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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-12
TIME FOR CAUTION.

In his annual address given at Ore
gon City Tuesday, Austin T. Buxton.
master of the state grange advised
against overuse of the legislative priv
ileges enjoyed by the people of Ore
gon. He foresees danger in excessive
use of the initiative and says, "The
principle itself is worth far too much
for the people to take any chances on
Its overthrow or its. serious impair
ment''
Mr.. Buxton is right and friends of
direct legislation will do well to heed
his counsel. Too many measures are
being initiated The people will be
unable to give proper consideration
to them all and so the best results
will not be obtained. Then the over
use of the initiative tends to create
sentiment against that popular meas
ure Enemies of the initiative are
hoping that it will "break with its
own weight But as Mr.. Buxton
says, the principle is worth too much
for the people to take chances of the
overthrow of the law. The initiative
must not be overused. When it is
Invoked for improper purposes the
people should resent such behavior
and those who make improper use of
their privileges along this line should
be taken down"
BY the nature of things the initiative
may be most properly used in the set
Element of issues that affect the en-
tire state and issues upon which the
people have sufficient Information to
pass intelIgently. The initiative, may
be used with propriety in the settle
ment Of the normal school question.
That is a question the legislature has
been unable to solve. 1t is also a
question in which the entire state is
interested because normal training is
at the foundation of our public school
system.
But it is wholly wrong to invoke the
iritiative in behalf of measures that
are of purely local interest and re-
garding which the people It large are
not informed. The two fishery bills
that were up several years ago fur
nished a glaring example of improper
use Of the initiative. The people
could not Judge Of the merits Of those
two bills. They should have voted
both Of them down. Were those bills
TO come up in the same form again
they would surely be smothered under
an avalanche Of negative votes.
County division questions are also
of purely local interest. OF what con-
cern to the people of eastern Oregon
Is the scheme TO create "Nesmith'
county in southern Oregon. What do
the people down there care about the
move to establish "Orchard" county.
What does the state at large care re-
garding any Of the half dozen or more
division bills that are proposed? How
can the people at large hope to Judge
of the merits Of any of those bills?
The East Oregonian is firm be-
lever in the initiative, but 1t wants
to see the law properly used.
II the initiative is to be used in the
settlement Of county division ques-
tions and other local issues then its
doom is sealed. There is scarcely any
limit to the number OF division bills
that may be drafted. Every town in
the state may start move for new
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-12

his hair long and played the French
horn with a strong German accent.
Johns wife still adores him, and ru-
NOR says that she has requested her
husband to beat here hereafter on
Fridays as well as Tuesdays. For
such is the way of woman!-Lippin-
cott'ss
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-12
|, go e~~~ -
THE PURPOSE.

Over and over the task we set; =
Over and over slight the .
work:
But ever and always 1 know =
that yet =
} must face and finish the =
thing I shirk. =
Over and over the whip of pain Z
} Has spurred and punished with Z
} blow on blow; 4
, AS ever and always l tried in Z
, To shun the labor I hated so. Z
D Over and over 1 came this way 4
, For just one purpose oh, stub 4
born soul
B Turn with a will to your toll I
today,
, And learn the lesson of Self 4
Control
Ella Wheeler Wilcox in The
, Nautilus.
D Q Q Q Q . Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 4
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-12

]. w. Scriber's plea is that worry
ing over his bank caused him to lose
his mental balance and he then re-
sorted to forgeries. Bankers should
be men of stronger balance than that.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-12

War is hell" according to Gener-
al Sherman. So it should be avoided
when possible. May this feeling be
shared by the Miltonites.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-12

Some local teachers are 10 leave to
take positions in the larger cities. The
board cannot fill vacancies from am
ong this years graduates from the
Oregon normals.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-12

Some people think they will get
measures through under the initiative
while people are not looking. But
they are mistaken. People are going
to be looking this year.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-12

Here's hoping James J. Hill will not
use all his money building electric
roads in western Oregon. Eastern
Oregon would like a few lines also.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-12
GALL FOR WARRANTS.

All road fund warrants registered
from the first day OF July, 1909, to
the first day Of April. 1910. will ~
paid at m. office in the county court
house upon presentatio:. Interest
ceased upon date of publication.
Dated Pendleton, Ore, April 10,
1910. @. w. BRADLEY,
CountysTreasurer
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-12

One touch of experience is worth
a world of caution.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-12
LYNoHING AS 1T is.

