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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-09-22

strange condolences we call Fat
seemed to favor them--a freight train
! an extra, which was promptly jumped
was just leaving the city, east boun'
} for the Blue Mountains.
Wyrick. caring for the fatall'
, wounded sheriff under cover OF gun
, until the five men fled, immedlatel,
lupon their departure telephoned fol
, doctor. Phelps, however, had beer
; suspicious, but being unafmed, walked
slowly away until out Of sight, ther
speedily notified the chief of police
who gun In hand, rushed to the jail tc
find the birds flown.
/ A Tragic Sunday
"Tlps ahot!'
The word passed by mouth and
phone. II was a rude awakening
which aroused the slumbering little
city from It's Sunday siesta. The quiet.
empty, hot streets Immediately became
/ spotted with little groups OF people
/ talking. at first in subdued tones
1 Then came the second word--"The
jail's broke--Til's murderers have
made getaway"
"Then the storm burst. People
scurried TO and fro, autos. shot down
.ne STREET. w slrset, anu aeros, s.Iee''
Aciebraph wires were iot VIII mes
.''ees ~ neau VI 'i'e ~ i'oiieiS' VI aeA-
i'is ior ihioiinasion' De'erihiheu nieh'
WIN mouths se. ana eyes STEADY, went
auleliy pul quichiy 70 .helr hohes anu
ioaueu ,ne,r ,iiies' flaiu"ale s'otss
were uiiiocFeu anu tneir owhers' Win
u wave oi une hahu ,oWaru lhe gun
iachs' toiu lne iiilh-huHters 70 heip
themselves. Deputies' headed Dy the
released Marin. TOOK charge ana tne
ehtire surrounding country was nou-
ieu.
Mhd ruhors ana Nsrounaiess eiues
OF the hsht were premium. Du1 .he
Ilrst clue came from the Drakemeh on
the west pouhd extra Ihey had seen
i've men drop OH 'he lrelgnt at ais
sion, SIX miles east Oh Fehuietoh' anu
make Tor the nrush heaS the river
rosses' has'ily orsahlAeu' struck ou'
IN every ulrecloh, put "heh II was
known ciean getaway haa peen
made, returned Tor aetinite orders ana
FOUND that sneriIi Iaylor was dead.
follo"ihg the eiue' arheu 70 inc
teeth they shot out III cars. one large
posse thoroughly searched the wheat
iieid ana prusn at MISSION. Lihgren
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-09-22
(contlnued from rage lOl

.
with such desperate fighter eyei
though imprisoned, they left one man
Dick Patterson. to guard him Will
four OF them Hart, Ovens Rattle an,
Llngren having the keys. entered tn,
sheriffs office Lingren lit out at one.
for fresh air. Led by Owens and de
termined to escape at all cost, thu
others Immediately began ransackini
the office. Revolvers were secured a.
once but not the ammunition. which Il
had always been the sheriff's habit tC
keep hidden.
Papers. books, everything was be.
Ing strewn all over the place In their
hurried search and II was upon this
scene that TIL Taylor and Guy Wyrlck
d close personal friend. unexpectedly
entered, returning from their ride.
There was no time to draw n gun;
Taylor grappled owens, the biggest of
the three and threw him TO the floor;
while Wyrick, who was ably handling
Hart, was struck from behind by
Rathle whom he turned. The two men
fell fighting to the floor.
There. too, lay the sheriff's gun
which had dropped from his holster in
his hand -to-hand fight. With bounu,
Hart, now free, snatched 1t and in re-
sponse to Owens calpto shoot, raised
the gun. The sheriff, releasing one
band from his grip on Owens. with re-
tnarkable quickness again grabbed the
gun barrel In time to divert the shot.
Shoot him again." commanded
Owens, as tho two men locked in
struggle for life or death.
Drawing, the gun down to Taylors
heart he fired again, the bullet enter
Ing the sheriff's chest just below the
throat! t Ytt
Guy. I'm shot, gasped the fatally
wounded man as he crumpled to the
floor.
with the mnzzle OF his gun and /
threat to kill. Hart forced Wyrlck to
felease Rathie. then again drawing on
Taylor, cursed them both and demand !
ed the location OF the ammunition but /
no response. Again he
threatened to fire when wyrick shout
I'd, You wouldn't shoot man when
ne'S down, would your
Taylor. realizing he was fatally
wounded, In order to save Wyrick told !
lhe men where the cartridges were.
The effort was severe one for the
lying sheriff and he asked for water,
After some debate in which no little
'ursing figured, IL was brought to him
~ one OF the men. while Wyrick under
he muzzle of gun assisted him as
much as possible, placing him on bed
n an adjoining room. Meanwhile the
,ther two desperadoes searched for a
ulI supply of reyolvers and ammuni-
ion. II
What Is the trouble?" asked X. r..
phelps, county road master who hear
ngthe noise ran up to the sheriff's
'ffice. f;
Just a little Jail riot" answered /
anderson. standing at the jail door,
nd whom Phelps did not recognize as I
prisoner
Everything all right now?" queried ,
helps.
'Ali right" came back from the ad- I
Dining room.
s"Lets co. shouted Owens. Pat
trson. leaving Marin. Joined the 9TH
rs, now all armed with loaded revolv-
RS. and the five lit out. heading for
he railroad tracks. Here one OF those !
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-09-22

