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The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-03-03

ono buried Tier race W Ier T.dnut.
Nichols, you are In as bad shape as
we are. Anse has treated you like a
dog, and he will never forgive you
for that marriage. even If II was per-
formed to save your life"
ut wasn't" he chuckled. Il want
afeerd yer would shoot ! was tibet
mad at Anse | didn't care; but !
reckon he'll bout skin me alive II ever
he ketches me yere."
do you know of any way out?"
He glanced about cautiously, to as
sure himself that no soldier was with,
In earshot.
The baptistry under the pulpit:
this is a Baptist church. and Their is
an opening in the floor just back Of
where you are. Feel little to the
left--yes, about thar-don't you touch
an iron ring? What? Well, thar's
one thar. an It lifts two puncheon
slabs spiked tergether."
yes. but what is below-just a
tank?"
His voice trembled with eager ex-
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-03-03
LaInd6e11lbpy,,
7IWN(N =
caesx,r ,aS n M ,,ersAsf .p1~sss ssausz
JOY OF EXPECTATION.

What would we do In this world Of ours
Were II not for the dreams ahead?
For thorns are mixed with the blooming
flowers.
No matter which path we tread.
The first aid to happiness is the
pleasure Of expectancy. The young
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-03-03

THIS IS THE AGE OF YOUTH.
You will look ten years younger If you
darken your ugly. grizzly, gray hairs by
using ia Creole" Hair Dressing. ADV.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-03-03

For lame back use Hanford's Bal
sam. Rub It on and rub it in thor
oughly. Adv.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-03-03

ANY man who itches for fame will
have to do lot Of scratching before
he gets there.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-03-03

Men who invest in vatsFsd stOcE
are apt to gei soaked.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-03-03
Prove What Swamp-Root win Do For You

Send ten cents to DR.. kiImer & Co,
Binghamton, N. Y, for sample size bot
tie. 1t will convince anyone. You will
also receive a booklet Of valuable infor
nation, telling about the kidneys and blad.
der. when writing, be sure and mention
this paper. Regular fifty-eent and one
dollar size bottles for sale at all drug
stores.-Adv.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-03-03

What a wonderful old world this
would be II the men who think they
know 1t all could only prove 1t.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-03-03
Not Very stronu.

Gerald wouldn't harm fly.
Geraldine-You couldn't II it were
anable-bodied fly.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-03-03
Helpless From Kidney Trouble
Obtains Permanent Relief

was afflicted about FIVE years with
kidney and bladder trouble; there was
one year during this five years that was
not able to do anything; in fact, was
helpless. | tried several doctors and
several remedies, and my family doctor
advised me that l would have to be OPP
Grated on. l was then advised by lady
friend to try Swamp-Root; after using
seven bottles of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root was restored TO good health and
have not been bothered with kidney or
bladder trouble for the last ten years.
cheerfully recommend Swamp-Root TO
others for kidney or bladder trouble.
Yours truly,
MRS. j. r. TURNER,
cl2 West Dalton St. Hugo, Okla.
Personally appeared before me this
27th day Of February, 1915, Mrs. ]. r.
Turner, who subscribed the above state
ment and made oath that the same b
true in substance and fact.
J. H. FINCHER,
Notary Public.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-03-03
WHAT WOMEN TALK ABOUT.

And then she was aware Of. first.
That she. not knowing II. had nursed
His memory TIL 1t grew a part
A heart within her very heart.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-03-03

Love, sole lord and monarch OF itself
Allows no ties, no dictates but its own.
To that mysterious arbitrary power
Reason points out and duty pleads in
vain.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-07-28
Macaulay's
CLEANING PARLOR

French Dry Cleaning
Mems and Women's clothes cleaned and pressed
Prompt and satisfactory service.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-07-28

