PAGE SIX.
DAILY EAST OBEGONIAN, PEXPLETON. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1906.
EIGHT PAGES.
Brief Record of County
ElVentS Sp4scial Correspondence
ALBA NEWS NOTES
LIVESTOCK IS DOING
FINELY EVERYWHERE.
Abundance of Hay at 8 Per Ton
IlaiiliiiK Goods Into I Willi on Sleds
Warm Days and Cold Night.
John Harvey Came From Pendleton
to IxKik Artor Ills Stock Wulln
Walla IR-puty Sheriff Found Stolen
Horses Here From Prescott.
Alba, Feb. 5. Weather clear and
warm in daytime, but freezing hard
at nights, making a hard crust on the
snow which a person can walk on all
over the prairie.
Stock is doing well on eecount of
the even winter. There Lj plenty of
hay for all demands, selling at $S per
ton In the barn or stack.
Louis Davis has gone to Pendleton
as a witness In Mrs. Kimble's insur
ance case.
Frank Gllliland is hauling goods
from Pendleton to the edge of the
timber on wagons and from there
to Cklah on sleds, and claims this Is
the best end of the road.
John Harvey made a trip In here
from Pendleton last week to look af
lerh Is stock. He found them doing
well and returned home.
The deputy sheriff from Walla
Walla was In here last week and
found three stolen horses which were
brought in here about three weeks ago
from Prescott, Wash.
Tom Tuttle Is supposed to be In
terested In the deal In a round-about
way, as the party who brought them
In here claims to have got the horses
of him. Tuttle is wintering his stock
at Prescott.
THREE NEW BOATS.
Portland Shipyards Are Rushed With
Work.
Three river steamers and a barge
are being built at the' Portland ship
yards for local navigation companies,
says the Oregon Dally Journcl. Plans
are being drawn up for the fourth
steamer and It is almost certain that
another craft will be built to take the
place of the Regulator which was de
stroyed by fir.
Added to these the new stern
wheeler built at the Supple yards for
a Puget Sound company and the
"barges undef construction for the
Northern Pacific It will be seen that
the ship carpenters of Portland are
b'jey.
The vessels being built at the
Portland yards are the Beaver, hear
ing completion; a tugboat for the Co
lumbia Willamette River Towing
company of which Captain F. P.
Jones is general manager, and a
steamer for the Shaver line to take
the place of the Sarah Dixon.
The Beaver belongs to the Clats
kanie Transportation company and
will be ready to launch the middle of
next week. It Is the intention to place
her in service at once between Port
Ian 3 and Clatskanie, a route on which
the .Sarah Dixon has been plying for
almost JO years, The Beaver will be
'among the finest boast on the river.
being supplied with splendid passeu-i
ger accommodations. Her freight
space Is also of literal proportions.
She Is 168 feet long, 30 feet across
the beam and 6 fee( depth of hold.
It is said that a large crowd will be
at the launching next week.
TEN ACRES LAND IS SINKING.
About Ten Miles Ik-low Mt. Vernon,
on the John Day.
Ab'iut 10 miles below Mt. Vernon,
near the John Day river, Is a sec
tion of country that has attracted
considerable attention during the past
few months from the fact that It is
showing signs of sinking. This has
been referred to by many who have
visited that locality, and there can be
no question . about the correctness of
the statement.
From the best Information that can
be obtained by the Blue Mountain
Eagle the tract of land is located
north of the John Day river and con
tains an area of about 10 acres. It
began sinking early last year, anl
when last noticed, it had sunk In
places as much as three feet.
No cause for this strange action
can be assigned, since no earthquake
shock has ever been felt along the
John Day valley, at least not In recent
years.
.Near Hamilton a tract of land sunk
Wh ynot ell.nlnate .ry element el
chance or uncertainty by getting our
figures when you need anything In
lumber?
Cray's Harbor Commercia'
Company
W. . CEWELL, Manage.
- Pbooe Mala M.
