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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-09
PEN PICTURE OF BEAUTIFUL HONOLULU

land OF eternal summer, of endless
sunny seas, OF beautiful island
clothed in tropic verdure, of a har-
Dor crowded with tall-masted ships
and smoking steamers, and of an in
Vitlhg, peaceful city with shaded
streets and beautiful homes sur
rounded by numerous trees on we'll
kept lawns. Every visitor goes away
to tell of the attractiveness of the
city and the island, but there are in
deed few who know anything about
the peculiarities of the city govern
ment.
There Is nothing in the appearance
or Honolulu to indicate that It diff
fers In form Of government from 9TH
er cities, and this is probably why
the average visitor does not come in
contact with its popularity. Every
modern convenience is noticeable.
The streets are paved in the most
modern way. The people own their
own water system. There is a mod
ern street car system in the city and
Its suburbs; but, owing to the lack of
distinctive city government the pub
lie improvements in Honolulu are
paid for by the property owners in
all parts OF the island as we'll as by
those in the city proper.
Cosmopolitan Population.
Owing to the cosmopolitan char
acter of the inhabitants of Honolulu
there is n general mixture of tongues,
and for this reason the police de-
partment must have a great variety
of detectives and interpreters. The
languages spoken are English, Jap
anese, Corean, Chinese, Hawaiian,
Portuguese and Spanish.
Throughout the islands the pre-
dominating race is the japanese. The
estimated population of the terri
tory is 10000, including all classes
and races. OF these $4,000 are jap
anese, who perform the greater
amount of work on the plantations.
The Japanese born on the islands
are American citizens, and 1t is
feared that in time they will be able
to control the politics of the terri
tory.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-09
FIRE THE BEST FILTER.
Boiling Water the surest Way to Ger
Pure Water.


"All this talk about the need of I'll.
ters, about people dying for lack of fl.
tered water, amuses me-" said a chem.
LIST. "For filtered water isn't necessa.
rily pure water Boiled water is q
hundred times better.
"A filter, you see, does not free water
from things dissolved in 1t, but only
from things floating In it. For instance,
II you mix a quart of whisky in a
gallon Of water and then filter the mix
ture 1t will come out colorless, the
floating color particles having been left
behind, but this colorless fluid will be
quite as capable of Intoxicating you
now as 1t was before, for none Of its
dissolved alcohol will have disappeared.
so with water that is polluted with
sewage. All the undissolved portions
OF the sewage are removed by filtration
and the water is left clear, tasteless
and colorless, but the dissolved sewage
is still present and in It may lurk bill
lions of typhoid germs.
Let those who complain about the
lack Of filters just turn in and boil their
water. A cents worth of fire will puri-
fy gallon Of water better than a S10,-
100000 plant could do it."-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-09

The following sketch of Honolulu
Is from the Honolulu edition of the
New York Commercial, which has
just been issued. The Commercial
says:
Among the great variety of cities
that arc scattered far over the AM
erican possessions, Honolulu has the
oldest form of government, and It is
probable that 1t is the most peculiar
ly governed city in all the world.
Although ii has n population of
nearly $4,000 and is one of the most
important seaports on the Pacific
ocean, 1t has no mayor or collection
of Officers distinctly its own, and 1t
has no city corporation.
It's affairs are directed by county
and territorial officials only. and it
Is only distinguished legally from
the remainder of the Oahu county,
which embraces the entire island of
the same name, by being a separate
judicial district and having its own
deputy sheriff and district magistrate
who serves as police judge.
Honolulu is distinguished in other
ways from all other cities of the
world. One OF these is its having
served successfully as the seat of
government of a monarchy, a repub-
l!c and ar American territory. Its
present odd form of government is
due to its novel history, but it is
quite certain that II will not be many
years more before It will have both
laws and officials Of its own and in
this way be like other cities of mod
ern times.
Most Westerly City.
Geographically considered, Homo
lulu Is the most westerly situated city
on the globe. Far beyond It on the
ocean, the old day dies and n new
day is born to make a trip of twen-
ty-four hours around the world be-
fore ending its existence also. Fig
uratively speaking, the city might be
considered the commercial gateway
between the Occident and the Orient.
Associated with thoughts of Homo
lulu invariably come those of q
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-09
Flagler's Nine Hotels.

