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The Spectator., 1915-10-12
Nsslecsed Fruit rrees.

Neglected fruit trees are not worth the ground they occupy; besides they are an eyesore to everyone. and when infested with worms and insects they are constant menace to the neigh borhood. There ought to be laws prohibiting any man from allowing trees of this kind to remain on his farm.
The Spectator., 1915-10-12

set we'll up on a concrete wall in a way to make splendid basement that is light and airy because of the large basement windows.
 The front porch and front entrance show moderately massive construction which taken together with the gen. eral clean-cut appearance gives the house rather prosperous look as seen from the street.
 The tendency the last few years has been to make wider front walks and wider steps, as though house owners were growing broader in their views of life and more generous in hospitality.
The Spectator., 1915-10-12


   the could be restrained The marksmen procured they commenced tenday  
 
 
   o
The Spectator., 1915-10-12
A Backset.

"Gadspur is a man who brides him. self on doing things"
 True. But had to disappoint him the other day"
 How so?"
 He wanted to do nc"
The Spectator., 1915-10-12
Proper Place for Tools.

Gather up the tools and small imple- ments that usually are scattered all over the place at this season of the year, or you'll be the loser when the first snow falls and covers them up till they cannot be found again during the whole winter.
The Spectator., 1915-10-12

WItH TIHeS, edSeT tefTItTS dHU iItH6 ferrets. To the latter crawling into pipes about half as big as their own bodies Is all in the days work
 For months the activities of the rats caused Marketmaster James A. Mangan to suffer with nightmare. Not contented with holding banquets each night among the big stands. they had grown so bold that they staged caucuses, debates and committee meetings in the middle of the floor at noon, the presence of customers
The Spectator., 1915-10-12

IU6 HdCIUUdI WdlGTWHyS anu HdT UUTS. If Podunk wants it's creek converted into raging ship canal Podunk must lecture the approval of the district engineer and the chief of engineers before congress will appropriate from the treasury the money to pay for the operation.
 The Jurisdiction of the war de partment extends to the navigable waters and the streams that feed them. so that no bridges can be con- structed over the navigable waters
The Spectator., 1915-10-12

ernment clerk need waste no precious moments after office hours in reach ing 1t, and so cosmopolitan in estab. lishment that the multimillionaire can find congenial companionship as we'll as the man who works for a small wage.
 Such is the gigantic plan now un- der way in Washington, that will give to the capital a rcreation ground equaled in no other world center and far outshining all other similar places in this country. Furthermore, Uncle
The Spectator., 1915-10-12
Rifles, Dogs and Ferrets Clean Out "Rattown'

the Seventh
  District suffered the other night hands
The Spectator., 1915-10-12
Corps of Engineers Keeps Busy in Peace Times

THERE division indispensable
The Spectator., 1915-10-12
Great Recreation Ground for Adults in Capital

MAMMOTH kA location
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-02-15

strength and the intellectual ability
OF its people, Since we are already
suffering from this decline We must
now ask ourselves by what road we
may escape disaster. Relief manifest
Is lies IN increased efficiency in every
avenue OF activity. but especially in
agricultural pursuits. BY soil en-
richment alone" says Or. Hopkins
the crop production Of the United
States could be doubled and by no
other means could such an achieve
ment be accomplished"
The old careless days OF taking
everything possible out of the land
and giving nothing back must now be
definitely put behind us. Hence
forth conservation OF our soil and of
our other resources must be prac-
ticed by us as a people II we are not
TO continue travelling the dreary road
to national Observation-Disclosures
News.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-02-15
MILLIONAIRE SAYS HE
STOLE WATERMELONS

