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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-30
REAL VERSUS SHAM REGU
LATION.

MT II lING 10 cTlJlclSe Send
W tor Chamberlain for hi
recent address in Port
land on the subject of the Fer.
ris bill an electric trust organ
said:
"One after another, offici-
ais of the power companies tes-
titled to the fact that they
were under strict control and
regulation by state commits,
sions. They expressed salts
faction with that control"
If power company officials
testified as claimed, they tes-
titled to a falsehood. There
is probably not a state in the
west where power companies
are under real control by state
commissions. That is why the
officials expressed satisfac-
ton" with the control.
The weakness in the state
control as now known is that
the commissions do not have
authority over the issuance of
stocks and bonds. Therefore
they are helpless with refer
ence to a very important fea-
ture. 1t is futile to regulate
the rates of a corporation when
il is allowed to adjust its own
capitalization as it sees fit.
In the Ferris bill it is pro-
vided that power concerns
operating under the provisions
of the law must submit to reg
nlatiOn of their stocks and
bond issues. Companies doing
an interstate business come
under the authority of the In
terstate Commerce Commits.
sion. Those doing an intra-
state business fall under con-
troll of state commissions
where commissions exist with
power to regulate rates and
stock and bond issues. Where
the state commissions do not
have such powers the regula-
tion rests with the secretary
of the interior or other author
ity that may be designated by
statute.
The fact the administra-
tons water-power dill insists
on genuine regulation of rates
and service is probably the
hief secret of the fight being
made against it. The electric
interests do not object to reg
llation as long as they have il
IN a sham basis, they do OBJ.
ect to the real thing.
Consequently we have a
we'll organized campaign
gainst the measure with the
tate rights argument and
arious other fake objections
rought stro1gs 10 the front
D cloud the issue.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-30
NOT A BAD IDEA.

Back from your vacation already?
/ thought you we're TO have three
weeks and you've been gone only
two"
That's right I came home tC get
a little rest before go back to work.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-30
Mormons in Germany.

BERLIN, Aug. 3O.-German news
papers have warned young girls not
to follow American Mormon mission
aries who are crusading in Germany
and are said to be about to return
to Utah. tns ss3N
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-30
HE or ER SIDE OF THE
STORY

ri \ view of the very extern
sive campaign Of public
ity being waged against
le La Toilette seaman's act il
interesting to note someth-
& from the other side of the
|ontroversy. The Coast Sea-
ans Journal of San Francis
scoffs at the claims made
at this new law. not yet in
feet, has been driving the
meriean flag from the Pa.
&c.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-30
AND PoLITENEss so CHEAP.

Hey youl" said the man In the
automobile TO the farmer by the road
side. "Is this the road 10 Podunk." ."
''Yes." said the farmer. that's the
road to Podunk all right"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-30
Alleged White SLAYER Arrested

CHICAGO, Aug, 3O.--Robert Com
ners Of Kewanee, ILL.,, was arrested
here charged with violating the Mann
white slave law in transporting NIL
dred Burke from Grass Valley. Cal,
to Reno, Nevada.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-30
ONE WAY OUT.

Mrs. Bowers-I do wish you would
go to church with me occasionally.
How are people to know that am
married If they never see you with
me?
Mr.. Bowers-Easy! Take the chill
dren with you-Puck
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-30

An experienced employer attaches
little Importance to written recon.
mendations. He remembers bow
many he has himself given and how
little they really meant
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-30
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
I'm AnVAN NCEl
THE RoUNDER.

= He could turkey trot and tango, I
: He could dance the light san- I
= dango;
= He could do most any other I
sort OF step.
, He knew all the fancy walters.
= Likewise, and the stay-out laters I
, And 10 all their little play I
, grounds he was hep.
, He could tip you on the races, I
D With the wise ones he was aces, 4
B And to him the downtown 4
cops were Bill and Bob. 4
, But when fatal illness bumped I
him
, In the potters field they dump
, ed him,
, For he'd never learned the
way to get job,
Selected. I
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-30
Not Wisely, But Too Wei.

let we'll enough alone"
Here's wisdom in plain terms,
Think of the country well, that's
Prone to harbor typhoid germs.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-30

Packey Mcfarland who is now
training for his ten round bout with
Mike Gibbons at the Brighton Beach
Motordrom on Sept. II. The match
promises to be the biggest sporting
event Of the summer.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-30
PILOT ROCK SENDS
CATTLE TO PORTLAND
83 CARLOADS HAVE GONE N
LAST 13 DAYS-OTHER
NEWS NOTES.

