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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-01
PASS THE BILL.

Eastern Oregon will profit by the
passage of Senator Smiths artesian
we'll bill. The benefit may prove to
be far beyond expectations That ar
tesian water may be had in this
county and in other portions of the
state seems certain. 1t has already
been found in many places.
But the expense of boring for a
we'll is too great for the average in
dividual. Nor would it be equitable
to make an individual farmer bore
for artesian water. In the event Of
success the benefit would be for his
neighbors as we'll as for himself.
Senator Smiths bill provides very
practical way whereby farmers may
cooperate in sinking a well. provid-
ing they wish to do so. Some objec-
ton has been raised to the bill be-
cause it provides that all property
owners within a we'll district must
share in the expense. But why
shouldn't they? They will all share
in the gain, indirectly If not directly.
Even if a particular farmer already
has we'll of his own. or possibly does
not live upon his ranch, the finding
of artesian water in his neighborhood
will enhance the value of his proper
ty Such being the case he should
help bear the expense and not leave
the same entirely to his more thrifty
neighbors.
The East Oregonian believes that
the artesian well bill is a measure
that will work for the development of
eastern Oregon.
For that reason it is heartily in
favor Of the bill This paper is in
favor of every move looking to the
economic advancement of this region.
1t believes that the objection that has
been raised to Senator Smiths bill is
a weak one and not made in good
faith. May the bill pass the house as
well as the senate. Then when it has
become a law may it be put to use.
If such is done and artesian. water is
secured in a single instance the law
will not be in vain.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-01
PENDLETON'S NAME.


By all means the town of Pendle-
ton should change its name. A writ
er in the columns of the Portland
Oregonian-which by the way sounds
very much like the late lamented T.
T. Geer, says that the town is named
from George H. Pendleton, a Jeffer-
sonian Democrat Secession Confeder-
ate statesman of Ohio, one of the bit
terest enemies of Lincoln and oppon-
ents of the war of the Union and a
member of the House of Represen-
tatives." In these days there is but
one place on Gods green earth where
the fact of having espoused the "lost
cause" rankles in the craw of ami
mostly. and where the tattered
"bloody shirt" is waved in the face Of
an intelligent community as political
buncomb, and that is from the tail
towers of the Portland Oregonian.
Nowhere else.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-01
ALL But WON.

Property owners Of this city should
read the letter from T. X. Beard,
published elsewhere in this paper Mr..
Beard subscribed for $500 worth of
the woolen mill bonds, although he
has had heavy demands made on him
in his home town of Modesto.
From Mr.. Boards letter it will be
seen that Pendleton is not the only
town where the people are doing
things themselves. At Modesto local
people have just built a $4,000
cannery and are subscribing $780,
600 for an interurban railway. They
too, believe that towns are built
that the growth of a town depends
largely upon the extent to which the
spirit of enterprise and cooperation
prevails among its people.
In Pendleton a long, hard fight
has been made to rebuild the woolen
mill. But it is being won. The fight
is now all but over. The full sum of
$4,000 will be raised within a few
days With this strong backing the
Bishops will rebuild the wooden mill
and place it in operation this spring.
With the backing they will have and
with the prestige coming from the
products turned out by the old wool
en- mill they cannot but make a sue
cess of the business.
Now let those who have not already
subscribed for bonds come forward
and take the remaining $4,000 The
movement is going to succeed and
when the new looms of the mill be-
gin humming local people will be
proud because they assisted in re-
building the mill.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-01
FRANK DAVEY'S ADVICE,
(Harney County News. }


Two or three proposals are before
the oregon legislature for dividing
the state into senatorial and repre-
sentative districts, the idea in each
case being to base the apportionment
strictly on population.
The editor of this paper believes
that this is a mistake and danger
Gus system of representation, and has
at various times in the past given his
reasons for thinking so. The great
objection to II is that it concentrates
too much power in the cities, sspeci-
ally under the tendency OF the rural
population during the past several
years to drift to the large centers OF
trade and commerce.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-01

