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PAGE FOCR. DAILY EAST OHEGONIAX. PENDLETON, OREGOST, MONDAY, DECEMBER 27. 10. EIGHT PAGES. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER. PabUaiitd Dclljr. Weekly and Semi-Weekly, at Pendleton. Oreffon, by the BAST OKKUOXIAN 1'L'BLISUINO CO. SUBSCRIPTION KATES. Daily, one year, by mail '. 15.00 Dally, all month, by mall 2.50 Dally, three months, by mall 1.23 Dally, one month, by mall 50 Dally, one year, by carrier 7.50 Dally, all months, by carrier 3.73 Dally, three month, by carrier .... 1.05 Dally, one month, by carrier 03 Weekly, one year, by mall 1.50 Weekly, all month, by mall TS Weekly, four montha. by mall 50 Rernl Weekly, one year, by mail .... 1.50 Beml-Wenkly, alx months, by mall . . .73 Semi-Weekly, four months, by mall . .60 The Dally East Orefronlan la kept on aale at the Oreeoo Newa Co., 17 6th street. Portland. Oreeon. Chicago Bureau. 009 Security Building. Washlncton. D. C, Bureau, 501 r'ouc taeoth street. N. W. Member United Press Asouolatlon, Entered at the poctoffire i Pendleton, Oregon, as 1 rlass mall matter. Talephoae Main 1 ' SOW ABIDETH KAITH." What have we gained when we pain th? aiost? What have we lost, with the prize unwon? Wearying oft in the warring host. What is it all when all is done? A handful .if dust that our friends forget. A dreamer asleep 'neath the cumbering mold Nay. but the Master Khali summon us yet: "Wake from your sleeping. the tale is untold." Drt -.ins that are lost in the swirl of the mist, Hoj-.e that were chilled by the death-coll blast. Lips unresponsive that nnre we kissed What are they when all are past? Ever the question, and answer none: Ever the sob o'er the voice- lesj dust Nay, that our journey is but begTin. Master of Master, we still will trust. A. J. Waterhouse. in the Cali- fornla Weekly. : THE LAWS ARE FAI'LTY. In the January number of McClure's magazine appears a very interesting article by John E. Lathrop. former editor of the East Oregonian. and George K. Turnor bearing upon the subject of AMskan coal and coal grab, bers. The story tells once more of the famulous richness of the coal beds to the far north. The value of the coal runs into a sum far greater than the national debt of America. The Alaska coal constitutes the reserve upply for-the western hemisphere or at least for the Pacific coast of north America. In their article the two writers tell hew this great coal region has been filed upon, not by hardy prospectors. but by speculators having powers of attorney from people in all parts of the country. Some of these people, like the Cunningham claimants, are men of wealth. Others are politicians. bartenders, women and others who here granted the use of their names for the purpose. The article follows up to an extent the exposures recently made by Louib R. Glavis and shows the close rela tion between the coal land getters and the department of the Interior. The facts are damaging to the officials concerned. However the chief blame for the conditions of affairs ia placed upon our antiquated coal land laws. "The primary reason for this is our mineral and public-land laws," says the story. "These have been out of date for generations; they are the ridi cule of every other civilized country; and they are founded on entirely wrong principles. The coal, timber, stone, general minerals, and water powers upon the public lands belong to the United States. They must be worked eventually, not by Individu als, but by corporations. There are only two essential parties to the tran saction the government and the cor poration. The United States practi cally refuses to recognize the second party and will deal because of laws adopted to conditions forty years old only with the individual. In the meanwhile, sane and modern laws on this subject such as exist to an extent In Australia and British Columbia recognize the corporation, deal with it, and get what the government Is en titled to from It" This contention that the great re sources really belong to the public and should be developed to an extent at least In the interest of the public Id exactly the theory of conservation held by GIfford Pinchot, the particu lar gentleman whose scalp the coal grabbers and some other interests too would like to get Just now about the biggest economic question In Ameri ca hinges upon whether or not they will succeed 'n their designs upon Mr. PInchot's official life. THE VNDESIKAIILE STl'DENT. The Tale Alumni Weekly recently d:scussed the undesirable student, to whom considerable attention has ot late been directed on account of the compluints of eminent college presi dents, says the Spokesman-Review. This particular undesirable is the student tvho Is an athlete and not much else, or merely a rich youth who goes to college because it Is the thing ii do and is helpful to him socially, giving him an opportunity to form desirable friendships and to acquire a kind of polish that his clubs do not confer. The