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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-17

Corporate wealth, being concen-
trated, possesses this advantage over
private wealth, irrespective of judicial
fairness.
Public service corporations, being
creatures Of the law, and beneficiar-
les of the peoples favor, are bound
by the strongest ties of honor to re-
spect the public will. But unmindful
of this obligation, they introduce
every artifice known to chicanery and
intrigue to defeat it, when 1t happens
to conflict with their interests.
Cunning, subtle, sometimes auda-
cious, they weave about the source of
political power web at once invis-
ible and all but irresistible. / have
not seen the full hideousness of their
paraphernalia for official prostitution.
But I have seen enough of it, so that
l can imagine the rest.
What l am about to say is not per-
sonal, nor is 1t meant to imply that
all men enrolled on the railroads reg
listers yield to their Vaccinations.
But here is the scheme as far as l
have seen it.:
They select the most popular physi-
clan at the county seat as their COM
pany physician.
They select the most popular attor-
ney as their local counsel. These may
have little to do, but they are ten
dered free passes in addition to fees
and retainers.
Members of the legislature, county
assessors and members of the board
of tax equalization. and all important
executive and judicial officers are
given passes.
The railroad candidate for United
States senator is supplied with plenti-
full funds for campaign purposes, and
acts, when possible, in conjunction
with the state central committeeman
of the dominant party. Funds are
supplied through this committeeman
to all legislative candidates of his
party who are willing to wear the
senatorial collar of his choice, but
denied to all others. l have not seer
the whole performance of this las,
| act. But I have seen enough to war.
rant me in making the charge.
Spellbinders, organizers and the
rest are supplied with free passes.
The railroads have reason to expect
results from the foregoing prelimin.
airy work. But they do not alway,
get them. When these preliminarie!
fail and 1 have reason to believe tha
they do, and personally know OF one
Instance where they actually did, in
troduce methods, far from ethical, t
accomplish their purpose.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-17
STRAIN ON RAILROAD RATE REGULATION

Following is resume of the first
of a series of articles by Assessor C.
p. Strain of this county, on railroad
rate regulation, written for the Ore
gon Sunday Journal:
There are two important obstacles
in the way of rate regulation every
where. They are:
Railroad influence in politics.
The law of interstate commerce.
But these are not the only difficult
ties. Among others, having a power
full bearing upon the question, may be
mentioned:
Subsidized talent.
Legal advantages of concentrated
wealth.
Talent, like commodities, is for sale.
The highest cash bidder gets most OF
1t in the end. 1t is true that public
esteem appeals more strongly than
money to some talented men. And
upon this fact the future of free in
stitutions largely depends.
Monopolists enjoy immunity from
the laws of competition. Being in
dependent of them, their incomes dc
not depend upon the economic value
of their services. 1t follows, there
fore, that salaries paid by them are
immune from the same laws.
Corporations Subsldize Talent.
Being able to do so, and finding
profit in the practice, the monopolists
have subsidized talent. They place
upon the legal staff the expert of tech.
nicalities. They send to the lobby
the master of intrigue.
Thus they enroll brains and elo-
0uence only to prostitute the govern
ment which nourishes them.
The influence exerted by theii
munificent salaries does not end with
mischief done by those under pay
but 1t provides a motive for all talent
OF easy morals, having financial as.
pirations, to acquiesce in the sins OF
monopoly, and thus promote it.
Concentrated wealth possesses with
in itself, by reason of its size, 9
heavy advantage over moderate oil
small wealth.
/ may desire as a shipper to con
test a rate, and l discover on investi
cation that 1t will cost me $1,000 tC
do so. may be worth but $4,000.
must, therefore, sacrifice 20 per cen
of my fortune in the prosecution o
my case.
But the corporation is worth per
haps $50,006,000. The expense to ]
would be nothing. 1t could contes
$4,000 such cases for l per cent o
its wealth
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-17
HEAVY COLONIST TRAVEL.
California Received 14,147 Home.
seekers During September.

