DAILY EAST OKIiCJONI N, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1905.
PAGE THREE.
WILL BREED ZEBRAS WHERE TONS OF POSTAL CARDS ARE USED
TEN PAGES.
MBCHETAHY WILSON
ATTEMPTS CROSSING
Arrangements Mmlo to llrlng Two
Flno Zebra Stallions lo National
Zoological Park Pair of Ucuiillfiil
Animals la Cuptlvlly and Arc living
BhliH'd to New York.
Secretary Wilsnn nnd the officials
of the bureau uf anlimil Industry of
tho agricultural department, with the
eo-operntlon of Or. Crunk Baker, su
perintendent of the National Znologl
cat park, are about to engage In tho
most curloiiH xonlnglcnl experiment
that was ovor undertaken by a gov-
eminent, miyH William 13. Curtis, the
Chicago Record-Herald's Washington
onrrespondent.
' The OcrmiiiiH are making prepara
tlons fur a similar experiment, and
tho Kongo Freo State In Africa, will
also attonipt It. Robert P. Skinner,
United State consul general nt Mar
seilles, who wan recently sent to Abys
slnla to make a treaty with that
government, has :htiilncd. through the
Raa Makoanen at Horar, Africa, a
pair of Orevy zebra ntalll .li.
They are large, powerful and com
paratively rare animals, which range
In a wild state In the Agysslnlnn for
eats. Mr. Skinner endeavored to se
cure one while he wag In that country,
but thero was none In captivity at
that time.
Since that time. Emperor Mencllk
nan had his forest rangers aearch for
aebras, and tho first pair that were
captured are now on their way to Mr,
Skinner at Marseilles, whence they
will he shipped to New York. The
department of state has been advised
of tha shipment
By crossing these tcbraa with the
Amorlran horse and the American
mule It Is proposed to create an en
Urely new breed of draft animals
which, It Is believed, will exceed In
Hpeed, strength and endurance every
variety of tho horse or the mule which
wo now have In existence. The ex
pcrlments will be conducted at the
Washington oo under the direction of
Superintendent Haker and the coolo
gists of the agricultural department.
They will be watched with tho
greatest Interest by zoologists and
livestock men all over the world. Sec
retary Wilson Is ndvlsed that the au
thorltles of the (lernmn possessions In
South Africa have been endeavoring
to domesticate the zebra and use It
for cross breeding, because it Is proof
against tsetse, an African fly whose
bite will kill a horse or mule., but does
not Injure the zebra.
ltTLLED HY A TK.US.
Indian Gets Drunk and Prolmhry Slept
on Hie Track.
Zeblt Allenwood Is another Indian
who hax gone to his happy hunting
ground through whiskey and the rail
road track. He was killed Saturday
night near the second crossing this
side the old agency buildings. From
the circumstances surrounding his
case It Is thought he " was walking
home along the track and either did
not hear the approaching train, or
had fallen asleep on the track. He
wan evidently drunk at the time, as
he hail' been drinking considerably
while In town Saturday.
From evidence given the coroner's
Jury a verdict was given that the de
ceased had met death by being run
ever by an eastbound freight train
Saturday night. Also, the evidence
showed that the train had ntit given
the proper signal for the crossing,
which was but 90 fect'east of where
the Indian was killed. Tho Jury was
composed 0?" the following: L. K.
Wood. .lames O'SiiIllvnn, .7. O. Fin
ney, Harry-Hertford, Moses, Chrlstcn
sen and:. H. Blakcley.
According to Coroner Henderson
Allenwood was from Stltes, Idaho,
and had been visiting on the reserva
tion here for nearly a year. Ho hnd
married a Umatilla squaw, but had
boon, separated from her. Of late ho
had been living nt the home of An
drew llarnhnrt. He was hurled on
tho reservation the day following his
death.
HAND 11ADLY MASHED.
Joe nunnlster Full 1'iHler a Wagon
Ismdcd Willi Wood.
Athena, Dec. 19. (Special.) Joe
Mannlster, while hauling wood from
Weston to this place yesterday evening
fell under his wagon while walking
beside It, and received serious Injuries
to his left hand. All the bones In the
hand were crushed Into a pulp, by the
hind whoel of the heavily loaded
wagon passing over It. He narrowly
escaped more serloua Injuries by
throwing himself away from the
wheel violently, aa ho foil.
Dr. Stone attended to the injuries
and It I not thought now that ampu
tation will bo necessary, although It
Is probable thai tho use of the hand
will be permanently destroyed.
The small oblong piece of card
board, which presents the easiest way
of communication through the malls.
Is rarely considered us a product, car
load of which go to the different
cities of the United States. Hut the
fact Is that cities like Iioston nnd New
York u?e on an average more than
two cardloads of postal cards month
ly, and that the printing and cutting
up of them forma one of the great In
dustries of Kumfoid Falls, Me., says
the iiofiton Post.
The government contract for the
manufacture of postal cards for the
next four years has been again award
ed to a paper company at ttumford
Falls, Me.
Under the previous contracts there
were manufactured during the pre
ceding four years 3,300,000,000,000 i
poHtal cards nnd (iO, 000, 000 were made '
during the month of June lust.
