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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-20

street, and fell into conversation with
him.
Charlie, I've got to have sea
trip" said Bill, "and want to take
it on a battleship 1 know it's not
the custom for civilians to be taken
as guests on those boats, but 1 want
to go. You fix it for me-"
bill, right here is where we break
all precedents," said Taylor. "You
are going to get that trip on a man
of war"
Thereupon Bill with tears in his
eyes, sobbed out his gratitude.
1t happened that Secretary Meyer
was at that time in San Francisco, but
Taylor telegraphed him at length, and
explained what was wanted assert
ing that Richardson deserved special
recognition because of his interest in
naval affairs. Thereupon, Mr.. Never
telegraphed, sent cabIegrams, and
used the wireless for three days and
three nights, with the result that one
of the greatest battleships of the At
lantic fleet was ordered to put in at
Norfolk and take Richardson aboard
for an indefinite cruise.
Hearing of this, Taylor rushed out
tound Richardson, beat him on the
| back, and yelled in triumph:
IT'S all right, Bill! You get that
trip!"
Thank you very much Charlie ;
drawled Richardson, "but I've chang
ed my mind. I'm not going "-Popu.
lar Magazine.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-20
THE PEOPLE MAY RULE.

With the decision yesterday by the
United States supreme court all
troubles with reference to the con-
stitutionality of the initiative and re-
ferendum are set at rest. AS was
anticipated the court holds that the
question is a political issue, not
legal affair, so it refuses to take juris-
diction.
Had the court ruled against the in
itiative it would have created tur-
moil because it would have rendered
void all sorts of legislation enacted
in many states during the past five
years 1t would also have been
forced to assert the doctrine that the
want and that the people may not do
directly what they have long done in
directly.
Yet in spite of these facts there
were some who anticipated an adverse
opinion from the court because they
consider that the initiative and refer
endum do away with the republican
form of government. But the su-
preme court judges evidently take
the view that it is the substance and
not the form that is important. This
government was founded and it's con-
stitution adopted to preserve the lib
critics of the people not to stifle them
Now that the supreme court has set
at rest any remaining doubt as to the
constitutionality of direct legislation
it may be safely predicted that the
Oregon system will be gradually ex-
tended to the entire country. 1t is
the rising tide of democracy and
nothing can stay its progress. If
President Taft wants to play Canute
he may do so but he Will only bring
discontinue upon himself.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-20
SHE KNEW THE PLACE.

The elderly matron with the bun
dies who was journeying to a point in
Wisconsin, and occupied a seat near
the middle of the car, had fallen
asleep. On the seat in front of
her sat little boy The brakeman
opened the door of the car and called
out the name of the station the train
was approaching. The elderly woman
reused herself with a jerk.
Where are we, Bobby?" she ask
ed.
81 don't know, grandma" answer
er the boy.
Didn't the brakeman say some
thing just now?"
NO. He just stuck his head in
side the door and sneezed."
Help me with these things" Bob
BY" she exclaimed hurriedly. "This
is Oshkosh. It's where we get off,
Youths Companion
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-20

penalty. Down in the counties west
of Umatilla the farmers are now reap
ing punishment for the fala-y of one
cr1 farming. Against the advice of
DIR. Withycombe and men who, like
him, have made a practical and scien-
tific study of the subject they persist
ed in raising nothing but wheat. AS
a result their soil has become de-
pleted of nitrogen and the physical
characteristics become such that the
land is not in good shape to stand
adverse seasons, They are now forced
to do what they should have done
ten years ago.
Umatilla county has a richer soil
than has Morrow, Gillian and Sher-
man and in most parts a better rain
fall But even here the one crop
system is causing injury, DR.. Witty
combe notices that the growing wheat
does not have the deep dark shade it
had ten years ago. He notices also
that the wheat yield of Umatilla
county is lower than it was. These
things have a meaning. They are
symptoms of a disease and the dis
ease is soil starvation. We are taking
out mdNh and putting but little back.
The need is for the raising of such
crops as falfa and field peas as
well as wheat and for more animal
husbandry, so as to restore nitrogen
to the soil.
DR.. Withycombe's advice deserves
earnest consideration from the farm
ers of Umatilla county. 1t is friendly
advice and sincere. His suggestions
should be taken up and tried out. Il
they are not, the time will come wher
nature will exact her penalty for ma
ture is quiet but very exacting.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-20
REVERIES

