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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-06

Lost-Black water spaniel dog. Last
seen on Court street Wednesday, No
vember 30. Has Pasco dog tax No.
III on collar. Return GIG Thompson
street. Liberal reward
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-06
NeDsy Notes
of PendLeton
Choir Recital Tonight.

The choir recital which was to
have been given in the Presbyterian
church last Tuesday evening will be
presented this evening at 8 o'clock.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-06
County Supcintendents to Meet.

County superintendent Welles has
received notice of an official call for
a ceeting of the county superintend-
ents of the state to be held in Port
land December 20.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-06
Ney X of p. Officers.

At the regular meeting Of Damon
Lodge No. 4, Knights Of Pythias, last
night the regular semi-annual elec-
ton Of officers was held and the fol-
lowing officers were elected for the
ensuing term: d. B. Waffle, c. c.;
John L. Vaughan, v. c.: J. G. Nc
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-06
SCHOOL DISTRICTS
MAKE ANNUAL LEv|ES
PENDLETON DISTRICTS
LEVY is FIVE MILLS
Echo With Levy of Eight Mills Leads
All Districts in County-Pilot Rock
is Lowest Town Yet Reported -
Country Districts Lower Than
Town.

County School Superintendent
Frank K Welles is now receiving no
tifications from the various school
districts throughout the county Of the
annual school tax levied by election.
Up until this afternoon only some of
the more important districts have been
heard from but the remainder will
report within the next few days. A
noteworthy feature OF the 1910 levy is
that it is considerably larger in the
cities and towns than in the country
districts. indicating that the country
is much more wealthy in proportion
to the expenses incurred than are the
cities
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-06
PRESIDENT SENDS
. ANNUAL MESSAGE

(Continued from Page Six.)
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-04

ceptions. 1t is his advocacy of the
proposition to placing the statue OF
General Lee in the capitol that l OBJ
ject to. 1t is true as Mr.. Blight says,
that "brave men honor brave men at
all times" that the "horrid wound
made by the civil war is healed" and
that the "bloody chasm is closed,
They will remain SO if the fool friends
of the 'lost cause will not insist that
we honor their idols as reverently as
thew do. Would Mr.. Blight favor
placing the "stars and bars" beside
"Old Glory in the nations capitol?
Then why place the statue of the man
who used his superior ability to sup
plant our glorious banner with the sym
boil of disunion in our pantheon OF
fame beside that of our noble martyr
for the preservation of the Union.
The historian says of General Lee
"That at the time Of the election of
Mr.. Lincoln he was lieutenant colonel
of cavalry stationed in Texas, and al
ter the election was permitted to re-
turn to his home in washington,
where he was cordially greeted by
General Scott, who loved him as
son. and gave him his entire conf
dence. In this relation Lee remained,
making himself conversant with all
the plans and resources of the govern
ment for the suppression OF the re-
bollion. at the same time keeping up
a continued communication with its
enemies, until more than week al
ter the attack on Fort Sumter, and
six days after the secessionists at
Richmond had promised him the posi-
tion of commander-in-ch of the Vir-
einia forces. Then, April 20, he re-
signed his command, fastened to Rich
mond with his important knowledge
of affairs at the national capital, and
ioined the secessionists against his
government" Such was the act of the
man whom Mr.. Blight delights to
honor" Had Lees efforts succeeded
there would be no great national capt.
tai to do him honor. The fundamen-
tai principle of national unity would
have been shot to death by muskets
in the hands of men whom he COM
manded Had Mr. Blight endured the
strain of four years OF military cam
naigning, had he stood with others on
the firing line as q wall of defense be-
tween his country and her mighty
foes. had he witnessed the fall of COM
rades on every side, comrades whose
friendship was welded in the fires OF
fierce battle, had be known the an
euish of breaking hearts at home be-
cause OF the raVages of war he would
have n cleaPer apprehension of what
n cost to save our LeloVcd country,
ana would not have sneered those who
have marked time for forty years.
Neither would he have spoken so
glibly of making one Of the CHER con-
splrators against the life of our ma
tion model Ito hold up before our
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-04
TRAINED FOR CRIME

