Moi-o, S h e r m a n C o u n tv ,
UNITED. STATES
GENERAL PANCHO W
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t Remove» Uaot OboftrueUoft
to Flow of Water.
The Dalle». O r^-A bout M par cant
of the work on The Dallea-Celilo canal
waa completed whan 10, BOO pound» oi
powdar were exploded by the pressing Senators Desiring to Speak on
of an electric button. The t o t ob
Woman Suffrage Question
structton to water flowing from and
to and waa blown o u t :
Witt Delay Voting.
The completion of thia important
Improvement w ill give a large portion
w .ahingtnn — W ith their minds pre
of the Inland Empire the benefit ot
aooupled with Immigration problems,
water transportation. I t w ill open tc
trust legislation, treaty obligations and
■team boat navigation the Columbia
President Wilson's determination for
river from Priest Rapids to the aea. a
reversal of policy on the Panama tolls
distance of about 400 miles, and dap,
question, administration leaders In
lag the greater portion ot the year the
congres» had almost forgotten thkl
Snake river from Lewiston to the sen
they w w n
to * « • wlth U e equAi
a distance of about 466 miles.
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Cievdiand, Ohio—County Attorney provide tor a eonatitutional ameud-
Locher received instructions from A t
torney General Hogan to see John D
Rockefeller for hl» personal taxes
The Cuyahoga county authorities hoc
estimated approximately >12,000,<MX
was doe them.
ment extending anffrag« to won»»« wo»
first <m the calendar of buelnee» In
the senate. Senator Ashurst, who Is
guiding the destinies of the resolu
turn, doe» not expect It to come to a
vote because several Senator» served
him with nolle» that when the subject
did come up they would like to din
Hiey T h in k Abroad W o Are Forming a
New Language Here.
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frith Peat Than
of W Ü
Tennyson has
by his fellow w
killed three b id
he apol e of T en
Jingling medley o
severely handled
' Bulwer-Lytton
h a stone when
led contatta,
and out-gltttor-
Out-bsbylag Woe
* ins Keats- -
George Meredi
G rail” that “the
the figures Sev
stuff is not the i
man has got boh
line and bang»
“Idyll» of the Ki
drapery for the
But, then, T
Meredith that-
wading tbroughi
Fifty or More Passengers and
Crew Believed to Have
Perished in Tunnel.
nald of the "Iloly
Cumbre, Mexico.— Nothing but char
red bone» and buttons were found by
the rescuing party which, by the aid
of oxygen helmets and pulmoters, suc
ceeded In penetrating the Cumbre tun
uel from the south portal as far aa the
Kb* of ladles.”
locomotive and first two car» of the
n o n once 80
of passenger train. They were probably
B ig btm was like
killed when the engine of the paaeen-
K And If Meredith
«¡«re sutin lengths,
Why, this
■Mt's tnuaery. The
!The muse’s clothe»-
rlth Jewelry.*** The
Sire "yards of llneu
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Action on the repeal of the section
of the Panama Canal act exempting
V illa, leader of the rebel army In
SAWDUST HAS MANY USES.
American coastwise ships from toll*
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Northern Mexico.
1» expected in the course of the week,
Washington.— Notable lmprovemenl the president’! purpose in the subject 1
Brief Hew» of the Week
In
the relations between the United now being thoroughly understood by
The Canadian hones of common»
administration leaders.
voted down a bill to abolish titles. | States and Japan la believed to hev<
Money Order Servloe Is Enlarged.
For the first time since the civil resulted from the events In the houst
By President Wilson'« signature, the
of
representatives
Inst
week
connect
war the enlistment complement of the
ed with the passage of the Burnett im bill to regulate the payment of postal
United State» navy la fulL
migration* bill. Reports from T okk money orders became a law of the
The Jim Crow law of Oklahoma was are to the effect that a profound im
land. The new statute will not be
topheld by the United States dletrlct
pression was caused In the Jopanead i come effective, however, until rules
court of appeals, at S t Louis.
capital, not only by the refusal of tht and regulations for Its operation are
Warnings against operations o f ,
house to Include in the bill the pro promulgated by the postmaster gener
•windier» by promotion of worthless posed prohibition against th e entry oi al. The bill provides for the issuance good okl days and that was im unim
portant product, which anyb- dy could
stocks In socalled radffem Aines In
Japanese Into the United Stites, but e( postal money orders payable at any hove for the asking. Now the saw
Colorado, ore sent out by United even more by the non-partisan appeal money order office even though drawn
dust Wholesaler will tell you that saw
States postal Inspectors.
on a specified office and will, accord dust is a very valuable product and
of Representative Mann.
