Off
Ministerial Association In Criticizing
Officials Allege "Stink-Pot
of Corruption."
A sensation snob as has not been in
eastern Oregon since the assassination
of Harvey Crown, was sprung at Ba
ker City late Snnday forenoon when a
dodger issued by the Ministerial asso
ciation of that city was circulated,
bitterly criticising officials of city and
county.
The circnlar charged Baker City
with being a "stink-pot of corruption. "
Among tbe specific charges are
these: That Judge Smith of tbe cir
ouit court and Mayor Johns were seen
drinking before a saloon bar fonr and
one-balf miuotes prior to the opening
of the Harvey Brown memorial ser
vices. That a prisoner iu tbe county jail
accuses Judge Smith of being intoxi
cated during tbe progress of bis trial.
That boys and girls are allowed to
wander atout tbe city at all hours of
tbe nigbt.
That tbe skating rinks are allowed
to open on Sundays.
Thnt one of the members of the civic
purity committee once found a polioe
man iu a gambling den gambling.
THE HOMESTEADER IS WARNED
Government Will Issue No Title to
Railroad Land En try men.
In Walla Walla and other cities of
tbo west "says a Walla Walla paper,
tbore have recently been land agents
trying to defraud nnsuspeoting andin
nooont persons into paying a certain
fee for locations on railroad lands in
Oregon and California, with the un
derstanding that the general land com
missioner bad given out the statemeut
that such entries would without doubt,
be good and that land be deeded to
tbem by tbe government. To disabuse
tbo minds of any persons contempla
ting making entries upon land, the
general commissioner has issued tbe
following letter, making statements
contrary to these reports. The fol
lowing oopy was reoeived yesterday by
Bogister A. J. Gillis of tbe local office :
Registers and Receivers United States
Land Office:
Gentlemen: 1 here has been indus
triously circulated by way of newspa
per advertisments and otherwise, over
the name of F. P. Wolfe, statements
to tbe effect that Congressman Taw
uey, after a conference with tbe com
missioner of tbe geueral land office
bas, advised bis son that persons filing
ou the Oregon railroad lands, would
without doubt, be able to seoure the
lands. These statements are uutrue
and misleading. Tbe tendonoy of snob
advertisements is to impose on innocent
and unsuspecting persons. You will
please give as wide pnblioity os pos
sible to the statement above set forth.
Very repeotfully,
R. A. Balliuger,
Commissioner.
WATER COVERS MANY ACRES
Hudson Bay Ditch Will Soon Have
Accomplished Its Purpose.
The Froe water-Milton Hudson Bay
Ditch company is neariug its fifth
annual roeetiug, says the Walla Walla
Uuiou. This company started vitb
tbe intention of irrigating eight thou
sand acres of land and now has over
11 vo thousaud acres under water right.
The remuiuiug three thousand acres
will be watered this season. there being
two largo lutoials under construction
tit the present time.
President W. M. Shaw has been iu
ohargo of the ditoh from tbe start and
is now sooiug it carried to a successful
oomplotiou. This land which is cov
ered by this ditch is direotly west of
here and supplies wutor to that now
prosperous country kuowu as tho Hud
sou Bay.
Five years ngo this country was very
thiuly sottlod and produood praotioally
nothing. Today it is thickly settled
aud rnisos alfalfa, wheat, apples and
all kiuds of fruit and is oue of the
most prosperous communities iu tbe
Wulla Walla valley.
Growing Seedless Pears.
Not suspootiug that a soedloss pear
was anything out of the ordinary, R.
L. Oliver, a prominent fruit-taiser two
miles west of Pendleton, bas Loon
growiug pears of tbat nature for two
deoados. Much pnblioity bas been
given dutiug tbo past three mouths to
a seedless pear discovered by A. I.
Masou, ru orchardist of Spokane. Ao
counts of a soedless pear tree began
to How iu from Hood rivor and North
Yakimu abont the same time. Tbe
Masou poar, however, has attraoted
the most attention. Eastern papers
have exploited it and the Miohigau
Advocate is tbe authority for tho state
meut tbat pomologioal experts and
nurserymen in various parts of the
United States arid Canada will be iu
vitod to traoe tbe variety and history,
of tbe pear found by Masou. It states
samples of the pear havi been sent to
Luther Burbank.
To the Voters of Athena
' A mass meeting of the citizens of
Athena will be held at tbe City Hall
on Friday evening Jan. 31st, 1908, for
tbe purpose of nominating offioers to
be voted for at tho annual eleotion,
Tuesday, March, 8, 1908.
