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WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 211. 1902 LITERATURE ON MAKING GOOD ROADS THE LATEST PHOTOGRAPH OP MISS Al ICE ROOSEVELT Athena, H. Rome Doctrine that 8hould be Gen erally Accepted In all Communi ties. Especially In the Weat. The Ki. OreKonlau prints tin M lowing anent the ruillitlnp of good roads. COmlD from Uip American Rond Marhlnc Company, ami treat Ins the matter In general manner: As a nation of Intelligent and 1n dustrimis people, leading the world In march of progress, we are com polled to admit thai W are mam years hehlnd the ancients in that particular branch of our internal itn provonients which is generally con ced d to be an Important factor In the advances tBt of an nation's prosperity namely our public hlirli ways. The evidence! of our commercial prosperity are at every hand but the very agencies which have con tributed most larg.-ly to the develop ment of our country, have been most detrimental to tin improvement ot our trnvclei! thoroughfares. In the tin early part of the present lentury when the primitive stage roach was almost the only mentis of transpor tation good public highways In all fhr more thickly portions of the country were by no means a reiiuit. possibility rmt the question of Im proved roads recrttvvd Its first set back when Fulton solved the prob lem of steam-driven boats, and. a few years later, whon Cooper built tat first American locomotive. It was ladAatUt) relegated to the rear. The need for better transportation facilities was met at the constant da Telopment In our steamships lines and railways, but tin common r.M.ls. the feeders of theiie great systems of transportation and travel, over which very pound of our agricultural pro ductions must paae before they can be marketed, have been neglected to such an extent that In the closing ! cade of this. tha greatest century ha commercial prosperity the world has ever known, we find ourselves with a system of highways Inferior to that of any other civilized i-ountry In the world. Transition Feriod. Hut the work of American road making Is passing through a transi tion period The constant agitation of the question In recent years by the press and through other channels has at least partially awakened the people to the fact that there Is some thing radically wrong with our sys tem of road-making They are begin ning to understand that much of the money yearly expended on our roads is being waited because the work Is generally conducted in a careless and unyntemati manner While enough has been written on this sub ject o show the cause of poor roads 1 to till many volumes, we believe that one of the most Important ueitaet cat: be suinmei! up In three word, viz. lack of knowledge Hy this statement we must not be construed to mean that the large malorlty of our roadmakers are Ignorant men. with no natural capacity for the work they have been called upon to i perform on the contrary, we believe that road officers In the main re pre sent as Intelligf nt and sensible men as can be found In a community But the fault lies deeper, with otrr system of roadmaking. which calls men from one pursuit to an entirely different one without that Knowledge and experience which is so essential to success In any calling Prof rthaler in the October 1S Atlantic rightly says "The art tof road making' demands a arid and well founded training' The Intelligent roadmakers of the country are be ginning to grasp the fact, and are aaktng foi information ss to the hem methods of road making an I main tenanre, and. with the spread of this Information is certain to come a bet ter condition of public