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Hi ft it If fiUllthfU nrwrauoo lexreiit Sunday) at IVuiil'CoB. (trrgoo. bf the EAST GP.EGONIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY. I'buue. Mala 11. j I ;s:au lirS s-LliSCUHTION r.ATKS IwIit out jear br mall Dallj. U month by mall Imllj. ibm months bf mall nlt An. m.inth h ITIAll Iallj! jwr nioutti by carrier .JKj Wklj. oar year by mall VVwilt. tour month by mall . . Semt-WnKly. on year br mall . .50 2.00 l.on iui-Wfklji three niuntba by mall .no The Et Oreconlan l on tale at It. II. Kteh'a New Standi at Hotel inmlaud anil Hotel IVrklo. fortland. Oregon. Uecitwr Scrlpix Mell Newa Aaaocla Hod. Saa Krantlseo liureuu. HDS Fowth St. Chicago llurmu. 900 Security IlalldlcR. VVashlnfioo. II O. Itureau. 501 14tb St. W Korewl i IVndletou poatoOcr as MCtonii elms matter U'0lv)Lnr,l. ' i Through the looms the flying shuttles Weave the spangled colors In Here a flash of hopeful radi ance. There a shadow dark as sin In the loom of life is woven By the swiftly flying years. Here a flash of Joy enraptured. There a dash of sobering tearfc ! Bert Huffman. "r 1 T . j. l j. .-. j. j. j. j. T T " T T i i in an insiaiu. wmie int.- i "NEW YEARS DAY. ' lts height, and the happy fnces were New Years JaTTs celebrated on ! brightest with the exhilarating buoy January I. is a modem acquisition 'i of life and hope and good cheer. Anglo-Saxon countries. 'he names P out frora the Rll.tra. It was only adopted as the begin- ng tinsel of the stage, and the mer ning of the year In England, in the rlmont is changed Into shrieks ami vear 1752. when that country ehang-j maddened cries of pain, ed from the Julian to the Gregorian. The horror and suddenness of r;i calendar catastrophe Is almost inconceivable. Before that date the new year came "In the midst of life we are in death." on March 25 In England. There was and no sunshiny pathway Is Immune a different new year's day for almost I from the warning which is written In .. ..,. in i, m i the sentence on the clifls "Behold. world before that period. Romulus, at the foundation of Home, divided the year into 10 months with a total of 304 days. It montns, wna a iuui i " ) "i ' . . . ., - - was me uesi uc tuuiu uu, r,.u , - .... j . . Hicks. Ayres. Hostetters or Junes Merest them. It Is the record of one to make his almanac for him. n the farm f 'he 0,r,fon A,Br(l- He named the months after the cultural College at Corva.l.s and is Latin numerals, which names sen- accurate in every detail and Is the .ember. October, November and Do- result of expert care and Investlga cember still retain. This calendar tlon. The report says: During the iasted while Itomulus reigned, but just ending one of the cows oe Xuma Pompilus. the second legend-! the dairy herd at the Agr.- ary king of Home, was elected by the j cultural Co log e. has ghren 9 .-C other side and the first thing he did P""nds of milk. The yield of button on taking office was to tamper with trom this milk was 536 pounds, and the calendar. He added January mJ at an average price of 30 cents per February to the year, giving it 12 1 Pm. tne butter product alone was 7 lu 1 c ' m-a I worth J160. In add t on. a moderate months, but he made an awkward m.s- Pvur'u take and placed February ahead or valuation of the separated milk for January, where it remained for 420 UtHUag purposes to swine has been years, when the Decemvirs of Borne ! Placed at $40. making a total revenue placed January ahead. this cow about ,200. The anl- Owing to the great number of odd mal Is a full-blood Jersey. 4 jears 7 . i. tho. h,i ,r. 1 old, and while not a wonder, yat cumulated from the time of Ilomulus j u ... , to that Of Julius uaesar. wuu uu slble manner of keeping track of vuem, Caesar Instituted the Julian calendar. 