EIGHT PAGES. FOR AN OPEN RIVER AGITATION TO ABOLISH WILLAMETTE LOCKS. Willamette Valley Development I-cague Would Remove Toll and lima Reduce Freight Rates Cor- vitlU Pnpcr Makes Urgent Appeal for a Reduction of Freight Kates. The Corvallls Times vigorously de munds the removal of the lock tolls on freight shipped through the Ore gon TMty lock. The Willamette Val ley Development league In consider ing thin quextlon also, rind It Is prob able that something will be done In the matter. The Times says of the subject: A chief topic of discussion at the Albnny meeting of the Development league was an untrammelled Wlllam ette river. It Is only because people have not stopped to think about the enormous detriment there Is In a lock age charge at Oregon City, that the river was not long ago made free. Fifty cents paid to a private corpor ation on every ton of freight thai passes through the locks means BO cents per ton added not only to the cost of moving every ton of freight by river, but on that moved by rail as well. Were the charge removed, boats could carry freight for 50 cents per ton less and that would force rail' roads to reduce the chaige corrcs pondlngly. Therefore the lockage charge means a cent and a half tuken from the sale price of every bushel of wheat raised In the valley. It means a toll of 2 1-2 cents on every sack of potatoes, 2 1-2 cents on every sack of sugar, 2 1-1 cents on every keg of nails, 2 1-2 cents on every sack of salt, 4 cents on every hale of hay, E cents on every bale of hops, 10 cents on every head of sheep, and 25 cents on every horse or head of cattle. The lockage charge Is a toll col lector that stands knocking con stantly at the door of every farm house and exery town home, with hand extended perennially for tribute. U Is a source of cost to be reckon ed by the hundred thousand each year and that since It began has cost the people millions or dollars. We go on tolerating It simply and only be cause we never stop to think about It. When will we throw off the Incu bus? When will we stop the drain? When take possession of the free river that the Omnipotent never Intended as the private snap for a toll-taker, but as the rich Inheritance of all the people 7 A Modem Miracle, "Truly miraculous seemed the re covery of Mrs. Mollle Holt 'of this place," writes J. O. R. Hooper, Wood ford, Tenn., "she was so wasted by coughing up puss from her lungs. Doctors declared her end so near that her family had watched by her bed side 48 hours; when, at my urgent re quest Dr. King's New Discovery was given her, with the astonishing re sult that Improvement began, and continued until she finally completely recovered, and Is a healthy woman today." Guaranteed cure for coughs and colds. 50c and $10.00 at Tollman A Co. and Brock A McComas', drug gists. Trial bottle free. CANDIDATES ARE PLEDGED. Marlon County Will Support People's Choice for Senator. All legislative candidates In Marlon county who have filed their petitions so far have pledged themselves to vote for the choice of the people for United States senator, says the Salem Journal. Oliver Beers unqualifiedly takes pledge No. 1, Sam A. Hughes takes the pledge In his own words. Instead of the printed form, and H. I. Mount takes a pledge to vote for th cnndldate receiving the hlRhest num ber of votes "at the general election." Mr. Mount seems to Infer that there may bo several republicans running for the office at the general election, which Is not possible under the ballot laws of he Btatn. Neither LaFollotte nor Richie for senator, nor Settlemler for representative, who have an nounced their candidacy, have filed any declaration. In Clackamos coun ty George C. Browncll and L. I,. Por ter have both subscribed to statement No. 1. No candidate for joint legis lative districts have yet filed with the secretary of state. Registration In Marlon county Is mostly republican, and It Is believed some not republi cans are registering as such. Half the World Wonders how the other half lives. Those who use Bucklen's Arnica Salve never wonder If It will cure cuts, wounds, burns, sores and all skin eruptions; they know It will. Mrs. Grant Shy, 1130 E. Reynolds St., Springfield, III., says: "I regard It one of the absolute necessities of housekeeping." Guar anteed by Tallman & Co. and Brock & McComas, druggists. 