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PAGE FOUR. DAT! Y EAST OnEOONtAif, PEKPLCTOS, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMUCK if, W. is ii ' AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER. Pnbllshed Pally, Weekly and Semi-Weekly, at rVndlfton, Oregon, by the EAST OKEUO.MAN PUBLISHING CO. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Dally, one year, by mall.... $5.00 Pally, all months, by mall S.BO Dally, three months, by mall 1.26 Pally, one month, by mall 60 Weekly, one year, by mall 1.60 Weekly, six months, by mall .75 Weekly, four months, by mall 60 Veml-Weekly, one year, by mall 1.60 Semi-Weekly, ill months, Dy mall 76 Semi-Weekly, fonr months, by mall... .60 Chlraro Boreas, 008 Security building. Washington, l C, Bureau, 601 Four teenth street, K. W. Member Scrlpps News Association. Telephone Main 1. Entered at Pendleton Fottotflce as second class matter. He was a hero, fighting all alone, A lonesome warrior, never one more brave. Discreet, considerate and grave. Be fought some noble battles, but he gave No voice to fame and passed away unknown. So grandly to occasion! did he rise. So splendid were the victories he planned, That all the world had asked him to command, Could it 'his native valor un derstand He fought himself, and, win ning, gained the prize. Ironqulll. DEFECTIVE SCHOOI, TEACHING. School laws and school officials by Whose unwise direction the number of studies in the public schools of Ore gun has been Increased beyond all reason, are doing an Irreparable In Jury to the school children of the state. The number of studies and classes Is so great that the teacher has no time In which to teach, to give in struction, to elucidate, to explain, to enlarge upon the meaning and scope of the lessons in the recitation. The recitation Is a mechanical pro cess. A certain number of minutes are devoted to each class and, hit or raise, each class must get out of the way of the one closely following It The result Is that scholars are not being taught properly. No matter how well equipped the teacher may be, the law which has fixed the course of study, has handicapped all efforts at thorough teaching. Students are given a lesson for the next dv and are told to learn It or ' be punished. But there is no time for the teacher to explain, to direct, to bring out the meaning and appli cation of the lesson. The child must worry through It at home, and next day give some sort of recital or so lution, no matter how or by whose aid the solution Is reached. The recitation Is practically all there is to the school work, and that is a mechanical process, In which in dividual scholars may or may not have an understanding of the subject When the bell rings the class Is dis missed and the lesson forgotten, Im perfectly though It may have been learned by a majority of the classes. The public fund Is devoted to edu cation of the children of the land. If it Is not used properly the school children are defrauded. If It Is devot ed to cramming processes which leave children with Incomplete education In the common branches, or if the en tire school life of the child Is filled with smatterings of studies imper fectly understood, the whole purpose of the public school system is defeat d. Teachers are hired to teach. The school rooms of the land are the places where lemons of the school course should be learned by the stu dent' and explained by the teacher. If the law Is wrong it should be modi fled. TO BEAUTIFY WASHINGTON. Senator Heyburn, of Idaho, has In troduced a bill In the senate, that if it becomes a law, as It will, sooner or later, will make Washington In very fact the mopt beautiful and attractive cltv In the world. It has long been a recognized fact that all the departments of the gov ernment have been hampered in transacting the business of the public on account of the Inadequate room prsvldcd in the buildings erected for the use of the departments. For Instance, the treasury depart ment has about one-halt Its force in rented quarters, scattered over the city; the same Is true of the state, war and navy departments. The three are crowded Into one building not large enough to accommodate either of them, except, possibly, the department of state. Tht postoffice department