A CCORDING to the latest report Of
n the state board of charities and
IA corrections, in California pris-
ons today there are about 500 in
mates who would have been proper sub
jects for a reformatory. These boys,
no matter what their offenses may
have been, are not being punished.
They are being trained in crime. They
do not realize the disgrace of being
sent to commingle with some of the
worst men the human race produces.
Owing to a mistaken idea of what con-
stitutes the punishment" of a juve-
nile offender, young men are put
where, from association and environ
ment, they become hardened criminals.
While undergoing sentence these
boys receive no education and no in
dustrial training that will help them
when they are released. In the end
these victims Of an unjust penal sys-
tenn cause a far. greater cost to the
state than would be incurred by the
adoption of modern methods of re-
form. On grounds Of humanity and Of
expediency the state should provide a
reformatory for first offenders be-
tween the ages of Is and 30 years.
At San Quentin and Folsom are 9O3
BOYS UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE
various sentences which will
fit them to assume, upon their release,
the cunning and predatory duties of
and crafty crooks.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-04
CHURCH MILITANT

NY FAR the most important an
X nouncement that has been made
~ in modern times and much more
remarkable than any recent political
development" is the bold declaration
of the Federal Council of Churches
that it will take part in the economic
controversy (for so it must be called)
and will make and, if possible, enforce
the following demands:
First-The gradual and reasonable
reduction of the hours of labor to the
lowest practicable point and that de-
gree of leisure for all which is a con-
dition of the highest human life.
Second--A release from employment
for one day in seven.
Third-A living wage as a minimum
in every industry AND THE HIGH
EST WAGE THAT EACH INDUS
TRY CAN AFFORD.
The church's war won't be any "toy
campaign" 1t has 100000 people be-
hind it with method of close organi-
cation and cooperation already in ex-
lStenc2. Inc COUNCIL Representing tlSSC
II ,O00 900 people declares any industry,
no matter what, which employs its
workers seven days in the week and
compels them to be on duty twelve
hours out of the twenty-four does not
give its employees an opportunity for
sane and healthy living. Neither fam
lily life nor intelligent social intercourse
with ones fellows is possible under
such conditions. Moreover, there must
be a living wage.
Says the announcement of the fed
eral council: 'It is part of the es-
sential Christian teaching of the broth
erhood of man to pay every employe
q living wage, that is, A WAGE ON
WHICH NOT ONLY THE WORKER
BUT THE AVERAGE FAMILY CAN
LIVE under proper sanitary conditions
and with reasonable comfort. No in
dustry can be counted as properly con-
Quoted from the standpoint of Chris
tian ethics which is not so conduct
ed that all employees employed therein
receive a living wage"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-04
LET'S BE THANKFUL

TN view of the opposition to parcels
post. postal savings and other pro-
Il gressive measures for the benefit
of the people, said people are TO be
congratulated most heartily on the
fact the postoffice itself was estab-
lished as a branch of governmental
service in the early days before the
country was owned by corporations
and trusts.
If the establishment of a popular
mail carrying service had been de-
layed until now, and If that service had
hitherto been in the hands of a
trust, or combination of private en-
terprises Gncluding of course the rail-
roads, what chance would the people
have had of getting a postoffice de-
partment?
Let US be thankful for the freedom
and independence and Americanism
Of our ancestors, who took the letter
carrying service out of the hands of
the private profit seekers and made
it q branch of the public service.
Our forefathers were enterprislng,
progressive, highly intelligent men.
They began the work of popularizing
government, and of establishing rules
which would make the United States
a country conducted by the people
and for the people, and which would be
the property of the people.
IT is time for a popular revival of
interest in every branch of the govern
ment, state and national as we'll as
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-04
TAFT'S FAILING

