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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-03
Rraceleta,

Bracelets have been worn by almost
every nation, savage or civilized.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-03
Electrical Currents.

The average person does not expert
ence any sensation from an electrical
current until the pressure reaches
about thirty volts.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-03
Gibraltar.

The rock Of Gibraltar rises 1,439
feet from the sea.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-03

liant cast that acted it, the identical
cast that is coming here.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-09

t. the Boise -Owyhee Irrigation Com.
pany's project.
I'VE have unsparingly exposed its
weaknesses. We do not see the ne
cessity for its existence We are now
and have been in favor of the govern
ment project. It is already in the
field; it has undertaken mighty
public work in the interest of a vast
district and its demands on land own
ars are reasonable and equitable ana
within the reach of the settler whose
trials are most severe in the first years
of his residence on his homestead.
I'VE are not opposed to private irri-
cation projects where they are neces-
ary; where the area to be improved Is
too small to command government at
tention, where there are conditions
which can only be handled by private
enterprises, and it might be in the
event of the government laying down
on the Malheur project we would sup
port a private irrigation project for
the purpose of developing that vast
and valuable empire now waiting the
magic touch of water; but then the
project would of necessity be a reason
able one. We are opposed to the
Boise Owyhee project, first because
it is unnecessary at this time, 1t has
simply "butted in" with an impossible
contract, that will practically bank
rupt every land owner who becomes
prey to its scheme and has seriously
impeded the work of the government.
The government project is fact, its
claims are reasonable, the possibility
of an early completion of its work is
nos. encouraging, then too the pro-
ject covers an area of land beyond
the development of a private COM
pany."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-09
SCHOOLS COST MONEY.

More interest in the management of
the public schools there should be. II
would be well if more citizens would
participate in school eections and
would also attend school board meet
ings occasionally. Such interest should
be welcomed by the board.
But it is essential, for the welfare
Of the city, that the school affairs
should be controlled by men who are
sincerely anxious to maintain the eff
ficiency of the schools and also to
build them up so as to have them al
ways in keeping with the growth of
the city and comparing favorably with
the schools of rival cities
It would be unfortunate for Pen
dleton to have the control of the
school board passed into the hands of
men dominated by the idea of cut
ting down expenses" regardless of the
effect upon the efficiency of the
schools.
There are doubtless some local peo-
pie who will find fault because the
total expenses of the local schools for
the past year reached the sum of $685.
GIG. For the benefit of such people
let it be said that most of the money
goes to pay teachers salaries and that
the salaries paid in Pendleton are not
as high as those paid in eastern Wash
ington towns of similar size. Teach
ers who are eligible to teach in either
Washington or Oregon prefer the for
mer state for the simple reason that
they make more money teaching in
Washington. This fact together with
the fact that the shameful treatment
of the Oregon normal schools has
driven many eastern Oregon normal
students to the Washington normals,
with the result that they must teach
for three years in that state after
graduation, places eastern oregon
towns at disadvantage when it comes
to employing competent teachers.
For efficient schools good teach
ers are the first requisite and to Sc
cure and hold good teachers proper
salaries must be paid. This is a fact
that taxpayers should bear in mind.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-09
UNIFORMS AT COURT.

Much Of the splendor of any of his
majesty's courts would be lacking II
it were not for the dazzling uniforms
of the high officers of state and the
great officers of the royal household
who assemble at these impressive
functions, says Tit-Bits.
There are always five or six diff
ferent grades of gentlemen in at
tendance present when his majesty
holds a court, and each has his dis
tinctive dress, the difference usually
being indicated by the trimming,
either gold or silver, or the number
of buttons worn. The complete out
fit of a first-class court official runs
up to f2O0, the jacket alone costing
ESQ to ElOO. 1t is made of the finest
royal blue cloth, lavishly embroidered
with gold lace of highly elaborate
design. The waistcoat and knee
breeches are made from white kersey-
mere silk, richly embroidered, set off
with buttons and buckles of gilt, and
white silk stockings, sword, cooked
hat and white kid gloves make COM
plete costume, as rich as it is digni-
fled.
An ambassador or foreign diplo-
matist wears a special distinction
black velvet collar, with a gold en-
broidered floral design. The uniform
costs the wearer about Els.
Lord lieutenants are dressed in a
coat of royal red cloth, cut swallow
tail and adorned with silver lace. Sill
yer laced trousers are worn, with Il
cooked hat without plumes. The uni
form is very handsome, and costs the
wearer 100 guineas simply for the
privilege to wear it, let alone the
making of it.
To the Duke of Norfolk, as the earl
marshal however, falls the enviable
distinction of wearing the most costly
apparel of all great officers of state.
The dress is absolutely unique, and
for sheer magnificence has no paral-
lei in any country. Nearly three miles
of the finest gold thread are used in
the embroidery on the coat, collar,
front and on the lapets of the sleeves.
Each suit costs his grace $3.50.
All the cabinet ministers and other
high state officials are expected to
have at least one state uniform. \
complete court outfit will cost from
$3.50 to f17O
There are of course, many others,
such as the captain of the Yeomen of
the Guard the captain of the Cen
tlemen at Arms, the Master of the
Horse and the squires and pages Of
honor who have to possess a distinc-
tive dress for special occasions. cost
ing from f2O to $50. Court dandies
will only wear these uniforms once,
while noblemen sometimes make the
same uniform last a lifetime. 1t has
been computed that on great state
occasions the value of the uniforms
worn exceeds $50, O,OOO.-Selected.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-09
SOME WASHINGTON LAWS.

