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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-30
darkness, out of ignorance on the high
rode to enlightened citizenship.
FOR a CURRENCY COMMISSION.

1t is now apparent that congress
will do nothing this season toward
remedial currency legislation, and the
inaction Of that august body on this
particular question is, as a whole
gratifying TO the country at large, for
the general opinion seems TO be
Nothing rather than the Aldrich or
Vreeland BILL" says the Spokane
Chronicle,
Congress is admittedly not an au-
thority on financial lore, and taken
as a body, its understanding of cur
rency problems is probbaly not clear.
1t is well, therefore, that the members,
In spite Of the lashlngs of the party
whip, have listened to the requests of
bankers and merchants, and taken no
hasty action.
But when congress next convenes 1t
will be little If any more qualified to
pass wise currency legislation. Why
not, then, appoint a commission to in
vestigate thoroughly our present fl
nancial system-a commission which
could place an Intelligent and intelli-
gible report before congress at its
next session?
Mr.. Fowler, himself the father of a
currency BILL favors the appointment
of a commission consisting of men,
bers of the senate, OF house members,
of merchants, bankers and business
men from the east. the west, and from
the Mississippi valley. Has any one
a better plan to suggest?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-30
A SONG OF BEAUTY.

oh, sing me song OF beauty; I'm
tired OF the stressful song.
I'm weary Of all the preaching, the
arguing right and wrong.
I'm fain to forget the adder that under
the leaf lies curled.
And dream Of the light and beauty
that gladdens the gray old
world!
Oh, sing of the emerald meadows that
smile all day in the sun!
The ripple and gleam or the rivers
that on through the meadows
run!
OH sing of the singing branches of
trees in the leafy woods,
And the balm for the heart that's
hidden afar in the solitudes!
The birds-let them sing in your
singing and flash through the
lines you write,
The lark with his list in the morning,
the nightingale charming the
night,
The butterfly over the flowers that
hovers on painted wing
All these. let them brighten and
tighten the beautiful song you
sing!
And let there be faces of lovers, and
let there be eyes that glow,
And let there be tears OF gladness In
stead Of the tears OF woe.
And let there be clinging kisses OF lips
for a time that part,
But never a tristful shadow to darken
a trustful heart!
Ay, sing me a song of beauty-away
with the songs of strife!
Away with the spectre of sorrow that
saddens he most of life!
Though under the leaf the adder Of
death and of doom lies curled,
Oh, sing. for a space of the beauty
that gladdens the gray old
world,
Dennis A. Mccarthy in the New
York Sun.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-30
FREE THOUGHT.

Permit not the Herod Of author
ity to kill the children OF the BRAIN"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-30
THE NEW WOOL CENTER.

With the construction Of the i'm
mense wool storage warehouses al
Omaha for the accommodation of the
woolgrowers of the west, startling
possibilities which promise to make
Omaha the great central wool market
and manufacturing city of the world,
come into view.
With all the wool of the 16 wool
growing states and territories of the
Pacific coast pouring into Omaha's
immense warehouses and with scour-
ing and baling plants there, that city
will take on world-importance in the
wool trade.
With cheap power and magnificent
transportation facilities Omaha is
prepared to compete with New Eng
land as a wool manufacturing CEN
ter and being close to the western
ranges she would save freight rates
half way across the continent.
So Omaha is now taking on import
ance as a wool center. Millions of
pounds will be sent there this season
from Montana, Utah, Wyoming and
other western states to be marketed
from the central warehouses and as
the market features become import
ant, manufacturing will follow and
the wool center of he United States
will perhaps be moved from New Eng
land TO the west
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-30

Read the East oregOnlan.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-30
NATURE SPARES


What fortunate provision OF nature
II is. that deprives the rose OF menta
suffering: for how poignant would be So
grief TO discover. In the height OF Il,
blooming glory. that a canker fed at t.
heart. and that its beauty and Fragrance
were doomed forever. Nature alway
spares the suffering; she Is a veritabt
store-house Of pleasing rewards, To-.
those who seek her aid. In the year
gone by falling hair and grayness hav,
cast a gloom over the lives OF thousand
OF young women. but thanks to the in.
vestigations OF scientists the true caurf
OF hair destruction Is now known to b
a germ or parasite that burrows into
the hair follicles. Newbro's Herplcid,
absolutely destroys this germ. thr
permitting the hair to grow as NJ
ture intended. Sold by leading dru~
gists. Send 10c. In stamps for samp
to The Herpicide Co.. Detroit Mich
Two sizes-5o cents and s1.0o.
A. @. Koeppen g Bros.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-30

H. NJ. Cake was nominated by the
republicans of Oregon on statement
No. l platform; he stood firmly on
that principle all through the contest;
he stands upon that principle now and
will continue to adhere to 1t through
the campaign, after the campaign and
always hereafter. He believes in 1t
and recognizes that 1t is the coming
political doctrine Of the country. Re-
ports coming from his enemies to the
effect that he has deserted or strad-
died that principle are absolutely
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-30
What Do They Cure?

