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THURSDAY JAJCVARY 2S. 1903 AN OREGON MIT AENER BOBBINS, OF UNION, A STRANGE CHARACTER. Built a Flour Mill to Satisfy a Whim J Owned Pretty Residence and) Lived In Log Cabin Reported to be -the Discoverer of Blue Bucket j Mines. 1 Abner Robins, the eccentric stock man, merchant, railroad owner and millionaire, who died in Eastern Ore ton a few months ago. has now been charged with having held the key to the famous Bluebucket mines, and this, it Is claimed, was the source or all his wealth. It will be remembered that this noted pioneer had three large stores and that he rarely ever visited them; that he wore the cheapest clothing, his wearing apparel usually consist ing of a cotton shirt, a cheap tie. a ciuucn nai, a pair or overalls and a heavy pair of boots. He owned a fine home in Union, Oregon, where he had an estimable wife, but lived in mall cabin out In the desert where he lived and did his cooking, his prln cl pal bill of fare being bacon and beans. He also owned a $10,000 flour ing mill, the Inside of which he had never seen, though he passed it al most daily, and he owned a railroad npon which he had never ridden, and renisea a pass from his manager. Peculiar Habits. He only visited his home at Union once a year, and then only spent one Cay and night on each visit with his wife, although she was kind and plead with him to live at home. The mill was built to humor the whims of a friend and was a dead loss to the owner While there was not a bushel Why 5yrup.of Fjs the- best family laxative It is pore. It k gentle. It is pleasant. It is efficacious. It is not expensive. It is good for children. It is excellent for ladies. It is convenient for business men. It is perfectly safe under all circumstances. It is used by millions of families the world over. It stands highest, as a laxative, with physicians. If you use it you have the best laxative the world produces. Because Its component parts are all wholesome. It acts gently without unpleasant after-effects. It is wholly free from objectionable substances. It contains the laxative principles of plants. It contains the carminative principles of plants. It contains wholesome aromatic liquids which are agreeable and refreshing to the taste. All are pure. AH are delicately blended. All are skillfully and scientifically compounded. Its value is due to our method of manufacture and to the originality and simplicity of the combination. To get its beneficial effects-buy the genuine. Manufactured by aufqrnia Ws 5yrvp (? S&n Vraacisco, Cfcl. LoaiirlUe, Ky. N"w Tor. N. FOR SALE It T ALL LKADI.XG DRUGGISTS. PENDLETivi eted by Aimer Robins. They are in , the mountains and valleys, and It on ly needs Industry, patience and econ-i cmy to extract the wealth from them.; Paul DeLaney in Oregon Dally Jour-' naL HIGH GRADE SHEEP LEVEE IN DANGER. HAIR WONT FALL OUT. of wheat raised in the entire conn- try, a friend of the millionaire tm-j f you Klll the Dandruff Germ With Car jtinuoeu nun xo nuua a mm. He ar gued tnat If a mill were built the neo- t pie would move into the country and 1 ro to wheat raising. Ordered Mill Built R. A. JACKSON. OF DAYTON, ! MAKES LARGE PURCHASE. the New Treatment. John Fuller, a well known citl-, ; zen of Colfax. Wash., says: "1 had! dandruff so badly that it caked on my TV. t I ... " " "'"""J -""-"1 uwiaieu mai n woum i me" George H. McWhlrk. of Walla xot pay to build a mill; that the conn- Load of Rambouillets Pass Through Pendleton From Utah 69 Head Will Cost $2.000 From Fin est Strain in the Country. W. S. Hansen, of Colllnston. Utah, arrived in Pendleton yesterday with try was sparsely settled; that wheat- xalsing would only be experimental Walla, "Wash.. "Herpicide com-! a carload of registered Rambouiilet Lee Street Bridge Said to Be Unsafe in Times of High Water. The pressure on the levee, a short t distance below the Lee street bridge in times of high water, is said to be increasing and that i soscth isg that must be looked after the coming season, ought to be attended to dur ing the first low water, in fact. The proposition is to scrape an artificial l channel close to the opposite bank bulk when the water Is low enough to al- low operations and thus deflect the' current aay from the levee. One! Imudred and ninety dollars was ex-j ponded at that point last year on rip-1 rap. and the locality is not secure. A total of $6fi0 was expended on the says: pietely cured me or a bad case of dan- J ewes and rams, which he recently dmfT nf HA wars' c f r, n H ( n t " TVi nr . . . for a while, nnd tw mm ,h .T .V- " rS!, "' solQ - JacKson. tne pioneer sot be needed for a number of years. ! ment, a remedy that destroys the dan-i breeder of blooded sneeD- f Da"a-1 entire levee last year. jut mcuu as ireitiMcoL rinaiiy;arun germ Newbros Herpicide. B,""nBlou- the eccentric man of wealth said- , Stop dandruff, hair won't fall out. but Mr. Hansen is one of the foremost 3,tor8ft.nd andIwln;wi f?Jf orally luxuriantly. 