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When everything goes crooked,
And seemg Inclined to rile,
Don't kick nor fuss nor fidget;
Just you smile! "
It's hard to learn the lesson,
But learn it if you'd win;
When people tease and pester,
Just you grin!
When some one tries to "do"
you
By taking more than half,
Be patient, firm and pleasant;
Just you laugh!
But if you find you're stuffy e
(Sometimes, of course, you
will!)
And cannot smile nor grin nor
laugh,
Just keep still !
Arthur Chamberlain.
VOTE BY PItECIXCTS.
Several local option elections will
be held In Umatilla county this year.
The local option law will be kept
constantly In use in Oregon.
The law Is good and should remain
In force, but friends of the law must
not abuse It nor run it to extremes
in their zeal.
It was Intended to be strictly a pre
cinct law and with this understanding
secured an enormous vote. If this
aim Is subverted, and the law is used
to coerce unwilling and unprepared
settlements, public sentiment will re
volt at It and repeal of the law will
result.
Prohibition Is a progressive science
and must be learned by degrees,
gmall towns and county precincts
which desire prohibition under the
local option law should vote prohibi
tion for themselves and enjoy it. but
they should not attempt coercion In
other precincts not wholly prepared
and educated up to the prohibition
Idea.
In the precincts where the senti
ment Is strong for prohibition the
law can be enforced and will be suc
cessful while it would not be a suc
cess where it Is forced upon a town
or settlement not fully understanding
or desiring prohibition.
The East Oregonian hopes the local
option vote will be confined to pre
cincts and not extended to Include
Umatilla county. Precincts In Uma
tilla county are ready to accept pro
hibition under a local option law, but
Umatilla county as a whole is not
ready fur It and it would be disas
trous to the prohibition cause to force
It by a bare majority upon the coun
ty. Let the precinct have it and let the
education and the preparation slowly
spread. Local option successfully en
forced In one small precinct will
multiply the local option sentiment
In adjoining precincts, and thus grad
ually the vital essence of prohibition
will creep from precinct to precinct
ere the enemy Is aware and a healthy
and Intelligent sentiment will prepare
the people to receive It In toto,
within an Incredibly short time.
A county vote will wreck the cause
and force the repeal of the law.
SEATTLE IN THE PROCESSION'.
Seattle has Joined the ranks of pro
gressive cities that are committed to
the municipal ownership of public
utilities, and, as is natural, under the
leadership of a democrat, says the
San Francisco Star. Last Tuesday
Judge W. H. Moore was elected, after
an exciting campaign, mayor of the
Puget Sound metropolis.
In other elections the clly has gone
republican from 3000 to 4000, but on
the Issue of public ownership the nor
mal majority of that party was en
tirely lost. The democratic newspa
per worked for the candidate of its
party, but frankly avowed Its enmity
for the principle of municipal man
agement of water and lighting plants.
The people took the matter in their
own hands, however, and the mere
politicians found themselves helpless
before the solid ranks opposing them.
Thus from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific the movement wins its way. and
one city after another begins the
trial of practlcul advantages. To
doubt that the' trial will be perma
nently successful is to doubt the in
tegrity and ability of Americans put
In places of honor and trust by their
fellow citizens. It is a charge on the
redoubts of special privilege and
graft that must result in regaining
the works for the use of all the people.
GOOD WOltlv IX)K ORKGOX.
The people of Willamette valley
who are receiving direct benefits
from the agitation of the Oregon De
velopment league' for reduced rail
road fares, extension of railroad lines
and better traffic arrangements, have
cause to be grateful to Judge Stephen
A. Lowell of this city. who. as a
member of the transportation com
mittee of the Oregon Development
league wrote most of the report of
that committee demanded the re
forms which the railroads have
promised to speedily grant, and which
have been effected in part, in western
Oregon, already.
In writing this remarkable report
which recommended revolutionary
principles In railroad activity, in com
parison to the old policy of Oregon
roads. Judge Lowell and his associates
had but the best Interest of Oregon at
heart, regardless of the power of the
corporations, regardless of moneyed
influences in state politics, regard
less of aught but the welfare of the
whole people.
The report of that committee
started the wheels rolling In Oregon
Industrial circles. Following closely
upon Its- publication the Harriman
people announced the appropriation
of over J4.000.0ftu for extensions and
improvements in Oregon; new traffic
arrangements went Into immediate
effect in western Oregon; surveys of
new lines were accelerated and a new
spirit of activity thrilled through the
entire state.
It is self-sacrificing and fearless
work of this character which uplifts
and develops states. Oregon was ripe
for that committee's report. For a
quarter of a century railroad develop
ment had been at a standstill. A great
state was panting for progress. In
terior valleys and settlements had
prayed in vain for relief. The report
of that committee was the first prom
ise that had ever reached them.
Oregon owes much to Judge Lowell
who wrote that report in part, and
who launched at Eugene last fall the
slogan which Is still resounding in the
state: "OREGONIANS FOR ORE
GON; NOT OREGON FOR ORE
GONIANS." Such a man will be a power for
good In the United States senate from
Oregon.