Good house for rent, with
barn. Robert Rowan.
Muslin fly nets at cost, at the
Harness Shop.
Miss sigma Haglund, who has
been studying at the summer
school at Bozeman, returned to
Cut Bank Tuesday.
The w. G.. T. u. will meet in
the public rest room Wednes-
day, August 2, at 2:3O P. M.
Everybody invited.
A marriage license was
issued at Choteau last week to
Robert Morgan aud Hazel A.
Narveson, both of Cut Bank.
MI. and Mrs. D. R. Jacobson
and family, of Minot, N. D.,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Hansen, of
Minneapolis are guests at the
Martin Jacobson home.
Clayton Hamil, having recently
disposed Of his stock to Austin
Miller, departed Tuesday eve
ming for Seattle, Wash, where
he will visit for several weeks
The Teton Commercial Co..
has finished the construction
of a cement sidewalk, which is
a great improvement to the
center of the city.
Next Sunday the Cut Banl
ball team will 60 to Waller
where they will play the towr
of Williams in the morning
The winners of the game will
play the Waller team in tn
afternoon. With the addition
of their new battery the loca
team is much strengthened an
Manager Hawkins predict
winning ball for his team here
after. Autos to carry tn
players to Waller will DE appre
q ci4ted by the boys
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Wilkin
returned Saturday from a 81
weeks trip visiting relatives i
Johnstown, N. Y. and otht
eastern points. While in tn
east MIR. and Mrs. Wilkins al
companied the party of q
Z tourists on the Buick Factor
: Trip, of 5000 miles by watt
and 600 miles by rail. The
had a splendid time, but sa
they are glad to be in Cut Ban
again, as the excessive heat
the eastmade travelling very u.
comfortable. Mr.. Wilkins sa!
much of the crop in weste.
North Dakota is flooded oil
due to the recent heavy rail-
and that the crops hereabou
compare ~favorably with On
i thing along the Great Northel
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-07-28

Anto tires and tubes at the
HerneSS Shop. The largest
stock in the city.
Mrs. Charles Hulbush, of
SWeetgrass is visiting at the T.
B. Bomboy home.
ID. B. Donahue is corfined to
his bed with a severe case of
rheumatism.
Mrs, Harry G.. Putt and
children returned Monday
from a two weeks stay in
Whitefish. visiting with re-
lativeS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Neil Dewing
and children returned Sunday
from a six weeks trip to Mimi,
where they visited relatives
amp friends.
Miss Ellen Wilson, who has
been visiting at the Larson
home for several months, re-
turned Wednesday evening to
her home at Fergus Falls MINI.
Mrs. Jack Connolly returned
to Coram, Mont, early this
week, after a visit Of several
weeks with her daughter, Mrs.
Clyde Gaffney. She was ac-
companied by Miss Della Shook.
The w. c. T. U. and the
Headlight Club have rented the
rooms formerly used by the
Commercial Club, over the
First National Bank, and fur
nished same as a free public
rest room.
A long felt want has been
filled by Norman Nj Cauley in
opening an employment agency
here last week. Mr.. McCauley
has already had many calls
for men, and has secured jobs
for a humber of applicants.
Cut Bank and vicinity re-
ceived two good showers last
Wednesday morning, which,
tho not actually needed were of
considerable help to our already
promising crops, There is no
! scarcity of rain here this year
: Editor Daniel Milestone and
family are visiting in Great
Falls. Mr.. and Mrs. Milestone
S were with the party of Mon
tana newspaper men in the
Yellowstone when the serious
accident of the other day
j, happened. They had just
gotten out of the stage at one
If the stopping places, the
PEOPLE taking their places being
the ones injured.
y We are being entertained by
n J, P. Virgins $4,000 carousel
: and other attractions. Mr.
o Viggins is under contract to
he big fairs Of the Northwest,
md having several weeks OF
:, pen time is exhibiting in the
n mailer towns along the Great
S Northern. Will be here Friday
e saturday and Sunday, July 2&
9, 80. Don't fail to bring the
! hildren. Adv.
+, Last week Charles Ferries
n moved several bodies from the
6. I'D cemetery on Cut Bank
IL Heights to Crown Hill Gene
airy, and is under contract to
N move several more in the neal
future. The condition of the
I'd bid burying ground is such thai
is will soon be hard to distinguish
e. me graves, some of them having
le II . mark whatever. A gooc
E. work will have been done
when the old cemetery is NJ
n more.
Ia A quartet of sisters who hav,
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-07-28

A quartet of sisters who have
not been together for twenty
seven years were present in the
Martin Cavanaugh household
today, and needless to say the
reunion is a most happy one.
Following are the sisters: Mrs.
Martin Cavanaugh of this city,
Mrs. James Mooney of Big
Rapids, Mich; Mrs. G. c.
Madison of Cut Bank, Montana,
and Mrs. A. H. Smith of
Columbia. Mrs. Mooney and
Mrs. Madison and the latter's
little daughter June have been
guests of Mrs. Smith at Column
bia and will make an extended
visit here, after completing
their visit to Columbia.
] deem Is. d. Daily News.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-01-22
Correspondents Make Merry
While the French Army is
on the Retreat From Serbia

