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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-07-15
BY THE SCISSORS
THE NATIONAL GAME.

Prithee! This is some game; it smacks
of class,
And played full-square upon the
swarded grass;
Nine on a side-'tis sure an even
match
No handicaps, all starting at the
scratch.
A stage rich set, diamond four-side
square
Bedecked the scene; an audience 7
swear
OF many thousands strong, waits to
applaud
The play of some high-salaried base
ball god.
The curtains up-the umpire starts
the play
Dull care has flown and fandom rules
full sway.
With "batter up the players get their
cue,
Each his part to lend his talent to.
"One strike"-"One ball." a Strike"
perhaps again,
And silence throttles forthy thousand
The hero stands, his willow poised to
clout;
He swings-and forty thousand groan,
Hes OUT
Thus through the game each player
tries his skill,
Some take the count" while others
soak the pill"
The fleetness of the legs of some but
show
The paths which others wish in vain
'Tis cruel fate that cuts the batter off
Ere he from first his flannel lid can
doff;
Yet, lighter still, fate draws its iron
bands,
If when a guy Texas Lacquer"
lands,
And on through space doth canter like
a steed
And safely climbs the cushion" in his
When with ambition tugging at his
heart
Doth for the second Cushion" soon
depart
But to be tagged; twas ever thus!
'Tis sad
And forty thousand "roast" the err
ing lad;
"He lost his beam" "the dough-head'
lump of cheese
Such epithets the fans hurl out with
ease.
Men make mistakes at play as well as
work
That foe of human kind doth ever
lurk
To play prey on his victims, and will
rob
Honors from even such as Tyrus
Cobb,
The game is played until the game
\ is DER,
Then millions buy the papers for the
Score"
San Francisco Examiner
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-07-15
FROM THE PEOPLE
THE CATTLE SHORTAGE.
Stanfield Man Recalls Campaign Pre-
dictions.

ulctiOnS.
Stanfield, Ore, July 15, 1918.
Editor East Oregonian:
That the alarm over the future
meat supply of the countryside is we'll
founded can not be disputed is appar-
ent to any one who has in any way OBJ.
served the conditions of the meat in
dustry.
Last fall Notwithstanding a rising
market and apparent shortage of cat
tie for feeder purposes. the country
was flooded with administration ora
tors advising the cattle growers of the
dire calamity facing them in the event
of the election of Woodrow Wilson.
They were told that nothing but fl
nancial ruin would result, that they
believed the prophecy of these ca
lamity howlers was apparent by their
feverish haste in marketing their
herds. Even the calves are rushed
to the market before the market
drops" But we hear of several feed
ers lamenting that they sold too soon
as the market had raised after they
sold and they might have had more
money if they had held on a while
longer. The expected drop in prices
failed to materialize. Now, we have
the report from a reliable source that
the ranges are depleted of cattle to ar
alarming degree, and why not, when
it has become the practice to despise
| the calf and treat it as something to
be, gotten rid of as soon as possible? :?
! We know of party that purchased a
| lo+ Of COWS last fall for feeding pur-
| poses. the most of these cows have
! since raised calves. Instead of keep
| ing these calves for mature beef, say
! in eighteen months, they were sold
! as veal {. about one-sixth of the val
ue they would have attained 1t is
an apparent fact to me that there
should be 5000 concerted action ta-
ken to protect the calf, or in other
words the baby meat" of the coun-
| try I believe the situation is grave
enough to justify the governors of
the northwestern states to call the
various legislators together to enact
! a protective law for the conservation
of one of our greatest Industries, by
passing a law preventing the slaugh-
ter of immatured animals and pre-
venting the slaughter of femG 'es un-
der certain attained ages would rem
edv the existing danger of meat
famine to a large degree That the
haymen and cattle feeders around
Stanfield are up against a proposition
for cattle to eat their hay next win
ter is the prophecy of yours truly.
T. o. YATES.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-07-15
GETTING EVEN.

