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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-06-24
Prominent Morrow County Rancher.

r. L. Benge,. a prominent rancher
of Morrow county, has been here
from his home near Lexington, for
visit at the home of his sister Mrs.
C. P. Barnett. While here he has
purchased six mules from Charles
McBee to complete his combine mule
team. He has 1900 acres of fine
grain which he expects to begin har-
vesting in few days.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-06-24
Missi9siDDi Travellers

Columbus. Miss, June 24.-Missis-
sippi Travellers met here today in an
nual session and were given warm
welcome by local commercial travel
ers and business men.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-06-24
Vermont Log Rolling

Rutland, VT, June 24.-Rutland
donned its gayest attire today in hon
or of the Woodmen, who are today
holding the annual meeting of the
Vermont Log Rolling association.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-06-24
Did Not Sell Feed Yards.

1t was enormously stated in these
columns yesterday that c. P. Barnett
had sold the oregon Feed Yards to
w, F. McKenny, The latter has sim
ply leased the yard, ownership still
being retained by Mr.. Barnett.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-06-24
Midsummer Day in EngIand

London, June 24.-In London and
throughout England the birthday Of
st. John the Baptist. or Midsummer
Day. as it is called in this country,
was celebrated today with the ousto-
mary festivities.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-06-24

Perhaps it is unwise to recount our
own faults on the pedestal of anoth-
er's virtue. %5
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-03

On a bed IN a cherries room OF a
North Side lodging-house in Chicago the
other day there lay a man. One hand
rested or a thumb-marked Bible, and
the mans lips moved in prayer, while
his eyes gazed through small window
al a wall of whitewashed brick on the
opposite side Of a narrow court, says
the Cleveland Leader.
The man was dying-alone and dying
Over a table In a brilliant cafe, one
night fifteen years ago there presided
man. His face was flushed and he rose
unsteady, holding aloft glass OF
sparkling wine.
Here's 70 my friends; may they never
20 back on me- he said. And the guests
drinking the wine. applauded their host
These are two chapters from the life
history OF Albert Jerome Smell.
The Nemesis that apparently has fol-
lowed the family since one gray morning
twenty-five years ago, when burglar
shot and killed his father. Amos j. Smell.
finally overlook the son OF the murdered
man. Albert, one-time L0thario. pos
SCISSOR Of a fortune estimated at 100000,
and recipient of sugared compliments
from an army OF friends" who always
stood willing 10 accept his lavish hos
pitaIlty. has passed from the world alone
and uncontrolled.
After finishing high school, young Smell
declined 10 pursue his studies furIner'
ard at the same time he exhibited
positive disinclInation for work. He spent
much of his time with a more or less
we WARD sat and frenuently remained
away from home for several days at
time.
Relations between father and son grad
ually became strained, and when Albert
was twenty-five years old he realized one
day that he must do something which.
in appearance at least. would mark a
change in his mode OF life. He decided
to establish himself In business. SO
within a few weeks be was full-htdged
expressman He and his partner ex-
tended their business But the duties at
tendant upon business life apparently
did not agree with young Smell. Il was
not long before he returned TO the haunts
formerly freauented by him and entered
once more into the life of gayety.
To keep up the pace required more
funds than were forthcoming from the
treasury Of the express concern, and
appeals to the father were renewed
Usually the money was not forthcoming,
and young SHELLS partner wasted little
time in bringing about a dissolution OF
their interests. II was at this juneture
In AIbert's career thar the murder of his
father occurred
Receiving 100000 as his share Of ths
estate left by his father. Albert imme
diately entered on period OF wild anS
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-03
By HORACE V. BIsBEE, Leader.


