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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-23
COST OF THE MAIL SERVICE.
More Money for Stamps Than for
Army and Navy.

A Washington paper says of the
postoffice appropriation for the pres
ent year:
The appropriation for the mainten-
ance of the United States postal SER
vice this year will be not far from
s22O, 100000. We shall spend more
for postage stamps than for the ar
my and navy combined. The cost of
the mail service % years ago was
about $45, 100000 year. Ten years
ago the cost was less than 100000
600. An increase of 120 per cent in
a decade is a rapid pace even for this
country
A part of this large advance is due
to the increase in the quantity of mail
handled, notably the quantity of
printed matter, and a part is due to
the introduction and extension of the
rural delivery system.
Mail is now distributed through
more than $1,000 postoffices, and
more than 100000 people are en-
ployed in the postoffice department
The railways get about s45,0O0,OOO a
year for carrying the mails; more
than S25,OO0,OO0 is paid as salaries to
postmasters, and about S15,OOG0O0 is
paid to railway mail clerks. Assist
ant postmasters. clerks, messengers
and janitors take about SSO'OOO'OOO'
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-23

are sheep from five counties that
come here for summer range. Who
is going to see IL these sheep are
clean?
At the time Mr.. Irwin took the Of
flee there were 40 herds Of sheep eff
fected with scab, today there is not
known to be a scabby sheep in the
county.
Mr.. irwin has only been in the Of
flee three years and feels that he has
done as much as the federal inspec-
tors in ridding the county of the
germ. The next question will be, who
will oversee the sheep found with
scab. Wouldn't 1t be easier to keep
the disease down than to wait until
the county is alive with the germ be-
fore taking 1t up?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-23
What Three Quarts of Whisky Did.

A few quarts of whisked were sent
to a friend as Christmas present. It
was received in a temperance family
who had no use for it, and who laid
it aside in their cellar untouched. It
was stolen and three young men are
now serving 30 days on the rock pile
and must pay fines Of $50 each. The
circuit court gave up two days OF
its time to try the case after it had
been taken from justice Of the peace
court Three lawyers were employ
ed, the court stenographer and jury
Of y. The expense for all purposes
is in excess Of 800 to the county, not
including expense Of the young men
for attorney hire. These six quarts
Of whisky brought their full share Of
trouble and expense.-Franklin, Ind,
Star.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-23

Weston, Mar. 2S.-The Columbia
dictrict conference OF the Methodist
church, south, will convene at Wes-
ton for three days this week. Com
mittees have been appointed here
and elaborate preparations will be
made for the entertainment Of the
large gathering OF preachers and lay
men.
Pie Luncheon.
The Domestic Science class at the
normal gave a pie luncheon Friday
afternoon which was enjoyed by a
large crowd. The young cooks were
complimented highly on their pie
making.
Jess Lieuallen and James Harris
and the party of shearers who have
been shearing sheep in the vicinity OF
Shaniko, have returned, reporting a
pleasant and profitable trip.
Charles Bulfinch is reported as be-
ing quite ILL.,
Mrs. Henry Pinkerton who has
been i'll for some weeks, has been
taken to the hospital in Walla Wal
la for treatment.
Pioneers Reunion.
The thirteenth annual reunion OF
the Umatilla county pioneers will be
held the last three days Of May, and
the committee in charge Is now busy
arranging the program and other pre-
| liminaries
Harry Turner is reported as beine
quite i'll with symptoms of pneumonia
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-23

Milton, Mar. 23.-The damage
which was done by the recent flood
In this vicinity has been repaired. The
Peacock mill company had a large
force of men at work for a few days
on the river clearing out the channel
to secure water for the mill race. the
freshet filled up the channel SO tnat
the mill could not secure sufficient
water for operating.
Land Sales.
Henry C. Wood has disposed OF ~
acres near the Vincent school house'
e. E. Dotson being the purchaser
consideration $4,000.
Herman Schwant has recently sold
10 acres two miles south OF town to
J. T. Griffin for $500.
]. E. Hoon, who was In California
the greater part Of the winter, has
returned, and declares that there Is
no better place than oregon to live.
Adam Crossman and family, for
merly of this place. but recently oi
Union, have gone to Spokane, where
Mr.. Crossman will go into business.
People are taking a great interest
in Miltons first market day, which
will be held early in April.
The Christian Endeavor and the Z
W. B. NJ. of the Christian church
held a missionary review and socia
Friday evening at the home of James
Edwards. There were about so peo'
pie present.
Fifty volumes from the free trav
cling library of the Oregon Librar!
commission, have arrived in Milton
The library has been opened to tn
public Milton is making arrange
ments to have a fine library buildinI
before long.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-23
Want Better Mining Laws.

