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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-31
Divergent OPINIONS
EXIST ON QUESTION
OF FREE CANAL TOLLS

Washington, d. C.-While the con-
tlnued debate on the Panama canal
bill discloses a sharp divergence of
views especially with respect to the
question of tolls, 1t becomes more
and more evident that the spirit of
Americanlsm is strong enough to
make 1t apparent that a majority of
senators will favor free tolls 1t is
also obvious that a majority OF sena-
tors regard as a bubble any question
ing of the rights of the United States,
in the control of the canal zone. that
do not constitute an equivalent to SOW
erelgnty. That seems to be doubly
settled in their minds by the terms of
the treaty and by the fact of the ex-
penditure, by the United States exclu-
sively, Of $4OO, 900. 900 in the construc-
ton of the canal.
FayOrs Free Tolls.
Senator Duncan U. Fletcher of
Florida, one of the most progressive
of southern senator's, president of the
Southern Commercial Congress and
prominently identified with several
waterway Improvement associations,
favors free tolls outright for Ameri-
can ships, believing that there is Moth
ing in the Hay-Pauncemote treaty
that inhibits the United States from
exercising a natural right over the ca
nal.
II am for unrestricted competition
and the prevention of monopoly in
transportation, which we all agree is
the paramount object of the great en-
terprise." said the senator today
There is nothing in our future so
vital to the grand contamination of
the diffusion of prosperity through
out our country as the proper care for
our national commercial highways
our navigable rivers and harbors and
the Panama canal. Our inland wa
terways were made perpetually free
by our forefathers. We should keep
them free; and so with the canal for
our people which we are building with
our peoples money.
Will Reach Solution.
THE operation of the canal across
the Isthmus of Panama, free of tolls
to American coastwise ships. has to
my mind intimate supplemental rela-
ton to unremitting care for a nation
al system of river and harbor inn
provement. While l am inclined TO
favor the house proposition on. the
question of tolls, believe we are go
ing to arrive at a solution--a solution
that we are in duty bound to reach
which will satisfy both the patriotic
and business sentiment of the United
States.
"As to our rights on the Isthmus of
Panama. l do not agree at all that
any treaty or concession imposes up
on the United States any limitations
Incompatible with sovereignty within
the limit of the ten-mile wide canal
sovereignty is mere quibbling. The
canal, once completed, is completed to
endure and will endure for all time,
unless wrecked by some convulsion of
nature worse than the world has ever
known.
Means More Trade.
within the next decade | expect
to see mighty acceleration of busi-
ness activity, particularly in our gulf
states, in both foreign and domestic
trade, brought about through the
operation of the Panama canal and
through continued inland waterway
improvement in the Mississippi valley,
from all of which benefit will re-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-31
CUPID WRECKS y CLUB.
His shafts Penetrate Hearts of Pros
pective Spinsters.

Aberdeen S. D-A few years ago
fifteen young women of Hurley, s d.,
organized club which they called the
"Invincibles" because all the mem-
bers claimed to be invincible to the
darts of Cupid. The other day the
eight members of the club who still
reside in Hurley. held reunion. All
of them are married. save one, and
the reunion was held to permit this
lone member to acknowledge she is
not invincible and to announce her en-
gagement. OF the seven who no long
er reside in Hurley. all are married
but one. She was the originator and
first president of the club, She later
moved to a Pacific coast state.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-31
what Makes a Woman.

One hundred and twenty pounds,
don't make a woman. Its a good
foundation. Put into it health and
strength and she may rule kingdom.
But that's just what Electric Bitters
give her. Thousands bless them for
overcoming fainting and dizzy spells
and for dispelling weakness, nervous
ness, backache and tired, listless, worn
out feeling. Electric Bitters have
done me a world of good" writes
Eliza Pool, Depew Okla, "and 1
thank you. with all my heart. for
making such good medicine" Only
soc. Guaranteed by Koeppens.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-31
PRIZE ATTRACTS FARMERS.
They Will Compete for $4,000 Offered
for Best Wheat.

Minneapolis, Minn,--Four hundred
farmers living in the American north
west already have signified their in
tention of entering the contest for
the $4,000 prize offered by the North
west Development league for the best
five bushels of wheat grown in Min
nesota, the Dakotas, Montana, Idaho
Washington or oregon. Lewis Pen
well, president of the league, who is
in Minneapolis working out the de-
tails for the contest for the worlds
greatest wheat prize, has completed
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-31
STUMP MARKS LOST GRAVE.
Man Finds Mothers Burial Place by
Seeking Tree.

