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DAILY SAST OREOONIAN. PENDLETON. ORKOC, ttODAYr DECEMBER l, i0,
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Telephone Main 1.
Entered at Tendleton Poatofflrs a second
class matter.
We arc the legatees of Yes-
terday
And shall bequeath our mighty
heritage
Through all the cycles of en-
tailing time
Until the last Tomorrow ends.
We prew
The 1nes that hands long
turned to dust
Have planted. Other Hps, far
down the aisle
Of years shall drain the cup
whereof we know
But seedlings. Wt shall kindle
. fire to warm
A dltant day and we shall sow
end bear
The heat and burden of the
swelt'ring noon
V While others sing the harvest
song and know
The even's grateful rest. Stu-
pendcua boon I
Vast privilege, resplendent,
crowning chance!
To burn our live like candles
to the end
If need shall be, that we may
add one ray
Unto the world: great dark-
ness.
Maurice Smiley.
EJECTION FRAUDS ESCAPE.'
Fecauw, upon the instructions of
Ju'ige Frazer, a Portland jury acquit
ted B. F. Boynton of the charge of
perjury in the Sellwood election
frauds, yesterday, all the remainder
of the Sellwood election fraud cases
will be dropped.
Judge Frazer says the Oregon law
upon perjury is so vague and scatter
ing that it is almost lmposlble to con
vict under it For this reason, men
who are known to be culprits of the
most brazen type, must be allowed
to go scot free.
There are two things necessary to
prevent election frauds, which are be
coming more and more frequent In
Oregon: First, revise the perjury
statute so courts may convict on rea
sonably strong evidence; and second,
Impose a penalty on every able-bodied
citizen between the ages of 21 and 75
who falls to go to the polls and vote
on election day.
The stay-at-home vote is usually a
vote for decency, if expressed. The
corruptlonlrts never stay at home,
and therefore !f every decent and self-
respecting citizen went to the polls
and cast his ballot the result would
be to cleanse the polls of much of the
unbridled riot and aggressive vlclous-
ness which now largely control elec'
tlons, especially in the larger cities
wherj ward heelers are the ruling
power over the ballot box.
WRITE UMATILLA HISTORY.
While there are a number of live
and Drosrressive women's clubs in
Pendleton, yet there seems to be a de;
m-nd for at least one more a club
which will collect and write the plo
neer history of Umatilla county.
Vnlumes of thrilling history of this
county are yet unwritten and It seems
that while the pioneers are yet alive
and the story may be secured from
their lips, that the women of the city
could do nothing more valuable than
to collect sketches, narratives, lncl
dents and living history as a legacy
to leave to the coming generations.
o spot In Oregon is richer in his
tory than Umatilla county. Afternoon
programs for an entire year, or two
or three years, could be filled with
thrilling local historical sketches, and
If these sketches were written with
care they would be of priceless value
to the future.
The last of the pioneer freighters
Tom Mllarkey, lives In Pendleton. The
DOLL SALE
We are closing out our entire line
of Dolls, dressed and undress, at a
big discount. All must go.
Call early and make your selection.
FRAZIER'S BOOK STORE
last of the pioneer singe drivers, Dave
Horn, Urn on McKay creek and visits
this city every week. The family of
Governor Joseph Gale, the first gov
ernor of Oregon territory, lives In
Uuiatilla county. Pioneers who came
to Oregon before the roads were built
or the trails were biased, still live in
the county and it is' possible to glean
the epic of Umatilla and surrounding
counties from the lips of the living.
The East Oregonian knows of no
agency better fitted for the task, nor
more willing to do. it conscientiously
than the women's clubs.
The Spokesman-Review takes ex
ceptlons to the term "first citizen" of
the United State, which Is applied to
G rover Cleveland by his admirers and
the public In general. In the first
place Grover Cleveland did not take
the title himself. The public gave It
to him without his "knowledge or
consent" In the second place, Cleve
land attends to his own business
strictly' and does not pose as "first
citlren"; and lastly, Cleveland Is too
big, morally, to be affected either by
such a title or the absence of such
a title, and, therefore the fling of the
Spokesman-Review and Its Imitators
falls flat
The kindly expressions from the
press of the northwest concerning the
special holiday edition of the East
Oregcnlan, fully repay the manage
ment for the hard work and expense
of writing, arranging and printing
that edition. The object of the edi
tion was to fully set forth the resour
ces of Pendleton and Umatilla county
and although many excellent features
may have been overlooked, yet the
edition will give strangers an Idea of
the extent and value of Umatilla
county industries and business enter
prises. The peoplo of Pendleton, and espec
ially the home owners who are liable
to damage from high water, are en
titled to an explanation from Council
man J. T. Hlnkle, to whom as chair
man of the levee committee, has been
entrusted the work of repairing the
levee. Over six months have elapsed
since the high water of last spring
and the winter season finds the levee
in a most deplorable condition.
