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TAGE FOUR PAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1916. EIGHT PAGES ! VlQvo Iv. n-.m.-.,! V .1 Kv . ,., ui v ii fti nuini ,ii, ill v ? l-TOrMU& Hie itmrsl;tlt uiil Weekly tl aa, by the I . .mi : n.i en Officii Csaatj Paper. Member 1 i I Pres Association. KoUred l Hie p,tafflce at Pendleton. Un.. iv memtmm ail matter ON BALI IM o.'HKK t'lTlKK (atpr-lm Holt Ne Stand. Portland. Dniuiii New to, Portland. Oregon (IN r II.K AT nilnio Itureau. SHS Securl w i Ii (.'., Korea u teentti Htreet. N NV. HI HSl'ltllTIO.N iIN AI'VAN DUty, one .Tear. ti mill... milf. lx Months, Ii tu commerce com mission. It is news of interest in this upper country and has :i liearinjt on the road situation in Umatilla county. In ar ranging the bond proposition why not give serious attention to the moving of the wheat imp'' There is every reason ! for believing that if through i the right sort of road construe i tion the Columbia is made ac : i essible to the wheat belt a 'I-" ' reduction in the freight I rate may be secured. It is a j subject of practical economic ..' importance and it has not had :.5u me attention a deserves from iSrVSrCt g.,r,u 'JS those back of the bonding pro- UtllJ, one rear, by carrier 7.50 pOSal. lall. t.ll r. iDtha, carrier S 73 IIIt, tnree tnontha. tj carrier IK IMly, e month, to carrier - .IS hemt Weekly, one year. bg mail , 1.50 Hcml Wsakl) . all m.intha. bj mall 74 Herat Weekly, four in..ntiis. by mall 50 A "former confidential agent" for Francisco 'illn. the Mexican- outlaw Is talking in Chicago ahout the glories of his erstwhile chiefs "army," which he says Is "Letter than our" A pro..! of this remarkatde assertion he declares that less than six months ago he spent J10.ooo.00u on Villa's ac count for arms and ammunition Iron: the Hemington company. This is something of a pot of money and perhaps the Remington people will be interested to know that they "Warned so much from Tllla H more interest to Americans gener ally is the speculation as to where, ii the former confidential agent's storv is true, the Mexican bandit got the cash Ten millions do not rr.iw an M.v,- c.in bushes. Who financed Villa? If a formidable force is gath-1 ehed around Villa the question I tary' will become still more import-! It ant. THIS MA Y ENTERTAIN M1MIT OMIT Till: MUSIC. A clergyman of Kentucky, accord ing to Senator ollie James of that stnte, who never lost an opportunity to decry what he termed the "sill ot dancing," met a pretty gtrl member ot his flock who was reluctant to adopt Hut the view of her spiritual adviser. "You should, give up dancing. Miss Smith." he urged. "Don't you know that dancing is simply spooning set to music?" ''Well," said the girt. "I suppose might omit the music." the t Thr unit the dark deseit of the day A sudden song along the way. A burst of sun. a afn.11 ng flower. The ceding sweetness of a shower. And so beyond the roaring Till OASIS. ! i 4 It is worth while for Pen dleton to have a reputation as one of the cleanest small cities in the country : we should hold fast to that compliment and And thirsty for the love of life We find it in the midst of strife around us The clouds are hea heads. The day turns dark. trends The weary-footed throng thai goe-s To labor with a heart of woes: But like a wind blown out of June A boy conies whistling a tune And through his cheery lay the pall Is 1 fted and the sunbeams fall. INSPIRING HE Umatilla countv li brary is adding new- books at the rate of S, 000 per annum and d minor the past year the book circulation me UP t0 it through the local and branch! """" libraries amounted to 37,000 ' If there are numerous Mexi volumes. Icanos who want to fight the This data is from a report United States they have a made by the president of the splendid opportunity. Our men library board at a recent din- re in the ring looking for just ner here. There is inspiration such chaps, in that statement. It means I the people of this county have The baseball tree will soor. had the benefit without ex- be in full sprout in all parts of pense of 37.000 good book?. Umatilla county. The hard Think what that means to the winter did no damage there, homes of Umatilla countv. 