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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-29
WAKE UP; GET READY.

Negotiations between the Washing
t,n-Oregon traction company and the
committee representing Pendleton are
progressing satisfactorily. At this
time it looks like an agreement is as
sured and that it will provide that
the power to be generated by the com
pany will be brought to this city and
distributed from Pendleton as a base.
At the outset six miles of track will
be built here and in the immediate
vicinity. Then from this place as a
unit interurban lines viii be thrown
out to the west end of the county and
t. other sections tributary to Pen
dleton.
That this work. if carried out, will
be of inestimable benefit to this city
goes without question. More elect
rical power and proper traction facil-
ities are just what Pendleton needs.
This little city is now the metropolis
OF a great empire that is just coming
to life. With interurban lines to the
right sections Pendleton can retain its
lead as the commercial hub of eastern
Oregon. without such facilities it will
&c difficult to do so.
Then too with adequate electrical
power Pendleton may be made a man.
ufacturing city of large proportions
This place has the right geographical
location. It has connection with two
transcontinental lines and is virtually
upon the bank of the mighty Colum-
bia AS raw products it has whea
and wool in unlimited quantities while
a large amount of timber is also avail
able for manufacture. In the two
FIGURING mills, the wooden mill and
the securing mill we already have the
nucleus for the future manufactur
ing center The one elemient now
lacking is power and this we are
promised on condition that Pendle
ton do it's share towards financing tn,
proposition.
II the proposition Of the Washing
ton-Oregon company is presented II
a satisfactory manner, as it now ap
pears it will be, the people Of thii
city cannot turn it down. They can
rr-t-- -
money Pendleton will be called up
on to give will be as nothing compared
to the benefits to be derived. To re
fuse to do our part would be a blum
der and one that would likely b'
fatal TO the future of this city.
Wake up gentlemen and get read!
to Join in the march for a Traction
system and a Greater Pendleton.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-29
DO NOT SEEK TROUBLE.

One reason why 50 many fail. or
plod along in mediocrity, says Orison
SWEET Marden in Success Magazine" 3"
is because they see so many obsta-
cles and difficulties These loom up
so threateningly that they lose heart
10 win. They see SO many difficulties
that they are in a discouraged condi-
ton much of the time and this mem
tai attitude is fatal to achievement,
for it makes the mind negative, non
creative. It is confidence ana hope
that call out the faculties and multi
ply their creative. producing power.
The habit Of dwelling on difficulties
and magnifying them weakens the
character and paralyzes the initiative
in such a way as to hinder one from
ever daring to undertake great things.
The man who sees the obstacles more
clearly than anything else is not the
man to attempt to do any great thing.
The man who does things is the man
who sees the end and defies the OBJ
stacles.
Napoleon did not see the Alps,
which seemed impossible to his gen.
erelS, tHdt ls' MS CohliueHCe theiC lS
could take his army over these noun
tains into italy was so great that the
difficulties which seemed overwhelm-
ing to others had no power to dis
courage him.
/ I have never known a person who
magnifies difficulties, who talks a
great deal about obstacles, to do great
| things. II Is the man who persists
| in seeing his ideal. who ignores OBJ
stacles, absolutely refuses to see fail
ure, who cings to his confidence in
victory. success, that wins out ir
whatever he undertakes
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-29

hurne's candidacy. When did those
gentlemen become advocates of NOR
ality and decency in this city? Some
Of the leading ones and this paper will
name them if necessary. were active
in the defense of the old times saloons
in Pendleton. They We're defenders
of open gambling and of other vices.
They opposed closing saloons on Sun
DAY and when the East oregonian was
fighting the dragon of immortality
and vice that was rampant in Pendle-
ton those men denounced this paper
and tried to boycott it,
Now those men try to pose as back
ing a man who stands for a cleaner
and more moral administration than
we have had under Mayor Murphy
1t is hypocrisy of brand that would
make st. Peter swear.
Do not be deceived, citizens of PEN
dleton, by the claim that there is n
moral issue in the mayorality fight.
Those who are backing DR.. Swim
burne's candidacy are not out to work
a moral regeneration of Pendleton.
They are not in that business. They
have an axe of another character to
grind. What this is the East Oregon
ian pointed out saturday and this pa
per will have more to offer upon that
subject before election day.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-29
THE ISLE OF DIMES.

