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L7C GT?ATTC mm'fi OrRTCTJV-ETl
PACK THREE
o
AH UNIT IS
SET IN AND
1 1 it'll Ill
ftaee Dwelling
Mountains Kills All Over -
-nn,iK mm linger Wll.tho Solunibla river botween Arliit
Earth Too Long.
(Ey Amoclated Preaa)
BOSTON.' .Mass., Mar. 1
Hlgli
ln the fastnesses of the Andes
mountains of J'ei u there lives n
race wlilch sets an me limit and
t kills off all of Its litople ,who reach
the fateful mark.
Tills Is the tttutcment of Dr. Jo -
seph Bancroft, British scientist and
author, who headed an expedition In opposing this iuvestlration were
p, to Peru to Btudy the effect of high ; sheep men. In the complaint they
altitudes on n Ire oxygen content ofjsay these lauds'are principally valu
the blood. The party spent prac- uble for sheep raising. About 30
tically all Its time at Cerro do I'as-! per cent lof the lauds within the
co, a mining town of 10,000 Inhubl-; district ure vacant government
tajits 14.200 feet above the Bea
lovel.
"In each village," said Dr. Uar
croft, who is delivering a series of
lectures at Lowell Institute, "an of
ficial Is appointed to terminate the
careers of persona who live too
long.
"Dlfferent communities, however,
seem to have different ideas aH to
what limit should 'bo placed on
human existence. In some places
the only duty of the executioner
appears to bo to secure, thd pres-1
ence of a man at his own funeral
In the 'title role.' If a person bo
come bo ill thut his funeral be
comes a certainty in the near fu
ture, a date Is fixed for the sunie
and If the leading figure shows a
disposition to be unpunctuul the vil
lage executioner takes tUt mutter
ln band.
"Not far from a mine that yields
a great part of the world's vuuad
lum, there is, bo we ard told a set
tlement of 'Cholos' (the name by i through the Hopl and Henl river
which the natives are designated) country of South America forly
who treat this matter on purely eco- two years ngo by Doctor Kdwiu R.
romlc and unsentimental grounds, j Heath of this city, famous South
When one of the Inhabitants be-1 American explorer, proved of vital
comes too old he is eaten by theaHHistanre In taking Frederick L.
community nnd cheerfully acquiesces! Hoffman 0f Newark, Nev Jersey,
lu the procedure." (widely known botanist, on an ex-
Dr. Barcroft Ib a fellow and lec-; uloring trip through the same coun
turer at King's College, Cambridge , try several months, ago, according
University, fellow of the lloyal So-jto a letter Doctor Heath luis rocelv
cioty and the author of widely 0( from j)r- Jioffmun.
used text on "The Respiratory Func-i The maps und other geographical
tion of tire Mood." data on the dangerous country ob
The Audita natives Bturtled by the propured by Doctor Heath and pub
party of Investigators are of Intlinu jished in scientific Journals a few
descent, possibly from the Qulchua j yearB ago were so accurate as to
Indians, according to one of the:exClte the admiration of Mr. Hoff-
scientists. They live In adobe nov
els and are Bald never to remove
their clothing. The household fur
nishings ure so meagre thut the
housewife puts them Into a sack
and carries them with her every
time she goes shopping or v!ltlng. !
The natives are veTy shy and ap-' followed as nearly as possible your
pear to have no diversions uslde j methods, keeping account of my
from chewing cocoa leaves, from journey from hour to hour but
which modem scientists extract co- making the trip down the river
calne. (Dopi) while your Journey was
The extremely high altitudes atimada ln the ' reverse direction. I ;
which they live1 seem not. to affect found a number of minor omis-!
the natives except to furnish themaons misspelling, etc., but the llt
with a barrel like formation of tiieUe map appended to your paper in'
cneat. i ney are very strong, om ;
move slowly.
SILVER TIDE
(By Associated Press)
DAWSON, Y. T., Mar. 1. Yu
kon's great silver tide Is steadily I
rising and tho Klondike continues
the bannes gold producing camp of j
the entire northland, says a thirty-
eight page special edition of the i
'B 11
Dawson Daily tNews.
