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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-11
IN PRAISE OF AGE.

This is proffered, not necessarily to
disparage the golden hours and youth,
but i'm praise of those other hours OF
gold more rich, yet of value less ap-
preciated. For the champions OF
youth are many, and the champions
of age are few. Nevertheless, if peace
hath its victories. age hath it's re-
wards, and in years there should be
no shame.
Age is but comparative. 1 well can
recall when it appealed to me that
should l ever attain to the ripeness OF
ten, and stand as mature as my swag-
gering brother, who had donned long
trousers, then would I be at all desir-
able dignity. How must it seem to
be ten-with roundly uttered, man.
ly Darn" with long trousers, and a
nickel in the pocket!
At ten, did that prove to be only a
foothill with maturity and all the
apuurtenances thereto still beyond;
and twenty beckoned, ahead, from
the pinnacle of manhood Aye, to be
twenty; to go to bed when one chose,
to throw a baseball swift as a rifle
bullet, and to wait upon the young
ladies' At twenty would l be old
and sometimes L wondered how il
would feel.
But at twenty, forty was an ulti-
mate goal where life would have been
lived and spent, and the backward
look could outdistance the forward
Forty, with wife and family and bust
ness, the world mostly seen, and a
stiffness of the joints hampering the
gay activities of preceding years. For
little fear was clouding the horizon.
And now at forty-what? Nothing,
in particular. The fear-that suspi-
cion Of fear-was very foolish. At
forty, one has the same new interests,
the same sence of anticipation for a
morrow, the same expectation of do
ing and completing, the same recur-
ring pleasures; and while one accepts
that the knees wobble little in run
ming, and that a few teeth are on the
danger line one has the same impress
sion of remoteness when considering
the topic of final dissolution.
So will it be, fancy, at fifty. Fifty
now looms portentious. At fifty life
VIII nave Deen TWO InlTuS- llNe0. NO,
not lived; two-thirds past. 1t will
only be two-thirds past. In those re-
naming fifteen, or twenty, or twenty
five years, 1t may be found that living
has only just begun. There will be,
of course, further gradual weaken
ing of unused muscles, a further ac-
QUESTION of artificial teeth. This to-
day fills youth at forty with a GER
tain sadness, an awe of the inexorable
march of time. But 10. when fifty
comes it is only a change in figures,
and off of paper signifies nothing. SO
indefinable has been the progress
through the decade, that we scarcely
may realize when mental exercise
stole in to succeed physical, and pr W.
ed as satisfactory. For every privil-
ege removed, another privilege as
pleasant has been substituted. And
so will it be. let us accept at sixty, and
at seventy and at eighty. The change
is but change in viewpoint; and the
Grand Canyon of life still opens
marvellous. in every direction.
SO why dread or pity age? Age de-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-11
HICHBORN CHILD IN COURT.
Grandmother Asks Right to Rear
Little Son of suicide.

Little Son of suicide.
Washington.-Mrs Jennie NJ. Hich-
born, widow of Rear Admiral Hich-
born, and grandmother of Philip
Hichborn, bthe four-year-old child of
her son Philip Hichborn. who COM
mitted suicide in this city March 81.
last made application in the supreme
court of the District to be appointed
guardian of the grandchild. Justice
Wright designated Murray A. Cobb,
who was an intimate friend of the
father, to answer for the child, and
appointed an attorney to defend the
proceeding. The child was in court
when Mrs. Hichborn made the appli-
cation.
In her petition Mrs. Hichborn re-
cites the circumstances of the elope-
ment of her sons wife with Horace
Wylie in December, 1910, and says
the present address of the widow is
unknown to her. The child has been
in her custody since the disappearance
of his mother, and the grandmother
desires to rear him.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-11

time to do it. 1t looks like a demo-
cratic inning and if so we will want
some of that Wall street succor. We
must dash the reformers because we
ourselves are now coming to the
crib"
To the East Oregonian it is sig
nificant the Champ Clark manager
fer Oregon holds such ideas. 1t
serves to confirm this papers 6pin-
ion of the Champ Clark candidacy.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-11

