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DAILY EAST ORkiUO.VIAN. PENDLETON, OREGON WEDNESDAY, MAIIC1I II. 1906.
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PACE THREE.
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F L P NQS WILL BECOME GOOD WORKMEN
While not In th nature of current
news the following article on labor
conditions In the Philippine Islands;,
front George H. Guy In the Review
of Reviews, will prove highly enter
tulnlng to the readers of the East Or
egenlan: The United States had no sooner
assumed sovereignty over the Philip
pine Islands than It began to educate
the people. As soon as a captured
town or district had become peace
able, our army established schools for
terlous fluctuation In his labor supply.
Many of his best men would be ab
sent for days at a time. An engineer,
In reverting feelingly to his experi
ence at this time, says: "One of the
peculiar things with the natives Is
that whenever they want to go off It
Is always a case of their mother be
ing dead. I know of one native who
burled six mothers inside of three
months. He was employed In the
storeroom, and I JUBt let him off each
time and kept account to see how far
tha milnlnit nhll.lron ind iletflllvil It WOUK1 gO. Alter a Wniie It Qlnll"
teachers to Instruct the native teach- " the manager that the people he
ers and children in English. was directing had a remurkable do-
. , , ... ,. , mcstlc tendency, and that their un-
Fo lowing closely on th s radical , . ... , ,
.1 v. r-iii i t 'settled habits were caused in a great
responsibilities and benefits of higher i meaJ,ure hyf 1J"'r. U,nW",""8,?,?.8 "J ra!ura' Ju,c" ' ve,"rt""e." U"ed "
civilization came the industrial Inva-1 ,"f , ' . " ,,, ' L' T ,
i . , Tho ,i,,,,fi i were living In distant villages. So he thut rodents may nut be deterred from
slon of the country The distrust u , llp a ,HI.ge number ot nlpa Rhack8 1 ,m(nK the 8UKlir ,)fu.n em.
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REST KQ.IIHHEL POIKON.
Pacific! HoiiioHteud Advlw-H FanneiK
hh to I mi of Strychnine.
The Pacific Homestead of Salem
gives the fnllownlg directions for the
effective use of strychnine as a squir
rel and rat polHon:
Poisoning by strychnine Is the most
effective means known for killing
sage rats, and, as It involves the least
expenditure of money and labor, the
biological survey recommends It for
general use.
As a rodent poison to be used by
farmers, strychnine has several ad
vantages. Its action Is sure, Its dead
ly character is known to moist per
sons, and Its bitter taite Is an addi
tional safeguard against mistaking it
for a harmless drug.
Strychnia, sulphate Is the most con
venient form of the poison, since it Is
freely soluble In hut water and In th:
close to where tho construction was ployed, or the strychnine may
going on, and here he
day by day with the American troops
ill mu uui.mii ui iu vnjr I ,Un : lll. hn...,t.1.1 ..,.u t nharlni.
the laborers.
transplanted ' mixed with Its own bulk of conimer-
A sui'ur syrup poi-
Soon he organized a soned by strychnine may be used with
tlement. The laborers were delight- I'bate In a pint of boiling water. Add
a pint of thick sugar syrup and stir
thoroughly. The syrup Is usually
scented by adding a few drops of oil
of anise, but this is not essential. If
preserved In a closed vessel, the syr
up will keep Indefinitely.
The above quantity is sufficient to
poison a half bushel of shelled corn
or other grain (corn recommended).
The grain Is steeped In hot water
and allowed to soak over night. It
Is then drained and soaked for several
ed and the manager had all the labor
he wanted.
Aukwurd I'se of American Tools.
For the first two weeks of the con
struction operations the men were
allowed to use the new tools very
much In their own vay. They would
put down the shovel and push the
loose earth onto It with their feet.
They preferred to sit down flat in a
trench and use their hands as shovels.
Months after the right way of handl- hours In the poisoned tyrup. Before
take up the excess of moisture.
SIMPKINS' FAMILY LOCATED.
lug a snovel naa ueen learned, a using, cornmeal may be added to
workman on being spoken to sharply,
or on being in any way disconcerted,
would drop his shovel and begin car
rying the loose earth with his hands.
In leveling the grade for railroad Homo of the Refugee Miner Wus In
work the Filipinos would always use
their feet, and In "bonding" the rails,
which was very particular work, they
were most careful and efficient. They
were sadly exercised about the wheel
barrow. To begin with, they would
load It up with gravel or stones, then
Spokane.