The past summer seven to eight mill
lion people made twenty million trips
to Coney Island. They spent there
S4S,000.00O, mostly in nickels and
dimes. and the total sum was three
times what this nation paid to Ma
poleon for Louisiana. or six times
what we paid Russia for Alaska.
There are in Coney Island, peanut
stands, the size of a broad top desk.
which rent for fifteen hundred dol
lars a season. The men who sell
"frankfurters" pay enormous sums
for the right to stand where they do
and get their money back in the nick
els of the twenty millions.
On week days the attendance is
large. but on Sundays and holidays it
rises to point where each visitor has
room only to be happy standing still.
On the Fourth of July four. hundred
thousand people crowded into the lit
tie island, bathed. shot the chutes
were photographed and ate "redhots. ="
1t was believed then that Coney
would not hold a single additional Wis
itor. but on August 10 new hundred
thousand came, making half a mil
lion in one day.
It is wonderful business-this CO.
ney Island-but a very risky one The
nine hundred million nickels depend
upon the weather. When the mercury
drops. profits fall to nothing. If a
plague should break out and the is
land be quarantined boats would stop
running and the people would stay
in their homes The Coney Island
farmer must harvest his crop of nick
els while the sun shines.-From Sue
cess Magazine.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-29

not speak word of our language
and yet their cordial, gracious salute
as sat own warmed me for the rest
of the day.
While travelling through New Mex
leo and Arizona some time ago, in
hot weather, there was young
southerner on the train who seemed
to get acquainted with his fellow
travellers without effort. and who
made the hot dry. dusty and other
wise dreary trip a real pleasure be-
cause of his sunshine. His face was
So radiant and he was so full of ami
NAL spirits and simple, kindly good
nature that it did one good to look at
him
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-29
THEY ARE HYPOCRITES,

Very naturally the interests back
of DR.. Swinburne's candidacy for may
or do not want the real issue of the
campaign disclosed. They are striv-
ing nightly and have been for a week
or more trying to raise dust" to
obscure the real situation.
It is now asserted by the local semi
weekly organ of pessimistic pluto
cracy that the morality Of this city is
at issue in the election. But that con-
tention is rot and 1t is so rank that 1t
smells to heaven. Look at the men
who are active in backing DR.. Swim
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-29
THE LAW.

oh why are stolen joys so sweet,
So filled with tempting pieasure,
And garnished with the filmy treat
or hopes elusive measure.
And why. within this tempting cup
There lies n poison hidden
That when we drink the nectar up
The sting remains unbidden.
And why doth honest open life
Win purer joys and higher,
And carry us with surer tread,
To gain our hears desire.
And why for live the golden rule
Not doing each the other,
And teach the LESSONS in our schoo
OF brother unto brother.
1t is the retro acto law:
We can't escape its wooing,
Ii builds us weak or builds us strong
According to our doing.
Charles $. Terpening, November %
1909.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-29

THE SKY FOR YOU.

= o. the future sky is the bluest i
+ sky, !
Z With never a cloud in view, !
! But the sky today is the truest 1
! sky, !
! And that is the sky for you. I
= For the work you have to do ::
= For the lives that lean on you, /
+ Gold or gray, !
+ 'Tis the sky today. !
T. And that is the sky for you. I
+ There's a bird that sings to the !
+ future sky I
Z Where the blossoms drip with !
+ dew, !
Z But the bird today makes the :
+ songs of May, i
+ And that is the song for you. :.
r For the work you have to do :
+ For the hearts that cling to i
+ you, !
+ 'Tis the sweetest song !
+ AS it trills along. I!
+ And that is the song for you. !
+ Frank L. Stanton in Atlanta !
= Constitution. !
4. = i. ) = + + = !. + !. j. + + :. :.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-29
\ HORSE TRADE.

