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EIGITT PAGES. DAILY EAST ORE UO MAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1008. PAGE THREE. EMIGRANT MOUNTAIN TRAIL TELLS ID, INTERESTING STORK Kamela, July 29, 1908. To the East Oregonian: Standing In the ruts of the old eml grant road, now worn waist deep by rain and flood, on the summit of the Blue mountains, I wondered at the heroic courage of the argonauts who first crossed the wilderness to Ore gon. Now It Is but four days' travel In a tourist car across tbe entire continent, while for the first trail makers cross ing the blue mountains by wagon four days meant often but that many miles through almost Impenetrable pine thickets, fallen timber, rocky ledges and brldgeless streams. The pioneers fought for every ad vance step they made In conquering Oregon. Here, where the deep worn wagon road climbs up the mountain side among granite cliffs, It must have required weeks of labor to make the old trail even passable, much less safe. But those who first crossed the mountains were equal to any task, and the soft-handed tenderfoot of today knows not how his luxurious surroundings have been prepared for him. Here, over Pelican hill thousands of tons of freight from Umatilla land ing to the early settlements of East ern Oregon and Idaho have been haul ed by the daring freighters of early days. The slow wagon trains wearily wended their way where now the whizzing train thunders down the mountain, 80 miles an hour. Yonder on California hill, where In days gone by several times the stage was robbed, the traveler now sees but the gastly, deep-worn ruts to re mind him that human activity ever marked the spot. But to the pioneer those ghost-ltke ruts are grim reminders of the olden days, recall many a genuine thrill of adventure. Here from an open glade on the tip top summit of the Blue mountains the weary pilgrims, westward bound, caught first sight of the green slopes of Umatilla county! And .such a sight! After the desolation of the arid des erts of Idaho, how refreshing seemed these verdant lowlands, rolling away toward the Columbia, dotted with ponies, green and beautiful and Invit ing, a wilderness of grass and forests and mountain streams. Here beside the roud, arrayed In his chieftain's "fuss and' feathers, once stood the haughty Five Crows, offering the weary emigrant 1,000 homes for a white wlfo. And when his offer was scorned, there was plunted in, his savage heart the seed which afterward ripened Into mas sacre and war and butchery, which sprinkled the Inland Empire with the blood of Its bravest heroes! Geological Musings. Yesterday evening, at an elevation of about 4,400 feet, In a deep worn canyon on the mountain side, I pick ed up a genuine sea shell. This shell had not been carried there by some passing stranger. It was Imbedded In the solid clay 20 feet beneath the surface of the moun tain, and Is an index finger pointing to that older time, described by Thomas Condon in his "Two Islands, when the rim of the Blue mountains was the shore line and Umatilla and Morrow counties were the lowest bed of a vast Inland sea. How many centuries has this relic slept In Its sealed casket of clay? How many transformations and what frightful convulsions have taken place on the surface of Umatilla- county since this shell was burled In Its mountain hiding place? Age upon age has added Its change and transfiguration to the new-old world; seas have been dried up and mountain chains lifted from the bosom of the earth; valleys have been formed and gorges cut In the moun tain sides; lava has been poured upon the lowlands to be cooled by succeed ing centuries of rain and wind and snow; cinders and ashes, miles deep In places., have covered the moun tains and valleys, and Time, the lev eler, has pressed down this layer of ashes and cinders and mingled with it In Indescribable alchemy the soil forces and life growing spirit which now give Umatilla county her world famed wheat crops! Little do we dream, as we drive the combined harvesters through the 45-bushel wheat of the Umatilla res ervation, by what wondrous stages of change, by what centuries of appal ing earth-rack and matchless specta cles of fire and volcano and earth quake, have we come to enjoy this rich and bounteous county! S IS NOT KILLER ANTI-GAMBLING LAW KEEPS FEW PEOPLE AWAY Great Event Will Be Same Success as Formerly Nearly $100,000 In Purse Strings of Fastest Horsw In the World Ready for (lie Open ing. . Saratoga Springs, N. Y., July 29. Although the anti-gambling law will serve to keep away many of the reg ular race track habitues, It Is already evident that the annual racing meet to open tomorrow on the beautiful