PILOT ROCK, Ore, Aug. s0.--Pi-
lot Rock, although a small town, has
become quite a shipping center. In
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-08-06
UNHEALTHY LIFE IN CITIES
man Bee Hives" Have Shortened
Days of Existence.

Forty years will soon be the old age
mark for business men if there does
not come change in the manner OF
living in cities, according to deduc-
tions of Dr. Louis B. Welsmiller, physi-
cal director of the New York West
Side Y. NJ C. A. These deductions are
based on the examination of more
than 1000 men during the last year.
Notwithstanding all that has been
said about the advantage of a sound
mind in sound body, the tendency
in large cities. Doctor Welsmiller says.
is to go on demonstrating excessive ac-
tivity of mind. The condition is said
to be peculiar to hustling business
men. Result-tubercu.os because of
the campaign against 1t, has been on
the decrease, while diseases of the
heart. arteries and kidneys which be-
long normally only to old age, have
been on the increase. until there are
more deaths from the latter than from
tuberculosis.
We are told that life is too tense
and this tense condition is allowed to
hold on too long. A more general re
gard for the advantage of play that
will cause complete forgetfulness OF
business is suggested as the only SO
luton of the problem of assuring ra
tional health conditions.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-08-06
MAKING FERTILIZERS AT SEA
Foods foe Farms Are Now Produced
on Board Ship From Men,
haden Fish.

An American boat, the Mills. of Phil
adelphia, represents perhaps the ex-
treme instance of the employment on
the ocean of electricity for industrial
purposes, says Farm and Home The
Mills is floating oil and fertilizer fac
tory, wherein every possible process
is performed under electrical control.
The oil and fertilizer are obtained
from the menhaden fish-a fish sim
liar in appearance to the herring. but
not edible.
Powerful arc lights and search
lights are provided to enable the work
of catching and treating the fish to
go on day and night. When school
of the fish is found, nets are slung
over the side of the vessel and
hauled in by electric hoists until the
bins are full. Electrically driven
screw conveyors carry the fish into
smaller receiving tanks and automat-
ically feed them into the steam cook
ers. In a few minutes the fish are
pulped. The cooked fish is forced
through rotary press to extract the
oil, which is conveyed to testing
tanks. The oil is cooled and is con-
Quoted into storage tanks of 10000
barrels capacity. The fish scrap, or
fertilizer, from which all the oil
electric fan and dried rs it is forced
by the draft into other storage bins,
where it is bagged as it arrives.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-08-06

The slave forthwith united me, hand
and foot Their intention regarding
my fate had already become manifest
For the old man had ordered the slave
to desist from feeding the mountain
lion in the cage adjoining that Of
Joan's, saying:
NO, don't feed the lion this morn
ing, Chacha. Well give him chance
for food more rare"
So | was to be thrust into the cage
with the fierce beast IF I lived"
meant. evidently, that if survived the
forthcoming inevitable fight with that
lion my life would be spared--spared
to endure it henceforth as prisoner
in that same cage. Had it not been for
Joan I'm sure I would have entered
the cage determined to let the lion
destroy me as quickly as possible, put
ting up no fight at all myself. in order
to have the whole business through
with, rather than continue to live there
a prisoner.
They removed two bars from the
lions cage-thrust me in-then quick
ly replaced the bars. The mortal COM
bat between a mountain lion and John
Gaunt. mining engineer. was on
Joan watched from her cage through
the separating bars in mortal terror.
Never shall forget the anguish
saw in her eyes when she viewed me
in what she had reason to believe
would be my last moment on earth
the last moment, too, of the personif1-
cation of her only earthly hope of pos
sible release from her prison.
The lion crouched in the corner of
the cage, watching me. / kept per
| fectly still. i had read somewhere
that the quieter one keeps when in
such tight fix with wild animal the
better. So gave no more sign of life
than If l were a statue.
The lion watched So did l. The
lion for many minutes never once took
his eyes from mine And l kept my
own eyes fixed on that animal as a
hypnotist views his subject.
Outside the cage stood the two mad
men, also watching. The madmar
cackled. He seized bar of wood and
| prodded the lion.
That settled the matter. The fight
began. The lion sprang upon me
Down my back one of his paws tore {
! cash that certainly must have looked
/ fatal to the watching Joan. For bloot
flowed from the long wound and be
spattered the floor Thank God! il
the first onrush of the beast / hat
had the presence of mind to seize hin
/ by the throat. | hung on like a bull
dog-giving to my hands the super
natural. strength of desperate man
But the lion, in one mighty wrench
freed itself from my grasp ant
crouched for second spring.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-08-06

