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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-12
WOMAN.

Everybody agrees that Velguth. the
young clerk in the gas offices at Port
land who has stolen $4,000 in the
past year to lavish upon a wilful w0-
man is a fool.
That expresses it but mildly.
His exultation was destined to be
but transient. He must have seen
the shadow of the end lowering near
when he began his crimes to show his
love for this devilish woman.
All, but what do men care for the
outcome, what do they care for the
penalty where a woman is in the
case?
1t is all well enough to talk about
being we'll balanced, sound, sensible
sane, self possessed!
But get into the meshes oncel The
lariat of infatuation Tightening about
your neck, and no penalty, however
formidable, will stop your mad ca
reer! Cat least, this is said to be the
common experience of everybody who
has, been through the mill"O.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-12
RAILWAY STATISTICS.

Total railway mileage in the United
States, 213.904.34 miles.
Total mileage operated, including
second, third and fourth tracks, 297,-
073.34 miles.
Total operating roads, 1886.
Total number of employees, 1885,
121.
Total compensation paid employees
sS17,598,S10.
Total stock, s6,339, ,S9s,329.
Gross earnings from operation, ST.
975,174,091.
Operating expenses, $1,33S, S96, 253
Total taxes, S61, ,696,354.
Total cost Of roads s10,7S4,4 ,449, ,493
Total cost of equipment, s727OS7,'
63S.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-12
THE COLUMBIA IS UNIQUE.

c. c. Hutchinson of Portland, writ
ing of the Columbia river, says:
But our pride in rivers is the ma
jestic Columbia which drains all the
county east of the Cascades and
thousands of square miles in Canada
as well.
Through the entire length Of North
and South America a high mountain
chain runs parallel to the Pacific
ocean, and no stream anywhere
breaks through this gigantic barrier
excepting only our own, our peerless
Columbia.
Let US in the future more emphati-
cally and more unitedly than in the
past demand that its $500 miles of
navigable waters shall be entirely
opened to the sea.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-12

are slutted and the middle classes op-
pressed. 1t favors the express mo-
nopoly by which the people are rob-
bed by extortionate rates every hour
in the day, 1t favors the railroad
trust by which non-competitive points
are made to pay enormous tribute and
it favors every other form of monopo-
ly which curses the nation.
Bryan is decade ahead of the age.
The public ownership sentiment is
growing and will sweep the country
in time. The common people demand
it. 1t is the only solution of the
transportation problem, no matter
what the plutocratic press may say
to the contrary.
Politics does not enter into the
question in any form. 1t is simply a
movement for the betterment of the
whole people.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-12

The East Oregonian does not believe
that the meaning of the school law
is that every school book used last
year must be thrown away and a new
one bought this year. The law does
not mean this. There is a wilful waste
of school books each year and the
burden is all to heavy for people to
bear. The school law means that
good sense and sanity shall rule and
not a wanton extravaganza. Sensible
economy should be taught in the pub
lie schools as we'll as in homes. Chill
dren must be made to know that every
book is intended for the greatest pos
slble use. The school book expense
is heavy at best.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-12

Everything indicates an excellent
collection of all kinds of exhibits at
the county fair and every citizen of
Umatilla and Morrow county is urged
to take personal interest in it, This
fair is for the people. II It is firmly
established this year, 1t will be easily
maintained hereafter. 1t is almost
unbelievable that Umatilla and Nor
row counties, the leading agricultural
and stock counties Of eastern Oregon.
have been without such a fair during
these years
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-12

= You ask to what creed I pin my !
2 faith.
= To none. And yet love Gods 7
= temple, and
= Ny life is shaped and moulded !
2 to O creed
. So simple that a child may I
2 understand.
. I love the living source of all !
+ that's fair
= And beautiful on earth, in sky I
= and sea;
= I love my fellow beings and I I
Z try
2 To do as I would have them I
Z do by me! :
2 Elizabeth c. Hardy. /
a 1 4 1. 4 q 4 i. = J. 4. + r r + = = .
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-12
WORKING FOR OKLAHOMA.

