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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-05
Merchandise Rate in Cents Per 10

Similar deductions have been made
from La Grande, Baker City, Hunt
ington, and all other points, in fact
the schedule, except as before men
toned, was prepared both east and
west on absolutely mileage basis and
no preference was shown Portland or
any other point. AS stated at a few
points on account of water compe-
tition or other reason, rates were al
ready as low or lower than the rates
ordered by the commission for like
distance and in these instances the
old rates were allowed to stand.
Fruits and vegetables, classified as
General Specials" are based on
percentage of the merchandise"
rates as we'll as merchandise" rates.
Very truly yours,
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF ORE
CON.
By OSWALD WEST,
Commissioner.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-05
Land and Irrigation Fair.

Invitations have been received by
Pendleton men to attend the United
States Land and Irrigation exposition
which is to be held in Chicago. No
vember 27 to December 4. The move
ment was initiated by railroad and
land interests in the Windy City, the
object being the exploitation of the
country's undeveloped land resour-
ces. 1t is expected that half a mill
lion people will attend the exposition.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-05
Chapman Stacked Lime.

C. A. Chapman and NJ. C. Reid, both
with the Northwest Realty company
came up from Echo last evening upon
business visit. Mr.. Reid left for
Portland last night while Mr.. Chap
man has been spending the day in
the city. Mr. Chapman was resi-
dent of Pendleton for many years
and has the distinction of being the
man who Stacked the first barrel OF
lime that was used In the construc-
ton of the East Oregonian building.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-05
Lawyers Take Auto Ride.

G. A small party of lawyers who have
been in the city to attend the scTsion
Of the supreme court, made an auto
excursion across the reservation this
morning. They went out as far az
the Catholic mission and were greatly
impressed with the beauty of Una
tilla county's wheat fields. Attorney
General Crawford of Salem and c..
C. McCulloch of Baker City, were
among those in the party. which was
also accompanied by District Attorney
Phelps Of this city.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-05
Raines Buys Motor Cycle.

Nate Raines, the well-known stock
buyer who has ridden a horse ever
since he can remember, has discarded
his broncho and invested in a motor
cycle. With barley at $40 per ton
and hay selling at $40 or better, he
evidently came to the conclusion that
it would be cheaper to use a gasoline
horse in rounding up his numerous
purchases.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-05
Orchestra Will Play.

Through the courtesy of ]. P. Med
ernach. proprietor of the Orpheum
theater, Johnson's orchestra will play
for the library reception tomorrow.
The orchestra is under engagement to
play regularly at the Orpheum,, but
for the affair tomorrow night MI
Medernach has donated the services
Of the musicians.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-05
GETS
LOWER RATES TOO
REDUCTION ORDERED
WAS GENERAL CUT
Commissioner West Declares Com
mission Acted With Strict Impair
tiality, Making Reductions Upon
Mileage Basis-Some Points Al
ready Had Rates Sufficiently Low

The recent reductions in express
rates ordered by the railroad COM
mission are general in nature and do
not merely mean lower destributivt
rates out of Portland. The following
letter from the railroad commission
has been received by the editor of the
East Oregonian and the same is self
explanatory:
Salem, Ore, May 8, 1909.
Dear Sir:
We are in receipt of yours of the
1st instant, in which you say "it is
noticeable that the Pacific Express
rates have been lowered only out OF
Portland" In this you are mistaken
the rates were lowered both east
and west and between all stations ex.
cept certain points between Portland
and The Dalles, where water compe-
tition prevails, and one or two other
points where the rate happened t.
be as low as the rates ordered by the
commission.
The following statement will show
that Pendleton as well as Portland
will profit by the new schedule:
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-05
Demurrer Argued.

The demurrer in the suit filed by
Judge Bean against the Hinkle ditch
company and the Western Land & r.
rigation company, was argued at the
court house yesterday afternoon be-
fore Judge Knowles of La Grande.
The case was taken under advisement.
This Is the action commenced by
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-05
Answers Injunction Suit.

