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fagf mm DAILY EAST ORFGONIAS. PENDLETON. OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1911. WIGHT F.UiM an iMib;i'i:Mi:.NT nkwsi'ai'kb. ; ubiisL.il laily and Semi Weekly at Pen- j i:, -lull. u ret; cm, by the ft AST OKKciONUN l'UKLlSlllNG SUIISCKll'TION HATES. 'ally, one year, liy mull -all v. mx months, by tuall ally, -.hree mouths, by mall r ally, one niomh, by mail i'ally. one year, by carrier 'll. mi month, by carrier I'ally, ihivo lu.iinlis. by earrler '. ally, one in.miti. by carrier Mmi-Hi'i'liiy, one year, by uitlll mlVvkiy, six months, by mull.... miAVt'ckly. lour mouths, by mall... .30 rhe I'nlly F.ast Oregonlan U kept on sala'',nl-v natural for corporations to do ..: the orejron Nens Co.. SJ9 Morrison 1 this if thev get the chalice, treet. l'cuUaiid, Oregon. J ... .. , , I President Tafl's plea about the de- Nerthwesr New Co., Tortland, Oregon, Chlia-4.1 linreau, f'oy Security Building. i lopnient of Alaska is at least ten tutb street, N. W. j years behind the times. People 'viewed matters from his standpoint Member United Iress Association. I a decade ago. They don't any longer. Kntered at the postofflce at Pendleton, T, ..,:,, kq i,. ,,, Oregou. as second claas mall matter. If corporation;, are to be gien the I . - ,- .-,( .1. ,...!., it t he riHllicie ftf falephone Main 1 Official City and County raper. THE RECALL. 1 would that there might be Two lives on earth For these of us who see Too late its worth. The first, a study hour To learn its ways. To comprehend the power Of, passing days; To find life's deepest reach The things that give The soul its strength, and teach Us how to live! The second, that the soul May nobly rise. Prepared to win the goal Where honor lies. What joy to know 'mid all LifeV stress and pain We but await the call To try again! Uppincott's. JUDGE FEE'S ADVICE. Judge James A. Fee Is not a new recruit to the forces that are fighting for the removal of the overhead wires and the ousting of the unsightly poles on Main and Court streets. He Is the original leader of the move. While rr-irr e- P:-.v he .urged the j companies to take their poles and wires away before any street paving was done. In his efforts lie had the endorsement of the East Oregonlan. But time for action was limited, the electric company was stubb rn and the mayor had little if any sup port from his council. So nothing was accomplished. However the former mayor has not forgotten the circum itances surrounding the matter and his experience makes his advice es pecially worthy of attention at thi" time. Judge Fee's suggestion is a fine one and it is timely. If the council will not order the overhead wires re moved on Main and Court streets then let the people do so themselves. They have that power under the in itiative. It was for just such purposes as this that the initiative was provided. The object of the initiative is to fur nish a way through which the people may act directly when their public servants fail to do their duty. - In the present instance the council Is being given ample opportunity to get busy. The subject has been under consideration for a long time and It has been well discussed. It is a clean cut fight between public welfare and corporation greed and the council is inclined to stand with the corpor ations. ' If the council continues its present course the people will be Justified In taking matters into their own hands and in relegating the council to the rear. There are many local people who are sorry the people did not act when the gas franchise was granted. 1 1 the people had acted then we would now- be getting cheaper gas. Put our officials will do well to think seriously before they force the people to act for themselves. The corporations should also think seri ously before they bring on such ac tion. If an initiative measure Is crafted it will probably be rigid In its requirements and it will not be open to 'compromise or amendment. Ther is no quibbling or haggling when the people legislate. As for the officials it would not be pleasing for them to suffer repudl- atlon by the people. Nor Is it likely the people would stop by merely pass lrg an ordinance abolishing the over head ui.i r. If they take matters In to thiir own bands it is probable they will make a clean sweep by voting the council out of existence and by supplanting it with the commission form of povernment. We hvo had corporation domina tion of city affairs long enough. It Ir time for a change even If It takei a whirlwind to do the work. FOR THE PTnLIC. President Taft says that the great- iost need of Alaska Is development, jliut the need is for development In 'behalf of the public not for the bene fit of the Guggenhelms. We have found from experience I that when the natural resources are turned over to tyndlcates for de- ..$5.00 vi-lopment we do not always get the ' I '"'st result-'. The syndicates are dis . . .50 posed to hold coal and other resour !! 375 1 ,!i 'Void stornge." They mine the j coal very slowly so as to keep prices .. 