Miss Kate Barnard, a writer for the
Daily Oklahcman, is in Chicago gath
ering material for the new constitu-
ton OF Oklahoma. The young woman
has credentials from the governor of
her state and the mayor Of Oklahoma
City, and the fruits of her quest will
be Of practical service. She mas been
in st. Louis and while there secured
articles from the leading hearty
workers concerning juvenile courts,
child labor. compulsory education and
child penal laws.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-12
BRYAN AHEAD OF THE AGE.

The only really active opposition 10
the government ownership proposition
Of William Jennings Bryan comes
from the plutocratic press which al
ways has and which always will oD-
pose every movement for the better.
mint Of the common PEOPLE.
The same press favors a high pro-
tectIve tariff by which the millionairef
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-12

The charred remains of a man were
found yesterday in the ruins of the
freight wreck at H'ghbrldge. The
body was burned beyond all possible
recognition and the unfortunate will
probably rest forever among the un-
known. It was presumed he was a
hobo stealing a ride.-Idaho Falls
pogt - ~
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-12
HOTEL PORTLAND
-OF-
-OF--
POnTI MD Old EnnAr

POKTLAND, OREGON,
American plan, SO per day and up
ward. Headquarters for tourists and
commercial travellers. Special rates
made to families and single gentle-
men. The management will be pleas
ed at all times to show rooms and
give prices. A modern Turkish bath
establishment in the hotel.
II. c. BOWERS. Manager.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-12

Sidney Thexton Of White Lakes,
near Colville, was kicked in the face
by a sharp-shod horse and had an
eye knocked out. His skull was also
fractured.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-27
Hou They Kept Track Of Everything

home to the folks and then you won't
need to write. It tells everything, or
& didn't know how I was goin to
keep track of everything until I found
The Journal. Everything is in lit
and what Lean t see for myself / can
read about in T h e J urn al The
names Of all the veterans who attended
reunions. Those lists will be read and re-
read many times by veterans who were
here and by those who could not come.
Every post III the country will have
those lists in its records, and members
who were unable to come to the en-
campment will read them over and will
enjoy knowing that their old comrades
attended the reunions. Many will read
in those lists the names of former COM
rades they had lost entirely, and with
the addresses that were furnished, will
be able to come in touch with many an
old friend. 4 l.. r.
Minneapolis established record for
entertainment that will be hard to beat.
Other department commanders are writ
ing to me expressing their thanks for
the magnificent entertainment of Min
neapolis and extending their congratu-
lations to Minneapolis and the Mime
sofa department. We are proud Of the
showing made by our department in
the eneampment, and especially in the
parade. We hope to have every civil
war veteran in the state on the Grand
Army organization. rolls before the close
Of the present year. am proud Of
Minnesota and Minneapolis, and both
can be proud Of T b ournal."
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-27
ADJUSTMENTS

eiJou-"Woman Against Woman"
The attraction at the Bijou this week
is one that will please the lovers Of Clean
honest, homely melodrana of the t@Old
school. While full of human interest and
replete with stirring situations that hold
the attention, it's atmosphere, is still hon
est and healthful. 1t is a drama, Of the
home. 81 -"sT - a :
The heroine, Bessie Tressider, is thor
oily in love with her home and her hus
band and child. A younger sister, Mir
lam, wife Of Sir Henry Chesterton, has
exacted pledge Of secrecy concerning a
mistake Of the past, and furthermore in
duces Bessie to assume her guilt. Vic
ious gossip brings part Of the tale to
John Tressider, who demands a denial
of his wife. Bound by her pledge, she
| cannot deny 1t, and untold trouble for
John and Bessie follows. At last, after
the death of their child, she wrings the
truth from the prosecutor and the old
happy life. marred only by the, loss of the
child, Is restored. There are comedy
parts. too, that brighten and relieve.
| The work Of the company is remark
ably we'll balanced, especially the work
of the principals. AS John Tressider,
Frederick Montague wins his audience
by his. broad, manly. natural work. He
is strong and hearty and thoroly at home.
Rose Curry. who plays the part Of Bes-
sic, his wife, is capable. Her work also
is strong and natural, and she acquits
herself well.
Miss Rose Swain, who Is g. Minneapo-
| lis favorite, plays the part Of Miriam,
the younger sister, In a clever manner
thruout. The two sisters have several
trying situations that are handled with
great skill and never overdone. Miss
Swain as Lady Chesterton is proud and
naughty, and coldly selfish, as required.
Miss Marie Hunt has difficult task
as Rachel Westwood, the troublenaker,
but does it admirably. The character is
unpleasant, and is so skilfully handled
that the spontaneous storms of Kisses
and groans from the galleries are trib
utes. Wallace Shaw does a clever bit of
character work as Phil -Tressider. the
lazy father of John, investing the part
of the worthless old man with much
genuine comedy Louise Farnum is
strong as the hard working and some
what shrewish Widow Barton, mother OF
Bessie and Miriam. Charles Lindholm
as Lord Chesterton, is as thoroly at home
as ever, and more than fills the rather
small part. s.~-.-,o-.-. = D..
The piece Is we'll staged turnout, and
with the realistic work Of the company
takes strong hold on the audience
! Woman Against Woman" will run the
week, with the usual matinees.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-27
A Run Around the End.

