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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-21
Rc,urns From College

Arthur Rudd has returned from Eu-
gene where he attended university Vi
Oregon during the past year.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-21
Tako Vacation.

Tako Vacation.
w. ]. Stockman, Eowell Stockmnn,
Pug" Ross and Lloyd and Tom Mont
gOmery left this morning for Lehman
Springs where they will spend several
days camping and fishing.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-21

. CALENDAR OF EVENTS
. June 27-August b-Summer
. Normal School.
= July 10 to 16--Ellison- White
y ChautauQua.
= September 90, 2S, 2l-Annual
. Pendleton Roundup.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-02-18
MANS MAN-BUT HE REFORMS.

II Presently pakJowIed WeH curd fashiy dressed big
II Of about Webse age passed the corridor going towGrd the
Il head Of the An instant later said very
H distinctly:
Il do not knov you do not ush to know you and it is
IOahOme 10 persist in addressing # do not stop
your annoying attentions I shall call the conductor"
mi Beauty distress" John Stuart Webster SoEoquized
II look much Ike AHgora goat might yell butt in He
stepped to the door Of his aeroom girl stood in the pesti5ue
confronting the Who had Just passed Webss door, Webster
bored
Madame mddemoiseHe the may BE-" he said "un-
Ike this other male bipd my sole purpose presenting to address
you suggest that there not the slightest necessity for taking
this matter up a the conductor here and very much at
your service"
The girl trned-and John Stuart Weses heart Topped tDce
in rapid like trout ney erased She lovely
royal flush Her starry glance began at his miners boots
Travelled up his old sd whpcord trousers his light blue
chamray shirt and found the behind the wSerS She fGvOred
him nth quick scrutiny and grave, sweet se THANK
you much she anspeed and passed down the corridor to the
observation
Of Death Valley He'd made his pile but he looked like hobo. He
dreaming Of baths silk pajamas
limited ham and Thirty-nne he's always been shy of the
girls Then he meets her and his begins.
In he down job consulting
call old
struck dirt in Central America And when he herebehod
the girl Of the 3 right off quick
Webster in the of
fighting thrilling
oh, Webster-Man's Man" by b.
enough He's the of Cappy Rk know and he
The Valley of the Gian And he's confirmed
Jack London equal ability
Incidentally he's considerable himse-he
Of the Philippine in the double
shoulder bars al the fighting front.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-02-18
II You kaGd a Medicine
You Should Have the DssI

Have you ever stopped TO reaso, =,
IL Is That so many products that are ~
tensiyely advertised, all at once dron IS
OF sight and are soon forgotten T Du'
reason 10 plain-the article did not f.ie1s
the promises Of the manufacture rta
applies more particularly to a med;o;nl
medicinal preparation that has 80
curative value almost sells itself AZ l H.
an endless chain system the remed, y
recommended by those who have y
benefited, to those who are in need ~ 4.
prominent druggist says "Take fn-
example DR.. Kilmer's Swami. Ro,, 4'r
preparation | have sold for manv -
and never hesitate to recommend fcr
almost every case it shows excellent ~ ~
suits, as many Of my customers test;f.
No other kidney remedy has SO lar .,.y
sale" re
According to sworn statements al
verified testimony of thousands who h.
used the preparation, the success of m.
hilmer's Swamp-Root is due to the En-
so many people claim, that it fulfTls ~
most every wish in overcoming kid,e-
liver and bladder ailments; correct. nr
nary troubles and neutralizes the NJ.
acid which causes rheumatism.
You may receive a sample BOTTLE q
Swamp-Root by Parcels Post. Addras-
DIR; Kilmer & Co., Binghamton. n Y
and enclose ten cents; also mention ~,
paper Large and medium size bo+tIos
tor sale at all drug stores.-Adv.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-02-18
CHAPTER II.

