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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-12
PUNCTILIOUS.

A French schooner went ashore al
one of the fashionable resorts. When
day dawned she was plainly in sight
Of the beach, the waves breaking over
her decks. and the crew clinging to
the shrOuds. The summer residents
flocked to the waters edge. where a
life-saving crew was working.
Mercy, man, why don't you all do
something-try to save those poor
men? | wonder what they are" an
excited woman gasped, catching a
bronzed coast-guard by the arm.
1--WE are doing all we can, madam"
was the hurried reply. "They are
French We have just sent them a
line to come ashore"
The lady turned to a friend with a
look of admiration in her eyes.
Just think Of that, Mary" she
said. And isn't It just like those aw-
fully polite Frenchmen? That man
said they had just sent them a line
to come ashore. You see, they
wouldn't come, though they were
about to be drowned, without a for
NAL invitation"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-12
THE PHILOSOPHY OF OLD AGE.

1t is quite as natural to die as to
be born. If humanity had the pre-
science 1t might come to fear against
its own birth; for there Is more terror
and certain torment In the life we
know than IN that which we merely
speculate.
AS the Papyrist says, age detaches
a man gradually and insensibly from
life. Little by little he let's go OF the
things that We're dear to him
pleasures tasks, recreations, until at
the end, as Stevenson beautifully pic
lures In Will o. the MILL comes
death in no unwelcome guise to bear
him off, arm in arm, like an old
friend long awaited.
The fear OF death in the fulness of
years is not In truth a rational thing
and as such was unknown to the an7
clients; evidently 1t came in with the
Christian conscience and the threat
of punitive hereafter. For why
should you fear what Is as natural as
life? You do not remember when the
latter was thrust upon you nor will
YOU be any more conscious when 1t is
at last taken away.-Life.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-12
HELP THE COMMITTEE.

The committe Of business men en-
gage in soliciting the publicity fund is
doing this work free of charge for
the community. They are neglecting
their own business while they are do
irg it.
Every other citizen of Pendleton
is equally interested with these gen.
tlemen 1t is not a personal matter,
1t is for the good of the county and
every citizen who is interested in the
welfare of the county should help this
committee.
The fund which is being raised will
be used for the good of the county
1t will advertise UMATILLA COUN-
TY, not Pendleton, alone and there
fore every citizen of the county is
interested.
When the committee visits you, be
ready to say what you will do and do
IL The time of these business men
is worth as much to them as yours
is to you They are giving their time
and labor freely. Now show them
the courtesy Of being ready and will
Ing 10 join in the publicity campaign.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-12
WHAT THE CAMERA REVEALS

The Official photographer for sun
set Magazine, who has been taking
pictures in the east end of the coun-
ty for the past week, has discovered
some fine Illustrations of the produc-
tiveness of Umatilla county soil and
has laid bare some excellent oppor-
tunities for poor men to make a start
and establish a home quickly.
one apple orchard in the east end
or the county which has never been
known to any one outside Of a few
neighbors and of which but little care
has been taken, last year netted the
owner $500 per acre in fine winter
apples.
A vineyard of which perhaps no one
in Pendleton ever heard, yields $500
per acre every year. The vines are
az strong and thrifty as those of any
of the California vineyards and pro-
duce almost as well although this
country is not advertised as a grape
district.
Another thing revealed by the
camera in the east end of the county
was an orchard of peach trees aver
aging about five years old, with 100
trees to the acre, which last year net
ted the owner SO per tree or $3.50
per acre.
Another unknown resource found
by the same camera was a field of
three acres of young strawberry
plants which last year netted the
proud owner SS1O per acre. This
year it will do better.
And then the best part of the story
is that hundreds of acres of the same
kind of land which is producing these
apples, grapes, peaches and straw
berries, can yet be purchased at
prices ranging from 500 to $500 per
acre, according to location.
Any poor can can secure a small
tract of it. He can find work to sup
port his family while his berries or
peach trees are coming to maturity
and before he knows it, so to speak,
ne can have a fine income and a good !
nome established.
There are thousands of such op-
in this rich section of the
state. No need for homeseekers to
pass Umatilla county. There is
here for every class OF
All that is needed is to
make the homeseeker know it.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-12
HURRAH FOR TOM KAY!