money in the past through oooperat-
ing in buying their grain bags. They
can doubtless do the same this year
and in future years. 1t is also
held that the farmers of this county
should own wheat warehouses them
selves 1t is claimed that through
such action they can make a saving
in warehouse charges and also sell
their crops at a better advantage.
This is doubtless true. At the pres
ent time farmer must store his grain
in one Of the grain companys ware
houses. After he has done so he is
virtually required to sell his grain
to that company, Through courtesy"
the other companies do not try to buy
his grain and as a result he may not
receive the prices to which he is en-
titled.
Many of the difficulties the farm
ers meet with in disposlng of their
crops may be overcome If the farm
ers will but organize and work as an
Then by getting to-
gether in their associations and dis
cuSsing farming matters they may ac-
complish good in other ways. They
may improve farming methods; they
can work for better roads; for better
rural schools and in various other
ways improve existing conditions.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-01
THE JUDGES SALARY.
(NNnrfnn L na dor

Senator Cole has introduced a bill
to raise the annual salary of the
Umatilla county judge from $1,000 to
$500 A number Of representative
Weston taxpayers were interviewed
by the Leader concerning this meas
ure, and without exception expressed
themselves against IT, Briefly sum
married, their opinions were that
Umatilla county had not had and
would not have any difficulty in fill
ing the office with good timber at
the present salary, and that those
who do not want the job need not
apply for It at the polls. It Is felt
here that the present incumbent need
not complain, since he knew just
what salary he would get when he
for the office.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-01
SHEEPNIEN FLEECED.
(Pilot Rock Record.l

The sheepmen Of this neighbor-
hood were robbed out Of $4,000 last
year on a single clip of their wool.
Many of them were unable to hold
their wool and this fact was known
to the buyers, who took every advan-
tage of their condition, Those who
were more fortunate and could have
held for a price that was justified by
the Eastern market, were 10th to
take the chance Of being punished by
the combination julius Wegner.
however, was one of those who re-
fused to SELL but his small clip was
afterward picked up at an advance
of 2 cents per pound, in order to pre-
vent him from getting a much high
er price.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-01
ORGANIZE.

Next Saturday a farmers meeting
will be held at Athena and the farm
ers Of that section will be asked to
Join a national farmers organization.
c. S. Barrett Of Georgia, president Of
the national association, will be one
Of the speakers After the meeting at
Athena it is purposed to organize
other associations in various parts
Of the county.
Concerning the organization in
question the East Oregonian knows
but little. Whether it would be bet
ter for the farmers of this county
20 join this association or confine
their efforts TO the county association
they already nave is matter for the
farmers themselves to decide.
But this much is certain. 1t is well
for the farmers to organize. The
farmers Of this county have made
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-01
BEAUTIFUL WORK.
(HermiSton, Herald,D

What can better satisfy the higher
longings Of man than to assist ma
ture reveal her wonderful secrets in
orchard and field. 1t is the realiza-
tion of this fact that is responsible
for the homecraft spirit being so pop
ular among the multitude OF the
thinking men and women Of the mid
die class. And with thousands Of
acres of fertile land favoreu by excel
lent climatic conditions it needs no
prophet to see this valley in a high
state OF cultivation by a prosperous
contented people.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-01

Tomorrow evening the Commercial
association will elect officers for the
coming year. Every member should
he out for the meeting and assist In
electng president who will see that
the club quarters are improved and
one who will work earnestly to make
the association Of benefit to this COM
rr1t1nifv
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-01
NO RAISE WANTED.
Milton Eagle.)

The Pendleton bar association
wants to increase the salary of the
county Judge to $500 a year and a
bill to that effect has been intro
duced in the legislature by Senator
Cole. The proposition meets with
little favor from the taxpayers, but
all they have to do with it is to pay
the bill
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-01

Consul Horace w. Metcalf sends
rom Newcastle British newspaper
clippings showing the serious depres-
g'on in t shipping trade in the riv-
y Tyrne, there being no fewer than
112 steamers laid up there, represent
ing about 2OO.OO0 tons Of carrying
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-01

Said an angry young swain to his
maid,
As home from the party they strayed.
"I wish you would turn down Ed
Biddle;
I don't want to play second fiddle"
Her reply made him feel very glum
She answered. "All right. play the
drum"
Judge.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-01