Henry M. Flagler owns nine ho-
tells In Florida, and among them one
that Is counted the largest. and an
other that is counted architecturally
the most beautiful, in the world, and
railway slstem 900 miles long,
says st. Augustine letter. He is ex-
tending his railway along the coral
banks at the tip end of Florida to
Key West, but does not expect to
build any more hotels. 1t has been
frequently printed that he would re-
produce the Royal Polnciana at Key
West and the Ponce de Leon at Ha-
vana, but he tells me that he has no
such intention. He is rs years old
and is satisfied that nine hotels are
enough for man at his time of life.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-09
CONSCIENTIOUS RoeUEs.
The Big and Formidable Sinners Are
Gray Of Soul, Not Black.

The Big ana Formidable Sinners Are
| Gray of Soul, Not Black.
No paradox is 1t, but demonstrable
fact, that In highly articulate society
the gravest harms are inflicted not by
the worst men, but by those with vir-
tues enough to boost them into some
coign Of vantage. The boss who sells
out the town and delivers the poor over
to filth, disease and the powers that
prey owes his chance to his engaging
good fellowship and big heartedness.
Some of the most dazzling careers Of
fraud have behind them long and reas-
surfing records Of probity, which have
served to bait the trap Of villalny.
Not that these decoy virtues are coun-
terfeit. They are, in fact, SO genuine
that often the stalwart sinner perse-
veres in the virtue that has lifted him
into the high places he abuses. The
legislator conscientiously returns the
Doodle when he finds he cannot "de-
liver the goods" The boss stands by
his friends to his own hurt The lob
bying lawyer is faithful to his client.
The corruptlng corporation president Is
loyal to his stockholders. The bought
en- editor never quite overcomes his
craft instinct to print "all the news
there is"
In a word, the big and formidable
sinners are gray Of soul, but not black,
80 that chastisement according to their
character rather than according to their
deeds lets them off far too easlly.-E.
A. Ross in Atlantic.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-09
WILL FIGHT THE OREGON sEEEP LAW

Washington sheepmen are prepar-
ing to fight the sheep inspection and
tax law just passed by the Oregon leg
islature, according to the following
from the Walla Walla Bulletin
Local sheepmen who Craze their
stock on the Weneha reserve, met at
the office OF II. C. Bryson, president
of the Wenaha Reserve Sheepmen's
association yesterday and devised ways
and means to fight the Oregon law
providing tax on sheep from other
states, says the Bulletin.
None OF those present will divulge
what action was taken, but 1t is believ-
ed that Mr. Bryson was authorized
to go ahead and take some step to
get the matter into court, where 1t
can be settled once for all, as the
Washington sheepowners claim that
they are entitled to use the reserve
land as much as is Oregon. The
Washington men have always won out
before, and It is believed that they
will this time.
For the last three or four years Ore
gon and Washington sheepmen have
been at war with each other over the
grazing land in the Wenaha forest re-
serve.
This has been in the courts many
times, has been threshed out In stock
mems meetings, has been brought up
In the legislatures OF both states and
at last Oregon has bested Washing
ton by passing bill to make all stock
men grazing sheep In Oregon, who
are not residents OF that state, pay a
tax OF 90 cents per head in each coun-
ty on every sheep they Craze in that
stateI
This bill Is n very stringent one
and at the time It was passed the men
Interested claimed It was only to keep
out California and Idaho sheep.
Taking the oregon men at their
word, II. c. Bryson, Sidney Menkus
and several more Walla walla men
who were interested In this, offered
an amendment to the bill which pro-
vided that sheep owned by men hav-
ing grazing permits In any forest re-
serve which is partly in Oregon and
partly in an adjoining state, should
not come under this bill, but the
amendment was killed and the Oregon
men showed that the bill was meant to
affect Washington sheep as well as
others.
The bill also provides for a stock
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-09
HIS Part,