State Senator T. B. Kay of Marion
county. a hold-over republican sena-
tor who. in his campaign two years
ago said he would vote for the peo-
pies choice for senator, has come out
boldly in the face of organized oppo-
sition, and furious pressure from the
anti-statement No. l forces, that he
will vote for Governor Chamberlain
for United States senator next win
ter.
And because of this honest and
fearless declaration on part Of Sen
ator Kay. another Salem state sena-
tor. DR.. ]. n. Smith. has organized
an anti-Kay machine to fight the se-
lection Of Senator Kay for president
of the senate.
Now the statement No. l senators
and democrats in general have an
opportunity to show their colors by
standing by Senator Kay despite the
organized opposition Of Smith and his
machine clique. Tom Kay should be
made president of the senate, If for
no other reason, than to vindicate his
position on the senatorial election
and TO show the machine that the
people will be loyal to their friends.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-12

They have money invested here and
it is difficult to sell a property which
Is under the ban of the law.
But the refusal of Judge Bean to
grant the injunction restraining the
county court from issuing the prohi-
bition proclamation meets with the
hearty approval of very large pro-
portion of the people of Umatilla
county.
There is no ground for setting the
prohibition vote aside. The county
court strictly observed the law The
election notices were properly issued
and posted, the election was held and
the strongest argument against the
Injunction was the fact that a major
ity of 700 votes was rolled up against
the saloons in this county.
Judge Beams decision in the mat
ter is sustained by very large ma
jority of his fellow citizens of Una
tilla county. The vote has been taken,
TIE people have expressed their sem
timents in the matter and all that re-
mains to be done is to lock the doors
on the first day Of July in accordance
with the law of the state and the will
OF the people.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-12
IN THE CYCLONE BELT.

The following little item of news
from Nebraska should cause people
who live outside of Oregon to want to
come here and those who live here to
stay. An Omaha item says:
Forty-five cyclones in As hours. a
death list of 20 to 80 and at least so
MANNED, is the record established by
Nebraska, Thursday and Friday of
this week.
The cyclones were scattered in diff
ferent parts Of the state, and %
towns We're visited by the twisters in
two days Some towns were struck
a number Of times by different
storms and at one time the citizens
of Pland saw 10 different cyclones
at work in the country around that
town
Kearney caught sight of eight cy-
clones within an hour, while Minden
was visited by four. Red Cloud two
and Franklin two within a few min
utes of each other. Yet with all
these cyclones flying around the coun-
try the property loss was not very
heavy.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-12
THE ITCH OF SPECULATION.

Senator Depew in a speech in the
United States senate: Many years
ago a man came into my office and
introduced himself, saying he had
made $l,000,0O0 in western mines, had
brought 1t in cash to New York, but
possessed experience and intelligence
far beyond the tenderfeet of Wall
street, many Of whom he had met,
and wanted an Introduction to New
York bankers and brokers.
stated to him the dangers, told
him that / had seen financial cata-
Clysms which destroyed the best cal
culations Of the most level-headed
speculators, with the greatest for
tunes but I might as well have at
tempted to stop a stampede of herd
of buffalo. l said: "Well, | give you
six months"
He lasted nearly a year and then
gave him transportation to Denver to
begin life anew in the mountains of
Colorado In few years he returned
with another million, dug out of the
earth, saying that he intended to get
back from Wall street what he had
lost.
In three months l again enabled
him to reach the mining regions of
the Rockies. but have never heard
from him since. His $4,000, 900 did
not go into the bank accounts of New
Workers only 1t was found in the
balance sheets of traders who were on
the opposite side of the market in
all the big cities between New York
and Seattle.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-12
STATE FAIR NOT KILLED.