- Twelve hundred ebeep died instant
the sawdust buelaesa is offering
The Japaneee statesmen ere declay ing to the postmaster general, greatly
ly on the trad from Rhyolite to Raw
ed to have been much pleased, by th» increase the postal money order bus greater qpporti nltlea. |
There are el» >ut sixty kinds of saw
hide, Nevada, an result o^drlnklng cy house's reception of ¿he appeal for fait lness and be a great convenience tc
dust on the m rket, so say» the saw
anide solution from a millpond of s treatment Of allene and tor abstention business. * ’
dust expert, anti all of them have their
mining company.
___ _ ' [ from legislative interference with th<
Measure to Help Irrigation Section». stated nsee in t »e realm of trade.
* Witnesses for defuins In the govesm^ eaecutlve department in Its efforts tc
Representative Klnkald of Nebraska
All the way from the preparation of
want's .suit to dieoolve the United arrive at a settlement of the open I»
has Introduced a bill which provide» food to the poll hing of precious metal
States Steel corporation. In New York, | eee between the two countries.
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for cooperation between the secretary ranges the nsefvlness of sawdust. The
testified that there wee so price agree '
of the Interior and Irrigation districts hardwood dust* are used for polishing
m e a t They said competition fixed (
organized under state law». This bill la eomo Jewelers' »hope and cheaper
eawdusts are used for polishing less
prices.
authorises the secretary ot the Inter
The sixth National Coro exposition J
1 for to make contracts with state irri- valuable metnl work. I d packing and
w«a opened In Dallas. Texas» Twee (
1 gatlon districts to conatruct reservoir»
day. Nearly all the states of the union
r and canals gnd IO operate them far ■
-le v e displays at the exposition.
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the purpose of furnishing water to
French people have subscribed <1.
each districts with power to terminate
Legend ef ■ u ek i jham Palaoe.
200,000 for use in supplying the
1 the operation of such reservoirs and
If William IV. bad gained his way
French army with 210 aeroplanes, de
Buckingham palace would be serving
fray expense of teaching 76 pilots how
gallon dletricts on the payment to the es parliament house Two day» a fte r
to operate them.
government of the actual cost of con the old houses Of p a rlia m e n t were
The British parliament assembled
then
struction and operation, by monies Imrned Lord Brough n. who
first commtolener of works, records In
(he first of the week for what prom
raised by the Irrigation districts
isee to be an unusually notable see
through the levying of taxes on the hl» (Mary: "W ent to St James’ and saw
»ion. The Irish home rule, the Welsh Y. M. C. A. Meeting May be Repeatod. lauds of the water user», payment t< hfa m ajesty, I can n o t say he was
much affected by the calam ity, rather
disestablishment bill and other great
Vancouver, Wash.— The T ri State ba made ta installment».
the reverse. H e geemed delighted nt
controversial measures will come up convention of Young Men’» Christian
Wlleen Wants Warship».
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v of getting rid of
for action.
aeaociatlor.E of Washington. Idaho and
said he m e a n t It
Unqualified Indorsement from Previ
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The house of delegates of Virginia Oregon, which met here, was so in
t for p arliam en t
dent Wilson 1» behind the tw o-battlr «
passed the bill requiring the governoi structive. harmonious and enthuslas
ship program proposed by Secretary i
to make form al request of J. P. Mor tic that there 1» every possibility that
Daniela for the coming naval appropri- 1
gen, of New York, to return to tto« a Trl-8tate convention w ill be held
atlon b lit This- was made known at <
record» of Fairfax county, the w ill ol again next year.
the White House, when caller» a«ked 1
Mrs. Martha Washington, stolen from
about Mr. Daniels* testimony recently
Fairfax county court house during th».
Trial Coat la >250,00G
before the house naval affairs com- ‘
oivll war. The document now la al
San FYanclsco.—The coat of the mittee.
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the Morgan private museum. '
Western Fuel Company conspiracy
The general board of the navy bead- .
Thirty-one thousand farmers and trial In the United States District ed by Admiral Dewey, advocated a I
peasants marched at Stockholm and Court here was estimated to have
more elaborate construction program, I
encamped near the palace. Ring Oua
while the eppouents in congress of a I
reached a total of >260,000.
tave addressed the gathering when
“big navy" are not inclined to approve ]
they demanded a larger navy end
Bridge Bill Is Signed.
even recommendations of the secre
pledged themselves to make the nec
Washington.— President W’llson has tary. W ith the support of the admin i
essary sacrifices to raise the money
signed the bill authorising coastrue Istratien, howeVer, those favoring pro- 1
The farmers and peasants are exer
tlon of the Portland-Vancouver hridgs vision for two dreadnoughts are satis
deed over the possibility of a clash
eeroes the Columbia river.
