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DAILY BAST OREGONIAN, rKNDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 80, 19W
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HARRIMAN GATHERI NG IN-
IteqiioHM to O. R. & N. Employe In
" Regard to Insurance Carried Made
by the Cliiof of the Ilarrlman Sys
tem it la Alleged, In Order to Offset
Lawnon'fl Activity and Power In the
Investigations.
It la aald that B. H. Harriman has
sttorlsed and requested the collec
tion of Insurance statistics among the
employes of the Harriman system of
nuilroad, for the purpose of securing
proxies from employes, with which
to offset the proxies and allegations of
Thomas W. Lawson, In the Insurance
Investigations now being conducted.
and for the purpose of preventing If
possible a thorough government Inves
tigation Into all Insurance methods In
the United Btates.
This Is the reason for the collection
f statistics on Insurance carried by
. R. A N. employes, and the matter
Is given evory attention. All the heads
of departments have received pressing
Instructions to report the amount of
assurance carried by all employes In
the different departments together
with names of companies and frater
nal societies In which such Insurance
is carried.
Lawson Is making a swift and tell
tag campaign against the big Insurance
companies and Mr. Harriman is inter
ested in offsetting Lawaon's Influence
aad while the object ot collecting the
' Insurance statistics in not stated, yet
dispatches from the east say that thlsj
Is the real reason for the official ac
tivity In the Insurance business.
Insurance carried by O. K. & N.
employes Is scattered among every
Imaginable company and form of In
surance, from the New York Life,
Equitable and Mutual companies down
to the latest local fraternal society
organised. Many of them are heartily
hi favor of the Lawson campaign and
have already sent In proxies to Law
son, In accordance with his requests
and others will send In proxies to Har
riman to swell the opposition to Law
son's campaign.
Nearly every railroad man In the
train, engine and telegraphic depart
ments carry Insurance In the various
brotherhoods to which they belong,
and these organizations are almost
unanimously In favor of the Insurance
Investigation and Mr. Harriman win
jet but little sympathy from them In
his efforts to check Lawson In forcing
the big companies Into the lime light.
COSTLY IliLUKTRATlON.
Talking with a Statesman reporter
yesterday Mr. Young said:
"Some time ago I read an article
about a home being 33 years old and
In good shape, but I think I can beat
that some, as 1 have traveled around
the country a great deal and have seen
soverul old ones. For Instance, Mr.
McDanlel of Hlckreall, has a mure
that was 36 years old lust Kprlng an i
Is In use yet and looks as It she mig.it
be good four or five years yet. She
comes to Salem and goes to Ihillns
onco each week.
"A Mr. White of the same place haH
a horse that Is 3b years old. There Is
a mure nt Perrydale that was 31 last
spring. Mr. Falkner of Sheridan, had
her In his livery stable for a number
of years, afterward traded to a black
smith at Perrydale, who bred her to a
thoroughbred and she now has a fine
filly at her side.
"One mare I know of at The Dalles
is 37. She is owned by French &
Company, bankers, and last March
when I saw her she made Mr. French
a good driving horse, and was without
a blemish. I dressed her mouth and
found as good a pair of molars s I
ever saw In a horse 8 years old."
feed a pair of such horses, and the
cost of shoeing would be about $15
more, while repairs to harness and
keeping them cleaned and oiled would
make another 110. Then the ordinary
farmer will not make such a pair of
horses lost more than 10 years, and
many would use them up In half that
time. Say that they cost 1300, which
Is not a fancy price, and yet it does
not mean a cheap pair that can do a
fair day's work. Pacific Homestead.
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IIOOTIl-KKLLY COMPANY
HOLDS M.DDI I) TRACTS.
Doesn's Know Where He Is At.
John Rea, of thlB city, is goodnatur
edly figuring himself out of a perplex
ing situation. A short time ago he
secured a license to conduct a saloon
at Knmlah, and paid $300 Into the
county treasury. He purchased n stock
of liquors and had the same shipped
to Kamlah. Upon the shipment reach
ing that point the Northern Pacific
learned that the consignment waB
liquor and refused to permit It to
leave the station. The reservation
liquor law denies the railroad tho right
to deliver liquor on the reservation,
and it seems the railroad company Is
not resting on the decision of the cir
cuit court of appeals, which has de
clared the law unconstitutional, but is
awaiting the decision of the supreme
court on the matter. Mr. Rea was
therefore compelled to have his liquor
shipped hack to Lewiston and It is
now stored here. Still another prob
lem has to be solved'by him. The old
Kamlah townsite. Is located on allotted
Indian land, and even if the supreme
court sustains the circuit decision,
liquor cannot be sold there. Mr. Rhea
offers the philosophy that Just at pres
ent he Is unable to state the exact
condition of his case because he must
first learn whether he Is at Kamlah,
Lewiston or In the county treasury.
