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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-12-03
THE RATE DECISION


n THE decision Of the interstate commerce commission
Portland given small differential over Seattle and AS
- tora shipments from the territory south of the
Snake river this ruling the farmer yet
clear and perhaps will not be known until is shown whether
the Portland interests give the farmer the bene
fit of the dferena will merely meet competition in buying
As of grain Porand advanake rates
be by there 100 mile haul to Portland
Astoria close to the and Seattle also has wonder
fu harbor facilities.
The fact that premium offered small bond
issue authorized the recent election bears evidence of
provemen in money situation These bonds per
cent and long since when such bonds could
been sold except at discount. .t,.shrA ahls
The apparent strong export demand American wheat
after surplus has already been sold change
the face market We yet prices point
where our farmers have sold may downcas
during recent weeks.
~~~~~~~~e"~~~%~~~
Leon Cohen a very active business and community
and his friends all want him to have
good time during his well earned rest
~~~~~>~~s~~~~~~~~
There will be little Senator Lodge not in the
cabinet there bigger than he for secretary of state
The "COurtship Of Miles sandish season is at hand
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-12-03

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KEEP THE FIRES BRIGHT
Frank l.
Now politics aside tright
The thing sThanksgvn' in the light
You that chimney blazin Them holly red?
Hear shingles on the shed?
Hands fer Happiness
Let e weather roll!
Who clouds
IL the is in his
Amt been changes in valley, hill an plain:
The suns a-shnin'-same wind ranl
Hear them rumble frosty to town?
Jingle, jingle, jngle'-an' the dollars dancin down.
Hands aroun' for Happnessi
Let the weather
Who for the sorln-clouds.
IL the 5 in the soul?
Copyrighted for the East oregonian Pub Co
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-12-09
Fiber Boz Saves Wood.

The fiber box is considered an i'm
portant factor in forest conservation.
since only about one-sixth of its raw
material Is new wood pulp. The rest
is almost wholly waste. according 10
the forest bureau of the department Of
agriculture. which says:
AT least half of fiber is old newspa-
pers, screenings, wrapping paper, pa
per boxes and such material. But rope
and bagging are no less products OF
the waste heap. The increased price
paid for old papers since fiber board
boxes stimulated the demand has re-
suited in drawing supplies from small
towns and rural communities, where
formerly no one went TO the trouble OF
collecting such material II has en-
couraged-also the diligence of scaveng-
ers who search the alleys. ash cans.
and public garbage dumps in cities"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-12-09
Following Doctors Orders.

Speaking of jazz music, which with
out doubt has a strong appeal TO the
American public. writer in Along
Broadway tells Of doctor in New
York who believes II helps keep his
waiting patients in cheerful frame
Of mind. This physician said:
"rve watched the crowds in my
waiting room and It is most remark
able how music affects them. I've seen
ten or a dozen people sitting in the
room all staring at the floor or out OF
the window and getting more morose
every minute. when suddenly my
daughters would start singing and
playing. Almost Immediately the at
mosphere of the waiting room changes
from gloom to JOY. My daughters are
instructed TO play only the latest airs
including jazz-and the jazzier the
better"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-12-09
By JEREMY LANE


