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THE THING WOKTII WHILE.
It is not the gold that a world
mar hold
Or the voice of a violin
It is not the fame of a deathless
name
Though It rings with a can-
non's din;
But the love that waits at a 4
thousand gates
The words of cheer, the smile
That follows you the long day
through .
That makes your life worth
while. 4
4
It is not the power of a year or
hour, .
Or the homage wealth may
bring. 4
Nor a goal embraced for which
you've raced
That causes the heart to sing!
But love alone that is all
your own
TTnselifsh and free from guile
That gladdens your days in a
, thousand ways 4
And really makes life worth
while.
'
It is not the land for which
you stand
Or the thing that it may do,
But pattering feet and voices
sweet
That are glad because of you,
And I think you'll say on the,
final day
At the end of the closing
mile 4
That of all the things a lifetime
brings 4
Only love is worth while.
T. H. Kendall.
TIIE REGRETTABLE PART.
The most unfortunate thing about
the caustic remarks made by Senator
La Follette in his speech about the
press Is the fact there la much truth
in what he said. It is not pleasant
stuff for newspapermen to hear and
it is not surprising the Philadelphia
publishers did not like the speech.
Just as many lawyers denounce
criticisms of the judiciary and oppose
the idea of allowing people to recall
Judges so will many newspaper men
assail Senator La Follette for his
"kept" press speech. It is the truth
nevertheless that the Judiciary is in
need of criticism and so is the press.
It is a mooted question as to which
needs it the more.
In his Philadelphia speech the in
surgent leader said:
"I hae sketched tho growth and
power of the great interests that to
day control our property and our
government. I have shown how
subtle and elusive, yet relentless, they
are. Rising up against them Is the
confused voice of the people. Their
heart is true, but, their eyes don't
yet see all the intricate sources of
power. Who shall show them? There
are only two agencies that in any way
can reach the whole people. These
ere the press and the platform. But
the platform in no way compares with
the prs in its power of continuous
i pea ted instruction.
"One would think that in a democ
racy like ours seeking for instruc
tion, able to :ad and understand
the press would be the eager and will
ing instructor. Such was the press of
Horace Greely, Henry Raymond.
Charles A. Dana, Joseph Medill and
Horace Rublee.
"But what do we find has occurred
in the last few years? The money
power has gained control of our in
dustry and government. It controls
the newspaper press. The people
know this. Their confidence is weak
ened and destroyed. No longer are
the editorial columns of newspapers
a potent factor in educating public
opinion."
That was not a politic speech.
From the standpoint of aiding LaFol
lUe's candidacy for president it may
have been a mistake. It Is probable
too that In the intensity of his feelings
Senator La Follette colored the pic
ture too hlghV- AH the newspapers
of the country are not "kept." Most
of the country papers, both small
dailies and weeklies, are fairly free
and even among the large metropoli
tan dallies there are papers here and
there that are conspicuous for their
independence and for the vigor with
which they uphold the gjneral wel
fare. But that the privileged intor.-sits ex
ert a wonderful influence through
subtle control of a large element of
the press must be admitted. "Through
such work they are able to keep the
people divided and baffled. If is be
cause of this the reactionaries have
held sway so long and have made
political pro-gross so slow and difficult.
CKADVATKD PAYMENTS.
In yielding at last to the appeal of
the settlers of the Umatilla project
for graduated payments for their wa
ter rights the government has taken
action that will result in much good
The settler who goes upon an irri
gation project has much to battle
with. It is not any easy task to con
quer the desert even when a benevol
lent government supplies the water
and permits the settler to pay for the
work in 10 annual payments.
Upon the Umatilla project most of
the settlers not only have to meet the
government charges but they also
have to make annual payments upon
their land. - They must do this and
they must live somehow until their
land becomes productive. So by the
nature of things the first few years
of life upon the project means "hard
I pic king."
It may be taken for granted that
in deciding to allow graduated pay
ments the reclamation service offi
cials are inspired by a desire to aid
those who actually live upon their
holdings and are trying to get their
tracts into such shape that they will
rrovide a livelihood for themselves
and families.
With graduated payments assured
them the settlers on the project have
good reason to cheer up. It will be
easy for them to make their payments
after their tracts once become pro
ductive. TIIE $250 VARIETY.
