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

1t is an old argument of the rail-
roads that lower freight rates will not
help consumers, but it is a plea that
cannot be allowed.
Before President Hill of the Great
Northern, Mellen of the Northern Pa
cific and Mohler of the o. R. & n. met
the graingrowers of the Inland Empire
in the historic conferences at Daven-
port and Colfax several years ago, It
was the constant contention of the
railroads that if they should reduce
their freight rates the farmers would
reap no benefit, as the warehousemen
millers and exporters would absorb the
reduction, says the Spokesman Re-
view.
Right up to the last minute Presi-
dent Mellen reiterated that assertion
"a the Davenport meeting, but the
graingrowers held to a differeAt belief,
kept on clamoring for a lower rate,
and the results have vindicated their
judgment The price of wheat all
over the Inland Empire has been
higher ever since to the extent of the
reduction of freight rates.
"A number of railroad men are now
disseminating that old fallacy in op-
position to reduction in transcontinen-
tai freight rates to the interior. For
example, Edwin T. Bates, general
freight agent of the Pennsylvania road
said the other day in an interview
in the Spokesman-Review that "a re-
duction of freight rates will not bene-
fit the consumer, but will benefit the
large dealer or the firm which orders
goods in large quantities.
There was some slight reason to
apprehend that a reduction in grain
rates would not benefit the farmers,
for the storing and exporting of wheat
is certainly in a few hands, and there
were possibilities of combination. But
a combination of jobbing interests
would be an impossibility, as compe-
tition is extensive, constant and
keen"
Continuing its argument the Spo-
kane paper contends that should Spo-
kane be given the rates it desires It
would then be able to push its COM
petition into fields now used alone by
the coast cities. The benefits from
the reductions would not go to Spo-
kane jobbers but would be divided
among the consumers of the inland
empire. incidentally the policy
would tend to make jobbing centers
oe Pendleton, Walla Walla and other
important points in the inland empire
outside of Spokane.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-09

shows the fact. If he were a truly
balanced man he would want more
holidays and he would enjoy them.
Rockefeller is a striking example
OF the man who believes money is
everything" Throughout his life he
has worshiped Mammon and in his
egotism he doubtless believes he has
succeeded well. But many men who
are wiser than he, though they have
not his wealth, do not envy or admire
him. on the contrary they pity his
state for they regard him as being
much like Midas of old-surrounded
with gold but unable to enjoy it.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-09

One acre near Glencoe turned off
1874 bushels Of oats.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-09
NOT TRULY SUCCESSFUL.

Rockefeller has given some very
trite advice about what men should
do to succeed. But when did John D.
Rockefeller become an authority up
OIL the subject of success-of success
in its real full meaning? His advice
as to money making would doubtless
be worth having, provided it could
be shown conclusively that he was
giving disinterested advice.
But as model of the really sue
cessful man Rockefeller cannot be
accepted. He has amassed millions
It is true and he is a most important
figure in the financial world. But
his work has all been of a selfish
nature, and 1t has all been along one
line-the extending of monopolies so
al to gather more gold. He has never
truly served his country or his fellow
men. On the contrary he has taken
hundreds Of millions of dollars that
should have been divided among them.
The worst of it all is that Rockefeller
never earned his money even by con-
ducting or establishing industries for
the benefit of mankind as some veal
thy men have done. He has made
most Of his money by financial man.
ipulations and by extending the most
hated Of all monopolies, the oil trust.
He and his associates are now engag-
ed in corraling the water powers of
the nation so as to further add to
their wealth.
1t is true Rockefeller has given
much money for supposed beneficient
purposes. Yet his gifts to charity
have been Of such nature as to rouse
resentment. He has given money to
some educational institutions, but It is
noted that the schools he has been
most generous with smack Of the do
nor's influence. This is something
fair minded men do not like-they
like to know that the fountain Of
learning is not contaminated.
Rockefeller's advice that man
should seek to do more than earn
money sounds strange. He himself is
the most conspicuous example in the
world Of the money seeking man. His
advice that a man should not obtain
wealth by hook or by crook" seems
hypocritical. II the public did not
know Of the past and present meth
DDS Of Standard oil such advice would
have more weight.
John D. Rockefeller is not really a
successful man when gauged by the
proper standards. His life has been
O failure for It has been one Of sell
fishness and greed. His is not the
all around, well balanced character
OF the really successful man. That he
takes but one days vacation year
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-09