at which l lost it. started down
stream.
Wait here a minute, JOAN" told
her. TN be right back"
had not gone twenty PAGES when
heard a scream that made my blood
run cold and caused my hair to stand
on end.
| ran back to where had left Joan
and confronted again that murderous
spear OF Chacha. Joan was again u
prisoner in the hands OF the old man.
El Toro-and was again at the mercy
of the negro's spear.
My specimens!" cried the lunatic.
My specimens shall never again es-
cape. You two are the finest speci-
mems in all this country and | mean
now to keep you-that is. provided
both of you live"
There II was again-"provided both
OF you livel" What did this old scoun-
drel mean by his dark illusions to the
possible death of one of us?
All, but so long as it was not my
Joan that he meant to subject to some
mortal ordeal-whaf cared L?
And Joan--my Joan-what look of
anguish she gave me now as her cap
tor dragged her off!
Here again John Gaunt ceased his
narrative and fell into silence, suffer
Ing from his thoughts of that terrible
hour in which he and his Joan were
recaptured by the strangest captors
ever man had to be taken back TO the
strangest prison ever man heard Of
as specimens" treasured by madmen.
Pulling himself together, however,
the Fifth Man now resumed his tale
as follows:
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-08-06
PRAISE FOR THE MALIGNED
One Man, at Least, Who Has Use for
the Fellow Who 10 Fond OF
Telling His Troubles.

middle-aged man wearing glasses
was standing in front Of the Harvard
club talking to three or four mem
bers.-
by Jove," he said. "it is common
saying that people should not go
around telling their troubles, but !
want to say that it's me for the man
with the troubles every time. When ]
meet that sort and he pours out a
stream of hard-luck stories on to me l
listen and try to cheer him up, but all
the same 1 feel rather good because
my luck isn't so hard as his, and l
leave him feeling better than II
hadn't seen him.
"On the other hand, just before
Joined you chaps l was inside there
talking to a fellow who was a class
mate of mine and after graduating
went to South America. He's been
down there Is years and has cleaned
up a million dollars in mines and is
home now with the money to have a
good time.
"He was telling me about all the
InlDBS ne udO pOu6HI anu was sums
to buy, the trips he proposed taking
and all these other things that money
will get, and the splendid health he
had to enjoy everything until simply
couldn't stand it any longer and had to
get out. All l could think about while
he was talking was the hard work
had to do every day and the little
made out of it, and felt if didn't gel
to the open air I'd smother
Joy is a good thing and wish it tc
everybody. of course, but I'd rather
listen to the troubles people have thar
to their Joys, believe me."-New Yorl
Sun.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-08-06
companions in Misfortune.

Two men sat at the same table in
restaurant of the cheaper sort in Ber-
lin. They were strangers TO each 9TH
er, but not too proud to talk.
Hard times" said one, putting
down regretfully his empty beer glass.
Very hard times" said the other
as he speared with his fork the last
morsel of sausage.
Il have seen better days.
And l.
Only year ago, too"
Just about that"
Il mean in my business"
Precisely. My business is gone
clean to the devil"
''The same with mine''
And what is your business, may
ask?"
q am a dancing master-a professor
of the fox trot and allied arts-and
your
q am professor of international
law"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-08-06
cHAPTER K.
The Friendly Worms.


