East Oregonian : E.O., May 22, 1907, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4

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DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, HAY 22, 190T.
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teenth street, N. W.
VI ember Scrlppa New Association.
telephone Main 1.
Entered at Pendleton Postofflca aa aeconoV
elaas matter.
projected construction of other elec
tric lines In O. R. & N. territory.
So Walla Walla, by building electrlo
roads, unconsciously helps Pendleton
secure her long-desired local train to
Portland.
Already the Walla Walla-Freewater
electric line Is coining money on Its
first 10 miles of track. Much of this
money has heretofore gone Into the
ticket sales of the O. R. & N. The O.
R. & X. must, and undoubtedly will,
meet this competition by Increased ser-
ice. There Is no reason- why the
railroad company should not hold Its
share of the business If It gives the
service the people demand.
While the electric line from Walla
Walla, In Invading Umatilla county,
has turned trade toward Walla Walla,
It has also hastened better railroad
facilities for Pendleton,, for which
Pendleton Is duly thankful.
I haven't much faith In the man
who complains
Of the work he has chosen to
do.
He's lazy, or else he's deficient
in brains.
And may be a hypocrite,
too.
He's likely to cheat and he's
likely to rob;
Away with the man who finds
fault with his Job.
But give me the man with the
sun In his face,
And the shadows all dancing
behind;
Who can meet his reverses with
calmness and grace,
And never forget to be kind;
For whether he's wielding a
scepter or swab,
I have faith In the man who's
in love with his Job.
John L. Shroy In Llpptncott's.
PENDLETON IS INTERESTED.
' It Is currently reported in this city
. and Is believed generally, that a syn
dicate of capitalists has been formed
for the purpose of buying up Umatilla
heirship lands as fast as they are
patented. This Is. a syndicate of spec
ulators In every sense, and the settle
ment of the reservation will be pre-
vented by the deal, If It Is true, as Is
believed.
In order to carry out Us plans this
syndicate must have the connivance
of the Indian agent and the sales of
Indian lands, under such a plan, must
of necessity be made more or less se
cretly and cannot be conducted open
ly and above board, where the public
may have an equal opportunity in bid
ding, with the agents of the syndi
cate.
Pendleton is Interested In having
settlers buy the Umatilla reservation
lands. There should be a home on
every quarter section of Indian land
sold and the Indian department will
not stand for any speculative deals, If
It can be shown that such are being
carried out.
Patents for Umatilla heirship lands
are now due In large numbers and It
Is to the Interest of Pendleton busi
ness men who expect to enjoy Increas
ed business by Increasing settlement,
to see that those lands are sold open
ly, In a fair and square deal. In which
every man with money to buy a tract
of land will have an equal chance to
buy, with every other man.
It Is not to the Interest of Pendleton
to have these valuable lands cornered,
through secret deals with government
officials, In the hands of a speculative
syndicate. Settlers are wanted In
Umatilla county and Pendleton bus
Iness men should Insist that settlers
be given a chance to purchase Indian
lands.
DONT LIKE ALBERTA,
Walla Walla people who rushed Into
the Alberta country two or three years
ago and Invested practically ail the
money they had In "cheap" lands, now
write back that they have been de
ceived In the country and are anxious
to get out "whole" and come back to
the Inland empire.
Included In this list of dissatisfied
people are a number from Umatilla
county.
'Cheap" land Is not always good
land and summer climate Is no; al
ways a safe criterion by which to
Judge a country In which one Is going
to found a home.
Many people have made some
money In the advance of land prices
In Alberta, but as to that country be
coming a genuine, productive, perma
nent wheat district, there have always
been grave doubts In the minds of
many who have been tempted to go
there.
As an Investment, Alberta land has
been attractive for several years past,
but as wheat land well that Is an
other thing.
Umatilla county Is a pretty good
place to stay, after all, Judging from
the number of people who come back
after a few years' absence, to make It
their permanent home.
In
-MAY READ OREGON PAPERS.
Heretofore one of the most bitter
punishments of Oregon convicts, has
been the refusal of the prison author!
ties to allow Oregon newspapers
the penitentiary.
Even the most hardened criminal
Interested In home affairs and this
banishment of home papers has been
as hard to bear as the confinement, In
many cases.
