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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-22
WHY NOT CHANGE IT?

Judge Bean declared yesterday in
his charge to the grand jury that to
allow a law to become a dead letter
is to take the first step towards an
archy. But there is one law that has
always been a dead letter in oregon,
and that is the Puritanical Sunday
Closing law. This law as it reads for
bids practically everything excepting
undertaking establishments and po-
lice stations from being open on the
Sabbath. 1t is not enforced because
it is too rigid and the people don't
want it enforced.
Eut it is a bad thing to have a law
g., his kind on the statute books. 1t
furnishes a pretext for those who
would violate other laws. Every now
ard then an effort is made to have
the law enforced but always for an
ulltllOl Dul It't. Ia0AA ~ -hAb'iiiNs
Cameron of Portland, has just an
rounced that the law must be obeyed
to the letter and if his orders are car
ried out Portland people will be un-
able to buy cigars or ice cream on
Sunday. Cameron is accused of play
iur politics and of having taken his
action at the instance of the saloon
men who are required to stay closed
under a different statute.
But if the legislature would change
the Sunday closing law so as to make
it what the people of oregon really
want, there would be no further trou-
BILE on this score. The coming legis-
lature should draft a new law and
Include in its title a statement that it
is a measure to prohibit anarchy.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-22

petely wrong says William Hard, in
the October number Of Everybody's
"An that the government does under
the German system is this (and here
Is the gist of the whole compulsory in
surance idea):
THE government takes each indus
try ana each trade in the empire and
says to the people who own it:
"'You must form an accident in
surance association which will include
aG the employees in your industry and
IN your trade. And you must pay
compensation to all your injured
workmen according to a fixed scale.
We won't stop to try to divide the
blame for accidents between you and
your workmen. We will assume for
practical purposes that YOU weren't
trying to commit murder and that
they weren't trying to commit sui
eide. We will assume that accidents
ore accidents. And we viii make each
uade bear the burden OF It's own acct
dcnts, We will make each trade adj
the cost Of its burned-out eye-sockets
to the cost Of its burned-out coal
CRATES in computing the market price
OF its product. So you must form
your accident insurance association in
your industry and in your trade, and
YOU must pay your injured workmen
the compensation fixed. by law. But
that's where we stop. Everything else
rests with you. Go ahead and elect
your own officers and fix your own
details to suit yourselves. Invent your
own safety devices. Adopt your own
shop rules. Employ your own factory
inspectors. Engage your own doctors.
Build your own hospitals. Do all, or
none, of these things, as you please
Profit by your own wisdom and your
own humanity in preventing accidents
and incurring their consequences,
Lose money by your own inefficiency
and your own cruelty in letting acci-
dents happen and in neglecting injur.
ed workmen All that we insist upon
is that your trade shall carry its own
load of the wounded and the slain.
This is not bureaucracy. This is not
1t is trade responsible
ity. 1t is trade self-government"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-22
THE PLAYwmGHTs PROGRESS.

Pinero Jones he wrote a play
Twas called. | think, THE Stellar
Way"
Here horrors multiplied by threes
And held the Classic Unities
The scene was laid in ancient Tyre;
Twas filled with togas idols ire,
Where Jove and Jones contrived their
worst
CTwas shown to Julia Marlowe first)
Pinero Jones had small success
In pleasing Marlowe's pensiveness
And so he changed "The Stellar Way
Into a modern parlor play
He added English tweeds, divorce,
\ dash of romance. tea, remorse,
Put in a scene that mildly gripped-
And showed John Drew the manu-
script.
When this came back Jones wasn't
sad.
He changed the name to "Ulstcr's
Lad"
And English landlord, mortgaged
farm.
Dudeens, colloens, and "local charm" Z"
Love. romance, knockdowns, county
fairs,
Some sentimental Irish airs
And soon the drama seemed so fit
That Chauncey Olcott smiled on Il.
The thing came back, of course, and
then
Up took p. Jones his ready pen.
The blarney was revised to CUFF
OF horsy flavor. rather tough:
\ Chorus Girl of self-respect
With a little Sister to protect
So Jones arranged a new locale
And took the script to Rosa Stahl.
What need in detail to relate
The fight Of Jones with tickle fate?
At last. in brief, a music play
Came out in name "The Milk White
Way
Sans wit, sans lines, sans plot. sans
sense
The billboards had ii. Hit immense"
And Jones today, beyond the seas,
Lives like a king-on royalties.
immoral Moral that teach!
The Mortal who the stars could reach
Should daily less with Sophocles
Than modern bards who write with
ease.
The kind Of Art that cannot fail
Is art upon a sliding scale,
Which, though it miss the gods aloof,
May please the Gardens on the Roof
Wallace Irwin In Golfers. .
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-22
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"VINCET QUI Sc VINCET."

