East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, June 21, 1906, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextI'AGE FOIR. DAILY EAST OREGOMAX, PENDLETON, OREGON, TIimSDAY, Jl'XE 21, 1006. EIGHT PAGES. AN 1N1K1'KNI!:. NKWSl'ArKK. Published every afternoon (except Sim ilar 1. M IVnillotoii, Oregon, by the EAST HKKliONlAX lTllLlSIUNG CO. Sl'R.-iCKIl'TlOX RATKS. Pally, one year, hy man I'aiiV. six months, hy mall Imily, throe ruonllis. by mall !ai!y. one ruonth. by mat) Wet-kly, one year, by mail WecMv. six mon.-a. by mall Weekly, four raontlts. by mall Semi W eekly, on year, hy mall.... Semi Weekly. lx months by mall... Semi Weekly, four nionthi. by mall. 5 00 : SO 1.25 .50 I 50 , 7 j .50 1.50, ,7J .50 Memlier S. rlppa Mrliae News Association. Chirac" Bureau. Secnrltj btilldlrift. Wnsblnpton. l C, lturoau. 501 Four teenth street, N. V. rlectoo Mala I. Entered at Pendleton P. stoffU-e as aecond class matter. NOTICE TO APVKhTISKRS. Copy for drertlalng matter to appear In the East Oregonlan mint be In by 4 :4S p. to of tE preceding day ; copy for Monday paper mint be In by 4 :45 P- m. the preced ing Saturday. your You never can tell what thoughts will do In bringing you hate or love. For thoughts are things, and their airy wings Are swifter than carrier dove. They follow the law of the uni- tho mull hti-lnewi the jroveiniiiont pay In addition Ihi' rental for oar and fur-lil-dus the clerks ln linmlle tin mail. Vnr 101.1 Mtiil oars the jrovcrnnicnt ls S.V.MMi.OII annually, an nvor asi r S3 127. The cam cost only SlIOOO to llllllll. 11 ip exro companies carry parcel-) lit a ino-Hninl rati- for lew than onc quarter of iln nil In tail ran clmrj;c. YiM the t'pro companies out of this pay for tliHr office, clerks, delivery wacti-j, mid Ms iHyIiIimhI on Inflated capital. Representative Hansen's figures prove conclusively that the postofftce department cannot profitably carry parcels at express rates, but the same figures are even more conclusive proof that the government pays the railroad ' for carrying mall 10 times as much as is paid by private persons and firms for express mntter In the next car. Early Struggles of Tele phone Inventor PROSECITIXG AT THE TOP. Of the three men who were presi dents of New York's big Insurance companies a year ago, one Is dead, an other Is a hopeless Invalid, and the third, who has resigned. Is In feeble health, traveling abroad under engage ment with the district attorney's office to return if he Is wanted, says the New York Mall. Three high officials of the Mutual Reserve were Indicted In March, Each thing must create Its charged with larceny and forgery. kind And they speed o'er track to bring you back Whatever went out from your mind. Ell.i Wheeler Wilcox. KEEP MONEY AT HOME. Two men, vice presidents of the Mu tual Life under the old regime, were Indicted yesterday, charged, one with forgery and perjury, the other with forgery and misdemeanor. This showing ought to convince every one open to conviction that there Is no official disposition to let insur ance men In conspicuous position es cape the inquisition of Justice. It Is likely to convince every ons except a few newspaper critics of the district Salesmen from Seattle and other points travel through the farming dis tricts of eastern Oregon contlrually. taking orders for groceries and gener- attorney, who tried to lead him up a al merchandise, which can be purchas-j blind trail In prosecutions that the ed in Pendleton as cheaply i In ?e- appellate Justices say they would have attie. j halted, and who raised a clamor he- Hundreds of pounds of this outside cause they said he punished only stuff i shipped into every Oregon j "small offenders," and then were pa! county duriut? the year. It certainly , pably vexed whn he promised Immu looks thouch Oregon farmers and nity to some of the small Insurance sto'-knjen who are imposed upon by ; fry, in order to get their testimony these peddlers would "take a tumble." j against those "higher up." and tnde at home with responsible, j In proceeding against men of' the reliable merchants who have large : rank of those Indicted yesterday the amnun's of capital Invested in the grand Jury has gone as high as It can county and who help keep up schools. j go. while keeping within the Insurance churches, and public institutions, who . field. Above them there Is no "high- pay taxes in the county and city, j cr up." except