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FBIDAYj MAY22;-1903. " T?!?!?? . I LY E AST ,c 0 R CBO N I AN FE N 0 L'ETO N 0 H ESO N . maaamM , "" - a ' ---' t - 4 . - . -ealafc rabllahed every afternoon (except Sunday) at it'cmiie ton, Oregon, Dy t no I EAST UKbUUN AN KUbL NU COMPANY. 'fhonc, (Main II. sunscim-rinN hates, ttally, one year by mall .f&.W Dally, six months by mall i.uo Ballr. ithre months bv mail ......... l.'IZi Bally, one month by mall no Dally, per month by carrier 05 neesiT. tone year d.t man ....., i.ou Vemi-weeKiy, one year uy man .... -uu The Kast Oregonlnn la on sale at II. II. tlcta's News Htnnds nt Hotel Portland and MWICI KViKIUV, AVltlUUU, VlJWII. Member Hcrlppa-Mcltae News Assochv San Francisco llureau, 408 Fourth St. Chicago llureau, D00 Security Ilulldlng. Washington. I). C llureau. 501 14th St., n. w. LKntered at Pendleton pontofflce as seccond Class matter. If you'll sing a song as you plod along, You'll And that the husy, rush ing throng Will catch tho strain of the glad refrain; That the sun will follow tho tho blinding rain; That tho clouds will fly from tho blackened sky; That the Btars will come out by and by; And you'll make now friends till hope descends Prom whore tho placid rainbow bends, And all because of a little song, If you sing this song as you plod along. Magazine of Mysteries. THEY WmUT INFORMATION. jjt Every uomeseelter that comes Into tie borders of Oregon should be pre' cicnieu uy somououy with n true guiuc . ' . . .. ... . . Kp the great resources of the state. Bfoniobody authorized,, should sot fjhem on the rlgut track, furnish Dhem wholesome Information and give Shorn a good impression of Oregon. Some outline of the native wealth fit tho stato Bhould be sot before them yji an attractive manner In order that Ivory dollar they bring along for In- !)thtmont .may bo placed In some on- Pjirprise that promises returns to Ijiom and In tho state at large. jAs It is now, the homcseekor meets 'fitj howling hotel runner and the In- ustrlotis bnggago rustier, on bis ar g,val In the large Oregon cities. Every frlondly hand reacheu out to- Nwd him Is tho hand of a grafter, uly to charge him double for a serv- gc, If he tdon't protest. SjRThore is no congenial voice to say. jclcome, neighbor," and no sufllclont wide to put him on track of tho truo ealth and worth of thu state. JUntll Oregon remedies this ovll and eets the Incoming homescckcr w1 fund of unutiBwerablu facts about , state, capital will pass through more congenial places, which have ont monoy and timo In preparing a caption for all worthy strangers. 'jTho following letter Is a sample of o communications mat reach tills Ice each week. It Is a' cry for aid. call for knowledge that Umatilla nnty should not longer pass . un filled: Portland, Or., May ID, 1903. Editor st Oregonian Pendloton, Oregon. ntlemcn: Can you inform ub If TO Is nnv Iltornturn for frnn ills- llbiitlon to homeseekorB and Invest mi setting forth resources of your jlsitintyr If so, can wo get a supply hand out to visitors at the bureau majl their friends, back East. We jve written your county assessor, nnty judgo nnd school supciintend- t for information, but so far they fro not returned our blanks. 4WI11 you kindly call on these par 's and request them to fill out and (turn those blanks sont, so our rec- a can bo completed. .We deslro to bo of servlco to each ttlon of tho state, but our efforts I tin Hnfnntnrl itnlone wn nn unnnrA Sj co-oporatlon of thoso most inter ted or whom wo think- ought to be. Ijifirhe railroad company will forward te If addressed to this bureau. 'raiting your favorable action, wo m;' Yours truly, tEGON INFOKMATION BUltEAU. wBaker City Is now boforo tho world a 50,000 edition advertising pam- Slet. As a remnuorutlon for her tort; and public spirit, a good class homeseokors will bo attracted by jmagnot to her great resources. the midst of Portland's merry- king, tho ghastly skeleton of poll ed appears at the banquet board. ef. moody, vlndlctvo, revengeful rlt of factional warfare, spoils all flavor of ithe feast. THE PEOPLb I mumrnn i . Oregon .baB rcdeenied herself! flLowls and Clark will be 'honored. ' The portago road will bo built. The corporations iwlll pay", taxes nnd the best Btnte In tho West w... march on to a realization of her high Ideals, despite tho covered thrusts tof enemies nnd the empty rhotoric or hirelings. While tho referendum petitions on tho fair arc strongly supported, the required number of signatures was not obtained and the useless expense of a vote will mot bo Imposed on the. Dcoolc. Tho opposition of tho .disgruntled politicians of Portland, did