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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-18
LESSON NO. 9.


dier. g. Nine Qualities OF a Soldier.
4. Getting Ready for Camp. 8.
First Days in Camp.
| When large numbers of men are
Assem- bled in camp it is necessary
for the good OF all that strict rules Of
personal conduct and sanitation
should be enforced. These rules are
| by no means a hardship by insist
| ing on strict obedience to these rules,
/ the disease which once took so heavy
"A toll in nearly all military camps
| nave been brought under control;
some have been practically eliminated
Suppose you were asked to make a
| choice: either to live under conditions
in which small poX, typhoid fever,
diarrhoea, dysentery cholera flour
ish; or to live under strict regulations,
y hich make these diseases far more
| of q rarity in military than in civil
life. Your good sense would lead you
to choose the. latter. Bear this in mind
See to II that you cooperate with en-
thusiasm in the measures that will be
taken to keep your camp clean. COM
Portable and healthful.
One of the pests Of camp life, If
perfect cleanliness is not observed, j.
the presence of swarms Of flies. Flies
are not merely annoying. They are
dangerous Somebody has said with
perhaps a slight exaggeration, that to
soldiers they are more dangerous than
bullets. This is because flies carry
disease germs They feed on manure,
garbage uncovered food. human eX-
creta and the like. They also lay their
eggs wherever refuse Of the same kind
is found The best way to keep flies
away from camps is to destroy the
places where they breed and feed; in
other words, keep the camp spotless-
| ly clean.
For this reason the daily polio
| ing cor cleaning up) Of the camp rs
| a matter of first Importance, You VIII
be required to keep your company
street free from even small objects
bits of food, and the like. which might
attract flies or other insects AT least
once day "A squad will be detailed
to inspect and clean every square foot
of space in or near your living quar-
ters This is duty which an expert
enced soldier usually preforms with
more interest and thoroughness than
the raw recruit: for he more clearly
realizes its importance.
The best safeguards against disease,
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-18
HOME READING COURSE
FOR CITIZEN SOLDIERS

this partly because it adds to your own
comfort and safety. You will take care
OF yourself also, because It is a duty
that every soldier owes to the country
You will have p'enty Of fresh air,
exercise and good food. which are af-
ter all the chief essentials of good
health. II should be a comparatively
easy thing for you to look after the
smaller things
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-18

cents. making the quotation for that
grade $3.25. Other grades of crude
oil were advanced to the following
quotations. Mercer black 1928;
Corning $3.50; Cabell, &247; Somer-
set, $3.50. and Ragland, $1l0.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-18

PITTSBURG, Aug ls.-Pennsyl-
vania crude oil yesterday reached the
highest price in more than 20 years
when the South Pennsylvania ON
90. announced an advance of u
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-18

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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-28
FOUND HIMSELF UPSIDE DOWN
British Aviator Lived to Tell OF Weird
Experience That He Had
In Cloud.

British naval airman when flying
seward recently entered thick white
cloud and wholly lost his sense of
direction. He only realized that he
was upside down on finding that
things were falling out of his pockets.
Then his belt broke, and he had to
hang on by his knees and elbows. AT
length he emerged from the cloud and
saw the sea apparently over his head,
but was able to right his machine and
continue his fight.
A young English aviator, the bullet
holes in whose planes bore Testimony
to his repeated exposure to fire. had
one narrow escape with an amusing
ending. Mistaken for a German air
man, he was fired at by the French
and forced to descend through the
puncturing of his petrol tank. When
the mistake was discovered. of course,
profuse apologies were Forthcoming,
and he was presented by the mayor
Of the district with bouquet.
Talking of bullet holes, by the way,
l may mention that the record sure.
ly belongs to British aviator who, es-
Gaping from a hail of shrapnel, count
ed 80 separate punctures in his planes.
&C. l.. Preston in Scribner's Maya
zine.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-28
CA[OME[ SELDOM
SOLD HERE NOW
Nasty drug salivates, makes you
sick and you lose a
days work.

