East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-11-26

lpreme court should carry straigh
home TO every district attorney ans
70 every sheriff the fact Il is up {,
them 20 enforce the laws and to d,
80 in good faith. II such results ar'
Forthcoming the cleansing OF Copper
field viii not have been in vain.
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Gen. WOtherspoon's final report a'
Chief OF Staff is the kind Of official
utteranee that
.Aimless makes il impossible
Military Advice. 10 arrive al ans
definite plan FOR the
Organization Of thoroughly efficient
military establishment. His mind is
fixed on a single point-the creation
in time OF peace OF a huge army OF
SOO.O0O men. aside from the coast ar
tllery Nothing else enters into his
calculations. He proceeds upon the
assumption that the United States
navy. the second largest in the world
does not exist for purposes Of na-
tional defense.
so long as leading military advis-
ers preach the doctrine. some OF
them exclusively Of a big army based
on our population and wealth. others
OF a big navy Of similar proportions,
We shall probably continue TO blum
der along in tle old way. spending
a quarter OF billion dollars annually
for military purposes with unsatis-
factory results II the trained ex-
perts, after lifelong study. will not
agree among themselves upon a COM
prehensive plan Of defense. how can
they expect congress or the country
70 offer something better than they
offer? The policy OF each depart
ment standing solely upon its own de-
mands, getting all it can for itself out
Of the national treasury, must in
fallibly lead to the same sort Of aim
less confusion and waste that has so
long endured.-New York World.
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The annals Of heroism hold many
stories Of heroic self-sacrifiee Of the
schoolteacher for
The HerOisu OF her scholars; but
Bertha Rhinehart. none is more de-
serving Of praise
OF a higher place on the arch Of fame
than Bertha Rhinehart who died in
4 successful effort to save her chill
iren from a fierce prairie fire last
Out on the isolated prairie, not far
rom Horse Creek, wyo-, this heroine
sas engaged TO teach and TO care for
3 little band Of children. She was
The trustee OF the lives and the learn
ing OF the loved ones Of the nearby
And that their trust was
ven placed was proved and tested by
the ordeal of fire
Fire, swept by a fierce wind that
not only licked up the dry grass. but
ievoured haystacks and houses which
,ame in its fiery path Of destruction
md death.
The natural instinct Of self-preser-
ration would have held her aloof in
he place Of safety to which she had
ed her little flock But some were
Her anxious eyes searched
he fire-swept plain. All, She sees
hem about TO be overtaken by the
hungry flames II would be human
o hesitate. But no, She rushes TO
heir rescuei She sees them safe,
hen turns too late 10 save herself.
he had faithfully kept her charge
had heroically redeemed her trust
But alas, At the cost-the sacrifice
4 her own noble life
The names OF men for deeds Of
lravery on the battlefield are in
cribed on imposing monuments or
heir statues stand in the Hall Of
fame. but none deserve higher
need or nobler name than the devo- !
ion TO duty and faithfulness 10 trust I
hown by Bertha Rhinehart last
thursday Cheyenne state Leader.