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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-01

Shorty Foster was arrested at Spirit
Lake Sunday on the charge Of passing
forged checks and has been taken to
Rathdrum to await trial. It is claim
ed he passed checks to the amount OF
800 to which the name OF George e.
Durkee. a contractor, was signed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-01

pole and while all It's companions
are tall and straight and beautiful,
/. stands in the forest a conspicu-
Gus deformity, ugly, inharmonious
and repulsive.
Now for another thought. The early
boy form the habits and character
Of the man. and the reason there are
so many crooked" incorporate, un-
successful men is that as boys they
were bent by some improper influ-
ence.
The innocent poker games Of the
cigar stores develop a mania for
gambling. The influence OF the
mania is to make a crooked" man.
1t is to put an ugly crook in the char
acter and mind of the boy which will
90 through life with the man.
The habit Of drinking the alleged
near beer" at the bar of q former
saloon develops the mania for
booze" and the boy who follows the
habit develops into the man with a
"crook" in his character.
And so Oh down the line of bad hab-
its. 1t may sem to be sporty TO fol'
low the paths of vice. for time. but
ere YOU are aware you are crooked
man. with mind and conscience and
character bedimmed. by the bad hab-
its of youth.
While all your fellows are tower
ing above you in vigor, manliness and
intelligence, you stand among them
with a conspicuous crook in youl
make-up-and all of the doctors and
preachers and moralists on top oi
the earth can not restore you to you
natural, beautiful, normal self aftel
you have once developed had habl
crook"
A Squaw's Friendship.
A most touching and beautiful in
cident of the Blue mountains has JUS
come to my notice. and am goinl
to give ii to the readers 0f the Eas
Oregonian.
Five years ago a party of Umatil
Ia Indians, principally squaws AM
pappooses, was fishing and pickin
berries in the vicinity Of Meacham
when one of the pappoeses beoam
, critically Ill. All OF the Indian RENE
dies were tried in vain. and the In
dian woman began to wall and weaI
expecting the child to die.
One afternoon an old white lady,
aged widow, who lived with a so
near where the Indians were camp
ed, CHANGED to pass the camp an
saw that the child was burning u
with fever and deathiy sick. Sh
! bundled it up and took 1t TO he
home, accompanied by the grie
stricken mother, who corld not apea
. English, and after a few days OF carr
- full nursing by the patient white W.
man the child recovered.
The Indian mother took her chi
and joined the party and the goo
Samaritan Of the mountain, the viii
woman, felt proud that she had save
a life and performed an act of kim
Illness.
The incident was forgotten by Il
white woman. until the follOwil
year, in huckleberry season, one dS
q an Indian woman with a pappoose
:, front of her on her horse, rode up
the door OF the cabin, ana after di
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-01
CEMETERY
RESERVOIR.

Work Of Laying Plant Begins Soon
Plant Will BE Completed In Sep
'teniber.
The work of excavating for the
reservoir for the Olney cemetery
Contractor w. A. Fernell has had a
force or men engaged there for some
time past, and the work will be fin
ished as soon as possible.
The pipe for the main laterals
through the burial grounds Is now
here and WIFI be hauled to the cem-
etery within a few days. The con-
tractor has asked to have the cem-
etery staked off so that he can COM
mence the work Of laying the pipe
in the near future.
Under the terms of the contract
with Mr.. Fernell the cemetery water
ing plant is to be completed in Sep
tember.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-01
Law Offices CIoae Early.

Pendleton attorneys have signed an
agreement to close their offices at I
O'Clock during the month of August.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-19
Crater. or Honest Man !

