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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-29
TWO SIDES TO TAX REFORM.

There are two sides to the tax re-
form measure which will be voted up
on by the people at the coming state
election. In a sense the measure
smacks of the single tax. inasmuch as
it removes the tax from all household
effects, improvements, manufacturing
plants, livestock and other personal
property and places the burden on
land, both city lots and country
farm.
Because Of the resemblance of the
measure to the single tax principle
the Portland Oregonian has bitterly
assailed it and in answer to that pa
per's argument against the measure,
II. D. Wagnon, president of the Ore
gon Tax Reform association, supports
the proposed amendment in the fol-
lowing able manner. Mr.. Wagnon says
in a communication to the oregonian
of February 2s:
In your issue of February 25, you
had a 12OO-word editorial under the
caption. Wonderful Reform" in
which you have used up much Of your
stock of sophistry and in so doing you
have done violence to your economic
reputation, if not to your intellectual,
First you acknowledge that the
farmer pays so per cent of the taxes,
then you say: How under' the shin
ing sun will ne be better eff when
he has to pay 100 per cent?" and
How will it be when he has to pay
the whole of them?"
Do you think or will you pretend
to say that the farmer owns all the
land values in Oregon? Do you not
know that all land in both city and
country would be taxed under the
proposed amendment? Which you
surely do. Then how can you say
that the farmer will have to pay all |
the taxes? Manifestly, you are trying
to scare the farmer into voting 10 pro-
tect the land monopolst.
When you say that the farmer
would have to pay the taxes "of every
body else" what does the man think
of the intelligence of the voter who
writes such stuff? Are you not at
tempting to make the farmer think
that nothing will be taxed but farm
land? When you know that all land
will be taxed according to its value
and that most Of the land values are
in the city Of Portland.
One block Of land 200 feet square,
bounded by Washington, Alder. Third
and Fourth streets, is worth (the bare
land), sS.2OO,OOO, and that would buy
$4,000 acres Of farm land at $50 per
acre. and $4,000 acres would make
a strip Of land one mile wide and 100
miles long.
Everything that is bad carries along
with 1t the seed Of its own destruc-
ton. and likewise everything that is
false carries with it its own refuta-
ton.
For example, you say that a horse
has an unearned increment. and you
say that horse could be bought for
$50 eight years ago, and that same
horse would now sell for $3.50" This
is the limit-a 5-year-old horse eight
years ago would now be IL years old,
and a horse 13 years old would not be
worth az any time over $50. as he
would be worn out, and again, a
horse has to be fed for the eight years,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-29

EFN -'"9 9H '" y IT
IN its merits by all
druggists in ffty-cent
and one-dollar size
bottles. You may
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-29

traced 10 the Kidneys,
but now modern
science proves that
nearly all diseases
have their beginning
in the disorder of
these most important
organs.
The kidneys filter
and purify the blood
that is their work.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-29

Andrew Carnegie has written Rep
resentative Fowler a letter praisng
his proposed financial bill and de-
nouncing the Aldrich bill as a make
shift.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-29

and all his years. SO his value is al
ways fully earned by his producer or
owner.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-29
Often The Kidneys Are
Weakened by OYeT-WOrk

unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.
1t used to be considered that only
urinary and bladder troubles were to be
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-29
RESOLVE

= RESOLVE I
+ To keep my health! I
+ To do my work! I
+ To live, +
+ To see TO it I grow and gain I
4 and give, i
= Never TO look behind me for +
4 an hourl +
: To wait in weakness and to +
+ walk in power; +
Z But always fronting onward to +
= the light. +
Z Always and always facing to- +
Z wards the right. =
Z Robbed. starved, defeated. fall +
Z len. wide astray- +
3 on, with what strength have! +
{ Back to, the way! =
+ Charlotte Perkins Stetson. +
n a y. n. a. l.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-29

For the first time in the history of
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-11-24
PENNINGTON MAN DIES
AFTER OPERATION.

