East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, February 21, 1907, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Textnam pages. struggling creatures, will she not lis ten to the inborn whisper that .mur murs in the deep of the heart? If there is an Intelligent Force control ling the universe which has made me and kindled within me the spirit of hope, is it reasonable to think that this cry will not be heard and this be lief remajn unsatisfied? Theories have their day. Phlloso phles change. Creeds crumble. Yet the heart has reasons which logic cannot sound. Rev. Andreas Bard. AX IXDEPEXPEXT XEWSPAPER. OF Published Dally, eml-Weekly and Weekly, at Pendleton, Oregon, by the EAST OKEGOXIAX PTBUSIIIXG COMPANY. Personal Knowledge; Member Scripps-McRae News Association. daily east okeoonias. pemilftos, orkgo. Titrnstuv, FemufAtiv ut mi. Telephone Main 1. Entered at Pendleton Postofflce as second-class matter. T11K HELPLESS RAILROADS. Howard Elliott, president of the Northern Pacific, in a little pamphlet entitled "The Railroads and the People." has pictured the utter helplessness of '.he railroads in the present Industrial growth of the country. He says that the northwest has simply developed so fust nnd produced so much business that It has been Impossible for the railroads to keep pace. He says It is not the desire of the companies to have cars standing idle on side tracks. There is no money in that for the railroads. They desire o keep loaded cars moving, more than any one else, for that is their chief source of Income. The country has enjoyed a surprising nnd phenomenal progress and it has come upon the railroads so suddenly, so unexpectedly that factories, machine shops and mines are unable to turn out building material nnd fin ished cars and engines fast enough to keep the vast tides of traffic moving. Mr. Elliott is partly right. The past 10 years have been dynamic, preg nant years, filled with surging life and vitality. The hot life blood of Indus try has awakened such a volume of moving and uncontrollable forces that the ordinary channels are far and away inadequate to meet the pressing demands. Flour mills, sawmills, factories and other industries have been "swamp ed" with orders which they could not possibly fill. The country's growth has outrun every industry. Even the breweries are working overtime. In a sense the railroads are helpless. And yet they might have antici pates the remarkable growth that has been enjoyed. Judging from past experiences, they might have prepared in a measure, for the rush. But neither railroad commissions, general superintendents, courts nor people can create freight cars and engines, faster than the factories are now turning them out. ITS PART OP AN EDUCATION. Prof. J. S. Landers, city superintendent of Pendleton public schools, the able corps of teachers and the several hundred school children who took part in the school entertainments given this week, are to be congratulated upon the success of the events. It's all a part of education. Not only is "The Pixies" entertaining, fascinating from a dramatic stand point, but its presentation offers children an opportunity to appear in pub lic, to gain and hold self-control, to practice a rare art which gives grace and dignity to speech and actions and which is a vital part of ever' thorough education. At least twice each school year, such entertainments should be given. While It costs endless patience and labor, yet the results are gratifying. It is safe to say that more good is accomplished in the time given to rehears ing these performances than would be accomplished In drilling in routine lessons. The very diversity gives life to pupils. THAW AND TirE ALIENISTS. In the critical and analytical searching of the alienists employed In the Thaw case, to discover whether the mind of Harry Thaw is unbalanced, and if so, how much so. make up a rather entertaining yet farcical phase of the trial. Thaw's mind will admit of no very far-reaching Investigation there Is not enough of it. Alienists are practically wasting their time on Thaw, from a scientific standpoint but perhaps not from a financial point of view. They can afford to fill up the papers with hypothetical questions, scientific terms, technical phrases, startling forms of medical Jargon with which to alarm the public and give rise to "learned" discussions. But Harry Thaw's case Is not unlike that of Macbeth, who asked his physician, after the murder: Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased? Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow; Raze out the written troubles of the brain; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote. Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart? SENATOR FULTON'S MISTAKE. LOVES .IOAQUIN SULI.ER. That California lov.es Joaquin Miller 1s shown by the following from the February Sunset: Joaquin Miller Is home again at his eyrie on the Oakland hills "The Hlghts." That's the way he spells it. carefully omitting the "e." He has been in Washington, D. C. tor over six months but that conventional city with all its charm at last palled on the great apostle of "the Sun-down Seas" and "the White Sierra" and ho is again among the rocks and nlfnlfa and eucalyptus trees of his hillside home. His friends are everywhere, but an army of them are here, and they welcome his return. Other poets are here, but friends all, and they greet the man who wrote "Columbus" and "Nicaragua" and honor him as a master. Stoddard is here and Rob ertson and Urmy and Sterling and Ina Coolbrlth, and a host of others who sing because It's In the California air, but there's only one Miller and his fame is as sure as the sun. TIRED OF THE nilLirPINES. The American Farmer says of the Philippine question: They are howling at Washington for more army and navy, more money to fortify the Pacific coast to cut off Imaginary enemies and moro for forti fications In the blessed Philippines. The best thing to do with these Islands is to give them away to the first man who comes along with a yaller dog" he wants to swap. Then bring home the army that has been engaged in killing savages and dying Itself of diseased livers, discharge it Into the productive Industries and hereafter keeping a standing army of not over 20,000 men. That's enough to gnard forts and police the country- If wo should have a real war the people may be depended on to volun teer to fight it nnd quit after the trouble Is over. Give the money saved from all these retrenchments to agri cultural experiment stations and farm colleges where It will do some good. ONE VIEW OF JORDAN. David St.irr Jot dan Is an able man. Hut In California he does not stand as the only oasis of ability In a vast d'"' i of incompetency. He Is, with in h! limitations, a learned man. But all learning In California does not abide with him, nor will all learn ing In California perish when he dies. In the seclusion of several colleges In this stute are men before whose depth nnd profundity In knowledge lie learning of David Starr Jordan becomes but that of a wader In the shallows. These men do not talk as tr.ui h as .Ionian talks. The general mbllc knows them not. They are modest and retiring, hut the lamp of their wisdom shines with a steady giow before which Jordan must pale his Ineffectual candle. Sacramento Bee. In a whirl of angry oratory In the United States senate this week, Sena tor Fulton whitewashed the timber and stone land act and unloaded all the odium of western land frauds upon the shoulders of the forestry department and the forestry policy of the government. Senator Fulton forgets that the somewhat radical actions of the fores try service In Including large sections of mining, grazing and semi-agricultural lands In forest reserves, was hastened by the robbery of the timbered areas of the public domain through the timber and stone act. The creation of reserves on broad lines, was made Imperative by the rapid disappearance of the timber of the country and by the rapacious accu mulation of priceless land by corporations. Mr. Fulton forgets that the brazen frauds of the land sharks who used the timber and stone act as a vehicle for their friends, made the somewhat harsh measures of the forestry department necessary In sheer self protection THE COMPENSATIONS OF PROGRESS. The tides of humanity move In mysterious directions and through mys terious Influences. The rnan who has lived In the far Interior of Oregon for years looks for ward to the time whn he can move to Pilot P.ock to educate his children The man who has lived for years In Pilot Rock or Helix, feels the thrill of aspiration tingling In his veins and moves to Pendleton. The man who has made a fortune In Pendleton feels the fascination of larger life tugging at his heart, arr moves to Portland. The cornpf-risatlng process goes on Indefinitely. From circle to circle men advance In the scale of human affairs. From sphere to sphere they move onward, following the Indefinable longing of their hearts, smswerlng the call of their nature, responding to the whispers cf a widening activity. These struggling tides of life that seem In wayward, aimless course to tend, Are eddies of the mighty stream That rolls to Its appointed end. HOPE. What doe It mean that sage and snvnge, paint and sinner believe In Im rnortnllty; that from the broad altar of humanity the flame of hope as cends to the "Great Unknown?" When the first mother stood with weeping eyes over an ooen gravt nnd her tears