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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-22
WHY THEY FAIL.

The fact that the majority of SEN
ators and congressman are helpless
in the hands of a few leaders is due
more than anything else to the fact
that the average member IS not prop
erly informed. He either hasn't the
ability to gather information or else
does not have the inclination to do so.
In a recent issue of Fire and Fabric,
a trade publication, this very subject
was treated and the paper declared
itself in the following emphatic man
ner:
when common sense business
methods prevail in the choice of those
who are to serve in the halls of con-
gress, then, and not until then, will
such legislation be enacted as will be
best suited to our industrial needs.
The lamentable ignorance on matters
of vital import to the textile interests
of this country which has been dis
played in the tariff talk in Washing
ton-we refer not wholly to technical
matters, but also to fundamental bus
iness principles and conditions-shows
to what extent political and personal
influence counts and how little fitness,
correct business methods and practi-
cal experience avail in the choice of
our public servants. The time will
come, Of course, when "any old poll
tician" will not do, when personal fit
ness, ability and adaptibility to the
work, required and a sincere, honest
and high-minded purpose to conserve
and promote the interests of this
country will be duly recognized and
become potent factors in determining
who shall serve in the national as well
as the state legislatures"
Furthermore, when this time comes
If it ever does, congress will be filled
with men who have some knowledge
OF their own The United States SEN
ate will not be filled with men who
are mere puppets in the. hands Of
such leaders as Senator Aldrich moi
will the congressman stand for such
tyranny as that imposed by Speaker
Cannon
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-22
THE RIGHT TRACK.

Commenting upon the proposition
for the farmers railroad leading from
the wheat belt Of this county to the
Columbia river the oregon Journal
endorses the proposition in the follow
ing language:
This is exactly what ought to be
done in this case, and in any other
similar case. The best wheat lands
Of Umatilla county lie from 20 to so
miles back from the Columbia river,
and this being too long a haul by
wagon, the farmers are yet, notwith-
standing the boats on the river, at
the mercy Of the railroad. They can
only get freedom and lower rates by
building a road from a landing place
foI boats on the Columbia back into
the interior nearby to the farther side
OF the wheat belt That such road
would pay It is presumably easy to
prove. These farmers are on the right
track. II no one else will help them,
let them help themselves.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-22

to try criminal case is very peril
nent. 1t is especially so in view of
the fact that after having been chosen
with so much difficulty the Calhoun
jury was unable to agree upon ver-
diet. In the Calhoun case many
months were devoted to choosing a
jury and to the trial of the case. The
arguments to the jury were exhaus-
tive But the work was all in vain,
because the jury could not return a
unanimous verdict There are many
who believe that a unanimous verdict
should not be required of a jury, but
that nine members voting together
should be able to decide a case.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-22
ROAD BOND ISSUE.

Upon the subject of building roads
with money derived from bond issues
much has heen said. However a re-
cent paper upon the subject by Logan
Walter Page, director of the office
OF public roads of the department of
agriculture is of interest because of
the writer's position. In his article
Mr.. Page said:
Many farmers fear a bond issue as
they do the visit of the chinch bug or
.-a Ks1sas grasshopper, but the bene-
\, they derive from that method of
raising money for road Improvement
are far-rea2hing and immediate, while
the individual tax on each is so small
that it is scarcely noticeable. In re-
ality, borrowing money through the
sale of road bonds is like buying
house, a farm, or a business on the
installment plan. The purchaser re-
ceives the object at once and derives
the benefit from it while paying for
it. AS the benefits derived from per-
fected highways cover long periods of
time, fairness and equity demand that
the rising generation should bear a
portion of the cost and that the in
creased citizenship, always attracted
to the locality by a system of good
roads, should also aid in paying for
the added benefits.
1t has bean ascertained by the Of
flee of Public Roads, the Bureau of
Federal Census, and the land and in
dustrial divisions of twelve great
railroads, that the building of modern
highways Immediately enhances the
value of the property through which
they run to q marked extent. This
increase is estimated by the most
conservative at " an acre, and Dy
the more enthusiastic at 50. All con-
cede, however, that the increase is
immediate and inevitable. Place the
acreage Of the rural portion of
county, therefore, at 100000 acres and
the increased valuation due to the con-
struction of better highways at but
$3.50 an acre. and it will be seen that
the property holders whose land is to
be thus benefited would gain not less
than 100000. SO great an increase
in the assessed valuation of a county
would certainly seem to constitute
powerful argument in facor of a lib
eral first expenditure.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-22
Watch the parade tonight.
Going to College.