Farmington. This community was
shocked by the sudden death Of Isaac
Ware. which occurred Wednesday
evening, following an operation per
formed by DIR. Armantrout Of KeoiSuk
The deceased was bern in England
sevauty,fave years ago and with his
parents came to this country when
IL years Of age. locating on farm
ten miles from Pennington. Mr..
Ware spent the greater part OF his life
In this community and Is survived by
his widow ard four children. The
funeral services were held Saturday
at Sharon church conducted by Rev.
| j. e. Ball.
| ]. w. Miller apent Thursday even
Ing in Burlington.
Miss Maude Drummond OF Daven-
port, who has been visiting Miss Eula
| Dunn left Thursday evening for ut.
Madison where she Will visit friends.
| Mrs. Harper Van Hant OF Moulton
arrived Thursday evening. having been
called here by the death of her niece,
Percy Van Zant.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Goldsbury and child OF
i Abingdon, Ill.,, who have been visiting
| Mrs. Goldsbury's brother, VIII Wood
worth and family returned home on
Thursday.
, The funeral services over the re,
|, mains OF the late Mrs. George d. Scott
were held at the NJ E. church Thurs
/ day afternoon. Rev. Walter Barber oi
Bussey delivered the sermon.
4 Mrs. Jane Reeder of Bonaparte Wis
I. tied Pennington friends Thursday
, while enroute to Ft. Madison.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-11-24
22o East Second Street.


for Des Moines where Mrs. Tate will
undergo another surgical operation in
the hospital.
Mrs Jas. McEndree OF Leon. former
~ of this city, is spending q few days
with relatives and old friends here.
Mrs. D. A. Lynch and baby, Garyin,
went to Ottumwa yesterday to visit her
parents and frieuGs.
Miss Mary Mananna visited friends
in Abba yesterday.
Mrs. A. l.. Groh OF Centerville came
yesterday for a visit in Whitebreast
township with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thos. Martin.
Mrs. Earl Slater OF Ottumwa and
| brother, VIII Fair, of Sheridan, Wyo.,
| who had been visiting in this city
with Miss Dorothy Mccullough, left
yesterday for the formers home.
| Mrs. H. w Gittinger visited friends
In Russell yesterday
| Robt. Williby of ellison, Ill, is here
! for visit with his brothers, VIM. aud
George Wilhby. He resided in this
county several years ago.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-11-24
Women Filled Churches.
A Big Land Deal.

Los Angeles, Nov. 2. The extern
sive holdings of the firm Of Miller G
Lux in California and Oregon are re-
ported to have been purchased by
several wealthy German Americans,
headed by Liggett IL Myers and
Adolphus Busch Of ST. Louis. The
lands sold include $4,000 acres in Cal.
ifornia AMI 100000 acres In Oregon
There are also 10000 head of cattle
and 10000 horses. The deal includes
the virtual monopoly of the butcher
business in San Francisco, which, il
is rumored, will pass to some eastern
firm. The lands are to be colonized az
soon as possible.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-11-24
TALKS TO MEN
Sunday, With Coat and Collar OF,
Goes After Citizens in Plain
EpoIjeh


With his coat. cuffs and collar off,
Rev. w. A. Sunday went for" men
OF Ottumwa Sunday afternoon. He
didn't deliver a sermon. He wasn't
preaching from the pulpit. but just
talking straight out from the shoulder,
as man to man. Almost every class
of manhood in the city was represent
ed at the meeting. Men were packed
tight on the seats, the choir-chairs
were crowded and every inch Of stand
| ing room was taken. The railroad
men of Ottumwa were perhaps the
| largest represented body at the serv-
ice and the best section in the build
| ing was reserved for them.
| Sundays address was Chickens
Come Home To Roost,' and the text
used was Let the sinners be con,
sumed out of-the earth and let the
wicked be no more"-Psalm CIV:35.
The prevailing sin and wickedness
that exists today was described in
| words that left but one impression or
the minds of the listeners. The
evangelists one strong plea was tina
the men Of today should be better, MOI
so much for their own individual gooc
as for poster1ty. He told story after
story, proving how the sins of father:
reacted on the succeeding genera
tions, down TO the third and fourth.
"A man says 1t is nobody's business
what he does in this land of liberty,
Mr.. Sunday said heatedly. That
the most un-American principle tina
ever found lip black enough to ute
it or a heart churlish enough to In
spire 1t. It's nobody's business!
man has right to do and go just 81
far as the arm of God and decenc,
and virtue will let him and If he over
steps that power he loses the right.
There are things that will give an
town bad name; a lot of swearing
cursing men on the streets; keepin
stores open on the Sabbath and ope
licensed saloons. If you yourselve
| were the only ones to suffer, you
, Righteousness would be permissible
but when it acts on the city and you
: children and the community at larg'
| you have no right to exercise tha
| right"
4 Seventy-fve men came forwar
r when the invitation was given at til
l after-meeting.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-11-24
WESTERN APPLIES
ARE Plentiful.
GOOD ouALlTP SEEN IN lRRlGAT
ED LAND PRODUCT OTHER
FRUIT ON MARKETS.