1.50 'up. They pet millions of dollars that 'should remain with the people. It is Alaska then they should do the work under governmental control so as to i.isure justice to the consuming pub lic. liut it is not necessary for corpor ations to do the work at all. The government may do it direct just as it conducts the reclamation service. Throughout the northwest a move is 'already underway calling for the cre mation of a government commission to 'mine the Alaska coal. Whether the 4j;ln proposed is entirely feasible may ihe questioned. But the general idea right beyond any question. I There is no sense In developing Al- i.si;a for the benefit of multimilllon- lohvs like the Guggenhelms. Let the ohvs like the Guggenhelms. 1 eople get the benefit of these sources. IMFI'EKENT HERE. The consular report for September 21. gives some information about the J municipal gas plant of Manchester, England. During the past year the city made a net profit of $226,292 (fioni its gas business. Yet It sells igas at low rates and a still further reduction has been ordered. After Septemner 30 the price of gas, as measured by automatic meters, Is to be reduced to two cents for 33 cubic feet or approximately 60 cents per 1000 feet. The users of gas engines are to obtain gas for 49 cents per 100 feet. In Pendleton, where the Pacific rower & Ught company enjoys a monopoly granted by an indulgent eity founcl the people pay $2.50 per 1000 feet for illuminating gas and $2.00 per 1000 feet for gas for cook ing purposes. !?'me difference isn't there. All v.-ho believe that there is going to be a war between Germany and England please stand on their heads. Gifford Pinchot still thinks that President Tal't is a poor excuse for a tonservationist There is some over street paving, that at all. misunderstanding Xo doubt about The progressives want the poles and wires removed from Main street and the progressives are in the ma jority here. The next city election occurs on the first Monday in December. THE HUSTLER. If your waiter seems a little new and green At the summer place you've chosen for the season, If the porter has a cultivated mein, There's a reason, gentle reader, there's a reason. If you find the stableman is up in Greek, , n .i ,i , , . . '- ."- iu;n men will then be $37,500,000. This har- Hpr.'l emer' , vest Is about one-fifth-the total yield Heres the answer to your question ' of barlev for the United State, He'ere ynU 8P?k; I A movement is on foot In Illinois Hes a college student working for to form an Independent political par tite summer. ty to be contro1(.,j by organZC(j In Tho , , , bor. All the 800 local unions of the The ice man you had best be kind state, with more than half a milion ' t I men comprising the membership have For he may be champion strong been asked to consider the question, man of his college, , The movement was launched at a re- And the girl you hire to keep the nt convention In Rock Island and house in trim j nas the approval of the American May be assars very pride, and . Federation of Labor full tt knowledge, J It ,s 8tated that an lncrease ln There is nothing that a student won't j wages of a large percentage of the essay; . different departments Is to be de fies a wining mtie toner and a hummer; You will find him near at home or far away The college student working for the summer. You will find him on the' steamers, scrubbing deck. You will find him in the stokehole, where he swelters. You will find him picking currants by the peck. And he labors in the factories and smelters: He'l a canvasser .who lingers at your door, He's a trolley car conductor and a plumber, And the extra clerk who serves you at the store Is a college student working fur the summer. MEXICO AM) CAPITAL. (Atlanta Constitution.) Conceding that Governor Abram Gonzales of the Mexican .state of Chi huahua, (-peaks for the new regime In that country, our nouthern neigh bor's attitude toward foreign capital Is about to undergo a change hardly short of revolutionary. , According to Gonzales, there will be nothing resembling confiscation or abrupt termlnatln of concessions. But there will be different conditions for renewal of concessions, less discour aging of the monopolistic principle and greater Incentive to native cap italists to got into the game of devel oping the nation's resources. The governor stresses, however, that foreign. capltul will be welcom ed, but that it must bid for conces sions upon even terms with domestic capital, and be prepared to abide rig idly by the laws which may hereafter be enacted under the new administration. An alteration o this nature in ihfi policy of the country was inevitable, j While a great many American capit- ' alists have dealt fairly with Mexico and the Mexicans, others have gone Into the country with the sole pur pose of exploiting the nation's assets, j paying as little toll as was common- ' surate with the privilege of doing ! business. j Such a condition could not. of course, continue under n revised form i of government, the first principle of; which professed to be popular rule. ! The country lias yet inconceivably ( rich natural resources, the develop-1 ment of which will increase the na- j tional wealth and the International prestige. If an abandonment of the i old regime means anything at all, it