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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-24
THE ADVANCE OF AGRICULTURE

indianapolis News: Has agrieul-
ture been reduced to such an exact
science that we are to have no more
total failures Of crops? Il is easily
within the memory that crop failures
prior 10 decade ago were almost
as numerous as successful crops
There were the hot blasts OF the
plains. the various insect pests and
the doughts and the floods Now for
three Of four years in succession,
while We have drouths. pests and
floods. there has been no wholesale
destruction Of crops And now the
federal agricultural department r.
ports that the total value OF farm
products for 1908 was S7.77s,O0O. 900.
q harvest yaster than was ever reaped
before. Last year, while there was a
prolonged drouth in the middle west
there were no appalling losses.
Agriculture has been coming on
more rapidly than any other Industry,
despite the fact that the boys are
leaving the farms. While they are
leaving the farms they are going.
many Of them. TO agricultural coll
leges TO become city owners of farm
lands and to bring to bear on agri-
cultural subjects mors practical and
more scientific learning than has
been known in the history Of this oc-
cupation. Care in the selection of
seed and in the preparation Of the
soil we now realize are more import
ant than the mere work OF building
the fences or driving the reaper. Farm
lands have steadily increased in val
ue, and business principles have been
applied TO the proposition that the in
vestment in these high-priced lands
must be made 10 bring its proper an
nual return. The old lying exagger-
alton that If you would but tickle
the soil'' il would respond bounteOus-
ly was the ruin Of a generation OF
farmers. The man who puts his seed
in the ground in the spring and with
out further attention TO It expects on
his return in the fall to find 1t yield
ing ten. twenty or thirty-fold is a fool
ana dreamer ne must loVh dilSl
Il with care and throughout each sea-
son Of its development and be pre-
pared with labor and science to COM
bat any of the many pests that may
As. we can never expect the time TO 4
come when all the people engaged in /
agriculture will be well enough in |
formed. properly equipped or ener- /
getic enough II make use Of all thet
science and experience may afford. so 4
we may EXPECT still to have crop fall
ures. But the study OF the various
phases Of agriculture is constantly
disclosing the remedies for the tror-
1les that the farmer may expect still
TO encounter. Irrigation has been
made possible in many states, and the
extension Of the application Of the
.heory Of irrigation may be expected
n all lands. So long as there is ir-
.igation I'm some states there can new
.r be complete failure of crops due to
lrouth. Some marvellous results, too
nave been reported in dry farming
md this will help where irrigation is
lot possible.-selected.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-24
TWO BOY KINGS.

one is a sad little Persian boy,
Latest and least Of an inbred line;
The other is romping in riotous joy
Where the bees take toll of the
buckwheat vine.
One has all the courtier's grace,
And speaks with an accent low and
sweet;
The other is 10th to wash his face,
And tracks the floor with his muddy
feet.
one has palace all his own,
wits lackeys to meet his every
wish;
An old pine stump is the others
throne,
Near the lazy stream where ne loves
10 fish.
one is pale in his gold ard lace,
Cursed with a power he does not
crave;
The other is rough with a freckled
seldom Silent and never grave.
One. as he grows, will never fear
The rending bomb and the bravo's
knife;
The other will drink while he fingers
here.
Long and deep Of the wine of life.
Two boy kings, one tame, one wild,
Parted by leagues Of rolling sea.
One is a sad little Persian child,
The other monarch belongs to me.
New York American.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-24
AN IMPORTANT CASE.

