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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-24
GUESTS IN PENDLEToN

~ t-SA . i4N L ENllAElON
Miss Roma Jacobson of La Grande
and Miss Edna Pearson. of Portland,
are guests at the home of Miss
Blanche Furnish. They are on their
way to Husum, Washington and Port
land, after visit in La Grande at Miss
Jacobson's home. Later they will re-
sumo their studies at Oregon Agricul-
ture College. Miss Jacobson. Miss
Pearson and Miss Furnish are sorority
sisters, all being members of Alpha
Chi Omega.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-24
RETURNS FROM HOT LAKE.

hEI Rms FROM HOT LAKE.
Mrs. Charles Vaughan and children
returned last evening from Hot Lake
where they accompanied Mrs.
Vaughan's mother. Mrs. W. H. Neber-
gall, who has been very i'll for the past
month, Mrs. Nebergall will remain at
Hot Lake for some time.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-24
5 CLARK CONVALEsCING

MISS CLARK CONVALESCING
Friends of Miss Helen Clark will be
glad to learn that she is convalescing
after a sereve attack of bronchitis.
Miss Clark, who has been at st. An
thongs hospital, is now at the Guy
Nyrick home on Jackson street.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-24
RETURN FROM TRIP

Mr.. and Mrs A. L. Schaefer, with
son and daughter, returned today on
the Northern Pacific train after a So
journ at Seattle and other Sound
points.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-24

RETURN To HOME
Mr. and Mrs, Earl Sawyer of $40
Min Street have had as their house
guests for the past two days Mr.. and
Mrs, Walter Albreeht Of Pilot Rock
They returned home today.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-24
MRS. PHILLIPS TO VISIT.

Mrs. Charles H. Phillips, of Port
land, will arrive here tomorrow even
ing and will be the guest of her son
and daughter-in-law. Mr.. and Mrs.
Clyde f. Phillips.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-24

RETURN FROM IDAHO
Mrs Charles Walters and daughters
Alice and Florence. have returned aft
er ten days visit TO Bonnc Ferry
Idaho,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-24
DIR. AND MRS. HOLT RETIrRN


DIR. and Mrs. G. f. Holt returned
last evening by motor from Idaho,
where they spent two weeks. A part
of the time was spent in an outing
lin the mountains
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-24

LITTLE DAUGHTER NAMED
The little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
E, F. Averill, born on Saturday even
ing, has been named Constance.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-24

Mr.. and Mrs, H. L. Rogers and Mr.,
and Mrs. $. H. Thompson have return
cd from a motor trip to Lewiston, Ida
ho. Mr Rogers and Mr. Thompson
visited Montana also during the trip.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-24
HOW JEuYFTsH "BITE"

BOSTON, Aug. 24-U. y. S.)-The
ieIlyfish bite" What is it? Is it
dangerous? What are the symptoms
of it's victims?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-24
IS JoERGER RETURNS.

MISS JOERGER RETURNS.
Miss Elizabeth Joerger has returned
after a three weeks visit in Portland
and Seaside. She also visited her
brother, John Joerger, at Enterprise
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-24

LEAVE FOR LA GRANDE
Mr. and Mrs. James McCormmach
left yesterday for Ia Grandc where
they expect TO spend the winter with
Mr. McCormmach's uncle, James Nc
Cormmach
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-24

VISITORS IN PORTLAND
Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Jones are Port
land visitors.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-24

ARE IN PORTLAND
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Rhodes are
spending few days in Portland
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-24
LEAVES FOR HELENA

Mrs. w. C. Minnis left last evening
for Helena, Montana where she will
visit her son and daughter -in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Harry MINIS.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-24

HERE FROM ECHO.
Mrs. Charles Lyle, Echo matron, is
in the city today
Arizona republican., 1921-09-19

substance which existed only in the imagination of MT Herrick. The photographs printed in the paper and have since been widely copied.
 The mansion Is two-room affair with a single window and door hanging by hinge The mansion found to be tenanted by rats The cattle sheds covering of branches supported by half dozen poles The servants quarters offices" believe they called by the Victorian novelists found be cavelike opening in the side o hill with tumbledown front structure of rough stones. The ranch itself Is stretch of 32o of rocky ground
 The thoroughbred cattle and there cattle of indeterminate breed which MT. Herrick claimed to have been mixing with the pur pose of producing something and superior. After his election he offered them to the A. & NJ. college the condition that he should have half the increase the herd during his legislative This offer declined the ground that while the college fostered experiments of it's it could not see it's way continue the stock breeding experiment of Mr. Herrick.
Arizona republican., 1921-09-19
A WORLD OF OLD PEOPLE
BY OR. FRANK CRANE (Copyright, 1921, by Frank Crane)