II RESIDENT TAFTS most unfortu-
nate failing is his propensity to
Il place his confidence in men who
are utterly unworthy of it. For this
disconcerting trait on the part of the
chief executive the nation pays
heavy price. and it cannot afford 1t.
The mistakes Of men like Ballinger
and Hitchcock are enough to damn
any administration, and it is unthink-
able the country will put the seal OF
approval on Tafts "easiness" and the
gnarled, seasoned and mastery slim
ness and adroitness of his counselors
and friends by continuing to return to
office administration Republicans"
The proposal to make up the postal
deficits by taxing weekly and monthly
periodicals (in which no doubt would
be included the Sunday magazine sup
plements of the newspapers), while
neglecting a source of revenue which
could be availed of If the franking
privileges were TO be curtailed or
abolished, is not one that has strength
ened the faith of the public in the
Americanism of Theodore Roosevelts S
successor.
Hitchcock bemoaned statistics show
ing a profit OF ssO,OOOOOO on letter post
age, whereas the carriage Of periodical
and other printed matter and merchan-
disc costs the government $sS,OOO,ooO
more than it receives. Hitchcocks
recommendation was not to increase
receipts by the installation of par
cells post that would free the country
from the annual pillage of the express
companies; not abolition of the out
rageous abuses Of the franking priv
ileges-one of the grossest of all the
grafts-not further revision and more
rigid inspection of extravagant and
frequently DISHONEST contracts with
railroads and steamship lines.
Must current literature be taxed be-
cause of a lack in certain non-literary
fields of common honesty or common
sense?
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-04
ISSUE DoDGED

A SSoCIATED PRESS dispatches
~ show the machine members of
the ways and means committee
of the house intend to flimflam the
public by a bogus and misleading Gin
vestigation" of the increased cost of
living. An investigation conducted by
committee composed at least in part of
leading economists chosen from vari-
Gus universities, etc, might amount
to something, and the report by them
have permanent value in the bibliog-
raphy of useful American statesman
ship. But, with the same sickening
and disgusting faulty which leads
chronic office holders and professional
statesmen to DODGE THE PEOPLE
AND EvAbB THE ISSUE at every
turn of the political road, these sala-
ried public servants in Washington
propose to make a wretched farce of
the investigation and to conduct it in
such manner that it may mot work
to the disadvantage Of Republicans in
elections next fall"
The political opportunities or chances
Of publicly revenued Republicans
should have no more to do with the
economic crisis than the last trade of
the shah of Persia. What should it
matter to the beefsteak buyer whether
or not these wretched office holders
are to be allowed to continue to draw
their salaries and enjoy their innumer-
able lucrative perquisites, of the ma
ture and extent of which the dear pub
lie unfamiliar with Washington and its
ways little dreams?
The concern of the beefsteak buyer
Is the price OF meat, and its general
effect on the industrialism and the
wages of the people Of the United
States. These hypocritical Washing
ton governmental hacks would have
us believe it is more important to keep
them in the berths they enjoy than to
give the people a square deal.
Interesting, isn't it, to realize the
attitude of Republicans who oppose
and thwart long, serious, thorough
investigation may be traced to their
relations to the beef trust?
Heb? Huh!
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-04
THE GILDED COW

DEv. MRS. CAROLINE BARTLETT
X CRANE of Kalamazoo says
1U dairymen should bathe their cows
every day and wipe them off with
Turkish towels. Evidently with the
constant increase in the price of living
the apotheosis of the dairy moo-moo
is at hand. She begins to realize that
ere long her output will be more ex-
nensive than champagne is today. She
knows that in by-and-by 1t will take a
pound OF gold to buy pound OF butter
In view of the great financial and
economic changes that are being
brought about by the added cost Of
Grub and the continued diminutiveness
or even Iessness OF the grubstake, there
must be a complete social reconstitu-
tion. The commonplace becomes the
exalted. The professional man must
prepare for the occasional. Miserable
devil! What does he amount to. any
way? It's only within the last hun
dred years he has been treated even
with common respect. Let him get
back among his fellow groundlings.
The real producer will now come into
his own. Make room for the exalted
dairyman and his perfumed COW; and
get out of the way Of the automobile
Of protected industry, or it viii run
over you.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-04
BILLBOARDS

nY placing restrictions on the dis
x play of billboards and excluding
~ them from the residence district
the authorities would be acting in a
manner that would meet the approval
Of the citizens of Los Angeles. All of
our citizens. including those interest
ed in advertising, are agreed the gem
eral reputation of Los Angeles as the
most artistic and most beautiful city
of the North American continent is
worth more than the paltry advantage
that may possibly be gained from
erecting hoardings and boardings and
plastering up great daubs and vocifer-
Gus reading matter.
The city beautiful is well worthy Of
study and of preservation. There is
no malice in the anti-billboard cru
sade. Nobody "has it in for anybody
else. Not bit OF it. 1t is merely a
question of using a little regulation in
order to keep this city up to the stand
ards that have made it famous, and to
keep it up to these standards will not
conflict with industrialism. on the
contrary, it will aid ana advance the
prosperity of Greater Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-04
FAITH AND BELIEF AS y
RESULT OF CIRCUMSTANCES

