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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-13
PENDLEToN'S SCHOOLS.

| Ignorance is the source Of all evil
People who are truly wise are ambitl.
Gus. industrious law abiding citizens
All wrong doing and most of the mis-
cry of the world may be traced to lack
of proper knowledge of the laws Of
God and Of man. It pays to do right
but all people don't know it,
Schools are naturally the chief foes
Of ignorance and because of this fact
they are everywhere regarded with
appreciation. The more advanced a
state or a community the more atten-
ton is given to the work of the
schools. Progressive communities
never fail to provide good school facili-
ties regardless of the cost,
BY reason of its position as the me-
tropolis of the great region between
the Cascade mountains and the Blues
Pendleton is an educational as we'll
as a commercial center. Furthermore
the schools do much to make Pendle-
ton a good business town.
The local schools constitute one of
the citys chief resources, for many
families move here from afar so that
their children may attend school.
Now by bettering the schools their
commercial Importance to the city may
be increased. Especially is this true
of the high school, The Pendleton
high school should be made far and
away the best high school in the state,
if it is not that already. 1t should
be the best in the state because 1t
has the largest territory to draw from
and because of the fact that there
are no public higher institutions Of
learning in eastern oregon. The local
high school should be practically To-
cal college. 1t should not be merely
a preparatory institution fitting stu
dents for entrance to the universities.
Probably four fifths of the high
school students do not pursue their
studies further and so the courses
should be arranged with a view to
giving them the best and most practi-
cal instruction possible while they are
in school
1t will not be long until Pendleton
will be forced to erect a new high
school building. The present build
ing has become out of date and it is
too small. The city needs a high
school building twice as large as the
present structure and fitted out with
good laboratories, library quarters,
gymnasium and other modern equip
ment. As one of Pendleton's present
needs a good modern high school
building deserves to rank along with
gravity water system and a park
system. 1t would be good business
policy to build new high school just
as quickly as possible.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-13

mum of thirty-flve years, and the
donkey a like period; the dog does
not exceed twenty-five years; the
rabit from eight to ten; the goose,
thirty; the duck, the hen and the tur-
key, a dozen years.
Among the animals having the best
established reputation for longevity
are: The COW, which lives on hun
dred years; the parrot and the ele-
phant, which attain an age of one
hundred and fifty years. Carp, on the
other hand, appear to have usurped
their reputation, which was based on
Misunderstood facts from Chantifly
and Fontainbleau. They rarely be-
come centenarians. The tortoise ap-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-13

Man on Poverty flat, 10 miles from
Prineville, raised 1000 bushels of fine
potatoes, oats, alfalfa, cucumbers,
strawberries, and a stalk of sugar
cane, on dry, unirrigated lana.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-13

Should the power trust win out and
succeed in getting everything 1t wants
it will be only a matter Of time until
the government will have to inter-
vene and take from private hands the
control of natural resources. The
world was made for the benefit of all,
not for one, two or a dozen men.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-13

1t is easy for the man who amounts
t. nothing to give himself away.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-13
e g 80 MAKES
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has made the extensively of all medicines the
Blood
which temporarily the disease
vital strikes directly purifying
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Blood driving
circulation Sc s. builds and strengthens the veabl
effects
your certain reliance
potash mineral
treatment book with valuable suggestions
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-13

lires-not as in the days of old. They
would know that the laws for the
regulation of saloons would be en-
forced for the simple reason that un-
less they were enforced the county
would go dry again at the next sub
sequent election.
What do you think of it, gentlemen? {?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-13

pears to be the animal that lives the
longest, and the record of longevity
is surely held by one Weighing ESQ
kilograms, which was presented in
1904 to the London geological gardens
by Walter De Rothschild, and which
is said to have been born in 1850
Vulgarisation Scientifique.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-13

BROADWAY.