Horace Bushnell probably the greatest preacher America has produced measured by the sheer size of his ideas and the vgor of his creative magna tion. He was not an orator like Beecher Tamage; he thinker.
 He once preached a sermon on "The Power of ai Endless Life in which he estimated the majesty of mind which had gone growing for endless years.
 Scientists now tell us that there are no physolOg ical reasons why man can not live this earth 150 200 years
 It may be an interesting exercise for the imagna- tion to attempt to conceive what sort of person would be at the age of 150 if he kept his mental vgor in full and enough bodily strength to exist comfortably
 First, he would have outgrown that period of storm and stress that is caused by the conflict of the strong physical forces with the mental and moral. He would have emerged from the animalites, and become towering spirit.
 Even if he retained his sex vgor he would at least have settled in permanent and satisfactory way the sex problem, and would more be disturbed by its turbulence vexed by it's perversions
 l Any considerable number of persons who had at tained to such an age would form influential group and its tendency would be to lessen the importance of youthful impatience in literature and art This would be relief. It would almost wipe out pessimism.
 There is no reason why mind 150 years old could not retain all of its inventive power. Think of Ed going strong with all the experience of two average lifetimes!
 As it is now, about the time man learns how to live he has to die. Time settles many things and is happiness. -
 Speaking of happiness, age ought to be- and nor maly is, happier than youth. It has learned what is worth while.
 It would have accumulated what stores of wisdom, of patience of skill of powers of adjustment, at the age of 150!
 Think of Memory with 150 years of treasures, of Will developed by 150 years of training of Judg ment Vision, Optimism, Courage and, in fine, Character, built up by 150 years of practical
 Phillips Brooks, an Einstein, Luther Burbank, a Jane Addams, Lyman Abbott, John Burroughs, a George Grey Barnard an Anatole France, an Abra- ham Lincoln 150 years old would be as imposing and as wonderful as Cathedral 800 years old. l Even Keats 150 years old, and with undimnished spirit could write what marvellous poetry!
 For Youth is not period of time; it is state of \ the mind.
Arizona republican., 1921-09-19
Thrift in the Schools

Thrift is of the things neglected in the schools says Mr. Moore, though thrift if not incul- cated in the years during which the boy girl is in school is very apt be inculcated except under compulsion in that higher education of learn ing known the University of Hard Knocks.
 The country has somehow gone happily and careessly along, but time has come when the American belt must be frightened for that is being done all the world for the new race which the set
 Mir Moore, continuing, said
 America must be prudent more economi- cal; sensible of the value of dollar, and of the absolute crimnality of waste. We have gotten over our national babyhood a world power with world responsibilities and world competition. Our immense national wealth will avail little if be conserved. and people must learn con- servation in the schools, the lowest grades to the highest.
 They must learn business daring linked with sound practice. They must learn when to borrow, and how, and the economies of proper borrowing, together with the stark necessity thrift Until the schools realize their defect idle of foreign trade and world business Our national efficien- and economy must begin in the primary grades and continue throughout educational system"
Arizona republican., 1921-09-19
THE CITY OF TOMORROW
sY c. D. YoAkUM

left behind us in Minnesota and Kan sas and Illinois. In many respects it must be like those,-there is no need to turn our lamp posts upside down in order to be different. but after all the unimprovable fruits of experience have been utilized there remains a field for the exercise of all the high endowments we possess in the building of a city.
 No one claims that Phoenix Is per feet, nor frets because it isn't. but the City of Tomorrow can be without flaw. All things can be changed In the course of a hundred years even brick and mortar will flow like water and can be had wherever the imagi- nation wills Let's imagine a city that will satisfy the eye as well as feed the stomach: city so quietly elegant that men will be made a bit nobler by merely walking its streets
 The City of Tomorrow must be founded upon charity. The ugliest thing about the Gopher Prairie which Carol hated was it's prejudice. as cold and hideous and fruitless as death- Ancient antagonism came out of the past and from distant places and sat like crows on Main Street. They darkened counsel and sawed downed many of the wholesome human sen timent that would have blessed the town. Our city will be beautiful be- cause it is free from all that-why not? Let us go back to the earliest village for our model, and call it- and make 1t in fact, a Federation of Families.
Arizona republican., 1921-09-19
Per Capita and Population

