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DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1907.
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The man who makes a success
of an Important venture never
waits for the crowd, neither
does he look back to see whether
the crowd is coming. All that Is
worth anything to him is ahead.
Looking back doesn't make the
road any easier to travel, but In
stead, it stops the force with
which you are moving and
makes progress more difficult.
Many a runner has lost his race
because of looking backward.
The good things are ahead. The
road may be diflfcult to travel,
but there Is none easier that
reaches the goal toward which
every ambitious man is striving.
Looking backward never found
America, never lined the conti
nent with railroads, never span
ney our canyons, tunneled our
mountains, or placed a back
woods boy in the White House.
Leadership.
SAVE WESTERN SONGS.
The East Oregonlan has Just re
ceived a letter from John A. Lomax
of Harvard university, asking for
copies of all the folk lore songs of
the ranch, range and mines of the
west, which might linger in the mem
ory of the editor or be within reach of
his Inquiry.
Cowboy songs by the dozens are go
ins to waste In Oregon. Pioneer bal
lads which have cheered the settlers
on the lonely homesteads and on the
more lonely emigrant trails, are to
be found by the score in the memories
of the pioneers.
These , are to be saved In Harvard
university as part of the history of
the settlement of the west. It Is a
worthy work and the East Oregonlan
Invites any one having a typical west
ern song, one which is peculiar to the
west, to send it in and it will be
properly credited and sent to the
great collection In Harvard's archives.
Who that has ever rode the range
of Oregon, has not heard the boys
humming around the smouldering fire
at night the familiar words:
"O, bury me not In the lone pral-ree
Where the wild coyote may howl o'er
me"?
Or If not this gem, then perhaps the
following:
"Toll the bells slowly and roll the
sod o'er me, for I'm a lone cow.
boy and far from my home."
Who has not been reminded of the
leveling hand of death by the cowboy
song:
"Six feet of earth makes us all of
one size"?
Or who, upon the fire being replen
Ushed and the spirit of the night re
vlved, has not heard the best singer
in camp break out Joyously:
"O give me a home where the buffalo
roam, where the deer and the
antelope play;
Where never Is heard one dlscourag
Ing word and the sky Is not
cloudy all day"?
On hundreds of pioneer farms In Ore
gon what folk lore song has given
more cheer than this:
"The potatoes they grow small
In Kansas;
They dig them In the fall,
And they ent them skins and all,
In Kansas"!
And a companion to this Kansas
ditty also suggests the prairies and the
desolate winters of pioneer days:
"A-listenlng to the blizzard and a-
burnlng twisted hay,
In the little old sod. shanty on the
claim."
Pathos and sentiment of the richest
kind are mingled in these folk lore
songs, the following being one of the
sentimental specimens:
"Just a little sunshine, Just a little
rain;
Just a little happiness, Just a ltle
pain;
Just a little poverty, Just a little sold.
I And then the great eventful tale of
Life is told"!
The list could be continued ad In
flnltum from memory, for every west,
ern boy learned these songs, long be'
fore the advent of "Hiawatha," "The
Miserere," "Silver Heels," "The Wed
ding March," or any other present fa
vorites In sentiment, ragtime, opera or
otherwise.
The old ditties of the ranch and
range make up part of western life.
They belong to the cowboy age. It
they are not all elegant In expression,
they have a meaning which Is not mis
understood. Send in the old songs
and they will be forwarded to the
collection at Harvard.
FRATERNAL INSURANCE.
The gathering of the delegates of
the fifth district of the Woodmen of
the World for Oregon, In the city of
Pendleton today, calls special atten
tion to two things: The importance of
Pendleton as a convention city In
eastern Oregon, and the value and Im
portance of fraternal Insurance In the
life of modern people.
In all the old line Insurance tur
moil of the past two years, there have
been no scandals and no failures In
fraternal Insurance. The Interests of
policy holders In fraternal Insurance
societies are safeguarded by the fact
that the policy holders, themselves,
make their own laws, hold their own
conventions, select their own officers
and direct their own business.
