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tage rem :,DiLi EGOXIAN. PEXDLETONjOJ5EO ON . SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER In 1013. EIGHT PAGES M)KI KM'KNT MCWSI AI KR equipment, military anil roiilitHl T'li n(i Nml Wrli it Pen OUI.m.MAN I'UiUMilNtf CO liH'bilo.-:, hospital i.nd all kinds of i'".val supplies. j Therefore, the United States jp should now put itself in condiip tion to produce ranidlv all! offk-wu Count? ruir. mhT ImwI ITvit ANKtrlitlna. lri-1 tl the pretumr at IVndlctofl. urg,.a aecmd-ciMa mtil oistter. lib' i ON SALE IS OTHFR CIT1KS. Iinitnl iiniPi sund. lortliod. ttuanito Ne' Co, I'ortlnnd. Oregon. ON KIl.K AT t'hlnyn Rimtg, Kerorlty Hutldlng uhlnnw. Ii c., Bureau 50l. Kour Kwik llmt, K. W. quunuux Xrymg U sleep with t equator. The land will be taken bv secret agents of the Southern I'ac-itie or some syndicate that ' :j after the timber. The en- , - nn ....II .. .1 . r . 1 ! - 1 . .1 ( men win gei a iew nunurea uiese implements ot war, El: dollars each fr their trouble suould acquire a considerable!: nd the "skindicate" will get stock of them all. and should i i the valuable land for a song, train some moderate number! H Here and there real and ot men like 50.000 in the 1 itona tide settlers should get navy and 100,000 in the armv! jiand it would do them little to use them with skill and j good because a man with one thorough efficiency. umber claim in a forest is at the mercy of those who hold wneat closed in Chicago big tracts. He cannot make yesterday at a price one and a use of the timber and must Quarter cents above the clos take what thev offer him or m Vke for the previous day. et in describing the market v . eChPCRirTION RATES irti ADVANCE) nir. br icull una iu. .;i n. mail.. 2o!get left in the lurch i'-r mimiBi. dt man l m . i 1 1 i uijr. oo noth. ? mii ::;:: Ine sane thing to do wjtli ine 1 onianci uregonian uses n Mar. b? carrier )M .. i-j 1 . i . i,:.. rv Are Larger, With Farmers state of Oregon use the pro- tree SeIIs Chicago Wheat ceeds as a school fund. The Props, Tone at Close is Weak." public would then get the good ven wnen the market is ris out of their own Dronertv. 'n the bears won't admit the This was the line of action sug- act- gested by ex-Governor West imi,,, .u wMot be by carrier. ....... i7ine gram iana would De to sell three amih. bf carrier l.Mlil at ifs true, vnlno anA lot ibn nnft Vfr hw mall. l-Wtcktj, toar oothi, ki mli! l.MI .75 .8 A (rNG!-OP C11EEK. "Whra vou've cast your all on a single die, And rur -stranded bark lies hifth and dry, What it tbe use to sigh and cry Brace up. 3nd a resolution to this nd What is Stefansson doing "Whea friend? are false and none are true. And the world stands back and mocks at you: What is the use of feeling blue? ra.oe 'Up. "When you've tried and tried in vain, And all you gt was a tear and pais, And the ghost of a hopa which had lived In vain Brace up. "Some time, somewhere, will the fates behind; And your storm-tossed bark will : an iuiKir llnd; So bravely smile and say 'Never mind.' Brace -up" James Wells Yours respectfully, RALPH CORN. PREPARING PDR A GREAT SWINDLE -yY its action .taken the so jj called land. grant confer ence nas .implored con gress in the name ot the people of Oregon to prepare the stage for the most gigantic and out rageous land fraud swindle in the history of the west, j.1 l i t . n i was nresented hv Mr st nf ine noru Pe a"er " this county. But of course Th,as flre,a been fevered? such a proposal was received He shouldtiy something new. yny frostily by the conference. The coming 'water power It was ridiculous to the South- conference in Portland will be orn Pacific attorneys and to ,nfv,o. t- . mi. the timber grabbers. It -was standpoint. runic wjicic vuiue was not desired. he is Alfred ai-sttx. The East Oregonian is not " aRtsnishorl hv tht wti tn Echo, Ore., 9-16-15. .- , Editor East Oregonian: wincicucc. it expeciea notn- Will you kindly tell me whom the ing more, i he conference was ph laureate is of England organized and directed by the same forces that worked the midnight resolution through the legislature at 3 a. m. on the closing night of the session w hen the majority of members were ignorant the subject was nnder consideration. Since it was their game and was stag ed according to their own di rections the action taken was obvious. " M But the time will come when the people of Oregon will be provided for sale of i.axds amazed at what was done in their name at Salem yesterday. It was coarse work. Those handsome cars you see on the streets are 1 : IS 'SIXES" I IS BY AND TO DR. ELIOT'S VIEW its:1 HE subject of military preparedness is one of; vital interest to the I country and the views of men ' .'ho are not fanatics, of one ' Southern pacific Supporters Opposed to Such a Plan Another Resolu- tion Is Adopted, rrgiiuj rpoii C011-1 