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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-11-10
Road Ioses Its C.ase

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1O.-By de-
claring valid the federal hours OF
service law" prohibiting the railroads
working trainmen more than 16 con
secutiye hours. the supreme court
confined the conviction of the Mis-
souri, Kansas and Texas railroad for
alleged violations Of the act.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-11-10
AERIAL FERRY PROPOSED.
Company Incorporates for san Fran
cisco Oakland Service.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1O-Ar-
ticles OF Incorporation for a company
to operate an aerial ferry between
Oakland and San Francisco were fill
ed with the county clerk. The name
Of the company is given as the San
Francisco Oakland Aerial Line COM
pany, and it is incorporated for 5000
900.
II is proposed TO conduct an aero
plane service between this city and
Oakland, distance of six miles.
Warren's Music House. phone 524
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-11-10
Lorcnzcn Home Sold.

II. II. Lorenzen has sold his prop
erty in the west end of the city to c.
II. Brown. the consideration being
$l425. The deal was made through
+. 7. Wade
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-11-10
petitions May stin BE Filcd.

According To an Interpretation OF
the election law by the city attorney,
nominating petitions may yet be filed
with the city recorder and the time
limit does not expire until fifteen days
before the date of election.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-11-10
pnticnt at Hospital Dies.

Andrew stephens, 80 years old and
formerly miner in Baker county,
died last week at the eastern Oregon
state hospital, the cause being given
as organic heart disease.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-11-10
neW$y Notes
Of PendIetcn

Improving Cigar store.
The Welch cigar store on Court
street is being remodelled and fitted
with new show cases shelves, etc.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-11-10
Heppncr stock shlpments.-st

Heppncr Stock Shipments.-Ship-
ments of live stock from the local
yards were quite brisk last week, says
the Heppner Gazette Times. In all,
eleven carloads of mixed stuff were
shipped out. With the exception of
one carload of horses which went TO
Seattle, all of it went into Portland
The individual shippers We're: EN-
NETT Cochran, 4 cars of sheep: Bros
nan and French, cars of cattle: John
Kinsman. l car of hogs; John Gates
| car of hogs; and Williams and Doo-
ley, ! car of horses.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-11-10
ROMANCE ENDED BY DEATH.

BAKER, Ore, Nov. 10-While his
sweetheart was speeding across the
ocean from Scotland to marry him.
J. Douglas Jack. representative here
of Balfour Guthrie company. fell i'll
with pneumonia a few days ago and
died here
Mr.. Jack, who was "a years old. ar
rived in America from Edinburgh
three years ago. and came to Baker
last March. In the short time he
has been here he attained a wide
popularity with the younger set and
in golfing circles. The young woman
TO whom he had been engaged while
in Scotland, started for America only
few days 40. She was to have Wis
tied friends here until the wedding,
which had been set for next February.
The sun. though 1t passes through
dirty places. yet remains as pure as
before.-Francis Bacon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-11-10

Men talk during courtship; women
after marriage.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-11-10

Forty Acre Units - In connection
with the story of the order given by
Secretary Lane for work on the West
Umatilla project it is announced the
farm unit viii probably be 40 acres
The Northern Pacific company has
agreed to sell its land in such blocks
as may be designated by the govern
ment and furtheromre to let the gov
ernment fix the price at which the
land shall be sold.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-11-10

Warren's Music House. phone 524
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-11-10

Want Umatilla Land-Local realt.
men are beset with offers from people
owning Portland property which they
wish to trade for farming land in
Umatilla county. There has been Il
considerable slump in Portland realty
and many who bought there during
the boom period are anxious to ex-
change their holdings for income pro-
iucing farm land
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-11-10
Attended Distributors Meeting

Harry Huber. Walla walla district
director of the North Pacific Fruit
Distributors. was in Spokane the lat
ter part Of last week attending a
meeting of the board of directors of
the organization.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-14
A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT

The best cast which | have see
of law versus justice and common
sense is one which Montaigne re-
lates as having happened in his own
day. Some men we're condemned
70 death for murder. The judges
were then informed by the officers
of ar inferior court that cert in
persons in their custody had con.
fesed themselves guilty of the
murder in question and had told so
eircumstantial a tale that the fact
was placed beyond all doubt.
Nevertheless 1t was deemed so bad
a precedent TO revoke sentence and
show that the law would err that
the innocent n.en were delivered
over to execution. London Crap
hic.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-14

