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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-10
VERY MUCH WAR.

The dove of peace must be agitated
by the many wars and rumors of wars
now on hand. In Mexico, the second
biggest republic of the western world,
a revolution a been on for many
months and it looks like this country
is preparing to mix in the fray. Rus
STA and China almost went to war a
few weeks ago. Italy seems getting
ready to slap Tripoli; a war is on be-
tween Paraguay and some other flea
titten republic of the southern half
of this continent; a Nicaraguan revo-
luton was fininshed but a short time
since; the king of Portugal has been
driven from his throne by revolu-
tiOnists; Alponso is afraid of the same
sort of treatment from his people and
Oregon has barely escaped having to
whip Great Britain because George S.
Sheppard had his feelings hurt.
1t looks like the world has decided
to take C~arnegie's ten millions but
still continue it's bad habits.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-10

hand / cleared the leaves from about
the primitive monuments and sought
for some word or letter that might
tell who they were that lay beneath
the silver birches in the silent New
England forest. But the stones. erect
as when set by Borrowing friends per-
haps two hundred years ago., bore
neither trace nor mark. There w-re
graves enough for a household and
likely a household was there. 1t may
be a father who had from Old Eng
land to seek in the wilderness a place
where he might worship God accord
ing to the dictates of his heart a Pill
grim wife and mother, whose gentle
love mellowed n softened the
harshness of frontier life, and sons
and daughters, cut off before the
growth of commerce tempted the sur
vivors to the town, or the reports of
new and fertile territories induced
them to abandon the rugged but not
u%ngrateful paternal fields. With
gentle step, so not to disturb the
sacred stiffness Of the scene, 1 turned
from the lonely graves, and l thought
as l walked that these simple tombs
in the bosom of natur well befitted
those who dared the dangers or w.td
New England for freedom from the
hollow forms of a martyred religion
Henry Mann, in March Columbian.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-10
JESSE FAILING'S PLAN.
Editor East Oregonian:

Editor East Oregonian:
Now that we have our slogan and
the Roundup, let us get together and
see if there is anything in or about
Pendleton that We can do that will in
duce some of these many immigrants
that are passing through to stop and
make their homes with us. Paved
and well-lighted streets, new bridges
n fine school houses are alright.
But they will not put bread in their
mouths, clothes on their backs or
money in their pockets. Now, what
is it We can offer them? The Sturgis
ditch, although it would pay its cost
every year, is too big u project for
us TO handle now. But there are
thousands of acres of the best land
in the world within 10 miles of Pen
dleton that could be improved and
sold at a profit. Why not form a
joint stock company, buy and improve
some of these lands, to show people
what can be done, buy and sell real
estate or anything else. Build a few
small houses if necessary. There is
lots of bench land a little above the
river bottom land hal could be wa
tered with pumps. They are doing
this all over the country and often
find it cheaper than digging ditcnes.
Something of this kind will not only
bring people, but properly managed
would be a paying investment. Make
the company a bureau of general in
formation. Anything to bring the
buyer and seller together. 1t is all
well enough to talk about a greater
city, but we must have some definite
plan, to make it so. Now, what have
we got to show. In North Dakota
they are pumping water from the
Missouri river 1000 feet high at a cost
of S3S per acre. Is there any reason
that Umatilla county with its superb
climate can not do as we'll?
Pendleton seems to be the only
town on the coast that is not trying
to do something. What is the use of
spending money to bring people here
Il we have nothing to offer them that
will induce them to become settlers ?
Il seems to me it would be money
thrown away to hire a secretary at
this time. 1t IS we'll enough to tell
people of our fine climate, but Pen
dleton is not as yet a pleasure resort
and the class of people we may ex-
pect to settle here must be workers
n it is up to us to find them some
thing to do.
JESSE FAILING
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-10
History in Private Grayeyards,

The spirit Of independence and iso-
lation extends in many of the old
American families even to the tomb.
An interesting monograph might he
written on the private g~raveyards IN
some parts of the east. Among the
shadetrees surrounding a house on
the busy street. in the orchard be-
hind a farmers barn, and again in
the depth Of a wood, a few rude, un-
chiseled headstones, perhaps nearly
hidden by tangled brush, reveal the
spot were sleep the forefathers Of the
plantation. 1 came across such a
burying. ground not long ago. 1t was
far from the Travelled highway, far
from the haunts Of living men, among
the trees and g%rapevines, n blue
berry bushes. The depression In the
soil indicates hat the p~erishable re-
mains had long g crumbled TO dust
while a large hole burrowed in the
earth showed where a wood chuck
made its home among the bones OF
the forgotten dead. With reverent
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-10
As GOOD As MEN.