However, through the humane sen
tlments of Governor Chamberlain,
after June 1, Oregon newspapers may
be read In the Oregon penitentiary,
and several hundred prisoners will re
Jolce at the changed conditions,
It has always been a mystery to the
East Oregonlan, why men confined In
prison were not allowed to read home
papers. ThPy have been permitted
to write and receive letters, carry on
regular correspondence, and real out
side papers. Just what harm Oregon
newspapers could do In the penlten
tlary, has been a mystery, difficult to
understand,
WALLA WALLA AIDS PENDLETON
On the quiet, U is whispered that
the local train between Portland and
Biggs will be run on through Pendle
ton and Walla Wnlla to Spokane. This
action Is said to have been hastened
not so much by the Oregon railroad
commission, as by the construction of
the electric railroad out of Walla
of Emperor Alexander III, and
Princess Dagmar, the daughter of
the late king of Denmark. His ed
ucation by private tutors was supple
mented by extensive travel. One of
the most exciting Incidents of his
early career was his attempted assasr
slnatlon by a fanatic when he was
traveling through Japan on his way
around the world. Nicholas ascend
ed the throne November 1, 1894, and,
four weeks later, was married to
Princess Alexandra Allx, daughter of
Grand Duge Ludwlg IV, of Hesse
nd granddaughter of the late
Queen victoria. They have five chll-
ren, four, of them daughters, the
youngest a son.
It Is rather strange that the same
man who says advertising don't pay
and who pays his advertising bill as
though he were giving that much to
charity, Is the first one to complain
if he Is not given prominent mention
free, every time he turns around. If
occasional free notices help, It stands
to reason that regular, judicious and
practical advertising, every day, pays
much better and Is a good business in
vestment. The people read the ad
vertising columns regularly, and If
they do not find the leading firms
represented there, they wonder why
it Is. If a firm Is not represnted
there the readers of the papers natur
ally conclude that they have nothing
to sell. It Is a logical conclusion.
San Francisco Is nearlng the only
logical solution of her street car dlffl
cuttles when she decided upon municl
pal ownership. When the cars are
operated solely for the purpose of glv.
ing the public good service Instead of
being operated to pay dividends upon
millions of watered stock, the labor
troubles will have vanished. Most of
the serious labor troubles of the coun
try can be traced to the Inordinate
greed of the employing corporations,
A fine park, with several hundred
shade trees on the site of the old cem
etery north of the river, would be
delightful spot for Pendleton's visitors
on the hot afternoon on the Fourth of
July. By next July such a park should
be started. It requires many years
for trees to grow to any size and the
quicker the work Is started the more
probable It will be that the present
generation may enjoy the shade.
COMING EVENTS.
May 24 Oregon state grange,
Hoo-I River.'
May 24 Umatilla County Caledon
Ian picnic at Athena.
June 4-7 Washington state
griuib'e, Lyndon.
June 7-S rioneirs' reunion, Wos
ton.
June 10 Oregon Pioneers' asso
c-lutlon, Portland.
JULY 4 CELEBRATION AT
PENDLETON.
July -? H. Y. P. XT., national
convention, Spokane.
July 10-15 International Christian
rndf.avtT, Seattle.
Julv 15-20 Oirand lodge Elks,
Philadelphia.
July 9-13 Knlglits Templar con
clove, Saratoga. N. Y.
Wool Sulfa Dales
Pendleton May 22 and 23., June
7.
Hennner Mny ?8 and 29. Jun
13.
Sl anlko June 10. 11 and 2. July
10.
C.ndon--June 21.
Faker City July 9.
Elgin July J1.
CZAR NICHOLS 39 YEARS OLD,
You can make better food with
Royal Baking Powder
ABSOLUTELY PURE.
Lighter, sweeter, more palatable
wholesome
and free from alum and phosphatic acid
Hotel St. George
GEORGE DARVEATJ, Proprietor.
UNJUST WATER RATES.
Baker City needs a readjustment
of the charges for city water,, says
the Daily Herald of that place. ' It
needs to adopt such uniform taxa
tion that the alien owner of lands
within the city limits will have to
pay his proportionate tax for the
municipal improvements that are
made.