BY WILLIAM c. SHEPHERD
Omitted Press Ctaff Correspondent
SALONIKT, Jan. 1.-THE French
retreat began to sweep past Strum-
nitza while We were dining The vail
ley of the Vardar was filled with
moving lights. with the Clatter OF
wagons. the confused sounds of the
camp and the occasional rumble Of
railroad train. Everything was
coming down the valley from Kriyo-
lax, forty miles away, men, supplies
and all The French had tried 20
reach the Serbians; the long arms OK
their cavalry scouting parties and the
even longer fingers Of their seventy
fives" had been feeling feeling
through the Serbian mountains in an
effort to come in contact with the
Serbian right and thus save Monas-
tir and southern Serbia But the
Serbian right hand had been turned
back; the Serbians In their hillside
trenches where I had seen them a
week before. had been routed Kr-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-01-22
PASSENGER CARS HURLED INTO GULCH by HUGE SNOWSLDE
NO INDICTMENTS
ARE RETURNED BY
THE GRAND JURY

A not true bill was returned this
afternoon By the grand jury against
former Chief OF Police Alex Manning
and officer Omar Stephens. who had
been charged by f. W McComas
with assaulting him during the De-
cember election riot on the other
hand, no indictments were returned
against those alleged to have melted
the riot In fact the investigation of
the election and the disturbances
which followed it, which consumed
more than a week and during which
6j witnesses were examined, resulted
In no indictments at all
While the grand jury has adjourned
temporarily it has not been dismiss
ed and It is rumored that some phas-
es Of the election may yet be inves-
tigated further when the next jury
is called together.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-01-22
BULLET CHANCES
AND ATTEMPT TO
END LIFE FAILS
Alex Breeding is in Hospital With
Wound in Left Suicide
Late Last Night.
MAN PROBABLY WILL RECOVER
Bullet Comes Out Through FIeshy
Part of Arm After Striking "a Rib
and Being DefleCted-Attempt is
Made in Place Formerly Used as
Saloon by Him.

Alex Breeding, proprietor of the old
Crescent saloon until ii went out OF
existence at the first Of the year,
shortly after midnight last night at
tempted TO commit suicide by shoot.
ing himself through the heart The
bullet, however, was DETECTED by a
rib and came out through the flesh
rart Of the arm. Physicians stated
this afternoon that his injuries were
not necessarily serious and predicted
his recovery
The attempt on his life was made
in the rear Of his former place Of
business which has since prohibition
went into effect been soft drink
ana light lunch parlor. John CARR.
son, one OF the present proprietors
states that the young man came into
the place about 1890 just as he was
closing up. He walked to the rear Of
the room and asked that the light in
the toilet troom be turned on. Mr
Garrison turned on the light ana
states that he had hardly reached the
front Of the room again until he heard
shot.
Upon investigating he found Bred
ing with .32 revolver in his hand
and wound over his heart, He hur.
ried the wounded man to the hospital
and summoned DR.. II H. Hattery
Examination showed that the bullet
had been turned from it's intended
course.
The cause Of Breding's rash action
Is not known. He was not intoxicated
last evening according TO those who
saw him, though he had been drink.
ing a little. His friends say he has
been respondent since his business
was closed by prohibition. His faith.
er who is a wealthy farmer has been
attempting to get him to go back to
the farm with his family but he has
refased
His home is on Willow street Mel
Norman who lives nearby. states that
he saw Breeding leave his house about
midnight and walk toward town.
Soon afterwards he heard shot
fired, he said The fact that there
were two empty cartridges In the re-
volyer and that but one was fired in
the building. would indicate that the
young man tested his revolver before
turning it upon himself
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-01-22

Five indictments were returned and
two not true bills Three Of the in
dictments charged the use Of false
weights c. F. Colesworthy. local
feed store proprietor. was indicted
on two counts. and IL G. Blyden-
stein, manager Of the Pendleton
FIGURING mills. was indicted on one
count. The other TWO indictments
were withheld inasmuch as bench
warrants must be served.
One Of the not true bills was
against the former officers and the
other against Russell vaughan of
Milton, who was accused Of larceny
in store As soon as the grand
jury reported, Judge Phelps ordered
Vaughan released from Jail and or
dered the bondsmen or Manning and
stephens released from their bonds.
In their report the grand jurors
stated that they had had $50 witnes.
es before them, IS Of whom had been
summoned on one matter
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-01-22

Judge Phelps today passed sentence
upon the five men convicted in the
circuit court during the past week
Charles Duke. convicted of obtaining
money under false pretenses, received
one to five years IN the penitentiary
Gus Espiniosa, who assaulted Jim
Beck with a knife. drew sentence
ranging from six months to TO years
J. c. Rrummett and Abraham Col
lurg, convicted Of larceny from the
Ierson, received one to five years and
Mac McMurray, the Colored man con
victed of simple assault, was given a
fine Of 5000.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-01-22
LOOT RECOVERED
WITH ARREST OF
THREE MEN HERE
Police Believe Prisoners are Pro.
feSsionaI Yeggs Efforts Made to
Learn Scene Of Robbery,
LOADED REvOLVERS IN ROOMS
Valuable Silks are Found Among
Loot and Each Man Had New is
Jcwelcd Elgln Watch-Mcn Refuse
to Tell Authorities Where They
Secured the Articles.