In an article on "McAdoo and the
subway by Burton j. Hendrick, in
McClure's Magazine for March, the
following characteristic story is told
OF Mr.. McAdoo:
"One of Mr.. McAdoo's associates
had suggested this innovation. 'Wo-
men ticket-sellers will be a great i'm
Provement e men, he said. They
are neater in their appearance, they
are nimbler with their fingers and
their wits, than any men we can get
for such jobs-they can sell tickets
faster and make change quicker. They
won't make us so much trouble as
men-they are more Industrious Be-
sides, they are cheaper
why cheaper?' asked Mr.. Nc
Adoo.
they would work for smaller wages
than men; they always did so every
where,
".All right replied the president.
IF women icket-sellers are better
than mel, let us have them, by all
means. But I don't propose to cut
their pay. I don't believe in paying
them less simply because they are
women
The tunnel system has both men
and women NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for
the larger part of the work; men for
those stations where women cannot
reasonably be asked to work. and for
all-night hours. Men n women re-
ceive the same pay, and this pay rep
the prevailing rate of wages
such employment"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-10
FIN THE DOOR YARD FIRST.

There are two methods of building
up a town-from within and from
without and they usually go together.
In a communication to this paper to-
day Jesse Failing, esteemed pioneer
resident and business man, offers a
plan for advancing Pendleton through
bringing about a close settlement Of
adjoining lands. His suggestion seems
practicable and it is for a line of ac-
ton that has been considered before
by local people out which for various
reasons has never been carried out.
In figurative terms the idea is to make
the city grow through giving it more
tc eat.
Local property owners and business
men do not take sufficient interest
in the problem of building up Pendle-
ton through p~opulating its adjacent
territory. They generally regard the
task as too big or as hopeless. 1t Is
not necessarily a big task because
work may be undertaken upon a small
scale if desired. 1t is not a hopeless
task at all. though it is one that an
not be accomplished in a moment. In
the course of time the problem of how
to people u country districts will
be solved. How soon that day shall
come is going to depend much upon
the character of work done by those
who favor such advancement
But Nj. Failing is sadly mistaken
II he thinks the internal improvements
now in view for Pendleton mean moth
ing but expense. 1t is quite as i'm
portant 10 develop this city internally
as to improve its external
a city must be strong within itself
IL it expects to accomplish anything
outside its gates. Two years ago a
step towards the internal improve
ment of Pendleton was taken when
the wooden mill was re-established.
That was fine work but a move that
is now on means as much or more
to the city.
The strength of any city like PEN
dleton rests largely In its school facil-
tiles. This is the educational center
for a great territory. More families
Q come here to reside to take advantage
or our schools than for any other rea-
sen. They are good people Inc they
should be encouraged to come. To do
this Pendleton should give them the
best there is in the way of school IA
%cilities. If the high school bond issue
is upheld by the people March 20 we
will be able to do-this The old in
adequate and unsafe high school
building will be replaced by a COM
modious n modern structure and the
Lincoln school on the north side will
b. completed. Pendleton WI then
reap its reward through increased
population due to the greater number
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-10

who will come here because Of our
improved school facilities.
Local people should enter into the
task now before them and finish it
with a vim by voting the high school
bond issue. Then such other work
may be taken up as seems most press
ing and profitable. We would. be
foolish though to bother too much with
outside fields while our own front
yard needs fixing.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-10
SIS.
PURELY VEGETABLE
The ONE SAFE BLOOD REMEDY

