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PAGE TOtTR. DAILY EAST OREOONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY. MARCH IL 1907. PTWT PAGES. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER. Pobltihed Pally. Weekly and Sunl-Wsekly. at Pendleton. Oregon, by the EAST OREGONIAN PUBLISHING CO. snuarRimoN rates. Pally, on yr, by mall $5.00 Pslly, sli months, by mall 2.50 Pslly. three months, by mall 1 25 Daly. one month, by mall 60 Wiy, one yr. by mall 1.50 Wtrkiy, li months, by mall 75 Wkly, fonr montha, by mall 50 Rrml Weekly, on yr. by mall 1.50 Reml-Weekly. six montha, by mall 75 Semi-Weekly, four montha, by mall... .50 Chicago Hurran, 009 Security building. Waahlnirton, 1). C, Bureau, 501 Four teenth street, N. W. Member Scrlppa Newa Aaaoclatlon. relephone Main 1. Entered at Pendleton Postofflc aa second rlaita matter. The principle of life Is eter nal. Whether the Individual life shall live after .death, con cerns "us not here, but this we know, that life has been since the beRlnnlngr. and nothing enn destroy It. It may take differ ent forms, as It does dally be fore our eyes, but the life prin ciple cannot die. We know not but that the very clods beneath our feet have life. The dividing line between the animate and In animate Is nut well defined. Who can say this thing or that thing has no life? How can we know? The blade of grass has life, we admit: yet it does not cry out when we crush It; ne"h er does the stone cry out. May It not also lie Imbued with the principle "f life? The Ghourki Magazine. ONE VIEW OF THE LEGISLATURE The Woodburn Independent, a re publican paper of Marlon county, and one of the leading papers of the Wil lamette valley, gives the following unprejudiced and practical view of the work and character of the recent legislative session. Coming from a republican paper with no ax to grind, this view must be taken as fairly representative of the healthful public sentiment of the state. The Indepen dent says: We are asked, as an Independent republican newspaper, to give our j opinion of the recent legislature of Oregon. The legislature wasted too ! much time in the beginning, and then j had not sufficient time to give to the I c-inslderatlnn of meritorious and un- I meritorln., bills. Too much time was also wisted in the endeavor to circumvent the gover nor, undoubtedly representing the peo ple. If he was playing politics, as claimed, and the legislature In many respects not representing the people, and In one. at least, slapping the peo ple In the face. The governor proved that he stood on constitutional and economical ground and put the legislature In a deep hole, from which It is trying to but cannot very" well crawl out with out the assistance of a rope, which the general public seems very unwil ling to provide. In a comparatively few Instances the legislature has accomplished some good, but in many features It was a miserable failure, one close observer considering It a silly body. The peo ple naturally feel that the legislature has been too extravagant, and are thankful that we had an executive who knew how and when to use the veto ax, and was not afraid to wield It. It was plainly dlscernable that throughout the legislative session the normal school combine was the dic tatorial power, and on this account the people were not faithfully nor fully served. A number of good bills were killed, and the senate gave un mistakable evidence that It was there for the benefit of the rich. THE COST OF HAULING CROPS. Few people have any appreciation of the outlay which is necessary on the part of the farmer to haul his crops from the farm to the point of shipment. The sight of wagons on the way to town Is one which Is familiar In the country districts. That a farm er must have wagons and teams la taken for granted without any con sideration of what such an equipment means in the way of Initial cost or of what It represents In dollars and cents In connection with the farm profits. The department of agriculture has published a bulletin upon the subject, "Cost of Hauling Crops from Farms to Shipping Points," which reveals seme surprising facts. The method of compilation Illustrates the work of the department In the Interest of the farmers, and the results of the study suggest the" enormous saving which might be effected under Im proved facilities for transportation. A circular letter sent to 2800 cor respondents of the department brought answers from residents In 1S94 counties. The questions asked Included the weight of the average load, the number of horses or mules used for hauling such a load, the