There are two classes of "kept"
newspapers. Papers that are owned
and operated continuously with a
view to upholding vested interests con
stitute one sort. Those are the pa
pers at which La Follette struck. The
others are the petty grafting sheets
that exist to serve such Interests as
come along at so much per. It is the
less harmful yet more disreputable
sort of the' two.
Pendleton has a sheet of the last
named type. It is conducted by a so
cialist who has thrown his principles
to the winds and operates a reaction
ary republican organ. If very gen
eral reports are true the price of that
paper at mayorality elections is $250
At least we have it from extremely
authentic sources that it wanted that
sum from Mr. Raley. When taken
to task for the sacrifice of his con
victions the fellow who owns the
sheet in question replies that he "must
live." It is a very cowardly and con
temptible excuse. A man who can
not make a legitimate living in the
newspaper business should go into
some other line.
It is evident though that such pa
pers as the one in question reap very
much as they deserve and so need not
be feared. The legitimate patronage
of the local grafter has never been
sufficient in extent to "flag a hand
car." We have noticed that scores of
decent folk refuse to have the paper
even when it is offered to them free.
We have noticed that newsboys will
not or can not sell that paper on the
street. We have seen reputable news
papermen refuse positions upon that
vile sheet even when offered jsalary
advances. Such observations create
the impression that in the lower and
coarser walks at least the primrose
path of Journalism is rt what it
might be.
ENCOURAGE THEM.
Local white people who desire to
aid the Indians along the road to ad
vancement should attend their meet
ing at the agency tomorrow. The In
dians have ever been friendly to
Pendleton, in times of war and in
times of peace. They spend about all
the money the get hold of with the
business men of the city. Pendleton
folk should be willing to co-operate
with them in the forming of their
brotherhood and give them all the
encouragement possible.
In the conflict between Mr. Ground
Hog and the United States weather
bureau the honors of the struggle in
as far as Pendleton Is concerned, are
about even.
While at Stanfleld today the visiting
engineers might ask Dr, Coe what he
will do with the Andrew C. Smith fil
ing if the West Extension Is dropped.
SOCIALISTS AT WORK,
The term of the present adminis
tration of Socialists In Milwaukee,
draws near its close. This , spring
another mayor and other officers will
be chosen. Already, months in ad
vance, the fight has begun. It Is
not likely that in any American mu
nicipality will the struggle be so bit
ter, the situation so tense, the lines
so tightly drawn. For. whatever the
socialist party in Milwaukee may
lack, it does not lack the fighting
spirit. It meets trouble half way
and goes out to face the big odds
against it with a grim and Joyful
satisfaction.
It has met the silence and abuse
of the regular newspapers by Issuing
from its own big printing plant, bul
letins, in newspaper form, which are
di-tributed in every house in tho city
by volunteer party workers, i In these
bulletins all the achievements of the
administration are praised and fierce
attacks are made on all its enemies.
?arly in December the socialists start
ed the r own rejru'ar daily paper, the
Milwaukee Leader, which i4 backed
by J 100,000 capital, subscribed by
zealous members of the party.
Far more forceful as a campaign
argument than the vituperation of the
Leader was the great Municipal Bud-
ei r,xniou, neld In the Auditorium
during the last week in November. In
booths and on platforms which filled
the huge building the various de
partments Of the Citv tnvprnm.nl
showed in charts and by actual spec
imens or ineir work all that they are
doing to make Milwaukee a pleasant
and profitable place of residence.
Especial.y remarkable and note
worthy was the exhibit of the Mil
waukee Bureau of Economy and Ef
ficiencya department which has no
feHow in the government of any oth
er American city. It is almost mirth
provoking to consider that it remain
ed for a socialist administration to
establish such a thorough-going and
business-like check on municipal laz
iness, ignorance and graft.
At the head of the bureau is Prof.
John R Commons, of the University
of W'sconsin. Associated with him
as consulting experts are such men
as Major Charles Hine. organization
expert of the Harrlman railroad lines,
Harrison Emerson, efficiency engi
neer, F. E. Turneaure, dean of the
College of Engineering, University of
Wisconsin. S. W. Gilman, accountant
President Taft's economy and effi
ciency commission, and W. T. Sedg
wick, head department public health,
Massachusetts Institute of Technol
ogy. This bureau, with Professor Com
mons at its head. Is an integral part
of the city government. It has the
authority to go Into any other de
partment. Investigate and study Its
methods of doing business, point out
errors and leaks and recommend im
provements. It hag already installed
scientific and accurate cost systems
In many of the city departments.