STcss to Provide Tor Sale of Ijind .Aiwing SrttliTs. There can be no other saneextreme or the other, are of view of the request that theMmPrtance. Dr. Charles W. gram lanas De sola at s.50 oi, jusuy renowned as a . T"l -l , - , J icr acre, i ne iana is worm seven or eight times that am ount. Therefore the. profits for some one or some group of Tiien will be in the vicinity of lorty millions of dollars. With much hypocrisy the conference urges that the land be sold to "actual settlers." But all who know conditions know that "actual settlers" will have as much chance in this connection as woulld an Assessor C. P. Strain of this county introduced a resolution titfore the lnnd grant conference at Salem yes terday asking that congress permit the state to purchase the lands and to sell them at their actual value, the proceeds to be usea for the bene fit of the Oregon Agricultural College anil lha snrr, m 1,m1 f,,A ciear and sound thinker Cen-I Tt was contended hv Vr. Strain that erally has written an article j through such a course a fund of for the North American Re-'ir,any mni,ons coul(1 b provided for me Hi-nouis 01 ine siae. tlis Kiea IS that If the lands are sold at T2-E0 per acre the valuable timber will be filed And handsome is as handsome do' es has proven best by years of actual performance on Umatilla county roads. 1916 MODEL Valve-in-Head LIGHT SIX, $1150 1916 MODEL Valve-in-Head BIG SIX, $1650 These Prices' F. 0. B. Pendleton. OREGON MOTOR GARAGE Telephoned B. F. TROMBLEY, Prop, 119-121 W. Court Street Good Health To You view wherein he sets forth his; views. The following from the paper gives a line on the ideas of Dr. Eliot: The limits of preparedness, however broad or narrow-, ought to be determined by both of two different needs: first, the nt ed for a limited ag gressive strength, and, second. the need for a defensive strength, limited, but capable ot sudden effective expansion i ij mim m m ma -i I in if il I'i I ii-ii I ' irnii I I n nun in mn nun in I I I in nil iiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiiiii,iiii,,,,,,,ii,,,ii.h u tuMiiiiiiiiHiu iiimLifiuiiiiij i i ui ii m y n i i i n n n- ' ' -""'""'"'""""'"'""""""iniiinwiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilimilllllllinillillllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllilll on by agents of the raHroad com pany or some other mteresU and that property of Immense value will be secured for a song. The Strain resolution was not ad opted, presumably because of the fact the conference was packed with sup porters of the Southern Pacific. The resolution adopted by the con ference is as follors: Whereas, The people of the State of OTegon, by then- representatives, iluly assembled at Salem, Ore., Sep- 1 v .0 . i lair i. .... - v .. , . , .i n inri in aiiu II, ifiti, nave uern Just now much aggressive ,-hrnllirht together bv ! tn- strength the United States will spiration to consider the material wel- i hereafter need depends On thejf"re of Oregon made Imperative by issue of the present European !the rendition of the opinion of the i . , Tt r- 'supreme court of the United States , struggle.. If Germany comes ;m the ca.,e of the oregon-caiifomi.i I OUt OI tne war holding iJelgl- i Railroad company, et al, vs. the Unit- Tlie nrst step is to lxSSp Nature tui-! I'm, maintaining her complete I States, popularly known as the I'rove the appetite and dilution; lfco ; inilitnrv nrcrnTiiVntinn nnH I lan'' rant raS(' an(1 i.e-p U.e bowel, regular. Tbls free and able w enlarge HOTFTTFR vher na the LVited states' in lviJ I Li 1 I Ltk ij . defense of her own rifghts and CTAm RUivf.. i of the rights of aTl trie free na- It- W. H. HILL OPTICIAN With WM. C HANSCOM. We grind our own lenses. Glasses fSN? Grounds To Uie euut reqalremeMa of , Lenwa dupUa&tod In a nilnute. Prlca for iluse raonabl. "See Dale Rothwell, , ExcIumt Optida j American Nt Bnk IRig. PheM 609. few verr lions of the world, -will need to i'toin the alliance which has --!been holding Germany in j check, though thus far unable s ! to defeat her. In joining that ' alliance, the United States will I'visTi to furnish such a ruota of j vessels, men and munitions as will he suitable for a rich na ition 100,000,000 strong, and ! united in adherence to fix 'standards of public and private j liberty, truthfulness and jus j lice. If, on the other hand, I'.he entente nations succeed in defeating the German under takings in the present war, or ' in bringing the contest to a i stalemate, there will probably result an international league W the prevention of war, in which the United States will ish to take part, if requested Uy the entente belligerents to do so. In that case this coun try must be prepared to fur nish whatever quota the inter national council or commission created by treaty for the pre vention of war, asks of us. The quota of the United States in the second case would, of course, be smaller than in the first, and might be chiefly na val; but, in either case, the quota should be of the best possible quality in all respects vessels, artillery, munitions, submarines, aeroplanes, suto- Whereas. In said ca.e the supreme I court has construed the acts of con- pren or the i nited states, approvea July 25! 