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vvhat can be-more foolish than
to think that all this rare fabric
of heaven and earth could come
by chance, when all the skill of
art could not make an oyster?
w To see rare effects. anil i- nn
cause; a. motion, without ra '
mover; a circle, without a ceh-
ter; a time, without eternity; a
second, without a first; these are
the things so against philosophy
and reason, that he must be a
beast, in understanding who can
believe In them. The thing.
, formed Buys that nothing formed
it, and that which is made, Is,
while that which made it is not!
This folly is infinite. Jeremy
& Taylor.
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WHAT'S CURE FOll HOBOES?
One of the most puzzling problems
which confront the authorities of all
cities, especially at this time of the
year, is what to do with the tramps
and vagrants who flock Into the cities
during the winter months, 'ordinary
Jail sentences ,have little terror for
them, as what many of them desire Is
to get a chance to go to Jail where
they are furnished with beds and
meals and have' nothing to do but to
take life easy.
To suspend sentences of vagrants on
condition that they leave the city la
no remedy; for the evil, as other cities
are doing the same thing and for
-every tramp driven out of Spokane
another arrives from saome other
place from which he has been driven.
- The best solution of this problem
seems to be the rockplle or some other
plan by which people of this class
who are committed to Jail will have
to work and the Jails will be leas at
tractive to them.
James J. Hill, president of the O'eat
Northern railroad, writes that he br
Ileves the passing on of vagrants or
their Imprisonment under short sen
tences to be absolutely wrong.
"The only penalty," says he, "that
can wipe out or connlderably roduce
Vagrancy Is enforced labor. The stone
heap and work on the public highway
are the best remedies against roving
vagrants."
. Thlrty-slx chiefs of polloe In large
cities of the United States were re
cently asked about the sentences of
vagrants. The predominating mini
mum sentence Is 10 days, the average
aentence Is 30 days and the maximum
sentence la six months. Such punish
ments are of little deterrent value If
unAccompnnlcd by hard labor, espe
cially If the prisoners are to be dis
charged before the completion of their
acntences.
"So long as cities and towns must
tend the expense of vagrants com
mitted to Jail, so long will cities and
towns be loath to commit." saya a
writer In the June Atlantic Monthly.
"The maintenance of committed va-
' grants should be a state charge. Most
Important of all, among measures that
can be at once adopted Is the neVesnl
y of accompanying a sentence for va
grancy with hard labor.. Wherever
hard labor , la required vagrants be
aorae suddenly less In number." Spo
kane Chronicle. ' 11
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Two 'weeks from this -morning we
'. will all know who will be our ' next
' president. Unless It Is very close'. The
majority of those who are watching
the political game .do .not. concede a
close race. Wb-vvrr Is elected will be
b a majority lnt will be large. It
- i i i la. ? 't v- Bryan Is
-t4. -'Sre :. ... v tv1I carry
quite a number or states, that few
would at this date place 'in his list of
possibilities. While it Is true that
three states like New York, Indiana
nd Illinois or Ohio would give Mr.
Bryan n majority, it Is also true that
if these states go democratls the same
conditions would make thla possible
would also cause other states to do
IlkewlHe. The campaign is now prac
tically flnl-.hed. Few changes will be
made during the few days left. The
voter, generally speaking, knows how
he la going to vote, and we will all
know two weeks from this morning.
,
The weather the past week has sug
gested anything but irrigation. Never
theless, It Is understood that what
little work" was done during the
stormy weather resulted in adding a
good many acres to the list. We must
not fall. We must have the 20,000
acres of land before spring. . So that
work oan be commenced during the
summer of 1909. Everything else of
public nature Is secondary to the Ir
rigation project. With it many other
things are possible that Is not possible
without' It.'
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Editor Geer of the Pendleton Trib
une, announces.' that from this' time
henceforth the Tribune will be non
partisan and places principle and man
above party. It Is in perfect accord
with not a few of the so-called Inde
pendent and non partisan press that
are doing all In their power to elect
Mr. Bryan:The only difference is,
Mr. Geer Is doing all In his power to
elect Mr. Tart.- Mr. rti . '
so much better since , making , the
change. !'; '. '. ' : . r
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"A MODERN STORY.