Thero pass through Doton dally In
registered mall cars 2, GOO, 000 postal
cards on their way from Humford
Falls. Me., to tho sub-agencies over
the country. I
The cards may be said to be entire
ly a Maine product. The logs are!
taken directly from the Maine spruce;
forests nnd chemically transformed
Into the pulp from which the postal
paper Is made nt the Oxford mill.
After the logs have been chewed
up and chemically treated tho pulp
flows Into a big vat called the "dlges-j
ter." Here the pulp looks like a rich
churning, but Is In reality the solution
from which the cards are made
cards that will later carry written
messages all over the civilized world.
The wood pulp' Is flowed out on a
screen of such fine mesh that tho pa
per la long In gathering, and the re
sult of this more than ordinary thor
ough shaking Is a firm, smooth card
of a familiar cream yellow, free from
inequalities ot texture and free from
all flakes or shadows when held to
the light.
In the big, clean flnlshlrig room,
v here the floor is littered with a clut
ter of book and news paper, sit
score or more neatly attired women,
busy and happy, smoothing the great
sheets of book and postal stock Into
plies. The least defect In the surface
Is detected at once by their supersen
sitive finger tips, and shtet after sheet
la rejected for a blemish Invisible save
to touch.
Great trucks carry the postal paper
to the printing establishment, but be
fore the presses are set to work each
truckful must be Inspected by a gov
ernment Inspector. This inspector
first applies the bulk gauge, to prove
that the postal card paper is up to
standard In thlckn ess.
The contract requires that each
sheet be one eleven-thousandth part
of an Inch in thickness. So If the
needle whirls around the face nf the
Indicator and stops again at 165, all
Is well. The second requirement Is
that every Bheet shall endure the test
of bO pounds pressure to the square
Inch. So Into the strength tester goes
the sheet from the truck load, the;
pressure applied and the indicator
shows the value of the sheet.
The "blind man's test,' or German
test, Is the third to prove that the
surface of the card Is properly reslned,
sized or finished. It Is application of
vigorous pen and Ink. Should the Ink
be absorbed the surface Is Inferior In
Its glaze. When the markings are
plainly apparent to the touch with
"blind eyes" the calendering Is satis
factory. Fnch sheet of stock fed Into the
printing press is registered automatic- I
ally, so that an exact tally can be
kept of all cards printed.
The two presses have a united ca
pacity of 3,(100,000 cards dally.
As the cards are printed In big
sheets the next thing to do Is to cut
f'pni out the right size. There are
four cutting machines. One cut
them Into long strips, one postal card
In width. The three smaller ma
chines cut tho strip Into postal cards
of regulation size us we buy them ot
tho postofflee.
Three ulert young w omen feed these
strips Into tho cutters. When 2S
cards are bitten off by tho sharp
knives of the machine, the receiving
rack is turned ovor and the quarter
hundred cards are bound Into a pack
et with a gummed paper strip.
The girls who gum tho packages to
gether have to bo very spry. With a
dozen gummed strips held between
their lips, their trained fingers hover
over the Straight-edged packs of pos
tal cards like humming birds, till
with a dash and a flutter the band Is
In place and a second packet is In
readiness for a band.
fine young woman Is behind each
machine to box these packets, and
others are kept busy folding the paste
board bores In which they are park
ed, fiOO oarda helm? placed In a box.
The pasteboard packages are placed
In wooden boxes of different sizes.
They hold BOOfi. 10,000. ?B,000 anil
uu.uuu cara, rne boxes are very
strong nnd arc nailed together at the
postal card mill by machinery.
From Rumford Falls, which Is call
ed the thief agency, shipments are
made to tho sub-agencies, which are
Washington, Cincinnati. St. I,ouls and
Troy, N. Y.
All smaller offices In the United
States must make requisition to these
sun-agencies for cards, unless they are
In the list of cities whose business is
so extensive In postal cards as to re
quire carload shipments. These are
Baltimore, Pittsburg. Buffalo, Kansas
City, Brooklyn. Chicago, Cleveland.
Detroit, San Francisco, Boston and
New York.
The average amount of messages
written In Boston on postal cards is
so groat that two carload lots a month
are required. The New York shipment
Is even larrer.
There Is no busy season In the card
mill. The same amount Is printed
day after day. The government re
quires that a certain amount mum be
kept on hand at the factory. These
are kept in a fire nnd burglar proof
vault whirl has a capacity for fold
ing 100,80,000 cards.
Another Grand.
It is a Chlckerlng Quarter (".rand.
This Is the favorite piano of Mrs.
Dlerke Jf the Dlerke Musical Insti
tute, breth In practice and concert
work: It also Is like the one used by
Mrs. Walter Reed nnd Mr. Alexander
In their recent concert here. This one
arrived today and is on exhibition at
...i-r i-iano jiouse. it Is th same
kind and style of nlano iuirchu.,.t i...
(I. M. Morrison of Adams. Dr. D. C.
McN'nho and William P. Temple.
