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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-01-29
WESTON MUST DECIDE.

The Normal School question is up
again, and it is time for the people of
Weston to decide whether or not they
wish to make an effort to get the
Eastern Oregon state Normal School
re established here, or to finally and
definitely abandon the whole veXed
proposition, says the Weston Leader.
This is true If the people of
Weston want to have their normal re-
vived it is high time they were find
ing it out and incidentally making
the fact known. If they desire to
ask support of the people of the state
under the initiative then they must
prepare for campaign. Last winter
the Eastern Oregon normal school was
grossly slandered before it was left
without funds. To offset the false
impression many people hold regard
ing the school and the other normals
will require some work and some
money Whether or not Weston
wants to enter the fray again is for
the people of that town to say, For
one the East Oregonian will await
their answer with much interest
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-01-29
OUSTING THE HlREM.

Oriental women are casting aside
their wells, Even the rank and file
of them are revolving against being
penned up in harems.
The word harem Is Arabic, and
means privacy. seclusion. The con-
filming of women in harems, that Is to
say, secludlng them and denying them
the privilege of talking with or COM
ing in contact with men, excepting
their husbands or nearest male rela-
tiNes, is Mahomedan custom and
harems are to be found existing IN
every country where the influence of
the Moslem has been dominant. The
downfall of the harem Is the greatest
good that modernism is accomplish
ing in Asia, and with it is dying poly
gamy.
\ new order of womanhood is
springing into being in all quarters Of
the orient. Masses of oriental wo-
men are willing, nay eager, to share
the responsibilities of public life with
men. Moreover, they are willing to
work with them shoulder to shoulder
In every Asiatic country you see
the new woman conducting special
schools for girls and neighborhood
ceuters for women of comparatively
advanced ages These institutions are
designed to educate the present and
rising generations of women to prop
erly discharge their various duties. In
these schools oriental girls and women
are taught what constitutes their real
rights. Here they are also inspired
to unflinchngly and steadily labor to
obtain and maintain these rights.
ParadoNical as it may seem the most
favored and successful manner in
which the oriental woman carries on
her propaganda work is through the
channels of the newspapers and even
magazines In various parts of Asia,
especially in China India, and Japan,
women are conducting publications TO
further the cause In Japan the
Twentieth Century Woman. radica.
monthly magazine, is edited by wo-
man. and many of her contributors are
women. China has three flour.shinS
publications edited by and for wo-
men In Hindostan is also maga-
zine for women. 1t is printed in Eng
lish. and, started some two years ago.
il has a large and growing circula-
ton.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-01-29
y GOOD START.

Pendleton high school is starting
out well to win the state debating
championship this year. In the first
debates held Thursday evening both
The local affirmative and negative
teams won against their opponents
from Athena and Weston The school
j. now ready to go against the other
successful eastern Oregon teams in
hopes Of eliminating them from the
championship race. Last year the
Pendleton team was a strong one and
finished second to but one team in
the state. Had they not been forced
to change sides for their last debate
very likely they would have brought
home the state championship in de-
batting. This year the school should
win the race if it is in the power of
the students to accomplish the VIC
tory.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-01-29
WHERE SELF HELP PAID.

\ party of prominent Northern
Pacific officials are here today. They
came over the -Pendleton line
a road that is of much value to this
city because it gives us connection
with a great transcontinental rail-
way system. Pendleton owes its con-
nection with the Northern Pacific to
the fact that many years ago the en-
terprising people of this town believ-
ed in the doctrine of self help. They
joined hands and raised something
like SEQ, 900 to assist in getting the
old Hunt road built. Local people
have never regretted that action
either. Pendleton has gotten value
received for the money that was
raised at that time.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-01-29
FEBRUARY SUCCESS.

The February number of Success
Magazine" opens with a remarkable
series of letters entitled THE Things
He Wrote to Her" by Richard Wight
man. Where Business, Which Rules
Us All Is Not Quite Wse-As Yet"
is the third installment of Charles
Edward Russelrs series entitled "The
Power Behind the Republic" There
is a timely and authoritative articleby
Louis Brownlow, late of the Orient
entitled "Our Chance in China" e.
\. Van Valkenburg, the editor of The
North American (Philadelphia), ,
writes on Enlightened Selfishness as
Saving Force in American Life"
In the fiction for he month there
is a gripping story by Hamlin Car
land entitled Through the Spirit Of
Iapi:" a humorous story by Joseph
&. Lincoln. Literature in Our VII
age" a charming tale of old days,
The Daguerreotype," by Elizabeth
Payne. There IS a thrilling INSTALL
ment Of the serial romance, "The
shears Of Destiny" by Leroy Scott.
another installment of the, "Slly Man"
by Henry Kitchell Webster
DR. Marden's editorial for the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-01-29
\ VILLAGE OR A CITY.