Jack Slmpklns, the member of the
executive committee of the Western
Federation of Miners, who Is wanted
by the officers In charge of the In
vestigation of the assassination of ex-
Governor Steunenberg, lived in Spo-
llft it to their shoulders and stagger kli)e Bummer anJ fa gav8
away. men iney nuu uimcuiiy in
guiding It. Hut soon they tied a short
when J. Q. White & Co., of New;
rl ' . , y, I series of variety shows, and even put i excellent results. It is prepared as
look over the ground . and see howj of cockpits, and. In fact. ' follows:
far conditions encouraged the Intro- " 1)?solve n ounce of hna fiul.
trolley car. That wai three years
ago. and now the Filipino Is crowding
the white man in the trolley cars that
ply In and out of the city, while the
duty of the native policeman Is Im
measurably lightened by the shining
of the friendly are In the narrow
streets through the watches of the
tropic night.
The Btory of the American engin
eershow the Filipino, at first sus
picious and shiftless, was developed
Into a labor factor of high efficiency
and reliability forms a chapter of
unique suggestlveness. It makes
plainer than ever the fact that if we
Intend to get close to these people we
must understand their ways of think
ing and working, not Insisting always
on their accepting our methods abso
lutely, but occasionally having the
patience to let them work them out
and learn for themselves the superior
value and utility of the American
way.
Chinese, working by contract on
railway work, will carry In baskets
as much ns five cubic yards of clay
per day a distance of 80 feet and de
posit it on an embankment from four
to five feet high. Filipinos will not
do hilf as much. They construct al
most everything very lightly with
wood, bamboo, rattan and other fiber.
They use no nails, Iron or wire In
making either tools, pumps or houses,
carts or other appliances' for their
work. They employ "bolos" almost
entirely In place of axes and hatchets.
The bolo is a long knife with a blade
about 14 Inches to 16 Inches long,
three Inches wide, and about one
eighth of an Inch thick. With this
knife alone they will build an entire
house, making It answer the purpose
of a plane, hatchet, axe, or adz. using
the point as a chisel, and the blunt
back of the blade as a hammer for
driving home the wooden spikes or
pins which take, the place of nails.
The pike holes are made with a hot
Iron.
Knrly Difficulties With Native l-alxr.
The first clash of methods came
when the machinery for the eleotrlc
plant had to be unloaded from the
ship. The Filipinos simply would not
touch the work at any price, so a
lighterage compony was employed.
The men engaged by the company
did very well until some of the long
girders had to be handled. The native
foreman got a rope, fastened It to a
few of the sections, and put on 80
men to drag them to an adjacent pile.
The tools hnd been shipped specially
for this purpose, but at these the Fili
pinos shook their heads. The rope
was the only thing they could work
with
rope to the handles and looped it
over their necks. Even then they pre
ferred to take half loads and make
more frequent trips. The Filipino ob
jects to work Involving weighty loads;
unlike the Chinese laborer, who car
ries extremely heavy burdens by a
yoke over the shoulders and neck.
The Filipino and Chinese saw has
the teeth reversed and cuts by pull
ing. It was found advisable to con-
Spokane diHpatch.
Slmpklns lived with his wife at
S303 Lincoln street. Mrs. Slmpklns
gave up the house last December and
went to live with her aunt, Mrs. Pe
ter Hanson, at 1823 Dean avenue. She
Is at present residing there
Mrs. Slmpklns lust night refused to
make any stntement In regard to her
husband.
TwiNily-t'ortl Tree.
That Troy still has some big trees
tinue Its use, as it was better for many Is shown by the fact that a tree on
purpores than the American saw, the Holm place, one mile north of
which, cutting by pushing, often In- town, has already made 15 cords of
volves buckling or breaking In the wood, and It Is estimated that there
hands of a novlec. The Filipino crude are about five cords yet to be cut
plane cuts by pushing; but after some from It. The wood Is worth at least
teaching the natives took kindly to
our push-plane. They make excel
lent blacksmiths, and appreciate the
American forge.
S3 per cord. Troy News.
The "Pure Cream of Tartar kind:
Cleveland's Baking Powder.