While the letter recently received
by President Perry Gould of the
Umatilla County Woolgrowers' asso
ciation, may have been a "Joke," yet
It Is not considered as such by sheep
men. The East Oregonian would call
attention to the fact that Oregon
sheepmen have raised a fund of sev
eral thousand dollars for the purpose
of apprehending such men as wrote
the threatening lctte.'. Two such
fellows have been convicted and are
now In the penitentiary meditating
upon sheep killing and range dis
turbances. The fund will be Increas
ed as necessity demands.
There are actual opportunities for
homeseekers in the Irrigated districts
of Umatilla county and to those dls
trlcts, homeseekers should be especial
ly directed. In the west end of the
county and also In the Milton, Free
water and Hudson Bay districts, there
are rich opportunities for men with
small means to secure good homes in
excellent surroundings and at rea-
IT'S RIGHT HERE
that the superiority of our blank
books, stationery and office essentials
makes Itself manifest, as they will to
every practical bookkeeper. The
quality of our goods Is of the highest,
and as they cost no more than in
ferior kinds, you certainly can see
why It will pay you to patronize us.
Frazier's Book
Store
sonable prices. , The East Oregonian
calls attention of strangers and home
seekers to the districts mentioned.
Ditches are being extended and new
land Is being brought under irriga
tion every month in the year. It re
quires but a few acres to support a
family and splendid settlements are
forming in those districts.
MOI Y TUUU-: IS PASSING.
The great Sioux tribe, the most
pulr-snnt of the American aborlglnies.
Is withering to extinction with tuber
culosis at the agencies along the Mis
souri. There are about 25,000 of these
pepole making fair progress in civlll
zatloV; living In hois; wearing citi
zen's clothing: the children being ed
ucated; the families generally pro
fessing Christianity; the able-bodied
engaged In some form of mnnual la
bor, by which they earn the means of
subsistence.
The alarming extent of this dread
Infection prevailing among them can
not be overstated. Hardly a home
where it has not found victims, and
hardly a home where It does not still
exist In some form. The disease is
usually quick in Its deadly mission. A
man, apparently healthful, leaves his
work and goes to his trader and or
ders a suit of grave clothes. "I have
the sickness," he says. He is meas
ured for the suit, and by the time It
Is finished the buyer is often ready to
wear It through the long sleep. The
mother and the grown-up son or
daughter are likely to share a similar
fate. Under such conditions, and In
such environment. It will readily be
understood that an atmosphere of
gloom and depression abounds, paral
yzing to ambition and to further ad
vancement. D. W. Robinson In Re
view of Reviews.
KEEPERS OF THE GATE.
Where free and strong the whole day
long
The shouting seas swing in.
With friendly roar to storm the shore
That flings them back their din;
There headlands bold a bay Infold,
Where calm and silent wait
The guns that drowse, till war shall
rouse
The Keepers of the Gate.
Through portals wide the ebbing tide
steals out to open sea.
Past sleeping hills where stirs and
thrills
A wind-song wild and free.
From far and near the trade-ships
steer.
Wide-winged with precious freight.
To gain the land where sent'nel stand
The guns that keep the gate.
When summer sun his day's work
done.
Has sought his glowing bed;
When watch-lamps stand by sea and
land
And swing in skies o'erhead:
Midst night's soft gleam the great
guns dream,
On guard o'er sleeping state.
Dream lasting peace, when need shall
cease
To keep the nation's gate.
K. L. S. in Overland Monthly.
WHAT HI KUAN K TEACHES.
The greatest teacher of childhood
should be nature. Send the child out
to get acquainted with her. Let it
make playmates of the sun and the
wind and the flowers. Let It drink in
the purity of the out-of-doors, the
natural foe of all that is cramping
and degrading and that tends to lower
the standard of manhood.
The child may nof learn as much
about the structure of the plant, but
he will know the plant when he sees
It. and love It. His knowledge of the
anatomy of a grasshopper may be
somewhat more limited, but the
creatures of the field and the wood
will be his friends. In short, give the
child more of nature and less of arti
ficiality, and the result will be for
the betterment of the human race.
Such In brief, is what Luther Bur
bank would teach.
UMATILLA. A PASSWORD.
Umatilla, Oregon, In the days of
the stage-coach, a prosperous and
populous town on the banks of the
Columbia, where supplies for the
great inland empire were transferred
from the steamer to freight wagons
and pack teams, has awakened from
sleep, brushed the sands of the desert
from her eyes and arisen to the dig
nity of being more than a dot on the
map, says the Pacific Echo of the
Women of Woodcraft. A move is on
foot to Incorporate the town.
Old members of the Women of
Woodcraft, whose memories run back
to 1897, will remember the name as
the first password of the new order,
and what a time they had twisting
their tongues around it. A tribe) of
Indians and a river share the name
with the town.
THE LARGEST CORN FIELD.
The largest field of corn In the
United States, If not In the world has
Just been harvested on the Adams
farm In Sac county, near Odebolt.
One hundred horses and 37 corn cut
ters have shucked corn to the esti
mated amount of 300,000 bushels.
