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daily east oregonian, pendleton, ohkoox, fiiidat, NOVEMBER SO, 1906.
EIGHT PAGES.
A.N INDEPENDENT NKWSI'APKB.
utillBbcd every afternoon txcpt Boa
day I, it Indlton. Oregon, by tbt
BAST UBBUOXIAS rCBLlBUiNU CO.
gunsoKirriuN rates.
fllj, ana year, by mall 1300
Iialiv. all months, by mall o0
Dally, three montha. by mall 1.2S
Dally, on montu, by mall 00
Wkly, one year, by mall 1.60
Weekly, all nion.-a, by mall 70
Wwaly, four montha. by mall B0
eml-XVerkly. on year, by mall loo
Semi Weekly, all montha by mall "
Scml Weekly, four montba. by mall... .00
rKiMM nn. .. oof) fljMnrltv hnllrilnff
Waahlngton. D." C.. Bureau, 501 Foor-
teentb afreet, ft. .
Member Scrlppe McRae Newa Aaaoclatloo,
Telephone Main 1,
Entered at Pendleton Pcstoffice aa lecon
cian matter.
Unanswered yet? the prayers
your lips have pleaded
In agony of heart these many
years 7
Does faith begin to fall? Is
hope departing?
And think you all in vain those
falling tears'
Say not the Father hath not
heard "your prayer;
Tou shall have your desire
sometime, somewhere.
Unanswered yet? Faith cannot
be unanswered;
Her feet are firmly planted on
the rock;
Amid the wildest storms she
stands undaunted;
Nor quails before the loudest
thunder Bhock,
She knows omnipotence, has
heard her prayer,
And cries, "It shall be done,"
sometime, somewhere.
Robert Browning.
REASONS FOR CAR SHORTAGE.
Tho northwest would be delighted
to have one plausible, unmistakable
reason for this sudden shortage of
cars whic!-. in one brief season haa
tied up almost every industry on the
coast.
The business of the country has
net leaped beyond the capacity of the
railroads In such a short space of
time. Last year, the year before the
country produced unprecedented crops
and they were not tied up this way.
The capacity of the railroads has also
Increased somewhat In the past three
years. The shortage Is inexpllcabk
to the uninitiated and It will require
lnide Information to get at the real
facta.
Where Is the secret and hidden
spring of the car shortage? In what
way has the business of the north
west increased so "Vastly as to com
pletely forbid the use of cars for fuel
shipments?
It is up to the railroad companies,
not alone of Oregon, but of the entlr
Pacific coast to do something to meet
conditions. Their vast Idle capital
must In Invested in factories for the
manufacture of cars. The time has
crime for something besides declaring
dividends.
OPPOSING hie JfTE MILL,
li it were not Mi-h a serious mat
te: f-.r the ;-f i!.1 of Oregon, it would
really be amusing to watch the Salem
Statesman and the Pendleton Tribune
quoting each other's editorials oppos
ing the state Jute plant and attempt
ing to strengthen In every way all
the most far-fetched objections to the
movement to secure such a plant.
From th- very heginning both of
these papers have opposed the Jute
plant but neither has had the cour
age to come out openly and say so In
thai many words. Instead they have
plea Jed for further "Investigation,"
further "dei!beratlon,"'further "time."
Before they make a definite answer to
the people, they wish to be certain of
the way tho popular breeze is going
to blow.
This "elltd opposition is not fair to
the people who need relief from the
Jute trust. These papers, standing as
they do. for certain principles In their
respective communities, should be
open and fair and frank. The people
have a right to know how they stand.
regardless of the Fabian policies of
politicians. Both of them try to make
capital of the fact that certain state
officials oppose the plant.
What II the governor Is opposed to
It? Is his decision final? Cannot the
people of Oregon, through the press
build up a publlo sentiment which will
override the governor's opposition T
Does It make the stand taken by
the Statesman and the Tribune on
this matter seem any more fair or
just to the people, to have these pa
pers harp on the fact that the gover
nor Is opposed?
Let them come out openly and fair
ly for the Jute plant. They know the
need of the institution. They have
investigated It sufficiently to know
that ;t will be profitable to sell sacks
to Oregon farmers at 7 or 8 cents,
when tho trust will charge 12 cents
next year. They know that Washing
ton lias found the plan so feasible
that It will double the capacity of the
Walla Walla plant regardless of the
advance In the price of Jute.
