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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-08
FRANCE To OWN RAILROADS.

Premier Clemenceau of France last
week won his fight for naturalization
of the French railroads. This radical
measure for the purchase by the state
of the railways, adopted by the
chamber and strongly opposed in the
senate, aroused the bitter hostility Of
all the conservative forces Of France,
the moderate republicans. the finan-
cial. industrial and banking commu-
mites. the land owners and the cap
italists. 1t was firmly predicted that
not only the railways purchase bill
but the cabinet itself would be ship
wrecked If a ministerial issue were
framed on the question in the senate.
NJ. Clemenceau, acting against the
advice OF many of his firm supporters.
boldly took the bull by the horns, and
after one of the strongest speeches he
ever made, gained the adoption of
the measure in the senate. The Gle
mnceau cabinet, having survived the
crisis, is now firmly in the saddle un-
I'll Parliament reassembles next Oc.
tober
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-08
INDIANS BECOME MORMONs.

The Usage Indians in Oklahoma are
rapidly embracing the Mormon faith,
and if permitted by the government
would soon emigrate to Mexico. The
Usage alloting commission is making
final divisions of lands at Pawhuska,
the tribal capital The filings will be
made on an average of 25 a day, and
by November1 every one of the 22OO
Osages will be in possession of the
last of his allotment. Each Usage will
then have on an average Of 500
acres. Besides his land each Usage
has an interest in tribal funds vested
with the federal government amount
ing to several millions of dollars. Il,
is estamated that the wealth of each
Usage is at least $4,000, while num-
bers OF them are worth much NOR.
hundreds Of thousands. As a race Of
people they are the richest in all tho
world.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-08
CAN YOU ANSWER?

II dozen punches of alfalfa will
grow and thrive on the top of the
highest knoll in sight Of Pendleton.
making an excellent growth in a sea-
son like this has been, with a mini
mum amount of moisture, why will
not 100, or 1000 or 10000 acres Of this
hardy plant thrive equally as well on
similar land?
1t seems that all that is lacking to
convert much Of the cheaper grade of
wheat land into alfalfa land, produc-
ing two crops per year, without irri-
cation, is the farmer with the nerve
and good judgment to plant the alfal-
IA seed.
And if a dozen or 20 winter apple
trees will bear excellent fruit of fine
color flavor and quality on the high,
dry foothills and sides of the Blue
mountains near Pendleton. why will
not 10000 trees do likewise under
similar conditions?
When people answer these questions
satisfactorily, they will have solved
the Industrial question of the dry land
telt. Everything is favorable to di-
versified farming If only people viii
try it.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-08
CLIMBING THE LADDER.

Railroad earnings are, happily,
mending rapidly. The worst week Of
the year, in respect to the percentage
of falling off as compared with last
year, was at the end Of April, when
the decrease was 1884 per cent.
The first week OF May showed a
loss Of 2I07. the second week 21.7O,
the third week 2O.60, the first week Of
June 1880 and the second week OF
June 10 per cent. The return to nor
NAL, though slow during that period,
was rather remarkable, because Of the
large number Of roads that were tied
up by floods during that period.
That we will soon have the earnings
as large as they were last year ls not
improbable, for crop moving time Will
swell receipts enormously.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-08
THE BRYAN MACHINE.

It won't do for democrats to throw
stones at the republican political ma
chine" in future. The Bryan machine
in the national democratic convention
is the most powerful. tyrannical COM
plete ever witnessed in operation in
any political convention in the United
States.
This editorial is being written in the
forenoon of Wednesday, July s, short
ly before the democratic national con-
vention at Denver will go through the
fcrmality of nominating Bryan. Ac-
cording to Bryan's managers, he will
receive 1902 votes on the first ballot
and no other name will be presented to
the convention.
He has swept aside all other demo-
cratic leaders; he has dictated, abso-
utely, every phase of the platform; he
has seated delegations, decided con-
tests, elected the temporary and per-
nanent officials Of the convention,
and has controlled every detail of the
convention with the iron rule of
czar.
Everything is Bryan or it is smoth-
cred out of existence. The great con-
servatives, Alton B. Parker, Henry
Watterson, Judge Gray-all have been
eliminated from the democratic coun-
ellis. Their lifelong experience and de-
voted fealty to the democratic party
count for nothing in the whlrlwind
campaign OF this Nebraskan auto
crat.
No matter how much alleged inde-
pendence is exhibited by scattering
delegations, in the opening skirmishes
Of the convention. All these refrac-
tory punches will be lassoed and "hog
tied" hand and foot. and delivered in
to the camp Of the conquering hero
of Lincoln, to decorate his third tri-
umphal march into the democratic
nomination for the presidency.
This is Bryan's day to howl. Here
after let democratic papers and dem
ocratic politicians cease to talk about
the republican machine"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-08

