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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-01-04
Adders Increasing in Scotland.

Adders, the most deadly serpents in
the British isles, If not in the whole
Of Europe, have recently been found
IN Scotland. Fifty years ago they were
quite common in England. but societies
were formed for their extinction, and
A number of professional a~dder-killers
made a good income out of the bounty,
and this was carried to such an extent
that the serpent became exceedingly
rare, few cases having been reported
in recent years. The news from Scot
land that a gamekeeper in Ardgay had
killed a specimen, beautifully marked,
and sent it to a taxidermist for preser-
walton would not be of much signifi-
canoe were it not for the fact that a
Badvoon farmer is known to have ac-
counted for no less than 10 of them, all
considerably over two feet in length.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-01-04
India,s Great Relioious Fair.

The Narel Purnema, a religious fair,
was lately celebrated In India on a
grand scale. Its ceremonials are con-
nected with the sea and from early
morning multitudes of men and women
could be cen vending their way ocean
ward to perform their sacred ablu-
tons. The arrivals had reached such
numbers by moor that the streets and
country roads We're packed. There
were numerous booths and stalls to
accommodate the vast crowds, and
about 9 p. N. the procession reached
the cotton market headed by ele-
plants richly caparisoned, and fol-
lowed by numerous native and military
bands, by infantry, Arab chowkidars,
and mounted police, while a string of
carriages occupied by state officials
brought up the rear. The Maharaja
Sahib was driven in a carriage and
four down to the seashore to worship
the deity who presides over the raves
The procession vas one mile long and
the ceremonies did not break up till
midnight.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-01-04
His Ignorance Was Profitable.

A writer says in Farm and Fireside
Claude Mclaughlin of Montrose coun-
ty. Colo, made 1921 from alfalfa seed
from exactly two acres last year, en-,
tirely by accident. This two acres OF
alfalfa was in its second years growth,
but was on new and unfertile land and
had been so starved for water that he
thought ii not worth cutting for hay,
He therefore let it stand and contin-
ued without water, preferring to use
his irrigation water on what he
thought were more valuable crops. In
the early fall he noticed the alfalfa
had gone to seed, and there was a SUI
prisingly large amount of seed. SO il
was cut and stacked and in March,
1916, threshed. He sold the seed and
got 1921 from the two acres. His cul'
ture was the proper thing to grow al.
falfa seed. Have a thin stand and irrf
gate just enough to keep it fresh, but
not to force the growth of rank stalks,
Then it will make good bloom and
much seed"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-01-04
BENEFACT0R OF HUMAN RACE
Sir James Simpson Was the First
Physician to Use chIoroform in
Surgical Cases.

The recent death OF Sir Alexander
Simpson, the famous Edinburgh doc
tor, brings to mind the wonderful dis
covery of his uncle, Sir James Simp-
son, his predecessor as professor of
midwifery In the chair of Edinburgh
university. Sir James, if not actually
the d~iscoverer of ~chloroform, was at
any rate, the first to introduce its EN-
ployment as an anesthetic into sur
gical practice. This was in 184S.
Previously all operations were per-
formed without anesthetics, the pa
uent being drugged with whisky and
held down by strong men while the OPP
GRAFTON was performed. No medical
discovery ever did more to alleviate
human suffering.
Sir James is generally given credit
for the actual discovery of chloro.
form, but it is stated in some works
that 1T was discovered some years pre-
vious to his first experiments by an
American doctor named Guthrie and
by a French physician named Sour
beiran. In any case 1t was Doctor
Simpson who proved its great value
as an anesthetic, and the room in
which he made his first experiment
still exists In Edinburgh.
The story goes that he tried the
chloroform on himself and two medi-
cal friends. They proved its efficacy
by simultaneously falling beneath the
table. Sir James had considerable
prejudiees to overcome before chloro-
form was adopted generally by the
medical profession, it being denounced
at one time as dangerous to health,
morals and religion.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-01-04

The China Mail reports that a mys-
FERROUS disease which paralyzes the
stomach and ascends to the heart,
causing syncope, has overtaken a gang
OF Knowloon dock Chinese hands who
have been engaged in salving the s. S.
Wisely, which ran aground off
Saigon a couple of months ago.
The work was delayed through the
dread epidemic, which has taken hold
of the workers. The Blue Funnel S.
s. Telamachus brought up from Cape
Barilla a few survivors who were at
once conveyed to a hospital where
their condition has been watched with
much concern by the medical frater-
nifty. So far the disease has not been
diagnosed. The captain of the Blue
Funnel boat said when he called at
Cape Barilla he was informed that
a virulent disease had broken out
among the Chinese salvage crew and
seven of them had died. Fifty-eight
were taken on board and hurried with
all dispatch to Hong-Kong.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-01-04
RILEY EASY TO UNDERSTAND
ror mat Reason There is a Class
That Refuses to Recognize Him
as a Great Poet.