These systems, first approved by the
consulting experts of the board, make
it fairly certain that the city will get
a dollar's worth of labor or material
for every dollar it pays out. At any
rate, with the cost system once in
stalled, it is an easy matter to locate
waste and extravagance, while graft
is made practically lmpossible.From
Socialists at Work, February Techni
cal World Magazine.
Uiiardonablc. '
"My wife made me what I am "
- "Have you forgiven her yet?"
Satire
No Place for Them.
"Why are you moving?'
"We forgot to give the janitor a
Christmas present " Chicago Rec
ord Herald.
The rural mail carriers and the
city ones, too have more than earn
ed their salaries lately.
IDAHO-WASHINGTON BOUNDARY.
The "boundary line between the
states of Idaho and Washington was
originally surveyed-in 1873 by Rollin
J. Reeves, under contract with the
General Land Office. As the mark
ings of this survey had become largely
obliterated and as much of the country
U being rapidly settled, congress in
1908 authorized a rrsurvey or retrace
ment and re-marking of the boundary
line and appropriated $25,000 for the
purpose. The surveying was done by
the United States Geological Survey,
and a report of the work has just
been issued by the Survey as Bulletin
466, by R. B. Marshall, Chief Geo
grapher. The report contains an ex
tract from the field notes of the or
iginal surveyor, Mr. Reeves. whnP
account of the difficulties and hard
ships encountered is most interesting
at this time, when much of tho
country traversed is a well-settled
and highly prosperous section. In
commenting on the trials relatpri hv
Mr. Reeves, Mr. Marshall remarks:
With a knowledge of the country
traversed, as it is to da. one ran tint
marvel at the persistence and hardl-
nooa or that party of men who did
not faltei until actual lack of fnnrt
compelled their retreat. At their
nortnernmost point they were nearly
90 miles from Snokane Bride, the
nearest white settlement 90 miles of
mountains, windfall forests, thiu.
eta, with zero weather, and snow in
the retracement comparatively few of
tnese mrncultles were encountered "
The Idaho-Washin fftnn hnnnarv
line runs through rolling agricultural
ma iruu country, where the work
was easy, and also through heavily
timbered mountains, where contlnu
uous chopping was necessary. The
portion of the boundary north from
Newport to the Canadian line is de
scribed as excessively rugged.
Most of the wood en hnnnrlnrv r,rtata
of the original survey had disap
peared, inougn in setting the new
posts their stumps were often en
countered. New posts of wrought
iron were set at every mile point, and
every 5 miles, as closelv as thn tnnn.
graphy would allow, 800-pound gran
ne monuments were set With the
words "Idaho" and 'Wshlnrtnn
enisled on their resoectlvA nMia in
all 177 miles of boundary were cov
ered, ana tnat number of practically
imperishable posts and monuments
were set or metal tablets cemented In
to bowlders. The report contains a
description of each post and a state
ment as to what was found remain
ing of the old markings, it also con
tains a topographic map the data for
which were obtained In the resurvey,
showing all the natural topographic
features and the work of man for a
width of about three-fourths of a mile
on either side of the boundary line.
The line crosses manv rivers, amnll
streams, railroads, and wagon roads
and passes through the towns of
Newport and Farmington.
TEARFUL- MR. LOR1MER,
Senator Lorimer has been weeping
again. . He always turns on that
tremolo stop that so affects his!
Washington auditors when a senate j
committee wants to know about the
"slush fund" with which his election
was brought at Springfield, III. At
such timeJ he is overcome by mem
ories of old, unhappy, far-off times
when he was a bootblack boy; and
how he went through the fire; and
how many Abrahams befriended him,
and how he started a collection agency
and thus, by degrees, got on la the
wor'.d.
Lorimer's hoarse voice and glisten
ing eye are not the only evidences of
pathos in connection with his unfor
tunate career.
