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V.50 iauy, six months by carrier 3. iiaily, three ntontha by carrier.... 1.S5 any, one monin. oy carrier .65 Sml-Wfkt one year by mail 8.00 8mi-Weekly, aix months, by mail 1.00 Semi-W eel v, three niontiia by mail .50 1 Telephone , vhj:x the wivn lost ms way. (By Frank L. Stanton.) I lie awake on a winter' night An' wish itn' wish for day,. When the snow is filling ghostly-white And the wind has lost his way; When he shakes the shutter, an' seems to say, "I've lost my way. "I've lost my way:' That's why he's sighin' an' cryln' so An he wanders all about; ' How can he find the way to go When the stars are all blown out, , He hasn't a place in the world to slay ' He's lost bis way. He's lost his way! But then, when the Deautiful mornin' breaks 1 sec him there at play, A sip of dew frim the rose he takes Oh, then he has found his way! Oh, then it in, in the light I say: "He's found his way. "He's found his way!" Copyrighted for the East Oregonlan Tub. Co. ' THE KEY TO THE TAX PROBLEM M M. MOULTON, a representative in the Washington - legislature, addressing the hydro electric meeting at Walla Walla ably presented an idea that, should be emphasized over and over again in Oregon and Washington. The advice is more applicable in Oregon than in our sister state. Mr. Moulton's point is that the remedy for tax burdens in the northwest is to develop our resourcess. such as irrigation and hydro electric power, thereby enlarging the amount of assess able property. Speaker Louis E. Bean of the Oregon house of representa tives, made the same point at the meeting held in Pendleton on February 5. The East Oregonian has on many occasions made trie same argument in slightly different words by urging that Old Man Oregon should get to work and reduce the tax rate by increasing the state's wealth. If we cannot reduce the divisor let us increase the dividend has been this newspaper's slogan and it brought from a Portland paper the charge of being a champion of high taxes, which charge is not true. To solve any problem it is first necessary to properly analyze the funadmental conditions involved. This the ultra conserva tives who dtvote their time to mere futile complaint about taxes fail to do. They assume that the state is extravagant and cities laid counties likewise. They are in error,, Government in Ore f on is on a parsimonious basis and there is abundant evidence to prove it. We should frankly accept the fact. and turn to tne one true remedy for high taxes which is more development and more production. , , ...:-. - , The Umatilla rapids project will illustrate the point. The estimated cost of developing power at the rapids is $20,500,000, though the cost at this time would doubtless be greater. Bui it is estimated that land that may be watered through use of power for pumping purposes will produce $30,000,000 in crops annually a sum equal to more than halt the total assessed wealth pf Umatilla county. It is. idle to predict what that irri table land would be worth when reclaimed but it would add colossal wealth to the tax rolls if Oregon and Washington. That is a certainty. On top of that would be the continuous hydro electric power that would be developed and which would be available for industrial purposes. It may be safely asserted that the continuous horse power, measured in temj of coal at less than present prices, would be worth from $5,000,000 to $25,000,000 annually. There is engineering authority for his statement. 4 , To develop the Umatilla rapids project would mean to lower living costs, lower industrial costs, including the cost of farming it would reduce railroad expenses and freight rates proportion ktely; it would lighten. the taxpayers' burden not by reducing gross expenditures but by reducing millage taxation through in creasing assessable wealth. Ihis is the true and only remedy tor the tax problem in an undeveloped region. This state, and m a lesser degree the state of Washington is in the same cate gory, is situated much like a farmer who has but one-third of his land under cultivation. Finding himself hard pressed he must either cut expenses or increase his gross income. He can not reduce operating expenses because those expenses are based on conditions beyond his control. Naturally his course is to bring the remaining two-thirds of his land under cultivation. He must look to development rather than to economy. Oregon is in exactly the plight of such a farmer. We are making use of less than one-third the potential wealth of the state. We must draw on our unused resources and make them produce just as must the farmer just referred to. There would be no sympahty for a complaining fanner who failed