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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-16

the saloon vote. with one honorable
exception. 1t is we'll there was one
true patriot left who voted with the
judge. But the fact man Is en-
gagged In the saloon business is not
conclusive evidence he is a law vio-
!ator. Equally as good men, II not
better than either Judge Lowell ur
myself, have engaged in that bust.
ness. | admit there are criminals
and law violators among them. But
this is true OF lawyers, bankers,
preachers and doctors In fact there
is no business or profession in life
entirely exempt from them, but when
such men as Ed Murphy, ]. w. Nc
Cormmach, Tom Swearingen and
myself were teaching the people of
the state how to regulate disorderly
saloons by forfelting their licenses.
When Ed Murphy, Tom Gurdane and
myself were closing OUT gambling and
drinking and undertaking to save
the boys of Pendleton from the al
! lurment of disorderly houses, we re-
ceived none OF the judges assistance.
/ was not a prohibitionist / fought
/ for regulation to a point Of denec",
1 and II that could not be attained, then
l wanted the traffic suppressed.
supposed during this time the judge
was too busy delivering lectures to
/ kindergarten schools where his
meaningless prattle was appreciated.
am not defending the saloonmen
of Pendleton | want them to obey
I the law l assume they will until
the contrary is shown. But so long
as they could distribute fat fees
/ never heard Of the judge being OPP
posed to their business. When Tom
/ Thompson. viii Ferguson, myself
and others pulled orr our coats and
secured the adoption of the local op-
tion law he opposed, IN fact l never
heard of his favoring prohibition,
until sentiment became so over
whelmlngly favorable to its adoption
there was no possibility of mistakins
what the results would be when sut =
mitted to the people, and then by
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-16
Stories From the War Zone

The aristocratic Rutland praised
the patriotism of the hundreds of
thousands of Ben Tillets type who
answered the Kings call. and Tnlett
handed it right back to the aristo-
cracy.
With a forcefulness and rugged elo-
quence that brought as much ap-
plause from fashionably clad women
in the stalls as from his own friends
in pit and gallery, '7illett told how he
had seen "toffs" and 5ruckmen on the
Flanders battlefront fighting, playing,
eating, sleeping, diving side by side,
Whether they came from Eton or
oxford, or from Bethnal Green" he
said, when they faced the hellish
/ German fire they were as one man.
He had met young officer a
"knut' of the -Picadilly club
variety, whose conversation was as
inane as his conference.-the" said
+ Ben. 'Fhe had grit, and the men rec
/ ognized it and loved him; and there
was not one of them but would have
/ laid down his life for him any time.
I His message was that despite the
deadly determination and cheerful op-
timism Of the men at the front Eng
land couldn't hope to defeat Germany
until the folks at home saw to II that
4 they were provided with a preponde-
rating supply of munitions.
For shells we must give 'em
more shells" he shouted for gas
more gas-and for hell. more hell!'
"Heah! Heah!7' cried the stalls
"ear, earl" bawled the gallery.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-16

siye of earth's mountains, for it rises
sheer to the clouds out Of an i'm
mense plain.
"The dominant mountain Is split
into two peaks, Great and Little Ara
rat. Great Ararat rises to a height
of 1900 feet above the level Of the
sea Little Ararat where the boun-
daries Of the Ottoman empire, Of
Russia and of Persia meet, reaches
an altitude Of 1880 feet Though
the snow line is very high here-14,-
600 feet-the dome Of Great Ararat
is covered with glttering fields ri
unbroken white.
"A vast wealth of legend surrounds
the mountain. which has alwais
deeply impressed the imaginations Of
the peoples who have wandered, pass
ed or settled beneath It The Arme-
nian priests long believed that the
wonderful mysteries Of its summit
might never be surveyed by human
eyes and all thought Of scaling Ara
rat was considered almost in the
light Of sacrilege.
"The Armenians have also held
that they are the first people after
the flood, the immediate descend
ants Of Noah, so to speak; for the
first village that Noah founded aft
er abandoning the Ark was Nakhit-
chevan. So the Armenian thinks that
his people were the first race OF men
10 grow up in the world after the
flood.
THE name Ararat means high
The Persian name for the mountain.
Koh-i-Nuh, means 'Noah's noun
tain. II has been determined by the
natives that the Garden Of Eden was
placed IN theoyaley Of the Araxes
"Noahs wife was buried in this
valley near the mountain. and grapes
are still grown there whoge vines are
the direct descendants or vines plant
ed by NOAH
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-16
ADDITIONAL PRECINCTS
NECESSARY