1t is a generally recognized fact
that medicines taken from the botan-
ical kingdom are better adapted to
the delicate human system, and safer
in every way than those composed Of
strong mineral mixtures. Among
the very best and safest Of vegetable
preparations is S. S. S., a blood med
cine made entirely of roots, herbs and
barks, in such combination as to
make it the greatest of all blood puri-
hers and the finest Of all tonics.
S. S. S. does not contain the least
particle of mineral in any form, and
is an absolutely safe medicine for any
one to use. While purifying the
blood, this great vegetable remedy
builds up every portion of the system.
S. S. S. cures Rheumatism, Catarrh,
Sores and Ulcers, Skin Diseases,
Scrofula, Constitutional Blood Dis
eases, and all impurities and morbid
conditions of the circulation. 1t is
perfectly reliable and safe for chi1dren;
and little one who have been weak
ened with scrofulous affections or
other inherited blood troubles, a
take this mild vegetable remedy with
good results and without the slightest
danger. S. s. S. is unequalled as a
tonic; it invigorates every portion Of
the system, and the healthy blood it
creates largely assists in overcoming
any arrangement Of the stomach
and digestive system. II you need a
blood medicine you could do no better
than to take S. S. S. 1t has been in
use for more than forty years and is
still recognized as the best. Book on
the blood free to all who write.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, O.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-10

God made the country but men
make towns is a saying that is ap-
plicable to Pendleton. 1t Is also rue
that to build good towns requires men
of energy, nerve inc foresight. 1t
will not do to let the timid or the pes
simistic take charge.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-10

Judge Lowell warns young men
against taking up the legal profession.
1t is a hard Inc trying profession.
However the average boy does not
want to. be a lawyer anyway. He
would rather be a wireless operator
on a ship or an aviator.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-10
JESSE FAILING.

Marcia, small but sadly wise in
the ways of the world, came in from
a long walk in the cold wind with her
face chapped and inflamed.
Dear, dear mel" playfully ex-
claimed a visitor. "wL~. - red face
you have, dearie, and, worst of all,
what a red nose!"
AN 1 don't drink, either,' was
Marcia's solemn reply.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-10

If you don't look with favor upon
the proposition of erecting a new
high school be at the Commercial club
meeting this evening and hear the re-
port of the investigating committee.
The members of hat committee look
ed into the matter thoroughly and
they will have to pay a big part of the
bill.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-10

Next fall the state woolgrowers as
ISOLATION will meet in Baker. At that
time the Bakeries will find the sheep
men are a fine bunch though a very
abstemious lot.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-10

Wonder If fasteners will consider
/ part of the "Oregon system" for
governors Of this state to ne
with foreign powers?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-10

A Portland man a to pay $50 for
10 kittens he let die, yet many peo-
pie would pay something to have
kittens mercifully destroyed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-10

WHAT'S IN y NAME?


: smith wields a very clever =
. brush, =
= His canvases are never skied; =
= The slowest man in town is .
. Rush, .
= When bills are due; old Miss .
. Mcbride =
q Has lived alone for so years; =
. She'll never marry now, they .
y say; =
. We buy our groceries at De- =
. Vere's; =
. Our leading pessimist is Gay. .
= Priest runs a barber shop, and .
King
= Attends to odd jobs here and .
= there; =
. Our Brewer thinks that beers =
. a thing
. Which should be barred out .
. everywhere; =
= Short stands six feet two in his .
. socks,
Stout is a slender little man; .
. Our bankers name is Poor. and =
Knox =
. Boosts other people where he =
. can. .
. Our painless dentists name is =
Paine, =
And BARRIERS preaching makes .
US glad; =
, a very modest man is Vane, =
The oldest citizen is Ladd; =
D Clearwater peddles milk, and .
, Black, y
D Who is in partnership with =
Brown, .
3 Is always aiding those who lack =
And is the whitest man in .
town. q
Chicago Record-Herald. .
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-10

The soldiers will enjoy the lark
ven IL they don't know what they
are there for.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-10

1t has been an awful and pro-
tracted struggle to get Abe Ruef in
to Jail.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-11-10
To Marry and Keep His Work.

