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Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-06-17

Hon. Edwin c. Burleigh has filled
most of the high offices in the power
of his native State to grant, and, with
out exception has served with distinc-
tion and fidelity IN these positions OF
honor which its people have bestowed
upon him in appreciation of his ahil-
ity integrity and recognized Chris
tianity.
He received his early education in
the public schools Of Linneus, and at
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-06-17
warns TROOPS
NOT TO CROSS
MEXICO BORDER

San Antonio. Texas, June. 16.-The only
new development in the Laredo situation
as shown by overnight dispatches to
Cen Funstons headquarters was Gen.
Ricaut's action in ordering 1000 de facto
Continued on Page 4-CoIumn y
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-06-17
St. Louis Convention
Adopts Platform as
Approved by Wilson

Suffrage Plank Has Stormy Passage but Gets
by, Declaring, 1--WE Favor Extension Of the
Franchise to Women, State by State, on Same
Terms as to Men" en"-Americanism Plank Goes
Smoothly Along Its Way-Governor Ferguson
Declares Suffrage Plank Is Pr m p tuous
Recommendation to States on How to Conduct
Their Electorates
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-06-17

1t appears that a lively controversy
may develop in the matter of the $S5,-
600 appropriation made by the last
Legislature for the renovation of the
second male wing of the stone building
at the Augusta State hospital. The
trustees have been restrained from ex-
pending the appropriation by Gov.
Curtis for so many months that prices
have increased to a point which for
bids the renovation provided for by
the Legislature and the Governor and
Council now propose to use the ap
propria ton for purposes other than that
for which it was authorized. This ro-
gram does not meet with approval.
The public has been misnformed up
on the subject of the hospital renova-
ton in the first place; the most nota-
BILE error having been contained i'll a
recent statement issued by Coy. Curtis
upon the occasion of his review of
charges made by Chairman Frank J.
Ham of the Republican State commit
tee in regard to the holding up of ap-
.propriatinns. In this review GOV. Cur
tbs declared:
THE contract and plan for rem
ovatins the wing of the Augusta
State hospital did not suit the
Governor and Council-this appro-
priation was made subject to the
approval of the Governor and
Council, and i refused to sign the
bill in any other way. When We get
plans that are acceptable the work
will go on"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-06-17
AN ERROR BY
GOVERNOR IN
HIS LATEST
STATEMENT
Farewell M e S S a g e on
D e p ar tt n G for ST..
Louis, Not Fully in
Line with the Facts

Hospital Trustees Long Held up,
Told that Appropriation Was
''Not Available" and No Ex-
penditure Would Be Honor
ed"-Later, Plans Approved
and Authorized to Go Ahead,
but Cost of Material Had Ad-
vanced Beyond Appropriation
What Architect and Others
Say
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-06-17

Chihuahua City, Mex, June 16-General Jacino Trevno
commanding the Caanza forces of the North today advised
Gen. j. Pershng that movement of American
their lines the SOUTH would be
sered hostile act and signal to warfare. Gen.
revino acted upon specific instructions from Caranza
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-06-17

s. Louis, June 16.-The Democratic
y.tional Convention finished it's work
riay by adopting the party platform
Sactly as approved by President Will
s, and submitted by the resolutions
annittee, including the plank on
.maricanlsm and that favoring Wo-
nan suffrage, but not until the har-
nony Of its three days sessions had
tsen disturbed with a row over the
sg4rage plank.
No voice was raised against the
ygorous declarations Of the American
i'm plank but at one time it looked
ss # the suffrage plank had been lost.
After Senator Watson of Montana had
oId the convention that President
wilson himself considered it vital to
iarty success, however, it vas voted
no the platform by a ballot of SIS IL
70 l8l IL The entire platform then
7as adopted without roll call.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-06-17
THE WEATHER
SHOWERS

Weather forecast for northern and
southern New England: Showers Sat
urday and probably Sunday; rising
tempera ture.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-06-17

fore the shouts of approval and cries;
of disapproval could be stil"d suhi
cicntly to hear that hc wanted to uut
CONTINUED on Page 5-Column 81
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-06-17
U.S.. TROOPS ARE
WARN T D AGAINST
A HOSTILE" MOVE

General Trevino, Comma ing Carranza
Forces, Advises Gener al Pershing any Change
of Front to South, Ea st or West Will Be Con-
sidered Signal to Commence Warfare
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-06-17
Plans Were Approved.