not de velop any alarming features and 'the .lubor unions did not carry out their designs, for there wore enough labor votes In I'ortland, alone, to hove se cured a referendum on the fair If the strength had all been exorcised. Malheur county may now nurse the empty notoriety of having sent In the first petition against her savior, the portago road. Tho people of Oregon rescued Malheur from her frlendB. There Is no hurried packing of trunks nor closing of mines on ac count of the tax law. Tho mining companies will now develop their properties, pay their shnre of tho burden and prepare to stay nnd reap n legitimate harvest in Oregon. It Is a triumph thnt Oregon may well bo proud of. Tho opposition to nil these worthy measures wns con ceived In selfishness and prosecuted with hired tools. None of It sprang fresh front the breast of any citizen of Oregon. It Is an epoch In state history. Lulu Spence, a chambermaid of In dlauapolls, Is the herolno of the day at the grand reunion of ex-Confederates, now being held at Now Orleans. Hooker T. Washington, while at Indi anapolis recontly, slept nt the hotel whero she was working, and nhe promptly refused to make tho bed In which tho grent colored educator had reposed. Given the alternative of making the bed or resigning her posi tion, she resigned, although she bad a widowed mother nua luvanu sister dopondlng on her small wages. News of the actiou of the proud little Southerner reached the reunion, ,'nnd before tho story was half told, a purse of $2,000 was raised for her. Her nerve proved to be her fortune. The clover work of Sheriff T, D. Taylor In locating the Freownter rob ber. In the Santa Fe jail la another proof of tho efllclcut manner in which tho sheriff's office In Umatilla county is being filled. With n persistence that know no Hugging, Sheriff Tay lor has followed tho crooked trail of Cofer, since the day of the Free- water robbery, last August, and though tho slim clew disappeared at times, he was not discouraged. Ills untiring vigilance has been reward ed by finding his man, under another name, In a county Jail l.oOO miles from Pendleton, and while he is not permitted to bring the criminal homo for trial, he enjoys the satisfaction of having located htm. One man's loss Is another's gain, the world over. No sooner does tho nwful nows of Montana's blizzard ami tho loss of her entire fruit crop and 900,000 of her shuop reach the public, than those who havo fruit and slieop to sell begin to speculate on the prospects of a raise In the price of their product, as n result of the mis fortune. Thcro were no politicians In Port land yesterday. It was a landsldn for rtoosovelt. M'KINLEY'S NEICE. Mrs. Hermanns Ijaer, who before hot marriage wus Miss Mabel McKiu ley, a daughter of Aimer McKlnley and niece of tho late president, Is going on tho stage. Mrs. Uaer will appear in vaudeville. Her debut will bo made In Chicago within a fow weeks. Tho announcement of Mrs. Baer's Inten tion to adopt a theatrical llfo will arouse great Interest. Socially she is known all ovor Amorlca. Sho was President McKlnloy's favorite niece. For years she showed him tho most tender devotion, which ho returned. Whenovor possible sho lived with tho president and his wlfo during his occupancy of tho White House and ac companied them on tholr tours. Mrs. Bacr is to recelvo a salary of 11000 a week for her services. Hor contract calls for an engagement lasting 25 weeks. Chicago Examiner. RESTRICTING SALE OF OPIUM. Tho opium bill presently under consideration by the Phlllpplno com mission Is .dratted to prohibit tho sale of opium to tho Filipino people, and to suppress and restrain the sale- to all other persons. It Is provided that no one except a full-blooded China- ass., r I in KOttlni; Vmi ilmi t look Jinks' ui n l-mmii nit your owi -.'-ale.. man may use opium in any way ob a . . narcotic, tho act is mane necessary by the spread of the opium Habit among the Filipinos. Tho sale of opium to the Chinamen who nro In tho islands Is to be reg'ilatud as fol lows; The net contemplates selling the right to Import, prepare for use and sell opium to full-blooded Chinaman, to tho highest nnd best bidder. The consideration for the concession to be paid to the Insular treasury in monthly instalments. Thnro ohall be under the main concessioner not more than one retail merchant to every two thousand full-blooded Chinamen in any town, provided, however, thut each town may havo one merchant. Hong Kong Dally Press. HORSE MEAT DAINTIES. The latest evidence that the public likes to bo deceived is the enormous business transacted by a Paris meat canning establishment. Thu products