fell upon the pallid features of her lore, when forget-me-nots were plant ed upon the sod and woeful sighs were lost In the stillness of the cem etery, when the first human mind searched the midnight sky and the child's quest reached beyond the lim its of time, then sprung up in the vlr gin soil of the soul, the grand and In dellble conviction that man was "not born to die," but created for Infini tude. Shall I say that this longing In the s-ii'tuary of my bosom has no mean ing? Is the eye created for the light, the ear for the sound, the migratory bird for a brighter shore and the yearning soul for nothing? If nature all around us answers the sigh of THE PILOT. "unset nnd evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar When I put out to sea. Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of fare well When I embark. For tho' from out our. bourne of time and place The flood may hear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crossed the bar. Selected. CONCEALED HIS TROUBLES. fVlV,:' Personal knowledge is the winning (actor in the culminating contests of this competitive age and when of ample character it places its fortunate possessor in the front tanks of Tho Well Informed of the World. A vast fund of personal knowledge is really essential to the achievement of the highest excellence in any field of human effort. A Knowledge of Forms, Knowledge of Functions and Knowledge of Products are oil of the utmost value ai.d in questions of life and health when a true and wholesome remedy is desired it should be remem bered thut Syrup of Figs nnd Elixir of Senna, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co., is an ethical product which has met with the approval of the most em inent physicians or.d civ.-s universal satisfaction, because it is a remedy of Known Quuiity, Known Excellence and Known Com ponent Parts and hss won the valuable patronage of millions of the Well Informed of the world, who know of their own personal knowledge and from actual use thut it is the first and best of family laxatives, for which no extra vagant or unreasonable claims are made. This val.uLlo remedy has beaa long and favorably known under ths name of Syrup of Ru and has attained to world-wide acc -prance as the most jxccllsnt family laxative. As its pure lt::niive principles, obtained from Senna, are well known to phynciar. aid '.he Well Informed c: t'-s world to b the best we ha v.- ad:-?':;! t'-.s m;rj elaborate n.-.me of Syrup .f Figs n.-.J Eli-ir of Scana r.s mere fully descriptive of trie ir;-.. Jy, but doubtl'.ssly it will always Le called mm for ry t sh-rtci nav.,.5 o: Syrup tfi it9 and to get it 'ccnrhci.il effects, always rc!c, when purchasing, the full name of the Company California Fig. SvruoCo. Drinted on the front of every package. HiitYiSSy whether ycu call for Syrup of Figs ?-Wf !rvV'y'i?lSl and Elixir of Senna. (iiAm ill t M MONEY IN DEMAND. Never In the history of Wall street have the big corporations of the coun try resorted to short-term note Issues, fjr the purpose of rnlslng cash for Im provements, as now. Full $150,000, af0 of notes have been issued or of ferer1 fi.r sale since December 1, with more to come. In addition there have been many equipment trust Issues and extensions of maturing bonds, the lat ter transaction differing only nominal ly from Issuing notes of short-term bonds. These conditions have been brought about through the prevalence of ab normally high money rates and the rners.l overstocking of the securities markets with Issues of a permanent character. Then, too, the situation has leen amplified by the great pros perity of the country, which Is out stripping the financial means of the country. Investors also have come tr lcok up n the present tendency of legislative bodies to pass laws regard ed as detrimental to great dividend earnings, on the part of railroads and Industrial combinations. The New York, New Haven & Hart ford railroad leads all the Interests In note issuing by putting out paper to the amount of $26,000,000. although the American Telephone & Telegraph company and the New York Central railroad were close behind with Issues of $25,000,000 ench. The Luke Shore put out 15, 000.000; the Southern railway J15. 000,000: and the Michigan Central Jl 0,000,000. with many others for smaller amounts. Recourses to mdo Issues promises to he a popular methcM of raising funds for railroads during the current year. "An old negro who had been doing odd Jobs at an Institution in a large city," said Champ Clark of Missouri, to a circle of his colleagues, recently, "for some unknown reason disap peared for a number of weeks. One day another old darkey came In his place and the matron asked the cause of the absence of the former employe. His wife am sick,' was the answer. Wife?' queried the matron. 