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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-06-03

GCXX YELL, boys"-Bil Par remarked-as
w he smoothed out a wrinkle in his well.
filled vest, "hdtU stop the Argument
about all Tire Tubes being Just Rubber won't it"
IF the Brown Stuff that toted all you Heavy.
weights,-and your Cars,-for 81 blocks without a
Sign of Heavy Duty afterwards isn't something MORE
than Just Rubber like other Tubes-then you'd bet.
ter buy the Just Rubber kind hereafter.
I'm going to ask all of you to sign your names
to this Texas Tire Tube Test just to show that you
have taken part in a regular Exploit which Is mighty
well bOOyth recording"
So indeed they did,-and here is the affidavit:
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-06-03
100000
Year 1921.

Pendleton-Pilot Rock road. 5 $4,000
Milton-Power House road. =. 10000
Ukiah-Pilot Rock Mckay
Butter creek ......... $4,000
Umapine- Hudson Bay road. 5000
Pendleton-Cold Springs road 10000.
Weston north macadam road
(balance ................ $4,000
Reserved for engineering ex-
penses Observation-Disclosures. 5000
$780, 900
Totals ................$5 $500, OOO
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-06-03

AFFIDAVIT.
This certifes that we. the undersigned, took
part In and witnessed the Texas tube test referred
/ TO in the advertisement entitled How the Texas
| Tube Test Happened l"-that the test was made on
| date of Nov II, at Waco, Texas the distance GOV.
cred being twenty-one blocks and that the result
| was as described
Signed W. M. ODEN,
J. NJ NASH
B. A. FRITZ
w. A. PARR
Subscribed and sworn to before me by W.
| M. Oden, J. NJ Nash, B. A. Fritz and w A. Parr
this the 3rd dayof May, A. D. 1916, at Waco, Texas
Signed J. G. WREN,
Notary Public,
McLennon County, Texas
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-06-03

T<HE Dinner was very Cheerful Affair.
As Oden said afterwards (when put.
ting UP his share of the Betl you could
have bet me a Million on that, Parr, and I'd have
taken YOU up,-even If had to>bOroV the Million.
II don't see how the blamed Tubes ever did hold
out-especialy going up Saco St. under such strain
"With eight people In the last three Cars and
total load of over $500 pounds Isure thought to hear
something snap before Second Block.
"Whaddye nut into that brown Goodrich Rubber
anyhow, to make It hang together like thatF
Fritz said that what puzzled him most was the
brown Rubber Tubes mot being all stretched out Of
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-21
LOVES WEAR

When quick ming buds begin to peep,
Awaking from their winter sleep;
When birds in spinney copse and
brake
Dear partners for their nesting take,
Then, Love, I think of love sweet
spring,
When life's joys all were burgeoning.
When summers pencil paints with
flowers
The border trim, the woodland bowers;
When wilding rose and eglantine
Their flowery tendrils intertwine,
Then, Love, think of loves high noon
OF welded summer, gone too soon.
When autumn's alchemy to gold
The LEAKAGE turns of vale and void,
And lingering flowers of loveliness
The corners of my garden bless,
Then. Love, / think of loves content,
That silent, still, calm sacrament.
When icy winds blow DER the plain,
Inaugurating winters reign,
And, far and near, beneath the skies
His glictening snow-white vesture lies,
Then, Love, I think of love that dare
Make its own Eden anywherei
Alfred R. Coopar.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-21
MORE "SELF.SACRIFICE"

TINE picture of the President
! cutting short his honeymoon
and "hurrying back to Wash
ington because of the Persia incident
was a fine piece of political scenery,
akin in that regard TO that other
image of a year ago which depicted
1.-The lonely man in the White House.
AS a matter of fact Mr.. Wilson's
original plan called for his return to
the capital on Monday, January 8, the
day before Congress was TO re-
assemble. He changed this and de-
Cided TO extend his honeymoon a few
days-though Congress did not post
pone its sessions-and it was this
borrowed time, if any, that was cur
tailed. Nobody will be churlish
enough to deny a honeymoon to the
President; but many will be irritated
at the renewed endeavor to present a
picture of a self-denying Mr.. Wilson
who does not exist.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-21
TRADE PREPAREDNESS

