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EVENING OnSETtVEK, LA GRANDE OREGON. THURSDAY, JUI.Y 16, 1908.
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, OIJ) HILL SHIFTLESS.
(By P. C. Lavey.)
Bitting on a salt barrel with a Jack
knife and whittling stick in hand, sat
old Bill Shiftless. He had just sneak
ed away from home and from his hard
working wife, who was doing a big
washing for one of the neighbors on
the back porch cf the home she had
built up by hard work, while Bill
talked politics and spit tobacco Juice
11 over the sidewalk down at the
town postofflce. There wits a small
gathering of boys and men around
Bill. They had simply stopped for a
moment to hear what Bill's latest kick
gainst the existing order of things
was, ami Bill was, as uoutil, kicking.
"Dog-gone It," Bill was saying,
"what's gut into these fellers around
here anyhow? 'Pears to me like these
fellers In this town hev gone stark,
atarln' twin. The fust thing we'll
know they'll be hnvln' them noisy
street cars a-runnln up avid down
these yere streets an' a filler can't
hear hlsself think. Whenever they
do, old Bill's goln' to move, boys; he's
a-goln' to move. I come here to this
town nigh onto 20 years ago from Ar
klnsaw. I come here 'cause the fools
back there In Fort Smith got the idee
In their heads that thiy would make
her a city. I stood It fur a while 'till
they got to runriln" them their street
cars a-pust my house (one of the
houses his wife hud earned by wash
ing), and then I snyx to Mury, says I:
'Lei's away out yonder In Orrgon
where there ain't none o' them thins
a-runnln" n-p:st our nuns, an' where
folks kin take It kind o" ensy like.' so
w lit out an' landed rlf.ht lore In
this town and now I'm a m-a-cook If
them tiling ain't fullered mo nut hero.
I Jlst can't stand these new-fangled
doln's, nohow." After delivering these
few remarks Bill Shiftless m at a pen!
big goo of tobacco Julie m the peo
ple's sidewalk and walked off toward
the river hrldge, where It wis Ills
Wont to hang Ills feet oer the i
and flth fur fish tliut Mcut a pn
baltld lllll.lt. SIllflli'MS Bill lulled
ergy In any fcrm.
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The men and buys w ho had listened ,
to Pill's latest kick. Implied :is tliey !
Always did, nt 1111, mid went on iit' int
their work, it was only old Bill SMn
less that hud been talking and tie y
took no stock In what he had -nil.
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because old Bill was always kli kins;, j The machinery Is of the newest make,
nnd the people of the town were used and will be the enter of activity diu
to It. I ng the ruining months. According tt
In nearly every town there Is nn the oil expert. Mr. Darby, oil In pay
old Bill Shiftless. Pome towns have jinn quantities und of Hi Illuminating
more thon one, but whin they get too I made, exists In the legion of Vale.
numerous, good men move away und
leave them to run the town. And the
town? Well, where there are many
of Bill's kind, the town Is left to run
llielf, and it does the Job easily.
Where there are many of Bill's kind
the trains seldom slop; the weeds
grow In the streets; the store windows
re fly-specked and dirty, unsold goods
re ped In a tangled heap at the
mercy of ft million flies. Banned
children and hungry-looking yellow
our dogs bask lastly In the sun. and
the only noise to be heard Is the clang
of the village blacksmith's hammer at
the far end of the street. The ex-
a use for sidewalks are full of hole,
In which stand pools of stagnant wa
ter from the overflowed, stopped-up
ditches, which sends up a protesting
stink at being kept out of the. creek
below town.
The few men and women who pass
silently along the streets have stamp
ed upon their faces a look of hopeless
despair, a reflection of the surround
ings, and they pass each other with
out a word of cheer.
It Is the same old story of Shiftless
Bill towns. There are a few of them
left back in the. old states and they
are monuments to that class of men
whom, nature seems to have stamped
with red Ink, Failures.
From those kind of places come at
times a few of the inhabitants and
they settle for a time among progress
slve" people. They whimper, scold,
spit on the sidewalk, talk about their
neighbors' wives and call the men who
are trying to build up the town, graft
ers, until they see that no one cares
what they say, that men and boys only
laugh at their kicking and then they
move on to pastures new, where they
again .take up the work of stopping
h hwlii of nrovresa and so they go
until an all wise Creator calls them
across the dark river and asks them
"what they have done with the SO tal
ents.'" " ; " ' ,
They haven't the talent or any
thing to show for themthey spent
them for a Jack-knife and fish bait
that they were too lazy to dig. And
then the Lord deals out to them, no
doubt, the punishment due the man
who haa done nothing to Improve the
things or the opportunities placed here
on earth for. man's upbuilding.
Let's keep out of the old BUI Shift
less class; let's take those things na
ture has placed here on earth and
build them up, strengthen them, and
leave to posterity something worth
while.
