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DAILY EAST OREGON1AN, PENDLETON, OREGON,, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1911, EIGHT PAGES. PAGE FOOL AN INPErESPEXT NEWSPAPER. Published ixiiiy nd Semi-Weekly at Pen (licnin. Oregon, by the T.A&T Or.KliOMA.N Pl.BUSlll.NO CO. SVHSCK1PT10X KATKS. Dslljr. fine vfr. by mall $3.00 11It. n avutlw, by mail 2 50 iXllV, tlnre aumths, bj mail 1.23 liiulV. one mouth, by mail 50 li;y, ouc year, by cairier 7.50 liallv, mx irontus. by carrier 8.J5 Ivliy, tluve nmml.s. by rarrier 1.95 fraliV. on,' mniili. by carrier Go frf-mi Weekly, one year, by mall 1.60 bemt i,y, fix ru uilis, by mail 75 bviiil Weekly, tour uioutlia. by mail... .50 Member Untied Press AtkOclatluD. The lUlly Kast Oregoulan la kept on sale at ttie Oregon New Co., 3-D Morrlaoa .arthw,t Newt Co.. Portland. Orecon. ! Chicago Bureau, 9ol Security Building. Washiuctnn. u iureau, uui rour tcetiiti f.reeu N. W. Entered at the nostofflre at Pendleton. Oregon a? second-class mail matter. Telephone Main I Official City and County Paper. STRANGE. Methuselah lived to be Nine iTundred sixty and nine, And he never knew of the lrets that come In such lives as yours and mine. Unvaccinated. he, He kept his appendix, too, And he never thought of the llt- tie germs That in food and water grew. Methuselah did not know Of the ills that make us sad, And the chances are it was just as well He'd have died young if he had. Chicago Post. THE UPPER RIVER RIGHTS. Through a resolution just adopted by the people at Irrigon the following sentiment is expressed: "We are in nowise opposed to the waterusers on the upper river but in vite them to store and use all the wa ter that they possibly can. all of which will ultimately rebound to the rf mp"Hh' Were the newspapers of benefit of the lower river." Gotham to reply in kind they might A broad view of the matter and if i weU sa' U is aIso exceedingly dif fi tlls sentiment had only prevailed i cult to fimi Sood maors. They coula with Oliver P. Morton and other offl- clals who have done preliminary j work on the west extension there ' would be no opposition to the exten sion in this "neck of the woods." The people on the upper river are Justly entitled to all the water they can use. Settlers on Birch creek, McKay and the Umatilla have been here for years and their welfare should be protected. If they can use water to irrigate their lands, wheth er it be stored water or running wa ter they should be allowed to use It provided they make beneficial use within a reasonable time. The aim of the reclamation act is to bring lan 1 under irrigation and settlement. 11 should be as pleasing to the govern ment to have water used to irrigate lands adjoining Birch creek as to have it used upon desert lands in western Umatilla county and in northern Morrow. , But the government, through Oli yer P. Morton, or whoever is respon sible for the adjudication suit ,has not taken such a liberal course. Appar cuwjr mi. aorion nas proceeded on the theory it wag not up to him to treat up-river settlers fairly but that he should get everything possible away from them. In the adjudication suit he bears down too hard upon the settlers and it Is but natural they are complaining. Furthermore there are reasons for believing that the re clamation lawyers have not been giv ing due consideration to the rights of the Indians upon the Umatilla reser vation. They seem to be going upon the theory- that the Indians have no rights. Yet at the same time John McCourt. U. S. attorney, has ruled the local -Indians may use water up on their allotments. It is a strange status of affairs. The East Oregonian is not fight ing the west extension, but this paper is insisting that If the extension is carried out it should be upon such a basis that the rights and welfare of the people on the upper river, red men and white, be fully and honestly irotected. The arrangements for the extension should be such that If there be any shortage of water the loss shall fall upon the land under the exten sion and shall not be borne by the1 The Cold Days re hard on person with lin alr digi-Ktion. The Mootl b-vincK thin and 'u take COLD AND GRIPPE very iiNily. ne afe IJUILD UP BY TAKING Hoststter's Stomach Biifcrs people In this vicinity. It la the only equitable course and for the govern ment to go upon any other policy will mean gross discrimination against upper river people for the benefit of those holding land under the pro posed extension. :.YXOU .1X1) THE PRESS. Mayor Gnynor of New York has" bten asked by the New York Globe to set forth his idea aa to how ni-wspaper should be conducted. The mayor replies with a extended state ment in which he expresses himself very pointedly. Here are some of the sentiments expressed: "First of all, a newspaper should show that there is a gentleman in control of it, and not a loafer or a blackguard. That Is the first esson- tial of a newspaper. Why should a newspaper be a ruffian? If the pro prietor is a ruffian, of course it is apt 1 1 be