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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-19
CEMETERY IMPROVEMENTS.

Pendleton is joining cheerfully in
the movement to improve and beau
tify Olney cemetery. The fund has
been subscribed in a cordial and
hearty manner. Pendleton has re-
sponded literally and the work should
be performed in the same spirit in
which the people have given.
As far as possible and consistent
the cemetery improvement fund
should be expended in Pendleton.
Pendleton firms can furnish all the
equipment necessary in installing the
pumping plant and, every man in
Pendleton who desires to bid on the
work or any part of it, or on the
equipment or any part of it, should
have that privilege.
This is a matter in which the high
est instincts of citizenship and ethics
should rule. It is a matter of COM
mon interest TO every person and
every family in Pendleton and there
should be no friction, no misunder-
standings, no sore places.
Let US get together, if we are not
now together, and improve olney
cemetery. as much as we possibly can
for the sum raised, and as quickly as
we can, consistently, with good work.
manship.
And when the Improvements are
complete and the cemetery stands ar
rayed in its new robes Of verdure,
let Pendleton point proudly to it, as
the fruition Of combined, harmonious,
fraternal effort. The object is wor-
thy Of the best effort Of the city.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-19
THE BOOM IN SHEEP.

Big muttons are about the scarcest
article in stock yard circles now. Such
is the scarcity that salesmen have
been allowed to name prices provided
they acted within reason. Such sheep
as were hard to sell at $3.50 or less
last December have recently scared
above the Scent line.
Export trade has been checked by
virtue of inability to secure mutton
for that outlet and many who put on
lambs last fall are now indulging in
sheep. 1t is gratifying that an 9TH
erwise demoralized trade exhibits
one luminous spot.
Last season everybody went to
sheep and the crop did not remuner-
ate growers for making it; this sea-
son big muttons were let severely
alone and only that kind has made
dollar. 1t is true early sheep lost
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-19

Father Yorke of san Francisco
says the graft prosecutions in that
city have been a farce. With her
jails filled with guilty grafters, her
mayor under sentence, her depart
ment heads confessing to their crook
edness and her prominent citizens
spending their own money to clean
up the municipal atmosphere, II
seems that Father Yorke is wrong
unless he calls all just prosecution
o. wrongdoing farce.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-19
THE SIREN.

They said her witching smiles were
lies,
And called her siren, "soulless
snare"
I only knew that she. was fair;
And, gazing into her eyes,
l saw the answering lovelight
there.
They said that she was false. l
laughed.
Believed them not. but turned my
face,
Enraptured, toward the hallowed
place
Where stood my idol. There quaffed
The heady wine of her sweet grace.
Aye, she had lured, had caught, had
sold
The foolish hearts of foolish men,
And laughed at them, and laughed
again,
To think that they should take for
gold
The gaudy brass she rendered then.
And, what did that prove. Twas a
game
That they could play as we'll as
shei
Because to her was victory
They whimpered. Was she then to
blame
That they were manned, while she
went free?
Gladly I gave her all my heart,
My life l lavished at her feet.
l only knew her lips were sweet!
1 kept not back .the smallest part,
Nor deemed the offering more than
meet.
With siren glance, with Turing smile
She led me, drew me to her den,
And then-she laughed and laughed
againl
And tossed my heart upon the pile
or foolish hearts of foolish men!
Helen A. Mulhall.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-19
'FATHER" OF THE REFERENDUM

George ogle of Molalla, Ore, in
an article reviewing the history of
the referendum movement in Oregon,
says that w. S. U'Ren, who is sup
posed to be "the father Of the refer
endum" In this state cannot claim
this honor, but that instead the true
father Of the movement was Max
Burgholzer, of Washington county.
Thus the high-flung eloquence OF
Lincoln Steffens, who lauded Mr.
U'Ren to the skies as the "lawgiver
OF Oregon" is punctured; and al
though the referendum may wear
many of the features of Mr.. U'Ren,
the cruel fact remains that he is moi
its true father.
Back Of those troublous times in
the early nineties, when the Farm.
ers' alliance made orators and law
givers Of every man who would gel
up and make a speech, there were
many, many "law-givers." Oregon
resounded with oratory and elo-
oUence; school houses were converted
into temples of political economy;
cross roads towns leaped into promi-
nence as the homes Of patriots, who
were willing to sacrifice themselves
upon the altar Of their country, and
take any Off in sight
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-19