San Francisco, Oct. 16.-The aver
age daily number of colonists coming
into California over the lines of the
Southern Pacific during September
was 442. The total number was IA
1i7. of these 10,363 came by the
Oregon gateway, and it is safe TO say
that most of them have settled in
central California. The opening of
cheaper farming land in the Sacra-
mento and San Joaquin valleys has
brought many to this section of the
country.
San Francisco is receiving large
numbers of men daily, and they are
of the better class of mechanics. This
shows that the high rate of wages that
has been established is proving
strong inducement for carpenters and
those following the building trades to
make their homes here.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-17

was counting. and sold his mining
claims in order to make good his
claims to wealth.
The numerous eX-wives, former
partners and other creditors still hope
10 find that Gates has some property
which he holds under another name,
but there is nc certainty that he has
anv. \ meeting of the creditors will
he held on October II to fix up the
division of the 5000 to settle claims OF
100000 or mere.
That saltwater Bill has spent
about 100000 since. last June was the
testimony developed in the bankrupt.
cy hearing, and it is believed that
most of this sum went for poker
games and other dissipations. Gates
says he will go back TO Alaska anj
make another pile.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-17
New Dock at Everett.

Olympia, WASH, Oct. 16.-Worb
has been started on the new ocean
dock at Everett, which the Great
Northern Railway company is build.
ing TO handle grain, salmon, and
oriental business. Everett was found
the most available place, as there will
be little dredging in the new dock
which will have a minimum depth OF
35 feet.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-17
Boy Seeking q Home.

The Salvation Army is seeking a
home for a bright boy, 12 years of
age. A place is desired where he can
help with the work and go to school.
His father will help clothe him and
assist in paying expenses, but It is de-
sired that the boy partly earn his way
by doing light work. Apply to the
Salvation Army, 9O2 Webb street, or
phone Mrs. Swanson, black 2431.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-17
BEECHAM'S
PILLS

and all annoying symptoms will
soon disappear. They settle the
stomach, regulate the liver and ex-
ercise the bowels. Their good eff
!ects are felt Immediately.
Beecham's Pills mingle with the
contents of the stomach and make
Easy work of digestion. The nour-
ishing properties of the food are
tien readily assimilated and the
residue carried off without irrita-
ting the intestines or clogging the
41wels.
neecham's Pills should be taken
"Acncver there is sick headache,
rcd tongue, constipation, sallow
= or any symptoms that indi-
g, an inactive liver.
ry~hcre. In i'~vN- -oc. and &c.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-17
APPLE CROPS PAY.
Yakima Valley VIII Produce 10000
Boxes This Year.

County Fruit Inspector ]. b. Brown
went to Tacoma Sunday TO hold a con-
ference with state Fruit Inspector f.
A. Huntley over the matter of inspec-
ton work in the Yakima valley, says
the Yakima Republic. Mr.. Brown
has had a hard summers work look
ing after the fruit orchards of the
valley and he has obtained results.
Plans are under way for better work
to be done next year. There will be
some new legislation and It is expect
ed that more concerted effort on the
part of the fruitgrowers will be made
to have the law more fully enforced
than ever before.
THE work of the past summer has
been of such a nature as TO warrant
good results" said Mr.. Brown before
leaving. "The condition of the crop
this year shows that the growers have
taken as much interest in observing
the inspection rule as the Inspector
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-17
Advice to Housewives.

No home is so pleasant, regardless
of the comforts that money will buy,
as when the entire family is in perfect
health. y bottle of Orino Laxative
Fruit Syrup costs so cents. 1t will
cure every member of the family OF
constipation, sick headache or stom-
ach trouble. Koeppens' drug store.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-17
CRISIS OF GIRLH0oD
A TIME OF PAIN AND PERIL
Miss Emma Cole Says that Lydia q.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
Saved Hsr Life and Made Her Well

How many lives of beautiful young
girls have been sacrificed just as they
were ripening into womanhood How
many Irregularities or displacements
have been developed at this important
period, resulting in years of suffering !
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-17

and electrical effects alone occupy an
entire car in transportation. The
grand ensemble of the first part in
PRODUCES moonlight, ripping water,
fleeting clouds, cathedral chimes and
is an ideal conception of the palace
of Aladdin from the famous illusion
of "The Arabian Nights" This gor-
geous spectacle has never been
equalled on the minstrel stage, and
presents a scene of beauty and grand
eur long to be remembered, and yet
this is not one part of the big famous
show
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-17
HI Henry October 10.

