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The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1910-06-10
NEWSY ITEMS
FROM NORTH
SILVERT0N

People Talk Picnics and areReady
to Go Again
OF all the jokes on puns that
We have ever read, the greatest
is that which comes from the
correspondent of the News in
South Silverton to the effect
hat the Silverton people are
very progressive and that pro-
gression spells division. We we're
always taught that there are
twenty-four hours in a day and
we were also taught that we
ought to attend some kind of
church services on Sunday. For
many a long month it seemed to
US after coming here that there
must be more than the usual
number of hours to the day and
we were sad because we were too
far from the school house to 60
o Sunday school. These days of
steady grind with nothing to
oreak the monotony Of the slowly
passing hours continued until now
we have sermons in North Sill
verton."
'Tis true I'VE planned to have
a picnic and from reports we
surely did have two. Most of the
young people and all the older
ones who could stand the trip
went far toward the mountains.
A few young people and some Of
the more decrepid older ones with
their children and some grouchy
old bachelors went nearer home.
From reports The larger crowd
had a glorious time, while the
smaller one had a good dinner
and a nice, pleasant day. AS
there are at least three months
in which to picnic" let's have two
more some of these days.
AS to the little story of the
town where 80 much rivalry ex-
listed between the two streets, we
do not see the point, for so far as
we have been able to ascertain
there is no rivalry in our dist let.
AS to being progressive we would
that it were a fact instead Of an
imaginative monstrosity.
Several of our boys seem to
have a desire of late to go to other
parts, but ere the rains set in
and crops begin to prosper we
suspect their eyes will be turned
again to "The Land of Beans and
Potatoes"
The little chicks trouble only
begins when it has pipped the
shell. They seem to have a great
battle to fight to arrive..at;the age
of a month. when life goes easier
for them.
With apology to a saint long
since departed, we quote:
"Blest be the tie that BINDS
Amid these scenes Of pain;
Our fears, our hopes, our aims
are one,
Our comforts and our cares.
Mr.. Morris, Mr.. and Mrs. Per.
ser and daughter, Evear, and Mr..
and Mrs. Will Henry were shop
ping in Estancia last Saturday.
S. B. Douglas and family were
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Sou
ders the latter part of .ast week.
Mrs, W. A. Bryan was severely
hurt by being kicked in the face
by a cow last Sunday.
The gnats have made their ap-
pearance and are bothering both
man and beast.
Miss Gertrude Morris was the
guest of Miss Ona Chandler las,
Saturday night.
Master Harold Smith was the
guest Of Master Harry Richard:
last week.
Mr.. Eblen was in Mcintosh
Saturday.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-09-10

So we are TO have few more
grandfather clauses" observes the
Pittsburg Courier. this time OF the
western type. Soon we'll have the
suffragists' grandmother clause" We
always have loved our grandmammas
way OF doing things. She had a virtue
for honesty ~ as the old DO unto
others as you would have them do unto
you"
The enfranchisenaut of women will
minimize the crimes of injustice com
mitted against the Negro. Because the
same power OF influence attained by
her from birth. education and Chris
ton religion would place woman 50
high above her less fortunate sisters
that she would not countenance. nei.
ther would she conspire. to rob men
Of their citizenship, especially when
that citizenship went for American
manhood. the standard Of freedom
guaranteed under the constitution Of q
Christian country.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-09-10

