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Entered at the poetofflce at Pendleton,
Oregon, at eeeond clag mall matter.
VI ember United Presa Association.
were aU members of the association
and furthermore he know well they
favored the extension. When he and
his friends formed an organization
and adopted a name almost Identical
with that of the west end organisa
tion they resorted to sharp practice,
it was a piece of shady business but
it was no worse than some other
stuftts this same Mr. Burgess has
pulled off. Ho is the same man who
recently bunkoed many members of
the Pendleton Commercial club Into
signing a paper which they misunder
stood and which action they repudi
ated when they learned the facts. He
has n reputation for underhandod
methods and that reputation Is get
ting tio better fast.!
Burgess Is getting exactly what 1
coming to him. He was playing with
fire and he deserved to get burned.
telephone Main 1
Official City and Count Paper.
TODAY.
I know not how or why or when
The curtains dark will part
for me,
To pass me through from now
to then
To distant shores man may
not see.
But this I know, as ny days
bring
The varied tasks for me to do,
My duty Is to work and sing,
And thank God He permits
me to.
I may not know just how or
why
My lot is cast In humble
place;
Nor fully understand why I
Am not a leader in life's
race.
But this I know and under
stand; Each task that's given roe to
do.
That task I'll do with willing
hand.
And thank God He permits
me to.
I need no know the how or
why;
'Tis best I do not' know the
when,
Else I might falter when the
sky
Is dark with doubts and fears
of men.
I only need to know my task
Is fitted for my hands to do;
And for the doing strength I'll
ask,
And thank God He permits
me to.
Selected.
that the -country should free itself
from the growing plague of Ingenious
and impudent parasites. The, youth
who concentrates the best thought of
his formative years on a constant
study of the best methods for extract
ing dimes and quarters from people
to whom he has rendered no real
equivalent Is not'preparing himself to
become a desirable citizen. The older
man who is compelled to adopt a sim
ilar line Is not likely to preserve the
self-respect which we like to think
of as the native dower of the Ameri
can, if our friend, Mr. Sudden Rich,
will only take a hint from the com
mercial travelers the general morale
of our national life may presently be
Improved. Chicago Record-Herald.
A CHANCE FOR ALDERMAN.
A DISREPUTABLE TRICK.
Those who have been fighting the
West Extension have resorted to ques
tionable methods on many occasions.
From start to finish they have been
striving to flimflam upper river wa
terusers and make them pull chest
nuts., out of the fire for Dr. Coe and
his cohorts.
But when Senator J. X. Burgess
sent to the president of the United
States a communication which he
signed as president of the Umatilla
River 'Watersuers' association he
went over the line and resorted to
flagrant dishonesty. He deserves
more than the "call down" he receiv
ed from Secretary Fisher.'
If the false signature was inten
tionally -used then Mr. Burgess stands
guilty of a piece of skullduggery that
borders on the criminal. He should
hang his head in shame for he has
been caught trying to deceive the
president through uiing the name of
an organization to which he had no
right whatever; an rganization that
is not opposing the West Extension
but which on the other hand is im
ploring the government to carry out
the extensior.
No doubt Mr. Burgess will plead
that the thing was inadvertently
done. But th ee who believe him may
stand on their heads. At least it was
not through inadvertance that those
who fight the West Extension adopted
a name so similar to the name of the
Umatilla River Waterusers' associJ
ation that even well Informed local
people have been confused. It was
manifestly an attempt to deceive
people and it worked for a time. Eut
the thing was overdone and the re
action has come in the form of Sec
retary Fisher's letter.
This whole thing is disreputable at
the very best. Burgess knew about
the Umatilla River Waterusers' asso
ciation and so did the other men who
have been leading the guerilla fight
against the extension. Burgess know
the settlers of the Umatilla project
When
The Stomach
liver and bowels need care
and attention you will find
that
HOSTETTER'S
Stomach Bitfeis
will tone, strengthen and pro
mote perfect conditions. Wo
nrpe a trial today. It never
distijKiiit.
State Superintendent Alderman
has a scheme to revolutionize edu
cational work in Oregon by the in
troduction of the .study cf agrlcul
ture. It is a worthy ambition with
out doubt.
But if the state superintendent
wants to do some real and original
good he should revolutionize the sys
tem under which the county schoil
superintendents are created.
The present plan of obtaining coun
ty superintendents Is a joke. It places
a premium on politics and bars ef
ficiency. It places incompetent and
untrained men In office and keeps
real educators out. As . a result of
the system the rural schools are the
same as w-ithout supervision and
hundreds of i thousands of dollars are
spent under such conditions that the
people cannot hope to get value re
ceived for the money..
Under the present plan In Oregon
a county school superintendent Is
clerk when at home and a politician
when abroad. His chief pursuits con
sist In keeping his office open, at
tending annual conventions held at a
distance and In lobbying with his fel
low county superintendents, with the
state superintendent at their head,
for schemes to further increase the
graft.
If there Is to be a betterment of
the school system of this state the
first step should consist in taking the
county superintendent out of politics.
Have the county superintendent em
ployed by a board of directors, Just
a the city superintendents are em
ployed. Under such a system good
men could be secured and they could
be required to give service in order
to hold their jobs. At the present
time the superintendent must be
elected from within Umatilla county,
regardless of whether or not there
are competent men in the county who
want the place. Such a plan elevates
fossils and bars modern school men
from the game. It is a silly and ex
pensive system.
What Oregon's educational system
needs more than anything else just
now Is free trade in countv school
superintendents. They have been "in
and In' bred so long that the stock
i. becoming degenerate.
HER MAJESTY.