it be those Wall street and who are here In the county con-j magnates who in their private capac tinually to .back up their goods and j ity are believed to have exerted a ma ngo iimuence on uie operations oi in-; companies, but who had no official responsibility for their management. It is difficult to exaggerate the Im portance of the movement, on which this country has embarked, to hold high officials criminally responsible for concealing In their accounts, under entries alleged to be blind and false, transactions believed to be dubious, and for making reports to the state believed to contain untruthful state ments. The Indictments strike at the whole fabric of evasion and conceal ment behind which the "system" operated. their prices. The peddler comes and carries awav youe money and you can whlstje If you are not pleased. You get an In ferior grade of stuff and send your money out of the county and the home merehnt who supports your Institu tions loses trade from you which rightfully belongs to blm. Let us "pass up" the peddlers. The home merchant Is our neigh bor. Let us co-operate with him In up building the country. THE POSTAL ROBBERY. The arguments on the parcel post bill which has been before congress the past month have brought out some startling statistics on the cost of car-j rylng the mall In the United States. Representative Hangen of Iowa, who Is opposed to the parcels post bill, has unwittingly made many friends for government ownership of railroads In his fight on the bill. He showed that the present exorbitant prices paid for transportation the malls, make It Im possible for the government to carry parcels at less than mall rates, while the present contracts for carrying mail are in force. It would bankrupt the government to pay postal rates n parcels. The portal graft is so enormous that It Is now actually preventing the passage of the parcels post measure, which Is demanded hv the public and which would be a beneficial reform In the postal service. Rej resent-itive Uangen s-hows that over one-quarter of the cost of the posroffire department is paid to the rni'nads. For the mere transporta tion the railroads charge $1.25 a ton per mile. TliU I over 100 times the average freight rhnnro. nltliniigli In their COMIXG EVEXTS. June 20-24 Northwest Sportsmen's tournament. Walla Walla. July 12-15 Fifteenth annual con vention International Baptist Young People's I'nlon, Omaha. July 17-19 Elks' grand lodge, Den ver. September 3-8 National Irrigation congress, Boise City. September 18 Northwest Laundry men's association. Pendleton. Dates of Wool Sales. The following wool sale dates for Oregon have been fixed by the Oregon Woolgrowers' association: Shanlko June 6, 6, 19 and 20, and July 10 and 11. Baker City June 25, 2; July 12 and 1$. Elgin July 18. CHINESE BANKING LAWS. "It Is 900 vears since the fnllura of a bank In China," said a hank exam iner. "Over 900 years ago. In the region of Hi Hung, a bank failed. HI Hung had the failure Investigated, and to his Indignation found It had been dun to reckless and shady conduct on the part of the directors and the oresl-dent. "HI Hung nt once Issued an edict that the next time a bank failed, the heads of Its president and dlrectois were to be cut off. This edict, which In view of the widespread use of the telephone throughout the world, the following entertaining account of the early struggles of Dr. Alexander Graham Hell, Inventor of the tele phone, will be Interesting. The article is from the "Scrap Hook", and la as follows: Alexander Graham Bell, whose dis coveries contributed largely to the commercial success of the telephone, had been known only as a teacher of deaf mutes previous to the time he took out his telephone patents. He had been a teacher In Scotland, his na tive country, and when he emigrated to America it was with the intention of continuing to tench here. The sys tem he used was of his own, and from the first he got good results from the most difficult cases. Important as his work was, he could earn nothing more than a scanty living. Soon even this Income wan threatened, for he began to devote more and moro time to the study of sound transmission, and In order to make living at all by teaching It was necessary to devote his entire time to It. At the Centennial exposition In Phil adelphia, he showed a crude model of a telephone, but It attracted only pass ing notice from