When gambling and saloons were
abolished in the oregon state fair
grounds. hundreds Of people who ia
yored these evils said that the state
fair had been killed by this action.
Last year, the first without gambl-
ing in the grounds. rolled up a better
attendance than any previous fair and
this year $4,000 purses for speed con-
tests have been offered, something
unheard of in the history Of the state
before.
The Lewis and Clark purse and
the great Salem purse are each for
$4,000 and these have attracted the
best horses TO be found in the entire
northwest and British Columbia and
the 1908 fair promises to be the best
ever held in the state.
And It will be a fair without gam
bling, bookmaking or whiskey' q
c:ean. orderly. well regulated fair
where women and children may go
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-12
FREAK NEWSPAPERS.

The discussion on the subject Of
using black paper and white ink for
newspapers recalls the fact that one
of the most remarkable freak news
papers ever printed was the Lumln-
ara, published in Madrid. 1t was
printed with ink containing phos-
phorus, so that the paper could be
read in the dark
Another curiosity was called the
Regal, printed with nonpolsonous
ink on thin sheets of dough, which
could be eaten, thus furnishing nour-
ishment for body as well as mind.
lie Blen Etre, a French paper,
promised those who subscribed for
40 years a pension and free burials
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-12
"MY HILLS ANNE {"

Out o'date an OF back number
Call us what you think we be-
Ii don't make a bit o. difference
To my calm, Of hills an me.
City ways an city pleasures,
City sports, an all of that
Serve to give me just a hankerin'
For these hills where I am at.
Plcters made by famous painters
Amt a patchin' to a lot
Like the greens an browns, an vel.
lers
That my grand OF hills has got.
When I'm mustered out Of service
An you place me meath the sod,
Make my grave upon the hilltop
'Tis the spot that's nearest God.
Dewitt Clinton Fretz, in Sunset.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-12
STARTLING MoDESTY.

We are now advised that society Is
to startle us by the modesty of its
clothes. For evening dress this sea-
son you must have. at least, shoulder
straps. Drop-stl:ch stockings and
half hose are yielding to the solid
fabrics and personally proved gar
ments. Fashionable society has de-
cided to be decent this year.
The vogue Is not to be called a re-
form. even at the seaside resorts. but
the new style OF women's bathing
suits are calculated to startle by rea-
son of their extreme modesty. They
are cut severely high and all peek
a-boo effects are rightly excluded.
Except for the abbreviated skirt,
Priscilla, the Puritan maiden. might
feel no embarrassment in a beach
promenade. Yet a sea-siren in any
garb is just as dangerous as a glance
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-12
WHAT DOES FAILURE MEAN?

The word failure is not in the vo-
cabulary of Umatilla county people.
This word may have a meaning, but
it is unknown here.
Although this has been an unusual
is dry season and but little rain has
fallen, yet practically a full crop of
wheat will be harvested in this coun-
t.. on the edges some of the wheat
and barley have been injured and the
yield in the larger soil will be reduc-
ed but in the main wheat belt, in that
splendid section of the county where
wheat that is wheat, grows, the usual
high average will be maintained.
After complete investigation OF
the crop conditions in the northwest
states. the conditions as found by the
@. r. & n. traffic department are as
fc llows, as expressed in an item in the
Oregon Daily Journal:
It is estimated by the traffic de-
partment of the o. r. & n. company
from reports received throughout the
inland empire, that the condition OF
the wheat crop at this time is even
better than it was last year at the
same period, and that there is every
Indication of a bumper crop of wheat
ir the grain areas Of oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho.
In nearly every section of the In
terror country there have been rains
at times when they would do the most
good to the wheat crop. Sherman
county prospects are excellent, and
Gillian county is in good condition.
The Morrow county crop is generally
favorable but rain is needed in the
northern portion. A late cool spring
Is said to have had unfavorable re-
suits in the valley of the Powder
river. but there will be some grain
and hay.
In the Grand Ronde valley and
Umatilla county, the PaIouse country
and around Walla Walla, conditions
are excellent.
SO far as heard central Oregon will
come to the front this year with good
grain crops. The Crook county re-
gion gives favorable indications, and
in higher attitudes where the late
spring has held back crops the hot
summer days are expected to bring
everything forward rapidly from this
date. It is believed oregon will this
year produce one of II not the great
est wheat crop in the history Of the
state.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-12

