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PACE FOUR. PATL.V KAST OREflOXIAX, PEXPLKTON", OREGON". TUESDAY, FETVRTTA"RY 13, 1012. EIOITT PAGES A.N IMi:i'ENlKNT NEWSrAl'EK. Pnbilshul 1rI1.t n1 S.-ml Weekly at l'en dleion, Oregon, by the EAST OlUXiOMAN 1TBL1SH1NO CO. PfV.SCKH-1'lON RATES. Ptlljr, one jear. by mall J.YOO I'atij. mi moiulm. by mail 2.50 li j, lbre nit.iubs, by mall 1.25 I'slij, ono mi, mil. by mail 60 Lwity, one year, by carrier 7.50 L'ally. six munths. by carrier 8.75 r Ily, 'Ur moDtLs. oy carrier I.W 1-sJlV. one momb, by carrier fiS PemlAVerkly, une year, by mail ISO Semi -Weekly, nix momlis. by Oiall 75 Semi-Weekly, (our months, by mall... .50 Tbe Itally l'ast Mreoniao la kept on aale at the uresou Newt Co., Morrison treet, rortlauit, Oregon. Northwest Newi Co., Portland, Oregon. Chicago Uureau, Itotf Security Bulltliug. WaUiUKton, U. C, Bureau, 501 Four teenth wreet. N. W. Entered at the postofflc at Pendleton, Oregon., aa eecond-ctasa mall matter. Member United Press Association. telephone Main 1 Official City and Countj Viper. A GOOD OLD rOEM. If you have a friend worth lov ing, Love him. Yes, and let him you love him, ere life's evening Tinge his brow with sunset glow. Why should gcnVl words ne'er be said Of a friend till he is dead? If you hear a song that thrills you, Fung by any child of song, Praise it. Do not let the sing er Wait deserved praise long. Why should one who thrills your heart Lack the joy you may impart? If you hear a prayer that moves you, By its humble, pleading tone, Join it. Do not let the seeker Bow before his God alone. Why should not your brother share The strength of "two or three' in prayer? If you see the hot tears falling From a brother's weeping eyes. Share them. And by kindly sharing Own your kinship with the skies. Why should any one be glad When a brother's heart is sad? If a silvery laugh goes rippling Through the sunshine on his face, Spare it. 'Tis the wise man's saying For both grief and Joy a place, There's health and goodness in the mirth In which an honest laugh has birth. Selected. X, Y. The Evening Tcle.jram of Portland offers the f illov. ng com ment upon the way the lit'.lo New York town has buckled on the armor of municipal reform: The newly elected mayor of Sche nectady has taken matters into his own hands to a ereat extent, and fol K'wing, in a way, the Lockport plan of city government, he is proceeding t fill the offices which require technical ability with the best men he can hire for the salary which the city pays. The prime requisite is that the men employed shall be efficient. shall be expert, if experts can be pro cured for the price. If such men happen to reside in Schenectady, all well and good; if they do not, that is no bar. The best man for the place i the principle adhered to. It is a business principle, and the people of that York-State city expect that it will give them business results. Schenectady is not a large nor an important city, but the value of the experiment it is trying is not to be discounted because of that. The primary principles of mechanics are operative in the complex as they are In the simpler mechanics. That principle also applies to the machin ery of municipal . government. Re sults, good and efficient results are what are desired in municipal admin istration. To get the best results the best men must be employed, just as one expects to get the best results from his business by identically the srme policy. The Schenectady ex periment is the farthest step in city management, and its working out will be a matter of interest in the cause of better municipal government throughout the country. DO THE WORK WELL. Quite naturally those who buy an improvement have the privilege o selecting what ihey desire. If the people of Jackson street want to im prove their thoroughfare with ma cadam it is their business more than that of anyone else. But before they buy it might be well for the north siders to look about a little. They might take a look at East Court and West Alta streets which are macadamized. They might ascertain if the flood3 that come down onto Jackson street every winter would not wash out a ma cadam street. It might be well for them to see what is being done in , other progressive towns where street jwork is being done. It would be well for them to get prices on both ma cadam and a hard surface street so as to see how they compare when durability is considered. If they take macadam merely because it is cheap they may become sorry of their bargain. The macadam streets we have are not good in the winter time. It Is the belief of the East Ore gonian that Mayor Matlock's sug gestion for a hard surface street with wide parking is a good one for north siders to take up with. The mayor has had occasion to learn much regarding the subject of street improvements. He has traveled ex tensively and observed what has been done elsewhere and the results se cured. As a property owner he has given pretty close attention to the subject of street improvement and he will be the man most heavily taxed if his plan for a hard surface driveway on the north side is carried out. He should be a safe adviser in this