Silver mining bus progressed at
an astonishing rate In the last two
years. Fifteen hundred mlns, a
large proportion of which are pro-
...
duclng have been staked. The fields
RISES
have been covered by companies
that hold most of the big produc
ing claims and are pushing their
development. A year ago tho Yu
kon Gold company was the only
large organization engaged In nuartz
mining and exploration at Mayo,
but since then two well known
America companies have obtained
control of many claims which large
crew'B are now developing.
The most notable Btrlke on Keno
Hill was the finding of the lode on
the west end, or McQuestion slope.
The finding of this rich mine wus
accidental as In the case of a great
' many mineral discoveries. A buck
fv board carrying two men skidded
' down a slippery embankment and
turned up a piece of float which
, told the story. The ore assays
t from 200 to B0 "ounces t the ton.
LANDHOLDERS
I fiQf filC SfllTl
LUiiL U10 (Jul I
" ww
. mM n r F n r. 1. Jhp
Jl.:. t.fif? mn P.' SmyilH'i
r?c land owners have!
and otner lar,.'- , ,
Jost a sun 10 , -
ration Odlstri.. according o a de
cision made recently by JUdKe in-; me o1 .i my mjIhk-h and built mo
ki V Phelps. Tbs decision fol- up into ifegcd healthy, strong co:i
ii.'iP.ilon which has beO un-l dition."-0.Vo J Stingley. 2128 (St.
which the leKalitf ofhe or"0
tlon of the district as well ashe !
c..stltutlonmy of the Oregon IrrlO
Oration luK I
g Th" co$r..rt between thfi district j
unil John W. Lewis tor nglneilnB 1
! services was declared U-kuI byline!
i decision.
I l.lYlft IIHIlieil Willi Bliiuiril-
Pp Rlneer of Oregon and in co-iker-,
Ligation will) the t'nlU'd Btutusli-e-j
cluniution Bervlre. nreniired a jro-j
I'll, t Ull U p UJ.HTl t-lllll IH Ulh 1
1120,00 acres of IrrlKublo lunii. the
projwi under Investigation witch;
! res"llei1 ln 11118 """ wa8,rj
. ton and Umatilla In Gilliam, Mq-
! row und limttlllu counties and
j tending 15 to 20 miles back froli
1 the river. It wan proposed to u
the entire fiow :of the Johu 1-in
! rivor by direct diversion and li
storuse in three reservoirs, two o
which are on the upper edse of th
! tract.
! The large laud owners interested
with the Northern Pacific railway
lands which have been thus grazed
for years.
SKEK SANDS.
(By Asuociatci l't'ess)
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 1. A con-1
centiution of police efforts to find hd-I
j ward F. Sands, missing furmer butlcr-
'.secretary to William Desmond Taylor,
was announced Sunday by detectives j
jattempting to solve the mystery of the j
I murder of the film director here the!
night of February 1.
i I
(By Associated Tress)
KANSAS CITY, Kansas, Mar. 1.
A chartographical trail blaze!
maun, the letter said.
"No gebgraphical matter I had
with me served a better purpose,
no observatiqns were more accur
ate, no conclusions more impartiul
and no visions no more phophelic
than yours." the botanist wrote. "I
the Geographical Journal was price-
less and literally worn to shreds
by the time 1 readied Itlberallu."
I The letter mentioned vMls to
many' places Doctor Heath recalled
having seen on his trips.
I Although 83 years old, Doctor
i Heath retains Intense lnle. est in
j scientific Investigation ot South
America. He Is at present consul;
! ln the United Stutes for G':ula
Imela, Honduras and Bolivia and
Nirurauga.