In a manner similar to this many
years ago. and today resembles an
old volcano crater. It Is grown up
with trees and bushes at present, but
the marks of what had at one time
taken place are still plainly visible.
LOCAL OPTION LAW SUSTAINED.
Comity Court Has No Right to Re
scind Its Own Proclamation,
A. Newman, C. M. Cooper and Hen
ry L. Fields were tried before Jus
tice Goodrich on January 26 fur sell
ing Intoxicating liquor at Nyssa, says
the Vale Orinno. The Xyssa case was
fought on the ground that the local
option law would not hold In Nyssa
as the county court hud rescinded the
order to close. George W. Hayes
represented the defense. McCulloch,
the state.
McCulloch's contention was that as
the court had Issued the order at one
time It could not destroy the law by n
rescinding order. That when the law
once became a law It was beyond the
power of the court to repeal it. Also
on the ground that when the people
passed the law it became effective of
its own accord.
The court sustained this contention.
This case differs from the Vale case
In that in the Vale case the charter
gave the authority to the linuor men
over the local option law. No char
ter contention was brought out in the
Nyssa case.
MAY BE MORE OPltlltTlXmES.
Texas Fever Attacks Sherman Conn.
ty.
Many Sherman county people who
have accumulated modest fortunes
raising Oregon wheat have got se
vere cases of Texas fever and are dis
posing of their Orejfon holdings and
Investing the money in lands In north
western Texas. The following from
the Moro Observer shows the extent
to which the southern fever is attack
ing the people of conservative Sher
man county:
G. E. James bought E. A. Cush
man's Texas sections at an advance,
and Mr. Cushman has gone back to
dig up another cinch. E. A. Kase
burg throwed up a $41,000 proposition
here and has gone to Texas. The fe
ver is becoming contagious. As a
man said the other day. "The whole
blamed country has got to be develop
ed. There are lots of folks down
there just getting rich In spite of
themselves. They don't know that
they've got the world world skinned
to a finish for ready-made opportuni
ties, but it's a fact all the same. The
money It will take to fit a man out
for renting In Sherman county will
buy two sections of good land there
and the stock and tools to work with."
THINGS ARE DOING AT BURLEY.
Irrigation Project and Other Import
ant Improvements.
Major Fred R. Reed arrived yes
terday from Burley, says the Boise
Statesman.
The Major states that the pumps
have been ordered for the plant that
Is to be installed for pumping water
upon a tract of 2500 acres adjoining
the Burley townslte. They are to be
run with electricity, for which a con
tract been made with the Sho
shone Falls Company.
A contract Is being let for a great
number of trees with which all the
the streets of the towns are to be
lined, it being the Intention to beau
tify the place extensively.
There are now 125 buildings In the
town the major says. The warehouse
of the Snake River Implement com
pany has been- completed. It Is 40x
125 feet, and 12 carloads of Imple
ments have been stored In it. The de
pot building, which Is 90 feet long, is
to be extended 50 feet and rock for
the foundation is being hauled. The
Henry M. Wagner Brewing company
of Salt Lake has put In a cold storage
I house, and two others have been in-
tnll-d In the town. A 10.000 gallon
! nk Is being put In by the Onntl
I iK':ital nil company. Altogether, the
i I'i'.vn makes a fine showing and the
i ..'epic are confident respecting the
future of the place.
ITE AV ANTED TO DIE.
Took Morphine mid Resented All Ef
forts to Resuscitate Him.
"For God's sake, let me die! I
don't want to live!"
So said a poor unfortunate fellow
to Marshal Wood and Drs. Ferguson
and lieuter last night as they worked
with him at the city Jail In the at
tempt to save his life. And his wish
was granted, for at 11 o'clock this
morning he was freed from a ruined
life.