Huuzr utsrS-rars al 90 fhs cargo ft.sr
vas r-esenriy % - losSe-d snokinr IN
fhe f0uL COD yeil0E air e fhe hart.or
TIE hantfui q psssenE-rS dissr-lhs-s-
"a Far from teinE fhe last uas
cree MlrE With his carriers trosrils
before hiI- Lsvir--ou uas st1i ssi>eT-
C1u's roo-1 vas in disorder. Ire
fs1rrer same &C Dis ruunds with broom
and cusf-pur- and found the sleeper
He rousei Con and ihguzht hire drunk
Bat the stup1r vas not hat = aicohoi-
Levingfoa's p1ise VAS siow- one
site q bis body fsit dad EVER
fbiug uas thiek afif puffy 10 bis touch.
ard pain ran deep INTO his bad
TIE porter spilled out glass q
trzndy fsr bin. keeping The bottle for
hirnseif. 70 fnish up later.
Lexington AT Up shakny. This
UOvenenf hruuEif a rrickisnE sensa-
ton in bis sho1ider. and be fu-nbied
here TIE tiny jabbins WAS repeated
1n5sr bis clumsy fingers Something
soft il was. too. q little fuft q fea-
;hers- Conceaied in the tuft was the
tasb q q dart
Fro-1 FAR away. BE recoIlecfed the
story q Andrew March. and the daYr
from desert riders. A mate 70 that
swift. delicate weapon had been cling
inz q long while 20 bis own shoulder.
None hut chee Ming could have blown
ii IN ihrOugh the window. In sudden
panic. Con rUmmaEed across his
breast. and discovered that the bit Of
parchment was gone the leather thong
alone remaining. Chez Ming had en-
tered the cabin and taken the map.
The black bag was overturned.
clothing upon the nOor. The envelOp
containing instructions TO be opened at
ShaD-sung. had already been torn open.
II mattered very little that It's CON
tents remained safely enough. Lev
lngton was too confused 20 read -ow.
There seemed no end 10 his failure
The shock Of bis loss. and the reali-
zation that he bad been feather-strick-
en- by the Chinese. fastened the return
Of full faculties. a painful process.
He threw OF the feeling that weighed
him down. dressed as rapidly as he
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-12-09
ANCIENT LEGEND OF JAPAN
Many Stories Teid Of the Evil Power
and Feroeious Qualities Of River.
Dwelling Kappa.


Stories and legends concerning riv-
ers abound in japan. One reason is
that the rivers are generally treach-
eroIs streams which a greater part
Of The year are little more than dry
grsveliy beds. but which sometimes
suddenly overflow their banks carry
ing destruction to the fields and to
the houses along their way. The
story OF the Kappa is told on the oc-
casion Of river festivals. which are
held in July.
The Kappa is supposed to be hairy
creature with scaly limbs and the body
Of a tortoise; his head resembles that
Of an ape, and In the top Of II is a
cavity containing a mysterious fluid.
said TO be the source Of the Kappa's
power The chief delight Of the Kap-
pa. who is fierce and quarrelsome. Is
to challenge human beings TO combat,
an invitation that cannot be refused.
To defeat a Kappa is as unfortunate
as to be worsted by him. as the victor
begins Immediately to waste away.
The Kappa always lives In rivers.
and there were Kappas in some dis
tricts which demanded two victims a
year. II a person began suddenly to
grow pale and thin, II was said that
the Kappa had claimed him
Kappa means ~Child Of the River"
There is a shrine in Izumo called
kawako-no-mlya which is said to con-
tain a document signed by the Kappa
who once lived in neighboring stream.
This goblin was exceedingly ferocious
and many a vIIlager or a villagers
animal fell victim. One day the Kap-
pa attacked horse which had stepped
into the river. In doing so. the kap-
pa twisted its neck but still clung TO.
the frightened horse. which dashed
out Of :he river and to his masters
home. The villagers captured the Kap-
pa and wanted to kill II. but the own
er Of the horse protested that he had
a better plan.
The Kappa was tightly bound and
presented with a document which
promised that he would never molest
the villagers or their animals again
The Kappa. In order to save his life,
promised and affixed his seal to the
document by dipping his hand into the
ink and pressing IL to the paper. He
was then allowed to return TO the
river, and from that day TO this he
has never harmed the villagers.
Any japanese today will acknowl-
edge that he has heard Of Kappa but
few have seen one.-Sarah Moffatt
Schenk in the Japan Advertiser,
Tokyo.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-12-09
TOO MUCH UNISON
Writer Complains Americans Are
Unable to Act Alone.
-noe-.irced.- Is EEprssion Ne Uses
-Peopie as a wheie as Easy TO
s.snpeoe as a Herd ct
Texas Steers