ia Jam med into a building with the city postoffice. The department of Justice and department of commerce and la bor have no permanent abiding place, but are quartered in rented buildings. The bill of Senator Heyburn pro posed to remedy all these defects, and at the same time render the capital of the great republic the most at tractive city in the world. The Na tional museum, the Smithsonian in stitute and the agricultural depart ment are located in beautiful grounds as Is the bureau of printing and en graving, all south of Pennsylvania avenue, between that great thorough fare and the Potomac river. Senator Heyburn proposes that tho government purchase all the ground south of the avenue, throw it into one great rark that can be beautified without limit, and then, in appropri ate parts, erect all public buildings the government will need. It certainly is a grand plan, ana will some time, perhaps, be carried out It is argued that to purchase the ground now will he a matter of great econ omy, as tho property is constantly In creasing,' in value, and as it is Imper ative to erect some of the buildings In the very near future, it is urged that the government should secure the ground for all that will be needed at any time in the future. .NOT TOO MTCn PROSPERITY. Secretary Leslie B. Shaw, of the United States treasury, at a banquet in New York Friday night, said that the present prosperity of the nation Is actually alarming and that the logi cal result of It must be disaster and financial distress. He sas the nation should pray for slower speed. He sounds a warning against the headlong career of today's business prosperity. Rather, let us pray for a wider die- tnDutlon of the prosperity. Let us distribute the fruits of Industry more equitably among men. Let those who toil have their Just share. Let capi tal loosen its grasp on legislatures, congresses and government depart ments. Let us have a fair shake and a square deal. Let us turn the tides of prosperity toward the idle, desert?, that the con gested cities may be relieved of their sickly, idlo and discontented hordes. There ia not too much prosperity, but it is confined to a favored few. Let us spread it out ever the entire coun try. The Income of John D. Rockefeller will be over $60,000,000 this year, There are several fellows, and hard workers, too. In Pendleton, whose In come will not reach that princely sum in 1906. VALUE OF UMATILLA LAND. The report of Indian Commissioner Francis E. Lenpp, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906, shows that 64$ tracts of inherited Indian lands were sold In that year, on $1 reservations In 11 states and territories. The total number of acres Included In these tracts was (4,447 and the to tal proceeds of the sales amounted to $981,430.87, or an average of $15.23 per acre for the total acreage. The best part of this report is that a tract of 31 acres on the Umatilla Indian reservation In this county brought $74.0? per acre, or more than twice as much as any other tract sold in the entire year. The next highest price per acre was realized on 557 acres on the Klckapoo reervatlon In Kansas. This tract brought but $33.14 per acre, although In the heart of the beat part of the southwest The ether tracts range In price from S3.S5 on the Crow creek reservation In Wisconsin, $7.53 on the Slletz res ervatlon In western Oregon, $8.72 on the Devil's Lake reservation In North Dakota, $5.6C, on the Rosebud reser 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 pose most everything In paper, en velcpes, pens, ink; blank books; type writer supplies, etc. A business man Is often Judged by his stationery get the best hers. FRAZIER'S BOOK STORE vatton In South Dakota, to $74.02 on the Umatilla reservation in this coun ty. The Umatilla land la ao for above tbs other tracts In price that there is really no comparison. It is an adver tisement for the county which must be highly appreciated by farmers in all parts of the Union who will read this report. It will Introduce this county to the homeseekers of the United States in' a most favorable manner. In looking over this report the peo ple of the country must be deeply im pressed by the price of the land sold in this county. It will cause the Ore gon fever to burn a few degrees