The above question is often asked con-
:erning DR.. Pierce's two leading medi-
:ines, "Golden Medical Discovery" and
'Favorite Prescription
The answer is that Golden Medical
Discovery is a most potent Alternative or
blood-purifier, and tonic or invigorator
and acts especially favorably in cura-
tive way upon all the mucous lining sur
faces, as OF the nasal passages throat,
bronchial tubes, stomach, bowels and
bladdeF Fcuring large per cent. OF catar.
rhal caseS whether tue disease affects the
nasal passages, the hxQat, larynx, bron-
CHA, stomacfNlas catarrhal dyspepsia), },
bowels ,(as mIsoYs(tta<r6ea> bladder,
the chronic nlcaratlye- stages oil -tbeSe
afectiQns ns.ltlS-n often successful in affect
The "FayQrlte PrescriptIQnr Is advised
for The cQte Qt- one class Of diseases-t
Pec1Illr. weaLlneSSeS. UtTahgehefts and
i[reg1Iafltle incident 70 women olIY. II
Is powerful yet gently acting invig0fat-
Ing tonic and nervine. For weak worn
out, Over-worked women-nO matter what
has caused the breakdown, rFayOrite
Prescription will be found most effective
In building up the strength, regulating
the womanly functions, subduing pain
ana bringing ABOUT nealtny, vigorous
condition OF the whole system.
A book OF particulars wraps each bottle
giving the formula Of both medicines and
quoting what scores of eminent med
lcal authors, whose works are consulted
by physicians Of all the schools Of practice
as guides in prescribing, say Of each in
gredent entering into these medicines.
The words Of praise bestowed on the
several Ingredients entering into Doctor
Pierce's medicines by such writers should
have more weight than any amount Of
non professional testimonials, because
such men are writing for the guidance Of
their medical brethren and know whereof
they speak.
Both medicines are non-alcohollc, nom
secret, and contain no harmful habit
forming drugs. being composed Of glyceric
extracts OF the roots OF native, American
medicinal forest plants They arc both
sold by dealers In medicine. You can't
afford TO accept as a substitute for one OF
these medicines OF known composition,
any secret nostrum.
Dr. Plerce's Pellets, small, sugar-coated,
easy TO take as candy. regulate and In
Vigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-30
A VIEW OF PENDLETON.

The Walla Walla Statesman pub
fishes a caustic editorial on the sub
ject OF boosting in Pendleton and as
the editorial is typical of a number
which have appeared in inland empire
papers since last Monday night, on
the same subject, the East Oregonian
takes the liberty of reprinting it to
show what other towns think of our
publicity efforts. The Statesman says.
Pendleton, the third largest city in
Oregon, is a good town in a great
many respects, but unfortunately for
the commercial interests of the city,
she now occupies a position similar to
that of Walla Walla some eight or 10
years ago, when the town was afflict-
ed with so many mossbacks that it
was almost impossible to take up and
successfully promote any enterprise
looking to the advancement of the
city and the territory contiguous.
Pendleton was given a demonstra-
tion of mossbackism Monday even
ing, at a so-called Booster" meeting,
at which 1t was proposed to raise
among wealthy property owners and
merchants, a sufficient sum to main
tain a publicity bureau by which the
resources of Pendleton and Umatilla
county were to be advertised to the
world.
As far as raising funds was concern
ed the meeting was a decided frost,
but S65 per month being subscribed
and then only after President Tom
Richardson of the Portland CONNER
clal club, who was present, had made
Il few caustic remarks about the Pen
dleton spirit.
Even this prodding failed to move
the property owners and the scheme
to establish a publicity bureau will
probably fall flat.
Pendleton property owners will soon |
see the fallacy of retarding any pub
lic-spirited movement to advance their
community and in fact it was point
I'd out at the meeting Monday night by
one man present, who predicted that it
would not be long before Pendleton
would be a suburb of Walla Walla.
This Is somewhat stretching the mat
ter, but the fact remains that Walla
Walla is commercially annexing a
large slice of .Umatilla county and the
territory is being rapidly extended.
Milton and Freewater might be said
to be part of Walla Walla, so closely
allied are the interests of the three
towns, both commercially and socially.
The few miles separating the Oregon
towns from Walla Walla are being so
rapidly built up that even. now it is
almost one continuous town from this
,ity to Freewater
People of Milton and Freewater ore
almost as much at home in Walla
Walla as they are in their own towns
and this condition will prevail in Wes-
on and Athena with the extension Of
he interurban to those cities.
Pendleton may well view with
alarm the rapid growth that Walla
Nalla is making, due almost entirely
o the public splritedness of her cit
zens. II Pendleton is to go ahead in
tead Of degenerating into a lifeless
inland town, her citizens will have to
lisplay a more generous spirit than
hey did at the meeting Monday night.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-30