IS matter of fact and record. plans
were submitted to the Governor and
Council, approved by them, and au-
thority given for advertising for bids
upon the construction. The plans must
have been acceptable" or they would
hardly have been approved; they must
have suited the Governor and Council
or the advertising would not have been
authorized The facts and the Cover
1t hardly seems proper to have made
such a statement to the people of
Maine ir the light of the known facts.
The resolve appropriating $4,000 for
the renovation of the second male wing
Of the stone building at the Augusta
State hospital was drafted in the fol-
lowing terms: Resolved, That there
be and hereby is. appropriated the sum
Of eighty-five thousand dollars for the
use of the Augusta State hospital for
renovating the second male wing of
the stone building of said hospital; said
sum 70 be expended subject to the ap-
proval of the Governor and Council"
The trustees early considered the ex-
penditure of the appropriation and
that the work could be contracted for
as soon as the appropriation was
availa BILE in July. but they were re-
strained from taking any action. On
Sept. Is. 1915. however, they met and
passed the following resolution: That
we proceed, with the approval of the
Governor and Council, to procure plans
and specifications for renovating the
second male wing of the stone build
ing at Augusta State hospital, provid-
ed for by resolve of the nth Legisla-
ture appropriating the sum Of sS5,o00
and with the expenditure of said ap-
preparation or such part thereof as is
necessary for that purpose
Governor Refused.
In answer to this move of the trus-
tees, Gov. Curtis wrote one of the trus-
tees under date of Sept q, declaring
that the appropriation was mot avail
able" and no expenditure would be
"authorized' or "honored."
From time TO time efforts were made
to get authority for the expenditure Of
the appropriation in accord with the
will Of the Legislature, which intend
ed only that the work proposed should
be approved by the Governor and
Council before undertaken, but no
move was made definitely until Dec.
20 and 81, 1915. when the trustees vot-
ed: ITO proceed with plans and spec
ifications for renovating the second
male wing, and to instruct Architect
Coombs to draw the same and have
them ready to present to the Cover
nor and Council for approval at the
earliest possible date"
Soon after the plans were prepared
in accord with the purpose of the
Legislature. providing for permanent
fire-proof construction and, incident
ally, to cost within the appropriation.
The architect declares that had the
= .lcontinyed. en. .Paae l12=ceLymn e. =:
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-06-17
THOUSAND TROOPS PREVENT
PURSUIT ACROSS THE BORDER
BY THE FORCES OF AMERICANS

Amrican Troops Station ed at Ell Paso Are Order
ed to Quarters to Be Held under Arms until
Further Notice-Preparation for Mobilza-
ton of National Guard
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-06-17

Showers and warmer Saturday
and probably Sunday
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-09-22

to cover, as with a fierce snort a
rangy Texas steer dashed into the
great open space, and with the ease
of a greyhound leaps at will the three
foot fence separating race-track from
the arena center. As the steer rop-
ing contest is "one time" these con-
ditions put these knights Of the range
to the severest test to prove that the
old art of tn lasso Is no lost
It's Buffalo" Vernon after him
swish! he is roped; now he is thrown
but the little cow-pony, too, plays his
part well, for now that the steer ls
down he must hold the rope taut
while Vernon with dismounts and
with surprising dexterlty hog tiles"
the steer by lashing a fore-foot and
two hind legs together. All from
start to finish often in less than a
minute and half.
. In perhaps the most daring sport
of all--steer bulldogging-is revealed
a feat you must see to believe; .
man jumps from the back OF ms run
ming horse as he overtakes a Texas
longhorn. If his judgment Is good,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-09-22

he selzes the stlletto-llke horns and
drags the steer to a standstlll. Then
begins struggle worthy Of a gladi-
ator, as the man, using the horns as
levers bends and strains every mus
Gle to throw the great beast by twist
ing It's neck. II he succeeds In this,
the classics of the game require him
to hold the steers upper lip In his
teeth, at the same time raising his
hands for the count OF four seconds;
hence the term of steer bulldog
ging. This sport is absolutely harm
less in every respect to the four-leg-
ged animal, but his two-legged com
petitor must use consummate skill,
strength. and nerve to protect him
self and conquer his antagonist.
A well-timed pause Is made in the
rapid movements and nerve thrilling
feats, long enough to have the grand
march and the Indian dances. and
thus enable the spectators to eaten
their breath And so cowboy and
cowgirl, old timers, trappers and
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-09-22