+ Brothers and sisters we call I
+ them, this motley of hu-
4 mankind.
= Stalwart, magnificent, normal, /!
+ weaklings, the halt and l
+ the blind.
I. Some born to squalor and fren- 1
+ zy, some born to woe and I
I despair, I
+ Others, the favored of fortune, !
+ affluent, brave. debon- I
Z air. !
= Forward and back in the day. I
= light, forward and back !
+ in the night; !
= Threading the thoroughfare al I
+ ways, thousands on left !
+ and on right. Z!
+ Driven by spectres of hunger, !
+ lured by the solace of 1
+ song, !
j. Thronging the echoing pave /
+ ment-restlessly moving !
- aIOHS.
1. Face to face, elbow to elbow, I
+ journeying on side by i
+ side,
+ Arrogance, sorrow and trouble, ::
+ affluence, pleasure and 1
+ pride.
+ Forward and back without ceas- :;
+ ing. walking by night and !
+ by day,
! Brothers and sisters and humans I
+ all on life's common
= Broadway I
+ L. S. Waterhouse. I
+
a L l. l. L :. =. :. Z. !. .. s. :. :. !,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-13

Peary says that Cook did not reach
the north pole. But Cook should be
a better,witness than Peary upon that
point.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-13

once more the swimmin' season is
a thing of the past.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-13
HOW LONG ANIMALS LIVE.

The maximum length Of life OF
some of the best known animals is as
follows: The horse lives to maxi
Evening star., 1909-09-05

has been so persistent and enterprisins
as the American naval officer. But il
would not detract from the worth OF his
supreme success such as that scored by
Cook can lessen the value of Peary's per-
formances In the frozen regions. 1t must
not be forgotten that it was he who first
mapped the interior Of Greenland and
ascertained the character of the land; that
it was he who proved Greenland to be
an island and not a peninsular projection
from the mainland.
Indeed. In the point of practical geo
graphical work Peary has been perhaps
the largest contributor 10 human knowl-
edge of far arctic conditions. When he
began his explorations he was careful 10
explain specifically to the public that he
was not in search OF the pole. 1t is true
that he had at that time the concept of
ultimately reaching the great goal and
he conducted his earlier explorations to
the end of possibly utilizing his discov-
cries for later polar research. Having as
certained that the interior of Greenland
was not traversible by man he undertook
to complete the survey of the coast,
which had from the beginning of geo
graphical publications remained underlined
for nearly half of what was later proved to
be the outline of the island. Maps printed
even as late as 1897 showed portion of
Greenland untraced. 1t remained TO
Peary to complete the work which he
had begun and then he started his search
for the pole, which it is to be hoped will
be rewarded by accomplishment, even
though Cook may have anticipated him
by few months.
Evening star., 1909-09-05
Peanuts and Cancer.

Out in Aurora. H.. is a man who is ex-
perimenting in diets He has theory
that most of the human Ills are due to
imperfect digestion and that the imper-
feet digestion is due chiefly to the fact
that moderns eat too many kinds of food.
His proposition is that man should eat
as horses seat. confining the stomach to
one line of nutriment at a time. Thus
he has laid down a system Of food con-
sumption which he calls the ''monodiet :
For example. he would have his fol-
lowers eat potatoes for a period of days,
and nothing else during that time: grapes
for an equal period. and finally peanuts
for a spell. This he says will keep the
stomach we'll disciplined and the body
well nourished and reduce the chances of
disease to a minimum. He is partial to
peanuts He thinks that the popular
goober contains all that is iecessary for
the sustenance OF the human system. Re-
Gently he subsisted for sixty days on
peanuts alone, record of which the base
ball enthusiasts and circus patrons of the
United States may we'll be enviOus. This
pioneer in the field of monodeting thinks
that the peanut has a wonderful specific
quality for the prevention of cancer, and
he believes that under proper circum-
stances the consumption of that article
of food will prevent the dread disease.
So confident is he of his proposition that
he has asked to be inoculated with can
Ger tissue in order to test his theory. II
any large degree of public faith in the
cancer-preventing qualities of peanuts
obtains In this country the Virginia and
North Carolina farmers will soon be
planting vines in all their fields to supply
the demand.
Evening star., 1909-09-05
The FARMERS VIEWPOINT.