But II was a creative period. Po-
litical doctrine was manufactured in
new forms and handed out in attrac-
tive packages daily, aye, hourly and
cut OF that period came Oregon's
present political progress.
Not URen alone worked for politi-
cal progress in those days but there
was Joseph CASTOR w. S. vandeberg,
Nathan Pierce. Alfred Luelling, L. II,
McMahan, Dunham Wright. w. II.
Galvani, T. H. McGill-dozens Of
others, all of whom were evolving
new doctrines, new political sentiment
and any OF whom might be denoml-
mated "the father" of oregon's ad-
vanced laws.
But Mr. Ogle has definite proof of
the parentage of the referendum
movement in Oregon. He declares
and gives indisputable facts, proving
that Mr.. Burgholzer and not Mr.,
U'Ren, actually started the movement
in this state.
The files of the Northwest Reform
Journal, published in Portland. show
that Mr.. Burgholzer advocated the
referendum in 1891, fully year be-
fore Mr.. U'Ren advocated the meas
ure. Cold type brooks no denial, no
matter how much 1t is desired to
give Mr.. U'Ren honors.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-19
RoWDYIsM AND EDUCATION,

The disgraceful scenes enacted by
students of Stanford university in
demonstrating against the prohibition
orders of the faculty, show that row.
dyism is not all confined to the al
leys and the slums.
Because the faculty expelled a doz-
en- prominent students for persistent
drunkenness, and for wilful and wan
ton disobedience to the strict rules of
the university, crimes which justi-
fled their expulsion in every way,
other students have started a SYM
pathetic strike" as it were, a DEM
cnstration against the faculty.
What would result in Stanford if
every student dlsobeyed the rules of
the institution? What would educa-
ticn be, under the rioting and disor-
ders of such a program? What is the
object of educational institutions, any,
way?
If the proflsate sons of rich men
persist in running Stanford universi-
ty upon their own debased standards,
Why should any clean. studlous young
man go there for an education If
TIE faculty can make no rules for
maintaining the morality and dignity
of the university, if laws are of no
avail and rules but mere forms, it is
worse than a miserable farce to con-
tinue Stanford university as a great
educational institution.
Let it be converted into a resort
for the propagation of the debased
whims of the sons of millionalres. 1t
will be nothing more than this. if the
r'otlng element among the students
" ins the day.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-19

Because of this being a presiden-
tial year, congress is cutting down
expenses and will hold back many
important measures through a sort OF
false economy which accompanies
presidential years. The fact remains,
however, that during this session,
Congressman Ellis has worked mat
ters into shape for the passage of a
number Of excellent measures for the
northwest states, measures which will
be passed without opposition at an
other session. He has his friends in
line. his plans under way and every
thing in readiness TO get results IL he
Is returned to congress- A new man
in congress from this district would
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-19
\ TRIBUTE TO JUDGE HALEY.

The death of Hon. T. G. HALEY at
Portland last Sunday, causes va
cancy in the ranks of useful and wor-
thy citizens of Oregon. He was a
lawyer of considerable note and serv-
ed a short term on the supreme
bench. He took unusual interest in
agricultural matters and for several
years was proprietor of one Of ths
best farms in Umatllla county. He
believed in thoroughness in farming,
loved choice livestock, and did a great
deal to further the agricultural in
terests of the Pacific northwest
Salem Statesman.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-19
THE OLD FASHIONED ONE.

The steam heats good, 1 reckon,
To warm the risin' race,
But thar's nuthin' in the country
Beats the old-time fireplace.
II.
The fat, old-fashioned backlog
Is what l love to see,
An dream the old dreams over
With the sparks a-flyin' free.
III.
The night wind howlin' round me
1t don't sound solemn when
A-lOokin' in the fireplace
l dream my dreams againi
Atlanta Constitution.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-19
THE POWER OF STEAM.
Many Nay See But II Takes Genius to
Realise.