Mr. Adams, the owner of the farm,
spends the most of his time In Chi
cago, where he resides with his fam
ily, operating his large farm by ex
pert foremen. Iowa correspondence
In St. Paul paper.
A Compnrlin In Space,
A European astronomer has re
cently made some remarkable calcu
lations. He figures that if all the
living representatives of the human
race were strung out In space and Sep.
arated from each other by Intervals of
a mile, the line would only reach one.
third of the distance to the planet
Neptune. If separated by distances
as great as that between London and
Constantinople, the line would only
reach half way to the nearest star.
Exchange.
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A Groom of Tartar Powder
Made From Grapes
No Alum
New Easter Neckwear
Rushing Collars, Stocks and Turnovers. Assortments most com
plete with all new Easter styles. Early selections urged! Prices
here from J5C to $2.50.
New Art Materials
Stamped and open work Linen pieces In Lunch and Tray
Cloths. Scarfs. Doylies, etc. New Pillow Tops and Cords. Stamped
Eylet work Corset Sovers. Chinese and' Waist Patterns, Collar. Cuff,
Belt and Hats putter, complete range of styles and prices.
Fancy Sash Ribbons
For Easter's wear. You'll want these sure. Widths frojn 5 to
9 Inches wide.JJ. to Jj)l,Q.) yard. French Embroidered Rib
bons, also Brocaded White Ribbons, here In the various widths and
priced at (JC t0 85C yarJ'
White Goods
For Confirmation
New French Linens at 5()c.. Jfo and $1.00
New French Organdies, 68 Inches w'e-,)()(, 7C antl $1.(M)
Persian Lawns, 32 inches wide I2.)C, "l,1 50c
Silk Coussellnes at, per yard .)()c
32-lnch Poplins at, per yard 35t' and 30c
40 Inch Albatross at, per yard.. .... . ,")()(
27-inch India Silk, 65c quality, at, per yard ,"OC
New White Veilings ;J5C ,").. ruid 8.C
Baby Irish Lace, In band trimmings, with allover lace to match.
Oriental GalloonB in lace and Allovers.
Ready-to-wear White Dresses
For the Easter occasion now here. Our Children's Department
is complete. Nowhere can you find such as. ortment of new. partly
made garments.
Peoples Warehouse
WHERE IT PAYS TO TRADE.
SAVE YOUR COUPONS.
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A Complete Stock
Our facilities for supplying you with
bull ;ing materiel Is unsurr..ssed any
where. Our modern plant Is equipped
to turn out sosl-, doors, flooring, cell
ing and anything for house building.
We carry the lumber or all pur
poses. No ordor too large or small for
us to f.ll.
Plaster, cement, lime and sand al
ways on hand.
Mine, Sand, Cement, Laths, Shin
gles, liluo Rapplds Plater and Dipped
Shingles.
ROBERT FORSTER, Proprietor.
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St, Anthony's Hospital
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Private rooms, eiegniuij' ZTZ
furnished Finely equip-
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Every convenience necessary
for the care of the sick.
Telepho Main 1651.
1 aXPLETOJ". OREGON.
New Industry
We manufacture fancy party gowns.
kimonas, sill', fancy and medium un
derwear, house gowns and ladles' light
underwear and gentlemen's dress and)
negligee shirts to ord r.
Importers f silk.
Prices reasonable.
Give us a call.
Low Sam
209 Court street.
Next to Clarke's Hardware Store.
UNRESTRAINED PLEASURE.
can be enjoyed when driving in on
of Neagle's new style fancy traps,
spider phaetons, runabout wagons.
surreys, buckboards or pony carts for
children's use. They have all the
leading handsome designs for city or
country use at moderate prices. We
are proud of their elegant stock this
season and arc pleased to show them
to you.
We are headquarters for the Wi
nona Wagons, that have Iron-clad
hubs. No checking or breaking loose
of boxes. Our stock of Hacks and
Wagons Is the largest In eastern' Ore
gon. We sell Fulrhanks-Morse Gaso
line Engines and Pumps, and Irrigat
ing Plants. All goods warranted. 8e
Neagle Bros.
the ll'acksinlllis
Get Prices Before lluylng.
Give ear unto wise counsel.
Coal that la onn-thlnt rilM mia
a ereat deal mote to the scuttle and
lasta much shorter time thaa the good.
clean Coal w sell.
If you want the best, oar Coal to
the kind for yon.
Henry Kopittke
DUTCH HENRY.
Office, Pendleton Ice ft Cold Storage
uuiiHuiy. mone t-oin 178.
THE POPULAR PLACF TO
EAT IS THE
The French
Restaurant
Everything served first-claaa.
Beet recnlar meals In Pendle
ton for 15 eenta.
SHORT ORDERS
A SPECIALTY.
Polydore Moens, Prop.
Walters' Flouring Mills
Capacity, ISO barrels a day.
Flour exchanged for wheat.
Flour, Mill Feed, Chopped Feed,
to., always on hand.
Dally Kaat Oregonian by carrier,
only If cents a week.
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