The fight OF the oregon woolgrow-
ers and the railroad commission for
more equitable rates on wool shipped
east Is Of much significance. While
the sheepmen themselves are merely
trying 70 secure a cheaper freight rate
60 that thy may obtain higher prices
for their wool the fight being made
involves a principle Of vast import
ance. II ls that railroad charges
should be based On considerations Of
distance and that there should be no
discrimination in rates as between
towns.
At the present time tn- rate on
grease WOOL from Portland 10 Boston
r. 81 per hundred While from Pen
ale.on i ls tL7z. the charge being
The regular transcontinenta1 rate
from portland east plus the local rate
from here n Portland Wool cannot
D. shipped from any point in eastern
Oregon or Idaho as cheaply as from
Portland
such z schedule Of rates as this Is
BASED On the idea that the railroads
must meet water competition and so
may grant cheap rates from points
"where rails and water meet" But
the system is one that Is rsnkly IN
tust 10 all portions Of the country save
the coast cities. Under the system all
interior points are virtually compelled
to create dividends for the railroads
while the coast points get the most Of
the benefit. Coast cities should have
10 pay, in charges based on distances
and grades, their share Of the ex-
pense Of running the railroads and
their share Of the profits demanded
By the railroad owners. Merely be-
cause the interior points have to re-
ly exclusively upon railroads for tran
sportation is not sufficient reason why
they should have to pay higher rates
than do the coast cities. The rail-
roads being quasi public corporations
should make rates that will be fair
70 all sections.
Then there Is another very forcible
argument against the existing rate
system. It is az unjust to the ship
ping interests as to interior railway
points. Under the system Of charges
now in effect ship owners are forced
to meet unfair competition. They
are forced to meet the unnaturally
low charges made TO coast points By
the railroads or else go without busi-
ness. Under the system now in force
II is surprising that any freight at all
Is brought around Cape Horn, for the
ship lines exist only by sufferance Of
the railroads. Under the terminal
rate system a railroad may by rais-
ing the interior rates and lowering
rates to or from coast cities, bar out
ocean competition completely with
out reducing the roads profits one
cent
Railroads should not have this en-
ormous power They should not be
allowed to rob Peter to pay Paul"
IL they cannot with profit haul freight
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-24

The gulf states have been soreiy
stricken.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-24


across the continent as eheaply as
ships can transport it around South
America then the ships should get
the business. We would then have a
greater merchant marine and there
would be no howl for a ship subsidy.
In view of the principle involved
the outcome OF the wool rate case
win be watched with interest. Unless
the interstate commerce commission
has been permanently shorn OF It's
powers by the recent Chicago deciss-
.cn the rates viii undoubtedly be or
isred changed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-24
THE BEST PART.

Young James had never heard his
papa speak in public, and 1t was
thought to take him to hear his faith
er deliver lecture. During the eve
ming a stray dog which ventured up
on the platform was disposed Of as
gracefully as possible. On the way
home James was asked how he liked
his fathers lecture, and gave the an
swer, ut was all right. papa, but 1
liked the part where you put the dog
out the best kansas City Star.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-24
POLAR NEWS.

The refusal Of a New York ju5se in
the United states circuit court for that
district 10 make permanent an in
junction asked By The New York
Times to prevent The World and The
sun from printing The Times ac-
count OF Captain Peary's trip 10 the
Pole IS the latest development in the
newspaper controversy over Peary's
story Of his discovery. says the At
llanta Constitution.
Judge Hand decided that the facts
o. the trip could not be copyrighted.
They are as much public property as
the multiplication table.
The manner in which commander
Peary elected TO give his story to the
world has aroused widespread COM
ment Of an uncompIimentary nature.
The fact that he is an officer Of the
United States navy. on leave Of alb
sence TO prosecute his explorations,
and drawing full pay, has not modified
these criticisms.
1T is 10 be regretted says The
Boston Evening Transcript that ex-
pIorers ike Cook and Peary could not
let their respective stories become a
part Of the common possession OF
mankind, without any attempt to treat
them as commercial products
The New York Tribune, which did
not attempt to publish the Peary ac-
count simultaneously with The Times.
thinks grave questions or propriety
are raised by Commander Peary's
course"
Having advanced Peary $4,000 tow
ard financing his last dash for the
pole. The New York Times secured
the sole rights 70 the news Of the
discovery ana the exclusive right to
it5 publication in all parts of the
world"
That such a contract is void is de-
cided by Judge Hand. The decision |
viii be generally approved. The con-
tract is against public policy. Peary |
has every right to copyright his book. |
but not TO copyright The Times.
As an officer Of the government,
acting under its commission and with
its approval, It was to be expected that
Commander Peary would first make
a full and complete official report to
his government.
Under mis- contract. if The Times
chose not to publish his story at all.
{. would have been lost to mankind.
What would have been thought Of
Admiral Dewey having cabled an ex-
elusive story Of the result Of the battle
ia Manila Bay?
In view Of his connection with the
navy and his long and brave search
for the Pole, the public was generally
prejudlced in favor Of Peary and in
clined TO give him. the full need Of
praise that his great feat deserves.
But his attitude toward DR.. Cook
regardless Of the truth or falsty Of
that gentleman's claims-and his sale
OF the exclusive story Of his discovery
has weakened him in the public esti-
nation.
There is no intention to approve DR..
Cooks similar contract with The New
York Herald, but DR.. Cook is not an
.officer Of the United States govern.
ment.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-24
All Safe.