La."t evening when Xlght AVatch
men Crate and Gibbons were making
their rounds they found Schwartz ly
ing in the alley back of the Club Ba
loon on Second street, and perceiving
by his action that he was poisoned,
they took him to Jail,
Marshal Wood telephoned for Drs.
Ferguson and neuter arid they were
soon using the stomnch pump and
other means of restoring poisoned
Irf-rsons. A box containing morphine
tablets was found on his person, and
the doctors are of the opinion that he
took about 25 grains. The Dalles
Chronicle.
Make a not now to get Ely's Crean
Balm If you art troubled with nasal
catarrh, hay fever or cold In the head.
It Is purifying and soothing to the
sensitive membranes that lino tho air
passages. It Is made to cure the dis
ease, not to fool the patient by a short
deceptive relief. There is no eocoaln
nor mercury In It. Do not be talked
into taking a substitute for Ely's
Cream Balm. All druggists sell It.
Price 50c. Mailed by Ely Bros., 56
Warren street, New York.
Tae Starr af a Brook.
To lovers of outdoors there are few
things In the wide world which are
more enchanting, more altogether de
lighting, than Just such a brook, whose
course whose life, so to speak I have
been trying to bring to the mind of
those who know all Its turns and
whims and caprices In summer and In
winter, In spring and In autumn, when
much rain bad maddened It and when
none had caused It to shrink Into a
warped thing of nature without form
nd void. We may be hundreds of
miles from tho brook which we know
best, but we know It Is flowing Just as
It used to do, aud there Is ever the
thought that If we cannot see It in Its
daily moods there are others who may
do so. And, no matter the name of the
peaceful valley through which It flow
ed or where that valley may be, It
was the brook of our childhood, nud
there Is a brook, pr ought to be, away
back somewhere in the mlud of every
one whose heart and memory take hlni
back to the scenes where at leust some
younger days were spout. Outdoors.
Wants and Net-da.
The moment tho monthly salary
crosses the bare necessity line, that
moment the horizon of wants begins
to widen, says Harper's Bazar. For
every dollar the salary Increases the
Imagination llnds a place for f'2, $3, 4
or $5. A great part of the demuuds
existing In the world today nre ro
mantic. How shall the Imagination
be schooled, where shall the line be
drawn?
It should be considered a part of
morality to live within the luvoine, but
on every side there seeing to be au
attempt to stretch the $1,000 income to
a J2.000 scale, the ?2,000 Income to a
$3,000 scale, $3,000 Is made to do duty
for $5,000 and $5,000 Is thinly stretched
to the breaking point to stimulate a
$10,000 income. AA'ith every added dol
lar the horizon of wants will widen
unless the Imagination is wisely school
ed. Badly do we need training to draw
the line between wants and needs.
Tall Wives, Short Men.
Big men are usually shy and diffident
and lacking In self assurauce. The wo
man who appeals to them Is usually
some sparkling, vivacious, fairylike cre
ature with kittenish ways and roguish
glances. The little mau, on the con
trary, Is seldom burdened with humil
ity. He Is a being of great aspirations
and stupendous ambitions. He be
lieves In himself, which is the reason t
why he generally can get the woman
of bis choice to smile upon him. The
dainty, TUaula-Uke woman has jjg
charms for htm, says'Voman T.lfe.
The five foot six or seven man likes a
woman to be one or two Inches his su
perior and thoroughly mature. He
a reads any trace of the bread and but
ter schoolgirl. His Ideal resembles the
strong, heroic women Shakespeare has
pictured, full of character and spirit,
with a fair spice of temper.
The Penansr Patrol Wan-on.
