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fcAILV EAST 1)UIC(.)M,N, I'E.NDLKI'ON, OREOOK. SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 1007.
PAGH THREE.
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On Any Two-Piece
Suit in the Store.
Here's your chance to be cool, comfortable and
well dressed in one of our popular and
stylish summer svits, at a dis
count of 20 per cent.
The Alexander Department Store
Young Men's Swell Toggery
EUV WEED
BURNER
DOKS THE WORK OF 300
MEX WITH HAND TOOLS.
Uurns Foliage, Stalk and Roots of
Wewls A Ionic Ilolli Hides of Four
Miles of Track Per Day Air Prm
sure Forces Flaming Gaxollno Down
I poll tlio Obnoxious Growths Con-
' trivnnee Is Made Entirely of Stuel,
in 1'nlon Pacific Shops.
How to rid Its right of way of
weeds so tall, rank and troublesome
as to Interfere with operation of trains
has been solved on the Union Pacific
railroad by the Invention of a machine
that does the work of 300 men a day.
the new gasoline weed burner turned
out by the Omaha shops of the Hnrrl
man road covers 25 miles In 12 hours,
while heretofore It has required a
gang of 16 men, working a full day,
to cut the weeds from a single mile
of track.
The weed burner Is built entirely of
steel, with regulation trucks. At one
end Is a gasoline engine, used for pro
pelling the car and pumping the air
which forces gasoline to the burners,
spreading nut near the ground. When
at work the weed burner runs three or
four miles an hour, but can make a
peed of fce.m 12 to 15 miles, and Is
handled on the road under regular
train orders.
Tanks carried on the cor platform
contnln enough pasollne for a day's
run. Through rows of burners spread
ing well beyond the rails the flaming
gnsollne Is forced downward Into the
weeds, killing root nnd brnnch. while
the old profess did not stop future
growth.
It Is not uncommon on western
branch lines, rldlne and commercial
tracks to pee weeds from three to
seven feet high, which form a great
obstruction to train movement. caue
slippery rails and make operation dif
ficult. ThP t'nlon Parlfl" f l burn
er Is therefore n soluMon rt -rallroad
problem. r?en-nt 'im.n'
Wohler conceived the Iden which has
been developed bv W. R. McKeen.
superintendent of motive power of the
T'nlon Pacific.
fte helur deorlved of his Inheri
tance for more than half s rentur"
Pr. "ranklln Plocum. n prominent
physician of Ludlnpton. Mich., has
gone to Washington. D. C. to conclude
final arrangements through Baron
Rosen, -the "Russian ambassador to
the United States, for the recovery of
his father's fortune, which amounts to
more than $1,000,000. The story of
the seizure of the Plocum fortune goes
back to the famous Russian uprising
In 1849.
Frosler Craig f Enterprise, Wal
lowa county, drove 14 head of hogs
to market a few dnys ago, which
weighed on an average of 321 pounds.
One of them tinned the beam at
something over 400 pounds. He re
ceived $247 17 for his 14 hogs at 5 1-2
cents per pound.
Roosevelt seems to be huvlng plen
ty of trouble to fight off a third term.
There Is a reason.
Teddy surely Is a big factor In na
tional politics. This because of hl
broad-mindedness and great popular
ity. Speaking about popularity, when It
comes to men's furnishings and mod
ern clothing clothing that In style
keeps pace with the tick of the clock
and Is worn by nearly all you meet
on the street, then BOND BROS.,
Pendleton's leading -clothiers the
store that does the business stands
side by side with Teddy. ,
Ther Is a reason. Look It up.
OFF
GRAFTING FISH TAILS.
An Interesting Art In Whloh the Jap
ansss A PS Experts.
Among the many Interesting arts In
which the Japanese excel Is that of the
making of fish tails. Almost every one
has seen the bush tailed goldflsb, with
Ma four, five and sometimes more long,
wavy tails, bat It Is not generally
known that moat of them are not Its
own.
When the little goldfish are very,
very young their flesh is ai clear as
glass, so that one can aee every bone in
their tiny bodies. At this time the few
that are born with two or more talis
are pot by themselves,' and then a
queer looking old Jap, with a great
magnifying gloss fastened In front of
his eye and wee sharp tools handy,
reaches down under the water and
cuts off the tolls of the plain little fish,
and then three or four of these tails
re Joined on to the backbone where
the one was cut off and fastened there
with tiny bandages until they grow
fast
The Japanese, who are very skillful
in queer things of this kind, grow the
finest goldfish In the world, and it la a
very good business, for very fine fish
of this kind often bring as much aa
$300 to $500, and one sold not long ago
for $1,000.
