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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-23
EX-SHEEP KING Is DEAD

And many a decided blonde made *
late decision
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Be Careful What You Sow.
From the Monroe News-Star.

From the Monroe News-Star.
We are not preacher-never expect to
be half as good as the sorriest preacher in
all the country, but just as sure as there is
God in Heaven whatsoever man sows
that shall he reap" This is no joke nor
idle expression. 1t is truth founded on the
eternal principles of justice and retribu-
ton. When in this life we do another
human being wrong or injury we had
just as we'll get ready for the day and hour
when retribution will be required at our
hands. There is no lodging this PROPOSE
ton. 1t is one of the everlasting truths
and axioms of all time. Retribution may
be delayed, but it will be demanded in
Gods own good time, and the longer it is
delayed the more bitter it will be because
it will come in the evening shadows of this
life when we should be looking with SUI
preme happiness upon the radiant glow Of
the land in summer seas. It is such an
awful thing to suspend this poor little life
of ours, that its last hours will be hours OF
remorse and bitterness the very
dregs of the cup have to be swallowed and
when no encouraging voice is at hand to
cheer and console. Remember that fol-
every wrong done another you will have to
make retribution, or suffer unutterable
agony in mind and spirit.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-04-04
Taxing Wealth.

What militant Democracy can accom-
plish is shown by the vote in the House Of
Representatives on the bill taxing incomes
of partnerships and individuals. Every
Democrat recorded himself in its favor,
and only forty-one Republicans, nearly
all of them from the far East, ventured to
vote aginst it.
Yet this measure was fought to the last
by the principal leaders and newspapers
of the Republican party. TO judge by the
expressions Of the usual spokesman for
plutocracy and privilege, no Republican
in cool standing would favor it. When it
came TO the test, however, only forty lone
out Of 1872 stood fast.
This dill taxes property and substance,
not need and use. 1t makes wealth pay,
not poverty. 1t levies on abundance
rather than on scarcity. Some day the
principle which it embodies will prevail
everywhere.-.St. Louis Republic.
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No one is indispensable. When a big
man dies there is always some one to take
his place. The race of big men is dying
out, anyway. There are no more Shakes
peares, no more Michael Angeles, no more
Newtons, no more Raphaels, no more
Gladstones. Democracy and popular edu-
cation between them have RACED the peaks
and brought everything down to dead
level. Leadership is a lost art. This is
the age of measures and not men.
How often we hear the changes rung
upon these themes! And how often do we
find the argument refuted in the news of
the day. Here in this country the chief
subject of political discussion at this time
is over one mans personality. In Eng
land the crisis over the coal strike has
brought about the return to leadership of
a man who a few weeks ago withdrew from
politics for good and all, as was thought.
Here is a quotation from dispatch in this
mornings New York Times:
In the emergency the Unionists turned
to their old and tried leader
There was nobody else in their ranks who
had shown the special ability necessary to
direct operations. 1t was Balfour or no.
body. His return was welcomed with wild
enthusiasm.
There is always room for leaders.-Bal-
timore San.
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SURPRISING.

"What sort of role would General
Charles F. Smith, who died in April, 1862,
have played had he lived two or three
wears longer?'' "What effect would this
have had on Grants fortunes?" Queries
of this kind have often arisen in the past
half century in the minds of those who
have some knowledge of the operations OF
the Western Armies.-St. LOuis Globe
Democrat.
If General Albert Sidney Johnston,
Commander in Chief of the Confederate
Army in the battle of Shiloh, had lived
three hours longer on April 6, 1862, he
would have won a decisive victory over
the Federal Army, which he completely
surprised, routed and demoralized, until
reinforced by Don Carlos Buel, command
ing the Army of the Ohio. Grants entire
army would have been 'cut to pieces, -
or captured, and Buel, hurrying to his
about face and "double quick as it
were, to save his army from like fate.
Grants military career would then and
there have ended under cloud, and his
future career would have been one OF
almost unspeakable obscurity and insig-
nifcance, instead of famous. Johnston s
death was blow to the Southern Con-
federacy from which it never entirely
recovered, and was also Grants opportu
nifty of escape from humiliating surprise
and crushing defeat.
Grant was generally successful as g
general, it is true, but only successful
when he had a superior force in numbers
and unlimited supplies at his back. He
was whipped and driven from the field a.
Belmont, and at Donelson and Vicksburg
he outnumbered the Confederates in mer
and was assisted by large fleets of gun
boats at both places. Besides, the Con-
federates were starved out, and not de-
feated, at Vickshurg, while the Confed
crate commanders, Floyd and Pemberton
were generals only in name.
Had Grant fought Lee when Lees Army
was at its best. Lee would have whipped
him out Of his boots, so to speak. Gran
owes his great fame to two causes-deatl
and starvation-the death of Johnston a
Shiloh and the want of food at VicksburS
and Appomattox. In history, Grant is I
great hero. "What is writ is writ. Woul'
it were worthier." History makes her.
of him because his military career was
fulfilment of the saying, 'there is nothing
that succeeds like success
Grant great General! Well, hardly
when there were real generals around.
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DAY FOR REMEMBRANCE.