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fied that the necessary appropriation
will go through both houses without
difficulty.
Power Plan la Offered.
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p le n tifu l h e re —
Lile iniurance premium« paid to other com-
panie» are one of O regon s £reate«t drains.
Twenty-five million dollar» of Oregon money
ha» accumulated, is held in trust by outside life
iniurance companies, and i« u«ed fof the bene
fit of California, Wi«con»in. ‘New Y ork and
other state«.
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The personal interest of men loyal to Oregon
is to lend their influence that lifie iniurance be
OrcsuttS
purchased from
and the money
kept in Oregon for the development of Oregon
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BEST FOR OREGONIANS
Home Office - - Portland, Oregon
W. H. Ragsdale Resident iAgent, Moro, Oregon
DR. HOWARD A. KELLEY
Uuless they are fairly conversant
with current transatlantic Action, and,
above all, with the newspapers of to-
3ay, Englishmen do not realize that a
new language aeema In process o f for
mation In the United States. A Dan
ish savant, the professor of languages
at the Copenhagen university, has pre
dicted that In a few centuries “they
will be speaking American over in
England Instead of English.” He Is
also of the opinion that “the so called
alang of the present American tongue
la far more poetical, picturesque and
serviceable than the English of Shakes
pee re*■ time.“
Making allowance for a curtain ex
aggeration. thbuexpreealoa of opinion
la notable as showing that an expert
Into the tannel by Castillo*» bandit»
several hour» before.
It Is now believed that every one of
the BO or more passengers and the
crew aboard the train when It dashed
Into the tunnel are dead.
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A new portrait of General Pancho
s h a re In th e g e n eral p ro s p e rity of O re-
goto w hen O regon is p ro sp e ro u s.
P ro s-
p e r i t y can o n ly e x ist w hen m o n e y is
ENGLISH.
iRITICS.
ANAL NEARS
Railroad men ore furious at Castil
lo’s act. Last week 21 of his men were
captured and executed by the rebels
and the next day, apparently In re
venge, he captured the freight train,
ran it Into the south end of the tunnel
about 300 feet and there set fire to it.
Castillo's failure to send back warn
ing of his act is regarded as the most
cruel and murderous act of his careei
of outlawry and there is a disposition
here to criticise General Francisco
Villa for not having crushed him long
to be in course of development. Ameri
can slang la certainly more forceful
and expressive than the argot of the
British Isles, and, although much of It
la quite unnecessary. It consists In
large part o f 4he employment of very
ap to date metaphor, rather than the
use of "cant phrases." n t they were
termed In the eighteenth century.
In fact, the use of metaphor 1» so
pronounced that an Englishman, oth
Dr, Howard A. Kelley, the Baltimore
erwise Ignorant of “good United States M phyeTcTSn who is an authority on the
lingo” might understand much of It If
radium treatment of cancer.
he were conversant with the technical
terms employed In engineering or rail
CONFER
way operations. It la creeping Into GOVERNORS WILL
English rather rapidly, a fact heartily Secretary Lane Invitee Discussion of
to tie deplored.—London Globa.
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Reclamation W ork.
SWEET POTATOES IN JAPAN
People in the News
Monday waa widely observed as tht
centennial anniversary of the birth el
Samuel J. Tilden, the eminent states
man and democratic candidate foi
president in 1876.
Because the blank fuunisbed hci
names “it" and ‘him.'' Dr. Anna How
erd Shaw, president of the National
Woman’« Suffrage association, refuses
to place a valuation on her personal
property.
In an address before the Connecticut
Bar association ex-l’resldent Taft de
fended the judiciary, declaring that
demagogues were responsible for the
attacks on the present system.
Mayor Rolph of San Francisco, and
other city officials, publicly burned
opium, morphine, and smokers’ lay
outs, valued at more than |25,OOO. The
goods bad been accumulating since
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Denver.—Governor Ammons has re
ceived a communication from Frank
lin K. I^ine, secretary of the Interior,
suggesting that a meeting of gove»
nor« of western »tateB and Individuals
Interested in reclamation projects be
held soon to discuss in detail the ques
tion« of irrigation and reclamation of
arid lauds of the west.
Secretary
laine suggested that the meeting be
held simultaneously with the Western
Governor»' Conference, which 1» to
convene In Denver, probably In April.
