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DAILY EAST ORHGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON. THURfDAY, APRIL I". 08.
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THE DAY
Under the direct primary law no candidate is sure of his ground
until after the votes are counted. It is even impossible to make a
good guess at the results for the reason that so many people vote op
posite to the way they talk, before election.
Outside of the county contests in the various counties of Oregon
there are but two contests which are attracting attention, those for
the senatorial and congressional nominations. Both Cake and Fulton
have made an active campaign for the senatorial nomination and both
realize the uncertainty of the situation.
Shepherd and Geer have made an active campaign for the con
gressional nomination, while Congressman Ellis has remained at
Washington to attend to the interests of the state, and the outcome in
this race is equally uncertain, although there is every reason to believe
that Ellis will be nominated.
Mr. Geer. writing of his own chances to his own paper from
Portland, this morning, conceded his own nomination. His optimism
is characteristic, but his judgment may bo sorrowfully in error. He
tells of having been in Oregon so long and over its surface so often and
takes that as a guarantee that he will be selected bv the people. Since
most of his trips over Oregon have been on ofice-seeking missions,
that is the very reason why he will perhaps not be nominated. The
people are tired of his persistent office-seeking.
As betwen Cake and Fulton. Cake's position on every public ques
tion is known to the people. There is no guess-work about it. He has
formulated a broad, comprehensive platform upon which he made an
open, manly, clean race and there is everv reason to believe that the
people will select him.
As to the congressional nomination, there is no reason to believe
the people will discard V. R. Ellis, who is now in the office and who
has his forces in shape to accomplish something for the state. It costs
too much to educate new congressman at $7500 per year to make a
change every term.
There are no charges against Congressman Ellis. There is no
reason for discarding him. He has ably and conscientiously filled his
position to the entire satisfaction of everv part of his big district and
is just now in a position to secure something definite for the state.
So it looks favorable for both Cake and Ellis. Both are clean,
honest, fearless and unapproachable ; there are no charges against
either of them and their hands are absolutely clean of all past politi
cal deals in the state.
A vote for Cake and Ellis mean a vote to replace Oregon where
she belongs in the esteem and confidence of the nation after a period
of political unpleasantness in which
tives in congress.
CATTLE AND
Everything is shaping now to the end that the alfalfa belt of
western Umatilla county will some day be the feeding ground of the
orient, Alaska and Pacific- coast cities. The abundant production of
alfalfa and the transportation facilities make this inevitable.
When a little patch of land comprising not more than '20 acres
will produce 150 tons of hay per year, worth from .$" to $ per ton
in the stack, there is no question about a country becoming a feeding
district.
And the coining of the alfalfa meal mill at Echo makes it doubly
sure that every surplus hoof of stock in the inland empire will find
its way into the Butter creek, Foster. IIcrini-tiMi and Echo feeding
pens within a few years.
The sale of four carloads of steers weighing lf-'56 pounds each
and bringing $75.20 per bead, by J. B. Savior of Butter creek, is but
an illustration of what can be done. With beef price what thev
should be in a few years, this shipment of steers could have been
made to yield $100 per head.
It will be possible for every owner of 10 or 20 acres to fatten
a carload of steers on his alfalfa crop, thus having a market for his
hay at home, and also having the benefit of the animals on the land.
Alfalfa and cattle are going to make manv a fortune in the west
end of T'matilla countv in the next few vears.
CHRISTIANITY'S CRISIS.
The Startling statement of Prof. George Burnam Foster of the
divinity school of Chicago University, that Christianity is now at a
eHsia In it- life and that it will be superseded bv a new religious faith
in 8 short time, opens up a wonderful field of speculation.
There are those in everyday walks of life, students, thoughtful,
prayerful men and women who believe that humanity is clinging to
a faith which must crumble away piece meal as the development of
the human powers proceeds.
Then are those who believe that the, entire scheme of redemption
and salvation as taught by the Christian religion is far wrong and
tht it must be superseded in time by a creed which will have for its
foundation the science of life, the oneness of man and nature, the
iCSponsibiliry of each individual for his environment and condition
in life and the broader creed that mind and thought and reason are
lo be the salvation of the race from ignorance; and that blind faith
and fear are but millstone- about the neck of humanity. .
THE MIWICIPAL BATH.
There are those in Pendleton who criticise arid belittle the idea
of cities owning and operating telephone systems, lighting and power
plant? and other public utilities, but in Paso Robles, Gal, a little
town of but 2000 people, is a municipal bath house costing $25,000
a; d ii charge of a regular municipal sanitarium department just like
Pendleton's police department.
