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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-01

mainly, the difference OF labor cost,
here and abroad; as fast as its recon-
mendations are made revise one
schedule at time to avoid that
'log-rolling and the subordination Of
the general public interest to local
and special interests" which results
from attempts at general revision.
Graduate income tax and, better
still graduate inheritance tax on big
fortunes, properly safeguarded
against evasion. and increasing rap,
idly in amount with the size of the
estate.
The Osawatomie speech was a bat
tlecall and it rings strong and clear,
II is a call that will find a ready
response in the hearts of the Ameri-
can people. 1t is a call that will
bring dismay to the reactionarries of
beth parties. 1t will not please the
machine politicians and stand pat
ters'' of this state who. entrenched be-
hind their assembly scheme, are try
ing to defy the laws of Oregon and
restore the old time political system.
Not only is Roosevelt a progressive
but he is the embodiment of the pro-
gressive spirit. He is for government
in behalf of the public rather than
for government in behalf of special
and selfish interests. He believes
the people should be the master and
corporations public servants. By his
influence and by the influence of men
who follow his leadership this just
and proper relationship is going to
be brought about and the prayer Of
Lincoln answered.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-01
STAND BY THE DIRECT PRIMARY

{ In Idaho there has just been given
striking example of the good effects
/ of the direct primary system. Two
years ago Burton French was con-
gresham from Idaho and he went
, before the republican convention for
denomination. He was entitled to
a denomination for he had made a
creditable record. But he would not
Zine up" with the bosses and agree
to do their bidding. He said he would
rather be beaten than do so. He was
defeated for a denomination by Ha-
mer, present congressman. But this
year Idaho has made nominations
under the direct primary and French
opposed Hamer for the republican
nomination. He went before the peo-
pie of Idaho with his case. The re-
suit of the primary election shows
that the people believe in French and
political independence on such a plane
that he would not sacrifice it to graf
| ify the lust for office.
I But it is through the direct pri-
mary that the people of Idaho were
able to reward French for his good
stand. Had the convention system
still been in use this year he would
have lost out again. He would have
lost out had the Assembly" system
prevailed in Idaho as certain politici-
ans are trying to make it prevail in
Oregon The assembly scheme Is
nothing more or less than an attempt
to restore the convention system. II
the assembly plan is allowed to pre-
vail it will take the heart out of the
direct primary law. The direct pri-
mary will be left an empty shell and
will be worse than useless.
In Idaho they have just secured
the direct primary while in Oregon
we have it but are in danger of los
ing it. Don's let the machine poll
ticians annul that splendid law.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-01
THE SOCIETY GIRLS IDEALS.

What sort of a man would I mar
ry? Well, in the first place he'd have
TO be successful. Not terribly rich,
though, because I have money of my
own. Save five thousand a year and
good prospects. Don't care how he
makes it, but he must be good
spender and have plenty of small talk
Dress? Why, of course, the men in
our set have to dress we'll or the girls
wouldn't look at them. AS for his
principles and so on, I'm not awfully
straight-laced. you know. What I
absolutely insist on is that he does
not get drunk in public"
The speaker. Miss Winnie NJ, says
Robert Haven Schauffler, in Success
Magazine. was a popular member of
the Smart Set in the large northeast
ern city which she called home. She
was tall slender. animated with a
charming figure. light, curly hair and
extraordinary flashing blue eyes. She
was the only child or a millionaire
and barely twenty-three.
"Of course I'd like him older" she
continued. "About fifteen years older
would do. The elderly ones can give
a girl better position, and I would
not mind if he were a widower-eith-
er grass or sod. 1 know lots and lots
of divorced people, And of course,
if didn't hit it off with my husband
I'd not be long about getting a di-
vorce. :"
would I prefer remaining single
to marrying a man 1 didn't love?"
The great eyes opened in naive aston
ishment. "Why don't you know that
after a few years if girl doesn't
marry. she simply has no position?
Loves all very nice, of course, but it
isn't really necessary for marriage"
Children! Oh, yes. I'd want one
or two, but no more. Hered-
ity? Now what does that word mean,
anyway"
The average income demanded by
the Smart set girl. on which to start
married life, is $1,000 a year and ex-
cellent prospects. Besides that, as a
rule she expects to have money of her
own. at simply couldn't be happy"
declares a spoiled child of fortune in
the middle west, "without certain lux
uries such as opera seats, trained SER
wants to care for me, and beautiful
surroundings. I simply couldn't ride
in the trolley cars. 1t may seem
snobbish, but it's a fact. 1 hate
crowds, and one cannot have privacy
without money"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-01