man, who makes laws for men of
other races TO live under, has not sue
ceeded in ruling according to the laws
he has made, nor has be the courage
and fairness to punish himself for
the greatest crime against the state
which he has ordained. the crime of
lynching
We believe in democracy. which we in
terpret 10 mean government by suffrage
and protection by law The mission OF
the law is justice at any price TO every
man. Now. justice is Gods arbiter for
humanity, not for any one race or ma
ton. but for the human race. Humane
treatment, establishing the guilt of evil
doers, as a part OF justice is absolutely
necessary.
We urge In favor OF political and Judi
cial fairness for our people their historic
relations TO the progress OF our country
Traditions OF beautiful sentiments and
unparalleled fidelity ought to be enough
TO give our fathers a wreath of honor
and TO secure for US. their descendants a
place as men and citizens on equal terms
with other men Negro Drawn and adap-
liability did much to make the south pros
porous and beautiful and happy
We are alarmed that out OF the wrong
so generally acknowledged. the national
sin OF lynching and mob rule. no voice
rings out sufficiently clear to check the
mad career Of the lawless who murder
lnnocenis whom the law has promised 10
protect We ask the sympathetic consid-
Grafton OF the president OF the United
States. the judges OF the supreme court.
the governors Of states the officials of
law. the pulpit and press and fair minded
people everywhere to the end that lynch
Ing and mob rule and race riots may be
driven from the American commonw ealth.
We earnestly ask that this government,
which has shown its sympathy with the
weak Of foreign nations by sending an
army to Cuba, by Joining with the pow
ers in settling the Boxer movement in
China. by suggesting that honor had been
satisfied to Russia and Japan, that is In
sympathy with Russian Jews and Arme-
mans In their suffering. that has often
protected an individual abroad tn the
name OF Humanity-we insist that this
government shall protect its weak al
home as well as abroad.
We commend every brave man who has
in the past or present in the north or
south IN 'he east or west, spoken out
boldly FOR Justice. law and right
We make this appeal to the reason of
all true Americans We INVOKE the good
offices Of blindfolded justice. which has
no respect OF persons
We appeal 10 the home loving instinct
OF the real American-descendant OF Sax
ons. Teutous and Cells. whose motto /.
"A mans home is his castle" to espouse
the cause OF law FOR all alike
We appeal TO the love that gave birth
to the Golden Rule that lives In the spirit
OF the Declaration Of Independence and
in the justice OF the constitution OF the
United States,
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-09-10
Co|ored Ministers Issue Strong
Protest Against Lynching.
FIDELITY OF THE RACE CITED

nas stirred Our People to Action.
Justice Is Gods Arbiter For Hu.
manity, They Say.
The Colored Ministers union Of
Washington, OF which the Rev. DR.. ].
Milton Waldron is prime factor, in
prefacing its appeal to the people OF
the United States TO do all in their
power to stop mob violence and the
lynching of human beings proceeds as
follows:
TO God, the executive head OF the
nation and tie American people we
make this appeal as descendants Of cit
liens who were, even In bondage,
warm friends OF the southern white
people and who until half a century
ago made history for others. but none
for themselves. Since then we have
striven against race antipathy and the
stigma Of previous condition, and we
have rapidly improved in literacy.
morals and economic status.
I'VE have bought land, built homes
and established churches. but such
states as desire 10 do so go on dis
franchising us. lynching our men on
frivolous charges and improved allie
cations and widening the chasm which
race differentiation has made broad
enough. When progress does not
promise to save a people that people
is near unto desperation.
But let us appeal to the best in
sdncts OF men as long as reason has 4
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-09-10
Fund For Industrial Home.

BY the terms Of the will of the late
f. J Fallen, who died recently in Bal
tmore, $4,000 is left for the pur-
pose Of founding an Industrial home
in southern Maryland for colored chill.
dren
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-09-10

chance and argument n hearing While
the brotherhood Of man is a doctrine
Of our religion, we must have faith to
believe that this world can be made
better and ultimately set right There
IL no wrong that cannot be put away
by good men determined to do II.
ut 10 pitiable to note that the white
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-28
WHY WE GOT 1T.

Before even the formal announce
ment had been made of the selection
Of Pendleton as a location for the
branch asylum site the Baker City
Herald came forth with charge that
the institution had been located here
through a political deal Credit for
landing the branch asylum for Pen
dleton is given to w. ]. Furnish.
But the Baker Herald is a sore
Acting Governor Bowerman because
this is the one and only suitable place
for the branch asylum. Doubtless w.
]. Furnish and others interested in
politics helped out. Joint Senator
elect c. A. Barrett seems to have been
the most influential factor, judging
from appearances. W. L. Thompson
and others also did good work iii
striving to bring the asylum here.
Our business men were a unit in
boosting for the asylum and credit is
due them for their efforts.
Much of the credit for the branch
asylum is due DR.. C. ]. Smith. AS
state senator DR.. Smith fathered the
constitutional amendment which was
adopted by the people two years ago
and which makes it possible for state
institutions to be located elsewhere
than at the state capital. When he
proposed the amendment DR.. Smith
had the branch asylum in mind.
Without the amendment there could
be no branch asylum here or else
where.
| But as to the location, Pendleton
gets the branch asylum because this
! is the best and most natural place for
the institution.
BY croaking about political influ-
ences the Bakeries merely show they
are poor losers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-28
EVERYDAY PHILOSOPHY