dress Pennants and flags were
strung overhead, Tapping lazily in
the soft stir of air. Beneath. cowboys
in gaudy shirts of red, blue. purple.
yellow and green. kerchiefs of many
hues cowgirls in attractive dresses OF
iringed buckSkn. and Indians with
neutral-color clothed townsmen.
mocCaslns. move like an ever-chang-
ing chromoscope among the more
neutral-eolorclothed townsmtn.
Yes it was going to the Round
Up" as the lad had said which had
brought me like thousands of others
to this biggest little city of its size
in the west The term is taken from
the old cowboy camp expression,
meaning the rounding up" or herd
ing together of the cattle previous to
the branding" or fall drive" When
the Roundup is spoken OF, the car
nival held at Pendleton is meant,
1t means the gathering together oi
the men. wOmen-yes, and animals,
toO-Of the ranges for three-days
festival of cowboy sports and pas
times, 1t is to that section of the
west what the county fair is to cer-
tain sections of the east, but with
this difference; the Sky five thou
sand people who journey to the little
city of Pendleton with its seven
thcSsand population, are drawn from
all quarters of the United states, can
ada, and Mexico, ana even from
across the seas, to live in and see for
three consecutive days revival ot
this life of the old frontier cowcamp
and range.
The directors of the Roundup are
leading business men of the city,
who serve without pay; all citizens CO.
operate with them, keep open house,
and outdo themselves in extending
hOpitality to visitor, Graft of every
kind is eliminated, No dividends are
declared, and the profits, which at a
single Roundup have amounted TO
over thirty-five thousand dollars, are
turned over for the benefit and i'm
provement of the progressive and at
lldCllfG lllllC Cllss hllNlO hOiuSA Id ~
the Roundup has become as much
civic institution to Pendleton as its
police department or its school sys-
tenn.
"Goin to the tryouts?'
acquiesced by swinging my horse
into the little group of riders on their
way to the Roundup grounds. There
was Buffalo" Vernon, Jane Bernou-
dy, the attractive California girl fan
cyroper; Jason Stanley, the marvel
Gus relay rider; and long and lanky
"Skeeter" Bill Robbins.
To one to whom the smell of sage
brush and the feel of the stirrup and
the whole gamut Of the life of range
and cow-camp are endeared through
associations, the morning "try-outs
make an inherent appeal. They are
Just what the name implies-contests
to eliminate the many newcomers
who cannot class with the greatest
riders of the world. At the try-outs
old friends from British Columbia to
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-09-22

color. their black braids streaming in
the wind, lash hide and cling to pole
in their mad huriy-burly sweep
around the oval, in a way which for
utter fearlessnesS makes tenderfoot
and stranger each catch their breath
Then there Is the hammer-and-
tongs cowboy race, and the bewilder-
ing quick changes of the pony ex-
press''-a survival OF the old dare
devil riding of the cowboy mail-car-
riers through the country of hostile
Indians.
But it is during the cowgirls ere
lay that the enthusiasm of the
crowd bursts all bonds That chival-
ric attitude which permeates specta-
ors is also characteristic of the buck
aroo, and was evidenced in the quiet
remark of "Skeeter" Bill Robbins
when he turned to me after plucky
Peggy Warren was pulled from be-
meath the fallen bucker and said,
II hate to see girl get hurt"
A sudden hush every eye is focus
ed toward the western side of the
arena The "frst-aids' go scurrying
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-09-22

