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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-02

as by pleasure. 1t Is a common OBJ
serVaton that one can eat twice as
much at banquet as at an ordinary
table and feel no untoward effects
next day. That is simply because the
banquet.is literally expended through
three or four hours with a continual
sprinkling of chat and laughter. If
the clock were set back ninety min
utes at every dinner we would all be
better humored and have sound di-
gestion.
The old Romans knew how to eat,
They had no straight-back chairs but
easy couches upon which they loung-
ed about the dishes and looked lightly
upon Father Time. That is how good
conversation is bred and social warmth
and mellow friendship and a score of
other things that make life worth
living
There are two luXuries in the world
which we ought never to hurry over:
sleeping and dining. They are the
source of half our good spirits, the
prime essentials of contentment, long
life and good work
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-02

schools Of the county The county
superintendent should be employed
not elected. He should be employed
either by the county court or by a
county school board chosen much
as city school boards are chosen.
There should be clerk to do the
small office work and the superin-
tendent should supervise the work OF
the rural schools. He should outline
work for the schools and see that the
schedules are followed. He should
visit the schools personally and keep
in close touch WITH the work by cor
respondence. He should be a real
uperintendent-not a dummy.
If the legislators want to improve
the rural schools they should lay the
foundation for such improvement by
taking the office of county superin-
tendent out of politics and placing II
upon a basis where merit and merit
only shall count. At the present time
the office of county superintendent
is a farce, y superintendent's duties
consist chiefly in performing some
petty office work and in consulting
with legislators regarding an increase
ir salary or in behalf of some meas
ure like the Huntington bill which
if it passes will add more feathers to
his nest
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-02
LEISURELY DINING.
(Atlanta Journal.)

(Atlanta Journal.)
The proprietor Of a big American
hotel makes the just criticism that in
this country people dine far too rap
idly. In Europe, he points, out
dinner is made the chief diversion OF
an entire evening. Here, on the con-
trary, We clatter through the courses
as though eating were a duty to be
disposed Of patty rather than lux
ury to be enjoyed in leisure.
Undoubtedly the average American
needs to learn how to dipe. There
should at least be one meal Of the
day free from haste. Breakfast, with
most people. must be a hurry-scurry
affair. and lunch is but a higgledy.
piggledy incident Of the four and
twenty hours. But when 1t comes
to dinner. or supper. II you will. thai
meal should never be profaned with
the strenuous spirit.
This IL demanded by health as wei
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-02
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GET REAL sUPERINTENDENTS.

Representative Huntington has a
bill that looks good upon the sur
face but which if passed would bring
about little If anything in the way Of
results and would add considerable
to the expense of the various coun-
ties. The bill is supposed to provide
for supervision for country school dis
tricts. 1t provides for a county edu-
cational board with the county school
superintendent as ex-officio chairman.
The other members of the board are
to be named by the county court and
are to assist the county superintend-
ent in supervising the work Of the
rural schools. Each supervisor Is to
have charge Of 20 or more school
districts and must be paid of course.
The trouble with the Huntington
bill is that it does not go to the root
Of the difficulty. The trouble at pres
ent lies chiefly in the fact that in
Oregon the office of county superin-
tendent is a political office. Being a
poor paying office 1t is usually filled
By some third class politician who
wants an easy berth. Generally the
man selected has had some expert.
ence as a teacher but it frequently
occurs that the superintendent OF ar
important county has never taught
graded school. Seldom do you find
a competent educator in the superin'
tendent's office. The reason for thi,
Is that being a political office the
superintendent must be selected from
among people who reside in tht
county, and the few men capable o.
filling the office with credit gener
ally have better positions already. S,
the office really goes a-begging.
In cities, where the schools ar
conducted with a view to competency
the school superintendent is selected
upon his merits as an educator
When the Pendleton school boar,
wants a city superintendent 1t doe
not try TO employ a local man. Tn
board looks to any part Of the stat
or country for q man. The man se
lected must hold his position by vir
tue Of good work. II he cannot max
good he is discharged. That is tn
businesslike way to do things.
In the view Of the East Oregoniai
this same system, in a modified form
perhaps. should be applied to tn
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-02

The groud hog needed smoked
glasses.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-02
APPRECIATIVE. A

