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DAILY KA8T OREOONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY IT, 190T.
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A blessed thing it Is for any-
one to have a friend; one hu-
mnn soul whom we can trust
utterly; who loves the best and
vorvt of us, ami loves us In
siite of cur faults: who will
speak the honest truth to us
while the world flatters us to
our fa co, and laughs at us be-
hind our hacks; who will give
lis counsel and reproof In the
day of our prosperity and self-
conceit: but who will comfort
and encourage us In the day of
dlffk-ulty and sorrow, when the
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ley.
THE DOCTORS "IN COURT."
Osteopathy, Christian science,
faith healing, nuropathy nor any
other legitimate science should have
anything to fear from the regular
physicians In state legislatures.
Every legitimate and beneficial
science is absolutely entitled to a
square deal, regardless of personal
sentiments. Even ths science of med
icine as practiced by the regular phy
sicians, has been under the ban many
times in the past.
This fact t should make every
thoughtful member of the profession
more charitable. It should temper
the mind of physicians to. every new
science which presents Itself at the
d-xr of public sentiment for adop
tion. There are millions of people in the
Unite.! StaUs who believe In and
patronize osteopathy. Christian sci
ence, faith healing and who are just
as much entitled to their beliefs as
pecple who patronize the allopaths
and regular physicians. Is it Just
to legislate against the minority,
simply because it is the minority?
And on the other hand, the oste
opaths, in seeking to pass a bill rec
ognizing their profession In Oregon
should not oppress the other cults
stUl weaker than they.
The principle of Just legislation Is
not the survival of the strongest.
Every force which can do mankind
good, satisfy the peculiar necessities
of certain clashes of human minds,
or meet the peculiar conditions of so
ciety, should be recognized and fos
tered by law. Everything was new,
once in its history. Nothing in the
catalogue of human accomplishments
sprang- full grown into existence.
Therefore the strong should not
crush tho weak. In legislative, any
more than in physical spheres.
THE FEE ADMINISTRATION.
The administration of Mayor James
A. Fee In the municipal history of
Pendleton will be recognized as one
of the most business-like, practical
and trogres3ive on record.
The annual message of the mayor
delivered to the city council last
night, the statement of the city de
partments ana the financial condi
tion of the city at the close of the
first year of Mayor Fee's adminis
tration, all show excellent conditions
and are evidence of a vigorous and
fearless policy which has prevailed
during the past year.
Without permitting open gambling
ard with enormous expenses to meet
during the past year, the council has
made a profit for the city of J1019.92.
The report of the city recorder, pub
lished today, gives full details and
the taxpayers of the city are urged
to read the reports carefully.
The present condition of the city
Office Supplies
Blank Books for the new year. Files
Clips, Hank Boxes, Pen, Inks, etoj
Evervthlnt op to date. We make a
specialty of office essentials and tha
busy business man will find our Una
the most complete and our price rea
sonable. FRAZIER'S
BOOK STORE
proves that good morals and business
progrecs are possible at the same
time. While Tendleton has pnved her
streets, purchased a road toller and
rock crusher, repaired the leveee and
purchaFcd a site for a city hall, the
council has also held a vigorous rein
oer moral conditions and has revok
ed the licenses of several saloons
which havj proved to be objectiona
ble. Vigor and vim and fearlessness
have marked the present council In
a high degree. The opposition to the
paving was overcome by this unfal
tering determination on part of the
council. Decency has been enforced,
In the face of a loud and clamorous
protest from certain Interests and al
together the work of the present ad
ministration has been remarkable.
In Its fearlessness and practical
politics tho council has enjoyed the
fullest confidence of the people. And
as the council progresses with its ex
cellent work, that confidence will be
strengthened.
THE AGE OF PROPERTY.
Tho commercial spirit of the world
has coined a new word to apply to
the divisions of time. We have had
the Mone age, the iron age, the gla
cial nge and the dark ages. Now we
have the age of Property.
The dollar Is the standard of the
present age. Money expresses the
stature of the man. Wealth rules.
Gold is a passport to every favor.
