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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-02-22
CHANGES MAY
Be NECESSARY IN ROLL

That some further changes in the
tax roll will have to be made in Or
der to make the amount of money to
be raised by the county copform to
the six percent increase limitation
law is the consensus of opinion of
various officers of the county. ex-
pressed today.
An expression from the state taN
commission over the long distance
telephone Monday led to this belief,
and a letter from the commission
making more definite ruling about
the tax roll is expected daily. but so
far it has not been received.
Whatever change is to be made, if
it becomes necessary to make any
further alterations. must be made in
the sheriff's office because the roll
has been turned over to the sheriff.
office and is now a part of the rec
ords of that office, it was stated TO-
day.
The dissolution of union high
school district No. 4 just as the roll
was completed has been factor in
the situation, it was stated by the
members of the county court. The
formation of the district. was at
tended by a technical mistake which
made it necessary to dissolve it and
start in anew with the work of or
ganization.
The members of the stHte tax com
\ mission have announced that they
will visit in Pendleton March l5. The
visit will be one of a series of stops
being plfnned by that body. Baker
La Grande and Astoria are other
cities which have been included ir
an itinerary. The burdens of tax.
alton and possible relief to real pro
lperty owners are to be investigated
by the body, it is thought. No strict
ly local problems are expected to bt
taken up, according to the belief o
county officials.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-02-22
People Here and There

E. G. Dean and r. L. Moore of
Walla Walla were here yesterday.
James Wilson returned TO Pendleton
yesterday from Portland where he has
been for several months.
r. l. Ball formerly was Il resi-
dent of Pendleton. He was here yes
terday from Walla Walla.
II. ]. DeWitts and Banks Morti-
mer of Hood River were guests of
friends in Pendleton yesterday.
Portland weather was cold and
rainy yesterday, says James Johns. Sr.,
who returned this morning after 4
business visit in that city.
r. ]. Curtain, travelling passen-
ger agent of the O.-W. n. x n. with
headquarters at Walla Walla was a
visitor here yesterday on official bus
mess. .....
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-02-22
Meat Was Like Poison To
His System And Hardly
Anything Else Agreed
With Him, Declares Oak
land Citizen.
81 Just Seemed To Get Bet
ter With Every Dose of
Tanlac And l Now Eat
Anything" He Says in
Public Statement.

"Its fact, have gained twenty
pounds in welght since Tanlac toned
up my stomach and | am feeling just
like a different 'man now. said Walter
8. TUCKER, 1891 S,xty-s,xth ST., Oak
land. Calf.
II had stomach trouble for fifteen
years in bad form, l finally got to
where meat was almost like poison to
me and there was hardly anything
that did agree with me. This trouble
broke down my nerves and finally
got so weak and run down frequent
" had to lay off from work.
'It certainly was surprising the W.,
Tanlac reached my case. 1t benefited
me in every way and just seemed t.
get new life and energy with ever
dose. When it comes to building
man up and making him feel fine
Tanlac Is in a class y itself"
Tanlac Is sold in Pendleton b!
Thompsons Drug Store and by lead
ing druggists.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-02-22

Shooters Going Straight
g. A. Conklin, Yakima.
William Hauser, lewiston Pomeroy
Norman Ebbley, Wallace-Kellogg.
e. w. Phillips. Wallace-Kellogg.
NJ. G. Whitman, Walla Walla.
Jesse F. Neal, Palouse -Colfax.
o. e. Lynch, Palouse-Colfax.
Dolph Coolidge, Palouse- -Colfax.
George Hamblin, Palouse- -Colfax.
Jim Hickman, Palouse-Colfax.
Charles Coston, Palouse-Colfax.
j. H. Blake, Wenatchee.
III. T.. Jones Wenatchee.
c. w. Hadley, Wenatchee.
w. C. Thornhill, Wenatchee.
T.. ]. Deschenne, Sprague.
Milt Miller, Sprague.
X. Stone, Sprague.
John McNurlin, Pendleton.
Lee, Matlock, Pendleton.
c. G. Matloc's, Pendleton.
II. o. Conn, st. John-Garfield.
M. e. Ingram, st. Garfield.
Edward Davis, st. John Garfield.
Dave White, st. JOhn-Garfield.
George Arland, st. John-Garfield.
e. C. Johnson. st. John-Garfield.
C. w. Mcdowell, Spokane.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-02-22
5m0WjeS.O
RIvoII TO-DAY
BIG CAST IN ~s.I.vArIox NEIL

