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nam pages.
AN INDEPENDENT NEW8PArEK!
PnbllihMl Dally, Weekly and Semi-Weekly,
t I'rodleton, Oregon, by the
EAST OUEliOMAN l'L HLISUING CO.
SUHSlKllTION RATES.
Pallr. one ypr. by mall $3.00
Pally, all monthi. by mall a. 50
Iially. three months, by mall 1.26
Pally, one month, by mall 60
Weekly, one year, by mall 1.60
Weekly, nil nioutha. by ttiall 75
Weekly, four mom ha. by mall 60
Reml evkly, one year, by mall 1.60
Keml-Weekly, m months, by mall 73
Seml-W eekly, tour months, by mall... .60
rhlri.' Hureau, 900 Security buildiuK.
WanluiiKtou. 1. C, ltureau, 501 Four
teenth atrert. N. W.
Member Scrlppa New Association.
Telephone Main 1.
Entered at Pendleton Postotftre as second
claaa matter.
vUNlON rlLBe
out that It requires the utmost vlgl
Hiite on part of the county court to
prevent constant stealing.
Of course a common, dirty-necked,
hard-working road supervisor will not
attract so much attention from the
women In the court room as a mild
mannered rascal In diamonds and tan
shoes, but his crime Is Just as repre
OREGON CITIES.
We search the world for truth;
we call
The good, the pure, the beauti
ful. From graven stones and written
scroll,
From all old flower-fields of
the soul;
And weary seekers of the best,
M'e tome back laden from our
quest
To find that all the sages said
Is in the Book our mothers read.
THE NORMAL SCHOOL RIIA.
There are only two real cities In
Oregon Portland and Pendleton.
Salem has "pipped the shell" by
lotting a contract for seven blocks of
street paving, but all other Oregon
towns are still wrapped In the mys
terious process of incubation.
Pendleton will go ahead with her
!reet paving until all the principal
streets are put In first class condi
tion, It is believed by members of the
city council and other leading citizens.
tt is the greatest Improvement ever
made by this city and the favorable
advertising which It Is giving Pendle
ton all over the country has put the
name of this city Into the mouths of
people In every western state.
"What, Pendleton has street pav
ing " exclaimed a pioneer merchant
in Salt Lake during the meeting of
the shec-pgrowera there last week.
"Why Is It possible that Pendleton,
the little village of 1880, Is now in a
class with Portland, Seattle and Spo
kane?" That remark Is worth the cost of
the street paving.
The Weston Leader Is alarmed over
the normal school fight which has
been opened in the Oregon legislature
by Senator Miller of Linn county,
whose bill provides for the suspension
of the Drain and Monmouth schools
and the removal of the Weston school
to Pendleton.
Neither Pendleton nor the Umatilla
county delegation Initiated this move
ment. The Miller bill was introduced
as the expression of legislature on the
norma! school question and if the
question is resolved Into this form,
Oregon must be prepared to accept it.
The East Oregonlan has ever beon
faithful and loyal supporter of the
Weston normal school. But rather
than see' the school moved to Baker
City or La, Grande, every loyal citizen
of Umatilla county would certainly
submit to the removal of the school
to this city.
The people of Weston cannot hold
Pendleton responsible for this move
ment when Pendleton has always
come to the support of the school,
and in this instance had no part
whatever in Initiating the movement
to abolish two schools and move an
other. If this Is the sentiment of
the state upon the normal school ques"
tlon, let us be thankful that It Is no
worse. The Weston school might
Jiave been abolished, altogether.
Western Oregon, the governor of
the state, the Multnomah county del
egation and many of the leading leg
islators of the state are opposed to
more than one normal school. This
question has been an eyesore in the
legislature for 10 years, and it it has
finally been decided by these oppos
ing interests to give eastern Oregon
one school at a central location where
railroad and mall facilities are favor
able and also to give southern Ore
gon one good school, eastern Oregon
may be thankful, indeed, that her in
tercets have been thus fully consid
ered.
The Miller bill was fixed arbitra
rily. It was either Pendleton or else
Baier Cltv or La Grande. Thus, If
the normal is forced upon Pendleton,
she must accept the solution, however
loyal she may be to Weston as long
as she Is the recognized normal
school location.
SCHOOL MEETING FARCE.
The bill introduced by Senator C.