An easy chair before a fireplace
That lights with ruddy glow an am
pie space,
And fills with cheerful warmth the
little room
Without, the low storm clouds hang
with a gloom
Upon the hills, and winds with wild
alarms
Blow swirls of snow in vague, fan
tastic forms
That sweep off down the valley into
night,
Like ghostly spectres, ,indistinct and
.whitel
And while the storm is raging DER
the hills,
The wide CRATE fire burns, and glows,
and fills
The room with softened light, while
DER the wall
The shadows from the dancing fire
light fall
And here before the fires changing
blaze
Come vivid haunting dreams of
olden days;
Those golden tinted musings-dreams
that grow
And flourish in an open firelights
glow
Here memory seeks friends of other
days.
Who now are scattered on Iife's wind
ing ways;
And fancy limns their castles-hopes
come true,
Ambitions realized-while you-ah
you
Are musing where an open fireplace
CLEANS,
Lost in maze of memories and
dreams!
George B. Staff, in Cutters Book.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-20

eloquent speech that had been rather
poorly reported, said:
"The report spoiled the speech. 1t
was like old Hiram Earwig's account
of Daniel Webster's last words. Web
ster, you know, as he lay dying, ut
tered the profound and significant
sentence, L still live Well Hiram
Earwig of Skeeter Beach said to
visitor from the city:
"'Yawp, life's onsartin. Wot wuz
it that thar New Englander said
Webster, l think? Yawp, it wuz
General Dan Webster. He got off a
good thing just afore he died. He
riz up in bed an says, saye ne:
"'I amt dead yit!'"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-20
The Perfect Shortening

Cottolene is made from the finest
vegetable oil--as pure and wholesome as
olive oil Lard, on the contrary, is
made from the fat OF the hog,-some-
times impure, often indigestible. Cotto-
lene makes things taste better, makes
them digest better. 1t gives you butter
results at less than the price of lard.
There is no indigestion sold with Cotto-
lene. Cottolene is economical because
you use one-third less.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-20
A BETTER SHOWING.

Walla Walla people are feeling ex-
tremely good because they have just
sold a $4,000 bond issue bearing four
and a half per cent interest, the mu-
nicipality paying the attorneys fee
and the sum of 1891 for printing the
bonds. The Walla Walla Union class
es the sale as the best ever made in
Washington and they assert that the
showing proves the city's credit is
good.
However Pendleton can go her
neighboring sister one better on this
line. When the 100000 high school
bond issue was sold last summer they
went at four and a half per cent and
the city incurred no expenses for
printing bonds or for lawyers fees.
Accordingly it seems Pendleton's
credit is extremely good judged from
the Washington standpoint.
San Francisco has just sold a ST.
10000 bond issue bearing five per
cent interest but at a premium that
means net return to the purchaser
of 4.56 per cent. From this it ap-
pears that small places can borrow
money just as cheaply as can large
cities.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-20
ANOTHER VERSION.

Senator Bankhead. discussing an
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-20
a SIGNIFICANT LECTURE.

There was genuine interest in the
talk given at the city hall last even
ing by DR.. James Withycombe and
the questions asked of the speaker by
prominent farmers indicate a desire
to try out the suggestions made. 1t
was a significant gathering and the
result Of that meeting may prove far
reaching.
Umatilla county is the banner coun-
ty Of Oregon for agricultural pro-
ducts. 1t is a veritable empire and
it has many very capable and sue
cessful farmers. But with all this
the fact is apparent that the land is
not being farmed to the maximum.
1t could produce much more If pro-
per methods were followed. There
is need of more diversification and
last evening DIR. Withycombe pointed
out how practical steps may be TAX
en- towards bringing about such a
system Of agriculture.
There are two great reasons why
farmers should improve their meth
DDS. They will obtain larger profits
by doing so and that is the first rea-
son. The second reason is that there
IL grave danger in continuance of the
one crop system now followed. II
depletes the soil and sooner or later
IS going to cause trouble. Nature is
n kind mother but she is inexorable.
When her rules are violated she says
nothing but she quietly imposes the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-20
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WORK

) Let me but do my work from =
= day to day, =
In field or forest, at the desk =
or loom, =
In roaring market-place of =
. tranquil room; Z
. Let me but find it in my heart 4
= to say, Z
= When vargant wishes beckon Z
. me astray, Z
= This is my work; my bless Z
. ing, not my doom; Z
. OF all who live, am the one Z
. by whom Z
= This work can best be done in 4
. the right way z
, Then shall 1 see it not too great
. nor small.
= To suit my spirit and to prove
D my powers;
. Then shall I cheerful greet Z
. the laboring hours
. And cheerful turn, when the 4
D long shadows fall
. At eventide, to play and love 4
. and rest,
. Because 1 know for me my 4
. work is best.
, Henry Van Dyke. I
, . . 90 e>>~ 90
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-20
DELEGATERS REACH
PORTLAND FOR CONGRESS

