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A cRuMsLINe CIVILIZATION.

Is there anyone who doubts that
great change in the social order. is
impending? Do you really think tha
things will continue as they are now
for another decade? If you do you
are in a dwindling minority.
Look calmly, deliberately and firm
y at the most striking facts in the
world in which we live.
Look first at the basis of all So
ciety-the way in which we are pro
ducing and distributing the things by
which we I've. Look at the Industrial
organization of society.
Here are the big, the undisputed
,ac's about that industrial society
The marvellous new and improved
methods of production serve only
% pile higher the already overload
I'd Golfers Of a few trust magnates.
roday a half-dozen men bestride
he industrial world-Colossii of our
present society-yet unable to con-
.rol the giant forces that bring them
-neir wealth.
So fast does the surplus product
filched from labor pour in upon them
hat the most stupendous undertak-
.ngs they can conceive are incapable
# absorbing the heaped up values.
We have passed through one panic
1t was little more than q finan cial
furry compared with the collapse
that must come when the reconstruc-
lion OF industry now under way shall
aave time to pour forth the result
# the multiplied product that this
ebuilding will make possible. The
constant rise of prices and steady
rushing of all organized effort to
Increase wages grinds labor between
lpper and neither millstones past the
}oint of endurance.
If we are industrially insolvent,
)ur political bankruptcy Is even
more complete. The favorite text
Of the magazine writers today is
he collapse of the political parties
IF capitalism. These parties have
Jecome but whited sepulchres con-
cealing all manner of rottenness.
they have so decayed that they are
incapable of defending even capital
ist interests
The corruption of industry is re-
II cted in the foulness of politics.
The veil is never lifted from a cor
ner of modern Industry that a brood
OF thieves is not uncovered. Witness
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i KEEP NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Il WON
DER WHY GILBERT DIED"
tions. Who better than he knew of
the wonders that God works?
When the priest had gone the father
rose. He went toward her a step
and stopped. for she was speaking
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-06-23
IDAHO DEPUTY LEAVES
WITH HOWARD HUNTER

Deputy Sheriff Hart from Blaine
county, idaho, arrived in Enterprise
wednesday evening and left Thurs
Jay morning taking with him Howard
Hunter, alias Lee West, charged with
forgeries. Accompanying the deputy
sheriff was Detective Kulper of the
American Bankers association who
aad arrested Hunter in Joseph. In
stead either of Handwriting or shackl-
ing the prisoner the officer in charge
placed him in what is known as the
oregon boot a heavy piece of
metal fitting closely about the leg
above the ankle.
hunter, as will be remembered,
was arrested and brought to Enter
prise last Wednesday. He will be
laken to La Grande and from there
20 Blaine county, Idaho, where he
VIII be made to answer the charges
against him. The prisoner feebly
protested that there is a mistake.
and that he is not the man wanted,
but the officers in charge are salts
lied that they have the right per-
son. His forgeries aggregated only
$1S5.
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COPYRIGHT. l9lI

