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FACIE FOUn PATI.Y EAST OriFflOXTAX, PT-NTIIETOX. OBEGOy. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 0, 1014. FTOTTT PAGES IN IMiEI'KNDK.VT NEWSTirER. rukllshed llly and Keml Weekly at Pe Olrloo, Oregon, Dy in. BAIT OHM,u.UX I'l'liLlSHINQ CO. Official County Taper. Member lolled I'rm Aaaoclatloa. Catered at lb pnttofflre at Pendleton, Dri(io, aa aeroml clua aiall matter. elepboa. ON SALE IN OTHER CITIES. Imperial Uutel Ntvi Stand, I'artlaad, Oraa-oa. Uo man New. Co, Portland, Ore on. ON KILE AT Cnlcaeo Rnrran, V0 Security Bntldlng. Washington. It. C, Iturcau, 601, t'onr tMDUi street. N. W. snmcnirTioN bates. Pal It. on year, by mall 3 00 I 'l.j, all miiollia. bj mall 2.50 lallj, three mmli. by mall 1.23 ally, on Dioaih, br mall 50 I "ally, on year, by rarrlar T.fiO Illjr, all month, bj carrier 8 73 I "ally, three nionihi. by carrier. .... . 1.03 lwllr. one month, by carrier .63 tomi-Weekly, on year by mall 130 eml-W erkly, in tuoutha. by mall TS Rami-Weekly, four Bombs, by mall... ..60 BABY. The sun rose- up In the morning Through his door in the Eastern sky;, And he flung back his curtains of purple and red To look out on the world, and he laughed as he said, "There's nothing so bright as IV Hut he never had seen my baby's smile, That is brighter than sun- shine ull the while. The moon stole out In the evening From the cloud; and up, up she rolled Through the wonderful blue of the Autumn night, And phe said, "Ah, the sun may be never so bright, Still there's nothing to match my gold!" Well, the moon, she's gold- en and soft and fair, F.ut she couldn't have seen my baby's hair. The stars peeped after tlje twilight: And when they were sure It was gone, They all flocked forth in a glit- terlng show, Singing. "No one can dance like this below, Though we've nothing to dance upon!" So they twinkled In mazes light and fleet, Eut they never had watched my baby's feet Barrington McGregor. As a matter of truth we acted the rolo of a masked highwayman tow ards Colombia. Instead of buying the territory which we could have done snd kept our conscience clear we "Imply held our neighbor up with a gun while another fellow acting In our behalf "frisked" his pockets. With that record standing against us we have no cause to wail much about the German Invasion of Belgium and Luxemburg. We reported to the same species, of ruthless aggression our selves not many years ago. The only difference is wo picked upn a coun try that did not have any big brothers to fight for him. How some "rough stuff brought more fame to one school than did 100 years of patient but suc- A Triunvvh cessful work is shown Of P.runn. in the case of a little in. stitutlon In one corner of Pennsylvania. It is Washington end Jefferson University. The school has a history extending back over a century and It has many illustrious names In its alumni roweer one being that of James G. Blaine, noted repub lican leader and one time presiden tial candidate. But despite all this the school has been burled In ob scurity, so to speak. It is doubtful if one college student In a thousand knew of the existence of this school until a year ago. Then Washington and Jefferson leaped to the front with a football team that was so good It played a tie game with Tale. This year their team Is said to be inferior only to Harvard. Thus Is W. and J Placed on the map after having been In existence since the days when Napoleon was In his prime. It Is a triumph of brawn over brain and shows what spectacular work can ac compllsh. untary contributions. Fear of abuse! In six months will amount to ear to $10,800,000,000. But this only rt siiy Jfl of charity funds by political dispens ers of relief Is the main reason as signed by the Sage Foundation for its attitude on this subject. The Cleveland Foundation is of re cent origin. Its report on the sub ject of poor relief In the city of Cleve land Is the first document Issued by It to the public. This report was pre pared by Allen T. Burns, director of N There Is more. to be added to the the Cleveland Foundation, with the bill. What of the loss of productive assistance of Sherman Klngaley and. Power of those 12.000,0000 of flght Misa Anieria Sears of Chicago. It Inj men? M. Ouyot says that this has the unanimous approval of the Item will come to 18,000,000,000 a trustees of the foundation and the year. The Alexander Departm't Store a part of the bill. This cxpe that the people of France under nor mal conditions save $S00, 000.000 a year, the Germans save $1,200,000, 000 and the English $1, 600,000,000 a total of 13,600,000,000, or the cost of four months' warfare. OMRS mayor of Cleveland. Newton D. Baker also approves of It. According to the report, poverty Is a