'AMrteep breeders of the Pacific Coast, pay ior it- lays itching instantly and makes halrl. j , j . . , , The enthusiast went on th nlan ! .nt. it a. JlT: an is delivering to Mr. Jackson the Nice Dressed Chickens Fine Sauerkraut. Dill Sweet and Sour Pickles in ilk. Fresh and Salt Fish. Fresh Eggs and Butter. - ) 4 TT . neao.qnarters for vvaiHiuuiUUD Rates $2 &$2,si Special rates by wetUrrau-a I'"npt DinuicrtcBi, 1 Modau Conn T? J 1. i fti nsa c . i tw uiJl Is flnl. T.- I) . r wtlj 1 ul Lt Uiol .3 I, J GOLDEN HULL hi Conitr Counted JoIiimib (nKt Pendleton, Ottxra. M. F Kelly. Proprietor went on th nlan that if a mill was worth building at Ml a good one bught to he hullt. He sent East for the best machinery that ftmld be obtained, employed Bkilled mechanics and used the best material which bad to be shipped a long dls- xance. in me consiracuon oi tne building. The mill was completed at t cost of ilO.000, and has stood idle rver since, Bobins never mentioned the matter to his friend again, and did not even visit the mill while it was under construction, and has never t)een inside the building. It was never rnsnred. and the boys in the neighbor hood have broken all the window panes with rocks. It stands as a mon ument to Robins' friend's mistaken judgment. Where He Got His Wealth. giossv and soft as silk. At rinipHntc One bottle will convince any doubter 1 most V1 lot ot blooded sheep of its merits. Sold by F. "W. Schmidt tbat has oer been sent to that le ft Co. Send 10c in stamps for sample ' callty. io me nerpicme uo.. Detroit, Allen. There are 69 head in the lot, dlvid-i ed as follows: 56 yearling ewes; , , nine ewe lambs and four ram lambs, i JThe 56 yearling ewes and nine ewe doubtedly attract large audiences ntilambs averaged 135 pounds each. "A Gambler's Daughter." A Gambler's Daughter" will tht- Pmwr irhm t ic nrnnra Hmri I when loaded on the car Sunday morn . . .. . . t Inn a. Xf TT nMnnn'i. T.nmn I TT V. next ilonaay, as the piece has proven b " nno nf tho mni nnnnhr oonnntionoi I The largest of the four rams weighed melodramas the stage has known In ; 173 pounds at 10 months old. J ears. The famous wheat pit of the' ff6 she.ep wJTe ,al1 upon Chicago Board of Trade, for instance, i M- f11 8 B?te?,Te st?ck, is reproduced exactly as It appears In ' at lCo,"nton' 80 mIIes north ot Salt a panic, when fortunes are being! ... . , . , j made and lost in less time than it' HT,?enC!h.e ItobonfJlet sale . . . . .. - 'at the TTnlrm Rtnplr Tarrt" nt Chimin lanes io maEe a cnecK. Anotner nne' : - .... ' ' . . . ... 1 1 r i iHri'm ivpr - i ',t j ' -t-na mnn n. scene is an om warenouse on tne river Rip-rap Broken. The rip-rap on the face of the levee is broken just north of the La Dow property in the western part of the city. While it is not an extensive af fair, it will be necessary to repair the break when the water Is low enough to permit operations'. GRAIN-f) V J THE PURE V J Shrimps, Crabs, Lobsters and Oysters. Pendleton Fish and Poultry Market 310 Court Street Phone Bed 591 S!.110.11 was.??cnke? where Uade on the life of the heroine. Still Unkln. , 1.1 . I U-UUC Ul ,7a , iflB ""f3"5'! another is the luxurious T uu 1 nrimn mml.lnir hninn rlTrfillinn excellence the costly palaces of the . , Hed tbe country, upon learning that he owned three large general stores, one at Union, one at "Burns, and one at Drewsey and that each of these stores where mere clerks were part ners In the business bad a rating of from J75.000 to $100,000. and that Bobins himself had unlimited credit. Inquired where he obtained his start. The more skeptical in the imme diate neighborhood of Robins' cabin, thought he had discovered the famous Bluebucket mines, and that these ere the source of Mb revenue He .was miserly, though he lived the life of a hermit No one in distress was ever turned away from him, and a Michigan in on December 5, 1902. The bidding) was spirited from the beginning and I out of 50 head offered, Mr. Jacltsonl bid in 17 head over all Eastern buy ers who were in the contest. These 17 head were returned to Mr. i s home, where Mr. Jackson GRAIN COFFEE i In comparing' Grain-0 and coffee remember that while the taste is I the" same Grain-O gives health and strength while coffee shatters the i nervous system and breeds disease I of the digestive organs. Thinking ' people prefcr Gram-O and its ben efits. TRY IT TO-DAY. Atgrwn eTKTwhcre; V-c usi 33c per package. Despain & Clark Wholesale Com mission Merchants The company itself is headed : ,Y ,"um,' w?ere M?