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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-28
SOCIALISM IN NEW ZEALAND.

Since the days when the man of
Nazareth first preached socialism to
the Galileans, dreamers have dreamed
dreams of the millennium of socialis-
tic equality and enthusiastic reform
ers have preached its glories to the
susceptible public, who listen with
bated breath to the words of wisdom
peculiarly fascinating as they fall
from the lips of the logicless orator,
Socialism in It's fullness will ever be
an unrealized ideal, but socialistic
tendencies will ever have a place in
the political economy of nations. 1t
is not without interest to know that
in this colony where socialism pre-
walls to a greater degree in legisla-
ton than elsewhere in the world,
there is not a poor house, house of
refuge, or alms-house.
There is no great or extraordinary
wealth, nor is there a Submerged
tenth" crying for bread. Pauperism
is practically unknown. and idIeness
is looked upon as a crime. The high
ways are free from tramps, with the
single exception perhaps, of nomadic
shearers, who travel from station to
station during the sheep-shearing
Season, carrying their "swag" Ga large
bundle or roll containing blankets,
and such clothing as they need during
the season) and ''billy-can" Ga small
tin bucket in which they boil tea and
potatoes while on the road.
There is practically no stealing in
the country. Farmers leave their
houses unlocked with impunity, and
are absent for weeks without the least
thought of the smallest articles being
taken. Bedroom doors in hotels more
frequently have no locks than other
wise, and seldom, if ever, is 1t possi-
BILE to find a bedroom door key in any
hotel in the colony.-A. A. Brown, in
Human Life.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-28
INDIA USES SILVER.

A report from Consul General Will
liam H. Michael states that Indian
has been ir1pcrtinS large amounts of
silver. He says:
III 1905 the total amount sent to In
dia for circulation was S37,5OO, 900,
and for 1906 up to September 27, the
amount was S62.t0D,000. This in
crease may he ascribed to the activity
of trade. 1t is worthy of note that
India absorbed about one-half of the
1905 total production of silver. She
used more silver than the United
States produced, nearly $4,000, 900
ounces.
When it is considered that India
takes half of the total output, which
is l70, 100000 ounces, and that 60,-
100000 ounces are used in the arts, 1t
is rot surprising that the remainder
of S25,o00,000 ounces for the mone-
tary supply of the world has nearly
doubled iii price within a compara-
lively short space of time.
Indian will continue to require mere
and more silver as the trade increases,
and II the needs of China and other
countries also increase
their demand, where will the increase
in price of silver stop? India pro-
the mines of other countries for this
metal, and the fact that she absorbs
Sc large a portion of the total output
makes her an important factor in any
of the future of silver.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-28
THE SHIP OF PURPOSE.

Aamid the tumult of life's restless sea,
When storm and darkness sweep this
ocean e'er
And drifting barks are wrecked on
angry shore,
The ship of Purpose rides in strong
security.
No surging wave can change her
course, for she
Is staunch and wends her certain
flight the more
When tempests rage, as did that boat
of yore
Guided by Christ on ancient Galilee!
There is a life lived by the foolish
man,
One which the fitful breezes change
at will,
A life OF senseless drifting o'er and
DER
One filled with Idle dreams without
a plan;
God help this one to hear the warning
shrill
Ere his frail bark is lost forevermore
DR.. Thomas Clarke Hinkle.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-28
THE LESSON OF A PICTURE.

AS frontispiece in the first annu-
al report of State Engineer John H.
Lewis, which has just been submitted
to the legislature, is a Photographic
view of the falls of the Deschutes
river at Sherrar's bridge, SO miles
above the mouth of the river
According to measurements made
by Mr.. Lewis office, 5000 cubic feet
of water per second is the minimum
amount which flows over this fall.
Sufficient water power is going to
waste there to illuminate and move
the entire traffic of the state of Ore
gon, IL it were economically harness.
ed and controlled.
The lesson of this picture is that
Oregon has within her grasp, a per-
petual remedy for all the freight rate
and traffic abuses in her borders, in
the immense power running over the
falls of the Deschutes.
If the state or government owned
this power site and would expend suf-
ficient money to equip it with ade-
Quate motors and batteries and then
would sell power to electric car COM
panies, farming communities and
towns needing electric power and
light, it would not be long until the
state of Oregon would be producing
every pound of grain, fruit and vege-
tables which the rich soil would bear.
The state should own this power
site. 1t should never be allowed to
get beyond control Of the people. No
corporation should ever be permitted
to secure a perpetual right to any
such vital resources hereafter.
Oregon should develop this power
site and then sell the power at a rea-
sonable rate to companies desiring to
use it. And as long as such compa-
MES did not oppress the people with
high rates or unjust discrimination,
they should be allowed to use power,
but if they swerved from the line of
rectitude, their supply should be cut
off. In this way the public would
secure the cheapest possible service
and would be protected in its rights.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-28