Jesus certainly was a freethinker,
When the sticklers for propriety fuss
ed over the literal Interpretation Of
Sunday laws. he dismissed the whole
controversy with the bold declaration
that "the Sabbath was made for man.
not man for the Sabbath"
When the Jews boasted of the fact
that they were Abrahams offspring,
Christ asserted that God could raise
His children from stones" He scoff-
ed at the wisdom of the learned
Pharisees and exalted the innate In
tuition of the little child" He de-
throned the national God of the He.
brews with His provincial follies and
caprices and voiced inter-oceanic re-
ligion by prefacing his prayer with
"our Father"
Christ was the broadest thinker the
world has ever known. Nothing
could intimidate him when truth was
at stake. In one hand he held the
sword to fight the dealers in shams
in the other the torch to illuminate
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-30

false and misleading, and are part
of the political campaign. Mr. Cakes
friends will not be. deceived and his
friends number every republican in
the state.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-30

+ I am resolved TO do my work 1
= eagerly, joyously; confident that
= THE KNOWER within me di- 1
: rects all my thoughts Alright 1
+ my hands and my feet-nay; 1
: my whole body is obedient to 1
+ my will; it renders me glad SER I
= vice. I
: When l work in this spirit l I
+ ally myself with all the sources I
+ OF health, with all the streams !
= and currents Of noble and pure I
= ideas. l rise without painful I
+ effort into serene attitudes of !
+ truth. l ACCOMPLISH that for !
+ which was sent into the world. I
+ To this end l will commit my !
Z thoughts unto the Lord, knowing Z
+ that my work shall be establish I
+ ed. Neither seed-time nor har- !
= vest shall fail me; for though I
+ there be diversities of labor, yet !
= II is the same God which work. Z
+ eth ALL IN ALL. !
/ My Father worketh hitherto, I
= and 1 work" And so, patiently I
Z working day after day, in due I
Z time l shall Finish the work" I
+ which has been given me to do, I
= and be ready for the greater I
= works" which are even now Z
= preparing for me.-Florence I
: Morse Kingsley in May Nautilus. I
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-30

the night. Brute force at last
crushed this martyr of heaven. But
even dying he prayed for his ignor-
ant prosecutors and considered It a
privilege to be cruclfled by a world
which afterwards had to be civilized
by his houghts.-Andreas Bard.
The Bottineau courant., 1908-02-07
Duck Hawks Return to Postal Tower

structed with the remnants, feathers,
bones and feet of the hawks victims.
and 50 the death of the marauders was
decreed.
The duck howk is none too common
a bird, and ornithologists and bird
lovers generally do not think species
so interesting should be forced to ex-
tinction even though it does kill few
game birds. The bird lovers argued
that if killing game were to be made
capital offense a good many men
would suffer- There was a protest
against the killing of the hawks and
they were spared.
The postoffice department building
is situated at one of the busiest cor
ners in Washington, but the fact that.
the building is in the city has been
a protection to the birds. It is not,
unusual to see them shoot by the win
dows of the higher office structures as
they go their way to the hunting:
grounds.
The first assistant postmaster gen.
eral is an ornithologist, and the,
chances are that if any suggestion is
made that it would be good thing to
kill the hawks they will find a ready
champion in Frank H. Hitchcock The
biological survey also is interested in
the hawks.
The Bottineau courant., 1908-02-07