of thlB concern put up In neat boxes, with handsome Inbels, go nil over Europe for consumption. Tho list of viands ranges from roast beef to pot ted venison, including the feather tribe. Upon overy label Is the ab breviation CH., In largo red letters, which means "horse meat," the gov ernment requiring such distinction upon the product of roan's futlhful beast of burden. It 1b not alone the restaurants and boarding houses which purchase tho products of the cannery, but overy grocer handles the assortment, and investigation has shown that families are the largest fmrchasers, and It Is to bo presumed that their imagination and the condiments disguise the real character of the stuff. Chicago Chron icle. HENRY WARD BEECHER'S GHOST. The recent dlBctiasion of spiritual ism, in which wo are told that the host of Henry ward needier lias ap peared to a furmer friend, and con fined himself in his message to com plaining that a certain coin, known an tho "widow s ruitu, had not been icturued to him, reminds us of an in teresting Incident In Mr. Ileecher's life while he was still in the Uesh. Tho great preacher was in England, as the story goes, and was bolng en- tertnlned by a gentleman who believ ed In spiritualism nnd was himself u medium. One day he asked It Ileecher would like to tall; with the spirit of his father, Dr. Lyman Beechor. Mr. Beecher replied that It would please him Immensely. After the Bcaucti was ovor ho was asked how It had Impressed him, nt which, with a twin klo of his eye, Beecher responded: Ml I have to say is, that it I de teriorate as fust for tho first ten years after I am dead as my father has I shall be a stark-naked fool." When one considers tho high and no ble purposes to which Mr. Beecher dovoted himself while on. earth, and the things on which his mind seems to run now, we are constrained to re call this Incident. Everybody's Mag azlno. MARRIAGE I N.INDIA. Marriage, no one may escape in India. It is, as death and birth, inevi table. Only birth and death are our Hnalltles, marriage may como by choice, caprice, or accident; these aro not found in Indian dictionaries. The wisdom of selection Is loft to parents. Of course thoro are mistakes, sur prises, disappointments, as every where But I saw as much love-light in happy oyes In India as in any other country. Edmund Kussell in Every body's Magazine. IT'8 THE DURN YANKEES. Few peoplo seem to have real ized that thu. populist craze In poll tics first mado Itself manifest In thu South, whore tho white poulntlon Is nearly 100 per cent native born; that it found Its most fertile soil In Kan sas, and that Its spread throughout tho Middle West may bo traced direct ly to tho blood of Now England. In 1900 tho population of Kansas was 72.6 per cent native born. Tho porcontngo of native born citizens In the New England states ranged from a minimum of about 36 por cent In Rhode Island to a maximum of 71.2 In Maine. Thus it will be seen that Kansas outranks Maine, which stands at tho head of the list of New England states In proportion of native blood, but It awfully lipnv , It 1 (tiu'js mi v been weighing yourself outranks her, and all other New Eiig- I i 1... n nonn io m 1t(l (1 f II fill i iniiu huul-h, uj u i.;...u. " . even three ngures wouiu inmcuwiB- nniise. until vorv recent yeui, i"" saa hns been almost without foreign Immigration. She Is, undoubtedly, and overwhelmingly, the most Yankee stato of the Union. The same spirit that made "Bleed ing Kansas" a battleground 50 years ngo, and that made Maine and "them steers" of Solon Chase's the synonym for groonbnekism 30 years ago wns abroad In KansaB in the '90a. It is the spirit that has made overy cranky Ism and ology flourish among the granite rocks of Now Hampshire and Massa chusetts. It 1b tho typical Amorlcan spirit or unrest and speculation. Booklover's Magazine THE BLIND CHAPLAIN'S RISE. . The death of William Henry Mll-j burn, for many years famous as "The Blind Chaplain," recalls the romantic and heroic incidents connected with his flrst election as a chaplain of. congress In 1845. When Slllburn was 22, a very slight figure, his left eye entirely blind, his right eye having but one little transparent point not so big as the head of a pin, giving him but a glimmer of the outer world, he was traveling by Ohio river steamer from Cincinnati to Wheeling, W. Va. Ho was then entirely unknown to tho world except to the little band of cir cuit riders among whom he had been preaching In the backwoods for a year. To his great delight he found on the steamer a large number of congress man of both houses, who woro on theft way to Washington for the opening of a