and to distinguish between a tempo
rary ebullition of radicalism and the
beginning Of a national progressive
movement.
when Mr.. Roosevelt saw that the
special interests were gaining a posi-
ton of domination that threatened
popular domination, he plunged into
the fight with cyclonic energy, and
started a campaign of what his enc
mics called undertaking" that i'm
medlately put the special interests on
the defensive. By turning the lime
light of publicity into dark places,
and by continually restating old spir-
itual truths, he aroused the people to
their danger and prodded the pub
lie conscience to a fighting mood"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-01
ROOSEvELTs BATTLECALL.

Theodore Roosevelt is the great
leader of the progressves He is the
man who put the breath of life into
that movement now sweeping the
country and which aims at the full
fillment of Lincoln's immortal prayer
that government of the people, by
the people, for the people shall not
perish from the earth.' When
Roosevelt speaks he says things and
he speaks in terms that all understand.
Just now the people of the United
States are reading what he said at
the dedication of the John Brown
battle-ground"
In his speech at Osawatomie, Col.
Roosevelt alluded to those who pro-
fess with their lips to admire Lincoln
and his policies but have not the
courage to apply his teachings to mod
ern problems.
ut is half melancholy and half
amusing" he said, "to see the way in
which well meaning people gather
to do honor to the men who, in COM
pany with John Brown, and under
the lead of Abraham Lincoln, faced
and solved the great problems of the
nineteenth century, while at the same
time these same good people nervous
ly shrink from or frantically denounce
those who are trying to meet the
problems of the twentieth in the spirit
which was accountable for the sue
cessful solution of the problems of
L;ncoln's time"
Continuing his address the colonel
took up in detail some of the ques-
tions affecting the public welfare at
this time and then set forth some
things that should be brought about
In order to protect the public. In
part his recommendations are as fol-
lows:
Provision for complete and effec-
tive publicity of corpoate affairs,
talization not only of public service
corporations, including particularly
railways, but of all corporations do
ing an Interstate business. This was
accompanied with disclaimer Of ad-
yccacy of government ownership Of
railways 'ff it can possibly be avoid
ed"
Physical valuation Of railways, not
so much as a rate making basis but as
the basis Of honest capitalization.
Limited franchises. with provision
for public participation in profits.
Whatever control and supervision
f. exercised over public service cor
porations should be extended also to
combinations which control neces-
saries Of life or deal in them on an
important scale.
Make officers and especially direc-
tors, OF corporations personally re-
sponsible when any corporation breaks
the law.
Increase powers Of federal bureau
Of corporations and interstate COM
merce commissions so that they may
effectually control combinations
which It is useless to expect to de-
stroy. they being held to be creatures
OF "an imperative economic law"
An expert tariff commission, who'll
ly removed from the possibility Of po.
litical pressure or Of improper busi-
ness influences. to find out the real
difference between costs Of production
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-01

exact distribution. 1t Is a curious an
imal. on the average distinctly larger
than, and utterly different from. the
ordinary African rhinoceros 'The
spinal processes of the dorsel verte-
brae are so developed as to make
very prominent hump over the with>
ers, while forward of this is a still
higher and more prominent fleshy
hump on the neck. The huge. mis-
shapen head differs in all respects as
widely from the head of the common
or so-called black rhinoceros as the
head of moose differs from that of
a wapiti.-F'rom African Game
Trails" by Theodore Roosevelt, in the
September Scribner.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-01
HUSBANDS IA ERRORS IN LIFE.