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 2.-[Editor
Herald: Certainly no one could be
more rich in faith than Mr.. Kits. There
is one point desire to comment on, and
that is unbelief. Mr.. Kits says: THE
veil of unbelief must first be removed
in order to see the golden chain running
through the Book" This removing of
unbelief is up to the individual, but
opinions are the result of circum-
stances. They are very sensitive and
subject to change. Therefore in order
to effect this change there must be
some legitimate influence. Is it to be
done by will power? 1t so happens the
will power is not legitimate influence.
The'doctrine of mans freedom to will
and to believe has been thoroughly i'm
bedded in the constitution and senti-
ments for ages, and the opposing par
ties to a controversy have contended
that if the other party only would they
might conform to their opinions.
What passes for conversions, or en-
bracing religion, consists in an open
avowal of a belief which they have al
ways firmly entertained That is in
Christian communities but it is fact,
nearly all unbelievers once have been
believers, and usually though not al
WAYS are we'll informed persons.
So many great men have been unbe-
lievers that out of curiosity / peeped
into this matter and strange to say,
could find no signs of moral degeneracy
in their conduct. They almost inVarl-
ably are earnest workers. Iney coulu
no more return to the "faith" by an act
Of will than Mr.. kits could by the
same process become an unbeliever.
Oninions are the result of circum-
stances. whether the opinions be true
or erroneous. j. A. COLBERT.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-04
EVOLUTION

n HOMAS A. EDISON has given an
opinion of modern society which
Il is more frankly outspoken than
any ever rendered hitherto by any man
renowned for achievement. The ia
NOUS man, especially when rich, gener-
ally becomes a ,canny conservative, un-
willing to acknowledge conditions are
not ideal. But here is what Edison
says: 1--WE are only animals. we
are coming out of the dog stage, and
getting a glimpse of our environments.
We don't KNOW; we just SUSPECT
a. few things. our practice of shooting
one another in war is proof that we are
animals The makeup of our society
is hideous. Communication with other
worlds has been suggested. think we
would better stick to this world and
find out something about it before we
call up our neighbors, They might
make us ashamed of ourselves
Mr. Edison speaks the sentiments of
the most advanced and most careful
scientists of the day. These men regard
all modern discoveries as mere demon
strations showing the existence of a
central kiRetic energy which Prof
Mann of the University of Chicago once
bappilv called 1.-The X, the unknown
quantity, in the universe" What that
x NAV be cannot be definitely asserted,
although all should have an mixing OF
it who are familiar with the ascriptive
nhrase of an old, old prayer, For thine
is the kingdom, THE POWER, and the
a.lorv. for ever and ever"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-04

Where there is prosperity there is no
asperity. Citizens, like the majority of
the citizens of Les Angeles, who realize
they are getting square deal, are con-
tented with their lot. This city should
be one of all-around square dealing;
in Arnoldian phrase, a metropolis IL
Illustrating Sweetness and light" Need
we add the Arnold we have reference
to has nothing to do with the gentle
man of that name who may be found
in and around "the departments" on
pay days?
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-04

children as an example" We do not
want the future supporters and de-
tenders of our country to gather in
spiration from one who used all of his
cunning and ability for its overthrow.
I believe in fraternity and charity,
but 1 have no sympathy with that
sickly sentimentalsm which sees no
difference between patriotism and re-
bellion.
Washington and Lincoln are distin-
guished for their efforts for the free
dom and preservation of our country.
Lee is distinguished for his powerful
efforts for its destruction. Are we
ready to exalt that distinguishing fea-
ture as a model and inspiration for
future generations? 1 think not.
A VETERAN,
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-04
VETERAN OBJECTS TO LEES
STATUE IN PANTHEON