forward a moment and old Jackson
peeked over his saddle horn when they
went to hook his halter rope to make
sure that it was snapped in the lower
and proper ring of the halter, then
looked at Lee Caldwell, who stepping
nearer sized it up and nodded. Old
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-09-22

Shutdown dug his spurs into An
gels shoulders. stuck them into his
flanks. and then clamped down on
the third jumps as Caldwell has ad-
vised. Once set. he then goaded him
to his worst. 1t was a superb figure.
beautifully proportioned, narrow
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-09-22
jackson was satisfied.

When the blindfold was pulled off
the big bay pivotted twice and then
seemed nearly to reach heaven in a
series of long, high jumps of the kind
which have spelled defeat for many 4
rider.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-09-22

wasted and riding like a centaur; his
hat, bound with It's shimfnering. silken
colored handkerchief. swung out san,i
down at every leap: poised for an in
finitesimai fraction OF second SEEM
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-09-22

Continued on Page ls)
The Cordova daily times., 1921-08-12
FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1921
RITCHIE's APPOINTMENT POPULAR

"Good Morning Judge' Elmer E. Ritchie, and welcome in the same breath Associated Press dispatches bring the authentic report that President Harding has sent i'll the name of E. E. Ritchie to the senate to be judge of the Third Alaska division. This is practically the same as appointment and we can now deliver our morning salutation to Judge Rtchie, the fortunate.
 Knowing Double E. as we do, it is safe to say that he will urbanely return the greeting Moreover, the able judge will uphold the dig nifty of the law, with which he IS exceptionally familiar and the Times predicts that he will be just and merciful and bring honor to the bench and the Third division-Anchorag Times.
 The appointment of Elmer E. Ritchie of this city as judge of the Third division is a matter of congratulaton to ValdeZans who feared that Mir. Ritche might be sent to the First division and a stranger appointed for the local bench Mr. Ritche received the endorsement of every attorney and citizen in the Third division, ire spective of politics, and dons the official ermine with more loyal adherents than ever known in the annals of politics. Having made his home in the Third division since 1905, Mr. Ritchie is thoroughly familiar with its judicial needs. We believe Judge Rtchie will make as excellent a judge as he has citizen and neigh bor.-Valdez Miner.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-08-12
THINGS WE THINK
THINGS OTHERS THINK AND WHAT WE THINK
 OF THE THINGS OTHERS THINK