The response of Pendleton and
Umatilla county public schools to the
invitation to contribute to the needy
children of the Boys' and Girls' Aid
society of Portland, is a splendid trib
ute to the character of Umatljla
county school children. A carload
of provision and clothing will be sent
from this county as a holiday gift to
the unfortunates in the home of the
society at Poitland.
The only trouble about too many
good roads speeches and articles is
that they are even longer than the
roads which they describe.
FULTON" OX "STATE RIGHTS."
Senator Fulton, of Oregon, In speak
ing of the state rights of California,
on the Japanese question, in the sen
ate, last Saturday night, said:
I wish to say first that I am in ac
cord with the senator's views that
the federal government can not by
treaty Invade the right of a state to
regulate Its own school system. But
a question has occurred to my mind,
and I wish to ask the senator from
Maryland if it has occurred to his;
and if so, whether he has reached a
conclusion on It It la this:
Can the congress and the president,
In the exercise of the treaty-making
power, Invade the lights of a state
what we will term "reserved" rights
of a tate to any greater extent than
It can by direct legislation? We will
concede, I think, for Instance that
congress may not by direct legislation
change the laws of a state providing
who may hold property within the
state who may own real estate.
That Is a matter concerning which
a state ordinarily would have the right
to legislate, and concerning which the
congress could not Interfere by direct
legislation. Yet the supreme court
has held that by a treaty a law of a
state In that regard may be annulled.
Now, then, the question which has
arisen in my mind Is to what extent
may the treaty-making power Invade
the rights of a state beyond what con
gress may invade them by legislation
or can it ?
FARMERS MAY MAKE ALCOHOL,
Commissioner Yerkcs of the Inter
nal revenue department of the United
States, has sent out a circular of In
structlons to farmers who may de
sire to manufacture denatured alcO'
hoi for power purposes. In this clr
cular Mr. Yerkes says:
This office knows of no process by
which alcohol can be' manufactured
except by distillation, and as' regular
distilleries are the onty kind recog
nized by law, alcohol manufactured
under the supervision of (his depart
ment must be manufactured at regu
lar distilleries. There are absolutely
no limitations as to the size' of a d's-
tlllery that can be operated under
the law.
There are over 1000 distilleries In
operation now, at each of which the
dally spirit producing capacity Is less
than 30 gallons. Many of these were
set up on an outlay of less than 1200.
So far as the internal revenue laws
are concerned either In theory or
practice, the smallest and crudest dis
tillery can produce alcohol, If as" a
business proposition it fs deemed ad-
Isable to do so. The small distiller
ies have always been treated by this
department with the same consldera'
tion as the larger ones.
If a farmer or other person desires'
to go into the business of manufactur-l
ng denatured alcohol, srt a plant
however small, he will iie required
to construct his plant In the manner
preiH-Tiueu uy uie general inn. iuiu
regulations.
He will be required to give a bond,
the effect of which Is to prevent him
from defrauding the government of
the tax on distilled spirits produced
by him. He will be required to es
tablish a distillery warehouse; to de
posit the spirits produced by him In
this warehouse; to establish a dena
turing bonded warehouse, arid to a
tax upon, or denature. Just as he may
wish, the alcohol produced by him.
All of this will be done under
governmental supervision, bot the
government pays for this supervision.
The manufacturer of alcohol does not
bear one cent of It. There Is no ob
jection to a farmer manufacturing
his alcohol In his "bacKyard pro
vided he wants to establish a distil
lery there.
ANCIENT ANARCHISTS.
That social discontent Is not a new
thing under the sun. and that anar
chistic sentiments were not born al
together of 'modern conditions, Is
shown by the following excerpt from
Hesnld, who wrote seevral centuries
before the Christian era. The Greek
poet says of the oppressors of the
race, and of the expected vengeance
upon them:
Invisible, the gods are ever nigh,
Pass through our midst and bend the
all-seeing eye.
The men who grind the poor, who
wrest the right,
AweUss of heaven's revenge, stand
naked to their sight;
For thrice ten thousand holy demons
rove
This breathing world the delegates
of Jove,
Guardians of man, their glance alike
surveys
The upright judgments and the un
righteous ways.
IX THE DITCH.
Thalcs, the philosopher, staring at
the sky, fell Into a ditch. Thus he
brought his own punishment on him
and he was also chlded by his servant.
