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become practically domesticated,
haunting the refuse heaps abou. the
native homes. tame as dogs.
In spring and summer when their
fur is being shed they are as uels as
they are sleek and beautiful IN the
winter. When the peits are prime a
ca"ain number of the animals in the
lured into a big village pen, batted
with meat, and the finest are killed
to be sold by the governmeE. at auc
ton
This year about $4,000 worth of
skins we're shipped out.
Women in the states may 90 ev.
erything but sell their souls to pos.
sess a set of these fine. smOay furs,
but Matilda and her young plavmatas
kick the animals on the nose in dis.
gust
"They get in the way So" thesc
aristocratic pets.
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ST. GEORGE. Phibilof Islands, Alas,
Ia. Jan. 1O.-"Get OUT" said little Ma.
tilia. kicking a 5000 blue fox Oh the
nose.
Those fox" she explained. they
get i'll the way so!"
Both Matilda and the inquisitive ami.
NAL are wards OF the government here
they and all their kind
But the outside world hears more
ahcut TIE blue foxes of st. George than
about the little Aleut girl and her PEG.
pie, 40 natives OF the lesser Pribi.
lCf island
Thu.'s because fox and seal pelts.
the former ranging between 800 aud
5000 i'll value, are the coveted pr )du. is
OF the island, and Matthias tribe is
here merely to see that the animals
are not stolen or improperly kili-i.
st. George is the largest blle fox
ranch IL the world. The animals lave
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Court NeUs
Marriage License.

Marriage License.
Norman Tedrow, 90, and Florence
Latte Humberston, %, Morgantowu.
Deeds Filed.
Beatty Development Company to l..
NJ. Atkinson, lot in Grandview add.
ton. Warrington; $415.
w. ]. Wright ct al to Eliza Adams,
lot in Arnett addition to fourth ward,
Fairmont; one dollar and further con-
sideration.
w. E. Shaver and wife to Charles
r. Atha, lots In East Worthington ad-
dition to village of Worthington, $3.50.
T. Z. Morrison and wife to T. A.
Hughes, lots in East Side, Winfield
district; one dollar and further con.
sideration.
Curtis B. Fleming to Allison s.
Fleming, real estate and property in
Adams street; one dollar and further
consideration.
Suits.
A. G. Martin, guardian OF Ethel and
Ellison Durrett, infants. VS.. Ethel Dur.
rett and Elinor Durrett, infants, sum.
mary.
chancery.
Fairmont Trust Company, guardian
of James Herald Vangilder, vs.. James
Herald Yangilder, infant, ct al, sum.
mary.
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WASHINGTON NEWS -
GOSSIP ~ szzszEs ss5sz. sz!za:

WASHINGTON. D. c., Jan. TO-
Representative Nicely had busy day
yesterday slipping pension bills into
the House bill hopper. There were
fourteen OF them in all, some providing
for increases and others for original
pensions. The names of the proposed
beneficiaries are George II. Robinson,
Hugh T. Roberts, Charles Anderson,
Nancy A. B. Easton, John P. Fox, AL.
sinda Johnson, John Trenter, John j.
West, George A. Porter, John Hazlett,
Joseph Hoskins, James M. McHenry.
James =. Merrifleld and Charles Shat
fer.
Mr.. Nelly has taken up with the
Commissioner of Pensions, and urged
decision soon, applications of the fol.
lowing persons: Sarah Z. Champ.
Clarksburg; Richard Teal, Mounds.
Vile; Elizabeth Barnhart, Woodlands;
William L. Snider, Wheeling; Marcel.
lus McClung, Clarksburg, and lnez
Plum, Tunnelton.
Notice has been issued by the Pen.
sion Commissioner that widows pen
sion OF $12 month had been granted
Mrs. Elizabeth Brubaker, of Wheeling.
The following recommendations
hav been made by Mr., Nicely: Carl E.
Neer for appointment as government
printer for duty in the Philippine
Islands; F. E. Watson, of Follansbee,
Tor appointment as special agent in
South America for the Bureau of For
eign and Domestic Commerce; Charles
Hartwig for appointment as postmas-
ter at WileyviIle; C. 3. Henthorn for
appointment as postmaster at Paden
City.
Before the committee on invalid
pensions of the House Mr. Nicely made
an argument on the evidence in sup
port of his bill for the relief of Eliza
Peel, of Wellsburg.
Mervin T. Foreman. u rural mail
carrier at Triadelphia. claims that the
government owes him u certain sum
of money for services performed. He
has placed the claim in Mr. Neely's
feet a settlement. He is also handling
a similar claim of Emory E. Smith,
who is rural mail carrier at Proc.
tor.
Frank wager, of Fairmont. has ap.
pealed to the State department
through Representative Nicely for as
sistance in getting his daughter out
Of Hungary and on board o neutral YES
sci bound for the United States.
The Postoffice department has is.
sued an order disseminating the post
offices. Boyd in Roane county; Ash
ford, Boone county, and Maseyrille,
Raleigh county.
Recent visitors from West Virginia
in the Capital were Capt. NJ. G. Sperry,
of Clarskburg; A. Howard Fleming, OF
Fairmont; ]. F. Walsh, OF Parkers-
burg; S. NJ. Croft, of Huntington; p.
Q. McCool, of Paw Paw; Mr.. and Mrs.
! q. w. Point, OF Grafton; Mary Wilson,
bf Huntington; A. NJ. Wright and c. L.
ellis, of Clarksburg; j, B. Beecher,
Of Montgomery: e. A. Loar and 8. S.
Dusenberry, OF Morgantown; J. L.
Conner, OF Huntington; w. F. Writ
ten, of Hinton; Paul v. Pagan, OF
Huntington; p. T. .Cramer and wife,
of Parkersburg; j. A. Lenhart, Of
Kingwood.
Il information which has recently
been received at the office of the Uni
ted States Commissioner OF Internal
Revenue Is correct, the moonshining
industry In West Virginia has been re.
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MoNONGAH
Son Born

Son Born
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Weav.
er, of Front street, Monday. january S.
an eight and one.half.pound baby boy.
Ratio Here
John b. Ratio. the celebrated imper.
senator, will be at the Lyric theatre
Friday evening under the auspices OF
the Thoburn High school lecture
course. Ratio appeared in Fairmont
last year where he made a decided
success. This will be by all means
the feature number Of this years lee
ture course.
Home Talent
Monday, January Is, is the date on
which the Acme society will present
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HELP WANTEp-MALE
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

wANTED-To exchange good paying
business in central part of city and
vacant lot in East Park avenue for
house and lot centrally located. This
business will be sacrificed on account
Of poor health. Address S.. West Vir.
gilman office. 12.26.tf No. 1865
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BY CHARLES BROOKS SMITH.

vived on something like the old scale
OF years ago. The revenue agents are
going to see whether the tips" that
have been received are good. They
are going to invade the mountain dis.
tricts of the state and sec what there
is OF truth in the reports which have
been sent to them
The revenue officials have been
hearing rumors that moonshining had
been revived after the prohibition law
went into effect in West Virginia and
Of late reports have been reaching
them that the industry was steadily
increasing. especially in the southern
counties of the state near the Virginia
and Kentucky boundaries. Raleigh is
one of the counties mentioned where
it is reported that moonshining flour.
ishes.
Many years ago West Virginia was
a moon3h'Ling state which gave the
government lot Of trouble. There
were many thrilling battles and TRACE.
dies in cleaning 1t up, and mountain
men tnd rcvenue agents by the score
were killed and injured in an effort to
abolish lnUonshinlnk about fifteen
years ago the Job was about complet.
ed Moonshining cases in West Vir.
ginia have been rare since then. Now
and then an Illicit still was discovered
and destroyed. and the men in charge
| OF 1t brought to court. The informa-
tion in the hands OF the government
| now Is that the practice was revived
shortly after the state voted dry" and
that it has grown with great rapidity.
The government is now going to see
whether or not that is true.
Mrs. Ellis A. Yost, of Morgantown,
is in the city. Mrs. Yost is one of
West Virginia's prominent and indie.
fattgable prohibition and woman suf
frage workers. The reason for her
visit to the Capital at this time is to
join the army OF lobbyists who are
working to secure congressional votes
for the national prohibition amend.
ment and the woman suffrage amend.
ment, known as the Susan q. Anthony
amendment.
Congressman Harry c. woodward
was today given an opportunity to ap.
pear before the House committee on
public buildings and grounds aud make
an argument in support OF his bill to
appropriate $4,000 for site and gov.
ernment postoffice building at Spen.
Ger, Mr.. woodward showed by the
official figures that the yearly receipts
of the Spencer office approximately
$4,000, 1.-THE rule Of the committee is
to consider no bill for a building for
/ an office which does a less business
than that, and the town of Spencer
was steadily and rapidly growing, due
to the oil and gas development, and
that the business OF the office would
increase correspondingly. He gave
the committee the rental the govern.
ment is paying there, which is close
to what six per cent. interest on the
appropriation he Is asking would be.
Spencer is the only town In Mr.. Wood
yards district large enough reasonably
to ask for a government building which
has not got one. Mr.. woodward hopes
that the committee will favorably re.
port on his bill, so that it can go into
the omnibus buildings bill which has
already been reported to the House.
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FOR SALE
FOR sALE-Household goods. Apply
GA Monroe street 1.4.3t No 1901