A committee mas been ordered
ny the assembly to investigate the
appointment of the wives and other
relatives of state officers to posi-
ions IN their respective offices. We
are informed that in some of the
state offices relatives are 30 thick
that there is hardly room to move
about without stumbling over the
wife. aunt, sister or down tn the
43rd cousin Of the principal. 1t is
also said that the hardest work a
good many of these relatives do is
to draw their salaries. As a tax
payer we protest against supporting
any state officers wife or other
relative.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-14
ALL EYES ON THE
STATE SENATE

Under the above heading the
Gold6eld Tribune publishes the
following ringing article:
The Barnes bill, already passed
IN the assembly by a good majority
reached the senate yesterday and
was referred tc the judiciary COM
mitee for consideration and report.
This hill. as everybody knows by
this time extends the residence
period in Nevada for divorce to
twelve months.
1t is idle to presume that the
opponents of the measure have
given up the fight. After the
assembly had passed the bill its
enemies girded up their loins for
assault on the state senate. No
doubt they are working every min
ute like the proverbial beaver.
Every pressure known to the astute
politician will be brought to bear
upon the members of the upper
house of the legislature 10 defeat
the measure.
Thu battle for the Rarnes hill is
being made in the name of Decency.
The opponents of the bill are work
ing in the name of Mammon. God
and Mammon cannot be served at
the same time.
Nevada is standing upon the
threshold of a future pregnant with
great promise. Thousands of
families and millions in capitol
wait the berkunIng hand. But
THAT HAND MUST Re CLEAN.
This buttle.born com nonwealth
must be purged of it fostering
ulcer" If Nevada is to move for
ward and take its rightful place
among the states of the union there
can be NO COMPROMISE with
evil-no bending the knee to
Mammun.
The future veal of Nevada Is
now in the hands Of the 1t ate SEN
ate The people by p tition and
through the press. have spoken.
The I ribune does not believe that,
in the words Of Tennyson, it can
be said Of them:
The juggling of the guinea
helps the hurt that honor feels"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-14
HOW EASTER IS RECKONED

Easter Sunday will fallon March
% this year. Once during Tho last
l25 years t has fallen a day earlier
March %, 1918: it has fallen hut
three times on the 23rd and Oh the
2dth but twice.
More than rs per cent Of the
time Easter occurs in April and
will not he in March again until
1918.
According TO the chdrch rules
East r is always the first Sunday
after the full moon which happens
npon' or next after the 2lst day Of
March: and If the al moon happens
upon a Sunday. Easter day is the
Sunday after.
But note, that the full moon, for
the purpose ri the rules and tables,
the fourteent day Of the q lunar
month %reckoned according to an
ancient ecclesiastical computation,
and not the real astronomical full
moon Exchange.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-14
CONSUMERS LEAGUE

There has recently been organized
In some Of the larger cities bodies
which are called Consumers Legdea
: and which have for tneir pu pose
the investigation of the reasons for
the high prices charged for farm
produce. says one of the Eastern
exchanges.
The association in New York City
has been holding a conference with
the truck farmers of Long Island
who furnish New York people with
a large part of their Vegetables.
Their investigations have SHOWN
them that it is not the farmers who
are getting enormously rich out of
the sky-high price which the New
Yorker has to pay for his vege-
tabl,s.
They find that the farmer sells
his lima beans, for instance t. the
New York delaer for 40 cents per
bushel, and then the dealer charges
the consumer Is cents per quart,
for $50 per bushell. Or, cauli
flower, which the farmer sells for
as cents per barrel aid the other
dealer retails for % cents per head.
And so throughout the vegetable
list Between the producer and
the yer there is a rise in value
of l,000 per cent. Mayor Shank
of lndianaolis showed that il was
the commission uen. His demon
stration was Of a spectacular char
acter, hu, il satisfied many that the
commission men were the bene-
fciaries Of this enormous profit.
But in an investigation carried
on in st. Louis the commission men
presented their side of the question
and made it look a lot different.
BY commission men are now under
stood several different trades.
There are the shippers who buy
direct from the farmer and m nip
ulate the supply at the large dis.
tributing centers; then the shippers
sell to the wholesalers, who sell to
he retailers, VINO sell it to the ,on-
sumers. There is the round of
handlers and everyone of them
must be pail. And the m%iddlcman
say that all these different handlers
are necessary and made so ty the
extra service demanded by the
c0Tumsers.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-14
Will Be INVESTIGATED