The Saturday Evening Post expresses
the sentiment of this commercial age
in a most startling manner, as fol
lows: Property, the sense of property, the
love of property, the regard for the
rights of Individual property all
that Is undoubtedly the strongest el
ement In our Anglo-Saxon inherit
ance. The rights of property are bet
ter safeguarded by law In the United
States than In any other civilized
community on the earth. Human
life Is cheap with us, but Property
can do almost what It will, regardless
of the common good, of life Itself.
Next to us among civilized nations
in regard for property come the Eng
lish, from whom we Inherit our rev
erence for personal possessions.
There is a distinction, however, be
tween the English and the American
attitude toward property.
Here in America we worship
money, the raw medium of exchange
itself that can be counted in figures
and put in tho bank; we don't say "x
man of property" when we refer to
a rich man. but we call him a mil
lionaire or a billionaire. We don't
think of his houses, his land, his fur
niture or his possessions into which
money translates Itself. That is a
elgn of greater development: we shall
come to that idea, are coming to it
gp.in, in England there is one lass
that loves property supremely and Is
identified with it the upper middle
c'ass. In America we all love money,
irrespective of class, and speak In
terms of money.
CHRONOLOGY IN SALEM.
In Salem, everything dates from the
legislative sessions.
Like the farmer planting his pota
toes by the changes of tho moon,
Salem gauges her affairs to the open
ing of the legislature. It Is a sort of
biennial sunset and dawn In her llt
t'e world. Her chronology centers in
this all-absorbing event.
Bills long contracted are payable
when "the legislature meets." Prom
ises made during political campaigns,
months in advance, are discharged
during the golden 49 days. It is a
sort of clearing, house for political,
financial and social obligations.
LlV.e the sheepherder who comes
ti town from the "wild and wooly"
hills to take his annual bath, Salem
puts off her obligations until the
legislative session. Like the fawning
admirer of old Bill Jones who only
shined his ehoes when old Bill gave
his annual "blow out," Salem saves
up her surplus social energy until
tha legirlature meets.
BROUGHT FIRST NEWS OF GOLD.
Nathan Hawk, a veteran of the
Mexican war and the man who, in
I P4 S, first brought east news of the
California gojd discoveries, is a hale
and hearty citizen of Folsom, Cal.
Mr. Hawk, who Is now 52 years old,
left his Iowa home for California In
147. He lives a few mile from the
rfpot where James Marshall dug up
th first gold found In the state.
Pendleton Is Extensively
Advertised
The Boise Capital News gives Pen
dleton and Umatilla county a fine ad
vertisement In Its Issue cf yesterday,
in an V interview from C. B. Adams,
who oomes to Pendleton to have
charge of the Furnish irrigated ' land.
The Ne-vs says:
C. B. Adams, for the past 18
month ft member of the Capital News
staff, and who became well known
throughout the west as director of
promotion and publicity of the 14th
National Irrigation Congress, will
leave tonight for Pendleton, Ore.,
where he has accepted a position with
the Inhnd Irrigation company.. In
speaking of the enterprise, his con
nection with which has taken him
out of the newspaper business, Mr,
Adams said-
"The project belonging to the In
land Irrigation company is a private
enterprise located on the north side
of the Umatilla river, from which
stream it takes its water supply. The
altitude is about 600 feet above sea
level, somewhat lower than that at
Lewlston or the Yakima valley, and
the climate is very much similar. The
season 1 from four to six weeks earli
er than in Boise valley, and the
country Is especially adapted to early
fruits, vegetables and crops of this
character, requiring intense farming.
"The soil is decomposed lava and
volcanic ash, exceedingly productive,
and the great depth insures abundant
and continuous yields, without the
necessity of artificial fertilising. The
lands under the canal are practically
level, about half the territory having
a gentlo slope to the Columbia river
and the balance toward the Umatilla.
so that the expense of reclaiming and
Irrigating will be at the minimum,
very little grading and leveling being
required.
"Adjolnirg this tract on the north
Is the government irrigation enter
prise being constructed by the recla
mation service. This is a storage
proposition, the government reservoir
adjoining our property, and will re
claim upwards of 20,000 acres of
land. Work Is well advanced on the
feud canal, and construction of the
reservoir embankment is to begin
early Isi tho spring. The lands are at
present withdrawn from entry, but
will lie opened as soon as it can be
determined at what dale watr can
be supplied, probably In 1908. Many
settlers are already in that country
waiting to secure homeHteads in
tractr of 10, 20 and 40 acre each.