thoroughfares. It will be we'l to rtMih-m'ier In this l onnection. tha th history of tills country Is one of mechanical pro gression, and we have always u tended that as improved mechanical appliances are so largely respmsl hie for the many social, economic il anil commercial advantages which wt- enJo improved appliance musi necessarily be a very Important fai tor in this work of bringing aUiat a tietter condition of highways Hut no one will eontend thai improved machinery Is in Itself sufti'UM.t to, bring about this -sult It must be supplemented by In'olllgent methods aod honest work an we shall j. in in .ft- ... th t wi g to give to the roadmakers of liU country some in formation concerning the care and ' construction of toals which on- long' iperlence with ro an. I r ,n' n it ers has enabled uj ' acpuirc " eVJL BBBBhSb? jBUDBBSSSSBBT mmm BBSJ J A Jp 5 mi Jb'Ibbbw ' sjxs GOOD WORDS FOR HUFFMAN PendlCtOll, Athena Press Compliments the Kamela Fireman Writer. one of the brightest newspaper wrtttn IB the state Is a young man n;lI11,l Burt Huffman, says the All., na (reus. His home Is at Kamella the summit of the Hlue mountain", ha point where the main Ine o h. 0 It At N. crosses the divide Huff nM a son of toll, and is employed L ,t (. II Hi as toman on one , , U helper engines that assists rralns over th. hnvy mountain grades. 1 h, work which he performs Is oi Ue moat ardlMKU Rlad, yet this fireman nndi UBH between the pulsations of i in i-i'. , thorn: it to teratttn with the result that from Ills pen .oin.' articles as woll con- ir5 Agricultural Implements. YUiri matters not wli.'iner n , , itory, Huffman's writings :., peculiarity that at once stamp hem witb interest and value. Some ,. hJa bright! articles are now ap pearing in the Rnst Oregonlan The Umatilla Implement Company It Will Surprise Vou Try It. It Is the medicine above all others tor catnrrh and Is worth Its weight in Elv's Cream Halm noes nil that Il eliilme.l for It - II. W Hperry. Hart ford, Conn. Mv son was nflllcted with catarrh lie us. .', Ely's Cream Halm and the disagreeable' catarrh left him J. C. Olnistead. Areola. 111. Tbi Halm does not Irritate or couse ., .tag. Sold by druggists at 5" MHBtS, or mailed bv Ely Bros. M War PM street. New York. She .ill christen the kaiser s yacht Prince Henry comes as the Ger man emperor's personal representat' ve at the launching. the principal witnesses Moth men are In the city today to give their depositions to the I nlte.l States at torney. The present euse Is but one ot many similar claims known a.- "In.lt an depredation claims. " Only oat DM of the large number over actually re celved damages owing to the dlffieul ty In proving their claims. The In dians made a praettet of running off tock. but the were seldom caught In the act As white men also ran stock off the range It Is necessarv In prov, bevond a shadow of a doubt that the ladians were the ones who eonimltte.i tin depredations before a good ase can he mail, nut. Hnker City paiers. he must cease ef fort there. His record foi honesty, knowledge, refinement ami public spirit will avail nothing Should he persist in his audacious pretensions the next time he Is declared out. It will be written In red. Thai will end It. President Hoosevelt anil the mem bttl i the cabinet today visited the Corcoran Oallery of Art and Inspect (the drawing prepared by the com mittee appolntd to devise plans for beautifying the uatlonal capltol. The president expressed himself delighted with the drawing and said the views of the committee should be carried nit . MRS. H. F. ROBERTS Says to All Sick WlMII "Give Mrs. 1'iiikhaiii a (iiautc, 1 know She ( uti Holp ou us She litl