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74 MAIN STREET.
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Bingham Springs
THE POPULAR BLUE MOUNTAIN
RESORT
Bingham Springs Hotel, beautifully located In the
heart of the Blue Mountains. The Umatilla river flown
paat the hotel, making an Ideal place for the lover of
trout fishing. On all sides rise the tree-clad mountains,
making Bingham Springs one of the coolest and most
restful resorts In Oregon. The hotel maintains Hs own
herd of cows, furnishing an abundance of milk and cream
for Its guests. Our garden furnishes an abundance of
fresh vegetables for the table. We spare no pains to add
to the comfort or pleasure of our guests. Our swimming
pool Is one of our most popular features. Rates, $2.00
and $1.50 a day. $11.00 a week for one, or $26.00 for
two. Table board, $8.00 a week to campers. Camping
privileges $1 60 each per week. This Includes all privi
leges of the grounds, Including the use of the swimming
pool. Address
M.E.FOLEY,
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That pay their loam promptly. Ovi
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of the lis.
Assets.
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Mr. R. r. Payne, (Payne'a
pharmacy) Idaho Falls. Idaho,
writes: "We have Just sold the
last cure, (TRIB), send one-half
doien at once. Trlb haa cured
five of the hardest kind of eases.
One man here used It last Sep
tember, and cannot smell wine,
liquor or beer now without
making him sick. He had been
a hard drinker for 16 years."
Father Desmarals, pastor of
the Roman Cathollo church,
The Dalles, Ore., writes: "I
know of food results obtained
by the use of your Trlb In cur
ing liquor and tobacco users."
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Roslyn Coal $6.25 deliv
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Roslyn Coal, after thorough
exhaustive testa, haa been se
lected by the U. 8. government
for the use of Hs war vessels,
as It stood the highest teat.
Cascade Red Fir, sawed In
stove-wood lengths, $6.00 per
cord, delivered. Discount on
large quantities.
PROMPT DELIVER.
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We ass prepared to con
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St. Helen's Hall
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teachers, location, building,
equipment the best. Send for
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Term Opens September 18, 1905.
The Bast Oregonlan la ITasMi u Ore
gon's representative) paper. It lead
and the people appreciate) It and show
It by their liberal patronage, it it
th advertising medtma of the section
BENSON 10 SQUEAL
LAND THIEF MAY GIVE
DAMAGING EVIDENCE.
Senator Mitchell Will IU Further In
volved if Ik'iiMMi Turn SuiK-'m Evl
ilrncn Tint milfoniiu Thief Is
Anxious to Secure Immunity From
Prosecution by "Squealing" on
Oilier Thieve Henry WanM to
Convict Benson mill Will Prunably
Not Accept Ills Offer.
The San Francisco Examiner makes
the startling stutement that John A.
Hensnn, the California land thief who
Ik to be tried soon, Is anxious to give
teHtlmony further Involving Senator
Mitchell If the charges against Ben
son are dropped.
Following Is the Examiner's story:
John A. Benson, according to In
formation In government circles at
Washington, stands ready to give
land fraud evidence for the govern
ment on condition that the charges
against him be dropped.
The federal authorities, however,
do not seem to want Benson to turn
state's evidence and they say that
they do not regard hi testimony as
necessary.
Benson, along with F. A. Hyde and
other San Francisco men, Is under In
dictment for land frauds In Califor
nia. The trials are soon to be held
at Washington, D. C.
It Is said that Benson has letters
which If produced In court would be
damaging to Senator Mitchell, of Or
egon, who was recently convicted. The
story Is that Just before the Mitchell
trial at Portland. Benson offered his
evidence' to the government, making
the offer through Secret Service
Agent Burns, who has done the main
part of the work In establishing the
case and collecting the evidence In
California and Oregon. Further.
Benson Is ulleged to have made an
offfer to testify ngulnst Hyde and the
other Oilifornlaus provided that In
producing the letters and turning
state's evidence he be given immu
nity from further prosecution.
Want to Convict Henn.
As Burns had no authority to act
on the proposition, he referred It to
his superior officers, and the latter
are said to have rejected It because In
the Mitchell case there was plenty of
evidence already In hand and be
cause Benson was considered a ring
leader In the California land fraud,
cases and the evidence against him
and his associates was believed to be
sufficient. Benson was not regarded
as the man to be made a witness for
the prosecution, the government be
ing especially eager to convict him
and Hyde, but still It may be found
expedient to obtain hlB evidence.