1T has been said," remarked the
Englishman, "that the American peo-
pie like to be humbugged."
There is no truth in the assertion"
replied the American. I'VE dislike
the idea of being handed the short
end of 1t, but when we find any one
smart enough to do it we just can't
help taking Off our hats to him."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-02

1T is good to know that the con-
tract work for the next Roundup al
Pendleton, in September, has begun,
says the Portland Oregonian. Pen
dleton's last wild west show was a
hummer and the next event will have
to go some to beat it." You are right
brother. but the coming show will
make last falls exhibition seem small
and tame. Come and see.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-02
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SAN FRANCISCO.


, Proud offspring of the shore =
, and sea, .
, Home of the millions yet to be, =
, No more thy billowy smokes =
arise =
b No more thy minarets fret the .
{ skies, .
, All! Loveland all; the naughty .
, The lab'rers' huts; the lordly =
. homes. =
, The earth rose meath thee, and =
, her hand .
. Cast on thy pile the burning =
, brand; .
The waters failed thee in thy .
. dread =
= And left three mourning DER .
thy dead; .
, But, ever grand, thou givest =
birth .
3 To all that's brave on mother =
D earth. =
, For ere upon the crushed =
D hearthstones, =
, White are the ashes of bleached =
D bones, .
B Ere shelter rises Ger defense .
B less head, =
D Or wailing ceases for thy dead .
Thy cry rings out =
Triumphant note .
D Bold, high and raucous from .
thy flame-scorched throat, =
D Above the fragments of the =
= rocking throne y
= Fiercely communicating all thine =
y own. .
= Demanding still the wardship =
. of the seas .
= With shelter to the homing ar =
y gosies. =
. Swift it is yielded. =
. In thy darkest hour .
. No hand of ours would clip thy =
. splendid power. .
D Rebuild thy palaces, reclothe =
D thy form, =
D Hotly defiant of both shock and =
D storm, =
= And still. oh Sister, DER the =
western sea =
Hold thou, unchallenged, proud =
. supremacy.
. -Thayer. =
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-02

A London publisher was found
guilty Of libeling the king and will
have TO serve a year in prison. Now
1t would be interesting to know
whether or not he did really libel
George.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-09-09

there q few hours before the crime.
But here is q man OF intelligence,
who on the witness stand must have
impressed you, q man Of kind DISPOSE
ton. and yet they want you to believe
that he prepared in this laundering
fashion for the crime than which one
more hellish and british has seldom
been heard Of"
Mr.. Smith dwelt at length on the
question Of reasonable doubt regarding
point
OTHER LIVES At STAKE.
Gentlemen there is more than one
human life at stake-not only the life
of this young man, but that gray
haired father, the future of the
brother and the good name of a sister.
They all appeal to you, clarion tongue
to give them the benefit of the doubt.
want to say here what I am glad to
say Of an old friend, that would be
glad to rest this case on the testimony
of Tom Owen, uncle of the dead WON
an. who was the fairest man I ever saw
on the witness stand. Tom owen was
the first person to whom this boy
opened his lips when he brought in his
dead wife. Gentlemen, il there were
any discrepancies in his story they
would have appeared then, and I offer
TO rest your judgment with that testi-
mony alone"
Our mail has been flooded" said
Mr.. Smith, with newspaper clippings
and letters of people from all over the
United States telling of the dangers of
circumstantial evidence"
I don't think you should have men
toned that" injected Mr.. Wendenburg
Well, If it was wrong. hope his
honor will rule it out, for I want to Sc
cure a verdict only by fair and rightful
means"
Mr.. Smiths argument was a close
review Of the evidence with particular
stress on the reluctantly given testf-
nony Of Kestelberg as a spectre of cir
cumstantial evidence,
Il don't ask you" said Mr., Smith
ito believe all the testimony of Kestel
berg. don't ask you to believe that
he didn't know the woman he was out
with that night, He said that to save
trouble in two homes, but what you
must believe is that 1t was his car and
not Henry Beattie's which the boys
saw"
Character1zing Paul Beattts as q
moral wreck" the lawyer held up the
testimony Of tho cousin as influenced
by stronger minded detectives
I'VE don't believe that Paul Beattfe
was guilty OF this crime. The question
has probably occurred to you as to
what our theory is. But the instruc-
lions olStlnctly point out tnat It is not
necessary for US to locate the criminal
agent It isn't our duty to 90 It. Sup
pose Paul Beattie did buy that gun to
use on Mayo's bridge. Suppose Neb-
lit is telling the truth. and Paul Beat
tie did have gun in the cement house
on Sunday morning. Suppose that gun
was stolen by some tramp and the
tramp killed Mrs. Beattie and suppose
that Paul Beattie was afraid to tell
haf Cf fOr hof he -, 4
be fastened on HIM ask you does
that not seem q good reason for the
shifting of the burden by this wealzling,
Paul Beattie?"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-09-09

