East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-31

: own sweet will at home
If the Spokesman Review is going
to elect Roosevelt by proving that
the tariff for special privilege should
be continued it has a hard job ahead
: Furthermore If the Spokane paper
wants the system continued 1t should
have continued to support Taft.
! In passing the bill for the relief OF
} homesteaders upon the Umatilla pro-
ject congress has
, Sensible Relief dealt sensibly and
For Project justly with the peo-
} HOmesteaders. pie affected There
is nothing wrong
with the Umatilla project 1t is one
of the finest little projects the gov
} ernment has constructed. In time the
land under the project will be Won
derfully productive because every nat
Ural requirement is there But the
process of tanning the desert and
making ii bloom with civilization is
lot such rosy work as some people
were led to believe few years ago
1t takes time, hard work and money
The task falls particularly hard up
on the settlers during the first few
years because then everything is go
ing out and nothing coming in" BY
allowing them to prove up on their
homesteads without waiting until the
entire ten payments for water have
been made congress will aid the
homesteaders. 1t will relieve the set
tiers from unjust and needless re-
strictions, will enable them to bor-
row money more easily and enable
them to sell out if they want to do
so. 1t is oil where oil is needed.
1t may seem harsh, but there is
much sense in the rule laid down by
the English inves-
1t Should tigating board that
Make Travelling Ismay was in hon
Safer. or bound to go
down with the Ii
tanic. The wreck of the Titanic was
due to gross carelessness and neglect
Had the ship not been plunging
through the ice at fearful speed with
a lookout who was not even provided
with marine glass; had the ship
been properly equipped with lifeboats,
of had the crew been properly drilled
there would have been no great dis
aster. For that neglect the man.
aging director may be held chiefly re-
sponsible. Being the manager of the
line it was up to Ismay to see that
the ship was safely navigated and that
the lives of the patrons We're duly
protected. 1t was particularly up to
him to exercise such supervision since
he himself was aboard the vessel. In
laying down the rule that when the
manager of a steamship line is aboard
a ship that goes down as the result of
carelessness he is morally bound to
stay with the ship the English have
taken action that should result in
making ocean travel safer.
~~~~O~ess
DR.. Henry Waldo Coe, foe of the
West Extension and erstwhile seller
of Umatilla county ir-
Does He Still rigated lands at very
Fight The high prices, will be
Extension? one of the big bucks
from Oregon at the
bull moose convention. In the event
the third party should win out and
Roosevelt be elected will the doctor
renew his war on the extension and.
endeavor to have the government alb
bandon that project so as to make
good the filing which DR.. Coe holds
upon the waters of the river and
which would become effective should
the government give up the extern
sion?
SANAO%~~@
The dead mikado of Japan saw
much during his life time. When he
was boy the soldiers of Japan were
armed with bows and arrows. In his
later years he saw his subjects become
modern fighters and BATTLE the armies
of the car 1t was swift advance
ment and no doubt the emperor was
largely responsible for it,
S%oASS%
Meanwhile when is Pendleton go
ing to provide decent driveway to
the branch hospital?
SS~~o~~~N
Wrong Symptom.
Doctor" said Mrs. Fawncy, II be-
lieve have gout."
What is your husbands salary,
TO Oh ha