4G years before Christ, making January 1 the beginning ot i the year and giving 31 days to enougn j "of the mouths to make a place lor me . .virc uays that were accumulating in spite of calendars. The last year ho ur the Institution of the Julian cal endar In 4C B. C, contained 445 days and was called by the Romans the "last year of confusion." As the nations were divided slowiy through the centuries, each adopted rUUKU KUV WM.w..a, --- ' different mode or reckoning time, until the confusion became dcmoraiu- .. inf to business and progress, Orcgory. pooo of Rome, finally con ceived a plan for equalizing time an 1 keeping it within the confines of a calendar and originated the present Gregorian calendar which was adopt ed by nearly all the civilized peopletf except Russia and the Greek Catholic church, in 1&8 mruu, iu Nearly 200 years latur England innfn.i th nrveorian calendar and adopted the Gregorian calendar and from that time down, English speik Ing people have celebrated New Year on the first of January, named for the God, Janus, who was given two races by the ancients, so he could look backward and forward, over the wreck of good resolutions in the past and over the .prospect or the future, "BEHOLD, I COME QUICKLY." On the (Southern Pacific railroad, In tne Sierras, at a point where a train was burled Into an abyss and several nersons Instantly killed, some years aito. somebody has written in bo'id letters on the towering cliffs above the track where it can bo seen by every person passing over that busy thoroughfare, the words from the Holy Writ, "Behold, I como quickly." Every person passing that fatal spot, where death came so unexpect- edly to the passengers, Is brought tnco to face with a thought thnt u-i-certainty surrounds every stop iu life. No person In any vocation or pastime Is Immune from that over shadowing possibility. "lne happy women and children crowding In Chicago's elegant new theater, to enjoy an afternoon's pleas- ant rocreatton, little thought that such a horror lurked In thnt day. The friends who parted at home, lovful. bouyant. hopeful, on that fate- - w - .... ful afternoon. I.ale thought that night would bring such woe to so many lives and such desolation to ao many homes. As far as human skill was able to conceive and execute, the Iroquois theater was a perfect building. It was equipped with speclnl reference to the awful dangors of a crowded city. It was built to Insure the safe ty of Its patrons In the highest and most practical sense of the word. It was Inspected Joint by Joint and wire by wire by the city building inspec tors and the Insurance underwriter!.' exports, and was pronounced a mar vel of nerfectlon and excellence. All thnt money could buy for the eleganre ' ot its appearance and the convenience . nrrnll!,mf,nt was bestowed UP- of Its arrangement was bestowed up- on it 1 Parents would feel that their little imes were safe at an afternoon mati nee. In such a place. If life Is safe . anywhere. It would tie coraparauveiy 1 safe In a new theater, surrounded with . all the protection ot modern art and J ' skill, where an innocent and ucsns- ' pectlng audience of children would be ' collected. i But. even over that doorway, writ t ten Invisibly. Is that ominous warn- . . . . ....... Ing 'Behold, I come quicKiy. ., . . i . . . 1 come quickly." If Umatilla county farmers waut tangible evidence that a creamery .. . , . .v.. m would pay, here Is a story that will Proves that a herd of such cows on a well.manneed dairy farm, would re- - turn the proprietor a handsome in come." HIS FURY IS JUSTIFIED. In condemning the foul treachery by whicn tne anti-gamuung uiii was lost liefnre It reached the senate af ter having Dassed the house at the recent special session, the Corvallis Times says: nf nil tnn nMinle In &ocletv. the lowest and vilest is the professional gamnior. ilia calling wuhuui niioA anri hf methnHR hovnnd anol ogy.' His gams are Ill-gotten because urnatOfl hv trlrlr np flAVlce from fOOlS . ..w.. w. 'to whom nothing is given in return i nrnfinroii nntmnf? Doners nouoar vnthin; anH verrbody. I in. -.nine Ik rmitnel Tabburr. his blight on society. Vt In -his malestv. and with hi uiniun own v. fllttmi nn tn Salem found them a public servant as low and vile as himself, and defeated a Jaw that nine-tenths of the people wanted. j -j.