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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-10-24
GREELEY.

Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Irish and son
were overnight visitors at the George
Griffith home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Griffith were Wis
itors at the Elmer Michael home near
Edgewo I'd Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Griffith were
visitors in Edgewood Sunday.
Miss Grove and Miss Wilson were
weekend visitors in Cedar Rapids.
Roy Clute was seriously injured on
Sunday. While he was taking a shoe
off a horse, the animal kicked him
above the eye. A doctor was sum-
moned but it was some time before
the young man regained conscious
ness. He is getting along as well as
could be expected at this time.
Mrs. Chauncey Davies mother Mrs.
Cruise, passed away at her home in
Earlville last Friday
e. e. Farwell and wife of Manches-
ter, were in Greeley Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Bowers mourn
the loss of their infant child The
little one was found dead in bed. The
funeral was held at the home Sunday.
Abe Weiner is visiting friends in
Greeley.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Griffith visited
relatives in Cedar Rapids several
days last week
Mrs. ]. G. Matthews and daughter,
Dorothy, were visitors in Cedar Rap
ids last week.
Miss Bernice Hindal entertained q
number of young people at the Grin
Lillibridge home Thursday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Johnson and
Mrs. Elmer Schmock visited at the
Fred Burgin home near Edgewood on
Sunday.
Russell Lux of Hopkinton, former
student Of the Greeley high school
was here Saturday to attend the ball
game. Russell is attending school at
Dubuque this year.
j. Lanson is digging the cellar for
his new house on the Lull lot, which
he will build to rent. q
J. c.. Matthews and DR.. and Mrs
Dimmitt drove to Cedar Rapids Sun
day.
John Kennedy returned to his home
in Batavia, New York, this week.
N Mrs. .Weikel has returned to her
home in Cedar Rapids after a three
months visit with relatives in Gree
ley.
Mrs. Yves Brown spent several days
in Manchester last week.
W. A.. Brown has been visiting in
Oelwein
Jack Goen and Henry Bronson of
Manchester, were in town Saturday.
Major O'Connor and l.. O. Farber
were in Greeley Saturday.
Miss Charmion Holbert spent Sun
day at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Miller spent
Sunday at the Jas. Watt home.
Harvey Burbridge and family were
visitors at the John Farmer home Sun
day .
The Bernard Fitzpatrick children
have been quite i'll but are better at
this time.
Mrs. Thos. Cole assisted with Red
Cross meeting in Edgewood Tuesday.
Mrs. Elmer Lang was in Cedar Rap
ids Sunday and Monday. ..s
Mr.. and Mrs. Randolph and daugh-
tiers were over-Sunday visitors in c.
dar Rapids.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-10-24

Shall we buy Liberty bonds, or pay
indemnities to the Kaiser? We've got
to do one or the other. Which will
you choose?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-17

Don't worry over a mistake that
can be corrected. but go 10 work and
correct IL.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-17

When "a man in In love for the first
time he thinks he invented q.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-17
AT ROCK
ROAD WORK
RESIDENTS SOUTHEAST OF TOWN
WORKED AL DAY THURS
y. DAY.
Saturday Club Gives Delightful r o
gressive Dinner fOr Husbands and
Friends; erean GIr5s Give a Dino
Social.

(East Oregonlan Special

PILOT ROCK, Feb. 1.-THE far
mers southeast of Pilot Rock were all
out working IN their roads Thursday.
This is some of the work planned and
started by the Good Roads associa-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Hinderman
were Pendleton Visitors Thursday.
The Pilot Rock Commercial club
are planning to close up the Birch
creek streams against fishing until
The first of April
The Saturday Club gave a progress
sive dinner. wednesday evening. to
their husbands and friends The first
course was served at the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. ]. NJ. Gilbert, the second in
the !. o. o F. hall. the third at Mr..
and Mrs CAR Jensen's. and the fourth
at the home OF Mr.. n Mrs. l. c.
Scharpf. After dinner they all re-
turned to the hall. which was beauti-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-17