cost of hiring a team for the purpose, the greatest distance to a shipping point, the principal farm products, and the time ordinarily taken for the round trip. Using the Information from these answers, an expert has prepared tables showing the cost of hauling the principal crops to the nearest shipping point. Taking the more com mon products for Illustration, It Is shown that near $29,000,000 was spent In a single year to get the corn crop snipped, this item representing near ly 10 per cent of the value of the average load carried. In the case of wheat the aggregate cost was nearly 122.000.000, or a lit tle over 7 per cent of the value of the load. Taking 12 of the principal products the aggregate cost of haul ing to a place of shipment was $73, -000.000, this making no account of the expense of hauling grain to mill. Such a large outlay In a given year has Its own eloquent suggestion of the saving from better loads or fewer horses. No better argument could be made In favor of good roads than this table of figures. The statsltlcs Indicate also the possible saving through the t'.( velopment of freight carrying trol ley lines, bringing the farmer nearer to the point of shipment. With an annual outlay of $"3,000,- 000 for hauling $1,500,000,000 worth of ordinary products. It Is plain that the saving secured by Improvement of transportation facilities would be enormous. FOR A XEW CHARTER. Pendleton Is now making progress toward a new city charter about as rapidly as a vigorous and business-like city administration can arrange the preliminary details. The people of the city are glad to note this'progressive spirit It renews and enlarges their hopes for the fu ture and gives assurance of a mu nicipal expansion which Is In keep ing with Pendleton's excellent re sources. The city hall, sewer extension, cem etery improvement, levee extension and other Improvements mentioned by the council are needed and the city Is ready to add them to her assets. Charters and constitutions are easily ' 'Utgrown and the people must be on the alert constantly to keep pace with the material rrogress which comes unawares. It Is a compliment to tlle cl,y council of Pendleton that t has decided to bring Pen Jleton's charter n t. date. The legislature of lliuT was nut as "Xtravagant with clerk hire as 1005, s.iys the Eiicn- t'luanl. This year the si nate spent SI 1.473; the house this year spent 1 9044 ; total of both houses, $20,517. In round numbers the clerks cost $10,000 less than In 1905, and about $15.ono more than was neces sa ry. A GOOD WORD FOR THE COYOTE. During the year 1906 the state aid ed $1060 In bounties to coyote killers in Douglas county, being $1 for each scalp delivered to the auditor, says the Watervllle, Wash., Empire. There are hundreds of animals slain which are never reported, and it Is safe to say that not less than 3000 coyotes were killed In this county last year. The question is being debated w'th considerable earnestness whether it Is sound policy to continue the bounty on the so-called pests. Many ranch ers have expressed the opinion that the coyote does more good In getting the principal part of his living off the Jack rabbit than he does In sneaking a chicken, a water melon or an occa sional lamb. It is a fact that one of the greatest pests the gralngrower of central Washington has to contend with Is the Jack rabbit. This animal will enter a field and cut down hundreds of stalks In an astonishingly short time, and It is claimed by some that one Jack rabbit will cause more financial loss In a month than the coyote will do in a year. It Is thought by removing the bounty there will not be such a slaughter of the animals as there Is at present. The farmers interviewed are not In favor of protecting the animal, saying that It Is natural for everyone to take a shot at a coyote whenever he Is seen, on general principles, but they think It is scarcely fair to put a price on his head when the harm he does Is so nearly balanced by the good. A I'LEA FOR COUNTRY LIFE. Arthur Brisbane, In an editorial In the New York Evening Journal, says; The hot weather comes. We re peat with emphasis our advice to the fithers and mothers of children: Take your families out of the big cities. The cities murder children. The hot pavements, the dust, the noire, are fatal In many cases and harmful always. The history of tuccessful men Is nearly always tha history of country boys In almost every great city the fa' her and mother who will can get out of the oily. The population must spread. Even the poorest people will go from the tenements to the su burbs when cheaper