Ths Lady of ths Lake,
"In the Days of Scott" there are two
anecdotes about Sir Walter Scott's
children In connection with bis poem,
"The Lady of the Lake."
One day his daughter was met by
James Ballantyne, the publisher, lu
her father's library and asked what
ahe thought of the poem. She replied
that she had not read It and added:.
"Papa says there Is nothing so bad
for young people as reading bad
poetry."
Scott's son Walter returned from
school one day with evidences of hav
ing been engaged In a fight His fa
ther asked him what he had beeu fight
ing about He replied that he had been
called a "lassie" and hod resented It
A lltllo questioning showed that
young Walter's sehooolfellows bad
nicknamed blm "The Lady of the
Lake," which name the boy did not
understand except as a reproach to
hit manliness.
The Joys of Relio Hunting.
Quite apart from the beauty and In
trinsic worth of such things, It Is as
toolshlng on looking back on one's ex
periences of collecting to realize bow
much pleasure one has got out of even
a dilettante quest of antiques. The ex
hilarating joy of this treasure hunt the
finding of the treasure, the bargaining
for It and the final bearing of It home
In triumph, unwrapping it and dis
cussing its beauties and merits, are
things which add seat to life. And, as
the taste for beautiful old things Is
more or lest an acquired one and can
be cultivated, this Is a joy In which
most people who are fortunate enough
to have a little spare cash and a little
spare time can share. London Tatler.
ThsJoy of Owning Land.
There Is a distinct Joy In owning
land, unlike that which you bare In
money, in houses, lu books, pictures
or anything else which ineu have de
vised. Personal property brings you
into society with men. But land Is n
part of God's estate In the globe, and
when a parcel of ground is deeded to
you and you walk over It and call It
your own It seems as If you had come
Into partnership with the original Pro
prietor of the earth. Henry Ward
Beecber.
Cause of His Joy.
"What are you ' looking so happy
over, old man?" '
'1 am rejoicing over the birth of
twins."
"Great Scott I I congratulate your
"Don't congratulate me. Go and con
gratulate Evans. He's the lucky man.
I never did Ilk him.n-Philadelphla
Enquirer, . ' .
Hie Attentlwia,
Man How attentive young Mr. AB
sawn is to, bit pretty Wife! Fan t
don't wonder you notice It bit yoo
most hare been misinformed. The
art Mt married yet. Chicago Trlbl-ti.
' We have only A few of the famous
Leonard cleanable refrigerators left
and will close them out eheap. Shar
on & Eddlngs. ,
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THROUGH HATE CASE FULL ,
OF BI SS'ESS Bl'nPKIHKS.
Hill ami lliirrlmnn Lines Mawigc
iiu'iitu Dcclura Tlxy nre Not Able
to Get CurS Enough to HniKlle the
Liinilicr Offerings FjJwt bound Ar
guments Itefore the Intorxtuto Com
merce Commlnwion Broad Hints
Mude of a SlUnglc Trust in North
vtcet. The Washington correspondent of
the Oregon Dally Journal contribute
the following to the rate discussion'
Official Washington was given
bouie astonishing statements whu
"oun2tl argued here before the lutei
slate 'V.'mmerce commission for thei
clients in the case involving the
through Joint rate via the Portland
gateway, ar-ked for by Puget Boutr'
millmen, on forest products orlglnat
lug In western Washington. Offlcla
Washington and through It the na
tlnn -learned that western Washing
ton and western Oregon alone cu
annually 1? per cent of the entir
output of sawed lumbr In the Unlteo
States, and thnt nearly DO re.r cent ol
the shinties supplied to the mlddk
wcRt conies from the north Paclflt
coast; that something like 160. 000 to
175,000 carloars of forest products
annually Is the freight originating li
the two north coast states; that fie
gigantic rollroad eystems comprising
the Nurtliern Pacific, Great Northern,
Chiengo, Burlington & Qulncy, O. It.
& N., Southern Pacific, Union Pa
cific, Oregon Short Line, have been
utterly unable to move more than one
third of this traffic, and that enough
sawed lumber and shingles lie In mill
yards In the north coast to load to
engine capacity thousands of trains
hauled by eight-driver mountain
"hogs."