BALLAD OF LIFE

+ This life-one was thinking to- 1
= day, 1
+ In the midst of a medley of I
+ fancies- I
Z Is a game, and the board where 1
+ we play,
+ Green earth, with her poppies I
+ and pansies, 1
= Forgotten be faded romances.
= Away with remorse and re- 1
+ gret; I
+ Hearts dance with the wheel as l
+ it glances- I
+ The wheel of Dame Fortunes l
+ roulette. I
+ The lover will stake as he may 1
= His heart on his Peggies and :!
+ Nancies; I
= The girl has her beauty to lay, /
+ The saint has his prayers and !
+ his frances; I
Z The poet bets endless expanses I
: In Dreamland; the scamp has i
MS QSDNs
+ How they gaze at the wheel as it !
+ dances !
+ The wheel of Dame Fortunes I
! roulette. !
+ I
= ENVOY. I
= The prize that the pleasure en- I
+ hances? !
+ The prize is-at least to for !
= get I
+ The changes, the chops and the !
= chances i
= The wheel of Dame Fortunes !
+ roulette. /
+ Andrew Lang. I
z ( + + + + I. !. + + + + + J. I
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-09

themselves. Such men are entitled
to the protection of the law. But II
drunkenness were treated as the seri-
GUS offence that it really is it would
not be long until there would be few
habitual drunks, for men would learn
to control themselves.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-09

Some humble homebuilders will be
surprised and skeptical to hear that
the shingle mills have been running
az a loss.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-09

Peary has declared Cook to be a
faker. Just what Cook thinks of
Peary has not yet been disclosed.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-07-23

Homer was Il beggar; Plautus turned
mill; Terence was a slave; Boetius
died In Jail; Paul Borghese had four
teen trades and yet starved with them
all; Tasso was often In distress for
B shlllings; Bentivoglio was refused
admission into a hospital he himself
had erected; Cervantes died of hunger,
and Vagelas left his body to the physi-
clans to pay his debts so far as the
money would go; Sir Walter Raleigh
died on the scaffold; Spenser, the
charming, died in want; the death Of
Collins was through neglect, first caus-
ing mental arrangement. Milton sold
his copy of Paradise Lost" for $40 at
three payments and finished his life in
obscurlty; Dryden lived in poverty and
distress; Otway died In the street;
Steele lived life of perfect warfare
with the bailiffs; Goldsmith's "Vicar
of Wakefield" was sold for a trifle to
save him from the grip of the law;
Savage died in prison at Bristol, where
he was confined for a debt of $40;
Butler lived life Of penury and died
poor; Chatterton the child of genius
and misfortune, destroyed himself.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-07-23
Don'ts.

Don't attempt to punish all your enc
mics at once. You can't do large
business with a small capital. Don't
say Il told you So" Two to one you
never said word about it. Don't
worry about another mans business.
A little selfishness Is sometimes COM
mendable. Don't imagine that you
can correct all the evils In the world.
A grain Of sand Is not prominent In q
desert. Don't mourn over fancied
grievances. Bide your time, and real
sorrow will come. Don't throw dust
In your teachers eyes. 1t will only in
jure the pupil. Don't worry about the
Ice crop. Keep cool and you will have
enough. Don't borrow a coach to
please your wife Better make her a
little sulky. Don't imagine that every
thing is weakening. Butter is strong
in this market Don't publish your
acts of charity The Lord will keep
the account straight. Don't color
meerschaums for living 1t is sim
ply dyeing by inches.-Mark Twain.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-07-23
Tho Steam Enuine,