Widely enjoyed and beloved. the
poetry Of James Whitcomb Riley will
probably always in our lifetime en-
counter a species of objections in the
minds OF many Americans. His poetry
sings. It's force is emotional. It's
sincere charm is absolute. and de.
Ponds not at all on being something
IKE something else-on the audiences
recollection of Greek verse, or fa.
miliarity with japanese art. or i'm.
pressionistic landscape. To the kind
OF reader for whom a recognizable
musical idea limits, instead of greatly
liberatng the communicative faculty.
OF poetry, to the kind of reader who
thinks Of poetry as a species of mere
ught-mouthed and cryptic prose. TO
the kind of reader who is worried nv
poets who viii not give him. so TO
speak, any reliable library references
FOR their inspiration-to such Ameri-
can readers as these James Whit
comb Riley's poetry must always
seem all wrong and misguided. ANY
n can understand his songs. Peo-
pie have always been cutting them
out OF the newspapers and reciting
them at ice-cream sociables and
church benefits. They are a part of
the national consciousness.-New Re-
public.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-01-04
HOW TREES BECOME FREAKS
Many erotesque Shapes, it 10 f1o~
Known, Are the Result Of
Heavy Shows.

To the person who is not versed In
forest lore the grotesquely bent tree
trunks that are to be found in almost
all woods are mystifying and wonder
is often aroused as to the cause, says
Popular Science Monthly. Foresters
tell questioners that in the case of trees
In mountainous country and other Sec
tons of snow where the snowfall is
heavy, the weight of M is response
BILE in many instances for the queer
twists they assume. When a tree is
young, the weight of snow that falls on
its branches often bends the trunk over
until it is flattened to the ground.
Sometimes it is buried under six or
eight feet of snow and held in that
position so long that when warm
weather comes the tree fails TO spring
back into it's normal position. The
summer sun causes the tip of the
young tree to turn upward and if it
manages to withstand the weight Of
the IA of the next winter, that por-
ton of the tree will, as a general rule,
continue to grow in a normal way.
"Hairpin" bends and other odd shapes
result.
A curious tree stands on the top of
Tunnel hill, Johnstown, Pa, about four
miles from town. 1t is a sugar maple
about n hundred years old, which
has prolonged its own life by grating
a branch into a much younger tree.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-01-04

Up to a recent date no case of in
fantlle paralysis had appeared among
the 5000 occupants of the 800 dwelling
houses owned by Trinity Church cor
poration in New York city, although
the disease has been in the neighbor-
hood. The houses have advantages in
their freedom from congestion, as ap'
proximately two-thirds of them shelter
only one or two families, and in their
back yards, generally used as flower
gardens, where the children play with
out exposure TO other children. Trim
ity is taking precautions in the way
of issuing information on health to its
tenants
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-01-04
RED TAPE CHECKS GENIUS
John Hays Hammond, Jr., However,
Was Proof Against circum-
locution.

1t is several years since John HAYS
Hammond, Jr., perfected his ~radio-con-
trolled torpedo. He submitted his de-
vice to the United States government
for investigation and approval. Army
experts were sen to inspect the inyen-
Tic and put it to the test, and one
after another they gave their u%nquali-
fed Endorsement to it. European ma
tons heard of Hammond's invention
and offered him fabulous sums for it.
Many other inventors, after a slight
experience with the red tape which
must be unwound in dealing with their
own government, have sold their in
ventions to European nations, where
they are now being used In actual
warfare, and where they would be
turned against the United States in
the event of conflict. Hammond's
patriotism, however, made him reject
European offers and wait for his own
government to act, Thomas T.. Logan
writes in Leslie's. Congress finally
made an appropriation of $750,000 for
the purchase Of the device, which is
useful mainly for coast defense pur-
poses. Army officers witnessed the
working of the invention and during
experiments a small motor boat was
driven in any direction several miles
from shore, responding instantly to
the will Of the wireless operator on
land. A board headed by Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood is to pass final judg-
ment upon the invention.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-01-04
Maruarine.