Every druggist in town--your drug
gist and everybody's druggist has no
ticed great falling off in the sale of
calomel- They all give the same reason.
Dodson 8 Liver Tone is taking its place.
"Calomel is dangerous and people
know it, while Dodson g Liver Tone is
perfectly safe and gives better results, F"
said prominent local druggist. bod
sons Liver Tone is personally guar
anteed by every druggist who sells it.
A large bottle costs so cents, and if it
fails to give easy relief in every case
of liver sluggishness and constipation,
you have only to ask for your money
back.
Dodson's Liver Tone is a pleasant
tasting, purely vegetable remedy, harm
less to both children and adults. Take
spoonful at night and wake up feeling
fine; no biliousness, sick headache, acid
stomach or constipated bowels. 1t
doesn u grippe or cause inconvenience all
The next day like violent calomel Take
dose of calomel today and tomorrow
you will feel weak, sick and nauseated.
Don't lose a days work. Take bod
son g Liver Tone instead and feel fine,
full of vigor and ambition.-Adv.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-28
PECAN ONLY NUT CULTIVATED
But the Black Walnut Offers Wonder
full Opportunities Almost Any
where in Northern States.

The pecan is about the only indigo
nous American nut that has been ex-
tensively cultivated; although the men,
bers of the Northern Nut Growers as
ISOLATION are studying the black wal
nut, the shagbark hickory, the butter
nut and the hazelnut with view to
promoting their cultivation. The COM
mon black walnut is an especially good
example of valuable tree badly neg
lected. Throughout the north and
middle Atlantic states and well inland
it grows with the greatest ease and
bears heavy crops of nuts. The tree
itself is also of the greatest value and
of fairly rapid growth for hardwood.
An orchard of black walnut seedlings
would begin to bear nuts in 10 or IL
years, and in time would become a
very valuable bit of timber. There
are few better trees to plant; yet they
seldom are planted.
The black walnut itself is finely fiav-
ored, but the shell is very thick, and
often after the nut is cracked open it
is still almost impossible to extract the
kernel. In this regard, however, the
nuts from different trees vary greatly.
The men who are trying to develop
the black walnut as an orchard tree
seek the wild trees that bear good,
thin-shelled fruit, and graft cuttings
from them so as to propagate the valu-
able seed. In this way, by system
of selective grating, thin-shelled
black walnut may be produced in the
course of time, just as the famous pa
per shclled' pecan has been developed
IN the South.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-28
Secret of Success.

Secret of Success.
The secret of success is not Sc
cret. Nor is 1t something new. Nor
is 1t something hard to secure. To
become more successful, become more
efficient, do little things better. So
work that you will require less super
vision. The least supervision is need
ed by the person who makes the few
est mistakes Do what you can and
should do for the institution for which
you are working, and the size of your
income will take care of itself. Let
your aim ever be to better the work
you are doing. But remember always
that you cannot better the work you
are doing without lettering yourself.
The thoughts that you think, the
words that you speak, and the deeds
you perform are making you either
better or worse.-Thomas Drier.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-28
p n q " Il
WHAT " AN=URIC :"
The New Discovery for Kidneys,
Rheumatism and Backache
Will Do For You.

Send 10 cents with name of this
paper, to DR.. Pierce, Inyalids' Hotel
and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y,
for arge sample package of
"An-uric." 1t will convince any one
suffering from kidney, bladder, back
than lithia, and dissolves uric acid in
the system as hot water melts sugar;
besides being absolutely harmless, it
preserves the kidneys in a healthy
state by Thoroughly cleansing them. 1t
clears the heart valves and checks the
degeneration of blood-vessels and regu-
lates blood pressure. vAn- aricn is
an insurance against sudden death.
Send to DR.. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y, for
free booklet on Diseases of Kidneys.
Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regu-
late and invigorate stomach, liver and
bowels. Sugar-coatsA and easy to take
as candy
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-28
Enemy of the Cranberry.