Mr.. Gompers in putting questions to
candidates for office has run across "a
man who is a master Of the art of re-
plying. Senator S. Dick of Ohio has
written this sweet and gurgling epistle
to Brother Gompers. 80.
"Speaking for myself, I will say
cheerfully and without reservation, that
I favor at all times the fullest degree
of just and merited recognition for the
cause of labor and shall be, as I always
have been, ready to support any official
action in the form of legislation or
otherwise that after due investigation
and consideration is demonstrated to be
really in the interest of labor, at the
same time having in mind the necessity
and ability of avoiding any misguided
action the ultimate effect Of which
might be preventive of that moral sup
port essential to the maintenance of
permanent results and thus defeat the
| objects most desired to accomplish
Mr.. Gompers tyrannically derides this
| epistle as evasive. He is hard tc
please. AS it reads it admits every
thing which Mr.. Gompers thinks well
to demand of the American congress
Mr.. Gompers is becoming a trihe toe
numerous. Perhaps he would like tc
write the answers to his questions an6
enclose rubber stamp for signatures
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-27
Railroad Accidents.

The merry campaign of the railroads
against the census goes on with unabat-
ed speed. Trains are running down
people, crushing workmen, manning
passengers and cutting up those who
stroll on the tracks, with greater avid
ity than ever before. For the first
three months Of 1906 the deaths from
railroad accidents were 1,126 and the
injuries 17,170. The interstate COM
MERGE commission reports that the in
crease over the accidents Of the CORES
ponding quarter Of 1905 is large. The
commission has not had time to figure
out the percentages. The most it
knows about it at present is that the
government should investigate these
collisions, derailments and other acct
dents and set forth in unmistakable
terms their causes and remedies.
In pursuance Of this policy the COM
mission relates the causes of some Of
the most disastrous wrecks Of the quar-
> ter. One which caused the death Of
: thirty-one passengers, was due to the
non-delivery Of meeting order. A
west bound train ran past the meeting
point, while the operator was asleep.
The operator awoke after the train had
passed, and being queried, replied that
it had not gone by. The collision re.
suited. The operator had been on duty
continuously for nineteen hours. It is
estimated that he had been asleep only
a minute, but the lives of thirty-o one
human beings hung on that fatal min.
ute.
=. Other fatal accidents were due to the
failure of men going off duty to deliver
information to those succeeding them
to confusion Of orders between train
men and dispatchers, to gross neglect Of
o. the block system on the part Of a con
ductor, engineer and block sigma
man.
The summing up Of the evidence
show that the personal factor in thu
equation is large one. That there
should be drastic action taken to pre-
vent the overworking Of operators, sig
nal men and engineers is evident. TIL
railroads have an interest in this sec
ond only to the interest of the public
It would seem as if their losses from
the smashing Of engines, the destruc
ton Of cars, suits for damages and los
:. Of traffic must far outweigh any gain
= in the wage account from going short
handed.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-27