rents and ftve cent fares and high speed are com bined. You could not do a better thing than have your children In the country digging, weeding, playing lp the fl'-Ws. A Little Lesson in New Thought As previously stated, some writers divide the human mind Into three party, others insist it Is one mind functioning on three different planes. It It rathet Immaterial which view li accepted as one's conclusions will be much the same. A blending of western new thought, founded on material sci ence, and the psychic knowledge of the cast, called the occult, will give us a middle ground. In a measure, ac ceptable to all. The functions of our waking mind, or intellect. Is fairly known to the average person. "Cold reason" Is nhlc to sum up both sides of an In tricate proposition and give Its an swer. A fair example cf reasoning Is our jury system. The evidence Is given on both sides, the lawyers have ar rayed the facts In order, the Judge gives his charge and the Jury retires to reason together. If they are a fair, unbiased Jury, only the intellect Is used In coming to a conclusion. Take the same ;ury and put them In the hypnotic sleep, and they could not be kept so for the reason that only the Intellect can sum up In ductively, that Is draw a conclusion from all the particulars. The cross examinations wruld confuse the spir itual mind and break the sleep, for the spiritual mind knows no guile, It believes all that Is told It and acts upon the, suggestion clven. One side In the trial would testify to one thing and the other the op posite and the best hypnotist In the land could not keep his subjects un der control. The Intellect would as sert itself and leason on these things. A most struklng example of the ab sence of reason are the insane. They are open and ready to act on sugges tions that are ridiculous In the ex treme. Without be'.ng able to draw a conclusion from'all the particulars, the suggestion presented to them Is true. Just as it Is to the hypontlzed person. Another example Is the Idiot. There Is no reason yet the Instinct ive mind Is artlve and takes care of him all through life. His spiritual mind is In obselance and his real self--the 1 ah. what of It? This is a iiuestioii no theological student circs to taikl", then why "hould a disciple of new thought? While It can be answered, as a people we are not ready to accept It. In the small child the Intellect is not developed and the spiritual mind accepts is true and acts on the sug gertlnns given It. Small children In playing "bear" accept the suggestion tba.' one of their number Is the raging animal and are often so thoroughly frightened as to be thrown It. to con vulsions. A .It'le icy !n Pendleton was play ing Indian. He played his papa and mamma were dead and he was a "pore little orphan." Suddenly he lairt in tears over the loss of papa and mamma. Look around yen and you will find nier.tv of -xmiples alone this line. Tbe thinking parent wlil find food for thought and be very careful what Is Instilled in h!s child's bud ding mind. Never tell your child the "boogy" inan will get him. Never Impress up on his glowing Intellect the meaning of fear. All, how much mankind has been held back by fear! Throw fear thoughts out of your mind. Kick them out as you would a mangy cur. As the child grows Its Intellect ex pands, takes possession. The spirit ual and Instinctive minds offer sug gestions, It Is true, but the Intellect Is supreme In the normal person, or we would not be free moral agents. New Thought. President C. W. Eliot of Harvard university, In his annual report to the board of trustees, made this week, Inveighs vigorously against the game of football as played under either the new or the old rules. He denounces It as brutal, unmanly and retrogressive, tending to belittle the better Instincts of both players and fans. Try The Bitters PROMPTLY as soon as you notice the first sign of anvStoniacli. Liver, Kidney or Bowel disorder. This plan will save you a lot of unnecessary suffering end per haps along alck spell. For over 5!t years HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS has been making people well and keeping them so by curing Liver nnd Kidney Troubles, Dyspepsia, Indlgr. tlon, Female Ills or Colds. We guar antee It pure. St. Joseph's Academy UNDER THE DIRECTION OF Til Sisters of St. Francis OF PHILADELPHIA. RESIDENT AND DAY PUPILS. SPECIAL AT TENTION OTVEN TO MUSIC AND ELOCUTION. STUDENTS PREPAR ED FOR TEACHERS' EXAMINA TIONS FOR COUNTY AND STATE CERTIFICATES. FOR PARTICU LARS ADDRESS SISTER. SUPERIOR. f5p va'u si 1? Absolutely Pure. OVAL BAKINO POWDER CO., NIW