J. D. PlamoudoD, Mayor.
Ill OTHER MIS
WESTON.
Mrs. Nellie Nesvig. a daughter of
Ole Thompson, died Saturday at the
Fountain Square Inn, of tuberculosis.
Mrs. Nesvig came from North Dakota
during holiday season to visit her father
on Weston mountaiu, in tbe vain hope
of recovering health. Her husband
and children were summoned when it
been me apparent that the end was
drawing near, after her removal to
town, and they arrived in time to see
tbe dying woman before her last breath.
In tbe basketball game of Saturday
nigbt at the opera house between the
Waitsburg, Wash., high sohool team
and tbe Normal pedagogues, tbe soore
read 59 to 12 in favor of , the home
boys.
Mrs. Felix Beatbe, who , was taken
with a sodden dangerous illness Fri
day evening, is now improving.
Jessie Somerville lies in a very crit
ical condition with pneumonia. Her
father bas been summoned from Al
berta and will arrive as soon as pos
sible. FREEWATLR.
Miss Lizzie Perkins is fully recov
ered and able to get around again.
Tbe Peacock Mill company is build
ing a new chute in their warebonse
for tbe purpose of loading Northern
Pacific cars which the Traction com
pany set in. The mill company pro
pose commencing to ship on a large
scale, tbe first of next month.
Tbe Peaoook Mill company took ad
vantage of tbe rise in wheat last week
and shipped three carloads of wheat.
This is tbe first time in a great many
years for this mill to sbip out wheat
. Tbe revival services being carried on
at Vincent by tbe Presbyterian oonrch,
will close this evening after, two weeks
of serious meetings. A good work bas
beon accomplished in tbe neighbor
hood. Tbe Revs. Harper and Miiligan
have been conducting tbe meetings. ,
MILTON.
A very successful shoot was held Sat
urday afternoon from 2 :S0 until 6
o'clock, by tbe members of tbe Milton
Gun olub. A large number of sports
men were present, and the four traps
were kept in constant motion.
At tbe recent meeting of the general
board of missions in Nashville, Tenn. ,
Mrs. H. S. Shangle was appointed as
representative to tbe international
young people's missionary conference,
which meets in Pittsburg, Pa., March
10.
An order was passed by the council
of this city, at its last meeting, wbion
calls for tbe building of five blocks of
sidewalk. In many places the walks
are in deplorable oondition, rendering it
possible for serious accidents to occur.
Bees Laxative Cough Syrup for
coughs, colds, oronp and whooping
oouga grows in favor daily. Mothers
should keep it on hand for children.
It is prompt relief to croup. It is
gently laxative, driving the poison and
phlegm from the system. It gives im
mediate relief. Guaranteed. Sold by
Pioneer Drug Store.
An old Pennsylvania Dutch Dunkard
recommends "Hickory Bark Cough
Remedy." Guaranteed to cure your
cough, and guaranteed to be pnre.
Made from the bark of the shell bark
or white hickory tree. For sale by
Palace Drug Store and all dealers
everywhere.
DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel
Salve is especially reoom mended for
piles. Sold by Pioneer Drug company.
All the World
is a stage and Ballard 'a Snow Lini
ment pluys a most prominent part. It
has no superior for Rheumatism, stiff
joints, outs, sprains, and all pains.
Buy it, try it and you will always use
it. Anybody who has used Ballard's
Suow Liniment is a living proof of
what it does. Buy a trial bottle. 25o,
50o aud fl.OO. Sold by Palaoe Drug
oompany.
It is very important aud in fact it
is absolutely necessary to health tbat
we give relief to the stomaob promptly
at the first signs of trouble. Take
sometbiug once in a while; especially
after meals; something like Kodol For
Dyspepsia and Indigestion. It will
enable your stomaob. to do its work
properly. Sold by Palaoe Drug corn
pa uy.
It Does the Business.
Mr. E. E. Chamberlain, of Clinton,
Maine, says of Buoklen's Arnioa Salve.
"It does the business; I have used it
for piles aud it cured them. Used it
for chopped hands aud it cured tbem.
Applied it to an old sore and it healed
it without loaviug a soar behind."
35o. at Palace Drug company's store.
It will be unnecessary to go through
a paioful, expeusive operation for
Piles if you nso ManZan. Pot up in
a collapsible tube with nozzle, ready
to apply. For any form of Piles, prioe
GOo. Sold tv Pioneer Drug Store.
Piuesalve Carbolized acts like a
poultice, draws out inflamation and
poisou. Antiseptio healing. For
chapped hands, lips, - outs, burns.
Sold by Pioneer Drug Store.