This veiled, uncertain, wavering, in
definite policy pursued by these pa
pers Is not characteristic of western
ways. Let us be for or against, so
the people may know what to expect
from us.
Let us quit playing politics.
Let us stand for the consumer who
is in the clutches of the trust.
STRUGGLE TOR PROGRESS.
Strange, Is It not, that wise men,
men of experience, men of learning
men of affairs, are found opposing
tho most vita! nnd necessary forward
movements In the world'
Think of Daniel Webster, one of the
Intellectual giants of the age, oppos
ing the settlement and acquisition of
Oregon. Think of the statesman who
opposed the purchase of Alaska. How
long and bitter was the opposition to
American interference in the Cuban
butcheries. What able and determ
ined men opposed the passage of the
national reclamation act. What a
fight ha been made against the for
est reserve policy. And lastly, what
a solid front of determined, able and
skillful opposition Is arrayed against
government ownership of puhlle utili
ties. The former movements have been
triumphant. the logic of the oppo
sition has been forgotten in the splen
dor of the triumphs. The bold front
of the obstructionists tumbled down
like a wall of sand before the for
ward movement of tho right.
And so it will be with the present
great reform movements. The oppo
sition to government ownership of
railroads, telegraph, telephones nnd
express companies Is no stronger to
day, than was the opposition to the
acquisition of Oregon in the early
days of tbe last century. It Is no
stronger than the forces arrayed
against the acquisition of Alaska.
How splendid have been the results
of those great movements, Oregon and
Alaska of today, speak in elegant
language.
While the paving plant is here, nu
merous Improvements to side streets
should be- made. The excellence of
Main and Court street paving Is a
standing Inducement for the paving
of the cross streets, for two or thro-.-blockr
each way, at least. Under the
10-year payment plan, It will not fall
heavily upon the property owners and
the paving is 1 direct Increase In the
value ol the property. Let us not
nop with paving Main and Court
streets. Another mile of pavinc should
'e cunti acted for. Pendleton has
some of the longest and most beauti
ful drives In eastern Oregon If thi
streets were free from mud and dust
liltullthic paving will prevent both
mud and dust and give Pendleton
everlasting driveways.
The season of holiday shopping is
heie and the Ea.it Oregonlan Is filled
with advertisements of value to the
people. Readers are urged to study
the nds, remember them and heed
them. They mean something. They
have a message. It will be profltabl?
to follow up the hints received there.
The various editions of the East Ore
goni.'in go into n great many more
homes this year than ever before. The
past year has boon unprecedented In
point of In'.reuscd subscriptions and
each month the paper becomes more
valuable to both readers and adver
tisers b. cause of continued expansion.
The Salem Statesman denies that
th-re is my opposition to the Instal
lation o' the itate Jute plant, in the
vicinity r,f Salem and then runs a
column editorial giving reasons why
it would not be profitable for Oregon
to inMull the plant. It would be easy
FOUNTAIN PENS
at prices to suit every pocket; pens
not of the fountain order; school sup.
pile of every desired description and
a general line of home and office sta
tionery are our strong drawing cards
In a business way. You have only
to name your needs we will fill them
promptly, properly, cheaply.
FRAZ1 ER'S
BOOK STORE
for the Statesman to strengthen the
sentiment in favor of the Jute plant.
If It would use half as much space
In telling why the plant would be
profitable ns It does In making ex
cuses for opposing the plant, it would
do the farmers, wooigrowers and
hoj.growors of Oregon an estimable
service and would perhaps be the
means of Installing the plant. Let
us put away speakerships and poll
tics and get this needed Institution for
Oregon.
THE PURCHASE OF ALASKA.
There are two theories to account
for the purchase of Alaska, then
known as Russian America, from
Russia. One Is that William H. Sew
ard, then secretary of state, appreciat
ed what a bargain was offered for
7. 200.000, and the other Is that the
purchase was offered for the sake of
relieving Russia, which had been
friendly to the United States In the
civil war which was but recently
closed, of a very troublesome burden.
Klther theory may hold, but In the
opinion of many statesmen of the day
at least, the latter Is the more logical.
