Correspondence.) }


UKIAH, ore, Sept. 4.-The funeral
of Mrs. ]. D. Kirk took place Thrus-
day at the Presbyterian church IN
Ukiah, Rev. Sinclair officiating.
Mrs. Kirk leaves a husband and
seven children, namely Alta, Walter,
Harley, Carl, Hillman, Vesta and
Irene. Also one sister, Mrs. Allyn
of Lexington.
The floral offerings were beautiful,
the casket and grave being covered
with flowers. Besides relatives she
leaves a host of friends. The funeral
was one of the largest ever seen in
Ukiah.
The pallbearers were ]. H. Wagner,
Harry Huston, l. r. Laurence, Bert
Andrus, Frank Chamberlain and HUI.
go Lenz.
DR.. Hayden left for Long creek
Friday morning to attend to some
cases of sickness there in the absence
of DR., Newmyer, who is visiting the
exposition at San Francisco. Dr.
Hayden will be absent several days.
Mossie Mettie left for Deschutes to
begin nine months school.
Mrs. Tins left for Grant county
Thursday morning for the Felix John
son ranch. where she has a position.
Mrs. Ladd and her daughter of
Portland have taken a position as
housekeepers for Buck Welch.
Warren and Wood Gibbs have gone
to Lookout mountain for a 10 days
hunt
Miss Lena Boynton of Hermiston,
who has been the guest of frankie
and LA Sturdivant for the past ten
days, will leave Saturday for her
home.
DR.. De Vaul returned to Portland
last Monday, not having fully decided
to locate in Ukiah.
Clyde Helmick and wife have been
visiting at the home Of Tom WilIo-
by, Mrs. Hclmick's father, near Hlda-
way Springs. during the past week.
Miss Alta Kirk has closed her reC'
taurant on account Of the serious Ill
ness Of her mother
Rev Sinclair. who has been preach
ing for the Presbyterian church in
Ukiah, preached mis- last sermon last
Sunday.
DR.. Gilliland and family Of Pilot
ROCK End Mr. and Mrs Spaulding OF
Missouri, father and mother Of DR..
Spaulding Of Pilot Rock, spent Mon
day night in Ukiah on their return
from weeks vacation in the noun
tains.
Vivian Gibbs Of Pilot Rock came
in Monday to visit for a short time.
J. T. Huston and Frank Hilbert
went to Pendleton Wednesday on
business, returning Thursday.
Ben Colvin passed through Ukiah
Wednesday with six carloads of cat
tie
Sisters Felicia and Thomas of PEN
dleton are in Uklah for few days So
liciting for the Pendleton hospital.
Quite a number Of pleasure seekers
went to the springs Saturday. among
them being frankie, Ida and Clair
sturdivant, Lena Boynton, Clip. Alice
and Geneva Huston and Gordon Met
tie, all Of Ukiah.
Robert Moore, who has been gone
to the harvest field for the last two
months, returned home last Friday,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-06

bringing with him a load of fine fruit
and melons which he soon disposed
of
Frank Chamberlain made a trip to
Pendleton Sunday TO take Judge Fee
and family, back to Pendleton after
spending their vacation at the Fee
ranch near Ukiah during the hot
weather.
Isaac Metscar and family left for
Baker City Sunday morning to be alb
sent a month. Mr. Metscar goes to
help settle his mothers estate.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allyn of Lexington
arrived in Ukiah Saturday to be at
the bedside of Mrs. Kirk, Mrs, Allyn's
sister.
Ray, Linn and Ora Clark, sons and
daughter of R. G. Clark, leave Mon
day for College Place to enter school
there for the winter.
The weather has turned cooler and
the nights are just little cold and
those who have been spending their
vacations in the mountains are re-
IuAllAiA6 ~ NllNlL AAOAANS
Jim johnson and wife of Range
registered at the Peterson hotel We'd
nesday night
Fred Grooms, forester Of Dale, was
in Ukiah on business Thursday night.
Frank Gilliland came in Friday
with a load of freight for the Uklah
Mercantile Company
Mr.. QUAINT, Mr.. and Mrs. Arbogast,
the Misses Derus and Mrs. Kottmeier
of Alba attended the funeral of Mrs.
Kirk THURSDAY
Elmer Nichols of Hidaway, was in
town Friday on business.
Mrs Barrett and La Sturdlyant
were in town Friday shopping.
Mr.. Chandler, principal of the
Ukiah school arrived Thursday to
prepare for school which opened
Monday.
Tllman Kirk will return to Lex
ington Sunday with his aunt, Mrs
Allyn, to go to school there.
LA sturdivant will move to town
Saturday to begin her duties Monday
as assistant teacher.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Bert Andrus is i'll at their home near
town.
Since the burning Of the Ukiah
creamery, butter Is being shipped
here from Walla Walla to supply the
home demand.
]. II. Wagner left Friday morning
| for Pendleton on business.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-06