Portland, Ore. FEB. 19.-Delegates
from all parts of the state arrived to-
day to attend the first annual session
of the oregon Irrigation congress this
afternoon. Committees will be ap-
pointed to make plans for perma-
nent organization. Tomorrow busi-
ness will be taken UP. Some action
on the West Umatilla government
project is expected
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-20
CHARITY.

a man who had labored his whole life
through
And jugg!ed in bonds and stocks,
Turned weary of heart as he older
grew
With his burden of countless rocks.
So he called in sanctified dealer in
bunk.
There is want in the land" said
he,
And 1 want to devote every hard
earned plunk
To the cause of sweet charity"
And the sanctified dealer in bunk was
glad,
For. grieved for the nations poor,
1t was his vocation in life to be sad
At the ills and pangs they endure.
So he set about to- distribute the
spoil
For the sake of sweet charity,
And he set some aside to repay for
his toll;
This pile" he remarked, "is for
me-"
And he called in assistants, a dozen
or more,
And settlement workers and such,
Press agents, publicity men by the
score,
And each got a pile in his clutch.
And the poor folk who clamored in
winter for coal
And clamored in summer for ice
Were given some pamphlets to nour-
ish the soul
And a few words of kindly advice
Milwaukee Sentinel.
ANOTHER VERSION.
Senator Bankhead, discussing an
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-20
,Juarez Is Ouiet.

Ell Paso, Tex, Feb. 19.-With the
installation of Enriequez as mayor.
Juarez is. again the stronghold of the
Mexican government and it is ex-
pected that quiet will soon prevail. 1t
is reported that many disturbances
are occurring in the state of Torreon
and foreigners are fleeing.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-20
SHAKING UP THE NAVY.

Bill Richardson, one of the most
popular newspaper men of Washing
ton. is the fellow who shook the Unit
ed states navy from stem to stern in
a marvellous and unprecedented man
ner. Bill was recuperating from an
illness and decided that what he need
ed was a sea trip. Charles E. Taylor,
secretary to Mr.. Meyer, the secretary
of the navy, met Richardson on the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-20
WiCkersham in Milwaukee,

Milwaukee, Feb. 19.-Attorney Gen.
eral Wickersham arrived here today
to confer with Taft followers on a
plan to secure the presidents renom-
ination. Tonight he delivers a speech
on Trusts" at a banquet.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-20

Some men want to go to the ma
tional conventions every four years
for 40 years. Why not pass the hon
ors around more?
New-York tribune., 1912-03-04
TWO DEAD IN BIG FIRE
Six Injured in Blaze in Apart.
ment House.

Two persons were burned 10 death and
six were seriously injured in a fire in a
four story apartment house at No. 20l
East SD street early this morning. The
dead are John Parry, fifty-eight years
old, and Mrs Annie Evans, thirty-five
years old Among the injured is eleven
year-old Ada Gondoli.
A dozen persons were rescued from the
burning building by patrolmen and fire.
men. Walter Muir. sixteen years old,
while running downstairs from his home.
on an upper floor, was seriously cut by
falling glass. He was taken TO Flower
Hospital. Fireman Martin. attached to
Hook and Ladder Company ., was seri-
ously burned on the face and hands.
Central Office Detective Mccormick.
while descending the stairs of the SD
street elevated station, at Third avenue.
discovered the fire and turned in an
alarm.
Tenants in the building ran screaming
on to fire escapes and staggered blindiy
in the smoke filled upper Railways.
Mrs. Evans. who was burned TO death,
was the owner OF the Elite Laundry,
which occupied part of the ground moor
OF the building.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-04
A RAPHAEL FIND IN BOSTON
Madonna and Child" Supposed
ly Napoleonic War Loot,
TBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune

Boston. March 3.-Connoisseurs say
that "A Madonna and Child" painted by
Raphael. which must have been in TINS
country since the days when Napoleon
sacked the principal Italian cities and
robbed them of many of their art treas
ures, reposes to-day In the vaults or a
safe deposit company here.
The picture is the property of Ryan &
Durfee. art dealers. The supposition is
that il was painted by Giullo Romano
who did the underworld on many OF Ra-
phaers Madonnas, and that 1t was fin
ished by the master. The history Of the
painting the owners will not discuss. al
though they admit that II has been in
this city for many years.
II was brought here by one Of the
American ship owners who reaped a
harvest during the European wars.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-04
TRIP ON AN ICEFL0E
Otto Anderson Is Rescued in
Middle of East River.

