'THROUGHOUT GEtGOII
Chrcr.lcle of Important Events
cf Interest to Our
Readers.
alllnger Rule on Land.
- Hermiston The public notice of
July I issued by the secretary of the
, Interior, has created a, stir among
the persons who won land in the sec
; ond and third units who have not
made water application. The notice
ays any one applying after December
of each year will have all the charges
to pay that are due, where If a man
v applies for water before that time a
year Is given to make payments.
The secretary of the Interior has
; notified the Umatilla River Water
; Users' association that no steps shall
be taken to foreclose on the land not
paid up until May 31, 1911. This gives
the people time to make water pay
menu of 1909 until March 31.
Furnisn-Coe Dam Finished.
Pendleton The Furnish-Coe dam
, across the Umatilla river at Cae sta
tion, one of the largest projects of its
kind in the state, is completed and
, will he turned over to the Furnish-Coe
company by the contractors soon. The
work of filling the great reservoir
formed by the construction of the
dam will be started upon the arrival
of the flood season. The water thus
stored will be used ouring the sum
mer months In Irrigating 10,000 acres
of land contained in the Furnish-Coe
project In the west end of the coun
ty, and with Stanfield as the project
town. The dam Is 1100 feet long, 50
feet high, 220 feet wide at its base
and 2t feet wide at the top.
LARGEST VOTE IN HISTORY
Portland Oregon cast the largest
Tote in its history in the recent gen
eral election, according to the official
returns, a compilation of which has
been completed.
The vote cast for candidates of all
parties for governor totaled 11S.412, or
approximately 7,600 more, than were
cast lor presidential electors in 1H0S.
The total vote cast in that year was
110.SS9.
West's Lead is 6152.
The total figures compiled from of
ficial returns, but whlcn cave net yet
been canvassed by tae state election
board, give Oswald West, democrat, a
lead over J-ay Bowerman, republican,
tor governor, of 6132. West received
54,853 and Bowermaa 47,701.
The counties carried by Bowerman
are Columbia, Coos, Gilliam, Hood
River, Josephine, Klamath, Lake,
Lane, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla,
Wasco, Washington and Wheeler.
West, therefore, carried 20 out ot the
total of 34 counties.
In the First Congressional District
the plurality of W. C. H-iaiey, re
publican, is 7,931, he having received
26,264 votes to 18,333 for K. G. Smith,
democrat
In the Second District, A. W. Laf
ferty, republican, has a p'urai:?y of
11,146, having i;-:vid 0,tC :c::s
to Manning's 19,437.
A. M. Crawford, republican caLui
date for attorney general, received the
highest individual vote of any cacdi
date, but was not opposed by a demo
crat, his one opponent being C. C.
Brix, Socialist. Mr. Crawdiord re
ceived 83,456 to Brix' 19,037.
John Cochran, as manager for Jay
'Bowerman, in the late gubernatorial
campaign, expended 31,202.30 in be
half of Mr. Bowerman, according to
his sworn statement filed with the
secretary of state.
Oswald West, governor-elect, ex
pended only -i50 In securing the of-
fice, according to a statement of cam- j
palgn expenses which wa foed by j
him with the secretary of sttte.
Tax Amendment Carried.
Compilation of the official rote on
the various Initiative and referr-ndum
measures reverses the result hereto
fore encnunced on the county taxa
tion amendment that appeared under
the ballot numbers 326 yes and 327
no. Instead of having been defeated,
the complete figures show that the
measure has carried by a majority
ot 1655. .'. a. r. ,1
The county tax measure, as it is
commonly known, was eubmitted
through the Initiative by the labor
organizations of the state. It takes
from the Legislature all power to pass
laws regulating taxation or exemp
tions and gives that power solely to
the people, although the Legislature
may submit such laws for approval
or rejection at the polls. -Each coun-
ty is permitted to regulate taxation j
within its .borders aa It sees nt. The j suggestion which was equally favored
levying of poll tax Is prohibited. y the department. It will be neces
The bill is regarded at having been ! 7 for the state leclulature to ap
designed as an entering wedge for ' W this project and make an ap
"alngle tax" measures. Under its propriation for equlpp'ng the station
orovlslons a county whose votera : before It can be opened. Another
were so disposed might adopt that 1
system, even though the measure
could not muster strength In the state
at large to be made state law,
BUSINESS LOCALS
Matting r.t Muckle's. 20c rer yard
and up.