Some times when the merry Cling
clang of the anvil chorus dins in
your ears you are inclined to doubt
the wisdom of the apparently over
worked statement that "every knocks
a boost"
You are just about convinced that
if the anvil chorus is helping your
game you'd be willing to do without
the help, and worry along by your
self.
Smile, little one, smile,
Fame seems to have neglected to
preserve the name of the man who
first remarked upon the boosting
qualities of the never-ceasing knock
but fame has made a lot of mistakes
She should have written it bright and
strong on her flaming scroll alongside
of the names of Socrates, Plato, CAL
lileo, Kant and Sir Isaac Newton. In
fact, for the plain, practical plug
gers like you and me, she might have
put it a little higher up on the parch-
ment.
Time may yet put Plato and Soc
rates on the bum: Sir Isaac Newton
seems to have a cinch. but it is pos
sible that there'll be a day when the
theories of Mr.. Kant can't come back.
But the man who first said: "Ev-
cry knocks boost" stated an i'm
mortal truth, and as long as men are
men and women are women, and we
all have a little of the heart stuff left
in US that that bon mot with the bark
on it is going to live and shine.
Humanity is beginning to cut its
eyeteeth.
The more we know the more we
realize our shortcomings.
The more we realize our shortcom-
ings the more we sympathize with the
other fellow.
sympathy is the most enduring
quality of the human soul
Deep down at the bottom of every
heart is a warm spot that stands for
fair play.
Your neighbor may not show much
interest in you, but he doesn't want
to see you clouted with the club every
time your back is turned. When the
liar lays for you it gets on the other
fellows nerves. Finally his fist gets
into the fight and you've got a friend
you didn't figure on. And when you
nail the knocker-nine times out of
ten you get your chance to nail him
your neighbor and your neighbor's
neghbor know the lay of the land and
they're for you to a fareyewell
Hammer music never made a hit
with a man worth worrying over
Knocks never did anything but stir
up strife for the knocker.
Backbiting is hateful to the univer-
sal instinct that makes him boost OF
| bust.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-28

by the army engineers
and by the president that the modest
sum OF sS25,00O be expended in pre-
pairing the fourth unit for settlement,
But for the extension of the project
To the lands west of the river there
Ia not a cent,
Just why the extension should be
turned down so coldly seems. odd. 1t
is admitted by reclamation men and
all others that the land west of the
Umatilla is finer land than that under
the present project. The govern
mont has blanket filing on the wa
ters of the Umatilla river and that
water could be conserved and taken
out upon the extension at a reason
able cost. But it wont be done at
this time.
Oregon has been heavy contrib
utor to the reclamation fund, but the
favors this state have received from
the government have been few and
small. Aside from the money for the
development Of the fourth unit of the
Umatilla project Oregon gets $780,
600 for work on the Klamath project.
which project is partly in California.
In contrast with this appropriation
the president recommends an eXpen-
diture of eight millions in Montana
seven millions in Idaho; six millions
in Wyoming; five millions in Colora-
rado and large amounts in other
western states and territories.
Whether or not Oregon's III luck
is due to the repeal of section nine of
the reclamation act is a matter upon
which opinions will differ. We got
little from the reclamation fund
while that section was operative and
it may be that the repeal of that sec
ton has no bearing upon the fate of
the Umatilla project extension.
The only thing that seems perfect
ly clear at this time is the fact that
the project is not going to be ex-
tended.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-28
A GUIDE TO OPERA.