."cHRIsTIAN ~oRIGINs,"~ by Otto
Pfeiderer, ID, translated into English
by Daniel A.; Huebsch, Ph,D., is an ac-
count Of the. foundation and development
Of the Christian church on purely nat
uralistic basis. It assumes the law of
evolution the impossibility of the mirac-
ulous, and the consequent necessity for
rejecting all the traditional theories
about the Bible, Jesus and his work, and
the relation subsisting between God and
man. In short, it practically takes the
ground of the infdel as the truth, and
yet Is the work of a.. MAN, writes
I'D" after his name, and holds the title
of Professor Of Theology" in a German
university, 1t is one Of those German
dreams wherein lit. is made to- appear
that man @can create and can rule and
modify the action Of his creation at
will, while God; who -eoald~ produce ma
ture-the great birth-whether by evo-
luton, or whatever means-God is~unable
to modifXa the action of this nature un-
able, that is, to rule the product of his
own power, or modify the, action of the
laws himself has given w. r. X
A. B. w. ;Huebsch, New York, =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-27
NOBODY BUT FATHER

The following poem is floating around;
no one knows who wrote
it, Sss.s : ,+'ss-1- :
Nobody knows the money it takes
To keep the home together; ..
Nobody knows of the debt it makes.
Nobody knows-but father.
Nobody's told that the boys need shoes,
And girls need hats with feather;
Nobody else old clothes must choose.
Nobody-only father. 80 s
Nobody hears that the coal and wood
And four's cut together; .: .. ~.
Nobody else must make them good. *
Nobody-only father. f..-Ns. ,.-T
Nobody's hand IL the pocket goes
So often. wondering whether
b There's any end to the wants Of those
Dependent-only father.
Nobody thinks where the money will come
= To pay the bills that gather;
Nobody feels 90 blue and glum;
a.. Nobody-only father. ss.. T..
Nobody tries so hard to lay
UP something for bad weather.
And runs behind, do what she may,
al 4 sNobody-only father.
Nobody comes from the worlds cruel storm,
To meet dear ones who gather
Around with loving welcome warm.
( Nobody does-but father.
Nobody knows Of the home life pure,
Watched over by mother
Where rest and bliss are all secure,
9t Nobody can-but father.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-27

Millionaire Sociologists.

The story from Chicago published in
The Sunday Journal showing the
activities of the sons Of several mil
lionaires of that city is an interesting
commentary upon the attitude of the
times toward rich men. Undoubtedly
their tactics are Influenced by the fact
that the unemployed millionaire has
ceased to be attractive. America is
not the country which tolerates with
patience an idle class whether of fan
nel-clad scions of wealth or homespun-
decked tramps. There is apparently no
need of either. But the idle million
aire has come to be looked upon as the
more disgusting object because the
! tramp is usually idle because of the
fact that he knows nothing and nobody
will have him. He has put himself out
side the industrial pale by his habits
The son of a rich man, however, has
noble opportunities for usefulness and
his neglect to improve them tends to
rlnsettle social conditions in his neigh
I borhood. 1t makes his father unpop
ular and causes people to inquire what
kind of a mother he has. These things
have their influence in America.
There is one thing little suspicious
in the Chicago report, and that is the
number Of young men who have take1
up manual labor with the purpose Of
studying sociology Studying soci
ology and developing snobbishness to-
often go together. The attitude Of tn,
youth who goes to work because he ex
poets to succeed to his fathers bust
ness and. wants to know its details i
more reliable. If he learns any 'tsoci
ology Vim the process it is all right AM
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-27
CHILEAN QUAKE :.
HURTS TEXAS OIL
Some American Wells Dried Up
Others Show New Kind y
: of Oil. sJs -s--.s...-.e
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service. r. 49, =a~;~'
Galveston, Texas, Aug. 27.-Remark-
able changes in the oil fields of Texas
since the Chilean earthquake are as
the seismic disturbances The authori-
ties declare that the movements of the
earth have opened new channels for the
immense subterranean reservoirs of oil,
and that the fields within 100 miles of
the coast will soon be exhausted.
After the earthquake all the Texas
fields began to show a startling and
rapid decline, while an oil heretofore
unknown in this part Of the country
has replaced the crude oil in three or
four of the wells. This new oil is very
light, and it is believed that there has
been a general shifting Of the oil and
mineral bearing strata. 1872
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-27
The Orpheum-VaudevilIe.