Writing of the local patrol wagon the
Penang correspondent of the Straits
Times, Singapore, says: "It forcibly
calls to mind at first sight a four wheel
ed baker's cart, bar the fact that it Is
drawn by about the slowest pair of
bullocks In the settlement. There Is
nothing grim at all about It for it Is
compander by a sleepy Malay con
stable perched on the box; its roof and
sides are formed of white canvas, and
It has no door to close at the back, but
merely an opening hj whcj another
Mnlsr 9h5taL'ls Jinlf aluuibVrs. tV8
of three other Constables ride Inside sit
ting on the benches with the prisoners,
who seem to be too struck with novelty
of the ride to make any attempt at es
cape. I should say that an escape from
this prison van would be as easy as
falling off a log."
A Dinner.
The bosom of a mallard duck stewed
down until there are no Juices going to
wuste, a baked potato about the Blze
of a goose egg, two slices of Boston
brown bread right out of the oven and
spread with butter that has no athletic
reputation, a spoonful of raspberry
Jelly, a cupful of Young Hyson of mod
erate strength, a piece of pumpkin pie,
man's size, and you have a dinner that
ought to keep you In a good humor un
til curfew rings. Nebraska State Jour
nal.
The Black Watch.
The title of "Black Watch" conferred
on the Forty-second regiment, now the
Royal highlunders, originated In the
time of the Jacobite risings In Scotland
In 1730, when companies of the loyal
clans were set to watch the highlands,
forming a corps of military police un
der the title of the Koyal Highland
Black Watch, tho color having refer
ence to the dark tartan worn by the
men. London Standard.
A Dltter Tannt.
The other day at cards two London
ladies quarreled long and arduously
over a payuieut of Uie gigantic sum of
15 shillings. At last the loser flung the
money down on the table, saying, with
concentrated venom, "There, that will
pay for your next dinner party."
Not What He Meant.
Judge You are accused of having
beaten this person cruelly. The Ac
cusedWell, I had to beat blm to make
him do bis work. He Is an Idiot. Judge
(severely) You should remember that
on Idiot Is a man like you or me.
One Phase of Life.
"Bo they live In the same hotel, eh?"
"Yes; he has a room on the second
story"
"And she?"
"Oh, that's another story." Chicago
News.
The saddest part of all our accumu
lating catastrophes lies in the waiting
welcomes thnt are never claimed.
The T. M. C. A. at Salem now has
425 members.
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NEW ELECTRIC LINE
WAIiLl'U AND COVELLO
TO BE CONNECTED.
fine of 120 Miles in Length Will lie
Constructed In Columbia and Frank
lin Counties Will Cost Practically
92,500,000, or $22.00)1 Per Mile
Walluln to Be tlic River Terminus.
The Commercial club of Dayton,
Wash., has started a movement to fi
nance an electric line from Covello In
Columbia county, to Walluln, and now
hah sufficient capital In sight to make
the construction practically certain.
In speaking of the road the Walld
Walla L'nlon says:
Including the branch from Walts
burg by way of Dixie and Walla Walla
to Touchet station, the total length of
the line is placed at 120 miles.
Reports from the several electric
lines being built out of Spokane are
to the effect that the average cost per
mile, Including equipment, was 22
000. Comparing the topography of the
country nround Spokane and thnt ove
which tho Walla Wulla-Columhla
county road Is proposed to traverse,
the cost of the latter can easily be
placed at $20,000 per mile.
The total cost of the line would then
In round numbers amount to J2.000.
OHO and could be raised with little ef'
fort in the two counties. The right of
way, it hns been assured, can be easily
secured, from the fact that every land
owner will be more than pleased to
have such a line as near as possible
to his premises.
Represents Russian Colony.
John Qles Is here from his home on
the Volga river, In Russia, for n visit
wl'h ttiends and relatives, says the
WnlU Walla Union. Mr. Olcs hns
been nlso visiting friend In the centrnl
part of the state, and Is so Impressed
with the resources of this country over
those of his home that he will, upon
his return to his home, close up his
business affairs and come here to live.
Russia to him Is not what Washington
is. He left his home November IS.