Webster's dreams of bliss had, with
very slight variations, come true as
per schedule. In Salt Lake CITY he
abandoned the beefsteak on his dam
aged eye for two businesslike leeches.
which quickly reduced the nocturne
effect around his orb, enabling him.
the third day, to saunter forth among
his fellowmen. By the end of the
week he was being reilcarnated, and
so he packed huge new wardrobe
trunk with his latest purchases and
Journeyed on to Denver. Coincident
with his arrival there, we again take
up the thread of our story.
One hour after his trunk arrived the
gentleman from Death valley might
nave been observed standiHg before
a cheval glass looking long and
earnestly at the reflection of his mid
dle-aged person, the while he marked
the fit of his new raiment. John
Stuart Webster was all dressed up for
the first time in three long, labor-rid-
den years, and was tremendously glad
OF 1t. He lighted cigar and stepped
forth into Seventeenth street. along
which he strolled ultil he came to q
certain building, into the elevator of
which he entered and was whisked to |
the twelfth floor, where he aliphted |
and found himself before a wide portal
which bore in gold letters the words.
Engineers Club"
The Engineers club was the closest
approach to home that John Stuor+
Webster had known for twenty wears
ana save for the slight Job of kali
somining which Father Time had done
on the edges of the close cropped Web
'terlan mustache, the returned prodi.
gal might have stepped out of the Climb
'ut yesterday. He would not have
AIKEN the short end of modest her
nat even fresh log had been placed
m the fire or that the domino-plavers
'Ver against the wall had won or LOST
drlnk or two AID then resumed nav
perchance there were q
ew more gray hairs in the thlclxlv
Matched head of old Neddy Jerome
lifting in his favorite seat Inv tho
'indow and turning the cards I'm bis
ternal game of solitaire. In blissful
that John Stuart Webster
God within the portals of home and
waited the fatted calf.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-02-18

but not quite. As Websters body
struck the moor the big automatic
came out Of the holster; swinging In
a weak circle. It covered the other.
"That was a daisy" Webster num-
bled. "If you move before my head
clears, I'll put four bullets into you be-
fore you reach the corridor"
He waited about minute, then with
the gun he pointed to the car door and
the masher stepped out. Webster hand
ed the porter his gun and followed;
two minutes later he returned, drag
| ging his assallant by the collar. Up
the steps he jerked the big battered
hulk and tossed 1t In the corner of the
vestlbule, just as the girl came through
the car, making for the diner up ahead.
Again she favored him with that
calm, grave, yet vitality interested gaze,
nodded appreciatively, made as If to
pass on, changed her mind, and said
very gravely: you area very court
ly gentleman, sir"
He bowed. There was nothing else
to do, nothing that he could say under
the circumstances. To use his chivalry
as q wedge to open an acquaintance
never occurred to tim-but his whisk- |
ers did occur to him. Hastily he backed |
into his stateroom and closed the
door, presently he rose and surveyed |
himself critically In the small mirror
over the washstand.
mo, JOHNNY" he murmured, I'VE
can't go into the diner now We're too
blamed disreputable. We were bad
enough before that big swine hung the
shanty on our right eye, but whatever
our physical and personal feelings, far
be 1t from US to parade our iridescent
orb in public. Besides, one look at that
queen is enough to do US for the re-
mainder of our natural life, and sec
o1d look, minus a proper Introduction,
would only drive US into a suicides
grave" He sighed, rang for the porter
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-02-18
Stomach
on Strike
20 Years
EafORsic Settled Ffy

"Eatonic is wonderful" says c. w.
burton; Il had been a sufferer from
stomach trouble for 20 years and now
l am WELL"
Eatonic gets right after the cause of
stomach troubles by taking up and
carrying out the acidity and gases and
OF course, when the cause is removed.
the sufferer gets well. If YOU have
sourness, belching, Indigestion food
repeating or any other stomach
trouble, take Eatonic tablets after
each meal and find relief. Big box
costs only trife with your druggists
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-02-18
Keep light in the window
for your old Jack-Pardner."
GRO BE coNrINunpJ

Noble birth Is one thing and nice
soft political berth IL another.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-02-18
Chinese Remedy

The Chinese laundry had ruined bic
collars. Their saw-edge was cuttjng
his neck. Besides, they looked dis.
graceful. He thought it was time n
complain. because they had been lam.
dered only a few times.
"See here, Lee SAM" he began 81
won't have this! You are simply ruin.
ing every collar possess! WHY DOM
you take a little more pains? Wbot
are you going to do about it,"
The laundryman looked at him with.
out emotion, and said: you buy more
collar"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-02-18

1t trial. have been very glad that /
DID, for now feel much stronger and do
eli of my work. tell my friends when
they ask me what helped me, and they
think it must be grand medicine. And
it is. You can use this letter for a tes-
tlmonial if you wish. Mrs. HARRY A.
WILSON, R. F. d. 5, Clearfeld, Pa.
The experience and testimony of such
women as Mrs. Wilson prove beyond a
DOUBT that Lydia p. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound will correct such tro,l-
bles by removing the cause and restor-
ing the system to healthy normal con-
dltlon. When such symptoms develop
as backaches, bearing-doYn pains, dis
placements, nervousness and ''the
Dlues a woman cannot act too promptlv
N trying Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
compound if she values her future com
fort and happiness.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-02-18

