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DAILY KAST OUBGOXIAX. PENDLETON, OREGON. MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 1913.
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THE SECHET OF THE HILLS.
Keen is the air and calm; the
the black frost chills
Earth to the bone, and win-
ter twilight dies
Slow in a west of smoldering
pageantries.
The heaven in tense still ex-
pectant thrills,
Aloof and silent brood the an-
cient hills,
Their age-long taciturnity de-
fies
The fruitless questioning of
curious eyes
But our unsated craving never
stills.
Man's sense is clouded; vainly
he aspires
Their mighty hidden secret to
behold.
Not till his eager spirit he can
mold
To their unquestioning stillness
shall he feel
Their broad tranquility his
soul enfold,
Their whisper soothe his rest-
less heart's desires.
Pall Mall Gazette. -
"WORSE AND WORSE,"
Developments in the Fisher-Burgess
episode made things "worse and
worse" for the Anti-Extension bri
gade. Secretary Fisher's letter to
Burgess was written January 12. The
reply sent by G. I Hurd, secretary
of the Infringement association, was
sent from Stanfield January 25, al
most two weeks later.
"Why was Secretary Fisher not given
the courtesy of a prompt answer to
his missive Why d!d Hurd wait un
til the East Oregonlan exposed the
deal? Mr. Fisher is a member of the
president's cabinet and the head of a
great federal department. He wrote
and made a pointed inquiry upon a
very important subject. He was en
titled to an answer and a prompt
answer from Mr. Burgess.
Has Burgess been so busy writing
"Sturgls ditch" letters to farmers in
hopes of bamboozling them and turn
ing them against the West Extension
that he had no time to write a letter
of explanation to Secretary Fisher?
It seems safe to assume he has not
written Secretary Fisher because the
tenor of Hurd's letter indicates it is
the one and only answer that has been
tent to the "call down" letter.
Affairs look bad for Burgess and
for the other "higher-ups" in the
anti-extension fight. They went far
estray when they took the name of
the Umatilla River Waterusers associ
ation and used that name to fight
the wishes and the Interests of the
members of that organization, to-wit,
the settlers of the UmAilla project.
They made a great mistake when
they did not thoroughly correct their
fault when they were warned about it
early in December by the editor of
the East Oregonlan. They should
have recalled the false letter to Pres
ident Taft.
A mistake was made when a prompt
reply was not sent to Secretary Fisher.
A mistake was made when G. L. Hurd
put forth, in his letter to Secretary
Fisher, the argument that they had
a right to use the name Umatilla
County Waterusers' Association, with
the slogan on their letterhead that
they represent waterusers of the
Umatilla river and its tributaries.
That argument is nothing more nor
less than a declaration that If they
cannot openly steal the name of the
Umatilla' River Waterusers' associ
ation they will be as crooked as pos
sible by appropriating as much of the
name as they can without actually
breaking the law.
It was flagrant work and it has been
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badly bungled. The anti-extension
coterie has much to live down.
WHEUE THERE'S SOME HOPE.
Most everybody would like to see
the Sturgis project carried out. The
East Oregonlan would work hard in
behalf of that scheme or any other
good scheme to water land near Pen
dleton, provided there was hope of
success.
But the meeting here Saturday was
not called to aid the Sturgls project
It was called in hopes of flimflam'
ing farmers and getting them to fight
the West Extension. As matters now
stana it wouia do the . farmers no
earthly good to kill off the extension
even if they could do so. They would
not be entitled to a drop of water
they are not entitled to now.
Should the government abandon the
; extension and relinquish its water fil-
Ing the farmers would not get the
water. It would go to Dr. Andrew C.
Smith and Dr. H. W. Coe who have a
secondary filing that becomes effec
tive if the government abandons the
.field.
Pendleton's best hope for securing
j Irrigation seems to lie in the possible
establishment of the reservation wa-
. ter rights and the Irrigation of the
I reservation. If the Indian rights are
established, and from a standpoint of
Justice they should be established, we
will get an Irrigated district right at
our door.
The gentlemen who are so intensely
Interested in irrigation near Pendle
tr n should Join with the East Ore
gonlan In its fight for the Indians.