The Marquis OF Worcester while i'm
,risoned in the Tower of London in
.656 invented and constructed per-
.ct steam engine and had 1t publicly
exhibited the same year at Vauxhall
In successful operation. Thirty-four
years later, In 1890 Dennis Papln add
ed the piston to the marquis discovery.
In 1893 Captain Savary devised and
built steam engine different in many
details from those made by Worcester
and Papin, and in 1905 Newcomb, Cav
ley and Savary constructed their cele-
brated atmospheric engine. which was
complete In every detail. The above
array of historical facts notwithstand-
Ing James Watt, who was not born
until sixty years after these great men
had given the steam engine to the
world, enjoys the distinction of being
the veritable inventor, originator and
author Of the most useful contrivance
of the present day. Fulton who lived
and worked In the early part of the
nineteenth century, is given the credit
of being the man who demonstrated
that steam could be applied to navlga-
tion-this, too, in face of the well
known historical fact that De Gary
propelled vessel by steam In the har-
Dor Of Barcelona In 1543.-St. James
Gazette
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-07-23
Arms and the Woman,

did anybody ever see u one armed
woman" asked gray headed man as
he surveyed the afternoon parade. 81
never did. Almost every day | meet
one armed men, but | have yet to en-
counter a woman with that pitifully
empty sleeve. Are there no women
who have suffered that mutilation?
If not, why not? And. If SO, where are
they?
Yesterday l heard 1t argued that
there was no cause for woman to
lose an ARM that women do not go to
the wars and are not engaged in occu-
pations that are likely to carry away
part of their body. But that rea-
soning is not sound. Many women
work In mills and factories, and they
are as liable to accidents In the streets
and public conveyances as men. Ere
quently they figure in these accidents;
but, although men In the same situa-
ton would lose an arm, women never
do.
what is the cause of their immuni-
ty?-New York Globe.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-07-23

Railroad time. as we generally I'M
derstand the phrase in the United
States, is a little ahead of the town
time, but in The Hague, the quaint old
capital of Holland, all private and un-
official clocks and watches are kept
twenty minutes fast" said a traveller.
when it is noon In the railway sta
ton. postoffice and other government
buildings Of The Hague the timepieces
In the shops and the watches of the
sturdy burghers show 1920 p. m. Just
what reason there is for this l don't
know, although l asked enlightenment
In many quarters 1t seems custom
that has been handed down for gener-
ations, and the Dutch are too conserv-
alive to change the ways of their pro-
genitors without some mighty induce
ment Baltimore American.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-07-23
Adjourned Session of Council

The council met last Friday night
in adjourned session. Two Of the
councilmen being absent. Little was
done outside OF allowing few bills.
The clerk was instructed TO advertise
for bids for the improvement of Whit
man street.
Following is the list of bills allowed:
Oscar McCracken, 1900; Mrs. Sadoske
$3.50; Geo. P. Rice, $50; Geo. Keat-
ing, $24.65: Overland Hotel, $6.25
]. B. Huff, 36.75; T. L. & Water Co.,
hydrant rental, light and water, $1,000;
w. H. Franklin, street commissioner,
$40; VIM. Weisenberger, special po-
lice, $3.50; J. w. Teshera, $500;
F. Sutton, $500.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-07-23
Tired of Beinu In Print.

"Mr. Smithers," said his wife, 'ff 1
remember rightly you have often said
that you dlsliked to see a woman con-
stantly getting herself into print%
81 do" said Smithers positively.
"You considered 1t unwomanly and
indelicate, l believes?
Every"
'And you don't see how any man
could allow his wife to do anything Of
the kind~
Eyes. l think so now"
"Well, Mr.. Smithers, In view Of all
the facts In the case l feel justified in
asking for new silk dress"
"a new silk dress?"
Eyes. For the last eight years 1 have
had nothing better than fourpenny
calico, and l want something better.
Pm tired of getting into print. Lon
don Tit-Bits.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-07-23
Notice to Subscribers

If you are a year or more behind IN
your subscription to The Echo it is a
violation of the postoffice regulations
to continue sending the paper. We
do not want to stop any ones paper
simply because they are behind, and
for this reason before your subscription
expires you will receive a notice OF
such arrearage, then if we do not re-
ceiye remittance from you, and you
are a year or more behind, it will be
necessary to take your name off the
list to protect our postal privileges. If
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-07-23
Oueer Recommendations.