Whose shall offend one of these little
ones, it were better that milestone were
hanged about his neck. and that he were
drowned In the depths of the sea-"
Childhood OF to-day is the potential
human force of the future. How that
force shall be directed rests with the
fathers ard mothers OF to-day. upon or
ganIzed society OF to-day, and upon the
legislation Of to-day. If the~ehildren are
dwarfed and stunted society of the future
viii be deeadent. The text is a terrible
indictment against the explolters Of child
life that it is well fer US all to heed.
The child has right to healthful en-
virsnment, II has a right TO sufficient
nourishment, it has a right TO sunshine
and happiness, and If denied any Of these
rights society at large will suffer. We
have bureaus OF statistics on the cotton
crop, the wheat crop, the corn crop, but
no bureau TO look after the child crop,
the most valuable of all the crops.
- We have commissions for the conser-
walton of all sorts of natural resources
but no bureau for the conservation of
human life, which has Its commencement
In the child AT least so per cent OF the
deaths among young children could be
prevented by a little knowledge, a little
common sense. even little fresh air
and sunshine II ell OF our reform move
ments were 90 begin az the beginning.
with the child. there would be very lit
tie 10 reform in later years. and the
money now spent to build jails and other
penal institutions might properly be used
10 equip Fairgrounds and children's hos
pitfalls and other public utilities to con-
serve youth and build up a moral and
healthy state However, the first move
should be to get the tired mothers and
the born-tired children out into Gods
pure air and sunshine; do at first what
IS first to be done, and do it quick. Let
It not come to US that the perishing lit
tie ones are bringing in a verdict that
life is a failure; that they have asked
for bread and received a stone. And In
your giving for the fresh air fund re-
member that Whose receiveth one OF
these receiveth Ne"
HORACE Y. BIsBEE
$40 Taylor street.
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ton will not down. But the greatest re-
source of the nation-the resource upon
which all other depends comparative
~ neglected. refer to the children.
To be sure, we have the Sunday and pub
lie schools and like institutions, which
are doing great work, but it is yet TO
be understood that the place for training
the child is in the home. The lessons
learned In the home are more forcibly
impressed and most lasting. How neces-
sary is IL. therefore, that only the best
lessons-precept and exampie-be given
there. z. B. MIDKIFP.
It is very true that grown-up people
are children OF a larger growth. because
that is typical Of the carrying out OF the
higher laws Of nature. The ivy creeps
and climbs upon the walls OF the old
mansion house; the melon vine erawls
and runs upon the ground. thus follow
ing out the course of nature, and no
other The weeping willow and the oak.
alike by nature, yield TO and resist the
storms fury. each following its own
natural way. So it is with all animal
life.
, The whole Of what is found in life is
not found in the development OF the
physical being. although that is one Of
the fundamental essentials but there Is
vastly more; every one owes a debt
somewhere for his existence and rearing.
and the Indebtedness can never be paid
In fun TO his father or mother. but It
can be paid in part or in toto 10 the next
generation-the children of to-day.
There is no better way OF making par
tiaI payment or payments IN full on that
debt than in rendering personal services
in elevating the home; than In supporting
the church for the betterment Of human
ity. morally and religiously; than IN
maintaining charitable institutions for
caring for and helping the poor: but.
better still. one can assist worthy organ
izatfons 10 help needy children 20 be
raised to a higher plane of life by giving
them some Of the pleasures and COM
forts OF life which every one OF them
ought to have. and can have, II you VIII
extend that helping hand.
No words so sweet 10 mortal ears
AS those which mean Ito live"
No soul so glad when sore in need
But hears the words TO give"
VICTOR P. HAMMER
Children are more Influenced than we
imagine by the invisible effect Of ideas.
They have ears like the very spies OF
nature herself; eyes that penetrate all
subterfuge and pretense. IL is good TO
set before them the Hottest ideals IN
human life, but the best ideal Of all has
TO be portrayed by the parents IN the
realities of home life. The teaching that
goes deepest will be indirect. and the
truth will tell deepest in them when it
is overheard.
When you are not watching. and the
children are. then is when the lessons are
learned for life.-Balzac-
Ms. ]. &. oLcoTT.
''Oh! There's nothing on earth half so
holy,
AS the innocent heart of child"
NJ I. REED.
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TWO PICTURES OF LIFE
Son of Millionaire Smell Passes Away in Cheap Lodging
House.

