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DAI1.Y EAST OHEP.OXIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1906.
EIGHT PAGES.
nate. Society would shudder with
impending ruination.
Nature has been lavish with her
supply. Entire states, thousands of
square miles of territory In every por-
llibll.hed lMly -Weekly ami geml-Weekly. , of the world are unaerlald with
si lVtulleton. Oregon, d? the
EAST oni:i;oxiAX l'l ui.lsiUNH CO. coat veins, only wultlng the magic
AN lXliKI'ENDF.NT NKWSPAPEu.
SI 'llsrUllTlON RATES.
!nily, onp ynr. hy mMl....
I'nlly. ii months, by mail
linlly. three months, hy mall
Itnlly. one month, by mail
Weekly, one year, hy mail
Weekl'v. fix month, by mall
Veeklv. four months, hy mall.
touch of man, to give out Its abound
il energies for heat, light and mo-
1.25 ' tives forces to move the commerce of
oo
llso I the world.
i Silver! gold, lead, copper, diamonds,
Semi-Weekly, one year, hy mall l.iHV radium. Iron, steel or platinum we
8-ml -Weekly, six months, by mall 75 - .,.
Semi Weekly, four months, by mall. . .50 ; "P any ' these children
, , . the earth, but coal, never. Tatae away
t'hlcseo ltnrean. !) Security building.
Washington. L. O.. linreau. 5ul Kour-; the cheerful glow of the black dia
toemh street. X. W. moml alroy va, energ,eg stop
Member Scrlpps News Association. j n the wheels which turn at Its magic
command
Telephone Main 1.
Entered at Pendleton rostotflee as second
class matter.
I have done at length with
dreaming henceforth,
thou soul of mine,
Thou must take up sword and
gauntlet, waging warfare
most divine.
Life's a struggle, combat, vie-
tory; wherefore have I
stumbled on,
With my forces all unmarshaled,
with mv weapons all un-
drawn?
O how many a glorious record
had the annals of me
kept.
Had I done Instead of doubted,
had I warred instead of
wept '
Vet my -soul, look not behind
thee; thou hast work to
do at last:
Let the brave toll of the pres-
ent overarch the crumbl-
lng past.
Stlected.
and the world would turn
into a desolate waste.
How necessary, then, that the sup
ply of coal be kept as a sacred herit
age of the people. How necessary
that It be kept out of the hands of
i the trusts which make It a means of
' ptlvate profit. v
Coal mines, oil wells and water
sources belong to the people and
fhou'd not be the playthings of monopolists.
SHOULD SHAME JAPAX.
The report of Secretary Metcalf, of
the department of commerce and la
bor shows that the export trade from
the United States into Japan foil off
$10,000,000 in the past year, owing to
the boycott Instituted by China
against American goods.
President Roosevelt's splendid de
fense of the Japanese people in his
recent message should bring the
blush of shame to Japan's cheeks, for
her part In the Chinese boycott. Coals
of fire of intensest heat should burn
Into her conscience, for the blows
which she gave to American trade in
the past year.
There is no denying the fact that
Japan Is the coming power In the ori
ent America must reckon with her
as such. If Japan, with all the con
cessions she has received from the
United States, still persists in giving
assistance to the commercial enemies
of this country, then the Pacific coast
must multiply its efforts to hold the
Jap in check. A square deal and an
open market Is all the Pacific coast
demands, and less than this she will
not accept from Japan.
MRS. EDDY GROWING OLD.
In the past three months the East
Oregonlan, and every other newspa
per, as well, has received columns of
literary matter on the physical con
dition of Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, head
of the Christian Science society. The
import and burden of all the articles
received Is a vehement denial that
Mrs. Eddy, now 86 years of age. Is be
coming a feeble, tottering old lady.
This paper can see no reason for all
this labor, time and money wasted in
denying physical facts which are not
derogatory to Mrs. Eddy nor to any
one else.
It is no disgrace to grow old.
Rather it Is an honor to come to that
I splendid fruition after a life of use
I fulness, devotion and hope!