President Wilson called leaders Of
the Senate and House for the most
important conference on prepared
ness for war so far held by this ad.
mnistration. Out of it will directly
grow, it is stated, a policy to be fol-
lowed in the coming session of con-
gress.
This is statement made by Sena-
tor Tllman, chairman of the senate
committee on naval affairs. when
he was invited to take part.
The purpose of the conference is
the beginning of the formulation of
definite measures and plans to be
placed before congress at it's coming
session in obedience to public opinion
aroused in favor of preparedness for
war, l predict without hesitation
that every man at the conference
will back President Wilson in any
measure he may advocate for increas-
ing our national defenses.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-06
THIS MA Y ENTERTAIN
HINTS FROM SHARP WITS.

Statistics show that women live
longer than men. Proving that they
do have the last word.--Macon News.
When a man is old enough to know
better doing a foolish thing won't
make him look young. Toledo Blade.
There are two classes Of busy peo-
ple-those who are busy In fact ard
those who are busy in appearance
Degeret News
Truth crushed to earth will rise
again, but before Il gets ali the dust
brushed off the lie has gained five
miles Toledo Blade.
Milady says some men enjoy their
religion and some look as II it were
a green persimmon Memphis Com
msrcial Appeal.
The average fellow who had plan.
ned nothing short Of trip to Cali
fornla feels by this time that he VIII
be exceedingly fortunate II he gets
day off to go fishing Nashville
Banner.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-06
RADICAL

M HERE are indeed signs of
VI radicalism in connection
with the coming confer
ence over the Oregon-W ash
ington land grant.
The subcommittee on rules
seems to be arranging the en-
tire performance in advance of
the session. This committee
takes upon itself to say who
shall speak and by the invita-
tional power controls what is
TO be said. 1t is making careful
preparations to the end moth
ing shall interfere with the pre-
arranged program.
This is a radical line of ac-
ton. The conference is sup
posed to be called to discuss
freely and openly how the best
interests of the state may be
served in connection with the
land grant.
But appearances indicate it
may not be a real conference
at all but a carnival of the
steam roller, with an unseen
power directing the machine
when to puff, when to whistle
and when to ramble.
The radicalism in connection
with this coming conference
appear similar to the radical
ism that drove through the
midnight resolution" under
mining the interests of the
state for the benefit of the
railroad.
It will be well for people to
watch the land grant confer
ence and the methods used in
formulating its recommends
tions.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-06
Mackensen Not Scotch.

GLASGOW, Aug. 22.---(By Mail)-
Scotland rejects, with authority the
claim that General Mackensen, the
we'll known German general, is a
Highlander fone astray.
Leading Scots have sought out the
origin of Mackensen to their evident
satisfaction, Mackensen, they dis
cover, takes his name from the VII
lage of the same name on the Soil.
ing, in Hanover, near Hildesheim. He
Is Of a family Of ancient Germans
and us no sort Of a Mackenzie" the
Scots declare.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-06
TROUBLE EXPECTED IN
HAITI; MARINES LAND

CAPE HAITIEN, Sept. s-Marines,
sailors, artillery, sanitary corps and
an aeroplane were landed here from
the American cruiser Tennessee. They
will be sent to the interior soon.
It was believed, as the rebels are in
trenching a few miles inland All
roads leading to the city are barrl-
caded.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-06
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
INCOMPLETE

. The thing I always meant to do
. success has never known;
. My dreams Of high emprise.
with all
. The rushing years have flown,
= The struggle tense, the daily
toll,
. The grind Of busy life,
= Have craven on earth's tragic
page
= The chronicles Of strife.
IL.
= How have we loved the fragile
. forms
. OF things that were to be:
. How pictured phantom argosies
. That sailed a purple sea!
= How beauteous were the irised
CLEANS
= OF summers long ago;
. What spacious castles loomed
= afar
. Ger lands where roses blow!
= The void and brooding silences,
= The whir and flash of wings,
= The drone and browse of vibrant
ewes
These were diyinist things.
. And yet they be but roseate
wraiths,
= The sights and sounds Of
days,
. Whose tickle glories lure no
more
. Along life's vanished ways.
y 20. D. GORMAN.
. Atlanta, Ga
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-06
NO ROOM FOR HIM