Armed TO the teeth, equipped with
flashlights. moccaslns and camp
outfit and with a cartload Of plunder,
consisting Of watches. shoes, gloves,
silks, mackinaws, sweaters, blankets
and many other articles, three men,
giving the names Of George Howard,
James Morgan and Harry Carrier,
were arrested last evening by the po-
lice and are being held pending ef-
forts to locate the source Of their
lunt The officers believe the men are
professional yeggmen Of a dangerous
type
The arrest was made In Room IS
of the Palace Roomng House shortly
after o'clock last evening. Chief Of
Police Gurdane had been watching
Carrier. the youngest Of the trio, dur
ing the day as he was peddling goods
about the city Suspecting that he
had accomplices, the chief kept watch
Of him until he entered the rooming
house, Having secured the number
"f the room, he directed Officers
Nash and Scheer to take the young
man and any others In the room into
custody. 1t being his own dinner
hour he went on home.
The two officers found the three
men in the room and at once placed
them under arrest. They took them
To jail and then gathered everything
Ia the room and took It to the sta
t.nr. In one roll they found "A
Calibre Smith d Wesson revolver and
two 80 calibre Savage automatics, all
loaded. Three new flashlights we're
also found and there were extra bat
tcries for the flashlights and extra
cartridges for the shells Moccasins
and heavy socks such as would be
worn on a quiet job and almost every
thing necessary for camping out was
found in the rolls. In new suit case
were several dozen pairs Of gloves and
some costly silks. Several pairs of
new shoes and other articles Of mer-
chandise completed the outfit
Each man carried new Is jewel
Elgin watch and each had about
$3.50 in money The two older men
have the appearance Of confirmed
crooks The young man, who is.
about - and who gave his full name
as Harry Raymond Carrier, is incln-
ed 10 be impudent when questioned
The men were separated Sheriff
Taylor taking one to the county Jail, /
one being locked in the main Jail Of
the city and the third in the womens
Jail No explanation as to where they
secured the stuff could be secured /
from them such statements as they
did make were not plausible They I.
had been in the city. evidently. only I
one day and it is believed they came /
from the north
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-01-22
100000 Bushels of Club Wheat is
Sold Here at 81 a BusheI; More
Selling is Predicted at This Price

st price Of 81 per bushel for club
NOT less than 100000 bushels OF whea;
sold here late yesterday afternoon, an
the wheat being taken by C. @. Rine-
hart agent for NJ II. Houser TODAY
the price still stands at 81 and it is
anticipated there will be further sell
ing this afternoon
To many the buying yesterday came
as surprise b, cause previously 90
and 9S cents had been quoted for club.
Towards evening Houser went after
wheat and within few hours heavy
purchases had been made here and
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-01-22
Austria Seeks to
Make Peace With
Her Serbian Foe

ROME. Jan. s2.-Austria has made
fresh overtures Of peace to Serbia
following the failure or negotiation,
with Montenegro. SAYS am Athens rp-
port
An Austrian torpedo boat and hy-
aroplane We're sunk boz the AlrIatia by
British submarine 3dyees said
The submarine captured two OF tho
crew of the hydroplaue trying @. o..
PAIR their engine. The torpedo boat
tired and the submarine sunk her
The fate OF the crew IS unknown
The Montenegrtns ar, reported 20
have annihiated am Austrian Jcurh.
ment attempting 20 stop the retreat
to Scutar
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-01-22
COLUMBIA IS HIGHER
At UMATILLA TODAY,
MANY MILES OF ICE