he only way 10 accomplish ihe
lsudabls purpose q bringing down ths
prsc- Of clothing would te 10 start the
fashinn Of being out Of fashion anc
that would be the hardest kind OF
lessen 10 teach TIE American people
Thsy have learned 10 act as one
which Is a good thing sometimes lhel
have ret 10 learn bow to act a. ones
which j. a good thing most OF the time
We are ncb-minded and that is the
cause Of many Of our troubles. includ'
inr the high cost Il living. Everybody
wants 70 rad the same novel the sane
week. Consequently the hbEary cannot
supply rs readers. while equally good
novels. 3 few months old. are stacked
up unread on the shelves There is
worldwide shortage OF wheat Use
other grains says Hoover. Every
body does for a while. then after a
while everybody goes back to wheat
snd the supply again runs short All
the houSewives order the best cuts OF
meat. but cattle can't be grown that
are all best cuts The department Of
agriculture advises some other cut and
then every housewife orders that and
will accept no substitute.
Someone suggests that a few young
men and women might learn Spanish
20 their advantage and Immediately
10000 in a single city start Spanish
and there are not teachers and text
books enough TO 20 around. If an ex-
cursion boat tips and the captain calls
out. TOO many on one side" the
crowd unanimously rushes 10 the oppo-
site side and the boat lists more than
ever millionaire. asked for his
recipe for riches, said: Go where
everybody Is doing the same thing and
DO something different He had got
his money out Of the Klondike by sell
Ing groceries.
We declared our independence as
nation. but we have not yet declared
our Independence as individuals. We
do everything in mass movements. by
campaigns. drives. booms. crazts. fads
and revivals- We cennot even fulfill
the simplest civic or family duties
without calling on all our fellow citi-
zens to aid. II Is only by the procla
nation of a go TO Church Sunday"
that we are enabled to make a batting
average in religion Of one hit out of
possible 81. The rest of the calendar
Is filed up with Write to Mother
Day" "Clean-Up Day." PLANT a Tree
Day" BE Patriotic Day" BE Thank
full Day" and the like. "All together
now" cries our guberratorial or pres
idential cheer leader. zone. two. three.
let 'er gol" And we all go through the
motions Of the designated emotions
with the precision Of a rhythm ma
chine.
The strongest man In the world"
says Ibsen. 'is he who stands most
alone" That is, / suppose, his way OF
saying that nobody but a strong man
could stand alone in a democracy like
ours
The American people is as easy TO
stampede as a herd OF Texas steers
and any one who tries to stand against
the rush gets trampled into the ground.
Edwin L. Slosson in the New York
Independent.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-12-09
TurpIn's Famous Ride.

Dick Turpin, hero of many ro-
mantle story. and one Of the most
outstanding figures In the history OF
English highwaymen. once made a
ride that. for distance covered and
speed maintained. has never been du-
plicated. as far as any record ex-
lists.
Turpin was In danger Of capture,
and capture meant death beyond
question. He had beneath him a
horse Of unequaled speed and endur-
ance. and before him an earthen
path leading from London's cobble
stones to York, distance of 200
miles. Spur was touched to the mare,
since famed In song and story as
BLACK Bess." and just as the sun
was sinking &c rest the ,highwayman
and the eager mount took up the long
trail.
The same sun rose 10 hours later
over the housetops OF York. and the
early-rising citizens who peered
from shuttered windows saw a great
black horse, dripping with sweat.
eyes starting from her head and
breath coming In gasps, laundering
down the main street, while dust
covered rider swayed in the saddle
and made futile efforts to whip the
travel stains from his gay costume.
He had completed the distance in II
hours, and without changing mounts
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-12-09
Con answers the greeting
OF Andrew March.
cTo BE CoNTINUEOJ
Astronomical Mystery.

The stellar universe has a back
ground Of pearly white. which always
finds the tield OF a telescope with a
faint luminosity. and astronomers are
guessing as 10 whether this simmer
Ing shroud Is made OF quadrillions OF
suns. or whether the universe Is Inn
mersed in nebulous matter. The pearl
veil is torn In places. at least hum
dred Jet black wells OF dark space be-
ing shown In the constellation Sag
itarius and Scorpio. In one Of these
dars fields is Antares. which is com
puted 10 be at a vast distance from
the earth. and TO have 5000 times the
mass OF our sun.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-12-09
France Plans World wlrele., system.