ways system, under which the
labor of the convicts is devot-
ed to public structure and
roads. The latter system has
grown in popularity, it is point
ed out, because it makes use of
the convict labor with a mini
mum of competition with free
labor, contributing fairly last
ing benefits to the whole COM
|munity, affords healthful and
even somewhat reformative
employment to the convicts,
and reduces congestion in PEN
al institutions. The most sat
|isfactory use of the system, in
the opinion of the departments
road specialists, is under state
rather than county administra-
ton.
Convicts should not be in
discriminatory put to work on
roads, it is pointed out. Only
those who are physically fit for
the work should be employed.
It may be even desirable and
practicable in many instances
to reserve assignment to the
open-air work as a reward for
good behavior. Physically and
by former mode of life, Stats
tics cited in the report show,
about three-fourths of the aver
age male prison population is
better fitted for outdoor labor
than for shop work. In prac-
tice, when all considerations
are taken into account, It has
been found that from 25 to SO
per cent of the male inmates of
prisons are available for road
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-17
HELIX VALENTINE
SOCIAL NETS SIS
BEE SOCIAL DONATED To
SWIMMING POOL.
John TOmPkins Reported to BE Very
III With Pneumonia ut Long Beach
Cal; Other News Notes OF Interest
to vicinity.
(East Oregonian Specially

HELIX, Feb. 1.-THE Valentine
social given by the Ladies' OF the Mac
cabees wednesday evening, was a sue
cess in every way. SIS being cleared.
One half was donated to the Helix
swimming pool.
The Christian church people are
planning for Easter services in their
church on Easter Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs J. E, Montgomery OF
Pendieton. visited over sunday with
Mrs. Mary Montgomery.
Mrs. J. w. King is spending the
week with her mother. Mrs. w II
Musselman. at Freewater.
A b.. Y. p. U. was organized sunday
afternoon with Guy Norton president
and Walter Cramer secretary
Captain Bellies of Wallula, was in
town Tuesday.
]. B.. Kennedy was out from Pen
dleton Tuesday.
c. A. Reeder was a Walla Walla
visitor Tuesday.
A letter from friends in Ions
Reach. Cal. states John Thompson If
very i'll with pneumonia, IN a hospital
of hat city.
Mr.. and Mrs John Planting of Ad.
ans We're tuesday NlSllOTS.
j. f. King and family have returned
from spending the winter in Corval
lis.
Mr.. n Mrs. Emil Zimmerman
have moved into their ranch house
east Of town MIR. and Mrs. Fred Os-
wald OF Myrick Station are moving TO
the house vacated by the Thinner
mans. The demand for residences IN
Helix is greater than the supply.
A gospel team of twenty men, has
beer organized.
Rev. and Mrs. A. r. L Haslan have
gone to Adams. -
C. L. smith has a new Ford.
Mrs. w. II. Morrison is visiting her
parents. Mt. and Mrs. A. B. Snodgrass
in Arlington.
MT. and Mrs. o. J. piper will return
to their ranch in Idaho the first OF
March.
Frank Lockwood Of walla walla,
was in town Thursday.
C. c. Conner returned to Walla
walla Thursday.
O. j. and @. w. Piper. E L Norvell
and II w. Drew attended Masonic
lodge at D~endleton Thursday evening
Mrs. A. j. Ellsworth and daughter.
Helen. left Friday for their home
near La Crosse.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-17

fully decorated in red and white and
passed a very enjoyable hour In
playing games. after which they went
to see Bessie Barriscale in Bullets
and Brown Eyes" Thirty-six people
were present and all report having a
very pleasant time.
y. N. McReynolds. wife and son OF
Albee, spent Thursday night In Pilot
Rock en- route to Roseburg where
they expect [ o visit some time.
Mrs. Charles Hooper was called TO
Elgin Tuesday by the death OF her
nephew.
Bonn Gill returned from Spokane
Tuesday where he was called as a
witness in the case of the officers of
the Northwestern General Trading
Company found guilty OF having used
the mails to defraud.
The Berean Girls. a Sunday school
class. gave a dime social In the church
basement Thursday evening. The
money which they earn Is 20 be given
to the church.
Mrs. F. b. Casteel. Ida Russell.
Marvin Hutchinson. and Alfred smith
are reported IN with the humps
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-17
County Library
NEWS NOTES
HOURS 1000 to $50
NIGHTS 7 to SUNDAYS z to S