Bang, thump and crash, with a roll
of the drum
That's the motif announcing the hero
will come;
Ting-a- -ling-t!ng, and an arpeggio-
The heroine's off for walk with her
beau;
Two minor chords, with the clarinet's
shriek-
The public is sure there is vengeance
to wreak;
Umpty-dump, umpty-dump, down in
the bass
The villain is seeking the hero's dis
grace;
Tweedledy. tweedledy, two or three
times;
Crashes cacophonous stunning the
brain
The hero's in danger, that's perfectly
plain;
loot, toot! The cornet rings out on
the air
He triumphs and seizes his foe by the
hair;
Mush, mush, played slow and repeat
ed ad fin
The hero O kissing the fair heroine!
-Munsey's Magazine.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-28
December % i'm History.

1276-Injunction of the Primate of
England to the nunnory at Godstow,
that. public prayers Of this day, Chill
dermas, should not any more be said
by little girls.
1601-The town Of Kinsdale, head
of the sea, in ireland, garrisoned by
Spaniards and Irish Catholics, sur
rendered to the English armies.
1694-Mary II, Queen Of England
died Of small pox, aged thirty-three.
She was greatly extolled for her vir-
tues.
1737-Singular sinking and rising
Of land at Scarborough, in Yorkshire,
England.
1S04-Russia and Sweden are nego-
tiating a SUBSIDIARY treaty.
1829-Georgia refused to allow the
Indians to set up an Independent gov
ernment in that state.
1S35-Samuel Colt patented re-
volving firearms.
1S54-England, France and Aus
tria signed a protocol recording the
Interpretation fixed by the allies to
the four points Of negotiations.
1S6O-South Carolina seized the
government property in Charleston.
1S64-Reports sent out from New
Orleans of successful raids made on
guerilla camps by Union soldiers.
1S6S-France invited Russia to at
tend the Eastern conference.
1S74-There was much turmoil In
Mexico over the government suppress
sion of religious orders.
f904-Japanese captured Rihlung
fort, leaving Port Arthur to their
mercy. Thousands of men lost in as
sault.
190S-City of Messlna, italy, almost
entirely destroyed by an earthquake
in which thousands of lives were lost
fave money nv reading todav'a ada
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-28

citizens of Pendleton lived mostly in
rooming houses and bachelor quar-
ters. Today there are many beautiful
homes, school houses and churches
and the 1000 school children of Pen
dleton are now being directed by pru-
dent fathers and mothers to saloons,
gambling houses and other resorts
that are always found in a saloon
town. They are being educated, d.
rected and lead away from these pla-
ces and would you think it natural
for these parents to want thing
put at their door when they are
striving to keep the boy and girl as
far away from such places as pos
sible?
I am inclined to think this slogan
that was used in a successful Iowa
campaign many years ago is the kind
of a slogan the people of Pendleton
and her surrounding territory are now
about to adopt: "a school house on
every hilltop and no saloon in the
valley"
Do you people of Pendleton want
to point to your visitors and home
seekers the crumbling walls of Pen
dleton academy and then point with
pride to the twelve saloons you pro-
pose to put on mains treet in the val
ley?
II wanted to see Pendleton grow
and prosper and fill up with a class
of citizens of whom we would be
proud, | would want this slogan: "a
school house on every hilltop and no
saloon in the valley placed near our
depot in blazing letters of gold where
homeseekers from all parts of the
world could see what kind of a town
Pendleton was.
Under this slogan, in monstrous and
lifelike size, If possible, I would have
a good picture of the north side of
Walla Walla's main street, showing
her saloons and other business houses
that cluster under, back of and over
the saloon. Showing the kind Of men
and women who do the business Of
that district, together with the class
of people who patroniZe that foul
looking street and then tell the visit
or that Pendleton has no such street
Jul Is Dlpuu Oh HtT SCIlbpl nbuStS anu
churches.
But come to think of 1t, we would
have no legal right to place that kind
of a picture in a public place. The
people of Walla Walla would COM
mence legal proceedings at once and
force us to take the picture down. but
We could display without hindrance
good picture of beautiful Whitman
| college. Not a man, woman or child
of Walla Walla would object Meth
er could any court interfere.
Can our city officials and persons
who have buildings to rent for sa-
looms at an exorbitant price give us
any good business or moral reasons
except from a purely personal stand
point, why we should have saloons re-
| established in Pendletoh?
GEO. r. ROBERTS.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-28
WOULDN'T HELP HIM.