enlightenment than are youths. There
is no reasons why the school should
not help them also. Old people as
well as young are interested in such
subjects as civil government, agTi-
culture and domestic science. Lee
lures upon those subjects and classes
organized for the purpose of studying
practical problems could be made of
great benefit. Extension work is al
most as important as regular class
room work.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-11

working girls friend, and all women who
suffer should write to you for special
advice. - Miss TILE PLENzIG, Jay
St., Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
When remedy has lived for over
thirty years, steadily growing in popu-
iarity and influence, and thousands upon
thousands of women declare they owe
their very lives to it, is it not reasonable
to believe that it is an article of great
merit?
We challenge anyone to show any
other one remedy for special class of
disease which has attained such an enor-
nous demand and maintained it for so
many years as has Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
II You want special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (cOnfl-
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter. will
be opened, read and answered BY
woman and held In strict confidence.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-11

If that official government hunter
keeps on with his work there will
soon be nothing left but chipmunks
for the unofficial hunter.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-11
As to Coping.

Drink is the worst evil with which
we have to COPE
so many people insist on coping with
it regularly?"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-11

The next event will be the Odd
Fellows grand lodge and it will be a
big one.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-11

The story of the sheep that were
stolen and sheared sounds like a Sc
quel to Little Bo Peep"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-11
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THE KETTLES SONG.

= I wish the kettle would sing .
again, q
= Just as it used to do. .
' wish it would sing of a lion Q
= With cabin boy, and the =
' boy was L .
y OF pirate crew on the Span Q
= ish Main q
= OF a clipper ship on the sea- .
' way high Q
y With a cabin boy and the bov .
Just as it used to do. .
. 1 wish the kettle would sing .
again. q
Just as it used to do. o
y OF a little girl in a bonnet red. .
Saved by prince from a hydra .
head q
y That lurked on the corn that q
y lowered high .
y And the girl was Sue, and the .
prince was L q
Just as it used to do. .
= / wish the kettle would sing .
again, Q
. Just as it used to do. .
= The lyrics it crooned and the .
tales it told q
. But the hearth is chill and the .
years are old: o
. The fancies it whispered have .
all taken wing, q
y And never again the kettle will .
sing. .
. Just as it used to do. .
y John d. Wells in Buffalo .
News. .
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-11
FACTORY GIRL
GIVES UP
Too Sick to Work Doctor
Advised Operation. Re-
stored to Health by
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Compound.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.-"I run a sew
ing machine in large factory and got

all run down. / had to
give up work for / could
not stand the pains in my
back. The doctor said 7
needed an operation for
female trouble but Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound h el p ed m e
more than the doctors
did. / hope that every
one who is suffering will
get the Compound. My
pains, nervousness and
backache are gone and I
have gained five pounds.
l owe my thanks to your
medicine for II is tho
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-11

The "Buckaroos" tied them on to
the saddle horn yesterday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-11

With Governor West, promise, il
seems, is made to be kept.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-22
1AMA As AN EXAMPLE,

Tama county, in control of the pro-
gressives, declared for Cummins. and
resolved for Roosevelt for second
choice. In doing so they registered as
we'll as might be done the choice and
desire of the voters behind the con-
vention. Tama is progressive. She is
loyal to the senator from Iowa and to
the mighty Roosevelt sentiment which
prevails all over Iowa
The point is that progressive Tama
turned out and kept control Of the
delegation. Considering the advance Of
Iowa under progressive control and the
probabilities and certainties which may
be predicted under standpat control
the Tama republicans concluded no.
to lose advantage by default. The
Roosevelt men wisely concluded that q
Cummins delegation would have in il
all the elements of a Roosevelt dele ga
ton.
The lines are fairly drawn, it is pro-
gressives against standpatters in Iowa
and other states. A LaFollette dele
cation from Wisconsin is a progressive
delegation, as is Cummins delega ton
from Iowa or as a Roosevelt delega-
ton would be if Massachusetts were to
send It to the convention. A Taft dele
cation from any state is one against
Roosevelt, against Cummins, against
LaFollette and for the old regime in
politics.
Let the progressives turn out and
keep control. The main thing is pro-
gressive delegation whomever it may
means the right representation at the
convention.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-22
PROBABLY PLAIN ISLANDER