Each of the judges of the supreme
court and the judges of the superior
court shall, in open court, during the
presentation of causes before them.
appear in and WAR gowns made of
black silk-Session laws, Washington,
1909, chapter 206.
II.
Whenever any duty is enjoned by
law upon any public officer or other
person holding any public trust or
employment, their willful neglect to
perform such duty, except where
otherwise specially provided for,
shall be a misdemeanor-Session
laws, Washington, 1909, section 16,
chapter 249.
A crime is an act or commission for
hidden by law and punishable upon
conviction by both imprisonment, fine
or other penal discipline. {.
Every crime punishable by fine of
not more than $3.50, or by imprison-
ment in a county Jail for not more
than ninety days, is misdemeanor.
Session laws, Washington, 1909,
chapter 249, section l.
".
No penalty is attached to the VI
olation of the first statute quoted
above, but the second statute quoted,
defining the failure to obey the first
statute as a misdemeanor, when read
together with the third statute de-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-09

filming crime and misdemeanor, clear
ly implues to a layman's mind that
the intent of the legislature was to
ly implies to a layman's mind that
statute If he is not actually penal
lied by the statute, certainly is in the
class of lawbreakers defined in the
second statute and commits a misde-
meanor, to say the least, and mis-
demeanor which in the case of other
misdemeanants would be punished by
Imprisonment for thirty days in a
county jail!
Representative Bishop, of Jeffer-
son county, severely criticised judges
who have refused to obey the law
requiring them to wear gowns, and
the house sustained his motion to
have the investigating committee look
into the matter. Mr.. Bishops atti-
tude is entirely right. Judges should
obey the law or quit the bench.-Post
Inteligencer.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-09
THE CORPORATION TAX.

From all over the land the cry has
gone up against the corporation tax
and if the expressions of the press
voice the true sentiment of the peo-
pie there is as much objection to the
corporation tax as to the upward re-
vision of the tariff.
"The most liberal stretch of the i'm
agination cannot claim for the corpor-
alton tax amendment, which has just
passed in the senate, that it meets
, the equitable test of a fair distribution
of the burdens of government equally,
says the Atlanta Constitution.
"On the contrary, it levies tribute
only on one class of property, abso-
}lutely exempting others whose prop
erty enjoys the same protection of the
law and resting under an equal obli-
cation to government.
''In this respect it is but a sorry
compromise as contrasted with the in
come tax which has the merit Of
reaching wealth in it's ultimate phase
and automatically compelling property
to pay tribute to government accord
ing to it's proportionate abilities.
Under the proposed corporation
tax the business firm that is corpor>
alton pays 2 per cent toll on its net
earnings. The business firm that is
not a corporation is relieved Of the2
per cent toll Both concerns may be
operating on the same capital and re-
2 turning an identical ratio of profit.
Yet the mere technical, legal differ
. ence of incorporation penalties the
one and gives immunity to the other"
In answer to this objection to the
corporation tax 1t is asserted that a
corporation should be taxed heavier
than a partnership for the reason that
partners in a business are liable for all
OBLIGATIONS that may be incurred
whereas stockholders in a corporation
are responsible only to the extent OF
their holdings.
But it is a fact that cannot be dis
puted that the corporation tax is In
equitable in that it allows much wealth
to 90 untaxed Bondholders pay no
tax. unless incorporated, nor do indi-
yidual holders of real estate and many
of the big fortunes of the country are
invested largely in bonds and realty.
The benefit Of the income tax over
the corporation tax is that under the
former corporations would be taxed
and so would unincorporated wealth.
Holders Of all forms Of wealth would
pay their just portion towards main
tanning government, the assessment
being made upon the basis Of making
all pay in proportion to their ability
to do so.
But what makes objection to the
corporation tax especially keen is the
knowledge that the corporation tax
provision was jammed through by
Senator Aldrlch, not because he want
ed a corporation tax, but because he
wished to head off an income tax.
He has openly avowed as much and his
avowal has not strengthened the po-
sition Of his party before the country.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-09
Mixed Sizes.

