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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-31
TAX LAW CHANGES.

Three important changes will per-
haps be made in the assessment and
taxation law of oregon by the pres
ent session of the legislature. These
three changes will provide for the
collection of taxes by the county
treasurer: for the level assessment of
railroad property throughout the state
by a commission created for that pur-
pose and for the assessment of public
service corporations on the invisible
values or franchises enjoyed by them.
In addition to these three import
ant features an inheritance tax clause
will be added by which the state will
recover a large sum from the i'm
mense estates and an effort will also
be made to give to the state 10 per
cent of the licenses collected by cities
on the liquor business.
This last provision is not just. The
cities are forced to maintain police
and other local expenses and the
state should not share in the profits
without bearing a portion of the bur-
den OF the business on which the tax
Is levied.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-31
OVER THE HILLS.

over the hills to climb and flee,
And let no heart be braver!
And when they arise like waves to
the sea
q like a bird of the sea to be
over the hills forever!
over the hills is all content,
Far from the gall and sorrow
OF letting life and love be spent
For happiness that came and went,
Or may not come tomorrow.
Over the hills hide half-unknown
High haunts of starry cover:
@ to steal out in the night, alone
With one close-clasp'd whose hair is
blown
And be the perfect lover!
over the hills at the last to know
The soul of some deep river
And sweet in the fields to rest and
grow,
And swift In the winds to rise and
blow
Over the hills forever!
-Witten Rynner in the Cosmopoli-
tan.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-31

1t is urged that Oregon should
have a railroad commission because
Wisconsin mas made a success of such
a commission. This may be true, but
Wisconsin has 1850 miles of railroad.
four times as much as Oregon, which
has but 1876 miles at the present
time.
States with a large amount of rail-
road mileage are able to support
costly commissions. But Utah, with
1851 miles has no commission; Ne
braska with $500 miles has none; Ne
vada with 9S6 miles has none; Colo
rado with 1860 miles has none; Idaho
with 1861 miles has none; New Jer-
sey with 225s miles has none; Mary
land with 1871 miles has none.
Oregon is in a class with these
latter states and is not in a class
with Wisconsin with 1000 miles. and
other states with a like amount.
A stiff reciprocal demurrage law,
a level assessment for railroad prop
erty and a temporary commission to
investigate rates and report at next
session of the legislature will regu-
late Oregon railroads without the cost
Of a commission at this time, it seems.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-31

Of Governor Chamberlain when that
officials term expires,
The rise of Judge HALEY has been
typical Of the west, and especially
typical of the sturdy stock from
which he comes. shortly after his
arrival in this city he was appointed
clerk of the supreme court here.
Then he was appointed city attorney;
then deputy district attorney: then he
was elected district attorney; then
mayor of Pendleton, and then he was
appointed to the supreme court of
Oregon.
The best part Of the record is that
his advancement has come through
merit and he has enjoyed the conf
dence of the people to the fullest de-
gree.
The west offers thousands of such
careers to worthy young men. The
same opportunity for Advancement
lies Yet before the young attorney 1t
is one ofe the peculiarties of the
virile, growing west. 1t is one of
rich rewards which patient merit
reaps.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-31
WATER LAW FIGHT Is ON.

