PAGE FOl'R. UA11.I EAST OKKUOXIAN, FENDLETOV, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVKMBEIl 8, 190.V eight pages. AN INDBPBNDHNT NHWBPAPBa. rbltoW4 wry afttrnooa nctpt SobiUj) at tVn1toa, Ornroi. 1T thr OREGON IAN FUBLISHJNQ COMPACT. ST7B8CKIFTXOX BATES. DaHr, ww jetr. by Kill Ift 00 DaNf, Mi atoatbt. kr Ball S Dallr. kr month, br mill w l.B DaUr. M( Booth, by mall W Uklr. rtr. by mall 1.0O Wfwhiy. all months, by nail..., TO HwaLy. tVar mootbs, by .nail Weekly, on jmt. by mill I M Hraal-Wf-kly, all month, by mail TS mi-Wwily, ftHir month, by mall M ttmbr ScTlppa-McRac Nt-wi Aoclatlon. 1 Bit Orronlaa la ad Mir at B. B. BW a Nt-wi Stand, at H.'tfl Portland and Ha4 Perk la. I'artUnJ, On(f. Baa Fraaolno Bureau, tw Fourth street. Cfctmiro Hurraa, " SwiiMty building. Washington. L. C, Bureau, 501 Fourteenth iktot, N. W. Ttraww Main 1. Est at PeodMnn PtoffW aa aecoad clan matter. MOTICT TO ADVERTISES ft. 9off for advertlalnir matter to appear to the Bast Ortvntan moat t In by 4:45 p. m. t the pr-cjlnr day; npy for Monday's raMr matt be In by 4:4ft p. m. the preceding tar Uy. UNION .fc.Tl6C, The streets are full of human toys Wound up for three-score years; Their springs are hungers, hopes and joys And Jealousies and fears. They move their eyes, their lips, their hands; They are marvolously dressed, And here my body stirs or stands, A plaything like I lie rest. The toys are played with till they fall. Worn out. and thrown away. Why were they ever made at all? Who sits to watch the play? Anonymous. ItKVOLT AT KOTTENNKSS. Philadelphia Indorsed the Weaver administration and registered a vigor ous protest at the rottenness of the machines In city politics. New York re-elected District Attor ney Jerome, an Independent candidate in face of the fact that he. like Folk In Pt. Louis, has raided the very dens of the arch-grafters and has forced them Into the courts to answer for their crimes and rottenness. It is a protest against municipal rottenness all along the line. It is an expression of the healthier elements for better and more elevated govern mnt policies. It Is a demand for the elimination of graft. It Is a word from the conscience of the large cities and It is a safe and healthful promise for the future. Sun Francisco Is still In 4he clutches of Ruef and his ring, but the sound sense of the people will prevail there in time. Louisville protested em phatically against the rings. Salt Lake and other cities made a like protest. and all along the line the tendency is for purer and better government. Politicians who are hand in glove with corrupt gangs must be eliminated from control everywhere. There Is no place for them In the newer era that Is dawning. Men who represent large property interests and seek to hold a gang In control ready to do their bidding, mUFt be crushed, politically, by the clean, clear-headed people who hold the destinies of the nation in their keeping. The day of graft and dirty practices ' is drawing near to Its close. The quicker It passes away the better for all. TIIK GAS UAXDWKITIXG. Every leading business man of Pen dleton has expressed himself on the quesllon of granting the gas franchise j chased be 'given back' also? America, in thu East Oregonlan within the past American politics and the will of the . 1 people are today changed fraudulent week. Is opposed to granting the , y by th)) purcnaIie. , the franchise In Its present form. remedy? Everyone interviewed has expressed j The remedy lies In the people prof the ju lgmc 111 that the council do not Itlng by experience. If as a result of pass the ordinance without some re- u ating features and a possibility of purchase by the city at any time the people may desiie. These men who have so expressed themselves are co-workers for the city's Interests with members of the council. They have all studied munic ipal questl'HH and are highly capable of expressing an opinion as to the policy of the city. Can thu council, will the council ignore this handwriting on the gas franehisp question? The city Is not opposed to gas, and the council would be perfectly Justi fied in granting a franchise under proper conditions, but the opposition of the gas company and Its represen ts' Ives in Pendleton to all the features widen Insure the people some future regulation of prices Is the strongest I ' "if that the company