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DAILY EAST OREGOMAN. PENDLETON. OREGON. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 18. 1915. EIGHT PAGES IT DEFEATS ITSELF PAGE P0U1 ; it In ON i.C I WiH ITit MeeentJ Haul !Mi a4. hnkii .ri . i.e at f-vt t.-it.5' eafciart'i. L . hi-s 501. FA.r tMU . ... i t lelfuhnesa. In other words they don't know a mn can get more pleasure for himself by beteg what is called un-Mf!fl-h. sometimes by passing Uf what the world might con nder a golden chance for gathering pelf, than he can by Bowing a low but legal stan dard of morality. If the story of Mr. Winch's devotion to trust is true it may he taken as a certainty he found more comfort, satisfac tion and cheer in having done his duty than he could have obtained from millions gather- 1 by a course that was shady. We are all selfish and hypocritical or mistaken as we . may be on the subject at times, it is a fact that selfishness it great motive power back of human endeavor. But there are different grades of selfish-re- and some people are not thrift is a but avarice it is hap- ii in r m - in tih iii w:i fl" HE habit U good thi is another matter, the foe of happiness and piness is the goal of all. "The more you have the more you want and the more you get the less you have of things worth having. 'Avarice is the basest, the most selfish of human passions.' 'Avarice loses all in seeking to gain tSL' "There are more joyous in door sports than shaking a fly over a bowl to save the sugar' that sticks to its feet. There; are more worthy pursuits in this world than forever trying to sprinkle salt on the tail of . the eagle that adorns the A1-: mighty Dollar." The foregoing is expressive if not elegant. Avarice is a disease caused bv ill balance and through mistaking thei Another Carload Will Be Here in a Few Days AH t rh All.. Tirblni la U.' nki". ; f.-ur head unt. to all that , world II that derka th -. hr; -.., .n h hear;. That long, that lt.nc voice That rtnxi through all the har rowing yeara. And lng. "ISeJolee' Rejolc"' That t'hnatrna glory creeping Oh that fhrltmaji In the heart. That 'ou'v got to have to b One with the aplrlt of love That maaea all Chrlittmaa glee; That 'hrurtmaa gladneaa ring- THE CHINESE CROWN Z HE apparent reluctance of Yuan Shi Kai to ac-i cept the change in the. government of China from' understand only the low form of selfishness and it is a pebble that counts for but little. There is a higher meaning of the word it is generally called fievntir.n t. rliitv or omp simi lar term and it is a diamond l"a 01 a repuouc to mat 01 me that brings real pleasure to its anient monarchy, with him-' possessor. at tne head, has been! '...a. .... overcome. He takes the place) for which he was supposed to be scheming, and he does it HITNEY WARREN, an w'th such regard for the nice- THEIR INSANE PLEA THE SELFISHNESS OF MAR TIN WINCH American iust returned l's of Oriental politeness as, from doing relief work COnfinn the opinion that this1 in France wails that it us time M w'hat he has been looking! for the United States to 'do for ever since he made himself j something" in protest against president of the" new republic1 the ravaging of Belgium, five years ago. "Has the moment not arriv- When, in 1912. he was ac- ed," he asks, "when we must cusl of seeking the throne, j speak out and put an end to declared: "On the day on German insolence." which the republic was pro-' It it a cry for America to ctailMd, I announced to the! whole nation that never again. allies. On the other hand,!1 monarchy be proclaim-jg there are good and well mean- e(J .in nina. At his inaugu-II ing Americans who think we rat'on La8 President, he "again I should "do something" to stop took thls solemn oath in the II British "insolence." Thev of heaven and earth." would have us array ourselves' But wht does this matter? on the side of the kaiser and uan shl Kai has made a sue-1 