Tn state officer who is charged
with being a perjurer and an inn
Dostor is Joe Jnsephs. clerk of the
supreme court. During the cam
paiRn last fall, we received a letter
from Miss Somers in which she
made the charges she has laid be-
fore the Legislature. Miss S0mers'
father and the writer were warm
friends in Virginia City in the lat
ter seventies and remained so dur
ing his life Miss Somers was a
pupil in the Virginia City sci ools
during the time we were county
superintendent of Storey county.
1t was on the score Of u old
friendship with her father that she
wrote the letters which remains
unanswered.
A resolution introduced by
Assemblyman Russell. calling for
an investigation committee has
passed the assembly and no doubt
the charges will be thoroughly in
vestiRatcd.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-14
KIND WORDS

The following from the GolGfeld
Tribune, whose editor we have
never met, is greatly appreciated
and we hope not wholly u~ndeserved.
We thank the Tribune for its kind
words:
Editor Booher of the Elko In
dependent announces that he is
about to dispose of his paper. He
will he decidedly missed from the
press of Nevada. With a strong
pen he has had something to say
whenever it was needed and he has
always displayed sand and backbone
in tackling the state and local
issues of the day.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-14
Ne SQUEALS

In thorough accord with his past
p~retensIons and his policy of mis-
representing everybody that does
not agree with him the editor Of
the Free Press last night stronl ly
insinuated that we wrote the article
in Saturdays issue, headed THE
Real Booster" which seems to have
struck the ]pretender in a very sore
place.
Nov, to ease his troubled con-
science if he has a conscience We
will merely say that the article was
the work of one n t connected with
this Office in any way and was just
what it purpOrted to be "a COM
munication from a citizen of the
town. Consequently the shoe" fab
rirated by this pretcnder does not
fit us.
The writer Of that article evil
IDENTIFY knew what he was writing
about and knew just where and how
TO strike. That his article went
home is evidenced by the sQueal the
editor Of the Free Press gave out
last night. He was lucky in getting
off as light ms he did.
We did not intend to notice the
dirty thrust contained il his well
come to Mr.. Mcneil. for the reason
that we considered its source. Pure
water cannot come from a polluted
spring, neither can fair and honest
criticism come from such a source.
For the benefit Of the Free Press,
however, we are willing to admit
that u ideas Of progress do not
agree with its editors. The differ
ence was very clearly set forth in
the communication in our Saturdays
issue. With that we rest our case
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-14
SETS OFF GAS
WITH LIGHTED CANS De

Anders H%enriksen has "A multi
tudc Of gray hairs. They came in
with a hop step and a jump, and
when we have finished our story,
you will agree that most of them
came in with a jump. Mr.. Hen
driksen is interested in the Under
gas well his interest is intense.
Witness a staid mechanir sucn a.
he exploring the barrel covering
the well for apparent leakage
with a lighted candle in his hand.
Now there are certain ineXoEahlr
laws Of nature one of which sets
down the mandate that gas plus
fame will result in combustion.
The barrel went skyward some
hundred feet and the explosion
forming the impelling force started
Mr.. Hendrikson hot footing it in
another direction and the only
thing that stopped him was the
refusal of his lungs to furnish an
~oversupply If wind.
IN. B.. } Mr.. Hcndrikson is
sure that the Under we'll is the
unad~ulterated article when it
comes to gas ard is rightfulIy en-
tihed to the $1,000 state bonus
Fallun Standard.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-14
FIXING RATE OF INTEREST

The assembly passed a bill fixing
the rate of interest to he charged
by any bank or banker or money
lender at IL per cent per annum
or one per cent per month. The
bill passed after a lively argument
in which it is stated thatlsome money
lenders had lxacted as nigh as 5
per cent per month, or sixty cents
per year. The bill is aimed for
just such people. There is a limit
e to money lending,,and interest.
Any time ~ per cent a year is
grabbed fol interest. it is enough.
The original bill called for ten per
cent, but It was amended to the IL
point. Nevada has been without a
standard per centage of interest.
being n of the few states that
allows and legalizes usuryi in loans.
This new rate scheme is among the
just laws so far proposed in the
legislature this year.--Sparks
Tribune.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-14
PARTS OF CALIFORNIA AND
NEVADA our OF QUARANTINE