Intends to se cure an unquestioned monopoly and that it further Intends to use such a monopoly for all It Is worth. The company's own strong opposi tion to regulation by the people or the council is the most logical reason yet presented why the council should not grunt the franchise In Its present form. Additional Interviews are presented on the subject by the East Oregonlun today,' from men 'Who' own'' large buildings d nre vitally Interested Irrl the future lighting Hnd fuel interests of the city and as those who have been Interviewed before these men arc em phatically opposed to granting a fran chise without some regulation, some, promise of future ownership by the, city. These men pay thu tuxes and are entitled to a. heating by the council. Till: M.MiK WAS KKACHKI). We said we'd do it und we did We more than did It. We only wanted 409 members 111 the Commercial association and we got 4(i6. It was easy. Kverybody was glad to come In. In fact some of the new members had been trying to get in and didn't know who to see about It. Every other mark set by the asso ciation can be attained Just as easily If the same enthusiasm Is put Into the effort. This achievement should set the puce for future campaigns. It's wonderful what a lot of think ing, enthusiastic members can do If they set their heads upon a high pur pose. This will always stand as a monument of accomplishment In the history of the association. Put the work Is not half done yet. We have got the 40 members, but the greatest question Is "How to keep them?" Can we make the surroundings pleasant, the attractions fascinating, the association magnetic, so it will draw and hold u membership? These are greater Issues than secur ing new members. After the "new" wears off, vl(l they stay? What can we do to make them stay? How can we bind them to ' the association? What inducement can we offer to make It more pleasant and profitable to be on the Inside than outside? These are next tasks that will en gage the various governing boards and committees und no lime should he lost In improving, wherever possible the conditions of membership and In mak ing 'the objects of the association such as will appeal vigorously to all classes. We should not let the association run to the extreme as a gymnasium, nor confine it exclusively to cold blooded business. There must be some of both, with both objects well supported and well directed. Itm CIVIC BEAUTY. Who will be the next public spirited citizen to add to the fund started by T. C. Taylor to be given In prizes for excellence In home beautifying? The subject Is an elevating and In spiring one and certainly some man having Idle money can be found to swell this prize fund to at least $100. Wtlh the macadamizing of Court street. If such Is done, an excellent ' opportunity will be offered for home owners to beautify their property. The space between the street and side walk, consisting of four feet, gives an opportunity to prepare some beauti ful effects. There is no reason why 100 to 150 homes should nut enter this Improve ment contest next spring. Nothing would stimulate local pride more than this, and the beauty of the plan is that the man owning the humble home stands un equal show with the owner of the more costly one. The standard of excellence was to lie the amount of improvement made over conditions as they exist at the time the contest opens, and not necessarily upon the amount of money expended. Who will add to the Taylor Improve ment fund? CAXT GET BACK THE VOTES. A Churchvllle, N T.. reader of the Commoner writes: "If the funds stolen by life Insurance companies are 'given back,' can the votes they pur- all the crimes and rrauns commuted In the name of "national honor" the people shall become aroused to their responsibilities; If as a result of these experiences the people Insist upon an hono?t and equltnblo administration of public affairs; If as a result of these exposures the trusts are destroyed, special privileges are abolished and popular government actually restored, the ends attained will be worth all the sacrifices required. The Commoner. XA'l'CUE'8 CREED. I believe in the hrook as It wanders From 'hillside Into glade; f believe in the breeze as it whlsiiers, When evening's shadows fade. I believe In the roar of trie river, An It clashes from high cascado; I believe In