Fublla Notice.
Notice Is hereby riven tbat I wilt apply to
the Muyor ami common council of the city of
Aineim, urcgon, ac m meeting itiereor to m
hold ou tne 27tn day or Ken. iwis, for
llcvufm to soil spirituous, ruwlt and vinous
liquors in Iran quMititlt Uikii one quart, said
liuuora to he sold only In a building situated
on the-west one-half of lot No. 8, In block 5, of
A DESERT SANDSTORM.
Experience of Woman Traveler
While Croin8 Sahara.
What it means to encounter a sand
storm In the desert of Sahara Is de
scribed by Mrs. Palmer Thomas: "Few
things bring such a sense of utter
powerlessness as a desert sandstorm,
and I shall never forget my experience
of one. Our dragoman one day sudden
ly called our attention to a darkening
horizon line. 'See, he said; "sandstorm
comes. No man will ride in such.' We
had barely time to dismount and make
the camels kneel In a circle on the
sand before tbe storm was upon us.
Each man threw his kaftan over the
peaks of his saddle and crouched with
in the shelter it afforded and that
formed by the animal's body behind
him, ' while I nestled In the hollow
formed by my camel's neck and shoul
der, drawing the folds of the blanket
like stuff tightly over me. Tbe wise
beast, knowing what was coming,
turned her long neck right round and
laid her bead on my knees, seeking the
protection of my cloak for her eyes
against the sand, which, driven by tbe
fury of the wind, struck tbe face like
powdered glass.
"But I looked out upon the scene as
long as I could, watching what appear
ed to bo a mass of brown gauze veils
streaming up across the sky, darkening
the sunlight and gradually blotting out
everything from our sight An Icy
wind preceded tbe cloud, increasing In
Intensity every minute until the sound
of its roaring made one's own voice
inaudible, while the darkness became
that of densest nigbt And so we sat
silent in the noise and the blackness
until the hurricane abated. Then, look
ing out again, I saw the brownish
mass of cloud flying before the wind
away toward the Kile, some forty
miles distant and the cloudless blue of
a March sky In Egypt once more over
spread above us.
"But the legs of our beasts were all
covered with the sand that bad fallen,
and notwithstanding my sheltered po
sition tbe sand was lying on my dress
and hat and was thick upon us. For
some time we watched the brown,
cloud losing itself In tbe immensity of
the desert, where the whitening bones
of animals tell with sad frequency of
the overwhelming fury of these sud
den tempests; then we mounted and
rode away." Chicago News.
WHALES AS RAMS.
Cases Where These Marine Monsters
Have Attacked Vessel.
While cruising In the south seas the
whaler Essex on Nor. 20, 1S20, was fu
riously attacked by a cow sperm whale
supposed to have been the mother of a
calf which had Just been harpooned.
The whale bad not been wounded her.
self, and her attack was very deter
mined. At her first rush she passed
under tbe Essex and carried away a
great length of her false keel Then,
coming to the surface a considerable
distance away, she appeared to take
bearings and deliberately charged the
vessel again, ramming her with such
violence that she stove in the bows,
while the ship rolled so heavily that
the captain thought she must be dis
mantled. The case is memorable be
cause the crew had to abandon the
vessel, and one boat was never beard
of again.
A more singular instance of a whale
attacking a vessel occurred in 1895.
The singularity lies in the fact that In
the case of the Handa Isle tbe attack
was entirely unprovoked. This vessel,
a brlgantlne of 2C0 tons, was on her.
way to Sydney with a cargo of timber.
On Aug. 24, about noon, a couple of
sperm whales rose very, close to the
vessel and, while the crew watched
them "sporting" across her bows, the
pair suddenly slued around and came
straight for her. One thought better
of It and dived below the Handa Isle.
The other struck her fair and square
on the beam, crushing in her timbers.
Having rammed the ship in this reso
lute fashion It sheered off, terribly
damaged about the head, and present
ly sank tall first
Fortunately there were some pack
ages of rawhides on board, and the
crew were able to keep the vessel
afloat with the pumps until a rough
and ready collision mat had been fash
ioned out of these and drawn over the
leak. Bailey's Magazine.
Women of the Kurds.
As to the way the Kurds treat their
women, an Asiatic traveler says:
"They neither veil them nor impose
upon them heavy manual labor. Their
women are well clothed and are free
to ride abroad, bully their husbands
and express their opinion In public af
fairs with as loud a voice as any suf
fragist could desire. To see a woman
of sixty upright as a lance and with a
good figure is not uncommon, and
that I think, is a sufficiently striking
testimony to any one acquainted with
the east"
A Practical Letter.
