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COUNT HIM NOT POOH.
Count him not poor;
Altho' he counts
No thousands by the score;
If he has e'er
An open door
Thro' which the , summer sun
may shine,
And fall upon the floor.
And bring the hope back to his
heart
It brought in days of yore.
Count him not poor;
Altho' he counts
No acres by the score.
If when he sees
Beside the door.
The red rose bloom as once it
bloomed
In June long gone before.
He dreams the dreams he used
to dream
In those June days of yore.
Count him not poor,
Altho' he counts
No houses by the score, ,
If when he hears
Above the door
The morning; song- of soaring
bird
Rise to the Maker's door,
He feels high yearnings swell
his soul.
High yearnings as of yore.
Mabel Wilfong Brewer.
over the United States. Te assets
behind the bond Issue are now re
ported at $50,000, and no more.
"Reclamation of arid Linus near
Kennewlck, Washington, was the pro
ject. But the title to the land still
rests with the government under the
desert land act. Twelve hundred and
fifty acres of lands have been sold to
settlers at $350 per acre. The water
has not even been placed on the land
The company's bonds, of one hundred
dollar denomination, are reported to
b.. selling as low as $3.75, and even
down to 75 cents.
"Settlers who have gone on the
land are represented as in destitute
circumstances. One settler traded his
home as first payment on forty acres
of land at $350 an acre. Both home
and land are lost. A number of other
settlers are In similar circumstances.
"The injury to the northwest by
such operations is almost irreparable.
It creates distrust among distant cap
italists respecting northwest securi
ties. It makes prospective settlers
afraid of irrigation projects. It re
tards and makes unsteady the back- '
tc-the land movement. j
"The wholo transaction is a crime
against the northwest. It is a crime
against bond-buyers. It is a crime
against settlers. It is a crime against
honesty."
It Is because private irrigation
schemes frequently fail that many
people prefer to see the government
dc. reclamation work. One of the rea
sons why many people want to see
the government carry out the West
Extension is that they have confidence
in government work.
Should the West Extension be
undertaken by the government the
work will be carried out and it will
be thoroughly done. Mistakes may be
made and some Injustices, may be
worked here and there. But the mis
takes and the injustices will be notlwJ
Ing compared with the shortcomings
that might arise should private par
ties try to do the work.
GOVERNMENT WORK BEST.
The task of reclaiming the deserts
of the west and of making them hab
itable is work that can best be done
by the United States government.
Criticism may be made, it is true, of
the manner in which the government
may move at times. But as a general
thing governmental Irrigation is far
superior to private irrigation. The
government has the means with which
to do good work and it does good
work. It does it promptly and it is
disinterested work. The aim is to give
the settlers the benefit of the work
not to make some promoters rich.
There are good private projects too
but many of them are shamefully
bad. An instance of a private irri
gation enterprise that "fell down" is
now at hand In commenting upon it
last evening the Journal expressed the
following pointed sentiments:
"The worst enemies of the Pacific
northwest are the shoestring Irriga
tion companies, the wild-cat orchard
companies, the phony land companies,
and other bogus corporations.
"We have no grasshopper scourges.
We have no drouths. We have no
severe extremes of winter and sum
mer. We have no cyclones. Nature
has been almost ov"er-kind.
"But, temporarily, we have dizzy
financiers. The Washington, Orchard
Irrigation & Fruit company, is an cx
amplel The Columbia River Orchard
company is another. One corpora
tion was an adjunct of the other. The
Oregon-Washington Trust company
was a part of the scheme.
"Five million dollars of seven per
cent bonds were issued and sold all
If You Want Information
Regarding the 1912
- . ELF START ING
Do Not Ask
Jealous
Competitors.
ai
Seeing, is Be
lieving IvnoAV
letlge is Power.
Stop the First Cadillac Owner you see
THE HEATHEN AT HOME.