Young man. said Silas unto me. ''you city
writers joke
A lot about US farmers. and heap OF fun
At the country cousins swarmin' into town to
see tn fair.
A takin' up th' precious room. while dad sleeps
You picture us spongin' on our relatives, as
well;
The fact is. / am stoppin' at q .fve-a-day'
hotel.
..You city chaps have pictured US as nuisancea
an bores:
You've joked about our manners an the way q
You've painted country cousins q poor ana
who think fve-cent sandwich is enough to
Tn. fact is. when come to town trips 10
l pay for what eat. you bet an sleep in
some hotel.
Those city cousins do their best to get me up
10 stay
With them. in spite Of all the things you funny
fellows say:
/ do the entertainin wish you'd write this
down.
The only time they see show is when i come
to town.
always buy the tickets, and, q also Ike 10
tell.
They always figure on a meal with me at my
hotel
He started then to leave me- but I begged Of
him 10 stay. ..s o.h;,.
I'm In a hurry now, said ne, there's notnlIS
Nv wife is entertaining all her city folks to-
night:
things up right.
II makes me sort o. weary but don't tell her
that l said ii.
I've got to put NV dress suit on-an goSn!
-Detroi, Free Press.
Evening star., 1909-09-05
Peary's Performance.

Much speculation has been INDUCED in
since the announcement of DR. Cook S
discovery of the pole in 1908 whether
Peary. now in the frozen field in search
for the same goal, may not have gained
the highest latitude himself. 1t is quite
possible that this has happened and that
Peary will return with record of polar
achievement only dmmed in it's glory by
the fact OF having been one year later
than Cooks.
1t is to be borne in mind that DR.. Cook
found at the pole. according to his own
statement, nothing but ice. There was.
therefore, no means of permanently
marking his presence there by cairn
of stones or other objects certain to re-
main in the same position. Doubtless he
did leave at the spot identified by him as
30 degrees north latitude some token of
his presence. but there Is no assurance
that IL would remain there, even for a
season. if the ice was in fact formed on
the surface of the sea Even though the
collar ice may be of glacial character IL
is subject to shifting movements and any
cairn or unmeltable marks of Cooks pen
etration to that point would be carried
off-necessarily to the south
Thus Peary might reach the pole only
to find upon his return that he had been
anticipated by a year or more. This would
De bitter disappointment 10 one who
Evening star., 1909-09-05

portrait and his name. and practically
all injury which plaintiff suffers from
the use of mis- portrait and name is past.
under fallen rock In far western state
and was kept alive for many days by
means Of food and drink sent down a
pipe driven through the intervening de-
bris from the surface. Daily, almost
hourly bulletins were sent east, and the
entire country was alert in the hope that
the man would he rescued. He was
finally brought from his living tomb IN an
interesting state Of weakness, and Tor
few hours the reading world hung upon
his words. He was an object OF the
keenest attention. Enterprsng theatre
cal managers bid against one another
for contract for his appearance on the
vaudeville stage. For a time he held out
against such allurements and it was
hoped that he would resist the temptation
to make a spectacle of himself, but he
finally yielded, showed himself at
large figure per week, and was as prompt
~ forgotten as the paper balloon that
sails into the air on the Fourth or July.
If man is going to capitalize has
heroism, he does well to make the most
of his opportunity, to act promptly, and
to get away with his profits before the
public interest wanes. for just as sure
as the rising of another sun, he Will
be succeeded by anothers hero bidding
for public interest.
Evening star., 1909-09-05
A Seeress.