"The present estlmnte of water
rights under the government system
is 160 an acre, though th price may
exceed that amount. This would
seem very excessive to people of
Idaho, but when you coma to con
sider that land similar to this, under
cultivation In the Yakima valley, Is
selling readily at 1200 to $400 an afcre,
and producing crops that would Jus
tify much larger prices, the cost of
water is not unreasonable and those
fortunate enough to secure a home
stead will be able to reall'e hand
somely on their Investments. ,
"The Inland Irrigation company's
project Is a private enterprise in all
respect The company is a close
corporation and owns both the land
and water. The water rights are ap
purtenant to the land, and each pur
chaser becomes Interested In the
water system acord'ng to the acre
age of land owned, so that when all
Is deposed of it will become a co
operative enterprise.
"The lands under the system be
gin at the town of Echo and extend to
within two miles of Hermlston, both
on the ". R & N. railroad, affording
excellent markets, and none of the
Itnd Is more than six miles from
town.
"Pendleton is one of the most sub
stantial and prosperous cities In the
inland empire. The principal streets
have recently been paved with bltu
lithic pavement; tho business houses
are handsome structures and the
store are up to date. Tho banks
curry a henvy line of deposits, and
there is every evidence of prosperity
In all lines of business.
"What impressed me most was the
fact that there was no wholesale es
tablishments in that city. It. has the
main line and two branches of the
O. R. e N., and a third branch Is
under construction, and also the
Northern Pacific. There are over 60
towr.s with a population of from a
few hundred to 2300 that should be
supplied by Jobbing houses at Pen
dleton and with such a territory to
supply It cannot be long until whole
sale establishments will be there after
the business.
"The Inland canal is practically
completed and 'he laterals will be
finished In time to furnish water this
season, It being the intention to place
a portion of the lands on tha market
aoont March t.
ALCOHOL FROM CACTUS.
The profitable manufacture of de
natured alcohol from cactus has been
found feasible by Chemist O. A.
Burns, manager of the Southern Pa
cific Railway company's hospital In
nan Francisco, who has recently been
visiting this section of California,
says the Santa Ana Blade.
He declares that much desert land
In this state and New Mexico can be
reclaimed by the growing of cactus,
the manufacture of alcohol from the
plant and the use of the alcohol as
fuel for power plants to pump water
for Irrigating,
Mr. Burns says he knows to a cer
tainty from his own experiments, that
denatured alcohol can be produced In
sufficient quantities from the common
desert tree so monot nous to the
tired eyes of the tourist coming
from the east to furnish heat, light
and power for all general farming
purposes. From five pounds of pulp
he distilled, in a crude way, more
than a gallon of alcohol, which was
clear In color and burned readily
with a very bright, warm glow,
If you see It In th East Oregonlan,
It' so.
Tea
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HILL'S DEADLY PARALLEL.
James J. Hill yesterday sent a let
ter to Governor Johnson of Minneso
ta on tho railroad congestion, says
the Spokesman-Review. Mr. Hill's
ptestnt opinion of waterway competi
tion is pointedly net forth In the fol
lowing paragraph In this letter:
"A 15-foot canal or channel frem
St. Louis to New Orleans would go
further to relieve the entire middle
west and southwest than any other
work that could be undertaken. With
such a depth of water a single pow
erful tugboat would carry from 30
to 40 tralnloads"
The following is an extract from
an Interview with Mr. Hill while in
Spokane February 14, 1892, wherein
he expresses an opinion on tho water
way question. It was Introduced In
evidence yesterday before the Inter
state commerce commission'
"The people have an exaggerated
Idea about the cheapness of water
carriage, Why, you might build a
canal 10 feet deep right alongside the
Great Northern clear from one end
to the other, and wo would still do
the t.usiness. Vou appear surprised.
But have you considered that with
FR.AZER. THEATRE
FRIDAY, JAN. 18
JACOB A. RIIS
ON
Tony's Hardships
THK STORY OF THE STREET
HUB WHO "THROWS STONES,"
N! THE Sl'CCESS OF TIfE EF
FORTS TO TAME HIM. THE MOST
FASCINATING PRESENTATION
OF THE FIGHT FOR "OUR TO
MORROW," AS MR. RIIS PUTS IT,
AND INSISTS THAT UPON IT
RESTS THE STARILrTY OF THE
REPUBLIC.