reckless profiigacy. Those who knew
him in those days declare the young
man literally threw his money to the
winds.
In the natural course OF events SHELLS
bank roll vanished. Within four years
OF the time he received his portion OF
the estate he was broke" Appeals TO
his mother for funds at first were pro-
ductive Of satisfactory results, but the
REQUESTS for assistance became so fire.
ouent and so persistent that Mrs. Smell
finally was obliged TO call halt.
How Albert's requests for money had
resolved themselves into demands OF the
most Abrutal character may best be
shown In the following letter written by
him TO his mother:
Mrs. Smell: viii go to the races when
you are at Rosehill You poor. degraded
thing; Just think OF your past life- You
are afraid 70 die. I viii write you
few lines that I know about you II you
don't get ne that $50 or more over here
at once. You will wish you were dead.
I will make things hot for you. know
plenty and can prove all, and your
money won't save you. We viii see who
can cheat the most. You send that
money before ] come over there and
blow your brains out Why don't you
die and. not keep me waiting? You can't
fix anything. I know you are crazy, and
every one says you have been since you
got that money OF ours-not yours
Il hope TO hear Of you dying any time,
and l hope It viii be soon; the sooner
the better"
One day last October man appeared
at the clearinghouse at North
Clark street, owned by Mrs. Margaret
A. Adams. He was past middle age, as
told by streaks of gray which peeped
from beneath the brim of a shabby stin
hat. and his features. though kindly,
were marked with those lines which re-
cord the history Of life of dissipation.
He was Albert J. Smell, and he engaged
q room for $3.50 per week
He heard DR.. Gunsaulus preach one
day and became converted. From that
time till his death he led small guard
OF six 10 ten men from the lodging-hous
every Sunday morning to church. When
he returned he would distribute pro-
grammes OF the religious service IN the
lodging-house and would tell other room
ers the text and substance OF the SER
mon
Butt heart disease had seized him, and
one morning they found him dead In his
bed. Under his hand was the Book which
says: 'As We SOW. so shall ye reap"
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CHILDREN.

Children, 3
e Apply.
girls should equally
as e N he nose
in home
an
whittier
rocks hudder
and nay
that 4
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thee for our children! OF all thy bounte-
Gus outpourings of heavenly blessings
Of sunshine. fresh air. exquisite scenery.
and the marvels the human brain are
producing In this, the greatest century
this earth has known. We thank thee for
our children. In them lies the POSSIBLE
ties OF the future. in them lie all our as
pirations, our dreams OF what we would
like 10 be, and as this is true, these lit
tie, innocent. laughing babies all I'M
consciously carry forward the destiny of
the human race. Let us protect them and
shield them from harm aud give them
future. Men Of the nation, guard our
children well!
EvANGELIHE DUNLOP.
They are idols of hearts and of house
hold;
They are angels of God in disguise.
Dickinson.
MISS A. sATTERFIEID.
A truthful page is childhoods lovely face,
Whsreon sweet innocence has record
made
An outward semblance of the young
hearts grace.
Where truth and love and trust are all
portrayed-Shillaber-
MISS RosALIE B. McGRATH
''They are idols of hearts and house,
holds:
They are angels OF God. in disguise,
His sunlight still sleeps in their tresses,
His glory still CLEANS in their eyes
Oh. those truants from home and from
Heaven.
They make me more manly and mild;
And I know now how Jesus can liken
The kingdom Of God to child.
". Il. REED.
The children are men and women In a
small letter. and they are happy whose
small practices in the world can only
write their characters. Their souls are
as white paper. yet unscribbled with OBJ
servations of the world. Happy because
they know no evil. They are the Chris
tian's example and the old mans re-
lapse, the one initiates his pureness, and
the other falls into their simplicity
What gift has Providence bestowed
on man. that is so dear 10 him as his
ehildren-"-Cicero.
MRS II ALICE BUTLER
The child is the future bulwark Of the
nation, and that bulwark should be as
perfect ana eilcieHl aS HhVSOih '4e0A4'-
gence can make it.
Apart from sentiment In the tender
upbringing OF children, nations have
come TO recognize the larger factor IN
VOWED in this matter. and each year sees
additional safeguards enacted into laws
for the protection and care of the child
This is in line with the far-sighteo
policy that recognizes the fact that the
hone Of the future and the strength and
glory OF the nation lie in its children.
ARTHUR LENoX.
Conservation OF forests, minerals, and
other resources, animate and inanimate
are heard Of on every hand; political Is
sues are made therefrom. and the ques'
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SUNSHINE CLUB