Ann Diss De Bar reappears almost Pc
riodically. She is "a sort of human vol
cano, with intervals of qufescence and
times of renewed activity. Ann does not
particularly care for public notice, for
she works best in quietude. But she
is engaged in lines that inevitably bring
her into the public eye from time to
time. Just now she Is on the boards. Sc
to speak, having been brought into notice
again as the result of certain disclosures
regarding the business of +. Augustus
Heinze the one-time copper king.
According to her own proclamation Ann
is not only seeress. but powerful force
capable of doing great damage to the
creations of man. She says that she
can. with a wave of her arm. destroy all
the skyscrapers in New York She even
hints that if the public does not cease
prying into her affairs and annoying her
patrons she will wiggle her little finger
some day at one of the tall buildings
and make work for the street cleaners.
Ii" means a great deal to be under the
tutelage and protection of Ann Diss DE
Bar. She says so herself:
II have many pupils. among them Mr..
1leinze. The law cannot touch MIR. HeinZe
account of my vibrations, which have
indicated that even should he go to
prison he need have no fear
This leaves something to be desired on
the part of Mr.. Heinze. Just what Ann
means by surrounding him with immli-
nifty after he is in prison must be left
to the imagination. Doubtless, in such
circumstances, T.. Augustus Heinze would
prefer a good bail bond to the Diss De
Bar vibrations.
Evening star., 1909-09-05
VARIOUS VERSES
ON TIMELY TOPICS
The LITTLE BOYS NIGHTMARE.

schcolhouse hell
Come runnin' after an give a nawful fcndish
An that it & CHASED me through the town an out
An then II stopped an yelled at me: You
think you n mighty slick.
But IN be comm after you another day fore
An when do think that you will sing smother
song.
drempt the schcolhousc slsred at me- it's win
dows looked like eyes
An that the big doors was 9 mouth OF NEST
An that it rolled Il. window eye. an su.shcd
An shook its front-stair chin that s~ung an
!. wonhied underneath
you can't get away.
III have you back inside o me nrst thing you
know some day"
An all the words in all the world jumped out
An come a-runnn' after With most blood
thirsty looks
All Of them had their letters wrong which
made them look real queer.
tn big nve.syllabul ones. too. was scattered far
An all OF them kept ehattcrin' as long as Is
In sight:
You got to come back to tn school an learn
An then lot of a-aud.2's come from tn school
An kept a.sinsin' all th' time about how they
An Long Division hohblcd up an made fac.
at me.
An kept a-cryin: Cant you dnd
that g. G. II. p
The jogserphy jumped up at an scared me
half to death
BY tein to bound the lands an never stop
for breath.
So woke mp an pinched myself to see IL I was
here,
But all today I've gone around an felt e1-
tremely queer.
I walked a-past tn schoolhousc an It looked
about tn
But something somewhere muttered. an thought
Il called my name.
Aw, what's tn good q havin' any old vacation?
Say:
It spoiis it all TO know you've got to 60 to school
some day.
-Chicsgo Post
Evening star., 1909-09-05
Entertaining a Celebrity.
In a dispatch from Beverly about TIT
Presidents journey this appears:

In a dispatch from Beverly about the
Presidents journey this appears:
THE details of the trip have been map
ped out to the last minute and contracts
have been made with railroads Tor every
part of the long journey. During the
early part of the planning for the trip.
the secretary to the President. Mr.. Car
penter. encountered friction in. several
cities to be visited. Rival republican ana
business organizations contested with
each other for lions snare IN the en-
tertainment of the President. 1t required
a great deal of patience and tact to
smooth out the difficulties. but all is Sc
rene now
All is serene at Beverly, but not at Po-
dunk Things are not smoothed out there,
and cannot be. Col. Snooks has been Sc
lected to introduce the President, but
hearts ache in the ranks of Col. Noodle
followers. Col. Noodle himself is out
wardly calm. scorning any show OF dis
appointment, but has his views about a
decision which to him is unaccountable.
AS all of the town people know. he was
the first man in Podunk to come out for
Taft last year when Col. Snooks and his
friends were talking Fairbanks.
And how did 1t come to pass that the
route of the procession from the railroad
vor the democrats instead of the republi-
cans? 'Steenth street is a sort of demo-
cratic highway, stores and residences OF
prominent democrats lining both sides.
And yet right down this street the pro-
cession will go. leaving Huckleberry ave-
nue.. on which many republicans reside,
out in the cold. Republicans in order to
see the show must either accept the hos
pitality of democrats, or sit on the curb
stones of democratic thoroughfare. This
feature of the program looks like down.
right malice.
Equally suspicious also is the letting of
the cake -and-ale privileges near the place
for the rally to Mr.. Smith of the Blue
Point House-a man who never voted
republican ticket in his life-when Mr..
Jones of the Red Paint Hotel lifelong
republican and a subscriber to the Taft
campaign fund last year, was bidder.
If that is right and just then right and
Justice must be revised in and for Po-
dunk.
There are Podunks all along the line Of
the Presidents itinerary. and something
Of this sort of unhappiness will come to
every one of them. The President will
confer much pleasure. but cannot avoid
causing some woe. Entertaining celeb
rity. even for an hour or two. is difficult
business and attended with many risks.
Parceling out honors and dividing oppor-
tunities for making a little money, where
there is great rivalry and pressure on all
sides. cannot be done without wounding
susceptibilities and ignoring claims to
recognition apparently good.
The President will hear nothing but ap-
plause. and see only the smooth side of
things. but there will be a seamy side at
every stopping place. and hearts will ache
after he is gone. Still his presence is sin
cerely desired everywhere.
Evening star., 1909-09-05
Examinations for Citizenship.