Saratoga course, will be a succeu from a sporting standpoint. The ho tels are rapidly filling up with visit ors and their Interests in the races appears to be little less than In past years, when betting was allowed. The fear that the Agnew-Hart bill would kill racing at Saratoga may not be fulflired after all. In line with the other racing asso ciations, Saratoga has curtailed many of Its stakes; in fact, $71,000 less will be distributed to the horsemen this year than In former seasons. Even with the pruning, $90,000 alone will be given to the stake win ners, and at least $3000 dally to the other events. This will give the own ers an opportunity to make up for the loss they suffered at the Brighton meeting. Sojourning at the Spa are the clev er strings belonging to James R. Keene, Harry P. Whitney, John E. Madden and many others. When the bugle calls the first field out tomor row the star thoroughbreds will be thoroughly acclimated to the strong waters and cool breezes of the pleas ure resort, and ready to perform at their best. . , The richest event to be decided will be the Hopeful Stakes for 2-year-olds at six furlongs, which is worth over $15,000 to the winner. John E. Madden is aiming to capture this event with either of his clever pair. Sir Martin or Fayette. Fighting this formidable proposition will be Hel met, the best 2-year-old James R. Keene has displayed; Bobbin, Whit ney's clever colt, arid many of the youngsters that have trailed In the dust behind the Madden stars. The Grand Union, for 2-year-olds, which last year went to Colin, and the United StateB, which was captured by Restlgouche, still retain their origi nal value of $10,000, and the Flash, for the youngsters, will also be worth $6000 to the victor. The 2-year-old fillies will not lose anything In the Splnaway, and the 8-year-old members of the fair sex wli race for the same value of the Alabama as In former years. The Travers, for 8-year-olds, still is worth $7E00. The real blow falls on the older horses. They will have to race for cheaper purses than when the sport was at Its senlth. The Saratoga Handicap, which was formerly worth $10,000, has been re duced to $1500, and the Merchants and .Citizens' Handicap, Catsklll Han dicap and Beverwyck Chase, instead of being eliminated from the pro gram, have been materially reduced. IrThe change of purses means that the horsemen will pay particular atten tion to their younger horses, and the good members of the handicap divis ion will have to be sent out after cheap purses. As In former years, the string be longing to John Sanford, the only breeder In this state, will make their debut. Coming out fresh from the farm the bearers of the purple and gold colors never fall to land many purses at this meeting. Ths Romano of Burlsd Pictures. A romantic story of a picture pur chased at a London auction which on expert examination proved to be paint ed over a Rembrandt worth 8,000 Js curiously reminiscent of the discovery of a-Corregglo under similar circum stances. A good many years ago two picture restorers, Ixivera and Hunter spcrgh, bought at on art sale In Home a number of old pictures In order to provide themselves with canvases for repainting. In the division of the spoils Hunterspergli received an Indif ferent picture of flowers, on which he painted a study of a head. This pic ture lie offered to Lovera, who on close examination found that the new ground scaled off and that underneath were traces of a figure painted In a style that denoted the baud of a nias ter. Replacing the scnles and conceal lng his discovery, be purchased the picture for little more than the value of the ennvus. Removing the two grounds, he disclosed an exceedingly clever painting by Corregglo, which be sold to the Karl of Bristol for f 1,000.- Dundee Advertiser. Dogs of Luxury. The appearance of little dogs as ob jects of luxury goes back to the most ancient times. Documents are not wanting that go to show that Greek and Roman women bad little dogs which were Idolized by their mistress es. Even men, particularly among for eigners, were not ashamed to walk the streets of Rome with pet dogs under their arms. Speaking of this subject, Plutarch relates that Julius Caesar, seeing one day In Rome some strangers thus loaded with their dogs, asked them Ironically whether the women of their country did not bear children. Tertla, the daughter of Lucius Aure llus Taulus, was so fond- of her dog that In the moment of blddlDg farewell to her father, who was about to leave bis country and bis family to wage war against Perseus, king of Macedo nia, she frankly admitted that tbe sad ness Imprinted da ber face was due to tbe death of her pet dog Persa. In Europe