Why should Mrs. Eddy not grow old
as other people? Why Is it important
to the world that, she still eats three
mea'.s per day and drives In the sun
shine very afternoon? Nature has
provided an exquisite compensation
for all. The golden sunset of age Is
the natural and deserved reward
which follows the noonday's fierce
struggles.
NEWSPAPERS AND RAILROADS
MAY "SWAP,"
COAL IS KING.
C'-al Is king of the minerals, as
corn is sing of the crops.
When the coal supply is curtailed
the industry of the world feels the
calamity. Gold Is a meaningless
thing, a mockery without heat, light
or cheerfulness. It dwarfs into Insig
nificance beside Its black brother,
coal. All the gold In the earth and
npon the earth will not 'turn the
wheel cf a locomotive nor give life
to the ocean steamer.
Just a touch of a fuel famine gives
us some hint of the value of coal to
the world. Shut off the coal supply
for a month, In almost any city In the
inland empire and nine-tenths of the
Industries would be paralyzed. Trains
would stand upon the sidetracks. Fac
tory furnaces would be cold. Wheels
would stop. Labor would be unem
ployed. Wages would stop. Banks
would suffer. Business would stag-
CHANGE COURSE OF STUDY.
Something should be done, by the
legislature or otherwise, to change
the course of study In Oregon public
schools. Imagine little girls 10, 1
and IS years of age, carrying 10 and
more studies In the seventh and eighth
grades. Just picture young children
of these ages having their minds
crammed, literally stuffed, with the
hurried outlines of a dozen subjects,
and learning none of them thorough
ly. It Is not fair to the child, the
teacher nor the taxpayer to expend
precious time, vital energy and public
funds In this process. It Is unreas
onable to expect children to derive
any good from their few years in the
public schools, under such a nervous
strain.
The result of such a system will bt
to ctlpple for life the education of
Oregon children. They cannot get
the rudiments of so many studies.
They cannot become proficient in any
of them. The entire system Is resolv
ed into a sort of mechanical cram
i mlng, without humanity, feeling, indi
vidual effort or art. It Is an unfor
tunate, condition and should be reme
died in the interest of both teachers
and pupils.
OREGON'S VACANT LAND.
There are yet remaining In Oregon
19,730,849 acres of vacant land, un
appropriated and unreserved, The
surveyed land yet vacant In the state
amounts to 14,071,4f,4 acres and the
unsurveyed amounts to 5,668.165
acres.
YOU ARE BOUND IN
a short time to want more stationery
for home or office. We have a very
complete line of the finest grades
adapted for personal or business pur
poses most everything in paper, en
velopes, pens. Ink; blank books; type
writer supplies, etc. A business man
Is often Judged by his stationery get
the best here.
FRAZIER'S
BOOK STORE
Since the passage of the railroad
rate bill last year there has been
widespread discussion as to the effect
of the antt-pass provisions of the law
on newspaper contracts in which ad
vertising has been given in exchange
for transportation,
It has been thought by many papers
that this exchange was at an end,
but It is probable that the supreme
court of the United States will rule
otherwise.
It Is said that the rate law cannot
Interfere with the freedom of con
tract and that a newspaper has the
sariie right to give advertising In ex
change for transportation, that one
farmer has to trade five tons of hay
for a- mule colt, or to make any other
exchange, of commodities. The
American Press says of tho matter:
The supreme court of the United
States may be called on to decide
whether a railroad company may Is
sue transportation In exchange for
advertising in newspapers, according
to an announcement made by the
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville
(Monon) railroad. A test case Is to
be made In Illinois, or, rather, an
opportunity will be given to the In
terstate commerce commission to
have the courts pass on the commis
sion's ruling that nothing but money
can be lawfully accepted In payment
for transportation.
Shortly after the new rate law
went Into effect the question arose as
to whether a railroad could continue
to Issue transportation for newspaper
advertising. It came before the com
mission, and the body decided that
under the law only money could be
accepted.
The Justice of this ruling was not
seen by the legal department of the
Chicago. Indianapolis & Louisville
railroad and George Kretzinger, gen
eral counsel, and E. C. Field, general
solicitor, of the road, wrote to the
interstate commerce commission and
gave their construction of the law,
backed by decisions of the courts.