Apples continue to be the bulwark.
of the local fruit situation, large
amount of the western variety from
the irrigated orchards in Idaho
and Washington, have been shipped
into the city and the people of ottum-
wa are munching apples from the IT.
rigated states for the first Tune.
These far west products come packed
in boxes, after the manner of oranges,
and every apple Is perfect. To sell APP
Piles by the barrel or peck is unknown
to the western states. Although the
western fruit looks very tempting anu
Is not inferior in quality, apple men
say the flavor doesn't compare with
that of the New York and Michigan
fruit.
Apples are like men. They need a
cold changeable climate to develop
their finest qualities, the rugged quail
tiles that count for most. Canada ap-
pies are better than New Workers.,
and the latter excel the western irrl-
gated fruit. No more shipments OF
the New York apples will be received
in the city this year.
Oranges Here Early.
California navel oranges this veal
are on the market early They come
from the country In northern Califor
MIA and are of good quality and moi
l brassy like most of the early crop
The only grapes left are Malagas, i'm
ported from Spain in barrels, packed
In cork. They are rather expensive
New California walnuts have begun
to arrive from the orchards near Lo
Angeles, Santa Barbara and othe
points They are of fine quality ant
the price is not exorbitant. Othe
nuts are plentiful and the sales arr
improving with the approach o
Thanksgiving Cranberries are still
high.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-11-24
NEVER TOO YOUNG
Evangelist Sunday in Saturday After
moons Sermon Says Children
Should be Christians.

A strong plea for the young people
to become Christians while they were
still tender in years and plastic of
mind in order that the habits of
Christianity could grow with them and
thus become firmly nodded into their
characters was made by Evangelist
w. A. Sunday at the meeting Satur-
day afternoon for young people of the
city.
The audience was by far the largest
afternoon crowd that has gathered at
the tabernacle any day yet except Sun
days, although hundreds of those in
attendance were school children. Mr.
Sunday took for his text, Remember
now thy Creator in the days of thy
youth, while the evil days come not,
nor the years draw nigh, when thou
shalt say, l have no pleasure In
Them From Eccelesiastes XIII. MI
Sunday said, THE time to serve God
is when you are young. It is big
mistake to wait until you are old to
become Christian. When you reach
older years, your characters are form
ed and your wills made and it is hard
to change them" He compared the
forming of a chilG's mind to the max
ing of bricks, stating that when the
clay was fresh and new that an i'm
print was easily made, but after the
brick had been burned and hardened
that it was impossible to make new
impressions on 1t.
''If you start to pray while you are
young the habit will grow with yor
until it becomes as much a part o.
vonr rnorDipo d,,tjes ac puttipp or
your clothes,'' was one of the eyange
lists remarks. "a Christian life Ii
the only useful and happy life. Yoi
never saw sinner that was reall.
happy The devil never put any ide;
into the heads Of people more foolisi
than that children were too young Il
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-11-24
BIG COLLECTION TAKEN
United Efforts of Evangelist Sunday
and Tellers Repaid by
aroe Sums