the greyhounds were the first favorites of women during tbe middle ages. Boston Post COFFEE The best name for coffee 1$ one that tells where the money's to come from, if you don't like it 7 , Tmc m" nnt iw mT Seal Bo StMUtaf f aim. FLOORS JAILER; ESCAPES. Police of Culdctwc After Jack Knles. Culdesac, Idaho, July 29. After being In town less than four hours Saturday afternoon, Jack Knles was found locked In a room with 17-yesr-old Nora MoWlllls and after the young girl had acknowledged her Intimacy with the stranger he was arrested, but be gained his liberty last night by overpowering Acting Marshal Jack Reese, who had Just given the pris oner his supper. Knles was a total stranger and had been, in town only a few nflnutes when he s alleged to have started a flirtation wllh the girl, which led to his visit to the home of Fred Warren, where she Is employed as a housemaid. Marshal J. W. Hlng ley called at Warren's home late in the evening, but he found the doors locked and the light out, as Warren's family was away. After almost an hour's effort he effected an entrance and found Knles In the room of the young girl. Miss McWlllls confessed that Knles had wronged her and agreed to ap pear against Knles. He was locked in the city prison awaiting prelimi nary examination, which was set -or this morning. Last night Knles as saulted Reese and left him uncon scious on tbe Jnll floor, while he fled, protected by the gathering darkness. Knles Is about 25 years old, well dressed and has the appearance of a man'of education. CLEARWATER MILLS ARE BUSY. Will Tills Year Slilp 12,Oo6,000 Feet of Lumber East. Lewlston, Idaho, July 29. The de mand for shop lumber for eastern markets Is good and a large number of small mills In the Lewlston coun try will ship there. It has been esti mated that the Lewlston country will mill 26,000,000 feet of lumber this year and balf of this will go east, True St True, eastern buyers, recently purchased 6,000,000 feet of choice, high-grade white pine, which they will ship to their Chicago yard. This makes 808 carloads, which sells for an average of $20 a thousand feet at the mill. Removal Notice. Copk A Perry have moved their stock of books, stationery and no tions to the Smith-Crawford build ing opposite postofflce. Call and see them. Too Much of a Good Thing. George Marshall, a philanthropist who always kept a sharp lookout never to be wasteful, decided to go for a week's camping, taking as bis guests some ragged street urchins. One mora lng be used tbe bits of meat left from tbe evening before and made bash for breakfast. There was some left over, which be concluded to reheat and serve again at noon. Johnnie, will you have some hash?' be asked one lad. , "Bet your- life," replied the lad, who waa constitutionally hungry. "Peter, pass your plate for some bash" to another freckled nosed lad. "Not If I knows It," was tbe unex pected reply. "I thought you liked hash from tbe way you ate It this morning," replied Mr. Marshall. "I did like it for breakfast," said tbe lad, "but none of yer review of re views for me for dinner." LIpplncott's Magazine. Sidod With Fathor. "There is a little cbap in our town," aid tbe suburbanite, "whose father and mother have words quite frequent ly, and have them loud enough to be beard by tbe neighbors. Tbe burden of their recriminations when audible is, on tbe wife's part, that she ever lowered the Hicks family sufficiently to marry a Stubbs. and on bis part that be ever honored the Hicks fam ily by allying It with tbe bouse of Stubbs. "One day last summer tbe young son of the bouse went' fishing. He had barely got bis line into the brook when be beard his mother calling him. "'There it Is,' said be disgustedly; 'the minute the Stubbses begin to fish the Hickses begin to boiler.' "Cleve land Pluln Dealer. A Lesson In Thrift. A lesson in thrift Is found In the ad vice given by Congressman John E. Andrus to a young man for whom be bad secured a minor appointment in tbe capltol at Washington. Meeting1 the young fellow in the capltol, be placed a band on bis shoulder and re marked: "William, you are just beginning your life. Let me give you a bit of sound advice: When yon leave. your boarding house in tbe morning never take more than 30 cents in yonr pock ets, enough perhaps for your luncheon and for car fare. You will then not be tempted to spend more than you can afford." Vonkors Statesman. Unchanging Man. Mortal man offers but little difference in spite of the diversity of race and climate, and In analyzing the Egyptian we almost find ourselves reproduced. Intellectual man also manifests a sin gular Identity of aspiration and belief from tbe Nile to the Ganges and from tbe Eu rotas to tbe Arno. Mercure de France. 