The king of minstrelsy, Hi Henry
and his brand new, big, double min
strel show, will appear at the Frazer
theater Friday, October 10. Every
act is entirely new, and the scenery
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-17

imuln charge be less than 25 cents
and no more than the charge for 100
pounds at second~class rate unless ac-
tual weight at actual rate makes more.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06

able Tables. The boa constructor lies
down stupid and motionless for many
an hour after it has gorged itself. The
human boa constructor cannot do that
for it is a statesman or business man
or, if it be of the female sex, it is either
a society woman or a club woman and
must keep staggering on though the
sky fall.
SO let the ladies that head Official So
ciety in Washington reform the boa
| constructor habit of high life. Let the
awful, heavy dinner be replaced by
one that is dainty indeed, but moderate
in quantity and easily ldigested, one that
viii not finally kill every statesman
who partakes of it.
The population of our large cities may
be divided into two classes, the overfed
and the underfed, and the condition Of
the overfed is really more alarming
than that of the underfed.
MARY GOULD LYLE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06

have learned deep mysteries of life,
Mrs. Jeanette Pomeroy, apostle of a
new beauty cult. IN brief, it is, at
least one hears it is: Live among sur
roundings the most beautiful, artistic
and harmonious that are possible to
you. allow only harmony and good will
to reign in your home, allow only re-
fined. loving, harmonious people in it
Do as you would be done by strictly,
let nothing but sweet and beautiful
thoughts fill your mind nothing of an
ger, hatred, avarice. envy, i'll temper or
even grief, So. living among beautiful
surroundings, with only harmonious PEG
pie around you yourself thinking only
harmonious, sweet thoughts, remaining
eveHastingly serene and sunny, no mat
ter what breaks, you shall in time grow
beautiful beyond the imaginings of a
poets dream. LUCY IRWIN.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06
CAREFULLY GUARDED ROYAL
JEWELS.

Royal personages generally delight in
collecting beautiful jewels, and much
care is taken that these costly baubles
are not stolen.
Among the so called Grown jewels"
shown at the Tower of London are
many limitations in paste" the real
gems being stored in strong vaults in
iron bound boxes.
One of the most valuable collections
of jewels in the world is owned by the
imperial family of Russia. The coIlec-
ton is kept in fortified castle, which is
very strongly guarded. The car keeps
some of his own private jewels in banks
in London and Paris.
The jewels of the Italian royal family
are stored in vaults beneath a fort on a
little island of the Tiber. Protected as
they are by the famous but muddy river
above and by the military guard on the
island, they are safe from the most in
genious and daring of burglars.
The Prince of Bulgaria, whose col
lection of precious stones is valued at
100000, keeps his treasures locked
away in a well guarded little castle on
the Danube.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06
HEAVY DINING AND
WHAT COMES OF IT
TT is announced that a number Of Of