n HE creation of new cleo
W ton precincts in the
thickly populated por-
tions of the county is to be
strongly commended. The ac.
ton will facilitate voting on ell
echon days and the counting
Of the vote after the polls are
closed.
The vote at the recent cleo
ton in Pendleton proved con.
clusively our precincts are too
large. In several precincts the
number of votes cast ran close
to 500 whereas it is generally
considered there should not be
more than $50 voters in a pre-
cinct.
1t was not hard to handle the
voting in the city election be-
cause the ballot was short,
thus permitting voters to cast
their ballots quickly and the
judges and clerks to make a
rapid count. In a general elec-
ton with a long ballot it would
be physically impossible for so
many votes to be cast in pre-
cincts so arranged. Further
more the task of counting the
ballots would be something to
tax the endurance of the elec.
ton officials. This was shown
at the general election a year
ago when it proved a hercu-
lean job for some of the boards
to canvass the large vote that
was cast.
Through the equal suffrage
amendment the number of
voters in the county has been
doubled. 1t is natural additi-
onal voting precincts should
become necessary.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-16
CREATING AN INDUSTRY

nOR % years, a farmer
near Heppner has grown
~ corn with an average
yield of so bushels.
A homesteader II miles
west of Shaniko, in one of the
dryest and coolest districts,
grew corn this season that
turned off 35 bushels.
Four years of campaign by
the Oregon-W ashington Rail
road company has convinced
many farmers that the Inland
Empire will produce corn pro.
fitably and that the crop will
ultimately be regularly pro
duced as one of the basic in
dustries of the region.
A difficulty in the way is
that the farms of the regio
are too large and that the far
mers think in terms of wheat
They operate on a large scale
and do not want to bother with
diversified cropping as woulc
be involved, for instance, II
growing corn and feeding it tC
livestock. 1t has been sale
that the operations of these
big farms in one-crop produc
ton will never be broken W
until the soil is broken down
That, of course will ultimate
| " come to pass with wheat al
the only crop.
This year, the first silo was
built. and the first corn put VI
for ensilage. Next year, a
| least a dozen more silos will be
constructed. There is no bet
ter proof that the railroad.
campaign for corn growing il
yielding results. That the in
auguration of such a move
ment among the farmers OF
any considerable scale will b'
of inestimable value to them
selves and to the region is un
doubted.
The campaign has prover
that corn can be successfully
and profitably produced II
practically every kind Of dis
trict in the Inland Empire
where production is at all pos
sible. The Shaniko home
steader grew his corn on lane
at an elevation of 3400 feet.
The railroad company i
rendering a high service in it
corn-growing activity.-Port
land Journal.
SS-S-s-~OSSS-S$
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-16
BY ED L. KEEN,

United Press Staff Correspondent)
LONDON, Nov. 1S.-(By MaiD-
Imagine John D. Rockefeller intro
ducing Bill Haywood to an audience
recruited about equally from the
realms of the Limousine and the push
cart.
That's about like the spectacle at
which London was amazed the other
afternoon when the Duke Of Rutland
led Ben Tillett to the stage of His
Majesty's theater before a thorough
ly mixed crowd of upper and low
er" class Britishiers and launched
Bens lecture on the war.
Rutland-tall, mOnocled, frock-
coated spatted, with Cambridge ac-
cent and Mayfair manner; Tillett-
short. stumpy, sack-coated, baggy-
trousered, with an East End jaw and
a Cockney accent.
The Duke-tory of tories, his fam
ily tree rooted in the middle ages a
top-notcher Of the British landed
gentry. and what certain Americans
doubtless would term 'malefactor oi
great wealth"
The Docker-man of the people
day-laborer. England's most belliger'
ent strike leader and, in his owr
words. an international social reVo'
lutionist' the war.
It was a graphic illustration of th'
leveling effect of war in this country
of classes.
Duke and Docker were on the sami
mission-to impress the British pub
lie with its responsibility toward th'
men at the front.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-16