Once again has the ever-revOlvlng cycle
of seasons brought to US the day on which
the Christian Church celebrates the Won
derful resurrection of Christ. In all lands
and countries where the Christian religion
prevails, people will celebrate Easter Sun
day as the anniversary of the rising from
the dead of the Savior of fallen man.
Christian people may differ as to creeds
and articles of faith; they may dispute
about points of doctrine or practice, and
they may worship God under different
forms and church organizations, but all
NAV reunite in the one fundamental belief
of the resurrection and its significance.
In some form Easter Sunday appeals to all
who believe that there was Christ; that
He died on the cross and that he rose on
the third day. Whatever branch of the
Christian Church they may hold fellowship
with, the broad and tolerant spirit OF our
common humanity and common Christi
anitv is sufficient to overcome minor diff
ference and unite all on the one paramount
fact for which Easter stands.
The Resurrection which we celebrate on
Easter day means one of two things to
most people. 1t is either memory or a
hope. But to the Christian, that happy
man whom Jesus has found, the Resurrec-
ton is not memory and not hope; he
forgets both of these in his joy in it's pres
ent reality. The Easter assurance of i'm
mortality is not far off promise, it is a
present gift; not future hope, but an
Immediate possession. For God has come
into him and taken possession of him, and
he is living for the things OF God in the
eternal light and power OF God and he Is
already rne Of the innr,rtals.
Rise coas-s tie cal! across the years.
l. echoc. from th. Old World to this land
OF cur own and from this country 10 newer
lands unknown. 1t urges US to awake
We must be up and working. But how
shall we work to gain the best results? By
taking the life of Jesus Christ as our great
example. Every human being has the
right and power to believe in himself as ir
some measure son of God, for is He MOI
the Father of all that is, even to the
smallest blade of grass now greening II
the field?
We can love-yes, we can love all tina
is good if we will only open our eyes tt
the unnumbered blessings of nature anc
natures Cod When sorrow comes VIZ
need not tremble and fear. There is Ons
somewhere who has equipped us for thu
fight, and all we need to do is to buckle OF
the armor of faith and go forth to do battle
with the destroyers of happiness. For
surely, He wants US to be happy.
And when the shadow is seen lyins
across our paths, whether it be the SHADOW
of a cross or that of peaceful dying, WI
can be brave then, for out of the night w
hear voice speaking to US over the cen
turtles, as it spoke to the blind Bartimaeus
loud and clear, ''Be of good comfort, Rise
He caIleth thee
He calleth thee home!
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-04-04
He calleth thee home!

Prof Harris has given public notice of
a school law he hopes to have enacted by
the incoming Legislature. We hope it will
not find favor with the legislators. 1t is
Capitalization run mad. 1t is worse than
the much discussed Marks bill. 1t propo-
ses to abolish the various boards that
supervise the public institutions and vest
the controlling power in a single board
with the Superintendent of Public Educa-
ton as head master.-Claiborne Guar
didn-,Journol.
It is a trifle humiliating, not to say ex-
asperating, to be fooled with by State
Superintendent Harris as indicated in the
above paragraph. Some way should be
found to get rid of Harris. His autocratie
ideas are out of place in free country.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-04-04
At the bottom of Governor Sanders

At the bottom of Governor Sanders
reclamation and immigration scheme
probably turks design to induce enough
voters to come to the State to overcome
the majority against him and his political
methods.-Monroe Independent.
Governor Sanders may cherish the hope
that he can at no distant day, again work
his political rabbit foot on the voters of
Louisiana. If so, he will be sadly disap-
pointed in his ambition. He fooled ma
jority of the people of the State once, but
he will not catch them mapping again.
His land reclamation pill will not go down,
no matter how well disguised and sugar.
coated it may be.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-04-04
Roosevelt may be crushed by the ''steaI

Roosevelt may be crushed by the ''steam
roller" but machine methods will cost
Taft many vote. Taft's strength in the
convention will be his weakness in the
general election. His refusal to consent
to primaries except where the law compels
them is interpreted by opponents as vir-
tual confession that he is not the choice OF
the rank and file. Harrison forced his
own denomination and went down in de-
feat. If Taft forces himself upon an un-
willing party, we may expect repetition
of the result in 1892. Signs now indicate
that Taft will be the nominee, but there is
a general conviction that he cannot be re-
elected, if the Democrats put up a strong
Progressive against him.-Balttmore Sun
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Card of Thanks.