Making good his promise to break
bachelorhood before reaching the age
of 40 years, and marry girl half his
age, Constable William G. Yearsley
Of Magistrate Hagerty's office will in
few days wed Miss Lillian NJ Ken
dell Of Clifton Heights, Pa.
8 The bride-to-be is Is years old.
Yearsley is 38. They were introduced
by Mrs. William Davis, a sister of the
constable, who played the role Of
matchmaker. She always counseled
her brother to get married and have
home of his own.
I'm get married before I'm 49," de-
clared Yearsley year ago, at which
time he had not met his flancee. And
I'll surprise you by getting wife half
as old as am"
Eight months ago the couple were
introduced II was mutual love at
first sight. Yearsley won her consent
to marriage several weeks ago. They
will be married at the sisters home,
where they met, 155 North Fifty-sev-
enth street.
Miss Kendell is a graduate OF the
Newark, N j., high school, and an ac-
complished musician. Philadelphia
Times.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-11-10
= STOCKS, BONDS, CEREALS y
STEEL IS UP 6 POINTS
Over a Million Shares Sold--Ameri
can Tobacco Is Also a Strong
Stock Feature.

New York, Nov 9.--Wall streets
view of the acceptance by the court
Of the American Tobacco reorganiz-
alton plan was registered emphati-
cally today in the stock market. Sc
curities We're bought in large
amount, prices rose extensively in
every quarter of the market.
While the American Tobacco
stock and bonds were strong their
movements were not so pronounced
as those of more active issues. United
States Steel was the feature, rising
more than points to 63 q. Trading
was on a much larger scale, with a
total, for the day of well above mil
lion shares.
Although the movement of stocks
demonstrated that the courts decis-
ion had not been discounted entirely
in the recent advance of stocks, trad
ing in American Tobacco issues was
lighter and fuctuation was smaller
than on several other days since the
Supreme Court decision was an
nounced.
The common stock rose 6 points,
the preferred ", the 6 per cent
bonds 2 " and the As point.
An important factor in the days
trading was short coverings.
In the London market the rise on
the New York exchange was antici-
pated before the opening here, al
though gains were comparatively
small. Trading in the bonds market
was on a much larger scale. Bonds
generally showed pronounced
strength with substantial gains in
some of the higher priced issues.
Total sales, par value, $6,37S,000.
United States bonds were UNI
changed on call.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-11-10

ais. They had the agreeable doubis
Eect of keeping the household up to
aigh mark of preparedness and OF
,reaking monotony by the pleasure OF
anticipated society. If the prophesied
.aller followed the dropping Of scis-
iors the sign received an Increased at-
thority. When the promise failed. the
failure was promptly forgotten.
Another group of superstitions rests
upon the thrifty habits OF former
times. To pick up pin brought good
luck. To neglect to snuff candle un-
til 1t was wasted by "weeper" was
sure to involve misfortune. An over
abundance of tea grounds In the cup
spoke OF careless measures. and 80
threatened debt. A second helping OF
food before the first was eaten fore
told an undesirable beggar.
The woman's mind, II left to itself,
turns naturally to believe the make
believe. A housewife likes to pit her
unreason against her reason. The
mere act Of absurd illogic gives vari.
ETY. and charm to an otherwise dull
afternoon Of housework, and nobody Ia
the worse for stretching the arm OF
Imagination to include a little mild
superstition of the old fashioned sort.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-11-10
Government Bonds.
WHEAT FINISHES HIGH.
Close Is at Top Notch Of the Day
Corn Market Is
Stubborn.

Chicago, Nov. 9--Wheat finished
at nearly the top point Of the day In
addition to the effects of the north
wesern storm an improved demand
for wintr wheat -four appears to be
an additional cause for market
strength. The chief immediate in
guen1e was the covering of short
what in pit that had previously
heon wen cold out.
Offerings were limited. During
the session December swung from
93A to 941a cents, closing rs
cents up at 943s
Stubbornness seems to have q
clutch on corn. The government re-
port showing large reserves in farm
ers' hands did not have much effect
December ranged from 62N cents
to 63As cents and closed steady at
63A cnts, gain of V cent net.
Cash grades were in moderate de-
mand but lower. No. yellow was
quoted at 73 and "a cents.
Firmness developed in oats largely
because car lot arrivals here ex.
hibited some falling Off. High and
low limits touched for the December
delivery were 1875 cents and 46h
cents, with the close u and p cent
net higher at 36% and * cents
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-11-10
Census Inaccuracies.

