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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-03-02
Investigations.

For thirty years or more, every time
the people claimed that they were be-
ing robbed and oppressed by combina-
lions of capital and raised an cutlery
sufficient to attract the attention of
congress everything has always been
successfully managed instituting COM
missions and committees to make in
yestigations. The Standard Oil trust
has been investigated" not less than
a hundred times. The industrial COM
mission investigated it. Committees
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-03-02
Not In Good Taste.

The Independent is very sorry to
see some of it's predictions come true.
II would much better see some of them
fail When this Rockefeller donation
to the university was proposed, it pre-
dicted that its acceptance would be a
handicap and a curse to this state
and whatever might happen it would
at least be a disgrace. The accep-
lance of a gift, whether it is a free
pass or S66, 1000 in money, carries along
with !. a psychological force that is
more powerful than all law. How such
force acts is shown by paragraph
appearing in the State Journal last
Sunday The Journal SAID:
Most of our legislators are in sym
pathy with Kansas in it's fight against
Rockefellers domination Of the oil in
dustry, but they don't think it would
be in good taste to say it all at this
particular time.
Why not in good taste? According
to the canons of polite society it Ger
tainly would not be in good taste. That
is certainly true. The state of Ne
braska through the regents of the state
university received gift from Rookie
Teller of $4,000. The board of re-
gents were the official representatives
Of the state and now after receiving
that gift, it certainly would not be in
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-03-02

1t and sell it on the open market.
When a thing becomes monopoly and
competition is destroyed, the state has
an undoubted legal and moral right to
interfere. That is populist doctrine.
That has been the precedent estab-
lished by every civilized government
that ever existed. There is no social
ism about that. But for the state to
say what man shall sell his goods for,
is an entirely different proposition. We
don't want to establish a precedent of
that kind.
The object of the law is to prevent
the Standard Oil trust from going into
a town and putting the price of oil
down and destroying the business OF
any man who goes into the trade. II
Rockefeller tries that kind of thing he
is entering into conspiracy with his
employees and others in restraint of
trade and can be fined and sent TO
prison. That is much safer way to
get after Rockefeller than these Wild
eyed republican schemes. The laws are
already on the statute books All flat
is needed is to enforce them. That
would be the populist way. There is
sound sense in that way of disposing
of Rockefeller. This republican social
ism and lunacy may get Kansas in the
deep waters The sane and ccnserva-
tive citizens of the state better keep an
eye on this socialistic ]unacy, and
make an effort to get the state back
to the solid ground of populism.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-03-02
The Nebraska Lobby.

A session of republican legisla-
ture in Lincoln is always a curse to
the city. The moral atmosphere is run
down to point SO low that it does
not arrive at normal before another
thing of the sort is inflicted upon us.
The Lincoln News, in speaking of the
present conglomeration of railroad
agents who compose the legislative
body and the lobbyists who attend
them, says:
The independent lobbyists and un-
trammeled hold-ups are very busy try
ing to make their biennial touch down.
Their harvest is to come in the next
three days, the limit for the introduc-
ton of bills. The system is to collect
pay for the killing of bills, and collect
other pay to prevent the introduction
of bills The lobby engaged in this
nefariOus work is larger than usual
this session, numbering among them
hand at many other sessions.
If the members OF the legislature
were known to be honest and uncor-
ruptable men, >there would be no lob
byists. 1t is this solid republican SEN
ate and almost solid republican house
that should be denounced and not The
lobbyists who are trying tc>mahe lit
tie money on the side, most of which
would have to be handed over to the
members if they did make any
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-23

only man ever elected governor of a
state as prohibitionist, He was
elected ON the republican ticket. but
on the prohibition issue. He is 70
years old, and looks hearty.
Few IL any men in the Union have
been as closely identified with the
stump" as he. For the past "a years
he has followed the role of stump
speaker; has delivered about 5000
speeches and during that time he
says, has travelled distance of 4OO.-
600 miles by rail and never was on a
train that had a car off the track.
During all that period, says this veter-
an of the stump did he fail to keep
but four engagements.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-23
THE PICTURESQUE w. \ c. II.
Traveller Through UmatiIla County
Comments on RAILWAYS.