community responsibility, and re lief of poverty should be provided at public expense. It la argued that the causes of poverty will never be properly dealt with until the taxpay ers are made to feel the burden of poor relief. The authors of the re. I port, therefore, rcommend thnt the Is that all? No; wait to hear Just one more Item the Irreparable dam- j age to human machinery Involving a subtraction from capital account of $3,600,000,000 every year the war , goes on. - Do your results tally with mine a j total yearly bill of $26,000,000,000? If we Americans could sell at rnr al' ' Bs. the railroad stock issued agulnxt the 'X 230.000 miles of truck and equipment y$s my oi c.eveiana prepare to take fun and could get face value for all the charge of the administration of relief bonds Issued against them we would funds In that city, and that the entire fall short about $6,500,000,000 of amount of the funds be provided by: meeting the charge for one year of the public treasury. In Cleveland the warfare on this stupendous scale city does the relief work that In this Yes, the bill will be paid In time, community falls upon the county. I War costs must be met. We in the The Issue that has been raised be- United States will have to advance tween the Sage Foundation and the a very great part of the aum. Not Cleveland Foundation over rival pol- perhaps while the fighting Is going eles of poor relief odmlnlstratlon must on we shall not care to finance the imrrr.M ncry community. II seems wnrrln mi- .w... . . " - likely to become the subject of tnded public' discussion. ex- are at grips but as soon as the peace set tlements are concluded we shall be asked to lend our savings for the work of repairing war'a waste. We shall respond to the limit of our resources; and what will the Hm- "A powerful navy we have always regarded as our proper and natural t means of de- Tbe V. S. Was Once fense and it A Brigand Too. has always been of defense that we have thought, never of aggression or of conquest" This extract from President Wilson's message to con gress yesterday sounds well and it is true in a measure for It is undoubt edly the sentiment that Is held by the country as a whole. But it is not true this nation has always refrained from aggression and conquest. When Roosevelt was pres ident this country' manifested towards Colombia all the traits of a German kaiser. We could have purchased the canal zone from Colombia for fifteen million dollars. But we were un willing to pay that sum though we were willing to pay fifty million, and did pay that amount, to the defunct and corrupt French company that had previously worked on the canal. So this country became the chief factor in a plot to rob Colombia of Its vauable piece of property. It has been exposed and proven time and again that the Panama revolution in I Itself amounted to nothing. It was a mere fake and would not have suc ceeded and would not have occurred had this coutry not beeii in on the Job. Colombia had 4,000 aoldlera available for quelling the so-called rebellion. But under orders from Washington our marines took charge of the Panama railroad and refused to allow the road used in carrying troops of the nation owning the ter ritory. The revolution was at the Pacific end of the (one and the Co lombian aoldlera were on the Atlantic side. Because of our course they were placed in a predicament where they could not reach the scene of trouble without going through Im passable swamps and Jungle. While Colombia was thus hampered we hastily recognized the ao-called republic of Panama and agreed to a ready-made treaty under which we took over the canal zone for a cer tain sum, nil those who were in on the trearhery being rewarded of Course with fat profits. It was noth ing more nor less than a straight hold up. At the time the canal sone was gotten this country thought little of the matter. We wanted the terri tory and got It. so were satisfied. Colombia was a little country and could do nothing more than "holler." Co nothing (Mine of the affair, though our reputation with South American nations was badly damaged. One of the speakers at the annual meeting of the Academy of Political Science yesterday ad Govcmnunt Is vanced the theory Nol Business, thnt "a constitutional government is a cor poration organized to carry on public business" and that "the managers of a public corporation have much the same kind of business problems as the managers of private corporations." There could be no greater error. Government is not business, and business is not government. If busi ness were managed the way govern ment has to be managea, It would be in the hands of a receiver. If gov ernment were managed the way bus iness is managed, there would be a revoution. There are