Not every frenzied hnancier in this
land wears a silk hat and side whiskeTs;
not every Napoleon Of monetary opera
tions has his headquarters in little. old
New York
From the Portland OregOnian We clip
the following interesting news item:
As be vas the only mzn with young children IN
district Of Lane County. Org. John Larkin
formed school committee q which be elected
Chairman and his wife cluk. sirs- Larkin was
installed as TEACHER By the chairman. and the i've
little Larsins now 20 10 school TO their mother
who IS reraunersted b. the State"
Now. is this man CRATER, OF not:
He found himself confronted by a rather
peculiar condition HIS children were. It
appears. entitled to an education. TO a
certain extent. at least. at the hands OF
the state. The only way he could col
lect what was coming 10 him was in the
manner he did True. his vile mishi
have performed the services for her
children that she is now undertaking. and
without pay-doubtless would have done
50. gladly. rather than have them fai
10 obtain an education. But II the
State has the money in its strong box
and IS willing to pay some one. why
should Il not be Mrs. Larkin as well as
Mrs Anybodyelse. especially as there
was no Mrs. Anybodyelse 10 collect It
anyhow?
I We admit this presents a rather IN
usual problem. Ethically. there is, un
1 doubtedIy. something awry IN the sit
uation as it exists at the present writing
Practically. however. we cannot witt
certainty fathorn the trouble We ar
not informed whether the good lady col
lects schOolroom rent, funds for heating
maintenance. and so on. at proper inter
! vals and on correct OCCASIONS II she does
; however. we are not prepared 20 say shf
has no legal right to-and. IN the philoso
ply OF frenzied hnanciering. anything tha
IS ever 50 remotely legal IS honest an
justifabIe-
We shall not attempt 10 settle the point!
in controversy here. We merely outIin
the status Of affairs, and let II 90 a
that Such peculiar situations are, ad
mittedly. few and far between Per
haps It isn't always worth while 20 delv
too deeply into troubled waters. anyway
Fossils have been unearthed on th
Columbia campus" says the WaterbuT
Comm American That's nothing
number OF colleges have them IN thei
faculties.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-19

support OF any notable Democratic daily
newspapers. though many minor journals
are strongly for him.
II is evident. then. that the Democratic
managers viii have to do the best they
can with the much-Iessened newspaper
support. In view OF the facts in this
regard. one can readily understand the
anxiety Of the Democrats for a campaign
fund adequate to supply Democratic liter
ature enough to reach a majority OF the
voters. More reliance. too. wiz have to
be placed upon the Democratic speakers,
who must try BY this means to elucidate
the issues
The Washington herald., 1908-07-19
The Press and Brysn.

II is early enough IN the campaign
fairly to see Just about what measure Of
support Mr.. ". J Bryan may expect from
the public press. From the declarations
already made. It would seem that he is
doomed 10 fight this campaign with less
daily newspaper support than he had
back OF him In 1885 or in 1907. and con-
siderably less than Alton B. Parker was
able TO command four years ago. In New
York City itself the Democratic ticket
may hope for no enthusiastic support.
except from the Staats-Zeitung. The In
dependent press in New York is evidently
inclined to treat him fairly, even gen
erousiy. and the Hearst papers are viz
Orous against him. In Philadelphia the
opposition is pretty well united against
Mr. Bryan. although for this campaign
he has made one convert. the Record. a
Journal OF considerable influence.
In New York State there are several
strong Democratic newspapers that are
for Bryan-the Buffalo Times. the Roch-
ester Union. the Syracuse Telegram. the
Troy Press, the Albany Argus, and the
Utica Observer-but each OF these is op-
posed by one OF more newspapers Of
about equal strength In Indiana Mr..
Bryan may not hope for much support
from the newspapers In the capital. In
dianapolis, there Is no Democratic paper
since the Sentinel failed under Thomas
Taggart, but the Indianapolis News. an
independent Journal Of vast power and
influence. which usually has strong Re
publican leanings. and which is owned by
a near relative OF Vice President Fair
banks. Is much kinder and juster TO Mr..
Bryan than it has ever been in previous
campaigns.
In Ohio the Cincinnati Enquirer seems
10 be for Bryan. in spite OF the fact tha,
the owner OF this journal Is supporting
Mr.. Taft with his other newspaper. The
Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Columbus
Press-Post are also for Bryan.
In many OF the debatsbIe States. Ike
Illinois. Minnesota Nebraska. West vir-
ginis, New Jersey. the Dakotas. and ths
far Western States Mr.. Bryan lacks -ths
The Washington herald., 1908-07-19
1T DOESN'T COST MONEY.

II ooeSn Z cost money. as many E1rpoSe
To have sood tine On the earth;
The best Of IT'S pleasures are &ee unto those
Who know how to Falus thsr worth
The sweetest Of music the birds to Us sing
The luTelies1 flowers E7Uu Wild
The finest Of drinks gusles out of tbs sp-fnr-
Al free TO nan. woman. and child
No money can purchase artist csu pssnt
Such pictures nature supplies
For eTeT. all over. TO sinner and saint
Who use 70 advantage their eyes
Kind words and glad looks snd smiles eaee-z ant
brave
Cost nothfnE-ro. nothing AZ al:
And yst all the wealth Monte Carlo could sars
Can make no such pleasrs befaH-
To bssk in the s1nshine. To breathe the pure air.
Honest toil. the enjoyment q health,
Sweet slumber TefreshiaS-thess pleasures We share
Without any portion q wealth.
Communion With friends that are tried. true an,
strong
To love and Be loved for loves saks
In fact al that makes life hspSy and long
Are free 70 whoever VII take
-McCaus 1lsgszina.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-19
LEWIS WHISPERS.
He Considers Them Sort of
Memorial.


