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v UNION SBwTLABE
Woik thou for pleasure; paint
or sing or carve
The thing thou lovest, though
the body starve.
Who works for glory nmses oft i
the goal;
V.'ho works for money coins hie
very soul.
Work for work's sake then, ami
it may well be
That these things shall be add-
cd unto thee.
Kenyon Cox.
SENATOR lTLTON'S DILEMMA.
Tt is said that Senator C. W. Fulton
of Oregon, is hesitating, Just now,
trying to decide whether to sue the
Cosmopolitan magazine or Collier's property may escape entirely If he has
Weekly for libel. the nerve to refuse to pay.
Senator Fulton should give up the This subject should be thoroughly
Mbel suit and keep his fingers out of ! discussed by the mass meeting to be
the fire in future. held In this city tomorrow night
Public records are stubborn things, under the auspices of the Umatilla
Binger Hermann thought that burning j county legislative delegation,
the records would hide crime. H.'i At the present time several thous
made a mistake. It only multiplies ' and dollars of personal taxes are de-
the mischief. Senator Mitchell
tnougnt friendship would cover from
human sight the telltale earmarks of!
all misdeeds. His partner weakened j
ai:d told the truth.
An! so on through the category of!
Oregon's sensations of the past two
yars.
Both Collier's Weekly and the Cos
mopolitan nagazlne have Indisputable
facfc upon which to base their criti
cisms cf Senator Fulton. They did
not stir up the hornet's nest, before
they were amply provided with gunny
sacks with which to shield their heads
frc.m the stinging hornets.
HEPIFE TO "ARISTOCRACY.
There never was time In the his
tory ff 'he country when domestic
help was as scarce as it is today and
there never was a time when there
were more young women eligible to
this cl-ss of labor, if all conditions
were right to induce them to enter It.
But the Independent American girl
will not be dubbed "servant."
And he East Oregonian glories In
her spunk.
With the growth of the would-be
aristocracy in the United States and
the aping of English ways in the
American home, the splendid type of
domestic help is disappearing and
J;i js. Koreans, Chinese and other
classes which will submit to every
forr-. of servitude are being intro
ducd. Tills Imitation of old world aris
tocracy In American homes is driving
American girls into other trades and
professions. They simply, will not
submit to the new classification made
necessary by the snobbery of the
times. With the true American wealth
counts for nothing in the social scale.
Character and mind are the most
worthy qualifications.
Till: HARVEST OU THOUGHT.
Progress does not come as an accl
d'-ft. It Is the ripened fruit of sober
and mature thought.
Kvery atom of It has been planned
n:d devised in the brain of some of
th" thinkers of the world, fine man's
thought furnishes the soli, nnother
the sunshine, another the rain, anoth
er the ripening wind and thus from
the combined thought of the world
the perfect fruit of progress Is born.
The golden harvest of Progress
stands as the reward of the earnest,
conscientious thinker.
The farmer plans and thinks while
the world is asleep. Next day he
puts bis thought Into execution and
Office Supplies
BHiik Books for the new year, Files
Clips, Hank Boxes, Pens, Inks, et
Everything up to date. We make .-j
specialty nf office essentials and the
busy business man will find our line
the most complete and our prltes rea
sonable. FRAZIER'S
BOOK STORE
n. better crop Is the result or the ef
ficiency of his labor la Improved or
his scope of hla-production enlarged.
The merchant sits by his lamp' at
midnight and evolves some newor
fentu.-e, some more attractive plan,
and next year his business increases
many fold. The engineer pores over
his figures while the world Is dream
ing and tomorrow begins to execute
a new convenience for mankind.
The alor which actually moves the
world llong is not performed by
hand., undtr the glaring sun, but by
the brain of the silent thinker, poring
out ome new dream of .advance
n.ent, ome higher form of growth.
The noise and bustle of midday
sound a clarion call to the world, but
under the evening lamp, by Isolated
firesides, in secluded sanctums and
olscure offices, the real plans of the
world's movement have been evolved
into tangible shape and form!
The irtangible progress of the
world, the spiritual movement of
mankind is llkewlre the work of the
secluded thinker, delving into untried
problems, propagating new formulas
for tne edification and uplifting of
the race,
blossom of
Fvery betterment is
smi body's thought.
the
BETTER TAX LAW NEEDED.