CROSSING EASTERN OREGON IN 1812
The sufferings which have been ; some of them could scarcely stand
borne by early explorers in the very, alone during the dance and the feast
heart of the Inland empire settle- consisted of dog and horse meat,
mcnts will never be appreciated by Turning due west and entering the
the present or future generations. Blue mountains on January 6, 1812,
Suffering and privation beyond the 'they soon reached the summit, when
power of tongue to describe have been they descended and in two days
borne In what Is now Umatilla coun- reached a milder climate and to their
ty and history has but scantily record- great Joy a region of broad fertile pas-
ed the experiences of the early pio
neers of the northwest.
Perhaps the most terrible suffering
endured by any party of explorers
The morning came to begin opcr- ever coming into me west was oorne
ntions on the plant. About 200 men! by the Hunt party sent out in 1810
were walling on the ground. They ro- j by Astor to help civilize the Pacific
fused t work unless a native fore-. coast.
man was placed In charge. The engi- The Hunt party almost perished in
neer promised that that should be , crossing the deserts of Idaho, and dl
done ns soon us lie could educate one j vlded Into two parties to facilitate
to his new duties. But still they hung ( traveling and to make better progress
back, and nothing would Induce them over the wilderness. One party was
to begin work. The simple reason J under Hunt himself, captain of the
was they feared they would not get I Astor expedition, and the other was"
paid. lit the old Spanish days they under Ramsay Crooks, a relative of
were usually cheated out of somo of, William Crooks, of the O. R. & X.
their pay. There was no redress, as offices In Portlnnd. Bancroft, in his
any chance of a native securing jus- elaborate history of the northwest,
tlce In a Spanish court was out of tho gives the following account of the
quetslon. They had as yet no reason j sufferings of the Hunt parties In
to think the American more honest ! crossing the wilderness from Fort
than the Spaniard. Hence, theyHall to the Umatilla In the dead of
u-miiii not move a hand until paid a . winter in isjj:
whole d.iv's wages in advance. PreS'
ently the manager bethought him of
a huge number of brnss tool room
checks, stamped with the letters "J.
G. W. & Co.." which had been stowed
away In a cellar. These were given
out us vouchers for the amount of
the day's pay. Tho plan worked well
and after a few weeks the natives
finding they were treated fairly, be
came more tolerant of their new
duties.
When the first batch of men mus
tered for work they looked small and
pinched and half-starved, and many
o them were hollow-chested and
weak of limb. The manager gave
them dally an allowance wherewith
to buy a hot lunch, and saw that It
was duly spent. There were tiennns
attached to every gang, where whole
some food was served. ' The better
fare soon worked a wonderful change
in the physique of the men. Their
muscles filled out, they grew bigger
and held themselves stralghter. They
began, too, to put on the nlrs of pros
perity, for such wages as they were
earning had never before been dream
ed of. Moreover, tho Americano had
made a clean sweep of the "capltas,"
the "squeeze," or percentage, which
formerly never failed to go into the
pocket of the foreman, The Flllpl
no began to be glad that he had been
reconauered, for with big pay and
every ccntavo of It and nourishing
food every flay, and kindness at tho
hands of his employers, he felt that
a new day was dawning.
Meantime, however, the manager
began to be sorely worried at a mys-
Bancroft says:
Provisions were so reduced that at
one time beaver skins were resorted
to as food and tho supply of these
was so scanty that there were but
three skins to seven men. One of
Crook's men, driven by sufferings In
to insanity. Jumped Into a boat in
which food hnd been carried across
Snake river and danced so frantically
at the sight of food that he overturn
ed the boat, lost the food supply and
was drowned himself.
Surprising a village of Shoshones,
they drove them away and seized five
poverty-stricken horses and hastily
killed and devoured them. As tho
explorers never took anything with
out pay, they left ample remunera
tion for the horses where the Shos
hones might find It on their return to
camp.
They weer now ori Snake river near
where old Fort Boise was subsequent
ly founded. With great difficulty,
the river being full of floating Ice,
and the men half starved and half
frozen, weak and dispirited, crossed
to the other side, and Joining their
old comrades on December 24 they
started In a northwesterly course over
mountains, plains and valleys, buying
scanty food supplies from the savages,
picking up and carrying the exhausted
members of the party who would
throw themselves upon the ground,
declaring they could die, but would
proceed not an Inch farther.