~ HE growler has lost his
W grip on the good things
of life. He is still wait
ing for the Prosperity wave"
which has passed over and ar
Ound him. He has made a
place of desolation for himself
and the brightness of life is
not for him. No stars shine
through storms upon his Wis
ion.
After summing the prosper
ity we enjoy and that which is
to come-the billion bushel
wheat crop-the wonderful
corn harvest, and other bles-
sings of a fruitful year so far
in excess of preceding years.
The Fort Worth Record says:
"Why should Americans
growl?" And among other
reasons why they should not
these are given:
There is no starvation
here.
There is no devastation
of country or town.
There is no slaughter
of the flower of our
youth.
There are no Red Cross
flags flying over count
less hospitals filled with
the manned and dying.
There are no camps of
famishing refugees, feed
ing upon the charity of
the world.
Here all is peace and
plenty.
All is peace, save for the la
mentations of those who will
not see the light; who will not
recognize Prosperity because
all their forecasts have been in
the opposite direction.
They belong to colony of
pessimists under gloom-sky
of their own imagining. But
they will not remain there:
They creep out to cast shad-
ow on the light and chant
dirges when the bands are
playing dance-tunes.
The tow n-builders and
country-builders-the makers
of good times-move on with
out them. For they would
only clog the wheels Of pro-
gress and cast blight where
bloom is.-Atlanta CONSTITUTE
on.
~~$~s~-S-S~
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-06

large the pipe line a distance of 1900
feet to the penstock of the power
plant, which would give additional
power and increase the efficiency OF
the plant about 50 per cent.
This work is being done now and
will be completed by October /. aft
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-06

er which some kind of new street
lighting system is to be installed.
The expression thus far is entirely
in favor of cluster lighting, which In
the end viii probably be adopted by
the commissioners.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-06
Don't Ever Let Anyone Tell You This
As 3 New One.

Fritz has resigned from the Ger
man band"
''Why7"
people adopted the custom OF
dropping coins In the horns"
"Yes-go on"
And Fritz plays the flute"
The Ely miner., 1915-08-06

Chinaman made his way to an OLE
barn.
In the dim light of lantern hang
| ing from rafter could be seen sew
eral barrels in corner. Without 8
moments hesitation Long Sin seized
a bucket and placed it under the spig
OF of one of the barrels. The liquid
| poured forth into the bucket, and he
emptied the contents on the floor, fill
ing the bucket again and again an6
swinging it right and left in every
direction, until the barrel had finally
| run dry.
Then he moved over to the window
which he examined carefully. Satisfied
with what he had done. he drew sliE
of paper from his pocket and hastily
| wrote a note, resting the paper on an
old box. When he had finished writ
| ing he folded up the note and thrust
it into a little hollow-carved Chinese
figure, which he took also from his
pocket.
With final hasty glance about he
extinguished the lantern, letting the
moonlight stream fitfully through the
single window. Then he left the barn
with both front and rear doors open
Taking advantage Of every bit OF
shelter, he made his way across the
field in the direction of the crossroads
finally dropping down behind a huge
rock some yards from the finger post
that poiated each way to Williams and
Brownlee avenues,
Late that night Kennedy left his
apartment prepared to follow the in.
structions in the note which had been
so strangely delivered in the vase.
AS he climbed into a roadster he
tucked the robe most carefully into a
corner under the leather seat.
'For heavens sake, Craig" gasped
from under the robe, 'let me have a
little air.
had taken my place under the robe
before the car was driven up in front
of the apartment lest some emissary
of WI Fang might be watching to see
that there was such a trick.
You'll get air enough when we get
started, Walter" he laughed back un.
der his breath, apparently addressing
the engine.
We had reached a point in the sub.
urbs which was deserted, and I did
not recognize thing when he pulled
up by the side of the road with jerk
A moment later he pulled the robe
partly off me, and bent down as
though examining the batteries on
the side of the car.
Get out on the other side in the
shadow of the car, Walter" he whis-
pered hoarsely. go down the road
a bit-only cut in and keep under COW
The Ely miner., 1915-08-06