PASADENA. Cal. Feb. 12.-Nathan
straus. New York millionaire. who Il
spending the winter here. says he
stole melons whel he was a boy in
Georgia.
IAN c,d dealer named Ceilings
worth" said StTaus. used to sell wa
termelons. He'd drive up to the
school end we'd all gather round and
thump the melons. Finally we'd pick
out the rest one, and some boy 'ud
hand him a dime With rubber tied
TO It, end 1t would slip out of Col
linCsworth's fingers.
For little bit he'd look around,
think ng It had dopped into the wa
gon. Then he'd ray: Alright. I'll
find it when I get home. Just take
the melon along
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-02-15
Why the Shipping Bill is Opposed

general taxation. Bat as soon as II
shows itself capable of filling real
need. and becomes profitable 1t must
be turned over to private exploiters
for their profit.
IKE suggestion is intolerable. II
e,nanates from a mind insufficiently
convinced OF the value Of real pub
lic owenrship. But weak and indefen-
sble as this part Of the bill is, 1t
must be accepted for the vastly great
er gcod of the complete measure. The
error in the law ear be corrected lat
er
The men who are championins
this measure are doing much more
than urging bill to correct wartime
evils in the shipping business. They
are launching the United states Gov
ernment on a course Of real service
t. the people.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-02-15
SHE KNEW.

Ben Foster was noted for his shift
.lessness, says the El Paso Times. II
It had not been for his wife, he
would not have done stroke Of work
oil his little farm and a garden. II
was all his wife could do to get him
to work. for he preferred to sit
around and read all day.
One evening, af:er he had been
reading French history with deep in
terest, he closed the book and said to
his wife: "Do ycu know, Marie
what I'd "a done II had been Napol-
ecn?"
"Oh. yes. know Well enough" his
wife responded. You'd a settled
right down on 4 farm in Corcisa and
let it run to ruin. while YOU grum-
hled about your herd luck"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-02-15
lsan Francis1o Examlner)


II is announced from Washington,
with an air of astoDishment, that the
"jnterests'' are back of the opposi-
ton to the shipping bill: that the
hand OF Morgan & Co. appears in the
campaign against it.
This is natural enough. The So
called shipping t:uts was a Morgan
creation. and though its remnants do
not 20 far to realize the magnificent
prophecies made ut the time 1t was
launched. it is still OF sufficient i'm
portance TO explain action in its de-
Tense
But the reason for the hostility OF
the interests" is more fundamental
than any concern over the immedi-
ate effect of the proposed law upon
any existing maritime property. II
proceeds from the inveterate antagc-
nisn of the holders of special privt-
leges Of any sort to the invasion oi
their field of MONOPOLY by the COVER
nncnt, acting for the people whom
they have so long exploited.
Every holder of public franchise
resisted the establishment of the par
eel post. not because It would inn
inediately affect his own business
which might be running a street rail-
road or conducting telephone com
ualtv-but because he dreaded the
principal of public ownership.
Every railroad official, every great
corpoation lawyer will reel you off
arguments by the yard against the
government ownership and operation
OF telegraph and telephones, not be-
cause II Immediately affects him, but
because It establishes precedent
which in due time will be extended
TO other public services until in the
end every public franchise will be ad-
min stored by and for the public.
II is because the Administrators
Shipping bill establighes the principal
of public ownership that THE Ex'
aminer" is for It, and every benen-
ciary and Spokesman of public service
,concpolies is against IT, Far short
OF perfection as the measure Is. II
docs do this one thing OF inestimable
future value to the public-it recog-
nizes and gives effect to the right OF
the government to buy, build and op-
crate its own shils in the merchant
seriyce for the public good, using
them in peaceful service in times of
peace owing them for Instant military
or naval service in time Of war;
The bill as drawn foolishly limits
the exercise Of the ,.ght--but 1t as
seIts the right. l. provides that the
sl'.ps operated by the government
shall be sold to private owenrship as
soon as their operation becomes pro-
fltable. This is the weakest part OF
the bill, utterly indefenseible as al
business proposition, and obviously
put in to placate those who oppose
the principal Of government owner
ship It puts the proponents II the
meas Ure in the ridiculous position OF
declaring that 1t i5 we'll for the gov
ernment to own and operate steam
shir line so long as It is losing pro-
position and must bc paid for out OF
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-02-15
MAINE MEMORIAL is
DEDICATED AT ARLINGTON

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-seven.
teen years after the U. S. S. Maine
sank in Havana hnrbor the United
states today dedicated at Arlington
Cemetery the Maine Memorial. Pres
ident Wilson, Seoi etary Of the Navy
Daniels and Read Admiral c. d. Sigs-
bee. retired and o.her naval authori'
ties were scheduled to speak.
The most striking feature OF the
memorial is the nainmast of the old
battleship as It stood on that vessel
1t now stands erect from a granite
base which is constructed in the
fO'm of a mausoloa. which has the
contour and effect Of a turret OF q
battleship.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-02-15
English Liners sail.