Margarine may be said to have
saved the nation in one year more than
SlO0,OO0,OO0 on its butter BILL" said the
Economist recently. Moreover, this
large sum has been saved entirely at
the expense of the oversee farmer
(since il is from him that the butter
would have had to be procured), and
may be said To be the working mans
handsome contribution towards the re-
duction of imports, and the consequent
correction of that adverse trade bal
ance which has caused u government
50 much anxious thought."-Montreal
Star.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-25

JACKSONVILLE. Fla, Sept. 25.-
The divorce troubles of Ernest G.
Phinney and Mrs. Willie Pearl Bussey
Phinney Of this city and New York.
have been punctured today by a
warrant issued accusing the young
woman OF assault with intent to kill
her huband.
Mr.. Phinney. a wealthy lumber
dealer, was in the office OF his coun-
sci. General Cromwell Gibbins. Sat
urday afternoon discussing his action
for a divorce and his wife's action in
the New York courts for a separation
in the New York courts for a separa-
tion from him. when. It Is said, she
entered. NEE
The warrant accuses Mrs. Phinney
Of having been armed with a pistol
and producing It ''in an effort to kill.
General Gibbons is said to have seiz-
ed Mrs Phinney and there was a
struggle about HIS law offices. Mr..
Phinney seemed dazed by the sud
den interruption Of his conference
while the struggle progressed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-25
ONE POORLY INFORMED
BRITON

n certain Britisher, G. r. Par
II kin, told a Chicago audi
ence that within 10 years
the celebration of the fourth of
July in the United States will
be obsolete. Then it is evident
that the quantity of things this
Englishman does not know
about America would make an
exceedingly large book. In
10 years from now, if the allies
win the war, as they are going
to do, the observance of the
fourth of July will be interna-
tional. The fourth of July was
the day on which the declara-
ton went forth that govern
ments derive their Just powers
from the consent of the govern
ed and a few other points of
similar tenor. That declara-
ton our forefathers made good
after battling for seven years
against an English autocracy
headed bv an idiotic king. We
now battle to make the whole
world safe for democracy and
to judge by the keen desire of
our allies to make use of our
aid our Uncle Samuel is the
life saver in the nick of time.
To say that after making war
for the sake of a principle we
will abandon that principle in
the wake of victory is too fool
ish for serious consideration.
Lloyd George is not saying
anything about our abandon
ment of the fourth of July and
we may safely set down that
Mr.. Parkin is that type of Brit
On who knoweth little and
knoweth it not.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-25

the military potentiality of the Unit
ed States. The one depresses us, yet
the other does not seem to elate us.
This is very strange, for the military
potentiality of the United States is
vastly more important than military
dissatisfaction alone and the Ameri-
can people have higher motives than
that. The United States will do its
damnedest in this war.
THE United States is on it's mettle
1t has to prove it's quality to Europe
and it will do so. Speeches of all
American leaders of opinion show a
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-25
28 YEARS AGO

(From the Daily East Oregonian
Sept 25, 1SS9D
A. NJ. Cherry and wife of Umatilla
are at the Willard.
License to wed was granted yester-
day to D. B. Banister and Mary Pink
erton of the Weston neighborhood.
General Carnes arrived in town
for Fort sherman on this morning S
train and left for Cayuse station to
tack command of the troops stationed
there.
Frank Chrissinger, one of Pendle-
tons residents of the seventies is
back again after a long stay in the
east.
1t is expected that passenger and
freight trains will be running daily in
to Pendleton by October l in place of
the mixed train which now arrives
tri-weekly.
The bell tower was removed from
the city lot in the old court yard to-
day.
1t is reported that a party of o. r.
& N. surveyors are now in the Butter
creek coal regions taking notes for the
benefit of their company.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-25
THE $11,53s,O 100000 WAR
BOND BILL