garten OF Cod and as the child con-
fdently looks to fits parents for the sup
plying of its every need. so should we
have implicit faith and confidence in
God, whose Son II was that said: Elk
cent We become as little children We shall
in nowise enter into the Kingdom OF
Heaven. like very much those lines OF
Coventry Patmore:
My little son. who looked from thought
full eyes,
And moved and spoke IN quiet grOwn-up
wise,
Having my law the seventh time dis
obeyed,
I struck him, and dismissed
With hard words and uRkisSed,
QHis mother. who was patient, being
dead)
Then. fearing lest excess OF grief should
hinder sleep,
I visited his bed,
But found him slumbering deep
With darkened eyelids. and their lashes
yet
From his late so5bing wet:
And /. with moan
kissing away his tears. left others Of my
own;
For on q tdDie drawn utHiIt HIS iiCdN
He had put, within his reach.
A box of counters and a red-veined stone,
A piece of glass abraded by the beach,
And six or seven shells.
A bottle with blue bells,
And two French coins ranged there with
careful art
To comfort his sad heart
So when that night I prayed
To God I Wept and said:
All. when at last we lie with tranced
breath,
Not vexing Thee in death.
And Thou remenberest Of what toys
We made our joys,
How weakly understood
Thy great commanded good
Then fatherly. not less
Than I. whom Thou hast nodded from
the clay,
ThouTt leave Thy wrath and say,
II VIII be. sorry for their childishness.'
ARTHUR W. BEER.
On the bosom OF life's ocean.
Backward. forward. to and fro.
Toss the frail barques of children
Left lonely way to go.
Knowing nsught of foster favor,
Finding suceor where they can,
Wonder is, the hapless orphans
Fer reach womanhood or man.
Still they grow, and seem to prosper;
Every day we see them rise
God in goodness leads them onward;
Thus His goodness multiplies.
May we not. as heav'n-blessed mortals
Blessed with parents, gather laurels
By attention and compassion
For the orphan boys and girls?
CHARLES ALBERT BREWTON.
Children are the human flowers Coo
has given US to cultivate and raise, and
they, Ike plants, viii either grow rugged
and straight and beautiful, or else they
will become stunted and bloomless. A
sklllful gardener takes care that hi,
flowers receive the proper amount of sun
shade and moisture, he carefully trans
plants those that require ii, and with
tireless energy watches the development
and progress of each leaf and bud. Blu
how many children there are who ar.
left like the weeds to spring up by them
selves, with no loving care and no kind
" protection. A child needs the brigh
sunshine, the cooling breezes of summer
the fresh spring country, and propel
healthful nourishment, or II VIII wilt
and in the hot alleys and byways o
the crowded city never reach that STATE
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FRESH AIR FUND"

Amounts received by sThe
0ptimist7 from members TO IL
Iustrate @practicaI charity by
sending poor children 10 the
couatry during the summer
months.
Address 3'T'he 0Dtimist," wash.
tngtOn Herald.
Acknowledged last week s47.s0
Mercy Adkins. ..........-.. 1000
Allie 5. BaIeh. ............ LOO
;. Il. t.. r..'.''s...... LOO
II. v. Bisbee- .,.'... ''..% Leo
#. l.. B.. ..........s.... loo
"Just friend" .......... .25
Total ..................s sI.s5
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CHILDREN OF TO-DAY THE POTENTIAL FORCE OF THE FUTURE