A dispatch from Paris says that
Under Secretary OF State for the Post.
Telegraph and Telephone Services
Deschamps has announced that the
French government plans for an elab-
crate wireless system whose center
Will be in Paris and which will cover
Europe, Asia. Africa aud South
America. II this system. part OF
which is already in existence. is In
tegrally applied as now proposed,
Frances wireless communications
throughout the world will be able 10
rival Great Britain's cable communi-
cations.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-12-09

could command fingers not yet com
pletely controlled by his own will.
made sure that his money had not been
touched. and then fed from the ship.
Tong-hu Is no place In which to stop
II was cold. In It's streets the cutters
have welled up their filth until IL
overspreads the narrow walk. Coolies
with their carts patter and slop
through this. while their passengers
glance up and away In the hope OF
getting the odor out OF mind. A pas
sage along the waterfront is fiankrd
with squat buildings, seeming as old
as the Shiny water that twists about
the pole foundations, At the arrival
Of ship. amid petty confusion. the
cOolle carts run faster. always locking
wheels and endangertng their fares.
The natives curse shrilly and untangle.
Lexington found there would be a
boat in twenty minutes up the river to
Peking. He mounted through the black
dust and walked impatiently around
the upper deck.
He was serious now, as II all the
warm tides Of life had flooded away
from him. His treasured map was
gone. The Cobb would be meaning
less without H. He thought OF Tie
packet OF final instructions. The
Chinese had not wanted that. Con
examined the broken enyelop.. and
started 10 draw forth the papers with
In. but stopped short. Instantly he
replaced II inside his coat. and grinned
at himself for having so nearly slip
ped.
In FIVE minutes the river boat would
clear. The sOdden air was cloyen
with far boots and near replies. The
final barrow OF coal was run up the
plank. Lexington stretched his legs.
and might have iApsed jato an after
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-12-09
Powerful wireless Station.

The greatest wireless station in the
world is soon TO rise near New York
city. II is known as a fve-way sta
tion. In other words. IL will transmit
and receive long-distance wireless mes
sages in five directions at the same
time. The great masts which raise
the antennae to the skies viii be $50
feet in height or 100 feet higher than
the Washington monument. Messages
will be transmitted at once TO England
and central Europe. to South America
and south seas and to the Pacific coast
and Japan. The station will be capa-
BILE OF sending 500 words and receiving
500 words every minute. Messages
may be sent from the great station for
10000 miles. The power of the send
ing apparatus will be so great that the
radio messages viii penetrate the most
difficult weather and static conditions
for thousands OF miles. II is estimat-
ed that the cost OF building such sta
tion Will be only about one-tenth as
much as TO lay cables under the At
lantic or Pacific oceans.-Boys' Life.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-12-09
CHAPTER ~
III. E.a,h.r.d Needle.

The EnsErtn Queen was neither the
The Pacific was inclined 20 handle her
roughly. She was not long enough TO
b. comfortable 10 a breeze. but she
was Of q sturdy depth. profitable to
her owners. The wind was sharper
than Lexington had anticipated.
Nothing was as he had planned. He
went shlVeribg 20 his cabin.
The FIRE that lurked ia Cons veins
was not sanity. He never knew that
his mother had dwelt on the clear
heights % emotion. that John Leving-
ton had seen all things with the vision
OF poet. Even IN those shabby fra
grant days In Dory street. toward the
last. the father had mentioned the
beauty of Gods world. not meant for
himself. and had looked to his little
boy for answer.
Often after that Lexington glanced
across Mt Chee Ming in the dining
salon or passed him on deck. A per.
feet lack of relation was preserved
between them. as II they had never
met before.
The Ensurta Queen hesltated At
Nagnsaki. let go a little of her burden.
and bounced onward into the yellow
sea. The wlra changed thrice. lifted.
then died. The ship was not quieted,
but wallowed anyway. A thick
dim mist filled the air. cold. r!ven
only by the Ensurta's dignihed warn
ing. which was repeated every forty
seconds throughout the final night and
day.
Small low craft scuttled out ~ her
path. The presence of the ancient
Yellow Mother permeated the fog. as
n creeping out from invisible shores
20 snlf the strunger-Old Mother
China. who started half the good
things of the world, but left them for
others to finish. 10 abuse and forget.
Some Of her best have never been dis
covered. She is w8lting. She did not
ask for the Torch 81 Light. and there
was no sorrow in her yielding when
they took II from her. Her timeless
eyes have never wept and they will
never smile. Dynasties. empires, races
OF men. emerge from herr east their
tlnsel upon the dust, and vanish. God
knows where. and Mother China waits,
and waits.
In his cabin Con Lexington was
sleeping.
The harbor at Tong-hu was crowd
- ha
cluttered here-sailing- ships that had
left Liverpool IN the girlhOod Of
Queen Victoria. and never returned !;
gray japanese coasters; netting tugs
from the south; low neglected
revenue chaser, built for the king of
Portugal. at present carrying arti-
chOkes aud salt and sisal. tramp
like the rest. Threading these were
the native river bOats-three-decked
and fat, their rails mere perforated
eteam-pipes arranged against the day
Of pirates. when live steam would
the robbers as they came abOard-wlth
ever a shifting background OF junks.
like yerrnin swarining an old coat.
crooked. dlscolOred floating shapes
that would have sunk 10 water thinner
than this Pel-h0 mud. Short cries
sounded. and a dim rattle Of gongs.
A sOOty rug worried at the hawser
OF the bulky Queen. There followed
the creaking of strained timbers as
she leaned against the dock. a female
Gulllyer amid the little dirty ships OF
TOng-hu. The tug snorted at her, then
ran up the foggy river.
Coolies ran up the wet gsngways.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-12-09
Beware Of Lost Minutes.