Secretary Wilson has issued an
order effective on February |, re.
leasing from the Federal quaran-
tine for sheep scab l8 counties in
California and 10 in Nevada, az
gregating over loo. 900 square
miles il area. This action has
been taken as a result of the work
which has been..carried on by the
Bureau of Animal Industry in CO.
operation with the state authorities
fo- the eradication of this disease.
About Is years ago sheep scab
vas prevalent throughout most of
the territory west Of the Mississippi
river. Ii was becoming a serious
handicap TO the sheep industry and
was constantly spreading. The
government with the assistance of
the state,authorities undertook first
to control the disease and then To
stamp it out. This work has been
7 so successful that a most on the in
fected territory has been freed of
the disease and released from
quarantine. The territory still
remaining in quarantine consists
of the States of Texas and New
Mexico and parts of. California,
Nevada, Utah. Colorado. Arizona
and Kentucky. The work Of cradi-
cation is being continued in these
areas.
The area released by Scrcctaiy
Wilson's recent order are as follow.
In California the counties Of Del
Nortc, Humboldt. Trinity, Shasta.
SIskiyou ModUc. Lassen, Plumas,
Sierra. Nevada. Placer. FL Dorado,
Amador, Alpine. Moro, Inyo
Tuolummne and San Bcrnardiuo.
In Nevada the counties Of Washoc.
Storey, Lyon. Ormsby, Douglas,
Esmeralda, Eureka. Lander and
Churchill. The remainder Of Calf
Ornia and the counties If Humbol IL,
Elk. and White Pine il N,vada
remain in quarantine.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-14
FOR AND AGAINST

The line up in the assembly upon
the divorce bill. making one years
residence necessary to start an action
in this state an action was as
4 lows:
Yes Baird, Barnes, Cole, Dav
is of Nye. Feely, Fernald, Fitzgerald
OF Eureka. Forman, Goodman.
.Haight. Harris. Hash. Hussman,
Kellihe La Point. Liddell, T. zano,
McBridr. Mccarthy, Price: Rey.
nolds. Russell. S hoer, Sullivan
Todd. Williams, Wilson and Wright
80.
Against he measure: Adams
Bachenbcrg. y uol. Davis Of Hum
blodt, Fitzgerald Of Elko, Friebof
Of Lyon. Friedrich of Washoe
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-14
PATRONIzE HOME INSTITUTION

d. }. Sulli van of White Pine
county has INTRODUCED in the assem-
bly, a bill providing for the deposit
Of $500, 900 Of state funds in
national banks. Evidently Sullivan
being used by others t. pull a lot
of burned chestnuts out of the fire.
He should be warned in time TO
avoid falling into the trap which
mas been SO inSIduously laid for the
betrayal of the taxpayers of Nevada
into the hands of the centralized
powers which are cn,hruned in
Wall street. The national banks of
this state are far inferior financially
to the banks holding statcIchartcrs.
This is demonstrated bya comparison
of the reserve funds held hy the
classes of banks. The state banks
have an average cash rcserve of SO
per cent, while the national banks,
according to the latest report of
the comptroller of the Currency,
have a sCant II per cent for the
protection of their depositors. The
national banks do net pay a cent
IN taxes to support the state admin
stratlUn or to reduce the burden of
the small taxpayers. They are tax.
dodgers Of the blOated, oerweening,
h~oistcrOus. pompous. self important
order that go strutting about with
a federal nimbus cncircling their
heads to denote their hOlier than
thou standing. They don't pay n
cent besides the personal liability
when they cannot escape and there
is the end oftheir responsibility.
Why should state funds be en-.
trusted to their hands when they
claim and insist on exemption from
the jurisdiction Of Nevada courts
and fall back on the United States
statutes whenever attacked, II
there is any money TO be invested
deposited let the state place il
with the sterling banks which stand
today as the best in the country
reserves greater tina can be
found anywhere else and With the
oVerdraft wiped off the
These hanks lend their
for tho promotion of local
industry and they are amenable
the ruling of the local courts,
REDRESS may be had for any griy,-
and the danger Of loss is 50
light that IL is regarded as an in.
intestinal quantity The lrgisIa-
should be appraised Of this
wolf in Sleeps clothing which h2
.rept into the fold and put en in.
tant quietus on any attempt tn
remote the welfare Of national
.ank in Nevada TonopaI,Bonanza
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-14
PURE FOOD LECTURE