25c. Onions Prom Oregon FnniiH. Five carloads of onions passed through town tho other day, enroute to California markets. They came from Beaverton and from the New berg division of the Westside, and were transferred via the C. & E. to Albany, and thence sent southward via the Southorn Pacific. In all, 17 cars of onions have passed over the same route, bound for California. Corvallls Times. Perfection can only be attained In the physical by allowing Nature to appropriate and not dissipate her own resources. Cathartics gripe, weaken dissipate, while DeWltt's Little Early Risers simply expel all putrid matter and bile, thus allowing the liver to assume normal activity. Good fr the complexion. Sold by Tallman A Co. DAILY VENETIAN FOOTBALL. Hew the Came Was Played la V.a lea Several Ceatnrlee Aero. A book published at Venice In lC.r.5 by Antoulo Scaiuo relutes methods of play in a real football that las actual' ly called by the same name. The Held "was so large that no one, however strong, could quite throw a stone from one end to the other," and It was about half as wide. Twenty, thirty or forty persons could participate on a side, the Dumber being regulated by the size of the available field. GouU were set up at either end. No one was permitted to strike the ball with the outstretched arm or with anything he might carry In his hand. Nevertheless he wag per wilted to "strike tho ball with what ever part of his body Hint be pleased, If the ball came rolling toward him he was allowed to kick It, the Infer ence being that If It were lying still he could not do bo. The field was divided by a transverse line "Into twd equu! parts, and In the middle lay the ball, The players were chosen, those who were going to make up the opposing parties, by means of colors, by which, Hi the struggle of the contest, each could recognize his own side. When the signal was given by the roll of the drum or the blast of a trumpet a play er rushed forward, one who had been chosen by lot to be the first to kick the bull with his foot. This action was un derntood to be the beginning of the contest, so that after It It wag permit ted to no one from either party to seize It, to strike It and to drive It as victor over tho goul. It wag perbapg from the method of beginning the game that It wua called football." These Italian games had their origin lu the ancient pustlmes of the Greeks and Romans,' and lu reality approach nearer to the modern idea of football thau do the beginnings of the game In northern countries. Football 1b believ ed by some authorities to have been a portion of the worship of the Celtic sun god, one of the rites attendant on tho celebratlve ceremonies. Some also hold a strong belief (hat Its original form was Introduced Into England by the Romans. Dennle P. Meyers In Outing Magazine. A SERVANT PROBLEM. wbr (he Ladr of the House Was Heady to Call a Halt. A lady recently called at the house of a friend, who answered In person the ring at the door. With careworn expression and flurried mauuer she aiMiloglzcd for the confusion that ap parently reigned In the bouse, saying: "My parlor maid Is upstairs 111 not 111 enough to go to the hospital, too 111 to work, too fur from home to go there, yet needing attention from me. My waitress Is having a fit of the sulks, and I have sent her out to do an errand and get some fresh air. The cook Is Just now not on speaking terms with her husband, the coachmun, and Is seeking a divorce, so thut one or the other must go. The footman came home drunk lust night and had to bo discharged this morning. My house lg at sixes and sevens, my husband lunched down town, my mother hug taken the chil dren and the nursery maid home with her, guests arrive this evening, and I have spent the day In a vain search for help In the house. I belong to a club studying household economics and have allowed It to turn a searchlight on all my household affairs In the In terests of society at large. I am now ready to call a halt, to refuse to have my domestic arrangements considered a bunting ground for theorists, to pro nounce all such clubs rain mockeries. snares and delusions, Inventions of the enemy for squandering time and show ing the bitter contrast between ab stract theory and concrete reality. The only club I am Interested In must pro- viue on tap maids who never get ill or sulky, cooks without a temper and coachmen aud footmen of unimpeach able habits." Lucy M. Salmon In At lantic. The Bamaknlr. There aro weather prophets and weather prophets, but there Is a stone which It Is asserted unfailingly fore tells changes In the wenther. This stone was found In Finland many years ago by an explorer aud hag been watched by scientists with great Inter est It Is known as the snmnkulr and presents