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THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1902. TIMELY ANNIVERSARIES. April IT. " H3S Ferdinand and Isabella signed the agreement with Columbus. ,j79&Dr. Benjamin Franklin died; born 1706. ISO William Gllmore Blmms, author of southern historical romance, born In Charleston: died there 1S70. Slmms was one of the most voluminous writ- era of the American romance perioa His stories treated of the stirring times of colonial. Revolutionary nnd nioneer (lavs. M93 The city of Zante and many villages on the Island destroyed by an earth- auake. The famous Brazilian Insurgent war- Bhlp Aquldaban sunk by a government tornedo boat. General Joaqulm Crespo. ex-president of Venezuela, killed In battle. 1901 The Imperial palace at Peking occu pled as headquarters by Count 'von "Walderaee. .commander of the allied forces In China, destroyed by fire. THE OREGONIAN DOUBTFUL. The insistence of the Oregonian that there 1b not republican disaffec tlon in Oregon in the present cam paign is proof of Itself that it does ex Its. If there were none the Oregon- Ian would not "have cause to repeat over and over again its assertion In short, the Portland paper is whistl ing to keep Its own courage up and to encourage republicans in all parts of the state to smile again, with the puckering out of their lips. The fact of the matter is, there is republican disaffection, and if all the dissatisfied republicans and goodly portion of the stay-at-home vote In 1900, should vote the demo cratic state ticket in June, the repub lican state ticket would be defeated and badly so. However, there is plen ty of time for the republicans to get over their "disappointment" and come back into the fold, where, of course, they will be made welcome. There are some too dissatisfied to return, so outspoken that they openly declare they will vote the democratic ticket, which happens to be an excel lent one this year, on a platform that is as good or better than that of the republican. If the democrats are successful, the people can be assurred of faithful service in state affairs. From George E. Chamberlain, candidate for gover nor, to the tail of the ticket, the dem ocratic nominees are fit men, abie and successful in their private af fairs and business callings and rep resentative of the best that is in the democratic party in Oregon, posses sed of a better spirit than has been usual in former campaigns, more en thusiastic and more hopeful of ac complishing something of real value to the state and to the people. The spirit of itself is encouraging to those who believe in democratic teachings and government of the peo ple, for the people, and by the people, which, to some extent, at least, 1s not any longer desired by a large number of those who are closely identified with and are prominent in the republican party, The English policies, threshed out through centuries of diplomacy, were the crowning characteristics of his life. eH was accustomed by nature and environment to great undertak ings. Yet, after surpassing that race of masters, In laments that hlB life has been so empty. It is a sermon worthy of thought. The history of the man and his work makes, it more poignant. The material progress he has added to the current of his age, render his dying lament more worthy of study. "What would this man call a great achievement? "Vhat limit would he Bet upon human capabilities? "What borders, what unseen frontiers of thought and deed and action would satisfy this mental and material ad ventmcr.? If his work waB small, how shall we define the smaller activ ities of thousands of his millionaire contemporaries? If Cecil Rhodes did little, what word will describe the diminutive achievements of scores of other able, wealthy aristocrats who are dilly-dallying through life? His life is the history of England in South Africa. It is not all good; It is not all pleasant, but being great, is wor- thv of study. His words Bhould be the shibboleth of the 20th century. THE UMATILLA COUNTRY. "SO LITTLE DONE; SO MUCH TO DO." A keener rebuke to do-nothing arls tocrats than these dying words of Ce cil Rhodes, was never uttored. "With all his power to do, his willingness to do, his field to work in, after one of the busiest, rlgidest, most versa tile careers of the 19th century, this empire builder, whoso grasp compass ed not only colonies, but continents, mourned that ho had done so little And yet how Immeasurably much less have thousands of able men done In the world men whose power to do was as great as his. If these burn lng words could enter Into the cramp ed and selQsh souls of the Immensely rich, whose only task and only actlv- lly is to hoard and guard a little store of gold If they could reach them and touch them In such a thrilling sense, that it would burn the memory of these wordi upon their life and pur pose, there would be such an awak ening of thought and energy that every corner of the world would feel its influence. So little done by him yet his colossal work, though It be tinged at times with deeds and In tents that "hint of wrong, from one point of view, his achievement Is sol ltary and alone in the annals of Indl viduxl effort, in the century Just clos ed. Ho had his shortcomings. 