acahut the allies. Icess as president; 01 tne cie-j I II'. Calif? "V,( . : letratey c-rmupn turn mr.ntVia q trr I course is tnat;. ---- - -v hi uie laie convention oy so- , ii. n, ,.!.r in ihocnn l" u,t? liue convention DV winch tf- r1 i -icrhtu r.f hiimanitv Resnert cal mw votes against tne who fl given considerable ofltoof h.nlty. Rpjrt hj Mintor of the Keen , 7 r . r out of more than 2000 dared estate in Portland and .T.i f "S " ... to cast their votes against the The most popular car in all Eastern Oregon A reputation won by PERFORMANCE Always pleased to demonstrate its superiorities UQ PAD flWNCD "hile the roads and weather are undesirable for motoring, don't lflna Uftll Ufflltli" put your car away in the garage and forget it. but bring it in to our large and well equipped machine shops and let our automobile expert mechanics overhaul it and fix the little things that may give you trouble later. By doing this your car will be in first-class condition when next you need it and you will not be inconvenienced in the least. Oregon Motor Garage 119-121 West Court Street. Telephone 468 the credit for the existence of Reed College, is dead. The newspaper stories of his death give him praise for having oeen faithful V a trust bestow ed upon him. He was a ne phew of Mrs. Reed and had he joined with other heirs to break the will would have profited fi nancially in the event of sue demand from both sides in the man m Kai. it is en tirely regular, ana wnen iuan 1 iBOUld r crown with the im- , (Jiessive ceremony oi tne oici ior i in . ,., inoiiarcnv 11 win oe wnn in- war game. America does stand for America not any European state. How ri diculous for anyone to clamor we should become a partici pant in the war. Whv so much ardor for Eu .... . ... . i;) V'V,,. nr. cess, nut he refused to do so ropean divuhuuh . aad made a long fight to carry more general zeal for this land out what he knew to be the de- of promise, justice and free sire of his relative. dom? There are people who think On what meat have people a man who acts that way is a been feeding that they want "dub." They see no sanity Uncle Sam to deliberately excepting in a course of narrow join the butcher brigade? contestable authority. Bos ton Post. Echo Pioneer Dead at Age of Eighty Three; Here 28 Years UIIliM ! SUGGESTIONS FOR THE r CHRISTMAS GIFT AVTfc FOR THE LADIES' r ! j KINGS, ALL STYLES fHJ .jSv. $L l BRACELET WATCHES 'X'YSL&OF MESH BAGS Vjl ftMc BKOOCHE.1: 5fi fljfl LA VAI I.ILRES J yWX? CUFF PINS I m- rOILEf SETS I i 'I MANICURE SETS I OR THE GENTLEMEN i ie pins I txjkSm (mi nurroNs I JxBky FOBS 1?V7 WALOFMAR CHAINS 11 1 W I TIE CLASPS WkoLJI RINGS , I CHARMS fWljBlTl JOHN ROSENBERG ftrV$. W Wnt. hmaker and Jeweler, W&l Farmtra' Uolon Office, Court 'X X and Cottonwood : t . V i w- zr .m , I VII lVVID vi ARTY hoi IXKU HV VV HOLE COMXI MTV; I l M KAI. FRIDAY, is'p... lai CorraKDdasc4. ) B 'flO, ore, Ijk 1 i. Th- rm-'.n .f DavM McCagty waa hl.l hr yea tcrda) ui ih.- m k. cburcb Mr. M f.';irt waa a ptonMf Of thla place, havirjir lived l.-r. contiiiU.jualy for the paat 3 y.ara. He wna paat II e;.r.- lit hh. JealdeB hiH wife an'l gvm .-hlldren he leavea a whol-.-( ornmunlty t mourn. A force of men began work v t.r.lay ex'-avatlng for the baaem'Tit of the new city hall. Mian Half. Krauxe, who la attend ing KbOOl at Pilot Hoi k, i-arrie home y.-aterilay on afiCOttnt of the lllne of her brother. Mr. and Mm A K Oreiner and Ml' Clara Rlppof rnoior.-il to Jon iiieton on Wtdncvday, returning bone the name evening. Mr and Mm. J. li. kfcCartl w re h.-re ymierdav attending the funeral of LaUd Md.-arty. I I Matlhewa wan among vl-ilt-, h.