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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-05-23

A marriage license was issued last
evening to Henry NJ. Sommerer, SO,
prominent Hermiston farmer, and
Catherine Leona Carson, Hermiston
teacher, "a. Another license was is
sued last evening also the principals
being Horace C. Berg, %. of Rose
burg and Edna Ada Hogue. 10, of
Fendleton.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-05-23

f. L. Smith. G.. NJ. Rice and G.. y.
Hartman have been appointed APP
praisers of the estate of the late Ben
F. Ogle. The petition filed in the
probate court represents that the es-
tate consists of 1871 acres of farm
land valued at $685. 900, city property
valued at $4,000 and personal ope
ty valued at $66. 600, making the to-
tai value Of the estate $326,0 Goa.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-05-23
Good roads Meeting saturday.

President ID. H. Nelson of the
Eastern oregon Highway association
has called a meeting for 1890 Satur-
day in the Commercial association
rooms and the automobile association
will meet at the same time, the OBJ
ject being to discuss the bond issue.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-05-23
New store Front.

Workmen are engaged in tearing
out the front of the Stangier building
on Main street. The partitions will
also be removed and replaced so that
more room will be given the Jost ci-
gar store. The room of the Wilkin-
son jewelry store will be narrowed
to twelve feet.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-05-23

Conductor Wade of the O.-W. r. &
N. has been transferred to Pendle-
ton from La Grande and he and his
family moved to Pendleton Monday.
He has been on the wallowa run out
of La Grande.-La Grande observer.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-05-23

Dudley OF Athena, well known farm
ers. left last night in company with
M. +. Dupuis for Montana TO look at
farming land there.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-05-23
Johns Wins Case.

The supreme court yesterday re-
versed Circuit Judge Knowles of
Union county in the case of Thomas
Morgan VS.. James Johns, an action
charging diversion of stock in the
Union County Farm Co. In the cir
cult court the local man lost but his
appeal has resulted successfully.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-05-23
FIRST Unit to Meet.

The first military unit will meet at
the city hall his evening at 4 O'Clock
for regular drill, according to an
nouncement made by the officers. A
full is requested.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-05-23

Mrs. f.. w. Haines. who works on
the IA Tulloch place, a her tom
sis this morning.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-05-23

Circuit Court June 6.
The circuit court will v its
regular June term on June 8.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-05-23

campment has peer elected as grand
delegate.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-05-23

When r. T. Scully Of Pittsburg
and Edward Tinkham Of Montclair.
y. J.. led an American contingent OF
sixty men through Paris streets the
other day. bearing the American flag
before them. the city went wild They
were the first detachment 81 the new
ly created munitions transport
branch Of the American Ambulance
Corps.
The Washington times., 1917-10-29
James Lansburgh, a Useful and
Distinguished Citizen
His Death Removes One of the Builders and Pioneers Of
the Washington of Today

The commercial world and all of Washington learns
with regret Of the death of James Lansburgh head Of
great business institution.
James Lansburgh and his brother Gustave Lausburgh
were pioneers in Washington commerce and helped to lay
In the days Of Abraham Lincoln the foundation Of the city
that exists now
The work begun and carried through long years by
the Lansburgh brothers, the distribution of merchandise
built on strong foundation, is the important work Of this
period.
It be often repeated that the problem Of the
day Is DISTRIBUTION
Production In all its branches Is unlimited but wise
economical distribution following wise and economical se
lection, Is the worlds problem
Distribution Of the waters Of the earth that call m
cation.
Distribution Of knowledge that we call education.
And distribution Of the worlds products and of LIES
Of the moment.
And in their branch Of distribution the Lansbmgh
brothers stood out as honorable leaders.
The Washington times., 1917-10-29
Next Time Buy Liberty Bonds
With Your. Rent Money
1t Can Be Done, A TIMES Man Tried It.

The problem today is to make each dollar do double
Eaty if it will
81 member of The TIMES staff who had purchased as
many Liberty bonds he felt he could afford and then
Few more, made the experiment successfully
BE pays rent to Mr.. e. l. Rust and the owner of the
suilding is Mr. Bates Warren.
He said to the patriotic Mr. Rust and to the broad
minded Mr. Warren In pay you years rent in advance
q you take the money in Liberty bonds-and we will divide
he coupons
"An right " said Mr. Rust "Au rght," )" said Mr. Capt.
isalist Warren
Four thousand five hundred dollars worth of bonds
and sent to Mr. Rust who returned receipt for
gears rent in advance
Rent payers and real men, bear this in mind when
fhe next Liberty bond sale comes around.
Making two blades of grass grow where grew before
no better than making one dollar buy Liberty bond and
pay rent also-and it can be done.
The Washington times., 1917-10-29
Fighters Should Be Voters
Man Good Enough for Bullets Is More Than Good Enough for
BalOt. Reward the Districts Soldiers By Giving wash
ingtou Q Vote.
ington . Vote
By EARL GOODWIN.

