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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-10
PATRICK HENRY.
A Saint In Religious Matters, but Dh-
ferent In Politics.

A Saint In Religious Matters, but Dh-
ferent In Politics.
The Virginia Magazine Of History
and Biography has number Of let
ters by Roger Atkinson. Virginia
planter, who came from Cumberland,
England, about 1850 and settled near
Petersburg. To his brother-ln-law,
Samuel Pleasant Of Philadelphia, he
writes In October, 1774, concerning Vir-
ginia's recently appointed seven dele
gates to the first Philadelphia congress.
The spirit of the man Is shrewd, but
obviously not reverential:
"Ye Sd gentleman, Colo Washington,
was bred soldier-a warrior, & dis
tinguished himself in early life before
& at ye Death Of ye unfortunate but
intrepid Braddock. He Is a modest
man, but sensible & speaks little-in
action cool, like Bishop at his prayer.
"The 4th a real half Quaker, Patrick
Henry, your Brothers man-moderate
& mild & In religious matter SAINT
but We very Devil in Pollticks-a son
Of Thunder-Bo -Erges-the Patriotic
Farmer will explain this-I know 1t Is
above your Thumbs. He will shake
We Senate & Some years ago had like
to have talked Treason in ye House,
in these times a very useful man, n
notable American, very stern & steady
in his country's cause & at ye same
time such fool that l verify believe
1t w'd puzzle even king to buy him
off-hes second Shippen-oh, that he
had the handling Of some Of our Court
iers-for instance, was 1t North or
South-Scotch English or Welsh (ye
poor Irish have enough Of It in their
own country our Patrick w'd certain
ly be very uncivil-he is no Macaroni" ="
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-10
SOME REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL
Possibilities WILLIAM H. TAFT

, cation of savages he was now con-
fronted with the problems of warfare
and schemes of attack and defense;
then congress loaded onto the war de-
partment the task of building the
Panama canal. Taft assumed this
with other burdens with entire equan-
unity. When the Panamans became
restlve and fancied grievances arose
between the United States govern
ment of the Canal zone and the newly
established republic, Taft went him
self and, with infinite tact, and with
an apparently intuitive realization OF
South American character, adjusted
the differences and won the conf
dence and regard of the new allies OF
the United States.
1t would seem. that the Philippines
and the Panama canal with their
many intricate details were of them
selves enough to fully occupy the time
of one man. Yet when President
Palma's government in Cuba fell to
pieces it was Taft who was called up
on TO perform the work of reorgan-
ization. 1t was Taft who went to
Rome on the delicate mission of ad-
justing the large claims of the Roman
Catholic church for the property taken
from it in the Philippines, and he
succeeded so admirably that the au-
thorities Of Rome and the United
states, and the Fllipinos themselves
applauded his accomplishment.
Sat ON the Lid.
When the controversy arose be-
tween Bowen, the American minister
10 Venezuela, and Loomis, the assist
ant secretary of state. 1t was Taft
acting at the time as secretary of
both state and war as we'll as "sit-
ting on the lid" for the absent presi-
dent-who conducted the investlga-
tion and rendered judgment The H.
nancial rehabilitation of Santo Do
mingo was also worked out under his
supervision
With all OF these multifarious re-
sponslbilities put upon him he yet
finds time to attend to the thousand
and one details of the business of the
war department. OF course he has
| able assistants But 1t is a fact that
no important paper issues from the
war department which has not receiv-
ed the careful personal attention OF
the secretary. No matter how volu-
minous the records in the case, Taft
insists upon going through them un-
I'll satisfied that he has a thorough
understanding. With a marvellous
faculty for the quick assimilation oi
facts he reaches a decision rapidly
and it is seldom indeed that he has
TO revise a judgment. in the consid-
Grafton of court martial cases he is
| especially careful and not infrequent-
ly tempers justice with mercy.
or one thing however, he is intol-
Grant, and that is deceit. Reviewing
one day the case OF an officer con-
demned to dismissal from the army
and disposed to be lenient with him
Tor the sake of his family. Taft went
through the records. Suddenly. throw
ing them aside, he remarked: "Ah
but he lied about It," and proceeded
TO approve the court martial decree.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-10
" PROHIBITIONS BLIGHT IN uMAT|LLA

