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About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1912)
PAGE SIX. DAILY DA ST OKECOXIAX, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATUKDAY. PF.CK.M BKR 21, l'Jl- TWELVE PAGES AN lNDEl'KN'DENT NEWSPAPER. Offtetal CUj d cutj Pmpr. BAST BEGOMAX PUBLISHING CO. Katr4 at tb pout of He at ro4lrton. Oregoa. Mcoixt-cius mail matter. Such efforts on the rrt of well meaning but mlsjruUled folk have much to do with the prevalence of the smoking habit among boys It may b regrettable but It is a fact a vast number of young Americans of the masculine tender deire to follow lines not laid down by rhurchea and Sun da vl-hoots. Xt is more than prob ably !at smoking ' will henceforth JtavJ new attractions for hiirh su-hnni Tb llty East Orpgoniaa I kept oa atHaw. . tbc HnMaai Stw C, li W ashiagtoa T38 lt pokan. "M'uSl iSS Staad. Portland.! A morp r to break up Oroa. (the use of tobacco In a hiirh school WLlnsioa. U. C. Uuimj, iOl, Four- i ,vol'l d be for the education board to teeatk .tret. X. V. j enforce a hard and fast rule that no Vlouibvr I'nlted lYess Association. Telephone Main if tod.iv be norF- "I do not a.-k Thee dark. To change it a'.l. and make it fai.: As I step forth today to toe the mark I ask not that the burden I must boar Vt- taken from my shoulders leave it there! r. suiar tobacco user be allowed lr. j I : school and that expulsion should fol. J j low ..roof of the fact a student U a : A Ijersistetit smoker. A school board! i.'uiu ciuorce sucn a rule, not on moral grounds, but for a sordid rea- .n mat it costs tne state money to 4 1 educate a student and it 1 not "good ,busine-s" to spend money on a boy in In. deliberately offsets the good he i obtains from school by following a habit that impairs his physical and for with Thou ow n 'Hut this I pray Thee M my micht My humble prayer canst fulfill And give the world its way still Lt me. if it be dark today. Krt ; hoping that tomorrow may be bright." Frank L. Stanton GinstiMS SpecnaMes at rr-ental efficiency. There are cor porations that bar the use of both li quor and tobacco by employes on this ground and the rules are generally observed. -- Partisan newspapers that howl with r;ge over the prospect the democratic senators will refuse to It Will ( iik confirm any eleventh In Tinu hour federal appolnt- merits made by Presi der.t Tuft may have great cause for Medford merchants have taken up tjricf. The senate action though is not .1 movement to establish a cannery without provocation. It is possible in that little city, the senators are afraid that if they A Cannery There are many rea-' crnfirm any late hour appointments I or rvmlk-u.ii. sons why such a the president may at tht? last moment move might well bo issue an executive order placing the ;aken up here some day. j civil service cloak about his appoin- Pend'eton has a great fruit section tees so as to keep them in office for n the east in the Freewater.MIIton life. country and to the west there will- The action of the president in so very shortly be another frlut pr- protecting some 35,000 fourth class ducing region as great or greater. : postmasters appointed for political consisting of the lands under the gov-reasons wouid lend color to such sus ernment project and various private j picion. "While taken professedly in projects. ahe interests of civil service the order It is possible that neither section was more beneficial to spoilsmen in may be able of itself to maintain a office than to the service. The way tig cannery' but that such a plant lo-to get civil service postmasters is to cated here and drawing on both regl-1 set thm under the civil service ons could be operated with success. . which provides that appointments mere are good rail connections into' shall be made on the merit basis. It Pendleton from both regions and; makes a farce of civil service when there will soon be macadamized political appointees, no matter who roadways leading to this city from they may be, are given civil service each direction. protection in office without their hav. It is a matter worth keeping commercial association. Jrore than j i;ut there is much both political likely a Pendleton cannery would be parties could do towards wiping out extremely beneficial to the growers at: the spoils system and they will do it Milton and Hermiston as well as ac-jin time because the country as a ceptable to this place. All the fruit j w hole Is grow ing tired of political of that is raised cannot be shipped if Icials and eventually will demand abroad and sold at top prices. The that efficiency be given a higher rat- culled fruit must be disposed of .ing in all branches of the government inking first met the necessary tests as to the fitness. ! In business only one month, yet wa are already Grocery one of Pendleton's busiest stores There's a reason Fine' New Jersey Howe Cran berries, qt. . . . 25c Choice Oranges, doz. . 25c Apples, large boxes 75c and $1.00 Xmas Mixed Candy ,2 lbs. 25 C Delicious Comb Honey, 20c lb. 3 lbs. for . . 50c Fine Tillamook Cream Cheese per lb. . . . 25c New crop Currents and Raisins The'Best Cocoa'and Chocolate that money can buy Imported Golden Dates, 2 lbs. 25, Fancy Turkish Figs, lb. . 30c Christmas Mixed Nuts 3 lbs. $1.00 Citron, Lemon and Orange Peel per lb. .... 25c New Vegetables, fresh, crisp and clean, at the lowest prices. Fresh mincemeat, Kuners pickles, chow chow, horse radish, olives, dressings and sauces in fact relishes ot every description for every taste Housewives who want the best quality, the cleanest stock and yet pay the lowest prices lor their table sup plies should Phone MAIN 445 otherwise and It should be canned. At the present time a vast amount of iuch fruit Is peddled out under false pretenses to Pendleton householders "ui sucn a course cannot be con tinued forever. service and that strictly partisan con siderations be made to count for but little. Some sentimental people who love Ue Dow Xot Own Th Carol. Some members of the Vincent Methodist church of Spokane are or ganizing themselves Tb "Bustoesa" Into a brigade to 'script of ArsumeiH break up the habit U Better. of smoking vmong high school students. They have arranged the matter with the chief of police and will each be lecked out with a star and will have full probation officers powers as to "liking arrests, etc. the writings of Charles Dickens are complaining bitter- terly because J. P. Morgan has pur- i chased the manu the. "Christmas Carol" and has it in his private collection. They assert it should be In some public museum. Of coursy it should. Yet no one need worry much because Morgan has acquired the old sheets of paper on which Dicken? wrote his favorite Jpp.duction. It would be much hard. er to' read the Christmas Carol from those time worn pages than from some good up-tovlate volume of Dickens. Morgan does not own the "Christ mas Carol " He merely has the shell from which the story came and it was made useless when the story ap peared in book form. Those who seek the nightingale's song are un fortunate who look in old nests be cause the song is never there. ... For aerial fame brave men will risk their lives like moths around a can dle. It is too bad fellows like Kear. ney and Lawrence should die but it seems to be an inevitable part of the game they play if they but follow it long enough. m J. P. Morgan's testimony before the congressional committee is quite like ly to establish for him a reputation las a jokesmith. I 9 I i One may ship packed eggs or cab bage sets by parcels post but not a book. Why Is that? Our fine climate resists the efforts of the weather bureau to make it blusterous. That Settled It. "I'm satisfied with the present con ditions." "You are, eh? And I suppose you're going to vote to continue them." "Yes. I am." "With the rich getting richer all the time?" "I don't know anything about that. All I know is that I asked for a raise In pay yeserday and got it. That's the sort of prosperity I can understand and want to continue." Detroit Free Press. Affects His Vocabulary. 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