The late William T. Stead was in
Turkey once and was received by the
sultan.
The sultan wanted to give Stead a
present and offered him a fine jewel
led cigarette case Stead didn't smoke
cigarettes, but he did want jew
eled cigar case the sultan had He
tried automatically to make the ex-
change but couldn't. The sultan
wanted Stead to have the cigarette
case.
Very Well" said Stead. 81 will take
the case. but only on the condition
that | may be allowed to make your
supreme highness a present in re-
turn"
The sultan consented
In telling the story Stead said: 81
got even with him. I gave him a
jeweled fountain pen and he cant
write. Saturday Evening Post.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-07-15
SAFE!

The McTavish family was dining
and each member eagerly watched
Mr.. McTavish carving the fowl, none
so eagerly, however. as the dog, for
that intelligent animal never took his
eyes off the luscious bird. Suddenly
the knife slipped and sent fragment
of poultry rolling on the floor.
MIGHTY me-" cried McTavish "the
leg. me own favorite bit. The dog'l
get it."
mo. it won't. father said the
youngest McTavish. He'll not get it
I've got my foot on it,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-07-15
IN A LIGHTER VEIN
FORWARD.

1t was on a suburban train. The
young man in the rear car was sud-
denly addressed by the woman in the
seat behind him.
Pardon me. sir" she said, "but
would you mind assisting me off at
the next station? You see, I am very
large and when I get off 1 have to go
backward so the conductor thinks
am trying to get aboard and helps me
on again He has done this at three
stations"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-07-15

VIII also be necessary to harmonic
differences of opinion. Manifestly it
will be impossible to draft a charter
that will appeal in every particular to
all people. But it should be possible
to avoid plumbers on the more essen
tial features.
The great reason why commission
government is popular is the well
slounded and growing belief that
such government will by the nature of
things be more efficient than the old
style plan. Whether this belief is right
or not will be chief point to be passed
upon by the people. other questions
that may enter into the contest win
be secondary ana they should be
treated as secondary. They should
not be allowed to becloud the main is
sue
Under the heading From Hurrah
10 a Whine" the New York World
takes the following
Hoist by Their poke at those bank
Own BombshelI. ers who talked 50
loudly of giving up
their national charters if the proposed
currency law should be adopted.
The per cent United States bonds
held by the national banks in the am
cunt of 500, 200, 600 to secure circu-
lation and deposits of public money
have lately fallen from above par to
80 bid 1t is the professed theory OF
Wall street that this decline is due to
the pending currency bill, which would
gradually refund the 2's into SIS witn-
out the circulation privilege, and to the
possibility that those as would nov
,hcld at par or better.
We see no reason for taking this
explanation seriously. There should be
nc mystery about the weakness of the
2's. Are not the National City Bank
of New York and the First National
of Chicago to secede from the nation
al system and take out state charters
lie congress dares to reform the cur
rency in its own way? Are not all the
other national banks to follow that
great leadership? Have we not heard
their shouts of triumph as they thus
seem to themselves to be outwitting
the government? And then we do moi
see that as they secede they must take
those $7OO,OOO,OOO of bonds with them
and without the circulation privilege
which would reduce the value by al
least 20 per cent, or $4,000, 900?
Now, alas! they are evidently be
ginning to see this for themselves, ant
the shouts of triumph are turning in
to something closely resembling {
whine. A congress which they wer,
to undo if they could not coerce shoult
now refund the 2s into higher rat'
than per cent, that they may be Sc
cured against all possibility of loss!
Why is it that the domineerinj
moneyed mind must ever on occasion
: show a spirit which would disgrace
patriot or shame a beggar, and stu
pidity which is suicidal?
~~o~~~
r Possibly if the government woul
use good eastern Oregon stone or brio
a and not ship stone across the cont
/ nent for use in our federal builjin
:, the cost would be lowered.
~%o~%~
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-07-15
TRAMPING DE LUXE.

