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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-30

this valuable medl-
cine, Lydia E.Pink-
hams We ge Ia bic
Compound. ] suf-
fered from terrible
headaches, pain in
my back and right
side, was tired and
nervous, and so
weak Icould hardly
stand, Lydia i
Pinkham's Vegeta.
ble Compound re.
stored me to health
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-30
Warming.

DO not be persuaded into taking
anything but Foley's Honey and Tar
for chronic coughs. bronchitis, hay
fever, asthma and lung trouble, as it
stops the cough and heals the lungs.
Koeppen Bros.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-30
Ladies' Notice.

See the Peerless Electric Suction
Cleaners demonstrated. District fair
Northwest Gas e Electric Co. booth
Full guaranteed, price $500. Ask
John vaughn.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-30
MORE
PLNKHAM
CURES
Added to the Long List due
to This Famous Remedy.

Camden, N.J.-'1t Is with pleasure
that | add my testimonial to your
already long list hoping that it may
induce Others to avail themselves of
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-30

II you are not saving portion Of
your salary, no matter how small it is,
you are not following in the footsteps
OF your rich uncle.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-30

Ibe astronomers of Harvard have observed perturbation in the. orDtal
planet in the vcmtyi
4 <w BELIEVE in the new planet I was eleven years sold in 1s4S when Lever
riera and Adams and Mary someryine discovered Neptune through the
they call that kind IF disturbance. 1 had been having those prturbatons my
they used to keep dogs in some of the patches in those day You notice that
thMe recent perhrbatons are considered remarkable because they perturbate
through three seconds Of arc, but really that is nothing; often I used te per-
tmhate through al much as half a n hour if it was a dog that was attending to
the prturbatng.
There isn't any Neptune that car outperturhMe a dog; and I know, because
am not speaking from hearsay Why if here vas a planet two hundred n
fifty thousand 1ght-years' the other side of Neptunes orbit Prof Pickering
would discover it in a minute if it could pmturbate equa to a dog. Give me a
dog every time when it come to perturbatng. You let a dog jump tut at you
three seconds of arc is; the shudder that goes through you then wouldo pent the
seams of Noahs ark Itself from gurehead to rudder-post, n you wouldd drop
that melon Inc same as if you had never had n nut jsta casual interest in it,
1 know about these things because thisis lot tradition lam writing nut history.
Now Their, notice this About the end of August, 1896 a change can over
me an 1 resolved % cad a better lfe, so 1 reformed; but lit was jus as well,
anyway, because they had got to having gun n dogs both. Although ws
.rebrmed,t the perturbatons did not stop! Does that strike you? They did rot
stop; they went right Oh nd OF n IN, for three weeks, clear up to the Esd Of
September; then Neptune was discovered, and the whole mystery stood X
IN other planet is disturbed. This has been going on all my life
st only happens in the watermelon season, nut that has nothing to do with
Vt, and has n sgnifcance; biologists IN anthropologbts n horticuhtunsts.
all tell me it is only ancestral and hereditary, and that is what I think myself
Now her, I got to perturbating again. this ummer-an summer through; all
through watermelon time; nd where, do YOU think? Up here OF M farm in
Connecticut Is that significant? Unquesionab1y it is for you couldn't raise @
watermelon on this farm with a derrick.
THAT perturbatng vas caused by the new planet That Washington OBJ
servatory may throw as much doubt as it wants to- 1t cannot affect mab because
There has got to be a dog or a planet me or the other; and there's ism an dog
around here SO there's got to be a planet l hope it is going to be named afcr
me; l should tustl love it if I can't have a constellation" = Mark Twain, in Har-
.pers Weekly.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-30