If we differ with each other, let's
not hate each other.
If we have a stinker In this town,
remomber he Is our stinker and we
rnuat bear- with him.
If our neighbor has trouble, let's
sympathize with him.
If our neighbor does great things
let's praise him for them loudly.
If there is scandal in our town,
let's keep silent tongue.
And "We will all be happy yet, you
bet!"
OIL
rnosrKors bkigiit in
TUB VALE COUNTRY.
Modern Hotel null Splendid Dwelling
springing 1 1 In Yulo on the Sole
Strength of Sign of l'njliij; Quanti
ties of Oil Xcw Machinery Arrive
for Developing t'oiiipiin) More
( mill Iaitcr ml,
After spending several months In
the renter of the eastern Oregon
prospeillve oil well district. W. F.
Iarliy is in the city for a few Onys
trnnsjicting tmsltuss matter.' He re
ports the town of Yale growing rap
Idly, a ceiitinrt for n modern hotel
mid plan for (lie construct I n of nvitiy
new stylish dwelliiiKH being now under
va V.
T1T oil condition Is Improving
every day. Advlc.j; (rum Ya t'lroiifili
letters from J. T. Viulcy. snprrln-
tendent of the Columbia Oil t Ort
l'eveloplnij company. Hate thnt the
laree machinery for imi In lil!llnii oil
well nf unlimited depth, reached
t'ure ye.steriby morning from .San
Francisco and will be Instultod at oiuc.
Afl'r studying the condition there,
he asserts that In time there will be
a pipe line from Vale to tidewater.
The property owners of Vsle look
st It In the sumo way. Judging from
the amount of bulliMng going on there.
The Santa Barbara company I going
to have a rotary ilrill In operation the
coming fall. In fact, everything looks
bright for the eastern Om-gon oil dis
trict. I411II1V rxrluinge,
I The ladles of 'the Baptist church
I will conduct a cooked food exchange
' In the Adcnok A Frltts furniture store
next Saturday, July IS.
PIPE II 10
If WATER
'Phone Black 641
213 FIR STREET
2 U GRANDE, ORE.
UKi RATE
ILMLROADS WILL ADVANCE
RATES TEN PER CENT.
Billion Dollars Iloprescnted In Com
blue Tliut Is Fighting Propound
' FrWglit Advance Meeting on July
24 Will Start the Battle,
Chicago, July 16. A battle royal
between a billion dollar combine of
manufacturers and shippers against
the railroads of .the United States is
said to have been declared. The rail
roads are determined to advance the
rates at least "10 per cent all over the
United States. The big shippers said
they have leagued together to fight
the advance and a meeting has been
called iA Chicago on July J 4 to open
the battle. The struggle will be car
ried Into the courts if necessary. ' If
not ended until next winter it may be
continued In the legislatures of the
various states.
ARESTED PLEADS GUILTY
(Continued from page 1.)
said MrFarlane kept the goods, were
at work. Dnro McFarlano, until pro
hibition went Into effect, was proprie
tor of the Kentucky Ilnuor store on
Adams avenue, and Is well known In
this city nnd at Hllgurd, where he was
also engaged In the saloon business
for several years.
When i Bartmess was arraigned he
entered a plea of guilty, and when
apprised by Justice Stewart of" his
rights to procure an attorney, he re
marked he did not require any attor-i
ney. Immediately after the pica of
guilty had been entered on the docket,
District Attorney Ivanhoe naked the
court to suspend sentence until the
ens of McFarlane was disposed of,
which was done.
Mi Fur la no ArrrMcd.
In short order Dave McFarlane wn
arrested, arraigned nnd fined. Before
Justice of the Peace Stewart he heard
the iharge accusing him of selling
liinior In a district governed by lo
cal option laws. He nt once pleaded
guilty. Judge Stewart, ns a pream
ble t naming the sentence, stated
that this was the first offense, and
the crime wStild cost the defendant
5iM. The prisoner ol the bir forked
out the cnh Instantly
Constable I. W. Fajlk, wiio placed
B.nrt iuss and McFarlane ptider arrest
and who lias been working on the in
tt: ease. I entitled to cV.io credit, (is
Is lll'O Sheriff I'lllldcts, Who assisted
In " .'iiririft the evidence.
sii. c Stewart, In Imposing a fine
of I.T.rt on the first liquor cnv
biou;ht b fore him. m rvn notlie In
no tt'ic. rintn ter'iis that he propo--,. to
do h! duty In the at'einpt to stamp
out this bont-legulng business.
Rjirtiiit'-s llimtlv l'iii'il.
Arier 4 o'clock tills afternoon the
co.ut bond. -.1 down a decision In the
Biut-ness case, the d.-f, ;i,',iut being
charged with giving ll Mor away. The
inc Is tl"i. h it ndtnl'ilstratl in of.