Duty half done is easily undone.
 A shiny doesn't necessarily indicate a bright mind Easy money is the kind that everybody else gets but you
 An automobile is luxury, of course but what isn't in these H. c. l.. days.
 Cave men" are only popular with the women of the movies. In real life they're tanned by cave women wfe's love begins to grow cold shows first in her cooking.
 Failure and success are only comparative Doubtless an idiot who thinks anything all believes himself success.
 High skirts and low waists good business for the oculsts. Unimpaired vision has become of more than paramount importance. apartment should not be overlooked by the admin istraton when an unusually drcent diplomatic post is to be filled
 tr -avy state board of health says necessary to keep your mouth shut if you would be healthy Stin the American woman seems to be in pretty fair physical condition. .. -, .,...r . a,.. q,
The Cordova daily times., 1921-08-12
ALASKA COMPARATIVELY

From newspaper statements, public official utterances and other misconceptions, many peo- pie get the impression that Alaska is being held back in a way that none of the other iron, tier sections of the United States have been in the past.
 A study of comparative development of all the west will show, with the possible exception of California, that the troubles Alaska is hav- ing to get population and get started are the same old troubles that all of the new sections experienced.
 Many historians claim New Mexico had the first permanent white settlement in the United States, and yet it was but yesterday that it was made a state; Montana was mined, hunted, trapped and settled to quite an extent before the Civil war, and yet the majority of its popu- lation came in the last twenty years Olympia was an important town and Puget sound was settled eighty years ago, but the state of Wash ington did not amount to much in the way of population or business until after the Klondike gold rush.
 Seattlement and development of all new sec tions dragged along at first and finally wound up by going with leaps and bounds.
 Alaska's first 5000 white people will be
The Cordova daily times., 1921-08-12
UNCLE sAM'S SMALL CHANGE

The treasury department has supplied the answer to the age-old puzzle of how much money one would have if he suddenly were made present of all the pennies, nickels and dimes, quarters and haf-dollars in use. The answer is $261 ,3l962S.
 This sum represents the total amount of "smaIl change now in use throughout the United States. It amounts to about $325 for each resident of the United States.
 Silver dollars total $77,5S4.548 in value and gold coin $1 ,O35, ,O69,12O. Federal reserve notes in use amounts to $2,783,000000, national bank notes $723,094,498.
 Other kinds of money or token for money now in use total in round numbers as follows: Gold certificates, $414,000000; silver certif- cates, $185,00O,O00; treasury notes of 1890, $1,57S,OOO,00O; United States notes, $334 ,0O0,- 000; federal reserve bank notes, $l60O00,0O0.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-08-12
GETTING BACK TO NORMAL

Western farmers are reported to have all the harvest help they want at $3 per day, whereas last year they had to pay $8 and $10. In New England there are 500 idle farms compared with 4,000 last year. Apparently the farming industry is slowly coming into its own again, not from special privileges extended by bene- ficent government, as many have been advocat- ing, but through the working of the law of supply and demand, coupled with undaunted courage and thrift on the part of the farmers themselves.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-08-12
Voice of the Alaska Press

have more respect for optimis that sees good mosquitoes than for the chronic grouch who always predicting hard times the coming winter The first may be fool but he is better than craphanger any day Strollers Weekly, Juneau.
 The substantial cleanup made Valdez creek in a very, very short suicing season. reported by gently arrived from the diggngs in Anchorage makes practically certain that the district with adequate portaton advantages will become big producer.-An, chorage Times.
 The purchase by the city the Dalton hospital ing to be used schoohouse, is step in the right direction By housing the scholars under roof in stead of two, formerly, considerable be saved in fuel and lights. The location is central and the building is in excellent condition large enough to fill all requirements for years to come-Valdez Miner
 
 Albert Fink celebrated an attorney before he left Nome, since has been practcing in Chicago he has become famous defender of high officials who get into tight places. His present efforts d, rected in defense of Governor Len Small who indicted for alleged embezzement and conspiracy in nection with the operation Of confidence game.-Ju. Capital.
 