There are many names OF places in
England that puzzle the stranger.
Happisburgh, in Norfolk, for Instance,
is pronounced Hazeboro, Abergavenny
simply drops syllable and becomes
Abervenny, and 1t is alleged that st.
Neots sounds more like Shoots than
anything else Clrencester seems to
vary from Sister to Sizeter, In Suf'
folk Wadringfield is "Wunnerful' and
Chelmondisto "Chimston," while in
the adjoining county of Norfolk Hun
stanton Is "Huuston." and IN the west
country HadgeWOrthy is "Badgery'
and Cayup I'd "Nern0od." Hunting
donshire claims the purest English
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-07-23

Miriam, isn't that young Fergus
coming to our house pretty often
now?"
II suppose he is, mamma"
do you know anything about him?
What Is he worth, for instanceT
"Well, he's worth any dozen Of the
ordinary young men of my acquaint-
ance."
Yes, butt
"And he's worth $1O0 week to the
firm he works for, even If he does
get only $25 now" Chicago Tribune.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-07-23
Attraction.

Fruits fall to the earth because the
earth attracts them. Bubbles In cup
of tea stand around the sides OF the
cup because the cup attracts them.
The little bubbles gather about the
large ones because the large bubbles
attract the smaller ones. Why do the
bubbles follow teaspoon? Because
the spoon attracts them. Why are the
sides of pond covered with leaves,
while the middle is clear? Because the
shore attracts the leaves to itself.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-07-23
FRIDAY, JULY %, 1909.

but they call Papworth "Parpor." And
not far away is another village OF
beauty The motorist turned upon a
rough road and asked the Intelligent
laborer where 1t would take him.
"rhat road" said the honest country
man, wiping his brow, will take you
to Ell, sir" The courageous motor
ist went on and found Ellsworth, which
is pronounced "Elser" Manchester
Guardian.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-07-23
ThaN Chanuad.

A Vienna paper relates an anecdote
OF the painter Makart, who was some
times as taciturn as Won Moltke. One
evening at a dinner he sat for an hour
next to the soubrette Josephine Gall
meyer without volunteering a word.
Finally she lost patience and exclaim-
ed, "Well, dear master, suppose we
change the subject"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-07-23
All the Same.

The "horny handed'' calls what he
lives on pay" the skilled mechanic
wages" the city clerk salary" the
banker '"income," landowner rent
roll" lawyer fees" burglar
"swag." but 1t all comes to the same
In the end -London Scraps.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-07-23
In Doubt.

Did you ever have appendicitis"
said the Insurance man.
Well" answered the skeptic. II
was operated on. But never felt sure
whether it was ease Of appendicitis
or a case OF professional curiosity
Washington Star.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-07-23
His Ambition.

"rommy." said visitor to the five
year old pride Of the household, what
would you do If YOU We're president Of
the United States?"
81 wouldn't let anybody wash my
neck or comb my hair" was the
prompt reply Exchange.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-07-23
His Mistake.

II am very sorry to hear, captain,
that your wife left you SO uncere-
moniously."
my mistake. sir l took her for a
mate, and she proved to be a skipper"
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His Ohiectlon.

The Lawyer Madam, what is your
age? The Opposition dnterruptlng)-
Your honor. | submit that my honor
able opponent is melting. the witness
to perjury. Cleveland Leader.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-07-23
ALWAYS After us.

mo matter what we do, there is one
class of people who will always be
after u.s." declared funny man.
"Who are theyT
"Posterity"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-07-23
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to thank the many friends
who so kindly assisted and cheered us
during the sickness and death OF our
darling baby.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. DeFeyter.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-07-23

Wlfe-John, there must be a lot OF
iron in your system Husband-Why
do you think so? Wife-Because you
Invariably lose your temper when you
get hot
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-07-23

Says the woman. "Oh, that mine
enemy would let me trim a hat for
cleveland Leader
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-07-23
A Conundrum.