The manner in which the dollars,
halves, quarters and smaller coins
rolled in the pans of the tellers yes
terday morning had the tabernacle
sounding like the Board of Trade on
busy day. In cash and pledges over
$500 were realized. The special eff
forts of Evangelist Sunday and party,
together with the numerous tellers,
bore magnificent fruits, and as re-
suit there will be no collections taken
this week except upon Thursday even
ing. Those who made pledges were
given two weeks in which to liquidate.
The subscriptions will be accepted at
the First National bank.
The usual song service preceded
| the sermon Rev. Sunday took as
text Jeremiah 1879 "Why should st
thou be as man, as a mighty man
that cannot save. And yet Thou, 0
Lord, are in the midst OF us and we
are called by thy name" In part Mr
Sunday said:
| "And so Jeremiah said God is a
mighty man in the midst Of us, yet he
can do nothing. We are the hin
ORANGES. Our worldliness keeps God
from doing his work. The church
| won't so.
l want to tell you people Of Ottum
wa that you have the greatest oppor
4 tunity of your lives and if you lie
down now God pity you. The church
will die of dry rot and it ought to
The trouble is not with God, but will
Gods people. In Mat 3; JEHOVAH
promises to do great things, and thi,
promise given the Jews is come dowl
to us. The curses pronounced upoi
the Jews for the failure to do God
bidding will come upon us. There il
. the same God, the same men, Thu
same devil, the same old world
1t is an inspiration to us to know
what God has done and what H
: can do again. God is willing to d.
7 again what he has done.
read the Bible There are Sc,
| eral books | like to read: First, tn
/ Bible. Then the biography Of sue
men as Charles G. Finney. Peter Car
! right, the pioneer Methodist preache
: of Illinois; John G. Patton. If you wan
) book that will read like the secon
4 edition Of the Acts of the Apostles
: read the life Of John G. Patton, mi
i sionary to the New Hebrides.
e Read no wthis Apostle of Moder
: Missions prayed in time of drougl
e for water; how he was answered in
l. dream, where to dig; how patient
e he labored with the help Of the III
d tives at the work, until the roI
" broke then being forsaken by tt
superstititous natives, he and his vii
e toiled on until the we'll was f1nishe
u and an abundant flow of fresh watt
If was rained up to him out of the we
n Finney, under the blessing
3 God, went TO Utica, N. Y, and wei
is into the mills without word beir
u said. The operatives gathered arou1
" him, the spirit of God moving {
"a their hearts The mill owner can
ii in. and. though not Christia
o called all the operatives from the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-11-24

be Christians. You can trace the
downfall of nearly every man or WON
an to some defect in the home and 1t
is in the homes that the children
should receive their Christian train
ing, Any child old enough to know
the difference between right and
wrong is old enough to be a Chris,
tan"
When Mr. Sunday extended the in,
vitation for the children to come for
ward and take their stand for Christ
TIA responded. This makes total
of $50 children converted since the
opening of the meetings, in addition
to several that came forward Friday
night with the older people.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-11-24
CHARLTON.

CFiARI ON.
Charlton. Thursday evening at
the home Of the brides parents, Mr..
and Mrs. A, J. Newman in this city,
occurred the marriage of Walter n
Newman and Miss Pearl o. Newman.
both of Des Moines. The ceremony
was performed by Rev Hugh z. Moore
pastor of the First Baptist church, in
the presence of the immediate rela-
tives only. The bride was attired in a
dainty gown of white silk. They left
Friday evening for short stay in Des
Moines, after which they will go TO
Montana, where the groom has ranch
and where they expect to reside The
bride was reared In this city and Is
a beautiful and refined young lady
with many accomplishments. For the
past few years she las filled a position
in Des Moines as a stenographer. The
groom is a stranger in this city but is
spoken OF as an exemplary young
man. Many friends here will extend
hearty congratulations and good
wishes.
| On Thursday evening the ladies of
the P. E, o. society held a social meet
! ing at the home OF Miss Emily McCor-
mick, and on that occasion initiated
the B. |. LIS, (the brothersin-law).
The affair was rather unique and pro
vided much merriment. Several ladies'
attired as ghosts gave r ghost march.
Halloween decorations. with Il skull
and cross bones, gave the scene .
weird effect. Light refreshments were
served and merry time was had by
all present.
Friday evening the ladies of tbs
Clio club observed the tweuty-f1rst an
niversary Of their organization by Civ
ing a banquet at the home OF Mrs. j. G
Copeland The husbands Of the new
members were the invited guests
Tweuty-four were present and tho DC
CASTOR was one of much pleasure.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Lowe returned
yesterday from Marysville where the,
had been visiting relatives and attend
ing family reunion.
Miss Bessie Elrod went to De
Moines last evening TO spend a fey
days with friends.
F. e. Cakes left yesterday for visi
with relatives In Kansas and Oklf
homa.
C. A. Williams. who has been visi
ing Grant Clapp and family and othe
relatives, left yesterday for his HON
in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Rev. Webster Hakes is spending
few days In Des Moines.
Mr. and Mrs. c. L. Tate Of Whit
. breast township accompanied by D
Dora McAfee left Thursday evenin
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-11-24