St. Louis Mo.-Charles Richardson
Of Adams county, Ind, found his
mothers grave in Ebenezer cemetery
at West Alton after thirty-one years,
because he remembered she was bur-
led under a leaning sycamore tree.
The cemetery had been flooded
many times and there was nothing to
mark the grave. An old stump at
tracted Richardson's attention and
he noted that it leaned slightly.
With Mrs. John Feldman he went
to the spot and digging, found the
grave. He has marked it with stones.
Richardson was Il years old when
his mother died. After the funeral
he went to relatives in Indiana.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-31

No country is better off than
Switzerland in the matter of water
power and vast resources of force are
still unutllized. 1t is now proposed
to electrify all the state railways and
to supply the energy needed from
the numerous water powers not yet
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-31

A Boston man lost his leg from tho
bite of an insect two years before. To
averts such calamities from stings
and bites of insects use Bucklen's Ar
ing and pain. Heals burns, boils, ul-
Mica Salve promptly to kill the pois-
on and prevent Inflammation, swell
GERS, piles eczema. cuts. bruises. Only
25 cents at Koeppens.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-31

Doing hard work In bent or stoop-
ing position puts a stitch in the back
that is painful. If the muscles have
become strained, you can't get rid of
il without help. The great penetrat-
ing power of BALLARD5S SNOW
LINIMENT will appeal to you most
strongly at such times, because it is
the very thing you need. Price Csc.
soc and S1.00 per bottle. Sold by
A. c. Koeppen & Bros.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-31

When you feel lazy. out of sorts
and yawn a good deal in the day
time, you can charge it to a torpid
liver which has allowed the system
to get full of impurities. HERBINE
cures all disorders produced by an
inactive liver. 1t strengthens that or
gan. cleanses the bowels and puts the
system in good healthy condition.
Price soc. Sold by A. c. Koepl n
& Bros.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-31

Loss of Vitality is loss of the prin-
ciple of life, and is early indicated by
failing appetite and diminishing
strength and endurance. Hoods Sar-
saparilla is the greatest vitalizer-it
acts on all the organs and functions,
and builds up the wholesystem.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-31
AUTO BUILDER HAS NO
FEAR OF bad YEAR
DUE TO CAMPAIGN

George VI. Dickson says "Prosperity
is Travelling OH High Gear'-Cites
Record Breaking Crops.
prosperity is travelling on high
gear" says George NJ. Dickson, pro-
minent automobile manufacturer OF
Indianapolis. ANY rumors of bad
year due to the presidential campaign
that the 'glooms' have tried to circu-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-31
FIRE RUINS FARMHOUSE.
Bear Creek Home Destroyed by
Flames During Absence of
Occupants.

Redding-The farm house of
Thomas Armstrong, on Bear creek.
three miles east of Anderson. burned
at a loss of $4,000. The home was oc-
eupied by Arthur McMurry of Ander-
son, who lost $3.50. The family was
away at the time.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-06-04
TRANSFERS Of REALTY
IN IMPERIAL COUNTY
Record of Transfers of Imperial Coun-
ty Realty as Shown by Compilations
of Peoples Abstract & Trust
Company.

Allon X. Ferguson and Olivia, his
wife, to the trustees of the McCabe
NJ. f. church of Silsbee. Cal, etc. lots
q, %, %, "a, block 8, Seeley.
James A. Hudson, single, to John T.
Musselman, tract 10, block 13, Holt
Vile.
Imperial Investment company 70
William R. Bennett and Mary, his wife,
lot Z, block &c, Brawley.
Martha E. Blackinton, single, to
Bungalow Apartments company, all of
tract 48, 1914. except commencing at
point in the south line of tract 40,
1856 feet west of the southeast cor
ner of the southwest quarter of south
half of said tract, $50 feet; thence west
$50 feet; thence south to intersection
of northerly line of right of way of
Fl. J. r. R.. thence southeasterly along
said north line to the south line of said
tract; east to beginning, subject to
right of way of railroad being strip
so feet wide on either side of the cen
ter line of the proposed |. e o., as
now located across the southwest
quarter of section 33, as granted in
deed 1886, page 180.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-06-04
GOVERNMENT REPORT


CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONEl
1911 and continued until the jump in
price registered during the present
year.
Mutton has been more consistent in
its rise and fall than any other class
of meat. It's lowest price was reached
in 1894, at fraction over 6 cents
pound. Ten cents was it's highest
figure, in 1910, and during the last
year it has fluctuated between cents
in January to ST. cents in May
Lard, hides and tallow, three other
beef trust products, kept pace in high
price with the meats. Hides reached
their maximum wholesale cost in De-
cember, 1911, the final month of the
report, at 161s cents per pound. Their
lowest wholesale price was 2-5 cents
a pound in 1894
The jump in the wholesale price of
lard from 1897, when it could be pur-
chased for 20 cents per pound, was
little more than IT'S per cent in 1910,
when the trust was demanding 121a
cents pound. After twenty-five years
tallow reached its high water mark in
January, 1911, when the packers de-
manded 71a cents per pound for it.
Dressed poultry sold at a wholesale
price of IL 3-5 cents a pound in 1908.
The prices for the three succeeding
spectively.
The poor mans loaf of bread kept
lcckstep with the price of his meat Ia
1899 the wholesale cost or a barrel of
flour, as shown by the report, was
S3.77. 1t went to S4.33 in 1908. $5.41 in
1908 and S5.49 in 1909. The price re-
mained practically stationary through
the years 1910 and 1911. Rye flour rose
from S2.7S a barrel in 1894 to S434 in
1905 and then jumped to S4.S5 in De
cember 1911
In 1898 buckwheat flour cost $l.55 a
barrel wholesale. 1t rose to 1928 in
1906 and 1925 in January, 1911. This
price was increased to S26215 in De-
cember of the same year.
COrnmeal of the best grade iumped
from s cents a pound in 1896 to u
cents in 1901 and then TO 16 cents IN
December, 1911.
The wholesale price of potatoes in
1907 was 40 cents a bushel. The cost
finally reached S6 cents last Septem-
ber
New Orleans molasses was sold at
wholesale for 81 cents a gallon in
1890. In 1897 it reached 30 cents
Through December, 1911. it fiuctuated
from 40 cents to 421s cents a gallon.
In conclusion the report says: "The
average wholesale price for 257 com
modities during 1911 was II per cent
higher than the average wholesale
price of the same commodities for
1900: A per cent higher than the
prices in 1897, and 80 per cent higher
than the prices of the ten years pre-
ceding 1890"
Imperial Valley press., 1912-06-04
ASSAULT BY AUTOMOBILE

Los Angeles EXpreSS.-A Chicago
Judge has discovered new and rather
novel method of Suppressing the auto
maniac who drives his machine along
crowded city streets in utter disregard
of the rights of pedestrians A little
girl was run down in Chicago by an
automobile the other day. The driv-
er was arrested, not for the violation
of the speed regulation, which would
have involved the payment of "A mod
crate fine, but for assault with
dangerous weapon He was tried.
found guilty and fined $1,000
In other words, an automobile can
be diverted from its intended uses and
converted into dangerous weapon.
A brlckbat was not intended originally
as a dangerous weapon. 1t was in
tended to serve in building construc-
ton. Even when ii becomes acci-
dentally detached and falls from d
building. it is not a dangerous weap-
on, in intendment OF law, although
dangerous. In the hands Of a frenZied
man, or even criminally-reckless
man, it may become dangerous weap-
on. Razors are not made for criminal
use. but they may be and sometimes
are so used. A table knife or fork
also may be diverted from it's normal
use and, in the hands of criminal or
reckless fool, becomes a dangerous
weapon.
If reckless driving can result in
manslaughter and be punished as
such, the manning of a human being
as the result of a reckless disregard
OF the rights of the public in their
own streets certainly can be Justly
as well as legally punished Why not
punish it as an assault with a danger
Gus weapon exactly as a man might be
punished who would reckless rush
through crowded street crossing
with a pitchfork in absolute disregard
Of the rights of others?
A little of that sort Of legal con
struction and administration now and
then in aggravated cases might have
a tendency to teach drivers of cars to
respect the rights of pedestrians on
city street crossings.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-06-04
Patents Received

The following patents for Imperial
valley lands have been received from
the United States land office: James
S. White, Jr., assignee of Adolph r
Plath, by resurvey tract 50, 1916; to
Josiah r. Sturgis, assignee of Louise
C. Chaplin, west half of section 20, by
resurvey tract 104, 14-15 to Ralph r
Vogt, north half of tract 70, 1915; tc
Sidney B. Otter, northeast quarter ol
section 9, by resurvey tract 81, Ills;
to Elizabeth A. Bennett, west half OF
northeast quarter of section 20, by re
survey lot 1S of section 16, and lot
and northwest quarter of northwest
quarter of section 21, 1914
Imperial Valley press., 1912-06-04