J. Smith of this county, In the Ore
gon legislature, giving school district
boards the power to fix the school
levy without action on part of the
taxpayers, is a' sensible and extremely
practical measure and should become
a law.
The old school district meeting '.s a
farce, in this age of progress. Very
few taxpayers are sufficiently interest
ed to attend and often the most bit
ter fights are kept alive from year to
year through thero meetings.
If r school board Is capable of ex
pending the school money It should
be deemed capahle of levying the tax.
In his annual report, the first as
sistant postmaster general has asked
for an Increase of the salaries of of
ficers and clerks of the postofflces
and for better pay for the carriers.
He states an increase is needed to
make up for the Increased cost of
Iving. He Is right. There has been
a great Increase In living expenses in
the past half dozen years, but there
has been no corresponding Increase
in the remuneration of those who
handle our mall. The men are under
paid everywhere; their salaries were
too low before this general advance
!n the cost of living came about, and
now they are ridiculously low. The
government can afford to pay Us men
sdiquately. It should pay as well as
the very best private employers and
not leave Its men wrestling with the
problems of poverty while striving to
give satisfactory service to the public.
The Big Newspapers of the
Pacific Coast
The Salem Journal Is printing a
series of editorials on the big news
papers of the Pacific coast. The first
one deals with the Seattle Times and
Is as follows:
The Capital Journnl proposes to I
notice In detail some of the great
daily newspapers of the Pacific coast.
We place the Seattle Times first in
the list because It Is day by day tho
largest paper printed on the coast.
Tho Seattle Sunday Times, January
20, 1907. bus 80 pages, and, aside
from the comic supplement and Ju
venile magazine sections. It may al
most be sold to be printed In all the
colors of the rainbow.
Day In and day out the Seattle
Times is larger than any of the Chi
cago newspapers. Considering that
Chicago must have 10 times the pop
ulation of the Puget Sound metrop
olis, draw your own conclusions about
the enterprise of the Seattle Times,
it Is floubtful If even New York
can produce newspaper that meas
ures up to the Seattle Times In size.
snap, pluck, vigor, enterprise and
ability.
This Is saying a great deal, but we
have been observing the newspapers
of the United States for many years.
and It Is our calm, deliberate Judg
ment that the Times is more national
and less provincial in its editorial
scope.
Without saying so, the editorial de
partment towers over all the rest. Its
editorial page Is tingling with tension.
It Is keyed up to strike the thrilling,
effective note and say something to
strike fire from the living rock of
fundamental Issues, It deliberately
seizes the live-wire questions and
holds onto them at the risk of burn
ing its fingers, but with the everlast
ing desire that there be something
doing and no evasions or quibbling as
to where it stands or what it means.
Its news service Is simply stupend
ous. Its pictures and advertisements and
color printing are works of typo
graphical art. "
It represents the red life blood and
pulsing heart throbs of the great city
that seems to want to swim out and
cover half of Puget sound with sky
scrapers, and half the world with Its
commerce.
In Its array of special reatures the
Seattle Times "has them all skinned."
The Times is an Independent paper ;
with both morning and evening edl- )
Hons.
BISHOP HOLSEY SAYS:
"PE-RU-NA i BLESSING."
He Declares Pe-ru-na to Be
a Triumph of Medical
Science,
A Magnificent and Sovereign
Remedy.
Having Tried Many Reme
dies and Failed to Find a
Cure,
Tried Pe-ru-na and Was
Promptly Relieved.
After Twenty Years Bondage
to Catarrh
He Is Relieved By Pe-ru-na.
LOVE'S LOGIC.
KISSING TJJE POPE'S TOE.
The custom of kissing the feet of
persons whom It was desired to honor
originated with the ancients. The
people of oriental nations used to kiss
the hands and feet or hems of the
clothes of the persons they wished to
show respect for.
The ancient Egyptians got this cus
tom from the Assyrians, and later tho
Greeks adopted the habit from the
Egyptians. The Romans followed the
Greeks, and then Pontlfnx Maxlmus
hud his great toe kissed by celebrities.
The story will be remembered of the
old Briton ruler who appeared to do
homage to a Roman monk after the
conquest of Briton. He was told that
It was customary to kiss the foot of
the holy father. He hesitated for a
moment and then, bending down, he
suddenly seized the monk by the
ankle and, jerking It up to his Hps,
toppled tho worthy father over back
ward.