When IS Il piece Of wood like mon
Hrch? When 1t Is converted into
ruler.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-07-23
Mean Comment.

Ella-Her face speaks for itself
Stella-Yes and it is pretty plain talk.
Chicago News
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-07-23

Tacoma-The Washington wheat
crop for 1909 will be l0,0oO,ooo
bushels greater than that OF 1903,
according to preliminary estimates
made by Chief Grain Inspector King.
Although the official crop estimate
will not be made by the commission
until some time next month, MT.
King thinks this years crop will to-
tai 35,O00,OOO bushels.
Seattle-Accordin to owners or
American halibut fishing vessels, the
recent Canadian order forbidding
Americans to buy herring bait In
British Columbia waters is intended
to force Americans to put their
ships under the British flag and
transfer their business to the Ca
madam sides, as one Boston company
has already done.
The Dream of the Key.
Some small article had been lost-I
forget now what; let us say key-be.
longing to one of two sisters who were
travelling together. 1t could nowhere
be found. But one night one of the
sisters dreamed that she saw the key
In the pocket Of her travelling bag She
told this dream on waking to the other.
"And have you looked III the pocketr'
the sister asked. NO | have not"
said she, for the very good reason
that there Is no pocket in my travel
ing bag" We'll" said the other,
there is a pocket In mine. | will just
have look there on the chance" And
there the key was found. The infer
ence Is that the dreamer had seen
with the eye of sense, though not with
the eye of observation, the key put
Into the pocket Even when the key
was so found she had no recollection
of seeing 1t placed there but the brain
had unconsciously recorded the sensa-
ton. In course of sleep it had STUN
bled on that record, and by good luck
the sleeper on awaking CHANGED to re-
member the mental operation that had
taken place during sleep. 1t is sim
gular and almost alarming reflection
that our brains are stored with count
less such records of which we know
nothing nor ever shall know unless the
association of ideas or some peculiar
mental state brings them to our no.
Westminster Gazette.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-07-23

no weather IS Ill II the wind be still.
Eroverb.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-11-12

The most powerful figure in the public life of Japan an me of the
worlds greatest statesmen was Prince Iirobumi to-. VIII was shot to death
by a Korean a Hardin, Manchuria. Fe a one of the makers of h lew
and for a period Of fifty years had given his best services to his country
a dominating figure in the Oriental empire.
Prince Ito, who ws a member oft the Prvy Council Of Japan, had gone
to Hardin to hold an important conference with the Russian Minister Of
Finance, M. Kokovsof. AS he stepped from the platform of the train and
turned toward the Russian minister standing o the station landing a half
dozen revolver shots rang ut n att h second report Prince Ito staggered
and fell. He died within twenty minutes. Three Other offchs were shot
and wounded during thu fusilade of bullets. The assassin made n attempt
escape, but stood awaiting arrest together with We other Koreans
Prince Ito was five times Premier of Japan. The achievement with
whichh his name had been chiefly associated in tn minds ofO ccidentals vas
the framing Of thu imperial constitution, by virtue of which Japan took Ter
place for The first time in The ranking modern civilized states. AS the wise
and trusted adviser through which the state "a placed 0 n constitutional
basis, he must be regarded as ne oft the positive factors which have helped
Japan to sur her present standings among nations. He 6S years sold.
1T was in 1863 that he made his celebrated pilgrimage to England, at a
time when it al against the laws of his country o g abroad and the
penalty for infringement vas death. Nevertheless, inspired by patriotic
feeling a desire to learn the secret of Occidental supremacy. he under
took the trip which proved SO beneficial to his country later OF. Prince Ito
visited the United States in 1870 a a commissioner to investigate the fnan-
Minister of Public Works In 1880 he negotiated with Lii Hung Chang o n
Japans justification Tor her a with China in 1894. Later he negotiated
Marquis
After the RussoJa Japanese wa lie "a Resident General in Korea, IN
which, capacity he became he object of hatred of the Koreans. The assassina,
OF Prince Ito has cast a gloom over Japan. and the news Of the tragedy
was received 1t Washington and in every European capital with regret