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About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1911)
jjlUJJJ tXHJJ MltWMMiMiMllMMMtllMwiillnlil liliWM!'!! II I" 1 , . PAGE FOUB. DAILY EAST ORBGONIAx PENDLETON. OREGON, SATriUAY, DECEMBER 2, 1011. EIGHT PAGES, AN IXPKrKXPKNT NEWSPAPER, Poblili.Hl Ini!y and Semi Weekly at I'm illoion, OnvL by tlie EAST OKKUOMAX I'lltLlSlUXU CO. sri'.sruii'Tiox iiatks. IHIlv. .ne voar, ly mall $.Y00 ly. pl months, by mall -50 Lwilv. llir.v months, br mull 1 - J Pally, onu ni. mih, by mall .C0 1 Daily, nuc year, by carrier 7.50 i Lilv. fis irnuih. by carrier S.iA Dally, ilr.t months, by carrier 1.0S lUUv. one mon;li. by carrier 65 8ui-Weekly, one year, by mail 1.50 8enil Week.'v, six months, by mail 75 Beiul Weekly, four months, by mall... .50 Member I'nited 1'rew Association. The Daily K.tst Oresonlnn Is kept on ate at the tirciton News Co., o-S) Morrison aweet. IVrtlaml. Oregon. Northwest Xes Co., Portland, Orepon. Cbicaco Hureau, 000 Security liulUtini:. Washington. D C, llureau, 001 Four teenth i- reet. X. W. Entered at the postofflee at Pendleton, Oregon, a? eerond class mall matter. modern form of city government and that it is superior to the old form Is shown by the experience of the scores of cities, small and large, that now use it. Oct out Monday and 'vote for tho commission charter and uphold Pen dleton's reputation as being a pro gressivo town and the largest place cf its size in the west. A TKST VOTE. Telephone Main 1 Official City and Countj Paper. LEADERSHIP. How little preaching there would be If no man ever dared to preach Are he could say to all and each : "My soul is stainless, follow me." How l'ttle progre-s wou'.d be won If no man dared to, show the way Ere he possessed the right to say; "Do but the thing that I have done." How little wisdom would be shown ' If each man ever dared to teach Ere he could say to all and each: "I know all things that may be known." S. E. Kiser. Should the people adopt the com mission charter Monday the water commission will go out of existence t'l February and the outcome of the race between Will Moore and James Jc hns will be of importance only as it will show the state of the public mind with reference to the sort of a water system wanted. If the people of Pendleton want a gravity water system they should vote for Will Moore. He is the grav ity water candidate and his sincerity cannot be questioned. It is because he has been zealous for mountain wa ter that he is so bitterly opposed by certain parties. Much about Thorn Hollow has been written by those opposing Mr. Moore. It is inspired by people who not only oppose the Thorn Hollow project but any other scheme for a mountain wa ter system for Pendleton. Were any other project under consideration they would have criticisms to make just the same. They lay great stress upon the fact the Indian rights con stitute a cloud upon the title to the ADOPT THE XEW CILVRTER. The commission government char ter which will be voted upon by the people of Pendleton Monday was drafted in a sincere attempt to bet ter the system of government in this city. It was not devised to serv'e any particular class or Interests nor to affect any local issue of any nature whatever. Fear has been expressed by some that the move is antagonistic to a gravity wat,er system because the new charter if adopted will abolish th-J water commission. But there are bet ter reasons for believing the adoption of the commission charter will hasten p. gravity system. The charter pro vides for centering authority and re sponsibility upon one body of men, a paid commission of three. A ma pority of this board will be elected by the people every two years. Conse quently the people will have direct control of the board and will be able to make the officials carry out the popular win. If the people want a gravity system they will 'be able to get It more easily under commission government than under the present style of government. At this time we have a water board composed of five men and the members of that board do not work well together, which la a regrettable fact But the authority to sell the $200,000 bond Issue voted last spring rests with the city coun cil. How the council stands no one knows. It is a badly muddled situ ation and such a state of affairs means delay. To adopt the commission char ter and place all authority and re sponsibility in a single board should improve