In the English Cap and Gown" is
told the following story of Oxford life.
IL Is called Hauled by the Dean" The
dean, who had rebuked Mr.. Brown for
having assisted at the ducking Of fel.
low student, asks the offender, what
part did you take in this disgraceful
AFFAIR." and Mr.. Brown replies meekly,
"The left leg, SIR"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-09

inspector whose duty it is to examine
all sheep brought into the state and
who shall be paid for his work by the
owners of the sheep. 1t is his duty to
reject all applications for pasturage
OF diseased sheep.
Mr.. Bryson has succeeded in getting
a bill introduced in congress taking
sanitary inspection power out Of the
hands of a state inspector so that
that will be done away with on all
government reserves, and a meeting
yesterday was for the purpose of de-
vising means to fight the bill now a
law In the state of Oregon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-09

An experiment which illustrates in a
very curious manner the actual phi
losophy Of the formation of halos or
"sundogs" is performed as follows:
Take solution of alum and spread a
few drops Of 1t over pane of glass.
1t will readily crystalline in small, fiat
octohedrons, scarcely visible to the eye.
When this pane of prepared glass is
held between the observer and the sun
or even a candle with eyes very close
to the smooth side of the glass; there
Will be seen three different but distinct
and beautiful halos each at different
distance from the luminous body.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-09

A firm In Rio de Janeiro recently sent
out the following advertisement about
olive oil: Our olives oils have garan-
tEed of fits quality. Diligently fabri-
Gated and tilitrated. The consumer
will find with them the good taste and
perfect preservation. For to escape to
any counterfeit is necessary to requiere
on any bottles this contremarc deposed
conformably to the law. The corks
and the boxes hare all marked with
the fire."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-09
$4,000 for 1O-Acre Peach orcbor,

James j. Cole, who has been en-
gaSed in raising wheat in eastern
washington for a number of years,
came to Kennewick last week and
paid $4,000 for aten acre peach or
chard. The land Mr.. Cole paid ST.
600 an acre Tor was bought less than
four years ago for s75 an acre. It
mas been set out to peaches, and i'm
proved since then, and with the pres
ent outlook for bumper crop in the
kennewick valley should yield him
very close to $500 an acre this year.
The deal was made by the Kenne-
wick Land ompany.-Kennewick
Courier.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-09
No Chance to Grow.

Mrs. Newwed-Dear me, these eggs
are very small. Grocer-They are in
deed, mum, and I'm sure don't know
why. Mrs. Newwed-Oh, l dare say
It's because you take them out Of tho
nest too soon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-09

"This confinement" said the long
faced prison visitor, must distress
you greatly" Yes" replied the IA
eedous convict, 81 find the prison bars
grating" "Ah, life to you is fail
ure." Eyes. It's nothing but CELL"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-09

The Potlatch Lumber company has
started its mammoth log drive Of "a
100000 feet down the Palouse river
from the woods in northern Idaho.
The logs are scattered throughout the
river for 40 miles.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-09

II your spirits are low, do something:
and, II you have been doing something
do something diffcrent.-E. Il. Haze.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-09

For photographs or kodak finish
Ing for amateurs, see Bowman, nea
bridge.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-09

or to take back. I can only say:
God save Ireland"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-09

All the news all the time in tn
East oregenian.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-03-11

We have not heard that any Yer
mont farmer has yet.set up a milking
machine plant. The farmer and his
hired man are still doing business in
the good old way. Indeed, the new
scheme isn't we'll adapted to the
average farm, for it costs $1,000 to
equip a dairy of 100 cows with eight
milking machines and a four-horse
power engine to provide suction. At
this rate the machines will not be
very numerous in Vermont for a
while.-Butlipgton News.
The usually well-informed editor of
the News should get posted. One of
the first men in the state to introduce
these machines on his farm was John
l.. Bacon of White River Junction,
the former state treasurer, and George
NJ. Gray of this town has had them
for nearly year. In the meantime
many farmers in Windsor county and
other parts of the state have bought
them and this month two farms in
Orleans county will be equipped with
them. They are not as expensive az
the editor of the News intimates anC
il would seem practical from the fac
that so many farmers ara installing
them.-St. Johnsbury Caledonian.
And at least two Barton farmer
will milk by gasoline engine here
after.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-03-11
STATE NEWS.
Absorbed by The Vermonter.