to bear 20 per cent of the cost and the
state 20 per cent.
The bill goes into minute details,
providing for the organization, main
tenance and conduct of the districts
and covers every feature of the sub
ject thoroughly and in its present
construction the East oregonian be-
lleves there is nothing Objectionable.
If such a district We're formed at
Milton, the county's 90 per cent of the
estimated cost of 100000 would be
but slightly more than has been ex-
pended in road and bridge repairs in
that district this year and the con-
struction of the dyke would protect
the county's property there forever
after.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-28
"WHAT HA' YE DONE?"

And they came to the gate within the
wall, where Peter holds the
keys, I'd
"Stand up, stand up now, Tomlinson,
and answer loud and high
The good that ye did for the sake of
men or ever We came to die
The good that ye did for the sake of
men in the little earth so long"
And the naked soul of Tomlinson grew
white as n rain washed bone.
"This I have read in a book" he said,
"and that was told to me.
And this I have thought that another
man thought of prince in
Muscovy-"
And Peter twirled the jangling keys
in WEAKNESS and wrath.
aye have read, ye have heard, we have
thought" he said, "and the tale
Is yet to run;
BY the youth of the body that once
ye had, give answer-what ha'
ye done?"
-Rudyard Kipling.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-28
BILL STILL BUSY.

The snow shovel sleeps on the wood
shed wall,
The sleighbells are rusting away;
The skates and the sleds are not busy
at all,
The ice house is empty today,
The sealskins are locked in the moth
balls embrace,
Old Winters forgotten its name
But the coal bucket travels the mill
tant pace,
And the coal bill is doing the same!
Baltimore Sun.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-28
TWO MEN AND THE DESERT.

From time immemorial men have
followed the sea, for pleasure. for ad-
venture, but most of all for liveli-
hood: and familiarity has bred a sort
CT indifference TO its terrors. But
men have pretty much let the desert
alone. 1t has the surprise, the mys-
terry and power of the sea; and 1t Is
formidable as the sea Is not because
OF its very strangeness, to human ex-
perience. In 1.-TWO Men and the Des-
ert," in the February McClure's, Fred
erick Wheeler has written powerful
story, telling of flight from justice,
dramatic meeting in the sand wastes
NJ the Mojave, and the temporary
league which arises between the fugt-
tive and his pursuer as they battle
with the evil forces Of the desert.
This is tale full of the heat and
vlgor of life in the far west.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-28
A Grand Opportunity.

Hicks-So our friend Rev. Solemn
ly has decided to take up missionary
work.
Picks--Yes, he's going to the can
nibal islands.
Hicks-Why there?
Picks-Well besides beng mis-
sionary. he's vegetarian, and he
hopes to make them change both
their religion and their diet. Two
birds with one stone, see?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-28
A Deserved Reputation.

Many man gets the reputation Of
being a hard drinker from the fact
that he is only a free drinker-one
who drinks free drinks, that is those
which some one else pays for
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-28
The Ape of Manhood.

i've always noticed" remarked
the wise old bachelor, "tnat the time
when a boy first looks upon himself
as man comedies with the time
when he stops sitting on the. floor to
put on his stockings"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-28
Debs Coming to Idaho.

Eugene v. Debs, socianst candi-
date for president in 1904, will come
to Caldwell Idaho, to report the
Meyer Haywood trial for
the Appeal to Reason.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-28

Swift and straight as flight Of crow,
Softly as the April snow,
Lightly as a word once spoken
Melts v when once It's broken.
The Bohemian.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-28

BY the burning Of the Old '76 dis
tillipg company's warehouse at New
port. KY, 5000 barrels of whiskey
were destroyed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-28

Near st. Anthony, Idaho, the home
of Orvin Mann burned. Mann's q
year-old boy and a small infant were
burned to death.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-28
HOTEL PORTLAND
PORTLAND. OREGON.