If the National Irrigation associa-
ton, the National Apple Growers as
sociation or some other big institu-
tion would back men with small
means to start into the fruit indus
try in favored places in the north
west, as readily and as willingly as
the National Brewers association
starts men into the liquor business,
the entire country would soon be a
paradise of small orchards, vine
yards and gardens. 1t is strange that
capital cannot be attracted by the
better class OF small industries.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-12

There is one rank injustice in the
present local option law of oregon
and all fair-minded prohib'tionists
admit it, That is the provision of the
law requiring saloons to go out OF
business so soon after prohibition is
declared. Since the liquor business
has been recognized and licensed by
the state so long, much money is in
vested in it, and the prohibition law
should give the liquor dealers six
months or a year in which to close
out and get rid of their stocks and
fixtures. 1t is wrong, in a sense, to
put them out of business summarily.
Although they may be to blame for
many things, yet justice should be the
ruling spirit in every law.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-12

without embarrassment and where
the best class OF citizens from all over
Oregon and the northwest will con-
sregate to view the amazing products
and witness the honest speed contests.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-12

Both Washington and Idaho will be
entirely prohibition within two or
three years, it is declared by those
informed on conditions in those
states. When the west goes in for d,
principle it goes strong and 1t goes
to stay. The westerner is no gutter.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-12
KNOWLEDGE.

Oh life was high, and love was high,
And days were wondrous fair.
For love was truth, the truth Of youth
Sans sorrow and sans care.
The dream was bliss until the kiss
Wrought misery and despair.
The rainbow light Is soft and bright,
The mist Is chilling cold;
And ere 'tis spent be thou content
The Calnbow to behold,
Nor yearn MOO much the mist to touch
It's mystery to unfold.
H. S. Hires.
Rectitude Is only the confirmed
habit OF doing what is right.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-12
THE PEOPLE HAVE DECIDED.

Naturally the saloon men wish to
do everything possible to perpetuate
their business in Umatilla county.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-12

The co-eds Of the University of
Oregon issued a special number Of the
Weekly last week. The custom will
be made an annual one.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-12

at the Sunday Worlds pictures Of
bathing wff show.-The Treasure
State.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-12
++++++++++*++++++

, Labor is rest-from the sorrows I
, that greet us;
+ Rest from all petty veXations 1
; that meet us,
+ Rest from sin promptingS that I
, ever intreat us,
, Rest from world-sirens that I
hire us to i'll.
Work-and pure slumbers shall !
, wait on thy pillow;
Work-thou shalt ride over !
cares coming pillows; I
; Lie not down wearied meath !
! woes weeping willow; t
Work with a stout heart and i
resolute will.
Selected. +
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-09
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-09
COMMUNICATIONS.
EAST CHIcAGo's STEADY GROWTH.

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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-09

shipbuilders of Philadelphia. was born
in that city May 9. 1928. His father
was the founder of the great ship and
engine building firm of William Cramp
& Sons, firm that built ships for the
Mexican war and for the fleets that
took Manila and defeated Cervera at
Santiago. Charles H. Cramp, after
leaving the public schools, entered his
fathers shipyards, learning the bust
ness thoroughly, and in 1857 he was
admitted as partner in the firm. He
devoted much of his time to the study
of improvements in all that applied
to the shipbuilding industry. He de-
signed the pioneer propeller, the Samp-
son, whose type is now seen in all
American waters. He designed the
surf boats used by the American troops
during the Mexican war. From build
ing wooden ships that were the best
Of their class, the firm advanced with
and pioneered the progress of marine
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-09
Heart toHeart
Talks.
a LIVING OR ALIFE-
By EDWIN A. NYE.
Copyright. 1908. by Edwin A. Nye