II your son is planning a college
spring and summer in worried at
tempts to pass the time and to re-
strain his patience before the golden
moment shall arrive, let him do a
little considering before the term Is
fairly upon him. So many boys make
the mistake of rushing off to college
not knowing what course they want,
thinking merely Of the glamor Of col
lege life, and not of their ultimate
gain. First let the boy decide, with
your aid, what he wants to be-or,
rather, what he wants to try to be.
Then send him to a school where
they make a specially Of such things.
A general education" is good
profession, but the boy who wants to
be business man or a farmer would
do we'll to choose his studies with a
view to developing him along those
lines. Sons Of farmers often become
farmers, and to this end there are
fine farm schools where they will
learn in a few years what it has
taken their fathers lifetime to dis
cover. All the latest modes Of farm
ing are explained and illustrated and
the results of science applied liber-
ally and thoughtfully. If he is going
to be a farmer he will have to know
things to keep up with the pace set
by science and progress. Farm
schools supply also great amount Of
general education" the lack Of
which is so often deplored, and they
supply the new and practical things
for which the farmer Of tomorrow is
looking.-American Farmer.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-22
FARM SERMONS.

Let every farmer choose one or
more of the following sentences as a
text for a farm sermon. Every one
of the sentences will bear reading.
| Paste them in your scrapbook and do
not forget them. These sentences are
taken from a recent address by DR..
L. II. Bailey upon the subject of "The
College of Agriculture and the State"
The farmer is rapidly becoming a
citizen of the world.
Teaching on farms 1 consider to be
fundamental to rural progress,
Within a generation practically all
the farm buildings in New York
should be rebuilt.
The entire subject of farm ac-
counting must be attacked in a new
way. The ordinary bookkeeping will
not apply.
1t is probably more important that
We now attack the home side Of
country life than other phases of the
work.
Every good farm must in time have
its own power, but we must first
train up race of mechanical-minded
farmers
l doubt the wisdom of separating
the administration of agricultural
education from that of other indus
trial education.
A farmer has a right to ask that
his son and daughter be given facili-
ties for country life education in his
home school.
As our fundamental crop is by ma
ture grass, so must a highly devel-
oped animal husbandry be a neces-
sary part of our agriculture.
We ought to raise the larger part
of our farm lumber and timber, as
we should raise our own meat and
butter and fruit and silage.
The state cannot afford to expend
millions of dollars for highways until
the local officers are properly trained
for their duties,
We think of farming as a dry land
business. 1t is a fact, however, that
al tClC VI wafer may We Hidue "
yield more food than an acre of land
The engineer is to exert tremen-
dous influence on the development
of our rural civilization, and play a
part that we little realize today.
1t would be possible in many cases
to grow experimental crops on GER
tain parts of the fair grounds to be
standing on exhibition when the fair
meets.
The agricultural college must be
taken to the people. 1t will be ex-
oeedingly necessary to substitute
demonstration and laboratory work
for much of the lecturing.
The increase in value for farm
property in New York state is coming
largely as a result of good roads and
general Improvement rather than
from merely the better farming.
All effort for rural progress should
recognize the fundamental principle
that initiative of the people should be
stimulated directly in the locality and
that the people should be taught to
help emselves.-American Farmer.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-22
Women as Well as Men arc Made Miserable
by Kidney and Bladder Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind,
discourages and lessons ambition; beauty,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-22
Really BUNNY.

The stranger paused before the hall
and smiled. The great shieks and
screams Of laughter that came from
the audience were contagious.
The billboard announced an anna
teur performance. He approached the
box office and said:
They seem to be enjoying them
selves in there. 1 heard their shouts
and outlaws three streets away"
YES" said the attendant "Yes;
that's right"
What are they playing?" asked
the stranger.
Hamlet"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-22

child urinates too often, if the urine scalds
the flesh, or if, when the child reaches an
age when it should be able to control the
passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wet-
ting, depend upon it, the cause of the diff
Guilty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to diseased condition of
the kidneys and bladder and not to
habit as most people suppose.
Women as we'll as men are made miser
able with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect of
Swamp-Root is soon realized. 1t is sold
by druggists, in fifty >A.
cent and one-dollar
size bottles. You may $sst 80 ::::
have a sample bottle :s:::s: : :: :::
by mail free, also sess "A S'a n
pamphlet telling all 80 -
about Swamp-Root, HON. Of oiswlmpROot.
including many Of the thousands of testi-
monial letters received from sufferers
who found Swamp-Root to be just the
remedy needed. In writing DR.. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton, N. Y, be sure and
mention this paper. Don't make any
mistake, but remember the name, DR..
Kilmer's Swafnp-Root, and the address,
Binghamton, N. Y, on every bottle.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-22