From the Cincinnati TimesStar
Any time you go 70 a convention you'll
find J. Ham Lewis there Also the para
graphers Immediately begin to talk about
his pink Whiskers. which is an injustice
They are not pink. but a delicate shade
q tan, which blends nicely with the other
tints q his apparel. 7 have vowed a
vow not 10 cut my whiskers." said Mr..
Lewis. when interrogsted- You know, at
one time IN my life / was a longshore-
man in san Francisco I was a meek
longshoreman. long suffering and kind.
and 70 the cruel words OF my boss had
nothing 10 reply. He did not Ike the
way I shoveied coal, and he said 50. But
I did not make any reply which might
by any possibility irritate him for he was
larger and Of a more feroci0us disposition
than myself. But one time. BY reason OF
circumstances over which I had no con-
troll. I omitted for several weeks 10 have
my whiskers cut. one day the boss re-
monstrated with me on this very bitterly.
I had not replied TO his statements con-
cerning my work. with which n fact. ]
was more or less IN sympathy But my
whiskers were my own, and felt he had
no right 10 animadvert upon them So ]
whipped him. And II was from that cir
cumstance that I really date my rise in
condition. and therefore I have preserved
my whiskers- I consider them q sort OF
a memorial"
The Washington herald., 1908-07-19
A Momentous Naval COufsb.

The appearance Of President Roosevelt
at an unusual conference to be held on
Wednesday al the Naval War College at
Newport. invites much animated specula-
ton among naval officers as TO the object.
II It does not suggest some question as
to the result OF such an incident. The
officers OF the navy who have been sum
moned TO meet M Roosevelt on that oc-
casiOn. some Of whom have already at
tended the preliminary sessions. include
representatives OF the seagoing branch
Of the navy. with officers who are re-
garded as experts in the work Of design,
construction, and equipment OF ships OF
war It is vaguely made known. or per
haps merely guessed. that the President
desires TO communicate at first hand. IN
der auspices conducive to secrecy, his
ideas concerning the future types OF wal
vessels and the design Of such machinery
Of war.
There Is some expectation that Mr
Roosevelt will vouchsafe something origi
nal, II not startling. as is his habit OF
matters both military and naval Ther,
Is even a possibility that he will take
this means OF forcing upon the navy q
board Of design" TO take the place OF
the present board on construction. .'
composed OF chiefs Of technical bureaus
with such distinguished conservative Of
hcer as Rear AemiraI G. A. Converse a
its head II any such substitution is at
tempted It viii create row in Congres.
which viii do the service no good II Ii,
conference is simply to bring together OF
fcers who should know each other.
views, and who should have the benefit o.
an interchange OF technical opinions. tn
conference viii have a beneficial effect
It Is only natural, however. that any spe
eisl manifestation Of personal interest f.
service subject by Nj Roosevelt shouIt
be regarded with lively appreciation. no
TO say apprehension There is always tn
suggestion Of violence in the announce
ment OF Mr.. Roosevelt's appearance OF
the scene.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-19
POLITICAL ACUMEN.
Displayed in the Nomination of Mr..
Kern, of Indiana.

Kern, of Indiana.
From the Des Mcines NewS
In naming Mr- Kern, OF Indiana, as a
running mate for Bryan. the Democratic
convention showed political acumen- The
Fairbanks contingent Is very sore over
the action OF the road-roller which fat
tened out so many contesting delegations
The fact that 50 many adherents Of that
wing OF the Republican party were on
hand in Denver and taking an active in
terest in the nominations is significant
For many years the HoOsier State was
uncertain. coy, and hard to please" She
seemed TO show resentment whenever one
OF her favorite sons was turned down in
convention and a willingness 10 fi0p in
case the other party would take ad-
vantage OF her pique- In 1876, when
oliver P. Morton did not get the nOmina-
ton. Indiana bolted 70 the support OF
Tilden and Hendricks In 1SSO she gave
Garfield a plurality Of 700 over Hancock.
In IsS4 she bolted Blaine and supported
Cleveland and Hendricks II 1885 she gave
her faV0rire son. Harrison. a plurality OF
only 2000. and four years later deserted
him and returned TO Mr.. Cleveland with
a plurality Of 1000. Under the existing
circumstances Il would not be a difficul;
matter for the disafected Fairbanks fol-
lowing, aided by a Vice Presidential can
didate OF their own suggestion, to make
l Indiana very coQuettish again
The Washington herald., 1908-07-19
LEASING OF CoNv1crs.
1t Teaches states to Regard Crime
as IN Asset.