Oregon legislature elects as senator
the man chosen by the people, the
people will have had their WILL and
that is the object of democratic
form of government,
The fact that members OF one party
are required by this process to put into
office man Of another party Is not
an argument against it. These mem
bers of the legislature are public SER
wants. and it is their duty to heed the
public's wishes when they are ex-
pressed so clearly as they were in this
case.
While this country is not yet in a
position to do away with party gov
ernment, party government will al
ways lead TO evil unless it is checked
by an alert and vigorous spirit Of in
dependence No party has ever yet
had inordinate power without abusing
1t. 1t is to the abuses of partisanship
that this country owes most of the
vexing problems that beset it today.
and partlsanship offers the strongest
resistance to the correction of these
evils.
The fathers formed a government
by the people, but control of that
government fell into the hands Of the
parties, and until recent years brought
the direct nomination system, the peo-
pie had no control of parties. They
were controlled by rings, machines
and bosses. These powers needed
money to run campaigns with, and the
big business interests contributed it.
What more natural than that these
leaders, interested in party and per-
sonal success more than in their
country's good, should have manipu-
lated the government in the interests
OF those who supplied the campaign
funds?
The direct election of United states
senators, either through constitutional
amendment or by some such plan as
Oregon has adopted, Is necessary in
order to get the control of govern
ment away from party machines and
into the hands of the people. II the
expression OF the popular wishes re-
suits in defeat to the party in power,
it is because that party has deserved
harm.
The more party machinery we de-
stroy by putting the control of cleo
tions directly into the hands of the
people, the better the nation will be
served. Destroying parry machinery
means good to 1t because 1t involves
cleansing out the maggots of bossism
that are fattening in the cheese.
People who complain of tho de-
struction of parties by direct nomlna-
ton and direct elections confuse the
real party with the corrupt nests OF
parasites that get into the party ma
chine. Breaking up these nests does
not harm the party; it purifies it.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-08
BIRTHPLACE OF THE ICEBERGs

We might call Greenland the
worlds ice box. If you glance at the
map you will see that the state of
New York, large as 1t seems to us, Is
not over one-twentieth of the size Of
Greenland for New York contains
only 1900 square miles.
Then think that the glaciers are
steadily moving away from the cen
ter Of Greenland, really being crowd
ed off the land and it will not seem
so strange that here is the birthplace
Of nearly all of the icebergs that are
so feared by the mariner.-St Mich
olas.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-08
ABSTENuoUs BARTENDERS.

Chicago has a novel organization
in the Bartenders' and Salonkeepers'
Total Abstinence society, which is now
said to have two thousand members.
Many saloonkeepers in the Windy
City, 1t is reported, are bound by an
agreement not to employ men who
drink. While New York grog sellers
have no such society and no such
agreement, so far as the public has
ever heard. all the better class Of
drinking places strictly enforce rules
against employees drinking while on
duty, and there are scores Of bartend-
ers who never drink a drop of the
liquids they dispense.
The head drink mixer in a down.
town safe-an expert on liquors Of all
klnds-has been in the business for
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-08
WOULD WIPE OUT DEFICIT.