The following humorous sketch of
the w. & c. r, railway in Umatilla
county, was written by tourist who
recently passed over that line out of
Pendleton, and was sent to his home
paper in the east:
Canon, Sept l6.-While the w. x
c. r. may never be rated among the
worlds scenic highways, that line has
strong points of its own which de-
serve at least passing mention. The
trains are all run on unlimited time
and in these days of swift locomotion
and many accidents, the care and Wig
ilance exercised on this line to guard
against loss of life in this particular is
very touching to the traveller who Is in
hurry,
Game-represented by jackrabbits
and squirrels-is very plentiful along
the road. The trainmen, however.
carry rifles and keep them thinned
down so as yet there Is little danger
of accidents from collisions with these
animals; indeed, the squirrels and
rabbits being very timorous, seem TO
give the right of way very cheerfully
to this decidedly pacific train.
The stations are nearly all well ven-
tilated, particular care being taken by
the company of the health of its pa
irons, and any one whose nerves get
unstrung by the swift gait of wheat
wagon should try the w. & c. II.
The run from Pendleton is made
through a country in which harvesting
is now practically finished. and an ar
my of teams is delivering the grain at
the warehouses. Down Vansycle can
yon the road wends its way over a
succession of culverts of solid mason
ry which speak eloquently of the tor
rents which sometimes find their way
down this now dry enough water
course.
Canon, 80 miles from Pendleton. is
easily reached in three hours and the
traveller gladly alights. Why gladly
is a mystery perhaps even to himself
because Canon is not an unusually
cheerful looking spot. particularly af'
ter night The hills. which arise OF
either side, down which the whea
roads wend their dusty way, AMI NJ
one of which he must climb. is not {
very pleasant ending to the trip, still
he has escaped going to Hunts juno
ton. which is something to be gla'
about. NJ
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-23

The census returns show that the
average value OF irrigated lands in
the United States is SAT per acre. At
the present time the national govern
ment has set aside sS2, $50, 900 for the
reclamation OF 1,S50,OOO acres of des-
ert land.
On the census basis :: is apparent
that the expenditure of this $4,000
900 will add $S7,373,O0O to the tax
able property OF the United States in
land values alone and this good will
result within the next five or 10 years
at the outside.
But going further, the census fig
ures show that the annual income
from irrigated land is SIS an acre.
on this basis an income of $27,SS5, 900
per annum may be expected from
the vast area that is now about to be
irrigated under government projects.
There are Is projects which have
been approved by the secretary of
the interior to date, IL of which are
now under course of construction.
The other seven are still under exam
nation, and may be taken up at any
time, except the Palouse project in
Washington, which has been tempor-
arily set aside because of its excess
sive cost
1t is true that almost every project
can and probably will at some future
time be extended to embrace a greater
area that will at first be reclaimed,
AS development goes on, as the price
and value Of irrigated lands increases,
! 1t will be possible to install pumping
plants as an adjunct to NEST of the
gravity projects, and this will be done.
! But nothing of this sort will be at
tempted at present. Other and cheap
er projects will first be taken up and
/ constructed.
! On the basis of the figures contain
ed in the foregoing it can be calcu-
lated readily to what extent the vari-
Gus states will benefit from the ma
tional reclamation work. In round
numbers, the Minidoka project, which
is being pushed to completion in Ida
no, will add nearly S3,000,000 to the
taxable property in Idaho in its land
alone; that Is to say. land that today
| pays no taxes on ABOUT SS,OUV,UVO
irrespective of improvements that will
be made to that land as settlement
continues.
The Klamath project of which
about 140, 900 acres lie in Oregon, will
on the basis of census figures, ado
more than $6,000,000 to the taxable
property of Oregon, and the Malheui
project, should 1t be built would b'
nearly $4,000 more.
Until the situation in Washington
readjusts itself it will be impossible
TO figure on increased land values, FOL
it is not known where the govern
ment will irrigate. or what areas will
be reclaimed. since the Palouse pro
ject has been set aside.
That project alone, however, woulC
at the average figure of $47 an acre
add the sum of $3,000,000 to the tax
able property of eastern Washington
The Payette- Boise project means al
increase in Idaho land values of a
least $12.O00.O0O.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-23
Parrots Appetite for Live Mutton.

In New Zealand there is kind of
parrot which has developed an appe-
tite for live mutton defying the mem
ory of living man. They chase sheep
and devour the flesh of the living an
imal. The bird perches near the tail
of the beast and digs a hole in the
back, apparently seeking the fat
around the kidney, cutting with the
lower part OF the beak, while the
long, curved. upper part gives 1t a
sure hold. It is said that the habit
originated from the birds pecking at
the skins hung up at the stations.
The general plumage is olive green,
and the feathers have black margins,
but the distinguishing character of the
bird is the pick-axe-like beak.-Ex-
change.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-23
TEMPERANCE
IS COMING
JOHN p. ST. JOHNS VIEWS
ON MORAN QUESTIONS.
Veteran Temperance Worker Says
That Laws Regulating the Liquor
Traffic Are Becoming More Strin-
gent-Spcaks OF Orcgon's Local OPP
ton Law-Tells How He Became a
Temperance Advocate.