It l is hi cii fiish'ii led p. ndlng good
hehnlor. I)atttnes Is now at liberty.
AMERCMS ARE III TRIM
(Continued from pnxa 1.1
his former rocoid of 46 feet H Inch.
In the preliminaries for the 16-pound
shut event, W. W. Cm- of the Boston
Athletic club won section one with a
mark of 42 feet 7 Inches. In sec
tion two, J. C. (larrels of Michigan,
won the preliminary. In sections 7
nnd I, by putting the shot 46 feet 2H
Inches. Morgan of England, won sec
ond place n th shotput with a mark
of 44 feet H Inches. Uarrels, Amer
ican, third, 42 feet 1 Inches.
I'ngland then regained lead In
the number of gold medals she has
raptured this year, when Taylor won
. 'pnnnn uiar.k Hat
m m
F. B. HRISTCN-
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DEALER IN NEW AND
the 400 meter swim. Taylor captured
the final In this event In 6 minutes
36 4-5 seconds. '
Summary of today's results:
Discus Sheridan, American, first,
134 feet 2 Inches. Griffin, American,
second; Herr, American, third.
16-pound put Rose, American,
first, 46 feet 714 Inches; Horgan,
English, second; Garrels, ''. American,
third.
400-meter swim Taylor, English,
first, 5 minutes 36 4-5 seconds.
Meredith, English, establishes new
Olympic record In 1600-kilometer bi
cycle race, making the preliminary In
2 hours 43 minutes 15 2-5 seconds. '
pninr uadcuidc
uuiul tiniijiin o
BY WIRELESS
ADMIRAL SITS IN OFFICE
ON LAND TO DIRECT SHIPS.
New Experiment With Wireless Sys
. tem Is Tried In London Today A
Group of Ships In Sham Battle, and
Are Moved About by Admiral Fax
Inland Method la Much Better
Than Having; Admiral In ti.e Action
Chart feliows Positions.
London, July 16. England today
tried a new experiment in naval war
fare by conducting a battle from land
by wireless. Over 200 vessels are now
maneuvering In the North sea. en
gaged In a sham battle. The move
ment of every ship is being controlled
by wireless by experts In the admir
alty office In this city. As each ship
changes Its position or is forced on
by the enemy to move, It Is reported
to the naval experts here. They sat
before a map showing the situation at
every minute. Markers moved about
like pieces on a chess board.
- It Is claimed this system Is better
In controlling vessels than by the ad
miral In action.
To Reform Billboards.
Detroit, Mich., July 16. Members
of the Associated Billposters and Dis
tributors of the United States and
Canada, In annual session here, have
agreed to continue the movement for
the suppression of all objectionable
billboard advertising. Hereafter the
"paper" of burlesque shows and simi
lar attractions will be subjected to a
severe censorship and pictures of
stage beauties, likely tobr!ng blushes
to the cheeks of passershy, will not
be allowed a place on the biltbnords.
Mi Mo-dramas with suggestive titles
have also come under the ban of the
billposters' displeasure.
Tito association practically controls
ell the billboards In the leading cities
an) towns of this country and Cana
'1. so that the reform will be wide
spread. PKistrr Narrowly Averted.
Pn;a Ts. July 16. Great loss of
llfo was narrowly averted in the Ar
roo Ct-.nmes when a terrific cloud
hurst swept dvn the canyon ond
washed out a trestle Just before the
a nival of n passenger train on the
Santa Fo road. Three hundred feet
of track Is missing. Hundreds of
deitd sheep mark the path of the tor
rent. The cloudburst occurred lute
Wednesday, and was followed by a
1
wall of water 10 feet hlRh rushlngl
down the nrroyo Chames. The rour
was heard for miles.
M j story nt fan Jio.
San Jose. Cal., July 14. The sher
iff's officers today are trying to as
certain whether Bradford Van Vran-
1
ky. a rancher, Is a victim or whether!
he tried to suicide by slashing his!
naked body with a knife. The man!
was found lying in a pool of blood on j
the floor of his home with little j
baby girl, unharmed, lying In the
blood beside him. No knife was found,
about the place. The man told an In-,
ioherent story when he revived at the'
hospital. j
FOR RENT A suite
light housekeeping,
dence, ground floor.
1711.
of rooms for
Modern Test
ations Red
7-25tf
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SECOND-HAND GOODS.
THEELKSPARADE
LINE OP PARADE IS OVER
THREE MILES IN LENGTH.
Seventy-five Thousand See Big Pa
rade of Bent People on Earth In
Dallas Today Funny Stunts In
Abundance Each Delegate Carries
Banner Representing Ills Lodge
Thieves Get Cash and Jewelry From
Los Angeles Delegation.