LONDON, Feb. l5.-Great interest
was manifested here over the sailings
OF the liners Lusitania and st. Paul
from Liverpool for New York. There
was no reason to Lelleve the vessels
will be interfercd with but all real
izel the possibility OF submarine at
tacks. Cabins Of both liners were
crowded. Manv Americans who re-
mained out Of curiosity, returned
aboard. fearing tine sailings would be
entirely suspended II Germany start
ed real submarine operations.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-02-15
DEwEY's FLAGSHIP is
FIT AND FINE AGAIN

CHARLESTON, 8. c., Feb. I6.-.
The cruiser Olympia. Admiral Dew
ey's famous sea-flghter was "fit and
fine again today ready for her trip
Though the Panama canal. Follow
ing orders from the navy department
some weeks ago me vessel was plac-
ed in dry dock and thoroughly over.
hauled The Panther. tender and
twelve torpedo boats are also ready
for the sea-jaunt which instead OF be-
ing held in Marcn will be underway
in July The Olympia will probab-
ly remain here for couple OF
months.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-02-15
ALL SETTLED.

Are YOU going to marry sister
Ruth" asked the small boy Of a
Young man who had been invited to
dinner.
Weller" stammered the young
man in great embarrassment. q
er-I-really 1 don't know. you
know"
That's Just what l thought" said
the boy. We'll. ma says YOU are"
Stray Stories.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-02-15
Italians Offered Rritain

LONDON, Feb. 13.-Ricciotti Carl
baldi, who has lot two sons in the
French army, and who recently came
from Italy to interest the British
military authorities in his plan TO raise
Italian volunteers TO fight on the side
OF the allies visited the Lord Mayor
of London and set forth his hopes
and desires
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-02-15
What She Missed.

Does your wife ever tell you that
she might have married millionaire
II she hadn't thrown herself away on
you?"
mo; 1 escape that. Ny wife's folks
were poor people. She never saw a
millionaire until we had been married
nine years. s."-Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-02-15

silutlon about 900 patients who will
be sent there from other hospitals.
This will relieve the present state asy.
lums which ara filled to more than.
their capacity.
State officials now plan to open.
hospital wards for the special treat.
n'ent OF drug users and habIiual
drunkards.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-02-15

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich, Feb. l3.
Michigan republicans met in Grand
RAPIDS for the annual spring conven-
ton OF the party. Candidates were to
be nominated for the following of
fees
Two Justices OF the supreme court:
superintendent OF public instruction:
two regents Of the University OF Mich.
igan; one member OF the state board
OF education; and two members OF
the state board OF agriculture.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-02-15
Taking Notice.

Sitting up in four days. eh?"
yep"
This is rapid progress. The doc
tor said 1t would re three weeks be-
fore you could sit up and take no
tice."
"But he hasn't seen my pretty
nurse."-Louisville Courier Journal
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-02-15
OHIO OPENS NEW HOSPITAL
FOR CRIMINAL INSANE

LIMA, o., Feb. 15.-ohio's $4,000.
900 hospital for the criminal insane
was to be officially opened today
Or. Charles II Clark, superlntend-
ent. estimates that the first four
months will see housed in the new in
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-02-15

DETROIT, Mica. Feb. 15.-Detroit
today was the host to one OF the lar
Tesi OF It's winter conventions. Dele
gate" to the seventeenth annual con-
venion OF the American Ceramic So
ciety met here for a three day ses-
zion.
LEADERS in the pottery industry
from all over The United states and
Canada were here to participate In
the meeting.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-02-15
Ouch.

Ladies and gentlemen, we shall con-
siler this evening the fundamental
principles Of architecture. The
Etruscans-"
a Wandering Voice - How dye
build a doghousa?
Lecturer (solicitoUsly)-Are you go.
ing to move Judge.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-02-15
Rntc Hearings Recin.