a white mottled appearance lu sunshine, gradually turning from gray to black as a rainstorm approaches. The samakulr is mado up of clay, niter and rock salt In dry weather the salt in the stone Is prominent, but when the air Is filled with moisture the salt ab sorbs the moisture and turns black, thug acting as a barometer. When a Chinese Emperor Dies. When a Chinese emperor dies the In telligence Is announced by dispatches to the several provinces written with blue ink, the mourning color. All per sons of rank are required to take red silk ornaments from their caps with the ball or button et rank. AH sub jects of China without exception are called upou to forbear shaving their heads for 100 days, within which pe riod none may marry, play upon music al instruments or perform any sacrifice. One Exception. Mrs. Bibbs This paper s-g that walking in the rain, without an um brella, will remove wrinkles. Mr. Bibbs Well, it won't, not if you are walking In the rain without an um brella because some friend has stolen Jours, New York Weekly. Her Poem. He I hear you'read a poem at your commencement. She No; I wore It Pittsburg Dispatch. The vblce of consclonco Is so delicate that It Is easy to utllle It, but it is also so clear that It is Impossible to mistake It Mme. tie Stael. A man who keeps himself in the pink of condition seldom has the blues. EAST OHECONIAN, PENDLETON, THE SOUTHERN COYOTE. Habits of This Canning; Animal De crlbed br President Roosevelt. These southern coyote or prairie wolves are only ubout one-third the size of the big gray timber wolves of the northern Rockies. They are too small to meddle with full grown horses and cattle, but pick up young calves and kill sheep as well as any small do mesticated animal Unit they can get at The big wolves flee from the neigh borhood of anything like close settle ments, but coyotes hung around the neighborhood of man much more per sistently. They show a foxlike cun- hliig lu catching rabbits, prairie dogs. gophers und the like. After nightfall they are noisy, and their melancholy wulllng and yelling are fumlllur sounds to all who puss over the plulns. The young ure brought forth lu holes In cut banks or similar localities. Within my own experience I have known of the finding of but two fam ilies. In one there was but a single family of fire cubs and one old anluiul. undoubtedly the mother; In the other case there were ten or eleven cubs aud two old females which hud apparently shared the burrow or cave, though llv iug In separate pockets. In neither cuse wag any full grown male coyote found In the neighborhood. As regards these particular litters, the futher seemingly had nothing to do with tak ing care of or supporting the family. I am not able to say whether this was accidental or whether It Is a rule that only the mother lives with and tukes care of the litter. I have beard con trary statements about the matter from hunters who should know. Unfortu nately I have learned from long experi ence that It Is only exceptional hunters who can be trusted to give accurate descriptions of the bnblts of any beast save such as are connected with Its chase. Coyotes are sharp, wary, knowing creatures, and on most occuslong take care to keep out of barm's way. From "A Wolf Hunt In Okluhoma," by The odore Roosevelt In Scrlbner'g Maga zine. WOMAN'S RIGHTS. Pint Move In ThU Direction Made In Medford In 1701. The first recorded public meeting lu ine interest or woman g rights was held In the town of Medford in 1701. The gallery of the church was occupied by the young unmarried people of the congregation, one side and one-half the front gallery being given to the young men, the other side and the other half being given to the young women. But in the seating In the eventful year the young men were given the entire front of the gallery as well, and the young women were allowed only one side of the gallery. Then it was that things began to bap peu. Treatment like this wasn't to be tolerated, even for a moment The blood of the future mothers of the Revolution was fully aroused, and the young women made such an uproar and commotion that It speedily became a town matter, and a town meeting was called to restore to them their rights In half of the front gallery. The young men of the day were bit terly opposed to extending any new privileges to women, aud the fight ex tended beyond Medford. Shortly after the introduction of pews Into the churches, by which families were sep arated from the remainder of the con gregation, the selectmen of the