~ HE only differences be-
tween the two houses of
congress on the S11,538,00O,-
600 War Bond Bill have relat-
ed to such minor details as the
percentum allowances for costs
of flotation, and these have
been settled, says a New York
Wrld editorial. The bill pro-
vides for-borrowing in a total
amount more than ten times
the whole funded national debt
before the country's entrance
into the war. Four billions of
the total will be in A per cent
bonds which will represent
loans to the allies. Three bill
lions more of like bonds are to
be substitute for the $3,00O,-
100000 312 per cent Liberty
bonds authorized but unsold.
Two billions in savings certifi-
Gates and two billions in treas
ury certificates represent the
remainder. barring a half bill
lion or so for refunding pur-
poses.
This is all additional to the
S2,O0O.O0O.0OO already raised
from Liberty bonds, and that
is a sum almost equal to the
whole Civil War bond debt. 1t
is additional to the $2.500,000,.
600 to be raised within this
fiscal year by the pending War
Revenue Bill, and that is a sum
three times the war tax revenue
for four years of the Civil War.
Yet this bond measure, with
out a parallel in magnitude for
any nation in the war, or for
most of them put together in
any one year of the war, has
gone through congress with
out opposition and with hard
ly any notice from the country.
The British First Lord of the
Admiralty, in a letter lust pub
lished. questions whether Am
erica is "fully awakened" to
the seriousness of the war. But
when America is found to be
talking war and acting war in
terms of these billions of dol
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-25
A TWO SIDED QUESTION

ONE eastern newspapers
80 think the farmers went
q too far when they COM
planned at the original wheat
price fixed by the government
Rut like everything else the
subject is one with two sides to
it. To begin with the north
west farmers were not com
planning at the 1920 price but
over the fact they were to be
given 80 cents a bushel less
than were the middle states
farmers. They felt they were
not getting a fair deal and
they were right about the mat
ter. Another feature most of
cur eastern economists over
look is the fact the government
is offering a high price for
wheat so as to stimulate great
or production. Now the in
creased acreage asked for
must be secured through the
conversion to wheat raising OF
land that has been used for
producing something else. 1t
involves a considerable change
in methods on the part of some
farmers and it calls for grow
ing wheat on land that is often
not well adapted for the bust
ness. Where these conditions
obtain heavy yields are not to
be expected. Instead of the
20 or 40 bushels to the acre
raised on our good wheat land
there will be many farms where
the crop next year will range
from five to Is bushels per
acre. The owners of such land
will need 50 or more for their
wheat in order to realize even
a fair profit. They would not
raise wheat were not an at
tractive price in sight and but
for their efforts it would be inn
possible to meet the demands
being made upon American
agriculture. The first object
of the government is to assure
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-25

The West Virginia quart of liquor
law which permits the bringing into
the state OF one quart OF liquor each
month, does not violate the federal
bone-dry act, according to a decision
handed down late today by Judge BEN
jamin F. Keller in federal court here.
The court held that the federal statute
prohibits Interstate commerce in lie
quor, but does not apply to interstate
transportation as constituted by the
bringing in of liquor for personal use.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-25
FIFTEEN KILLED; 70
INJURED IN RAID
MADE OVER ENGLAND

LONDON. Sept. 25.-FIfteen killed
and seventy were injured i'm last
nights air raid, IT is officially an
nOunced. The Zeppelin attacked
Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Gotha.
The airplanes also bombed London.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-25

Miss Freda Hart, who, bent on join
ing the man she loved, masqueraded
as boy when his regiment was or
dered away, and sought to enlist In
order to make good she practiced
smoking, not only cigarettes, but ci-
gars and pipe. True. they made her
sick. but she stuck to it. Now she is
in the custody of the police awaiting
the arrival of her father. A special
policeman for a railway notice some
thing feminine about her hands when
she asked for a light in the Grand
Central Station. New York, and caus-
ed her arrest.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-25
BALLOON INSTRUCTOR
BREAKS ARM, LANDING

OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 25.-Captafn
James Prentice of the balloon school
at Fort Omaha, suffered a broken
arm when trying to land yesterday
at Soldier, Iowa, after a flight with
three students. A 4O-mile wind was
blowing, making the landing diff
cult. One of the students was injur-
ed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-25

enough wheat for the allied
peoples next year and if the
course taken produces the re-
suits desired the price fixing
policy will be justified.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-25
lars at the start, this opinion
may be open to revision.