Have yon thought how fine it would
be if you had someone or so iethinx
doing your day's work for you? Ask
the Columbia County Bank to explain
today. '
TAXKN Up At tny premises at Deer j
Island, on or about July i!u'.h, Ui 10, ore -
bay horse, weighing alout 1100 pounds
Owner can have the sail. by paying ex-
censes and cost of advertlsine.
' A mA Vl'Tt T tlM I
WILLIAM BLAKE.
'news paracraHts from.
OTlTETrClTIEt IN OKKCON
Order have lc u Issued by Adju
tant General V. E. Fiuior, Oregon Na
, Uoual Guard, lor the disbanduicnt ot
, th coast artillery company located at
Astoria.
j v.. ra. Dprom, ui nuou ".., vo.-.,
; la the winner of tbe grand sweep
' itak priie of the third Spokane na
jtional apple show. The winulng ex
I hlbit. a carload of Spltaenbergs was
' given a rating of 99.73. The prize
' consist of $1,000 In cash aiid a g. Id
uiejnl banner. i
After eight hours' deliberation by t
the Jury Curt! llelvey, at Oregon i
City, ai found gailt-y of murder in
the second degree. Iu a quarrel at
Cnru last June, llelvey shot auJ j
killed George Smith. He contended
that he acted in self-defense.
At a meeting of the Douglas- Coun
ty Fruitgrowers' V'uion held at Rose
burg, the Producers' Fruit Company
of Sacrameuto was vested with power
to handle and dispose of the Iruit
grown in Douglas County durlug the
year 1911.
Ten years of activity by the Oregon
Idaho Young Men's Christian Associa
tion will be reviewed by the aunual
convention of that organization, which
will be held in Eugene, December 2, 3
and 4. The first convention of the
Oregon-Idaho organization was ' also
held in Eugene ten years ago.
Whea a jury at The Dalles broug'.it
In a verdict of not guilty in the case
of Orville B. Fields, charged with
burglary, the acquitted man's fiancee,
Miss Sarah Perrault, who was a con
stant visitor at the county Jail dur
ing Fields' confinement and an anx
ious attendant at the trial, appeared
at the county clerk's office immedi
ately after his release and secured a
license to wed him.
The greatest number of votes cast
on any measure was on the prohibi
tion law, which received a total of
more than 106,000. The bill w as de
feated by 20,915. Approximately 11,
000 votes fewer than those east for
candidates for Governor were polled
on this bill. Statewide prohibition,
as provided for by constitutional
amendment was defeated by 17,846,
in a total of more than 104.000 votes
recorded on the amendment.
The first conviction under the w hite
slave act of congress ever secured in
' a Federal court of the United States,
, occurred at Portland, when a jury re
; turned a verdict of guilty against two
i Greeks, George Kavalin and Jim Ta
i kos. The penalty which may be In
flicted by the court when the men are
brought In for sentence may tuck
J away the duo for a period of ten years
; and carry a fine of not more than
$5,000 on each cour.t.
i State Treasurer Steel has prepared
his second and last biennial report to
the Oregon legislature which shows ;
, there was on hand in the state treas-'
ury September SO, 1010, 1124,913.14.
, The report covers the two years be
, twee n October 1, 1903, and Septem
ber 30, 1910. The receipts, including
: transfers for the two year3 were 17,
i 0S5,S"3.28 and di.-barsenients Including
; transfers were 37,329,262.43. There
! were on hand at the beginning of the
: period $658,320.15.
! Of 3,210,364 bushels of wheat ex
ported from eleven customs districts
j in the United States during October,
. Portland send away 1,173,240 bushels,
and for ten months ending with the
October exports, this port is credited
: with 2,CS2,4S4 bushels, thereby taking
1 rank as the greatest exporter for
. that period in the United State3.
i John Tlmmcrman, one of the wealth
i iest wheat growers In Umatilla county,
was kicl:ed to dea'h by one of his
: horses last week.
Profezsor 0'Gar:, chief Inspector of
i Jackson county, lllleves that he dis
; covered that the blaclc spots which
; broke out on apples In several cars
shipped east from Medford this fall,
' were due to soluble matter In the ar
senate cf lead used In spraying the
fruU The p,l(,eB when tiey lett Med.
for(, W(?fe ,n of conditIonf
bat when they began to sweat the sol
uh'e matter, which bad entered the
pores caused small cavities beneath
the skin. Many of the prize apples
sent to the display at Minneapolis
were thus affected.