The three biggest questions before
the Oregon legislature-the irrigation
bill, the railroad commission bill and
the assessment and taxation bill, are
now fully opened for discussion and
over these proposed measures the
gigantic contest of the session will be
waged.
1t is difficult to say which is the
most important of these three bills.
All have direct and vital bearing
upon the public veal and upon their
settlement depends, largely, the well
fare of the state.
There is strong opposition to all
the measures mentioned and there is
also strong and we'll founded senti-
ment in their favor.
The water law drafted by the
Portland Chamber of Commerce COM
mittee, and now before the legsla-
ture. is perhaps the most far-reaching
law of the three. Irrigation is the
mother of commerce in the arid Sec
tlons and therefore before we can
have products to ship, we must have
proper irrigation to reclaim the waste
lands and make commerce for COM
mon carriers to handle.
The character of the men who
drafted the Portland Chamber of
Commerce law is strong argument
| in favor of the law, whatever its few
objectionable features may be. This
bill was drafted by the following well
known citizens, who spent much val
uahle time, without pay, in making
/ their Investigations and compilation
of the bill: G. w. Allen, Portland,
! chairman; r. r. Johnson, Echo, sec
retary; j. W. Perkins, Medford; VIII
| r. King, Ontario; John H. Lewis,
| Salem: Stephen A. Lowell, Pendleton;
| n. Whealdon, The Dalles; ]. n. Hart,
| Baker City; \, NJ. Crawford, Salem;
Frank T. Griffiths, Oregon City; j. G..
Kelley, Portland; William P. Lord,
Salem; A. E. Chandler, Washington,
D. c.; and Elwood Mead, Washing
ton, D. C.
This committee studied the best ir-
rgation laws of the west and arrived
at its conclusions only after eXhaus-
tive research and prolonged discus
sion. The bill is the reflection of
the most progressive thought of the
| day It is 4 crystaliZatiOn of the laws
of Idaho, Utah and California, all of
which have already fought out the
subject of irrigation legislation.
The East Oregonian believes that
the Chamber of Commerce law gives
the state engineer too much power,
and appropriates too much money
for that office, but the matters of
the distribution of water and the de-
termination of water rights are dealt
with In this law much the same as
as Idaho and Utah have met these
questions successfully. Oregon must
begin sometime to get at the basis
of water rights and to regulate the
appropriation Of water.
This law meets these two questions
squarely and without equivocation. 1t
takes away from large corporations
their license to monopolize the
streams of the state and gives the ac-
tual settler a square deal and full
rights.
II the state engineer were not given
so much power and II the cost of the
administration Of the law were cut
down, there will not be much opposi-
| ton to the bill.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-31

the appointment of w. c. Bristol, as
United States district attorney for
this state. The president has only
the best interests of the state at heart
in making this appointment, and Sem
ator Fulton is considering only his
own personal interests, in his objec-
ton to the appointment.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-31
tom" HAILEY's UPWARD CLIMB

Eighteen yearse ago next summer
a young lawyer came to Pendleton
with three or four law books, a dozen
law pamphlets and brand new edu-
cation just obtained in Virginia col
lego.
Aside from these possessions he had
a few dollars in borrowed money in
his pocket and a goodly store of
native pluck and vigor.
This same "Tom" HALEY Is now re-
tiring from the supreme bench Of Or
egon and Is moving an immense law
library from this city to Portland,
where he will become a law partner
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-31
WORLDS BIGGEST KITCHEN.

The largest kitchen In the world Is
in that great Persian store, the Bon
Marche, which has 1000 employees.
The smallest kettle contains 100
quarts, and the largest 500. Each of
the so roasting pans is big enough for
900 outlets. Each dish for baking
potatoes holds 225 pounds. When
omelets are on the bill Of fare 1900
eggs are used an once. For cooking
alone. so cooks and 100 assistants
are always at the ranges.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-31
SPIRIT OF SAN FRANCISCO.
A sturdy palm

A sturdy palm
Amid the ruins of some proud palatial
pile,
forth its verdant banners, as
to say:
So, from its ashes, in a little while,
This fire-swept city by the hillset bay
Shall spring undaunted from the vi
brant soil,
And, prospecting, rise in beauty, day
by day.
Allan Dunn. in January Sunset.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-31

the bakeries as popular trust,
where bread can be obtained at actual
cost, Is meeting support in the press
and other qaurters. The only oppo-
sition is from the ultra anti-socialists.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-31

Martial law has been proclaimed in
Valencia, Spain, following strike of
workmen. Serious trouble is feared.
The proposal to eliminate the ever
lasting bread trouble by establishing
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-31

It will be the best six weeks work
ever performed in oregon II Senator
Mulkey, who is now representing
Oregon, temporarily in the United
States senate. succeeds in securing
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-31

- . .
. Happy the man. and happy he .
. alone,
. He who can call today his own, .
. He who, secure within, can say: .
. Tomorrow do thy worst, for I .
. have lived today. .
. Pc fair, or foul, or rain, or .
. shine, .
. The joys l have possessed in .
, spite of fate, are mine; .
, Not heaven itself upon the past .
, has power, .
, Put what has been, has been, .
, and l have had my hour. .
, Dryden. .
Middletown transcript., 1907-09-14
This Happened at Waterville