There has recently been an outcry
against the deterioration In modern
letter writing, but the following epis
tolary triumph from a tailor has lev
eled things up.
"I have today issued a writ against
you," wrote a tailor whose letter was
produced in the Westminster county
court "for the amount of your bllL
Trusting for a continuance of your es
teemed favor, I remain," etc. London
Globe. - -
A Business Matter.
She Here Is your engagement ring.
Henri. I cannot marry you; I love an
other. Ue What Is bis name? She
In heaven's name, you won't kill him.
will you? He-Oli. no; but I thought
I might do a deal wHh him with this)
A Higher Health LeveL
. "I have reaobed a higher health
level since I began using Dr. King's
New Life Pills," writes Jacob Spring
er, of West Franklin, Maine. "They
keep my stomaob, liver and bowels
working juet right" If these pills
disappoint yon on trial, money will bo
refunded at Palace Drug company's
store. 25o. -
Tbe old remedies are the best Hick
ory Bark Cough Remedy bas been in
use for over one hundred years by tbe
old Dutch Dnnkards of Pennsylvania,
and is still in use by all tbe old families
of Western Pennsylvania. Is abso
lutely pure; made from tbe bark of tbe
white or shell bark hickory tree. Tbe
bark is shipped from tbe east, and
manufactured in Walla Walla, wasn.
For sale bv Palace Drug Store.
A Cure for Misery.
"I have found a cure for the misery
malaria poison produoes," says R. M.
James, of Louellen, S. C. "It's call
ed Electric Bitters, and oomes in 50
cent bottles. It breaks up a case of
chills or a bilious attack in almost no
time; and it puts yellow jaundice
clean out of commission.". This great
tonio medicine and blood purifier gives
quick relief in all stomaob, liver and
kidney complaints and the misery of
lame back. Sold under guarantee by
Palace Drug company.
Ring's Little Liver Pills wake np
lazy livers, olean tbe system and clear
tbe skin. Try tbem for biliousness
and siok headache. Price 25c. Sold
by Pioneer Drug Store.
Carrie Nation
oertainiy smashed a hole iu tbe bar
rooms of Kansas, but Ballard's Hore
hound Syrnp has smashed all records
as a cure for coughs, Bronohitis, Infln
enza and all Pulmonary diseases. T.
C. H , Horton, Kansas, writes: "I
have never found a medicine tbat
would cure a cough so quiokly as Bal
lard's Horehound Syrup. I have used
it for years." Sold by Palace Drug
oompany. ' ' .
To stop that pain in tbe back, tbat
stiffness of the jointe and muscles,
take Pineules. They are guaranteed.
Don't suffer from rheumatism, back
ache, kidney trouble, when you get 80
days' treatment for $1.00. A single
dose at bed time proves their merit
Get them today. Sold by Pioneer
Drug Store.
The Badge of Honesty
la on every wrapper of Doctor Pierce's
Guidon J.Iedical Discovery bocauso a full
list of tho ingredients composing it is
printed thero iu plain English. Forty
years of experience has proven its superior
worth as a blood purifier and invigorat
ing tonic for tho cure of stomach disorders
and all liver ills. It builds up tho run
down system as no other tonic can in
which alcohol Is used. The active medic
inal principles of nativo roots such as
Golden Soal and Queen's root, Stone and
Mandrake root, liloodroot and Black
Chcrrybark aro extracted and preserved
by tho use of chemically pure, trlplc
roliucd glycerine Send to Dr. U, V. Piereo
at liuffalo, N. Y., tor free booklet which
quotes extracts from well-recognized med
ical authorities such as Drs. Bartholow,
King, ScudaW Coo, Ellingwood and a
host of others, showing that these roots
nded upon for their curative
e&k states of the stomach.
y indigestion or dyspepsia
: bilious or liver complaints
astlng diseases" where thero
and gradual running down
of tlirStrenglh and system.
The "Golden Medical Discovery "makes
rich, mire h!ooda nd so Invigorates and
rppulatcs THffstomacH. iivor and bowels!
and,, throned tln-m, the whole system.
Thus all skin affections, blotches, pimples
and eruptions as well as scrofulous swel
lings and old open running sores or ulcers
aro cured and healed. In treating old
running sores, or ulcers, it is well to In
sure their healing to apply to them Dr.