THE LECTURE IS THE AC
COUNT OF THE FIGHT FOR DE
CENT LIVING CONDITIONS IN
NEW YORK, WHICH 1!.S MADE
MR. RIIS KNOWN THROUGHOUT
Tiir: WORLD.
Nr. Riis is interesting, instructive, amusing and
pathetic. Immense crowds greet him everywhere.
PRICES: 75c and 50c; Students, 25c.
Sale of KaU began Wednesday for subscribers. Open to public
Thursday noon at Pendleton Drug Co.
FOR.
-Room Dwellllng
l-Room Dwelling; . ,
-Room Dwelling ,
87 Pulldlnf Lota.
FRANK B. CLOPTON & CO.
1 1 2 E. Court St.. Pendleton, Ore.
Satisfaction
SEVEN FLAVORS
Golden Gate Japan
Golden Gate English Breakfast
Golden Gate Ceylon
Golden Gate Oolong
Golden Gate Fancy Blend
Golden Gate Gunpowder
Golden Gate Black and Green
PacltJ m Flavor-Tight Cartmu
J. A. Folger & Co., San FrwctKo
such a line as wc are building a train
crew of five men can take along at
a speed of 15 miles per hour 800 tons
of merchandise? To do that on a
canal wouljl. require three to five ca
nal boats and three to five crew of
men, and even then they would plod
along at a three-mile gait,"
GOD IS OUSTED FROM FRANCE.
M. Brland, the French minister of
public worship, denies the statement
credited to him that France "hud
hunted Jesus Christ out cf the army,
the navy, the schools, the hospitals
and the law courts."
But as Instancing the extent of the
wave of lrrellgion In France the min
ister of finance has directed the mint
authorities to drop from coin the
motto.i "God Protect France." In
place of the time-honored device the
coinage will henceforth hear the old
revolutionary watchword. "Llbetty,
Equality and Fraternity."
At Caldwell, Idaho, James' Duncan
dropped dead on the street following
a big drunk. The immediate cause
of death was the giving way of the
left ventricle of the heart
SALE
$1100
800
$2600
COME TO HEADQUARTERS,
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, laic. No matter what you want to
build, we have the material.
A GREAT MISTAKE
Is often made In not looking around
before making a purchase. Take the
hint; get our prices.
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511 A1U 8t
'Phone Main 8
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of cost, you want an electrlo motor.
We will be pleased to give you our
price and to furnish complete esti
mate to suit your need.
Northwestern Gas and
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CORNER COURT AND GARDEN ST.
Hotel St. George
GEORGE DARVEAU, Proprietor.
wigs
European plan. Everything first
lass. All modern convenience. 8 team
heat throughout Room en suite with
bath. Large, new sample room. The
Hotel St George 1 pronounced one
of the most up-to-date hotel of the
Northwest. Telephone and fire alarm
connection to office, and hot and
cold running water In all room.
ROOMS: $1.00 and $1.50
Block and a Half From Depot
- See the big electric sign.
Golden Rule Hotel
E. L. M'BROOM, MANAGER.
A first-class family hotel and stock
men's headquarter.
Under new management Telephone
and fire alarm connections with all
rooms.
AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PLVt
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 tralna
HOTEL PORTLAND
OF
PORTLAND. OREGON.
American plan, 18 per day and up
ward. Headquarter for tourist and
commercial traveler. Special rate
made to families and single gentle
men. The management will be pleas
ed at all time to show room and
give price. A modern Turkish bath
establishment In the hotel.
H. O. ROWERS. Manager.
Best
25 cent
Meal in
Pendleton
at
St. George
Restaurant
Building Air Castles
l a pleasant but unprofitable talk.
When you're bulldlnr roaiiti.. ..
need good grade lumber, lath, shin
gles, vasn, aoors, ceemnt, brick, lime,
and, etc., honestly Drioeri.
delivered every way satisfactory
lodge your order with us.
Sole agent for Krlsolite Wood Fibre
Plaster, made In Blue Rapid, Kan.
as; also White Crystal Lime.
Pendleton Planing
Mills
n. FORSTER, Proprietor.
Dally Bast Oregonlan by carder,
only It cent a week.