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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.
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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
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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
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; - 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