as IN Asset
Fran the New YORK Post.
DR.. John z White, OF Atlanta, is the
latest Southerner to tell the truth about
the vicious leasing OF convicts. The
present system. he said in a recent ser
mon, IS not so bad as that which ex-
isted from 1855 to 1893. when couvicts
were sold ''as one would sell cattle not
only by the state. but by purchaser
after purchaser. But II this has been
ended forever. its evil spirit. as Mr..
White points out. is inherent in the ex-
isting methods. From 1855 to 1899 the
State got $50 a head q year for its
convicts- Now 1t gets Sl3s. but the
lessee retails them as high as $50 a
year. a percentage OF profit that would
make Shylock sweat with shame" As
a result Of the better bargaining, the
State makes 10000 a year profit cut
OF its convicts. and this revenue is the
greatest obstacle TO a reform People
do not want the State to lose that in
come. Here. truly. says Mr. White. is
real evil Of this policy-"the State has
been trained to regard the convict as an
asset, not as a liability. as a good for
tune rather than a burden; crime has
been constituted a necessary source OF
revenue" The increase Of lawbreakers.
he adds. II regretted to-day. Is ignored
tomorrow when the dollars come rolling
IN He might have cited cases. too. we
believe. where men are deliberately hur-
risd OF 20 the chain gang when the con-
tractors are hungry for labor. At least
that Is the tendency wherever this sys-
/ ten prevails
The Washington herald., 1908-07-19
Civil Service Abroad.

An interesting document is the report
OF the Philippine civil service for the
fiscal year, although it strikes a some
what disoouraging note, for We find that
there has been a great Withdrawal OF
good men from the service-engineers.
surveyors. physicians. end so on-whose
loss. says Mr. William S. Washburn. O.
rector OF the civil service. is irreDara6le-
He says. Good men were evidently dis
couraged. and apparently lost hope that
the Philippine public service promised a
career that would justify their remain
Ing in IL
Mr.. Washburn very wisely devotes
much space in his report TO a discussion
Of methods that may make the service
attractive to the best men, And it would
seem that his recommendations have a
businesslike ring about them He holds
that in the Philippine civil service there
must be a guarantee OF tenure OF office
for good men; he believes there should
be promotion by merit alone where va
eancies are to be flied; he thinks that
the unfit should be ruthl~ssly eliminated
The suggestion has been made that our
civil servants abroad should receive pen
sions- Other nations pension their CO
lonial servants. but Mr.. Washburn IS
in doubt whether the tine has come to
establish such system in our colonial
possessions. He says that a pension sys
TEN IS not necessary 10 induce high-grade
/ Filipinos to remain in the public service,
and this IS a good bolster for his con-
tenuon that competent Filipinos should
/ invariably be preferred for the Philippine
/ civil service over Americans. During the
past year there were 3.07S Filipinos who
took examinations in English for the
service. and OF these only Ss1. or p Per
I cent. passed. Yet the relative number
Of Fnipinos employed increases yearly.
T for in 1903 the service was made UP OF
{ Americans and Fflipinos in about equal
numbers, while on January !. 1907, there
we're ISIS Americans and 3s02 Fnipinos.
and since that period the ratio OF Fiji
pinos has increased somewhat
Il is found that the Filipinos are sd-
nirably suited TO the routine work OF the
civil service. and that in the lower grades
they are replacing Americans whenever
vacancies occur. Mr.. Wsshburn says that
under careful training they soon develop
into excellent clerks and typewriters. and
a hopeful proportion Of them soon fl
themselves for superior work
In view Of these facts. one cannot re-
gret altogether the loss Of the Americans
from the Philippine civil service So Ions
as the merit system is In operation-anc
II is 10 be more rigidly adhered 20 II
the future-the best solution Of the whole
Philippine problem seems to lie IN teach
ing the FIlipinos 10 take care OF them.
selves The report Of Mr. washburr
shows that. in spite Of the croskers. ".
have made great strides in this direction
and we are happy 20 believe that tht
good work IS going on.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-19
The way of DIa1.
From the Pi-tsburz Pos.