Raymond the new book by Sir
oliver Lodge which has lately attract
ed so much attention may now be had
at the County Library. The book viii
be reserved in the order in which re-
quests are made for it, as is the case
with all non-fiction.
The preface OF Mr.. Lodge is here
quoted to show the scope of the book
for any who may be interested:
This book is named after my son
who was killed in the war.
1t is divided into three parts. In
the first part some idea of the kind
of life lived and the spirit shown by
any number Of youths. fully engaged
in civil occupations. who Joined for
service when wal broke put and went
to the front. is Illustrated by extracts
from his letters. The object OF this
portion is to engender a friendly feel
ing towards the writer of the letters
50 that whatever has to be said in the
sequel may not have been the newt
able duIlness OF details concerning an
entire stranger. This Is the sole OBJ
ject Of this portion. The letters ars
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-17

not supposed to be remarkable;
though as a picture of part of the life
at the front during the 1915 phase OF
the war they are interesting, as many
other such letters have been
The o part gives specimens of
what at present are considered by
most people unusual communications;
though these again are in many re-
spects OF an ordinary type, and will
be recognized as such by other bereav-
ed persons who have had similar mes
sages. In a few particulars. indeed.
those here quoted have rather special
features, by reason of the assistance
given by the group of my friends ION
the other side who had closely stud
led the subject. 1t is partly owing to
the urgency therein indicated that |
have thought it my duty to speak
out, though ii may well be believed
that it is not without hesitation that
l nave ventured thus to obtrude my
family affairs. should not have
done SO were it not that the amount
of premature and unnatural bereaVe-
ment at the present time is 50 appall
ing hat the pain cause by exposing
ones own sorrow and its alleviat on
to possible scoffers, becomes almos.
negligible in view of the service
which it Is legitimate to hope may
thus be rendered to mourners, If they
can derive comfort by learning thai
communication across the gulf Is pos
sible. Incidentally. 1 have to thank
those friends, some of them previous
ly unknown, who have in the same
spirit allowed the names of loved ouss
to appear in this book, and 1 am
grateful for the help which one or
two of those friends nave accorded.
Some few more perhaps may be thus
led to pay critical attention to any as.
of continued and happy and
useful existence which may reach
them from the other side.
The third part of the book is of a
more expository character, and is de-
signed TO help people in general to
realize hat this subject is not the
bugbear which ignorance and preIu-
dice have made il. that it belongs to
a coherent system of thought fill Of
new facts of which continued study Is
necessary that it is subject to a law
and order of its own and hat though
comparatively n its infancy Il ie a
genu4n branch Of p pathological sci
ence. This third cart Il alice Life
and Death" bec1use these are the
two great undeniabls f. cts which c IL
Germ everybody, and in which il is
natural for every one to feel a keen
interest, II they ono begin to realize
that such interest Is not futile ana
that # Is possible - ear something
real about them. 1t may be Willingly
admitted that these chapters arc n
adequate TO the ~nlagnitude of tn sup
ject. but it is hoped that they are of
a usefully intr9T character.
The I'm MemOriam' chapter of
Part / is no dOub' {. 'efly OF interest
to family sind frteit Is; out ~c!eINbody
is very friendly. AM under the cir
cumstancesoit will be excused.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-17
BROADENING OUR VISION

NAIL the war and our
~ heavy export business
during the struggle
open the eyes of our business
men to the fact that if we wish
TO continue selling goods
abroad we must to a reason
able extent be a purchaser in
the foreign market? There
are indications that this truth
rs being realized. Witness
the following statement from
Vice President Straight of the
American international Cor
poration:
'"This war has demonstrated
the fact which some of us in
this country have heretofore
been disposed to ignore-that
international trade. like do
mestic trade, is essentially an
exchange of commodities. W.
cannot hope that we shall con-
time to sell some S3,000,000,-
900 more of goods than we buy.
If we wish to sell our goods
abroad we must in turn pur-
chase from foreign producers
That is a broader sentiment
than our business m~agnates
have been accustomed to. ex-
press. In DAYS preceding the
Wilson administration the chief
thought Of pampered industry
was how to shut out foreign
competition by a tariff wall.
If the war business trans
forms this country commerce.
ally into a world nation, de-
stroylng the 1provincialism on
the protective tariff days, the
whole world will be gamer, the
United States probably the
most of all. Let us hope we
are forever past the nursing
bottle stage.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-17
40 YEARS AGO

CFrom the Weekly East oregoniau,
Feb. II. 1879
william Ellis and David Horne.
two OF the N. W. 8 company;s high
toned manipulators OF four horse
lines. were in attendance at the ball
given by Tom Mlarkey on the occa-
sion Of his wedding. They were the
best dressed young gentlemen In at
tendance and that is saying very
much
Born. a short time since. to the
"ife Or ". p. Mays. a boy. weight
10 pounds. We congratulate Billy on
b success Of his first effort.
John Bradburn wears a fashion
able hat. one Of those pinched. creas-
ed top fellows which makes him look
like a cattle king
s Z Morse was very sick last week
II was not generally known until ne
TO town to get a couple Of h.
numerous friends 70 sit I'D with him
He has been to town every day since
and r. now considered convaiesceni.
Dave Bay and Al Acton arrived in
Pendleton o Ia Grande this week
The former Is working for John Bow
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-17
FROM THE PEOPLE
MRS LOWELL DID IT.