Me." HE GOT A SPECIAL PRICE. General Hugh Lee Will to Pendleton. Not BAKER COUNTY'S YEARLY ASSESSMENT ROLL. No Mines Appear in the Property That Will Pay tne Taxss. It will be noticed that no mention Is made ot mines In the following appraised value sj property in Maker count., as shown on the ana. -ssmeii in the sassjgi is as followa land. 7!.0 and pa' roll just tllei office, which Tillable land acres Nontlllable land acre Impvt on deeded ented land Town and city lots Impvt. town and tt lota Impvt on land not deeded or patented Miles of railroad 7 miles standard gauge antt'32 narrow gauge Miles telephone and tele graph 189 and 49 HUes of street railway two Rolling stix'k itaamhrgltl engines. Mfg machinery etc Merchandise and atMl in t rade arming implements Mons. Notes and accounts Sham, ol slock Household goods watches and Jewelry Urns. - and mules Cattle Sheep . floats clerk's INJM T7h.:i JoS.rt.t.', UN wii mt In'. Kin 1.1. Mo son 4.- m in .'37 4.10 44Hlo 28.1 IR M Die iMM MMO 1,100 CI :i..v ; no: Fit Come A short ttnie ago a voting Ml oi this pl.n i noticed that Alajordeiiera ntl Hugh I ee was 1o dative' a imm her ot lectures on the Spauish Allien can war ami was open t. engage BMntl tliroiigh the Southern Lyceum Huicau He wrote to th bureau ssk ing ior the figures at Which tb. a tlnguishe.l military commBiid-r could be secured lor n lecture in Peicllf- Von He receive.! a replv neatl writli and saying' "Yours of the CJth Inst, is here re ceipt of which we acknowledge with thanks Regarding the engagement of General Kit Hugh l.ee for a lec ture In Pendleton for the benefit of the I'endleton academy, we hope to make him a date there, and will quota you a special priM of $;.. tor on. night Hoping to hear trom vou at once, we are et The special low price of ffcio Stag gered the young man. and when he has sufficiently recovered he will writi declining that splendid ojfei The bureau's letter goes on to say that the demand for Oeneral l-ee la treni.'udoiu Applications are pour Ing In from all over th Cnlteii States and it Is found that the simple an nomieement that General lee will lecture has stinVed to create a desire to hear him every w hare The gener al aecnrdliig to the letter will he unable to visit all the places imm which application hav. . om Onms valuation Exemptions Net valuatiiMi Number of Stock. Horses and mule Cattle Stieel (ioau f .1.5s.Hsii 135,340 3.5il3.34 4.7K2 l i.ST 75.078 1.932 Catarrh lannoi B Cursd Willi Ul vt"'i""ii. lhy csodoi rsaob Hit mai .if u,r iliwsw Caiarrh iiIimj.1 or i untlllulluuai ilium, suit iu uruvr la run it you bum utkt tatvrual rsmvdlv P , urrh . 1 1 n is taken laienully mi sen dm i,y on tin- Uloud sad auutiua nitlu-n lull'.- . .. Utrrh l ure ! aots ijuacs lurdiiuii It . rr. M-rlbnl bjr one ol the Meat phi. lam I oousUrr for yan, sad usrsguisr prasrrlplioi It la rami me. I ot liir bawl Kioua IBOWS tiluaal wild te basl liUaod Mtrltl'n sstloi 1 1 r . . 1 1 mi tlia Hui-oua turlaA'tft fii. . mnbiuation oi the two lagfiidu nil i ppoduaa Mirb woaderful rvaulit lu eurlai Urrh Sanil fur UMiliuouial li.-. r. J 0IIKNKY A CO., Prop, , i0l.o. 0 SoM by dt.iffltu, price Tic. Hal I 'a family Pill. ar Hit- boa'. HARD WORDS FOR HI8 CONTEMPORARIES OLD WAR CLAIM. Indian Raid of 1866 Remembered in Caae in Baker City. A damage suit growing out of an Indian raid in 1868 Is claiming the attention today of W (J Palmer, dep uty t'nlted States attorney who ar rived from Washington. 