er. This is Williams avenue. You'll
see a big rock Hide behind it
Ahead you'll see Brownlee avenue. Be
prepared for anything. I shall have
to trust the rest to you. | don't know
myself what's going to happen"
l slid out and went along the edge
of the road, as Craig had directed
and finally crouched behind a huge
| rock.
After moment to give me a
chance, Craig himself left the car
pulled up close by the side of the
road and went ahead on foot. At last
he came to the crossroads just around
the bend, where, in the moonlight, he
could read the signs: Williams ave.
nue." and ''Brownlee avenue" He stood
there a moment.
Suddenly, at his feet in the dust of
the road something heavy seemed to
drop. He looked about quickly. No
one was in sight.
He reached down and picked up a
little Chinese figure. Tapping it with
his knuckles he examined it curiously.
1t was hollow.
From the inside he drew out a piece
OF paper. He strained his eyes in the
moonlight and managed to make out:
"The Serpent is aII-wise and his
fang is fatal. You have signed the
white girls death warrant"
Meanwhile / had made my way
stealthily, peering into the bushes and
careful not even to step on anything
that would make a noise and was now,
as l have said, crouched behind the
big rock to which Craig had directed
me.
1 had begun to wonder whether Ken
nedy might not have made a mistake
when, suddenly, from behind the
shadow of another rock ahead of me.
but toward Brownlee avenue, / saw
tall, gaunt figure of man stealthily
The Ely miner., 1915-08-06

mon c'e niente." 1t was quite exact,
and what was said of the town was
true of many others-there is nothing
left. Throughout that entire section
covering the valleys mentioned, with
their surrounding foothills, the earth
quake, even where it did not destroy,
shook every house to its foundations.
A list Of over forty stricken towns lies
before me. At San Benedetto the per-
centage of those who perished is al
most equal to that of Avezzano. All is
reduced to waste of refuse. It is diff
ficult to tell in places where lay the
The Ely miner., 1915-08-06
Humorous Misunderstanding.

One day last week, writes the Paris
correspondent of the Daily Express,
the retired proprietor of a boxing
booth was standing at the door of his
butchers shop in which he had invest
ed his savings, when a British SOL
der came along and asked him for a
match. The Frenchman did not un-
derstand. Match, match" said Tom
my, "a box of matches" The word
box" struck chord of memory. The
butcher rushed into the house and
brought out two pairs of boxing
The Ely miner., 1915-08-06

This Is token that am unharmed
Have Mr.. Kennedy give the ring to
the man at the corner Of Williams anc
Brownlee avenues at midnight tonight
and they will surrender me to him.
ELAINE.
p. S.-Have him come alone or my
life will be In danger.
II thought something like this would
happen" remarked Craig at length.
"Oh," cried Aunt Josephine, Its
too good to be true"
We'll do it." exclaimed Kennedy
quickly, only this is the ring that
we'll give them"
He drew from his pocket the replica
of the ring which he had made and
showed it to Aunt Josephine. Then
he drew from another pocket the real
ring, replacing the replica.
Here's the real one," he said in a
low tone. Guard it as you would your
life."
Aunt Josephine was worn out with
the sleepless nights of worry since
Elaine's disappearance. After we had
gone, she tried to eat dinner, but found
that she had no appetite.
Although she had intended to sit UP
until she received some word from
Kennedy that night, the long strain
had told on her, and in spite of her
worry about Elaine. she decided, at
length, to retire.
Aunt Josephine, clasping the Jewel
case tightly, mounted the stairs and
entered her room. She locked the door
carefully and put the jewelry case un.
der her pillow. Then she switched off
the light.
A moment later small piece of the
vase seemed to break away from the
rest of the mosaic, as though it were
knocked out from the inside. Then
large piece fell out, and another.
At last from the strange hiding place
1.-THE figure, as shiny as though
bathed in oil, naked except for loin-
cloth, seemed to squirm forth like a
serpent. 1t was WI Fang-the watch
full eye which, literally as we'll as figu-
ratively, had been leveled at us in
one form or another ever since the
kidnapping of Elaine.
Silently he tiptoed to the doorway
and listened. There was not a sound
Just as noiselessly then he went back
to the library table and, muffling the
telephone bell, took down the receiver
He whispered number, waited, then
whispered some directions.
A moment later he wormed his way
out of the library and into the drawing,
room. On he went cautiously, snake
like, up the stairs, until he came to the
door of Aunt Josephines room.
He bent down and listened There
was no sound except Aunt Josephines s
The Ely miner., 1915-08-06

streets. At Gioia del Marsi, whose
name told the story of its charm, all
is gone. OF five thousand inhabitants
over four thousand have perished. It
was town with a palazzo and sump-
tuous villas. In ancient times the old
Romans fought for it; in medieval
times, first the Saracen and then the
medieval Romans, Colonnas and Picco-
lomini. The earthquake has accom-
plished what neither Romsn nor Sar-
acen could do.-From "The Earthquake
in the Abruzzi," by Thomas Nelson
Page, in Scribner.
The Ely miner., 1915-08-06