It was evening In the great west.
The golden sun had gone down over
tho cornfields, and all wag silent..,
"Maria, 'what did you do with that
Rubens that came today?"
"I hung It up In the art gallery,
next to the Rembrandt."
"That's right. And how about that
new balloon we ordered?"
"We got a wireless today from the
factory saying It wouldn't be ready
until next week."
"Urn. That will give one of them
chauffeurs of outs an excuse to be
Idle. Couldn't get any of them chaps
to help with the hay. How la the new
French car actlrfg ?" "
' "Fine. But I had to telephone .for
a new sei oi ures. j
"Did that consignment of
govern-
ment bonds come?"
"yes." '
"And how about that first folio edi
tion of Shakespeare?"
"That's here."
And then, the modern farmer, re
moving his evening clothes and put
ting on his overalls, went out on the
estate and locked up for the night.
Exchange. . .
IKliEIS
Master Fish Warden II. C. McAllis
ter and Secretary of State P. W. Ben
son, wlo are on a tour of Inspection
of the' various state fish hatchertes,
left this morning for Portland after
having Inspected the hatchery at Wal
lowa. They report that they found
conditions at Wallowa satisfactory,
and that the prospects for a splendid
fish yield all that could t4 desired.
At the hatchery there ' fjrj not one
mimon ana a nair salmon eggs, and
according to previous records at least
95 per cent of these should hatch, and
75 per cent of those hatched should
find their way to the sea and finally
return to the Wallowa river. Accord
ing to the best fish authorities, the
salmon, when It reaches the age of
four . years, returns to ' its natTve
stream and deposits its spawn and
then dies, It mission of reproduction
having been performed. The state of
Oregon has 10 hatcheries, and the
total number of fry which will be
turned Into the various streams will
reach the neighborhood of 11,000,000.
The Ontario hatchery will furnish the
Wallowa hatchery with from IS
to
0 million' eggs.
Thle transfer of eggs
Is mac-e because of the muddy condl
unn 01 me -ensue river.
The water
and other 'conditions at Wallowa are
all that can be . desired and It Is
thought? that the percentage of fry
will be so much, greater than at On
tario that the elate wilt be apty jus
tified in assuming the cost ef trans
portation of the egg.
Mr. McAllister states that to far M
The Way You
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$1,000 cash: is offered and all ex
pense of inspection if it Is not as good
aa represented In the printed literature
of this company. .,
. One of the finest bodies of land that
the world has ever , seen, embracing
uuo.uuo acres In Southern Oregon, Is
now being opened for settlement ' of
the American people. This Is practf
cally your last ; opportunity to . get
choice cheap lands, with pleasant cli
matic conditions, in the United States.
Twar hundred dollars, payable $10
per month, buys from us a contract to
one of these undivided farms, and
other rights, ranging in size from 10
acres of fine fruit land, (five acres of
which Is under Irrigation, at time of
opening, with perpetual water rights
for Same,) to 1000 acres of grazing
land. Along with each farm goes a
town lot in the additions to Lakeview,
the county seat of Lake county and
the coming metropolis of . Southern
Oregon, often called the "Great In
land Empire."
v OREGON VALLEY LAND CO.
References ... " , , , ,., . ,..
Gate City Bank, Kansas Cltyj Mo.
Pioneer Trust Co., Kansas City,' Mo.
First National Bank, Colorado
Springs, Colo. ,
Three hundred thousand acres of
Southern Oregon territory, which
have for the past half century been
sealed from development with the
stamp "Land Grant," are to be opened
at once to settlement. Suddenly re
versing the obstructive policy which
has characterised these lands, the Ore
gon Valley Land company, the pur
chasers, announce that the entire acre
age Is to be developed and sold on
terms that are alike attractive to the
speculator and the homeseeker.
