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Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-06-26
A Soldiers Letter,
From The 'FRONT.'
Comrade Shot In Head

'"The Palisadian" has been handed
the. letter below from a friend at the
front in the European war:
South Irish Horse,
Expdt Force,
Somewhere in France,
May 81, 1915.
Dear Frank:
Many thanks for letters and papers
which helped to pass a pleasant hour
of two.
Since you heard from me last poor
Willie, my brother, got killed. He
was shot on last week, Wednesday,
the eighteenth. The Guards were
charge and he got it right
through the forehead. / was speak
ing to the sergeant of his section
and he told me he was struck just
as they got over the parapet of the
trench in the charge and died instan-
taneously. Its hard luck and Pm
sure mother will be in a fearful state
over it but its much better to be
shot outright than badly wounded
His lot got fearful messing up and
lost good part of the battalion
Its unnecessary to tell you that |
feel knocked out over this, but out
here you can't dwell on anything no
matter how keenly you may feel it.
| will write you again in a couple
of days time but just at present !
don't feel up to it.
Yours,
Mr. + Macken
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-03-26

plants are so human that they make
love and marry-that they see. hear.
feel, taste and smell-that certain
plants and flowers possess the pow
er OF thinking and reasoning and
have also spiritual qualities
Now, Of course, II plants possess
the five human senses-seelng. hear
ing. feeling, tasting and smelling-it
Is only fair to presume that they
have a language OF their own and
can also talk. II merely remains for
some genius to listen very hard and
persistently until he has mastered
this plant and flower language which
can be taught in the schools. Then
when we go out into the garden or
take a stroll through the woods we
will be able, by keeping one ear
slightly cooked, to hear and under
stand the gossip that is going on am
ong flowers, plants and shrubs all
about us.
Everybody knows that the leaves of
the trees whisper" but we have
never been able to understand what
they said. Now. however, we are on
the way Of finding out. And when
we learn the language of plants, we
shall be more successful farmers and
suburban gardeners, because then
the growing things can make their
wants known to us and we can ad-
minister to them. VIII that not be
nice?
shall endeavor to master this new
language by the time the plants and
things in my suburban vegetable gar
den come up. Then OF a summer ev-
ening / will slip out into the garden
about dusk. conceal myself behind
the currant bush. light my pipe and
listen intently.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-03-26
CURRENT THINKING
A PLUCKY WOMAN.

A woman has just told us OF what
she did the night her young husband
found himself bankrupt His fac
tory was closed. he had lost all he
owned-plus a good deal mOre-and
as he looked at IL. life was about al
an end. He reflected that he had
taken his wife from a happy and
charming home and that he had
brought disgrace and poverty on her
1t occurred to him that a we'll placed
bullet might be the best all around
solution of his difficulties.
His wife. at home, made a poig-
nant surmise as to what he was
thinking. suddenly It occurred to her
that here was a chance for teamwork
an opportunity to show what be-
ing a wife really meant. She pre-
pared a delicious little dinner. she
made her home as inviting as she
could. and she arrayed herself in her
most becoming dress.
Her husband returned. not to Al
disheveled and sobbing woman. TO a
neglected house and a drama of dis
aster. but to a home where everything
spoke OF resolution, of continuity, OF
expectation. The fire on the hearth.
his simple. well-cooked dinner, tile
courageous eyes OF his attractive wife
restored him to a true sense OF val
ues. He was able, amid all his con-
fusion of purposes and torment OF
realization. to see his failure, as only
a retrievable episode in his life.
He is now a successful manufac-
turer, his debts are paid, and he has
a happy home with a son and a
daughter in it. He was saved from
being suicide by the fact that a wo-
man was sportsmanlike at the right
moment. Not a bad thing to think
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-03-26

~ ULTNOMAH county il
JUk preparing to vote roaC
bonds to the extent Of
$1,250,000 so as to hard sur
face all the roads of the coun.
ty. It is a step forward and il
taken it is safe to say it will
never be regretted by the peo-
pie.
But the road problem in
Multnomah is not as pressing
from a commercial standpoint
as in Umatilla county. The
Multnomah roads are not plan
ned with any view to reducing
freight rates. They will be
useful chiefly as pleasant ave-
nues of travel.
In Umatilla county good
roads may be used to connect
the county with a new trans
portation system. When the
Cello canal is opened to COM
merce May 5 eastern Oregon
will be provided with a new
commerce carrier that from a.
local standpoint will be more
valuable than would be a new
transcontinental railroad.
By connecting up the differ
ent sections of the county with
the open river we will not only
make travel easier and life
more pleasant for the people
but we can bring about freight
rate reductions that will more
than compensate for the cost of
the road work.
The road problem now has
a new meaning in Umatilla
county. 1t is the most import
ant business proposition before
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-03-26
Overnight Relief
For Constipation