While ho Is a poor man, ono of the
peasants, the Russians In this part of
tho state and others where he hns
visited, "chip" In $1 each to pay Ills
expenses, and In this manner he is
able to travel. Ho will leave soon
for his home, a Journey lasting 4 5
days.
Remodeling (iolconila Mill.
Manager McCarthy of tho Oolcon
da, was In town Monday evening, on
his return to the mine from La
Orande. Ho says that he Is remodel
ing the mill entirely. The power Is
being differently applied, another
make of concentrators Is being In
stalled, an automatic slzer Is being
added and In place of the 60-ton ore
bin, two of 600 tons capacity are be
WHAT IS
Advertising?
A business force that within the last 15 years
has developed into a science. A a legitimate
and honorable way, if judiciously and properly
pursued, of keeping oneself pleasantly in the
minds of the public, to the benefit of both the
advertiser and the public.
It is a science as sure as political economy
is a science. It's development depends upon art
as certainly as that of any other science.
Advertising is the greatest force in business
today. Advertising matter, if properly pre
pared, is sure to be read is sure to influence
the reader. The public looks with ever in
crersing respect and interest on the1 man who
advertises well.
The EAST OREGOMAN reaches more
people in Uuiatilla County than any other
medium.
MMiMMHiiiiiiiMiiiii..Mimiim
log built. The mill will begin opera
tions some time In March, when it
will be equipped to handle the lower
grades of ore. liaker City Miner.
Southern Sugar Cane (irowers.
Mobile, Ala., Feb. 7. The annual
convention of the Interstate Cane
growers' association opened here to
day for a three days' session. The
meeting promises to be the most suc
cessful in the history of the associa
tion. An unusually large number of
delegates representing the cane sugar
Interests of the various southern
states, Is In attendance and the dele
gates seem to be filled with more
than ordlnnry enthusiasm. Among
the prominent men who are here to
take part In the convention nre Sec
retary Wilson of the department of
agriculture; Governor llroward of
Florida, who is highly interested In
sugar-growing, and will be one of tho
principal speakers before the conve"
tlon. Emperor William of liermany, has
made Alice Roosevelt a wedding pres
ent of a gold bracelet, beautifully en
graved and hand wrought.
THE GREATEST EPOOH
OF MARRIAGE
The first is the most crucial tints.
If for the first time the greatest
event in your married lives is about
to occur, how expectant, how wrapt
up in it you find yourselves.
You try to overlook, but in vain,
that element of uncertainty and dan
ger that you have been led to expect
from the experience of those mothers
and fathers who have struggled
through this ordeal in ignorance of
Mother's Friend
what It ii, and what it does.
If at this time every expectant man
and wife might know of this greatest
of boons, devised for the express
purpose of alleviating and dispelling
the suffering and consequent danger
of chila-omh, how quickly would all
doubt and worry be dissipated.
Mother's Friend is an invaluable
liniment for external massage, through
whose potent agency countless moth
ers have been enabled to experience
the joy of parturition for the first
time without danger to themselves or
their offspring.
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WHEREVER YOU ARE
It will pay you to buy all your Elec
trical Supplies of us. Our Block Is
large, everything we handle Is of first-
class uallty and
OUR PRICES
are hard to duplicate. Motors, Bells,
Electric Light Fixtures, Burglar
Alarms, etc.
J. L. VAUCHAN
ELECTRICIAN.
122 W. Court St. 'Phono Main 132.
LET US FILL YOUH
BIN WITH
Rock Spring Coal
Recognized as ti.o best
and most economical fuel,
We are prepared to con
tract with you f-r your
' winter's supply. We de
liver coal or wood to any
part of the city.
Laatz Bros.
MAIN STREET NEAIt DEPOT
Empire Meat
Market
Phone, Main 1ft
Wholesale and retail dealers
In Beef, Pork, Mutton, Veal and
Fresh Fish.
Try our "S-fl" Hums, Bacon and
Lard.
Schwarz &
Greulich
607 Main St.
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