the cry of the tempest, 'VI I the thunder's cannonade, r believe In the light of shining stars, I he'leve In the sun and moon. I believe In the flash of the lightning, T believe In the night bird's croon. I he'levo In the faith of the flowers, T TelP-ve In the rock and sod. For In all these appeareth clear The handiwork of Clod. , Arthur Isrown. James Fqulres, aged 18 years, a member of the Alton, 111., high school team, died today from Injuries re celved October 11 In a game. TIIK INttl.W CASTH 18 AN Ilt ' KKVOCABLK LAW., Caste la a great social organization which governs and directs the Hindu of India In every action of his dally life, says the Youth's T.'ompanlon. There are four fundamental divisions of caste the priestly or Brahmin, the warrior, the trading, and the la boring; and these, again, are divided Into subsections numbering thousands. Below the laboring caste these Is a substratum which Is termed Pariah or outcast. The Pariah, Bays the author of "Indian Life In Town and Country," Is not much more than a sanitary machine which performs the functions of a scavenger. All these castes are hereditary. A priest's son Is a priest, a soldier's a soldier, a carpenter's a carpenter, a j scavenger's a scavenger. There Is no j question of "What shall we do with : our boys?" In Hinduism; that prob-' lem has b'?en solved tu ndvance for I 2000 years. For a sire to start his J son in any other calling than his own . would be "against his caste," and j there all argument ends. For caste is both social and religious, and in cludes the culling us well as the creed. A Hindu cannot change his caste, ulthough he may be expelled from It; his social status Is fixed forever at the time of his birth, and he .can only j fall, never rise. This has tended to make the Hindus nn ambltlonless ! race. Caste will admit no fusion of! new blood, nnd when the same exclu sive spirit Is Imported Into the. ordi nary dealings of life, you arrive at that stagnant convervatlsm which Is c.i lied "custom" in the east. Caste Is restricted to the Hindus, hut custom Is universal. There Is the Indian peasant's plow. The over whelming majority of the Inhabitants of India are dependent on thu Innd. and their crops would be much In creased by better methods of cultiva tion. The plow In use Is an Implement which merely scratches the surface of the earth an heirloom from re motest antiquity. A new plow was introduced by an enterprising firm of manufacturers, and lent free for trial broadcast over a province. It did the work more thoroughly, and was offered at a price within the peasant's means. But It did not "catch on," simply because the plow man could not get at his bullocks' tails to twist them. The superior till age, the Increase of crop, could not compensate for the relinquishment of this time-honored custom. There was a contractor engaged in a railway excavation, who recognized that the soil could be far more ex peditiously removed in wheelbarrows than carried away In baskets on the heads of coolies. So he Invested In some wheelbarrows and showed how they were to be trundled, and flat tered himself upon having Introduced a useful reform. The next time he visited the works he found his mert putting a little dust Into the wheel barrows nnd carrying them away on their heads. The paraphernalia of Indian daily life all belongs to the barbarous ages. Attempt to introduce any other and you are rebuffed with the reply, "It Is not the custom. My father used this article and therefore It Is my duty to use It. Would you have me set myself up for a wiser man than my reverend parent ?" Thus Is stifled all attempt at re form. There Is not the excuse of Ig norance. With the superior model before him, the nutive deliberately rejects It. He Is not to be beguiled by any demonstration; he Is too com pletely crusted with conservatism and prejudice. CMMATK AM) slIKr.P COI.OH. The climate of cerjain small Islands in the Faroes was formerly believed to turn the sheep upon them black. Debes, who wrote on the subject In 1676, discusses the question as to whether this particular phenomenon were due to a "cause In the earth. whether brimstone or saltpeter," or to the "sea vapors," He said that he had found that sheep brought to these Islands "grew first spotted about their legs, after wards on their thighs, then under their bellies, and