We are Informed that the present
ystem was adopted and patterned
after the Portland plan. It may
work well In Portland, but it Is cer
tainly not an equitable rate for the
citizens of this city.
The water system has seven and
one-half miles of steel and vitrified
pipe, In the mountains, nine miles of
box flume, three miles of wood pipe,
making a total of 20 miles in the sup
ply system. For these mains and
the necessary equipment was incur
red the municipal Indebtedness
largely. At present there Is out
standing bonds amounting to $235,-
flOO, drawing all the way from 5 to
per cent Interest; $17,000 of this
amount Is due next year and 360,000
becomes due the following year. This
Indebtedness must all be paid sooner
or later and every attention should
be given to the matter of rates md
taxation so that the obligation may
be met with the least hardship on
the entire number of property own
ers.
There Is In operation at the pres
ent time and has been for about four
years what Is known as a base, rate:
The minimum charge is $6 per an
num, which Includes the family who
occupy from one to five rooms;
stores pay $!!1 per year; saloons pay
336 per year; anyone who owns a
cow or other stock pays $3 each
year extra for the use of water for
that. Not 33 per head, but Just 33.
Besides this there Is also a meter
rate which Is used In some cases.
The O. R. & N. railroad pays 10
cents n 1000 for the first 100,000
and five cents for each additional
1000. The Sumpter Valley road pays
a flat rate of 318 per year, but It
only uses the water for the depot.
It can readily be seen by reading
these rates that the charges are not
made equitable. The poor man who
buys a small cottage and Is working
hard to pay for It and probably owns
a team and a cow, pays more than
does the man who owns a $15,000
home and lives easily. The rate to
the O. R. & N. Is not sufficient for
the service, and the man who Invests
his money In vacant property does
not pay a cent toward the water sys
tern, all of which Is unjust In the ex
treme.
The city council hns the power to
regulnte these rates. It Is an ardu
ous task, but It Is the duty of those
In charge to study the question and
try and give this city a system of
rates which Insures all a square deal.
SELLING AND BUYING WIVES..
The court of the Haute Loire has
before it a case brought by a peas
ant who claims 120 damages from
another peasant for the non-fulfillment
of a contract for the sale of
his wife.
The man who brought the -action
bargained to buy the wife of a
neighbor for 1120. When the wo
man heard of the transaction she
not only refused to leave her hus
band's house, but told the two men
strongly what she thought of them.
The buyer was furious at not be
ing n'ole to obtain the execution of a
contract duly drawn up and signed,
and lie determined to seek legal redress.
It Is stated that sales and purchas
es of wives have been taking place In
the district several times during re
cent years. Paris Letter.
MAN SWALLOWED GASOLINE.
A man In western Iowa waes trying
DESERTERS.
Tears for the exiled everywhere
Condemned to pine
In martyred solitudes far from their
native shore,
Yearning Incessant toward one lost
horizon lint
Yet all such haunted exiles In their
dreams once more
Walk the beloved ways of home; feel
their blood leap
To country and to kin, and patriot
Ism keep
A hearth alight within their souls.
But tears for none
As for the wilful aliens, 'neath a for
eign sky
Deserters vain who leave their work
undone,
Their cross unborne, to cheat the
fires of destiny!
Exiles' of Idle Pleasure whose golden
chains they drag
Within their dreams no country!
Within their hearts no flag!
Martha O. D. Blanchl. In the June
Everybody's.
Nicholas II., the present czar of
Russia, who Is the eighth ruler to
represent the House or Romanof
Hulsteln, was born May 6, or May
I H. according to the new style. In the
Walla Into Umatilla county and tl cycar 158Si an(I wng tm eldest son
The Rose Lund company, working
under a franchise from the city of
Yakima, is sinking a well In the out
skirts of that town and will make
a thorough test of the possibility of
getting artesian water, being pre
pared to go deep and Intending to do
so.
to blow through a siphon when It
began to work and filled his lungs
with a pint of gasoline. It delayed
hit marriage because they didn't dare
to "pull the match off" until the
gasoline evaporated. He had a very
fiery temper, but they kept him cool
with Ice. He had to wear spectacles
for fear his eyes would blaze. His
hair was flaming red, hut he wore a
night cap to ward off danger. They
kept him In the cellar for fear the
light would touch him off. They
took a flashy necktie away from him
and tied him so he couldn't "light
out;" he did not dare to grate his
tooth for fear of an explosion. They
finally attached him to a gasoline
engine and pumped him out gradu
ally. Ke furnished a tank that lasted
nearly all day and they run a paper
off and did a lot of Job work before
he went dry. It was a close call and
strictly Illegal, as he was not paint
ed red. llritt Tribune.