When James Watt saw the steam
causing the kettle lid to jump UP and
down he said There must be power IN
that steam that 1t can lift such a
weight
There was
Millions prior to him had seen the
same phenomenon and regarded It as
an unexplained mystery.
Recent scientific research has put It's
finger on the cause" OF Dandruff, Fall
Ing Hair. and consequent Badness, and
has unearthed a tiny germ which eats
the life from the roots OF human hair.
Newbro's Herpicide destroys this
germ and consequently restores the
hair to Its natural state.
Sold by leading druggists. Send loc. In
stamps for sample to The Herpicide Co..
Detroit. NLch.
Two sixes-60 cents and 800.
A. o. KOeppen q Bros.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-19

The Pickering CLEAN of a federal
building still haunts the troubled
mind OF Baker City But her own
delegation which has just returned
from Washington brings no hilarious
news from the national capital.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-19

PendletonIans engaged in a general
cleanup of the streets and back yards
the other day, and yesterday the high
water occasioned by the heavy rains
of Sunday flooded a portion Of their
city. Probably the storm king thought
he should help in the work.-Salem
Statesman.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-19

vigor and cheerful
ness soon disappear
when the kidneys are
out of order or dis
eased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that it is not uncom-
mon for a child to be
born afflicted with
weak kidneys, the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-19

The short time required for the O..
r. & n. company to repair the recent
flood damage is the highest tribute
that can be paid to the efficiency of
officials and employees of that road.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-19

have to spend full session preparing
the way for legislation for Oregon, as
Congressman Ellis has done. SO it
win be Improbable to change mem
hers now.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-19

Foremost among the minerals, ETC..
which Russians regard as the source
of Siberia's future wealth, are gold
iron, coking coal, manganese, copper
platinum, emeralds. topazs. asbestos
glauber's salt, rock salt and, in all
probability, naphtha.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-19
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= head to the sky, 4
= And a little flower bloomed at
: its feet, very shy.
= The peak was patrician, and 4
= naughty, and said:
= AS 1t touched the white clouds {
= with a toss of its head: I
= ''Those travellers are coming to I
+ gaze my height Z
+ And bask in my grandeur and Z
+ battle in my light; I
= They'll leave the low valley and I
= scorn the pale flower,
+ AS they climb to my glory and {
+ sing of my power" I
= 1t waited and waited, afar and I
= alone, {
= With Its head in the SHOWS of I
+ its difficult zone. (
+ While the travellers dismounted Z
{ beside a clear stream I
+ At the base of the mountain to Z
+ rest and to dream +
Z And all that they told of at Z
: home the next day =
: Was the beautiful flowers that +
: they saw by the way, =
+ So modest and gentle and dain- =
: ty and shy, +
+ At the foot of the peak with :
; the dew in its eye! +
, Baltimore Sun. +
, H+++t++++%%+++++@ +
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-19
ROOMS: $l.0o and $l.5o
Block and n Half from Depot.
See the big electric sign.

-OE

PORTLAND, OREGON.
American plan, SO per day and up.
wards. Headquarters for tourists and
commercial travellers. Special rates
made to families and single gentle-
men. The management will be pleas
ed at all times to show rooms and
give prices. A modern Turkish bath
establishment In the hotel.
H. C. BOWERS. Manager.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-19

child urinates too often, if fthe urine scalds
the flesh, or if, when the child reaches an
age when it should be able to control the
passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wet-
ting, depend upon it, the cause of the diff
Guilty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to diseased condition Of
the kidneys and bladder and not to a
habit as most people suppose.
Women as we'll as men are made miser-
able with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect Of
Swamp-Roo is soon realized. 1t is sold
by druggists, in fifty EE
r and oaeFloilsr NafSEH Is. ..::El:sE ina
vlze bottles. You may s!H ::
have a sample bottle aAl=As.:5EsE ls15EE
by mail free, also a Home Of swHmpRoOt
pamphlet telling all about Swamp-Root,
Including many of the thousands OF testi-
monial letters received from sufferers
cured. In writing DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, be sure and mention
this paper. Don't make any mistake,
but remember the name, Swamp-Root,
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the ad-
dress, Binghamton. N. Y, on every
bottle.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-19
Women as Well as Men Are Mad
Miserable by Kidney and
Bladder Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind,
discourages and lessons ambition; beauty,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-19

money. the financial furry was re-
sponsible for that, but the late end
of the crop has yielded gratifying re-
sults.-Livestock World.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-19

ENGRAVED CARDS, INVITATIONS
ana announcements. ell tho latsst
styles Of stock and type faces Leave
The Washington times., 1908-02-08
ADMIRAL ACKLEY
DIES At HOME HERE
Officer Was Born in Man,
tucket and Entered
Service in 1845.