Bring on the band concerts.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-24

through d course Of consistent Ell ut
al,oye reproach, unsupported, cloan
yIrile, and uplifting in spirit and In
thought.
The Daily News viii stand, frst'
last and all the time, for the brst
interests Of the community. II. will g n
tluue 10 oppose wrong wheney"f "H,i
vbereyer the head of wrong is visible
1t viii ever be the champion Of s.aa
masses, the defender Of the weak, :ht
friend Of the humble.
. No greed for gain will obscure Us
mission. It's columns will cont'Hde
to be open to the poorest subScribel
as well as to the wealthiest either Of
the community. Upon solid fnaf-
cial basis, IT can all the better affOtd
to be Independent, trucking to co
special interests, subservient to 10
expendiency serving no master slSe
tic mastery OF public opinion delle-
erately wrought out
The first copy Of.the Repertory the
paper founded 1O2 years ago and Of
which the daily News and Its numei-
GUS predecessors are successors, WIS
printed on an old hand press naulei
into Dayton on anox wagon.
The greatest growth of the pap>r
has been since the present owner and
manager Mr.. James NJ. Cox his been
twelve years. Mr.. Cox left the farl
and worked his way through school by
selling papers and eftelwari., got
valuable newspaper training in the
staff of the Cincinnati Inquirer which
he mas coupled vita fine ext ut!ie
ability making the success these At.
tributes are sure to bring.
There were six car loads or 1874
tons Of white paper consumed in to-
New Home addition Of the news
The News now has one Of the RnNst
buildings in the middle west cIlPr.&
Throughout with the most modern
machinery. and supplied with oil tho
necessary equipment for publishing q
modern journal. The Miami Valley Is
is fortunate to have It's MANIFOLD al
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-24
MouNDsvlLLE's HOSPITALITY
SHOWN ON THE FOURTH.

Moundsyille will have the biggest
Fourth Of July celebration ever held
in West Virginia. $500 has been con.
tributed by citizens for entertaining
thousands of visitors. An OK roast
and free sandwiches and coffee will
be served all out of town people. The
parade will contain 40 home-owned
automobiles gaily decorated. The big
game at the bail park and the races
at the fair grounds will DO free. Prof.
Thos. E. Hodges, of Morgantown, will
be the principal speaker, Seats and
drinking water will be placed along
the streets. Moundsviile invites every,
body to be her guests and has no catch
penny schemes to get back a cent Of
the money.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-24

K. Q. Il. N. MemoriaI seryIcc.

8 e .aTiE ~
The Knights Of The Maccabees win
hold their memorial service IN tteir'
hall on Sunday. June 2sth, 1910. at 2
o'clock pm.
Z The committee in charge has pre-.
pared a nice programme. All members
and friends are cordially invited to at.
tend this service. There win be an
address by c. G. showalter. State
Commander of the Maccabees.
The memorial address will be deliy;
eral by Rev. II. G. stoetzer,
The older members are requested Ito
be present as we viii not march to the
cemeteries7a as a committee win be ap-
pointed to decorate the graves Of OH,
departed brothers. Members bring
flowers to the hall. "A
H. L. GOULD. r. *.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-24
NEWSPAPER
OF 20 >. PAGES
pAslToR AL, NEWS PUBLISHES
LAREs ARER EVER PRINT
20 IN AMERICA.

A copy 81 the Dayton Daily News
containing siOs pages celebrating TIE
opening 81 The News new Ave story
home las idst reached this Office
This the largests newspaper ever
pubIished ii the United States by
many pages and possibly tine largcss
ever published IN the world The
publisher MT. James M. Cox IS beiGg
Congratulated by the big and little
publishers throughout the country IN
he hne showing he has made with
Inc Dayton News: w. R. Hearst he
multi pabiisher while speaking very
complimentaTy sos the enterprise
shown ~ thls paper says that IN
another hundred years an anniversary
edilion 81 aspegispaper containing
only two d Three hundred pass will
no, he considered any big aehieS,'
nenl seitwobId seem that the Dayton
Daiiy News since its beginning 102
Years ago has not Srearled.its limit n
HE way OF progress; Along this liTe
the News says @
however the Daily News had
any IDEA that itlhad reached the ac"e
d rs siecess;it II believed it had
lcached the apex 81 Its greatness; If
Il tholght fegI IAN Instant that 1t Is
moi to 50 forEatd This New Horle
would not nave been dedicated.
Il eaiizes sSS2eFer that pub &c
opinion is lust that a newspaper,
While moi maap ID aA day can bc de-
e,soyed III 4 $day; that to succeed 10
those itgger things which It has in
view il must not lose sight Of ~
5sct that they eau be reached Org
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-24
TAFT AND TEDDY MAY TALK.

