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DAILY EAST OREGOXIAN, rENDLETON, OREGON. MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1916.
111 TELL 11017 tsiiceauUtiogga:
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MOXDAV, 1IX'KMIKK- 11, 1918.
"M ATII.I.A KI.KATIO.V tOMKS AS
KXTIItK M ItTKISK TO M 1.K.
t'AXMHATKS.
Illo-t Kven hiKw a IVniinlivr Ticket
Was In the Held I'nl'l 1W After
noon of V:loUon Io nakonlns
Then Wai T' lte.
I'MATILLA, or.. Ikh u. Since
the election of last Tuesii whei an
all-woman ticket was etevte.l. "the
how end the why" huf leeu the thiol
topic of conversation. 5!ome leop!e
know n good ileal ahout the "plot"
nnd othtrs are just finding out all
about it.
K. E. Starcher, present mayor, an!
C U. Krownrtl, councilman, the two
lolltical n.iwt-rs of t'matilla in the
liapt, are dined They do not know
how it happened nnd what has dazel
them most is the fact the mayors ,
wife. Mrs. I-aura J. Starcher, was
elected mayor over her husband, and
Mrs. C 0!. Brownell was elected to
the council, and neither of the two
husbands knew their wives were run
ning until : o'clock in the afternoon
of election day. When they woke up
it was too lute.
"I didn't know a thing about it un
til the afternoon of election day,"
caid Mayor sturdier, "I felt secure
enough but I pot busy at once. Every
where I went among old adherents 1
found they had voted for my wife,
and I though; all the time they had
voted for me."
Some of the men In Umatilla ara j
not quite so honest about it. They
are the wise ones and know how it
happened, but the women are still
keeping quiet, letting their husbands
surmise how they were beaten at their
own game. Hut "murder will out," ,
as they say. and this is how it really .
happened, according to good author- ;
ity: I
The present administration had
been letting city affairs run along the
lines of least resistance. Laws were
slackly enforced, city improvement
wan at a standstill and I'matilla was
rapidly retrograding back into the
sagebrush stage of years ago.
Someone made up their mind to
change things. The' womien officers
elect disclaim knowing who. but it
is whispered that the power behind
the throne was Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Merrick.
Card Party Caucus.
A card party, to all outward ap
pearances, was held at the residence
of Mrs. C. G. Brownell a short time
ago. The members of the feminine
ticket were invited and quietly in
formed during the evening they had
been selected to administer to the
ills of I'matilla. A line of campaign
was quietly talked over, and the la
dies got busy.
And Mayor Starcher, City Auditor
Hull and Councilman C. G. Brownell
allowed election day to approach, and
in their ignorance of what their wives
were doing, feeling secure. No ticket
was brousht out, no ballots printed.
They believed they couldn't be beaten
gome men paid the women were
electd bo. ause. Mayor Starcher and
Auditor Hull were o "cock-sure-1 of
their power. But the ract remains, a
change of administration was needed
for Umatilla if that town is to grow,
the need was realized and the wom
en of Umatilla arose to the occasion.
BiiKlne. Administration Promised.
Umatilla will be given a business
administration and a progressive ad
ministration," said Mayor-elect Laura
J. Starcher. "We believe the women
can do many things and effect many
reforms in this town that the men
did not dare do. We propose to re
place the electric street lights, which
the present administration removed,
clean up and improve the streets, lav
sewers and do everything we can to
Improve the physical and moral
health of Umatilla. We shall enforce
the laws urictly.
We have not decided upon our
marshal (an appointive office), but
that official will be a woman, also.
We will not leave the enforcement of
our laws to any man, because past ex
periences has proven the laws will
not be strictly enforced. If there U
oocasion for work that our woman
marshal cannot perform, we will ap
point a deputy for the occasion. But
.Umatilla Is peaceful and we antici
pate ho trouble from that source.
New Official Family.
The feminine ticket elected con
sists of Mrs. Laura X Starcher, may
or; Mrs. Bertha Cherry, auditor:
Mrs. Robert Merrick, treasurer, and
Mesdames H. C. Means, C. G. Brow
nell, Stella W. Paulu and Gladys
Spinning, councilmen.
Two man councilmen, Al Stevens
and C. G. Brownell, hold over; but
Judging from the attitude of the wo
men, their power will be sadlv limited
John JimIkcs Hot by licr Clothes.
John Montgomery says he can't
t'nderstand why the artist ever named
that picture September Morn. He
nys it looks to him more like Eve
tha.i Morn.
Hero You Are. Judge.
Judge, Marsh complains that we
have not mentioned him in the Bull
dogger for several issues. We
wouldn't mention him today except
that we can't think of anv other Jokes
she Took the Starch tint of Starelicr.
Well do we remember the time
when the whipping post was the fate
of the husband who beat his wife.
What now. of the wife who beats her
husband, we ask. not throush fear of
personal disfigurement but appro-i-os
the election held at Umatilla last
week wherein Mrs. E. K. S;archer
beat her husband very badly?
Let tlit PHiii-liim'iit Kit tlip Crime.
A Colfax Junk dealer the other night
v, hen the mercury had sunk to 11
n hove, applied for permission to spend
the night In the Pendleton city Jail
which, whatever its drawbacks, is a
v arm place. He was siven the pri
vilege. Later it was discovered that
he left his horse tied out in the cold.
Xivht officer Lou Rayburn. in his
iluily report to Chief Gurdane an
nrunced his intention, unless restrain
ed by orders, of tying the man outside
and bedding the horse in the Jail if
any similar case conies to his notice.
Counter Movements.