The toe of the sultan of Turkey is
kissed I'V subjects of h'sh rank. Those
of more lowly piibltion tre merely al
lowed to touch the fringe of his gar
ment to theli lips, and the poorest
classes must be content to make a
low obf'sn-K'o in his presence.
Because your eyes look Into mine
And read my heart and understand,
Withholding nothing, dear, they are
The fairest in all the land.
Because your lips, a budding rose
With half its glories still unfurled,
Surrendered to my kiss, I count
Those lips the sweetest in the world.
Because your heart still beats with
mine
Up all the thorny way I go.
Beneath the sun no other heart
Holds any secret I would know.
Reginald W. Kauffman.
GRAFTERS IN OVERALLS.
Not all the grafters In the world
wear white shirts, "stand up" collars
and part their hair in the middle.
Over in Baker county a country
road supervisor has Just been indict
ed by the grand Jury for padding his
county road work bills, to draw more
pay than he was entitled to.
The county court mut sleep with
one eve open It seems, to watch he
grafters In overalls aa well as the
grafters In broadcloth.
It Is Just as bad to steal from the
connty thrcugh county road work aa
it Is to steal from it through "expert"
bookkeeping, smooth manipulation of
records or by any other form of graft.
There are so many ways through
which the taxpayer's money may leak
THE SILENT MAN.
Solitude Is a life force. As men
and women of business we habituate
ourselves to the stir and turmoil of
the commercial world. Some of us
can so withdraw Into ourselves that
the noises of outer things bother us
not at all. We have almost come to
look upon bustle as Conducive to ef
fectlveness, forgetting that the great
forces of nature perform their work
In quietness, that the mightiest forces
of the universe move in silence and
solitude. A recent speaker In the In
dustrlal world claimed that the silent
men who plan and move the occult
things of life, have done and do more
for the progress of the nation - than
any others.
New York has a society for the 8up
presslon cf Useless Noises. It might
make a good start by getting the
choruses in most of the theaters along
Broadway to quit singing.
IT'S RIGHT HERE
that the superiority of our blank
books, stationary and office essen
tials makes Itself manifest, aa they
will to every practical bookkeeper
and accountant. The quality of oar
goods is of the highest, and aa they
coat no more than Inferior kinds, yon
certainly can see why It will pay
you to patronise ns.
FRZIER'S
Book & Stationary
WORLD'S GREATEST DIAMOND.
The American Magazine for Feb
ruary reports graphically the recent
discovery of the largest diamond In
the world a diamond which weighs
In the rough. 3024 carats. Translat
ed into understandable terms it Is a
stone weighing a pound and a third.
Until the discovery of this wonderful
gem the world's record in diamonds
was held by the "Excelsior" a stone
of 9C9 carats nearly half a pound
avoirdupois. Three years ago the
Excelsior," which was badly flawed,
was cut up Into 10 stones, valued at
S4in,000. This In turn utterly eclips
ed all the other great diamonds of the
world. Thus:
Carats.
Kohlnoor (after first cutting) . . . 279
Nizam, of Hyderabad 279
Regent, or Pitt 137
Duke of Tuscany 133
Tiffany (yellow) 125
Orloff 194
Star of the South 124
THE IJGnT OF LIBERTY.
Let us sing of the land that Is Lib
erty's altar,
For all whom It shelters and mil
Hons to be;
Lord, guide and uphold us lest we
should falter
In love to each other and honor to
Thee.
In mercy Thou gavest us birth as
nation;
Thy love has been with us and
blessed us each day.
O! shield Thou us all, and each In his
station,
From war and from famine and
evil, we pray.
May the lamp Thou hast lighted shine
on through the ages.
Till the night of the fool and the
tyrant is gone,
And the grace of Thy saints and the
love of Thy sages
Shine forth in the glory of heavenly
dawn.
Edgar C. Kennlson.
i '
Hotel St. George
GEORGE DAUVEATJV Proprietor.
ttJ iia i f i Mill Hi,
if m
European plan. Everything first
class. All modern conveniences. Steam
heat throughout. Rooms en suite with
bath. Large, new sampfe room. The
Hotel St. George Is pronounced one
of the most up-to-date hotels of the
Northwest. Telephone and fire alarm
connections to office, and1 hot and
cold running water In all rocms.
ROOMS: $1.00 on $1.50
Block and a Half From Depot.
See the big electric sign.
A public speaker cannot afford to
have catarrh. Even a slight catarrhal
hoarseness of the throat becomes intolerable.