Robbins, even In his giddy youth. was
aught but sad Still, they elected him
a member of the Board of Education as
long ago as 1897 and kept him there I'M
til 1908, during which time he served as
president for four years. His appoint
ment to the board of elections in the
county was a voucher for his accepta-
bility to the Burlingtonians, and his re-
appointment simply went to confirm
their choice.
Then, on top of that, he got the As
sembly habit, which grew on him as the
years passed. Fresh from the presi-
dency of the Board of Education he
came to the Hous in 1904 and stayed
three years, exerting his repressiye in
fluence as speaker during the last term.
The Assembly is a shallow place at
best, the members given to making
songs and jokes, and presenting Jocular
resolutions and making speeches on the
same. all of which Is wearing to a de-
gree TO a sensitive soul desiring peace
and quiet. There are only twenty-one
Senators, so they are quelled three
times as easily, theoretically. so aban-
doning the House to its frivolous fate
Senator Robbins Joined the smaller
body, and is now serving the last year
of his first term.
For the first twelve month he was
merely a vote, to be taken into consid-
Grafton in that respect, and others, but
not enough to overawe the other mem
bers into relinquishing the joys of
Senatorial life that had been theirs IN
years gone by.
In 1908 they made him leader of the
majority and as such he was able to
weld more power to awaken MS col
leagues. to the realization of better
things. But now he is president, an
officer, second in the State to the Gov
ernor only. and with the conduct OF the
upper branch of the Legislature entire
ly on his shoulders.
There is something appropriate III
his gloom as president, just as there
was when he was leader. He was
chairman of the committee on Judiciary
then, the committee to which every
thing is referred when it is inexpe-
dent to have it on the floor any longer
Many a senator has watched him sadly
fail to report pet measures, n deep
down in his heart felt that though the
bill might be dead at least there was
not undue levity about the funeral.
As An oiler of troubled waters Pres
ident Robbins probably has it on any
other lubricator who has ofliciated IL
that responsible position for some
years. There used to be plenty Of need
for his services when Senator Colby
vas in the game.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-30
I'M toLT1lcAL CRISIS AT TRENTON.

This year six counties will elect senator's -Four of them, HuntTdon' Middle
SEX, Passaic and Sussex, are low represented by Democrats, nd Cap May and
eight Democrats SO that if the Democrats shalt next November elect in all the
six counties the Republicans will have a majority of on in the next Senate. But
the more important consideration is the election of eve senator's next year
for the Legislature is to elect a United States senator. Fiye Republicans and
W Democrats retre in 1910 and every Democratic gain will be a vote gained
for the joint meeting in January, 1911, to elect a successor to John Kean. In 1910
a Governor is to be elected, nj whatever causes may exist to seriously affect
the Legislative elections will operate as well in the election for Governor. The
doings If the Legislature Of 1909 may, therefore have a far-reaching effect The
ralc crisis at Trenton today is a political one
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-30
The State Senate'S a Lugubrtous Place,
wdb Robbins Gl6omay Setting the Pace
The Chap!ain's Sermon Only
Ray of Light that Penetrates
Thick Haze OF Dismay.

lf there Vas an exception to be
taken to any move on the part Of the
Regulars the Essex senator usually
took it, while Senator F~relinghuyscn
struggled mapfully to wrest the point
away from him. 1t was then that Mr..
Robin shone, or perhaps it would
be better TO say glowcd. In accents Of
purest pity and charity he would plead
with the contending parties, pointing
out to each the fact that forbearancc
was the virtue above all others that
should be practised in the senate.
AS his homily was generally ended
with a motion to lay over or refer, or
whatever the majority of the majority
wished to have done, his method was
most effective.
AS an instance of what he. can do
take that incident of the public utilities
bills last year. Colby introduced a bill
of a true New Idea character. Sen
ator Gebhardt, of Hunterdon, brought
forth a similar measure, which began
to spit fireworks as soon as it was un-
folded. Did Leader Robbins, who had
expressed his doubt as to the need
and advisabifity of such a bill, jump
up and down in his tracks and de-
nounce both measures? No, indeed.
lie introduced a nice tractable con
trivance of his own and when the COM
mittee reported the measures it was
found that a substitute had been agreed
upon which could not have been told
from the original Robbins bill by any
one on earth. And then, somehow or
other, the Robbins bill failed to be-
come a law.
Senator Frelinghuysen nominated Mr..
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-30
THE ACT OF 1906.

