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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-27

holes. They are seldom If ever grad
ed or rolled. though little work
would do immense good if done at the
right time Autos may scarcely travel
over some of the principal streets and
it is an old time joke that the roads
are better outside of Fendleton than
within
Pendleton virtually has no sidewalk
system. Most anything goes. There
are good residence streets with side
walks on but one side of the thor
oughfare. only few blocks here and
there in various parts of the city have
been parked. Many OF the cross
walks are worn out and useless.
Why does this situation exist
Is Pendleton too poor to, make these
commonplace improvements? No.
Pendleton is not a poverty stricken
city. 1t is one of the most prosperous
cities in the northwest. A local bank
now has greater deposits than ever in
history and its deposits are greater
than those of any bank in Walla Wal
la or any other small city in the
northwest.
Pendletons poor streets and walks
may be charged mainly to the system
or lack of system under which work
has been managed. The councilmen
are elected any old way and they serve
without pay, The chairman Of the
street committee is named from am
ong the number. Just now the chair
main is a secondhand dealer. Next
time he may be lodging house keep
er, but it is not likely he will be q
man who has had any experience al
engineering or construction work He
/ will give such attention to the work
as he sees fit. 1t is thank you" job
anyway Is it any wonder Pendletor
! streets and walks are in bad CON
! dition? Is it any wonder money has
been spent at times without getting
value received for it?
Under the commission form of gov.
i eminent there would be but three ell
= ective officials and they would bj
paid. Each would be chosen with G
view to conducting a certain line OF
work and of meeting the responsi.
bility of his department. Adopt the
commission plan in Pendleton and thi.
city will become in line for street ant
sidewalk betterments as well as for c
more efficient and economical man,
! agement Of affairs in general.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-27
THE TROUBLE.

Under a spreading chestnut tree a
stubborn auto stands,
And smith, an angry man is he, with
trouble on his hands.
He cusses softly to himself and crawls
beneath the car,
And wonders why it didn't bust be-
fore he go so far.
The carbureter seems to be the cause
of all his woe;
lie tightens half dozen bolts, but
still it doesn't go,
And then he tries the steering gear,
bur finds no trouble there
TIL, wet with perspiration, then, he
quests in sheer despair.
He squats beside the road to give his
brain a chance to cool.
And ponders on his training at the
correspondence school;
and then he starts the job once more
until by chance It's seen
The cause of all his trouble is-he's
out of gasoline.
Edgar A. Ryan in Judge.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-27
MRS. MCGILL
BROKE DOWN
Gives the Real Facts In Regard to
her Case and Tells How She
Suffered.

Jonesboro, Ark.-"I suffered a COM
plete break down in health, some time
ago." writes Mrs. A. McGill, from this
place. II was very weak and could
not do any work. I tried different
remedies, but they did me no good
One day, got bottle Of Cardui. 1t
did me 80 much good, was surprised,
and took some more.
Before took Cardui, had headache
and backache, and sometimes I would
cry for hours. Now am over all that,
and can do all kinds Of housework.
think 1t is the greatest medicine on
earth"
In the past fifty years, thousands of
ladies have written, like Mrs. McGill,
to tell Of the benefit received from
Cardui.
Such testimony, from earnest women,
surely indicates the great value Of this
tonic remedy, for diseases peculiar to
women. Are you sufferer7 Yes?
Cardui Is the medicine you need.
We urge you to try It.
NIB Writeto: Ladies' Advisory Dept. Chatts.
aooSa Medicine Co.. Chattanooga. Tenn. for Special
| /nsfruettors. and 64-pags book. Home Treatnsai
I er Women" sent In plain vappG. ou REQUEST.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-27
SEPTEMBER % IN HISTORY.