Seattle, Wash. Mar. pa demand
for better laws and regulations gov
erning the mining industry will be
made as the result of a meeting here
today Of mining men from all over
Alaska and the Pacific northwest. The
session is under the auspices Of the
American Mining Congress. Delega-
tions are here from Alaska, Yukon
Territory. Washington, oregon, Ida
no Montana and British Columbia.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-23
a bridge across the willamette, and
it is reported that they have begun
work.
GRANT COUNTY's MISTAKE.
Failure to Keep Inspector Of Sheep
Employed May Cause Future Re-
gret.


George Irwin is in receipt Of let
ter from State Sheep Inspector w. Fl.
Lytle, who seems to think that 1t will
not be necessary to cause a general
dipping Of sheep throughout Grant
county this year and he trusts that
the sheep will remain free Of scao,
SAYS the Monument Enterprise.
Mr.. Lytle was surprised to learn
that Grant county was without
stock inspector. Because scab Is
done away with at the present time
the county feels unable to pay a sal
larry to have stock inspector. Now
that there will be no county officer
and It is said that the federal inspec>
tors will not come to Grant county
this summer, who is going to look af-
ter the stock? Will the matter be
neglected until the county is alive
with scab before anything is done?
Grant county is perhaps free from
scab and will remain so, but there
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-23
WHEAT SHOWS GOOD GROWTH.
VIII Arrive in Few Days With Fine
Lot of Millinery.

Helix, Mar. 23.-The farmers are
busily engaged in plowing and they
have their spring work well under
way in this vicinity Fall wheat is
looking especially fine, and is standing
from four to five inches high in most
places, with an even growth. The
weather has been very favorable so
far for good crop.
Mrs. Frank Myers will be here
from Portland in a few days with an
up TO date line Of millinery Mrs.
Myers has been selecting her stock
from among the best in Portland and
she will have some up-to-date hats
on display She will leave Portland
about the middle Of this week.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-23
WOULD COAX RAILROAD.
Crook County Farmers Anxious for
transportation Facilities VIII Put
I'D Money.

transportation Facilities VIII Put
Up Money.
Tired of repeated disappointments
that have followed all past promises
of railroad construction into Central
Oregon. a movement has been inaug-
+urated in this county to raise a sub
scripton sufficiently large TO induce
the building of line into this sec
tion Of the state at once, and the plan
will be taken up for discussion
throughout the county to ascertain
what help can be secured, says the
Madras Pioneer.
While no definite plan has been
outlined it is reported that Mr. Carl
Ehret Of Redmond has been in COM
muncation with the Portland, Eu-
gene e Eastern railroad company
relative to the plan, and that he has
tentative promises from them that if
this district will come forward with
subscriptions and assistance in grad
ing and supplying the right Of way,
the company will put a surveying
party in the field at once and start
construction as soon as the line can
be located. For all subscriptions
made the company will give in ex-
change listed stocks or bonds No
definite proposition has been made,
but as soon as 1t can be ascertained
what can be done in Crook county
the project will assume more definite
form.
A meeting was held at Prineville
last week for the purpose OF discuss
| ing the matter and It is said that the
business men of Prinevlle are ready
to subscribe 100000 If assurance
can be given that the line will be
built 10 that place. The project ls
also meeting with encouragement in
/ the Bend and Redmond sections
No very definite Information can be
secured on the subject, further than
that the plan is to secure the extern
sion OF the willamette valley road
from Eugene up the Mckenzie and
across the Cascade into Crook coun-
ty. The railroad company has an
electric line in Salem, and one run
ming TO Eugene The company has
also projected a line to Foley Springs,
about 10 miles west OF the summit,
and 80 miles from Sisters. They have
material on the ground at Eugene for
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-23

The world contains at least four
mountains composed Of almost solid
iron ore. One is in Mexico, one in
the United states, another in india
and a fourth in Africa just below the
Sudan. and there have been reports
OF such a mountain existing in ST.
IBERIA.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-23
NEWS Of WESTON
RIVER CONFERENCE
IN WESTON THIS WEEK

Domestic Science Glass at Normal
Turns Out Good Work-Men Re-
turn nom Sheep Shearing Trip to
Shaniko Country-Wen Known
Woman Taken to Walla Walla
Hospttal-Mal1ing Preparations for
Pioneers Reunion.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-23
NEWS OF MILTON
FLOOD DAMAGE ABOUT
REPAIRED ABOUT HERE

Some Land Sales Made OF Late
Man Returns from California,
Praislng Oregon - MiltOn's F1rS
Market Day Early In April--Milton
Receiyes Books for Travelling Id
bwry
La Junta tribune., 1908-11-07
A Lost Compliment.