Under he caption, Prohibitions
Blight" the La Grande Observer
gives the following interesting view
of the changed conditions of affairs
in this county from an outsiders view
point:
Below are published a few itemA
picked up at random from one issue
of a Pendleton paper and shows that
the dark days prophesied for that
community by certain interests should
prohibition carry, are far from being
OF the hue they were painted before
election. Should anyone doubt their
truthfulness they are invited to write
to those whose names appear or the
mayors of the cities mentioned.
C. S. Terpenning has let the con-
tract to L. Dunlap for the erection Of
a modern dwelling to cost in the
neighborhood of s25OO, and to be To-
Gated at SIC Tustin street, Pendleton.
\ new city hall to cost $4,000 is
now in the course of construction.
a $4,000 federal building is now
a certainty.
The Pendleton Wool Securing plant
has opened with a rush, the entire
plant running night and day.
Negotiations are about completed
by the Racine Woolen mills company
for the purchase of the Pendleton
Woolen mills, which they will make
their western headquarters, expect
ing to employ 200 skilled operatives,
including a large clerical force.
E. ]. Murphy of Portland has pur-
chased several alfalfa crops, leased
much land and will install a $4,000
alfalfa meal plant at Echo.
The Henrietta FIGURING mills at
the same place are to be opened up
and run to full capacity.
In just the time 1t ook a commit
tee to call on Al bushes men, $3.50
was subscribed to aid the Pendleton
baseball team. The list was headed by
ex-Mayor w. F. Matlock, owner Of
the Hotel Pendleton building, in which
a saloon is located, who subscribed
an even 800.
Negotiations for the location of a
broom factory at Pendleton are now
under way, which heretofore was i'm
possible owing to the excessively high
rents. 1t Will create home market
for the excellent broom corn raised
in the Athena and Freewater dis
tricts.
The Pendleton Auto company has
just purchaseda carload Of autos
for Umatilla county trade.
The school board is now having |
erected a new iron fence to surround
the high school block.
The Freewater fruit cannery has
opened for the seasons run and as
soon as the crops mature will place
a full crew Of workers on duty.
The surveys being made and rights
Of way secured for electric lines from
Milton in the eastern part Of the
county and Echo and Hermitson in
the western part Of the county, with
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-10

Pendleton as the terminus, have not
been discontinued.
A few other industries, now in en-
bryo, could be cited, but the above
are sufficient for the purposes of
this article.
But this is not all.
Immediately after the result of the
election became known a party of
Pendleton's leading business men,
started on a tour of the county to
solicit funds for the advertising of
the entire county. and at every stop
were enthusiastically greeted and the
first town or city is yet 10 be heard
from which will not subscribe to the
fund for a greater Umatilla.
That the indomitable "Pendleton
spirit" which has characterized the
forward march of that city and made
the name Pendleton Synonymous with
all that goes to make a bustling city,
is again manifesting itself in this
crisis-if such it can be called-the
same as its progressive business men
have met all other crises in the asst,
shows the calibre Of its people and a
display of fortitude equalled in very
few other places having the limited
resources Immediately surrounding
the city and the keen competition with
other cities, as Pendleton has with
Walla Walla. to hold her prestige as
a distributing point.
That her people believe-and the
people of the entire county, for that
matter-that, in the words of anoth-
er, they must chang together or hang
is manifest, and that they
do not intend to hang separtely is
foregone conclusion.
A better exemplification of the
spirit Of the Golden West" and Of
the progress as exhibited by Pendle-
ton is foreign to greater portion Of
the communities of the northwest.
You simply can't make her lay down.
Whether this spirit is worthy Of
emulation or not each reader can de-
eide for himself.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-10
Hntcl 81. Gcnrec.

f. a. Dapper, lone; O. r. Ball,
Portland; a. II. Moore. Echo; II.
Markawetz, Spokane; f. p. Jamison,
c. NJ. Davis. f. Waldman, w. ].
Haithfind, Portland. Il. Wapmer, Sc
attic; ]. C. Clemens Burns; Will
Jameson, Weston; w. L. Lyman, Sc
attic; Grow Arvill Milwaukee; James
O'Connor, Lena Edwards, w. r. Sher-
ry, James Peters, Portland; VIM FL
lery, Boston, $. i. Frankonstein. Bos-
ton; Mrs. II. r. Driscoll. Eastern,
Wash; r. L. Newell and wife, Seattle,
Wash; A. Herman, Chicago; j. Her
man New York; j. +. Shelton. Echo;
r. b. Wade, Kansas City; Edward
Culp, Bill Reddig Portland r.. r.
Wood, Echo; Franklin Taylor, Port
land; C. d. Emalisor, Omaha; Il. ID.
Palmer. Heppner; c. NJ. Pummell,
ir.. W. r. Gill, Portland; o. f. Fell
tng II. c. Angel, Chicago; c. N.
Smitt, Walla Walla; A. w. Lundell,
lone.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-10
The Swine and The Flower