1729-Great fire in Constantine
The number paid to have perished in
the flames is 1000,
1751-A mosaic pavement and 9TH
err relics of Roman antiquity discov-
cred II, Avonches, IN the canton of
Bern.
17S2-Hyder Ally defeated by the
British under Sir Eyre Coote.
17OO-Rome surrendered to the
British.
1SOl-The remodelling of the
White House at Washington at a cost
of from $4,000 to $4,000 was start
ed.
1S29-A mill for cleaning rice in
vented by Roveael, of South Carol
ma thus remodylng the difficulty
which hitherto prevented its large
cultivation and sale.
1S4S-Count Lamberg the impe-
rial commits sioner, appointed to take
chef command in Hungary, killed by
the Hungarian populace at Pesth
where he had recently arrived
1S49.-Great fire at Oswego, y. Y.
eNSNA W tIAS INC pace So lpleltAN
that but three shops were left stand
ing.
The fortress of Comorn, in Hun
gary. one of the strongest in Europe
taken by the Austrians.
1S54-Collifion between steamer
Arctic and French screw steamer Yes
/ Ia off Cape Race, three hundred and
twenty-five lives being lost Not a
woman or ch-,d was saved owing tc
the mutinous and dastardiy behavior
of the crew.
1S74-Fourteer fishing smacks dis
covered engaged in smuggling Chi
nese from British Columbia to Wash
ington and oregon.
19O4-Japanese reported to be bat
| tering down last Line of defenses al
Port Arthur.
19OS-The 25Oth anniversary OF
Pittsburg, Pa. celebrated.
1909-Cornerstone of the Hudson
Memorial monument was laid by Coy.
ernor Hughes on Spuyten Duyviu Hill
New York.
l91O-The president put all assist.
ant postmasters under the civil ser.
/ vice.
Colonel Roosevelt was chosen TEN.
porary chairman of New York sta.,
republican convention, defeating Vic,
President Sherman by a vote of 56S
to 443
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-27
WOMEN To EDIT 4 PAPER.

Palo Alto.-Equal suffrage advo-
Gates here have hit upon a novel
a-G 90 giving wider publicity to
their aims and a committee compos-
"a Of well-known society women and
others active in women's club affairs
viii shortly edit an edition of the
Paio Alto Times. The regular force
will take vacation for a day and
turn over the sanctum. scissors and
pastepot to the suffragis
Mrs. F.. G. Green, former president
of the Women's club, is chairman of
the editorial committee For a staff
sne will have the Rev Carl NJ War
ner Of the Methodist church who will
write an editorial; Miss Rebecca
Greene, Miss Blanche Freeman, a
Stanford graduate and now head OF
the English department of the high
school; City Attorney Norman NAL
| colin, Mrs. William Scofleld, we'll
known society leader, and Mrs. Julia
| r. Gilbert wife Of Professor C. II
Gilbert. .of the zoology department al
Stanford university, member Of the
library board and active in society
| circles.
Each member OF the committee vii
be assigned some part Of the paper
to write and citizens OF Palo Alto viii
be preented with a model edition oi
the newspaper Of the future.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-27
LEGLESs, WALKS 800 MILES.

Fairbanks, Alaska.-Monte G. A.
Terrill, siXty-eight years old, former
" Of White Plains, n. Y, walked into
the city on two wooden legs after
having travelled three hundred miles
from Chitina.
Terrill is hack to make his fortune
in the land that three years ago cost
him his legs. He amassed a fortune
at Minton roadhouse on the Hot
Springs trail When ne halted there
on his way back he received better
care than did those who paid
He made the three hunred mile:
IN six weeks. He has practically worn
out his present legs and has sent tc
Seattle for another pair. Three years
go in March, Terrill got caught in
an overflow on Mimic Lake and his
legs We're so badly frozen that they
had to be amputated.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-27
SPELL OF THE ROAD

Soft-footed, through forest and
bracken,
Hard-riding the desert or plain,
When shoe thongs or girth We would
slacken
Ye hear me, and follow again.
My lures have a myriad faces,
But all their voices are one
They call of the Uttermost Places
That lie at the Back of the sun.
BY step and by league shall ye hear
them;
10 the turn to the crest
to the verge! ="
And ever ye seem to draw near them,
Yet ever fore distant they urge
Through hill trail and hedge row and
byway,
On prairie and moorland and lea,
To the windtrack and fast-flyine
skyward
And spendthrift wet ways of the
sea.
And the heat of the desert shall burn
you,
The snow field and ice floe shall
bite;
Yet hometide nor fireside shall turr
YOU
l have woven a speIT on your sight
Ye shall gaze, to the last of youl
being,
Ye shall toll, ye shall travel anC
spend,
For the Thing That Is Just Beyont
Seeing
And the Thing that Comes Afte
the End
-HarDar'S
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-27
THOUGHT THEY DID IT.