to farm two-thirds of his land. Why should a slothful state be entitled to different consideration? Development must be the slogan for che northwest. We should take the constructive, affirmative course, not a policy of nega tion. The remedy for the tax problem is at hand if we want to use it. We had clear counsel from Speaker Bean on February 5 and from Representative Moulton at Walla Walla last Sat urday. If that idea can be pressed home throughout Oregon and Washington we will arouse a sentiment that will assure development not only of the Umatilla rapids project but of othei enterprises that will bring this region into its own. THE NEW SECRETARY OF STATE HE announcement of the appointment of Charles E. Hughes is reassuring and cannot be other thai commend ed by well informed people regardless of political affilia tions. It is a good appointment and does credit to the judgment of the president-elect, ; Judge Hughes is an able man one of the ablest if not the most able in the republican party. He is a man who thinks and thinks with his own mind. He is nobody's "Man Friday" and if as Mr. Harding has said the secretary of state will speak for the state department then the state department will hay an able spokesman., t It is also timely to mention that Judge Hughes wanted the peace treaty ratified, with the League of Nations covenant. He was a reservationist but not an irreconcilable. On the Bubject of article 10 he offered an amendment that was declared at the time to be almost identical in thought with the position assumed by President Wilson. It will be wise if under the Harding administration Mr. Hughes runs the state department and the senate holds to its constitutional duty of backing up the executive department in stead of trying to run that department. The senate is not organ ized for executive work, lhe executive department is. ewfc-V-. .e8iiiSs4k IV The Health of the Country Brought to Your Home Tha is what bread floes' f or you. The strength of the wheat together with its other pure, strengthening ' ingredients make bread-the most healthful as well as the most satisfying of foods. ' ' ' The delicious flavor of ........ I ': Harvest Bread will convince you that it is the-bread to give your family; ! Eat more bread and make Harvest Bread your favorite brand. PENDLETON Baking Co. ('Til !- , 2wM ' . , . -t i - ( ' ; .... : , . . f, . , I I III 1 i I 1 I 1 . r HI HAT ar yoa polcg to do to-! but I ain't taking 6ef word for noth- I morrow?' asked Mildred of her friend, Eleanor. "It'a a holiday, you know." f "I'm roins to celebrate." answered Eleanor. "It's somebody else's birth day besides Washington's.". v "Whosa may I ask.?" demanded Mildred.- - " f Eleanor swelled out her chest aad lilt herself on It three tiroes, and then S3 id In a comical way: "Mine!" I "Weill I'll ay "many bappy re turns!'" emclalmed Mildred. "I hope you will follow in the footsteps of ruraph the noble footsteps of er rout departed countryman." Eat her friend advised her to "Hire a hall." and went cheerily on her way. Eleaaor was always cheery and ev erybody liked her. She had 'almost reached bom whenwhe met another friend and neigrhbor. Bob JlcCann. "Say," Bob asked, "what makes you look so sassy today T" "It's my birthday tomorrow." said Eleanor, "and all the banks and things art to close. Didn't you know that?" ("Honest!" cried Bob. "Were you really born on Washington's blrth tayr "Reany-truly," aniweref Eleanor. Bob looked down on the rround and taea up at Eleanor, as It trying to make up hi mind to say something. "Do you know," he explained at last !n a low voice, "you're very lucky to have a birthday like that. I was born e the fourteenth of January, and do yon know whose birthday that was?" "Whose?" asked the elrl, surprised at lh way he looked. "Promise you won't tell anybody?" demanded Bob. "Cross n-.y newt!" promised Elennor. Bob looked over his shoulder as If KpecOnr to !'.nd someone aiaurtlnff be hhH h"rt. tlien he moved c!o. and whl'Ta In Eleanor's ear: "Hcne twt Arnold! 