William J. Kerr, president of Ore
gon Agricultural College, who has
been In Washington cttendlng the an
nual convention of agricultural college
president, had ceveral conferences
with officials of the department of ag
riculture regarding co-oberative work
which is being planned in Oregon.
Ti e department Is anxious to take tip
Professor Kerr's suggestion that co
operative Irrigation work be under
taken In the Willamette Valley, the
expenses to he borne jointly by the
state and federal governments. Pro
fessor Kerr also urged the establish
ment of a co-operative fruit expert-
mont station in Southern Oregon, a
project laid before the department by I
Mr. Kerr contemplates the establish
ment cf a co-operative dry farm ex
periment station in Harney valley.
- A Grot 8ort.
Old Bachelor Uncle-Well, Charlie,
what do yon want now?
Charlie Ob, I want to bo rich.
Rich! Why ol"
"Becanse I want to be petted. Ma
snys yon are an old fool, but must be
petted .because yon are rich. But It's
a great secret, and I mustn't tell It
Every time a man come across a
lot of old clothes In the house be
marches b pockets, though fa never
" anyinwg.
MANY ARE KILLED
IN MEXICAN RIOTS
Soldiers Fire Into Throngs of
Rioters With Disastrous
Effects.
El rso. Tex. Oue hundred per
eons were killed in riots which took
place at Zaeatreas, lu the interior of
Mexico, according to reports received
hero.
b'old'ers fired Into a struggling body
of rioters with disastrous effect. One
hundred Is the lowest estimate ot the
loss of life, which may reach 500.
A dispatch from Del Rio, Tex., on
t'ie .Mexican border, 250 miles east of
here, mates that rumors are current
cf a tight which Is supposed to have
tikeu place m'.-.r there between Amer
icans and Mexicans.
I'.eports that bands or Mexicans
have crossed the river at different
l-i.uts cannot be verified. County of-
fiet-i and United States river cuard
state that they have no positive In-1
U rination of trouble, but have heard i
rumor, 0f an invasion and attack at i
different points. j
Troops Camp on Border. j
. i
Ipon what Is regarded as good au- j
tiiority. It Is learned that Brigadier j
TT"inS I"6- Ti
.ed iioiu Washington to hold troops
in reauiness lor service on the Mex
ican border. Already four companies
of. the Twenty-third. Infantry from
Fort Clark are encamped near Eagle
Tars.
ta tut; ittjiuur oi ine oiHie
J;oreau, and Is remote from line
of communication. News of the riots
diri not reach the out6lde world until
late Sunday, although the battle took
p'ac- Saturday n;ght. It is stated
tl.r.t quiet has now been restored by
pl.u-ics the city under rigid military
ruli'. The latest reports are that the
slain are still lying the streets
where they fell.
Rieting in Mexico.
Mexico City One hundred persons,
including the chief of police, were
killed in t':.e riots at Puebla. accord
ing to l i J. U received here. The
storieo tu!J are that the trouble be
gan when several policemen headed
by the chief attempted to break up
a juee.iug 01 anu-re-eiecuonists Deing
i-eni .u u ic.su nail. A3 LQiei or fo-
lice Miguel Cabrera and his men ad
vanced toward the building, a door
was ciened by a woman, who shot
the chief.
Two Cities Fill.
Mexico '!,). c lighting oc
curred Monday at Durtine-), Trreon,
I'arral and Gumrz P.ilachlo, Torreon
and Gomez Palachio falling Into the
Lands ;.f the rebels. Three hundred
of the fri!'ial trcops at Gomel Pal
arhia .-.re ,iid to have gone over t
the insurgents wl'o have now turned
their attention to attacking the loyal
forces at Torreon.
NEW STANDARD IS
SET FOR APPLE BELT
Spokane. When the Third National
Apple show closed a new page In hor
ticultural 1;!: tcry was recorded and
the most striking feature was the ex
tremely high avenge established from
five wide'y separated sections of the
great Xoi thnest's tu J.e.t.
"There never has been In the his
tory of the apple show," snld II. O.