In accordance with the secretary's
communication, Governor Ammons
sent a statement to western governors
setting forth his idoa of ‘.he conference
and suggesting the second week In
April as a suitable date, _ •
Fall K ills Arm y Flyar.
San Diego. Cal.—Lieutenant Henry
B. Post, of the First Aero Corps, con
sidered one of the most skillful United
States army aviators, plunged to his
death in Ban Diego bay when the right
roast potatoes annually totals more wing of his hydroaeroplane crumpled.
than 1,000.000 yen. In no country In He was descending, after establishing
May, 1W £
W. R. Scott, general manager of the the world can the px»r people get pure, an American altitude record of 12,120
Southern Pacific road, has been named wholesome food more conveniently and feet. Post fell 600 feet Into shallow
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as successor of E. E. Colvin, vice pres economically than in Japan. Whether water.
Ident, in charge of maintenance, opera one gets a box of rice will* pickles and
dry fish In a station or n pot of tea for
Wages Higher on Canal.
tlon and construction.
cents on the train. It Is always
Panama.—Colonel Goethals, on re
Superintendent Reed of the St. dean and attractively served — Detroit
ceipt of notification that President
Cloud, Minn., reformatory. Is said to News Tribune.
Wilson had signed an executive order
have been selected as successor to
fixing the conantons of employment
Warden Wolfer of the Minnesota state
Real Founders of Russian Muslo.
penitentiary. Reed was formerly head
Tho old saying that a man must de in the permanent canal organisation,
of the Washington state penitentiary vote his whole life to one thing to lie- began arranging the wage scale, which
come really great finds a curious ex will be 25 per cent higher than to the
at Walla Walla.
Frank P. Glass of Alabama lost his ception Iti the founders of the new Rus- United States for similar work.
fight for a seat In the United States | slnn music. The most brilliant men In
senate by one vote. Glass was not this work all originally followed other
lines. Tscbnlkowsky was a lawyer;
entitled to be seated because his ap
Caesar Cut was professor of fortifica
pointment by Governor O’Neal came
tlons In the Military Academy of St.
after the direct legislation law went Petersburg and Is today lieutenant gen
Into effect.
eral of Russian engineers; Borodina
was a physician; Rluisky-Korsakov
was on olheer in the Russian navy;
THE TRUTH.
Balnleff wna a timber merchant; Mous-
sorgsky wna a soldier,' being an of
Fear is not in the habit of speak-
ficer In one of the most famous regi
ing truth. W h e n perfect sincerity
ments, and Sokalsky was in the diplo
is expected, perfect wisdom must be
matic service, being stationed for sev
»'lowed. N o r hat *ny one who is
eral years in New York and afterward
apt to be angry when he heart the
becoming editor of the principal news
truth any cause to wonder that he
paper of O dessa.-Ladies’ Home Jour
does not hear it.— Tacitus.
nal.
Governor West Is made a* joint do
fendant with the two officer» In the
Ths 8k«ptioism of Posterity.
There Is one very large, very snd action and, if judgment 1» obtained,
and very certain truth al»out all the re each, all or any one of the defendants
lations of past and future. That truth will be liable to the amount of the
In this—the future will not believe us. judgment.
▲ comprehensive plan for the d e -1
It will not believe our most Bolemn and
The complaints set forth that the
velopment of water power on public
profouud assertions. It will rationalize plaintiffs were engaged In the saloon
land, under government regulation,
memlters of the family. Edith, the
them or ridicule them. Iu one way or business at Copperfield under licenses
waa embodied in a bill introduced by
four-year-old daughter, recently took
auother It will explain them away, for duly Issued .by the town of Copper
tea with a member of the congrega
Senator Jone», of Washington.
It
weald provide that permits for oecu-1
tion. After the silent grace the little that is the most certuln tblng about the field and by the United a totes sad
attitude of men toward their remote that they were In lawful possession of -,
one,
looking at her unmarried hostess,
pylng power sites, should be issued |
ancestors. They will believe the testi
the business and the property at the
only to states, municipalities and pub I
remarked with pity;
Wfiy De They Do
mony of material things or of their own
"You
don’t
have
any
one
to
pray
for
Miss Prim (who^gAfort
lie service corporation which are sub
conjectures, but never the sworn word time It was forcibly token from them,
you, do youf*
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by force of arm» and sent all out of
ject to regulation and control by such J w as thirty only lafft we«
Said one of the ladles present, smil of their fathers. Were It not so there the town of Copperfield.
would be no room for historical crlti
governmental agencie» as public serv it! The caller (agiffith lri
ing: i
ice commissions. W here the develop a charming lnsIncfBty)-
"I suppose your papa prays for you cistn or perhaps Cor history as a sci
ence at all.-U llla lre Belloc In Tall
Admiration of Bryan By Wilson.
ment is Interstate the hill would pro couldn’t have
three times a day.**
than four years injf oeni
Baltimore.— In a letter to W illiam
"Oh, no, he doesn't," was the in
vide that the federal government shall
twenty-five next month.