A fellow In the Royal Geographic
Society and the recipient of honors
from many scientific organization,
'Doctor Heath is perhaps most proud
, 1 , : V. . , I T
rivers in South America bears his
of the fact that one of the groat
name. It Is a tributary of the Madre
De DoIb. Doctor Heath discovered
the Madre De Dolg river on his
trip in 1880. The river Heath
fnrtnfl nnrt nf tttn limlnHnrv ha-
" " " ,,"., ', ,ior
Mrs. J. Stingley
W i ' - .i. , T- v'v
What Men Admire Most in
Wonicn is PerfM Health
tlw; sign oi Btrsastk
fuirinl. Csllf.-i'Dr. Vlme't
TsTuriic l'iirriitit us tifcn
w.'re'comnC ,"iUonT'ly Tcaltb
;d become siy por,' WA3 8"('
((,rine; with InlKird likns. v,hh
a Lome hou
It
u
nrvniis. rould ot '!. and loft
mv Onra lte. d W v.l.'ik and s(-
fered Willi bkV-b''il and plns
in my side aril
imbs ncnud.
o i
m a !ihyFr;iIWL
i k v.hi'n I
bepiio taklix nno Tsvonte Pre
scription' bui fc comiili'tly (nrcd
lo cow toyour nearest urus
tinre and obtain tliis wonderful ,
Praicrintion of Ur. Plero-'s In
tabids at lln)l or send Hit for
trial i.Ks. to iJr. Pierces Invalids'
Hotel, in Bulfulo, N. Y., and V.nt0
lor liec medical advice.
TIL PROVED
QFHUGHHELP
'Hays Takes First
1
!- 4 y
lOVERNOR IS
I
SCHOOL
ATII, Maine, Mnr. 1. Six Morse
hi$h school pupils set an example that
th4r comrades will find to be harJ to
foltw when they recently presented
to tieir principal an excuse for tanli
nesi signed by Governor Percival P.
Baser, State , Superintendent oi
j Sclilils AugustuB O. Thomas and Ad-
jut:-tt Generul John A. Dudley.
Til note, "by order of the State of
Mailt," gave to the pupils permis
sion I) sleep late," the morning" after
they nd assisted in entertaining the
wiv-liii4ii'r-jiuMir'yA
Sawyer
hMmirnttrri t:A
liliiiisBsTiiiTiJrr
KJ
V
j ' OREGON HARDWME AND IMPLEMENT CO. . f..'
El -I -'- . '-.. iiv.i.fli hit m ..- - vr l.mtn.-.iiS. i IMI .Ulllllrt I ,
Movie Lesson
i
i
J
-toff l lO-'."
state officials during the intejim be
tween a dinner and;the departure of
the 11:'I0 p. m. train' for Augusta.
The txcuse was written on the Gov
ernor's letterhead.
ACT It ESS HETTEK.
(Itv AsKoi'luteil Pre
LOS ANGELES, Mu,r. l.-,Mahel
Normnnd, film actress, who has been
ill from influenza and nervous break
down, was said by her physiciun to
day to be well on the way to com
plete lecovery.
COOKVl) I IM)1) SALE.
Tlie W'estmXistijr Guild will hold
a Cooked Foc Sale) at Puttison's
Grocery, Saturday March 4th.
2-28-4t
RAGS Wanted at The Observer.
The Most Economical Coal
Sold in the Northwest.
Is Its Name
m
H'S BEST
Government Test.
- Holmes Merc. Co.
Phone Main 17
YOUNG COUPLES i
will ind thii an ideal place to make there selections of
j household need.
You frould ! mf lii&e of Kitohea siipn-eat. Ever- c
I thiM fr&m 2Uug to a FnciV Turner. i
' 0t Ous Prices. m ! l
tt eur 'a.?-Ever,,49c Special fpom March 3 to j
. March 11 , l I
Edison Invented a i
Snow Brick Making
Machine Years Ago
'NEW YORK. Mar, 1. JA briquet
timr nun hine. invented 40 years ant
by ThomuB A. Edison, to solve the
problem of snow removal from city
streets has been turned over to the
American Society of Mechanical En-
gineeis for furthtjr development, and
soon muy be seen on New lorkJ;
streets, it is dcclarde by members of
the society.
The Invention calls for an nutnme-1
tive hriquetting machine to run alone;:
snow-covered streets, scoop up snowj
,and turn it out in compressed blocks,
which could he slocked on the side i
of the street for removal or unlil
warm weather came. 1
,Mr. Kdison tried out his invention
yenis ngo, and found that it worked
oooacuiillv flwinir to hi niunv nthci
lactivitU'S, however, he never found
jtime todevelop his scheme, and for
this reasyn has turned nis invention
over to tw Engineers' Society.