BIG CAST IN SALVATION NELL"
Whitman Bennett's lates, special
production for release by Associated
Firs; National, perturbation Of sal
walton Nell one OF the most popular
plays ever presented before the Amer
lean theatre-goiny public. will be the
attraction at the Rivoh Theatre today.
Pauline StaFSc has. the leading role,
which Mrs Fiskc made famous on the
speaking siase. Joe King. Of serial
fame. plays oppos te Miss Starke. The
production. which was directed by
Kenneth Webb. is said TO be the mos.
pretent;uus film yet done at the Whit
man Bennett studio.
Dorothy arnum prepared the seem
ariO from the Edward sheldon play.
Among th.se in the supporting cast
are f. T. L ,gford, Evelyn {. Caring.
ton, Charles MacDouald, Matthew
seq. Marie Haynes. A. Earls William
Nally and Lawrence Johnson
The story $ intensely human, deal
ing with the trials and tribulations
md steadfr~t love of Nell Sanders, \
girl of New York's east side, for bis
Jim Plat. Nell loses her sweatshoI
job, hut get another in the lnuchroom
lf Hash ro"se Sal When-the free
lunch saloons turn out the pennies
am ne So TO Nell tor a hand-Ou
and as Il result she is again withou
employment. Later she Is d.smisse'
us the s,ru, woman of a saloon wher
Jim beats up the saloonkeepers broth
er for which he is sent to Jail. Mel
becomes salvation Army worker AM
when Jim gets out of prison, her devo
ton arouses his conscience, manhood
and-lVe.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-02-22

resort of Princeton and Yale and Har-
ward boys en- route to and from the
big football games every autumn and
If you came to New York and didn't
dance on the famous revolving floor
you simply hadn't done Now York
The garden at Forty-ninth Street
and Seventh avenue has closed within
the last year and memories still linger
about the squatty. ugly building which
somehow didn't seem so ugly at night
in the olden days. when cabaret was
cabaret and the show-girls flounced
about between the tables, drinking inn
partially from this mans class AMI
that ones, and chuclsing visiting buy
ers playfully between the third and
fourth rhins. It was in the old Gar
len that Herman Rosenthal was to
have been shot, as he usually dined
there. but the plans of Leftie Louie,
Gyp the Blood and their colleagues In
this ill-conceived and poorly-exeeuted
crime were suddenly altered to accom-
modate the whim of the gamblins
king.
This Is what must impress the v'st-
or from out-of-town on revist,ng New
York this day after says. three years
Broadway, still vivacious with cleo
. tric-lighted smile nevertheless Is com
PEELED to make apologies for the sor
; of hospitality now offered and com
pared with that of the old days.
But the trouble is that you're hesi
tating on the doorstep. Broadway i
like an Englishman's home nowadays
1t takes time to get it. You must b.
acquainted to be accepted. Don't g
away mad. There's life in tho ot
town yet. The next story will tel
about the life after the death 0
Broadway
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-02-22
BROADWAY IS LIKE
ENCuSHMAN'S HOME
Chapter /.