capitalists, though eminent scientists predicted a future for It. The results were not what Bell looked for, but he took up the work egaln. made some Improvements and took out patents covering the princi pal features of the telephone as It Is today. Three hours after he filed his ap plication, Ellsha Gray filed a caveat for his telephone. On February 1, 1877. Bell went to Salem, Mass., and gave his first public exhibition and lecture. It aroused some curiosity, but drew no financial backing. On May 10 he lectured be fore the Boston academy, and there, apparently, the results were little more encouraging than they had been at Salem. Thought Telephones a Toy. The general opinion expressed was that the telephone was a remarkable clever toy. but that it was nothing more. Investors took this view of It, and Bell, who had been reduced to poverty by the expenses of his ex periments, went from one financier to another offering stock In the com pany lie had formed. Financiers did not care to have anything to do with a machine designed to accomplish the impossible feat of making audible the voice of a person many miles away. 1)('m w MKxod n Big l'ortiine. The reception he met did not In the least shake Hell's faith in his work, but he was sorely In need of money. He resolved on a desperate move, and he went to Chauncey M. Depow and offered him a one-sixth interest in the company If he would loan $10,000 to put the company on Its feet. Depew took a week to con sider the rpoposltlon. At the end of the week he wrote back that the inci dent might be considered closed. The telephone was a clever Idea but It was utterly lacking In commercial possi bilities, and $10,000 was far too big a sum to risk in marketing an Instru ment that at best could never be more than a source of amusement. Thus D.cw let slip an opportunity to acquire fot 10,000 an Interest that today ci:ld not be bought for len than $25,000,000. Bell was being hard pushed, and he determined to make a last offer. Don Cameron, of Pennsylvania, was then one of the leading figures In the United States senate, and his Influence throughout the country, was very great. Bell went to him and offered him. for nothing, one-half Interest In the Invention If he. would endeavor to have It Introduced to the public. Cameron would not even consider the proposition and gave orders that Bell and his fool talking machine be thrjwn out" if he again attempted to get an Interview. World's First Telephone Line. While Bell was ineffectually strug gling In this direction, a few men In Boston, who had been Interested by the exhibition before the Boston acad emy, determined to give the telephone a thorough test. A line three miles long was built from Boston to Rora- erville. ard this, the first practlcnl tel ephone line In the world, proved so unequivocally the utility of the tele phone that there could no longer be any question of Its success. The pioneer line, three miles long. cost a few hundred dollars. In lest, han SO years the number of miles of wire has Increased to nearly 4. 000. 000 and 20.000 persons nre regularly em ployed by the telephone companies. In the T'nlted States alone there are each year 8. 200. 000. 000 telephone calls, nnd the American (Bell) Telephone com pany Is capitalized at $158,661,000. Vi -. ai Mm'oi tiaon roi'nlrxifl Vi n tr n rlo freight biisino. tne miiroans pr.ni.ie f. hlnR.,, bflnU)n)? nBl,utnB the safest motions, ciiw anil nil employes. In n tne world." Fireworks Flags and Fire Crackers and all kind, of ' A - 4th of July Goods Largest Mock Lowest Prices Send us your orders. FRAZIER'SBOOK STORE "Spruce Up" Your Home FURNITURE You have only one homo and you should take great pride In It. When you furnish It, buy only the best furniture and you will never regret It. i A few home helpers: Alxmlnster, Brussels nnd wool art squares nnd rugs, new patterns, Just received $2.00 to $25.00 Folding beds and new sanitary, vermin-proof, davenports and cots, fine for summer , $6.00 to $40.00 The famous jewel ranges, all sixes and prices; also the winner and St. Clair stoves and ranges....; , $30.00 to $50.00 Lewis Hunter The House Furnisher Near St. George Hotel 1 ALASKAN COAL. I DOWNEY'S Stage to Lehman Springs U. S. Mail Carrier "Beginning July 2nd, Dan Downey will run two rigs to LEHMAN SPRINGS, Monday, Wednesday ' and Friday of each week, for the entire summer. Downey changes teams on the road and will take