Another evidence that Spokane is
growing with record-breaking rapid
ity is found in the report Of Manager
Hutchinson of the Polk Directory
company that the city directory this
year will contain more than $4,000
names" says the Spokane Chronicle.
ESTIMATED on the usual basis of two
and one-haIf population to each
name listed in the directory, this
would give Spokane a population or
nearly $4,000 at the present time,
and show a gain Of more than 1000
during the past year. At this same
rate Of increase the city should near
10000 by the close Of 1910, and the
ambition of the booster club may be
realized.
aside from the directory estimate,
other evidences, such as the school
census, voting list, increase in post
office business etc, show great
gains."a
Spokane is growing rapidly and 1t
is easy to understand why. It's citi-
zens are aggressive and they 'go
after" things that are for the better
ment of the town. Among other
things Spokane has been made the
center or hub Of an electric railway
system that links eastern Washing
ton and Northern Idaho to the city
IT. a commercial way.
If only the proper work can bt
done Pendleton may be placed in line
TO become the hub of an interurbar
system having lines running in thre'
or four directions out OF Pendletor
and making this place the spokan'
OF eastern Oregon.
But from appearances there ar
some big property owners in this cit
who do not want to see Pendleton g
forward. They would rather see
revert back and become village
place where the men sit on dry good
boxes in front Of the store and whit
tie while they wait for the coming o
the daily mail.
This is harsh criticism and the Eas
Oregonian does not like TO say sue
things. But the attitude Of tn
property owners towards the tractio
movement makes this criticism just
fled. Thus far the property holder
have failed utterly TO take hold {
the proposition as they should. The
are letting the merchants and proI
erty owners with moderate holding
put up money that they, the bi
owners, should be eager TO subscrib
How long this situation is going
continue this paper does not kno'
But the East oregonian hopes that
way may yet be found to break up II
unreasonable opposition to the ira
ton movement and get the big prol
erty owners in line. They are to
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-01-29
CAUSE OF THE DEFICIT.

The Honorable Frank Hitchcock.
postmaster general and wouldbe
manager of the Taft administration
does not like many of the magazines
and some newspapers. They are too
free and outspoken in criticism of
shysters like Hitchcocks man Orms-
by McHarg and also of corporate in
terests that seek to acquire property
that belong to the public. SO Mr..
Hitchcock has brought forth a plan
to raise postal rates upon the maga-
zines. But the magazines are now
showing that the fault for the postal
deficit rests with the government, not
the magazines or newspapers. The
government is paying too much to the
railroads that carry the mails. One
magazine. the. Outlook, asserts that
the government pays first class pas
scnger rates upon the mail. This
despite the fact that the mail bags
occupy no plush seats and have no
porters to brush them off. Perhaps
Mr.. Hitchcock did not expect to have
this phase of the question investigated
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-01-29
AMERICA GETTING WELL.