When the parcels post question was
under discussion in the recent session
OF congress Postmaster General Meyer
sent a letter TO Senator Penrose Of
Pennsylvania, which was afterward
published in the Congressional Record
urging that authority be given to con-
duct an experimental parcel post on
rural routes, as had been done origi-
nally with rural delivery, says the
Spokesman Review.
He believed that II established in
two or three counties it would demon
strate its worth better than verbal ar
guments could. Congress, however,
did not see fit to act on the sugges-
tion.
The postmaster general wanted to
prove that the rural parcels post would
be beenficlal alike to the people, to
the country merchants and to the gov
ernment.
He contended that the special local
parcel post would tend to wipe out
the postal deficit, and would eventu-
ally make the rural free delivery self
sustaining. besides being a boon to
the farmer and the retail merchant.
Should an average of so pounds Of
merchandise be carried on each trip
oil the 5000 rural routes it was esti-
mated that about s15,OOO.OOO a year
would be realized, and the net return
to the government would be more than
sufficient to equal the deficit.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-08
ALPHABET IN BIBLE VERSE.

In the twenty-first verse OF the
seventh chapter of Ezra can be found
every letter of the English alphabet.
It runs thus: And I, even I, Artax-
erxes the King do make a decree to
all the treasurers which are beyond
the river, that whatsoever Ezra the
priest the scribes of the law of God
Of heaven, shall require of you It be
done speedily"
But, still more wonderful, in the
eighth verse Of the third chapter of
Zephaniah is contained every letter
including finals, Of the Hebrew Ian
guage.-London Globe.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-08

Land sales continue to be made at
extraordinary prices In the irrigated
belt Of Umatilla county. Although
this season ls not considered a part Of
the land buying period, usually, yet
sales have not fallen off and new set
tiers are taking up the excellent OPP
portunitles Of the irrigated sections.
every day. 1t promises to be the best
year from the standpoint OF land sales
In the history Of the country.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-08
ADVERTISING OREGON.

Oregons superb resources in land,
livestock, timber and mining are not
the only attractive advertisements be-
ing sent out by the state.
These material things are attracting
thousands who are seeking homes and
who desire to make money.
But the progressive laws Of Oregon
are attracting a higher and better
class Of citizens with an ideal govern
ment, with a conviction that all polltl-
cal power is lodged with the people.
The popular election of United
states senators, the initiative and ref
erendum and the direct primary laws
are attracting more substantial and
thoughtful people to Oregon than all
the rambuoyant advertisements Of
gold mines, fruit lands or city prop
erty.
Every leading paper in the United
States has said something about the
Oregon plan Of government in which
the common people figure conspicu-
ously. Most Of the more moderate
and sensible papers say something IA
vorable about the Oregon plan and
commend this progressive plan to the
consideration Of the people every
where.
The Duluth Herald, strong and in
d5ential republican paper Of Duluth,
MINI, is the last to take up the dis
niission Of the oregon plan and says Of
It;
The outcome Of the "orepon plan"
OF bringing the selection Of United
States senators close TO the people has
CAUSED some perturbation and alarm
Ahong strong partisans, and no doubt
die fact that It will compel a republl-
Dan legislature toCeleet democratic
qnator, or retdseNtO Gand by its
biedges to the people will make re-
8tblican partisans in stapetI Pike Min
l1fsota very relYGtsut to4takq 1t up.
! However. thel5 6 OAetanGtetfto all
1e amazed protests Of partisaps that
n certain to silence the4E Et bag ~
+ as public utteragce is pncerned.
bat is the oba6uOtact Aa4fKthe
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-08
S.S.S.
PURELY VEGETABLE
GREATEST OF ALLT0NICS

Very few persons able pass the Spring with
gree of physical comfort without the aid Of tonic Our systems
ange with the changing seasons and is required of the blood
rom which source bodies their nouShmen and strength
Il this particular season than at others.
During cold Winter months do not exercise freely
warmer weather. the skin not active removing the waste and
eSe matter and the other of drainage dull and sluggish
their work Thus the impurities which should pass off are left
he system, and are absorbed into the blood
When Spring comes and all takes e change
our mode of living and greater demands made the blood for
punishment and strength enable the changed conditions
Winter acCumuaonS have polluted the blood and destroyed IFS
utrye qualities such that able to supply the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-08
Searching for Murderer