"Hello!" says I,
"Hello!" says he
never see the man afore.
"Swap?" says I,
Dunno" says he,
Mebbe, I amt shore"
9TH bay?" says I.
9TH gray?" says he.
"Swapl" says we. an both unhitched.
Fine horse" says /,
"Of course" says he.
An in minute we had switched.
"kit up" says I,
Cit up" says he.
An both them horses stood stock still
"Balk?" says I.
yep" says he.
Mine, tool" We laughin' fit to kill
SAY" says l.
Hey" says he,
Guess that's horse apiece" says We
Good day." says I.
Good day." says he.
"Best joke b'gosh, / ever see!"
-Goldendale Sentinel.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-29

You cannot build city by erecting
a wall around It so as to keep out the
forces that would work for the up
building of the place. Pendleton can
not allow any barriers to the en-
trance Of rival electric companies in
to this city.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-29

The tlnhorns who were here in their
palmy days and had the Tribune for
their friend would shiek with
Laughter could they see the stand that
paper claims to take in the mayor
aiity contest.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-29
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS

is compounded from ingredients best
adapted for curing such ailments and
for over SO years has been very sue
cessful. Try a bottle for Heartburn,
BeIching, Bloating, Poor Appetite,
Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Colds, Grippe
ard Malaria.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-29
Make Haste

to get a bottle of Hostettcr's Stomach
Bitters when you first notice any
symptoms of Stomach. Liver or
Bowel troubles and you will save
yourself a lot of unnecessary suffer-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-29

II suppose" said the girl with the
new solitaire on her third finger,
that you produce your sweetest
smiles when you want a favor OF
your hlisband?"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-29

More men are trying out for ora
tory and debate at the University OF
Oregon this year than tried out for
the football team.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-29

The fellow who brags 'T take my
wife with me wherever I go" forgets
to add that his wife sees to 1t that
he does
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-29
Strangers Now

Mrs. Nextdoor-What do you real
ly and truly think my new bonnet
cost?
Mrs. Homer-Well, 1 suppose you
expect me to say $40, but really and
truly think it cost $1.9S.-Chicaso
News.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-23
H|SCONSC|ENCE
HURT HIM
HENCE MlDDLE-AGED PED.
DlER SOUGHT TO MAKE
PEACE WITH POLICE FOR
TERRIBLE CRIME.

That he might relieve his con-
science and make himself right, a
poorly clad, middle-aged laboring
man, who claimed he had violated
the city ordinance by peddling on
the streets without a permit, came
to the police station today and
offered to pay any reasonable fine
for the offense.
The mans name was not learned
by the police, but in his converse
ton with Captain Coverly, it was
learned that he had secured a per-
NIT from the head of the depart
ment to peddle on the streets for a
certain length of time. According
to his own statements he sold stuff
after his permit had expired, and
the iniquity of it haunted him.
Captain Coverly sent him on his
way from the police station rejoic-
ing, telling him that he would not
require him to reimburse the city
for the offense committed. In all
the years Coverly has been an Off
GER, he has never before met with
a man who wanted to pay fine in
order to relieve his conscience.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-23
.EEPS FOR
PR0D|CAL

With tears coursing down his
careworn face, F. A. Wobick of
Claresholm. Alberta, petitioned the
police this morning for assistance
in locating his son, Walter, aged
Is years.
Mr.. Wobick seemed confident
that his boy had come to Spokane.
and he has taken rooms in the
Merchants and Mechanics hotel,
where he will await results of the
search instituted by the police
Walter Wobick left his Canadian
home December %, and has not
been seen nor heard from since.
He is described as being five feet
nine inches tall, with dark hair.
eyes and complexion He wore a
dark gray suit and a Scotch cap
when last seen.
The police are in hopes of find
ing the boy among the hundreds
of homeless men who have been
sleeping in the different shelters
afforded them in the city.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-23
SPOKANE DRAWS
CONGRESSMAN
DISTANT PARTS OF COUNTRY
ARE ALREADY CONCERNED
IN THE NATIONAL lRRlGA-
TON CONGRESS NEXT SUM.
MER.