Francis J. Heney, who has made a
national reputation as an able, fear
less and successful prosecutor of the
rich and Influential people charged
with land frauds against the federal
government and who recently convict
ed t'nited States Senator Mitchell, of
Oregon, has returned from Portland
for a few duys of work in attending
to urgent matters connected with his
private law practice In this city.
He was questioned last night about
the Washington reports concerning
Benson's offer to turn state's evi
dence, and said:
Heney's Statement.
"Whether Benson did or did not
offer to turn state's evidence Is a mat
ter that I am In no position to talk
about. I have heard a story to that
effect going the rounds, but I do not
enre to comment on It. The fact that
Benson has letters In which Senator
Mitchell figures was brought out In
the suit of an Oregon man named
Page to recover $10,000 from Benson
as his commission In land transac
tions. Those letters were not needed
to convict Mitchell. That Is all I have
to say on the subject."
Mr. Heney is not discouraged over
the disagreement of two juries at
Portland in the case of Congressman
Williamson and his two associate de
fendants. "I will return to Oregon late next
week," he says, "and I will begin the
third trial of Congressman William
son without delay. With that case
out of the way, will come the trial of
Congressman Blnger Hermann, of
Oregon. Following this, I will tnke
up the Blue mountain reserve case. In
which Mitchell, Williamson and Her
mann are all charged with fraudu
lent and Illegal nets against Uncle
Sam's timber domain."
TO TAX FRANCHISES.
King County, Washington, Will Make
"Big Fish" Pay Their Share.
Seattle, Aug. 14. With the Idea of
placing a valuation Independent of
the assessment for corporeal property,
on the franchises of all public service
corporations, the King county board
of equalization has passed a resolu
tion thnt the owner of every such
right In the county should be sum
moned by the clerk of the board to
appear In 10 days and be examined
upon the value of the concession.
County Assessor John W. Peter, In
making up the tax roll, had placed
a valuation of 1100,000 on the fran
chise of the Seattle Electric company,
the same amount on that of the Se
attle Lighting company, and 120,000
on those of the telephone companies.
Among the corporations summoned
are those mentioned, the Seattle.
Itenton A Southern railway company,
the Puget Sound Power company, the
Puget Sound Electric Railway compa
ny, the Seattle & Montana Railway
company, the Northern Paclflo Rail
way company, the Mutual Light and
Heat company, the Diamond Ice com
pany, the Western Union and Postal
Telegraph companies, the Instantan
eous Alarm company, the American
District Telegraph company and many
others.
The attempt to make a systematic
assessment of this class of property
Is an innovation In this county and
Is In line with suggestions made by
Tax Commissioner Frost when he de-
manded of the county a statement of
Its policy In the matter.
A Peculiar Animal.
Regarding some of I lie peculiar char
acteristics of that strange link between
birds and beasts, the duck billed platy
pus of Australia, n writer says: "It
makes lis home like nil otter In a bank,
tunneling up from Hie entrance under
fritter some thirty or forty feet,
which lis powerful forearm muscles
make nothing of, to a place where It
can find a dry and well drained bur
row. Its fKl consists chiefly of In
sects, crayfish or 'yabliess,' wbleb It
bolts, hard shell and all. It will stny
from ten to fourteen minutes at u
time under water, searching Uio mud
and stones for these delicacies with Its
dticklike bill. It makes a most fas
cinating little pet, becoming very tame
nnd squeaking with delight when fed.
Its antics are a constant source of
pleasure, though if care is not taken
it will overeat itself, seeming to have
In captivity ililllciilty In digesting the
bard crayfish shells. Its coat is, like
the mole's, of an unusually silken ami
glossy lex I are."
The l.onaeHt lny.
June L'l I" thr longest day of the
year, die day when (lie sun reaches iU
northern limit, the tropic of Cancer.
At points on the line of the arctic cir
cle there Is the wonder of the midnight
sun, und ninny tourists go long dis
tances to witness the sight. It Is singu
lar how accurately (lie semllmrlmroiis
nations were able to observe and reck
on. On Salisbury plain. In' England,
may be seen a cromlech erected by the
drulds. It is a circle of huge stones
which once formed a temple, but the
most interesting part of the structure
Is the sacrificial stone, which Is a broad,
flat slab so placed Unit the rays of the
rising wmi strike full iism it only on
the lilht of June. The old guide who
shows the place to visitors tells the
story that a young girl once said to
Dim. "I suppose you have seen It hun
dreds of times, haven't you?"