An enemy which would rob the
table of cheap cranber-
ries is the cranberry root worm, and
the government has been attempted
to circumvent this destroyer, too. Ex-
perts of the department of agriculture
have found that by stimulating the
growth of the plants with fertilizers
n practice that has not been followed
in the past-the ravages Of this or
tinarlly destructive creature can be
made almost negligible.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-28
How to Be an Editor,

Most any one can be an editor. All
the editor has to do is to sit at a desk
six days out of the week, four weeks of
the month and twelve months of the
year and "edit' such stuff as this:
"Mrs. Jones of Cactus let a can
opener slip last week and cut herself in
the pantry"
ga mischevious lad of Piketown
threw a stone and struck Mr.. Pike in
the alley last Tuesday"
"John Doe climbed on the roof of
his house last week looking for leak
and fell, striking himself on the back
porch.
"While Harold Green was escorting
Miss Violet Wise from the church social
last Saturday night savage dog at
tackled them and bit Mr. Green several
times on the public square.
''Isaiah Trimmer of Running Creek
was playing with a eat Friday when it
scratched him on the veranda. F."
"Mr. Fong, while Harvesting bron-
cho last Saturday, was kicked just south
of his corn pateh'
Yes, it g a wonderful thing
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-28
Enormous Waste In Hyphens.

In our campaign of economy an
American writer suggests that we
should do away with hyphens. The
Germans build up enormous compound
words without any hyphen to break
them; but the English find one neces-
sary for simple word of five letters
like to-day" 1t may be roughly esti-
mated that each one of the two hun
bred million people who write Eng
lish writes today tomorrow" or to-
night" three times a day. Half an
ounce of force is required to make
hyphen with a pen or a pencil, 80 this
superfiuous symbol entails a total
waste of 100000 pounds daily. or
enough to draw a passenger train
round the world. And-"in my minds
eye, Horatio"-I see the printers stan
hurting a million hyphens through the
office window for the scavenger to
pick upi-London Chronicle.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-28
PRESTO! CHANGE!
"a New Life For Me"

Los Angeles, CALI am pleased to
tell every one that Pieree's medicines
are best of all Anxiously add my
testimony for the benefit of all suffer-
ing humanity, as my relief from many
years suffering was almost magical. In
digestion (worse form, constipation
(chronic). liver, kidneys, nerves, etc,
all upset. Discouraged and in despair
tried Dir. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
co,yery and Pleasant Pellets and my sur
prise was greater than words can tell,
Tor that ended all my troubles. 1t was
Presto ! change A new life for me.
was ready to shout, DR.. Pierce, the re-
deemer from pain Ma john FAX
NER, 1900 F. 14th St.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-28
Must Be Sanitary.

Since September Is all soda foun-
tains throughout the State of Virginia
nave been made to observe stringent
rules laid down by the State Dairy
and Food Division for the sanitation of
drinking vessels used for dispensing bev.
erages.
such establishments are required
either to furnish individual drinking
cups to each patron and to destroy the
cups after the first using, or to steril.
lie their glasses each time they are
used. Circulars were sent out by Com.
mission Of the Dairy and Food Divis-
Ion calling attention to the new re-
quirements.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-28
An Aviator's Audacity.

The audacity and GOODNESS which
so strongly characterizes the exploits
of the aviators in the war, is illus
trated by the following anecdote: A
Belgian aviator who had just de-
scended with his clothes riddled with
bullets, was questioned by his friends
as to the results of his expedition.
81 was in their lines" he said, with
a view to taking photographs, when
l was charged by n Fokker with two
machine guns. l was unarmed. He
pursued me. Well, l could make no
other reply to him, so / photographed
him."
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-28
DAY OF REJOICING
Thanksgiving Celebration Is a
Great Event on Cotton
Plantation.