An answer and plea in abatement
to the injunction suit recently filed
by one faction of the Umatilla water
users association at Hermiston were
filed yesterday afternoon. Lowell &
Winter of this city appeared with r.
r. Johnson, who represented the So
called new board which has been rec
ognized by the department of the in
terror
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-05
According to reports being brought

in the interest is so great that sheep
men are worrying for fear they will
not be able to keep enough men at
their strengthening plants to look
after the camps. 1t is said that even
the ditch riders on the government
project have wired to Washington for
permission to come to Pendleton Fri
day.
The regular trains from the east
end of the county are also counted on
to bring in hundreds of people, while
others will come on horseback, in
buggies, wagons and automobiles from
miles around.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-05
Dave Ingram,s New House.

Dave Ingram, the prosperous Birch
creek farmer, is now having a fine
new house built upon his place. 1t
will have a moss rock foundation and
when completed will be one of the
best country homes in that section
The structure is to cost $4,000 and is
being built by Gibson & Cole.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-05
Examining Trainmen.

]. E. Jones of Spokane, a member
of the Northern Pacific examining
board arrived in Pendeton this morn
ing and is examining all the appli-
cants of the road in this vicinity. He
started in with the section hands and
took the men in turn until the local
agent was examined.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-05
County Court Meets.

The May term of the. county court
has convened in the commissioners
room at the court house this morning.
Aside from the opening of bids on
the Lee street bridge the principal
business transacted was the auditing
of accounts against the county. Road
matters are to come up later.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-05
Dorsey Hill Here.

Dorsey Hill, county clerk for Wal
la Walla county, is in the city this af-
ternoon, having come over to meet
his wife and baby who are coming up
this evening from Portland where
they have been the guests of relatives
for several days. Hill is one of the
officials in the big field, meet at
Whitman tomorrow.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-05
Council Meets Tonight.

The regular meeting of the city
council will be held this evening. Be
ing the first meeting of the month
the usual grist of accounts against the
city will be read and disposed of. This
is also the night for opening the bids
for the construction of the city's half
of the new steel bridge on Lee street
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-05
Ireland Loss Adjusted.

Settlements have just been made
of the loss sustained by Ellis Ireland
when his residence burned two
weeks ago. The household goods be-
longing to Mr.. Ireland were insured
with companies represened by Mark
Moorhouse and ]. M. Bentley.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-05
Three New Lawyers.

There are three new lawyers as a
result of the bar examination con-
Quoted yesterday afternoon in the Of
fices of Attorneys Fee & Slater. The
new fledglings are c. C. McCullock
and Claude NJ. Johns of Baker City,
and John r. Hughes of Portland.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-05
snicide Imnroving.

Arthur Laing, who made an un-
successful attempt to end his life by
the strychnine route yesterday after
noon, rs reported to be out of danger
this afternoon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-05
C. w. RroMnfield Is ILL.

c. w. Brownfield, the well-known
local capitalist, is suffering from ty-
phoid fever and is confined to his
home on East Court street However.
his condition is now improving.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-05
ABOUT THE CITY

Judge Bean to compel the irrigation
company to perform a contract ori-
ginally alleged to have been made
with the Hinkle ditch company, pre-
decessors of the Western Land & Ir-
rigation company.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-05
" p. ricket offlce Moved.

Although the work of remodelling
the new quarters is not yet completed /,
the Northern Pacific ticket office has
been moved into its new location in
the East Oregonian building. The
change in location was made today.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-05
Inspecting Sheep.

DIR. S. w. Mcclure and DR.. H. E.
Pinkerton of the federal bureau of
animal industry went to Pilot Rock
this morning on business in connection
with the bureaus work in this state.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-05
Marriage License.