Weekly recognizes the absurdity of his presence at college, but Insists with good reason that college life probably does not hurt this sort ot a person any and that it must ex pand his character a little more than it would be expanded in the counting room or in the inane occupations of i man about town. This is true; but college authorities have had to consider the harm that his p'resenee does to education and Its sirious interests. In order to elevate educational standards to restore scholarship to the place of honor that i; once . occupied in the eyes of un dergraduates and to guard the Ideals and character of the main body of college students the undesirable must be discouraged in some of his ways jr.ore firmly than at present. The col leges have made it too easy for him to inoculate the student body with thc virus of his own dilettanteism. Pendleton has thousands of former residents scattered to the various J parts of the world and especially In other sections of the northwest. Many i of these former Pendletonians have been here visiting with relatives and friends during Christmas. Some time it might well for Pendleton to have a "Home Coming AVeek" and to in vite all the city's former people to return for a visit. If they all came Main street would not be able to hold the throng. The Prokaw divorce trial, now on in New Tork is attracting much at tention and is taking up newspaper space that would otherwise have to be devoted to thP affairs of Cook or Peary or else to describing Yuletide incidents in Gotham. Of these vari ous evils which does the public re gard as the worse? A little girl went to the hmne of John D. Rockefeller to ask f"! some money with which to purchase Christ mas presents. She ppent Christmas n "detention" according to the press report.. The girl made a intake. She should have gone to see Jacob Riis. While a local grocery store is en gaged in moving from one Main street location to another it would be a splendid time for the saloon inter ests to secure two more pictures of vacant" business locations in this city. It seems that Zelaya insisted upon doing all the grafting himseif. lie would not tolerate any sugar trust swindles or any monopolies of public utilities save those he conducted per sonally. North Yakima now has a prohibition fight on its hands. Here's hoping they'll be careful what they say about Pendleton. Dr. Cook certainly does not stand very high in the view of the explorers who ramble on Broadway. Christmas is now a thing of the past and New Year's resolutions will soon be in order. Have you any money left? WEIGHS IjOADED SHIP'S CARGO. Porhydrometer is the name of an Italian invention the purpose of which is to determine the weight of a ship's cargo in the hold while the vessel is lying at her moorings.. The instrument in its application converts the vessel for the time being Into a huge weighbridge, and its results are such as to be within one hundredths per cent of absolute -accuracy. The instrument is based upon the principle that a body floating in a liquid, Irrespective of the density of the latter, will displace a quantity of that liquid exactly equal to its own weight. The reading part of the ap paratus or steel-yard, is similar to that used in ordinary weighbridges. This part of the apparatus Is connect ed to a float which is immersed in a chamber or cylindrical receptacle Ml ed with water, this chamber being In communication with the outside of the ship by means of a small tube extend ing through the bottom of the vessel, The aerometer chamber Is placed in the center of the vessel in a vertical line with the keel. As the vessel rises or sinks into the water according as to whether the cargo la removed or taken on board, the level of the wa ter in the float-chamber consequent ly rises or falls, and the float Itself Is accordingly immersed to a lesser or greater depth in the liquid. This brings about an apparent alteration in Its weight, and this alteration is read on the steel-yard. . Consequently it la possible to determine with very great exactitude the weight of the cargo removed or loaded into a vessel. Technical World Magazine.' COPPER MINING. Only seven copper mines wore op erated in Alaska during 1909, but these produced nearly as much metal as the nine mines operated in 190S. The low price of copper, though the principal cause for the small produc tion, did not greatly doter activity in prospecting, both .In the Ketchi kan and Prince William Sound dist ricts. The Mount Andrew. Jumbo, and It mines shipped ore throughout the year, and work at the Goodro made sufficient progress during the summer to put the mine on a produc tive basis. In the Prince William Sound region the Bonanza still remains the largest producer. At the Glad haugh the sinking of a cofferdam to take a large body of ore lying above the first level was begun. Consider able development was done also on other properties. . The inland copper districts await railway transportation. Only