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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-02
SEEDS OF DISHONESTY.

To make an easy living, to maintain
an honest appearance, to be in fash
ion and stay out of Jail, are the cardi-
nal teachings of modern commercial
ism.
Secret dishonesty is not considered
an Objectionable characteristic-to be
found out is the chief disgrace, in the
creed of the plunging and frantic
slaves to money who set the pace, up
rear the standards of life and manage
the financial, social and political
worlds today.
Secretly and by example many pub
lie men teach that craftiness and de-
ceit and sharp practices are proper, If
they do not lead to unpleasant dis
closures. Guilt has no terrors for
them except when laid bare. Con-
science is withered, remorse is un-
known.
To be shrewd enough to cover up
crookedness is one of the chief re-
quirements of the modern Michiavel-
lianism. Crookedness, # is believed,
is only reprehensible when discovered.
Dishonesty is only scandalous when
exposed. Moral whitewash is as good
as pure life, and acquittal by paid
press, pulpit and bench, expunges the
taint of guilt from the soul and sof-
tens the glaring crimson stain on the
tell-tale hands.
Young men who are entering life
and activity, remember, that is the
scoundrels creed. Honesty is as sa-
cred today as ever and the seeds of
dishonesty will bear as bitter fruit
now as in the past
Public and private honesty which
fears no sudden light of exposure is
needed today. The craze for wealth
the insane strife for social distinction
have tainted public and private morals
beyond belief.
The world is honeycombed with dis
trust.
A return to the stern and fearless
honesty of the past is demanded.
The gloss and glitter of the avari-
cious shark should be stripped from
him fearlessly. He should be ex'
posed as the consummation of the
vicious tendency of the age.
Too many men and women veal
false faces. Too little regard for hon
esty and incompatibility is prevalent
Too many people SOW the seeds of dis
honesty in their everyday lives anC
actions.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-02
THINGS THAT WON'T HAPPEN.

James Montague gives list of the
following things in the San Francisco
Examiner which he declares will not
happen in a thousand years:
Richard McCurdy has given up his
projected trip to Paris and intends to
spend the money it would cost in buy
ing palatial homes for Mutual policy
holders. ..,
August Belmont Solomon Lichten-
stein, Danny Maher and other promi-
nent sporting gentleruen are using all
their influence in favor of the bill to
abolish race track gambling.
John d. Rockefeller is the guest of
Attorney General Hadley, of Missouri,
and is aiding him to get evidence
against the Standard Oil company.
William Travers Jerome has secured
the indictment of the three big life
insurance companies, the INTERIOR
ough Metropolitan directors and the
Standard Oil company
The prices at the Metropolitan
Opera house have been reduced to 10,
80 and 30 cents.
Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew has re-
signed.
| Thomas F. Ryan has ordered all the
disfiguring signs to be taken from the
subway and has put on more trains
to prevent overcrowding.
mayor" Mcclellan says he is going
to give up his office because he doesn't
think he was really elected.
Messrs. Klaw & Erlanger have de-
cided to give an artistic performance
of a good play presently.
]. P. Morgan was seen on the street
last evening giving a IS bill to Happy
Hooligan.
P. D. Armour declares that here
after he will make the price of por-
terhouse steak 10 cents pound
throughout the country.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-02
NO LAND LEGISLATION.

1t is unfortunate that congress re-
fuses TO repeal the timber and stone
land law by which western forests
have been stolen from the people.
Through this iniquitous law, which
was intended for good purpose when
it was passed in 1878, the people have
been deprived of their richest herit-
age. the timber areas of the Pacific
coast. Corporations have used this
law as an instrument of fraud and
have secured most of the most val
liable forest lands.
The president and the public land
commission advocated the repeal of
this law and the enactment of one
giving congress power to sell matured
timber to the highest bidder, the land
TO be replanted with young trees as
rapidly as it is logged off.
This would have removed the fraud
ulent practices of securing land
through dummy entrymen, and would
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-02
PENDLETON'S DILEMMA.

