Or .HirtJoc., CMx H»U. «mow«« $1.50 per Year) 12ic. per Month Agent« for any Magazine or Newspaper printed in the United States. M o ro , S h e rm a n W m . R udolf TH E ONE SURE W AY W BANK M il l in g C o . M a n s fie ld . B illia r d and Pool T a b le s Ice cold d rin k » a n d lee cream In »ca­ non. H<>da w ater, bottled an d fo u n tain , alw ay s on h a n d . V inton H otel M oro G R A S S VALLEY. O R E . New E ntirely. I— H otel M C o n v ie n tto Business oro F P R IC E S R E A S O N A B L E Nearest Hotel to Business Center, Banki, and Depot. Conducted on Best Principles Sunday Dinner 35 c e n ts . F ir s t C la s s B a r b e r S h o p in th e H o te l. < 'n m m e rr lM I T r m lr « » H e l l e « O pposite P o s t O ffic e W hen in P o r i In m l M oro. O re g o n . H o tel Keî)t, R . M o s h ic h o r, Accommodation» F irst Cia»». STOP O rd e rn . p ro p . - AT Hotel Oregon C o r n e r 7 th a n d S ta rk S tr e e ts . Headquarter» for Traveling Men Room» Well Furnished, Nicely V entilated, Newly Renovated The Be-t of Tablo Board at Moderate Price. It 1« ne v anil lu room « are provided w ith ru n n in g w ater and lo n g d istan ce te le ­ ph one«. E uropean plan. Rale» 1 1 per day and upward H ig h e s t prilled room '$ 3 per day. W right-Dickinson o $ s t o p Hteani H e a t. E le ctric L ig h t» Esmond Hotel E lectric Call Bells. P r o tla n d , O r e g o n . H O T E L R A T E S T O S U IT Y O U . OSCAR T . N. C R O FTO N , ANDKRSON MANAOBK F ree b u s to a n d from tra in s R a te s by th e day 5 0 c, 7 5 c, $ 1.0 0 , $ I .5 0 , $ 2 . P r o p r ie to r . E u ro p e a n Plan «a *'< »'*’*'* k * j * S ****** ♦»*>•* ea-e^S* **•* - ♦ **♦♦<*'* * «■♦•agt • wnw - kA* - — g. PLUMBING ® STEAM FITTING | A G ood C lean Fam ily H otel » •• All kind» of Reservoir and Cistern work in con- nection with water pysteni» installed in first class style and all work done guaranteed. £ Dynamite and powder work on all kinds of Rock Excavation» 1 H. A. S t u a r t , M oro, O regon. ; P usth S q ; B r , ck 4ND P. ohcrete W ork »w w # » * saRMHWW»1 jw sa sw *»»«»»■*»<•»«*# * overnor charles e l i LO II EH haa beeu v e ry n tm h In the public «ye «w ing fc> th e ItuaMoi, In com plex political sltuuMoi? th e sta te of New York. Ill» m ethods in conducting the s ta te ’s business are h < »met 1 me» com m ented on Interestingly by men w ith whom he com es in con- tnct. One story 1» told of the governor th at evidences the Im partiality he show s in dealing w ith m atter» affect­ ing the state. W hen the legislature w as In session thtfre w ere tw o well know n senators w ho had bills w hich they ear- neatly deslreil the governor to sign. Oue of these men w as called on by blH local organi­ zation to oppose an • c t*°n ot The | governor ami to criticise him for tuklng the action In question. T he senator was m uch averse to doing this, for he felt lie would an- M t a g o n I z e Mr. H ughes and lead T i i r first senator him to veto the d epa r t ed . p a rtic u la r bill be had before him. Rnt finally pressure bei atne so stro n g tlia t he delivered a »tinging, b itte r speech ag ain st the gov­ ernor. The other se n a to r arose th e sam e day and defended th e executive In re­ sounding term s, p a in tin g him ns the gn iftest of all New Y ork's governors. He sa t dow n feeling th a t the fa te of ills pet hill, then lu th e governor's hands, w as secure. A few days la te r th e first senator went h esita tin g ly Into the executive cham ber to ask the executive to sign his bill. B ut lie fe lt th a t he w as w asting tim e. T he governor, how ever, w as very affable and said: “ Oh, ye«, th a t hill. I have looked Into It, and I find It ail rig h t. I will sign It Im m edi­ ately." And he did so. T he senator departed, hardly believing th a t his cars were In good w orking order. Shortly a fte rw a rd In w alked th e sec ond se n a to r and aaked the governor confidently about signing his m esa are.