finally, all over." The simple truth seems to be that the sheep brought to these Islands came of a different stock from the rest. They had very long legs, wool like hair, and flesh of a dark color and pe culiar flavor. Latterly they became so wild that they could not be approached, and, as- they ate the grass the Islanders wanted- for a better class of sheep, the old stock were shot whenever possible1. This mode of destroying thorn prov ing unsatisfactory, some 10 years ago- a large body of men assembled, sur rounded the sheep on the few hills where the remnant still lingered, and drove them Into the sea. Chicago Livestock World. The Season In California. Miles of purple vineyards Up the slopes and down, Blue hnze on the mountains, Summer In the town; Ciold dust In the atmosphere. World a golden brown Then tomorrow comes the rain, All the world Is green again Pong Is wnftod on the wing Where Is WlnterT This la Spring. San Francisco star. U0STETT& ft:- No matter how Ioiik you have siiflcrcd from Poor Appetite Indigestion Dyspepsia Heartburn Weak Kidneys Costivenrss Q or Malaria the BITTERS will help you Try it to-day r-T.. in BTOMAr.H 0i BLOOD POISON SnSS The black flag is an emblem of horror and dread. When it is hoisted by an army, the order has gone forth that " no quarter " will he given, ev erything must be destroyed. Helpless women and children, as well as oppos ing soldiers, meet the same fate, and a trail of desolation, guttering and death is left behind. Contagious Blood Poison is the black flag of the great army of disease. This vile disorder is known as the blackest nnd most hide ous of all human afflictions, overthrowing its victims and crushing out the life. It is no respecter of persons ; no matter how pure the blood may be or how innocently the disease is contracted, when this awful virus enters the circulation the hideous, hateful and humiliating symptoms begin to appear, and the sufferer feels that his very presence is polluting and contaminating. Usually the first sign of the disease is a littte sore or ulcer, but as the blood becomes more deeply poisoned the severer symptoms are manifested, the mouth and throat ulcerate, the glands in the groins swell, a red rash breaks out on the body, the hair and eyebrows come ont, and often the body is cov ered with copper-colored spots pustular eruptions and sores. In its worst Stages the disease affects the nerves, attacks the bones and sometimes causes tumors to form on the brain, proline jng insanity nnd death. Not onlv those who contract the poison suffer, but unless the virus is driven from the blood the awful taint is handed down to offspring, nnd they are its innocent victims, Blood Poison is in deed a "black flag." Mercury and Potash, so often used, never can cure the trouble. These minerals merely drive the symptoms away for awhile and shut the disease tip in the system, and when they nre left off it returns worse than before. This treatment not only fails to cure blood poison but eats out the delicate lining of the stomach nnd bowels, produces chronic dyspepsia, loosens the teeth and fro quently causes mercurial rheumatism to add to the patient's suffering, S. S. S., the great vegetable medicine, is the conqueror of this vile disease. It goes down to the very root of the trouble and cures by cleansing the blood ol every particle of the poison. S. S. S. docs not hide or cover up anything piipri V VFRFTARI F is not purely vegetable. When the blood I UIU-U I ItUtlnuLL. is purified and strengthened with, till great remedy the symptoms all pass away and no sign of the disease is evef seen again ; nor is there left the least trace to be handed down to posterity. Special book with instructions for self-treatment and any medical advice de Sired will be scut without charge to all who write. THE S WIFT SPECIFIC CO., A TIAHTAW GA IP fk BYERS' BEST FLOUR Is nutcle Iroin Uie choice! ulieat Ihal groo.