Rear Admiral Seth Ackley, Z. s. n,
retired, died at his residence, L305 Nine
teenth street northwest. yesterday. Flu
neral services viii be held at the Uni
tartan Church tomorrow afternoon. The
Rev. u. G. 3. Pierce viii oficiate. The
remains will be taken 70 Nantucket for
interment
Seth n. AckIey was born on Nan
tuCket, October 1S, 1875. and entered the
naval service as d midshiDmsn October
6, 1862 He was promoted TO ensign
March p and a year later was CON-
missioned a master. In 1870 he was ad-
vanced to the grade of lieutenant, and
became lieutenant commander June %,
1887.
During the Spanist-American war he
served as secretary Of the lighthouse
board He was retired October q. 1901,
for physical disability and given the
rank of captain. He entered the active
ranks OF the navy at that grade April
8, 1894, ana served on the general board
OF the navy and was afterward detailed
at OlangapO and Cav1te. Philippine
Islands. Later he was superintendent
Of the Naval War College, at Newport
In February. 1907, he was promoted 70
the rank Of rear admiral, and October
Il last was retired
The Washington times., 1908-02-08
MRS. H'BRIDE LOSES
SUIT AGAINST HUSBAND

Mrs. Lavinia G. Mcbride, of this city,
has lost her suit for damages brought
against her wealthy husband, J. J. Nc
Bride, Of Westfield, Mass, in which she
sought to recover a large sum of money
because her husband took their chill
dren after she lad secured a divorce
from him in Ohio.
This news was received here today
from Worcester, Mass, where the suit
was brought. Judge G. A. DecOurcey
handed down a decision sustaining the
contention Of Mr.. Mcbride that he had
q right 10 take possession OF the chill
dren because tho divorce obtained in
Ohio was illegal. The case was heard
in Worcester d month ago and decision
reserved.
After Mrs Mcbride secured her di-
vorce and was granted the custody Of
the two children Mr.. Mcbride, il was
alleged. Sidnapeu them. Then follow
ed a sensational chase over all sections
OF the United States, the mother seek
ing to regain her children. She claim
ed that she was entitled to large dam
ages because Of the expense and SUI
feTing that had come TO her IN the
ChaSA
The Washington times., 1908-02-08
Cupid WeepS
Bitter Tears
In Maryland

Cupid has been hit below the belt.
There is a chance that the Maryland
Legislature will brush the bloom off
she flower Of romance. 1t may pass a
bin which will prohibit forever the prac-
tice of young men and maids stealing
a kiss, a trolley car ride, and the matri-
monIaI yoke III in one day without stop
ping to figure out whether they have
the price Of the fare back to Washing
ton. In fact, the Legislature, tired OF
Opponents and divorces, may try TO
instiu into the game Of wedlOck a slight
element Of common sense
Therefore, Cupids blind eyes are hot
with tears
There is pending in the Legislature a
bill requiring that any persons intend
ing 10 be married in Maryland shall
give two weeks public notice of the
approaching nuptisls. Thus, viii the
law compel the admission Of pa" and
ma" into the secret. and allow the
parents Of the bride to investigate into
the moneyed or nOn-mOneyed standing
Of the bridegroom
1t viii shed upon the wild delusive
dreams that are born in moonlight the
great white light Of publicity. And
Cupid never did take 10 publicity. II
1t does away With the opportunity FOR
d youth 10 become wildly enamored,
throw his beloved into q hack, and drive
A horse to death in the mad eudeaVoI
10 heat an electric car TO Rockville.
From this - comes that Cupid weeps
and that Rockville stands TO lose its
reputation as the great place for hurry
up weddings.
If the bin passes it viii reduce the
exercise taken by some OF the ministers
Of the town Of Rockville. For instance
the Prv. Thomas n. Campbell put q
Crfmp in the walking record one even
ing last week when he married threS
couples within an hour. each couple be
ing in a different part Of the town. He
walked to each ceremony. There IS q
rumor that he ran
It is a great blow. this pending bill
As a result of II. Cupid may break his
how and sell his arrows for kindling
wood.
Likewise, there may be fewer divorces
which would be a serious blow TO the
legal fraternity.
Altogether, il is a sad story.
The Washington times., 1908-02-08
EYANGELISTIC MEETING
DRAWING TO A CLOSE