WASHINGTON.-Uncle Sam has
adopted a water wagon for army use,
which, even when it draws it's
contents from much polluted stream,
provides his soldiers with fine fluid
with which to quench their thirst. The
secret Of this is that the wagon in
question is nothing more or less than
complete filtering and sterilizing
plant on wheels. This sterilizing plant
Is equipped with a boiler for making
steam to operate the pump and the
sterilizer, complete set of bone-black
filters and reservoir for storing the
sterile water. Along each side are
seven faucets, so arranged that IA
men can conveniently fill their can
teens at one time. Only a few min
utes are required for an entire regi-
ment to obtain it's water supply.
From four to six mules are required
to draw this wagon It's steam pump
will suck water from any stream or
we'll, and no matter how muddy or full
of disease germs it may be it will au.
tomatically pass through the system
The Bottineau courant., 1908-02-07

ELI 6. d. SHoRTRIDGE who
was governor of North Dakota
in the days of populism died
Tuesday morning at his home
in Devils Lake, aged 78 years.
He was a West Nirginian by
birth but came to this state
from Missouri, settling on a
claim near Larimore twenty
five years ago. In the cam
paign of 1892 he was persuaded
to run for governor on the
fusion ticket, he then holding
a position as Justice of the
peace at Larimore. He never
aspired to public office, but he
made a personal canvass
throughout the state, in the
end defeating Andrew II.
Burke, who was running for
a second term on the repnb-
lican ticket. At the expiration
of his term of office, he was
succeeded by Roger Allen,
republican.
The Bottineau courant., 1908-02-07

for Office in the state, are, or
ought to be, friendly to all in
terests" so far as that friend
ship is justified and not incon-
sistent with the best interests
of all the people. The man
who has a farm has an in
terest" that is entitled to pro-
lection; the man who has a
bank or a business or a profess
sion has an INTEREST," that
should receive just and proper
protection. 1t is not necessary
to go into Campai ON with a
determination to attack every
or any class of property in
terests-the state of North Da-
kOta needs sane encourage
ment of capital and labor and
he is a poor style of statesman
who seeks to ride into office on
a wave of resentment or pre-
judice against legitimate bust
ness enterprise.
The Bottineau courant., 1908-02-07

Only a few days before the recent
operation on Mrs. Nicholas Longworth
she and her husband we're at the thea
ter here az guests of Mrs. Roosevelt.
The party occupied the box which the
presidents wife always takes-the
stage box at the left OF the auditorium.
Mrs. Roosevelt always takes the chair
in the front of the box III the corner
furthest from the stage.
She seems to do her utmost to for
get the attention which IL always
given to the presidents box by even
Washington audience accustomed
to the sight OF official persdhages, She
rarely looks toward the audience.
But to 90 back to Mrs. Longworth-
or rather to her husband. 1t was a
strictly family party in the box that
day--Mrs. Roosevelt, the Longworths,
Miss Ethel Roosevelt, Miss Hagner.
who is Mrs. Roosevelt's private Sec
retary, and, in the back Of the box
but evidently being we'll entertained,
the new governess.
Mrs. Roosevelt was in her custom
'ary place in the corner. Mrs. Long
The Bottineau courant., 1908-02-07

The fight for a primary law
in Illinois resulted in a victory
for Gov. Deenen, the house
last week passing the Oglesby
bill. The law provides for the
nomination of all candidates of
political parties polling 2 per
cent. or more of the vote by a
direct plurality vote at state
wide primary election. The
names go on the primary bal
lot in the order in which pro-
per petitions are filed. The ell
ectors vote at the regular pol
ling places and with the re-
gular election machinery. It
also provides for the election
by popular vote of party COM
tnitteeiietl, beginning with
the precinct and ending with
state committee. The taking
of an 'advisory'' vote for I'm
tied States senator is another
provision of the new law.
The Bottineau courant., 1908-02-07
Pure Water for Soldier in the Field