Tun lutll n; ol lard SIjUI at PoodIo's f
Market. PhoVe) Main 747.
.- - -U -
THRIFT SHOP 01' EN.
!
!
;X The Red Cross Thrift Shop Is .
open daily now in the New Foley
:K Building, off the Chestnut street
entrance. Thursday will contin-
;K ue to be Thrift Day and on this
Hi day all who have donations for
tho shop are asked to have it
H( ready to be delivered, that be-
M ing the day collections are made.
12-16-tfp
M 1
'"'T " ''fa
l,AMIUG-KASON-ONi
1'ENDLETON, War. 1 Lambs at
the rate of approximately 000 head a j
day are being- born now in the dif
ferent ciimns of the Ounniirtihnm
Sheep Co., according to the records
in possession of Mac Hoke, secretary
of the company. . "
Three camps are now welcoming
the young woolies for this company.
At Stanfield ewes to the number of
12,000 head are beinur win1 nd and
are now lambing:. The Pi'"i. Roc!;
hands total (I.AOO head, and 7.u00 head
Ten shun! Ex -Service Men
Wliy not hnve tliaft houso' lniilt by your eom-i-atlcsf
AVe will l ph-Vsed to fip;iire with yr-u.
La Grande cVsttuction & Supply Co.'
Or. Greenwood nndvjAidwon St. riionc 42SJ
Hoe Neilson or Harris
Where Yout Credit Is Good
COMPLtTEVwOME FURNISHER
ES8IA
Mar 'cli r5 .A Y Mcirch 6
2:30 P. M. SUNDAY " " 8:15 P. M. MONDAY
75 PICKED SINGERS OF BAKER With
MRS. C. C. FISHER, Baker's Charming " Lyric
Soprano..
MRS. A. L. DENNEY, Dramatic Contralto of Baker
C. MILO. GODFREY, Oratorio Tenor of Fortlandi
JOHN CLAIRE MONTEITH, ; Portland's Noted
Concert Baritoiie.
MISS COLLfiEN HOTEB' Accompanist of Baker ;
MISS FLORENCE FRENCH, Accompanist of Baker
TSi
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BAKi
Admission 50c, 75c, $l.G0--Nci Tax
Write to L. Levinrjer'e Rexall Store, Baker, Oregon,
For Reservations
f 1 . . i
We are
Tailors
In Oregon to Hell a 3-picnc dland Tailored Suit for
$15.C
20 men of -a Ornndoi tool 20 of our Virgin Wool
Nuita .Monday
We AVi'll
$10.00
On any suit ii our lino, winch includes Genuine Wool
ro;ilciotlis
Prices $3ffii0 and $41.00
With each mat we willgive you a certificate that
pays fir cJeafcinp; and iressing Z hiutM I'Jtr.h.
IliiH S)ccial ffer Clses Saturday Night, 9 P. M.
Mc
"Nifty
Back of. tho; Foley Hotel Phone 167 W
Open Each Evening This Week
'A ;rospeivms, Avell managed and lawfully
regulated utility is an asset to any municipality,
tlie iiidjstriiand Inisiness life therein and cit
i.enif tJieref. One able to eke out a bare ex
istence oyfy is a source mf diswurugement and
wtury t it's owners and a constant iiritatiou to
the pat rons of its inferior service nnd the muni
ripul officials, as well as a deterrent to industrial
aiid iMwinrns development of the connnunity
lif MUouri labile Bcnko itouaiDissipJJ.
, , 0
being wintered inv Wallowa county
have just started to lumb. At Ontario
there are 3,000 additional ewes, but
lambing operations in that camp have
not yet stiw'ted.
throat and chest
fcerwivihot flannel clotiu .
V VVM" o M u a
Poet 17 .fyiihn jan Uitd Yearly
ORCHESTRA
HEATRE
j
,
the First
find TueKtlay
Save. You
tb $25.00
COMPANY
Mac"
Ham?; InJspnd!d
Telephone Co.
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