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Under an Actot Congress of March 3, 1879
cATHENA. ORE.. JULY 21.
.1911
L. D. Eaton, writing to the East
Oregoniao, takes exceptions to the re
potts made by "crop experts" and
places them in the category of pests.
Serioasly speaking, be says ranohers
don't want their crops exported, not
by ootnmeroial experts anyway, for
the very good reason that following
the glory reports of the experts, there
results notioable depression in grain
prices. All of whioh is true. But
how eliminate the "expert" and bis
report? Ue gathers his data from the
farmer himself, and together with bis
personal observation, ia woven the
story of the crop propeots. To put
the kibosh on the expert, the farmer
himself should lead the orueade by
withholding information. In troth,
glowing crop prospects are takeu ad
vantage of by the grain gambleis who
in a measure have the making and un
making of grain prices in the same
proportion that reports of poor oiop
conditions are manipulated by them.
However. Mr. Eaton's expert is by no
means tbt only source of information
available to the manipulators of grain
prioesi 'the United States govern
ment maintains an information bu
reau whioh renders statistical reports
on crop prospects and production,
whioh would make it appear that the
secret will out, anyway.
PHYSICAL ENDURANCE.
Athletes, at a Rule, Reach the Zenith
of Their Powere larly.
In athletic sports pnyslcal endurance
plays the most important part. This
Is particularly noticeable in the Mara
thon races. In boxing, wrestling and
rowing ability to stand the tremen
dous strain on the pliyir:il powers is
essential.
But every athlete has his physical
limitations. Ue reaches the zenith of
his powers early and then gradually
declines. A victorious Marathon run
ner seldom repeats his success, for he
has impaired his endurance by his ex
ertions, although he does uot think so
until he meets with defeat the second
time he irli-s for tirst prize.
A boxer, ns a rule, cannot long re
main n champion in any class, al
though a twelve year record has been
made by exceptional men. A promi
nent wrestler said recently that he
hoped to remain in the game five years,
but could not exceed that limit and
still be a topnotchcr.
Oarsmen win their greatest victories
In the first few years of their career.
The baseball player holds out well be
cause the strain on him Is less violent
than on most athletes and he gets
needful rest. Pitchers, however, are
an exception, and some hold out for
many years, but most of them do not
Boston. Globe.
RADIUM SAFES.
LAUGH AND GET FINED.
Did President Taft and his secre
tary of the Interior, Bellinger, give
to a Morgan oombine in whioh his
brother is interested a monopoly of
exit to the sea or a railroad connec
tion with rich ooal mines in south
western Alaska? This is reported as
the vital question of the "Controller
Bay inoident," now under investiga
tion by Congress, upon the basis of
nows disclosures last week. One ex
collent Washington correspondent
thinks that "after the dust has cleared
away" the inoident will go "down to
history as an attempt to make a moun
tain out of a molehill." But that is
about what many excellent Washing
ton correspondents thought of the
Ulavis disclosures when Mr. Taft and
bis dof t Attorney General were bot
tling them up. Many mole bills
grow as they "go down in history,"
Pendleton papers are wrangling over
the problem of putting eleotrio light
and telephone wires underground ou
the business streets. Que paper is ao
coned by the other of trying to railroad
the proposition through the Commer
cial Association, and it retaliatesvith
the aoousatlou of the othor sheet being
the organ of the eleotrio and telephone
trusts. The city ocuncil, u council
man uud the , ladies of the
CJivio Olnb have been brought into
the newspaper embroglio, and the end
is not yet.
There will to three big laud shows
iu the East this fall. New York, Chi
oago aud Omaha are planuiug to bold
exhibits that will let prospective borne
suekeis know what the entire oountry
has to offer. All transcontinental rail
ways are aiding iu these projects.leud
iug them gonerous tluauoial assistauoe.
'1 ho agents of the various shows have
teen active La he Northwest for some
tie, lining up the vaiious dintricta. It
is safe to say that Washington and
Oregon will be well represented.
Portland has won the 1 0 1 J reuniou
of the Elks, whioh means that it will
be host to one of the largest gather
ings in the country next year. The
Portluud lodge soul a large delegation
to Atlftutio City several weeks ago,
won a lot of piizos iu the parade aud
copped oil the anunal gathering for
HU2. This in the big event aud one
that will do much to attract attention
to the entire Paoitio Northwest.
That Seems to Be a Common Occur
rence In Germany.
English law is occasionally subject
to criticism, but for real comedy we
are a long way behind Germany.
In Berlin recently an Ironworker was
sent to prison for a week because he
laughed. Going along the street be
saw a merrymaker being chased by a
particularly stout policeman, and the
sight tickled him. lie was promptly
baled before the court for scandal.
Another man attempted to get into
a moving train and fractured his leg
After six months in the hospital he
was discharged, cured, when the state
railway department at once prosecuted
him for breaking their regulations. The
law and leg breaker was fined $1.25.
stepping into an omnibus a man
trod on the foot of a lady, who was so
annoyed that she said be walked like
a hen. She was fined $5 for using this
term of reproach.