and not only issue perfectly clear and
pleasing to the eye, but absolutely SAFE
as we'll. Through most ingenious ar
rangement it is discharged almost as
cold as when it entered.
Clear, sparkling water, by the way.
is in the majority of instances far
from being pure and safe. For ex.'
ample, the best filter working under
good conditions will allow from one to-
five per cent. of bacteria or more to-
escape, and only one per cent. may
mean that~tens of thousands of these'
health destroyers are contained In q
single glass of water. Sterilization is
the only proper precaution, and this
feature is recognized to such an ex-
tent that the sterilizer described has
been adopted by the United States
government and placed in universal
use in the army, marine corps, coast.
and geodetic survey, isthmian canal
commission, etc. The sterilizer ban-
ishes typhoid fever and all of the.
multitude of water-born ailments, in
cluding dysentery, cholera, and the
minor, though quite important, CONF
plants which induce state of lazi--
ness or indisposition or lack of snap.
and energy disappear almost altogeth.-
er. Government statistics show that
even under the most sanitary condi-
tiOns it has repeatedly reduced the
average sickness from six to five per
cent
The Bottineau courant., 1908-02-07
Head Was Taken for Hat Trimming

worth sat next her but further back
in the box. Miss Hagner, at Mrs.
Roosevelt's request, was in the middle
front seat, and Mr.. Longworth was
just behind the private secretary.
Miss Hagner wore large black hat,
with broad, fiat brim and dark TRIM
ming.
During the performance a woman
sitting in the balcony happened to
glance toward the Roosevelt box, and
as she idly watched the occupants it
suddenly occurred to her that Miss
Hagner's hat was adorned with bit
of trimming she had not noticed in her
earlier inspection.
Why" she said to her companion,
look at that immense pink rose on
Miss Hagner's hat! l didn't notice
that before, did you?"
Her companion peered at the hat in
question.
NO." she said. Isn't it huge?"
Perfectly immense. Seems to bo
out in the brim of the hat, doesn't it,"
And just then-the rose moved!
1t was Mr. i4ongWorth's bald head.
The relative positions of head and
hat made it seem from the balcony
that the crown of the former was ON
the brim of the latter.
OF course an ordinary head would
have shown fer what it was, but fine.
pink bald head made one of the most
startling pink roses even in this veap
Of startling hat trimmings.
The Bottineau courant., 1908-02-07

Every winter for years a pair of
duck hawks has used the tower of
the postoffice department building on
Pennsylvania avenue as a place of
refuge. The birds are in their winter
quarters again this year, and from
their safe retreat high above the
street they make daily trips to the
Potomac, where they pick up many a
luckless coot and grebe which are
forthwith sacrificed to appease the
seemingly never completely satisfied
hawk hunger
The duck hawk is a cosmopolitan
bird. 1t appears in slightly varied
form in most parts of the world. The
extent of it's range has given it. the
name of the wandering falcon
Three or four years ago some of the
postoff1ce authorities sought permis-
sion to shoot the hawks, for they were
in the habit of carrying their quarry
into the tower, there to devour at
their leisure. Some pipes became OBJ
The Bottineau courant., 1908-02-07
Opera House

The operate and fashionable
event of this week is the ap-
pearance of the Beggar Prince
Opera COMPANY in a series of
New Operas. This is indeed a
musical treat for Our people.
AS this company is so we'll
known, it would be reiteration
to add words about their ability
and reputation. 1t suffices to
say, however, that a perusal of
this company will elicit at once
the interest of the theater goer.
One night only, Friday, Febru-
ary in the Circus Clown.
The Bottineau courant., 1908-02-07
District Committee Opposes Dry Town

When the SPEAKER selected this COM
mittee it was done =ithout regard to
the temperance question, but the men,
bers were chosen solely for their uuali-
fcations
But a canvass of the committee dis.
closes the fatt hat if the question of
prohibition i presented it will be
pigeonholed by a large majority.
There are Is llambers, II of whom are
from the ls cities and eight from
the small tc,yas, three of them being
opposed to 3aibition.
A large l.:.ag IS maintained here by
the prohibit forces, and Immediate
~ after t. ,-cliday recess it's men,
bers will begin to lombard the mem.
bers of the housa and particularly the
District CT Columbia committee. with
a view to u. some legislation Ant
the anti florists have 13 votes
out of $ u ',la District of Columbia
commit src Hniass all signs fail,
Washi1 z, ~ij IS. watn for two
years i,
The Bottineau courant., 1908-02-07

Prohibition at the national capital is
a dead issue, at least during the pres
ent congress, and, notwithstanding the
vigorous campaign the temperance
advocates will wage this winter, there
will be no legislation which will make
Washington dry" city.
In appointing the committee on the
District Of Columbia, which forrnu-
lates legislation for Washington,
Speaker Cannon selected large ma
jority Of members who live in the
large cities so as to secure men with
liberal ideas, and whose experience in
the government of municipalities win
10 beneficial to this city.