der oath that they are charging 10
per cent or more on some of their
loans, and when t022 national banks
in 25 states. which include "A per
cent of the total area OF the eonti-
mental United States, exclusive Of
Alaska, also confess that they have
been charging on an average any
where from 10 per cent to is per
cent or more ON all of their loans, is
Il not flying in the face of facts to
suggest that the practice is confined
either to q small area or to few
banks?"
1t must be source OF disapI ont
ment and chagrin TO all Georgians
who condemn the practice OF usuri-
Gus extortion, to know from the
comptroller's statement that sixty-six
of the offending national banks which
have been in the habit Of charging
anywhere from 10 to 100 per cent or
more on small loans, chiefly to farm
ers, are located in this state (Georgial
The subject is one which needs no
further comment 1t must in al
good conscience demand speedy.
sweeping and effective remedy; and
if there is not sufficient authority
under the present laws TO bring it
about, congress should and must pro-
vide a speedy means of relief.
The national authorities, treasury
department and congress may be de-
pended upon as quickly as possible
to eliminate serious interest extOrtion
1 from the national banks.
But what are we going to do
about the state banks? In similar
! territory, perhaps in every state Of
| the union, state banks have been
equally guilty with those under ma.
! tional upervision-peThaps more so.
Nor is there the same restraining law
and influence to put an end to usury,
State authorities, state legislatures,
1 must meet this issue If the farmers Of
{ his country are to have relief from
a burden of oppression from which
they have already too long suffered,
If there is not law enough now to
stop it, it should be made before an
other legislative session passes The
city man has his protection in the
sense of justice and the law-abiding
disposition of the financial institu-
tions with which he deals. The farm
er, too must have his.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-16

some sort OF legerdemain he succeed
ed in being named as a member Of
the Committee OF One Hundred.
He says with Gods help he will
always stand by the under dog in the
fight. This is beautiful sentiment.
and he has had, during the last 90
years some 40 or so occasions to
call upon his Divine Creator for help
The truth is, as soon as 1t was known
he had Joined the Montgomery for
ces, II was generally prophesied de-
feat was In store for his candidate
JAMES A. FEE.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-16
FOR ORCHARD EFFICIENCY

NT the Winter Short Course
II to be held at the agricul-
tural college from Jan.
10 to February 4 unusual az
tention is to be given the sub
Ject Of horticulture. An eff
fort is being made to make
the instruction meet present
day needs and TO this end the
problems considered will deal
with orchard maintenance and
fertility rather than with
planting which was the great
live topic in the state a few
years ago.
The practice Of attending
these short course lectures is
quite generally followed on
the part Of progressive west
ern Oregon growers. There
are large orchard concerns
that make a fixed habit OF
sending representatives to the
college expressly for instruc-
ton purposes. The opportun-
ity for such benefits is also
open to eastern Oregon peo-
pie and unQuestionably good
results would follow If more
would attend from this sec.
ton.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-16
A RESULT OF FIRMNESS

~ HE government bureau OF
VI war risk insurance has
announced another re-
duction in marine insul ance
rates between ports of the Uni
ted States and acknowledgement
ports of the western hemi3-
phere. All told the govern
ment action is said to have
worked a reduction of 80 per
cent in our war insurance
against present dangers.
These favorable results are
due of course to increased re-
spect for American rights on
the part of the belligerent ma
tons. Europe has learned that
Uncle Sam is wide awake
when American interests are
assailed. We have told Ger
many. England and Austria
where to head in" to use the
vernacular. and they have
given heed.
Let those who have sneered
at our foreign policy take note.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-16
Ching GONG.

How did King Solomon get such
reputation for wisdom %
We'll, he seems to have been able
to make his thousand wives believe
that his affection for the Queen of
sheba was purely platonic. 1t takes
wise guy to pull a stunt like thai"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-16
THIS MAY ENTERTAIN
A FOOL FOR LUCK.