Posses are searching the hills on
the Montana-Idaho divide for five
Montenegrans who Saturday killed
Holmes Tayes, at the c. NJ. G. ST. p.
tunnel. One man was captured Sat-
urday but he has not yet been identl'
fled as one OF the murderers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-08

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For some heart along the way; !
) Make a place to rest and lean I
With the blue sky in between; I
That the weary passing there I
) May be glad OF sun and air, I
And beyond their lanes Of gloom I
Hear the birds and see the !
bloom. I
Make a bright spot as you go I
Where the cheerful heart may I
grow; Z
With a word or with a deed I
Plant the kindly spirits seed, Z
That some far-on day Of need I
Some one weary with his load I
Passing by the golden road I
May beneath its foliage find !
JOY and rest and peace of mind! I
Baltimore sun. I
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-08
Took the Hint.

He came often and early and stayed
too late. Recently, as the clock struck
II. she asked him il he knew how to
take II ciphers and make 2S out of
them. He didn't. so she told him to
put down II clphers in a straight line,
then to draw a perpendicular line
about half an inch long down from
the right side of the first, fifth and
10th, and up from the right side of
the fourth, seventh and eighth. He
read the result-and vanished
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-08

increased needs of the system, and
G suffer in consequence.
Our physical machinery seems
, get "out of gear" and suffers
rom debility, weakness, nervous
ness, loss of appetite, etc. Sleep
S nor refreshing, there is a con-
.2nt worn-out feeling, and we do
l5t feel equal to performing the
Jtliaary duties of daily life.
When the system is in this dis
ordered condition it must have
s&stance; it. must be aided with
o-i, and it should be a medicine
iii has the additional qualities
IS blood purifier, for to
--5-e health the blood must be
caused of all impurities.
S. S. S. is the best Spring
9.'., and it is recognized as the
.3.st and best blood purifier. It's
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-08

le entirely of and herbs the forests and fields and as it does
ut contain the slightest trace of mineral in any om is especially
dapcd for systemic remedy and has the additional value OF being
5sJuy safe for young old s. S. reeStabSheS the healthy
aon of the blood rdS the body OF that rundown WORKOUT feel
n improves the appetite and DIGESTION and brings about return OF
m and strength those whose systems have been weakened and
e0ced S. S. promptly and satisfactorily than any
medicine and those who beginning to feel the need OF tonic
y themselves against the unpleasant conditions which come with
nng should commence its use at Not only will tone up
he system will any humor from the blood and prevent
m outbreak of Eczema Acne letter. Poison Oak Poison Ivy or
e SKIN disease eruption which so common at THIS season.
5. S. S is for sale at all drug stores.
TIE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-08

20 years and does not know the taste
of his own wares.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-08

Last Spring my blood was
out of order and my system
was completely run down. I
needed a tonic badly. tried
other medicines which did me
little or no good, and then !
commenced s. s. 8. ! had not
used IL long before felt better,
and after taking it a snort
while my blood was thorough
ly cleansed and my general
health restored. s. 8. 8. gave
me fine compile xion, in
creased my weight and
strength, and acted as a very
refreshing, invigorating tonic
tony .i"n -vst N. Asa tonic
8. s. S. ceA 10, be equaled.
That 10 my opinion of 1t, and If
Icould, would induce every
one to use IL in the Spring.
FRANK APPLEGATE,
Box 6o4 Wellsville, Ohio.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-12-31
AN ALABAMA TRAGEDY.
Deputy Sheriff Shoots and Kills His
Assailant.

Scale, Ala, Dec. 25.-John w:
Chambers, deputy sheriff of Russell
county, shot and killed George II.
Thompson, SO years old, this morn
ing. Thompson and several others
were beating a negro who had cheat
ed a merchant out of dollar, when
the deputy sheriff came up and asked
them to desist.
Thompson, it is said, resented the
interference of the officer and drew
a revolver on Chambers and fired,
the ball passing through the officers
hat. Chambers took the pistol away
from Thompson and started to walk
away, when Thompson cursed the
officer and threatened his life. AT
this point, it is alleged, Thompson
attempted to draw another revolver
when the officer shot with the pistol
he had taken from Thompson, killing
the latter almost instantly. Cham-
bers was released at once on bail in
the sum of $1,000.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-12-31
JURY DISAGREES.
Discharged by Judge on Failure to
Decide.