Instance. EFFICIENCY FIKST. This paper has often set forth the Idea that In the selection of public officials requiring technical fitness, efficiency should count for more than geography. It seems this Idea now prevails In the c'ty of Schenectady, DROWNS Bronchial Troches Bars the voles in all kinds of weather, lnralua ble to singer and speakers for clearing the rules. There is nothing more effectirefor Throat Irrita tion, Hoarseness and Coughs. Sixty years' repu tation. Bold oulyln boxes, hamplt mailed free. JOIt! L BROWN A BON, Boston, Mass. A PARDONABLE STEP. There are many patriotic people who look with disfavor on the im- perallstic idea and do not want Uncle Sam to go too strong in the role of policeman of the western hemisphere. It is a role that may bring on much trouble and expense. Few will object, however, to the use by our government of its morat influence towards inducing South American governments to clean up their cities so as to stop disease. Kot long ago an American naval officer died at Guayaquil from the effects of yellow fever contracted while hi runboat was down there protecting American interests during a revolu tion. Soon after the Washington author ities had been notified of the occur rence and the conditions down there a cablegram was sent to Ecuador saying mat unless the port was cleaned up a quarantine would be established against it. It was set forth that such a step would be ne cessary for the protection of the forces' working on the Panama canal who are kept free from disease only by means of the most rigid sanitary regulations. This government has no call to m up in the internal affairs of sister republics of the western hemisphere but it does have an unbounded right to stop commerce between this coun- ix try and a port that is so poorly gov erned as to become, a plague spot and a source of danger to others. KEEP Till; CITY MIKE. The city should not tie itself up by making long contracts with the Pacific Power & Light company. Private patrons of the. company do rot have to make long contracts in order to get electricity. Neither should the city be required to do so. The city uses almost $S000 worth of electricity a year. It is a good custo mer and should beetreated with much consideration by the electric corpor ation. It should be able to get elec- trlclty without obligating itself for a li ng period. It is possible that Doug las Belts, Fred Walters or someone else may want to negotiate with the city within a year or so and Pendle ton should keep itself free to welcome competition should it come. Pendleton has an immense amount o building work on hand for the coming summer and this fact together with the Indications for a good crop make the local outlook bright in deed. Considering the fact general business conditions over the country are quiet Pendleton is in a splendid condition. STiould Jackson street be given a hard surface paving with parking on each side there would be an end to the dust tornadoes that arise on the nerth side every time an auto scoots along that thoroughfare in the dry season. BREAKING INTO GOOD SOCIETY The old lady who after reading Dr. Johnson's dictionary from title page to colophon found it a very interest ing book but lacking in continuity and connection, stated the character of dictionaries in general. Still she was doubtless wiser at the finish than at the start and in most cases a similar course of reading would produce a like result. To a rather undue ex tent people appropriate their vocab ularies from the speech of others or from desultory reading. This is a rather haphazard way of acquiring the proper methods or terms of expres sion, to say nothing of the formation of style. It Is dangerous unless care fully balanced and steadied by author ity. The dictionary Is not only a very interesting book, but next to the Bible it should be the one In the library most frequently consulted. Like the Bible, it is usually the one that re celves the least attention. In these days, when modern teaching methods turn out so many poor spellers, it no doubt invites frequent reference for the correction of orothographical de ficiencles. but that is only one-and the slightest of its functions. It be littles its dignity to make it take the place of the old spelling book. Many mines of learning have been explor ed and exploited to furnish the infor mation that it has to give. How grudgingly some words are admitted Into good verbal society. But if thoy possess Inherent useful ness they will in good time win their way. Take the verb "to swipe," for instance. It has had an unquestioned place and an accepted meaning for a long time, but only the very latest editions recognize its most recent and best application, and that apologet ically by following it with "slang" in brackets. Yet there Is perhaps no ..'lT fN ,',l.:,..,:.I..J.'."V,.l..'-""" jia 0- or-, i ' p-c2 Isi M ALCOHOL 3 PER ecu? ANcgelaWe Prcparaltonforfc-similatingihcFoodandRcdula-ting the Stomachs andBow-lsot' mm I IS it Promotes DigestionJdif e rfuK ncss and Rest.Contains neittkT Opium.Morphiiie nor Mineral. KOT NARCOTIC. finyttn Sta. ' MicStma jtoistSfti ftpotnr. 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