PORTLAND, OREGON.
American llan, SO per day and up
ward. Headquarters for tourists and
commercial travellers. Special rates
made to camille. und single gentle
men. Tn" mana cement will be pleas
ed at all times IL show rooms and
give prices. A modern Turkish bath
establishment in the hotel.
". g. ROwERS Manaker.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-28


. II men would cease to worry, .
. and women cease to sigh,
. And all be glad to bury, what
. ever has to die;
. II neighbor spake to neighbor, .
. as love demands of all, .
. The rust would eat the sabre, .
, the spear stay on the .
. wall;
, Then every day would glisten, .
, and every eye would .
, shine,
D And Gold would pause to listen, .
and life would be divine. .
Washington Star.
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-28

The general conference of the
Dunkards tGerman Baptist Brethren)
will be. held at Los Angeles In May,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-20
LOCAL
EVENTS

The county commissioners are out
viewing the proposed I'ncapher
ditch, south of Mckinley park to-
day The ditch WA empty into the
Blaine avenue sewer at the park
Postmaster Dickerson this morning
received the second consignment of
Jamestown stamps. This consignment
consists of 1000 of both the one and
two cent denominations.
Hogan's Runts were defeated yes
terday at Upper Sandusky by a team
from Tiffin, the score being 5 to 0.
The Runts will probably play at Webb
park on Decoration Day
Marriage licenses have been issued
to Cleophis Parish and Berna Morgan,
Marion; Guy A. Wilmot and Verna
Rice, Marion; Vernon A. Hecker and
Marian Criswell Marion; William
Hoffman and Eva p. Santee, Scott
Town.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-20

The Rebekahs of Agosta held a
social Saturday evening. The af-
fair was one of the most successful
ever given by the lodge, great
crowd being in attendance. A car
pet was ratified off and the lucky
number was held by w. d. Carr.
Daniel Spurgeon, of Smokey Row
street, had his foot badly crushed by
a heavy chunk of wood falling upon
1t while he was unloading car at
the Evans stone quarries about 10
o'clock this morning. DR.. II. ].
Lower rendered surgical attention.
Mr.. II. Messenger, of Pennsylvania
Avenue, is the victim of severe at
tack of blood poisoning. Seven days
ago he was bitten on the left arm by
a vicious horse. He paid but little
attention to the wound, thinking it of
slight consequence until today when
his arm to the shoulder became swol-
len and the physicians pronounced it
blood poisoning. His condition is
very serious.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-20
Ask Assembly to Define a policy.

Columbus, o., May 20.--Four over
lures in reference to advertising
proprietary medicines in religious
periodicals, and coming from the
presbyterles of Lima, Mahoning,
Portsmouth and Steubenvllle, are
now in the hands of the committee
on bills and overtures of the Presby-
terian general assembly and probably
will come up Wednesday. These
overtures ask the general assembly
to define a policy governing the pub.
lication of certain advertisements in
church papers.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-20
Pittsburg'S Y. W. {. A.
Secured 100000.
la
FOR NEW BUILDING
They Thereby Obtained an tndOw-
ment Of 100000 from II. c.
SFriCk Exciting Incidents.