heart and hand on the part of
the master and full stomach,
day of happiness, and, consequently,
gratitude on the part of the worker. 1t
means, also, another, and, for that
little world universal token, an Of
fering up Of thanks for the numerous
little white pods which bring profits
to the master and the winters provi-
sions and clothes to the worker. But
it also means day of play to all.
Hard as is the labor of the cotton
plantation hands, they do some extra
work willingly for Thanksgiving day
for several weeks beforehand. It is
sure sign of the approach Of Thanks
giving day when one sights here and
there through the woods the bobbing,
smoking pine torches that light the
way for a dozen black, shining, grin
ming faces. 1t is the usual hunt for Mr..
Possum that keeps them from their
BEDS and makes them scramble
through thickets, jump bitches and
wallow through marshes.
For several nights the woods for
miles around the plantation are the
scene of night activities. 1t is easy
enough to find the trail of a 'possum,
and when once located the dogs lead
running, bowling band in the hunt.
Mr.. Possum is, however, a slow mover,
and when he hears the yelps of those
hounds and the bowls of the negroes
and sees the glare of the torches, he
gets up the nearest tree and settles on
limb.
Somehow the light fascinates him
and he usually settles on the lowest
limb. 1t is just what the hunters
want. Mr.. Possum is noted for his
fOndness for dead meat, consequently
a 'possum that is shot is not the most
savory of meats. Their object is to
catch him alive and when the tree is
reached he is surrounded by ring of
blazing torches and bowling blacks I'M
til in sheer fright he drops off, plays
dead and is bundled into sack, to be
hustled off In the morning to the plan
tation pen. Sometimes two or three
are caught in a night and some Of
them show fight Once In the pen they
are fed for couple of weeks with
food that takes away all trace of their
natural food and rounds out their
sides with good, sweet meat.
Several days before Thanksgiving
day some Of the hands are taken from
the cotton fields and put to work
around the plantation buildings. This
Is, with the exception of Christmas,
perhaps the most enjoyable task OF
the year, for it means the preparation
for the feast which the plantation is
to give its hands on the day when
thanks offerings are made.
Usually this is spread in one OF
the big buildings on the plantation.
perhaps barn or cotton shed. The
hands are set to work at first to clear
out the place and make 1t clean. Then
they put together dozen or more long
improvised tables and benches, and
lastly they decorate the building with
all kinds of flags and bunting. On the
side near the center they also put up
the flddler's stand, for later In the
day there comes the usual dance. Sew
eral days before, also, some of the
hands make barrels of ginger beer and
sweet cider and stow than away to
ripen for the feast.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-28
Facts in the Case,

do you mean to say that / am a
liar?" asked an angry man excitedly
during heated argument.
"On the contrary, my dear SIR" calm
ly rejoined his adversary. II have
often remarked that you are the only
man Of my acquaintance who always
tells the truth-but l always offer a
reward of twenty-five dollars to any
man who will swear that he believes
me when I say it."
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-28
Keen Enjoyment.

"Mr. Grabcoin
seems proud of
the fact that he
INDUCES In no
form of recreation
whatever"
Judging from
what / have seen
of him he doesn't
need it,"
MOI"
"He gets more
pleasure out Of
t ore CT o 81 n G a
mortgage t h a n
some men do out
of an afternoon
of golf"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-28
CHEER UPI

It's easier to wear a smile
Than pack around frown;
It's easier to laugh a while
Than sit around and scowl.
A pleasant word won t cost a cent.
A grin won't cost thing;
So, get the sunny habit, and
Help make the old world sing.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-28
Day Seen Coming When Fruit
And Plants May Be Made to
Taste as the Grower Wishes.

The day is coming soon when pota-
toes dug from the ground will taste
like cantaloupes, grapefruit will be
piucked from the trees like cherries
and the Sahara desert will bloom like
a rose garden. Such was the predic-
ton made by Howard Dean, professor
of chemistry at Park college, speak
Ing before the Missouri Valley Horti-
cultural society.
PROFESSOR Dean said he already had
succeeded in reducing the starch of a
potato to sugar through chemical treat
ment. He asserted that by feeding
certain plants on formaldehyde they
can be made to develop sugar and
starch.
Investigations now being made by
chemists show that plants manufac-
ture compounds that are not normal to
them. These investigations, he said
are being continued, and chemists are
diligently searching the leaves of
plants in an attempt to find the agent
which converts the carbon dioxide In
the air and the moisture into plant
products.
When the secret is discovered-and
OF its early discovery he is confident
he said he would possess an unlim-
tied source of energy. The point he
brought out was that the possession of
that secret would enable man to con-
vert the suns energy to his own use
In any way he desires.
Then it would be possible, he assert
ed. to fill the Sahara desert with plant
life; to grow any plant or fruit SO that
1t would taste exactly as its grower
wished.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-28