and the fair attention you have given
the evidence. I am sure that what
ever the verdict may be, it will be q
conscientious one.
THE masterful argument Of Mr.. Car
ter yesterday has made 1t unnecessary
for me to detain you with a protracted
argument. OF his argument am sure
there found Judgment In your heart
that he was endeavoring to throw light
on this case, that he was not appealing
to your passions or prejudices, but to
your intellect and conscience. We feel
that this is case filled with a great
deal of food for reflection. We know
full well that upright, intelligent men
may well differ as to certain features
Of the evidence. We do not anticipate
and do not fear at your hands a con-
viction. What we are troubled about
is those of you who are satisfied you
cannot bring in a verdict of guilty and
yet cannot assent to a verdict of not
guilty. Yet we will endeavor to show
you that If that is your frame of mind
proposition is made plain to you by the
instructions.
He cited the KesteIberg incident as
an instance Of the danger of circum-
stantial evidence.
you heard the boys testify" he
continued, "of their trip from Bon Air,
how they saw a man in front of an au-
tomobile and woman on the running
board. How must you have felt when
Mr. Kestelberg himself came forward
and thrust aside all suspicion that
Henry Beattie or his wife were in that
machine. This, gentlemen. illustrates
the danger of making up your minds
until case is closed, pit into which
many jurymen and even judges often
have fallen.
with all due respect to the gentle
man who opened the case for the COM
monwealth, we do not yet know the
theory of the prosecution. He who
closes for the commonwealth, there
FORE has distinct advantage in weav-
ing together theories from facts we
have not known.
What can have been the purpose of
Mr. Sydnor's testimony that he saw
young man alone on the Midlothian
turnpike early on the evening Of the
tragedy? It must be that they thought
the accused went to the stump they
have talked about and placed the gun
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-09-09
RUDYARD KIPLING OPPOSED
TO CANADIAN RECIPROCITY
BY Associated Press.

Montreal Sept s.-Rudyard Kipling,
in a cable letter to a local paper, gives
his reason for opposing reciprocity
with the United States.
Il do not understand how 5000, 900
people can enter into such arrange
ments as proposed with 10000, 900
strangers on an open frontier of 1000
miles and at the same time preserve
their national integrity" says the let
ter.
Ten to one is too heavy odds. No
single Canadian would accept such
odds in any private matter that was
as vital to him personally as this is to
the nation. 1t Is her own soul that
Canada risks today. Once that soul is
pawned for any consideration, Canada
must inevitably conform to the COM
mercial, legal, financial social and
ethical standards which will be i'm
posed upon US by the sheer admitted
weight of the United States. What
ever the United States may gain, and
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-09-09
STEAMER HITS SUBMERGED
ROCK IN FRISCO HARBOR
BY Associated Press.

San Francisco. Sept. s.-Creeping
into the Golden Gate yesterday through
a heavy fog, the coasting steamer
Santa Clara ran upon the submerged
Centessima rocks, which government
engineers. in a recent search, were un-
able to find, and for the blowing up
of which the last congress made an
appropriation. All concerned now
agree that the rocks are there, but
that the marking buoy was misplaced
when the official search was made.
The Santa Clara struck near the spot
where the Rio de Janeiro from the
Orient sank February %, 1901, with
the loss of 122 passengers. The 12o
passengers on the coasting steamer
were panic strfken as the steamer
backed into deep water and began to
settle, but the ships officers pacified
them while the wireless operator
pounded out the IS. o. s." signal
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-09-09
WENDENRURG's SPEECH ONE
OF MOST POWERFUL HEARD