Pendleton has granted a gas fran
chise in which the company is permit
ted to collect from consumers 81,
s2.25 and $3.50 per 1000 feet.
In Portland yesterday, in a gas
franchise investigation, it was shown
by sworn testimony before a council
investigating committee that the ac-
tual cost of producing gas, is only 5S
cents per 1000 feet, including IA cents
for depreciation of the plant.
The cost of producing gas in Port
land is about the same as it will be in
in Pendleton. The cost of gas to the
consumer of Portland is but s1.15 per
1000 feet, this leaving a profit of 81
cents per 1000 feet ABOVE the cost OF
production. In San Francisco the cost
of gas to the consumer is but S5 cents
per 1000 feet.
In Pendleton the profits to the COM
pany will be s1.42, s1.67 and s1.9l
cents per 1000 feet, reckoning the
cost of production to be the same a!
| in Portland.
For these reasons the East Oregon
| ian has long been a believer in munic
| ipal ownership of public utilities. Th'
people should receive cheaper ligh
and fuel than at present. Nature ha
| provided multiple resources for tn
peoples benefit, but few are utilize
| by them.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-02
FAITH IN THE PEOPLE.

In the declaration of principles
filed by Walter Pierce with the secre-
tary Of state, is one which is of es-
pecial importance. 1t is that one de-
claring for an honest trial of all laws
enacted by the people through the
initiative.
1t has been the tendency of politi-
clans since the referendum and initia-
tive were enacted in Oregon, to doc
tor" the laws passed by the people; it
has been the inclination to make laws
to suit the bosses and not the people.
This principle expressed by Mr..
Pierce. to give every law enacted by
the people a just and honest trial, is
one which should appeal to every
lover of popular government. The
people should be supreme. They
know what they want The politicians
and the legislature have no business
tampering with those laws until they
have been proved and should be sub
servient to their will.
Give the peoples laws an homes
trial. Both the direct primary Law
and the local option law were passed
by the people and the Legislature
should not dare to set them aside un
i'll the people by their own actions de
clare against them.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-02
TO AN OLD LOVER.

There Is silvery frost on your hair, old
boy,
There are lines on your forehead,
too;
But your clear eyes speak Of the peace
and joy
That dwell in the heart Of you.
For the passing of youth you have no
regret.
No sighs for the summer gloam
And the lovers moon. They are with
you yet
In the light of the lamp at home.
In your summer youth, in that sunny
hour
That will come to you never again,
When you wooed your love, as the
bee the flower,
The sweets that you gathered then
You have hived and stored for your
later life,
And your heart is the honeycomb-
All! I've seen your face when yor
kissed your wife
In the light of the lamp at home.
Oh! you rare old lover! o! faithful
knight,
With your sweetheart of long ago.
You are many days from the warmth
and light
OF the summers you used to know
But you need not yearn for the glamo
and gold
OF the fields you were wont t.
roam
o! the light for the hearts that ar
| growing old
Is the light of the lamp at home.
| T DnIy
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-02
TRAINING BOTH HANDS.

An interesting discussion is being
carried on in England in connection
with the question of ambidexterity,
there being a certain number Of ply
sicians and psychologists who are rec
ommending that the child should be
taught to use the left as well as the
right hand and with equal facility
There are, however, those who ad-
wise that the left hand should be used
only for left-handed motions, mas
much as it Is not an exact copy Of
the right, and must possess corres'
bonding limitations. While the ad-
vanced ambidextrists believe that in
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-02

addition to Its ordinary duties the left
hand should be taught to copy the
movements of the right, such as in or
dinary writing, the moderate advo-
Gates think that, recognizing its limi-
tations, the left hand should be made
to do on the left side similar things.
These, of course. would be done by
movements in the reverse direction,
and therefore, If absolute ambidexter-
ity were required, as in turning a
screw or in writing, a screw with re-
versed thread should be used and a
reversed form of writing DEVISED
Harper's Weekly.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-02

Not boat has entered Nehalem
bay for four months past, owing to the
rough winter along the coast, with
the result that immense quantities OF
supplies for that nelghborhood are
held at Astoria. The people are in
no danger Of starvation, but they are
entirely out of many things usually re-
garded as necessary.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-02
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-02

have insured n future supply of TIM
ber, BY the action or congress in
turning down the repeal, both of the
evils-the stealing of timber lands
and denudation of forests, will con-
tinue.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-02
DRIFTWOOD.