A news report from Washington
says that John R. McLean, Ohio mil
lionaire, has purchased the famous
Hope diamond for $260,000 and that
Mrs. McLean is to wpar the gem at
a reception to be given In honor of
Russia Ambassador Bakhmeteff. The
story further sets forth that for the
entertainment of 50 guests at the re
ception the McLeans will spend $30,
000. While such things as this are going
on this country is sending high mind
ed men and women to foreign shjres
U civilize the heathen. What a shame
when in the very capital of the coun
try there are barbarians that need
their services. -Why try to get the
natives of Guam to take the rings
fiom out their noses and be decent
when there are society dames in Am
erica more gaudy than they?
America needs a society dedicated
t.i the idea of teaching the over rich
that hospitality is not a matter of ex
pense; that real culture is a quality
of the mind and heart rather than of
the pocket book and that its light can
not be seen in its richest glory when
surrounded by rocks that blaze like
locomotive headlights,
We are going to have a show down
between Mr. Groundhog and the Unit
ed States weather department The
Groundhog says spring is here but the
weather forecast calls for snow. Upon
whom will you bet?
4
Now that the Round-up has been
set for the last week in September it
will be up to the inhabitants of eastern
Oregon to pray for fair weather for
that week.
BREAKS A GOLD IN
JUST A FEW HOURS
SEVERAL IKSKS EXD MOST
SEVERE GRIPPE MISERY
Nothing else that you can take, will
break your cold or end grippe so
promptly as a dope of Pape's Cold
Compound every two hours until
three consecutive doses are taken.
The mo't miserable headache, dull
ness, head and nose stuffed up, fe
verishness, sneezing, running of the
nose, sore throat, mucous catarrhal
discharges, soreness, stiffness, rheu
matism pains and other distress be
gin to leave after the very first dose.
Pap6's Cold Compound Is the re
sult of three years research at a cost
of more than fifty thousand dollars,
and contains no quinine, which we
have conclusively demonstrated is not
effective In the treatment of colds or
grippe.
Take this harmless Compound as
directed, with the knowledge that
there is no other medicine made any
whore el-e in the world, which will
cure your cold or end grippe misery
as promptly and without any other
assistance or bad after-effects as a
26-cent package of Pape's Cold Com
pound, which any druggist in the
world ran supply.
Ask him how he likes his car
Ask him about Cadillac
service Ask him about the
electric lights Ask him
about the electric starting de
vice Ask him about the
ease and comfort Ask him
all about his Cadillac car.
If that does not satisfy you, stop all the
Cadillac owners you see.
There are Cadillac owners throughout the
State of Oregon and they are easily found.
Do not hesitate asking any owner, they
are all proud to talk about their cars. Ask
them how they are treated by the Covey
Motor Car Comany and anything you want
to know about service of the car.
If you still seek information ask any 1911
Cadillac owner, ask any 1910, 1909, 1903,
1907 or even the owners of cars before that
date, what they think of Cadillac cars and
Cadillac service.
We rest our case entirely on what the own
ers tell you.
The Car With the Reputation
If you want a 1912 Cadillac we advise you to
order at one
e
Oregon Motor Garage
B. F. Trombley
. Prop.
3 1 5 E. Court Street
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The drug store that serves
you best.
Bedouin women can go about alone
and no one dare molest fiem on pain
of death. Immorality is scarcely ,
known among them, for should a girl
go wrong her own rela'.ives would
put her to death. European women
are not likely to be subjected to any
indignity at th3 hands of these rov- I
1 ' !.. .1 . T 1, !
iiik puna ui nie ucaL't i. r i um mo
February Wide World Magazine
A BIUGIIT OUTLOOK.
If the Chinese revolutionists have
the support of the Standard oil com
pany they should keep that fact care
fully concealed. Otherwise the popu
lace may decide to stay with the Man.
chus.
WHERE THEY STEAL WIVES.