Here is letter from real American It was written
by Washington boy to question asked him By
official of one of the examining boards The young man
typical of thousands in this city who viii go to meet the
Kaisers battaons just thousands have already gone
and well their way to the fronne trenches His
letter is expressive of the thought in the minds of many
men today:
accept $ S GSs ss :E' duty ss q: fy , ssi s a % @ ny
among :. - - :
SS S.c 9 w H.
S Sc Ta S s C. & : %
."SI1 and viii hsh, Sn.s5s TN TIA. tssy return
:on:tRins e % & 9s
In The Times would say that if the Government
had passed the District of Columbia and had given
its fine young the chance to the hag then
would indeed have been in the depths Of degradation The
fact that Washington has vote sad accident does
injustice but it has not taken away from
quality American citizens. Washington men are good
fighters and will not suk in their tents and is healthy
and helpful sign that these soldiers thinking Of the time
when they will their homes ready the
duties of peacetme citizenship.
When victorious comes from across the seas
to be reviewed by the Chief shall be said
that all those splendid soldiers may have vote In the affairs
of their Governmen-except that fine array of who
happen to live in the shadow of the Capitol domef
The of this city strong enough to fight and good
enough to They better fitted to fight than the men
most cities because the pendor of Washington gives
definite upt to the lives of its citizens The better the c
zen the better the fighter and the better the fighter the
better the citizen.
There is no doubt that Washington should vote
This fact will stand out clearer than when the boys
come marching home having taken their part this most
glorious for liberty
closing thought: People in this town who believe the
citizens Washington should NOT vote because OF the sad
experience of the legislature must remem
ber that this is day and have generation
The new generation is showing its mete and should have
its chance
The Washington times., 1917-10-29
UIIU T att VI NVuIoCI NIIC sIIIIIIIIb
exceptions.
Misery Does Love Company,
But Be Cautious About
Your Confdante.

And the reason for it is the uni
versal human craving for SYM
pathy and understanding. A hap
piness unshared loses half its zest.
We hate to lose the good opinion
= and approval of our fellows. Mis-
cry loves company.
This is all perfectly natural and
perfectly right. The church, when
it established the confessional,
realized and provided for a great,
human demand and satisfied one
of the strongest impulses Of sin
ming and sorrowful mortals.
Merely to talk our troubles out
20 a sympathetic listener will fire.
Guently take away half their sting.
But not too often. There are
enough professional trouble-tellers
IN the world. And it's wasteful to
feed pearls to swine; pearls are
precious and expensive, and swine
are not discriminating.
Tom, Dick or Harry may listen
curiously as you recount your dis
putes with your mother-in-law,
your hard-luck story about losing
your position, or your eagerly
given version Of that slightly ques-
tionable episode in which you were
concerned. They may even be
profuse in expressions of commits
Grafton. But in nine cases out Of
ten they are either profoundly
bored, or they are apt to twist your
sobbing recital into a story in
which you do not particularly
shine.
We are all of US inclined in mo-
ments of stress or resentment to
pin our hearts upon our sleeve.
That is an excellent place, if one
wants to furnish food for the
DAVIS; but it is upsetting to the cir
culatory system. The best place
for heart is safe inside the ribs,
and its throbs should be reserved
for the ear which has a right to
rest against ones breast-or for
the stethoscope.
Speech is always silver and
silence golden-the present ratio
of values between the two metals
being something le7s than 16 to l
and we would all do better if
The Washington times., 1917-10-29
Let Folks Guess a Bit About
You and You'll Avoid
Much Trouble.

Don't be too ready with your
condolences. Let people guess a
bit about you. If / were a Polo
uius, called upon to advise young
ian or young woman starting out
Lpon a career, that is the first in
junction would give. 1t will not
only add to the interest you
arouse, but will surely keep you
out of trouble.
As the English policeman
warns a person when he makes an
arrest, Remember, anything you
say may be used against you"
There is more money and more
credit to be gained by keeping
still tongue than by extolling your
virtues and accomplishments, no
matter how genuine they may be.
Your listeners never believe half
LnAL gOu yell biiCAu oDOub gOhIoClAB
anyway, unless it is bad; and then
they have a shrewd suspicion that
it is considerably worse than you
have made out.
These are truisms which every
body knows and recognizes. Yet
let trouble or misfortune come,
and we hasten to unburden our
selves to any one we can get to
hear us. Let US suffer accusa-
ton or blame, and we immedi-
ately begin TO explain and to ex-
culpate ourselves. Let success or
achievements be our portion, and
we chortle in our joy to the first
chance wayfarer, and strive to i'm
press him with our Importance.
At least this is so of ninety
eight people out of hundred. You
The Washington times., 1917-10-29

IEN TAKE 'em laugh. Make
NI 'em cry. Make 'em
wait!"
That was the rule Tom Taylor,
the English dramatist, laid down
for the writing of a successful
play; and, by the same token, it is
an excellent formula to follow in
life.
The Washington times., 1917-10-29
Justice for Women is Near
Continued from First Column.)