And this municipal bath house has been a most profitable invest
ment for the city. The house was elegantly fitted u all kinds of
mud and hot water baths provided, prices were placed within reach
of all and the sanitarium department of Paso Kobles is flourishing.
Let us not be alarmed Bt municipal ownership of electric, light, or
power plants, telephones, wood yards or other public utilities when a
little village like Paso Bobles can make a success of a public bath
house.
One thing may be truthfully said of the candidates for office in
Umatilla county this year: there is not a solitary man among them
who can be censured for ''knowing cvervlx'dv" in campaign times
while he forgets you at other times. They are all a companionable,
sociable, friendly and approachable men who are the same day in,
dsv out the year around. As much cannot lc said of every "batch"
of candidates, but it can be said of the Umatilla county candidate
this year.
T X KWSPAPER.
Press Association.
Main 1.
BEFORE.
the state has had no representa
ALFALFA.
Charles M. Pepper In the March
number at Scrlbner's magazine, has a
fascinating chapter of his series of
articles, "The West In the Orient."
This chapter tells something of the
nrld domain of the olden lands of
Kibllcul history and Is Interesting as
a comparison of those lands with the
arid belt of the Pacific coast. Mr.
IVpper say:
The plain between the Tigris and
the Euphrates is IS, 000 square miles
in extent; the area between Euphrates
and Arabia Is 000 square miles; the
delta of the Tigris and the Euphrates
covers 5,000,000 acres. Here Is the
means of creating crops that would
develop the commercial basis of the
railroad.
In the region which Is described as
Upper Chaldea and which Includes the
Tigris district around Bagdad It Is es
timated that 1,300,000 acres could bt
brought under cultivation at a cost of
110,000,000, and with a value of 95.
000,000; In Lower Chaldea, 1,500,000
acres at a cost of $17,000,000. and
with a value of $55,000,000; or a to
tal of 2,800,000 acres reclaimed at a
cost of $17,000,000 and an addition of
$160,000,000 to the wealth of the re
gion. Another estimate by the same au
thority Is of 1.280,000 acres of first
class Tigris lands to be reclaimed by
an outlay of $40,000,000 on canals and
repairs, arid the raising of lands whose
value Is not zero to $150 per acre.
Skeptics smile at dreams of what
may be done, and at the estimates of
costs and values; but though the
dreams may not always come true In
the dto?mer's lifetime It Is wellont
rashly to ridicule the grand projects
't men whose record of achievement
already Is written.
The west of the New World Is link
ed with these projects not only In
sympathy, but in the lessons of exper
ience. Suggestions for the swamp
lands of he Euphrates are drawn
from the Mississippi; the winning of
the alkali plains of the southwest of
fers precedents for the sandy clays be
tween Bagdad and Babylon.
There is also the wider field for the
application of the new force of elec
tricity In old lands, because the gen
eral plan of reclaiming the swamp re
gions Is to operate small pumps on
the banks of the main drain by elec
tricity distributed from one centra
station.
WOILD SAVE W.VTEIl POWER.
In a special message vetoing a dam
bill. President Boosevelt warned con
gress that there are pending in this
session bills which propose to give
away without price stream rights ca
pable ot developing 1.300,000 horse
power, whose production would cost
annually 25,000,000 tons of coal;
urging In vigorous terms the estab
lishment of a policy such as the fili
bustering minority In the house de
mands which would safeguard the
granting of bridge and dam privileges
and require the grantees to pay for
them; and definitely announcing a fu
ture policy on his part with regard
to prompt utilization of construction
privileges by refusing his signature
to a bill that gives an additional three
years to the Rainy River Improve
ment company wihln which to build a
d;im In the Rainy river.
"I do not believe," said the presi
dent, "that natural resources should
be granted and held In an undevel
oped condition either for speculative
or other reasons. So far as I am
aware there are no assurance that
the grantees (In this case) are In any
better condition promptly and prop
erly to utilize this opportunity than
they were at the time of the original
act granting the privilege 10 years
ago."
Discussing broadly the federal pol
icy the president says:
"Every permit to construct a dam
on a navigable stream should specifi
cally recognize the right of the gov
ernment to fix a term' for Its duration
and to Impose such charge or charges
as may be deemed necessary to pro
tect the present and future Interests
of the United States' In accordance
with the act of June 31, 1906.