When the bowels become clogged
with a mass Of poisonous stomach
waste. sick headache with all It's
attendant misery. belching OF sour
stomach gases, bloat and general
discomfort are sure to follow.
A mild, pleasant laxative tonic
that will carry off the congested
mass without upsettlng the stomach
or gripping the bowels, is the combi-
@nation OF simple laxative herbs
with pepsin sold IN drug stores
under the name OF DR.. CaldwelPs
Syrup Pepsin. A dose taken lust
before retiring viii afford grateful
relief next morning. without un-
ploAaantness or discomfort.
DR.. caldwell's Syrup PepsIn IL
lthe ideal family remedy. especially
for the women and children and
old folks. A free trial bottle can be
obtained by writing to Dr. W. B.
Caldwell. asa Washington st.,
honticsllo, lila
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-03-26
THE LEGAL OVEN.

In the days when Joseph II. Choate
practiced as a lawyer. a newspaper
reporter visited him one morning at
his business office. In spite of the
fact that II was warm day In June,
Mr.. Choate had big fire burning
In the crate. Noticing that his visit
or was evidently feeling uncomfort-
able. Mr.. Choate asked him II he
felt too warm.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-03-26
TOO CLOSE TO THE LINE

In NE form of business hypo
w crisy has been discoun
tenanced at the start BY
the new Federal Trade Com
mission. 1t will not make rul.
ings in advance on knotty
questions submitted to it by
corporations. 1t will not open
a consultation room for those
who are reluctant to obey the
antitrust laws. 1t will issue
no certificates of character
based on hypothetical con-
ditions.
Business that is mixed with
more or less politics has in
dustriously cultivated the idea
that public regulation has left
it in hopeless doubt as to right
and wrong. In this frame of
mind it has asked the assist
ance of the commission, prob
ably not so much for the pur-
pose of learning what it should
do as to find out how far it can
go without getting into trouble.
The antitrust laws con-
demning conspiracy, monopoly
and coercion are as plain as
any other laws. They run
against evils universally recog-
nized. Men who are tempted
to commit the offenses thus
forbidden are not ignorant and
they do not fail to weigh the
responsibility. 1t is no more
possible in good morals to
maintain a public agency for
the guidance of such people
than it is to expect the District
Attorneys office to instruct
the populace generally upon
the loopholes of the criminal
law.
The claim that the Sherman
and Clayton acts are ambigu-
Gus as to their main purpose is
a pretence designed to encour-
age and excuse their non-en-
forcement. It is made plain al
most every day that jurors,
prosecutors and even judges
are not keen in support of these
statutes, but nobody who reads
and knows enough to do busi-
ness can rightfully plead mis-
understanding or doubt as to
their meaning. If there were
no law at all on the subject,
most men would know in their
hearts that the things prohib-
tied are wrong.
A disposition to get as close
as possible to the line between ,
law and lawlessness, perhaps ,
TO overstep it, has character t
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-03-26
NEW FREEDOM FOR SEA
MEN.

n CONSIDERABLE has beer
W published regarding tn,
various cons stru C tiv,
measures relating to busines.
passed by the recent congress
Strange to say there is little
known regarding a law that &C.
complishes considerable fol
human rights.
The LaFollette seamen's bill
introduced by the Wisconsin
republican senator and backed
by the administration forces
does nothing more nor less
than abolish slavery on ships of
all classes entering American
waters.
The new law forbids the ar
rest, Imprisonment or impress
ment of sailors, American or
foreign, who may quit their
ships in American ports. The
law forces ship masters to deal
with their sailors as men, not
as serfs, and they can no longer
make use of American courts
to put men in chains for the
crime" of fleeing from harsh
treatment.
There is naturally some COM
plant against the law from
circles. They assert
the law will increase shipping
costs. But there are good
reasons for believing the ship
owners are wrong about the
matter and that in the past /
they have been standing in
their own light.
The new law will make the
ocean more attractive to Am
erican labor and this fact will
prove beneficial to ship own
ers. Time may soon prove that
free labor is in the end less ex-
pensive than slave labor.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-03-26
PRZEMSYL WILL BE
JUST PLAIN PERMYSL