CONTINUED from First CoIumn.)
entitled le liberty the pursuit Of happiness
and above all to the weapon-THE VOTE-that makes
real liberty possible?
The nation watches with interest New York State and
wonders what its think of the women Of the State
In Washington of course, ALL human beings, men and
women cassed by law with idiots children and Indians
not voting But that will be So always Meanwhile,
voteles Washington will do what little it may In its voteess
way to help the woman suffrage movement In the nation
and in Congress.
The Washington times., 1917-10-29

who "doth protest too much" al
ways arouses suspicion.
We are harder on ourselves
than the law is. for it presumes
every man to be innocent until
proven guilty. Whereas, we in
our endeavor to clutch and hold
the bubble, reputation, are forever
seeking to prove ourselves inno-
cent.
The Most Difficult Thing Is to
Keep Your Head Under
Censure.
The most difficult thing in tht
world is to keep quiet under CEN
sure, under doubt, under misrep-
resentation. Kipling's "If" adorns
most bedroom walls, but it should
be on all:
'If you can keep your head when
all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it
on you;
If you can trust yourself when all
men doubt you,
But make allowance for their
doubling, too;
If you can wait and not be tired
by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in
lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to
hating,
And yet don't look too good nor
talk too WISE"
Wasn't it Bismarck who said,
Never retract, never apologize,
never explain For it makes lit
tie difference what you say. II
your skirts are clean, time may
safely be trusted to right the
wrong, the injustice and the mis-
understanding. And if you have
committed a folly or mistake, drop
it in the pit Of oblivion. Talking
about it only keeps it alive and
growing.
We wouldn't be human if we
didn't do things now and then that
require explanation, retraction or
apology. We needn't, however, be
such fools as to take the world
into our confidence about them.
So, never retract, never apologize,
never explain-except to the one
person to whom the apology, the
retraction, and the explanation is
due.
The Washington times., 1917-10-29

we applied this metaphorically in
discussing our personal affairs.
Why, l wonder, when "the world
is so full of a number of things"
when there is so much to talk
about, do we persistently bark
back to the First Person Singular
and its tribulations.
Make 'em laugh. Make 'em cry.
Make 'em wait!"
You will never do it by talking
about yourself. If they laugh
then, it will be in their sleeves. II.
they cry, it will be crocodile tears.
And you may be sure that they
will not wait. They have already
taken your number. They know
just as much as they are interest
ed in knowing about you, and
they do not care to be bored by
listening to any expurgated and
diluted bulletins that you may
choose to put forth.
Silence Is a Sure Attraction;
Makes a Mystery. and
Fascination.
On the other hand, silence is a
lure and a constant attraction.
For it suggests mystery, and mys-
terry is always fascinating.
Fer centuries men have stood
before the silent sphinx where it
rises above the yellow wastes of
the desert, and have vainly tried
to puzzle out its meaning.
For years, too, men have sacri-
feed their youth, their health,
their comfort and often their lives
in effort after effort to reach
the North Pole. But now, since
Peary has. come back to tell Us
lust where it is and what it looks
like, we hear no more of Polar
expeditions. There is no longer
any mystery about it. 1t is just a
commonplace patch of ice and
snow.
The aim of every lawyer in
irving a case is 10 shift the bur-
den of proof to the other side.
When we begin to apologize, TO
explain, to justify ourselves, we
voluntarily assume the task Of es-
tablishing our assertions. One
never hears a man boasting of his
honesty that one does not begin
to wonder what shady trick he is
trying to cover up. The woman
The Washington times., 1917-10-29