Then, tensely: Listen. know this
The old people taught me when was
child that when a soul is lost the
one who loved 1t most shall 90 to the
place where it was lost and pray for
1t TO come back. Go to the chapel at
Valette. There you will see the can
dies that her father keeps burning for
her. There she lost her soul. You
loved her most Pray for her therer'
He cried. in the petulance of fear:
what foolishness are you talking?"
ut is true" she replied. IF you are
the one who loved her most pray for
her there, and the miracle will be
granted oh, beg you to do it!' pas
sionately. "My own soul will not rest
until you have! Go to Valette-to her
and pray
So Gilbert went. He found her
there in the great room of valette.
O'Mara was there. and her father. but
Of them he took little heed, for when
he saw her he started forward. arms
outstretched.
"Madeleine" he cried chokingly.
She looked at him.
"Yes?" she said.
He said hoarsely:
You're angry with mer'
She shook her head
But" he persisted eagerly. yet puz-
zled. you aren't glad to see me-"
mo"
He drew back little. white, stun
ned.
"You-you don't love me" he whis-
pered. Then, "Ycu changed so quick
ly."
Empty voice said slowly:
"Ies; l think that is 1t. I've
changed-l changed when Gilbert
died" His face went yet more white.
She went on: II lost my soul then
1t went away from me at the altar.
| think it must have gone with Gil
bert's."
Empty eyes watched him go. The
little figure turned and slowly went
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81 walked so far" she said. You
know he was very interesting when
he spoke off, She turned a little.
Aunt Marguerite" she went on, when
am l to try on the wedding dressP
The head of De Valette sunk TO his
breast. His lips trembled a little. for
God had brought great light to him
and. in torturing the pride. had opened
to his day the soul. And so Valette's
head sunk upon his breast, and his lips
trembled.
Then came the priest, and Gilbert
was with him. De Valette slowly
turned. To Gilbert he motioned-mo-
toned that he must go down to the
great seat before the fireplace. Gil
bert. wondering. went. He came to
1t and leaned over. At length she
looked up. as one awakening, and
slowly there came into her eyes a
light-the light of reason-the CLEAN
of soul-of soul lost that Is returning
to its own.
Into his eyes, eager, now beginning
to dare to hope. she looked-looked for
long, long time. BY and by she thrust
forth a slender white hand-thrust II
forth slowly, and at length it touched
his coat. and then 1t shivered a little.
"Gilbert!" she cried. There was soul
III the voice, too. now-the soul that
mad come again to the eyes.
he said brokenly, "Madeleinew
For long, long moment they staved
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"You're wrong to compel me to do
this"' she expostulated agitatedly.
"And if what they say Of her in the
village is true
what is that?"
THAT her mind" she began hesitat-
ingly; then. I'm afraidr'
"Afraidr' he said slowly. ut is
only a little white butterfly that has
broken its wings"
He might have said more But then
she came-the little figure that they
had tortured the soul from. She came
slowly into the room, and calmly, and
the great emptiness might have been
4 great peace had one not known.
Under her breath her aunt cried,
MY niece" And then, as she came
nearer this slender figure with the
empty eyes, she said:
You know meY'
Empty eyes turned to her. Empty
voice answered:
Yes; you're Aunt Marguerite"
You looked at me asthough l were a
stranger. All. to think you brought
this suffering on yourself"'
Empty voice said slowly. evenly:
''SufferingT'
"She does not suffer" declared
O'Mara, Her very incapacity for
pain is her disease. II only she could
feel. even to suffer! The day that
again you see tears in her eyes she
will be saved"
Mile. de Valette spoke quickly. Sc
verely:
"She ougat to feel She ought to
Think
81 do think" said the empty voice.
81 think all the time. | keep wonder
g-wondering-I wonder why Gil
bert died. That was curious"
You ought not to think of him!
tou ought to shudder at the thoughtw
81 think-and remember" the emp
ty voice continued. 81 remember that
Raoul said it came to you all at once:
it absorbed you. so that not fear nor
shame nor death could stop you And
remember that it did come to me
just as he said. You see how we'll
remember that. That was just the
way it was then"
You ought to think Of your punish
mentr'
"Ought II" Empty eyes were raised.
WAS that punishment when lost
my soul? | don't see how it can be.
Furnishing is hurting, isn't it? How
can I be punished when nothing hurts
meT
But it ought to! You must feel it!'
"But | can't. Don't you see? | am
dead. The candles are lighted for me.
l don't know where my soul is. / lost
1t when | died. If you do that you
can never find it again There was the
forest, and l followed him and found
him there. And | loved him very
much. That is why / died. | think
all the time you see, and l have
found out that if you love any one
very much you must lose your soul
for it and die"
Mile. de Valette shook her head slow
ly. Tears came to her eyes.
Broken wings!" murmured the
priest.
"Why do you cry?" the empty voice
asked That's only one of Gods ways,
isn't it,"
Gods ways!" cried Mile. de Valette.
Goods punishment of SIM
The priest turned upon her.
Gods way.' he cried vehemently.
"Do you think worm in the dust can
understand why man rides by? Do
you think that because we can see the
beginning of one of Gods thoughts our
little minds can follow to the end of
what he is thinking? Down here in the
dust we call them Gods ways, but
they are only mans mistakes. Down
the river there were men-God's crea-
lures. brothers they should have been
killing each other. And they killed
this boy! There's one old man over
yonder so filed with phantoms and
cobWebs and the ghosts of things that
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shouldn't have been that he Tets his
pride murder the father in him. And
the two crimes together are destroy
ing this child You call that Gods
way?" he demanded almost fiercely.
IN tell you one thing ! know about
Gods way, by faith! That he never
punished the good love. and say to
you this was good love. 1t came TO
her just as rose comes to its bush
in spring; she had right TO it as
much as the tree TO its blossoms. and.
like them, 1t was good | tell you there
was no fault in her that will offend
God, and in the end he will give her
peace"
Now it came to pass that Crawley,
the recruit of the shock hair and the
ere that he said he had seen had been
no massacre. The defeat had been a
victory. While the others had fought
shoulder to shoulder. he had lain jowl
by jowl with Fear deep in the forest.
And that Fear had breathed into his
ear the things that he had come back
to tell-breathed so insistently that he
who listened had come to believe them
almost as so.
Gilbert Steele came back from the
battle, for the blow that struck him
was not deadly-came back with Joy
in his heart and gladness in his eyes
came back to MISUNDERSTANDING de
Valette. In the village they told him
where she was. They would have told
him more. but he would not wait, and
wonder was buried under anticipation.
Going, he met the gypsy woman who
had wrought the harm-L'Acadie
She had come with the news. 1t was
in her to do what little she might in
atonement. Stopping him, she said:
"M'Sieur Gilbert, you must go to the
chapel of Valette and pray for her"
"She is not deadv' he cried hoarsely.
She shook her head. no" she said.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-06-23