Washington's successful old-fashioned
revival is drawing to a close at Hamlins
N +. Church, Ninth and P streets
northwest, where the Rev Thomas Har-
rison has been conducting meetings for
three or four weeks The uniQUs
methods Of this. enthusiastic minister
has caused several hundred persons 10
become converted. and IL is believed
more than a thousand will profess their
belief before the end of the revival.
The meetings have attracted the largest
crowds ever seen in a Washington
church. Although they do not begin
until 7:3O O'Clock. il IS necessary 70 open
the doors an hour earlier. Within half
an hour all available sitting room in
the church is taken. and many persons
stand.
The Rev Mr.. HaTrison's personality
and earuestuess seem TO dominate his
audiences, and they are carried away
by mis- actions and enJreatied for d
more spiritual existence. He has few
EQUALS In the church world The Rev
Mr., Harrison has been preaching thirty
years, and his record for conversions
has never been approached. The min
lister Is still q young man. When he be
gan conducting revivals mis- elOQueuCe.
fOrCefulness. and yOuJhfuines5 caused
him to be known as "the boy crater
preacher
The Washington times., 1908-02-08
SOLEMN HIGH MASS
FOR FATHER MAGUIRE

4 solemn high requiem mass in cele-
bratiOn OF tho Months Mind for the
late Rev. Joseph L Mcguire, pastor Of
the Church Of the Holy Comforter. will
be sung at 1879 o'clock next Monday
morning. The Rev. Valentine r
SchInitt, pastor Ct st. JOseph's Church,
VIII BE- the Cel-DI ant with the Rev
Andrew J. Carey, Of the Holy Name
Church as deacon and the Rev. Hugh
Curley, Of St. Peters, as subdeacOn
a special choir from Holy Trinity
Church, Georgetown, Will furnish the
GTegorian chant for the mass
A special service will be held at 5
o'clock Monday evening at which the
euiogy of the dead priest will be deliv-
cred BY the Rev. DR.. ". J. kerby. Of
me Catholic University OF America.
The music for the evening service will
be given by the choir of Holy Cross
College, EroOkland. There will be no
cards Of admission to either service.
The Washington times., 1908-02-08
PRISONERS NAMED ALIKE
HAVE SENTENCES MIXED

had been serving 4 jail term for another
man by the same name. Both men had
been arrested about the same time, one
on a serious charge and the other for
a misdemeanor.
A similar instance almost happened
yesterday
John Smith" said the clerk
Are you John Smith2' the clerk in
CURED, as the man stepped up 10 the
bar.
Il am" replied the prisoner.
After the re ding OF the indictment.
the prisoner said that he didn't know
anything about the charges, and that
there must De a mistake. An inyesti-
CATION disc, osed the fact that another
John Smith was under arrest, and that
he was the man against whom the true
bill had been returned. Today IL was
found that there were two John Browns
IN jail When the first case was called
this morning il was found that the
wrong John Brown had pleaded to the
Indictment Of the other John Brown
After all. there is something in a name
The Washington times., 1908-02-08
TAFT LEAVES FOR WEST;
TO RETURN VIA WEST POINT

Secretary of War Taft left Washing
ton this afternoon over the PeunsylvS-
MA railroad for Kansas City. where he
will be the guest OF the Young Men'z
Republican Club Monday night at a
banquet, delivering a political address,
He viii be the principal guest at the
Lincoln Day dinner February y at
Grand Rapids, Mich.
lie will deliver the diplomas to the
graduating class at West Point Feb
ruary II The first class of 10 members
will be graduated three months ahead
OF time, because Of the large number
Of vacancies existing in the grade OF
second lieutenant