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EIGHT rAGES. DAILY EAST ORE(KMAX, rEXDLETOX, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY I I, 190H. PAGE THREE. E. COLORADO CAIITAL IS THE MARVEL OP THE WEST. CKy a Mil" Hlgli AmawH llic EiiHtorn Delegnte to Dfin'HTUtlo National Convention Magnificent View of Rx ky Mountain Overjoys tho VI itors Something of tlio City. Jcihn E. Luthrop, formerly editor of the Kant Oregonian, but now Washington correspondent for the Or cgon Dally Journal, wrlt-s of the city of Denver to that paper as follows, while attending the national demo cratic convention: Crumbling was heard throughout the cart and Bouth, when tho demo cratic commute at tts WaHhlngton, D. C, neMon lact Hpilng selected Denver for the national convention. Right now, after the delegate and slght-scerH lyive matin the Journey here and partaken of the hospitality of the Dcnverltc. one cunot find a "kicker," unlexH It be lomeone who kicks naturally and would kick were he to go toN heaven. As a matter of fact, Denver In near er heaven than many of these dele gates ever will get, for the elevation Is over 5000 feet above the sea, the foundation of the city hill being ex actly G280 feet elevation, Just a mile In the air. Approaching the city In the Hurl Ington express, the delegates experi enced mingled sentiments caused first by the glorious view of the Rocky mountains to the right, eternally now-crowned In places, and rising errated range on range, plainly seen although 60 to 70 miles away, and second to the expectation of being rob bed by the hotels and everyone els In Denver, thanks to the excited ad vance reports sent out by the men dacious correspondents. Westerner Are Overjoyed. Enjoying the magnificent moun tains, welcome, Indeed, to those of u who had lived amid the mountains of the Pacific coast or the south In past yrSrs, we took our purses from their usual pockets and stowed them In other out-of-the-way places, and hunted up our guns to defend our . (elves against the holdups. Alighting from the train. In a morn ing atmosphere which made visible objects a hundred miles away, we ran the gauntlet of a doien large-hearted Denverltes, who, Instead of holding us up, offered to locate us In com fortable rooms at moderate price In the center of the city. Two newspaper men of us got a room within one block of the Brown Palace, good enough for an aristocratic New Yorker at $1 a day and the two until the convention opened, and then 12.50 a day for the two for the remainder of the time. When one gets Into tho grasp of a royal-hearted Denverlto, he ceases to wonder at the fame of this city for hospitality, and learns why the nation al committee located the convention here. It was not a mistake. Easterners Anuued. Eastern and southern travelers were amazed at the immense stretches of prairie over which the train sped. Far as the eye could see It lay, unbroken, boundless, tremendous. Hour after hour, across Iowa, Nebraska, Colora- EOlflH MOTHER AMD BABY Southern Woman Suffered With Itching, Burning Rash Drove Her Nearly Crazy Her Baby Had Sore on Neck, and Two Other Babies Had Skin Troubles Calls CUTICURA A STAND-BY THAT NEVER FAILS HER "I lust can't say enough for the Cutl cura Remedies, I can't find word high enough to express my thanks to (iod for hearing of tho wondorful remedies. My baby had a running sore on hia neck and nothing that I did for it took efftvt until I used Cuticura. My face was nearly full of tetter or some similar skin disease. It would itch and, after scratching, it burned so that I could hardly stand it. Two cakes of Cuti cura Soap and a box of Cuticura Oint ment cured me. Two years after it broke out on my hands and wrist, I cured it for a while, but it came again In the summer. Sometimes I would fo nearly crazy for it itched so twdly. .used ten dollars' worth of so-called blood medicines which did no good at all, then I went back to my old stand-by. that had never failed me. One set of Cuticura Soap. Cuticura Ointment, and Cuticura Resolvent did the work. One set also cured my uncle's baby whose head was a cake of sores, and I It now of another woman' baby who was in the same fix and nothing else did any good. 1 speak a word of praise for Cuticura whenever I see a case that need it. Mrs. Lillie Wilcher, 770 Eleventh St., Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. 10, 1007." CUTICURA OINTMENT The World's Oreatest Skin Cure and Purest and Sweetest of Emollients. Cutloura Ointment Is one of the most successful curatives for torturing, dis figuring humor of the skin and scalp, incldinR los of hair, ever compounded, n proof of which a single anointing wit T preceded by a hot bath wtdj Cuticura Boap, and followed by mUd doses Cutfoura Pills, Is often suffl cient to afford immediate relief in the most distressing forma of itehlng, burn ing, and scly humor, ecaemaa, Irrita tion; and inflammation, permit rest ind sleep, and point to a spoedy cure when all else fail,', ... ,. . t i-' i Sold thrtttVtinut twM. JT Drag 4 1 bat fit. Raw w Cur Bkia Humor. do, the astonishing fact being that so far westward as Kearney, Neb., every square rod of land la arable, and so productive that farm lands,' for 300 miles bring In an active market In normal times from $75 to I12D an acre. Livestock, grain, fruit, distrib uting wealth into the laps of theae prulrleltes. Then, as one approaches Denver, the aspect change and there are those tremendous ranches whereon cattle, sheep, horses and swlno are ruined, and there's not enough garden truck produced to feed 10 families for a week. Here mining, manufacturing and commerce make the wealth, and lots of it. Something AlKMit Iw-nver. Denver boasts 203,000 people, $122. 