It is announced that the Vermont
Review suspended publication with
the Fs bruary issue, and that its sub
scription list, together with all I'M
published articles which were to ap-
pear in The Review, have been taken
over by The Vermonter, published by
Charles r Cummings at White River
Junction. Only two numbers OF the
Review were published.
New Fire Insurance Company.
The Granite Mutual Insurance Co.,
which was chartered by special act of
the legislature of 1906, and which was
organized at Barre January 25, began
writing business March L. The COM
pany has capital stock guarantee
fund of 100000, authorized by its
charter for the protection of policy
holders, of which $4,000 has beer
paid into the treasury in cash. The
officers of the company are: Presi.
dent, F g. Rowland; vice presidents
II. G. Woodruff and 9. n. Barber;
secretary, R. G. Robinson; treasurer
Fl. w. Scott.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-03-11
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
Kind Words Appreciated.

MIR EDITOR:
Mrs. Bennett and the relatives and
friends wish to acknowledge through
the columns of the MONITOR the I'M
wearied and kind attentions shown
them during the illness and death
of the late Gilbert Bennett, as be was
great and constant sufferer from
the time of his entrance to the home
until the end came. Mr. Bennett died
at the Barton town farm February 81.
am pleased to record such deeds
of kindness and to find people who
appreciate them. And believe in
few words of commentator now and
then for those who serve the public
well.
have watched with great interest
the administration of affairs at this
home for many years and to those
unfamiliar with its workings the town
arm or the poor farm does not con-
vey the meaning of what it really is,
for it is the pleasantest farm in town
and the best located for its purpose,
as it is within easy walking distance
| of the village where the members of
! the home can attend church if able
and where they are made welcome at
the services and at the church sup
pers.
The overseers have taken great
| pains to secure the best help possible
to care for the farm and the inmates
and have endeavored to serve them
and the town in a conscientious, kind
| ly, Christian manner. Now it belongs
to us as citizens to see what we can
do to brighten the lives of hose en-
trusted to the public care. We could
all do some little thing, like calling
or showing them in some manner
that they are remembered, which
would cost US little time and trouble
and in the aggregate would amount
to good deal to them. The Chris
tian Endeavorers gave them happy
Christmas. IF both of our young
peoples societies would hold an oc-
caslonal praise service there Sunday
afternoon for those unable to at
tend church, the act would bless both
the givers and receivers.
w. n. J. N.
! Barton, Vt.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-03-11
FREE TO FARMERS.

To any Farmers who will write US,
mentioning this paper, we will send
free postpaid, several formulas for
making a firstclass fertilizer at home,
together with the cost of the ingredi-
ents, directions for mixing, etc.
The Vermont Experiment Station
in its bulletin No. 116 has the follow
ing to say with reference to the value
of home mixed fertilizers as compared
with the ordinary commercial brands:
.'On every account, however, fnan-
eial, educational, agricultural, it is
better to buy the crude stock and
home mix il one asses ton or more
All up. to- date farmers should be in
terested in the subject of home mixed
fertilizers and we are in a position
TO help them. Address,
CARROLL S. PAGE, Hyde Park, VT.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-03-11
Our Public Schools.
Vest GLorer, Ut.

Mr.. EDITOR:
A comparison of our school laws
and school management of to-day and
fifty years ago would by lovers. of a
government for the people place our
legislators of recent years in the at
titude of the pedestrian who tOed
out to that extent that by bis tracks
it would be difficult to determine the
objective point. Some one remarked
t hat it was long step from the dis
trict system to the town system,
true enough, and very expensive
step too, as our expenses have quad
rupled, one item being for school
books, and from sanitary point of
view in which direction was. that
step taken?
Iwould rather have my children
wear cast-o1 garments than to use
secondhand schoolbooks, aa the
former might be run through laun-
dry with benefci effect.
The legislature of 1906 passed an
act whereby any two or more towns
NAV by a vote of the school directors
(not the people, of the several towns
unite for the purpose Of employing a
superintendent and said superinten-
dent shall direct the work of the
teachers and pupils, prescribe courses
of study and supervise the purchase
of books and supplies.
The people are left but little to DO;
their condition reminds&one of the
Irishman who had only to carry the
bricks and the mud, the other gentle
men doing all the work.
J. B. CASSIDY.
! Barton 1T.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-03-11