Jones is a lucky. dog He got a
quiet tip yesterday 10 plunge on X
Y. 2. preferred
why. that stock dropped 90
points this morning. Where does
Jones luck come inn"
"He didn't have money enough to
go in on IT,"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-16
VIII Execute Bandits.

GALVESTON. Dec. 16.-Thirteen
men and five women bandits have
been arrested in Mexico CITY, The
men will be executed publicly, a ca
blegram stated.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-16
4 waste Of Money.

MA. can I have a quarter to go
to the minstrel show?"
mo, Johnny yoa cannot. Tho
idea Of paying quarter to hear the
very same jokes your rather has been
telling US for the last 10 years"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-16
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
UN ADVANCEl
THE FORTUNATE ISLES.

AAG N'OAAANNAAE AoAsEaos
. You sail and you seek for the
= Fortunate Isles,
. The old Greek Isles of the
= yellow birds song?
= Then steer straight on through
. the watery miles,
= Straight on, straight on. and
= you can't go wrong.
= Nay, not to the left; nay, not to
y the right,
= But on, straight on. and the
= Isles are in sight,
= The Fortunate Isles. where the
= yellow birds sing
. And life lies girt with
= golden ring.
. These Fortunate Isles, they are
. not far;
. They lie within reach of the
. lowliest door;
= You can see them by the twi-
. light star;
= You can hear them sing by
. the moons white shore.
= Nay, never look back! Those
= levelled gravestones
. They were landing steps; they
. were steps unto thrones
= OF glory for souls that have
= sailed before
. And have set white feet on
. the Fortunate shore.
= And what are the names Of the
o Fortunate isles?
= Why, Duty ana Love and a
= large Content,
= 10! these are the isles Of the
. watery miles
y That God let down from the
. armament.
. Lo! Duty and Love, and true
= mans trust;
. Your forehead to God and
. your feet in the dust;
. Lo! Duty and Love and sweet
. babes smiles,
= And there. 0 friend, are the
q Fortunate Isles.
. BY Joaquin Miller
q a ,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-16
Some car

That's a pretty speedy car OF
yours, isn't it?"
You bet your life II is! i've only
had that car six months and I've paid
out more money in fines than the car
cost me originally"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-16
Useless.

The uniforms the moderp soldiers
wear are virtually invisible at dis
lance Of 300 yards"
what good does that do? The
guns they have nowadays shoot far
ther than a man can see. anyhow"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-16
Pone % ProclaIm Hole Year.

ROME, Dec. 15.-The Pope intends
to consecrate the year in which peace
u concluded as holy year It was said
here.
The Washington times., 1915-04-29
WILL
OPPOSE RULE 45
Citizens Association Approves
Local SeIf-Government in
Resolutions.

Copies of resolutions favoring the re-
peal Of Rule 49," which automatically
d'ssmisses teachers who marry, will be
forwarded to the Board of Education
and the District Commissioners by the
Brightwood Citizens Association. The
resolutions were adopted at the meeting
OF the association last night
The resolution as adopted was word
ed In a jocular vein
Homer Smith presided, and j. B.
Simpson was elected secretary pro
tempore. Thanks were rendered Capt.
Thomas Judge. OF the Tenth police pre-
cinct, for the assistance he and his
men have given in the cleanup cam
paign.
After some discussion, a resolution
that the stand taken and consistently
maintained by the association continu-
ously since its organization in 1897 for
local self-government, home rule, and
the right OF suffrage In the District Of
columbia be again approved and az
nrmed. was adopted with but one dis
senting vote.
The president OF the association was
empowered to appoint n committee to
solicit subscriptions which will be turn
ed over to the Federation Of Citizens
Associations to be used in preparing the
Dl2tr!cts case before the Joint Con-
gressional committee inquiring into the
relations between the District and the
Federal Government
The Washington times., 1915-04-29
SUNDAY WILL NOT
butt" INTO WAR
"HoW Do Know God Is Not
Furnishing Germany for
Heresy?" He Asks.