a LIVlNO Ok a LIFE.
snake a living" said the late Gov
ernor Russell of Massachusetts in an
address to young men, "but remember
there is one thing better than making a
living, and that is making life"
What is the difference between max
ing living and making a life?
It is the difference between material
and ideal, between selfishness and al
truism.
For instance:
The philosophy of Goethe and scho-
penhauer, which is the philosophy of
many successful men" of today, is
this: Look only on the serene and
bright. Do not concern yourself with
suffering. Let the miserable ones
alone Be cheerfully blind to the mis-
fortunes of others. The more you do
for others the less you can do for your
SELF Use others. Be careful they do
not use you. Cultivate yourself.
In other words, this philosophy says,
Get therer'
But there is another philosophy
which says: Be mindful of others
misery. Help your neighbor. Make
good principles into sh-CHARAC-
TER. Open your mind ard heart to
truth and beauty and love, and put as
much of generous and outgoing SYM
pathies and interests" in your life as
you can.
That's making a life.
In the nervous tension Of modern
existence men are so absorbed in the
task of making living that many for
get the higher part of themselves.
They have no time for real living.
Nowadays men are trying to make
living after they are millionaires. They
stunt their best faculties and rob
themselves Of the joy of normal living.
They become one sided, half developed
individuals.
Like the Spaniards, they say MANA
ma" They will be happy tomorrow
or next year. And they sink into the
grave still trying to make a living.
What grander thing in all conception
than to make a life-to feel and know
every day that one is growing wider,
deeper, higher in mental and moral
power?
Anybody can make living.
Too few Of US are trying to make Q
life.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-09
THE CREAM OF THE
Morning News

Led by a woman the Methodist
Episcopal general conference at Balti-
more votes for an amendment to the
Constitution against polygamy.
Chicago Association of Commerce de-
cides to wage war on the proposed in
crease in freight rates.
Right Rev Peter ]. MuIdoon, auxii-
larry bishop and vicar general of CHI
cago. is reported to have been named
bishop of the now diocese of Rockford.
DR.. J. Sanderson Christison, alienist
and criminologist, ends life by inhaIing
gas.
Fife thousand street car men on the
North and Yves sides. Chicago, will vote
today on the question of calling a
strike
Is the keynote of a rally held by the
Illinois Manufacturers Association.
Evanston extension Of the North
western IL" road will be opened next
Saturday and trains will run express
between Chicago and Belmont ave-
nues.
Commissioner Henry B. Greene tells
the national civil service convention
that the operation of the system in
Chicago proves its worth.
Investigation of proposed 800, 600, 900
freight rate advance by roads is likely
to be made by the interstate COM
merce commission.
President Roosevelt's claim of su-
premacy over army stirs Senate, and
republican caucus may result
1t is said that President Roosevelt
believes Bryan will be nominated by
the democrats and that he is the most
formidable opponent to Taft the party
could name.
Prince Phillip Zu Gutenberg, once
confidential friend of the kaiser, Is ar
rested, charged with having committed
perjury in denying participation in
wrongful practices.
Wheat scores sharp advance on un-
expectedly bullish government crop re-
port: corn gains are modest; cattle
firm; hogs steady: sheep strong.
Report of Corn Products Company
shows decreased earnings and increas-
ed expenses.
Stocks IN the New York market ad-
vance again under the leadership OF
the coal carriers.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-09
A Little Bit Off the Top
Some Political Gossip Right Off the Bat will
No. II

shove and then their leadership will be
undisputed.
They VIII Vote sRfght.
So after having reasoned along the
above lines they decided to give the
mayor the word. One hundred and fifty
republicans will vote the state and ma
tiona1 republican ticket but In the
county elections they will be demo-
Gratis
They will be Indifferent, they will not
haunt their irregularity in the faces
of the fellow republicans. They will
simply bide their time and vote right"
when the time comes.
TT is all clear enough" said prom
inent republican today, that demo-
cratic party has an office which is for
sale to republicans only. Give that
office to Peter Davis and it is worth
$50 votes or more. Give it to Henry
Bicknell and it might not even bring
his own vote. Politics, that is the
little game those fellows are playing
and you can't blame them for playing
it as we'll they know how"
In the meantime perhaps the greatest
politician among them all says nothing
but saws wood.
That man is p. L. Davis.