Wouldn't Rr Reconciled.
Two of the most eminent lawyers at
the Hiiliidelphin bar were Benjamin
Harris Brewster and his half brother,
Frederick Carroll Brewster. Both bad
held the office of attorney general for
the state, ami the tlrst had been nttor
liey g'liernl of the l"iilti"d States. They
bad not lu-on on friendly terms for
ninny years. It Is said that on one oc
casion a annual friend tried to bring
them together, and finally Frederick C.
consented to linry the hatchet and sent
Benjamin II. a card containing bis
name, with these words written under
neath, "At home on Monday evenlne.
May 1." By the same messenger Ben
jamin II. sent n card In return, which
read, "Benjamin H. Brewster also nt
home Monday evening. May 1." This
railed Decollations.
Concerning Heading.
Of course reading may lieconie a mere
Indulgence and dissipation, n habit to
be corrected; also It Is very evident
that many great, resolute natures have
beeu built up with little rending or by
much reading of a few books and much
pondering-much reading of men. of
opinions, of events, rnther than of the
printed page. Men like Cromwell and
Lincoln and others who have changed
the course of modern history have been
so nurtured. We could even point to a
fery great and effective modem scien
tific genius who, with an apparent aver
sion to scientific literature, gets his
learning not so much from books as
from experiments and from the "twen
ty question" system Intelligently ap
plied to friendly experts. Century.
Vsllnnt Volunteers.
During one of the frequent revolu
tions In Haiti the commander of the
government forces at Port an Prince
made a requisition on the authorities
at Cape Ilaltlen for men to aid in put
ting down the uprlsiug.
After a somewhat rough experience
of two or three days the authorities got
together the required number of meu
anil loaded them aboard ship. Then
the following message was sent:
Commander Government Forces, Port au
Prince:
Sir I send you per steamer Saginaw to
ns? 100 volunteers. Please return the
ropes with which they nre bound.
COMMANDER AT PORT HAITIEN.
No 4'hampnane For Prisoners.
At the breaking out of the Crimean
war Eliza- Rachel, the celebrated
French tragedienne, was In St Peters
burg. Just before leaving the Russian
capital some of the officials of the city
gave a banquet In ber honor. At the
end of the feast one of the Russian of
ficers, a nobleman of high rauk, said to
Rachel in a bantering sort of way:
"We will not bid you 'goodby, but
merely 'au revolr,' for we will soon be
In Paris to drink your health in spar
kling champagne."
"Monsieur," replied Rachel, "France
Is not rich enough to treat all her pris
oners of war to champagne."
Dlploniatlo.
"Of course the earrings are quite
pretty," she said, with test a tinge of
disappointment, "but the stones are
very small."
"But, my dear," replied Mr. Phoxy,
"If they were any larger they'd be nil
out of proportion to the size of your
an." Philadelphia Press.
The Baby's War.
Friend I suppose the baby la fond
of yon? Papa Fond of me? Why, he
sleeps all day wben I'm not at home
and stays up all night Just to enjoy my
society. Town and Country.
The Snow Line.
Snow, even In the tropica, never melts,
but remains continuously all the year
round above the height of 16,000 feet.
In colder climes the snow line Is much
lower than this.
There will bo mistakes In divinity
while men preach and error In govern
ment while men govern. Carlaton.
Wulttlers of Dunn,
One day a stranger strolled Into the
Id Berry tavern nt Danvers. A num
ber of men were seated In the office
nnd were asked by the newcomer, "Will
you kindly tell me where I msy find
the Whlttler house?"
A young business man, not a native
of the town, to be sure, but who had
lived In It u utuulier of years and be
longed to New England, spoke up, say
ing: "You mean Joe Whlttler, the con
tractor? He lives at Danversport"
"No, no; I refer to John O. Whlttler."
"John C Whlttler? Never heard of
him. The only other Whlttler In tills
town is Clarence Whlttler. Janitor of
the town house. He lives on Essex
street."
The stranger became both amused
and Impatient and snld: "I am talking
about John (. Whlttler, the poet. He's
dead, you know. I want to find out
where his home wns."
"Oh, well," said the young business
linn, with n sigh of relief at bis ability
to Impart information, "If It's anybody
who's dead go right over to Will Cros
by, the undertaker, across the street.
He'll tell you all about It." Boston
Herald.
The Hope of Misfortune.