"The provision for a charge Is of
The Farmer's Wife
Is very carc.'ul about, her churn. Sh
scalds It thoroughly after using, and gives
It a sun bath to sweeten It. She knows
that if her churn is sour It will taint the
butter that l made in it. The stomach Is
a churn. In tie' stomach and digestive
and nutritive tracts are perfurmed pro
cesses which are almost exactly like the
churning of butter. Is It not apparent
then that if this stomach-churn is foul it
makes foul all which is put Into It?
The evil of a foul stomach Is not alone
the bad tast' In the mouth and the foul
breath caused by It, but the corruption of
the puro current of blood and the dissem
ination of disease throughout the body.
Dr. 1'ierce's Golden Medical Discovery
makes the sour and foul stonwh sweet.
It does for the stomach what the wash i in?
and sun bath do for the churn absolutely
removes every tainting or corrupting ele
ment. In this way It cures blotches,
pimples, eruptions, scrofulous swellings,
sores, or open eating ulcere and all
humors or diseases arising from bad blood.
If you have bitter, nasty, foul taste In
your mouth, coated tongue, foul breath,
are weak and easily tired, feel depressed
and despondent, have frequent headaches,
dizzy attacks, gnawing or distress In stom
ach, constipated or Irregular bowels, s-nir
or bitter risings after eating and poor
apetite, these symptoms, or any consider
able numl)cr of them, indicate that you are
sufferliiR from biliousness, torpid or lazy
liver with the usual accompanying Indi
gestion, or dripaBSta and their attendant
derangements.
The best agents known to medical sci
ence for the cure of the above symptoms
and conditions, as attested by the writings
of leading teachers and practitioners of
all the several schools of medical practice,
have been skillfully and harmoniously
combined In Dr. Plerce'l (Jolden Medical
Discovery. That this Is absolutely true
will be readily proven to your satisfaction
If you will but mall a postal card request
to Dr. R. V. Plena, Huffaio, N. Y., tor a
free copy of his booklet of extracts from
the standard medical authorities, giving
the names of all the Ingredients entering
Into his world-famed medicines and show
ing what the most eminent medical tnea
of the age Ity '. Utem.
V
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
The only baking powder
mado with Royal Grape
Cream of Tartar
No Alum, No Lime Phosphate
vital Importance. The navigability of
every Inland waterway as a whole
should be Improved for the purpose of
Interstate and foreign commerce upon
a consistent and uniform plan of
which such part should be made to
help every other part the Income
derivable from this source would ma
terially aid In the complete Improve
ment of our navigable waterways, for
which there Is now such crying need.
The chief of engineers of the army
reports that the bills now pending at
this session of congress permit the
construction of dams In navigable
rivers capable of developing over
1,300,000 horse power. These rivers
run every hour In the day and every
day In the year. To develop this
amount of power under average con
ditions require about 25.000.000 tons
of medium quality of coal every year.
This natural wealth is the heritage
of the people. I see no reason for
giving it away, though there Is every
reason for not Imposing conditions so
burdensome as to prevent the utiliza
tion of the power.
She Was There.
Jack London, the novelist, has a
great affection for children.
In San Francisco there are twin
sisters, little girls of six years, of
whom Mr. London is very fond.
On the way to his boat one morn
ing, Mr. London met one of the twins.
He stopped and shook he hand.
"Good morning, by dear." he said,
"and which of the twins are you?"
The little girl answered gravely:
"I'm the one what's out walking."
Philadelphia Ledger.
The body of M. Nelson, who de
serted from the ship Star of France,
some time ago, was found floating
with a 10-pound weight tied to the
feet. In the bay at Belllngham Tues
day. E. F. Henderson, a prominent
wholesale merchant of Chicago, who
had slept during the daytime for 15
years on account or insomnia
brought on by liver trouble, died
Tuesday.
What Makes a Bank Strong ?
The Pendleton Savings Bank
Capital and Surplus $250,000.00
STOCKHOLDERS.
T. J. Morris
H'- ert Boylen
v . A. Devlin
J. W. Maloney
A. E. Lambert
J. H. Raley
R. Alexander
T. G. Montgomery
Estate of D.
W. J. Furnish
R. T. Cox
Joseph Basler
E. Boettcher
L. Duscnberry
E. W. MoComas
A. O. Koeppen
J. N. Teal
Frank S. Curl
Byers' Best Flour
T t mndf from the choicest wheat
ed hen DYERS' BEST FLOUR
Barley always on hand.