To tell her how to run her club.
To bank his money in her name.
To expect her to like his female rel
atves.
To forget to praise her.
To expect her to be grown up.
To expect to have the last word.
To take her opinions too seriously.
To forget that she Will change her
mind
To let her open his letters.
To get mad because his bed is not
tucked in at the foot.
To tell her how his mother used to
cook.
To hesitate to tell her where he is
going and where he has been.
To work for her SO hard that he has
no time to devote to her
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-01

vigor and cheerful
ness soon disappear
when the kidneys are
out Of order or dis
eased.
Kidney trouble has
become SO prevalent
that it is not uncom.
mon TO. 4 child to b.
born afflicted with
veal; kidneys. If the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-01

While the o. r. & n. company is
fitting out it's new depot grounds II
would help some to provide train
signs so that passengers may tell the
identity of outgoing trains with great
er ease than at present. Frequently
it is difficult for strangers and es-
pecially for ladies to know which train
to take.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-01

This is a foine country. Bridget
exclaimed Norah, who had but recent
" arrived in the United States. Sure.
it's generous everybody is. I asked at
the post-office about sindin money
to me mither, and the young man
tells me 1 can get money-order for
ten dollars for ten cints. Think OF
that, now!"-September Lippincott's
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-01

"Standpat" Sherman seems to be
"in wrong" on a great many differ
ent things. Now he has offended the
members of the G. A. R. Twenty
years ago Sherman would not have
done that
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-01
The Unanswerable Riddle.

A plain and simple answer for
This questions what we wish
Does fishing make a man a liar, or
Do only liars fish?
September Lippincott's.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-01

Now that September is at hand
maybe Jupiter Pluvius will get back
or duty.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-01

,hild urinates too often, i;t'ic urine scalds
the flesh, or if, when the child reaches an
age when it should be able 20 control the
passage, it IS vet afflicted with bed-wet-
ling, depen1uroa i, the cause Of the diff
Guilty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment Of
.hese important organs. This unpleasant
.rouble IS due to 4 diseased condition Of
the kidneys and bladder and not to
.abit as most people suppose.
Women rs well as men are made miscr-
,ble with kidney ana bladder trouble,
md both need the same great remedy.
fhe mild and the Immediate effect of
Swamp-Root is soon realized. Il is sold
9y druggists, il fifty
cent and one-doila. m. 'iii "a isl, ma
size bottles. You may .s..::is s.:iss is-
have sample bottle s:::ssss%$. ..;ie, ,se
by mail free, also sssss..e
pamphlet telling all $ eSs{ll 5sisyg
bout Swawp-Root, HON, a. 7wanpro.
,ucludirg many Of the thousands of test.
monial letters received from sufferers
Sho found Swarp-B cot to be Just the
remedy needed. In writing DR.. Kilmet
x Co, Binghamtcn, n. y, be sure and
mention TINS paper. Don't make any
clistake, but remember the name. Or.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the address,
'inghamton, y. Y, on everv bottle
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-01

The Back from Elba" movement
must have been Oslerized.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-01


. If fallacies come knocking at 4
y my door,
. I'd rather feed and shelter full
y a score
. Than hide behind the black
. portcullis Doubt.
= And run the risk of barring one I
= Truth out.
= And if pretension for a time
deceive,
. And prove me one too ready to
= believe,
. Far less my shame, than if by
. stubborn act
. l brand as lie some great colos-
. sal Fact. Z
= On my souls door the latch
string hangs outside;
. Within. the lighted candle. Let
= me guide
= Some errant follies on their
wandering way.
= Rather than Wisdom give no
welcoming ray.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
<<<>>> 90 90 . - . . =
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-01
Women as We'll as Men are Made Miserable
by Kidney and Bladder Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind
iiscourages and lessons ambition; beauty
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-11
Sport In Blue Springs, Mo.