Flnnlly they stopped on New Year's
day, 1812, on the desolate deserts of
Idaho, for the Canadians to hold their
New Year's feast and .dance, although
tuie lands, watered by a beautiful
stream which the natives called the
Umatilla, abounding with beaver.
Thousands of horses they found
feeding on the rich pasturage and on
this river they encountered a well
provisioned encampment of 34 lodges.
Supplying themselves with an abun
dance of horses and provisions on
January 20 the party continued their
Journey, reaching the Columbia river
midway between the Umatilla and the
Walla Walla rivers.
Six mouths of hardship and perils
hitherto unparalleled In the annals of
American pioneering, since leaving
village of Iticarls on the upper Mis
souri, are now happily terminated,
leaving, alas, a goodly number of the
party sleeping under tho pines and
on the deserts along the devious trail.
T n wl is fast superseding old-fashioned cod liver oil and
emulsions because, without a drop of oil or
disagreeable feature, it contains all the medicinal elements
of cod liver oil, actually taken from fresh coda livers.
By our process the oil, having no value either as a medicine or
food, is separated from the medicinal elements and thrown
away. Unlike old-fashioned cod liver oil and emulsions,
Vinol is deliriously palatable, agreeable to the weakest stom
ach, and therefore unequaled as a body builder and strength
creator for old people, puny children, weak, run-down men
and women, after sickness, and for all pulmonary diseases.
Everything: Vinol contains is named on the label
OUR GUARANTEE We have such faith in VINOL. that if you will
take it we promise if it does not benefit or cure you we will return yon
your money without question. We take all the risk.
BROCK & McCOttAS GO.
D ui.uuuiaio
"Vas dcT Dinner a Failure?"
"VAS DER DINNER A FAILURE?"
Vas der dinner a failure?
Veil, now, dot depends
On where you get der groceries,
Mine friends.
Der womans mlt oxberience
Is sure to go
Vhere she gets der most for rer
"dough."
Vas der dinner a failure?"
I ask my Katrine,
Und she look off me so,
Dot I feels pooty mean.
Den she say: "Meester Strauss,
Shust come here eff you blease."
Und she show me der table,
Mlt der llmburger cheese;
Und she smiles a sweet smile,
Dot vas was pleasant to seen,
Und she sny: "Yawcob, I trade
Mlt der EAST END GROCERY.
Dhere mlt bacon und hams und llm
burger cheese,
Canned goods und vegetables, Cres
cent coffees and teas,
Und all dis once before me, ;
I'm not at a loss,
To know what will blease
My dear Yawcob Strauss."
So, now, mine friends, I and my
Katrine agree,
That der place once to trade,
Is der EAST END GROCERY.
The
East End Grocery
J. W. DYER, Proprietor.
PHONE MAIN 63S.
t JACKS FOR SALE
GREAT NEW YORK PURIM HALL.
Most ImiMirtum Social Event of the
Manhattan Jews.
New York, March 14. The great
Purlm ball, the most Important social
event of Jewish society In this city,
will be held at Madison Square Gar
den this evening and, Judging from
the preparations and from the en
thusiasm and interest manifested in
the ball by the better classes of Jew
ish society In this city, the ball will
be the most brilliant and succ ssful
Purlm ball ever held In this city or
any other city In the United States.
Among the patronesses are Mrs.
Jacob H. Schiff. Mrs. Isldor Strauss,
Mrs. Leo Kohns, Mrs. Henry Morgen
thau. Mrs. Louis Marshall, Mrs. Sam
uel Adler, Mrs. Joseph Mayer .V'ler,
Miss Sadie American, Mrs. Louis Ad
ler, Mrs. Moses Fatmen, Mrs. H. A.
Gulnzberg, Mrs. Alexander Kohut,
Mrs. H. Perelra Mendez, Mrs. Freder
ick Nathan, Mrs. J. B. Greenhut, Mrs.
B. J. Greenhut, Mrs. Max W. Kraus,
Mrs. Jacob A. Cantor, Mrs. Jacob
Wertheim and many others.
Preceding the ball there will be a
musical entertainment. The proceeds
from the ball which, It Is believed will
reach J25.000. will go to the Beth
Israel hospital In this city. The de
mand for boxes has been unprece
dented and the premiums paid for
seats were higher this year than ever
before.
A Scientific Wonder.