TIE & Or ~
The principal subject for the Legislature to CONSIDER "en IL meets neM
uaer min hat hi of HI State finances in connection with the proposition to tai
.oo mo of the nubuc school money!, in addition to the 100000 appropriated TO
the eount for schools this year. making a million altogether. N alternative ian
offered by the Governor OF abandoning the Perkins railroad tax act II $685. per-
hitting the local tax districts to assess n tax the rairoads locally ue e't'
then mposin a direct tax IN the people, seems to be in the nature Of a bun
n such a change should be made, ample opportunity would be given to husous
railroad lawyers to te up local assessments in the courts So numerous would
he TIN appeas hat extra judges would be necessary. he municpahue nave
1atgv seen TO- railroad tar payments al be withheld Tor long periods to he
barrassn of municipal finances. The railroad Ia act Of 1905 vas the out
come of years. IF agitation ant the product of prolonged and doubtful struggle
in the Legislature that year. The act is capable of improvement, but let it not
he mutlated or repealed. to be replaced by a worse law, The people have only
to feel it's benefits. ant these benefits should also b sacred from legs-
1aHve despolnent. 1t will indeed, be with a chasNned sens of the situation
that the subject will be taken up next week. 1t will doubtless be found y ne
specflS Senate committee that the situation is not quite a serious as repre-
sented,a and that there are sourc apart from the school moneys sufficient with
necessary economies to meet all real requirements and wen pay the eNtraordi-
mar costo Tasty years highly useless special commissions.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-30

There is nothing in the omdal reports of New Jersey % show that such a
thing exists as a ocean fishery. The immensely valuable fisheries along our
coast for nearly 1850 mile are lot mentioned. Some nor has been collected
in licenses from menhaden steamers that ply along th. coast, but the wen is
inconsderabIs And that is all the state has to do with oceanh fishing. These
boats are To- ew. Blu. there are any pound nets that fairly engrdle the
coast They are lot assessed for taxes, they pay nj tribute to he state, nc
orcial record is made of their catch, and there is n State supervision. What
the annual product of the sea is for the New Jersey coast nobody knows. AS
RI great bulk Oft the catch goes straight to New York, 10 be redd o New
Jersey retailers at rus prices it is included in the United States statistics in
the product of New York a State tai of $50 annually n the privilege OF using
a pound-net would give a good income to the State, which has year aftery year
seen its natura wealth appropriated by o -readents even to the exclusion Of
native fishermen M by methods that are destructive If the fisheries. If there
is any reason in public policy why here should not be State regulation Of the
fisheries and why he numerous pound nets should not be assessed a
license ak, that reasono ought to be stated on the floor o. the Legislature. This
is a good time too. for he explanation.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-30
STATE AND MUNICIPAL EXPENSES.

I he natural courseof things the norma expenses of government of a large
nc progressive municipality ought to increase at a greater rate than those Of a
State government More especially is this rue of a municipality that had been
onsrvahve to an extreme in its policy backward it's development n stngy
in its expenditures an which awakens to fl md that while it had been nursing
a low tax rate it has neglected public Improvements and ordinary conveniences
was facing actual emergencies in a poisonous water supply, impoverished
schools, unpaved streets a wretched sewerage system, a n inadequate police and
fire service m other ills that Jus be remedied. That val the experience of
Newark years ago. and the city every year since been paying interest OF
old neglects while sustaining the cos Of supplying modern municipal wants and
solving new problems as they arise W. have lot yet caught up The i'm
perahved enand on the municipality gro greater every year, hi they cannot
be denied The mere State administrative expenses are normally nt exacting5
I'M the actual necessities of the State are not as multiarous and cumulative
as those of the municipality In economy o administration the city Of Newark
car well challenge comparison with the State, There are nc ornamental So 900
jobs in the Newark city government n no two highly saiared men doing one
mans official work.. In public work, Co.,, we believe tina tn Newark City Hall,
a masterpiece, evry tone of which represents Al honestly spent dollar, Will
compare very favorably with the Senate chamber at the State House, which
represents a big appropriation that might better have been tossed intoth h Della
ware rtper
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-30