which they have no control. We must
contribute literally to our Fresh Air
Fund" asking Gods blessing on our ef-
forts. MERCY ADKINS.
9sl street
Never fear spelling children by making
them too happy Happiness is the at
mosphere in which all good affections
grow The wholesome warmth necessary
to make the heart blood circulate health
ily and freely nhappiness-the chilling
pressure which produces here an inf1a-
nation. there an excTescenee, and. worst
OF all, the minds green and yellow sick
ness, i'll temper.-Bray.
Mrs. n. a. McGRATH.
SO Second street southeast.
All! what would the world be to us,
If children were no more?
We should dread the desert behind as
Worse than the dark before.
What the leaves are to the forest.
With light and air for food.
Ere their sweet and tender juices
Have been hardened into wood.
That to the world are children;
Through them it feels the glow
vi a OAtEtit[A dtlA eLhAitAtA SAttAfeAbO
Than reaches the trunks below.
--Longfellow.
NJ. 7. HANLoN.
rs Eleventh street northeast.
"The Children what a grand subject
this is. so full of thought and meaning
The children OF to-day hold the future
destiny of the world In their hands, and
1t is up to us. the present senior genera
ton, 30 see to it that their education
and their childish joys are not neglected.
A. large majority of the children have
parents who are able to look TO the well
fare. and still there are many others
whose parents are very poor and In their
daily struggle find that it is all they can
possibly do to clothe them and to get
bread to feed their often hungry little
mouths. these are the children we pro-
pose to help; they have probably lived
In the dirty and smoky city all their
lives, what a treat II would be to them
70 be sent 10 the country for a short
time where they could commune with ma
ture. breathe IN her fresh air, and spend
the long summer days in a hearty romp
across the green fields. For them, the
trip would do untold good, and by them
IL would long be remembered.
For US, the members of this club who
proudly wear the buttons with the In
sigma Lets Help" which is our motto,
thereon. can knowingly say that our
motto is being lived up 20. and that the
clubs effort have not been in vain.
HARRY W. BRBiER.
q Fifth street northeast,
Honorable mention:
Oh, save the little children
OF poverty and crime,
Whose bitter wall is sounding
Through the dim aisles Of time
We may not cleanse the torrent
Whose course is strong and sure,
But all, It needs little skill
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oh. the laughter. the joy and the
sparkle in the eye of the child when
at play Oh. the dancing sunbeams OF
purity that radiate from the innocent
heart of q child. Where is there music
sweeter than the care-free laugh Of
child as It rings out, clear. radiantly
happy these besuteous June days. OF all
thv gracious gifts Oh God. we thank
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2 Fifth street northeas'

Honorable mention:
Oh, save the little children
OF poverty and crime.
Whose bitter wall is sounding
Through the dim aisles Of time.
We may not cleanse the torrent
Whose course is strong and sure,
But all, Il needs little skill
To make the fountain pure.
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Lips Of laughter, eyes of light,
Do you know your mission here2
Sent to make the old world bright,
Sent us grown-up folks TO cheer.
Little can you understand.
Playing In the sunlight there,
Lips OF laughter, that you make
Ny cross easier to bear.
Chubby hand and tippy toe,
Little do you ever dream
How you keep your daddy up,
Aiding him when ii must seem
He must fail and leave the fight;
But his strength returns anew,
And he plunges In once more
Just because he thinks Of you.
Detroit Free Press.
EVA JACKSON.
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The greatest discovery Of the twentieth
century is She discovery of childhood.
And the best methods Of its development
IS so important that ii may well claim
the attention of this entire century. II
we would save the world we must save
the children. for the children of to-day
are the men and women of the future,
and the most important thing about their
lives is the way they have been started.
Train up a child in the way he should
go. and when he is old he VIII not depart
from II" Children are an heritage of
the Lord, Lowest thou Me?" said our
Saviour. Feed my lambs" He put this
as a necessary outcome of love for Him.
He makes II so to-day. Dare, we think
for q moment We love Him If we fail 10
provide for His little ones? A genial
heart, sympathetic eve, friendly hand,
a spirit overlooking with the desire TO
prepare the children for a satisfactory
life-those are the ideal qualities we must
bring to our work We must feel deeply
and keeniy our responsibility toward all
children, especially those who from birth
are AZ the mercy Of social forces over
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Their future may, perchance, appear
dark to others; but to their fearless gaze
1t looms up brilliant as the walls OF a
fairy palace There is no tear which g
mothers gentle hand cannot wipe away,
no wound that a mothers kiss cannot
heal no anguish which the sweet muir
muring of her soft low voice cannot
soothe. E. VIDA BIsCoE.
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which they have no control. We must
contribute literally to our Fresh Air
Fund" asking Gods blessing on our ef-
forts. MERCY ADKINS.
nsl F street
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In one OF his first speeches on his ar
rival in New York, Mr.. Roosevelt said;
Next TO children. the greatest blessing
man can have is grandchildren.
MERCY ADKINS.