From the time that a Bedouin is
eighteen years of age until he dies
of old age he is more or less looking
out for new wives. By law Moham
medans are never allowed to have
more than four at the same time, but
they easily evade this regulation by
divorcing one, which simply means
senaing ner back to her parents. This
Is often because she has borne him
no sons. So it happens that the old
nhelkhcs almost always have young
wives. It is considered effiminate
for a man to show the least affec
t:on towards his wives, at least open
ly. One of the young sheiks of the
Adwans, Mouthafy, who recently lost
his young and only wife, acknowledg
ed to be the prettiest girl in the tribe,
shed tears at her grave. For this he
was much laughed at by his com
panions, who said, "If a man's wife
dies he can easily procure himself an
other." But for a deceased father.
brother, or even a mother, they think
it does not show weakness to mourn,
because from where could he aet an
other? This seeming indifference to
women has undoubtedly grown out of
the false Idea the men entertain that
to express appreciation of them would
be weak and unmanly. From per
sonal observation I know that the
Bedouins, In private, treat their
wives with more consideration than
is generally shown among orientals,
especially so if they have borne sons.
Tour outlook may not be as bright
As other outlooks sometimes are;
Some gentle maid may have, last
night,
Declined to be your guiding star;
Tou may have -little in your purse.
The hair may whiten on your brow,
But even so, things might be worse
You're not a Manchu, anyhow.
It may be that you have a son
Who does not gaze on you with
awe;
Tr mav Via that vmi'ro rtn thA run
Because you have transgressed the
law;
You may bev forty-five and so
A down-and-outer, even now;
Be not at all discouraged, hough
You're not a Manchu, anyhow.
Be cheerful, though your lot is not
What might be called a happy one;
The stubborn stork may ne'er have
brought
To you a dimpled little son;
You may not claim the proud de
light. That f : lis the self-tmade millionaire,
But bravely cling to hope; you might
Be sitting in a dentist's chair.
It may be that you do not know
How your next meal shall be se
cured; Your step may be Infirm and alow
Because of ills you have endured; I
The locks that once bedecked your
brow
May be no longer dangling there;
But hope on bravely, anyhow
Unless you're in a dentist's chair.
You may have labored hard and long
And be entitled to success,
And still be moving with the throng,
Unknown, unseen and penniless;
With luck you might have risen
high,
But why be dismal or dismayed
Why let a tear bedim your eye
Unless you've been restraining
trade
You may possess the talent which
Should win for you a lasting fame
And yet be digging In the ditch
While few men ever speak your
name;
You may begin the year in debt,
Your bones may ache, your clothes
be frayed,
But why permit yourself to fret
Unless you've been restraining
trade
It may be that the morning brings
No ray of happiness to you;
Perhaps you have been robbed ' of
things
That should be for the favored few;
You may be hungry, poorly clad
And doomed to labor all your life,
But cling to courage and be glad
Unless you fear to meet your wife.
Who knows what happiness may wait
Beyond the turning In the road?
Tomorrow, proud and rich and great,
You may have ceased to feel the
goad ;
Tomorrow you may gladly rest.
Relieved of toil and far from strife,
Therefore lock hope within your
breast
Unless you fear to meet your wife.
-S. E. Kiser.
A GAME BOTH COULD PLAY.
One whose ear has been trained to
read intelligently the click of a tele
graph in.-trument sometimes puts thi9
training to the test under strange
conditions. An instance, which re
sulted in embarrassment, apologies,
and finally In a pleasant acquaint
anceship among the persons concern
ed, is told by a certain Ohio farmer
who spent hi early years In the em
ploy of the Western Union Telograph
company.
Some years after impaired health
had driven him from the telegraph
office to the farm he and his wife
were spending a short vacation in the
south. While they were dining in a
hotel in Memphis two young men en
tered and seated themselves at the
same table with the coupl efrom the
west.
After a survey of the strangers, one
of the youths took up his fork and
tapping It in an apparently careless
way against the edge of hU plate,
spelled out In the Morse code:
"Do you think they are bride and
groom "
"Yes. surely," tapped his compan
ion. "Just see how soft they are."
Immediately, to the dismay of the
young men, the fork, or the supposed
bridegroom Joined In the conversa
tion. With great rapidity he tapped
out:
"Gentlemen, you are mistaken. We
have been married five ' years and
have three children." Youth's Companion.
HE REALLY PITIED PARKER.
Sll Gilbert Parker is fond of telling
how he once met in Ontario a breezy
type of Canadian, who always added
the tag, "Give my love to the glrh"
to everything he said.