Two young Americans touring in
italy, says Success, for the first time
stopped off one night at Pisa, where
they fell in with a carnival party in
cafe. Going hilariously home one
pushed the other against a building
and held him there.
Great heavens!" cried the man
next to the wall, suddenly glancing VI
at the structure above him. "See
what we're doingv' Both registers fled
They left town on an early morning
train, not thinking it safe to stay over
and see the famous leaning tower.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-27
a>>>~S ~~~s s~~e =

.
. oh, where did Rip Van Wrinkle .
o sleep
. Those placid years away? =
. In vain you climb the hills so =
. steep =
o Or ride for many a day e
o To find some spot where all is =
o we'll .
. And no one rings a brazon bell =
. or stops before your Moor to =
o yell
. Get up without delay!" =
q Where was that wondrous spot =
g to which =
. Mosquitoes never flew. o
. Where engines never paused to 9
o switch .
o And motor cars were few; =
. Where revelerS of the night .
. ne'er sought =
= To keep the air with music =
. fraught? =
. That sweet retreat by fancy =
q wrought, y
. No mortal ever knew. .
. Washington Star. .
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-27
ALSO EARS.

For the fourth time he had said
goodnight" but stu they fingered
or the frosty doorstep. says the Chi
cago News.
'Ah dearest" he whispered tender
ly. gazing toward the starlit skies
the night has a thousand eyes"
'Sh You goose," cautioned the
pretty girl as she noticed the dark
forms at the opposite windows. mot
so loud The night also has a thou
sand ears"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-27
BLISS FROM THE PROVERB.

There's an old codger in Boston who
effects to despise a college education.
He never had one, he's very success
full, and he doesn't see that a uni
versity training could have made him
any more so. Therefore he sneers at
some of the younger fellows who have
had more educational advantages.
The other day he was calling down
a college-bred subordinate "If that's
all your gilt-edged education has
taught ye,' he growled "by gosh
young feller, I'm thankful for my ig-
norance."
Sir" the young fellow answered
bowling respectfully, you have much
to be thankful for."-Boston Trav.
eler.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-27
1T Is PROPER WORK.

There is no occasion for so much
fuss over the work being done at
Thorn Hollow According to critics
oil the Thorn Hollow project the wa
tel board has thus far spent approx
imately $500 in development work.
They appear to think it is something
awful.
But $500 is not an unreasonable
sum to spend in ascertining whether
or not the city should take up a cer-
tain gravity water project. 1t is esti-
mated it will cost 100000 to con-
struct the Thorn Hollow project. Then
assuredly the members of the board
should be pardoned for spending $500
or $4,000 in ascertaining whether or
not the scheme is a good one. The
board would be more entitled to criti-
cism had it failed to make thorough
Investigation.
Some interested parties are trying
to put forth the impression the water
beard is without just reason for trying
to find an ample supps of water at
Thorn Hollow. These people pretend
to think the Cayuse springs would an
swer just as we'll and would be
cheaper But these very people know
well that grave objections are also
raised to the Cayuse spring. 1t is
charged the Cayuse spring is a seep-
age spring that it fills with overflow
water from the river in flood times
and further that the elevation of the
spring is such that should the Cayuse
project be developed the present res
ervoir would have to be used and the
pres1-g would be no better than at
this time.
The last objection if true is seri.
Gus one indeed. AS has been previ
ously pointed out by this paper it is ot
the utmost Importance for Pendletor
10 secure a crafty water system tina
will provide water for the hill section.
Of the city. The future growth Of tn
town must be on the hills and if wa
ter is not provided for the hills thu
advancement OF the city will be re
tarded
The East Oregonian Is not advocat
ing the adoption Of the Thorn Holloy
project nor is this paper fighting tn
Cayuse project. But this paper doe
uphold the water board in trying
find an ample supply at Thorn Hol
low. The board is right in carryin
on its development work and !
spending a reasonable sum for tha
purpose. 1t would also be proper fc
the board 10 spend money for the ir
vestigation Of other scources Of SUI
ply II it sees fit to do so. Now is th
time for investigating.
Would critics of the water commi
sion have the board 90 ahead with II
building Of a gravity water system an
then investigate the supply afterward
II so then the critics themselves nee
a caretaker.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-27
WHY THEY ARE WRETCHED.