used to be pretty fair, too, in other
days, and went out to see what he
could do. Then every one got started
But whatever the beginning may
have been, there can be no doubt that
the game has taken complete poses
shop is its headquarters. Rain OF
shine. winter or summer, there is q
game every day In the shop or in the
street Just In front of II. Last win.
ter, when the thermometer stood neal
zero, a game was played In which all
of the contestants wore o%vercoats
When those men began blowing or
their knuckles to keep them warm
there was a sound like a shoal of por
poises.
Seven games" are necessary to win
Knock the middle marble out the
frst shot and the game is yours. Such
q shot is called a "middler."
Knock any marble out and o must
"clear the ring"-knock all the others
too, to win the game.
II your marble stays in the square
after the first shot, you are fat" OF
dead" for the rest of the game.
If some one else hits your taw you
are dead for the rest Of the game.
Lynn Pryor, the blacksmith, stood
at taw, took careful aim, and from Il
feet away spotted the middle of the
square. One game for Pryor and
Blnger! But nobody got excited. Mid
dlers from taw are ordinary occur
rences in Blue Springs. John Henry
Moore holds a record of having
knocked out II of such middlers In Il
shots.
A minute later Uncle Dan Stanley
knocked a middler. Capt. George
Webb, the furniture dealer and under
taker, did the same thing, too, as soor
as he had the chance. So did Farmer
George Binger. They didn't do so all
the time, Of course, but middlers came
with an astonishing regularity. And
when there was a game In which all
four men had a chance to shoot, other
plays Just as remarkable for distance
and accuracy were taken by the gal
lery at the blacksmith shop door as
matter Of course
You must understand" the black
smith said, that II a man comes with
q horse to be shod, the game stops in,
stanter. But when there's nothing go
M -tcn: sCnfsb0dy IS sHre-rUgSAr
game. Farmers come in on rainy days,
sometimes from several miles around,
and some of them are good hands al
marbles.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-11
OLD MEN At PLAY
Missouri Village Has a Marble
Craze That Occupies Attention.
Men Now Past Sixty Who Find De
light In the Playthlngs
Of Their Early
Years.

Blue Springs, Mo.-Horseshoes! Aw,
shucks! Horseshoes do well enough
to furnish a light diversion now and
then, but for a serious game Of head
work and skill. Blue Springs believes
no gam Is half as good as old-fash-
Toned marbles.
For two years the boys and men Of
Blue Springs-representatives from all
Of Shakespeare's seven ages-have
been playing marbles the year round.
each month with increasing skill.
There Is a legend that Uncle Dan
Stanley. who is seventy-four. and
Uncle Tom Holloway, who is seventy
five, were so evenly matched in a con-
test arranged last winter that they
Jagged from taw for two days with
out either man winning an advantage
Of a sixteenth Of an inch in the strug-
gle TO gain the privilege of having the
first shot, and the contest had to be
declared a draw before it began.
Knickerbocker teams, ten-year-olds,
fifteen, twenty-five, fifty, or seventy
~five-year-old teams, or any other age
that a challenger may prefer, can be
furnished by Blue Springs on five min
utes' notice. Blue Springs challenges
the world.
Just how marbles got started here
no n appears to remember. Posi-.
bly, some g~ray-bearded citizen of the
town sat on a nail keg in front of
Pryor's blacksmith shop on a spring
day two years ago and got to thinking,
while he watched the kids" playing
marbles in the street, that he used 10
be a pretty fair hand at hat game
himself in days before the war. Then
he went out and knocked a "middler"
from "taw"-or almost did-and went
back and Dragged about 1t to some
body else. And that other person
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-11
Estate to Pay For Patient

De Smet--A suit, the result o.
which may encourage other coun-
ties to endeavor to at least
portions of the cost OF maintaining
in the state asylum patients who ha 5e
estates, has just been dete mined in
Kingsbury county.
States Attorney Warren instituted
an action against what is known as
the Holcomb estate to o the cost
to Kingsbury county of maintaining
Mr.. Holcomb in the state hospital for
the insane at Yankton during the past
fifteen years. Judge Taylor, before
whom the case was commenced, his
awarded the county a judgment cover
ing the maintenance of HolComb for a
period of six years, the judge holding
that the statute of limitation runs
against the claim the same as II 1t was
an ordinary account.
In order to reach such a decision,
Judge Taylor had 30 hold that each
quarterly payment made by the coon-
ty constituted a closing of the account
to that date.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-11
Was World-B eater in Cattle

