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PAGE FOUR. DAILY EAST OREGONIAN. PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 12. 1904. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER. Published every afternoon (except SuoOay) t Pendleton, Oregon, by the EAST OREGONIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY. Dally. Dally. Dally. Dally. Dally. Weekly. Weekly Weekly SKml-W Seml-W Seml-W SUDSCRIl'JIOX 11ATES. I one year by mall (5.00 six months by mall ........ 2.50 three months by mall l.-J one month by mall per month by carrlar 05 . one year by mall 1.80 . six months by mall 75 . four months by mnll 50 eekly. one year by mall .... .00 eekry. Rlx mouths by mnll . . 1.00 'eekly, three months by mall . .50 Member Scrlpps-Mcltao News Association. The Hast Orejronlan Is on sale nt II. It. Rich's News Stands, at Hotel Portland, and Hotel Perkins, Portland, Oregon. San Franelseo tturcau. 40S Fonrtb' St. Chicago liureau, POO Security Ilulldlng. Washington, p C. Iloreau, 501 Hth SU X. W. Telenlione. Main 11. Entered at IVmlletnn postoffice as second rlsss matter The cords which bind us are spun am of our own brains. The politicians are as good as the pt'bple. AVe en- Joy all the freedom we de- serve. The mind Is the seat of ail slavery. The revolution must begin In the soul. The world is a mirror In which is reflected the soul of the com- noslte man. If there is war in the world it is because there is hate in the heart. If there is wretchedness without, it is because there is greed with- In. Ignorance and selfishness are the prime ministers of evil. Paradise is reserved for those who learn the lesson of wisdom and love. Herbert S. Bigeiow. drifted out to Colorado Springs and someone suggested that ho go pros pecting. Being a Kansas carpenter, he didn't know gold quartz from blue mass, but someone grub-staked hint and ho went prospecting. It was a novel, new, clean, untempted life for Stratlon. anyway, and he enjoyed it. whether he found a mine or not. For tune was on his side. His Midas touch uncovered the Independence mine at Victor and yesterday at Col orado Springs the estate was settled up three years after bis death and the Wichita drunkard left $6,000,000 to the good. From the gutter to the bank account was a short and gold- lined path for Strntton. Yet. even his six millions didn't obliterate the groveling Instincts of the man, and his debauches were the talk of the ci.mps. Money la something; but it lt-u't nil. IRRIGATION IS COMING. John T. Whistler, chief engineer j in the reclamation service for Ore-j gon said a great deal In a few words in a btief Interview in the East Oro-j gonian, yesterday. j He said that nothing is certain i about the government plans for irri-i gating Oregon, which means thnt ' every stake set, ever" line sun-eyed, J every cross section made, ever' esti mate of water and rainfall and snow-! fall now being gathered by his crews I at work on the Echo reservation,! must be cast up and balanced in the exacting scales of a committee of government experts, before even the ' remotest possibility of irrigating the ' Echo tract can be determined. People should not be misled by re ports from Washington, giving esti mates of money set aside for Irri gation in Oregon. It is true, Oregon has paid J2.880. 000 into the reclamation fund and T. H. Newell has said that over $2, 000,000 are available for work in Or egon, but that does not mean that this amount will be applied to Ore gon. Far from It The Oregon projects may be found wanting. The balances may tip the wrong way when the natural surroundings of the projects j are finally summarized by the engl-i neers. j One thing is certain, Oregon must j get right before she gets government ' irrigation. No matter if the Echo! and Malheur projects possess the. necessary features for government work, until Oregon's crude Irrigation' laws are changed for the better, not a shovelful of dirt will be thrown on her government Irrigation projects, in the first place the surveys be ing made by Mr. Whistler must be completed and the figures and esti mates made by him sent to Wash ington. These estimates are then passed upon by a committee that never saw the land from which the estimates are to bo made, perhaps, but that committee will put the facts in Whistler's report together and if his figures prove by absolutely mathe matical calculation, that a certain tract of land at Echo or In the Mal heur desert can be reclaimed within a certain reasonable cost, and that the sources and supply of water are certain enough and great enough to furnish a perpetual system of Irriga tion tor that land, then, if Oregon's laws are right, government Irrigation WH have atarted toward Oregon. "Once a vagabond, always a vaga bond," Is not a true saying. J, F. Btratton, tbo Colorado mining mil lionaire, was kicked out of his home In Wichita, Kan., by his wife, In 18&0, because of his drunkenness and Idleness. He was In the gutter. His wife took In washing to keep the family. Finally the Salvation Army picked Stratton up and put him on lite feet, wobbly, so to speak. Ho John F; Wallace, the chief engin eer just appointed to have charge of the Panama canal, begun his pro fessional career as a chain carrier for a county surveyor In New York. Today he haF charge of the greatest engineering feat in the world, the construction