What relation does a woman's age,
as it is disclosed by the census paper.
bear to the number of years she has
actually spent in this vale Of tears?
1t varies, probably, according to the
fancy of the fair recorder. In the re-
cent Australian census the common
wealth statistician became 80 distract
ed by the extent Of thu variation that.
acting In q manner which can only be
described as brutal, he caused intima-
lions to be inserted m the press re-
minding the public that birth regis
tiers exist, and could be referred to.
even suggesting that he has actually
had them referred to in large num-
Der Of cases, with Illuminating re-
suits. The consequence of this was a
mild form of panic. there being 80
pound ($250) fine 'or lnaccuracy, and
there has been quite shoal OF com.
munications from feminine CORE.
spondents, artlessly wondering wheth.
er they made a slip of the pen, and
begging, II SO, to correct
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-11-10
HARDTACK OR PRUHES7
DOUBT ABOUT THE BEST FOOD
FOR NATIONS SOLDIERS.
Varied DIetsries Of conquering Legons
Of the Past - Japanese Armies
Fight on Rice, Raw Fish and
Vegetables.

On what shall the warrior feed that
he may gain that iron in the blood and
steel In the muscles that carries on ar
mics to victory? We had pinned our
faith to bareback and black coffee. But
now bareback has been put under the
ban, and the recent Illinois military
nlaneuyers marked the ascendency of
the prune Did not the much reviled
bareback save the nation in '61-652
Could an army fed on prunes have
done II? And what, indeed, will be
the army without that staff OF life
that has survived even the prieking Of
army poets pen points? AS well Ham
let without the melancholy Dane or
the ghost, or the skull of poor Yorick,
Though it was reviled. still was it
loved by those who by dint Of long ne
cessity or perseverance acquired the
habit; for surely bareback is as much
an acquired taste as the olive, cigar
cite or high-ball We must admit that
We are apprehensive about the prune:
and still cling stoically to the opinion
that more bareback and less bully beef
would have enabled us to come out Of
the war with Spain with record ui
fewer soldiers killed by rations served
than by Spanish bullets.
There seems, as we survey the
ground, to be no hard and fast diet
etary for conquering legions. The
Spartans, according to Lycurgus.
trained on game and wine; but was 1t
not game and wine, and few other
things, that undid Hannibal's conquer
ing leglons In that fateful winter in
Capua? Theme can be no doubt that
the grand Old Guard fattened and kept
up lite fighting heat on vim ordinare,
and rather frugal fare Still the Rus
SLAMS who met the rice-fed Japanese
had almost the same fare--when they
could get it. Evidently national tenn
permanent and early training must be
considered. Washington army fought
rather badly and won very slowly on
very little food. And then came In the
long reign of the bareback.
HS "aPeHe9S arg lhe GREATEST uBHt-
Ing people of the east. Their armies
fight on rice, raw fish and vegetables;
and this, well warmed up with cur.
ries, Is the diet of the other great
lighting people of the east--the great
Sikh brotherhood, the military aSpar-
tans Of the modern world. Slowly, but
surely, It seems that the fighting world
Is falling into two parasitic meat and
the rice armies, and the wine that the
Spartans and the French drank, is be.
ing eliminated. But the substitution
of the untried prune for bareback
seems to be a rash step that skaters
all calculations on the strength of our
striking arm.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-11-10
Wild Elephants In Siam.

No estimate can be made OF the
number of wild elephants In the
jungles of Siam. In one OF the ele-
plant drives" In the Ayptha district
recently more than two hundred we're
seen at one time. These drives are
held yearly In the various districts OF
Siam, during which great numbers OF
the animals are driven into stock
ade. The finest specimens are then
captured and later tanned and trained
for domestic use. The. district Of Ayp-
thia Is famous for its drives. and the
king usually attends when large
events are arranged for. Permission
to capture wild elephants may be OBJ
tained from the siamese government
and for each animal caught royalty
OF $3.50 ia paid; but such capture is
exceedingly difficult and expensive
and the animal often dies before II ia
properly trained.