P~endleton, or. Feb. 16.
Editor East Oregonian:
In view of the fact hat one of the
local papers has seen fit to present
some notions relative to the ball held
at the state Hospital on St. Valentines
night by the Bachelors Club of the
High School Gas announced) perhaps
a word from me may be of public in
terest.
As a member of the school board
assume the entire responsibility.
Whatever was done by the ~superin-
tendent was done at my suggestion,
and in the interest of the school.
In the first place the law of the
state prohibits secret societies among
the pupils of the public schools (see
sections 4O59-60 of the oregon
.statutes) / am advised that the club
aforesaid Is a secret society. existing
contrary to law. 1t therefore is not
entitled to the countenance Of any of
the teachers.
In the second place there is a school
rule. and it is a salutatory one, that
there shall be no entertainments by
or for the pupils. except on Friday or
Saturday evenings. The Bachelors
Club ball was contrary to that rule.
the teachers could not be
expected to lend their support to law
breaking.
I am informed thai Pendleton is
the only city in the state where the
..nti-secret society law is ignored. Tt
seems to me that the parents ought
to assist the board in suppressing the
- -FNT
ELLA P. LOWELL
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-17
DO YOU KNOW

That w. S. Bailey used to be a
prospector. and that he prospected
for gold in siberia n Alaska 81
years ago-eleven years before the
R1ondike rush?
That John NJ. Bentley fired up the
first e boiler eve brought te
Pendleton. having installed it in his
old planning mill?
That Joe Tallman in his younger
days was handy with his fists?
That c. S. Jerard once served in
the Washington legislature?
That the price of chewing tobacco
and cigarettes has advanced?
That w. r. withee used to be Pen
dleton's fire chief?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-17
coNVICTs ON ROAD WORK

~ yteadv decrease since 1885
III in the proportion of con-
victs in the United States
employed in miscellaneous
work under lease and contract
and a marked increase in the
proportion employed for the
benefit of the state on high
ways and other public works
are shown in statistics just pub
iished by the office Of Public
Roads and Rural Engineering
of the U. S. Department Ct
Agriculture.
The systems Of convict labor
are classified in the report as
lease. contract. and piece
T,rice systems. under which the
labor If the convicts is for the
benefit Of private individuals
or corporations. often in the
manufacture Of commodities
the public account system. I'M
der which the convict-made
goods are sold by the state ;
the state-use system. under
which goods are manufactured
unIy for use in state institute
Uns; and the public works ano
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-17
A FAIR ARRANGEMENT

m HE East Oregonian Is not
VI aware of the exact forces
back of the proposal to
submit to the people a plan
for reviving the normal school
at Ashland and for establish
ing an eastern Oregon normal
at some place to be chosen by
the board of regents. The
plan however, as far as east
ern Oregon is concerned, has
the merit of being fair to all
towns in this section, It aims
at the location of the school up
on the merits of the location,
as viewed by men in position
to know the intracacies of the
subject. If the plan is upheld
by the people two years hence
the board of regents will have
the task of saying where the
school shall go. It is an open
question what they will do.
There is a Baker man upon the
board, also a man from La
Grande and one from The
Dalles. There is no member
from Pendleton, or any other
in Umatilla county. 1t
will therefore be up to Weston
and Pendleton to make such
show of merit as to overcome
this seeming handicap, If the
institution is to be located in
this county. The advice of the
East Oregonian is that this ar
rangement be accepted never
theless. The general cause of
normal school education. in
eastern Oregon is of more i'm
portance than the matter of
where the school shall be To-
cated.
Some people seem to see no
harm in the fact our schools
ere torn with strife. but they
object to the publication of
news on the subject even when
such news. is handled with abb
fairness and truthful
ness; such criticisms however.
20 not annoy the East Oregon
an in the least. The censor
of the school authorities
may cover a multitude of sub
iects but it does not extend to
his newspaper. We will con-
.inue to publish the news, fair
" and without bias, no matter
day of the week it may
be.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-17

man In his livery stable and the lat
ter for watson & Luhrs.
Married. at the Umatilla agency,
Feb. 10. 1877. by Rev. Father Con-
rardy, Thomas Milarkey and Miss
Elizabeth Ryan.
George Webb has returned from the
Grande Ronde valley.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-17
buy FARM LAND IN fertile MONTANA

Montana ranks first In the
United States in average per
acre production. Montana
grains won the highest award
at the San Francisco Expo
sitlon. and more medals were
awarded the farmers Of Mon
tana than any other state.
For further particulars see
D. +. Dupuis
Phone 81 Pendleton. Ore.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-17
A~EANY.TITg.ED WOMAN.