The Independent chronicles the fol-
lowing happening: The confederate
veterans had dinner on Wednesday
evening at the Waldorf-Astoria in this
city at IS head. Mr.. F. Hopkinson
Smith, author and artist, one of the
southerners who have found hospita-
bic welcome at the north, made an
address that stirred great enthusiasm.
He talked about the good old-time ne
groes-he loved them as carpenters
and blacksmiths.
Let us teach these men to be our
friends, but never our equals.
Then cheer after cheer rang
through the room, and they sang
Dixie"
Meanwhile General Joe Wheeler
was dying nearby, and at a more mod
est dining room the Scotchmen were
celebrating the birthday of the man
who wrote "A mans man for a
that"
a journalist vending her way
through South Africa pens these notes:
Coming down through an the battle
fields today, l was chiefly struck by
the little mark a thre yeares war had
made on this wide, heartless country,
blinking back at an assured sun-just
monument on a distant skyline,
grave here and there by the railway,
mounds and crosses on a plain, a cem-
etery of boys near a wayside station.
Just these, and sleep, and forgetful-
ness, for all the blood and horror and
pain.
A little farther and more graves,
over one of which some friend has
left this tribute:
We cheered you forth, brilliant and
kind and brave,
Under your country's flag you fell
1t floats, true heart, over no drearer
grave,
Brilliant and brave and kind,
Hail and farewell!
Juniper, Feb. %.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-21
Fair Exhibit Sent to Pcndlcton,
WASHINGTON WANTS ROOSEVELT
State Convention OF Republicans De-
mands denomination.
A dispatch from Seattle says:

a dispatch from Seattle says:
The republican state convention to-
day renominated for congressman, w.
Il. Humphrey of Seattle; Francis w.
Cushman Of Tacoma; and Wesley L.
Jones of North Yakima. For SUI
preme judges, Herman ID. Grow and
Wallace Mount, of Spokane Milo A.
Root of Seattle, and Ralph o. Dun
bar of Goldendale were named.
The feature of the convention was
the adoption of a rising vote on q
resolution demanding" the renomin-
alton of Prezident Roosevelt in 1908
on the ground that 1t is necessary to
the good of the people, and that his
retirement will seriously interfere
with the consummation of the great
economic ideas" inaugurated by him
during his preZent tenure of office.
1t is improbable that another state
convention will be held in Washing
ton for the reazon that the platform
of every republican and democratic
county convention as well as the re-
publican state convention has declared
In favor of the direct primary. Sena-
tor Piles was temporary chairman,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-21
Catarrh Cannot Re Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they can
not reach the seat OF the disease. Catarrh
Is blood or constitutional disease, and in
order to cure 1t you must take Internal
remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken In.
ternally, and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure Is
not quack medicine. 1t was prescribed
by one OF the best physicians In this coun-
try Tor years and Is a regular prescription.
1t Is composed Of the best tonfcs known,
combined with the best blood purifiers, act.
Ing directly on the mucous surfaces. The
perfect combination Of the two Ingredients
curing catarrh. Send for testimonials free,
+. J. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo. o.
Sold by druggists price 75c
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-21

and Judge Cosgrove of Garfield, per-
manent chairman of the convention.
Wesley L. Jones is one of the men,
bers of congress whom Samuel Com
pers has opened war on. In his speech
to the convention Jones replied to
Gompers, declaring that he was op-
posed to American labor constructing
the Panama canal, asserting that the
isthmus is no place for Americans on
account of the fevers and other dis
eases which none but men uzed to
tropical climates can Withstand.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-21