Belle Fourche-It is said that with
the proposed closing out of the ca
tie holdings Of the WV ranch no tn
Of here, the last of the large catt e
outfits that a few years ago were SO
numerous in this country, local IA J.
road officers profess to see the loss
of title for Belle Fourche as the larg-
est single cattle shipping point in the
world. For nearly a deClle this town
has enjoyed this honor. Shipments
will be unusually large this year as the
drought is forcing all cattle Owne S
to ship out every available head o.
stock rather than to try to get through
the winter without hay or grazing
Many of the smaller owners plan to
go out Of the business this fall 70
the same reason, and it is thought
that future shipments after this year
will not be heavy.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-11
YANkTON ALL RIGHT
Reports From Over the County lndi-
cate Good Yields

Yankton-There has been some az
xiety over the state during the pres.
ent growing season over the Gro J
outcome. In this Yankton County
has not shared and drOuth sto lie
were a matter Of some surprise lCCal
ly, as at no time were conditions CTiti-
cal here. Rye and oats are appearing
in town and bear out the general To-
cal belief that small grain was all
right. The first oats to arrive were
brought in by e. B. Gunderson, HIS
load testing 90 pounds to the bushe',
the crop going thirty-two bushels t.
the acre. There are lots better oats
in the field and all over the county
grain is thickly shocked In the field.
T%hreshing from the shock will be
quite general the coming week and
there is much confidence that thresh-
ing reports will show the county has
raised various crops Of grain as us a!
and better than last year when there
was too much rain.
Rev. Jersing Thompson, the new
pastor of Trinity Lutheran church was
installed here Sunday, by Rev. =.
Reinertson of Elk Point. The serv-
ice, which was in Norwegian, was
very largely attended.
Albert Robinson, a pioneer of this
city, died the end of the week and was
given a Masonic funeral.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-11
Casey at the Bat.

This famous poem is contained in the
Coca-Cola Baseball Record Book for
1910, together with records, schedules
for both leagues and other valuable
baseball information compiled by au-
thorities. This interesting book sent
by the Coca-Cola Co., of Atlanta, Ca,
on receipt Of &c stamp for postage.
Also copy Of their booklet The Truth
About Coca-Cola" which tells all about
this delicious beverage and why it is
SO pure, wholesome and refreshing.
Are you ever hot-tired-thirsty?
Drink Coca-Cola-it is cooling, re-
lieves fatigue and quenches the
thirst. At soda fountains and car
donated In bottles-5c everywhere.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-11
LOOKING BETTER
Latest Crop Reports Indicate Condi-
tons Greatly improved

Mitchell-Latest crop reports from
eleven counties in the central part of
the state, and given out through the
investigations of bankers in the coun-
ties, indicate that the stuation IS
much better than was ant cipated
earlier in the season. Reports were
received from Aurora, Brule, Dawson,
Douglas, Hanson, Hutchinson, Jer.
aul, Lyman, McCook, Minner and
Sanborn.
The harvest has been completed in
practically all of these counties and
the rains which have come in the past
two weeks have materially increased
the proportion of yield on wheat and
corn, the latter grain having had the
benefit Of the greater amoun of rain
fall in the past ten days when it was
of little benefit to the wheat.
The yield Of wheat will fall a little
below the average of last year, al
farmer perhaps a heavier income from
that grain alone. The oats crop shows
a greater falling off than wheat.
In Aurora, Brule, Douglas, Sanborn,
McCook and Miner counties the wheat
crop was expected to turn out an aver
age crop, running from rs to 81 per
cent of the yield of 1909, while in
Hutchinson it was expected to make
a yield of 125 of the 1909 crop. Lyman
and Jerauld counties reported the
wheat very thin, and ranging from 50
to &C per cent of a crop. These latter
two counties state hat the corn is
not quite so far advanced as in 1909,
but with rains at the present time it
will show a big increase.
Throughout this section in Aurora,
Brule, Dawson, Douglas Hanson,
Hutchinson, Miner and Sanborn the
corn crop is excellent as a general
proposition, not one of the counties
reporting anything particularly back
ward on the crop. In practically all
Of the counties the ears have COM
menced to form, and they indicate a
good development of the ear even at
this period. Notwithstanding the fact
that the seed in the spring was sup
pOsedly poor the crop throughout this
section shows that it has developed
much better than was anticipated. 1t
is the general opinion gathered from
nine of the eleven counties that the
corn crop is going to be better than
that of 1909.