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PAGE FOCR. DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON," OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1908. 1 CTGHT PAGES. A.N INDEVENDENT NEWSPAPER. .Dilttacd erery afternoon (except 8ua il.n. at Pendleton. Onfon. bf the As'r UltKUOMAN rL'HUSUi.NU CO. EA HliHsCltll'TlO.N RATES. Dally, one year, by mall 15 00 Dally, tlx monthi. by mall 2.60 I'ally, three months, by mall 1.23 Patlr, one month, by malt 60 Weekly, one year, by mall 1.50 WeeklT, all tuon.-a, by mall "5 weeklv. four months, by mall 80 8eml-Weekly, one year, by mall 1.B0 Kfml Weekly, alx months by mall 73 Seml-Weeklr. (our months, by mall... .60 Member Scrlpps Mcltae News Association. Chicago Bnreaa, 909 Security building. Waablnitton, l. C Bureau, 501 Four teenth atreet, N. Vt. falapaoDa., Entered at Pendleton Pratofflca as second- class matter. BUNION .. States are not great except as men may make them; Men are not great except they do and dare; But states, like men. Have destinies that take them That bear them on. not knowing why or where. All merit comes From having the unequal; All glory comes from daring to begin; Fame loves the state That, reckless of the sequel, Fights long and well, whether It lose or win. Eugene F. Ware. was his attorney and partner In the fra ill's for years while serving us .stale senator and United States district at torney. He says that George C. Brownell: of Oregon City, lias been bribed time and again to "fix" federal Juries to prevent the indictment of land thieves w hoin Brownell knew were operating illegally. All this Puter swears upon the stnml mid much more In detail. He lays bare the secret conspiracy whU-h war formed among officials and thieves to rob the people of their priceless timber land in Oregon. He tells of the bold operations of the gang, how forest reserves were made and unmade by public officials, how juries were "fixed" by other politic ians and officials and how the thieves secured immunity from prosecution by paying money to the officials who were In the ring;. Williamson, Hermann, Meldrum. Ormsby, Brownell and others Impli cated are still living. They have fared well at the hands of the people of Oregon. And all the time they were being trusted by the people, they wern playing the dirty game of grafting and robbery. This is the return they gave for the people's trust. MORE .TOI1N BROWNS NEEDED. WESTERN WASTEFULNESS. Samuel Fortier. irrigation expert al the University of California, said at the Boise Irrigation congress that western Irrigators use five times too much water In irrigating their crops. He says that out of $50,000,000 soent In western Irrigation annually that fully 75 per cent Is net loss. He says that the cause of this waste Is the Inherent recklessness and waste fulness of the westerner who does things on a large scale. He says the man who owns the section of land not content with a scanty supply of water he wants some to waste. All his surroundings must be In keeping with the magnitude of his farm. This may be far fetched, but it is admitted by all practical Irrigators that too much water is used in the west. Crops are actually Injured b a surfeit of water and land Is soured and deteriorated by flooding It. Irrigation is an art. It requires skill, study, thought, system. Too much water Is worse than not enough. The water supply of most of the western stream systems is adequate to Irrigate from 30 to 50 per cent more land than is actually under cultivation In those systems, if it were properly conserved and properly distributed. It should be "spread thin." Western wastefulness Is a deeply fixed habit, but It must be conquered More thoroughness and less profligacy mut be practised. The time Is a; hand when every Inch of water that is flowi.ig in western streams must bt brought to the highest utility. This cannot be done where the water "hog" holds sway. M GXITUDE OF THE FRAUDS. Not until Puter, the land thief who is now serving two years for his crimes, was placed upon the witness at;d in federal court In Portland this week, did the people of Oregon realize the exact magnitude and bold ness of the land frauds of this state. The revelations in the trials of Mitchell, Williamson, Puter, McKln ley and others have been alarming The connection of the officials with the thieve was made plain all along, but the testimony of Puter seals the guilt of