It may he difficult to tell what is
a woman's age. but unauestionablv
this is it. Men's colleges Into which
women have made their way ' have
had to drive them out again In order
to give the men a chance at gradua
tion honors. From the pulpit and
the bar down to the coal mine and
the iron furnace women are doing
what u-aed to be regarded as man's
work. The literature of the day is
overwhelmingly feminist In Its char
acter, and very much of it Is the
work of women. Men ure being told
things about women that It was not
deemed proer for their fathers to
know, and as for themselves, they are
being shown up without remorse.
Within a few days illustrations of
the feminist revolution, physically
and intellectually, have become pub
lic. Man is destined to lose even his
physical superiority. The superin
tendent of a hospital in Boston,
where 3000 babies are born annual
ly, says: "We have noticed that girl
babies are getting taller and that they
are appearing In this world lately
with more real vitality than formerly.
The boy babies continue on the aver
age, both in weight and height."
Philadelphia Record.
THE VANISHING BOUNDARY.
"Poor old Alf!" sighed Mrs. Mac
Jones, as the form of her husband
vanished down the road. "He's
growln' shockin' bald!"
"Yes, I've noticed it," assented her
neighbor. "Ever since his last Illness
he's been moltln' as you might say.
I hope he ain't worryln' over it,
Mrs. MacJones."
"Well, it does bother him a bit,"
she admitted.
"And well it might," said her
neighbor. "When my old man lost
his hair he felt the cold somethln'
terrible."
"Oh, it ain't the cold that worries
J Alf." replied Mrs. MacJones. "It's
the bother he has when he's washln'
himself. If he doesn't kee his hat on
poor dear, he can't tell where his
face finishes."
WASTED.
"I should think," said thewoman
of the house, "you would have too
much self-respect to make your living
by begging."
"Lady," protested Ruffon Wratz
straightening himself up "self-respect
is wot ails me! I wouldn't do this fur
no other man on earth." Chicago
Tribune.
$1,000,000 HOME TO
POOR PDOSPECTORS
THE JUGGLER SLIPPED.
J. N. Burgess has been a juggler in
politics as well as In irrigation affairs.
When he was president of the state
woolgrowers' association he made a
speech at Heppner In which he urged
H substance that the woolgrowers
work to get members of the legis
lature to break the statement No. 1
pledges they had made their constitu
ents. When ho started to run for
senator Burgess re'used to take state
ment No. 1. Later on In the campaign
he came into the statement corral,
took the pledge and sought the sup
port of the progressive element. After
his election he turned his back upon
the progressives and throughout the
session was hand in glove with Jay
Eowerman and the assemblyites.
Mr. Burgess is a star performer but
when he Juggled with the name of
the Umatilla River Waterusers as-
fociation and tried to deceive Presi
dent Taft he strained himself. He has
been called down and called hard.
When a man writes something for
publication upon an important ques
tion and refuses to sign his name it Is
a pretty good 'sign there is something
wrong either with the man or with
what he has to say.
La Follette has carried the war in
to the enemy's country and seems to
be faring very well.
SELF-RESPECT AND THE TIP.
The president of the Commercial
Travelers' National League celebrates
the new year by announcing that his
organization will combat the practice
of giving tips to employes of hotels,
restaurants, barber-shops and Pull
man cars. He rightly declares that
the old-time fashion of gifts from the
rich patron to the poor servant is out
of place in these modern days and that
under an arrangement made in conso
nance with the democratic spirit the
various forms of personal service will
tend to become less menial.
This is an important phase of the
matter. It is desirable that the trav
eler should save himself from impo-j
Will Of W. S. Strntton, Providing for
Luxury of Aged Poor, Carried Out
by Trustees.
Denver. The dream of W. S.
Stratton, the carpenter who became
a multimillionaire through the own
ership of the famous Independence
mine at Cripple Creek, Colo., is
about to come true. Tha mcatu that
the broken down prospectors of El
Paso county and other aged poor will
have a $4,000,000 home in which they
will live like aristocrats. Not only
will they have all the comforts, but
most of the luxuries of life, and they
wil be treated as guests, not as mere
"Inmates."
"I want to leave my fortune for
the founding of a home where the
aged poor will not have to work but
will be waited on," said the aged
mine owner before he died, nine years
ago. He expressed that 'wish in his
will, and the provisions of that in
strument will be carried out with
more attention to the spirit than to
the letter.
Judge John E. Little of the coun
ty court of El Paso county, through
which the $15,000,000 Stratton es
tate was administered, says:
"The estate has been turned over
to the trustees provided for In tha
will and a site something like 3000
acrea In extent has been purchased.
KDipslhilli)SiQBinni all Wool elods
made by the largest clothing manufacturing company in the world. Giving the greatest valuer
for the money is responsible for this concerns great growth.
$22.50
and
$25.00
Suits
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The buildings will cost $3,000,000 or
$5,000,000. We know of course, that
Mr. Stratton, who had experienced
all the hardships and privations of
the prospector, intended to provide
a place where the man who did not
strike it rich could end his days in
dign-ty and ease. However the home
will be ladke enough, to accommodate
not only ' the poor prosptctors of El
Paso county, but aged poor from all
parts of Colorado.
"The trustees are planning to do
even more. They will establish tracie
and Industrial schools for the poor
youth of the state. A good deal of
attention will be paid to farming. Tha
technical schools will also train boys
for electrical and mechanical engi
neering. Employment will be found
for some of these students on the in
terurban electric railway system
which Is part of the Stratton estate.
"The home will be the only one of
Its kind on earth the only place
where a man who has fought and
failed can live as well as the one who
has fought and won."
In 1850 only one woman worked
for wages to every 10 men; now the
ratio is about one to four.
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