East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-06

vote for Wilson are not doing so be-
cause they consider Wilson a stand
patter. They are going to Wilson be-
cause they see that the Taft fight is
hopeless and that as between Roose-
Welt and Wilson they infinitely pre-
fer Wilson. They believe Wilson is
sincere and that Roosevelt is not. If
they are to have reform they prefer
to get the real thing from a man in
whose honesty they have faith. They
want no concoctions put forth by Per-
kins, Hanna and Flynn They prefer
democratic reform administered by
capable leader like Wilson to the
mislabelled dope that is offered in the
name of the third party.
Further reasons for republican sup
port of Wilson can be found in the
deep resentment over the manner in
which the colonel has worked to dis
rupt the republican party and in the
wide belief that it is wise thing for
the country to follow the anti-third
term precedent set by the Father of
His Country. and which has been re-
l!giously respected for a hundred
years.
In an editorial yesterday the Port
land Journal points out clearly that
neither the people of
II is no Time Portland nor the peo-
To Abandon pie Of the Columbia
The River. river basin can afford
to allow the boats on
the upper river to stop running.
With the open river line with
drawn, what arguments will repre-
sentatives at Washington have for
pushing the claims for appropria-
ton for the Improvement of the up
per Columbian" says the Journal
when a congressional committee,
having such appropriations under con-
sideration asks for a showing as to
the traffic on the upper river, what
answer can then be made?"
1t is a good point to consider in
view of the fact the final appropri-
alton for the Cello canal is not yet
made. If Portland people and the
people of the inland empire want to
see the canal completed quickly they
should see to it that the upper river
boats are kept in operation.
1t is also pointed out by the Jour
nal that if the boat line is abandoned
now the legislature will make no ap-
plopriation for the portage road at
Cello. That would mean the road
would be idle for at least two years
and no matter how the people might
want to see the boat service resumed
such service could not be had for two
years because of the idle portage.
1t is squarely up to the people to
see that the boats of the Open River
transportation company are not taken
off the run. 1t will be dangerous to
allow the river service to be stop |
ped 1t will leave the people of the
interior without a lever whereby they !
may keep rates down to just basis
1t is imperative that the people get
together in an organized way, ascer-
tain exactly what may be done and
then take steps to see that the boat
service is continued.
Umatilla county may well take
pride in having more steel bridges
than any other coun-
we Also ty in the state of Ore
Eroke some gon. 1t indicates
Price Records. this county is pro-
gressive with refer
ence to highway and bridge construc-
ton.
As to past methods Of buying steel
bridges and the prices paid for some
Of those bridges there is less room
for rejoicing. It is declared on good
that the bridge at UNA
tilla costing something like $4,000,
could be duplicated for half that
sum. Furthermore the architecture
Of that hridoe ls sunh II is hard 70 tell