 In the list of nominations federal Alaska positions as announced in the Times of August 2, appears the name of Gilbert F. Stevens U. S. marshal the Fourth division Everyone in Alaska knows Judge Rche; all the people in the Second division where resides ana great many at Juneau where he has been legislative employe for the past sessions know Judge Reed; all the Fourth division people Cegg, who will be the judge in the Fourth All the Fairbanks crowd know Guy Irwin, who succeeds Roth district attorney u the Fourth; some people around Anchorage know Beaumont, who will be marshal the First but this Stevens who succeeds Stubs as marshal in the Fourth far in these parts peggable.
 We know he is all right, but who is he?-Anchorage Times
The Cordova daily times., 1921-08-12

hard to get and after that, if we take history as a criterion, the people will come in as fast or faster than We can take care of them.
 So maybe we should not blame the Demo- crats or the Republicans Washington polit- clans, big business or the weather. It is prob ably just common old economic reasons that all the other new sections had to wear down with time and patience.-Anchorage Times.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-23
ny WILL. JOHNSON.
[ niNers.i ~t.rNisr STAFF Writer

NEW YORK Jaa. = the story
~ the Immigrant girl who asccnded,
l.4t"tas the iaaEuacc Word ~ wort,
tao first two ~ which wrr. v-ual
c"inr rcst:Yynn, III Sew York and
later parked Ecr car ru tg- leading
avers"~ - ~. town Il ae,ion.i
drem-.
wtl, d.G the same tAlns /. EaSSi
'r0th, he learned the twU words a. !,
s;nI Co., cOai' .,!ia 'WooG"--aAt ac-
secluded TO begin his Usren, In i ceI.
';r H. soid coal, he saw u. prnit-
thi, edges OF crude efficiency ana
kicked them of. and rOw tnis Rus
Stan-J.mish Immigrant. has formed
an ic" company consolidation with
4 total value Of sl.,"oE pQu.
lis name is Solomon VI. Schatzkfn
the yellow PACED Juvenile success
novel. iic arrived in the United
states thirty-thrcc years ago ana his
not capital va" 5000.
Castle Garden. back in 1875. was
tho gate II IN" nation. it rs now
Manhattan's aquarium II was
through this rnI. tina solomon ~.
ScnAt%kin :" years Old. native III a
smHii Hnsa:an country town came to
NY TAN. "i promise.
For hhN. h" wandered about thc
city, cropping hrlpi essy through for
.isn customs ana : foreign Tongue.
,,n"vit2biy ne dr.f'ch t""ard tn.
Ehst Side, and th' FIRST two words
- The new ianruap" which came,
most readily 10 his !ips because al
thclI aianiy 70 words he knew III
~ ~! 'Nc tongue were coal" and
wood and these two words were
successful future.
m. .mmigr"ut game H. the United
a.ea ~ way OF Germs"y and his
hrst shock upna crossing tn. IRON.
NIfF WIS !. Ll.'unEH a.
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upon US when considering the ruins
81 churches. OF mansions, and of
cemeteries in WcstmoraIand BY
reason Of the worth. talents. and ma
lfotiSfn which once adorned H. 1t
WAS called the Athens Of virginia
Bnt how Few OF the descendants of
those VINO once Mere it's ornaments
arc no." 10 he found in IL Chantilly.
Mount 'icasant. Wakefield. AR. now
n" more. STAFFORD alone remains"
but what story Of JOY ana r.vclry.
~ traSedy and sacrifice, could old
Stratford tell! TODAY. the place is
very different from The home Thomas
&c" knew. The sweeping ia..n lead
ing from the river has been cut to
pieces. and time. with the aid of man.
'.s relied some of the ar.tl trees
which guarded Il like a corps OF
sentincls. Il Is sad to think al tn.
fate Of most old houses They arr.
doomed 70 !nger on long after ;leir
hrSt owners are sleeping. i.ut the,.
are always rich in memories ana ira
"iiions; hr!eh, flowers left from
many. many tears
,tori Hail has shut Il. .y.s
tighter Year by year. Irricudlv
lichens have softcncd its rod brick
walls ivy ,and roses have crept
NJ 80 its hear, - If to
.how that It can never b. forgotten
Tor it walls have sheltered ~ the
past TOO many Of the nobicst Vir-
gInians ever known.
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her nephew. DR.. Richard Stuart
Since Stratford Hall was built, the
wonderful history Of America has
tt:ei' made. and many OF those promi-
i'cnl In the making were born unt"r
~; hosn.table roof. there may be an
apparent want % things about tho
estate. once the most impJrtlus
topping place along the King
Highway. ana Stratford has irrrscr-
entity been called far behind tn,
times. In its early days it's Isolated
situation may have led Richard Lee
10 select II for the Foundation Of his
fortune and his family. and after
one. hundred and ninety years. i, is
sim Sepucstered
All solitary In its wild wood set
ting. the superb. IL lonely prospect
outspread before IL. In; gives addi-
i!onnl worth and emphasis.
The old vault. once under substan-
tlal brick walls. Is now hidden
beneath grassy mound from the
center Of which rises 4 simple monI-
mclt Inscribed: In memory IT tn.
Hon rhomaS Lee. whose hudy was
buried ut popc's Creeks Church five
miles above this country sea-. STRAIT
fora liali. in 1851"
outilrcd Its Generation.
No wonder the house seems 10 he
brooding for il has outIiv.a IT'S gem
Grafton and Bishop Mead, sroKa
truly when he said some mourn
fui thoughts will force themselves
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-23
SCALING EVERETT MEANS
NOTHING TO SCIENCE
DR.. lioyey Says Sensational Feat
VIII Amount To Little More
Thar Stunt.
ny WiNil'Ni:D VAN DI1XEU.