- Mr. H ughes, m uch to th e tegls lato r's chagrin and disgust, said: “Oh, th a t hili. I have looked into th e m a t­ te r and find It all wrong. I c a n 't for a m oment consider signing It.” “ W hat's th e use of having a gov­ ernor like th a t? " m u ttered th e crest fallen se n a to r as he m eekly d e p a rt­ ed “ H e c a n 't be hum an If he does not stand by the people who stand by him." S o m e h o w or other It t a k e s Home politicians a long tim e to get a c c u s t o m e d to denting w ith gov­ ernors and o th er high e x e c u ti v e s who a ct on p u b ­ lic m easures ac­ 1H CAME T H E BBC O N D HEÑATO S. cording to the m erits of the m easures and not accord Ing to the s ta tu s of the innn who Is I th eir gponsor. Most veteran politicians consider politics to l>e a gam e of “ You tickle me. I ’ll tlckte you." but some tim es a governor like H ughes breaks tradition» of long standing. *■** * *•'*'** ♦ '* * * * # * « Until further notice I will not carry with me on my trip» over the county any medicine», salves or It Is custom ary to hear horse racln s liniment»; hut a full »tock will he term ed the "sp o rt of kings" because kept on hand at my »tore and all of the g re at w ealth required to con mail order» will be promptly tilled. duct a racing stable for pleasure, but Ale?- btsr, Agt, b::, Orego Oregon “ B u ild e rs ” ire you doing what you can to populate your state? O R F O O N N E E D S P E O P L E —Hettler», h o n e st farm er», m echanic», m erc h an t» ,‘clerk», people w ith brains, stro n g h a n d s a n d a w illin g h e a rt—c ap ita l or no capital. The Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co. 1» se n d in g ton» of O regon lite ra tu re to th e E a s t for d istrib u tio n th ro u g h every a v a lla h R ag en cy . W ill you n o t help th e gtxki-w ork of b u ild in g O regon by se n d in g u» th e nam e» a n d addresses o f y o u r friends w ho are likely to lie Interested In th is state? W « w ill be glad to hear th e expense of se n d in g th e m com plete Inform ation a b o u t O R E G O N , a n d Ita o p p o rtu n ities. ‘ n l O N I S T T I C K E T S will I c o n sale d u rin g H E P T E M B E It nd O C T O B E R from th e E a st to all p o in ts In O regon. T he fares ■oni a few p rin c ip a l cities are .130 00 From Louisville From Denver . Cincinnati “ Omaha ......... 30.00 Cleveland “ Kansas C ity .. 3 0 .IX) N ew Y o rk “ St. L ouis............ 35 50 “ Chicago.............. 38 00 T ic k e t s can be 141 42 44 55 70 20 75 00 P r e p a id rr v o n w a n t to b rin g a friend or re la tiv e to O regon, deposit th e X r M m n u n t w n h 'a n y of o ur ag ents T h e tic k e t w ill th e n be ’u n B sh ed by teleg rap h . Wm. . F. CRABTREE, Local A gent, Moro, Or. M c H u rra y , General Passenger Agent, P o r t la n d , READ THE OBSERVER G Conor Front ari.MraM All O R & N Trains Stop at Front Door Railway Ticket Office in the Lobby. i'P I Hotel Co. Chas. Wright, President. M. C. Dickinson, M anager. tf,e poopt* st°p ( The Umatilla House JBMF [F rom Our N ew York C orresp on d en t] C ig ars, Tobaccos areh o use O re g o n , A C h a ra c te rla tlc S to ry o f GoV” t r n o r H u g h e « — T h e Cost < f Being « Y a c h ts m a n —A L if t o f C o n fectio n ery To those wishing snch relations we heartily extend onr services. C o u n ty , Talk of New York. F irst stre et, Htroug brick, Moro, O re. To have money is to save It. The one sure way to save it is to deposit it with ^asco Warehouse Milling Co. bank. You will then be exempt from the annoyance of having it burn holes in your pockets. Aside