1). (V, yeater , da tn take the deputations of wit nesses In the case, says the Haker 1 City Republican The plaintiff Is a man by the name of (Heaaon no wa resident of Iowa la 1X66 Indlaus of Haruey county run off 13 head of stock belonging to him William Chambers and John Hlbbard. af Ualoo. trailed the Indiana and are Baker City Republican Says Some thing About Other Paper. Judge Lowell must be a stumbling, short-sighted fellow to question any announcement by the p iters of this city of the position he occupies in the gubernatorial race, aays the Haker City Hepuliln an. lie plainly ia not in touch with the sole power in this part of the world, the power that makes a river, win i. naadad movea mountains, makes thousands in cash out of noth ing hut Jaw-bone There Ia no reason why this omnipotence should not en ter the political arena with the same giant stride, and depoae or elevate candidates at will, even dispenalng with the vote of the people. If Judge Lowell la declared out of the race by BEST FOR THE BOWELS If jou ltafffTt a leiular. Ucalttir m. .. of Ujm boatfU tjvary Jay, your III or Ui lr ktp y.tt truwata ojn, auil Ue well, t ;p i . Itia a...,f ,0 Unt iJii4J r pill hUoi, it asniiru Tba Miociiv Ml. eaaWtl. iitoal Mrfci y uf kcatpli ia buU tnr in J clJi la to la.r I U. Ray Co. any sad tall Stock, Bond and Orain tui uab oi on Jtna New York Atoca. Bscfcaogc CfJloaao Stock I achaugc Ckicaco Board of Trade mm EAT 'EM LIKE CANDY I'oUtn Tail (iouil D.-ljoud mt irlH . 10, V. ati'l 6i cmnU 1 it, 4 aai((i aoi-i Lvhui FUuini I'aUlalU Navar .nek ' . Ivalt:. A-i...ra t -j 9TCXs.lL UMUBUt IDIftM, INK au ). lOKa KEEP YOUR BLOOD CLEAN Br. Wllllaai.' i,,,,, p'0"TMB-r ?VUI cur.. Hll.d l4l. aoaorba iba laoiun al lai.tba llcnlaa at vom acla aj a uiiT. lualani rallaf U vil- alaUrT u vn- "Dkaii Mns. I'lNKUAii : The world praiM-.s pre..! reforinerh ; their niiiues ..nil fames are in the ran of everybody, ..mi tin public press helNt spreud the MOd tiilius Auinnir them all l.ydia L. I'iukhaiii - n.itii. t'ls's to psierity mils a in i . 1 1 , rnni' I reai.isul of V ( T U., Kansaa City. Ma. witti it softly Itreatlieal bleaaiug froni the lips of tiioiisnnilr, upon thousands , of wonir-ii who have I wen restored to tlwir luuiiliea when life hunp by a ' turestd. and by UmitMUiib. of others wimum rn aching liwbs you have mtUknti and wtiuir pains you hnvr Utkeu nway. " I know w hereof 1 speak for 1 have isjaatvad gMMfe valuable lienrflt nivself tiiroiwb the oar of l.vdiu B. I'tnk Iimiu'x A i;eliill- uaipoiimt, nu.i fur yer 1 liavr kuivi doxena Ol wo men w)m liavr suffered with displace in. i,. i.r.irian tixublea, ulct-rationi am! infliimniation who ax strung and well t-iliiv simply Uiruiiirh tie uae of your, unipoiiud Was. II K K.u.kmts. Mm M .. ht Knnaar Citv Mo. -$i000 terfwti If mkmm IWinrllt U 'not v.nusw Uni t hesitate to wrltr t Mrs 1'ink- 1 ham She will iiuderatand youi caae perfectly, aud will treat you with kindness. Tier u.lvioe la free and the addraaa is Lynn, BUY TH E Best Babbitt Metal IN 10 POUND BARS. For line shafting and all bearings of machinery of the mill or factory it cannot be surpassed : : Made from Type iWetal. East Oregonian Office, Pendleton, Or. Wfififl Chnnnnrs and I iimharmon m m m v mm w w mm mm w mm mm m m mm mm Miiiva. ...at.i IS We carry the largtit anil mt Hue of Wood Choppers and ItimUrmen's Supplies in the city ContiftUsfflf Axes, Wedjrep. Sldj;eh. ('rose Cut and ( ne- man Saws. 'all and ex amine our line and pet our )rice i)etbrt pnrfthitipg HANSFORD 4 THOMPSON, The Leading Hardware Man. nrt rnr r a a ay 1 For Sale! U...L : j - ,!i uuc iiuafl power to run it and wtth it one peraon can set irom msw ems brevier in eight hourg. . .0b With the machine there it the necessary pulleys anu 700 to 800 pounds brevier type, 8 point Machine will be sold (or $350 f. o. b at Pendleton East Oreeonian, Pendleton, 1 is ay Taussao a Co., Pendieiaa,