58B,!)25 assessed valuation; bonded Indebtedness only $1,097,395; 1182 factories employing 16.R00 wane earners; who receive annually $11, 550,000 and produce goods worth $55, 000,000; 30,000 school pupils housed in buildings costing $3,S00,0OO, taught by' 800 pedagogues at an annual ex pense of $1,100,000; the state univer sity and u dozen other schools; 14 parks of 1200 acres worth $4,000,000; 200 miles of street railway, carrying 72,000,000 paseiiger annually; 50 miles of suburban lines, with 100 miles to bu opened this year; 100 pas si nger trains a duy over 15 ste.uii mads every 24 hours; 1,385,801 head of livestock handled a year, worth $18,50(1,347; bank clearings a year $409,000,000; bank deposits of $39, 290,000. I 'ike's lctik. There arc other peaks higher Mt. Massive, li,4L'4 feet; Mt. Klbert. 14.--325; Gray's I'eak, 14,411; .Sierra lilan co, 1 4.463; 21 count 'em 21 that are higher than Pike's, which Is 14.147. Hut, somehow. Tike's Is the ortho dox peak to Denverltes, notwithstand ing those others and that Hike's Is 80 miles away, which seems Incredible for as one stands looking away over there, the celebrated old mountain appears to be an easy walk before breakfast, ribbed with immense slits filled with snow and Ice between the brown and yellow masses whense the winter snows have melted. Convention arrangements excel those at Chicago, especially for news paper men, who are royally cared for by the Press club, and Athletic club and In the Auditorium. Bert I ho World Afford. "It give me unbounded pleasure to recommend Bucklen's Arnica Salve," ay J. W. Jenkins, of Chapel Hill, N. C. "I am convinced It's the best salve the world affords. It cured a felon on my thumb, and It never falls to heal every sore, burn or wound to which It Is applied. 25c at Tallman 4 Co.' drug store." ELKS LODGE GROWS AVD FROSrEItS Portland Ixxlgv Is Sixth Large in tlie United States. Dallas, Tex., July 14. Delegate to the national grand lodge convention of the Benevolent and Protective Or der of Elks today began the erlous business of the session. The reports of the grand lodge officers were pre sented today and show a gratifying gain in membership and financial prosperity since the meeting last year in Philadelphia. A great Mexican dinner will be the day' entertain ment feature. In his report. Grand Secretary Fred C. Robinson, says: 'The membership, the past year. has had the usual steady growth, and the Increase Is much greater than it has been for many years. It is notice able that tho lodges are weeding out the delinquent members and those not desirable are rapidly being drop ped from the rolls. During the year lodge received by Initiation or affilia tion 48,346; suspended or expelled 265; stricken from the roll for non payment of dues, 8206, and admitted 536S. Deceased 2718. "forty-four new lodges have been added to the long list, with an In crease of 29789 in membership, giv ing us today 1125 lodges and a total membership of 284,321." In the numerical standing of lodges Brooklyn takes the lend, with New York a close second. There are 16 lodges with over a thousand members each, a gain of five over last year. In membership gain the last year, Ro chester f.kes the lead, with Scranton, Pa., second and Hutchinson, Kan., third. The 16 leading lodge of the coun try in the order named are as fol lows: Brooklyn, New York, Phila delphia, New Orleans. Chicago, Tort land, Ore., Denver, Kansas City, Bal timore, Hoboken. Detroit, Oakland, Cincinnati Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg. Among the stajes, . Pennsylvania lead In Elk membership, with 26,- 565; New York is second, with 19.876, and Ohio third, with 17,076. Michi gan, ' Indiana and Illinois follow, in the Order named. The report of tho auditing commit tee, presented today, shows that the total cash on hand Is $220,168.06. Of this sum ,$100,529.86 Is in the general fund, $16,688.21 In the emergency charity fund, $60,000 In tho reserve fund, $2000 In the contingent fund of the grand secretary, $1000 In the con tingept fund of the grand exalted ruler and $1000 In the contingent fund of tho home committee. The fight for next year's reunion promises to bo a hot one. Seattle claim to bo In the lead, but Louis ville, Los Angeles and several other cities ore also entered In the race. Airship Tents WciliiCNday. Berlin, July 14. Count Zeppelin will give his new military airship a thorough test tomorrow, on the suc cess of which depends the govern ment's purchase of the machine for $500,000. Previous flights have been highly successful and the count ha received a message from the kaiser wishing him good fortune In tomor row's test and declaring that It will rnark "the beginning: of a new. na tional era." 