at the Bonanza in the Chitina district, was ther any actual mining. Here an aerial tram was completed in Au gust and brought down some ore. which is ready for shipment as soon as the railway is completed. The prob. ability of early railway connection stimulated prospecting throughout the Chitina Valley, and much of this was more systematic than that of the past. As a rule, however, property owners in this field have been inclin ed to do only the required assessment work and to defer the intallution ot mining and prospecting plants until transportation charges have been re duced. In the Xabesna region one property has been systematically de veloped, but elsewhere in the Nabes- !nn. White innnpr Imlt little bn hppn done but assessment work. Geologi cal Survey. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE. According to Christian Science, the sole cause and creator of all that real ly exists is God Cod is Mind or Spir it; hence the real man who Is the likeness of God is mental and spirit ual. Man is not therefore a material organism which Includes a mind, spir it, or soul, but is the spiritual mani festation, expression or evidence of the Mind which is God. The basic fact of Christian Science being that "all Is infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation" ("Science and Health With Key to the Scrip tures," by Mrs. Eddy, p. 468), it fol lows that health in its perfect sense must be a perfect mental state for the reason that it is a manifestation of divine Mind. Even a limited knowl edge of this great fact has brougHt into the human experience of thou sands not only mental peace, but im proved bodily conditions. The teach ing of Christian Science concerning the cause and cure of disease has within the past 40 years revised the world's thought on this subject to a considerable extent. Such atterajices as the following, which Is credited to a doctor of medicine in a recent issue of a well known periodical, are beT j coming quite common. "He who j would live long, healthfully and hap- j pily should avoid a41 anger, hatred, I jealousy,, revenge, fear, anxiety and worry. He should earnestly cultivate those two great virtues, calmness and kindness. For calmness and kind ties? are not only moral virtues, but are ttie most valuable of all hygenic influences." Many observing phy sician, -ire willing to admit more hi in the direction of the mental causo i of disease than laymen who have less i opportunity to observe fcuch phenom- en.i. Christian Science Monitor. i Color Marvels. hint of the processes underlying the marvelous French color photog raphy Is gained by noting that in a room to which only red light ia ad mitted through red glass every thing becomes red except things that are already red. These become white or yellow according to their inten sity. Another element in the work takes cognizance of the fact that all things have various colors In them, so blended as to appear what we call red or blue, etc. The little micro scopic eyes of the mosaic plate of the color photographer takes their own out of these mingled tints that make up the specific shades of the color presented to them. Seen under the microscope we can detect that red has blue and violet In it, that the yellow of the sunflower has blue and green. There Is thing will v c OSHlHt- ? CELEBRATED'- C STOMACH tP""1 qulctc r BITTERS n cases of .YpcpMM. Indigestion, CostlvetiesH, Colds Grip') anil Malaria than the Hit ters Try .a jik Dottle; ai M get a fr . cpy of bottle; also e e our 1910 almanac. FOR SALE 1800 acres all fenced, good 8 room house with basement, 4 big barns well built, 3 orchards, and other improve ments. This land lies along the foot hills of the Blue mountains in the Chinook belt where grows the fine bunchgrass, and flows the crystal springs. Owner cut 160 tons of al falfa this year. This is an Ideal stock ranch, 10 miles off a R. R., and can be bought for $12. SO per acre, and ten thousand dollars worth of cattle and horses thrown in, besides I good wagons and all the machinery and other stuff on the ranch. I find the bargains, that is why I sell the goods. . T. WADE, PeaaleUa, Oregon, Bright and Steady n HEROISM VS. INSmAXCE. Shortly before railroads were forc ed to elevate their tracks within the city limits, John Matchett, an engi neer, was operating a BWitch engine on tracks paralleling Archer avenue. It was dusk, and Matchett's engine was standing on a switch track so that a fast, outward bound passenger train might pass. Matchett heard the passenger train with its human load coming in the distance. Simultaneously, he discov ered an inward bound freight train, running at high speed and almost at the Junction of the sidetrack with the main line. A coll.slon between the passenger and the freight appear ed to be inevitable. Matchett thought otherwise. "Jump off and flag the passenger," shouted Matchett to his fireman, at the same time opening the throttle ot his engine. The fireman Jumped, the switch en gine