European plan. Everything first-
All modern conveniences. Steam
heal throughout. Rooms en suite with
bath. Large, new sample room. Toe
Hotel St George Is pronounced one
f the moat up-to-date hotel of the
Northwest. Telephone and fire alarm
connections to office, and hot and
cold running water In all rooms.
ROOMS: $1.00 and $1 .50
Block and a Half Prom Depot.
See the big electrlo sign.
The best road to the throne is by
way of the cross.'
Becoming
A MOTHER
Is an ordeal which all wo
men approach with lnde
scrlbable fear, for nothing
compares with the pain
and horror of child-birth.
The thought of the suffer
ing and danger In store for her, robs the expectant mother of all pleasant
anticipations of the coming event, and casts over her a shadow of gloom
which cannot be shaken off. Thousands of women have found that the use
of Mother's Friend during pregnancy robs confinement of all pain and dan
ger, and insures safety to life of mother and child. This scientific liniment
Is a god-send to all women at the time of their most critical trial. Not
only does Mother's Friend carry women safely through the perils of child.
birth, but Its use gently prepares the system for the coming event, precents
"morning sickness," and other discomforts of this period. Sold by all drug
gists at $1.00 per bottle.
Book containing valuable
- Information free.
The Brntlflclcl Regulator Co.,
Atlanta, Ga.
OTHER'S
FRIEND.
Known For Its Strength
When a man wants to "do wrong he
never has any trouble In finding an
excuse.
The
First National
Bank
Pendleton. Oregon
Designated United States Depository
Established 1682
Capital Surplus and
Undivided Profits -
000,00
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
GEO. UARTMAN, JR. W. F. MATLOCK
W. S. DYER9 J. 8. M'LEOD
LEVI ANKENY G. M. RICE
T. C. TAYLOR
Interest Paid on Time Deposit
SECURITY
Warner, a
I'JP'li, .it ,
The Hotel
Pendleton
BOLLONS A BROWN. Proprietor.
The Hotel Pendleton has been re
fitted and refurnished throughout.
Telephone and fire alarm connec
tion with all rooms. Baths en suit
and single rooms.
Headquarters for Traveling Meal
Commodious Sample Rooms.
Free 'Dos.
Ratee $2, $2.50 and $3.
Special rates by the week or moath.
Excellent Cuisine.
Prompt dining room service.
Bar and Billiard Roo mln Connection
Only Til roc Blocks from Depots.
Golden Rule Hotel
E. L. M'BROOM. PROPRIETOR.
' 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.
DO YOU V ANT TO BUY OR BUILD A HOMET If you do, and If
you desire to borrow money to assist you, It will pay you to read this
carefully. Based on $1000 mortgage: .
36 m thj, or I years flat loan at .0638 per cent, $82.15 per month
48 months, or 4 years flat loan at .0643 per cent, $26.31 per month
60 months, or S years flat loan at .0:49 per cent, 111.34 per month
71 months, or 6 years flat loan at .0665 per cent, $18.63 per month
88 months, or 8 years flat loan at .0570 per cent, $15.17 per month
130 months or 10 years flat loan at .0585 per cent, $13.11 per month
Remember, tho actual cost to the bo. owcr 's simply the total sum
that he Is required to pay.
FRANK B. CLOPTON & CO.
1 12 E. Court St., Pendleton, Ore.
The Hotel Bowman
Under New Management
W. 8. POWELL, Prop.
glgjpiMMMfl 'Jul
European plan. Rooms en-sult or
single, with or without bath. Hot
and cold water throughout. Steam
heat
Rales, 50e,$l.00 and $1.50
per day.
Special attenUsn shown commercial
Men.
Best sample rooms In town. Opposite
O. B. s K, depot.
PENDLETON, OREGON. kJJ