the whole congregation arose and ap-
plauded until the last person was
seated
verse which can permanently damage
a man and eternally damn him." be-
gan Mr. Sunday. Disappointment
may worry him, grief may sadden
him, adversely may bring him hard
ships and heartaches, but the only
thing that can permanently leave It's
stamp upon a mans character and
eternally damn him in hell is sin. No
man or woman can escape from his
or her sins. Every sin you have ever
committed or ever will commit will
bring you to account and you will
have to pay for it. Nobody ever sin
ned that they didn't have to pay for
1t and you never will sin that you
won't have to pay for it. Nobody ever
sinned that wasn't a loser by it. No
body ever committed sin that ever
paid. You may have lied and made
500 by that lie, but it didn't pay
You may own a store that you would
not have now if you hadn't lied. That
don't pay You may have a farm that
you would not have had if you had
lived right That don't pay. The
most stupendous. gigantic folly that
ever entered the mind of man OF
woman is the supposition that it pays
to do wrong.
There may be those here tonight
who are planning some sin, and YOU
presence here is only that many
hours nearer the time, the hour ant
the place you will commit that sin
In fact your presence here might bt
for the purpose of eluding people ant
you are here simply for the purpose
of warding off suspicion, and you cal
scarcely walt until my message Il
over and you can creep off in thu
darkness and propagate your inquiry
That won't pay. L won't see it; thu
people here won't See it, but the ey
of the Lord runs through the cart
and there is no blackness that cal
hid your iniquities away from God"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-11-24
PROGRAM NEARS
COMPLETION
PLANS FOR THE WAPELLo couN.
TO FARMERs' INSTITUTE IN
COMMITTEES HANDS.
DATES DECEMBER 1912
Splendid Array OF Subjects Assignee
for Discussion During the Sessions
of the Annual
Meeting.

Preparations for the coming insti-
tute of the Wapello county farmers
were nearly completed at the meeting
Of the committee held in the library
of the Courier building Saturday aft
ernoon. Plans for a successful insti-
tute were laid and an effort was
started to profit by the success of last
years meeting and excel 1t il possible
by making the Wapello County Farm
ers' Institute this year the best ex-
hibit of products and symposium OF
practical agricultural ideas that has
ever been held in the county. A partial
program was drafted at the Saturday
meeting and contains list Of sub
jects pertinent to practical farming as
followed today. No effort on the part
of those interested in this work is
spared to make the institute fully
worthy of the ideals of Wapello coun-
lty's NOSE practical agriculturistS.
A meeting will be held In the Courier
/ Office Friday, November 27, to COM
plete the program for Thursday, De-
cember 10, which is to be known as
Ladies' Day. and the opening of the
annual institute. AT this, the final
meeting, there will also be perfected
the premium list and rules governing
the exhibits, as well as the other fea
lures of the institute. The institute
will be held December 10 to IL, in
elusive
The Partial Program.
The program as drafted by the com
mittee Saturday is as follows:
Thursday December 10, will be La
dies Day. Program not completed.
} Friday, December II, morning SEES
sion, 10 a. M, Improving the Corr
Crop, Arthur Williams. Discussion
by Frank Emery and W. c. Arnold.
11:15. Hog Culture'-R. G.. Hot
mann. Discussion by C. Hanna, G
Spears and G.. Robertson.
Afternoon session. lis. Annual ad
!. dress of President w. A. C. Brown
:. 1880. Practical Road Making, TIL
Highland Township Plan''-J H. Mu
:, laney. Discussion by Jacob Lowenbers
2:30. Wheat Raising, Rotation @
: Crops, Manure spreader in Connet
: ton N. o. Johnson Discussion b
John McElroy.
4 ais. Farming From Lawyer
Standpoint George F. Heindel
Saturday, December ~, mornin
session. 1000 Farm Dairying an
!, Cream Separator"-T C. McCluns
, "Silo" by Frank Mast
10: 10. Tile Drainage in Wapell
v County."-Charles Bluhm. Discussio
by Henry Dimmitt and H. Dickens.
11:15. Does 1t Pay to Raise Sheep
Il. Dudgeon. Discussion by Fran
), Gephart and Harlan Spry
$ Afternoon session. LOO. Election {
$ Officers.
e 1880. Improved Breeds of Cattle
n David Jay. Discussion by T. P. Spt
i man and g. w Arnold.
T. 200. pure Seed."-A. ]. Gardne
=, Discussion by John Spry and ]. M
$, Elroy
e. 2:30.-Anaouncemen of the award
n 800 Address by Prof. A. E. Nelsc
a of Iowa Agricultural college at Anne
e Owing to the State Farmers ms
e. tute and Germ Belt Meat Producer
at association meeting at Des Moines b
ing December and 9, it is not like
ID that many farmers from this vicini
rs will attend.