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Entered at the postofflce at Pendletoa, Oregon, at eecond-clas mall matter, Member United Tree Association. telephone Main Official City and Count Paper. DREAMING. How fond the dream at even- ing's 'close When twilight shadows creep, As if to drown the drtiwsy day In balm of sweetest sleep. This is the hint of life we hold. From other realm than earth And, maybe, this the Eden dream That ushered in our birth. O. D. Gorman. Atlanta, Ga. they come as raw recruits to State ment One, or as armt an! cap-a-pled cavaliers of assemblj Ism ? Do. they approach as meek and mourning probationers at the feet of the direct primarj'i or as pastmasters and high priests of reaction? If they come as humble petitioners for us to let the dead past bury its dead, where are their confessions of guilt, and their promises to lead a better life? What a picture, to see Judge Ellis, bearing gifts and on the mourners" bench at an insurgent meeting? What a scene to behold Mr. Hawley seeking righteousness at the feet of the Oregon system?" What a spec tacle to see Mr. Fulton robed in the vestments of insurgency, with "Statement! One" branded on bis girdle, and a pledge to the direct pri mary in his hair? But yesterday, head fugleman and bugleman of as semblyLxm, how the trio would loom, tending the altar fires and leading the march of Oregon insurgency? If, however, they come to us as simon pure Statement One men, why I.i the state committee trying to "put the knife" under the fifth rib of the presidential primaries? AS TO IMPROVEMENTS. CIVILIZING THE KEDMEX. General R. H. Pratt, first president of the Carlisle Indian school and who Is now in Oregon, says the only way to civilize the redmen Is to ab olish reservations and keep educated Indians away from their own peo ple. But it is superficial reasoning. It lr true that when an Indian is giv en schooling away from his own peo ple he will take on more polish and perhaps may be a more zealous stu dent. It is also a fact that when an educated Indian goes back among his tribesmen he is sorely tempted to retrograde." But these facts are not sufficient to condemn the plan that is followed" by the government. It is easy to point out why an educated young Indian may wish to go back to the tepee and the blanket. It is because bo many of his tribesmen, probably a majority, live that way. An educated Indian is not showing signs of depravity be cause he wants to go back to the old ways. He is merely moved by that human impulse that makes all peo ple, whether white men or red wish t make their actions confirm to the ways of the rest of the clan. They are afraid of being "queer chickens." White people are the same way. But the time will come after while When, thanks to government education of the Indians, the majority of In dians will be of the educated sort, not of the blanket variety. Just as that element of Indians comes to predimonate so will education and industry grow in favor among the redmen. As the old tribesmen upon a reservation pass away their places will be taken by the young men who have been trained by the govern ment. That situation has almost come about upon the Umatilla reservation. If the day is not yet at hand it will soon come when it will be unfashion able to wear the old time garb and to follow the old time customs. When that time comes it wont be hard to keep educated Indians from "going back." The reservation policy will then be vindicated. To follow General Pratt's advice would bring only sorrow to the red men. His plan dots not take into consideration the gulf that exists be tween the Indian and his whiter brother and which gives the advan tage to the latter. It is impossible to ; hastily bridge that gulf of centuries and tragic failures usually follow such attempts. The happiness of the Indians can best be served by an educational pol icy that looks to the elevation of the tribe, not of the individual. SARCASTIC. The Portland Journal waxes sarcas tic over the ways of the Oregon re actionaries. Yesterday It had the following unkind words about the one-time astsemblyltea who now en dorse the Oregon system: How the reactionaries do throng about us. There's Judge Ellis of Pendleton, going, they Bay, to be a candidate for congress. There's Mr. Hawley, candidate to succeed him self. There' ex-Senator Fulton, whooped for senator at the Lin coln banquet, and most likely to be a candidate. Finally, there's the state committe - trying to administer knockout drops to the presidential primary so a convention can be held. Behold, in what garb do these mili tant standpatters approach us? Do The strictly business side of the subject of street improvements is worthy of attention and in looking at the matter from that point of vitfw a property owner who lives on a good street is liable to see reasons for fa voring a hard surface -paving over macadam. There are many who firmly believe that from a strictly business standpoint the best class of improvement is the most profitable in the long run because it wont wear out. But people should not look at this matter entirly from what is usually considered the business standpoint, The esthelic side is also worthy of consideration. It Is a source of much satisfaction to live on a street that is clean, sanitary ami neat all the year round even if one does not make any money out of it It is nice for a home to have a nice lawn with trees, shrubbery and flowers even if the owner does not make any money off these things. Usually he does not want to make money in that way. 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"Is the American woman a person of culture?" My wife frowned as though the in quiry was unwelcome, then with a tragic air, "I have realized perfectly all the while that you were leading up to this, and I have been trying to consider. Is the American woman cultivated? Every one knows that the American man as a rule Is not. It was scarcely worth whi'e arguing the question'. But is she?" Josephine raused a moment absorbed in reflec tion, then added, but more mourn fully than her word3 seemed to war rant, "We are supposed to be. We have the reputation of being; at least among ourselves.". I felt the. occasion to be one when silence on my part would be golden and that the stern requirements of Josephine's conscience would not per mit her to shirk the issue. Yet I could not refrain from egging her on, so to speak, by the basely specious words, -"I have been brought up to believe that no foreign woman was to be mentioned in the same breath with her." "Why not?" she retorted on the in stant with the tenseness of protest. Then In a firm but plaintive voice she proceeded as follows: "Do we speak languages? In no city is there more than a sprinkling of American women able to converse fluently with the vis iting foreigner. We have to scurry around to find them. What perma nent contributions have we made to scholarship ' Virtually none. Are we proficient musically We take lessons from early youth and flock to fashionable concerts to hear prima donnas; but unlike the English or German girl, unless we are prodigies, we shring from performing within earshot of any one but the family. Are we accomplished housewives? The young American woman of every class has never bothered her head about housekeeping until she had to. Now the educators are trying to bring her to her senses by schools of do mestic science. Are we familiar with or adepts at politics? A fastidious few follow the ins and outs of Euro pean political parties, but as a sex we have always complained that our own politics are not interesting" From "The Convictions of a Grand father," by Robert Grant, in the Feb ruary Scribner. Not a Forcible Illustration. "Do you know," asked the ab stainer, "that the money which the American people spend for drink in a single year would be sufficient to build a stone tower forty feet in diameter and a mile high?" "Would it " asked the man with the spongy nose, "but who wants a silly old stone tower like that " The Sympathetic Father. "Do you expect to send your boy to college?" "Yes. After the hard studylne he is compelled to do in high school I think it is no more than right that he should have a few years of play before he goes to work. Livery Stable lor Sale Owing to press of other business, I am forced to sell the Pioneer Livery and Sale Stable at Hermlston. W. W. 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