CHICAGO. Feb. 15.-Hearings on
the matter OF proposed rate increases
ir western freigl: classification ter
ritcry we're to begir today before In
terstate Commerce Commissioner
Daniels today and will continue un'
til March IS.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-02-15
sUBsCRIPTION RATEs
THE CHAIN BREAKER

. Not only the bearers Of swords I
are they I
= Who carry the battle and bring
US the day:
. Not only the kings and the
leaders Of men
y Have brough us the Joy of the
morn again:
y Not only the high. with the price Z
Of power 4
. Have won us the peace Of our
little hour;
y Not only the strong. with the Z
parry and thrust Z
. Have lifted our vision and I
blown the dust Z
= Till blind eyes opened and souls
could see Z
The heights that are fair and
the wales that are free. Z
y He is the breaker OF chains Z
who hears Z
= The tapping OF water Of many
tears, =
anu nIts Win simple ana ten y
der skill Z
y The care Of time and the griefs =
that kill,
y And brings to the bowed and =
the blind a glow .
. OF the beauty above and the .
beam below, .
= TAl they stretch and open the .
y mind and see =
= The wales are glad and the hills .
are free. q
= And love is master. and life is q
sweet. q
~.And Joy is the blossom beneath .
= their feet, o
= The Benztown Bard. .
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-02-15
bulgaria STAYS ON Fence.

SOFIA. Bulgaria. Feb. 10. via Lon
don.-"Bulgaria has decided to main
tain strict and loyal neutrality
said Premier Radoslavoff, at a meet
ing with his parliamentary adherents
at which the German loan to Bull
garia was discussed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-02-15

Grant that all the standpatters say
about the injury done the northwest
lumber business
Apply Beneficial by Canadian COM
Use" 20 Timber petition under the
Holdings. new tariff is true.
what then is the
answer?
In the view OF the East oregonian
there is very simple remedy for the
situation Apply to the owners Of
timber the principle OF beneficial use.
This is being done with reference to
irrigation rights Under the law an
irrigator must make use Of his right
within a specified time. five years. or
he will lose his right unless he can
make certain kind Of showing in
which case he will be entitled to some
leniency.
The suggestion Of this course as
remedy for what ails the lumber bus
iness is based on the idea that It is
Tot the absence Of a tariff that allows
the Canadian mills 10 compete with
the northwest mills but rather the
fact that the Canadian mills can Sc
cure cheaper timber. 1t seems the
Canadian timber has not been mono
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-02-15
THIS MAY ENTERTAIN
4 THOUGHT.
S~%~s$~s~

The world is so full of a number Of
ladies,
I'm sure We should all be as happy as
hades.-Life.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-02-15

NEW YORK, Feb. 15-Up along
Automobile Row in an auto repair
shop, Cen" Rosalie Jones, who led
suffrage armies On several hikes, is
learning TO be a chauffeur She wants
to pilot a taxicab.
Although she shares in the estate Of
s6,000,000 left by her father. Oliver
Livingston Jones, she intends to be
self supporting It is rumored that
the Generals mother Is not in ac-
cord with the chauffeur idea.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-02-15
~&O~~

That the United States faces in
creasing poverty is information that
will come as a
symptoms OF shock to most AM
National Decline. orleans. Our invet-
crate national op-
timism inclines US to dwell only on
vast figures of production that please
with their promise. and to ignore un-
pleasant facts that indicate the ap-
proach Of hard times IL improvidence
is to remain one of our besetting sins.
The distasteful truths cannot be es-
capped in this manner. Since they
must be faced at some time, the soon
er they are faced the better.
DR.. Cyril C. Hopkins, professor Of
agronomy and chemistry in the Uni
versity OF Illinois, a widely recognized
authority on the subject OF soil fer
tility, presented the Daily News on
Saturday an analysis Of the latest CEN
sus figures which demonstrates clear
ly that either American methods Of
food production must be improved or
steps must be taken to limit popula-
ton. In the last census decade the
number of people in the United States
q per cent while the pro-
duction Of all food grains increased
less than 2 per cent In the same
time the number Of food producing
animals decreased 10 per cent. How
the discrepancy was met is thus ex-
planned by the scientist: I'VE fed
our increased population by reducing
the standards Of living and by de-
creasing our expectations of food
stuffs. Meats and eggs have been
much boycotted by many families.
Reducing the standard Of living in
a nation predicates decrease in the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-02-15