Wednesday morning at II o'clock
at the home of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. william II. Gould, on
Weston mountain, occurred the mar
riage of Miss Rosa Gould to Edward
Tucker Rev. w. s. Payne of this city,
performing the ceremony. The cou-
pie stood beneath an arch of ever
greens and flowers. The bride wore
white silk with veil, and carried n
boquet of white flowers. They were
attended by Sidney Tucker and Miss
Matte Gould. and Miss Lula Case
played the wedding march. After the
ceremony sumptuous wedding din
ner was served. They received many
handsome prezents. The bride is n
popular young lady, and the groom is
prosperous Weston farmer.
Fair Exhibit Sent to Pcndlcton.
The fair exhibit for Pendleton has
been arranged and sent out. A fine
lot of wheat, hay, fruit and vegeta-
bles were sent, and all efforts are be-
ing made to make Weston show up
very creditably, a large number of
people expect to go from here.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-21
COST OF MODEL ROAD.
Marion County Pays S2200 for One
Mile of Macadnm.

County Judge J. II. Scott, who is
also PRECEDENT of the Oregon state
Good Roads association, has prepared
report giving the details and show
ing the actual cost of the "object les
son" road recently bilt by government
experts near the state fair grounds,
says the Salem Journal. The report
also shows the estimated cost of build
ing n similar road under circum-
stances. According to the report a
mile of road was graded and 2S30
feet macadamzed. For n distance
of 1860 feet the macadam surface was
bilt 16 feet wide, the balance 12 feet.
The actual cost of constructing the
road, including the entire grade. was
$2290.
Judge Scott estimates the cost of
constructing the road under ordinary
circumstances at $252S,11. While the
government "object lesson" road was
bilt i2 and 16 feet wide, he believes n
macadam surface of from nine to 10
feet In width would be sufficient for
all county highways.
He also thinks II unnecessary to
put on MS much material as was uzed
by the government experts and be-
lieves from 1900 to 1900 of crushed
rock per mile would be sufficient
This. he says, would mean n consid-
erable reduction In the cost of con-
struction.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-21

Athena, Sept. 21.-The Athena ex-
hlbit for the cair at Pendleton next
week was lhipt yesterday II consists
exclusively Of wheat, flour and mill
stuffs ana siaple commodities, which
have made Athcra famus and from
which she Is known far and wide as
the "granary Of the inland empire.
York Dell, the well known and popu-
lar grocer. will arrange the exhibit
aud expects to so to Pcndleton for
that purpose.
Frank Rogers. well known wheat
buyer, formerly Of this c'ty, but who
has latcry been buying ain for the
Kerr-Giffotd company, Al Garfield
Wash. has been transferred by the
company TO Pendleton.
f. 5. LaGrow, cashier of the First
National bank, is confined to his
home with illness, und it is under
stood that he is Threatened with IT,
fold fever.
Rev. j. \. Standago. a minister OF
the Adventist church, has come to
Athena to rczide.
charles Dupuis af Weston. has ac-
ccpted the po2ition If saIezman in Ed
Manassas store.
Rev. George T, Ellis. pastor of the
Ath.pa Blrtist church. Is rabidly re.
gaining his health. Rcv. Ellis fol-
som, time bae been afflicted with
anna.
Mrs. DE- Honc. fo..tcrIy Of thi,
nla,, Ia hero f,ou. p..tland WHITING
Wit. friend. and ro'a,iy ives for "A few
d.vs
Ma 4 II Johnson of Pendleton
within icl.tiyos In .;hena and vi.
cir.y.
N.hoot hauling is almost at IN end
osraeiaIly grcc the v.,rchouzcs ar,
NH ,bout fup the farm, holding fol
hirnor prices.
El.,nl s,,rpart and charles Brow
win leave sunday for "a hunting trir
MI tho linn, nav river.
Tho potoln crop in ials section will
no .ort this seazcn ana it Is doubtful
II tb.rn ,il bo sufficient quantity
for tho local coneumution. However
tho mountain crop is said to he nor,
NAL. ard the supply will he draw
f,om that locality.
FL Nanassec. the well known mer
chant nj this place, underwent
slight operatIcn in the hospital al
WalIa Walla Yesterday for a growtl
on one side of his face. He is report.
ed to be getting along fine. and vii
he hore in n few days.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-21
ATHENA BREV|T|ES
ATHENA EXHIBIT FOR THE
COUNTY FAIR WAS sHIPT.