mora fiercely in the breasts of homeseekers and Investors. And the best part of it is, the Uma tilla tract will yield returns which fully Justify the price paid for it TWO ROOKS. If all the kind words you ever have said Were printed and bound in a book, With every laugh and every smile And ev'ry affectionate look, And all. your unselfish and generous deeds And all your duties well done. And all disappointments you've cheer fully borne Yes, every single one And then if another book were to be made. Containing your frowns and your scowls, Containing your cross words and .an gry retorts. Your fretful and querulous growls. Each duty neglected or carelessly done. Each pettish and petulent tear Then If these two books were stood up side by side, AVhlch one would be larger, my dear? Edith Hall. WORLD'S GREATEST CROW ROOST What is said to be the greatest crow rooi,t in the world Is being demolished Ir. Barton county. It Is Haines grove, eight miles northwest of Lamar. The countless thousands of crows that spend the fall and winter at this place are making their last stand in great numbers. One tree where heretofore but a dozen birds would have roosted, Is now black with them as night ap proaches. The birds have difficulty in obtaining roosting places. As a re sult, the timber Is the scene of Innu merable battles at night. The crows keep np incessant calls and almost human screeches as fights for favorite limbs become desperate. The contin ual fighting causes flying from one part of tho timber to another, and throughout the night one approach ing the woods at a distance hears the thousands of wings beating the air like the far away muffled roar of a whirlwind. As flocks pass overhead there Is a noise as of a thousand switches cutting the air. When day light breaks over tho woods the birds awaken simultaneously. A mile away one can hear the united cries of the thousands of crows. The grove is bo- Ing cot for telephone poles and the farmers are pleased. Kansas City Star. THREE CENTURIES OX A THRONE There has been only one monarch who for 350 years sat on his throne, crown upon his head, scepter in his hand, and dressed In the royal robes, keeping olemn dominion over the dead. Charlemagne, the great Frank Ish ruler, during his life built for himself at Alx-la-Chapelle In Prussia, a chapel and beneath the chapel a tomb. When the monarch died In 814 his body was placed, fully dressed, with scepter and crown. In a sitting position, upon a marble throne in this tomb. Nearly 200 years afterward the Em peror Otto III. had the vault opened and It Is said that the body was found In a state of wonderful preservation still seated upon his throne, with his sword by his- side and the Gospels open on his lap. Again In 1165 the Emperor Earbarossa (Frederick I.) had the vault opened and In 1215 Frederick II, took the remain? fr the silent chamber over which for so many years they had kept guard and them put Into a casket of gold and sliver, In which they are still kept, REAPPOINTED POSTMASTERS. Of the 1909 presidential postmasters whose terms came to an end during the year, 1474 received reappoint ments. In other words, about 75 per cent of the presidential potsmastcrs whose terms expired were continued In office because of excellent service rendered. During the year no post masters were reappointed whose rec ords showed them to have been un faithful or inefficient In the perform ance of their duties. A considerable number of postmasters failed of reap pointment because the records showed that they had not given sufficient personal attention to their offices. The department's policy of recom mending the reappointment of effl dent postmasters has unquestionably l.rought about a considerable Improve' ment In the service. It Is a further Incentive for postmasters to become proficient In the management of their offices and to s;e that the mall sorv- Ice for which they are responsible I conducted In the best possible man ner. The man who simply does nothing In order to rest, usually goes back to work feeling worse than ever. Spokane has raised the entire sum of $165,000 necessary to erect a Y. M, C, A ' building. HEADQUARTERS For Satisfactory Xmas Presents. WE CAN PLEASE FATHER, EH. PO YOUR XMAS BUYING N PRESENTS. BATH ROBES HANDKERCHIEFS