Otto Anderson, of No. 69S East 138th
street, a sixteen year-old clerk. and two
companions of the same age. Charles
Milhauser and Harold Schaefer, went to
the foot of Willow avenue and amused
themselves yesterday afternoon by
Throwing stones into the East River.
Young Anderson. who had his right arm
i'm a sling, stopped To pick up stone
and some change fell from his pocket
and rolled on to the ice of the river. He
Jumped from the stringpiece TO the ice
to recover the money and the ice broke
off. The cake, which was about thirty
six square feet. was carried downstream
and toward the Bronx Kills.
Anderson screamed and his shouts
we're taken up by his companions. The
Schaefer boy. remembering that the
United states Volunteer Iifesaving
Corps was at the foot Of 1891 street, ran
there. and Lieutenant Anderson and two
lifesavers put out in a lifeboat
The ice had drifted almost into mid
stream when Ithe lifesavers came up in
their small boat and took the boy from
tho foe
New-York tribune., 1912-03-04
"AUNT DELLA" IN CAMPAIGN
Calls Roosevelt Men Bully Gratis
Doubts Coloneps Reason.
lBy Telegram 10 The tribune.


Boston. March 3.--President Tafts Aunt
Della" Torrey, who lives up Mlllbury way,
where the President spent his boyhood,
made her campaign contribution to-day.
She believes that Colonel Roosevelt must
have lost his reason, Judging from his re-
cent utterances; suggestg "bully-crats" as
a name for his followers. and thinks it's
shame that Nephew VIII should be so
"misiudged"
Isn't it dreadful" she said, how these
two friends have parted? Do you think I
am overstating IT when ! say the separa-
tion Is due to the selfshness Of one man?
II honestly looks to me as If Colonel Roose-
welt has lost his reason. judging from
some Of hts recent utterances and dongs"
That Miss Torrey has been following the
split in the Republican party was shown
nv her discussion Of her nephew's oppo-
vents in the Republican party.
"Will called them neurodcs." she said;
.hut I suggest that they be called Roose-
,,elt's 'bully-crats. They must have a
nanoe and the term insurgents does not
describe them.
'asyvjil has made mistakes I'm his term of
oece He has been criticised for many
9hiros ne has done but he has never been
rnnroved for failure to try to do things.
donr Roosevelt was never criticised I'm this
o,,ner because he lodged the tariff aues-
tion when in once. 3.
ord 7 would work hard for his nomination
and election.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-04
UNIQUE LEMTEN PENANCE
Cleveland Women Select Time
for Appendicitis Operations.

| BY Telegraph 10 Inc Tribune
cleveland. March 3. - Seventy six
women, by actual count, have undergone
operations for appendicitis in Cleveland
hospitals since Ash Wednesday and are
now doing Lenten penance in the con-
valescent wards.
Mrs. Minnie Setter, Mrs. Thomas
Reaser and Mrs. Dwight Sheets. young
matrons and social leaders Of Ashland,
Ohio. who denied themselves their ap-
pendices, are convalescing on three white
cots. side by side, in the Huron Road
Hospital
The three met at the last social affair
before Ash Wednesday and said:
Why not? It wouldn't be at all un-
pleasant. we three together"
Now they are convalescing rapidly and
Will be back in Ashland before Easter,
fully recuperated and ready to begin all
over again.
Eminent ethics bound surgeons here
admit there are Seasons for operating;
that is, when there is a noticeable in
crease in the number of operations.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-04
SUFFRAGISM AND ARSON
Woman Tries to Set Fire to Lon
don General Postoffice.

London. March "A suffragette at
tempted to start fire in the General
Postoffice Of London tonight. The
woman carried a bundls Of paper and
fimsy material soaked with paraffine
into the public hall and set it on fire
near a counter.
She then smashed plate glass win
dow and surrendered herself to the po-
lice
A hundred sufragettes. awaiting trial
In Holloway Jail engaged in riotous
demonstration. lasting two hours, to-day.
They broke the windows of their cells.
sang the "Marseillaise" and shouted to
see "Our leader Mrs. Pankhurst."
Many thousands of police have been
ordered to be in the vicinity Of Parlia-
ment Square tomorrow night. and other
elaborate precautions have been adopted
against another threatened suffragist
demonstration.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-04
S5OO,OOO FOR EMPLOYEES
Eastman Company to Reward
It's Faithful Workers.
GBv telegram TO The Tribune.