Pendleton's streets, sidewalks and
cross walks offer fine evidence Of the
inefficiency Of the councilmanic sys-
TEN Of government. We have practic-
ally no improved residence streets.
The dirt streets are full OF bumps and
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-27
WHERE IT COMES FROM.

There are some people who are crit
icising the water board from the best
of motives. But it is plain the bulk
of the opposition is inspired by the
Byers milling company and the Pacific
Light and Power company-two con-
Germs that have selfish interests at
stake.
The milling company is afraid it's
power supply will be affected and
evidently it is out to block proceed
ings by fair means or foul The ell
ectric trust is now drawing down
about $500 per annum for pumping
city water and it would like to con-
tinue that rakeoff. So long as it con-
tinues to get its monew for pumping
the water the electric trust does not
care whether Pendleton people use
good water or bad.
People should be cautious about
giving heed to critics of the water
board. Some of the criticism is hon.
est criticism, but three fourths of II
comes from sources that may be
questioned-from sources opposed tc
d gravity water system of any sort.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-07-27
SPECIAL MESSAGE ON
CONTROLLER BAY CASE
President Taft Finds No Trace of
Dick 10 Dick" LetterS--Says Broth
er Never Heard of the Place.
JUSTIFIES ELIMINATION ORDER

mud fats to the shore and thence to
the coal fields.
T Captain Pillsbury Of the army en-
gineers in a report In the record made
in 1907 mentions three possible objec-
tions to Controller ~bay-frst, that the
surrounding islands may prove to be so
low as not fully to protect the channel;
second, that the fats extend two or
three miles from the shore. and. third,
that ice formed in the rivers entering
the bay and, affected by tidal currents,
may destroy structures put upon the
flats and especially a long trestle buit
over them.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-07-27

White island, thirty miles to the
northeast of New Zealand, Is perhaps
the most extraordinary island In the
world. It is an enormous mass Oh
rock nearly three miles In circnmfer-;
ence, rising 800 feet above the sea,
and is perpetuaHS enveloPed In dark
clouds, which are visible for nearly!
100 miles. The island consists almost
entirely Of sulphur, with a small per-
centage Of gypsum. Some years ago
an attempt was made to float a com !
pany to work the sulphur, which Is CT
high quality, but sufficient capital was
not subscribed. Therefore the export.
Of sulphur from White island is still
very small. In the interior is d lake
fully fifty acres In extent. the water
of which has a temperature OF ITO de-
grees +. and Is strongly i~mpregnated
with acids On one side Of this lake
are craters from which steam escapes
with great force and noise. This
steam and the vapor from the lax
form the dark cloud that envelops IL
island.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-07-27

and In legislation, must be oDserVet
prevent the corrupt or unfair acqulS@a
t,on of undue privilege. franchise or
right from the government In that avs
trict. But every one must know thae.
the Of Alaska can never be-
come available either to the people CT,
Alaska or to the public of the unlteu
States unless reasonable opportunity Is
granted to those who would invest
their money to secure a return proper
tlonate to the risk run in the invest
ment and reasonable under all the cir
cumstances, =
On the other hand, the acrtmony OF
spirit and the intense malice that have
been engendered in respect of the adj
ministration Of the government In
Alaska and In the consideration OF
measures proposed for her relief aud
he wanton recklessness and eager
ness with which attempts have been
made to besmirch the characters or.
high officials having to do with the
Alaskan government and even of per-
sons not In public life present a con
dition hat calls for condemnation and.
requires that the public be warned OF
the decentralization that has been pro
duced by the hysterical suspicious Of
good people and the unscrupulous ana
corrupt misrepresentation Of the
wicked, The helpless state TO which
the credulity of some and the maIev-
client scandal mongering Of others
have brought the people Of Alaska in
their, struggle, for It's development
ought to give the public pause, for un-
til a juster and fairer view be taken,
investment in Alaska. which Is neces-
sary to its development, viii be i'm.
possible, and honest administrators
and legislators viii be embarrassed N
the advocacy and putting into opera.
ton Of those policies in regard to the,
territory which are necessary to its,
progress and prosperity.
WILLIAM II. TAFT.
The White House, July 26, 1911.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-07-27