An eminent singer Of foreign birth
Whose appetite Is such that IL almost
rivals the fame of his voice dined at a
table where all the women were ren-
sonab mature. with the exception OF
the nineteen-year-old daughter OF his
host. who sat at the great mans left
The artist paid avid attention to. his
plate until the latter stages OF the re-
past. when the dishes began to come
slowly enough for him to engage In
conversn ton with the young person. to
whom in the Latin manner he paid a
Latin compliment. assuring her In her
private ear that to him she seemed
like flower among vegetables
''Then can scarcely hope to occupy
first place In your thoughts at dinner"
she responded demurely.
And the eminent singer could not
think OF an Iarper's Weekly.
La Junta tribune., 1908-11-07
SAVED BY HIS TEETH.
Quick Wit Of . Missionary Among .
Tribe of CannibaiA

Missionaries have much to contend
with in dealing with the tribes on
some Of the islands OF the southern
Pacific. and | am reminded of an in
cident happening on remote island
of the Fill group whose tribes were
still Influenced b. the sava.cry of
cannbalism. A German missionary
had made excellent progress toward
the enlightenment of triie Of saw
ages in the Interior when he was TAX
en III and forced To abandon his work
and seek rccuperaiion In village
along the coast.
During his absence n native medicine
man succeeded In undoing all that the
good German father had accomplished.
The latter was warned that under the
circumstances 1t would he unsafe for
him 10 return to the scene of his Ia
bors upon his recovery, but lie decid-
ed that his duty called him there. and
upon rcgalning his strength he jour
neyed inland to the village whose In
habi'ants had gone over to the teach
ings OF the medicine man.
His reception was decidedly warm
one. and lie was Informed that unless
ne made II practical demonstrut lion Of
| the superiority OF his teachings over
/ those OF the medicine man he would
Ike converted In short order into food
for the hungry trhcsmen. He at once
realized that his life hung upon Q
slender thread and en,ien vored to show
to the sayages by argument that their
conclusions as TO his edible qualities
were entirely erroneous and that they
! should turn their thoughts to other
kinds of food as well as 10 higher sub
Jects
His efforts were in vain. however.
and lust ms he was about to bc struck
down by the uplifted clubs OF the chief
men in the tribe he happily bethought
himself of the fact that his upper teeth
were false Opening his mouth. he
hastily extracted his set. flourished 1t
( I'm the faces Of his astOunded oppO-
nents. and particularly the features OF
/ the medicine man. and. replacing tho
teeth as suddenly as he had extracted
/ them rebiiked his charges In man
ner which can better be Imagined than
described The tribe. believing that
| he had performed n miracle in taking
out and replacing his own teeth. drove
the medicine man from the village and
restored the missionary to his former
place as upliftcr OF their material and
spiritual destinies. Washington Star.
La Junta tribune., 1908-11-07

II am stranger am an Ameri.
can and this Is my first trip to
England" He replied. II thought
you were an American. from your
brogue."
This country is owned almost Who'll
ly by the Rothschilds. Besides Lord
Rothschilds. there are his brother,
Alfred Rothschilds to the west, then
Lady Rothschilds. his sister. with
her vast estates and Leopold Roth.
schilds. an uncle. and others. With.
in view, to the northeast. is Lord
Roseberry's estate, a great white
mansion on the brow Of a hill
covered with forest. Between
Tring Park and the station is an es'
tate of considerable size belonging
to Squire Williams" as the villag'
ers call him. for he has no aristo'
cratic title. IL is unfortunate for
the English people that this beau
tiful rich island should be held by
the lords and men of great wealth
in immense tracts. when there could
be made million happy homes. But
little OF this rich country is farmed
by the owners. and those owners
who, like the estate of Lord Roth
schilds, which l have just described
when they do farm, must do SO at a
loss. for no one would dream, even
with his cheap labor and fancy cat
tie and horses, that Lord Rothschilds
could make profit. leave fol
York at noon.
La Junta tribune., 1908-11-07
Had Prae,ie,d.