Pittsburg, May 20.-FollCwing a
whirlwind popular subscription cam
paign of ten days. the members of
the Young Women's Christian associ-
alton of this city have raised a build
ing fund OF over 100000 thereby
earning an endowment fund of 5000.
900 from r. G. Frick for the purpose
OF building large permanent home
for the association in Plttsburg.
Seldom has such remarkable
campaign been conducted here and
Pittsburgers were given many sur
prises by the young women In the
manner OF collecting funds for no.
BILE purpose.
AS the time drew near the close,
lacking several thousand dollars Of
the required amount, it became in.
tensely exciting. Hourly bulletins
were posted on large banner which
hung over the door of the associa.
tion's headquarters in the Home
Trust building. Sixth avenue and
Wood street. This feature interested
thousands of persons Every news
paper carried large headlines and COL
umns of front page space concerning
the campaign, making it impossible
for Pittsburgers to lose sight of the
matter.
II was the original intention of the
association to close the campaign on
Friday night. However. when the
time arrived the fund lacked almost
$4,000. Another day was added and
the members of the association who
were divided into teams. made anoth-
er tour OF the city. Excitement was
intense and every one worked with
amazing energy. As q o'clock Satur.
day night drew near the time set
for the close of the campaign, almost
$4,000 was needed. At s o'clock
came a special delivery letter from
man who desired that his name not
he made public. lnclosed was his
check for $4,000 Other pledges,
ranging from $50 TO 5000. came in at
intervals.
A short time before 3 O'Clock the
telephone bell rang and Miss NJ. S.
Dunn, Of New York, secretary Of the
economic board of the New York Y.
W. G. A., who was in charge of the
campaign, answered the call:
How much do you need?'
"About $500"
Put me down for that amount"
This contributor also desired his
name withheld
While the campaign has closed and
there is sufficient funds for the build
ing OF the new home the contribu.
tions are still coming in At the last
count there was $4,000 over the re-
quired fund OF $50O,0
Other cities have written TO the 10.
cal headquarters OF the association
concerning the campaign and the
same plans will be used elsewhere.
Miss Dunn, Of New York, intends to
travel over the country managing
these campaigns.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-20
Abuses by Standard Oil
Go. are Charged in an
OFFICIAL REPORT.
Determinations in Rates Given the
Oil Trust by Railroads are the
Sources of Its Power.

Washington, May 2O.-That the his
tory and present operation of the
standard Oil interests Shows
throughout the last 80 years a sub.
stantial monopolization of the pc.
troleum industry of the country. a
deliberate destruction OF competition
and consequent control of that in.
dustry by less than a dozen men who
nave reaped enormous profits there
IRON, largely through abuse of the
transportation facilities, is charged
In a report just submitted 10 Presi.
dent Roosevelt by Commissioner of
Corporations Smith. Part | of the
report was made public Sunday and
other parts will follow.
Certain information acunired Is
withheld for the present in accc l.
ance with instructions of the presi.
dent, who fears that the publication
might Interfere with the prosecution
of the governments suits pending
against the Standard Oil Co. and its
subsidiary companies The report
contains the net results of a study of
the petroleum business during the
= Nehl l"'Hs ~ - Nllt Oilltldl statement
OF the operations and methods of the
standard OIL Co. by which, the report
states, through "scandalous railway
determinations" and other unlawful
devices they have procured and main
tanned an exclusive domination of
the petroleum industry"
1t is stated that in 1904 the Stand
ard and affiliated concerns "refined
over 81 per cent. of the crude oil run
through reflneries; produced more
than SO per cent OF the country's
total output Of Illuminating oil; main
tained similar proportion of the ex-
poB trade in Illuminating oil, and
transported through pipe lines nearly
nine-tenths of the crude oil of the
Older fields and 9S per cent. of the
crude oil Of the mid-continent field.
The report points out that the mo-
nopoly enjoyed by the company does
not rest on the ownership of the
source of oil supply, which amounts
TO about only one-siXth of the total,
but that its growth and present
power rests primarily on the control
of the transportation facilities"
After the railroad rebate was aban.
doned, the report says. the company
was able to establish a system of se-
ret or open determinations of rates
N its favor throughout practically
he entire country. Having establish
I'd its monopoly of the pipe line busi-
ness the company substantially re-
fuses to act as common carrier"
II Is shown that the Standard con.
trolls not only the wholesale but also
he retail trade In oil
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-20

ORDINANCE NO. %. Accepting
John Nunin's list Addition to the City
of Marion, Ohio.
BE it ordained by the Council OF
the City of Marion, State of Ohio;
Section 1. That John Nunin's 1st
Addition to tie City of Marion, Ohio,
being subdivision of the north part
of lots Nos. 33G and 337 In Sloan's
Addition to Marion, Ohio, and being
part of the north part of the north
east Ia of Section rs, township 3,
south range 10 east, Marion, Marion
County and State of Ohio, beginning
at a stake in the east line of Blaine
Avenue 140 feet, north of north line
of Columbia Street; thence north on
the east line of Blaine Avenue 262 5
feet to "a stake in the south line of
east and west alley; thence east on
the south line of said alley 257 feet
to stake 100 feet west of the west
line Of Windsor Street; thence south
parallel with the west line of Windsor
Street 1862 5 feet to stake; thence
west parallel with the north line of
Columbia Street 26S feet to the place
of beginning, be and the same is
hereby accepted. And the streets and
alleys marked on the plat OF said ad-
dition are hereby accepted and ded-
icated as such.
Section 2. This ordinance shall be
in force from and after its passage
and legal publication. Lots to be
numbered from SO92 to SlOG inclusive.
Passed May o, 1907.
S. r.. RAUHAUSER,
President of City Council.
Approved by the Mayor Louis
Schclff.
Attest; William loles, City Clerk,
Star 5-9-I6-O7. Mirror 5-l0-l7-07
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-20
KUROM AT GEN. GRANTS TOMB.
Famous Japanese General Places q
Laurel Wreath Thereon.