The delegates from the various
camps of the Woodmen of the World
In Pendleton today are from the ranks
of the policy holders. Many of them
carry but $1000 Insurance and yet they
have as much voice as though they
carried millions, were they permitted
to do so.
Fraternal Insurance Is kept close, to
the people, close to the policy holders,
close to the membership, by the dem
ocratic spirit which rules the societies.
Rivalries and contests exist In the
orders. It Is true, but the orders are
better for them.
Pendleton welcomes the Woodmen
and hopes that they make this their
permanent meeting place, since It is
In the center of their eastern Oregon
district, convenient to all parts of the
district and the logical meeting place.
CASE OF M MANCS.
The Salem Journal says of the de
cision of Editor John P. McManus, of
the Pilot Rock Record to refrain from
the liquor habit hereafter:
That is good news. Important If
true.
No one should rejoice more than
Editor McManus.
That a man of talent and ability
should have to go almost to the foot
of the gallows to come to that con
clusion Is the mystery of sin, error,
delusion.
That a man should have to be
brought to the door- of state prison
before he can unmask the delusjon Is
strange.
That whlfltey should have that pow
er over a mortal Is stranger still.
An ocean of whiskey would be pow
erless to harm any man, If the man
had not the belief that there's pleasure
in drinking It.
It Is the false belief In whiskey as a
source of pleasure that causes the
sorrow and. suffering. .
In the end all who drink for pleas
ure will learn that.
Pendleton will receive two full
pages of free advertising In the mon
ster anniversary edition of the Oregon
Dally Journal which will be Issued
soon. A page devoted to Moorhouse
Indian pictures and one devoted to the
city of Pendleton and Umatilla coun
ty will find place In the Issue. Over
60,000 copies of this elegant edition
will be sent east and the value of these
two pages of free advertising cannot
be estimated In dollars and cents.
BOOK TRADE IN ANCIENT ROME.
In the time of Augustus Caesar,
books In the form of papyrus rolls,
copied by overworked and underpaid
slaves from the author's original
manuscript, were abundant and aston
Ifhlngly cheap. Horace hints In one of
his epistles that his works were being
pirated and sold so cheap that they
were getting Into the hands of the rnb
ble and becoming schoolbooks. Mar
tial, In one of his epigrams, says that
a copy of his Thirteenth book may be
bought for 4 numml (about 16 cents),
and that if Tryphon, the bookseller,
should sell It at 2 numml he would
still get a profit. Both Horace and
Martial convey the Idea that their pub
lishers occasionally put out larger edi
tions than could be sold.. In the mat
ter of editions de luxe, Martial writes
that a volume of his epigrams "polish
ed with pumice Btone "and Incased In
purple may be bought at Atrectus" for
6 danarll" (about 80 cents). New
York American.
Curious Effect From Dirty Feet
Because John Hermann, a small boy
In Lincoln, Neb., forgot his mother's
command to be sure and wash his feet
before going to bed, several Lincoln
men seem to owe him the chance to
make a fortune. An antlphloglstlne
factory Is to be started In consequence,
the antiseptic application to bo manu
factured from clay banks in the south
ern part of the city. The boy, who
had gone barefooted for the first time
this year, awoke the next morning to
find that his clay-colored feet were
blistered. Dr. Wlnnett, after examin
ing the clay with which the young
ster's feet was coated, declared that
all that It needed to obtain a very good
quality of antlphloglstlne, or Denver
mud, was the addition of glycerine
and an antiseptic. The doctors and
the owners of the land through which
the clay banks run, at once made
plans for a factory. Chicago Record
Herald.
Political Note and Comment
Congressman Llewellyn Powers 'of
Maine, has announced. It Is said, to
the party leaders that he Is serving
his last term.
Secretary Taft's mother would
rather see her distinguished son on
tho supreme bench than in the presi
dent's chair. Her choice for the lat
ter position Is Elihu Root.
S. C. Crummer Is about to retire
voluntarily from the chairmanship of
tho republican Jtate central commit
tee of Kansas. The committee will
meet In Topeka shortly to eccppt Mr.
Crummer's resignation and to name
his successor.