Mitchell. Williamson, Mays, Hermann, Ormsby, Meldrum and other high and low officials of the state and nation. Puter says that Mitchell took $2000 from him to hurry up patents to fraudulent entries. He says that Her mann at first refused to pass th claims, but that after Mitchell "saw" him, the patents were delivered within four days. He says that Williamson promised to enlarge the Blue mountain forest reef-rve to take In school lands which might be stripped and also sold school lands which he had secured upon this understanding. He says that Mays PROFITS AND EXTORTIONS OF THE EXPRESS TRUST. William Allen White, editor of the Emporia Gazette, and the well known writer, In commenting on the adtlresn of Vice President Fairbanks at Osa watomle. on the anniversary of John Brown's battle there, says: Vice President Fairbanks made an able speech at Osawatomle to cele brate the semi-centennial of the battle fought there by John Brown. A great deal was said by the vice president and by others present about the courage and the moral sense of John Brown. But If today some man should rise up in this country and take exactly the same stand John Brown'took. ex. cept on the proposition that no man has a right to take the labor of others without giving society value recelv. ed, the excellent gentlemen who an extolling John Brown would brand his successor as a socialist. Tot that Is the next step In the fight for human freedom. The John Brown of thnt fight Is needed just as the John Brown of the other fight was needed. John Brown was a rebel against existing laws. He attacked legal property. He Incited sedition and Insurrection. He preached dis content with a shotgun. But he was right right in spite of laws and con stitutions and organized society, and men have made a hero of him. This is a queer world. If Vice Pres ident Fairbanks and the honorable who are congregated this hot August in white shirts and high hats at Osa watomle really admire John Brown as much as they claim to, why don'i they cut loose from conventional tra ditions as John Brown did, and stand as John Brown stood, against the wrong, even though governments and the forms and traditions of the world of society oppored them? The whole world knows that It Is wrong for one . mp.n to make other me nwork for him, who has not hon estly obtained the money with which to pey them. The whole world knows that when a man gets money without giving society adequate return for that money In the shape of real service to the people, the man has stolen the money. The whole world knows that even though the money Is stolen legally It Is held immorally, and that the thief Is a thief In the sight of God and man Old John Brown knew this about thij slave holders. We today know it of men who gam ble In stocks, of men who water stocks of men who operate In the crooked paths of that part of high finance which rests upon cheating and lying and chicanery. But we today lack the vigor of old John Brown. And we who praise him today would be shocked at a living man like him. The express business has always been a good deal of n mystery. The four concerns that monopolize It and appear to live III a state of most Joyous harmony with one unother- have modestly kept their affairs to themselves. But a pleasant degree, of prosperity was Inferred from the fact tlit the stocks sell around $250 a share; mid It was well known that tariffs were arranged on the profit able busts of charging what the traf fic would "bear. For example, banks can express $1000 100 miles from New York to Chlcugo for 40 cents. If the charge were much higher they would use reg istered mail. It costs an outsider bout that to express $100 100 miles Certain dealers are given a rate orj small merchandise puckages as low as the postal rate; but the ordinary patron pays more for the same serv-Ice. A recently distressful family squab ble In one of the companies the Wells-Fargo produces, however. some more exact Information than has heretofore been available to the pub lic. Of late this company has been earning about 40 per cent a year on Its capital stock. The management resisted a demand for Increased divi dends on the ground that a large surplus fund is desirable, adding that " it was, of course, Impossible to ob tain this fund bv the Issue of mort gage bonds, for the property Is so in tangible that such a course Is Im practicable." The company's proper ty, In