Man has been called the sick ami
NAL, An ordinary Bengal tiger or a
self-respecting armadillo does not
or stay out all night at q director
meeting and awaken next morning
with a bad taste in its mouth. Civil
lied man is especially likely to be
sick, for the things that improve life
make men i'll through their abuse. II
il We're not for houses. there would be
less consumption: but for the inven-
tion of glass, which let's in light and
| keeps out air, there would he less i'll
ness, Clothing, chairs, books and
cooked food are all elements of civil
| iZation and of sickness.
America has tremendous sick list
| According to Professor Irving FISH
er's recent report on national vitality
there are in the United States mt all
times three million people actually
sick. If you try to picture three mill
| lion sick beds side by side stretching
| from New York City to Nevada you
may get an idea of the extent of this
| Illness. our American sickness costs
us $1,50Q 000,0 a year. equal to
about twice the revenue of the nation
al government This estimate does
not include the loss of efficiency of
people who are not i'll. but Just tired.
tagged. below par"
The next great reform in America
is to get we'll" As a sick nation we
have done fairly; we could double
ana treble and quadruple our work
if we wiped out sickness. 1t can be
done; in fact, it is being done We
have oblterated yellow fever and
scurvy and almost entled smallpox. In
another generation any city which has
a typhoid epidemic will be held up to
! the scorn of the nation. Today there
are five hundred thousand people con-
tjnually sick from tuberculosis, an
easily preventable disease; in another
generation we shall have tuberculosis
well under control. Hundreds of
thousands of people in the South are
suffering continually from the hook
worm disease, popularly called the
'lazy germ" This can easily be COM
pletely eradicated. and Mr.. Rockefel-
Ter has just contributed a million dol
lars to start the work. According tO
Dr. Howard, there are three million
cases of malaria every year A little
quinine and a vigorous war on mo-
squtoes will make this an unknown
disease.
We are entering upon new era in
America National. state and muni-
cipal boards of hygiene, better san
itary laws. associations of doctors
philanthropic and other organizations
bureaus of medical research, improv-
cd hospitals and sanitaria. better
trained doctors and nurses are rap
idly improving the health of the ma
/ tion. The people themselves are do
ing still more. They no longer be-
lieve relgiously in bad-tasting and
worse-acting drugs but are learning
| that pure air, pure water. pure fooJ
and war on flies. mosquitoes and rats
are half the battle, and freedom fron
worry and anger the other half.
We are wisely spending a grea
deal of thought on the conservation
of our natural resources; we are jus
as wisely devoting our spare effort anC
| thought to conserving our vital re
/ sources. BY lengthening and stretch
ing our lives. we can create a new
and higher civilization in this tire,
old world.-From Success Magazine. D.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-01-29
\ WICKED C.ABBY.

"He reminds me Of Smith and his
five dollar bill" said Senator La Fol-
lette in speaking Of a corrupt politi-
clan who had come to grief. "Smith
went to New York for the Hudson
Fulton celebration. He had in his
pocket a bad five dollar note. one
night after banquet he handed a
cab driver this bad note by mistake.
The driver gave him his change-a
one-dollar bill-and whipped up his
horse. Suddenly Smith realized what
he had DONE
Hey. there, Stop he shouted
after the man. That bill's bad!'
Its good enough for your shout
ed the driver without stopping.
"And Smith, examining his change
under a street light, found that it, too
was bad. ."-Everybodys.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-01-29

He had been calling at intervals for
five years, and one night when he
and the young lady were seated in a
secluded corner of the drawing room
tne 'front.' door bell rang.
"Oh, bother!" cried the young man
better tell the servant you are out"
"Shall | not tell her to say I'm en-
gaged?" asked the girl shyly And
before another quarter of an hour had
passed she was.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-01-29
; > + +++ + +
THE SWEETEST MUSIC,

4 I love TO hear the singer that !
= can warble like bird. :
= The lady who pulls down two !
= thousand per;
Z When I hear the voice of Mel 4
4 ba I am most profound
+ ly stirred. !
= l am better. nobler, after :
= hearing her.
+ 1 like to hear the jingle of hard 1
+ money in the till. 1
+ I like to hear the clang of l
+ distant bells:
= I like 10 hear the ripple of the 1
+ unpolluted rill, 1
= am gladdened by the song 1
: sters in the dells. 1
= I love TO hear the grooming of 1
, a mother who is young, !
+ love to hear the wind blow l
= through the pines; !
+ I am gladdened when I listen to !
3 a sweet love lyric sung, 1
, I'm exalted by the poets lilt- l
= ing lines.
Z But if one wish might be grant =
+ ed-the one wish to me !
= most dear
= I'd wish TO wake tomorrow, l
= just at dawn,
4. With a June breeze blowing DER !
& me as I locked my head 1
4 to hear
Z The rattle of the mower on
4 the lawn.
q $. 2. Kiser. !
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-01-29

A Portland paper complains because
they cannot see comet A down there
and says the comet has gone south.
Tut. tut It is no wonder The best
of comets could not shine through
the fog and mist of the Willamette
valley
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-01-29
Pe-ru-na for Gnlds.