Claire Waldoff, the Berlin singer, out
wltted the police, however. She was
warned that if she sang any of her
songs on Easter Sunday there would be
trouble. But the announcement was
made that Claire Waldoff would posl
tlvely appear. She did. So did the po
lice. And she sang the German nn
tlonal anthem!
The promised prosecution did not
take place. London Answers.
Curbing the Kickers.
One of the St Louis country clubs
has an unwritten rule that whenever
a member kicks for something he
thinks the club ought to have it is at
once put In ut his expense. Not long
ago a . member complained of the
cream. "The club ought to have a
I couple of tine cows of Its own," he
growled. J nat ended tne incident ror
the time being, but the first of the
month he found the following item on
his bill:
Two Jersey Cows , 1150
The result of this policy Is one of
the most complete country clubs in the
Mississippi valley, but the members
are growing more and more cautious
about kicking, and acquisitions are
nothing like so common ns they for
merly were. St Louis Post-Dispatch.
The New York Shave.
I think that the New Yorker's shave
is symptomatic of the whole rate of
life in New York. !t Is. if you will.
luxurious, but you have to allow twen
ty minutes out of your day for It In
London I never allow more than five
minutes. Here I He down in a chair
and say: "I'm in a hurry. Be as quick
as you can. please." My barber sur
veys me with no look of interest and
goes to talk for Ave minutes to the lady
manicurist. When ho returns I say
from my recumbent posltlou, "I'm in
a great hurry." He says, "Yep?" ln
terrogatorily as If I had given him a
piece of quite uninteresting and dispas
sionate Information. Ue goes to a mir
ror and for some moments examines a
wart upon his cheek. Eventually he
shaves me. Atlantic.
ColouiBt rates to Oregon will again
be iu elfeot this Fall, from September
IS to October 15, ou n basis of f'35
from St. Paul aud the Missouri rivet
to any point iu thin state, or :)5 from
Chicago. Kailroad trafflo officials ex
pect there will be a heavy mov onieut
to the Paoitio Slope this fall, for there
ia a heavy inquiry already about the
rates.
True Eloquence.
True eloquence, indeed, does not con
sist in speech. It cannot be brought
from far. Labor and learning may toll
for it, but they will toil In vain.
Words and phrases may be marshaled
In every way. but they cannot com
pass it. it must couslst in the man.
In the subject and in the occasion. Af
fected passion, lutenso expression, the
pomp of declamation, nil may inspire
to it They cannot reach it It comes,
If It comes at all, like the outbreak
ing of a fountaiu from the earth or the
bursting forth of volcanic fires with
pontaneons. original, native force.
Webster.
The doranged woman of Philadel
phia who thought she bad bem eeut
by the Lord to flud lost sheep, aud be
gan her mission iu the center aisle
of a fashionable oburoh, was not bo
badly deraugod that she didn't know
where to look.
Just Once.
"But Grlgga thinks yon are his best
friend. If you luro him Into making
this hopeless investment ho surely will
never have anything more to do with
yon."
"That's all right I've never expect
ed to use him more than once." Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
Relief.
C;tbber-Ton ought to meet Smith.
Awfully clever Imitator! lie can take
otT anybody Totiie (war.!!y)--l wish
Ue tverv u.tv tow - Variety t Jte.
Lead Cases Used to Protect the Rays
of the Strange Substance.
Radium Is such :i tr:iii'.'i- suI',,ih,,i
that but few persons in all thr w.ri;l
are perfectly familiar with ir nnd in
peculiar properties.
It throws off n pcctilijir rny of ll!n.
and if not protected It will In time ex
haut Itself, going no one knows .
actly where.
Its emanations are such that there
Is but one known substance t lii-ou-h
which It cannot pass, and that is pun
lead.
For some time the problem of com
plete protection against Its own loss
through emanations and Hie possible
loss by burglars was a puzzle to scien
tists and mechanics, but finally a safe
was constructed In London with au
Inner cell of lead about three inches
In thickness, surrounded by a specially
prepared oqter safe, which Is said to
be a perfect safe for radium.
The strange stuff is stored In those
safes and guarded with extreme care,
as It is of great value.
The safe door is round and so ad
Justed ns to make it possible to dis
close any slight defect that might be
caused by the use of the opening, and
in the Inner portion of the door are
openings through which tubes con
taining mercury can be placed to col
lect any emanations resulting on the
Interior during the confinement of the
curious substance. Mercury collects
the emanations nnd prevents loss in
that direction. Los Angeles Times.
PROGRESS AND MISERY.
The
the
Progress Must Go on, and
Misery May Be Modified.
Many of the Inventions of civiliza
tion have their unhygienic side. The
Invention of houses has enabled man
kind to dwell in all parts of the world,
but it Is responsible for tuberculosis,
especially after glass was devised,
which, while letting in the light, keeps
out the air. The invention of the al
phabet and printing has made possible
the accumulation of knowledge, but It
has produced eye strain, with all its
attendant evils.