The knights of Pythias and Pythian
Sisters now within the city are good
people and they are most welcome.
All that Pendleton hopes for is that
they will enjoy their sojourn.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-22

vigor and cheerful
ness soon disappear
when the kidneys are
out of order or dis
eased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that it is not uncom-
mon for a child to be
born afflicted with
weak kidneys, If the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-22

When it comes to good horses, cat
tie and mules, Union county will
scoop in the bakery and the delivery
wagon any ray in the week, claims
the Scout
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-22
SOMETHING WRONG.

Judge LAWYERS comment that there
must be something wrong with the
American judicial system when 1t
takes three months to secure a jury
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-22

For the first time in five years the
big mill at the Dixie Meadows mine,
IA miles from Prairie City, is in full
operation.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-22

OPPORTUNITY.

; They do me wrong who say t
, come no more, It
When once l knock and fail !
TO find you in; !
For every day l stand outside !
your door, !
And bid you wake, and rise to !
fight and win. :
Wait not, for precious chances +
; pass away. =
; Weep not for golden ages on :
the wane, +
! Each night burn the records of +
the day; i
At sunrise every soul is born +
again. !
Selected. I:
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The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-06
HORSE SHOW ON IN CHICAGO

CHICAGO. Dec 6--Whar promises
o % the most successful horse show
ever held n Chicago opened II the
International Exposition building 10
day and VIII continue through the r.
Zai-der q the week. among the
special features are me crack riders
u Great B-.ca.1-s Cavalry regiments
and also the American cavalry riders
nom For Riley. w11 -Ook part n
RE recent New York horse show
Included a-C-g -le entries ara many
famous SHOW horses from Nv York.
Philadelphia and c-ler
points.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-06
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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-16
All Who
Would Enjoy

good health, with its blessings, must I'm.
derstand. quite cles Fly, that it involves the
question Of right living with all the term
implies. With proper knowledge Of what
is best, each hour Of recreation, of cniov-
ment, of contemplation and Of effort nav
be made to contribute to living arig,.,t.
linen the use of medicines may be dis
pensed with to advantage, but under or.
binary conditions in many instances a
simple. wholesome remedy may be invaln-
able if taken at the proper time and tho
California Fig Syrup Co. holds that it il
alike important to present the subject
truthfully and to supply the one perfect
laxative to those desiring it.
Consequently, the Company's Syrup Ct
Figs and Elixir of SIENNA gives geners
satisfaction. To get its beneficial effect
buy the genuine, manufactured by tn
California Fig Syrup Co. only, and for sal
by all leading druggists.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-16

Ed Cummings was taken in tow by
the police Wednesday after he a
laid for several hours in a drunken
stupor behind the warehouse of the
J.. L. Case company. Had an engine
been switching in the vicinity 1t is
likely that Cummings would have
been minus an arm or leg, as he was
lying on THE ground dangerously
near the track. He was taken to the
Jail in an automobile and this morn
ing pleaded guilty to the charge of
intoxication, being sentenced to 5
days in default OF. the necessary cash.
There was a big crowd of home
seekers arrived in Mitchell on the
trains from the east and south over
the Milwaukee road Wednesday af-
ternoon, practically all of them COM
ing from central and western Iowa
to look over the productive lands in
this section of the state. Many of
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-16

the homeseekers went on to points
west and north. There is a great
movement westward to points in
South Dakota, and the good crop re-
ports from all sections have evident
ly drifted down that way. Iowa
farmers are much easier to impress
than some years ago, and they are
eager now to take advantage of the
lands at higher prices that they de-
clined at the lower prices of twelve
years ago.
MI. and Mrs. Lyle Washburn. Mrs.
Edna Washburl and Mrs. J. H.
Creighton and two children departed
Tuesday morning for Los Angeles, Cal
Mr.. and Mrs. Washburn expect to
make their future home in Califor-
MIA if they are suited with the coun-
try, while Mrs. Creighton will spend
the winter there.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-16

alley from the Commercial and SAY.
ings bank building. On this, it is.
understood, the company win erect,
its new exchange building, making
it much larger than the present
cramped quarters. The company Il
undecided whether the automatic
phones will be installed, II being
practically up to the citizens OF Mitch,
ell if they want them or
Mrs. W. E. Morgan has been vissit-
ing at the home Of a. 3. Hager2 fcsi
the past 3 weeks and Tuesday morn
ing returned to her home 81 81. narul.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-16