Railroads Near Failure.
It was brought out that shingle
mills had needed 2500 more cars than
they could obtain from the railroad
serving them, and that to such pro
portions had north coast traffic
grown that the boasted transporta
tion triumphs of the Hills, Harrlmans
and Uouldu is to be spelled "near
failure." Although - antagonists Interests
clashed Puget sound mlllmen and
operators on the Columbia river and
fn western Oregon they sang a song
attuned to the same key car rliort
aije and potential growth on the
north coast beyond the dreams of
early statesmen who In the days of
Jefferson thought It foolish to expend
money needed to explore that re
gion. "We are estopped from cutting
more lumber In western Washington;
-ve have 25,000 cars of lumber nnd
immense piles of shingles lying In our
yards, and we call la vain for facili
ties fjr transportation. C5lvc us re
lief." the Puget sound mlllmen said.
"We, too, have tremendous quanti
ties of forest products awaiting ship
ment. We ore closing down our mllls(
because we cannot obtain cars. We
want relief, and protest against load
ing down the Harrtman system with
additional traffic, when already It
staggers under the load which we
lay on It." the Oregon mlllmen an
swered. Railroads Chief Objectors.
The railroads, of course, were the
chief objictors, as the Oregon mill
men were only lntervenors. But the
intervenors were ably represented by
J. N. Teal of Portland as counsel, and
there were some Interesting facts pre
sented by him. Victor- Beekmnn and
Austin K. Orlffithr of Seattle nnd
others were herd for the Pi'.get
sound petitioners.
The petition, answers by the doicn
railroads defendant, intervenors' ob
jections and oral arguments and
nrlnted briefs served to impress the
interstate commerce commission with
the dulling effects on manufacturing
and industry in the development west
of lack of adequate transportation
facilities. 1
It was brought out that Superin
tendent Alhee of the Northern Pa
cific ild to Austin E. Griffiths, coun
sel for the Washington lumbermen,
that his road nnd been ahle to care
for only 38 per cent of the car re?
qiilrements, and that orders toiken by
Washington mills six months to a
vear ago were still unfilled In some
Instances because of car shortage.
Superintendent Albee also said that
two years must, elapse before perma
nent relief could he given, nnd It was
arsertod that by that time the larger
transportation fncliltles provided In
the meantime would be fully tnker,
up by the Increase In the demands.
Turn to Portland.
Tht Washington millmen proceed
ed to outline their position na fol
lows: "We are unnhle to obtain relief
from the Hill roads, hence we turn
to the Portland agency, claiming that
If wearo given the order asked for
from this commission we will be able
to g.;l more cars, get Into territory
now denied tis, give the people of that
territory competition In buying lum
ber nnd save the small mills from
starvation."
W. W. Cotton, general attorney and
secretary of the O. R. & -N., took
Victor Beckmnn In hand on cross-examination
and the two sparred for
hours. Peckman was compelled to
admit that Pugot sound mills had an
outlet by water and that nt least 1,
000,000,000 feet of lumber sawed In
western Wathlngton went out In car
goes. Mr. Cotten took statistics
which Mr. Eeckmau hnd ' assisted In
comolllng Hnd showed that roll ship
ments of lumber from western Wash
ington to the east had grown 1100
rer cent from ISO! to 106, or from
6750 cars to 76,759, and that cars
had Increased In capacity In that pe
riod from 60 per cent, so that the to
tal , Increase In rail , shipments east
had been I860 per cent, totaling n
1906 about 1,500.000,000 feet; and
Berkman also admitted that the saw
mill capacity In western ... Washington
' .. ii . i .-Xii. -
had Increased largely In the same pe
riod largely every year.
Billion Feci Sawed.
Mr. Cotton also took up the matter
of rn-iceu for lumber received by west
ern Washington millmen and ehuwed
from Mr. Hcckmnn'l testimony that
during tho past venr $3 to $4 a thou
nnd hud been added to all east east
bound shipments and . that a ready
market was found for the output.
Evidence of the enormous growth
of the region traversed by the Hill
roads was found in Mr. Beekm:-.n
.tat(i-,i(in that 1.000,000,000 feet of
uiiiher s.iwed in western Washington
sells In the local markets from Se
attle to St. Paul and Duluth.