- ,jacn by some of the best known players euuugn irom tne of the stage. Including Miss Lillian ! frt nf rq v, 0Ut 0,18 Hayward, Camilla Crume, Marie Lau-1 '"tli JL:3, ok u n ,, , rens. Elsie Frazee.f James Nerval. C. Jl? Buetin -W. Goodrich. Walter Stanhope. J. J-i LB,!' ir Decmber- contains a wvlanrt ah tv,t. r tt Woii, picture of the yearling ees that are CATARRH Hyland. Allan Foster, F. K. Wallace. Louis Epstfm, "L. P. North and many others. ' . "The Burglar and the Waif." A big production of C. F. Dazay's latest play "The Burglar and the Waif" comes to the Frazer next Sat urday, Jan. ?1- This new production xriend COUld Eft anvthtn? flo nfMRJHtc! l.nc fit nnftt -nf norfo1f h1nri&V phnr. ed, as was instanced by the building Jacters to work out the well developed oi a costly mill that he knew was a j plot The "Waif" Is really a star) mciem) ciiiMosaun:. in ibci, ne was; pan, wun lines niiea witn pungent so liberal that many people did not think he could accumulate so much .wealth without a source like the Blue-tn'-ket mines to draw from. Was a Good Financier, The truth of the mater is. Robins 'was a good financier and had been in business in Oregon as a stockman and merchant through the balmy days of his section of the state. He did not drink or waste bis money and possessed unusual business judgment. He never made a mistake in his man. He never made a mistake in employ ing men. He studied his men before employing them, and when be decid ed that an individual would suit his purpose he sought him and employed him at any price, and kept him. He spent his early days mining in California. Afterward he came to Oregon and engaged for a while in mining in Southern Oregon, but soon drifted into Eastern Oregon with but very little capital. Where he succeed ed from the start and died a very rich man. There are hundreds of Bluebucket mines still to be found In Bart era Oregon, such as were dleeov- wlt and nonchalance that is a joy and surprise after the ordinary tittle tattle of the so-called comedy in vogue. The "Waif" is certainly a new creation rot a copy of anybody or anything in dramatic writing but a charming Joy ous character, standing out in con trast to other character drawings. MI3E Inez Forman in the past has been the recipient of the praise of everyone where she has appeared. Leing delivered to Mr. Jackson, and also a comprehensive article on the sale of his blooded sheep, of which he purchased the choice. Mr. Jackson is to be congratulated upon his excellent judgment This car load or registered sheep, laid down at his farm at Dayton will cost J2000. but it Is certainly well spent Every animal in the lot is a perfect picture The yearling ewes will shear 24 pounds of wool now. are perfect in form and carriage, with compact TfTK CLEANSING CUBE .FOB CATARRH u Ely's Cream Balm Suy and pUaaant to tne lonums no In Jarlous drag. It U qalcklr aborted aires relief at once XtoDenaa&d cleanup Al5aVara COLD lH HEAD Heala and protects the membrane Kettorc , lb tetue oi Taite and fimrll Larvx itie, ut eenta at Dmgf au or by roill; Trial t!u, io ' Will pay cash for poultry. The Market price always. Bring it in ever' day and all day. Chickens, , Geese, Ducks and Turkeys. Office in Savings Bank Building Come, Get Out Quotations cent by matt KI.Y BBOTHERR. I Warrao Btrwt, Kew or. To Discuss Sanitation. Columbus, O.; Jan. 29. Sanitation is the general subject selected for discussion at the thirteenth annual meeting of the state and local boards of health, which began here today. Among the .topics scheduled for con sideration are the following. Regula tion of the barber shop, the fly and mosquito as disease carriers, the im portance of pure air and sunshine in the home, methods and cost of gar bage disposal, clinical aspects of the present epidemic of smallpox through out the United States, together with the consideration of previous out breaks. ' oody and a snowy coat of wool to weir very boors and noses. Sheep breeders is the Xorthwest! will doubtless read with Interest this addition to the fastly growing thor oughbred flrwk- nt this CAi-tlnn f- Hanson, who raised these sheep was in Chicago oa Oct. 8 1902. nt the Rambouiilet Breeders' sale at which a large number of German and French animals were sold. One ewe raised ty Sir. Hansen sold 28 per cent higher than any other female at that sale. This Is the class of sheep that Mr. Jackson is bringing into the In land Empire and his friendg Tar and t ear are pleased to hear of it Last fall Mr Jackson bought 50 ewes at S25.00 each from different breeders Ic the United States, at the same time offering a prize of 1100 to the man sending him the best ewe in this purchase. Mr. Hansen won this prize, and the second and third prize offered upon the same plan went to Michigan. Mr. Hansen left on the 6 o'clock branch train and will remain for a few days at the home of Mr. Jackson i before returning to his home. LfcT us fill; Breakfast l; Delights... YOUR BIL FOR LUMBER We can supply you with Building Material of all descriptions and sa v e you monk), DOORS WINDOWS Building paper, lime, cement brick and sand. Wood gutters for barns and dwellings a specialty. Oregon Lumber Yard Aita St., Opp. Court House Mushes and prepared Joods of all kinds. 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