Irving was playing Macbeth" and
he had reached the place where Mac
beth orders Banquo's ghost to leave
the banquet board.
Hence, horrible shadow-unreal
mockery, hence!" said Irving, in his
most tragic tones, and with a convul-
slve shudder he sank to the ground,
drawing his robe about his face.
On Banquo withdrawing, a voice
came from high up in the gallery:
TITS all right now, Emery; 'e's
gone."-Youths Companion.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-24

FOREVER AND A DAY.

; / little know or care
II the blackbird on the bOugh
Is filling ali the air
With his soft crescendo 1
now;
For she Is gone away.
, And when sne went she took 4
, The springtime in her look, 1
The bezchblow in her 1
cheek,
, The laughter from the
brook,
, The blue from out the
. May
And what she calls a week I
Is forever and a day !
It's little that I mind !
How the blossoms pink or !
white, I
At every touch Of wind !
Fall a-trembling with delight; :
For in the leafy lane !
Beneath the garden boughs, 2
And through the silent !
house !
One thing alone l seek. Z.
Until she comes again !
And what she calls a week :
Is forever and a day, :
Thomas Bailey Aldrich. I
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-24

Morrow county will be at the fair.
It is for the people Of Morrow county
as well as for those OF Umatilla. If
the people Of the neighboring county
do not attend they will miss some
thing that is rlghtfully theirs.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-24

Some metropolitan papers are go
ing to much needless trouble in issu-
ing warnings that their north pole
stories are copyrighted. The stories
would be perfectly safe without any
paddock upon them.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-24

When he visited the Gunnison tun-
mel and project yesterday President
Taft saw the largest task the recla-
nation service has undertaken. But
II he wants to see the finest project
OF them all, for its size, he will have
to visit the Umatilla project.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-24

The Spaniards and the Moors are
pulling off an interesting show but
between Roosevelt's African hunt and
two north pole discoverers they have
strong competition.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-24

At this time Of the year Pendleton
store windows are delight. Few cit
les Of this size have stores that carry
the metropolitan stocks found in Pen
dleton.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-24

It is very peculiar, Police Inspector
McCann was found guilty by Chi
cago jury.
, 1909-05-20
Harry WEIGH Killed.

Harry WEIGH, the II year old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. William
WEIGH, formerly of this this place,
but now of Denver, was killed
there Tuesday morning. He is
a messenger in the service of the
Western Union and was answer
ing a.call in the Windsor Hotel at
2:30 a. m, and as the elevator pill
OF was not at his station, WEIGH
ran the elevator up himself as is
his custom. In some unaccount-
able manner he was cought by the
neck, breaking it and thus he was
found a few minutes afterwards by
the regular pilot. The news
reached here by telegraph from
Mr.. WEIGH to his sister, Mrs.
Chas. Taylor. Harry was only a
little fellow when he left here, be-
ing then only about 8 years old.
, 1909-05-20
Bought the Cox Ranch

}. A. Schoonjans, the prosper
GUS ranchman of Pass creek, has
inst purchased the ranch and
stock of Cox Brothers on Pass
creek. Consideration private.
There are two thousand acres of
decided and leased land in this
property, and it is a property that
will, in a short time, bring its pur-
chaser a very handsome price per
acre.
MI. Schoonjans who was inter
ested with Gus Jensen in the pur-
chase of the Forney ranch, has re-
linquished his interest in that
property and taken ove Mr.. Jen-
sens interest in the cattle owned
by them, some 300 head. Mr..
Schoonjans has in view, in these
Investments, the certain increase
in values that is sure to take place
in this valley within the next few
years.
, 1909-05-20
The SchoOILibfary.