I'alii Is a soul tonic. Sorrow often
bring out the best there is in us. Hap
piness does not develop character. It
gives it surface brightness and decks it
with prismatic bubbles. It takes the
di-cp reaching arm of misfortune to
trouble tke depths and bring out the
pearls that He there. The most mag
netic faces are lined by thought and
noble care. Strong, unselfish love, even
If misplace! and unappreciated, en
uobles the lover. It is the frivolous,
vanity born emotions that fritter away
character and make faces insignificant.
To full in high aim after earnest and
honest effort Is not failure. The gain
It brings In strength and discipline will
appear In other directions. Misfortune
has often in the history of the world
been the means of making a poet, ora
tor, philanthropist, scientist or states
man out of a person whose career but
for the misfortune or physical disabili
ty would have been commonplace and
Influence limited. -Medical Talk.
The Glofiwlna.
Tiii! "gloaming" is by origin akin po
gloom. The root idea Is to look covert
ly from beneath the brows not with
full open eyes, and so the gloaming is
that time of day when the sun, sinking
below the hoiizou, shlues obscurely un
der the advancing shades of nigbt, as
eyes may gleam dimly from lowering
brows.
Byron, the poet, wrote, "As gloain
lug, the Scottish word for twilight, hns
been recommended by many literary
men and particularly by Dr. Moore In
his letters to Burns, I have ventured to
use It on account of Its harmony."
The evening star Is called the "gloam
ing" star in Scotland, and Lowell's
"The snow had begun In the gloam
ing" and Hogg's "'Twixt the gloaming
and the mirk, when the kye come
hanie," nre familiar Instances of Its
use.
Rlee as a Soporlfle.
"If people would cat plenty of rice
they would not need drugs to make
them sleep," said a Now York drug
clerk, pausing for a moment In put
ting up a sleeping potion for a wo
man. "There is much said about rice
as a strengthening food, but few Amer
icans know thnt It bas soporific pow
ers. If properly cooked It has. Rice
should lie washed many times until the
water no longer appears milky. It
should then be soaked a few hours,
salted and boiled rapidly nbout thirty
minutes. When' cooked lu tills way It
can be enteu each day with relish, and
the pei-sou who cats It sleeps well and
dreams not at all."
tinaton'o Point of View.
"Ze American, ah, be lss a ver funny
man. He know nothing but xe dollar.
He have no love of beauty or art He
do not comprend."
"What's on your mind, Gaston?"
"Today I see a beautiful lady, clevalr,
distingue, magnifeecent She Is with
a man, an American. I go to him. I
say, 'Pardon, monsieur, what lss ze
lady's name?' The gentleman be say,
"That's my business.' Bah! Beesness,
beesness, all de time. He was a rude
mau." Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Plaint of a Bishop,
Of Bishop Butburst, who was a great
whlBt player. It Is related that on bear
ing the name of a new appointment In
the chapter there was wrung from him
the passionate exclamation, "I have
served the Whigs all my life, and now
they send me down a canon who
doesn't know clubs from spades P
London Mall.
Mental Effort.
"It Is staled," we observe to the bald
headed man, "that the hair of mental
workers falls out sooner than that of
men In other lines of endeavor. Is your
profession oue of great mental effort?"
"It certainly Is," he replied. "I com
pose the glowing advertisements of
balr tonics." Judge.
Carloaltr satlaaea.
Mr. Oldboy (tentatively) If a man
were, say, fifty and the woman of his
choice about twenty, do you think that
would lead to an unhappy marriage?
Miss Young I think It would be mors
likely to lead to a rejected proposal.
Catholic Standard and Times.
Glvlna Flsnren to the Assessor.
Tax Assessor Can you give me some
Idea of what your husband Is worth?
Lady Really, I don't know, but I
wouldn't take a million dollars for him.
City Journal.
Don't live to oat, but eat to live.
Many of our Ills are due to overeating,
to eating the wrong things and to Ir
regular eating.
It Is very easy to make excuses for
those wo love.
ELEVEN ESCAPED
HOYS ItfSH AWAY FROM
REFORM SCHOOL GUARDS.
Most Daring Break in the HlMtory of
the School live Leaders In the
DuhIi Were From Eastern Oregon,
Three From I'malllla County One)
Hundred Boys in the School State
Is Ikdng Scoured for the Escapes.
Kniem Aiiir. 14. The most darina
nnrt most nearly wholesale break In
the history of that institution occur
red at tho Oregon state reform school
shortly past 5 o'clock Saturday eve
ning. All the bovs of the institution were
off duty, about 100 In number, as Is
the custom after bathing on Satur
day afternoon, were on the play
grounds below the ouiiamg, ana near
the Southern Pacific railroad track.