A marriage license was issued this
afternoon to William A. Little and
Anna Cictoria Bleed, both of this
county.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-05

What time will the clock stop?
Evening star., 1909-05-22
Co.,. ~N<4@dfF@s%% "a

Trouble is. darn 1t ALL he said. not
peevishly, but just in a reflective COM
menting tone, "a fellow doesn't know
how much Of all this alluring stun to
believe and what to reject. You'd think
to read this stuff that all of these places
were paradises. Darnedest job In the
world. II you're asking me. to pick out
the right place to go for summer va
cation. You're always taking chance
hates to take a chance on the new
places-new to him. that is-for that
reason. Prefers to stick to the places
that he knows something about. eh?"
That's true" said Mrs. Jobson. de.
murely And then. too. we know At
lantic City so thoroughly well. and al
ways have such . good time there
that"
"Righto." broke in Mr.. Jobson. sit
ting up straight in his chair. What
'ud be the sense Of our fooling around
trying to investigate summer places
that we don't know a blamed thing
about when we do know Atlantic City
right down to the ground and under
meath? Guess we'd better stick to the
Boardwalk place. hey? And. say: look
a-here, when dye reckon we'd better
start for there this year,
Did Mrs. Jobson become gloaty and
derisive at this point and invite Mr..
Jobson's attention to the fact that only
a short time before he had sworn of on
summer resorting for the balance of his
natural life?
Anybody who imagines such vain
thing can't have become familiar with
Mrs. Jobson's system through all these
long years.
CLARENCE L. CULLEN.
Evening star., 1909-05-22

tfrne-and 1t. was not, as runs the life
OF the world, SO very long ago-our for
ests covered nearly 900.OOO,OOO acres.
Now they cover less than 6O0.OOO.O0O
acres. cor one-fourth of the United
States. Of this existing forest area. pri-
vately owned tracts comprise three
fourths and contain four-fi -fifths OF the
standing timber, which. as one might
naturally expect. happens to be generally
very much more valuable than that on
the government reserves. But here Is the
fact that hurts. Forestry Is now prac-
ticed on 20 per cent Of the government
forest reserves. but on less than l per
cent of those privately owned. We take
from our forests yearly. including waste
in logging and manufacture, 2O.OOO. .0OO.-
600 cubic feet Of wood We use each year
we prodigal people-1OO.OO 100000 cords OF
firewood, 10000, ,00O. 600 feet of lumber.
more than loco 100000 posts. poles and
fence rails. 11SO0O,OOO hewn ties. 1.JOO. :
100000 slaves, about about 1s3No.oO sets . OF
heading, 5OO,OOO.OOO barrel hoops. 3,UO,
600 cords of native pulp wood. 65,OOO. :
600 feet of mine timbers and I,25O.OOO
cords Of wood for distillation.
Those figures, to one who Will conslder
them even for q moment. are appalling.
They mean that Of each 1000 feet Of tim
ber which stood In the forest. an aver
age Of only 80 feet Of lumber is used.
They mean that we take from the forests
each year. not counting the loss by fire
and 100000 acres are burned yearly
three and a half times their annual
each twelve cubic feet grown. We take
each year 26O cubic feet for every man.
woman and child in the United States.
while Germany uses thirty-seven feet
and France twenty-five. Our forests
are taxed under the general property tax,
which method was long ag9 abandoned
by every other big nation, and our pres
ent laws prevent the reforestation OF
Evening star., 1909-05-22
POOR D1PsoMAkAcs ARE UP AGAINST A HARD PROPOSITIONS

his periodicals. the intervals between his
jamborees are Of course liable to become
shorter and shorter until. at the end. the
dipsomaniac's power OF resistance be-
comes SO weakened that he eventually
keeps himself in a more or less fuddled
condition all the time: becomes, In short,
habitual drunkard.
Perhaps one out Of ten men who have
permitted themselves to become dipso-
maniacs ever regains his complete equf-
librium. Odd as it may seem at first
thought. 1t Is far more difficult to cure
the diosomaniac of the drink habit than
1t is to cure the steady drinker.
by steady drinker' / mean the man
who takes just SO many drinks every day
OF his life, but who does not get drunk;
attends to his affairs regularly. and Is
only compelled to recognize the evil and
danger Of his habit when his system
begins to break down Under its depre-
dations.
You will find that, as a rule. the
steady drinker is a pretty cool-headed
sort of a fellow, not possessed of any
great amount of imagination. He gets
into the rut Of taking just SO many
drinks a day of his tipple at certain
places along his regular route. and he is
always exceedingly proud of the fact
that, despite his steady drinking, he never
gets drunk or makes show of himself
I've been drinking whisky for twenty
years. you'll often hear one of these
steady drinkers say, and yet I never
went to bed drunk in my life
THE steady drinker also has great
habit Of declaring that he always knows
when he has enough and that all the
Evening star., 1909-05-22