Lawyer (to deaf witness): Do you
know the plaintiffs pigs?
Witness; Eh?
Lawler (raising his voice.; Do-you
-know-plaintiff's pigs?
Witness: Yes.
Lawyer: How long have you known
them?
Witness: Eth?
Lawyer Oouder stilD: HOW long
have you known them?
Witness: Fed 'em all last spring.
Lawyer: Were they all about a size?
Witness: Eth?
Lawyer (rising to his feet petulant-
" and shaking his forefinger at the
conclusion of each word: Were-they
-all-of-a-size?
Witness: Some ov 'em wor, and
some ov 'em worn't.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-09

In spite of financial difficulties the
city has been able to fill the High
street gulch this year and also to Or
der a new Lee street bridge which is
now being constructed. If similar
sum of money can be spared for parks
next year Pendleton will have very
creditable park system by the close
Of the year.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-09
THE BEST PLACE GONE.

One Of the wives Of a Norman COM
ing down stairs one morning met the
physician who was attending her hus-
band.
rs he very ill?" she asked anx-
iously.
HE is," replied the physician. 81
fear the end is not far Off"
do you think" she asked, 81
should be at his bedside during his
last momentsY
"Yes, but advise you to hurry The
best places are already being taken"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-09

Should the reclamation men take
up the Malheur project and carry out
that scheme with the same success
they developed the Umatilla project
the settlers Of Malheur county and of
southern Idaho will have no cause for
regret.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-09

The district fair will be the next
event upon the calendar for Umatilla
and Morrow counties. Remember that
the motto of the fair board is leach
year better than ever before" and
that the motto is observed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-09
Where the Farmer Boy Scores.

Omaha Journal-Stockman Iowa
has over 10000 registered automobiles
and is probably the wealthiest agri-
cultural state in the union. When
the farmers boy comes dashing into
town to take his best girl a spin in
his red devil the ribbon clerk win
see his finish.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-09
FOR GOVERNMENT PROJECT.

II seems that the reclamation SER
vice Is not without supporters in the
controversy as to whether the govern
ment or private capital should re-
claim land in Malhuer county. The
Weiser signal, a very able paper Of
the southern Idaho town. champions
the cause Of the reclamation service
and recently had the following:
This paper is unalterably opposed
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-09

A klamath Falls man has 10 hives
OF bees that have already filled their
homes with honey, and are profitable
workers for him.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-09

This exceedingly strange item is in
the Peedee correspondence of the Dali
las Itemizer. Three doctors from Cor
wallis performed an operation on Mrs.
Manley Bevens last Thursday and she
is getting along very we'll That she
Is getting well Is a mystery.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-09

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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-02
GOMEZ AND ZAYAS, BITTER
ENEMIES, AT CUBA'S HELM
President and Vice President of Pearl of Antilles Have Been Fight
ing Each Other for Years Trouble May Occur at Any Time.

&C ENERAL JOSE MIGUEL GOMEZ, the new Cuban President. and Dr.
q wm Alfredo zayas, the new Vice president, are W of the mostp picturesque
@S figures in a land full of persons with histories and dark or brilliant pasts
O.. the two, zayas has probably had the more varied n tempestuous caree,
for noto only has he been active in a revolutionary way against Spain, IN later
years. in Spanish pisons in HI Mediterranean I'M in Africa
JOSEF Miguel Gomez is a irons looking man, AM with him rests TIT response
blty for the life of the new Cuban republic He hinselfsa avs that had Palma
in 1906 hanged a flew of the consprators h e would ever have beeno verthrown
This is probably true, ant might have been demonstrated had Palnai included
Miguel Gomez in the list of the first condemned to die for treason.
Gomezs opinion on the subject indicates the course he will follow in the
of a conspiracy against his rules and if he doesf follow such a course Cuba
is pretty sure to have peace while Gomez sits in h presidential chair.
There were probably never W more bitter political enemies han Gomez md
long under the party nam of iguehstas and zayEtas.
Zayas was worsted in the municipal and provincial elections of August l.
Shortly afterward the two factions united m aecoun OF the success of the Con
servaiVes in thate election, due entirely to the division of voes between he two
Iiberalf factions. #t
The fight between Gomez zayas arosef from The nomination o. the two
fr the places they now hold by the Liberal party lin 1905. In that year the
Liberals id not go to thu pons and the Moderates took everything. The ec-
ton was unfair, N it brought abou. the successful revo of 1906 and he inter-
ventona n establishment of the provisional government
AS he nteryentio vent o N Zayas began to work for he presidency. Gomez
vigorously objected. He declared that The ticket Of 1906 should remain intact
entitled 10 the Liberal nomination. This brought te break and both started in
upon a fierce political battle.
When the elections on August 1 showed that if the Liberals wished to elect a
hey must combine gainstt che growing strength of h Conservatives
a ompron was reached Zayas whose following it was shown to be not half
as great as that of Gomez Joined forces with he understanding thai fou years
Gomez will retro in favor of zayas.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-02