We hear of good Joke upon cou-
pie Of good farmer" ladies, who reside
in the south suburbs of Jefferson. In
preparation for company one Of the
ladies dressed a chicken, and, in the
operation of cleaning, found what was,
to her. a peculiar condition. She car
ried the dismembered bird to her
neighber friend, and the two discussed
the matter and decided between them
that the chicken had a cancer, and was
not fit to eat Another chicken was
made necessary. and the good house.
wife called her husband home from up
town to do the decapitating act. She
showed him the diseased" fowl first.
and, it is needless to say, he tainted
from sheer amusement Why" he
says, "My 1ovey dovey, those are eggs
plain, old fashioned, wholesome, yal-
Ter eggs, without the shells! !" And,
having thus unburdened himself, he
leaned against the kitchen wall. while
the house and yard shook with the
vibrations Of his stentorian yells. The
Bee thinks he was nasty mean man
to act that way, and deserved to have
his tongue extracted-with pain!
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-22
The NuB OF Il.

Theodore Roosevelt made an excel
lent campaign speech in New York. The
core of the progressive movement is
III the assertion and belief that the
majority should rule and that Ameri-
leans have the ability TO govern them
selves by majority.
Really that is the nub of the whole
matter. That is what the fight is about
when the cause Of contention is finally
analysed AS between President Taft
who is quoted as having favored the
intelligent minority over the popular
majority and Mr.. Roosevelt. who re-
asserts his confidence in the aggregated
sincerity, intelligence and patriotism of
common voters Roosevelt is the Ameri-
can type and in keeping with American
ideals and American history
Majority rule works we'll in Iowa. Of
that we are all agreed. Somehow since
the state ceased to be ruled by an in
telligent minority of two great railroad
attorneys things have gone well with
us We are much better satisfied with
Kenyon, elected by majority. that we
we're with Young appointed by an liz
teligent minority consisting mainly Of
himself and Governor Carroll Instances
might be indefinitely multiplied. Suf-
ice to say that Iowa seems more con-
tented and generally prosperous under
the tyranny Of a majority.
Summed up and ciphered down Theo-
dofe has touched the button. The
struggle is on the one main point shall
the popular majority comprising Jones
and Johnson and Smith and Brown
rule. or shall a shrewd minority like
Adlrich and Cannon and Charley Taft
and his friends manage the country
"intelliHentlyo
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-22
The Colonel a. . professional"

Houston Post Dem)]
practically the entire body Of pro-
fessional politicians are pitted against
US in this contest" writes the colonel
to Senator Dixon. his campaign man
ager. From which we infer the colonel
regards his political friends as unselfish
patriots ana his opponents as "profes-
sionals'' engaged in a struggle for spoil.
1t is an interesting statement. anyway.
especially when viewed in the light Of
the coloners career.
The colonel is SO years Of age. Look
ing backward, we find him running for
the legislature in 1881 at the age Of %.
He was elected and served his state
in that body from 1882 to 1884. Then
the simple life called him and in 1885
he went to Montana and punched cows
for spell. but in 1886 we find him back
running for mayor Of New York. He
lost the night, however. but only for
brief period. From 1889 to 1895 we
find him over in Washington on the
United States civil service commission,
from which he resigned in the latter
year to become president Of the New
York police board, very desirable
job.
He was fixed comfortably in this
position unfit William Mckinley was
inaugurated president Then the colonel
left the New York police board and be-
came assistant secretary of the navy
an office he held until the breaking out
Of the war with Spain In 1898. Then
he quit politics for heroics, but upon
the termination Of that little spat the
colonel Is found. in the very same year
running for governor Of New York
When on Jan. l. 1900. he glued his
face to tho public teat he held 1t there
until he retired from the presidency
on March 4, 1909, with the exception
of two months and three days which
interviewed between Jan. 1, 1901, and
March 4, 1901, when he was inaugur-
ated as vice president.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-22
Ballots Blow Toward Roosevelt.
buffalo Journal.1