New York. MAY 20.--When 2S years
ago Gen. L. S. Grant in his tour of the
world was the guest of the emperor
of Japan. one of the officers assigned
to attend him was a young colonel
who on Sunday as Gen. Kuroki visit
cd Riverside drive and there with inn
pressive Oriental ceremony placed a
laurel wreath upon the Americana s
tomb.
To Gen. Kuroki this pilgrimage to
Grants tomb was the chief event Of
his stay i'm New York Accompanied
by Gen and Mrs f. d. Grant, u. s.
A., Gen. o. Il. Wood, L. S. A. Gre
tired). and Mai. Charles Lynch, IT, S.
A., Gen. Kurokis party proceeded in
automobiles to the tomb late in the
afternoon. Reaching the vicinity
Gen. Kuroki was the first to alight. In
his hand he carried the wreath
As the party entered the tomb all
removed their hats and Kuroki ad-
yanced towards the sarcophagus.
When he reached the bier he stopped
and an aide placed the wreath In po-
sition. For geveral minutes the party
stood in silence, then retracing their
steps entered automobiles and were
driven back to the Hotel Astor.
Earlier in the day Gen. Kuroki gave
q reception and luncheon at the Hotel
Astor to several of those who had
helped to make his stay here pleas
ant.
The real object of the luncheon was
to launch the recently formed Japan
Society of New York. The project
met with the hearty approval of Gen
Kuroki and all the Americans pres
ont
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-20
Extravaganza In Dress.

Very few persons outside OF the
glittering circle of our enormously
rich families, who constitute what is
referred to as the best society" can
understand how any young woman in
this or any other country can spend
upon her wardrobe such vast amounts
OF money as are expended by the
daughters of some of these families.
The history OF the world does not
show such reckless extravaganza in
the way Of dress, Nor for the mat.
ter OF that, does the history OF the
world show so riotous a use OF money
as that practiced by our very rich in
their strictly social advertisements.
Happy is the lot of the man or WON.
an who is not tempted to such foolish
indulgences, which take the edge from
life's real Joy!
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-20
Proaress Of the Haywood Trial.

Boise, Idaho, May 2O-Several i'm
portant witnesses summoned in be-
half of the state in the trial of Will
lam d. Haywood arrived here Sunday
The prosecution had hoped by this
time that a trial jury would have
been impanelled, but it is evident that
all ~ seats in the jury box will not
he filed for several days. When
court adjourned Saturday the attor-
neys were trying to fill vacancy
caused by the exercise of the states
NTH peremptory challenge The de-
tense still has six of its ten arbitrary
challenges available and the state
has FIVE.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-20
Fled from. Gas.

II had a friend" said the bearded
man, who got out Of paying Bill he
owed in an original way. When the
collector arrived he sent word to him
that he would see him in a few min.
utes. Then he went into the parlor,
shut the doors carefully, turned on
every tlessed burner in the chande-
lier, came quickly out, and had his
man show the bill collector in the par
lor while he hurried upstairs. Do you
think that collector waited few min.
utes for him to come down? Not on
your photograph. He fed from that
gas filled room In about two seconds
by the clock. II he had stayed three
he'd have been suffocated."
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-20
TELEGRAPHIC BRtVITIES.

z. H. Conger, former minister 10
China, is dead at his home in Pasa-
dena, Cal
The drouth which has prevailed
throughout Cuba almost without
break for seven months has been
broken.
The fifth international Sunday.
school convention has opened at
Rome in the presence of 700 dele
gates representing nearly 3O000,0O0
persons throughout the world.
President Roosevelt intends to
make a three or four days trip next
fall down the Mississippi river from
some point in middle Illinois or Iowa
to Memphis. It will, If made, be with
the members OF the inland waterways
commission.