Prof. Dinsmorc of the state un.
ivcrsity will deliver q lecture on
the subject OF pure food, at the
high school on Friday evening,
Feb. lith at 8 o'clock. This lecture
and demonstration will be of
especial interest and all are most
cordially invited to attend.
Prof. Dinsmore comes under the
auspices Of the Parcnt-Tcachcrs
Association Of this piece ard the
lecture is free.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-14

work conducted by u music
teacher, Mrs. Lothrop.
friedrich Preston Search gave a
violincello concert at the Bradley
Opera House under the auspices OF
the Girls Basket Ball team. They
cleared a good sum and gave us the
opportunity oy hearing a world re-
nowned musician.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-14
HENRY'e SYSTEM.

Among the employees OF an apart
ment house In Washington IL a dusky
elevator conductor, who would appear
TO have = system" similar to that
OF the maid who announced to the
guest at the door that she didn't hear
her until she had Jung three times.
IF anyone calls. Henry, while 1
am out. tell him TO wait shall be
right back" said a woman TO the boy
In question.
No answer from the boy.
Didn't you hear met Why don't
you answer" demanded the woman
anErily
never answers. ma'sm" OK.
planned Henry. unless l doesn't hear,
and Their I says whatT"-Judge.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-14

The PRESBYTERIAN choir met last
evening and re-urgauiZrd with the
following officers: Mrs. Swartz.
director; Roy McriIhcw, president:
Mrs. Mason, secretary and trea-
surer; Alvin McFarlanc. librarian.
There were eighteen present and a
very enjoyable evening was spent.
Plans for a musicale and Easter
music we're made. Other mem beis
will be welcomed to the choir.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-14
LOCAL OPTION GAMBLING

A local option gambling bill was
introduced into the assembly.
Monday by Adams of Esmeralda
county. 1t was referred to the
committee on public morals where
il should be allowed to sleep.
The bill is to go into effect i'm
mediateiy after passage and pro-
vides that in all counties of the
state local option shall prevail on
the question of permitting all
games now prohibited by law to be
Under the terms of the bill not
more than 500 per quarter shall
be charged as license. Upon the
petition of 81 percent Of the quail
fed electors. county commissioners
hall call a special election for the
purpose of voting on the question
and on petition of Is per rent or
the qualified electors the question
shall be voted upon at the next
regular election.
The bill refers to ANY games or
gambling devices now prohibited
by law" The license is to be paid
monthly.
When r special election is dema nd
ed it shall be set bv the commits
siOners for a date not more than 80
days alter receipt of the petition.
Failure OF the part Of any COM
missioner tn perform the duties
prescribed 10y the act is punishable
by removal from office.
While there nay be some COM
munities in the state where 80 per
cent of the voters would sign a
petition calling for a special cleo
ton TO vote upon the question of
open gambling We doubt very much
if here is a community in the state
,hat would npen this avenue of ruin
to its people.
But there may be such a COM
munity. one that would drag the
cool name of the state into the
mire for the benefit of a lot of
gamblers who care Eothing abou
the sorrow n distress and crime
that resulted from upen gambling
IN the past ard will result from it
Ii there is such a commun-
ity We hope there is manhood enuugh
in the legislature to say to it: The
good ma ne of the state and tie pr :
lection of j 5 people are Of far
more importanc to us than filling
the pockets of a few gamblers with
Ill gotten gains.
The money these gam would
into the state and county
treasures is too trifling to re Give
any consideration wden placed
against he evil they p oduc
Crime followed these games in the
past and will follow them again.
Criminal prosecutions will more
than eat up the license money to
say nothing about the poverty and
distress and sorrow that always
follow the result of crime.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-14

one cupful butter. two Of suy,r
creamed together. three VOL bo,,on
eggs, n cupful OF sour croon a.n
,easpooniuI soda two OF cream Of tar.
taT. nutmeg 10 favor. -four enough IN
make q soft dough Roll out thin ON
a cloth TO prevent sticking. slit. suear
oyer tho ton. and lightly roll It in.
Bake in n quick oven