Congressman Richmond Pearson
Hobson of Alabama writes in let
ter from Washington, D. c., to R,
Insinger, chairman of the local
board of control of the seventeenth
national irrigation congress to meet
in Spokane, August 8 to IA, that
irrigation, forestry, deep water
ways and BODYBUILDING are of vital
interest to the people of his state.
United States Senator John II.
Bankhead of Alabama writes that
he will attend the convention, add
ing: Irrigation is doing a great
work for the country and l hope
for it every possible success"
Congressman o. w. Underwood
of Alabama, who was a member
Of the congressional committee
which originated and fathered the
bill providing for the irrigation of
the arid west, writes that he is
deeply interested in the subject,
but that the people of the state
have vital interest in forestry,
drainage, good roads, deep water
ways and BODYBUILDING
Congressman II. l.. Goodwin of
North Carolina says that the PEG.
pie of his state are much inter
ested in the subjects of drainage,
forestry, deep waterways and
BODYBUILDING.
Congressman John d. Small of
North Carolina writes that the
eastern part of his state is inter.
ested in drainage, forestry and
deep waterways, and that he will
attend the convention in Spokane
II possible.
Mr.. Insinger has also received
letters from other congressional
representatives in the south, mani
Testing interest in the Spokane
congress.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-23
ROADS SAVE
BIG BILL
WARM ROUNDHOUSEs KEEP
PERISHABLE GOODS SAFE
DURING FREEZE TRAIN
SERVICE STILL UNCERTAIN

BY storing perishable goods in
roundhouses all along their lines,
various railroad companies running
into Spokane will have to reim-
burse owners for very little goods
damaged in transit. The goods
were thus preserved during freez-
ing weather.
The first train to Portland over
the o. R. & N. in several days
will be sent out of Spokane about
1880 o'clock this evening, if no
further trouble is reported to tie
up the traffic west of here. One
train left this morning at Z o'clock
over this road for Umatilla there to
connect with passenger trains run
ming east.
The greatest trouble now report
ed on this line is at Hay, Wash, a
short distance below Colfax, where
a bridge, 200 feet long, has been
washed out. This is just being re-
paired and it is believed that traf-
fic will be at it's normal by Mon
day.
The Spokane International train,
straight through from st. Paul, ar
rived on time, 9:35 this morning
This train lost but two hours yes
terday, arriving in Spokane just
before noon. No trouble, except
small landslide four miles east
of Boomers Ferry, Idaho, is report
ed on this road. The landslide did
not tie up the traffic, but made it
necessary for the trains to run
slowly.
Most of the roadbed has been re-
paired through central and eastern
Washington on the Northern Pa
cine and trains are being run
through to the coast today. Most
Of the trains from the east are late
by several hours.
Repairs to the Great Northern
roadbed, near Wilson Creek, Wash,
will not be accomplished till some
time Sunday, officials state today.
All west bound trains are being
run over the Washington Central
branch of the Northern Pacific to
Adrian. where they are making
connections with Great Northern
passenger trains running between
that point and the coast. No. l
from the east arrived this morn
ing.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-23

Prosecutor 'Pugh will make his
recommendation to the superior
judges without delay. When the
grand jury gets in full swing it is
limited that something not yet
heard of will develop in the case
of Root and Gordon.
Judge Gordon's bond of $4,000,
given by him in Tacoma, was per-
mitted to continue in force until
next Tuesday, when new bond
with the same sureties will be
given. This bond was drawn up to
suit the prosecuting attorneys
office and forwarded to Tacoma
last night by the attorneys for
Judge Gordon.
The effort to have Judge Turner
and Colonel w. M. Ridpath of Spo-
kane accepted as local bondsmen
failed because Judge Hinkle held
them incompetent on account of
being lawyers.
During the hearing on fixing the
bond, Judge Gordon was present in
court, and seemed in the possession
of all his old time faculties of
looking peasant. The judge is
prematurLiy gray but not old, as
his so odd years seem to rest light
ly upon his shoulders. He is a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-23
DEPUTY COOK
DISAPPEARED