They should talk to John McCourt and
try to convince him that he should
not only offer to defend Indians
when they use water themselves but
that he should also defend the use
of water on rented land.
HE CANNOT IIUKT HIM.
If Colonel William Henry Wat
terson thinks his opposition to Wood
rcw Wilson will be at all dangerous
he has one more think coming. The
democratic hosts to which Watterson
could appeal in the days of his prime
are now beyond this "vale of tears."
They are "on high" and will cast no
votes 8t the coming election.
The new democracy Is turning away
from such men as Watterson and
Harvey. The new democracy, like
insurgency In the republican party,
wants leaders who will stand for
principles, not for traditions.
The fewer bourbons Woodrow Wll-
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next Saturday's Issue of East Oregonian
scn has in the camp the better it will
b for the New Jersey man.
Now that the supreme court has
declared that counties cannot sell
bonds for road purposes until the leg
islature first passes an enabling act
Governor West's good road3 procla
mation is timely. People should talk
things over and get together upon a
good roads plan so that something
can be accomplished, either under the
initiative or through the legislature.
"Jack the Grabber" should con
gratulate himself that someone did
not take a shot at him while he was
upon his rampage Friday night.
The Investigating board is now up
on the job.
THE BUIIGESS THICK.
(Portland Journal.
N'obody knows to what lengths inner-circle
opponents have gone in
their efforts to defeat the west ex
tension of the Umatilla project. That
a few leaders have played a cunning
game to beat the project is manifest
from the scheme employed by State
Senator Burgess of Umatilla county.
He sent to President Taft a letter
protesting against the extension In
the name of "The Umatilla River Wa
ter Users' association," and signed
himself as president of the organiza
tion. He is not only not president of
the association, but "The Umatilla
River Water Users' association" is
strongly in favor of the west exten
sion. The discovery of the Burgess
trick, and Secretary Fisher's caustic
letter to Senator Burgess, were re
cently detailed in the Journal.
There are honest opponents of the
west extension, and they naturally
condemn the Burgess trlik. But
there are unquestionably higher-ups
in the ranks of the opposition who
had a hand in it, and who have
doubtless worked other schemes that
may never come to light. It is be
ginning to be easy to understand
why Oregon has not received a fair
share of reclamation funds and why
extension of desired projects has
been, mysteriously held up.
Senator Burgess is a holdover
member of the Oregon senate. Un
less he can give a better reason than
seems possible for the artifice that
called out the rebuke from Secretary
Fisher, hi should resign.
Meantime, there are thousands and
thousands of people who want a piece
of land on which to make a home and
a living. There are thousands and
thousands of people all over the
country who are out of employment
and In a desperate struggle for sur
vival. Ten per cent of the school 1'U-
pils of the United States do not get
enough to eat, and In consequence are
pallid-faced, under-sized and slowly
trudging toward untimely graves.
Every citizen of this republic ought
to be aiding ln-tead of opposing, the
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reclaiming of barren lands by the
government as a means of supplying
homes to the needy and food to the
underfed.
QUESTIONS FOR BEN SELLING.
Echo, Ore., Jan. 27, 1912.
Editor East Oregonlan:
I note the advent of Hon. Ben Sell
ing of Portland into the senatorial
race. Mr. Selling's record as state
senator In Oregon is very good, and
in comparison with 6thers his record
is quite commendable. In his an
nouncement to the public he makes
mention of matters tr issues almost
purely local. His long residence in
Oregon, .business affairs and his rec
ord as a state senator. Also a few
matters pertaining to our present sen
ator, Jonathan Bourne.
The foregoing is all very well and
is practically known by the voters of
Oregon. But if Mr. Selling is an as
pirant for the U. S. Senate, how would
It do for him to make public his views
on national affairs, and also give
pledges that if elected what he would
endeavor to accomplish. For In
stance, every voter in the state wants
to know where he will stand on the
Panama canal when completed. If
the transcontinental railroad lines by
the assistance of Wall street have
the way blocked up so that no cap
ital can be had for the building and
using of ships from the Atlantic to
the Pacific, would he stand for the
government building and running of
ships that the west may not lose the
benefit of the canal, or would he be
obedient to the Penrose-Crane crowd.