longhorn, and occasionally rides into
teWu awhoopin: where the rustler
san "rustieS" and the sheriff and
his posse pursue with the same reck-
less hravado that have given these
unplumed knights Of the range a per
Uaueut place in American history.
The trontierSInan. often the un-
named explorer, was always the ad-
vance guard Of civilization. who. with
. the cavalry outpoStS held and ever
the pioneer winners OF the west, the
advanced the frontier They were
the pioneer winners of the west, the
protectors and sponsors Tor a more
eltete and thinner hlooded ciVilEa
uon which followed in their wake
Through the west OF today one rolls
past vast wheat-fieldS skirts fruit
laden hinsideS and valleys larger
than many eastern counties, and
pauses at the cities-big, white, and
new-seemingly grown up in night
out Of the prairies. There is breezy
frankneSs in the way the well-paved,
broad Main" street, wonderfully lit
UP with its cluster lights, strikes out
at right angles TO the track from a
well-deSigned station, inviting you
through the town, to let you out as
frankly on to the prairie. 1t all be-
speaks youth, growth and optimism.
suddenly a small black wrath of
smoke smOoched the low-rolhng hili-
side The lad yonked the signal cord
and before the train had stopped was
speeding, pail IN hand. toward the
cinder-startei blaze.
Hell pick US up around the bend
at Athena" the brakeman said.
We rolled into Pendleton, to be
greeted by familiar voices as we
swung off the train. 1nus for some
days before the Roundup the van
guard of visitors comes in, in the
comfortable "Pullmans," on smooth
lines of steel laid along trails where
once hardy pioneers, with bullock
spanned prairie-schooners had push
ed back the frontier toward the west
ern sea.
Even now, however, one could feel
the touch and sense OF the romance
of the Old West, for along every trail
and road which converged to Pendle-
ton cowboy and cowgirl came riding
in to the jingling OF spur ara u
retch of leather. So, too, ca. the
Indians from their reservations
bucks, squaws and papooses-With
tepee-poles and outfit, stored in ev-
cry kind of wheeled rig, though a few
travelled as did their fathers-with
belongings lashed to long, trailing
sagging trayois (travoy). over half
a thousand strong, these red men of
mountain and plain soon had their
lodge poles pointing skyward and,
like mushrooms in the night, a white
teppee village had sprung up in the
picturesque cottonwoods near the
Pendleton ford of the old oregon
Trail.
On the first day of the Roundup,
Main street, Pendleton, which dips
over a rise to the prairie, was in gala
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-09-22

From the East and the speaker
n husky had whose voice occasionally
skipped it's lower register, cast fur
tive Elanyes at my headdresS r. tha'
irartisuc abomuatiun the derby
then hc scanned my trousers. stiN re-
tanning a faint senblance OF creases
despite the long journey from III,
City of Public Spirit and East Winds
Eyes replied Ever beer
there
81 rounded up at Lincoln. NehrdS.
ka once and another geographical
illusion was dispelled We were jog.
Eing along the tho Tail end platform
of train from Wa'la Walla through
Eastern Oregon toward Pendleton
Coin TO the Round-Up:"
Yes"
That's some show. The boys have
been ridin in for couple of days
now
You're going. | suppose
Not and hold my job. Ter see
and he tapped his water-nlled pail
and fire-fighting apparatus with his
foot-"the counuy's pretty dry I've
got to hang to the tail-end Of this
puffin cayuse cause il snorts cinderS
and I've got to watch out for fire;
along the trail"
The country was indeed dry. some
OF the grain still lay in the Sheaf
Miles Of golden-y yellow stubble- fields
unduated away into the distance.
willows and cottonwoods stenciled
green along the watercourSes or clus-
tered about an occasional ranch
house A few scattered herds of live
stock grazed here and there. where
buffalo wallows still show green and
the slopes are SCARED with the par
allel trails Of the Great Herds which
have passed, but whose remnant have
Eow moved back from the lines OF
steel to the interior country"
Wherever the railroads have thrust
their antennae the open range be-
comes dotted with the homestead
ers shacks and webbed with wire; dry
farming and irrigation turn a one
time half-desert into fertile fields,
and blossoming orchards Thus ag-
T1culture crowds out the pastoral,
snd industry in turn both aids ana
crowds out agriculture: and the
'chapped' (schapped) and booted
cowboy and stockman retreat to their
last stamping-ground where the In
uians, trappers. prospectors, and
buekskin-garbed scouts, prospectors,
and buckskin- garbed scouts have pre-
ceded them. But in central Oregon
there remains some interior coun-
try where the free life of the open
Is still unhampered by a useless and
Dc dening veneer OF paternal regu.a-
lions and affetS eonventionalities
tl4v.e are stu few out-uI-tne-way
corners yet unturned by the plow and
unvexed by wire fences; and a day
In the saddle back from many of the
railroads brings one to a ranch conn.
Try where the cowboy still ropes
and "busts' steer or broncho
brands and hog ties calf anc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-22
Make No Statement.
TAVENNER GIVES OUT
ARMY BILL POSITION

Washington. May 22.-In the course
of a statement given out by Repre-
sentative Clyde H. Tavenner, relative
to the passage of the army and navy
bills, he says: Il have stated from the
first that l would not support the bis
army and navy legislation except I'M
der the following conditions:
Il. That private profit and private
graft be taken out of war and prepa-
ration for war by having the govern
ment itself manufacture its tatile-
ships. munitions, etc. in government
plants. This policy would enable The
people to obtain a dollars worth of
preparedness for every dollar appro-
priAted. Heretofore the taxpayers
money appropriat ID for preparedness
mas been wasted like wa:e-. Too large
a proportion of the public funds ap-
priated for preparedness has gone into
the pockets of ]. P. Morgan, Charles
NJ. Schwab and other war trust mag
mates, instead of into preparedness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-22
65BAB|ESONROLL
WELFARE station
Given Attention Weekly at West End
Settlement Under Direction
Visiting Nurses.