PETRoGRAD. March 2e.-The
Russians have conferred one great
boon on EnglIsh-speaklng people by
changing the name OF the city )f
Przemsyl Immediately after Its sur
render. In all official dispatches tho
word hereafter will be shorn OF the
"rz" combination OF letters. which
has tied the tongues OF so many. as
the city is to be known by Its Rus.
sian name OF Permysl.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-03-26
THE HUMAN SIDE OF PLANTS

Last Sundays Boston Post contain
ed a special article of interest con-
corning "The Human Side OF Plants, -
as portrayed in a book of that name
by the author, Mr.. Royal Dixon, the
naturalist.
1t is maintained in this volume that
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-03-26

Warm" echoed the reporter.
why. sir. 1t is as hot as an oven!"
Indeed" said Mr.. Choate, quick
ly. But then II ought to be as hot
as an oven, for. you see. I make my
bread herel"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-03-26

NEW YORK. March 25.-The In
ternatlonal Flower show Is experience
ing its most successful session ever
held. Thousands OF spectators have
been drawn to witness the new prize
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-03-26
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
I'm ADVANCEl
IN THE sPRINGTIME.

. There comes a feelin the eoun- I
. try round.
q Fore the bulgin' seed has crack
ed the ground
. Fore one first martin has con-
troll
. OF swingin' gourd on a mar
tin pole.
= That something's comm to =
change about =
. The world old Winter turned =
wrongside out; .
y An I'll jes' say 10 YOU today. =
= In a old-time. sociable, friendly =
way,
. It's a feelin' that comes to the .
. young an gay. .
. An shouldn't be givin' OF no .
q surprise y
. It's the springtime sap that's .
y on the rise! y
. Old Winter projicks in field an .
. town.
. Doin' his best to frost it down; .
y He tells the hills TO go TO bed y
y With snow-clad sheets above .
. EN- spread; .
. But sudden a dream comes y
. much amiss- o
3 How Spring once give him rose .
TO kiss. ~
, An he wanders high an he y
wanders low %
To find that rose in the frost .
an snow: ~i
An somewhere up in his own 81
cold skies
The Man in the Moon. he winks .
both eyes ~l
An says: It's the sap that's on 81
the rise" ~l
Frank L Stanton. u
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-03-26

shoots raised in all parts OF the
country and sent here for exhibition.
The photograph shows Miss Ruth
Willetts and a cluster OF the new
deep pink MRS. William Randolph
Hearst" roses.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-03-26

Unfortunately. in the case OF little
children and adulterated sweets. one
cannot say that to the pure all things
are pure.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-03-26