-or tne twin act ot vinainy, mote j should be a swift and dual revenge ! the seeking out and punishment of the trusted servant that stole the bill, nni! the snc-edv enactment of the mnnonrd In tn 1 1 tv hv thft Initiative In the latter there Is a higher and a safer legislative noay tne vast mass of citizens, beyond the power or gnro biers to corrupt." OSTRICH FEATHERS. niiHnw nno irnnl' nf rifwomhftr neflr ly $1,000,000 worth of ostrich feathers were sold at auction. In London. I.on- ilnn la Ihn Ufl , mart f flT (1 1 1 1,TM I tl f abroad over tho world tho plumes cf tne oatricn. ixiaiers requiring a suit ply come to London from all parts of tho world to buy. Tnero are six sales every year at which these beautiful plumes arc disposed oi. But a small proportion of the feath ers aro white. Most of them aro a grayish drab or black. It, Is tbeir whlte ones so valuahlo that 2C rr more Is sometimes charged by the milliner for a fine specimen. As soon OA.LV EAST ORECOKIAN. n.rnON. rEIDAV, JANUARY 1, WW. BANKS FOR NORWEGIAN WORKINGMEN Wllllam Bordol. American consul at Bamberg. Germany, has sent the Jo - q lowing report , to we ment. concerning a ssiem oi ingmen's banks In Norway. A state institution for loaning money, called the N'w.-Plnn vkrK; Ingmen's bank, for securing land and homes was opened In Norway. Octo- ber 1. l'JOS. V The bank was erected in accoru- anco with a law passed Juno . 190S. liuT h ,,rrhnSn of workingmen's home- ihni u smnll narcels of land aicauo " ' -- and not more tnnn uve acres, nuitu , " . " ....( i(h.,r , pnltlvntpd or fit o be cu tlvated nnd must not exceed the tax value of $SU4 for land nnd home or JSC for the land alone. Secondly! the law provides for the sxei" & used by not more than two families, with CTonnd not larger than one ana onloimrter ac?cs and a taxed value of SI 341 in cities and SS04 In the coun Its Such loans can be obtained Uy needy Norwegian subjects, male or female, or by communities In the untry for the purchase and cultlva- tlon of land which can be divided up for workingmen's homesteads. Loans can Xo be imd by country and city communities; also by building asso- ciatlors which have charters to erect wnrklncmen's dwelling houses, raws ssgzzz they are stoweu ior uuipiuuiu. u one of these will bold several thou and feathers of all sorts, colors and sizes. When they arrive In London to your imoiume t....n...v..u thev aro taken to feather ware trust that you may deem It proper to houses, where tney are sorted by v v recommond that this system of trans perts into buudles. according to tbo ' mlttlug money In the malls bo author- quallt-. At each of the six sales held every year from JTBU.fMin to Sl.Diio.uon worth of feathers are sold, the annu al total value boltic somewhere. l..,ln. sn,ii-hr. alKJUt $a,UUU.,ou. America is ' nviimslvit iinrrhflser ser The Unlteit . States is a ble nlace with 80.000.000 iiiMinl,' manv of whom are women times both, to whom the most cosily ui ostrich ieathora are inexiwuslve trllles. France lakes a great quanti ty too, but she sends some bar again to England. The French, like the Chinese, nave a genius ior rush ing up feathers. New York World. A JOB WITH DRAWBACKS. I'd like to be a sultan. With thirty wives or more To quicKiy do my bidding. To ope and Bhut the door; With one to darn my stockings And one to brush my hat. And one to bring my paper. And one for my cravat; And one to wash my tootsiei. And one to dry the same. With one to cook my pancakes And one to roast my game; Wth ten to mind ihe babies When I would take a nap, I'd like to be the sultan; The Job roust ne a snap. I'd like to be the sultan Rut let nie think a bit With thirty different women How long would I be It? While ono of them was pouting And one or them was cross And one ot thnm was weeping Because she couldn't boss. And one of them was -sulking. And one was breaklug plates To show her Independence Before her pretty mates; With ten of them declaring To ma right home they'd go It hats were not forthcoming And tickets for tho show, I doubt if I could handle With pleasure such a mob, 1 wouldn't be the sultan; III lot him keep the Job. Exchange. NABOTH'8 VINEYARD. Iy neighbor hath a little field, . . i . .., , Small store oi wine lis preanes iem, Ani -trulv Km a Blender hoard Its harvest .brings for barn or board. "Yet though a hundred fields