1t might be safe for the president
Of railroad to adopt the public be
damned" policy, but not for political
machine in the nomination Of a can
didate for president Of the United
States. The voters have the last word
in this controversy and by straw votes
have expressed their choice Of can
didate for president. Straws show
which way the wind blows. and they
indicate a gale in the direction of
Roosevelt He Is not nearly so popu-
lar as at the time Of his retirement, but
his election seems to be the best eolu-
ton Of the present government prob
lens. especially the one which has for
its object the restoration Of the right
of self government to the people.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-22

but In manufacturing and tobbtng she
has Jagged. Why? Interstate freight
rates have handicapped the Iowa ship
per.
Interstate rates from east and west
have been so adjusted that all COM
modities coming into Iowa from either
direction pay as much or a higher rate
than If shipped across the state to one
extreme river border or another and it
has happened that certain commodities
are shipped across the state to termi-
nal cities like Minneapolis and st.
Louis at less rates than IL stopped at
any Iowa point thru which the longer
and cheaper haul Is routed. The result
of this system Of rates is to permit
tobbers from outside the state to dis
tribute within certain localities in Iowa
at less rates than Iowa jobbers pay
when they ship goods to their interior
warehouses and reship at local rates
Iowa manufacturers pay as much to
land their ia.: materials in Iowa as to
land them at points in adjoining states
and then have the local rate again to
pay to the river basing points when
the finished product is sent or. The
local rate in Iowa is low but the inter-
state rate is inequitable in that 1t dis
distance very largely and Iowa
Is left pocketed between the two rivers
as basing points for the break in in
terstate freight rates.
The proposition at Washington to-
day is to do away with the Mississ ppi
river basing point and throw Iowa into
the Chicago basing territory by estah-
fishing half a dozen zones in this state
the interstate rate to all points in each
zone to be certain fixed per centage
above or below the Chicago rate &C
cording as the traffic moves toward or
from Chicago across this state. I. IS
in effect to adjust Iowa's Interstate
rtaes according to distance graduated
by zones and to put Iowa shippers on
an equal footing with all traffic that
crosses the state. If conceded by the
interstate commerce commission out
side shippers will no longer be able to
cross Iowa with their traffic at less
rates than Iowa shippers pay. The
"a to will be the same to everybody and
will be graduated by zones alike to
Iowa shippers and to all shippers ac-
cording TO the distance Travelled.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-22
Lookey-On In Iona

New Sharon, March 22.-Livng on
farm. near Sioux City. on the banks Of
the Missouri. is man engaged in bus
mess, in which he has no competition,
and different from any other business
in the world. The Missouri river is
his partner. an active partner, fortu-
nately not asking for nor receiving any
dividends. neither does it stand for
any losses. To be more explicit this
man makes a business of buying farms
that the Missouri has commenced to
swallow. The "big muddy" as many
know to their sorrow. is cratic in its
movement. Without any apparent
reason 1t suddenly changes it's course,
and starts in on the job of washing
away the banks perhaps on the oppo-
site side of the river. It sometimes
during the spring floods or the June
rise" forms a new current by cutting
across a narrow strip OF land, and
owners Of farms near Sioux City can
go to bed some night citizen and
voter in Iowa and wake up the next
morning and ird they are living in
Nebraska or South Dakota, "a cut off,
having taken place during the night.
To get back to this man mentioned and
his business. some farmer mas the
river has commenced to wash away
his farm. During one day he sees an
acre Of river bottom worth $50 to SIS
drop into the overlooking stream The
next day more Of his farm disappears.
About this time the only man that buys
| such threatened farms calls or is sent
for Naturally his offer is the only bid
ants, he bag obtained many farms at
bargain prices. AS soon as he comes
| into possession Of such a farm, he
fires up small steamboat he owns and
uses for this business, loads It with
sports of wire and willow twigs OF
sports brush. He proceeds to strin4
wires in the right place, dumps his
pile Of brush up stream. where it floats
down against the wires, and his active
parner, the Missouri river, Immediately
begins to wash dirt against the inn
promptu dam. In a short time thert
is deposit enough to change the cur.
rent and he knows his business 30 vel
this change OF current stops the wash.
ing away OF his new farm purchase
III It happens to begin washing awaJ
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-22