FOUR LOTS in Jackson addition for
sale, fine spring, good location for
pop factory, railroad boarding house
and restaurant, factory site. good
place to put in railroad switch, also
surrounded by large acreage that can
be secured at reasonable terms for
factories. For information inquire OF
A. l.. Heffner, 314 Cleveland avenue,
Fairmont. w. Va. ii. No 1892
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HOUSES FOR SALE

FOR SALE Desirable residence on
Watson avenue. Eight rooms, be.
sides four rooms in basement. Mod.
ern conveniences. Address Box 1901,
care West Virginian office.
1,S.tf No. 1901
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uNsoLvEp MYSTERIES

What do the head hunters of Africa
do with EN- after they get em-make
noodle soup of 'em?
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gresham H. C. woodward. Mr.. Wood
yard is the patentee of boat propell.
er, which has been pronounced by ex.
perts novel and valuable invention.
He discussed his invention with the
Secretary.
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its second annual home talent play
The performance this year promises
to be one OF the best ever presented
on local stage. A cast OF eleven has
been working diligently on the play
for several weeks. The plot centers
around a political campaign reveal.
ing much OF the dirty work" done in
politics. Comedy is furnished by q
henpecLed-husband. colored servant
and young office boy
Seriously III
owen Fimple. who has been in a
sanltarium near Pittsburgh for the past
two months. is now in very serious
condition as u result of tuberculosis
OF the neck. He has been Ill for about
two years but not seriously until just
recently Physicians state that they
are expecting his death at any moment
Fiple is one of the most popular young
men In Monongah
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Jacob F. woodward, of Parkersburg,
was able to secure an audience. with
Secretary of the Navy Daniels yes.
terdaH -''--''-''' ~ "nnrtasv nj Con.
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Grain and Produce.

CHICAGO, Jan. 10-Attempts that
holders of wheat made to realize prof.
its caused material setback in prices.
The outcome was a weak CLOSE 2115 to
2%c net lower with May at 1.SG%@
l.S7 and July at 1.51@151A. Corn
finished us TO Inc down, oats off 80
70 %@%c, and provisions varying
rom TIC decline to rise of 20 cents,
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STUFF TO LOSE SLEEP OVER
Well, we guess where an expert says
the gasoline supply will be exhausted
12S years from now.
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FOR RENTING furnished rooms
for light housekeeping. S27 Field
street. Bell phone S56.w.
1l,2s-tf No 1856
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WANTED

WANTED to buy slot machines, large
and small any quantity. Address
Mr.. Cater. Grand Central hotel. Wheel
ing, w. Va. l.S-3t No 1900
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MONEY no LnAN