matters greatly. Nor is the commission charter in tended to have any effect .on any other local issue. It is a move to simpli fy the form of government and does not attempt to decide what the govern ment shall do or shall not do with reference to the problems that come before it. It is safe to say that the will of the people will govern with reff-renco to such problems. Under the commission plan the will of the people will govern more completely than it does now. Our present style f government may be likened to a jerk line team. There are many of ficials and they work at cross pur poses. Some try to travel one way ani some another. The people can not control them. They get jumbled up and do nothing. The commission plan calls for doing away with this jerk line system and for supplanting it with a system under which full au thority and responsibility will be cen tered in three men working directly under the eyes of the people. The commission charter if adopted will simplify local politics and will give the people better control over their municipal government. It will bring about greater efficiency be cause authority and responsibility will be centered upon fewer men. It will bring better men into office be cause the officials will be paid some thing for their work and becau-e they will be able to work under more sat isfactory conditions than at present. In adopting commission govern rifr.t local people will have all to gu n r.r.j n"thi.g l. !'-' it U th: of approximately 32 mues, o Pendjo ton, will cost, according, to competent, engineers, about $5,40.000, and If this "Ine- were constructed, we would have plenty of freh, pure mountain water for about eight months of the nemfw The balance of the year we will be getting water from a sheep and cattle range, as everyone who Is at all fa miliar with the situation knows that during the heated period, stock of all kinds go to water and stand in It r.)id pass the heated part of the day there, and If the experience of other places is to be depended on, we will be get ting this polluted water direct to our city In Iron pipes, to carry disease and death to our peop'.e. This was the experience qf Eugene. They went away up to the headwaters of the Mackenzie river, and piped in n sup ply of water at an enormous expense, und then they found they were draw ing water from a stock pasture, and with the result that they had one of the worst epidemics of typhoid fever in the history of our state. People died by the hundreds. The health au thorities threatened to close the s'ate university. Then the people got busy and a filtration plant was 1- tailed with the resu't' that the city has pure water and no typhoid. In the light of these facta I cannot endorse your North Fork proposi tion. I am not opposed to a gravity system, any statements you may make to the contrary notwithstanding, and if the people of Pendleton want a gravity system, why not go only nine mi'.es from Pendleton where there ls a spring which can be piped to our city which I believe will furnish wa- ter enough for us and it can be brought here by gravity in iron pipes j and will only cost $180,000. Further, this spring Is not a mudhole or seep age water from the river, but is a real spring which in September 1st, last, was flowing 2,500,000 gallon of Thorn Hollow water. But the same J water per day. This spring is situate cloud rests upon Cayuse springs and ' above the level of the river and ap upon all the water that comes acros. ! pears to be bubbllnS rl8nt out of the ground, me water irom mis spring j can be delivered to a reservoir 50 feet above the present resevoir, which In my opinion1 is high enough for our city for a great many years. This water seems to be within our reach, and I believe it is the only available water feasible for a gravity system for our city. You say in a recent editorial that I am disqualified 'for water commission er for the reason that I suggested a municipal power plant for the city. I take pleasure in informing you and fth No ft 1 )F Royal M No Alusn Absolutely Pto es Home Baking Easy other aid to the housewife is so great, no other agent so useful and certain in making delicious, wholesome foods only Baking Powder made from Grape Cream of Tartar fo Unto Phosphates have to be reckoned with no matter where Pendleton goes to obtain water. Even if a filtration plant should be installed the city's right to the water would be secondary to the rights of