The incre ased license vote in Orleans
county is largely due, we believe, to
the disinterest of the temperance
people. They stay at home or do
not vote even if at the meeting.
Such people often do as much to hurt
the cause of temperance as the man
who openly confesses for license and
gets out and votes the license ticket
and urges his friends to vote his way.
IftheLe is any life and conviction in
the temperance people let them wake
up and vote no the next time they
have a chance.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-03-11
VICINITY ITEMS.
CONTINUED FROM PAGEoNE..
Vermont Methodist Conference.


The annual session of the Vermont
Conference of the Methodist Episco-
pal church will be held at ST.
Johnsbury commencing April II
At the meeting of the board of bishops
last fall Bishop G. @. McCabe was as
signed to preside at this session of
the conference, but few weeks ago
he was suddenly stricken down with
apoplexy, and in few days died and
Bishop j. F. Berry, whose episcopal
residence is in Buffalo,. N. Y, was as
signed to the conference. Bishop
Berry is well known, through having
been for many years prior to his
election as bishop the editor of The
Epworth Herald, the organ of the
young peoples society, the Rpworth
League. The term of w. n. Newton,
presiding elder of the Montpelier
district, will expire this year, and
some one will be appointed to that
responsibility. Various rumors viii
be about, without doubt, as to who
will succeed to this Office, but they
will be guesses as the bishop alone
has the selection of the man, and ne
one can tell who it will be till h
makes the announcement. Some o
the principal appointments in which
rumor says, there will probably b.
!, changes, are st. Adams, Montpelier
Barre, Richford and Barton. 1t is nc
! expected that anything out of tn
! usual routine of the business wi
. me up at this session of the con
< ference.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-03-11

1t is a fact that while the state over
the license vote decreased the license
vote in Orleans county increased
and one town voted license.
that town was Jay. While Jay
voted for license it is probable that
no saloon will be opened because of
the fact il would not pay. Jay has a
population of only little over 500,
and Troy could not make it pa. when
she experimental with it with pop
ulation OF about 1900 and a railroad
running through and dropping many
travellers.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-03-11

The st Adams Messenger calls at
tention to the fact that ex-Gov. Ed
ward G.. Smith, while governor in
1898. made a recommendation which
was enacted into a law at the last ses-
sion of legislature. We quote from
the Messenger:
am 1898. Gov. Edward Q. Smith ad
vocated the reconstruction of the
states auditing system, the remodel
ing of it's methods of accounting and
a general shake up in the state
auditors Office Eight years later,
Gov. Fletcher ID Proctor is employed
by law TO appoint a commission to do
a part Of tnis work. 1t takes time
for a good idea TO take root and bear
fruit
The study Of the growth of new
ideas ia an interesting one and the
smile of the Messenger, of the seeC
taking root and later bearing frui' IL
a good enc.
Both Gov. Smith and Gov. Fletcher
ID. Proctor were members of the Legis
lature of 1890. II we remember cor
rectly, neither of them agreed fully
with the recommendations of Gov
ernor Page, but it seems quite appar
ent that Governor Pages recon-
mendations at that session stool
root' and while only a part of then
came to fruition during his term o
Office, they furnished substantially
the entire ground work of a larg
majority of the most important law
passed oy the Legislature of 1906.
By referring to Governor Page
inaugural message, it will be foun
that he made the following seve
distinct and specific recommends
tions:-
1st-The Australian Ballot.
2nd Restriction of child labor.
3rd-A re-adiustment of the bun der
for the support of schools.
4th-The granting of addition
powers 10 the railroad commission.
5th-The abolition of railros
passes.
6th-weekly payments.
THAN increase in the amount
taxes to be paid by railroads.
With the exception of the frs
which became a law in 1890, evel
one OF these measures were enactt
into statutes in 1906. 1.-The mills
the gods grind SLOW, but they grin
exceeding small" "Tne leaven
1890 has worked slowly and und