Dressmaking and tailoring. 521 Olive
street. Mrs. Cooper. If
Imperial Valley press., 1912-06-04
A PLEASURE A



excellent and
coosu I BIsBY Chamber
Imperial Valley press., 1912-06-04
FIVE PERSONS SMOTHERED

lb1 United PRESS ASSOCIATIONSI
CINCINNATI, June 4-Three men
and two women were smothered to
death today in a well filled with dairy
malt at Lick Run. near Cincinnati
Jacob Sachs, owner of the dairy. fell
into the well and others fell when they
attempted his rescue.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-06-04
PARTIES WISHING STORAGE SPACE

We have. leased the large sheet on
warehouse formerly occupied by the Ham
llton Supply Co., and are prepared to han
die any and all kinds Of storage business.
See Pioneer Transfer Co, at Office on 5th,
Just north of Main Phone Main 1.
The evening world., 1912-07-25

SYNOPSIS OF pRDcEpINo CHAPTERS,


MAso. Ei,wortn. youns New Yorker. capuot
~ vvrA IL. auss 81 blood r,d birt hmsfks that
co,si hh hsnds. SO he consents for . large In.
soms TO Many Nancy Bond, whose unels E.,hrAim
~ants " ~ nd Of her. Mason and Nancy 70 10
z P.nn.d,. nia farm, .hsre they fal genuinely ia
love WITH each Other They ere splei on by q inys.
t,risu. psn who wesn . brown derby Doubtiux
1lsst thslf marriage vas performed by . regular
.lruytnan, they plan . second ceremony. Mason
49, 70 ths nesrsst town 70 Get license. On his
b. "a i.t,y Of farewell, Mason starts In pursuit.
t.il.'ihx net she has bern kdnapped. lie traces
". ~ Basl,hshsm, where she and another woman
e,<n mAn lvlGss Tor the night at the houss OF .
M.s, fAthrg, Thrre Nancy has lei . note tell.
p. M.Ya no IA In the power o. . man Who call.
NV fori Mr.. L;,hrop Fia. MaSSu in the
: ..rtsa s:ieyn, There among other men: h.
"a ne p Asns fssJns M .i.Dn. Ms.en .
H. Oh sentlsypan named Osilby 10 whom he ta,s
s. ssYy. oslng lend, him MONEY ioi Us. ip lind.
Ss'H !. ! sa.is.,ipg :, winfort, n. and Mrs,
th,s u nephew sod aunt, THAT night Msson
..is. n. wall q th. sanitatum snd finds The
tl - A~n soms means for her Ooaps.
The evening world., 1912-07-25
The Human Grocery.

dozen fresh eggs Almost every part Of
man has its equivalent In the everyday
household supplies that come from the
grocer, such as sugar. salt. eggs, can
dies. soap. match heads and starch.
In his body there 10 SUFFICIENT protc'd
and other susbtancea OF which eggs
are composed to furnish forth a mar
ket stand.
THE fat In the human body would
make several pounds OF candles OF rather
superior quality. Every tramp carries
soap enough In his body to wash him
self clean IL no cared 100 80 and could
=. che 80 '"''' rial tesGhaL"
The evening world., 1912-07-25


Several Sides to Every Question We
Cinch QUE Mental Narrowness by Az
gressively Adhering to our own!
That Bawling-Out Ability doesn't get
the Player around tho Bagsi
In Totting mp the Total we Find that
we've Always Got our Share of the
Close Decisions!
Notwithstanding all Of his Long Ages
OF Practice at the Work. Most of US
Fatuously Imagine that we can Oct the
Best OF the Bargain in a Dicker with
tho Divvle!
The Man ,oho Tmdotncs that he Is
Indispensable Is Al,rdps Surprised 10
Find the Plant Running as Smoothly
AZ Stotss watch ,ohen he Comes
Back from his Vacation.
There Is no Desert without It's Oasis
No matter what Price the Bookmaker
Destiny lays, Get Little Bet Down
on YOURSELF
We're GrdtetW 10 our Rival for the
MOre.OnTs he's Made us Get
Tho Majority % Men 20 through Life
without Ever Discovering the Happy
Medium between Loquaclty and
Taciturnity!
IdeaNsm doesn't necessarily mean
Inertia
The Optlmist plays 'em open, the
, Pessim!st "COppers" every let'
We Screen our Timorousnoss by Call
/ Ing It Caution"
| When we Describe a Man as Happy
Go-Lucky" We Generally Mean 10 Indl-
cate that he's Made Hash or n,
! The Fellow who Doesn't Give Himself
Square Deal can't be Expected h
Dish Out that Same to Anybody Elssi
The evening world., 1912-07-25
Summer Love.