They said they had carefully con
sidered the law before the promulga
tion of the rule and under their con
struction of the law had entered Into
contracts in good faith with publish
ers for the publication of time cards
and other advertisements, such serv
ices to be paid with a stated sum In
transportation at the rate fixed by
the Monon's duly published tariff,
which In every Instance was the exact
equivalent of the agreed price for
publication.
The .law, the railroad attorneys say,
nowhere In terms provides that pay
ment for transportation shall be In
money, and It must therefore follow
that the freedom of contract as be-
ween a railroad and an Individual Is
precisely the same as between other
citizens. If this be true, they .went
on to say. It Is difficult to understand
when one does a service for a railway
corporation under a contract made In
good faith and for an agreed consid
eration admittedly fair that the-partles
may not mutually stipulate for the
payment In anything but money.
To hold otherwise, they urge, is to
deny the freedom of contract to a
particular class which Is everywhere
extended as to every other class. The
rule as universally stated and upheld
by the courts Is:
"What the parties agree shall con
stitute payment the law will adjudge
o be payment. It is competent for
parties to designate by their contracts
how and in what payment may be
made. It is by no means true that
payment can only be made in money.
On the contrary. It may he made In
property or In services."
The rule as propounded by the com
mission, the attorneys say, would
mean an anomaly In the law. In that
corporations could do Indirectly what
they are prohibited from doing di
rectly. As an Illustration they say:
We contract for a given advertise
ment for six months at $100, which
s forthwith paid. The publisher con
currently therewith buys four 1000
mile books, the price being $100, and
the price Just received for the adver
tisement he turns back to the com
pany for his mileage books. Whether,
therefore, the transaction Is consum
mated In one way or the other the re
sult Is precisely the same."
The Interstate commerce commis
sion did not reply to the letter of At
torneys Kretzinger and Field, which
was dated October 1, and President
McDoel of the Monon road has Issued
orders, It was said, to the passenger
department to continue the making
of contracts with publishers of news
papers and to Issue transportation In
payment for equivalent advertising.
It Is expected by the railroad that
the Interstate commerce commission
will adhere to Its ruling and call on
the Monon railroad to explain In
court, thus taking the first step to
ward a construction by the supreme
court of the United States of ths com
mission's interpretation of this pro
vision of the new railway rate bill.
V
FOR. SALE
6-Room Dwellling
(-Room Dwelling . ,
(-Room Dwelling .
$7 Pulldlnsr Lots.
$1100
800
$2600
.THANK R TJ.OPTON A CO.
I 1 1 2 E. Court St., Pendleton, Ore. i
Malcing Poxyder
Absolutely Pure
A wholesome cream of tartar
baking powder. Makes the finest,
lightest, best flavored biscuit, hot
breads, cake and pastry.
Alum and alum-phosphate
powders are injurious. Do not
use them. Examine the label.
ROY AC BAKING POWDER CO., NtW YORK,
Useful Christmas
Presents
That's the kind you . find here.
We have one of the largest and most complete
assortment of useful presents in Pendleton.
No trouble, to show goods, select your presents
now we will keep them for you until Christ
mas eve. .'. .. . ..
ALEXANDER'S
Department Store.
The Oldest and Most Reliable.
Three Carloads of
FURNITURE
To Gladden Your Home.
Most magnificent and complete line of up-to-date
furniture ever brought to Pendleton, now being dis
played in my store. I bought it by the carload there
by reducing the freight bill as well as the price you
pay for it.
Dining-room Tables ...I S to $35
Dining-room Chairs ...65c to $ 5
China Closets $18 to $3&
Boggcts $is to $40
Dressers $ 7 to $45
Chiffoniers $10 to $S5
Iron Beds $1.75 to $30
Book Cases $ 5 to $40
Writing Desks $ 8 to $40
Roll Top Desks $20 to $40
Golden Oak, Weathered Oak, Mahogany
and Early English Finish.
LEWIS HUNTER,
COMPLETE HOUSE FURNISHER.
Hotel St. George
GEORGE DAHVEAU, Proprietor.
