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"Measure it right and mix it together
It's Good for what ails you in this kind of weather."
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LETTER HOME
FROM FAR-OFF VAVAX, COMES 1X
TERESTIXG LETTEIl
Missionary From La Grande Writes of
Work on l'aciiie IslanuS.
fillUS LIFE
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HERE THURSDAY' ACTIVE I AS.
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Assets j Was Editor Once.
COAST FIR FINISH
tt We have just received a
car load of first class
fili-v material
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Writing from Haalaufull, r Vavan,
Friendly Island, under data of July 20,
Joseph Spiker; a La Grand.' man who
a year or bo ago was Bfnt to Pacific
Ocean Islands as a missionary for the
L. D. S. church, adtijea hi old tlene
friend, 0. E. Silverthorn of many In
teresting facts concerning himself and
his location. At the time of his last
tetter be was at Samoa, but he is on
the Friendly group now. Among oth
er things, Mr.. Spiker writes:
Well, Mr. Silverthorn, I received the
nice little' piece you put In 'the paper,
and can say you- did more than a cred
it, to tl3 letter, but nevertheless I
thank you very much for the same as
II. Z1""Z ""''"J tn'n-miiv people
when you have It put in the paper.' I
now have a somewhat different tale to
tell you.. I am in a new country, a
new place and am plaa?d under some
what different circumstances.
I am about 4 00' miles south of Sa
moa, on an Island called Vavan In the
Vavan group of the Society islands,
having been sent here by the presi
dent of the mission. I was. dinsctly
sent out to a native village by th.
name of Haalabull where I am at this
writing and am quite likely to be for
at least six months or a year. There
are about 1,000 Islands and Tock.
which together form th.? Friendly or
Tongan group of islands. Vavan and
the Vavan group, which consists o
about 100 rocks and Islands comnris:
about tine tenth of all the Society
group. .
They are almost completely sur
rounded by a coral reef. The distance
around the outside of all tt.s Island?
Is about 40 miles. v
Vavan, the largest of th m all. Is
about seven miles across in the long
est length and la very Irregular. A
person csn stand nnrn a Utt knoll
and see the ocosn on all sides as far
as the ey can reach, and al-to th?
coral reef circling the uts'de, some
times Is within a half mile of the
shore and then agnln perhaps two.
three or foi'r miles out. Th3e Islands
are of coral formation;. Thr sell hi
some places is quit; deep and In oth
er places Is but a couple or three feet
to the old coral formation. The upper
soil is of a dirty orante color and
when wet is as slick as glass or soap,
in fart the natives o'ten use It, for
soap In scouring anvtblns; when wet
It will H will stick to your shoeB until
you would think you were walking on
stilts, and when dry (for it gets dry
pb quick as It -t: wt) It packs
down very hard and solid The whole
of the Vavan groui) are (Vnselv cov
ered with, cocoanut tre s which tow
er up from 25 to 125 feet hie;h. They
are sure majestic. Under these giants
grovf scrub woods and bush of all
klnds,'r The Iron Wood.grows here and
looks Bonvwhat like the c'dar. Each
man has a piece of land, alloted to him
by the government of Tonsa, and on
this he raise or rather takes care of
the things which "go to make up his
livelihood, such as cocoanuts, bananas
yams, taro, tanamln and other things
too numerous to mr ntlon. The natives
bire are much better off financially
than the Samoans. When they want
some money they go and cut some
cobra and sell It to , the few white
traders. Most of them hav a sort of
an outside shell of a white man's
house, consisting of lumber slVs, tin
roof and ground floor, with the rough
wood work on the inside, and mats
on the ground to sit on. Here on Vavan
where they have the seaport, the na
tives dress a great deal better than
they do in Samoa and don't look quite
so low In that way, although the Sa
moans have got them "skinned a city
block" for cleanlluess (Excuse . '"the
slang expression, please). ;
Well, now to toll you of myself, for
you know I am a pretty good hand at
not forgetting myself In the first
place I must tell you what I am doing.