NEW YORK. Feb. 22.-(U. PD-
To anyone from the unexplored void
beyond the Alleghenies known in New
York as "honest-to-Gawd West"
Broadway's stage name, 1.-THE Gay
White Way must sound unusually
spurious since Prohibition turned the
more notorious toddleries into chop
suey houses and bar-rooms into lin
yerie bazars.
All, all are gone, the old familiar
places, or, If not gone, going at least,
and going fast. Churchilrs? Closed a
year ago and converted into combi-
nation chop-suey resort and billiard
room. Old Captain Churchill, himself
white haired, erect giant Of man
| for many years captain of the police
force, finally dismissed his little arm.
Of Balkan walters, gave the coat-roon
/ girl her final pay and discharged NJ
pers, and demobolized his mob of ex
pert canopeners, officially known al
stewards and, II you don't believe 1t
they had union cards from the Geneva
Association or Stewards Union II
prove ii.
The Cafe de Paris? Gone and sue
ceeded by new and quite differen
resort in Rectors old stand. The Pc
kin, notorious in it's day? The Pekii
s decaying behind electric signs AM
there's dust on the stairs. Shnnley
and Healy's still operate, but they ar
restaurants now. Just restaurants an'
the police are that skeptic, the cynics
that they take no mans word for II
but make lge all the more miserabl
| " an obstrusive system of surveil
lance.
Then there's Murrays. Everyon
used to 60 to Murray's particnlari
westerners from the great open space
situated between Tenth avenue an
| x.rt1 7 s4+Ara1 Mnrrn was IN
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-02-22

E. G. Dean and r. L Moore of
Walla Walla were here yesterday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-02-22
ARMY MEN HAVE FAITH
IN MORE D|R|G|BLES

WASHINGTON. Feb. es.-(C. P)-
Army air service officers today declare
that the government or private inter-
ests of this country must build dirig-
ibles. The conclusion in army circles
directly opposes the first reaction of
'congress-that dirigible development
must cease. Representative Lanhim
of Texas. believing the large death Toll
of the Roma was due 10 inflamnahle
gas says ne will make e strong fight
to have a helium plant at Fort Worth
resume operations on large sacle.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-02-22
Congress Is Blamed

NORFOLK, Va. Feb. 22.-(U. PO-
Army and navy officers blamed con-
gress today for the loss of life in the
Roma disaster. They said had con-
gress appropriated funds asked for
Helium the Roma would have been
filled with non-inflammable gas in
stead of highly inflammable hydrogen.
The navy has the only helium plant in
the country in Texas. This plant Off
GERS say is unable to produce the gas
required and is now shut down or cur
tailed. The officers estimate the loss
of life would only be ten percent of
" hat it IS If helium had been used.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-02-22
Late Flowing Cuts Yield

An average increase of nine bushels
an acre for summer fallow plowed
April l as compared with June has
been obtained at the Moro experiment
station covering period of nine years
in other words, 81 bushels an acre of
wheat have been lost during the nine
years where the fallow was plowed
late. In addition harder wheat is pro-
duced on early plowed summer fallow
than on that plowed late.--O. A. G.
Experiment station.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-02-22

Yellow berried Marquis is just as
good for seed as that which is dark
and red. Often it is plumper than the
hard wheat. A wet growing season,
late plowing of summer fallow, o,
lack of nitrogen usually causes the
yellow berry.-O. A. C. Experiment
Station.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-02-22
PENDLETON SHOOTERS
ARE TIED FOR FIFTH

Pendleton is tied with Walla Walla
for fifth place in the Spokesman-Re-
view telegraphic shoot as a result OF
the outcome of Sundays shooting
when Pendleton won one and tied one
Following is the table of standings
and the record of shooters goins
straight:
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-02-22

Sweet clover seeding on rather al
kali soils where summer frosts are
not severe should be made early 50 as
to get the clover up before much
crusting occurs Fifteen pounds to
the acre is good rate of seeding.-O.
A., C. Experiment stati6fGi9 7t'@
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-11-18
By.OLTVE RoBERTs BARTON.