Bailey, of Texas, staring at the azure
of opportunities above him, coveting
the greatest of political honors, yearn
ing for the gold at the end of the far
distant rainbow, longing and longing,
entranced into a feeling of such abso
lute rapture at the heavenly vistas
above and beyond, has all suddenly
found himself at the bottom of a ditch
covered with the mire of egotism
vanity, selfishness and covetouanesa.
He Is also now being chlded by even
those who deplore the mishap. Mem
phis News-Sclmltar.
THE ONLY EXGIIsn POPE.
Tha world has had only one Eng-
llsh pope. That was Pope Adrian IV.
who was a native by birth of Langley
near Saint Albans, in Hertfordshire.
His real name was Nicholas Break
spear, and he left his native country
as a beggar and became a servant in
a monastery in France. He was a de
vout man, and his rise from tills time
was steady until he became pope.
The latest rice crop forecast for
Japan Is 211,188,050 busheli, being
practically that of a normal year,
writes Consul Hunter Sharp from
Kobe. The Improved methods of cul
tivation would have resulted In a
much larger crop had It not teen for
bad weather while the plant was In
flowers.
Some men attribute their swees to
the fact that their first effort was a
failure.
Made in New York
W'ALL Street The Waldorf The
Horse Show Dclmonico's all
mean "Correct Clothes for Men."
' There are many Alfred Benjamin & Co.
Clothes in these
famons places
for they are lead
ers in Stvles.
Don't wear last year's models, now
being copied by other makers. Wear to
day's New York Styles made by Alfred
Benjamin & Co.
Correct Clothes for Men
Customers and holiday shop
pers ,iave been agreably im
pressed with the genuineness of
my fall stock. This store is out
of the race for cheapness butjs
the leader for quality.
The gold and silver lines that
I carry are not made for the de
ception of untrained buyers, but
are real and genuine as they
appear.
A visit to my store Jand Ja
comparison of prices will reveal
the fact that I am in business for
future business and not'for im
mediate results.
Royal M. Sawtelle
Jeweler
FRAZER THEATRE
Friday, Dec. 21
" SWEELEY, SIIIPMAIt & CO PRESENT
ALBERTA GALLATIN
IN A STUPENDOUS PRODUCTION OF THE GREATEST OP ALL
ROOK PLATS
Dorothy jVernon, Jof Haddon Hall.
CARLOADS OF SPECIAL SCENERY AND A COMPANY OF 25
PEOPLE.
Prices $1.50, $1.00, 50c and 25c.
SEATS ON 8ALE THURSDAY AT PENDLETON DRUG CO.
delusive Agent Hera.
Bond Bros.
Pendleton, Ore.
WE ARE STILL HAMMERING,
away and emphasising the great value
f our lumber and its superior qual
ity for balldlng and other purposes.
If we rtJd not positively know it to
be all right we- would not guarantee
It, but we do know It to be the
soundest and strongest lumber ever
offered in this market, remarkably
free from Imperfections, and cut Into
oonvcnlent lengths for quick use. Our
price, as you know, were always) low.
D REG 0 Pi LUMBER YARD
BIS Aita St 'Phone Main S
Hotel St. George
GEORGE DA11VEAU, Proprietor.
European plan. Everything first-
class. All modern conveniences. Steam
heat throughout Rooms en suite with
bath. Large, new sample room. Ths
Hotel St George is pronounced on
of ths 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: $1.00 and $1.50
Block and a Half From lepot
See the big electric sign.
The Hotel
Pendleton
BOLLON8 BROWN, Proprietor.
The Hotel Pendleton has been re,
fitted and refurnished throughout
Telephone and fire alnrm connec
tions with all rooms. Baths en suits)
and single rooms.
lloacl(iiarler. for Traveling Mea
Commodious Sample Rooms.
FREE "BUS.
Rates, $2, $2.50 and $3
Speclul Rates by the week or month.
Excellent Cuisine.
Prompt dining room service.
Rar iind Hllllnrtl Rnmn In Connection.
Only Three I'.locki from Depots.
The Hotel Bowman
GltEV SMITH, rt'.i j".
''it-
HOT AND COLD WATER IN EVERT
ROOM.
STEAM HEATED.
Rooms En Suite or Single, With or
Without Rath.
European Plan
Special Rates y Week or Month.
RATES 50c. ft AND $1.50 PER DAY.
Opposite O. R, ft N. Depot
Golden Rule Hotel
E. L. MUROOM, MANAGER.
A firtt-claaa fnmllv tinAi .
BIIU UVK
men headquarter
L'nder new manmromanr ti nnVi
and fire alarm connections with all
ruomi, ,
AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PLAN
Special rates bv th w.i n.
Excellent dining room service.
MEALS 25c.
Rooms, 50c, 75c & $1.00
Fret 'bus to and from all train!