.NNE of the most practical confer
~ ences planned in many day in
this country is that of the Third
National Foreign Trade Convention, to
be held next week at New Orleans.
The convention has been called for
the purpose of discussing the CONNER
cial preparedness of the foreign COM
merce of the United States to meet
conditions which may be expected to
prevail after the war. Now is the time
to prepare for the keen competition
in world markets which is bound to
arise when the great European struggle
is ended. Since foreign trade is a
vital element of domestic prosperity,
the co-ordinated effort of the entire
nation-manufactur producers of
natural commodities, merchants, bank
ers and carriers-is absolutely neces-
sary If the splendid trade balance rec
ords set IN during the war are to be
maintained.
! The National Foreign Trade Council
indeed does well to schedule for
weighty confederation such important
problems as the utilization of the tariff
to encourage foreign trade and pro-
tect it from discrimination. the adapta-
ton of commercial education to the
needs of oversee commerce. and ways
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-21
PUTTING DOBBIN ON THE MENU
By Frederic J. Haskin

horse-meat will be enthusiastically
welcomed. This is especially the
case among the poorer immigrants,
who are accustomed to its use.
Two grades of horse-flesh will come
on the market Immediately. First is
that of old, worn-out horses. whose
owners are glad to get rid of them
at any price, and would have knock
ed them on the head long ago, had
such action not meant a dead loss,
however small. This meat, obviously,
will be neither tender nor juicy, but
though it takes a large amount of
chewing it has as high a nutritive
value per pound as the best porter
house. For the very poor, it means
an indispensable item on the bill of
fare taken care of at a minimum
cost.
Besides the twenty-year old vet
Grams, a large number of young
horses will in all probability be
brought forward for slaughter in con-
sequence of some physical defect,
some injury, or viciousness of temper.
Here again, only the fact that knock
ing the horse on the head struck the
owner as much like pitching a roll of
bills into the street, made him keep
it. Give him a chance to get a little
cash for the animal, and he will be
glad to be rid of him. The flesh of
such horses will prove as tender as
that of well-fed young steers or
sheep. 1t will keep its characteristic
flavor, but many people like the
sweetish taste. Properly prepared,
1t should make a tasty dish, and if
tickle fashion turns that way, there
is no reason why it should not be-
come popular.
There is mo, chance, however, that
the raising of horses for the market
will ever become an industry in
itself. Neutrality-suspicious. will give
the breeder and farmer an outlet for
his undesirable stock, and in this
way 1t will be a.. great help to the
business, but. the horse can never
compete with the. steer as a food
supply. The average value of the
21,000,0 900 horses in the country is
s1O3 "a head. The average value of
the 100000 cattle is only $3S. A
steer natures in three years, getting
practically his full growth and weight
in that time, while horse is not fully
grown until the fifth year. In other
words, 1t requires two extra years of
expense and feeding to raise a horse
for market. Horse-fesh would be far
more expensive than beef should the
demand ever draw on young, healthy
stock.
AS a utilization of waste product.
however, the butchering of the worm
out and the unfit, whatever horse
flesh we put on the market will be a
clear economic gain.
The most important promise of the
new movement, and one whose far
reaching results have yet to be ap-
preciated, lies in the way it will af-
feet, not the meat markets, but the
horses of the country. Horse breed
ing is one of our tremendously i'm
portant industries In spite of the
spread of the automobile, the horse
is more valuable and more in demand
every year. The new slaughterhouse
will bring about an ideal condition for
improving the breed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-21
IN AUSTRALIA. ALSO