1 Think what it means to young 1 men and women thirsting for the pleasure and instruction I INKHOOTS. eserved praise is but a moinen timulunt s better not to lie about your salary if you Intend to marry the girl. When hoping tor thi smile of for tune we sometimes encounter only a ghastly leer. This work of reforming some fel lows Is as difficult as patching to gether a broken egg. The man with a blllygnat face III just as liable to be pursued by a jeal ous wife as a tango Apollo Film baseball games will never be popular until some means of abusing the umpire can be devised fcorirlB Irani (ElolbrB His Tongue Proclaims the Man" and his good judgment always distinguishes the one who wears the cleverly designed, well cut, perfectly tailored Bond Clothes 115 to $30 Perfect in line and curve and with a style that at once proclaims the man who wears them a man of discernment. Wo look for you in today. Bond. Brothers Pendleton's Leading Clothiers Why U.S. Should Control Oil Fields NEGLECTED COl.Ks. (By Dr. E 1!. Haslop, Pendleton, or 1 You had better get that cold cured; it may develop Into grippe, pneumi -nia. or even tuberculosis. The ose. -path is an expert In breaking up colds He can do more for relieving the grippe than any other treatment Pont let the cold settle "A stUch in time saves nine." Adv. (By unsplcnous of those our oil, gas, coul na-tml FIRST OF ARMENIAN REFUGEES ARRIVING that may be derived from read- , ing the best fiction the world jhas produced. Take thought ' of the decided practical advan- tage afforded by access to the world of thousands of volumes of non- aim Thus pome oasis soon appears Amid the desert of our tear:? A loving word, a kindly glance. A little touch of life's romance. A flower, a child, a song, a tree. So love from 'shadow s sets us free. Selected. fiction in the library. There is added glory for the library in the fact it is an open home for all the people. Any resident of the county is entitl ed to any feature of the insti tution on the same basis as any one else. The poorest child l has the privilege of taking the ;the most brilliant book on the OVERLOOKING THE WHEAT 1 shelves. The gems of litera ; ture shine with impartial light : for all who wish them. The ' kl,nni.. i :.. c , HE port commission at "U'JUUUI 1 , Astoria has asked for ?umoB uu,1 IWM mP afUl bids on the construction ana , a" omer piaceh of two river steamers and two " wa reiU"n? materia! is l , -!,. wanted. bia, presumably for wheat handling. They seem intent on making use of the river even though common point rates SET IT FIRST NOT LAST When a cold grips your system it is convincing proolthat your condition is weakened-remember that. It is risky indeed to simply trust your strength to throw it off, because neglected colds have brought more serious sickness tban any other one thing, while weak eningrathartics andstimulatingsyrups are often depressing and dangerous. The one best treatment for any cold the one so often relied on v hen others fail, isthe powerful blood-nourishment in Scott's Emulsion, which feeds the The public librarv is a truly wonderful institution. In po tential good it is the most valu able thing in Umatilla county. If it continues to increase in ! usefulness as it has during the last few years the happiness and culture resulting from its operation will be inestimable. WHO PUTS UP THE MONEY? 3 F a large number of Mexi cans flock to the Villa standard to make trouble for the United States it will be clue to the fact money from some source is being suppliecl for the purpose. Such revolts do not occur without some coin very sources ot bodily strength to sup- i,ej,;nd ty,ern jt fakes monev press the present cold and generate i(j fped clothe arm and pav the soldiers. In this connection a recent l editorial in the Boston Post is Scott Ik Iiuwur Blooniield M 1. 1S-U , OI interest . strength to thwart further sickness. Get Scon's first, not last aud insist cd the genuine always free from al cohol and injurious drugs. 'j tm . amjii MSt..e& . bk Franklin K. Lane. Secretary ot of the more the Interior.) tional assets At preient, as for years past, a phosphate, nurobar Ot this country's most valu- The remedy Is at htBd In what Is able, Indeed Indispensable resources, known as the gcenral development are cither being exploited under laws hill, prepared two years aico after In ;is wasteful as they are arcnlc, or ate vestlsatlon of conditolns that was as not being utilized at all. How vitally painstaking aa It was conscientious Important to our national welfare is After passing the house or representa the enactment of new laws, Intelligent tlv's ttl4 to pass the senate. Gotl and Just, is obvious from the nature Kress has It under consideration anew under circumstances wnlch have be come more urgent through the verv lapse of time. I nur oil and gas lands are still tak en up under a law that Is worse than an ancronlstn. Were it n"t so Immlt igably harmful, It would lie laugh able. Back in 4a, California's gold seekers, locating their claims along the streams, working out a rough and ready rule thut ownersnip of the , claim depended on the rinding of gold in that