a ruffian. If he runs to serve his own purposes and ambitions merely, you may expect anything of him. He hides behind it for his own selfish purposes. "A newspaper ought to be true. Its motives should be fair. It should try to do the right. Its pride should be 1 1 have a good influence. "The rule now seems to be the U.rger the circulation the less the in fluence. A newspaper that goes into the household is the one which has the influence. I would rather have the good will and aid of a newspaper with a circulation of only 30,00rt if it is taken home and read by the family, t'.ian that of one with a circulation of 1 000.00J, if it be only looked at and thrown in the gutter." Such statements are well founded ar.d will be applauded by the press as well as laymen. It is true a paper cannot well be better than the man who publishes it. If a publisher is a s.-.yster his paper will exhibit such tendencies; if he Is a dog, his news paper will be a dog. From further remarks of the mayor it is quite evident he finds few de siif.Me newspapers in Xew York They are monstrosities In his view and he grills them unmercifully. But of course he is looking only at the harm they do and Pot at the S"d they ac ptint out that Gaynor himself is ad vertised as the first decent mavor New York has 'had in a decade and that there are many who look upon him with distrust. That Commercial club meeting on December 12 promises to be a lively- affair and it may be necessary to have separate rooms in which to keep the west end people who will be here to represent the various sides of the con t oversy. . The man from Madrid seems to have an abundance of "relatives" in this section of the country. Ten councilmen to elect hereafter. WHY NOT? The recent decisions of . the su preme court, the presidential vetoes. and the constant quashing of statute as unconstitutional by the courts. lend force to the suggestion made by a distinguished member of the bar that there ought to be a commission on statutory interpretation, to pass on all public bills before they are en acted into law. At present our law-making is not only cumbersome, but unscientific. The number of bills introduced Into our legislatures is appalling. Their range is bewildering, and their pro posals run the whole gamut of re form. They are initiated by every sort of legislative crank put Into legal form by law clerks, amended pat recogni tion, and either buried iii committee pigeonholes or sent to a bewildered executive to sign or veto while you wait. It is no wonder that the courts kill or nulify so much of our legislat;ve and technical grounds, yet there is a vai-t amount of reason for their atti tude In the matter. Our law-makers are not all trained biwyers. They have no skill In law making, and are at the mercy of the ltgal lobby which watches all reform legislation with a keenness born of self-protection. Hence so many "snakes" that creep into bills in com mittee and hibernate there until the court i smoke the mout, all too late to do any good. A non-partisan, half-legal, half-lay commission on statutory Interpreta tion would be a protection to real re form. It would get rid of possible ambiguities in the language of pro posed legislative enactments, would Interpret fairly the intention of their framers, and forecast their probable results when submitted to the acid test of actual enforcement The commission could scotch, if not kill, much useless and vicious legis lation; part'a'ly clarify and codify current legislation; remove much of It from partisan contention; probably make legislative law more respected than it Is at present; and save the Jii'lleiarv from the necessity of deliv ering such Judgments aa to make the r"'l .'"-v p4nW on their other Wise peaceful horizon Frederic B. Hoignis in December Llppincott's. Mrri'lr Hound. j "Do yon consider him a' man of sound sense?" ! "Well, yes modified a bit." '.'Modified What do you mean?" "Just tlT'.Vn out the sense and you'll ) hr-vc my or 'n'on of him." IDENTIFIED. In a little sequestered country town where the court of Justice is over the general store, and where the judge is an old, grizzled farmer, thoroughly famll'ar with pitching hay and milk- ing cows, but having a very limited knowledge of the law, the prisoner had pleaded "not guilty" to a charge of burglary. The lawyer for the prosecution was endeavoring to Bhowjnn American citizen Is. tne court that the accused man was of low character. "What were you doing the night before the robbery?" he questioned severely. "I was playln' penuch'e with Jed rarker nnd another follow " answered the prisoner evasively. "Ah, I thought so," shouted the lawyer triumphantly "Plnying cards with that loafer Jed Parker! Gamb ling nnd in bad company! But you mention a third party, sir. "Who was th other good-for-nothing?" The prisoner hesitated. "Answer me!" bellowed the lawyer. "Wa-al, sir. If you must know," ea'd the accused, "it was the judge here." Judge's Library. RECIPE FOR LONGEVITY. 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