In ehnrsre of two officers. The offi
cers were Henry Bruer, carpenter for
the Institution, who l.ad cnarge or
hmiiv vn 1 thA larare bovs: and
Harry Beard, the bandmaster, who
had charge of No. 2, the small boys.
After play, and In answer to tho
Mntvinir of the whistle to prepare for
supper, the boys were being lined up
to march to the main nunaing. m
iii, nnvcu of llnlnsr un. 12 of the boys
broke away and ran towards the rail
road track. Mr. Beard was left with
the remaining boys, while Mr. Bruer
gave pursuit He caught one of tho
boys before he got over the barbed
wire fence, but 11 escaped. They are
as follows:
Runner. Hutchinson. Murray, an In
dian: Thompson. Peel, Thomas,
Southern Oregon; Ravtciecn, ban
wnnniscn- Jacks. Albany: Potter.
Southern Oregon; Simmons, Portland;
Fltzpatrlck, San Francisco.
The first five are from Eastern
Oregon. Jacks is the boy who, a
few years ngo let himself out of tho
fourth story window, and fell In tho
attempt nnd hod his Jaw badly
broken.
There Is no particular blame to bo
attached to anyone for the break. Tho
two officers In charge could not havo
prevented It, unless knowing of tho
plot. Officers are scouring the coun
try In all directions, and all the boys
will no doubt be taken up in time.
After getting over the fence tho
boys ran down the railroad track In
the direction of Salem, but they were
Boon in the brush, and they have no
doubt divided and gone In different
directions.
ADDED TESTIMONY.
Maker City Herald Joins the Clamor
for Another Train.
The demand for a local train on-
the O. R. & N. between Idaho points
and Portland Is growing stronger each
day and yet there Is no Intimation
from the company that such a train,
will be put on. Pendleton, La Grande,.
Baker City and other Inland towns
have petitioned the company to put
on this train and yet there Is nothing
doing.
The through trains are so crowded ;
that It Is almost Impossible to get
standing room from these Inland '
towns to Portland. It is estimated '
that the railroad company has re-
ceived no less than $10,000 for tickets
from Baker City this summer on ac-'
count of the Portland exposition. In
addition to the regular travel. This
alone Is sufficient to warrant a better
passenger schedule.
All trains are running late.. They
are crowded and stuffy. They are
never marked up properly and pas
sengers are kept waiting at the de
pot for hours and hours.
There Is a demand for another
train but It begins to look as If that
was all there is to it. Baker City
Herald.
Hobo Holdup and Fight.
At Huntington a couple of nights
ago, In a box car, which had come
across the continent, a man named
Ryan was held up and robbed of
133 by fellow hoboes who had been
traveling across the continent The
man who was held up is now in the
custody of Chief of Police Jackson,
and when In condition will be called
on for testimony in the case. It
seems there was a free for all fight
In which a number were mixed up.
and besides Ryan, Chief Jackson
nailed another man who was severely
cut by a knife. Ryan will be held for
a witness and it is believed the other
party Is the ring leader of the hobo
gang. Baker City Democrat.
Grain Fire on Tygh Ridge.
A fire on Tygh Ridge Thursday
burned over 30 acres of stubble and
destroyed some fencing on a farm be
longing to Hon. M. A. Moody. The
flames then spread to the farm of O.
M. Bourland, the owner of the thresh
er, .nnrka from which caused the fire.
consuming two large stacks of headed
grain and 1000 bags Just ready ior
filling. After this the wind shifted,
and no further damage was done.
The most unfortunate thing about the
n-. i ihn Mr. Bourland was the
only one who was not fully protected
by Insurance. The Danes t nronicie.
198 License,
The hour hand of the county
clerk's time piece was reaching to
wnrd closing time yesterday when
the hunters' licenses numbered 198.
Two more would make the figures
look as If they were prettily rounded
out and permit of another settlement
While persiflage was being indulged
in the requisite applicants put In an
appearance. This showing places
Baker county way In the lead of all
Oregon points as a hunter's paradise.
Baker City Democrat.
Vine Hovey, a railroad agent at
Forest, Kas., celebrated his 73d birth
day a few days ago and will shortly
resign his position, having completed
40 yenrs In the employ of the compa
ny, and during all that time his post
has been filled only by himself. He
never asked or accepted a leave of
absence and always had a clear rec.
ord with his employers.