lied too many of our business
activities. There are many law
yers in private practice who do
not hesitate to give advice in
such cases, and some of them
have been made rich if not fa-
nous thereby.
The Trade Commisson avoid
ed a serious pitfall when at the
beginning of its career it re-
fused to enter into competition
with the professors of the art
of skating on thin ice.-New
York World.
New clip wool is selling at
Sidney, Australia, at 31h
cents a pound which does not
sound the least bit bearish.
The Russians want to-
change the name of Przemysl; !;
let them call it Jonesgrad.
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When bridge men are in
town it is a good time for the
county court to lock the safe
and hide the key.
~~~~O~~>~
The eastern experts" are
already giving US a bumper
wheat crop but the farmers
know why it is thus.
S~S~0S~S
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-03-26

LONDON. March 26.--Lady Ida
SItwell, sister of Lord Londesbor-
ough, wife OF Sir George Sitwell,
famous student of the spirit
world. and one OF the few women
whose features have been immortal
lied by Sargent has been sentenced
TO three months'- imprisonment for
conspiring to cheat Miss Francis
Dobbs. an Aerican girl, out OF $780,
900. on two bills Of exchange drawn
by Lady Ida. The bills were dis
counted by a money lender and sub
sequeDtly dlshonored. Lady Ida, It
Is said, was to have introduced Miss
Dobbs. an American girl. out OF $780,
band is a publisher in London and
has been a vigorous foe of fraud in
the study OF the occult.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-03-26

the people. 1t is a subject de.
serving of earnest study and in
the view of this newspaper the
first thing to be learned is that
the subject must be handled in
a broad way with regard for
the rights of all. Narrow Sec
tional prejudices must be laid
aside. If the good roads boost
ers will work together they
will accomplish wonders. II
they breed petty community
feuds and disputes the cause
will be hindered and this whole
county will be denied the bless
ings that will logically result
from opening the upper Co
lumbia to free navigation.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-03-26

The Russians want to
change the name of Przemysl /;
let them call it Jonesgrad.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-03-26
TAKE THE BROADER VIEW

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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-04-20
STORY BRANDED AS FALSE
American Naval officer investigates
Turtle Bay Reports.

Washington, April 20.-The story
SEN from Los Angeles to the effect
that the Japanese had established a
naval and military base at Turtle
Bay. Lower California, was knocked
out In toto by a report from Noble
Irwin, commander of the cruiser New
Orleans, who was sent to investigate
conditions In Turtle Bay.
He said the activities of the Japa-
nese were due solely to their efforts
to salvage the cruiser Asama, which
went ashore on the rocks Dec. IA.
The cruiser is still aground, but the
Japanese hope to float 1t early in May.
Besides the Asama the vessels in the
bay are a Japanese supply boat. a
japanese repair ship. two British col
liers and several Japanese fishing
boats.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-04-20
COLORADO CONWCTS
BUILD GOOD ROADS
Both State and Prisoners Bene-
III BY New System.

Colorado Springs, Colo.-The Colora-
do Springs and Canyon City highway
and the Pixies peak ocean to ocean
road In Ute pass are two Of the best
mountain roads In the United States
and two OF the best examples OF the re
suits OF convict labor.
The first named Is a fine example of
scientific road building. For twenty
miles south OF Colorado Springs the
road winds around the foothills and
mountains. practically the entire road
bed having been cut out OF the hillside
and I'm many places blasted GA OF solid
rock For the remaining twenty-five
miles the way Is over foothills and
through undulating country. Besides
IL n OF the most scenic and pictur-
esque In the west, passing, as 1t does,
through Red Rock canyon. Dead Mans
canyon and many other mountain beau
ty spots.
The road averages eighteen feet In
width and Is perfectly crowned and
drained. Although 1t offers a success
sion Of climbs. SO skillfully was the en-
cheering work done that heavy grades
have been eliminated. and the motorist
Is confronted with only n grade as
high as q per cent
Under the Colorado system each o n
Wet Is allowed ten days of his SEN
tence for each month OF labor on the
roads. This Is In addition to the usual
reduction for good behavior. The cost
Of building many Of the mountain
roads would be almost prohibitive II
the state we're compelled to construct
them under ordinary conditions.
The entire country has reaped the
benefits Of Colorado's pioneering be-
cause 1t has been able to open to trav-
elers from all sections Of the country
some OF its most splendid mountain
scenery.
Thomas j. lyman. warden of the
state penitentiary. under whose super
vision the work Of the last three years
has been done. says:
"Basing our figures on actual expe-
rience. we are confident that we can
construct In the next ten years more
than 5000 miles OF the very finest road
ways for less than 100000. and this
without adding anything whatever to
the burden Of the taxpayers.
THE man who Is allowed 10 leave
the prison for the road camp has prac-
tically seen the last of prison life II he
conducts himself properly. His food
and clothing are better: his self re-
spect Ii preserved. During the last
three years we have had more than
1000 n~ngsarded individual prisoners In
the convict camps. Less than ! per