PENDLETON ROLLER MILLS
W. S. BYERS, Proprietor.
Diamonds and Unredeemed Pledges.
We have a large assortment of unredeemed pledges In the way
of watches, Jewelry, necklaces, watch fobs, rings and mounted dia
monds, that we are selling dirt cheap. Call and see them. The prices
will surprise you.
Sharon Bb Eddings
Pawnbrokers, New and Second-He nd Dealers.
MAIN ST., NEXT TO RAOER'S. 'PHONE MAIN 32.
For sale at the East Oregonian
papers, containing over 100 big papers, can be had for 25c a bundle.
THE DOSE OF GOOD CHEER.
We doctor with drugs If the body
goes wrong,
And often they bring us relief;
But what should wo do If a soul in
the throng
Is sick with affliction and grief?
You say you don't know? Perhaps I
don't still
Let's trv the recipe I write here:
Just give It a bolus composed of good
will
And a bit of the drug of good cheer.
I have known several youths that were
sick, my dear boy,
Till It seemed they were sick unto
death,
Hut a brother came by with a whis
per of Joy,
And lo! 'twas the spirit's own
breath;
For I saw In the eyes that the tear
droDS did fill.
That the ungel of hope hovered
near
Because of the bolus composed of
good will
And a bit of the drug of good
cheer.
A. J. W., In Sacramento Union.
YOUR HAT
Mr Be Stylish One, Hut It Mskr
Trouble. A man usually buys a hat that's 'Ml
style," but the modern hat for men has
lots to answer iur.
Baldheada an. growing more numer
.vorv ilav. Huts make excelleul
breeding places for the parasitic germs
which sap the life rrom me rouig or cot
hair.
Wl.an vnnr hnlr hpffln.l to fall OUt ami
your scalp Is full of Dandruff it Is
sure sign that these counuess germs ar.
busily at work.
r h"t mm wv in overcome thf
trouble and kill the germs that way Is
to apply Newbro's Herplclde to th
scalp It will kill the germs and healthy
hair Is sure to result.
CnM '.. i,l''n.- rilffffSatc Sond 10c In
stamps for sample to The Herplclde Co..
Detroit. .Mich.
Two sices 60 cents and 11.00.
A. O. Koeppen Bros.
In Judging a bank, always remember that It Is the
personnel of the stockholders, directors and offi
cers that are behind the Institution which give con
fidence to the depositor that his funds are safe.
Is essentially a "Home" Institution. Its stockhold
ers are well known Umatilla county and Oregon
citizens. Its constant growth Is the result of care
ful and conservative management, with the most
liberal treatment for all deserving enterprise.
Montie B. Gwlnn
F. W. Vincent
E. L smith
C. E. Roosevelt
R. N. Stanfleld
Clementine F. Lewis
Marlon Jack
Al Page
P. Thompson
thtat grows. Good bread Is asmr-
Is need. Bran, Shorts, Steam Rolled
office 'Large bundles of
European plan. Everything first-
All modern conveniences. Steam
heat throughout. Rooms en suite
with bath. Large, new sample room.
The Hotel Bt. George la pronounced
ne of the most up-to-date hotel of
the northwest. Telephone and flee
alarm connections to office, and het
and cold running water In all rooms.
FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT Df
CONNECTION WITH HOTEL
ROOMS: $1.00 ond$1.5o
Block and a Half from Depot
Bee the big electric sign.
The Hotel Pendleton
W. A. BROWN, Proprietor.
I B'B' (HrH
Telephone and fire alarm connec
tions with all rooms.
Headquarters for Traveling Men.
Commodious Sample Rooms,
Free 'Boa.
Special rates by the week or menth.
Excellent Cuisine.
Prompt dining room service.
Bar and UlUlard Room In Connection.
Only Three Blocks from Depots.
"Everybody Works
But Mother"
She Cooks
With Gas
AFFORDS A SOFT. WHITE,
LIGHT AND IS UNSURPASS
ED TO READ BT.
Gill at office for particulars.
Northwestern Gas
& Electric Co.
MATLOCK lU'IUMNG.
Large Quantity of the Famous
Rock Spring
Coal
Now on Hand
The coal that produces heat
and not dirt. Also fine lot of
good dry wood.
Dutch Henry
Office, Pendleton Ice St Cold Storage
Company. 'Phone Main 178.
Eagle Baths
HARDER SHOP.
First-class Berberlng In all Its
branches.
CLEAN AND SANITARY.
BATHS IN CONNECTION.
J. P. Weinman
Successor to J. H. Bates.