This is especially true of the minister
who is called upon to preside at re-
Ueioua f unrtiona of all sorts.
Ask your Druggist for Free Pcruna Almanac for 1907,
Stsifap L Ztmszr
Tile Bishop' Stronf Tribute to
, Pe-ru-na.
L. H. Holsey, Bishop C. M. E.
Church, Atlanta, Ga., writes I
"I have found Peruna to be a
great remedy tor catarrh. I havo
suffered with this terrible disease
for more than twenty years, until
since 1 have been using Peruna,
which has relieved me of the
trouble.
"I have tried many remedies and
spent a great deal of hard-earned
money for them, but I found noth
ing so effectual in the cure of ca
tarrh as the great remedy Peruna.
"I feel snre that Peruna Is not
only a trinmph of medical science,
but it is also a blessing to suffering
.humanity.
"Every indtvldnal who suffers
with respiratory diseases will find
Peruna a msRniflcent and sovereign
remedy." L. 11. Holsey, Bp. C. M.
E. Church.
Mew SEiioes
Our Spring stock of Shoes has
arrived and we have some very
neat, nobby styles to show.
MAI"
OUR ROYALTY LINE IS THE
TOP NOTCII OF THE SHORMAK.
FTl'S ART, AND FOR STYLE, FIN-
i- i-lVaJ CLASSED.
5HOE CO. Women's 1 Royalty Shoe8ell
l sr. LOUIS for
mvWW Men'
Mrs. Anna McLea, aged 80 years,
was burned to death at 152. Halght
street, Pan Francisco, 3he was the
widow of a pioneer and had lived In
Sun Francisco 69 years.
$5.00 pair.
s "Royalty "Shoes sell for
$6.50 pair.
W EVERY PAIR IS GTJARAN-
TO GIVE SATISFACTION.
OUR "PAR EXCELLENCE" LINE
OF SHOES ARE STRICTLY HXCH
GRADE AND MADE IN ALL THE
BEST LEATHERS NOW USED IN
HIGH-CLASS SHOES. THEY FIT,
WEAR, AND GIVE COMFORT, AND
STYLE TO THE APPEARANCE OF
THE FOOT.
Women's "Par Excellence"
Shoes sell for
$3.50 and $4.00.
Men's "Par Excellence" Shoe
11 a
sell tor
$4.50 and $5.00
WE ALSO CARRY ALL THE OTHER GRADES OF SHOES
SELLING AT
$3.00, 2.50, 2.00 and down.
Every shoe we sell has a guarantee of satisfaction or
money refunded.
THE FAIR STORE
Pendleton, Oregon
Aa
Golden Rule IF&tel
V. L. M'ltROOM. MANAGER.
ISP!!
A first-class family hotel and stock
men's headquarters.
Under new management. Telephone
and fire alarm connections with all
rooms.
AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN Ft AN
Special rates by the week or month.
Excellent dining room service.
MKAJ.8 25c.
Rooms, 50c, 75c & $1.00
Free 'bus to and from all trains.
HOTEL PORTLAND
OF
PORTLAND, OREGON.
American I Ian, tl per day ana up
ward. Headquarters for tourists and
commercial traveler. Special rates
made to f.tmllli uo.l single gentle
men. Tbv mane tt'mopt will be pleas
ed at all times u show rooms and
give prices. A modern Turkish beta
establishment In the hotel.
H. C. BOWERS. Manager.
St. Anthony's
HOSPITAL
Private Rooms,
Elegently Furnished.
FINELY EQUIPPED
OPERATING, ROOM.
Also Maternity Departnant.
Every convenience n cMsary (or
the care of the slek.
Telephone Malik ItSl.
PENDLETON, ORE.
LEGAL BLANKS STfc
alogtfe of them. A foil strpply always kept to stock.
i ii I mi i lis'
BL'D.DERS, ATTENTION!
For heavy timbers, lumber of any
size or grade, In hard or soft woo4a
for lnsile or outside work In the con
struction of house, factory, fence er
barn, there Is every reason why you
should make selections from our well
cared for stock of seasoned lumber. If
prices cut any figure with you, that
will be one of tho many reasons.
Others given here any day, or over
'phone.
Sole agent for Krlsollte Wood Fibre
Plaster, made In Blue Rapids, Kan
sas; also White Crystal Lime.
Pendleton Planing
Mills
n. FOROTER, Proprietor.