Also where does be stand on the
parcels post. Is he In favor of turn
ing the retail business of the west to
a few mall order houses or does re
propose to stand by local retail mer
chants?
The woolen manufacturers of west
ern Oregon' and the wool growers of
eastern Oregon, want to know where
he stands on Schedule K. Also don't
he think the inter state commerce
commission should be operated on for
appendicitis, and have Its appendix,
the commerce court, removed that
the commission may not be impeded
in its work for the people?
Also, where does he stand on the
present naval policy of voting millions
for battleships, dreadnaughts ' and
such like and our western Irrigation
projects being held up for want of
funds.
Also, what are his views on Alas
ka? Is he in favor of the govern
ment so conserving the resources of
that country so as to benefit all the
people instead of turning It over to
buccaneers like the Guggenhelms to
monopolize and to extort from every
man who lives in or does business in
Ala-ka and would he vote for the
government to build railroads and
steamships and mine the coal if pri
vate capitalists can not be found to
do It unless it has a license to hold
up the consuming public.
Oregon now hljs two United States
senators who slipped in there on lo
cal issues only. One of them has
been found with the Aldrlch-Penrose
crowd on all national Issues. The
other one has not been heard from
SUCCESS IN
on anything farther than he had a
vague idea that a few Oregonlans
had a few goats for scavengers. Did
not know that Marlon, Polk and
Yamhill counties were one of the
largest Angorla goat and mohair
producing sections in the United
States and of the finest quality. Mat
ters such as statement No. 1, initiative
and referendum, recall, primary law
are all now so far us Oregon is con
cerned passed and will be the policy
of the state.
In the coming campaign the voters
want no DUSSV foot or mim ohno
campaign. The candidate for our na
tional congress should give to the
public his views and Dledeca on ni.
tlonal issues. Mr. Selling has the
llr, REPUBLICAN.
PURIFYING A STATE.
Pennsylvania, the favorite hunting
ground of the muckraker, actually
has a health department with four
thousand employes, every one of
whom is holding his Job, not by order
or tne "organization," but solely by
the saving grace of fitness and in
dustry, which is disbursing millions
of dollars and receiving full value for
every nickel. And the results that
the four thousand have accomplished
and are still achieving are Impressive
and inspiring.
While some folks thought a health
department was a good thing to make
other people behave themselves, they
resented any attempt to Interfere
with their own liberty to do as they
pleased. Thus, when twenty hogs
oica of cholera their owner refused
to bury them. When the department
of health notified him to abate the
nuisance he allowed that he would do
as he darn pleased on his own land.
It required a fine of twenty-five dol
lars to induce him to revise his opin
ion. Th's was bad enough for an uned
ucated farmer; but' what is to be said
of a manufacturing town which, upon
being ordered to make certain
changes In Its water supply, engaged
a lawyer to fight the department's or
der, then sent a deputation accom
panied by the lawyer to protest to
the commissioner. Dr. Dixon. Dr.
Dixon waited until the deputation was
out of breath, then produced data
from his own engineers, who had
measured the flow of the stream that
supplied the town w!th water. The
intake of the water works was Just
a little dam on one side of the stream
while a sewer discharged on the op
posite bank. The engineer's meas
urements proved that the stream did
not furnish water enough to supply
the town If It had not been" re-enforced
by the sewnge poured Into the
pond. The deputation turned pale
and wobbled at the knees upon re
ceiving this disquieting Information.
They had not another word to say.
Dr. Dixon thereupon dismissed hli
callers with a funny story; but some
how, though the laugh enme at the
proper place, it seemed to lack spon
taneity and sprightllnesfi. The
changes ordered were made with
alacrity. From "Saving 27,000 Lives
In One State," Technical World Magazine.
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In order to avoid confusion
a to standing of contestants In
our big Pony Contest, we would
like to have all votes cast as
Boon as possible.
Standings of each boy and
girl in the contest, are now dis
played at our store.
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Two Old Maids
Anna What do you think Mr. Ek
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o.' soles on my shoes?
Clara Don't know and don't care
Anna, he only charged me (to and
did fine work too yes, but I don't
like him.
Anna Wll, well, you evld ntly do
or you wouldn't care.
Men's soles sewed on for 90c
Full line of men's fine shoes.
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Main Street.
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