you CAN CURE THAT BAckAcHE.
Pain along the back. dizziness, head
ache and general languor. Get pack
age of MOTHER GRAY'S AROMATIC
LEAF. the pleasant root and herb cure
for all Kidney, Bladder and Urinary
troubles. MOTHER GRAY'S AROMATIC
LEAF is sold by all Druggists or sent by
mail for soc. Sample sent FREE. Ad
dress. The Mother Gray Co.. LIE Roy. N.
Y-Adv
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-28
SOME SMILES
Worth Eiahtinu For.

Worth Fighting For.
what arguments can you advance
in favor of preparednessr asked the
exponent Of peace at any price.
For one thing" answered the citi-
zen addressed, II like to stand on
street corner and criticize the gov
eminent"
What has that to do with the need
Of preparedness"
"a great deal. If this country were
caught off its guard and conquered by
a foreign power, that would be one of
the first of my privileges to be abro-
gated"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-28

C h a ed with
stealing a clock, ,"
said the police
court judge. "Ten
days at the works
for you"
Cant you make
1t eight days, your
honor?" pleaded
the prisoner. ut
Is only an eight
day clock"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-28
Practical Information.

"Say, paw" Queried the little son
of a railway conductor. whats an
exchequerT
"An ex-checker, my son." replied the
ticket puncher, 'is q retired baggage
man."
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-28
FrenxIed Finance.

Omar-Philadelphia must be good
place in which to make money.
Heiny-Why do you think sol
Omar-Otherwise the government
wouldn't have mint located there.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-28
Worthy SuppIication.

For all blessings which may help
to make the land we love more worthy
of its fortune, its founders its destiny.
Amen.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-28
And So 1t Happened.

Heiney-I was surprised to hear that
young Price had married that rich
widow.
Omar-Yes, but still it was an ideal
marriage for both. He was without
money, and she was without Price.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-28
Asked and Answered

"Give woman the credit she de.
serves howled the suffragette speak.
,r, land where would man be?"
If she was to get all the credit she
iesires,' answered the man in the
gallery, who was evidently married.
he would be in the poorhouSe."
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-28
New and Useful Metal.

In locating bits ul metal ITtnfa sDr-
geons use AN electro-vibraioF, hut this
sets up oscillations in ordinary sUrgi-
cal instruments as well as ia tie frng-
ment sought. and non-metallic instru-
ments have been found necessary Ber-
gonie and GuillaDme report that iron
nickel alloys as material fer diff
culties of manufacture. A more suit
able metal has been found In so-caIled
"baros," which has been used for
weights Of precision, and is 30 per
cent nickel, the remainder consisting
If chromium, manganese, and d little
copper. 1t works like mild steel, is
practically uncomfortable, and Is not af-
'ected by magnetic vibrations.
II find lady customers very hard to
please
81 can't say that. My goods seem to
give eminent satisfaction.
What linef''
mirrors. louisville Courier Jour
nal.
Female ThespiaD-What do yen think
of the big pushf
Male Thespian-I never 90 10 these
Revues, dearie-Today
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-28
Sore s e.: ':s:::. t = ::s::
sure to Sun. Dust and Wind
a;i s;. ::';;I !: s .;';'

q. Juot Eye CUIfIIOIts x3E
Your Druggist's s0e.p Bottle. Murine Eye
64fvein Tubes Csc. For Bsok sffhc Eyef ash
Druggists or Murine Eye Remedy Co. chlcsse
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-28
Woman, Lovely Woman.

Woman, Lovely Woman.
Him-Mrs. Powderly has u lovely
complexion, hasn't she?
Her-Yes, indeed She oDgbi 10 be
grateful 10 her husband.
Him--Why so?
Her-He buys her everything sbe
wants.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-28
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PATENT ATTORNEYS

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PACIFIC COAST PATENT AGENCY, IHs-.
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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-28

Pimples, boils, carbuneles, dry up and
disappear with Doctor Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. In tablets or liquid
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-04-28
Got the Worst of II.

~ Ou are
c harged with Nv