LOS ANGELES. Feb, 1.-[Edltor
Herald: The utterances Of Reynold
e. Blight last Sabbath morning as re-
ported in The Herald Of the 3lst. re-
lating to the placing of the sti StS of
Gen. r. r. Lee in the rotunda . the
capitol at Washington Will attract at
tention. I can say nothing which would
detract from the fame of that illus
trious soldier, and would not If could,
and as to his other superior qualities
named by Mr. Blight l take no eX-
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-04
AT THE THEATERs

AUDITORIUM-Dark.
MASON-"Father and the Boys.'
BURBANK-"Au On Account OF Eliza"
BELAsCO-"The Man of the Hour"
AAJESTIC-"The Virgln!an."
ORPHEUM-Vaudevil
GRAND-"The Wizard of the Nile"
LOS ANGELES-Vaudevil
OLYMPIC-MusicaI burlesque.
FIsCHER'S-Musical farce.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
WALKER-comedy
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-04

Since reporters never get anything
out of Jeffries but monosyllables''
(esteemed contemporary, how are we
to account for the columns of inter-
views and yards of syndicated REM
iniscences that are going the rounds?
Jeff" must have decided over his To-
quacity to some paragon Of garrulity'
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-04

John w. Alexander says New York is
not an art center, but that westward
the course OF art is taking it's way.
Los Angeles is an art center, and other
things being equal might soon become
THE art center of the United States.
BY the naked eye the other things
might easily be mistaken for dollar
marks
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-04

Why not end the billboard nuisance?
Los Angeles only gets $5 a day from
tolerating a studied system of defama-
ton and depreciation of the city. 1t
ought not to be difficult to find rea-
sonable and valid cause for the sup
preston of this nuisance. 1t is con-
trary to public policy. Isn't that
enoueh2
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-04

High meat prices are forcing some
small meat dealers to the wall. we are
sorry for them. 1t is not their fault
that the public, riled at one of the most
unprincipled gouges of modern times,
is becoming piscivorous and vegetarian.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-04
Public Letter Box

TO CORRESPONDENT Intended
for publication must be accompanied by tho
nam. aUd uuuFess of the W.,tt. Ine b aid
gives the widest latitude TO correspondents,
but Assumes no resp0nslbility for theIr views
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-04

Snowfall, slush, sleet and blizzard
in the east. Bright, beautiful sunshine
in lovely Los Angeles. Happy are all
those whose lot it is to dwell in the
finest section Of the hest country in
the world. Conditions here are better
for the average wage-earner than they
are anywhere else, because life Is much
aa eiar
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-04

An old saying has it that. life is just
one darned thing after another; but
signs of the times would indicate life in
the United States bids fair to be one
darned trust after another. Banzai for
the breakfast food trust! 1t is "The
Safest O. the Family"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-04

Word comes from New York that the
richest preacher In the United States is
dead. He inherited large fortune,
which he increased many times over
by real estate investments. Doubtless
that was a great improvement over
selling all he had and giving it to the
poor. 1t was so much more modern;
so much more "to date" don't you
know!
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-04

Is it possible there is any senator
who is so ignorant as really to believe
public reforms which have been in
highly successful operation in other
for TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
would be failures in the United States?
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-04

Good government in county and in
state will be brought about just as
surely as it was in the city. We must
have square dealing and square deal
ers in every office.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-04

from the officiousness of the geneal-
ogist who thinks a family is not COM
plete without a Lord" even though
that Lord" be the most disreputable
scoundrel of his day. Poor Jim Jeff
rjeet
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-04

Jim Jeffries should hunt down that
fellow who started the story the Illus
trious Angeleno is descended from the
notorious Judge Jeffries of the Bloody
Assizes. and should give him what
Wee MacGreegor calls "ane In the
neb twice" Let every man who values
his good name pray to be delivered
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-04

Board bill artists generally jump the
town and stay away from it. We wish
the billboard artists would follow their
example.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-04
NATURE

1,ottie-Do you have fine sunsets at your
country place?
Hattie-oh, sloriousl Last night there was a
regular Tiffany setting-Puek
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-04
CLEAR. CRISP AND CT EAM

Population of Los Angeles 327.6s5
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-04

On all matters pertaining to advertising
address Charles r. Gates, advertising man
ager.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-04

romorrow-The Cost Of living.