A most important subject to Uma
tilla county Is the revision of the tax
collection law by which counties will
be able to collect at a minimum ex
pense, delinquent personal taxes.
Provision is already made for the
speedy collection of taxes from the
real estate owner, but the rich man
whore wealth is hidden in personal
llnquent in this county. The county
needs the money. Cour.ty expenses
go op constantly and the man who
dulses his taxes Is not bearing his
just burden ct the government.
Under the present law the sheriff
Is the tax collector and must btar the
expense of levying on personal prop
erty In the collection of taxes. Since
the sheriff Is on a salary he cannot
afford to btai this public expense and
the result is that hundreds of tax
dodders take advantage of the situ
ation to escape paying taxes.
The law should be changed to make
thi treasurer lax collector since he re
ceives and disburses the tax money,
in the end, and at the same time the
law should provide for Ihe expenses
of nil t.iy collections, for both per
sonal and real estate taxes.
There are now enough sufficient
delinquent personal taxes due Umatil
la county to pay the salary of a tax
collector for a nuniber of years.
The way to bring idle land and city
In'.s Into use is to tax them as high
as surrounding property on which lm-
ptDvements have been made. The
present system nf taxation makes the
man who builds and Improves th-;
country pay the taxes, while the Idle
speculator who does not build nor Im
prove enjoys all the benefits of his
neighbor's industry, without turning
his hand to add to the wealth of the
country. Tax the vacant lots and the
Idle land held for speculative pur
poses and make the speculator pay
his share of the burden.
The East Oregonian had a lot of
sympathy for Sydney Sloane, the Spo
kane 'oy who murdered his father
for money, until his photograph ap
pat?d in the Spokane papers a few
d ivs ago. But his face gives him
awav. He Is a swaggering, "smart
alec ' cigarette fiend who perhaps de
liberately planned the m'jrder of his
father and who has escaped Just pun
ishment through the Insanity plea.
The East Oregonian confesses to have
wasted considerable sympathy unon
him.
ITil.IC OWNERSHIP.
In "Soldiers of the Common Good,'
In the January Everybody's, Charles
Edwrd Russell speaks of government
control outside the United States. H3
write:
Perhaps we In this country give In
suff'elent heed to the Immense force
of this trend, (outside of our own
country) toward the communal good
Take but the single Item of govern
ment railroad ownership. In the be
ginning practically all railroad enter
pr!op were owned by private capital.
I L.' .'"41
In lWO there were 167,813 miles of
government railroads In the world
outside of the United States.
Since that year Switzerland, Italy
and Japan have taken over their pri
vately ownrt lines and the principle
of gDVornmen! ownership has been ex
tended everywhere, so that In 1906
there are 220,750 miles (outside of the
United States) owned by government
and onlv 91,916 miles owned by pri
vate companies. It' seems likely from
present Indications that in a few more
years there will be hardly a mile of
privately owned railroad in all Eu
rope except possibly In Spain. The life
of private ownership In England will
certainly he short, and the nationali
sation of the French roads Is definite
ly settled.
It Is necessary to bear In mind these
facts In order to understand the
amazement nnd mirth with which In
telligent foreigners learn of such leg
islative wonders of our making as the
railroad rate bill and the meat Inspec
tion bill. To them solemn and elab
orate fooling of this kind seems to
belong to ihe childhood of the race
THE SLEEPY SONG.
As soon as the fire burns red and low.
And thy house upstairs Is still,
She sings me a queer little sleepy song
Of sheep that go over the hill.
The good little sheep run quick .and
soft,
Their colors are grey and white,
Th'-y follow their leader nose to tall
For they must be home by-night.
And one slips over, and one comes
n-xt.
And one runs after behind;
The grey one's nose at the white one's
tail.
The top of the hill they find.
And when they get to the top of the
bill
They quietly slip away,
Put one runs over and one comes
next
Their colors are white and grey.
And over they go and over they go,
And over the top of the hill
The good Utile sheep run quick and
soft,
And the house upstairs Is' still.
And one slips over and one conies
next,
The ood II 1 1 grey little sheep;
watch how Hie fire burns red and
low,
And rhe says that I fall asleep.
Josephine Daskam.
THE WEALTH OF POVERTY.