particular spot; until It was found, any one could try to find the gold and. on finding It, assert owner's lights. The rule, subsequently, furnished tht; principle on which was founded the law governing the ownership claims of mineral! In general Today, applied In the guise of law to oil that may lie half a mile below the earth's surface, and be discoverd only after tin' outlay or a fortune small or large -the principle of the old placer gold claim is sheer lion sense. Worse- It has permitted the taking up of public lands purely as a baa la for speculation. Worse still under the law as It ttande, this mineral, which is so needful to the people, wliich can nev er be replaced. Is wasted by the mil lions of barrels. It Is true that the estimate by the geological survey that I our total supply of petroleum is 8S, 1,100,0(10 barrels; but, Within ouf I own borders, we are oOnauming thai I Biipplj at the rate of 5,000,000 bar I rely per year. Children bom In 1 i 1 6 need not live i to four score and ten to witness the complete exhaustion of our petroleum. So far from being rich :n that most Important national asset, our con sumption drawl now mi heavily on our supply that any waste of It Is crlm I Inal, and use of It ag fuel before ex- furnish sulphuric add for the produc tion of valuable fertilizer from the rock, while the orchard lit! of Wash ington. Oregon and California ar transporting rock from Florida. 6000 miles removed by water, with overland freight besides. Nothing Is needed for the correction of this anomalous con dition but the law which opens to uio the vast atorea of phosphate near at hand All or theae things nre mattera cf very pressing need, calling for sctlon without any delay. Some of them are vital to our future as a nation. UTOMOHHiE (.(i. OVElt liltllM.i , THJIKK III RT IPOKANK, March : o mob le with eight in ooon from the ap Monroe street :iu feet thil I were aerloualy hauffeur denied ere Intoxicated. y had been to I be seven d bouse. In erOMlnjt the bridge, the glaring light of an approaching machine Id tid ed the driver, who turned into a sidewalk The car broke tile r:i ling and fell. John Hindi, cashier at a local theater, ftac tured bis skull ami two BCtrea. es were seriously hurt. The au pants, plunged p roach to the bridge, tailing morning. Thro Injured. I'll.' i any of them v The party had t mile Keep the Stomach Right SB Bftow rw KB hrlp ii mm mm HOSTETTER'S Stomach Bitters if Its valuable barely short has bet ! Ic and i found ippetlier try helpftt as a ton Try It. Tl oil course for us. with regard lands. Is to g Ke first i government permit for drilling, to be followed by the gift of a eircum-1 acribed acreage upon dlacovery and w Ithdra wn by l.uoo the i Callfornli acres of id overnment. tartly Above, at left, an Arm in insurgent force. Pelo n artis party I drawing of a Turkish raid, if Armen an cavalry organised tl At right, three real si the Turk Armci Franklins Selling' Fast We anticipate this to be our greatest season. Our laryt stock of the famous FRANKLINS .secured dur ing the w inter is now entirely sold out also two cars of the carload now en-route. If you would enjoy the pleasures of riding' in & FRANKLIN This MMOB) let us request that you permit us to have our order now, so that we may arrange delivery from our schedule on a date satisfactory to you. Pendleton Auto Comp'y BY L. V. B. RUCKER. (International News Service Staff 'orrespondent. i NEW rOBK, March 22. Bitter ex perience of the actual horrors of war brought to America by Ar i efugees children. women lien fleeing from their loOt I and burned villages In Asia rfore the devastating Turks, he Goddess of Liberty a now away and the towering of Sew York star ng them ,,.i'. I watched forty-five Ar fifteen men and the test and children and" babies ir, i 'or iiatiori.il Hi.-; res. i ve purposes, but principally awaiting suitable laws for: development Much of this land hasi I been filed on and some of It has beettl developed. As for our laws governing coal lands, we estimate the deposits ntldi sell them on the government expert's appraisement, a plan founded in . , . , doubts and conducted on .hance. l'n- batlee and Hatyan. on Mount Moses, phis flag was hoisted, and It at- der the general development hill a border ng on the Mediterranean. 