The necessity for getting money
was illustrated by Booker Washington
in one of his recent speeches by the
story of the old colored man at the
ferry. a white man came along and
said to him; "Uncle, lend me cents
to get across the river"
The colored man looked at him and
said
Look here, boss, you look like a
white man and 1 suppose you is, but
amt going to lend you 3 cents to-
day. Let me tell you another thing,
boss; the man that amt go no money
is just as well off on one side of the
river as the otoher."-Boston Tran
script.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-28
PENDLETON WINS.

BY action of the state board taken
yesterday a large institution will be
located adjoining this city. In es-
tablishing the branch asylum the sum
of 100000 is to be expended apd
the buildings are to be erected with
a view to accommodating 500 patti
ents. D..
The erection Of these buildings will
add to our building operations for the
coming year and when the branch
asylum is in use Pendleton will natur-
ally derive much business from the
same While most of the supplies
will be purchased wholesale there
will be much business that will ne
,cessarily have to be transacted local
ly. There will be attendants, guards
and other workmen at the institution
and their salaries will add to the local
payroll. Many visitors will come to
this city to see friends or relatives in
the institution and their presence will
help our business men-especially the
hotel keepers.
So it may readily be seen that the
locating of the branch asylum ad-
Joining Pendleton will aid this city
complimentary to Pendleton to be
chosen as the location for this institu-
ton. The branch asylum was located
''on its merits" Pendleton was chos-
en- because of the three towns eligible
for the institution this city has the
most desirable climate, altitude and
geographical location. There is no
comparison between the beautiful cli-
mate Of the Umatilla valley and that
of the other places that sought to
land the branch asylum.
But Pendleton's splendid geograph-
ical location unquestionably caused
the state board to locate the branch
asylum here. This place is the natur.
al central city-the commercial huh
of eastern Oregon. Nearly all the
counties Of eastern Oregon are near
,er to Pendleton than to any Other
large town in this section. Pendletor
has railway lines leading into the city
from five different directions. Oul
Etime-honored slogan "All Roads Leat
to Pendleton." is literally true. We
have % passenger trains. running il
and out of the city every day. We
have connection with the Hill system
az well as with the Hartman roadl
and no other town in eastern Oregon
g. so fortunately favored. Becaus'
of our fine transportation service
Pendleton affords the economical To-
cation for the branch asylum. 1t will
cost the state less to bring patients
here than it would TO take them t.
distant points like Union or Bakei
City. Our freight rates are also low
er than are those Of Union or Baker
Pendleton gets the branch asylum
and it is worth gettipg. Put let u
not stop here. Now let US go afte
other things-and get them.
Towns are built: they do not grow
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-28
Mark Twain's Plea for Adam.

Innumerable are the stories told Of
Mark Twain and his books. One
friend recalled a personal experience
that occurred a great many years ago.
"A book with the subtitle The New
Pilgrom's Progress came into our
hands on a Sunday and we mischevi-
ously recommended 1t to a very re-
ligious middle-aged lady to read. She
began its perusal with evident zest,
under the idea that it was a work of
the type Of her favorite authors; but
after a brief period she returned IT,,
with the remark that 1t did not seem
to be "A very pious work. Whimsical
ity IS. perhaps. the peculiar feature
Of Mark Twain. Every one remem-
hers the semi-serious tone with which
he deplored the neglect OF Adam, our
first parent. to whose memory no
monument had been raised"
It's funny why a sensible woman
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-28
A PERTINENT QUESTION.
Pendleton- Ore. Dec.

Pendleton, Ore, Dec. 2S.
Editor East Oregonian:
If there is $4,000 in the county
road fund why has the county treas
urer been endorsing road fund war
rants as not paid for want of funds
during this month?
G. w. ELLIS.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-28

G. w. Ellis, a rancher living in the
southern part of this county, asks why
warrants upon the county road fund
are not paid, if there is $4,000 in the
road fund. 1t is very pertinent
question.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-28
SADLY SIIGHTED.

For reasons that are not clear to
Oregonians the government is not to
go ahead at - 'in'e with the ex-
tension OF the Umatilla project 1t is
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-28

Jay Bowerman knocked out our
normal school and gives US an insane
asylum. Is this a reflection or mere
happenstance?