'Who, that is human, has not? Ho was .wedded to English thought and ways Alfred Holman, a staff writer on the Portland Oregonian, recently vis ited Pendleton, and writes as fol lows: Some weeks ago, while in Medford, I was aBsurred by a citizen of the highest intelligence that Jackson was "beyond question the best coun ty in Oregon." Two days later, at Grant's Pass, I was told by a man of equal character and intelligence, that 'Josephine was by all odds the finest county in the state." In Douglas, in Lane, in Linn, in Marion, in Yamhill (wrere I know it to be true, for I am native there), in Washington, I have heard something to the same ef fect. And here in the land of bunch grass I find truth risen again, for at least 100 times and from 100 vera cious sources have'heard in the past four days that Umatilla county Is "ahead of any other county in the state of Oregon." And, in truth, as one tides over the "Umatilla uplands, at this season tinged with the colors of spring; as one looks upon the vastness and richness of a land whose boundaries everywhere lie be yond the horizon; as there unrolls be fore the eye unnumbered Images of beauty the cultivated field, hillside ranged by countless herds, the gleaming river, the distant mountains blue as the deep sea and crowned with snow one is more than half convinced that the voice last in his ear was the true voice. At least one finds it easy to sympathize with the local vanity and enthusiasm. It is,, perhaps, useless to Inquire if "Umatil la be the best county in Oregon or not; certainly it is good enough; and there can be no harm if its own peo ple think it is the finest land the sun shines on. veloped. The people came from tne active and thrifty parts oi me couu- try. They brought witn mem, suum ally speaking, some capital, and, bet ter still, the training anu uuun ui systematic and organized industry. This country, too, IB an open one. Lands which are today as nature thnrn mav be nlowed next week; and every square yard, even of a new place excepting tne mue Bpace occupied by the farm buildings may be turned to instant productive account.- Again, eastern Oregon is. relatively new country-, and as yet few of those who came as settlers and this Includes pretty much the whole effective population, ihave reached old age. The property of the country generally is in energetic and capable hands. Eastern Oregon has from the beginning been a poor man's nminfrv Tt: rnndlttons have not been such as to make anyone very rich or leave anyone very poor. Tne weauu of the country and it is very constd ..rni.ipis widely distributed; every body has some of it, and this fact makes an active local lire. And the climate, while not respon sible for all that, is charged to its ac count, is still an Important factor in tho rase. It is hlch. dry and bracing; it has unauestionably a stimulating effect upon animal spirits. A bunch grass horse may be driven in the fore tinnn a distance that would kill a Willamette-bred horse, be driven back over the same road in the af ternoon and come up fresh on the bit the next moraine. Something gives thfi linnnhm-nsser better wind nnd bet ter endurance and It is sometning whlnh pffpets men as well as horses. Go into a political convention or any kind of meeting that brings togetuer citizens from all parts oi tne state and one clance is sufficient to identi fy the delegates from east of the mountains. Thev have a certain out nf door look a rudlness of complex ion, an aspect of superior vitality which marks them at once, invite one- of them to the bar and he will take the straight coods: when he or ders eggs he expects the waiter to brine hi nithree. All of wnicn indi cates that there Is an abundance of oxygen In the air he habitually breathes By a curious effect of Ignorance and conceit the two things common ly go together Western Oregon re gards Eastern Oregon as a pioneer country; and it is commonly with a sense of surprise that a man from our side of the mountains finds conditions on this side "settled," and in many respects far more advanced than in the Willamette valley. Somehow the mind Is not prepared for the school house at every crossroads, for the chime of the church-going bell, for the general look of established and permanent civilization every where in evidence. Neither, I add with some hesitation, is a man from the Willamette country prepared for the thousand manifestations of thrift of the Eastern Oregon towns. Thore is, for example, a "go" about Pendleton which no town of double its size in Western Oregon can match. A com bination of fire bells and a brass band could not, for example, give to Com mercial street, in Salem, one-half the look of vivacity and business onergy which mark the dullest day of the week at Pendleton. "When this difference botweon eaBt of tho mountains and west of the mountains is montloned, the explana tion Is commonly referred to that