three times hand running. Then he
varied the monotony by becoming d
member of the Passaic Sewerage Com
mission, and later returned to the
Senate, where he is serving the last
year of his term.
DO you notice that there is nothing
said about his being defeated in any
of these excursions into the realms of
politics, 1t sounds like a press agent
story, of course, but he ran for
anything more important than a car
that got away from him.
When the returns were all in after his
various elections it always came out
that Brother John had come pretty
near to getting what he started after.
But you will also notice that this
same John Hinchliffe is not of the
variety that is waiting around to accept
nominations whenever anyone who
wants to be polite offers them to him.
IT WAS ten years after he had finished
with the tax board before he was
ciectcd to the Senate for the FIRST time.
Then four more years elapsed between
the time he got over being Mayor and
when he was elected senator this last
time. There's a lot in knowing when the
sign is right, and Hinchliffe can cast \
political horoscope just a little bit bet
ter than anyone who ever tried to II
against him, and that's a lot IN this
political game.
According to all the laws of proba-
bilities he should have been showed
under 50 deep several seasons 3 as
to be just getting out of the drifts now.
But Il never seems to haV occurred to
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-02
Hrchh1fffe> Of Passatc, Gets
What He Wants When He Wants IT
. Political ConnOisseur, He Has
Tried Whole Gamut Of Of
fetal Preferment.

thing, he refused to put Oh his uniform
and get into the game. Perhaps there
was some good reason why he should
not have put on his uniform. Possibly
he didn't have one. Whatever the rea-
son was, though, Hinchliffe counted
ten, and thea, after hastily ~suspending
him, went out and tool charge of the
force himself.
It's quite a job being Mayor of
Paterson. You can always count on
something turning up during your adj
minlstration calculated to awaken pub
tic interest. Besides his riots, Hinch-
lille personally conducted the flood that
visited his enterprising town during
l9o2, and the fire that came after the
water had gotten so far out of reach
That it could not be used. When the
other cities proposed holding benefits
Tor the Paterson sufferers he nipped a
whole social season in the bud by de-
claring that Paterson can take care
of its own"
To hear him express himself on the
subject of local option, prohibition and
other forms of drought one might get
the impression that he had some in
terest in a brewery. One would be dead
right. To be frank, he and his three
brothers W one. AS yet none of the
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-02
Never Missed Anything He Ran
FOr--Except a Street Car
in Paterson.
BY HARRY DOANE.

IA T used to be the style to begin stories
a about great men by telling how they
went arOund barefooted and walked
eighteen miles each way to school when
they were young. Admitting for the
moment that senators are great men,
we do things differently now. We tell
about how many times they served on
the board of education in their home
town and what a swell job they made
of it.
They all did it, apparently, at one
time or another while they were get
ting in training for the big event later.
They just couldn't seem to help it. You
kind Of imagine their friends gathering
around them when they decided upon a
political career and pleading with them
TO do something original and not let
their names so down to posterity
coupled with boards of education and
such like affairs. but to join the militia
or the police force or something like
that instead, and show they had minds
of their own. =
But it never seemed to do any good.
The awful fascination of training the
young mind how TO shoot Though what
good it will ever do a young mind to be
dDlt 10 6ll3Dl sttiiIS u little oDSEIIPJ
was too great to be resisted, and in the
end they fell and became n OF the
common herd.
There's John Hinchliffe, senator from
Passaic. He looks like a man who had
a mind of his own-has beetling brows,
in fact, which Is always considered as
being pretty good proof that ordinary
temptations are beneath the wearer.
Yet he did it, Beetling brows and all,
he became n member Of the Board of
Education of Paterson and has been
pursuing his predestined course ever
since.
IT'S only fair to say, though, that as
a child he felt his fate coming upon
him and struggled against it. OF course
his moving to Paterson at the age of 1
year can scarcely be credited to him.
1t is probable that he was influenced
by his parents. Later. however, he
took matters into his own hands and
went to England to the King James
Grammar Schooi. in Yorkshire, and
finished up the education he began in
his home town.
He probably believed, and not I'M
naturally, that if there was one way
of escaping joining the great majority
in the matter of election to the board
OF education he had found it, but all
his precautions were useless.
Before he was really settled at home
again the frenzied ~populace dragged
him from his lair and elected him TO
the board. From that day on his spirit
was broken. From the school board
he went TO the tax board, and so far
forgot himself as to be elected for two
terms in succession, a~ccentuAting his
fall by becoming president during the
second of his terms
Then he began mixing Offices up.
They elected him to the Senate in 1891,
and when lie had served his time he
garnered in the mayoralty OF Paterson