In the course of the treaty debate,
General Benjamin F. Butler of Mas
sachusetts, thundered his disapproval
in the following words; "If we are to
pny for her (Russia's) friendship this
amount, I desire to give her the $7,
200.000 nnd let her keep Alaska. I
have no doubt that at any time within
the last 20 years we could have had
Alaska for the asking I have heard It
so stated in the cabinets of two pres
idents provided we would have
taken It as a gift. But no man, ex
cept one Insane enough to buy the
earthquakes of St. Thomas, or the Ice
fields of Greenland, could be forced to
agree to any other terms for Its ac
quisition to the country."
The treaty ceding Alaska to the
United States was signed March 30,
1867; was ratified by the senate on
May 2S, and on June 20 publicly pro
claimed by the president. On Octo
ber 18 of the same year the United
States took military possession of her
new domain. The house held up the
appropriation for payment of the
purchase price $7.200.00 for nearly
a year, so the payment was not made
until July 14. 1S8S.
There Is a story that, a few days
before William H. Seward's death, he
was asked what he considered the
most momentous mensure In his busy
officlnl career. "The purchase of
Alaska," said the grand old states
man, "hut it will take the people a
generation to find it out."
The secretary was right, both in
his conclus'on that the purchase of
Alaska was his greatest official act,
and in his prophecy that It would take
a generation for the people to find it
out. The wonder of the bargain that
Uncle Sam got will continue to grow
for many generations.
Alaska cost about 2 cents an acre.
She has produced at least $100,000.
000 worth of goll, the output in 1905
w.ts $15,940,000. The receipts from
Alaska revenues have been $10,833.
934 50 per cent more than the cost
of the territory. The total value of
all furs produced In Alaska from
1870 to 1906 was $80,348,934, while
fish production between the yenrs
1878 and 1906 was $96,000,000. lie
sides, there are millions of acres of
lands available for farming, and mil
lions more covered with the finest
timber. And all of this Uncle Sam
bought for $7,200,000. The money
spent wouldn't pay for two modern
battleships.
DOCTORS' STRIKE IX GREECE.
Greece is threatened with an odd
strike. At a public meeting the phy
sicians and druggists of Athens de
clared that their professions would
soon be reduced to starvation. Many
physicians of the city are actually In
straits because of the ever-Increasing
clinics where patients receive free
treatment. The disciples of Escu
laplus Intend, therefore, to strike, un
less the government prevents the fur
ther establishment of clinics and per
mits them to Increase their fees from
two drachmas to three drachmas, (a
drachma Is about 19 cents). Although
the motion to this effect was com
bated by several physicians as unwor
thy of the medical profession, It was
finally carried by a great majority,
and the strike will probably go Into
effect soon. New York Tribune.
"CORRECT" ENGLISH.
Miss Anna Held speaks excellent
English, with but the merest trace of
a French accent. A dramatic editor
complimented her on this head the
other day, and she replied: "Oh, yes,
I would rather not speak at all than
not speak correctly. They are so ludi
crous, don't you think, the Incorrect
speaker? I remember once. In Nice,
an Englishman and a Frenchman
were about to separate on the Prom
enade des Anglais. The Englishman,
as he started towards the Ccrcle Me
dlterranee, called back: 'Au reservoir!'
And the French man waved his hand
and answered: 'Tanks!'" Exchange.
Room-volt in Democratic.
"Mr. Roosevelt's determination to
enforce the law against the Standard
Oil company Is particularly com'
mendable," said W. J. Bryan In Chi-
cago recently. "I might almost say
It is bully. I have never failed to
give Mr. Roosevelt credit for the good
things he has done. Mr. Roosevelt Is
not aa radical as the democratic party
but the good things he has done in at
tacking the trusts have been found
In the policies we have been contend
Ing for these many years."-
I'litcr Refused to Be Interviewed.
8. A. D, Puter, the land fraud king,
was Interviewed through the bars of
his cell at the county Jail last night.
"Yes," said he. "I have things to be
thankful for, but they are not for pub
llcation," says a Portland paper.
Yakima will vote on a $25,000
school bond proposition' In a short
time. The city needs more school
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Bargains in
Are you going to buy a home In Pendleton? If so, buy right
now. City property will be 25 per cent higher In less than a year. X
Look at these bargains:
3-room house. 601 Franklin street, corner Webb $660
f All modern 8-room house, 601 Post street, corner Webb $1(00
t 4-room house. 605 Post street $1000 I
J All modern 6-room house, 906 East Webb streot $1400
All modern 6-room house, 520 Market street $1400
5 lot $760
Another In same locality, new 6-rooms and 3 good lots $875 i
This property must be sold In the next 80 davs. as the owners are
leaving tht city and if they do not sell will rent and take them off
the market. All of these can be had by a small cash payment, hal- i
ance monthly payments. Why pay rent. Own your own home In a
J choice location,
ANOTHER SNAP. 7 fine large rooms, city water, bath, all modern,
barn, two full lots, No. 715 Ann street, $2500.