are mine. Fertile with olive, corn ana vine; Though autumn piles ay garnsra high, Still for that little field I aigb, For ah! mcthinka no otherwhere Is any field so good and fair. 8mall though It he, 'tis better far Than all my fruitful vineyards aru. Amlo wnoso pionty sau i pine "An. wouia tnat lime nuia wuru nlnat" Uirge knowledge void of peace and mat And wealth with pining care ios- Hcssed Tlin.n l.v mv f nrt 1 In IftnflH tlm meant That little field Is called Content. nobert Trowbridge in Hcrjoners. INDORSES THE P08T CHECK. Thf nrarflno of the nuhllc of using rsifitfiri fttnmrin for small remittances in the malls has grown to enormous iirnnnrnnnii- -inn nisu,. ih ludl liiu ilnnnrtment Iiihcs heavily, not only be cause of Improper sales by postmas- tere tor mat purpose, meruoy increnu- ing tneir compensation wrunKiuu?, hnl In imiinulns, mum nnfltflfnccs. es pecially In the large cities, the labor of handling mall matter tne rcvonues from which are derived by other post nnifpa. it onnoiintcfts trafficking in postage stamps, and this encourages llm mhliorv nf iiiutnfTlr'ftll Many plans havo been proposed for obviating this evil, but none which nave como to my attention enuai in simplicity eflluctlroness and elficleu .. uimil lu such as re- nsldorable advance In or-, Ire a cons W or ,10U80. nmunlty Is to appoint a( "r.i" "tnmlttee and wuou a loan, FrkJ?.i7m t"o mt?cltu of land s asked 'r tl.o pit ,hp,r. nm. '. ' lent knows enough I J"" l0 cuM,.j a bout agr c urt to w icules , "... "i,.o n wide scone. They tneu " " , citizens who are o ad t om, nlXV? - B Ssl bank anu " loans --- --- - 1.ni.ii,E' nsso- nersons, as well as to building asso- clat.ons The loans nine-tenths ot the taxed value of u.. property Loans for land I cost 3u er cent Inlerest and for houses 4 per, c ,ia8 "l1 nibbed in the former Instance -. years counting trom the date of rec- ord. and to commence six years , a., ter that date; la the latter Instance in 2S years, to begin three years a ter the receipt of the loan. The bor- rower is entitled to reduce h Is debt In less time, but where he lapsw In , his payments the rest of the loan still due matures nnd may be collected force. All losses Including loss es . , exchange suffered ! by the bank, a t , paid by the state. Bardel. v on , sul. Bamberg, Germany. . ... ' ?Sf! .u...w. :",, ,.,. r. then lo.se Its value for tl e I'J'n'OM of remittance. I recommend this Biibject , porttmafiter Genera! Payne. WOMEN HELP WORKERS. Tile r eiteration "I nonieun liuu , The Federation of Women's Clubs ,,,. ia, ,, .irv nn.a stores i on Saturday eights und will, without I much doubt, go on record when final 1 "'-' -"" ;.', " , .VW, U uj-a. -J. a imous en ,l,krwtn,il nf llllu timVltmi'llt . H11VS tllf Seattle Star. i t ' Yesterday afternoon, at tho regit-, , 1 lar meeting of the federation at Its rooms In the New York building, Mrs. , Fred Hoie. of S32 Broadway, a dele-, 1 gate to the federation from the Worn-' J i en's Educational club, brought the matter up for discussion, statinir t- , I she believed that the movement wnB , j a good ...ing and merited the endorse-; , ment of tne federation. Several del-, J j egates spoKO on tho question and the j pnly argument presenter! against the j I 'movement tnat carried any weight , ; at nil was that If the dry goods stores closed on Saturday nights It might I I work a hardship on some families . t I who found n difficult to do their' J ' shopping at any other time during , the week. However, the federation unanl- ; ' mnuslv ncrtil thnt If would hit a : . great boon for the clerks and sales-1 women, who. und"r the present sys-, , tern, are compiled to work until 10 , t o clock every Saturday night. Were it urn for the multitude of Ktnrlri; thnt thrnnir In T-cvnt pvitv winter there would be no living Iu every inundation, frogs appear In di--. vasiaiing numners. Tiptoe walking betrayh surprise, curiosity, discretion or mystery. Dm-lnn iii,vi-r hewlMe in prei fcriblug 1 1) c I I til. i.. i : xiuien ill ctm of IlldigeHttoil Contl(iRt lull, IJilinusnesH, I)VHjK-im, Clillls, Colds, I aim .MaiariM. Thej" know It CUies. Give it a trial, also get a copy of our 1904 Almanac from yourdrug gill. It is free .STOMACH m, FITTERS YOU Should have that beet oi WOOD DRY and FINE, that you will rind with P. P. COLLIER A-lso your Christinas Coal. Try it Suffered Eight Months t pntl hfMlrttlv rafn.t..t.w.A A.I , - -"J ....... ...jiu nbKsn TableU for Dyspepsia and Stomach TmiihlM: 1 tiauA V m , . ........ . umyo m.Du nuuurin xor eight months and tried many rem iflna mIII.,.,., 1 1 . . . . ni.uuv nuj reiiei, until I got Acker's Dytpopila Tablets, which I used only a short tlmo and am now rtrfc.f. Ilv wall TI...I.I I---...j "v.,. AuauAing you ior the speedy rocovery, I am crcatfully yours, Francis I, Cannon. Vancouver Wash. For sale by F. W. Schmidt Co, Send to W. H. Hookor t Co., Buf falo, N. Y., for a free trial package (Nothlno Like Them.) OH and Sweet Spirits of Eden Arejsuarantewl to cure any catcofKlwu matuim Money luck if they full. A C Koeppen t Cra.,AgU. for PemMelo SKIN AND BLOOD PURIFICATION Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills Cleanse the Skin, Scalp and Blood Of Torturing, Disfiguring, Hi- mours with Loss of Hair COMPLETE TREATMENT $1.00 it . . it 1 nousaiuis ot mo worm ucst pw i pie have found Instant relief nnd speedy T cure uy u" uc ui iiubikum viu, ment aud Tills In the most torturing and dlstlgurlnR of Itching, burning and ncaly humours, ocicmas, rasnes, wen- luss aud InOautniatlons. Thousands of tired, fretted mothers, Of hKW-loriurru uuii iiirut;im:u uauics, . ' of all nses and conditions, have ccrtl- fled to aim ob t miraculous cures by the j J I Cuticura remedies, when the best mod- i innl Kklll had lalleu to roueve, mncn . I less cure. .... I Cntlcura Treatment Is local und con stitutional complete and perfect, pnre, sweet and wholesome."" Bathe the j aflVcted surfaces with Cuticura Soap ... . l t. ..-t.. .. 0 t ariBa? t on, and soothe anil nuai. anu lasuy Cntlcura ne0itent I'M to cool dennse tlle ulo(Mti nnd put every function in a state oi ncauuy ucuvii. More creat cures or simple, scrofulous and hereditary humours are dally made by Cntlcura remedies than by all other blood aud skin remedies combined, a single set being often sufficient to core the most distressing cases when all else falls. Held tanatMinit tti oUJ. Culfeom Reulrnt. tts. rr . o.D. at. IHroU i UrndoD. V Cbnf- biotm.nl...p.. ; . r-.nd i -ntn .ki fartiuo. New Year's Greeting Sec tlie beautiful line ol. GIFTS Suitable for this occa s.on we are showing. Don't Forget We handle exclusively in Pendleton the tChase & Sanborn Teas and Cof fees, recognised as the highest grade on the market. C. ROHRMAN UKIH'KK COUHT STREET . . . . Yor ELECTRICAL WORK Will be properly and prompt- ; ly done it entrusted to us. ; We can fill your wants for I electrical supplies ol all kinds t T?1rtr;,-il .nntraftinf IC OUf ttm-maltv mil we would like i i - to figure with you. Sole dealers in the old reli J able Edison Lamps. j Good Work Right -Prices j J. L. VAUGHN West Cort Street Near Mattlock Kldg. BEYOND CONTROL Awr ipln the liotiei, touud H'lni the iu-Uat-8mU' f0Kl CmIi!!I 11 It Un 1 toul wreck, brim the tamnlniol joorl"lle hue and we will do (oot ) ! ol fpl' (or yousnd charge you no inoir tlMq.1 rl lulng good miilerlals nd pultlne l ' ork II jou have htd no accident anil your conveyance U iueiely "run dowii,"' Tlce-bilpf It here lor reiuonatlon. Vebnll eiclu.lveljr In I'endlelnn the oelohiated W lo oaabustlee and wagon NE&GLE BROS., THE BLUCKSMITHS t ebove ,5tif t S3000. and .uLI Der mnnik 15 All kinds otm, RIHORN 4 SWAT areata lotUwCwjBj ' Has Real Estate HEAL ESTATE i 1 1 muusuiaaeKnfS mucins- fmm . residence to on moat modem iMI I'liulmwvl imrttir..! In the limits of tin of Pendleton, i:dt larm of a rettasi Rood alfalfa bl i thousand! of iJ wneat Und. UHc Addreu 0. D.BOYD. III! LET US SUPPLY WITH 1 1 Building .Mat Hi D' llMENBIOXLU 11 (leacriptioa. Doors, BliaM ing, Bnllding nd Tirl Bring Your Bill to! Get Our Fir Grays' Harbor Ca Off. WtiCll CO Let nsillr bin)"1 "1 ROCK SPUN w ,1 Recognized ajM and most e-"j We are pKF .:,h m iI ttaci wuu j--winter'swPJT' liiC0l patoltfc" Laatz Main Street THBI ,kh k need t.'Zv poultry -r-r! Ifcui" - -1 kill - C. F. Co! .nC Aget W -1 BI only