Universal Service stnE'Corrrnrondcnt
NEW YORK;, Jan. 22.-- Nov that
Mount Everest will be submitted to
the human touch. how is man Ia 20
about the wooing OF the ?cak. ill,c :.
Eahl" 81 the roof Of the world:
and @hat manner ot bench, - tn.
tween the Lord OF IN. .SaowS' and
Dr. III i. Z iioysy. curator If me
geologic d garimeni Of the Ameri-
To-Day said ,h.l; climbing IL tho
finally has Issued iron, the !or,iiy
isolation Of Lhasa,u vii. amount to
!.tt." more than stunt" however
history making the feat may he.
lie continued: Il look for discover
los OF unlimited value TO science from
preliminary studies Of topography
and surrounding territory tho Erit-
ish nonn,a!nccrs VIII DC forced 10
accomplish before setting out mon
ihcir expedition toward the IIiina-
iayan sum;nit--thc highest in the
wOrId
The astonishing action of Tibet
has mad" possible collecting OF data
an physloeraphy OF the mountain.
nainrn Of The country round about.
watersheds and other phases Of that
portion ~ the eartn's surface"
However, Dr. iiovey questioned il
the oxDcd.iioniSts VIII be able to
work up toward the mountains aloof
"a hoaj. li;trd 10000 feet above SEA
level He went on
"1aly young rlen of good physique
ii great physical cxcrtion al IN ;,lti-
tida over 5000 feet.
1T hna hccn pointed out that avia ;
tors experience no difficulty AT this
height. even without artificial rcspi
EAt'bn. Bat there Is no similarity Of
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-23
ONCE A POOR IMMIGRANT,
NOW POWER IN NEW YORK
Solomon NJ Sci'aizkjn Came 10 America Knowing &c
English--Iearncd Words Coal" and Wood
to Which He fli!ched His Wagon.