Nancy and Nick looked and
looked everywhere. They not only
aaked all the Mother Goose peo-
pie UP In the sky but all their
fairy friends as well.
1t was Mr.. sprinkle-Blow, the
weatherman, who said something
which made the Twins stop hunt
ing Ind sent them hurrying to the
little chocolate drop OF a house on
a high mountain where Mother
goose lived.
II wouldn't wear out my Magic
Shoes II I wore you" advised Mr..
Sprinkle-Blow. Mother Goose
doesn't need her old broom any
moro. This morning when look
cd down from my house in Bus
ter-Gust Land i saw broom
leaning UP against her wuodshed.
She must have gotten a new one"
"Hello. kiddles!" called Mother
Gnose when she saw Nancy and
Nick coming. "Tred hunting?"
"oa, no." answered Nick.
"only we heard you had a new
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inches Ia length behind Il when
that Computation vas released and
the. tissues relaxed, II 4 q taet,
monsieur. that The Service dc ID
surete has frequently demonstra:.
The man at tho table was mo.
tlonless, as in, some indecision. He
did not change. He remained only
IN a sort Of dreadful immobility,
and he seemed IN this immobility
TO consider some desperate hazard.
he was awakened by the two
young men from the Bois dc Bou.
logne. who now entered the draw.
ing,room.
Monsieur" said the voice Of the
Project OF Police, ~ feared that l
might not be your equal in all dir.
eetions. and l have asked these
two agents OF the Service to como
up. They will also be useful as wit.
nesSes to the indendture."
Lord Valleys made no rsply. He
opened drawer OF the table, took
out pen and attached his sigma.
ture TO the deed-walted until the
witnesses had signed 1t, blotted It
carefully and folding 1t together.
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Rundown.
Carolina Lady Got So she Could
Just orss-"catdui B1lltMs
uP,H shei Declares