a sort OF temporary alienation of what
they phrase the grayness Of existence
Few of them drink, even after they
have become confirmed dipsomaniacs, be-
cause they love the liquor itself for the
taste of 1t. It really is a peculiar thing
about dipsomaniacs that most Of them
actually dislike the sight. taste and smell
of liquor. and derive no enjoyment what
ever from the consumption Of it. Some
dipsomaniacs that / know will positively
shudder at the sight OF whisky bottle,
even when they are about to take the first
drink that they know will start them of
on big sprees. The dipsomaniac makes
the drink q means to an end. 1t Is not
the liquor that he wants. but the rosy
sense of responsibility that 1t induces.
the magnified power Of imagination that 1t
temporarily creates.
Here, then. Is distinctly not q craving
of the body. but Of the mind; and the dip
somaniac in the article of yielding to this
purely mental craving Is moro or less
insane at the time OF yielding.
1.-The difficulty involved In curing a dip
somaniac OF his periodical habit isn't
diff1cult to understand-it's the cure itself
that is difficult. 1t is easy enough to say
that the only cure for him Is to leave off
the habit once and forever, and not to
take the first drink. since he knows full
well by experience that once he has taken
the first drink there will be no stopping
for him until he has run the gamut OF
misery and disgrace and awakened to find
himself q nervous wreck, undergoing the
Evening star., 1909-05-22
Co.,. -@<<@akx@e%> "a

and a mans a man for all that, and
couple Of good drinks aren't going TO Kill
me- I'll Just take one or two. like the
other fellows who get away with II, ana
then 20 home. I'm going to learn how to
drink like a human being. that's what
I'm going to do. II other fellows can get
Just q bit mellow and then flag II. there's
no reason why I shouldn't. I'm going to
do 1t that way Then, in nine cases out
of ten, the dipsomarriac takes his first
drink. with the ensuing results precisely
as he had foreseen them. What can the
science Of medicine do for man OF this
description-a man who has all OF the
evil consequences figured out with perfect
clearness. and who nevertheless yields!
Little or nothing, II you're asking me.
i've learned. by keeping tab on the
experiences OF dipsomaniacs I've helped
over their sprees. that most OF them yield
to temptation late in the afternoon. after
working hours, when they're tired and
hungry. Now, the temptation OF hungry
man to drink is a thousand per cent
stronger than the temptation OF a fed
man. Few men care to drink liquor after
eating l often advise my dipsomaniac
patients to rush headlong, Immediately
the temptation to drink visits them. into
the nearest restaurant and eat everything
on the bill Of fare. to fairly stun them
selves, in fact. This will give them
chance to think II over, and when their
stomachs are filled the spasm OF desire
for alcoholic stimulant will have almost
entirely passed. But not many OF nv
dipsomaniac patients have the resolution
ana the backbone to adopt this simple
SYSTEM"
Evening star., 1909-05-22