cent have violated their pledges and
made successful escape
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-04-20

Must Make No Concessions Endan-
gering Open Door Policy.

Washington, April 20.-The admin
istration has taken a positive stand
in the present negotiations now go
ing on between Japan and China with
regard to the formers sixteen de-
mands upon the latter which in many
quarters are looked upon as the pre-
liminary steps to Japanese control OF
China.
The state department has advised
China that she must not cede to
Japan anything that will seriously
interfere with the open door policy
or will jeopardize the right of the
United States in the Far East.
Japan has been advised that the
United States will not recognize ia
pans claim to take from China any
privilege that will interfere with the
rights of the United States in the Dig
republic.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-04-20
MADISON GRAIN MARKET.
SIOUX CITY LIVESTOCK MARKET

Sioux City, April 20.-Receipts of
cattle at the local market for the
opening day of the week were on the
liberal order, some 1872 cars or 1000
head, as against 1926 a week ago
and 2,049 the corresponding day a
year ago.
Stockers formed the big end of the
days quota. Demand was broad as
dealers had a good clearance last
week and there was evidence of
strength to be noted or the SAFE Of
the desirable grades of both steers
and heifers and in most instances
sales of such kinds were made at an
advance of a dime, while the plain
grades moved at steady figures. A
new high mark was reached on feed
ers. a load of Black Polls, of excep-
tional quality, selling for $50.
Release for killing grades showed
a few changes as compared with the
close of last week. Trade was mild
ly uneven, there being spots that
looked steady, while others were 10c
lower, but the average for the day
measured up about steady.
A late start was had in the hog
trade. News from outside markets
was bullish, but local packers fought
hard to maintain prices on a steady
level, but when a trading basis was
reached most transactions were quot
ed so loo higher. Tops reached
$7.35, while the bulk of the sales
ranged from $7.25@7.3O
Only a limited noun of business
was transacted in the sheep house.
Supply was meager and nothing new
developed. prices holding steady with
the close of last week.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-04-20
W. @. EDEs, CHAIRMAN OF ALASKAN RAIL
WAY COMMISSION.

W. O. EDES, CHAIRMAN OF ALASKAN RAIL-
WAY COMMISSION.
careful tests 10 produce a high grade
OF semianthracite coal of excellent quail
ity for use by the navy.
There were two routes competing for
the selection at this time-one from
Seward inland, which has been select
ed; the other going inland by way Of
the present Copper River and North
western railroad. up the Copper river
and making available the Boring river
coal deposits. 1t is understood that
the decision In favor of the Alaska
Northern route was settled by aso
Goals of the Matanuska and Boring riy-
er fields and gave its verdict In favor
of the former Goals.
The government is going TO reserve
5000 acres of the best coal for its own
development and use. thus %insuring n
naval supply for generations to come.
no matter what may become OF the + e
mainder of the two fields.
In deciding to buy the Alaska North
ern road, seventy-one miles long, and
extend 1t up the Susitna valley TO Fair
banks the government rejected the of
fer Of the Copper River and North
western line, which Is 1876 miles long
1t will pay $1,150,OO0 for the Alaska
Northern, which Is said to be less than
the valuation fixed on Ii by the gov
eminent appraisers, while 1t Is under
stood that about 100000 was asked
for the Copper River line, a fine and
complete road, built, however. in a diff
fcult region and at great cost.
The president directs that the pres
ent Alaska engineering commission,
composed of William G. Edes (chaif
mani, Lieutenant Frederick Mears and
Thomas Riggs, Jr., shall manage the
construction Of the lines. The work,
however. will be done by contract in
sections, instead Of directly.
One reason why the Alaska Northern
was taken over, as Secretary Lane ex-
plains, is that 1t opens up a generally
good country for agricultural, live stock
and mining purposes. 1t Is the gov
ernment's wish that there shall not be
an untimely rush of Ill equipped
bonanza seekers to Alaska. and that is
feared In spite of all warnings to the
contrary.
Along the route that has been chosen
lies the Susitna valley. which. to a
large extent. Is unknown In detail
though 1t contains much Of gold and
great areas of land available for agri
culture and stock raising. Big golt
strikes have been reported lately aloni
this route and important finds Of
quarts In the Mount Mckinley country
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-04-20
U TRIUMPHs
Madison Citizens Testify for the Pub
lie Benefit.

A truthful statement OF a Madison
citizen. given in his own words,
should convince the most skeptical
about the merits of Doan's Kidney
pills. If you suffer from backache,
nervousness. sleeplessness. urinary
disorders or any form Of kidney ills.
use a tested kidney medicine.
A Madison citizen tells OF Doan's
Kidney Pills.
Could you demand more convinc-
Ing proof of merit?
William Morgan, 900 West Fifth
street, Madison. says: II suffered
from weakness OF the kidneys and
bladder. The kidney secretions were
highly colored. too frequent in pass
age and contained sediment. l used
Doan's Kidney pills and they made
me much better In every way"
Price so cents at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-ge,
Doan's Kidney Pilis-the anne thai
Mr.. Morgan had. Foster-Milburr
Co.. Props, Buffalo. N. Y.