Wealth bides with poverty. The wild
Ing rose,
Or little violet nestling by the
stream,
"TIs these that set the gazing eyes
a-dream,
Not all the beauties of the garden-
close
'Tls not In mighty tempest where It
blows,
Nor in the sea that shouts to cloud
and sail.
That music lives, but In the night
ingale,
The wee, brown bird that sings at
dusk Its woes'
Yea, ami the crowns of happiness and
love, I
Grace not the troubled brows of
king and queen;
But, Fate's free gifts, they deck the
hearts that move
In lowly state amid the quiet scene
'Tls not rich Croesus, owner of the
i sod,
But passing beggar hath the peace of
Cod!
Edward Wilbur Mason .'n Nation
al Magazine for January.
How America I.ocs.
No South American merchant or
capitalist Is going to North America
on a slow, semi-cargo boat with limit
ed accommodations, when there are
numerous fast steamers bound for
Eyrope with as fine arrangements as
the transatlantic liners. ThlB means
the loss of millions of dollars of trade
to the United Htates every year, ac
cording to the direct statement of
S'onth Americans themselves..
It Is true that there are excellent
freight steamship facilities between
Noith and South American ports, but
they rtr, not meet the passenger re
quirements any more than would a
purely railway freight service suit the
traffic between New York and Chi
cago. John Barrett In Chicago Record-Herald.
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Made in New York
THERE'S nothing so shoddy nothing;
so unpleasant nothing so wholly
worthless, as imitation.
New York Style is Ileal Style,
Wear Alfred
Benjamin. & Cb.
Clothes the best
Clothes that can
AEWyORK
be made and you have the satisfaction of
knotting your clothes arc Heal Style New
York Style not mere copies imitations.
Correct Clothes for Men
AMERICA.
O hearken, my America, my own.
Great Mother, with the hill-flower
in your hair!
Diviner is that light you bear alone,
' That dream that keeps your face
forever fair.
Imperious Is your errand and sub
lime, And that which binds you Is Orion's
band.
For some large Purpose since the
youth of time,'
You were kept hidden In the Lord's
right hand.
Vou were kept hidden In a secret
place,
With white Sierras, white Niagaras-
Hid under stalwart ttars in this far
space,
Ases ere Tadinor or the man of Uz
'Tis
yours to bear the
World-State
in your dream,
To strike down Mammon and
his
brazen breed,
To bulll the Brother-Future, beam on
beam;
Yours, mighty one, to shape the
Mighty Peed.
The armed heavens lean down to hear
vour fame,
America: rise to your high-born
part!
The 'hnnders of the sea are In your
nnmp.
The splendors and the terrors In
your heart.
Edwin Markham
THE MONEY-CANKER.
It is entirely proper and natural
and at any rate Inevitable, that u
young man beginning a professional
or any other career should think of
tnc rewards In money, and strive to
make them as large us he honestly
can: but that man Is on the way to
the condition of an Irreclaimable vul
garian whose sole or main aim Is
simply to amass money without i
gard to the means. "Not failure, but
low aim, Is crime." Shall not the
doctor and the lawyer and the teacher
get their "penny fee," then? By all
means. Adequate reward for valuable
services Is the right of the worker
but the man who starts In life on any
career with the money aim as his
guide will Impair his highest useful
rsr to the world, and will certainly
FOR.
6-Room Dwellling
(-Room Dwelling
K-Koom Dwelling
87 Pulldlng Lota
FRANK B. CLOPTON & CO.
1 1 2 E. Court St., Pendleton, Ore.
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Bargains in Real Estate
Are you going to buy a home In Pendleton' If so, buy right
now. City property will be 25 rer cent higher In less than a year.
Look at these bargains:
Nice house and lot near high school $1250
Good 8-room house, all modern, north "Ido $2350
Good 7-room house near Jackson street, all modern $1800
160-acre alfalfa ranch on Birch creek, 30 acres alfalfa, good house
100 acres on Umatilla bottom near Nolan, good house, fine orch
ard, desirable place for a home, one mile from school arjd
church - $2500
A M acres In race traok addition, one m'lo from city; good house
and barn, or will trade for wheat land $2200
900 acres, one of the best wheat ranches In Umatilla county, all
under cultivation, plenty of water, pood house, splendid
barns and warehouse $15,000
100 acres near Athena $1-1,000
All of these can be had by a small cash payment, balance month
ly payments. Why pay rent. Own yourjiwn home In a choice loca
tion. GROCERY STORE IN PENDI.FTO TO EXCHANGE FOR WHEAT
OR STOCK RANCH.