"WHITE GHOSTS OF DEATH"
CONSUMPTION and PNEUMONIA
are prevented and cured by the greatest of all, and strictly scientific remedy for
Throat and Lung Troubles, Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, La Grippe, etc., viz :
DR. KING'S
ME
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L-2U Li U
For CONSUMPTION, COUGHS km COLDS
Cnred of Pneumonia After Doctors Failed.
"I had been 111 for sometime with Pneumonia," writes J. W. McKinnon of
Talladega Springs, Ala., "and was under the care of two doctors, but grew no
better until I tried Dr. King's New Discovery. The first dose gave relief, and,
by continuing Its use, I was perfectly cured."
so.' ATRIAL BOTTLES FREEd Svb
RCOM9IENUED, UVAKANTEED
TALLMAN OO.
AND tMU HY
BROCK ft MCOMAS.
Ifc-tayed Shipment.
Five hundred of the flneBt imported
Dolls and Doll Heads. Bought for
our holiday trade, have Just arrived.
These goods were duo here 30 days
ago und must be. sold regardless of
cost. Never before were such prices
made on dolls. At the
liRKAT EASTERN STOKE.
i Christmas Gifts 1
J Give something liat is useful as well as ornamental. Oar store ?J
is m dictionary of Ideas.
Watch oar store for the new Ideas. '
i
Old Ivory for Christmas.
The most linpmtant of all the
Christmas lines carried by Koepiiens
this year, Is their line of Old Ivory
China. You never saw a finer pattern
of hand-decorated China In your life.
It will pay you to see It.
GRAHAM & HUNTER
I BASLER'S OLD STAND I
Humane Harness a " amley's
I For sale at tho East Oregonian office? Largo bundles of new-
papers, containing over 100 liiir. papers, can be had for 25c a bundle.
After negotiations lasting ver two
months, tho Drotherhood of Carpen
ters made jin agreement with the
Master Carpenters" association yester
day, affecting 12,000 workmen In New
York City, by which wattes will be
Increased from t.B0 to 14.80 a day
on July 1. The Irothrhnod demand
ed an Increase of 50 centa a day on
July 1.
The Best Christmas Gift
An Improved
PHONOGRAPH
The playing and singing is as natural as though the entertainers
were right in your sitting room. An entire evening's enjoyment, ex
clusively for you. and your family, and Invited company.
The present of a VICTOR, COLUMBIA or EDISON, will a
source of pleasure for years. Machines from $5.00 to $100.00 each;
and 2,000 Records to select from.
J. A. OWENHOUSE
DISTRIBUTOR WITH
EILERS PIANO HOUSE
813 MAIN STREET.
MEDAL FOR SCHOOLS.
Pendleton Public Schools and Pendle
ton Academy Receive Bronse
Medal.
A bronte medal hns been received
by Pendleton public schools and Pen
dleton academy, for a collection ex
hibit In Secondary education at the
Lewis and Clark fnlr, the exhibit con
sisting chiefly of scientific studies,
bolany leading In the collection.
The bonanlcal exhibit from the
schools of this city was especially at
tractive and the pupils and faculties
of the schools which shared the award
are particularly pleased with this rec-'
ngnltion of their work.
A premature explosion of blasting
powder In the Den Hur mine at Re
public, Wash., killed Fred Thordson.
Ho lived IS hours.
CLOCKS
. .A large asHortniont of all kinds. Tiicy make
n acceptable) Rift for wife or mother. Oiir
guarantee bark nf every one.
UAWKES' CVT GLASS AND HENDERSON'S
II AND-PAINTED CHINA.
SOUVENIR SPOONS A beautiful collection 60c
to $2.B0. Many kinds of "Indian" Spoons.
FINE TJM RRELLAS. THE NEWEST AND
MOST DAINTY PATTERNS IN GOLD AND
SILVER 1LNDLK8.
TTTf f ? f TTTt ?f T
sH :1g&:&Yf$i&
IS mmmm.
MEETING!
OUR GIFT HARVEST
UR Holiday Stock of gift jewely awaits your inspection.
you will wonder at it's variety, it's freshness and it's
scope. It bristles with suggestions of correct "givable"
things gifts to suit, all tastes, all purses and all circum
stances. Our stock is all high grade and the handsomest
that has ever been shown in Pendleton.
GOLD JEWELRY
Tho lasting gift is most appreciated solid gold I
mis Uils requirement, and herewith we give a
few tAiKgrstions:
FOR LADIES.
Necklaces
IOH'kets
ItraceleU)
Itroochcs
Hat Pins
Ijnrgnetre Chains
Watch Fobs
CrosNcs
Scarf Pins
Thimbles
FOR GENTLEMEN.
Link Buttons
Charms
Chains
Seal Ling
Fobs
Stono Set Rings
Watches
Shirt SluJs
DIAMOND MOUNTED JEWELRY
Brooches t7.s0 to $70.00
Cutt Unk $3.00 to J25.00
Stick Pins $7 00 to $ ..no
Lockets 7 50 , ia4.oo
Numerous small pieces, diamond mounted, that
will make n gift of quality.
ENGRAVING FREE OF CHARGE yf."s
We dO OUr Own work And Sc nc fitxA
Watch cases elaborately monogramed
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