Reports of the second years work
of the Rock Island Infant Welfare sta
ton, conducted at the West End Set
tlement, show a substantial gain both
in interest and number of babies given
attention and care The station is con-
Quoted under the direction of the Visit
ing Nurses association and has done a
work of which the public is little
aware. In the year just closed IS
babies have been registered, 40 girls
and 25 boys, and this means that each
week they are weighed, examined for
any ailments and given medical atten-
ton when needed, and specially pre-
pared milk, the visiting nurses. Misses
Flanagan and TurnDull, and DR.. A. c.
Mueller giving their services. In the
two years since the organization of the
station 81 babies have been cared for
Mothers in attendance for the year
total 694 with an average weekly at
tendance of IA. The highest gain in
weight for the year was bOttle-fed
twins, y pounds and six ounces and
Il pounds and two ounces, with ar
average gain of all of five pounds
Babies between the ages of ? weeks
and years have been given treat
ment. During the year % babies have
received milk (modified) from the sta
ton, which means giving out 1,34l
quarts of milk and 1873 quarts of cream
the cost of the milk and supplies be
| ing s202.35. There has been donated
to the fund to carry on the work OF the
station a total of s247.35.
| The station is open to all mothers II
| the city who wish to take advantage o
! it and services are given free of charge
Many more babies can be taken cart
of each week and the Visiting Nurses
association is very anxious that more
mothers avail themselves of the oppor
| tunity to receive advice on the care o
| their children. Special social meet
ings are held from time to time an(
mothers and children served with re
| freshments and treated to delightful
! programs.
The work deserves the hearty sup
port of the public.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-22
AN OLD RECIPE
TO DARKEN HAIR
Sage Tea and Sulphur Turns
Gray, Faded Hair Dark
and Glossy.

Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur. properly compound
ed, brings back the natural color and
,ustre to the hair when faded, streak
ed or gray; also ends dandruff, itching
scalp and stops falling hair. Years
ago the only way to get this mixture
was to make it at home. which is
mussy and troublesome.
Nowadays we simply ask at any drug
store for "Wyetb's Sage and Sulphur
Compound" You will get large bot
cit for about so cents. Everybody
uses this old, famous recipe, because
no one can possibly tell that you dark.
ened your hair, as It does it SO nat.
urally and evenly. You dampen a
sponge or soft brush with it and draw
this through your hair, taking one
small strand at a time; by morning
the gray hair disappears, and after
another application or two. your hair
becomes beautifully dark. thick and
glossy, and you look years younger.
Harper House pharmacy.-tAdvl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-22
THREEASSESSORS
COMPLETE TASKS
Officials in Canoe Greek. Apdalusia
and Port Byron Turn Books Over
TO County Treasurer.
FORMER SHORT on DIAMOND
Farmers Are Spending Money for An.
iomohIies Instead of Sparklers,
Reports Show.

Three assessors of Rock Island
county have completed their work and
turned in their books to County Treas
urer F. J. Clendenin. They are for
Canoe Creek, Andalusia and Port By-
ron townships. Ii will be some time
before the big task OF placing a value
on property in Rock Island. Moline
and East Moline, is finished.
A closer check on automobiles is
possible this year than ever before
according to County Treasurer Glen
denim. who points out that for the first
time the Tin Lizzies' are scheduled
separately. while heretofore they have
been listed with carriages and wagons
and Il has been impossible to gain
from inspection of the tax books. Jus,
how many are contributing to John
Dis gasoline fund.
The books show that there are a
automobiles in Port Byron, total value
$3.50; Canoe Creek, 81 machines. to-
tai value, $6.6l5; and Andalusia, %
total value, $3495.
Interesting totals for the three town.
shipsf ollows:
Canoe Creek. F. Mills. assessor.
REAL ESTATE.
Total acres 907, 405.
Total assessed value, S11S,345.
Total lots. l66.
Total assessed value, $4,000.