Dear Editor: During the long illness
of my brother Robert, who was taken
from US on the 18th, our neighbors and
the residents OF this place generally
were exceptionally kindly to himself
and my family. Their ministrations
were SO many and SO freely given that it
is only fitting that should give some
expression Of my appreciation, which l
would like to appear in the columns Of
the Banner. wish to assure them that
their generous deeds are fondly cher
ished in heart as SO many tokens OF love,
and that this sentiment is an expression
from every member Of my family. May
Heaven reward and bless you, my friends.
E. NJ. CARsTARPHEN.
Plain Dealing, La, March 80.
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Would Have Them Weeded Out.

Contrbuted.l
A bill was recently introduced in Con-
gress providing for the publication of list
of all persons who are pensioners of the
United States Government. The object of
this bill is to put before the people list of
the pensioners in order that they may see
who is drawing pension and for what
that pension is drawn. 1t is known that a
large number Of persons who receive pen
sions from the Government on the ground
that they fought in the Union Army during
the Civil War, and thereby helped to pre-
serve the Union, we're actually deserters
from the army and instead of getting a
pension now should have been courtmar-
tailed and shot many years ago.
1t has occurred to the writer that the
plan proposed in regard to the pension
matter would work admirably in connec-
ton with the administration of our own
State affairs. Much has been said about
the various sinecures connected with the
State Government and we believe that if a
list of all persons who draw pay from the
State, their official capacity and their
salary we're published once year it would
60 long way toward Kidding the State OF
this burden of unnecessary office holders.
We recommend this thought to our General
Assemblymen from Bossier, and suggest
that this is chance for some real patriotic
legislation.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-04-04

The Bellvlle Times thinks it is gradually
being forced upon the minds of the people
Of Texas that we have too many courts in
this State and that the quality of justice
dispensed is very poor. There is no doubt
that justice is being shamelessly treated in
Texas and such should not be the case.
The country is crying for judicial reform;
the simplifcation of court procedure and
the minimum Of recognized technicalities
by the courts of the land. But what we
need more than anything else at this time
is jurors to sit upon our juries and mete
out justice according to the true definition
of the word. And as our esteemed con-
temporary comments, the quality of justice
being dispensed in the State to-day is very
poor. Houston Post.
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Press Forward.

Speak unto the children of Israel, "that
they go forward
This is the command of God, the immu-
table law of nature, in the face of every
problem that has been overcome in the
progress of civilization.
1t faces us to-day as strongly as it faced
the fleeing Israelites, Go forward. And
the law must be obeyed, whether we yield
willing obedience to it or not. All nature
is moving forward; stagnation means
decay.
But there is going forward that never
makes any progress-it is the travelling in
a circle. Hold to the true course, and
don't wander outside of it to gather tempt
ing flowers that may conceal in them the
rankest of poisons; the old, safe paths
lead to higher ground and to a wider
horizon.
There is reward for individuals, as
we'll as for nations, in following the true
law of life-the law of progress-Go for
ward. What is the divine law of reward?
Listen: "God wrote it upon the face of
the earth; He proclaimed it from the
clouds; He burns it into us through the
rays of the sun, namely, that God has
given us the material and that in proper
ton as man shows industry and intelli-
gence in converting natural resources into
disable wealth he can rightfully draw from
the common store of the world. That is
Gods law of reward. If man lack INTEL
ligence, God Furnishes him by failure. If
he lack industry, God whips him into pow
erty by laws that are MEMORABLE
Nations can not evade the penalty that
is invited in every attempt at impeding the
free operation of this law in it's application
to the individual units of which they are
composed. This truth is verified in the
worldwide discomfort we now see and
hear-in the rumblings that may possibly
mean coming revolutions and the shedding
of rivers of blood.-Houaon Post.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-04-04
College LaWleSSneSS.