month is called "The Pleasure and
Profit of Reading" There is verse
by Robert Whitaker, Charles Buxton
Going and John Kendrick Bangs. In
the investors department appears an
article, The Engineers Report from
me investors standpoint"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-01-29
FOR SALE

The 1900 acre stock ranch which
advertise, is in 10 miles of depot.
The stock consists of 80 head Of
white faced Hereford cattle. so head
of full blood cows and 40 head Of
grades.
One bull is valued at $3.50. and some
of the cows at $500 per head. There
is 10 head Of horses. and 500 worth
Of fine chickens. There is 8 good
wagons and all kinds Of farm ma
chinery.
I WANT TO SAY no YOU
that you do not have to buy the above
named property. II is a gift, absolutely
free. IL you buy the land at $3.50
per acre.
ls E. WADE,
Pcndleton, Orc.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-01-29

Mr.. Youngbird Ton the ttain) Did
est7
Mrs. Youngbird-Oh how can you
ask? You know I wouldn't forget
MIN. left a whole can of salmon.
with a can opener right beside IT,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-01-29

Developments may yet arise that
will make the success of the traction
movement possible Surely property
owners will not wish to permanently
oppose a proposition that is plainly
for their own interests.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-01-29

This evening the poultry show will
end after a very successful week. BY
all means the show should be made
an annual event hereafter.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-01-29
Cold and La GrlDpe.

Mr.. G. Happy, Hardin, Ray Co., Mo-,
writes: 81 can safely recommend Pc
runa as n remedy that will cure ali c.
tarrhal troubles.
at was of great benefit to me, rs Il
cured me of catarrh of the throat, and
took a very bad cold and had Is
grippe last February. 1t settled in ny
throat and lungs. ! took threc bottles
Of Peruna and it cured me.
81 highly Recommend 1t to all who
are sick, and l am glad 20 aat i.-- y-i-
iorsement to that Of others"
Pe-ru-Ia for Colds.
Mr.. L. Clifford Fisg. Jr., 2929 East
Marshall St., Richmond, Va, wrii,s
that when he gets 7 cold he takes PERU
ma, and itsoon drivesitou OF hissys5eiu.
For several years he Was not .atircl"
well, but Peruna completely cured hii.,
People who objec @. liquid mcliciue.
can now secure Per ua .-lt.ts.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-01-29

( Peruna Drug Co., Columbus, OHIO.
} Gentlemen: | have used Pcruna
and find that tcannot be eGua'cd rs
} tonic, as well "a y euro Cor coughs,
( colds and catarrh.
} You are authorized to use my
( photo with testimonial in any pub
) lication.
I Joseph Ii. Chase,
{ SO4 Tenth St., Washington, d. G.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-01-29

Stay with the fight, Pendleton will
win out yet.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-01-29

the chief beneficiaries from the im-
provement 1t is but right they
should help bear the cost.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-01-29

Albany spent I725OO paving last
year and will spend as much this
year.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-26

Black Hand Threats Are Said to have caused Russell Gardner of St. Louis, a maillionaire, and brother-in- law of Governor Patterson of Tennes- see to desert his plantation at Fritz Landing, Ark.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-26

talnlnS party of twenty-five men and women, some of whom had come from Youngstown, O., to seek work in the mines here. It is believed that one of the men in the party, while a dance WetS in progress, threw a Cigarette butt carelessly under the stairway. Twenty five pounds of black mining powder are said to have been stored there in an open can. Flames from the expIo- sion shot through the room and the acrid smoke blinded the dancers as they broke away for escape.
 Three Dead in Hospital.
 The three who were fatally burned and died soon after removal to the hospital are Josephine Fagetta, A. married Of Youngstown, O.; Michael Wilding. 22. the host of Keystone Shaft: Jack Hemlinger. 30, single, Of Keystone shaft.
 Others Seriously Burned.
 Among those seriously burned are: Elizabeth Ross, Adam Miller. Tony Wilding, Michael Fagetta, Nicholas Terri. Eva Terrea. George Schultz and Joseph Kali.
 The clothing of nearly all the danc- CTS took fire from the explosion and though the room was burned and blackened, tch house was not seriously damaged.
 Men in adjoining houses rushed ill with blankets and wrapped them about the burning women, saving many from death.
 Supt. IT. E. Bouvard of the mine ar ranged for q, special train which brought the Injured to this city.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-26
MAN FROM CALIFORNIA
 KILLED IN BOSTON
Attempted to Escape from Hotel by
 Way of the Roof.