'Orseloui'" ejtrlalined Eleanor. "R over mini, that was are aa;o. lieoltss you aren't a M V.t him. Any BiV.f could trust ye , n-n and ev dy know It t." fob ald. "Oh h"' but h was pleased and went off ahlstl!nr. Eleanor reached horn and found thmt rather quiet. Nobody home." h thought, nd then eh beard voire romini from th kitchen. Bh went aoftly In ihst direction and peeped In. There was hee small sister. Kitty, and th cook, a laiara honest woman called Cora. "lint." Kitty was plpinr. "you s'lr In two cups of u-ar tnL Pee? Here th wy JOM make It all writ ten ut Eleanor Jesraed how at cooking Kchonl, and h wrot R out for mo. SmT" "Maklnf tn blrthd'.y cake, th dears)" thought Eleanor. "I ues I knows low to bake Ins when I'm baking a cake. She aln t careful enough 'bout the truth." -The eavesdropper turned pale Wild drew back, but not before she heard her sister say: "Weil, maybe you'd betler make It the way you'r used to. But don't say anytNlhg about Eleanor 'cause Muddy says she doesn't mean to Ob she just 'lacerates." , "She ain't careful ." the cook's re ply was lost because Eleanor hastened away with a quick-beating heart "It's true too," she told herself. "And George Washington couldn't tell a lie Kitty couldn't Imagine what had Mother. "The Idea of having a dirty t collar on your best dfess!" i "All right. Muddy," answered Eleanor, "but I've got lots of tim be fore Sunday." "Tonight before ou go to bed." re peated her mother looking quite se vere. ' Poor Eleanor fait very. blue indeed. It was bad enough being called a liar without havlrg one's Another call one down like tr.aU She went right up to her room after supper and began fil ing her dress .while she blinked fast to keep back the tears. But after she was In bed her mother came and kissed her very lovingly and said: "Put on that dre.ss tomorrow, honey. It's your birthday and George Wash ington's tpo!" . . So the next day Eleanor put on her best duress and felt mucf better since everybody .had something nice to aay If M ,. mi. ,,- .ii - " 1 ' M ' " Junior Cook WASHINGTON'S niRTIIH.TC. ' - .. .- SA.NOWICHKS ' - Slice on ,loaf of ' bread into "thin slices. P,read should be at least S4 hours old.) - ' ' ' ' Trim orf crusts and cut each square In two making triangles. ... ' Put cupu! cream cheese fa White choosy), l.ito a mixing bowL Add 2 tablespoonsful olive Of table oil. . H cupful chopped nuts, 2 tablespoonsful vinegar or lemon Ju'.co. , Beat till smooth spread. Spread the cheese dressing on the bread, making neat looking and pretty well covered slices. .,.. ' In the center of each sandwich put haM a candied cherry, th round side UP- --' ' .' ' - By the Blde of the cherry. Ilk a stem, put a tiny. Inch lojig strip of sweet pepper. 1 Note that these tandwlche are on one slice of bread only and are un covered. These are very pretty and dainty to serve with cocoa or lemonade at a Washington Birthday Party. , , . tge- and ready to Eleanor A small a little Boll Handed Ilcr A SmaU Cherry Tree And A IJMlc Hatrhet x to her and there were a pile of lovely pr.ent at her p!n:e. The day we.s gointt by very pleasantly when all f a sudden the door-bell besan ringing wililly. Kltry ran ond opened the come over' her fitter that evening a' upper. She was so quiet and gloomy, quiie unlike her upuM self. "I'm bavins n-rious '.noughts, child," she told Kitty. "Pon't bother mr!" "Is your cream-colored rrene it i front rtoor and In trooped a strange chine drrs In goad condition, dear?" a'kr-d their mother. Eleanor thoiight It was a ra'her silly question since nobody was talking (about dess s Just tlipn rut sha an- iswrrtd that the collar was a little rake!" Cora said. Put your paper 'eoi wy, A'.n't no u rtinwlig It To me' " Miewer l yiyni-"pk',n i-il, 1 ot "1. Well, I i"t you to o' tn a fre vrmlrhT hfne vn 1I." aa!t5 i Twr"' coftipany. A crowd of people woarin? three cutcer.d hats ma'" of paper., and false nof.. E'r:in,or hnd to look sev'era! itmia brfnre he recorrnizpd her rrl"ds. F.a-h coy an j g rl carried a i hnk-t. . ! "A .itvn t--T' . tt-T"t" n idn n crat re'nlve which I am sure hands. . , A solemn p?ron, 'Whom saw. was Bob I, r.ided her artificial cherry tre and hatchet. Jiany happy returns of the day from. all your friends," he said In a muffled Voi'.e. . , . . i Eleanor was quite flustered with surprise and eould only tnako, a lot of s;i.y oows. . "I thlnic .Molher must havj been In on this:" she thought. "Speech! Speech!" cried I!ldred. Thau Eleanor suddenly straightened up and made her first speech. . "Kricnds, and countryman," eh be gan, "thank you very much for com ing and giving me this rurprlse! I'm glad to see you all. But George Wash ington Is much mor Important than I" . , - . ' . . , "Here she was Interrupted by laugh ter. "Besides," went on Eleanor brave ly, "he never told a lie and I do exag gerate." She might have added, "but I'll try not to any more." but Kitty threw h?r arms around . her and wouldn't let her say another word. , "Even George" Washington wouldn't havs fctd nerve to say that about him self!" Bob said. "We know you do. but we love yeu In spite of your faults." put in Mildred. , TH kt-ep this cherry tre and HoJrhet. h"re I can see them nd mivhe I'll b p'.e To follow In the footrtep'." tfd ti;i(.nor looked at Ml! ,! fven r''!le she !aui;bt"d"he ciA .. - , vi ; - m0 mi ... Cuhtn. little .Cacorjv! rarsout to He did not' ki6w that' 'fmzt ohc 'day. 4. loould make his name 50 bright! Nor could . he have beer great'at all . 