The Portland Telegra'~ prints the
following interview from Ex-Governor
John p. St John of Kansas, perhaps
the most prominent and aggressive
temperance worker in the world to-
day:
THE cause of prohibition is making
splendid headway, considering every
thing" said the old temperance war
rior this morning. when asked to talk
on his fayorite topic. Public senti-
ment against the liquor traffic Is in
creasing Laws against il are becom-
ing more stringent, and the death of
the legalized liquor traffic, which is
greater crime against humanity than
human slavery ever was; is Just as
certain to occur, and that before very
many years.
''No man can point 10 q single bless
ing that comes to humanity through
our present saloon system. 1t is
menace, not only to the peace, pros
perity and happiness of every home
in the land, hut it also seriously
threatens the perpetuity of civil gov
eminent"
Asked for his opinion of the local
option law adopted by the people Of
Oregon. Mr.. ST. John replied:
No Praise for Local Option.
Local option is prohibition in 4
modified form. II gives to people the
right TO pass upon the question of
liquor traffic in limited localities and
yet. personally, I think any form of
local option. which authorizes the peo-
ple TO license saloons, Is unconstitu-
tional and void. No legislature. not
even the people themselves, has the
authority to give legal sanction to any
business from which flows evil and
only evil"
His Father Drank.
How did you come to take up pro-
hibition work." was asked
"Since you have asked me l will
tell you" he replied.
Il had as good a father as any boy
ever had. He was always kind to my
mother and his family. but he was ad-
dicted 10 the use of intoxicating liqu-
ors, which frequently incapacitated
him for business and kept himself and
family financially poor thus depriv-
ing US of the opportunity of securing
an education, and other advantages
which we were naturally entitled tC
enjoy. So, having these experience
when a boy. l promised my mother
when l last saw her that 1 would
never indulge in the use OF intoxicat
ing liquors. ] have never broken tina
promise and l never intend to.
with all his faults we all lOveC
father, but the government in who's
defense / shouldered my musket il
the COS, legalized and perpetuated tn
liquor traffic, which destroyed him
So you see l had the best of reason
for making the pledge to my mOthe
and keeping it. All the intoxicating
liquor that l ever drank of whateve
kind would not make Il pint
First Governor.
John p. st. John was twice COVER
nor of Kansas. He was elected Il
1873 and again in 1880. He is tn
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-23

Three persons were dangerously
hurt and 200 less seriously SO by the
collapse of a grand stand at carni-
val at Belleville, Ill.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-23
IRRIGATION PAYS.
GOVERNMENT PROJECTS
ADD WEALTH TO NATION.

Value of Land Now Being Reclaimed
$S7,373, 73,0OO-Income From Lands
Irrigated VIII Amount to $27,sss,-
900 Per Annum-Average Value of
Irrigated Land Is $47 Per Acre.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-23
First Governor.

John p. 81. John was twice COVER
nor OF Kansas. He was elected in
1873 and again in 1880. He is the
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-01
Nemesis of Lord Kitchener, the Won1an-Hater

general of Canada, starting auspicious-
ly, soon became troublous, and ended
finally in his resignation and return to
England.
Lady Mimic stands very close to the
throne, is intensely popular and her
influence is very powerful. Will she
upset the Kitchener plans as another
woman made possible the ambitions
of this woman-hater2
But is he such woman-hater as he
is esteemed? Or is it largely the re-
suit of unrequited affection? For Ru-
NOR and Cupid have long been busy
with KitaheRers name. There is a
we'll substantiated story that the war
rior was in love with Mrs. James
Brown Potter. the actress, and that
during the Boer war he had carried
her picture over his heart.
But, If this were true, he took it
away finally, for nothing ever came OF
his rumored engagement to her.
Maud Come, the Irish patriot, was
also mentioned as the woman who
might wear the name of Lady Kitche-
ner, but this story, too, failed of real
ization, and Kitchener went to India
a bachelor, married to the service
alone" as he put 1t. Will even that
now fiout him?
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-01
Some Cynical Musings

The chronic borrower is apt to be
touchy about it.
Dazzling prospects don't always set
the world on fire.
The road to success is over the ruins
of other mems failures.
The depth of a woman's love isn't
so important as the length.
A man isn't old enough to marry
until he is old enough to know better.
1t is easier to make a reputation than
to keep it from getting tarnished.
The professional humorist has no use
for an editor who can't take a joke.
A woman generally gains her point,
except when she tries to sharpen her
pencil.
Some people make mountains out of
mole hills, and others just put up u
bluff.
The fellow who likes a corned beef
and cabbage diet often marries pate
de foie gras girl.
The bachelor pays his money to go
and hear lectures. the married man
gets his at home for nothing; and yet
some people can't see the advantage of
matrimony.--New York Times.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-01
A Queer Fourth of July Dinner With General Nogi