please gimme a nickel. mister?'
said the tramp.
II never give money to beggars or
the street" relied the naughty pedes.
trian.
"Oh. dat's all right" said the hard.
luck victim. Here's one NV my
cards. youse kin call at me office an
leave your contribution wild me book
keeper"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-07-15
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What Pendleton wants from the
Oregon senators is an increased ap-
preparation for the
\ Real Need: local federal build
Not a Pork ing-not a reconsii-
Barrel Appeal. Grafton. 1t is claim
that may be pressed
hard on the straight merits of the case
and without any resort to the pork
barrel appeal.
Bv the governments own statement
of the case the sum of money now
available for the local building is an
adequate. According to the last In
formation upon the subject there is
merely money enough to erect one
story structure that would suffice for
postoffice purposes only.
1t would be absurd to erect such
building here The building should
provile quarters for the federal court
for the commissioner and other fed
eraI people requiring office room in
PendIeton. To erect a one story af-,
fair suitable only for the postoffice
would be to do the job by half. The
building would no sooner be completed
than the need of more room would be
apparent and there would be demand
for an addition of some sort. All this
can be avoided by the simple process
of erecting a suitable building at first.
There is a genuine need for an ade-
uuate federal building here. 1t is not
a fictitious need. The federal court
has eastern Oregon headquarters In
Pendleton and always will have. This
is the logical point for the court to
meet. The United States commission
er has offices here and in time a
clerk and deputy marshall will be sta
toned in the city. The Indian service
and the bureau OF animal industry may
also wish to make use of the building.
For six or eight years the bureau OF
animal industry rented offices because
of the fact we had no federal build
ing.
Since the money now available Is
not sufficient to erect building suit
able even for present needs, not con-
sidering future growth, Pendleton Is
justified in asking for additional mon
ey. The Oregon senators ana Con
gresham Sinnott should see that sucf
an appropriation is forthcoming. Th'
claim is justified and should be includ
ed in the first building bin passed.
Since the question of commission
government for Pendleton was brough
to the front b,
Work That should this paper SOM
Re Done Well. time ago ther
has been contin
uous interest in the subject and ampl
evidence that the people wish to vot
upon the subject again.
Accordingly meeting Of friends o
commission government is called TO
Thursday evening and at that tim
plans for drafting a charter and get
ting it before the people will be takei
up.
In presenting the subject to tn
people 1t is important that the worl
he done openly and in such manne
as to inspire the confidence of the peo
ple. II will necessarily take time ant
work TO draft the proposed charter. /
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-07-15
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COMPANION OF THE TREES.

I. 4
Far away from cities, compan-
D ion of the trees
b That make you dream of vio- 4
D Inns a-swaying in the 4
breeze;
D Gray doves flying over fields of 4
D corn and hay,
! And rivers doing of their best
b to sing themselves away. 4
D Far away from cities, with the
b life of leaves;
. Toilers in the broad fields are I
. dreaming of the sheaves;
. From my sheltered rest here q
. golden world l see;
. The bees will share the money
. of the dripping hives with
q me-
. Far away-and echoes that
. murmur, Far away!"
. The. mockingbird Is saying;
. Summer sweet as
. Mayi"
. Meath my green-leaved roof
. new, bright world around
= me beams:
o Only to a dreamer is life a life
q of dreams.
Q Frank L. Stanton.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-07-15

Possibly if the government would
use good eastern Oregon stone or brick
and not ship stone across the conti-
the cost would be lowered
N
The Washington herald., 1913-03-24