Lady In the observation car asked
me to deliver this to you, sah," he an
nounced Importantly.
1t was a note freshly written on the
train stationery. Webster read:
''The distressed lady desires to
thank the gentleman In stateroom A
| for his chivalry Of yesterday. She Is
profoundly sorry that In her service
the gentleman in stateroom A was so
unfortunate as TO acquire a red eye
with blue trimmings"
JoEn Stuart Webster swore his
mightiest oath, "By the twelve apos-
ties, Simon, Peter, Andrew, James,
john, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew,
Thomas, James. Jude and Simon, and
not emitting Judas Iscariot, the scaly
scoundrel who betrayed his Lord and
Master" He searched through an old
wallet until he discovered a fairly
clean professional card, across the bot
tom Of which he wrote, "Thank you.
]. S. W." and sent it to the no-longer-
distressed lady.
"The most signal adventure of my |
life is now over" he soliloquized and
turned to his cigar. For the sake of |
my self-respect, 1 had to let her know
I'm not hobol And now to the task
Of framing up a scheme for future
acquaintance. 1 must learn her name
and destination; so as a preliminary
I'll interview the train conductor"
He did and under the ameliorating
influence of a five-dollar bill the con-
ductor bent respectful ear to the
Websterian message.
"In Car Seven" he began, there is
a young lady. do not know what Sec
ion she occupies, neither do 1 know
her name and destination. only =
know what she looks like"
The conductor nodded. "And you
want to ascertain her name and des- b
ination?" il
81 do"
"All right. I have the unused por-
ion Of her transportation to return
o her before we hit Salt Lake; her
lame is on the ticket aad the ticket
indicates her destination. I'll make a
mental note of both as soon as I've
Identified her ticket"
A few hours later the conductor
anne to Webster's stateroom and
anded him card upon which was
7ritten:
Dolores Ruey. From Los Angeles,
la San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt =
AXE, to Salt Lake City. Denver & Rio X
rande to Denver, Burlington to st. L
ouis, Illinois Central to New Orleans. Il
top-Over at Denver" II
John Stuart Webster studied the Il
anne after the conductor withdrew. II
That's Spanish NAME" he solilo- Ii
lized, "but for all that, she's not a 81
lrakeet. All things considered, III
less I'll take a chance and invests sEl
te." Ii;
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-02-18

tered, and obeyed instantly. Mr.. Web
ster handed him disreputable-loolSin
suitcase and stepped aboard in state
only to be Informed that there wasn't
a vacant first-class berth on the train
Eyes, know I'm dirty" the late ar.
rival announced cheerfully, but still
as Bobby Burns once remarked, "a
mans a man for a that'-and I'm not
unsanitary"
I'm very sorry" the conductor re-
! piled perfunctorily and eadeavored to
| pass on, but Webster secured a firm
grip on his lapel and frustrated the es-
cape.
You're not sorry" the ragged wan
derer declared, mot one little bit.
You're only apprehensive However,
you needn't be. There is no wild life
on me, brother l assure you"
But l tell you, the train is full up.
you'll have to rOost In the day coach
or the tourist. Pm very sorry"
Nevertheless, despite your deep grief,
something tells me you're spOofng, so
while must, of necessity, accept your
suggestion, said acceptance will be but
temporary. In about two hours, young
fellow, you're going to make the alarm
Ing discovery that you have bats in
your belfry." And with a whlskery grin
which. under the circumstances, was
charming In its absolute freedom from
malice, Mr.. Webster departed for the
day coach %
Two hours later the conductor found
him In the aforementioned day coach.
engaged in mild game Of poker with
mule-skinner, a Chinaman, an aged
prospector, and half-breed Indian.
and waited until Mr.. Webster, on n
bob-talled flush. bluffed the Chlnaman
out OF a dollar-and-a-half pot
Are you Mr.. john S. Webster?"
Your assumption that / am that
person is so eminently correct that IL
would be waste of time for me to
dispute it, Webster replied quizzical-
". However, just to prove that
you're not the only clairvoyant on this
rain. I'm going to tell you something
about yourself. In your pocket you
ave telegram It is from Chicago.
where your pay-check originates; It is
hort sweet and comprehensive. con-
aiming an order which you are going
o obey. 1t reads somewhat as fol-
ows:
My friend, John S. Webster, wires
le from Blank that he boarded train
{ Blank and was refused frst-class
accommodation because he looked like
hobo. Give him the best you have in
tock II you have to throw somebody
II the traia to accommodate him.
igned, Sweeney
DO l hit the target?"
The conductor nodded. "You win.
r. Webster" he adnstted.
Occasionally / lose, old timer.
clip
No offense, Mr.. Webster, no ofrense.
can let you have a stateroom-"
That's trading talk. I'll take It."
The conductor gave him his receipt (
I'd led him back TO the stateroom in I
e observation car. At the door Web s
er handed him five-dollar bill. "For /
~, SON" he said gcltly, "just to take 5
g sting out Of what I'm about TO tell :
~. Now that possess your recent s
ID know that ten men and boy can i
Il take 1t away from me, I'm going to h
j you who Sweeney Is" 4
@Who is her" tie conductor oreried
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-02-18