town of Newbury gave permission to a group of young women to build a pew In the gallery of the church upon their own side of the house. This extension of privilege wag resented by the young bachelors to such a degree that they broke a window of the church, forced an entrance and backed the pew In pieces. For this act of sacrilege the young men of Newbury were fined $ 10 each and sentenced to be whipped or pilloried. But they were manly enough to confess their folly and ask pardon, so this part of their punishment was omitted. So you see tho "woman's rights" movement isn't a modern one. Boston Herald. Vessels In Tow. When at nighttime a steamer meets a vessel which is dlsnbled or for some other reason cannot proceed Bbe takes It In tow, and at the masthead two white lights are shown. This is a very necessary precaution, as a vessel pass ing ber at right angles in the dark might easily run right into the boat which was being towed unless some Indication of its presence there were given. If a steamer Is proceeding alone, however, only one light is shown at the masthead. Had No Poll. Mr. Maklnbrakes (to chance acquaint ance whom he has met at a swell par ty) If you havo any Influence with Mrs. Upjohn I wish you would suggest to ber that she announce dinner. I'm frightfully hungry. Chance Acquaint ance Me? I haven't any Influence with Mrs. Upjohn. I'm Mr. UnJohn. Chicago Tribune. A Case of Sarprlae. You here, James I" exclaimed the slnm worker visiting the Jail. Tes'm," replied the new prisoner, who wag in for burglary. "Well, well, I certainly am surpris ed." "So was I, ma'am, or I wouldn't be kere." Philadelphia Frcss. Her Strle, First Woman Suffragist Did you cut the ticket or vote It straight? Second Woman Suffragist (absently) Straight! I cut it on the bias. Ancient mirrors were made of silver r brass; looking glasses were made in Venice in 1300 A. D. John Gagen's Family liquor store, Court St, opposite Golden Rule hotel. OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 29, MOUNTAIN CHARLEY'S FEAT. How He Conquered a Grlsslr With His Bare Hands. Nearly all old Cullfornlaus, says the author of "Early Days In Cnllfornln," have heard of "Mountain Charley." who lived lu the Sunta Cruz noun tulns, where he hunted bear and deer. Of bis adventures, many of which were reuiurknble, there Is none stranger than his light with a grizzly. One morning he started out with his gnu. He hud gone but a short distance when he found himself 'fuce to face with a grizzly. The bcur was sitting on his huuuches reaching for acorns wheu Churley came upon hhn. The buuter tried to bring bis rifle up, but, being at such close quarters, the bear disarmed hlui by striking the weapon with Its paw and knocking It out of his bauds. At the sume time be embraced Churley. Both fell to the ground. Being on a hillside, they rolled over und over until they reached tho ravine below, when the beur loosened its hold, yet did uot seem Inclined to give up the fight. Charley realized that his only chance wus to "wind" the bear by striking him with big list over the heart. He landed a blow as near the region as possible. lie Btruck first with one fist and then with the other In rapid succession wheu be found the bear weakening. By this time they were close to the embunkiueut of the creek. The beur hud lost no time in getting In his scratches und 'bites. It had made one wound over the hunter's forehead and down the cheek to the bone and hud torn one of his eyes from the socket. It bad also fastened Its teeth In the mnn's left arm and mude an ugly wound there. With a desperate lunge Charley sliov ed the bear over the embankment Into the wuter. Then, too weak to stand, he fell exhuusted .upon the ground. The beur was apparently in the same condi tlon. It waded to the opposite bank aud lny down. At lust the bear rose to Its feet and walked up the stream, frequently stop ping aud looking back, as If hesitating whether or uot to renew the fight Go lug at a slow pace, It finally disap peared. Wheu Mountain Charley thought hi could move with safety, he crawled to the stream and drank a little water. then wushed the blood from bis fuce, pushed tho eye back into the socket and crawled to his home. He was tak en to Sun Jose for medical treatment. Tho bones of one arm were broken. Several months passed before he re covered. His eye wus uot destroyed, but his fuce wus so disfigured thut his friends burdly knew llhuNot dlseotr aged by this terrible experience, ho-v- ever, he continued to hunt uutil gainn became scarce. One Till