Fribach, secretary ot the Ashland,
Ore., Conim"! ci.-il Club, who has had
chars-; of otie of the liish scoring car-
. nt ,u Jo(a
h!ch pwtun d i o
1 show, "an exh'bit
mimy h's'i average
or siich n. vast number of applet so
r.'.ar perfec Ion."
The highest rating last year was
that of a!! Spitzenbergs from the
Rocue River Valley, with 9sl. This
year five cars exceeded that 'record by
a liberal margin, the highest, on Hood
River SpitzenbiirgK, which took the
sweepstakes, being 9S7, or only 3-1000
short of absolute perfection. Wenat
chee Splzenherg with a rating of
9'.'1.4; Hr.od River Newtowns, 9SS.1;
Yakima Sp.'izi nlergs, 957.9, and Yel
low Xewtowns Horn the Ashland dis
trict of the R'jgje River Valley with
SS3.7, all (xc.
In the past.
d the highest average
ROYALISTS ATTACK PREMIER
Paris. Imposing national ceremo
nies in the Tuillerts garden, In con
nection with the dedication of a
statue yeeted to the memory of Jules
Forty, the French statesman, were
marred by an assault upen Fremlcr
Ilriaud who, while walking with Pres
ident ralllrres, was struck twice in
the face by a R;yalist. The Premier
' ; Borious!y hurt. The crowd
Ret uptn the Premier's asaallant, but
determined Intervention by the guards
saved him from being beaten to death.
Keep ftl saving and the funded Capital
of your saving years; of the year's rou
havn earned will take up your life's
burden and yon 'II not need to work at
all. Tbe Columbia County Dank will
explain this. Ask. Information is free.
IIorsk.i TUivmit and Bold At tlie
Scappoose Livery Stable.
Thoroughbred White KelleMtr.-m,
Orpington and Rhode Island Red j
. 1 t
Booster for sale by.
D. T. GERDf.S,
Iloulton, Ore.
FOREIGN i'tSBITS
The whole of M lo-rU has been
5
officially dcclamd infected with
holer.
Japan hits placed dcr for a
Dreadnought bs;r thuu any uudor
construction. The ship will be of a
tonnnge ol 23,Quu t,ud will co.U about
1 12.250,000.
Thousands of farmers throughout
the Canadian went want the duties on
Mriculniral Implements lowered so
that they can buy fron Anieiictu
firms cheaper thcr . .,' io now.
The militant ?t:rr.grtt- re-opened
hostilities against tiu government iu
Untlanil anil nari'MRit 1000 troll OU
, tne rar,lBm.ut buKdmgs. give the po
lice a lively iig'.it. The woutou, many
of whom were placed under arrest,
were led by .Mrs. Emuieliue Pauk
hurst. Never has t'tere been anything more
striking In Fnglisli politic than the
situation todav. The Irish party ab
solutely domiiia.es the situation and
Redmond is tie cribed everywhere as
the dictator from whom the prime
minister, the chancellor of the ex
chequer and the house of lords must
take their orders.
DDI PC MCIVC flC TUP WPPW
",tr WtW Ur lf1t ""
Ev,,ry blllla ln t,very ,)ls(ol carrUa
by l'a'?80 policemen w ill have Us
own distinguishing mark In accord-
ance wltn orJors sslloJ b clllt,( of
Ho;jce 8teward
Twenty years in San Quentin pCnl-
tentiary was the sentence Imposed on
Robert Thompson, convicted of mur
der lu the secuud degree, through an
operation on Kva bwan, a young Bten
ograpner, whose mutilated body was
discovered tinder the flooring of a
vacant house in San Francisco.
j jonn R Tweeddalo. a
Princeton
; graduate, now living In the Province
' of Saskatchewan, Canula, hits pre
sented to the PraicetLn university II
! brary a snia'l tin of tea, which he
! says was a part of that thrown Into
Boston harbor by the famous Boston
i Tea Party iu 1773.
; Joseph Wendling, accused of the
j murder of S year-old Alma Kellner
last December, was brought to trial
j on Monday. The disappearance of
! the Kellner child and the subsequent
i discoverey of her mutilated remains
attracted wide attention at the tlmo,
as did also the capture of Wendling
' in San Froiwisco some months later.
I The 30,000 monument and statue of
; Gi.neral James Oglethorpe, the found
er of Georgia, has been unveiled in
, Savannab with notable ceremonies,
Th envornnr r.f ..v..rl tnt t,h
part in the exercises
j WASHINGTON, D. C, NOTES
j Congress will be urged to appro
priate a sum annually for five years
i tor restcckiiis' the Columbia river with
salmon with a view of at least douu
ling the cannery output.