Cardinal Richelieu once listened to
an earnest sermon by shoemaker.
The man was simple aud unaffected
and apparently not ut all dismayed BY
the presence OF the cardinal.
How could you preach to me with
so much confdence?" Richelieu asked
him In evident surprise.
"Monsigneur." replied the shoemak ker.
II learned my sermon BY reciting 1t to
. field OF cabbage heads In the midst
Of which was one red one, and this
practice enabled me to preach to you"
La Junta tribune., 1908-11-07
He RODE FREE.
The Reason Camp Meeting John Allen
Got . Maine Central Pass.


Camp Meeting John Allen was one
Of the most picturesque characters Of
his time in Maine. Apropos OF raiirond
passes very interesting story Is told
1t occurred when Governor Morrill,
WIS president of the Maine Central.
Aliens applications were refused a
number OF times. because II there was
one thing above all others which Nor
rIll disllked It was to Issue passes. The
governor came down to his Office in a
somewhat brusque frame Of mind that
day. Those familiar with the storm
signals quietly backed OF and waited
for an explosion. It came. One OF the
first letters opened was from Camp
Meeting John Allen requesting pass
for "self and wife" The secretary
approached his chief with some heslta-
ton.
''Here is another letter from Mr.. Al
len asking for pass" he said and laid
the missive gingeriy on the governors
desk
The governor read 1t through and
blaxed away for few minutes; then.
tossing the letter to the astonished
secretary. he said. make It out"
The young man retired and began to
iil in the various blank lines. but when
he came on what account" the pass
was issued be was puzzled and ven
tured to seek information.
''On what account. governorf" he
asked
The chief looked irateIy over his
spectacles.
Account, account9 Account Of -
persistence. Be sure to put It in. too"
and he growled as the young man
passed out. "Tbese Methodist parsons
may have to get ~ all passes on the
road to heaven. and I want Aains
Central to have good connections with
Camp Meeting John AiIen's rcutas-
La Junta tribune., 1908-11-07
peina Vary We'll.

"How's your son making out In busl-
ness?' asked the first capitalist
VERY well indeed" replied the other:
hes got quarter Of million"
''Why, you started him with mn.
lion. didn't your"
"Yea, and It's two months now since
he started operations In Wall street -
Philadelphia Press.
La Junta tribune., 1908-11-07
A Human eailipe.

'Pa. what Is the meaning OF sncsu--
sistencyr' asked Freddy.
Inconsistency. my son." explained
pa, means a man who growls all day
and then goes home and kicks the dog
for barking at night"-Exchanse.
La Junta tribune., 1908-11-07

The Zambezi. . great river two mileo
wide. falls sheer 40 feet Niagara =
only 1853 feet high and abort half .
mile Wide. sl., !.
Panama City pilot., 1908-01-09
Republican Magic Has Failed.

Here are the New England cotton
mills cutting down production bv
twenty-five per cent, and there is no
man to shake his CORY locks at tariff
revision and say thou didst it. Nor
dld Standpattism prevent it. Senator
Lodge ought to be seen about this
NO statesman has explained to his
thlckwitted constituents more pa
tlently than he, that to touch the
tariff would be to make the tall
chlmneys stop smoking, and the tur-
olnes cease revolving. Well, the
tariff is untouched, but business is
not. What has happened to the Re-
publican magic that its efficacy has
thus failed? Inquiry ought to he
made of President Roosevelt. A late
convert is often the most Jealous ex-
FOUNDER of the faith; and as former
free trader now become q nillar in
the stand-pat church, Mr. Roosevelt
ought to be able to explain WHY
providence has suddenly resigned as
the leading member of the Republi-
can party. Someone ought to mt q
question to Secretary Taft, also. He
is a paulo pOst-future tariff reviser
and deliberately argued in his Column
DuS speech that nothing should be
done till after the next presidential
election, since if the subject were
even discussed now, a chill would fall
upon manufacturing industries, and
our great goddess prosperity would
feel outraged. a public man so in
the secrets of destiny ought to be
Just the one to tell us why the high
tariff is of no avail to prevent panic
and depression which the soothsayers
OF his party have assured us it would
forever avert.-New York Evening
Post.
Panama City pilot., 1908-01-09
ShreWd Politics.