and told him to send a waiter for his
order, since he would fain break his
fast in the privacy of his stateroom.
And when the waiter came for the
order, such was Mr.. Webster's mental
perturbation that ham and eggs were
furthest from his thoughts. He or
oered steak with French fried Do
tatoes.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-02-18
CHAPTER l.

When John Stuart Webster, mining
engineer and kicker-up -of-dust on dis
tant trails 'fiagged the S. T., l.. A. &
s L. Limited at bistered board sta
tion IN Death valley, California. he
had definitely resolved TO do certain
things. To begin, he would invade the
dining car at the first call to dinner
and order approximately twenty dol
lars' worth OF ham and eggs, which
proyender Is, as all who know will
certify, the pianacle of epicurean de-
Hight 10 an old sourdough coming out
- the wilderness with a healthy bank
roll and healthier appetite.
Following the ham and eggs, Mr.
Webster planned to saturate himself
from soul 70 vermlform appendix with
nicotine which he purposed obtaining
from tobacco With nicotine in II. 1t
was a week since he had smoked any
thing with an odor even remotely like
tobacco, for the August temperature in
Death valley is no respecter OF moist
ure In any man or his tobacco. Upon
arrival In Salt Lake City his spree
would really begin. Webster designed
ehartering a taxicab and proceeding
forthwith 10 a hotel where he would
engage a sunly room with bath. III |
the batEtub, climb blithely i'm and soak !
Tor two hours 40 least. for Il was near 1
ly eight months since he had had a |
regular bath and he purposed making
the most OF his opportunity. His long
drawn ablutiOns at length over he
would don a silken dressing gown and
slippers, order up a barber and pro-
coed 70 part with enough hair and
whiskers 10 upholster an automobile,
and upon the completion Of his ton
sOrial adventures he would encase his
person In a suit OF mauve- colored silk
paJamas, climb into bed and stay
there for forty eight hours. merely wax
Ing long enough TO take another bath,
order up periodical conagnments OF
ham and eggs, and incidentally, make
certain that a friendly side-wnder or
hadn't crawled under the
blanket with Tim.
So much FOR John Stuart Webster's
'ians. Now for the gentleman himself.
10 one-not even the Pullman porter,
hrewd judge OF mankind that he was
could have discerned IN the chrysalis
hat tagged the Limited the butterfly
4 fashion that was TO be. AS the
bony George raised the vestlbule plat
orm, opened the car door and looked
ut, he had no confidence IA the lean, q
big man standing by the
rain. Plainly the fellow was not y
rst-class passenger but a wandering -
for he was dog-dlrty, a ruin
rags and hairy as a tarantula. The :,
lly clean thing about him was a q"
savy-calibered automatic pistol of the =,
my type, swinging at his hip.
"Day coach an tourist up in front"
e knight Of the whiskbroom an
,unced In disappearing tones and
lrteo to close down the platform. =,
$50 j perceived John Stuart Web ~
r. replied blandly 81 also observed g,
at you FAILED TO employ the title y,
r when addressing white man. N
t that platform back and hop out v,
re with your little stool, you saddle n,
ored son Of Senegambia, or III n,
Ike you hard porter to catch" te
'Yossah yassah p the porter sput-
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-02-18

TO do all of my own
work. l had severe
pains in my left side
every month and had
fever and sick dizzy
spells and such pains
during my periods,
which lasted two
weeks. l heard Of
Lydia E. Pinkham's
V e G e t a Bile Com
pound doing others
so much good and
rhOlICht I Wo,,iJ niva
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-02-18
Authoritative.