4 Judge in Jersey city rejected the
other day the application of man TOT
naturalization papers because ne couid
not name six states in the Union. and
had never heard of Abraham Lincoln.
The applicant had resided In America
TWENTY-FIVE years, a tailor. ana In
good circumstances.
II was of course a melancholy showing.
Still the fact that the man had lived
and prospered for over twenty years IN
America before feeling the Impulse 10
swear allegiance to the government was
really n greater reflection on him than
his Ignorance of the country and It's his
torical characters.
How many American-born voters not
students of home history would trip on
the demand to name the Presidents OF
the United States in the proper order.
and state the policies for which they
respectively stood? \ large number. How
MANY would fail to name the Vice Pres
identso 4 much larger number. How
MANY would fail on the list of Speakers
OF the House? still larger number.
And as to the Chief Justices of the SUI
preme Court, although the list is short,
their names and the value of the great
decisions with which they are associated
are unknown to large masses of educated
citizens who are enjoying their rights
before the law.
criticism often spoken of our civil
service law is that the examinations un-
der it are too technical. Superfiuous
questions are asked. and not enough at
tention is paid to the practical side OF
things Horse sense and experience In
everyday affairs are sometimes subor-
dinated TO mere general reading and feats
of memory.
That sort of thing should not appear
in the examinations for citizenship. Many
foreigners after arriving in America adj
dress themselves at once, and sometimes
for years, TO acquiring enough of the
language of the country to enable them
to get along at work or in business.
They do not travel nor read much be-
yond the news of the day They dip
but little If at all into American history.
They may never come to the knowledge
sufficient to run state boundary lines. or
explain. great American personages, and
yet may be fully qualified TO vote intel
Iigently at either a local or a national
election, and help choose competent pub
lie servants
This Hoboken tailor may know enough
to discharge all the duties of citizenship.
although short on historical data But
he ought to explain why a fortunate ex-
perience in the country did not sooner
bring him forward as an applicant for
citizenship. To be slow in America is
sometimes worse than to be ignorant.
Evening star., 1909-09-05
The MAN And The STOCKS.

From the Scranton Tribune.
Mr. Hartman is much better. And
some nj the stocks are also able to leave
the hospital.
From the Providence Tribune.
Contemplating the stock market, 1t must
disturb Mr. Thomas w. Lawson to COM
pare the effect of Mr.. Hartmann illness
with that of his tips.
From the Denver Times.
That special church service at Arden
no doubt sounded good to Mr.. Hartman:
but the need for ii does not look good 10
the Wall street bulls.
From the Milwaukee, Journal.
Watch the Hartman stocks shoot up
ward. Yesterday Mr.. Hartman took a
stroll. unaided, about his villa at Arden.
From the st. Louis Star.
Hartman takes a short stroll and the
stock market moves up few points. If
he should sprint about fifty yards the
market would go up like rocket.
From the Cumberland Times
II was very kind in Mr.. Hartman 10
recover quickly and thus postpone a panic
in Wall street