- ImshI bmui Is iMiiml when Hyrm' Best Hour Is used lire 11. tturnv Irani rolled hitrH-y always 041 hand. PENDLETON ROLLER MILLS W. S. BYKIIS. Hmpritiinr IT IV ILL BE U0PJE Rl IIT ; All plumbing and tin, sheet Iron or copper wor.k entrusted to me will be -done rl;;ht and guarnnteod. J " I have removed my shop to Court Btrcet, second door east of Oolden Hulo Hotel, where I am better prepaied than ever to do the highest class work. , Plumbing done by experienced and proficient men, as I have In t my employ one of the best plumbers In the business, and water, steam and other pipe fitting la solicited. a A specialty of tin, sheet Iron and copper work. B. F. BECK I THE OLD ItKLlAIILIJ PLl MitllK AND TINSMITH. , J Court Street, Two Poors Fjist of Golden Hulo Hotel. e Several years ago I had blood poisoa nud my flesh was la an awful condition. Greut sores would break out and noth ing I put on theul would do any good. My hair and eyebrows fell out and I was 'a fright." My mouth waa so sore I had to live on milk and water. I took Mercury for a long time and instead of getting better I continued to grow worse and my arms and hands became solid sores. My legs were drawn so X could not walk and I felt that my time was short here If I did not get some re lief. I began to nee your S. S. S. and it helped me from the start. After taking It awhile the sores ail healed, my rheu matism waa cured and to-day I am a strong, well man. It got all the nier. cury out of my system and it cured me sound and well. ADAM BCHNABRL. Evansville, Ind. No. 811. Mary 8s. but clears the entire circulation of the virus and puts the system in good healthy condition.- It cures safely aS well as certainly, because there is not a particle of mineral in it. We offer a re ward of $1,000.00 for proof that S. S. S. SO CGLY HIS FACE PAINKB HIM, but Immaculate linen excuses many shortcomings In a man's make-up In good society. Don't let your short comings Include Ignorance of the lo cation of the very best and most per fectly appointed laundry in town, where your linen Is lnunsered at all tpnes to the acme of perfection In polish and color. It Is ROBINSON'S DOMESTIC LAUNDRY Good Lumber Is within your reach at unusually at tractive prices. If you come to our yards. Wo carry at all times a Isrje and varied stock of splendid, olear. straight-grained LUMBER thoroughly dried and ready for Imme diate use. Oregon Lumber Yard Pendleton. Oregon. Electric Lights They ore the lietit. Tlicy require no oil. They are the elioncst, . Tliey give plenty of light. , Ttiuy require no cb'nlilng. They are always ntuly for ase. Northwestern Gas & Electric Co. COllNEIt COCHT AND GAltDEN ST HIGH GRADE Launch-ring of Collars, Cuffs anil Shirts. iiicmos( fiiHllillous men will have nothing to he desired If their linen Is entrusted to its for liuiiiileiintt. A LACNimY uhrro you w'll he saved nil worry as to the condition of your clothes, ihey are always rllit. Pendleton Steam I aundry The Cn-lo-Diito Laundry. FISHMAN & Pini:itS, IToprletors. 'Phone Main 179. YOUR HOUSE your office or factory In the most sat isfactory manner and our charges are pleasingly' moderate for all such work. We carry In stock a fine line of Electrical Supplies Including Batteries, Bells, Am. ators. Interior Telephones, etc. J. L. VAUCHAN Pbone Main 139 122 West. Coejrl 1,IT US YOI K BIN WITH Rock Spring Coal Becognlxed as the best . and most economics! fuel. We as prepared to con tract with you for yeur winter's supply. We de liver coal or wood to sny psrt of the city. Laatz Bros. MAIN HTUF1T VFAK OKPirT Why not eliminate every element of chance or uncertainty, by getting our figures when you need anything In lumber? Gray's Harbor Commercia' Company W. J l'KKI.I.. M.nuiirr PhoMe Mum . Turn your steps here when you, want good, clean coal. We furnish our trado with the best that Is mined and we want your orders. You can't do better than give us your order. Henry Kopittke lin CH HEX ft T. Office, Pendleton Ieo & Cold Storngv CmiiiMiny. 'Phono Main 17. t : Mr. R. F. Payne. (Payne's pharmacy) Idaho Falls, Idaho. X writes; "We have Just sold the X Inst cure (TRIII), send one-half f dozen at once. Trio- bus cured five of the hardest kind of cases. One man here used It last Sep P- tember, snd cannot smell wine liquor or beer now without making hi 111 sick. He had been i a hard drinker for IS years." Father Dcsmarals, pastor of r of T urch, J s: "I X the Roman Cathollo church, The Dalles, Ore., writes snow cii gooa results oDtalned , by the use of your Trlb In cur- J Ing liquor and tobacco users " Till. POPIILAH PLACF TO EAT IS TUB The French Restaurant K.verytlilng served flrst-chus. I lest regular meals In Pendle ton for 25 cents. shout oimrcns A SPECIALTY. Polydore Moens, Prop. , (Ed AL ill))) nil Va ,.j