you through in eight hours. Dan Downey, Driver Office at Tallman's Drug Store Hotel St. George GEORGE PAItVEAtT, Proprietor. T ll VH b ..?;, I' ' rftKt li!tku,, ' 1 in fililr European plan. Everything first class. All modorn conveniences. Steam heat throughout. Rooms en suite wit bath. Large, new sample rooms Th Hotel St George Is pronounced on of the- most up-to-date hotels of t. Northwest. . Telept-.jne and fire ularm connections to office, and hot anj cold running wat r In all rooms. ROOMS: $1.00 and $1.50 Block and a Half From Depot. See the big electric sign. The Hotel Pendleton HOLLOXS & BROWN. Proprietors. X X Over the Northern Pacific-Burlington Railways, East New Through Service Alaska coal will piny an Important feature In the development of that Immenxe territory In years to come. Already It may be safely said that frrm St. Michaels at til mouth of the Yukon river to Jiennett City, nearly 2(iii(i n-IUs distant, the entlie sire'eh of Inie-venlni? country could he sup plied with Alaxka coal. Another hltf Htrlke of Importance Is heralded from the Atlln district. The Atlln Tooira Coal Syndicate have un covered Immense seams of coal on the Tooga river nnd further develop ment worlt will he continued through out the summer months. Resides this new field tttrce other properties nre supplying the Iocnl markets. They are the Tantalus, Wil liams and Selmer mines. Itedrnck In the Cook Inlet district Is a coal formntlon nnd miners have panned the yellow dust from the car boniferous shales. To Omaha. Kansas City, St. Louis. St. Joseph and Lincoln. In addition to the present through Northern Pacific-Burlington transcontinental passenger service, a second train has been aJdcJ, thus providing two dally trains between Oregon, Washington and Idaho and the-Mlssourl river cities and St. Louis. All trains carry through Pullman standard and tourist slo.. cars, cl.air cars and dining cars. For full Information call upon or write to WALTER ADAMS Agent W. & C. R. Ry. Pendleton Oregon. S. B. CALDERHEAD G. P. A., W. & C. R. Ry. Y alia Walla. Wn. A. D. CHARLTON A. G, P. A., N. P. Ry. Portland, Oregon. The Hotel Pendleton has been re fitted and refurnished throughout Telephone and fire alarm connec tions with all rooms, liaths en suite and single rooms. Ilciidiiiirtcrw for Traveling Men. Coiiiiuotlluim Sample Rooms. FREE 'HL'S. Rates. $2, $2.50 and $3 Speclnl Rntc hv the week or month. Excellent I'uMne. Prompt dliflng room service. liar mill Millard IIimiiii In Connection. Only Three Illock from Depots. Your Credit is Good We Put Furniture in Reach of All F,. L. Melvln, a Northern Pacific switchman, was caught between the bumpers at Ellensburg and squeezed until death resulted a few hours later. He leaves a wife and two small child Just. received a nice new line of weathered oak furniture for th dining room and parlor. Po away with the old, worn-out pieces that have done their duty, while you can yet realize something for them, and bo the owner of a piece of furniture that you will always be proud of. Call anil see our lino and Investigate our easy payment plan. Graham Furniture Co. j Postoffice Block Put Wings to Your Work An electric motor will do mor- and bettor work than any other power that you can use. The economy 01 Its "-e Is r. demonsfa od fact. If you want good, quick work ot a minimum of cost yeu want an electrlo motor. We will be pleased to give you or prices and to furnish completa esti mate to suit your needs. Northwestern Gas and Electric Co. POIlMm COURT KST GARDEN OT ALTA HOUSE The Working Man and Farmers Hotel Dining room and Free Employment bureau in connection $1.00 PER DAY Cor. Alta and Mill Sts. HOTEL PORTLAND PORTLAND, OREGON. American plan. $3 per day and up ward. Headquarters for tourists and commercial travelers. Special rates made to families and single gentle men. The management will be pleas ed at all times to show rooms and give prices. A modern Turkish bath "ntabllshment in the hotel. H. O. BOWERS. Manager : PretLy i: Paper Poorly i: Hung Tou nre particular about hav ing nl e wall j aper. But are you particular about It being well hung? The best wall paper, if poor ly put on the wall, will never satisfy you. Come here and select a pat tern and let us hang It fo you you will then knew you have th best results obtainable. Pendleton Point Store :! Ed. Murph" Prop. I2ICour. JACK BROWN Dealer in HIDES, WOOL AND JUNK j ii west Webb St.