from the tact that your money will be safe from theft; the habit of saving tends to the establishment of thrift, economy, discipline and a general understanding of business principals essen­ tial to your success. asco \ job hoik O f every Description to Order ... Quick and Cheap! ibber Stamp« Furnished. . . ----1 for Typewriter^ Typewriter Supplies, Ribbons, Eta. H k s ta b l i s h o d 1 8 8 7 . W F h u SHERMAN COUFY OBSERVER. PUBLISHED FRIDAYS. O re g o n . A L L t h e t im e . F o r C o u n ty new s o. g. fflessinger M o ro . C ity O re g o n . D ra y Expre»» and Freight Delivered to any Part of the City Piano and Furniture Moving. Trunks and Grips Delivered nowsidays yachting ns conducted In New York w a ters m ay well take the place of horse racing In this respect. Up to d ate yachting, ns tho New- York m illionaire's yacht, costs fa r more in a y e ar th an the operating of a «ta­ ble of average size fo r the sam e pe rlod. And, moreover, there can be no profit In yachting. I t is an am ateur sport. T here are no purses to rnce for, only cups and o th er trophies; also the lietting fe atu re Is generally absent from yacht races, w hile ow ners of rnce horses som etim e« win fortunes In » day on itets. Cornelius V anderbilt’s yearly yacht­ ing hill runs over $200,000 when he r.'.ces in a sailing y a c h t Ills Mg ienin vncht Is nlwnys n e ar at hand, so To and From all Trains. REED HULSE Proprietor of CITY DRAY NO. 2 Draying of all Kinds. Trunk» and Grips Hauled to and from all trains th at he can e n te rta in bis friends and find com fortable q u a rte rs for himself. Almost all the m illionaire yachtsm en who race sailing c ra ft use their stcuna yachts In the sam e w ay as Vandcrlillt, often having th eir fam ilies follow the races on the steam c raft. T he crew s on the racing yachts h are to be th e hlgheet class of seamen, re­ ceiving $30 a m onth, food «ml keep. The c ap tain 's salary m ay vary from $3.000 to $10,000. T he repairs «lone on alm ost every selling yacht forty feet In length run up to several thou­ sand dollar». Rome of the sum s »[>ent In a single y ear on yachting by New York m illionaire» are as fifflows: II. H. Rogers, $100,000; Jo h n P. Morgan, KomfWMl- FVwAarU'b (1 Umirne. r r coon- K rid ç iy , S e p t . n lore New York Y acht club, $140,- “•>»; Kx-Cominodore G erry, $110,000; John Jacob Astpr, $160,000; the Gould family, $286.000. William G illette, fam ous as actor and playw right, la w ritin g a new "detective play," w hich, he believe«, will equal “ Secret Service” In popularity and profit m a k in g . Mr. G illette is know n about tow n a« one of the m ost p a rtic ­ u lar and exact men about little things. If «oms oue make« an engagem ent w ith him and keeps GS. I ETTE IS MOST him w aiting « 1'AHTICVl.AB. few seconda over- time, Mr. G illette w axes apoplectic. If hie eggs are not cooked Just so In the morning, the w aiter has absolutely to floe headlong to prevent hla w ife fro m collecting hla life Insurance. On ©no occasion Mr. G illette gave hla m anager directions as to how he w ant­ ed th e cast of hla com pany printed In the program m e. The m anager sum moned hla press agent, who haa charge of w riting the m aterial for the pro­ gram m e, and told him to do. Just w h a t G illette had ordered. T h at w as to p rin t the nam es of the players In some p a rticu la r fashion and not to p rin t any periods a fte r any of the nam es, for Mr. G illette has peculiar ideas on punctuation. Well, when the p rin ter got the copy, sent to him by the press agent, he saw th ere w ere no punctua­ tion m arks In It, and, assum ing thia to be a m istake, he Inserted them him ­ se lf.