w. III. Cook. a deputy in the Of
fee of County Auditor Greene at
the courthouse, has been missing
since January 81 from his home,
TIA College avenue, and his
friends are much concerned. Mr..
Cook has wife and married
daughter living in Spokane.
His disappearance was reported
to the police this morning by Mrs.
Betteridge, 1903 Mallon avenue.
Cook Is 81 years old. five feet
eight inches tall and was dressed
in brown suit of clothes with a
brown stiff hat and black shoes.
At the courthouse 1t was stated
that he had been drinking and it
was expected that he would show
up presently. There is no posi-
bility of a shortage in the office, as
Cook handled no money, accord
ing to the auditors office.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-23

man of very pleasing personality
and seems to have scores of
friends among the lawyers of Spo-
kane, many of whom greeted him
on his appearance In court. Judge
Gordon will remain in Spokane I'M
til the hearing of his case on the
approval of his bond next Tuesday.
Prosecutor Pugh and the sheriff S
office accomplished the arrest of
Judge Gordon in such a noiseless
manner that even some of the dep
Wies in the two offices were not
aware of what was up. The infor-
nation just filed in court shows
that it was sworn to last Saturday.
On Sunday Mr., Pugh and Deputy
Sheriff Clarence Long started for
the coast, and no one seemed to be
aware of their absence until the
arrest Of Gordon was announced.
The names of the witnesses GER
titled to on the Gordon information
are the Nuzum brothers. attorneys
in the Sparrow case, Mr.. Sparrow,
Attorneys Laughon and l.. c. Gill
man of the Great Northern, the
members of the state bar investi-
eating committee, President
Bridges of the State Bar associa-
ton. Joseph LAWN, w. ID. Vincent.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-23
LOAN SHARK
Law
COTTERILl HAS BILL IN
STATE LEGISLATURE DE-
SIGNED TO PUT THE SALARY
CINCH GRAFT TO THE BAD.

City regulations seem unable to
cope with the salary loan shark
business, but there is a prospect
that the state will take hold of the
cash cinch graft on workingmen's
necessity.
Senator Cotterill of King county
has bill designed to put the loan
sharks out of business, and before
this session is over he will present
other measures with this end in
view. The bill he has prepared pro-
vides that no assignment of salary
shall be legal unless it is signed
by the employer and the wife of
the employee.
Senator Cotterill believes that
this will act as deterrent to loans
for the sharks. In the first place
no employee cares to have his en-
ployer know that he is borrowing
money, and in the second place the
bill will make it impossible for
husband to pledge his salary with
out the wife knowing all about it.
The loan shark evil In Spokane
has reached high stage of devel-
opment and many city and county
employees the in the grasp of the
usurious lenders of money who fire.
quently lend at rates equal to 1000
per cent.
In the near future Senator Cot
terill will introduce a bill that will
tend to bring about a weekly and
semimonthly pay day. This will
help to break the grip of the loan
sharks and many men are forced to
go to them to carry them over. the
long stretches between monthly
pay days.
The law requiring the signature
of the wife and the employer is
now in effect in Massachusetts,
where it has given excellent salts
faction.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-23
PEANUT GRAFT
CUT OFF NOW
Especial to The Press.)

OLYMPIA, Jan. 23.-The legisla-
ture now in session, will not be
allowed to engage in so much pen
manship as last year II DR.. Car
lyon. member from Thurston
county, has anything to say about
It,
In searching over the bills In the
state auditors Office for the SEES
sion two years ago, some interest
ing figures touching upon the ex-
cessive penmanship Of the tenth
session were disclosed.
For instance, so much writing
was INDUCED in that 65 pens were
required for every member. The
session lasted go days, so that each
member used up one and one
twelfth pens per diem. The amount
OF scribbling to consume this num-
Der of pens must have been some
thing prodigious, to say the least
But this Is not all Nothing less
than half barrel of ink was con-
sumed In this exercise. Had the
legislators done nothing but write
with pen and ink for eight hours a
day during the 60 days, II is doubt
full whether they would have been
able to use up this quantity Of
writing fluid.
Neither were they accurate
writer's. for the bills show that dur
ing the session no less than 10
erasers were necessary for every
legislator, to scratch out the mis-
takes.
One would naturally suppose
that his USING ] Ia pens day a
legislator would not have occasion
for any other vehicle to express
himself. but the records show that
no less than IS lead pencils were