On August 1, statisticians figured the per capita circulation at $53 and that made feel fairly fortabe. nation with s53 in the pocket of every individual is not in bad way. Then on September the statisticians issued another bulletin The per capita had dropped $5241, clear loss of 59 cents which on the basis of population meant total loss of about sso.ooo.ooo. And what do you suppose tracted that 5s cents from each and every of our pockets? And as it had been extracted, where could 1t have possibly gone that it longer figured in the per capita?
 The mystery at first seemsd uncanny. but it was easy of solution by the statistcans The August per capita was calculated a population of 108. 226 900 and the September per capita basis of 1os s15, 900 per capita. The people there are to participate in division, naturally the less the share of each will be.
 And yet, there folks who fear race sui eide who are all the time clamoring for bigger population When they hear how these additions to our population a shrinkage of the capita, perhaps they will moderate their demands
 Just let these people know what has hit their pockets and they'll be sensible and conclude there are already enough people in the country.
 We can't have cake and eat it too It may be very nice to have big country and lots of people in it. but as long the people keep getting more numerous there is little in trying to make any financial headway. Doggone it, can't have every thing!
Arizona republican., 1921-09-19
Lack of Literacy In New Mexico

According to the latest census New Mexico has not made any advance in literacy within the last years. This statistical showing seems to be con- firmed by the conduct in Fl Paso of resident of New Mexico who found wandering about with two quarts of tequa rather ostentatiously displayed
 When he taken into custody he was surprised. He had always bought whisky and other alcoholic drinks without provoking official attention What had happened. he wanted to know
 An examination of him developed that he had not heard of the Eighteenth amendment to the federal constitution. As for MT. volstead had not heard that gentleman had been born yet.
 All the fiery discussion Of prohibition. all this ringing controversy between the 'wets" and the 'tdrys;" all the current literature relative to the curative properties of beer had passed him by.
 Yet the newspapers for the last five years have not been wholly silent to the prevalence of pro- hibiton. Much matter on that subject has usurped the place front pages that is usually given to mur- ders. tranges and such disturbances of the even of human existence But this citizen Of New Mexico had heard of of it. Plainly the educa- tional system of our sister state is at fault
Arizona republican., 1921-09-19
By c. Q. Yoakum snArA STREETu PHOENlXi

Have you met Carol Kennicott? She's the leading lady in Sinclair Lewis novel, Main Street. Perhaps you have met her. for she lives here in Phoenix She may go by another name, as the city itself is called Phoenix" instead of Gopher Prairie" but she's the same woman.
 Carol is restless young matron who married a town to reform H. She liked Dr. Kennicott Cat first) but she became his bride only because she saw in Gopher Prairie field for her great sociological experiment. When the town refused to be up- lifted, and insisted not only on fol- lowing its naughty habits as afore- time. but also on liking that small town stuff" and arguing for 1t. Carol lost interest in life and looked upon Main Street with hard. disillusioned eyes. She felt herself superior to her environment: hers was a lonely, lm- prisoned soul, being slowly but sure ly vulgarized by this typicaliy crude American small town
 Here is the indictment of Gopher Prairie and its ilk the country over as eventually framed in the mind of its reflected mistress: e. An un- imaginatively standardized back ground, sluggishness of speech and manners, a rigid ruling of the spirit by the desire to appear respectable It is contentment the content ment of the quiet dead. who are scornful of the living for their quiet walking. It is negation canonized as the one positive virtue. It is the prohibition of happiness. It is slave ry self sought and self-defended. Ii is dullness made God"
 So bad as that. MT. Lewis' Nc wonder a superior person like Carol felt spiritually marooned. If the typical American community is like that. the discontent of the elect is the salt that wll save it, and Its knockers are worth more than its national banks.
 The situation is not quite that bad Certainly it isn't in Phoenix But foI the sake of the Carols who live here and for their children-for the sake of the beautiful City of Tomorrow we must not miss through thick skinned self-complacency the whole some thrust of this criticism
 For instance, we do have "an un- imaginatively standardized back ground" Straight streets, square corner, and the streets numbered, Conventional churches. and orthodo' matters. and safe and sane shoe shin- CTS. Here in the Southwest that Got made different we have laid out city after the similitude of those WI
Arizona republican., 1921-09-19
In the UimeIiuht

Representative Herrick of Oklahoma, a new Der house. introduced himself the lime light early and he persists in staying there. His latest effort been the introduction proposed introduction of bill prohibiting young women from entering theatrical career, thus tending restore the drama to its status among the ancient Greeks.
 But that is not the first had heard of MT. Herrick. Somehow the word spread about in Wash ington that this fast worker about to marry a beautiful heress the capital that their honey moon would be spent his magnificent Oklahoma cattle ranch in his palatia mansion adjacent to luxurious cattlesheds where housed the great herd of thoroughbreds.
 The existence of such ranch to the Okahomans and a newspaper of Oklahoma City sent . staff photographer out to catch the shadow of the
Arizona republican., 1921-09-19
How Word Meaning. Changed