fP~ Tinted Prcssl
NEW YORK, June 24.-President
TAFT, Col. Roosevelt. Vice President
Sherman and other men prominent
in the councils of the party are
scheduled to address the delegates
gathered in New York.today from all
over the country at the convention Of
the National League Of Republican
Clubs. John Hays Hammond is
president OF the league and will pre-
side at the conference.
The meeting will conclude to.mor-
row evening with banquet which
win mark the real beginning Of the
Republican congressional campaign.
Many Republican senators, represen-
tatiyes and governors will attend and
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-24
MEpIcALIsoclI LIE To.lIIMEE

The Marion County Medical socie5
win hold their resdIar monthly mcci
Ing tonight At the ofifess Of nH fienrg
and johnson. lt Is 4 very tHpo ~
meeting as matters oi gfeR llnps
lance will be- considered and "a
OF unusual clinical sntefpst Riii be
pr sented to be diagnosed his there
fore urged that All attend
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-24
WOULD SHOOT OFFICER.

s1sTERsWILE, W va June "a.
After the humane officer from Wheel.
lng took charge Of their two children,
Sfr. and Mrs. George Caruthers, Of
Water street became very abusive and
threatened to shoot officer Glenn P len
Tney were arrested and are out cn
bond.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-24
leased three cars, which CRASHED into
the engine, cutting of both htsslsgs
lie died in a few minutes.
WILL eE DRN oouNTY.

NEW MART1NsvIILD, w. Va.
June 24.-As a result Of the Wetzel
county commissioners in session here
refusing to issue licenses. the entire
of Wetzel county, after June 80, viii
be dry. This means that sIstersyllle
lis the only wet town from Benwood
to Petersburg.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-24
Took Prisoners e MoundsxItIe. 4

"A guard from the peaitentiary was
here yesterday afternoon and took
three prisoners that were sentenced
by Judge Smith at thie term Of court
The prisoners were: Leslie Beverly
sentenced for one year for assaultiRg
an old man by the name Of sbeeler;
Russell snalIwood, convicted Of forg;
ing check and sentenced for two
years, and steve Cosso, sentenced for
three years, for voluntary manslaugh;
ter in which Emra Mezser. lost his
life. \
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-24
Boy Dlrouns
CONF ANtohs sTiIo uetlI lE HAD
GONE HoME ABcHsFINpe
BODY liy RIVER

3, GRAFTON, W: vi Jine Whne
swimming nsTSgart valley aver near
iFetterman tg miles va q here yrs-
telday afternoon Arthur Patton. Is
~, son q Samuel Patton. 81 ile
First ward i8as dfosned Others OF
tie party missing him thought he had
gone home, after comLns from the
water The body was recoyeted after
dragging the,rtseF al iout pr 80 Asar
where he was last seen.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-24
JOHN D. DRUNK

CHARLESTON, w. va June A.
Charged with being intoxicated John
D. Rockefeller, but not the John o.
Of Standard oil fame pleaded guilty
to the charge in police court and
was fined $3.50.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-24
CHRISTIAN WOMEN MEET.

SEATTLE, Wash, June s4-North
Bench, Wash, is the Mecca today of
hundreds Of religious workers who
will take part in the Northwest csn.
ference OF the Young Wolnen's Chris
tian Association during the next ten
days.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-24
MIssIIssIPPI TRAVELLERS.