Oh mel l saw huge and loathsome sty,
Wherein a drove of wallowing swine
were barred,
Whose banquet shocked the nostril and
the eye;
Then spoke voice, "Behold the source
of lardl"
/ fled, and saw a field that seemed at first
One glistening mass of roses pure and
white,
With dewy buds mid dark green foliage
nursed;
And, as l fingered DER the lovely sight,
The summer breeze, that cooled that
Southern scene,
Whispered, - Behold the source OF
COTTOLENEp
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-10
State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas cOun.

State Of Ohio, City Of Toledo Lucas Coun
ty, ss.
Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that he Is
senior partner OF the firm Of F. ]. Che.
ney & Co, doing business in the City OF
Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and
that said firm will pay the sum Of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by
the use OF Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK ]. CHENEY,
Sworn to before me and subscribed In my
presence, this 9th day Of December, A. D.,
1886.
(Seal.) A. W. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
and acts directly on the blood and mu-
cous surfaces Of the system. Send for tes'
timOnias free.
r. ]. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constlpa
tion.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-10
Frank and Unreserved.


No man in public life is more frank
and unreserved in his intercourse
with newspaper men than Taft. He
goes on the theory that the public
has a right to know about the ad-
minstration of the war department,
and he takes the correspondents into
his confidence but he reserves the
right to decide when the proper time
has arrived for publication of the
facts. He plays no favorites but
when Taft says "no" there is a final
ity about it which is generally accept
ed. on one occasion, however, a
correspondent persisted i'm asking lead
ing questions on a subject upon which
the secretary had said he could not
speak. Taft's face lost its smile the
kindly gray eyes developed a steely
glitter and suddenly the storm broke.
He declared that he was not to be
"bullyragged" into answering ques-
tions that he did not want to answer
and gave the unhappy newspaper
man such a raking down before all
Of his colleagues, as he had probably
never had before. It was such a sur
prise coming from Taft that for
few. moments no one uttered a word.
Then, just as suddenly, the storm
cleared. Jumping up, Taft put his
arm around the shoulder of the cor
respondent and in the most affection
ate manner apologized frankly for his
outburst of temper
Taft is a hard but cheerful worker.
He gets up early and does a lot of
work at his home before going to the
department at $3.50 or 10 o'clock. He
usually finds his desk there piled up
with papers awaiting his attention,
and he keeps three stenographers busy
all day disposing Of them. He seldom
leaves until o'clock and frequently
works late into the night.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-10

An unknown and evidently insane
man attempted to murder an aged
couple, Mr., and Mrs. Theodore
Pfugmacher, near Tacoma, Saturday
night. A tight coil Of hair on the
woman's head stopped the force Of
the bullet intended for her and saved
her from instant death. The two
shots fired at her husband went wild.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-10

Elmer Alqulmist, aged IA, acct
dentally shot himself through the lung
with 20 calibre rifle a few days ago
and died within few hours without
being able to tell how the accident
CURED. His home was at Ontario.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-10
FLOATING IN THE AIR.
The Impression on Ascending In g
Free Balloon.

Free Balloon.
One Of the first questions which am
usually asked by persons seeking In.
formation about balloons Is, what Is
the sensation of going up in balloonT
writes Captain c. Def. Chandler U.
S. \. will anticipate this same In.
qulry Of the readers Of this article and
state for their Information that In a
free balloon have not noticed any pc.
cular physical sensation which can be
described 1t would be Ike trying to
describe standing still rs a sensation.
The Impression on ascending In a free
balloon is more an optical illusion. The
ascent Is so slow and gentle that Il
cannot be felt, and one has the impress
sion that the balloon Is motlomless and
the earth gradually dropping away. All
the noises and shouts Of the people be-
come fainter and die out. As the alti-
tude increases hills and valleys are not
apparent, and the earth seems fiat, Ike
Il beautiful colored map, showing cul
tivated fields, forests, etc
The greater part Of the time a bal.
loon is moving either up or down, but
the motion is not apparent, and 1t re-
qulres Il statoscope TO indicate whether
the balloon Is ascending or descending,
If considerable change of altitude is
made in short time, the difference in
air pressure may be felt on the ear
drums. In descending even quite rap
Idly have never had any sensation Of
falling.-Journal OF Military Service.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-10