Last Saturday the first consign-
ment of the school library arrived.
There were sixty books in this in
stallment and they were purchased
by Miss Sensintaffar with the
money realized at the school en-
tertainment given a month or 30
ago. This will form a nucleus for
a permanent school library and to
this nucleus will be added books
from time to time, as fast they
can be procured.
We understand it is the .inten-
ton of the local branch of the W.
C.. L. U. to purchase the Ballard
library, owned it seems, by j. G..
Kennedy. There are a large
number of books in this collection
and while they are reported to- be
in a bad condition, having been
ravaged by mice, it is believed
that something can be saved from
the wreck. 1t is a shame, which
lies heavily at ssomeones door,
that this large and valuable lib
rary has been allowed to be de-
stroyed by mice and neglect, when
it might have been put to much
needed and beneficial use. The
new books will be kept at the
office of j. F. Crawford during
the summer, where they can be
had on application after they are
properly catalogued, but will be
removed to the school building at
the opening of the fall term and
be in the care of principal, Miss
Sensintaffar.
, 1909-05-20
Baseball Game Sunday.

On the diamond at Saratoga the
Fl. Steele juniors will play the
Saratoga Juniors, Sunday, May %.
The game will begin promptly
at 1:30 p. IN. An admission fee
of rs cents to the g%randstand will
be charged to defray the expenses
of the visiting team. The Sara
toga band will be present and help
to add interest to the occasion.
This is the first match game of
season with an outside team
Come everybody.
The s. & E. will sell round trip
tickets on this occasion for one
fare
, 1909-05-20

around the room. 1t is also the
intention to put a bent raIl BAN
lister on the stairway. The border
of the room is decorated with the
square and compass placed at in
tervals of two feet clear around
the room. When these decora-
tions, which are now being put on
by K. M. Greene, are completed
the appearance of the hall will be
greatly improved.
, 1909-05-20
Application for Permits.

Frank w. Pennock OF, the for
estry Office returned yesterday af-
ternoon from Bosler where he had
been TO confer with the settlers in
regard to the free use of timber
from the Cheyenne national for
est. He says alarge number of
applications have been filed for
the free timber permitted to set
lers, sometimes the amounts run
ming up toward a hundred dollars,
and that a large amount of timber
will be allowed to be cut by the
settlers. George B. Gregg, the
lumberman, left this morning for
his headquarters at Keystone
Laramie Republican. J
, 1909-05-20
Saved Elk.

j. }. Carter of jackson, Wyo.,
who was in Cheyenne last week
for grand jury duty in the United
States court, reports that only
about 1000 elk persisted from star
walton there during the last win
ter, the remainder of the $1,000
threatened with determination,
having been saved by the prompt
action Of the state in providing
feed.
1t is claimed that Carter owns
the largest elk farm in the state ,
having 60 full grown animals in
his herd.
, 1909-05-20
the predictions that were hereto
fore made of that camp.
The New City Government.

The old city admin stration
closed it's labors last Thursday
night and Mayor Pilon and Coun-
cilmen Christensen and Hunting
ton took the oath of Office and pro-
ceeded to business. Councilmen
VIM. A. Mace and Plat A. Hin
man, not finding themselves in
harmony with the incoming adj
mlnistration, promptly rendered
their designations. Mayor Pilon
appointed George W. Broadhurst
and W. Z. Edwards to fill the vac
ancies. W. H.. Humphreys was
then appointed marshal, J. M.
Sterrett treasurer, and ID. M.
Plaster clerk. The council then
adjourned until Saturday night,
when it met and transacted the
routine business. The printing of
the council proceedings, ordinan-
ces, and supplies was awarded to
the Sun.
The appointment of Mr.. Broad
hurst and Mr.. Edwards is quite
satisfactory to everyone, as they
are excellent men. Mr.. Humpb-
reys will make an efficient mar
shall, Mr.. Sterrett a first class treas
urer, and Mr.. Plaster a good
clerk.
, 1909-05-20
stops. 1t ought to become quite
popular.
Perfect Confidence.

A physician was summoned to
a very sick man, who was very
much preoccupied with troubles
Of his own. On arriving at the
sick mans bed he SAID to his wife:
Your husband is in the vervR1 last
throes; every movement 81 Avs
that the end is nearing" At this
moment the sick mans head fell
off the pillow, and the doctor said,
THE end has come; your husband
is dead"
In a shrill thin voice the sick
mar said:
"'Tain't SO, Marian"
At once the wife laid her hand
on his head and remarked: Don't
disturb yourself, Rufus, the doc
tor knows best. "-Harpers
, 1909-05-20
Cleaning up 1908 Drive.