overworked bearer of many burdens tne cumate. unmate, i nave no doubt has something to do with it, but conditions of climate alone can hardly account for tho tremendous contrast exhibited by comparison of tho two parts of our Oregon country. Climate, Indeed, has Its Influence, both as It affects tho working spirit of the human animal and as it serves to shorten tho productive Bea son of the Western Oregon lands, but this alone does not explain it. East ern Oregon, while long past tho pio neer stage, is still relatively now country. Its population has come to It largoly within the past 25 years; and it has come out of what may bo called the modern and disciplined conditions of American life. Enstorn Oregon Is largely filled up with peo ple who originally camo from those parts of tho couutry where systemat ic industry on productive lines ims been long established and largoly do- Another explanation of the bus! ness activity of Pendleton lies in the large purchasing capacity of the jeo- ple of Umatilla county. The gross cash income of the county last year from products sold the outside world was about $3,500,000, or something like $150 for every man, woman and child within the county limits. The list of commodities thus given to the world of commerce includes 5,000,000 bushels of wheat, 750,000 bushels of barely, 3(0,000 sheep, 2,500,000 pounds of wool, $25,000 worth of cattle, fruit to the value of $25u,000, with horses, hay, oats and miscellaneous products to the value in the aggregate of not less than $1,000,000. There Is one curious fact connected with this large production, which contributes to the actlvley of trade, and therefore to the volume of business done in the towns and the general business animation of the country'. It is that nearly every producer deals with a single product. There is very little of that diversified all-round farming which makes every farmstead an indopend ent center of life. In Eastern Oregon and in Umatilla, as elsewhere, the whole onergy of each man is given to one line of work and production, Domestic supply comes not out of the soil, but from the nearest store Every producer sells the whole of his wheat, wool, livestock or what-not for cash, and looks for the storekeep-' A CONTRAST Of the face of a healthful woman with the face of one who is sick proves that quite often .a sad face is a sick face. Many a woman has credit for a sunnv disposition who would soon be sad of face-and irritable of temper if she had to endure the womanly ills which many of ner sex nave oorne tor years. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription cures the diseases which are the source of so much pain and suffering to women. It establishes regularity, dries debilitat ing drains, heals inflammation and ul ceration ana cures female weakness. Mr. Cornelia Henson, of Coalton, Uoyd Co., Ky writes: "In October iSSq I cave birth to a baby and the treatment I received at the hands oi me rntuwiie icit me wtth tailing or the uterus. I had no health to apeak of for three years. I bad another baby which was the third child. My health began to fail and I found myself com pletely worn out. I had so many pains and aches my life was a burden to me and also to all the family, for I was nervous and cross and I could not sleep. Had four doctors come to see nie imi at last touna l was slowly dying. The doctors said I had liver, lungand uterine trouble. 1 was in bed for months and when I did net tin I was a sight to behold. I looked like a corpse walking about. I commenced to take Doctor nerce s r-avortie I'rescnptlon, Golden Medical Discovery' and 'Pellets,' and ever since then I have been a well womau. I have auflered all a woman could suffer at my monthly period until oiucv i unjiin me use oi iir, nerce'S meuicines, but now I can say I have no pnln. The dark circles around ray eyes are going away aud I feel better in every way. My cheeks are red and my skin is white, but before it was as yellow as saflrou." Accept no substitute for "Favorite Pre scription " mere is nothing just as good for weak and sick women. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are easy and pleasant to take. A most effective laxative. or to find by Importation tie things required for his household Th per haps, is not an " - " ke domestic inaub u, , , - .. , . nn active business u the animation of the towns. T.i.,rrr in Umatilla county, whjte ""-"'--.. ,, systematic lone esiaunsueu - , , pil chiefly wiin uiib""" , ,17 ..,. native bounty oi u --;'. ,n np nr two exi:tiiiii""i . , , dXinater o, jvr only with .raw prou-. Its opera ions are - - - on Ts 7 done' becaiVse the supply Srof labor or capita, lis no equal to it ana uecauau --- io u, u" onip with new necessity io " projects. Similarly, and for simitar reasons, nothing has ueen -. . . . ..nnnca PTpat areas bring into primmer . of country now estimated of little value. Land is so abundant and so cheap that it is not worm .. -make available the more elevated dry and so-called waste areas. There . , i v, Anna nt is a great worK nere iu uC uv,.. some future time, and