SUIT CASES ' TRAVELING BAGS COLLAR BOXES INDIAN ROBES COUCH COVERS PENDLETON MAKE SMOKING . A COMPLETE LINE OF I ABIES' AND GENTS' UMBRELLAS FROM 50c TO f 20.00. ; STORE OPEN EVERT EVENING UNTIL XMAS. THE OLDEST AND MOST RELIABLE. ALEXANDER'S Department Store. The Oldest and Most Reliable. FRAZER THEATRE Monday, Dec. 17 E. J. Carpenter Presents A Little Outcast A thrilling play of Startling Realism. Novel' Climaxes and Vivid Situations of Intense Dramatic Power. PRICES, 25, 50, 75c Seats- on Sale Wednesday at the Pendleton Drug Company. FOR 6-Room Dwellllng 6-Room Dwelling . . S-Room Dwelling . ?7 Pulldlng Lots. FRANK. B. CLOPTON & CO. 1 1 2 E. Court St., Pendleton, Ore. Byers' Best Flour I. mad. from th. choicest wheat that grows- Good bread 1. assur ed when BTERS' BEST FLOUR ts used. Bran, Shorts, Steam Rolledi Barley always on, hand. PENDLETON ROLLER MILLS W. a. BTERS, Proprietor. Bargains in Are yon going to buy a horn. now. City property will be it Look at these bargains: 8-room house, 601 Franklin street, corner Webb $650' All modern S-room house, (01 Post street, corner Webb ...... .11600 4 room house, 60S Post street 11000. All modern 6 -room house, 906 East Webb street ..... 11406- AH modern 6-room house, 610 Market street 11400 lot 1760 Another In sam. locality, new 6-rooms and I good lots 6671 This property must be sold In the next 80 days, as th. owner, ar. leaving the city and If they do not sell will rent and tak. 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 horn. In a choice location. ANOTHER SNAP 7 fine large rooms, city water, bath, all modern. barn, two full lots, No. 71 Ann street, 12500. The Improvements could not b. duplicated for the' price , to My nothing about th. lots. Large and small wheat and alfalfa ranches for sal. Call and see use before buying. HAR.TMAN House, to rent The East Oregonian is eastern Orefcon'B representative paper. It leads and the people appreciate it and show it by their liberal patron age. It ia the advertising medium of this section. MOTHER, SISTER AND BROTH OW AND GET FIRST CHOICE SILK WAISTS GLOVES HANDKERCHIEFS TOILET SETS CLOVE BOXES HANDKERCHIEF BOXES PURSES COMBS , JACKETS , WE ARE STILL HAMMERINS. away and emphasising the great value of our lumber and Its superior qual ity for building and other purposes. If we did not positively know it to be all right w. would not guarantee it, but we do know it to b. the soundest and strongest lumber ever offered tn this market, remarkably free from Imperfections, and cut into convenient length, for quick use. Our price., as jroa know, war. always low. 0 REE UN LUMBER Hill' BIS Alt. 81 Phone Mala 8 SALE $1100 $800 $2600 4 Real Estate Id Pendleton T If so, buy right per cent nigner In lesa than a, year. & BENTLEY In all parts of tht city. Hotel St. George GEORGE DAHVEAUV Proprietor. European plan. Everything first- elan. All modern conveniences. Steam heat throughout. Rooms en sort, with bath. Largs, new sample room. The Hotel St. George Is pronounced on. of the most up-to-date hotel, ef th. Northwest. Telephone and fire- alarm connections to office, and hot and cold running water in all rooms. ROOMS: $1.00 and $1.50 Block and a Half From Depot See th. big electric sign. The Hotel Pendleton BOLLON8 BROWN, Proprietors. The Hotel Pendleton has been rt fitted and refurnished throughout Telephone- anel fir. alarm connaa tlons with all roams. Baths an sulU and tingle rooms. Headquarter, fa Traveling Commodious Sample Rooms, FRBX 'BUS. Rates,. $2, $2.50 and $3 Special Rates by the week or month. Excellent Cuisine. Prompt dining room service. Bar and Billiard Room In Connection. Only Three Blocks from Depots, The Hotel Bowman GREY SMITH, PROP. IT J HOT AND COLD WATER IN EVERT ROOM. STEAM HEATED. Rooms Em Suite or Single, Wltb or WitlMHst Bath. European Plan Special Roles hy Week or Month. RATER Bc. $1 AND 61.50 PER DAT. Opposite O. U. N. Depot Golden Rule Hotel E. Ii. M "BROOM, MANAGER. A flrst-clnss family hotel and stock men's headquarters. Under new management Telephon. and fire nlnrm connections with all rooms. AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PLAlf Special rates by th. week or month, Excellent dining room service. MEAIiS 36c. , Rooms, 50c, 75c & $1.00 Fre. 'bus to and from all trains. J.