A meeting of the democratic con-
I lerence to pave the way for the cam
: paign of 1912 w hl be aeld In Washing
j-ca January 9, a call having been is
sued for the meeting of representative
democrats under the auspices of th
National Democratic League of Clubs
The United National Association of
Postoffice Clerks has Inaugurated a
campaign whereby they hope to obtain
the eight hour day In the same way
that it Is granted to other branches
of government service
If Cnamp Clark Is eiceted speaker
cf the next fco t.e of representatives
he will be the thirty-fifth man chosen
as the presiding olflcer of the house
and the first one ever elected from
Missouri. Clark would also bo the
second ppeaker to hail from west of
this Mississippi river.
NEWS OF NOTED PERSONS
With the statement that the admin
istration of Mayor Frederick Bussee
of Chicago is "scandalous," Edward
F. Dmino, who preceded the present
mayor as chief executive of that city,
announced his candidacy for a second
term as mayor.
Battling Nelson is to be given an-
ol,ier chance next Saturday afternoon,
November 26, to bIiow whether he
can come back. In his coming match,
to be held under the auspices of Jim
my Croffroth's club In an open air
arena, be is to be matched with Owen
Moran.
John R. Walsh will not be liberated
from the Federal penitentiary at
Leavenworth, Kan., where he is serv-
ln a five-year sentence for wrecking
the Chicago National Rank and allied
, Institutions.
Judge Kenesaw M. Landls, In the
Cnlted States District Court at Chi
cago, announced to attorneys appear
ing before him seeking a change "of
venue In the case ajtainst Chicago
' meat packers, that he would be unable
to bear the ottse, Irrespective of argu
ment for or against such a course.
I Judge W. II. A. McPIke, of Nevada,
; known from coast to coast as the "dl-
, vorce Judge," dropped dead rcently.
' Judge McPIke divorced sueh well
known couples aa Mrs. Hargarct Mc
Klm, William E. Corey and Virginia
, flamed.
A seven room houe and a fivo room
, house for sale cheap. fHrictly n den
and both are new. Don't mis tllaop
I portunity to get a bntne in St. He'.?ni at
a bargain. Inquire of R. I. Williams,
We bny in large quantities and are
bble to fell at smaller preces than the
other fellow, Jamea Muckle & Bon.
Horses For Sai.r Light and heavy
,,orM!S ,or a,e ' the fccppooe Livery
ttol,1l
Stable,
Foa Rent A new six room house.
Columbia Co. Rank
INSURGENTS LOSE
IN GRANGE BATTLE
Wives Arrayed Against Hus
bands in Balloting on
Fight for Control.
Attantio City. N. J. The move by
the insurgents for accos to the book
of the National UraiiKU to secure evi
dence ot alleged reckless use of fuud
of the organization met defeat after
the debate, lu which the hostile force
put forth their best speaker.
Worthy Muster lluime, of Michigan,
presented the resolutlou, asking per
mlssiou to go over the records. Then
speeches were made by Muster
Spcuee, of Oregon; Kegley, or Wash
ington; lloyt. of South Dukota. and
other.
Wives, who according to the law ot
the ti range are given eijuul franchise
with their husbands. In many tunc
voted In opposition to the men when
the standpatters aud insurgents fin
ally lined up for the ballot. When
the vole was counted the insurgent
had mot with defeat lu their first
move to wrest the control from the
present administration.
Co-oper.itiou iu store, life und fire
Insurance, marketing products, chiefly
occupied the attention or the (irungo
prior to the war over the opening ot
the book. Every state master who
reported declared that, where the co
operative plan had been Introduced,
it was growing In popularity and wus
saving large sum to the farmers.
Roosevelt Visits White House.
Washington Theodore Royscvelt
returned to the While lloii-e Saturday
aud there was uo member of the fam
ily of its occupant, his siiev-esor a
president, there to bid him welcome.
President Taft, was In Cuba, and Mrs.
Taft 1 in New York on a chopping
expedition.
However, the colonel made himself
at home, and although he remalued
only a short time,' hook hands with
all tbe clerks und attache:, most of
whom were there when ho departed
nearly two years ago.