We have now and then called attention to the fashion which adopts word which has been happily used out of its ordinary meaning or else is a word that is not ordinarily used. But it becomes sort of fad with short story writers who overwork it, especially the younger writers and persists vogue for some time. A few years ago writer in one of the popular magazine used the word sgraveIy.v Of course. there nothing wrong with that it had often been before this time it struck the fancy of shoal stort-story writings and for months a story was not regarded finished unless 1t was we'll besprinkled with "gravely." The necessity for its frequent introduction we suppose made the characters of the story more sober than they otherwise would have been, in order that they might look. act and speak "gravely."
 There was here change of the meaning of the word But the same shoal of writers and imita- a new word intrigue as a verb and they are giving it new meaning because they do not know what the actual meaning was. The word was adopted from the French. signifyng being drawn in" MT. Morris we believe. set the fashion and in doing so he gave the word it's proper meaning.
 But the looks and the sound of it intrigued" the same shoal of imitators sorry to say, among them newspaper writers who it a syno- nym of "to interest"
 This use become persistent that sup pose will eventually receive respectable sanction and that the next edition the dictionaries will enlarge the meaning to include what those who are using it ignorantly, think 1t
 These changes have been going for centuries as they must go on in living languages. We think the dead languages have the best of it and be the happiest. They free from mutiation.
Arizona republican., 1921-09-19
upHoLDs RIGHT TO J,LT GIRLS

LoNDON-Is an engaged man entitled to change his mind about getting married?
 This question raised by Justice McCardle, who in a breach of promise at Birmingham said that a result of his divorce court work he had come to the conclusion that than half of the divorces caused because the parties did not entertain real affection for the other Yet when young man said he had changed his mind an action for breach of promise filed against him.
 T consider it would be far better to be honest and to change ones mind fearless any breach of prom ise action" the Marchioness Townsend explained gently. What seems remarkable to is that so many people fail to realize the truth when others have ceased to for them"
 Miss Geneyieve Ward. the veteran actress. said: Tn my opinion the woman whose fiance has changed his mind should be glad that she has lost such a man.
 The view of average business girl was as fol- lows: If I engaged to a and he grew to hate I should prefer him say so and throw 
 If I had not spent money in anticipation of marriage should take action. If had, I should take action to recover the loss if were too poor to stand it. but then I should refrain if the not sufficiently well off to repay the money New York Herald
Arizona republican., 1921-09-19
MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 1s. 1921
Idols


 What is an idol anyway? It seems to us either that that word is sadly misused or else we are idoators volators of the first and second commandments. If believed everything heard Babe Ruth would be idol, and would the horse that trotted a mile in 57 half-mile track the other day. We heard that Fatty Arbuckle ], idol (stress. on the word "was) Suzanne Lenglen was about to be idol Cor should say idoless?) but onset of rheumatism intervened. Georges Carpentier was idol of two continents for time but now worship of him Is confined to France.
 We have idols with feet of clay and some with heads of bone. There more idols in Arneri- to the square inch than in any other land-big idols and little idols Some widely worshipped and some only locally An idol is the champion of something maybe of the prize ring and maybe only champion pie-eater. It is only necessary that he excel in something to command adoration There is other people easily pleased who quickly deserts idol for another across the street
 Our idols ought to. be ashamed of us
Arizona republican., 1921-09-19
By Frederic J. Haskih

WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 15-1n the files of the committee on Indian affairs of the house of representa- lives there slumbers bill which was designed to take away from the American Indian a certain drug plant which he uses to bring him dreams and make him forget his troubles, as alcohol is used by the white man and opium by yellow ones, and hash ish in India and something or other by almost every tribe of men on the globe.
 The bill was strongly backed. It was given a place on the calendar and large sum of the peoples money was spent in holding hearings upon it which were duly printed, bound and filed along with the bill. It never came to a vote. The reason it did not was in all probability, that 1t was made clear to the committee that the Indians would not stand for it. They would have resented to the last ditch what they regarded as an infringe ment of their personal liberty. The government does not hesitate to try to take alcohol away from millions of white men who believe they have a right to use it. but it does hesitate to trv to take peyote away from a few thousand Indians who believe they have right to use it. It would seem that the Indian here has a force of conviction which the white man has lost. and a little conversation with the Indians on this subject confirms one in that opinion. The white man, living in a tangled wilderness of laws, has almost lost his sense of personal liberty. It has been violated so often that he scarcely knows what it is The Indian, who long lived a life of savage freedom and who has never really become a part of civilization really values his liberty as he values his life, and is ready to stake his life for his freedom.
 ''The use of peyote is an Indian custom The Indians had peyote be- fore the white man came. God gave it to them What right has the white man to take it away? We will never give it upi"
 This was the reply of a "Peyott Chief" to a question as to whethei the Indians would give up peyote i the government passed a law forbid ding its use.
 What Peyote Is.
 Peyote is a plant related to tn mescal of Old Mexico and growing in that and other southern countries Its fruit is in the form of little but tons about as big as a quarter. Thes contain various drugs which pro duce powerful effect on the nerves