Ut is announced that number of Of
fetal society ladies' in Washington.
with Mrs. Roosevelt as an active
patroness. have instituted a cookery re-
form.
To make their good work complete
the ladies' should likewise institute an
eatery reform.
If we bark back to the deaths Of
statesmen in washington of recent
years we shall find they outnumber ten
to one those of generals killed and fatal
" wounded in American wars from the
civil contest down. Fact first. Fact
second. II we inquire into the cause of
the going out of these great men we
shall find medical authority for the
statement that they died of Washington
dinners. Man is before all an elimina-
tive animal If he takes into his stom-
ach more than he can eliminate he
stuffs himself up and dies. If he does
not pass off the earth Immediately he
drags out a miserable, granting. limp
ing. burdened existence like that of one
who walks carrying a great weight
The brisk, timber existence, full of the
joy of life, has long since left the heavy
eater of either sex At time when she
ought still to be able to skip rope like
a girl of sixteen the overfed woman
puffs and turns purple in the face when
she with the utmost difficulty stoops
to pick up a handkerchief she has
dropped. It is disgraceful.
The poisoned trace of the late, heavy
dinner is Enthusiastically evident in the
faces of the pulpy. puffy male and fe-
male citizens of washington and New
York, where the human stomach is
most direfuIly abused. We call our
selves civilized, yet we have not yet
gone beyond the idea that social en-
| jOyment consists in stuffing the st0m-
ach as if it were that of a fattening
goose. Ages ago when mankind were
cave jewellers and the food supply was
| precarious they used to eat all they
could hold when they could get enough
to fill themselves. The habit has ap-
parently survived the outgrown condi-
lions of that day and is INDUCED still
4 to the infinite hurt of the race, es-
] pecially among the statesmen and So
ciety women of the national capital
We somehow seem slow to learn that
the race has become civilized to the
point where it can no longer gorge like
a boa constructor.
Society dinner giving and eating If
Washington are certainly responsible
for the snuffing out of many brilliant
intellect also for the passing of many 2
bad or silly law in congress. The Hon
T. Jefferson Podunkski hurries from q
heated discussion in the house to the
dinner of Mrs. Senator Squebus. He
eats-heavens how he eats-likewise
drinks. The food is delicate and abun-
dant, the drink perhaps even more so
Hon. Podunkski shows his appreciation
of both. He would like to tumble dowr
then and there upon Mrs. Senator
Squebus' satin couch and sleep it off
He feels "dopy," but no! He must lasl
himself up to attend a committee meet
ing or a night session or a ball or t.
receive a delegation of the United Ordei
of the Severe and Ancient and Honor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06

either. and yet that is the first thing
your maid is able to do but When it
comes to the weekly loaf7.of bread, oh.
ye gods and little fishes!
And as for the making of simple flour
gravy, that seems indeed to be a lost
art.
Why not have a plain cooking school,
for plain people that will teach them
in a few short lessons how to keep
themselves from starving or dying from
dyspepsia.
We can always go to a restaurant
when we want mushrooms a la some
thing or other. but we must have good
bread and properly cooked meat at
home
If women ever attain the legislature
they should pass a law. compelling every
girl over twelve years old to learn how
to make common ordinary white bread.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06
DUCHESS OF MAN
CHESTER.
DOWAGER

tate the motions of cycling and rowing.
and these she uses persistently and
vigorously. always in the open air
Finally her majesty eats only spar
ngly of the simplest, non-fat produc-
ing food. Is all this trouble worth
whileo That every woman must de-
eide for herself.
Mrs. John Jacob Astor is one of the
women who grow handsomer as they
grow older She, too, finds youth in
spare. very simple diet, vigorous exer-
else and oceans of pure air and sun
light. Many of the women who carry
youth with them into middle age and
even past it live on food so plain and
SO small in quantity that most working
girls would consider themselves very
III used if it were set before them at a
meal, but if women will stuff themselves
on luxurious food they must take the
consequences in bullying fatness and
brain stupidity. For most of the beauty
cu1turists two meals a day suff1ce.
Lillian Russell is as handsome as she
was. twenty years ago, but she, too
practices robust exercise in the open
air and eats sparingly of simple food
For those inclined to be stout, sweets
and fats are taboo. In addition to deer
breathing, vigorous exercise and diet
ing, one more prescription is universally
given by the women who do not ego off
in looks, as the English say. 1t is
Don't Worry.
keep your figure and your temper
says Amelia Bingham.
Finally there comes to US from Eng
land and india where she is said tc
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06