When a man gets a pa'n the whole
township knows It: hut a window
may have several panes all at once
without making any fuss about It,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-01

. Better to strive and climb, .
. And never reach the goal, .
. Than to drift along with time .
. An aimless, worthless soul. .
. Ay, better to climb and fall, .
. Or SOW, though the yield be .
. small, .
. Than to throw away .
Day after day, .
. And never strive at all. .
. Words are mighty. words are .
. living; .
. Serpents with their venomous {
stings, Z
Or bright angels crowding
round us,
With heavens light upon Z
their wings. Z
. Every word has its own spirit, Z
True or false that never dies: q
Every word mans lips have ut Z
tered {
Echoes in Gods skies. q
Adelaide A. Proctor. Z
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-01
- q - CURES

Any chronic ulcer unhealthy and impure condition oil the
blood diseased condition of the flesh at that particular spot caused
and kept naamd and ad by continual discharge into It, u
healthy the circulation No treatment can have any curative e
feet except medicine which will renovate the blood and entirely
Sves washes lotions sometimes helpful IN reducing
fmmaton cleansing the ulcer perhaps $nng the discharge out
applications do reach the blood where the disease germs are located
and effect S. S. goes down into the crcuao
drives out all impurities and morbid matter ard by noushng the 1n
with rich pure blood the place to heal naturally and permanently
does not make surface but by beginning the bottom ana
rebuilding bokendowu tissue and supplying heh healing qualities 10
the blood the place fill in with firm fe while steadily
but surely effects permanent The ulcer not exist when e
blood and will thoroughly purify the blood Book on sores
and Ulcers and any medical advice free to all who write
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-01

with few artesian wells this
county will not be so dry.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-11
PANAMA DISPUTE.
Powder Company Accuses
Canal Commission.
CALLS SPECIFICATIONS UNFAIR.
Contest Involves Contract For More
Than 100000 Pounds of
Dynamite to Cost More
Than $1,000,0oO.

Washington. June S.-Claiming that
determinations were being made by
the isthmian canal commission in ia
vor Of the manufacturers Of ''trojan"
powder, the E. l. Dupont-De Nemours
Powder company filed formal pro-
test here when bids were opened for
supplying explosives for the coming
fical year for work on the isthmian
canal.
The specifications allow alternate
bids for supplying trojan powder" in
the place of dynamite provided
guarantee of the effectiveness of "tro-
jan powder" is made. The Dupont
company protested that trojan" IL a
trade name and can he applied only
by the proprietors Of the brand. The
restrictions of the bids on this class
of explosives to the brand "trojan"
is as unfair as it would be to restrict
the bids upon saltpeter dynamite to
"Atlas" powder, the Dupont company
urged.
The complaining bidder stated that
it was the manufacturer of explosives
belongs and that it desired to submit
hid upon whatever may be the COM
missions requirements for explosives
in this class and that it stood ready
to submit bid when it could obtain
an opportunity to do so under proper
specification.
More than 10,Oo0,OOO pounds of dy-
Mantle in sticks of varying size is de-
sired. The T.. I. Dupont-De Nemours
Powder company submitted bid of
Sl,051.S50 and the Keystone Powder
Manufacturing company Of Emporium,
Pa. $1,O17.232
The Trojan Powder company of AL
lentown, Pa; Oakland, Cal, and Pueb-
10, Colo. submitted bid on trojan"
powder for portion of the amount
desired at $375.037. w. II. Grace &
Co. of San Francisco submitted a bid
of S2O4 ,6OO on part of the quantity
of dynamite. The Texas Dynamite
company of Beaumont, Tex, submit
ted an informal bid.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-11
Limitations of Prnctice.