UMATlLLA ore, Jan 22 (spe-
cial) THE Columbia is two feet
higher today than yesterday but no
damage has been done and It is be-
lieved there is little danger There
is still some ice jammed above Uma-
tilla. Below Umatilla there was an
ice jam yesterday extending a distance
Of 25 miles down stream SO jam.
med was the ice in the river at Una
tilla that the stream was at an abso-
Lutte standstlll for an hour. At one
time 10 miles Of ice came down from
farther up the river and caused the
stream to rise six feet. The Umatilla
movable dock was caugst fast in the
ice and the freight had to be moved
out While working with a windlass
II. N Dryer was struck twice and
knocked down. He was not seriously
hurt.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-01-22

volak. therefore, was no longer Of
benefit TO the French or the Serbians
and the French were retiring from
it.
We dined at a long table in a stop,
shed The shed was new IL had
been built next to the railroad sta.
tion for "a dining room for General
Baillaud's staff. the general himself
occupying the station This was the
first day the stone shed had been
used and DR. Vassal director of the
medical corps Of General Ralllauds
division. who sat at the head OF th-
table. told us he was very proud "a
have us eat In the new dining room.
The paint is not vet dry he said
hut our men worked hard to put an
the building out OF such pieces of
Stone as they could uud along the
river bank and We are ycrg proud OF
it,
What did it matter that after a
Continued on Page Three)
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-01-22

Twenty or more Of the O-W r &
y. officials and engineers, invited as
guests Of the Pendleton business men
at a banquet tonight celebrating the
completion Of the Echo-Coyote cut
off and the opening Of the new ter
minal Yards at Pilot Rock Junction,
have already arrived in the city and
more are expected by evening. Every
seat in the big dining room Of the
Hotel Pendleton will be taken and, so
many have been the requests from
local people to attend, that fifty or
sixty more seats could be filled Z
room were available.
The banquet will start at o'clock
and will finish some time before mid
night J. Y. Tallman, president of
the Commercial association. will act
as POSTMASTER and number of
prominent officials as we'll as local
citizens will be called upon for re-
marks
Among the special guests who have
responded to the invitations in person
are ]. P. O'Brien, vice president and
general manager; Supt N. ]. Buck
ley F. W. Robinson, traffic manager;
W. Bollons. division superintendent.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-01-22
Hopes Brighten Over MoUe
to Obtain Two Bridges Upon
Reservation; $4,000 Asked

Through the introduction OF a bill
in congress this week by Congressman
Nick Smnott for an appropriation of
$2S,000 for the building of bridges
across the Umatilla river at Thorn
Hollow and Mission hope that these
much needed structures will be built
before the next wheat hauling sea-
sen has risen. The Pendleton Com
mcrciql association and Superintend-
ent p. L. Swartzlander of the Una
tilla reservation have been working
to secure these bridges for several
years.
The two bridges would cost appro.
ximately $2S,OOO, according to the
estimates OF government engineers
but the county court has agreed to
refund to the government one third
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-01-22
24TH VICTIM OF
MEXICAN BANDIT
GANGS REPORTED
Body Of Bert Akers, CattIeman,
Reaches EI Paso. Attacked and
Killed While Seeking Stolen Cattle.
VILLA STILL IS At LARGE
Leader Of outlaws Is said to Have
400 Followers in the Mountains
South Of Madera-StOry of His
Third Marriage Is Branded Untrue
BY Present Wife.

Ell PASO Texas. Jan. 22.-The
corpse Of Bert Akers, a cattleman. the
oath victim of Mexican banditry in
two weeks, reached here today. While
hunting stolen cattle. Mexicans. arm
ed with rifles, killed Akers. With
Douglas Lawrence the two men had
reached San Lorenzo last night and
found the cattle They hammered on
the door Of a shack for admission
Several Mexicans appeared from diff
ferent directions and fired. Law.
renee fled, the bullets whizzing after
him, striking his horse twice.
Lawrence told officials that sever
al bandits were dressed in the uni.
forms Of the Carrahza government
The Carranzista authorities obtained
statements from two Mexican prison
ers, taken after the execution. They
claimed self-defense.
1t was officially announced that
Villa with 400 men is encamped y
miles south of MADEIRA.
The American Mormon colony a.
Casas Grandes are alarmed over the
report that vlllistas are heading in
that direction.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-01-22

of the total cost inasmuch as about
that percentage of the reservation
lands has come under the ownership
of white persons and is therefore tax.
able, Moreover, the bridges would be
a big convenience to other taxpayers
of the county
The proposed bridges have the en-.
dorsement Of the Indian bureau
thanks to the urgent local appeals
and during the past year the matter
has been taken up with Senators
Chamberlain and Lane and Congress
man Sinnott They agreed that the
bridges are necessary and that one Of
them would introduce the necessary
hill The Sinnott hill is the result
and local people are hopeful that il
will pass at this session.