who can not be reached by the people,
but who govern them ana ought to
goven them; and who protect various
classes Of the people from the whole
people."-Roosevelt's speech.
The proposal Of the health officer Of
Washington City to put tags on chill
dren with whooping cough reveals the
astonishing fact that there are persons
at the capital still untagged.
The Cummins or Roosevelt man who
stays away from the primary IL only
theoretically for his candidate. Prac-
totally he adds half a vote to that Of
the Cummins phobist and Roosevelt
hater.
Generally speaking when i man puts
himself and what he stands for for
ward and says to the whole voting
population take US or leave US to-
gether," that man is worth voting
hard for or hard against.
go
or course one could grow a lot of
cabbases on q couple ct vacant lots
where the boys play ball. but it is
pretty hard to grow boys without
place to play in.
One Of the differences between
George Washington and the jurors dis
charged yesterday is that the father
of his country served on the grand
jury after he had been president, while
the Marshall county men served their
jury term first. OF course there's the
cherry tree incident also, but that has
no bearing on this case.
1t is terribly hard on Tama Jim
Wilson to be left alone without DR..
Wiley and with McCabe and Dunlap.
A dispatch from Washington says
that Judge Henderson. commerce coun-
sci, is in that city. The reporters viii!
lind a man if anybody can.
Wade and Van Wagenen differ on
wilson. Wouldn't that douhlevo,, mo
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-22
INCLUDE THE MERCHANTS.
IShenandoah World.1

shenandoah World.]
Sidelights is a firm believer in the
"patronize your home town" motto.
AS long as we live here in Shenan-
doah and our pocketbook. to GER
tain extent, depknds on the welfare
Of Shenandoah: and We know that
the prosperity iof the town depends
principally upon the prosperity Of the
merchants who live here and pay taxes
for the privilege Of doing business
here. We would no sooner think Of
sending our money away to outside
firms than we would Of swearing al
lesiance to some foreign country. It's
the only decent thing to do. But we
are sick and tired and Disguised with
some of the merchants who are con-
tinually complaining because some
PEOPLE patronize the box car and mail
order houses. while they, themselves
are among the chief offenders. Several
Of the most important men, COM
mercially. here, who make their entire
income from Shenandoah territory
send away for the big majority Of their
goods, both for food stuffs and cloth
ing. They are neither sincere nor hon
est in their complaint. The way to
remedy the sendaway evil and make
people see the all-around advantages
Of buying at home is to clean out at
the root Of the trouble. Reform the
merchants themselves.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-22
The Ssarchsrs.

no SOaVSUOFOs
Smith started out, in answer to
A writeup OF distant land.
Where fruits and flowers always grew
And south winds warmed coral
strand;
But soon . letter came along
He had not been away year
And this the burden of Smiths song:
you have to earn your living here.
Again Smith moved-and he was most
Enthusiastic DER the view;
Twas where, to quote the agent
boast,
The easy money bushes grew;
But back q postcard winged its flight
To those at home who held Smith
dear:
And this was all he cared to write:
You have to earn your living here"
Poor Smith! in vain his restless feet
Shall fare beneath the rainbow arch;
In vain thru lands Of cold and heat
Shall he. and kindred searchers,
march:
For there has always been one sign
To greet mans vision, dull or clear:
Fen in Utopia it shall shine:
You have to earn your living here"
Denver Republican
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-22
ALLISON HENDERSON.


The Dubuque Times quotes approx
ingly resolution which It says was
adopted by liberal republican con-
vention in New York in 1874. We quote
the resolution as the Times gives It:
THAT we declare our uncompromis
ing hostility to any pretensions to-
ward perpetuating power in the hands
OF the same person beyond second
term: such pretentions deserve and
should receive the indignant condem-
nation OF the people"
That's pretty sweeping. At the same
time the Dubuque paper was insisting
ly and enthusiastically supporting Col
onel Henderson and Senator Allison
for term after term The Register
agreed. 1t was the right thing to do,
and II such a man as Allison could
have been elected president in 1876 and
kept there more terms than two, what