In an Iowa town an action for
ejectment was not long ago tried by
the court without jury" the suit
having been brought by a religious
society to recover possession Of a
cemetery.
The defendant, physician in ac-
tive practice, had bought the ground
for the use of the society, but when
afterward he severed his connection
with the organization, it was dis
covered that he had taken the title in
his own name and evidently intended
to hold on to it.
After duly weighing the evidence,
the court ordered judgment for the
plaintiff, stating briefly the reasons
for the decisions. Whercupon de-
PENDANTS counsel desired to be more
fully enlightened in the premises.
Certainly" said his Honor. In
addition to what have already said,
there are but two other reasons. One
is tnat the church seems to need a
cemetery and the other is that the
doctor has failed to show that his
practice is sufficiently large to neces-
state his maintaining his own bury
ing ground"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-11

rompklns nd suffered terribly,
and at one time it appeared that his
illness might have a fatal termina-
ton. But sk!llful doctors and pret-
ty nurse tended him most carefully,
and the crisis was successfully
passed. The pretty nurse was Tomp-
kin's one ray of sunshine during his
weary hours, and he fell desperately
in love with her.
Nurse Edith, he said one day,
will you be my wife when l recov-
err"
Certainly" replied the consider
of suffering humanity.
Then my hopes are realic ID. You
do really love me?" queried the
anxious Tompkins.
The pretty nurse stammered. "Oh,
no." she said that's merely part
of ne treatment. l must keep my
patients cheerful. l promised mis-
morning to run away with man
who has lost both his legs"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-11
A Harder ,TnlN

The tributes paid to the popular
ity Of Mr.. Hammond's SON. pleased
the father, who was the oldest sum-
mer resident of Shrubville. They
pleased him the more because they
came from natives of the soil, whose
good opinion could not be forced in
any way.
He's real good boy, that boy O.
yours" said Capt. Hollis Towne, and
Capt. Lothrop James added his word
of approval.
Il like the cut of his jib," he an
nounced, with decision, and | like
his ways; he amt too forth-putting.
nor yet he amt too stand offish.
Thing Of 1t is, you and his ma
haven't tried to have him brought
up same as most of the summer
folks do with their children; he's
just been raised like we were, and
that's why he gets on with every
body in this town. sir!"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-11
WHERE THEY PICK UP FISH.
One Way of Making Good Catches
in South Carolina.

e. D. Smith, A. H. Gasque, g. and
A. Hugh Hines went fishing near
Efngham, s. c., where a creek runs
into Lynche's River. They had fine
sport and caught 108 of the finest
red breasts in the country.
Fishing down there is done with
the hands. All you have to do is to
feel under the logs and in the stump
holes and pull out the fish. 1t is
characteristic of the red breast, we
are told, not to leave their hiding
place. They stick SO close to 1t that
one can literally pick them out Of
the water with the hands. These
gentlemen had fine fun. They
caught some shad. but they were
poor, except one, and we're put back
into the water. One snake was kill
ed.
The only bad thing about fishing
this way is the fact that there are
some snakes under the logs, and II
by chance the fisher gets his hands
on a mocassin there is generally
something doing. Mr.. Johnson. who
lives In that section, interviewed a
snake the other day in some trash
where red breasts were hiding. and
now he has a game finger.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-11
Oral Hygiene.

One OF the diseases of civilization
is defective teet., and the more study
there is given to oral hygiene the
clearer it becomes that inattention to
health of the teeth accounts for not
a few other liz of the body. In
difference would bring, dentists with
public spirit are now moving for
recognition by education of the part
which oral hygiene should have in
the service of TIE public school to
the child. They are insisting on
dental as we'll as meuical inspection
of children, not for selfish ends, but
to correct, early in life, tendencies
which will debilitate the entire sys-
tenn il not checked.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-11
DEADLY WATER OF THE DESERT
Mistake Made by Travellers In the
Arid Wastes of the Southwest.


One of the CHIEF dangers to trav-
eiers in crossing such dread and arid
wastes as the far famed Death Val
ley in Nevada arises from ignorance
rs to the character of the infrequent
pools of water along the route" said
I. L. Smalley, a mining engineer of
Denver.
The tenderfoot, growing faint
under a blazing sun, will want to
Quench his intolerable thirst when
he comes to a shallow hole, whose
water, clear as crystal, seems alb
s0lutely pure. He can with difficult
ty be restrained from drinking it by
some experienced companion, who
knows that one draught will prob
ably cause serious if not fatal ill
ness. This water, for all its seeming
purity and clearness, is loaded with
arsenic. and many a man has lost
his life by its use.
"Curiously enough, the only water
in the desert that is safe to drink is
foul looking and inhabited by bugs
and snakes. When you come to a
muddy pool on the surface of which
insects are disporting themselves,
however repulsive it may be both to
the eye and palate, you may drink
it with impunity, despite it's looks,
as a man will who is crazy with
thirst produced by the burning sands
and merciless SUM-"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-11
CRUELTY IN FISHING
Most Sportsmenlike Anglers Garry
Little BatOns DO Kill Nictims.