HARRIMAN LINES
OWN NORTH COAST
Portlaad, Ore. The North Coast
Railroad, whluh for five year or mJte.j
ha been engaged I n construction
work In Eastern Washington, will
soon ccise to be a mystery. The an
nouncement, when It come, will placo
the identity of the railroad with Har
riman Interests. It 1 understood
that the llarrlmun control of tho
property his already been revealed
to Northern Pacific officer and that
the mind of tho public is to be re-'
lieved by an official statement within
a few days.
As a Harriman enterprise the road
will probably, for a number of years,
be devoted principally to giving tbe
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Com
pany access to the Yakima Valley and
also a shorter and better line between
Portland and Spokane.
A section of tho North Coa.t road
Is now practically completed between
North Yakima and a Junction with
the O. R. & N., near Wallula.
The road, as projected, provides for
a cross-state line practically parallel
ing the Northern Pacific between Spo
kane and North Yakima. At the lat
ter point the survey continues almost
straight west through a pass in the.
Cascades near Cowlitz Pass to a
point known as Neslka. There one
survey branches northward to Taco
ma and Seattle and another south
ward to Portlands
ASKS LODGE TO QUIT OFFICE.
Ilobton. ;ovcrnor-eloct Eugene N.
Foss has Issued a stutement lu which
he deiuaad that Senator Henry Cabot
Dodge withdraw from the field for re
election. In tho event of a refusal,
Mr. Foss declared he would go Into
every section of the commonwealth in
a campaign to defeat' the Senator.
Oklahoma Legislature Called.
Out'hrle, Okla. Oov. Haskell ha
Issued a proclamation calling for an
extra session of tho legislature to as
semble November 28 at Oklahoma
City. Cut one subject Is suggested
for legislation, the location of a state
capital.
Explosion Kills Four.
Washington Four men were killed
by the premature explosion of a 5-Inch
gua at the Indian Head Navy Proving
Grounds. The breech block of the
gun which was being tested, blew
backward Into the gun crew. Lieu
tenant Arthur O. Chaffee was on of
the men killed.
Tolstoi Is Dead.
Astopora, Russia Without being
received back into the Orthodox Greek
thurch, and knowing that the Mid had
arrived, Count Tototol died at . an
early hour Sunday morning.
If you dont buy Devo Paints, you
dont get the best. A . complete line at
fterdes. Oasis Wark.
t,1rm r. ,.n . I I !
Inquire at thi office
XMn of new pattern In linoleum nt
Muckle'.
BaROAIV WA.NTKn P.rinff Ihem l
The Mist office. V can sell your farm
or city property.
WAXTRD A Brood nniiltrv n,t 1
" M ' - aT "s sv
man, Inquire at thi oQkt,
A SHREWD SHOPPER.
The tittle Play by Which eh Wen
Attentive Servic.
Vhlcngo Hvplo certainly have the
kniK'k of getting oil." a uliopl'cr uld.
"lu the milt department of a big alore
I met a Chicago woman who Imd boeit
lu New York leiui luuo a week. Hhe
said ho wasu't buying auytlilng; bud
Just come to get the lay of the hind,
lu the proee of getting it he utopped
a cnHbglii and ald:
'Is (but Ml mule selling while lin
en klrt to (lint fut wimiuiiT I under
tuiiil you have a Ml Rlue lu
department.'
"No; tbut I Ml Burton, said the
cusliglrl.
The Chicago woman wrote the name
In her addiVH txHk. Then he allow
ed me the iihiiu of saleswomen In
several other store.
Tula U only a prellinlniwy to real
alioppliiK.' he uld. 'It pay o -
the extra trouble. If I expect to buy
mow tlmu t worth of anything t
Htrunge more 1 learn lieforeluuid the
inline of the khIonwoIIiuu whiwe look
I like bent. Then w hen I go buck to
buy I cuu ii I shall ! hero to
morrow. -I would like Ml Rurtou In
wait on inc.' ami. although Ml Rur
ton tin never et eye on me, the f net
tlmr I can cull her name give be'r the
lmpreHliiu Hint she must have old
me a $KH) dress at omo time, aud I
get I nice us good service aa I would
get If I knew tiobody by uamo.' "
New York Sun.
THE HOPEFUL ATTITUDE.
It Helps One In Striving te Raliie
Hi Ambition.