PATTERSON. N. j.. April 29.-The war
is Gods business and Billy Sunday
yesterday afternoon in his sermon in
the Paterson tabernacle declined to
butt into 1t" by praying for peace.
Not me-" said Billy. firmly. How
do l know but the Lord Is using the
allies to punish Germany for heresies
spread broadcast from the Universities
OF Heidelberg and Leipsic?
How do know that he isn't using
the allied fleets, blazing at the Moslem
fortresses OF the Dardsnelles. to drive
the Turks out Of the Holy Land that
Jews?"
How do know but that the AL
raveging France. as a vengeance upon
her RIGHTEOUSNESS and immortality and
her driving out OF believers Do you
mean to. tell me that the civil war was
not planned by the Almighty"
Sunday was in high nervous tension.
and shouted that the war was "God
business" and that he had no right to
try to altar the Lords plans and pray
for the % titanic struggle to cease. -
came forward at both services. $40 TAX
ing the evangelist's hand at the evening
Service. A party including Mr.. Frank A.
Munsey and Mr.. and Mrs. Elbert II.
Gary were on the platform at the even
The collections at the afternoon and
evening services amounted to more
than 1900. which will he turned over
erson. The trail Aitters in the evening
numbered 1S0.
=, Before Sunday began his talk. Judge
Gary was introduced.
NJ give my unaualified approval to
Billy Sunday and his work." said the
steel executive. His advice to young
men starting out in life is invaluable.
No one who follows it will go very far
an acquaintance with him of twenty
five years standing"
His evening sermon was practically
the same as that OF the afternoon. and
bore. the same title. The Second Com
Christ will come in person." he said.
and will destroy the antichrist The
seat Of His power will be Jerusalem.
This Is literal and not fgurative."
The evangelist took Issue with the
belief of many persons that the second
coming of Christ will mean the end OF
the world.
Christ will reign 1000 years when he
comes again Sunday declared. HE
will he accepted by >he Jews. The sin
ners will go to hell and the devout will
remain to dwell with Christ
Besides his two Paterson meetings.
the Reformed Church Of Passaic. This
edifice was packed to the walls an
hour before he appeared. The Twenty
third Psalm was the subject OF his ser
mon. in which he deplored falling
away from old ideals.
There are many people who get pros
perous." he said. "and the more pros
porous they get, the further they get
from God"
1t was announced yesterday that
Sunday. who recently prayed for the
'hluebloods Of Montclair." is to speak
in the home Of Mr.. and Mrs K. II.
Wells. Of South Mountain avenue. to-
morrow morning. Invitations to the
number OF 40 have been Issued.
Wells Is president OF the Babcock &
Wilcox Company. Of New York. and his
house is one Of the showplaces Of Mont
clair. Frederick T. Gates, John D.
Rockefeller's almoner, is his neighbor
The house OF Mrs. William B. Leeds,
widow of the tin plate king. is Just
- nth Of the Wells place
The Washington times., 1915-04-29
THIS WILL INTEREST
STOMACH SUFFERERS
Says Indigestion comes from
an excess of hydrochloric
acid.

A well-known authority states that
stomach trouble and indigestion is nearly
always due to acidity-acid stomach
and not as most folks believe, from a
lack Of digestive juices. He states that
an excess Of hydrochloric acid in the
stomach retards digestion and starts
food fermentation. then our meals sour
like garbage in can, forming acrid
fluids and gases which initiate the SOM
ach like toy balloon. We then get
that heavy. lumpy feeling in the chest,
we eructate sour food, belch gas. or have
heartburn, fiatulence, waterbrash. q
nausea.
He tells us to Law aside all digestive
aids and instead, get from any pharmacy
four ounces of Jad Salts and take .
tablespoonful in grass Of water be-
fore breakfast while 1t is effervescing
and, Furthermore. to continue this for
one week. While relief follows the first
dose. 1t is important to neutralize the
acidity, remove the sas-making mass
start the liver. stimulate the kidneys
and thus promote a free flow OF pure
digestive juices.
Jad Salts Is inexpensive and is made
from the acid OF grapes and lemon
Juice combined with lithia and sodium
phosphate. This harmless salts Is used
by thousands of people for stomach
trouble with excellent results.-Advt