From the Pittsturg Post
Mexico IS interesting 10 US because
there are many evidences that the Re
publican party, having abundant wiling
ness, only lacks the courage 10 Try 10
Mexicanize this country. The reluctance
OF Congress to grant any sort OF salts
faction 10 Porto Ricauz and Filipinos
seeking seif-government, the calm as
sumption by the Republican colonial ad-
miRistratOrs that we know what IS best
and viii do Il for them. the brushing
aside by the leaders OF the majority
party Of popular demands, as was done
by their latest Congress and their con-
vention, saying these things are not ex-
pedient. and. above al. the propeusizies
OF Roosevelt, point cOnclusively 10 the
way Diaz has taken with the people of
our southern neighbor
The Washington herald., 1908-07-19
WaEes and strikes.

Frcn ths Topeka Journal
8Ir. Ripley. the distinguished president
Of the Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe
Railway Company. declares that It viii
be impossible for the railroads 10 cut
the wages Of their employees without
bringing on disastrous strikes. and that
this is not 10 be thought Of under pres
ent conditions Mr.. Ripley is undoubted-
" correct in these conclusions. But
there are more ways than one Of Te-
ducing an employees wages without cut
ting the per diem scale he is paid under
union and other agreements This can
be testified 10 by the Santa Fe shop
men and the shOprlen. as well as other
classes OF employees, OF other railroads,
who have had their pay reduced to
fran figures during the past two or three
months by layoffs for longer OF shorter
periods
The Washington herald., 1908-07-19
STORY OF BRYAN.
The Vulgar HumOrfst Failed to
Make a Hit.

rr1n the Birmingham Press
Last winter. when William Jennings
Bryan vas here he attended an informal
reception. for men only He had told a
number Of clean. witty stories. when sud
denly man, a stranger. edged through
the crowd and began to joke with 8ir
Bryan Nothing was thought Of this, as
It was a game of conversational give and
take Suddenly from the lips OF the
stranger there fell single coarse remark
The Commoner's jaw set Ike a steel
trap. and his eyes snapped The stranger
was quickly hustled out Of the room
He was a stranger. Mr- Bryan said
one present. and had no business here.
We beg your pardon for this occurrence "
Never mind me- said Mr.. Bryan, his
eyes softening. The mans ll-judge6 re-
mark did me no harm, and I know he
had no business here. but pointing 70
a lad Of fifteen years. who was watching
the scene and waiting for a handshake-
1T was not Just the sort OF speech for
the lsddie to hear"
The Washington herald., 1908-07-19
Votes for BRYAN.

Prom the Springfield Republican
Bryan's present nomination is being fol-
lowed by the usual announcements from
prominent Democrats that they VIII sup
port the Republican ticket They win
probably not be as numerous as in 1906
or 1856. but whether they viii not practi-
cally all be confined to the same class OF
Democrats as before is a question. It IS
a safe wager that such VIII be the case
that the ex-senator proclaimed from
President Roosevelt's summer home as
going 10 vote for Taft, for example
voted against Bryan in 1926 and 1900
These are votes which no one now thinks
OF counting for the man. Hence such
announcements as the one which comes
from Congressman Leal1e, Of New Jersey,
signify nothing more than what every
body OF both parties vas expecting.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-19
THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
The Possibilities Of Presidential
Advisers.
Prom tls Bost0n Her1Id.

From tle Boston Head
Mr. Bryan's description Of the twilight
zone" Of the Presidency Is notably peril
nent IN this campaign There is" he
says. "a wide zone in which the President
must act on his own Judgment, and here
he ought 10 have the aid OF intelligent,
conscientious. and faithful advisers" Be
youd the clear. strong light OF definite
law there is the twilight OF Presidential
opportunity and power. The welfare and
safety OF the nation are placed in the
hands OF the President and his advisers.
VIII the nation prefer the guidance Of
William H Taft. trained and tried in the
public service. supported by the advisers
whom he viii call TO his counsel. OF that
Of William = Bryan. unframed and IN
tried. advised by Alfalfa BIZ and other
Oklahoma statesmen. George Fred WILL
Jams. Charles F Murphy. Fingy Conners.
and Charles A Towne? The possibilities
Of the twilight zone" are the issue in
this campaign