There Is n tremendous power In tho
hublt of expectancy, the conviction
that we Khali realize our ambition. Hint
our ilivaniH hluill come true, any Ori
son Swett Murilen In SuiveM Mngu
zine. There i uo uplifting luiblt like
that of carrying an rxpeeiuiit, hopeful
attitude, of expecting that our heart
yenrulnu will be mulched with real
ities; that things nre going to turn out
well uml ".t III; that we nre going tn
succeed; thut. no mutter what muy or
may not hnpcu. w are going to be
hnppy.
There U nothing else no helpful a
the currying of this optimistic, expect
ant altitude-the attitude w hich nl
way liKiks fi.r ami exHi the beat,
the highest, the bapplent and never
alliiwlmr ouent-lf to get Into tho poe
Hlinlftlc. dlxi'oii raged mood.
Relieve xvith till your heart that you
will do what yim were made to do.
Never fr nn liixtuut harbor it doubt of
this. Drive It out of Jour tiilnd if It
seek nn entrance. Entertain only the
friend tlu'imhtM or hteiils of the thing
you nre bound to achieve, liuject all
thought enemies, all discouraging
moods everything which would even
suggest failure or unhupplne.
Ingratitude.
"You roiiieniU-nlut guy, Jim Burke?'
asked an Irate Howcry denizen. "He's
dat stiff dnt's il 'In' time up der river
Slug Sing bnlg'siry ten yeur. Well,
you know ull 1 done fer dat stiff.
When ho wni pinched didn't I put up
der coin fer der lawyers? Didn't I pay
ib-r w I mesne l Sure I did. Do oiler
day I tinks I'll just go an' see dat
mutt Jut C leave lilm know til frleu's
ain't tied tie can ou im. So I drive
nut to do Jail an' coe Into do warden's
olllce. an' be say I goiter send me
curd In. Me card! D'ye get dat?
Well, anyway, I write me. mime on a
piece o' paper, an' a guy take it In to
Jim I'.urke. nn-' what d' you t'Uik dat
stiff tell dat guy to tell Ine?"
"I've no f'lea." snld Hie listener.
"11" tell Mm." concluded the angry
one, "t" tell me ilat ho ain't lu"" Sue
ces Mngnr.llie.
Woman In a Siilbost.
There Is Jn-t one place on a sailboat
for women. That Is the cockpit. Re
member Hint and kisp them there,
even If It takes n noniewbiit pointed
reipiest. The average woman on a
bout Is not Imppy unless she is taklug
rinks by all ting out on ihs-k or on top
of the cabin or going forward of the
must. Warn her and Miu laugh at
you. She does not know that alio Is
endangering herself. Less Ihiin a year
ago I saw two women kinxke-l over
board In n l.e.-ivy Men Ipocuukp they In
ulsted on fitting on top of the cabin
despite the ppttest of tho Inatl who
was sailing Hie bo.it. lie lilnixolf was
n greenhorn nnd let bis limit Jibe, the
boom clearing the top of the cabin be
fore any one could say Jack ICohluson.
-Oiillng.
Had a Bottsr 8tory.
"Did you see the account of Hint
flash of lightning Hint burned the hnlr
from n ly' head without otherwise
hurting him';"
"I did." answered the cheerful liar,
"nnd I whs pained to note the Incom
pleteness of tho story. Now, I happen
to know or a ense that Is really re
markable. Tho lightning entered a
barber's nhnp uml not only undertook
the task of singeing a man's hnlr. but
It rung up the proper amount on tho
cash register."
Four of Ravanga.
"Why nre you trying,
man?"
my little
"Cos I don't want to go to school."
"Rut why not?" t '
"Cos Rl.-itor Jilted the schoolmaster
Inst night !"-London Opinion.
Advertising.
Adversity ha been the mean tf
making mnny men fnmotw, but adver
tising I Htlll In the lend.-Plttsbur;
Pros.
The Jest lose It point when be who
makes It is tho first to lnngh.-Bchlller.
Cow ro SAUt-Six year old; will be
fresh in aix weeks. Will bo sold cheap.
Inquire of A. T. Laws, St. Helen. 1-tf
Homo at Iloulton Hood six room
house, two lots, barn, chicken house, A
bargain at I'KX). AtthU office.