without dismay, wrestled with it with
out hesitation and overcame it with
out delay To the admiring plaudits
Of the whole world they have brought
that narrow national bark safely
through every danger of the high seas
and she now floats proudly the equal
of the bravest ship that rides the sea
OF civilization.
con this hundred and twenty-ninth
annual celebration of our indepen-
dence 1 am sure America will be par
doned by Japan it, for a brief moment
she claims her share, her tiny share
in this great man, for he is no longer
yours alone-he has become a part or
the common heritage of the whole
world. one of that immortal list of
great captains stalking down the pages
of history with their footprints in
delible upon the ages. And America,
the home of freemen and the grave OF
unnumbered patriots, admits no super
ior in the worship of him who offers
his own blood and the blood of his
sons in the name OF liberty.
'I refer not to his titles, which are
many, nor to his fame which is uni
versal, nor to his skill, which is un-
surpassed, nor to his courage, which
is sublime, nor yet to his poetry, which
his people tell us is supreme, nor even
to his character, which is august, but,
in the name of the president of the
United States, in the name Of the peo-
pie of the American republic, L propose
the health of him whom we all love,
and whom every patriot, whatever his
nation, would follow to the death-the
man, Nogi Maresuke."
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-01

a-needin money-that is, some kin's.
So is jest a-sayin' yoh come with
money in yoh loes-an' yoh'll wisht
you had eff yoh doan't. We amt askin
fer it, but yoh's sure ter be sorry eft
yoh air without that whuts ther
Lawd's." The service closed with the
usual fervent prayer.
Their pastors enigmatic declaration
worried his congregation not little.
They had sometimes balked when he
had grasped too eagerly for their earn
ings-always in the Lords behalf. But
never before had he intimated that
there was money in their possession
that he did not want--for the Lord.
The plan succeeded, as this shrewt
shepherd, in his deep knowledge Of
human nature, had anticipated. He
had talk with one of his deacons, and
to him alone had he unfolded hint of
what was in store.
The Rev. Erastus Gabriel Jackson
preached long and vigorously the fol-
lowing Sunday His theme was
tainted money" and he expatiated
with strength of arms, voice, and words
upon how little the Lord wanted
money of that sort, but he dwelt more
heavily ON the desire of the Almighty
for money that was good. At the close
he announced the usual collection.
'Ah jest wan tub tell yoh, brev'ern
an sistern, that dar's no tainted
money lowed tub go inter that ar
contributin' box. Good Deacon Par
sons will accompany ther collector, an
Alive tole him tub be sure an see
tub it that what money goes inter that
ar box is good, sweet money. Them
that keeps their money will do so kaze
it is tainted, an we'll thank 'em-an'
ther Lawd too-fer savin' it an not
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-01

the viceroy there existed little friend
ship. At one time this condition OF
affairs was different, for it was gen
orally believed that the conqueror OF
the Beers would become the HUSBAND
of Daisy Letter, sister of Lady Cur
zon, and an heiress in her own right.
This was Immediately after the Boer
war. Kitchener was indefatigable in
his attentions and the match was said
to have the sanction of Queen Alex
andra, but suddenly he stopped abb
ruptly, and the American girl welded
Henry Molineux Paget Howard, the
Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire. What
part did that play in the drama?
Kitchener's promotion to the post OF
viceroy looked to be a virtual GER
tainty, but woman was once again to
play her fatal part.
Lady Mimic had scarcely waited till
the newsboys were crying on the
streets the resignation of Curzon be-
fore she had started the wires to make
her husband his successor.
The latter occupies a commanding
position in the regard of the foremost
men in the British government.
The reign of Lord Mimic as governor
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-01
He look Tainted Money

Major Marks, formerly a leading
politician of Florida and now pro-
moter of big enterprises in New York,
told this the other day: my father
was a deacon of his church at Colum-'
bus, Ga, and it was his duty to take
up the collection. One Sunday a sport
put a IS gold piece in the plate, whis-
pering as he did so; Major, I won
that at poker last night and you are
welcome to it. My father replied: 7
am much obliged to you, Tobe; now.
you can go and bet that nobody will
ever win it from the church. .sp-Phil-
adelphia Record.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-01
TAINTED MONEY"
Although a Little Late. the Preacher
Got Next

The Rev. Erastus Gabriel Jackson
had been reading a newspaper three
months old. In 1t he learned for the
first time that a great board of foreign
missions was some in doubt as to the
propriety of accepting 100000, in which
they scented the taint of kerosene and
other things.
The Rev. Erastus was shrewd NOR
tai, and the sole representative OF
Christianity in his midst" Money was
always hard to get in his parish-it had
always been taken and mo questions
asked"
At the close of the weekly prayer
meeting he arose to make an import
ant announcement,
"Brev'ern an sistern," he began.
"Ah'd advise all O. yoh tub come t
chu'ch mex Sundah, with money in yoh
cld es. Thar's somethin' new in ther
ar. Yoh wunt be asked tuh give up
what amt de Law'ds. We's light
ened nation, an 'lightened chu'ch. 1
specs ther times com when we amt