Dallas, Texas, July 16. Over 75.000
watched the monster parade of Elks
today. The streets were thronged long
before the march of the "Best people
on earth" began. The visiting delega
tions wore, purple and white costumes,
carrying ' banners of their respective
lodges, and made line three miles
long.
Floats and plenty of funny stunts
marked the parade at Intervals.
Members of the Los Angeles dele
gation reported that a thief had
broken Into the sleeping apartment
last night and had stolen some cash
and three gold watches valued at 2205
apiece.
Piles Cured at Homo ny New Absorp-
Method.
If you suffer from bleeding, Itch
ing, blind or protruding piles, send
me your address, and I will tell you
how to cure yourself at home by ths
new absorption treatment; and will
also send some of this home treat
ment free for trial, with references
from youtr own locality If requested.
Immediate relief and permanent cm
assured. Send no money, but .ell
others of this offer. Write today to
Mrs. M. Summers, Box P, Notre
Dame, Ind.
Better Than Spanking,
Spanking does not cure children of
bed-wetting. There la a constitution
al cause for thla trouble. Mrs. M.
Summers, Box w, Notre Dame, Ind.,
will send free to any mother her suc
cessful Instructions. Send no money,
but write her today if your children
trouble In this way. Don't blame
the child, the 'chances are It can't
help it. This treatment also cures
adults and aged people troubled with
urine difficulties by day or night
For Sale.
Two extra fine fresh ' milk cows,
will be sold cheap if taken at once.
Apply to Robert Miller, B avenue.
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SHERWOOD'S CHANGE.
Locked Up.
Little Chlmner Sweep.
SONG 4
"When the IVost Is on the
Pumpkin." 4
All for a Bird. 4
The Blind Woman's Story. 4
4 SONG
4 "It Mltfht Have Boon." 4
4 Animated Dolt. 4
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Golden
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Coffee
in troma-tight tins. Sold
on merit No Prizes No
Coupons No Crockery.
J. A. Foltfsjr H Co.,
ask Vranclsc
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LA GRANDE, ORE. .
LOW
RATES
EAST
Will be Made by the '
O.R.&N.
iTiis Season as Follows:
ROUND TRIP.
To
Direct
79.S
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St. Louis 7JiO.
St, Paul MS.1&
Omaha, $.
Kaunas City $"0.0
TICKETS Y7ILL BE ON BALE
JCLY 6, 7, Z2, JS
ACGCST 6, 1, SI, 23
Good for return In &0 days with stop
over privilege at pleasure within
limits.
DON'T FORGE! THE DAttStf,
For any further Information call on.
J. H. KEEXEY, Local Agent.
Or write to
WM. McMURRAT,
General Passenger Agent,
PORTLAND. OREGON.
Cures Kidney and Clad
dor Diseases In Every
Form Many People'
Have Kidney Trouble
and Do Not (now It.
HOW TO FIND OUT.
It ti the function of the kidney to flltsg
ud purify ths blood which Is constantly
passing through thsra.
When ths kidneys art out of order tht
ther organs are affected Immediately
and you may have symptom of hear!
tronbls, stomach and liver trouble, and,,
ther ailments, which are nil owing to th
kidneys being wsak and out of order.
U you are sick Foloy'a Kidney
Cur wfll strengthen and build tip the
worn out tissues ot ths kidneys so they
1U act properly and ths rymptona ot
weakness, heart, stomach and llvsg
tronbls will disappear and yea will b
restored to perfect health.
Ho to Till If Y01 Hns Kidney TrwiU.
You can easily determine it your kid
neys are ont of order by setting aside for
H hours bottle of the nrtna passed
poo arising. If upon eiamlnatloa ft if.
cloudy or milky or bas a brlok-duat sed
iment or small particles Boat boat In ft,
ronr kidneys are diseased and FolAV'sV
Kidney Cur should be taken at one.
Fotoy'a Kidney Cur Is pleasant t
take and acts directly apoa tha part
affected and you begin to teal better
at once.
It corrects slight disorders la a fees
days and It has cured many obstlnato
asea after other treatment bad failed.
Ooctsn Salt RsWsuia Rot u.,.
.T?"fJ-ot Woodruff, Pa., wrltsar
ki. !lioHo ,wo Tara with th
- . ru,..i.iw, in waynesbum, and still
R2f iU doc,or isd ma It
taTl-,1.;e" tUl"1 ! I "ad be
i jasslbly live another month, as there wss
aa cure for ma. Folev's KidnM r .
was entirely wu.
Tata tires IBe and .
tCU AID lECOHKEIDEDlT
was MMtnmMj.J
1 . T roe oy a friend, and
to ri IV, taklf lbTr t,nVm I ba
faa to iret better and coatinoed ta las
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