Rernersyille, N. o,--tn an interest.
Ing statement regarding cafdui tin
Womans Tonic, Mrs. Wesley Alabe.
Of near hel Q. recently said * have
known Cardui for years but n6vet
knew It's worth untfl d year OF 10
ago, was IN . weakened tund
condition. I became draggy ildn't
eat or sleep TO do any good couidnt
do anything without great effort
tried different remedies and med.
clnep, yet coRtinuedto drag
4 decided to give cardui . tfiai
and found II was Just wha \ 1 really
needed. 1t made me feel much sttone.
er soon after began toRfse 4 i
began to eat more. and the nervous
weak feeling began 10 leave. Soon
! WAS sleeping good
"Cardui built ne up az no other
ionic ever did.
~ used Cardui With one dRnshtet
who was puny. felt bad and tlFed
out all the tine. II brought her fight
out and soon she was as wen a.
a girl could be. We think there Il
nothing like oardui.p
Do not allow yourEelf to sbecomo
weak and rundown from wonanly
troubles. Take cardtii. Y6ti nliiv
hCd II ;Est what You really tieed
For mora than 40 years u has been
used DS thousands and thcuSadh and
found just as Mrs. Mabe descslhes
Ar V0nr dFnbOtRfa No ~
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not sufficiently thought out the
rash step you contemplate. tn
make matters sure, I am going
away. IN give you time TO conl
Off and TO think"
Barrett rose and threw MY
cigaret Into the fire
"I'll think It out with you"
Myra shook hor head, but her
eyes were all softness and pity.
My mind will be too full OF
warning Greeks and Turks"
He took her shoulders. tender
ly this time, and made her -lonk
squarely into his face.
"Myra, l thought Of you Us my
wife before ever met Anita"
And decided on Anita" Her
smile had no vtndIctivoness.
How was I to know what 10
years would teach met"
What do you know about 1t
now1"
"Thls." He took up his hat AMI
coat deliberately. THAT I am
sailing on the Cedric too. And
I'll leave things behind me so
there will be neither need nor
possibility for me ever to go
back"
ITO Be Continued.)
Copyright, 1922 NBA service.l
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fact you said II was true. How do
sou know that Il was true II / may
DE permitted 70 inquirer
The Project Of Police balanced
the cigaret a moment in his fingers
before he replied,
II know your statement about
the hanson is true, monsieur, be-
cause I know who 1t was that
came to Lord winton on that
night. Aud, monsieur, II is on be.
half Of this person that have
come TO you today"
|. Lord Valleys w, astonlshoA,
but he did not move, and his cS-
preston aid not change.
"You amaze me-" he said. "Up-
on what mission from this mys-
terious person could you come to
mel"
Upon the same mission" re-
piled the Project Of Police, with
which that person went on the
fatal night to Lord Winton's
house In CoYent Garden. Lord
Wlnton promised to do a certain
thing for this, az you cali It, 'mYs-
terious person. He died before Il
could be carried out and I nave
now come to you to fulfill It. I
trust. monsieur, that you will not
deny me-"
Monsieur Jonquslle rose. He
took a folded. legal paper out OF
his pockets and presented It 10
Lord Valleys.
Monsieur" he said. Lord
Winton promised to execute this
indenture. He died before his Sig
nature could be attached to It. 1
must SSsS you TO execute II In hts
stead.
Suddenly .Ss once before on
this morning, Lord Valleys, who
had been seated the instant be.
fore. was now, with no motion
that seemed visible to the eye
standing on his feet. He came ror-
ward, took the paper which Mon
sleur Jonouelle held IN his hand,
and going over 10 the table, un-
folded It. He was some time in an
inspection OF the document, ana
in the meantime Monsieur Joa-
queile had madc q gesture, as oao
Of flicking the ashes from a
cigaret through the open window
Into the Bois de Doulogne. The
two young men In thor animated
discussion instantly crossed the
street and entered the house.
Presently Lord Valleys rose
from his stopped posture. He was
shaken with astonishment, but
thore was OF this astrpishment no
visible element, either in his ap.'
pearance or In his voice.
Monsieur" he said, this ia q
deed drawn by an English solicit
tor, conveying all,of Lord Winton's
estates in England to his grand
daughter, Barbara WestridgS.
Why. monsieur. should l convoy
these estates to this American
girl? They have descended 10 me
by inheritance. One does not
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ALLEVIATE his lands withott Il
caps6. n
u win stggeat reasopS re-,
Piled Monsieur Jonuuelle. This Is
In accord with Lord Winton's
promise. You stand nov. IN Lpld
Winton's stead. and % ! have
said, ysu have received his behe-
tits, and you should assume hlS
obligations. /"
Lord Valleys smiledSshat vague
smile which seemed not to disturb
the features OF his face. He folded
the deed togetherNiu his band,
"You must permit me to decline,
monsieur" he said.
He paused moment. and tho
background OF his face hardened.
"And you must overlook It..
monsieur" he said. III q teSl that
your. Whole suggestion with respect
to this matter IS not convincing.
This girl could not have assassin
ated Lord Winton."
| "she could not" replied Mon