1 he had. not ,wher heiwas'.smail, Loved" Trathu)re55 arcilt?iKt! In A Heroine of General Washington's Day TDJA DARRAH Was a plain lit- j summons. But sleep was not for tie Quaker lady. She and hr hu- Lydia Darrah. that night. Sh lay rrtfif ,Kv.. . r''n' hr '- rltt lwava ke'n. band lived Id a little house on Second street In the city of Phil- uufelphla, directly opposite th house In which General Howe had his head quarters when th British Army held possession of lhe city. Oaa of the officers on Howe's staff decided, that he would Ilk to have one" of the room In the Darrah house for his private conferences, and so he ar ranged with the Quaker lady to have possession, of the back room of her homo for his own business. , On evening th enemy officer made x strange request "I shall com tn at seven o'clock tomorrow evenJnK," he, an Id, "and I do not wish to be disturbed. . See to It that you and your family go to bed early. Tell no on Of our visit, and remain within your own room until I go out, at which time I will-call you to open th door for me, and then you can extinguish th Are." ' Th next evening when th officer and his colleague had locked them selves In her back room, h took off her ' shoes and crept to th door. Noiselessly she placed her ear to (he key hole. What she heard caused the color to leave her face and her breath to come short. The British officer was rending an order for the combined British Army to march out and attack General Washington unexpectedly, two days later. All In a tremble of ex citement I,ydla Darrah returned to her own room and when a few minutes :itpr th British olflcer. knocked at her door demanding that he he let out nt'liki hmie, sh. pretend" d to h J ..'j,An awd an.wrtrod onlv at lh thl-rt awilko In th dark trying to work out a way that eh might warn Wash ington of this surprise- attack) and thus save the lives of thousand of her countrymen,. What could she do? She was afraid to confide In her hus band; the was afraid to breath th news of what she had heard aloud, for fear the British would discover that she had listened to their plana Finally she hit upon a scheme. Th next morning she told her family that she was In heed of flour and, Informed her husband that the was coin to the storehouse for some. Her, first visit was to tho headquarter of General How. She (old him that sh was In need of flour for hor family and he readily gav bar a pass), through the Brftlsh lines. With thl precious pa per tusked away In bar. bosom ah hurried through th ll to th flour mill." There sh left her bag and has tened on towards the. American lines. Qn the way she encountered an American officer with his men all on the lookout for, news. He knew her snd asked where she was going. "I am looking for my son," sh said. "He Is an offlrer In the American Army. Will you not walk a way with m.H This he lgrced to do and ordered his troops to keep behind them, but In full) slirhl. Then to him I-ydla Darrah dis closed her secret first, making him solemnly promise never to betray her Individuality ts her lif might be at stake at the hands of th Brltis That night I.ydii returned horn catgrtng hrr hn of (lour and nobody thoiight to nfk'her any questions of her day's' - an .. ft tt I whll th others slept she listened tu hear th movement of th British troops, and she' heard them noiseless ly march through th quiet street. In a few day they returned, hnd oh. how anxious Lydla was to know bat had transpired during their absence. But could ask no questions. Th next evening after their return th adjutant general cam In and asked her , to walk up to hi room as he wished to ask her om questional' Poor I.ydl" knees trembled as sh followed htm Into the room and he locked th door behind him. "Sit down," he all Th llttL lady was ur that she was either euspoCx.d or betrayed but she hold 'r.r head high and did a ah was told. Then he asked If any of tho family ha 4 been up th last ntfht b ao.l th other officer had met tn her home, Sh truthfully told him that they had all retired at eight o'clock. Th offi cer shook hbi head In fcurprft. H seemed mystified. "I kno yea wsr asleep," h Bald, "for I knoekO at your door thre , time before yfai heard me; I am at a loss to know who gav General Washington Informatloa of our ntndd attack, unless th walls of th -house could speak. Whea w arrived naar th American troop w found, all their cannon mounted and the troops prepared to racelv u ' and w marched back Ilk a pared o fools." Lydia Darrah listened In silence, and In silence sh offered tip ft frayer f thanksgiving that she had succeeded In her mission and that through her her countrymen hid been prepared to meet lhe enemy and th" hold UC