For fUi.K lirood ,- lor stile; weigh
about .TOO pounds. Inquire of (in
Skiuie, Warren, Oregon. fi2-3tpd
For Salr A kooiI Smlth-Primler
Typewriter. A barRaln. Columbia
Count Abstract Co.
ANDREW CARNEGIE.
Mny Rap.rt, Clraul.t.J
Abeut Hi III H,,tk
GIGANTIC FRAUDS
IN MAIL EXPOSED
New York. in raid so ImporUut
that Poatmaktertieiieral Hitchcock
took churgo In person, Inspector look
action against two concern whlc
they charge with swindling (h pub
lie out of more than tto.ooo.OOO by
fraudulent Use of the mall.
Hhcldon II. Ilurr, pretldent; Eufta
II. Ilurr. secretary and trviuurer, u4
Fl unk H. Tobey,.vlce presidentof Burr
Pro., were arrested In th nrst nil
and held In 2i),uuo ball each. TU
government charge that the firm o!4
between f IO.V00.tiA0 and f j,uo0,00J ot
mining and oil stock worth llttl or
nothing.
r. I.. VatiKhan, a director of tba
Coiitlneutul Wireless Tidegrsph a
Telephone Compaiiy, Incorporated II
Aritou.i. was tukun In tbe second rtl4
nd held In ftO.OUO ball. Inapactsn
uy hi company ha sold stock that
amounted to at Kt H.uoO.OuO whlci
has brought no return to Inreiton
PostiiiHSter (leni-ral Hltrbcock sail
male thut the public ha been Aec4
out of at least ftUO.uoO.ooo by get-rich-quick
concern In the last tn
year.
High Honor Due Carter,
Helena, Mont. Friend of I'nltta
Ftute (Senator Thomas II. Cirtar,
who wa defeated for re-election at
the recent election, assort that tht
Senator has been tendered as appolat
uient as a member of the 8uprsM
Court to fill the vacancy caused by
the retirement of Associate Justlot
Moody.
BLAME 13 GIVEN THE WEST
Pries Co Up a Oparatlons of Rsnh
mn Narrow.
t'hlciigo At tne opening ot th
I'nlted Ktutea Land Irrigation ExposV
Hon James Wilson, secretary of fri
culture, delivered the principle ad
dress. He declared that the home
steader of the west I In part to blimt
for the present high cost of living.
'Tbo homesteader," he said, "I re
ducing the field of operation of U
meat harvent ot the wet and bcos
ing quite a factor In the cost of liv
ing."
Other causes, be ald, were tb
great Immigration to this country and
the movement to tlw cities. The r-
ccm tumbln In the price of meat h
attributed to drought in the rang
country and the big corn and oat
crops.
Chlr Head to Co Off.
Seattle. The council groft Investi
gation committee has filed a report
with the City Council, reeonimendlnl
thai Mayor Hiram C. fill! dlsmls
Chief r Police Cha. W. Wappea-
stein from office. Tho report was
adopted by the Council.
THE MARKETS.
Portland.
Wheat Track prices: Club, 7lei
bluestem, 81c; red' Russian, 73c.
Parley Feed and brewing, 121.
Onls No. 1 White, 2 per ton.
Hay Timothy, Willamette Valley.
$1920 per ton; Kastern oregoa,
20f22; alfalfa, 1151316.
butter Creamery, 38; ranch, tie.
Egg Ranch, candled, 42c.
Hop 1910 crop, llcOUc; 1MI,
6c; old, nominal.
Wool Eastern Oregon 130176
Valley, 171719c lb.
Mohair Choice, 32033c.
Seattle.
Wheat niuetem, 78c; Club, 7i
red Itusslan, 74e.
Barley $20 per ton.
Oats $27 per ton.
Hay Timothy, $2 per ton; alfalrt.
J- "' . .'s
, x " :' j
Vt l1' '
f 19 per ton.
Butter Washington creamery, 3M
tanoh, 22o .
Egg 8eleoted loctl. 7o.
Ten horse engine and two ooiler fo
sale cheap. Inqnlre of J.S. WATSON,
Warren, Oregon.
Foa UtE-Three good milk cows'
calf six week old. Inquire
C.J. WALL13. Yankton, Orrgon-
Three gooil residence lot, clo lo.
100 per lot. Inquire at TliJtl offic,
A nAROAix-Flv room platered hoi
and two lot in St. Helem for $VW.
The Mist office.
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A map la horns at ths MI sOo