session. Mllhurn expected great profit from their conversation, but was soon shocked nt their profanity, their gnmbling .and their drunken ness. The Ohio river wus low, and fogs coming on, they wore detained over Sunday. At breakfast a committee of passengers Invited Millmrn to preach, nnd a congregation of 300 persons as sembled. At the close of ti brief ser mon, to the astonishment of all, he bowed to the men before him, and said: "I understand that you are members of the congress of tho Unit ed States, and as such, you are, or should be, the representatives, not only of the political opinions, but olso of the Intellectual, moral, and re ligious condition nt the people of this country- As I hnd rarely rfeen men of your class, I felt, on coming aboard this boat, a natural Interest to hear your conversation and to observe our habits, if I am to judge the na tion by you. I can come to no other conclusion than thnt It is composed of profane swearers, card players and drunkards. Suppose there should be an Intelligent foreigner on this boat, traveling through the country with the Intent of forming a well-considered nnd unbiased opinion as to the practi cal working of our free institutions seeing you and learning your posi tion, what would be his conclusion? Inevitably, that our experiment was a failure, and our country Is hastening to destruction." A SPRING-TIME CITIZEN. Bar's a drowsy sorter feelln' what's a stcalln' round do place Wen do daisies In do medder feel do sunshine in (ley fnce; En I never makes no answer w'on de trees say, "Howdy-do," I nachully too lazy ler ter tell 'em, "Samo ter you!" Work away fer money, Shady days cn sunny, But I'm wnltin' on do bees What storin' up do honey! Mister Mockln'bird, a slngln' In de tip top er de tree, I 'bleego ter llssen ter yer, knzo you slngln' right at mo! But I tells you plain and simple, wlmr do coolin' shadders Creep, You slngln' me tor sleep, suh you slngln' me ter sleep! Work away fer money, Shady days en sunny. But medders makes do'nillk for me En bees dey makes do honoy! I hear do flel' hnn's callln' crost do hill tops cn do dells. Kn do tlnklo. tinkle, tinkle er de fur- on; cattio bolls. En doy 'pears to be asayin": "You must sow, If you would reap," But all do worl' Is slngln' des a-slng- In' mo ter sleep! Work away for money, Shady days on sunny. But I'm waltln' on do bees What storin' up de honey! Frank I Btnnton, In Collier's Weekly. The l-ienn toomlrg louse iew Jrick -argc Jry 1 Booms Kleean.lr In... ... ' acVlD eS "Sm THE RACYCLE 4 The genuine, tliQ bicycle which is the undisputed leader, is handled in Pen dleton only by us. Come in and see the Racycle. Withee, 3U Court Street $13,456,960 Insurance in Force H. M. RICE, Freewater Arunt for HmatlilH County .. J I' Wnliur, CUr Aiceut for renilteton Lee's Lice Killer Inject powder tntl Poultry Supplies, also Hay, Grain nnd Feed. C F. Colesworthy 127 129 East Alfa St. Conrad Platzoeder All kintU .if I'rt-sh Meat's nlwavs on "j" hand. Fine bacon, Hants and Sausage. !j! I Prices as low as the lowest Bowman, the Photographer Special rate for the next 60 days 0n cabinet photo of the baby free Until Jul 1 iwl." R1V6 bl'tely ttte one 41 .P1!0'0..0' tobj leas than ample cab sTmiliJ'S.VK '"'B them lii any'. lay except puftn&i L?f, W,U mS "MALL CAB1NKT . au,! ior Z5c. Don't mlu nhni.hESrtri'iUy ?' geU.lD ,n "tunc. iu I.2L h? of your little nea absolutely FOR S All We have the BestBarnii in . lteai estate. We hae some nice homes that be sold. Choice Building Lots, -Alfalfa Land from one acre to 100. Wheat Landi tracts from 160 acres to 12,000. Rihorn & Swaggart Room io over Taylor's Hardware Store. Humane Harness J. A. Smith , Sole Agent for Umatiln County 218 Court Street UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT THE OLD DUTCH HENRY FEED YARD Cor VV. Alta and Lillith Sts. L. Neff, formerly of the Hotel Alta, has chatge of the Old Dutch Henry Feud Yard, and would be pleased to care for your horses Plenty ol stalls, larce corrals for loose horses and cattle. Hay and grain for sale. Chop mill in con nection. Engine, Boiler and Machinery REPAIRING Of all kinds is our specialty. All work guaranteed Extra Parts Furnished for all m of Ifarvcstins Machinery. Manufacturer ol RIGBV - CLOVE HARVESTER 709 East Alta Street. tlaltezore & Howes uiu si? IT'S A COMMON 0CCURESW for iome folks to think that ""fejj carriage may need very "'"V'lh.fTtell that It U not worefl the entlay, and thatw ba u nmnilni u a new vehicle. " eraremUuke, aa onr exUniWe fecuivw. repair work 0 aU ktnda enable ui to J J"S thlnga at comparative low colt. Aiww our eatlmatee before dtcldlnr . NEAGLE BROS