game. and. therefore. IT'S . fair one.
some coquette may say.
In the FIRST place, Everybody" - 4
whole nation. in fact - has been known
TO play an unfair. unsportsmanlike
game.
In the second place, everybody doesn't
play at n!rtation. Very often at least
one partfer Is playing the older and
vastly more important game Of love.
And that person Is bound to be hurt.
Make good friends and Jolly comrades
on your summer wandorngs. But don't
pretend to be lovers when you're only
pretending,
The evening world., 1912-07-25
Shopping Instinct.

A RURAL postmaster tells this story II one
"a ~ she pa rous o. his office. q boy Of
thGft,. MT n say p~nuros. stock.
When the Al oDmrs into Tho IDstnifice he will
thrust his s.Drned face up close u the window
aud. in III, slow. Yankee d',wl. inquire most
sAr4ts.b
tie, ~ got anv postal csrisi"
YES" the u0simarrr Tcpls. st
"illoS mn be thcy tdayi"
- cent slleo.."
Thcn the by. srevins up Ms syes IN the
intensity n his thought lyer the question hs
h4, % decide. always SOP, for . whi~ To weigh
the consequences, Finally. he will reply solann.y
oval. IN take one."---Youth's Companion.
The evening world., 1912-07-25
Why They Are Split.

O ECRFrARY STIMSON Of ths War Depart
y mcbt uuvcyei the Government Inse,sOns at
Fort sheridan and pRA.ed the old canteen
st}f the Chicago E,ung Po-t This Is com
pound noS IN which st-rics, drink are served re-
alr foot
On the out Ode ~ me building . Champion a
.h' Hepub" had Srirtgn with . piece u chalk
"I'gi feet . cents apcse and IL crn1 yard. 4"
Mf -tiuson was Inspired 10 say!
Il never have realized before why rigs feet
are silt. 1t N I--~.Olo 20 by . yard and q
laIf"
The evening world., 1912-07-25

babbles about "Openln' Wine!"
Our idea Of Velocity IL the sudden
ness OF the Eventual Awakening Of the
Cherublc Boylet OF Twenty-One or so
who Brags that he KNOWS Wimmen
Like Book"
Conscience alone Is the Court OF
Last Resort.
yielding 10 the Inevitable" IS the
Sop wherewith Some OF US Seek 70 APP
pease our Conscience for Downright.
Ignobie Quitting!
Frequently. when We Thought We
were at the End OF our Rope. there was
Enough o, 4 Left for Splicing
The Common or Garden variety OF
Pesslmist Magnlfes the Difficulties and
Minim!zts the Rewards!
our Scraps nth Others MAY De-
Sufficiently Harmless, but there Is No
Such Thing as a Bloodless VictorD
orer SET!
We Never Ascertain what Swell
Marathoner Trouble Is until we Try e
Take II on the Pun from him.
Altar va AnkuawisdRa thss thays AZ.
The evening world., 1912-07-25

A LGSfu<JN physician. a thorough
~ materlalist .aS that while the
composir.a o. the human body
v Interesting, 1t Is At the same tlme
Aumiliating when one must''take into
consideration the fact that It represents
only a number Of commonplace COM
msdities that are to be found at the
grocer's store.
"Bahv says this very practical prao-
tiiioner, ''you are really only few
Aossn eggs. . pound or two OF can
disA ana several gallons Of water. 4
man Weighing ~ pounds y Amens
S1Asr thinGs only about sighty-thr.'
The evening world., 1912-07-25
B city
VinCent'S
A d vice

" II IL summe'
| filtration is
al m o s t as
popular a feature
OF the C o mi C
pa ers as the
mother-in-law.
But why IL II
any more excus-
able to make love
lightly and insin-
cerely during the
hot weather than
at other times of
tho year, Every
A~l ~ n 81 49,