the insurance scandals, the lga
.hieving, and the robbery OF fra.
.ernal orders in Illinois. Municipal
ties, states and nation contest mad
for. pre-eminence in corruption.
Witness Busse In Chicago, the
Jackpot" legislature at Springfield
md Lorimer at washington, as a
sample of a single locality.
Add to all this the class j slice
If the courts, the deliberate ci Is4i
ing of the unions by trIsIs, the
Haunting of all demands for LABOR
legislation, the arrogance, the ignor-
ance, and the Incompetence OF nose
who rule, and dare you say that it
is an eXaggeration, a figure of
speech, a sensational phrase to
speak of present society as ''cl umb-
ling civilization"
The one clear note in all this is
The Socialist movement. YoL scott
and sneer al this? II is TRUE.
Ray Stannard Baker, not ooc.
llist, says in the June issue Vi tn
American Magazine, In uI5o .ssile.
What About the Democratic Par
typ
only ole Larty nov ~. : 9nC
n American politics mas aAS cal
compl ehenslNe policy % olfe
Whatever may be our hostMity TO
its tenets, the fact remains that
the Socialist party is the o.4y one
that makes any pretense to haV.
ing reasoned out our present cor
diuons to an ultimate CONCLUSION.
No other party dares to D4..u o
The only foundation for a sane soci-
ety-THE INTERESTS Oi lbs,
WHO WORK.
No other party dares TO tace tn
acts because only a pal.y ..tse
lpon working class IL. ye :, H.
lothing to conserve b. III,
the facts.
THE FUTURE OF A LII. GA
SOCIETY RESTS WITn "a S
CIALEST PARTY.
The duty, the opportunltJ, lie r.
iponsibility that falls uyJ t.,
shoulders of those who kiow las .
tremendous.
1t is for us to say whether the civ
.lzation in which we live sha. cInD
Die and fall into chaos anu co.. slo
)r whether it shall pass iAto i ng.
er stage peaceably, consciously ;.nd
intelligently.
These are strong words. The.
sound boastful. YOU CANNOI
DENY THEIR TRUTH. a. ne. as
is there hope?
If the Socialists who reau tbs
grasped the stupendous miss.o.s III
lhey and the party to when AS
owe allegiance has to perform, aau
The wonderful possibilities that ope..
before 1t, there would be such tasks
accomplished such sacrifices made,
such a work of education, agitation,
organization and determined activity
nj every line as this world has never
known before.
Here is a cause worth working for,
worth dying for, WORTH LINING
FOR. AND 1T is THE ONLY
CAUSE TODAY OF WHICH THIS
is TRUE.
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Professional Directory of Wallowa County
r. M. ROGERS SUFFERS
PAINFUL INJURY.