Irvine, KY, Dec. 26.-The jury in
the case of Beach Hargis, charged
with the murder of his father, Judge
James Hargis, this afternoon report
ed their inability to agree and were
discharged. The jury stood nine for
acQuittal and three for conviction.
Beach Hargis had been drinking
heavily for a few days before the
killing of Judge Hargis and had final
ly been brought back to Jackson.
For some days, the neighbors declar-
ed, Judge Hargis had been dragging
the, boy through the streets of the
wild little mountain town.
AS told in the trial Beach entered
his fathers store and after a few
words with the judge, engaged In a
grapple with him. They fell to the
floor, Beach on top, and with the
Judges own pistol the boy fired sew
eral shots into the body of the pros
trate man. The State, in the trial OF
young Hargis, contented itself with
the facts of the case.
The defense, one of the lawyers
for whom was United States Senator
elect w. o. Bradley, former governor
of Kentucky, based it's strength on
the testimony of the boy and that OF
his mother, Mrs. Louellen Hargis.
Mrs. Hargis testified that her hus-
band had early taught the boy bad
habits, and when Beach was a child
had given him whiskey and buckled
q pistol on the child. Beach Cor
Beauchamp, his right full name) Is
% years old and has always been
what in the Kentucky mountains Is
termed "feverish." He had given
his parents much trouble.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-12-31
Wanted to Lynch Negro.

Darlington, Dec. 27.-Sheriff J. G.
Blackwell went to Florence yester-
day afternoon and brought back
Robert Johnson the negro arrested
near Efingham yesterday, suspected
of being the one who, it is alleged,
raped a woman in Hartsville last
week, and landed him in jail about
dark.
About midnight Mayor Charles
w. Coker, of Hartsville, telephoned
the sheriff that quite a crowd had
gathered and were. excitedly discuss
ing the affair, threatening to move
on Darlington before day and lynch
the negro in Jail. Sheriff Blackwell
called Governor Ansel over the long
distance telephone and explained the
situation. Governor Ansel ordered
the sheriff to procure an automobile,
take the negro to Florence and there
take the 1921 train for Columbia,
and the sheriff obeyed the orders OF
the governor. Mayor Coker was no
tilted that the negro had been sent
to Columbia and the mayor notified
the people of Hartsville, but there
were some who were not convinced
that the negro had been spirited
away from the Jail, and this after
noon a constable from Hartsville ap-
peared here with a warrant, which
had been issued by Magistrate Frank
A Miller, of Hartsville, and wanted
the negro. But, of course, he didn't
get him. With the constable were
several others, among them the hus-
band of the woman whom it is al
legged was raped. It was reported
that the negro was taken to Harts-
Vile last night and fully identified
by the woman, but there is no foun-
dation in fact for the rumor.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-12-31
New County Badly Beaten.

There seems to have been a de-
cided reaction from the new county
craze that was on some time ago.
The proposed new county of Edisto
was badly beaten all along the line.
It only got nine votes in Orangeburg
county out of a possible hundred or
more. The vote in Aiken county was
nearly evenly divided, while in Lex
ington county the proposed new
county got only eighty votes out OF
a possible three hundred votes. In
stead of getting a two-thirds vote In
it's favor, as is required by law, there
was recorded against the new county
nearly a two-thirds vote. This cleo
ton puts Edisto county to sleep 1or
all time.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-12-31
Negro Escapes Lynching.

Little Rock, Ark, Dec. ga
startling story of an attempt at
lynchipg was told to-day by D. F.
Jones, negro of New Gascony, Ark,
labor agent for the Oracle planta-
ton. Jones is in the hospital at
Pine Bluff, where he is recovering
from the effects of what he declares
was an attempt to lynch him near
Gillian, La. He says number OF
white men who were enraged be-
cause he was preparing to take out
of the district a number of negro Ia
borers, placed a rope about his neck
and drew him up to pole, with the
intention of hanging him. The pole
broke, he said, and he managed to
escape after being badly whipped.
Jones is in a critical condition.