fact, consists almost wholly of cash, Investments In stocks and bonds, and $13,000,000 loaned In Wall street on stock exchange collateral. It has nothing in the nature of a plant ex. cept a few stables and offices in the larger cities. It hasn't much of any thing except Just profits. We notice that another express company is finding use for its funds in electing a 22-story building In New York, while the minority stockholders of a third are petitioning the manage ment for a small slice of the opulent profits In the shape of Increased div idends. Inserting an Inquisitive thumb In this pie under the powers recently conferred upon It the In terstate Commerce commission cannot fall to rtrlke a plum. Saturday Eve ning Post. The First National Bank Pendleton, Oregon. Report of the Condition, September 4th. 1906, to the Comptroller of the Currency. r CONDENSED - RESOURCES Loans and Discounts -Overdrafts -U. S. Bonds (face) Premium on U. S. Bonds -Other Bonds and Warrants Bank Building . . . . CASH Cash oo Hand 101.102.7V Due from Banks .17.546.40 Redemption Fund 3,500.00 $1.227.212.8.1 24.258.04 170,000 00 4.46K.75 1.1.959.84 10.000.00 142.149.19 TOTAL $ 1.SV2.048.6S LIABILITIES Capital Stock ... $ Tp. 000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits - 215.207.8S Circulation .' .... 70,000.00 Due Banks 5.556.54 U. S. Deposits loo.ooo.oo Indlv'd'l Dep'ls 1,131.284.26 1,2.16.840.80 TOTAL $1,592,048.65 I, G. M. Rice, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best or my knowledge and behet. (Signed) Subscribed and sworn to before me this Uh day of September, 1906. (Signed) C. K. CRANSTON, Notary Public for Oregon SEAL G. M. RICE, Cashier. SOMETHING NEW 1 XltEDEEJIEI) WATCHES AND JEWELRY AT RID1CTI.OISI.Y LOW PRICES. Oninit to the fact that I lie Northern Pacific rail way liiii iKiuglit the Inilldliig In which the People's I, on 11 Office of Tiiroma was located, wltli the luten rion of touring it ilnivn. Mr. J. Eller, proprietor of that office, lias removed to Pcmllcton and will clone out Ills stock of goods at once, lit your own price, AUCTION AND PRIVATE SALES. J. ELLER, Proprietor M.VIX ST., NEXT TO TAYLOR HARDWARE CO. PIPING FHESII AIH TO CITIES. The piping of fresh air to cities la no longer a dream of scientists. It has been practically tried. In an ex perimental way, In th crowded Whltechapel district of London, un der the supervision of Dr. T. G. Lyon, one of London's most eminent scien tists. The air Is sucked Into pipes by powerful suction pumps from some high elevation where the sanitary con ditions are perfect and forced Into large storage tanks similar to gas tanks. When stored In these tnnks under pressure, the pure air Is dis tributed In pipes leading Into differ ent houses. The air can be distributed through pipes upward of 50 to 100 miles in length without losing any of Its purity. By opening a switch the customer gets his dally supply of fresh air In his rooms, while the foul air Is al lowed to escape through withdrawal ducts. When once Installed In a city, the supply of pure mountain ozone can be supplied at little cost, and the scien tists estimate that In the congested quarters of London CO per cent of the ordinary sickness could be moderated If not entirely eliminated. OREGON ROADS. Largest Hop Yard In Uie World. There are 62f acres in the Krebs Bros.' hop yard near Independence, and they expect to spend 160,000 on the picking of their hop this year. This is declared to be the biggest hop yard in the world. There Is a danc ing pavilion, barber shop, bootblack stand and every accessory right on the ground. It will be a small city during the brief picking season. Joseph Freeman, a train nand on a logging railway, was killed at the O'Connell logging camp near Rainier, , by a wild car. HAVE YOC A LARGE FOVDENCE? CORRES. Lot of social engagement! and the writing of letters Incident thereto? How about your stationery? Is It of the best? Best you could find? Ever been In thl shop? Frankly, perhaps not modestly, you can't afford to over look the advantages every, way of buying correspondence stationery here. FRAZIER'S BOOK STORE There are 34.258 miles of public road In the state of Oregon, of which 2235 miles are surfaced with gravel, 209 miles with stone and 145 miles with plank, making a total of 2589 miles of Improved road. It will be seen from these figures that about 7 per cent of the roads have been Improved. By comparing