R. NJ. Rogers, brother of Mrs.
Perry Blanchard of this city, met
with a painful accident this week in
the saw mill at La Grande. While
working at one of the saws, a piece
of timber was caught and hurled
back striking him upon the
right forearm, above the wrist, break
ing and splintering both bones. He
was taken to the hospital in La
Grande where the wound was dressed
after which he came to this city. He
returned TO La Grande Wednesday
morning to have the injured member
placed in a plaster cast.
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to the great seat before the fireplace.
O'Mara and her father watched her
closely. 1t was the latter who spoke
His tones were clear and low.
Go" he said to the priest. Bring
him back"
The priest waited to ask no CUES
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Socialist Party Of America Column

This occupied by paid advertising and edited by the En-
which Thursday
Mccoy residence North River All
always Frank Hamben organizer; E. A.
Fosner corresponding N H. Marks financial
Fred Oto
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-06-23

Something new--Kirsh curtain rods
and porter poles for the first time
in Enterprise. Come in and see
them ct F. S. Ashlsys.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-06-23
Chapter
II

the crumpled little form from the
forest mold He reached her side
even before L'Acadienne, and
that W. KY indeed. He bore her
back to re and he and the one
old servan, left of the many of other
days did what they could for her She
came to herself at length. Round.
wondering eyes opened. But she said
no word; only little moan passed her
lips.
Father O'NIara brought the candle
loser. Round eyes turned up to his
lie start back. for in those eyes
acre v pNpr.'S sion save a great
emptine~- ie Shivered little. Old
Louise or d herself.
THE SOM l. gone" she cried God
he mer,ifu to usr'
1t wnS %" more than day and Il
nigh was able to rise from
he bat $ seemed to know people
their f1ne she seemed to know her
.urr or~Ging. she did not suffer for
there WIS 1eithe' pain nor joy nor of
that which lies between. All was
great emptiness and nothing more.
Father ON1rn. his heart pain vrung,
spent mu n ,iue with her-much hope
less. helpless. cruelty rewardless time
Cd Louise vairpd on her ceaSelessly.
Ecr father knew that she was there.
yet he came not to see her. and he
forbade those : his household to go
o''iee
10 VHlatte did thr
. priest. who came
30 Vs.
l"tcd man-monsieur,'
iIrrr He must take care.
rs yc 3u ut these little ones.''
"S'N rtpd." repeated Le-
f..if. in, his old head. In the
..u ca bear him walking
Then you hear the
de- oron snd close. ard hr hos gone
"' t. the chapel again a. set IRE h
es ou lh, altar. Seyc jeel ne
k tr, always strance heart
ed
w. a. unn-At fl
d. lie then turD,d ba~t
aghlst
"Tis MI, Margueriter he cried
"If she tiIG~ Ut that I've been here
Father 'Ailra indi-ated aret'er
door
"y. then" II
rNme with t
Co.,. .'l.tr O'Niarn greeted
hr
sad ri~nly:
We suspect Lemaitre of having been
here"
That is" observed Father O'Nlara,
'E"u suspe one member of your
household Of having a good heart"
at is a question of obedience. Our
hou ehold ot.rs my brother"
"lyen whor ht is wrong" There
was Il trace cf iitterness in the priests
lone
She said col'ly:
'In what touches the honor Of his
family my brother cannot be wrong"
SIS it your heart that speaks" que
ried O'Mara slowly, "or your headT'
The color rose to her cheeks
81 cannot listen" she declared quick
ly. And taSn Il came here to dis
cover
You cane t. find out" he inter
rupted, "if that cd servant OF yours
had heart. so that your brother could
punish him for il. Well, you shall not
go until you have seen what your
brothers kind of honor has done TO
the most honorable of all the De Va
lettes'
'Ill not stay!" she cried.
You willr'
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-06-23

For Father and Sons, Clothes, at
prices you can afford to buy, wheth-
er you need or not. w. ]. Funk
G. Co.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-06-23

How about that new suit for the
4th? Funk G. Co. are ready to help
you out at their sale, June 4th Don't
pass this up.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-06-23

Our entire stock of mems and
boys clothing goes on sale at great
ly reduced prices. Sale now on. w.
]. Funk G. Co.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-04-20