Hints were given that a ahingle
trust existed In western AVnshlnrt"
which closes down mills at orders
from the management of the shingle
mills bureau to limit the supply and
manipulate prices. ,
LA GKAXDF. AX1 HEAVER CHEEK
Will Expend $100,000 on New Water
System.
La Grande, June 22. A called meet,
lug of the council was held last evening-,
one of the main iU"st!on3 for
consideration being the eBaver creek
water proposition. ' All members ex
cept Councilman Andrews, were pres
ent. Mayor Richardson announced
that a telegram had been received
stating that the 16D,0J0 bond offer
was aocrptable to tho purchasers, and
suggesting that bids be advertised
for the detail engineering work for
the proposed water supply. Council
man Williams offered on objection on
the grounds that rn open call for bids
would Invite offers from engineers
who mlrrht be In league with con
struction companies In such a way as
to be of disadvantage to the city, and
this objection was concurred in by
Councilman Fowler.
It wob finally decided to call for
bids up to July 1 for the detail en
gineering with the usual reservation
of the right to reject any or all bids
received. It was also decided by the
Council that If n contract Is entered
Into n time limit of .10 days be re
quired for completion of the work.
BURNING, MARTYRS.
Cost of ths Funsral Pyres Told la
Curious Old Bill.
A bill for the materials with which
to burn Cranmer aud hi fellow mar
tyrs Is probably the most curious and
suggestive document ever presented
for payment The execution of Lati
mer and Ridley tool: place on Oct 10.'
1655, while Cranmer did not suffer
until March 21 of the following year.
The memorandum of the bill is in
cluded In the book which was found
by Strype when he wrote his "Memoirs
of Archbishop Cranmer" lu 1003. In
which the expenses of the martyrs
were entered durlug their imprison
ment This book Is probably some
where among the manuscripts of Ox
ford university, now a grim, matter of
fact witness to the fanatical hatred of
the day.
The following are exact transcripts
from the bills by the person who bad
charge of the funeral pyres:
"Paid for the burnlnj of Archbishop
Cranmer and his two fellow sufferers.
Ridley and Latimer: For one hundred
of wood fagots, 6s.; for one hundred
and a half of furze fagots, 3s. 4d.; to
the carriage of them, 8d.; to two labor-'
era, Is. 4d.; to three loads of wood
fagots to burn Ridley and . Latimer,.
12s.; Item, one load of furze fagots,
3s. 4d.; for carriage of these four loads,
2s.; Item, a post Is. 4d.; Item, for
chains, 3s. 4d.; Item, for staples, 6d.;
Item, for laborers, 4d." Scrap Book.
REAL COUNTRY LIFE.
Why the American Firmer Grows Old
Early In Life.
Any one who has lived on a farm
does not need to be told the reason
farmers grow old early, for he knows
of the strain under which the Ameri
can fanner lives during the five
months of Bprtng and summer. His
workday Is from 4 or 5 In the morning
until 8 or 0 at night Including chores
fifteen to seventeen hours of the hard
est kind of physical labor, and every
minute of It at high tension, especially
during harvest Then comes a period
of relaxation In the fall, the one time
In the year when be has just enough
muscular exercise to keep him In
health; later, the winter season, ap
proaching stagnation. In which be
takes on flesh, gets "logy," and then a
furious debauch of hard labor through
the spring and summer again. No
wonder that by forty-five he has bod a
sunstroke and "can't stand the bent,"
or has "a weak back," or his "heart
gives out" or a chill "makes him rheu
matic," and when you add to this fu
rious muscular strain the fact that the
farmer sees bis "income put In peril
every season and his very home every
bad year, so that each unfavorable
change In the weather sets his nerves
on edge, It can be readily Imagined
that the real "quiet peaceful country
life" is something sadly different from
the ideal. Woods Hutchinson, M. D
in Harper's.
An Optioal Illusion.
An interesting optical experiment
may be made with the ordinary Incan
descent light Oaee steadily at the
light for a few seconds, then suddenly
extinguish it The experiment is best
performed in a very dark room. In
about half a minute you will see the
perfect image of the light with the
fine strands of wire plainly visible. It
will be red at first In a few minutes
It will turn purple and then a bright
blue. Later it will apparently move to
the right As you turn your gaze it
will continue moving to the right If
you keep your gaze fixed. It will come
back. It Is surprising how long the
Illusion will last - It will be seen for
fully five minutes, perhaps longer, and
If yon turn on the light and look away
from it you will see toe old image for
several mtnutea, though' more faintly
than In the darkness.
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