means that the Diaz policy of grant-' ing concessions broadcast would bo j amended, and the resources of the. country developed In such a manner as would give the many and not the.i few opportunities not so much for I wealth but for decent livelihood. ! Incidentally, the newly promulg.it-i ed policy, assuming, of course, that ! it is authoritative, indicates the evolv- i Ing of a national c ivic conscience which is the first and best asset of any self-governing people. A FT Ell A NAME. Mayor Rice at a June wedding in New Haven, told an appropriate story. "All these young ladies here," he said, "will be married some day They will all, some day for race sui cide is the thing no longer be in the quandry of Mrs. Newed. Let them not, however, emulate her. "Mrs. Xewed sat one day in a pub lic library, turning over the leaves of the directory. An old gentlaman en tered. He, too. wanted to consult the directory, and he frowned on seeing it in use. Then he began to pace the floor impatiently. "T-.vo cr three other persons en tered. They also wanted the direc tory, but Mrs. Xewed still continued to turn the leaves. "Finally a business man entered. He looked at Mrs. Xewed and at the line of waiting people and, taking In the situation at a glance he approached the youn;j woman and said politely: " 'Pardon me, but I am a business man, am accustomed to consulting " " directory almost daily. I perceive you are r. novice, madam. Let tn help you in your search ' "'Oh. thank you:- said Mrs. Xew ed. and with a smile and a look of re. lief she surrendered the huge volume. 'Thank you ever so much, sir. I am trying to find a nice name for my baby.' " LAIiOR NOTES. Boston waiters, who have not asked ror o'terments in seven years are I ask'ng for a slight Increase on 'Au gust 1. Fred Felek of Garrett, the well known representative of railroad men's organizations in Indiana Is be ing mentioned as a candidate for lieutenant-governor on the democratic ticket. Although applied mechanics is gradually eliminating the house in dustry, the latest statistics show that there are still about 130.000 people In Switzerland engaged in this primitive method of manufacture. Of the total number engaged in In dustrial pursuits in Switzerland 24 per cent belong to the house Indus try. 73.000 being engaged In the man ufacture of textiles and 13,000 in the production of watches. California has just harvested about the best barley the state ever made, a yield of 50,000 000 bushels. At ' 7n rents a hii'-thel tha (Tcc, manded of the manufactnri n. ters of the United States by 'the com tnittee representing the Xatlonal Brotherhood of Operative Potters dur ing a joint conference which is to he held in Atlantic City next September. Several Boston firms are affected by strikes of the bo'lers and drivers which has been strengthened by the bottle washers and sorters going out. A demand for better pay has been made, with no results, up to the pre.-ent. The salary of the bottle washers and sorters has been but from $7 to $8 a week, and the strik ers declare that It is Insufficient for them to live on. 1 5 EST 11 All t TONIC. Freezing cold as u hair grower Is recommended by Sir Ernest Shacgle ton, who cites experiments in the Antarctic as proving his assertions. His men found that as they approach ed the antipodes their hair became longer and thicker. Moreover, it was observed that the Inhabitants of those chilly regions were strangers to bald ness. Sir Ernest's observations are corroborated by travelers in the Arc tic. The diffusion of this news will probably result in a rush by the bald headed population to enlist ln fur ther expeditions Into the lands of perpetual cold. Selected. fJONXKEEP M THE HOUSE if... "a 1nS , V VS.- rvlfcw' . W KM I 7f J You want YOUR VALUABLES to be safe. A safety deposit vault wi'l be the cheapest INSURANCE you can get, and will In sure you not only against burglars but also against fire. We shall gladly show- you our safety vaults if you will call. For $3.00 we will rent you a box in our safety vauits for a whole year. Then your val uables will be safe. Make Ot'lt Bank YOCll Hunk. We pay liberal Interest consiatent with safety, 4 per cent, com pr:vrded semi-annually. Ihe American National Bank PENDLETON. OREGON. UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY DR. WII.EY. Dr. Wiley Is exactly the kind of a public official the American, people instinctively and heartily believe in. It is possible that Dr. Wiley may have erred In his food chemistry now and then. Hut If so, he has never erred on the side of a special inter est, but always on 'the side of the public safety. The attempt to discredit and dis place this distinguished and invalu able public servant on a trifling tech nicality reveals an animus by some of his accusers. We think Attorney General Wlckersham's "condign punishment" note a blunder. "Anything to get Wiley," Is the war cry of his enemies. And it has been so for some years. Mr. Wickersham will have his hands full attending to the much graver charges made against the De partment of Justice. Examiner. kindly Intruded. Missionary (explaining to visitors) Our situation was so remote that for a whole year my