The cures that stand to Its credit
make Bucklen's Arnica Salve a sci
entific wonder. It cured E. R. Mul
ford, lecturer for the Patrons of Hus
bandry, Waynesboro, Pa., of a dis
tressing case of Piles. t heals the
worst Burns, Sores, Bolls, Ulcers, Cuts,
Wounds, Chilblains and Salt. Rheum.
Only 25c at Tallman & Co.'s and Brock
& McComas' drug stores.
n i a
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Every woman corets a
shapely, pretty figure, and
many of them deplore the
loss of their girlish forms
after marriage. The bearing
of children is often destructive
to the mother's shapeliness.
All ot this can be avoided,
however, by the use of Mother's Friend before baby comes, es this
great liniment always prepares the body for the strain upon it, and
preserves the symmetry of her form. Mother's Friend overcomes all the
danger of child-birth, and carries the expectant mother safely through
this critical period without pain. It is woman's greatest blessing.
Thousands gratefully tell of the benefit and relief derived from the
use of this wonderful
WKU'OMEl) OREGON GIRLS.
Orcgmi Dully .lournnl's Guests Feted
In Honolulu riornl Carnival.
The East Oregonlan has Just re
ceived a copy of the Pacific Commer
cial Advertiser of Honolulu from Hev.
V. B. Potwlne of that city, giving an
elaborate description of the Floral
carnival or Midwinter Flower Feast
In Honolulu. 1n which the IS Oregon
girls sent by the Oregon Dally Jour
nal of Portland on a free excursion
to Honolulu, were the honored guests,
greatest events In Honolulu, and the
greatest events In Monolulu, and the
city Is gorgeously arrayed In tropic
garb for the fete. Long lines of
flower-covered autos, carriages and
cars Join In the great parade and all
business houses are hidden In bowers
of tropical foliage to add to the
splendor of the parade.
The Advertiser, In speaking of the
Oregon girls says:
"The Oregon girls" were of course
the cynosure of all eyes. Under the
clceronage of W. A. Wann, with Ed
Dekum as topical guide, they rode in
the tallyho El Copitan from the
American Btables, draw by four
prancing bays. Fresh-looking malle
lllma festoons constituted the decor
ations of the vehicle. On behalf of
their fellow statesers Messrs. Wanu
and Dekum distributed among friends
neat white lapel badges, bearing In
Wue the Inscription: "Aloha. The
Portland Journal's Hawaiian Excur
sionlsts Give Greeting to the Good
People of Honolulu. Feb. 22, 1906."
remedy. Sold by all
druggists at $1.00 per
bottle. Our little
book, telling all about
this liniment, will lie sent free.
Tkl Bradfield Regulator Co.. Atlanta. Da.
9.
fH'.sa
ir wmmi
We have Just received a car
load of larke Kentucky Mam
moth JACKS.
If In the market for one,
come and see us. Prices reasonable.
A. C. RUBY & CO. t
Webb St. Oregon Feed Yard.
EGG MAKER
" COLESWORTHT, y
BONE SHELL GRIT
127 and 129 East Alta.
Poultry and Stock Supplies. Hay
Grain and Feed.
Tallman & Co. Sell Hyomol TJPedni
ered, $6.00atjthe shed
Roslyn Coal, tor thorough
exhaustive testa, has been se
lected by the V. S. government
for the use of Its war Teasels,
as it stood the highest test.
PROMPT DELTVK.iT.
ROSLYN WOOD & COA". CO.
Office at W. C. R. Depot.
PHONE MAIN 28.
W.D.FLETCHER
THE PIONEER WATCHMAKER
AND JEWELER, C05 Court Street.
Jewelry made to order. Wedding
rings a specialty. All work guaranteed.
erj Jackefts
All Lending Grocer
Sell Cleveland's Baking Powder.
We have just received a shipment of New
Jackets and Silk Goats
Covert Jackets, pu y style or fitted backs, the v ry latest; K(t (i
97.00 B"d 99.50.
Long, loose Co. ts of all wool, light weight material, very drtssy and
stylish; our price $7,00.
Silk Coats, both short and long.
Hew Suits. Skirts. Coats
Coming In every few days and we can guarantee you the newest goods
as soon as they are re dy for the market. Our Eastern buyer ser.ds us the
new things aa soon as they appear, and become fixed styles.
Call Often at the Fair
You will find sometlilng new every time yon com - in the store.
The Fair Department Store