A bill Of mid season excellence greets
the patrons Of the Orpheum this week.
1t is of widely diversified interest and
novelty and goes thru with a swing that
leaves highly gratified audience on its
way to the cars. It is without headline
features Of pronounced novelty, but for
artistry the premier honors fall to- the
italian Trio the bill assembler evident
ly thinking such a designation was suffi-
cient. These men are singers without
peers on the vaudeville stage today, and
their work even surpasses that Of many
of the widely vaunted STARS of grand
opera. Their voices are so splendidly
blended and their singing >. so full of
spirit as well as harmony that Attic CIV
ing four selections in : their mother
! tongue they are the hit of the bill: and
| awake the enthusiasm Of the audience
from the robust harmony lover of the
gallery to the more discriminating and
captiousS critics in the pit.
| The four American trumpeters gave a
military musical act with a pleasing
finish. Paul Barnes has a monolog that
is funny even if Ezra Kendall did father
some of the jokes. Nita Allen and
company struggle successfully to make
the most Of Of Cressy's good ideas
badly handled. His Gear Two, State
room One contains the germ of a good
playlet, but it has been surfeited with
what the advance man calls Scenic in.
vestiture," and Cressy did not give it a
sufficient blue penciling and condensation
before turning it loose upon the public
Miss Allen and Mr.. Randolph make the
most of the production, but 1t Is toe
tacky, too strong a reach for effects, EFF
fects which the dramatist- could have
better left to the deductiveJ powers Of the
audience It is novel as to scenery, anc
by revision could be madeagood. : VIZ
The Kaufman troupe are held over fol
another week of sensational cycling. ant
are followed by Nat Leroy and Minnie
| Woodford in a hodgepodge Of nonsense
which sets everyone going. This act is {
scream. The Brothers Damn, novelty
gymnasts, have a quiet but powerful
method of making a hit Their stunts
are new, and most Of them of the start
ling variety now looked for in the for
eign athletes. The G. A R. parade film
on the kinodrome closes the bill. e. 8
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-27
An Anti Pass Law Worth While

A great majority of candidates for
the legislature have voluntarily pledged
themselves to vote for an anti-pass bill
next winter. 1t seems a foregone con-
clusion that some measure of the Kind
will be adopted, and the question to be
settled is one of details.
There must be some exceptions, Of
course. The danger is that the bill will
be loaded with so many exceptions that
it will hardly correct any Of the present
abuses The anti-pass provisions Of the
new federal law are full of exceptions.
The state can afford to make it's anti
pass measure more thoro, and so as to
be of some practical benefit to the peo-
pie. If the legislature stops merely
with the restriction of passes, it will
have accomplished something for pub.
lie morality, but will bring no practical
returns to the travelling public. The
railroads are more than willing to have
passes abolished. In fact, it, seems like
ly that the ruling powers in the big
railroad companies will use the federal
law as an excuse for going even farther
than the letter of the law requires. For
two or three years they have been draw
ing the lines closer and reducing the
percentage of free transportation, and
the passenger receipts per mile have in
creased correspondingly. This is fine
state of affairs for the stockholders, but
the traveller gets no benefit without a
reduction, of fares.
If the Minnesota legislature enacts
an anti-pass law that is worth any
thing, it can justly couple it with a
measure Of substantial benefit to the
public, reducing the maximum passen-
ger fare within the state to cents
mile. The actual passenger revenue
now is little more than 2 cents a mile,
owing to mileage books and competitive
low rates, the different Minnesota
roads collecting in 1904 between POP
and 2.35 cents for each passenger mile.
With the increased traffic that would
come from reduced local rates, and with
| passes reduced to the minimum, the
roads could as we'll afford to carry every
passenger on the fiat rate of g. cents a
mills as they can now to carry some of
them for 2.02 or 235 and a great many
for nothing. It is possible for the leg
islature to make this reduction, with
justice to the railroad companies, and
so save money for every local passenge,
who boards a train. u
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-27
FLAMES IN STREETCAR;;
PASSENGERS IN PANIC

New York, Aug. 27.-F1ames starting
thru the floor Of southbound Third
avenue car last night caused a panic
in which three persons were badly hurt
and twenty more or less injured.
Men and women in their fright
jumped thru the windows or pushed
one another from the platforms, and
three women threw their children to the
street, bruising them severely.