RadIy Hurt In Runaway--Whcat
BUYER Transferred to Pcndleton-
Threatened With Tifoid Fever
Daughter Was BOrl-Wheat Haul
ing About EndCtl--Mnny Farmers
Holding Grain for Bcitcr Prices
Local Potato Crop VIII BE Short
Growth Taken From Face ut Hos
pital.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-21

The Southern Pacific will at once
begin the installation of the electric
motor system on its lines wherever
they cross the Sierra Nevada crest, as
the cheapest and safest way of SUR
mounting the heavier grades. The
third rail system will be uzed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-21
BRIEF RECORD OF
COUNTY EVENTS
Special
Correspon-
dence
NEWS OF WESTON
ABOUT 10000 BUSHELS
OF WHEAT is STORED HERE

Farmers Holding Wheat for Better
Prices-Farming I'm Sherman Coun-
U-Movcd to Morrow COunty-Is
Ill at the Catholic Hospital In Walla
WaIla-Wlll Harvest Fifteen Acres
of Bcans-Rcturncd to Weston
From Athcna-Potato Crop Largely
q Failure.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-21

Shoddy furniture for the homer
Never! Let us show you the finest in
furniture. Baker q Folsom.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-21
RAILROAD WRECKS
MAY Be PREVENTED
ONLY A MATTER Of TIME UNTIL THE RAILROADS
WILL DISCARD THEIR DANGEROUR DEVICES.

Now that all eyes turned toward that dsas-
trous wreck the o. r. & N, between Durkee and
Unity, in which runaway freight train came tear
Ing down the mountain and crashed into a passenger
train, endanger1ng many lives and the loss of prop
erty, the attention of the travelling public as well
as that of the officials concerned in this terrible
catastrophe is invo'unary turned toward that new
patented device, the Hurst Automatic Switch by
means of which just such disasters these can
easily be averted.
It will only be a matter of time until this device
will ne found in operation all the principal rail-
road systems of the country. Take for instance in
the above mentioned wreck See what could have
been avered if this system of switches in use;
the engineer finding that the train was beyond his
control, could have arranged the mechanism in the
engine that the engine itself would have thrown
the switch and look the siding it was going too
fast to head in on the siding it would have left the
rails and prevented a collision in this 1t
is to be hoped that the interstate commerce COM
mission will recommend and insist its adop-
by the different transportation companies thus
decreasing the risk of lives and property by
these accidents
This device is such simple character that
when it in combination with any other switch
signal, il is practically impossible for accident
to occur from trains running into open switch in
either direction.
The Switch Mechanism he operated from the
engine while running at full speed
This point was fully demonstrated at the recent
test sven It IN Salt Lake City, Utah when at the
companies invitation prominent railroad officials
from all over the country gathered to witness the
public demonstration of its working qualities. The
o. s. l.. has installed of the Hurst switches at
this point and this demonstration passed trains
and worked the switch while running over 40
miles an hour.
lights should fail the train will automatically oper
ate the switch and remain the main track If an
engineer has orders take siding to let another
train pass he can operate the switch from his cab
and will not run by the switch.
The device Is composed of but few interchan geable
parts of the tension pull type, is likely to get
out of order and s adapted for all steam and cleo
trio over and underground systems
AS this device is simple addition to what is now
in use Oh many railroads, are of the opinion that
the practcabiiity of this device will cause IT to fill
the requirements and meet with success II will
prove great labor and time saver as no stops need
be made to operate same
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