8om Grains of Luck. "Is your husband having any luck at the race track?" "Some luck," answered young Mrs. Torklns. "lie hasn't caught cold nor bad bis pockets picked." Washington Btar. A True Patriot. "Johnny, what's a patriot?"' "A boy who'd raddcr miss seeln' de game dan go In on a ball knocked over de fence by de vlsltln' team." Louis ville Courier-Journal. Not Entlroly On. "And so they were made one." "Oh. I don't know. I believe she still has a mind of ber own." All the news all the time In tbe East Oregonian. Ll Is nit z It was too good to keep. Winks flew thick and fast about thi ocers As a result all those sample packages of Kellogg oasted Corn Flakes went in a hurry. Now the call for full size packages is enormous. We can begin to fill the demand. Everybody who was fortunate enough to receive a sample wants more. Kelloggs Toasted Corn Flakes is simply irresistible. There is something about the taste which is lacking in every other break fast food. There are many imitations, but they imitate in name only. The taste the only taste belongs exclusively to Kelloggs. Your grocer has it in large packages 1 0 cents. tie sure and ask for CMC v m r r And look on the package for the signature of ft CORK FLAKES SHEEP EAT CHOKE CHERRIES AND DIE. A number of sheep were recently poisoned by eating choke cherry leaves while passing over a driveway across part of the Mantl national for. est In Utah, and, though sheep drive ways are not strictly part of the na tional forest range, the government has taken steps to prevent further losses to the sheepmen from this cause. Members of the force on the forests will co-operate with the stock men in cutting out the thickets of choke oherry bushes where they grow most densely, thus allowing the sheep to be hurried througn them, and In some cases the driveway will be changed so as to avoid the thickets altogether. When the sheep enter this drive way they are hungry after a long trip over public highways, which form almost one continuous lane between cultivated fields. They eat the choke cherry leaves ravenously, though un der ordinary .conditions they would hardly touch them. The leaves con tain prussic acid, and when an ex amination was made of the stomachs of several of the dead sheep, and they were found filled with the leaves, the cause of death was clearly established. Stockmen throughout the West are coming more fully to recognize the benefits of government co-operation and range control. The whole grax- lng policy Is to make the range bet ter and not to Insure Its equitable use. Restriction Is practiced not for Its own sake, but for the good of the range and of the stockmen who de pend upon it. The range has deteriorated under unrestricted use, and so the govern ment is making investigations under the direction of Mr. F. V. Corville, botanist, bureau of plant Industry, de partment of agriculture, with a view to reseedlng with better grass.' Again, poisonous plants are often destruct ive to livestock, and In this case Dr. C. P. Marsh of the bureau of plant Industry is conducting a study to de tect poisonous plants and suggest means of eradicating them. There are also heavy losses from predatory animals, but governmant hunters and trappers are busy reducing the num ber of mountain Hons and timber wolves, which do the most damage. Finally, there Is the insignificant prairie dog, which selects the choic est grassy bottoms for Its operations, strips them to the soil and plows up the ground for Its burrows. They have gone after the prairie dog now, however, and by the use of effective poison will son put an end to this pest. A sure core, one von can deoaad upon. Hickory Bark Cough Remery. A sure cure, nd It's oure! Use It for all lung trouble, coughs, colds, hoarse ness ana tore throat. For sale by anv drurrlst and first class dealra everywhere. Pendleton Drug Co. Read the East OregonUa. You Pay For Your Competi tors' Advortising When It Is Bottor Than Your Own! OF COURSE the bills are not sent to you he pays them,' BUT he pays them out of profits which would have been yours if your advertising had been better than his. You will continue to pay the other fellow's advertising bills and, in the same way, for his automobiles, his new store fixtures, his expan sion in every way until you decide that you'll stop it, improve and expand your advertising, SET THEJIPACE YOURSELF, AND Uo Him Pay For Your Advertising! Byers' Best Flour Is made from tbe choicest wheat that grows. Good bread Is assar- ed when BYERS' BEST FLOUR Is used. Bran, Shorts, Steam Rolled Barley always on hand. PENDLETON ROLLER MILLS W. 6. BYERS, Proprietor. T" Daily East Oregonian, by carHtripents per week. ... ..!