+ It IS not liberty to give loose :
i rein i
+ To each andssvery idle hours +
l. desire; :
+ To cause another endless worlds /
: of pain; +
+ True liberty is born Of some +
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-22
EASTERN OREGON MOssBACKs.

In the past 1t has been the fond
custom for those who live this side of
the Cascade mountains to consider
themselves as the hustling, up-to-date
element of the state. on the other
hand. they have regarded the people
of Willamette valley as a slow-going
moss-covered race too sleepy to keep
the grass from growing up in the
streets.
But returning home from the state
fair yesterday, DR.. 5. w Mcclure de-
clared that if there are now any
''mossbacks" in oregon they are in
the eastern part of the state. This is
a statement that sounds new and
doubtless some will resent it. But
would it not be we'll to consider it
seriously before denouncng it. The
best friends of a community, as wa.i
as Of an individual are those who ere
ready to aid in correcting a fault as
we'll as to praise a virtue. If DR.. Nc
Clure has found that eastern Oregon
is becoming backward compared
with the rest Of the state, he has done
a friendly thing in telling US about it.
Eastern oregon people should find it
out before anyone else does.
In a talk before the Comercial as
sociation several months ago, Dr. Nc
Clure who is head Of the bureau Of
animal industry in the northwest,
sounded a different key from the rest
OF the speakers. He said that eastern
Oregon in its conceit considers itself
as great stock country and he then
showed that while the country may
be great. yet the methods Of the
stockmen are such that there is now
not enough stock in eastern Oregon to
keep o packing plant going half the
time. If such a plant were estab-
lished in the northwest much Of the
raw material would have to be
brough here from the middle states.
Ohio, though much smaller in area,
has more and better sheep than Ore
gen. Perhaps this is why the doctor
regards eastern Oregon people as in
clined towards mossbackism.
The East Oregonian is proud Of this
portion Of the state and Of the people
who dwell therein. But it believes
there is much truth in the statement
made by the government man. II
Umatilla county shepmen now raise
100000 pounds of wool when by the
right methods they could raise $780,
900 pounds they are mossbacks. II
the farmers now raise a crop Of wheat
Only every other year when by proper
methods they could raise annual
crops they are slow, It matters not
now much money they may be max
ing now and how many autos they
have.
The truth Of the whole matter Is
that eastern oregon is now beyond
the pioneer, sod-breaklng stage and
new methods are in order The ques-
ticn is whether the farmers and stock
men intend 20 wait until necessity and |
the process Of evolution force them |
into these methods or will they adopt |
them AZ once?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-22
THE PORTER.

He's a blackish yellow fellow
With kinky, wOolly head.
Who can size you up, and does it,
Ere he fixes up your bed
The porter.
If you look like ready money,
He will "Yes, sah!" you to death.
And he'll ko-tow, ko-tow, ko-tow
Till he's almost out Of breath
The porter
II he thinks you're wise and Travelled
He will treat you like a king,
the meek and heavy laden
They are made to feel his sting
The porter.
But the greatest fun that's going
Is to see his face expand
AS he jumps to do the bidding
or voice from Suwanee land!
The porter.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-22
THE SCHOOL BELL.

There's the school bell! Llsten-Gee,
How | wish | was n man.
Big as teacher only She
Huh guess she never can!
But, If was grown up Ny!
You just bet I'd not be stuck
Round a schoolhouse. No. sir, I
There's the school bell. Shoot the
luck!
No stree! When I get old,
will have an office force.
And I'll earn just lots cf gold.
And be married, too, of course.
Every day I'll go to work
Like my Dad, ana some day. we'll
You'll just see, I'll never shirk-
Shoot the luck. There goes the bell!
once Dad said young man, if
Could trade places for a day"
And it ended in a sigh;
Now, what did he mean to say?
Would he like to change with me
Was it that he meant to tell?
| don't see how that can be,
Hes a-Cracky! There's the bell!
Bein' a man-Gce! Maybe it
Isn't easy like it seems.
Maybe things would not just fit
Like they do in what boys dreams.
So, guess I'll hurry down
And (now don't you ever tell)
Get that seat near Mary Brown
If it-there! | hear the bel
New York World.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-22

Have you noticed the levee since ii
was extended down to the island op-
posite the ball park? The west end
OF town need fear the river no longer
and when the flood gate is installed
at the end Of the Byers mill race.
Pendleton people can sleep in peace
when the river rises.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-22

Perhaps the fact that w. F. Mat
lcck, a Pendlet6n man, is president
Of the state fair board has something
to do with the success of the state
fair this year. All the glory should
not go to the webfooters.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-22

Zia Bey the Turkish secret service
monster who has been forced to flee
from the sultan's domain, says ne ls
coming to oregon. If wise, he will
wait until after the grand jury ad-
iourns
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-22

New electrical power plants are
now projected for every corner OF
Umatilla county. When the juice is
turned on from all Of these even the
rimrock hills will come to life.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-22
CUTE SAYINGS OF CHILDREN.