Men are at work along the
Grand Encampment river, clean
ing up the ties and timber that
was stranded by the low water last
year. These ties began to come
down yesterday morning. The
timber drive that is now in the
mountains will not start for at
least two weeks yet, as it will be
that length of time before the
mountain streams open up 30 that
the ties can be dumped into them.
, 1909-05-20
Independent Phone.

1t is rumored that a new indie
pendent telephone line is to be
built in the valley, connecting all
the ranches as well as the towns
of Encampment, Saratoga, Wal
colt, Fl Steele, Rawlins, Hanna,
Medicine Bow, Rock River, Bos-
Ter, and Laramie. This will even
tuall Connect with the Kemmerer-
Big Piney line in the western
part of the state at a point near
Split Rock on the S~weetwater.
The charges made by the Bell peo-
pie are getting so exhorbitant that
the new line would be welcomed
here. 1t is estimated that about
fifty phones could be depended on
in Encampment, as 1 the aichsrge
would be only 81 per month,
against $3.50, as is charged bust
ness houses today. The new line
would connect all parts of the
state in a short time as a line is
being pushed from Nebraska
which will be part of the sys-
tem.-Encampment Herald.
, 1909-05-20
In Justice Court.

Judge Greene has been more or
less busy with smallcases the past
week. On Tuesday Conrad And
erson brought an action against j.
Woods for criminal libel. 1t
seems that Woods went to the
Hotel Wolf in an intoxicated con-
dition and when he got up next
morning he claimed that he had
been robbed Of $65. There was
nothing to prove his assertion and
he found himself facing an irate
landlord on a charge of criminal
libel. Judge Green decided that
the case did not come within his
jurisdiction, so as Mr.. Woods con-
sented to leave town on the first
train Mr.. Anderson Dropped the
suit.
, 1909-05-20
Traction Flowing Successful.

w. A. Hopkins, the manager of
the Saratoga Land Company, re-
ports that the traction engine is
doing fine work in the way of
breaking and preparing the sage
brush land on the Company's
place for oats. The disk and drag
harrows that follow the pillow
leaves the land in such shape that
it is very easily seeded. The work
is a success in every way and Mr..
Hopkins is seeding the land to
oats as fast as it is prepared. A
large acreage will thus be put in
to grain on that place and at least
1000 acres of sage brush will be
plowed and made ready for seed
ing.
, 1909-05-20
A Simple Gasoline Motor.

FL. L.. Groninger has had a
small 1-horse power aermotor gas
oline engine attached to the pump
in his yard and with this is run
ming the pump and sprinkling the
lawn. The engine is very small
and works with the same eer that
is used by a pumping windmill. II
is an inexpensive simple device
that can be put to work with a
certain amount of gasoline, and
when it has used up it's feed il
, 1909-05-20
Mountains Full Of Snow.

Reports from in and near the
mountains in both ranges, r to
the effect that there is a great deal
more snow in the gulches and
foothills than ever known before.
E. L.. Stewart, who came in
Tuesday from Tenmile, reports
the snow as still deep around his
place and says that it is full of
water. A bucketful os snow means
a bucketful of water.
Frank Jones came in from the
Jones & MILFORD ranch Tuesday
and says that a half mile above
his house Calf creek is still level
full of snow and the gulches are
still level with it.
The same reports come from
Cedar, Brush, French, Big and
Beaver creeks, Encampment river,
Cow creek both Spring creeks and
Jack creek. The foothills are
still full of snow as can be seen
from the town and there is every
promise that if the cool weather
continues for the rest of May we
may look for some water in this
neck o. wood.
, 1909-05-20
Busy Erecting Windmills.

Hunter & Laughlin are doing
quite a windmill business this
spring. Among those erected is
one for MI. Pearson The work
there comprised a compression
tank, etc. Cashier Broadhurst has
Just had a new mill erected at his
place and f. A. Carleton is having
one erected at his place in the
west part of town. Several others
are contemplated.