COLUMBUS, Miss, June "a Miss
issippl Travellers met here to-day III
annual session and were given =
warm welcome by. local commercial
travellers and business men.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-24
sMITH FUNERAL

cLARKsBuRG. ". Va, June "a
The funeral and burial Of Mrs. s trah
Coleman smith wife Of Captain J7hn
w! Smith, will take place saturday
at the Brick church at Lost Greek
TAFT BACK TO WASHINGTON.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-24
RebesE,a

West Virginia Rebeclia Lodge No. g.
Ii Fatrmont, viii hold memorial SER
Vices at theirAalt Sunday afternoon A.
! O'Clock. The msnbe rs are alI res
.duested to make d speeial eBof Y BE-
present.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-24

yantages 50 deliberately set forth as u
down in the big edition o. the News
Tlefei IS no such thing in the news;
paper business as sanding still. a
paper Is either forging ahead, going
IN circulation and powers or going
backwards.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-24
MIDSUMMER DAY ~ ENGLAND 4.

$50, IBy United Press. !,
LONDON June 24.-In London and.
throughout England the birthday of
st. Johns the Baptist, or Midsummer
Day, as it is called in this country,
was celebrated today with the custo-
mary festivities.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-24
RECALLS TRAGEDY. B,
Murder Of Score Of Years Ago Re-
called in Death Of vIetIr,'s

HUNTINGTON, W. Va, June ~
Following a short illness, Mrs Mary
Adams, one Of the pioneer citizens,
died at her home here last night
Her daughter, Pearl, was murdered
twenty years ago by her sweetheart,
Allen Harrison, who was executed In
the jail yard. s
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-24
BOY MISSING.

CHESTER, w. Va. June 24-l,n,
Gyle, aged 6, Of PIttsburg who came
here from Pittsburg with an excuEtion
3 missing. Pools and lakes have been
drained without any success
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-24
slcAMY CHARGE.

GRAFTON, w. Va, June .24-Brlce
Rolser, arrested here on a bigaMy
charge was taken to Wood county TO
stand trial.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-24

INV limited PrPsq,l
WAsHINGT ON, June a.; President
Tatt returned this morning from Bey
arly and will make no more trips
until the adjournment Of congress.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-24
ENGINEER MEETS DEATH.

REDWOOD, W. va, June 20 =
while repairing MS engine on sid
Ing near here, John Kean was In
jured when, his fellow empolyes r..
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-24
HEATHERBLooM
UNDERsKIRTs.

The most durable
skirt on the mari 81.
value cIsaTa nce Prize
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-24

with so many distinguished speakers
and guests. the affair promises to be
the greatest Republican rally held in
the metropolis in years.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-24

$1o85 mems highest grade
Suits that the custom tailor cant
match for less than $25. Every
new born style in this lot. Truly
s95 values cut to $1O65.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-24

LADIES CoRsETs,

Long orshort nlodels
lace trimmed and very
best supporters. $1'Oo
values
40
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-24
MEMS DRESS TRoU-
sERs.

Made with belt straps
and side buckles, Full
peg and gerni-peg $500
value
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-24

SOS your free choice Of any
suit in the big clothing depart
,nent marked $3.50, over 900 suits
TO pick from in every style i'm
imaginable. Positively values 80
foT3 I. s. !. J. i $7ss.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-24
lirsat CLOTHING SAFE Still Going On.

Ass for suits worth up 70 $3.50
Of wool casstmeres and worsteds,
made in the most up to the minute
style. $3.50 values |, ct $4,s5.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01
A Forward Movement.

The passage by the House of Lords
of the British Parliament of the Lloyd
George budget for 1909 amounts to an
admission on the part of the conserva-
tives that the reform features of the
budget are healthy. When the ma
ture of the bill was made public year
ago it raised a tremendous STERN of
opposition. Debate was high and
loud and the bill was furiously de-
nounced by the opposition as being
most revolutionary in it's nature. The
government admitted that some of the
propositions in the bill were novel, not
in theory, but in practice. 1t was ad-
mittedly a long step forward in the
form of taxation. Especially was this
true in those provisions which contem-
plated the assessment for purposes of
taxation of the unearned increment Of
land and for the levying on the enjoy
ment of luxuries. Another distinctly
novel feature was the provision which
tended to discourage race suicide by
allowing unusual exemptions to faith
ers of families. After the budget had
been read in the House of Commons
one facetious London stock broker put
out sign, Sell South Africans. Buy
baby carriages"
The lords absolutely baked at the
budget and Parliament was dissolved,
the matter going to the country. The
liberals were returned, not with abso-
lutte power, but with ability to control
by forming a working coalition with
the laborites and the Irish nationalists
This is undoubtedly accepted by the
lords as amounting to an endorsement
of the Lloyd-George theory of taxa
tion. which is directed to place the bur
den of tax on those best able to bear it.
The progress of this experiment will
be watched closely In the United
States, where many novel methods of
raising revenue for public expenses
are continually being tried. It's most
interesting phase is that Of taxing the
unearned increment of land, which is,
at least, step in the direction OF sin
gle tax as explained by Henry George
and his school of economists.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01
Are Britons Falling Back Z