----- -■-■■■ W hen the proofs w ere returned to the press agent to lie corrected, he neglect­ ed to have the punctuation m arks taken out. The nam es of the p liyere were consequently prin ted In the pro­ gram m es w ith periods a fte r them. W hen Mr. G illette aaw the pro­ gram m es he becam e so exceedingly 18, 1908 » • • o e e o o N am es Y o u See In Print. F iv e 18th ANNUAL DISTRICT FAIR Of the Second Comprised of Hood River, H E tragedy at Bayside, N. Y , In w hich W. E. Annls, a publisher, met hla death a t the hands of an officer of the reg u lar arm y, C aptatu P e te r C. H ains, Jr., calls a t­ tention to th e se rv ­ ice« of the la tte r’» f a t h e r , B rigadier G eneral P e ter Con­ over H ains, who served as a m em ber ocwksal BAiita. t |je jatliTiilan canal comm ission In 1906. G eneral I lain» w ent on the retired Hat of the regular arm y In 1904 a fte r a career of much value to his country. H e waa born In P hiladelphia In 1840 and la a W est Point man. H e la know n aa one of the ablest of m ilitary engineers. For m any years he w aa senior engineer of the N icaragua canal comm ission, con dusting the investigations of th a t body Into the m erits of the various routes for th e g re a t w aterw ay. G eneral H ains left W est P oint to go to tho front a t the o utbreak of the civil w ar, through w hich he served aa an engineer officer from Bull R un to Appom attox. He received th re e brevets for g allan t service In 1862 he was assigned to the charge of the reclam ation of the Potom ac flats a t W ashington and con­ tinued In charge until 1891, when th n t work w as well advanced tow ard com­ pletion. He served w ith cred it In Porto Rico d u rin g the w a r w ith Spain. General H alua m arried V irginia P. Jenkins, d a u g h te r of A dm iral T h o rn ­ ton Jenkina of the U nited S tates navy. H la son, T hornton Jenkina Ilalns. who, w ith C aptain n a ln a , la charged w ith th e m urder of Annls, Inherited the ad m iral's fondness for the aea and served as a n avigator before tak in g up hla present profession ns a w riter, In which he haa a tta in e d note as an w rathy th a t the u n fo rtu n ate {trees au th o r of sto ries of the sea. agent w as im m ediately discharged. T he race riots lu Springfield, 111., Mrs. M. G. Quackenboe, whom A t­ have caused the governor of Illinois, torney G eneral B onaparte has m ade C harles Sam uel Deneen, to figure a one of hla special a ssista n ts In the good deal In print, aa It devolved on cam paign ag ain st the tru sts, Is a New him to take a vigorous hand In the s it­ York law yer of great brilliance Mr*. Quackenboe . has th e faculty of un­ uation and order out the troops of the derscoring a rem ark w ith an appro­ sta te national guard to restore order In priate fable. Thus, discussing tb s the disturbed com m unity. G overnor other day the c h a ra c te r of a certain Deneen won the Indorsem ent of his fel­ low p artisan s hl bis candidacy for re- notorious m illionaire, she said: "I suppose there Is some honesty 1« election at th e recent prim aries, d e fe a t­ the man, but It Is hard to find. It re­ ing decisively his minds me of the railw ay ham sand­ principal opponent, wich. A m an paused b itterly I n , the f o r m e r G overnor consum ption of a very hard, d ry rall- Yates. He w as cho­ way ham sandw ich and said to the sen executive of the maid behind the bar: sta te In 1904, the “ I don’t see no ham In thia.' term of the office in “ ‘Oh, you aln’C eom e to It yet,’ said Illinois being four years. G overnor De­ the maid, w ith a smile. “A m inute or two passed. The man’s neen w as born In Jaws worked gloomily. T hen th«y E dw ardsville, 111., in stopped again, and he aald: 1863. His father. " I d o n 't see no ham yet, young wo­ P rofessor S. I I . De- qovesnob dsneeix . wn» one of man.’ " ‘Oh, she replied, 'you've gone and the most prom inent educators of the bit over It now.’ " state, bolding for th irty year» a chair In M cltendree collefe a t Lebanon atf Paul W llstnch, the p lay w rig h t who professor of L atin and ancient his­ was bualneaa m anager for the 1st« tory. C harles Deneen w as g raduated from Richard M ansfield for m any year». Is M cKendree college in 1882 and three Just now in F a ir­ year» later rem oved to Chicago to p u r­ fax county, Va., sue the study of law . He was adm itted at H ouston Hall, to the bar. H is practice rapidly ex­ re v is in g th e tended, and he probably prosecuted a p r o o f s of hla greater num ber of crim inal cases than "Life of M ans­ any of hla contem poraries In Chicago. field." ’ Mr. Deneen waa appointed attorney Mr. W llstnch Is for the sa n ita ry d istric t In 1896 In one of the most 1806 he waa elected s ta te atto rn ey by highly thought of a large m ajority. thentrlcal men In In the fam ous L uetgert case he m ade New York's club the g re atest h it of his career aa a pros l i f e , a ud Mr. ecutor. He built up the case ag ain st Mansfield placed the sausage m anufacturer, who had the highest con­ m urdered hla w ife and dissolved her fidence in his lit­ body In a v at of lye. from purely cir­ erary a b i l i t y . cum stantial evidence and won every When lu N e w turn In the long and bitterly contested York Mr. W ll­ litigation. stnch can alw ays be found a t the T he arsenal a t 8prlngfleld figured In P lay ers’ club, op­ posite O ra m ercy the dispatches regarding the riots In park. He w as th a t city, as It w aa the center of sev­ Mr. M ansfield's personal adviser In eral exciting scenes. I t waa to tho a r ­ m any m atters, and Mr. W llstach a l­ senal th a t the rioters repaired In the w ays m aintained th a t the great actor w as not generally understood by the public an d .th a t unreasonable end biased critics had done m uch to wound th e feelings and m ake sorrow ful the life of Mansfield. Mr. W llatach's "L ife of Mansfield" will be Issued In the fall and will con­ sist lnrgely of m aterial hitherto unpub­ lished ROG ER E L L IO T T . T O. Hsnry*« S tart. A P ittsb u rg review er recalls the fact th a t O. H en ry had "breeaed" unan­ nounced Into the offles one day a few y e ars ago on hla w ay eeat. He was In a hurry tieesuss he was hungry. H e had an Inside cost pocket bulging w ith manuscript and a vac­ uum In the compartment consecrated to small change. H e looked as If be had seen much of the world and a good deal of It bad stuck to Mm. For all that he IrsAed as happy »■ a philoso­ pher, wml ell be- wanted was a dollar or two for some of thoes msnnecrlpta to provide food before marching on­ TBS ARSXMAL. AT »PBlNSrlBUD. ward to N e w , York. Tw o er three months later the story refused by thia belief that they could overcome Its de­ Pittsburg editor appeared In • promi­ fenders and obtain arms with which to resist the troops summoosd to preserve nent eaatern magnate*. I t te tea ttte tea* w n C e n ts Eastern Oregon District the Counties Sherm an, of W asco, G illiam , Crook, and W heeler, will be held at The Dalles, Oregon Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday O cto b e r 6 th to 1Oth The M ain 'A ttractlo n s are The Pavilion in the city. Stock Exhibit. Speed Attractions. School Children» Exhibit. Balloon Ascensions. Arnold» Amusement Co., who will o u td o former efforts. All railroad.and boat line» will give reduced rate» of fare Handsome Premiums Offered for all Exhibit», Races, Etc. See premium list, which will he furnished upon application A great exhibit of our annual resource» and endless amusements in car lots are in »tore for everybody. J. L Kelly, President. J. M . Patterson, Secretary. ■Isnppolnted. T he soldiers of the n a ­ tional guard held