I Judt;p Lowell is ensured in the
f rmation of a Mosaic League for the
suppression of profanity and the Pen
dleton tlolf Club has launched a cam
paign for new members. While it is
r.ot the purpose of golf to promote pro"
fane expression, from a first , hand
knowledge of the name we deem that
its increasing popularity here is Ini
mical to the best success of the Mo
saio League.
Two Jallhrcaks.
Ever since the election excitement
died down there has been a dearth of
real live news and the work of the re
porter has been humdrum indeed. But
there comes an end to all things, and
REALTY TRANSFERS
the end of this monotony in news
gathering came Thursday evening
when the ghost of the library row es
caped from confinement and four pris
oners broke out of the county Jail.
Now Model Teeth.
Derr Waffle bought a new set of
false teeth the other day and they
worked all right until he got into a
discussion with a barber. Barbers are
noted for their garrulity, but it would
Mike a whole flock of them to silence
Derr. However, this particular bar
ber pushed him so hard in the tongue
wagging contest that IVrr's tongue got
caught in his false teeth and was held
as securely as if one of Ed Averlll's
coyote traps had closed on it. It may
be that the dentist who made those
teeth designed them as a regulator of
IVrr's flow of speech. Recalling,
however, a few occasions when a den
tist insisted on carrying on an ani
mated conversation with us while he
had a steam drill, a horny-fist and two
thirds of a forearm buried in ourv fa
cial cavity, we deem It not amiss to
suggest that this new style of speech
checking teeth would be appreciated
in the mouths of the makers.
The Downfall of Pete.
Pete Sheridan, the Butter Creek (lo
liath. was in town last week and he
was wearing his old clothes and a
glum look. From what we hear from
his neighbors he has reason aplenty
for wearing both. It was this way, aa
we gather It. Pete was in Echo on
election night in order to get the re
turns as received at Carl Gilbert's
barber shop. As everyone knows, the
early returns were all for Hughes.
Pete got an idea. He remembered los.
ing a $25 suit of clothes two years ago
on an election bet with Waldon Rhea,
and he had been waiting for a chance
to bieak even ever since. So when he
heard that New York, Indiana and
Illinois were in the Hughes column, he
called up the Rhea ranch and offered
to wager a 125 suit on Charles E.
Rhea, who is strong for Woodrow.
promptly took him up. and Pete could
hardly restrain the chuckle that well
ed up within him. He had previously
wagered a new hat on Hughes, and
now decided that, if he was going to
be dressed up. he ought to have a new-
pair of shoes. So he made another wa
ger with an unsusnecting Wilsonite
an eight dollar pair of kicks being the
stake. He then went to bed and
dreamed of Hughes sitting in the
presidential chair and himself strut
ting like a peacock In new spring
feathers. Out of charity we will stop
the story right here. It is better to
leave Pete sleeping, for we all know
what happened during the night.
MANY CATTLEMEN ARE
NOW RAISING SHEEP
Small Hand lrove Valuable for .Mut
ton and for Cleaning up Weed
and Adding to Income of Hunch.
PORTLAND, Dec. 11. District
Forester George H. Cecil. Portland,
Oregon, says that a large number of
cattle permittees who are using the
National Forest ranges of Oregon and
Washington are now grazing on their
ranches small bands of from 20 to
:',oo or 40H sheep, which are consid
ere dvaluahle for furnishing mutton,
cleaning up weeds und adding to the
income of the ranch.
This is quite a concession for the
cattlemen to make, according to Mr.
Cecil, but it is interesting in that it
Indicates the coming of a more diver
sified system of management on the
Interior ranches, as well as being a
factor In keeping up the supply of
sheep already considerably decreased
by the homesteading of much of the
public range.
Uoii't lA't Skin Troubles Spread. '
Red, pimply skin that itches and
burns is embarrassing, and gets worse
if neglected. Bad skin is a social
handicap and a contant source of
worry. Correct It nt once with Dr.
Hobson's Eczema Ointment. This
healing ointment kills the germ,
soothes the irritation and quickly re
stores your skin to normal. For ba
bies suf firing the tortures of eczemf,
or . for grown-ups who have long
fought c'sronic skin ailments. Dr.
Hobson's Eczema Oin:nient is a guar
anteed remedy. At your Druggist, BOc
Adv.
So far as the dead and wounded are
personally concerned, the Mexican
"war of kites and crows" is as seri
ous as the war in Europe.
France, remembering the days of
Napoleonic expansion, may look up
on the outspreading German empire
with a philosophical smile.
CROWN PRINCE AT VERDUN THANKS TROOPS
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This is one of the few late photographs of the German Crown Prince at the front. He is shown here taking
some of his soldiers who distinguished themselves in defense of captured Verdun positions, which positions
have since been entirely recaptured by the French. ,
Warrant Deed1.
M. E. Anderson, et vir, to Oscar T.
Bowon, 10, S 1-2 SW 1-1 and XE 1-4
KV 1-4 and HE 1-4 NW 1-4 section
8, township 6 south, range 30.
John Tompkins, et ux. to W. E.
Potts, 137,000, acreage in townships S
north, range 33 and 34.
Cunningham Pheep & Land Co., t4
Kmma D. Durkhelmer, t&42i.S0, 361
acres In section 18, township 2 north,
range !!.
W. H. Blusher, et ux to Paul Brandt
ISO00, 4X0 acres In section 10, town
ship 2 north, range 29.
In the exposure of a social Hon is
k professional loan shark real life
puts over another one on anaemic flc.
tlon.
Once In a great while you meet a
bright woman who successfully boasts
ol the nkeleton in her closet.
rSSs5. Disagrees
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