The sovereign preservative of an.
however, is fresh air, always fresh air.
Alexandra has learned the deep breath
ing fad and It is a practice. not a lad
with her. Deep, slow breathing from
the abdomen up to the .tiptop of the
lungs, purifes the blood, clears the skin
and lifts the flesh of the body upward
from around the waist and hips to the
bust and neck. where it ought to be.
It is even said that the queen in all
weathers sleeps in the open air upon
the roof of a tiny extension she has had
built out from window in Windsor
palace.
( Tobogganing Keeps down fat; there
fore the queen toboggans. She has ia
her palace dummy machines that in1i-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06
A NEW DREAM
OF FAIR WOMEN
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II It Tepnyson were alive today he
would enlarge the list in his poem
of fair women. Tt is certain, too
y that the list would contain several
American women. The American wo-
man has likewise repeated ancient his
tory Judith was a widow. Helen of
Troy and Cleopatra We're near, if not
actually. in the forties when they by
their fascinauons changed the fate of
nations. The American woman has
shown modern society that it is no
longer the young girl. but the matron
even in some cases the middle aged
mdtfon. who is the most charming and
oftentimes the most beautiful of her
SEX
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06
MRS, AsToR's REToRT.

Mrs. Astor. the head of the Aston
family, attended during her European
tour a garden party in the English mid
lands
Mrs. Astors dignity is great. It re-
sembles that of a duchess OF the old
school; hence a certain young officer
should have been wiser at the garden
party than to say to her, as he took
out his cigarette case
do you object 20 sInoking?"
81 don't know, really" Mrs. Aston
answered. mo gentleman has ever
smoked in my presence"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06
Practical Economy.

Some women have queer notions of
economy, but if a woman really wants
to save pennies or even dollars one of
the best ways is to make her own
blouse waists 1t is almost impossible
to find a dressy waist made of good
materials under $25, while it is not
impossible to make a very pretty one
with fine materials and not have it cost
over $40.
Then take the blouse waists of batiste
that are now worn all the year around.
A girl needs at least half dozen in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06
scARclrY o. BROWN EYEp MEN

London professor has been going
into the question of marriage. and he
declares that a man usually marries a
woman who is like himself in many
ways.
Among every thousand men," he
says, 1.-The color of the eyes is divided
as follows: Blue, 1853: gray. s12; hazel
127; brown, "a.
'eThe eyes of women are generally
darker, only 2S6 of them in every thou
sand having blue ones. If these blue
eyed people married at random the re-
suit would be that they would mate at
the rate of 1O4 per thousand, but have
discovered that the actual number
of marriages per thousand of blue eyed
persons is 140, or SO above the ran
dom average, thus proving that the
blue eyed man and blue eyed woman
are unconsciously attracted toward one
another
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06

fleets more quickly the temper and
character of a woman than her home
while I do not believe in elaborate
education in domestic science, still
there are six things in the cooking line
my daughter shall know" remarked a
common sense practical woman.
First.-How to make bread.
Second--HoW to make soup
Third.-How to broil a steak.
Fourth.-How to stuff and roast a
chicken.
Fifth.-How to make gravy.
Sixth.-How to make an apple pie
You can go a long distance with this
small modicium of knowledge. You
don't need to know how to make cake
Wasting money on dress accessories
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06

A gentleman stin young tells me
that when he was a "kid," not so very
long ago, there was in his family a
certain Aunt Harriet. twenty six years
old and unmarried. When the children
We're for any cause angered at Aunt
Harriet they used TO go off in corner
by themselves and vent their spite on
her by exclaiming venomously and
vigorously, "Old maid, old maid OLD
maid!"
Now nobody except perhaps giggling
Sixteen would think of calling a young
lady of twenty-six an old maid
American women of middle age are
among the most influential as well as
handsomest leaders in British society
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06

Any full tucked or shirred skirt is
smart, and the bodice is fulled into a
wide girdle, which gives the necessary
curve at the waist line. Many women
have their silk slips made separate, so
that they may change the colors under
white gowns, and, of course, this sim
plif1es dressmaking a good deal. as the
same silk slip may be used for several
evening dresses.
Take it all in all, I think making
ones blouses and evening gowns is one
of the best ways of economizing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06
AN AUTHORIZES LUCK.

There occurred not long ago the if
tieth anniversary of the death of Mary
Russell Milford. dear to readers for the
sake Of "Our Village" In her childhood
lotteries were still popular, and Mary
in 1897 became a ticket holder in one
She insisted on choosing the number
1924 because the digits made up the
sum of her age That ticket won her
100000. Like the s25O,oOO which heI