Washington, June 10.-President
Roosevelt has said that II it would
help matters at all, he would cheer
fully walk on his hands and knees
from the White House to the capitol
to see William Howard Taft inaugur-
ated president of the United States.
Senator, who would like to prevent
the consummation of that event, has
declared that no one could meet Taft
and not love him as a man.
There must be something wonder
fully pleasing in a mans personality
such diverse sources.
And there is. Genial whole-souled
happy, hearty big "Bilr' Taft. as he
is known to his intimates, attracts
men TO him as irresitibly as the mag
net does the steel.
One Of the biggest men in the
country. physically, Taft is six feet
tall and weighs 2SO pounds. His
shoulders are so broad and his frame
so big that he carries his weight
without giving the appearance Of a
fat man in the ordinary sense.
Bubbling Over With Humor.
Bubbling over with good nature,
with laughter ever ready to his lips
Taft is, nevertheless, the personfca-
tion of dignity and firmness. Con-
vinced of the wisdom and justice Of
certain line of action, no one, not
even President Roosevelt himself, is
more aggressive and courageous in
pursuit of his object.
Taft is his own master. No great
er mistake could be made than to
assume that if elected president, he
would be under the domination Of
any man. In the mapping out of the
great policies Of the Roosevelt ad-
ministration no one has been more
| freely consulted than Taft. and no
one has been more free to criticise the
| president when criticism seemed just
Roosevelt is not a lawyer. Taft is.
| Sympathizing heartily with the presi-
dents purposes Taft has used his le-
gal training to shape Roosevelts ideas
into practical form. The abilities Of
the one have complmented those Of
the other, with the result that a
great work has been accomplished
for the people.
Temperamentally they are almost
opposltes 1t would be difficult to
conceive Of Taft forming classes of
liars" ''malefactors of great
wealth." or mature. fakirs." He has
not the phrase-making capacity Of
Roosevelt but he can be none the less
vigorous in denuuciation of wrong.
He does not believe that epithets are
necessary to make speech strong and
/ incisive. Where Roosevelt is impetu-
Gus and sometimes has to change
front with great suddenness. Tafts
legal training makes him deliberate,
judicial and once convinced, un-
yielding.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-10

Ii AOONh In cUbrhNSh
and undecided as to where to send
your vehicle for repair. allow US to
suggest that this shop offers induce
ments for good work promptly done,
and that little money settles the bill
for. Carriage repairing. Get your
buggy painted for spring. We have
an expert painter who will do good
work reasonably Old rigs made a.
good as new.
See us for Gasoline Engines. Hacks,
Wlnona Wagons and Buggies.
NEACLE BROS.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-10

The saloomen OF Medford have fill
ed an injunction suit to restrain the
courts from prohibiting the sale OF
liquor in that city, At the recent
election, one Medford precinct went
wet and the other dry.
Arizona republican., 1908-01-22

agreement with western interests upon a measure. Already the country has so f"- recovered from the financial pinch caused by the rigid financial sys- tenn of bond-secured-c currency that even bankers are losing sight of the damages which that system recently caused. The faults in the present sys- tenn are illustrated by the case of the National Bank of Commerce of Kan sas City, which on October 18th was the largest bank in the western cities with S37.000,000 on deposit When the Wall Street smashes startled the coun- try the deposits of this bank were re- duced $2O,000,000 in sixty days. Then the comptroller's call for a statement, with the result that a receiver was asked for as the best means to pre- vent run, $7,00O,O0O in cash and s1O,- 100000 in good securities ,being turned over to the receiver. The bank and its depositors were needlessly hurt The proposals of Alexander H. RevelI of this city for the insurance of bank deposits by the government and that of Arthur E. Stillwell of Kansas City for central bank of issue were inter- esting and significant of the principal plans which will be urged upon the present congress.
Arizona republican., 1908-01-22