The speech of Prosecutor Wenden-
burg. preceding the verdict, was one Of
the most powerful ever heard in
murder trial in this state. After con-
graduating the jury that the trial was
near the end, the prosecutor took up
the Wild scene on the Midlothian turn
pike and the death shrek Of the young
wife on the night OF July 1s
by the story of the accused you can
convict him. He tells first that a
strange man stopped in front of the
machine, but forgot in his fabrication
of a story that to shoot his wife that
the man would have to shoot through
the glass front and that the glass
shield was untouched. Later he tells
the man was on the right side and
fired over his shoulder when he learned
forward to change gears, yet he tells
Us he stopped in front of the man to
prevent running over him. Don't you
see, gentlemen. II the gun of the al
legged highwayman was discharged ac-
cidentally. as the accused described, it
would have gone into the body and not
the face Of the woman"
Calling for the blood clothes, Wen
denburg held up the shirt, pointing to
the absence OF blood on the upper parts
of the sleeve. He charged that Beattie
sat against the lifeless body and not.
as Beattie claimed on the witness
stand, that he held her with one arm
while driving with the other hand.
The body never leaned against that
arm and the coat also speaks that no
bleeding form leaned against that gar
ment Mute testimony ii is but you
can't come to any other conclusion
than that guilt gave birth to the lie of
the accused. Then the most remark
able thing: This giant highwayman
allowed this STRIPPING to take away the
gun IN the grapple and as the accused
fell to the ground, the giant walked
away. 1t is suggested by the counsel
for the defense that the prisoner could
easier have used a pistol. Don't you
know the first question to have been
asked when he reached home was why
the other cartridges didn't kill him or
the highwayman If the pistol had been
wrested from the latter. In many re-
spects this Is the cheapest crime ever
heard of. On the night of the murder
Beattie put on the Oldest suit he had
He was too cheap to spoil any but the
Oldest suit with the blood OF his wife"
Here the prisoners Jaw sagged and
he nervously motioned with his fingers
q denial. Counsel for the defense OBJ
jeeted to Wendenburgs language, but
the court declined to have the jury dis
regard II.
On conclusion OF the argument the
court gave the jury a short exercise in
open air before taking up the case.
The prisoner was also given an airing,
out a great crowd assembled and Beat
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-09-09

Chesterfield County Court House.
va, Sept S.-Henrietta Pitman is ''the
new woman" in the Beattie murder
case in the sense that she has come
forward late in the progress of the
trial as the girl who introduced young
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-09-09

tie asked to be taken to his cell. While
the Jury was out Beattie sat near the bar
reading a paper. After a few minutes
Of fortitude he broke down and placed
the paper over his eyes. but those
standing near could see the twitching
mouth as If offering prayer. The
aged father likewise bent forward and
besought divine aid. After the first
shock Of the verdict the prisoner com
forted his father and shook hands
smilingIy with several acquaintances.
SMITH BEGINS ARGUMENT.
Mr.. Smith began speaking at $50
O'Clock.
IT congratulate and thank you" he
said, addressing the jury, "for the very
manifest patience with which you have
conducted yourselves during this trial
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-09-09

The journal Will pay $500 reward toS
evidence sufficient TO convict any boy OF
person found stealing subscrlbers' paper,
sftS- deiiVer~ NJ same by ca rrIer.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-09-09
TERSELY TOLD.
$500 REWARD


The journal Will pay $500 reward for
evidence sufficient to convict any boy or
person found stealing subscrlbers' papers
sfts- deiIVer~ NJ same by carrier.
w. D. Owens ,Jr., of Gateswood, Ala
and is in the city today on a short
business trip. He is at the San Carlos.
Joe L. Earman, of Jacksonville, is in
the city on a combined business and
pleasure trip. He is well known here
ardlis a guest at the San Carlos.
Arthur oppenheimer, of New York
is again in Pensacola He is here on
a business trip and is at the San Car
los.
A few minutes devoted to reading
and answering Journal want ads might
enable you TO save a dollar a week
on your room rent-and Their are So
weeks in a furnished room year"
Miss Cecil LeBlande. of Chicago, is
among the late arrivals at the San
Carlos.
Hon. T. F. West and Dewey West.
well known Milton citizens, are in the
city today. They arrived yesterday
and are guests at the San Carlos.
Miss Cecil LeBlande arrived from
Chicago yesterday, to take charge of
McMillan's millinery department. She
is an accomplished lady and will also
be interested in the new ready-to to-
wear department at the Mcmillan
store.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-09-09
PIG IRON PRODUCTION
SHOWS BIG INCREASE
BY Associates Press.