Henry M. Whitney has announced
his candidacy for the democratic
nomination for governor of Massa
chusetts. He slates his desire to
make the campaign on "business Is
sues," particularly the tariff and Ca
nadian reciprocity.
Chicago is In the field for the next
republican national convention. She
will have as competitors Kansas City
St. Louis and Philadelphia, which
have already entered the list, and
probably other cities will present
their claims before the national com
mittee meett next December to select
the place for holding the conven
tion. National Democratic Chairman
Thomas Taggart Is said to be feeling
the pulse of prominent democrats to
discover whether he will stand any
chance cf re-election. Though he
unjoys the confidence and friendship
of many of the party leaders In the
west and south, Mr. Taggart is not. in
the favor of William J. Bryan nor
the eastern democratic leaders,
chosen to head the national com
mittee. Alphonso Taft, father of Secretary
of War William H- Taft, was Presi
dent Grunt's last attorney general In
the last cabinet. Another instance
of father and son as holders of cabi
net portfolios was J. Sterling Morton,
who was Cleveland's secretary of ag
riculture, and Paul Morton, who waa
secretary of the navy for a time In
President Roosevelt's cabinet. In
the case of the Mortons it is curious
to note that the father was a demo
crat, while the son Is a republican.
The democratic congressional com
mittee proposes to make a vigorous
fight to secure, the election of the
five democratic candidates In Okla
homa. The election' for the ratifica
tion of the proposed constitution of
Oklahoma will be held In August, and
at the same time five representatives
will be elected, a legislature will be
chosen which will have the power to
elect two senators, and a governor
and all state officers for the new
state will be selected.
Senator John T. Morgan, one of
the venerable representatives of Ala
bama In the upper house, occasional
ly writes magazine articles which In
volve a great deal of research, but he
uniformly refuses to accept pay for
them. In the course of his public
career he has been offered Innumer
able railroad passes, tut never ac
cepted any either for himself or any
member of his family. Of moderate
means when he entered the senate,
THE SEWING MACHINE FROM A
HYGIENIC VIEWPOINT ITS
EFFECT ON WOMEN.
Husbands ' who are solicitous re
garding the health and well being of
their wives should regard the hygienic
features of the sewing machine as be
ing of tenfold greater Import than all
the other features, for health should
take precedence over everything else.
The only safe rule Is to select a sew
ing machine that has received the In
dorsement of most competent and un
biased hygienic authority.
Buy no sewing machine that Is not
constructed along the most thoroughly
scientific lines, nor a machine that re
quires undue force in Its propulsion,
but, upon the other hand, let these
features be the prime ones in deter
mining your choice.
At least one sewing machine is ut
terly free from criticism along these
lines by the physicians and the hyglen
lst. The well known Standard Rotary
Sewing Machine, either because of
the long years of experience of Its
manufacturers, enabling them to grad
ually eliminate all such undesirable
features, or on account of Its superior
mechanism, certainly Is free from
every objectionable feature of the
kind.
It is hyglenlcaity correct, and can
be used without fatigue or strain, Inas
much as a cramped position on the
part of the operator Is avoided; It does
not require undue strength to propel
It; It never runs unevenly, thus avoid
ing shocks and Jars.
There may be other sewing ma
chines that are free from the hygienic
objections mentioned, but they have
not come under observation or Inves
tigations, aud our examination covers
about every sewing machine In ' the
American market
The editorial department of the
New York Health Journal is not at all
Interested In' augmenting the sales or
Increasing the profits of any one man
ufacturer, but It is decidedly lnterestr
ed In protecting the health of Its sub
scribers by affording fair end unbias
ed information to Its readers who seek
these editorial columns for unprejudic
ed suggestions and disinterested ad
vice that cannot be found In either
printed circulars sent out by manu
facturers, newspaper advertisements
or paid "write-ups."
Not for the benefit of those who
may Incidentally profit by our state
ments, but solely in the Interests of
readers, we unhesitatingly say that
the Standard machine Is the only sew
ing machine upon which has been be
stowed the unqualified editorial In
dorsement of the New York Health
Journal.
JESSE FAILING, Agent
Main Street, near Bridge.