7 IKE the United States. Australia
l. has profted immensely by the
European war, but unlike the
United States, Australia is not de-
ceivins herself as to the cause for her
prosperity. Apparently, there is no
political necessity which impels the
administration to convey the impress
sion that the prosperity has a basis
other than war. The Interstate Com
mission has recently issued a report
which shows how various industries
the cutting off of importations and
the creation of a new demand from
nations at war.
For example, although Australia is
a great producer and exporter of
wool, she has been an importer of
woolen goods, particularly from Ger
many. Australian manufacturers de-
sired the aid of a protective tariff,
but were unable to get it and the in
dustry anguished-much to the profit
of Germany Now, however, lit is
well understood by the general public,
that the isolation caused by war con-
ditions, elimination of German sup
plies and heavy military orders has
provoked unprecedented prosperity in
this industry The Commission
thinks the woolen industry, therefore.
presents scope for study by investors
with money needing profitable en-
ployment.
But the investor who conducts a
careful study" before investing will
probably ask: After the war, what?"
If wooden manufacturers could not
compete before the war, what en-
couragement is there for careful busi-
nessmen to invest in the industry with
the certainty that competition will
be restored as soon as the war is over.
And the same situation is presented
in the United States.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-21
THE OLD ALMANAC
(Kansas CitY Starl

An almanac was dropped upon the
doorstep yesterday; the same old al
manac. The only new thing about it,
at first glance, is the date, 1915, on the
front cover. In all else it is the same
almanac it was thirty or forty years
ago, when you first became acquaint-
ed with it.
You greet the old almanac as you
would a very dear friend. 1t was
member Of the family back in the
old home. It hung by one corner
from a nail under the mantel be-
hind the cook stove. Grandfather
consulted it for weather forecasts as
lreligiously as he consulted the Bible
| for solace, and woe to the boy who
! took it from its nail and failed to
replace it.
Possibly you had not seen one of
those yellow backed almanacs for
many years, and yet there seems to
have been no break in it's issuance
''SiXty-fourth year of publication" it
says on the cover. You turn its
pages lovingly. The same old medi-
cines; and even the pictures are the
same. The same kind of testimon-
ials of cure, list of eclipses, changes
of the moon and monthly calendars
with jokes under them. In the old
days, back home, those jokes were
told and retold at every gathering
throughout the year. Here's one of
the 1915 vintage:
"Dobbins-I hear that your daugh-
ter married a struggling young man.
Jobbins-Well, yes, he did struggle,
| but twas no use; he couldn't get
away"
| That would have been a prime joke
in the old home neighborhood and it's
luster would never have been dim
med by retelling. 1t would always
bring a hearty laugh. 1t was one of
the fine attributes of the old home
folks that they never would injure
a persons feelings by failing to laugh
at his jokes. People were more con-
siderate then than they are now.
Although the old almanac is not re-
garded as such a reliable old friend
as it used to be, it still is welcomed
as it was so many years ago, more
for the sake of old memories than
for its usefulness now.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-21

TIME slaughter of horses for food
purposes has been legalized in
New York City. For the first
time, horse-flesh comes on the Amer
lean market as staple. The country
is watching with much interest this
attempt of the New York board of
health to fight the high cost of meat
If the practice gains favor in New
York, there is no doubt that 1t will
be taken up in other cities. There
is a widespread prejudice against the
eating of horse-tlesh, but should the
new meat prove cheap its use will
quickly spread. Once Il source of
meat supply for half the world, the
United States has become a meat i'm
porting nation, and the change was
so sudden that it's magnitude is yet
hardly realized, There were $1,000
900 beef cattle in the country in
1907 To-day there are less than
37,00O,000. The average cost of the
best dressed beef, in wholesale quanti-
ties, was $3.50 per hundred weight
in 1904. To-day it is S10.75, and
cheaper grades have rised proper
tionately more.
some idea of the domestic demand
for meat can be CLEANED from a con-
sideration of recent imports. In eight
months of 1914, we imported 197,-
900, 900 pounds. The imports for 1915
were we'll over 2OO.OOO,OO0.
There are 21,000,000 horses in the
United States. OF these about 2 per
cent, or 100000 head are not useful
for work, because of age or some
physical defect. They are not put
out of the way because with no mar
ket for their flesh, such a course
would make them a dead loss to their
owners But there is a meat supply
available Immediately, amounting to
about 300,O00,OO0 pounds of horse on
the hoof.
That the prevailing prejudice
against the eating of horsefiesh,
simply because it / S horseflesh, is
largely unreasonable, is shown by the
fact that it is used in Europe. Europe
went through the controversy which
is doubtless about to arise over the
years ago. The first public licensed
slaughterhouse for butchering horses
was opened in Copenhagen in 1906.
The practice suffered temporary
checks whenever a new cheap meat
supply became available, as from this
country in the '7Os. or from South
America later, but whenever prices
go up the horse steps forward and
takes his place on the bill of fare.
Custom has uprooted much of the
prejudice against him as an article of
diet.
On the other hand, horse-f1esh has
certain undeniable disadvantages that
will always initiate against its use by
anyone who can afford beef. In ap-
pearance 1t is hardly appetiZing, be-
ing dry and often stringy, with little
fat. What fat there may be is yell
lowish in color. The taste is distinctly
sweetish, due to the presence of a
certain animal sugar. It's nutritive
value, however, is believed by ex-
perts to be fully as high as that OF
beef or mutton, and by those whose
circumstances do not permit them to
be fastidious, a chance to buy cheap
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-21
REMEMBER THE POOR