The moot question az to why English
Is spoke as she is has apparently been
settled by a colored nanny OF the old
school. In a recent visit to the West
Indies she accompanied her mistress.
and after returning RECALLED her envi-j
Gus neighbors with vivid accounts OF
her travels.
"In dem Wes' Indies" she remarked
"dey dom talk Unahted States. No.,
sun, dey DON. Dey talks foreign an
English-English, yes, sub. An DAT
English dab amt de same as what we
all talks. No, sub. Dey says down
dab, dey says ahn't for amt and
'cahn't for can't an such Hike doin's.
Yes, sub. An you wan to know how
come dey talk dat fool taIk2 Why,
sub, when he English done busted
away fun de Unahted States dey was
so 'shamed dey'd erah belonged to us
dat deg trahd to get chen, an jes' outh
spite dey done change de pronounce
| ment Of de- whole language."-St Louis
Republic
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-07-27
Evolution of the Nursing Bottle.

EbOtbllOft Vi AbS w.
The original nursing bottle was q
cows horn, to the small end Of which,
were sewed two pieces Of leather, as q
finger Of a glove, and the infant drew
its n~ourishmept between the stitches.
According to DR.. D. Forsyth, fifteenth
century mothers used to nurse their
babies for close upon three years, a
duration still customary among the
Japanese and Greenlanders. In the
time Of the Stuarts it had declined to
between eighteen months and two
years. In the time Of the Georgesjt
fell to one year, and now be reckoned
the average as eight months. During
the HanoVerian period the practice OF
feeding babies arifcially became
somewhat common. Cows milk was
not then considered just the food for
a baby deprived of its mothers milk
and the substance called pap" was
introduced through the cows horn.
Pap" was a mixture Of crust soaked
water and sugar. A baby that thrived
On it was usually n of rare constitu-
ton, The nursing bottle with a long
rubber stem succeeded the cows
horn. and by degrees the comparative
sanitary feeding bottle of today was
introduced.-New York World.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-07-27
Thought Well Of Themselves.

H0uVHe WI Ut
Gibbon wrote IN his dairys II ann
the greatest historian that ever lived
No n can equal mo In this direction"
Victor hugo wrote to Bismarcks
1.-THE giant gree5 the giant, the foe
the foe, the friend the friend. hate
thee ~furiousiy because thou hast hum,
bled Franco I love thee because I ann
greater than thou art"
And Wordsworth said Of the Swan
Of Avon" 'oThere Is an immensely OF
trick In all he wrote. If 1 had q mind
I could write exactly Like Shake
~speare."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-07-27

II a railroad was to be constructed
from Controller bay to the Boring coal
soids - uyos no~tAo+IV auldonk thof
there must be a terminal town on the
shore Of Controller bay, and I was
therefore glad and anxious to throw
It open to entry and settlement Is one
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-07-27

Washington, July 26:-The &C
companying map shows Controller
bay and the territory surrounding it.
This section has been the center Of
the dispute between the Morgan
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-07-27

G~uggenheim interests and the gov
eminent. The section marked 20.
P" is that part of the public lands
originally proposed to be eliminated
from government control, SAP" is
the ]. ]. Ryan e~lstIS1f.ppd Vt T. is
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-07-27
DOING ONES DUTY.

Let us do ow duty in our shop
or our kitchen. the market. the street.
the Office. the school. the home, Just
as faithfully as i we stood in the
front Of some great battle and we
knew that victory for mankind de-
pended on our bravery, strength and
skill. When we do that. the hum
blea Of Us will bo serving in,6
great army which sioriouly aq4
the welfare Of the wohd.7
dore Parker. -
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-07-27
BAY AND IEhKLIQRYA

known as the terminal tract. The
Morgan-Guggenheim interests, 1t is
said, sought to gain possession of
property in these particular neigh
borhoods for transportation and ter
minaI purposes.