1866. as amended by the act approved June 25, 1S68. and April 10, 169, and the act of ifay 4, 1870, to be not only laws but enforceable and continuing covenants, and Whereas, Snld acts conta!n condi tions fiw the sale of the lands grant ed thereunder, requiring the sald lands to be sold to actual settlers In quantities not greater than US acres and for sms not exceeding $2.50 per acre, and Whereas, The said conditions plain !y Imply an obligation upon the gran tees In said grant to sell said lands to actual settlers who comply with the conditions of said grant, and brlns themselves within the conditions of ?.iid grant as actual settlers, and Whereas, It is apparent that the grantees In said grant by the accept ance of said grant plainly agree to convey the s.ild lands according to the terms of said grant to such set ters upon the payment of the am ount specified In said grant, and to make such conveyance upon the full Terformance of the terms of paid grunt by s:ild actual settlers, and Whereas, The supreme court In lis opinion of June 15, 1915, held that congress should have a reasonable op portunity to provide by legislation for rthe diSMrsitiut of said lands in ac icordance with such policy as it might ; 31 Ceem fitting usder the circumstances i nd at the same time to secure the 1 5 defendants, at all times keeping in f view the policy which will insure ac-!s tnal settlement of the lands rather EE thin specnlatian, and I Whereas, The United States govern-j ntent has heretofore created national 1 ftitipsts within tiie state of Oregon, j occupying approximately one-third of thi area of the tate of Oregon, and 1 thereby militating greatly against the growth and development of the state! of lOregon; therefoe, be it j Resolved, That It is the sense of E this .conference thfct the congress of 5 the Tnlted States imould enact laws ' defining and settling who shall be I EE consifiered an actual pettier under the ! EE terms of said acts, awl what shall be EE considered an actual settlement and EE requiring the grantees under said act EE to perfrm the terms nd conditions E of said act, and sell and dispose of EE said lartds according to the true in-iE tent and purpose of saWJ acts to such EE actual settlers, and, be it further j S3 Resolved, That we are unalterably EE opposed to any further Increase of I EE forest reserves in the state of Ore-1 3 gon; and Itstly, be Jt j Resolved, That we urge upon con-' E5 gress the enactment of legislation EE which shall provide for the. lmmedl-iEE ate sale of said grant lands in areas EE of not greater than 160 acres to any: ES ne person and to actual settlers u: EE a price not in excess of 2.50 per, EE acre, and to provide against all fraud; EE In the settlement and disposition ofj said janda. One of the largest and most modern fire-proof garages in all the northwest fl PT IM Is) f? m Oil ? CT" l I I It I t t 111 if t Automobile Overhauling otlco of Change In Firm. Notice is given that N. P. McLean has purchased the Interest of. W. J. Burns in the City Auto Co. of Pen dleton and after this date the firm I will be known as N. P. McLean & Co. and will be conducted by N. P. Mc-1 Lean and Bert Peterson at the same : location. D. H. Nelson, trustee, has1 turned over the entire business to. the new company and the ald N. P. I EE McLaln & Co. assume all obligations j EE and will collect ail outstanding ac- j counts of the former City Auto Co. D. H. NELSON. ! 1 W. J. BURNS. n. p mclean. BERT PETERSON. Dated thla 9th day of September,! 1915. Adv. For sale Ford roadster, excellent running order. Inquire 1104 East Court Adv. Regular Saturday light Dance Eagle-Woodmen Hall Saturday, September 18 7 piece Orchestra, good time guaranteed. These par ties are growing in favor daily. KARL GUIOTT, Mn.er. and Repairing a Specialty General repairing and overhauling of auto, combined harvesters, ga engines and machinery of all kinds. Parts awide to order promptly. Expert machinists and up-to-date machinery. Kelly's Auto Repair hop m Connection We offer three roomy, clean, light and well ventilated floors for the storage of your car. Ladies' waiting room and every modern convenience for our patrons. Gaso J.n free a.r and water at our curb. Largest and besfi gasofuie pump In Pendleton. Prompt attention and satis factory service all day and ALL NIGHT. Full line of ac cessoriet carried. Ilommolgarn & t7o!)b, Prons. East Court and Thimiiu. - i. ' 1 ' ---fW II Bf-" Telephone 633 9ritijiUiUiMrfUilihiiiill(illil 1 II