A bond is a quiet, handsome piece OF
paper which costs s1.ooo. and can earn
as much in a year as a bright boy.
A bond consists Of preamble which
no one can read because the type Is set
so closely, and tail consisting OF a
large number of coupons. These cou-
pons are dated. Whenever the date on
a coupon arrives. the owner can take a
sharp pair of scissors and chop $50 or
$50 out Of his bond. 1t is as easy as cut
ting a recipe out of a newspaper. Many
a man who isn't talented enough to talk
to a book agent sits down every six
months with a pile of bonds and a pair
of sharp scissors and carves out a few
thousand dollars while he is smoking
half a cigarette.
Bonds are issued by companies or
cities which need the money and the
coupons represent interest. When q cou-
pom becomes due and the company has
no money with which to pay the inter-
est. the man who owns the coupon gives
loud shrek and runs around in circles
until confidence has been restored and
the receivers have done their duty.
Nothing is SO vexatious as to clip cou-
pom which ought to be worth $50 and
then find that it has gone dry like .
cow and will not give down.
Clipping coupons is not good exercise,
and one does not develop any skill or
learning thereby. Yet 1t is q most popu-
lar pastime and should be encouraged.
II a man will refrain from smoking and
drinking and the wearing of speckled
vests long enough to save $1,000. he can
buy-W seal brown bond and can clip
The Washington herald., 1913-03-24
Little Vice in Washington.

Washington people need not feel
hopelessly shamcd by the disclosures
made at the session of the Illinois
''vice commission" here. This city has
among its $4,000 inhabitants some
quite wicked persons; it has among its
manifold activities some quite evil
practices.
But Washington is not a more I'M
righteous city than others. Indeed. it
lacks those quarters of congested vice
that mark some cities Misconduct
here is individual, rather than concert
cd; it is among persons rather than
among the people. Wages generally are
fair; morality high.
Much of the misconduct in the Cap
ital can be prevented. Some of the
agencies of evil can be and will be
removed. Each citizen of the District
should aid in the endeavor to remove
them. Let no one approach the task
despairingly, however. Neither our
wage-carners nor our society" is
worse here than elsewhere A sane,
hopeful, cheerful spirit is needed for
the work.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-24
The Expense of Diplomacy.

What better Democratic policy could
there be than adequate salaries for
American Ambassadors, so that men of
moderate or no private income may
serve their country abroad. President
Wilson turns Mr.. William F. Nc
Combs declination of the Paris post
to good account in calling attention to
the fact that such men cannot accept
embassies and legations.
An American Ambassador receives
SI7,5oo a year. Out of this he must
pay his house rent A knowledge of
rents in Washington sufices 10 indi-
cate that a suitable embas. house
cannot be obtained for less than 5000
or $4,000 year in any of the great
European capitals. Put it at $4,000,
say, for Paris. Then the proud Of
fetal has $500 a year left with which
to pay a retinue of servants, dress
himself and his family, bring them
all back to the United States every
year so that they will not get out of
touch with their country, entertain his
colleagues and officials OF the govern
ment to which he is accredited, as we'll
as show to visiting Americans the hos
pitality they regard as their due. The
upshot of it all in Paris, Vienna, St
Petersburg, Rome. and Berlin is that
the gentlemen serving as American
Ambassadors spend from three to ten
times their salary. If they tried to
live on their pay the American En-
bassies would be located in back streets
and their entertainments would be the
laughing stock of the diplomatic world
Paying less than other powers. the
United States undoubtedly gets poorer
diplomats. 1t is not reasonable to sup
pose that with field choice narrowed
to those who have made fortunes in
the hurly-burly Of American business
will produce as footsure and accom-
plished diplomats as are produced
through the careful development of the
profession of diplomacy in other lands. |
The Washington herald., 1913-03-24
Secret Of he Sphiux Discovered.

We read in European papers a de-
tailed story that Prof. Reisner, Har-
ward lecturer and a native Hoosier,
has discovered the secret of the Egyp-
tian sphinx. AS the professor is re-
garded as one of the greatest living
authorities on archaeology, this state
mcnt merits serious consideration,
though scoffed at by skeptics.
According to the report, Prof Reisner
has discovered in the sphinx's interior
a roomy- temple containing the tomb
OF the first of the Pharaohs. If this
is confirmed, his explorations and dis
covcries belong to period about 5000
wears before the Christian era.
Attracted by the well-known depres.
sion in the head of the mammoth fig
ure, the professor argued that the stone
was sinking into some sort of a cham
Der He made further examinations,
bored the head. and ultimately found
himself in a chamber sixty feet long
BY fourteen feet wide, connecting by
means OF tunnel running down the
neck of the sphinx with a marvellous
temple that occupies the entire body
of the figure, the Holy of Holes" and
leads to numerous subtcrranean tombs.
If all this. be true, then Prof. Reisner
has succeeded in lifting the veil of
thousands of years.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-24
What n Judge Can Do.