, Sleur Jonquelle. Lord Wlnton
was killed by some powerful as
sassln who seized him. compress
ed his body and drove In the
knife"
He turned now toward Lord Va
legs, his face firm.
Monsieur" he said, will you
carry out the obligation Of Lord
lwinton and leave the matter Of his
assassin a mystery, or will you re.
fuse II and have that mystery
solTed?"
The man at the table looked
strangely at Monsieur Jonauelle. He
had tho aspect OF q creature Of
great strength, concerned always
with Concealing It. He was puzzled
and disturbed, but his voice did not
change.
Lord Winton?"
81 do" replied the Project. "Shall
name him TO you?"
The man made again the vague
gesture with his white, steel fin.
gers.
"You may keep the secret OF tie
name, monsieur" he said. "if you
will be kind enough to tell mo the
thing that indicated to you the
name"
with pleasure" replied Mon.
sieur Jonquelle. "You have said
that the English criminal courts arc
stupid, and / have concurred in that
opinion. Observe, monsieur. the
evidence OF that stupidity. This
criminal court could not under.
stand how knite-blade four inchea
long could infilct a direct wound
seven inches doep. They meas.
ured the knife.blade and the wound,
these English, and wrote Il down
impossible But you, monsieur,
who are Slav, and l who am Latin,
would hardly arrive at this conClu.
sion. For we would reflect that Il
knite.blade four inches long, drive
into the soft tissues Of the bod,
compressed together by the impac
Of q powerful blow might easll.
leave a wound measuring sevol
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broom"
Highly tightly" she exelaira-
cd. New broom, indeed! VIII
said Sn7"
Nick told her what Sprinkle
Blow had said.
well, l declare! I'll have 10
look!" cried the good fairy LADY
IN establishment, 81 didn't know a
thing about It."
So they all rushed out.
There was broom, just rs the
Weatherman said! But aot a new
one! II was the same old broom
Mother Goose always used
cts boon there all the time, |
do believe" cried Mother Goose.
"Yos, I remember now. was
cleaning up after the wood-chop-
per. and forgot TO put Il behind
my door whern always keep It.
VIII you tell the Fairy Queuns,
my dears?"
The Twins hurried of 10 spread
the good news.
ITO BE Continually
Copyright. 1929
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/. ~ =
handed 4 tei th6 Protect OF PoncS.
I purchase immunity. DO said.
RON q second trial betoro the
EngliGh criminal couftI
Monsieur Jonduelle received tho
tndenture and put iE into his peck
ct. He took up his Gloves his bat.
his stick; then he smiled
"Yoh purchased; morsigur he
said, "a thing that Sob already pos.
sess. It's the law OF England that
one who has been acquitted Of a
crime cannot again DO tiled IN her
courts for I'll"
Another triumph Of Jonuneile
"The Laughter Of AIlah,'s Nlltsbe.
gin In our next issue:
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stances were, TO say the least ir-
dicatlyc.
ITO MY surprise. this manserv.
ant, Staley, came forward 10 eStaD.
lirh the fact that the vino celia:
was little less than Il straw rick,
and this Metropolitan police Off.
Ger appeared 10 say that he hal
seen the hanson leaving Lord Wiz.
toms door shortly before the fire
was discovered. These facts imdi.
catod the truth OF my statement.
"a further fact brought out hY
my legal advisers established with
mathematical accuracy tho fact
that | had not dealt Lord Wintoh
the blow that elected him out OF
life. The wound which had caused
his death had been made with the
small blade Of a knife.
"fhe police found In my pocket
knife with small blade, a blade
OF about the width Of the wound,
No evidence Of blood was found on
this knife. but the police protested
TO believe that It had been care.
fully washed. They thought traces
OF moisture remained on 1t. Tho
case seemed convincing, myself
realized its gravity. and but for
one fact conviction might have
followed.
1.-THE autopsy showed that the
wound which had caused the death
OF Lord Winton was seven inches
deep. Tho handle OF the knife vita
which II had been accomplished hal
not entered the wound. The wound
was no longer than the width OF the
small khife.blade at lie exterior
point"
Lord Valleys suddenly extended
his hand, like one who phts down
something that is finished.
"And l was therefore acquitted
You know, monsieur, what the
English law.oourts say. "a man MAJ
lie, but circumstances cannot Il
may have He'd, and Lord Winton's
man.servant aud the Metropolitan
police who saw the hanson drive
away on that night; but the science
Of mathematics could not lie. Al
wound seven inches deep could not
be made with a knife.blade four
inches longt And the case ended"
He went over to a table, got a
tortoise-shell box delIcateiy inIaid
with silver, opened 1t and presented
1t to Monsieur Jonquelle.
You will have cigaret, mon.
sieur!" he said.
Monsieur Jonduelle took the dig.
aret, and Lord Valleys went back
to the chair.
Then suddenly, as out Of some IN.
citing memory, the mans voice
changed.
"a moment ago. monsieur, when
! mentioned the arrival OF the vfsi.
tor at Lord Winton's house, and the
doubt OF the English court Of that