THE BUCKEYE SAVING AND LOAN
company OF Bellaire, O., has money
to loan on desirable real estate. See
Paul G. Armstrong. Attorney, 4i.sa
Trust Bldg, 18th Floor. Fairmont, w.
Va,
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MoNEY-To loan in sums 81 $40 u
$50 to anyone having steady worb
Can be paid in small monthly pay.
ments. No reference or endorsements
required. Strict,y confidential. Adj
dress Box 595. Clarksburg, w. Va.
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He discussed his invention with the
Secretary.
At the Bureau of Pensions today,
Congressman H. C. woodward called
up the claims of Joseph Adams, OF Sis
tersville. and Mrs. W. H. Morris, OF
Wood county, urging that they be con-
sidered at once, and requesting IA.
vorable decision in these two claims,
which Mr.. woodward claimed were sui.
ficiently fortified by ample evidence.
The Postoffice appropriations bill
which is pending in Congress provides
for sliding scale salary increase for
all mail carriers, clerks and other
employees in the postal service Of the
government. What is known as the
Madden bill, a Reconsideration meas.
ure, proposes increases for postal EN-.
ployees on a more scientific basis.
This bill has the backing of this char.
acter of employees throughout the
country.
Congressman Harry c. woodward,
of the Fourth district, Is taking an &C.
tive interest in both these measures,
and for the past week has been work.
ing among his colleagues in an effort
to secure what support he can. He
is very much interested in securing a
general wage advance for all city and
rural mail carriers, postal railway and
postoffice clerks, and expects to con.
tinue actively working to that end
until the pending bills are disposed
Of.
George c. McClintic. one of the lead.
ing and ablest lawyers of Charleston,
is in the city. He came here to con-
fer With Senator-elect Sutherland,
whose right to seat In the United
States Senate is being contested by
Senator W. z. Chiffon, whom suther.
land defeated in the November cleo.
ton by over 5000 majority. Mr.. Nc.
Clintic has been retained by Congress.
man Sutherland as his chief OF coun.
sci,
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CLASSIFIED ADVER Using
ONE CENT WORD cAslswiTss ORDER
RooMs-FURNIsHED

FOR RENTING or three furnished
rooms for light housekeeping. Call
Bell phone 26I-M. y 12-t2.tfoSo 1855
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FARMS FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Farm Of 81 acres, HOUSE
and barn five miles from Grafton.
Buyer names the price. See ]. Guy
Allender, Grafton, w. Va.
12-2s.tf No. II7a
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II information which has recently
been received at the office of the Uni
ted States Commissioner OF Internal
Revenue is correct, the moonshining
industry in West Virginia has been re.
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The Postotfice department has is
sued an order disseminating the post
offices. Boyd in Roane county; Ash
ford, Boone county, and Maseyrille,
Raleigh county
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-22

Born to the wife of D. W. Jarvis,
Friday, Sept. IL, a boy weight eight
pounds
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-22

and people have a few days for
sociability and sport. To many
the coming weeks are the most
beautiful of the year. The
magic of our September must
have caught the eye of the
Benztown bard when he wrote
these lines:
Brothers of the autumn-here's our
Lodge of Love,
The rainbow of the foliage and the
bright blue dome above;
The rustic of the brown leaves,
The whistle of the gale;
The sunbeam on the mountain
And the gold mist in the vale.
Brothers of the autumn-our creed
tingling mile,
The laughter of the clean heart and
the sunshine of smile;
No dues except devotion
To all life's lure and zest-
To love the common daylight
And leave to God the rest.
1t is a time when people
may well be in love with life
and most of those who are here
are embued with spirit of op-
tirnism and rejoicing. as they
should be. This is the finest
world we will ever see and we
should make the most of it.
&OS-SS&
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-22

Captain Rice, "The Cuban Million
aire, who made a fortune in Cuba fol-
lowing his resignation as a captain Of
infantry in the regular army in 1909.
He is temporarily a sergeant in the
corps Of student ayiators slated to re-
ceiye commissions. Captain Rice, in
camp at Mineola, Long Island, tells
how It feels when YOU make your first
flight in an aeroplane.
when Mr. Holterman, who was
driving the machine and myself were
gliding along about 1000 feet up, for
some unaccountable reason / felt a
strong desire to leave my seat and
walk out on one Of the wings to learn
how Il felt out there. / don't know
Why it was. but I felt that desire 50
strong for about ten minutes that ]
almost mad to go.
Really you feel quite safe and Sc
cure, no matter how high you go,
when you have confidence in the man
driving the aeroplane-or when ynn
are driving IT yourself, II you reilly
understand running it, Everything is
So new md different way up there
that you do not have time to think OF
being afraid"
Captain Rice VIII bo amonG those
whose time to go 20 France is rapidl5
approaching.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-22

crowd seen such a flag as the
one Jinks Taylor carried this
year. 1t is no longer bunting,
1t is a flag of battle and it is be-
ing followed across the ocean
by thousands of olive drab sol
diers' who are ready to lay
down their lives in the righte-
Gus cause we have championed.
Back of them are almost two
million men under arms in this
country and 20 million more
ready to respond when needed.
The nation has taken the sword
to free the world from despot-
ism and injustice and it is go
ing to win. The flag is the
symbol of our country's glory
and of the sublime purposes
for which we strive. 1t is a ban
ner for which men die; it is so
lace for those who mourn. No
wonder people cheer as the
flag goes by.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-22
MORE GERMAN SMART
NESS