Birmingham, Ala, Sept s.-Authori-
tative figures of the pig iron produc-
ton "a Alabama for the month of
August, as furnished by the lion Trade
Review. amount to 1885 tons, show
ing an increase of 14.S1o tons as COM
pared to the output during the month
OF July. The production for the first
eight months Of the year, despite the
curtailment plans. has gone over the
million ton mark.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-09-09
FIFTY MORE SAVINGS
BANKS ARE DESIGNATED

Washington, Sept s.-Fifty post
offices of the first class were today
designated by Postmaster General
Hitchcock as postal savings banks, to
begin business October Z, including
Mobile, Fort Smith, Ark, Augusta,
Ga, Charlotte and Durham, N. c., and
Beaumont and Waco, Texas.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-09-09
BEATTIE Is GUILTY:
TO DIE NOVEMBER "a
CONTINUED nom FIRST Page,


he had nothing to say The perfunctory motion for
trial made and denied. stay of execution was
granted however order give counsel opportunity
to apply for writ when the court of appeals
meets in November
Judge Watson delivered impressive speech to the
prisoner and then imposed the sentence Beattie was
taken to CELL accompanied by his father and brother
who broke down and cried on the bed.
COURT SAYS EVIDENCE ALL CONVINCING.
In his speech to the prisoner, the judge told how
Beattie had strained his life and that of the
munity by his sordd When the trial first began,
he sad he had hoped Virginia would be cleared of that
crime and that counsel would the defendant limo
cent but regretted that the evidence all
vncng and overwhelming.
'The court endeavored in all its decisions lean
toward the side of the prisoner and in its charge the
jury attempted give him the benefit of every doubt and
every opportunity establish his innocence the rulings
have mostly been, not in matters of law, but small ques
tons of fact You have had fair trial. and the jury has
done what considers its duty Therefore you have been
convicted of murder in the first degree and November
"a between sunrise and you forfeit your life
to the community. May God have mercy your SOUL
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-09-09

presume that the United States
proposals are not wholly altruistic,
see nothing for Canada in reciprocity
except a little ready money, which
she does not need, and a long repent
ence."
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-09-09

Miss Cecil LeBlande. of Chicago, is
among the late arrivals at the San
Carlos.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-09-09
a blue RIBBON DINNER.

Sunday desserts should be favored
with Blue Ribbon Vanilla Extract; it
gives a good dinner the finishing
touch. Best and takes less"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-09-09
SUGAR ADVANCES.

New York. Sept. S.-AH grades Of
refined sugar were advanced 10 cents
a hundred pounds today.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-12-21
Sand Hollow Items.

Mr.. Copic running two plows
R. B. Rice put in a telephone
last week.
B. S. Clark is seeding rye or
the Tucker place.
There was a dance at B. F.
Swaggart's Friday night.
Mr.. Millet has sold his ranch
and Mr.. Harmsen has gone.
Mesdames Redding and Evans
spent day with Mrs. Rice last
week.
We also hear the Ornduff place
has been sold and will soon be
occupied.
R. B. Rice has completed a
cabin for Mr.. Town on his Straw
berry claim.
Lee Copenhaver is home on a
visit after two years absence in
Washington.
Miss Winnie Smith will be home
from Corvallis to spend the Christ
mas vacation.
Claud White is building a new
barn. Next is a well and then
a new house, he says.
There was quite a merry race
after a homestead on Sand Hollow
last week. Haven't heard the
results yet.
Mr.. Hansen, after a weeks
visit with B. S. Clark, left for
Portland, but before going filed a
contest on a piece of land in Sand
Hollow.
Mr.. Cross gave us two good
sermons Sunday last, but there
was not half the people out that
could come, if they would only
get interested enough to start.