UK Leasing: Did. Dr. Max King, physician aud author, who died some years ago In Berlin, where be was well known lu society as a brilliant talker, used to tell how, when a young mun In the thirties of the last century, he learned thut at Wolfeubuttel was still living Gotthold Ephruims, Lesslng'g housekeeper for muuy years, now In extreme old age. He at once undertook a pilgrimage to Wolfeubuttel lu the hope of hearing something of Intercut as to the great poet's dully life and bublts. He found the old dame, but she was uncommuni cative. He could get nothing out of her. At last he asked, "Did Lessing smoke? This question seemed to awaken unpleasant memories, for she answered with angry Impatience, "He had nothing, he earned nothing, he was good for nothing, but be smoked the whole dny long." To Ebonite Wood. The wood Is Immersed for forty-eight hours in a hot, suturnted solution of alum and then brushed over several times with a logwood decoction prepar ed us follows: Boll one part of best logwood with ten parts of water, filter through linen aud evaporate at a geutle heat until the volume Is reduced to one half. To every quart of this add from ten to fifteen drops of a saturated solu tlon of Indigo, completely neutral. Aft er applying this dye to the wood rub the latter with a saturated and filtered solution of verdigris lu hot concentrat ed acetic ncld, and repeat the operation until a bluck of the desired Intensity Is obtained. It must always be remem bered when handling chemicals that great care must be taken to protect the bands. A Queer Carpet. For gome reuson the man bad been employed to make an Inventory of the furniture in the bouse. He was so long about his task in the parlor, however, that the lady of the mansion went In to see what be was doing. On the floor lay an empty bottle. On the sofa lay the man, sleeping sweetly like a tired child. But the Inventory had not been wholly forgotten. At the top of the page stood a solitary, eloquent entry. 'One revolving carpet. Not Her Venal War Mrs. Ferguson (to caller) I never did like ber, and when the impudent thing spoke to me the way she did I was speechless with indignation. I couldn't say a word. Mr. Ferguson (butting in) That must have happen ed before we were married. Explaining; It. Featherstone-How is it Willie, I was shown into this room? Usually go into the parlor. Willie Sister said the clock In this room vras half an hour faat Marital Maneuvers. Bben A husband's place Is to com mand. Flo And a wife's to counter mand! New York Pregg. A little patient pushing lg worth profound lot of puffing. The nearer a man gete to fame the smaller it looka. 1908. THE RAILROAD RIVALRY. Purchaser of the Pacific Coast Com pany is Vnknown. Keen Interest continues to be man ifested In this city, Seattle and New York as to the Identity of the people or Interests who have been spending millions In buying the control of the stock of the Pacific Coast company, says tho San Francisco Examiner. Hurrlman, Hill and Roswell Miller of the St. Paul road, which Is to build overland to Seattle, have all been credited with being behind the big deal. Miller denies he has any thing to do with the matter, while Hill and Harriman refuse to say a word. Indications, however, seem to war rant th'! statement that the buyer Is either the Canadian Pacific or Hill, between whom there Is strong rivalry for the master situation In the north west. The Pacific Coast company owns valuable terminal property In Seattle and the Columbus and Puget Sound railroad, In addition to the Pa cific Coast Steamship company and other valuable holdings. The Canadian Pacific is known to be seeking a Seattle entrance, and the Pacific Coast company's property there Is said to be Just what it wants. If cither the Canadian Pacific or Hill turns out to be the new owner, the question arises as to whether the present agreement of the Pacific Coast Steamship company not to run its steamers to Portland In competi tion with Harrlman's Portland and San Francisco line will be set aside. Dry Cascade red fir wood, (6.50 per cord, sawed and delivered. OREGON LUMBER YARD. A HEALTHYOLD AGE OFTEISTHEBESTPARTOFLIFE Help for Women Passing' Through Change of Life Providence has allotted us each at least seventy years in which to fulfill our mission in life, and it is generally our own fault if we die prematurely. Nervous exhaustion invites disease. This statement is the positive truth. When everything becomes a burden and you cannot walk a few blocks with out excessive fatigue, and you break