Large and small wheat and alfnlfi ranches for sale.
Call and see us before buying,
HAR.TMAN & BENTLEY
' Houses to rent In all parti of the city.
Exclusive Agent Hem.
Bond Bros.
Pendleton, Ore.
travel cn a path which leads to the
canker of his character. Arthur F.
Sheldon.
JUDGMENT DAY SETTLEMENT.
An old negro In a small Georgia
t'-wn had helped himself to some of
a while neighbor's chickens. The
owner traced the theft to him. how
ever, and brought him to task.
"Look here, Uncle Mose," he said
"I don't mind the chickens so much
I would have given you one If you
had asked for it but I don't like to
see an old man commit a sin like that.
What are you going to do at tha Judg
ment day when we appear before the
Lord, and those chickens are brought
up as evidence ngilnst you?"
"'V 'low dem chickens gwlne be
dar, Marse Will'" the old man asked
"They certainly will," was the an
swer, given with great Impresslveness.
"Ien," Uncle Mose silrt, "ah gwlne
say, 'Is dese hyah yo chickens, Mars-j
Will'' a!i' yo'll say, 'Yas.' an' oh'll say,
'All right, sah, yo' take' em'1"
Harper's Weekly.
CHOOSING MEAT.
In selecting beef for roasts or steaks
sen that the lean is firm nnd red and
that the meat Is finely grained. The
fat should be firm and white. Never
accept any meat which looks flablry
or discolored or on which the fat Is
yellow. In choosing mutton the meat
she-lid be dark with plenty of fat In
It. Meat without fat shows poorly fed
stock. If the fat is yellow or the
meat seems wet or moist, do not ac
cept It. As u general rule all meal
should be firm never flabby. Lamb
and veal should both be light colored
pale veal, in fact, cannot be too
white.--Domestic Science Bulletin.
SKATING HIGH IN THE AIR
Many theaters and hotels have roof
gardens for concerts and other diver
sions In summer. A similar Idea has
b'-en adopted In Philadelphia for win
ter sports. In the City of Brotherly
Love there Is a magnificent new hotel,
the Bellevue-Stratford, which Is IS
stories high and which Is said to have
cost $8,000,000. On top of that fash
lonable and elegant edifice Is a skat
ing -Ink, reached by elevators. The
roof Is more than 200 feet above the
level of the street.
If you see It In the East Oregonian
It's so.
SALE
I
$1100
$800
$2600
Hotel St. George
REOR6S DAItVEATJ,. ttraprtetor.
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Baropeaa, plan. Everything first-
class. AU modern conveniences. Steam
heat throughout Boom en suite with
bath. Large, new sample room. The
Hotel SI. George la pronounced on
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: $1.00 and $1.50
Bhrk rim) Half Prom Depot.
See the big electric sign.
The Hotel
Pendleton
BOLIiONS A BROWN, Proprietor.
The Hotel Pendleu.n "has been t
fitted and refurnished throughout
Telephone nnd fire alarm connee.
tions- with all rooms. Baths en suite
and single rooms.
Headquarters for Traveling Me
Commodious Sample Rooina.
FJIEK 'BUS.
Rates, $2, $2.50 and $3
Special Bates by the week or monthi.
Excellent Cuisine.
Prompt dining room service.
Dar and Billiard Room In Coiiiw-ctlon.
Only Three Blocks from Depots.
Ihe Hotel Bowman
GREY SMITH. VHft:
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if U",ii!iiiniiM..c . i
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HOT AND COLD WATER IN EVERY
ROOM.
STEAM HEATED.
Rooms Em Suite or Single, With or
Without Bath.
European Plan
Special Rates fcy Week or Moiuh.
RATES ROc. $1 AND 1.B0 PEU DAY.
Opposite O. R. ft N. Depot.
Golden Rule Hotel
15. L. M'BROOM, MANAGER.
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i,)h(1" ' i "Mi ,
A first-class family hotel and stock
men's headquarters.
Under new management. Telephone
and fire alarm connections with all
rooms.
AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PLAN
Spec'al rates by the week or month,
Excellent dining room service.
. MEALS 25c.
Rooms, 50c, 75c & $1.00
Free 'bus to and. from all train. .