the total road mileage with the area of the state it appears that there was about 36-100 of a mile of public road per square mile of area. A comparison of mileage with pop ulation shows that there was one m'le of road to every 12 inhabitants, but only one mile of Improved road to every 150 Inhabitants. WHERE COLORS COM E FROM. The cochineal bug furnishes many of the bright carmine, ermlson, pur ple lake, and scarlet. The cuttleflsli gives the sepia, and Indian yellow comes from the camel. Ivory chips produce Ivory black and the exquisite Persian blue was dis covered accidentally by fusing horses' hoofs and other refuse animal matter with Impure potassium carbonate. Crimson lake comes from the roots and barks of certain trees; blue-black from the charcoal of .lie vine chalk. and Turkey red comes from the root of the madder plant found In Hindu stan. India Ink Is made from burned camphor by the Chinese. THE ADVENTURER. For me no quiet byway, No penceful little lane. No covert where the branches Keep off tho wind and rain. But oh. the open highroad, With all Its dust and glare; Its questions and Its tumult. Its call to do and dare! I care not If men count me A loser In the strife So 1 but drink, unhindered, The brimming cup of life. And so my loyal comrade Shnll whisper at the end. "He never lost his courage. He never failed a friend!" Charlott Becker. No Ancient Furniture Here Tou dont see any old style, slow-selling Furniture in this store. We handle only popular pieces and they are going continuous. Something new here every day. Fast sales enable us to make small profits on each sale. Rugs, Rugs, Rugs We are showing an extraordinary fine line of Art Squares and Rugs at prices you cannot duplicate In the city. Call and we will be pleased to show you them. Graham Furniture Co. Postoffice Block St Anthony's Hospital Lw,,., JM& ST. JOSEPH'S ACADEMY PENDLETON, OREGON. Under the direction of the Sister of St Francis, f Philadelphia. Rentdent and day pupils. Special attention given to m-.slc and elocution. Stu dents prepared for teachers' examina tions for county and state certificates. For particulars address SISTER SUPERIOR. "J. J. McAllister's" SPECIFIC LINIMENT i A new remedy foi the cure of Ca tarrh, Bronchial, Asthma, Ecsemc, Neuralgia, Toothache, Sciatic Rheu matism, Pleurisy, Sick Headache, Cuts, Burns, Croup, Granulation of Eye Lids, Barb Wire Cuts and Fis tula. Does not blister Bold by all druggists. Your Credit is Good The KNOCKERS' CLUB MUSIC HALL DANCES Wednesday and Saturday Good Floor Good Music They will all be there We have in stock a large amount of Rock Spring! Coal ready for if you are wise Prompt Delivery you will get your r winter supply now, while it is to be had later on you won't be able to get coal. OREGON LUMBER YARD 512 ALTA ST. PHONE, MAIN 8 Jacob Sager, aged 5 years, and for 16 years past nlghtwatchman for the O. R. & N. at Oregon City, was found dead in the morning. Heart disease caused hli death while on duty. ...... FOR. SALE 1120 Acres of Good Wheat. Land in Adams County. Wash., half in Summer fallow and half in wheat; $1,500 dwelling and $800 barn; 500 foot well and 1 75 feet of stand in Wfltei FRANK B. CLOPTON & CO. 1 1 2 E. Court St., Pendleton, Ore. Pendleton Marble Works H. WRAY, Prop. Manufacturer and Dealer In All Kinds of Domestic and Im ported MARBLE, GRANITE & STONE WORK. Carload of Red, Blue and Gray Granite Just received from Scotland. I can furnish you with anything from a small slab to a larga monument. Estimates given on application. Court and College Sts. Pendleton, Oregon. e The Sunrise Store JAPANESE GOODS AND IIAMItOO 1TRMTVRE. WILL OPKX SOON. HARRY HIRA1WA, Prop. 305 Eat Court St., Next Door to Cma- t i I lit Meat Market. HOTEL PORTLAND Q p. PORTLAND, OREGON. American plan. 13 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 batb atabllshment In the hotel. H. C. BOWERS. Manager Hotel State MRS. GRACE STEELE, PROP. Recently renovated. A clean, quiet lodging lione. First-claw accommodations; electric light, mill free luitlis for rcgulnr roomers. 1 REDS 25 CENTS TO $1.00. Cor. Webb and Cottonwood Sts., PENDLETON. OREGON, : Talk About : Mattresses I have Just received a ship- J ment of 45-pound, all felted mattresses from the East, and e at the price of $10.08, there Is I othing In the city of Pendleton to compare with them In qual- lty or price, at ! I V. Stroble j ChuipeM Price store In the City