There were tears in Michael Link's
family, no doubt, when he died of a
broken heart after confessing the
tak'ng of a bribe to vote for Lorimer.
Perhaps Holstlaw's friends shed eome
tears with his home folks; Holstlaw,
the village banker, respected In his
community, held to scorn for-having
deposited $2500 of bribe money to
his own credit. Have . White and
Beckemejer, confessed bribe-takers.
saved their nearest and dearest from
shedding some tears for their shame?
For that matter, how many of all the
Fifty-three democrats who followed
the "bel-wether" Abrahams into the
Lorimer camp have since looked up
on their public excoriation before
their own neighbors as a Jest? ,
Yes, there have been tears shed in
this affair, and not all In Washing
ton. Let the senators lift their eyes
from the blubbering Lorimer who per
petuates his shame and their scan
dal and look to Illinois, outraged and
demand'ng at their hands Justice and
vindication New York World.
KANSAS "BLUE SKY" LAW.
According to Isaac F. Marcosson,
Kansas is teaching the nation a les
son In stock-selling that is more than
worth while. In an' article in The
Munsey for February, entitled "Bar
ring Out .the Stock Thieves," he
writes:
"Bank Commissioner Dooley fram
ed a statute to regulate and super
v'se the sale of securities. To use
his own picturesque phrase, "it had
to have hooks in it strong enough to
catch a whale,' and when he com
pleted it there . was no loophole
through which a tricky stock sales
man could crawl. He called it the
Blue Sky Law, because, in warning
people not to purchase wildcat 'pro
motion stock, he used to say:
" 'Don't buy that it's Just blue
sky!"
According to the writer: "Every
corporation, company, or Individual,
whether it be incorporated under the
laws of Kansas or of any other state,
that sells or in any way handles
stocks, bonds or other securities
with the exception of government,
state or municipal bonds Is subject
to the statute, and must undergo a
rigid censorship before it can do bus
iness. "Any agent who offers securities
for sale In Kansas without a license
from the state" is subject for each of
fense, to a fine of not more than five
hundred dollars, and to imprison
ment for not more than ninety days."
TIIE LURE OF THE LAND.
Several years ago I was told of two
clergymen, distant relatives of mine,
who had Just given up their choen
calling to go Into realestate business,
The fact lingered long In my mind,
with a certain discomfort, making me
scan past and future with dim mis
givings. Real estate .versus the realm
of the spirit I did not like the an
tithesis. So, they had forsaken the
Heavenly City for Long Island, the
exposition of the charm of golden
strepts for the new boulevard! But
Is the Pennsylvania Railroad, I asked
indignantly, any true substitute for
the narrow way? For a time I felt
bankrupt, as one does when some
great crisis has caused panic, sub
verted values, made worthless the
priceless securities of yesterday. My
inheritance seemed to depreciate rap.
Idly, for my ancestors had staked their
all upon that invisible realty which Is
now being quoted lower and lower in
the markets of the world. Did tby,
I asked myself, who turned their
faces heavenward with so rich a sense
of possession, after all die intestate
From the innermost corner of my
soul came the echoed answer, "No!"
and again I hugged my old cloak of
dreams about me, resolving that,
whatever befell, I would never join
the ranks of those who could misin
terpret the word "real" as meaning
mere'thlngs.
That was three years ago. Now,
alas! I have fallen from my high es
tate of the invisible. I. too, have
come to traffic In so-called "real es
tate," not with a view of providing
other people with homes, but to pro-
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Same Goods for Less Money"
COMPARE TIIE FOLLOWING.
25c Men's Wool Socks, regular 15f?
75c Calfskin Welt Gloves, regular .. 49
$1.00 Calfskin Welt Gauntlet, rcfrular 69
,75c Men's Sweaters, regular 49
$1.25 Blue Flannel Shirts, rerrular .. I 69
$3.50 Peg top, welt scam, cuff bottom Corduroy pants, tan or
dark green, regular . . $1.98
65c Defiance Chambry Sheets, regular 45
' ' WE LEAD, OTIIERS, FOLLOW.
vidlng myself. I have deserted my
sky-chamber and have purchased a
small piece of ground. No longer
ha-e I the right to scorn those who
mistake finite things for realty. The
earth has- laid hold upon me. I un
derstand now the greed wherewith
men have clutched and held it, from
earliest savage days to the Oklahoma
scandals of land-grabbing. The curse
of property has descended upon -me;
the selifshness of the land gentry
which I have so scorned ns I have
driveq past high English walls, set
with jagged glass. Is no longer unin
telligible to me From "Point of
View" in the February Serlbner.