'Why, I didn't know he had a wife.' 'Yas'm, he's got a wife, but the reason you nevah heah him say nuffln about it is he doan" talk very much about his trubbles.' " Teliiianteplc Railway, The new railroad recently opened for traffic across the Isthmus of Tehu antepec Is expected to prove of groat impirtmce to the world's commerce. For the time being the new route will be directly available for the trans portation of American domestic traf fic only, the first steamship connec tions being those provided by the American-Hawaiian Steamer compa ny. Under a freight contract, which the steamship company signed In 1906, and particulars of which were given by Special Agent Pepper a year ago, about 300,000 tons of sugar will bo shipped annually from Honolulu via Tehuantepec to New York, Phil adelphla and New Orleans. The dis tance from New York to Honolulu via Tehuantepec Is 5699 nautical miles, while the distance via Pannmti Is 6688 miles. WOMEN OUTLIVE MFN. Once more woman has demonstrate ed her superior vitality, to the dls. eomfiture of mere man. Of the cen tenarians who died In the United Kingdom during last year 42 were women and only a paltry 16 were men; In 1905 the numbers were 36 and 22 respectively, and in 1904 41 and 22. During the last 10 years the women who died after completing 100 years, at least, of life exceeded the male centenarians by 327 to 177 an advantage cf nearly 85 per cent. Tests d by length of life woman can equally claim the superiority. Bridget Danahar, who died last March In Limerick, was said' to be 112 years old: Mary O'Hara. another daughter of Erin, was oniy two years younger, and Mrs Sarah Egar. of King's county was credited with 107 years, whllo Bridget Somers, who ended her day In Sllgo workhouse In March, 1904, had reached the ripe old age of 114. So healthy Is Ireland that It Is said she has at present more than BOO centenarians, while Kngland, Scotland nnd Wales ran only muster l'2 among them Westminster Oazette. There was once a sculptor named Phidias, Whose statues were perfectly hideous. He made Aphrodite Without any nightie. And thus shocked the ultrn-fnstitllosis. Boston GlDh. .AY SERMON. Were 1 to preach a sermon In simple, homely terms Adapted to the culture And growth of knowledge germs, I'd say, with chastened spirit: "Just do the best you can. You may not be a poet Hut you can be a- man." If I were bid to tell you Ho best to reach the top, I'd say with no misgiving: "C?o step by step nor stop To grouch, or look behind you. Just do the best you know; You may not be a genius, But you can grow, and grow." Denby Morrison. CALUMNY. Column and column, lifted high, Raised my temple Into the sky; Column and column, shaken low, Lie where rharnt presses blow; Column and column shattered He, And Between the- stones the- vipers go. James T.. P.lchardon. In the March r.vervhody's. Tho nobility ef the United Kingdom numbers 750. A Word About PIANOS I jok over the list of the well known i lanos handled by the GREAT UOt PE of SMERMAN, CLAY & CO., ind see how many other pianos made In the United States are cheap at any price. Read the list carefully: Stela way, Knal-e, A. B. Chase, Hardmon, Kvrett, Emerson, Ludwlg, Estey, Vese, Packard, Fischer, Klngsbery, Haller, Stoe and a large number of others, nnd when It Is known that these little houses cannot buy these pianos at any price and that they are S'tid ill over the United States at ONE PRICE, freight added, you will knew vou enn't make a mistake In selecting one handled by the house of Sherman, Clay & Co , buying, as they do, three times ns many Instruments as all the other houses on the ooast combined, they got the lowest price that a good piano ran be made for. Sherman, Clay ft Co., the one price house. Special sale this month only. JESSE FAILING, Pendleton, Oregon. Ministerial dutlps do not prevent Rev. Joel H. Metcnlf of Taunton, Mass., from pursuing nstronomlcal Investigations. His study of tho stars has resulted In the discovery of a new comet which Is now being closely ob served by astronomers throughout the world. It has been named Metcalfe comet MLBERTM THE LAND OF GREATER OPPORTUNITY An irrigated or unirrigated farm in the Canadian Pa cific Railway Company's three million acre project will mean a fortune to you. Farms adjacent to railroad ' and thriving towns may still be had at low prices with very easy terms. The soil is deep and fertile; abund ance of excellent water; good markets, and healthful climate. As a stock and grain country it cannot be surpassed, and under irrigation, great crops of alfalfa and sugar beets are grown. - - Low Rates to Homeseekers. Ask for Booklets. Jonathan Johnston, 527 Main Street, Pendleton, Oregon.