certain technical busi ness problems In government; but, curiously enough, the men who are most successful In solving them are not business men. The business man is usually a failure in government because he treats government as a business. And for a similar reason, the successful statesman Is rarely a competent business man. The great secretaries of the treasury, for ev ample Hamilton, Gallatin, Chase and McCulloch were notably deficient in so-called business ability, and with very few exceptions millionaire busi ness men who reach the United States senate found themselves fully out of their element. Lincoln could savehe Union, but the Illinois Central rail road regarded his legal services as practically worthless. The business of business is to show a profit; but the business of govern ment is to promote the general wel fare, and the general welfare cannot be reduced to dollars and cents or to any tangible matter of bookkeeping. New York World. The administration has finished its corrective program and is now ready to proceed with an upbuilding move ment, but you will find the reaction aries as much opposed to the con struct! ve work as to the reforms; take note of what they say about the ship ping bill. uur high school debaters nave a fine reputation to defend; look to your laurels. THE WAR PROPAGANDA. In their campaign for fatter arm? and navy contracts, the interests which thrive by selling war supplies. v, offer such arguments as this one: Th" .., , , . "Onlr nr.- nf th- ,,. . A Tne nwr must depend lnrgely . ....ie..ul ....,., upon how.thrlffllv 8 s s the earth Is Itself on land than the United States This Is China. We have not even such a mobile army as Belgium's while compared with Servla's military establishment ours looks pitiable. "No political party from now on can ignore this Issue, and It Is not a risky prediction that some political party will soon be making a nation al campaign on the Issue of our tin preparedness for trouble." The party silly enough to make a national campaign on that Issue will never get within gunshot of triumph at the polls, but it will pretty cer tainly put an end to this criminal war propaganda by forcing the peo ple to nationalize the industry of making war munitions. Interests which with every means of publicity at their command declare to the world that the United States Is as defenseless as China are guilty of slanderous falsehood, verging on treason. Luckily, no foreign gov ernment Is so 111 Informed as to give credit to their absurd utterances; these are Intended only to scare Am-1 erlcans into adopting a program of militarism, "Mostly, neediest and pro vocative of the very "trouble" which these interests "pretend to be so ea ger to escape. St. Louis Post Dispatch. this News. we manage our day on. Chicago SLOGANS OF SUCCESS 8 m You more modern conveniences than any ordinary store of the same size How we have prepared to take care of your parcels this Christmas FIUST We havo selected our stocks with the utmost care nnd can offer the most desirable merchandise for Xmaa gifts. SECOND The quality is Becond to none and wo have priced every article most reasonable THIRD The assortments are of a very wide variety and are di.-phyc-d in a very artistic manner, all for the convenience of our customers. FOURTH Our Parcels Post and Express department consists of packing, wrapping and sending your packages to any point in the IT. S. FREE to you and they will all be decor ated with the yulla-tide appearance. , SHOP EARLY and have your purchases laid away. We will deliver them whenever and wher ever you wish. , REPAIRING WAR'S WASTE. It will be a colossal repair bill which the thrifty people of the earth must pay after this war Is ended. A French expert, M. Yves Guyot. says that it costs the warring nations $2.50 a day to maintain each soldier. There are, or soon will be. In the field some 7.000,000 allies and 5.000. 000 against them, a total of 12.000, 000, requiring $30,000,000 of capitals day to maintain them. No man ever merely dreamed himself Into fortune. The man who sits under the plum! tree waiting for the fruit to fall gets only bruised plums. No man ever grew rich on poor ex-j $ cuses. I pi . v m, vv-r miuviihiu oaiuiat iui 11 will run backward unless it Is equip ped with a "reverse gear." If you would see success be the man who put the "V 'in Ideas. Life Is a game played with both stakes and mistakes. Most of the "room at the top" Is made by those who go to sleep there end roll off. The pitfalls of business are filled with the men who "didn't look where they were going." The Alexander Department Store Our premium department affords you hundreds of beautiful and appropriate gifts, freo to you in exchange for S. k II. trading stamps. PREPARING TO FILE ON "DRY FARM" LAND Coal Strike Called Off. DENVER. Dec. 9. The Col- , orado coal strike was called off : effective December 10. This action was taken by the . convention of district No. 15. of the United Mine Workers of Am- erica, by a unanimous vote, aft er an all day session, and rati- fles the report of the Interna- tional executive board lntroduc- 4 ed today recommending the ter- mlnation of the strike. KLAMATH FALLS. Dec. Al though the date when entry can be made Is still some time away, a num ber of people from other places are coming to Kiamain raiis wim mo in tention of settling on some of the pub lic land to be thrown open to entry In the Klamath project boundaries. This land is In California and Ore gon and consist of lands found to be too high for any irrigation from tnej cumber of excellent dry farming tracts lr the restored land, it is stated The lands will be subject to filing January 29, at the Lakevlew land of fice. Persons will bo permitted to go on the lands they select December 30, to mako settlement, but warning has been issued by the department of the Interior that any settlement before that date will be considered a tres pass. To forestall any misrepresentations by locators.. Project Manager J. G. Camp, in behalf of the' reclamation government ditches. There are a service has Issued a statement that all of the lands restored to entry are dry land tracts, and that the govern ment has no Intention of Irrigating them. Official Whlp Masher. PITTSBURG, Dec. I. Seeing a man accosting women In a Franks town avenue car recently, Alderman P. J. Sullivan and M. O. Leslie, rid ing In the car, remonstrated with the man and were Invited off the car to firht. TWO GREAT PITCHERS SIGNED BY FEDERAL LEAGUE Walter Johnson. Almost time to Years resolutions. brush up on New If our army Is inefficient, who did it? Rome sidewalk contract! CURRENT THINKING TWO KINDS OF POOR RELIEF. (Chicago Newa) A question aa to whether charity work should be carried on by public or by private agencies has arisen through the recent report of a sur vey committee of the Cleveland Foun dation. The issue involves a sharp controversy between that organiza tion and the Sage Foundation. The latter, which has been in existence for several years and which has al ready published numerous reports, discourages the giving of relief by governmental ageneles at the expense of the taxpayers. It takes the ground that relief work should be carried on by private agencies supported by vol-1 In J I 1 I s ' - . i . v. ' J u , ., V".; I VP 4 iiiiiiiimmimimuiimiiimiiiiimmimimiiiiimniiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuu Getting Dealer Enthusiasm i Rube Marquanl. Walter Johnson, the highest paid baseball pitcher, and Rube Marquard who draws a top notch salary, have Jumped to the Federal League. John son, who has been the mainstay of the Washington club of the American league for feveral seasons, has been Crawlng $12,000 a year. Marquard got $8000 a year from the New York Giants. Johnson la said to have been sign ed for the Chicago Federal league club by Joe Tinker, manager, for at least $16,000 a year, while Marquard went to the Brooklyn club of the same league. Johnson may be considered the most valuable pitcher in baseball. It Is probable that he would sell for a higher price than any other man pitching. Marquard was . bought from Indianapolis by the Giants for $11,000. He did not show well in the first season, but he made up lat er and was rated the greatest pitcher in the country for one season. The signing of these contracts Is the answer of the Federal league to the charge of organized baseball, that the Federals were on the rocks and would not open the season of 1915. The Federals have signed many oth er players from both big leagues and the minors of organized baseball. Clark Griffith, manager of the Wash ington club, insists Johnson has no legal right to Jump to the Federal league nnd that he will sue for dam ages. The New York club declares that there are Iron-clad contracts with Marquard and suits will follow his signing with the Federals ot Brooklyn. , i in selling enthusiasm Half of the battle goods is getting the of the sales force. The same rule applies to goods sold over the retailer's counter. When the retailer is pushing an article with vim it usually sells. National manufacturers are finding that the surest way to create dealer enthusiasm is through newspaper advertising. When a nationally made article of merit is advertised in the news papers, the dealers know the de mand will be immediate and definite. They get behind the goods and increased sales follow. I , n niIS3ISHIIHU:iIIIIIIi:iIIIIHIIIIIILlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIllIIIIIIIIIIIfllIlXIIIIIIIUIIIIIIItll!IIIIIl 1