wife never saw a white face but my own. Sympathetic Young Woman Oil', the poor thing! First Lady Mrs. .Smith Is young to go shopping alone. Second Lady Why is that? First Lady .she's liable to get ex eltd and buy something. MOUNTAINS. Miss Henrietta was not a sylph by any means, but she prided herself upon the neatness of her well-rounded figure, and when she appeared on the hotel veranda one summer day with a cluster of white 'ox-eye daisies pinned against the crisp freshness of her green linen frock, gallant old Colonel Floyd- was moved to make her a pretty speech. "What charming posies!" he re marked with a Chesterfleldlan bow. "They suit you exactly. You look like a Virginia hillside." He was mystiffied at the frigidity with which Miss Henrdietta received his bit of homage. Youth's Com panion. . ' ANOTHER FISH STORY. (Eugene Register.) A hair-brained scribbler is respon sible for a "fish" story that has been copied widely by middle west editors, who, unfortunately, are not aware of the utter irresponsibility of the news source in question. It was to Ihe effect that hot weather hail killed thousands of fish ln our ri vers. Any person with an ounce of sense would know that Oregon rivers, which are swift running and fed from the melting snow ln the mountains, could not become heated enough from a Born with AMES. E. PEPPER WHISKEY Oldest distillery in America and the best Whiskey ever made in Kentucky. Established in 1780. Columbia Liquor Store Sole distributors in Pendleton. HERMAN PETERS, Prop. Orpbeura Theatre J. P. M ERERN ACI I, Proprietor. HiGH-CLASS UP-TO-DATE MOTION PICTURES For Men, Women and Children SEE PROGRAM IN TODAY'S PAPER. Program ciiangea on Sunday's, Tuesday's and Friday's. VALUABLES - - Vv'. n PUT THEM x IN OUR SAFETY DEFtpSIT "VAULT 'rv-Ei ' '.vemher conditions to destroy fish i which inhabit their waters. Why, fish never succumb to long i torrid spells of California summers ' where the thermometer climbs up to! 120 degrees and stays at that tern-! perature for days and days, and even ! In the face of the fact that such , slow, sluggish streams as the Sacra- i mento and San Joaquin rivers flow for miles with practically no borders j of timber to protest their banks from ! the scorching glare of the sun. j Even the denizens of the Inland lakes j of the San Joaquin valley suffer no I mortality from the heat, although in j traveling over the plains one may see; the heat waves dance and radiate, I while mirages are a common sight1 on these sun-scorched stretches. I In perusing that silly story, one not knowing the true conditions here and not suspecting that a vapid youth had j penned the screed, would he led to oeui've mat Oregon Is a withering vista of heat-blasted waste and that all the scaly denizens of our streams had Del Ished as a result of the ilronth A few dead fish were discovered ! floating in the Willamette river re cently and It hits been c.incluslvelv l proven that some miscreants had been I dynamiting the deep pools of the j stream. JULY 28 IV HISTORY. 173 Ouatamela city destroyed by an earthquake. 1815 Prussians under Bluchcr, de feated the French at Vlllera Coterets. 1S64 Ten thousand persons at tended the funeral Of Major General McPherson at Clyde, Ohio, at Norfolk. Va. 1S92 Battleship Texas launched j at Norfolk. Va. luflO Harriman and Gould Inter ests reached an agreement to take over thf Wabash lines in the east. 190!i Martial law declured throughout Spain. 1910 steps taken toward ending the strike on the Grank Trunk rail way between representatives of the trainrr.cn and railroad officials Get There Quick Phone Red 3961 for the Iauto cab! Twenty-five cent fares to any part of the city. Special rates a for out of town trips. BEST SERVICE IN TOWN. Stand at 614 Main St. I the Republic" Hotel St. George GEORGE DAIIVEAU, Proprietor. European plan. Everything first-class. All modern conveni ences. Hot water heated throughout. Rooms en suite with bath. Irfirge, new sample rooms. The Hotel St. George Is pronounced one of the most up. to-date hotels of the Northwest. Telephone and fire alarm con nections to office, and hot and cold water running in all rooms Rooms $1 and $1.50 Block and a half from depot See the big electric sign. OPEN DAY AX I) X1GI!T FIRST-CIiASS SERVICE Ihe Quelle Cafe andjlOysLer House Meals 25c and up Best 25c Meals in the Northwest. LA FONTAINE BLK., 62 MAIN STREET Liquors You Like because of their perfect purity and excellent flavor, are stand ard goois In our establishment. Every brand of IJquor has been carefully mellowed by age, pure ly d'stllled, and Is fully guaran teed by us. The same way with our Port, Sherry, Claret, Rhine and Moselle Wines and every article we handle. You get more than your money's worth in quantity and quality. TheOlympiaBar Phone Main 188 and Pioneer Bottling Works Phone Main 177. PETERS & MORRISON. Prop8. The Pendleton Drug Co. la in business for 'Your Good Health" REMEMBER THIS. WHEN YOD HAVE PRESCRIPTIONS, OR WANT PURE MEDICINES . THE UNIQUE TURKISH MEDICAL BATHS The Plnco Where You Get Good Ruth and Rub Down. BATHS - 25c and 50c OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. 124 W. COURT ST. 1 T-flJlfcr toff ?