The annual meeting of the Dakota
Central Telephone Co. was held at
Aberdeen a few days ago and its Off
GERS made a very satisfactory report
of the past years achievements. The
officers were authorized to expend
100000 for the coming year in
making Improvements and charging
the service. The stockholders show
ed their faith in the enterprise by at
once subscribing for an issue of
$250,0O0 in new stock. Much new
copper wire will be stretched TIC
coming year and several exchanges on
the company's lines enlarged. Among
the plans contemplated for next year
by the company is the erection Of a
new exchange in this city. Some time
ago the Dakota Central bought some
property one-haif block east Of Main
street on Third Avenue, across the
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-12-04
THAT INCREASED WAGE"

Perhaps the conductors and motor
men in the employ of the Lincoln
Traction company will be able to fig
ure out that their wages have been
increased. There may be some al.
mighty good mathematicians among
the carmen.
But it must be confessed that it
will take an expert at figures to work
out any increase after taking the
whole thing into consideration. How
ever, if the carmen are satisfied, ev-
erybody else ought to be. The fact
remains, however, that the increase is
on paper only, and will not be notice
able in the pay envelopes of the men.
The whode matter is fully discussed
elsewhere in this issue.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-12-04

and found work. The loan shark fol
lowed and attempted to attach the
wages in the hands of Furlong's new
employer. Furlong consulted an at
torney, and the matter was taken into
court. Furlong won. the change of
employment preventing the loan
shark from obtaining Furlong's
wages.
This information is cheerfully given
to those who may now be in the
clutches of the loan sharks. Such per-
sons may learn something to their adj
vantage by consulting with the ed
itor of The Wageworker.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-12-04
SHOP TALKS.
Two Printers Address the Ad Club on
Live Topics.

Live Topics.
The union printer had his inning
before the Lincoln Ad Club at the
semi-monthly dinner Tuesday evening.
Albert e. Pentzer, of the Star compos-
ing room, spoke on the topic, 1.-THE
Mechanical Side of Advertising" and,
being a master of the subject, he gave
the ad writer's present some serious
food for reflection. w. P. Hogard,
business manager of The Wagework-
er, who puts in odd time in the Jour
nal "Ad Alley" spoke on advertising
from a Compositor's Point OF View
If the ad writer's will occupy the COM
positor's point of view when preparing
copy, time will be saved to the adver-
tiser, to the print shop and to the
printer-to say nothing of giving the
recording angel chance to breathe.
The two talks were followed by some
breezy discussion, and the evening
proved to be one of the most pleasant
and profitable evenings yet spent by
this live organization.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-12-04
THE LOAN SHARK.

A little matter of interest to those
who may be in the clutches of the
"10-per-cent-a-month" loan sharks was
pulled off in Lincoln the other day.
For obvious reasons the name of the
party at interest is not given. but let
ago Furlong lived in Omaha and while
engaged at work there became indebt-
ed to loan shark" giving an assign
ment on his wages. After paying more
In interest than the original loan
amounted to, F'urlong came to Lincoln
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-12-04
TO LABOR UNIONS.

Will you assist US by APP
pointing some one in your
union to furnish US with news?
The Wageworker wants to pub
Iish the news Of your local, and
in order to do so must have
your assistance. 1t is our aim
to give our readers all the la
Dor news that is to be had and
we wish to do 1t properly, SO
that you will be satisfied. BY
helping US in this way, you not
only make this paper more val
uabIe and complete, but your
knowledge Of what is going on
in the labor movement is bet
ter and the good feeling among
the various crafts is more
strongly cemented. When this
fellowship idea is instiIIed thor
oughIy among US there is less
likelihood of a break in the
ranks and it is certainly need
ed at the present time.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-12-04
OLD OFFICERS REELECTED.
A. r. Of L. Gives Little Consolation to
Its Opponents.

Amid shouts, cheers, bass drums
and cymbals, the A. F. of L. conven-
ton unanimously reelected every Off
Ger. There were no contests. Every
delegate was determined to line up
solid for the present administration,
and differences were buried in view of
larger problems now confronting the
workers. w. B. Wilson of the Miners,
and T. V. O'Connor of the Longshore-
men were elected fraternal delegates
to England. John ]. Manning of the
Laundry Workers was chosen to rep
resent US at the Canadian congress.