Baking Powder
Absolutely Put c
Makes delicious, healthful food,
A pure, cream of tartar Powder.
A can of Roy a? Baking Powder contains many
more teaspoons foil of baking powder than a can
of the heavy acid-laden phosphate or alam powders.
he Is now a poor man, having little
or nothing but his salary.
Instances where a state legislature
tails to elect a United States senator
In time to take his sent at the begin
ning of a new congress are so few In
the history Of the United States as to
he worthy of mention. The Rhode
Island legislature, after taking 81
ballots, has failed to elect a succes
sor to George Penbody Wetmore and
It will not reassemble again until
January of next year, whereas con
gress will again be In session In De
cember of this year. For an interim
of at least ono month in the begin
ning of the sixtieth congress Rhode
Island will, therefore, have only one
representative in the upper branch of
congress.
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a mother should be a source of joy to all, but the suffering and
danger incident to the ordeal makes its anticipation one of misery.
Mother's Friend is the only remedy which relieves women of the great
pain and danger of maternity; this hour which is dreaded as woman's
severest trial is not only made painless, but all the danger is avoided
by its use. Those who use this remedy are no longer despondent or
gloomy; nervousness, nausea and other distressing conditions are
overcome, the system is made ready for the coming event, and the
serious accidents so common to the critical
hour are obviated by the use of Mother's
Friend. t"It is worth its weight in gold,"
ays many who have used it. $i.oo per
bottle at drug stoies. Book containing
valuable information of interest to
be sent to any address free upon
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COMING EVENTS.
May 15-17 Montana lnterscholas-
tlc meet, Missoula.
May t4 Oregon stnte grange
Hood River.
June 4-7 Washington state grange,
Lynden.
June 7-8 Pioneers' reunion, Wes
ton.
June 10 Oregon Pioneers asaO'
elation, Portland.
July 4-7 B. T. P. U., national
convention, Spokane.
July 10-1 S International Christian
Endeavor convention, Seattle.
July 15-10 Grand Lodge Elks,
Philadelphia.
July 9-13 Knights Templar con
clave, Saratoga, N. T.
Every mother feels
great dread of the pain
and danger attendant upon
the most critical period
of her life. Becoming
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all women, will
application to
Atlanta, Oa.
rlend
Pendleton, Ore.
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New brand now on the market.
Made by his new modern process.
It beats all for perfect bread baking.
Hotel St. George
GEORGE DARVEATJ, Proprietor.
ilHTnlliijilliWsl
European plan. Everything first-
clan. All modern conveniences. Steam
heat throughout. Rooms en suite wit
bath. Large, new sample room, ine
Hotel St. George Is pronounced one
of the most up-to-date hotels of the
Northwest. Telephone and fire alarm
connections to office, anl hot and
cold running water In all rocms.
ROOMS: $1.00 and $1 .30
Block and a Hnlf From Depot.
See the big electric sign.
The Hotel
Pendleton
BOLLONS & BROWN, Proprietors.
The Hotel Pendleton has been re
fitted and refurnished throughout. ,
Telephone and fire alarm connec
tions with all rooms. Baths en suite
and single rooms.
HeailiHinrtiTS for Traveling Men
Com hum! lout) Sample Room.
I Yet? 'Una.
Ratee $2, $2.50 and $3,
Special rates by tho week or moaih.
Excellent Cuisine.
Prompt dining room service.
T
Hnr nnd nilliard Hno mlii Connection
Only Three Mocks from Depots.
Golden Rule Hotel
E. Ii. M'BROOM, rnOPRIETOR.
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
Special rates by the week or month.
Evcellent dining room service.
Rooms 50c, 75c and $1.00
Free 'bus to and from all trains.
The Hotel Bowman
Under New Management
W. S. POWELL, Prop.
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W!" -iti.
llflUlilU'.'
European plan. Rooms en-suite or
single, with or without bath. Hot
and cold water throughout. Steam
heat.
Rates, 50c,$1. 00 and $1.50
per day.
Special attention shown commercial
flfln.
Best sample rooms In town. Opposite
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