Ten years after first encountering
this lively individual Sir Gilbert was
again staying in Ontario, and while
going down the hotel corridor heard
the well known phrase encholng once
more in his ears "Well give my love
to the girls,"
Recognizing the man he went over
to him and spoke, but the Canadian
did not remember the former meet
ing until his distinguished interlocutor
recalled the circumstances.
"Well, well," said the Canadian,
"and what are you doing now?"
"Writing "books," was the answer.
"Is that so? And I've struck It
rich," same the elate reply. "Got a
little provision store round the corner.
Can I do anything for you?" Mon
treal Star,
WOODPILE PHILOSOPHER.
Erastus Johnson, the only colored
man In Wobrook-ln-the-Hills, has
thought out many of the secrets of
easing the toll that he knows best, and
Is ever ready to Impart them to oth
ers. "When they comes to me fer ad
vice," he said recently to one of the
summer capers, "I alwua tell 'cm it
depends on what their perfcsslon is.
If they've arrived at the dignity o'
sawin' wood, I alwus tell 'em to saw
tho biggest fust.
"If they asks why, an' they mostly
does, I say, "So's you'll only have the
little sticks to saw when you gets
tuckered out.
"An" I'll tell ye now," concluded
Erastus, graciously, quite as if the
camper had asked for "pointers" on
a back yard Job, "it's Jes' the same
with pilin'; put the big sticks to tho
bottom. It's mighty bullous exercise
a-llftln' of em to the top." Youth's
Companion.
The
Pendleton Drug
Co.'
U In business, for
"Your Good Health"
REMEMBER THIS WHEN
YOU HAVE PRESCRIPTIONS,
OR WANT PURE MEDICINES
Two Old Maids
Anne What do you think Mr. Ek
iund charged me for sewing on a pair
o.' soles on my shoes?
Clara Don't know and don't care.
Anna, he only charged me 65c and
did fine work too yes, but I don't
like him.
Anna Well, well, you evld ntly do
or you wouldn't care.
Men's soles sewed on for 98c
Full line of men's fine shoes.
A. EKLUND
Main Street
WHY HE WAS NOT GUILTY.
"LHtle X," says a writer in the
Army and Navy Journal, "was one
of the most popular of our 'young of
ficej In the army maneuvers at
during 1910. Ho had served in the!
cavalry and had brought with him I
the cavalryman swagger, wore his'
campaign hat turned up in front and
rear, and Is sai dto have Blept in his
spurs. Our lioutenant colonel, whose
treatment of younger officers had
made hi mmost unpopulnr, was then
In command of tho regiment...'
"One day Little X passed the col
onel's tent while .the old man was I
niaiiuinu vut. in ii win iit.niiiK iur trou
ble. Ho spotted X and sent his or
derly for him 'Mister X,' said the
colonel as Johnny saluted and brought
his heels together with the approved
click, 'Mister X you nppear to have a
touch of the outre about you.' 'Why,
colonel,' fald X, 'you must be mis
taken; I haven't had a drink since I
came to camp.' "
BRING IN
YOUR
PONY
VOTES
In order to avoid confusion
as to standing of contestants in
our big Pony Contest, we would
like to have all votes cast as
soon as possible.
Standings of each boy and
girl in the contest, are now dis
played at our' store.
Tallman , Co.
WHAT THE COPY BOY WROTE.
Representative Dnn Anthony of
Kansas, publisher of the Leavenworth
Times, once had an office boy who
yearned to know how to use a type
writer which accomplishment, the
boy figured, would make him a reg
ular reporter,
Anfhony turned an old broken-down
machine over to him, says the Wash
ington Herald and bade hi mlearn to
run it.
"Oh, Just take some sentence, any
sentence at all," Anthony told him,
"and see how long it will take you
to fill a page with it,"
The boy set to work. An hour or
two later Anthony chanced to notice
the page on which the lad had been
working. From top to bottom of the
sheet and from margin to margin,
the boy had written one sentence over
and over again until there was
scarcely a white spot visible on the
paper. The sentence the boy had se
lected to practice was: "Who the
Invented school?" Philadelphia
Record.
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For Breakfast
Ranch Eggs
Buttermilk Hotcakea
Good coffee
Every day
We Invite your patronage and
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