Lewiston Tribune.
itrock McCoiium Co., DniRsbftn, Tell
the People Quickest Means to Cnrn
It.
Asked one day in his store the ques.
tlon, "What Is good for bronchitis?'
Mr. Brock, of the above firm, answer
ed, "For years old-fashioned cod liver
oil has been known to possess the
most remarkable curutlve und healing
properties for throat, bronchial and
lung troubles of anything known to
medicine, but on account of tho grease
which envelopod Its curative prinrl
pies, It has been Impossible for many
people to lake enough of it Into their
systems to combat a thoroughly set
tied diseaso without clogging the sys
tem and upsetting the stomach.
"Now. however," continued Mr.
Brock, "we have Vino, which contains
in a highly concentrated fotn all of
the medicinal curative elements of cod
liver oil actually taken from fresh
cods' livers, without a drop of oil or
grease to upset the stomach and retard
its work, and physicians agree that It
Is the greatest cure for all throat,
bronchial and lung troubles known to
medicine."
Miss Anna Hay writes us thut after
suffering for five years with bronchi
tis, and trying all kinds of medicines
without relief, Vlnol cured her. and
we have hundreds of Just such letters.
We wish every person suffering from
chronic colds, coughs, bronchitis, and
every aged. weak, or convalescent per
son who needs a healing, strength
creating and blood-muklng tonic
would try Vlnol on our guaranteo to
return the purchase money If It falls."
Hrock & McComas Co., druggists.
llcciuuialiou Department will Pay Uic
Lumber Company $900,000 for Al
ternate Sections uf tlie Military Road
Ijiml Grant Needed in the Klamath
Irrigation Project Government Ap
praiser Han Itccoiiimcndril the Purchase.
The Cost of Horses.
The New Hampshire experiment
station has been keeping an account
of the cost of feeding a horse that
weighed 1190 pounds, for a year, he
being kept at moderately hard work,
and finds that it costs $74.33. In round
numbers, then. It costs $150 a year to
Ossnor't Jury Touched Off IO,000
Worth of lowder.
For the sake of Illustrating a con
tested point to a coroner's Jury at
Unlontown. Pa., a fw years ago. 2000
kegs of powder, valued at about $10.
00, waa exploded by a powder com
pany. The shock of the explosion was felt
m several surrounding townships, and
there was great excitement throughout
this end of tho county, as it was be
lieved a disaster had occurred.
The coroner's Jury, which has been
sitting on the cases of 18 persons
killed In the explosion at Fairchance
September . had experienced a de
sire for Information as to the direction
tn which the exploding powder exert
ed Its greatest force. The powder
company has taken the stand that the
big inagaxlnes which exploded Septem
ber $ were exploded by some agency
nntslde tho roagaaines.
They allege that a person having a
unite, at the concern had placed and
exploded under the magazines con
taining 10.000 kegs of powder some
,w exnloslve. either fulminate of
. or nlirolBTlvcerlne. In de-
hn of this It was alleged that pow
der In exploding does not tear holes
In the ground and the company m
fered to prove this by practical denv
anstrntlon to the coroner's Jury.
The coroner's Jury retired to a dis
tunes and tho battery waa toucnea on.
The explosion rocked the entire town
ship and was heard as far as Con
nellsville. The powder company then
showed that no hole had been torn In
the earth by tho explosion or mis gr,-.
amount of powdor.
PHILIPPINE KXHUHT SOLD.
Uarcrty of Washington Gets Valua
ble Collection for About .wiiw,
The Philippine exhibit which Is In
the government building at the Lewis
and Clark exposition has been sold to
day to the university of the state of
Washington for a sum netweoii .iuu
j mono It cost $15,000. according
In Carl L. Hall, who collected It.
As visitors to tho exposition will 10
member the exhibit was of nbsm-hlii
Interest. It consisted of ISO sampK-s
of woods, besides food products, cloth
ing and tho like, and attracted so much
attention that members of tho faculty
of the Washington university opened
negotiations for lis 1 u chase rhort'.y
after tho beginning of the fair.
Mr. Hall at flMt set a value of $5.-
00 on the exhibit although it had
cost three times that sum. :ut II is un
derstood that the price wan somewhat
less. The exhibit will occupy n con
spicuous place in the museum of the
institution whlcn mcile the purchaiw.
SOME OLD HORSES.