A little girls mother attended a
number Of card parties, leaving the
child at home with the nurse. On one
such occasion the child's attention
was attracted by the plalntive cries Of
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-22
Ten Good Reasons Why
You Should Stop at
" The Cornelius "
The Best in Portland.

Situated In the center of the
shopping district.
One block from the changing
street cars.
Not so expensive as some other
hotels
Sixty rooms with private bath.
Long distance and local tele-
phones In every room.
Writing desk In every room.
Carpeted throughout In the best
velvet carpets.
The rooms are furnished In solid
mahogany
Every room contains a heavy
solid Simmons hrass bed on which
is a 40 or 6O-pound hair mattress
The furnishings and general ap-
pearance OF the public rooms must
be seen to be appreciated.
THE CORNELIUS, Park and
Alder streets, Portlands newest
and most modern equipped hotel,
sollclts your patronage and assures
you good service and courteous
treatment. An exceptional hotel
for Eastern oregon families who
,ome to Portland shopping and
sightseeing
When next In Portland give US
a chance to make you look pleas
ed.
THE CORNELIUS Free Bus
meets all trains.
EUROPEAN.
N. X. CLARKE, Mgr. |
c. w. Cornelius,
Proprietor
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-22
INSURANCE IN GERMANY.

"The idea that the German associ-
atlons for insuring wOrkingmen are
managed by bueraucrats sitting IN
heavily upholstered and red-tape-en-
broidered offices in Berlin Is com
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-22

Pilot Rock citizens are to come to
the district fair by a special train.
They are wide awake people out there
on Birch creek.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-10-29
TAFTs NATURE
Says Bishop Brent is Human
and He is a Heroic
Christian.


A story illustrative OF the human
nature In William u. Taft is told BY
a friend OF the Republican nominee.
He met Mr.. Taft in Washington when
the Republican hosts we're assembled
in convention in Chicago. News had
Just been received that Bishop Brent
had declined the Episcopal bishopric
of Washington. Bishop Brent was
in the Philippines in charge of the
missionary work of his church among
the natives in that far distant pos
session of the United States.
II know Bishop Brent very WE'LL"
said Mr.. Taft. 'sHe is Christian
a heroic Christian. Feeling that he
had a mission to perform in the Phil
ippines. it didn't surprise me bit
that he declined to transfer his ac-
tivities to more congenial atmos-
phere. Bishop Brent is the kind OF
man that heroes are made of,
While he is intensely religious, he is
at the same time what ! might call
a muscular Christian. He Is a real
man. Bishop Brent is one Of a num-
Der OF American clergymen who
have been of tremendous assistance
in the work that the civil authorities
have undertaken with a viewlto the
ultimate independence OF the Fiji
pinos."
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-10-29
CONFIRMED PROOF
Residents OF Clarlssbure Csnno,
- Doubt What Has Been
Twice Proved.

In gratitude for complete relief
from aches and pains OF bad backs
from distressing Kidney Ills thous-
ands have publicaiy recommended
Doan's Kindney pills. Relief or
Clarksburgers who testified years
ago, now say their cures were pcr-
manent. This testimony doubly
proves the worth of Doan's Kidney
Pills TO Clarksburs kidney suffer-
ers:
a. ]. Smaliwood. living at ZIG W.
Pike street. Clarlsburg. w. Va, says
For two years OF and on I suffered
from q duh aching across my back.
On rising In the morning I would be
lame and sore and could sit still but
a short time. hadtp be very care
ful In STOPPING or lifting, las such
actions were rewarded with sharp
pains through the kidney region
Thinking that Deans Kidney Pills
might prove Of some value TO me, L
procured q box ut Wells & Haymak-
er's drug store. They did me great
deal Of good and l have felt much
stronger and bcttrc in every way
since using them" (From statement
gwen NOV. "a. iJVs.l
A Permanent Cure.
The above statement was confirm
ed on July S. 1907, by AFR. SMALL
wood in the following words: Since
Doan.s kidney Pills cured mo in
1909, ! have not suffered from any
symptoms Of kidney trouble. a con-
slider them fine remedy and always
VIII be glad to recommend them 10
others afflicted as was"
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
cents. Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo,
New York, Sole Agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Do na's sand
take no other.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-10-29
why COLDS arc Dangcrous