There is that maketh himself rich,
yet hath nothing; there is that
maketh himself poor, yet hath great
riches.-Prov. 1877.
There is that scattereth and yet in
creaseth; and there is that which
holdeth more than is meet, but it
tendeth to poverty.-Prov. 11-24.
But this l say, He which soweth
sparingly shall reap also sparingly;
and he which soweth bountifully shall
reap also bountifully.-II Cor. Sc.
Every man according as he pur-
poseth in his heart. so let him give;
not grudgingly, or of necessity; for
the Lord loveth a cheerful giver.-
II Cor. 81.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-21
STANDING TOGETHER

HARRISBURG still maintains its
place in the sun. and scarcely
day passes without some fav-
orable reference to the public spirit of
this community either in an address
before some civic body or through
the columns of newspaper or maga-
zine. The city has maintained this en-
Viable record of civic progress through
81 long period of years by reason of the
unselfish cooperation and energy of
all classes of our people. Now and
then attempts have been made to be-
stow credit upon individuals or groups
of individuals for all that has been
accomplished here in the way of civic
development and public improvement,
but here at home we know that the
secret of the city's success along legi-
innate lines of development has been
the standing together of the people
and not simply the work of a few.
1t is regrettable that now and then
the outside public gets the impression
that certain active and worthy indi-
Viduals have been responsible for all
that has been ahcieved since 1901.
Regrettable because there is a ten
dency to forget the splendid work of
the people as a whole in the effort to
give credit to those who have hap
pened to be particularly active in the
several improvement campaigns.
Harrisburg should ever remember
with gratitude the several energetic
and enthusiastic men and women who
have carried the flag of progress un-
falteringly throughout these years
But in doing honor to these care must
be taken that the great body of work
ers for civic betterement, including
many very humble and worthy citizens,
is not lost to view. 1t is one of the
outstanding facts of the city's growth
and improvement that so many of our
people have co-operated in all of the
various movements for the betterment
of the city and the welfare of the
people.
During the present year there will
be ample opportunity for Harrisburg
TO still further blaze the way for muni-
cipal progress and the several civic or
ganizations will doubtless have their
part in these activities. Many impor-
tant matters still cry for attention and
1t should be the business of all who
are interested in the city's growth and
prosperity to join hands in promoting
plans for a still greater city.
With the coming of the next session
of the Legislature that body should be
fully informed of what Harrisburg has
been doing to make the city a proper
setting for the magnificent Capitol.
As the law-making department of the
Commonwealth is an ever changing
body it cannot be assumed that the
members from time to time are in
touch with what has been transpiring
here in Harrisburg. They should be
enlightened when matters which af-
feet the city and the State are before
the Legislature at a time when mem
bers can act intelligently upon them
It is certain that the session of 1917
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-21
EDITORIAL COMMENT