Boston, Dec. 25.-While attempting to escape from a West End hotel by way of the roof early today. man who registered as James F. Allen, fell four stories and was fatally injured.
 A search of the clothes of the dead man revealed discharge papers from the United States navy and an identi- fcation card with the name, Charles F. Benzo, San Diego, Cal, with in structions to notify R. P. Benzo of 145 Fifth street, San Diego. Cal, in case of accident. The police say that Al len met Henry L. MOrrissey of Low ell. a chance acquaintance. and after telling a sad story of suffering and want, was taken to the Sudbury hotel in the West End to stay over night. Early today the hotel clerk noticed Allen attempting to leave the house, and suspecting the man had property belonging to Morrissey, stopped him. Allen then ran to the roof, where he slipped and fell to the pavement. A small sum of money, which the police say belonged to Morrissey, was found in his clothing.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-26
CHRISTMAS AT THE VATICAN. Pope Received Greetings and Messages
 From All Over the World.

Rome Dec. 25.--Christmas day pass ed off quietly at the Vatican, where Plus K, after pontificating at early mass before specially invited guests, spent the morning quietly in his pri- vate apartments, with his sisters and his niece. Later he saw some of his household and the secretary of state, Cardinal Merry del Val, who wished to renew their greetings. but all of the audiences were of a private char acter.
 His holiness received messages anl greetings from sovereigns. heads of states. high ecclesiastics and pronri- nent laymen from all over the world. He personally read each of these, and will himself reply to many of them.
 At court there were no official re- captions, but the presents of ths king and queen to their respective house. holds were distributed, and the fam ily of their majesties, now comprising four children, had tree, over which the joy was as great as in any humble home of the kingdoUs-
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-26
Dynamite For
 Los Angeles Plant
BELIEVED TO BE OUTCOME OF
 LABOR TROUBLES.
THE LEWELLYN IRON WORKS
Partly Wrecked Early Sunday Morning Might Waterman Was the Only Person Injured, He but Slightly.

Los Angeles, Cal.,' Dec 25.-The Lleweliyn Iron Works were partly
 wrecked by an explosion, presumably of dynamite, early today. The explo- sion tore out the front of the building, smashed windows for more than block, and awakened persons more than two miles away. The night Watchnan was slightly injured.
 Perpetrators Unknown.
 Who placed the supposed charge of dynamite is unknown to the police, but it is believed to have been the out come of general labor troubles, in which the Llewellyn company has been involved. A hole eighteen inches deep and about six feet in diameter bears
 witness to the place of the explosion.
 About seventy-fiv feet of the front of the main building, a three story frame structure, wa shot to pieces and its contents piled together in ruin.
 The heavy machinery of the building seems to have escaped injury.
 Night Watchman Slightly Injured.
 J. k. Asbury, watchman, was seat
 ed in the office about thirty feet from the center of the explosion. He was
 buried under a mass of debris, but was dragged out by 8 policeman passing in front of the office. With the exception
 of a cut on the right hand and an abrasion of the scalp and face, he was unlurt.
 T saw flash and heard report like the crack of a wllip,'' said Police
 man Cahill, and next the front of the building seemed to crlmble and the air seemed full of debris. called out: Is there anyone in the building? and heard a cry for help. I found Asbury and dragged him from under the ru~ inS''
 Active in Fight Against Unions. The Llewellyn Iron Works has long been active in the fight against union labor in this city, and is one of the companies involved. in the metal workers strike, which went into effect June l.
 The strike was called originally to enforce a demand for an eight hour day for all metal workers and a uni- form wage of fifty cents an hour. It began on notice from San Francisco that employers there had made con- sessions on condition that they. should age in competition with non-union Las 1 Angeles firms
 Police Working on Labor Theory. 1 Officials of the Llewliyn company are of the opinion that She supposed effort 1 to destroy their plant is the out l growth of their differences with labor and the police are working on this the ] ory.
 1 Apparently the police have no def 1 mite clue. In view of the Los Ange- l les Times outrage, in which 21 men 1 were killed last October, and the ex- ! ceeding bitterness Of the metal work l CTS strike today'S explosion created l the greatest interest. The grand jury l is expected to hand in it's report on the | Times at any day.