Because you have contracted orr
binary colds and recovered from them
without treatment of any kind,do not
for moment imagine that colds arc
not dangerous. Every one knows that
pneumonia and chronic catarrh have
their origin in d common cold. Com.
sumption Is not caused by a cold but
cold prepares the system for the
reception and Developments rthe
germs that would not have otherwise
acknowledgements It Is the same WITH
all infectious diseases. Diphtheria.
scarlet fever. measles ana whoopihg
cough are much more likely TO be
contracted when the child has q cold
Youwiii see from this that more rca,
danger turks in cold than In any
other Of the common ailments. The
easiest and quickest way 10 cure 4
cold Is to take Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. The many remarkable
cures effected by this preparation
have made 1t staple article 81 tradr
over large part Of the world Far
sale by all dealers. I,
-
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-10-29
FAKE NAILED
Weston Voters Calls Demo
cratic Paper Down For
Its False Report.
Editors Telegram:

Editors telegram:
Being citizen OF Weston and
naturally Wishing to see things go
before the public In their proper light
wish to correct the statement pub
lished IN the Clarksburg News under
date OF October "a. in which It states
in bold headlines ..Glasscock Colby
Greeted In Benefits Home Town"
Beg to say that his statement Is ut
terly false. On the contrary. Il was
the grandest meeting Weston has had
these many years. Farmers from all
parts of the county came to town in
road wagons, surreys, buggies and
horseback. We also had farmers
from Gilmcr and Braxtonf counties
with us who came TO hear these ad-
dresses made by our next Governor.
Mr.. w. 2. Glasscock, Stuart E. Reed
and others. The opera house will,
scat comfortably 600 people and will
say 1t was full to Overlooking. In fact
standing room was ut premium.
In regard TO the whole force OF at
PENDANTS and attaches OF the asylum
being present, beg to say that those
attendants who were off duty naturnll
~ would be present. and they would
not number fifty people.
In regard to the overflow meeting,
1t was a grand success. and I can
truthfully say It far surpassed any
meeting Of its kind in Weston for
many years. The only disturbance
created was through the efforts OF a
few of our peace-loving Democrats,
who actually hired the small boys
around the town to yell Bennett
when the speakers were addressing
the people. These are facts and can
be sustantiated Their behavior
did not serve its purpose. but instead
it aroused the indignation Of all cit
liens present. and many Democrats
expressed themselves openly that
they would not support a candidate
of such a party. and We can safely
state that 1t made or turned ever to
MI. Glasscock fifteen, or twenty DEM
ocratic votes. Every loyal citizen of
our town is today condemning the ac-
ton taken by the Democratic leaders
Monday night.
A VOTER. .
Weston, w. Va, Oct, 2S. 1908.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-10-29
SV|SHER SURE:
OF Republican Victory in the
State by a Very Big
Plurality.

West Virginia will elect Glass
cock governor by plurality of 90.
O00." said Charles Swisher, recent
candidate for tn coffee of chief
executive of that state, at the New
Willard last night. Mr.. Swisher
dropped into Washington yesterday
FOR few hours, and left last night
for his home, where he will spend the
next two weeks campaigning for the
Republican ticket.
The factional differences in the
Republican party have been buried
continued Mr.. Swisher, and the par
ty will present solid front in the
election. Mr.. Scherr will support the
ticket, state and national, as / shall,
and | have no doubt as to the out.
come. My withdrawal was inspired
by desire to help the national ticket,
4 have no aspirations for office, and
desire only TO get back to work in
private life. Mr.. scherr and 1 have
always been the best of friends, and
we shall both work for the success OF
the Republican party in West yir-
ginia.
THE laboring vote of West vir-
GINA probably will be divided, as II
always has been. but the majority OF
workingmen will vote for Taft, i am
confident. / have no doubt that Taft
will carry the state by upward of 49,
900. There has always been diff
ference between the vote for the state
and national tickets in West Virginia,
and the probability is that there will
be a difference this year. Local is
sues are responsible for this"
Mr.. Swisher said that he spent
some time in New York, and that he
believed Hughes would carry the En-.
pire State and that Taft would gel
the electoral vote beyond a doubt.
THE congressional delegation from
West Virginia will be solidly Repub.
lican." added Mr.. SwisKer. There
are one or two districts claimed by
the Democrats. but they viii be
found to be Republican when the
votes are counted. Washington
Post.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-10-29
GLASSWORKERS
Of Indiana Will Ali Vote for
Taft for the Presi-
dency.

GIassblowing is one of Indiana,s
important industries. Tho glassblow.
ers are an intelligent class OF work.
ers and they mean to act ON their
own Judgment in making a choice n
candidates. They decline to follow
Gompers into the camp of BRYAN ana
"a tariff for revenue only" because
thew know by bitter experience what
that would mean. MANY Of them
voted for Cleveland. and rot the