We hold school tour days out of the
we;k and teach English, arithmetic,
writing, spelling and geography. (You
will think when I say writing, that I
should begin at home and that's tru.i,
I'm a horrid scribbler.) We have a
very nice school, which Is known as
Probably no American statesman
a?fE .th) youn'c-r. fceneratecm has
achieved' fo ieuc 'n 2 rr:r ''r-;'r c
time aa Hon. Victor Murdock, who
wdll be the gu st of thl3 city on
Thursday evening, September 28th.
Mb. Murdock was born in Buriin
game, Kansas, just 40 years ago. He
completed' a course' In the public
schools and Lewis academy, dt voting
all of his spare time and vacations to
learning the printing trade. ' At the
age of 23, he became managing editor
of the Wichita Daily Eagle, a position
which he held for nine yfars.
In" 1902, Mr. Murdock waa elected
to con tress and at once took ra'k as
one of the leac'ers oh the republican
E'de, ' He was iureuioot. iu ujvo
cacy of the peoples' interest, and no
more watchful member was to be
found In congress. He was one of the
first men to advocate the Independ
ence of members of congress as
against the vigorous rules of the
speaker of the houae Consequently,
he became, the first leader of tlra In
surgents and as such is a controlling
f'r'o" in riBtlonsl politics ',. .
Mr. Murdock is a man' of rare elo
quence. He has a striking personal
ity, originality of expression and irrl
.istible magnetism. His lecture on
'JPriiticsl InFurg ncy." while an en
tirely non-nartisan addreBS, is said to
hs the hest presentation of the pres
ent political situation ever glvr.n on
"ie lv'rsnm platform. ,
caiDoans and would make the major
ity of the peopij at home ashamed of
tbems.lves and are catching onto the
vocal music quite fast There are
yet two week days to spare and on
them we visit the Saints and also the
outsiders. ( Down here I am doctor,
musical director, school teacher,
preacher and all combined. I feel fine
in the work and feel better than at
any time in my lite, for I know that
I am preaching the gospel of Jesus
Christ and that Joseph Smith is a
prophet of the living God.
Well, please excuse this scribbling
as I can hardty write on my lap. .
Yours truly,
F. JOS. SPIKER.
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Sotlce of the Meeting of the Board of
Equalization..
Notice Is hereby given that the coun
ty board of equalization for Union
county, Oregon, will attend at tin
court house, La Grande, on Monday,
October 11th, 1911, and publicly exam
ine the assessment roll, correct all
errors in valuation, descriptions or
qualities of land, lots or other prop
erty, as assessed -by th . county asses
sor, and It shall be the duty of all
persons interested to appear at the
time and place g'ven.
All persons having grievances re
garding the 1911 assessment may ap
pear before such board and present
their affidavits containing grounds for
icz:p!e;!ri, ." r",v' frtnvitamust be
presented during the first week of the
meeting of the board.
D. M. CLARK, ;
Assessor for Union County, Or gon.
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a-..iS3 h.,T
I boy to lonm the
cigar trade. One ivfto
lives at home.
takes three years to
learn this trade, and
I vjant the hoy's pa
rents to; be willing
for the boy to learn
it
Fam Us
King
Cigar Factory
106 Fir Street
The Implicit confidence that many
people have in Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea remedy is
founded on their experience in the use
of that remedy and their knowledge of
the many remarkable cures of colic,
diarrhoea and dysentery that It has
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"New Light College of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints." I
Fine name, eh? It is an appropriate I
rame, too. I have chargn of three j
classes, of the first grades and have
got them so that they generally study j
by themselves,. do -.not. fi?ht In school j
and hold up their hend when th y i
vish tn sriMk niit loud. Ttii'ppiI w.t I
vy? the b.-3t school in this group of
islands. . . .'. ' s '.
. Besides teaching school four das
in the week we have five night me t
ing a week and two on Sunday and
the ctht r two nights I teach them sing
ing and music in English, I am the
first one who has undertaken to t ach
them vocal music In English on theie
islands. They are tetter singers than
ome lndepen
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