of our own fraility, and II President
Samuel X. Robbins, of Burlington, can
not inculcate such principles into the
hearts of his fellow members the Sen
ate had better quit business at once
and go over to the House, where they
do nothing but frivol and enjoy them
selves all day long.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-30
EXTENDING re P4LfsADes PUBLIC PARK.

There is nc river in the world more beautiful in its scenic features than the
Hudson, M its most striking feature is the Palisades. Thirteen miles If this
bluff nave now been rescued from commercial vandalism, and will forever re-
secure for a public park fifteen niles long and one mile wide Of n OF both
sides of the Hudson between Peekski1 and Newburg an extension Of the present
Palisades lark on the west shore. The Albany legislature is asked to make the
appropriation. The picturesque look mountain, the nost prominent CURE ii
Hudson river scenery could at n time have been purchased for $4,000. The
quarry interests that are destroying it are o valued at 100000 The thirteen
nile Of Palisades acquired by the two-State commission COST about $780, O a
cheap purchase of IN invaluable property New Jersey ia a part interest in the
HUDSON and there will be deep qualification in this State if the New York Legis-
1ature shall rise to the level of its duty n opportunity IN vote the asked for
appropriation
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-30
A FEW

The d~ictionary's full of words,
The fact emoves a doubt.
I dreamed last night that congress folk
Had worn them wholly out.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-30
THEY CAUSED THEMSELVES.

IT wonder What caused Mrs. Fijjitt's
wrinkles"
'She must nave got them worrying
about them"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-30
ILL HEALTH, FOR INSTANCE.

Don't be forever wishing;
Don't grumble at your lot.
Some things that make us happy
Are the things we haven't got.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-30
LAPSE.

Grocer-When do your folks want
that lour sent up?
Mr.. Nomemry Cooking troubled)-
They want it yesterday.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-30

Robbins for president this year. He
said that he was especially fitted by
training and character for the posi-
ton. Frelinghuysen was right. What
we need in the Senate. as everyone
knows who has listened to the speeches
made on the opening day of a ses-
sion, is quiet and dignity and a sense
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-30

IN RIPPING COOL HUMOR
AsM44Yrtt
KITTY IlSr-

Miss Maybelle MeGree. who was fat,
By accident sat on the cat,
said she: Here, poor Kitty!
Dear pussl what a PITY
! wonder where she can be at,r
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-30
CAUSE AND EFFECT.

Poor Jones is suffering from melan-
cholia."<
why. I thought he was the editor of
a comic paper"
"He is"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-30
HARD LUCK.

One time a young fellow got busy
Making love to a maiden named Lusy
, When he asked for a kiss,
Though, the petulant miss
Cav him such a hard slap he was
dusy.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-30
HER LITTLE JOKE

AIiee-Don't you think a cookery
book is fascinating reading?
Clara-Yes, indeed. 1t contains SO
many stirring incidents.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-30
OUT OF THE QUESTION.

"As pretty as a picture" she
By all her friends is known,
And yet, of course, she could not be
AS pretty as her own.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-30
HIS LAST WORDS.

A girl in an automobile
Ran down an old man with a squile
When they picked up the pieces
He said, Excuse, mieces;
You don't know how funny 1 file"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-30
TIME AND MONEY.

Time is money. young man."
That SO? Well, I've a bunch of
time on hand I'd like you to break into
small bills"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-30
NO

Man calls his wife his better half"
But that's a sort of bluff.
He can't deceive himself, for she's
The whole thing, sure enough.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-30
A QUIET MANS ADVANTAGE.