Forty Miles in Forty Minutes.
Thursday nt noon, In the presence of
40 guests and visitors at the Hot Lake
sanitarium. Joe Buckley, a soloon
man of Baker City, released a pair of
white homing pigeons, attached to the
feet of both being messages to his
partner and bartender In Baker.
The birds arose several hundred feet
into the air above the sanitarium,
wheeled several times, as If hesitating
which way to start, and then flew di
rectly to the southeast, toward Baker
City.
At exactly 12:40 ono of the pigeons
alighted on the saloon at Baker City,
a distance of 40 miles In a direct line,
although It Is 4S miles by rail. La
Grande Observer.
MKEHN1I DISCUSSES FREE TEXT BOOKS
Dr. E. J. Young, formerly Stock In
spector for Wasco County, Tells of
Old Horses.
Some time ago the .statesman had
an article about horses and the num
ber of yoars thoy live and It led sev
eral men who have lived long enough
to have a great deal of experience
along different lines to tell what they
know on this subject, says the Sulom
Statesman. One man who no doubt
Is well Informed about horses, old or
young. Is Dr. E. J. Young, veterinary
surgeon and dentist, who was formerly
stock Inspector for Wasco county, but
who now makes his home In this city.
State Superintendent of Instruction
Ackerman has In this month's Issue
of the American School Board Journal
a masterly article reviewing the ad
vantages and disadvantages of the free
text-book system. The Importance of
the paper lies In the fact that the sys
tem of free text-books may be serious
ly considered by the next legislature.
Professor Ackermon's article follows:
The free text-book question has
been a mooted one for many years,
and many arguments for and against
the system have been advanced from
time to time. Personally. I hove not
had the opportunity to Inspect Its
practical workings, hence cannot speok
from experience, so what I shall say
on tho subject has been gleaned from
iiedujtnglcal literature and from the
reports of state superintendents of
states having the free text-book sys
tem, and from whnt my own Judgment
may dictate.
Economy Argued.
"The argumont usually given In
favor of the system are: First, that it
is more economical In that the parents
of different families need not neces
sarily purchase a different text-book
for each child passing successively
through the same grade, as the same
book can be used by several children
thereby materially diminishing the per
capita number of books to be pur
chased, consequently the aggregate
expense' to tho district Is diminished
Again, that the state or district will
be able to purchase books at whole
sale rates, thereby reducing the per
capita expense, nnd that book compa
nies will gladly furnish books nt a rc
durtlnn, owing to the fact that the
state or district is a responsible party
and that fewer losses will be Incurred,
Second, the free text-hook system
lends greatlv to make school work
more efficient, ns it enables the teach
er to have all pupils supplied nt once
with the needful nnd necessary books,
thus enabling them to begin work Im
mediately. As It is, they arc com
pelled to await the action of the pa
rents, who may neglect or may not be
able to supply their children at the
first.
Moreover, by having books for dis
tribution at all times many more
children will nttend school for more
days In the yenr. making a decided
gain In school economy. To my mind
(he "better efficiency" argument for
free books Is the strongest one that
enn bo urged In Its favor, and the one
most general In tho minds of Its
friends for its retention wherever
adopted.
Uniformity lessens Burden.
. Third, that In stales not having
state uniformity In the adoption of
text-books used In schools the burden
rests upon the parents who ehnnge
from one county to nnother nnd from
one district to another, ns the ense may
be, and probably are compelled to pur
chase one or more new books whep
the book already in the hands of the
pupl iwlll answer the purpose so far
ns the child's educstlonnl progress Is
concerned.
Opposition Arguments.
The principal argument In opposi
tion to the free text-hook system are
In the main as follows:
First, the school district has per
formed Its whole responsibility
when It has provided each and every
child within its Jurisdiction school
sites, school houses and good teichers
and all that pertains to good schools
except books, and that it is the duty
of the parents to bear tho burden of
furnishing the text-books; that a great
principle Is violated when the parent
is not so made to feel his responsibil
ity In that he will lose interest and
fall to fully appreciate that for which
he has made no sacrifice. All are wil
ling to concede, however, that it is the
duty of the district to furnish indigent
children with books, and most states
have made such provisions by legisla
tive enactment.
Second, that the system deprives the
child of a sense of ownership, one of
the civic virtues that should be cul
tivated early; that he will not feel
the same necessity of caring for the
property of tho district as he would
of his own. and that of his own book
he may retain possession and prize
the highest of his possessions as a re
membrance of his happy school days.