Is Great Britain in a state of de-
cadence? Some students of the times
believe it is. One English writer who
has collected statistics on conditions
in his country takes this view. He
believes that this great power whose
sun never sets on it's dominion is
steadily losing ground socially, indus
trially and politically, while other ma
tions are advancing. In his view in
vention is one of the important in
dexes to the condition of any country
and on this point he says:
During the last twenty years, with the
exception of the Parsons steam turbine, no
invention of prime Importance has ema-
mated from Great Britain. Practically all
the inventions which have so profoundly
influenced the social and industrial life Of
late years have come to us from abroad.
This question may be studied with
more equanimity since it is opened up
by loyal subject of the British crown
whose chief concern seems to be that
his people shall arouse from their ma
tional lethargy and, If possible, regain
their position among the world powers,
Pursuing the line of scientific in
vention, he points out that electricity
in its commercial uses has been de-
veloped almost entirely by foreigners
and that nearly every innovation in in
dustry has been made by the American.
He cites other forms OF Industrial ad-
vancement introduced by several Eu-
ropean nations, but none by England.
Applications for patents by Britishers
are steadily decreasing, while increas-
ing by foreigners What patents
Britons are taking out are of trivial
character, he says, as compared with
those of the foreigners.
But It is not necessary to consult
this authority TO know that financially
Great Britain is not the power IL for
merly was. Its national debt is ac-
cumulating by alarming degrees. with,
out corresponding increase of re-
sources. 1t no longer is able to hold
to its vaunted claim as the great lend
ing nation. Indeed, II that country
should be plunged into war tomorrow
its greatest problem would not be that
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01
Song Birds and Salaries.

Oscar Hammerstein has retired from
grand opera. The sport of princes
and millionaires will know him no
more. His reason for going out is
that to continue would mean bank
ruptcy. The deficit he ascribes to the
vagarious manifestations of artistic
temperament by the high-priced song
birds he has had Gagged at the Manhat-
tan opera house. Mr.. Hammerstein
went into the business as bull" in
creasing his offers of payment for
service above those fabulous prices al
ready prevailing at the Metropolitan,
and now he is reaping what he was
then sowing. The singers alone have
profited
Nowhere else in the world have such
prices been paid for mere songs as
were given by the management of the
rival opera houses in New York, and
nowhere else did high-priced per
formers show such capricious and un-
reliable tempers as were exhibited in
New York during the last season. Sc
cure from want these gifted individ-
uals showed no inclination to recog-
nize an obligation to the public willing
to spend its dollars on them. Per-
formance after performance was called
off because some one or other of the
great stars of opera declined to appear.
One refused to sing because she did
not like the way another singer was
dressed; another refused to go on be-
cause she did not like the way another
member of the company stood on the
the galaxy declined to sing because an
other male member of the same com
pany was sitting in a box looking at
him This list of trivial and inconse-
quential excuses could be greatly ex-
tended were 1t necessary. 1t is sufi-
cient to make most of us satisfied with
our plebeian tastes and willing to en-
dorse Mr.. Hammerstein's return to
vaudeville. 1t may be in days to come
that these autocratic singers will re-
alize that the goose who laid the
golden egg has been slain, and by
themselves.
In passing it is pleasing to note that
Mr. Hammerstein receives from the
Metropolitan company $2,OOO,OOO for
his contracts, costumes, scenery and
other portable remnants of the Man
haitian Opera company. This salvage
will enable him to get out with profit
of about 81, 900, 900 for his four years
work as an impresario, a fact that will
entitle Mr.. Hammerstein to a share in
any sympathy that the public is likely
! to bestow on the song birds.