when it shall be done Umatilla county will be a vastly richer country tnan anjom now dreams of. The Intrinsic poten tiality of these so-called waste lauds .. . . i. .iinl,. nvot:. is a fact wen unuersiuuu, iu j- ent relative unproductiveness is due to the fact that they are poorly water ed. But this is not always to be, as there Is abundance of water, which will, in time, oe upuueu iu mi.".. rw oonimintPii." A lot of people have suffered form non-acquaintance. Doubtless you have. Perhaps you re call the anecdote of the Englishman who was asked why he didn't save the drowning man. "Why, sir," said he, "I was never even Introduced to him." It Pays to Trade at the Peoples Watchon Parasols! Parasols! We have just received a large shipment of Paraso s both for Ladies and Chil dren, prices ranging from 19c to $9.00 Boys' School Ho 3 pairs for 50c The kind you usually pty 25c a. pair for and considered good value at that, now 3 for 50c Woodmen Log-RIH"! in Pendleton, Ore., April 21-22. State Republican Ticket Governor. W. J. FURNISH, of Umatilla. Supreme Judge. R. S BEAN, of Lane County. Secretary of State. F. I. DUNBAR, of Clatsop County. State Treasurer, n s SfOORE. of Klamath County. Superintendent of Public Instruction, J. H. ACKERMAN, of Multnomah, Attorney General. A. M. CRAWFORD, of Douglas. State Printer. J. R. WHITNEY, of Linn County. SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DIS TRICT. For Congressman. J. N. WILLIAMSON, of Crook County LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT TICKET, For Joint Senator. J. W. SCRIBNEK, of Union County For Joint Representative. G. W. PHELPS, of Morrow County UMATILLA COUNTY REPUBLICAN TICKET. State Senator. F. W. VINCENT, of Pendleton. Representatives. KENRY ADAMS, of Weston. C. E. MACOMBER, of Pendleton Sheriff M. J. CARNEY, of Pendleton. Clerk. F. O. ROGERS, of Athena. Recorder. W. H. FOLSOM, of Pilot Rock. Treasurer. E. J. SOMMERVILLE, of Pendleton, Assessor. GEORGE BUZAN, of Pendleton. Commissioner. T. P. GILLILAND, of Uklah. Surveyor. J. W. KIMBRELL, of Pendleton Coroner. W. G. COLE, of Pendleton. Justice of the Peace Pendleton District THOMAS FITZGERALD, of Pendle ton. Constable. A. J. GIBSON, of Pendleton. Pendleton Planing Mill and.. Lumbe Y&td... Buy their stock by the severe carload lots and. therefore get the benefit of the cash discounts, which enables them to sell at a very narrow margin. IF YOU NEED . . , Lumber, Building Paper Lime, Cement, Brick Sand, Terra Cotta Pipe or anything in this line get our prices. Pendleton Planing Mill am Lumber Yard.- R. FORSTER, Proprietor Smoke Pendleton Boquet Cigars. Tailor Made Suits Our stock is now complete and we are able to suit the most particular lady in town. Alterations made free . of charge, right in the store. Any one buying a suit this week will get a Discount of JO per ct. Summer Corsets That popular corset that the ladies like as much for sum mer wear has arrived and the .prices are such that will en able everyone to get a new corset . Prices 49c, 69c, $t to $2.95 Agents for Butter-ick Patterns iPileslilB PENDLETON, OREGON Mail Orders Filled , Send far Samples .II IRT THINK OF IT Three-fourths of the people In Umatlll county are usine our barneas and saddle and the oeher fourth has just commenced to use mem. All this goes to show that ours are all FIRST- r. icnA DUTPrc PtnllT W'tt narrv npnm. plete stock of Collars, Hpurs, jirusnos, nips, Sweat-pads.Pack Riddles, Hags, String leather, rw . ll . nil Ultima leniB, Y agUIl I'UYVlBt aiivaD, a'i wuua. JOSEPH ELL. Leading Harness and Saddlery. 1 nuRrn 1 J WW L n Gray's Harbor Com. Gi. SUCCESSORS TO A. C. SHAW & CO. Being one of the largest mai ufacturine plants on Pueet rmm? 1 qkla n coll trmt lumber cheaper than anyone else. New lumber coming in every day. They also make all kinds of boxes, including Apple, Pear, Peach, Cherry, and Plumb and berry crates, and are prepared to make you prices either in small lots or RY THF CAR 1 0AD m-m m m mm bl 1 m m m -v A Challenge to the World ?iv Biiak Bauoiauuuu u placing UUi selves In competition with the world so far as "wuiuauui 1111c ogriuuiiurai implements. The various makes we handle cannot be ex celled (we doubt if they can be approached) In excellence, durability and price. Their fame "ww wiue, uuu meir prices win d touna ex- IrpmplV lnur Inr tha . . n 1 ! .. 1 , I 1 ! engines und for buggies. NEAGLE BROTHERS Water St, near Main, Pendleton. Or WOOD! COAL! WOOD! COAL! WOOD! COAL! W. C. MINNIS SELLS BOTH. Kemerer Coal. First Class Wood Orders Promptly Filled. Telephone, Ked 401, or call on W. 0. MINNIS, SS lWtreet',J?t0PPite Hans .,uiraiiUii uaruware store. TRANSFER. TRUCKING STORAGE nrMim vKUWNEK BROS. You get Good Beer.. When you drink PILSNER BEER. Guaranteed not to cause headache or dizziness Ask for it. srhuHv RrAW.rUT C0 kJWUMHK m-TM vii "-a J Part KKQlW"pF AiTifTnT Sold by juji , " The Louvre Saloofl osl PKNDLETON B. F. BECK PLUMBER . and TINNER Sheet Iron and Copg Work..;SpecialAttenM; to Job W?rk....K$$ and Guttering,.. AH , Hiinranteed. ' - i CtrHi rT St. Joe Stere, Sear -iuuns MAIN 4. t