The man who thinks before he speaks
May not be often heard.
But there viii be few times when he
Will have to break his word.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-30
AN IMPOSSIBLE IF

she-'Tis ever woman's lot to suffer
in silence.
He-Yes, and if they'd only let us suf-
fer in the same way how happy we'd
be.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-30
NONE For HIM.

so poo Henpeck is dead. I suppose
his last words were,
Didn't tell you his wife was at MS
bedside"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-30
MARK TWAIN BEGS TO HAVE
PLANET NAMED AFTER HIM
Wants to Be 0 -father for Celestial Object If He Can't Get a
Whole Constellation in Fee Simple, He Writes aarpers.

[Tbe astronomers OF
movement of Neptune
planet in the vicinity
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-07-27
EATON TOWN BOARD
HAS HARD PROBLEM
Sidewalk Improvements Are
Cause of Trouble.

Eaton, o., July 27.-Since the order
ing in of new sidewalks by the city
council in front of lots where the
present walks do not come up to the
standard desired, perplexing prob
lem has confronted this legislative
body and will no doubt receive much
Of their discussion in order to have
the matter settled. Mrs. Mary E..
Farr is one of the number affected
by the ordinance. and she has been
asked to construct a walk In front of
her lots. Just east of the cemetery.
The lots begin at line thirty-three
feet east of the cemetery and continue
eastward for 365 feet. To construct
this amount of walk means the expen-
diture OF quite sum. Mrs. Farr had
let the contract to Thos. J. Stephens.
Stephens started to the lots Saturday
and was preparing for the walk con-
struction by cutting down a number of
nice maple trees in front. The coun-
Gil kicked at the cutting down of the
trees, and work has been temporarily
stopped. The council want the trees
and want the walk. but Mrs. Farr
refuses to construct the walk unless
the trees are down.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-07-27
KEEP OFF THE GRASP

One Of the most disheartening things
about parks is the Keep On the
Grass sign. And yet it is well and
proper. particularly in small parks
that people should keep of the grass
else there would be no soothing green
to rest the eye. And green is good for
the eyes.
Down in the Tenth Street Park there
are four places where the grass is
worn of into paths which were not
intended by those who laid off the
walks. And this we cannot condemn.
Theoretically it should be our duty to
call the people who walk across the
grass at these points until there is no
grass, "vandals," "destroyers of pub
lie property with no respect for the
rest OF the citizens who want to look
at green grass once in a while, etc.
But it is our opinion that in this
case the men who laid out the walks
are at fault and not those who disrc-
gard the path SO nicely graveled. One
Of the chief functions Of q walk is that
1t shall be convenient to walk on.
That Is It's chief object in life. Fail
ing in that it is SO much uninterest-
ing gravel. The fault is that at the
entrances to the park, particularly at
South B street, the present scheme of
walks is not arranged as to be con-
venient. Every passerby must go sew
eral feet out Of his logical way to abide
by the Injunction to keep OF the grass
Therefore it would seem the wiser
thing to do to put the walks where
people evidently as rational beings
want to walk, and keep them from a
disregard of the injunction to Keep
on the Grass
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-07-27
.tMMONS TAILORING co.
ENLARGE THEIR BUSINESS =
ELECTRIC PRESSING sYs-
TEN INSTALLED.

Emmons Tailoring Co. have enlarg-
ed their business. In addition to the
large and fine line OF suiting they
make at SIS and SIS. they have added
an extra fine line OF Imported Suit
ings that they will make up at $22.
This is the same goods sold by high
priced tailors at $35. The connection
of Emmons Tailoring Co. with one of
the largest wooden houses in the coun-
try gives them unusual advantage in
price.
Emmons Tailoring Co. have also In
stalled an Electric Pressing system.
This system does the best pressing
work at low prices. Pressing suits.
35c: trousers, 15c. Best work or no
charge.
They are also showing surprising
values in their Fall line.
A cordial invitation is extended to
all to look over their new Fall styles.