4 Greek with an unpronouncable
name passedthrough an incident at LOS
this afternoon which was as narrow an
escape from trip over the big divide as
one hears of in dogs age. The Greek,
clad on the outside in rubber boots and
felt hat and on the inside with a jag
which had foundation in Uno beer and
and superstructure in split, stood be-
tween the rails of the Maine Central on
the Front street grade just as train No. 8
was booming into town. The Greek
was trying to light his pipe by scratching
matches on his wet coat. He neither
saw nor heard the train. He wavered
back and forth in his attempts to strike a
light. The engineer apparently under
stood the mans condition and opened
the screech valve for its full extent. But
the Greek heard not and the engineer
slammed in the throttle, jammed on the
air and said things perfectly in accord
with the moment. The Greek spied a
crossing sign post few feet away and
started to strike match upon it just as
the engines pilot beam grazed the ample
folds of the mau's Topping rubber coat.
When the wind of the passing train near
ly took the man off his feet he began to
get glimpse of the might have been and
grabbing the post hung on until after the
train had pulled into the station, the con-
ductor had registered AMI truckman
shook him into slight degree of sensibil
ity.
Middletown transcript., 1907-09-14
Crime ALI Aholishad

AUGUSTA, Sept. THE September term
OF the Superior Court for Kennebec
county began to-day and Immediately
after conyening the grand jury went into
session. From a criminal standpoint it il
expected that the term will be one OF the
most important for some time and it is
not probable that the grand jury will rise
before the latter part of this week or the
first of next it has SO many matters to
thresh out.
The most important case to be con-
sidered by the grand jury is that of John
Tharapis, Greek, who is accused OF
killing by stabbing Gestas Laskarides, one
of his fellow countrymen in store at
Waterville, June IL last. 1t is believed
that Tharapis will be indicted for man
slaughter and it is thought that it will
be hard work to convict him as the
witnesses to the tragedy are inclined to
favor the man under arrest for the crime
and claim that they knew nothing about
the case.
There are two forgery cases to be con-
sidered by the grand jury and two cases
of assault with intent to kill, those OF
James L. Teei of Granite Hill, whom it
is alleged attempted to kill Percy White
by shooting and Joseph Bolduc of Au-
gusta, who is accused Of stabbing with
murderous intent, Edmund Cormier Of
Augusta in saloon fight. There are also
a number of petty cases to be considered
by the grand jury.
Alleged dealers in liquid goods are on
the anxious seat as it is not known what
the grand jury will do in relation to the
enforcement Of the Prohibitory Law.
There are 40 appealed search and seizure
cases from the Gardiner Municipal Court
the majority of which are against alleged
dealers in the vicinity of the Soldiers
Home at Togus.*
Middletown transcript., 1907-09-14
PRICE THREE CENTS

year. During August SO respondents
were put before the Municipal Court by
the Iiqnor deputies. OF these two were
for nuisance and were disposed of by
disellarging one and holding the other
for the Municipal Court and of this
and seizure. OF which one was dis
charged ON n.isnomer, two found not
gnilty, i've mol pressed, IA found guilty
aud appea ti and five paid or COM
mitted /; oar ua illegal possessions, guilty
and appealed +; two on single sale, one
guilty and paid or committed, and the
other guilty and appealed one for illegal
transportation, guilty and appealed.
Since January /, 200 were put before
tile Municipal Court and of this number
eight were for nuisance of which one was
not pressed, one not guilty and elk held
for the Superior Court l56 for search
and seizure, OF which % were mol pressed.
l discharged for misnomer, II, not guilty,
three guilty and probation, 81 guilty and
appealed and 2S guilty and either paid or
were committed 81 for illegal possession,
OF which seven were mol pressed, guilty
aud probation, 10 guilty and appealed
and four guilty and either paid or were
committed; nine for single sale, OF which
one was mol pressed, three guilty and
appealed and guilty and either paid or
committed four common seller, of which
two were mol pressed and two guilty and
appealed ; one for illegal transportation
who was found guilty and appealed.
There have been 250 more cases of all
kinds including drunks, assaults, liquor
cases, etc., before the Municipal Court
this year to date than for the whole of
last year. As there are four months yet
it is probable that all records will be
brokers'
Middletown transcript., 1907-09-14
FAILURE OF PROHIBITION
Testimony of Men in Position to Know