Here! Here!" cried Joan, attract
ing the lions attention. Here. here..
To my astonishment she had thrust
her hand through a bar of her cage
and had seized the spear of the negro.
The spear had been left standing with
in her reach, the negro never dream
ing that such trick would or could
be played on him by the lovely pris-
oner.
Here! Here!" now shouted Joan
for the third time, distracting the
lions attention from me, his more i'm
mediate opponent, till she could swing
the spear into proper position to hurl
it.
And now, as the lion leaped again
toward my corner of the cage, the
spear entered his side-was with
drawn and thrust again into his body,
hitting this time a vital spot. The
lion collapsed on the floor of the cage
dead.
And Joan. my brave. plucky Joan
had tainted.
You live" the scientist said, view
ing the result of the fight with no
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-08-06
CHAPTER vnl.
-My Name 10 Joan Darcy

"My Name 10 Joan Darcy
And all this was two years ago." ]
now said.
Two years-yesi"
Two yearsl" gasped. You mean
70 say that you have been in the
clutches OF that insane devil for all of
two whole years7"
"Yesl Two long years. But must
say he was good to me In every re-
spect except that of allowing me my
freedom. For two years ! lived In
that dreadful cage in which you found
me. But always he told me what a
fine specimen ! was and Row neces-
sary II was that I be well fed and
watered. And so ] never wanted for
food nor for utensils with which to
brush my hair and make myself as
presentable as possible He would
bring me the most beautiful skins and
insist that make myself new dresses
out Of them. That's how you came to
behold me-dressed in this barbarous
fashion"
1T may be barbarous," said, with
enthusiasm and admiration, but 1t is
picturesque--it is beautiful You are
yourself the most--well, excuse me for
coming close to personalities-bu your
name? What's your manner"
Joan. Joan Darcy. And I must be
twenty-one years old. too---because
sailed on that last fateful voyage just
after my nineteenth birthday"
JOAN" said. you are the fairest--
pardon MEL mean that we must
: hasten on now, toward the coast, how
ever far on the coast may be- We
must look for food. too. There is
wild honey and berries in This Jungle
We must find them-or starve"
She laughed. was the first time
had heard her laugh-snd the las
for a long time to come.
Speaking of food" ! said. do yor
know-yes, I'm sure-this is tn,
stream into which they threw my gun
Look still have cartridges. II car
md that rifle Of mine we shall no
want for food. saw some Wild duclu
during our fight, and other jungle
birds that are perfectly good food"
With the determination to find m!
rihe' II only ] could locate he plac,
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-08-06

to effect Joan's release. 1t was now
night. They worked by moonlight.
Plenty of food and water they then
placed in Joan's cage, making her in
every way comfortable for the night
with fresh grass for bedding and q
clod of moss for pillow.
AS for me, instead Of taking me to
the hut. as supposed they would, they
lashed me to Joan's cage. They first
tied my feet together at the ankles.
then chained me to one Of the bars Of
Joan's prison.
you seem to like my specimen IN
that cage well enough to take it away
from me-" the old scientist said. laugh
ing his mad laugh. Well, you shall
remain within sight Of that excellent
specimen till morning"
And so they left / found ] could
suuirm around so as to look into Joan's
cage. She put her arms through her
bars and stroked my head tenderly,
saying:
Poor Johnl What fatel If only
we had not taken such long rest at
that stream we would not now be here.
1t is all my fault. 1t was who in
duced you to rest there"
mo, DEAR" said. they would
probably have found us anyway. They
know the forest better than we do.
And, mad though they are. still they
are cunning enough to track down two
such tenderfeet as you and l."
"Shall we dine?" she asked, and she
smiled. a forlorn, hopeless sort OF
smile
She thrust through the bars some
wild honey-using a leaf as a plate,
And then she gave me some berries
and chunk Of meat. Lastly, she
handed out her water jar from which
! drank. Thus we dined. At
The night was beautiful. The moon
light made the scene of rapturous de
| light to the senses. And yet 1t all
seemed like stage setting-like q
horrible nightmare.
DO you know" Joan said. that you
called me 'dearr"
Yes, ] couldn't help it," replied
Forgive me if offended you"
Call me dear-again," she whis
pered. IF you could only know in full
what a JOY your coming has been tc
me. For two long years, the only
human being have seen-well, can
you guess what happiness you NEAR
to me?"
Yes, dear. ! know. If only / could
get my hands free, l might succeed il
unchaining my feet Could you try
dear7"
sQuirmed up close to the bar,
where she could reach my hands
which we're tied in front of me. Sh,
tussled at the rope, but the hard knot
and the interposing bars of her Gag,
rendered her task too difficult for ac
complishment
Presently. from sheer fatigue. sh
slept
Good night, dear!" | whispered
She was not really asleep. Sh
rose on one arm and whispered: "Goo
night-dear Johni"
And so we slept.
Morning came, and with It came ou
two mad captors. Again they fed Joa
and again Joan fed me. And then
shall ever forget the way my hear
sank when the mad old scientist sal
to me:
And now, as I promised you, yo
shall occupy the cage next to my othe
, J specimen-if you livei"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-08-06
CHAPTER vIl-coaslnusd.