be moved as rapidly to market as has
hitherto been the case.
The roads in the immediate vicinity
of Smyrna are kept in fairly good
state of repair. This is more or less
due to the initiative and energy of
the British residents of Smyrna and
the two suburban towns of Bournabat
and Boudja. One enterprising Eng
lishman practically built the road be-
tween Smyrna and Bournabat, dis
tance of five miles, and he gets the
interest on the money invested and
keeps up repairs by charging a toll
on all vehicles which traverse the
road. He is also the owner of the
only automobile in Smyrna, ma
chine which he imported from Switz-
erland two years ago, but about the
only place he can use it with any de-
gree of enjoyment at least Is on his
own road between Smyrna and Bour-
nabat. / am also Informed that a
second road is being built by him,
in the same way, to connect the two
suburban towns of Cordelio and Bour-
nabat. 1t is therefore self-evident
that the condition of the public roads
in this part of Asia Minor will always
initiate against the use of the auto
mobile in these parts, and it is ex-
tremely unlikely that this country
will ever offer a market for these
machines.
The general makeup of Turkish
cities and towns also acts as an OBJ
stacle against the introduction of au-
tomobiles. The streets, apart from
being narrow and winding, are paved
with cobblestones and are extremely
rough. This primitive pavement is
gradually being replaced by flag
stones, with which all principal
streets are now being laid. Unfor-
tunately the preparation Of the road
bed prior to laying the flags is so in
sufficient that within six months a
newly paved street is practically in
need of repair. 1t is hardly to be
hoped that conditions In the road and
street line will soon change in Tur-
key.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-04-20

Not always Is expensive machinery
necessary to keep public roads in con-
dition for traffic.
The road drag Is coming more into
use each year; and even this may be
homemade and inexpensive.
1t is said by those who have given
thorough test to the matter, that
there is nothing so effective as drag,
even split log drag, upon dirt roads.
Any county can drag its roads.
Get the drags out on the roads
after every hard rain, and smooth the
ruts off the surface" say authorities
IN several of the States where the
Journal-Herald national highway has
wrought an awakening. "By this
means the roads are kept from drying
with ruts; therefore they are not
rough after they are dry. BY this
means, too, the ruts being kept
smoothed out, there is nothing when
the next rain falls for the water to
accumulate in, and be churned to
soft mud with the dirt. The water Of
the next rain flows off to the gullies,
and the road dries sooner"
OFFICIAL INDORSES IT.
Joseph Hyde Pratt, State Geologist
of North Carolina, one of the three
good roads judges who have awarded
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-04-20
CoNSERvES TEAK FORESTS
Slamese Government Lenthens Leases
to Save Valuable Timber.

Vice Consul-General Carl c. Hansen
Of Bangkok, reports that beginning
with December, 1909, the leases VI tina
teak forests of Siam have been length
ened from six to fifteen years. The
smaller leases have been consolidated
and regrouped, the larger OF these
areas being divided into two halves.
of which one Is leased for fifteen years
and the other half reserved, and the
right being given to work all the mn
ture teak in the open half area during
the currency of the lease.
This scheme makes possible a great
er economy in the working OF uesf
forests and, therefore, the government
has raised the royalty from s3.65 to
$4.3S per log. On account Of this ar
rangement it is expected that the teak
output from the Siamese forests win
be somewhat lessened for the next flf-
teen years, but an increase may b
looked for in the succeeding fifteen
years of the new leases.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-04-20
Wasted a Fortune on Skin Trouble.

II began to have an itching over
my whole body about seven years ago
and this settled in my limb, from the
knee to the toes. l went to see
great many physicians, a matter which
cost me fortune, and after / noticed
that l did not get any relief that way,
l went for three years to the hospital.
But they were unable to help me
there. | used all the medicines that
| could see, but became worse and
worse. had an inflammation which
made me almost crazy with pain.
When showed my foot to my friends
they would get really frightened. /
did not know what to do. | was so
sick and had become so nervous that
l positively lost all hope.
81 had seen the advertisement Of
the Cuticura Remedies a great many
times, but could not make up my mind
to buy them, for had already used so
many medicines. Finally | did decide
to use the Cuticura Remedies, and
tell you that was never so pleased as
when | noticed that, after having used
two sets of Cuticura Soap, Cuticura
Ointment and Cuticura Pills, the en-
tire Inflammation had gone. l was
completely cured. l should be only
too glad If people with similar disease
would come to me and find out the
truth. would only recommend them
to use Cuticura. Mrs. Bertha Sachs,
1921 Second Ave, New York, N. Y,
Aug. 20, 1909"
Mrs. Bertha Sachs is my sister-in-
law and l know well how she suffered
and was cured by the Cuticura Rene
dies after many other treatments
failed. Morris Sachs, 321 e. S9th st.,
New York, N. Y, Secretary Of Deutsch-
Ostrowoer Unt.-Verein, Kempr2r He
brew Benevolent, Society, etc."