There should be no dallying with UNDER
graduate lawbreakers, no special exemp-
ton for students. Reprehensible and
even criminal acts have been committed
by college men in the last few years which
called for more punishment than seem
ingly they received. 1t is no kindness to
the undergraduate to overlook acts OF
dishonesty, ruthless destruction of prop
erty, Or dissipated license. Respect for
property and decency should be impressed
upon a boy before he reaches college age.
It is because lawlessness has been toler-
ated by parents in the home as well as by
overlenient masters at boarding school
that we read continually in the press OF
offenses against common sense and respec-
liability committed by persons of supposed
cultivation. Nothing is more needed in
American life to-day than strengthening
the respect for discipline and lawful au-
thority.-Centuy.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-04-04

The Houston Post says: eff the Demo-
cratic party doesn't convince the country
that it is safe and sensible party, it is
not likely to get the opportunity to do
anything" That is the situation in a
nut she'll which confronts the Democratic
party. Less destructive and more con-
structive craftsmanship is the urgent de-
mand OF the hour from leaders who never
accomplish anything for people or party.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-04-04

New Orleans Item: AS 5000 American
tourists have gone to look at the Panama
canal since the first Of January, the Gov
eminent might support the canal by rum
ming it as show and charging admission.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-04-04

We wish to inform the public that our
saw mill, located at Bluffs, which was
recently destroyed by fire, has been re-
built, and we are now ready to nil %
short notice all orders for either rough
or dressed lumber.
JIG. e w. E. MCDADE.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-04-04

William E. Barton: I spoke q kind
word almost thoughtlessly, and long
time afterwards one thanked me for it with
tears in his eyes. Then | thought since
kindness costs so little and helps 80 much,
why am ! not always kind?
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-04-04

We often hear used the expression, "a
bird's-eye view," but the New York Inde-
pendent tells of a visitor who went down
in the subway of the great American me-
tropois and returned by the same route,
boasting that he had had "a worm's-eye''
view of the city. This phrase is quite sug-
gestivc. There are persons who live upon
a plane so low and base that ''worm's
eye view" of things is about the only one
possible to them. The state of mans
heart and his environment have much to
do with how he looks at the world and its
affairs. One who is himself mean and
ignoble is incapable Of forming generous
and high minded estimates Of his fellow
men.-Neac Orleans Christian Adrocate
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-04-04

For rheumatism you will find nothing
better than Chamberlain's Liniment. Try
it and see how quickly it gives relief. For
sale by all dealers.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-04-04

You will look a good while before you
find better medicine for coughs and colds
than Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. 1t
not only gives relief-it cures. Try it
when you have cough or cold, and you
are certain to be pleased with the prompt
cure which it will effect. For sale by all
dealers.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-04-04

If there are evils in our system of gov
eminent and industry, the remedy is not
in socialism, but in greater individualism.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-04-04

Baltimore may say what she pleases, but
that S20-a-day- for-a-cot price is not a
philanthropic move.-Memphis CONNER
cial appeal.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-11-23
A SPECIAL FEATURE.
Attraction at Colonial Theatre To-
nighf.

Another special feature photo play
in two reels will be shown at the Co
lenial Theatre tonight in addition to
the regular vaudeville bill
Lady Leone is presented by the
Victor players and Miss Florence
Lawrence and Mr. Owen Moore are in
the leading roles The hand of the
wealthy orphan heiress, Lady Leone
Merwyn, is sought by her notorious
outlaw cousin Sir Robert Huntley for
his scapegrace son Sir Robert desir-
ing to secure her vast estates for his
branch of the family
But Lady Leone refuses with seorn
but Sir Robert is not to be daunted
He takes her to his stronghold in the
mountains which is only accessible
through one rocky gorge which is
carefully guarded night and day The
balance of the story tells how she
was rescued and shows the many
fights truly gorgeous picture Beau
tiful scenery and clever acting make
this a wonderful picture and Miss
Lawrence is at her very best
Tonight will be your last opportu-
nifty to enjoy the pleasing vaudeville
bill Don't miss this clever show
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-11-23

Ensign and Mrs. G. W. Struble are
visiting Mrs. SIuble's sister. Miss
Margaret Martin, Franklin street.
Mrs. Nicholas II. Green. wife Of
States Attorney Green, will be at
home to her friends on Fridays in De-
eember and January.
Miss Mary Jones. of Prince George
County. is visiting her cousin Miss
Lucy Jones, Duke Of Gloucester street.
Mrs. Webster. of Washington and
Baltimore, is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. Daniel R. Magruder, wife Of
Judge Magruder, State Circle.
Mrs. Barber. of Cambridge. has been
a house guest at the Executive Man
sion.
Mrs. Poe, of Baltimore, is the guest
of the Misses Heffenger. and later will
visit her aunt Mrs. Ridgeley wife of
Prof. Ridgeley, of st. Johns College.
Mrs. w. H. Burns. of Burnside. :"
is visiting in Philadelphia.
Mrs. K. B. Dashiell and Miss
Dashiell will be lat home" Mondays
in December from 4 to 6 at their new
residence 80 Duke of Gloucester street.
Miss Mary E. When. of Martinsburg,
West Va. sister to Captain John W.
WiIen, U. S. Army. is visiting her
aunt. Mrs. Paul Holley, Market street.