The Invention of chairs has added to
human convenience, but it has led to
spinal curvature and irbdominal con
gestion. The device of a division of
labor has added to wealth, but has
destroyed the normal balance of men
tal nnd physical work, recreation and
rest. Similar fault may be found with
clothing, especially corsets, shoes and
hats, aud with numerous other con
trivances. Yet it would be foolish, even if It
wove possible, to attempt to "return
to nnfu re" in the sense of abolishing
civilization We must not go back
ward, but forward. I'lie cure for eye
strain Is not in disregarding the inven
tlon ot reading, but introducing the
invention of glasses The cure of tu
berculosis is not In the destruction ot
houses, but In devices for veiitilallon.
Dr Irvine fisher In New Vork Chris
tlau Advocate.
Scottish Pearls.
A number of people In Scotland
make a livelihood by searching for the
precious stones which are occasionally
to be found ensconced In the Interior
of fresh water mussels. To a lesser
extent it Is also carried out on some
English and Welsh streams, but none
of these Is so prolific iu pearl bearing
as the northern rivers. There are au
thentic records of Scottish pearls be
ing found which rivaled auv the
orient has produced so far as transit)
eency and tla wlessness are concerned.
A writer ot the eighteenth century
states that tl'O.OIK) was a moderate es
timate ot the value of pearls then fish
ed annually from Scottish rivers.
while It Is a matter of history that a
German who formed a syndicate of
Ushers In INfKi acquired stones to the
value of 12.11110 in thai year alone.
But the Industry is not so remunera
tive nowadays. London Standard.
Feared Burial Alive.
The dread ot premature burial
haunted Harriet Mart menu, who
would certainly not te classed as u
fanciful person, and she bequeathed
10 to her doctor to see that tier body
was decapitated before burial. Kd-
iuund Vines In Ills will stipulated that
his Jugular vein should be severed
nnd left to pny for the operation.
Lady Hurton took even stronger pre
cautions. She enjoined that her heart
should be pierced with n needle before
any steps were taken to certify her
death and that her body should after
ward be submitted to a postmortem
examination - London Chronicle.
Lucky or Not.
"Eve was really a very lucky worn
an." remarked Mr llenpeqite. "She
didn't have any woman to criticise her
clothes"
Mrs Henpeque's eyes snapped
"On the other hand.' she retorted,
"she didn't have any woman around to
envy the first gowns a womnu ever
hart." Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Life.
Life Is the finest of the tine arts. It
has to be learned with lifelong pa
tloncp, mid the years of our pilgrim
ages a iv all too short to waster U trt-
mpha n tly . - Oru in mond
But
Her Sacred Word.
"Not going to AlliVs luncheon ?
you gave your sacred word'"
"So I did. and I'd go Iu n minute If
my dress nnd come home "- Harper's
Bazar
We must laiifch before we are happy
or else we may die befi i wa ever
buy;!! at 8U.-L.1 Hruyere.
When you " feel lAtv,
Stretchy. Half Blcg,
Blue and Out of Sorts,
look to tie Liver; It Is
Torpid
HERBINE
Ia the Remedr You Need.
It Is an Invigorating tonfe for
a torpid liver. The first dose
brings Improvement, a few days
use puts the liver in fine vigor
ous condition. Herbino also ex
tends its restorative lnl'.jience
to tho stomach and bowels. It
helps digestion and food assimi
lation, purifies tho bowels and
brings back the habit of regu
lar daily bowel movements.
When the stomach, liver and
bowels aro active, bilious im
purities no longer obstruct
functional processes, the result
mental activity and cheerful
spirits.
Price 50c per Dottle.
JamesF.Ballard.Prop. St.Louis.Mo.
Use Stephens Eye Salve for
Sore Eyes. It Cures.
oloAwd Rceowagw deo By iL
Byron N. Hawks.
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A Good line of Hosiery 0
M i JbU III U 1
The Mother's Friend
Is a good hose, which go out with the boy, stay
with him through the day's play, and come back
home whole at night. Look for the trade mark
shown below.
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DISEASES
SAVED HER SON'S LIFE
My son Rex was taken down a year ago with lung trouble. We
doctored some months without" improvement. Then I began giving
Dr. King's New 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.
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50c AND $1.00
as coming
soon
Only a few Weeks more, and You'll
be looking about for a new Costume
And our new Fall Goods are arriving
We are showing chic new costumes specials not to be found elsewhere in this
city. We create Styles. Buy your outfit here and know that "everyone" will not be
wearing the same thing as you.
If you wish to make your clothes, is it not time you were planning and selecting
the materials? We have all the newest fabrics and invite you to let us shorn them.
Trading coupons are given with all cash purchases. They mean an actual sav
ing of exactly 5 per cent of your purchase to you. Can you save money in an easier
or surer way?
Our Mail Order Department
Gives prompt attention to all cTVIail Orders. Samples
and prices will be sent on request to any address.
We are giving Clearance Prices
on almost all Summer Goods. It will pay you to come
here and buy now. Our Pure Food Grocery Dpart
ment in our model basement, offers you values not to be
elsewhere in Eastern Oregon.
THE PEOPLES WAREHOUSE
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