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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
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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
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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.
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