Gus-Father, where do you find a
blight of water?
Father-Don't ask stupid questions ;
Near the mouth Of river, of course !
London Answers.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-02-18

Uncle Alb says: If you have a crouch,
hold it till after the next meal feed
inG may tame it.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-02-18
SYMPTOMS
WOMEN DREAD
Mrs. Wilson's Letter Should
Be Read by All Women

Clearfeld, Pa" After my last child
was born last September | was unable
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-02-18

| perturbation that ham and eggs were
furthest from his thoughts. He or
dered a steak with French fried Do
tatoes.
John Stuart Webster passed a rest
less night. Sleep came to him in hour
ly i1stallments, from which he would
rouse to ask himself whether ii was
worth while to continue to go through
the motions of living, or allght at the
next station, seek a lonely and unfre-
quented spot and there surrender to
outrageous fortune. 1t was altogether
uamnable. In a careless moment. Fate
had accorded him a glimpse of the
only woman he had ever met and de-
sired to meet again-fOr Webster was
essentially mans man, and his pro-
fession and environment had initiated
against his opportunities for meeting
extraordinary women; and extraordi-
nary women were the only kind that
could hope to challenge his serious at
tention. Fate had accorded him a signal
opportunity for knightly combat in tbe
service of this extraordinary woman.
and In the absence of a formal intro
duction, what man could desire finer
opportunity for getting acquainted If
only their meeting had but been de-
aged two weeks. ten days. weekl
once free of his ugly cocoon OF rags
and wfdskers, the butterfly Webster
would not have hesitated one brief in
slant to inform himself of that Young
ady's address, following his summary
disposal Of her tormeator.
But in all things there is limit
md John Stuart Webster's right eve
constituted a deadllne beyond which.
rs n gentleman, he dared not venture.
20 with a heavy heart he bowed TO
he inevitable. Brilliant and mysterI-
'us as meteorte she had flashed
nee across his horizon and was gone
In the privacy Of his stateroom Web
ter had ham und eggs for breakfast
ie was lighting his second cigar when
he porter knocked aud entered With
II envelope.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-09-06
MAGEE REPLIES TO
TWO LIBEL SUITS
Claims Charges He
Made in Editorials
Are True

Answers TO two libel suits wers
filed In the district court today by
Carl c. Maeee and ihe Journal pub
fishing company through n. n. Han
ma. their attorney. The suits were
filled by !. N. Reynolds on August .
and A. ID Mcmillan on August 10.
The hold tha, the allegations
made by Mr.. MaEec which brought ON
the suits. ~ true.
M suit fIied by Mr.. Raynoida on
August y, asking Cor $4,000 damages.
holds that two statements made In
an editorial which appeared in the
Morning Journal Of that date under
b head, ITO the Public" and signed
carl G. Maece." are false and HEEL
Gus.
The two statements reads
y. NJ. Raynoids procured the sigma
ture OF the Journal Publishing com
pany on this note by deception
Yet record dlscloses the fact
that no public notice was given when
j. NJ. Raynolds ccase TO be president
OF the Hoihrook state Bank, and
Louis Raynclds. his cousin. was quiet
y substituted. The hank failed In a
few months"
In the answer 10 this complaint.
the defendants c,nim hat the state
ments are true. after admitting that
they had been made In the Morning
Journal Of August D.
A. b. Mcmillan. who filed his suit
against Carl c. MaRee and the Journal
Publishing company on the following
day, cites several statements from
an editorial which appeared In the
Morning journal Of August ?. also
under the head OF TO the Public"
and signed. Carl c. Magee.''
The statements which he claims to
no HheiouS and for which he asks
that he be given $4,000 damages
are:
"Yet with his "a. n. McMi,ian's)
approval. the Occidental Life Insur-
ance company n few months ago con-
cealed h life Insurance policy OF n
dead man (Which policy was IN the
possession OF the company TO secure
a loan which Il had made) and paid
the widow same tbirteen hundred
dollars less than was due her"
Yet this mar tmcanlnE the plain
tiffl owes Sandovai county nine
thousand dollars in delinquent taxes"
These people deny an effort 10
crush me. Mr.. Mcmillan Il Indignant
that he Is ciassed as n OF the gang.
hut he wants his pound of flesh while
water oozes from his pores"
These state ments. the answer to
this suit claims. are true. To Mr..
McMiilan's allegations hat the cdi-
toriai which appeared in the Morning
OF August 10. which he quotes
at length in his complaint, is Hbeious,
Mr.. Magec's answer asserts that he
was describing n state OF mind and
not making allegations Of fact Of a
or ~defamatofy character.