out into perspiration easily, Bnd your face flushes, and you grow excited and shaky at the least provocation, and you cannot bear to be crossed in any thing, you are in danger ; yonr nerves have given out ; you need building op at once I To build up woman's nerv ous system and during the period of change of life we know of no better medicine than Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg etable Compound. Here is an illus tration. Mrs, Mary L. Koehne, 371 Garfield .Avenue. Chicago, 111. .writes: " I have used Lydia E. Plnkham'sVegetable Compound for years lo my family and it never disappoints; so when I felt that I was Bearing thechange of life I commenced treat ment with it. I took in all about six bottles and it did me a great deal of good. It stopped my diray spells, pains in my back and the headaches with which I had suffered for months before taking the Compound. I feel that if It had not been for this great medicine for women that I should not have been alive to-day. It ii splendid for women,old or young, and will mrely cure all female disorders." Airs. Pinkham, daughter-in-law of Lydia E. Pinkham, of Lvnn. Mass.. in vites all sick and ailing women to write her for advice. Her great experienoe is at their service, free of cost. NATURE'S WARXIXG. Pendleton People Must Recognize and Herd it. Kidney Ills come quietly mysteri ously. But nature always warns vou through the urine. Notice the kidney secretions. See If the color Is unhealthy If there are settlings and sediment Passages too frequent, scanty, pain ful. , It's time then to use Doan's Kldnev Pills, To ward off Brlght's disease diabetes. Doan s have done great work In Pendleton. C. W. Reale, expressman, living at the corner of W. Tustln and Aura streets, Pendleton, Ore., says: "I have been troubled for the last four years with a difficulty arising from the kidneys, caused, I think, by heavy lifting, which my occupation required. When I stooped, lifted and when straightening up my back would hurt severely. The kidney secretions were irregular, contained a reddish sedi ment and annoyed me greatly at night when I would have to get up several times. I decided to try Doan's Kid ney Pills which I learned about at that time, and procured a box at Brock & McComas Co.'s drug store. The relief was quick and certain, and now after tho lapse of nearly three years my continued freedom from the old trouble gives mo the highest con fidence In Doan's Kidney Pills. Such benefit as I received can only be ap preciated by those who hove suffered from backache and kidney com plaint." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo. New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan's and take no other. PACE THREE. Give ear onto wise counsel. Coal that Is one-third dirt, weighs) a greet deal more to the scuttle and lasts much shorter time than the good, clean Coal w sell. If yon want the best, oar Coal to the kind for yon. Henry Kopittke DUTCH HENRY. Office, Pendleton Ice & Cold Storage Company. 'Phone llaln 178. Wh ynot eliminate .ry element f chance or uncertainty by getting our figures when you need anything In lumber? Cray's Harbor Coramercia Company W. J. EEWELL, Manager. Phone Main n. BENEFIT BY OUR EXJERIEXCE- In the repairing of vehicles of all kinds by getting us to examine, es timate on and thoroughly overhaul, repair, repaint, re-upholster you? carriage or business wagon. We are masters of the art of carriage repair ing for it Is an art when rightly done and we want a good share ot your patronage. We have Winona Wi-gons, Hacks and Rex Buggies. We guarantee all goods sold. See us before purchasing. NeagleBros. The Blacksmiths and Machinists- Egg Makei COLESWORTHY. BOXE SHELL GRIT 127 -nd 129 EAST ALTA. Poultry and Stock Supplies. Hay, Groin and Feed. THE POPULAR PLACE TO EAT IS THE The French Restaurant Everything' served first rlans f Best recnlar meals In Pendle ton for 15 cents. SHORT ORDERS A SPECIALTY. Polydore Moens, Prop. W.D.FLETCHER THE PICKER WATCHMAKER AM) JEWELER, SOS Court Street, Jewelry de to order. Wedding rings a spoc'-ltj. All work guaran teed. THE PORTLAND OF PORTLAND, OBEQON. A mrlr- n n 1 n t u. .4 . - Hildflnirtsn tnr (nnrlata , , travelers. Special rates mad. to famine and slogl gentlemen. The maoansteal will be pleased at ail tines to show rooms and five prices. A modern Turkish sat tatabllstimaat la th. hotel. a. J. huwiehb. Maaarw. Walters' flouring Mills Capacity, 150 barrels a day. Floor exchanged for wheat. Floor, Mill Feed, Chopped Feed. A.,u'-'' f to., always en hand.