Hon. Charles F. Libby, Portland, Ne.
(Ex-President State Senate, Ex-Mayor
of Portland and States Attorney
81 kept record of all these men and
the number of times they came be-
fore me. / looked it all over to see
what l had accomplished at the end Of
my term. l found that I had driven
out Of the business one set Of men and
another had come in, and, 30 far as
I can judge from my experience, the last
set of men engaged in the business was
worse than the first In addition to that,
l found that when the law was very
stringently enforced it created demand
for club-houses, and l found that young
men were establishing clubrooms here in
this city, and not only did they become
places where drinking was carried. a but,
by supplying larger quantities than they
generally would have in their possession
as a means Of gratifying their appetite for
drink, they were also getting to gamb-
ling and other vices. found that, while
l was driving the liquor out of the ordi-
nary shops, where it had been sold, I was
driving it into the houses and kitchens,
where the children Of The family, who, up
to that time, never saw it, were accus-
toned to see it dealt out in that surrepti-
tious manner. The rigid enforcement OF
the law introduced the system of pocket
peddling something which We never had
in the city before"
Hon. 5. K. Shepherd, Leavenworth, Kan.
Ex-Secretary Of State.
The consumption of liquor has been
increased rather than diminished, and men
have been made worse Instead Of better.
Prohibition has debauched our State
The attempted enforcement has brought
out the worse element Of human charac
tiers on both sides Of the question. Mer
who once had respect for the law havl
Middletown transcript., 1907-09-14
HOW KANSAS PROHIBITS
Topeka Wide Open. Bell Boys in Hotel
Solicit Orders for Beer

Topeka W1Qe Upeu. Dell 6oys III h0Gels
Solicit Orders for Beer
An epidemic lawlessness seems to have
broken out in Hutchinson. Anumber of
fights, burglaries and lesser depredations
have occurred recently, the list crowned
with the murder in the Santa Fe yards
Monday afternoon. So far no arrests
have been made for the burgularies and
the police seem to be greatly puzzled.
Either the police lack vigilance or there
are not enough OF them. With proper
patroling of the business section it is
hard to see how these robberies of busi-
ness houses could continue. 1t is time
the public showed their ability to do some
thing.
Mrs. Owens, the wife of the murderer
of TEX" Mullins, also makes a very
serious charge. She claims that she noti-
fed the police long enough before hand
to have prevented the crime, that her
husband was at home, drunk and armed,
and in dangerous mood. This is mat
ter the chief of police and the mayor
should carefully inquire into. If patrol
men will not respond to such calls as
these nobody's life is safe. Mrs. Owens
may be mistaken, but she evidently be-
lieyes that she was talking to the police
station and told whoever was there the
condition her husband was in. A re-
sponse to this summons would have pre-
vented this tragedy.
'tBoot leg" whiskey seems to have had
its usual part in this crime also. Owens
bought that whiskey of somebody, and it
ought not to be very hard to find out who
it was. There is said to be great deal
of "boot-legging' going on in town now,
and it is time the city and county officers
were putting stop to it. There are too
many loafers on the streets, too many
men without visible means of support,
too many ''tin-horn" gamblers, and evil
IDENTIFY there are some amateur or ex-
perienced burglars among them. A
general cleanup would be good thing.
Hutchinson cannot afford to harbor any
of this class Of people. 1t is time the
authorities got busy.*
Middletown transcript., 1907-09-14
Reduced Rates to Saratoga Spring Ac-
count G. A. B, Encampment