tlielr ground ag ain st The th e Invader» and dlspeised the mob. lo ite r the arsenal l>ecamo a place of refuge for fugitive negroes. Several hundred colored people, men. women and children, »ought sh elter In the building Many were old nml Infirm, but they gladly endured the hardships On« P o in t o f R a ssm b la n o s. of sleeping on the floor or In chair» W hen Jo h n McCullough w as sta rrin g ra th e r th an expose theniselvi*» to the In Texas,. In one town, w here he w as chauco of a tta ck In th eir home«. hllloil to 'p la y "Injpgnar," y>e costum es were delayed by a railw ay a c c id e n t W a lte r k Roscoe Stubbs, Republican The m anager w as equal to the situ a ­ n e w ent to every nom inee for governor of K ansas, won tion, however. In the roceut prim aries by a plurality buteheUs shop In tow n and hired all of ul>out 20,000 over his principal op­ the sheep and cow hides he could to p o n e n t He w as sponsor for E. W. dress up his super». W hen McCul­ lough cam e on the sta g e th a t n ight he Hoch when the la tte r w as elected gov­ fell hack appalled by the stench of the e rnor four j e a r s ago. He 1» a railroad hastily Im provised clothing worn by builder and a m an of large fortune, the barbarians. who began hla career aa a w ater cur­ “ W hat do you think of them ?” the rier In railroad construction eanipa. He elder Notheru laughingly asked Uc- first appeared aa a auccosaful factor In Cullongh, pointing to the super« aa the K ansas politics a cu rtain rolled down. “They n e ith e r act like, look like nor little more th an fotir talk like barb arian » ,” c urtly growled years ago, when he the tragedian, "b a t, by the gods, they defeated the org an i­ atnell like them ." zation forces. H e m ade a record P R A Y E R OF SOCRATES. aa a re fo rtn if In the Grant, O O lym pian r < m 1* suprem e, K ansas house of N ot m y w ish and not my dream ; r e p re s e n ta tiv e s , of G rant mo n eith er «old th at ahtnss w hich he served as Nor ruddy copper tn th s m ines. N or pow er to w ield th e ty ra n t's rod speaker one year. And be a fool and seem e out fifteen m inutes o f your tim e Just to let me say to these good How to T rsnapIsoV Small Trees. A sm all tree or any sh ru b m ay be people thnt I am a c an d id ate for th eir successful tran sp la n ted nt an y season suffrages and to show some reasons or at any stage of grow th In the fol­ w hy’’— “ Hold on.’’ said the desperado. lowing w ay: Dig a trench entirely around I he tree, a foot or more lu “ Sheriff, who I» thia m a n ? ’ “T h a t's B lackburn.” w idth and a little dee|>er. leaving ths “ W hat Blackburn Joe Blackburn?" . roots imbedded In a ball of e arth . Fill “ Yea." the trench w ith wet cem ent and leave “I thought so. Give him my time. undlsturt>ed till It harden». The tree may then be lifted and rem oved a t Give him all of It. But go ahead and pleasure. A fter placing It w here It Is hang me first and make Blackburn talk to stand, break and rem ove th« cem ent afterw an l." aud Im m ediately fill the space w ith H e W anted te K new . earth The Employer (coldly?— Why are yon so late? The Buburbanlte (guiltily>— How to Preserve Clothes W ringers. W hen the rollers of your clothe« There were two wracks on the track w ringer begin to break buy o cents' thia m orning, «m l— The w orth of bicycle tap« ami wind It (testily?—Who was the other one? around th e rollers. .W ind the tape P a rtly T ru e . carefully and snugly and then w ind a Il r . N Ix—1 don’t believe a word e f piece of w hite cloth around the roller to cover the tape. A w ringer w hich la your story t W eary— W ell, teat part tre a te d tn thia m anner will last tw ice about my bein' e et o< work tor ntee i tes< a a I f treated te tea aaaal w a j. x w ra >■ Scrap Book