V i'-i. , '! I'
European plan. Everything first-
clan. All modern conveniences. Steam
heat throughout. Rooms en suite with
bath. Large, new sample room. Ths
Hotel St. George Is pronounced on.
of the most up-to-date hotels of ths
Northwest. Telephone and fire alarm
connections to office, and hot and
cold running water In all roc mi.
ROOMS: $1.00 and $1.50
Block and a Half From lepnt.
See the big electric sign.
The Hotel
Pendleton
BOUGN8 A BROWN. Proprietors.
Tho Hotel Pendleton has been r,
fitted and refurnished throughout
Telephone and flro alarm connec
tions with all rooms. Buths en suits
and single rooms.
Ilcuilqiiurtcr for Traveling Me
Cnmmoilloii Sample Rooms,
FREK 'BUS.
Kates, $2, $2.50 and $3
Ppeclnl Riites by the week or month.
Excellent Cuisine.
Prompt dining room service.
Rnr iiml llililunl Kixim In Connection.
Only Three Hlockt from Depots.
The Hotel Bowman
OBEY SMITH. PROP.
RIGHTS OF THE MOTHER..
The mothers of the human race
have as truly at heart the welfare of
the race as the fathers, Shall any
Ray that she who goes to the extrem
ity of pain and peril, even unto the
anguish and danger of death, shall
have no control over the circum
stances that shall encompass the soul
to which she gives birth? Shall she
hear and nurture and rear sons and
daughters with no power over the
conditions of life beyond the confines
of the home that can protect them
only through Infancy and childhood?
Shall she see the temptations they
must encounter when they go out
Into the world, and be powerless to
asHlst In removing them? Shall the
mother's Influence be the only help
or shield she may give them? The
Farmer's Wife.
During the flxcnl year ending June
30, 1906, the United States, through
the interior department, disposed of
19,431,17.47 acres of public land, at
A total value of $1,528,477.38. The
expenses of land offices In the United
States for the year .were $780,417.80,
a decrease of 137,921.62 under last
year.
Byers' Best Flour
Is made from the choicest wheat that grows. Good bread Is i
ed when BYERS' BEST FLOUR is used. Bran, Shorts, -Steam Rolled
Barley always on handj
PENDLETON ROLLER MILLS
W. 6. BYERS, Proprietor.
B argains in Real Estate
Are you going to buy a home In Pendleton? If so, buy right
now. City property will be 26 per cent higher In less than a year.
Look at these bargains:
S-room house, (01 Franklin street, corner Webb $660
All modern 6 -room house, 601 Post street, corner Webb $1(00
4 room house, 606 Post street $1000
All modern 6-room house, 906 East Webb street $1400
All modern (-room house, 6J0 Market stroet $1400
lot ." $760
Another In same locality, new rooms and $ good lots $876
This property must be sold In ths next SO days, as the owners are
leaving the city and if they do not sell will rent and taka them off
the market All of these can be had by a small cash payment, bal
ance monthly payments. Why pay rent. Own your own home In a
choice location.
ANOTHER SNAP. 7 fins larga rooms, city water, bath, all modern,
barn, two full lots, No. 716 Ann street, $2600.
Ths Improvements could not bs duplicated for the price , to say
nothing about ths lots.
Large and small wheat and alfalfa ranches for sale.
Call and see us before buying.
ULULJUtl. JJS.UJ
m
HOT AND COLD WATER IX EVERY
ROOM.
STEAM HEATED.
Rooms Kt Suite or Single, With or
Without Bath.
European Plan
Speclnl Rates y Week or Month.
RATES 80c. $1 AND $1.60 PER DAT.
Opposite . R. A N. Depot.
Golden Rule Hotel
E. ti. M 'BROOM, MANAGER.
HAR.TMAN & BENTLEY
Houses 4o rent In all parts of the city. J
A first-class family hotel and stock
men's headquarters, '
Under new management. Telephona
and fire alarm connections with all
rooms.
AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PLAJC
Special rates by ths week or month,
Excellent dining room service.
MEALS 25c.
Rooms, 50c, 75c & $1.00
Frsa 'bus to and from all trains.