, The Improvements could not be duplicated for the price , to say
nothing about the lots.
a Large and small wheat and alfalfa ranches for sale.
Call and see use before buying.
I HAR.TMAN & BENTLEY i
; Houses to rent In all parts of the city.
FRAZER THEATRE
ONE NIGHT ONLY
Saturday, Dec. 1st
x THE POPULAR FAVOUITE
Harry Beresford
THAT ODD FELLOW
DIRECTION OF J. J. COLEMAN", PRESENTING
The WOMAN HATER
A rOXTIXlOfS LAI Gil
A SPASM OF LAUGHTER
FUN, CHARMING, PURE, WHOLESOME FCN.
Prices 25c to $1.50
SEATS ON SALE FRIDAY AT PENDLETON DRUG COMPANY.
Byers' Best Flour
Is made from the choicest wheat that grows. Good bread la aasur
; ed when BYERS BEST FLOUR
Barley always on hand. '
PENDLETON
W. 8. BYERS,
PURELY VEGETABLE
Real Estate I
WE ARE STILL HAMMERING,
away nnd emphasizing the great valu
of nnr lumber and Its superior qual
ity for building nnd other purposes.
If we did not positively know It to
bo nil right we would not guarantee
It, but wh do know It to be the
saundest and strongest lumber ever
offered In this market, remarkably
free fiom imporfectlons, and cut Into
convenient lengths for quick use. Our
prices, aa you know, were always low.
lU LUMBER YAR D
5U Alta St.
Phone Main 8
is used. Bran, Shorts, Steam Rolled '
; '
ROLLER MILLS
Proprietor.
Put Wings to Your Work
An electric motor will do more and
better work than any other power
that you can use. The economy of
Us use Is a demonstrated fact If you
want good, quick work at a minimum
of cost, you want an electric motor.
We will be pleased to give you our
prices and to furnish complete esti
mate to suit your needs.
Northwestern Gas and
Electric Co.
CORNER COURT AND GARDEN ST.
Hotel St. George
GEORGE DAHVEAU, Proprietor.
3 J
3K ' . VSffiiMifi
ill; I di
European plan. Everything first
class. All modern conveniences. Steam
heat throughout. Rooms en suite with
bath. Large, new sample room. The
Hotel St. George Is pronounced one
of the most up-to-date hotels of the
Northwest. Telephone and fire alarm
connections to office, and hot and
cold running water In all rocms.
ROOMS:4 $1.00 and $1.50'
1 Hlock nnd a Half From Depot.
See the big electric sign.
The Hotel
Pendleton
BOLIONK DROWN, Proprietor.
The Motel PendP-n-n has been re.
filled nnd r"fin nHlied throughout
Telephone and fire al.'inn connee
Hons with all rooms. H.itlis -n suite
and sinple room,.
Il(-ii(liiiarl(r fur Traveling Mel
( "oniiuoilloii'. Sample Itoonis.
FREE 'I!US.
Rates, $2, $2.50 and $3
Ppecliil it ties by the vc--k or month.
Exoelleut fulsnif.
Prompt dining room service.
Itar .-mil llllllaril Rixon In Cnunrcllnn.
Only 'Mirer I'.locks from Dcpotx.
The Hotel Bowman
GREY SMITH. PROP.
HOT AND COLD WATER IN EVERY
ROOM.
STEAM HEATED.
Rooms l'n Suite u- Single, Willi or
liln. nt Hath.
European Plan
Special Rules by Week or Month.
RA I FS B(r. $1 AND ftl.SQ PER DAY.
Opposite O. R. N. Repot.
Golden Rule Hotel
V: L. M'BROOM. MANAGER.
A first-class family hotel and stock
men's headquarters.
L'nder new management. Telephone
and fire alarm connections with all
rooms.
AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PLAN
Special rates by the week or' month.
Excellent dining room service
MEALS 25c.
Rooms, 50c, 75c & $1.00
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buildings badly.
Free 'bus to and from all tralna