Rochester, March Announcement
was made tonight by the Eastman ko-
dak Company officials that on July |
the company will divide among its en-
ployes all over the world $4,000
The money will be paid the men ac-
cording to length of service. begin
ming with those who have been in the
employ of the company one year. They
will receive a certain percentage of their
annual wages during 1911. Those who
have been with the company five years
or more will receive about 1Ols per cent
of their wages during last year.
% There are six thousand employees in
the Rochester wor-" OF the company
alone. meeting 80 the stockholders
will be held In the near future to pass
on the proposition. to which a majority
have already given their verbal assent.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-04
TWO GIRLS DIE TOGETHER
Double Suicide by Gas in Apart
ment Kitchen.
LEAVE LETTER TO "EDIT0RS"
One Girl Explains That the
Man She Loved Had
Spurned Her.

Letters. tightly closed doors and win
dows end gas rushing from all the burn
ers OF chandelier and a stove con-
vinced the police that two young women
whom they found dead on the Kitchen
floor of a cheap apartment in East 18th
street early Yesterday morning had
bound each other in a suicide agreement.
one of the dead women was about
twenty-five years old and called herself
Mae Dimitron The other was about the
same age. Nobody in the neighborhood
could say yesterday that she had any
other name than "Millie" They lay side
by side on the floor. dressed only IN
their nlghtgowns one of the letters was
addressed TO MY mother. Mrs W. A.
Reuter-: the other TO The editors OF
the papers" Both letters were turned
over sealed TO Coroner Feinberg.
A man named De Baticheta. who runs
n Sixth avenue restaurant, had an APP
pointment with the Dimitron girl but
when he tried to get into the apartment
there was no answer TO his knock. lie
smelled gas and called Lieutenant
Dempsey. of the East I'D street station.
DIR. Maddox. of Bellevue Hospital, SAID
the two had been dead for several hours
At the Morgue Gertrude Mascio, a SIS
ter of the girl known as Mile iden-
tilted the bodies as Amelia Masclo ana
Mae Negris. She was unable to suggest
,s,.,g,.o fn,. tho opt
The letter addressed to The Editors
of the Papers" was as follows:
New York City March 2. 1872
| write these few lines to tel what
died for Oh, II is something awiui 10 l3Ve
a man. and love him only, and to thlnk
lie turned you down after nNe years court
ing. from "A girl seventeen years TO twehty-
one years! | am twenty-five years oiu, nov
Iut / have had trouble enough to be forty-
two | cnly hope and pray he VIII thinK
OF me some time | am. respecttuliy ip,s
The letter to MY Mother, Mrs. w. A.
Reuter-" was as follows:
New York City, March 2. 1912.
Dear Mother: und0upte1y you e WIN no,bs
Inc more to live for. so | thought would
end II alb / have been bad, know. put
hone YOU will forgive me FOR doing Iool-
iSh thing like TINS, Dul tdH ~ "'y
ionoer 10, 9rha man | loved has turned on me.
and / don't care to live any more
| am twenty-five years old now. ! nave
caused you a lot Of trouble ana WorrE' 700 Zoo,
oh mamma, can't hardlS write TINS: out
thought would sit down vo and so %rise ssod %
O"' ',amnna Tell Katie, Birdie and Willie
- wish them all luck and don't think ,o5 oi
mo any more. | am your broken-sesr.ep
CO Mamma, you can have all things
Ion | will inclose list OF things thst
are all paid for-iny trunk, all my clothes
and my two hats. Goodby.
De Baticheta. when Intercepted by
the police. said he was not acquainted
with the Mascio girl. He said he saw
Miss Dimitron" a few days ago. ana
made an appointment to meet her yes
terday morning. He added that she ap-
neared TO be in the best OF health ana
.,irita az that time.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-04
LINDSEY TO SEE COLONEL
Denver Judge Says He Would
Run on Ticket with Wilson.

. Nashville, March S.-Judge Ben Lindsey
of Denver, was in Nashville short time
to-day. on his way to oyster Bay. where
he is to be the guest Of Colonel Roosevelt.
Asked about the reports that he would be
a candidate for the vice-Presidency' Judge
Lindsey said:
[ am a progressive Democrat. but | am
progressive above being Democrat
have supported progressives In both par
ties believe IN Woodrow Wilson and am
a great admrer of his. also believe IN
Roosevelt and have an equally great admi-
ration for him, If not greater.
In case a non-progresslve IS nominated
nv the RepublIcans and Woodrow Wilson
bv the Democrats / will accept the Vice
Presidential nomination from the Demo-
cratic party In case Roosevelt Is nomi-
natod by the Republicans and "A non-pro-
rressive by the Democrats. | will support
u