breathing. Silently he drew from a
fold in the loin-cloth a screwdriver and
removed the screws from the hinges of
the door. Quietly he pushed the bed
room door open, pivoting it on the
lock, just far enough open so that he
could slip through.
Creeping along the floor, like the
reptile whose sign he had assumed,
| he came nearer and nearer Aunt Jo-
sephine's bed. AS he paused for a
moment his quick eye seemed to catch
sight of the bulging lump under her
pillow. His long, thin hand reached
out and quietly removed the jewel case
from under her pillow.
In country roadhouse Long Sin
was waiting patiently. The telephone
rang, and the proprietor answered.
Long Sin was at his side almost before
he could hand over the receiver. It
was Long Sins master, WI.
Beware" came the whispered mes
sage over the wire. Kennedy has
made false ring. I'll get the real
one. By the great Devil of Cobb, YOU
must cut him off,"
ut is done," returned Long Sin,
hanging up the receiver in great ex-
citement.
He hurried out of the room and left
the roadhouse. Down the road in an
automobile. bound between two China.
men, one at her head and the other at
her feet, was Elaine, wrapped around
in blankets, not even her face Wis
ible. The guards looked up startled
as Long Sin streaked out of the
shadow to the car.
"Quick!" he ordered. "The master
will get the ring himself. l will take
care of Kennedy"
An instant and they were gone, while
Long Sin skunk back into the shadows
from which he had come.
Through the underbrush the willy
The Ely miner., 1915-08-06

town before him in the morning light,
as his eyes rested on it, sank to the
ground in cloud of dust. Presently a
wounded man staggered out from a
pile of ruins and sat down, bleeding
and dazed, and here and there an
other followed and sank down; but be-
meath the ruins were some nine thou
sand persons Of whom nine-tenths are
still there. When wounded refugee
on the way to Rome that evening was
questioned he gave a fairly rational
account of himself, and when asked as
to Avezzano his reply was simply:
The Ely miner., 1915-08-06
SYNOPSIS.

The New York police are mystified by
a series OF murders and other crimes. The
principal clue to the criminal Is the warn
Ing letter which is sent to the victims,
sigued with a "clutching hand" The
latest victim Of the mysterious assassin
is Taylor Dodge, the insurance president
His daughter, Elaine, employs Craig
Kennedy, the famous scientific detective
to try to unravel the mystery. What Ken
nedy aCcomplishes is told by his friend
Jameson. newspaper man.
After many fruitless attempts to put
Elaine and Craig Kennedy out of the
way, the Clutching Hand is at last found
TO be none other than Perry Bennett
Eiaine's lawyer and the man she is en-
gagged to marry. Bennett fees to the
den of one of his Chinese criminals The
Chinaman forces from Bennett the secret
of the whereabouts of 100000 Then he
gives the lawyer potion which will sus-
pend animation for months Kennedy
reaches Benefits side just after he has
lost consciousness and supposes him dead
The Ely miner., 1915-08-06
Four Elongated Pitchers.

The Browns stand alone when it
comes to elongated pitchers. as Hickey
has four boxmen who range between
6 feet inches and feet inches In
height Here Is the list: Weilman, 6
feet 51k inches; James, feet AZ
inches; Lowdermilk, 6 feet inches:
Perryman, feet 3k inches.
The Ely miner., 1915-08-06
Sure Proof.

Bellies husband is such a cold,
reserved man wonder how she can
tell If he really loves her"
Belle has no doubts on that score.
He asked her the other day If she
wouldn't like to have some more pin
money"
The Ely miner., 1915-08-06
DIRE RESULT OF EARTHQUAKE
"There Is Nothing Left" Well Describes
Conditions of Country After
Such a Disaster.

An eyewitness, who escaped de-
s,ruction at Avezzano that morning
only because he had not quite reached
the town at the instant of the catastro-
phe, described in simple words what
he saw. The earth all of a sudden
shook violently bcaeath his feet; there
was great roar and crash and the
The Ely miner., 1915-08-06
Talcum Powder Ball.

Pitcher Jim Shaw of the Washing
ton team is said to contemplate exper-
imenting with the talcum ball. What
he seems to need most is a ball that
Will go somewhere near to where he
aims it. There is nothing the matter
with what he throws now, except that
1t won't go within a mile Of the plate.