VORK. Poetic Llceiue In TIUs. Scott Cummins, the poet of Wln- cheste, Wood county, was a cow- puncher In the northwest many years ago. His outfit came to Snake river one day with 3000 cattle. Cummins, with a poet's license, relates what happened: "The river was too dangerous for swimming, but after following the bank a short distance the foreman found a giant redwood tree that had fallen across the river. Fortunately, the tree was hollow, and making a chile, they had no trouble in driving the cattle through the log to the other side. "As the cattle had not been count ed for several days, one of the cow boys was stationed to count them as they emerged from the log. The count fell short some 30 head, but about that time a distant lowing was heard. "Their surprise may bo Imagined BABY'S looks forward to the hour when she shall feel the exquisite thrill of motherhood with indescribable dread and fear. Every woman should know that the danger, pain urnl horror of child birth can be entirely avoided by the use of Mother's Friend, a scientific liniment for external use only, which toughens and renders pliable all its 6ublime work. I?y its aid F)'3 GHk fi f thousands of women have KV'a Fun i passed this great crisis in per- (g vltl mJ u U feet safety and without pain. Sold at l.oo per bottle by druggists. of priceless value to all women sent free. BRAOFIELO REGULATOR CO.. Allmr.lm. Cm B m NOTICE TO PUBLIC. I've just installed the latest 8 HELTONS VIBRATOR For Facial and Scalp Treatment. The only Electric Massage Machine in the city. Call and see us at the EAGLE BATHS J. H. ESTES, Prop. 618 MAIN STREET. WALTER'S NEW "HARD WHEAT" FLOUR Try It Walters' Flour Mills PENDLETON, OREGON FOR l-Room Dwellllni l-Room Dwelling , , B-Room Dwelling . 87 Pullding Lots. FRANK B. CLOPTON & CO. 1 1 2 E. Court. St., Pendleton, Ore. Byers' Best Flour Is mads from the choicest wheat that grows. Good bread Is assur ed when BYERS BEST FLOUR Is used. Bran, Shorts, Steam Railed Barley always on hamj. PENDLETON ROLLER MILLS W. S. BYERS, Proprietor. The Careful Housewife uses no other. I h when on looking about they found the cattle had wandered off Into a hollow limb." L, M. Wakt field, a prominent min ing man of Wardner, disappeared. Several weeks later It was ascertained that he was a patient In the Medi cal Lake, Wash., Insane asylum. He had been taken In custody, undoubt edly Insane, In a small Washington town. He hns means and Is an Odd Fellow, nnd It Is probable that he will be discharged from Medical Lake and put In a private asylum, under the management of the I. O. O. F. In the whole history of congress, covering a period of 118 years, there are only two of Its members who have a record of more than forty years of service Justin S. Morrill of Vermont and William B. Allison of Iowa. Is the joy of the household, for without it no happiness can be complete. How sweet the picture of mother and babe! Angels smile at and commend the thoughts and aspirations of the mother bending over the cradle. The ordeal through which the expectant mother must pass, how ever, is so full of danger nnd suffering that she mm Our book Address f-V i LI Ka bid U New brand now on the market. Made by his new modern process. It beats all for perfect bread baking. SALE $1100 $800 $2600 Hotel St. George GEORGE DARVEAC, Proprietor. European plan. Everything first class. All modern conveniences. Steam heat throughout Rooms en suite with bath. Large, new sample room. Tht Hotel St. George Is pronounced on of the most up-to-date hotels of th Northwest. Telephone and fire alarm connections to office, and hot and cold running water In all rocms. ROOMS: $1.00 and $1.5q Block nnd a Half From Depot. See the big electric sign. The Hotel Pendleton BOLLONS & BROWN, Proprietor. The Hotel Pendleton has been re fitted and refurnished throughout. Telephone and fire alarm connec tions with all rooms. Hatha en suite and single rooms. HeoilqiiartiTs for Traveling Men Coimiiodloiix Sample Rooms. Fr if 'llus. 4 Ratee $2, $2.50 and $3. Special rotes hy the wck or month. Excellent Cuisine. Prompt dining room service. Bar nnil Itlllhtrcl Ron mln Connection Only Three ltlix-k from Depot. STOP THE Grey Team and Yellow Wagon AND TRY Alfalfarm Dairy Bottled Milk n.EAN xn PURE PHONE FARMERS 3 on MAIN 17. The French RESTAURANT Pendleton's most pop ular Dining Room. Best 25 cent meal in the city. Thoroughly renovated and all newdishes. Orville Coffman Proprietor Columbia Bar and Rooming House MRS. F. X. SCHEMPP, Proprietress Fine Wines, Liquors, ond Cigars. Newly furnished and up-to-date Rooming House in connection. 826 MAIN STREET,