For the National Eneampment, Grand
Army of the Republic at Saratoga Springs,
N. Y, September 0 to l3, the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad will sell excursion tickets
to Saratoga Springs from all stations on its
lines September to 8, inclusive, good re-
turning to leave Saratoga Springs Septem-
Der to II, at reduced rates. Stop overs at
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Washington will be granted on tickets
reading via those cities.
Tickets via New York will be honored
by Hudson River Boat lines between New
York and Albany or Troy.
By deposit of ticket with Special Agent
at Saratoga Springs and the payment Of
$l.00 an extension of the return limit to
October 6 may be obtained.
For full Information regarding stop
overs, rates of fare, conditions Of tickets
and train service consult Ticket Agents.
Middletown transcript., 1907-09-14

the stiffly beaten whites of the three eggs.
Turn the batter into buttered pudding
mould and steam two hours.
A regulation New Jersey peach cobbler
is made by peeling and cutting ripe peach
es into halves, taking out the pits and
filling them into baking dish. Fill the
dish half full of very cold water, sprinkle
the fruit with sugar and cover them with
rich biscuit crust which is we'll pinched
down around the sides and slashed in the
middle. Bake we'll until Drowned and
serve with cream.
Peach shortcake made exactly like
strawberry shortcake and served with
cream is fully as popular as the latter in
peachgrowing districts. The unsweeten-
ed biscuit crust is more delicious for the
purpose than the cake used usually for
shorteakes.
Middletown transcript., 1907-09-14

grown to bate and despise it, and their
cons are following in their footsteps. In
places of saloons We have drug-stores,
joints, club-fooms and secret hell-holes,
where vicious stuff is sold TO all who want
it, old or young.
Lived Too Long in Maine
81 have lived too long in Maine, and,
coming of Rhode Island family, have
blushed too often at the wicked sham and
shame Of prohibition in that State also to
wish to see the experiment repeated"
The Rev. w. III. Lyons
EVILS FOLLOWING PROHIBITION
Many evils have followed prohibition
wherever it has been tried.
The habitual disregard of the prohibit
tory law engenders disrespect for all law.
1t benumbs the moral sense and leadsto
evasion, subterfuge and hypocrisy, result
ing not infrequently in perjury.
Its blighting effect on the material
prosperity of the people is strongly
marked.
1t cuts off from the communities the
revenue derived from the liquor bus;-
ness without lessening the evils OF intem-
perance.
1t largely increases public expenses in
the vain effort to enforce the law.
1t adds seriously to the burden of taxa
ton.
1t depreciates the value OF real estate
and throws many out OF employment
1t drives away many citizens and pre-
vents others from immigrating to the
State, and thus checks growth in popula-
ton. These two-Maine and New Hamp-
shire-were prohibition States. This
might seem accidental if it were not given
significance by the more general fact that
all States, without exception, which have
adopted prohibitory laws have increased
in population less rapidly after their adop-
ton than before, and also by the fact that
in a majority of the States the repeal OF
the law was followed by an increased per-
centage of growth in population over that
enjoyed by them under prohibition.
Among States similarly situated geograph-
icalIy, and with the same density of
population per square mile, the prohibit
ton States have shown, during the period
in which they we're subject to the law, an
increase in population much smaller than
that of the non-prohibition States.
1t discourages investment. Capital has
learned to shun prohibition localities.
1t is tyrannical and interferes unwar-
rantably:with the rights of the citizen.
Prohibition is wrong in theory, because
force is not proper or successful instru-
ment of moral reform. 1t is impractibe
and results in the free and uuregulated
traffic in liquors. 1t will not prohibit.
Experience everywhere demonstrates that
regulation which can be made effective is
better than prohibition, which cannot be
enforced
Middletown transcript., 1907-09-14
RocKIAND HAS IT BAD
Is Drunks-Busy Day in Local Polie
Courf

Is Drunks-Busy Day in Local Polies
Court :
RocKLAND. Me-, Sept. 7.-Yesterday
was busy day for Judge Campbell in
the Rockland police court. In addition
to the civil business l3 drunks were lined
up before the judge.
Sadie Peters, Ida Ames and Seth Ames
were given each 80 days Jail sentence
for drunkenness and disturbance of the
peace in their own house. Four men
from Cushing, who found the excitement
of Labor Day too strenuous for them,
were discharged on payment of fines.
The six remaining offenders were also let
off with fines.
The civil business was confined entirely
to suits on bills and accounts