the Indians, according to John Mc Courfs ruling. Why don"t the antls mention this fact Local people should pay scant at tention to criticisms of the water com mission, for while mere Is some hon est criticism most of it comes from suspicious sources. If the people of Pendleton want a gravity water sys tey they should say so by voting for Will Moore and for the gravity water contingent of the, water board. As for James Johns there are more reasons than one why he should bo defeated. Sir. Johns has openly stat ed he prefers a filtration system and that should be sufficient reason for People to vote against him If they want a gravity system. But Mr. Johns candidacy is objectionable on another score. Xot many weeks ago he was urging that the city shou'd buy out the Byers.milling company in order to obtain water. To carry out that sug gestion would mean to shamefully "gold brick" the city for tho Byers company has no right but merely a permit to use the water at the pleas ure of the interior department. The scheme did not "look good" to the East Oregonian and it looks even worse now in view of the govern ment's avowed intention of establish ing the reservation water rights. Be cause of his connection with that af feir the East Oregonian looks with suspicion upon Mr. John's candidacy and advises his defeat. (Continued on page eight.) EAST END GROCERY The place where they drees tho poultry for your table. Are now agents for the Celebrated Seal-Sliipt Oysters. You Avill aiso find them riftlit there with a complete lino of Groceries and everything in season. Phone Main 536 John Dyer, Prop. T7 A O FOR A GROUNDLESS FEAR In a communloation to this paper tcday James Johns again criss-crosses himself. He denies opposing a grav ity water system and then proceeds to make an argument against the bringing of mountain water from the north fork of the Umatilla. He says the water of the north fork Is con taminated by the stock that graze on the adjoining hills. But there Is noth Ing to his objection. Only a few days ago the secretary of agriculture an nrunced that whenever cities ask for ft stockgrazing of all kinds will be prohibited on reserves adjoining the sources of municipal water supply Should the city take water from the north fork the range land adjoining which is in the Wenaha reserve, would all be barred to stockman. Mr.' Johns' fears upon this score are groundless and are based on his an tipathy to a gravity water system. I'KOM JAMES JOHN'S. pi,. December 1, 1911. Editor East Oregonian Pendleton, Ore. Dear Sir: As you have been mis stating my position In relation to a gravity water system for Pendleton, and have been in various ways trying to disqualify me for the position of water commissioner, and champion ing the cause of my opponent, kindly permit me to put you right on a few of these questions. As all of the problems of the pres ent water commission of the city of Pendleton seem to be left to you for solution, without a word in print from the commission Itself as to Its position on these matters, I would like to make a few suggestions to you. It would Bfern to me from your edi torial utterances that you have aban doned the expensive and farclal wood en pipe line, and have admitted that the Bpring at Thorn Hollow Is totally inadequate for the needs of the city. If th's is so let us analyze your North !'rk proposition. Iron pipe nuffl ''e:t t ivy an !oI"'!'jt(. f upp'y of untr fimn Nortli Kork, a dtan.e Wednesday, Dec. 6 For One Day Only we will Place oi Sale, a complete line of i Lutes9 A Full Range of Sizes and Prices, Ranging from $20.00 to $30.00 Wednesday SaBe Every Lady Should Take Advantage ot This Great Offer sale Come Early-Take a Look ALE XATO EEL EPAR.TMENT STORE Hotel 4 St. George Bar GEO. DAKVEAU, Proprietor Pendloton's Popular Gentle- mens Resort AnheusEr-Busch's famous BUDWEISER on draught, 5C glass Electrlo Mixed Drinks Served at this Bar. Finest Wines, Liquors and Cigars. Distributors of Echo Spring and Old Crow Whiskey. First class Cafe and v Grill In connection A La Carte. .! 1 ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL Opens Sept. 14 Boarding and Daj School for Girls. X Primary, Intermediate, Ac- I ademic Special and Poet- X Graduate Courses. Depart- I ments of Music, Expression X and Art ; PETlSOXAIi ATTEVriOX REFIXIXG IN'FLCEXCES THOKOCGn WORK Nettie M. Calbraith Principal WALliA WALLA, WASH. DR. 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