The nation at calls upon the women of the country
They asked to help in the hospitals and with the
Red Gross under fire. They do it.
They are asked to give their to the battlefield their
most precious possessions and they do it.
They asked to economize home to buy bonds to
help in thousand ways-and gladly they do it all
The women in their turn ask of the Government which
they serve only JUSTICE. Shall they not haze it9
One after another the gTea States Of the West have
SAID through their men: OUR WOMEN ARE NOBLE,
ERNMENT'
This fail the State of New York through its men will
tell what those men think Of the women of New York
what they think OF their wives mothers sisters daughters
Of the mothers and daughters Of other
The State of Illinois has given the to women Chi
Of New York WV ~ '|-1'-' '-N'' ''' ''SS'' WY
California has given the vote to her women, and to
those women is due the fact that Woodrow Wilson today
the President of the United States
Well the President the of all the nation in
his powerful appeal the of New York State urging
woman suffrage.
In Russia women have the vote.
In China under the republic women vote.
In England the vote is promised to them-and well it
be- since fully half of the load Of has been carried
on their shoulders.
No man will deny that justice demands the vote for
women, women FIT to vote
How many in New York will say that their moth
ers and the mothers of other NOT fit to vote?
voter should be honest, conscientious patriotic Are
not women honest, patriotic, and conscientious?
The vote should those that have deep interest in
the welfare of the nation Have not the whose
are the battlefield the deepest interest in the
welfare?
Every his life to the suffering Of woman and
his preservation through infancy to the care and the ec
tion of that woman.
: How many such men in New York going to turn
against the women to whom they everything
AGAINST THEIR OWN MOTHERS.
Votes for will increase the interest of all the fam
iy in public matters
Politics will be made respectable when the hus-
band and wife, mother and son, vote together.
When vote the man in Office will be compelled to
ask himself What do the need? What do the chill
ren need? Will that be good thing for the country?
Women are more heavily taxed than today. For
The heavy taxes laid the things that the family must
and And is womans task to make the weekly
allowance pay the bills which fixed by food trusts that
tax.
Is it fair that should be thus taxed without rep
resentation in government?
We do not allow children to because we consider
them unfit, not sufficiently intelligent.
We do not allow Indians to vote, although do make
exceptions and many thousands of exceptions.
& The law does not allow IDIOTS OR WOMEN TO VOTE
IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK
viii the of the State decide that their women moth
er daughters sisters and wives should REMAIN cassed
with the idiots?
Or will they decide that their human beings
Continued at Bottom of Last COlumn.)
The Washington times., 1917-10-29

In the wooded sections Of this Dis
trict there are many dead trees-
Jerry Matthews suggests that with
coal scarce and firewood at SIC .
cord. some real conservation could
be effected by cutting those trees for
the benefit Of people who will need
fuel this winter. Good business.
The Washington times., 1917-10-29
HEARD AND SEEN

Is it right for automobiles to park
for more than fifteen minutes at .
time on Fifteenth street northwest
between New York avenue and II
street? 0rville Ecker, who has an
office on that street, says it is not
At first / thought l would ask the
Police Department, but perhaps It
would be better to suggest that on
all fifteen-minute streets there be
placed metal signs telling people
what to expect. Mr.. Ecker says that
on Fifteenth street, in the block men
toned, some automobiles stand al
day long.
The Washington times., 1917-10-29

Mrs. Wilson WOOdrOw's Article

DOM Be Too With Your Policeman Will Tell You That What You Say May Be
BsaNsvs Rsaae Never Apologize Never Explain hsPSpe Person
The Washington times., 1917-10-29

Edward H. Causey makes a mod
est request in his suggestion. Here
it is:
81 have read your editorials on the
Fourteenth street car line with a
great deal of interest, and ! know
that they will do much good-IF the
Utilities Commission acts.
"Now that the street has been
widened and new rails have been
laid, don't you think you could per-
suade the Capital Traction Company
to use round wheels on their cars ?"
The Washington times., 1917-10-29
Justice for Women Is Near

The Nation Watches the Battle In New York State Do
New York's Men Consider Their Women Inferior To
Those of Other States-Creatures To Be Cassed
With Animals Idiots, and Children?
The Washington times., 1917-10-29

As The Times said a few days ago,
Superintendent Ernest l. Thurston
of the public school system has dis
tributed copies Of General McCain's
classic letter on mental slackers to
all teachers and to high school stu
dents. Ny own opinion Of General
McCain's letter is so high | cannot
express it well enough to suit me.
The Coconino sun., 1917-12-21

Mir. and Mrs. Eli Giclias are spend- ing the holidays in San Francisco and Watsonville, Calif., with Mrs. Arthur F. Miller, sister of Mrs. Giclias.
 Eddie Priest, who nas been at Clark dale for few months, returned to Flagstaff Wednesday, having been called here in regard to his draft call, which he expects to be made soon.
 Mrs. Geo. T. Mason, our we'll known musician and very popular teacher, has rented her home ranch for term of years and will reside in Flagstaff, giving her entire attention to music.
 Charles A. Clark, who some time ago took his family to California, making the trip overland in their au- to, returned Sunday. Mrs. Clark and children will remain on the coast this winter.
The Coconino sun., 1917-12-21

Harry c. Steckel came in from Tuba City Tuesday to get Christmas sup plies for the Indian school at that place. MT. Steckel has had on offer from the Curtis people for the aer- oplane he recently demonstrated to the war investigating board. As yet he has not decided whether he will work with the government or with private concern.
The Coconino sun., 1917-12-21

Joe Roth, former Flagstaff resident, who for the past several years has been braking on the Santa Fe local running east out of Williams, is as- sisting the switching train crew here this week. We are informed that the local freight trains will be put on again after tomorrow and the switch engine and crew will be pulled off here.