Some of these German Americans
who proclaim they will return to Ger
many after the war will lose their long
ing for the Fatherland when the war
tax rates are announced.-Philadel
North American.
Canadians are said to be crossing
over into the States to avoid the neces-
sity of military service. A sort of de-
laped reciprocity, so to speak. A great
many Americans crossed over into
Canada in the early 60's.-New York
Telegraph.
II you think you are pretty well read
your complacency to learn that the
Nobel prizes for literature have been
awarded to Roman ROLAND, Henrik
Pontoppidan, Troels Lundanve, and Yer
ner Won Heidenstam kansas City
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-21
BRYAN'S ATTITUDE

n RITHMET1CAL progression could
"A not be more consistently regular
toward any given end than the
varying attitude of Bryan toward
President Wilson in the former Secre-
tary's personal publication, The Com
moner. From warm support to cool
ness, from coolness to adverse criti-
cism, the progress of The Commoner
has been steady, but the movement
from one extreme to the other has
been so gradual as to be almost i'm
perceptible.
How different is the following Com
moner editorial from the volleys of
praise with which it was saluting the
President at the beginning of his term:
What reason has he to question
the patriotism of Democratic Sena-
tors and Representatives,? Were
they not elected by the same
voters who elected him? And have
they not stood by him?
Now long, at this rate, will it be
before Colonel Bryan is openly oppos-
ing the denomination of the man he
nominated at Baltimore? And yet
who can say just when The Com
moner began to drift from the Wilson
moorings? The Bsyan change of front
has been so skilfully made that one
pauses to reflect that possibly the
former Secretary might have done bet
ter in planning campaigns in Europe
than in trying to checkmate them.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-21
The Small Boy and
the Big Pie

When a very small boy starts
out to eat a very big pie results
seldom measure up to his en-
thusiasm.
He wastes more than he can as
similate.
Advertisers of products who at
tempt to cover the world at one
swoop are like the small boy.
The waste eats up their profits.
The logical advertising way
is to take up a territory at a
time and to cover 1t thoroughly.
And the logical mediums to use
are the daily newspapers.
Advertisers seeking informa-
tion about newspapers are in
vited to write to the Bureau of
Advertising, American News
paper Publishers Association,
World Building, New York.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-21

Typographical errors in the newspa-
per game are. numerous, but it re-
quired almost jig-saw intelligence to
patch up the puzzle which appeared
in one of the States well-known pa
pers this morning The head, MUIR
dered Girl Was Not Native of City,
led off story about the health de-
partment taking steps to check the
outbreak of measles; while several
columns away the story of the muir
dered girl had this at the top: '"1S2
Cases Measles in City at Present"
The Reading health officer DIR.
Charles p. Henry, has resigned from
the office because of politics, saws he.
The doctor never was a politician and
never intends to be, and inasmuch as
he believed that the health department
was being placed upon a political ba-
sis. he deemed it time for him to re-
sign.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-21
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Henry. Albee, Potter county's
member of the Legislature, was suf-
ferer by the Galeton fire.
Ex-senator Clarence Wolf. OF
Philadelphia, has been reelected presi-
dent of the Mercantile Club at Phila-
delphia.
George ]. Watson, head of the
Philadelphia Builders Exchange, says
that it is going to be the largest in
the country soon.
Mayor Smiths selection of a park
way site for the convention hall has
been endorsed in Philadelphia.
William H. Stevenson, prominent
Pittsburgher, has been delivering ad-
dresses on purposes of recent ordi-
nances in that city.
&C. Ward Eicher. district attorney
of Westmoreland county, spent part of
this week in Washington.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-21
HE HAD EN-
(From the Mothers Magazine,

(From the Mothers Magazine)
Bobby's mother had forbidden him
to fight, but he came home one day
bruised and battered, with the blood
running down his face and two front
teeth missing.
'Why, Bobby" said the mother
sternly, you have been fighting again
and have lost two of your teeth"
"Oh, no, 1 haven't, mother" replied
the young man, i've got them both
safe in my pocket"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-21
BETTER GET READY
(Johnstown Leader)

They say we'll have to fight the Japs
upon our western shore and maybe on
the east We'll meet the Kaiser and
some more, and then, there's always
Mexico and little Haiti, too, with dark
and shady politics that's always in a
stew. Our northern peighbor. Canada,
is none too good a friend and might
help John Bulls allies, or at least
might not defend our northern border
from a foe who'd come across that
way. so maybe we had better start
preparedness plans to-day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-21

and means for smaller manufacturers
more effectively to engage in export
trade.
1t would well repay any business
man and manufacturer in Harrisburg
and Central Pennsylvania who has de-
veloped foreign trade channels to at
tend this great conference and prepare
himself for the vicissitudes which are
sure to come after the war.