L.
Marbury, published in a Baltimore
nocent
and
earnest
answer.
“He
fries
have supervision as to rates.
Plain Dealer.
8»n»»le»» Question.
paper. President Witoon condemns
in the morning and prays In the after
National Capital Brevities.
Briggs had hired « horse to take a free tolls through the Panam* canal
noon ¡"-Philadelphia Ledger.
The »enate passed the agricultural
Life’s Fitful Fever.
little exercise. He got more exercise as clear violation of the Hay-Pannow
“Terrible times these. The books
than he wanted, and ns he limped to fote treaty and lncidontolly token oc
extension Mil. I t provide» for govern
Common Wosknoss.
An interoetlng light Is thrown on the the side of the road to rest himself a casion to pay a tribute to Secretory of
ment aid to »Ute college experiment aren’t fit to read, and the plays aren t
fit to sec"’
purely human side of the late Edward kind friend asked him:
stations.
"Tough, eh?”
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“Whnt did you come down so quick State W illiam Jennings Bryan that
VII. of England by a story told of h s
A threatened toes of |206.000,000 in
shows the terms of Intimate friendli
"res. and, as isunl# my wife hasn’t Inability to resist the temptation to f o r t ’
hogs during the present year from hog
a thing fit U wear,**—Louisville Cou appropriate a particularly good anec
“What did I come down so qulex ness and co-operation existing between
cholera led the senate to agree unan
tor? Do you see anything up In the sir them.
rier-Journal.
imously to a toll appropriating 1600,-
Some one told a delightful story to for me to hold on toY’ be asked grim ly.
000 for the department of agriculture
T H E M A RK ET«.
Appropriate.
one of his majesty’s young nieemu -Chicago News.
é to fight the dleea»».
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F a ir Worvhlpvr—W hat la that sad, "That Is capital,’’ she said. "1 must
Portland.
That secretory of State Bryan !• 1 sad air you’re playing, professor? The
Embarrassing. •
tell It to the king.
Wheat— Club, 87e i blnentaa, 1
seeking the Tokio government’s OOn- Professor—Dat lss Beethoven’s “ Fare
"No," sho instantly added, "1 won t, ’ "Do you ever see the president T” ask
sent to » Japaneee exclusion act sim i well to the l ’lnno.” I see dose install for if you tell uncle a good story he ed W illie of his uncle, who lived In red Russian, 86c.
Hay—Timothy. >17; alfalfa, >14.
lar to th» Chine»» exclusion law was ment people coming mit der van.—I’uck. forgets in a duy or two that It was Washington.
Butter—Creamery, 86c.
told to bln, and goes about repeating
"Yen: 'nearly every day.” wa» the
stated on high authority.
Egg*—Candled,
31c.
Fr»q
ly
the
Way.
It
to
every
one
ns
his
own
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Hearings on the M cKellar cold stor-
iwply.
" It seems to me that he made a very
“ And doe» be ever eee you?” queried
' age bill have been Indefinitely post
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poned. Strong objections were made
’I to it by fru it men and salmon packers.
More than a hundred member» of
th» house are listed t for speeches on
the 8hackelford good roads hill. The
bill proposes a maximum of >25,000.-
000 in appropriations, allotment» to
soond argument ” t
"Ye», oud did yon notice he made
very Uttle noise about ltY ’—Chicago
RecoTd-llerald
If yon would lea|
ey go and try to I
that goes a-borroi
Ing.—B auj*o‘hi
Th» Law’s Delay.
Betty—That case hasn’t come on
Isn’t the law’s delay Maddening?
sle (abeentmlndedly)—Perfectly fr
tbe value of mon- fol' I ’ve been six months getting
rrow aome, for b» young barrittor to propo»o._lx»
ag goon a-eoirow- O ptato-
th» little fellow.—Chicago New».
.■ Seattle.
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Wheat— Blueetem. >8c; elnb, I
red Russian, 86c.
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much * Hay—Timothy, >lT'P«r ton; alfi
»r the >14 per ton.
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