II. new deai.: started to snort
weigh The customers. s4
'.NeanShil. | h,b n.,fY.d ~. 80.
Burns Hro,hers r"s,I vy;,o.,,s ~ ~
( ;i.,,s In. sig, -.ds,'.. ii,,,.
Bros. TOO, III uti.,..y S,r..., ~,
River I though E..ns wa4 IN,
pgpD letters frs, name ana Bros Mis-
last name walked tIo length .o,.
Delaney Stree; four - iiyt ,,ne..
IooEtuY IDr Mr.. i.ror.
.,.,r .,,
.ln.ts, {. ,,:o,,lI ~. 80, 80"
i snyr,,r.1 :, .,,1 " ~. 'i''' %
t..ii,.,; 80 49, ~ "'iS'.
.v.Itt,t;.IIy ~. n .n'
I,rn.u,, "a f.t,',.i ,.,, H. = ~ 49,
't..t 80 ~ W ~" "fn
PIT Buihs CAV. me a job Al agent
Ion ,,,a ,,nn'., 81. :" S'atS a
i,arni5 -, cr...i h,,.I,, I''1 ~.
~. Tnp'rl,,in, CO. ,t-' i','s, an" TAI"
IDS c,hiIa ~ - 1..,'tI.H Su'
,ar... ,"...snr. - ~ y" s"'h
-,
n"c nearly all 10 Ntke Burns
"ao IKE me Immortal ioh.g' Eurns,
""t ne"ft ann recognized q mhn's
u
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rounding him 1t occurred to me that
no could tell me something or the
mysterious people who once occu-
pied the old haunted house. 1 found
him not inclined to talk about It's
past. protesting TO know nothing of
Importance. bus finally be consented
to tell me that.
Many years ago when the corn
nelds were all about where these
houses and streets are now, three or
TOUR big frame houses. were standing
OF them. was 4 boy then and this
house became vacant and WAC closed
,or year or two. until one day
noticed that people were In H.
MY mother lived In this very cabin
men, aud In few days after THESE
people had moved in. Il lady came
ea%ii 10 see her and asked her TO come
up 10 the house as she wanted TO see
about employing her. My mother
found that the family was.a gentle
h map ,h nus wife and daughtcr. and they
Drought with them from where they
S ,ans. Ihey were rich people and
ak.ssening the three women they had.
talked to each other. We could not
understand them. but their servants
Family or ncriusex.
Lney didn't go out on the streets
for u carriage and be driven "u;'
mostly at night. Their rooms were,
beautifully furnished and thee wore
i hewy me clothing and had plenty OF
they wanted. The yafng lady Wan
very pretty and she wSs the only one
.nat ever went out on the streets
. nnnr she would ~':c long walks
One day her father called me in
ms room and asked me: 'Petaire umy
MAJ, name Is Peter. but h. always called
"a..i,h!mE WIN my daughter any lime !? :
saiu, NO. sir. and | hadn't
!, ~. l knew tronhle was coming
n =, NJ was that suspicious. ana sure
nnuRn' one day saw q finely
dressed. handsome man meet her In
me capitol Square. and they walked
in .,",,s tose,her slowly talking in their
anybody could sec they were lovers
Came TO tho House.
iwant long after that before !
Sa", 'nis same man come MP To the
to myself he ain, going to ret n wei
come from the boss. but Miss Jose
prime met him herself and begged
nm, nm 70 20 back before anyone saw
MN. never did know how it ali
hnppencd. but her father came 20 the
door and invited him in. AMI then
mere were fierce words. and he tool;
MS leaEc. Til" servants told ms
mother that the young man asked for
satisfaction as he was leaving. and
her rather told him. h. would meet
him III New Orleans. They said that
meant 4 duel
II a. few days her father ief, TO be
gone, for week or two, he said, ana
when he left Miss Josephine took 10
her bed. Her father dii not come
back. but one day when sh" WAS
reading tho paper she turned mighty
pale and just fell over la a dead
faint. Her mother grabbed un the
paper and screamed like pntncbody
Wild They were both ~ for a
long time"
II sposc the young tnun was
+ HE'D. irnybc both of them, but tina,
u al ever heard 81 either az tho
men; and ono morning the mis;iS
called us all into Miss Joscphnca
room, and she was lying In he'd and
smiling and talking out OF her head
We could see that She was dying. ana
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-23
Thousands of Sick and Aing Have Been
Successfully Treated by
United Doctors
The Examination

The examination Is tho most i'm
portant part OF the proceeding
when sufferer calls upon the
United Doctors. Whilst 1t is en-
tircly free TO those calling. yet the
examination Is made as thorough
and as accurate NJ II the patient
had paid the regular examination
charge. After the diagnosis is
made the mode OF treatment is
then determined.
The most delicate man, woman
or child need have no fear either
Of having an X-Ray examination
made or Of taking electrical treat
ments. The X-Ruy and electrical
trcatmcnts are harmless, painless
and safe in the hands of experts.