of the Panama canal, whiclt will shorteu the distance around the globe by 10,000 miles. This man has had no pull. He has climbed successively from one posi tion to another until he finally be came general manager of the Illinois Central railroad and now at the In vitation of the president, accepts the highest professional position in the gift of the United States. This sim ple story gives new courage to every humble young man whose purpose Is high and whose character Is clean. Conscience and cleanliness count for more than technical education. Had this man been a degraded synlc. with great egotism and little human sym pathy, would tiie president of the United States have selected him for this exalted task, even though his professional qualifications may have been high? Don't think that great egotism is broad education. To the clean, kindly, conscientious man the doorways to success are wide open. William Lloyd, candidate for coun ty commissioner from Milton, is making many votes and friends by his unassuming, quiet campaign. His portion of Umatilla county has great interests to be guarded and as Mr. Gilliland. the holdover commission er, resides in the opposite side of the county. Mr. Lloyd's neighbors, irre spective of politics, are cheerfully supporting nim. On thing that is helping Mr. Lloyd in the campaign is the fact that the nomination came to him unsought. His friends gave him the nomination as a tribute to his ability and the principles of business economy which he practices In his private business and which will be his guide in office. The record made by J. E. Cherry as principal of the Adams public schools, proves him to be. an able, industrious, broad-gauge man. with especially high qualifications to han dle the county's affairs as county clerk. He is well known all over Umatilla county. haTing resided in the county for 14 years and he has been active in public work all of that time. J o E FOLK. DEMOCRAT. In the career of Joseph Folk of St. Louis, there Is more Inspiration to the youth o"f America than In that of any other American of recent limes. Other men have met with greater success. Mr Roosevelt, ior example, who was a discredited and disliked assistant secretary of the navy In the spring of 189S, was pres ident of the United States with un- nnaalhllitlpR in the fall of 1901, having meantime served a term as governor of New xorK state, uui Roosevelt is an opportunist. Lucky during a brief service in the army he returned when the public was in a state of frenzy and got the benefit of the delirium. But Mr. Folk had no such help In his promotion. Two years ago ho was elected dis trict attorney of SL Louis. He was innrvor nf murae. and a man of ability, necessarily. But he had no training In public life ana no tarn- ll.. nr nthor Inflllfmne to nromote his inipitii if Iir had followed the course wh.ch most men take under such circumstances he wouiu nave enjoyed a, rather easy and profitable office for a period of three years and retired with an improved standing at the bar, probably, and an increaBeu But that would have been the end of his political career unless ne nao Joined in with the looters by which i.,. mtniii tinvn Hpnired another term and a vastly augmented Income. But hesought out and followed a better course. The public life of Missouri and St. ..r .n rnfinn to the core. In fact it was almost but not quite as had as that of Philadelphia anu j cuuoh i whnii inKniih Folk entered upon the duties of district attorney , ' .ii h thn mndltlon of affairs and at once set about to Improve. He began by prosecuting mo uoouiem u . f ii e at i.niil and after ho got most of them In Jail and the rest Into refuge, ne tunieu hid 0 YYVYYT mrmiuuiiiiuu AAAAAAAAa iixinxxxnii P-4 i Friday and Saturday FIRE SALE BARGAIN RIBBONS BABY RIBBON WIDTH, 3 YARDS FOR 2c, UP TO NUMBER 80 WIDE FOR 22c PER YARD. DONT CONFOUND THESE WITH THE MANY CHEAP RIBBONS BEING SOLD ABOUT TOWN. YOU KNOW THE PEOPLES WAREHOUSE CARRIES ONLY GOOD RIBBONS. DRESS GOODS FROM. A TO IZZARD, AT FIRE SALE PRICES. CORSETS, KID GLOVES AT FIRE SALE PRICES. SILKS AND VELVETS AT FIRE SALE PRICES. , ';.. EMBROIDERY SILKS AT FIRE SALE PRICES. '. STAMPED LINENS AND PILLOW TOPS AT FIRE SALE PRICES. CHILDREN'S SHOES AT FIRE SALE PRICES. WOMEN'S TAILOR-MADE SUITS AT FIRE SALE PRICES. BOYS' AND GIRLS' SHOES AT FIRE SALE PRICES. MEN'S WORK SHIRTS AT FIRE SALE PRICES. ' : -MEN'S DRESS SHIRTS AT FIRE SALE PRICES. T 5V BOYS' CLOTHING AT FIRE SALE PRICES. , -r- nci NEW STYLISH HATS IN STRAW AND FELT, AT FIRE SALE PRICES. t All J il J We can mention a few items only but there is not one item within the four walls of our buflfal that, hasn t a FIRE SALE PRICE put on it, and the beauty of the whole thing is that, when you see it, in our ad it's so. Open Until 9 o'clock Saturday Night, The Peoples Warehouse WHERE IT PAYS TO TRADE rTYYTiiriirrirziiiiiii inxxxxxxixxxxx ,n the. Imndlers In the legislature. The bigger the game the more at tractive the fight to nim ana wunin a short time he had forced the lieu tenant governor and several senators and representatives to resign. Now he Is certain to be the next governor of Missouri and is talked of for pres ident of the United States. Exchange. Do You Enjoy a Good Smoke ? Try "Pendleton Boqaet" and "Pride of Umatilla." Made at home. A. 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