kings horses couldn't induce him TO take
another drink when he feels that he has
his sufficiency.
THE generality Of steady drinkers
however, unconsciously increase their
daily allowance as the habit gains upon
them, just as the users of narcotics, To
obtain the effects they seek. resort to
larger and larger doses OF their favorite
drugs.
II have known a few cases of men who
have taken two or three drinks of liquor
a day, and no more. from young manhood
to old age: but these were men of rigid
character and great strength of will, and
such cases, as l say. are exceedingly rare.
The average steady drinker keeps right
at 1t till he has a hobnailed liver and
ruined kidneys. even II he does make good
his boast that he never goes to bed
drunk
1.-The vast majority Of dipsomaniacs are
men of unusual intelligence, and all OF
them are possessed Of what Is generally
termed the artistic temperament-which.
In my opinion, is an unhappy, hysterical
sort OF possession at best.
~ don't mean to say. of course, that
all dipsomaniacs are engaged In artistic
pursuits. although the great body Of them,
as a matter Of fact. are professional men.
or men who make their livelihoods by the
sweat of their brains; but they are ex-
cessively imaginative, mercurial given to
moods. volatile, poetic. perhaps bit nan-
boyant, In their mental attributes.
For men Of this makeup the mental
exaitatfon which they find In liquor, once
they develop a taste for It, is extraor-
dinarily dangerous. They discover in 1t
Evening star., 1909-05-22
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even a shrek, or squeak. or a holler or
even q cheep or so much as handicap
from the cowed bunch standing dis
consolately around on the lawn
The old campaigners among the horses
appear to partake OF the dismalness OF IL
all. for they appear to lack spunk and
ginj and pep and things. The old time
skates that used to run around here
say, when II was rotten, as II was for
any time during the ten years before II
met its finish-sort of push back their
ears and swish their tails and walt Tor
the big acclaim number as they near the
grandstand after doing their little gal
Looping stunt; and when there isn't any
sound to greet them, why, they sort OF
curl up and sulk and act mad-uh and re-
fuse to try lick.
There really isn't much of the oral
betting going on. either The chappies
in the clubhouse do their whispering TO
the clubhouse commissioners. of course.
and the large greasy bookmakers who
used to swagger around with their states
in, their hands now funnel their bets
with each other In more or less hiero-
glyphic whiskers. But there's no such
q thing as sure-enough action even in
what is called the oral betting line. The
outsider, the man who isn't acquainted
with the low-brows who follow the racing
game in a book capacity. who wants to
get a bet down has no more chance than
he has to communicate with the planet
Neptune. IT was sort OF advertised that
"a way would be found" to accommodate
these casuals not acquainted with the
Inside push: but no such way has
been found, and the result is that the
holiday racegoers go just once and feel
sorry for themselves for the afternoon
and then do the never again" hold UP
of the hand on attending the races around
here any more. Racing is as dead as
J. Caesar around New York, as far as the
crowds are concerned. 1t is PRETTY dead
in all respects.
CLARENCE L. CULLEN. :
Evening star., 1909-05-22

he demanded Of Mrs Jobson. What S
all the mumbling about? / hear you
muttering things to yourself. but l don't
catch the drift of 1T. Something about
the summer resort gag, isn't it?'
: Finding herself in that deep, there was
nothing else for Mrs Jobson' to do but
to make the plunge.
4 II
''Oh, ! was only indulging in little
speculating as to where we are going to
spend our summer vacation. that's ALL"
she said.
y = .'Oh. Just q little specuiating, chr rap
ped In Mr.. Jobson. '.Say. you're getting
to be one of those regular little specu-
lators. aren't you? It's wonder you
don't buck the market. That speculat-
ing thing is growing on you, together
with your habit of talking to yourself.
Specializing as to where we're going this
summer eh? Where who Is going, did
you say?''
We replied Mrs. Jobson. calmly.
''Oh, we-just like that" said Mr.. job
son. ''Well. II that's the kind of spec
ulation you're engaged in at this juncture
permit me to inform you that you're
running on a margin Of about one-eghth
of point and that you're already just
as good as wiped out
Mrs. Jobson couldn't think of any ap-
-propriate reply that technical way of
putting It. SO she didn't reply at ALL =
Because" went on Mr.. Jobson, with
impressive deliberation, lit just so hap
pens. you know. that we-if by we you
mean to come in-are not going to go any
where at all this summer"