Live bait ought never to be used.
To take a living minnow and thrust
a hook through its back, and then to
jerk 1t SO or SO feet through the air
in order that 1t may wriggle in agony
at the end of the line until it at
tracts some other fish to swallow 1t,
is about as wanton piece of cruelty
as anyone could invent, and un-
sportsmanlike. The skilful fisher
man will use fly or some other de-
vice ny which the fish nc wishes to
capture may be deceived and caught.
The live minnow is the bait of the
blunderer, not of the expert.
Even experienced fishermen some
times commit another sort of cruelty
which ought never to be practiced.
They think that their fish must be
kept alive as long as possible, and
therefore run string through it's
gills and throw it overheard, to be
hauled after the boat.
This is as foolish as it is cruel.
When the fish has string through
its gills it cannot breathe. 1t is slow
ly strangled to death, and II 1t is
hauled through the water afte: the
boat it is simply drowned in its own
element. Fish. when taken. should
be Immediately killed. That is the
only way to preven: needless suffer
ing, and we may add tnat 1t is the
best way to bring the fish home in
good condition.
Our best fishermen now carry lit
tie batons or clubs and kill the fish,
as soon as taken from the water, by
sharp blow on the back Of the heed.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-11
What "a n Billion?

A billion in Britain is a million
times a million.
But no man is able to count it.
You will count 160 or 10 a minute.
But let us suppose that you go up
as high as 200 minute, hour after
hour. At that rate you would count
$4,000 an hour, $4,000 a day, or
05,120,0 900 in year.
To count a blIlion would require
a person to count 200 minute for
a period of 9,512 years, 342 days,
hours and 20 minutes, providing he
should count continuously. But sup
pose we allow the counter twelve
hours daily for rest, eating and
sleeping; then he would, need 19,025
years, 319 days, 10 hours and AZ
minutes in which to complete the
task!
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-11
Repairing the Ruins.

The last time l motored in Eng
land" said Craig Biddle the other
day, Il was amazed by the spick
and span look of all the old castles,
halls and manor houses. My COM
panion was an Englishman. a very
we'll informed chap, and I said to
him:
~ thought you people had a lot
Of picturesque old ruins over here?'
I'VE did have once, said he, but
your hsiTesses have come over and
nut them all In good reDRir.'"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-11
WHY He Never Smoke.

There was a man in our town, and
he was wondrous wise! he never
spoke unto his wife Of his mothers
cakes and pies. The secret of his
wisdom-guess 1t If you can; but If
you can't behold it-he was bache-
lor man.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-11
RIGHT Action,

Brightness expresses Of actions,
what straightness does Of lines; and
there can no more be two kinds OF
right action than ther ran be two
kinds OF straight lines.
Spencer.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-11
Consumption and the Telephone.

The panic recently created on the
subject of the assumed danger lurk
ing in the transmitter of the tele-
phone is not precisely new. 1t is
but the development of fear which
has caused misgiving for some years.
On the supposition that various
germs of disease probably collect in
the receiver and transmitter of the
instrument, at any rate in public
telephone stations, some medical
alarmists have thrown out sugges-
tions that antiseptics, both in a dry
state and in solution, should be ap-
piled for the safety of the telephone
user. The recent dictum goes one
step further, inasmuch as it is now
an established fact that tubercle
bacilli, the casual micro-organisms
of consumption, have been found
alive and in robust condition-in the
instrument. 1t is quite natural, in
view Of such find, that a feeling
of alarm might seize hold of the
more nervous. - British Medical
Journal
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-11
Beyond the Limit.

A man may think he is thinking
and still have glimmerings of intel
ligence. When he thinks other peo-
pie think he is thinking there is no
hope for him.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-11
Man Who IL NOT Safe

The man who knows better how
to do another mans work than he
does his own is not safe for any kind
Of work.