This tract constitutes the bulk of the
tillable acreage of the great Oregon
Central Military Rroad grant, which
Wonderi
ill
LOGAN-SHERWOOD
Uuion County Agents
PHONE Main 86
he knows, this Is the first Instance
where the hatcheries have been vis
ited by any member of the facial
board other than the roaster warden.
Every hatchery in the state will be
visited by himself, and Mr.' Benson
during this tour. .
Moving day" describes tha condi
tion of things on Adams avenue today-.
and the same term will be applicable
for several days to come. Tha Ad-
cook V Prltts furniture store stock i
now being moved to the new location
on. Jefferson avenue. Two davs will
do much toward cleaning out'the pres-
ent quarters.
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Ae soon as the furniture ' store Is
moved the general move by four other
business place on Adams avenue, will
begin. Tha furniture store vacation
makea room for Pennington A Co,
while that locaUoa will then b ready
want it done
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Laundry
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was made in 1864 by the United States
government . tV tha company of that
name for constructing a military high
way. : t' ,. '. . '' '.'
From the day of the grant until to
day nothing has been done to enconr
age development. The new owners
enter upon the enjoyment of the em
pire "with another doctrine, which they
will steadily pursue. ' They will im
mediately proceed to settle and de
velop the country. .
The part of the grant placed on the
market, begins where the line of the
grant leaves the Klaamth Indian res
ervation on the east. From the reser
vation the, grant lands extend In an Ir
regular line down to Lakeview, and
thence eastward to the western bound
ary of Malheur county, Oregon. The
tracts' secured He In Klamath, Lake
and Harney counties. From Klamath,
reservation to Lakeview the strip Is
over a splendid agricultural and graz
ing country. Sprague River valley,
Drew's valley and the north end of
Goose Lake valley are crossed, where
there Is a large quantity of fine agri
cultural land, which has been leased
to- settlers for many years, ut never,
put on the market. From Goose
Lake valley, the route crosses into
Warner valley, where there is more
good, land, and thence is ' passes
through the southern portion of Har
ney country, crossing the headwaters
of the Donner and Blltzen river,
passing through the wonderful Catlow
valleythe finest valley in the state
where there are leagues of fine level
land, commonly called the "cow man's
paradise."
The southern part of the state Is
now assured a liberal policy of de
velopment that will be In strong con
trast with the obstructive tendencies
of the great land-grant holdings of the
state In the past . "
Country
REALTY COMPANY
IA GRANDE, ORE
for occupancy by the Newlln Drug
Co., and. the drug store left open for
the Newlln Book & Stationery com
pany, and that place put In shape for
occupancy by the Peare Jewelry store.
Before all these "moves" have been
made a month will have elapsed,
least.
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MACHINIST INJURED.
Mulllkln Suffers IntetiHe Pain From
Injury to Eye Last Night.
Arthur Mulllkln, a machinist in the
O. R. A N. shops, la suffering intense
pain today as a result of an Injury
austalned last Evening. While at work
on a lathe a brass chip lodged In his
eye, Inflicting immediate Injury, and
to' make matters worse, he could not
be aeen by his physician until two
hour after. The cut was deep and
the eye has been slightly affected by
tho continued lodgement of the once
hot chip.
. BO. J. LEVY DEAD.
Word TteeriTed Here Today That San
Francisco 8 ocean bed.
Newt has been received hero by
Mrs. William Ash, that her brother
In-law. Sol. T. Levy of San Pranetara.
dled last night Ilia sudden Ills tea of
Uc.UKoc,.FALMcJt, President . ,' W. H. BRENHOLT i .
J. M. BERRY, Vice President . ' C, S. WILLIAMS, 2d A
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For the Benefit of the Basxh
ball and Indoor Baseball Terns
COLISEUM SKATING Rltll
mCll D. O'BRIEll
last . Saturday called his wife to his
side, after a abort visit in this city.
On account of tho death of Mr. Levy
tho 8croggtn-6elder party for thle af
ternoon la honor of Mrs. Levy, has
annulled.
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