in the dynamics OF human affairs
said learned man, two qualities are
essential 10 greatness-power snd
promptitude- The former is often the
fruit OF the latter. A man or wcDaI
who Is impressed with the value OF
time VIII make every minute count to
such purpose that his or her life VIII
inevitably bear the stamp Of power.
-Orison SWEET Msrden In chicas
Daily News
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-12-09
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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-12-09
Make Room for Another.

"what does this fellow do for ilv.
Ingf-
Hes foot profteer."
"Sells shoesT
mo. he charges $40 to give one
dancing lesson."-Dirmsngham Age
Herald
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-12-09
on the Rhine.

Sentry-Who goes theref
Vclce-Arbelter
Sentry-Come again. You're the
tenth man I've stopped with that
name In 20 minutes l--Stars and,
Stripes.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-12-09

Wosid yos. In sueh eireumstsnees.
have kept faith .nd gone on With
Esreh's instrustions srread7
The Pulaskian., 1920-02-13

Little Mary Alice Trotter, who has been very sick for the past week, is reported no better.
 Mrs. Ed Fewell was called to the bedside of her son, Malcolm, who was badly injured in an automobile acci- dent
 Come on, Central School, Vaughan School is a rock you didn't go through
 Miss Estelle McNair spent Satur- day with Mrs. Maggie Mccain.
 Miss Althea Coulter spent Sunday afternoon with Miss Hattie Mccain
 MT. and Mrs. Ernest Coulter spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Miller
 MT. and Mrs. A. Mccain spent Sun day with MT. and Mrs. J. A. Mccain.
 Miss Estelle McNair and brother Rush, went to Fort Smith to visit their uncle, MT. Coin.
 MT. Clye Bridges and MT. Rush Me Nair and families will move to Eng land Wednesday. They are going to farm down there this year.
The Pulaskian., 1920-02-13
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 Mrs. Charles Cranberry and daugh- ter, Kate, of North Little Rock spent Sunday with Mir. and Mrs. Claude Cranberry.
 Miss Margaret Paty of Little Rock visited home folks Saturday and Sun day.
 MT and Mrs. Joe Owens Of Cabot were the guests of their parents, Mir. and Mrs. J. N Thomas, Sunday.
 John Baker of Armstrong Springs spent Sunday with Emma Phillips.
 Mrs J. N. Thomas gave a dinner Monday in honor of her husbands $ 6Sth birthday. Those present were; Mir and Mrs. R. E. Boyd, MT. and Mrs E. Bridges, MT. and Mrs. Ernest Coul- ter, John Wood and MT and Mrs. w T. Barron.
 Rev. Gillimore of Conway preached an interesting sermon Sunday night at Concord Church,
 Mrs Harry Harpole and baby, Fran