CLASSIFIER OF PUBLIC LANDS.
The United State Geological Sur
vey has now become in fact as well
as In name the agency for classifica
tion of the public domain. During
the last five years about 206,34 8,909
acres has been classified by the sur-
vai' n , .1 "t 14a lao .......... ..llnl 1
. has been withdrawn from public en
try. J Of thee areas, coal classifications
! covered 15,621,429 acres; classifica
i tion of metalliferous land 288,465
acres; and designation of lands en-
terable under the 320-acre and en
larged homestead act, 190,433,915
acres.
There have been withdrawn during
I this period 67,724,918 acres of coal
; bearing land, 3.394.914 acres of phoa-
i phate land., and 1,722,975 acres of
I land believed to be valuable for the
. development of water power.
j So far as the coal lands are con
l cerned, the survey policy is to class
! ify and value the lands withdrawn as
rapidly as possible, so as to enable
I their restoration to entry and sale
under the law, and although the oil
j and phosphate lands and water pow
er sues are neia withdrawn awaiting
congressional leg'slation; the policy
is to cut down the withdrawals to
the exact acreage of land found to
be underlain by oil, natural gas or
phosphate and for the water power
wlthdr.lU'nTfl tn tha omallast ai.rinirii
! which will protect the public Inter
ests.
The enlarged homestead designa
tions are made on the basis of data
in hand or on field examinations by
the survey showing that the lands
are not suitable for irrigation or may
b equitable for "c'ry farming" as con
templated In the enlarged homestead.
TIIE DULL SPRING.
From you I have been absent in the
Spring
When proud-pled April dressed in all
his trim
Hath put a spirit of youth in every
thing, That heavy Saturn laughed and leap
ed with him.
Yet nor the lays of birds nor the
sweet smell
Of different flowers In odor and In
hue
Could make me any summer's story
tell,
Or from their proud lap pluck them
where they grew;
Nor did I wonder at the lily's white,
Nor praise the deep vermilllon of the
rose
They were but sweet, but figures of
delight,
Drawn after you, you pattern of all
those.
Yet seemed it winter still, and, you
away,
As with your shadowl with these djd
play
Shakespeare, Sonnet XCVIII.
THE SOUNDING BALLOON.
Mr. C. F. Talmnn In the February
World's Work gives some very inter
esting Information about the new sci
ence "aerology." The most remark
able Invention for exploring the up
per atmosphere Is the sounding bal
loon. It is a small free balloon, which
carries no human aeronaut, but in
stead a set of super-human meteor
ological Instruments, which register
continuously and automatically
through the whole course of the Jour
ney. In Its commonest form the
sounding-ballon is mode of India
rubber, and when launched Is Inflat
ed to less than i!s full capacity with
hydrogen, As It rises to regions of
diminished nlr pressure It gradually
expands, and finally bursts at an
elevation approximately determined
In advance. A linen cap serves as a
parachute, and the case containing
the Instrument falls gently to the
ground. This usually happens many
miles sometimes two hundred or
moro from the p'ace"of ascent. At
tached to the apparatus is a ticket
offering the finder a reward for its
return, and giving instructions as to
packing and shipping. Sooner or lat
er it usually comes back. The record
height attained by the sounding-balloon
is 18.9 ' miles.
No doubt It hurt Colonel Harvey,
but better the straight tip sooner
than later.
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The
Pendleton Drug
Co.
Is In business for
"Your Good Health"
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Two Old Maids
Anna What do you think Mr. Ek
lund 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 6Eo anc
dld 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 10c.
. Full line of men's fine shoes.
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Main Street.
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VOTES
In order to avoid confusion
as to standing of contestants In
our big Tony 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.
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Attentive Service.
For Breakfast
Ranch Eggs
Buttermilk Hotcakes
Good coffee
Every day
We Invite your patronage and
aim to please you.
A clean kitchen
Regular Meals
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La Fontaine Block, Main Street.