-re yeHtenlay from Pendleton H Pbnilfk, the contractor who ia building the Bcho city hall, haa rent- e.i iptrtnMtl In the Ceorge build-1 Ing and will move hU family here af'er (,'hrlatman. On Tueaday afternoon Mra. T. M lobaiM took her aeven .aaa. nger Bulck well filled with ladlea to Man f.ebi to attend the lecture glven by lr Tamleirie and Kv. J K Hnyd-T. H id Lea,veli of Kpokane, bi a boa lr:ew vlaltor here li Q Waahburn returned laat ev ening from a abort hualneaa trip M The l)alle. It. It. Lewla came up from I'ort land the flrat of the week and apnl a eoti pig rtf daya here, reluming to PtrtlMd on Wedneaday. I'linid S rlvlner Ik vWtlng thla week with hia idater, Mra. Ouy Jonaa of Athena Mlaa fleorgla Terry left yenterd.n for lne Ko.k. ore, in rexponae to , meaaage that her mother la dan gerously 111. LomtMl Fteb, I fHtdWtt of the Bcho high PC fcool who la attending a. bool tl th Willamette 1'nlveraliy. arrived heie Thuradav to apet.d the holldayl with hla parenta. Mre A H Moore waa called to orvallla the flrat of the we. k by the death "f her mother III with ia Grippe. J. A. Urake, local agent for the Oregonlan, la confined to hla home on Oarilen atreet today with a e vere attack of la grippe. Sc-tlori orenuin In UoapitaL QltOTgi JOS OS, Hectton foreman Al Oibboa, waa brougt.t to .St Anthon'i hoapltal laat night vufferlng from an Illness that threatens to develop liitn pneumonia. Mottafcrctc for Parceli Poat. Aaal-tant iJoatm;iater Iater A Cronla tllffl morning received a net Indian motorcycle which will be uael In the delivery of parcel poat peck. SWUM I Het jilt Lake, Mra. John Heliey the death of an el Belle Pita of Ball curred In that elty ault of pneumonia. ;ot Eiftttt Daeki. John Hemley, Nlchola. both empli CO., went down to day with their ahot ler alati-r, Mtx l.ake, which o. -recently aa a re- r . and Leonard -, t Hemley & liarnhart yeater. una and return- A woman a lire la never the anmo i after a aevere dlaappolntment In love. Vcrin a Recovering, Richard Verxa of ITraatlCa, ehc underwent fin operation yeaterday for Mood poisoning, , r.-p.jrted to be re covering satisfactorily. The poison ing ddveloped from a small cut on one hand inflicted aooat two weeks ago while he waa butchering hog- p, r, in m iilHt of Itnati. The poat office employe are In the midxt. of their annual Christ mai ruah arid nil have work aplentv te do. The regular force has la-en ln Craaaed by extra help and the pack ages are being dlapoaed of In rapid order Mlaa Winnie Prlvett thla morning took her Station at a denk ill the lobby where she la weighing and Inaurlng package. The pap-ela poat window la also kept open to naalat In receiving the fhrlatmaH gifts. At the genera! delivery window Mln Kva Helta an extra, I working tan no s.n iiani Llder, Judging by newa rrom Hlem heal farmera wllh elder to aell will h.ivt to beware It doe not have too Btteft "kick" to it. in consultation with district attorneys, Attorney tleneril Hrown told of how ariTent temper ance people of I'oiigtVa county had been convicted Of handling hard el der with more than the lawful per rent of llcohol In it He said that when bruised apples were used In jsanufacturtng cider mere might i.e mi unlawful iiiantlty of alcohol In the . Idef right from the atnrt. The only way to be abaolutely aure would tie to use applea thai 'iad tiot been badly bruised. SPECIAL! SPECIAL! For Auto Owners As a Thristmas special we are Roinj? to sell our regular $7.50 Pirate Auto Searchlights, the litfht that shows the road, for 5 ONLY A LIMITED NUMBER AND FOR A LIMITED TIME YOU HAD BETTER GET YOURS NOW. Give Your Car a Diamond for Christmas Now is the best time of the year to put on new tires. It is much easier to change it tire in the summer time than to have to change it in the snow, slush and mud. Put on new Diamond Squeegees NOW and save your old tires for those spring trips. Diamond "Fair Listed" Prices Size Price .50x3 $ 9.45 :mvz 12.20 32x3ij! 14.00 33x4 20.00 Size Price 34x4 $20.35 36x412 28.70 37x5 ! 33.90 38x51, 46.00 YOU CAN PAY MORE, BUT NOT GET MORE. Pendleton Rubber 6 Supply Co. 305 East Court Street. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Wm. Dunn, Mgr. Telephone 135