~ HAT Bernstorff used the
VI German organization and
money in a widespread
effort to influence legislation
by congress cannot be question
ed in view of the evidence COM
prised in the intercepted mes
mage just made public by our
government. 1t was an attempt
to govern the United States
from Berlin and the fact the
work was done in subtle man.
ner but made it the more effec-
tive and more dangerous. No
doubt considerable information
on this subject has long been
in possession of the admins
tration and has contributed to
a feeling of distrust for the kali
ser and his whole machine.
The German government tried
to be too smart. 1t presumed
too much on the German spy
system and it tried to do things
in this country that did not
come legitimately under the
scope of the German ambassa-
dor. The exposure of Bern
storff's subterranean opera
tions will increase the resent
ment against Teuton methods
and make the American
people more firm in their
determination to end a regime
that has shown itself not wor-
thv of federation by the civiliz-
ed nations of the earth.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-22
40 YEARS AGO

(From the Daily East Oregonian
Sept. %, 18S9.)
Married at Athena, Ore, Sept 10,
1889 at the residence of the brides
parents Miss Dorsey Post and Mr..
William Church.
Two railroaders who had imbibed
too freely of that which cheers and
also inebriates, went through with
a queer performance in Pendleton the
other night. They swipped a bar
room chair, carried it down webb
street until opposite the Kline & Oar
veau's ice house when one placed the
chair on the sidewalk, sat down,
folded his arms and turned himself
into a committee of the whole while
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-22

his companion proceeded to deliver a
lecture which he illustraed by the
aid of imaginary diagrams made on
the side of the ice house. An Off
Ger appearing on the scene. the meet
ing informally adjourned sine die.
The Pendleton planning mill is rush
ed with work and as this enterprise
is of benefit to the town in more
ways than one we are glad to see it
prosper.
over $50 pupils are now enrolled
in the public schools of Pendleton
and this number is expected to be
Increased to 400 during the winter
months.
Born to the wife of D. w. Jarvis,
Friday, Sept. IL, boy, weight eight
pounds
Mr. w. IT. Murray is in the city
and contemplates establishing a mar
BILE yard here.
The Misses Ella and Minerva Men
denhall who have been visiting their
sitter, Mrs Zoe Houscr of Pendleton,
returned on today's train for their
home at Foster.
Plans are being prepared for the
Catholic school building on the res
ervation, the former plans requiring
the expenditure of too much coin.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-22
IN THE EARLY AUTUMN

~ HE Roundup is always
VI held in September-at a
time when nature has
painted the eastern Oregon
landscape in colors that appeal
to all who love this big and
rugged section of the west. 1t
is a time when lull comes in
the work on farm and range
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-22

n OR years the stars and
stripes have been carried
~ in review at the Round
Up but never before has our
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-22
AVER KELLY WAS NOT SANE.
Mental UnbaIancc Told at ViIIisca Az
Murdcrcr'S Trial.

RED OAK. Iowa, Sept 21.-Fur-
ther testimony was introduced by the
defense today to establish that the
Rev. Lyn George J. Kelly charged
with somplioity in the Villisca ax
murders in June, 1912. was not of
sound mind when he talked about the
murders at different times since he
came under suspicion. Four Witness
es testified that Kelly seemed men
tally unbalanced when he talked
about the murders.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-22
WEEDS.

q WEEDS.
o TIN some one laughed at me
Q and said,
. They're only weeds, they never
Q live
Q Inside a well-kept garden bed.
Q 1 thought that they were flow
ers.
. loved my roadside friends be- :
. fore
. But since know they grow
Q Where no one cares. love them =
. more.
Q They are so brave to go
. Where they may choose-just :
. anywhere
. That looks a pleasant place TO
. be.
. There is nothing they're afraid =
. to dare,
. And now it's plain to me
. That weeds are flowers who ran 4
. Because they liked to be quite I
free
. And never grow as people say
. They know the world was made :
to see.'' Exchange.
a a a A a a 4
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-22

Mr.. W. IT. Murray Is in the city
and contemplates establishing a mar
BILE yard here.