1 traded the attention of Prench cltiien need not P-sess large capital I m.lea from the ancient city of Antl- cruiser, ahout ten miles off shore. The to choose the alternative offered ill ARMENIANS ORGANIZED TO RESIST THE TURKS m do. I ftm tin I 81 being en Ian line ell wonderl ind the re Uncle it ti in eh. The two villages, having a to tal of 10.000 inhabitants, were de stroyed last summer bj the Turks. "ft was late last summer." said Mrs. Achsah Baketlian, 7!) years old, formerly of the village of Ha batlee, "when the inhabitants .if Kabatlet and Hatyan received v ..rd from the Turkish officials that fit had been ordered deported to -i desert some where In the interior.'' Mrs. Saken an spoke ihrough the Interpretation of her son S, t;. Saken. S New York art dealer, who met her at Bills Island. He la thoroughly Americanised and has had the courts cut off I he l ist syllabi ..r his name. "Inning the time given for prepa ration." the aged woman continued, "about "..eon men. women and chil li, en, myself among iheras fled to lefuge on Mount Moses. The res: were driven by Turl ish soldiers lo some place In the Interior We never knew when- 'hey went be CaUSf none ever was known to re- i- roncn sh p came We were taken to from there to Xapl Hotl than 4.000 the two villages esc and thence to Ital: committee for Arm relief, at No. r f York Is receiving 812 Johnson Street. Telephone 541 battle, ilo- shouts of the on-ruihln Mo.' lema and the cries of the victims whos" hoini-s were helm.! destroyed, as the least of the r misery. Thes.- were the advance guard of 1,104 Armen an women and men be ing escorted as refugees to the Unit ed BtMes bv the American Committee for An, .i..ii and Syrian Relief. The refugees were to be colon iid in this Country. Their way was paid by rel atives aireadj here. As fast as they were discharged by the Immigration authorities, the Ar menians were taken n charge I15 Waller II M.-llory, field secretary for the committee. In turn, those who night, while the had fr:. iris or relatives In New York a slope on the Viet.- aenl ,0 Hum. The others Were placed ,n charge of the various Ar menian organisations to await em Plov merit which the committee la at tempting to obtain for them. Most of the first contingent of re. fugeta came from the rlllaaea of Ha- scraps torn from garments. 11 and took us .iff Port Said, and Armenians rrom ?npcd to Port Bald v . The American Ionian and Syrian tb Avenue. New ontribution to as sist these and other Armenian refu- i gees. "It was awful," said enother of the refugees, Mrs. Bergiua Kkserg an. speak ng through an Interpreter, "ur villages were destroyed aud we lust all -our possessions except Ihe few things we could carry to Mount Mos es. The firsi Intimation ,.r troubM came whi n the Turks sent military officers t.. the towns to demand th it we turn over all the copper utensils we had. We were told that the cop per was for the Cernians Those who protested ware beaten. "Then they told us to leave our leasing a coal land and paving, in the form nf royalty, only for what it yields to his endeavors. We have no law at all that pro vides lor the utilization of the phos phate rock underlying 8.000 000 a-res or hind under withdrawal 'n Wyoming, Montani and Idaho, al though In Montana and other purls id the west smelters ire locale.! that ".Ives a brll'lant glosnv shine Hint ansa ao4 rub am or dust oft tli.it ; tn the lien -thai lasta (our ies us long as any other. Black SilkStove Polish K in a cIami by V- It's mors ra r fu Up m arte n nd m ud from betU r matertdh, Try It on ji-w parlor move, yourcuK uivtj or v' uf 1 If yondrm'trlnillt thnliMt polish you 1 r used, your hnrdwsro or (rrnciTy flr-tiW Ii tilrtoriied t n fund your DluluBy. Thra'm "A m Shin In Every Drop he who The Armenians on Mount Moses res sted the Turks. Twice the men re pulsed attacks by Turkish sold ers sent to dislodge them. "It was a huge homa.gindS flag thut finally aaved all yf us. Aftet our men had attacked the Turks at I slept e Sl'.tp (1 t Mediterranean. Our I in rur prised the Turks, and they fled, thinking it waa a superior for, it. "When we reached the slope, the refugees sewed together several larg" white sheets and In the center they placed a big red cross, made listed were gill- n.'d tv if ted be. I'hose ed ..utrlvht Bom Into the desert an to the mountain." Mrs. Cssergsf! as she related th countrymen thei oally. she 1 cries with those of the mother. The refugees, for the most part, seemed very enthusiastic about start ing anew In the United States, They expressed themselves as being glad to get aW'nv from war and willing to tin. from dertake any new career that would I Insure them from persecution. wrongs sh" 1 eled hyster and a three-month -old bah irrled In her arms Joined It !3 """"Ml TWO AIMS that have determined the policy of this bank for twenty-seven years are to provide 1. Absolute safety for our pntrons' funds. 2. Service which will give complete sat isfaction. On this basis we cordially invite your account, whether large or small. 4', in terest paid on Savings. USD :- ' -