Shes fathers wife. and sister
to
My aunt and Uncle Ned
Grandmother calls her daugh-
Kate
She's aunt to little Ted.
And cousin to a lot of folks.
There isn't any other
Isolation. tho. in all this world
CCept mel a call her
Mothert"
Maize V. Cruthers in Life.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-17
CHRISTIAN ssene.

E. webb and johnson streets Ser
vices Sunday. IL a. m. n .. m
Sunday school. 10 a m. "wednesday.
8 .. m Subject of lesson sermon.
Soul" The reading room at the
church Is open daily. Except SUNDAY.
from ! until 5 y. m
Sharp County record., 1917-06-22
r. G.. Davidson,
Assessor, Sharp County, Arkansas

Better kill a dog and raise a sheep
in his place.
The recent cool weather has been
quite unfavorable but our crops
and gardens have in the last few
days assumed a thrifty and growing
appearance. However, they are
rather late for the season.
George Crisler happened to a
serious accident the other day.
While breaking a young horse to
ride the horse got to bucking with
him, throwing him out of the saddle.
His shoulder was thrown out of
joint and his collar bone broken,
besides he received other painful
and dangerous bruises. He is
thought to be improving at this
time, but he is in a dangerous con.
dition.
Sharp County record., 1917-06-22
THE MAxvILLE MUSINGS
Writer Says Public Roads Are Now
In A Critical Condition.

W. J.. Briehtwell and T. E. Pickens
were at Cave City the first part Of
the week looking after some busi'
ness affairs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bud Metcalf of Piney
Fork township were here lately
visiting their daughters, Mrs. H. G.
Evans and Mrs. E, R. Graddy.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. 7. Jones Of Cave
township were visiting here Sunday
as the guests of their daughter, Mrs.
j. F. Provence, and her family.
Robert Ashbrook, formerly Of
this place, but who now resides at
Batesville, was in this section the
first part of the week on business
matters.
Rev. Ewing Williams Of the Pine.
vile section preached to an atten-
tive congregation here Sunday
morning, Rev, L. P, Love, also of
the Pineville section, preached Sun.
day afternoon,
Farmers in this section have
been very busy for several days
and will soop be ready to shout the
victory over General Green, The
fight has been made successful by
the beautiful shining sun acting as
captain Of the battle,
We will have to side with the
Cave City correspondent on the
good roads proposition, for II people
ever did at any time need good
roads II must be at this time, AT
present the roads are in a critical
condition, All plans that have
been fallen upon for their improve.
ment seem TO have been a failure
In a sense, though we do not say
the work was thrown away, All
the roads have gotten Is temporary
patch work. II we could only eet
q good road through the county we
would all soon see the benefit Of
building good roads to this main
road,
Sharp County record., 1917-06-22
NEWS NOTES FROM BENGAY
George CrigIer Is Very Seriously Hurt
ByA Young Horse.

War is the general subject of con-
versatiOn at present. Every one is
more or less excited.
Rev. John Butler, a substantial
old citizen of the Calamine section,
was here one day last week on busi-
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lucian Franklin
we're at Poughkeepsie last Satur-
day night and Sunday visiting rel
atives and friends.
j. H. Binkley and his daughter,
Celia, of Emery were here a few
days ago attending to some busi-
ness and visiting relatives.
Quite a crowd of our young folks
attended the all-day singing and
preaching at Union last Sunday
and reported fine time and lots of
people present
Proctor Eason is learning to run
his car pretty we'll. He has sue.
ceeded in running it into a wire
fence and over a rock wall, and
says he don't pay any attention to
bitches.
Lee Street, a prosperous farmer
of near Calamine, was here one day
last week on business. He says
the recent rise in Big Creek GOT over
his farm, doing considerable dam
age to crops and land.
Hogs, sheep and cattle are very
scarce in this section, although the
prices are very high. The St, Louis
prices on sheep the first of June
were the highest ever known.
Spring lambs were quoted at 500.