Pierce's All-Healing Salve. If your drug
gist don't happen to have this Salve in
stock, send hfty-fonr cents in postage
stamps to Dr. R. V. Tierce, Invalids' Hotel
and Surgical Institute. linfTalo. N. Y., and
a large box of tho "All-Healing Salve"
will reisch yon by return post ,
You can't afford to accept a secret nos
trum as a substitute for this non-alcoholic,
medicine op known composition, not
even though the urgent dealer may
thereby make a little i'igger profit
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
Sugar-coated, tiny granules, easy to take
as candy.
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ROAT
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can ne oope
action in all
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and in irtjw
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V J
EESDE
SUMMONS.
In tbe Circuit court of tbe State of
Oregon for Umatilla County.
L. A. Shetlcnberger, Plaintiff Summon -James
C. Dlngman, Defendt f 'Publication
To James C. Dingbam, The Above
Named Defendant: In the name of
tbe State of Oregon, you are hereby
required and commanded to appear and
answer tbe complaint filed against yon
io tbe above entitled cause and court on
or before Friday tbe 21st day of Feb
ruary, A. D. 1908, whioh said date is
tbe last day of the time prescribed in
tbe order for publication of summons
herein. .
And yon will take notice that if yon
fail to appear and answer tbe said
complaint or otherwise plead thereto
within said time, tbe plaintiff, for
want thereof, will apply to the court
for tbe relief prayed for and demanded
therein; viz., for judgment against
you in the sum of $228.50 balance due
as prinoipal and interest upon tbe
promissory note sued on, and for a de
cree foreclosing tbat certain mortgage
exeouted by you to one Jobn L. Bart
ley to seoure payment of said note and
thereafter transferred, assigned, and
endorsed together with said note to
plaintiff herein and whioh said mort
gage is duly recorded in volume num
ber 83 at page 372 of the reoord of
mortgages for Umatilla oounty, Ore
gon, and for a foreclosure sale of the
real property therein described as Lot
numtered 5, and the South half of lot
4 in block 8, and lot 5 and the south
half of lot 4 in blook 10. all in Mo
Arthur's Addition to the City of Wes
ton, Umatilla County, Oregon, to sat
isfy said judgment and mortgage lien,
and for fifty dollars attorney fees, for
costs and disbursements, and for other
equitable relief. .
This summons is published pursuant
to an order of tbe Hon. H. J. Bean,
Circuit Jndge of tbe Sixth Judicial
Distriot of Oregon, dnly made and en
tered on tbe 6th day of January, A.
D. lQnft . find will amwnr nnna n nnolr
1 for six suooessive weeks, tbe first pnb
I lioation being made on Friday the 10th
day of January, 1908 and the last one
on Friday the 21st day of February,
1908.
Peterson, Peterson & Wilson,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
C. A. Barrett & Company, Inc.
We have no Shoddy Goods to
on customers.
C. A. Barrett &
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and try once SKIDOO Condition Tablets, or SKIDOO Worm, Kidney, Chicken Cholera,
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Sold in Athena by A. B. McEwen & Sons.
JOB PRINTING-'
EMS. ECOuW
for G0U0S3S
mm -mTniioAT- Lur
DISEASES
SAVED HER SON'S LIFE
My son Rex wae taken down a year ago with lung trouble. We
doctored some months without Improvement. Then I began giving
Dr. King's Hew Discovery, and I soon noticed a change for the better.
I kept this treatment up for a few weeks and now my son is perfectly
well and works every day. MRS. SAMP. RIPPEE, Ava, Mo.
SOLD AND GUARANTEED
Wants All j
To Know- I
Rodlng-. Ge., September IS, 1900.
MESSRS. B. C. DB WITT A CO.,
Chicago, 111.
Gentlemen: Yours of tht 6th to hand.
In reply will say, most assuredly uie my
letter in any way you see fit tor the benefit of
the suffering. I will answer all correspond
ence as to my own case. I recommend
KODOL to all I hear grumbling about their
stomachs, and have bought many their first
bottle. All that is required 1 a trial of
KODOL. It talk for itself.
Yours very truly,
O. W. CORNELL.
oclol
for Dyspepsia.
digests what you eat, takes ths ,
strain off of the heart, and contrib
utes nourishment, strength and
health to every organ of the body.
For Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Sour
Stomach, Inflammation of the mu
cous membranes lining the Stomach
and Digestive Tract, Nervous Dys
pepsia and Catarrh of the Stomach.
CONFORMS TO NATIONAL
PURE FOOD AND DRUG LAW
Digests What
You Eat
Sold by Palace Drug Company.
.fl ,
Prices are right
Company, Inc,
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v HigH Grade Stock
mD
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gain ruy. tuan uanano.
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ring. Sourlre. -
THE PALACE DRUG COMPANY.