The Oregonian says Til Tay-
lor is a man of steel with a
heart of gold" and with that
compliment our modest sheriff
should be satisfied even if Ann
Shannon Monroe did not know
the exact color of his eyes.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-25

complete grasp of the moral issues Of
the war complete adherence to those
democratic principles which a strong
party in Britain still refuses to accept,
and complete determination to achieve
definite triumphs of those principles
and If the general conduct of the ma
ton shows anything, it shows that the
nation and it's leaders are in admirable
unity.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-25

The U-boats are not keeping
up their sinking records and
winter will soon be here with
seas so rough it will be hard
for them to operate to good ad-
vantage.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-25

Enos Canutt has brought
more fame to Yakima than has
the many trainloads of fruit
shipped from that wonderful
valley each year.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-25
sasVFN lA}ll|gTIlBgnn,

Miss Margaret Fell has returned to
her home at Eugene after two
months visit with friends and rela-
tives in Pendleton.
Captain and Mrs. Raabe and Miss
Ellen English of Portland were
Roundup guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Robert Wilcox. Captain Raabe re-
turned right after the show but the
ladies did not leave until No. II to-
day.
Mrs. Mabel Blumenstaadt of Raj
nier, Ore. and Mrs. Carrie Alexander
of Spokane, daughters of J. NJ. Bent
ley are expected here for Bentley
family reunion the last of this week.
p. d. Doak is in from Pilot Rock to-
day.
I. S. Simms of Meacham is at the
Bowman.
Lucin Fisher of Albee is registered
at the Pendleton.
Joseph and Susan Narkaus of Wes'
ton are in the city.
c. p. Tedlock of Milton spent last
night in the city.
Rex Sanford of Stanfield is up from
the west end of the county
Kelly Clark of AIbee is down from
the south end of the county.
Fred c. Fulton is up from Stanfield
to visit his wife and infant child.
r. j. Platt of Athena was among
the overnight visitors in the city.
Mrs. Ida Smith of Portland is visit
ing as the guest of Mrs. Sands in this
city.
\. X. Smythe of Portland, member
of the sheep firm of Smythe Bros, is
in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Wade and Mr.. and
Mrs. H. S. Wade of Lostine are at the
St. George.
L. L. Matlock of Heppner, who was
over for the Roundup, is spending a
few days here.
w. b. Barrett of Heppner, president
of the Oregon Woolgrowers, returned
home today after attending the Round
Up.
F. d. Boise of Lewiston. Idaho, who
came to attend the Roundup. is a
guest of his daughter, Mrs. Helwig
Breeding.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Rosenberg are in
Chicago aftep having driven the entire
distance from Pendleton to that city
in their car.
Edgar w. Smith arrived from Port
land this morning and made arrange
ments for the shipment of his 1917
wheat crop to the Astoria mills of
which he is president.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-25
OLD GLORY

, What is your mission now, Old
Flag?
} What but to set all people free'
} To rid the world of misery
} To guard the right, avenss the
wrong,
, And gather in one joyful throng
Beneath your folds in close em-
brace
All burdened ones of every race,
Old Flag
Hubbard Parker
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-25

= . = - . = = = . = . = . = .
y ACCUSED OF TRYING TO =
KILL HER HUSBAND. =
= . . . . = = . . = 80 . = .
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-25

QUART \ MONTH LAW
is o. X. SAYS JUDGE
HUNTINGTON. w. Va. Sept 25.-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-25
ARNOLD BENNETT SAYS ~. S.
WILL DO DAMNEDEST IN WAR;
General Conduct Shows Nation and
Leaders Alive to Issues and In
Admirable Unity"

LONDON. sept. 25.-Arnold Ben
nett, author and dramatist. contrib
utes an article on America" 10 the
Daily News in which he says:
What surprises me is that we
think SO much about the military i'm
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-25

Mrs. Mabel Blumenstaadt Of Raj
nier, Ore. and Mrs. Carrie Alexander
of Spokane, daughters of J. NJ. Bent
ley are expected here for Bentley
family reunion the last of this week
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-25

Miss Margaret Fell has returned to
her home at Eugene after Two
months visit with friends and rela-
tives in Pendleton.