How many of us have a book or
relic in our possession, and how hard
it would be for us to part with It? May
we not say thnt the ownership, and
hence tho possible retention, may so
exert a moral influence on the child
that is ns great and far reaching; that
the aesthetic nature of the child Is
sacrificed nt tho time when It is the
most responsive namely, when he has
Just been promoted from one book to
another, nnd every sense Is alert In
happy anticipation of that event which
run never come to him the possession
of n new book b yglvlng him a book
which Is more or les defaced Instead
of one that Is a delight to the eye.
Sanitary Condition.
Third, that the sanitary conditions
are not observed by the system of free
text-hooks, as a child Is forced to use
a hook thnt may have been used by
one not nt all cleanly or by one afflict
ed by a contagious dlsense, and In all
probability transmitted by means of
the book. It Is true that In most
schools where the system Is In vogue
the books are periodically subjected to
a roasting process to minimize the
danger of contagion, but many parents
admit that there Is a possibility of a
germ or two which may not have been
sufficiently .roasted to make them
harmless. Then, again, where the sys
tem Is general, many schools would
entirely neglect to fumigate the books.
and all sanitary precautions be neg
lected with deadly results.
Favored In Some Case
Summing up the arguments for and
against free text-books, I am rather
disposed to be not In favor of the syS'
tern In states having state uniformity
In the selection of Its text-books, but
would strongly incline toward Its adop
tlon In all cases In which text-books
are adopted in any other manner. It
Is only fair to say. however, that so
far us I know no state or district has
returned to tho old method after
ndoptlng the free text-book system,
which Is a strong argument In Its fa
vor.
Tho enormous sum of $900,000 will
be obtained from tho government by
the Hooth-Kelley Lumber company,
successors of the Oregon Central Mil
itary Road company. If the recommcn
dntlons of a government agent are
favorably acted on by the Interior de
partment. This great sum will be used to pur
chase alternate sections of the com
pany's lands In the Klamath Indian
reservation, now settled on by Indians,
and which tho corporation claims, by
right of a prior grant from the govern
ment.
There will doubtless be a big three
cornered fight about the land before
the question of ownership is settled,
The state claims about 90,000 acres
of It on account of Its being swamp
land, and therefore originally the
property of the state, which the gov
eminent had no right to grant cither
to She company or Indians.
The company claims the land by
grant of the federal government, in
return fur the construction of a wagon
road across the southern pnrt of the
state, and terminating at Eugene.
The Indians, about 1000 of them,
are now living on the land, In accord
ance with a treaty made with the gov
ernment, when the Klamath reserva
tion was set aside for their use.
The supreme court of the United
States has decided that the land In
dispute belongs to the wagon road
company, or Its successors, the Booth
Kelley Lumber company. The grounds
are that the land became property of
tho company when it finished its road
In 1869. while the treaty giving the
reservation to the Indians was pro
claimed in 1870, one year later.
The state now purposes to enter the
contest for the land, and will most
likely bring suit to secure about 90,
000 acres, swamp land, which should
have never been handed over by the
government.
The $900,000 will be the award the
government agent who has appraised
the lands of the company on which
Indians are settled, will recommend
that the government should moke the
company, In return for the relinquish
ment of the lands In question. Whether
the award will be made depends on the
view of the matter that will be taken
by congress.
If It does not receive compensation
for Its lands the company declares it
will take stops to oust the Indiana To
do so will be a serious matter, as the
red men have lived on the land for 35
years, and no amount of reasoning will
ever convince them that they do not
own it.
And Stiil We Lead
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every kind at less than wholesale prices.
CLOTHING We are dosing out this department and expect to
lose money on it. WE WILL SELL YOU A SIT1T OR OVERCOAT
AT LESS THAN ACTUAL COST.
HARDWARE AND TINWARE Tills department la also being
closed out. Prices on everything cut to the bed rock.
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Electric Lights
They are the best.
They require no oil.
They are the cheapest.
They give plenty of light.
They require no cleaning.
They are always ready for use.
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CORNER COURT AND GARDEN ST
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be Indebted to D. Kemler A Son call
at old stand on Court street In the next
few days and settle their account at
once and save cost.
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At Almlra. Wash., a revolver was
accidentally discharged. The ball
struck a whetstone in J. E. Ebcrle's
pocket, squarely over his heart, glanc
ed and wounded his shoulder and arm.
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where your linen Is laundered at al
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just received
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This Clock $7.25.
Enamel Mantel Clocks $5 '5 to $10,110
Wood Mantel Clocks W.Ov to $5.50
Cuckoo Clocks & $1100
Cold Clocks S2.50 lo $U.-.0
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Nlckle Alarm Clocks "5v to $2.25
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