poiized as in this country or at least
there is situation there under which
mills can secure timber for manutac-
tpring purposes more cheaply than in
this country, This must be true be.
cause labor is no cheaper in British
Columbia than here and they have no
tetter machinery than We do,
Enact a law making beneficial use
to reasonable extent compulsory
upon timber owner just as the prin-
ciple is very properly applied to irri-
CATION rights. such a law would make
cur big timber spectators from Phila-
6elphia, Michigan and elsewhere come
off their high perches and sell their
holdings at prices that would permit
our mills to operate and compete sue
oessfully with Canadian lumber.
II the beneficial use principle is
sound when applied TO water it is
sound when applied to timber. Ma
ture made both and each is essential
to human welfare.
Claiming it is remedy for LATER
tyism there is bill before the legisla-
ture which II it be-
4 Safety Valve comes a law will
OF Politics. make it impossible
for defeated can
didate for a nomination TO accept a
nomination from any other political
party. In other words the politicians
want TO so arrange matters that If they
can sandbag a man at the primary
election he will not have the oppor-
tunity to go before the people on an
other ticket Such a law would be
wrong in principle because it would
interfere with political freedom. II
there had been a nationwide law to
that effect in 1912 q certain gentle
man from Oyster Bay who was steam
rollered and robbed by political burg
lars at Chicago would have had no
chance to form a party of his own
and show up the frauds. The right
OF a man to bolt and run on diff
ferent ticket is the safety valve of
politics. Why try to legislate against
it?
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-05-13
Greater Protection than
Ever.

"Am feeling pretty well, thank
you," said Congressman J.
Hampton Moore, although l
have seen both my dentist and
my physician this morning"
The condition of Mr.. Moore's
teeth may possibly interest you
less than does his opinion about
the teeth which he says must he
put into the American tariff law
as a result of the war. Greater
protection than ever before" is
the assertion of this Philadelphia
member of the Ways and Means
Committee.
When l asked him to elucidate,
Mr.. Moore replied: "The end of
the war will see collapse IN the
price of European commodities.
Men over there will need all the
work they can get, and the fac
tories and mills will turn out from
these cheap commodities more
products than ever before. With
fewer persons, owing to war loss
es, to consume this output, it will
be shipped to America and dump
ed upon our markets.
That higher tariff wall which
Congressman Moore contem.
plates will he required to shut out
this flood of cheap merchandise.
Another thought which he en-
phasized was the danger that
may come to certain American
industries which are now greatly
extending their productive power
to meet the war demands. The
end of the fighting will leave
much of that extra capacity un'
used. Philadelphia Public I'd,
ger.
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Continued on next page.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-05-13
An Omen of 1915.

The election returns from the
various cities of the country in
dicate even more clearly than the
election last fall that the tide is
toward Republicanism. The peo-
pie no longer accept Democratic
promises at par. The Democratic
party has established a reputa-
ton for being long on theory but
short on practice, There were
cities in which local issues were
stressed, but the voters refused
to indorse anything bearing the
Democratic label. This country
for a century has been governed
by parties, and the voters con-
tinue to hold parties responsible
for conditions. The Democratic
party, if it is good at deciphering
mural hleroglyphics, might as
we'll prepare for retirement
March 4, 1917. But it should not
be entirely cast down. It's ticket
was not elected by a majority in
the iirst place, It's candidates
into power because the
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-05-13

Charles Sumner Bird, the Pro-
gressive leader in Massachusetts,
returns a polite negative to all
propositions to give him a Demo
cratic nomination coupled with
an Endorsement of the Wilson ad-
ministration." In other words,
Progressives are essentially Re.
publicans.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-05-13

Some time ago. when manu-
facturers complained that the
Democratic tariff had brought
ruinous conditions to their busi-
ness, the administration sent spc-
cial agents to investigate. These
agents. as was to be expected,
reported that the difficulty was
not due to the tariff but to ineffi-
cient management. Since these
agents are able to tell private en-
terprise how to run it's affairs,
why not assign one of them to
each governmental department
and thus get the administrative
machinery running on good
business ba Sis.