That night I decided to take heroic
measures to free myself from the old
man. In the dead OF night I arose.
dressed and began stealing softly out
OF the house. But suddenly. in the
darkness. strong arms seized me and
horrible hand was clapped over my
mouth TO keep me from screaming.
And out OF the hut and into the night
was carried-and away from the vii
lage Into the forest I was dragged
and by now knew that was in the
clutches OF the black man. Chacha.
while the old mailman followed US.
They tied me to tree in the for
est and the madman said to his serv-
ant:
Chacha, she was going to run away
tonight with a man. DO you hear?
She was going to elope with a rascal
who would never let me see her again.
But mol /, you see, Chacha, am a man
OF action and resource and divination
! OWNED that this specimen was GO
Ing to run away with man. So I
caused you to seize her and bring her
here
ST. Senior FL Toro,' the servant ro-
Piled. craftly-for / did not believe
that he, too. was insane--never have
believed You have but to command.
Chacha added. 1 obey
You are a good servant. Chacha,
the old man said. You shall go with
me into the forest-far. ever so far
80 far away from man that this speci-
men can never run away with any
male Of the species Yes. / am de-
termined that she shall never run on
with a man. ! shall keep her beauti-
fully secure-ln a place where man
cannot release her to carry her away
from me. She is very dear to me.
Chacha; don't forget that--she is very
dear to me. We must take excellent
care Of her forever and forever.
Il slept-tied to the tree. When l
awoke I was alone But not for long
El Toro and Chacha returned with sew
eral burros and pack mules on which
were loaded all the household goods
which you yourself saw at the old
mans hut.
And now they released me and
dragged me through the forest. For
days we marched on and on, ever
farther into the interior. till at last
they reached the clearing where the
hut and cages now stand.
That we had every convenience in
the way Of utensils for cooking and
working, and so on. you already know
All those useful things we're brought
on the backs Of the burros and mules
which Chacha later took back TO the
village. They built the hut first. Then
they built the cage in which you found
me. You did not see-but at the back
OF the cage the old man constructed
wooden pit This pit served as a
eunken bath. They would fill II daily
with water for me TO bathe and refresh
myself. And the old man supplied me
with combs and brushes and all toilet
conveniences-and-oh, yes, he tool
excellent care OF his 'specimen'-jusi
as he had promised.
In time they built more cages.
wondered what for. And soon learned
that these new cages we're for wilc
beasts. They dug a pit in the forest
put a rope net In II and then covered
up the pit with leaves and limbs o.
sapllngs and twigs and grass And tn,
leopard and lion and all the other ami
mails which you saw In the cages fel
into the pit and thus we're taken aliv,
and pnt Into the cages.
And $3.50 passed the days unit
you found me. That is ALL"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-08-06

nothing" is to plead guilty to a crime.
Il have done my best and accom-
plished nothing" That he may and
must say; and that man can show a
better record upon earth than he who
has done much; for the world loves a
villain md despises the victims. Alex
ander and Napoleon live forever. but
who thinks of those they slaughtered?
The philosophy of men and deeds
may be summed up in one sentence;
They whom the world can understand
are great, they whom the world can
not understand are rogues until they
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-08-06
Life on the Farm.


A certain theatrical manager, whose
eight-yearold son is visiting on a
farm, received the following letter
from him recently:
Dear Father am haveing fyne
time. no a kid named Skeets Will
son and me and him are it up here.
We bette three fellers up today and I
gott the toothe we noked out of
ones mouth. Tonite we are going to
steele ole mon Dink's COW and cutt
the tossell off hur tale. no a hog !
can ryde in the pigg penn and mule
kicked me yestiday. got a pet rat
to take to bed with me and tomorrow
l am going to get snake to PIT down
Ant Ems back. Won't that be re-
dikilous? Willie"