frnSn the Atant2 Constitution.
Idolaters of the legal technicality
who admit its dcadliness but argue
hclplessness. are referred to the story
of Judge r. VI. Wanamaker, of Ohio,
in a recent issue of the Saturday
Evening Post. Judge Wanamaker, as
candidate for the Supreme Court. was
one of the few important Republican
survivors Of the Democratic tidal
wave.
His victory is explained by the fact
that the people approved him for the
enforcement of law as against quibble
and technically. Did he perform this
seeming miracle by simply ignoring
these impediments? No. He did vio-
lence to none of them.
But. first, he put an end to the weary
"continuances' that form half the
laws delays. Then. in his court at
Akron. he proceeded on the assump-
tion that a Judge was as much a me-
diator as a mere umpire of the hair
splitting points. Soon he was saving
litigants hundreds of thousands of dol
lars by inducing settlements out of
court. No wonder he was unbeatable.
What he did any other Judge can do
and that without the revising OF a
single statute.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-24
Films for Families.
From Popular Mechanics.


A prediction may safely be mads
that in the very near future provision
will be made for moving pictures in
the home. When a man decides TO
build a house to cost. say. $500 or
more, the architect will plan the pic
ture room in which the family and
their guests can enjoy a select pro-
gramme of latest productions. 1t may
be IN connection with a dancing room
or IT can be accommodated in much
less space. 4 projecting machine suit
able for the home will not be very
delivered each week by companies or
elers returning from abroad will find
pictures Of cities and scenes they have
visited a wonderful help in reciting to
friends and relatives Incidents of the
places they have visited.
Another new industry which will
soon come into existence in all the
larger cities will be film photography.
Children's birthdays, garden parties.
weddings, and other functions which
will in later days or years recall pleas
ant memories will be thus perpetu-
ated by the film photographer. He
will eventually be considered as much
necessity as the orchestra Un-
doubtediy one of the most acceptable
wedding presents in days to come from
parents to bride and bridegroom will
be a set Of progressive films showing
the children as they advanced from
infancy to high school days. As a
feature of the wedding festivities these
pictures would afford both amusement
and entertainment.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-24
A ROYAL INSULT.
Lord BrouEham Bided His Time and
Repaid George ".

Repaid George ".
With all OF his knowledge and talent,
Lord Brougham was eccentric and SLOW
emily in his personal habits. While he
was a young and comparatively un-
known barrister he was asked to a din
ner at which the prince regent pre-
sided. Mr.. Brougham's hands needed
washing. The regents keen eyes rest
ed on them He beckened to a waiter
and gave him an order which the man
heard with a scared face. and then 60
ing out he speedily returned with a
ever fun of water. soap. and a towel.
He carried them to Brougham. pre-
senting them with the prince regents
compliments. The barrister instantly
withdrew and never afterward referred
to the insult.
Years later. when the prince, now
King. tried to divorce his wife,
Brougham. as her defender. so vehe-
mently sustained her cause that she tri-
rmphed. The Kings name was not
mentioned during the trial, though the
nation knew that he was secretly the
prosecutor. Brougham. in his speech.
declared that he saw In the distance
the nameless prosecutor OF his innocent
client quoting with terrific effect MIL
toms words:
The other sharr
If shape it might b- called . = back it stood
as night.
Fierce as ten tries terrible as he'll.
And shook a dreadful dart: what secrn'd his head
The Likeness of kinsly crown had on,
George " felt seriously this savage
attack. The nation sided with the
Queen. and her defender had paid his
debt with interest.