The severity of the losses of foreign demand for canned meats is shown by the government totals of exports, which in 1903 were S6,S50,079. as against s3,43i.75i In 1906 and 1888, ,5S6 in 1907 However the exports of fresh beef in 1907 were $26,151,96s as against S23,- 246,762 in 1905. and the exports of hams in 1907 totaled S23.529.33 as against S2l. .35S.567. It was in the exports of fresh and pickled pork that the biggest gains in the foreign sales are shown these Icing $l6.229,7SS for 1907 as against s9,S37, ,029 for 1904. There was decline in the total of exports of meats. dairy products and food ani- mals from sz24.542, 1884 in 1906 to s20S,- fl5.946, loss of S16,12643S. On the other band the exports of flour in- creased, thC total for 1906 being s5S.- 1j0,2j1 az compared with S64.642, 1923 for 1901, sl...wlrS that the purchasing tower of foreign nations was not less in 1907 than in 1906. The total ex- ports show the same thing-S967 ,33S.- 947 for1907 as compared with-S729. .341,- 151 for 1904. It was the farmer who has scored the big increase in exports. the total of breadstuffs for 1904 being only S9231l,S12 as compared with the grand total of 1907 of s2O4 459,443.
Arizona republican., 1908-01-22

The restoration of colonists' rates to
 western states brought to light the ex- pectation that this year will see a big colonists' movement to the western states, as the railroads experience has been that following a financial storm there is always an increase in the numbers of people seeking new homes and land. The fact that payrolls have
 been cut this winter throughout the United States is likely to have the ef- feet of starting thousands of families out to find the independence of farm and ranch life. During the year 1903 the total number of colonists who passed through the southwestern. western and northwestern gateways of Fl Paso, Odgen and Portland was 93,547, in 1906 9,494 and in 1907 65.20l It was found that without colonist rates the railroads could not hope to complete for a share of the immi- grafton, that otherwise it would large ly go to western Canada. According to consular reports the new farm buildings erected last year in the one province of Manitoba had a total value of sl,133.S25. The total crop of that province was reported at 99102.679 bushels of grain, of which more than half was wheat, facts which go to show how large a number of new sett- lers from the United States have pour ed into that province and provinces further west, through which the Cana dian Pacific and the Grand Trunk Pa ciiic are building new lines, which will furnish transportation to regions which are of virgin richness but here tofore too remote from rails to per- init of settlement.
Arizona republican., 1908-01-22
SHORT SIGHTED POLICY
 OF THE LAKE CARRIERS
Their Opposition to the Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterway Project.

Chicago, Jan. IS. Special cOrrespon- dence of The Republican).-The an nouncement that the Lake Carriers association would oppose the Lakes to-the-Gulf deep waterway project was Tn itself explanation of the confer ence held in Chicago last week by the principal advocates of the deep water
 way, during which David R. Francis of St Louis said: "I understand we have certain interests here which op- pose the deep waterway. That is, to say the least a>shOrt- sighted policy. The completion of a deep waterway rom the gulf will benefit all lines of industry and will do more to regulate freight rates than all the legislation you can devise. Canada is improving her waterways and already shipping is beginning to be diverted from the ports of the United States to those of Canada This will continue and our supremacy shall have been forfeited unless congress can be made to see the necessity Of an appropriation for deep ening the Mississippi river so that ship5 may pass from the great lakes tn China of the ports of Europe without shifting cargo" In explaining the opposition by the Lake Carriers, Coun- sel Harvey D. Boulder of Cleveland said. We have not the slightest ob- Jection 10 the diversion into the canal of all water necessary for sanitary purposes. But when it comes to water for a twenty-four foot channel that is another matter It is believed that this opposition is tactical, as the deep waterway would not lower the lake level more than two feet and this can be offset by retaining projects which will be necessary anyway in the fur ther development of the lake shipping. Lyman F.. Cooley, who has been member of commissions to consider the water level Of the lakes, is authority for the statement that the objection raised by the Lake Carriers associa- tion can be overcome. In the present situation a union of interests will prove the solution of the lake and riv- CT problems. The St. Lawrence has been found an impractical outlet for shipping because Of the fogs which prevail and which already have caused the abandonment of more than one St. Lawrence-Liverpool line of boats.