The balance of power in the de-
/ batable northern states is held by the
naturalized foreign voter. Headed
/ by the Chicago Tribune certain lead
ing republican papers in the north
are just now laying the foundation
for effective campaign work among
this class, through broadcasting in
their midst cases of alleged cruel and
unlawful treatment of their brothers
in certain southern states.
This insidiOus political manipula-
ton of some fact and much fiction,
will, if not properly and effectively
cOntroverted, be the cause of chang
ing to the republican voting column
many foreigners in these doubtful
states who are now either democratic.
or wavering as 10 their future political
affiliations.
Thus far the republican press seem
to have this particular field to them
selves, and are making rapid and I'M
OppOoOd III ~ the
easily influenced foreigner voter, the
fate that would befall him if the
entire country were placed under the
control of such task masters as they
are depicting certain Mississippians
and other democrats to be.
Southern papers owe a debt to their
country in nipping this little scheme
in the bud, ere it has won over to the
republican party the balance of power
as represented in the floating foreign
vote. One has but to spend an hour
with the foreign miners or laborers
of Ohio, Indiana, or Illinois, to learn
how quickly there invidious attacks +
upon the democratic party reach .
them, or how deeply such specious
pleading takes root and is accepted
as fact, that these alleged crimes
against foreigners is the result and
outcome of democratic rule.
Panama City pilot., 1908-01-09

daily paper, and next to the public
schools good, wholesome, honest,
uncontrolled and interrupted news
paper coming into the home daily is
the greatest educator and benefactor
of this age.
l favor inaugurating the parcels
post in connection with the rural
free delivery system.
There should be a federal statute
against the Wall street gamblers,
called in polite society, "specula-
tors" there is no more reason for
tolerating the dealing in futures and
stock gambling than there would be
in fostering pOker-playing or en-
couraging crap shooting. Our defec-
tive banking laws, and the manipula-
tons of these captains of industry
together, have made possible the
forming of the worst of all trusts,
the money trusts, and today with
plenty in the harvest field, this nation
is suffering from the effects of a
manufactured panic," the only pro-
duct of this unholy alliance.
| favor the time hOnOred demo
cratic policy of tariff for revenue,
believing that the luXuries and not
the necessities of life should bear the
burden of this tax.
| believe that the national congress
and the several state legislatures
should by statute regulate the eXpen-
diture of money in all primary and
other elections, by requiring every
person, firm, corporation, club or
association, who gives, receives or
expends any money Or other thing of
value in behalf of any candidate or
party to publish itemized and sworn
statements of all amounts or things
of value given, received or expended
in behalf of any candidate or party
and that such statements should be
in detail, showing by whom given or
paid and in whose behalf or interest
the same was received or expended
and that such publication be made a
sufficient length of time before the pri-
mary or election to enable the public
to be fully informed on the subject.
Upon these declarations and the es-
tablished policies of the democratic
party, as often enunciated by the par
ty councils, | submit my candidacy
for congress to the Democratic voters
of the third congressional district of
Florida and pledge that, if elected, l
will faithfully, honestly and con-
scientiously, and to the best of my
ability, discharge my duty as your
public servant.
Yours very truly,
j. w. KEHOE.
Panama City pilot., 1908-01-09
Our Forests.

y recent report of our National
Forest Service presents to every
thinking person an economic fact
which the state of Florida in par
ticu,ar would do well to look into.
We are told that twenty years will
see the United States a Nation with
out forests unless some radical pro-
tective measures are taken.'
LAUNDERING is the fourth largest in
dustry in the United States but nearly
if not quite the first in Florida; the
chief of her forests being the long
leaf yellow pine comprising an acre
age of some twenty thousand square
miles, next comes cypress, then
cedar, oak, hickory and others; in
fact so great a variety that Professor
Curtiss, as botanist under the Gen
eral Government, exploring this state
Panama City pilot., 1908-01-09
| w UEu0E
u. ". .ALIlUL
Announcement and Platform.

Below will be found the announce
ment OF j. W. Kehoe, of Pensacola,
as candidate for representative in
congress from this, the 3rd congress
slonal district. Mr.. Kehoe is we'll
known to the Bay people, having
spent several vacations at Old Town,
ana his candidacy will find many
warm supporters in this portion of
Washington county.
lie presents the most logical plat
FORM OF any of the candidates that
have placed themselves thus on
record, and one that will appeal to
a majority of the voters as being
reasonable and proper.