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Hunters' are now preparing for the buck deer season, which opens July U and continues until October 31. The law gives hunters having licenses the right to shoot up to five buck deer between these dates, except In Unker, Coos, Curry, Grant, Harney, Malheur, Umatilla, Union and Wal lowa counties. In Coos and Curry counties the open season for buck deer is from July 15 to October 16. The season for female deer does not open until September 1 and closes October 31. Does may be hunted during this time, except in Baker, Coos, Curry, Orant, Harney, Malheur, Umatilla, Union and Wallowa coun ties. Tho open season for elk Is between September 15 and October 15. Only one may be killed by any hunter In a season. China pheasants, native pheasants, grouse and quail may be shot between October 1 and November 30. In Clat sop, Coos, Curry, Josephine and Til lamook counties, however, the season for these birds opens September 15 and closes November SO. Blue grouse may be shot in Tillamook county from August 1 to October 15. East of the Cascade mountains the open season extends from August 15 to No vember 30. Prairie chickens may be hunted In Wasco 'county from Aug ust 1 to October 15. The open season for the sage hen and sage cock, east of the Cascades, Is from August 15 to November 30. Ducks, geese and swans may be shot, except in Coos and Lake coun ties, from September 1 to January 31.- In Coos county the open season Is from August 1 to January 31, end In Lake county from August 15 to March 31. Water rail and upland plover may be hunted from August 1 to December 31. . ' . '' The bag limit for ducks ' is EO In one week, for upland birds 10 In one day, while for geese and swans there Is no limit. '' ' ' ' ' -- The silver-gray squirrel may only be hunted between October 1 and De- comber 31. I '1 It Is always unlawful to offer for sale, barter, exchange, transport or ship beyond the boundaries of the state of Oregon any deer, moose, mountain sheep, elk, silver-gray squirrel, swan, prairie chicken, grouse, and all kinds of upland birds and ducks. It Is unlawful to hunt without a license, to kill beaver or spotted fawn, or to run deer with dogs. Night hunting Is also prohibit ed by the Oregon laws. China pheasants may not be killed In Jackson county at any time. Fe male deer may not be killed in Coos and Curry counties, and It is against the law to kill quail or Mongolian pheasants in Grant, Harney, Gilliam, Umatilla and Wheeler counties until January 1, 1912. It Is also unlawful to trap or destroy the nests of pro tected game birds. Shooting on en closed lands without permission is unlawful, as Is also the shipment or sale of deer skins unless they are properly tagged. Tags may be ob tained of any justice of the peace, or of the county clerk. A hunter's li cense Is good anywhere in Oregon. A hunter must have his license with him while hunting. The fine for transporting game out side the state, and for Its sale, is from $100 to $500 and imprisonment. Vio lation of the game laws calls for a fine of from $15 to $500, and hunt ing without a license Is punishable by a fine of from $25 to $100 and imprisonment. IDAHO SHEEP GOING TO EASTERN MARKETS. ' The wool season In Idaho, so far os the railroads are concerned, is now In full swing, and in a week or two the movement of sheep to the east ern markets will begin and proba bly some 700 or 800 carloads, 250, 000 or 800,000 sheep will be trans ported east this month. It Is possi ble, however, that the ruling price of sheep will cause a delay In ship ments as the raisers may wait, hop ing for an advance In the market. Bees Laxative Cough Syrup for young and old la prompt relief for oooghs, croup, hoarseness, wheoplng cough. Gently laxative. Guaranteed. Sold by A. C. Xoeppen Bros. "Known For Its Strength" What It Means Many people do not know what a bank's capital means to its depositors, or the differ ance between a bank of little or no capital, and one with a large capital. One of the functions of A Bank's Capital is to protect its depositors from possible loss; therefore the larger it is, the greater protec tion the depositors have. This bank has a Capital of .... 200,000.00 Surplus Fund of . . 50,000.00 Undivided Profits . . 25,000.00 Additional Shareholders Liability .... 200,000.00 A TOTAL OF 475 000.00 This means that this bank must lose prac tically half a million dollars before its'depo sitors could lose a cent. This protection is for YOU. The First National Bank PENDLETON, OREGON SECURITY The East Oregonim is eastern Oregon's repreeeaUtiTfj ppc It kda aid the people appreciate it and show it by their liUnl ptJctom Bjre. It is tfa idTrtigint medium of this section.