leaped forward over the rails with Ma'tchctt alone In the cab. At I the switch, the switch engine crashed obliquely into tne ireignt engine ajiu both locomotives were piled up a mass of wreckage. Matchett was killed. ' The price of his death was the safe ty of the passenger train which Matchett's fireman had succeeded in twigging. The pilot of the passenger engine was stopped within a few feet of the wreck In which was buried the crushed-body of the hero. To the average right thinking cit izen, it seems almost incredible that a corporation would mediate depriv ing the widow and children of a man like Matchett, who had saved its credit with the traveling public and THE American National Bank Pendleton, Oregon Invites deposits and accounts of those starting in business as well as those already established. Customers, whether in ac tive business or not, will reveive careful aud cheerful atten tion and the facilities that a safely conducted and time-Usted bank should be able always to afford its patrons whether their balances are largo or small. Safo deposit boxes, of con venient sizes, to rent at reasonable rates. Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits. $275,000.00 Located on the corner of Seventh and Smrk HtreeU. extruding through the Mock to Park street, Portland, Oregon. Our new Park Street Annei Ik the only fireproof hotel building In Oregon. Rates $1 a Day and Up. European THE BOWMAN BAR. For Stahl Famous Near Beer Pints and Qyarts City Near Beer or! Draught All kinds of Soft Drinks, Cigars, Fruits and Confectionery. MARTIN ANDERSON, Prop. rhcJ$Mb Lamp A bright and steady light depends upon the construction of the lamp. The best skill has put forth its best effort in perfecting the- Rayo Lamp. Ai the air is fed to the flame so does the light burn. The easy-flowing current of air through the air-tube of the Rayo Lamp secures a uniform light, with never a flicker or flare. The ideal family lamp. Made of brass through out and beautifully nickeled. The Rayo is a low-priced, lamp, but you cannot get a better lamp at any price. Once a Rayo user, always one Bvtry Dealer Everywhere. If Vot at Yoora, Write lot Descriptive Circular to the Niaiest Agency ol tbe STANDARD OIL COMPANY (Incorporated) prevented uncounted loss of life at the cost of his own, of aid, but that is 1 Just what this railroad did. Tne claim was set up that Matchett's voluntary martyrdom was outside his technical line of duty and that consequently his heirs were not entitled to any re compense. The attorneys for the railroad com pany actually thought they stood a chance of beating the widow and chil dren of Matchett out of a sustaining i amount, of money by this monstrous plea. Rut before the case reached the'j trial stage, the attorney for Match- i ett's fumily succeeded in convincing I influential officials of the road that j they would put themselves on record j as the star ingrates of a century were they to cont.nue the fight against the claim. A settlement was the result From "Heroism vs. Insurance," in January Technical World Magazine. Twenty-eight years ago R. II. Moore shipped the first apples out of j Jackson county, says the Gold Hill News. Rome apples were sh pped to ' Montana and netted growers 60 cents j a. box, but most of them were a drug I on the market, and usually sold much i lower than potatoes, from 35 to SO cents a box In trade. L. D. Mulkey lost four valuable Percheron colts at the Ballston bridge last week. They were being chased by a dog along the road and ran on to the approach of the bridge, which had been swept away by the flood, and In their fright tho animals Jump ed Into the river, where they were drowned. Hobson should be happy. Is building a new tariff. Japan Pneumonia Season Is Hero Better cure that cold barer it is too late. TALtuMAN'S P. A 8. cold capsuls will knock the worst sold in two days. Manu factured and sold only by Tallman & Co. Leading Druggists of Eastern Oregon. Gregg Shorthand Shortest, simplest, best. Take Gregx Shorthand and Modern Inductive Bookkeeping at the Pendleton Busi ness College First class instruction. Thorough Ooinm e r c 1 a 1 Course obtained in six months. Reduced rates. E, O. DRAPER, Prua. WILLIAMSON HAFFNDRCD ENORAVERJ-rRJNTEiy DENVER, COlQ The Quelle Ci ns. La Kountalne, Prop. Best 25 rent nwals In the North 'wetit. Flrt-claHS Conks and Hervlee. Shell-flub In Season. La Pouutaln Block. Mala Bt. Fresh Meat, Poultry Fruit and Prodnc Delivered to any part of the city. Hides, palts, wool, sacks aad ' second-hana goods bought and soU. Stark &. Lang, Props. Phone Main 407. 310-312 W. Wfcbb St. I Buy Your Meat p tiie EMPIRE MEAT CO. Phone Main 18. Always fresh and wholesome. Delivered promptly. Fresh fl.h itnllr -v. I rousts, sausage, name, bases I and Ura. THE PENDLETON DRUG CO. PHOIETQUR ORDERS TOU 6ET THEM RIGHT I Milne Transfer Phone Main 5 Calls promptly answered for all baggage transfer ring. Piano and Furnture moving and Heavy Truck ing a specialty. i laoiw